Star. — London, England, 1809-10-10 00:00:00

TO THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST-INDIA STOCK. LADIES AND GNTLEIL2N, N compliance with a custom, which has of late usually been adopted by the Candidates for the East-India Direction, I take this opportunity of respectfully informing you, that it is my intention to offer myself to your choice, upon the next vacancy which may occur. The part which I have taken for many years, upon various subjects which have been brought under your consldaation at the General Courts, will best enable you to judge, whether, if by your favour I obtain a Seat in the Direction, I shall be likely to promote, in that situation, the Wel fare of the East-India Cpnipany. It is suidciently evident, that the dine which is approaching is of more than common importance to our concerns; and I feel this so forcibly, that if, when a vacancy occurs, any . Candidate shall appear, who, in your opinion, and in the opinion of the Court of Directors, shall better deserve your confidence than I do, and be better qualified than I am to maintain the Company's just rights and interests, I shall wish, most unfeignedly, that such a Candidate may be preferred to me. If, however, I should have reason to conclude, that my thus offering myself to your notice is thought favourably of by yourselves, and by the Court of Directors, I shall certainly solicit your support. I can with truth declare, that in the part which I have hitherto taken as an East-India Proprietor, I have never acted from any private motive, or with a view to any privat e advantage, but I have uniformly endeavoured to promote the Company's welfare ; and, if I should obtain the honour of a Seat in the Direction, my conduct there will be guided by similar principles. I am, with much respect, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your most obedient and very humble Servant, Strand, Oct. 6,1809. RICHARD TWINING. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. VIENNA, SEPT. 7. A train of artillery has been sent to Hungary. — The troops which composed the camp of Spitz have marched for Hungary. These dispositions prove no thing against peace ; they announce merely that the Emperor will be prepared for every thing. There is no man of sense here who thinks that the Emperor of Austria will renew a conflict, the issue of which would be fatal to his house. The Russians have definitively evacuated Lemberg and all Eastern Gallicia. Their troops are going to' Moldavia. We are persuaded that this is the result of new arrangements between the Courts of St. Pe tersburgh and Paris. SEPT. 16.—The conferences at the castle of Alten burgh continue. Our course of exchange is still bad. It is to-day on Augsburgh at from 317 to 318. A principal demand in the negotiations for peace is, that meld a pacification with England a French army shall re main in the Austrian State:. The mines under our fortifications are still to be more strictly examined. Several military Officers have proceeded hence in different directions. All the high points in Aus tria, above and below the Ems, are to be strongly fortified, chiefly the Gottweicher and the White Mountains. got a day passes without fresh trodps arriving from France and the Confederate States In consequence of the turn that the war has taken, the best understanding does not prevail between the Archdukes John and Charles. The former will not acknowledge himself wrong in his retreat from Italy, and has declared himself openly against the other. Hospital companies, of 125 men each, arc formed in the French army. They are to guard the hospi tals, and to carry the wounded from the field of bat tle ; in the time of peace they are to do duty in the hospitals of garrisons. The Archduke Maximilian has gone on a journey to Transylvania. Yesterday arrived a courier with a letter from the Emperor Francis to the Emperor Napoleon. The bridge of boats at Nusdorff, which had been destroyed, is again replaced. It is rumoured that the Emperor Napoleon has, through the medium of his Minister at the Castle of Altenburg, submitted some new proposals to the Austrian Plenipotentiaries, with the view of removing certain difficulties which have hitherto prevented the signature of the treaty of peace. The protraction of the negociation has led to an opinion, which seems to be founded in probability, that it relates not to Austria singly, but to the whole of Europe. peace deciding the fate of particular States is to Napoleon the s-ork scarcely of a day or two, as appears from die treaties which followed the battles of Austerlitz and Friedland. It is positively asserted, in the mean time, that the negociations at Altenburg arc in a favourable train, and that within the last .seek a very considerable approximation has taken place between the Plenipotentiaries. It is ru moured, that, during the further progress of the ne gociation, the Emperor Napoleon will make a short excursion as fir as - Munich ; and that during his Ma .Hty's absence, the Prince Vice-Roy of Italy and the Prince of Neufchatel will have the command of the Grand Army. V , 1 k le k ; 4 I s BUCHAREST, AUGUST C. His Excellency Lieutenant-General Count Lan geron has arrived here to take the command, at vies , it held by Lieutenant-General Von Millerado vich, who is to proceed with his corps across the Da nube, to join the grand army under Field-Marshal Prince Prosorowsky. Count Langeron, immediately after his arrival, reviewed his corps, which occupies _an advantageous position in the vicinity of this place, cfposite to Giurgewo. At r. sin distance from the I itter place, and near Pass, there has bct.n an action, in which the Turks have been defeated. The Russian General Von Gra h'Jw, advanced on that side, in consequence of an order horn General Czukato. A detachment of Cos. sinks approached the fortress, to entice the garrison to snake a sally. A more numerous corps entrenched tl!eir:.,lves at a short distance, and General Von Gra kow took a izsition from which he could attack the enemy is the rear. Tip., cos,acks so. -11 had the satisfrction of seeing the Turks ',allying from the Citad e l, a n d by weu planned rnanccuvres tlicy were drawn into a situation favour.tble for art ut,ited attack upon then; I,q three corps, General Gmkow, n. , twithstandin::; the superior number and brave re.sistance c t l ,-,e T ur k s , h a d t h e good fortune to obt.lin tile victory, in consequence of his able dispositions, and tic valour if the Russians. A Pacha, 20 priioncts, •and a coin,i.lcrable quantity of specie :tad anc:nunition, fell into the hands of L:ie Russians. _ _ -- The enemy left 400 killed or Wounded on the field. \ The loss of the Russians consists of one officer killed, an d 200 rank :ind file killed and wounded, The pri. toners have Lurived here. • SWAIM; .01.1074 T se. All the advices received here concur in staling, that the fortress of continues to unikli a iris* roes resistance to the Rusilans,und drat the operatioeb . l of the siege•have as yet made, very little progressi.•... The Turks attempt frequent soirees, •to destroy the; works of the besiegers. PRAGUE, SEPT. 13. The Archduke Palatine has his. head-quarters at Neuhausel. SEPT. 18.—Yesterday, his Royal Highness the Archduke Ferdinand set out from this place to take the command of his army. The hopes of peace have, according to the latest information, again falleri. BANKS OF THE MAINE, SEPT. 16. We read in the Zurich Gazette that the inhabitants of the Nergvolk, in the Tyrol, have risen en mime, and shut the avenues to their valley with large masses of rock ; 600 French having advanced in consequence of the offer of a Commune to give up their arms, were surrounded and taken prisoners. SEPTEMBER 22. As the negotiations for peace have now been con tinued into the third month, it is concluded that they have a very extended object, embracing the future situation of Germany, Turkey, Russia, and Aus tria, and thus laying the foundation of a truly lasting peace. The Prince of Auersperg, who has hitherto been a prisoner in France, has lately passed through Ulm oa his way to Austria. From the examination of Doctor Schneider, it ap pears that England has a greater share than was at first supposed, in the' nsurrection in the Tyrol, and along the banks of the Lake of Constance. AUGSBURCH, SEPT. IS. In case peace shall not he made, fifty thousand men, assembling on the Rhine, will march into Austria. SEPT. 21.—Orders have been received here for fill ing the .magazines again with flour and forage. It is ordered that eighty thousand rations of vegetables shall be prepared. The day before yesterday, some waggons passed through here from Paris loaded with French wine. - • Scarce a day passes in which French officers, both of superior and inferior ranks, do not pass through this place in great haste, for Strasburgh. The former travel in coaches, the latter in waggons, containing from 10 to 14. men each. The town of Fussen is said to be again in the pos session of the Tyrolese. SEPTEMBER 17. The noted Countess of Sternbach, who was brought here in custody from Munich, fought in the ranks of the Insurgents against the Bavarians. She is the only daughter of a butcher. The Count. Von Sternbach fell in love with her noble countenance, and her ro bust and handsome figure, and Fay.e her his hand.— Sha regales herself in the morning with a glass of erchnap, in the Tyrolese fashion, and, occasionally, smokes her pipe of tobacco. She was taken prisoner in an action with the Bavarian troops in the Innthal, and is proceeding under an escort kr Strasburg, with the Tyrolese Clergyman, taken at the same time. MUNICH, SEPTEMBER 16. Our Court entertains the pleas'ng expectation of speedily receiving a visit, though but for a very short period, of his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon, at the castle of Nymphenburg, where preparations are alrea dy making for his reception. • It is reported here, that a general attack will soon be made upon the Tyrolese. , Our Court at present lives very retired ; the King seldom appeals at the theatt*. SEPTEdf BER 20. Yesterday an Adjutant of our Crown Prince arri ved here from Saltzburgh, and was soon after dis patched to the Emperor at Vienna. It. is reported that the Tyrolese have made an in road into the Saltzburgh territory. The have chiefly in view to procure for themselves provisions, the want of which they will severely feel in the winter, if they be cut off from all communication with the fruitful countries of Bavaria and Suabia. Orders have been sent to the Officers of the circles to organize the moveable legions, and the third class of the national guards. FRANKFORT, SEPT. is. The rumour is, that the armistice has been pro longed for some time. Letters from Ratisbon con firm the news, adding, that the armistice is prolong 'd for a month, on account of the negotiations with the Court of Russia. The Emperor Napoleon will avail himself of this occasion to make a journey to Holland. *PIM; OItIMIMISSR M. Litiothau, who is attached to the Staff of the army,- arrived hee!•yesterday, as a iourier, in 'three!days and a half from Presburg: He came -through Bohemia, where a fresh general levy is going forward. THE EVENING STAR. KAU I BEUREN, SEPTEMBER 16. The French and Bavarians are making the utmost exertions to fortify the town of Fuessen, which may be considered as the principal pass on the sidz of the Tyrol. The Tyrolese are mustering in considerable force near the Reuti, but dare not venture into the plain, being intimidated by the French cavalry and artillery. .I.'licir Commander, the noted Hoer, has sent in a declaration to the French and Bavarian out posts, in Nvhich he states, that the Tyrolese arc will. in g to lay down their arms, if they arc recognized as a free Rept[Vic. No answer has been returned to this declaration. NAPLES, SEPT. 2. While some Anglo-Sicilian troops extended them selves in the neighbourhood of Gallipoli, another ene my's corps undertook a landing at n licastro. On receiving this intelligence, the garrison of Naples and all the troops in the neighbourhood broke up for Ca vee and Salerno. The report of to-day is, that the King himself will this night set out to head the attack. It is, however, not very probable that at this season the enemy will wait sufficiently long upon oar coast to meet the attack. From their movements, how ever, it is not improbable that they intend to proceed towards the bay of Naples, or again to attack Ischia and Procida. Every arrangement is however made, and since their retreat means have been prepared for firing red-hot halls in case they should return. It is difficult to conjecture what advantages the enemy ex pects to obtain by these expeditions. Sia'r. s.—lt appears that the English think of making freAl attempts against different parts of the kingdom. They have made their appearance at. Gallipoli olfruPooslitcoasiumtro. T t. tilihce9Kp:rtf. douse. • LONDON. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCKe S per Cent. Cons. for money 64H—for acc. 6p41. Omnium I preen.—Exclse. Bills, 63. 12e. pre. PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. Bank Stock shut India Stock 1881 S per Cent. Cons. *if India Bondi, 295. sits. ils. pre. 4 per Cent. shut Each. Bills, 6s. 12s. pre. S per Cent. Navy faiii English Lottery TiCk. 211 17s. Long Ann. shut Cons. for acc 6211. By different accounts received from the Continent, the idea seems to be much more general than it was a few days ago, that the negociations which have for some time been going on, will not terminate in a pa cification. Captain RENNARD, of the American brig Betsey, who has arrived at Falmouth in four days from Cha. rante, reports, that the people there expected every day to hear of hostilities having recommenced on the Danube. Two letters were received yesterday afternoon from Hamburgh, dated the 2d inst. both of which agree in stating that an Express had arrived with intelligence .that hostilities had recommenced between NAPOLEON and FRANCIS. One of them says 66 Wr &sits erste batiaille emlzfangen"—" We have received the first at tack." Who the author means by we" depends on whether he considers the cause of the French or of the Austrians as his own ; but however this may be, hostilities have recommenced,,it this letter be correct. Accounts from Prague, of a later date than any of the printed journals, also state the renewal of hos tilities in Germany—adding that the demands of the French Emperor had been so exorbitant as to make it impassible for the Emperor of AUSTRIA to accede to them, with any regard to his own honour, or to the interests of his crown and monarchy. Notwithstanding the agreement in the general te nor a these accounts and the respectability of the quarter through which some of them have been re ceived, (one of the Hamburgh letters came ,to the house of RUCKER and Co.) we very much doubt their accuracy. The intelligence from Paris, given in yes terday's STAR, stands directly opposed to these state ments, and it should be recollected that at Paris later news could be known on the Ist inst. than could reach Hamburgh by the 2d, as a direct line of tele graphs has been established between Vienna arid Paris since the battles took place on the Danube.— The last accounts received at Paris stated that peace had been actually signed between France and Aus tria. The following are extracts from the German Pa pers to the SOth ult. received this morning.: BANKS OF THE ELBE, SEPT. 10. Notwithstanding the pacific tone assumed in all the public advice.s from, Vienna and other parts of Austria, under the French yoke, there are in ivate ad. vices which represent the renewal of hostilities as ab solutely certain. The natives of Hungary now in arms are estimated at a far greater force than 150,000 men. All the Westphalian troops that were in garrison at Hamburgh, have returned home since the 20d inst. after obtaining the sum of 300,000 marks : a de mand of money has also been made from Lubeck, but only fifty louis d'ors were received. This day se'nnight the English men of war in the neighbourhood of Cuxhaven again fired a feu de-joie, and hoisted all their colnurs, with the Spanish flag next to the top, from which it is inferred, that some brilliant achievement has again taken place in Spain. There are now scarce any troops in the north•of Germany, ,which 20,000 men might easily over-run as far as Cassel : the Danes are, however, collected' in great force on the Hamburgh side of the Elbe, for what purpose it is not known. Last Sunday, when the Westphalian troops were crossing, on their return, the Elbe to Harburg, one lighter, with men on board, upset, and almost all of then"! were drowned. Among the unfortunate suf ferers, brothers in arms of the ill-fated Schill, shot at Wesel on the 17th inst. were many Prussian Noble men ; amongst others two Counts Kellerand. These unfortunate young men trusted to French faith, but were executed as robbers. COPENHAGEN, SEFT. 23. The occupation of the island of Iceland by the English, which took place in the course of last June, is said to be the result of a charter granted by the British Government to a company of London mer chants, authorising them to carry on an exclusive trade to Iceland. The particulars of that occupation are not yet known, but it is said that a man of the name of Joruganza, is at the head of the expedition, who has displaced all the Danish Officers and Ma gistrates, and promised the Icelanders absolute inde pendance under the protection of Great Britain ; the restoration of their ancient, ConstittAtion, and a total exemption from all taxes until the 10th of June 1810. His Royal Majesty arrived here on the 15th inst. on his return from Shlesvic, The prices' cf . Xll cok. nial produce, and in partictikr sugars and.caffee, are " 1 7 454 11 and day 4vgvity qf . tbese.- !srticlocia. so Brest, thatia several previnclA towns, the? can 't be obtained at any price whatsoever. PARIS, SEPTEMELR si, Lettets from Bourdeaux state that several cf Emperor's horses and carriages have passed tlircl:: 4 that town, on their way to Bayonne. Our soldiers, on the banks of the Scheldt, call ', e Earl of Chatham Milord J'attes . Ads (I am During his stay on South Beveland, he lived v Asiatic luxury and splendour. • AUGSBURC, SEPTEMP7a Orders have been received to supply all ?Iv_ sines again with flour and forage : bO,OGO o: biskiiit :ire also to be delivered. We have also received Arsniteurt to the ;:t a:4 Dutch Papers to the sth instant, both inclusive, from which we have given some extracts : VIENNA, S.PT . We to-day expect the return of General Co 119( Bubna, with the conclusive answer of 11;s Soverei gr , to the last propositions of the French Emp.:lrcr rekt. tive to peate.—Anutertleas feeyal Courent. 22.—His Majesty the Emp:iror rev day all the corps of the guard, infantry, cavalry, artillery. These fine troops manoeuvred on the of Schoenbrunn from noon till five o'clock. The Afouiteur of the 29th, under tl , e head drid, September 16, contains a Decree of.Tnse4-4 1 tia poleon, ordering all persons having silver in i:tzots or plate, to bring it in to ec coined, on pain of havin g .- i t seized and confiscated. The Moniteur of the 30th contains long oly,erz z . tions in the shape of notes on articles in the Engli , 4 Newspapers, on the return of the Expedition from the Scheldt. Two Couriers arrived here yesterday from Tczis . as the t*o Sovereigns continue to carry on a di: err correspondence with each other, on the impoiza7: subject of peace, we expect to hear some further p,: titulars in the course of this evening. Government received, yesterday afternoon, ach• of the arrival of the DONEGAL from Cadiz, wi;! , FRZRE on board. The master of a vessel from Gijon states it as :t p. port very generally circulated in the province of rias, that in a commotion at Seville fou ; -: ecn of the• Junta had been hanged, and that the Arcl - .l:isbop ci TOLEDO had been forced to accept the high ofTis:e Regent of the kingdom during the absence of I:Eli ul. NAND. We place no reliance on the accounts rectivel froth that part of the kingdom. The letters received from Lisbon by the Prince or Wales packet state, that every possible exertion made to reinforce the British army under Lord WEELINGTON, which still continues at Badaj s. 4, LISBON, SLPT. " The head quartets of Lcrd Wellingtai still contince Badajos, within the Spanish frontiers. I have letters from thence, dated as late as The nay lost, by which it apran :1. t both the French and 13rit:sh armies are in a state of toti tivity. 'I here are about three thou,and sick at fleas, whom accommodatiors are ordpred in this capital by the clic . al Department, and w,t, are in daily expectation of taxi: " We have had various reports here, some of them that the enemy is retreating into France, others ;h. • he advancing to the hgrders of this kingdom; but svhile :.e tinues motionless in his encampinent ,it will be seen firt rumours, which are magnMed into corscqUence by the fan of the timid, and the hopes of the sanguine, must be iir , liur.f.rt , d. " Yon wilt naturally be arziaus, from your military and connections, to learn tote more mOute particula73 r‘: pr sS our land and sea forces in tii,s neighbourhocd, than yip, cold be enabled to collect from the ordinary channels of infOrrmzit •;. " 111 C: 83(1 ;Ina 87th Regiments are oidered to LiNhon, catii.t of their reduced s:a since. the baffle 11 _ " Several tranvorts have arrived with detachmonts of diffee rent regimen's within these few days. 01 , 1.tra list b• n for they, rein:Om:m.las to proceed to head-quaitors, e l ,,ther with about :co convalesct7::ts, 'on Saturday neat. I.t r"--.• goons, or Roy::14, ‘yhich are at &lam, have dirccto; t the army at Eadajos in a few days. The 14th and the fine's German Legion have 12ceive:1 t:b. .at d or horses, which they have been employed in landi: g Sunday, and to-day. " With . respect to the Navy—the Barfleur, of 98 Felts, "d the Zealous and Norge, of 74, entered the Tagus on Sat urdly They came from Ferrol, where they had been cot , 1:7:! out the :•panish ships of war that remained in thz,t harhonr, sisting of si; sail of the line, sir frig-ate, and a number t >;:al vessels. " The Prince of Wales packet sails to-morrow morning The mail is to be put on board at eight o'clock to-nigh:." We are assured that the tollowinz is a letter from Paris : " PARIS, : 4 El' r. t. "The dispositions of this country are now fully kno-r, !•-w. , .rds the United States. Ota- Minister, on his arriv.l cornmunicatiqn from the Minister of Foreign ltdatior that when England raises her blockade from the rorti r: and her dependencies, his Majesty will do the scow to England and her colonies. When En^land s!;•.L r i 1 .11 Qrders in Council of the 11th November, 1807, the Dear: falls of course ; and American vessels will then be ar.l find protection in the ports of France. I have myself read the communication from Champagny to General Arnistrong Lord BATUURST is appointed Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. This Nobleman has displa red con siderable abilities, not only in the irni ortant Office of President of the Board of Trade, but also in his s eria• tonal capacity. He is the intimate friend of the Mar quis WELLESLEY ; but whether he is ultimately to transfer the seals of office to the Noble Marquis we cannot pretend to say- Yesterday Lord CASTLEREAGH arrived in town, ands after transacting business at his Office, returned in the evening to his seat at Stannsore to dinner. The 15th Regiment of Dragoons marched throe;h the metropolis this morning on their way to the sout.,.• ward to embark for Portugal. They were quarteici last night at Islington and the adjoining villages. BREAD.—There was no Court of Aldermen to-dal. The Leap MAYOR after inspecting the returns of t!:: Bakers' Company and Meal Weighers, ordered it :J remain at present prices. A Dutch paper, dated the 7th inst. has been re ceived in tovrn, which says, that according to 0:e last accounts from Hungary the Emperor of Aurrin wocacsorryemely ill, that his life was despaired of) aud that he bad receivechhe Sacrament. C .. • L. of rd 4 .1 of d. ing a. 4 se. vat her :.•41 :76 J 1 zee: :LA ;the for !on- o of far- we the (1.2 h Lll. l. 1,0 • re' 0:e .111 of;