Star.
London, England, 1804-11-06 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR.

Sra—During the negociations for peace, your
warning voice refounded, and not in vain, throughout
the whole Britifh Empire, the neceffity of retaining
Musa. Of late you have been filent on the fubjeds
concluding, probably, that we were fixed in the fecure
poffeffion of it. I, indeed, allow the determination of
our Cabinet to guard it againa the known willies and
pretenfi'ns of France. But hints have been repeat-
edly given in the papers, under the article of " Fo.
reign Intelligence," that it was to be given to RuLLa.
This I treated with ridicule, recolleding that the pre-
fent Mipifter had rifked, and produced the hoftility oi'
PAUL, rather than pan with it. B9t, very lately, an
article from Genoa was pompoufly given, with Come
authority, flating that Rem was to P#fi Malta,
common will. ou. I have heard of a large 'nand, like
St. Domingo, polfeffed by two powers. I have heard
of leveret nations colonizing Madagarcar, Java, Su.
matra, &c. It is poflible that I may hear of fettle-
ments male by different nations on the North and
Weft of New Holland, without interfering with our
eftablilhments in the Lta. But I have never heard
that a (mall Wand, whore importance lies in an im-

pregnable fortrefs, was held by two powers. Is the
chief command to be alternately in the hands of the
English and of the Roffians ? !fib, it is not neceffary
to recur to the Mao: y of Ertocxxs and Foxrxicts to
forefee what will be the event.
If this arrangement is intended as a prelude to the
furrender of MALTA to the Ruffians, I conjure Mi-
niflers to pule, before they lay the axe to the root of
their country's honour and intereft. It is the obvious
policy of Ruffia to edablifh a formidable naval force
in the Mediterranean. Her views on Turkey, her
defire of riling to eminence as a maritime power, en-
force the necetlhy of :wintering her fleets in that fn.
Our India poiliffions will be more within her staff,s
when the has atehie►ed the conqueft, or conciliated
the alliance, of Perfia, than they are within the reach
of France. It is far from improbable, confidering the
political changes to which Ruffia is fubjeft, that the
pat titian treaty which elided between Paus. any 800
o ***** vs may he renewed. In that cafe, and in
many other cafe,, if we have parted with Mu.Ta, we
(hall have no harbour in the Mediterranean, and

Shall be forced to remain indignant, but impotent
fpeltators of the execution of the van deSigns of our
foes, and lofe for ever the commercial, military and
political advantages, which we now derive from the
Wilton of that invaluable ifland.
This is one, of a tnoufand reafons, which make it
treachery to give up MALTA. In imitation of Athe•
nian policy, I would wills fenrence of death to be
paled on the man who propole to cede it to any
power on earth. Lord Misvisss, indeed, has de-
dared, that he never would have Signed a Peace by
which we gave up MALTA But is the noble and
learned Lnrd celebrated for confifiency ? Let me
afk his Lordfbip whether he did not, four years ago,
fend orders to Sir C Sruaar to admit a Rui
flan garrifon into Malta ? and did not the gallant of-
ficer throw up his command, rather than be guilty
of his country', ruin and difgrace ? Mr: Piro, in-
deed, profefles to aft according to trifling circum.
panics, and thiiicundatios will bear any fabric what-
ever.

Recoiledling the generous and affeßionate efforts
of the Maltefe to expel the treacherous Knights and
the opprcffive French, their ready and faithful affill-

ance in trimming our fleet., and recruiting our armies,
betides the innumerable advantages attending the
polTeffion of that Mend, you will not be furprifed ifi
a, a lover of my country, I fubfcribe myfelf,

lober 19, 1804.
••• We 'rug we can quiet the fears of our Patriotic Corn-
fpnnekot. We believe, that if RolSan troops are uhuitted into
Malta, it will be only on a temporary neesilon, when the hewn
Inal4ll arc infuthcient to contain the forces preparing In the Medi-
terranean (or a vest °Lica. But the t,.wn and the forts will re-
main in the poifellion of our troops Our feutiments arc um-
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MELITOPHILIJS.

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changed rt fpcelis g the importalice of Malt* to This conotrg, and
We hatite trot to &dare that 7 at MINIS ea. woio WOULD rao-

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Tilt LINVIIII.

On Sunday night, as the Lord Mayor and Lady
hlayorefs, with Mrs. Cow; LL, were returning firm,
Hampton Wick, his Lorsllll.p's putt illiuns drove out
of the road, o'er a bank near the Thames, and en-
tirely upfet the carriage and (Did tt confiderable in-
jury. The ladies were much bruited, and obliged la
remain at Mrs. Cowst.c's villa all night.
Accounts from the Mediterranean Rate, that the
Americans Isar.: not fueeeeded in making peace with
Tripoli. T'hi.i• have twice bombarded the town with
13 vac's, but without erred. They had taffeta
150,000 dollars to purchase a peace, which oiler was
rejeSesi.

A letter frnm IVibna, dated the :9th ult. by t 1 e
(hip Camilla, arrive :t at 1 ailtul, Oates,—that the It
the Spanifh ft.gates had created the greaten
fentatinn in Spate, n-.. 1 that a war with this country'
WA% CCllildtred intVil46ie.

A letter from a gentleman at New Orleans, clA:rd
to his friend in Clafgow, fans, " The
ralc:lls the French are behaving with their tscual
atroci• n impuderv-e• A French cruifer lately took
an Amz; :ran velT-1, which he burnt, but Goo knows
wkrr ti.Ly 1 tvl rt-ne kith the crew ; the landed the
cargo nza; the Spanills the, 3 kW
days ago„ into this port an Englifh bags
loaded with cotae, which was offered for fale. but
the Gov-,not has ilized her, ti/./ the astute 01 bet
upt/Jr e ue et4atiaesl luta."

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