Star.
London, England, 1809-11-27 00:00:00

AMERICA.

PrI,ADELPHIA, OCTOBER Is.
On Wednesday arrived in this city, Vs Excellency
Don Louis Dr Ores, Envoy Extraordinary ana Mi-
nister Plenipotentiary from FERDINAND VII. to the
United States, accompanied by his suite. Also bon
BARTHOLOMEW RENGENET, Consul from his CATHO-
LIC M AJE%TY, for Philadelphia
The detention of the AIRICAINE frigate, and also
that of the British pazket at New-York, have excited
much speculation, and conjecture. We do not doubt
that it is the wish of the British Minister to convey to
his Government, the sentiments and disposition of the
American Government at this particular juncture, and,
Nye believe, that,before this day, Mr. SMITH and Mr.
JACSiON have had some seriouvand important dis-
cus'sions. The time has arrived when the two Go-
vernments should come to explanations, that, in one
way or the other, may put an end to the doubts and
uncertainties which have so long attended their rela•
tons. If we look to the angry fulminations of The
NatinNal Inigligencer, and the scurrilous invectives of
the Democratic Papers, and particUlarly those bf
them which are supposed to possess the confidence, as
t'iey certainly do the patronage of the Adininittraticni,
Svc cannot in candour say, that one hopesof any ami.
cable :adjustment are sanguine. If, nnfortunatel j,
the present attempt at adjustment should fail, we be-
lieve no other will be made, and the consequence Will
be, what has been so long desired by the democratic:
party in this country, and a considerable party in the
other.. We need offer no argument, or obsc; vations,
to prove. hat are and have long been the views of
a vast majority of the democratic party in this coun-
try. In Great Britain, there has been a powerful
party, who have been at all times desirous for a war
with this country, composed chiefly of the navy, the
shipping interest generally, and mere particularly
the East and West-India interests. •

Opposed to this party, have been the army, the
whole manufacturing interest, and those interested in
the American trade. These latter, exclusive of 010
impolicy of war with this country, addressed the in-
terests and fears of the nation, and reasoning (tom
w!•at they apprehended to themselves particularly,
perh ips over-lilted the importance of our commerce.
.7.ese apprehensions, the West-India Colonies Par-
- b. ! e-gely. We are assured, by very intelligent
who have recently visited Britain, and by
n have visited her West-India Colonies, that
~,Te has taken place, the number of our
-min6hed, and the apprehensions Which
vc, ceased. • Those arguments which
.1 so mireh appearance of reason ad-
. . apprehensions of the nation, are now
, • r treated with contempt. The mann-
, rtrs hive discovered that our embargoes and non-
courses, did not ruin them. and the West-India
.onists have found that' they did not starve. The
latter have been compelled to the use of means which
they did not know were in their possession.
• • Commercial warfare, for that was the kind of war
'Paged, has always the effect of drawing forth re-
toUrces, hich nothing but necessity could discover.
I.4.very person who had any knowledge, derived from.,
personal observation, foresaw and predicted the con-
sequences that.would result from the impolitic system
of commercial restrictions adopted by the late admi-
istration. The effects upon ourselves were certain,
upon Orker party, they were at least doubtful.
There is, however, a very large proportion of the
people 61 England, who are averse to war with
this country, and so we believe is the Government.
In making this assertion, we would not mean to
ascribe any great share of moderation to the British
Government ; but her interests are so manifestly pro-
rioted by peace witb,the United States, that she can-
pot, we should think, be brought to enter into a war,
it it can.be avoided. But lithe irritations which ha*
e.dsted so long are not checked by an amicable ad-
ustment, and that speedily, we believe it will not be
in the power of either Govcr..ment to restrain a tem-
per which will not be satisiied but by war. From
these considerations, we feel no uncommon degree of
solicitude for the result of these negotiations which i
have, no doubt, been opened at Washington.—(Nor-
Gazelle, &ftt. 29.)

THF..EV KNING '

LONDON.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27.

PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CI. OCK t
per Cent. Cons. for money 694—for acc. .
Ornuitan 21 prem.—Exchequer BM 11s. 16s. prem.
Fit!CF. OF STOCKS ON SATURDAY.
India Stock Stock
India Bonds 295. 30s. pre.
South se., stock
Excheq. Bills, its. 16s. prem.
State I.ottery Tickets .E 22. 15s.
tnn,. for acc. 70

tank Stock
per Cent. Red. 693
ptr Cent. Com 69i. 70
4 per Cent. A4i
S per Cert. Navy 1018 •
Long Ann. l b 9-16 i

YeAcr,lay, about three o'clock, a telegraphic dis-
patch announced at the Admiralty the arrival of the
Marquis WELLESLEY and suite at Portsmouth. Our
letters from that place, received this morning, state
that the DON EUAL arrived there from Cadiz yesterday
morning, and that the Marquis set off in the course
of the day for town. His Lordship reached his house
at Hyde Park Corner this morning.
It is reported, but we know not on what authority,
• that before the Marquis WELLESLEY left Seville, a
very material change in the form of government had
been effected. The executive powers of the Junta
are, it is said, to be vested in a Directory, consist-
ing of five members. It is confidently expected that
mach benefit will result to the Spanish cause from
this concentration of power ; and that the mischiefs
from the divisions which are known to have
the Junta, will in a very great degree be
obviated. Great hopes are also entertained; that the
t ton which prevailed among the Spanish Pa-
trice..., as to the measures axd proceedings of their late
G wzinzr,ent, will immediately subside, and that their
r:s:-,anct to the French will be reanimated by the vi-
gor-. 1. efloiv: of those to whom the supreme power
beer, cot; iiieJ,

schooner, of has also arrived

from Lisbon, with dispatches from Lord Watuxorom.
By this conveyance we have received Spanish Pa-
pen to the 10th, and Portuguese to the 12th instant.
They are chiefly filled with details of the occupation
of Salamanca by the Spaniards, under the Duke del
PA RQUE. The French are said to have lost 2000 men
in a previous engagement.

LISBON, NOVEMBER 11.

His Majesty's ship Norge sailed from hence on
Monday last, about 2 P.M. with his Excellency Mr.
Villiers, and his Secretaries Lord John Fitzroy and
Major Bayley. On the evening of the same day they
fell in with the Prince of Wales packet, Capt. Todd,
with the Mail of the 18th ult. (the third Mail then
due.) His Excellency having received dispatches,
returned here immediately, and the letters that were
on board the Norge were forwarded the following
day by the Phipps cutter, Captain Bell.
The Prince of Wales, and the Walsingham packets,
arrived here on the 7th inst. with the Mails of the
25t114i1t: The Walsingham sails to-morrow morning
early, the Prince of Wales on Wednesday, and the
Marlborough on Sunday next.

It is generally believed here that the Toulon fleet
has been at sea for several days past.

OPORTO, NOV. 4.

The army of our allies under the orders of the Duke
del Parque is pursuing its successes, and the French
continue to retreat in consequence of the several losses
which they have lately sustained. It was on the 25th
of last month, at ten o'clock in the morning, that the
brave Spanish troops, commanded by the above Duke
del Parque, took possession of Salamanca, which the
French troops, preceded by numerous carts and wag-
gons with sick and wounded, left about two hours
befere it was occupied by the Spaniards. This in-
formation is official. All the accounts we receive of
the action of the 18th ult. skew that the loss of the
French is much greater, and ours much smaller, than
was at first supposed. It now appears by several in-
quiries made on this subject, that 2000 French were
buried by the Spaniards, whose loss does not exceed
200 killed and 500 wounded.

TRUXILLO, NOV. 4.

Letters received from Castella confirm the intelli-
gence' that Salamanca was occupied by our troops on
the 25th ult. and that the French had retreated to
Tors and Camera. According to the last intelligence
from the army of the Mancha, the head-quarters were
to be transferred to Santa Cruz de Medula. We are
informed that the enemy's force in the said province
does not exceed thirty-eight thousand men.

Since writing the above, notice has been received
of the arrival of the Walsingham Packet at Fal-
mouth, from Lisbon, whence she sailed the 13th inst.,

REPORTED BATTLE IN THE MEDITER-
RANEAN.

The following articles on this subject are from the
Spanish and Portuguese papers received this morning.
We leave it to our readers to form their own conclu-
sions.

SEVILLE, NOV. O.

They write from Mataso, under date of the 28th
October, that a great number of ships were discover-
ed at sea from that place and much firing seen.

LISBON, NOV. 4,

The English have struck the last blow against the
French Navy. The Toulon squadron which sailed
from that port to escort a convoy bound for Barce-
lona, has been taken by the British fleet. This pleas-
ing intelligence was communicated to the Captain of
ail English ship who happened to be at the house of,
the Governor of Mataso, by the Marquis de Cou-
pigny. France is likely ere long to have no other
ships but on canvass or in paint.

German Papers and Letters to the 12th inst. have
also arrived, and Dutch to the 17th. The following
are extracts :

It was rumoured at Hamburgh that NAPOLEON in-
tended to be crowned Emperor of Germany, having
carried away from Vienna, as a preliminary step, all
the archives relating to the German Empire.
The French Agent and Commander of the Marine
on the Elbe and Wezer, is busily employed in build-
ing privateers to cruize in the Baltic, on his own pri-
vate account.

The fortresses stipulated to be returned to Austria,
by the late treaty, but which are at present occupied
by French troops, are to be previously dismantled.
Preparations are making for blowing up the fortifi-
cations.

The Russians are vigorously following up their
recent advantages over the Turks, and the whole of
Bulgaria is perhaps by this time in their possession.

BANKS OF THE ELBE, NOV. le.

The Congress which has been held for this last
fortnight at the house of the French Minister at Ham-
burgh, M. de Bonrrien, at which the latter and M.
Reinhard, now French Minister at the Court of Cas-
sell; presided, had for object the definitive fate of the
Hanse Towns of Bremen, Hamburgh, and Lubeck,
each of which had sent two Deputies. Monsieur
Reinhard sets not with tile result of this Congress for
Cassel to-day or to-morrow, from whence the whole
will be forwarded to Paris. Bonaparte is said to have
demanded a small sketch of the fundamental laws of
the Hamburgh Government and Constitution, as well
as thn►se of Lubeck and Bremen.

The whole has been set up by Mr. Von Hesse and
Borne other learned Hambu rgbers. The Minister,

ArdiraL INTEL LICENCE.

Reinhard, on taking leave of the. Deputies, declared
to the Hatnburghers that he would venture to pledge
EAST INDIA SHIPPING.
, them his honour that Napoleon would confirm their
that the ship UNI I'ED Km- -
This day information was received at th . I.;
constitution, which would of course undergo no
.House,
bound, sailed from St. Helena the 2d August.
GDO.4, I. g twa ; .
change. This promise has brightened up many a
eare-worn patriotic face, but the question is, whether
The ship BOMBAY, from Bombay, arrived at ' •
it will be fulfilled? The Minister Reinhard is himself Helena the 27th Aligner, and WAS lefi. there t ^
said to be a great friend to the libertiesof Hamburgh, September, with the WA RIX
We are sorry to annoiince,that no iiiteli:gen- i , r, • •
where he formerly married a native, Miss Reitnarus,
.
the daughter of the celebrated physician of that name, 'missing ships has befn received at the India-;
o-
the pupil and companion of the great Liqnaus, and
FALMOUTH, NOVEMBER 24.
'Of some of the greatest scientific men in Europe.
Messenger and dispatches from Lord WELLIV; .;
Arrived the schooner Phipps, of 16 gunn, ..-,;•:
Though the fundamental constitutional laws of
she left Lisbon four days after the Walsinrilam p
Hatnburgh will, perhaps, undergo no alterations, yet
it is said to be the irrevocable resolution of the despot ket, which is hourly expected : the Prince of 11,-
of the Continent, for the Hanse Towns to join the packet was to sail the following day : no news :r
the Phipps has transpired.—Arrived the !:rig /cr..
Confederation of the Rhine, and perhaps soon to
adopt the Code Naftokon. With regard to the con-
and Susan, (under the Prussian flag) YsistiANDlta .
r.s-;'s:i fr'
ter, with salt, from Bourdeaux, bound to Plmon'tf.
scription, Hamburgh is to furnish only an equivalent 14 days passage; was boarded by four 1:
in money for a contingent of between four to 600 i gatesi-on her passage : it was stippost.d at B, •:
.'2-...
• and the other Hanseatic Cities their own share in I that a considerable French army ts as ori.it.
Spain.: the Master of this vessel did not hea:- ‘, Iproportion. . action having taken place in the MediterraneLa
Arrived the Manchester packet, DAvir,, from Stburgh have sent an address to Napoleon, representing
Some days past the ruined Sugar Refiners of Ham-
Thomas's in .52 days, with Mails from the Le,,trard
ward; spoke a brig belonging
ng to steering to the oull.
N
that they, with near 1000 families, are almost re- Islands : on the 19th inst. in lat. 47. long. 11.40
duced to ruin by not being permitted to refine sugar
saw a fleet to the Eastward
they only request that the permission granted to the
learnt that they were under the the convoy, and
protection of Lis
Danes be also extended to Hamburgh, by permitting Majesty's ship DOTTERELL, from Liishbon: on the 21 t,
the entrance of American or neutral raw sugars.; but iin a severe gale, during which she "Shrew part of her
there are little hopes of their petition being suc6essful guns overboard, spoke his Majesty's ship l'Atot.v., (.3
1 arc—.
~1/112I.CAMPEELL, Messrs. Mg rinow,G a a ii ANt, and 111:
r..
The line of dowtaier, of Frehch Custom-house sol- a cruise :—the passengers per the Manchester
diets now exercise the utmost tyranny, by their mu-
-1.1,10T and servant.—Arrived the brig Mary a- i
let's orders at the turnpikes and avenues leading to
Eleanor, Capt. M'DoNALD, from Gibraltar, '25 di7s
Hamburgh. ; they search in the most rude and inde- passage ; sailed from thence under convoy of his l'tfa-
licate manner persons of every age and sex, and fs. jesty's ship FORMIDABLE, 74 ; parted from them ~
she is put under quarantine.
male chastity is most revoltingly outraged. If any i few days after;

coffee, sugar, or other'colonial produce is found upon
any person, he or they are generally beaten.

By a Gentleman who left "Flushing on Tuesday
last, we learri that the Garrison were busily employed
in shipping ordnance stores for this country. The
prevailing opinion in Walcheren was, that the island
would be evacuated in a few days.

We announced on Saturday the arrival of the Hon.
Mr. ERSICINE, from America, in the AFRICATNE fri-
gate, which sailed from Hampton-roads on the 29th
October.—Dispatches frorn the British Miniser, Mr.
JACKSON', were received by this conveyance, but their
contents have not transpired ; nor is it likely that any
thing important can be received from that quarter till
after the meeting of Congress. Mr. JACKSON has
been uniformly treated with attention and civility by
the Officers of the American GoVernment.

We mentioned some time ago that several men had
deserted from theAralcAlNE after she reached Hamp-
ton Roads with Mr. JAcKsoli. We understand that
all attempts to recover the men have proved ineffec-
tual. In consequence of this affair the Officers had
but little communication with the shore. Captain

RAGGET did not go on shore during the two months
that the frigate lay in these roads.
By the AFRICAINE we have received American
Papers to the 29th ult. from which we have given
some extracts. But perhaps the most interesting ar-
ticle in these papers is the following short paragraph
from the New rorA Evening Pest :
" A report has reached town this morning from
Washington, on which we place some reliance, that,
Mr. ARMSTRONG has written to this government that
any arrangement with France is utterly impracticable,
and that all further attempts are abandoned ; in con-
' sequence of which, it is added, negociAtions for
an arrangement with England are begun with Mr.
JACKSON."

Mr. SYLVESTER, the Messenger, arrived yesterday
morning at the Secretary of State's Office with dis.
patches from Spain.
Lord HOLLAND has been elected Recorder of Not-
tingham in the room of the late Duke of PORTLAND.
The CONFIANCE, Capt. YEO, arrived in the Downs
on Saturday, with eight sail of merchantmen, from
Rio Janeiro, in thirteen weeks. She has 600,000 dol-
lars on board, belonging to British merchants.—Cap-
tain JONAS Ross, of his Majesty's late ship AGAMEM-
NON, which was wrecked in the River Plata, his Of-
ficers, and part of the crew, came home in the Bawn
transport, and are arrived at Portsmouth.—The Ad-
miral Gambier, from New South Wales, is under con-
voy of the CONFIANCE.
The Susan, .CANNEY, of Sunderland, was found
,at sea yesterday, without any person on board, and
brought into Ramsgate.
The RAILER and her convoy arrived at St. John's,
Newfoundland, on the 25th ult. The Jamaica, Cap.
lain LYSAGHT, was to sail from Newfoundland on the
20th of November, with an homeward-bound convoy
for England.
Saturday morning arrived at the Motherbank, the
Crescent transport, G. Gissos master, one of the con-
voy which sailed from Gibraltar on the 29th ult. un-
der his Majesty's ship FORMIDABLE ; she parted com-
pany with the fleet on the Bth inst. in lat. 43. 49. and
long. 11. 14. W. in a gale of wind, and has not since
seen them.
CORN EXCHAWOZ MatIL•LANt, NOV. 27.-.-There are eon•
siderable fresh arrivals of Wheat this day, and sale 3 are at a re-
duction of about 2s. and ss. per quarter—Barley Ls cheaper, ex-
cepting fine—Malt and White, Peas vary but little—Old cans,
of the two kinds, likewise—tbere are also considerable supplies of
Oats, and this trade is quoted lower.—Flour on the ternsa of our
last quotation.

atNIMAL COallunicT AS oriDER g
Wheat, 801.945. 104% Beans, 625. 67i.
Fine ditto, 18s. ligs, Tick ditto, 50s. 565.
Rye, SO.. 565. Oats, 26:. 30s. 245.
Barley, 48s. 545. Od. Poland ditto, 365. 394 od,
Msit 765. 84s. Potatoe ditto, 40s. Os. Od.
White Peas (Boilers) 18s. 86s. Rap, Coed, 481. 521.
Orsy ditto, 50s. 60s,
Fin Flour, 90s. 951. Second* 05i. SiOra.

- TORBAY, NOVEMBER 25.
Sailed the hired brig LORD COCHRANE, Lieuten:nt
TINDALL, with a convoy for Portsmouth.
PLYMOUTH and PLYMOUTH-DOCK, NOV. s 5.
Arrived the IMPLACABLE, of 74 guns, Capt. T.
MARTIN from the Baltic, last from Tzbay, where
she put In on Thursday ; the GOLDFINCH, of 10 guns,
Captain SKINNER, from off L'Orient ; and the Foil-
MIDABLE, of 98 guns, from the Mediterranean, las:
from the eastward, having seen her convoy from
Malta, Gibraltar, and Cadiz, safe up Channel.
Sailed the ARMIDE frigate, Captain HARDI MAN, ID
cruize off the river Loire ; the VALI% \7, of 71 guns,
I to resume her station off L'Orient ; and the OF.PHLIA
frigate with, troop-ships, for the West Indies.
PORTSMOUTH, NOVEMBER 26.

Arrived the DCNEGAL man of war with the Mar.
quis WELLISLEY on board, from Cadiz ; DArpr:a
gun brig from a cruize, with the loss of fore and rn
topmasts ; at the Mother Bank, several transport-,
part of te fleet under convoy of th. FOItAIIDA3LE,
from the Mediterranean. His Majesty's shlp Hy;:.
WON is the only ship that has a signal flying for con.
voy.—Wind N. W.

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