Star. — London, England, 1815-03-10 00:00:00

r .._ . _ iectne* t 4 10.)61e ' Poling, We twq miles when rired cralt add succession before ' Rayon ; the ad igqt rc-1-00 Olf entrance, A picquet, which the enemy had taken the preeau tints to place there, being surprised and cut off, Ma jor General Keane, with Rear Admire, Malcolm and the advance, moved up the Rayon, and having effec ted ; landing at daybreak, in the course of the dry was enables} to take up a position across the main road tr New Qrleaes, between the river Mississippi fr.l the Rayon t In this situation, about an hour after sunset, and before the bo .ts could return with the second division, an enemy's schooner of 14 guns, and an armed *hip of 16 guns, having dropped down the Mississippi, the former commenced a brisk cannonading, which was followed up by an attack of the whole of the American army. Their troops were, however, beaten back, and obliged to retire with considerable loss, and . Major General Keane advanced somewhat beyond his former position. As soon as the second division was brought up, the gun vessels and bpats returnee' for the remainder of the troops, the small armed sea.: men gad marines of the squadron, and such supplies as were required. On the 25th, Major General Sir E. Pakenhana and Major Gerteral Gibbs irrived at head-quarters, when the former took command of :he army. The schooner which had continued at intervals to annoy the troops having been burnt on the 27th by hot shot from our artillery, and the ship having i warped farther up the river, the following day the general moved forward to within gnu shot of an eO-. * trenclunent which the enemy had newly.thrown up i extending across the cultivated ground from the Mrs. sissippi to an impassable swampy wood on big left, a distance of about 1000 yards. It being thought necessary tp bring heavy. artillery against this work, and also against the ship which had cannonaded the army when advancing, guns were brought up from the shipping, and on the Ist instant' batteries were opened; but our fire not having the desired effect, the attack war deferred until the arri val of the troops under Maier General Lambert, which were daily expected. Major General Lambert, in the Vengeur, with a convoy of transports, having on board the 7th and 45d regiments, reached the outer anchorage on the Ist, and this reinforcement was all brought up to the advance on the 6th instant, while preparations were making for a second attack, in the. propoted plan for which, it was decided to throw a body of men across the river to gain possession of the enemy's guns cn the right bank. For this purpose the canal by which we were enabled to conduct provisions and stores towards the camp was widened and extended to the river, and about fifty barges, pinnaces, and cut ters, having, in the day time of the 7th, been tracked under cover and unperceived, close up to the bank, at night the whole were dragged into the Mississippi, and placed under tilt. command of Captain Roberts of the Meteor. The boats having grounded in the canal, ; distance of 550 yards from the river, and the bank being com posed of vet clay thrown out of the canal, it was not until nearly day-light that with the utmost possible exertions this service was completed. The Stith regiment, with a division of seamen under Captain Money, and a division of marines under Major Adair, the whole amounting to about 600 men, commanded by Colonel Thornton, of, the 85th regiment, were embarked and landed on the right bank of the river without opposition, just after day light ; and the armed boats moving up the river as the troops advanced, this part of the operations suc ceeded perfectly ; the enemy having been driven from every position, leaving behind him 17 pieces of Cannon. . The great loss, however, sustained by the principal attack, having induced General Lambeet.tq send or : - ders to Colonel Thornton to retire, after spiking the guns and destroying the carriages, the whole were re embarked and brought back, and the boats by a : similar process of hard labour were again dragged, 7 into the Canal, and from thence to the Rayon, con-. veying at the same time such of the wounded as it was thought requisite to send off to the triaips.,•, Major-General Larnberthaving determined to with draw the army, measures were taken to re-embark ' the whole of the sick and wounded that it was pos sible to move, and the stores, ammunition, ordnance arc. with such detachments of the army , seamen , alai marines, as were not immediately wanted( in order that the remainder of the army might retire enin. cumbered, and the last division be furnished with sufficient means of transport. This arean,gensent being in a forward state of see. ;adop t 4 quitted head-quarters on the 14th instant, leaving Rear-Admiril hialcolm to condnot the naval part of theopeeitions in:thet quarter, and 1, seeieed tit this aechoiage on the 16th, where I am arranging fa the reception of the army, and preparingtbefieet for further operations. ' . • • ... •.. I must, in conunon with the nation; lament the ri4;;Oich the service has sustained by ;he death' of ' r-V s enefal'the Hon. Sir E. Pakettham and Mie.: lor-Petier4 Gibbs.. Their great Military qualities were fu,sdy estimated while living, and their zealous . eleio,tion to, Pat country ' s welfare willtevherished as as tumple to firtniegenerationg, •• • In jusncc the of aud men of she Wartime vt a e! my command, who have been employed uteri' ibis expedmoq ! 1 eitin.ot omit to call the attention Of iiy:,i,coi Commissioners of the Admiralty to the la• be tw as exertions and great privations which have be ta ~Aliiegty an 4 sheerfully 'borne, class, y every t fp.? i *.* petod of nearlix weeks. • •'' .' • 0 1 4 a l e ts2th of December, when the boat; pro 4id to the attack of the enemy's gun -vessels, to .., present fi me, but 'very few of the Officers or men ha*o ever 'slept one night on board.thefr shipac." ;.. lila! Palt ot rition, and been all' head of the -- `f in - open - ' t rtke* 'Cre • s has* , 1;4; __llightcak Vim 114111* -111t0k.5.4 THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. - FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1815. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. Reduced shut-4 per Cent. shut-5 per Cent. Navy DsH . Consols 63;giii—for ace. 65 tiSlif 64—Qtnnium Batik hong Annuities shut—lndia bonds Ss. pre. Exchequer Bids Is.dis. Us. prem.—Lottery Tickets AIS. • Just as our Paper was going to Press, we received :the Paris Papers of Monday and Tuesday last, being those of the 6th and 7th instant• Their contents are I'most important. BONAPARTE IN FRANCE, AT THE .HEAD OF AN ARMY 111 We must confine ourselves to the documents rela tive to this event. The first-is a Proclamation of the French King, toms XVIIL calling an extraordi nary and instant. meeting of the Chambers of Peers and the Deputies. PROCLAMATION OF THE KING. • CONVOCATION OF THE CHAMEERS. On the 31st December we adjourned the Chaos. hers, in order that they might resume tbeir labium! on the Ist of Miy—during this interval we set about preparing subjects on which to occupy their attention. 4 , The progress of the Congress at Vienna gave us .reason to hope for the general establishment of a solid and durable peace ; and we gave ourselves, iLIitTMIS6QO 9 to every labour which could : tend to secure the tranquillity and welfare of our people: this trusquilliti is disturbed, and her hap. piness may •lop' toppromised by malevolence or treason: • • 6 . 4 Fiance has done all in her power to reitoictran. l *pinky to Europe: but 'skis trangUillity• iu Asitin...lud; and her happiness may be compromised .01 rfialevo. lake or treason. The promptitude and •vristiont of the measures which we have taken shall errs,' their progress. Fill of confidence in the weal and de- Votion which* 041Abfq ;nye giTel, us, we baasi to call them mound:us. , • . , 44 If the:enemies of the ,country have fnunde4 thin .4 0 1 ) !".. VP OAI the dieiaobs Tihkcli they # 1 0 4 :4 , 01. ? 0 * 4 C A C .44* kOliti its defenders Qad .-1.*°41T4 .~~ . ovettrrets these aiming hypes lapin i4ling94l l o,' farcit of ;n Indestrossiiile poion, l l OssposslAvpx vs. Till KING,,CONTMVIVZIingia 'OR THII 'PUBLIC SAIIRTY, N Louis 14 the Grace of Goo, &c. Id The likh Article of the Constitutional Chartor charges us esprcien7 j make the necessary regulations: and ordonnancts fur the safety of the State when it shall be compromised, mud that. wr should take prompt measures to repress the ent•rprice undertaken at one of the points of our kingdom, and to arrest the effects of the plots tending to excite civil war io the destruction of the Government. " For these reasons. and on the report made to Us by our Chancellor D'Ansbray, and %Pith the advice of our Council, we declare as follows : 1. Napoleon Bonaparte is declared traitor and rctri, for having introduced himself, emelt into the Department of the Par, and we enjoin all the Governors and Com manders of armed fumes, National Gpardtv Civil Authorities, and simple citizens, to seize him, and im mediately bring him befpre a Council of War ; and after having ascertained bis identity, they shall de mand against him the punishment of the law. 2. They shall punish in the same manner, all the military and enspkyeer of every rank who sh4U, have itccompinied or followed the foresaid Bonaparte, in his invasion of the French territory, if within,eight days frost the date hereof, they do not submit them selves to . the civil or military Authorities. _ _ The Bcl and 4th Articles provide for the punlih 113ellt of civil and military Authorities Who shill, by word or deed, promote the flames of rebellion. The .sth and last Article relates to the making public of this Ordonnance. Given at the Thuilleries, 6th March, 1815. His Royal Highness has set off in great haste• for L yo nt—Motsitetw. The foregoing intelligence produced a considerable sensation in this Capital, as soon as the contents of the French Papirs were known, and sensibly affec ted the Funds. It was won observed that two of die most eminent Foreign broken were selling largely, and the Consols which opened at 61 for the account, speedily fell to 63. _ _ Various rumours were also circulated to account for the fall in the funds : as, that a large loaii Wasio be instantly applied for ; that Parliament was about to be dissolved ; thitt there ate dissentioni in the CI. binet, kc. &c. These are, however, mere idle sur: mises. The possibility of a new war with France furnishes a sufficient cause fur alarm in the Stock Market. Brussels and Frankfort Papers have also reached us, but their dontentware comparatively unimportant'. None of the Minor French •Journals contain a single word of the above important intelligence. Tlie Journal des Dekts of the 7th only announces the de parture of the King's brothers, MONSIRUR t and the Duc de BLRIU. for Lyons. ' One article from Naples complains loudly of the ingratitude of the Allies to MURAT. Can the movements of Ibis man be con nected with those of BONAPARTE ? The private letters from Paris say, that BONA , PARTS has landed at Frejus at the head of 8,606 rani, had erected the Imperial Standard and been joined by many thousand partizans, and was matching to wards Lyons. Some accounts state, that he waswithin fottpeight hours post of Paris. Some of the letters state, but do not mention on what authority, that Mr. MADISON has refused to ratify the Treaty of Ghent? e ll! r hig° the boath anti it 4 eed It4TIC With.* rgirsTiltd. !err* La 44 not, hOwglrer• i the And' - gtigg4g4 above And'- an d the hi gun yesteli taking the ground in sal t had gnt within ten miles of,the I irvgg !Int an 1 4 1 11 1 01 .4 midnil IA Th; 4li OTe%i :;iaT aTillini w ith iiii PIIIIC iatil 1• 1 1 , its —I' • . itf . ko . viii9i4. tores, ' sillery„ apipunktii N I. it y uf foof:Rceisi T y app . rti44kes; :hive t irinA)pited frau 'the ih . ipms it4e. head ,‘:4 d4tankt of sevrAtyTmilie'• chiefly re, • ' tif e . oow re:cm:4ooi by the same ' - ' • .. An:reline,- iiiiich the hpatecre -4 et i . ' 44 ; t's ,, laieli beitifteek*Viil, _nil ~: , .., ... tit io At irt. , g .sug leptons gi . .. c rst Mi. so,,Nel, Ayr -fp' • • • .7 - rw ... • 4 t: ~.A. - fle fflgla sad. PT wif, WWI ril4l lir,' 00014 wick hall been nighly honoura ble to num nivicat and most gratifying to myself, to olmeeve the mule, ;ion and unanimity which has pervaded the wboles • Rear-Admiral Malcolm superintended the disem-, barkation of the army, and the various services per fernsed by the boots; sod it is a duty that I fulfil with much pleasure, assuring their Lordships, that his zeal and exertions, upon every occasion, could not be sorpassed by any one. I beg leave also to offer my testimony to the omvearied and cheerful assistance afforded to the Rear-Admiral by Captains Sir T. M. Hardy, Dashwood, and Gordon, and the several Captains and other Officers. Rear-Admiral Codrington accompanied me throughout this service, and I feel much indebted for his able advice and assistance. Captain Sir Thomas Troubridge, and the Officers• and seamen attached under his com mand to the army, have conducted themselves much to the satisfaction of the Generals command; ing. Sir Thomas Troubridge speaks in the highest terms of the Captains and other Officers employed under him, as named in his letter (a copy of which is enclosed), reporting their services. lie particularly mentions Captain Money, of the Traave, who„ I am much concerned to say, had both bones of his leg broken by a musket-shot, advancing under a heavy fire to-the attack of a battery that was afterwards carried. The conduct of Capt. Money, at Washing ton and near Baltimore, where he was employed with the army, having before occasioned my noticing him to their —Lordships, I beg leave now to recommend' him most strongly to their protection. The wound that he has received not affording him any probability of his being able to return to his duty for a consider able time, I have given him leave of absence to go to England, and shall entrust to him my dispatches. I have not yet received any official report from the Captain of the Nymphs, which ship, with the vessels named in the margin*, were sent into the . Mississippi to create a diversion in that quarter. The bombs have been for some days past Throwing shells into Fort I'lacquemain, but I fear without much effect. I have sent to recall such of them as are not required for the blockade of the river.--I have, &c. ALEXANDER COCHRAN; Vice• Admiral and Commander in Chief.. Head-quarters, near New Orleans, January 12. Stn—The conduct And the exertions of the Officers and seamen which you did me the honour to place under my command to serve with the army on shore, having been such as to meet very general approba 'ion, I feel it a duty I owe to them to make such known to you, and to particularize the exertions of Captains Money, Rogers, and Westphal!. I cannot sufficiently express the high sense I enter tain of the zeal and activity of Lieutenant Scott, of the Tonnant, and Lieutenant Fletcher, of the Norge, who. on all occasions, have shewn themselves most deserving officers. Captains Money and Rogers, who were detiched across the river, again report the exertion and gallan. try of Lieutenant Scott, and also of Mr. Woolcombe, Midshipman of his Majesty's ship Tomiant, who par. titularly distinguished themselves in leading their Men under a heavy fire to the battery that was car ried. It is with infinite regret I have to report the severe wot•nd Captain Money received while op this service. To Lieutenants Wroote, of the Royal Oak, .and Franklin, of the Bedford, with the many other officers employed, every praise is due. I have the ho nour to be. &c. (Signed( THOMASTaousrutx.x, Captain, Commanding the Seamen on Shore. The Hon. Vise Admiral Cochrane, &c. • Nymph., lierald, /Ewa, Meter, ThistlP, SECOND EDITION. On the subject of BONAPAItTeS landing in France, Government have issued the following OFFICIAL BULLETIN. Dispatches have been received from Lord FITZ ROY Sommer, dated the 6th and 7thinstant, with the intelligence of BONAPARTE having landed; at the head of• about IMO men, between *Antibes and Frejus; on the 3d or 4th. The Kinng of FRANCE had iti consequence issued a Proclamation on the/th• decimiag •Traite.,r; and calling Upon all persons to seize and oppose him. Manhal Mac- DONALD and General .GOUVION ST. CYR, had been sent to command The troops who were to be opposed to him ; and a considerable force was collecting at Lyons. Monsieun and the Doc d'Olu.r.42s bad also gone to the Southward. The most perfect tranquil. lily prevailed at Paris, end the 11.4E0 had xeceived the Corps Diplomatique as usual. • • • , . 1. . . , ... From the apparent tranquillity which prevailed yesterday throughout the Metropolis, we were m 'hopes that there was an end to all tumukuary meet ings. Early in the evening, howevet t lin appearanCe of riot began in Weymouth-street,•but the.parties were speedily dispersed by the Horse Guards. Rally ing ioliolles-street, Cavendish l quare, at.Nq. 6, the house of Mr. [Myra GIDDY, the mob commenced .an attack on his•windows, many of which, toge then with a•yeanel of the door, were btoken. Ulm muskets having .beeti fired from the• second floor, the mob soon dispersed, .and proceeded, to the,h ouse of Lord HAtuolocip, - . in Hanover-square, from -whiib they •Were distpereed by the Pont Guards— !they then prciceeded, ' skcuting and huzzaing, up sOxford-street, from thence into Grosvenor-square, and so on to Park-lane..in thoir course occasionally king a few %indult., in wanton manner. Tam Guards, patrols* 4 soldiers, sold numerous • at constables being every where on, the alert an? Tegqlar attack W.RS thereby presented—the p I/ .departed. and tranquillity wits restored. The houses onwlsich-attacks were anticipated havo been provided with soldiers, as a sort of dsmectic guard.. and fire-arms are provided for all. No per sun was hurt in. Holleustreet, although. in one in stance. the bullets from Mr. Davis's house rent into the parlour..window of the oppoblte house,. Au. inhabited by Captain Dower. The-following Proclamation was issued last night ; Gcoacr. 1". It. Whereas a great tin mhe rof i orderly persons have, during 0 ...• three last days, pulklicly assembled themselves together in a rte.. out and tumultuous manner, and lave been guilty of many inns lent and criminal acts and rroceedings ; having a' tacked the per sons and houses of many ut his Arlajesty's love' subjects, in sere. cal parts of the ci - y of Westminster and cont.', of Middle•ea, and especially in On: evenings and during 4.lie nights'of the ,111 4 1 threedays : We, therenre, taktt; the same into our runt , Cris out consideration, and being inl:y 'leer/mined on nor part to in! all means in 0,,r power to protect the iter.s sad vote, tits of Majesty's loyal subjects, ts• preserve the public I.,:see, and to bring to condign punisment the authors of such viuleuces, have thought fit, in the name and on the behalf of Ili' Majesty, as.if hr and whit the advice of his Majesty's Privy Council. to issue tin, proclamation, and thereby strict If to tlllol l ,cloirge a Alt uniirair,4 111114 Maje.sty's loyal subjects to give disCIALt. - Dancing and suppressing all such criminal acts and promedinp, and to give all information to the Magistrate., by whir:i the di'. turbers of his Majesty's peace may be brontit to punishment : And we do hereby grjein and require all _Lida:* ut the Peace, Sheriffs, Alayqrs, il l ai•fr. Constables, and all other his Ma;!..-ty's loving sulikcts, I'.e aide-; and n•sistiug to the utmost of r o ar power in suppressing such criminal acts and proceeding:, midis detecting, apprehending, and banging to justice the pea WNW (utl ceriattiiu the same. And lor the better detection id any per, , e, or persons who cure or usay.he cutivened in any such cr u t al acts and proceedings, We are graciously pleased to peotntseo,ar if any person, shall discover any other I.4rion oi 4 perste* vr,o, li rattly or indirectly, was or were or way be concerned therein, so as that the pee of or persons d.scovered may he prusec,ard for the same, such discoverer shall have and r:ctive at .L ref, trd, %inn conviction of such offender or offenders, the ;um MINDREI) POUNDS, and also his Majesty's gracives pan:La for the said offence, in ave. the person making such d: y ihall himself be liable to bt prosecuted fur the same. Civet) at the Court at Carlton Ilnuse, 1. I i 9 - .11 day of March, 1815, in the 55th vent of his Majesty's Re:et:. ;ut) Lae the King ! Bow-rraErr.—Yesterday John Currie was broug,' to the office from the watch-house, and underwent a long eiamination before Mr. on a craw of being. Concerned in committing several acts of vinient outrage at the dwelling-house at Sir Jos. ph Banke, in Soho-sqUate,. on Wednesday night. Tile prisowr was remanded. The mob, it appeared, had mistaken • the house of Sir Joseph Banks for that of Bankes. Quicx-souatte.--Vesterday C. Farrah the orntor, ;vim endeavoured to incite the multitude to riot on Tuesday, was re-examined. In Palace Yard, the populace were so Much pleased with his denuaci4. 'Units against ;he Corn Bill, that dollars and tokens were Most plebtifully offered to him by tlie spectators, who saw the miserable manner in which he was dressed, but he rejected them all, exclaiming Out he was not to be bribed to do his duty. Hi, luncier, a fruit-salesman, corroborated the prisoner's ments respecting his habits of life, matting, Oat the: quarrel betweeu him and his master, a sadlt.r, at Bedfusd. to whom he was apprenticed, arbst front his love for reading. The prisoner was not 19, and: till within the last three or tour months, he bad con -4, ducted himself with much discretion. He was ;easy to joiis in bailing him, but as it might be dangera.s . to allow birn to be at large at the present manes . , he-thought it -would be most adviseahle to bail on some future day. The Magistrate acquiescing in Ile was committed to Bridewell, to be brougict up hereafter to give bail, the brother promising to assist him in prison, and have him kept from the common prisoners. Letter: received in town this morning, state, that the residence of the great land-hoWer, Mr. Cial, at Holkhim, in Norfolk, has been destroyed. Lord COCHRANE has by some means escaped from the King's Bench prison before the expiration of the win of his confinement. His Lordship's escape was not discovered till yesterday. The means by winch he effected it are not known, but it was probably over the wall, and he is supposed to have been absent since &may 'night. MtLetian, MARCH 7. —The Union, of Dartmouth, mentioned yesterday as bound from London to Liver. pool being lost on the Hats and Barrels, is the 1416- cation of an impostor, discovered this day by HENRY Luau, Esq. one of our County Magistrates, anu has been put this day on board his Majesty's ships SPlT iris, where I trust he will meet with just punisnnwnt. Livakeocu., nation 8 —The American privateer Chasseur, of 16 guns and 150 men, refitted at Ma tinique, and sailed from thence the 16th January.-- Several privateers were to windward of Barbadocs. FALMOUTH, MARCH 7. Arrived the Blucher packet Captain PRICE, with mails Itum Malta and Gibrallar, twelve days from the latter. On the 24th February spoke his Majesty's ship GRANICLN in company with the American brig privateer John Litt tle, of Boston, of 14 guns and 60 men, her prize. left at Gibraltar the Duke of Montrose packer. AT. rived several ships frodi the Eastward to join convoy ; also a frigate (came ualionwit). atnd Nimble cutter , from the Eastward, Innis made a signal for con voy to the Eastviaid. The fleet rides the palestina well.—Wind S.W._ _ PLVICOUTII, MARCH f3.•-Calm in the SIR FRANCIS DRAKE frigate, from the Mediterranean ' • And Eta. ii4b; us frigate, from a cruiar.—Put bAckdie WO 3 D° LAND sloop, with a fleet for Bourdeauz. Postrattuunr, MAticup..--Arrived yesterday at,the Mother Ilank, the SltAiCt sloop, from Gibraitar, hav ing in charge three merchant brigs and A transpor!-- tlse remainder of the fleet may be immediately I ,, tiked ;for, but blowing fresh have not ascertained p lars—they are under quarantine. CORN-EXCHANGE, MARK-LiNE, MARCH i O. Marxists we have bad scarce any fresh orrlvab of %%rat siva ,Monday, the trade continues exceedingly dun. basing but bunt Idt*and.eigeAquensty our prices are nenuoal. Floe BarlYT tip ports Monday's prices. Yeas. Beans, and Oats, are !wavy sale. vt . a decline of Is. per quarter,. • SMIiHEIELL) MARKET. MARCH 10. Beef ba Oil to 6s oil Vial Ts td to Rs C 4 I Matte* is Od to es 44 1 Pont • a o 4 to 7 * 44 &awe 7100- . -Sbeep and Lambs atlO—Caltres 110—Pi` ' I If. • the Ids limo, se Hytio, ire Ludy of Camel NicolaT, arid VIC .q.P.•.# I *M. Ll't AT 244.1104 8.14 M ang_--- -- - 'DOE MV KAU U 5 minutes atter g $5 minutes after 2 NDON t Binned IV? Livia KIST, PliCket.PlaCe • and pp' lid there, awl at Ulf SULIAXECe 4, • • • . , P