Star.
London, England, 1805-08-23 00:00:00

LONDON.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 23.
PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK:
Confab, for Money and account 584--for Ottuber 59.
Reduced 594—Omnium 34.
PRICE OF-STOCKS YESTERDAY:
Bank Steck 1784 178 India Stock 174
3 per Cent. Red. An. 5114-14. India Bonds is. as. diL
3 per Cent. cont. so 374 so Excbeci Bills, par IS. pne.
4 Pee Cent- 754 76 Omnium 3 prem.
5 per Cent. Navy 8594 Lottery Tickets 191.51.
5 per Cent. t 797, Cod: for arc. 58 574 5.8
15-16ths

The latea advice, from Bombay, by an overland
difpatch, arrived it the India Houle yeftetaayi reach
down to tbe- tah of Ayril, and thofe -from- Madras
to the ad of thi fame month. Several getters, by this
conveyance, enter into circomaantial details bf the
various attacks upon the fort of Bhurtpore, but as
they diffet- in nothing from thole contained in the of-
ficial accounts, already publifhede and are not of a
fubtequent date, we conceive it unneceffary to lay
their contents before• our Readers. •It is mentioned
from Calcutta, under dale of the 4th of Mach, that
Meer Khan's irruption into Rofchkcund u;as attend.
ed with lets mifchief than was at firft apprehended.
General SMITH purfued him• fo clofe, that be could
commit no devallation, and was it length obliged to
fly to the hills for fafety. •

Sir EDWARD PE LL 2W had taken great pains to
make our navy in that quarter more refpeflable. He
had added to our naval lirength the Charon and
Kaikauffaoo, two India fhlps, which were convert.
ing, with all poffible expedition, into 44 gun frigates,
iB-pounders, to be called the Lord Howe, and Lord
Duncan. It was alto in agitation to convert the
Caftlereagh into a frigate, to carry the fame number
of guns. The TRIM/MMUS and GRAMPUS were tin-
der orders to proceed immediately to the yle of
France, for the purport of blockading it. It "Is je
tended that the' blockade fhould be hencefotward
conflantly maintained, by affording reliefs at proper
periods.

The CONCORD and HUGHES were left cruizing off
Point de Galle, and the Russat. and DIOR:ON unit
off Acheen. •

The Baur:mica (for the fafety of which I much
fear was entertained) we are happy to fay is fare.—
She arrived at Bombay on the 4afr of March, having
five feet water in her hold.

The private letters by the Mails of yellerday, 4,..
more explicit than the printed journals are, cr indze,l
dare to be, refpeding the military movements en the
Continent. It is the general oy.;r.ion, in the North c:
Germany, that the flee: in the Baltic i; to ewer t),,
debarkation of a Ruffian army, either in Swzdilli Pc-
merania, or the Duchy of Mecklenburgh. If a m.:3_
fure of that decided character were refortej to, ‘rt
fhould icon be able to difcover what part the Coo;:
of Berlin would be likely to take in the a oproad.:, -
war. Hie Pruflian Majefty (fo fay the Continent.:
politicians in the French interefl) is tletermit:ef i.
I only to adhere to his fyflem of neutrality, but Is
I maintain the tranquillity of the Nor ;h of Germlnr.
and to take fuels rneafures as may prevent it f! 7:
being made tire focus of war by anylwanr etha:_a.
If filch be the determination of that Prince, t! r!
tinter ity of it is likely to be icon put to the pro('
—lt is raid that a categorical anfwer has been t'
mantled of his Prnffian Majefly by the Empnor
ALE XANDE R, as to the line of condu& which he would
purfue in cafe the Ruffian armies fliould advance into
the North of Germany. What was the nature of
anfwer, if any has been given, has not tranfpired ;
. but the preparations of the Court of St. Peterfbarg4
are-continued with the fume adivitv as if the were
affured of the acquiefcence of Pruffia, or regardlers
of her oppofition. If Pruflia (hall oppofe the °cm-
pation of Pomerania by the Ruffian army, the mull
inevitably be involved in the war ; and that the Em-
peror ALEXANDER has determined to occupy it, is a
prevailing opinion in the North of Germany; but
whether in confequence of an admit Pale by Sweden,
or of a temporary cetlion, arranged for the purports
of the war, is not yet certainly known.
The military fituation of Auftria has never been
more refpedable than it is at prefent. Her. efficient
army, far exceeding three hundred thoufand men, is
admirably difciptined and conditioned ; and, what is
no lets effential, is animated by a fpirit never yet ob.
fcrved in it. All the ufelefs exercife has been abo.
tithed ; a concife, but much more effalual manual
has been introduced; all fuperfluous baggage and
fervants are difinifed, and all Officers below the rank
of Captain are obliged to march. A fyflem of drefs,
bettirr fuited to the fatigues ancl inconveniences of a
campaign, bas been eflablifisesi for the foldiers ; the)
wear their hair thort ; and all &ire tormenting mi-
nutia, which,• however pleafing to the view, added
nothing to their firength, are henceforth to be oil-
' penfed with. The whole of the AuUri:in army are
eager for battle, and•fome pains have been taken to
infufe into them that ardent fpirit.
Some politicians on the Continent affect, however,
1 to believe that pacific arrangements are making be-
I.tween France and' Aisftvia. The French Arab&
dor was admitted to a private audience by the Em-
peror of Germany on the sd inflant, at the town
of Baden, about fifteen miles from Vienna, when
lit is fuppofed. ine ultimatum of the Emperor, on
the points that have- given umbrage, was given to
the Ambaffadcr, who is Paid to have offered, that
conceffions of importance to* Aufbia fhculd be
made on the fide of Italy. We may obferve,
:however, that fuch opiniors are circulated chiefly
in quarters where it is well known the French have
their emiffaries and propaganda, as at Altona and along,
the Banks of the Maine ; and that they accord not at
all with the late article its the Ilion!tenr, moderate and
Ipacific as it has been confidered, milers indeed the
hint about the puflible feparation of the crowns of
France and Italy, is to be regarded as indicative of
Tome propofed arrangement refpeding the latter
country.

It may be farther remarked, that confidering tie
charater of TALLEYRAND, nothing is more p Lri!;!e
than that Come hollow overture of peace may be
made by BONAPARTE on the eve of a new war, With
a view to fortify himfelf by its relation. Indeed, if
there be any truth in an article publithed nigl):..t
will be good policy on his part, f.,r the war will ie
cartied on againft himfelf perfonally, and a confiier-
able degree of management will be neceffary to keep
his people in temper—The following is the article to
which we allude :

It is raid, that the Confederated Powers had agreed, in cafe all
it'trnipts to e'ffec't a Peace with the Corlican Ul'urper, and rerun
the independence of other States, (haul fail, to fend Ambaffadors
to the rightful Monarch of France, and urge him to nuke an ap •
peal to the • honour, thb duty, the aff,:dtion, and the pr:de and
common fenfe of his fuhj;dts, on the difgrace, opprefdon, and mi•
Eery to which they are reduced by a Foreign Defpot. Such a mew.
1 Pure bad been recommended long ago, but it would, pahspi, base
more circa. at prtfent, as the unhappy people of Fence h de
drained the revoltitionary cup to the very dregs,.and find t,e
ter draught is compered of nothing, but humiliation, dcipotifia.
the mo jest ilavery. If this appeal ftiould reallyte ma •
fore any offinfive ope.ations commence againft the Coll can
per, it. mav fluke him on his throne, and tend more to t'te
ranee of Europe than any as koftility againft France. h. ;,.:
may obviate the neceffity of all military operations but fuck as
may rcibue .'ranee from its prefent deplorable thee of bondage and
dr:fpair, groaning, ask does, under the reverent police ever known
In any country, by order of a fulpicious upitart, who infuhs all
other Powers, and kerns ambitious to extend his tyranny over the
whole civilized worlik
It is to be hoped, that If any of the Continental Powers ihould
at hit be routed into naive exertion ;pita the Corfican Despot,
they will theinfelves alto ifihe fuck a Manifesto ac will be an 1,1"
peal to the French Nation againit the ambition, injulace and ag-
greffions of their Foreign Oppreffor. It is full time to pull this
man from the height which he has gained by his crimes, as much as
by any merits that may belong to his charader. The condition of
the French thernfelves, under a Government that hardly leaves
them even the privilege of tbiniing„ and that certainly forbids them
to utter awls tbowiLts, is alone fulficient to iodate them to (hake off
his ufarpation ; but when they find that bii infoltctc to other

- • ••4 •.nd hi. cm-roach:lr nt. roo their territories, and aA bile
of violence and ambition, is likely to involve them
y•ats and grievous coni-criptions, they wiU foray area
• ,r right', and rid thanfelvea of ittzh a deteitahle tyrant.

We have already Rated that Sir R. Causal, with
qf :he line, wits again employed in the bloc
I,u:ea Ferrol. If it be true, however, that the com-
bined fljet meals now of thirty.feven fail of the line,
the force we have on ;bat Ration is too (mall.

Report rays that Admiral CALDER has been re. I
cared, but whether by his own requea or by the Ad-
mira:ty, is not kllol* and.ehat Sir CHARLES COTTON
IS to remnant' the blockade. Let who will have the
command there, we may allow him to citaicb the mo.
lions of the eiiemy, but as to blockading 37 SP' of the
line with .to, the thing is impoffible 1
Indeed it is reported, in our Plymouth letter of
this day, that the combined fleet is again it Am—we
hardly think this is yetitte. eife—.hut we foe nothing
to hinder it ; and is will be feen by our eitraas from
the French papers,.that in Paris it is expelled
.41 the
fleet of Admiral Vat:astute will loon appeal. off
the Irifh coati." . .
Lord NiLsos is to have the eniumand of the Cork
Fleet--Sir SIDNEY SNIT§ is to be fecotsd in com:
viand. It is not very difficult, from this arrange-
ment, to divine whither that Expedition is deffined.
There is a arong report, that Lord Steacii bu
joined the prefent Adminiaration, and thatbis Lord.
fhip is to be placed at the head of the Adaiiralty: Hi
was this day at the Admiralty bidce, in enniiiit4
with Lord NELSON.
The French papers are full of _ rer_ti of e ap•
proaching invafion. If we confideted the reptirts in
the Paris Journals as tending to pinVe any thing, we
would fay, the more confidently they (peak of the
event as at. hand, the more certain we mat be tliat
it will not take place. Invafion may be atterni;:ol,
but BONAPARTE feems to have a different polity.
He has now created a formidable fleet. With that
he means to (Ural and divide our maritime'
firength; but fill he will talk of invafion, for it fur-
rifht:, an excellent pretext for maintaining a large
which he may match when and where he
plcafes, in the event of a continental war.

A confiderable alarm was fpread in the Weft
l id-
log of the count) 01 York on Thurfday the igth in-
ftant, in canfequence of all the beacons in the, line
between Wakefield and Sheffield being lighted Up 4-.--
This was occafioned by the guard Rationed at the
beacon at Woolity, midaking the light of fome rape
firaw fet on fire, to, that of the beacon Northward,
from whence the Woolley:beacon was under orders
to take the alarm, and which being -.lighted up at
two o'clock in the mornipg, the alarm was COmmu-
r,leated by the different beacons ipfuceeflion Abe&
field. This miltake, however, has furnifhed a frefb
and a memorable inflance of the zeal aid the Rate of
preparation of the Volunieer force. ImmediatelY
upon the firfl fignal; the Sheffield, the Rotherham,
and the Wathwood infantry, and the troops of ca-
valry of Sheffield, Rotherham; and leveton, affem-
bled and marched with nearly the Whole firength of
their refpeaive corps to Duncafter, ready to go for-
ward to their feveral places of rendezions. Although
each corps difplaydd the titmoll promptnefsAnd ala-
crity is obeying the lignal, the Rotherhini Infint4
deferve particular notice, who, Within twelve hours
from receiving the Awns at ead-gnitteri. stain;
bled, Muttered the waggons attached to that corps,
and pirfortned a march of upwards of twenty•twn
miles. At Doncafier they were met by Decal
FRANK, Efg. Vice Lieutenant of the Riding, who
adviled the halting till the nett day (Friday), on
which day, the fc,undation of the alarni having been
in the interim difcovered, the whole were reviewed
by Major General Hooesow, who palled the higheft
praife upon their military appearance, in addition to
that which was doe to the alacrity which they had
giewn to meet the espefted enemy.
The following troops have had orders to troller at
their refpeeive places of parade at fir o'clock, A.M.
(M.l'.) in complete marching order, with a day's
provilion in their haverfacks :
The tR Surrey Regimen mud Rifle Cotnpany, Lieute-
nant Colonel Galttkell facts
The Loyal Southwark &talent and Rite Company,
Colonel Alleoek 6Co
The Lambeth Regiment, Colonel Slade
The St. Saviour's Corps. Major NUS - 250
lit St. John's Major King us°
The Rotherithe, Major Well, • Iso

In all, :,;So
Yerlerday the City of Wefiminfier Loyal Volun-
•ters, the Hon. Colonel EDl'', mufiered in Weiimin-
,ker H4ll, nearly to their 611 comelement, equipped
A-.:th knapticks, nines, bp /flies, &c. and every necef-
fary article, t,) enAhle them to take the field on a mo-
ment's warniri. They were afterwards infpefted,
and the condition of their arms, accoutrements, kc.
highly approved of by the Commanding Officer of
the difiria.

'll'e tR battalionof Reading Volunteers, command-
ed by Lieutenant-Colonel AnassLer, have unani-
moody volunteered their ferriees to Government,
without any redridion of time or place. We doubt
not bit that their ez•ampte will be followed by every
other corps in the kingdom.
On Tuefday the ad Regiment of Royal Eaft India
Volunteers, commanded by Major Tit stAusson,
arrived at Rochefter, and were (Flattered in that
city and at Chatham ; ot► Wednefday morning at
fa o'clock they fet off on their march to Maidttone
Barracks to remain there on permanent duty : their
conduit and appearance were pettedly foldier like.
There is now In the port of London more foreign
?heat than has been remembered for many years—
trade is peculiarly critical at prefent: Harald we
,e fine weather for the harveft, a great redudion
:xpeded ; but, if a fuccefflon of rains area the
trek corn will advance. Few We:, are made
tring this uncertainty.
The Newcall le colour manufadory at Oufeburn was
Atoyed by fire early on Monday morning. The
Tittage is Aintated at 60001.

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