Star.
London, England, 1804-06-04 00:00:00

PRANCE.

PARIS, MAY IT.

Captain WRIGHT has been confronted with more
than forty perfons, who Save recognized him as the
perfen who debarked them at Bev ille. The corvette
in which this officer was taken had 96 men, of whom
30 fell in the comet. He lots declared that they
were the belt of his crew, and th.:t his mizen-matt
was wounded. He ascribes his furrender to a calm.
the gun-boats advancing with their oars were at the
intlant about to board.

TN[ GaNalt•L OF NitIGADI, PRFFECT OF TAM DI,
F•RTNINT Or wasimmg, TO Tin GaAND JUDGa.
Vanes, Map .

" Citizen Grand Judgo—An Engel corvette was ta►en a few
days ago. by our gun-boata, at the entrance slag Mecham g end
!tavitig yeaerday learned that the came and crow of this yea
bad reached Vannes, on their way to Spina, I bad an Interview
with the Captain, with the Intention of obtairdng by artifice tome
admit ion or amounts relative to the traitors who might be aiding
hint on the cosit.or of the accomplices In the eon/piracy who might
have teamed themhlves aboard his read. to dope. sal forpeded,
to England.
" I Coon difenvcred tide Captain to bit a porton of lone import•
ants. he it a Mr. Wright, w►olanded /Mom" Piety:gra. and their
actompikes, an the mall at Dieppe. !knew bins well In Egypt,
*hare he was the Lieutenant el tydney darkly and charged by
that Commodore with all his oggseiations with the French army.

I thseght be might map rams add difemeties. or at legit might
-silt WOW; by timmistg that it was by order of his Govern-
ment Gm he difemberholl en our emit the bend of atallioe. end
ems falai a new sod authentic proof of the participados
Isf Os SAM diset MGM strocky. I Save, therefore, feet him
NS" litill*pics. end ceder the efeert of tie fen-trarmerie,
was named yes, bowestir. to pay hits the refpeft due to a pd-
bur of war.
Mr. Wright is the fame porton who Come years Gore efcapcd
trots the Temple with Sir Sydney South; h homy aimed and
sseiniem a credal enemy of the french. voliMamelb to (Mier
himig &Wed to play a nesflarsable pmt. end is Valente to
tine that his litnetion foams hIM from &sem But diary
GS ifhi is plated ist tfMalinnstive of throwing the biases of
fill 1111011 *es his Governmest: er of pang for ers odesible
foAlsbis opt*. I dbeenlie preperna Asti my
spiniis en Wittily& ,
" Fro MI in elf Glistening till Diligence from Realm and
will arrive at Pads alma as fess at nay letter ; be is accompanied
by a very yews. sem mal his dresellie, whom I did not Wok
gasper to Mr.
a Alden* I wiled smonseal from him the motive of the ex:
eirommr seise doped swab Yea.* was me to be doped ;
me I bins aloe mildly's. Arm mrpmeverfation with Wm, that
he hadGmlisi hi pat, and i • tieteroimal to emote flue,., the
rind* tin he owls may to rendes; m account of his military
11111100.1 se he an Government. Nevertheicfs,whatever mot.
Ada yea may ea* refroGing him, I thought.* an events, it would.
be of importance to fend yen a man who has said fo coolpiemelly
In the frightful coo:piracy which has (truck all France with claim,
and which Paovinance, always propitious. keine to have thrown
(sea new sample of its beseech:nee towards Beasparte) on the
malt of Idarithen, where his victimised rip was deitionl to be
aim by Ikepie goo-boats, and Wadi to be difewraed antidft a
crowd of prig:eters, aesoegft whom, in any other post than here/.
be might have rentabsed undifeoverni.
hone. Clasen ftrinliter, you win approve of the meaforee I
have taco. I have the honour to falute you. (Signed)
• tottiese."

''Bat anicitaa. Limon, co:auANOfU or TNII FRENCI
EDICT IN INDIA, TI) THU MINISTER OP MA-
RINI, &C. DAVID ON 'BOARD Till MARENCO, IN THU
ROAD OF lINCOOLIN, DICIMBER 3, 1803.
" Mitts Minifter--1 hare the honour to inform you of my de-
part/or from the Inc of Reunion. I have taken under the Hoe as
Eng& setreliantinan of igen toes, from ilmgal, bound to Ct.lna,
carrying s 6 gush and valued at many million'. My million was
to make= attack epee the iSand at Sumatra. Before I entered
the Straits of Sends, I was defirous to afcertain if they had any
earls in the ►aad of Betwoolen ; and yelterday I difeovered Se„ but
the night forced me to anchor at a diftance. In the morning the
erffels teeing me at anchor, ran for falety to Sellabar, to the
feuthseard of Bencoolea. I batted Evens colours, on which an
Englills lilac was fent off to demand of me the names of my divi-
Son, and to what fleet it belonged. I employed this pilot to anchor
before liencoolen, out of the fire of the cannon of Fort Marlbo-
rough.

" I Cent at the fame time la Fcmillante, Captain Motard, and le
Darceau, Captain H.OLtn, to Setlah..r, to deltroy fuck Englith ref-
tels at they might find there ; and nutwithalinlit.g the fire of a little
fort, which difcharged fer,.ral that without thee two veffela
fulfilled their triiffion.—iiz 'trek were hurt by ;h. 1 ngum them-
(elves, and two were. burnt by a...together with three large maga-
zines of the tunTeity, fill:d with pepper, rice, and opium. "Ibe
Cop Eliza Ann, from Matbse, is taken, as well as two brigs—
The lots of the Englilh may be eltimated at to or t a ma! iions .f
[rams. I could bare deftroyed the tuts. of Beneoalen, but we are
not at war with the native,. and I did not with to imitate the eon.
duet of our enemies, by endicas..urirg to individuals with•
out enabled.

" The verde lon by the Englith were echly beaded, and bad
Caine from Bengal. A Lieuteo.iit and a dranerterr Were killed by
a cannon Ibot and two n-.en were vreunded. At SeLatear we re
(Peeled Fri,,alr Prof< *TY, (cued the magazines of the
Company; this comlod procured as tbe confidence of the Is.habl
tans. I have no lick ; the emwe are In reed h and leaner,'
tinging my cruise. and refped. (Signed) o

AY 22.
The Momileur of this Jay contains an imperial
Derier, for regulating the mode of the prefeotation,
for public acceptation, of the propolitions contained
in the 14* articles of the Jersatur Cortiiittam It like-
wife contains an abilralt of a publication by Arthur
O'Connor, upon the aftual S:ate of Great Britain.
This reprrt, which occupies rise columns of the Mc-
miltor, is intended to fhew, that the loaded priiiite-
rity of Britain is merely an and that in at-
tempting to maintain an ineulent dominion over other
Oates, it Inks its oan liberty, and accelerates it►
own fill.

',receive the title of their serene Highnefffis, and they,
as 'Aril .1b the Prince., are to be addreffed, Mom-
fe 4a...)..''
Me l ligh Officers of the Empire arc to wear the
fame titels as that of the Confuls ; but they are to
appear in a particular eoflawie upon great (=Arms.
The Secretary of State has the rank of a Minifter ;
and all the Minifters will have the title of Their
Excellencies." The Funtiouaries of. the Depart-
ments, and all thole who prefent petitions, are to ad-
drcfs them by the tide of Malfeigneser. The Prefislent
of the Senate will receive the title of 0 His Excel-
lency." The Marffials of the Empire are to be cal-
led w Maeltrar D IWirehal t" and when fpoken to or
addrelled in writing, they are to have the tide of
" Morlieilogur."
AU the public buildings, and a number of private
houfes were illuminated on the 19th ult. in honour
of the acceptance of the Imperial Dignity by Boa a-
AAAAA •
Nearly all the Ines ordnance at Hameln and Fort
George has been fent from thence by the French on
the Wefer to Nieuburgh.
Vall numbers of Swifs are emigrating to the Cri-
mea; the Ruffian General, Orr°, foperintends their
embarkation on the Danube.
Accounts from Cairo Rate, that the Parra is ex-
tremely difcontented at the alcendancy which Jltc
Englifh have gained in Egypt, while it is tiaLltrf
alarmed at the pretended projeas of France refpedt-
ing the Mores. The Engin Conful at Cairo. WWII
Mt: MO, has changed his tide, and taken that iff
Charge d'Affaires for the Beys. The merchants of
Alexandria had become apptehenfive lea the Englifh
mould fend a garrifon into that place. The property
of ELF, Bev is Rated to have fallen into the hands of
his enemies, and his whole family to have been ruin-
ed, in confequence of his alliance with England.
The King of Swunre purpofes to prolong his vilit
at Carlfruhe till the middle Of June.