Star. — London, England, 1803-09-29 00:00:00

I . ~., LONDON. ThIMSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19. MIIMAILMAS DAY:-.4101i41ay at the Public Oices. PRIC OF STOCKS YESTERDAY $ pa C. Cott 53 il3 Omnitan 611 9 dif. $ Per Cent 87 86j f Pugh& Tickets 251. ria !Dims. an, 2. g 3e. dif. Conf. fa OR. ue. 5391 ~~ SOMBARDMENr OF !ALMS. The rtfult of the attack upon Calais is not yet known. It appears probable, however, that it wilt ' be the occafinn of much bloodfhed ; for we find by letters which have reached us this morning, that fume of the enemy's boats had actually ventured out in the Lace of our flotilla, and that three of oar brigs were in the midft of them when the laft accounts came *way. Whether they 'were forced out by the inhebi. tants, as one of our letters ltates,or whether they mean really to try what they can effe& againft our veffels by numbers and perfeverance, we cannot take upon es to determine, but we rather take the latter to be the: fao t for we can hardly fuppofe that; sides** the foliated/Al or threats of the inhabitants Would have any influenot on the military operations of our enemy. Thtreis an old proverb, that is a &oaf tfflserings can deftrny a whale," and itis extremely probable they mean to attempt applying it againft fbme °four lllutigia. .This is a cireumilince that our Govan *tent will, no doubt, guard again& by inereafts the foree employed in this Convict.— Perform fat. On the prefent occatiou, however, if there . briso saiiiake is our Dover letter, the enemy's boatimere at left obliged to ran on (pore between . Cstipptad toulogne. They were endeavouring to *GeV /be latter ,phi ' • `. The sea Lusts which have cane to hand.itnil Welt we fultjoin, cannot fail to exeiti-in the Publleibis,un. common &gees of anxiety to know the Urea. We hope 'teeheqbW's poll win citable us' to detail dse particulars s Mac. Sept. Ask bdf-paR eeiseli. "Three tutteriarrived this morningfrom the fqu adrun ems' Calais. with difpatches to Admiral hioaraoss, Rating that upwards of a hundred well diredtedfbells were thrown yeiterday into the town of which did ctmaderable damage; and (paid among the inhailitapts the ntmoß wanternation. Early this morning our Ratak began a bombardment Which till continues. The lalt cutter. which came in about ten minutes ago, brings intelligence that the town ii on fire in feveral places. and particularly in at taffeta quarter. Our (quadrat had not. wags Vils *eel came away, (stained the (manakin jurx. At twelve O'clock about thirty gun boats - Sane tin ofthe harbour and engaged our fquAltai, !Wish congaed of three bombs, three brigs. sad two cutters, but it is not yet afcertained whether any of the boats have been deßroyed. It is however eon. 'tamed that they moR have fuffered very materially, :is many of the (hells fell among them. P. - 19. I have . I'lll been informed by a naval officer, that our fquadron at Calais has been joined ! by the Lemma, of se guns, and tht 'Wrung lisp. It is fuppofed, that the inhabitants finding thanfdves fb much annoyed, aril their property expofed to fo Inleh danger, fbreed the gnn boats out, and that they were endeavouring to make their way to 800. Logue, in the face of our fquadron. The three brigs were in the ankle of the Trench gun boats when-the IA alma came away. I am much affraid that many Eves will be bats the cweaffoo : but I have no doubt that the mink will be highly honourable to our brave tan. Our . iquairon, bend's the above velkle which have joined, coatis of the Discovery, (the names of the other two bombs I have forgot) the Aimee*, luxemount, and Coanicy, and ten cutters. Dowse Wednearry, Sept. sL TWA firing mentioned In my letter of yefterday. sisosotimsed at intervals all night. and this morning the Atrial for an enemy was hoified at the Signal lioufe; Goon after which a heavy firing commenced, and con- Coned ustilaboat three o'clock p. m. About twelve an exprefi arrived to Captain Esssanros, to acquaint him that feveral gun ►oats were out from the call ward t orders were immediately given for the Sca Feneibks to be in readinefs ; and all the bombardiers telfembled in the batteries. It being thick weather, we could sot difcern the whole of the engagement ; however, front the belt accounts, we learn that 28 gun boats bad got out from Calais, and gone down along (bore to Boulogne : our cruizers went as near in fhore as the water would permit, and cannonaded them, which was warmly returned by the batteries along !bore, and the gun•boats, which were obliged at laA to run on (bore between Calais and Boulogne. The firing at times was to very quick, that the French flsoft kilned to be in One continued blaze. Several cotters are going acrofs from the Downs to the af- plants of our fquadron. but nothing has arrived with particulars of the anion ; however, we are all .ms the tip too of expeaation. Report rays, that tso • run-boats with troops are expelled out of Offend nest • J•. We are all at our Rations, and long to (hew them what determined Britons cando, tingle handed, spina the common enemy of mankind. Of • -r- Our ralmtluth letter received this morning flares tfle arfes.ll there of the Ruffian fhip Neva, cnmman. sled by Capt. LtICANII VA, %% hiCh has been fitted out few a voyage of difeovery. Capt. I.tscutttsv• (as ws kora from the Plailchfciphical Magazine, No. 64,) it. &mo w to go tµ An 4141 1 .4tEador to ;.pan, and is acrempanied by feientifie men and Has, who will no doubt enrich geography and natural hifiory with many new oblervations. From Falmouth, Captain LISCANIC•A will proceed to the Canaries, and then to the Southern coatis of America : he will touch at &Al; run down all the eaftern coaft as far as the Strait of Magellan, and, having doubled Cape-Horn, will enter the South Sea, and proceed along the coal! of Chili as far as the port of Valparezo. He will then fleer for the Sandwich Mantis, and having exa mined the moll remarkable of them, will dire& his courfe to Japan to ellablifh and eonfolidate a corn mercial intercourfe between that country and Rums. From Japan he will proceed in tBO5 to Kamtfchatka, where he will pall the winter,and will afterwards vifit Unalafchka, Kadjak, and other iflands of the Archi pelago, fituated between Kamtfchatka and the Nor thern extremity of America. Capt. LISCANIETA will then return to Kadjak, to take in merchandize, with which he will proceed to Canton, the only port of China open to the Europeans, and where the Ruf fians, who hitherto have traded with the Chinefe only at Kadjak, have never yet been. From Canton he will dire& his eourfe to the Philippines, the iflands of Java and Sumatra, arid the peninfula of India, and will return to Ruffia by the way of the Cape of 'Good Hope. Our Countrymen in arms will find in our !an page tome important pape►s, with which it very much con cerns them to make themfelves well acquainted, as tbcy explain every eircumflance relative to the regu• lations, exemptions, and difeipline of our gallant vo lunteer defenders. It will be ken by their perufal, that a non.compliance with the regulations, and a neglect of attendance at mutter and exercife, difqua lify all perfons, fo offending, from continuing in their refpeilive corps--a neceffat y caution :we are confident, however, that no inflance of its bring en forced will occur. Our Countrymen know better the duties they owe to themfelves, their families, their country ! the human race ! than to fail in perforining the duties they have voluntarily taken upon them felves ; and there is not a man in the ranks of our Volunteer Corps who was ignorant that when called into adlual ferries, he tbould be flabjea to all the pro vilions of the Mutiny AR. From the opinions of the Arroaxsr and Socact- TOIL Galilee:. on the fubjea of exemptions, it ap pears that no perfon is entitled to exemption from ballot, unlefs his name has been regularly returned upon a moiler-roll fent to the Lord Lieutenant, or Clerk of the General Meeting of his County, at the times, in the manner, and certified by his Comman dant upon &vow, as prefcribed by Statutes 43d. c. 66, and 43d, C. 121 0 of his relent MAMTT. It mutt give much fatisfaftion to the Public to learn, that notwithtlanding the difficulty of provid ing arms and ammunition for filch a rapid encreafe of the military force of the country, fo great have been the exertions of the Ordnance, that a confider able proportion of mufkets are now in a courfe of de livery ; and that fabres and piftols for the Cavalry, and pikes to any amount, may now be obtained. We have oftener than once expretTed our opinion on the ufe of the pike. Any millakes that were en tertained refpating the extent of the exemptions have been removed, and every man now knows, that though only the number required to be turned out by each county can be entitled to the exemptions, yet any number may be enrolled as fupernumeraries.— The regular arms of courfe mull firtt be delivered to the regular force, but with pikes, the interior may be as well defended as with mufquets—nay, an in vading enemy may be as effectually defiroyed with the one as with the other—and, we therefore oarnen ly recommend to thofc who have fufficient influence to give life and .igour to the meafure, that they will let about railing corps of pikemen, land training them to the are of that weapon. Thofe who have fo nobly flood forward and offered fervices, which could not be accepted under the miftaken impreffion that had then gone forth. with not to Niggle about terms, but to exert the means with which a prorating Pen, !oche has bleffed them, to defend their families and all thai they hold dear upon earth, againtt the threatened attack of a band of murderers. Prince Witt.ism of Gtouczyrea returned to Li. verpnol na Saturday evening, about (even o'clock. from Navin. On Sunday he attended divine fervice at St. George's Church, and on Monday dined with the Mayor and Corporation at the New Rooms in Duke•Rreet. Yellerday afternoon the Pettier of Wacss's Vo lunteers exereifed for the firß time in the Green Park: upwards of .soo members were pi-dent. They are to be infpeaed by Lord Haaataoroa, at that place, on WednefJay morning nest, at nine o'clock. His Royal Highnefs the Duke of CA M ilt IDc I WAS prefent at their marching from the parade in the King's Mews. A vaR number of fpeetatnrs alien:bled on the occallon. On Thutfday the Fiat Regiment of Glafgow Vo- Innteer. was infpeaed in the Green by Major General Wartyss, commanding in the Weiler:l dillria. The corps, confilling of Bco men, handfomely clothed, made an excellent appearance, and performed their various manoeuvres and firings in a manner which pr•cured them the highelt approbation from the Ge neral. At the emelt:firm, they fired three vollies in honour of the anniverfary of his Majtsres corona tion. His Grace the Duke of MONT inn, thei c t T it e t s t Hon. Lord D me L A s, an d ; num b er o f other p of the higheit dillinaion, were on the field. The Edinburgh Volunteers received their colours on Thurfday 1411 from the bands of the Provoß, who delivered a neat and approptiAte asjdrefs on tb, u•• ST. YI3fES'S. Irefterday, at nine o'clock, his Mayasry left Mindfor in his travelling carriage, and arrived at St. James's Palace about half pail eleven, to hold a Levee, which commenced about one o'clock, and was attended by their Excellencies the Wirtember gian. Imperial, Swedifh, Spanilh, American. Nea politan,_and Ru ffi an Ambaffadors, the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHIOSER, the SIeRETARIES of Svars, the SICEETARY at Was, the SOLICITOR CHEMICAL. the JUDGE MARTIAL, the LORD MAYOR. the Sheriffs of London, and the Common Serjeant, and Earle—M'Cartney, and Harrington. Lords—Ekho, Pasant, Arnhertt. Hobart, and Cathcart. Sin—T. M. Suttee, J. Alezander, W. Wynne, J. Smith, W. Mecum J. Ramer, Olborne, R. Webb, A. Hanwad, H. Stacbey, and C. Morgan. Rev. Dr. Taylor. • Generals--DunJaa, and Milford.' Colonels—Anderforr, Annefley, Roldnfon, Turner. Calvert, they. M9Anirrie, birch, J. South. Read, Ksafievon, Witfon, TStaitb, J. J. Smith, %Pigeon, Sir W. Bllzard, Canning, Thorby, Sir W. Cowie, (Writhe, Palter. and Cox. linatenaat.Colonel Dottie), X.iewessat-Colonel 111Whwand, Major Sergifon, of ebe Royal Regimcot of Chianla. • 1 Majorrlistskey, kawlintaa, Price, Cooper, Vaadworritilittady Halgllnfon, Smith, Cadwel, Wood, M*Lenn, Pratt, S. dour, Hood, Trebech. Halifax. Whitehead, and Rowers& Cap-alum—Markham, Watfon, Slow, Down, and Bid. . Wiles—Monroe Wynne, Rev. •Hutchltdoo. F4whaawr.' Ginn— bier, Price. Sivelter, Rev. Ma i A. Aga, Drape. Manning,' and Halley. The following were among the prefentations to his MAJESTY _ _ The Rev. Mr. Mrgt.s. by the Merit Ilk J. Alexander. Colonel CO 11, Lieutenant-Coil:eel WATSON Slid Mt* TlllttliC of the akeinilbury and Inns of Comet As,:a.rm, by the Com m° Serjeant. The Hoe. A PACIT, en kb return keen Major ROLL'S rot week Ilegiwoor of the Loyal (tens' a ; Piedice Corps. by Lord Hobart. Cornet Deem, of the Royal Oxford sun. by Captains Bled fof the fame Regiment. Mr. Ha OLZY, by the American Misitter, Mr. holonnee. The following Field Officers of the ten Itegiments of Volunteers belonging to the City of Loudon, were prefented by the Loan Marna. uratesaitt-comiel blreh, Lieutenant-Coin eel Motley, Major Lieet Coolt e.can trand r 'oedemata, of the to Regiment. Jigs dank!, Lieutenant-Coked Reed. and Majors Midas sled Read, et the sd Regiment. Limes abaCaleadiastkibm, liestenamt-Cuienci Wilton, and lisprWlitsberd, Oahe 3d Regiment. LiatteeesoColoeci Prke, LlenteganoCoload Janedtast Jokes keida, Majors Prim end Hedikleien, of she eth Regime.. Lieetenant.Colonel Theme emigh, Makes Sada and Cadvell, of me stifles's.... •LiemtatemoCelend vivant. Liadmant Cannel 3k Win. M ead, Ames, sad of the 6th ReMment. Lketeneetemd Shaw, a a strajor W = of the ytk Regimes& LiemmeglOalegd Copia& Leotemet..easeed Therky, Major Wood. ad Meier ef the Ithßegimeat. a • Major Haokey, of thOtk Itqyfroad. Limumant-Colomel Oise% ef she lad' Reibiffet• Major Reddens, of the Cky labatry. camel Ansa:don and mot Reerwett, et the City and Memos Cavalry. The Sheriffs of London took leave of his May asrr on their going out of office. After the Levee Mr. ADDINGTON bad a very long private audience of his Mayasrr. Lord Houser and Mr. Your Ilkewili bad audiences, after which his MAPISTY held a Privy Council, which laßed till. .half paR three o'clock ; when the Hon. Attresua PAIONT had a private notrience of his hislaerv, on bufinefs relative to the Court of Vienna. Sir Camases Moacum had an andience; and kid before his MAJESTY the refult of revere! Comet Mar. dal on the Army of Reform. His Mayasry after taking fame refreflunent• left the Palace of viindibr, at half petit four o'clock.— Jun as his MAIM', was fatting oilf, Come important difpatches arrived from Sir Evan Ntrsait, but not' ' in time to be delivered to his Mayesrv, and they were deemed of fo much importance that a Special Mellinger was difpatched after his Mayan., with them to Windfor. • * t •r . MA N ton Housso—lreflerday,sb int twelve o'clock, the principal Officers of the City Volunteers met at the Manama Houle in full regimentals, when they went is procerson, with the Loan MIITOR, in their pri vate carriages to St. James's, and Were publicly is. undated to his Majefty at the Uwe& Yellerday a Court of Aldermen was held at Guild hall, at which Sir Wet. 'Ammon, Km. Alderman, and Alderman &taw were (worn into the office of Sheriffs of London and County of Middlefez. Sir W. Laionron was tranflated from the Wheel wrights' to the Fithmongers'. and Mr. Alderman &cirri from the Pattenmakers' to the Ironmongers' Company. The Loan KATO% went in Rate to Guildhall, where, after holding a Court of Aldermen. they (wore in the two new Sheriffs. As loon as the; came upon the hulling, the Conunpn Cryer, according to cuflom, called the names of Jamas Smart, Efq. Citi zen and Scrivener, and Sir WILLIAM LAWN row. Knt. Citizen and Fi(hmonger, to come forward and take upon them the office of Sheriffs of London and Mid &eke. They came forward, mad with their Deputies, were fworn into office ; they were afterwards ornamented with the gold chains, the emblems of that important office. They were attended by the Mailers and 'Court of Affidants of the refpeitive companies they belonged to. After this was Snaked they all went in grand proceffron to the Mention Houfe. The Loan MAYOR and Court of Aldermen were generally in regimentals. The Sheriffs, &c. dined at the London Tavern, preceded by the Sags and &earners of their Companies, the City Trumpeters, and the frill band of the London Militia. The Sheriffs' chariots and liveries are as tibial very fuperh. Sheriff SHAW'S green. with broad Myer lace. Sheriff Ligaments's, dark blue, with broad gold lace. The chariots and tame of the footmen are the fame as were wed by their predeceffors, only fie% gilt and ornamented. EAST lows House.—Yenerday 8 General Coon was held at the EMI India Hoak, purfitant to Char ter. After the ufual forms, Mr. Sanaa stilted if the Court had, in cordequence of the elastic in the Is. come Tax AR, come to any refoletina as to payiarl the Income Tea ea their lock, in the fame manner lately pia /tiled by the Bask Diretkors I The Caesa r MAN glued, that he was not at reknit prepared to give a decided opinioa opoa the Aft, bat be conceiv. ed fuch a meafure would be a virtual increafe of di vidend, which the Company weft not empowered ter A grant, witbaut a fpecial Aof Parliament. The Corm, which was lout gialy attended, then aepoarn ed jar de, IREA'Le PnlSohl:lls'.. IGovernment has 4ed p.,liLive orders that no French Priest than be admitted to the French prifo_ ners in any of their places of confinement. This, w e have no doubt, has taken ,lace in consequence of a fufpicion that theft men might carry on an.improper intercourfe and facilitate a correfpondence injuriou s to the interests of this country, and Ministers are highly to be praifed for this vigilance. We are not illiberal in out :nodes of thinking, and can appeal to that puhlic which has known our fentiments for many years, whether we have ever (hewn a difpefitinn to encourage any thing like intolerance. Yet, on the prefent occalion , we perfeftly approve of the Step t h at as been taken--becaufe theft Priefts are Catholics ! No—but beciture we know that BONAPARTE, foiled in his attempt in fix his (pies among us under the name of cosemerciial gnus, had rectstirll to his sew ckareh to fill up hie corps of political miff:tries—and molt indultrions noes they are. One Mance which comes within our knowledge we &all Rate. , ‘ Not long ago, an ignorant tamale convert mane of the new propapusda was asked by stanther female 46. what news ?"--“Ailothing," replied the other, u at lean nothing had' ? OWI heA It!IV eiti: en , prieft, and .he Hie %informed me . thet •evir (meetsibtdat -pvi r e4's converts) have nethihir Co fear wherethe French Ohl! come ; fulwe }OW to be well known, and it will then be better for us thin; it has ever been hitherto," &c. 7 W..foehear dilatingot difplay of Rupidity and infatuation, for it is only neceffary for our prefent objea that we &ow the nature and tendency of the machinations that. ate ertiplyied againk our common felinity, and the ne .ttx,iiigitardieg againa them. The old .Englillt catWistaltreaaloyallisbjeAs as any in the Empire, him-whin tcr• do with this fyflewt cf *Rimy, and hall i *tete tonfequentet as tnuCh as any pnitellea4., ..,, eye they proteftants Mr &WM. lies whim the Tr • t.witry, Sobbed, 4eort and ea t murdered in italyls • “' •• ••• • c• . ~, s We would however Age* Ni .' 'era they have a Method reft%Y" iihicli they. OtrViaitA months of there who marniew it as aha . ip,,dtat the French prirowerelhould be deprived of took amis. fokiions then may pronsire thenifelveifiniii &infer rson. It would be isnpropecto allow French piens to have ingrefs and egrets (rota the prifons; bit noharas could refiilt from allowing a few priens to rrfsdr in the fame plate a 'o ng with the pritinter; nor can the Ole& hcfitate, in their great love to the flock, to agree to be wah them even on the condition that, they (hall not be allowed to quit the place. One thing we are fare of fram Ilifterfss.die firs teachers of Chriflia nity•would not have:refu4d to be with their flock oq the fame terms. , . CON tSTI w c r.—Acertain Ilebdonsedarian Writer, tonne time ago, allured his raiders, that Mr. PITT ell. tasty wale the Pear, and was of cootie guilty of all the bad confequences forbids it might produce. In a late number he poiltiady aliens, that add rehti S. Melts, Mr. PITT twist •stfirset.ty 4E afire. With refpeet to the traniallions that took Owe between the Preliminary and the Definitive Articles we will area nothing ; but we hive ilreng miens for believing, that as to thelboriel dote re. fpeeting the Preliminaries, the reverie of the repo& non is true. Our opinion an the abfolute neceffity of keeping Malta is well known to our leaden; westing deeply insulted. as Britons, on that events antwe perfaltly.reeollea. that Ur. Parr waswasylhegirt; in VIIIIDIChTING Tilt Ceeetet or MALTA. I • Lord CATIIIC/lIIT. whir it Tana omnftendet Zn Chief of the Pones in trek proceed to tbAt country to famed General Fos in the cassuagid. Pare of Lord CATltrAltlell baggage was forwarded yellerday. and his Lordfitip eapeded to follow on Saturday lb Ireland. . The force now in the Were Diasia of this country amounts to 30,800 (raise men, betides Volunteer Cavalry and Infantry. TM Maficians Of the darnel t regiments, both horfe and foot, now regularly attend drill, agreeable to the orders of the Commander in Chief. Two Battalions of the Guards are encamped at Whiteford, one Regiment of the Lineafhire Militia at a fmalldißance from Galleyftnod Common, wheat estenfive fortifications miscarrying on. Three other Regiments of Militia are encamped on the heights of Danbing. There. together with the different Regi ments of the Regulars, Militia, and Army of Referee, in other parts of Elea, amount to mo.oria mein that county alone. The !larva throughout the whole South and EaR coatis has been molt abundant, and animal food now fells io the neighbourhood of Do mow, Chelmsford, and C.olcbeiler, in fpite of the additional confuenption of the army. at twopence hi the pound below the London Market. With Tech refources, and (itch a fpirit as Dow prevails in the United Kingdom, lately we have nothing to fear ; the country feels its Strength, and will fare itkll A meeting of the inhabitants of the pond of Stewarton, was lately held in the Chant, when WILLIAM COMMIMGMAM, Ere. Lainfhaw, use of the Deputy Lieutenants, having. in a moll elegant and appropriate fpeeoh. explained the name of the commit in which we are engaged, mad Rated the ne- MG, y of all ranks Comm* forward in defence of their country, upwards of syo perfons fpeedily enrolled themlelves fe ferve as volunteers under the dotage aR. Only eso men. befides the conaniirroned and non commiffinned °Meets, base yet heed scared of. The Dnke of Negro:A, who a few Any' ago w aived ten Rein Deer. as a neknt fib= the En rains of Russia. received on Saturday. in the River. eight more of die Gone iper-it• more beautiful than the forme*, which wortna auclay rent to Amadei Cattle. On Monday morning the Duke of Poet LAMP was thrown out of his 'phaeton at Atacama and was very mach bruit d. The Balm Neettapers inflance (teenl won derful t vaa in the eatious cnovias--a dcf- Peral=eraus a is beeline, a Life Guards-man. a mod into a refpodakle Ha bordallsr. 'assd — a - Tefirratti - Pic4pache snanimett.l elated Guardian of the Public Putfe. Twaartr TaoUSAID Powspose—Nraye Day 011 Daawiao.—Nn 531 draws ibis day a Prig. of Twenty Tbssufand Pounds was fold by Howl* and Co. 006411, is the &Awls ante% WW I I Two Eislstbs, and Tr sre Siatetasbs.