Star. — London, England, 1809-01-30 00:00:00

PRICE ONLY ONE SHILLING. THE ARMY and the Public anti respectfullyln formed that the Monthly Army Li,t, to be Publishetion the First of February, will as usual, an 4 exchtsively, contain the EXACT QUARTERS OF THE WHOLE OF THE ARMY AT HOME AND ABROAD, tozethcr with a correct Plan of the Harbour of Corunna, and the Scite of the late Engagements. Printed for RICHARD Pnut.trs, No. 6, Bridge-itreet, Black friars, London. THE MONTHLY ARMY LIST. MISS HILL'S NOVEL. This day was published, in Three Volumes, price 15s. in boards/ THE FOREST OF COMALVA ; a NOVEL. Contalring Sketches of PORTUGAL and SPAIN, and part of FRANCE. Printed for RICHARD Punt.' rs, No. 6, Bridge-street, Black friars, London. LIFE OF THE LATE RIGHT HON. WILLIAM PITT, By JOHN GIFFORD, Esq. Printed for Jr. CADELL and W. DAVIES, Strand. THE Author finding himself incapable of d e t ailin g the events of so interesting and important a period, within the limit which he originally prescribed to himself ; and the Pub lishers having been honoured with intimations from many of Mr. Pitt's most distinguished friends, that a more elegant Edition than that hitherto announced, would be highly acceptable ; the Public is respectfully informed, that the Work will be brought forward early in the month of May next, in the three following forms, viz. 1. One hundred copies, splendidly printed in three Volumes Imperial Quarto; which will be faithfully appropriated according to the dates of orders received. . A limited Number, in three elegant Quarto Volumes, on Royal Paper. 3. Handsomely printed in Six Volumes, Octavo. Each of these Editions will be illustrated with two finely-en. graved Portraits of Mr. Pitt ; one from the bust executed by Mr. Flaxman ; the other from the most approved original Pic ture; and of these, one hundred Proofs will be taken off for the superior copies, and the next impressions for the Royal Paper Edition. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. MONDAY, JANUARY 30. KING CHARLES'S /VIARTTRDO24.—HoIiday ' at the Bank, Exche quer, and Stamp Office. V. No Plays.—The Sacred Oratorio of the MESSIAH, at the Theatre Royal in the Haymarket. PRICE OF S COCKS ON SATURDAY. Bank Stock 244 244 India Bonds, 9s. 10 8 . pre. S per Cent. Red. 671 68-I 671 I Imp. Ann. 7j 9-16ths 3 per Cent. Cons. 641 66j 67 Ex. Bills 125. 14s. pre. 4 per Cent. 8301 Omnium prem. 5 per Cent. Navy 991-41 Lottery Tickets 211. 191. Long Ann. 18 11-1619.16 tbs Cons. for acc. 67E-if Letters from Cadiz to the 16th instant, have been received. They state, that information of the retreat of the British upon Corunna, and their subsequent embarkation, had reached Cadiz. It is added, that the ardour of the inhabitants of the South of Spain had not been damped in the least. Considerable reinforcements had marched from Andalusia, for the armies under the command of the Duke de l' IN FANTADO, and Marquis PALACIOS. The latest intel- ligence from the latter was of the l'.2th, when his head quarters continued at Carolina, where they had been established since the beginning of the month.— It does not appear that any attempt was made to pe• netrate to Madrid during the absence of BONAPARTE. The Spanish army which blockaded Barcelona, has fallen back to the frontiers of Valencia. A ship of war was waiting at Cadiz for Don PEDRO CEVALLOS, appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to this country. He is ex pected to be the bearer of the ratification of the Treaty mentioned in the Speech at the opening of the Ses sion. Part of the Garrison of Gibraltar had arrived at Cadiz. A letter from Don T. MORLA to the Junta has been published by order of the latter, in the Seville Gazette. This production is a proof of the false hood and duplicity of the writer. It is written for the purpose of persuading men, who arc excepted from BONAPARTE'S Act of Amnesty—who have, in fact, a price put upon their heads—that resistance is fruitless. It states that he has seen JOSE2'II BONA PARTE ; that he was an amiable man in every re spect, and very fit to be their King ; and he recom mends it to them not to trust their parts and strong places to the English. The Junta, in publishing this letter, have expressed their deepest indignation at the conduct of the traitor. By the WEAZEL sloop of war arrived from the Me diterranean, dispatches have been received from Sir A. BALL, dated 15th December, at Malta; from Lord ComANowoon, off Toulon ; from the Commander at Gibraltar, dated the 14a11 instant ; and. from Mr. FRERE, forwarded to Cadiz, which place she left on the 15th instant. " Copy of a letter from Cartain ST ACKPOOLX, of his Alajesty's ship Pilo ESE, to the Hon, \V. W. POLE, dated 4 ‘ Gibraltar Bay, Dec. 31, 1808. at The missing ships of the convoy amount to thirteen, five hav ing arrived since the 25th, viz. the Naiad, bound for Malaga; the Juno, Barbara, and Minerva, for Malta; and the Lion, for Gi braltar. But l have good reason to suppose that many of them have rassed by and gone up the Mediterranean, as the Pratique Master has ii.formed me that a number of vessels had a slay or t wo before my arrival run directly tip," The Baroness Dc ROBECK arrived at Portsmouth on Friday, to see he: son, a Lieutenant in the 7th dragoons, returned from Spain. The expellee of rebuilding and refurnishing the w ing of St. .lames's Palace, lately destroyed by fire, 5 estirnat,ld £lOO,OOO. The money remaining in the Treasury, after eight millions had been sent to the Bank to pay the Christ mas Dividends, is said to have amounted to' between six and seven millions. Sir JoHN NICHOLS is, we tmderstand, to be sworn i n A Pricy Council.lor, in consequence of his advance- I T,ent to >ae one of the Judges of the Arches Coutt. THE ARMY• The James transport arrived at Portsmouth, on Saturdayjost, with part of the German Legion on board, which embarked at Vigo with the Brigades under command of Generals CRAUFORD and Airs, and sailed from thence under convoy of his Majesty's ship ALFRED. In order to afford room in the temporary Barracks at Canterbury, for the 18th Light Dragoons, the 2d Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) are ordered from thence to take the Coast duty from Dover to Dunge ness.—Two squadrons of the 3d Dragoon Guards' which were ordered from Sussex for this service, have in consequence been countermanded. It is said that no account will be made public of the loss sustained in the late campaign in Spain, but that the commanding officers of corps are directed to communicate by letter, to the friends of the partlts who may have been killed or wounded on the oc casion. _ _ Thursday evening arrived at Ramsgate Pier the Joseph and Mary brig transport,. J. PARKER, having on board, from Corunna, five Officers and 129 men, of the following Regiments, viz.— Guards, 44 men-38th Regiment, 6 men-52d Regiment, Capt, Douglas, 1 Lieutenant, 1 Ensign, and 25 men-60th Regiment. (9d battalion) Major Forneret, and 36 men-79th Regiment, I (Highlanders) Lieut. M`Flae. and 18 men. Three transports, with artillery, are ordered to de bark at Ramsgate, where they are hourly expected. Sir JOHN MOORE was buried in his clothes, and without a coffin, in a grave dug up by the hands of the Officers of his Staff ! Advice has been received, that 600 sick troops are on their passage from Lisbon ; 400 of them are of the King's German Legion. We learn with pleasure that Captain HonoE, of the 7th Hussars, for whose safety considerable fears were entertained, has landed at Falmouth with part of his troop. The Honourable Colonel GORDON, Aid-de-Camp to General Sir DAVID BAIRD, has gone to Portsmouth in order to accompany the General to town. The number of the troops from Spain, arrived at Portsmouth, is estimated at 10,000. They began to debark on Friday. The 82d regiment, which came on shore at Ports mouth on Friday, embarked 460 men at Corunna ; their loss in the campaign is 15 officers and 540 men. . Most of the regiments which have been landed seemed to have sustained a proportionate loss. Their ap pearance excited the sympathy and commiseration of all who saw them. The 7th Dragoons debarked on Saturday afternoon ; the cavalry had saved very few of their horses ; it is computed that upwards of 6000 died and were destroyed ; The 7th brought home 70 out of 700. Very little of the baggage of the army was saved. As an instance of the great fatigue our army under went in their retreat to Corunna, we are informed, that when the Ist regiment, or Royals, arrived on the evening of the 10th at Betanzos, near Corunna, they only mustered, with the colours, nine Officers, i three Serjeants, and three privates ; the rest had dropt on the roads, and did not all join for three days. The hurry and confusion in embarking were such at Corunna, that it was difficult for many of the troops to find the transports that were allotted for them. The soldiers were taken in by any boats as they reached the shore. Part of different regiments as they came in, and those that could not find the vessels intended for them, were put on board any other that could receive them. The Military Chest, on the retreat of our Army towards Astorga, contained dollars to the amount of six hundred thousand pounds, and about fifteen hun dred.pounds in gold coin. To prevent this money falling into the hands of the enemy, it was thrown into rivers, caverns, &c. ; and to this circumstance, we hear, a large portion of our loss of men on the march is imputable, many persons having dropped behind, under various pretences, in the hope of recovering part of the specie so disposed of, who were afterwards unable to regain their respective corps. The privations to which our brave army were ex posed during its retreat, were most distressing. For many days they had no other food than potatoes and water, and frequently an insufficient supply of the former. A French Colonel was taken in the neigh bourhood of Benevente, and sent under an escort to Corunna. On arriving at a town near Lugo, the party were unable to procure a breakfast either by en treaty or money : the Frenchman laughed at the em barrassment of our Officer, and observing that we had much yet to learn in the science of campaigning,begged to be allowed to cater for the party : he called the man of the house, and on his appearing, knocked him down with the hilt of his sword : he then commanded him to provide breakfast, adding, that if he delayed, he would help himself. The inhospitable lost pro fited by the hint, and in a few minutes served up a profusion of every thing. Sir bun Moone had not been an hour in the field, on the I 6ilt, at Corunna, when he received the wound which deprived his country of his valuable life. Lieu tenant KNIGHT, as we before gtated, was close by Sir JOHN when he received his mortal wound; as was also Colonel GRAHAM, the late Member for Perthshire.— The cannon ball struck the ground about twenty yards from the spot where Sir JOHN was placed, from whence it rebounded and took him in the shoulder. It knocked him off his horse, but he soon recovered himself, rose from the ground, and sheaved a dispo sition to re -mount, before he perceived that his arm was gone. He was then placed in a sort of car or waggon ; but it had scarcely begun to move, when he complained of the pain caused by the motion of the vehicle. Some blankets were then procured, in which he was placed, and conveyed into the town. He said very little after he received his wound. The Sur geons expressed surprise that it did not produce im. mediate death, as, besides the loss of his arm, his side wu all bruised and shattered by the ball. Colonel - GRAHAM was hurt in several places in the body, and PORTSMOUTH, JANUARY EL cut in the face by the earth and stones thrown up by the ball when it struck the ground. His horse was Arrived his Majesty's ships ANTELOPE, from St. He. killed under him shortly after, and he mounted that Lena ; LITTLE BELT, from the coast of Africa ; and of his late gallant leader. • the SrAmtowilawic, with about 20 sail of transports During the retreat to Corunna, the troops had to under convoy, from Falmouth. Put back the Nep. cross a piece of water which was breast high. The tune East Indiaman. The whole of this day it.Li much-lamented late Commander set his soldiers the blown a gale-at W.S.W. and now (7 P. M.) corr.. example in wading across ; and observing an Ensig n of one of the regiments preparing to be carried ever nues with unabated fury. Several vessels are di irer. by a grenadier, Sir JOHN MOORE desired him to get on shore with the loss of anchors, cables, &c. Two upon his legs, told him his brother soldier had bur- brigs are come into the harbour with the loss of an. then enough in his knapsack, ammunition, and arms, chors and cables. At 3 o'clock no less than seven and made the delicate Officer wade through the water. signals for assistance were flying at Spithead. ii His Majesty's ship Vic-roar, JAN. 24. " The people of Corunna began to be very seriously PLYMOUTH, JANUARY 26. alarmed on the 14th ; and on the following day the The Young Fanny, of Pappenburgh, with a cargo British army having taken its post under the walls of of brandy, wine, oil, verdigrease, and drugs, wa , the town, a dreadful suspense ensiled. At that mo- driven ashore yesterday evening in Witsand Bay, to ment I went on shore, and proceeded to the spot the westward of the Ramhead, and it is feared she where the army was stationed. The enemy were re will be lost : several of her crew, and the two pilot: connoitering our position, and moved in such a way as to convince us, that they were fluctuating with (one fromMevagissey, and Vallank of Caws tnd), ar e respect to the point of attack. This apparent rode- I drowned, and the others that are on board, arc in cision gave us reason to suppose that they had aban. very great d anger o f b e i ng d r owned : every assist doned their determination, and that no fighting would ante is ready to be given, as opportunity offers, but take place until the following day ; but on every oc-1 casion our troops evinced so much zeal , and displayed ' the sea runs very high on the shore. The Young so many attitudes of menace, that the enemy became Fanny was detained by the TRIUPH, of 74 guns, off irritated, and commenced the attack on the right.— ' and from Bourdeaux, and was in possession of part The onset was terrible, and, after a lapse of the first of that ship's crew. A passage vessel, that sailed half hour, the succeeding three quarters were filled from hence for Falmouth on Monday last, was wreck up with the most dreadful thunder of cannon and . ed near Looe Island, in Witsand Bay, and the pas musketry ever heard. I was in Egypt when the bat tle was there fought, and have seen much dreadful sengers, consisting of 26 women, were unfortunately fighting in other parts, but never witnessed any thing drowned. The CANOPUS, of 84 guns, that was said like the battle of Corunna. The British troops to a 1 I to have arrived the day before yesterday, erroneously man behaved like heroes, a shout succeeding every reported, it appears that she is not arrived. Two volley : they did much execution with their musket balls, but they completely defeated their antagonists companies of Royal Artillery embarked this day, on at the point of the bayimet. Souk's army bore the ' board transports, for Gibraltar. brunt of the engagement, and I believe every man of PLYMOUTH-DOCK, JAN. 26. them would have been put to the sword, had not Ships of war in this port, viz. Marshal Ney been at hand, with a reinforcement of In Cawsand Bay- The Temeraire, Victory, Tonnant, Ear. more than 20,000 men. It was at one time said, that fleur, Implacable, Elizabeth, Norge, Zealous, and Resolution. the reinforcement was under the command of Junot , In the Soind—The Amethyst, Amazon, Lavinia , Emer.ild, but it has since been ascertained that it was the divi- : Narcissus, Unicorn, Jamaica, M%niiator, Eclipse, Eclair, Pea sion under the command of Ney. I cock, and Goshawk. "We have serious complaints against some of the i Between Drake's Island and the Main—The Raleigh, Encoun. masters of the transports, while the troops were em- , ter, Growler, Cuckoo, and Sprightly. barking Finding little or perhaps nothing for the i In Catwater—The Weaxel. cause and necessity of exertion, many of them, - after i In Storehouse Pool—The Orestes, Foxhound, Betsey, liSin receiving on bnard what is usually called their com- I rod, and Fayourite. element of men, refused admission to others ; and In Barn Pool—The Pheasant, and Raven. ln fi r am r o d az ri e—S k alpdor Resolute, Mundo (flag ship). Gibraltar, after this, in defiance of their orders to get under im-1 1 p r i nc e Argu , mediate weigh, they continued until the following ri e gre e ss c ,( . S. ) d S ybille, Diana, Tribune, Martial, an Entreprenante. French NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. morning, and then, when attacked by the Fre,. from the heights, who discharged a few pieces of ar tillery at them, they cut their cables, and gladly put to sea. Very serious charges will be brought against many of them." The New South Wales Corps is for the future to be called the 102 d Regiment. The 9th Garrison Battalion (Sir SAMUEL AUCH• MUTY'S) is now the 103 d Regiment. Arrived the COSSACK, from Falmouth.—Sailed the Annual, on a cruize. COWES, JANUARY 27. Yesterday morning the hoy Maria, of Gibralt tr, HESELTINE master, from Seville, with fruit, was stranded at Barnes's Chine, on the south part of the Isle of Wight; most part of the cargo, it is hoped, will be saved Just arrived, in distress, the Portu guese ship Flora, from Penambucco, MUNTEIIIO master, last from Corunna, into which port she had run for shelter, but under the circumstances in which , that country was situated, was obliged to quit it, with the loss of anchors, cables, &c. Also the Bre men ship Martha Margaretta, from Baltimore, with 48 hogsheads of tobacco. DEAL, JANUARY 29. Several Grandees, and other Spaniards of dis. tinction, have landed at Plymouth during last week from Corunna and Vigo: some of them have brought over considerable quant►ties of specie —dollars, and ' doubloons are very plentiful there. Admiral MONTAGUE is said to have proposed to Go vernment to fit out all the Danish ships of war as transports, offering to restore them to their original state, after they had been thus employed, at a trifling expence : but his proposition was declined. Serious apprehensions are entertained for the fate of the Superb, Admiral KEATs, and of the two frigates, which are locked up by the ice in the Cattegate► The tremendous islands of ice, which obstruct the naviga tion in the Baltic, are carried by the wind and ode with such an irresistible velocity, that they cut the strongest ship to pieces in a few minutes. Dreadful is the situation of 2000 of our 'gallant seamen, who `have no means of safety against the force of these I merciless elements. Came down from the River, his Majesty's ship DOLPHIN, and the PERSEVERANCE EaSt•lndiaman.-- Sailed his Majesty's ship GALATEA, for the River. — Wind South, blows hard. DOVER, JANUARY 27. - - The wind blew hard the whole of yesterday from the S. W. to W S. W. attended with rain, which continued all night. This morning the transport (brig) Hermoine, Captain RAILSTONE, arrived of kere from Spain, with a part of the German Legion and some French prisoners on board ; she was blown past Portsmouth, and has proceeded on to the Downs. Several small vessels went from hence this morning to the wreck of the East India ships, for the purpose of saving part of their cargoes and matcrials.—Wind W. and blows strong with small rain. YARMOUTH, JANUARY 27. On Tuesday the Captains of the Navy at Ports mouth gave a farewell dinner to Admiral MONTAGU, at the Crown Inn, in that town—Upwards of sixty persons sat down to dinner, which was the most sumptuous that could be served up.—General POR TER, the Honourable General HOPE, the Honourable General PAGET, Admiral OTWAY, Colonel GRAHAM, Aid-de-Camp to the late brave and lamented Sir JoiiN MOORE, &c. were present.—Lord ANIMUS BEAUCLERC was in the chair. Arrived his Majesty's ships BRUIZER, CALYPSO, RICHMOND, ROYALIST, and ALERT, and remain with the following, viz.—ROEBUCK, Vice-Admiral Dot, GLAS ; PRINCESS CAROLINE, Commodore PATER; ABOUKIR, of 74, Captain GEORGE PARKER ; BELLE , ROPHO'N, Captain S. WARREN ; STATELY, Captain W. CUMBERLAND; AMIABLE, Captain Lord GLOROS STUART I EPuIRA, EGERIA, CHANTICLEER, E RE BUS. and BOLD gun-brig.--Wind S. W. DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE. MONEY. The following is an extract of a letter from the I Master of a transport, arrived from Quiberon, to his! Owner, dated the 23d instant Sir, I have just' time to say we are arrived on the Mother Bank, this j day frOm Quiberon, with the locc of both anchors and cables, windlass broke, and other damage, which happened in a most dreadful gale of wilt(' on the Bth instant. We saved the ship with great difficulty, by running into a creek in the bay, the particulars of which I will write you in my next. We are obliged to stop on the Mother Bank, having so many of the crew sick. The gale was so tremendous,that nothing but inevitable destruction seemed to await the whole fleet; every ship in the greatest distress. The scene was most dreadfid.—l herewith subjoin a most melancholy ac count :—the Elizabeth, E. E. was totally lost ; the Elizabeth, H. I. also totally lost, master and wife and one boy drowned ; the Elizabeth, No. 149, on shore, much damaged, and little hopes of getting her off ; the Minerva, L. K. total loss ; the Duke of Clarence, K. L. in the creek, much damaged ; Rodney, 0. W. ditto ; transport, D. L. ditto ; Good Intent, l No. 130, came to sea with us • Shelbourne, N.B. dit to : parted with her off ti.e Wight on the 21st. We sailed from Quiberon on the 16th inst. The whole of the ships lost their anchors and cables ; they left Lisbon with us on the Bth inst." Last Monday a Court Martial was held on board the Gladiator, at Portsmouth, on Hugh Entwistle, Corporal of Marines, on board his Majesty's ship Merope, for theft, drunkenness, and riotous behavi our.—He was sentenced to be reduced to a private. —William Simmons, seaman, belonging to the Nau tilus, for mutinous behaviour on board a prize taken by the Nautilus, was acquitted. The Diana, for the Horizon, captured the 16th July, 1806, will be paid on board, to•morrow, and recall. d on Tuesdays, at No. 18, Clement's Inn. The Asia East-Indiaman, for the Dutch ships taken at St. He lena, in 1795, will be paid at the Ship, Leadenhall-street, on Wednesday and Thursday, and there recalled on Wednesdays. The Essex East-Indianian for the above ships, will be paid or Thursday, at No. 5, White-Lion -court, CornbW, and there re called on Thursdays. FROM LI OYD'S LIST. The Mary, Hutton, front Southampton, for Shields, is ca p • tured and carried into France. The Fairfield, Vetch, from Sandswell, for London, is lost neat Peterhead. The Manchester, —, from Sallee, for London, was lost n- Wednesday—crew saved. ADMIRALTY COURT, JANUARY 27. This day the Right Hon. Sir W. SCOTT proceede , to the adjudication of the following cases: — Dorothea Maria, Davids master.—This vessel was sailing u American colours, laden with a cargo of hemp, and was captur by his Majesty's ship Salsette, Walter Bathurst, Esq. command, There being no claim given in this case, the property of cour was condemned, and the Master's private adventure restored. Fortuna, Koed master ; Ferdinandus, Krog master ; Twee G• broders, Crofts master ; Niord, Taysen master; Conferonz Ra... ' Uwen master • and the Aurora, Brechke master. The ab o, ' cases were all questions of freight. The Court was clearly opinion, under all the circumstances, that no freight was due. Frederick Julius Raas, 'Thorsen ruaster.—The Court also, this case, refused freight. .•.ld ;s' azo urn, as arU icn! e I ran ant ass on , as ar he eel U 1! h II 6 da CO grr 0 Mi an dz be be 41 • sr t 1 e 1 L. 0 d h z• ip :h tr )ri rn Ise nd so, ith ,v. ; 1• in us, 06, at He- oa s. on re' rap• near t n• - • deJ sir 3 Icit air • 1. 1)' of ue. 0, id