Star.
London, England, 1809-11-16 00:00:00

COPEN!I.IC,EN, OCTO!*.R 24.

Various 'Evers isay. ne-.!st addressed to the Norwe-
gian G'overament, co:icaitsing iortner particulars re-
spec::iig tie predatory ()per:o.i .116 of some English
inen war on toe Finmark coasts, in the months of
and July last.
The Snake enact- brig, of 18 inns, appeared off
Ilaaveg., on the +th of July, and under .t heavy can-
nonade, landed two boats filled with armed men, who
entered the place, hoisted the English
flag, batst open the e:sui broke the pour-box
in pie:.s, carried oif :lie mosr4 in it, and committed
various other enoi.ositles. They remained on shore
until the 19th, when they returned on board the brig,
vi1.4:111::d in the mean time put to sea, but returned
nn the 17th with the brig Fancy, of 14 gums, Capt.
Suigler. Both brig , h.iving provided themselves
with :! supply of wood and water, sailed again on the
nlst July. On the '22.1 they stood in towards the
vtl-
of Hanini. riert, landed a detachment ; who,
we,er ..n actton ot. an :lour and a ls.i:f :he
• c:nisistai; '24i skid er; and 34) inhabitants of
the coast, dt:6tr^Yea, t,
"e batteries, which were mounted
vritlt tour 6‘°avaer,,, and re-embarked on the 30th
0iid1e:......h, they captured three Norway boots
;If liaaveg.
'The Naval Lieutenar.t 1-bAstein has carried Into
Ko prizetwilish he ctut og tiom the onerny,scouvoy,

LONDON.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16.

PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK :
3 per Cent. Cons. for money 70—account 70i.
Omnium prem.
PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY.

Gank Stock 279
3 per Cent. Red. 691
3 per Cent. Cons.69f, 70
4 per Cent. R4l 831 84
5 per Cent. Navy 102.1 1011
1.. Ann. I 9-16ths 11-16th,
India Stock 196

India Bonds 335. 345. pr.
Imp. 3 per Cents. 67j 68
Di to Ann. 7t
Hubei]. Bins, 129. 179. pre.
Omnium 21 prem.
Lottery Tickets .C 21.,. 159.
Cone, for acc. 70i

We stated a few days ago that Government had
resolved to withdraw the British troops from the
Island of Walcheren, and also from Spain and Por-
tugal. The former part of the statement has been
corroborated, and we have every reason to believe
that the latter will soon be also reduced to open cer-
tainty.

Indeed, we understand that orders have been sent
to Plymouth to impress all the light colliers and
other vessels fit for the transport service, and to dis-
patch them immediately to Lisbon and Oporto, for
the purpose of bringing away all the British troops
from the Peninsula.

In our opinion, respecting the propriety of bringing
home all our troops from these devoted countries, we
had the misfortune to stand almost alone for a consi-
derable time ; but we believe that on this point, the
public have now but one sentiment. We have no
wish to blame the efforts that have been made by
Ministers, to rescue the Spaniards and Portuguese
from the gripe of the determined enemy of Britain.
Indeed they would have deserved and received public
reprobation had they refused to give them aid. But
we cannot allow the present moment to pass, without
pressing upon the Government and upon the Country
the necessity of now nursing that force, and those re.
sources of which we have hitherto been so lavish—
foolishly lavish, for we have thrown them away upon
the useless agents and supporters of corrupt, debili-
tated, exploded institutions !—institutions and privi.
leges at perfect variance with the present moral state
of the world.

In these few words we have summed up the causes
of our own defeat--the causes of the enemy's
triumphs. It is the eztrtme of folly and madness to
shut our eyes against the light, and grope in dark-
ness at noon day. Look at Spain. Was there in
that country any want of physical means—any want
of popular zeal, to annihilate an invading army ?
To what then must we attribute the successes of the
enemy ? To the ignorance and infatuation of their
rulers—to their contemptible efforts to restore and
maintain institutions and privileges that had received ,
a shock by which they were absolutely subverted.
It is in the very nature of all human institutions,
that when they have acquired a certain degree of de.
bility, they require but a slight shock to make them
fall, not merely to pieces, but into dust. The mecha.
nic who should attempt to arrange the detached atoms
of a machine reduced to powder by the corrosion of
worms, and to give the engine its pristine powers by
cementing them together with paste, would be sent
to Bedlam. Yet such has been the conduct of Britain
for years !

It is time to be wise and to abstain from partici..
pating in such folly.—The extreme of folly ! lot the
labour is not only fruitless but ruinous I The ingr..
clients of which we compose our restorative are the
wealth, the property, the very necessaries of our own
cxis,o •ce, and the menstruum in which they are dis.
o veJ, is the blood of our brave counts ymen,the
tears of widows and orphans !
Reader ! Pug not away the reproof from yourself.

THE ARMY.

The blame belongs u much to you as to your rulers.
Captain WOODRIPFE, Superintendant of Frmcll r,:-*.
soners at Portsmouth, has sailed I,r IValcher:::,,, r,,
The fact is plainly this :—The nation has been in a
phrenzy. Let us hope the paroxism is now over. If
it be, we have still sufficient stamina left in our con..
• arrange the embarkation of the army there.
stitution to warrant a well-grounded hope that we
I Four companies of art i:lery have : uc,.!ivEd nrckrs t-,
shall yet triumph over the assaults and machinations .
hold themselves in readiness, at a mom:.nt's nktic,.,
of our deadly foe. But, on the contrary, if, after
to proceed to Walcheren, to assist is protecia, the
attempt the experience we have had, we shall still madly
re-embarkation of our troops and eirects. S e
The regiments for Walcheren are still 1., i,,,,
attempt to stop the course of the seasons, the fate that
awaits us is inevitable. , . b at Spit.
head, waiting a wind.
One hundred and twenty horses, belong'n; to the
Royal Waggon Train, march into Porsimalth or.
the 19th inst. and embark for Portugal.
The Officers of the Artillery of the King's Germ,n
Legion gave a farewell ball and supper to all the re.
spectable families in Portchester, where this corps has
been quartered for this last four years. 'lt is 'ziptcted
they will march to Guildford, to leave recur for the
foreign depot, now established at Pertchester.

Respecting the reported action in the Mediterra-
nean nothing perfectly satisfactory has yet been re.
ceived. There are letters in town from Palk of so
late a date as the 9th, but they make no mention
of the circumstance. The regular course of post be-
tween Nismes (where the rumour is said to have ori-
ginated) and the capital of France is only four days,
so that the silence of these letters is wholly unaccount-
able, under the supposition that this success was ob-
tained by Lord COLLINGWOOD off the coast of Lan-
guedoc, on the 26th of the preceding month.-
-On the other hand, a Gentleman who reached town
yesterday from Holland states, that previously to his
departure, he saw letters from Montpellier, which
mentioned that the Toulon squadron had been met
at sea by an Engliet fleet and dispersed. This in-
formation was said to have been derived from one of
the French line of battle ships which had returned
to port.

Yesterday about 12 o'clock his MAJESTY arrived at
the Queen's Palace, from Windsor, where he was re-
ceived by the Dukes of YORK, KENT, SUSSEX, and
CAMBRIDGE.

Soon after two o'clock his MAJESTY held a private
Levee.

The following had the honour of being presented
to his MAJESTY
:
His Grace the Duke of PqRTLAND, upon coming to his title.
—The Noble Duke at the carne time delivered to his Majesty
the illustrious Order of the Garter worn by his father, the late
Duke.

The Earl of LINDSAY, upon coming to his title.
Lord Lowruta, upon his being appointed a Lord of the Ad-
miralty, by Lord Mulgrave.
Mr. HASTINGS ELWIN, upon his being appointed Advocate-
General of the Leeward Islands.

Captain STAINES, R. N. upon his return from the Mediterra-
nean.

Major-General HOUSTON, upon his promotion.

Lieutenant• Colonel HAMILTON, upon bis promotion.
His MAJESTY held a Privy Council, and gave au-
diences to Mr. PERCEVAL, the rest of the Cabinet Mi-
sters present, Sir DAVID DUNDAS and Mr. SUTTON,
who laid before his Mansry the proceedings of some
Courts Martial.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

About half-past six o'clock his MAJESTY set off on
his return to Windsor.

Yesterday the Cabinet Ministers dined with Mr.
PERCEVAL, for the first time since his appointment to
be First_ Lord of the Treasury.
Earl CAMDEN was considered better yesterday, but
not sufficiently recovered to attend his MAJESTY.
M. ANDUAGA, it is expected, will embark to-day
or to-morrow, on board the Lavinia frigate, which is
to set sail for Cadiz. It will be recollected, that his
Gentleman was the Minister of FERDINAND, at the
Court of Louts, in Holland, from whence he escaped
with some difficulty, attended by the Spanish Consul.
Soon after he arrived here, he received instructions
from the Supreme Junta to remain in London. He
is now ordered, by the same authority, to proceed to
Seville; and it is expected that he will occupy a situ-
ation of high rank and responsibility in the Govern-
ment.

The Bucephalus, which is going to the East-Indies,
is ordered to take out the PRINCE KHAN, who lately
arrived a refugee in this country, in the Frederickstein,
and had previously fled to the Emperor of Mouocco
for protection, when driven from his dominions by a
rival Prince.

TORBAY, NOVEMBER 14.

This morning arrived the gtm-Lrig ft,:rn
Plymouth, to convoy the Prince of Wales trao,por:
with the detachment of the 9th Dragnrns to
Downs. Also arrived the TV1(11N and 11.1;t1A In in
from a cruise.

The Marquis of LAwsnowx, who died at his house
in Berkeley-square, on Tuesday evening, was long
afflicted with a malady, which is generally denomi-
nated the Liver Complaint. He was born Decem-
ber 9, 1765 ; succeeded his father, the first Marquis,
on the 7th of May, 1805, and on the 27th of the
same month was married to Lady GIFFARD, by whom
he has left no issue. He is succeeded by his brother
Lord HENRY PETTY, who is now Marquis of LANS-
now-N, Earl of WYCOMBE and SHELBURNE, Viscount
CoLNE, and Baron WYCOMBE.—The late Marquis
was for many months in a declining state of health.
In the autumn of the present year, by the advice of
his medical attendants, he was preparing to embark
for Lisbon, to try the effect of the temperature of the
atmosphere of that country. Previously to his in-
tended departure he visited his favourite Castle at
Southampton, and finding himself daily getting bet-
ter, he abandoned his intention of going to Portugal.

PLYMOUIH-DOCK, 2:OV. 14.

No arrivals to dap, except colliers anti coast: r;.

Sailed the YORK. 71. gunc, for the Medic:Tr:then
and the WEAZLE hired schooner, for Torbay.

PORTSMOUTH, NOVEMBLR I 5.

Arrived yesterday, after post, the following tram.
ports, with troops on board, from Guernsey : they are
destined for the West Indies, viz. the Columbine,
Idas, Wolgar, Royalist, Thetis, ElLn, Zephyr, and
Mentor. Arrived also a French privateer, prize to
his Majesty's ship EURVAI.CS.—SaiIed the linve.v,
ATKINSON ; and Friends, IlitonmucK, for Amelia
Islands; and his Majesty's ship BCCEPIIALL", Jrl the
Cape of Good Hope, with a few ships under convey.
Wind E. N. E.

DFAL, NOVEMBER is.

General MosEr and General OsTEN, who were
brought to England from the isle of Walcheren, as
prisoners of war, are at present on parole in the town
of Litchfield, with a great number of officers, and
upwards of two hundred other prisoners. The bells
of St. Mary's Chapel, Litchfield, summon them every
evening at five o'clock to their quarters.

Arrived, the BEAGLE and Ecuo sloops, from the
Nore ; and FURIOUS gun-brig, with a convoy, from
Flushing: she landed a military officer with dispatches
from that place.—Sailed the REDPOLL slocp and
Dts-
PATCH naval transport, with a convoy of coasting-
vessels for Portsmouth.—Put back the RtNALDO sloop
and convoy for Flushing.—Came down from the
River, and sailed immediately, the William, NURDAN,
for New-York ; and several others.—Wind N. W.
blows hard.

PEDESTRIANISM.—A Mr. Gilbert, a farmer at Hai--
lowe, in Somersetshire, on Saturday set off from
Newbott, Wilts, for a wager of 1000 guineas, to go
1000 miles in 1.5 days, which is at the rate of between
sixty and seventy miles a-day. On Monday night he
had completed 215. The odds are betted considerably
against him.
As Mr. Calvert, of Sunderland, butcher, was re.
turning home on Monday se'nnight, about half.
past ten o'clock, he was stopped on Gillygate.
moor, near Durham, by a highwayman mounted
on a grey horse, who demanded his money ; at
the same instant an accomplice rushed out of the
beige, seized his horse's bridle, and struck him
violent blow on the forehead with a stout stick,
but fortunately he kept his seat : the hors,., began
to plunge, and soon extricated himself, and immedi-
ately struck up into a gallop. Mr. CAlvert was lot
lowed *ems the moor, but escaped by the speed of
his hone.