Star.
London, England, 1806-05-23 00:00:00

ADMIRAL VILLENEUPE.

It know generally admitted, that this unfortnnate
Commander was murdered by the tame hand. which
aved Toussattcr, PICHSCRU, Captain WRIGHT,
,nd many others, of their lives. I' may not be units-
-refiing to our Readers to find he, e tome of the con-
-I.terations, which may dire& their judgment on this
m y fictions event
While Admiral Vizzearuvr was in England, he
received repeated affurances from France, that his
Gove•nment were fully fatitfi Ott. contine
Such was the information diredly tranfmitted by the
Marine Minifler, Drees s, and corroborated by va-
rious letters, not only to hindelf, but to his Offi:ert.
There Officers were unanim, us in reprefenting his
plans on the day of battle to have been judicious, his
mancenvres andials bravery exemplary. He
had, in his inarudians to his Captains, anticipated
every mode of attack that could be adopted by the
Englilh, and had even provided for the attempt to
break his line in two columns, which was fn fucceff.
folly made. In effeding that bold enterprife, Lnrd
Nazroa'S cr lumn was vigoroufly oppofed by the Be.
c•nt:ur, Admiral VILLSNEUTS. and the Redoubtable,
Captain Lucas. But it is aliened by all the Officers,
that eleven fail were ina&ive. Several inflancet of
bravery occurred in the French fleet. The condo& of
rapt. LUCAS is well known. Capt. farm' es-, of the
Intrepids, refuted to follow his divifion in its flier,
obeyed the orders of the Commander in Chief, and
fought till his 'hip, ,he worn fader in the fleet, could
no I,nger be kept afloat. We believe that. tool
every fhip of the enemy fought with equal bra-
very, the number of captures would, perhaps,
have been Cliff greater, bot our loft would have
been more cnnfiderable. Our prefent abject is
to prove that Admiral VILLCUR ova was not refpon-
fible for the lots of a battle, which in any eircuro.
dances not depending on accident, would have railed
the Britilh name to the loftieß height of glory. Ad.
miral Viz:Jimmy' was not vietortons, becaufe Lord
NELSON was invincible. Admiral Viztati cur, was
conquered, becatife Lord hiscsna was itrefitlible.
Biro AAAAAA r has publicly laid that the battle was
imprudently engaged. Does he mean that Admiral VIL-
LE/levet attacked the Englith fleet ? He knows that
the laver began the attack, and that the former could
not avoid the engagement. Does he mean that the
Admiral left Cadiz impudently ? He rec, Beds the
orders of his Minifter to iIizzsMIRUVF hirer set pur-
ity to be blotted up in teem. Ifft can tear the Ws of •
few Aft, tut are cannot hear 4:10 of our honour. The
Admiral did more than obey; he chafe the moll_pru.
dent time, when a large detachment had left the Eog-
iith fleet under Admiral Louts.

So confident was Vrzzseauva of the propriety of his
conduit, fo eager was he to court invelligatinn, that
he warmly and repeated!" folicited pertniffion to re-
turn to France. Baffled by the coldnei. of the laR
Admiralty, he found in the prefent the molt curte-
ous liberality, and confegnently left this country with
the Officers who were with him. He had been fe-
'parated above a year from a wife, to whom he was
tenderly attached t he had direr cd her to meet him in
Paris. Within a day or two of that hterview, he
is faid to have (hot himfelf!
l'he naked truth is, that BIION AAAAAA knew that
the Admiral was in p,ffeffion of the resfons why the
battle was iwprwiendy engaged. He knew that his own
iippetuofity had forced VILLISMII to rilk an en-
gagement. He knew that an inquiry mull either
take place, or nor. If it did not take place, he felt
that conclufions, derogatory from his power, would
be drawn, as it would be an acknowledgment of the
immenfe fuperinrity of the Englifh Navy. In the
other cafe, he knew that an inquiry would produce
difcoveries far from reputable to his own political
fagacity. To free himfelt from this dilemma, he or-
dered a brave man, whole only fault was to have
fought under loch a tyrant, to be put to death.
A finsilar dilemma induced hies to murder our
magnanimous countryman, Captain Who my., alter
a ferias of tortures unknown to the moll uncivilized
ages. This faa cannot be too extentively known.—
We mean, therefore, in a few days, to put the len&
hility of our Readers to a revere trial, by the molt
dilmal relation which they have ever perufed.

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A Court of Dire Elora of the Eafl India Company
was held on Tuefday, at three o'clock, which conti-
nued to fit until nine o'clock in the evening, to deli-
berate on the propriety of recalling Sir G. Baatow
from the fear of Government in India. The proceed.
ings of the Court were kept in profound fecreep—Lot
even the Secretary was permitted to be present at the
difeuflion of the queflion, which, we are informed,
was extremely animated. At nine o'clock a divilion
took place, when there appeared, for the recall of Sir
G. BAR LOW,four—againit it, righters.
ROBERT Hawsmaw, Efq. Cullom.houfe Waiter at
Bombay, was found guilty in the Recorder's Court
at Bombay, in November lA, of having unlawfully
received as a prefent from Manure Rowjee, 17,840
rupees, and fentenced to pay a fine to that amount.
Moho° PARK.—Extraft of a letter from Gorse,
dated March 3, 1806 :--.1 We have jolt received in-
furmation from the Interior' that Waco PARK has
been Come time on the Banks of the Niger, but could
not build the boats as he intended, his carpenters
being all dead, together with all the foldiers of our
corps (thirty-five in number). who went with him,
except (even ; who with Mr. FARR, Lien% Ma RTY to,
of our corps, and Mr. SCOTT, an art ill, have pre-
ceeded in canoes up the Niger; a brotherin•law
of Mr. PARK (named ANDERSON) went with bin,
as furgeon, hut died on the Bank,. The; all 1, tt
Goree in April 'all. I law the Negro who brought
the information, and have every reafon to believe he
i; corrett. Shobld you meet with any of
friends, this news may he acceptable to t 1
(even weeks fince he was Len in good he:
Several petfons felicitating themfelvet
have fuffered three days to &ph of the
the peeing Lottery, before they let abot
chafe of Tickets and Shares, in order tin
have the greater chance of gaining the so,
—so 0001. and 25,c001. allotted to the
I Nonshci II rf the three next days, it eel
improper, howLver, to hint to there ftlici
I itors, that from the very interesting cit.;
of the foreg, ing Capitals, they nay hat
the unhappinef. to experience, unlefs the,
cr,ick in theit perehafes, to be nutted of
Wiry of attaining them.

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