Star.
London, England, 1803-01-08 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE ST4R.

LETTER IV.
Sin—To Come facetious obfervations on my for-
mer letters made by a man, who, like VoLTAISI
when he attacks Chriftianity, affeas to laugh when
he cannot argue, I (hall not (loop to reply. Bit.
a refpedable writer in a Morning Paper of lali
Monday has made Tome remarks in a liberal
manner on my objedions to a part of Mr. Pox's
conduit, which demand an acknowledgement.
I am lorry that I cannot be fatisfied with his
defence. On the contrary, Mr. Fox's fpreches
fence his return from France, lead me to believe
that he has in a great meafure juflified Mr. Cos-
surr's cenfures by the opinion, which he has ex.
preffed,on the encroachment of BOONAPARe fence
the Peace. The French, if we are to follow hi,
advice, are to he fuffered to proceed, and we are
to truft to Tim for the removal of the evil. This
argument might have been applied to the Rate of
Athens in the time of the Macedonian conquerors;
of Carthage, when the delivered her arms to the
Romans; of Italy, Holland, and Switzerland,
when they (Omitted to the arms and artifices of
the French invaders. The writer, to whom I have
alluded, will find, on clofer enquicy, that Mr.
Fox was not merely prefented to Boos APARTE, as
feveral of his countrymen, who have thought this
mark of refpett not inconfiftent with the dignity
of their country, and with their public charafter;
but that he received invitations to the table of
the Firft Conful, extraordinarily given, and cheat-
fully accepted.
Permit me now, Mr. Editor, to dole the fub-
jed of there lettemby a few remarks on Mr. AD-
IIIINGTON'S charafter, my fole object in requefling
a column in your Paper.
On the dignity, the judgment, the candor, the
ability of his conduct as Prefident of the fir( po-
pular alembly in this country, the moll indite&
expreffion of doubt, the lowers whifper of fulpicion,
have never been heard. Whilft he held that high
office, his love to the Conftitution was not con-
fined to the impartial obfervance of forms. He
Paved the freedom of the pref.. You remember,
Sir, that the Attorney General introduced a bill
for the my/aim of Nevrfpapers,—which went far
beyond the ends of fubftantial juftice, which en-
abled the Executive Power to s' (hut the gates of
istotoldste on mankind," to (cite on all Editors,
Publifhers, and Proprietors, and to put a fum-
mary period to the exigence, of any of thole
publications. The Bill experienced no refiftance
on its fire reading, except from the Oppofition.—
Had this Bill palled into a law, Mr. Cossarr's
Paper might have been a ufeful RegtflerofParifian
dreftes, of falitionable parties for the editing week,
of the prices in Mark lane or Leadenhall Mar-
ket, on the Q.tray or in the Stock Exchange ;
bat he could not have ventured to dant' the na-
ture and probable effets of the Treaty of Peace,
if that difciiffion had call a lhadow of doubt on
the infallibility of Minifters, without (baring the
fate of the arrefted Conductors of Paris Newf.
papers. Even you, Mr. Editor, who are In an:-
loony defirous of preferving your columns from
the afperities of party, would not have been alto•
getber free from the apprehenlions of the conk-
quenees of mifeonftruCtion. From there dangers
Mr. ADDINGTON preferved the freedom of the
prefs. • By the weight of his influence, by the
iltrength of his reprefentations, by the wifdom of
Ides reafoning, he prevailed on the mover of the
Bill to make thofe alteratiemso, which at once
attained the proper objet of reform, and fecured
the Palladium of the Britifls Conftitution t.
I (hail not fear contradiction when I affirm that
the battle of Marengo, and all its fubfequent
dif-
afters, were produced by the haughty anfwer
given to Boon AAAAAA on his afTumption of the
fupreme power, the refufal to Wien to any over.
tures .of peace t, and the exafperating language
u fed on that occaßon. When I mention the name
of Mescetia, the late Minifters will recoiled on
whatldvantageous grounds they might tht.n have
treated. Sir, I have ftrong reafons for believing
that Mr. ADDI o TON lamented the proceedings of
that period. His love of Peace, of Humanity, of
) eligion,—n ay, h is (cakes! common policy,induced
him to with that every opportunity fhould be feis-
-ed of checking the progrefs of the penitence,
which had fo long defolated the world. When the
hand of Adminiltration had thus twined the lau-
rel of victory for the brow of BUONAPARTI, when
Italy, Genoa, and Piedmont were lubdued, Portu-
gal attacked, the Northern Powers engaged in a
confederacy againft our maritime interefts, the
political horizon (brooded in a melancholy gloom,
the Miniaer fuddenly abandoned his poll I. At
the call of the Kos°, Mr. Aziormovois undertook
the direaion of site State at this au ful, perilous
moment. By his wife and fpitited meafiarea, the
Northern confederacy was broken, Egypt was
conquered, Portugal was fared by the leisure of
Madam and the projefted defcent on the Brazils,
lad Peace was rendered praaicable, although we
could not command the conditions, which were in
our power at the period, to which I have alluded.
Your Readers feel with fo much fatisfadion the
repeal of an oppreffive, invidious tat, that I need
• Tbe Attorney General fail, that be would defer the fur-
dicreenfiderados of the hikes he lemaded, b cookquenee et
the reprchotatitms of a high Amman, laths Hoeft, to mak
Coate important thermions I. Y To thin eadneet ferrite oe
Mr. ADM tli pablielsre ass paid ibilekee attmtkoy
t Nor can the hurry world forget deep her An=
relkved them ia a great sombre from the tax as Papa, laid
by Mr. PITT at a time what the price of that cemestadley
was advanced 40 per r4M.
*That refttfal, coalidind N every past of view, was unjaf-
diable. Had our ACM:, amenry so their/maws condaft. re-
ranged united. the root implant expedtatlas that could be
formed was, that the Preach Gould be driver' heel to their
Sooner boundaries Were we fore that this elojea aright mu
be attained by negotiation? No madam of OMB wwid have
attended the experiment. Either SIVOISAPIIITZ would have
propriod equitable terms, or not la the Assam oak WS
&quid wow he railed no a mood tiabeasis of osoffailelik prof-
pertty. In the later, B . arra would bans hem regarded
as a wanton deceiver by his costattrams,wlits. be tram think-
ing theinfelire• obliged by honor and humanity to fame kb
Rancho-el in ebbe •• to conquer peace.' would have tenni-
motfly refuted their forms to the defirte. of Ma pelt la
er,t, to the Momper of the imamate ell the kik pretests
gie.ng Peace to an eamtuftal watjL
I T.: be bat bus called " The PIM that armband the
Siam"

not dwell on a fubjed,which refleEls fo ranch credit
on a Miniiler, whole exertions are equally devoted
to promote the happinefs of his KISC, and the
privileges of the People. To firm up his charac-
ter in two words, I 11:all only add, that his public
worth can be equalled only by his private virtues.
Thefe expreflions, Mr. Editor, will not be
deemed thole of flattery by your Readers, who
recoiled that I am far from being an admirer of
the terms of Peace,—who are informed of my
convidion that, unlefs the moil vigorous fyitem
be purfued, the confequences muff be fatal to our
dearelt intereas. With you, and with every friend
of this country, I trull I may indulge the expec-
tation that this fyliem is now adopted.
In the code of Party, it is not lawful to cup.
port, or oppofe, a Statefman, unlefs that fupport
and that oppofition, be contlant, uniform, exerted
in all times, places and circumflances. By that
code I will not be bound. Man is liable to imper-
feCtion : and my admiration of the general condud
of en individual than not make me applaud what
I confider as an error of judgment; nor (hall I
refufe the tribute of my praife to the wife or ge-
nerous atlions of him, whore general charader I
may not admire. The party, who oppofe the terms
of Peace, I am far from cenfuring, as far as that
meafure is concerned • but when I fce them clamo-
rous for the recal of Mr. PITT, who approved, if he
did not advice a, that Treaty, I cannot but accufe
them of an inconfiftence, tending to a faerifice of
public principle. From thfr charge I mutt except
Mr. WINDIWI, who has been continently decided
in a vigorous fupport of that oppofition, on the
broad bafis of the general good, without a glance
to perfonal partialities.
I thank you, Mr. Editor, for your repeated in.
dttlgence, and am, &c. c•wrinaus.
Dee. 23, 1803.

• Mr. Cosset's' is not the only perfon, who has seated
that Mr. PITT was eonfulted in the fettlement of the Prelimi-
naries. It is remarkable that on the &It dilculaon of the terms,
when the hnpolicy of abandonirg Malta was urged, be Paid
that he was convinced of the importance of that ifland to this
country, but that imperious teafoos had obliged u• to cede it.
What thofe redone were, he molt have bad extraordinary
means of afcertaining. For my part, I then knew, and ICM
know, only one imprimis real a, that &Gold force us to give up
that invaluable acqulftion—Tra VICTOVIONS IiMICE or MI
INVADING MINT ovaa S '►HILL!

A report of a dicagreeable nature has been cir-
culated, Paid to have been received by the COl4 kr,
relative to tome dillurbances at Fort William. We
do not find that it has gained any credit in Lea.
denhall•ftreet.

The Tomb of HOUSSEIN, the fon of ALI, (jut I
aced near the Kerbella, under the Bachalic of
Bagdat, has been plundered, after much (laughter,
of two treafuries, containing legacies of different
Emperors and Kings, and the gold and filter can-
dletticks, one of which weighed 61,400 drachms.
Above too young virgins were carried off, and
the women (tripped quite naked, and tortured, to
make them difcovcr the treafure. The railing of
the Sacred monument was made of the pure} wa-
tered Reel, inlaid with gold, and embellithed with
jewels. This, with the tomb, which took (even
years in conftruaing, in the reign of Kamm CANN,
has been made one common ruin.
A new Comedy, from the pen of Mr. HoLcROFT,
has been read in the Greenroom of Drury Lane
Theatre, of the merits of which report (peaks in
very high terms.
There was on Thurfday, the Both, a brilliant
Affembly at the THIRD CONSUL'S. The elegance
and ricbnefs of the Ladies drefies were particularly
admired. General MACDON•LD and his Lady,
General MAMMA, the Englith Ambaffador. and
I other Members of the Corps Diplomatique, with
their wives, were prefent.
On Thurfday night, being Twelfth Night, the
LORD MAYOR gave a grand entertainment and ball
at the Manfion.Houfe to above two hundred of
the principal Gentlemen of the City, and a num-
ber of his particular friends. The ball commenced
at ten n'clock in the Egyptian Hall, which was
elegantly fitted up for the occafion. The pillars
were fefiooned with variegated lamps and lowers.
Shrubberies appeared in various parts ache room
and hall, which was hung round with mirrors and
tranfparent paintings. At one o'clock the com-
pany retired to (upper in the long parlour, which
was alto elegantly illuminated and ornamented.
After (upper the ceremony of drawing King and
Queen took place, and afforded a great deal of
am ufement. The dancing was afterwards refunsed,
and the company did not feparate till about five
o'clock yefterday morning, each tellifying their
fatisfaition with the elegant hofpitalities of the
LoaD and LADY Mato* sae, whole polite and
affable behaviour was univerfally admired. The
whole was concluded in a more fuperb and magni.
ficent Ityle than we have almoft ever witneffed on
a limilar occafinn. From this fir( difplay of the
liberality and tails of the prefent LORD MAYOR,
much may be expelled from the future exhibition
of civic hofpitality.
Lady Domoan loon gave a Splendid ball and
entertainment at Brynkynalt, the ancient family
feat, about fix miles from Ofwettry, on the 3,11
I ult. The take with which the decorations were
arranged, was extremely good; the confervatories
at the entrance were lighted up; and the old
hall, where they (upped, was ornamented with
wreaths of holly, laurel and Rowers : the tiled
wax molt pleating. Nothing could exceed the
I beauty of her Ladythip's perfon ; her drefs white
main, with a drapery of white lace, which
hung from one (boulder, and her fine dark hair
in ringlets, twilled with diamonds. Lady Matta
Kula was beautifully dreffed, with the fine( lace
turban, hanging down on one fide of the neck,
and tanked extremely handfome. A large party
from Wynnftay graced the circle, and the pretty
Mi(s HARRIET WILLIAMS was greatly admired;
alfo the two Mils Cuattrrs met with univerfal
praifc and admiration. The whole was pettedly
well condaded, and with the utmolt fettivity.
The company did not (maraca till fix o'clock
in the morning. Lord and Lady DUNOANNOS,
from their hofpitality and extreme civility and
attention to the whole neighbourhood. are highly
refpeeted, and their reading at Brynkynalt is
felt by all as a bktfing.

Ecrpr.

EXTRACT OF A RITTER IRON AN 0/lICER OF MA•
fOR GENERAL BAIRD'S ARMY TO HIS FRIEND AT
POMDAT, DATED GILA, OPPOSITE GRAND CAIRO,

MAY iB, 1802.

On the 15th inflant Major General Baton, pro
paratory to the match of the army acrofs the de-
fart to Suez, paid a vifit of ceremony to his High-
nefs the Pacha of Egypt in Grand Cairo.
The General, attended •by his flaff and other
of s, with an cfcort of the Bth light dragoons,
croffed the river to the Cairo fide in die morning ;
where a Turkiffi guard of honour. confining of
horfe and foot, were drawn up to receive him.—
On landing, the General was met by the Pacha's
Chief Secretary and Dragoman (interpreter).
After the ufual compliments and honours being
paid, the guards moved off in front at a flow pace
towards his Highnefs's palace, the kettle drums
and other mufic of the Turkith hot fe playing dur-
ing the proceflion, while the heralds proclaancd
the approach of the Englifh General.
On coming near the palace, (formerly General
KLIBER'S and in which be was affaffinared) we
found the Ilreets lined with the Albanian guards
up to the fleps of the great ftaircafe. The ap.i
pearance of the foldiers was more languinary than
martial, every man, betides his mufket and bayo-
net, being armed with a brace of pill ols, a dagger,
and a fword. Having arrived at the palace, the
General difruounted, when he was received by die
officers of ❑ate and condated to the chamber of
Audience. Here the Pacha met the General at
the door, and received him in the moll flattering
and diffinguiffied manner. After being ferved
with coffee, fherbet, &c. and the compliments
cuftomary on fuch occafions bad paired, as well as
a converfation of fome length relative to the
march of the army Rcrofs the defart, in the for-
warding of which his Highnefs offered in the molt
nnreferved manner every affiffance in his power,
the General rofe to take leave: when the Pacha
requefled his acceptance of a war horfe fully ca.
parifoned and a (word, adding they were the gifts
of efteem and friendfhip. The flail and other
officers of the General's fuite alfo received each a
(word. _

The General was requeßed by the Paella, as a
particular honour, to mount the horfe on leaving
the palace, which he accordingly did, and was
fainted with nineteen guns on palling through the
great fquare.
-We then returned home in the fame manner we
came amid( an immenfe concourfe of people ;
and, as is ufual in mon Muffulman countries, were
importuned for BOA?: (money) on all fides.
The (addle and furniture prefented to General
BAIRD mutt be of great value, the former being
folid Culver gilt, and the latter of crimfon velvet
Budded with liars and crefcents of the like metal.
The horfe was one of the moll beautiful animals I
ever beheld, and of the fined breed in Turkey.—
The General's fword was no lets coftly, the fcab-
bard and mounting being of entire gold, and the
blade one of the true Darnel-ens. We afterwards
learnt, that the whole had been fent by the GAMID
Sago« tom to the Pacha on railing him to his pre-
fent high fituation in the empire.
Two days afterwards the Pacha returned the
General's vifit. His Highnefs came to the Giza
fide of the river in his State barge attended by a
great number of others full of Grandees, Janiffa-
ries. attendants, Re. &c. The morning%eing re-
markably fine heightened the intereft of the fcene.
The effea of the Terkills mufic on the water, with
the gay appearance of the various Hags and pen-
dents, was truly firiking. Add to the refleaion,
arifing from a confcious proper pride. on a Britifh,
and a Britifh Afiatic army from " Further Ind,"
drawn up on the banks of Old Father Nile to do
honour to the Ottoman Crefceir, and you will, I
think, envy us—as well as regret, in no common
degree, your abfence on fuels an eccafion.
The Pacha on landing was received by two of
the General's Ralf. A falute of cannon immedi•
ately commenced, the troops formed in a greet,
prefented arms, and the bands began to play.—
His Highnefs teemed highly pleafed, bowed to
the Officers as be pared with much urbanity, and
frequently remarked to the Pacha of the Alba-
nians, and the other great Officers of his fuite, the
fine and martial appearance of the foldicry ; the
Sepoys attraaed much attention. A few yards
from head-quarters (formerly the country houfe
of MVRAD Bay), the General, accompanied by
the principal Officers of the army, met the Pacha;
and after welcoming him to the gatrifon, and the
%dual compliments having paned, the whole pro-
ceffion entered the grand faloon, which had been
previoully ornamented in the Turkith nyle with
divans, carpets, &c. Here the Officers formed a
circle, and coffee, fherbet, &c. were ferved up to
his Highnefs and fuite in the Eaftern style ; the
band of the 86th regiment playing all the time.
With the mufic the Pacha finned particularly
delighted. We remarked that the tambout in and
triangle. being nearly Turkifh, afforded him much
pleidure. efpecially in the Battle of Prague, in
which KOTZMARRO has introduced one of their
national airs as the quick Rep. The eyes of the
Janiffaries kindled at bearing their favourite call
to battle.
After being entertained for a confiderable time
in this manner, and much civilities exchanged on
both fides. the Pacha rote to take leave. The
General then requeßed his Highnefs, and his prin-1
cipal Officers, to accept of louse arms of Englifh
workmanfhip, confining of faces, pillols, Sec. He
alto prefented the Pacha with foam jewels let in
the Eaftern mode.
On his Highnefs leaving the gateway, the Ge-
neral having ordered two of the fineß Mocha
bulls to be there, begged his acceptance of them.
This bill prefent the Pacha teemed highly pleated
with, as the breed is unknown in Turkey. The
humps on their (boulders occafioned many ob-
fervations from the attendants.
The General having accompanied the Pacha
a few yards towards the river, his Highnefs
re-
queßed be might go no farther; be espreffed
hinsfelf highly gratified with his reception, and
again repeated -his profeffions of friendfliip and
anxious with to affitt the army ist ;heir parch

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lcrofs the Defart : he then embarkel under •
:rmer honours and falute.
The General, on this particular occafion, and in 4
compliment to the Pacha, wore the Order or the
Crefcenr, and the diamond Aigrette prefented him .•
by the GRAND SFIGNMR. The Officers of thearmy
alfi) wore their medals.
-Having thus detailed to you this ceremony, I -
(hall not intrude longer on your patience ; and
only add, that from the cordial and friendly dif-
potition of the Pacha, I think we than accomplifh
this arduous march acrofs the Defart of Suer with-
out las or difficulty; and unattended by thole
fatigues and hardatips fo feverely felt, yet fo nobly
furmounted, by our brave fellows in the former
ordeal from the fhores of the Red Sea acrofs the
arid and burning Defart of the Thebaid."
FORT WILLIAM, JULY 31, am
CENRRA I. ORDERS.—" Major• General BAIRD,
commanding the Forces employed on the late Ex-
pedition from India to Egypt, arrived this day a.
the Prefidency,Etended by the Goverior-GeneraPs
(late boats, and was received on his landing at ,
Chundpanl Chant, by the Officers of his Excel..
lency's Staff.
.4 The Governor• General, in Council, derived
fincere fatisfaßion from the highly honcurable.tcf,
timony borne by Major• General the Earl of CAVAN, ,
to the fervices of Major General BAIRD, and of the , • -
Troops from the Eaablifhment of India, lately
employed in Egypt. 1
" Under a grateful impreilion of the important
aid derived to the common caufe of our Country,by
the able and fuccefsful condo& of the Expedition
from India to Egypt, his Excellency is pleafed to
order, that Honorary Medals be conferred on all
the Native•commiffiioned and Non commillioned
Officers, Troopers, and Sepoys, Gelaundawre and
Gun Lafcars, who have been employed on fervice
in Egypt."

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EAST INDIES.

CALCUTTA GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY.

WEDNESDAY, AVG. 111 1802.

Fort William, Aug. xi, 1802.

On the 9th init. his Majetly's frigate la Cuff.
FORNE, Capt. STUART. arrived in the river from
Bombay, with difpatches from that Prefidency to
his Excellency the molt noble the Governor
General in Council, containing the affhaing intel-
lig W
ence of the death of his Excellency HA K&
ICH (MERL Kuaus, Amhafrador to the Britith Go-
vernment on the part of his Majefty the KING of
of Perfia. _ _ _ •

-.- ...._.
In the afternoon of the soth ult. a difputi un-
fortunately arofe between the Perfian fervants of
the Ambaffador, and the fepoys of the corps of
Bengal volunteers, compofing his Excellency's ho-
norary guard, at the houfe aWgned for his refi-
dence near Maffagong. An affray enfued, and both
parties reforted to arms.
At the commencement of the difturbance, Ms
Excellency the Ambaffador, with his nephew AaA
Hoossate, and his attendants, defcended into the
court for the purpofe of quelling the tumult, and
while his Excellency was exerting his endeavours
with the utmoft degree of humanity and firrnnefe
for that purpofe, be received a wound from a mtrf.
ket which inftantly proved mortal. His Excellency's
nephew was leveret,' wounded in feveral places.—
Foetal the Ambaffador's fcrvants were killed, and
five more wounded. Tranquillity, however, wax
fpeedily reftored, and medical afaftance wet im-
mediately procured for the relief of the furviving
fufferers.
The moll *dive and judicious exertions were
fuccefsfullj employed by the acting Prefident at
Bombay, .H. Cruelty, Efq. and by the civil and
military 'Beers under his authority, for the put.
pole of reftoring order, and of tranquilizing the
minds of the atteodanu and followers of the de.
I ceafed Ambaffador, as well as of fecuring the
means of bringing to juftice the perpetrators of this
atrocious all.
A Court of Enquiry has accordingly been in.
(United at Bombay, for the purpofe of inveftigat.
ing. with due deliberation and foie:unity. all the
circumftances of the cafe.
The Governor General in Council has adopted
meafures for affording to the relations and fol-
lowers of the late Ambafador, all the relief and
i confolation which can be adminiftered to them
under the prefure of this fevers calamity.
As a teftimony of the public regret for the
death of the late Ambaffador, and of a deep
fenfe of forrow for the calamitous event which
occafioned it, and as a mark of public refpe&
for the high ation of the deceafed Ambaffador.
and for the Sovereign whom he reprefented, his
Excellency the Governor General in Council has
been ?leafed to direct, that minute guns be fired
on this melancholy occafion. at five o'clock this
afternoon, from the ramparts of Fort William.
By command of his Excellency the molt noble
the Governor General in Council.
N. B. Ensionsione,
Secretary to Oovt. See. PoL a Par. Dept.

We are happy to announce to the numerous
votaries of Hymn, that a charming, though not
very young couple, will be flieedily added to
their ranks under the forms of Lord D. and
Mrs. E. refiding in the neighbourhood of Grave.
magnate. It is the gentleman's/ea-4 Efr and
the Lady's thirsi—may it be propitious. The
Bath waters have fometimes thorn their efficacy
in favour of the lesapiowa.
General Czsaa &arum is appointed Chief of
the Staff in the expedition to Louifiana.
The paragraph in our paper of yefferday,
pied from another print, refpefting the ufe to
which the apartments at the HorfeGuards, become
_vacant by the removal of the arms ()tithe Foot
Guards, are to be appropeiated, is mediated. There
apartments are not defigned for the Adjutants of
the Foot Guards, but are convened into an °Ste
for the Adjutant General's
removed from Crown-fireet
with refpea to the parade of
alto incorrea.

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departmest. which is
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