Star. — London, England, 1803-09-23 00:00:00

f PRUSSIA. Beatur, St re. t.—The molt decided wilh for the continuance of a tranquil and paffive neutrality con tinues to animate our Cabinet. The effeas of the blockade of the Elbe, however prejudicial to our ems. tame, cannot roufe it to adivity and energy. In Ruffle, however, there appears a great anxiety to Item the rapid torrent of French encroachment.— There is, neverthelefs, little hope that any thing el fedual will be attempted this feafon. In anfwer to the remonitrances made by the two Cams to the French Government againft (hutting the mouths of the Elbe and the Weter, the FIRST CONSUL has pofitively refuted to withdraw his troops. He allured them, however, that he would forbear to occupy Hamburgh, Bremen, and Lubeck, and even permit Engli(h goods to go up the Elbe and the Wefer under the neutral nag • but neither Count MAR R • )7T nor the Pruffian Minifler Lora sato. could prevail on him to evacuate Cuxhaven, or fuller any Britifh Chips to navigate thofe rivers. It was then propofed by the three Courts to place a cordon of troops on the frontiers of Hanover, but the apprehen lion, left this cordon fhould foon lead to further mili tary movements on the part of thole powers, and terminate in a4tual warfare, made Bossraarx like wife rejed this propofition. With regard to the Elelorate of Hanover, Bova. PARTS gave thofe Minifters fome hopes of leaving, perhaps loon, the colledion of the revenues of that casauy to the States, while Frimce fhould only have the military occupation of the different diftrids, con. tenting itfelf with keeping an army there not exceed ing 20,000 men, with the poffeflion of the eledoral domains as well as the forefts. But the fulfilment of this promife is made entirely to depend on the Tenth of the Ruffian mediatorial negotiation, which is not yet entirely terminated. LONDON. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23. TRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK I 3 pee COIL Conk& 5 54- 014 5 Pee CeeiL 2 7*l- omniun3, 7/ diL The Dublin Mail of this morning has brought us intelligence of Robert Emmet hiving been tried on Monday la 4, and convicted of the crime laid to his charge in the indictment preferred againft him. The trial, which occupied the Court for a confiderable time, excited an uncommon degree of interea. The evidence fubflantiAted the charges in fuch a fatisfac tory manner, that the Jury returned their verdict without quitting their box. It is not a little remarkable that on the very day on which Robert Emmet was tried, his brother Tho mas Addis Emmet, the ci•dewant frith director, was ar veßed—and within one hour after he had landed on Irith ground ! We need not now inquire what could induce him to venture back to a country whole peace and happi ntis he had violated, whole loyalty he had endea voured to 'undermine, and whole protation be has forfeited. He will, no doubt, loon be brought to trial, and fuller that punilltment his crimes have fo long merited. We confider his arrell as a fortunate event for the peace of Ireland—had he efcaped the vigilance of Office, it is irapoffible to fay what mifchief he might have occafioned. by Rirring up the vicious and the ignorant to fresh ads of infurreaion. It is to be hoped the fate of the Emmet', and the other satire leaders and agents of frills infurreition, will prove a warning to the difaffeaed, and lead them at UR to fee that their belt interefts require that they &told turn a deaf ear to every one that would en deavour to make their loyalty, and curfe their country with tbe.miferies of French fraternization. Two other French ports, in which they are prepar ing and collekting their gunhoats fur the fuljugatior of Britairs, have been bombarded. On the ta.th irk a frigate and two ketches, under the command of Cap min Owen, flood in and began a heavy fire upon r the town of Dieppe, which was warmly returned froxa the caftle and forts. The attack lafled for the !pace of two hours and a half, in which time upwards of fix hundred flint were fired from the frigate. Much daMage was done to the town, which was fun on fire in feveral places, and a great number of houfes de. flroyed. They afterwards failed to attack Se. Valery. As foon as they made their appearance before that place, the French fled from their batteries ; and dur ing the fire, which was kept up for Tome time, the miferable inhabitants were lien Hying in every di ration. After doing the enemy confiderable mifchief our veffels bcre away to join the flotilla off Boulogne. We are happy to add that our lots in there attacks was inconfidcrable. This day we infert the letters received by the DORIS from Gibraltar, which the profs of other matter prevented for there two days pall. They are the . _ _ luta that have been received from that quarter. We prefent alio a letter from Barcelona. which, though . sot of fo lato a date, contains force endow and in- tanning particulars horn the South of Europe, not before Rated. We have been favoured with this letter by a Gendetnati who has a rnoß extcnGve and correft CorrelPoodsece l and our. Readers rnay depend on the authenticity of the particulars it details:. . • NEAR BARCELONA. JULY 29. " On the 35th ult. Admiral Sir RICHAIRD TOP, Win off Toulon, with nine Gil of the litre : h er, DONIO/111, BsLLsSLL, GsaaALTaa, MON. W OUTM, Aoincourr, Swans, Tatutarm, and Re nown,and Neactssus frigate. We reconnoitred the Finch foray at Toulon, and fay ip *imp and outer Roach eight fa►l of the Lie, and fix or feven frigates, nearly all ready for fea. The sth of July I was at Genoa. The gth in the evening, Mr. Foxroa, Mailer of the Cssta tams Coop of war. In a cutter captured a French brig, with four 6-pounders, 70 mullets, and 2 t men, 18 of whom were Genoefe. On the. loth Lieutenant SPENCiIt, of the CauaLEos, was fent in agig with the crew into Genoa, to defire the Genoefe to fend a large boat for their fubjeds, and allow the CAMELIOII to water ; but Lieutenant SPNNCEIL was detained and the crew. Lieutenant SPINCEI is to perform 35 days quarantine, and then to be allowed to go on parole. Sixteen hundred French troops are in the city. General Mussy ar rived the Bth,and made immediately a requifition of 300,0001. ; the Genoefe remonftrated, but to no effea—he replied, he Mould infdt on having the whole fum, or for the deficiency of money, a nuns. ber of men. General MultAT is fuppofed to have gone to Naples. About the 2311 July, Lord Miami's flag was flying on board the Am r NION." GIBRALTAR, AUG.I9. The political horizon has begun to affume a new afpea fince I laft wrote you, and a war with Spain teems now very probable. Indeed we expeet that hoftilities with that country will loon commence. " The fall accounts from Madrid, which are of the 9th inR. fay, that the negociations between Por tugal and France are broken off, and that the French are determined to march an army through Spain into that country. _ . " A frigate with five million of doUars on board arrived at Cadiz a few days ago; the was boarded by the MALTA, off that port. They have now got nearly all their treafure home, thanks to our forbearance and civility, which has pleated the Spaniards not a little. " The Spaniards will not attempt to fit ont any Beet if a war should take place ; it has for fome time pall been the policy of the Panics or PEACE, to al low the Spanifh navy to go to ruin. The Santiffima Ttinidada and another three deckcr, have both been fuffered to fink in the harbour at Cadiz, within this Mort time pia, rather than repair them. " The regiments of Toledo and Sarragoffa arrived at Algefiras and St. Roque, a few days ago. " The garrifon has been rather fiekly this feafon, particularly the loth regiment, which, for fome time, was obliged to be taken off all garrifon duties, they having upwards of three hundred men ill at once. AUGUST 22. " On the roth, the ANrntott, Capt. SUTTON, ar• rived from our fleet off Toulon, in days. " The ANTH low left Lord NILSON with wsly four fail of the line, off Toulon, blocking up the French fleet, confißiug of (even fail of the line, who, not withaanding this great odds, did not dare to tome out to attack him, though they were all ready for fea. Lord Netam( had feat the remainder of the fleet to Malta to repair. " Captain Daveas, of the ACTIVI frigate, and Capt. WOODHOUSt, late of the Itssisvasca, are paf fengerum-board the Aar aloe in their way to Eng land. _ _ " Capt. WoooHouss has been tried for the lois of the RESISTANCE, near Cape St. Vincent's, and ho nourably acquitted. " The AIIIPO lON had heard nothing of any aftion between the Algerines and fome of our (hips, from which we are led to believe that the report of an en gagement having taken place is unfounded. " The BLONDS frigate was to fail about a month ago from Malta, with a convoy fat this place. This goes by the DORIS frigate which' fails for England the arft fair wind, with Lord Nitwit's dd. patches, which came in the ASP H lOU. " By letters of tht nth from Madrid, we learn that a war with England is there confidered as in. evitable. ♦UOVST 25. " The Doers not having yet failed, I embrace the opportunity to fend you another letter. • " Yellcrday the American frigate the Philadel- phia, cf 36 guns, Capt. lismaaincs, arrived from New York, in twenty-6z days. - - . a All is uncertainty apin, refpeaing what part the Spaniards will take in the prefent conte't. Our let ters from Cadiz (late that Spain and Portugal have purchafed a neutrality for one year. at the price of ,sifters atiSoiu ,f Jailor. The accounts from Madrid, on the contrary, affirm, that Bouararra has saluted that offer, and that Spain will be obliged to declare war againa Great Britain, about the end of this month. • al By the laR accounts from Minorca, dated the end of July, we are informed, tbat they warily daily ea. palatial there, of the arrival of a body of French troops se:err:fa that illou I I The Commandant of the Span& troops had ordered all the inciofnrss within eannou fiat of the fortifications to be levelled, pot his barracks in order, cleared out all the well*, nod was making every preparation for an attack. A Spa. rift pAeket had alto lately arrived there with a son ber of carriages on board far brats guns. The Sp• Muds, however, had only eruct eight hundred troops on the ifland. . . . rs Whether the Spaniards will really oppofe the landing, of the French on that Wand, Ihould they actually make the attempt, the event mu dstamioe. In the mesa time, fivers) ,of our men of war are cruising round it I and it will be no eafy matter to pars, unlefs they be drive* of' by tl.c. weather.* TIM WAR WITH THE ICING OF CANDY. By the overland di(patch Goth India, which brought the account of. the capture of Poonah, communicated to the Public in this Paper, ex clufively on Wednefday, Madras Gazettes to the aoth of March have been received. Their con tents are of conliderable importance. They not only confirm the intelligence communicated to the pub. lic Tome time ago in this Paper, of hoitilities hav ing broken out between the India Company and the King of Campy, but bring the plating intelli gence of the complete fuccefs of the Britifh arms— our troops, after a feries of viCtories, having on the aoth of February left, poffeffed themfelves of the capital of the Kingdom of Candy. The King had previoufly abandoned the city, and let fire to the Palace and feveral Temples, which, notwithßand ing the utmoß exertions of the Britifh foldicry, were nearly confumed before the ravages of the flames were effectually checked. A private letter, which we have fabjoined to the official details, gives foam interelUng particulars of the Hate of the coon. try. On onr troops entering the capital, they found it completely defected, the inhabitants having fled with the King from their feveral dwellings. The whole of the treafare having been carried off by the fugitive Monarch, very little prize-money remained for the captors. The war in that quarter is now con fidered as terminated ; and at the date of the laft ad vices a fucceffor to the KING was expeCted to be im mediately appointed. Due attention, however, will, it is Paid, be paid to the fituation of the depofed Prince, who, notwitbflanding the *unifiable con. dud which provoked thofe hoftilities that have proved fo fatal to him, will experience the effeEts of Britifh generofity.—We hope Sincerely that this will turn out to be fontething cite than mere profelfion. CEYLON GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY, FEB. $3. Canoga of the Pend PUbcri, near Chilow, Feb, 22,1803. A difpatch. of width the following is a Copy. wa; this morning received from lldaior General Hay WICDOWALL. massaanding the forces oa Ceylon, by his Excellency the Governor: _ _ - 01111 MAI Re it 1 9• :ft* Sit—lt is with .groat *Awe I inform yogi Zs cellency, that the advance under Lieut. Col. LOOlll4 of the s ilt regiment, attacked this soosnlng, and carried the two ftrong and important polls of Gone Gederah and Cortege:time. As the Gift (in which the enemy abandoned threc very curious brafs can non), no refißance was made I at the lan, a heavy fire commenced, the moment the grenadiers of the rgth, under Ciptain Hovels, which led. appeared. and was maintained, tlsoitgli with liatle effelt, until the alfailants entered tb battery. From their con teroptible mode of dame, the enemy:l. prefun . have not fultered mink lofs ; on our fide, one ferjeant, and one priVate of the tgth regiment, are feverely wounded. From the fieepnefs and narrownefs of the • • paths, bad the Candians behaved with common refo. lotion, this conquell would have colt us the lives of 'many breve •men. The Adisaar, it is raid, has fled into the FOur Conies, and the troops who were late ly nudes his command, are difperfed in the woods; :or have retired tweet* Candy. The' road to the capital is now open ; I lhaU reach Katooganotte on ,the blahaville Gangs to-morrow, and neat day have 'it in my power to march into it. l have no news of *Lien:. Col. Semmes detachinealt. • • I baye'tbe homy to be. he. Her bleciowatt.. MAMAS OLZITTZ IIXTRAMINVARY. P.i. l l.b.CH 7. In the Ceylon Gaiseie Extraordinary, Feb. 4.. This morning the followhig difpatch was received . by the Chief Secretary to Government. from Lkat. 11. BAIL awl.. commanding the Northern detachment of the Army : TO 111011111 T 41111117T111110Tip 11% CHM SICIIITART TO sisirassistary. Sia—Pleafe to infonsibii Beetlimy, the Gover nor,lhat about three O'clock ;is* afternoon of the isuh, as my detachment apProachid the Great Can. dian River, I found the oppofite hank', the village of Wallapoaloa, and neighbouring hills, .oictiPled by the enemy in. force ; a few minutes fire • from two mortars and one fix•pounder obliged them (after ex , pending moth of their 11111M1MitiOR without drat) to retire ; and the detachment moiled the river this morning. The report of the country is, that the enemy loft fifteen killed. At prefent we are polled et the village of Wallapoaloa, within. one Este& unk and a half of Candy, and are in %putty expeita• dos of being joined by Major Gen. Mactowal L. . I have the honour to bc. &c. • G. B. Balmer. Lieut. Col. Commanding the Detachment. Cusp. Wanapedsi. ra.a, 1503.. . • Intelligence has Once been received, that the de. tacheneau of the army had joined on the morning of the sta. The Sing of Candy and the fira Adigaar bad aban- doned the capital. and fled to the province of Oliva. after having fit fire to the palace and feveral temples. General Macnowast. had placed a guard upon the palace ; and by the exertions of the Britith foldiers the fue.bed bees extinguillsed, but not until the building was nearly costumed. Columba, February s 6, ski. C. 0. ST TIM GOVSILINOR. JIM ll:ceasing the Goiretser Is km t egarratubte M. Cleaseel bbehrweik se the reales of the capital et the War leas el Cooly, OF hie PAs‘tetes temps; ma o n a g Irak m a heeddhl sileseetseres ettbe lopssteet Wes& with which he Is dimple the points at wilicklilsizadleel Is prrtuadol, wirahl have been very direreet, had it not been for the energy, 'dishy . and judgment, difplayed by the Major-Ceneral, and the excellent difeipline and fpirlt maintained by him in the army. His Excellency requefts Major-General Macdowall to accept of his thanks, and to communicate them to Colonel Bailie, Linnets nant-Colood Berton, and all the Officers who have fo meritorioufty (esooded him; and at the fame time to exprefs to the Non-com. milLoral Micas and Privates, his high approbation of their goal coodua and intrepidity. EXTRACT or A LITTER TEAM CANDY, THE CAPITAL OF CEYLON, DATED TEE. 23, 1803. Since I wrote you laft, we have had many difficul ties to furmount, our roads have been troublefome, nothing lets in fart than conllantly afcending and de fcending immenfe mountains, with fame built fight ing, but of no great confequence. The country in which we now are, has, however, amply repaid us for all our troubles—it is moft undoubtedly one of the fineft countries in the world, and well dcferves the name of Paradife. Mountains cultivated to their fummits and inter fixrfed with rivulets, villages, and cattle—with well trodden foot-paths croffing them in all direaions— fruitful vallks, with groves of areea, jack, cocoa. nut, lime', orange, plantains, and pumple note trees, with fine villages, and fields of Paddy, itaggee, IsTatchenee, and other grains-the Paddy fields well watered by the dreams ;tithing down from the moun tains, altogether forming fuch ilrikiug fcenery as is but !adorn feen. We marched into Candia on the evening of the aoth, and found it wholly defected, the KING having removed all the treating from the palace, and the inhablmts from their hooks. The palace, when we entered it, was partially on fire ; it is an immenfe pile of banding, and perhaps only inferior to that of Seringapatam. The !own is about two miles long. and cou ch o f one p ,i lk -ipal nreet, terminated by she palace at the upper end : there are alto many lef fer ftreets branching off on both fides, but of no great length. The honfes are chiefly of mud, and raifed above the level of the Areet about five teet, yon afeend to them therefore by Rcpt. A few of the honks at the upper end of the beef s bantling to the principal inhabitants, are tiled and white vaned. The pellet is buit of a kind of chn. earn, of cement, petkaly white,. whit (lone gate. ways. it is a (pare of imamate extent, oat face of . which is new, and not yet finithed. In the center it a (mall flume inclofure, which is a cemetery, and contains the tombs of the Kings of Candia. the pa lace eantains a great number of rooms, the walls of while au painted in the moll grotefque manner you can imagine,, and covered with a multiplicity ht. fcriptioas. Many of the walls are covered with im• menfe pier glaffes of about (even feet by four. In one vaantle.atigantic hears image of Budha, in a Athos polling, with two fasalker ones at his feet. The river of Candle is a very noble one. sad fwarm. ing with fiA, as the Lea would arc i)low them to be moldiest. We faw five beautiful milk white doer in tin palace, which was noticed as a veq ex traordinary thing. • We are now encamped about two :ailed from the Capital, on thii tide of the timer, and Colonel Eraser has been detached with the Maly regiment. for the purpors of efeotting. it laid, a interior to the Throni. Vise Lao had removed all his treafura before our arrival. we have not got any prize money. A few Aces have Sousa fame painted bows and moo& Yeilerday being the annivikary of him Mayarres Accelfion to the Thtone. at one o'clock the Park and l Tower gnus were Ired.—Their Mayairoas received the compliments of the Nobiliq ma the occafion at Windfor Lodge. "*Difpatches were yefierday received from Admiral Cofiewatus. off Bre& the Aim were all well. and diem- wag not the lath proffer& oaths enemy putting to fei.• Yeßerday, spot twelve o'clock, General, Damon ana paid a • vitt .to Lord Hosaav, at hig Office, Downing-areet. , where be remained upwards of two hours. The Genteali in company with a foreigner of apparent difliektion. walked to aod from Down ing-Rreet. He looked very well. and teemed in high Spirits. • The opinion of Law Officers refpeding the diC planet the India.floofe nabaving been yet deliver.. edithefale of tea has ban adjo to Monday ne=t. Marriea. on Monday the toth infant, at St. Mar tin's Chapel, in the with of Eglwys-y-lan, in the Cntrnty. of Glamorgan, Jon* Woos, jun. Efq of Car dilf, to Mllb Gomel cm, daughter of the laid Samosa Goostic*, Efq. of the Ifland of Bermuda. • 'Wednefday morning a perfon named La imp wha is Paid to be an faunas b birth, bin who calk- Mad( a naturalised fubjea • of France, who has bed in Plymouth Rural months, and for the left three weeks has been in dofe confinement in the French prifbn the% was removed from that place in irons. under the care oft Police Officer, in order to be con veyed to London, to AnAver head heavy charges 'fledged agaiaft him. On. Wednefetay evening a difpute took place be. tweet: Lieut. Climes andikut. BUT, of the Army. at Slaughter's Coffee-boufe. St. Martin's lane, nod Several blows were given by each party. The con. fequenee was, Lieut. Caonen feat a challenge In Lient..Barr. and the a parties we to mat at lia row yelirday afternoon at five o'clock. but private information being given at Bow.fireet. Y efienta/ morning, Lieut. Cann.* was apprehended. and taken to the Public Office, where be was o bliged to find bail to keep the peace, himfelf in yogi and tw o fitreties in :fa each. It appeared on an ;trait's: lion of the caufe of the difpute, that it orig inated like the duel fo fatal to Col. M on veonsay. about a Newfoundland dog belonging to Lieut. Comm, A warrant wt. sued for the alrebed C°n 3:iest. Bast. fir Cyr La WI bel an can