Star.
London, England, 1807-02-28 00:00:00

the Aulltians in iSog, when they were entrenchet
on the banks of the lller, and which he has more
recently played againll the Pt affil tns, when occupying
the line extending from I.Vcintar to the SARI ; and thisl
i. the danger to 10.1.ich we fee foine reafon for appre-
I bending that the Ridllan army may now be expofed.
From the 111 accounts of the relative pofition r
the two at mie,, a pitched battle teems inevitable, and
has probably taken place Were this lime. We can-
not but feel anxious;. we might indeed fay, appre-
henfive fur the refolt, when we ccnfider the military
talents of I.lnNspAsrs, and thole of the Generals
under his command, who mull belides be aware,
that their own fortunes, their rank, confideratirn,
and importance, mull be completely involved in the
fuccets or failure of the prefent campaign. The po
Eldon of the Ruffian army is cellainly very ilrong, as
a defenfive one, in the mida of lakes, f..rells, and mo.
raffes. But let it be reculleaed that the French have
c.ften furmounted difficulties of no leis magnitude;
that the rapidity of their movements has often proved
an overmatch fur even fnperior valour ; and that
courage alone is no adequate opponent to fuperiur
I gcneralfhip.

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This view of the fubjeet is undoubtedly the darken,
and whicli.we may perhaps be confidered as having
Rated in the extreme. We have been tno often
pampered with hopes, and after wards !larved with
dilappointments. Of the general appearance of
things on the Continent, we are difpnfed to think very
favouretly ; but it is material that the Public limuld
not Phut their eyes to either fide r:f the quefiion, and
(liould be prepared for pollible ;lilies, which we fin.
cerely hope, and are inclined on many accounts to
Leiir ve, may never be realized.

THE MEDITERRANEAN.
A Mail arrived this day from Gibraltar, Ma!ta,
and Medina, bronght to Imonili by the CCR.NWAL-

LIS packet, in 13 days, from Gibra:t.u. All tht:
Garrifons were lett well, and high fpi►its.—The

COP.NWALLIS frqm the latter Niue v.ith aly,ut

40 fail, bound fur England, under c ,nvny of his
Majefty's Culp HALCYON, Captain PFARCE.
T}IC PnINCESS AUGUSTA packet arrived at Gi-
bfaltar on the lit inftanr, and failed from M,lta on

the 3d. When the left Palermo, his M fitips
POMPEE. INTP.FPID, SLTIFTSUKE ; and the KING'S
FISHER and BITTERN floopsof war, were lying there.
His Majefly's (hips SF.RAPIS, AURORA, AMPHION,
and AMBUSCADE., were then at Malta. Lord Cot.
LINGWOOD'S fleet was all well off Cadiz, and in hourly
expeCtation of the Spanills fleet making an attempt
to put to lea.
Difpatches have been received by Government
from Admiral Louts, the contents of which are of
fo pleating a nature that they were immediately com-
municated to the 'rut kith and other foreign Ambaf•
fadors. They Rate, in fubftance, that the belt on
derflanding exilis between this Government and the
Sublime Porte ; and that at the time the difpatches
were fent off, all difcontent at Conflantinople had
ceafed ; and the moll friendly intercourfe exifled be-
tween the Englifh Ambaffadnr and the Miniftry and
high Officers of the Turkifh Government. It is further
Rated, that the CANOPUS, of 84, Rear Admiral
44, and another frigate, are Louts, the Ernoymioti,
Rationed direelly oppofite the Seraglio. The Timm-
DEREK, 7.1, and STANDARD, of 64, are anchored to
command the pafftge of the Dardanelles. Our fleet
was fupplied from the fhore with ahnndance of frefh
provifions, and fruit and vegetables of all kinds.—
They were all in a Rate e,f perfeet health.
There Difpatches are dated December the 29th.
A few days before this date, a Ruffian frigate had
paffed through the Dardanelles in its way to the
Black Sea, a circumflance which had occafinned the
loud complaints of SEBASTIAN! ;—but the Englifh
Ambaffador was permitted to interpofe, and the
Turkifh Government was fati,fied. The five fail of
the line under Vice Admiral Sir J. Ducewnerti,
were daily expened to reinforce our 'quadron in thofe
parts. At the date of thefe difpatches, war had not
been declared againfl the Ruffians ; but we under-
hand the difpatches to hate, that this declaration was
daily expeacd. The Turks, however, feerned refolved
to maintain their friendfn:p whh England ; and fo
popular was the idea of peace with thi, country, that,
were the Government of the Porte even hoßilely in.
clined, the clamour cf the body of the people would
reduce them to more moderate ddigob.

Yeflerday arrived a GotteiiLitrqh Mail, b,rt the
intelligence it brin4s is not of fo lit; a date as that
by the (-Infirm Mail. I• is (tared that General Mott-
TI ER had entered Pomerania, and was a'uniit to com-
mence the liege of Str v ith t 7,0c0 men. The
accounts by Lie German pipets mentioned its being
a,!tually invelled.
THOMAS CoKtt, Erq 1•tle Mterer for the county
of Norfolk, WAS en Thurfday cholin Membtr fcr
Derby without opporition.

N4n.es of the Members of the Court Marti4l ap-
p to try Sir Hoses POPH AM

Admiral W. OUNO, Prefident. Rear Adm. Sir R. STRAcuAN,
Vice Admiral Sir E. Gowr.a, Captain 11Aacoua r,
Vice Admiral J. HO :AIWA Y, S. H. LiNzcc,
Vice Admiral B. Rowi.r.r. ..---At. Scol T,
Vice A,:miral E STA N FIOPC, j. !IRVINE,
Rear A•imiral J. VAS HON, "--C. BuYce.
Rear Aunliral Sir I. COFFIN.

The Colpoy,, of J.+ guns, on her cruiie off the Mill
of France, fill in with a convoy of 3o fail of dm&
mareec. pill to Breit with fopplier, efc,rred by a
iran brig or corvette She immediately made a bath
at them, tnrk three or four, and forced the tea to
run for thaw, though ercur,ed by a Atc!rcl of fuperior
force, into a frnall purl on the cQati.