Star. — London, England, 1809-05-29 00:00:00

Er.rc—LN, MA' !6. His Majesty the King of Prussia has learned with the I:tmost displeasure the very reprehensible conduct of M ,jor Von 6chill, and some inilitary persons. con nected with him, who, by their olvn authority solely, p.m] without the knowledge of their superiors, have left ther quarters and passed to the other side of the Elbe. His Majesty has ordered the sit it test enquiry to be made into the airair, and for that ptirpost,l,has fur. nishA Major Von Stuttet:seini with unlimited powers mak, the necessary enquiries ; and every person is hereby most seriously warned not to engatre in an un dertaking of which the severest puniment can alone be tl:c consequence. • (Signed) Gatz VON STUTTEIIIIEINT, VoN KLEIST, SACK GFNNER. Major Von Stutterheirn, who is arrived here from Konigsburgh, has, by the King's authority, pub lished the following General Orders to the army, on the Parade yesterday His itlajesty the King no tities to the army, that Major Von Schill, with his regiment, under the pretext of manceuvering the garrison before the gates, h.ts passed the frontiers. di Hi s Majesty cannot find words suliciently to ex press the displeasure he feels, and ho trusts that the army, animated by a just sense of discipline, feels the same. Maki Von Scliill and all who are gone with him, shall he made amenable to a strict military tribunal. His Majesty declares to the army, that in consequence ot this incredible act, he is resolved strictly to en force the laws of military obedience, even for the slightest offence. A; a first proof of a punctual observance of the commands ot his Najesty, all mi litary persons are required not to repeat or take any part in any politic tl reports or observations, on the occurrences of the war. It is expected from the obedience of the army, that it will conform to this order in its fullest extent. (Slgited) " Konigsberg, May 8, 1809" cc FREDERICK wILLIAH. HELIC.;OLAND; MAY 21. Colonel Schill was at Goslar on the 10th, and oc cupied several strong passes in the Hartz Mountains. Be had intercepted a train of artillei v, and a convoy of .arms and ammunition going to Magdeburgh, and had obtained a quantity of arms, ammunition, and mot ey at Halle, Celle, Brunswick, &c. Schill has been joined by young Blucher, son of the Prussian General, Captain BRUNNOW, and several other Prus sian Officers. AUGSBURGH, MAY The King's journey to the Inn, and the Queen's to Carlsruhe, has been cuientermunded, in consequence cf unfavourable news. from Austria and from the The King of Prusia's arrears are paid by bills on the bankers of this city into the French army treasure. The number of wounded French soldiers here is now so great, that the newly established hospitals are in sufficient for their reception, and both officers and men are now quartered on the citizens. General Mar moot has broken up from Dalmatia with a French force against Trieste and Fiume. '1 he . following information is collected from pri vate advices : General Bellegarde, reinforced by 40,000 men from Bohemia and Moravia, has taken a strong ix skim behind the Itadhruze.. Tl.e Saxon army, under the orders of the Prince de Ponte Corvo, advanced from Roetz, on the 7th, to Waldmundien, and on the 9th entered Bohemia ;It Piedankia. The Duke of Auer stadt had previously taken the same route, and on the 10th his head- quarters were at Stankau, while Ponte Corvo was ei league behind, at Teinitz. General Bal legal:de must either consent to a battle, or abandon Hscn. The Tyroleans, according to letters from Augs bur.Q.h of the 10th, continued at that date to excite the greatest alarm there and at Munich. They have laid Kempten, Scholl Kaufbeaurn, and other ci ties in Suabia under contribution, and in Bavaria hive established themselves at Landsperg, and push ed their out-posts to the environs of Munich. The garrison of Augsburgh was under arms on the nights of the 6th and 7th, hourly expecting an attack, but the Tyroleans did not advance further than Attingen. At Kaufbeaurn they took many fine horses and va riors property belonging to the King of Bavaria. Another Austrian ccrps has entered Poland from Gallicia. On the 4th inst. 400 cavalry entered Wi dawa, and advanced by Sierada towards Kalisch ;- 3000 men followed the next day, and more were ex pected. One hundred and thirty waggons, crowded with wounded French, arrived at Atig: burg on the '2d inst. Another escort, equally numerous, arrived on the Sth ; and it is computed, that during the preceding fortnight, the wounded French, Bavarian, and Wir. temberg troops, conveyed thither, exceeded. 14,000 men. P4I:LI.AMINTARr PROCLI:DINGS. HOUSE OF I.ORDS, MAY. 7. The Royal Assent was given by Commission to s 3 public and Ftvate Rills; among others, to the .11ilitia Cempletion Bill, the Land Tax Commis•iobers' Name Mistake Bill, the Trish Insolvent Llt:btons' Bill, Mr. Gustavus Westin 's Naturalization Bill, &c.— Atourned till Tuesday. HOUSE OF COMMONS. SIICRETARV at WAR brought in a Bill for the !setter il:r Office of Agent-Ger:a - al for the Vol:inter:3 and 11111,tic.; also, a Bill fur defraying the Pay and Clothing of tt.e Local Militia.—Bot'l read a firs! tia.-. I( AT I - t ht. 4—larationg.f the Sc cretary of State frr Foreijn Affair:, in Hot. that ttt late acts of tike in An:vrizi, reiv ore continertial in 'TZ•itrtebetwet.:ltt.e.two r teF ,w er Litiauthori*il,and would rer.osmizeil by his Infd excited Vrnrig sensatinss in ntite.s ui t interev fie Wdti convinced the It ig7:l lion. t:.i; was a subject on which Tn..at-ma -Ic-1 nc: nbe witb!tol.l; 2(1:1 in his absence, he took on nf the Treasury If any information (0 1);:,f0:,! ffoute on this important subject. Nfr.HUSKISSON talc:, there NV2S little probability of thz. Right Secretary lit•inj present to-night. He should advise him of .ae question row pat ; and he had no eoubt the Hon. Gentleman 'would receive a sati4actory answer to it o T tie/clay. Mr. MARR YA IT tntcred a notice (Lathe subject forTues4ay. "1 he SECRETARY at WAR presented Copies of the Com inissions of Lord Burglv-rsh, a:Tetta'.-.ly to cyder. Mr. FOSTER brought in a Bill for molding the Acts for t..uilding and re-building Glebe-!rouses in Ireland. Read a first :ime.—A Bill authorising an issue of Errhequer Bills, to cover the Vote of Credit for the service of the year 1809, was also read a r.rst time. 'Fbit Life Annuity Bill, Cie Iris'i riiliria Families Bil , the tries 13Jessed Taxes Bill, and the lrlilt Boer Bill, were severally read • 1;..t9 time, and passed.--Adjograed .ill 'rittstlay. 1' IE EVENING STAR. LONDON. MONDAY, MAY 29. nuts CHARLES'S RESTORAT:3N.—No business done at tLe Stock Exchange. PRICE OF STOCKS ON SATURDAY. 3 per Cent. Red. ti7f India Stock 3 per Gant. Cons. 681 India Bonds.l9s. pr. 4 per Cent. 3.1 93 Omnium, # prem. 5 per Cent. Navy 9411 Excheq. 14s. 105.131. pre. Irish 5 per Cent. 93 j Consols for ace. Eat On Siiturday dispatches were received at Mr. CAN WING'S Office from Mr. STUART, who- is with the Archduke CHARLES, dated the sth instant; and at the sanie time Prince STA EIREMBERG received dispatches from his Court, dated from Stramberg, the 4th inst. Had their contents been favourable, they would have been suffered to transpire before this time ; but all that is publicly circulated is, that the Archduke CHARLES, having reinforced the army of General BELLEGARDE with 22 battalions, was still at the head of 160,000 men. There are, however, later accounts in town from the Austrian army, of which the following version is circulated :—" The army of General HILLER, ex ceeding 50,000, was, on the 6th, posted near lezels derf, on the borders of Moravia, in a condition to act either with the Grand Army, or the Hungarian Masse. General BELLEGARDE, reinforced by forty thousand men from Bohemia and Moravia, has taken a strong position behind the Raeibruze. The Saxon army, under the orders of BERNADOTTE, advanced from Roetz, on the ith, to Waldmunchen, and on the 9th entered Bohemia, at Pledankia. P.‘vousT had pre viously taken the sam• route, and on the 10:h is head quarters were at Stankau, while [lnas AnoTre. was a league behind, at Teinitz. General PA:l.e- GARDE must either consent to a battle or 3h;,nti. it Pilsen. The rlungarim insurrection army i , very where in motion. On the 6th of May the rna-s of three P.slatinates were on their route to Moravia. —The Archduke JOSEPH, Palatine of Hungary, has issued a summons 'to the whole male population of the kingdom capable of hearing arms, to immedi ately join his standard : 130 waggons, crowded with wounded French, arrived at Augsburgh on the 2d instant. Another escort, ecurally numerous, arrived. on the sth, and it is computed, that during the pre ceding fortnight, the wounded French, Bavarian, and \Virtemberg trooFs conveyed thither, exceeded four teen thousand men. From the north of Germany the accounts continue to be favourable. The enterprize of Colonel Scleme has assumed a most formidable and promising aspect. His detachments entered through Hanover and Hesse, and he appears to avail himself most ably of the increasing spirit of insurrec tion in that part of the Continent." It is our duty to communicate such statements as the above to our Readers, but they weigh little when cow.rasted with the official details of the enemy, which come down to a later date. On Saturday we laid before our Readers the details respecting the occupa tion of Vienna by the French, and this day we add the documents that were annexed to the on pub lication. Some of our contemporaries bl:tme the Archduke MAXIMILIAN for exposing a defenceless city even for an hour to the horrors of a bombardment—other: of them execrate the people for not having stood forward to defend their own families and habitations ! But this alters not the issue or the consequences which it threatens. To Britain the lesson ought to be the same. You cannot save such men—Save yourselves ! Nur:e your own resources, nor waste your own physical strength ! Hamburgh Papers of the 19th have been received : they contain a pompons description of the prepara tions made at Vienna to resist the entrance of the French, and would have furnished an entertaining column for a London Xewsp:%pe: previous to the arri val of the Seventh French Bulletir...—voN Scrum. still keeps together a formidable force; he is said to be forcing his way to the sea coast of Mecklenburgh, in order to open a communication with the British. A letter from Penzance, received this morning, mentions the arrival there of the PLOVER, from a cruize - ; and that on Wednesday last the PLOVER spoke spolc.: a s'aip from Cadiz, which informed her that Madrid was in the hands of the Spaniards.—WE have no accounts fro's, any ether quarter to invalidate or confirm this rumonr. On Saturday at four o'clock, P. M. Captain 'NNE% of the Mvanr. sloop of war, arrived at the Admiralty, with dispatches from the fleet off the coast of p.m_ gal. We nnderstAnd that they contain information that Marshal SOULT had altered the direction of his retreat, and instead of proceeding towards 'l'ralos. Montes, fearful of meeting with General BERESF9RD, and tho force in the vicinity of Chaves, he had pro. ceeded North, towards Galiicia. From the last ac counts of the situation of the army of General :to- NANA, it is highly probable, that he will find the passes of that mountainous province pre-occupied b 7 the patriots. _ _ _ morning We received Portuguese papers to the 17t'.•i instant, but their contents add but little to what was before known. " LISBON, ),Ititi 16. ig The English entered Oporto on Friday last, and the French have retired to Volengo, about two leagues to the East of Oporto, where they are eontpktely surrounded. No official account has as yet been rca .. ; I . , . - ceivetcli but our loss has been but trigtag. General M'lcenzie's brigade remains at Thomar, to be in 4a dittess to adopt any measures that may be tendered necessary by the movements of General Victor s ar my, which is at present, however, completely blocked up in the South by General Cuesta, and seems to have no more chance of escaping than those in the North. " Authentic letters from Lamego of the 9th inst. state that the PortugUese are in possession of Peko de Pugoa, and other positions on the other side of the Douro, so that the passage of that river is perfectly open to our army. No action has as yet taken place. The rumour of battles which are said to hike been fought are therefore unfounded. " The Captain of a vessel, which on the 12th inst. arrived from Gallicia, affirms, that that province has completely recovered its liberty, and that the French are blocked up, both in Ferrol and Corunna, by the army of the Marquis of Romana. They were not expected to make a long resistance. It also seems to be certain, that several thousand English troops have been disembarked in Vigo. " The French army in Lower Estremadura has fallen back from Merida to Truxillo, leaving a garri son in the former town ; they collect all the small parties dispersed through that province." These Papers contain some details respecting the capture of Oporto, but they have been anticip.e;ed by the accounts published in the Gazette. THE ARMY. The transports from Harwich, having on board the 43d Regiment, and those from Dover with the 52d and 95:h Regiments, are on their way from the Downs to Portsmouth, under convoy of the RixALuo sloop of war The Irton store ship, with the camp equipage of vie regiments embarked at Dover, is ordered to S. !den's to be on the look out fcr the expedition, so that they need not bring to at Portsmouth, but pass clown Channel.— Mr. JAhtEs, Purveyor, takes • his passage in this vessel to join this small army. —Dr. FRANKS, Inspector of Hospitals, is at Portsmouth w titing his passage to Portugal, as' is likew se the Rev. Mr. BaiscALL, Brigade-Chaplain. The transports which brought home the French pri soners from the Tagus, are still under quarantine, sixteen prisoners and one of the crew having died on board one of them. Besides the 43d, 52d, and 95th Regiments, already embarked on foreign service, the Ist battalion of the 5./th is now at Ramsgate waiting the arrival of trans ports. This battalion, it is reported, goes on a sepa r.:te service, accompanied by a small detachment of the 95th Rifle Corps; they are to go in men of war, and their object of attack, it is conjectured to be not many hours sail from this coast.—Neither women nor baggage are to be taken with them.—When the Ist battalion of the 50th leave Ramsgate, the `ld battalion of the same Regiment is expected to take possession of the same barracks. Besides the above, the 81st awl 82d, with several other Regiments in the Sussex district, are also•under orders for foreign service. All these troops are in the highest possible state of discipline, and the prompti tude with which they have been recruited, sufficiently proves the utility of the Volunteer system, however grating it nt.ty be to the feelings of those by whose exertions the Militia Regiments have been rendered so efficient. The Linskill transport (OH) came into Dover on Saturday, from the Downs, and took on booed 27 horses belonging to Generl CitAUFORD and Staff, with which she sailed that night to join the transports lying in the Downs. General CRAUFORD left Dover for Deal on Satm day. Several Regiments in the Sussex district are ordered on fomign service; among them are the 81st and 82d, for Portugal. • The 2d battalion of the 95th Rifle Regiment, has' marched into Hythe Barracks. Immediately after the entry of the British troops into Oporto, Sir ARTIILR 'WELLESLEY issued the fol lowing Proclarnation 1101ADITANTS Or OPORTO—As the French troops have been expelled from this city by the bravery and discipline of the army which I command, I require from the inhabitants that they shall comport themselves with compassion and humanity towards the said troops who may be made prisoners. Ey the laws of war they are entitled to my protectiws, and it is My duty to afford it. It would he very inconsistent with the generosity and magnanimity ' of the Portuguese nation to revenge upon unfortunate individuals the outrages and calamities which it has suffered : I direct the inhabitants of the city to remain tranquil in the town, and that no person that does not belong to a military corps shall appear armed in the city. In rase of this order being contravened, ur of any attack being made upon the said individuals, such persons shall be punished as guilty of having disobeyed my orders. I ap p• nt Colonel Trutt Commandant of the city, unless the Govern ment of his Royal Highness shall object to this nomination. I order the Commander to use all the means necessary to enforce obedience to this cnler, and to produce the effect of tomplete tranquility and peace, for which I am so anaiously solicitous. (Signed) " AR rituß WiLI.f.ESLEY." Lieutenant Haman:so:4, of the Mom, (who having beea sent into Oporto with dispatches before the French arrived there, was taken prisoner when they entered h) arrived in the NAUTILUS, which brought' the late dispatches from Oporto: The account given by this gentleman c. the atrocities cf the French in Oporto, are shocking to humanity, and many of them too foul to be committed to paper. The French General Lotssos; threw two children into a fire with his own hands ! The massacre of the peasantry (which composed the greater part of the array that sin-rendered with Oporto) was as dreadful as can be conceived. Upwards of 8000 of them were killed in and abet:: Oporto. The French excluded these roar teilows .rem all the privileges usually claimed by sul. diers. They shot them wherever they saw them, however employed, armed or unarmed. The deadly hatred which this treatment engendered may be conceived. The peasants never fail to destroy a Frenchman, whenever they can effeq it ; and hope of plunder conies in as an auxiliary t o y evtnAe . The French soldiers are loaded with booty. Pre vious to quitting Oporto, they sold out their dol lars and plate to the Portuguese traders at any price, for guineas and moidores ; and then stole about '2OOO horses and mules to early off tilde plundier. • Lieute nant licNintisos was robbed . c,l his wa '.ch, money, and sword, by the French (Me et wale . 1 , 4c ,k Li r a p r i. sorter ;14 escaped ahnott-naked, NAY .IL INTELLIGENCE.. .., • The Raleigh South-wh tier, arrived at Plymiina . from Madeira, parted from the Princess 4.117.,n5it: packet from Jamaica on rriday. The Raleigh from Madeira on the 7th instant, with the NeWcastle. Sotrren, and a few American vessels under c nvoy. A frigate, with 13 sail, arrived at Madeira the sarne day, supposed to be the HELDER ard fleet which sail,•cl from Portsmouth for the West Indies the 22d April. FALMOUTH, MAY 26. Sailed the Dispatch packet to the Leeward Islands. PLYMOUTH AND PLYMOUTH-DOCK, MAY 27. Arrived the SNAPPER schootier from off Rochefort ; EAGLE, Revenue cutter, frout the Downs ; LEIGH, 18 guns, from a cruize in the Channel ; WEA.• ZLE schooner from Falmouth ; ENnosvhott Int cf war frost Swansea ; and I'AioLE frigate, 38 guns, from Rochefort, having previously sent in two small French prizes. --ailed, last eveninq, the Sw.u.s.ow, Capt. MILNER, with dispatches, and two Messenvrs on board, for Spain ; th e AMELIA frigate, Hon. 1. P. !any, for the Coast of Spain ; INDEp.smoint, of 33 guns, on a cruize ; DEXTEROUS and PROTECTOR gm , - brigs, for Spain ; and King George, hired cutter, for Lisbon. The new Mn.rotto, 74 gusts, was taken into Dock yesterday to be coppered. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 46. • Arrived the Britannia, CLARK, and Osbourn, WAT., sox, transports, from the Downs, the latter's bowsprit sprung, having b-en run foul of by the former; and the WATSON, from Jamaica.—Sailed the Horsow, for the Brazils. The Monarch, Ba tavia, Anacreon, ani Sally transports are released from quarantine. His Majesty's ship Frederickstein takes convoy to the MediterraneaA instead of the Champion.—Wind MAY 27.—Sailed the CROCODILE and HOUND for the Downs. MAY 28.—Arrived the Catherine, FE -NN, from Lon. don for Bahia ; Myrtle, sloop of war, from Portugal; and Pozaz frigate from Plymouth.—Wind S. W. DEAL, MAY 27. Arrived the Deptford naval transport from Dept ford. Sailed the Rinaldo, Trompeuse, and Fearless, on a cruize. MAY 28.—Arrived the Amethyst and Crocodile frigates from the Channel ; and the Harlequin armed ship with a convoy from the westward, and passed through to the eastward. The transports mentioned in my last, having on board the truth, 52d, and 43d Regiments, have not been able to proceed to Ports mouth, owing to contrary winds. SHEERNESS, MAY 27. Sailed this day the ROLLA man of war, with a fleet of merchant ships, to Gottenburgh, and ,Lveral por:s in the Baltic.—Arrived several ships after the con voy sailed, from the Westward ; and number of small galliov, for London, bound to Heligoland, whither the convoy will sail en the S lst inst.—Wind S. W. HARWICH, MAY n. Sailed yesterday, the Lord Duncan packet, Capt. HAMILTON, with mails aad passengers, for Heligo land ; and.the Diana, Capt. M.DoNouott, wit'a mails and passengers for Gouenburgh. The packet Captain Thomas, C. MASON, has ar rived from Heligoland, with mails and dispatches, (which he landed at Aldhro') and several passen gcrs, .who were landed here this afternoon. Captain MASON was detained 36 hours after he had received the Mail, for the Dispatches. YARMOUTH, MAY 26. • .. -Sailed the SnAke sloop of war, with convoy, for Archangel.—Arrived the Acute and Pincher gun brigs, a»1 six sail of prizes sent in by the N. S. Fleet. Wind S.E. • hl.tv 28.—Sailed the ABOUKIIt for Flushing ; the ACUTE and REDBREAST on a cruise. Arri ed a brig name unknown, with convoy, bound to the Baltic ; and the Viso; from a cruise. The SATURN has a signal flying for sailing, and the ALEXANDRIA is Waiting to take oil board the Prince of Mia - mi.viatnto, for the Continent.—Wind S. E. fresh breeze. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. GMAT/WIND, MAY 28.—Arrived the Wexford, Barnard, from Bombay ; ana Charleston packet, from St. Michael's .—Sailed the Ceres, White, for Madeira. MA r 28 —Arrived the Atalanta, Worts, from Malta; Charles Frederick, Austin, from Messina; and Duke of Clar e nce, Smith, from Lisbon.—Sailed the Alexander, Lange • Friends, Cr:!aser ; and Alliance, Davis, tor Stockholm ; Lucing, Spain, fi x Domi nica; Friend ship, Leath, for Madeira; Sportsman, Moore, for Gibraltar ; and Wohlfart, Smith, for Senegal. The Freden, Rappen, from St. Übe's to Gottenborgk, is taken and carried into Christiansand. The Sarah, Classina, bound to London, is totally lost In the, Baltic. GOTTLNIURGII, MAT 19.—The following Is a list.of American ships captured by the Danes, and sent into Norway ; their cargoes are taken out and sold, but it is thought they will not be cow demned, viz. Pa:ket, Pedrick, from Marblehe ad ; Ann, Howe, irons Boston ; Edward and Henry, Parker, from Mzssachustetz;_ Susvarrow, Leech, from Beverly,; Ansel lea, Drinle water, frona Portland; Good Friunlai Thompson, front Philadelphia; another ship, name unknOW. . A report prevailed this morning, that Sir FRANCIR BURDETT W:IS killed in a due 4 with Mr. TIERNEY.— The report of the duel, and of its fatal termination, are totally without foundation. Sir FRANCIS lc at his house at Wimbledon, in good health and spirit. Mr. JACKSON is appointed Minister to the United States, in the room of Mr. ERSKINE. He will set ou t on his mission in the course or two or three days. Kensington Gardens did not, yesterday, boast thei r , full complement of beauty, rank, and fashion. This was not the consequence of diminished attraction, but on the contrary; the crowd that pressed forwatd for admission was so great as to deter many Ladies from alighting and attempting to gain entrance. COIN FICHANOL, MAIM-LANZ, MAT 29.--Thi 9 thy the an. ri►als of Wheat make the supply rather considerable, and the sales made are at little variation. Barley again ettaper, S. and .ft. per quarter. Malt and Beans of the two kinds vary but little. But few White Peas. There are large remaining supplies of Olaf, limmtly from Holland; and likewise many irrivals expected. which causes this trade to be spin at lower pries►.--Pletir at oar last qautation. ... AL SUIIiNCIF A$ UNDER : Wb.-st, 565. 70... nit, . Beans 546.40 a p I rine ditto, iSSa. Us. . 'rick distil 425. 171. Ms aye, 465. 12a. Oats, 14s. 9.7, 801. Earley, Ws. SU. C.d. Polad dim, 5. , •24. ..455. od. Milt 70..711 Potato* ditto to :4 . od. I White PAU (boners), 7U ItSe Rape Seed, sOL to 521. I , O ditto ,p , 445. Plas I N o w, 70a. 7/40..-Setamatit, 6sB . 70a. "10 It tti