Star.
London, England, 1808-08-26 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

GENOA, AUGUST 3.
His Majesty the Emperor and King, having by a
decree of the 19th ult. conferred upon Prince Cam•
bacerez, Arch• Chancellor of the Empire, the title of
the Duke of Parma ; and on Prince Le Brun, Arch-
Treasurer, that of Duke of Placenza ; the Court of
Appeal, at its sitting of the 25th, published and re-
gistered the said constitutional act, and the minute
of the appropriation of the estates, constituting the
said duchies.

VIENNA, JULY so.
The Court Gazette of this date contains the fol-
lowing article from Turkey :
" On the 17th ult. the Captain Pacha, Seid Aly
Pacha, received the most pressing orders to get the
Grand Fleet completely ready for sea in three days ;
and fast-sailing cutters were dispatched in all direc-
tions to procure the necessary supplies of provisions
and ammunition, and particularly of ropes and cor-
dage. The cause of this order was reported to be
the re-appearance in the Archipelago, and even at
the mouth of the Dardanelles, of a division of the
English fleet in the Mediterranean, under the com-
mand of Admiral Collingwood. We are confidently
assured, that the Turkish fleet, consisting of eleven
sail of the line, seven frigates, and five vessels of in.
ferior rate, actually got under sail on the 27th of June.
" The army of the Grand Vizier, in the provinces
of Bulgaria and Romelia, lately received consider.
able reinforcements, particularly of Asiatic troops.
Mustapha Bairacktar, after a long and obstinate quar-
rel with the Grand Vizier, has at length been recon-
ciled to him, and is, at present, at the head-quarters
in Adrianople, where he is treated with considerable
distinction. The Russian Major Brevitz has also ar-
rived at the Grand Vizier's camp, on a mission from
Field Marshal Prince Prosorowski, Commander in .
Chief of the Russian armies of the provinces of Wal-
lachia and Moldavia. There have been no further
movements among the Russian troops : they still
remain in the camps which they occupied in the be-
ginning of May, on both sides of the Danube; but
on the other hand there have been some disturbances
in Servia, and even in Bosnia, which however have
been suppressed without any serious consequences, by
the firmness of GoPernor Chosrow Pacha.
"All was tranquil in Egypt; and the several treaties
concluded by the most powerful of the Beys with the
Caimacan of the Porte, Mahomed Aly, were still in
force. It still continued to be believed, whetl.e- with
or without cause, that an attack upon Alexandria
was to be apprehended, from the great force which the
English hare in the Mediterranean.
" The alarming symptoms of the plague, which
had been discovered at Smyrna, and caused great ob-
structions to the trade with that place, have entirely
disappeared."
It is still rumotred that matters of great importance
will be discussed in the Hungarian Diet, which is to
open its Session on the 28th of August. The Aus-
-trian Court intends to lay before them a plan for the
general defence of the kingdom, by means of a well.
organized Militia and National Guard, to be called
into actual service in times of war.
• On the Bth inst. an order was issued at Semlin for
•the-immediate departure of all the Turkish inhabit.
wits 'whether merchants or of any other description.
The cause of this injunction is not publicly known.
Is is reported that on the 11th inst. the ServianCom.
Blander, Milo:, kit Belgrade with the greater part a
the military force.

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EAST INDIES.

MADRAS, FEBRUARY 11.
By a private letter from Caringa, of ,he 25th ult.
we are informed, that the ship Palmer, Capt. SIGNET,
Was captured the 22d, in sight of that port, by a
Fr;,nch privateer, commanded by Mons. David. The
Frenchman having dismantled the Palmer, gave her
back to Capt. SIGNET, but unfortunately on endea-
vouring to get into the harbour she grounded on the
Point. Previous to the capture of the Palmer, she
received a broadside and a volley of small arms from
the privateer, which killed three men.
Mons. David likewise cut out of Caringa Road
the Snow Sir Tiromns STRANGE, and the Pegue gal-
ley, both of which vessels he returned their respective
crews.

The privateer that Mons. David commands is the
late brig Martha; she is manned \%ith only five Eu-
ropeans, and IS Caffres, and carries eight 6-pound
carronades.

MADRAS GAZETTE, FEBRUARY is.
The following dispatch from his Excellency Rear-
Admiral Sir Edward Pellew, Bart. Commander-in

Chief of his Majesty's ships and vessels serving in the
East Indies, was this day received by the Hon. the
Governor in Council :
To the Honourable W. Petrie, Governor in
Council, Fort St. George.
Hoxoun.AßLE SIR—I have the honour to transmit
to you a statement of our proceedings in this quar-
ter, by which you will be informed, that the whole of
the men of war remaining to' the Powers of Holland
in the East Indies have been finally destroyed. -
I cannot refuse to myself the pleasure of expressing
my satisfaction, that, in the execution of this service,
the most cordial unchrstanding has reigned between
the naval and military forces employed under the
joint command of myself and Lieutenant-Colonel
Lockhart ; and that, in your selection of that valu-
able officer to co-operate with me on this occasion, 1
consider myself much indebted to you, Sir, in Conn-

cil. It is my intention to proceed to-morrow on our
return to Madras, part of the squadron making the
passage through the Straits of Balla, and the rest un- ;
my tia:; by the way of Malacca.
I have the honour to be, Honourable Sir,
Your very obedient Servant,
(Signed) ED. PELLEW.
Muksty% Ship Culloden, off Griesse,
15th of Datmber, 1808.
Having sailed from Malacca on the 20th ult. we
zrrived with the squadron named in the margin,* off
Po nt Panka, at the eastern extremity of Java) on the
Sth inst. with the troops embarked on board them.—
The Fox reconnoitred Batavia on the passage, where
ab ig only was lying in the roads. The shoal water
prevented the line of battle ships from proceeding be-
yo d Sedaye, about ten miles up the harbour on the
right, from whence, in conjunction with Lieutenant-
Col onel Lockhart, commanding the troops on hoard,
the Commander-in-Chief sent a commission, under a
flag of truce, consisting of Captain Fleetwood Pam
of his Majesty's ship Powerful, Captain Bir Charles
Bardett of his Majesty's 30th regiment, and Mr.
L cker, Secretary to the Commander-in-Chief, to
treat with the Commandant of the Dutch naval force,
for the surrender of the Dutch men of war under his
con mand, lying at Griessee, in a dismantled state.--
A copy of their proposals follows.
On their arrival at Griessee, Mr. Cowell, the Dutch
Commodore, thought fit to detain the boat, and place
them in arrest, contrary to the established rights of
nations, sending information to that purport by one
of his officers, and absolutely refusing to accept any
conditions for the sun ender of the ships.
The following morning, having lightened the Cul-
loden and Powerful, the whole of the ships proceeded
up to Griessee, cannonading a battery of twelve nine
and 18-pounders at Sambelangan, on the island of'
Madura, on the left, the fire from which with hot shot
hulled several of the ships, but providentially struck
no person on board them, and was soon silenced.—
The battery of Griessee fired a few shot ulso, with-
out effect.

The Gentlemen of the Commission and the boat's
crew, by order of the Commodore, on the approach'
of the British ships, were removed to Sourabaya,
about 15 miles higher up the harbour, and they hav-
ing r.'presented to the Governor and Council of that
settlement, to which Griessee is subordinate, the un-
justifiable conduct of the Dutch Commodore, they
were released the following day, and, accompanied by
a deputation of three of their Members, are on their
return to express the concern of that Government,
(disclaiming all concurrence in this violent measure)
and to receive the terms upon which a final arrange-
ment should be made.

The affair being thus settled without further diffi-
culty, the men of war named in the margin,t were
burnt on the evening of the II th inst, they having
been scuttled previous to the Dutch Commodore's
desertion of Griessee. The two former were very
fine ships, but by great neglect were considerably
wantii.g in repair. The Kortemtar had long since
been cut down and employed as a sheer-hulk, no other
vessel of war was found in the harbour.

The grenadier company of his Majesty's 30th regi-
ment took possession of Griessee, and with a party of
artillery has effectually destroyed the guns, military-
stores, &c. in the garrison ; the naval stores being de-
stroyed by a division of seamen landed from the squa-
dron ; the battery of Sambelangan, has, agreeably to
the terms of the treaty, been destroyed by the Dutch,
and since inspected by the Commanding Othcor of
Artillery. _ _

This service has completed the entire destruction
of the naval force of Holland In the East Indies, the
previous successes of his Majesty's ships having de-
prived them of every other ship of war in their service
on th's station.
The defenceless state of the ships now destroyed,
which lay on shore alongside the-hulk, their guns
being Untied, and the batteries being unequal to op.
pose the fire of the squadron, did not afford a suffi-
cient opportunity to exercise the united naval and mi-
litary forces employed on this service, but the diflricul-
• Culloden, 74, Rear Admiral Sir Edward Renew, Captain
George Bell ; Powerful,. 74, Capt. Fleetwood Yellow (Acting) ;
Caroline, 36, Capt. Henry Hart ; Fox, 82, Hon. Capt. Cochrane ;
Victor, 19, Capt. Thomas Groube ; Samarang, 18, Capt. Richard
Buck ; Seallower, 14, Lieut. W, F, Owen ; laseur, 12, Lieut. 'l'.
Langhorne.
t Worcester transport; Revolude, 70; Pluto, 70; Kortcnaar,
Sheer Hulk, 68 ; Runoff, Company's ship of 1000 tans, pierced
icor 40 gum

ties which have been surmounted in bringinz up the
ships to Griessee, have called forth that active zeal
and perseverance which is highly creditable to the ex-
ertions of the .respective Captains and Commanders,
and every person on board.

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The Commander-in-Chief feels himself greatly in-
debted to Lieutenant-Colonel Lockhart, for the or.
dial co-operation with which he has been uniformly
actuated in this undertaking, and for the valuable as-
sistance received from the officers and troops under
his command ; he has only to regret that the circum-
stances under which the force has been employed cud
not reward them by an opportunity of distinguishing
themselves on shore, with their accustomed ardour
and intrepidity.

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sentiment on the part of the Court of St. Petersburgb,
a change for which the Nobles were prepared, by iie
privations they were made to endure, and the dimi-
nution of income experienced by them in consequence
of the exclusion of the British trade, and adopting the
French system against the Americans.
That the Powers of Europe will range themselves
differently from,their present relations, in the event of
a new war, cannot be doubted from present circum-
stances ; nor will NAPoLzoN venture to pursue the
system he has for some time followed—a system
which has added much to his disposable force, but
which, after the example which the Spanish troops
have given, threatens the subversion of his empire if
he now continue to pursue it.
It has been his practice, as was also the system
pursued by the Romans, to remove the native mill-
i tart' of the conquered countries (no matter whether
subjugated by force or by fraud) to other territories;
I where, having no claims of kindred, they might be-
come more passive, as military automata, in coercing
theinhabitants and executing his oppressive mandates.