Star. — London, England, 1805-11-01 00:00:00

LONDON. FRIDAY, Asa.-Satnrl PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY: Sant Stock. nit tqo#l Long Ann. £619- tot ff 3 per Colt. Red. stalndia Stack ISY £B7 3 per Cent. Conf. wit 5911 frith 5 per Cents. 861 4 pey, Vein- 74tr../1 Etcb. Bills,par is. prem 5 per Cent. Navy, 8911 Osmium sii prem. s per Cent. 1797, 984 Conf. fur ace. 59in4f Donut+, ecr. 23.—Ezch Dublin on London ttil. 5 per Can. Guy. Debentures 91i. OCTOIII 25. F.:change, It per Cent. Government Debentures gal. IVEMBER I. Letters are laid to have been received in Town from Lifbon, which ftate, that a report prevailed there, that Lord NELSON had fucceeded in deftroy ing a great part of the combined fleet in the harbour of Cadiz. We with we cotild add, that there were grounds for believing this intelligence to be aathen• tic ; but as no fuch accounts have been received at the Admiralty, we can hardly give it credit. No French or Dutch journals with the details of the great battle on the Danube have yet arrived, and thofe accounts which have been received in private letters from Holland, are fo confufed, that little can be made of them. No doubt is entertained that the Aufirian army under General Mactr, has been nearly annihilated. Government have received advices on this fubjeo, which remove all doubts as to the fa& ; but whether by letters, or the French official account, we know not. The moll ferious of the conflies took place on the 17th, tBth, and rsith ult. and on the eoth General Me cx, completely defeated, confcnted to a capitula tion. The number of !lain, as we have already Rated, was immenfe on bath tides ; and the Au ftrians who furrendered then:laves prifoners amount ed to 25,c00. The corps under the command of the Archduke FERDINAND, which effected its efcape from Ulm on the 17th, retreated in t •vo divilions, and having gained the left bank of the Danube, cut off for a time the communication with France, as (light ly hinted in the Moniteur of the eed ; and hence, no doubt, was occalioned the delay of the official ac counts from the Grand Army. A letter from Holland Rates other particulars re ipeCling the corps under the command of the Arch duke ' FERDINAND. This force, which confifted of 12,0c0 men, was fo clofely purfucd by the enemy, that they loon came up with his Higlinefs, whom they defeated with great (laughter. We have not been able to find that certain accounts of this event have been received ; but from the moment that MACK was defeated, the fituation of the Archduke became fo perilous, that we can hardly indulge a hope that the news is unfounded. There details are extremely afilieting. We with we could take from the regrets which they mutt uccafion, by being enabled to vouch for the corretnefs of the fubjoined fads, fisted in accounts received from Hull. Captain Jolla sow, of the Clip Venus, arrived at Grimfby from Tonningcn, reporteJ nn his arrival, that previoUs to his departure from T,nuingen it was [hied, that the Pruffian army had been united to that of Ruffia, which had :narched and joined the Aufirians ; that the three armies combined had com• pletely furrounded thofe of France, over whom they obtained a viaory, and after retaking Ulm, purfued the enemy with every pt ofpal of further fuccefs. This report, improbable and extravagant as it is, was confidered at Hull to be of fuch great conk quence, that Captain JOHNSON, who is a man of ap proved charafter, was called upon to appear before the Mayor of that town, and !wear to the report, as it prevailed at Tonningcn. He immediately did fo, and his affidavit was yefterday morning received in Town, from the Collator of the Cuftoms at Hull, by a Gentleman of the Cullom Houfe at London. For a (bort time it became the topic of converfation in the City ; but fo very improbable a ftatement obtain ed nn credit whatever in any of the well informed circles. By the Gottenburgh Mail of yellerday, we find that the RolTian and Swedilh armies did not march from Stralfund till the 16th ult. and we are lorry to fay there is no certainty of any Pruffian army h tying yet marched to co-operate with the Allies.— The united Ruffian and Swedifh Armies arc laid to b.; declined for Hanover, where, in all probability, they are intended to be joined by the Britifh troops now embarked at Ramfgate and Deal. It is now underitood that this expedition will fail immediately. The force amounts to about io,ooo men, confating of the German Legion, with its rifle Corps, the whole of the Coldfirearn Brigade of Guards, the 14111 and 43d Regiments of the line. They are now under orders to fail, without a mo ment's delay as loon as tile wind will allow it. They are to be under convoy of the LICPARD, of 5o guns, the ALERT and FLY (loops of war, and the PIERCER gun brig, and t3eir dr,?irxion is the 11 7 t r. When our accounts left Deal !all night, the Lto- PARD had he Etre Peter at the fore-top gallant mall head, and it was understood that part of the Expedi tion would get under weigh the infiant the wind would fhift, under the command of General Dos, who had arrived with his fake. The 52d and another regiment were expeded to reach Deal as this day, to be under the command of General Mooax ; and fo great is the anxiety of Go. •ernment at this moment for the departure of this Expedition, that freih orders were again kat off 10 Deal lait night to Innen the departure of the trait! ports. The noted Smuggler Jolt:sow goes with the Expedition as Pilot. We have no doubt let our countrymen reach the fcene of altion when they may, that they will acquit themfelves in a manner worthy of the name of Bri tons; but, the fuccefs already gained by the enemy, and the latenefs of the feafon, induce us to believe that the fate of this campaign is already decided. If BONAPARTE fhould be unable to follow up the blow by a rapid inroad into Auftria, from the fear of being furrounded, he will Rill be able to hold the paffes of the Danube with more obflinacy, againft any numbers that might *frail him, with double ad vantage to what he would have otherwifc enjoyed. We can take little pleafure, as well-withers to the great Combination of Europe againft this Oppreffor, in prefaging difagreeably rcfpeaing the Campaign, but the Nation has been too fanguine in its hopes from this Continental Alliance. Our Continental War fufpends indeed for a moment the thunder-cloud of invalion, which a few mouths ago teemed ready to burft over our heads ; it will fufpend it till one of two things takes place—either till BONAPARTE has bated and broken the alliance, which is far from being im pollible, or till a few conceffions, which, in the event of misfortunes attending the French arms, he can with good policy make, (hall have left him to exe cute, as the fole fcope of his vengeance, the deftruc. tion of this country. A Continental war in the hands of BONAPARTE will not lift long, and a Continental peace, whenever it thall come, is the fignal of his on. fet on Britain alone. The joy that prevailed fo lately, when we felt our !elves delivered from the immediate ptofpet of war on our own foil, will then relapfe into the ancient alarm, and in that (late of alarm, every effort that the country has made has been imperfeft, and by flans. While the buzz of expelled invafion prevails, the at tendance of the Volunteers is for a week or two more frequent and due. We read accounts of fome hun deeds of thoufands who are members of thofe de fenfive affemblies. A molt exaggerated eilima tion is made in the common mind of what force could be drawn on the infant to the coati to crufh an invading enemy. With all the means of fpeedy conveyance we poffefs, it feems to be forgot. ten, that with our half million of armed defenders, we have fome thoufand miles of coati to guard; nei ther is it reckoned that inflead of a few hundred thou land volunteers, the population of this nation ought to yield nearly two millions- In the conceit which we than afforedly have to maintain, in fpite of a thou fend continental coalitions, we mu,? not merely seed the fire of the enemy, we mull overt:4llm it. But it is pre potlerous to talk of everwhe , 'minz the enemy with a force filch as we now We may fight them fuecefsfully, but the victory wo-ld not be inflanta neous. Arm the people, anti e itory will he as Ipeedy as fecure. Shall we ext.olo cr..: man who has health and years for warfare, frf m the duty of learning the 'lle of arms? " But it will impede the indullry of the country !" hliferable computation of I.fs and gain! What is the induftry of the country compared to its falvation ? or is it incompatible with induftry, that men (hould bellow one hour a day to learn the ma nual exercife, and to march in rank and file ? It has been Paid the Nation cannot be trufted with arms—and how (hall we meet invafion on any con dition, if this be the cafe ? But the affertion is falfe and ungenerous—we fee it—we feel it—we hear it, and are allured from the general voice of our Coun trymen, that the People are more willing than in. ilruded to fight ; anal that to give them arms for the general deferrer, is to bind their Patriotifm by the lurch pledge. Every thing will loon be at flake.—Now is the proper time to fpeak and to prepare againfl Invafion whiie there is a paufe to do fo—when the alarm is urgent and every wind watched for a Wile arrival it is too late. It will not now be laid that we have not a fufliciency of arms ! We will not even for a moment believe it poffible, that in any department of our Government there could have been fuel a crimi nal negligenceil negligence which would call loudly for the vengeance of the country—after the timous notice we have had of our danger. A Letter from Newcalne, dated the 29th ultimo, received in London this morning, Pays — " By a Bri- Ibip, this moment arrived from the Elbe, which river ffie left laa Saturday (the 26th), .we have re. ceived the welcome news that the Ruffians have got compleat footing in Hanover—they are even faid to be at Cuxhaven already. This of courfe will entirely free you from any doubts as to the fecurity of the Navigation Lt the Elbe." On Monday laff, the frigates which have for fome time been Rationed at the Lower Hope, for the de fence of the River Thames, were removed to Wool wich, E which place they are to be prepared for adive fer► ice. The plan of having (hips Rationed there is given up, and the whole of the ttores, &c. have been removed. Five tranfports, laden with too ammunition wag gons complete, and other fibres, failed from Portf mouth on Wednefday afternoon, to join the expedi :ion, in the Downs. In the late eafierly gales, the Dutch have loft their fineft frigate, the Zce-pard (or Sea Hnrfe), which having parted from her anchors in the Tucl, drifted on fhore, and was completely bilg.d. COTENT GARDEN TirEATRE. Lall night, at this Theatre, in the abfence of Mr. Comte, Mr. HARGRAVE (Whined the pan of Pierre, in Venice Preferved, with confiderable dig nity. When he exerted himfelf moft fuccefsfully, he reminded us of Mr. Bentley, late of Drury Lane Theatre, in the fame charaller ; the attitudes of Mr. HARGRAVE, however. it mutt be ObferVeCto are fre quently very ungraceful. Mr. IC swims's 7aJler, and Mrs. Simms's Bevidera, appear to have loft little of their attratlions. The Theatre was well filled at an early hour. Yeflerday morning his MAJISTY. the Princeffes AUGUSTA and SOPHIA, accompanied by Lord WEL SIRGHAM. General Frrzaov, Colonel TAYLOR. and Lady WYNYARD, took an airing on horfeback in Windfor Great Park. Her MAJESTY and the other PRINCESSES took an airing in a earl Lige by Langley. Yefterday, at twelve o'clock, a Military Board was held at the Commander in Chief's Office: at the Horfe Guards, which WAS attended by their Koval High• nefes the Dukes of YORK. CUM SIRLEND. KENT. and CRIABRIDGE,the Earl of Haaarmovon,Generalb HAR. COURT, BROWNRIG, and CaLvErr. The Board fat till four o'clock. The Duke of YORK continued to tranfaft bufinefs at the Office till (even. His MAJESTY has been pleated, by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Ireland, to appoint Wm. CONYNGHAM PLUS LET, Efq to be his Majefies At torney General in Ireland, in the room of the Right Hon. Srsrmisir O'GRany, who has been appointed his Majelly's Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer in Ireland. And his Mai srry has alfo been pleated, by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Ireland, to appoint CHARLES KENDAL Bust's, Efq. to be his Majefly's Solicitor General in Ireland, in the room of Wst. CONYWCHAM PLUMES'', Efq.—Drillin Gazette. - . Yellerday was married, at St. James's Chnrch, by the Rev. Dr. HALL, Dean of Chilli Church. Oxford, JOHN ROBERT GRFGO HOPPWOOD, Efq. of Hnpp. wood Hall, Lancathire, to Mifs BYNG, one of her MAJESTY'S Maids of Honour, daughter of the Hon. JOHN Bran, and niece of Vifcount TORRINGTON.— Lord and Lady HAWKESSURT, the Hon. Captain and Mrs. HERBERT, Mrs. POCOCK, MIS, PERCY FRA sER. the Hon. Jour Brim, the Bride's father, and Mils Lucy Bvtic, her youngeft filler, who was Bride's Maid, attended the ceremony. The Bride was molt elegantly attired, in a japanned muflin drefs, with a white Patin peli Ire, trimmed with fwans-down, and a white ratio hat, trimmed with the fame, and a pro. fulion of gold chains, intermixed with diamonds.—. After the ceremony, the company returned to Mr. By No's houfe, at Hyde Park Corner, where an ele gant breakfaft was prepared for them ; and, at half pail one o'clock, the happy pair fet off in their coach and four, with two outriders, for the feat of GeoRGIT Pococx, Efq. at liolwood, near Bromley, Kent, where they intend to pafs the honey moon. Mifs MUDIP, the theatrical phenomenon, has been delighting the good people of Doncafter with her aflonfthing powers. She performed Toung Norval, in the play of Douglas, on Tnefday, and the Willow L'heerly, in the Soldier': Daughter, on Wednelday eve ning, to overflowing houfes, numbers going away who could not get into any parrof the hnufe. She performs at Hull, on Monday evening, the Widow Cheerly, and Nell. in the Entertainment of the Devil to Pay; and will be at London in about ten days, in confequence of her engagement to perform at Covent Garden Theatre. During the third as of the new Comedy laD night at Drury Lane Theatre, a fracas took place in the boxes between a fair Cyprian, and a Gentleman from the City, the former confideting !zed& infulted by fome improper liberties the raid the laver took with her, after giving her up a front place, and which pro ducing warm words on both fides, terminated in the lady's giving the gentleman a tap with her fan, which he magnified into a violent blew, and infitied upon one of the Conftables immediately taking her into cultody, but who refuted till the aft was over ; the party was then brought before Sir R. FORD, at Bow-ftreet, who perceiving it to be one of tholeridi culous quarrels that fo often difgrace the Theattes, recommended them to think no more of the affair, but without effect, and both fides growing more violent than they had been even in the Theatre, he difinifred the complaint with the contempt it jullly merited. Extra et of a letter from Madras, dated April 29.- 4 g I am forry to fay, that the effeas of the late tern teft at Ceylon have been more ferioufly felt than at firft was expefted. The following particulars are co pied from the Ceylon Gazette :—We are forry to Rate, that the mod melancholy accounts have been received from different Tuners of the difafters occafioncd by the violence of the dorm. At Putelam, the hook of the Commandant was almoft totally deltroyed ; and the temporary Barracks and Hofpital ereaed there lately, have Coffered very confiderable damage. In the diftria of Jaffnapatam, upwards of moon cocoa and palmyra trees have been thrown down and com pletely demolithed. His Majetty's chip SHEERNESS, in the inner harbour, was blown from her anchors and drove on fhore upon the rocks of York Ifland, where the bilged. The Government cutter, North, was driven upon the rocks under Fort Odenburgh, and is there _ _ A Court Martial is appointed to fit on the charges exhibited :lc aintt Colonel Sir John Earner, on Friday the Bth of November, at Chelfea. At a meeting of am Lieutenancy for the fuhdivi• Pion of Sy: ac and Borough of Leeds, lull on \Ved nefday at the Rotation Office, in Leeds, the officers were informed, that an extenfion of another month would be allowed for railing their relpeetive quotas, and that for each man then deficient the townfhip would not only have to pay a penalty cf 201. but that the fame mull he paid for each annual deficiency.— It was alfo explained, that for every prefent vacancy, or any that {hall hereafter arife in the militia, until reduced to its original quota, the townfhip in which fuch vacancy ariles (and not the Riding), (hall find a man for the additional force within one month after advice of fuch vacancy from the fubdivition clerk, or be fubjea to the penalty of 201 and fo on, as often as vacancies arife. Men five fret two inches high, and 45 years of age, may be enlifled both for the quotas under the general Defence At, and for the vacancies arifing in the militia. The above re gulations are not local, but extend to every part of the country. NAUTICAL INTELLIGENCE. MAILS THIS DAY.—Wiall S. W. •RIL. DUG AIM, v. , Dublin 4 3 I e Hamburgh o 1 Waterford 6 3 Gottenburgh o l j 6 Fatscourtr, OCT. 29.—Arrived laft evening at Spanifh ketch privateer . Amphibious, of 12 guns as 8o men, captured by his Majefly's fhip LA roma, o. 33 guns, off the Coat of Ireland, out three days, a r has made no captures : alfo arrivcd, this day, 11. Etty, jos ss, from Zante for London, with currant:, raw the outward-bound fleet, under convoy of the: Auaoaa, off Cape Spartel, all well; the Portuguck [hip Ifabella, Capt. Joas Meaty, from London, tr. load at this port for Lifbon ; the James, Ha/mow. gm rrtr, from Riga for Plymouth ; the Hambro' fhip Akermann, Captain CRASSER, from Bourdtaux for Tonningen, with wine, brandy, &c. detained an.] fent in by the LOCUST gun brig.. Arrived alio Co: Hind, ALLAN, from a cruize.—Sailed his Majeay', (hip the PHOENIX, of 36 guns, Captain Basta, for the Channel fleet, and the Townfhend packet, Coos, with mails of the a sth and sad ;tam. for Lifbon. The Duke of Kent packet, with the middle mails of this month for the Leeward Wands, will . fail to morrow.—Wind N. E. PORTSMOUTH, OCTOBER 3t.—Sailed the CRACKER gun brig, on a eruize. The homeward-bound Weft India (hips are dill detained here by contrary wiruk, but as it is milder to-day than it has been for fon* time pad, there is a hope they may get away to-mor row morning. DEAL, OCT. 30.—Yellerday failed the TICKLER and ACUTE gun-brigs on a cruize.—The Ron n ;us, of 35 guns, arrived yefterday from the Nerre.—This day arrived the WRANGLE& gun brig from a crnize, and failed again with the VESTAL frigate and B; Azzagutt brig on a cruize.—Arrived the Acoalsoort, Bout, and SPARKLER gun brigs from the Note. . Ocr. 31.—Arrived the FERRITER gan brig from the Nore ; Oarnzus frigate..Votcatwo bomb, VALE* anus praam from Dungenefs. Sailed' Sir WILLIAM SIDNEY SMITH, in his Majelly's Ihip ANT/LOPE, With the Diadem and Sceptre defence !hips, Combatant and Valorous prams, Bold, Archer, And Fearlds gun brigs, on a cruize. The Lzovaan this morning made the fignal for the tranfports having troops on board to unmoor and prepare to fail. Came down from Sheernefs la STEILLE frigate, and remains in the Downs with the reit of the Blips as per laQ.•- Wind blow; firong at E. N. E. YARMOUTH, Ocr. 31.—0 n Sunday afternoon, ar rived the Tarawa frigate, Captain BENNETT. On Monday morning Lord Haaroway and bike, and this evening Lord Bursa H tas H and fuite, arrived at Nelfon's hotel, to embark on board the Taraunz frigate, for the Continent, but are detained, the wind being N. E. Ships of war in there roads, viz. MAJESTIC, Admiral RUSSELL; ROEBUCK, Admiral DoucLes ; Elephant, Stately, Agincourt, Dietatr, r, Ruby, Princefs of Orange, Tribune, frigates; Snipe, and Vixen gunboats; the latter is wind-bound, with convoy, for Tomingen ; and three cutters. An Ad miralty Mellinger, and Mr. Ross, King's Mellinger, have arrived with difpatches for Admiral RUSSELL and Lord HAIROWET. SHERINIISS, OCT. 3t.—Sailed this morning from the Nore the BONETTA (loop of war, and the knot armed (hip, with the fleet under convoy for the B+i• tic, with a light breeze at N.W. The fignal I;)r a convoy for Tonniqpn, is flying on board the Cuss ; no other fhip being yet aprointed.—Wind N. E. The following is a copy of the Anfwer fent by C .pta in Owen of the Ire ORT.I LIT E, in reply to M. Rnaix's Boat Intelligence : " Captain Owex, of l'lmmortalite, is very much obliged tu " the Commodore Roam, for the news he did him the blame, communicate. He requcas further to know, if that report i,a • all fimilar to thofe lately made by the Admlt-..11 VERHZUL and " La Ca nese, and if this vidtary has been as decifive as that of " Monfleur VILLe at tom" HIGH COURT OF ADMIRALTY, DOCTORS CODIKOMS. —Yelierday the Right Honourable Sir W. Scorr pro ceeded to the adjudication of the following fhip cafes : Hoffnung, Miehelfon matter.--This veffel, under Pruffan co lours, laden with a cargo of linen, iron, wire, and various other articles, no a voyage' from Andterdam to Bilboa. was captured by his Majeity's gums brig Firrinue,'Ltecrerfavt Mean Wnahc. Commander, and brought to Dover. In this cafe further proof was direded as to the property of the Ihip, and that part of the cargo claimed. Hoffnung, Schmidt maftcr.—This Swedifh Chili, laden with a cargo of corn, was in the prof:cution of her voyace to a port in Spain at the time of her capture.- - hip retired, with freight and expcnces to the neutral matter, and the cargo refeived. Johanna Catherine, Meukerk matter.— rhiri bring a findlar cafe to the former, the Caine fentence was pronounced. Monthly Statement of the Dlatibntion of the Bridal Naval Force s to the II of Ilavem!ier : Line. so's Ftz..tr::... to 44'L 19 7 29 85 43 4 3 27 0 27 103 la 3 11 127 In pert and fitting, - - Guard (hips - Inthe Englilt and 'frith Channels Iv the Downs and North Seas At the Weft India lllands,and on the Paffage - - - S s 0 25 Jamaica Ration 2 0 II 2; America & Newfoundhnd Rations a 2 Eaft Indies, and on the Palfage - 8 2 Is to Coat of Africa - 0 0 3 z Spain, Portugal and Gibraltar - o o t 4 in the Meditemncan &on Palige 37 I 17 1.1 With fealed Ordrrs .0 1 2 0 Hofpital and Prifon Mips &fret Expedition 13 1 Z 0 2 P Total in Commiffien - 131 7 7 139 Receiving (hips - 7 4 4 • Serviceable, and repairing for fcr vice - - - - 20 7 21 5 In Ordinary - . - ay 8 21 a' Building - - - - 28 z il Total -20 L 42 4%, 'r.l(t -- 7:6 !