Star.
London, England, 1808-01-26 00:00:00

AMERICA.

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yesterday afternoon, intelligence 'was received of
*a arrival of the Arabella packet at Falmouth, from
liev; York; also a copy of the following extract from
htr Journal :
~ Monday, Dec. 28, at 10, A.M. received a pilot
board, and slipt from the wharf. At 1 P.M. was
ght to by one of the gun-boats, and ordered to
t r on account of the embargo, until further
osiers. At 7 P.M. had permission to proceed to sea.
u Thursday, Jan. 14, in lat. 47. 41. long. 23. 2.
ii, was boarded by his Majesty's ships Agincourt
ich, with eight ships under convoy, from
and lost sight of them next day."
its it was inferred by many, that we were
of a war with America ; but the fact of an
lg taken place does not necessarily lead
conclusion, and the circumstance of the
lg, notwithstanding, been allowed to
seems to indicate that the cause of the em-
some other origin than a misunderstand-
this country. This idea r,--eives some con-
from the letters received this morning from
of which the following is one :
" FALMOLI ni, JAN. 23.
Arrived the Lady Arabella packet, Captain
from New-York, with dispatches frcm
she brings an account that an embargo
. on all American shipping in the different
the United States : it was said to be in con-
'4ispatches received from the American

France."

statement in the above letter be correct, the
is only intended to operate on American
; and there is reason to conclude that the
was stopt only by some mistake that was
:led. It is at least as probable that
on the eve of a rupture with France, as
ities will take place between this Country
:a. From France she has received much
pion than from England.

writing the above, we have received New
to the Vth ult. brought by the Arabella.
these, The New Tork Daily Advertiser of the
find the following letter from Washington,
• of the

EMBARGO,
co be general; but from the hasty view
able to take of the papers before us, the
lion seems to be, that war with France
is inevitable, but that the disputes with
- be amicably settled, Mr. RUSE being
Washington for that purpose.—The
from France were understood to have an-.
, that NAPOLLON will not depart in the smallest
from the rigorous decrees he has issued against
of neutrals.

with joy.

two hours.

the above, our Readers will probably connect
by Mr. Ron, in the House of Commons
that to-morrow he would bring in a Bill
continue the American Intercourse Bill of last
for Government had in the morning received
diipatches, brought by the Arabella, which we
'fairly conclude were of a pacific nature.
WASHINGTON, DEC. e 2.
in day passed the following Act. Hay-
. the sanction of the President so late as
M. we can only further add, that it passed in
of a Message from the President in the
22 ; Nays, 6 ; and in the House of Re-
\vas, St ; nays, 44.
AN ACT

AN IL\IBARGO ON ALL sums AND V ESISELS IN THE
ITS AND HARBOURS OF TIIE UNITED STAIE
it enacted by the Senate and House of Re-1
of the United States of America in
pled, that an embargo be, and hereby
on all ships and vessels in the ports and
the limits or jurisdiction of the United 11
or not cleared, bound to any foreign
:e ; and that no clearance be furnished to
vessel bound to such foreign pori orplace,
under the immediate direction of the Pre-
the United States ; and that the President be
to give such instructions to the Officers of
and of the Navy and Revenue cutters of I
nes, as shall appear best adapted for car-
into full effect.
ided, that nothing herein contained shall be
to prevent the departure of any foreign ship
in ballast, or with the goods, wares,
_ on board of such foreign ship or
. notified of this act.
11. And be it further enacted, that during
ace of this act, no registered, or sea letter
ins on board goods, wares, and merchan-
be allowed to depart from one port of the
to another within the same, unless the
consignee, or factor, of such vessel shall
I, with one or more sureties, to the collec-
district from which she is bound to) depart,
double the value of the vessel and cargo,.
goods, wares and merchandize, shall be
some port of the United Sates, dangers of
?ted ; which bond, and also a certificate
Colllector where the same may be relandecl,l
the Collectors respectively be transmitted to
of the Treasury. All armed vessels
public commissions from any foreign
are not to be considered as liable to the em-
laid by this Act."

Another . report • in-. the Alnelicsa Pipers sMtei,
that NAPOLION as intimated his inicintirott of 'occu-
pying the Florida., with the view of recovering St.
Domingo, and at the same time inviting the Ameri-
cans to seize upon Canada and Nova Scotia, for the
possession of which he offers to become guarantee.
A smuggling vessel, which is arrived oul Dover,
has brtught letters from the coast of France, which

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state that an embargo has been actually laid on all
Vessels it the French ports.

A correspondence, of a conciliating tendency, is
said to have taken place between an Illustrious Cou-
ple who have been long separated. An accident
which happened to CHARLES NASSAU THOMAS, Esq.
Vice-Chamberlain to her Royal Highness the Prin-
cess of WALES, made a new appointment to that
office necessary. Her Royal Highness wrote to the
PRINCE, to express her wish of nominating AN-
' PHONY Sr. LEGER, Esq. to be her Vice-Chamber-
lain' if perfectly agreeable to his Royal Highness.
The PRINCE'S answer, with the most attentive regard
to her wishes, not only expressed his entire appro-
haticn of this appointment, but that in every ar-
rangement of her household it would give him plea-
sure that her Royal Highness should exercise her
free will. This correspondence, it is whispered, has
opened an avenue to the good offices of their mutual
friends, and it is likely that the two Illustrious Per-
sons will be restored to the comforts of domestic

union. The event will give occasion to a splendid
fete at Windsor, and will be hailed by the Public

A Council of the Cabinet Ministers met yesterday
afternoon at Mr. CANNING'S Office, which sat nearly

The LORD CHANCELLOR and all the

Members were present.

There are no further accounts of the Rochfort
squadron since it chased the EURYDICE. The Cm.-
currn, of guns, taken by the French on her
passage from India, is one of the ships composing it.

The last letters from Holland state, that the car-
goes of the vessels detained or brought into the Dutch
under the decrees of BONAPARTE, are lotted out
of
the purpose of being sold by auction.

The action between the French privateer and his
Majesty's packet Windsor Castle, seems a most ex.
traordinary exploit. It appears from the mnster•roll

of the privateer, there were 109 men, and on their ar-
rivil at Barbadnes it was found that 61 had been

either killed or wounded. The crew of the packet

consisted of Mr. Rogers, together with 'Ai men and
boys. By accounts from the enemy 40 were killed
and wounded by the last gun fired from the packet.
Mr. R. arrived in town a few days ago at the house
of his friend Mr. Dixon, of Hatton-garden, and highly
to the honour of his Majesty's Post Masters General,
they have appointed him to the command of a new
packet.

CATirowcs.—On Wednesday last a Meeting of the
principal Roman Catholics was held in Dublin, to
take into consideration the expediency of a Petition
to Parliament, for the complete emancipation so long
sought for. Lord FINGAL was called to the Chair;
when, after considerable discussion, it was resolved,
that the former Petition should be presented again.
Two or three Speakers recommended a postpone-
ment of the measure, on a gmund of commendable
delicacy, but this was over-ruled. Lord KENMARE,
Lord GORMANSTOWN, Lord Sot:THWELL, Lord
FnENcli, Count DAvrow, and various other persons
of distinction, were present at this discussion.
COUNTY DONEGALL EI.ECTION.—SnOnd day: State
of the poll—For General HART, 165 ; for Colonel
Mox.roostEity 136—Majority fcr General HART 29.

His Grace the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland has been
pleased to appoint ARTHUR MEADOWS, of Hermitage,
Esq. High Sheriff of the county of 'Wexford, for the
ensuing year.
The Anniversary of the Birth-day of the late
CHARLES JAMES Fox falling on Sunday last, it was
commemorated yesterday, at the British Coffee-house,
by a number of Gentlemen who are attached to his
principles, and nvere h's memory.

The Earl and Countess of CrtAvEx arrived last
evening, in Curzon-street, from a visit to the Margra.
vine off' ANSPACH at Br.endenburgh House.
Yesterday the remains of Lord TRAFALGAR were
interred by the side of his uncle, the late Lord NEL-
SON, under the dome of St. Paul's Cathedral.
Pluct.: OF Baer.—There being no Court of Alder-
men held this day, the Lord Mayor, after inspecting
the returns, ordered it to be advanced One Penny per
peck loaf.

Yesterday se'npight Thomas Smith and William
Proctor, who were lately the guard and coachman of
the mail which runs from Birmingham to Manches-
ter, were convicted at Chester sessions, of ati out-
rageous assault with intent to violate the person of a
female, who was the only passenger in the coach.—
The Court sentenced the guard to three months, and
the coachman to six months imprisonment ; each of
them also tostand in the pillory at Congleton, (near
which town the assault was committed) to find secu-
rity for their good behaviour for three years, to pay a
fine of 501. each, and to be imprisoned till such secu-
rities are found and fines paid.
A Coroner's Inquest sat yesterday on the body of
a gentcl dressed man, unknown, who was found dead
in the Park, on Saturday night. The deceased was a
stranger, and habited in the manner of a petty officer
in the navy, with a blue surtout coat, white waistcoat,
and blue pantaloons. There was no evidence to prove
how he came by his death, or who he was. He drank
tea at an inn, at Kensington, on Saturday afternoon,
and his body was found at twelve o'clock at night.
Verdict—Died by the Inclemency of the Weather.
Sunday morning, a person styling himself an offi-
cer in the army, called at the ronmslCtain W—d
of the Guards, at Chatham, and requested to see Lim:
Captain W—d being engaged at the time, the servant
was desired to introduce the stranger to a parlour,
where he was left. The servant having occasion so
go into the parlour a short time afterwards, found,
the room deserted ; and on searching, discovered that
some articles of plate were missing : an immediate
search took place, but the thief got off undiscovered.
A silver spoon, one of the articles that had been sto-
len, was found at the house of a Jew resident in Cha-
tham, who, of course, must have purchased it soon
after it had been stoles.

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A.ltivfl thr-• • •
Vesteictaf. shorniiii, detachments of the 17th and
20th Regiment,, about 300 - men, marched from
Maidstone Barracks, to join their respective regiments
at Portsmouth.

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Volunteering from the Militia again commenced last
week, among the several regiments composing the
garrison of Bristol, when a great number of fine;
fellows joined the regulars.
Lord BORRINGDON, Colonel of that well.conductedi
regiment, the North Devon, addressed his men in the;
language and spirit of loyalty, and in exhorting thetn,
to join the ranks of the Regulars or Marines, at this
important crisis—he said, he only discharged his duty:,
to his Gon, his King, and his.p?untry.—The Com-
manders of some other corps shewed an equal zeal
and spirit, as the Glanmorgan and Pembroke Regi-
ments, not forgetting the Sd Lancashire.
The West York turned out but few compared with
the other corps, though there were upwards of forty
recruiting parties in attendance, who wereparticularly
led to expect a large supply of volunteers from this
numerous battalion of 1500 men.

The 7th and Bth regiments of infantry; and the
17th light dragoons, disiLounted, who wear the ho-
nourable badge of ,4 Death or Glory !" have marched
from Chichester in the course of the week, the latter
from South America. They are fine men, rand give
an excellent account of the country.

The 2d Light Battalion of the King's German
Legion marched on Saturday last from Hailshani
Barracks to Battle, Sussex.

Thursday 283 of the 6th Dragoon Guards, who
lately arrived from Monte Video, passed through
Reading, on their route to Derby, Nottingham, and
Loughborough.

Among those who lost their lives in the dreadful
catastrophe that happened to the Prince of Wales
packet, on the 19th of November last, from Ireland
to Liverpool, was JAMES FRED. WAREY, Lieutenant
in the 2d regiment of Queen's Royals, and son to
the late JOHN WASEY, Esq. of Newbury.

SH.IKESPERIANA.

(No. VI.)
ANNOTATIONS ON TILE TT.NIPEST.

Page 42.--I am more serious than my custom : Totr •
Must be go too, if heed me; which to do,
Trebles thee o'er.

I apprehend if has been mistakenly substituted for
and:—the latter word contracted would, in writing,
have a very similar appearance. The error, I believe,
runs through all the printed copies,
Page 43.---For he's a spirit of persuasion, only
Professes to persuade.
Dr. Jonxsos's alteration has some force,
For he, a spirit of persuasion, &c.

Thepaxsage, however, (notwithstanding the learned
lexicographer declares himself unable to draw sense
from the present reading), might serve, with the fol-
Lnving punctuation :

For he's a spirit of persuasion :—outy
Professes to persuade.

This impairs not SHAKERPF.ARE'S text, and will
probably be deemed as significant of the author's
meaning—Gonzalo is addicted to garrulity; and when
,Intonio describes him a spirit of persuasion, he taun-
tingly would insinuate that he has no talent beyond
talking. The emphasis should consequently be very
strong on the terms tersumion and tersuade.
Page 44 What to come
In yours and my discharge—
,. Some of the Editors have written,
I. yours and my discharge.

I would leave the text in its original state, and sup-
pose the sentence unfinished. The preceding context
avers that what has been done is but the prologue of ,
what is to follow, and then indicates that the se-
quent business, under Sebastian's and Antonio's manage-
ment (for in this sense I interpret the word discharge)
will obtain the full sum of enjoyment. Sebastian, in
apparent discontent, but evidently wishing to be con-
vinced, suddenly interrupts
What stuff is this ? How say you ?
'is true my brother's daughter's Queen of Tunis;
So is she heir of Naples ; 'iwixt which regions
There is some space—
There is a passage extremely similar in Macbeth,
and spoken under the like impression of mind :
stay, you imperfect speakers! teU me more :
By Sinel's death, I know, I'm Thane of Glands ;
But how of Cawdor?—The Thane of Cawdor lives,
A prosperous gentleman ; and to be King
Stands not within the prospect of belief, &c.
Page 45 Here lies your brother,
(No better than the earth he lies upon,
If he were that which now he's like—that's dead),
Whom I, with this obedient steel—three inches of It—
Can lay to bed for ever--
This speech, thus disposed, requires no difficulty to
comprehend ; but, as it is generally printed, even an
intelligent reader may thrice peruse it, without freeing
himself from its obscurity. J. A.

Yesterday the Royal Neapolitan Club dined tope. 1
ther, at the Clarendon Hotel, Old Bond-street. Pis
Royal Highness the Duke of Stamm took the Chair,
and the Earl of Bassoftouau was Vice President. The 1
following illustrious, noble, and other distinguished
persons were amongst the compttsy :
Prince CAITILCICALA Sir GIORGI CAULPIPLD
The Marquis of IFIEADrORT JOHN EOIRTON, Esq. M. P.
The Marquis D'Acurro SPIENCItt Satire, Esq.
The Soria BRRADALIANI C.ololltl PIIILLirs
Sires. Was.Lass.ar Major BLoossrszto
Sir W. MILLA&P. &C. &C. &C.
The wretch who murdered Mrs. Smith and Miss
Pattinson, at Longburn, in Cumberland, on Tuesday
last, has been appfebended, and committed to Carlisle
' gaoL He has confessed the crime.
A few evenings since the do►e cote of Charles
Brook, Esq. at Lang Dittos, was robbed of near 200
f igecas.

" ; , .

„ rALMowril, JAN. .
Arrived the American brig Virginia, Captaiiii
Goapow; front Virginia, for Mintz, laden with -tt •
baee3 and Cotton, *aimed in, and her papers ihdOrsed
by his Majesty's ship Emeriad, on the 15th inst. His
Majesty's ships Arnphion and Paulina, with the fleet
for the -Mediterranean, have put in here by adverse
winds.:' Sailed tha Insolent gun brig, with a fleet of
mss; to the eastward.—Wild N. W.
PowirsAtOttril, lAN. IS.
Arrived the Zephyr truzspea fads -the Downs,.
Wind '

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DEAL, JANUARY Lt •
Arrived, and sailed for the Rivet'; the Steeled,
RICHARDSON ; Resolution, PARRY, gild Oak* LLCM-.
AltneoN, from Liverpool. Remain in the Devine his
Majesty's ships as per last.—Wind W.S.W. •
• - CHATHAM, JAN. 25.
His Majesty's ship Victory, of 100 guns, *as last
week commissioned by Captain MaLeod. The Samp-
son will go out of dock to-morrow. Le Pompee is to
be docked on Thursday, and fitted immediately.—
Captain Dacres, formerly Captain of the Pomp, is
appointed to Greenwich Hospital.
GRAVESEND, JAN. 25.
Passed by the Prince Town, FRAZER, from Meat
Video ; • Ruby, PUTMAN, from Charleston ; Industry,
PooLs, from Newfoundland ; Two Brothers, Boasts,
from St. Übe's ; Squirrel, NOTMAN, from Dublin;
Blagclen,' and the Hope, RICHARDSON, from
'dim Sailed, dies Harmony, DINGLE., for Water-
'ford, and the Attive, WILLIAMS," for Dublin.

HULL, 'JANUARY 23.
Yester day' ieTenight, about noon, a strong gale:
came on at this port at N. N. W. which varied to.
N. N. E. and continued with great violence until soca
of Friday. By accounts received from differect parts..
of the coast its effects were as destructive to the ship-
ping as any of the numerous storms that have pre-
ceded it this winter. The tide on 'Thursday evening
was unusually high. The schooner Argo, Winlay,
bye trader, from London for Hull, laden with gro-
ceries, &c. was driven very high on the shore near
Spurn light-house, at the top of the tide, u here the
ebb left her ; and the cargo has since the accident
been brought to this port in lighters ; and prepara-
tions are making to launch the vessel. The Northum-
berland packet, Sprott, from hence to Newcastle, went
on shore near Scarborough, and was driven within a
few yards of the cliffe : with loss of sails, top mac,
and anchors ; crew saved by the life-boat : the cargo
has been landed, and the vessel is expected to be got
off without damage next spring tide. The Ridley,
Groves, from Ipswich for this port, encountered the
gale near the Humber, and was driven back to Ips-
wich, with loss of &c. The Flora, Webster,
from Hull for Leith, with barley, is on shore near
Cromer, part of the cargo and the crew saved • it is
feared the vessel will be totally wrecked. The Mary,
from London for Thorne, with fourteen other
vessels, are on shore near Clay, Norfolk. A Sunder-
land brig, coal loaded, was wrecked off Wells, and
nine of her crew drowned. The Sally, of Shields,
drove out of Bridlington Bay, and is on shore near
Hornsey. The Formosa, Strachan, from Leith for
Newcastle, got into Bridlington with loss of bowsprit.
foremast, &c. A Berwick smack run on shore near
Wells ; providentially all the crew and passengers,
fifty in number, were saved. The Brothers, Walsh,
a river sloop, from Lynn to Hull, with corn, struck
upon the Knock sand, and sunk ; the crew all saved
by a vessel which was ffrtunately near them when the
accident happened. At Lynn the tide flowed into
several houses, and did considerable damage. The
Flora, of Bridlington' Thomas White master, went on
shore near Horne. The Brilliant, Martin, rom Pe.
terhead to Sunderland, was taken into Bridlington,
having canted her ballast, and cut away her masts, &e.
During Thursday's gale, a small sloop from
Barnsley for Hull, loaded with bags of nails, &c.
parted from her anchor and cable, and drove on shore
near Ferraby Sluice ; by great exertions she was got
off again. Robert Sanderson, the master, having
borrowed a kedge anchor, took it in a boat to the
sloop ; when in the act of getting it on board, a
heavy sea washed him out of the boat, and he sunk
to rise no more.
ARRIVED.
At SoutharapteninkenJohn sod Thomas, from Waterford, At
Plymouth, Anna, mon ; and Ceres, —, from Cork. At
Yarmouth, Anna, et, from ditto. At Leith, Romulus,
Brown, from Quibec. At Lochryan, Europa, Steele, from
Quebec Aurora, ,wood; and Anna Maria, Ellis, from New..
foundlaad. AtAlvespool, Maria, Cowie, front ditto; and the
Lucy, Curtis, from New York. hi the Clyde, Messenger, Jame-
son (tom New York. At Falmouth, Otis, Needs, from New
York.
VA. At Newcastle, the Richard, Park, from Prince Edward's
Island. At Cott, the Olive, Coffin, from Baltimore. At Ma-
deira, the Anna, M`Askill ; Penelope, White • Eliza, Thomas ;
Pit, Smith ; Aurora, Story; and the Sir Godfrey Webster, —,
from London. At Virgini.s, the Augusta, Howe, front London.
At New York, the Vancouver, —, from the Clyde. At De-
sperira, the Doke of Kent, from I lverpooL At Dorni-
aim, Mary Ann, Pack; and Trident, —, from Liverpool ;
Ind the Mary Ann, Kendall, from Africa. At Trinidad, Three-
L.Wllliams, —, from Africa. At Berbice, Nile, Anderson,
from Africa. At Barbadocs, Jane, Thompson, from Africa •
Mars, Reeve, from Monte Video; Patty, Durren ; and the
Harmony, Morris, from Newfoundland.
The William, Marshall, of and from New York for Newry, is
last near Carlingford.
Victory, Marshall, from the Clyde, is lost at Picton.
The Friend's Delight, from Londoaris sunk in Bristol
river.
The John, Drybro', from Liverpool for Galway, is stranded—.
part of the cargo saved.
The Unity; Hunt, from Trinidad for Curacoa, is taken and
carded into Porto Civello.
The Itaxliorcpugh Packet, front Leith fur London, is on shore
near Blakeny, but is expected to be got off.
The John Adams, —.a—, from Philadelphia for Amsterdam, Is
captured and carried into Dunkirk.
The Brothers (an American), from Virginia for London, lees...
tared and carried into Calais.
ADMIRALTY COURT, DOCTORS' COMMONS.
Thursday the Right Hon. Sir WILLIAM SCOTT pro-
ceeded to the adjudication of the following cases :
crow Alida, Altman Master..—This vessel, laden with wine,
was destined to Tonningen, at tile time of capture ; and the case •
came on further proof, with respect to the cargo, which was re-
stored, on mascot of the expences.
Maria Charlotte, master.—This Danish vessel, laden with
various uterckandi;e,vras coming from Mogadore to Annterchun,
at the time of seizure. The ship had been already restored, Ind
thcelaim present question respected the cargo, which was restored as
ed.
Casnaciack—ln this case, where further proof was
ethibited, part of the property was restored to the Ottoman sub-
jects as claimed, and the remainder condemned, Wilms hither
proof Is produced by the month of March.

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