Star.
London, England, 1809-10-24 00:00:00

BRITISH DESERTERS.

Case of the Men arrested as Deserters from the Frinte APRI•
CAINE, by JOHN HUNTER, Esq. Sheriff of Baltimore, at the
request of WILLIAM WOOD, Esq. British Consul for the port

of baltimore.

An habeas corpus was applied for to Judge Scott,
late on Thursday evening, on behalf of seven men ar-
rested and held in custody by the Sheriff, at the re•
quest and on the statement of the British Consul, that
they were deserters, by their Counsel. The habeas
corps: was issued as prayed for, returnable the next
morning, at nine o'clock. Accordingly, this morn-
ing, the men were brought up amidst an immense
concourse of citizens, who filled the Court House and
the neighbouring street, and the Sheriff made re-
turn that he had arrested and detained the men in
custody, in virtue of the following, from the British
Consul :

BRITISH CONSUL'S OFFICE.
Baltimore, September 6.

Sir—Having received information that 13 seamen have deser-
ted from rAFRICAINE frigate, and are now in this city, I have
to request that you will be pleased to secure them till they ct.n be
sent on board.—l am, &c. (Signed) WM. WOOD.

John Hunter' Esq.
By virtue of this authority, I have arrested and put
in prison the following persons, viz.
John Nowland, William M'hokes, Dennis Murphy, Richard
Hughes, John Earp, John Burwell, and Jacob Lamb.
The Judge said, that he conceived it his duty to
give notice to Mr. Wood (the British Consul) of
the application, so that he might appear and shew
cause, if any he had, why the men should be detained.
In the course of a tew minutes Mr. Wood came
into Court ; and the Counsel far the prisoners, Messrs.
Glenn and J. L. Donaldson, moved the Court that
the men be discharged, sufficient cause for their de.
tention not appearing on the return.
Mr Wood's Counsel, Mr. Walter Dorsey, request-
ed to be allowed time to inquire into the law, and
said that they would be ready to prove that these men
were deserters from his Britannic Majesty's ship.
The Counsel for the prisoners objected to the delay.
The Chief Justice stated, that the opinion of the
Secretary of State had satisfied him that deserters
from British vessels ought not to be arrested or dQ-
tained under the authority of the Government of the
United States, for the purpose of delivering them up
to the officers of the British Government; he, there-
fore, ordered the prisoners to be immediately dis-
chstrgod. The audience expr...s d their approbation
of his decision by three loud and tumultuous huzzas,
and execrations of the Tories, and carried off the de-
se; tcrs iia triumph

THE P.E:;P'E OF THE TTROL.

4DS AND SECWiLI CDC:\ FRYMEN,
SO nearly cc-nn:-cted with the bravest and
! .1/2:41 ^coj 1e cn earth, I think it a duty I
c,u, and 13;ewi3.? a lustice due to myself, to
1 y, a fair st.,..ement cf m' conduct in the ar-
ittu,ns, but glorious contest in which you are now

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henourable rat:;; and imps cant possessions
ieleci:ted froai my ai.cestors, which I hold in the
T 1 did not allow me to remain an inactive specta-
t: r ;n tee cris;s u al to decide not cnly of your
fee, but ct that .ilso of rey native county' . : cense-
epe:intly, ni the breaking out of ihe war, 1 addressed
a re,nectful letter to his Screre .Highness, Archduke
eepressing my i.earaeeLt vows for the success
of al against the faithless tyrant, who be,..tari
his long series of frauds and userpations by treache-
reuslv getting po;:session, and then bastly selling the
Venetien ee<ees. At the serne t;rre 1 wrote te. the.
General my Dineseei; in the Tyrol,
BArcei .To,epli de Longo I..;ebston. " that, having
embraced ancient -i.;vereii,;:e3 ef Tyeel, ht was
ordered to give, and rause ti be eiect, subordinate
age•l tS all possible assiqance to the iee.e.rian troops,"
addieg in the same letter " ?tat it V.ls 11:1171fiti to me
to appear ungrateful co the-Sovereign of Pcwer, since
from whom I Lad received no:lery bat marks of
friend,hip, but that our duties to our religion airs ou;'
country, were superior to any other consideration."
Wheth'er Baron de Longo has acted up-on that letter,
or whether lie has received it at all, I am ignorant,
having not yet got an answer. I have addressed af-
terwards several letters to the people of Venice, in-

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culcating that it would be greatly for the honour
and the true interests of the House of Austria
to re•establish that ancient Republic, washing
thus away the deep stain its reputation had receiv-
ed by accepting the spoils from the hands of a rob.
bar, and exciting my countrymen to rise in defence
of our insulted religion, our invaded rights, and of
our liberties and independence. When the melan-
choly news arrived here of the Armistice, of the 12th
of July, I addressed them again not to despair ; for
when a nation of any considerable extent (as ours is)
is determined to resist, no foreign foe can conquer it.
In that letter, dated the 2;th July, I particularly
pointed out the wonderful efforts of the brave Tyro-
lese, and suggested an idea " that, if abandoned by
their Princes, they probably would join us to form
our Republic, as I know the respect they had for the
ancient Government of Venice." Now, that :impe-
rious circumstances have forced the Austrian Sove-
reien to withdraw his support, and you have dis-
played the unexampled-courage to stand alone against
the armies of France, and of those unfortunate Ger-
man Princes whose servitude to Bonaparte urges them
to shed the blood of their countrymen to support a
loteizn es,:rper ; I wrote again to Baron de Longo
to r4iv.:* oil possible assistance to the Patriots, who are
ti` tting for their religion and their laws, which have
main them Lite m:ist moral, and in consequence the
aul.
It is not :or at:, try illnstrions friends, nor indeed
fog atiy hod:. else ;:ive lectures upon courage to a
nation of ticri,s—hut from some experience I must
ricetis have .Ic:qt.:tr.l in my long travels during this
eveotful period, I hope I shall not be taped with.pre-
sam;)tion for otferieg you try ideas en t!ic means of
succeeding in the glorisas ciiu,e you have cuthr-

taken.

la case his Imperial rvjesty Francis should be en-
abled to take again the field, your line of conduct
is plain, and admits of no choice—you wiU undoubt-
edly fight for your Princes, who fait'hfully inain:ained
your privileges : but if dire necessity forces him to
submit to the haughty conqueror, you muse tinek of
anotl!er plan. "Hone, however great be: your con-
rage, your number is not sufficient to stand the su-
perior &bites of Feance and her vassal Princes. It is
necessary to acquire Allies. Your country is most
forturately situated for this pet pose. You confine
with the Swiss, the Grisons, and my Countrymen,
all indignant against the Usurper—all ardently wish-
ing to break these intolerable chains. Address then,
my friends, these your neighbours, to make common
cause with you in order to form one Republic, or
what I should infinitely prefer—a Federal Govern-
ment, as bearing to every State its laws and its cus-
toms, but combining at the same time the strength
of .a populous nation, as we have seen both in ancient
and modern times, and of which have now a glorious
example, is the United States of America.
I am delighted to see that detachments of Tyro-
lese soldiers make excursions in the Venetian States.
Do it by all means, but as friend:, not as enemies ;
believe me, they wish as much as you to get rid of the
Tyrant—To be thrir own masters, and to enjoy in
security their lives and their properties, now the sport
of the Despot who knows no law but his will. It
must bi.sides be allowed, that the manner by which
Austria got possession of Venice, was not calculated •
to render it popular ; yet, even under such disadvan-
tages, a general disposition shews itself to join the
Au,trian armies. Such is the hatred to the present
system. There can bc no doubt then, that when they
see a prc'pezt of success, and that they fight for all
that is deer Lo rat.ianal loon, they will crowd to the
Bonne::: of Freedom. The Swiss, indeed, aryear to
tetain a shadow cf indepen2ence, but they know it
to lifeles,; shadow that tWII vanish at the com-
mand cf tie_ Great tn. They bitterly recollect
the insol.a•lL mancbte of the then Prime Consul, who
erdered the chief citizens of an independent nation
to cane to to receive his commands, for the
t,,YoverniLe, of thrir own country. They know by his
conduct to every other ether Republic of his own
snaking, the Cisalpine, the Genoese and that of Hol-
land, that thtir LANDMAN office unknown in the
Beivetic constitntion, and evidently coma:ned by this
faithful copy of 7"iiachiavePs Prince, t 4 serve his pur-
:poses) —is destl-aed to make room, like the other
• tools, the Melsis and the Shemelpenieks, to some
petty Prince of Bonapaite's choosin!.;. Ad men
among the Swiss, who retain in their vt..ns a single
drop of their brave ancestors blood, will join your
lamtic bands ; so will their hardy brethren the C•ri-
who like cattle have been parcelled out, seMe
to Switzerland, some to the Principality of Lom-
bardy, absurdly called by that distempered head,
The Kingdom of Italy," while Italy, properly so
-called,
berr only south of the Rubicon.
When
Switzerland, the Grisons, and the
• yrol,
venetian States aze united in one patriotic league)
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LONDON.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21.
PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK :
3 per Cent. Cons. for money 69-1--account 6941. i
3 per Cent. Red. 681--Onittiutn 1 pie.
PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY:
Bank Stock '.tacit Locg Ann. 161 9.16
3 per Cent. Red. 681. India Bonds 25e. 295. pr. v!
3 per Cent. Cons. 691 Excheq. Bills, 16s. 10s. pre. '
4 per Cent. 831 !i City Lottery Tickets £B. 15s.
5 per Cent. Navy 100. A Cons, fur act. 69-a

Dispatches have been sent off for Marquis WEL..
LESLEY by a King's Messenger, who sailed from Ply-
mouth in the WHITING schooner on Sundry.—lt is
rumoured 2t the port whence the vessel sallte,i, that
" these dispatches contain orders fur the total evacua-
t:on of Spah: by tha British troops ; the last dispatches
from Marquis lATELLEst.I.v, Mr. Fnmte, and 1....ard
ANTr.masI(A•oN, well as communications fr. other ,
persons, having fully -. ...need Go.
verimmt Of the impossibility cf cffecting the deli-
verance of a people who are su supinely callous to
their own wellare."—Whether this statement be ac-
curate we have not the means of knowing, but the
measure is, in our opinion, just such a one as ought
to be adopted in the present crisis. Bi itain has made
exertions which ought to have been more than sufficient
for the emancipation of Spain, had the Spanish Go-
vernment called into action and given a proper direc-
tion to the energies of the nation. The opportunity
has been lost, and it can never again be recalled !
The whole mltary force of France and Germany
will soon be in the peninsula ! The intelligence which
some, even till now, have affected to discredit, of the
conclusion of peace between France and Austria, is
now put beyond all doubt. The same species of re-
joicings that took place in Holland, has been dis-
played along the French coast. The firing has been
heard at Dover, Ramsgate and places adjacent; and
a Gentleman who landed yesterday at Ramsgate
from a vessel from Dunkirk, states, that the firing
was in celebration of the peace concluded on the
Danube.

We learn by a vessel which sailed from the Cha.
rante, a few days ago, tl:at several of the Officers
who commanded the French ships in the affair in
Basque Roads, have been tried for misconduct upon
that occasion. The Captain of the Calcutta has been
shot for Cowardice, and another has been sentenced
to three years imprisonment. Many other officers
are kept under close arrest. It seems, from these se.
vere examples, that BONAPARTE is as little satisfied
with the conduct of his Naval Commanders on that
occasion, as we were with some of ours, though with
far less reason.

When. this vessel left the Charante, there were two
frigates reedy for sea lying at the Isle of Aix. There
was one line-of-battle ship, a 74, in the river, and the
.others were getting ready. They were without men,
the crews having been marched ofT to Toulon.

It vi • :1 be recollected, that we stated some time ago
the inis,ion of Mr. COCHRANE JOIINSTONg to Vera
Cruz, for the purpose of collecting and bringing home
money for the Spanish Government, and for which
he was to receive, by way of recompence for his
trouble and exertions, two and a half per cent. This
money was intended to reimburse our Government
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