Star. — London, England, 1808-11-03 00:00:00

f- TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR. `; FOREIGN INTZ4LIGENCE. FROM THE ALTONA PAPERS. ..~ ;:e Starberoueb, October et. Sus—-laving seen in many of the late newspapers, paragraphs respecting the uncertainty of the fate, of that onterprising traveller Mintoo Palms, and parti cularly one in your paper of Tuesday, the ISth instant, wherein his death is veg, touch doubted, I beg leave to communicate to you circumstances which have come to knowledge, during a residence of twenty months ati and about - Gore,. The last letters that were received from Mr. PARLE and his companions, were dated the 10th of November, 1805, if I recol lect right, from some place in the neighbourhood of Sego ; one was from Mr. name to Dr. Hamm the Garrison Surgeon at Goree, in which he states being kindly received by the natives, who recognised him ; the diseases,that had swept off almost all his followers ; .innippaOlndes with stating the number left alive, I •Ildrardit or eight out of forty-five that started, and 'baying ge From the enquiries I have been enabled to Make, I think you may expect me on the coast in about 3 months:" the other is dated the next day, and isfrom Lieut. MARTIN, of the Royal African Corps (who com manded the detachment accompanying Mr. Exatta) to Mr. hVGAvr, Assistant-Surgeon of the corpt, also at Goree. The letter is writtc.i in a strain of great spirit, ridiculing the dkngers and privation's to which they have been exposed, mentions the names of the survivors, and concludes . thus : from what Mr. Nara has been enabled to learn, he is convinced that the long-sought Niger is the Congo, and he says you may expect us on the Coast in three months." The survivors, then, were the gentlemen who com posed the heads of the Expedition, and one or two of the African Corps I not one of whom bad reached the Coast when I left it in, October, 1806,. altiongh Mr. PARICP, whenever be left any sick Man at a native house, promised them two slaves value on their de- Evering such man to a white factory. Shortly after these letters were received, an account. came down the Gambia, by a Slatee, or travelling slave dealer, of Mr. PARKE and his companions being put to death at Sego, by MANSOKO, the King : a similar accoont rigs also brought down the Rio Pongcs (a river three days journey from Sierra Leone), and both 'accounts Agreed with regard to circumstances, and the cause which was stated to be, the intrigues of the Moorish traders, jealous of their merc a n tile interests, if the whites should find a passage to the interior. Your Paper states that a feat on the Niger had been storm • ed, and all Christians found in it sae put to death —As to a fort on the Niger, I do not imagine such a thing to be in existence ; and, you may depend upon it, that PAREI and his companions were *e., only Christians who have reached That river for many years. Had I not at present trespassed so far ori your time and patience, I would endeavour to offer such remarks on the subject as many enquiries and local advantages-gave an an opeortunity of making, might tend to throw the least light on so interesting a subject.—l am, Sir, your Obedient servant, T. at. B. R. M. LUBECK, OCTOBER to. Intelligence has been received here from the Baltic, that the Swedish fleet, under the orders of Admiral Nauckhoff, has returned to Carlscrona from the waters of Baltic Port. PETERSBURGH, OCTOBER S. Our fleet, consisting of eight sail of the line and some frigates, which were blockaded upwards of four weeks in Baltic Port by the combined Swedish and English fleets, far superior in number, arrived the night before last in Cronstadt, without having sus tained the least loss. A violent storm, wind E..blew the blockading squadron out to sea. The wind changing- afterwards suddenly to W. and blowing hard, our fleet availed itself of tha t favoUratile cir cumstance, and set sail far Cronstadt. AMSTERDAM, OCTOBER,I4. , The new decree, which unconditionally prohibits all exportation and importation by sea, iicarriedlit e o effect with so much rigour, that several itsseli:trl* had taken cargo onboard previous to the, pubEcatio, Of the said decree, have been obliged to unload.. FROM THE DUTCH AND 'TRENCH PAPERS. VITTORIA; OCTOBER is. ' On the sth of this month the King set oue from 1 Vittoria with his whole Staff, and repaired to Armi non, where Marshal Bessieres was with his whole army. On the same day his Majesty, accompanied. by that Marshal, having placed himself at the head of two divisions, took the road from Miranda to Bilhoa, wishing to reconnoitre the forces'whieh the enemy might have at that point. His. Majesty arrived the same day at Orduna, without having perCeived the enemy. The next day he sent a strong party to re connoitre Bilboa. This reconnoitering likewise did not find the enemy, and a communication was thus established between the corr.c of Marshal Bessleres and the division of General Merlin, whom Marshal Ney had left at Bilboa some days before. The King having thus rendered free the great road front Miran- ' (la to Bilboa, returned can the 7th, with his Staff, to Vittoria, where the general head quarters of the army still are. At present every thing is quiet ; the army . pre serves its position. Marshal Bessleres; after lqving his reconnoitering, established himself on La Puebla, one league from Arntinon, set out on the .sth. Marshal Ney occupies, of his arm y , Trevino, the capital of the that name, in order to be able to oppose General Castanos, who is is the environs Generals Bunnell and LaSalle still oc-1 its of the Ebro, with . one divi44 in-' one of light cavalry:. Thais: Mu-anda. _,•:s:. - ~~L'» frore tht In vir oath of fidelity,;d l d Those Monks , e lives in their colic , the Kingentde glens' _ persons who . deceive rebelligoz,o4n. pret_elt.44l* far from be n itiktred by: or things, and deceive themselves ,thinking that they defend their Testicular in which are not menaced. • " It is, and always artiLlse,,pcissible to do g without injuring the interests of any cl ass If cl 7 Awns. And shall this be possible, when the 1 , 3 shall have carried its -ravages into country ? Will not the first authors of rthe first victims ? And will the King, after harm Ihems.nbliged to fight and conquer Spain. consent to Preserve, untouched, the colossal riches of the grestts and of the clergy, who must be declared enemies of his people and of his throne. • To-day, the regenera tion of Spain may be effected • without diminishing the prerogatives of the privileged classes. Tamar row, Spain being conquered, its regeneration sit be immediate and total." PARIS, OCTOBER ea. • Yesterday there was a drawl room in the palace of St. Cloud. The Duchess of. outleone, Lady of the Neapolitan Ambassador, was presented to 14 Majesty the Emperor and King. The Prince of Mail serene, Ambassador of Spain, md afterwards his dience of leave, and the Duke of Frizz delivered IA credentials, as Ambassador of his Catholic Majesefi. The. ceremony of opening the sitting of the Lejlislative Body is to take place to-morrovt. • The Emperor will, set-out from the Thuilleries about wort, and proceed 'htlfrelt pomp to the Palace of the Legislative Body. . A the streets through which he passes walk Heel with troops: HAGUE, OCTOBER. as. . The last Letters from Pen of the 25th inst: state, that his t . Excellency Count Rolnaazoi4 Russian Mik nister for Foreign Affairs, who accompanied the Eno peror of Russia to Erfurth, is expected in Paris ; amid it is misted that his Excellency is to stop in that ca{ pital until the result of the steps taken by the two Courts with regard to England shall be known. Th 4 said Minister set out from Frankfort for Paris on 6:4 21st of October. We learn by a letter.front Rochelle of the 20th of October, that part of the 'first ditision of ihe'arini of Portugal has arrived in that place. 'ghe Seccatddiiii: sion, commanded by General 'Laborde, has been embarked in the Bay of Quiberon.. the passage was very tedious and troublesome. All the Officers of the army unanimously affirm, that the battle of Vi miera proved very glorious to the French arms. Ge neral Laborde, Who had no more than 1700 men under his command, -a as attacked by 2000 men, and. he notwithstanding maintained his - position till he was dangerously wounded. The action lasted front nine in the. morning till six at night. • The first division is in cantonments in the vicinity of Vannes. .. FRANKFORT, OCTOBER 20. General Oudinot's corps, consisting of the 9th re giment of. Hussars, the 7th .and 20th regiments of Chasseurs, 1000 Grenadiers, and 4000 Voltigenrs, is especiect in --the country of Bayreuth on the 21st instant : thelirst column of the said corps is arrived in that province. These last days several Couriers have United in - Vienna from Erfurth, but the contents Of the dis patches have not transpired. A Courier from Sicily has also reached . Vie'amit who came by the way of Trieste. ' • In Fiume, thirteen more ships liase'aticiedWith' colonial produce : but it it certain," the last Vienna . letters say, " that all the said ships will be obliged to sail again with ut their being permitted to unload." A Courier passed yesterday through this town on his way from Bmslavt to Paris. FROM THE SPANISH PAPERS. MANRESA, OCTOBER S. • Letters from Madrid, dated the 25th ult. state, that the French in Navarre laboured day and night in making the road of Roncesvaßes through France and Navarre passable for horses and artillery. Ilessieres had resigned the command of the French army to Moncey. The French partizans are spreading a re port that a great number of troops were entering . by Irun ; but an inhabitant of Hermani, in the neigh. bourhood of Iran, writes; upon the Ilth, that Marl , My had demanded 1500 rations of that city every day, but that the number of men who entered were only 150 ; which is not wonderful, as the French are *ell versed in multiplication. Those who are along' with the Cacique Joseph are daily disposing of their, property. Our troops continue marching . witkaut intermission for Soria. It is affirmed in various let., tiers, as well as by an Officer orDragoons, that 2000 German troops iu the French service had joined our army. They write from Sarago.;sa on the Ist inst. that on the 29th and 30th of 'September, 6000 infantry of Sunday sallied out from thence, with 400 WWI 10W [ pieces of cannon; and ode howitzer, under the com mand of the Mariscal de Campo Marques de-Linen, and that the army of Llamas did the supai e lind the Saragossa Gazette coals? this. • ..- .F°ol4l 90,311 M , AMARK THE PRESIDENT 1114ERSOWS T O THE DISSENT OF THE REPUBLICAEF CEEDINGS OF THE TOWS 01 TIVE TO THE EM2P have duly received_the Citizens of Boston, w) approbation of the present . merce ; and their Mien& from those of the same place who 44 A division of sentiment no question can a perfect unanimity certainly it would have been -- starl tise.Aßoo, the (lly alternatives ; *eke • for the general capt ure hive been war upon one side, test would repel by war and " Of the several interests United States, that of manufactures prefer to war a state of non-intercours to their rapid growth and prosperity, " Agriculture, although sen of market for its produce, would tions in a state of war. 44 Commerce or nav igation, is foreign, in the istacuvity to which they are reduce 4 by the present state of things, certainly experience their full share in the general inconvenience : but whether war would Ile to them a, prefecable,atte r d. tive, is a question that patriotism would neretA u . tilt' ropose. It is td be regretted, however, th at , overlooking the real sources of sufferings, the Briti s h and French Ediets,Which. constitute the actualbleek• ade of our foreign commerce and navigation, they have, -wiih too little reflection, imputed th em to laws which hive preseived them from greater, and haie - saved for our own use our vessels, property, and sea. men, instead of adding then to the strength of thin with whom we might eventually have to contend. 46 The Embargo giving time to the Belligerent Powers to revise thew unjust ptoceedings, and te listen to the dictates ofjustice, or interest andsispeek lion, whichequidly urge the correction of theirWrengs, has availed our country of this only -honourable ex. pedient of avoiding war ; and should .s. repeal of these edicts supersede the causefor it , our cornmerdi brethren will become sensible, that it 'has conseltai their interest, however against their bwitt will. It be unfortunate for their country,. if in the mat time these their expression:sof impatience should have the effect of prolonging the very sufferino.l6icit have prodiced them ; by exciting a fallacsous heps that we may, under any pressure, relinquish °urn* rights of navigating the ocean, go to such po!ts as others may prescribe, and there pay the tributary:oi. actions t y mayimpose—an abandonment of national index hce and essential rights, revolting tower/ manly sentiment. Wide , these Edict: are is form, sr American Wan ever ement to a return of pelletal:llan course with Mate who maintain them. " lan in the approach of the period whet th feelings and the wisdom of the nationwill be collect• ed in their Representatives•assembled.tOgether. To them are committed our rights, to them, our wrong are known, and they will pronounce the retnedy then tall for; and I hearwith pleasure from all, as wej those who approve as who disaPprove of the present .211eanwe, assurancerof an implicit acquiescence in the annunciation of the general will. 44 I beg leave, throhith you, to communicate this Answer to the Address; on which your signature hid the first place,..and 'to add assurances of myeresppo. Signed) rnostaa isorreasox.' • " T.-:tip" Edward Pr;:ictor.7 vr • . • TO. TIXINJUIVNIVUON, ItSQ: PlirsiVENT Or Tilt LIVID orates or AmEßlck. • PETITION OF .THE SUBSCRIBERS, otreetas et astaccasir Sens, sasovtossia ro Tit POST Oi rastauostrau, * • • Respectfully Sheandk, " That in conseqUence of the present Embargo Laws, the situation of your Petitioners is er:- - sod .4 tha ene wit trot vig , rOll 4, shj grievous . afflicting ; that they hive been engaged in the mer cantile service slate their infancy, without exceptions, and accustomed only to conduct ships or vessels acne the ocean--that iron% -the operation of the press restrictive laws, they find themselves cut off fres their usual employment, and of course the mould subsistence are gone. 66 Yout Petitioners are well-acquainted with the duties of oonducting ships- from port to port—t 4 versed in naval tactics, but unable to handle the leo row or plough. 66 Your Petitioners have for a long time bomeeiti patience the privations incident to those restrictia laws, without murmur or complaint---but, when in. perious necessity compels them to disclose the cate of their grievances, they humbly suppose they haves right so to do in a decent and respectful manner. Your Petitioners therefore pray that your End lency will take their case into consideration, and adept such measures as will relieve the wants of your Ped• tioaers ; or if there are vacancies in the navy; to gilt your Petitioners, or some of them, an sweFtargal Of serving therein, as they think themselves esOlO of performing services of that nature. .•. “ They, however, submit their whole mosey,* consideration, hoping your Excellency will adepta& measures as wisdom and justice may point out, lid, as it) duty bound wilfpray, &c. Philadelphia, August to, t00t;.." PRESIDENT'S ANSWER. Stn—ltt answer to the Petition which you uo. - vered me from the Officers of Merchant Vessels be longing to Philadelphia, I must premise my sister regret at the sacrihees which our fellow-citizens general, and the Petitioners in particular, have bon obliged to meet, by the circumstance s of the *M O We ive in an age of. affliction, to which the bistro/ Issnannns Moots no parallel—we have for years bas looking on Europe covered with blood and viole oo and seen rapine spreading itself over the ocean. Os this element it has reached us, and at ler gth w so setious.a degree, that the Legislature of the 01 . 4 1 has thought it necessary to withdraw our citizens"' prekierty . from it, either to avoid or to prepare for galimlic ut t he general contest. Ilut.for this timeltlt iointion;lhe Petitioners and their property mug l l.7 the hands of spoilers, who have Lud Withdrawieg.fral net bet 1411112` • • it 1 I 1 4 ; I k 1 1 - - At present . 1 i serves its pot i, ' completed hit .t. ( . ' 1 the I2th, at whence he set with a part o 11l 1 province of ti 1 the plans of( , of Logrono. • cupy the banl . ' fantry, and I itra are at M ~ t . . 11..? ,-N de h 116,411 i 1 is may - iiiicited employments from .i. •Pratctsissitha• • which they took the oath of 1 cif An* ;a the 12:11 of . thesnaelves to his Maje Sty. '', . r. sr bait tranquilly pasnci their . . a treatise had _passed i n A. A 1 .• „. agreeably to the promise thi of Itst 7, the : Peg _repaired i s ..." it liadrid—ill these privileged Pe he two corps frf •hlatthal Bessittes mittilas maple, and excite rebellion t ua united. This &aging of posidou stas Oaring their interests, are far from AA Ire slut imendenents of the many.. who the new . tinier of things, _and deo • C 4. EASON'S ANSWER, cad/ til sLICANS FROM THE PEN at i OF ROSTON RELA. db EMBARGO. time e Address of that p ort i on t who have declared their 110 , suspension of our coin. r iinc r 3m the Representation of wished its rernoval. Was not unexpected : on ,elf ! eoanimity - be hoped.... or a on that between sem i • vnattves presented et ou r . ture of our vessels woid Wa le, which reason and ink, , i reprisal on our part. ii comprising those of t h e r at ufactures would of coe ne •intercourse, so favours.* of tl prosperity. ' eed, I sensibly feeling th. : x acEI rould find many aggra-« Gu ficip ion, or that portion situp publithett 1 eft tar 12th 1 The Official 6 6 After the in-the Month gos, where the ta of' Moncey are united. &aging lifts not determined by tliaanostemetts of the ninny, who have never dared. alAxe °or troops, nor to present themselves in the plain, but from political motives, which every man of sensiknows hoW to appreciate. We have completely succeeded by these means in talagering of no avail efforts which the English road, to &Curb the tranquillity of the provinces of the Ebro and Burgos. The flames of the rebellion have not propogated themselves hither. si We maintain free communications with France. The army, reposes, in Doke to completely organize itself ; it hes beaten theeenny whenever he has dared to shew himself. It has received reinforcements frem 'France ; it has destroyed, by its good conduct anti continual. success, the calumnious reports spread by :the enemy in the provinces which they occupy, and the inhabitants of avhich haeit been always imposed upon by the insinuations of the Itiglish. fa On the 12th of August the General of Division Merlin received orders to seize upon 1311bOa, with the 43d and 51st regiments of the line; and the 26th of chasseurs. The English had disembarked there some' , men and warlike stores, aud many incendiary writers. n The town was occupied by the insurgents, the major part of whom came from the mountains of Sts Andero,and the others foam the neighbouring country. The - rebels were entirely aestroyed : 1200 of abet!, perished in the "plate. The wreck of this army 41 _dispersed, after abandoning' all its artillery and Mass gage. The English. Officers were the firstavhdisfil nevertheless some of them could not reach the avoid* which waited to cenviy them ao Portugal. We sur `Priedin the crowd eleven Monks attached to cannon t which, like mules, they were dragging. Not one of] them escaped. General Merlin entered into the towasi and established. tranquillity in it. Admiral Massa: redo, Marine Minister, was sent to Balbo a ; he assem bled the Juntas of the Province, and was satisfied with the good spirit of the Deputies, aial.the resolu tions which they adopted. At the moment of the attempt of the insurgents directed against the right of our army, the enemy seized upon Tudela, S leagues on our left. General Lefebvre des Noneßeal marched, with 300 Polish troops and.. two pieces - at cannon, to meettllls: Hearliet Ers — iaiiiiied guard, composed of front 6 to IMO men, Immediately fell' upon it, made some hundreds of thempraioners, and took two cannons. The King gave orderta*General Moncey to attack .the enemy, and occupy Tudela‘. His Majesty marched .with his reserve towards' that point, asonimanded by Captain Saligney, Captain of `his Guards. Marshal Jeittrdan,* Major-General, 'and General Ballard, Chief of the Staff, accompanied his Ihlajesty. The enemy had at Tudela 20,000 men ; 'but this did not retard General Moneey, who entered the town on the 31st of August, after.having . disa persed the rear-guard of the enemy, which was pur i sued to almost the gates of Saragossa. Duringthesca transactions, the centre of the line had never seen the. enemy, the most intrepid part of whom had-not dared to advance more than three days journey from Burgos. He, nevertheless, made a new mistenietit in 'the mountains of St. Ander, near the sea, uprise,* right of our army. General Blake united his many, and attacked Balboa on the 20th of September. " Marshal Ney fell upon him with four regiments; 10,000 insurgents were overthrown, and fled into in accessible mountains, after having been pursued two days. Since this affair General Merlin has remained at Bilboa with * corps of his troops, and Marshal Ney has taken his former position. , 4 The enemy, not daring to approach the front of our army by the great roads of communication, and. persisting in his design to turn it, by maneuvering, upon its flanks, fell upon the left of the army at San gue,psa, where he was repulsed.. Colonel Chapin took two pieces of cannon. " General Blake having mated in the mountains from 25 to 30,000 men, and again disposed himself anew to march against Baboa, was already within two leagues of the town, when the King, informed of this movement, ordered Marshal Tiessieres to at. tack Orduna with the divisions of Mouton and Merle. The troops were animated with the best spi rit : they hoped at last to meet the enemy.. ' If the insurgents had persisted in their project, a battle would have followed, the issue of which could not be doubted ; but informed of the approach of the French, they retired precipitately into the mountains. " Every thing now leads us to hope, that the in surgents will at fast abandon their project of turning our positions. Three times they have. made the at tempt : what success can they hope from it—especi ally at a time when the troops coming from France Will protect the flanks of our army ? They must de cide to give regular battle, and measure their force with the French in the plain ; or rather, which will be most conformable to the true desires Of the Span nish nation, return to obedience, acknowledge their error, and turn their arms against the only enemy et Spain. Already the most - enlightened . patt of the nation appreciates the benefits of the new. Constitu tion, and are only prevented by fear from making their sentiments known. . • The 36th regiment of the line, a regiment of • When his Excellency Mr. Frere, Ambassadoeof grenadiers a regiment of light cavalry, three batta ,- his Britiu mic Majesty , ant the Marquis de la Rottrana.; lions o v:Atigetirs of the tines Guard, and three h anded . here, the German regiments, have entered Spain. The, dive gratitude of the Spanish people would not permit the catilage wherein they went to sion of General Sebastiani, eomp?sed . of 15,000 man, m*4 ~.. be drawn by the , but taok.the mules out, sad has alread y entered Ba y onne l in which p 1 ' drew these illustrious. thereon; themselves to the twern The 20th and .Soot of this Month, 1 00,000 men Goi r ernmest honsei , actitmspanieillsyllie Duc de Se- Will arrive... ,;•• .- raguas, the'GoveTtiOi'of the tovin, and several. Wm., " The inhabitants of our faithful provinces see with ~. . s a i. a s tinetko, where they partook of a MON pleasure the uscanent when our army will be *able to tacos eutart ,i ninesit. , , rtji e xown was ill is march forward, and hasten die arrival of the so much. the esrah ;;;7 2 l4 - t h e al ustr i but ' o mi t s hoefeuvel the desired general Pecificationet Spain. Such will be \ : Theatres 'with their presence, here the ape'etatars the result of the good disposition of the greaten part sinewe a theit. demonstrations .ar y s y .. Hof the inhabitants, from the particular knowledge , which they haVestquired of die personal character . , - :• . 'if the King, and of the imuieuse forces labial he has :By the. latest,mformaticar rrerived Om/ a _ , at his command, and which' he will only employ to it. s rewrote, give price.: The resent moment is decisive for die i - pbahstan _ _ . Spanish nattom • -If,: in aviakikg fro* heir lethargy; r 'they know thaie 'tray ?itt - -fterbP-.'4 they "Oftb a r o u nd , 'their Prince and . their: Carotin' tioa, ' they will a fie ,iv Frenchtnenuothinghttrilies avidanuls ! - thin ever thing. In ightilatage-: . irtincitnene &trial be Sufecient to lender worthy of pity the Grandees who, atter .hltlasyLia OCT e OBER th ia that war '.hantaken place between the • ts ..ci BarcOunii lad the Trtachtroops of the nary-aastest has. ettatedc' . killed- ....- - r 77 Lap; &moot - Au. that ./0 Minenr.. 4 :ol/test h as ...awed, usTv 'mu mc roan 4 fln..which.ignaisrfresat•inslooso killed ' The result regard. to .moral right. Withdrawing Ilse* lasted . bele AfeWeltblii lb* hahnbitants, who ore greater tvit, Wort oaeitas been necezeri even. i possitiat 411/! limit with teee4 ;,a4L.itttaKy could the Itature I klent *fair for the • ...moiNglibigiaiMSl of ibig *Tilton ag4inst this also.l Imre atter toteresting •• • . . pie :titre Asthe blstruinent. of its e etntiosi