Star.
London, England, 1803-09-29 00:00:00

SOMBARDMENr OF !ALMS.

The rtfult of the attack upon Calais is not yet
known. It appears probable, however, that it wilt '
be the occafinn of much bloodfhed ; for we find by
letters which have reached us this morning, that
fume of the enemy's boats had actually ventured out
in the Lace of our flotilla, and that three of oar brigs
were in the midft of them when the laft accounts came
*way. Whether they 'were forced out by the inhebi.
tants, as one of our letters ltates,or whether they mean
really to try what they can effe& againft our veffels
by numbers and perfeverance, we cannot take upon
es to determine, but we rather take the latter to be
the: fao t for we can hardly fuppofe that; sides** the
foliated/Al or threats of the inhabitants Would have
any influenot on the military operations of our enemy.
Thtreis an old proverb, that is a &oaf tfflserings
can deftrny a whale," and itis extremely probable
they mean to attempt applying it againft fbme °four
lllutigia. .This is a cireumilince that our Govan
*tent will, no doubt, guard again& by inereafts the
foree employed in this Convict.— Perform fat.
On the prefent occatiou, however, if there
.briso
saiiiake is our Dover letter, the enemy's boatimere
at left obliged to ran on (pore between. Cstipptad
toulogne. They were endeavouring to *GeV /be
latter
,phi ' • `.
The sea Lusts which have cane to hand.itnil Welt
we fultjoin, cannot fail to exeiti-in the Publleibis,un.
common &gees of anxiety to know the Urea. We
hope 'teeheqbW's poll win citable us' to detail dse
particulars s

Mac. Sept. Ask bdf-paR eeiseli.
"Three tutteriarrived this morningfrom the fqu adrun
ems' Calais. with difpatches to Admiral hioaraoss,
Rating that upwards of a hundred well diredtedfbells
were thrown yeiterday into the town of
which did ctmaderable damage; and (paid among
the inhailitapts the ntmoß wanternation. Early this
morning our Ratak began a bombardment Which
till continues. The lalt cutter. which came in about
ten minutes ago, brings intelligence that the town ii
on fire in feveral places. and particularly in at
taffeta quarter. Our (quadrat had not. wags
Vils *eel came away, (stained the (manakin-
jurx. At twelve O'clock about thirty gun boats
-Sane tin ofthe harbour and engaged our fquAltai,
!Wish congaed of three bombs, three brigs. sad two
cutters, but it is not yet afcertained whether any of
the boats have been deßroyed. It is however eon.
'tamed that they moR have fuffered very materially,
:is many of the (hells fell among them.

P.-19. I have
.I'lll been informed by a naval officer,
that our fquadron at Calais has been joined! by the
Lemma, of se guns, and tht 'Wrung lisp. It
is fuppofed, that the inhabitants finding thanfdves

fb much annoyed, aril their property expofed to fo
Inleh danger, fbreed the gnn boats out, and that
they were endeavouring to make their way to 800.
Logue, in the face of our fquadron. The three brigs
were in the ankle of the Trench gun boats when-the

IA alma came away. I am much affraid that many
Eves will be bats the cweaffoo : but I have no doubt

that the mink will be highly honourable to our brave
tan. Our.iquairon, bend's the above velkle which
have joined, coatis of the Discovery, (the names
of the other two bombs I have forgot) the Aimee*,
luxemount, and Coanicy, and ten cutters.

Dowse Wednearry, Sept. sL
TWA firing mentioned In my letter of yefterday.
sisosotimsed at intervals all night. and this morning the

Atrial for an enemy was hoified at the Signal lioufe;
Goon after which a heavy firing commenced, and con-
Coned ustilaboat three o'clock p. m. About twelve an
exprefi arrived to Captain Esssanros, to acquaint
him that feveral gun ►oats were out from the call-
ward t orders were immediately given for the Sca
Feneibks to be in readinefs ; and all the bombardiers
telfembled in the batteries. It being thick weather,
we could sot difcern the whole of the engagement ;
however, front the belt accounts, we learn that 28
gun boats bad got out from Calais, and gone down
along (bore to Boulogne : our cruizers went as near
in fhore as the water would permit, and cannonaded
them, which was warmly returned by the batteries
along !bore, and the gun•boats, which were obliged
at laA to run on (bore between Calais and Boulogne.
The firing at times was to very quick, that the French
flsoft kilned to be in One continued blaze. Several
cotters are going acrofs from the Downs to the af-

plants of our fquadron. but nothing has arrived
with particulars of the anion ; however, we are all
.ms the tip too of expeaation. Report rays, that tso
• run-boats with troops are expelled out of Offend nest
• J•. We are all at our Rations, and long to (hew
them what determined Britons cando, tingle handed,
spina the common enemy of mankind.
Of • -r-

Our ralmtluth letter received this morning flares

tfle arfes.ll there of the Ruffian fhip Neva, cnmman.
sled by Capt. LtICANII VA, %% hiCh has been fitted out
few a voyage of difeovery. Capt. I.tscutttsv• (as
ws kora from the Plailchfciphical Magazine, No. 64,)
it. &mow to go tµ An 41411.4tEador to ;.pan, and is

acrempanied by feientifie men and Has, who will
no doubt enrich geography and natural hifiory with
many new oblervations. From Falmouth, Captain
LISCANIC•A will proceed to the Canaries, and then to
the Southern coatis of America : he will touch at
&Al; run down all the eaftern coaft as far as the
Strait of Magellan, and, having doubled Cape-Horn,
will enter the South Sea, and proceed along the coal!
of Chili as far as the port of Valparezo. He will
then fleer for the Sandwich Mantis, and having exa-
mined the moll remarkable of them, will dire& his
courfe to Japan to ellablifh and eonfolidate a corn-
mercial intercourfe between that country and Rums.
From Japan he will proceed in tBO5 to Kamtfchatka,
where he will pall the winter,and will afterwards vifit
Unalafchka, Kadjak, and other iflands of the Archi-
pelago, fituated between Kamtfchatka and the Nor-
thern extremity of America. Capt. LISCANIETA will
then return to Kadjak, to take in merchandize, with
which he will proceed to Canton, the only port of
China open to the Europeans, and where the Ruf-
fians, who hitherto have traded with the Chinefe
only at Kadjak, have never yet been. From Canton
he will dire& his eourfe to the Philippines, the iflands
of Java and Sumatra, arid the peninfula of India,
and will return to Ruffia by the way of the Cape of
'Good Hope.

Our Countrymen in arms will find in our !an page
tome important pape►s, with which it very much con-
cerns them to make themfelves well acquainted, as
tbcy explain every eircumflance relative to the regu•
lations, exemptions, and difeipline of our gallant vo-
lunteer defenders. It will be ken by their perufal,
that a non.compliance with the regulations, and a
neglect of attendance at mutter and exercife, difqua-
lify all perfons, fo offending, from continuing in
their refpeilive corps--a neceffat y caution :we are
confident, however, that no inflance of its bring en-
forced will occur. Our Countrymen know better the
duties they owe to themfelves, their families, their
country ! the human race ! than to fail in perforining
the duties they have voluntarily taken upon them-
felves ; and there is not a man in the ranks of our
Volunteer Corps who was ignorant that when called
into adlual ferries, he tbould be flabjea to all the pro-
vilions of the Mutiny AR.
From the opinions of the Arroaxsr and Socact-
TOIL Galilee:. on the fubjea of exemptions, it ap-
pears that no perfon is entitled to exemption from
ballot, unlefs his name has been regularly returned
upon a moiler-roll fent to the Lord Lieutenant, or
Clerk of the General Meeting of his County, at the
times, in the manner, and certified by his Comman-
dant upon &vow, as prefcribed by Statutes 43d. c. 66,
and 43d, C. 1210 of his relent MAMTT.
It mutt give much fatisfaftion to the Public to
learn, that notwithtlanding the difficulty of provid-
ing arms and ammunition for filch a rapid encreafe
of the military force of the country, fo great have
been the exertions of the Ordnance, that a confider-
able proportion of mufkets are now in a courfe of de-
livery ; and that fabres and piftols for the Cavalry,
and pikes to any amount, may now be obtained.
We have oftener than once expretTed our opinion
on the ufe of the pike. Any millakes that were en-
tertained refpating the extent of the exemptions have
been removed, and every man now knows, that
though only the number required to be turned out
by each county can be entitled to the exemptions, yet
any number may be enrolled as fupernumeraries.—
The regular arms of courfe mull firtt be delivered to
the regular force, but with pikes, the interior may
be as well defended as with mufquets—nay, an in
vading enemy may be as effectually defiroyed with
the one as with the other—and, we therefore oarnen-
ly recommend to thofc who have fufficient influence
to give life and .igour to the meafure, that they will
let about railing corps of pikemen, land training
them to the are of that weapon. Thofe who have fo
nobly flood forward and offered fervices, which
could not be accepted under the miftaken impreffion
that had then gone forth. with not to Niggle about
terms, but to exert the means with which a prorating
Pen, !oche has bleffed them, to defend their families
and all thai they hold dear upon earth, againtt the
threatened attack of a band of murderers.

Prince Witt.ism of Gtouczyrea returned to Li.
verpnol na Saturday evening, about (even o'clock.
from Navin. On Sunday he attended divine fervice
at St. George's Church, and on Monday dined with
the Mayor and Corporation at the New Rooms in
Duke•Rreet.

Yellerday afternoon the Pettier of Wacss's Vo-
lunteers exereifed for the firß time in the Green Park:
upwards of .soo members were pi-dent. They are to
be infpeaed by Lord Haaataoroa, at that place, on
WednefJay morning nest, at nine o'clock. His Royal
Highnefs the Duke of CA M ilt IDc I WAS prefent at their
marching from the parade in the King's Mews. A
vaR number of fpeetatnrs alien:bled on the occallon.
On Thutfday the Fiat Regiment of Glafgow Vo-
Innteer. was infpeaed in the Green by Major General
Wartyss, commanding in the Weiler:l dillria. The
corps, confilling of Bco men, handfomely clothed,
made an excellent appearance, and performed their
various manoeuvres and firings in a manner which
pr•cured them the highelt approbation from the Ge-
neral. At the emelt:firm, they fired three vollies in
honour of the anniverfary of his Majtsres corona-
tion. His Grace the Duke of MONT inn, theictTitetst
Hon. Lord D me LA s, and ; number of other p
of the higheit dillinaion, were on the field.
The Edinburgh Volunteers received their colours
on Thurfday 1411 from the bands of the Provoß, who
delivered a neat and approptiAte asjdrefs on tb, u••

ST. YI3fES'S.

Irefterday, at nine o'clock, his Mayasry left
Mindfor in his travelling carriage, and arrived at
St. James's Palace about half pail eleven, to hold a
Levee, which commenced about one o'clock, and
was attended by their Excellencies the Wirtember-
gian. Imperial, Swedifh, Spanilh, American. Nea-
politan,_and Ruffian Ambaffadors, the CHANCELLOR
of the EXCHIOSER, the SIeRETARIES of Svars, the
SICEETARY at Was, the SOLICITOR CHEMICAL. the
JUDGE MARTIAL, the LORD MAYOR. the Sheriffs of
London, and the Common Serjeant, and
Earle—M'Cartney, and Harrington.
Lords—Ekho, Pasant, Arnhertt. Hobart, and Cathcart.
Sin—T. M. Suttee, J. Alezander, W. Wynne, J. Smith, W.
Mecum J. Ramer, Olborne, R. Webb, A. Hanwad, H.
Stacbey, and C. Morgan.
Rev. Dr. Taylor. •
Generals--DunJaa, and Milford.'
Colonels—Anderforr, Annefley, Roldnfon, Turner. Calvert, they.
M9Anirrie, birch, J. South. Read, Ksafievon, Witfon, TStaitb,
J. J. Smith, %Pigeon, Sir W. Bllzard, Canning, Thorby,
Sir W. Cowie, (Writhe, Palter. and Cox.
linatenaat.Colonel Dottie), X.iewessat-Colonel 111Whwand,
Major Sergifon, of ebe Royal Regimcot of Chianla. • 1
Majorrlistskey, kawlintaa, Price, Cooper, Vaadworritilittady
Halgllnfon, Smith, Cadwel, Wood, M*Lenn, Pratt, S.
dour, Hood, Trebech. Halifax. Whitehead, and Rowers&
Cap-alum—Markham, Watfon, Slow, Down, and Bid. .
Wiles—Monroe Wynne, Rev. •Hutchltdoo. F4whaawr.' Ginn—
bier, Price. Sivelter, Rev. Mai A. Aga, Drape. Manning,'
and Halley.
The following were among the prefentations to his
MAJESTY
_ _

The Rev. Mr. Mrgt.s. by the Merit Ilk J. Alexander.
Colonel CO 11, Lieutenant-Coil:eel WATSON Slid Mt* TlllttliC
of the akeinilbury and Inns of Comet As,:a.rm, by the Com-
m° Serjeant.
The Hoe. A PACIT, en kb return keen
Major ROLL'S rot week Ilegiwoor of the Loyal (tens' a;
Piedice Corps. by Lord Hobart.
Cornet Deem, of the Royal Oxford sun. by Captains Bled fof
the fame Regiment.
Mr. Ha OLZY, by the American Misitter, Mr. holonnee.
The following Field Officers of the ten Itegiments
of Volunteers belonging to the City of Loudon, were
prefented by the Loan Marna.
uratesaitt-comiel blreh, Lieutenant-Coin eel Motley, Major
LieetCoolte.cantrand r 'oedemata, of the to Regiment.
Jigs dank!, Lieutenant-Coked Reed. and
Majors Midas sled Read, et the sd Regiment.
Limes abaCaleadiastkibm, liestenamt-Cuienci Wilton, and
lisprWlitsberd, Oahe 3d Regiment.
LiatteeesoColoeci Prke, LlenteganoCoload Janedtast Jokes
keida, Majors Prim end Hedikleien, of she eth Regime..
Lieetenant.Colonel Theme emigh, Makes Sada and Cadvell,
of me stifles's....
•LiemtatemoCelend vivant. Liadmant Cannel 3k Win. M-
ead, Ames, sad of the 6th ReMment.
Lketeneetemd Shaw, aastrajorW= of the ytk Regimes&
LiemmeglOalegd Copia& Leotemet..easeed Therky, Major
Wood. ad Meier ef the Ithßegimeat. a •
Major Haokey, of thOtk Itqyfroad.
Limumant-Colomel Oise% ef she lad' Reibiffet•
Major Reddens, of the Cky labatry.
camel Ansa:don and mot Reerwett, et the City and Memos
Cavalry.
The Sheriffs of London took leave of his May asrr
on their going out of office.
After the Levee Mr. ADDINGTON bad a very long
private audience of his Mayasrr. Lord Houser
and Mr. Your Ilkewili bad audiences, after which
his MAPISTY held a Privy Council, which laßed till.
.half paR three o'clock ; when the Hon. Attresua
PAIONT had a private notrience of his hislaerv, on
bufinefs relative to the Court of Vienna.
Sir Camases Moacum had an andience; and kid
before his MAJESTY the refult of revere! Comet Mar.
dal on the Army of Reform.
His Mayasry after taking fame refreflunent• left
the Palace of viindibr, at half petit four o'clock.—
Jun as his MAIM', was fatting oilf, Come important
difpatches arrived from Sir Evan Ntrsait, but not''
in time to be delivered to his Mayesrv, and they
were deemed of fo much importance that a Special
Mellinger was difpatched after his Mayan., with
them to Windfor. • *

t •r .

MA N ton Housso—lreflerday,sb int twelve o'clock,
the principal Officers of the City Volunteers met at
the Manama Houle in full regimentals, when they
went is procerson, with the Loan MIITOR, in their pri-
vate carriages to St. James's, and Were publicly is.
undated to his Majefty at the Uwe&

Yellerday a Court of Aldermen was held at Guild-
hall, at which Sir Wet. 'Ammon, Km. Alderman,
and Alderman &taw were (worn into the office of
Sheriffs of London and County of Middlefez. Sir
W. Laionron was tranflated from the Wheel-
wrights' to the Fithmongers'. and Mr. Alderman
&cirri from the Pattenmakers' to the Ironmongers'
Company.
The Loan KATO% went in Rate to Guildhall,
where, after holding a Court of Aldermen. they
(wore in the two new Sheriffs. As loon as the; came
upon the hulling, the Conunpn Cryer, according to
cuflom, called the names of Jamas Smart, Efq. Citi-
zen and Scrivener, and Sir WILLIAM LAWN row. Knt.
Citizen and Fi(hmonger, to come forward and take
upon them the office of Sheriffs of London and Mid-
&eke.

They came forward, mad with their Deputies, were
fworn into office ; they were afterwards ornamented
with the gold chains, the emblems of that important
office. They were attended by the Mailers and
'Court of Affidants of the refpeitive companies they
belonged to. After this was Snaked they all went
in grand proceffron to the Mention Houfe. The Loan
MAYOR and Court of Aldermen were generally in
regimentals. The Sheriffs, &c. dined at the London
Tavern, preceded by the Sags and &earners of their
Companies, the City Trumpeters, and the frill band
of the London Militia. The Sheriffs' chariots and
liveries are as tibial very fuperh. Sheriff SHAW'S
green. with broad Myer lace. Sheriff Ligaments's,
dark blue, with broad gold lace. The chariots and
tame of the footmen are the fame as were wed by their
predeceffors, only fie% gilt and ornamented.
EAST lows House.—Yenerday 8 General Coon
was held at the EMI India Hoak, purfitant to Char-
ter. After the ufual forms, Mr. Sanaa stilted if the
Court had, in cordequence of the elastic in the Is.
come Tax AR, come to any refoletina as to payiarl
the Income Tea ea their lock, in the fame manner
lately pia /tiled by the Bask Diretkors I The Caesa-
r MAN glued, that he was not at reknit prepared to
give a decided opinioa opoa the Aft, bat be conceiv.
ed fuch a meafure would be a virtual increafe of di-
vidend, which the Company weft not empowered ter
A
grant, witbaut a fpecial Aof Parliament. The
Corm, which was lout gialy attended, then aepoarn-
ed jar de,