Star. — London, England, 1809-08-19 00:00:00

FOREIGN IN7'ELLIGENCE. BANKS OF THE ELBE, JULY 4. For these twolast day; the rumour of the sign- 1 ing of Peace between Austria and France has been reneral, and is re-echoed in all the public prints of France and Germany, though without any official sanction--many people are still very dubs; us in this respect, on account cf the very hard cond:tions which the French and other continental Journals represent to have been offered to Auqria, particularly the great additional sacrifice cf territory ar.d the immense war contribution of two r-sillions of franks, which mats paid, the French armies are to occupy those parts of the Austrian territory whi,:h they will permit her to retain. It is also very mysterious that ne:Cncr the Aus trian official army Gazette, nor any of t: le Prague Gazettes published by immediate Imperial Austrian authority, should make the lec.st mention of the Ar mistice, or pubiit , h it as an document. Down to the 26th ult. that has not 'ocen the case. On the contrary, strict orders were given in Upper Austrian Silesia not to speak of any political subject relative to the war or to the. Imperial armies. The following document was not allowed to be printed in the Hamburgh or German Papers, under French controul: NOTE, ill the EMPEROR FRANCIS'S own hand-writing, to COUNT LORANSKI, Governor of Moravia. " Camp at Uppper Hollebrunn, July 7. " The Austrian right wing has defeated the left of the enemy, and taken 10 pieces of cannon, 12 eagles, and many prisoners ; on the other hand, our left wing has been turned by the enemy's right, and con sequently repulsed, which may expose the frontiers of Moravia to be threatened by an hostile invasion, how ever trifling or of short duration, sine our army is still able to face the enemy. Our loss is much more considerable than it was at Aspens, but th•tt of the enemy far exceeds ours. 44 FRANCIS." On the 11th instant 300 Danish troops passed the Elbe, near Gluckstadt, to march into Hanover to co operate with the Westphalians and Dutch. They say that at least 6000 men more are to follow. Sen ous troubles are said to have broken out in Holland, the people are much disatisfied ; the King is gone to Aix la Chapelle. The Expedition from England seems to be tie great terror of the French, and it is hoped that a gre:,t Wow will be struck either in Holland or Denmark The new King of Sweden, by propecing to make the Duke of Augustinburg his succes , ;(,r, intends i:9n4 lie to unite Swc.ien, Denmark, and Non:ay. Some English have landed at Bremerlee, and 6i.xhaven, and carricti off French mdrirws, custom soldiers, artil lerymen, and several of artillery. TITh EV EN I STA !'. _LONDON. SATURDAY, AUGUST 19. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK ; S per Cent. Cors. Int money acc. 6Sii. Reduced 6FII-01::ft:um s 1 prim. Exchequer Bill* 6 12 prem. PRICE OF STCCKS YESTERDAY. Bank Stock 261 A 262 India Bonds 19s. :7.'3. pr. S per Cent. Red. 62ff Imp. Annuities 7 7-16 S per Cent. Cons. 63i Excheq. Pits, 7s. 11s. pre. 1 per Cent. Sllff State Looter./ Tickets 1%11 I Is. S per Cent. Navy 1181 99 City ditto 4'.9. 12v. Long Ann. 134 13-16 Cons. for acc. No farther accounts have arrived from Walcheren, but when the Mail left Yarmouth yesterday, a two decker was coming in (believed to be the AciNcotarr) from Flushing, so that we may ex pect some news in a few hours. A vessel which had broken the Dutch embargo ar rived yesterday. She left Holland on Wednesday or Thursday, but brought no Papers. She reports, that business had been entirely suspended, in consequence of our Expedition, and that the Government had been active in sending troops from all quarters to the Scheldt. The fall of Flushing had not been an nounced when this vessel came as This morning we have received a letter from Edin burgh, written on Wednesday, announcing, that a ves sel from Holland had arrived at Le;th the preceding night. The Captain reports, that the Dutch Rulers were very uneasy at the accounts they h.td re ceived of the success of our Expeditim, bat the particulars (4" the success were not stated. He also states, that it was reported in Holland that hostilities had recommenced in Germany, but he had not been able to learn on what authority this rumour rested. We have received letter; ft orn the BritizAt army in Spain, which, though not of a later date than the 13th ult. are, nevertheless, extremely interestinz.— Thei,. contents a7e to the following parport : The season had been such as the oldest inhabitant never before expelienc.•fd ; the rain coniinual, and fe vers, of course, prev,ilmt. cl*FilA'3 force, in was inoit tcfp,cLablt.. AVith General FitAxcEsrult, the Prince o. Pm:AA was taken, thrte Aides de Canip killed ; the captors were ca. puchn and peasants. A letter from SOULT had fi:llen into mn ves.nting, under date Zamora, a most melancholy picture. 1 f had Ti.lrrelled with NEY, who insisted on 11;s (Som,-.'s) r , maining in Galiicia, in order to save him hem d:sastrous consequences ; whereas Socur wi,hed to attack Vigo, and establish himself at Monfeite, Lugo, &c. but the latter rt. plied—" he had enough to du, without zgL;ressi% e operations." Sotivr, during his march, had been constantly at- tacked by the people, and at one place had to pass Under the fire of several thous:tads, occul•yinb the over. hanging rocks, with some losses.' Ile describes his army as loaded with disease, without clothes, money, medicine, ammunition; no artillery, but some mount ed guns he found at Lego. He charges the Gene, rals with " morale floitlisiement," insists on their remo val, as the Chiefs should be men of loyalty and energy under the most desperate fortunes. He acquits the Generals- of the charge of treason, whispered at Oporto. His cavalry, he says, is ruined ; that the sick mount their horses, to prevent being murder ed by the poople, whose ferocity makes the war fare most revolting and painful to the army.— He considers Gallicia entirely under the influence of priests, I:).OMANA, and English gold ; and no good to be expected from that province, without seTeral months complete subjugation. He demands a long repose, and every article to re-establish hi s s army ; and excuses his evacuation of Gallicia, from having been five months without orders, and the supposition that the English were about to advance on Madrid and VICTOR. Such a mournful representation of a military force, is scarcely to be paralleled. " It is asserted, (say these letters,) that if 10,000 men were sent direct from England to Gallicia, they would capture NEI' ) and set at liberty 40,000 Spaniards ; and tOULT'S army, if we could get near it,would desert him, without a blow ; or, if not, BERESFORD'S army forming at Pinhel, ought to keep him well employed ;, the communications with Bayonne would be cut off, and we should make short work of this campaign." The Portuguese legion, under the command of Sir ROBERT WILSON, as was mentioned in Sir ARTHUR WRLLZSLEY'S last dispatches, were station at Esca lona during the battle of Talavera. Escalona is situ ated on the right wing, considerably in the rear of the French army, and only 13 leagues from Madrid, The march of the legion from Placentia to Escalona was conducted at the rate of 30 English miles a day. It had been previously settled by Sir ARTHUR, that if the 'French fought, Sir R. WILSON was to attack their flank and rear : that if they retreated, his legion was to form the advanced guard of the British army. The latter part of the plan will probably even now be carried into execution. The more we consider the details of the battle of Talavey) a, the. root e we are led to reflect upon the cri tical state of Sp4i a. Is it not a singular fact, that with the Comman.l of the-most wealthy, the most fertile, and the populous provinces of that king domohe provisi,-; Coveinmeat has not yet been able to bring in - o tile field a body of men deserving of the'tratne of army ?We for'oear to make any ani,naVve je rson upon the alarming Stipp/meat to Sir .t . rinua WEr:.,E,Lt.: , ..'s Dispatch, which appeared in ..te Extraord:aary Gazette of the 15th instant. But, it is painful that af:er all our blood- and sacri rices to er Able antl.her people to maintain their na eonal indepcudeucc,no ‘'.ponclent exertion has n made on their part; t, ,:apport their own cause ; for we say not one word of their of whom are Spanish Junta appear to be wholly indifferent. If we may judge by appearances, we should conclude that the Spanish government think we are destinetrnot only to fight for, but to feed them. 'With ample notice given of the in tended march of the British army, and with abundant time to provide for their wants, and for the transport of their baggage ; the Spanish Junta have not even made the least preparation, either for the accommo dation or the advance of our troops. Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY. after having obtained the most brilliant victory known in modern times, is compelled to de cline the pursuit of a beaten enemy, " for want of pro visions !"' There certainly is something mysterious in the conduct of the Spaniards. We impute no blame to the troops; but we cannot avoid observing, that if the whole population of Spain, do not rise as one man, after such an example as we have given them, of the happy effects of resolution and intrepidity, the cause of that country will beCome extremely problematical. The defenders of the country cannot for ever dispute its integrity, behind stone walls -and fortresses. It is on the field of battle that the fate of Empires is i:ways decided ; and unless a people supply by their numbers and enthusiast; - their inexperience in military tactics, the science an- zoncentrated force of disci. plined legions must e.rwhcho them. Something, therefore, must be do - , ie for the people of Spain: they' must be impressed wi 1 the conviction, that they have an ade(ie ...e motive risking their lives, or that they who 1.! the Lc of honour, leatte to their poste rity the beque: cf freedom and independence. a %varc, our government cannot pre sume t to Spain what measures of domes tic pol:ti may be most conducive to. her happiness ; but, .t . e are embarked in the same cause, and as cur fie have been no less great than generous in lC_r Ave conceive there can be no impropriety in ..! to the Provisional government, the im m ~! occ:ssity of making some concesssions to po le: r opinion, if, inez:ed, the relaxation of arbitrary er may be termed a concession, when flue rights . a whole people ::re reclaimed. :I'he appointment of Marquis WELLESLEY gives us eason to hope, that this important point has not ‘escaped the consideration of our Government ; and if this be so, we already anticipate, that whatever can be done by the sagacity, 'vigour and talents, of the great Statesman, who has proved himself equal to save one empire, encompassed with external da-%crs, and threatened by clandestine internal con , lcderaci es , w ill b e d one t o save anot h er , i nva d ed by la most formidable foe, but supported by the hearts, the wishes, and the Ir:flour, of the freest people re• snainftsk in the world. Whatever may be the result of the Spanish war, We console ourselves with the reflection that our troops have done their duty—they have done more—they have ennobled the national character—they have confirtned and established the martialrenown of our country; and if their heroism cannot electrify the tardy Spaniards, it will, at least, serve as an earnest to France, and to the rest of the woad, that the British Empire can never fall while it is upholden by such a race of he roes. The battle of Talaveyra, therefore, is calcu lated to inspire hope abroad, and confidence at home! We have received letters from Hamburgh of the sth inst. No accounts had been received there of the signing of the Preliminaries of Peace between France and Austria. There is a rumour current on the Continent, that it is in contemplation of the King of SWEDEN to incorporate Denmark and Norway with his own kingdom. Letters recently received from the Continent state, that Sir Jolts STUART has actually taken possession of Naples. It was last night reported, that an account had been received, that in consequence of a general rising of the people of Calabria, King JOACHIM had thought it prudent to retire to Rome, fearful of being cut off in consequence of a landing of the English army in his rear. This is Jersey news, said to have been re ceived from the coast of France. It is not likely such would be the channel of conveyance of intelligence of this kind. r SOUTH AMERICA. Letters have been received from Buenos Ayres, which reach to the end of" May. They were brought by the Cumberland, Capt. Muctz, arrived from Rio de la Plata, whence she sailed on the 25th of May. The letters from Buenos Ayres state, that the attach ment of the people to the mother country was every day acquiring new energy and ardour.—Lvirmus had publicly announced his determination to yield im plicit obedience to any regulations prescribed by the Supreme Junta of the Kingdom, and to resign the power he then held, should it be thought proper to send out another Governor. This determination, however, did not appear to have the approbation of his adherents, who, it was expected, would prevail upon him to continue in his command, in defiance of the Junta's orders. The Cumberland left at Buenos Ayres the Gene rous Planter, of London ; and the May, Captain BROWN, of Liverpool. They were to sail in about a fortnight. The Invention, M , Lissnx ; the Prince Town, FRASER ; the Venus, a schooner, belonging to London ; and an American, under EpAnish c lours, BAKER master, were also at Buenos Ayres. On the 28th June, in lat. 9. S. long. 25. W. a fleet of twelve sail appeared steering for Rio de Janeiro, most of them very large ships, supposed to be East India men. On the 15th June, in lat. 21. 41. long, 25. 18. W. the Cumberland saw a large ship steering towards Rio de Janeiro ; she sheaved a French ensign at the main, and a Portuguese flag at the fore, supposed to be a cartel from the Isles of France. Another vessel has arrived with a cargo of tallow from Buenos Ayres, which left that settlement on the Ist of June ; all was at that time tranquil. ELIo, the Governor of Monte Video, and Listifts, of Buenos Ayres, were apparently reconciled. Trade was improving. English ships were admitted, and Government did not notice the intrusion. British goods were lo.v in 'price ; nnd, it is said, were sold on the shores of the Rio de la Plata at a more reduced rate than they could be purchased here. The market was, however, active, and the ships were set at li berty for more beneficial speculations. A Cartel from Morlaix has arrived at Dartmouth. She brought some lead* but no intelligence of im portance. Yesterday the letters were delivered from the Post Office, received from the Halifax and New York Mails. The following is an extract from one of the latter : ' " New-York, July 20. " We have just heard of the refusal of your Government to ratify the Negotiation with Mr. Easamt. We are a little uneasy about it, as wa do not exactly know ►ow it will end. It has for the present thrown us all aback here." The same subject is thus noticed, without any fur ther comment, in one of the public papers " York Gazette, July 20. " From our correspondent at Boston sv,. have received the im portant intelligence (extracted front the London Papers of the 26th May) that Mr. CANNING has pronounced the negotiation entered into by Mr. EasEINE unauthorised; and that the British Government would not accede to the terms, hot that vessels which had left the United States in conformity to the measures therein established, would be sufiered to accomplish their voyages.' We understand that Government have refused gran ting any licences for ships to proceed to the Baltic. - It has been erroneously stated in some of the Pa pers, that the Countess of WESTMORELAND had ar rived in town from the Continent, after an absence of three or four years. Her Ladyship when last heard from was at Gibraltar, and there was no probability of her speeds return to England. A turtle of great weight was taken out to Lord CHATUANt, by a vessel which recently sailed for the island of Walcheren, stated to be a present from Mr. ABRAHAM GOLDSMID tO that nobleman. On the 10th inst. a monument was placed in West minsteF Abbey, to the memory of the late Lieutenant , General VlLLErrss, close to the monument of his friend the Lion. Sir C. STUART. Lord PALttattsTois had a select dinner party yester day, at his residence at the Admiralty. •TNE COAL TRADZ. mt. EDITOR—In your Paper of the 17th Lendoxiensi: requests to be informed the cause of di, high price of Coals, in terms rather bombastic; biz% however high down the stile of the writer, thz ject of his enquiry certainly demands the most se:iu::. attention. The Owners of the best Coals in the North, h4r e thought proper to enter into a very alarming agr,:f! ment to raise the price of. their Coals 4s. per Nc-.7. castle Chaldron ; alarming, because the recent al. vance was made by their mutual consent, at precis c i, the same day and hour, without it being in the puviv r of the consumers to counteract their., except by e n . tering into a legal combination to frustrate this ava ricious and most certainly illegal agreement. The Owners of Ships employed in the Coal Trade are certainly intitled to the warmest and best thank of their Country, for having determined not to load on board their vessels any of the best coals at the enor. mous advanced price, in the expectation that a ref., lotion so generally beneficial to the country will be supported by every individual in the Nation who fee;_ that extortion and illegal agreements ought to be r e . sisted by every legal meaa. The Consumers must and do feel that the Ship Owners are fighting thei, battles, and will continue to give them every possible countenance and support. If the Owners of the best Coals in the North hay from peculiar circumstances the monopoly of this .t! tide, are they therefore with the most unbl , l-!lint avarice to put what price they may thin: p,oper their Coals ? Certainly not. Every individual ni ask what price he may think proper for the attic! • sells, but if it can be proved that he has enterci in: an illegal agreement to raise the price of that articl., let.him look to the consequences. The Owens of the best Coals think they have managed their dark and dangerous agreement with so much sz. crecy that the fact cannot be proved—let them rot be toceconfident,facts are in the possession of per. sons, who, if the best Coal Owners persist in their ex- orbitant demands, may feel themselves enabled to apply to the laws of that country which never suffers individuals to distress or destroy the poor, by keeping from then, through illegal agreements, one of the first necessaries oflife. Will the owners of best Coals ;hew any instance where they have reduced the price when once the ad vance, upon some flimsy pretext, has been obtained? —They cannot. I am - really, Mr. Editor, sorry to have troubled you on this occasion ; but your known wil,h to serve the Public, and the importance of the subject, will, I am sure, induce you thus to inform LoNoo.4le.Nsli, Why the price of Coals is so much advanced in jai LONDONIENSIS calls it) this wide-spread Metropcils. COAL 131: YEA. Coal Exchange, August 18, 1909. The Duke of ButiNswicx OELS dined with Princess of WALES yesterday at Kensington Palacc. Lori and Lady MramouttNE entertained Lcrd and Lad/ HOLLAND, Dowager Lady SEFTON, Mr. N. obur, and. a large party, with an elegant dinner yti. terday, at their house at Whitehall. • A new Novel is announced from the pen of Mr. Wit.ciam LINLEY, who is likely to gratify the after a long dearth in this species of writing Gentleman is the brother-in-law of Mr. Stiza:::.:g, and has lately returned from India, where, for mazy years, he was one of the Civilians on the Madra4 tablishment. SPORTING. —A trotting match for 100 guineas took place , yesterday on ::;unbury Common, baweeL two fast going poneys, the one blind, and the pro. party of a person at Staines, which beat the celebrate 4 lfrish trotting pone) , a few days ago ; the othe: z North Country poney. The match commenced at seven o'clock in the morning, with high odds against the blind poney, which took the lead, and kept it eleven miles. The North Country poney here made play, and won the match by nearly half a mile, There was a numerous field of sportsmen on the ground, and several hundreds were betted on the e74a. A Gentleman, a few days since, for a considerabh wager, walked from Whitcehapel Church to Hyde- Park-corner, stopping to eat a tart at every pastry cook's on both sides of the way. The diact dis tance is four Tact. He was allowed two hours to accomplish this feat, but he performed it in an hour and a quarter. Those who can swallow this Ltate ment, are no doubt capable of swallowing all the tarts in all till pastry cooks all the catty from Whitechapel to Hyde Park-corner. Tuesday se'nnight, Mr. Haiselden, of Milton, un dertook for a wager to go ten miles within the hour, on the Canterbury road, between Key-street, and Chalkwell : betting was considerably against him at starting, but he performed this extraordinary task, apparently with great ease, in seven minutes less than the given time. Wednesday last Mott, of Great Chart, neat Ashford, started from the .55th mile -stone, on the Hythe road, in order to walk 6Q miles in the given time of 14 hours, for a w: ger of five pounds ; when, after walking half the distance in about seven hours, he declined proceeding any further.—lt is under stood that the same bet is made by Mr. Hokum, of Kennington, for a wager of 20 guineas, to take place very shortly in a field of Mr. Hokum's. Captain BARCLAY, the celebrated pedestrian, is t 4 lineal representative of 1 , 1 . TILLIAM, last Earl of At i,;11, his great grand uncle, and his right to that peerage has already been established by a service before a Jury in Scotland, although lie has not yet laid his claim before the House of Peers. He has to boast of r.)yal extraction, being lineally descended from ROBERT 11. King of Scotland, by DAVID Earl of Strad:erne, his sori.—Captain BARCLAY is the representative of the two ancient families of BARCLAY of Ury, and Ati.aa elcE of Allardice, in Kincardineshire in Scotland, and is possessed of estates in that county tented at £BOOO sterling per annum. His father, the 1.,:e BERT BARCLAY AI ; LARDICE, Esq. was Member or Kincardineshire i n severa l P ar li. iments . C a ptain BARCLAY left the a r my some years ago . Wednesday night M rs . 131c.c.5. widow of the Biocs, Esq. many years storekeeper in the C):(. nance Department at Dover, and daughter to Admiral BAZF.LEY, was found by her servant . F. in her chair, by the bedside, quite dead : she had up stairs to go to bed, not long before, appa: - ei:1!) - 1!! goed health, • • r)t biz% !I 4Pe agrO • N•,-. 3 4 . - eCiscly pow er by en . IS Iy4 Trade thank ; oad o n e enor. a ref.,.. Nil! be iohd : be re, s must g theipossible h have this . 111 , !lin s , °pa (.; al tiel.• re..l iir.. Owl:Qs hi their uch s z . rem not of per. their ex- (bled to r suffer: keeping of the instance the ad- roubled to serve , Will, I