Star. — London, England, 1803-08-09 00:00:00

W GERALIA r. Ham !triton, ,JULY z9.—A refpeetable merchant. who arrived bete this morning from Copenhagen,, pofitively ltatcs, that at his departure a Ruffian fleet of twelve fail of the line and eight frigates and (mailer veffels was then in fight, (leering for Copen hagen Roads. This fleet, it is fuppoled, is intended lot the protcnion of the Sound, which the French with to Ihitt againfl the Englilh, by occupying all the ports Ululate hs (bores. Some Hanoverian boats and birges fled to this fide of the Eilte, are laid to hate been claimed by the French. The llar.ifh army i n H n ir te i,,, who hive their held quarters at Ahrenberg, have received confi derahle reit& ireements, and the Prince Royal of lien stark has given orders to eaablith field hofpitals. By the Jail letters from Berlin, the Pruflian Cabi net be7ins to be weary of the dole neighbourhood of the French army to the Pritflian poffetfions, efpecially in Wellphalia. Orders have for this reafon been given to flint the paffage from the Hanoverian to the Pruffian territories, fo that the French in Hanover will no longer be able to tranfpnrt any thing from Hanover into the Pruffian territories, nor front hence will any thing be allowed to be expotted to Hanover. A private letter from Peterfburgh, of the / ztli has been handed about on the Exchange of this place, containing the following paragraph : " With in thefe few days a rumour pervades the higher circles. that peace between France and England is much nigher than many people cold fuppofe ; even fame bets have been laid, that the preliminaries will be figned before the end of September.—On the other hand, the naval preparations in all our ports are carried on with rediatbled aflivity, and in a . - ew weeks between fifteen and lixteen fail of the line will put to lea from Cronfladt. An army too, of 46,000 men, will fpeedily be eollefted near this capital." The number of (hips which have arrived at Ton ningen, in confiquence of the blockade of the Elbe, amounts to about 7o : 46 of them were bound to Hamburgh. five to Altona, and an equal number to Gluckfladt, ANOTHER LE•rvaa.—lt has been obferved here, that the ?ruffian Miniffer has been more aflive fence the blockade of the Elbe than the Danifb, and that the Pruffian Government has fent purpotely both to Paris and to London, whiff' the Mullis has contented itfelf to communicate with General MORTIIR here, and with Mr. Ltrrow at Copenhagen. In fain, PrufGa is a greater lofer by this blockade than Den. mark, becaufe, as moil Briti ( h produelions are at prefent fent to Lubeck and other cities in the Baltic, the latter gains by the duties in the Sound, what it lofes by its trade on the Elbe, when the French op preffive regulations in Holland and Germany neutra lifes even the trade of Ernbden. The French neighbourhood has now made a kind of equality between the Amfierdam and Hamburgh Exchange ; between the merchants of Germany and thole of Holland ; inllead of speculations in trade ;and expeCtation of profit, we (peculate only in poli tics, front which we can expeCt neither profit nor honour. The only news we hear of, and on which we can unfortunately depend, are the numerous fai lures in moll mercantile towns and cities, in the in terior of Germany; the great ffagnation in trade every where, the ceffation of manufadories, the want of employment, and the diftrefs and emigration of mechanics and labourers, are the too true corn. plaints brought by every mail deli last three weeks; and, as it is for theitil time that tbe Elk hat ever data ilorfed ap, all commercial calculation, are at a nand, and nobody knows how to employ his capital, his indullry, or his talents; and the merchants at Vi enna, Prague, Berlin, and Drefden, suffer in pro portion as much as thole here, at Bremen,and Altona. The ;mirage of couriers was at no time lull war greater than it has lately been ; within the lull 48 iiours, (even foreign couriers have palled through this city from the North, for the South of Europe, and from the South for the North ; the rumour of a Con grefs is revived, and Berlin is mentioned as the place where it is to be held. Several known French intriguers, f 104 fem.:, cm. barked LA week at Lubeck. for St. Peteriburgh ; veffel was hired for t:.em by the French Commercial Agent, and in their paffes fome were Ryled men of letters or artills ; others milliners and dar,cers ; they however all belong to TALLAYRAND'ii corps of ferret' FARLIANZhTiIIir PReICEED/ivGS. HOUSE OF LORDS MONDAY, AUGUST L The frith Glebe Houle Bill, the Foreign Note Bi ll. Lord Am. I.a7it's Ammity Bill, the Prize Court Bill, the London Defence y::1, the Sugar Duty Bill, the Neutral Ship Bill, and ieveral oth r ,Pirs were brought up from the Commons, and road a G.it time. The National Defence Amendment Bill was read a fccond time, and ordered to be committed to-morrow. On this motion of Lord Warr 140111.404 D, the difeuMon refpecl lug the fufpenifon of certain Banding or 4n, were deferred till to morrow, and the Houfe ordered to be fummoned. Lord SurroLa Paid, that unlefs it Should appear to be their Lordlhips' with that he flsould now pro ceed, ha would alfo poftpone to the fame time the notion of which he had given notice for this evening. The Peers, on the Minillerial bench, however, expref ring a defire that he fht-oLI go on, his Lro-dfhip Paid that the fubjed to which he walled to direft their atten tion was the propriatyof appointing a military council. In enforcing fuggeflion,he adverted tot he fucccfs which had attended the arms of France (ince the ap pointment of a military council, confiliing of Carnet, Goncher, and other men of talents in the different branches of fervices. Ttt Such a Council military men would prefent their ideas of improvematts wi t h certainty at !call that they would be attended to. He had lately delivered to his Majelly fome notes upon rubjeCt ; havitz received no communication from Milliners that they had been confidetetl, he applied at the Duke of York's, hut had not been able to gain etecefs to him ; on a fecond application he obtained an interview with his fecretary, who did not ::ink the r.•.tes were of Sufficient importance to lay before his Royal Highnefs. He imputed this, not to any dif t cfpeA for himfell, for his Royal Highnefs ►new that lie had been forty-feven yeat► to the army, and that i : had been entrufied with fume important corn- Inands in America, It proceeds entirely flan) that .111;plicity of hufinefs which made it imps ffible for a•tv one man, however great woe his abilities, to at t •nj to filch fubjeas, and at the fame time to conch& details of the army. His Lordfkip then e Irn usined that Lord Moira was not city:ord, and par• •••••., 1,16{. •r 1 •• an.e• a awaw an 1%1 •MC had been related. He further complained, that to An application he had made to Goverment to know where arms and ammunition were to be found for sou of his tenantry who had volunteered to ferve und,r him, he had received nn anfwer. Then ad rerting so the condua of the Citizens of London, he read a letter, which Rated, that inßead of 12,000 men, its quota under the old militia fyilem, now rail ed only two miferable regiments ; that even thefe were far from being completed ; and that of the Soo men which the Citizens were to fornifh for the army of referve, not one had yet been forth coming. At a time when the molt liberal offers of fervice were made in every qtarter, in the notice of the Lord Mayor refpeCling the formation of volunteer corps, not even the flighteft merr:on was made of invafion. This condua he contrafted with the offers made by the City at the time if the Spanifh armada. His Lord fhip was proceeding to make fcm,!olifervationson the plan of fortifying London, when he was called to order by Lord Honsur, who declared his intention, if fuch details were proceeded in, to enforce the ftanding or der for the exclufion of arangers. The Noble Lord, after a few more obfervations, concluded by a motion in terms of his fpeech. After a fliort reply from Lord HOBART, who thought the appointment of a Military Council whol ly unneccilltry, and calculated only to controul the Commander in Chief, _ _ _ The que:tinn uas put, and negatived without a divifiou.—Adinurned. LONDON. TUESDAY, AUGUST 9. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE 0 CLOCK 3pa Cent. Redneei, zi 3 /-3 pa Cent. Confols, sat tit (Minium 911 i M. PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY : 3 per C. Red. 53; f 4 India Bonds, par as. diL 3 per C. coo:sail i Imp. 3 per C 5 i i 4 Pcr Cent. 684 i .. Exact! Bills, la. a as. dit 5 Per Cent. Navy gat i i Omniam 081 9 f o C 3PerAnn• l 797. 8 it Englifli Tickers r7l. as. Lang Ann. 16 15 I ConL fur acc. 541 4 We have received letters from our correfpondent at Gibraltar, of fo late a date as the sill and asth of July. The Spaniards are railing an army of 80,000 men, and it would appear by our letters, that they have inclaflrioufly circulated a report that the fervice for which this force is intended, is to oppofe the en. trance of any French troops into Spain. We lhould be happy to be convinced on folid grounds, that this is the intention of Spain, but knowing the enemy with whom we have to contend, we are very much inclined to confider the report as a fineffe ; intended more effeetually to lull this country into a (late of in. anion, fo far as regards Spain, till the remainder of the treafure from Lima (hall have come fate into port. Then we (hall fee the ufe of the Spanifh army. —Then we (hall fee their (hips, which they are now difmantling, again fitted out for tea. There is fome thing very inconfillent in railing a land force at the fame 6me that the navy is laid up. It is a line of eondua that could hardly have been followed, had France been the power intended to be oppolid -It looks rather like that kind of overacting that often betrays the real intentions which it is intended to conceal. We are happy to announce, that our letters bring the pleating intelligence of his Majefly's (hip AmmUSCADF, taken fome time ago by the enemy, having been retaken by the VICTORY, Capt. Surrow. A report prevailed yefterday that the enemy's fleet v'as at tea, and off the Ilk of Wight. Our Readers will fee by our port letters the quarter whence it came. They will alfo ()Verve what mat give them much pleafure, that inflead of panic or confufron of any kind being the confcquencc, the movements at Portfmouih and the neighbourhood were prompt, Ready, and regular—a good omen of the reception the enemy will meet with, wherever he may prefume to (hew himfelf on our coal!. Accounts fimilar to thole in our letters from Port(- ' mouth were received yefierday in Towq, by . Lord GROSVENOR, Colonel of the Flintfliire Militia, for warded to his Lordfhip by the Lieutenant Colonel. Other letters were aifo received by eeprefs from the fame quarter ; and many foolifh rumours were cir culated in the evening, which are now completely falfified, and therefore not worthy of being repeated. A letter from Bremen lays, that when the French began to remove the artillery and horfirs from Hano ver, the King of Pruffia interfered, and in conk quence of a remonflrance from him, they were ftopt until the return of a Mellinger who WAS fent off to the CHl$l ConsuL. A letter from Ronock, of the a6th ult. fays, an Englith cutter anchored lately near the Roman fleet in our neighbourhood, and the Coptain paid a vifit to the Ruffian Admiral, who invited him to dinner. After the baths of the Emperor of Rullia, of the King of Great Britain, and of ail oiler law. Inl Sovereigns had been drank, tire It:trii it) Admiral gave the lillriwing 41 and CAI/men-la/ ofromrrxicnr Rvsa an .I ± rg'and, and eVrart,:n to a 7 plotters of Revo'u.n.n:, ri:Atr e,-nontreia! or pi The foirowing arc cur letters from "GIBRALTALJULP.II —Thisday arrived the Titl• UMPH, Sir Rocrar BARLOW, in twelve days from the fleet od Toulon. Li.rd NELSON . 10.11!cl the fleet two days bdirre they failed, with the MAIDSTONR, Maness, and AMPHION.—The MEDUSA taw the VICTORY off Sicily, in her way to Malta. The VICTORV has re:akcn his Majefly's (hip AMDURC•OI, of 36 guns, Come time fince taken from us by the French. The fleet were all well : they had had two gales of wind, in which the TRIUMPH fprung her bawl' tit, which lias brought her down here to get a 11C W• WRllia a lOC IJUR • tall) i.truay Zl Cassrest.c's fl:et off Cadiz. Jucs , ag.—" This goes by the Vicroittzust, which fails with thfpatches from the fquadron the firff fair wind. " A very hot and general profs has taken place all over Spain, to raife an army of 80,000 men, with which, they fay, they are determined to oppofe the entrance of any French troops into Spain. The Spaniards, at the fame time, are difmantling all their fhips as fall as poffible, which certainly does not ar gue any intention cf going to war with us, if they can avoil it. ii The Tatumro, Sir ROBERT BARLOW, has kill come to anch3r off the New Mole, from the eallwaid. The garrifon has by no means been fo healthy of late as ufual. The toth regiment are fo fickly as to be unfit for duty, having upwards of 300 men ill." DILLON'S REGIMENT. We this morning received the following Letter, which we think it our duty to lay before the public. We than make no comment on it at prefent, aid only affure our Readers that our authority for fisting the circumliance to which it alludes was a letter from a Gentleman of the firtl refpeetability at Gibraltar. — We have no inclination to enter into any difcuffion on the meaning attached by military men to the term " Mutiny," but we will venture to repeat, leaving time to explain the eaufi, that the Regiment of Dillon has been dyhanded ; indeed, the Gentleman acknow ledges it by his lignature. If the writer of the letter will favour us with a carrel Ratement of the parti culars, we (ball have no objeEtion to infert them. " Stu, ^ Portfmeuth, 9th Augult, " On landing this day from his Majeftes flap la Revolution " mire, from Gibraltar, I was aflonilhed to fee in your Paper that " the Regiment of Dillon had mutinied; which I frofiticel,y alert " never happened, and I &Gm you will immediately contradiet it. l am, Sir, the. EDW. DSCODILINItar, " Lieutenant sate Regienent of Dißon.'• Friday the Pu E of NOITHUMBIIkLAND and fami. ly patted through Newcadle,on their way to Alnwick Cattle. We hear that the Rev. Josmi WILKINSON, B. A. of Ormathwaite, in the County of Cumberland, is inftituted by the Lord Bilhop of Norwich, to the valuable rettories of Eaft and Weft Wretbam, In the County of Norfolk. A number of foreign emilraries have been 'ppm , hen:led both in Ireland and in England, and no I doubt remains that France not only Is the chief in- Iligator of rebellion in Ireland, but it is attempting the fame thing in England alto. Several Frenchmen are in cilody— time of them have been examined at Lord PELHAM'S Office ;—they have been detetted making their efcape from Ireland, and attempting to reach the Continent by the way of Yarmouth, Har wich. and Hollings. Piflols, powder, ball, and a dagger, were found upon the the perfons taken up at Hallings. prefent it would be improper to lay further particulars before the public. A letter from Briaol, dated Augufl 6, Pam Mr. HUNT&R, fen. a King's Meffenger, arrived here on Monday 1411, having in his cuft,,dy a perfon who has been for fame time paR taking founding: of our Channel. He was apprehended in Tenbv, in confe quence of his dropping a copy of a letter addrelred to a French officer, from out of his pocket, which led to a difcovery. On him were found two forged let ters as from the Duke of YORK, which enabled him to purfue his plans without fulpieion, and had aftu ally engaged the King's boats in his various excur fions. They went off in the mail for London the fame evening." - - - - - The two foreigners examined nn Sunday, at Lord Pli.o•ta's Office, Rate themfelves to be Italians, and that they came on purpofe from Leghorn to attend a trial in this country, in which they are materially interefled. They were not examined yellerday, as further time was neccifary to enquire into the truth of their flatements. The sth of neat Month the Lottery begins draw ing. Tickets and Shares are filling by T. Rion at his old eftablifhed O ffi ces, No. 4, Comb;11, and d 0.9, Charing-crofs, where all Prizes are paid on demand. Co:Hearn, Auourr 7.—A large party of Volun teers from the Nottingham Militia paired through Maidflone on Wednefday on their way to Chatham for his Majefly's navy. They ‘..ere fine looking young men, able feamen, and prefented a very animating appear ance with their cheerful l'oks,blue ribbands, and loud huzzas. The firft battalion of the firs Regiment of Guards, and the Warwick Militia, are encamped near Chatham, where large parties work ineelrantly en the lines. Major-General Foetus' brigade will take the field to-morrow (Monday) near Northam. Lord GIORGI H. C•TENDISH has arrived at Cox heath, to take the command of the Derbyftiire Mili tia. The heavy baggage of Major-General THORN- Tom's brigade has been fent to Malting, in concs. quence of the late orders iffued-fur that purpofe. Duatra, Aucurr s.—Our Yeomanry are begin ning to make offers of general fervice, that are unli mitcd as to place. The Attorney's Cavalry. have offered to krve againfl the common enemy in any part of the United Kingdom. Thisis truly in the fpi. ;It of Union and Confolidation, and I hope you will be as ready to offer your affiflance to us, but not in the fhape of Att.rniet. We have enough of thole al ready and is fpa:e. But, jokes apart, they are a truly valuable body of men in i-orld, whatever they may be in Alad, and Otis city (lands largely indebted to their exertions on the recent occalion and in the for mer rebellion. You may correel the miflake or mitinformation of a eotemporary print which has fired at and wounded I Mr. ALIX. V it C ,an eminent tailor of this , city. Although the man is completely infenfible of t 4: pains thus infliaed on him, it is but right to put his friends in London, if he has any, out of pain for his f.afcty. It was Mr. CLAIM, a cotton menufac• gum, of Palmer's Town, and a magifbate for the County of Dublin, that was (hot at and wounded the evening of the infurreltion. I have not heard of any arreas to.day, nor did there hapr.en any thing elfe out of the common coorfe of events. We have not beard of farther damage done by the Qotm of Wednc(d ty. n In n TORBAY. Auch 7.—Arrived his Wick's (hip Nistssts, Capt. SOMERVILLE, from a cruize, and failed again laft evening in a very great hurry t it I is conjeCtured in confquence of fit large (hips, fup. poled to be men of war, who made their appearance ' in the Offing, and would not fhew their fignals noe numbers, although frequently challenged by the of. ficers at the fignal polls at Berry Head. Nothing has tranfpired fince.—Wind S. W. and fair weather. POIITSMOuTIs, SUNDAY NIGHT, 10 O'CLnce.—. Signals have been made here of a number of train - . ports and flat bottomed boats, with troops, fleeting to the eallward. Admiral MONTAOUE's flag is finked from the OILFH SUS tO the PVIIIANT, the former hay. ing failed at an hour's notice, with the Meow iricser. of 74 guns. Several exprefres have been received by the Admiral and General. The Portfdown Cavalry inftantly paraded, and feveral of them were fent with difpatches to fomc of the troops in the neighbourhood. One of the regiments. which was in camp, have (truck their tents, and are gone on duty at Fort Monckton. A fignal was made from Admiral HOLLOWAY'S (hip, fur the Sea Fencibles to alembic, and very much to their credit, the whole of them muttered in a few minutes, and in lefs than an hour they embarked on board flat bottomed boats, and were at the outfide of the entrance to the harbour. General We irstocce has been particularly engaged with the refpeetive of fices; all the cannon on the platform wens loaded this evening in his prefence.—..The Officers, who were on (pore from their refpeelive (hips, went off in the greateft hurry.—Admirals Monvmsna and Hot„1.0. way, Commiffioner Sir C. SAXTON, General WHITS• 4 cocci Sind fuite, with a number of other officers, re.. ,mained on the ramparts till after dark.—The WINr soc Casys.z, of 98 guns, Captain BIRTIA, fitting in the harbour, will be towed out between one and two in the morning. —Several boats are kept in readinefa to go with any difpatches. The Havant Volunteers. confining of soo. commanded by W. GARRITY. Erg. fent an exprefs, offering their fervices to General t WHIT'S-OCAS. AUGUST B.—ln confequence ofa report yeterday that the French Beet was out, the Ma o nes v man of war, °artist:a and GALATIA frigates, and two Revenue cutters put back, but failed again for the back of the Ifle of Wheal the whole of the !hips which were under (plinths* at the Motherbank. came up to Spitbead. The Sea Fencibles and the flat bottomed boats were out all night, and the VT lunteers were drown up on the Glace. Snesaress, Auausr onr lea we (intim, to (late that the ALAN to failed with the Uric eon: voy, to proud the (kips bound to the river Humber. &c. The Pasacesa or OtAllat and Macias's, have come from Chatham, and gone to the Note the Emostne has alto arrived'at the Note. Liem tenant l'irmt.tass Cnisyse is appointed to copllnfilla the &Asa gun vac'. The Stays* Boop, Captain Pittl y, has juft arrived with the crew of the Situ, FROM LLOYITs LIST. Drat, Ammo L—Salied Ilaarcorta**MPid• itslirs One and Perks. bomb, an a cruise. Wind S. W. Oaaysarwn Aomori. S.--Pared by, time Mortify ionolti from Hamburgh; and Atlantic., Trylats,frost ro ordinal( the Vrow Penns &bows, for Niabdes; sodidoisi —, for Dtolol4. . ..••••• TIM INVASION. Sta. Admiralty Oftlee, 6th Avg*, dap My Leeds Conandas,en of the Admiralty bane deltas d obtaining the belt potable informatics refrain, the Coate of tide Kingdom, 1 have it to command from their Lordedwe to their diredtion to you, to proceed along that pan of the within the Unties of the dlltridt under your command, nod, made a careful examination thereof, io lore no time in to me. for their Lortlikipe Inform. dos, a particadar nod eimmuat ftantial Account of Inch Skuatioss as stay appear to yin to bind, espied to the LANDING of an enemy...the dillculty Of was& of accek thereto--with your remarks upon the winds veld* medico more or kis fad upon that pert of the Ceelbv4ml ago wish what winds, !width what place or pima, • keen may be effeesi by boats, with the tide molt fukable for tbst paspolls. You arc, at the fame time, to point out Inch papa of the Qom, within your diftridt as may be rend, red by eaters of op prosch; and to make loch other obterlatiose relative to dm wafts and dyers, within the laid limits, as may be neeelfary for their Locilltipe Informationts-1 am, Sir, your very humble format, foii Vapc s ais A. B. commanding tie Fusible Dittria, As: Ate, SIGNAL STATIONS UPON THE COAST. raow TNT ' Portland, North Foreland. Punek knoll, weft at Abbott' Fall HUI, footbereft of Deal, bury. Little Cornhill, weftward of the Golden Cop, war Deldpon. South Foreland. WhitAnda, weft of Lyme. Folkeftwat Cliff Beer Had, sear Cedric& Lyinpne, near Hyde.. Peek Hift, near Ndspeath. Dungennefe Point. Weg denrm Dam, at °I U. FairligaL monk. Heathy Had Dawn& Had S. arord Cliff. Derry Head. Hawk HA elaft a Brighton. Wenn. new Deeteasuib. I Shoreham. Collevew, se Stan Paint. Worthing(patiltoflawadwater) Idurtatea Top, neer Na MOM Kingdom, neer Hampton River. W Afar% near eM Boil Hsi Dearondeld, between Bognor grade ( liblbitrY pa 7 ineb. and bliddkteat. g Staff, n. ar Maker . Pagan Nealand. at of Power. • Selfry Point. Pcnhald. Weft Winning. Dodnint. Cumberland Foot Cater Hot Parkhurft Fareft. pt. Anthony, Naratl e Deammfe. idurdp Penn. Mary Down. bask Hnd. St. Callarkat's. Park.torawn near the User& Needle Point. Parit.lough,eaft Ids o(/Agent ChM Church Head. Day. Ballard Hill, Ills of Purbeck, Tetwillemotret Ilde GUMMI Round Down, ditto. Day. • . St. Aldus's Head. St Lame Part. Haeaborovgb Hill, weft OW. T• TOO worth. • Puedensidt, or Lam" End. SIGNAL STATIONS ON THE NORTH COAST. TOON TIM Noes TO TAOSIOUTO. __ _ Waken* Swim Weltword of Ilawifoy Ls On Faints* Ms. Marl. ea had allot forthot! Tellisgbant Orange. Worts. Brads,ll, St. Peters Chard, Orford Oak Cokwhk Fars, oar St. Ofyth Rol l4s Warren. Boy. Dracog Mow Donde Cow Ealbrick riffli, au land WWI osaw. Nateillekl. dodos Clll4 am the NE& Cow Mho Gomm W the Northward 4 Lewis's. 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