Star.
London, England, 1803-08-18 00:00:00

GERMAN2'.

Haltom, Atm 2.—At every corps de garde, at
the gates, an Hanoverian fubaltern Officer examines
all flrangers and travellers who pafs ia and out, by
which good order gains confolerably, and many mif-
underfiandings are prevented.
Auc. 5.-- fo•morrow the horfes deftined for the
Firft Conful let off for Paris. They will only go
three or four miles (or hours) a day), and conic-
fequently be (even or eight weeks on the rt ad : go
of the choicell horfes will be fent to London, and
the refi will remain in Mecklenburgh, and he private.
ly fold. The number of horfes from the King's dif-
ferent Rods carried away before the entrance of the
French, amounts to 750.
The number of French troops in this country has
not yet exceeded iti,ooo, viz. 14,000 foot, and 3150
horfe exclofive of thole in Ofnabruck.
Aron. y.—The refult of the conference at Bruffels
it kept very ferret. Report lays. we may hope an
alleviation of our 'hard fate, and that Boa APARTE is
favourably difpofed towards us. It is added, that he
has confented that the army in Hanover (ball be re-
duced to ta,ooo, and the reit of the troops join the
army of England, in which General Moariza, it is
laid, will have a command.

14111411.710 N, AUGUST 5.--The Copenhagen letters
of the ad iollant mention, that the Dana Court is
but too well apprized of he farther ambitious views
of the French Governmeet, and has taken its rnea.
fures with the Court of Peteriburgb to repel by force
every farther incroaehment. The French had pro.
railed to the Northern Powers not to transfer the
theatre of war to the right bank of the Elbe; yet they
did to, by difarming the Hanoverian army, and fell-
ing the Dutchy of Lauenhurg. By th:s unprincipled
condod, they have penetrated to the frontiers of
Meeklenburgh and Hoillein' whole fovereigns enjoy
the moll fp.:ctal (rico dlhip of the EXPEROI of Russo.
Hi. hfajefly the Em r r tort of Russia has, it is (aid,
fnlemnly guaranteed the German poffelfions of his
Demist, Maissry, and promifed, in cafe of any at.
tempt made by the French to interrupt the naviga.
lion of the Sound or Baltic, to afBR him with all
forces by land and lea.
Refpeflable private letters from Berlin
.of the ad
init. flare what follows :--84 Our Court defpairs at
len of preferring its neutrality. The flames of war
will ma likely blaze out in Northern Germany. as
it is reported that our Privy Counfellor, Monf. Lost-
, sato, whom the Krim fent to Bonaraara with pro.
pofals to quit Retzebintle, the banks oldie Elbe. and
certain parts of the Wefer. has not fuceeeded in his
million. On this account a courier has been fent
to France with Oa ultimatum of the Court of Prof
fie, end on the aafwer, which is expeded here the
latter end of this month, the future tranquillity of
the North entirely depends."
Auousr tao—Accounts from Berlin of the 9th
inßarit, Rate, that the Repo of PlittllSSA gave a pri-
vate audience of near four boors, an the fame day,
to his Envoy to Bo AAAAA re, at Bruffels, the Privy
Coonfellor LOllaaalh who had returned to Berlin on
tire Bth. M. Lo salt D'S million related not only to the
terms on which Pruffra witbed to prevail on Boma-
/ART, to remove all Manacles to the free navigation
of the Elbe and Wein, but alfo to other more mo-
mentous propotab. As to the latter,
which cbitfly
relate to the (store fate et the k4orate of llanover,

the Cutts Comsat. is raid to bave rejeded than, wlii
to the evacuation of Lower Saxony by his troops
gave his affent, on condition of the iSand of Malta)
being fink given up by the Englifb, and a genera
armillice by land and fca. Praia has promifed ti
make an overture on this fubjett to the Britifb Court.
but vet), flight hok:zs are cutertaincd of its being a.
tended with fuccefs.

The Peter(burgh letters of the 26th ult. Rill
hopes of the ultimate fuccefs of the Ruffian mediation:,
meanwhile the naval armaments in the ports of tha•
empire are can ied on with redoubled aftivity. Wha:
the °bled can be, remains a profound Carer ; bet
the French Government are certainly very bufy is
making
.reprefentations to the Ruffian Cabinet, to
induce it to occupy the Sound with a confiderab!.
fleet, to prevent a blockade on the part of Great Br,
" Should loch a blockade really take place,( fay,
a letter from Riga, of a very recent date) it is certair
that Ruffia would be compelled, with tie other
powers of the North, to make the French refpeath.
neutrality of the Northern Continent, particular)!
that of Germany : this the more fo, as Ruilla cou!,
not bear the confequences of fuch a blockade longe
than three months, owing to its being fo much over
Clocked with its own produce, and money in On
country being extremely fcarce at prefent."
Every hour their Majeaies the Kt c: and Q.4..:zr
of SWEDEN are expeCted to honour this city wtti-
vilit, on their farther journey through Germatly.—
The illuftrious vifitors will refide here inrogr,ito.
Advices from Stockholm of the 22d ult. receive
at Hamburgh on the 2d of Anglia, Rate that th
Krim of SWIDFN has given orders to draw immediate,
ly a cordon of troops on the frontiers of Porneraniz.
On the authority of private letters received at Cr
penhagen from St. Crnir, fecret negotiations are faid
to be on foot between Spain and Denmark relative t
the ceffion of Porto Rico by Spain to the latter power,
The fame rumour was Rill more prevalent at Port.
Rico. Porto Rico is extremely fertile, but almo
uncultivated. For Denmark it would be a profitabi
acquifition ; but to Spain, it now colts mote than i
revenues amount to; and fence the the lots of Trial
dad and Domingo, it is become quite a detach .
point among the !raft Spanifh polittlions.
Refpeeing the confpiracy of the French Cher
d'Efcadron Dow an su. the Handierzlt Correhoadaaa
of the 3d contains the following article, dated Hague
July so—A 4 The French Chef d'Efeadron DONA
DIEU, who, it will be recolleCted, was carried five
hence to Bruffels on a charge of having a defigt
againft the life of the Fitts? Coitsus., had, preview
to his arrea, travelled with General \rime to Flu I
ing, and lodged there at the houfe of a Dr. Scene
There (dates the Nape Carrara) he was indde•
ordered to be confined to the hook where he live
on the very day the FIRST Coigns was at Fluatin.
We have reafon to thank Goa (lays the fame paper
in a letter from Flufbing) that he was, perhaps 0
this meafure, prevented from carrying his defign .• •
effee. The natl. Cousin, who was full of cot.fi
dente amide a nation whole hillory Relents few ea
ample. of fuch nefarious deeds, was wholly can . •
fated in nothing. How dreadful mud have be
the confequences for Floating, however initoWlt
inhabitants might have been."

•lOTUIR LirTia. SAKI "ATI.
In my hi I mentioned that federal French Arai
had embarked at Lubeck, for Ruff a i jam no'
glad to let you know, that fosse of their predeee
fort are already on their way to Siberia, and that a
BONA PM.% plots 'Oita the tranquillity of RuE
are difcovered.

The lAlk French mail briegsus the news of for.]
failures at Paris, eighteen at Bourdeaua, fourteen a
Marfeilles, fifteens at Lyons, feventeen at Plante'
fix at St. Male, nine at Rouen, ten at Havre, As
Dunkirk, two at °Rend, eleven at Fluthing, eigh
at Rotterdam, fixteen at Amflerdam, ten at Qengs

twelve at Leghorn, and eight at Naples. Front
Prulla we hear ttlat ten Silelsan manstfaeorers hays
failed, and there is un apprehenfion, fhould the El
continue to be in a hate of blockade, that their tom
ber will in a fhort dine be doubled. This war o
the ambitious Corfican, is certainly more againft the
commerce of Europe than againlt the trade of Eng'
land.

Yetlerday and today fosse /sows French Agerts
had the impudence to declare urn our exchange,
that as the conqueli of gngland is certain, they ad.
vile all German capitalifls to withdraw theisfmcntes
from the Englifh funds, as at his future amusement
of the Britillt affairs, no man trailing Great Britain
(ball be paid by its conqueror ; they ae.d, that toiv
next new year, a Brides Confulta is to fttcceed the late
Swift one at Paris, and the happinefi of Europe be
fixed on the rains of England. According to lino
.from Holland, Franckfort, Leipzig. Bremen; and
Lubeck, French emiffai ies have, on the exchatage
there cities, held the fame language.
In the diplomatic circle here, is a curious repots,
which proves the indefatigable zeal of Bowavaart
to engage the Continental Powers to unite agairia
EnglAnd. It is laid Aile fen, astel uiy me, heliesnl
ete Ina, that France has offered to give up St. Do•
Imago ui Ituffia, and that it has obliged Spain to
offer Porto Rico to Denmark, on condition of joining
in a league againll England; that Prulila is to hare
St. Ennuis, and &. Martin, and Sweden, Dente
rata. It is known that Raffia has declined this pro
pufal ; it is fuppofed that:Peoffia has accepted, and
that Sweden aid Denmark are yet deliberating or
negociating.
Within theft lift fix week+ our population is di•
minitbed by upwards of z 6,000 inhabitants. who
from want of employment are forced to leave Al
tons ; and Gluckitadt fuffers in proportion, but Clue
haven is nearly deferted. From Breasts we have
the fame complaints of emigration, the confeqiience
of the flagnation in trade there as well as here
indeed it is hardly poffible to defcribe the reiferT et
the inhabitants on the Elbe and on the Wefer ; end
filotild we, during the winter. condole in the fame
dreadful fituation, we tremble to Mild; what might
be the coofeqyenee.
Yefierday FrOfelfor RDSVITICIII fromPatisprrw
tiled us, for a fecond time. with ;he Wad o
e as
afcenfion in his Balloon of Fkurus. The
was favoured by the finch weather, and will t,a
doubt produce much ciirioas and valuable acquit•
Linn to the fcience of Natural Philofophy. lan"
feffor having taken with him many intirunsisite for
the purpole of making ettpasents to the Capering
regiog; of the attoofphere.- Ha is jaff retumedp
ing beta to Tiptvesnande, tto the