Star. — London, England, 1808-02-08 00:00:00

. . Lti Ilis `Lordshi p having left town for Staittoilit.+. It p o ke of Posrpoin appeared pcifettl y recovered t o his late indisposition. The Council met at tr o'clock, and broke up at six—and shoitlY after, dispatches we're 'sent of from the Admiralty F or tign Office, to his MAJESTY at Windsor, A set paperi relating to the. Bank his been oe d, by order of the House of Contnions, and hid iiarliament. It consists of copies of all corms : c e, since the Ist of May, 1807, between the o f the Exchequer and the Governor and • • ,/ G o vernor of the Bankt o n the sub j ect of the .t of the National Debt ; the application de.unclaimed dividends ;.• and a loan of money for pu bli c service. This corrtipoudence commenced the 23d December. The Previous part, consisting the pro posal, on the part of Government, and the of the Baltic, may be collected froin the result, ;e ), i s g iven correctly in our preceding tblutnns. LISBON. Letters an d papers to the 18th ult. have been re. since our last, from - which we have given a s f ee by General kNOT, and some other articles in receding column. 'The Decree alluded to has not, however% been . wast ed. The merchants, it is said, have allowe d t o sell the goods themselves, rendering - account. We know in what manner the same thing done in liamburgla ; viz. the merchants made a sa crifice of part of their property to the French agents. m u , with a little management, and address, the law i e en ded, tu wee Wended ; and the favoured Gene. la b and civil Agents share the emolument between dem in the prescribed proportions. The insurgents who were condemned by the inn'. it tr ibunals were afterwards pardoned. Ito mention is made of the British squadron off the Nos. AMERICA ly the Ha w ke , arrived at Greenock, we h*ve re. i f 'A r ed Charleston •pitiersatoz4c. ..st,b D:fieiii - beis,. e d Boston papers to the 4th ult.. the follO*lng are pleading articles of intelligence: ~...- .-.- - s /mei OF A LETTER , „ FROM A ME M B EROP C ONG RESS.. Washingion, Der... 23a , ' , You have doubtless received information before this time, that Congreis-haveqsasind klaw, laying an eni- *O. The question was taken in the house of fte pnentatiVes, at 11 o'clock, on Mornitay.nisht, and caned by a large majority.—Ayes 821,Nne5.44. Psobablt no question that has been A gititkit, -siiice the establishment of the present Government; hai ex &ld more sensibility. - The debate, especially updft :the last day, ;was uncommonly animated and interest iel.". . The friends of the measure had, it is supposed, get,dteOreen Saturday evening and Monday 'flor ins!, to say nothng, but take a silent vote, except a . few. observations by way of explanation—nOthing was said be the friends of the Bil l, durin g a session of twelve bons on Monday. The time was taken up by itscepooentS the. measure is : adopted in pursifance of a recommendation from the President, professedly given in consequence of recent communications from 14n Armstrong, our Minister at Paris.. Mr. A. has give information, that Bonaparte is determined to clothe his decree against neutral commerce without :Al exception in our favour. The letter of Armstrong, lnwever, was not communicated to us, though repeat , ally called for, and though different Gentlemen ex pressed a strong jealousy that there was something in that letter besides notice of Bonaparte's determination tb enforce his decree. Nicholas, of Virginia, upon being pressed, said, an embargo would be a powerful means to bring Great- Britain and France to terms. Smilie said, that France was contending for the rights of neutrals, and that thei?trght to assist her in securing the freedom of the M!s;' , ~heie'tsiio Gentlensen. ire .suptioVd to know . ... more about executive secrets. than most others. Not sithstaldirig in attempt was .pmeliously . made to dis guise the re al- object, pi s =opponents suspected that Great Britain' teas the only, power aimed at. You har . e seen in the . Papers that Bonaparte has said, "There shall do long°, be any neutrals. Neutral ports shall be shut against British.cominerce." What iealoosy map then be reasonably. indulged? for positive . proof we hait'itet,. and cannot obtain. Is it not pro bable that' an intirnaf has- iseers rece i v ed through kinsti4ig, Of in some other 'way, that our ports mart be shut against the Dritidi ? Or is it not the plan for us to make common cause with the august Emperor, 'whose sympathies and ours are the same ? When the measure was first suggested in the House, Mr. Randolph approved it ; but when he perceived the motive, the object, and the probable consequences of the measure, he instantly and magnanimously retrenched his first opinion , an d opposed the Bill as calculited to seal the death-warrant of our liberties. — His last speech, delivered about ten o'clock on Mon day night, and the last that was delivered on the sub ject, was one of the most solemn, dignified, and im pressive speeches which I ever heard. But such was the predetermination, such the inflexible obstinacy of the majority, that argument and reason were useless. An embargo was deprecated, as in all probability ,1 it would lead to immediate war with Great Britain il that it was idle to suppose she would not perceive the design, notwithstanding the fliwsy veil thrown over it. It was admitted, that if the melaacholy crisis had arrived, in which war was inevitable, Fuel) a • ... • • • . Measure might be proper. But it was really hoped, that the day of Conciliation hid not passed ; that it was extremely' to be regretted, . that any obstacle Shetald he throWi in the way to a riegociation with the EnVoy daily expected here. I hope, Sir, that Wit may be disappointed in our expectations, but the prospect ii gloomy. WAsltiNatoN, DEC. 24. - You have before this time, received information of the embargo ; the law has gone into operation, add the measure has already been in some degree felt by , the people. Whether the policy that dictated this law be wise Or foolish, I presume not to determine. — It is now a laW of the land—it must be obeyed, and resistance will be vain. Let the Measure be felt foi a few months—let the merchant lay up his ships in his docks—let the farmer and planter destroy their su perfluois produce. After a little experience they can judgb by thi eteet of the policy of the measure they will ascertain its Operations, and , how they can subsist 'under it ; for now that the kaw is Without limit, it is intended to be in force until Great Britain shall be iirostrate at our feet. Such is the lAnguage of the friends of the Mraittre—they declared in secret session that the law woeld never be relinquished till Great .Britain and France had given us complete satisfaction: Hovi long it will take to produce this effect, I also not rnatheinitieian enough to calculate. Verb little was said in secret session by the friends of the embargia , They perhaps supposed the ex - , pediency of the measure so manifest that it required no argument or illtistration ; or they supposed that no logic or eloquence COtild render it plausible. Which of these alternatives best eiPlain their conanct I leave to your sagacity to discover. On Monday the House was twelve hours in constant Se;'sibn ; during all that time not a single friend of the bill rose to vindicate the measure. Whenever an opponeritclosedhis speech, loud calls for the question were vociferated from every part of the house ; when they were tpelking, Isere was such noise and confusion ; such talking, 1 and coughing, and hemming, that little or nothing ,could be heard. In this manner was the debate co n. `duted upon a measure of as much importance as any that has engaged the attention of Congress since the organization of the Government. The minority regarded the measure as inadequate and destructive; injuring foreign power very little; in comparison with the extreme and irreparable injury to ourselves : they denounced it, as a measure that originated in a mandate from France. lam assured that most, if not all those who opposed it, expressed their entire belief thatit proceeded from Bonaparte, and was intended to co-operate with his scheme of destroy ing British commerce.—" I will oaks my fift* flaw it," said Mi. Masters, " the hand of Napkin; is in Mir Aisle Mr. Randolph and Mr. Elliot considered the inde pendence of the nation. gone the moment the bill pas sed : they saw the origin and object of the measure ; and expressed their apprehensions that the time was fast coming when we were to be added to Holland, Naples, Westphalia, &c. to whom Bonaparte has given kings. Who knows, said Mr. R. but that at this mo ment the Prince Regent of the future King of Ame rica, who is now " puling in his nurse's arms," may be within these very walls. Attempts were made to obtain amendments to the bill ; among others to limit its operation to sixty days; but they were repeatedly negatived by a silent majo rity. As your port is generally embargoed about this season of the year by the ice, you may not, per haps, feel the effects of this measure so soon as the people of other cities. Among other strangers of distinction now inWash ington, are Mr. Munroe and General Wilkinson.— Mr. Munroe yesterday was some time in the House of Representatives. SATURDAY, Dec. 26.—1 t has been currently re ported here to-day, that the Statira frigate, with Mr. Rose on board, has been captured by the French ship Le Patriot, which lately left Hampton Roads. I have not been able to trace this repeat to its source, and cannot therefore say whether it is founded in fact, or intended as a quiz. Should it be a fact, it may have an important bearing on our political situation. —The embargo, says the National Intelligencer, was in tended for a weapon to be wielded by the Executive at the approaching negotiation. If the negotiator is captured, and the negotiation prevented, either the capture or the embargo must be regarded as an event quite mai-a-propos. SATURDAY EVENING, DEC. 26.—A son of Gover' nor Hull's arrived here to-day with important intelli gence from the Michigan territory. He states, that 2000 Indians evidently with hostile views, had assem bled in the neighbourhood of Detroit. It is supposed they have been instigated by the British, to make war upon our infant settlements, and 600 men are or dered out from the state of Ohio, to meet them. It seems now to be the opinion of our best informed and most judicious men, that we are in truth likely to be plunged into a war with Great Britain, unpre pared as we are. The reason for a change of opinion on this subject appears to be, the information coming from an authentic source, that our Government have peremptorily refused to accept any atonement at o mth be offered for the assault up on the Chesapeake, rto listen to any overtures that may be made by Great Bri tain, unless she will previously renounce the right of searching neutral ships for her own deserters, and other seamen. As she cannot and will not relinquish . sisal r i g ht, and our Government seem reiolviko inktroli . -. . „ • • L ., the claim ; duce appears fa lie t r iltailafiveLmat nest pUnie—st igtievous eaiiinity it wilt be--ashilt dreadful weight of responsibility rest: Os! 'the Ctriernment and the LegisLitare, if they 'bring** upon ir.country fiir the paltry purpose of protaitt ing iltitiSh deserters" . ~ 7 ~~e} , THE ARMY; " ~_~ r 416.1. eit dENERAL; NINTiI DAY. This morning aftei the-Court met, Brigadier Ge , neral CaAwrunn was again called in by his own re quest to give ibine explanatiods of his eviOnce : his explanation liistkd halt an hour, when Brigadier Ge neral Lumr.zy was called, .and allowed to sit down during his evidenCe. He accordingly began his nar rative of the operitiods so far as he was concerned,., and continued giving his evidence when our express Came slimy at twelve o'clock. The Court, notwith standing the unfavonrible state of the weather, was much cro*ded. _ The Penelope frigate, Captain DICK, will sail with Sir GEORGE Panvorr, Bart. arid suite, for Halifax, the moment the wind is fair. The 7th, Bth, 13th, and 23d regiments, which are embarked in transports, co mmanded by Captain With ers, sail at the same time. The Banterer, Captain SuIPPARD, accompa nies them. The last part of the 13th regiment, com manded by the Hon. Colonel CoLviLL, arrived at Portsmouth ori Friday night, from Plymouth. Saturday a bag of letters reached the Post-office from the Cape of Good Hope ; they are to the latter end of October, and announce the arrival there of the Monarch and Harbinger transports, with the Bth re giment on board from Monte Video, on the 20th Oct. under convoy of the Staunch gun-brig. The Flora and Fox transports ran foul of each other at sea, on the 24th October, and sustained considerable damage —the Monarch was in a very bad state when she reached the Cape. A violent gale prevailed at the Cape on the 20th, when most of the ships in the Bay drove from their anchors, but the Arierican brig Juno was the only vessel stranded. The Warley lost three anchors. Horsham barracks are at present, occupied by the Leltester, Monmouth, and Brecknock regiments of Militia. Friday the South Hants Militia marched from Shoreham to Lewes barracks, where it is expected they will remain till the barracks at Shoreham un. dergo some repairs. Sunday se'nnight several wounded soldiers were landed at Southampton, who lately arrived from Buenos Ayros. The men, though mutilated, appeared to bear the fate of war with chearfulness. Wednesday 250 men from the 2d battalion of the Bth regiment of foot, marched through Southam tos on their route from Chester to join the Ist bat n ow embarked at Portsmou th for America. On Thursday, 64 Volunteers from the Irish Militia for the 11th Regiment of Foot, arrived at Romay, on their route from Ireland to the Isle of Wight. In the evening a quarrel ensued between some of the sol diers quartered at the sign of the Lamb, and several t e l r o sZ . s flrcgleuen n eighbourhoodlgtheause, which pr oceeded n to - and the inhabitants ran outwith pitch wee i foi re ts, y pokers,and whatever other instruments they could find. The affray at length grew so serious that the Magistrates thought it advisable to call out the Volunteers, who readily assembled, paraded the streets, and took several of the most active into custody ; whom they left till Saturday morning. An investigation then took place, when it appeared that many of the soldiers and towns. people were dangerously wounded in the affray.— However, a compromise took place betwixt the Ma gistrates and the Officer commanding, when both par ties were released from . custody, and the soldiers were marched to Southampton, where they embarked im mediately for the Isle of Wight. Monday Sarah Smith, the Sussex Sleeping Sylvan, otherwise called the Sleeping Bectorty, again fell under 1 the influence of Morpheus, at a public house at Horsham, from whence she was removed to the poor house, where she yet remains, as a corpse. An ope ration has been suggested by eminent gentlemen of the faculty, but which, the unfortunate young woman has hitherto positively refused to undergo. Captain Rooms, of the Windsor Castle Packet, has been for some days at Birmingham, on an invi tation from some of the most respectable manufac- 1 turers, and who, for his gallant conduct, voted him an elegant Sword. Certainly, when we think of the force which he had to encounter, it is like a dream. He is a young man, only in his 25th year, of most unassuming manners and conversation. His Portrait is taking by an eminent artist, by order of the Post- Master General. On Saturday a very numerous meeting of a Corn- 1 mittee of the Privy Council took place at the Cockpit, Whitehall, to resume the subject which has often been before the Right Honourable Board, respecting the right of Sir HOME POPHAM sharing as a Flag Officer in the rich prizes taken at the first capture of BUMPS Ayres, which is strongly opposed by several distin guished Officers, in consequence of Sir Homes Com mission, appointing him Commander, being antedated. There were present — Tee Lord Chancellor, Earl Camden, Lords Hawkesbury and Castlereagh, Mr. Pert:eve), tbe Master of the Rolls, the Attorney and Solicitor Generals, Sir Even Nepean, &e. The Committee did not come to any decision, but are expected to meet again in a few days, when it is supposed the question will finally be determined. DONIOALL ELECTlON.—Fourteenth Day;—State of the Poll : For Colonel Mootioutery load General Hart Msjority 179 The diamond buttons which the Russian Aalleoss:- dor, Count Rasuntowskirwore on his coat at the mar riage ceremony of the Emperor of Austria, was va lued at three millions of roubles. F or ty privateers are stated to have been fitted out in the province of Sleswick alone, to cruize against the English, and houses of rendezvous were opened at Hamburgh, Altona, Hnsum, Toning's, Kiel, &c. to which seamen were invited by strong appeals at once to their avarice and tesentment. 71 - AI Os, d $1 • r. • rateatelzktolt.N...t • • • LIVERPOOL, FEBRUARY 6. .•••, Arrived the Neptune . 8A1C1 .. 1, fro#i Savanfrair 440 on the 7dt, ult. id .coriiequence of a private r expr4ss received iliat ‘ morning; itatim, that the Mail Of that evening WOOld.bring the order of Congress fir hying the Einbirgii The Liverpool paiket; • PAnsON4 for Liverpobl, sailed on the 2d. The .Ertiliargo took place at Chirleston on the sth. PALMOUTH, FEB. 5. • Arrived his Majesty's brig Primrose, froin Ply- Mouth. gilled yesterday evening the Hiimber armed ship, with a convoy for the Downs ; Carnation brig - o f war, with dispatches for Halifax ; Champion fri gate; Capelin schooner, Entreprenante and King George cutters, on a cruize off Brest. Remain his Majesty's ships Antelope and Millbrook, with a fleet of transports, which will sail immediately on the ap pearance of the rest from Portsmouth. The Wel. singhant packet with mails for Malta, Messina, Ste. will sail to-morrow morning if the wind is fair. A Sicillian Messenger arrived this morning 'to take his passage in her. Dispatches Of importance, from the French ()overt. ment to the Commanding Officers of the Islands of Gaudaloupe and Martinique, were found a few days since, in possession of a Frenchman of the Bale of Born, who was a passenger in the American schooner Hope, Captain Jorres, from Bourdeaux bound to New York, detained by the Mars privateer, and sent into thii port. :These dispatches were sent to London foe the inspection of his Majesty's Ministers ; and last night a Messenger arrived here from the Secretary of State'S Office, whO took Mr. BOYER into custody, and with his papers went off early this morning for. London. This is the third American vessel which has been sent in here, within a short space of time, • on board of which French Government dispatches were found.—Wind W. PLYMOUTH, FEBRUARY 6. Came in the Fortunee, of 40 guns, from Cork ; Seine, of 40, from a cruize ; Matilda, Capt. KARR, from Monte Video, with tallow, hides, &c. ; Ceres* HAASLOP, from Lisbon, for Bremen, with fruit, de tained by the Plantagenet, of 74 guns : she left the squadron under the command of Sir SYDNEY SMITH,. consisting of twelve sail of the line, cruizing off the Tagus. PORTSMOUTH. FEB. S. The General Con claux French privateer is sent in to this port by the Boadicea, Capt. MAITLAND ; and t his morning the Resistance , Capt. ADAM, sent in a French privateer which she captured off Havre. Fan. 7.•—Nothing arrived or sailed this day. DEAL, FEBRUARY 7. Sailed this morning his Majesty's ship Sultan, with the East Indiamen, &c. for Portsmouth, but put back again, and remain in the Downs with the ships as per last, and several other outward-bound vessels.—Wind YARMOUTH, FEBRUARY 7. Yesterday arrived the Goliah, of 74 guns, Captain PUGET, from a cruise off the Dutch coast; also ar rived the. Cruiser and Sappho sloops of war, Acute and Forward gun brigs. This morning sailed Dutch cartel with prisoners for Holland. Remain the }toads the Roebuck, Admiral DOUGLAS ; Admiral Russzcz ; Goliah, of 74 guns, Vestal and Amiable frigates, Rosamond, Cruiser, Forrester, and Sappho sloops of war, Acute and Forward gun brigs. The Goliah is under sailing orders for Plymouth.— Wind W. and by N. Extract of a letter which we received by the Duke of Kent packet. " Port Royal, Jamaica, Dec. 14, 1807. " Aug. yo.—Sailed with the convoy for England, his Majesty's ship Chichester, Capt. Tait. Arrived from Barbadoes, with the London convoy, his Majesty's ship Wolverine, Capt. Collier , returns to her station again this day. The Ulysses, 44, Capt. sham; and the Recruit, Hon. Capt. Lake, remain on the Barba does station. " Dec. 7.--Arrived his Majesty's sloop Savage, Capt. Maurice • with the fast sailing Spanish privateer Don Quixote, pierced for 7 gunsovlth only eight on board, and 99 men, which she took Carthagessa. Sbe had taken the brig Thorn, of 12 guns, of maks. The capture of this privateer has given great satisfaction, as from her fast sai li ng she would have done great mischief to '" trade. " Dec. 10.—Salled on a cruise his Majesty's ship Dadalus, Captain Warren. " Dec. 12.—Arrived from Halifax his Majesty's sloop Colum bine, Capt. BraLbsw, having on board Major General Skerrett. " Dec. 13.—Sailed on a cruise his Majesty's sloop Peterell, Captain Lamborn. . • " Dec. 14..—Sailed, with the packet, his Majesty's ship . Capt. Fyffe ; and Haddock schooner, Lieut. Foley, on a =is* " Dtsrns.—Lieut. Matthews, of his Majesty's ship Hunter. , Lieut. Read, Royal Marines, of his Majesty's ship D Ma,- iedalus.—Mr. sae (ibis Majesty's ship Adamant. " ATToi wr ma wrs.--Capt. Malbon , to the Adamant; Capt. Pefis,to the Hebe ; Capt. Doug las, to the Reindeer ; Capt. Bell, tied* Shark : Mr. Jeans, Midshipm an, of the Veteran, to be limemisim of the Hunter. C Pur Maude, Purser of his Majes ty's ship Chichester ; ls Vs am happy to Lad by the Savage, that the report of the Wending, Capt. Hall, being lost, is without foodation.“ . COW EXCUANOR, MARK-LANE, Fora. 11.-.—The fresh st ai r ineft day a ailte but d Wheat fatc tota is considerable, dsal u e l s l afterwards. Fine Barley is dearer—Mak, with Peas and Beans of both sorts, continue at little fluctuation —The supply of Oats is short, and that trade is quoted at rather higher price—Sales of Flour on the terms of but *lnk. csestates CIIIIIINCT AI UNDIM: Wheat, 465. Ps. 'its. Beans (old) 565. 62a. Od. Fine ditto, 725. 78s. Tick ditto (old) 52a. 58s. Od. Rye (New) 465. Mts. Oats, sta. 345. 383. Barley, 41s. 475. Poland ditto, 40s. 41s. Od. Malt 645. 7 *'. Potatoe ditto 00$. 4.1 e. Mite Pees (billets) 1541. 1645. Rape Seed, 501. SIL Os. (key ditto 6oe. 655. Else Flour Ps. Ps.. —Seconds 5Ss. Sas. 1 i , . r : 1 ' , C. i, 1 I ' • . e 1 d 1- I a .., nff ut 4 nd he H 2 , in ar- :ate i d a a in elia, and 1 and figs. h.— Duke • 807. Oestre ith the '1"; she pt. Ne- Barba- 1 teurice, d for 14 took of I, of la- sfaedon, f to the alus, 36, • Colas- Acerrett. Peterell, dp Hebe, mix* p Hunter. }us.—Mr. Cole, Pur- int OWL Belly ram, ela be port of the on." . The fresh vnti ••21Pe • Pied Clant CUM, cla ins ts io /9 it "~~'l ith th NOT. ImmiN.. .n day, iard t 4 reetict L4s. sr l I-It p rains ie D Croix. licated which Eansion ISO& oerdilliP• 1F04 8 . 47, 3Yed St. of the ad Oteit Ott the kVE " 1 c? 5, ~ordshsF, li s patchts ecember , omas ay J arousal the ON ants kG/L" ce wer e held is , m isting ) !LAMA [4urs* ic l / 2 not r . .. t