Star.
London, England, 1807-12-31 00:00:00

RUSSIA.

We learn from a gentleman, who arrived a few
days ago from Peterfburgh, that the war with Eng-
land is extremely unpopular in Raffia, and that if
meafures of hoaility *are perfifted in, the Govern-
ment will have great difficulty in preferving the
internal tranquillity of the empire, without the aid
of a French force. The. EMperor is not fuppofed
to entertain any animofity againft Great Britain,
but his preterit policy is dictated to him by a power
whole mandates he does not dare to difobey. There
is no doubt whatever, that the rupture with this
country was ftipulated in the Treaty of Tillit, and
the execution of this article was pollponed, under
various pretences, till at laft a menace from General
Savaity, that the French army would be imme-
diately ordered to march upon St. Peterfburgh,
alarmed tV Court litho fubmiffion.
There % hill a party at Court attached to the
Englilh formation, to which belong the family of
the STILOGONOF FS, M. CtaRTARIOSKI, and M. No.
VOSILZOFF. The principal Fupporters of the French
intereft are Prince KURAKIII6 and Counts Roman-
aow and ToLsrov. The Princefs NARISKIW, who
has been for a confiderable time the favourite of
the Emperor, is known likewife to have a decided
French bias. All the merchants, and the great mats
of the people, are on our fide, as the following
anecdote molt unequivocally evinces :—Count Tot.-
trroy, before departing on his enxbaffay to Paris, let
off to vilit his eflates, which are fituated in the neigh-
bourhood of Mofcow, but received an intimation on
the road from the Governor of that city, advifing
him not to proceed farther on his journey, as he
could not anfwer far his perfonal fafety, to loch a
degree were the populace in that part of the country
incenfed againf thole whom they fuppofed to be fa-
vourable to the interefts and views of France.

The Meffenger who came over in the Flag of
Truce, mentioned in the STAR of yefterday, has ar•
rived in town. He is a Spanifh Mellinger.

Yeller 'ay mlrning becoming very fine, his MA.
yesTv, Princeffes AUGUSTA, SOPHIA, and AMELIA,
accompanied by Lady ELT, Count MUNSTER, Gene-
rals CARTWRIGHT and MARRIINGHAM, Colonels Tay;
LON and Damow, at eleven o'clock took a ride
round the Great Park, and returned at half pail
twelve.

It was yefterday fait!, in ►he City, that the Captain
of an American wail, arrived at Plymouth, repotted
that he had, a few days back, fallen in with fix
French frigates, with troops on board, (leering to
the Weft ward.

Monday fennight, the 34th Regiment matched
into Cork from Bandon, and next day proceeded to
Monkllown, to embark for foreign fervice.
Monday too recruits for the Batt Kent Militia,
forming the tit diVifion, from Canterbury, marched
from thence, on their route to j ,in the regiment at
the headquarters at Alton, in Hants.
To the account we forMerly gave of the troops
arrived at Cork, fruits Monte Video, we ought to
I have added, four troops of the 6.11 Dragoon Guards,l
under the command of Major HIGGiNs, and the 7111
Font, under Major TOLLY.
Lord Vilcount CREMORNE has given his ufual
Chrillmar Box to thirty of the oldell Trills Chairmen in
London. His Lord(hip is now in the 82d year of
his age, and for about one half of his lam-Whip':
long lilt, he has given a fimilar donation to the fame
deicripti:m of people. The gift is four pounds of
beef, a ball-peck loaf, two bulliels of coals, and two
(billings in money.
Maxi-Haw Lyon, the American Member of Con.
grels, who made the Ilatement refpeding fome !lock
in the American fonds belonging to Lord ERSKINE
having been I Id, and who moved for the ftcprelita•
tion of all debts due to Britith fubjeets, is a native of
Ireland, from whence he Blipped himfelf f,r the
ITtited States, fubjed to be fold by the Captain, rn
his arrival in Americ,:, for the payment of his pal
cage. He was accordingly f .Id for a pair of bulls
in tire firfi infiance, anti afterwards transferred, to
a valtrble clofideration, to a hlockfmith in the vi
lage of Bethlcm, Connedicut. By kb or he fina'l
difci arged the debt contrasted fin hi. pArage. He
after wards removed to Vermont, where he V, as im.
prifore i for a libel, and fubfecren.ly Kentu ky.
where he was eiefled a Member of Coop efs, in which
Affetral:ly he diflingtriffied himfcif by fpicing in tht
face of one of the Members.

NAUTICAL INTZIeItIGENCE.
•
TheA;.axattotta frigittefeemmod.we to the fleet
from the Leeiria'rclritinisris.iiiiiiidift rtitimOoth.
-••- • • , •
The (hips from Surinam had not reached Tortola
when t'he conv7 find.

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PENZANCE, DE: EMBER 2S.
Saturday arrived a Lubecker and anchored
Cwaya's Lake. on enviry; found the was from
Bilboa, laden with wool, Cleared for Lubeck, but is
intended for Brißol. She is attained by the Coo-resr
gun brig, and yefferday, the weather proving mo
Berate, the failed for Plymouth% Aifo the Mau, of
Bidiford, failed for Poole ; the William and the
Mayflower, for Portfthouth ; the Louifa, for Chi
cheller ; and the Union, for Penryn. All this day
the weather has been very tempeßuous from S.W.
which mull affeft the velTels which failed yefterday,
unlefs they put in at rome fate harbour lall night.

• PORTSMOUTH, DEC. jo .
' Arrived die-lit arrecrafa.sod . &vat nwova%. 'yrs ..a
cruise. His bidijeity'sAtipm.Vtootra anelituav tt.us.
with about 3:o fail f trinfports, which arrive,' yef.
terday from the Mediterraitt:an, are put under vim-
rAntipc.—Vili.l(.l S. W. •
The fleet which failed from Portfmouthrmtloe t 8 h
t.,r the Weil lodic% were left, •ail well, on the
2)d, in la.. 47. to. long. 9 "55. by the LavasitA hi.
Bate.: arrived at T•ltbAy. • 1 :1 .• 1.4 c.:l I
7pi ,ro TAn 004 .9.11 ft fraPolio ador ingn,
b
is arrived at $u nay IChtoMMjoisiocAliwg off a pt iv 4-

leer. .•ot-t- < 2:: •
The Prize thip,,;Wit, kozps.tstigtF Viilap, is 191 t,
fuppofed on the Broil WO.
The K r ie, PATiI atfd the lledtora.trr—''
u 4l: from
Jamaica ;
Mentor, ‘usais,
from M.
from Bour
lots of .
Londow

ith tbc
4 frolift),

Yenet
EAR Ini

tiii,ed,
Euphran ...as and
Bengal; ? Madras,
and Bengal; RIO Alexander, for Madeira and y—ola br afloat
the aph paltry, and fail front Ora;reCena the hyth Pobreary.
Wiet,tfor Madras and.Bensal, and. Huddart, for Bombay -
fiti)C afloat the 1 tth Febcoary, and fall fram Gravefraid the EL th
larch.

.

Covs•tit•Gaanse TnEvraa —Mrs. H. J HNI:T.%NI
after an abfence of two feafons, made her appearance
at this Theatre, !aft night, in the part r f Beatrice,
in " Much Ado About Nothing" The extraordinary
circumilances under which the came fotward, thought
not n:a ter of general notoriety. attraaed a full
firth. When the firs prefented h:rfelf to the view
of the audience, confief able marks of difapproba-
Inn hula upon her from every part of the Theatre..
This her fupporters, who were nnmerr u, and oh.
vioufly well flailed in the tactics of a playholife war,
endeavoured to difpel by continued and vehement •
applaufe. During the contention, which hafted a •
confiderable time, the Lady appeared ftrongly
feted. She made two or three effor sto fivoon, but
they ended in ntahing. At lasi, with a ki::d-of con•
vulfive motion, fire rallied forward to the front of the
Stage, and, with upffted 'ranch, made a fluent ap-
peal to the audience. The contention ceafed ; and
profound filence, under the expeaation that fhe was
about to offer fomething in the way of exctif: or juil.
tification, was immedirety ree.ored. Nothing
the kind--the endeavoured to proceed with her part,
and the clamour was renewei. IsTrq- watt order re-
ftored until Mr. Law's presented himfelf as Benedict,
whofe reception was of the 1110,i marked and entliu-
fiaftic kind.—Mrs. H. Jones-ma c uld n-.t have
chofen a more unfortunate chatailer for her debut.,
Profeffionally the is unequal to it. -Her Beatrice was
a vulgar eshibitioc, with hardly any point, and little
or no difcrimination. Betters, the text abounded,
with paffages which contained the fevereft ceniu-e
upon her fuppofed indifcretions ; we fay 1;004
upon the humane principle of our law, which pre,
fumes every peril n innocent until he is proved to be
guilty. Theft were eagerly feized kiher oppofert
among the audience, and applied ',Mr wit} a ma-
lignant felicity. One of the nroft appotite of there
paffages, " I never could endure a man with a beard
fa his face,' was fpoken by Zeatrice—;t was followed
by a confiaerable and continued hi:*•. Such was the
Rate of the Theatre during the brit three atii of the
Play s after which the Performance proceeded with•,
out entertnp:ion. The new Pantomime followed,
and fears so gain Rtength and pc pularity in every
reprefent.,tion.—The Pateca of WALAS was in his
private box during the performance. -
DRURY LAHR THRATRI.—The audience at this
Theatre wet e on Tuefday eveni g amufed by a pugi-
liftic conteft between Captain B—, of the Navy,
and Mr. C—, a Merchant in the City, in confe-
quence r f the la ter having been attraaed by a fair-
prize, tl en under convl of the man of war, and whom
he took the liberty ut hailing, regaidlefs of the rights
of her polieffor. After four rounds had been fought,
in which the Captain had decently battered his adver-
fail, the arrival of the conftables put an end to the
combat, and took the champions to the warch•houfe.

!a •' Betfey, ig.Doucat,, flom ew I mit ;
r, BRITTEN, from Meflina ; Caossis,
4efina ; and the Juliana Wilhe mins, —,
lourdeauz, 'Are put into Ws e, with OK
anchors and cables.—Th,Jitinuel; Chit) trete
aderry for Qt2eb;ce,rstally loft•
erday a Cr•urt
ietiors was held at the
ndia Houfeorifen the 101 l ftwink !hips were thus
viz.— •' •
rates, sir liVimarn &Tilley, and Sovereign, for Madras and
Monarch and Northumberland, (or Madeira, Madras.