Star. — London, England, 1809-11-16 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. SWITZERIAND, OCTOBER 21. A traveller, arrived from 'foulon at Lausanne, as sures ii• that :le saw the French fleet sail from that Fort. It consists of 17 Fail of the Zinc, of diffcrent rates, and many transports. PARIS, NOVEMBER 4. The Duke of .-kbrantes arrived at Frankfort on the 27th ult. where he was received with the honours due to his rank. After a stay of an hour and a half, dur ing which he visited the Commandant Baron Zweyer, and received the compliments of the Staff and Field Officers, he continued his journey to Mentz. M. Arrago has been elected successor to the cele brated Lainde, in the Section of Astronomy, of the Erst Class of the French Institute. M. Arrago, who had, with M. Blot, been appointed to measure a de gree of the Meridian in Spain, has encountered various dangers. Ile was at ore time a prisoner with the in surgents, soon after fell into the hands of the Algc rines, and, lastly, was captured by the English. From Cie latter he effected hi; escaped only by a feat of sin gular courage and conduct on the part of the Alge rine Captain, with whom he was when captured. M. Dubois Thainville, Consul General of France at Algiers, arrived here a few days ago; having, during a period of nine years, maintained with ho nour the character and dignity of a Frenchman, not withstanding the singnlar poicy of the Barbary States, and the intrigues of the English. He effected the release of the French, Genoese, and Italian pri soners without ransom, and witnessed three bloody revolutions whch placed three new Deys upon the all-tottering throne of Algiers. Letters from Alexandria of the 28tle ult. mention, that the Counsellor of State Dauchy, whom his Ma jesty has nominated Intendant-General of the Illyrian Provinces, had proceeded to his destination. M. Keosner succeeds him as Intendant of the departments on the other side of the Alps. M. Burgoing, the French Minister at Dresden, is expected to precede, by some days, his Majesty the King of Saxony, in his journey to this capital. His Majesty will, it is supposed, pass through Frankfort on the 6th instant. Marshal Noy, and his Excellency the Minister of Finance, left town yesterday for Fontainbleau. According to an article from Buda, of the 12th ult. her Imperial Highness Maria Anna, late Abbess of the Royal Nunnery at Prague, sister to the Em peror Francis, has paid the debt of nature. She was born on the 21st of April, 1770. After passing several years at Rome, she lately returned to Hungary, where she departed this life at Neudorf, near Temiswar. The brigade of General Menard, consisting of 3000 men, was expected at Frankfort on the 30th, or the day following. Leaers of the 25th nit. from Lintz, state, that the corps of Marshal Macdon Id was then in Stiria, but was soon to begin its march for Clagenfurth. This corps will, it is thought, penetrate into the Tyrol, by the Pte.t-rthal, should the inhabitants of that pro vince, which is very improbable, continue to resist the Bavarian troops. MADRID, OCTOBER 15. Posterity, on perusing the history of our present troubles, will hardly ci edit the atrocities which the Spanish nation, in other respects so brave and gene rous, have been led to perpetrate. A character of cruelty has been impressed on the present internal war, of which we find no example in the history of civilized nations, and but few instances in that of bar barons countries. It makes one shudder to hear of the atrocities, which armed part es commit upon those unfortunate French soldiers, or travellers whom they fall in with, in a state completely defenceless, and whom they put to death without mercy, amidst every descri i ition of torture. Such a mode of warfare is reprobated by religion, humanity, and the law of nations. But it is not enough to tolerate such enormities ; they are even stamped with the names of heroism and patriotism. Thus, in the Seville Gaze Pe of the 17th one Xavier de Mena is praised for having, with a band of self-called patriots, infested the roads between Pampelttna and Saragossa, and basely ill-treated and butchered such straggling Frenchmen as fell in his way. In the paper just mentioned, this man is de nominated Inree, though he has never had spirit enough to serve in the Spanish army, or to meet in the field a French corps, considerably inferior in num bers to his followers. In order to merit that title, the wretch boasts that he has, with his own hand, assns. sinated a number of Frenchmen ; and, among others, that he shot a General of Division in his carriage. A Decree has Bien published here, in which his -Maies..y says. that he has learnt with re:., , r;!t, that in e:nt , :quence of exi..ting asuses with rearti to the col -1,-!cti7n ottythes, the par: , chi:4lcle: - gy kingdom at-e actuatly destitute of the necess.tries ef life; and ar.:.:ietis to put an to such a state of things, by a per:nanent provi,;on i; , r the subsistence ofa c:ass of subjects not less us4ai aa.l resi,ectah!e than :hat of' the cl.Tgy, he has fixed tlw of the sti2t ne.s of the par pr:csrs at -100 ducats a year. COPEN!I.IC,EN, OCTO!*.R 24. Various 'Evers isay. ne-.!st addressed to the Norwe gian G'overament, co:icaitsing iortner particulars re spec::iig tie predatory ()per:o.i .116 of some English inen war on toe Finmark coasts, in the months of and July last. The Snake enact- brig, of 18 inns, appeared off Ilaaveg., on the +th of July, and under .t heavy can nonade, landed two boats filled with armed men, who entered the place, hoisted the English flag, batst open the e:sui broke the pour-box in pie:.s, carried oif :lie mosr4 in it, and committed various other enoi.ositles. They remained on shore until the 19th, when they returned on board the brig, vi1.4:111::d in the mean time put to sea, but returned nn the 17th with the brig Fancy, of 14 gums, Capt. Suigler. Both brig , h.iving provided themselves wi t h :! supply of wood and water, sailed again on the nlst July. On the '22.1 they stood in towards the vtl of Hanini. riert, landed a detachment ; who, we,er ..n actton o t. an :lour and a ls.i:f :he • c:nisistai; '2 4 i skid er; and 34) inhabita nts o f the coast, dt: 6 tr ^ Yea, t , "e batteries, which were mounted vritlt tour 6‘° avaer,,, and re- em b ar k e d on the 30th 0iid1e:......h, they captured three Norway boots ;If liaaveg. 'The Naval Lieutenar.t 1 - bAstein ha s carr i ed Into Ko pr i zetw i l ish he ctut og tiom th e onerny,scouvoy, LONDON. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK : 3 per Cent. Cons. for money 70—account 70i. Omnium prem. PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. Gank Stock 279 3 per Cent. Red. 691 3 per Cent. Cons.69f, 70 4 per Cent. R4l 831 84 5 per Cent. Navy 102.1 1011 1.. Ann. I 9-16ths 11-16th, India Stock 196 India Bonds 335. 345. pr. Imp. 3 per Cents. 67j 68 Di to Ann. 7t Hubei]. Bins, 129. 179. pre. Omnium 21 prem. Lottery Tickets .C 21 . ,. 159. Cone, for acc. 70i We stated a few days ago that Government had resolved to withdraw the British troops from the Island of Walcheren, and also from Spain and Por tugal. The former part of the statement has been corroborated, and we have every reason to believe that the latter will soon be also reduced to open cer tainty. Indeed, we understand that orders have been sent to Plymouth to impress all the light colliers and other vessels fit for the transport service, and to dis patch them immediately to Lisbon and Oporto, for the purpose of bringing away all the British troops from the Peninsula. In our opinion, respecting the propriety of bringing home all our troops from these devoted countries, we had the misfortune to stand almost alone for a consi derable time ; but we believe that on this point, the public have now but one sentiment. We have no wish to blame the efforts that have been made by Ministers, to rescue the Spaniards and Portuguese from the gripe of the determined enemy of Britain. Indeed they would have deserved and received public reprobation had they refused to give them aid. But we cannot allow the present moment to pass, without pressing upon the Government and upon the Country the necessity of now nursing that force, and those re. sources of which we have hitherto been so lavish— foolishly lavish, for we have thrown them away upon the useless agents and supporters of corrupt, debili tated, exploded institutions !—institutions and privi. leges at perfect variance with the present moral state of the world. In these few words we have summed up the causes of our own defeat--the causes of the enemy's triumphs. It is the eztrtme of folly and madness to shut our eyes against the light, and grope in dark ness at noon day. Look at Spain. Was there in that country any want of physical means—any want of popular zeal, to annihilate an invading army ? To what then must we attribute the successes of the enemy ? To the ignorance and infatuation of their rulers—to their contemptible efforts to restore and maintain institutions and privileges that had received , a shock by which they were absolutely subverted. It is in the very nature of all human institutions, that when they have acquired a certain degree of de. bility, they require but a slight shock to make them fall, not merely to pieces, but into dust. The mecha. nic who should attempt to arrange the detached atoms of a machine reduced to powder by the corrosion of worms, and to give the engine its pristine powers by cementing them together with paste, would be sent to Bedlam. Yet such has been the conduct of Britain for years ! It is time to be wise and to abstain from partici.. pating in such folly.—The extreme of folly ! lot the labour is not only fruitless but ruinous I The ingr.. clients of which we compose our restorative are the wealth, the property, the very necessaries of our own cxis,o •ce, and the menstruum in which they are dis. o veJ, is the blood of our brave counts ymen,the tears of widows and orphans ! Reader ! Pug not away t h e reproof from yourself. THE ARMY. The blame belongs u much to you as to your rulers. Captain WOODRIPFE, Superintendant of Frmcll r,:-*. soners at Portsmouth, has sailed I,r IValcher::: , ,, r ,, The fact is plainly this :—The nation has been in a phrenzy. Let us hope the paroxism is now over. If it be, we have still sufficient stamina left in our con.. • arrange the embarkation of th e arm y t h ere. stitution to warrant a well-grounded hope that we I Four companies of art i:lery have : uc,.!ivEd nr c k rs t -, shall yet triumph over the assaults and machinations . hold themselves in readiness, at a mom:.nt's nkt ic , ., of our deadly foe. But, on the contrary, if, after to proceed to Walcheren, to assist is protecia, th e attempt the experience we have had, we shall still madly re-embarkation of our troops and eirects. S e The regiments for Walcheren are still 1., i ,,, , attempt to stop the course of the seasons, the fate that awaits us is inevitable. , . b at Spit. head, waiting a wind. One hundred and twenty horses, belong'n; to th e Royal Waggon Train, march into Porsimalth or . the 19th inst. and embark for Portugal. The Officers of the Artillery of the King's G erm , n Legion gave a farewell ball and supper to all th e re . spectable families in Portchester, where this corps has been quartered for this last four years. 'lt is 'ziptcted they will march to Guildford, to leave recur f or t h e foreign depot, now established at Pertchester. Respecting the reported action in the Mediterra nean nothing perfectly satisfactory has yet been re. ceived. There are letters in town from Palk of so late a date as the 9th, but they make no mention of the circumstance. The regular course of post be tween Nismes (where the rumour is said to have ori ginated) and the capital of France is only four days, so that the silence of these letters is wholly unaccount able, under the supposition that this success was ob tained by Lord COLLINGWOOD off the coast of Lan guedoc, on the 26th of the preceding month.- -On the other hand, a Gentleman who reached town yesterday from Holland states, that previously to his departure, he saw letters from Montpellier, which mentioned that the Toulon squadron had been met at sea by an Engliet fleet and dispersed. This in formation was said to have been derived from one of the French line of battle ships which had returned to port. Yesterday about 12 o'clock his MAJESTY arrived at the Queen's Palace, from Windsor, where he was re ceived by the Dukes of YORK, KENT, SUSSEX, and CAMBRIDGE. Soon after two o'clock his MAJESTY held a private Levee. The following had the honour of being presented to his MAJESTY : His Grace the Duke of PqRTLAND, upon coming to his title. —The Noble Duke at the carne time delivered to his Majesty the illustrious Order of the Garter worn by his father, the late Duke. The Earl of LINDSAY, upon coming to his title. Lord Lowruta, upon his being appointed a Lord of the Ad miralty, by Lord Mulgrave. Mr. HASTI NGS ELWIN, upon his being appointed Advocate- General of the Leeward Islands. Captain STAINES, R. N. upon his return from the Mediterra nean. Major-General HOUSTON, upon his promotion. Lieutenant• Colonel HAMILTON, upon bis promotion. His MAJESTY held a Privy Council, and gave au diences to Mr. PERCEVAL, the rest of the Cabinet Mi sters present, Sir DAVID DUNDAS and Mr. SUTTON, who laid before his Mansry the proceedings of some Courts Martial. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. About half-past six o'clock his MAJESTY set off on his return to Windsor. Yesterday the Cabinet Ministers dined with Mr. PERCEVAL, for the first time since his appointment to be First_ Lord of the Treasury. Earl CAMDEN was considered better yesterday, but not sufficiently recovered to attend his MAJESTY. M. ANDUAGA, it is expected, will embark to-day or to-morrow, on board the Lavinia frigate, which is to set sail for Cadiz. It will be recollected, that his Gentleman was the Minister of FERDINAND, at the Court of Louts, in Holland, from whence he escaped with some difficulty, attended by the Spanish Consul. Soon after he arrived here, he received instructions from the Supreme Junta to remain in London. He is now ordered, by the same authority, to proceed to Seville; and it is expected that he will occupy a situ ation of high rank and responsibility in the Govern ment. The Bucephalus, which is going to the East-Indies, is ordered to take out the PRINCE KHAN, who lately arrived a refugee in this country, in the Frederickstein, and had previously fled to the Emperor of Mouocco for protection, when driven from his dominions by a rival Prince. TORBAY, NOVEMBER 14. This morning arrived the gtm-Lrig ft,: rn Plymouth, to convoy the Prince of Wales trao,por: with the detachment of the 9th Dragnrns to Downs. Also arrived the TV1(11N and 11.1;t1A In in from a cruise. The Marquis of LAwsnowx, who died at his house in Berkeley-square, on Tuesday evening, was long afflicted with a malady, which is generally denomi nated the Liver Complaint. He was born Decem ber 9, 1765 ; succeeded his father, the first Marquis, on the 7th of May, 1805, and on the 27th of the same month was married to Lady GIFFARD, by whom he has left no issue. He is succeeded by his brother Lord HENRY PETTY, who is now Marquis of LANS now-N, Earl of WYCOMBE and SHELBURNE, Viscount CoLNE, and Baron WYCOMBE.—The late Marquis was for many months in a declining state of health. In the autumn of the present year, by the advice of his medical attendants, he was preparing to embark for Lisbon, to try the effect of the temperature of the atmosphere of that country. Previously to his in tended departure he visited his favourite Castle at Southampton, and finding himself daily getting bet ter, he abandoned his intention of going to Portugal. PLYMOUIH-DOCK, 2:OV. 14. No arrivals to dap, except colliers anti coast: r;. Sailed the YORK. 71. gunc, for the Medic:Tr:then and the WEAZLE hired schooner, for Torbay. PORTSMOUTH, NOVEMBLR I 5. Arrived yesterday, after post, the following tram. ports, with troops on board, from Guernsey : they are destined for the West Indies, viz. the Columbine, Idas, Wolgar, Royalist, Thetis, ElLn, Zephyr, and Mentor. Arrived also a French privateer, prize to his Majesty's ship EURVAI.CS.—SaiIed the linve.v, ATKINSON ; and Friends, IlitonmucK, for Amelia Islands; and his Majesty's ship BCCEPIIALL", Jrl the Cape of Good Hope, with a few ships under convey. Wind E. N. E. DFAL, NOVEMBER is. General MosEr and General OsTEN, who were brought to England from the isle of Walcheren, as prisoners of war, are at present on parole in the town of Litchfield, with a great number of officers, and upwards of two hundred other prisoners. The bells of St. Mary's Chapel, Litchfield, summon them every evening at five o'clock to their quarters. Arrived, the BEAGLE and Ecuo sloops, from the Nore ; and FURIOUS gun-brig, with a convoy, from Flushing: she landed a military officer with dispatches from that place.—Sailed the REDPOLL slocp and Dts- PATCH naval transport, with a convoy of coasting vessels for Portsmouth.—Put back the RtNALDO sloop and convoy for Flushing.—Came down from the River, and sailed immediately, the William, NURDAN, for New-York ; and several others.—Wind N. W. blows hard. PEDESTRIANISM.—A Mr. Gilbert, a farmer at Hai-- lowe, in Somersetshire, on Saturday set off from Newbott, Wilts, for a wager of 1000 guineas, to go 1000 miles in 1.5 days, which is at the rate of between sixty and seventy miles a-day. On Monday night he had completed 215. The odds are betted considerably against him. As Mr. Calvert, of Sunderland, butcher, was re. turning home on Monday se'nnight, about half. past ten o'clock, he was stopped on Gillygate. moor, near Durham, by a highwayman mounted on a grey horse, who demanded his money ; at the same instant an accomplice rushed out of the beige, seized his horse's bridle, and struck him violent blow on the forehead with a stout stick, but fortunately he kept his seat : the hors , ., began to plunge, and soon extricated himself, and immedi ately struck up into a gallop. Mr. CAlvert was lot lowed *ems the moor, but escaped by the speed of his hone. FRANCKFORT, OCTOBER $l. The Marshal Duke of Dantzic arrived here on the I 29th. General Rivaud, who commands a division of the Bth corps, is still here. The Prussian Colonel Krusemarck passed through this place on the 23th, with dispatches for Paris. NUItENBERG, OCTOBER 9. 2 . According to advices from Munich, two French and two Bavarian Generals have proceeded with the Prince of Lichtenstein to the frontiers of the Tyrol, to inform the Tyrolese Committee, who have been invited to meet them there, that their country will never more come under the dominion of Austria, but will remain subject to the Crown of Bavaria, and to exhort them to be submissive and obedient to their lawful Sovereign. A person at Saltzburg has laid a bet of 100 Nap )lcons d'or, that the Tyrolese will be completely subdued before the end of the month. PRIVATE LETTER.-HELIGOLAND, NOV. 9. 44 What the French armies are doing near Vienna we know not, nor any thing of their movements. The last intelligence we had irom the Continent stated, that the Russians had positively refused to retreat from Gallicia. " Among other reports circulated here, it is said that the Emperor Napoleon does not intend to go to Spain in person at all ; but has determined to m..rch a great army against the Turks, leaving his brother to fight for the Crown of Spain as well as he can." PRIVATE LE FTER.-ALI CANT, OCTOBER 15. " Before this arrives you will have learnt that the late disasters have not been to such an extreme as they must have been represented in your papers, to excite in you so much alarm for our safety. I will not pretend to Fay that this country may not at last fall under the dominion of the Usurper; but I am sure of this, that it will be a work of time and diffi culty, so great is the enthusiasm of the people in this province. As vigorous a resistance as possible will be made here. GOD preserve us all, and grant the extermination of the Satan of Europe, and that we may never feel in this corner the cruel effects of a terrible enemy." THE EVENING STAR. HARWICH, NOVEMBER 15. Arrived this morning the Diana packet, Captain M‘DoNocon, from Heligoland with mails and pas sengers ; also the PRINCESS AUGUSTA cutter. At 4 P. M. sailed the King George packet, Capt. KING, with the mail and passengers, for Flushing. YARMOUTH, NOVEMBER A brig came on this beach laden with oats, from Hull, bound to London, having first struck on the Barber Sand the entrance of the Cockle, getting in:o these Roads.—Sailed the CHANTICLEER, MONKEY, and PODARCUS.—Ships in the Roads, PLANTAGENET, of 1 guns ; ROEBUCK, of 44 ; CALvt-so sloop, and MANLY gun-brig.—Passed through the Roads from the northward, a large fleet of ships under convoy of several men of war, supposed from the Baltic.— Wind N.W. squally. NEWHAVEN, NOVEMBER is. On Thursday last, the 9th instant, the Roebuck. Lowry, a small trading vessel, laden with elephants' teeth,&c. from Africa for London, put into this place, where she at present lies wind-bound. The above vessel, in coming up Channel, was in unusual danger from the enemy's cruizers. On the 6th inst. betwe.2n Portland and the Isle of Wight, she fell in with a French privateer, which attempted to board her, but in vain, as the Roebuck's men, only thirteen in num ber, gallantly engaged her, and after an hour and a halPs hard fighting, compelled the marauder, although she appeared to have upwards of sixty men on board, to sheer off ; and, on Tuesday last, at day break, Capt. Lowry, being then near the French coast, found himself surrounded by no less than eight stout lugger privateers ; against such odds, fighting was entirely out of the question, and it luckily blowing a gale, the Captain availed liimself of his only resource, by packing on the Roebuck every piece of canvas she could hoist ; and by this dangerous expedient, the sea running very high, she completely escaped her numerous enemies ; about ten minutes after which, the sails and several of her spars, &c; were broken. — The Venus from Malta and Gibraitar, is now lying in Seaford Road, wind-bound, with a quarantine ;lag flying. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. GRAVESEND, Noer arts 15.—Arrived the Vrow I.amonia, Kokiset, troth Lishim ; and Rothey, Hammond, from Gotten burgh.—Sailed the Berbice packet, !kiddy, for Oporto ; the Alck buret), Corydon, for New-York; the Esther, Crean, for Cadiz; the Ilicenix, Lock ; and the Athalia, Burn:ester, for Gottenburgh; the George, Nlinter, for Flushaq; and the Hope, Lovie, for Mountserrat. The Little Arthur, Dawson, from Gibraltar, is taken off Scilly by a French privateer. The Active, Colston, from Quebec to Greenock, is on short near Bie, with iota left water in her hold, The Jane, from London tc. shields, is on shore in the Gun Fleet. The Peggies of Fisherrow, James Cleghorn master, [was wrecked on the SCAW, 19th September last, on her page from Gottenburglt to fislierruw ; all the crew civet', but made pri soners of w 4 r, and bent 60 miles into the interior. Asalven—At Liverpool, the George, Ben ling, from Halifax. At Old Calabar, the Columbui, —, from Liverpool. At Rio Janeiro, the Pecula, —, from Liverpool and Africa. At New York, the John Jon --, from Liverpool and Africa; and Livingstone, —, from Dundee. At Boston, the Boston, rrom Liverpucl. At Newport, the UMon, —; and William Henry, —, from Liverpool. Oil Newhaven, the Venus, Col well, from Malta; and the Louisa, Bieber*, tur Waterford. At eto )113.ven, the Barbadoes, from bt. Übe% A t Dublin, the Ji na and eiarah, —, from Amigos :tilt' Halifax ; Friends, Agnew ; r.orikience, Agmw ;. and Mary, Martin, from Picton. tair avN net thr ste bec to I sell toc fivi Ti fat ha col on the Or ele thi Di thl fo' frc tli scl in :is Ivo pa Yri V 3 St: Vt EC Itt to to a( to tc cl s( r. tc. al T i CI Cl tl a rI si S. • „NI i ;~ ~~ ~. 1 r . 1 the toe Me car put ino silo