Star. — London, England, 1805-12-18 00:00:00

HANOVER, DEC. 3.—Yeßerday his Excellency Count MUNSTER, the Hanoverian Mininer, arrived here, and, immediately after, the following Royal Ordnance was publifhed:— WE GEORGE HI. by the Grace of God, &c. &c. 4 . Our warmest wilhes for the liberation of our beloved German Eftates have at length fueceeded; the enemy, in confequence of the efforts of uur high erns's, having been compelled to evacuate them. We had indulged a hope, that this would have been effect ed Come time fince, by our own troops ; but the execution of the fame has been retar led by contrary winds. In the interim, the King of Pruffia, while the Ruffian troops required by his Majefty were advancing. took poffsffion of the city of Hanover, when eva cuated by our enemies, under the molt friendly affuranees. " It is one of the firft objects fince the reftoration of the Ancient adminiftration of affairs, thus publicly to make known to the tourtry, our joy upon this happy change ; and to tellify to our farlift.l fubjcds, that the repeated proofs of their unshaken fide li; y an.: attachment, during the nppreffion they (offered from the en..lny, have not been unnoticed by us, but have been obferved ond acknowledged with increafed affedion and good will. Our next o:,jed will now he directed to the healing of the wounds in. tided by the enemy in every poffible way ; and, as far as in uur power lies, to caufe the calamities of the paft to be forgotten in the profpea of the future. But we confidently expedt front our faith ful fulC;ects, th.t each of them will co-operate with us to the ex tent of his abilizies, never lofing fight of the relledion, that this country has been by the enemy molt unjuftly involved in the war ..-and which Rift calls for our ftrorgeft efforts, to enfure thole happy con fequences which mutt be the refute of our perfeverance. We are, therefore, convinced, that the country will be gra tified in receiving the information, that it is our intention to en truft the dircdtion of the adminiftratlon of the military affairs of this country to the Duke of Cambridge, as foots as he tan conve niently arrive. This notice is, therefore, previoufly given to all whom it may concern. With refpedt to civil concerns, we have, found it neceffary to fend our Cabinet Minifter, Count Munfter, who, with other charges, will undertake a more minute inveftiga. Lion of the neceffitics of the eosin try, and will adopt loch meafures t as may be neceffary for their alleviation. And we hereby com mand, all and every perfon, with this view, to afford him all pot- Chi.; aid and affiftanee. Given at our Palace of ct. James's, on the 4th of Noirember 18os, and in the 46th year of our rei g n. " GEORGE REX." 1 DEC. 7. —To-day a corps of Ruffian artillery of 18 cannons is art ived here. The grenadiers which have been quartered here fince the 4th, and whc formed the garrifon of Revel, I will begin their march after to morrow, in order to ' lay liege to the town and fortrefs of Hameln. They will be joined by Ruffian troops and two battalions of the Gelman Legion, which are expeacd here in a day or two. To-morrow divine fervice will be given. by the military chaplains in the Ruffian church. The Ruffians are, generally fpeaking, , very religious.— About feven o'clock in the morning public prayers are read, in prefence of the foldiers, before the Gene ral's hotel, and about (even in the evening before the main guard. The band of mufic, called Janitfchars, play before and after divine fervice. The Itri&efi difcipline is obferved among the men The Pruffian regiment of infantry, under Prince Ferdinand, has, upon its retreat from Bremen, march ed by this town to proceed to Hildetheim. Thole of the Ruffian troops which are Rationed in Gottingen, the only ones that yet remain in this country, will leave us in a few days entirely, to march towards the frontiers of S ax o n y. DEC. B.—We now learn, that during this and the eight following days, the Pruffian troops will com mence their march out of the Gottingen territory, towards Saxon Courland and Franconia. Four hun dred waggons will be employed between this date and the isth, in tranfporting the baggage to Mulhaufen, where Prulliah magazines are ellablifhed ; the corn, &c. were Inoflly brought from Hanover. Yellerday the Pruffian regiment of Prince FEILDI. NAND palled through this city on its march from Bremen ; and on the fame day a Ruffian park of ar tillery, and three hundred and fifty artillerymen at. rived here. A French picquet, of about eighty men, which had ventured too far from Hameln, were carried off by the advanced rifts of the 20 th regiment of Ruffian Yagers Seven of them were brought pri toners here yetterday in a waggon ; the telt are ex paled on foot. This is the fug aft of hoßility in this quarter. The Ruffians continue to (Verve the Rri&eft dif cipline. An a& of devotion is performed by them every evening, at the main guard ,• when a prieft makes a fhort fpeech, while the foldiers reit their arms, and a fi.ie vocal performance concludes this ceremony. BULLETIN. fiead-quartersat Stralrund,Dec. 3. "His Majefty will advance, on the 7th ina. by way of Barth, Dammgarten, Roftock,Dobberan, Buckow, Wifmar, and Gadebufch, to Ratzehurgh, where his head quarter! will be provtlionally eflablifbed. The whole army has this day received orders to match. — The brigades hitherto quartered in Pomerania will break op to-morrow, and the two following days, to advance to the Elbe, through the Mecklenburgh ter ritory. The advanced guard, which is already on the other fide of that river, will be reinforced, and ditiri buted between Harbnrg and Uelzon. Lieutenant 'General Count G u nay usWacht meifter is appointed to command that corps, and will fix his head quarters at Lutienburg. The fecund line of the army will re - -;r1 on this fide of the Elbe until further orders, and take a pofition between Domitz and the frontiers r.: the HamburgN territory ; it is to be commanded by C , lonel Count Hampers Morner. His Excellency Marlhal Count Von Ferfen, and Mr. Pierrepoint, the Envoy of his Britannic Majefty, will fet out from this place, on the loth, for Morin. In hiA Majelty's fuite are Count Stenbock, High Chamberlain; Lieutenant General Count Horn; Count Frolick,cne of the Royal Equerries • Mr. Von Platen, Martha' of the Curt ; Count Gyilciberg, General Auditor for Military, I.c • gal, and Foreign Affairs ; Count Hedenftierna, Find Secretary for Difpatche; and Count Von Wetterfiedt, Fill Private Secretary." The above Bulletin•was printed in the Swedifhlan guage, at the Royal Military Prefs. HAABURGH, DEC. to.—Five hundred of the Swe difh Life Grenadier Guards have already entered this place, with one hundred Chaffeurs, and force Huffars. During the whole of latt night, there troops were employed in performing military evolutions, under the command of Colonel RITTfiltS Vora Coa t:razz. More Swedias troops have hkewile arrived at Widen. LONDON. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER IS. PRICE OF STOCKs THIS DAY AT ONP. O'CLOCK: Cont. Sri—Reduced ftr.tt--limniuln 70: PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY t Bank Stock 1941} 1 95 3 per Cent. Rea. Ann. 6oilf/ 3 per Cent. Conf.lbut 4 per Cent. 77j 3 per Cent. Navy Ibut Long Ann. ay' Short Ann. a India Bonds. par Is. prem. Imp. j per CCOt. 59 4 Imp. Ann. 9 It :eh. Bills, par I s. sa. pres. Omnium 7 8 prem. Foglia' Tickets, 191. 17s. Conf. for aec. 61i 62} 61i 62 In our Paper of yeflerday we announced the arrival of difpatches from Sir ARTHUR Pao sr, the Britifh Ambaffador to the EMPEROR of G 81-4 N-71 contain- ing accounts of a general engagement between the French and the allied army ; and alto accounts from other quarters, relating to the fame affair. In the afternoon the following official notice was circulated : BULLETIN. " Government received WI night accounts, dated at Olmutz, the 3d, by which it appears that a gene ral battle rook place on the ad between the French and Aullro-RufGan armies at Wifchau. The centre of the latter feems to have met with great refinance, and to have been repulftd; but the left wing of the enemy were defeated with confiderable lots, by the right wing of the allies, under the command of the Princes LICHTIMSTEIN and PANGRATION. The Em- peror ALaxasota commanded his troops in perfoo, and difplayed the utmoa bravery. " The coati& feems to hive been of the moll ob- Ilinate kind, and to have been fuflained by the Al- lies in the moil exemplary manner. The lots of the French was immenfe. The Meffenger who brought •- - this intelligence left Olmutz twenty-four hours after the battle, and relates that, at that time, the loffes of the enemy were reported to be much more confi derable than thole of the Allies, who ftili maintained their pofition at Wifchau. ~ Accounts have been this day received at the Admiralty which left Hamburgh two days later than the Meffenger, who arrived from Sir A. PAGET. Thefe accounts Rate, that feveral ikirmilltes took place between the 411ied Armies and the French, from the zgth of November to the zd infl. when they came to a general ailinn, in which the French 27,000 men and all their artillery. That the French retreated—that Bon APART! was wounded— that he had propofeki an armittice, which was re- •4 That the PrnfGans, to the amount of r 40,000 men, were in motion. That the King of PRUSSIA had himfelf taken the onmmand of one Army, and the Duke of BRUMSWICK of another." The accounts that have been made public, though deficient in detail, confirm this Impot taut fad, that the allies remained millers of the field of battle. The centre of the allied army was defeated, but fo was the left wing of the enemy. Even a drawn battle may under the prefera circurnitance of the contending armies, be confidered as a vidtory obtain ed by the allies ; for a few fuch battles would en tirely ruin the French Army. The Emperor ALEXANDER was miffing for about fix hours during the alio% and no little apprehen lion was entertained for his fafety. He was at length found fighting among that part of the troops which in the end was worfted by the French centre. It was with much difficulty he was perfuaded to retire to a quarter where he would be expofed to left perfonal danger. The accounts received at the Admiralty were tranfmitted by Admiral HOLLOWAY, who Rated that a Lieutenant of the ADAMANT was on (bore at Cux haven on Saturday Lift, where accounts had been received from Hamburgh two days later than the time Mr. Ray, the Meffenger, paired through that city Rating that the battle had been entirely in favour of the Allies, that BONAPARTE had been fe vercly wounded in the right arm, and it was thought would be obliged to !Ida amputation. The Com ' mander of the PIERCER gun vela, arrived from the Ems, gives an account of what he bad heard fimilar to the above. All accounts, however, agree that the battle was fought on both fides with the greateft obfiinacy, and chiefly with the bayonet. The Ruffians expended little ammunition. The carnage was immenfe. The number of our allies is Rated at 70,000 ; though t h e accounts of the numbers, in letters from various parts of Moravia, before the battle, fay they were 90,000. The number of BON/IP/ATI% army is (fated at 130,000; and tome reports fay that nearly 27,000 fell on each fide, while others make that of the allies only 15,000. It is probable that this battle would loon be follow ed by another, and it may fairly be inferred from the French attempting nothing for two days, that they I had fuffzred very feverely, and were not in a condi ' tion to rifle a frelh attack. That there would be an ether dreadful engagement before BONAPARTI wa. 'f - k , lis manife(t. We maybe .u...r.ue... maw t. .allowed, however, to indulge the moll fanguine hopes of luccefs. The PruCfians may be now expected to be foon at the field of action. When Mr. Kay paired through Berlin, news of this battle had been received there. 'A Coun cil of State had been held, and the Pruflian at my, 140,000 lirong, had aaually begun its march jai° Bohemia. From all that is yet known of the battle of the ad, it is probable that the French, as well ai the Allies, will claim the viEtory. Indeed we think they have already done fo, for to no other.circurnitance can We afcribe certain rejoicings which took place in Holland within thefe few days. A Gentleman who left Cath-I phere on 'Fuelilay laft, Rates 4 ' that great rejoicings had taken place there, in confequence of a vietory gained by the French, in Germany—but although he enquired the particulars of the face& from feveral perfons, no ,one could give him any account : the French Commandant could not tell, or at kali ap peared to be ignorant what was the caufe of the rejoicing." -Letters from France of a late date received laR night, alto Rate that B3MAPAILTit claims a decided viOory in the battle of the zd irritant. His Bulletin lays, that the Ruffians were defeated with immenfe flaughter, and that 6oco prifoners, and 18 pieces of cannon, fell into the bands of the French. BONA PAITA'S retreat is reprefented as temporary, for the purpofe of concentrating his forces, who arc acknow ledged in thefe letters to have firifered contich.rably ; three French Generals are laid to have been killed, fix wounded, and three miffing. The Ruffians are al lowed to have fought with great courage and intrepi dity, and the Emperor ALszaNcisa is Rated to have had two horfes killed under him in the action. Bo lIAPAILTE is laid to have been lightly wounded, and to have had one horfe killed under him, and two Aides de Camp killed by hi; fide. The private lettersralfu Rate, that the country people broke down all the bridges, to prevent or impede the retreat of the French, who, in return, had laid walk the coun try for feveral leagues round. A column of k 6,0c0 Ruffians is Rated, in the fame accounts, to have joined the Grand Army on the sth infant ; a fah which, in the prefent fituation of affairs, mull be deemed of confiderable importance. FRENCH AND DUTCH JOURNALS. Lail night we received the fot mer to the Brh, and the latter to the tsth inR. We have given ample extra& from them in the preceding columns. They do not bring the accounts from the armies down to the battle of the ad, but they terve to fill up the chain of details refpeding the events of the campaign. MASSENA'S head-quarters were at Gorizia on the 26th ult. the fame place from whence his difpatches were dated nine days before. The Archduke CHALLIS, we may conclude, was (*offered to re treat unmoleßed during that time. This is moil important information. It , proves that the Altos. DUES had no other impediments to apprehend in Iris march to Vienna, than thole which could be op pofed to him by the divilion of MARMONT. It is Rated in the (mall Paris papers of the 7th,that fifteen thoufand Englifh and Ruffians have landed in Naples. BRITISH ARMY ON THE CONTINENT. By. accounts from our Army on the Continent, we are informed that Lieut. General DON remained at Verden on the Bth inft. which place is the head: quarters of the Britifh Army. The Guards are quartered in the environs of Bremen. The Ruffians have left Verden in order to march to Hameln, which Fortrefs is to be immediately blockaded by them and the German Legion, under the clmmand of Briga dier General Dscaam. We have the pleafure to fay. that his Majefly's fhip VICTORY has at length got into the Downs; the went round the South Foreland at tittle yeflerday morning. Yeflerday the t tth Light Dragoons pared through Dover from Hythe, for Ramfgate, where they ale to embark for foreign fervice. Yefterday the LORD MAYOR ordered the price of Bread to be raifed one Mize and a half, or Three pence in the Peck Loaf, to commence to-morrow The Qsartern Loaf of Wheaten will then be tad. and Honfehold The Proprietors of Trinity Chapel of Eafe, in St. Peter's Port, Giiernfey, have unanimoully elated the Rev. THOMAS GRUT, A. B. as their Chaplain, vice the Rev. JAMES BOULLEN, who refigns. Yefterd.iy died,lifter a long illneft, the Right Hon. HENRY %Jlousie, eleventh Lord St. John, of Vet foe. His Lordihip dying . without male ifrue, having left four daughters only, ts fucceeded in his title and elates_ by the Hon. Sr. ANDREW Sr. JOHN, Member in simian are tuccedive Parliaments for the county of Bedford. Scat-tem—About three o'clock yeflerday a con fiderable number of skaters ventured on the Serpen tine River in Hyde Park, many of whom narrowly efcaped the fate to which their temerity had expelled them. Three perfons, however, in fluting, broke the ice, and fell in, who with the utmolt difficulty ex tricated themfelves from their perilous fituation.— Although thoufands, on both fides, withed to afford every relief to the firft who fell in, nearly about the centre of the river, yet their commiferation, and their exertions with knotted pockethandkerchiefs,Bco. were unavailing at fo great a diaance from the banks.— After feveral attempts to fupport himlelf on the ice, which repeatedly broke under him, lie fucceeded, at length, when hopes bad flagged, and his strength had almoll failed him, in fcrarabling on the furtace ; bur ;t broke down in two other places before he reached the (hire, which he at tall gained, with the lofs of his hat by the firft fall. Ropes arrived, as ufual, when they could be of no fervice. Amongft the prone naders of rank and fashion, were the Eatls of Msz a.)anuo H, MAYO, a.nd Crams+ est,. Lord Fot.sy, and Earl TEMPLE, with feveral others of ditimion. CORN EXCHANGE, MARK LANA, DEC. I B.—Ta-day 'but few further arrivals of Wheat, a tolerable fupply at hand, and but few prime tamples which keep their price —Inferior forts are at fomewhat lefc— Batley in good fupply, and with Malt fupports itsi price—White Peas have little sale, and rather lower New Tick Beans 28s. to 335. per quarter—Having l many Oat arrivals, and part foreign, caufes fales in this trade at,fomewhat lefs in price, The prices of Flour have Little fluCtuation. kAttetthair, MAILS THIS DAY.—Wind W. S. W. milt. Wm. o s Gettenburgh o • 3 Hamburgh O s ♦tt. Doi 4 I 0 Lifbbn ' PLYMOUTH, the. t6.—PaiTed this port to the Weaward, three Ruffian men of war, laft from Portf. Mouth.--Sailed the Helm, 74 guns, for Pertfmouth ; FOUDILOYANT, So guns, and SANTA MARGARETTAp 36 guns. for the Channel fleet ; de Galyafs Fretnling, LONGRAN m.:fter, for Naples, with f.th.—Went up the hal bour to be refitted, the GOLIAH, of 74 guns. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 17.-Arrived the Racoon brig of war, Captain Caorrou, from Jamaica, lall fr•'m Cork; Diligence (loop of war, from a cruize; Fakun Hoop, and feveral outward bound vcifels, from the Downs.—Wind N. E. DOVER, DEc. pl.—Arrived in the Downs lafk night, in 43 hours from Cushawn, hi, lktijefty's gun brig PIERCER, Lieutenant SIDRA Lft alfo arrived the fchonner Star, of Bolton, Cal , t4in iti , P elt, with gums from Senegal, bound to L.ndon, having (Whined c Infiderable damage by being run on board of by a (hip yefterday morning.—Wind N. E. and mode rate with thick weather. DEAL, DEC. IT —This morning the VICTORY, With the body of .Lord NELSON, arrived in the Downs, and remains with his Majefly's flips (with their•flags flying half ftaff high) and the tranfports, as per lA.—Arrived the CRUIZER flop of war, from a cruize, and the Meteor from i;.e Weflward ; the Meteor failed for Portfmotith.—Sailed the Urgent gun-brig on a cruize, and the Vi•leano bomb, Bold and Watchful gun.biigs for the Note. Wind N. E. YARMOUTH, DEC. 17.—Yeflerday P. M. arrived the Snipe gun-brig and Florence cutter; the latter has brought over a Meffenger, with the duplicate% containing accounts of an important battle between the French and Auftro-Ruffian armies. The Flying Fifh, of Hull, G. WRIGHT, laden with oat% bound to London, is on fhore nn Winterton Beach ; the tranfport Peace is on fhore on Kiflugland,with troops, and the tranfport No. 307 is ?bate into thefe Roads, having parted convoy in a gale of wind. Arrived the Tat su as frigate from a cruize, and the Beaufoy packet, Capt. NORRIS, with mails and pairengers ; the packet has failed for Harwich. Arrived alto the Yciung Richard, Jay, with paangers from Ham burgh ; the above left ,Hambuigh on Saturday laft, with the Snipe and Florence cutter. Remain in the Roads the Chips of war as per lalt. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. . Gaavannn, DEC. 170—Para by the Adeona, Kirby, from Quebec; Vrow Martha, Joorron, from Caen; Symmetry, Mitchel; Minerva, Rale; and the Jane, Cordate, from PeteriburgO,..... Sailed the Fortune, Moore, for New South , Wales; and the Grace, Heppi ngitall, for Montle rrat. We are anted that a French fquadron get out of L'Orient about the beginning of this month, and that Minifters have received certain information of the fa& The Countess of ELGIN cutter has been chaced from off Embden by a so gun thip and a large fri.. gate, fuppofed to be Dutch, bound to Batavia, and to have efcaped from a Dutch port. Two Engliaa fhips have been fent in putfitit of th em . The fleet failed from Cork for the Weft Indies, of the 2d intlant, confuting of about zs fail, under convoy of the ARITH VIA frigate. and Wass , floop of war. Wind N. E. The Qlouceller arrived at Bollon on the 6th of November. She failed from the Ifles of France ma the silt of July, and fr. m the Itle of Bourbon on the loth of Anguft ;.and tenons, that the Bona parte privateer had captured three valuable Englilh veil - tic, and fent them tor the He of B orbon ; one of them, from China for L laden with tea, had arrived there. The following veffels failed from Gibraltar on the 22d of November, under convoy of the Phoebe fri gate, viz. the Brothers, Ynund, for Sr. Michael's ; Beaver, Ritchie, for Portfmouth ; R , ver, Gourdlay; Guadaloupe, Ward ; Alexander, 1': alters ; and the Mounla, Hulling, for London. No a:count where they parted. The John, Hewfon, from Hull, is on fhore near Elfinore. The Laurentia Charlotta, Jergenfon, from St. Croix for Copenhagen, is on chore near Warburg. The Tetneraire, Tonnant, and Colons, are to be paid off, and their gallant crews turned over • to chips competent to prefent ferrite. The following fingular regular remark was On Fri- day put up at LLoyn's : Lord C , Captain of the Pallas frig*. e, dates. 4. That owing to the violent florins and thick fnow. the convoy appointed. ought to fall, ten days limner. A man of war at prefent is of little other fesrvice to thi merchantmen, than to chest the Underwriter' In confequence of an omilli^n, the above par.t• graph is very unintelligible. 'I he f o llowing arc the faels :—The PasLerk.failed fro:u () . tehec with the fleet for England, 3111 o.9ober. The London flips laden with furs and very valuable, fortunately left arrived, and the rell for the out rots, making toge ther nine fail, are no doubt at their deninations.— Los d tocuartsa's remark, that owing.tn the violent norms the convoy ought to fail ten days fooner, is very juil, for it happens to every convoy which fails late in Odober from Q2ebec, as it did to that jua arrived, that before they got out • f the Culph of Se. Lawrence, the fleet is d;fpet fed, sii d therefore a man of war is of no other ufe than to chat the under. writers, that is by snaking them retina part of the • premium for a proteElion, which is of no fervice to the merchantmen. TLc under et it. is at LLOYD'S feel much indebted to Lotd Corneas' f r hie Orrery*. Lions, and which will, no doubt, f.r the future, b e the•means of having the effea of the fleet failing at a proper rearm, fo that a flaip of we; MAGI be of fer. vice, or no return of premium being made for a • convoy, which is of no other ufe than that (bated by bis Lordthip. Dublin ) , I