Star. — London, England, 1803-01-08 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE ST4R. LETTER IV. Sin—To Come facetious obfervations on my for mer letters made by a man, who, like VoLTAISI when he attacks Chriftianity, affeas to laugh when he cannot argue, I (hall not (loop to reply. Bit. a refpedable writer in a Morning Paper of lali Monday has made Tome remarks in a liberal manner on my objedions to a part of Mr. Pox's conduit, which demand an acknowledgement. I am lorry that I cannot be fatisfied with his defence. On the contrary, Mr. Fox's fpreches fence his return from France, lead me to believe that he has in a great meafure juflified Mr. Cos surr's cenfures by the opinion, which he has ex. preffed,on the encroachment of BOONAPARe fence the Peace. The French, if we are to follow hi , advice, are to he fuffered to proceed, and we are to truft to Tim for the removal of the evil. This argument might have been applied to the Rate of Athens in the time of the Macedonian conquerors; of Carthage, when the delivered her arms to the Romans; of Italy, Holland, and Switzerland, when they (Omitted to the arms and artifices of the French invaders. The writer, to whom I have alluded, will find, on clofer enquicy, that Mr. Fox was not merely prefented to Boos APARTE, as feveral of his countrymen, who have thought this mark of refpett not inconfiftent with the dignity of their country, and with their public charafter; but that he received invitations to the table of the Firft Conful, extraordinarily given, and cheat fully accepted. Permit me now, Mr. Editor, to dole the fub jed of there lettemby a few remarks on Mr. AD IIIINGTON'S charafter, my fole object in requefling a column in your Paper. On the dignity, the judgment, the candor, the ability of his conduct as Prefident of the fir( po pular alembly in this country, the moll indite& expreffion of doubt, the lowers whifper of fulpicion, have never been heard. Whilft he held that high office, his love to the Conftitution was not con fined to the impartial obfervance of forms. He Paved the freedom of the pref.. You remember, Sir, that the Attorney General introduced a bill for the my/aim of Nevrfpapers,—which went far beyond the ends of fubftantial juftice, which en abled the Executive Power to s' (hut the gates of istotoldste on mankind," to (cite on all Editors, Publifhers, and Proprietors, and to put a fum mary period to the exigence, of any of thole publications. The Bill experienced no refiftance on its fire reading, except from the Oppofition.— Had this Bill palled into a law, Mr. Cossarr's Paper might have been a ufeful RegtflerofParifian dreftes, of falitionable parties for the editing week, of the prices in Mark lane or Leadenhall Mar ket, on the Q . tray or in the Stock Exchange ; bat he could not have ventured to dant' the na ture and probable effets of the Treaty of Peace, if that difciiffion had call a lhadow of doubt on the infallibility of Minifters, without ( b aring the fate of the arrefted Conductors of Paris Newf. papers. Even you, Mr. Editor, who are In an:- loony defirous of preferving your columns from the afperities of party, would not have been alto• getber free from the apprehenlions of the conk quenees of mifeonftruCtion. From there dangers Mr. ADDINGTON preferved the freedom of the prefs. • By the weight of his influence, by the iltrength of his reprefentations, by the wifdom of Ides reafoning, he prevailed on the mover of the Bill to make thofe alteratiemso, which at once attained the proper objet of reform, and fecured the Palladium of the Britifls Conftitution t. I (hail not fear contradiction when I affirm that the battle of Marengo, and all its fubfequent dif afters, were produced by the haughty anfwer given to Boon AAAAAA on his afTumption of the fupreme power, the refufal to Wien to any over. tures .of peace t, and the exafperating language u fed on that occaßon. When I mention the name of Mescetia, the late Minifters will recoiled on whatldvantageous grounds they might tht.n have treated. Sir, I have ftrong reafons for believing that Mr. ADDI o TON lamented the proceedings of that period. His love of Peace, of Humanity, of ) eligion,—n ay, h is (cakes! common policy,induced him to with that every opportunity fhould be feis -ed of checking the progrefs of the penitence, which had fo long defolated the world. When the hand of Adminiltration had thus twined the lau rel of victory for the brow of BUONAPARTI, when Italy, Genoa, and Piedmont were lubdued, Portu gal attacked, the Northern Powers engaged in a confederacy againft our maritime interefts, the political horizon (brooded in a melancholy gloom, the Miniaer fuddenly abandoned his poll I. At the call of the Kos°, Mr. Aziormovois undertook the direaion of site State at this au ful, perilous moment. By his wife and fpitited meafiarea, the Northern confederacy was broken, Egypt was conquered, Portugal was fared by the leisure of Madam and the projefted defcent on the Brazils, lad Peace was rendered praaicable, although we could not command the conditions, which were in our power at the period, to which I have alluded. Your Readers feel with fo much fatisfadion the repeal of an oppreffive, invidious tat, that I need • Tbe Attorney General fail, that be would defer the fur dicreenfiderados of the hikes he lemaded, b cookquenee et the reprchotatitms of a high Amman , laths Hoeft, to mak Coate important thermions I. Y To thin eadneet ferrite oe Mr. ADM tli pablielsre ass paid ibilekee attmtkoy t Nor can the hurry world forget deep her An= relkved them ia a great sombre from the tax as Papa, laid by Mr. PITT at a time what the price of that cemestadley was advanced 40 per r4M. *That refttfal, coalidind N every past of view, was unjaf diable. Had our ACM:, amenry so their/maws condaft. re ranged united. the root implant expedtatlas that could be formed was, that the Preach Gould be driver' heel to their Sooner boundaries Were we fore that this elojea aright mu be attained by negotiation? No madam of OMB wwid have attended the experiment. Either SIVOISAPIIITZ would have propriod equitable terms, or not la the Assam oak WS &quid wow he railed no a mood tiabeasis of osoffailelik prof pertty. In the later, B . arra would bans hem regarded as a wanton deceiver by his costattrams,wlits. be tram think ing theinfelire• obliged by honor and humanity to fame kb Rancho-el in ebbe •• to conquer peace.' would have tenni motfly refuted their forms to the defirte. of Ma pelt la er,t, to the Momper of the imamate ell the kik pretests gie.ng Peace to an eamtuftal watjL I T.: be bat bus called " The PIM that armband the Siam" not dwell on a fubjed,which refleEls fo ranch credit on a Miniiler, whole exertions are equally devoted to promote the happinefs of his KISC, and the privileges of the People. To firm up his charac ter in two words, I 11:all only add, that his public worth can be equalled only by his private virtues. Thefe expreflions, Mr. Editor, will not be deemed thole of flattery by your Readers, who recoiled that I am far from being an admirer of the terms of Peace,—who are informed of my convidion that, unlefs the moil vigorous fyitem be purfued, the confequences muff be fatal to our dearelt intereas. With you, and with every friend of this country, I trull I may indulge the expec tation that this fyliem is now adopted. In the code of Party, it is not lawful to cup. port, or oppofe, a Statefman, unlefs that fupport and that oppofition, be contlant, uniform, exerted in all times, places and circumflances. By that code I will not be bound. Man is liable to imper feCtion : and my admiration of the general condud of en individual than not make me applaud what I confider as an error of judgment; nor (hall I refufe the tribute of my praife to the wife or ge nerous atlions of him, whore general charader I may not admire. The party, who oppofe the terms of Peace, I am far from cenfuring, as far as that meafure is concerned • but when I fce them clamo rous for the recal of Mr. PITT, who approved, if he did not advice a, that Treaty, I cannot but accufe them of an inconfiftence, tending to a faerifice of public principle. From thfr charge I mutt except Mr. WINDIWI, who has been continently decided in a vigorous fupport of that oppofition, on the broad bafis of the general good, without a glance to perfonal partialities. I thank you, Mr. Editor, for your repeated in. dttlgence, and am, &c. c•wrinaus. Dee. 23, 1803. • Mr. Cosset's' is not the only perfon, who has seated that Mr. PITT was eonfulted in the fettlement of the Prelimi naries. It is remarkable that on the &It dilculaon of the terms, when the hnpolicy of abandonirg Malta was urged, be Paid that he was convinced of the importance of that ifland to this country, but that imperious teafoos had obliged u• to cede it. What thofe redone were, he molt have bad extraordinary means of afcertaining. For my part, I then knew, and ICM know, only one imprimis real a, that &Gold force us to give up that invaluable acqulftion—Tra VICTOVIONS IiMICE or MI INVADING MINT ovaa S '► HILL! A report of a dicagreeable nature has been cir culated, Paid to have been received by the COl4 kr, relative to tome dillurbances at Fort William. We do not find that it has gained any credit in Lea. denhall•ftreet. The Tomb of HOUSSEIN, the fon of ALI, (jut I aced near the Kerbella, under the Bachalic of Bagdat, has been plundered, after much (laughter, of two treafuries, containing legacies of different Emperors and Kings, and the gold and fi lter can dletticks, one of which weighed 61,400 drachms. Above too young virgins were carried off, and the women (tripped quite naked, and tortured, to make them difcovcr the treafure. The railing of the Sacred monument was made of the pure} wa tered Reel, inlaid with gold, and embellithed with jewels. This, with the tomb, which took (even years in conftruaing, in the reign of Kamm CANN, has been made one common ruin. A new Comedy, from the pen of Mr. HoLcROFT, has been read in the Greenroom of Drury Lane Theatre, of the merits of which report (peaks in very high terms. There was on Thurfday, the Both, a brilliant Affembly at the THIRD CONSUL'S. The elegance and ricbnefs of the Ladies drefies were particularly admired. General MACDON•LD and his Lady, General MAMMA, the Englith Ambaffador. and I other Members of the Corps Diplomatique, with their wives, were prefent. On Thurfday night, being Twelfth Night, the LORD MAYOR gave a grand entertainment and ball at the Manfion.Houfe to above two hundred of the principal Gentlemen of the City, and a num ber of his particular friends. The ball commenced at ten n'clock in the Egyptian Hall, which was elegantly fitted up for the occafion. The pillars were fefiooned with variegated lamps and lowers. Shrubberies appeared in various parts ache room and hall, which was hung round with mirrors and tranfparent paintings. At one o'clock the com pany retired to (upper in the long parlour, which was alto elegantly illuminated and ornamented. After (upper the ceremony of drawing King and Queen took place, and afforded a great deal of am ufement. The dancing was afterwards refunsed, and the company did not feparate till about five o'clock yefterday morning, each tellifying their fatisfaition with the elegant hofpitalities of the LoaD and LADY Mato* sae, whole polite and affable behaviour was univerfally admired. The whole was concluded in a more fuperb and magni. ficent Ityle than we have almoft ever witneffed on a limilar occafinn. From this fir( difplay of the liberality and tails of the prefent LORD MAYOR, much may be expelled from the future exhibition of civic hofpitality. Lady Domoan loon gave a Splendid ball and entertainment at Brynkynalt, the ancient family feat, about fix miles from Ofwettry, on the 3,11 I ult. The take with which the decorations were arranged, was extremely good; the confervatories at the entrance were lighted up; and the old hall, where they (upped, was ornamented with wreaths of holly, laurel and Rowers : the tiled wax molt pleating. Nothing could exceed the I beauty of her Ladythip's perfon ; her drefs white main, with a drapery of white lace, which hung from one (boulder, and her fine dark hair in ringlets, twilled with diamonds. Lady Matta Kula was beautifully dreffed, with the fine( lace turban, hanging down on one fide of the neck, and tanked extremely handfome. A large party from Wynnftay graced the circle, and the pretty Mi(s HARRIET WILLIAMS was greatly admired; alfo the two Mils Cuattrrs met with univerfal praifc and admiration. The whole was pettedly well condaded, and with the utmolt fettivity. The company did not (maraca till fix o'clock in the morning. Lord and Lady DUNOANNOS, from their hofpitality and extreme civility and attention to the whole neighbourhood. are highly refpeeted, and their reading at Brynkynalt is felt by all as a bktfing. Ecrpr. EXTRACT OF A RITTER IRON AN 0/lICER OF MA• fOR GENERAL BAIRD ' S ARMY TO HIS FRIEND AT POMDAT, DATED GILA, OPPOSITE GRAND CAIRO, MAY iB, 1802. On the 15th inflant Major General Baton, pro paratory to the match of the army acrofs the de fart to Suez, paid a vifit of ceremony to his High nefs the Pacha of Egypt in Grand Cairo. The General, attended •by his flaff and other of s, with an cfcort of the Bth light dragoons, croffed the river to the Cairo fide in die morning ; where a Turkiffi guard of honour. confining of horfe and foot, were drawn up to receive him.— On landing, the General was met by the Pacha's Chief Secretary and Dragoman (interpreter). After the ufual compliments and honours being paid, the guards moved off in front at a flow pace towards his Highnefs's palace, the kettle drums and other mufic of the Turkith hot fe playing dur ing the proceflion, while the heralds proclaancd the approach of the Englifh General. On coming near the palace, (formerly General KLIBER'S and in which be was affaffinared) we found the Ilreets lined with the Albanian guards up to the fleps of the great ftaircafe. The ap.i pearance of the foldiers was more languinary than martial, every man, betides his mufket and bayo net, being armed with a br ace of pill ols, a dagger, and a fword. Having arrived at the palace, the General difruounted, when he was received by die officers of ❑ate and condated to the chamber of Audience. Here the Pacha met the General at the door, and received him in the moll flattering and diffinguiffied manner. After being ferved with coffee, fherbet, &c. and the compliments cuftomary on fuch occafions bad paired, as well as a converfation of fome length relative to the march of the army Rcrofs the defart, in the for warding of which his Highnefs offered in the molt nnreferved manner every affiffance in his power, the General rofe to take leave: when the Pacha requefled his acceptance of a war horfe fully ca. parifoned and a (word, adding they were the gifts of efteem and friendfhip. The flail and other officers of the General's fuite alfo received each a (word. _ The General was requeßed by the Paella, as a particular honour, to mount the horfe on leaving the palace, which he accordingly did, and was fainted with nineteen guns on palling through the great fquare. -We then returned home in the fame manner we came amid( an immenfe concourfe of people ; and, as is ufual in mon Muffulman countries, were importuned for BOA?: (money) on all fides. The (addle and furniture prefented to General BAIRD mutt be of great value, the former being folid Culver gilt, and the latter of crimfon velvet Budded with liars and crefcents of the like metal. The horfe was one of the moll beautiful animals I ever beheld, and of the fined breed in Turkey.— The General's fword was no lets coftly, the fcab bard and mounting being of entire gold, and the blade one of the true Darnel - ens. We afterwards learnt, that the whole had been fent by the GAMID Sago« tom to the Pacha on railing him to his pre fent high fituation in the empire. Two days afterwards the Pacha returned the General's vifit. His Highnefs came to the Giza fide of the river in his State barge attended by a great number of others full of Grandees, Janiffa ries. attendants, Re. &c. The morning%eing re markably fine heightened the intereft of the fcene. The effea of the Terkills mufic on the water, with the gay appearance of the various Hags and pen dents, was truly firiking. Add to the refleaion, arifing from a confcious proper pride. on a Britifh, and a Britifh Afiatic army from " Further Ind," drawn up on the banks of Old Father Nile to do honour to the Ottoman Crefceir, and you will, I think, envy us—as well as regret, in no common degree, your abfence on fuels an eccafion. The Pacha on landing was received by two of the General's Ralf. A falute of cannon immedi• ately commenced, the troops formed in a greet, prefented arms, and the bands began to play.— His Highnefs teemed highly pleafed, bowed to the Officers as be pared with much urbanity, and frequently remarked to the Pacha of the Alba nians, and the other great Officers of his fuite, the fine and martial appearance of the foldicry ; the Sepoys attraaed much attention. A few yards from head-quarters (formerly the country houfe of MVRAD Bay), the General, accompanied by the principal Officers of the army, met the Pacha; and after welcoming him to the gatrifon, and the %dual compliments having paned, the whole pro ceffion entered the grand faloon, which had been previoully ornamented in the Turkith nyle with divans, carpets, &c. Here the Officers formed a circle, and coffee, fherbet, &c. were ferved up to his Highnefs and fuite in the Eaftern style ; the band of the 86th regiment playing all the time. With the mufic the Pacha finned particularly delighted. We remarked that the tambout in and triangle. being nearly Turkifh, afforded him much pleidure. efpecially in the Battle of Prague, in which KOTZMARRO has introduced one of their national airs as the quick Rep. The eyes of the Janiffaries kindled at bearing their favourite call to battle. After being entertained for a confiderable time in this manner, and much civilities exchanged on both fides. the Pacha rote to take leave. The General then requeßed his Highnefs, and his prin- 1 cipal Officers, to accept of louse arms of Englifh workmanfhip, confining of faces, pillols, Sec. He alto prefented the Pacha with foam jewels let in the Eaftern mode. On his Highnefs leaving the gateway, the Ge neral having ordered two of the fineß Mocha bulls to be there, begged his acceptance of them. This bill prefent the Pacha teemed highly pleated with, as the breed is unknown in Turkey. The humps on their (boulders occafioned many ob fervations from the attendants. The General having accompanied the Pacha a few yards towards the river, his Highnefs re queßed be might go no farther; be espreffed hinsfelf highly gratified with his reception, and again repeated - his profeffions of friendfliip and anxious with to affitt the army ist ;heir parch ~n lcrofs the Defart : he then embarkel under • :rmer honours and falute. The General, on this particular occafion, and in 4 compliment to the Pacha, wore the Order or the Crefcenr, and the diamond Aigrette prefented him .• by the GRAND SFIGNMR. The Officers of thearmy alfi) wore their medals. -Having thus detailed to you this ceremony, I - (hall not intrude longer on your patience ; and only add, that from the cordial and friendly dif potition of the Pacha, I think we than accomplifh this arduous march acrofs the Defart of Suer with out las or difficulty; and unattended by thole fatigues and hardatips fo feverely felt, yet fo nobly furmounted, by our brave fellows in the former ordeal from the fhores of the Red Sea acrofs the arid and burning Defart of the Thebaid." FORT WILLIAM, JULY 31, am CENRRA I. ORDERS.—" Major• General BAIRD, commanding the Forces employed on the late Ex pedition from India to Egypt, arrived this day a. the Prefidency,Etended by the Goverior-GeneraPs (late boats, and was received on his landing at , Chundpanl Chant, by the Officers of his Excel.. lency's Staff. .4 The Governor• General, in Council, derived fincere fatisfaßion from the highly honcurable . tcf , timony borne by Major• General the Earl of CAVAN, , to the fervices of Major General BAIRD, and of the , • - Troops from the Eaablifhment of India, lately employed in Egypt. 1 " Under a grateful impreilion of the important aid derived to the common caufe of our Country,by the able and fuccefsful condo& of the Expedition from India to Egypt, his Excellency is pleafed to order, that Honorary Medals be conferred on all the Native•commiffiioned and Non commillioned Officers, Troopers, and Sepoys, Gelaundawre and Gun Lafcars, who have been employed on fervice in Egypt." 1 EAST INDIES. CALCUTTA GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY. WEDNESDAY, AVG. 11 1 1802. Fort William, Aug. xi, 1802. On the 9th init. his Majetly's frigate la Cuff. FORNE, Capt. STUART. arrived in the river from Bombay, with difpatches from that Prefidency to his Excellency the molt noble the Governor General in Council, containing the affhaing intel lig W ence of the death of his Excellency HA K& ICH (MERL Kuaus, Amhafrador to the Britith Go vernment on the part of his Majefty the KING of of Perfia. _ _ _ • -.- ...._. In the afternoon of the soth ult. a difputi un fortunately arofe between the Perfian fervants of the Ambaffador, and the fepoys of the corps of Bengal volunteers, compofing his Excellency's ho norary guard, at the houfe aWgned for his refi dence near Maffagong. An affray enfued, and both parties reforted to arms. At the commencement of the difturbance, Ms Excellency the Ambaffador, with his nephew AaA Hoossate, and his attendants, defcended into the court for the purpofe of quelling the tumult, and while his Excellency was exerting his endeavours with the utmoft degree of humanity and firrnnefe for that purpofe, be received a wound from a mtrf. ket which inftantly proved mortal. His Excellency's nephew was leveret,' wounded in feveral places.— Foetal the Ambaffador's fcrvants were killed, and five more wounded. Tranquillity, however, wax fpeedily reftored, and medical afaftance wet im mediately procured for the relief of the furviving fufferers. The moll *dive and judicious exertions were fuccefsfullj employed by the acting Pre fi dent at Bombay, .H. Cruelty, Efq. and by the civil and military 'Beers under his authority, for the put. pole of reftoring order, and of tranquilizing the minds of the atteodanu and followers of the de. I ceafed Ambaffador, as well as of fecuring the means of bringing to juftice the perpetrators of this atrocious all. A Court of Enquiry has accordingly been in. (United at Bombay, for the purpofe of inveftigat. ing. with due deliberation and foie:unity. all the circumftances of the cafe. The Governor General in Council has adopted meafures for affording to the relations and fol lowers of the late Ambafador, all the relief and i confolation which can be adminiftered to them under the prefure of this fevers calamity. As a teftimony of the public regret for the death of the late Ambaffador, and of a deep fenfe of forrow for the calamitous event which occafioned it, and as a mark of public refpe& for the high ation of the deceafed Ambaffador. and for the Sovereign whom he reprefented, his Excellency the Governor General in Council has been ?leafed to direct, that minute guns be fired on this melancholy occafion. at five o'clock this afternoon, from the ramparts of Fort William. By command of his Excellency the molt noble the Governor General in Council. N. B. Ensionsione, Secretary to Oovt. See. PoL a Par. Dept. We are happy to announce to the numerous votaries of Hymn, that a charming, though not very young couple, will be flieedily added to their ranks under the forms of Lord D. and Mrs. E. refiding in the neighbourhood of Grave. magnate. It is the gentleman's/ea - 4 Efr and the Lady's thirsi—may it be propitious. The Bath waters have fometimes thorn their efficacy in favour of the lesapiowa. General Czsaa &arum is appointed Chief of the Staff in the expedition to Louifiana. The paragraph in our paper of yefferday, pied from another print, refpefting the ufe to which the apartments at the HorfeGuards, become _vacant by the removal of the arms ()t i the Foot Guards, are to be appropeiated, is mediated. There apartments are not defigned for the Adjutants of the Foot Guards, but are convened into an °Ste for the Adjutant General's removed from Crown-fireet with refpea to the parade of alto incorrea. ~.. departmest. which is et. What is lased. i the Feet Gust& I II