Star.
London, England, 1808-02-08 00:00:00

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Lti Ilis `Lordshi p having left town for Staittoilit.+.
It poke of Posrpoin appeared pcifettl y recovered
to his late indisposition. The Council met at
tr o'clock, and broke up at six—and shoitlY after,
dispatches we're 'sent of from the Admiralty
Fortign Office, to his MAJESTY at Windsor,

A set paperi
relating to the. Bank his been
oed, by order of the House of Contnions, and hid
iiarliament. It consists of copies of all corms-
: ce, since the Ist of May, 1807, between the
of the Exchequer and the Governor and
• •
,/ Governor of the Bankt on the subject of the
.t of the National Debt ; the application
de.unclaimed dividends ;.• and a loan of money for
public service. This corrtipoudence commenced
the 23d December. The Previous part, consisting
the proposal, on the part of Government, and the
of the Baltic, may be collected froin the result,
;e), is given correctly in our preceding tblutnns.
LISBON.
Letters and papers to the 18th ult. have been re.
since our last, from - which we have given a
s fee by General kNOT, and some other articles in
receding column.
'The Decree alluded to has not, however% been.
wasted. The merchants, it is said, have
allowed to sell the goods themselves, rendering
- account. We know in what manner the same thing
done in liamburgla ; viz. the merchants made a
sacrifice of part of their property to the French agents.
mu, with a little management, and address, the law
ie ended, tu wee Wended ; and the favoured Gene.
lab and civil Agents share the emolument between
dem in the prescribed proportions.
The insurgents who were condemned by the inn'.
it tribunals were afterwards pardoned.
Ito mention is made of the British squadron off the
Nos.

AMERICA
ly the Hawke, arrived at Greenock, we h*ve re.
if'Ared Charleston •pitiersatoz4c.
..st,b D:fieiii-beis,.
ed Boston papers to the 4th ult.. the follO*lng are
pleading articles of intelligence: ~...-
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/mei OF A LETTER,„ FROM A MEMBEROP CONGRESS..
Washingion, Der... 23a,'
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You have doubtless received information before this
time, that Congreis-haveqsasind klaw, laying an eni-
*O. The question was taken in the house of fte-
pnentatiVes, at 11 o'clock, on Mornitay.nisht, and
caned by a large majority.—Ayes 821,Nne5.44.
Psobablt no question that has beenAgititkit, -siiice
the establishment of the present Government; hai ex-
&ld more sensibility. - The debate, especially updft
:the last day, ;was uncommonly animated and interest-
iel.". . The friends of the measure had, it is supposed,
get,dteOreen Saturday evening and Monday 'flor-
ins!, to say nothng, but take a silent vote, except a
. few. observations by way of explanation—nOthing was
said be the friends of the Bill, during a session of
twelve bons on Monday. The time was taken up by
itscepooentS the. measure is:adopted in pursifance
of a recommendation from the President, professedly
given in consequence of recent communications from
14n Armstrong, our Minister at Paris.. Mr. A. has
give information, that Bonaparte is determined to
clothe his decree against neutral commerce without
:Al exception in our favour. The letter of Armstrong,
lnwever, was not communicated to us, though repeat-
, ally called for, and though different Gentlemen ex-
pressed a strong jealousy that there was something in
that letter besides notice of Bonaparte's determination
tb enforce his decree.
Nicholas, of Virginia, upon being pressed, said, an
embargo would be a powerful means to bring Great-
Britain and France to terms. Smilie said, that France
was contending for the rights of neutrals, and that
thei?trght to assist her in securing the freedom of the
M!s;',
~heie'tsiio Gentlensen. ire .suptioVd to know
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more about executive secrets. than most others. Not-
sithstaldirig in attempt was .pmeliously. made to dis-
guise the real- object, pis =opponents suspected that
Great Britain' teas the only, power aimed at. You
har.e seen in the. Papers that Bonaparte has said,
"There shall do long°, be any neutrals. Neutral
ports shall be shut against British.cominerce." What
iealoosy map then be reasonably. indulged? for positive
. proof we hait'itet,. and cannot obtain. Is it not pro-
bable that' an intirnaf has- iseers received through
kinsti4ig, Of in some other 'way, that our ports
mart be shut against the Dritidi ? Or is it not the
plan for us to make common cause with the august
Emperor, 'whose sympathies and ours are the same ?
When the measure was first suggested in the House,
Mr. Randolph approved it ; but when he perceived
the motive, the object, and the probable consequences
of the measure, he instantly and magnanimously
retrenched his first opinion, and opposed the Bill as
calculited to seal the death-warrant of our liberties.—
His last speech, delivered about ten o'clock on Mon-
day night, and the last that was delivered on the sub-
ject, was one of the most solemn, dignified, and im-
pressive speeches which I ever heard. But such was
the predetermination, such the inflexible obstinacy of
the majority, that argument and reason were useless.
An embargo was deprecated, as in all probability ,1
it would lead to immediate war with Great Britain il
that it was idle to suppose she would not perceive the
design, notwithstanding the fliwsy veil thrown over
it. It was admitted, that if the melaacholy crisis
had arrived, in which war was inevitable, Fuel) a

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Measure might be proper. But it was really hoped,
that the day of Conciliation hid not passed ; that it
was extremely' to be regretted, . that any obstacle
Shetald he throWi in the way to a riegociation with
the EnVoy daily expected here. I hope, Sir, that Wit
may be disappointed in our expectations, but the
prospect ii gloomy.
WAsltiNatoN, DEC. 24. -
You have before this time, received information of
the embargo ; the law has gone into operation, add
the measure has already been in some degree felt by,
the people. Whether the policy that dictated this
law be wise Or foolish, I presume not to determine.—
It is now a laW of the land—it must be obeyed, and
resistance will be vain. Let the Measure be felt foi
a few months—let the merchant lay up his ships in
his docks—let the farmer and planter destroy their su-
perfluois produce. After a little experience they can
judgb by thi eteet of the policy of the measure they
will ascertain its Operations, and, how they can subsist
'under it ; for now that the kaw is Without limit, it is
intended to be in force until Great Britain shall be
iirostrate at our feet. Such is the lAnguage of the
friends of the Mraittre—they declared in secret session
that the law woeld never be relinquished till Great
.Britain and France had given us complete satisfaction:
Hovi long it will take to produce this effect, I also
not rnatheinitieian enough to calculate.
Verb little was said in secret session by the friends
of the embargia , They perhaps supposed the ex- ,
pediency of the measure so manifest that it required
no argument or illtistration ; or they supposed that
no logic or eloquence COtild render it plausible. Which
of these alternatives best eiPlain their conanct I leave
to your sagacity to discover. On Monday the House
was twelve hours in constant Se;'sibn ; during all that
time not a single friend of the bill rose to vindicate
the measure. Whenever an opponeritclosedhis speech,
loud calls for the question were vociferated from
every part of the house ; when they were tpelking,
Isere was such noise and confusion ; such talking,
1 and coughing, and hemming, that little or nothing
,could be heard. In this manner was the debate con.
`duted upon a measure of as much importance as any
that has engaged the attention of Congress since the
organization of the Government.
The minority regarded the measure as inadequate
and destructive; injuring foreign power very little; in
comparison with the extreme and irreparable injury
to ourselves : they denounced it, as a measure that
originated in a mandate from France. lam assured
that most, if not all those who opposed it, expressed
their entire belief thatit proceeded from Bonaparte, and
was intended to co-operate with his scheme of destroy-
ing British commerce.—" I will oaks my fift* flaw it,"
said Mi. Masters, " the hand of Napkin; is in Mir Aisle
Mr. Randolph and Mr. Elliot considered the inde-
pendence of the nation. gone the moment the bill pas-
sed : they saw the origin and object of the measure ;
and expressed their apprehensions that the time was
fast coming when we were to be added to Holland,
Naples, Westphalia, &c. to whom Bonaparte has given
kings. Who knows, said Mr. R. but that at this mo-
ment the Prince Regent of the future King of Ame-
rica, who is now " puling in his nurse's arms," may be
within these very walls.
Attempts were made to obtain amendments to the
bill ; among others to limit its operation to sixty days;
but they were repeatedly negatived by a silent majo-
rity. As your port is generally embargoed about
this season of the year by the ice, you may not, per-
haps, feel the effects of this measure so soon as the
people of other cities.
Among other strangers of distinction now inWash-
ington, are Mr. Munroe and General Wilkinson.—
Mr. Munroe yesterday was some time in the House
of Representatives.
SATURDAY, Dec. 26.—1 t has been currently re-
ported here to-day, that the Statira frigate, with
Mr. Rose on board, has been captured by the French
ship Le Patriot, which lately left Hampton Roads.
I have not been able to trace this repeat to its source,
and cannot therefore say whether it is founded in fact,
or intended as a quiz. Should it be a fact, it may
have an important bearing on our political situation.
—The embargo, says the National Intelligencer, was in-
tended for a weapon to be wielded by the Executive
at the approaching negotiation. If the negotiator is
captured, and the negotiation prevented, either the
capture or the embargo must be regarded as an event
quite mai-a-propos.
SATURDAY EVENING, DEC. 26.—A son of Gover'
nor Hull's arrived here to-day with important intelli-
gence from the Michigan territory. He states, that
2000 Indians evidently with hostile views, had assem-
bled in the neighbourhood of Detroit. It is supposed
they have been instigated by the British, to make war
upon our infant settlements, and 600 men are or-
dered out from the state of Ohio, to meet them.
It seems now to be the opinion of our best informed
and most judicious men, that we are in truth likely
to be plunged into a war with Great Britain, unpre-
pared as we are. The reason for a change of opinion
on this subject appears to be, the information coming
from an authentic source, that our Government have
peremptorily refused to accept any atonement at
omth
be offered for the assault upon the Chesapeake, rto
listen to any overtures that may be made by Great Bri-
tain, unless she will previously renounce the right of
searching neutral ships for her own deserters, and other
seamen. As she cannot and will not relinquish. sisal
right, and our Government seem reiolviko inktroli

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the claim;duce appears fa lie tr iltailafiveLmat
nest pUnie—st igtievous eaiiinity it wilt be--ashilt
dreadful weight of responsibility rest: Os! 'the
Ctriernment and the LegisLitare, if they 'bring**
upon ir.country fiir the paltry purpose of protaitt-
ing iltitiSh deserters" .

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416.1. eit dENERAL;

NINTiI DAY.
This morning aftei the-Court met, Brigadier Ge,
neral CaAwrunn was again called in by his own re-
quest to give ibine explanatiods of his eviOnce : his
explanation liistkd halt an hour, when Brigadier Ge-
neral Lumr.zy was called,
.and allowed to sit down
during his evidenCe. He accordingly began his nar-
rative of the operitiods so far as he was concerned,.,
and continued giving his evidence when our express
Came slimy at twelve o'clock. The Court, notwith-
standing the unfavonrible state of the weather, was
much cro*ded. _
The Penelope frigate, Captain DICK, will sail with
Sir GEORGE Panvorr, Bart. arid suite, for Halifax,
the moment the wind is fair. The 7th, Bth, 13th, and
23d regiments, which are embarked in transports,
commanded by Captain Withers, sail at the same
time. The Banterer, Captain SuIPPARD, accompa-
nies them. The last part of the 13th regiment, com-
manded by the Hon. Colonel CoLviLL, arrived at
Portsmouth ori Friday night, from Plymouth.
Saturday a bag of letters reached the Post-office
from the Cape of Good Hope ; they are to the latter
end of October, and announce the arrival there of the
Monarch and Harbinger transports, with the Bth re-
giment on board from Monte Video, on the 20th Oct.
under convoy of the Staunch gun-brig. The Flora
and Fox transports ran foul of each other at sea, on
the 24th October, and sustained considerable damage
—the Monarch was in a very bad state when she
reached the Cape. A violent gale prevailed at the
Cape on the 20th, when most of the ships in the Bay
drove from their anchors, but the Arierican brig Juno
was the only vessel stranded. The Warley lost three

anchors.
Horsham barracks are at present, occupied by the
Leltester, Monmouth, and Brecknock regiments of
Militia.
Friday the South Hants Militia marched from
Shoreham to Lewes barracks, where it is expected
they will remain till the barracks at Shoreham un.
dergo some repairs.
Sunday se'nnight several wounded soldiers were
landed at Southampton, who lately arrived from
Buenos Ayros. The men, though mutilated, appeared
to bear the fate of war with chearfulness.
Wednesday 250 men from the 2d battalion of the
Bth regiment of foot, marched through Southam tos
on their route from Chester to join the Ist
bat
now embarked at Portsmouth for America.
On Thursday, 64 Volunteers from the Irish Militia
for the 11th Regiment of Foot, arrived at Romay,
on their route from Ireland to the Isle of Wight. In
the evening a quarrel ensued between some of the sol-
diers quartered at the sign of the Lamb, and several
telrosZ.s flrcgleuen neighbourhoodlgtheause, which proceeded
n to
-and the inhabitants ran outwith pitch weeifoirets,ypokers,and
whatever other instruments they could find. The affray
at length grew so serious that the Magistrates thought
it advisable to call out the Volunteers, who readily
assembled, paraded the streets, and took several of
the most active into custody ; whom they left till
Saturday morning. An investigation then took place,
when it appeared that many of the soldiers and towns.
people were dangerously wounded in the affray.—
However, a compromise took place betwixt the Ma-
gistrates and the Officer commanding, when both par-
ties were released from. custody, and the soldiers were
marched to Southampton, where they embarked im-
mediately for the Isle of Wight.

Monday Sarah Smith, the Sussex Sleeping Sylvan,
otherwise called the Sleeping Bectorty, again fell under 1
the influence of Morpheus, at a public house at
Horsham, from whence she was removed to the poor
house, where she yet remains, as a corpse. An ope-
ration has been suggested by eminent gentlemen of
the faculty, but which, the unfortunate young woman
has hitherto positively refused to undergo.
Captain Rooms, of the Windsor Castle Packet,
has been for some days at Birmingham, on an invi-
tation from some of the most respectable manufac- 1
turers, and who, for his gallant conduct, voted him
an elegant Sword. Certainly, when we think of the
force which he had to encounter, it is like a dream.
He is a young man, only in his 25th year, of most
unassuming manners and conversation. His Portrait
is taking by an eminent artist, by order of the Post-
Master General.
On Saturday a very numerous meeting of a Corn- 1
mittee of the Privy Council took place at the Cockpit,
Whitehall, to resume the subject which has often been
before the Right Honourable Board, respecting the
right of Sir HOME POPHAM sharing as a Flag Officer
in the rich prizes taken at the first capture of BUMPS
Ayres, which is strongly opposed by several distin-
guished Officers, in consequence of Sir Homes Com-
mission, appointing him Commander, being antedated.
There were present—
Tee Lord Chancellor, Earl Camden, Lords Hawkesbury and
Castlereagh, Mr. Pert:eve), tbe Master of the Rolls, the Attorney
and Solicitor Generals, Sir Even Nepean, &e.
The Committee did not come to any decision, but
are expected to meet again in a few days, when it is
supposed the question will finally be determined.
DONIOALL ELECTlON.—Fourteenth Day;—State of

the Poll :
For Colonel Mootioutery load
General Hart
Msjority 179
The diamond buttons which the Russian Aalleoss:-
dor, Count Rasuntowskirwore on his coat at the mar-
riage ceremony of the Emperor of Austria, was va-
lued at three millions of roubles.
Forty privateers are stated to have been fitted out
in the province of Sleswick alone, to cruize against
the English, and houses of rendezvous were opened
at Hamburgh, Altona, Hnsum, Toning's, Kiel,
&c. to which seamen were invited by strong appeals
at once to their avarice and tesentment.

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• • • LIVERPOOL, FEBRUARY 6.
.•••, Arrived the Neptune. 8A1C1..1, fro#i Savanfrair
440 on the 7dt, ult. id .coriiequence of a private
rexpr4ss received iliat‘morning; itatim, that the Mail
Of that evening WOOld.bring the order of Congress
fir hying the Einbirgii The Liverpool paiket;
• PAnsON4 for Liverpobl, sailed on the 2d. The
.Ertiliargo took place at Chirleston on the sth.
PALMOUTH, FEB. 5. •
Arrived his Majesty's brig Primrose, froin Ply-
Mouth. gilled yesterday evening the Hiimber armed
ship, with a convoy for the Downs ; Carnation brig -
of war, with dispatches for Halifax ; Champion fri-
gate; Capelin schooner, Entreprenante and King
George cutters, on a cruize off Brest. Remain his
Majesty's ships Antelope and Millbrook, with a fleet
of transports, which will sail immediately on the ap-
pearance of the rest from Portsmouth. The Wel.
singhant packet with mails for Malta, Messina, Ste.
will sail to-morrow morning if the wind is fair. A
Sicillian Messenger arrived this morning 'to take his
passage in her.
Dispatches Of importance, from the French ()overt.
ment to the Commanding Officers of the Islands of
Gaudaloupe and Martinique, were found a few days
since, in possession of a Frenchman of the Bale of
Born, who was a passenger in the American schooner
Hope, Captain Jorres, from Bourdeaux bound to New
York, detained by the Mars privateer, and sent into
thii port. :These dispatches were sent to London foe
the inspection of his Majesty's Ministers ; and last
night a Messenger arrived here from the Secretary
of State'S Office, whO took Mr. BOYER into custody,
and with his papers went off early this morning for.
London. This is the third American vessel which
has been sent in here, within a short space of time, •
on board of which French Government dispatches
were found.—Wind W.
PLYMOUTH, FEBRUARY 6.
Came in the Fortunee, of 40 guns, from Cork ;
Seine, of 40, from a cruize ; Matilda, Capt. KARR,
from Monte Video, with tallow, hides, &c. ; Ceres*
HAASLOP, from Lisbon, for Bremen, with fruit, de-
tained by the Plantagenet, of 74 guns : she left the
squadron under the command of Sir SYDNEY SMITH,.
consisting of twelve sail of the line, cruizing off the
Tagus.

PORTSMOUTH. FEB. S.
The General Con claux French privateer is sent in-
to this port by the Boadicea, Capt. MAITLAND ; and
this morning the Resistance, Capt. ADAM, sent in a
French privateer which she captured off Havre.
Fan. 7.•—Nothing arrived or sailed this day.
DEAL, FEBRUARY 7.
Sailed this morning his Majesty's ship Sultan,
with the East Indiamen, &c. for Portsmouth, but
put back again, and remain in the Downs with the
ships as per last, and several other outward-bound
vessels.—Wind

YARMOUTH, FEBRUARY 7.
Yesterday arrived the Goliah, of 74 guns, Captain
PUGET, from a cruise off the Dutch coast; also ar-
rived the. Cruiser and Sappho sloops of war, Acute
and Forward gun brigs. This morning sailed
Dutch cartel with prisoners for Holland. Remain
the }toads the Roebuck, Admiral DOUGLAS ;
Admiral Russzcz ; Goliah, of 74 guns, Vestal and
Amiable frigates, Rosamond, Cruiser, Forrester, and
Sappho sloops of war, Acute and Forward gun brigs.
The Goliah is under sailing orders for Plymouth.—
Wind W. and by N.

Extract of a letter which we received by the Duke
of Kent packet.
" Port Royal, Jamaica, Dec. 14, 1807.
" Aug. yo.—Sailed with the convoy for England, his Majesty's
ship Chichester, Capt. Tait. Arrived from Barbadoes, with the
London convoy, his Majesty's ship Wolverine, Capt. Collier ,
returns to her station again this day. The Ulysses, 44, Capt.
sham; and the Recruit, Hon. Capt. Lake, remain on the Barba-
does station.
" Dec. 7.--Arrived his Majesty's sloop Savage, Capt. Maurice•
with the fast sailing Spanish privateer Don Quixote, pierced for 7
gunsovlth only eight on board, and 99 men, which she took
Carthagessa. Sbe had taken the brig Thorn, of 12 guns, of
maks. The capture of this privateer has given great satisfaction,
as from her fast sailing she would have done great mischief to '"

trade.
" Dec. 10.—Salled on a cruise his Majesty's ship Dadalus,
Captain Warren.
" Dec. 12.—Arrived from Halifax his Majesty's sloop Colum-
bine, Capt. BraLbsw, having on board Major General Skerrett.
" Dec. 13.—Sailed on a cruise his Majesty's sloop Peterell,
Captain Lamborn. . •
" Dec. 14..—Sailed, with the packet, his Majesty's ship .
Capt. Fyffe ; and Haddock schooner, Lieut. Foley, on a =is*
" Dtsrns.—Lieut. Matthews, of his Majesty's ship Hunter.
, Lieut. Read, Royal Marines, of his Majesty's ship D
Ma,-
iedalus.—Mr.
sae (ibis Majesty's ship Adamant.
" ATToi wr ma wrs.--Capt. Malbon, to the Adamant; Capt.
Pefis,to the Hebe ; Capt. Douglas, to the Reindeer ; Capt. Bell,
tied* Shark : Mr. Jeans, Midshipman, of the Veteran, to be
limemisim of the Hunter.
C Pur
Maude, Purser of his Majesty's ship Chichester ;
ls Vs am happy to Lad by the Savage, that the report of the
Wending, Capt. Hall, being lost, is without foodation.“.
COW EXCUANOR, MARK-LANE, Fora. 11.-.—The fresh
stair
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Wheatfatctota is considerable,
dsaluelsl
afterwards. Fine Barley is dearer—Mak, with Peas
and Beans of both sorts, continue at little fluctuation
—The supply of Oats is short, and that trade is
quoted at rather higher price—Sales of Flour on the
terms of but *lnk.
csestates CIIIIIINCT AI UNDIM:
Wheat, 465. Ps. 'its. Beans (old) 565. 62a. Od.
Fine ditto, 725. 78s. Tick ditto (old) 52a. 58s. Od.
Rye (New) 465. Mts. Oats, sta. 345. 383.
Barley, 41s. 475. Poland ditto, 40s. 41s. Od.
Malt 645.7*'. Potatoe ditto 00$. 4.1 e.
Mite Pees (billets) 1541. 1645. Rape Seed, 501. SIL Os.
(key ditto 6oe. 655.
Else Flour Ps. Ps..—Seconds 5Ss. Sas.

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