Star. — London, England, 1810-11-28 00:00:00

FROM LAST-NIOET'S iIAZETTE. IN, CIONTINUATITNFIWKIVE pitEcgma PAGE„ • ADMIRALTY' OFFICE,bIOV. 27. , Copy of •a. Letter from Vicelickairal Drury, Commander in ‘ i Chief of Ms Majesty'sli otVesseli in the -East Indies, to Croker, lieg e dated on board the Cornelia, tO Ma-. -.ebeießiuds,July IL • • " ise....fexp..rienie much pleasure in for Warding to you, for the forotiliallon' of the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners 4fibriAdmitaky, eOII6RII of two letters received from Lieutenant • Anoka; -Vero Drury, coMmanding Ms Majesty's cutter Sylvia, ,detailing the circumstances attending the capture of a Dutch ra - .dooot larii,Uteight guns, with two transports, and the destrustion -of three piratical prows; and feel happy in the opportunity of being able to express my approbation of the conduct and distin • guished gallantry of this old and deserving officer, which reflects • t him the highest credit, and will, I trust, recommend him to their Lordships. • The Echo is • the 13th vessel of force which. bas recently been taken from the enemy on the coast of Java.' I have the honour ti be, &e. (Signed) w. O's. DRURY. His Majesty's Critter Sylvia, off Angra peint, April 20. • Stu-r Proceeding through the Straits of Sunda', , three separate attempts were -made, by armed prowsi to stop the progress of hisliajesty'i cutter under my command ; the position taken - by' these vessels wag close to the Isle of Cracatoa, one of whirett;On the 6th Jititsipt,' swept out Mil the Sylvia; tut wis gbon drove on shore, taken possession: of, and. finsfir destrioYetii after taking .Out one 6.pounder. Our thel,t.h fristahe an Armed prow, of large dimenribor,-achinceit ,elose to. 41iip, Majesty's cutter , ; that I-judged& neces 7 ., s., de viate from my course and destroy: this pi. rate *filch resolutely approached boat, :Oder the Command of .an officer,. and a. party .4, volunteers„., proceeded to harass the enemy; who now. endeavour ed to escape, but was prevented by the brisk .bra of musketry kept up•by the detached party, which took possession without sustaining the smallest loss. On the 1 lth instant a large lugger, at aechoxun, der Cracatoa, was seen to-get undeiweigh, her)nove: ment indicating . an hostile intention ; I therefore. equipped the prize, gave her. in command Mr., Chesnaye, who resolutely met theeneniyik approach, - compelling him to seek safety by flight'; an tgand intervening caused us to lose sight of the enemy,' therefore weighed anchor and stood out for the pur , pose of supporting the volunteers, who, T saw on the Sylvia coming up, were on the point of boarding ; the obstinate refusal of the enemy to yield, compelled me to open and continue a destruCtive fire Until the tugger sank. Herewith I have the honour to transmit you a list of killed and wounded, with a desc r ipti on o f t h e ' ves . sels attacked : Armed Prow, 41 ale-pounder and co min. Armed Prow, 0f . 2 six-pounder. and 20 men; two killed and one wounded. Armed Luger Prow, of 3 eighteen-pounders and. 72 I:geflt and wounded unknown. Sylvia—None killed ; is badly wounded, I since deid. I have the honour to be &c. ' • . (Signed) A.- . %Lieutenant and Commander. • Hit Majesty's Cutter Sylvia, of•Middlehurghisland, - Aki! . 27 ! SIR—I have the honour to mention tayour Excel leney, that on the 26th instant, atiteak of *day, three armed brigs with two lug-sail vessels 'were discerned sail in the vicinity of Edam Island, hasteriing: tcr‘ral•ds Batavia. Measures were instantly taken to infercept the sternmost vessels, by bfinging to close action the Dutch National : brig D' Echo, of eight six. p_:unders and 46 men, commanded by Lieutenant ChriStian Tbaarup, 4; 'surrendered to his Majesty's cutter after.itharp contest of twenty Minutes, having three killed and seven wounded, ourselves sustaining a 1411'61: four men killed and three wounded, •••• • 'The instant that a separation between the Sylvia and her prize could be effected,. pursuit was given to the headmost brigs, which, aided by . a favourable breeze and intervening shoals, effected their. , esCape to the batteries of Unrust, leaving his Majesty's cut ter to take posseision,of iwo, transports, mounting two 9-pounders- and defended by 60 men each. days from Sourabaya, laden with artillery eqUipige and valuable European goods. • Sub-Lieutenant Chesnaye's conduct in this affair and throughout the whole cruize, has been highly merit-Prious. I therefore beg leave to recommend him to your Extellency as a brave young officer.: •' • • , The inferior officers and seamen evinced the great est desire Of bringiutthe Whole of the enemy's force to • although much weakened by a deficiency of twelve Menu rendered incapable by wounds received' on a recent ocCasfon with some desyerate pirates, thive the honour, to . (Signed) , A. V. DitURY, • Lieutenant and Commapier.. Has Eteelksacy Rear-Admiral Drury, ke: atc. 1 , ..n.1 Indies. . - Vice-Ain:H.o. Dittity; 'Commander in .0 mit the; Eatc Indies, haS , Jransmitted to. John ,Wilson , Cruker, Eiq. two . letters he had received from . cap. tain Tucker , of his Majesty's :ship „Drver. ,011444.005.! Lig u rope-wt . frtiii) Captain Spencer, of tlie,S arang sloop, of itskcessful.attati made by him Au, e fpyt th i n e ISTSnillif - PLlT>riVy r iiom Wheat* hi of - Vet . the, giii ristin,_rrdnanee, and public property ;kind the other, tiansmittiiig_the ftillowing list; of veitels 'gaps tured by the ships under Captain Tocker's . otslers ise.: tween the #th of Mar' and 290) of April lair' •!..: -. Account,of.cnervy's vessels ezptered by his Majciii'S ships under ny orders, between the sth or March and 29th of April 1510, I)utels'ehip Caroline, J. Jacobson, Captain, 411 guns and - 18 men, clteredbyffie Cornwallis, company's cruiser, laden with cur glses for r climate. . . • pack brig Recruiter, 1). fiege.naard; Captain, of 12 gene and 50 ,_ limn: captured by the Semarang. • • •• • •- • VW .1,1 1).4 Dely, J. Sclimi i tit, Captain,. of 'lO stmli and SS tr.en, captured by the. Cornwall,. . - • putth brig Slammas of 4 gun, and 30.114n0i; Wen whheevern. • meat sapplles for ' Ainboyna, Banda, Termite, Meiodo, and . . Girbr.call.. • putch bag Maidleong, oft gssoa andiMmootiadlolt Atilt& ditto. Dutch Prig Etwiina, Egos, Caputo, dt4 guns aletso min, laden witlattlitto. Putch Wit lA/ u Sing, of 2 gent and so men ; laden with ditto. Dutch slaw Javan. (,1 * guns and go men; laden with ditto. Dutch iillsl4/111ac.usat, of 2 guns and 18 men; laden with ditto. Dwell 'Sloop, of 2 glnts aad 10 nein ; laden with, ditto. Dutch Anew, of SFttua and 12 men ; laden wit?, intro (signed) EDWARO TucICEIt• 3E3TIAC r.--I &V i e Brigs, 4 Slnopfi, 53 Vessels of various de scriptions frorn•fonner accounts since prcenibcr, 1809. T0:a164.. • ,(6ignesl) •• • Zootouta Tnett tit; Cory of a letter from Calitain liothant, of ins Majesty's ship the ;:Jrthumberland, addressrd 4) Ad o~f . Lore Gambier, and transmitted by his Lord-hip to Tohn :WiTyrin Croker, • • Northumberland at Seat Nov. tg, ISt°. lulV•Lotto—pl have the' h• mom. to ofwitirlt your. Lordship, that his ktaiesty's ship ttlQralusnbcriAnd . • under ml• commail 3 ,4withthoArroada in company) on me the greatest obligations ; feel them tens bly,' has captuted this day the French privateer, ketch, and am firmly resoled to fulfil them. Bred in camps, la Glaneuse of 14 guns, •and having on bpard eighty- I briag you a frank and loyal soul, an absolute de five awn, , after a second pursuit, having . chaced her votedness to the King my august father, an ardent Post- for • happiness of ChishOlni ; T am dearly of opinion, that ti,e f which has now made its appearance in tlie7 t h Veteran Battalion, is the same diseam ; tiLit highly * contagious ; and that the meastnes v.hich been adopted to prevent its spreading were absol u necessary ; a convincing proof of which it, that d l th men who dive died came out of the same ba rTu i . . r. .. " I have the honour, &c. W. Pym, Esq. &e. &c. " S. tlnorms Surgeon 7da it. V. Bat: l l at .. Mr. WATTER 4 Assistain.Surgeon, concurs is same opinion. _ . ?ling . . the . net a c er e d p a l y ck a p revent ed ets fromfaliin ; in - to of he h r is po zj r esty's __ _ ' desire countr t y o • d w o ith such intentions, I hope to do goO7 • She belonged to Sr. • Maloes, was•commanded by . " Sound policy, that alone which the laws of GOD Mr. Andre .Haste, a Dane, had been sis weeks at sea authorise, must have for its, basis justice and truth; on her first cruize, without making any captures ; such are the principles of the King—they shall also and being a new vessel, only six months old, coppered be mine. I have beheld war close at hand, I know and sails very well, she appears to be particularly all its ravages; there is no conquest which can console well adapted to be employed in his Majesty's service a.country for the blood of its children shed in a foreign as a dispatch vessel. I land. I have seen the Great Emperor of the French, I have the honour to be, &c. so often crowned with the lautels of victory, surrounded by his invincible armies, sigh after the olive of peace. Yes, Gentlemen, peace is the alone glorious object of -a wise and enlightened Government ; it is not the ex , * Oat of a state which constitutes its force and jade- STOCKHOLM, OCTOBER 31. ' ' rpeildenCe ;it is its laws, its industry, its commerce, This day the Deputies of the Diet went to* Mitt- Pd above all its national spirit.: Sweden, it is true, ningliolm,to pay their respects to his Royal Pighnese. has . sustained greaot suff t losserees ; hnt the least the hono=aim, Letur of the Swe dish d us To-morrow, it is said, that Prince will make his so lemn ' submit, Gentlemen, to the decrees of PROVIDENCE ; entrance into this capital. At mid-day there • spinet us recollect that it has left us a - soil 'sufficient will be a levee, and in the evening a grand concert at Court. On the evening of the 2d NoieMber there . .1 0 - I PPPIY our wows, and iron to defend it." ' will be a grand illumination in the city. -On the 34 i - ' at mid-day, the oath of fidelity and homage will be taken in thehall of the Diet, and hi the eveoing,:the Opera of Gurravar Vasa will , be performed: •On 'the sthiris Royal Highness Vrarbold a levee in the rtfor* . Ilk and rc.eilN eguivatasiations ; in the: afternoon :Mere will be a. circle nt.5.4304, On the Bth, tlfe dis "4ll6i:lo the . Diet ; and on the 9th, the usual dis course will be at its close. .. - When the Prince . Royal came from Helsinbourg to Drottningholm. the .people impatient to see him, cqjlected in crowde upon the road, To accommodate the wishes of the multitude, the Prince several times descended from his carriage, • walked on foot a good way, and addressed several Swedish words to the pea sants- and other persons who , surrounded him. lie took up with him auto his carriage several Governors of Provtaces, *order to put questions to them on the country; he listened with the greatest interest to their infOirnation. These marks of goodness excited shouts of joy,; the .enthusiasm was general.—The weather has been constantly favourable ; his Royal Highness enjoys the best health. • • NOVEMBER I.—The ceremony. of the presentation of his Royal Highness the Hereditary Prince took place this day with-the greatest solemnity, in presence of the assembled Members of ; the Diet. His Royal Highness pronounced the following address: SIRE—In appearing this day before the throne of your Majesty, surrounded by the States-General of the realm, my first duty, as it is the first wish of my heart, is to lay a; your feet the public homage cf the sacred and inviolable sentiments which, for life, attach me to your Majesty. .I pay this homage ti. my king, Sire; but I also pay it to the person of a prinfe who, long before he mounted the throne, had acquired, by his_ virtues; the Confidence and love of theirationiSor In difficult circumstances, the State has always had recourse to your Majesty ; twice the throne was va— cant, and twice your Majesty performed the painful :dirties of royalty, without any other interest but that 'of the public w 44. But all at once broke forth one' of illOse revolutions which HEAVEN appears sometimes to permit, as a leSion to princes ; and the nation con jured your Majesty to place yourself on that very throne which you had so long defended. " I could never have foreseen that I should one day be asociated to destinies so glorious. and that your Majesty, after having deigned to fix upon, lie the suffrages of your people, would at last crown so : many favours, by adopting me for your son. A 'title so dear fills my soul with an ambition the most noble! : What am I not bound to do to merit, to support that 1 illustrious name which your Majesty has this day be istowed upon me ! It is not without great distrust of my own powers that I have accepted a task at once so honourable and so difficult. If I have been able to resolve upon it, it was only from 'thinking that I should follow in every thing the counsels of your Ma jesty, and that near you I should be instructed in the great art of reigning. GOD grant, Sire, that I may longer:loY your lessons. GOD grant that the youthful • mind my son may be modelled after your's, and be penetrated with the . great examples which your Majesty presents to' his descendants. • " Messieurs the Deputies of the Nobility, called to be the first Defender of the Throne and of the State, I trust that you will second me in that noble office. Yon know, Gentlemen, that primitive nobility was the reward of great services performed to the country: ! and what obligations are not they under to the State 1 whO enjoy by birth th e re war d s mer i te d by t h e i r an - I restora ? The sacrifice of their life. on every occasion, , is *least of their duties--; it is only by giving an ex- ! ample of perfect dishttereatedhiss, tip' an entire sub- l' mission .to the King And to the laws; it is only, in Ishort; 4 living without remach, that the nobility of your ancestors is really to be preserved. " Gentlemen, Mealbtrilef the Clertir, the Will*, morality of the gospel, which iris iviiiduy - to preiiekil should serve as a guide to all men ; it @anoint a lesson' ' for kings and peopler'l shalt irithplettotitiaviOnyse , of your information Ind soy heart . Soll:ho "ar as t t e, for the good you lo in diffusing; like Food the precepts and the succours of they relignm, of hint' (Signed) U. lIOTIIAU. , .~ GilatALTAit, NoVEMlits The BassCif % established by his L t d i el) „, (N LiFutiaspiOetvernor, after receiving t h rep" of the Medical Gentlemen of this Garri! on !tiny in ha it their power to state, the die Fe*, *kids, 'according to .the said R did exist, is diniinislied . inits lenience ; and 'h it , n Lazarettq, ffiere ,. Fe now no oases '44 shoes;otf and, that only three case; have occur? in t h e Ony since the last geport. (Signed) • . 44 pm . ARMOOLDI.V. Pr e& • a *las Boa., sec." oliF4pyipi.Aipvinat •1-tn • aln addition ti e cstaes of fever wtgeh Arm m it to the •Litaret on".the evtiiFrprthe 26th k it month;' several - :beTsg)fie iiwise in tti e Ithipi,fldVeterail battailoif, were reported to D e , IPviiistlhe•t9th, two of %Am - died the Regimen. !art Pinipitil which is situated within the • sentinel' Litivilirig^a ci?rdon around the. infeeted district in the SMiti, in consequence of *brat, the same precaution' had been taken before, were 'immediately had kiel6urse-fo,. and, on the same evening, the whole ol tße Hospital . eitablishment were encamped on de Liizater ground. Several cases were also reportedi . -die barracks of the same regiment; on which accens it Vis thought necessary, with a view of putting I stop to - the disease, to keep the whole regiment ir quarantine. Preparations were immediately made and the Battalion, with all the women and children marched from the Barracks into Camp on the Nee tral Ground, on the evening of the 29th. The greate hopes are entertained of its having the desired effect The Regiment has only lost six men from this diseaso and it is worthy of remark, that they were all take ill in the same Barrack-room. a The Board of Health which has been estalitshe iq the Garrison last night made a Report to his Et cellency the Lieutenant-Governor, of which we el join a copy, together with several other reports orb ters relative to the symptoms of the disease on bow the transports and in the Lazaret, and to the state( the public health in Cadiz and Carthagena : =TRACT IRON Mt JAMES IPZLLOWiIe RZPOIT UPON THZ MIME AT CADIZ. FRENCH PIPERS. TKE gy_ENINc STAR.- - -- . . ..;, . , ~ T .WEDNg a iIN44 4 INOVEIMit SS.. - . .. • • • ?NCI OR. STCPCAS TICS DAY ,AT 0144 VOLOCit. . . . r. s per Cern. Cons. money, 117.11—ece.. ilit‘ .. ..jtednce4 60-4 prnt. 32 3 . -.-. •• • . - . 4 . • --... . . 'lit 5,a! Con 4 ....Omni= 41 . -. :: par r - 14 . • eq:Bnk, fl . I prem.- 7 130nd' 'JAL 245. pram. .. • - ••• .PRICR OP STOC/9 YESTERDAY. a per Gent. Red. 641$ . -.'" einnlum 414 dig. i. - 3 per Cent. Cogs. 67W..-.. India Bonds, 255. 280. pub. 4 per Cent. 62}1} Exc. Bills ' 7s. I Is. pre. 5 per Cent. Navy lON. - - • English Lottery Tickets £2l. I Long Ann. 171 13-16 s:>• . . Cans . for sec. 67,/,i . . Dispatches were this day received by Govern:Stilt from Cadiz, dated the 16th instant, but, with the ex ception 9f the intelligence that the contagious fever had nearly abated, they contain nothing of impor tance. The following letter from Oporto received in town this morning, seems to speak cr: the surrender of Al meida to the Portuguese, as not very distant : " OPORTO, NOVEMBER 2. cc On the 28th ult. Silveint was very near Almeida ; the heavy rains will probably prevent him from at tacking till to-day. The militia are in the neighbour hood of Coimbra. Mortier is reported to have joined Massena. " Three thousand militia, and the 13th and r2d Portuguese regiments are on the banks of Zezere, to defend its passage.'" 1 This morning we received Gibraltar News-papers And private letters to the 9th instants •-4- gives us great pleasure to be able to state that the' lever which 'lately broke out in that Garrison is nearlYilibctued. , As every information respecting this malady is highly iisteresting, we have inserted various extra s from*the Gibraltar Chronicle as well as from our private letter. " ALICANT, Oer.sa; 4 The sickness is growing worse and worse in Cal‘ thegena, where the number of deaths now 1=0024i . to between 80 and 85 a-day." • “ GIBRALTAR' BAT ; OCTOBER 29. " Sta—After carefullyobserving the symptoms and ,progress of the fever that lately raged here, and com paring it with the accounts of the malignant yellow fever that prevails in the West Indies, I am clearly of opinion,that it is exactly the same disease. In its symp toms and character, it almost accurately corresponded with the description of that disease given by Moseley on West India Diseases. In the first or inflammatory stage, the most remakable and frequent symptoms were, a very severe pain in the fore part of the head, sometimes shooting to the hind part ; eyes red ; face flushed and turgid ; pulse frequent, full and strong ; skin very kot : these symptoms generally preceded 'by and attended with costjveness.—l have not seen any pain or uneasiness of the stomach at this period. After two or three days, these symptoms are all much abated, and there is apparent relief ; but it is soon followed by more distressing and unmanageable ones. There comes oa a sense of uneasiness, and sometimes very smart pain, at the pit of the stomach, soon at tended with a vomiting at first of the usual contents . Hof the stomach, but Ifterwards of a dirty jlark hrown or black matter. sometimes alMOst like black muddy ilitch-water. There were frequently,. also, constant purging - of the same thst of 'ci . fetter, but sometimes Apf • different consistedee' so watery as thit thrown s u - These slainang .g From all the information I have been able to ob. taro from the Spanish practitioners of eminence here, from the documents which have been presented to me by the Junta, and from my own personal obervatios in the public hi.spital of this city, I cannot doubt the existence of a disease of a dangeroui nature in certaisi parts of this town. 44 I have this night recommended to the Board, that, as the danger to be apprehended from the dis. ease spreading, arises from the number of persons col lected together in close and ill aired apartments, the utmost vigilance and authority must be used to sepa. rate the sick immediately, where it can be done, and to retriove them to the public Hospital. " I have great satisfaction in mentioning, that, in my Report to Lieutenant General GRAHAM, I have stated, that no case of the prevailing fever has ap• peared in lhe Military Hospitals, nor in any corps tut. der his command. - RETURN LAID BEFoRS THE BOARD OF HEALTH OF Cal& DEATHS IN 1809 MATHS IN 1810. leptetnber - 174 September - SS' October • $0 hem 1K to 94th Oct. 599 354 " So that, reckoning for the remaining days in Oc tober at the rate of only 25 per day, it makes 175, i,hich added to 929 is 1104 ; making the de.tths ThO ire during the two months of this year than lag .47 * - IiPT.OI O A LETTER FROM SIR JAM= VILLLOWEs TO JAS DUFF, N3Q. HIS MAJESTY'S CONSUL-GENERAL Al 64 Wig , DATED-CADIZ, NOW• 11. 1810. 5 I have the hone* to acijoitintjoa o de! 60 Refibiteiobich lave Writ sent in toje Banl-4. p. i __ _ ____„ , symptoms admitted of , z CHRIST. - ' I 1 butlittle relief, and, when violent, sometimes carried 4 ...i_ .• and c the • • which • is• ' " Gentlemen Burge**, industry, arts, and corn- I off the unfortunate sufferer in twenty-tour hourefrom generally i-v me nature, confirm opinion th daring the last week have been - of a tell fo state of coerce, ensure the prosperity of a State, as they in- 1 . crease the happiness of families • in a free nation, and , their commencement ; at other tires leis severe ani the public health. more lingering in their course : in a few cases the . entertained here of the improving under a just Government. Genius and talents lead 1 II Th ere have been but few fresh eases observed ill to every thing ; and thole who distinguish themselves, . hiccough was very troublesome. One man who, I lei= to die eiteens-of l in your order, have great C the nnderstood,h• d been a Iti me a long ill, whose case I knew 1 Sovereign. nothing of, as he was speechless when first I saw him, ,- And you, brave Swedish Peasants,--I haveevery : the oth ,“ to t siE t th: , e nd Bti th i e in n st u a m m be t l ere of dweeathresla9rebudriimaii:isbtdon tbs: and yesterday 17. where heard proclaimed the qualities . which distin- , lay for better than two days in almost constant con- , e The British troops be th in Cadiz 'and gnish you, and I see with a pleasing einoticn the ; vulsions before he expired, ' . 1 wr.s." enjoy good health. (Signed) ~ James:no particular consideration which your country grants ! o A shoi:t time previons to death, the yellowness " GIBRALTAR, NOVEMBER t. to you. What ! are not they highly worthy of those - appears about the eyes and spreads over the body ; g 4 The fever is now almost completely extirpatels distinctions, whose arms alternately support and .de.. about the same time hemorrhages have occurred. he gam' fend the country ? Continue to honour, by your la- there being no symptom of the disc.se in t hour and your virtues, the useful and respectable , 46 1 am, Sir, your Obedient servant, vret hp' son, and only three or four cases in the La the order that you form in the State. Your King watches I W. Pym, Esq. &c. &c. • " JOHN A4THUR." , , . . N:l3. It affords.us great satisfaction to be ablates: 1 blished outside I,f the walls. The crews o f at the Isla like a father over your dearest interests. His MArstv will permit me to participate in his tender solici ude. - - transports in the Bay also whic h br ou ght rid of state,that Dr. Arthur is now peif yeti) , well. mostly got " It is, however, to you all, l'aithiul,ltepresentatives of, the Swedish nation, that I address myself. -The, •'. -. ii Camp, November i. the disease. niell King deigned to propose me as succecsor-Ut - the • '," Sin—Having been ibove two years in the West " Our latest accounts I. In Catalonia are out Nroae i you confirmed - that choleetoy an election , tidies, as Surgebit ti4olst regiment, during which ' • favourable. The French armies are g reatly sv(hi ce. 4artarifittani,- and his I'vtaliitY:This day incite.: tout hail • .1.,. farce an opportunity of seeinApith.of the Bu 7 from daily skirmishes and desertion, whilst "I'' - 4 stlin . Sies which already attach me to you, -,. such esteem and conadence,impose I .. . * Urn or Atli - lever 4 wsktilesciobilii . by Doctor is rapidly • . 11 1; " of the Spa/Suds __......a .the disease many fa, I 4