Star. — London, England, 1809-11-13 00:00:00

DUTCH PAPERS. PARIS, NOVEMBER S. The Saxon Ambassador set off this morning to meet the King his master, who is expected to arrive at Fontainbleau to-morrow, or the following day. His Excellency Marshal the Doke of Ragusa set olf this day to put himself at the head of his corps, hich is to occupy Dalmatia and the Illyrian Pro ♦•inces. The Journal of Gard contains the following article from Nismes, dated October 28 : " The day before yesterday, between ten and eleven o'clock at night, there was felt in this place a concus sion, followed by a very loud and sharp report. — This was heard t Nice, with an interval of about half an hour between each report. The cause was at first thought to be an earthquake ; but as the sound pro ceeded from the coast (for it was almost a dead calm, and the little wind there was came from the S. and S.W.) and as several French and English vessels had been seen upon the coast, between Cette and Aigue mortes, some persons ascribed this phenomenon to the explosion of a great quantity of gunpowder. This conjecture is this day confirmed by intelligence, that two vessels which had gone ashore near -'Aves quieres, had been set on fire and blown up at the time above mentioned. It is remarkable that the explosion should have been so distinctly heard at Nismes, con sidering that it is ten leagues from the coast. We are in anxious expectation of the particulars of this event." Tile 5 per cents. with dividend from the 22d of September, aze at 80f. 30c. The English papers have published a letter from Adjutant-General Stewart to the Commandant of the pth Regiment, in which, by command of Sir Ar tl:ur Wellesley, he presents that regiment with a stand of French colours, said to have been taken by it from tile French in the battle of Talavera. Upon this let ter the Muniteur has the following note : " Our troops have no colours; they have eagles only. The regiment from which the colours were taken is not named. This part of Lord Wellington's dispatch is false. The pretended spoil made by the English in the battle of Talavera, is contradicted by the administration of the park of artillery, so far as regards the cannon, and with respect to the -eagles, by the administration of the different corps. This, therefore, is nothing more than a falsehood invented to amuse the English people." Cardinal Fesc/i continues with his Majesty at Fon tainbleau. * A Council of Ministers was held there on the Ist, at which his Majesty presided. We learn front a Vienna nev spaper, that the Arch duke Charles continues to reside at Teschen with his uncle, Duke Albert, of Saxe Teschen. A letter from Strasburgh of the 29th ult. says : -••• a Several squadrons of the 13th and 14th regiments of dragoons have arrived here. They arc on their march for the interior of the Empire. We have not hitherto seen any infantry corps of the French army in Germany." General Roy, who organised the different legions of national Guards at Antwerp, has returned to this capital. The peace recently concluded has been announced in all the principal cities ran the Continent, amidst the sound of cannon, and every demonstration of gene ral rejoicing. At Vienna, Munich, Stutgard, Frank loft, Naples, Rome, Florence, Milan, Madrid, &c. as well as in Paris, illuminations have taken place. An hundred millions of men have taken part in this ge neral festivity, and celebrated it with marks of public :atisfaction. The English alone regard it with astonishment and consternation. They have recourse to calumnies against th tt Power which they have urged nearly to the blink of destruction ; and the Ministerial papers industriously propagate the nation that the hands of A ustria are tied up ; that the peace is compulsory, and t =not be of long duration. It will last too long for ;Lem. D. iven out of Austria, as they have been liven from they will speedily be expelled from pain as thy have been from Austria. How can the insurgents, di 1, 1 ,(1 amongst themselves, and beaten I y a small pat t of the French army at Talavera, make I cad apint the whole of our force ? VIENNA, OCTOBER ,26. Count Von Uhaa, Austrian Commissioner, in ne ctiat'ng the Tteaty of Peace, having received orders , c communicate it to the Public, has this day caused r to 1)- placArded, and exposed to sale by the Printer, to whose printing-office the people are log in crowds to procure copies of it. The grand park artillcry is in motion, and from ',() to MO cais , ons are sent off daily, which shews tiiat the evacu 'lion of Vienna will not be long delay- A gie.,t numher of coaches are also sent off daly with the sick and wounded, who are conveyed to St. 1 eltun-and thence to i.intz. We hear that the misunderstanding between the Liv.in at:tl the English Mi n i s te r Alm- has risen n, the highest pitch ; and, though he still remains at . Constantinople, his departure for London is sup. posed to be very near at hand. The Porte is said to , be highly dissatisfied that the English Government should•have presumed to apply for the adft,iis;on English troops into the Isl ~ i ds of the Archipelago > , under the pret , of protecting them against the French and Russians. The troops of the Grand Duchy of Nassau began their nrirch on the 22,1 for Spain. The blowing op of the f , rt:fications did some da mage to St. Stephen's Tower. The immenz,r utal2,azines of hay and straw formed in the fosse of this city are now selling to the highest bidt!er. ::onto mea.ares ate in contemplation for restoring th credit of ;au- ii,,i.k. l iotes. The rumour of the plague having broken out at tim)lna appears to h., ye been circulated by persons interesteil it, raisiag the price of cotton wool. The English and Sici.at, merchandize and manu factures coriti4catett at Trieste amount to six millions or livres. In ,:onsec i tience of the number of English frigates at:.l Lemre that port, this pr( perty ce;avei-e e l by Laid There are sever.tl yacLig^s of these ei , rnmoL.itic s xvliich belong to the AtTsburg nit ;Lilall F. Tile inalli B c-nce of the conclusion of peace was cccived .. -cry di - mout - trr.tion j-y at Raab, and in the count,es Ilung.iry most , r.t.iguou s to . hey seg. Popinie, to the Ltnixror of Austria t. thaiik trim for tlu4 MUNICH, OCTOBFR !4. The insurgents evacuated Rattenberg on the mor ning of the 21st, in consequence of the advance of the Bavarians . . The division under the Hereditary Prince is posted in the environs of St. John, to support the measures taken for disarming the people, and taking hostages. OCTOBER 26.—0 n the 2.4 th, 140 Tyrolese insur- I gents,4md 30 Austrians, taken a few days before in the vicinity of Lofer, were brought in rem as priso ners. Among them is the son of the '1 yrolese Chief Speckbacker, who was killed in the las . engagement. He is a lad only 19 years of and tf a most inte resting appearance. He has therefore been separated from his associates. Colonel Count Von Obersdorf arrived early in the morning of the 25th at Scharnitz. After a fruitless ' cannonade of that post for half an hour, he stormed it uith the regiment of Jagers, supported by three companies of the 3d battalion of the Ist regiment of foot. That important pass was carried in less than half an hour. We lost a sub-officer killed, and two officers wick sevei at soldiers wounded. It is reported, that the insurgents, on their retreat, set Ore to the houses in Schmitz. ROTTERDAM, NOV. 9. The following is an extract of a letter from Mar shal Dumonceau to his Majesty, dated the Ist inst. from his head-quarters at Goes " SIR t-I have the honour of still being enabled to transmit to your Majesty the moat satisfactory intelligence with regard to the conduct of the Dutch troops ; and also the state of defence of the most important points in the different islands of this depart ment. From every information that I can learn, it appears cer tain, that the views of the enemy are exclusively confined to the town of Flushing, and that all the accounts of their having re ceived reinforcements are unfounded. On the contrary, the enemy's force in that quarter rather seems to be reduced; for in the course of last week, upwards of 700 sick were embarked front the island of Walcheren for England. The maladies which pre vail among the enemy's troops are decidedly to be ascribed to the climate and season—and it is therefore but natural to conclude, that they should equally of your Majesty's troops; though, on the other hand, the great attention of the Medical department, and every poudble assistance in the Royal Hospitals, have been attended with the happiest effects : so that in the course of last month, no less than 1525 men were discharged from the hospi tals, and rejoined their respective corps." From a return of the same date, transmitted by the Marshal, it appears that there still remained in the Hospital six officers and 799 men sick, and one officer and 595 on the list of convalescents. The latest accounts from Vienna contradict the report of the demise of the Empress of Austria, but add, that she continued dangerously ill, and had been conveyed in slitter from. Totis to Auda. The Arch duke Maximilian has been for some time at Buda, seriously inditposed from a nervous fever. SPAIN iND PORTUGAL. P. S. to the letter of the Duke DEL PATZQUE (given in our last) from the Lisbon. Gazette of 28th ult. " P. S. According to accounts which I have re ceived since I wrote my letter, in which I related only what came within II)r own view, the battle was more decisive than I then had the opportunity of knowing. By dispatches received this day, I learn that the 3000 light troops, who, supported by some corps of cavalry, pursued the enemy on their retreat, have done them considerable mischief. Four leagues of the road are covered with their remains—with dead men and horses, overturned waggons, muskets, car touches and cartouch-boxes; provisions and accoutre ments every whore scattered about. Such was their haste to return to Salamanca, which place they en tered to-day at one o'clock, P. M.—The Grand Chaplain of the army has superintended the interment of 1200 Frenchmen, and the dead which have been found between half a league from the head-quarters and Matilla are not included in this number. The loss of the enemy is now estimated at about 2000 men. (Signed) ' 6 The Duke DEL PARQUE." TARRAGONA, OCTOBER 12. We constantly hear favourable accounts of the gallantry of our troops, and of the noble defence made by the inhabitants of Gerona. We have details from thence of the Bth instant. The siege had not been raised by the enemy, but the French have re laxed their exertions, and it was expected that Gene ral Blake would soon be in sufficient force to drive the enemy from beneath the walls of the fortress. SEVILLE, OCTOBER 20. What with threats from Cadiz, with plots in this city, and with open rebellion to the established Coun cils in Valencia, the Government is completely p4ra lyLed. Nothing is done either in commerce or civil affairs, or even in military concerns, except sending recruits to the armies, which is attended to as fast as weapons can be provided for them, and arrangements made for their subsistence. MALAGA, OCTOBER 24. Complaints hoe are loud that w have received scarcely any intellii;:iice respecting the proceedings f our forces in toe interim-. We have reason to imagine, however, that l'seph Bonaparte has quitted the capital. The people ia this city, and, indeed, as far as we can learn, all over Spain, are in the highest degree disgusted with the Junta, are: .Iksatisfied with their inactivity. yre expect very ,11,•rtly to hear par ticulars of some very extraordiim y transactions in Seville. RONDA, OCTOEFA 24. Rumours of favourable events both in the North' and East, of a victory at Ciudad Rodrigo, and a naval success in the Mediterranean, have reached this place. The first must be known in England before my letter can arrive ; the latter is only report ; and [ will not incur the censures so well deserved by my country men, of propagating favourable news without ascer taining its truth. Gerona, however, still holds out, and a town, which the great engineer Mariscant re ported last year to Napoleon to be incapable • of de fence, has employed a French army of 25,000 men near five months, though chiefly, if not entirely de fended by its inhabitants. It absolutely rivals, nay exceeds Saragossa. Is it true that the CAAlero Wil son is recalled ? We could spare another English General much better; for if he is, as I learn by your public dispatches, only a partizan, he suits us much better than your consummate Generals do, who de spse our troops, calumniate cur Commanders, con sume our provisions, and, with the bravest army in ettivere, do us no good at all. Cuidad Rodrigo is now the scene of , or triumphs. The preservation of that place with small means, and in the worst pe rtte Ow war o is owing; to the exertions of that Ca baler° Wilson, whom you call a partizan, but whom we Spaniards rely upon as a steady auxiliary ; be cause we have seen him unshaken in the midst ()lour severest calamities. General Equia is removed, or has retired. He was of Cuesta's school, and nearly of the same age. As a gallant veteran he is entitled to praise ; but Non tall nec defensoribus Istis 'l'empus eget. And both in our civil and military contests we have had too many feeble Priams throwing their lances at Achilles. Venegas, who is said not to be entirely satis fied with the conduct, and still less with the language of the British Commander, and his brother the Mar. quis, had at one time solicited permission to retire on pretence of health. It is now said that Blake is to replace Equia, and that Venegas is to take the com mand in Catalonia. The appointment of Blake will give general satisfaction to the army, who place great confidence in his military talents and experience : and in the present state of our Government it will be no small consolation to all good Spaniards to see the armies of Andalusia and Catalonia under the direc tion of two men like Blake and-Vcnegas, who are not less attached to the liberties of the people than zea lous in the cause of national independence. We are on the eve of great changes, if Napoleon, from em ployment in Germany, leaves us leisure to effect them. Our improvident Junta cling to the shadow of precarious and nominal power with a childishness truly contemptible. The Provincial Juntas disobey and insult them ; they are surrounded by spies, ene mies, and intriguers ; they inspire neither confidence nor fear in any class of the community ; and they have themselves acknowledged, by their public acts and private resolutions, the necessity of concentrating the executive and extending the legislative branches of the government—measures which would at once allay all our discontents. They rejected the scheme of a Regency ; and if the Cardinal of Bourbon were to be the Regent, who can blame their derision ? They have resolved on an executive commission ; but the only plan chat has been submitted to them they have rejected, and it is feared they will feel equal repugnance to every other submitted to their appro. bation. They decree I ti. ! necessity of a Cortes as far i back as last May ; yet ti •.‘• nave neither fixed the 1 ! period, nor arranged the I; 1 P of assembling them. I Six months have passed. an. --nave not yet settled whether there shall be one C oer or more! Their 1 I conduct about the press is ye 'lie intolerable ;it is dictated by the basest nn tn. , oi fear, and produc tive of the most mischievous c,-nsequences. I related i to you in a former letter how tise editor of the semi mei. Pariatico was warned to ab tainirom certain topics in his journal. He publicly declared his reso lution of suppressing the public..tion,rather than con tinue it subject. to any such illegal and impolitic re straint. The consde • honorable has once been made i him ; a place under the Government has been offered 1 him ; but he has refused to accept it. It is true, that through the influence of Jovt•ilanos and the wiser 7 part of the Junta, men of talents and acquirements have been lately employed in preparing the regula tions for the Cortes; bu , alas ! the good party in the Junta, though actuated by the purest patriotism, and i directed by the soundest principles, have not that vi. I gour, that activity, that enterprise, which alone can ensure success in such revolutionary times, or over come the obstinate and bigotted adherence of interes ted men to the corruptions and abuses of an arbitrary Government. PRIVATE LETTERS. CADIZ, OCTOBER so. The Marquis of Wellesley remains at Seville, not withstanding all that was apprehended to the con trary ; and we are now perumded things must take the turn every well wisher to the cause, endowed with a know ledge of country, has been long anxious for ; if so, the Peninsula will not bend to the ' deminion of her invaders : but the materials she pos sesses to resist and crush this band of barbarians un doubtedly deserve wise:, more experienced, and more enes getic leaders. Tins most de , iiittly desired consumnation has, I hope, come at last : the minds of the people are now more quiet since important changes have evidently ' taken place in the system of management. Sp :nisi) families daily arrive here, having made then ,cape horn Madrid ; a vessel is also just :om Port Passage with a number of emigrant Sp:.:. wh3 fly fram the atrocious conduct of the Fre h, which never can long lie endured by the na tiv Persons at the capital are daily compelled io gin .''rafts on their fr.ends and partners in other parts of ;- .ain for the supply of the coffers of Joseph. immortal Gerona has, we fear, fallen. Id your good folks at home be only persuaded to ,t .c:e a radical reform in the Commissariat de p at, and place hbnourable experienced mercan tie mt..: at the head, with full powers to act, your would then be useful allies to the Spaniards ; as matters stand they are only in the way, and de st- i►t one week that which, properly husbanded, might serve a month. It is a long time since I heard from you, but I have not failed to write to you ever since I have been here, giving you an account of the occurrences in this City, by way of Cadiz, and by the same channel you may write to me. We hope to be delivered from the hands of our enemies, but some unlucky events have protracted this happy period. It will not, however, be long, as the army of La Mancha is only 12 leagues, (48 miles) from hence, with 50,000 well disciplined infantry and 9000 cavalry. _ The army of Estremadura is also near Talavera, with a great force, as it is united with that of the English under General Wellesley, who is the Com. mander in Chief. I believe that these armies are on the best understanding with regard to each other, and that the present attempt will be the last they will have occasion to make, as the French receive no reinforce ments, and have no competent army to penetrate into the interior. On the contrary, instead of advancing, they make retrograde movements, abandoning the stations they had before established. They have' ost in the whole above 300,000 men. Their present strength, comprehending all their different posts, is from 90 to 100,000 men, but from these should be deducted 18,000 sick and wounded, which are in Madrid. LISBON, OCTOBER es. A serious affray took place last night, at Belem : some of the Ist Dragoons, drinking in a• tavern, quar relled amongst tbetnielves. The PM of the house wont out anti called to tba Progr 4 c Poke, attacked the dragoons and s h • one of them d am,., The dragoons immediately drew their swords, three of the police and wounded several. One ol' police placed himself behind a door where hcext-2cai some of the dra , oons would enter ; but L. ilapi:tned to be his owaollicer that first came in. 11 , -. pfl act man ran him hough the heart, and he instantly ex. pircd. The officers with great difficulty got the drag s , into their barracks, otherwise they would hay:. c:t the Portuguese to pieces. There is nothing new from the army. The ac , . r . ; from Spain say, that the French are retreatin g tk , their frontiers. THE.EVENING STAR LONDON. ERRATUM IN OUR tasT.,—For the date 14th Sep. axed to the Seville article, read 14th Octuber. MONDAY, NOVEMBER PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLor 7 7 3 per Cent. Cons. forponey 69}—account 3 per Cent. Red. 611iFmnium 94} prem. PRICE 01' STOCKS ON SATURDAY. Bank Stock 282 India Bands 335. 345. pr. 3 per Cent. Red. 69 69;1 Imp. 3 per Cent. 7 : 1 ,- 3 per Cent. Cons. 70it irish 5 . per Cents. t 4 per Can. tw e i Excheq. Bills, i 3s. 173. pre. 5 per Cent. Navy 10214 Omnium prem. L. Ann. 18 11.16thsi 11-18ths COLS. for acc. 70ft We have this day laid before our readers futile extracts from the Spanish and Portuuese papers, al s3 from private letters to the 31st ult. A letter from Cadiz supposes Gerona to have at length been re. duced to the necessity of surrendering ; but a !ma r from Tarragona, near the scene of action, shews so late as the Bth ult. Gerona still triumpliLd the attacks of the enemy. The recent advantages gained by tl.e ;;puni,i,►! : over the French at Salamanca u ill be in a letter from Colonel CA►Utnl., given in o r evract. from the Gazette of Saturday. Since our last Dutch papers to the 10th, cenui a i ii Paris intelligence to the 7th inst. haVe beea tc:eivei The reported action in the Mediterranean is mentioad in the Rotterdam Courant of Thursday laic, in an ar s tide dated Nismes, 28th October, wl.:cl, st..tes, that on the night of the 26th, between 10 and two violent explosions were heard :n the dirccuon the Coast, and that it was aftenvard; asce7tain,d that a number of French and Engli.,h 're seen between Cette and Auguesmortei, two c.f which h r ..l been driven on shore and blown up. L.lt , .:rs n ceiv at Rotterdam from Paris also state, that t 1 convr, trom Toulon to Barcelona Ir.d been hAert:;:pt:.ci captured by the English Mediterranean fleet. W wish we could add, that no doubts are enlercaine,lc, the accuracy of this intelligence, but .1: , re is a crepancy in the dates which makes Eli it Lull credit, though we arc strongly - aelinzd lieve it will yet be confirmed. I Two great Convocations are to assemble at in the course of the current, or early in the ' month ; one of the Members of the Collie-Jen:tit n the Rhine, anotlier of the Cardinals. The ti liner probably called to witness the apportionment of tie Tyrol and Saltzburgh ; the hotter to sanction the tia position of the present POPE, and the elevation Cardinal FESCII to that dignity. The BavariaLs,ana other German trcops, it appears, are to be sent t 9 Spain. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday at the Foreign Office. All the Members in town were p:e. sent. They sat from two till five o'clock. The late Earl of ARRAN'S ribbon has been given :q the Marquis of TIIONIONL4 Mr. PERCEVAL and family arrived on Saturday at his official house in Downing -street, from his seat at Ealing. We are happy to announce, that the Princess AMELIA is a little better since her return to Windsi;r. Thursday his Grace the Duke of ALUIL3OROL(iIf and family returned to Blenh im. The receipts of the Customs for the present yt'r, will, it is said, exceed by one naillion six hut h!:,%! thousand pounds those of the I:Lst. The honourable and ancient office of High Stew:74 of the City of Bristol, vacant Ly the death of hi; Grace the Duke of PORTLAND, remains yet undi,- posed of. Some say the Body Corporate, in wh,,q gift it is, intend to offer it to the Duke of Nousq.K . ; others speak of Lord GRENVILLE, as likely to be lo Grace's successor. Certain it is, that the Corpora• tion of Bristol are very anxious to select a Nobleman for this distinguished office who will support their claims and customs with zeal and effect. The canvass for the Chancellorship of Oxford now carried on very warmly. It has been erronectoly stated that the Archbishop of YORK favours the Duke Of BEAUFORT. His Grace, with the Bishops of Los ' DON, ST. AsAril, and OXFORD, are all the strenuous advocates of Lord GRENVILLE. The - majority o: Christ Church is certainly in favour of his Lorth l op, with the two learned Censors, Dr. WennEtt and ll: . Coto, at the head of the party. Professors \V!;:: - .. and ATTERBURY, with Messrs. TARPLEY, HAND! :01 and SMELT, have not yet declared themselves. Th: , Vice-Chancellor, with the whole of University Col lege, St. John's and Worcester, are the Patroiyi c: Lord ELDON. The Duke of BEAUFORT has a very considerable party in most of the other The Ladies, though it may be doubted whether gall,: consistently with propriety, are extremely aeuve. Miss .BURTON and the Lady of Sir C. Puow, hay" particularly distinguished themselves in the canvas for Lord GRENVILLE. A Report hay ingbeen circulated that Lord anus was likely to withdraw from the .contest for tl►e Chi::- ce►,ocsnip of the University of Oxford, .we :tie titalte rizcd to give it this public contradiction, and to assure j the Iviernber3 of Caavoc4ion that it is altogether un. fotukg,ed, .