Star. — London, England, 1807-03-30 00:00:00

FRANCE. PARIS, MARCH 22. " meffmte which your Imperial and Royal Majclly Las adds tied to the Senate, troth your Imperial camp of Warfaw, I and the important t vents which y, u have deigned to communi cate, will form a new monument of your paternal folicitude for the happiticfs of the French people. . " The date of the treati.:s of Pofen, which your Troperil and Royal fslajefty has cooly' to be trarfolitted to the Sent.tc, would be alone Wife:km to fhtw, that aft-r the molt brilliant vii Stories your Majeftv's tole object is to obtain an honourable peace fur I nation., and of courfc one capable of hitpiring the belt hopes of its permanence. " Thee treaties. in conErmirg the independence of a brave and gaierous nation. %..hole improve:nee te. indultry, manner., and intereft ought to approx:mate it to France, augment and confoli• date that grand confederation of the Rhine, which the adlual state of 1 urope demanded, and the vett conceptions of your Majetty were alone capable of forming, as the belt guaranty of its future interefts. 'rhe confe,nmate witdom of your Imperial and Royal Majefty has with facility perceived the diners of the Ottoman Porte thole which threaten all Europe. If the Porte were to give way to the efforts of the Ruffians, what barriers would )top the deftrihnive torrems of barbarians, with which the North and Eaft would inundate the Welt and the South? The footfteps of there reythian favages would be marked with devaltation, blood, and fire. Arc they not itill atteited by melancholy ruins they have left in Ualy, in Switzerland, in Holland near the fields of the ever rnemorahle Aufterlitz, and in Poland, where fo many banks are to be for ever rendered illuftrious by the (Outdid actions of the armies under your Majrfty'e command ? Arts, fciences civiliza• tion would perilh ; or if the ftrength of European inttitutions re fitted thole invafions perpetually renewed, what would be the fate of the indultry of France, and particularly of that of the fouthern p rts of France? " The exiftence of that indußry, fo neeeltary to the profperity of fo many millions of Frenchmen, is connected with the hide pendenec of eze throne of Conftantinlple. The provinces and feu which lie near the 13041 torus cooftituce the centre, towards which nature has thought proper to dirret the commerce of the world. Let the Ruffians obtain poffeffion of them, and the commerce of the world will &only be in their hands.- Happily, Sire, the irrefiftible alcendancy of your lalajefty uas telieved the anxiety of Europe. " The rapid and unforefern eonqucft of Pruffia, and the ap pearance of the French eagles on the other fide of the banks of the Viftula, have difeoncertecl the ambitious and perfidious pro yds of the Court of Peterfburgh, The Ruffians have found at Pultufk, and at Goimyn, the conquerors of Aufterlitz. An extra. ordinary combination in the courfc of the feafons, and vaft tracks of moving land and overflown land have alone prefervcd their phalanxes from deftruttion. And at the moment when we are teddreffing to your imperial and Royal Majelty our wifttes and our vows, new Motets of vitltory refound from the Pregel to the great capital of the French empire. a Yet, Sire, what do you require to induce you to lay down your redoubtable arms ? The freedom of commerce, and the in dependence of your allies. " Peace, Sire, is the tole objed of your dare., of your plans, of your noble enterprifes. But, like the French people, you with fur real and latting peace. * Railed to the higheß pitch of powrr which vidory can con fer, you will not abandon to the chances of half a century of new battles, the deftiny of France and or Europe, which the refute of ' your triumphs will be fhortly enabled to fecure for ever. You cannot, Sire, fight any longer for tame ! You are in pof kiflon of more glory than any hero has ever acquired. But you contend for a peace which may fecure the happincfs of the great people, of that people which, by its courage, by its labours, by its indoltry, by its love for you, fo well defery es the felicity for which you every day helve fo many obftacles and perils. It will, Sire, fhortiv behold you furrounded with innumerable trophies. It will behold around your triumphal car your invincible legions holding out to the admiring eyes of grateful France and Europe the olive of peace, which you will have conquered. 4 With what tranfport will it hail your amp& pretence. And with how much devotion, fidelity, and affedion will it repay all that the gnat& of monarchs mall have done for its glory and prof perity. a Already, Sire, we are delighted in confidering the arrival of your auguil fpoufe in thi , great city, as the forerun:ter of fo happ y a day tor all Frenchmen, and when the Senate will be all Jived to preterit to your Majelly the tribute of its gratitude, its admtratiou, and refped. (Sig ed) CANII-ACFRES, Arch-Chanceilor of the Empire Prendent. The French 5 per cents were, on the 19th, 73 f. 45 c. and Le Acli"ns de la Banque 1218 1. 75 c. HOLLAND. HAGUE, MARCH 25. The Prince of Wirtemberg, who was fent by the Emperor Francis to Bonaparte, on an in:portant Mir. fion, had returned to Vienna on the 2h. At that period the general opinion in the Autirian capital was, that a war with France was un the eve of breaking out. It is laid, that /knit' is has taken the field againil France, and that the ?►rchduke Charles bad arrived at Nimburg, in Bohemia, to crqumand the army which has ben a frembling on the Elbe and in Moravia. So perfefl is the harmony lubfilling between the Courts of St. Petertburgh and Vienna, that the latter has permitted teveral fupernurnerary Aufirian Offices to enter the Ruffian fervice, and that Auftrian furgeons have alfo been fent to the Ruf fian field hofpitals. The French corps of obfervation, which were lately Rationed on the frontiers of Bohe• mia and Moravia, have been called to the Lower Vißula. Ruffian light troops now occupy Olfrnlenka, Pultnik, and otliet politions,lately held by the French un the Narew. PRIVATE LETTER-ROTTERDAM, MARCII 23 Angereau has returned to France in disgrace, and not in confideration of ill he.ilth. The occafinn is thus Rated :—After fivcral unfuccefsfnl attempts to force the centre of the Ruffian army at Eylau, Bo naparte ordered Angercau to advance v. ith his divifion to renew the attack. A ugeleau reprefented that it was morally and pity fically impeflible that the fet vice could be attended with fuccefs. But Bonaparte, in- Read of abandoning the enterpt ize, in a gull of paaion, fent one of his Adjutants to inpetlede Augereau, and to le4d his column.to the attack, in which it was nearly cut to pieces. Several wounded French Officers have arrived at Hamburg)), Leiplic, Berlin, &c. From their report it appears, that mAI of the recent.opera• tiont Cie French army have been made by Bona parte, in opposition to the opinion of his Generals.— Bereadotle, N.y, S u!t, and Lafnes, are Oared to 114 ve pruv ,, ked the ditpleafut c of their petulant Chief, by e-eit temuoiltance , on the tubjeer. The lonic whic't the gartifon t.f Strallund nta.:e en the 13th inDant, and which the French accounts flare to have been replied by two companies of Voltigettrs, was, on the contrary, attended with complete fuccefs.— Tile Swede, were headed by General Armfeldt, and fttccee.!ed diflodging the French from the works they Lad railt.d, and in destr o ying them. The Swedes loft u! ly thirty men in killed and wounded, while the French fnffered t feverely, that on the sad, twenty waggon,. loaded with their wounded arrived at Ham burgh, betide, oahrs who were carried to Rollock, &c. Mortice lately fent a flag of truce to Strait - 11nd, With a letter from Bonaparte to the King of Sweden, the purport of which Zvlurtier's Adjutant Hated to be an invitation to Guiavus to enter into terms of peace, under promif.:s of extenfive territorial acquilltions. The King thus learning the contents of the letter, returned it unopened. DENISIAR K. ONNINGEN, MARCH'24. I am thus far on my return home, and take ad vantage of a veffel now an the eve of failing, to far I expect to be in Hull before the cln - fe of the month. I left Konirigfberg on the r 6.h of February, and was at Polficy during the n.urder nos affairs at Braunfberg, and on the 9th of January I mired the Half, to vilit the theatre of aelion. I cannot delcribe the horrors of the fcene : the environs of the place were covered with the {lain ; and Frauenberg, Einfiedel, and all the ue;ghbr uring villages, we,e•covered with the woun ded. The Allies loft a c.- nfiderable number of men, but the French fuffercd Rill more feverely. The advanced corps of the Ruffian army under General Platuw, comprifing 20,000 Coffacks, with tl:e Black Huff 4::: of Pr ichwitz, and the Dragoons of Ritz and Vofs, w•c' e the Toth in dole purfuit of the French ; they came up with the rear guard of the enemy at Preufchimak, In i took feveral ptifoners and three pieces of cannon. In the battle of .E) lau the French loft 89 pieces of cannon, and 35 (land of colours, many of them fur• mounted with eagles ; the Randard of the Legion of Honour likewife fell into the hands of the Ruffians. —During the battle, a (hell from a howitzer fell within a few yards of Bonaparte, and probably would have deftroyed him, had not General Corbino, one of his aids du camps, ru(hed forward and pulled out the fufe : this Officer was fhortly after killed by a mulket ball, within a fhort diftance of Napoleon.— , The Emperor, it is reported, received a flight wound ortbibback.:. _ _ Immenfe reinforcements are daily joining the Ruf fian army. Bettreen the 22d of February and the Stir cf March, neatly ninety•thoufand men, molt of them from Afia, palled through Memel, for the Grand Army. ALTONA, MARCH 22. His MA Serene Highnefs the Ele&or of Hefre has arrived in this city. The American lips, even shore in ballaft, conti nued under embargo at Hamburgh. Mr. Forbes, the American Contul, has ineffthually applied to Bout ienne and Brune for redrefs. _ _ _ The Commodore of the Britifh fquadron before Trielle, has fent notice to the merchants of that city, that all the ports in Italy are in a (late of blockade. Another Dutch regiment of newly affembled Con fcripts arrived at liamburgh this morning. Its for mer garrifon,although wholly undifciplined, has been ordered partly to join the Grand Army, and partly to the corps before Sttalfund : thefe troops are very diraffeeted. The Swedes are reported to have made a very fuc cefsful forth from St:alfund, in which the French are hated to have 101 l 3000 men in killed, wounded, and pr ifoners. A Meffenger who this morning arrived with letters to the Elector of Hefre, from the'French head guar. ters, declares that he faw 13 , :naparte at Thorn on the I ath. A corps rf the French army, under Ney, was then in poffalion of the throng t-minion of Tonnen. berg, where a famous battle was Night in 1410, and anuther corps was at Soldau, but the refit of the army had fallen back .on tire Vittilla. Bonaparte has &manic(' from the city of Leipfie ,5(.;,,),cc0 dollars, in lieu r.f the Btitifh property be ! lorging to individtulsthere, and lei zed by the French. A linnilar compensation is to be propufed to Ham. burgh, Lubec, &c. • SWEDEN. SCIIONEN, MARCH S. On the 24th ult. an enpedition commanded by Major tlennings marched from Stralfund to Barth. The troops confided of 2C3 Yagers, having with them four stun boats. They entered the latter place, took poireffion of a cumber of mufkets, &c. killed five m,n , and ma:l.! lixteen men and four Of prifoners. The Yai.:ers were received by the Citizens with loud acclarnatiuls of joy, and lealled by them on wine, bread, &c. after which they returned to Stralfund, where they arrived on the 26th. The En fign Von Kohler and Lieutenant Slderded, dedroyed twelve barks near Barth, and carried off form fmaller one:. The Sub Lieutenant Dickelm:um alfo cap tured fcveral barks near Pccnemunde. GRIEFSWALD, MARCH S. Marfhal utier has fent the following letter to the Magiaracy of Barth ,• You fent me a deputation, earneitly entreating me for a fare guard-1 ordered you one, to free your town from all kinds of dicquietutle; but, by a chofen aft of treachery. which is perhaps unknown to favages, have you enabled the enemy to feize Even thole who prole led your perfons and your property. One of them has been inhumanly murdered. " I order ten of the molt refpedable Inhabitants among you to be arreittd ; and if, within the period of 2 4 hours after the receipt of this letter, the fum of 50,c0z franks, which l demand of your City, be not paid into the bands of the Chief Treafurer at Griefs - wald, thefe bottages fhall be refponlible to me for the difobedience of this order, and for the French blood Iked within your walls by a treachery fo deteftable " MARCH 17. —The Swedes made feveral attempts in the beginning of this month to drive the French from their lines Their attack on the 14th occafioned a very (harp cool:lid • the Swedes wete obliged to retreat in diforder. Thei official details ar: as follow: " As lonic of the regiments of the Bth corps had receised orders to go upon another dettination, the Swedes, being informed of this movement, thought it a convenient time to attack the French before Stria fund. At three o'clock in the afternoonoinder favour of a thick milt, they advanced from the Knieper Gate with about 2:"00 infantry, two fqaadrons of cavalry, anil fis field picces. Leaving about a third of this force as a referee, they marched ag tina an intrenchment upon the left flank et General Dupis's divifion. This work being quite new, was neither turnifhed with can non nor Wades, and contained nu more than a com pany of the Vtltigeurs of the 58th teaiment. Neither the attack of the enemy, the fury with which the hope of vidory had infpired them, the fuiseriority of their numbers, nor even a fhower of balls, were fufficient to damp the courage of this brave company of Volti geurs. They baffled all the enemy's efforts, without retreating or falling into the kali (Holder, by which means they gave another companyof the 4th regiment time to join them, jua as they had fired away all their cartridges. The Swedes, difappointed in meeting with Inch a refiflance from a handful of men, (trained every nerve to obtain potTeffion of the booty they had protrofed the mfel ves. They even fit:rounded the works, jumped into the ditches, and attempted to mount the parapet. Between twelve and Arleen of the bravell of them fell at the foot of the breatt-work. Several others (hared the fame fate at the digerent points of attack. At the fight of their dead, the wounded, and the dying, and the approach of Come French detachments, ad vancing from feveral quarters, and threatening to cut them off, terror began to fucceed to courage. " They commented a retreat, which they di3 not execute without lots. Both companies of the Volti• geurs advanced from the works at the fame time.— The enemy, thrown into diforder, was ',twined to the glacis of the fortrefs, leaving too killed behind them, including a Lieutenant Colonel, two other Officers, and thirty ptiConers, " Six Voltigeurs were killed, and 27 wounded.— Dining the three hours this aftion !ailed, the French did not fire a cannon-(hot. The mulket and the bay onet engrolTed all the honour of the day." PRUS3I4. IXTRACT OF A DISPATCH PROM CIEHIRAL, DIINNIGSIN• " Koenieberg. Feb 10.22,1807. " General Sednaoratzky,';ho fras juft effelted a junCtion with my army, has brought with him 1400 Prutlian prifoners, from 2 to 300 Frenchmen, and a great deal of baggage, which he had taken from the enemy. The retrograde march of Bonaparte rather refembles a flight than a retreat. It is folcly to the fwiftnefs of our Coffacks bodes that we are indebted for the enormous quantity of prifoners that have been Idaily made (ince the battle of Eylau. The day before yefterday they took aoo,yefterday r;o, and to-clay 385, 4 officers, betides baggage waggons, forage, and pro vifions. Every thingthat we can come up with is taken. The French foldiers, dying of hunger and fatigue, no longer feel a difpofition to defend themfelves. At the mere fight of our troops, they throw away their arms, and demand bread. MI advanced pas are already at Liebltadt. The whole army is in full march. My head quarters alone remain at Knenigf- I berg, as my ill health, and the extreme fatigue I have undergone, compel me to take a few momentsof repofe here. I fet nut tomorrow. The Pruilian divifion commanded by General Plaetz, is at the extremity of my right wing on the heights of Brandcberg. Ge- neral Sedmoratzky, and General Leftocq, form to gether my left wing. The Grand Army is in the centre ; and in this order we advance towards the Viflula, embracing Thorr on one fide, and Elhing on the other. 1 hope my troops will Coon thew them felves on the other fide of that river. In the mean time my advanced guard, reinforced by General Platow's Coffacks, a confiderahle part of whom have already reached their deltination, purfire the enemy without relaxation, and harafs them by their petty warfare, which is as ftrange to them as it is advanta- geous to us." LONDON. MONDAY, MARCH 30. FASTER MONDATe...NO bufinefs done at the Stott Exchaoge. Since our laft, Paris Journals of the 223, and Dutch of the 26th inflant, have arrived : they pre font hardly any thing new, but abundance of ad. ditional details refpeeting the battle of Eylau, and the precipitate retreat of the French. Some of the molt ariking of thefe we have given in a preceding column. It appears from every acc- , un., that the ' French army is in a molt uncomfortable lituation ; but it is not yet afcertained that they have left the neighbourhood of Ofterode, rttough it is reported I that the head-quarters have arrived at Thorn. BONAPARTE has, by an Addrefs of the Senate, been invited to return to Paris. The thing is pofEble, and barely fo. We cannot think he would venture to , leave the army at the prefent crifis. A veffel from Tonningen has been fent into Yar mouth by the North Sea cruizers. The people (fate, that when they failed, a report was current, that in one of the late battles (that of Eylau, we fuppofe, for the date is not mentioned), NAPOLEON was at one time made a prifoner by a detachment of Prullian huffars, but after a fevere conflia, relcued by a party of his own guards, after having been wounded in the Ihoulder. This is, perhaps, only another edition of what is hated in the Tonningen letter in the preced ing column. AMERICAN PAPERS. We have received Bolton Papers to the 15th ult• —We extraft the following articles refpeding the Treaty between this Country and America : BALTIMORE, FRB. 4.—" General SMITH has this day received pofitive informatirn from Wafhington, that the Treaty between this Country and Great Britain has been figned. Mr. Munao will be the bearer of it, and he may be Coon expelled." The following has tranfpired as part of its con tents: The India trade is placed on the fame footing as it was in JAY'S treaty, and the Weft India trade we are to enjoy on the footing of the molt favoured Nations ; iinprters of produce from enemies colo nies will be allowed to export in another vale), after the duties have been fecured and the property timed for one month. What relates to the Icemen is not alluded to in the treaty itfelf, but is given by tray of appendix. I am inclined to believe that England will not retort to a general blockade of the ports of the Continent, new that they have come to a proper underftanding with this Country; at leaft I Would fuppofe our negotiators would not have conceded what they had done, if they had not been pretty cer tain that our trade to Europe would be left unmo lefted." ANOTHER LEITER. " BALTIMORI t Fan. s.—Accounts from Waffling ton Rate, that the Treaty with England has been re ceived, and that Congrefs have been deliberating on it with clofed doors. It k laid to contain ilipulatiuns of a mull favourable tendeocy to America." i THE ARMY. We underhand that, had Lord CATHCALT Rad General DONN, as was lately intended, gone to the Continent minng with the whole of the German Le. gion, the following heavy dragoons were to have gone, namely— The Innindfling. Part of the Carabineers. The whole of the Blues, and The Scots Greys. . That crack Regiment, the t4th Light Dragoons, was likew•ife to have been fent to the Continent. Several regiments are in the expeetation of a route for Ireland immediately. The t ft, or King's Dragoon Guards, commanded by Sir WILLIAM AUGUSTUS PITT, are Rationed at Brighton : the Carabineers, commanded by Lieute nant Colonel Goldie, are at Lewis; two fquadrons of this old and approved coys accompanied Colonel CRAWFURD'S expedition. The Blues, commanded by the gallant Colonel DOLS lEN, Rill remain on the King's duty at Windfor. The innifitilling are quartered at York, Beverley, and Newcaftle. The 115th Dragoons go to Scotland, and the loth, or PRINCE'S regiment, to Arundel. The 15th Dragoons, the Duke of CUMBERLAND'S regiment, expeEt to gn from Weymouth to Howl. it )w, to relieve the 16th Dragoons on the King's efcort duty. Lord Dt/NDAS'S fine regiment, the North York Mili ia, ftill continues at Bletchington Barracks. The fervices will now, it is fuppofed, be accepted of feveral of the Englifh and Scots Militia regiments, who have fo nobly volunteered to go to Ireland. Few appointments have given more general fatis. faction in the Army then the giving lately to the gallant fon of the ever to•be•lamented ABERCROMBIE, the Colonelcy of the 53d regiment; the corps in which, for fo many years, the young Arsaacaoststa ferved. When Colonel ABERCROMBIE, he fulfilled with great ability the arduous duties of Adjutant General to the Army in Egypt, under Lord Huns. sasow, who appointed him after his father's fall. Such appointments confer real honour on all parties. INDIA. .1 It is mentioned in the higher circles that Gover nor Duticas comes home from India ; that Major General MAITLAND is to fucceed him in the govern. ment of Bombay; that Mr. PHILIP DUNDAS is to fucceed General MAITLAND at Ceylon; that Mr. JOHN aro.: a is to fucceed Mr. DUNDAS in the govern. ment of Prince of Wales's Ifland; and that Sir JOHN Caantwe's fuccefror as Commander in Chief of Madras, will accompany General fissmv. and his Staff. Every exertion is making to fend out the Officers kind troops defined for India. We are forty to learn that the bad news lately Rated in the STAR from thence, are true beyond the extent Rated by us. 'The caufes of thefe ferious difturbances in India ate, fpeedily, to undergo the moB ferious inveftigation. With the large fleet now proceeding for India, betides the ad Battalion of the Scots Royals, the Duke of KENT': regiment, and the ad Battalion of the Pompadours, there go out large detachments fcc many of the regiments in India, and for all the regi. merits at the Cape. A very ftrong detachment proceeds at fame time for the New South Wales corps—the Officers and men volunteering from other regiments. Many more turned out for this fervice than could be accepted of. The Gazette of Saturday evening annotmces (foe which fee our left page,) the appointments only oldie Prelident and Privy Seal (Earls CAMDEN and Wrsr. M , RLAND), the three Secretaries of State (L"rds HAWKESBURY, CASTLEREAGH, and Mr. CauNrwOr and Earl BATH VRET, as Prefident of the Board of Trade. Yefterday morning, at nine o'clock, their Melts. TIES, the Dukes of KENT and CAMNAsocr, and the PetwtessEs ; Ladies MACCLE:FIELD, MURRAY. ad A. CUIABERLAND Miffes GoLnswoermy and Eros Ton ; Lnrd SOMERVILLE, Count MUNSTER, Generals DE BUM MANNERS, WEATHPEALL, TURNER, and Fitzetr, Major PRICE, and Color.cl TAytow, went to the Royal Chapel, in the Palace at Windt - or, where their MAJESTIES and the RoYAL FAMILY received the Sacrament, adminiflered by the Archbilhop of Call• TERNURY. They afterwards went to St. Georges Chapel, and heard a Sermon, by Dr. HALLAM, fmm the igth chapter of the tft of Corinthians, and :a verfe. Lord MuLoaays attended this morning at the Admiralty for the fit R time, fince his appointment. On Saturday laR all the Foreign Minitters radon in London, paid their repels to the new Minifter tor Foreign Affairs, at the Public Office in Downing ltreet. The ad battalion of the 18th regiment is ordered to the Weft Indies ; and the rota regiment to Hall. fax. Severs' tranfports failed from Portfmouth On Thurfday to bring thefe regiments, and the Stith for the Eaft Indies, from Guemfey and Jerfey. Arnongft the new Claufes in the Mutiny Ad, there is one which impofes a penalty of one hundred pounds on perfons, not authorifed Agents, negoei ating for the purchafe and tale of Army Comma:. lions. Difpatches were yellerday received at the Admi ralty from Admiral GA RDN etc, but they do not con tain any intelligence wortby of notice. The GLATTON, of 54 guns, arrived at Smyrna On the tsth of January, to Like from thence the Briuth and their effeas. The Porte has given orders to the Pacha of Janina to join the French army, under General Latutdoas with 20,000 men, to at apiaft the Ruffians.