Star.
London, England, 1813-03-20 00:00:00

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as eportell- -
Is i m Marquis WE I,I:ESLEY was siesireus to be liver/fled by
lit- Noble Earl opposire(Lord Liverpool), whether any MOsgage
.•.a..1 to be L.,mmutncatt : from the Prince Re.-en• to the Ho tee,
relative to vortugal, and tf so, how soon ? as it was his ihtendon
• -, offer some üb4erratious on that subject, which appeared to
him t,l be impor
. rhe k v nt LIVERPOOL replied, that he bad not yet re.
c ••ived any .nmmands from his Royal H.v:,ness ou the subject,
but that in a week or t No. he probably might, and shoUld of
course communicate (nem ro the House.
, ' NAVAL. MISMANAGPMES:T.

Lord DARNLEY adverted to the capture of ano-
-o,er of our ti it,,,ttes by the Americans, which con-
vinced him of wh•tt he had before suspected, vii. that
Parliament had teen extremely remiss in its' attention
to the administration of the Navy. The Noble Lord
at the head of the Naval Department was not in his
r':tce, but he thought it his bounden duty to take the
• lrliest opportunity of giving tice, that he should,
upon an early day, submit to their Lordships a mo.
tton relative to the Naval Administration of the conn-
-try. Their Lordships ought no longer to refrain
from instituting the proper inquiries. He, at lastst,
would bring the subject before them ; aftd in doing
so, he as actuated solely by a sense of duty, and a
deep conviction of its necessity.
CATUOLIOS.

The Duke of CUMBER !.AND presented a Petition from the
Citizens of Dublin 'plow the Catholic Clew. ,
The Earl of DONOUGHMORE rose, to present
a variety of Petitions in behalf of a numerous and ,
most'respec table body of his Majesty's subjects, who I
had so noels complained, and still continued to coo- I
plain, respecting the degraded condition in which 1
they felt themselves placed, yet who, notwithstanding
that degradation, were alumna to renew their ac-
knowledgments of the important benefits which they
had received during the progress of his Majesty's be-
nignant reign, and to express their undiminished con-
fioence in the justice and wisdom of Parliament for)
securing, extending, and`coMpleting those benefits.,
The language, he trusted, in which all the petitions
were conveyed, would be found loyal and temperate.
That from Roscommon was peculiarly impressive.
With respect to signatures, it had not been his wish,
nor that of the Catholics, that they should make, in
the face of their Protestant brethren and friends, a
display of their superior numbers; and though one of I
them was subscribed by fourteen thousand names,
they in general were cautious not to emulate in that
particular. The seal which united in a recent petition
presented by the Noble and Learned Lord on the
Woolsack from certain parishes in Londo,. contained
56.900 names. What the Catholics of Irt land con-
tendid for would, perhaps, be generally mere satis-
factorily understood by his stating what they did sea
conterd for. There was nothieg ecclesiastical urged
in il.e petitions as a ground of complaint or of de
mand. The object of the Pejitioners was merely ibe
unitution of thar civil rights, and to that object
solely were directed the hopes and expectations of the'
whole body of the Catholic Gentlemen, Clergy, and
all other descriptions, v hether mercantile, landed, or
mechanical. The Catholic Clergy - joined with the
Laity not for ecclesiastical objects, but to commit
and bind themselves by solemn oaths to support the
Protestant establishment. Knowing, as he did, those
to be the only aim and object of the Petitions, he
was desirous to call the attention of the House to the
steiject the first cOnvenievit day. before he conclud-
ed he could nut forbear from soliciting their Lotd-
ships' attention to.the mild and temperate language
impleyed by the Catholics at the last meeting of
their Board in Dufdln.—He then presented five seve- '
ral Petitions, praying for a repeal of the restrictive
Statutes operating against the Catholics, namely--
first, a general Petition from all the Roman Catho.
lies of Ireland ; 'idly, from the County and City of
Cork ; 541 y, from the County of Roscommon ; 4thly, I
from the County of Tipperary ; and &lily, from the
County 4 Clare. His Lordship was aware of the I
informality of one of the Petitions (that from the
County and City of Co*). which, atter a short ob-,
servauon from the Lotto Cuanceizon, was received
under that correction.
Lord STANHOPE said, he had in his hand a
Petition, similar to those which had just been presen.'
ted, from the Catholics of the town and neighbour-
hood of Ballynalall, in the Queen's County. In pre.
,senting this petition'to their Lordships, he requested
that they should always keep in view the distinction
between Catholics and Papists. The Penal Laws had
been enacted against Papists, because they held prin-
ciples hostile to the Constitution ; but the case of the
Catholics was different. Their religious tenets were
different from these of the Protestants ; but they ad.
mitred no doctrine hostile to the Constitution. He
did nit believe there was a single Papist, in the strict
sense of the term, either in England or Ireland. It
was necessary to keep the distinction which lie had
mentioned, because much misconception prevailed on
this s .bject ; and he was persuaded, that misconcep-
tion alone prevented a cordial co-operation and union
attioeg the parties. His Lordship then adverted to
the Resolutions of a Society called--,, The Protes-
tant Union," at the bead of which was that famous
man, Mr. Granville Sharpe—famous for his benevo-
lence and love of civil and religious liberty—famous
for those exertions which procured the celebrated de-
cision, that negroes in this country could not be taken
up as slaves. These Resolutions, he thought, set out
in a very fair way. They did not absolusely oppose
C:e Claims of the Catholics, but only thought it-ne-
cessary that enquiries should be made, and certain
questions satistactortly answered, before these claims
were granted. He suppostd there were now few, if
any Protestants, who thought the Catholic tenets,
r.,ertly as religious tenets, a proper ground of exclu-
4i' 1:- Even the Noble Lord opposite, the Minister
I:im)t 16, had formerly admitted, and, he supposed,
'vas prepared still to admit, that a belief in the doc.
e.ine oftrans-substantiation, merely as a religious te-
net, was not a good ground df exclusion. (A move-
ment 0f assent from Lord Liverpool.) Why, then,
did not the NOble Lord frame an oath for the Ca-
tholics, to guard against the dangers of which he was
.afraid, instead of supporting an oath against trans-
iubstantiation, of which he was not afraid ? Could
my thing be more ridiculous than this ? He con.
auded, by expressing his hope that the system of ex.
fusion would 15e speedily abolished.
The Petition being read, his Lordship then said,
'at he moved that this Petition do /ay on the table,
..ci not, as bad been moved in regard to many of the
. iitions on the other side, that it do lie on the table,
kepi)) The petition was laid on the tables

LONDON.
SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 1813.
PRICk t I'OCK2 11-11% DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK*
Imperial 3 per Cents. sR4..—imperial Anna. 4 9.16 th% f
Cod's. 59H—for 3.e. .591-5 per Cent. 291—Bunds 36.2.. 3s. dl..
Exch. Bills Ss. 3s. pr.—Outniunt. nothing done.

DEFEAT OF ANOTHER AMERICAN
ARMY.

American Papers to the 24th ult. have been re-
ceived. They contain the gratifying intelligence of
another defeat sustained by their Invading Army in
Canada.

The party of Americans which advanced on this
occasion, was commanded by General Wino-manta ;
and the action, which terminated in his disgrace, was
fought on the 22d of January. Seven hnndred laid
down their arms, and the rest either ran away or
were killed and wounded.

The action was fought on the banks of the river
Raisin. The loss on the part of the British was only
60 killed and wounded. Colonel Pnocroa and Lieu-
tenant-Colonel ST. GICORON, of the British Army,
are wounded, the latter mortally.

The Americans estimate their own loss in killed
and wounded at 250. The British flrce amounted to
3 or 400 regulars, and 8 or 900 Indians.

New York was closely blockaded on the 24th ult.
by Sir JoIIN BORLASE WARREN'S squadron. The in-
habitants were in a dreadful state of alarm.

It is our painful duty to record another humiliating
sacrifice to the Americans, in the capture of the JAVA,
one of the finest British frigates which was ever
launched! The DAUNTLESS, of 18 guns, has arrived
at Plymouth, from Gibraltar, with the melancholy
imelligence.—The JAva sailed from Portsmouth in
November, for the Eat; Indies, with a fleet under
her convoy; and on the 29th December, when off
the coast of Brazil, she fell in with the Constitution
American frigate, Commodore BAINBRIDGE, when a
sanguinary action commenced, which lasted one hour
and fifty minutes, and terminated in favour of the
Americans. ThoJAVA mast have been fought most
gallantly; for she was so completely destroyed, that
the Americans were under the necessity of setting
fire to her after the action. Sixty of her brave crew
were killed, and 101 wounded—fifty of the latter,
(among whom is the brave Captain LAMBERT, who
commanded her,) have died of their wounds.—The
Americans admit a loss of nine killed and 25 wounded.
While we lament this additional misfortune, it is
some satisfaction to know that the brave men, who
composed the crew of the JAVA, did their duty. Her
colours were not struck until her bowsprit and masts
were literally blown out of her. She was a fine
French built ship, seven or eight years old, and was
captured after a gallant action, from the French, in
the East Indies, about two years and an half ago.—
She mounted 28 18-pounders, 16 32-pound-carro-
nades, and two long 9-pounders, is all 46 guns ;
whereas the Constitution carries 66 guns, and the
difference of the weight of metal in favour of the
latter is still more considerable, being as 1620 to
.1034. This circumstance, together with the vast
superiority of built iu the American frigate, she being
of the very largest class, sufficiently exempts every
individual on board the JAVA from censure, and
leaves us only to regret the unavailable exertion of
much bravery in so unequal a cuotut.

NAPA,. INILLICIAMIL
FALMOUTH. biAßcit if.
the i'lltiet, supposed yesterday so be the (h tees
Charlotte; from Corunna, proves Id be the Noctnn,
from Bermuda in el days.—She has this tnoment
landed her Mail.
PLYaeIotITH, MARCH 111:
Arrived the Dausrmass, of 18guns, from Gibraltar,
_with dispatches (which she landed at Millionth yester-
day), and is under quarainine : she brings an account
of the American frigate Constitution having taptirred
the British frigate JAVA, of $8 guns, off the coast of
Brazil. The PHRAWIT, of 18 guns, has captured
and brought in with her, the American brig Decor-
nean, from l'Orient bound to America; and the
WARSPITS, of 74 guns, has captured and brought in,
the American ship Madison, from America for France,
with a cargo of coffee and sugar. By her we learn
that the Pacific cartel was to sail from New York for
Liverpool on the 13th February. By a late Act of
Congress, sixteen 74's were ordered to be built, one
in each State ; and the Legislature of Massachusets
had voted a sum for building one in addition; at her
own expence. Twenty-eight prizes had arrived at
New York within the week previous to the sailing cf
the above vessel. An Act had lately passed Con-
gress for raising a large body of men. The General
Armstrong privateer had bad a severe action with the
English ship Queen, and captured her ; it was suppos-
ed the Queen was afterwards lost on Nantucket shoals.
The MACEDONIAN sailed from New York on a cruize.
The Waaserra has also setit In the American ships
Canonaire and Charlotte, from New - York and
Charleston, bound to France. The Cancinaire left
New-York the Ist of March. A squadron of French
frigates had been spoken with on the Banks of
Newfoundland, bound to the coast of America.—
Bailed the NINROD cutter, for the Brest station. The
BRAMBLZ, of 10 guns, went into the Sound.—A. large
fleet are now off this Port, passing down Channel,
supposed to be the Portugal and West-India convoys.
Vinod North.
PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 194
Arrived his Majesty's ship ALaiox from the East-
ward, and Muntrros from the Westward. Sailed
his Majesty's ship Psionat, with. the ship Isaac Todd,
SMITH, for South America—these ships got under
weigh to proceed yesterday with the convoys for the
East-Indies, Brazils, &e. but brought up again at St.
Helen's, in consequence of a mutiny on board the
Isaac Todd. The ship Somersetshire remains at
Spithead, having been detained in consequence of
having too much gunpowder on board—she is bound
to the Brazils.—Wind S. and foggy weather.
DEAL, MARCH is.,

Remain his Majesty's ships as per last. The Nor.
folk, Nearchus, Belvoaden, and Duncombe tran-
sports, will sail to the northward under convoy of
the URGENT gun-brig, as soon as the wind changes.

Admiral Hopa leaves Town on Monday, to as-
sume the command in the Baltic.

The intelligence contained in a letter from Liver.
pool, which we inserted yesterday, must have been
founded in complete etror ; and it appears to be a
mere repetition of a former rumour from the Medi-
terranean, of the Essex American frigate having
been captured by the rOICTIERS.

The John Privateer, of Salem, of 20 guns and 95
men, is taken by the PeauviAli .sloop of war and
carried into St. Thomas's.

The Minerva, LEE, from Surinam to London,
was taken and sunk the 23d December, by the Claire
French frigate, which sailed from Havre the I
December, and arrived at Brest the 20th ult.—She
lately captured the LINNET sloop of war, of 18 guns.
The JUNIPER schooner was, on the 23d December,
at Rio Janeiro, with a signal flying for convoy for
England, and intended to sail the 27th, with the four
following vessels, viz. the Murphy, from Buenos
Apes, the Rambler, Queen Charlotte, and Elizabeth.
—lt es much feared from the above that this is the
sloop of war and convoy which is reported in the
American Papers to have been captured by the Essex
American frigate, as the Essex captured the Nocton
packet, on the 19th December, a little to the South-
ward of the Line, and parted from her on the 21st,
to cruize on the Coast of Brazils.

Letters received from Bermuda of a late date, state
that 10 sail of the line, some frigates, and a number
of sloops, had sailed For the America* Coast, with a
determination to bombard the American towns on the
coast.

The sloop William and Isobel, CHAIM= Gnmorr,
of and for Aberdeen, from. Peterhead, sprung a leak
in the ga)e of Saturday se'nnight, and was deserted
by the crew, who were taken on board the whale-
fishing ship Mary and Ann, of Dundee.
The following ships will be dispatched at the India
House on Saturday, the 3d of April, viz. the Bata-
via, for St. Helena and Bengal; the Moffatt, Union,
and Tottenham, for Madeira, Madras, and Bent
and the Retreat, for Bombay and Bencoolen.
Northumberland will sail in company, for Bengal.—
No precise period is fixed for the departure of the
Stirling Castle.
Captain GOODALL has been appointed to the comb
?nand of a Post Office Packet by the Post Master Ge-
neral, on the recommendation of Lord Ltvearoor..
This is the same Gentleman who was Admiral to
King Christopht.—This is a good and honourable
change of Masters, worthy of those who gave it, and
honourable to him who has received it.—Can any of
our Correspondents inform us what is ,become of
CHRISTOPHE ?

Mr. DESBASSAYNS. who *as generally thought to
have come to this country on some diplomatic mis-
sion, embarked on the 10th inst. at Margate, on board
a vessel which was waiting there for hunt with two
young persons, of whom one was his son, and sailed
for France on Sunday.