Star. — London, England, 1807-02-26 00:00:00

T PRIVATE LETTERS. From the Bank* ofthe Main. February 7. at A few days ago an &nit of Pruffian prifoners arrived at Frankfort, guarded by feventy Wurtern. berg troops, and after reiting for one night proceed ed for Mentz, where they were delivered over to the National Guards, as ufual, and lent forward to of their declination. The Wuriemherg the place corps, after taking a night's red, let out an their re turn for the main body, to which they belonged, by the way of Frankfort, &c. When they had got the didance of about one mile from Mentz, they were overtaken by an exprefs <rn horfeback, who requefled the Officer at their head to return to Mentz, as the Governor of the city defired him to take a difpatch for t h e Governor commanding at Frankfort. The Officer accordingly entrulted his Serjeant with the zomman d of his corps, and ordered him to march at a flow pace, in hopes of overtaking the detach ment, as loon as his bufinefs thould be done. His bufinefs with the Governor of Mentz was over in a quarter of,an hour, and the Officer haflened to come up with his corps, but in vain. Still he fuppofed they had got the dart of Ipirn : but how great was his Iniprife, when to his enquiry at the gate at Frankfort, of how long it was lime his corps paired that way, he received for anfwer, that it had not been heard of. Ige.haftened to the Governor to deliver his difpatch, and then enquired again, but was informed, that no zeprirt had been received of any detachment having entered. He returned to the gate, thinking that his men might have miffed their way, and after waiting a.gond while, he law ten men coming in, of the whole corps, who reported that their comrades, from the Serjeant downward, Lad deferted with their arms and equipage ; that they were alto defired to go with the others but did not ehoole. The Officer returned to the Governor, and !old him what had happened, when the la/ter immediately fent all the gem d'armes that were at Frankfrrt, to fcout the ooptitry ; and alto fentetprefres to all the Commanding Officers in the environs ; but every enquiry proved fruitlefs." Banks of the Elbe, February 7. " In all probability you are at this moment better inforrfied concerning the date of affairs in Poland' than we art, who are fo much nearer the fcene or anion. The French Bulletins on the ore fide, and the official datement of General Bennigfen and the concurrent flying reports from different quarters on ;he other, are Co contradinory, that we know not on; which fide there is muff truth. The better opinion feems to be, that at lead the hitherto vinoriousFrench army has received a fignal cheek, and that on parti cular oceaGons advantages were gained by the Ruf flans, which might have been improved into a vic tory. It teems probable that the decifive blow is at this moment (truck, for it is cerzain that Bonaparte fit out fur the army fromWarfaw on the 27th, and it is alto believed that the Emperor Alexander has taken the field. It is this engagement which will thew the world, whether the pretence of Alexander at the head of his own troops, in his own dominions, may nut avail more than that of Francis at Aufletlitz, and Frederick William at Auerfladt. There are a num ber of flying reports, which may be worth repeating thouglt they may not be relied upon. Travellers taming from Pufen relate, that in that town all fOrts of workmen and labourers have been put in requifi don, to furnilh it, 1. 'Re feven thoufand bedileads foe the wounded French brtt tight in. Perfons who have recently left fay, that. the French Officers there betray great difeontent and appreberfion. In the mean time the French are faid to pranife all kinds ol artifice, in order to fpread the belief of their fuccefs. It is dated that they dreffed up largebadies of Freneli foldiers in Ruffian uniforms, and marched them through the towns in Poland. ." Several families of dillinetion are at Altnna, the principal of whom are the Duke and Duchels cf . Mecklenburgh Schwerin. 44 FEBRUARY 10.-Our hopes and fears are dill directed towards Poland, though our attention is kmewhat diverted towardi the lets immediately in tetefling, yet {till very fignifican', military operatirns in Turkc}►. - " On the Dniefler, we learn, that the - tun brothers of the King of. Pruffin are tailing volunteer corps ; and we are perfuscled, that whatever the ultimate of the youth war may be, th . e Ktiffians will difplay perfevering rclifiance, which their advrrfary has not hitherto experienced. Tbe battle of Mchr;ngen, thou ) ... t h the French 1)00 of another vietury, thews how much is yet to be done bcfoie Koningfberg can he attacked, which is obvioufly the oiSjen of this de tachnient from the main army. iFkBRuARY 3.—Thar the Frerch are on the re treat, ,and have repeatedly fuffeied great lofs, may be infe'r'red from their own flatements, on a compa nion with the map of Poland ;• and that reports •of lolfes have been prevalent, in cnnntries fut-jed to the enemy, is evident from the revere lueafurea taken againf thofe who fhould be guilty of doubting the invincibility of the Great Army, directed by the ge nius of tl.e oreat*H-ero. Even ht Jena, a threatening proclamation was publifhed by the C mmandant of the town, again ft the propagators of reports di/advan tageous to the French ; and that too; on the 4th of January, though the treaty of peace between France and the King of Saxony was ligned on the rsth De cember, and wit to be ratified within fifteen days, after which the regal authorities of the Sovereign would be of condi 'Awed to him.• " The French papers have hi efly noticed the cap ture of General Vidor. This is inid to have. been attended with fome irnulual ..circumliances. Lieut. -- bad been difmiired the Pr uflian fervice for va- TI I US excelres and irtegularities, which the feverity of Pruffian difcipline could not tnlerate. He retided near Colberg, in Pomerania Polterior ; and when the general diforganization of the Prullian army took. place, animated by a warm love for his country, he, on his own authority, colleted from the penfantry aroundhim, a troop, amounting to near two thou fand men, which he arritel as well as he could, •and employed M fcouring the country and watching the •enemy. It was in one of theft excut lions he metwith General Vinur, in whole puiLilion he found 20,CC0 ducats, with which The General, it was luppoW, was gning to fome foittefs, which he hoped to fectire in this manner, a, has been In often done befOre. The Lieutenant immediately tranimitted his booty to the King of Priam, who, however, returned it to him, !tying, that he had already (hewn he well knew 'lt , w to apply his refources in the defence of his coup try, and that he might expert.] this rum in the Oa blifhment of his corps. 1 - 04 t the lame time confer. red up n him the rank of Colonel. " I fend you the lithltance of a proclamation of General Bennigten, addrelfed to the people of Ger 'many. It announces the Emperor of RAMA% defire to recover the liberty and independence of Germany. `The enemy, (it far.). is at a confiderable diriance fr m Iris own frontier, in a country and at a feafon in which he is in want of the necefEtry means of tenci,and where he meets with impediments at every Ifep. Although it is probable that the French sill he routed, this will not fatisfy the Emperor ; the enemy mufi be driven beyond his own frontier—this is . the only means of faving Germany. The Empe ror, therefore, hopes that the Germans, under thefe circumliances, _will docide 'their fate fur ever, will not lend any alliance to the enemy's troops ; but by a general rellaance, render it impnflible for them to prolong their flay, and alto harafs them in their retreat. Finally, the Emperor promifes to reflore the ancient Constitution of the German Empire." THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK : Confols, for money, 62a—for February 641--for April 631 Omniuta 7tl. Difpatehes from Lord litt-rcittason, received by Government yefletday morning, confirm the inrelli• genre we have already communicated of the com bined army having defeated the divifions of the French army under Generals BERNADOTTE and Nev. Thefe difpatches which were brought by Mr. jacx son, brother of our late Amhaffidor to the Prnffian Court, agree in fubftance with the Official Report from the igeille du' \ord of the 13th inli. which we yefterday kid bef , .re our Readers. It is poffible that the amount of the lined and wounded in this anion may be exaggerated, in the Pruffian account ; but these is little •doubt r•f it approaching very near to the truth.—Generals DUPONT and LESCURE were taken prifoners ;—and feveral pieces, of cannon, and the whole of BERNAt or TO. baggage, were alfo the prize of the visors. We alto underlland that at the moment of writing the difpatches which brought this intelligence, the French were retreating in all directions to Thorne, and the Allies in eager pnrfuit. The French General, THuitzwoe, had deferted to the- Ruffian head quar. ters, and had declared; that if kir being made Prifoner were notified at the advanced polls of the French Army, feveral other French Oficer• of confequence would follow his example. BERNAWITTE and MURAT were both reported to be ill at Warfaw. The French are greatly difireffed for want of pro vifions, and it was believed were bent on recroffing the. Villula, being covered in their retreat by the left wing, commanded by Marfhals Nair and BARNA. DOTTR. On the other hand, the French have puhlifhed in the Correffrondent another account of the anion on the 25,h, dated at Lobau, the 28th ult. which we hare this day laid before our Readersi in which they not only glofs over the cafiigation they have received with a good deal of addrefs, but claim the 7inoiy. BERNADOTTE takes the praife of having, by his vigo. rous refillanceand flcilful movements, afforded timt to the Grand Aitny to affemble. BONAPARTE has (pitted Warfaw to take the command of the army, and they date the Ruffians to have fallen into their own fnare, and that they will faon have caufe to re• pent the imprudent Reps they have taken. In fan, the principal importance that attaches to the affair of the 25th ult. is the new circumflances in which the contending armies have been put, and the impoffibility of either of them being long able to avtfid a more decilive comet} ; for if the ' Ruffians mean •• to l'retain. the ground they have gained by beating. BER minor rs, and compelling him to retreat fo far as Elbing, a battle of greater confe. quence than that of Mohtingen mutt roan' be fought. BONAPARTE went to the army for the purpofe of concentrating all his force, and he intends, we con jenure, to attempt cutting off the Ruffians in their advanced pofition. He will (hetet' his forces by his own right, with a view to envelope and enclofe the Ruffians, who are in force towards the mouth of the BERtinonTrE at Lobau, a place about thirty or forty miles to the north of Thorn, forms the left. The remainder of the army upon the tight bank of the Vitiola will move towards the north and eaR, fir the purport: of trying to cut off the retreat of the Ruffians, and compelling them to fight a battle, at which he has been to long labouring, and for attain ing which, his going into winter quarters was by . . many thought a feint. Ccneral BL u aovho, our Readers will recollee, made the gallant retreat to, and defperate refinance in Lubeck, and who is eficemed one of the belt Officers in the Pruffian fervice, is exchanged for Ge neral \Timm. And it is an extraordinary circum fiance, and whisk may be relied upor, that the regi- ment of cuirafliers belonging to him, which were detained prifoncrs by the French at Porfdam, have made their thape man by man, and now form a part of the King of Pruffia% body guard at Ko nrrgfberg. G:11C1-41S KAMFNSROY and BUXHOYDEN are cer tainlyrecalled, and BENNINGSFN is in the chief com mand of the Ruffian army. Prince llscitaT , lorr is to ad as fecund to BLNNINGSEN. TREATY WITH PRUSSIA. ' '. • Mr. JACKSON a)fo brought with him the conditions of THE TREATY OF PEACt BETWEEN TH2 COURTS OF LONDIN ANTI BERLIN, which are fo much to the fatisfaaion of both, and in fuch forwardnefs, that the formality of Ratification is alone wanting to its being confirmed. Although in the 'prefent Rate of affairs, this in- Rrument may be confidered by fome as a mere for mality, inafmuch as the ElTeutials of Peace, even to the extent of warlike co-operation, exia in point of WI between both countries; yet let it be remembered that in this critical moment, when Pruffia has loft almoß every thing except her honour, it is the Itrongeft and molt fatisfaetory pledge that can be given by that State, that no negotiation, hoflile, or feparate from the intereas of this country, will, under any circumßance, be entered upon by it with Bo- NAPARTE. THE FRENCH AND SWEDES. The Swedifh Ambaffador at the Court of London alfo received difpatches yeßerday, Rating that twen ty eight French armed veffels had been captured in an onfuccefiful attempt to land a body of troops, in ordet to take pofftilion of a Swedith fort in the Baltic; they were fo vigoroufly attacked by a fqoadron of Swedi(h gun brigs, that all the velfels were taken, and alfo a great portion of the troops which were not able to cffed their efcape in boats. THE ARMY. We may now daily expect the molt interefling ac counts from our South American Army ; and our Readers than, have the earlieft information from the fame accurate Correfpondent who lately enabled us to give the firft accounts from St. Jago. Lieut. General SIMON FRASER goes out as Com• mander in Chief, with a Staff, to Nova Scotia, in place of General GARDIN SR,. deceafed. Recruits and detatchments are going out to all the regiments under Generals A UCHEI II TY, BER UFOS El, and CRAWFORD, by the (hips now under difpatch at Portfmouth. The i ith foot, commanded by Major Fnrris, lately arrived a skeleton from the Welt Indies, is nearly full, in Devonthire its native aqunty.—Head quarters, Tiverton. The very large fleets for the Eaft , and Weft Indies, and for the Mediterranean, are (till detained at Portf. mouth, and the force for South America proceeds with them, and tome line of battle (hips will convoy the whole. By the appointment of General Wurrscocits to the Command in Chief of South America, there is a vacancy in the valuable office of Infpeaor General of the Recruiting Service. The names of feveral General Officers as candidates for this apoointment, have reached us, and we forebore mentioning them as there was much uncertainty. We now hear that Government have determinecton abolilhing this office entirely, as very expenfive, the Winds of it to be done between the other public officers, as was cuftom ary till within• the lafl few years. Government really deferve great credit for abolifh ing the cffice of Barrack !Wafter General; the duties of this is to be confolidated with that of the Ordnance Department; the Maier General of which is to count both in his office. Lord 'MOIRA delays taking charge till Lieut. General HEWITT has finally arranged and given the Department up clear to him, previoufly to his departing to his commard in India. • Colonel CAREY, now the zd in the Barrack De partment, goes on the Staff to India. We hope the late reports regarding the Cape of Good Hope are unfounded, but an addition to its g arrifon bconles requifite. Mr. Wvwnt, our late Envoy to the Court of Drefden, and Wacrrars., the Mefrenger, reached town yeiterday morning. The latter was the bearer of difpatchos from Mr. ADAM, at Vienna, dated the 29th ult. which are undertiood to be rather of a fa vourable complexion. • Private accounts from the Continent (late, that an order, figned by BONAPARTE at Warfaw, has been received by BOURIENNE, at Hamburgh, dire9ing the immediate difpnfal of the confifcated Englifh pro• petty at that place, fume of which is to be fent to France, force to' the Army in Poland, and the re mainder to be fold upon the fpnt. The report of Turkey having declared war againfl Runt was not believed at Memel when the 'aft ac counts left that city. We can confidently nate, that information has been received at the Admiralty, that Admiral Louis's Squadron received, about the beginning of this month, a reinforcement of five or fix Mips of the line—a cir• cunailance of incalculabte confequence atthis moment. The Fiat Lieutenants of the Arethufa, Anfon, Latona, and Fifgard frigates, who were at the for tender of the ifland of Curacoa, ate to be promoted to the rank of Commanders. Admirals ROWLEY and HOLLOWAY have flruck their refpeeive flags at Sheernefs and Deal, and are at rived in town, on their way to Portfinouth, to fit as Members of the Court Martial on Sir HOME Pot. HAM. Extra& of a letter from an Officer in the expedi tion to Curacoa, dated January 1, 1807, Fort George, late Fort Republique:—.4 I addrefs you from a for tified pinnacle, containing 12 guns, and too men, which I have pledged my word (hall not be welled from me by 3000. You will rejoice at the fuccefs of the Navy,elpecially as the leader and whipper-in were Bet kihire Captains. My .noblefi pride is that I hav e fought under fuch a hero as CualtLEs Beassaup." • : N,YUI JC.IL INreu.LiGECE. PonTsmou rH, rittßtolf!Y 3 5. Arrived the DE E ENC k man cf vit", from ti:e Thrtm% . 140 C, DENT ; and the Dale, CHIVERS, for Silt inam ; with the lois of anchors and c iotte, War sow, from Opo , to ; and a Frenc!l cnr , eve, a prize. —lt is faid that two or three French frigates, and another corvette, are captured by A Imit al MURRAY'S fquadron, and fent into Plymouth.—Wiad S. W. PENZ ANCR, FCtt. 23 Since my lag the Norway brigs the Neutral, Capt. OLu LYDERSON, from Teignmoo.h,: and the Induf. try, Caw,. 5. Room, from ferl e y ; a lt o t h e Ameri can grip the Brothers, C a p t . M I sAAss . f rom Mil ford, in ba11.411, in order to take fifh tor the Medi terranean ; alt . () the Danifh trig the De Falk, Capt. HANS LREHSEN, of Altona, fr,rn Bilboa, with vr , )nt and faffron for BriOol ; and the 'rowan, of Truro. CUNDY, from CAILPSNITER SMITH'S Wharf, London, with bale goods for this place. DOVER, FEBRUARY vs. The water havitig fallen very LAY lan night's tide, the (hip which lies funk off here wis difcovered to be the Union, beknging to London, and bound from thence to Liverpool; the has been freed nearer to the (bore this day by the wind bluwirg very hard from. the S. W. and it is expeded that her deck will be above water this night's tide. bEAt.; FEBRUARY 25. Arrived the INDIGNANT and INTELLIGENT gun brig, from a cruize off the coall of France. Sailed the 13usi LER gun brig, on a cruize r ff the Galloper. This morning his Majelly's gun b:ig VIRAGO was obferved on (hone on the Goodwin Sands, by a boat belonging to this town, which went to her affitlance. • It is feared the has got confiderable damage, having fired feveral guns of &firth ; after the got off the brought to an anchor off the North Foreland. FROM LLOYD', LIST. GRAVESEND, Irza 23.—Paffed by the Peggy, Mitet ell,' from St. Michaels; Friendthip. Beckinger, from Lilbon ; Sprculant, I.orifon, from Oporto; Diana, Squire; Young Pritchard, Ivy ; Jane Herrick ; Lane and Stephen Cattle, —, and the Grove, Prynn, from Cork ; Ruth, Prince; Morning Star, Morgan t'Union,Tuck cr; Robert, Hodg"on, and the Two Brothers, Cains, from Wa. terford. Sailed the I.ittle Jane, Greech, for Malta; Stork, Do. nald, for Demerara; Grenville Bay, Mann, for Grenada; Ma liner, Curtis, and the Daphne, Simplon, fir Jamaica. The fleet which failed from Cork on the icth ult. for the Weft Indies was left on the 17th, all well, in lat. et. 33. N. long. 14• ay. W. The Earl Camden Eaft indiaman,that was on (bore near North 8h et, is got off with very little damage. The Harmony, Humphries, from London for Dublin, is put back to Gravefend, with the lofs of bowfprit and other damage in the Ism gale. The Shannon, Daniels, from Lor.dnn for Limerick; and the Henry, Pype, from London for Dublin, have put into Portfmouth, 'kith the lofs of anchors and cables. The Galatea, of Carron, M•Ray mafter, paffed Gravefend, after being driven off Calais on the 18th inft. with the lofs of fore-top - matt and fails. The Otis, Crocker, from London for New York, is put into Dover Pier. in great diftrtcs. The Forums, Amens, from London for Tonningen, is on &ore near Shceroefs, and discharging . The Harriott. Thompfon, from Lancafter, is arrived at Suri nam, after beating off a privateer of to gun. and too men The lfabella, bryne, from Dublin fur Lilbon, is on (Fiore neat Wexford. The Camilla frigate, with a convoy from Lifbon is arrived at Port mouth. The Pigeon. Collett ; and the Harry and James, Turner, failed from Maldonado allout the 2IR of Novemher, for London. The Beery, MA, from the Weft Indies, is wrecked near Loa• d 3nderry. _ _ _ The Diana, Hollbrook, for Baltimore, is returned t o Liverpool, having been run foul of off the Me of Man. The Maul Packet, from Liverpool to Philadelphia, has been taken by a Spann privateer, retaken by the Nile cutter, and Cent into Falmouth. The Laguira, , of and for Lifbon, from Amfterdam, is on more near Cowes. The Rcgard, Gale, from London for Portfmouth, is loft in the Downs. The Flizabeth, Ruby, from London for Dublin, is captured and carried into Mortal:. 1 he Margaret, Gordon, from Whirehaven for London, was driven on (bore near Beachy on the id init. 1 he Henrietta, Martin, from Aberdeen for London, was cap tured on the 3r,th ult. by a privateer Once loft), '1 h e Alehymift, - from Liverpool for St. Vincent's, is put into Briitol, difmafted: The Danc, Williams, has been found at fea,without any perfon on hoard, and carried Into Dover. 1 he Spring, Ford, from Guernfiy for London, foundered on tl:e coat of France, on the 19th ult.---Crew raved. 'fhe Fortune, Molloy, from Newcaltle Ice Jamaica, has been taken, re• taken, andflcce fuppofcd to be 101 l on the coat of Hol land. The Hero, Gibbs, arrived in the Do ;mil, failed from Surinam on the 20th ult. in company with the Jeffie, Stewart, for Glaf gow; Mary, White, and thc Duckenfield. Dunbar, for London. The Friends, Gray, from Surinam for London, is taken and earticci into Guaealoupe. The !label's, Crane, from Philadelphia for Amfterdatu, is de tained and fent into Fowey. The Aurgya. Denham, from Cork for London, is put into Ramfgate with much damage. The Ann, Harrifon, from Memel for London, is totally loft near Pillau. The Si:ton Taylor, —; and the Genertl.Miranda, from London, are arrived at Jamaica, The Lady Mackworth, Hay, from London for Grenada, is on !bore off Raragare"harbour, with the lofs of main aril miztri malts. I be Hazard, Coldltream packet, and another Leith [nick, Wave been driven into Dover Roads by the gale. • The Two Friends. —, from New Orleans for Liverpool, put into Charielton, on the acult of December, in diffrefs. The Ocran,Gillham,-from London for Lonthinderry. s ilt put into Rye, wi;11 the lois of both anchors and cables,Trom which the was obliged to cut in the gale or. the 18th instant. Yefterday, their MAJESTIES, the Prince of WALES, Duke of CAMBRIDGE, and Princeffes AUGUSTA, SnPHIA, and Am &lAA, went to St. George's Chapel, Windfor. whete a ferrnon was preached by the Rev. Dr. CooKson, from ad Chron. 26:h chap. and 6th verfe. On Tuefday the Duke of PAMBRIErGN completed • his 33d year, upon which orcafion his Royal High. nefs (pent the day with their MA JESTI:•9, the Prin.. ceffes, and the Duke of KENT, at Windfor. In the • evening the Prince of - WALES arrived at Windfor, and joined the Royal Party. The evening concluded with a ball, in which they were joined by a (cleft party of !redoes of On Sunday eight lail two foreigners, nn board It veffel in the River, were fuffocated, in confequence off fleeping with a fire in the cabin, and the ha chway fafiened down. Tuelday night a claufe was added, in the Honfe of Commons, to the Thames Police BM, enabling the Magi!'rates to ir flift a month's imprifonment on any fe.iman 'ho (hall quit a merchan.'i (hip, after en gaging to per I.brm a voyal.e —A praSite from which the Mercantile luterelt 11.0 espetienued much ia convenience.