Star. — London, England, 1807-01-31 00:00:00

■ 17 I W • . . .t.4‘ THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. SATURDAY. JANUARY 3 r. . OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK• mfals, money, 64---for February 62i I—Orunium 7 prem. Exchequer Bills as. prem. The Honourable Mr. BURRELL, fon of Lord GWYDIR, arrived in town this morning from the Continent, with Difpatches to Lord HOWICK, who was at his country feat, to which place Mr. Bola ELL immediately proceeded. The particulars of there Difpatches were not known when our Paper went to prefb ; but, we fincerely hope, they bring a confir- MAI 'n of the f a R DEFEAT OF THE FRENCH. W e cannot poilibly (late all the various rumours that were circulated yellerday after the ars ival of the Mail from Hufum. The bel authenticated articles were laid before our Readers ; and, in a Second and a Third Edition, we gave the fuhllance of the ac counts received by Government and by the Ruffian Ambaffador. We now fuhjoin a more particular detail : Letters from Mr. ADAIR, his Majeßy's Minifter at the Court of Vienna, place the affair of the 26th of Demnber, which the French built fo much upon as a fplendid viaory, in a mon clear and larif. faaory point of view. It appears, that on that day ' BONAPARTR made a grand effort to penetrate, in fir columns, the whole of the Ruffian line, not only with an intent to break and difperfe it, but to poirefs him. felf of their magazines at Narew, in their rear; which, if atchieved, would have enabled him to have ad vanced ; and to have, perhaps, irretrievably broken the Ruffian ftrength. In this defign, however, it has pIeafedPitOVIDENCE that hehas been UTTERLY FOILED. His Army, divided into fix columns, on the morn ing of the z6th of December, at day light, attempted this lag and greaten of his enterprizes ; calculating, moil probably, upon a refinance very different from that which it experienced. Four of thole bodies, after experiencing the moll determined oppofition, and having, it mull not be denied, made the moll dread ful {laughter of the Ruffians, were beaten completely back, and driven, through the greaten difficulties, to take up a much worfe pofition than they had at ad vancing in the morning. The fifth cAttmn fucceed ed, although defperately oppofed, in penetrating to the rear of the Ruffian line : finding itfelf unfupport ed, it made the ben retreat in its puwcr ; but is fup poled, in the attempt to make a detour to the left of the Ruffian line, and from the delay and difficulty of the ground, to have fubfequently been either totally de ftro) ed or captured. The Guth column, from either fuppofed unlleadinefs, miffing its way, ur indecifion of its leader, made no attempt whatever; but after a fhort movement, returned upon its Reps, and r,f courfe was the only part of that fine army that was not almoft cut to pieces. Of one fa Et we are certain,namely, that with the lots of thoufands, not a loaf of bread was gained by the French, and retreat was iny itable. In this point of view, the advance of the Ruffians, and the defperate refinance of the French, on the fubfequent dates to the 3oth, ate petfealy . Want of provifions are Rated to have ptevcnied the Ruf fians from following up tht.fe fucctfres for a few days. Letters were alfo received by Government from Mr. Tit -RNTON, at Copenhagen, incloling a Procla mation of General MANsTEIN, informing the people of Dantzic, that the Ruffians had entirely defeated the French in a battle, which Lilted from the 27th to the 3oth ult. Thefe accounts were received on the 211 t ianant, by M. ALOPEUi, formerly Ruffian Nlinifter at Berlin, and now re tiding at Slefwick, and by him were fent to Copenhagen. The follow ir g is a Copy of the Proclamation alluded to: PROCLAMATION : " l comrnuricate herewith to the PAN- the certain (and to •• every true friend of his country), happy official intelligence juft s received from Koningfburgh, that the It i.fliati Imperial army " has totally defeated the French troops. Ihe further particulars " will be publiffied hereafter. Ibe battle took place behind War. " law, not far from Oftrolerflca, and hilted three days, viz. from • the 27th to the 3oth December. (Signed) " VAN MANSTEIN." Other letters received by Grvernment, and alto by the fir(' commercial houfeF in the City, confirm gene rally the accounts of the French having been defeated xt Oflrelenfica, and these fc ems not the fmalleft rearm for doubting the fad of the Ruffians having gained a moll fplendid and important vinory, though the offi cial details have not yet arrived. We are happy in being able here to add a few par ticulars refpecling this molt important event, and which come to us from the bell authority. NAPOLEON .expeeted that he would completely an nihilate the Ruffian army. A Ruffian General is Rated to have been bought by the French, and to have been deteacd by the General in Chief, Ke is as he was on the point of leaving to the French the whole of the Ruffian magazines unguard ed. KAMINSKOY, it is Hated, took his !word from him with his own hands, and tent him in irons to Pe• terfburgh ; and the French, when they made their attack, inflead of Alliance or connivance, esperi• enced the moll formidable ielifiance and comnr.rs DEFEAT. In the courfe ref the bsttle, NAPOLEON was out. witted in the execution of one of his own manoeuvres. He had ordered the left wing, commanded, we believe, by G.aetal N c v, to detach itfelf from the centre, cad, it is fuppofed, to turn the oppofite flank of theßuffians. General Lord li•ircarxsos, who was peaty, oh ferved the movement, and, taking inflant advantage of it, hurried forward a heavy body of Ruilfians, - apd fairly cut off this wing from the centre. In the mean time, the French had puffed forward in great force againff the Ruffian line, which was much inferior in force, hoping to break it ; but the Ruffians flood like a wall, and fighting in fome places up to the middle in mud and water, would neither give nor receive quarter. The General whofe divifion was cut off, fern an offer to the Ruffian Commander oppofed to him, to furrender, if he would give him and his troops his protedian, as he law no protped of a peflibility of being extricated from his fituation, and wilted therefore to fave an unnecdfary facrificP of men on either •fide. The Ruffian General accepted his flier, and, with fame difficulty, prevented his men from cutting them in iiitces. During the aftion about 8000 teeth Ruffians came into t:re field. The late of the day was decided, and of five columns of the Fr ench that were preterit, three were .completely routed ; one it is Paid teluted to advance, and the fifth, we believe that of General Ner, furtendered. When NAPOLEON reached War law he was almuff unaccompanied. Lettets received by Government nate, that NAPO- Law+ was at Warfaw on the Bth inflant; that the Ruffians had creffed the Viaula, and that an action took place, on the preceding day, at Syachfcaw, on the road'between Warfaw and Pofen, in which THE FRENCH WERE COMPLE I'LLY DEFEATED. Should this prove correti, it follows that the Ruf flans are purfuing and harraffing the enemy. Letters from Dantzic m‘ntion, that forty thoufand French ?ricottas have been marched into Koningf berg. The following are two of the letters received by yefterday's Mail : " HAMI3URGH, JAN. tt. " We have as yet nothing new about the battles of the 27th and 28th of December. It fermi that the French had Come advan tage on the a6th ; but have been entirely beaten the two lalt days No Bulletin appeared, though lams from Warfaw to the 7th of Jant.ary, arc in town. Taft night a courier arrived, and Come hours after our troops left us to march to HefGa. It leans that the revolt them, and throughout the greslialt part of Wcftphalia. it very ferious. The infurgents arc underftood to be before Hanau." a COPENHAGEN, JAN. so. " Authentic accounts have reached us of the defeat of the French. They differ, in a trifling degree, from thole I tranfmltted to you on a former occ.,fiun. It is arc( rtaintd that it was on the 2% , th and 3eth that the RuEans were strongly reinforced, and the ' 1 French experienced a reverie of fortune. The lots of the French, in the variuns engagemehts, is eftimatcd at 50 000 men. On the 27th, when it was generally ftippofed the Ruffians had been vtdlo they continued to tall back upon their reinforcements, which ultimately gained them a glorious triumph over the enemy. I have Peen letters from Wartaw, dated the Stb, which are entirely client refpetiing the difalters of the French, but this may be ac counted for. One thing is clear, and from which is derived much confolation, that the Ruffians have not Curtained any loffes ruble' event to the 26th of December, tcherwile they would have cum prifed the C ,, bitance of a Bulletin ; and we do know, that no Bulletins were publifhed from the French head quarters up to the icth inftant. The people here are in the higheft Ipirits, and, from the proipcdt bcfure us, hope for better times." The intelligence of the defeat cf the French receives confiimation from every quarter. The news is cur rent in Holland, from whence accounts have been received of fo late a date as hall Wednefday, as our Readers will fee by the following letter from Dover, received this day : " DOVER, JAN 30. " A Lady landed here laft night from au American chip, that left the Teel only on Wcantfday Lit. and the lays, that it was rumoured that the French Lad Whined a very (evert defeat, bay ing loft front y' to 6. - -,oco men,and I am informed by a Gei.desnan who left. Yingling two days ago, that it was believed at that place, that the French had met with a great check. The inhabitants of that pi.n.e have lately been formed into two battalions, and du duty in the garrifun, there bang no regular troops in the town or neigh• bourhood " FURTHER ACCOUNTS. Another Denmark Mail arrived this day, and has brought Haniburgh and Alma Papers to the zstli, and a number of private letters. Their cnn tcnts are fimilar to the preceding details. We need hardly repeat, what we have frequently brought to the recolldlion of our Readers, that the accounts derived from Continental Journals ought to be re ceived with much caution, moll of them being under the contr. ul of the French. Their anxiety to con tradidt every account which reprefents their affairs as in a critical Hale, and their zeal to propagate reports favourable to their own caufe, ate thong proofs that they have fuftered a defeat. LXTRACT OF A PRIVATI LITTER FRnM ALTON*, DATED JANUARY 23. A few days ago, a German traveller of diflineion, arrived at Hamburgh, from Ruffia and Poland, who publicly related that the letter which the Minilter of War, BERTVIEIt, lately wrote to the Empiefs J9ll. PHIME, cotrained w, news of frefh vi6lot ies, hut only the tidings of NAPOLEON'S being in pertaj good health : he added, that he knew that the French had. been 'defeated fince the 26th, by the Ruffians. This declaration induced General Michaud, the prefent Military Governor of Hamburgh, to fend for the stranger, and interrogate him privately. The latter firielly adhered to all he had raid; and, as a proof of his fpeakine the truth, he freely offered to become a hostage to the General, till he 01004 receive the confirmation i the hater, however, eon ! fawn of the traeclig's, integrity, difmiffed him with Ihe retinas sequel never to (peak of fuch 1 things for the future. On the 2.0. h inllanr, a Lubec weird arrived in that Port, from Riga, when the French Com mandant fent immediately a number of foldiers on board to feize and examine all letters and papers, and to announce to the Captain, crew, and pal- fengers, that their mentinning any thing contrary to the interell of the French, or their Aißes, would be punithed with death. BANKS OF THE BLBE, JAN. az. Judging by the intelligence which has arrived from different countries, and which entirely agrees, there were, after the viaory gained by the French, on the 26t11 ult. more confiderable engagements on the 27th, 28th, and 29th following ; whofe refults are not yet officially known.—nhona Mercury, gar. 23. ALTON& JANUARY 23. It is reported that Barn de 13udberg will have the portfolio of Foreign Affairs at Peter(bnrgh taken from him, and that it will be given to Count de Stackelberg ; the Counts Vlbwonze ff have, we are affured, a great influence in the affairs of the empire. Fifty tons of gold from Heffe, paired through Hano ver on the isith of this month. BFRLIN, JAN.IS. People have been pleafed (Gips the 7d,grath) to fpre.sd a report within aide few days, that Prince Anhalt Plefs, who commands the Pruffian troops in Silefia, has raifcd the whole country, and organized fcveral confiderable bodies of troops. It is true, that this General, after he had united the detachments from the garrifons of Schweidnitz and Brieg, made an attempt to raife the fiege of Breflau, which has now capitulated ; but this attempt was very unft,c cefsful, and a fmall Bavarian corn which was fent out againft him, put every one of his corps into dif order, and cut them up fo completely that none of thefe detachments were able to return to their gar rifons. Jaw. 17.—(From the Telegraph.) Intelligence has been received here, from Warlaw, tf the tub and 13th infant, which announces that the Ruffians fill continue their retreat ; and it is believed that they will take np their wintei quarters on the other fide of the Niemen. The lamperor has a levee twice a week, at which the mon dittinguithed perlons of the country Jens ble. There are Rill at Warfaw deputations from Saxony, from the kingdom cf Naples, and from that of Italy ; the Aufirian General, M. Le Baron de Vincent, who lately terminated a diplomatic miflion at Paris, is alfo at Warfaw. JAN. itt.—.(From the 7eltgraph).—Although the reports which we yeflerday noticed can fcarcely find any credit longer, yet it may nut be altogether im• proper to recur to them once rn - re. We are a frused that Come malicious fabricated eltraCts from imagi nary newfpapers, full of the victories obtained by the Ruffians, arc indulirioufly circulated through this city. It can hardly be conceived how loch dull and (lurid ftories can be handed about. They fay—what do they not fay ?—They conclude that, becaufe the Em peror, on account of the feverity of the feafon, was pleated to interrupt for a moment his victorious ca reer, by putting his army into winter quarters, the French army has been defeated, and that the Ruffians have been victorious. This is a good joke indeed ! What ! the Ruffians victorious ? When they have been driven from the banks of the Viflula, hunted out from all their pofitions on the Bug and Narew, and driven into confufion and diforder at Pultulk and Golymin ; when, in fhort, they have been forced out of every point by the victorious French army t If they were victorious, it furtly was not when the pitiful fragments of the Pruffran army were driven back from Reidenburg and Willenberg,cut up, and thrown into the woods and meraffes. And the army which compelled them to recrofs all the rivers, which putfued them horn poll to poll, which every where forced, their entrenchments, and cartied off their baggage and artillery, and drove them behind Oflrolertka and the Niemen ; this was the defeated airily ! 0 ye credulous fpif its, who lead mankind into met-, reconcile to us thefe abfurdities! Vouchfafe to tell us tome more of thefe laughable (lonics with which you have been miffed. You have been told that theft have been illuminations and re joicings at Koningfberg. How much mull we pity the inhabitants of Koningfberg and every one con tained within its walls, if they have no other caufe for rejoicing than thole reports, which are circulated here, and according to which they are (Aid to have celthrated their imaginary good fortune. Rejoicings and illuminations in the city of Mifer y and Sorrow I 'atilt not thole mi s fortunes, which it is your fird and molt faced duty to refpe.L I JAN. 20.-( From the 1 ele:raph ). By advice: from Vienna, of the 29th inn. we are affured that the Am bafradors of Ruflia and Ptuffia, at that court, have in concert given in a note, in which they reptefent that as it is to be feared that the Emperor of the French will endeavour to refute the Kingdom of Poland, it would he the interefl of Auftria to make a common caufe with theft two powers. They, how. ever, received for anfwer a pofitive aliiirance that Aultria would continue neutral during the whole of prefent war. VIENNA, JAN. 4. We are afTured that the gentry of Gallicia have ma nifeaed a define to unite themfelves with the infur gents in Pi uffian Poland, but that the principal chiefs have been arrefted and condu&ed to th e f ortre f s of Olmutz ;—it is thought that in ord er to give m ore importance to the mearores of Government, artil• levy and ammunition is going to be tranfported from Hungary into Gallicia. MAGDEBURG, JAN. 47. Our hofpitals are full of tick—the forced mart s in fuch a feafon, and in loch bad weather, have in.. undated us with feveral diforders and particularly dyfenteries. The French authorities at Berlin have jutt fent us an order to reprefs the payment of tl.e contributions.— Wei% de Nord. CONSTANTINOPLE, Df.C. rz. According to letters from Bucharefl, the Ruffian trdops ate momentarily expelled in that city ; flit number of thofe who have palled the Dnieller, ar e reckoned at 30,000 men. General Michelfon wt.° commands this carps of the army, has under him, Generals Hulufere and Prince Dolgorucky (FROM FM CORRESPONDENTEN OF J A NUARY 24 WARSAW, DECEMBER 27. The line of defence which was drawn from Konigf. berg to the mouth of the Narew is now broken through. The Ruffian army is efiimated at one hundred and twenty thoufand men. Within theft few days from eight hundred to one thoufand calks of wine have artived for the ufe of the troops.. The Poles who are Rationed on the right wing of the army have diflinguilhed themfelves in several engagements. MUNICH, JAN. r 4. The augmentation and completion of our army of contingent proceeds uninterruptedly. On the 4th, one half of the tegiment of dragoons of Bubenhofen having joined its other half at Ingolfladt, marched for Silefia: the railing of recruits which now extends to the city, is carried on with the greaten aftivity. AUGSBURG, JAN. 1 4. To-day feveral hundred Bavarian troops, infantry and cavalry, with four pieces of cannon, marched for the bier, to fupprefs the tumultuary movements which have taken place in fume parts of the country, on account of the raifing of recruits, but which will loon be fuppreffed. _ _ VERONA, JAN. 6. The order prohibitir.g the importation of foreign goods and manufaCtures, leather and linen excepted, into the kingdom of Italy, has been enlarged, and the permiffion extended to the 2111 of January, 1807. — Commercial people are profiting of this with the ut. mon aftivity. Here, and efpecially at Venice, a great number of flops and magazines, where Eng Nth manufafturea only have been fold, have been (hut up. FROM THE LAS T' DENMARK MAILS. FROM THE MAINE, JANUARY sj• General Oudinot is appointed to the command of wenry thoufand men, who are to aft as auxiliaries to the Turks. FRANCKFORT, JANUARY 23. Letters fmm Warfavt of the 3d, fay, that Mar tha' Lawnes was wounded in the !boulder by a muf• ket ball in the laPt engagement. Martha' Augereau had a horfe shot under him, as had alto G e neral 'Freilhard, who was wounded along with General Worleintt. • MENTZ, JANUARY 13. Befides the numerous depots which daily pats through here to the Grand Army, we have had no tice of two particular corps, the one confilling of cavalry alone, ten thouland in number. Since molt of the cavalry have left France, it is ►itppofed that a corps of gendarmerie are to aft as a body of referve in the rear of the French Army. DORSTEN, JAN. so . Yeflerday there arrived here 200 French Cullom Houle officers, who will let out to-morrow for Ham burgh and Lubeck, where they will refide in future. As many mere are expelled to-morrow, who will pro ceed to the fame cities. CASSEL, JAN.:4. On: Gazette contains the following Article " The ditturbances which had broken out in various parts of fide, are wholly quelled. Wife and deci. five "marina have extinguithed the evil in the birth, and thereby annihilated the plans of a few fools, who by theit conduit teemed to with for the deftrullion of their country. The ringleader of all thefe mutineers is feized. Tkanki to the Government for averting in good time fo much mifchief from Hetre. This country now begins to enjoy its former tranquillity. At Caffel and the (urrounding (lima, it was never for a moment deftroyed." SECOND EDITION. A Difpatch from Lord Hui-oily rm. arrived this motning, dated the 23d ult. brought by a Meffenger, who failed from Dar.tzick on the 3oth, but who had been embaried films the 26th. We underfland that he had not heard of any tattle fubfequent to the 26th. A communication has alto been made to Govern. ment from Vienna, dated the toth (latch that all accounts from Warfaw concur in admitting. that the French were defeated on the ;6th at Pau& —that out of five columns which attacked the Riff flans, only one was fuccefsful; that Bonaparte's great objea in making the attack, was to be enabled to pulb on to Dirkftock, on the road to Grodno, with a view to get poffeffion of the Ruffian magazines there, in which objea of coot fe he had completely failed ; that there was great difcontent in the French army, and 0 2 6 BOMAPAITE had been obliged to promife them to so into winter quarters. Ye(today, on the arrival of the Difpatchu from Mt. TuottuTow, a Meircoger was immediatt ff: off to the KUNG at Windtor, and Circular 4 were alt o forwarded to the Foreign Minine*. Cahipet Council was likewile held, and fat tome