Star. — London, England, 1809-06-21 00:00:00

DUTCH PAPERS. AMSTERDAM, JUNE PI Carta in Migeon, aide-de-Camp of General Gratien, 114 s in ought to ins Majesty the King an account olthe part ;ctilats of the action which took place near Stral s.intl,-:tnd of the captlire of that place, of which the fallowing is a copy : " Stralsund, June 5. " TO HII MAJESTY TNE KING OF HOLLAND. " Btur..-1 have Already had the honour to inform your Mojesty, that the troops under my command had made themselves master's of Stralsund. I have now t.) communicate to you the details. Sc On tl , e 23:1 I proceeded from Lunenberg, and crossed the Elbe at Solspreker, in order to cover the Ilsinse Towns; drive Schili from Mecklenburg, and gain possession of Dommitz, or bring the garrison of that place between me and General Albignac. This Getwral did take Dommitz, and afterwards returned to Albcrstael. • • " It being, prob tble that the enemy had made him self master fif 100,600 pounds of Powder, and that he would repair to . Stralsund, in order to defend him sellthere, I requested the Danish General Ewald to streirthen my left wing by a column of 1500 Men ; with which he complied. " i3cll I 1 was master of :31 Mecklenburg : he had levied immense contributions, and raised a number of recruits. He possessed the country from Wismar tq Rostock , from whence he had driven the Mecklen- ' burg garrison, and taken a number of arms and pieeti of cannon, from 12 to 6-pounders. In the har:. bouts of those two towns he had embarked his sick and . wounded in 32 vessels, each of which contained 15 men. on board, though they would have held two hundred a piece : a proof that he wanted the vessels tar 'other purposes : . '"'When Schill abandoned hi: post to me, he of ne cessity threw himself behind the Regnitz, which was itr two places defended by Mecklenburgh troops. He formed a bridge at Darchaw, and attacked aed took, pris,lue!s some troops stationed at Damgarten. He then proceeded to Stralsund, which he entered on the 25th of May. He took the French arid Mecklenbitr gers who w ere there prisoners of war, committed the greatest cruelties in the town, and murdered several Frenchmen with his own hand. " Having delivered the whole of Mecklenburg, I crossed the Regnitz at Damgarten, and at ten o'clock of the morning of the 31st, I, together with the Da ni&li troops under General Ewald, came before Stral sund. " Though the fortifications of the place had been rkzed, yet there remained a broad and deep ditch, full of water ; and Schill with incredible ardour availed himself of the situation, by cutting trenches across the roads, building draw bridges, planting heavy artillery, &c. " Tic town was defended by 5 or 6000 men.— They consisted of 1000 cavalry, of which 600 were Schill'n regiment ; all the old Swedish desercers,.w.ho served the artillery ; some foresters, and countrymen of the different countries he had crossed through, and whom he had compelled to go with him ; nearly 1500 of the Pomeranian militia who had joined him ; Prussian and A ustrian deserters, and peopleof all kinds collected together ; and lastly, a part of the Meek 'Tlburg troops he had taken prisoners, and who after wards turned their arms against us. Schill had armed all his men with firelocks. Havirig, to cover my designs, made a false attack upon the Tripsee gate, I ordered the principal attack to be made upon the Knieper gate, the horn-work of which was defended by 18 cannon of large calibre, alla nine other pieces, which maintained a fire. I ordered a sudden assault to be made. The 6th regi., meta, led by Colonel Behr, advanced first, and was followed by the 9th, under Colonel Vezier, your Ma- jes,ty's Aids-de-Camp. He penetrated into the town, I notwithstanding the most obstinate resistance. ‘"fhe enemy, however, formed in the town. They fired from the houses, and the corner of every street was the scene of a new engagement. Every where they fought man to man, foot to foot, with great fury. A part of the Dutch, and the whole of the Danish cavalry, fought with Schill's cavalry. In the mean While the batteries between the Tripsee and Knieper gates continued to fire upon those of our' troops, st hich were still out of the town. Further engagements took pl ice till the enemy was driven from all his guns. .At length, after a severe battle of two,hours, the enemy was every where in flight,. and our victory was complete. " The I:)4>s of the enemy is Inexpressible. Schill and twenty of his officers are killed. Eight hundred t+ - ere made prisoners. Every day discovers more of them, who were concealed in the houses. They are almost all wounded. The streets were filled with dead bodies. ." One hundred and ninety-two of Schill's followers escaped. Of these there were thirteen hussar officers, of whom seven had been lately appointed by Schill, , one hundred astd fifty-eight hussars, and thirteen fusi liers. These begged permission to return to Prussia, which I allowed, and caused xhem to be conducted by two staff officers. When they came to the Iron- ti:n-s, they bound themselves by writing to submit to any punislimcnt the King of Prussia might inflict. " It is to be observed, that of the 26 officers who left Berlin with Schill, 12 have been since killed, and s.!ven are wounded or prisoners. [Here follow eulogies on the different officers, coin paliei, etc.] 4 , We .have set at liberty some Wcklenburgers told Fri,acit cannoniers. The 6th regiment has taken i•i the i . land of Rugen a fl ag an d s i x p i eces o f cannon , belt ,'.e rg to ire Duke of Mecklenburg- ; and at 60,000 pounds of powder were taken, which! ha,..11)e-r sent rrorn Denmark. 4 ' We have lost Lieutenent Genera/ Carteret, two Lltutzmnt Colcnels, b2sides twelve commissioned effic:•rslcillcd and wounded : thirty non•commission ed!,-,ffice:.s and I::.ivates are killed, and one hundred fil . t . y-Ihree are wounded. Ti`e . es have lost two officers and three sol- ! Biers kiii d, s , :ver. officers awl 47 soldiers wounded. has been glorious to your M. ' ivsTegtroyHad &hill oly.aincd possess.io n of SthistinE, and fortified himself there, it would have b v2ll dittiLtCa to dispossess him ; he tilii ; ht have raised corit ..ih k ,;;;lnc thrisaghout Pomerania and Mecklen-' Yuri ; :end h lte:ms el vessels, which were here at 1 1 i 4 ; ; i ,posal;`4y 45.4 have been a dangerous pirate k in the Baltic ; and, in case of necessity, he word have evert had the means of bringing fhettilish into the Continent. 66 Schill was killed near the great squarc4at'ol - his death has been well authenticated, Arumg the dead has also been recognized Colonel Von Mo. like, the same who summoned Stralsund. The project of Schill was extensive. He had already declared himself Sovereign of Pomerania, as your Majesty will see by the proclaMation he caused to be printed on the 30th ult. the publication of which my arrival prevented. , • " I am, Sire, with. the profoundest veneration, &c. (Signed) « GRATIEN." CARLSRUHE, JUNE 5, The day before,yesterday proceeded through this place, a detachment of horse grenadiers belonging to the Prince of Neufchmel, which were on their way from Spain to the Great Army. According to an exact estimate, there hive passed through Ettlingen alone, aboveforty thousand Austrian prisoners of war ; among whom were eight hundred officers. PARLMMENT4Rr PROCEEDINGS. ; HOUSE OF LORDS, JUNE 20. • Tile Local Militia Bill was brought back from the Common• tir James Graham and other Members.—Agreed to leittput a.rumdment. I • COMMISSION. :The Royal As s ent was given by Commission to the Appro priation Bill, the Judges' Salaries Bill, the Office Sale Preven tion Bill, the Bankrupt Bill, the Manchester Water Works' . Bill, the Strand Bridge Bill, and other Bills, in all, public and .ptivatg, 13. The Commissioners were, the L 011) CUANCELLOR, Lords WALpNGRAXI and REDESDALL. ROXBt2RGH PEERAGE. The LORD CHANCELLOR submitted to the consideration of the House his proml.ed motion relative to the Roxburgh Cause. He accordingly moved, " That it appeared to their Lordships, the term used in the deed of 1646, to the eldest daughter, and their heirs male,' was meant to the daughters seriatim, and that, by the term heirs maie,' it was also meant the heirs male ef their bodies seriatim, should be preferred to the heirs male gene ral. It was therefore clear, the claim of Sir lattes Innes Kxr was substantiated, if he could satisfactorily prove himself to be the heir male of the body claiming as such, under the right of Lady Margaret." He should also move, " That the further con tieration of this motion be postponed to the first cause day of next Sessions of Parliament." The next motion regarded the action of reduction, which he wished to be postponed till next Sessions. He, lastly, moved, "That the whole of the Appeals on the Roxliurgh Cause be taken into consideration the first cause day of next Sessions of Pattliament." All these motions were unanimousl;✓ agreedto.—Adjourned till to-morrow (this day). 3 HOUSE OF COMMONS. A person from the Commissioners of Westminster Bridge pre sented their quarterly aecounts.—Ordered to he on the table. The Local Militia Bill was read a third time andyassed. Lord OSSUL STON postponed his motion for the printing of the Colonial Oftices Paper till next Session. Mr. BANKS; presented a Report ft- nn the Committee on the Improvements of Westminster.—Ordered to lie on the table. Mr. HUSKIS;;ON presented an account of the charges on the Four and a Half per Cent. Duties of the Leeward Islands— which, after a few words from Mr. CREEVEY, were ordered to be printed. I Mr. HUSKISSON presented an account of the Net Ass-ss ments of the Proferty Tax —Ordered to he on the table and to L I be printed ROYAL. ASSENT. The Deputy Usher of the Black Rod summoned the House to the House of Peers. The SPEAKER, on his return, declared that the Royal Assent I had been given, by Commission, to the Appropriation Bill, th e Judges Salaries Bill, the Sale of Offices NI!, the Bankrupt Laws Bill, the Strand Bridge Bill, the Manchester Water Works Bill, ' and several private Bias. EAST-INDIA REVENUE. Mr. OwEN, from the Directors of the East-Trnlia Company, presented Ace,ounts of the ludia Revenue, &c. pursuant to an or der of the House. Mr. CREEVEY stated, that he had some °Nervy ions to make on this account, but would reserve himself till he saw the Presi &At of the Board of Controul in his place. ' be account was then ordered to lie on the table. Resolutions, which he had no doubt contained an ac. citrate view of the state of our finances. The.several Resolutions were - then put and carried gen. • s INDIA TINAICCE. 4 ' • 4 • Mr. CREEVEY adverted to the India Account, and lamented that it should be so imperfect ; and it was the more to be regretted, as the time drew nigh when the House would be called upon to decide whe ther tht system of 1793 was to be continued. He expressed his hope that the Chancellor of the Exche quer would make no agreement with the Company for the renewal of their charter, in the present state of darkness ; and he also hoped that the House would. not be called upon to do any thing precipitately. 'He then moved that the account be printed. - - Mr. DUNDAS observed, that he agreed ent:rely with the Hon. Gentleman, that the Government ought not to give any pledge to the Company, nor call upon the House to decide, till it had got every possible inforMation. That the papers were not all arrived 'was no fault of the Directors. Sir JOHN ANSTRUTHER confessed that the India Expenditure was at present somewhat above 'their income • but this was owing to the wars, a cir cumstance w hich added every year to the debt of this country.—The Account was then ordered to be print. ed.—Adjourned. THE EVENING STAiI ...." - LONDON. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21. . PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY ATONE Consols, for July OAS;—Reduced I prem. Exchequer Bills. Bs. pre. PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY.. Bank Stock 9.60 t 261 Imp. Ann. 7 5-111 S per Coot. Red. 681 OMI4 I pre.- per Cent. Cong. shut India Bonds 165 prem. 4 per Ceat. 89 i i Excheq. Bills , Bs. I pre. Long Ann. 18 Consols for ace. GOO The REDPOLE brig, which has arrived at Plymouth from the Rochefort station, has :)roughs intelligence that the AMELIA and STATIRA frigates have taken, on the coast of Spain, a French ship, a brig, and a cor vette, all from Corunna, and richly laden with dollars, and gold and silver plate—a part of the plunder col lected by the French in Spain.—The vessels have not yet arrived, but are hourly expected. It was reported yesterday afternoon that accounts had been received from Plymouth, by Telegraph, announcing that the French were preparing to eva cuate the whole of the North of Spain. In the pre sent state of their affairs, both in Spain and Germany, such an event is not improbable ; but we have net been able to ascertain that such intelligence has been actually received. We believe, how ever, that accounts have been received of their having quitted Santander, which has been once more re-occupied by the Spa niards—an event which might easily give rise to the, above rumour. It was expected that the Spanish frigate, the Alge% siras, would take her departure yesterday. M. CE vALLos, we are happy to announce, will postpone his return to Spain, contrary to his intention,.whick was, to leave England by that opportunity. 'The Alge- siras is provided with abundance of cloathit% Or the use of the native army, with saddles for the...cavalry, and ammunition of every description ; but we are sorry to add not with muskets, which we consider most essential at the present season for the purposes of our Allies. ' We mentioned yesterday a statement given in a letter of the 11th instant, from Varel—that a report had reached that place of the Austrians having gained another victory over the French.-•. This rumour is mentioned in several private letters brought by a smuggling vessel, which: left Flushing on the evening Of Thursday last. Some of these letters state; that the French had been'drivess 1.9 leagues from Vienna. It was also reported last night, that the Archduke CHARLES had passed the Danube at Lintz, in order , to attack the French, who were on the retreat. • A letter from Heligoland of the 13th says The day before yesterday it was reported at Cuxhaven, that the French Minister at Harnburgh had left that place ; the artillery, &c. were embarked at Cuxhaven, feltritrl of an expedition from England arriving." —This letter contains also a statement of the less sustained by the enemy in the battle of the 21st and 22d ult. almost in the same terms as we gage it yes. • terday in our letter front Vat& We shall hate great pleasure in being enabled to 'confirm these reports, but at present they fess on , no proper authority. IRISH GRAND CANAL COMPANY. Sir GEORGE hILL presented a Petition from the Irldi Grand Canal Company, complaining of hardships imposed upon them b) some parts of the Du!ilin Water Works Bilk—Ordered to lie on the table. NEW SVCRETARY AT WAR. Mr. HUSXISSON movml, that a New Writ be honed for the Election of a Member for the County of Stafford, in the room of Lord Granville Levesou Gowtr who since his election had ac cepted the place of Secretary at VVar.—Ordered. MR. ATKINS. Mr. W. SMITH presented a Petition from Beecher Westripe Atkins, sonic time barrack Master in the Isle of Wight, praying relief. The petition stated, that the petitioner had before brought his case before the House, upon affidavits, stating, that be had been removed from his office for having ex posed certain abuses in the Barrack Department. He had, however', got no relief, and was therefore induced to apply to the House again—The Petition was ordered to lie on the table. IRISH PRISONS. Mr. MOORE, on the behalf of Mr. Sheridan, who was absert, gave notice for next Session cf a motion respecting the conduct of the Inspectors of the Irish Prisons; and also of a mo tion concerning a breach of the Privileges of the House;cunneo ted with the subject just mentioned. The SPEAKER thought it irregular to talk of a bread' of pri vilege, and to leave the matter at res: till next Session. CANADA. Mr. P. MOORE gave notice of a motion for next Session re sp:ctirg the State of Upper Canada, which he understood to have been for some time filled with disconteut,'owing to the ails-• conduct of the Governor. Ihe CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER and SPEAKER suggested the propriety of not entering upon any stkeznent•oit the sobjecf at present; the former because his Noble Frietd (Castlereagh), who must be best acquainted with the circum stance, was not present ; the latter, on the point of older. Mr. MOORE said he would not have said any thing cm the ,DUTCH,DUTC PAI;ERS.. • • • subject, bad he not been furnished with documents. . . • YINANcE. ' ' Last night some erten patch Papers arriteld, from Mr. VANSITTA RT rose, pursuant to the UAW which we have. given the Dutch official account of the capture of Stralaund, and the death; of, Scutt.i. .- By . practice, to move certain Resolutions respecting the amount of the National Debt, the Expenditure of the. or th • year, &c. etc. • The sum to be provided for this year ' is estimated at wacmint•tbe .4 . 9iC - C of SC/104.5 • he stated to be no less than 82 mi ll ions; although he . . 6 9 04 •Prfl . kaa4.4 l The eettmert.iett OfTriscillgs and did not mean to say that the supplies were not equal 'fitgitives, only. 1900 are accennieckfor. . It is, thane-:, to the charge: But he found • fault with the charge , foreproisabie, that the greatec:part;of Solitttisti,oops knee 7 upon the War Taxes, which was objectionable; , as an- are OW on the -Weed of e, whete..th d ou b t - • pating our.rcsources, and liav,ing a tendenir to lesrely 11 •' II a i d, txr . s on Taus . „i t trtjgg that- means 1,„ill be l found, at least to bring them off, if ithoilOlOidlibe leave us without the means of an extraordinary 'exit- '• -, flan, in case of any emergency. • - He concluded by moving-a Resolution; stating the atnOunt of they actual 'UP attempt : ip•ipyasion,-,of the c9.Nktinsot..fx x 9 : that debt being dpwards of 587 millicipv.' ' . - . ' point., .These brave men fiatro Inittle ,qvcry possible 1 Mr. FIIJSKISSON coMplintentedtheinduStryarld ,• ,ex • ertiori.for-the deliveran c e - of their coupity, And ill . ' accuracy of Mr. Vansittart, and observed, that an part where they came useful agaigst Ole coin, ...- • .. expectation had been held out t o t h e country that t he every , on..enemy ! . - . ~ ..,- , .. . I. , , ... progress of taxation would be - for a, tithe suspentlecl.•;7ri and under these - circumstances it was c otttht ocio• - iii•e ' SdiflLL is TeprOidle . 4:4l.tille en'emils reports,with to have recourse' to the war taxes. Ke itatediAtit . i '}laving eommitteifcruelties:at tralsund;and nuttder in the last sit Yeats no more than' 60in 60 of . 6 4 314 :ekl several FterwitMett V.4th' . " . les . ' own bland ' .. I A gentle-. tae had been added to the 'Static:kat& 4 lAA' *4l, . • ..• • • ,:• -•• .. • ~ — ., • ; 4' •,., • • • co ati Dqw in England, whii was at . Straisiltuti. a ft gr, a Proof th it 's&iatiOnlc tits -; h24: l lAfi . nijo l ie •,., •• i a ;_. ( o_ would prevent an •unclue presstite, beinilliti - di I l s t 'ittlf japcP,cks,ofin, ft r i t jr,t,flat t filfsep o spl,iyits.thit t s part 1 terit r• lie Wag,' heigettr - diiiipetiAZOitar 16i ' 4 110. 464 . 4 ccrntir•TiSaiS t oil t it 2lffliorCed:i s . himself into the town on the 31st ult. a body of ICC artillerymen bad entrenched themselves behind their cannon. On the advance of SCHILL, they ofiercd to parley, and he in consequence sent two Officers to them. When these gentlemen were half up the street, the artillerymen treacherously fired upon them, and both were killed. On this, Scrum. ordered his men to rush upon the enemy ; the cannon were taken, and every man put to the sword. The following is an extract from a private letter received yesterday ROTTERDAM, JUNE 14, 1809. " We cannot asrt.itive you any certain information about the dispositions of our Gip/eminent towards America, but we soon expect to be enibled to do so, at two American vessels, with Colonial Trillium, are arriVed us the Tex ,4 ; and whates.s is de cided with respect tot .them will serve as a guide. It is feared their cargoes will be put into the King's stores, and sequestrated until a general peace. This; hoirever, depends on the intentions of Francg, which country does cot as yet seem inclined to. femur the American trade ; the French Doaane, near yard, hacingoi dered the two vessels arrived in 'the Jade, viz. the Hope sad Pert Mary, to'be put udder sequelitranium" EAST INDIES. The following ettfact ci a private letter f r om Bob.. calculata 6 a/ i e kispithension of a renewal of the warfare iti tiidia, between the Cornpani troops..wl those of the nat t ic* Princes. HOLkAR &Oa . . SC/N R DIA seem to be ca the watch fur an opport ufk i LT to raise the standard of insurrection, and if cur Con. respondent's. information_ be correct, their force i; fix from being contemptible . : . " BOMBAY, OCTOBER, 1808.- • 66 We thought, about two months ago, that th i e Bombay army would by this ti:ne have been ca the way to the Gulf of Persia; but Erigadier-General Mal- . colm's mission - t2 that Court has failed, and all hopes of adding fresh laurels to the Bombay infantry are for the present extinguished. " We ought now to bz.. studying how we shall he_ able to resistor beat the French in Persia and India. _ From some English papers I have seen, our matters in India do not seem to be at all in that critical situ- . ation, which the fears of those eng-,aged in the mer cantile line had made us all believe. I think, how ever, that the French may.attempt India, and a couple of hundred thousand men, setting out from Europe. receiving every assistance from Persia, marching by the route of Nadir Shah, entering into an alliance with Abdalali, King of Candahar, and joining the Scin diali and Jcsmunt Itao Holkar, may-annoy us very much. Scindiah's ai my is ready for and has lately been in the field against the Rajah of Jeypore, whom in a pitched battle he has drubbed most unrhercifully —it is impossible for any person who knows the tur bulent disposition of this fellow -to be sorry for his ' misfortune. Scindiah's park now consists of 150 fine. guns, which is rather respectable ; end if brought _into the field will no doubt-try e. mettle of the Born bay infantry. - • • • -s- •HOlitar; in piice Al being ) to the English papers represent; ire: a stale of despondeng,'lsinOsfaCtifely 44steafi64:44- p 044 liy a most ept f rpriziog,a 4 lapoc4 a partir t4n o . Mcer Khan, his Aniner..Gen,ol4 Ansraurinaeptacik, itajah-. - • 1 Whtther: it: is 13)tizeari1 of Fiendretatissleries,.or from what cause I know .not, bile EawittY'Aot .• immediatelyenr TiictitiiOsv i'it t N In arms and ready. The-ciiiriel With IVrpoi3iiiirn;'afut tore of the Rajah of has oper;cf:tlie eyes of Goi-ernment . to the intended dikaffecsioti cdPuiteadlr• . ally the Nizam-he never would have so long main 7 tained the ap?e4tion of aliy, - were-it not foy the gc lo4 offices of old - Eleer. Muni, . his Prime lifinister, are r: port of whose death made Mypc:trarn rather too pre - - mature in his -• • • • • To the above w e bave to.add"the folloWing par-*: 'ticulars relative .so India, received thrcugh otlit • sources": • • •'; A division ofSirtdward Pellew's fleet has arrived at I'ettanti where it has taken -its,station, in at-I:lat. : to • intercept an enemy's - squadron expected in. those sea 4.. Some of the most powerful' of the Seik Chiefs, hay. ing been apprised of the designs of France and Persia, have entered into a leamtte to unite their forces in Case of foreign invasion. • Several Chinese junks have lately Leen taked by a fleet of Ternate armed pre.ws.; an _application hr.s. in consequence been made Ly the,Matiturins to tip fish and Portuguese to assist them with armed vesse:S 4 in order to check the depredations of those pirates. Accounts have been received' at Agra, that the King of Cabul had opened. • a negotiation .for peace • with the Subandars of Cashinire: ' • Holkar bias dispatched one of bili . cni,flderitiiil Offi cers tti.Bengalsan an important mission, Scindiah. is said to have disposed of a .taonsiderahle pkirt 'of hiS.artillerytta- the*Nizam,,.as a pledge of his Aiekriou4edginent di-themwrikial head oftheMahratta gtripire; and hts tbE4iiiiiin the peace.. r Peace. bas-been reAtaved:betwaert. the Rajah..of Nuarsaglaur ana.the Rajah .of,Poonbunelah ; and. tlee fort of Rifirdoor ; has'. *ten ceded 'to...the :I;i'tter for SO,OOO rupees. , ; •, •r . v . •_,•. . . • • A Cal/4. cop4ci.), was yggerday held, at I3grlit ;- ton4iAuse, at.two o'clpckothish av*a.ttencled by toe Duke .of Pippu t eNP, Earls CAsozx t WEsirmoikt.2! r ttip, I,,rvienpoot;,chtisrtlitsx; 134Tiww, 4,9rds Mul..ottAv! , CASTL)74IrAFI,, IgeSSrs ?: ..ClpiplNG ZLICC.P.K.RCEVAI..— ' The busillefs',,was supposed tp .A r upon the King's speech for the ProrogatiOn, oFrailiament.. 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