Star. — London, England, 1809-06-26 00:00:00

THE EV ENING STAR. LONDON. MONDAY, JUNE 26'. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK: Consols, for July, 69+1—Reduced fiSii—Omnium I 1 pro. Exchequer Bills 2s. to prem. FRENCH AND DUTCH PAPERS. Since our last, Dutch papers to the 19th, and Paris papers to the 14th inst. have come to hand. Their contents we may pronounce to he satisfactory upon the whole. The Sixteenth Bulletin of the French Army shews that NAPOLEON had not, on the 4th inst. been able to renew offensive operations with his main army. It speaks of an unimportaint affair near Pres burg, in which the Austrians are said to have been driven from the right bank of the Danube ;—which they had previously crossed. The other circumstances mentioned are very insig nificant, except the concluding paragraph :—" The Danube falls, but frc,rn the continuance of the warm weather we fear it will rise again." This intimation can be considered in nu other light than as an apo logy by anticipation for the inertness to which the author of the Bulletin is aware the French army may be obliged to submit. The unoffici'll articles in the Dutch papers are as promising as the Bulletin. They prove from the ad missions and statements of the enemy, that the insur rection in the Tyrol and Voralberg has assumed a very serious character.—The Insurgents in the Vo ralberg no sooner heard that the Bavarian division had marched off to the Danube than they again took arms, and proceeded to the frontiers of Wirtemburg and Baden. Kempten and the places adjacent are now in their possession. On the '2d inst. they made an attack on Lindau, which was unsuccessful. Letters from Saltzburg, of the 6th instant, men tion that General CHASTELER has reappeared with his army in Punterthal ; and that General DERoI, having been assailed from different points, at In spruck, retreated to Kufstein, from whence he de tached a body of troops towards Pang and Abling, to protect the environs of Munich from depredation, as the Insurgents from the District of Scharnitz scour the country as far as Benedictbeurn. In this disas trous situation of affairs in the South, the Duke of VaLmy (Kellerman) has been under the necessity of diminishing his strength in the North, and has sent ;Ile division of General Rivaun, 10,000 strong, into Suabia. The enemy is thus kept in a state of con stant uncertainty as to the situation most necessary to be occi,ipied by his armies for the preservation of tranquillity, from the Baltic Sea to the Gulph of Venice. The following article, which appears in the Mani jca. of the 12th, shews that the enemy apprehend that some atttack may be made upon Holland, ist the absence of the troops now in Germany : " The most efficacious measures have been taken in Holland to repel any hostility on the part of the English, should they dare to make any attempt on that country, in consequence of the engagements they have entered into with Austria, to make a powerful diversion in her favour. It is however now doubtful, after the disasters which the Austrians have expe rienced, whether England will hold itself-obliged to fulfil its promise. To those who know the politics of London, the doubt is very natural, Whether she will or will not keep her word. There have been estab lished in the different parts of our coasts, troops, which in case of necessity can be promptly united. — A numerous reserve is likewise in readiness to march, in case of need, to the same points. Daring his last journey, the King himself visited all these prepara tions. At Flushing, his Majesty visited the fleet and the works executed by the French engineers." GOTTENBURGH MAIL. Another mail arrived last night, brought to Har wich by the Prince of Wales packet. By this packet two messengers came from Gottenburgh with dis patches—one of them English, the other Swedish. — The dispatches probably relate to the new order of things established in Sweden. Mr. CHAPMAN and Family, from .Elsineur, came passengers in the Prince of Wales. When the packet left Gottenburgh on the 18th ;nst. Admiral KEATS, with a convoy of upwards of 100 sail for England, was waiting a fair wind to proceed. One of the Journals received by this mail contains an article which states that the Emperor ALEXANDEn has actually set out for Koningsberg to have a conference with the King of PRussiA. This fact, if correct, is of great importance. Coupled with another rumour 'Which we shall immediately state, it holds out a hope that ALSZANDER has resolved to take the field against subverter ci the European Monarchies. The Messenger whose arrival from the Continent was announced in our Yarmouth letter on Saturday, 117 a s the bearer of dispatches froth the Austrian Army to Prince STAHREMBERG. He left Presburg on the 26th, and the Austrian head-quarters on the 28th alt. His dispatches announce the important fact, that the Hungarian Levy, to the amount of 60,000 mtn, was to join the archduke CHARLES on the 9th . General ABERCROMBIE, with his suite, is preparing •o set out for Bombay, where he is appointed Com !Tillr.lelr in Chief. FRESH ARRIVALS FROM HOLLAND. Since our last several vessels have arrived at Har- with and Yarmouth from Dutch ports. The letters brought by them are to the 21st instant, and their contents are important. They mention as a current report the news we communicated on Saturday, of a series of fresh en gagements having commenced on the Danube on the 12th, and continued with hardly any intermission during the three following days.—They add an im portant fact, which we shall be happy to find con firmed, that a Prussian army of 30,000 men had joined the Austrian army ; and that the issue of the battle was the complete discomfiture of NAPOLEON'S army ! We wish we could add, that suck accounts had been received officially, but we have not been able to ascertain this fact. We cannot, however, doubt en tirely the truth of the general statement, the same accounts having been brought by different vessels, and from different ports. By one of these vessels, a most respectable House in the City has received a copy of a New Decree of NAPOLEON respecting Commerce, of which the fol lowing is a translation : " EXTRACT FROM THE MINUTES OP THE SECRETARIES OF STATE. " IMPERIAL DECREE. " From cur Imperial Camp at Ebersdorff, 4th June, 1809. " /sTA PO L sox, Emperor of the French, King of Italy, Protector of the Confederation of the R 1 ine-- " We have decreed, and do hereby decree as follows : " Art. I.—The relations between France and Holland shall be re—zstablished upon the same footing as before our decree of the 16th September, 1808. " Art. 2.—Our Minister of Finances is directed to see the pre sent decree put in execution. (Signed) " NAPOLEON." The private letters received from Holland state, that the American Minister at Paris, General ARM STRONG, has not yet received any answer from the French „Government ; and it was general ex 7 pected that if he did not soon receive one, he would take his departure. This Imperial prohibitory Decree, of 16th Sep tember last, now repealed by the above Decree, pre vented the importation of Colonial produce into France from Holland. But new and severe Decrees against American Commerce are daily expected by the merchants in Holland. THE ARMY. Besides the Grand Expedition of 20,000 men to be embarked in the Downs, and to be commanded by Sir Josar HOPE ; and the two smaller Expeditions, each of between 3 to 5,000 men, there is a fourth Expedition, to be commanded, it is said, either by Lord CHATHAM or Lord CATHCART, collecting at Portsmouth. This expedition, to consist of from 12 to 13,000 men, is to be encamped at Portsmouth till embarked there—it will consist of A Detachment of Royal Engineers. Staff Corps From Plymouth. Waggon Corps Two Brigades of Artillery. The 9th Light Dragoons. Ist Foot, or Scots Royals, 3d Battalion. sth Ditto. Bth Ditto, or King's Regiment, Scl Battalion. 14th Ditto, 21 Battalion.. 23d, or Welsh Fuzileers, 2d Battalion. 26th, or Canteronians, Ist Battalion. 32d, Ist Battalion. 35th, t.'d Battalion. 36th, Ist Battalion. 63d, f-,:d Battalion. Lath, Ist Battalion, Light Regiment. 71st, ditto, ditto. 77th. 85th, Light Regiment. 95th, Rifle Corps, two Companies. Part of the above regiments are on their march to Portsmouth ; the Welsh Fuzileers and 35th will be there on Wednesday. A very able and entcrprizing Admiral °facer, is to command the naval part of this Expedition ; be has five sail of the line with him. Had the health of Sir DAVID BAIRD been tho roughly re-eszablished, he was to have commanded one of the large armies. This morning 380 men belonging to the 2d batta lion of the Ist Regiment of Foot Guards, marched ' from the Bird-cage Walk, in St. James's.Park, to join the British troops at Chatham, destined for foreign service. They went off in high spirits. The 2cl battalion of the 14th regiment, 1100 strong, marched on Saturday from Buckingham on its route to Portsmouth, to join the Grand Expedition forming there. Friday, the 77th Regiment, commanded by Colo nel WHITELOCK, marched from Winchester to Ports mouth, to embark for service. The 2d battalion 96th regiment continues embarked at Portsmouth. Several regiments are embarking for service from Ireland, as likewise from Jersey and Guernsey. The regiments mentioned in SaturclAy's STAR will form part of the Expedition from the Dawns, under Sir JOHN HOPE, who carries with him a large force of cavalry—among others, it is said, the Blues, the Irish Dragoon Guards, and the 12th Light Dragoons. As soon as they are reported fit for service, the Hussar Brigade will be sent out to Sir ARTHUR WEL LESLEY. Brigadier General TERROTT goes out with two Brig ades of Artillery with Sir Jowl Hors. NAVAL INTELLIGENCI. FALMOUTH, JUNE 15. Sailed the Lord Hobart Oacket, with Mails for the brazils; His Majesty's ship FREDERICKSTEIN, with a convoy for the Mediterranean, appeared off this pOrt to-day. The ships here have joined them.—Wind N. PLYMOUTH AND PLYMOUTH-DOCK, JUNE 24. Arrived, since my last, the Caesar, 80 guns, Rear- Admiral STOPkORD, from the Rochefort station ; the Pallas frigate, from a cruize ; Morriston hired brig, from Swansea ; Harlequin armed ship, from the Downs ; and Weazle schooner, from Torbay : also the Amiable Donallo, of St. Andero, Captain MONT REL, from London, for Cadiz; Twee Gebreders, Captain SMIT, from London ; Jonge Cornelius, Cap. taro Rams, from London ; Industry, Capt. WATSON, from Gottenburgh ; Dawson, Capt. DAVIDSON, from Halifax; London, Capt. HAWKINS, from St. Vincent. The Cesar will come up harbour to be docked and repaired : her crew will be turned over to la Scipion, a fire French 80 gun ship, one of those taken in the action off Trafalgar ; la Scipion will come out of Dock next week ; and at the termination of the pend- ing Court Martial at Portsmouth, Admiral STOYFORD will hoist his flag on board her. Sailed, the Resistance ;Agate, 38 guns, Capt.ADA ss, for the Mediterranean ; she has taken out £5(X),000, to be landed at Palermo, for his Sicilian Majesty ; l'Aigle frigate, and Hardy gun-brig, with convoy, for Portsmouth and the Downs, consisting of 80 sail of merchantmen and transports ; the King George, hired cutter, to the westward ; and the Nettuno, 18 guns, to convoy the Tortoise lighter to Dartmouth, whence she will go round to Portsmouth. The PEACOCK, Capt. PEAKE, will sail tomorrow or Monday, on a short cruize off Guernsey, to which island she takes out General DOYLE, who is hourly expected from town.—Last evening la RHINE frigate, taken from the Dutch some time since, was put in commission in Hamoaze. The PHCENIX frigate got under weigh this forenoon, for Portsmouth, but the wind shifting to the southward, she was obliged to put back : she will sail the moment the wind suits.— The CESAR left Basque Roads last Saturday, but brings nothing new. PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 24. This afternoon, the officers and crews of the Rus sian squadron (which surrendered at Lisbon) who had been moved on board 38 sail of transports, and were to sail for the Baltic to-morrow, were or dered to be put on board their respective ships again, as the transports were wanting for the intended ex pedition. Admiral OTWAY, second-in-command at this port, was yesterday directed, by a telegraphic message, to proceed to London.—He set off immediately. DEAL, JUNE 24. Arrived the Isis, of 50 guns, from Portsmouth, and passed through for the River ; CHALLENGER sloop, and BLOODHOUND gun brig, from a cruize.— Sailed the CLYDE frigate, Commodore OWEN, on a cruize off the coast of France. JUNE 25.—Arrived from Portsmouth the ULvssaN, of 44 guns, and sailed for Sheerness. SHEERNESS, JUNE 24. Arrived the ROYALIST brig from the Downs.— Sailed the CENTINEL gun brig with convoy for Heli goland. The PRINCESS of ORANGE and LEYDEN, of 74 guns each, will proceed immediately to the Bal tic, with about eighty sail of gun boats ; they are getting ready with all possible dispatch. JUNE 25.—Sailed the ROYAL OAK, of 74 guns, for Portsmouth. The MEncunius has the signal flying for convoy for the Baltic, to sail on the 27th inst. YARMOUTH, JUNE 25. Sailed the TRIBUNE frigate.—Arrived theDF.FENcE, of 74 guns, with marines on board, to garrison the Island of Anholt, in the Baltic.—Remain the ROE BUCK guard-ship, REDBREAST, CHANTICLEER, and VIXEN gun-brig.—Wind N. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. GRAVESEND, JUNI 25.—Arrived the Tiger, Lumsdale, from the Brazils ; Maria Anna, Lawrence, from the River 'Plate ; and Henrietta Charlotte, Sherry, from New York.—Sailed the Mel ville, Remh, for the Cape of Good Hope; Elizabeth Anderson, Sleight, for Africa ; Anna Maria, Adams, and Grinder, Connell, for Gibraltar ; Hamilton, Gunhouse, for Demerara ; G 0, Suther land, for Africa ; Zephyr, Jeffrey, for Madeira; and General Mi randa, Ferrier, for Hayti. Saturday being Midsummer-day, a Common Hall was held at Guildhall, for the election of Sheriffs and other Officers, according to ancient custom. Mr. WAITIIMAN stated the reasons which induced Alder men Woon and GOODBEHERE, to wish to serve the office of Sheriff together. Mr. DIXON recommended to the Livery to follow the -usual custom of taking the Aldermen in rotation ; and, upon the shew of hands being taken, Mr. Alderman WOOD and Mr. Alderman ATIUNs were declared duly elected to serve the office of Sheriff of London and Middlesex for the year ensuing. Mr. DANIEL LAMBERT, whose immense bulk at tracted a great number of visitors, when he a short time since exhibited himself in London, died on Wednesday morning at Stamford. He arrived there on the preceding day, and sent for a printer in the evening to give instructions for printing some bills, announcing his intention of exhibiting himself; but this intention was frustrated by his sudden death early on Wednesday morning. He was in his 40th year. He weighed 52 stone I I lbs. at 14 lb. to the stone, or 739 lbs. being 10 stone 11 lbs. heavier than Mr. BRIGHT of Essex. His coffin is 6 feet 4 inches long, 4 feet 4 inches wide, and 2 feet 4 inches deep. It was fixed upon two axle-trees and four clog wheels, upon which his remains will be .rolled to his grave. He measured 3 yards 4 inches round the body, and 1 yard 1 inch round the leg. His clothes cost him about £2O a suit. The regard which we are invariably disposed to pay to merit, induces us to call the attention of our Readers to the spirited and successful exertions of the Proprietor of the REPOSITORY OF ARTS, &c. a work which, for the splendour of its embellishments, and the superiority of its general execution, claims a decided pre-eminence above all contemporary perio dical publications. The first volume, comprehending near forty coloured plates, and upwards of 500 pages of interesting letter-press, is equally calculated to de corate the library of the Gentleman, and to form an elegant, and indeed almost indispensable appendage to the fashionable toilette. DRLIDFUL EXPLOSION. PORTSMOUTH, Mgr 24. This morning, about eleven o'clock, a dreadful ex plosion took place, attended with the most melancholv consequences. The 2d battalion of the Pith regiment having been relanded a few days since, their baggage and ammunition were placed on Point Beach, where they remained till this morning, when an old woman emptying a pipe which she had been smoaking among the baggage, the sparks fell on a barrel of gunpowder, and an instant explosion took place. The effect was most dreadful. About thirty men, women, and chil dren, were literally blown to atoms, and the remains of their bodies, limbs, and heads, are strewed in all directions. One poor fellow was blown, over the whole of the buildings in Point-street ; another against the wall of the Union tavern, as high as the garret wia. dow ; the thigh of a third was blown as far as Brcad street Point. I have seen numbers of legs, arms, &c. taken from the tops of the houses, and the whole pre sents a scene shocking beyond description. All the houses below Broad-street Point have had their sashes blown out, and the Star and Garter and Union, to gether with,every house from the Beach upwards, have had the whole of their windows completely de molished.. The barrel of powder which explode stood in a tier with sixteen others, which for several hours were every moment expected to explode, as the smoking fragments were literally strewed over ; but a company of the Worcester Militia, with some resolute sailors at their bead, ventured tnlie spot and cleared the barning fragments from the remaining barrels, Previous to this bold enterprize, almost all the families fled in confusion to Pot tsdown Hill, ex- • pecting the whole town to be destroyed "by the ap. prehended explosion, but they have since returned, imploring blessings upon the heads of the brave fel lows who saved - the town from general destruction. LINDERGREN'S store, the Star and Garter, and Union, were on fire for some time, but not destroyed ; many windows were broke at Gosport, and two ovens are blown down. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 21. This morning, between ten and eleven o'clock, the town of Portsmouth was thrown into a most dreadful state of alarm and agitation, by the explo sion of a quantity of gunpowder on the Point-beach, which had been landed there, with some baggage, belonging, to the Bth regiment. The explosion set fire to Mr. Lindegreo's store, broke all the windows, and many of the window frames, of the Star and Garter Tavern, the Union Tavern, Mr. Lindegren's Office, the Navy Post Office, and of upwards of 20 other houses in that steeet. The dumber of lives lost, and of persons wounded, cannot be positively ascer tained. Three soldiers of the Bth regiment, who were standing about the baggage, were killed , four were badly, and five slightly wounded. They have been taken to the Military Hospital at Portsea. Several of the soldiers' wives and children are believed to have lost their lives. One man, belonging to Captain Patton's boat, had his leg broken, and many others were beaten down and bruised. The upper part of the body of one of the unfortunate sufferers was blown to an amazing height ; it went over the houses at the lower end of Broad-street, and struck against the Custom House watch-house, which is in Bathing house-square, where it fell, a most shocking spectacle, but in such a mangled state, that it could not be dis covered whether it was a man or a woman. It ap. pears, that the body of another sufferer was blown against the front of the Union Tavern, near the chamber windows, where a quantity of blood has stained the bricks. The soldier who was guarding the baggage had the barrel of his gun blown out of the stock, and the buttons on his coat torn off, but himself was not hurt. The alarm which this serious and melancholy accident occasioned among the in habitants, is not to be described. When the explosion took place, it was apprehended, and an alarm was spread, that a greater quantity of gunpowder was near the spot, and that other explostons, still more dreadful in their consequence, might be expected.— This report, though it proved groundless, it was im possible to deny with any firmness, for it was not ge nerally known that any, or how much, had been lan ded. Alrhost every person felt himself to be in great danger ; and it was not till the engines had succeeded in subduing the flames of Mr. Lindegren's store house, that the alarm in any degree subsided. The cause of this calamity is attributed to the wife of one of the soldiers, who relates, that she was washing near where the baggage lay, on the beach. with another soldier's wife, who was smoking, and asked her if she wotild take a whif ? She did ; but finding the to bacco would not burn, she struck the bowl of the pipe against the pebbles, when a little of the tobacco fell out, and set fire to some few grains of powder that were scattered on the beach ; this communicated itself to a cartridge, which flew into a crate of bag gage, set some loose cartridges on fire, and (in a mo- Lment as it were) communicated itself to a barrel of powder, which blew up. She was stooping down to take up her child, with an intention to make her escape, when she was beaten backwards ; her wash ing tubs, &c. fell upon herself and child,•which nearly covered her—and to this circumstance she attributes her preservation, which she bewails, because she has been the unhappy means of causing the death of so many others. After the cartridges blew up, some of the soldiers, who were n ear, took that circumstance as a warning, and flew from the spot, while others were drawn nearer to it, to ascertain the cause, and these unfortunate persons were of the number of the principal sufferers. The quantity of powder blown up is said to have been a barrel. The whole number of sufferers, we are informed, is seventeen. The Mayor opened the town-hall for the reception of the soldiers' wives. General Whetham sent off an express to the War Office ) of this unfortunate accident, on Saturday afternoon. CoRN EXCHANGIN MARK-LANG, lONIC 26.—The fresh sup plies of Wheat to-day are considerable; prime samples are ready sale, and fully at last prices; other qualities are very dull, and at rather less—Barley in tolerable supply, at little variation—White Peas likewise—Malt and Beans of both sorts rather lower—The supplies of Oats are also considerable, with some foreign arrivals, and fine samples are quoted rather higher—dn FlGur no alteration. GINSILAL CUILAENCY AS uticlas Wheat, 575. 725. 84s. Beans, 5 2 15. tins. Fine ditto, 88s, 90s. Tick ditto, 445. ;os. Rye, 425. 48s. Oats, 245. 28s. 325. Barley, 325. 40s. Od. Poland ditto, 345. Sis, Mak ,68s. 753. Potatue ditto,—s. SOL 04 White Peas (boilers) 1005.1125. Rave Sc, d, 4S!. to 501. Grey ditto, 46s 525. Fine F10u5,703. to 75sr--4econds, 655. 70s. • i 1 1 . It