Star. — London, England, 1808-06-25 00:00:00

I ` I • .AMERICA. SEW YOWL, MAY L. A late letter from Washington says, " Florida is transferred to France, but not to be puithased by our Government. b ft An Alliance with Frazier, and a War with Bri tain," .is recommended in a Baltinsore Paper sup ported by Jeffeeionian politicians, Louis Stephen Felix is recognized as French Consul ad interim at New York, vice . General Ray, de cant ped--his debts unpaid. MAY 14.—Commodore Baron is acquitted on three of the charges, and found guilty " for neglecting, on the probability of an engagement, to clear his ship for action," The Court, therefore, ha* sentenced him to be suspended from all command itt the Navy of the United Statei for the period of five years from the Bth day of February last, during which time he is to receive no pay br official emoluments of any kind. • MAY 17.—8 r a Gentleman directly from Vet : mont, we are informed, that in an attempt Of the in habitants to take a large raft to Montreal, contrary to the Embargo Laws, they _were ksisted on Lake Champlain by two sloops belonging to the Govein ment—when an action took plate ) in which 14 or 15 men were wounded. The raft made its escape, and proceeded to its place of destination. A vessel has arrived at Newborn, N. C. in a short pass'age from St. Vincent's, with intelligence that the town of Kingston, in that island, has been totally de stroyed by fire ; and that the inhabitants have risen ea mace, arid massacred most of the constituted autlso- rities. MAY 19.—" The nation" says the Editor of a morning paper, " should proVide for the distresses which the nation inflicts." Whether the embargo was laid by the will of the American ration or the tyrant of some ether roatioiy is yet to be ascertained. Be that as it may, it has brought ' 4 distresses" on the ,people which will not soon be forgotten ; and the ratrom, if it cannot provide for them, will Won find a way to get rid of them. Those who laid The embar, whether from their own free will, or the orders of &- naparte, have lost the confidence of their constituents; and will not long have it in their power to " inflict distresses" on the nation , =" distresses," against which , no human wisdom can " provide." MAY 20.—General Moreau returned to this city on Tuesday last. General Wilkinson at Philadelphia. We learn by a letter . from St. Louis, dated,March 21st, that the Osage Indians have been committing depredations on fair frontiers. MAY 24. A Gentleman from Saint Andrew's (New Brunswick), who lett that place about six teen days since, infouns, that in the course of the week before he left there, upwards of two hundred American seamen arrived at that place in quest of employtnent, and that they shipped for ten dollars ter month. Thus it is the policy of Mt. Jefferson that drives our neglected mariners into a foreign land to procure a living. Butthe evil will not endlae, it will afford a subject for altercation with other Go vernments, and whetierer the embargo is taken off, if - this is ever to be the case, our merchants will not be able to obtain sailors to man one half their vessels at any price. - - - FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. s rz. ROTTERDAM, MIR IN The ifonifeur cf the 4th contains articlet to tit fol lov-ing effect : ' The troops fanning the garrison of Sweaborg 'Who have been- made prisoners of war by the Russians,' amount to 5000 men, and in the several actions in Finlani The Swedes have had about 4000 killed and made prisoners. Thus the loss of the Sweies may be al ntether estimated at 12,000 men. They will receive from England no aid corresponding to this loss. Where are the armies and fleets of England, while Sweden is thus suffering for her sake N--they 'are before Cadiz ! Allured by. the state of affairs in . Spain, they have sent about 10,000 men to Gibraltar, and they have paraded 4000 before the port of Cadiz. A ship of 74 guns approached the harbour of Ca- Alt, as a flag of truce, but she was received with can non balls. At last a boat came from her with a ITV s;age, and she was sent back with the following answer by the 'Captain-General : « We do net want your interference. If we have any dispute with the French, that is nothing to you. Whatever dhlferencer may be between us are only family &gifts : you Wish to destroy the barracks, and to capture the Spanish and Freak fleets ; that Mould indeed be a fine retch for you, and you would doubtless be grievously offended il"you thought that we were not ready fin. you. We have 15,000 men in the camp of St. Roche, and an equal number here. Central SOLA NO is on his way to us with his di vision, andtheplencbGeneralDoroar enters Sevilie vrith 50,000 men." . Meanwhile the English are always intriguing with the Moors but the Emperor has deman&id -a posi: tive answer from the King of Morocco, and that Prince will not be imprudent enough to draw upon *himself the united enmity of France and Spain. He will long regfet the first gun he fires against Ceuta. viavnt, PROJECTS OF THE FEE.CH oovrtaxsieer. 'On the 24th May the Prince Arch-chancellor, pre.; siding in the sitting of the Senate, appointed the State Counsellor Regnault de St. Jean d'Augely, Minister of State, to lay before them the grounds of a Senates Consultum, for uniting Tuscany with the French Empire ; and M. Semonville spoke in the name of'the Commission of the. Senate, which unanimously voted - for this incorporation: The following is a summary of the assigned grounds: a The whole coast of the Mediterranean Sea must ferny a part of the French territory of the Great Em pire. The regions, the coasts adjoining to the Adri atic, are united with the Kingdom of Italy-; all those which lie along . the Mediterranean, which -are adja. cent to our territory, must be united with the Empire . of France. From Leghorn to Toulon, to Genoa, to the department of Corsica, is not farther thew fr om Leghorn to Milan. The commerce of the Mediter ranean,. whatever - may be the opposition of the Ty r .nt of the Seas, shall be necessarily under.the infiu ' once of France. The very same first principles, in consequence of which Genoa was incorporated with France.railler than, with the Kingdom of Italy,. al:o -re:mire-that. Leghorn lie made a part of that empire. The • is ingdom of Napks, which lies both on the Me -‘hierranean and the 'Adriatic, constitutes a distinct kingdom, subject however to the same federative 'km, and-to ti* same State. polic y. The port. of Leghorn has given constant reasons of complaint to creme. That pett, appertaining to a territory governed by a weak Prince, had fallen under, the influence of England, and was become one of the principal inlets for her commerce. In different instances, without wishing to violate the neutrality of the Sovereign of Tuscany, it became necessary for divisions of French troops to enter Leghorn. to con fiscate the English merchandise there. These viola tions of territory, however necessary, are always dis agreeable; and since Leghorn cannot be under the influence of France and England at the same time, it must become a part of France. Besides, Leghorn and the Tuscan territory produces sailors for the ex tension of cur marine ; thropgh its whole extent ship building is carried on, and in the same proportion must the means be increased of providing seamen for' manning them. If as of late a squadron was created at Toulon, as if by miracle, and if, cont.: try to the ideas of all those who are acquainted with the sea. service, we found means to equip a numerous squa dron, which Admiral Gantheatime commanded with so much ability, and far which he obtained so much renown, by the skilful manoeuvres by which he frus tinted the plans of the enemy; which having sup. plied with men, provisions, and warlike stores, Corfu, the bey of the Adriatic, menaced by an expedition already on its way, thus rendered fruitless, and which on its returning voyage, capturing many considerable prizes, braved all itortiss, and exercised the crews during a difficult - voyage of three months—lf all these advantages have been gained, they must be partly a to the incorpora44on of Genoa, which numbers many of her sons among the good seamen of that squadron. " The Sons of the Arno aro invited to the glory, his Majesty having decreed that Spezzia shall be a Military port; the docks, the works of the arsenal, and the forts, both on the sea and land side, are al ready marked out, .and before the end of the present year, six ships of two or three decks shall be put upon the stocks. • It would not be proper to establish such consi derable storks at the extremities of the empire+ if a Foreign Power were placed at the very gates of that arsenal- Spezzia shall become a seeond,Toulon in the Mediterranean ; on the whole coast there abound iron, timber, provisions, -and useful hands the prii visions, the iron, and the men surrendered up, _must ' become French. France and the Continent, which are desirottrof restoring the balance of power on the Ocean, have the self-sime interest in the prosperity of the new Maritime Department of Spezzia. . The incorporation of Tuscany is a necessary consequence of that grand plan. a This union is also the interest of Tuscany, which, under the - sway of i.s little P. inces, was governed without system, vritheut.ltigotir, and was perpetually infested by. the Barbary Powers. Men can now no longer be governed in a capricious and fantastic man ner. There must be a certain rule, the Goverrunent of the law, protected by a Prince sutficiendy great and elevated above the passions of men, and milexi ble, as the law is necessary for this purpose.. The time indeed is pas rf, in which it was believed that People were made lir Kings, not Kings for People. Lands, pastures, and forest., may become property, but no person can - possess a kingdom as if it were a farm. These disastrous ccnsequences can no longer take place In great states. It is in vain then that Objections ate made to the great extension of the em pire ; the communication by land, now that neither Alps or Appenines oppose it, is as easy from Leg horn to parts, as from Paris to Nice. It has been the policy of European states to subdue the most dis tant countries, in order to obtain new commercial and maritime resources: why then should we neglect those resources and acquisitions which are so valuable to us ? 'The territory of the Medicis, the country of the sciences and the arts, must form an immediate part of the French Empire. " The Dukedom of Urbino, Camerino, and the Mark of Ancona, lying on the coast of the Adriatic, fall under the influence of Venice, and must necessa rily be united with the kingdom of Italy. This is also accomplished, and the considerable works in the port of Ancona will afford the opportunity of fitting out there ten sail of tie line, to secure the freedom of the Adriatic Sea, of which Ancona shall be the har bour, and Venice the naval arsenal. Before the end of this year, five sail of the line shall be lying in the roads of Ancens, in that dangerous sea, which to the English presents only hostile shores, and where they -will be obliged to maintain six shi ps of the line, if they attempt to counter-balance our power. No, the war shall not be eternal, in spite -of the blind fury which cherishes that inhutban and senseless principle hi the Cabinet ::f London. Every where French squadrons are forming, and our naval power in the Scheldt is already considerable. In a few days there will be in the roads of Flushing and Antwerp a fleet Lot' 30 sail of the line; that on the coast of Brttany will be still stronger. Besides that, we have the al lied Russian squadron at Lisbon, where there are' already a division -of several new ships of the line in the best state, which the rapid advance of the army under General Junot placed in Our hands. a The events in Spain have converted a declining and badly conducted monarchy into a constitutional and energetic government ' • the dock-yards at Cadiz, Ferrol, and Carthagena havelelt this already. Ton ; 100, Speazia, Venice, all the resources forthcoming froth Hogand, Spain, and Italy, are in operation, we must have ships, and these last named countries have no deficiency, either of iron or of timber and hemp, for building or rigging them. 44 A decree has then issued from the Emperor for the incorporation of Tuscany ' , on the principle of the necessity for completing the system of the groat em pire, and for rendering the naval administration of France harmonious throughout all the members of the great confederacy. Without the incorporation of Tuscany, there could be no immediate communica tion Naples, and our relations could not be maintained with her, but through the medium of stateksubsisting under other governments, from which it might be feared, that the guidance and influence might be lost, which must be exercised towards Inch states, to place the - coasts and sailors in a state of opposition to the common enemy." The following is the decree of the Senate, passed is consequence of this exposition : Art. r. 'rbe Dukedoms of Parma and Pfatekda are united to the French Empire tinder tie name of the Department of the Ta ro; they shall form an inseparable indivisible pootioa of the French ' oti, from the period of the notification et-thelresent Se raosaitntn. ;.. *. The Oatel dTuicani are united to the French Empire, un- • • 1 je 41 the Departanmit tithe Arno, the Deeammet of and the Depart Maw of the Onahretw. They *pi ma indivisible portion of the French Empire, froM the period notificatkla of tbe present decree. 3‘ TIM laws which goitre the Preach Empire shall, in the De partMents of the Arno, the Itlediterraassa, and the Ombrona, be made public before the Ist of January; 1909, the period from which the Constitutional Government for thtsellepartments shall mite its commeneernint. 4, The Department of the Taro, and that of the Arno, stall each hive sit Deputies in the Legislative Body, the Department of the Mediterranean three, and the Department of the Umbro na three ; which will raise the number of the Members of that Body to 342. S. The Deputies of the Department of dr: Taro dull be chosen and ranted without delay, and shall enter the Legislative Butr be fire the Sitting of 1908. 8. The Deputies of the Departments of the Arno, of the Me. diterrancan, and of the Ombrotta, shall enter the Legislative Body before the Session of 1909, Sic. ROME, MAY et. In the Courant of this city, there is the following important decree a " Napoleon, by tbeilOtide of 06$, and by the Constitution, emperor of the Filth*, King of Italy, Protector of the Rhenish Confederacy, considering that the present'Soveragn of Rome has constantly refused to declare war spinet the English, and to co operate With the kingdoms of hal a and Naples fir the pre:emotion of the Italian peninsula—that the interest of the tyro kingdoms, and the relative situation of kali and Ntples, require that their communication should be Interrupted by no hostile power—that the gift of the lands which compose the Ecdeslastidal States was made by our illustrious predecessor Charlemagne, for the benefit of Christendom, but no: for the succour of the enemies of our Holy Religion—therefore have we, upon consideratior. of the de mand for passports, made by the Romish Ambassador at cur Court, on the Bth of Mara, decreed, and do decree-as follows : [Here follow the different artieles of the Decree, Uniting the pro vinces of the Papal Territory to the Kingdom of Italy, and pre senting various local regulations as to their Government.] In pur suance of a second Decree, all Cardinals, Prelates, and other Of ficers of the Rotnish Coon, born in the kingdom of Italy, must re tlte to the place of their birth before the sth of June, on pain of forfeiting their goods. At Ancon* on the 11th of May, the Pa pal Officers were already dismissed. MADRID, MAY 24. _ _ His Imperial Highness the Grand Duke of Berg, as well as the Junta of the Government, having been informed respecting the desire of the Emperor of the French to see assembled at Bayonne, on the 15th of June next, a deputation of 150 persons, from the Clergy, Nobility, and States General, for the purpose of deliberating upon the interesting situation of that kingdom, the Junta is charged to take measures for expediting the execution of his Majesty's pleasure, and to give to the Cities and Corporations the necessary directions in these respects. The Clergy shall bo re presented by two Archbishops, six Bishops, named by the Junta, sixteen Canons or Dignitaries named by their Chapters, tensity priests named by their Bishops, and six Generals of Orders. There shall be te.; Gran dees Of Spain, namely the Duke de Friasi the Duke de Medina Cell, the Luke de liyen, the Count de Organ, the Count de Fuentes, the Marquis de Santa Cruz, the Count derernan Naunez, the Duke d'Os suns" the Duke del Parque, the Count de Santa Co loan*, ten Tinders, and ten Knights of Castile, two I:Vies from Navarre, &c. is said, that the Dukes de TnialtAdci and de Hyen will take a journey to Holland, and that the Duke de St. Charles will very speedily return to Spain. All the accounts received from the diferent_provinces say, that the greatest tranquillity recipe in Spain. • PARIS, JUNE 3. - - The Jews Who reside id the Department of the, Roer, have delivered in a petition to his Imperial Ma jesty, in order to enjoy the same exemption from the decree of the 17th of March, which those ot the De partments of the Seine, of the Gironde and ot Lan des, have obtained. The Minister for Foreign Affairs ' has replied theretiPon, that it will be necessary, before presenting this petition to his Majesty, to give him the m^st accurate details with regard to the Jews of that Department, and has ordered them to ttansmit answers, as speedily as possible, to the following queries : How many Jews are there in the commu nity ? How many conscripts do they furnish from year to year for the army ? The number of those who are volunteers in the service ; how many of them are artitans, or farmers ? How many are manufac turers, or employed in commerce, distinguishing re tail dealers, and such as lend money on pawn ? How many of the Jewish children frequent the public schools, and how many of them have filled, or now fill public offices ? and, lastly, the number of the Jews who, since 1794, have come from the right bank of the Rhine ? _ _ COPENHAGFN, MAY ce, Three thousand men of the light infantry of the Prince of Ponte Corvo are arrived in ZeaI:LILL Thee passed the Great Belt, and have disappointed the vi gilance of the enemy's cruizers. In the neighbour hood of Rens'•nurg, an encampment has been pre pared for ten thousand men, which troops must 1)e all assembled there in the beginning Of July. A sing lat.-encampment for eight thouktnd men yill be pre pared at Flensburg. FRONTIERS OF RUSSIA, MAY 18. The execution of the long projected expedition to India is now spoken of with the greatest confidence- The corps of Davoust, it is said, will imm!diately be* assembled at As!ra"can, where a Russian . amity is to join it. An army is prepared to co-operate with these. in Persia, and to advance with them against the Bri tish settlements in India. VIENNA, MAY 11. The follow;ng details have been nuidishecl with regard to the raising of tke Land Militia. All will be liable to the conscription under a certain age, not yet specified, and even the Nobles will not be exemp ted. The con-cription will immediately commence for each regiment, in its appointed recruiting 'circle, under the inspection of the officers belonging to it.— The recruiting is regblated in the following manner: Each reg:ment will consist of one thousand men, of which six hundred, selected by lot, will be clothed in uniform, arined and exercised ; and then to be dis charged to their former situation, and only to be cal led out for four weeks in the year to be exercised aai manoeuvred. Of these six hundred men, who will soon be completed for service, the regiment will re ceive according to its necessity, and the completion will take place from the forther conscription. By these regulations the effective force of our sta is will not be weakened ; the extraordinary losses which the war occasioned will be made up ; the recruiting will be rendered easier, while the labourers are not with drawn from their employments. MAY 25.—The Archduke Louis has left this capi tal for some days, for the purpose of inspecting seve rat points along our frontiers, PARLIAMENTARr PROCEEDI7NS. HOUSE OF LORDS, JUNE 24. Counsel were heard at the Bar respecting the objections riu L to the Committee of Privileges in the Roxburgh p ee r age Farther hearing to-morrow. The Coffee Customs 13W, the Coffee Excise fin, th e A gog * BUT, and the Irish Treasury Bills Bill, were brought up tem th e Commons, and read a first time. The Scots Local Militia 80, the Court of Session Mock BM, the Kist Importation BM, the London Warehousing But, t h e Dublin Pollee BM, and the Lottery 13111 , passed through Co ra , mittees and were reported. _ _ othertlencral Ball; on Me table were forwarded in their retry, tire stages.--Adiourned till to-snot-row (this day.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The Ccentnisslofters Meedrip Bill vr.is committed and report e d. To be reads third time tornaerw. - The Reprisals was read a third time, after a ftw words from Si' C. POLL and Mt. Rosa. Mr. WHITBREAD presented a Report from the Lottery Conmsittee, wheals, with the Appendix, was ordered to by printed. Mr. Mason, from the Trustees of Rennet,. Harlun,r„ riletttil 'an SCCAIit of the receipts and dot- u s menu of said ( odnitits stoners, from 1807 down to the presidu time. • On thu motion of Dr. LAWRENCE, the Cinque Ports Frauds Preventioh Bill, was read a third time a.id passed. The Aascssid 'fates Bill was read a ihird time and passed, 'I he Woollen Suspension Bill, the Hop Bag bill, the In tar Distil'..-ry Bill, the 'r.sh Spirits Duty Bill, the Oyster lishiry huh were read a third time and passed. 'I he Small Debts Bill, and the Marriage Pill, were nada snood time, and ordered to be s.saauittcd to-morrow. Isollus ry'a Div rze Bill was read a third time and passed. The Wssuninstt r Improvement BI I was passed, with. clause brought up by Mr. W. Sacrist, for allowii.g the Commissiocert to purchase same land to Puncers:reet, on which bowies had stood that lied been doweled by fire. Mr. HU.IKISSON. brought up a Bill for the Payment of Ar. rears due to John Palmer, Esq. The Bill was read a first firm IMPORTANT INTERRO ;ATORIES. Mr. WHARTON brought up the Report of the Appropriation Bill. On the question being put, that the Amendments be read a firs. time, Mr. WHI I'BREAD said, he would, on the Re. Ipott being brought up on the Vo.e If Credit Bill, put a few questions to the Right Honourable Secretary MMr. Canning), and subn itt:d to the courtesy of inisters to give him an weasel-. He would not ad. vett to the situation of Spain. as that subject had been already brought before the House by his Right Ho. Pourable Friend (Mr. Sherid in). The present, he observed, had been a very laboriens lesion ' several Committees were appointed, and though be objected to the measure adopted in consequence cf Report oldie Committee on West India Affairs, yet, as it was sanctioned by the vote of .he House, he erred it might be conducive to the relef that was expectedrea A Committee also sat on the efFa'rs of the East India Company, and the country exeev.ed that the account between the Public and the Company was now finally closed. It was his intention ear:y in the next session, to call the attention of the House to the Report cf the tottery Committee, as it contained facts of a na. ture so heinous and disgraceful, that he was con vinced his Majesty's Ministers could nct oetemplete them without producing a dee imeressioa, The Committee of Finance had also many laborious sit. tinge, and it appeared from what the Chairman stated on a former night, that they were not likely to make any Report in the present session. He could not say whether this disappointment to the public arose from the construction of the Committee, that occasioned a collision among the Members, which rendered their labours useless to the public or not, bet he trussed that the mystery in which their differences were involved, would be disclosed early in the next sea sion. With respect to Ireland, a calm had ensued, after the irritations that prevailed in that count 7, -notwithstanding the disapeeintment of the people m having the prayers of their petitions tejected. He hoped that calm was a presage to future tranquillity,. which he trusted would have a due effeet bereaficron the feelings of Pa: li intent. He would ask the Right Honourable Gentleman whether or not the Orders an Cbuncil priehiced the beneficial effects on the enemy, with respect to the return of peace, that were antici pated by Ministers, or whether they were not in a great measure done away by the licences granted by Government ? These were questions, he knew, which depended on the courtesy of the Right Honourable Gentleman and his colleagues to answer, but he teli them for the convenience of the House, though he might, if he thought fit, make a motion on each of them. The disposition to tumult which was more fested in the neighboorhoOd of Manchester, was a sub. jet t of regret, but he hoped thet it would be attributed, 'o the real cause, the distress of the manufacturers, sad that they who were found offending would expe rience lenity, and nut be treated as if they were wits ate.l by any thing of a pelitecat netute, or had Rey le ference whatever to party consideration.' With re. spect to America, he was apprehensite that Ministers were not as successful as they expected, as the Con. 'grew was dissolved, and the embargo still continued, An expedition was sent out to the Bake near two months since, which, . according to the last accounts, still continued in a state of inactivity ; another ape. dition had been sent out, and he hoped the remit: would ba glbrious, it the object Was a good one. 1,1 e• wished also to know the cause of the arteral of Sir John Moore from Sicily, which, if he wage-1014y be Pinned, waste& expected by his Majesty's Moieties. He would also ask if Government had succeeded . its commercial relations with Sweden ? He observed, that one 29th' of last April be proposed a reseluuce4 to the se, that it would not be disgraceful to piee pose to France a negotiation for peace ; he was gill of the same opinien e and he hoped that during the re cess Ministers would avail themselves of any oppor tunity that may occur to produce the blessings of tranquillity. Mr. Secretary CANNING said, the Hoe. Gentle man had no occasion to apologise to the House for what he had said. He admired the candour of the Hon. Gentleman in leaving every thing to his Majes ty's Ministers, and he should begin in the first in etance, by noticing the conclusion cf his speech rela tive to Sweden. lie said, that the armament had 4een sent to co-operate with our ally upon certain plans projected by him, and that since the expedition had arrived at Gottenburgh, several considerable changes had taken place in the military arrangements of Swee den, for which no blame could attach to Great Bre. tarn ; on the contrary, we were to be applauded for our promptitude in sending out such an armament as might be effectual, at the moment of necessity. With respect to the arrival of General Moore, he would ob set ye, that the force under his command returned certainly to Gebraltp ; as it was thought last year, that important operations would have taken place there. Sir John Moore arrived two days before ail ~" io►~Srz i ~~ls b t u tom, f i ta his pb the (sour bclesowla The 11 st se of believc to cen 131 P a ht thley" o f the place Muir to let been Pa ssel I finn. tatic rica, disci thol felt to bf • al I .;,1