Star. — London, England, 1803-11-05 00:00:00

77.1 ANTI•COBSICAB; or, WAR of LIBERTY. TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED EMPIRE. L7.TTER VII. Is there not A time, a righteous time, referv'd in fate, When theft oppreffors of mankind ball feel The miferies they give ; and blindly fight For their own fetters too f Odoba 29, 2/43. The time which has elapfed fine I 'aft addreffed you, has been fertile in great events. We have had an opportunity of beholding the calm, undaunted fpirit of a brave people, difplaylng itfelf in defence of the molt (acted rights of human nature, and of con crafting it with the frantic and defperatt efforts of an ambitious tyrant. While the eyes of Europe have been turned towards our Mend with fearful appre. henfions, calculating the probable event of a conflia which mull decide the empire of the world, we have prefented to our enemies an invulnerable and tremen dous front, impervious to the affaults of the collated world in arms, and alike prepared to flrike, or to avert a blow. All thefe operations of wifdom, pru dence, and courage, have been condufted without noife or oftentation, by regular and legal nteafures, sirs filence, and without confullon, amid the ordinary and uninterrupted purfuits of agriculture and com merce. An abundant harveft has been gathered, and the molt diftant portions of the habitable globe have remitted their accuftomed tributes, with the fame facility as if all mankind were repofing in the lap of peace and fecnrity. Thefe aftonithing events denote the matchlefs power of our country—they are indubitable evidences of folid empire, and fun forerunners of vietory. On the other hand, behold the 'sparing defpot of France Foaming with rage, giving vent to empty curies, and infolent threats, and rendering himfelf the laughing-Rock of Europe, which fees, that in defpite of his violence, his injuftice, his forced exac tions, gigantic efforts, and five hundred thoufand armed ruffians, he dares not fend a fquadron from his blockaded ports, to difpute with the nation he bates the fovercignty of the fen, nor an armed logger to intercept a particle of that commerce which the winds and waves have wafted fafe into our harbours. With fuch a vifible conuaft, every difpallionate man may calculate to which fide the genius of Viftory wings its way ; whether towards the camp of the vain blofterer, or to the cliffs of this [satin Ifte ; and unlefs the Powers of Europe be irretrievably loft to honour and common fenfe, they mull have difeover ed, ere now, that the inhabitants of this iffitnel are indeed the genuine and formidable elekendants of the heroes of Cray, Agincourt, and Poiitiers. While thefe confiderations excite the Orange& conviition of our fafety, wealth and refources, and leave a molt confoling imprefOon on the mind of every Briton, the impartial and awful difpenfation of juftice which has marked the judicial proceedings of our tribunals in Ireland, are no lefs worthy of atten tion. That volcanic eruption, which at firft fpread confternation, and threatened to renew the miferies that had fo finely of lifted our filter country, was viewed by Government with that placid compofore, which is the invariable charafterißic of honefty com bined with ftrength, and of firmnefs founded on the bafis of public equity. While the flagitious defpot of France exulted in the profpea of an approaching defolation,and already numbered Ireland in the regifter of his feudatories ; while the Englilh univerfafty deplored, and the hearts of all good Mamas bled for the Rain which might fall upon their zealous loyalty ; while every bfave and virtuous man in the United Kingdom flew to arms, to avenge our inflated honour and conftitu. tion, and the force of impetuous paffions might have obftrufted the operations of even-handed juftice, the doors of our tribunals were thrown open, humanity kept pace with meafures of general farm, the need . - fity of military jurifprudence was difpenfed with, the reign of the I.aw *as proclaimed, and under the Providence of Gon, the peace of Ireland has been reftored. The beauty and fublimityof this tranfaetion corref ponds with our moll exalted conceptions of the nature, and efficacy of legitimate power. It may have oc curred in the hiftory of man, but it has never been furpaffed ; it is an emblem of an higher order of juilice than any which frail mortals have witnefred, and it brings home to the bruit of every individual i.f this empire, a vifible atteflation of the mighty in teitas involved in our country's eaufe ; intereas which our forefathers undcrftood, and for which they poured forth their life's blood ; intereas that we feel, and for which we, their grateful pollerity, are now in arms, and ready to follow their bright example. Such a fyltem of diltributive juaice puts to the bloat the boafted codes of antiquity, and challenges the comparifon with modern times. In every other age and country. rebellion has been fupprelfed by a recurrence to evtraorisaary meafures—to lath as arr &yowl die !amt the (word of angry power has bathed itfelf without difcrimioation in the blood of &Nees. If we turn our eyes over thole bloody fragments, which contain the penal laws enaeled for La Vendee, and too rigoroufly enforced throughout that devaaat ed province, and compare them with the equitable arlminiaration clear laws. our fools mull glow with pions gratitude towards that thou listmo, who, amid* the darknefs of irreligion, and the trembling abaremcr.t or nations, has refereed, Ind ecnifeentea this ifland,—empire, as the fanftuary of juitice, the loft refuge and hope of civilization, the oracle dz ained to diffufe I;glit and encouragement to oppreiTed communities. When that odious ufurper, whore murderous am bition has fummoned us to arms and glory, iffutd his orders for the fuppreflion of the Royalills of France, " Go," faid he to General HSDOUYILLS, " and let me hear in lefs than a fortnight, that they had lived." Humanity &ciders at fuch a revolting ediet of indifcriminate maffacre. But the cold blood ed executioners of this tyrant's mandates fhould re member, that as mercy tempers jullice, fo ought juf tice to direEt the (word, or in the anfwer made to the foldier by the expiring Kig.WARDLN, who, though the firft victim of this barbarous infurreaion, in his dying moments gave an immortal teibmony of the fuperior excellence of thofe laws, of which he had for many years been the honoured difpenfer" LET NO MAN BS PUT TO MATH, WITHOUT BEING BROUGHT TO • PAIR TRIAL !" Whether from having been long accuflomed to fee the wide (imam ofju Rice flow in its limited channels, or from having overlooked this event in the more preffing calls of public danger, its full importance has not been contemplated by the people, I know not, but the tears of gratitude which bedew this paper as I write, urge me to remark, that if ever an oc carton offered itfelf for every town and village of the empire to addrefs our beloved Sovereign, in the language of acknowledgment and congratula tion, for the wifdom, fortitude, and jullice of his Government, this is the time. It is not enough that we tender to the bet of Kings our lives and for tunes, we ought alfo to exprefs our fenfe of that pro teaive adminiftration, by which both have been pre fined by the affurance of Laws. Now that the gloom which hovered over our coun try has been difpelled, if we turn our refleaions from the idea of Office thus feated in the full refulgence of glory, to another, unmixed with any forrowful fenfations, and behold our Kira palling in review an Attar or Clymer's, who have voluntarily marfltalied themfelves around him, to grafp death or vidtory in their country's caufe, what a well-founded profpea of future triumphs opens to our view! When the narrative of the (cents of the 26th and 28th of this month (hall have reached the tyrant's ear, what tor ments will wring his troubled break what fears ap pal his guilty foul ? Unith a fuperintending Peon pence has, for wirer purpofes, blinded him to his own dearuaion ; and for the puniflunent of the wicked people be has collared ; he will at length per ceive the futility of his ambition, and the inevitable ruin that awaits his projeaed adventure upon our coats: To talk of giving law to inch a King and fuels a People, living together in harmony, as a father in the midß of his family, is to fuppoli, in the moral government of the world, the afcendaney of vice and flavery over virtue and freedom. Thirty thoufand men in Reel attached to each other by all the holy ties of kindred fympathy and focial affedtion, collet around a beloved fovereign, and rend the vault of heaven with their Ihouts of generous patrio tufa,. Angels of goodnefs mutt (mile upon the &enc. Ah ! could thefe bold accents of defiance reach the oppolire chores. could the infatuated crew, doomed to an inglorious death, be allowed to paufe for onn moment before they embark, in order to calculate that there thirty thoufand men are only the flower of a tingle city, and the fifteenth part of our embattled population—could they be made fenfible of the fpirit that animates our fouls, the indignation that lours on our brows, the refolate ffecifaftnefs and calm confi dence with which at the firft fignal we are ready to march to viaory or death—could there dread warn ings penetrate their minds, the fenfe of felf-preferva tion would arreft their Reps, and inftead of content jag to be oared up in hecatombs to the offended majefty of Britain, they would fpurn under their feet the afpiring villain, by whofa mad ambition they will be facrificed. It is ampoffible even for a Briton to Purvey onr dreadful array of men and arms, without fentiments of mingled admiration and awe. What then mutt be the feelings of the foe ? I am aware that men dcf titute as they are of honour and principle, and bereft of every hope which in this world incites generous minds to the purfuit of virtue, are heedlefs of life and its focial endearments ; but if any thing human dwell within them, they matt occafionally think as men. They muff yerceive in our martial bands, the cords of brotherly love, by which we are held toge ther ; they mutt afcribe to Come other motive, than to a luR of blood and rapine, the principle of our affociation ; and if they hate, becauk they are too wicked to enjoy, the liberty which we inherit from our fathers, they mutt acknowledge its powerful in fluence and terrible dials when direifted againft our public enemies. The tyrant too, while numbering his hireling bolls; mutt be tortured with the corroding reflation, that he has not ass volossieff in all his ar mies ; not one among them who would be a foldier if he were not paid. nor fight for his ambition Wise were not allowed to plunder the defencelefs inhabi tants. On our fide, the beacon of alarm null no fowler have been fired, than an army of volunteers, equal in number to his collated hordes, will line oar soak, and after having ezecutcd upon him and hi. followers the molt exemplary retributive jallice, will Meath their fworth, and return h% into the Worn' of their families, enjoy tl:ure bicifingt Which their ralout and patriotilin !hall have merited. I repeat it—Bo- NAPARTE cannot produce a battalion of vtluntecrs, nor even a folitary individual armed in I.i. caure. who is not his flipendialy. His invading army is compofed of vagabonds like bimfelf; of villains wbo have followed his fanguinary route in different parts of the world, to rob in order to fquander, and to murder in order to remove the witneffe, of their crimes. The hellith tnonfter mull know this, and knowing it, let him advance and tremble ! But the contraft does not end here. The cnthnfi aftic ardour of patriotifm in Britain explores every crevice that remains unfilled, left any rude blaft fhould obtrude itfelf within the hallowed Temple of Public Safety. In the fhort (pace of a few weeks, hundreds of thoufands of pounds have poured into the patriotic fund, for the reward of our brave de fenders. Thefe were unfohcited, not extorted by force, or mired by the fear of provoking the frowns of fubordinate agents of Government, but free volun tary gifts, from the hearts of Britons. In thefe lau dable contributions, there has appeared a rivalfhip among all orders of men. What does France exhi bit ? Any preliminary fund for valour before it has been tried, any provifion for the brave before they are wounded ? No ! each wretched department, after its pro-conful or prefed has galloped from village to village, feraping up a few pence as for alms, fur nifhes a little cock boat, and the capital of the great nation, debated by vice and infamy, launches a gun vac!, in the prefence of the Tyrant's court, and amidlt the fickly fhouts of famifbed thoufands. Not a liard has been given for the brave and wounded— they are left to provide for themfelves by rapine— whatever is paid, is for the elance of Government, wliofe eahaufted finances cannot otherwife accomplifb the building of a few gun-boats. The largeß dona tion which has yet been paid into the Tyrant's cha rity-box, was fent from the extremity of the Adria tic, by Gen. Sr. CYR, Commander in Chief of the French army in Naples, and that amounts to fevers potaadr, tertfriliew ad teileateflerfrag I Thus it ap pears, from their own accounts, that the fcanty pit tance which has been railed, has been prefented, not to thofe who are defined to fight their battles, but to the Government, as an eleernofynary pauper. Such a difparity argues either the utmoß indiffe rence, if not difgua, of the French nation at this war ; or it implies a fate of the molt wretched po verty, which renders doubly ridiculous the infolent attempt of their tyrant, in difputing our fuperior power. There are the great events which have intervened !ince my laa letter ; and while they fill every Briton with fentiments of confcions pride, they are well worthy the attention of thofe trembling States, who are in the habit of probating thamfelves whenever the name of BONAPAILTB and his five hundred thou• fond cut-throats are mentioned. As the period of the threatened invafion is faft ap• proaching, I have again refume4 my pen to record your own virtues, e►en for your own information ; for in thefe days, pattiotifm and virtue perform fo many glorious atchievements, that the agents are often the loft to indulge in the refleition of the good they do, from nature, habit, and inclination. Until the trumpet mall have fummoned me into the field of battle, I (hall not relax in my humble endeavours to excite your ardour and refenunent againft our de tenable enemies : if the fate of war mould &etch me lifeWs on the earth, they who (naive me, will bear teflimony that I have written and lived in the fame fpirit, with which I was ever prepared to die for the honour dory king, and the liberties of my country. CIALOACUS. SHORN CLIFF CAMP, NOT. a. The both Retreat, commanded by Colonel Won v, fon to the late Lord Kt matins, has march ed from hence on their route to Portfrnouth, to be embarked for the Welt Indies. Jamaica is fuppofed to be the place of deflination. The troops encamped here were ordered out day at twelve o'clock, in review order, to be infpeit est by Lieutenant General the Earl of CHATIAII4.—.: The line was formed in the rear of the camp about half pa& twelve o'clock in the following order : Fire, the 95th or Rifle Corps on the right ; next the then King's own, g.. .ord OUTMAN Regiment) ; then the 524 and 59 with a party of artillery and three field pieces. On the left of the regulars and in the fame line were the EaR Middlefex, Berkfhire, and WeR Kent Regiments of Militia, the whole extending upwards of a mile. About oae o'clock his Lordffiip arrived on the ground, accompanied by his Aides de Camp, General CAILTWItIONT. and Staff, and Mr. Parr in his Volunteer uniform as Colonels when baying proceeded in front to the centre, Major Ge neral Moot a gave the word for a general falute, the whole line prelented arms, mufic ffruck up, Sec. The Lieutenant General then pallid along the line, ac coinpanied by the other General Officers and Staff. the Counters of Catarmast following in a travelling poR chaffe and four. His Lordihip then refumed his politico in front, and the whole Wheeling back into open columns of companies, marched by in open order, milk playing and Officers fainting ; after ' which the line was formed again with great precifion, and the different regiments marched off in quack time to their relpeetive encampments. His Lordfhip ex preffed himfelf highly pleafed with the appearance and Readineli of the men, though the day was un commonly cold and blew violently the whole time, which prevented him from putting the troops through the other manoeuvres. The noble Earl and flute dined afterwards with General Moot a at Sandia& A working party of coo men is now conflantly em ployed exciting a battery at Cop Point, aux Folk flout. NJUTICAL LVTELLIGENCE. MAILS THIS DAV.—Wind N. E. RR. CUR. ARR. o 3 1 Hamburg h IR 0 :Mir, Pori smcr, Nev. 2.—Tbis moment vim: to an. chin- in the Road his M.tjelly's tip INDSrA • :r.:ATILF, Capt. MOORE, with difpatehes from Admiral Cogs. WALLtf, off Brell. Alto artived the Faticy, from London, with groceries, &c. for Penzance. The haterAm:AßlA will proceed to fca again immedi. ately, in order to join the fquadrnn ; and as there is a fmatt gale, hope fhe will join them by tomorrow night. PLIMOUTH, Nov. 3. —The AICL F, of 44 ions, Captain WOLFE, which CAMC in yelterday, waits for orders ; the is either to join the Channel Fleet or Sir E. PELLEW 9 S fquadron, off Corunna. The HUSSAR, of 38 guns, Captain P. WILK:I/sox, is nearly ready for fea, and will lint as loon as the receives her or ders and difpatches for the Streights. The Charming Sally cutter, of this port, has been captured, as a fmuggler, by a Dartmouth Excite cutter, and carri ed in there, with tso anchors of fpirits ; (he alto picked up an open boat with 20 anchors of fpirits on board. A contra& for fhip bifcuit is to be immediately en• tered upon for the fervice of Government, and baked at this port, to be depolited in the depot of military itores at Willington, under the orders of fiZtlarter- Mafter General Holum, of the South Weft Dibiet., The camps round here will not yet be broken up. Posrsisourn, Nov. 4.—Sailed the S►sEDWELt. and Dues of Yolk cutters, with the Ardent, Tito). 'sox ; Flora, ; and Veynol. Joan; (tranfports) for Cowes, to take in troops for jerfey. —Arrived the Min BIWA cutter from a cruise, and remains with the Enterprize, Gzsso, for Barbadoes. —Sailed the Sriosa brig, of to guns, Lieut. R. Tont-trawl, with a convoy for Cuemfey. She is to bring back General Dau novo, who is appointed to command at Stoke's Bay Camp, in the room of Lord C. SONLItSIT, removed to the London diftria. —Remain at St. Helen's, the BIITANIIIA, MAXI. and SHAWNOW. Dsm., Nov. 4.—Sailld the Minium Hoop of war, and Mims gun-seffel on a crnize.--Arrived the. Ba stian( gun-veal from a csnize.--Wind E. N. E. YAKNOVT 11, Nov. 4—Admiral RIMIIL has bodied his flag on board the GILYEK Ito, as Item Admiral of the Red.—Arrived this morning from a cruise, the CIIIICtIIT frigate, Lord STllwarro—Ships of war in thefe roads, are the Roar of 64 guns, Admiral THOILMBOROUGH G IN Admiral RUSUL frigate, Soils& and FtIIALITTAIL I gun brigs. MOM LLOYD'S LIST. OILATMIID. Nov. 4 , --Paradl by tM Mary Ann, Spehows, front Gibraltar; Frienddldp, Hilton; Two Brothers. —; Hope. Mathew; Elbe, Harris • Prienddslp, Morns • and Wow Maria. Seats. *oat Entbdea....l;alled the Fame. Maim, for Cori ; Ifti foo, for Peterfbargh ; Mews. hbllfoo, and Alen, Wig" fat Lubec; 91.tcon, Newnan, and 'Wilma UM% far Stettin ; Cygoctt, Jour nous, Wow Aldo, Wow Jentjr, Jaoge Jan, Smith; Prat Hama, Ott man ; and jalfrow Ilieth —, far Entbdes. ARRIVED. At Hon, Make* Dodds, in;lniirchanlia At Dining lard Nang, Califs, fres Lapdog. At Reed, Stoliforkik. Dnh, from Liverpaol. At Newhortnand, Dan. Even, from Laudon. At Queber, Hal Packet, —; and Cuckoos, bon MK At llalddtere. daffy, Hatehinfon. from Hal. At Cliorldben, knit= and Fanny, Good, from Landau. At New York, Soo thers, Han, has LivapooL At Savants*, Cdemids. Paten from At Triede, Endeavour. Graham. foams Liven pool. At Fair American. him 14=: diun, hum Han; AdUre, htDriagall; awl Ben, —„ from Laden. Me say, of Pardand. Hen; do Geed host. jehefser, Nes Coprabessa ea Liamedelt; tbs Sar t Caine. Waal ea LAM; she William awl Meow WU% he Ihrwitb. bads has Gotbeabarek. are uprise to be Mhos by IWUak Dutch lorivra teer ; the israser feat ha Milkmaid. ea the ewe bust late the %lie. • It is topical tket the De Wait Delok pthatarr iaa tam tM Thunss and imam from the Patti; mud a• E bag. hies with has sad timber. led carried them am Awards= t eat two Emilia ars Item tM lialtic.sed aria aim bite Para The lotatiow. Smith, him Lendtmlus • Prsch i loaded with wine, sad anted her lea th us Vied the al of Anise. The Aimmiar s.hh. 110641 nm Petoilliarik ad • illii•116 kip. are ha um the coat stigmata. The Wes, Mama. ease Lamle* to labia, is hit us Ma liwealit am* t crew and port of the ono toad. The ?dollar, Wetlon. front Plymouth so Mead, is IA es M ndbari was miss drowsed. Meows from Elinor. of &els& (Meier. bay. tint a flip to be tits Otero, Halciyae. Item Area to Limps!, was wi haft IS thielloba. The iferelerhte layer. him etakeetbia to Log" Is pte tato lieelloges. Why. The Sellia, Pstsok;msia, tram Rip t. DAMN is repined to be takes by saissfisernese. sosi artist tote bisisway. The M.l.arg ot Landtdovra. Abilgton, tom Peatelburab ay London, woe fate at Oben" about 49 nubs hem GotlonAgar& the aoth (Maier.' Tb. Chrifttans. Mbar, front Leaden for Gottenburgh. Is lea in the &Me. The Admiral Welton, Dauber, trees Leaden for Petulant', teenderal on tee gni isle.; crew &eat The Itarutss, of 14 guns, is to proceed to YU'. mouth from the Nom ; Admiral Russet boats his gag on board her. }lien Co ar or Anis 1 RALTT.—Ysiterdaythe Right HOl3. Sir WILLIAM SCOTT determined the cafes of the following !hips and cargoes, which were detained for adjudication : The pos ie n eet , Wendt 1112fitt.41bill andminal. Pri este edgawaire oldie Matter and Mats nasty! by 'Saber. 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