Star.
London, England, 1809-03-13 00:00:00

AMERICA:'

FRANI THE COLOMBIAN CENTINEL.
• Savannah, (Georgia), Dec. 29, ISO;
On Saturday, the British schooner, Sandwich, of 10
Lieutenant W. J. Foley . commander, anchored oieTybee, frost
Nassau, with dispatches to the British Vice Consul. Lieuteirst
Foley, with a midshipman, came up to tto.vn the same night. On
Sunday Captain Armistead, of the U.S. Artillery, sent the fol.
lowing note to them, by Captain Houston
" Savannah, Dec. 25, 1801.
" 1 understand that you belong to his Britannic Mait tty's trig
Sandwich, which is now violating the Proclamation of the Pmst.
dent of the United States, wherein he orders, that no British nut
of War shall enter the waters and harbours of the U.S. This
therefore to order you to depart immediately from this town
(Signed) " rl. B. AsixisTran,
" Capt. Ist reg. U.S. Art. commanding.
a The Officers of the British brig
Sandwich, now in Savannah."
Though the Officer knew that the President's Pro.
clamation expressly permits vessels, charged with
dispatches, or business from their government," to
enter the harbours of the U. S and considered the no.
tice to be extremely abrupt; yet to avoid every thing
-like giving offence, he gave the letter to the Vice Ccn•
.sul, who sent the following answer :
" Savannah, Dec. 25, 1808.
" SlR—Lieutenant Foley has just handed me a letter from ye;
• dressed to the officers of his Majesty's brig Sandwich, in which
you order them to depart immediately from town. I have tie
honour to inform you, that the Sandwich brought official dit•
patches to me, on his Majesty's service, for the purpose of carry*
Mg away the British prize, Spanish felucca, which had been, from
desertion and death, left without hands to navigate her. But
having since been libelled and sold under a decree of the Court of
Admiralty of the United States for the district of Georgia, Lao'
tenant Foley, having no othat business here, will depart to.moo
row morning. He has not the most distant wish to violate the
laws of the country ; he waited upon the colleetOr with6ut
and stated his business, and his intention of taking his &pante;
in consequence of the information he had received.-1 have the
honour to be with respect, your most obedient
(Signed) " lajeltS WALLAM
" Captain A. B. Armstead, U. S. Artillerlst."
44 Captain Armistead and Houstoun, applied to
the Collector of the Customs ; and was informed by
him, that the officer of the Sandwich, agreeably to
the requisition of the President's Proclamation, had
reported her to him, and stated the business on which
she was sent : but Captain Armistead cLose to coo•
sider the entrance of .the vessel as a violation of the
Proclamation,. and taking the execution of the
into his hands, issued the following spirited order
compelling the instant departure of Li tut. Foley :
" December 25, 180 s
" Captain Houston, of the :Id Regiment of Infantry, it or.
dered to see you on board your barge. You will therefore, vrith•
out one moment's delay, leave the city ; and at, your
board your brig, you will, with all expedition, leave the mitt,
as your stay tirre is contrary to the Proclamation of the Probider.:
oldie United States. (Signed) "A. B. ARMISTEAD,
" Captain Ist Rest. U. S. Artillery commandini•
" Lieut. Foley, of his Britannic Majesty's Navy."
Detachment Order.—" Captain Houston will, without debt.
have Lieutenant Foley and his midshipman put into their
and sent off immediately. me Captain is to see that they L.
reLind. (Signed) " A. It ARMISTr.
" Captain U. S. Artillerists, commander
" Captain H. found Lieutenant Foley taking 3
Christmas dinner with Mr. Anderson, and presente:l
his order. The Lieutenant asked permission to
his dinner, but he was refused the hospitality, sand
with his midshipman, was hurried on board his bArge•
He was unable to reach his schooner ; and went on
beard a vessel in five fathom, where he intended to
take refreshment ; but was pursued by a detachment
of the military, under Ensign M'lntosh, and sent off
a second time.
" The Sandwich lay at the month of the rivet on
Monday, and fired a shot for a pilot.boat, which
however refused to come on board. The whole COt
duct of the British .officers, while on shore, was ci4
and respectful ; but the circumstances have bee
seized hold of by the democratic papers to ansire:
party purposes, and to make a war with England
avoidable. Every man of sense and spirit will rn3..
his own conunents on the correspondence and cc:
duct, 411.4.445 e Opatte statemAnt made."

THE FATEM KC:STAR.

LONDON.

MONDAY, MARCH 13.
rRI-sOF STOCKS THIS DAY ATONE O'CLOCK.
consols, for money, 614-4 for ace. 671----` Otonium I j pre.
Exchequer Bills, lUs. prem.
PRICE OF STOCKS ON SATURDAY.
s per Cent. Cons. 67i Ex. Bills los. i ls. pre.
Ditto (Fundable) 14Y. 115. pre.
5 per Cent. Navy 98
Vila Bonds, Ils. 12s. pre. Lottery Tickets 211. 19s.
Imp 3 pc:- Cent.—
Cons. for acc. 68 67i
.

We have received Dutch papers to the 7th instant,
from which we have given some interesting extracts.
All the Continent is in a state of bustle, and the most
active preparations for war are every where going on.
In addition to Austria, it is said that Russia will
also take the field against NAPOLEON. Intelligence
has been received from St. Petersburgh, which be-
speaks a change of sentiment in that Cabinet, Most
caspicious to the interests of Great-Britain. M. Tot.-
lion, has been re-appointed to the office of Minis-
ter for Foreign affairs, and his friendly disposition to
England is well known.
The following interesting extracts are chiefly from

the Dutch and German papers :
The French army of the Rhine, under the corn.
Thud of the Duke of AUERSTADT (DAvovvr) has
broken up from its cantonments in the countries of
Gotha, Hanau, itc. and is now on its march to the

Danube. The Staff of the army was on the 17th
uit, removed from Erfurth, for the purpose of being
established at Ulm. The army under General Out'.
sor, , which on the 20th had head quarrers at Augs-
burgh, at that date, comprised nearly 30,000 men.
~ Some Dutch regiments have passed the Mein, on
their march to Franconia. Several divisions of French
troops from the Duchy of Berg, &c. have taken the
same route, and all the carriages and horses in the
countries through which they passed, were put in re-
ccisition for their conveyance.
~ A French army is to be formed in Saxony, with
which the forces of the Confederation of the Rhine
are to act—several Westphalian regiments were on
the 20th ult. under orders to proceed thither.
~ The French have already established an army of
between 40 and 50,000 men in Italy, within a few
miles of the Austrian frontiers.—The Dalmatian
army under Maamosr has been broken up, for the
purpose of forming this new corps, but at present it
consists chiefly of Italians. A reserve is forming near
Brescia, and is to be joined by a body of Swiss troops.
It is understood that MassENA is again to have the
command of the Italian army.
4, Count MIER arrived at Vienna on the 12th Fe-
bruary, with dispatches from Count METTERNICH,
the Austrian Ambassador at Paris, communicating,
it is stated, the final decision of BONAPARTE on the
subject of his differences with the Emperor FRANCIS.
Messengers were immediately dispatched to Peters-
burgh, Berlin, and Copenhagen, as also to the several
Austrian Governments, and orders were given for the
necessary arrangements preparatory to placing the
militia on permanent duty. The Messenger, NAPPER
arrived from Paris on - the 14th, and stated, that pre-
vious to his departure, the tradesmen belonging to
the Austrian Embassy had been directed to furnish
their several accounts, in order to their being dis-
charged. The French Ambassador at Vienna, the
same day, received dispatches from- Paris, by the
Courier, Mk:SSC/MIR, which, h was understood, con-
tained 'orders of recal.
" A cordon a troops has been formed along the
whole extent of the Austrian frontiers, and no person
is permitted to pass without a passport from the Im-
perial Aulic Chamber at Vienna. One hundred and
fifty bakers at Vienna, had been put in requisition' or
the service of the army. The Austrians are making
great exertions to fortify the city of Ems, in Upper
Austria, and have appointed six thousand soldiers,
and a like number of peasants, to that service.
" The Cabinet of Vienna, with a view to the far-
ther augmentation of their army, has ordered the first
and second battalions of reserve to be gradually in-
rorporated with the regiments of the line, and has
chiected, that third battalions of reserve be immedi-
ately formed. The militia too, which had only been
exercised on Sundays, was ordered to assemble two
evenings in every week, and to provide themselves
with certain articles, in the event of being called into
service.

" The Strasburgh Gazette, in alluding to the mili-
tary movements in Germany, observes, that should
Austria have the madness to provoke another war,
the French Eagles will be again flying at Vienna be-
fore the Ist of May. The same Paper observes, that
the French Life-Guards were on their return to Frxnce
from Spain, adding, that the state of affairs in that
cluntry no longer required the large force which had
been poured into it.

" The Duke of faun; tpunoc) accompanied by
one of BoNAPARTeS Aida4e-Camp, on the night of
the 2d ult. passedthrougli Frankfort, charged with
Inimponant thisslon totheCourt of St. Petersburgh.
" JEROME tinif rof Westphalia, in
obedience to orders from Pads, on. die:Oth ult. issued
a decree calling out 5500 conscripts Of the year 1808,
to be put on active service ; and 2600 more, who are ,
t 3 form a reserie, to be takes from the young men
ban in 1788. •

" The reports of an:early .adiustrie9t of ttle
dif-
sereaces which subhist.:ketween PA-, nglancl,
:id induced a considerable:meduetion in the price of
procluei iif tbeirsffifiercbunti-y, • Suggr, iri

particular, had fallen near SO per•teiatoAamely, fiom
78 to 56, and 58 rubles per pud of 401 b.
It is stated, in the German papers, that the Ern-
perorALExANnr.tt had appointed Prince PaosonowsKr
who commands the Russian armies in Moldavia and
Wallachia, his Plenipotentiary at the Congress of
peace with the Porte.

" LOUIS BONAPARTE was at Utrecht, taking mea-
sures to relieve the country suffering under the inun-
dations, when he received dispatches from NAPOLEON,
requiring the immediate march of 15,000 Dutch
troops into Bavaria, to act with the French army un-
der the Duke of AUERSTADT, and expressing an ex-
pectation that another corps of like force would be in
readiness to take the same route by the middle of
March.—Louts sent off Couriers to Amsterdam, &c.
calling his Ministers and Councillors of State to
Utrecht, where, after much deliberation, his Cour.cil
declared to him the incompetence of the nation to
sustain the burthens of a new war, and protested
against the employment of so large a force in a ser-
vice unconnected with the interests of the country.
Several Regiments were, however, immediately put
in motion, and had, at the date of the last accounts,
arrived on the Mein."

We this morning received two Gottenburgh mails.
The intelligence they bring is not of much interest,
and furnishes no fresh grounds for conjecture respect-
ing the future line of politics to be adopted by the
Northern powers. The Sound is now completely
free from ice.

Oviedo Gazettes to the 15th ult. have been re-
ceived, but their contents are unimportant. The As-
turians have not yet acknowledged the authority of
JOSEPH BONAPARTE, from their not having been as yet
visited by the French troops; indeed the Asturians seem
to be profoundly ignorant of what is passing in other
parts of Spain. The Oviedo Gazettes contain no in-
telligence respecting Saragossa, but a Hague Cou-
ran t of the 3d inst. contains the following article on
the subject :
4g Though the Moniteur of the 28th of February con-
tains no particular intelligence, yet in other Parisian
papers we learn, that the following important tidings
had been received in the capital :—" Saragossa is
vanquished ; the French entered it on the 21st of Fe-
bruary. Marshal LANNES, who refused a capitulation
to the Arragonese who defended it, granted a gene-
rous pardon to all, in the name of his Majesty. Ge-
neral PALAFOX is to be prisoner of war, if he refuse
to take the oath of allegiance to the King."

We have received New York and other American
Papers to the Bth ult. brought by two vessels which
have arrived at Liverpool, with cotton, from Savanna
in Georgia.

The non-intercourse Bill, after a warm discussion
of 18 days, was carried by a considerable majority.
The greatest ferment on the subject of the Embargo'
still continues to prevail throughout America. Peti-
tions from starving mariners are daily pouring into
Congress, and numbers of vessels are continually put-
ting to sea in defiance of the Embargo laws. A Bill
has been brought in for arming 50,000 volunteers.

A report was circulated in the City on Saturday,
that an insurrection had broken out in Holland, in
consequence of the preparations ordered by NAPOLEON
for putting the Dutch troops in motion against Aus.
trig. Letters from Holland, of the Bth inst. are en-
tirely silent on this subject.
It was reported on Saturday that the Expedition
of the Portuguese against Cayenne had terminated
successfully. Information has reached us from Rio
Janeiro, dated as late as the Ist January, and no
mention is made of this success.

A Messenger has arrived in Leadenhall-street, with
dispatches from the East India Company's agent at
Constantinople, stating that the Communication over.
land with India was open, and that proper arrange-
ments had been made at the different stations for ex-
pediting the couriers.
Letters have been received from Captain CARROL
at Gijon. They are dated 20th February, and at
that time the French were not in the province of
Asturias.

A letter from Captain CLEAVELAND, of the General
Dodswell, arrived at Rio Janeiro, dated Dec. 26,
1808, states, that it was strongly reported that the
Vulture and the Scorpion, from London for the South
Seas, were captured by the Spaniards round Cape
Horn, and that the Captain of the latter was killed,
and several of the crew.

A letter from an Officer on board a transport in
Cadiz harbour, says—;“ We got to Cadiz in three
days from Lisbon, from whence we sailed on the Ist
with four regiments, and were in full expectation of
landing immediately; but the jealousy of our allies,
or the intrigues of our enemies, keep us still on
board."

MISS GAYTON, of Operatical celebrity, married
'yesterday to a Clergyman with a fortune and prefer-
ment, and estate of 20001. per annum, is the daughter
of a hair-dresser at Islington.
FASHIONABLE PetomeNanc—Yesterday produced
[ the usual display of dress in Hyde Park and Ken-
sington Gardens. The weather was fine, and the
ripening beauties of nature gratified the eye. The
bursting buds of lilac, the golden crocus, and the
ptimrose, now cheer the scene, and we hail with plea.
sure the approach of that season whifh dresses our
fields with verdure, and the countenance with joy.
The evergreens and shrubbery surrounding the Palace
of Kensington present a pleasant appearance, and tb
spectator may be delighted by a peep into the oran-,
sery or green house. Since the fashionables relin-
quished their favourite walks for winter quarters,
.Kensington Palace has been much improved. The
apartments prepared for the reception of the Princess
()Males, have been &tied up with exquisite taste and
konakniSoonce.

I- .

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THE ARMY.
Saturday, the Samaritan, and another transport,
arrived -in the Downs, with the 2d Battalion of the
78th (Highland) Regiment, about 100, on board,
bound to Fort George, to recruit; they came from
the Isle of Wight, having turned the remainder of the
men over to the Ist Battalion.
The public anxiety is very considerable for the fate
of our Expedition in the West-Indies. The army
there is the largest and best appointed that has acted
in that quarter for many years ; it is larger than that
of either Sir CHARLES GREY, or of the 1111MOtta!
ABERCROMBIE in the same quarter. Well prepared,
and amply provided, as the French have been for
some time at Martinique, expecting an attack, much
loss is looked for. General &clown!, the Conttnan-
der in Chief, is a very old Officer.
Sir GEORGE PaEvosT is a very able officer, and his
defence of Dominica, and retreat across the island, is
thought by military men one of the most brilliant set._
vices in our annals.

General MAITLAND is a spirited and able Officer,
and has served some time in the West Indies;

General DANIEL HOUGHTON is likewise a gallant
Officer, and distinguished himself in St. Domingo
last war.

Generals Mortal) and Oxus did great service in
Ireland during the Rebellion.
With the fine Army now in the West Indies, com-
manded by such able Officers, the Country may with
confidence look for brilliant service at Martinique.
We are glad to hear that the great bodies of sick
and wounded from the Army in Spain, left at Ports-
mouth, and Plymouth, are nearly all recovered. We
are however sorry to hear, that the troops returned are
very sickly in their quarters over the kingdom. They
are particularly so at Colchester, Brighton, and
Lewes.

The 73d Highlanders, commanded by Colonel
M'QUARRIE, will very soon sail for Botany Bay. It
is but a few months since the skeleton of this fine and
spirited corps returned from India, after a residence.
of upwards of twenty years there. The corps has
since been recruited in the Highlands of Scotland.
The 73d goes out in two 50-gun ships, the Drome-
dary and Hindostan.
Major-General NIGHTINGALE, the Governor of New
South Wales, with his suite, is preparing to leave town
for Portsmouth. He goes out in the DROMEDARY,
which is fitted up for him. Mrs. NIGHTINGALE and
his family accompany him. The General's salary is
£5OOO per annum, to retire on three-fourths of this
salary after having been five years out.
It is said, that on account of the bad fever which
is so prevalent throughout the Army, the volunteer-
ing from the Militia is postponed for a month. This
is very much against the will of the Militiamen, who
are more ardent than ever to enter the line.

We are sorry to hear that the 54th Regiment has
lost several Officers and many men, lately, in Ja-
maica, by the yellow fever.

The following circumstance which is so highly
creditable to the Regiment, and to the town of which
it makes mention, that we think it cannot be too ge-
nerally known :—On the march of the Ist Battalion,
43d Regiment Light Infantry, from the place of de-
barkation to Colchester, they were met on their ap-
proach to Maldon, in Essex, (in which town they had
been quartered some time previous to their departure
for Spain), by a numerous body of the inhabitants,
headed by some of the most respectable, to greet their
return to Old England—and that at a distance of
three miles from the town ; when the Officers were
invited to a sumptous dinner, provided for them at
the principal inn, where each gentleman vied with the
other in their hospitable attentions ; and the privates
were almost generally entertained by the publicans
with free billetts.

We are happy to find that Miss Beffin, the young
lady who now exhibits her wonderful powers at
No. 17, New Bond-street, is so liberally encouraged,
as she most assuredly merits every attention that can
possibly be given, especially by those who are admi-
rers of the Fine Arts, for the great perseverance she
must have possessed, to surmount the numerous dif-
ficulties she has had to encounter with, having had
the misfortune to be born deficient of arms and legs.
Her .figure is extremely pleasing, her manners and
conversition are quite interesting, and her perform-
ance stifpasses every imagination.

During a sessions of Parliament, from the town
being so much more full of company than at other
periods of the year, it has generally been usual, when
a Lottery occurred, to make its Scheme consist of
25 or 30,000 Tickets.—But it now so happens, not-
withstanding this obviously great increase of adven-
turers in the metropolis, that the present Scheme (the
most interesting, indisputably, ever offered to the
public contained, at first starting, but I 8,500 Tickets
for sale ; consequently, almost a moral certainty,
that neither Ticket or Share will, by the Day of
Drawing, (12th of April) be left for sale in the Lot-
tery market.
CORN EXCHANGE, MARK•LANR, MARCH 13.—There
is a middling supply of Wheat arrived to-day, mostly
second and ordinary, sales thereof are heavy at lower
prices, bu..: fine at-our last quotation—Barley in large
supply, and lower—Malt and White Peas at rather
less prices—Beans of each description support last
currency—There are large fresh arrivals or Oats, and
this trade is quoted Is, and 2s. per quarter lower—
Flour at our last prices.

• •

GENERAL CURD INCE AS UNDER :
Wheat, 635. 76%. 90%. Beans (new) 565. 625.04.
Fine ditto, 925. 955. Tick ditto (new) 50s. 15s. ed.
Rye, 625. 68s. Oats, 30.1. 345. 38s.
Sarley, 40s. 465. Poland ditto, 390. 465. Od.
Malt 725. 795. Putatoe ditto to 41; 04.
White/ w% (boilers), 134,144. Rape Seed, G4l. to 681.
.firey.41t04944 Seas.
Fuze 'Flour 80s. to 85t: Seconds 7.55. to 80,.

R4IIIIL INTELLIGEZIS•

FALMOUTH, MARCH If). - -
Sailed the Carteret packet, Captain Patterfict, with
mails for America, and Duke of Montrose pi,cle_s,
Captain Blewitt, with mails for Jamaica...—Wind N. E.