Star.
London, England, 1804-02-27 00:00:00

and the &nark to ewe to their rsliefr mei !bike

off their ehains.
In this proclamation. in which a more lei meant
than meets the ear," irr Which more eloquence and
feeling are difplayed than appeared neceffery in the
(mining mats Winds of a Proclamation for a Fall.
the Dutch Government is a.O enough to declare to
all the world the emiferabk fituatios of the Dutch
People: they do not tell us. as lorsearre does,tow
many Dill maturfailures are (Fining up—how their
Credit and commerce are reviving. or how many
enites of s holes kilt* they have repaired—but they
declare, with all the fpirit of a natioa that deferves
to be Wdepeadent. that the *ripe under which
they labour has driven them to the brink of ruin.
but that they AM have hopes. that through the Di-
vine Mercy. they may spittle tailored to their fir.
are pm/pesky. They confers their fituetion to be daily
growing waft and work ; that id they will for is

paw
There is not a hint about conquering this country.
nor do they ezprefs fo initials a aria ; but when,
even amid the ovexwbelnsingcalasibles• they. sam
We, they wish mire their fellow citizens to a
grateful cooidome la altdirefting honours, the
topics they advert to are in the highs! degree pm
antic. Thy fay. so What Meat Cf Selland: epo
man e& without, a lively gratitude, hew ollia
PROVIDINCIi from the lowa bards. has Pllenlist
and preferred our Republic t What Citizea of Hot-
land can recoils& without gradtode. that lalt year.
when in the boa. the manta= of ice, which l
were formed la ear rivers. dimmed as with a ger
neral inaudation, and yet. by a geode thaw. this
danger difappeared I Or what Dutch Otioen can II
avoid feeling gratitude. when be thinks ,pat his
Country has not been vifited by the "Ave irreerl
die kourge of America. aid the terror of Spain I
Although Holland is oppreked by a tyrapt mac
killing than the FAO. more definitive than the Pep-,
Isom we me glad to (es that 4: tin (arrives is
Holland. The Dutch Imre 12. • upon the 7th of
March for their national hppScation I we are told
that the beach have Lied opus the swath of Moab
for their iaveßea of this country = if ON and Bova.
VA/TS is am food of won. let a food**, dal m
his ears. * Cleft rewasetker the Ides of March."

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It is fail. dent in the treaty Aped at Madrid by
Jousts Bonaaarre. guarantseing the neutrality of
Spain, betides the lima to be paid upon the face of the
treaty, there was one equal to a million fleeting fii.
piloted for. which went into the privets pocket of
the Bonareue (ask.
Since *mat has bimetal Governor of Park, with
an iIIDIORMiI Wary ondelica=rent. Javan IS
appointed to tbe Chief of the army/1n in
Italy. in confeemence of which he will refiele chiefly.
with more than regal ipleadonr. at Milan.
Poor of the Eel Like flaps on their way one. the
Lied Hawkelbary. Ably Cale. Duke of Montrdie.-
and Woreefter. are ordered to touch at Jamaica.—
We are informed that the intention of Grbverament
is. that they (hall any not to Ceylon two Regiments
of Negroes now in the Welt ladies. Tile bstn ail.
afters in Ceylon have rendered it neeelfery to feat si-
inforeausents there to defend Goddess; msdit is
thought that the Black Regiments, which Would be
fo difagremble to the Weft India Planters. may be
extremely ufeful in the wee naafi the King of
Canoe. As to the pol!cy of the war in Candy. we
believe that these are lily indeed who do not confider it
more than queftionable. Whateverplaofible ergo•
ment may, be ufed to palliatiorfr perpetual encroach-
men; on the native powers of the Continent. it is'
centered that we had no motive of policy to feek
an enlargement of territory in Ceylon. •
An overland difpatch arrived Tome days fines from
India,_ announcing the death of the Nissan' and the
acceffion of Seconder Jaw to the Mufond. The Go.
vernor General has detailed, in an able minute, the
immediate confeirences of thefe events. A Treaty
has been entered into with the your Prince. highly
important to ihe,Btitifh intereft ; and although it
nut been ratified at the time the difpatch was clofed,
it only waited the ordinary forms. The yotmg
Prince
has difmiffed feveral perfons about bit Cm*t, who
were confidered hoftile to the Ea hill, and has maul.
feted the mutt cordial difpofition further to con-
folidate his intereft with ours. Congratulations have
been offered to the new Sovereign on his acceflion
from all the neighbouring Powers; and our Come-
fpondent obf , “ the people are extremely pleat-
ed at the event ; and on the day (=ceding, the
whole tit y (Hydrabad) was as contpofed as if nothing
extraordinary had happened.
We have a letter from Bombay which gives us to
underhand, that the Mahratta Confederacy againft
us has not only been broken, but that Holkar, the
chief member of it, has joined us againft his former
affociates. Our Correfpondent lays, Holkar has
been whetting all his Ilrength to the eastward of
Poonah, with a view to reinforce the European ar-
my. He has brought forward an immenfe treafure,
which had long been concealed in one of his hill forts,
on the promife of ample remuneration on the reduc-
tion of Scindea."
The report of an aßion between the Englifit army
and Scindea, on the frontiers of the Nizani's domi.
moms, l.s not been confirmed by the late difpatch.
From the pofition, however, of the two armies at that
date, Each an event was daily eipc&ed.
The King of PLR SIA has refumed his preparations
for ellablithing himfelf in the Government of the
Panjab. The fortifications of Lahore arc in code-
quence firengthening, and the walls, ditch, &c. fur-
rounding the city, are undergoing estenfive repairs.
We learn by'a letter from Trincomalee, that the
force of the isah regiment, when it furrendered its
arms at Candy, compriled 340 men, and that the
Malay regiment was nearly complete—So cf each
cmrps were fent bound hand and foot to the Kirg, and
it is fuppofed will be retained as honages. His Ma-
jetty, lince the murder of our people. has made re-
newed and prang overtures for the temlablifhamtat
of Peace.