Star. — London, England, 1809-01-23 00:00:00

ots y . ab e d 1 1 11 hood-quarter. it Betiates. The army reached a e neighbourhood of Comma on the 11th, but in consequence cifaourable winds, the transports did not get round till the saw n of the 13th —every thing was prepared to begin the em barkation on the morning following—it was apprehended that a surifice of some horses, baggage, and stores, would be unavoid. able, but there was no doubt but nearly e ar* whole of the troops co ,.td be got off. The rear-guard of our y had. during its fr e quent skirmishes with t he en e m y , b ut on every rerear , eeea siin the superior gallantry and conduct of our troops were esnscicuous. In passing the river Neyra, they were attacked by considerably more numerous body of the enemy, led on, it is 13 ,0 F the Duke of IsrasA, in person, but without the least in• orr jpuon to that movement—in the neighbourhood of Hospital de Chemosco the enemy again came in contact with our troops, tog was a gain repulsed. A short distance from Lugo, Sir JOHN MOORE found that the enemy had accumulated to such a degree, at° en danger the safety of his covering column, and he resolved to give them battle—for that purpose he formed his army, who were e ager to advance, bat he contented himself with that demon• stat i o n, and having sent forward his sick, baggage, &c. continued bb march without further interruption. The French had a corps st Puentedeume, on its route to Ferrol. The Spanish army, under t! .. e Marquis de IA ROMANA, sustained several attacks from the var y, in his retreat to Astorga. The troeis behaved well, but itve severed g reatly from the superior numbers opposed to them. A body of about 9000 men, constituting the left wing, maintained it , position on the Eleza during the 29th and 30th, against the gre atest part of Marshal SOULT% Vigo to embark there. Ten sail of the line and 100 transports were at Corunna, and the seamen had landed, and spiked all the cannon on the batteries, and thrown them over the cliffs. Lord Norr is come over in the Cossack, and is gone off express to London• Of 1 ISM 53C po IC: eec col 13 41 ter de ri to we str bb S . thl P 1111 A it. I 21 rl 511 de Fr to Ati al ab thl da ioi sid co rel at th be Tt T tb 21 21 it Ci sa Se tr fo J. al 37 L a; fct *Ai Tl de sh; P i a an 15, the svb In) da: bo ba fo t Et Jo, aft : n Wt LATER ACCOUNTS. At a late hour last night Lord PA= arrived at Lord CASTLEREAGH'S Office with intelligence that our arm y, at Coruna, were attacked by the enemy on i t i on day last, having previously been joined by cen ecierable reinforcements. On a subject which so ( k.gly interests the feelings of so many families, w e . are extremely anxious not to be found instrumental in propagating erroneous statements, and we therefore confine ourselves for the present to what has been pe. pitted to be issued from the Government Offices in the following BULLETIN. 44 Intelligence was last night received from Corun pof so late a date as Tuesday last.. On the 14th, about one hundred transports arrived from Vigo, and the remainder on Sunday, during the whole of which day there were continual skirmishes with the enemy. Os Monday the. enemy showed themselves in great force about eleven in' the morning ‘ having been con-. siderably reinforced. Soon after two o'clock they commenced their attack, which was principilly di rected on the right of the British posiaon, which they attempted to turn. The regiments which sustained their principal attack were the 4th, 42d, and 50th, being Lord W. BeNTINCWS brigade, who completely repulsed the enemy with great bravery and effect. The Guards charged, but the enemy would not stand the bayonet, and they were repulsed on all sides with considerable loss, and retreated to their former posi tion. The action lasted for three hours, and ended at dusk. " About nine in the evening the embarkation of the army commenced, and at ten on Tuesday morning, it was reported to the Admiral that all had embarked, except 3100 men ; and as the embarkation continued unmolested till half-past twelve, when the COSSACK sailed which brought the account, it is hoped the greater part, if not the whole of them, may have also embarked. The wind continued extremely fair for four days after the COSSACK sailed. Nothing could exceed the gallantry of our troops, " Our loss, however, we regret to state, has been most severe in the death of Lieutenant General Sir J. Moon, who was struck during the action in the left breast by a musket shot, and only lived till about twelve at night. Lieutenant General Sir D. BAIRD also received a shot in the arm, which made it neces sary to have recourse to immediate amputation.— Lieutenant Colonel NAPIER, of the 92d, and Lieute nant Colonel M'KENzIE, of the 43d, were among the lolled. Lieutenant Colonel WINCH, of the 4th, is wounded. The other particulars of this engagement arenot known, as the Government dispatches are not arrived" SECOND EDITION. The great fall of snow since Saturday having numbers, and it blowing a gale at South : had the n-...t.h !mpeded the Mails, our Paper was at press be. 1 transports from Vigo arrived but one day earlier, the fore the letters were this day delivered. Their con- whole of the army would have been got off without *Ants are too important to be withheld from the public. loss ; five of the transports are ashore, and it is said They do not agree in all the particulars which they have been burned: the artillery weunderstand were got detail, nor was this to be expected in the hurry with on board the ships, with some loss; but the loss of the W hich they were sent off. We subjoin them in the officers and soldiers, baggage, and stores, is very great, gape in which they - have reached us : as well as hoaxes. The troops were so hard pressed in PALMOUTH, JANUARY 20. their retreat, that a great number are said to have Ten &Clock, P. M. died on the road from fatigue, as well as women and His Majesty's ship COSSACK, of 22 guns, Captain children that followed the army ; and the French DICEY" is this moment arrived from Corunna, which committed every excess in their march, even to the place she left on Tuesday evening ; at which tins* our burning of Villa Franca, and every place they passed arnsY were embarking with all possible speed : about 1 through : the covering regiments were commanded 15,0 00 were already on b oar d t h e trans p orts , w i t h a ll ! by General HOPE, and performed prodigies of valour, the servi cea bl e h orses o f the cavalry (a b out 1200 or A but they could not withstand -the unequal contest, which had been shot, to prevent falling into the ene. I especially when it is said that the Spaniards rendered vi a y's h an d s ) w i t h the artillery and stores. On Mon- . them no assistance. y the ar m y were engaged w i t ' ) the French seven l The sick and wounded are chiefly on board the men hours, and succeeded in driving them off the field of 1 of war, and will be sent to England. as soon as can battle, t h oug h greatly superior in number , say (Min I be. The GLEANER sloop of war is waiting to bring four to one, and were constant l y rece i v i ng reinforce- I the final dispatches, which may be hourly expected, rents. The l oss i n this battle was great on both sides. an d we pray that the result may not be so bad as is But on the English it fell heavy in the death of Sir l'andcipated. • JOHN Iv loortz, who wa s woun d e d ear l y , an d di e d aeon I The French are i n possession of Ferrol and all the after. Sir DAVID BAIRD has also lost his right arm, 'nd General ANSTRUTIIER is rep Spanish men of war, and will be soon in possession orted to be dead of , cape in the few transports - left for their retreat. The of Vigo. The British troops at that place will es f-qigue, I No Engli s h pr i soners had:been made but such as were w ounded. A part of the army had retreated to foregoing is the substance of what we have been able to collect of this melancholy . disaster, from among the many and Tarim: reports that are in circulation, and we have reason to fear, that the worst is not yet known. More arrivals are hourly looked for, when further and more circumstantial details may be col. lected. It is stated that the Spaniards had 17,000 men at Corunna, and that they were defending it when the ALFRED sailed. The Sir Charles Cotton is also arrived from Co runna, but she sailed the day before the ALFRED, consequently her intelligence is not so recent, only confirms part of the information received by her.— Came in the Ocean transport, Capt. BARIUM, from Corunna, with 296 men, women, and children : she sailed the same day with the ALFRED, and brings the same melancholy accounts. It appears that the Bri tish army suffered every hardship during their march, without receiving the least assistance from the Spanish inhabitants, and we understand that many of them actually died through fatigue and want of common necessaries. It was expected that Sir DAVID BAIRD, whose arm had been amputated, would do well. Various are the accounts of the loss, since the army began their retreat, by killed, wounded and prisoners —some even state them as high as 10 or 12,000 men, but we hope that the account will turn out to be exaggerated. It appears that the French mounted their sharp-shooters, and that they harassed the rear of the British army in this way for 14 days and nights. Also came in the TEMERAIRE, of 98 guns, from the Channel fleet ; TRIBUNE, of 38 guns, from the Eastward, with the loss of her foremast and bowsprit. PLYMOUTH DOCK, JANUARY 21. Six o'Clock, The VILLE DE PARIS, and other ships, are now coming into Hamoaze, and a hearse is waiting in Government-square; to receive the remains of the lamented Sir Joint MooRE. The transports, with the survivors and wounded, are also coming into the harbour in considerable numbers. ANOTHER LETTER-SAME DATE. The Sir Charles Cotton schooner, and two trans ports, have just arrived from Corunna, and brought over an Aid-de-Camp and several British Officers.— The intelligence they bring is dreadful in the extreme. The French army having by forced marches come up with ours, after a part of them had embarked, fell upon our rear-guard, which were posted about a mile from Corunna, consisting of about 6000 men, who were left to cover the embarkation of their comrades. A dreadful and sanguinary conflict took place, which , was sustained by our brave fellowa with an heroism peculiar only to Britons. Our troops who were in Corunna, preparing to embark, hastened to the scene of action. Numbers of our brave fellows were killed, wounded, and taken; and great quantities of artillery, ammunition and baggage, fell into the hands of the enemy.—The sad remains of the British army (the wreck of our hopes) are hourly expected here. P. S.--I have just seen an officer of the 38th, who has this instant, (5. P. M.) landed. He was in• the action, and states, that Generals MOORE, LUDLOW, and ANSTRUTHER, are dead. and that General BAIRD has lost an arm.—General MOORE did not die on the field of battle : he was mortally wounded, and ex pired on board the VILLE DE PARIS on Tuesday last. General BAIRD if on board the VILLE DE PARIS, as are also the remains of the lamented General MOORE. .:The VILLE DE PARIS is hourly expected here. PLYMOUTH, JANUARY 21. This morning arrived the Alfred transport, Capt. LUMLEY, from Corunna, with about 309 wounded soldiers. By this vessel we have received the most distressing accounts of the retreat and embarkation of the British troops, from Corunna, which commen ced on Sunday last ; but the day following the French, by pushing hard, advanced close to Corunna ' with about 50,000 men under the command of Soult, who had been reinforced by Junot, and commenced a general attack on the British troops, that were not embarked, on account of the transports not arriving in time from Vigo, &c. The covering regiments, amounting to about 7000 men, among which were the 81st Regiment, the 2d, and the Royals or Queen's which withstood the attack in the most valliant man ' nor possible, and occasioned dreadful slaughter among the French troops; but we are concerned to say, that the British troops have experienced great loss, parti cularly the 81st ; and the country has to lament the incalculable loss of a great many of her best officers ; ,among whom is General Sir JOHN MOORE ; General ANSTRUTHER also died through excessive fatigue : General Sir DAVID BAIRD is dreadfully wounded, with the loss of an arm, scc. and we have heard of Major MILNE, of the 81st regiment, two other Ma jors, 4 Captains, and many other officers killed and wounded, besides a very great loss of privates ; the extent of which is not known, as when the ALFRRD sailed, on Wednesday last, the troops were not all em barked ; but a heavy cannonading was then kept up from the fleet, under the command of Sir SAMUEL HOOD, consisting of ten sail of the line, which was co. vering the retreat of the transports from the harbour, and assisting the embarkation of the troops with their boats. The greatest confusion prevailed among the trans ports in getting out of the harbour, owing to their FIRE AT ST. JAMES': PALACE. The following particulars of the rise and progress of the fire in St. James's Palace, on Saturday morning, may be depended upon as strictly ac-curate About half-past one in the morning, Mrs. ELLIS, a servant to Mrs. BRANDENBURGH, the female keeper of the KING'S private apartments, was awoke by a strong smell of fire. She instantly jumped out of bed, opened her room door, and found the gallery, leading to Miss RICE'S apartments, (the Queen's Dresser), enveloped in smoke. She courageously went forward to the bed-room of Miss R.'s female attendant, and attempted to open the door, but finding it locked, she knocked violently. No one answering, she looked through the key-hole, and perceived that the room was in flames. Finding every effort to get the doer open fruitless, she ran back to her own apartment ; and, having two children with her, was fearful of them and herself being suffocated by the smoke ; and, seeing the flames coming up the staircase, she, with the children, made their escape out of a window upon some leads, so that we fear there is no doubt but the young woman perished.— By this time (a quarter before two o'clock), the flames had burst out of the windows of Miss RreE's apartments, and the smoke was making its way through the roof. The Duke of CAMBRIDGE'S servants were among the first discoverers of the alarming scene from the exterior ; they apprised his Royal Highness of the event, who had then not retired to rest. The Duke of CAMBRIDGE immediately sent a messenger to order the drums to beat to arms ; and, in the interim, his Royal Highness, attended by his servants, proceeded to that side of the Palace where the fire was situated, viz. the South side, next the garden. Arriving opposite the spot, the Duke saw the unfortunate woman who first made the discovery at the window of her room, (which was next the roof), in a state of mental distraction, shrieking dreadfully, with her two children in her arms.— The flames had by this time communicated to the chamber. The servants of the Duke of CAMBRIDGE likewise perceiving the poor woman's shocking situation, and urged by motives the most laudable, made their way with all possible speed over the roofs from their master's apartments, and round the angle of the Palace to the leads, over the room wherein the unhappy female and her children were confined.— Their arrival was most providential indeed, for she was then at that moment in the act of preparing to throw them out of the window ; but happily they were extricated from their perilous situation without sustaining any very material injury, except the wo man's hair at the back of the head being entirely burnt off. The whole of the inmates of the Palace were by this time (two o'clock), alarmed, and crying out for engines, and water. No water could be pro. cured, when the engines did arrive ; the pipes were frozen up. " Open the great main," exclaimed the Duke of CAMBRIDGE. About 20 men were employed in this work, and a plentiful supply of water procured about half past three o'clock. By this time the fire had extended its ravages over the whole of the left wing ; from the south side of the Palace, viz. the King's private apartments, and the Queen's ; to the Duke of Cambridge's on the east side. The con flagration was beyond conception dreadful ; the co lumns of fire ascended to a prodigious height, and the wind having taken a south-western direction, fears were entertained for Marlborough House, as great bodies, of liquid fire fell upon its roof.— In the midst of all this bustle and confusion, the Prince of WALES made his appearance, having arriv ed on foot, through the Park, accompanied by Colo nel M`MAHON, &c. His Royal Highness found, near the engine-house (next the Park), three of his bro thers, viz. YORK, CUMBERLAND, and CAMBRIDGE, all assisting, by encouraging the men to exert themselves in working the machines. About four o'clock, the great colonade- (in the principal court yard) was dis- , covered to be on fire. No one but a spldier would venture on this part of the Palace ; he directed the pipe as long as the Duke of CAMBRIDGE would permit him to remain there. All efforts proved useless to preserve the greater proportion of the South and the . East sides of the Palace; they were all involved e ruins about six o'clock ; it was nearly nine before th flames were completely got under. No one was more indefatigable than the Duke of YORK. By his Highness's great presence of mind, the lives of several men were preserved; they would have been lost by an ill-judged temerity, in venturing into a part of the Eastern angle, which a few =merits afterwards fell to the ground with a hideous crash, had not the Puke insisted upon their retreating. The Duke of Seem joined the Royal party about a quay. ter past six in the morning. The unfortunate woman who was burnt to death, was to have gone to Windsor on Friday, but on ac- count of the Royal Family removing to Windsor on that day, she could not procure a place in any of the coaches ; she, therefore, took a place to go by one of the Saturday's coaches. No tidings could at first be learned of this servant : the only account that could be obtained of her was from Mrs. ELus, who said she drank tea with her, and about ten o'clock, it being her intention to get up early, he went to bed, and took a piece. of candle with her, about three inches long, to light her to bed. Owing to what accident the fire happened, remains a matter of doubt, but it is certain, that it broke out on or near the King's back stairs. The following apartments are nearly destroyed, viz; 1. The King's Apartments. 2. The Queen's ditto. S. The Duke of Cambridge ditto. 4. Mrs. Moore's ditto. 5. Mr. Tucker's ditto. 6. Mr. Cock's ditto. 7. Mrs. Hunter's ditto. b. The King and Queen's footmen ditto. 9. All the rooms under the colonade, •n the south side of the great court-yard. 10. The roof over the eastern apartmenu in the great court yard. 11 The King's back stairs. 12. The Friary. 13 Part of the Qerman Chapel. The Queen's guard chamber, although much in jured, is not destroyed. The armoury was preserv ed, and almost the whole of the furniture and pictures in the King's apartments. The Duke of CAMBRIDGE lest every thing • his Highnes s ' s attent i on was solely directed to one Object, viz. that of stopping the pro gress of the flames. One-third at least of the Palace is burnt down to the ground ; no part but the walls are left standing. Two parties of foot soldiery, mus tering sixty men each, and a troop of the Life Guards, did duty through the night, to protect the avenues leading to the Palace, and to prevent all improper persons from 'gaining access. The Duchess of YORE, who was at Godolphin H ouse , i n t h e Stable-yard , was so much terrified, that she could not be prevailed upon to continue in her apartments ; her Highness walked to and fro in the garden, until the arrival of the Duke. The Dukes of CLARENCE and KENT were out of town. The absence of the KING, Quit's, and the Princesses, may be considered as a very providers. 41 and happy event ; they left the Queen's House early in the morning previous. Miss Rica was out of town at the time the fire happened in her chambers. Exclusive of the supply of water obtained from the great main in the Palace, the canal in the Park was resorted to, and the reservoir in St. Jamees.street.-- No other accidents happened than those we have al ready enumerated. About fifteen windows in length are burnt down, next the Park. The state apartments, we believe, have escaped. Mr. WYATT, the Surveyor General, has been sent for by an express, to Wilton Park, the seat of the Earl of PEMBROKE. The flames were so vivid, and seen at such a die tance, that a person who arrived from Staines says, that at three o'clock they were se= there, and it was fancied that all London was on fire. The inhabi. tants of the Palace were seen issuing in all directions from their apartment, half•naked, and every effort was made to save the turniture and effects. The en gines continued, occasionally, to play on the smoaking ruins, during the whole of Saturday night. NAUTICiIL IN7'ELLIGENIE. This mornining arrived a Mail from Jamaica, brought to Falmouth by the CAATARET packet: she sailed on the sth December. We are happy in being able to state, that the PAR. TBIAN, of 18 guns, which was reported to have been lost on the Coast of France, was safe in Guavas Lake, Cornwall, on Wednesday. PORTSMOUTH, JANUARY 22. R' 3,! - d Arrived his Majesty's ship BLAU, from the Downs. —Sailed his Majesty's ships BRAZEN, for Cork, and the CLORINDE, with a fleet under convoy for. the East Indies, consisting of the foll ow i ng s hi ps , v i z.— The Henry Addington, Neptune, Cumberland, Scalesby Castle, and True Briton, for Bombay and China ; the Warren Hastings, for Bengal and China ; the Lord Melville, for Madras and Bengal ; and the Cuffnells, for St. Helena, Bengal, and China. Commissioner SHIELD, eor the Cape of Good Hope; Commissioner INMAN, for Madras ; and Capt. WIL. BRAHAZd, Royal Navy, went passengers in the CLO. RINDE.—Wind N.E. DEAL, JANUARY is. Sailed through the Downs the Breckbank, Joi,. LARD, for Cadiz ; Maria, SMITH, for Bermuda ; Czsar, FOWLER, for Jam a i ca ; Nelson, RAIFORD, and the Anson. ANDERSON, for Hayti. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. Gadivasaisn, lAN. V2.—Paced by the Spanish Patriot, Dur rell, from Cadiz.--Sailed the Apollo, Reid, for Curacoa, and the Theresa, Vink, for Heligoland. The Industry, RoasNsoN, from Lisbon, for Lon. don, was captured on the 19th instant, off Beachy Head, and carried into Dieppe. Yesterday morning, at an early hour, the shop of Mr. Solomon, salesman, in Maiden-lane, Coven Gar den, was broken into, and robbed of wearing apparel to.a large amount. The thieves have not yet beta discovered. Yesterday morning, about four o'clock, a ire broke out in the cellar of Mr. Allen, potatoe dealer, in Cross street, Hatton Garden, which burnt the whole of the interior, as well as that of Mr. Sly, boot and shoe. maker, adjoining, and damaged the upper part of the White Lion public house. • Saturday, about twelve o'clock at noon, *a fire was discovered in the wine cellar of Messrs. Buckles, wine merchants, in Elbow-lane, College-hill, occasioned by some loose straw catching fire, but it was get under with only the loss of a pipe of wine"which bil ged by the heat., CORN EXCHANGE, MARK -LANE, JANUARY 98.--Tte Market to-clay has considerable rem tining supplies of Grain in general ; but,' in the state as the latter end of last week, from the Thames Navigation being stopped, no sales of Corn are made, or p r i ces quote 4 and the Factors mostly decline producing samples, but ;he stocks of Pour on hand are plenty---fino 80s, to BU—seconds 765. to 80s.