Star.
London, England, 1803-10-31 00:00:00

PARIS, OCTOBER 4.

Negociations for peace are now no longer fpoken
of; we are allured that the 'aft propofitions made by
Ruffia have not been found acceptable on our part.
—Some perfons believe that betides the expedition
igaina England, another great one is preparing,
which is fuppofed to be intended for Egypt. The
troops affembled on the coaft now receive pay as in
the field.

OCT. 7.—When the FiltXT Cousin goes t. the
Army of England, it is underßood that no Council
of Government will be eftablifhed, but the two other
Confide will fate the adminißration of affairs.
The fortifications of Broffels, Liege, Dornick,
Cortryk, Namur, Menin, and 24 other places, will,
it is raid, be demolithed, and the ground appertaining
to them be fold, as our frontiers are now altered and
extended.—This report, however, requires confirma-
tion.

Several engineers have received orders to give in
a detailed plan for a jundlion of the Rhine with the
Maefe and the Scheldt. The work will be begun in
the Spring, unlefs the war fhould occafion this im-
portant undertaking to be delayed.
Our fleet at Toulon is ready to take advantage of
the fill favourable opportunity to fail on a fecret es•
pedition.
We are affured, that affairs with Spain are not yet
folly accommodated : that Power makes a difficulty
of g-anting a paage to the French troops, which are
to march to Portugal. It is laid, that Spain has ap-
plied to Ruffia, and that her application has been fa-
vourably received by that Power.

It is Paid that the PRINCE of PEACE will retire to
his elates in Andalufia, and that the Chevalier Az-
ZARA will come into the Ministry. According to
other accounts, the demands which hare been made
on Spain will be moderated.
OCTOBER 9.—ln the audience extraordinary which
the Curs r CONSUL gave Lift Sunday to the Turkilh
An.haffador, the latter addreffed him in a fpecch, in
which he exptefdy afTured him of the fricndfhip of
the Sublime Vine. The Cut r CONSUL, in his an-
fiver, ohferved, tiiat he was well acquainted u ish the
fentiments and into efts of the Sublime Eorte, and
that he congratulated it on having renewed comet.
tions, which niigioated in the molt glorious epochs of
the Macey of the Ottoman Empire t that France had
.sways been the fineerea friend of the Parte s and
tlirt he law with plcafure that it had lent to him a
t,.!r;or, whole fincerity and di/cerement, with terra
to the politic; of European nations, would tranfrnit
:n his r advantageoa- and certain adsiccs.
;16..if:L.::1:, all I:ec•u;alioa. Lodi/ ,

and other funilar focieties, are forbidden. The FIRST
Coast) e has prefented Citizen Lrrouttstsust, the
Mayor of Granville, with a Scarf of Honour in reward
for his good condua during the bombardment of that
town by the Englith ; the two AdjunCts of the Mayor,
one of whom went into the country, and the other
gave in his refignation when the enemy were in fight,
have been difplaced, becaufe it is faid in the decree,
cowards cannot be at the head of fuch a town as
Granville.

The merchant fhips in Belgium, as well as Holland,
are put in requifition for the expedition againfk Eng-
land. Thole who voluntarily offer their fhips, receive
to florins for freight per ; ad. a premium of zoo
florins, and Rill further advantages if the landing
than fucceed. Thofe who are compelled to ferve
will only receive for the freight.
From each company of the Confular Guard, go
men will be taken for the landing. The experienced
General Lecoulas will likewife take part in the ex-
pedition.
I.—The greater part of our troops are now
in full motion.

The army deßined for the landing in England,
and for other purpofes, will now be organized with
the greatell adtivity.
The generals and chiefs of the Raff of the armies
of Bayonne, St. Omer, and Bruges, have all fet out
for the places of their &flirtation, and the troops
which will compote there armies, are either already
arrived, or are on their march; the army of Com-
piegne, which is to ferve as the army of referee, is
alto now formed. General Nev who is to have the
command (of it, is immediately expefted at Com-
piegne, from Switzerland.
Yefterday the General of Brigade, Remota) Dtr•
TAME'S, fet out for the camp, as Chief of the Staff.
The Minifter of War, BEI rim', will, it is laid,
fet out the day after tomorrow to infpeet the camps
at St. Omer's and Bruges, and the military potations
on the coal

A camp of is,oco men will likewife be formed at
Cherbourg.
With refpe& to the time when the expedition againft
England will put to tea, nothing is known with cer-
tainty : to•day it was reported, that it would not
take place fo foon as was at firft intended.
Ocr. 12. it is determined, we are aftured, that
Blwarears will put kimfelf at the head of the cape_
dition againft England, and go on board one of the
landing wilds.
A plan has lately been laid before the Council of
State for fitting out a great number of flat bottomed
boats, which 'hall be faftened together with iron
chains, and will carry a great number of men. Bo-
•*FAITS is eftablithing a marine guard, to confift of
chofen tailors, who will form the crew of the Ai!: on
board which he embarks.

°crone 13.—At the laR fete at St. Cloud, at
which the foreign Minifters attended, was the Ruffian
Mantes Mr. Maasorr. The FIRST Counts now car-
ries on an immediate correfpondence with the Est pa-
tot of Russia. The return of a courier from Ruffia
is daily expeaed, and it is now Paid, that another
Ruffian Ambaitulor will arrive in the room of MAIL-
KOFF.

The Flarr CoasuL is every day employed feveral
hours in his Cabinet, on the fubjed of the expedition
spina England.
The time of its departure is at prefent an impene-
trable fecret, but at any rate, the prefent winter muff
be produaive of very important events.

Saturday morning his MAJErre, in his travelling
poll.chaife, with the ufual efcort, left Kew for Wind-
for, loon after nine o'clock ; after which his MAJESTY
took his ride in the Great Park on horfebaek. Her
MAJBSTY and Princeffes, in two coaches and four,left
Kew about ten o'clock. In the afternoon Princefs
Soo Ha of Glouceller arrived from Hampton Court.
Yeflerday his MAJESTY and Princeffes Atrourra,
SoPHIA, blear, and SOPHIA of Gloucefler, with their
Attendants, walked to and from St. George's Cha-
pel, WindfOr, where a Sermon was preached by the
Rev. Dr. LANGFORD, from the 18th chapter of the
Gofpel according to St. Luke, and at the isth vette.
A Convention was agreed upon early in Anglia,
between General Pasvosr, Governor of Dominica,
and Admiral VILLARET JOYSUSf. Captain-General
of Martinique, which flipulated, that ,4 with a view
to lefren as much as polGble the ill confequences that
may happen to individuals during the prefent war,
no cruizers, or veffels bearing commillion, or letters
of marque, fhould make any partial landing upon
the coatis, bays, or towns, either of the illand of
Martinique or Dominica, upon pain of forfeiting the
amount of the bond given and entered into upon ob-
taining fuch commitlinns ; and further, that ref-
titiition fhouid be made for every (lave or other ef-
fats, that might be taken off in confequence of fuck
landing."
The St. Vincent Catetit, of the 3d nit. mentions the
capture and arrival at Kingflon of two (mall French
ivateers, from Guadaloupe. One of them le Fu-
rette, carrying four guns and twenty-one men, was
diff.overed at anchor at the Little Savans, when Mr.
CAMPBSLL and Mr. Telmiscuam, two Gentlemen ni
Sr. Vincent, procured two fmall (loops, and acmin:
cacti with a fix pounder, put left at midnight to at-
tack her. On tinging aloagficle. they fired into the
privateer, which', alter a few ditcharges of musketry,
which killed one of people and wounded another,
(truck her colours. Le Furette was fo much &snag-
ei, that (be funk while oat of the (loops was towing
her ashore : her crew were however raved. The other
privateer, which mounted two guns and thirty•five
Pico, was captured off Grenada by the !Yeast's arm-
ed (chopper, fitted out by the Legifiature of St. Vin
et nt,for the pm pole of fcooring the coati of the Swat
of (mall privateers which inf•tled it, anti command: II
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