Star.
London, England, 1801-07-25 00:00:00

BATTLE OF ALGFZIRAS•

Honour and glory to the brave LINOIS and the
fearnen who fought under him on the sth of July.
Undoubtedly there is not a Frenchman who did
not read, with the molt lively emotion, the rela-
tion of the glorious combat which they have fuf-
tained. May an aCtion fo memorable form the
epoch of the refurreCtion of the French navy, and
prove to Europe that it is not true that our navy
is, from the nature and force of circumftances, def-
tined to be inferior to the Englifh navy ! But
whence can have arifen that fpecies of adage which
we have heard repeated with a fort of complacency
even by Frenchmen, that upon land we are fupe-
rior to the Englifh, but that we muff admit all
their advantages by fea. moil certainly we muff
admit them upon all occafions when our marine,
negleeted and forgotten, receives neither encou-
ragement nor pay, when no movement is teen in
our ports, and our tailors are left in a Rate of hu-
miliating and fatal inaftivity. Have we not, fince
the Revolution, teen tailors who have not been at'
lea for four or five years; and yet there are men
who think that we fhould have well difciplined
fquadrons, and formidable naval armaments. Had
our land forces being kept in barracks,or entrench-
ed camps; or, to make the parallel more complete,
had we only appointed an army to be railed, but
taken no means to make the men join who were
neceirary to complete its battalions, can we fup-
pole *hat they would have atchieved the prodigies
which have Airmailed the world ? Certainly not.
It was by actual fervice that they learnt to com-
bat. They had courage ; and experience gave
them (kill. The fame refult would be found, if
commencing with the elements of our marine, the
fame care and the fame folicitude were exerted for
its relloration. But for a long time we were in a
Rate of agitation. The Continent of Europe was
in arms; our frontiers were invaded ; and it was
fuppofed that no more was wanting than to defend
them. The proteetion of commerce, the defence
of diltarit polfeliions, the liberty of the teas, with-
out which there can he no real power among mo-
dern Rates ;—all thefe primary means of prof-perity
were abandoned. But to infer from the great ad.
vantage given to our enemies, by a total negled of
placing our navy on a relpeCtable footing as well
as our army, that this advantage is in a manner
their natural inheritance, and to form this con.
elution into a kind of prejudice, is a proceeding
the molt unjuff, abfurd, and dangerous. Our tai-
lors are Frenchmen, and as fuch may theynotbe as
brave, fkilful, intelligent, and intrepid as the Eng-
lifh ? Have they not proved the contrary in for-
mer wars ? Have we forgotten the names of JEAN
BART,DUGOV AY-TROUIN,DUCW ESNE,TOUR V ILL!,
and in the prefent war thole of SURCOUr,the brave
commander of the Bayonaife, &c.
England is an Hand, and necellity makes the
Englifh complete feamen. But though France is
not an Wand, has the not numerous ports in the
I Channel, and on the coafts of the Ocean and Me-
diterranean? Does any one think that it is on
board the packet boats between Dover and Calais
the Ftiglith learners are formed ? And can our
French mariners go by the Rage coach to both the
Indies, the Peas of the North, the Pacific and Sou-
thern Oceans? Thefe few ohfervations fufficiently
(hew how eafily the moll abfurd opinion mayobtain
circulation. Happily the prefent Government well
know it. It has not been difcouraged by obfia-
cks of any kind, neither by our pall lolres, the con-
tinental expenditure, nor prejudices which expe-
rience contradiets. It now reaps the firft fruits of
its providence, patience, and zeal. We have to
hope that the great example which has juft been
exhibited, will add confiderably to the means it
developes ; that it will encourage our feamen, give
our ern mie a more jult idea of what we can effect,
and prepare new triumphs, which will he regarded
by the French people as the reward of their facri. '
fires, and firm the mull delighthtl rcconipence to
the G.A.:I-Anent :7,u, 1-11 did C3lff WIT( •

mom THE PARIS PAPERS.

THE CHIEF OF THE ADMINISTRATION TO THE SUB-

COMMISSARY OF MARINE AT THE SABLES.
Rochefort, July

I am to tranfmit to you, Citizen, an advice
which the Miniller has fent to this port, in confe-
quence of an explination which has taken place
with the Englifh Government on the fubjeEl of tl:e
freedom of fithery,throult the medium of Citizen
OTTO, French Commiflary at London, for the
exchange of prifoners of war : it appears that the
Englifh Government undcrftand,
t. That the freedom of fithery is not founded on a Conven-
tion, but upon a Pimple concetTion on their part, which was
produced by an appeal made latterly to the humanity of the
Britith Minlftry, and of the whole nation ; and that this con-
ceffion will always be fubordinatc to the convenience of the
moment.

2. That this conceffion never referred to the great Filhery,
nor to the trade in oyfters or fifh ; which, According to the opi-
nion of the linglifb, ought to be fubjed to the fame checks as
all other commerce.
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You fee by this, that the freedom of flitter,' is
reduced to that of (hell-fifh, which is carried on on
the coall. You will in confequence give to this
advice all neceffary publicity in your quarter, and
inform more particularly the fifhermen of it, in
order that they may be on their guard againft
the hoftile intentions of the Englilh cruifers; and
that they do not expore themfelves to imminent
danger.
BAMBERG, JULY I3.—A letter from Bareuth
fays, that on the Ath of this month, an order ar-
rived there from the KING of PRUSSIA, to arreft
eight of the Emigrants who were there, and to
guard them ftrittly ; at ten at night this arreft
took place, and there are the names of the per-
lons ; Count de Precy, who commanded at Lyons,
at the liege of that city in 1793 ; his fon, Laverin,
formerly General in the fervice of the King of
France ; Dorand and Maceau, French officers ;
Grunbaum, Colonel, whole real name is Lacha-
pelle ; St. Felix, who affumed fometimes the name
of Kaufman, and had a command among the
Chouans ; the eighth, in all probability, Pichegru,
who had refided at Bareuth for fome time, and
was known there by the name of Peterle, had let
off a week ago, and of courfe could not be arrefled.
All there prifoners were fent, after an examina-
tion of their papers and effetfls, to the new cal le,
where each is guarded in a feparate room by an
inferior officer and three foldiers: neither knives
nor forks, nor any !harp inftruments, are permitted
them ; and all communication with each other,
or with any other perfon, is forbidden. Thefe
arrefts have given rife to a thoufand conjedures.

LONDON.

SATURDAY, JULY 2S.

ST. JAMES'S DAT.

PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK:
3 per Cent. Conf. for money, 38{—Ditto, for Aural, 39f.
Omnium 7 to 7i.
PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY
5 per Cent. Red. 59 f Long Ann. r 8 5464
3 per C. Con( :5059 Short Ann. 3-16 I-16f
4 per Cent. 79t 3 per C. Imp. 381
5 per C. Navy 941 931 Imp. Ann. x
5 Per C. Loy. 941 94{ Omnium 7/ 7 71
Yefterday was the firft public day of transferring Confols
finee they Omit for the Dividend. A great deal of bnfinefs was
tranfadled in them. It was alto the fettling day for that Stock,
DUBLIN, JOLT az.—Price of Stocks this day:
Bank Stock 143i..-34 per Cent. Oov. Dek. 734-
5 per Cent. Gov. Deb. 90.
Comte of Exchange—Paten on London us i a Le.

We are happy to announce the fafe arrival of
the June fleet from the Weft Indies, off Cape Clear.
The fubjeCt of invafion, which continues to be
kept totally out of view in the French Journals, is
now the order of the day here—fcarce any thing is
talked of but the preparations of the enemy and
the meafures of precaution adopted in this country.
The march of troops on the other fide is accom-
panied by correfponding movements on this; and,
whether the enemy be ferious or not, the prepa-
rations to repel them feem to be real. Indeed
very great exertions are making to add to our na-
val defence : the prefs for feamen on the River and
in the different ports never was more attire than
at prefcnt, and the greaten aCtivity prevails in the
dock-yards. Abford reports have been circulated
of the enemy having landed, fometimes in Suffolk,
fometimes in other places of the Englifh coati,
Tometimes in Ireland ; and it is wonderful to find
how many people, we do not fay believe, but re•
peat thefe unfounded rumours.

The Settlement in Egypt is the original and fa-
vourite objea of BONAPARTI'S genius. lie will,
therefore, (train every nerve to accomplifh the re.
lief of the army, and the final ellablifliment of the
Frcnch in that province. To this difpofition, we
believe, arc to be attributed all thofe armaments
on the oppofite coaft, oftenfibly direded to an in.
vafion of this country. If he can confine our at-
tention to the defence of the coati, and induce us
to draw the principal part of our navy round thefe
'fiends, he hopes to fucceed in the defign of fcnd-
ing a fleet and army to Egypt.
The fquadron of GANTHIAUNI is well calcu-
lated to elude our fleets, and to avail itfclf of an
opportunity of landing troops on the African coaft.
The French (hips are enabled by their length to
outfail the fwiftcft of ours, and were therefore
choral for this primary °Ned.

Government are fo ftrioufly attentive to the rof.
fibility of an inv4fion, that every leave of abfence,
that had been riven to the Officers in the mari-
time counties, has been revoked.