Star.
London, England, 1803-06-08 00:00:00

ON THE WAR.

NU NI DER IV.
I,Vhen the FIRST CONSUL prnhibited the Importa-
tion and fnrbicle the reading of Englith publications,
he was perhaps unconfcioui that he affixed the feal

er public notoriety to his own dirgrace. That Go.
vernment which shrinks from inveUigation, and trem-

hies at expofure, is radically vicious. Cenfure and
calumny receive their point and their venom from
the fears and the remorfe of thole who are the oh

Jetts of them ; and are not generally believed, unlefs
they appear robe felt. But it ib remarkable that ex-
cept the Egyptian anecdotes related by Sir ROBERT
Wi L SON, • and the filly effufion of PELTIER, the cen-
fures of BONAPARTE contained in Englifh publica
lions were n..t perional ; they were merely Itrieturec

on his Government ;—and furely the Government of
any country is always a fair objeft of philofophical
or political frecolation,. If public affairs are not to
be reported and difcuffed, there are no materials fcr
Hiftory. Poulerity cannot be made wifer by our ex-
perience, nor can even the errors of the time Hand
a fair chance for correEtion. The laws of England

as they now Rand, we aver, amply provide againfl
every ahufe of the prefs ;—and in the only inftance
where the Fr RS rCon so chofe to appeal to thole laws,
helutficiencly experienced the impartiality with which
they are adminiftered.
Nothing can more decidedly evince the different
fpirit of the two Governments than the manner in
which this very quellion was agitated. The one
exclaims in a tone of authority—" Punifh inflantly
the delinquents who dare to ufe my name in their
profane and vulgar dilcuffions."—The other replies,
i‘ We regret that offence has been given ; we will
grant you every redrefs which the laws of our coun
try admit ; but we mull relped the laws." This is
an exad delineation of the Rate of the two countries
England is a country governed by her laws; France
is at prefent, unhappily, without law.
The different fpirit of the two Governments is
rnanifefted Rill further in the manner in which the
prefent unfortunate conteft has been officially treated.
With the Englifh Government, eyen in the fervour
of Parliarnentary. Debate, it is fpoken of as a war for
defence only ; in France it is to be a contell offenfive
even to forage ferocity. Nothing is heard but pro-
jeds for the invarion of England ; the overthrow of
its Government and Conftitution ; the coaqueft and
ruin of the nation. In England the fad neceffity of
having reeourfe to hoftile meafures is deplored ; in
France it is matter of brutal exultation, of diabolical
revenge.
Fortunately for mankind the cafe is without a pre-
cedent, even in Turkey (but the whole of the Carter
CONSUL'S condud is without precedent), of arrefting
and imprifoning the peaceable fubjeds of a rival
date, who on the faith of the Government, and iu a
jolt confidence that the laws of nations would be re-
fpated. trufted their perfons on a foreign &ore. In
Turkey the outrage was always confined to the re
prefentative of an hoftile monarch ; even there this
relic of barbarifm is now difirfed and slifowned. It
remained for the boo of Ara to revive the barbarifm
of the darken ages and the molt uncivilized nations.
Could it be believed (if we were not informed of the
Wretched Rate of livery in which the nation is plung-
ed by a revival of the regime of terror) that fuch an
all fbould be feconded by the approbation and ap-

plaufe .1 any body of honourable men ; of men edu-
cated in a country which once profelred to refpea
the decencies of civilised fociety ; the order and re-
ciprocation of humanities ellabliflted among nations;
of men invefted with public funaions, and calling
the delves the Reprefentatives of a great People?
There is another fubjed connected with the laft

and like it, indeed foreign to the cattle' of the war,

except as far as it Imes to mark the ferocious fpirit
of the Flair Coast/ x, and his conitant defire of con•

trending the condudt of other Governments; and that
is the infoleot and crud demand of difmiffing the
emigrants from our proteetion.—a demand which
junly excited the warmth indignation of Mr. Fox.-
1 long may England, whofe bell praife is, perhaps,
her humanity, be the afylum of the perfeeuted and
the wretched I There unhappy fugitives .• were
Mangers, and we took them in." We did not flop
to enquire what religion therprofeffeal ; what party
they bad embraced ? we received them not with the
cold fufpicion of politicians.—They were in diltrefs,
and that was a fufficient letter of recommendation to
Britons. They lay breathlefs and panting from the
indifcriminate wounds which anarchy had inflicted,
plundered of their all ;—and the Genius of Britain
(like the good Samaritan in the Gape') did not turn
her face from the aflliaing fight-4be poured wine
and oil into their wounds; and in a period even of
national difireft relieved, with a liberal hand, their
many necelfities. There are thoufands now in France
who will do jultice to the charatter of this nation--
11w virtuous among them, and we hope there were
many fuch, will lift up their prayers (not for our Cue-
eels againft their country, for of that they are inca-
pable), but they will lift up their prayers " to the
Author of Peace, and Lover of Concord," for the
refloration of tranquillity ; they will intreat of the
Supreme Mercy that two nations, who ought to live
in amity and good neigbbourhood, may not be per-
mitted to tear each other to pieces, and to deluge the
• It would bags be mare becoming in the VIII ST CONSUL to
VR mated tbdit two to have reCcota than. Dot no refutation
or icon suutestic coeuadiaiss of clan bas yet racked sr.

world with their blood, to gratify the ambition of a
tingle man.

The ambitious projects, and the unwarranted pre-
tentions of the French Government, have been con-
neCted with a degree of perfidy and bad faith, unex-
ampled in diplomatic annals. The FIRST CONSUL
has affirmed, that the rencat of SEBASTIAN, was only
publithed in anfwer to tnc calumnies contained in the
work of Sir ROBIRT WILSON. To that work it is
not an anfwer; and unfortunately for the FIRST CON.
sue, it contains no refutation of the anecdotes which
are to be found in it refpeCting his own conduCt—But
it is manifeft that the mifflon of SERASTIAKI was under
taken long before tlx publication of Sir Rosser Wilms':
boob, and could have no poffible reference to that
obje& In the fame fpirit the FIRST CONSUL, through
the medium of his Minifters, affeCted, on the appear.
ance of his Majefty's Meffage, to deny that any dif-
cuffions of moment exited between the two coun-
tries ; though not three weeks before an extraordi-
nary conference was held between BoN•reera in
perfun, and the Britifh Ambaffador, exprefsly for the
purpofe of removing the difficulties which exited with
refpeCt to the full execution of the Treaty of Amiens;
though, in this converfation, the FIRST CONSUL had
explicitly avowed his defigns upon Egypt; and though
note after note had pallid relative to the evacuation
of Malta and the increafe of the French military
eflablifisment. With what expeetation, then, of ob.
taming credit, can he deny the particulars of his
converfation with Lord WHITWORTH ? or what fort
of an agent can we fuppofe the latter to be, to
have reported falfehoods, purpofely to deceive
his own employers, for Lord WHITWORTH'S letter
was originally addreffed to the Minifters, and to
them alone ? The grofs and glaring abfurdities ut-
tered by the Orators of the State, are not deferving
of notice, but as they ferve to thew the fame difregard
to principle and to truth which altuates their Go-
vernment. When they attribute the maffacre of
Lyons to Englith intrigue, it is impoffible even on to
tragic a fubjea, not to (mile. When they alfert, that
the emigrants at (tliberon were fired at by the Bri-
Os fleet to prevent their efcape, we are almoft led
to imagine that the aim of thee Orators is, to deftroy
the credit of every thing written or fpoken under
the fanbtion of the French Government ; and we read
without furprize in the meffage of the CONSUL, that
Englifh couriers" had lately " landed 8o Brigands
between Dunkirk and (Mend."
Itt.thzfe complaints againft the Government we
are far from implicating the French people. As
men we efteem them, and lament their fate. Eng-
lithmen are too fond of Liberty not to with it to
their neighbours; not to regret the degradation of
a great and a brave people, under the ufurpation
and tyranny of an audacious foreigner. One man is
the equal enemy of both countries ; indeed he is Rill
more the enemy of France than of England ; he is
the enemy of Liberty in every quarter of the globe.
We with to Frenchmen the re flotation of their rights,
and we have fufficient confidence in their fenfe and
generofity, to believe that this would be followed by
the reftoration of peace to both nations.
One word, before we difinifs the fubjea, on the
conduit of our Minifters. They are blamed by one
party for their forbearance, their tamenefs in Cub
witting to repeated infults ; while they are charged
by the other with precipitation. Lord Frrxwit.t.tast's
motion inculpates Minifters for not fooner calling
upon the country to relent the provocations of France;
and Mr. 13tre, we underffand, pronounced in his ce-
lebrated fpeech, 4, that any ens of the caufes enume-
rated in his Maje fly's declaration was fufficient ground
for a war."—On the other hand, Mr. Fox declares
his opinion to be, that if Minifiers had done their
duty, and been actuated by views perfettly pacific,
a they might have brought the negotiation to a very
different conclufion." The only inference that can
be deduced from there two oppofite opinions is, that
Minifters have tcally (leered a prudent middle courfe.
They have forborne as long as they could, and they
have relented only when it became abfolutely ne-
ceffary.

, LA inedus la rebus, funt cent &algae Ines,
▪ (Zoos ultra. citraque nequit confiftere reduce..
What point of union then can erift between two
parties entertaining fentiments fo direaly oppofite
and contradiaory, we are at a lofs to imagine—
The one party regarding any in(lance of arrogance,
any falfe pretenfion, as a fufficient ground for war;
the other contending for peace upon almoff any
terms, for the relinquifhment of Malta, for an obli•
vion of all pall offences. They may indeed unite in
wit point, that is, in wicking to force out the prefent
Knitters, and to enjoy their intuitions ; but that is
the only point on which they can poffibly entertain
any one fentiment in common; and from an admi-
nitration formed of fuch jarring materials (were
fuch an event probable or even poffible), what would
the country have to cape& ?

The following French Toalls were given at a late
public dinner, at which were prefent the Military
Members of the Confervative Senate, Legiilative
Body, and Tribunate
Tba Republic.
Bonaparte the Great.
The Second and Third Coates,
Piarmony between the Great Powers and the linande
The Governments friends to Palmy
The Liberty of Sees.
Prolperity ci Consmaree.
The *rinks of the Republic.
The //we wh• bra nod so tbs Tarkeriss of the Pestle
who visistc Thalia

N.WTICAL INTELLIMICIL

Dublin
Waterford
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MAILS THIS DAI
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FALMOOT HJLIN 6 s.—Sailed this evening the WA!,
SING H•/.1 packet, Rosaitts, with two mails of the
24. th and 3I fi Mt. for Lifbon ;.the CHEST/E►IELO
BLlGHT,packet, with the mails of the tQ inf. for
Jamaica ; and the brig Small Bridge, Captain War,

For London, with mi:ins, ¢cc.—Arrived the Ameri

can fhips Fame, Captain MURPHY, from St. Andero,
four days paffage, and after landing a paffenger, Mr.
O'Baxem, failed again for Baltimore ; the Alexander,
KING, from Norfolk, with 4000 barrels flour, for

orders; and the Perfeverance, TAYLOR, in 22 days

from Philadelphia, with 3600 barrels flour, for this
port ; the brig Elizabeth, of Liverpool, HANNA, with

barilla, from Naples,tin 64 days, for orders ; and the
Chip Anderfon, Captain MORLY, from Gre-

nada, (even weeks paffage, bound for London.
His Majefty's (hip le Tomew r has fent in the Dutch
brig Marlluys Welvareen, Captain G. SCHEIPEN,

from Cette, with wine, &c. for Amfterclam : the
Amyx excife cutter, has fent in the Dutch brig Re-
folutie, WILDNIIIRG, from Surinam, for Rotterdam,

with coffee, &c.; and a French fhip from Newfound-
land, with oil and codfifh.
The DOLPHIN cutter has taken and fent for Ply-
mouth, a large Swedi(h fhip having French property
on board to the value of 60,0001. The American fhip
Alexander fpoke yellerday a few leagues to the weft-

ward of Scilly, a very large French Weft Indiaman,
with cotton, nigar, coffee, &c. the Captain of which
knew nothing refpating the war. Paffed this even
ing a large (hip to the eaftward, with the lofs of her
fore and main man. Wind North.

PLystouvu, 'JUNE G.—Came in his Majeßy's fhip
MiNovatra, of 74 guns, Capt. MANSFIELD, from a
cruife, for the purpofe of colleCting her Officers and
men, fent in in her prizes; The might have taken a
great many more, but had not the power to board
them. Came in the Grace, of Fowey, Capt. Prates,
from Ancona, bound to London, lades with hemp
and other goods.—Yefterday the Cscrita Eaft India-
men, Capt. THOMAS, from Bengal, pallid up Chan-
nel. P. Evart 'hut. landed here from her with dif-
patches, with which he fet off for Condon : they
(poke a frigate in Channel, which informed them of
the war, and that they had taken a French frigate,
but have not yet learnt the particulars.—Arrived alfo
the following prizes and detained veffels :
t. French fhip la Terefa, from Martinico, laden with rum and
fugar, taken by the Minotaur of 74 guns, Capt. ManiEeld

t. Swedifh brig Hord'turner, from Alicant for Havre, laden with
wine and brandy, detailed by the AtaLune, of a guns.
5. Dutch esip Vreede, from Malaga for Lubeck, laden with wine
and fruit, detained by his Majefty's illp Minotaur, of 74 guns,
4. Dutch Stip Zaam Stroom, from Smyrna for Arniterdam, laden
with elks and cotton, detained ►y the Minotaur, of 74 guns.
5. Dutch flip Anna Sophia, from Surinam to Amftenlam, laden
with lbw and coffee, detained by a tender to the Canopus, of
So guns : this vcffel being fired at after capture, a. bring her to,
by the Seagull,of LS gum, the that unfortunately ftruck the
and lilted a Mr. Baker, of Cawfand.

6. French !hip rEfperance,frons Guadeloupe, laden with coffee and '
cotton, taken by his Malefty's thip Doris, of 36 guns, Captain
Pearfon.
7. French brig Neptune, from Marfeillea, laden with foap, galls,
fulphur, Sc. taken by the Doris of 36 guns.
8. Dutch Niewe Eupbrsta, Capt. Engleman, from Surinam
for Amfterdam, laden with hgar, coffee, and cotton, detained
by the Doris, of 36 gums.
9. French brig la Pala, of Bourdon, from Cette to Havre,kden
with brandy, wine, and bap, ahem by the ffambler of 14 guns,
Capt. loses.
to. Dutch Sip Vrouw Ensenada, Capt. Baker, from Smyrna for
Andierdain, laden with Mks and counts, takes by the Dallier, of
ill guns, Capt. Dekko&
t. Dutch Lip Maarftroom, Capt Hanfen, from Surinam bound
to Anifferdam, laden with agar sod cotton, detained by a ten-
der to the Mak; of iki guns, Capt. Buller.
/1. French Sip k Chaffeur, from St. Domingo, laden with coffee
fugar, and cotton, taken by the Naiad, of 38 guns, Capt. Wallis
13. French l'Algle, of 430 tons borthen, from the Ilk of
France, for Bandeau; with a very valuable cargo, taken br the
Sirius of 36 guns, Capt. Prowfe; Ow has many pawn on
board, going to France for their education.
14. French brig is Nymphs, from Martinko, laden with fugar,
coffee, and cotton, taken by the Doris, of 36 gum.
Came in la Puma, of .so guns, Captain Cu m sea-
LAND, from a cruife, with the lots of foreman, bow.
fprit, and main-top.malt, oseafioned by chaciog a
French corvette, under the guns of a French battery.
—Sailed the Nooses, of 18 guns, Capt. Vavowas,
for the Coati of Africa; alfo the Ramose and HIND
Cullom Cutlers; and Eaota and itstiows Excite
Cutters, on a cruife.—Several Tenders to the (hips of
war in Hammes are gone on a cruife, as the tea is
(warming with French and Dutch fhipu—The reafon
for Boaavaars's wilting to prolong the Negotiation
is now pretty manifeft—one month more would have
been the means of his fecuring the property which is
now finding its way to the &kith ports.—Sailed the
CNARWILL, of 18 guns. with a Beet under convoy
for London.

P01'1'1{11011? s, Jew a 7.—Arrived the Coromandell,
Smuts°, from China; left St. Helena in company
with Hercules, Berra. Paired by a new frigate,
lately launched in Southampton river.
Ma tO•TS, JU/11 7.—Yefterday afternoon two
French privateers made their appearance, kali oppo-
fite King's Gate, a few miles below this town. Being
open row-boats, and very like the Margate trawl.
boats, they were not at firil known, till one of them
boarded a (mall ►rig. When fignals were given from
the North Foreland, and our veffels fent to his Ma-
jefty's :airs in the Downs, they bore away for
Dunkirk, with their prize ; but there is every reafon
to hope that they would be taken by fume of our
cruisers before they reached the oppofite coal.

BILICHTO4, It/NI 6.—The fithermen of this places
while Billing in the Offing, on Thud...lay night laft,
were fuddesly al te tned by *h.:appetrance of a Feencb
Privateer, which Coon After captured a collier hut a
(hors didance final them. The privateer is fappofed
to be the Bonaparte fcholner, lately employesi as a
packet between Ill's place and Dieppe.
YARMOUTH, Juat 7 —Yeflerday evening arrived
here the PRINCR of Wacss packet, Captain Dun,
with mails and pafTengers front Cu shaven. Arrived
the Ogleby armed (hip, and temaiits with the PaNt
LOPE frigate, and one gun.hrig.