Star. — London, England, 1803-12-22 00:00:00

.e I LONDON. THURSDAY, DECEMBER ii. .~ i~ I ~~~ TRICE+. OF STOCKS THIS rAv AT ONE O'CLOCK, loropg. 3:s.l—Reduced S. I—Ornnium e Ri dd. 4 per Cent. 6 ); i—Long Ann. t 13-t6—Short Ann. 31-163 . DustiN, DEL Ex eta is per Cent. Goy. bet. 661 Gncd Canal Loan, 4 per Cent. 67i. Con. ft of Exialange—llubl.n oa London 161, 16. Difpatches were yefierday received at the Admi ratty from Sir EDWARD PELLIW, who we are happy to find had beer al,le to maiataia his porition, a•atrh• ing the ports of Ferrol and Cot unna. We under. Rand, that according to thefe difpatches, the preps• rations of the enemy there were almoll entirely at a Rand, in confequence, as is believed, of orders hav ing been received from The French Government to fulpend the preparations for the prefent—or, perhaps, iv confequence of a deficiency of proper flares, of which it teems they are in very great want. Our fquadron had received information that a large body of troops had arrived for the purpofe of being em barked at tlnfe posts, but the tiatement was not much credited. The Public may exp-ta very contradiftory (late ments to be circulated, refpeetirz the prepat atiuns and movements of the enemy. While, by the lafi accounts from Ferrol, the preparations are reported to be at a (land in that neighbourhood, the accounts from more northeily ports (late them to be in great suttivity. Lord Motile, it is afTerted, has written from Scotland, that he has received certain informa tion of the enemy's intention to attempt a landing in that quarter, and that he is fully prepared to give them a proper reception. Writing to a friend upon the fubjett, his Lordthip fays, " If you with to fee a battle, come immediately to Scotland. The enemy, I am well affured, will fpeedily make an attempt up on this part of the coati ; and (hould they effed a landing,l (hall not lofe a moment in attacking them." In the Hull Paper of Monday laft an article ap. pears, which has fence been copied into the London Prints, Rating that the Captain of a veffel arrived there from Rotterdam had brought intelligence, that the Dutch troops, on being ordered to embark on Monday fe'nnight, had laid down their arms, and refuted to proceed on the expedition, faying, the French were not their mailers. This, the Captain fays, took place jun as he was coming away; and that a report prevailed at Rotterdam, that a fimilar refufal had been manifeiled at Dunkirk. To all this it has been added, we know not on what authority, that the Captain, or the perfon who came paffenger with him, had made an affidavit before the Mayor of Hull, to the truth of the above Ratement. We cannot take upon us to fay that the intelligence has no foundation whatever, for a very flight matter might give rife to fuch a rumour, but we can affert that there are letters in town from Rotterdam of the date of Wednefday fe'nnight, two days later than this pretended mutiny, which are altogether filent on the fubjeEt, which we think they hardly would have been, had there been any truth in the Ratement. To the above we have to add, that the Captain of the veffel who brought the Dutch Papers, announced in our Paper of Tuefday left, left Rotterdam fo late as Friday evening 10.—He had received no informa tion of the kind alluded to. We do not think the news entitled to any credit. HAMBURGH MAIL Several of the articles received this day by the above conveyance, are of confiderable importance. Some accounts have painted out the levy of troops lately ordered in Ruffia, as having no relation to the prefent Rate of Europe. but is merely intended to fill up the regiments to their common complement. We can now affert it wears a very different complexion. We flail not however dwell upon the circumilance at prefent. but content ourfelves with (imply Rating,' that having teen a copy of the Proclamation itfelf, we find it has the following exordium : 4 , The troubled Rate of Europe has induced us, as becomes the dignity of the Empire, not only fully to complete our ufual military eflabliffiment, but alto to Rrengthen it by the addition of new regiments.— We therefore order a levy of two men from every five hundred through the whole empire, which mutt be complete before the isth of January, 18(4." &c. &c. Another very important article is, that the difpute which had taken place between Audi-4 and Bavaria has been accommodated for the preterit. According to letters from Spain of the 17th ult. new difficulties have arifen relpetling the neutrality of that country ! An embargo has been laid on all the inland craft belonging to the Netherlands, to be employed in the • invafion ; and, according to letters from the Hague, the Dutch troops were to have been embarked as laft week. V/11114A. DEC. 3.—ln the night between Wednef- day and Thurfday the courier returned who bad been difpatched by our court to its envoy at Munich, with inarueirrns to make firing reprefentations to his Eleflorai Highnefs, relative to the condutt of the Bavarian troops toward' the Aufirians atOberhaufen r and the occupying of that place, which of right ap per:Ain' to Auftria. As the aniv.er brrlight by this c.,urier apptara to be very pacific, all expedationa of •var have, farce yeatediy, entindy vanialcd ; and we Fare nut only the certainty tat all differences with the Court of Munich will be accommodated ; but that the ancient friend(hip and good under landing be tween that Court and Auflria will be completely reflored. ITALY, Nov. 28.—Twelve fine horfes ftom the lanoverian Rud have arrived at Lugano; fix of them are intended as a prefent to the Vice Prefident of die Itaiian Republic, Citizen Mt LZT. Some diktiffions have taken place between Ruffia and the Little Republic of Ragufa, which have been terminated by a letter from the Emperor ALEXANDFR to the Senate of the Republic. Tne free exercife of the Greek religion now be permitted at Ragufa, unier the protetlinn of Ru(Ea. MALTA, OCT. 13.—1 t has hitherto been the cuflom here, when the fulsjeas of neutral powers have been found on board a merchant fhip taken under the flag of the enemy, to liberate them, on their being claim. ed by their refpthive Confuls. The Englifh Naval= mm tndant has, however, within thefe few days begun to aft on contrary principles, and has refuted to deliver up a Danifh failcr found onboard a Dutch prize. On his being reclaimed by the Danifh Conful, the Commandant anfwered that Vice-Admiral Lord NeLSON, as Commander in Chief of the Brian' naval force in the Mediterranean, had given orders to fend to England all fubjcts of Neutral Powers found on board (hips taken from the enemy. CORFU ; OCT. 28.—The 26th of Onober will be dillinguifhed in the annals of our Republic. On that day, the Legiflative Body was inflalled ; the bene volent views of ALEXANDER 1.; the labours of his excellent Minißer, and the wifhes of the inhabitanrs of the Seven Iflands, were fulfilled. His Excellency the Plenipotentiary, Count MOCENII2O ; wifhed the pomp and folemnity of the intlallation to be fuitable to the dignity of his exalted Sovereign, and the im. portance of the funEtions of the firs Legiflative Body of the Seven Iflands. The Reprefentatives of the nation, therefore, proceeded in their robes, accom panied by their Secretary of State, to the palace in the old fortrefs. The brave Ruffian troops fainted them as they paffed with military honours. The re fpeliable Chief of the Republic, Prince Timoricur, received them in the hall, in which they were to hold their fitting, and where he exercifed the funetions of Prefident, till one fhould be elected. He afcended a railed feat, and the Members took their places. The Plenipotentiary of his Majefty the Emperor of all the Ruffian, Count Moms lc°, then appeared, accompa nied by the Generals of the lea and land forces, the Staff Officers of the Ruffian auxiliary troops, and de r vered a fuitable fpeech to the affembly. BRUSSELS, Dtc. 4.—A great„ quantity of bifcuit is baking here for the expedition again!' England. Two thoufand labourers are employed in enlarging the harbour of Boulogne, for the reception of a greater number of flips. The gunboats will now have places fitted up in them fur the conveyance of horfes, and will carry 14 days provifion, befides ammunition, and warlike flores. An embargo is laid on all inland merchant veffels, which will be employed' in the expedition againfl England, feveral cargoes which were expelled at Brunets have therefore not arrived. The 4th divifion of Teals lies at Dunkirk, ready to fail for Boulogne. AMSTERDAM, DEC. 6.—On the sd inflant, the fiat divifiun of the gun boats building here, 25 in number, proceeded by the way of Sparendam to Flufhing—a great number will foon follow them. Mott, Die. 6.—Such preparations are now making in our Republic, that every thing will be ready for embarkation in the Texel, and at Flailing in the courfe of the enfuing week. The Minilier at War, PYMIN, has publifhed a very circumftantial re gulation relative to the expedition, addreffed to the Officers of the goon 13atavian troops to be employed in it, in which he declares that thole Corps ofthat force, which are not then complearmu ft be immediately corn pleated from other corps. The field equipage for the infantry is to confift of a bottle and a bread-bag, and or the cavalry, of a fmall water-barrel. As loon as there troops (hall have arrived on the enemy's coal, they will be treated in every refpeA like the French. A ferjeant will leave in arrear five livers of his daily pay, a corporal three, and a common man two, which, on their return, they may receive in per - fon. The fubaltcrns and privates may alto give powers of attorney, difpofing of there arrears in favour of their wives, children, or parents ; no officers or foldicrs wives will be permited to embark. The equipage of an officer mull conlift only of one cloak-bag ; the commanding officer of a corps mull only take with him one coffer, the quarter.mafter a chat to keep his books and papers in, and the prin. cipal furgeon one medicine cheft ; no foldicr or ar. tillery man to take with him more clnathing than may be contained in a knapfAck or cloak•bag. HAMOVIR, DEC. 9.—ln the night of the 7th, an exprefs arrived from Paris, ordering three half bri_ gades of French Infantry, amotmting to 7000 men, immediately to march to Holland, which will be a 'confiderabk relief to the Eleeorate, as the etpences will be diminilhecl 50,c00 dollar; per mont.h BRRMaa, Dac. V.—The fecond frigate fent for the blockade of the Wefer, was wrecked on c.`.e 3d of Dec. ha the jhade ; whether any of the crew iT pro perty cm board bare been fated, is not yet known here. LETTER TROM T;IE ESCIJIttAL, D. ID NOV. T 7. We are allured that Spain, in confequence of a Convention concluded with France, has agreed to pay monthly to the Go►ernment of that country four millions of francs (about I 70,0001. tlerling), and to pay three months i❑ advance. France alto is to be allowed a free trade to the Spanifh American, and Welt India Polreffions, and liberty to import wool from Spain. Refpeaing the contents of the dif patches which arrived here by a Courier from Paris the day before yeflerday, nothing has yet tran lpired, but it is much feared, that new difficulties re fpaling this treaty bare arifen both in the French and &kith cabinets. Far a month pall the Spanifb (hips which fail from the different ports, have been furnifbed with certificates from the Britifh Confuls at there ports, (hang that no declaration of war has taken place between his Britannic and Catholic Ma- jellies, in order to fecure them from being attacked by Englifh armed veffels: Corettstac RN, DEC. 6.—The Duke and Dnchefs of AUGUSTISSURO are arrived here. To-morrow Srsotcus Dooamata so from Hamburgh, will have his firfl audience of his Majelly. The different reports occafioned by the departure of Major-General Was.- rt amour are now proved by hi► returnto have been quite groundlefs. It is Paid that the new lazes will bring an annual increafe of t,a00,000 dollars to the royal treafury. The Englith chips of war, the Ca. RYSEORT and Coltman?, lie hill in Elfineur Roads. BERLIN, DEC. z.—On the 34th ult. died at Plefe in Tipper Sileffa, the reigning Princefs of Anhalt Coether Plefe, born Princefs of Holffein Beck, of a revere nervous fever, Ls the loth year of her age ; fie had been only three months married. Dec. 6.—The King and both O eens come in a few days from Potfdam and Freymevalde, to pats the winter at Berlin. Mr. SPENCER SMITH, formerly Britifh Amhara dor at Stutgard and Conftantinople, is juft arrived, and after a fhort flay will go to London. DECEMBER to.—Sir WILLIAM WYNNE, the new Enghth AmbalTador in Drefden, had his firft audi ence on the a h u lt. r 7t— _ount —WIDE, who was PEIlf. fun Ambafrador in Spain, goes in the fame quaiity to Munich. PETERSBURG Nov. 4.—The winter here has at length commenced, after an uncommonly dry and mild autumn. The Neva is today full of floating ice; and at ten o'clock this morning, the (hip-bridge was forced along by it: the paffage to Waf li • Olirow and the Finland fide, can now only be made by boats. On the 6th inflant his IM►ERIAL MAJESTY left the Taurian Palace, and took up his refideoce in the Winter Palace.—From Orenburg, intelligence has been received, that a caravan of 1300 camels, laden with Afiatic merchandife, is arrived in the ci- tadel of Orfk, from Bucharea.—The jewels lately prefented by the Emperor to Madame Hoot:moat, confort of the Dutch Ambafradur, are valued at 15,000 rubles. Tairot.t, SEPT. tx.—Since the departure of the North American Commodore MORRIS, who had in vain exerted every endeavour to conclude peace with the Pavia, without the facrifice of money, our port has not been blockaded, and fevera I (hips have enter ed it. The greatet tranfportation of merchandise is to Leghorn and Triefte, the Levant, and Malta. —The Auftrian is now the chief flag feen in the Mediterranean. French and Englint privateers ar rive here occafinnally. The Pavia, in order to cut off his brother Sins HAKIM, who is at Derne, and in rebellion againft him, from all communication with Europe, and particularly Malta, has blockaded the port and coafts of Derne; and he will (offer no vefel to enter there on pain of confifcation. We hear that the Englint at Malta will not per mit the fitting out of privateers on account of indi viduals, to prevent illegal captures, which the Go- vernment would be obliged to reflore. CONSTANTINOPLIS. OCT. zs.—Numerous troops are affembling in the vicinity of our city, which are fuppofed to he deflined for the Morea. Six hired Ruffian and An(►rian veffds, laden with powder and artillery, have again failed for that peninfula. All the points on that island are placed in a refpedable (late of defence ; and the Captain Pacha will remain there the whole winter with his fleet. within the fall fortnight we have had a fucceffion of conflagrations, which are fitid to be the malicious work of the difaffeffed people. Strong patroles new loan all the flreets at night ; and in the diariii of the Franks, no one is permitted to appear at night, neither in the city nor the fubitrbs. The Englias and French Ambaffadors have both frequent conferences at prefent with the Reis Effendi; but the Porte remains immoveably fixed in its deter mination to obferve the moa rigid neutrality. It is whifpered, that the Porte has concluded a Convention with the Egyptian Beys ; according to which, every thing there is to be put upon the fame footing as before the landing of the French army in that country : fo that the Keys will thus regain their ancient authority, which the Porte has fo firenuoufly difputed. Of two evils, they are willing to prefer the lean : they find it more difficult than, was at firli imagined, to govern a &Rant cohirty ; and there- fore have (hewn the greater rcadinefs to give up the trifle which deprived them of fo many advantages, and which has cauti:d fo much expence and difap pointmenr. However, nothing aficial, has as yet been pv,blithed ; and it is a long time :lace any fbiis arrived from Alexandria. NAUTICAL INTELLIGENCE. ,Y.—Wind E N. E. Flamburgh ♦RR. DUE. I I MAILS THIS DA' ARR. DUI. Dublin a a Waterford o 7 Elm Be r arrived at Portfmouth on Tuefday night at the George Inn ; and yefterday morning he at tended the Parade in relieving guard ; after which, he was accompanied by Sir C. SAXTON, Captain HALLO wstt, S:c. to the Dock-yard, where he in fpeEled all the public works, at which he teemed much gratified. In the evening he embarked on board the ARGO, which will fail to-morrow. He feemed much pleafed with thefe marks of diilinelion. A diftreiling, but we are happy to fay, an un founded report has found its way into fome of the newfpapers, that the AN TaLors frigate, commanded by Sir SYLIN iv SMITH, was loft on Friday laft in tit,- North Sea. The rumour arofe from the following incident. In compliment to that commander, who is Member for Rocheder, a coach which has lately been let up to run from that place to Londcn, has been named the Sir Sydney Smith. On his way to London a few nights ago, the coachman 101 l his way on Blackheath, the night being dark and foggy, and wandered about for a confiderable time before he could find the road again.—lt was and waggery however to apply this in fo talons a manner to the ANTELOPE. The Cornelia Eleanore, --- Irons Hull for Lu bec • the Standard, Sroaa, of W hitby , and the Do rothea,Srerrn, of Newestale, arc loft in the Leffa. The Telemachus (prize to the Sarah), of Liver pool, from Africa, arrived at Barbadocs on the 25th of Odober. The Telemachus is a brig abut too tons burthen, having on board 200 prime healthy flares, captured by the Sarah, Captain Kitimat:or, off Leong°, which place (he left on the 3d of September. Captain Kass IDY bad alto captured another bri g at Loango about fame tonnage of the Telentachus,which I he intended bringing with him to the Wee Indies. Three cutters are to be Rationed at Loch Ryan, by order of the CommilEoners of Cullom% to prevent any veffel entering the Clyde from AUcant or Mala ga, and to fend them to perform quarantine 14 days. Similar orders have been ifued refpeaing veffels front the Provinces of New York, Pennfylvania, and Vie.. ginia. PLYMOUTH, Dec. zo.—All apprehenfions for the , fafety of our Channel fleet, under the gallant Coca- WALLIS, off Brea, during and fince the late aorta, are done away by the fafe arrival here of one of that fquadron, on° Sunday evening, viz. the Mind'rlea, of 74 guns, Capt. MMNSVIELD, which left them on Thurfday, the igth infant, at night, all well, and on their Nation. The hurricane, of the 9th indent, is defcribed as one of the moa dreadful, for the atom time it laaed, ever experienced. The fea ran mountains high, and the wind at S. E. blew tremen doutly hard; but by the (kill, perfeverance , and fea, manthip, of both officers and men, the whole fqna dron weathered it furprifingly well, without the fmallea accident; and when the form abated, C o o s evinced to the French fquadron, that a Bridal fleet,, under fitilful bands, and the proteition of a Dine; PROVIDENCE, is invincible againf forms, tempeas, and the enemy. They were left, as ufupl, block ading Bret very clofely. The three fail of the line feels by a rail arrived at Fahnouth, about' that period, malt have been what is called the off- Chore look-out fquadroo, which, with two frigates. cruises generally in that dimities. Torisky laft, as the boat of the &LVAJNIA ass. MVIIOO. its, Admiral Sir J. Coerors IL . B. was coming from Cawfand Bay, where t h e had been on tagat a te Officer perceived, near the Wand of se. a man Brimming, and apparently dm. gfing with the waves; he humanely ordered eta men to pull away to the unfortunate paean t the boat came up with the man, who appeared, though at a diaance from the more, &honing with appa. rent eafe s oe being qeedioned, he GA they might take hint in or not,, juft as they pleated, as he was a diver by trade, and immediately eanilbed under water, and carnets, the other fide of the boat ; was then hauled into the lo!sat, and taken on board the SALVADOR acs. MUNDO. eioatbed and entered on the (hip's books as a lisperoubserary, and did not appear, though fo far from more, the leaf fatigued, humour. oully obferslng, he was ufed to it ; he will not fay of what country he is, but is s bong hardy mat). PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 21.--Ths htes.roseine gate, which arrived yefterday, brings the relief& intelligence of the total detruition of the Stu ex frigate, which lately ran on Chore of La H by the boats of the Meaux (loop of war, Cape Base. rots, who, is the execution of this fervice Stewed fo much promptitude of mind, accompanied with fuebt cool and determined bravery, as to equal, in point of prowefs, any ailion performed this war, and elicited the admiration of thofe who were witneffes of it.— The (hip was defended by two firong batteries, and the there lined with troops, who incetrantly fired on the boats, yet not a man was hurt. The Frenchmen had taken her fails and all her (ores out, and had prepared themfelves with the bawler, cables, Sm. to get her off, which they expeaed to have done the next morning. She was feen burning to the water's edge on Monday laa, by the officersof the Mae rota EN s. Ltvaaroot., Dec. 19.—The Britannia. —, from fpfwich to this port, was [trended on the 9th init. to miles to the weliward of Waterford, and uncertain whether Ile will be got off or not. By a letter from Captain MAY, of the Tamer, of this port dated on the coati, the Bth of September, we learn, that when be arrived at the mouth of the river Congo the lath Aorta, he was informed by the Captain of the Bedford, of London, that the French frigate la Bray'', was there, with a brig that was aif fitting to nave her; Captai n MAY wilting to take her by furprite,detained the Captain of the brig, who had come on board in a boat : his detention alarmed the Captain of la Braave, who immediately cut her ca bles and Rood to fea, followed by the Tamer, who after a cheer of fix hours and a fmart engagement, captured her, without any lofs, having oily one man wounded in the arm with a molket ball. Le Braave is 836 tons bunhen, had 733 nave, and a confiderable quantity of goods on board, file had four men killed and feveral wounded in the Captain MAY etpeeed to be in Barbados. with his prize, early in December. The trig Leyland, --, from Drogheda, i 4 put into Holyh e ad, after weathering a fevers gale'. and will flit as Coon as wind permits.