Star. — London, England, 1801-01-07 00:00:00

~r [Sstmebtfauff, Die. ro.:la-We have not yet any' uthentic (totem ent of the lofs fu ftained (in both fides in the battle of the r4th. Several Englifh o ffi cers -ere in the fuite of his Royal Highnefi the Arch duke Jose; ; one of them, named Colonel Bloc, a coufin to the Minifter WICKHAM, was killed by the French chalTeurs. General MIZEKTILDT was wounded in the adion. Leo is o, Dt. c. 16.—A great part of the troops un der the command of General MACDONALD, are already at Edolo. The enemy for fome dais have been reinforced at Tonale, but they are yet very weak. The French purfue their march by the valley of Trompia. 1 Gene V Ea- UCKASSOVITCH IS at Trente with a few truops. The Auftrians have wade no movement on the* line of Tyrol. We are a ilared, that the greaten mifery reigns throughout this country, on account of the reqtufitions of - every kind for the fervice of the army. MODENA, Dec. r4.—We have the fatisfadion of announcing that the Auftrians are retiring.— They not only neither occupy Bologna or xhis c ity, but they abandoned Finale and Cento as foon as they learnt the French were marching againft them. Mites, Dec. 15.—The army of fete& men, under the orders of General MURAT, is expeded here every moment. 'Accommodations are alrea dy made in this city for 20,000 of them. General CALONt, who commands a divifion of them, has ' arrived this day. Notwithftanding the efforts made by the Auf trians to diftrad the operations of the French army, General Beusis is daily employed iq concentrating his forces, in order to carry into execution his grand plan, which forms a part of the general fyf tem to be a&ed upon by the whole French line.-- Ile head-quarters were hill at Brefcia on the 18th, 40 pontoons had been fent from that place towards the Mincio. The Imperial flotilla, confifting of about as veftels, appeared before Salo on the t7th, and fired at a few houfes On the banks , direding its ihot priheipally agairi ft one tu which there were zoo neauhmen ; but tits latter returned the fire ft) effectually, as to fink one of the enemy's velfels, with a crew confining of 14 or 15 men. Letters from Rome nate, that after the depar ture of the French CommitTaries, a courier extra ordinary arrived there from Naples with difpatches for them. They were- forwarded to them by a poitilion who came up with them at Buonoco vente, on the other fide of Sienna. It is reported that General VASELLI will fet off for Naples, and that he will be fucceeded by General DANA 5. DEC. 18.—We learn from Bologna that 4000 French troops had arrived at Modena, and taken an advantageous pofition in the vicinity of that place. The Auftrian troops, which lately made tome ineurlions into Romagna, confined of very fmall detachments ? " which have flake retired to their refpedive nations. Accounts from Tuft:my bate, that a corps of boo Frenchmen had arrived In that country, from Geneva, and that a part of this corps is to be de tached towards Bologna. , The greater part of the army of the Grifons was, on the 16th, at Edolo, and making prepara tions for advancing. The enemy, on their part, had been for fe veto' days ttrengthening their forti fications. • LONDON. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7. Prices of 1....)e1ts tbis day at ons o'clock t 3 per Cent. Conf. 6311 1 .-Dttto for opg. 631 Reduced 621 /.-.LonrAnti. IS 3-161-.4 per Cent. 7911. Omniuni prem. The Ksac, yellerday Morning, accompanied by the Duke of eumssatamo, Larl of Casarsa 'McLD, Lord Watstionasi, General GWVIINI, and his ufual Attendants, rode to Arcot-heath, where being met by the Earl of SANDIVICH, Mr. PSALM , and a number of (poi tfnten, a deer Was turned out for the day's diverfion. YellercLly being Twelfth Day, her Msyssrv's third donation of beef and foup was difiributed arnongil upwards of ltxty poor fatnilies in the town and neighbourhood of Windfor, in the great kitchen in the Cattle. Her MAI try and the PrincefsELtzasatn gave a Ball and Supper, yellerday evening, 'at the (bieen's Lodge, 'Windfor, to the domeftics of the Queen's and Low er Lodges, to which a feted Slumber of her MayErry's tradefmen and their fa milies were invited. • The Q. E 6EX will have a drawing-room at St. James's on the isth inftant, for the Ptefentation of the Ladies of the hills Peers and Com Mons, previous to the Qxst.a.'s Birth-day. according to Court Etiquette. Her Royal Highnefs the PRINCESS CHAIMOTTP of Wat.ss completed the fifth year of her age this day. The PR IN :1:113 AMELIA has been confined to her poem by indilpolition for lonic days paR. Her Royal Higlinefs's complaint is a fevere cold, with a v;olent fwelled face. The ft.indard of the United Kingdom is thus Mu (balled— lu four great quarters are--ift, on the dezter-fsde, in a field rah. (red) three liens paffant pardant, le pale r (yellow) fee ingbnd.--2d. dupe (blue), a harp es (yellow) Iteinged rpm/ (orbit( ) for ittland,—On the (Miler fkle..-3d. Field w (yellow) a Pea rampant, within a double treffure, lowered, counter- Ircrrd wah limn de bis,ekk, (led) for Scotland.•-4th. Field (red), two Lions paltint pedant it (yellow) for Bred. ..4 .Ma NLijelly7 paternal coat,—.ln bate pia (red) an hock (1 471111 t &VW (white) foe Hanover.—The lucid pier (red) her of hearts r (red) furmounted with anfleetord car, proper. There are to be the arms in all official lea's : is iil which the English Rofe, the Scotch 'Millie, and the Shamrock are conjoined, fpringing from one Rem. The Union Flag is compored of the three ordsrs of St. George, St. Andrew, and St. Patrick The fermi ornaments of his blaj lyres State, in Parliament, and elfc•rhere s are to be badges *bore referred tu. ASSIZE OF BREAD. Yefterday the Mailer and Wardens of the Bakers Company attended the Loan MAYOR at the Man fion-houfe ref thing the Mize of Bread, when his Lordfhip (after examining the Meal•weighers' returns, and it appearing that a very little altera tion had taken place !ince the lift returns) ordered the Price of Bread to continue at Is. 90. the Ql . tartern Loaf; but his Lordfhip hopes to have the fatisfaetion of reducing the price confiderably next week. General GRIN FIELD has been appointed to the colnmand of the Midlapd Military Diftrid, the head-quarters of which are at Birmingham. The tranfports which lately arrived at Portf mouth from Cork, are fitting to carry troops to Egypt ; the 49th and 85th regiments, now at Jer fey, are among thofe that are to go. Capt. WI N WORTH of the navy is going out with them as agent for the tranfports. A letter from Florence, dated December 9, rays, Admiral KEITH has intimated the following to all the Confuls of the neutral Powers refident at Leghorn : By the exprefs command of his BRI TANNIcMAJESTY, all the Cohfuls of neutral Powers refident at Leghorn are ordered to fend away allthe (hips of their refpedive nations before the Bth intl. At the expiration of the Paid term, thofe who [hall have difobeyed this order Bull be confidered and treated as enemies in the operations which will take place.' This intimation, which feems to an nounce a bombardment, will make it need:try for the neutral Powers to remonlirate." Great numbers of_perfons are expefted at the approaching_Carniv3l at Berlin; and among others, the Hereditary Prinee of MICKLIINEiIIG SCHWERIN, with his Confort, and the Grand Duke CONSTANTINE PAWLAEITSCH, of Raffia. Loma Bottareava is arrived at Madrid, where he has taken the title of Ambaffidor from the French Republic. The Emperor of RUSSIA has fent the GRAND SEIGNIoR a magnificent pclice of black for fkin, fuppofed to be worth 80,000 rubles. The courier who carried this prefent took with him alto a letter I written by the EMPEROR himfelf. ANECDOTE Of THE EMPEROR PAUL—To prove his - knowledge of Scripture, he employed a fingular ' expedient : Without any caufe or preliminary, he gave a Gentleman a violent blow on the face with his hand, and raid to the allonithed fufferer 44 Thie falutation by the hand of no, PAUL." The CHANCELLOR of the EXCNsoysii and moll of the Members of Adminiftration partook of an elegant entertainment yetterdaY at Earl CAMDEN'S Seat, the Wildernefs, in Kent. Ycftcrday a Court of DireEtors was held at the Eart India Houfe, when Mr. J. ALEXANDER FAL CONER was appointed to the poll of Mailer At tendant at Mangalore. The Court adjourned at an early hour till this day. The fudden Thaw of the great quantities of fnow which fell a few days fine, has canted an overflow of the river Thames. All the country for many miles on both fides of the river, above and below Windfor, is entirely under water, and many of the roads are rendered impalfable : upon a moderate eflimation, it is judged, that there are near tB,OOO acres now flooded by the inundation of the Tharnes t between Maidenhead Bridge and Shepperton. Lail night, about half pall fix o'clock, a fire broke out in the premilles of a mop-yarn-fpinner, in Clerkenwell, which burnt with fuch violence that in a thort time it confumed the whole of the work-fhop and dwelling-houfe.— Its further progrefs, however, was fortunatcly.pre. vented by the timely affiflance of feveral tire engines, and a good (apply of water. - Two labourers were tall week convifted at Hun tingdon, of having left four loads three quarters of grain, in the tiraw of a quantity of wheat, the produce of 3a acres, which they were employed to threffi, and were fentenced to a month's impri fontrtent in the Houle of Corredion. While Mrs. Yirisstaieson, widow of the late unfortunate Captain WI ssimesow, of.. the Royal Navy, flood near &he chimney, in her lodgings, in Oxford-road, tome days ago, her clothes acci dentally caught fire, and the was in great danger before It was difcovered. A hackney coachman, however, perceived the flames through the win dow from his coach-box, and by his timely atria ance her life was favod. Five of s daring gang of highwaymen have been apprehended at Liverpool, and one of them has become evidence for the Crown. Arms of a pe culiar conftrudion were found in poffetlidn of the prifoners. On the 24th ult. the body of a roan was driven on thore on the back of the Ifle of Wight. By a wound in the throat which has been fcwed up, it appears he had been killed by a hot, and fuch was .the verdia of the Coroner. On one of his arms was marked, by means of gun-powder, his name, John Rutter, and under it a crucifix ; on the flethy pan of the thumb on the other hand, the anchor. A young woman, the daughter of a publican at Plymouth Dock, on Monday night, in fearch of a book, opening a drawer in the bar, in which a can non cartridge was depofited, a (park from her can dle fell amongll the powder t—in its explolion, it forced her and the front of the (hop into the Street, and the was burnt to fuch excels, as to ex pire a few hours after in great agonies. An infant child lay in a cradle clofe to the drawers, but al though every thing elk in the chamber was that to-4 it providentially remained unhurt. Thurfday lall, after feveral previous examina tions before WM. &Amoy, Ek. Mayor of Read ing, Patton Nil! and yaw: is were committed to the county gaol ; the former for braking into the apartments of his lodger, Mr. PA Vt., (tarter- Kilter in the Prince of Wales's Light Dragoons, and forcing open his chelt, from which he Role four iol. eight 51. and one IL notes; and ye j fio as being an accetfary before and after the faft. At the fame time the Widow Macleod (aged.Bo), mother-in-law to and with whom he lived, was alto committed, as on fearchiaz the boufe for the floka property, the was deteßed in fccreting baud of picklock key* kiItiTICAL INtiI.I,IGLIVCA. MAILS 'Fitts DAY.—WIND S. W. ARRIVtu. BUZ o Hamburgh, 1 o Dublin, 1 0 Watt'rfOrd. / 1 Duanadedee, Jan. e, 3, o 01... This . Evening mails will be made up at the Ccnerd Po(`. Office, foe Ncw York tilled, and fur Jamaica and the Leewatel Mantis, to be conveyed to America in the Di he. 01 COsiarlt- LAMI) packet, Captain BOUI . DERSON ; and Li thq in the PRINOCSI CHARLOTTE packet, Pe, both packets being now at Falmouth ready for lea. SHEERNESS, JAN. S. Arrived yefterclay from the river Thanks, his Majefty's ftore-fhip Woo Lw l c n, Captain PIMA I N r. Sailed, the FisLnivt, of 36 guns, Captain PHI. Lips, for the Downs. Arrived this day, the JAMAICA, of zo guns, Cap. tam *KELLAR, from Yarmouth. FROM LJLOYD's LIST. DEAL, JANUARY 6. Arrived and failed for the River the liarriott, —, from Boßoil.—Wind S. W. GRAVESEND, JANUARY 6. Paired by the Enigheten, —, from Barcelona. Sailed the Prime of Wales, EVAN! for Cork ; and X.ondon packet, Nit HOLLS, for L ondonderry. ♦LRIYED. At Hamburgh— —, Hall ; Suranna, Au tale; Apollo, Bower; Mann ; L ord Milton, Henuningway ; Salerno, Scholia; Advice Kirby ; Hardwood, CrabweE; Brunrwick, Brady ; Br uce, of and from Hull. At Bremem.:•Sparrow, Smith, from Hull. At Liverpool—Ai-4in, Turnbull, front Bahama; and Fletcher, from Martinique. At Clyde—Brandy Wine Wier, Frain, from Ncw York ; Juno, Douglas • and Brothers, from Newfoundland. At Sicily—Mary, Malcolm, from Baltimore. At Madras—Brunforick, Lady Burgers, Gabriel, —; Walthamftow, and Earl St. Vincent, — s , from London. SUNDERLAND, DECEMBER 3z. We are Rill infefled with privateers on this coal!. On Friday night laR, the new (hip Antelope, Cap tain Fox, was taken off Burlington. The Captain was detained on board, but the crew got on (bore in the boat : the Antelope is a beautiful new brig, on her fecund voyage, and was taken in LIVERPOOL, JANUARY 5. Yellerday arrived—Cotton Planter, E. NV LS Hs from Chit:Mown ; ARive, J. TV ItNEut. L, from Bahamas; Earl of Surry, W. M , CassocK, from Illeman; Jannet and Peggy, J. GI Lay, from Ayre ; Catherine, J. STELL, fro m Kirkcudbright ; and Hopewell, D. BE ARMES, from Greenock. Arrived—Belvidere, Ross, from hence at Phi ladelphia; Swift, ROGIRS; from ditto at New York; Horcules, PEARCE, from ditto at Charleßon. Captain NscHotsos, of the Fletcher, (poke on the 29th November, the brig William, from Ke nibeck to Cape Francois, out 35 da}s—on the t3ds ult. (poke the Eugenia, &tows, from Briltol for New York, out 22 days. HULL, JANUARY 6. The Sally, JALLAT ; and the Patowmack Chief, Au.TM, arrived at this port yesterday , from New York, kter a pail - age of 45 days. The following (hips belonging to this port are detained at Riga : Houghton, Rattan ; Thetis, Reynolds; Mary. Sidgeworth Aurora, Campton; Zephyr, Cowham ; Friends, Maxwell lane, Carter; Enterprixe, Camp ; Rcfource, Bel; Countds Darlington, Rarafden ; Emperor, Batfon ; Mary, Cds ; Lord Nelfon, Dale; and Rover, Wilton. In addition to the infults to this country by the detention of our chips, &c. the EMPEROR of Rus sia has lately compelled the Britith merchants at Peteriburgh, to pay toa,cooo roubles, the value of a Ruffian thip and cargo of malls and naval (toms captured by ope of our cruifers on her paffage to France, and condemned as a lawful prize in our Admiralty Court five years fince, of which no com plaint was ever made by the Ruffian Government. The following extradt of a letter from the matter of one of the flips, detained at Riga, dated Wol mar;December a, rBOO, has been communicated to us They took the people from all the lhips on the 23d ult. excepting the matt and two hands left in each ; they have marched us about eighty Englith miles to the eaftward from Riga ; the place is named Wolmar, and we are billeted about the town, two or three in a houfe, with the inhabi tants ; there are fizteen of us mailers, at this place, with our crews: we have liberty to walk about, and no way at all confined; the tailors are allow.. ed near a rouble (as. 6d.) each per week, and we the fame; but provifions, at prefent, arc very dear." On the 22d ult. a gallant :talon was fought be tween the Metres, by the Ocean of Newcallle, Captain Jon), son, on her loaded patfage to Lon don. When the Frenchman called to him to ftrike his colours, he nobly replied, that as long as be had an ounce of powder on board, he would not ftrike. The battle then became very hot, at length the privateer was beat off, having many killed and wounded on her decks. We are con cerned to Rate that the chief mate of the Ocean was killed by a cannon ball carrying away his head, and one boy feverely wounded. The mate has left a widow and five fmall children. By a private letter to a merchant in this town, we learn that a Swedilh 'diet loaded fur a houfe in London, Captain HILLSTROM, contrary to his promife on sigh, made his efcape from Riga ; on which account the houfe which loaded him has been obliged to snake a depofit of to;000 roubles it further adds that the Swedifh Concurs counting. houfe is fealed on account of the above-men tioned (hip etcapmg. The accounts from our tailors are favourable, and they meet with good treatment. I.aft week at a meeting held at the Exchange, i t WAS unanimoully refqlved, that a fubfcription flould be opened here in the relief of our unfor tunate and brave countrymen now captives in Ruffaa, and their families in England- Loris, JANUARY r. Arrired—Charming Nell); GORRIE, from Dun dee ; Berwicklhire Packet, Laws; and „London Packet, WHITE, from London ; Nymph; 1111- (.I.lr, from Montrofe ; and two (loops with coals. Cleared. out—Edinburgh Packet,. CooK, for 11 , 111; Fame, Fit4zEl ; and Beliefs,, REID, for Glalgow ; Ant, ROISERTSON, fbr Alloa ; and En deavour, BALLINGAL, for Pettil. CAPE OF 000 D ROVE, OCTOBER 22. The Chip Wellefley, hlving on board provi fions, &c. configned to the Agent ViCtualler at this place, and naval ildres for. the fiapply of his Majefty's fquadron in India, arrived in Falre Bay on the toth of Septzmber. Thc be ins bound to Rio de Janeiro, the partea from that thip with the approbation of Captain IItiLTI,EL On the t7th of July, being then in latitude o. 16. South, aad longitude -27. 30. Weft.--An the 9th of Auguft, in latitude 22. 30. South, and lonyi tit& 33. 30. Weft, the was attacked by a French frigate of 36 guns (of which frigate intelligence had before been received here), but Captain Got:- DON had made fuch judicious preparations for her reception, that (he ran from him after an a,licn of little more than an hour, and did not dare to renew the combat, although fhe dogged him for fix days afterwards. The greateft praife is due to Captain GORDON, his officers, and fhip's company, and to his palfengers, for their very gallant con dal on this occOton. DISTRIBUtION OF PRIZE MONEY. The crews of the EVRYDIrF, floop FAIRY, and the Giacz hired armed cutter, for the cap ture of the CONCOR . DIA, in company with the 'la cono floor, will be paid their proportions arifing from the laid capture on their arrival in port. The clew of the EURYDICE, for the rerafttne of the Amy and Adventure, in company with the !loop CHILDERS, and ASS•VLT gum-veal, will alto be paid their proportions arifing from the feed recaptures on her arrival in port. The crews of the (lips undermentioned, for ifa prizes hereafter mentioned, captured by the iglu dron under the command of the Right Ron. As?_ mital the Earl Of ST. VINCFNT, off Cadiz, will be paid their !hares of the net proceeds of th e f a id prizes on Thurfday the Bth day of January 1801, at the White Lion in Wych•tlrcet : Nantes of the (hips entitled to (hare :-- Ville de Paris, Caroline, Alctikene, London. Prince George, Zealous, Thalia, Culloden, Gibraltar, Blauche, Minotaur, Coloffus, Fmerald, 'I heLus, Audaciou , , . Seshorfe, Defence, Hecetor, Prince, Blenheim, Princcfs Royal, Powerful, Warrior, Escelkmt, Lift borough, Swiftfure, Alexander, Mi.r.tague, Delleroplion, Majcßie, F....gar, Goliah, • Nimur, Centaur, and Orion, Lively, Leviathan. , Nantes of the Prizes, and when captured. Umbarca South, 18th February, 17)8. Conftanza,. u6th April, 1798. Streik de Mare, 9th May, 1798. II Terracc, anditly, 1798. Virgin d'ldra, th September, z 753. San Jorepb and Noftra Scuora de blifericordia, :31b kr, 1798. On account of the number of claimants exped ed, no perfons who 'rave au . horitics tiGm the fourth and fifth chiles, will be paid on the Bth of January; but the lifts will be left the remainder of the week, at No. to, John-fireet, in the Adel phi, for fignatures. . The prise lifts for the Sws rrsuaz and Auoa• c sous are now recalling at Gibraltar, and there fore no paymeht can be made to the officers or feamen belonging to thofc !Lips until it is after tained what payments have been made at that place. Thole who apply on behalf of parties in the fourth and fifth chiles, will produce either the ufual pay-office checque, or an order witnefed by fome ligning officer of the /hip to which the clai mant belongs. The crews of the sloop Scoot nom and the jams and LADY Ax x I%gers, for the• capture of the following veffels, viz. Geode, Venners and Mary, w:11 be paid their proportions of the net proceeds of the raid prizes on their arrival in port. Admiral Sir ..111 SAITSIARSZ is &only to 11611 his flag in the Ch annel Fleet. Captain CHARS'S LAWS, of the SAN YSIDRO pri. fon chip, is appointed to the command of the CAPRIRIDOS man of war, the guani-fhip - at Ply mouth, in the room of Capt2IIIICR KY, promo ted to the rank of Vice-Admiral of the Blue. Lieutenant Jam I s WATMN( I ), late Commander of the-Cosot. Ito cutter, is promoted to the rank of Mailer and Commander in the Navy, and to the command of the VOLCANO bomb, in the roots of Captain F. P. IRBY, appointed to the command of the Jacovss hoop. Arrived at Plymouth, the Avieke Sanchieq, BIALI, from Dantrick. The Two Friends, STEPHIMS, from Gibraltar to Cuernfcy, is loft on Portland Beach. The Sufannah, SIC ri.rom, from St. Kitt's to London, which had been taken by a privateer, is taken by the Asset- cutter, and arrived at ?oaf month. The Armenia, MESIC, from London to Bcng.ll, is captured in India by the Clariffa privateer, and fent for thelvlauritiut. The Guflavus Tertius, KIER MANSROLD, and Welter Gothland, NISM, sf ter encountering very revere weather, are put into the Cape of Good Hope, and would be ready to fail the beginning of January. The Danifh Company's (hip the Cron Prinfm, Hoist, which left Canton about the latter end of January, has loft her math, and been obliged to put into the Ifle of France. Letters from Amfterdam announce the capture of fame Dutch vefrels, richly laden, near the Straits of Sunda, by fame Englilh fltips of war cruizing in the Indian Seas.