Star. — London, England, 1809-04-06 00:00:00

~~ ~_ _ THE EVEVING STAR. LONDON. THURSDAY, APRIL S. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Coosa", for nionoy, —Ditto April 67H—Omatum 44 pr. Exchequer Bills, 6a.71. prem. TRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. S per Cent. Cons. 6744 South Sea Stock 72f 4 per Cent. shut Imp. s per,,Cents. 660 S per Cent. Navy 9811 Excheq. Bills, 6s. I. pr. Long Ann. shut Lottery Tickets 221.45. Indus Bonds, los. 121. pre. Consols, for ace. 67111 It was yesterday stated with confidence in the Of- ices of Government, that accounts had been received from Rotterdam mentioning the receipt there of No rite:ars to the 28th ult. announcing hostilities to have commenced in the Tyrol on the 17th ult. Notwithstanding the high authority •on which this report has been circulated, we still doubt its authen ticity ; and we are borne out in our scepticism by Rotterdam papers to the 4th instant, which we received this morning. These papers say nothing about actual hostilities between France and Austria. They contain various articles which shew what has for some time been manifest, that a hostile mind exists between these towers —or rather that the wolf perseveres in charging the lamb with having disturbed the purity of the stream ; but they still speak of an approaching Con gress to be held on the banks of the Inn, for the pur pose of accommodating all differences, at which both NAPOLEON and FRANCIS are expected to be present. That some scheme of this kind may have currency given to it by French procurement, will not excite wonder in the mind of any who have watched the progress of French intrigue. To the moment when NAPOLEON is ready to strike his enemy, he always talks of forbearance, conciliation, and the happiness of nations. But these professions can impose upon none but fools brought up in German Courts. It seems true, as was stated by former accounts, that Count STADION, the Austrian Ambassador, has quit ted the Bavarian Court to proceed to Vienna ; but another fact is now mentioned—the other persons be longing to the Austrian Embassy still remain at Munich. But though we cannot believe that the French and Austrian armies have yet had a battle, and though the relations of amity between the Courts of Vienna and Bavaria have not been suspended, we do not con sider war between the two Emperors as less certain. —lt is long since we exposed the views of NAPOLEON . • in respect to the Austrian power ; and every event that has since occurred has tended to confirm,what the Imperial French Edit( r then affected to deny. The opposition his armies have met with in Spain, has only tended to postpone, not to avert the execution of the project NAPOLEON has formed, not to leave any one of the old dynasties of the Continent unsubverted. This measure of extilpa tion has been pursued, is and will be pursued till he shall have rendered the BONAPARTE dynasty the oldest .. on the Cmntinent of Europe, and silenced for ever the taunts of those who have nothing to boast but ancestry. NAPOLEON was to assemble the Senate on the Ist instant, end the general expectation was, that some thing would then transpire respecting the war with Austria. DUPONT, who with his army surrendered to the Patriots in Andalusia, having been tried by a Court- Martial, was sentenced to suffer death. The sen tence was executed by torch-light. • An article in the Madrid Court Gazette, of the 18th ult. states, that Marshal Souis had entirely defeated the Marquis of ROMANA on the 7th, on the frontiers of Portugal, and that 5000 prisoners were taken by the French. The official details are promised in a subsequent Madrid Gazette. PARIS, MARCH 5:8. The day before yesterday Baron Strogonoff, Rus sian Ambassador to the Court of Spain, and Prince Wolhenshi, Adjutant-General of his Russian Majosty, were presented to the Emperor by Prince Kurakin. Letters from Vienna advise that Count Walmoden has been sent to the Russian head-quarters in Jassy, t enquire into the reasons of the movements cf the Russian troops on the Austrian frontiers. The staff of the late Spanish garrison of Saragossa, consisting of five Generals, and seven to eight Adju tant-Generals, arrived in Bayonne on the 15th inst. PARIS, MARCH 29. His Excellency Marshal Bessieres, Duke of Istria, arrived here on the 26th. We are assured that the General of Brigade Mont brun, who is now at Strasburgh, has been made a General of Division, and will command the light cavalry attached to the Duke of Auerstadt's division. The galliot Jean'Bart has arrived at Marseilles from Guadaloupe, with a cargo of coffee, sugar, indigo, and cotton. Count Fuentes died at Saragossa Ifter a lingering illness, brought on while he was confined in a dun geon by the insurgents, during the siege of that place. General Thiebaulthas been appointed Governor of Old Castile. The division of General Morlot is occupied with the siege of Fort Jaca : the General himself died suddenly of a burning fever, at Bayonne, on the 22d, an d w as buried on the 23d w i t h m ili tary honours. Great numbcrs of English pr isoners continue to •••••••••••• • I' n ~~ IP \ 1' arrive daily at Bayonne : they had been 1 t at et various places in Spain. . . The King of Spain received a loyal addrett from the Junta of Arragon and Saragossa ; and on the same day his Majesty issued a Decree, containing regulations for the purpose of repairing the ravages of • war in Saragossa. The 5 per cents. are 77 francs, 10 centimes. " ROTTERDAM, APRIL 4. 66 Letters from Germany speak of a Congress which is about to be held on the Banks of the Inn, and at which the Empettrs Napoleon and Francis will be present : it is also asserted that the French troops in Sfiabia have halted; in the mean time Coun t Stadion, having taken leave of the Bavarian Courf, has proceeded towards Vienna, although all the other Members of the Austrian Embassy still remain. No letters have been received from Paris to-day, the 31st, having been Good Friday." MADRID, MARCH Is. The Court Gazette contains the following article We this moment received intelligence from Mar shal Soult, which states, that the corps commanded by Romana, and composed of a large number of peasants, was completely put to the route on the 7th instant, on the frontiers of Portugal, and 5000 men taken prisoners.—The further particulars are ex. pected." VIENNA, MARCH 18. Within these few days five Couriers have arrived here, two French, two Austrian, and one Russian, from Petersburgh. Our prospects become more gloomy, every day. On the Isth inst. a large number of horses were sent from hence to Upper Austria, and artillery and ammunition were constantly sent off for the use of the different armies. In Hungary the utmost exertions are made speedily to organize the insurrection. A corps has been formed near Wets, whither several battalions of mi litia have received orders to march. In Bohemia several corps of militia are also in mo tion to march to the frontiers. Letters from Stockholm state, that in the room of Baron Ehrenhelm, the late Swedish Ambassador in Petersburgh, Baron Stedingk, has been appointed Mi nister for Foreign Affairs, and Baron Lagenbjelke, Minister of the Home Department. This piece of intelligence stands, however, in need of confirmation. VIENNA, MARCH 18. On the Bth inst. the military of the capital under took the garrison-service of the regular troops, which they perform with so much order, accuracy, and zeal, that no difference is distinguishable between them. On the 6th inst. a general congress of the Hunga rian counties of Pest, Pelesch, and Solther was opened, to prepare the necessary measures for the ensuing rising : on the 13th inst. the united counties in the circle of the free town of Buda assembled : in the other counties, on the frontiers of Austria and Bohe mia, considerable progress has already been made in this measure. AUGSBURGH, MARCH 20. Yesterday, being the birth-day of the French Em press, was celebrated here with great festivity by the French troops under General Oudinot. The Com missary-General of the circle of Lech, Count Reisach, gave a splendid Ball to all the French Generals and Officers.—A considerable part of the corps of Gene ral Oudinot has broken up for Landsberg, to make room for other troops which will arrive there from Ulm. On the 15th inst. Count Von Stadion, Envoy to the Court of Bavaria, left Munich, having obtained per mission from his Court. The exchange of Couriers between the Courts of Vienna and Paris still continues very frequent. The divisions of Le Grand and St. Cyr are on their march towards this city, and those of Boudet and Molitor through Upper Suabia. ULM, MARCH 23. The Marshal Duke of Dantzic has arrived here from Paris, but probably will not continue long in this city. The troops which passed the Rhine at Strasburgh and Basle pursue their march through Suabia ; the greater part, which are taking their way by Stockach and Memmingen, direct. their march to• wards Landsberg, where it is expected they will be joined by the Bavarian division in the Tyrol, and also-by a strong French division. The command of this combined force will, we are assured, be given to the Marshal Duke of Rivoli ; at any rate, there is a report that this commander is expected at Inspruck. In this circle are expected some regiments of cavalry and the new-raised battalions of grenadiers and volti geurs from Strasburgh. The Bavarian troops are assembling between the Inn and the Iser, where, as it appears, they will be joined by theWirtemberg and Darmstadt contingents, as also by the French corps under General Oudinot. The Bavarian General Wrede arrived on the Bth at Landshut ; and as soon as the troops under his command shall have formed an army, the hereditary Prince is expected. The Bavarian corps between the Inn and the Iser, will, we are assured, be augmented to 30,000 men. It is now cantoned between Strau bing and Landshut, and between the latter place and Muhldolf : the head-quarters of General Oudinot will next week be removed to Munich ; and those of the Marshal Duke of Dantaic are expected at Augsburg. On the Inn, and on the frontiers of the Tyrol, there are but few Austrian troops. The accounts from Ca rinthia speak of the assembling of an army in the Circle of Laybach, which, we arc assured, will to • NI by the Archduke Charles. The Arch.' duke Ferdinand will command the army in Gallicia ; who wilhave the command in Bohemia is not kirown. There is a report that a great Army of Reserve will be formed in the Circle of Vienna, which will be joined by a part of the Hungarian Insurrection. FRANKFORT, MARCH 26. It is understood that the contingent of the Prince of Nassau will arrive within a few days in Fran_ conia. The troops of the Grand Duke of Wurtz buigh are complete, but cantoned in Wurtzburg and along the Maine, and nothing is yet known of their further destination. Detachments of from 2to 300 men arrive at Mentz almost daily fronui devant Belgium, and more are expected from the dis tricts of Aix-la-Chapelle and Liege. According to the accounts from Saxony, a division of Saxon troops from Dresden has been detached to Lausnitz. A French division, under the command of General Morand, from Magdeburg, is expected in the circle of Dresden. There are also expected in Saxony 15,000 men from Hanover, from the troops which were under the command of the Prince of Ponte Corvo, as also the four cavalry regiments which were under the command of General St. Ger main, and lately posted in the circles of Jena and Weimar. • SPANISH AMERICA. Our Readers already know that by late accounts, it appeared that a ipirit of hostility existed between the Administrations at Monte Video and Buenos Ayres. A letter of a more recent date confirms too clearly the fact to which we allude.—The following is an extract : " MONTE VIDEO, DECEMBER 11. " The state of our country is truly afflicting. The Govern ment of this town, understanding that the Viceroy of these pro vinces, Linlers, was suspected of disloyalty, and taking warning from the fate of Old Spain, (whose ruin was brought about by the incapacity of its chief magistrate), impeached him before the Real Audiencia. This superior Tribunal was found as corrupt as its head, and unanimously voted in favour of the Frenchman. They then consulted with him about sacrificing us to their ven geance, and endeavoured to deprive us of our upright and honest magistrates, and adopted other most hostile measures ; where upon the people here asserted their rights, and voluntarily formed a Junta of Government, which they established, independent of the Viceroy. This is the obvious path to a civil war. A party among the inhabitants of Buenos Ayres being misled by their leaders, and having some forces at their disposal, entertain hopes of success in their iniquitous projects; but we confidently hope to defeat their expectations, prudently waiting till the Court to whom our disputes are referred shall have given some decision. ‘ i In the mean time, we feel that these proceedings here are shameful at a time when European Spain is so oppressed and af flicted ; bur we have the satisfaction of knowing,. that we have no other motives and interests than the defence of FERDINAND VII. and the Spanish nation. I shall hereafter remit you various documents relative to these Yesterday morning his MAJzsrir and Princess Au- GUSTA, accompanied by Lord HARDWICKE, Lady THYNNE, Generals SPENCER, GWYNNE, MANNERS, FITZROY, Hon. Mr. VILLIERS, and Colonel TAYLOR, rode in Windsor Great Park; and returned at twelve o'clock. . The QUEEN and Princesses SOPHIA and AMELIA, are much better ; but the weather being so very cold, they cannot yet venture out of the Palace. The Dukes of YORK and CUMBERLAND dined yes terday with General HuLsz, Lieutenant-Governor of Chelsea Hospital, and a numerous party of General Officers. A Cabinet Council was held on Tuesday at the Fo reign Office. The whole of the Members were pre sent. They sat from two till half-past three o'clock. Mr. WALLACE * of the Board of Controul, is men tioned as Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY'S successor in the Chief Secretaryship of Ireland. There will also be a vacancy in the office of one of the Under Secreta ries of State for the War Department, it being under stood that General STEWART will resign his office as well as Sir A. WELLESLEY. Mr. HENRY WELLESLEY Will be succeeded as Secretary to the Treasury by Mr. ARBUTHNOT. Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when Captain JOHN WILLIAM EASTFIELD, of the ship Earl Howe, took leave pre. vious to departing for Madeira, Madras, and Bengal. The Court adjourned at six o'clock till this day. The French Imperial corvette la Gobe Mouche, captured by the NEREIDE, is understood to have been the bearer of very important dispatches to the Gover nor of the Mauritius, containing instructions by every possible means to excite the native Princes of India to revolt against the English, and to hold out to them promises 9f support from Russia as well as France. The dispatches were transmitted home by Admiral BERTIE, for the information of Government. Letters from Madeira of the 23d of February con tain a very unpleasant account relative to the outward bound West-India Fleet, which sailed from Cork on the 22d of January, consisting of 123 sail, under convoy of the Druid frigate, and the Fylla and Phipps sloops of war. It is stated, that shortly after they sailed from Madeira, the fleet was dispersed in violent gales, and only four ships reached Madeira with the Druid and Fylla ; the Phipps put back dism:w.ed.— About 45 sail of the fleet also put back, many of which had met with damage. Upwards of 70 sail remained unaccounted for. The Augusta was lost near Fequerra. The Neptune, Brassey, from Liverpool to Lisbon, with a valuable cargo, was lately wrecked on the Bo rough of Ballyteigue. This vessel first struck on a small rock near the Saltee Island, when the Captain, 21 of the crew, and three passengers, immediately got on it. She soon after drifted to Ballyteigue, where she went to pieces. The unfortunate sufferers remained on the rock two days and nights, without food, and in danger every moment of being washed off, as there was scarcely sufficient room to stand ( n, when they were fortunately rescued by some fishing boats, and carried to the Castle of Ballyteigue, whet e they received every attention. •Vii. EAST-INDIES. We formerly mentioned that a peace had been con. chided between Persia and France, and that an island in the Persian Gulph had been ceded to the latter.— Advices to the same effect have been received at the India-House from Governor DUNCAN, of Bombay. They are dated the 30th October and 4th November last. They state, that Geiternor DUNCAN had hitherto prevented the Emissaries of the enemy from forming any establishment on the Western coast of Guzzurat, or in the Bay of Katch, which separates• Guzzarat from the countrieslying along the Banks of the riverlndus. —Governor DUNCAN likewise informs the Directors, that he was under serious apprehensions, that Gene. ral GARDANNE had induced, or would prevail on FA TALI SCHAM, King of Persia, to cede to the Corsican Emperor, more than one important port, or island, in the Gulph of Persia. No absolute certainty had been attained, when Governor Dr NCAN'S letters came away, respecting the places u. train of negociation. The two islands of Ormus, and of Kislarni, were unques. tionably among the number. The former, though only about five miles in circumference, was, as is well known, previous to the discovery of the passage to India, by way of the Cape of Good Hope, and the arrival of the Portuguese under GAMA and &nu. QUERQUE, the Queen and Mart of the East. In 1625, it was destyed by SCHAH ABBAS the GREAT, in conjunction with the English East India Company. At present it is only a sterile rock of salt-petre, scarcely inhabited, and almost forgotten, during rear two centuries ; but its position, at the narrow entrance of the Persian Gulf, between Gombaroon to tl:e North, on the main-land, and Muscat, and Arabia, will always render it most important, either to'France or to Great Britain. Close to Ormus, to the south,, lies the island of Kishmi ; as much larger in ex tent than Ormus, as Oleron, on the French coast is to the neighbouring isle of Rhe. Kislinti pro duces the finest grapes and raisins of any place in the Persian territories. Both islands belong to FA TAL' &HAI, and it was much feared that he would cede them to France. We must retake them at any risk, or leave the commerce and communication of the GUlf of Persia to the enethy.—lt was likewise reported at Surat, in October last, that the small island of Carek would also fall into NAPOLON'S hands. It lies much higher up the Gulf, neatly midway between Ormus and Bussora, on the Eu phrates, near the two :actories of Bushire and Bun dericke, which are great marts for the East India Company's broad cloths, and other articles sent an. nually into Persia. There is anothi r small rock or island situate'exactlly at the narrowest part of the Red Sea, between the Arabian and Abyssinian shcr,!s. It is very small, sterile, and has no water-on it. But, like Ormus, its position renders it most important, in a military, as well as in a commercial point of view. We occupied it in 1799 and MO, while the French held Egypt ; but we have since eva,:uated and abandoned it. NA POIIEON will not neglect or despise Perim, though Mr. CANNING may. These facts are at least as much deserving Minis. terial attention, as examining Mrs. CLARKE, or writ. ing treasury letters, to- enforce attendance from the most distant quarters of the kingdom, in order to acquit the late Commander-in-Chief of a fact, - of which the whole country' believe him culpable. It is a fact that Mr. FOSTER'S nephew, the Member for Dublin, was on board the packet,, and under sail for that city, from Holyhead, when the Messenger dispatched by Ministers overtook him, and broug:it him back, like a man in custody, to London. We do not find this Gentleman's name in the list of the Minority, on the Duke of YORK'S case. Lord and Lady HOLLAND have left Seville for The Duke of YORK left town this morning, f i r Oatlands, to accompany the Duchess to Windsor, on a visit to their MSJESTIES, where they will remain till Saturday. • On Friday, as . Mr. Ro3E was passing through the Horse Guards, on horseback, the middle gate being shut, he proceeded through the foot-path gate acro , s the pavement, whey his horse fell down, and Dir. ROSE was severely hurt. Sunday se'nnight, as the Guard of the Defiance coach was passing through Belgr•ive, near the Talbot, he was, while in the act of winding up his watch, thrown forward* by a sudden jerk, and the wheels go ing over a part of his body, sobruised him, that he died in less than half an hour afterwards. A brutal fellow, whose dress is very genteel, has for some days infested Mary-la-bonne grounds, Pad dington, and Hyde Park, whose object has been to treat with the greatest indecency the female sex.— The most respectable dressed women are the objects only of the monster's attacks, and such he treats in the most indecent manner, as a nurse would use a rude child. A Lady of the name of PIERCE, who re sides in Jermyn-street, was attacked by the ruffian near the King's Head and Artichoke, in Mary-la bonne fields, on Friday evening last, and he tinted her in the most disgusting manner, for nearly ten mi nutes. Miss SAND, Companion and Lady's Maid to Mrs. CROFT, in Bentinck-street, also fell into the monster's clutches on Monday evening, and his brutal conduct threw her into hysterics, in which situat!oa she was found in Park-lane. He was luckily tak:ll into custody on Tuesday, in the neighbourhU•od of Walham Green, and safely lodged in the cage tor an assault o t the two Miss COURTLEY'S, at Turnham Green. This Monster is supposed to be a man of property, but lost to the nicer feelings, his method having been to torture those whom he attacked. He has been very active, as be committel outrages in different parts in a very short time.