Star.
London, England, 1807-12-03 00:00:00

PORTUGAL

A Gentleman who left Lifbon flue the Ruffian
men of war entered the Tagus, informs ns, that
it is impoffible for the Portugnefe fleet to fail
for the Brazils, were the Court fo difpofed ; the
Ruffian fhips having placed themfelves in fuch a
manner, that without their permiffion they cannot
pat to tea !

Yefterday morning, at three o'clock, Sir RORVRT
WILSON reached town with difpatches from Lord L.
Cows a, at &. Peterfburgh. Tbefe were the dif.
aetches that announced the holtile difvfltion of Ruf-
La. At noon, a Cabinet Council was held at the Secre-
tary of State's Office, in Downing Street, at which
the LORD CHANCELLOR, the Earl of WaSTWIRLAND,
Lords HAWKIIIIVRY and MULGRATE, and Mr. Pea.
c a VA 1., attended.

Sir Roacar Wit.som, it is Paid, has brought intel-
ligence to Government, which he beard on high au-
thority at Peterfburgh, that BONAPAITI has deter-
mined to make immediate preparations for the invalion
of this country. Ireland or Scotland, it is fuppofed,
will be the lint objet of his attempt.
A notice was this morning pofied at Lloyd's, fia-
ting that tso fail of Britifh veffels had been fuddenly
ordered to leave Ruffia, and had arrived fafely off
Helfingborg, in Sweden. Many of them :ire only
half loaded, and Tome are in ballaft.

A Military Officer, named Mt.:Trust.. arrived
yefterday at the Secretary of State's Once, with
difpatches from Lifbon.
Government has determined to prevent the further
entrance of all Foreigners into the ports of the United
Kingdom. Orders to this elf,e& bare been iffued to
the Commanding Officers at.all the Ports. No perfon
of any defcription, under any pretext, except he can
produce an authenticated 'palfport, is in future to be
allowed to land in England.
The Sufanaah, one of the fleet that failed under
convoy of the Lively frigate, is arrived at Cork; the
faw on the t 3th ult. five fail of the line in lat. 47. 30.
long. 8. 35 ; they were Sir Strom SMI rtes fquadron.
We have had, however, accounts of its having.been
ken in lat. 43. a little to the Northward of the lati.
tude of Cape Finiflerre.
Friday, two companies of the Royal Artillery ar-
rived at Liverpool from Woolwich, on their route to
Ireland.

The Renfrewihire Yeomanry, commanded by Co-
lonel Muss, of Caldwell, were infpetted in the Green
of Glafgow on Tuefday fenniiht by Colonel SCOTT,
the Infpetling field officer of that diftritt, when the
men acquitted themfelves highly to his fatisfatlion.
This corps has been ten days is that town, on per-
manent duty, and their behaaidur, officers and men,
has been worthy of the noble caufe in which they are
engaged.• They marched home on Saturday morn-
ing.
Captain HAN mil, of the ad Royal North &kith
Dragoons, is appointed Brigade Major to the troops
Rationed at Canterbury, where he arrived on Tudday.
Covsar Gaania.-.The Melo drama of the Blind
Boy was repeated IA night, and afforded no leis gra-
titicatinn than on its firfl performance. The great
intereft of the (tory; the excellence Of the acting, and
the charms of the fccnery, and mufic, cannot (Ail to
render it a tailing favourite with the Public. The
Houfe was filled by a brilliant audience, who bean? ed
cn it the moll decided applaufe.

PORTUGAL..

TO THE Lt)l FOR OF THE STAR:

Sir—The many in►erefting obfervations which have!
oceal nally appeared i‘t the S rate, refpe&ing the
prefent critical fituation of Portngal, induce me to
I
offer for your Paper, fome remarks and matters of
fa& on the fubje& ; the remit of local knowledge and
of authentic information.
The propufed abdication of the heads of the Go.
vernment, and the emigration of the Royal Family,'
&c. to the Brazils, were not fudden or hely refolves
occafioned by the very reccnt fubjngation of the
Continent. The plan had been conceived and ma
tured feveral, perhaps nine or ten yesrs ago, and
was only laid aftde in confequence of the Peace of
Amiens.

Since the renewal of the war, the Government,
under the immediate terror of France, and preffure
of French exaction on the one hand, and jealous and
diffident of England on the other, negotiated, wa-
vered, and procraftinated, but refetved as the lai
(Lake, and dernier refort, the execution of the plan of
emigration. Thefe plans ought, indeed, to have
been entrulted confidentially to England, the only
Power in the world capable and able to further them ;
and the only one conneEted with Portugal, by ties of
reciprocal amity and intereft.

But whether the fcheme ultimately fucceeds or
fails, the confequences will be of the irtnaoft impor-
tance to this country ; and if its Government at
with wifdom, promptitude, and vigour, the advan•
tages which may yet be gained, will crunterhalance
the temporary excluilon of •ur commercial relatiov
with Portugal.

Whila the Trident remains with Britain, Portugal
can be only acceffible on the land tide. Nothing can
be conceived more difficult than the march of an
hoftile army through the moil rugged and lean
cultivated country in Europe, except only the
difficulty of fubfilling an army in it. Portugal does
not nautili" raifi in the year es much corn and pro,oilionz of
wouldfubjfi its population for three months. There would
be an annual famine in the land, were it not for the
conflant supplies it receives by tea. Its extenfive
waft, numerous harboursa and large rivers, readily
admit the conveyance of aU manner of goods through-
out its narrow territory, but the very reverie is the
cafe with regard to articles of bulk ccming over land
from Spain or France. There are no roads for car-
riages, and, except the Tagus, the rivers are unnavi-
gable. In effcEt a friEt and rigourons blockade by
sea, would in fix months abfoluttly ruin and defolare
the country.
The dreadful meafures which the Tyrant of the
Continent compels us to adopt, mull be refleded on,
himfelf. Europe, at this moment, refembles a great
vetrel on the point of shipwreck. The ties of fubor- I
dination, of refped, of friendltip, are all abfotbed
in the overbearing inflinet of felf-prefervation, and
in this conflia and ftruggle for life, we mull not he-
fitate to make a rampart of the bodies of our friends
who have already fallen, as well as of our enemies.
Our implacable enemy always arils with cunning,
though he defpifes caution. The meafures which
he intended to purfne with regard to Portugal, were
long ago palpable and obvious; and the Englifh
Government would have performed a wife and pro-
vident part to have anticipated him. Not a moment
thould be loft to atchieve what yet remains to be
done ere the enemy be before hand with us ; it is
feared, indeed, in lime momentous concerns, as the
feizure of the Portuguefe fleet, he has already been fo.
There remains, however, an acquifition beyond
his reach, ziz. the Portuguefe Iflands of the Atlantic.
Thefe arc the Cape de Verd Elands, the Acores or
Weftern Hes, and the Madeiras : the firt, though
produtlive, are altnoa wholly defencelefs, and would
be a defirable place of refreflament for our outward
and homeward-bound fleets. 'Ale Azores are the
molt delightful gronpe of iflands in the world, lying
midway between the two Ccntinents ; they would
alto be an eafy acquilition. The Madeiras are well
known, but they are difficult of steeds even in mo.
derate weather, and naturally fo Strong that a land.
ing might be prevented, by the rigorous oppofition
of a (mall force. We took poffeffion of the Madeiras
with one Regiment (the Bsth) prior. to t e Peace of
Amiens.

Infular coaquelis are much better Nited to our
means, and are more valuable, than Continental : it
is needlefb to remark, that the above iQands, pasifed
by Great Britain, would prove a moft valuable ac.
quifition. As to any attempt on the Braails, that
muft be wh,illy governed by the conga of events,
and of " ezifting circumftances." I remain, &c.

LVSITAMICys.

November 29, 11807.

On Monday Come of the principal Portugal mer
chants addreffed a letter of thanks to the Portaguefe
ambafPador, for the particular attention he d therm
on all occafions to their concerns; and more a ptcially
for his intercetlion with the Britifh Government, to
obtain thole indulgences tor the Portuguefe trade,'
which have been granted in favour of it in the late
Order of Council ; and further requeling him to re-
commend to our Government to fend out a Flag of
Truce to Portugal, with a copy of the Order of
Council, that it might fhew to that Government what
had been done in its favour. At the fame time they
wifhed that the Mails, which had been fent back by
the Walliugham packet, might be fent out again with
the Orders of Council ; anJ they doubted not that
they would be finally meted.

.LVLR/CA.

Nrw. YORK, OCI'OIIER 26. ?
Captain Cropfy, of the fchuoner Minehefler, it;
'Jforms us, that St. Croix is in a (late of block.cie.—
The inhabitants were removing their property into
the country. Two Brit;th frigates and a fchooner,
on the sth intlant, cut all the veffels out ot the weft
end ot St. Croix, an.' fent them to Tortola, with the
exception of the brig Entei prife, Lovell, of 800% a
lumber veffel, whit h efcapetl, with the lois of only
t 3.lioglheads of rum.

Caton and Munnfey Tinning, two of the
mutineers on board the Britifh frigate Jafon, were
executed at Halifax on the tath init. Four others,
fentenced to fuffer at the fame time, were refpitcd,
after they had afemled the platform.
TRIAL 011 BURR.
Colonel Burr called a witnefs in his favour of the
name of Power, fru:n New Orleans, with a view to
impeach the teflimony of General IVilkinfon, and to
prove chat he was in the pay of Spain, and had only
made the difclofure on this account, and not from
any motives of patriotifm. Power refilled at firli to
anfwer, he being a filbjcel of the King of Spain, and
not bound to ditcover the fecret connedions and ne-
giciations of his own Sovereign. At lalt, however, it
appears, that he was compelled to answer, though
his tellimony is not given in the papers. The fol.
lowing is the refult of the proceedings in the lift
day's trial

ttIIdSDAY, OCT. 20.--I o'ctocr.--The Court
has jua delivered a long and elaborate opinion, in
which it determioes that it would be improper to
commit the accufed on the charge of treafon. The
conclufion of the opinion is as follows :
[hall commit Aaroq Burr and Herman Blennerluffet for
preparing and providing the means for a military expedition,
againft the territories of a Foreign Prince with whom the United
States acre at peace. If thole whore province and duty it is le
profecute offc..ces agatult the laws of the Uuited States Shall be Of
opinion alat a crime of a (laver die has been committed,it is not
their choice to at in conformity with that opinion. lfrael Smith
is not proved to have provided or prepared any means whatfoever
and therefore I (hall opt commit hini If he has really offended
agaudt• the lirs, he may be profecuted for the treafon in Ken-
tucky, or for, the nufdczneauour on his own Bate, where, If say
where, his offence ha been committed."
Mr. Hay moved to have Aaron Burr and Herman
Blennerhalkt committed for trial in the diariEt of
Ohio, which was ordered.
David Flyd (lays a Louirville paper of the 13th of
Anguil) has been found guilty of a mifdemeanour,
by the Circuit Court of the Indiana territory, on ss
charge of the United States, as being concerned
with Aaron Burr in his late treafonable expedition.
It is expeded the Court will pronounce their fett•
tence this day.
A few d:tys will determine what will be done is
regard to the letter llealing bufinefs. Next to the
affair of the Chefapeak, nothing has excited fo much
indignation here.
We are happy to inform our Readers that our.
Agents at Canton have accommodated their difpute
with the Chinefe, ten Blips fully laden, and under
convoy of the Lion, of 64 guns, had failed for Eng-
land. -

OAST INDIES.

PORT WILLIAM.
Pusuc DIPARTAWIT, Arm. 9, 1807.
The following Eitratt from a °foetal Letter from the Hon.
the Comm of Direttsrs, dated the 13d of July, do% Is robillbeill
for general Information :

"We dire t on the receipt of ibis difpatch, that public notice
be !trued, forbidding, under pain of our high difpicafere, any pets..
lie affemblege, either of our own fervent, or of private merchants,
traders, or other inhabitants. whetfoever, without Set obtaining
the fanetion of the Government thmugh the medium of the
Sheriff for the time being ; and we further direct, that with the
application for holding loch meeting*, the f übjeds intended to be
taken into conuderation be alto fubmitted to your previous confi-
deradon, in order that you may have it in your power to judge of
the propriety of allowing the quellions that may be propofed, to
be agitated ; and on no confideration whatever is the Sheriff, or
the Ofker prefiding at filch meetings, to allow any fubjed to be
conadered that has not been previoufly fubmitted for your eonu-
deration. We have fall confidence, however, that our Govern-
nt ems in India will not preclude our fervent* or other European
inhabitants from meeting for the purpote of eapreffing their
fentiments, whenever proper fubjetfts are Admitted for their
deliberation.
" Publlihed by order of the Governor General in Council.
" 11:10. BROWN, Chief Set.to Govt."
With refpett to any neceMty fiippored to via for
the above regulation, we are left totally in the dark.
The College of Fort William has not been abo-
tithed. Difputations in the Oriental languages took
place there on the sd of March, and k was under-
Rood that the College was intended to be continued
for the purpOfe of completi:ig the education of thole,
who were defined for the Civil Service of the Coal.
panT.
Another frigate. named the Salfette, built at 80.1 •
bay, was Munched in March left, and it was expedled
that when the new dock was finifhed, a Bridal 74
would be candrueed of Teakwood. Docks had
alfo been formed at Coring', to the northward of
Madras.
Vaccination was making rapid progrefs in Ipckt
It has alfo reached China, and bad become general
at Canton.
' Nothing was known serpeiting the Skelton Catllet
fo late as the middle of April.

Yellerday a Court of Direaors was held at the Ea&
India Houk, when Captain STURROCK was (worn
into the iommand of the (hip Prear,n, configned to
Madras and Bengal. The Coort adjourned at fie
o'clock till Wednefday neat.

Advice' have been received of the fafe arrival at
Madeira, of the Blips Experiment, NORMA'S!). and
Tigrit, MACDOIMALL • they were to fail from thence
on the Th Oaober lad, for Madras and Bengal.
A mutiny took place on board the Travers out-
ward bound Indianian, in November lag, which was
not got tinder until the boatfwain, the ringleader,
wai fhot. Ten or twelve of the crew deferted, but
fix of them were afterwards taken, and lodged in
prifort at Bombay.
We yotterday received New York Papers to the
a7th ult. The only intelligence of importance which
they bring is, that two Britifb frigates had cut out all
the acids from the ifland of St. Croix, and were
blockading it. Two of the mutineers of the Jason
were executed at Halifax, on the tath of October.--
Colonel Botta is committed for" preparing and pro-
viding the means for a military expediti.:n sigatnit the
4territor ire of a foreign Prit.ce, with whom tue Waited
States wait at peace."'

1.77.177C/IL I v'TELLIdENCE.

LOSS OF THE BOREAS FRIGATE.

The 11-ver, Captain QyELSH, from GnerafeY And
J tfey, has arrived at Weymouth with mails and
pa ffenr:ers, and brings the melancholy account of the
I fs of his Maidly's (hip BORBA!, cf 3z guns, Capt.
SCOTT, on the Jersey coati. She (truck on a funken
rock, and immediately funk. The Captain and all
the crew ktiffied, with the exception of two Officers
and between 43 and 5o men.