Star. — London, England, 1815-05-01 00:00:00

4 , 1 , h as poen* sitsp . leastst tie People. Ye seims l ~,t several Functionar ies have been dismissed, and s ects pot in their paces. "‘ cor ps of Hanoverian, arrived here yesterday and .i s w inning ; a considerable train of artillery, the eauty of which excited admiration, has also passed Ilion&1 the town on the way to the frontiers. ANTWERP APRIL ie. . . Cut port resembles a forest. There arrive daily crow E n gland large convoys, With unnktinitiott and ...nv i s i n ns for the army. It appears the English Go , ?L ittue nt, independently of the resource's which our 7 .110 a ffords, is resolved to secure to itself the snb -7.....e o f its armies ; for there are already arrived , 1 4 7 . .i 0 us supplies of forage, and of salt and fresh "% o The forage alt -:ady arrived in this port ,rovi od d o ffice to feed 20,000 horses for six months.— lohese things are landed, they are forwarded by 0 ,1 a water to Ath, Mons, - &c. SWITZERLAND, APRIL It. 'i'he following is the answer of Count Talleyrand, is hasiatior from the King of France to Switzer -OJ, to the circular letter of the Duke of Vicenza t— c..14-1 hasten to answer the letter which you wrote 3 el e On the SOth of March. During the whole or o of my life I have been faithful to niy oaths and ~ IT duties. Louis XVIII, accredited me to the cas Confederation ; he alone has the power to re .2,:tne. I am, kr," VENICE, APRIL Itb T w o forts are constructing near Genoa, and it is TeJ that a corps of 12,000 men in English pay, : 1 , 20 s hips of war, will shortly arrive near that city its defence. BRUSSELS, APRIL 24.. _ At the request of the Duke of Wellington, the ,nzlish Government has given fresh orders for the ! nding of a numerous corps of cavalry to this coon r. The Hanoverians, who march by way of Ant i), must be, by the 30th inst. in the cantonments them between Ath and Tournay. The co. rain of troops of Brunswick, which march towards tins, has received orders to accelerate its march : rerai corps of the troops of the Empire are now also ivancing along the Meuse. The Prussian General Ziethen also commands a Prussian corps on the t bank of the Maese, and has his head-quarters at i:mappe. Those of General Borstel are at Binche. am the Maese to Mons, our frontiers are covered •; Prussian troops. There will be a communication rween all the armies, that they may act in union each other. We expect here Russian, Austrian, , a Prussian Commissioners, whn are to infoson their Jereign, of the proceedings of the armies. Prince Ernard, of Saxe Weimar, commands a regiment of sons at Namur. BRUSSELS, APRIL Si. Yesterday morning his Majesty our Sovereign, ae •mpanied by the Duke of Wellington, and several ;errs ot rank, went to view the Netherland troops :Nivelles. Our army, which is already very strong, :st receive, wit!lin a week, a reinforcement of ,000 men. It is so posted that in 24 hours a very force can he collected. The positions in ge. :rat are as f' low :—From Charleroi to Niewport, ,e extreme trontiers are guarded by an uninterrupted -ain of strong corps of cavalry and infantry, which e cantoned along the frontiers, and connected with other. The towns which lie behind them are in od state of defence, and have numerous garrisons. : ; weca these places and those which form the se •.+ Ane. several divisions are centoncd in echillons, bile the army Of reserve forms the third line. General Alien, General in chief of the Hanove -rs, still has his head-quarters at Leuze. Gene: Hill has his at Grammont. At Mons they ex act tine head-quattns of a Prussian division. The :and head-quarters are still at Brussels, but is ex , t,lted soon to be removed. The Emperor of Russia has appointed his Aid.de Count Poazo de Borgo, to be his Commis .mer with the army of Lord Wellington. Ail the French fortresses of the first line from Thi. • „vi.le to Dunkirk, are put in a state of siege. Or.. .ts have been given to provision Lille for three ..!oaths, for a garrison c,f . 18,000 men. For this t - rse enormous requisitions are made in the De , rrannus of the North, and the PAS de Calais ; the lovhiens are diligently eol:ected to be conveyed into MAgizines. However, it will take at least one :Lind; more this object can be attained. The French ,;:re••••••ent distrusts the spirit of the peqple of Lille, .11k11 i.a caused our communication with Lille to * very difficult. The desertion among the French !clops does not diminish, fifty or sixty often come in day to Alost to jrrin the royal troops. These troops eto consist of a corps of cavalry, a division of or nery, and some battalions of infantry, the number which will depend on circumstances. The Duke of Berri, with several officers of high tak under his command, is constantly employed in •ganizing this corps. The King of France, who it tins, intended to reside at Malines, has determi. ..izo remain at Chew, which is better situated for p,ng up a communication with the royal party in ;ante. BRUSSELS, APRIL 21. ! , liiegy returned yesterday from inspecting the •my (A rec..rye. The Duke of Wellington will give. -morrow an elegant ball to the inhabitants of Bros ' Is. General Baron de fiddling, Governor of Ares, sct out this morning to take the commind of • :at place. An English Cabinet Messenger, coming from Lon' passed through here last night,going to Vienna ,t 4 disp atc h es t rona the British Ministry. We are positively assured that the whole part of a territory of Liege, which the Congress had an. exed to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, will be ikn osA.ssion ut in a- few days, by his Majesty's ;id ..ssioners. I first column of the Westphalian Legion, which 92,041 strong, had just arrived in the neighbour- Jl . Liege, where the whole corps will succes 'Ply piss on its way to its destination. Yert, , t day, the 26th, another regiment of English 'avalry and one of infantry landed at Ostend. Ninety laiv.ports have just sailed for England, to !etch more 1000, of which twelve thousand, horse and foot, are xpected in a few days. The English General who to ctlrimand the cavalry of the Duke of Welling *is arrived at Ostend. Lnrd Wellington will ave 18 or 20,000 cavalry, and 500 pieces of cannon f sis2s. His Majesty has named 0)w/45s:otters to revise &.e fundamental laws of I the United Provisttes of the THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. MONDAY, MAY 1, 1815. Sr. PUMP AND Sr. Jeetzs.—Holiday at tbe Hank. A Flanders Mail arrived last night. It is princi pally occupied with details respecting the march of different corps of the Allies towards the frontiers. From a paragraph in a Dutch Paper, it would ap pear that hostilities have commenced between the French and Prussians, but the accounts from Ghent do not countenance this report. It will probably prove to have been some unauthorised skirmish by the advanced posts. • French Papers also arrived last night. The most prominent points in these is a Decree to form free corps, that is, regiments to serve without pay—a pretty plain. indication of the state of NAps•Lans's finances t and our Readers will also observe an un• common degree of anxiety to prevent the public from being imposed on by reports announcing the defeat of the Neapolitan troops. This we consider as a pretty plain indication that MURAT has sustained a serious defeat. Indeed the matter is put beyond doubt by the arrival of dispatches yesterday from Lord BURGHERS; dated from Florence on the 15th and 16th ultimo, announcing the evacuation of that city by the Nea politan corps, which entered it on the 6th preceding. This measure was occasionsd by the masterly ma noeuvres of General NUGENT, who, having retreated on Pistoja, and there united the Austrian and Tuscan troops; returned, driving the Neapolitans before him to Florence. It is saki, that of the 7000 soldiers which the Neapolitan corps comprised, not fewer than 1200 abandoned the colours of MUSAT. In fact, he ap pears to be by no means so popular as some have en deavoured to represent. Tile French Papers, by their anxiety to deny it, or at least to destroy its importance, give some counte nance also to the repori that a Sicilian corps had dis embarked in Calabria, and was marching upon Naples. DUKE OE BEDFORD. The Journal de l'e'ns/sire of the 27th contains a re port of the assassination of this respected Nobleman by a band of briginds. We arc inclined to lope, however, that it will prove unloohded, as the Jour nal de Parh states merely that he was plundered by brigands, and was repairing to rrjoin hit family at Naples. We subjoin a literal translation of the two paragraphs in question : _ _ " }gum, Aral'. B.—We announce with regret that the Duke of Bedford has been assasituated in the mountains of Istria oy I H ruffians. Four gens d'arnies who accompanied him became victims to the courage wl.lch they displa)ed in defending turn. Two postillions esperitaced ibis lane fate. The Duke was going to Naples, to joiu his family, and to return with them to England." " Boni, Aram I s.—They write from Fundi, under date df the Bth, that the Duke of Bedford was attacked in the mountains of hit by t 8 brigands ; four gendarmes who escorte I him were killed io his defence, as well as two postilions. The Duke of Bedford lost almost all his property, which was conveyed in two carriages, and from the opulence of this Nobleman it may be supposed the brigands had a rich booty. He Is repairing al read) to Naples to rejoin his family, and embark with it for -England." The first of these paragraphs is evidently founded on an entire misconception as to the place of the al leged 'httack. His Grace has never been near Istria, but may probably have passed by Itri, which is be ' tween Fundi and Naples, on his way to the latter place, where, we understand, he was with Lord John and Lord William Russell, at the date of the last letters received from him by the Marquis of •Tavi. stock. The report, as given in the Journal de I 'Ens rire, caused a great sensation yesterday in London. The Marquis of 'favistock, - on hearing of it, suet off immediately to the Earl of Harrington's, his father in.law, in the Stable-yard, and messengers were dis patched to every quarter that was likely to furnish the least information to his Lordship. It was soon ascertained that the dispatches from Lord Burghersh did not even allude to the event, nor had our Go vernment received, either officially or otherwise, any information ow the subject. About six o'clock Lord Castlereagh called on the Marquis of Tavistock at Lorl Harrington s, to assure him that the report rested solely tin the paragraphs in the French papers. The QUEEN will hold a Drawing Room at St. James's on Thursday. Divine Service was yesterday performed at 'Carl. ton-house, by the Rev. W. F. BLOMBERG, Clerk of the Closet. The Princess Ciraacorra of Watts visited, yes terday morning. the Duke and Duchess of ORLEANS. at Greillon's Hotel, Albemarle-street. Her Royal Highness remained with them upwards of two hours. Yesterday the Dukes of YORE, CLARRNCE, and ORLEANS, visited the PRINCE RECANT, at Carlton house. The LORD CHANCELLOR, the Earl of LITER. POOL, Viscount CASTLEREAGH, and the Austrian Am basiador, bad audiences of his Royal Highness. rat AMP: knish ARMY IN THE Nirnattutirtst The Btitish Empire never fullithed so late a contingent of troops tdwards any Cbtlitien, is she is now under obligation to bring for-ward ; and we are inclined to believe, that she will 120 W put Earth her physical strength in advance of her financial. After a great deal pf enquiry and attention, we are enabled to give the subjoined List of the British corps, to be commanded by the Duke of WELL' moron. —ln addition to the remains of General Gians's Ex pedition to Stralsund, and the British army left in the Netherlands by Lord LYNDOCH, with the Infantry and Cavalry of the King's German Legion, we be. lieve that his Grace will have the following General Officers and Corps : Lord FITZROY SOMERSET, Sir COLIN CAMPBELL, Sir C. BROOKS, and Lieutenant. Colonel FRESMANTLE, are, we believe, upon the Duke of WELLINGTON'S Staff. BRITISH GENERAL OFFICERS IN BELGIUM. Lleutenant-Generala the Earl of Uxbridge, Lord Hill, and Sir C. Colville. Major.Getterals Barnes, Lord Edward Somerset, Sir William Ponsonby, Adam, G. Johnstone, Sir H. Lowe, Sir J. Kernpt, Sir Lowry Cole, and Sir H. Vivian. Ten Troops of Horse Artillery; Eight Companies of Artillery Drivers; a Company of the Waggon Train ; a Detachment of the Rocket Corps; a Division of Sappers and Miners, with the rt gulated number of Engineer Officers ; Fight Companies of the Royal Artillery; Six Companies Of the Royal Staff Corps. Cavalry—Life Guards, Royal Horse Guards, Ist Dr...coon Guards, 2d Dragoons, 6th Dragoons, 7th ditto (Hussars), 10th ditto (ditto), 11th. ditto, 12th ditto, 16th ditto, Loth ditto (Hos tan), avd esd ditto. The First Foot Guards, Coldstream, 3d Foot Guards; 14th, 23d, 26th, 52d, 71st, - 79th, 91st, and 95th Foot, with detach. mem' from the 26th, Such, ssl, 3sth, 37th, 44th, 54th, 69th, 73d, 72th, and 81st. In addition to the above, there are also some regi ments of cavalry expected from Ireland, besides about 20,000 troops from America. Captain STRENEINTZ I of the Second German Hus sars, who rendered himself so eminently useful in reconnoitering in the Ptainsula, under Lord NA/m.- 1.0:61.m; is also ta join his Grace, through whose recommendation this enterprising German has been promoted. The House of Assembly at Halifax have voted the sum of £lOOO for the purchase of a piece of Plate to the Lieutenant-Governor, Sir John Sherbrooke. The garrison at Halifax consists of the 61. th re giment, 93th, 7th battalion of the 60th, and three companies of the Sd battalion 27th regiment, and two companies 10th Royal Veteran Battalion. The 64th regiment expects to return to England, as it has been abroad in the West Indies and America since the year 1801. The following Regiments have been embarked in Cork harbour :—The 82d, 42d, and 92d. The first embarked on Thursday last, and the other two were to embark on the Monday and Thursday following. The 13th and 15th Regiments of Light Dragoons Kill also be embarked as soon as the horse transports arrive. The whole will then sail direct fur Ob:end, where they are to be disembarked, for the purpose of joining the troops under the command of the Duke of WELLINGTON. BRIGHTON, APRIL 30.—Mr. CRAWFORD, the Ame rican Minister, and his private Secretary, Mr. Dos- WCLL, about ei A lit Gentlemen belonging to the house hold establishment of the KING of FRANCE, Mrs. Ge neral Scorr and daughter, and between thirty and forty passengers, were landed here from Dieppe soon after seven o'clock this morning. By these passen gers we learn, that BoNamtva had not quitted Paris on Thursday, but had declared his intention of doing so the same evening for Mentz, ten carriages having left the Palace d'Elysee for the same destination at an early part of the day. DRURY-LANE THBATM—Mr. KEAN was on Satur day night, for the first time, introduced to p a London audience in the character of Penruddock, in CUMBER LAND'S Comedy of The Wheel of Fortune. His an nouncement in a character which affords such ample scope for the exercise of his talent, attracted a bril liant audience, and their most sanguine expectations were fulfilled. The Comedy was announced for re petition on Thursday next, amidst loud and reiterated cheers. COVENT GARDEN.-- Miss O'NEILL played Euthra sia, in The Grecian Daughter, for her own benefit, on Saturday night. The appearace of the House bore testimony of the splendid patronage which the supe rior merit of Miss O'NEILL has obtained : it was filled to excess with rank and fashion. Her Royal Highness the Princess CHanorrz vi sited the Opera on Saturday evening. On her en trance universal greetings ensued, and the Princess stood up for sonic time, bowing repeatedly to the audience. u God save the King" was performed by the band. Testimonies of affection and loyalty were repeated at the close of the Ballet, when the Prin cess was about to retire. Her Royal Highness was habited in green, embroidered with gold, and wore a small cluster of diamonds on her head. At Home Lacy, a few days since, the Duchess of Nonrouc, in the absence of her attendant, removed a fender, in her dining-room, when a cinder fell on her berments, and set them in a blaze, but assistance ing at hand she escaped material injury ; one of her attendant's hands, however, was severely injured. The Bedford coach, last week, on its return from London, came in contact with a Nottingham wag gon, *hen the guard blew his horn, and perceiving no one with the horses, the coachman immediately pulled up; when, on examination, the waggoner, T. Mails was found close by his waggon, quite dead ; no mark of violence was perceptible.—An Inquest has been since held.—Verdicte Accidental Death. The twelve Judges assembled on Saturday, in the Exchequer Chamber, to hear arguments for and against the conviction of William Sawyer, who was found guilty under a Special Commission, at the last Old Bailey Sessions, of the murder of Harriet Gas hell, at Lisbon. Mr. Cuawoon addressed their Lord ships in support of the objections, and was answered by Mr. AIaoT, for the prosecution, but judgment was deferred. Ittiti AtiPAL M • kAiLsi Au. nue Dubiin g 1 Waterford . S b Guernsey and leriey 11 0 Humbug*. 1 0 1 0 0 0 HIS TiAT. bO I.i.t►oA b 1 Prince . b 0 Flanderi . 0 O - Go►teoburg 1 coruona - o 0 Letwatd him& Cl o FALMOUTH. APRIL 2* No arrivals. Sailed the Duke of Kent packet, with a nun for Lisbon. The Lady Louisa packet, for Co ruana, is gone into the Rchicli.—Wind East: PLYMCRITH, APRIL 2c Came in the Endraght, Dutch sloop of war, froth Portsmouth Oakwell, JONES ' and the Favourite. GRIFFITHS, from Waterford ; Horatio, Tozrat, and Elizabeth, ---, from Guernsey. • Sailed the Mary Ann cartel!, with prisoners of wAr for America. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL so. ?4o arrivals to-day. Sailed the StutLy cutter for the Coast of France. Released from quirantine, the Elisha Tupper transport.—Wind S. DOVER, APRIL 29. An Aid•de-Camp of the King of NAPLES arrived last night with dispatches for the British Government, with which he set off for London early this morning : he came by the way of Calais, and %vas detained in Faris by the French Government 19 hours.—Arrived this morning the Nancy extra packct, from Ostend, with Colonel Coo CE and two Messengers.—Sailed this day, the Lord Duncan packet, Capt. liamit.rog, with a mail and passengers fi.r Ostend ; also the Duke Wellington extra packet, Captain BATTEN 7, for the same port, with stores and passengers. DF.AL, APRIL so. Arrived the CHALLENGER sloop of war from Flushing. Came down from the River the Sovereign, BELL, for Quebec. Sailed the Duke of Bedford stud Duchess of Bedford, transports, for Lis,on, for troops; and the George Canning, TRIPE, for the River.—Wind E.S.E. RAMSGATE, APRIL 29. Two transports, marked E N and E M, having on board part of two troops of the 6:11 or Enniskillen Dragoons, shipped at Northfleet, pot into our harb:lur this atternon, to meal a favourable opportunity for proceeding to Ostend. These ships have hid their horses on board five or six days, and they are already much off their legs. Several vessels have returned to this port in the course of the day, which had been over, and landed their horses and men, in thirty-sit hours. Ramsgate certainly possems advantages in an eminent degree over all other ports on this part of the coast; for it can be affirmed with truth, that ves sels can get in and out here at one hour's flow if tide, which cannot be accomplished from other ports in the neighbourhood till within an hour of high Water. This; in addition to Ramsgate being the port most contiguous to Ostend, bolds out to Governments strong inducements to run the dispatch vessels they are now taking up from hence. A French boat trim Dunkirk, with chesnuts, apples, &c. came in here this evening; they bring no particular news, saving that General VANDAIO4I3 was not taken up en the Dutch frontiers as a spy as was reported ; they left him at his ignoble post, and state, that the good King Louts has many friends at Dunkirk, but ate at present overawed by the revolutionary troops. APRIL 30.—The Lord Wellington packet came in with many passengers from Ostend, which place she left last night, but brings nothing new. A detach- • ment of the Ist Life Guards came in here this morn ing, they are not to go on ship board till to-morrow, when detachments of the 2d Life Guards, and Royal Horse Guards (Blue), are expected to arrive for em barkation also. MILFORD HAVEN, APRIL , 29. Arrived yesterday the Apollo, Ecesroam, front Schien, in Norway, with timber f.rr Bristol ; and the Gower packet from Waterford, with a mail and pas sengers. Sailed the Alexander, LUNNUN, from St. John's, New Brunswick, for the Clyde; Dtucesce and BAT revenue cutters, on their respective cruizes; Francis Freeling packet with a mail and passengers for Waterford; also a fleet of coasters for the North Channel. April Shower: have already not only produced a Golden Harvest to many, but their genial influence has sprung another Mine of Guineas, with another £30,000, in another Lottery of only 5,000 Tickets, the Prizes of which are called the Flowers of May, being now in blossom, will be ripe, and must all be gathered in One Day, (15th of May). From their golden and durable magnitude, the fortunate posses. sors of them may sleep on a bed of roses for ever after. On the 13th of the present Month the little Lot+ tery will begin and finish--only 5,000 Tickets—con. taining a Grand Prize of 430,000, also a Golden Prize of 2,000 Guineas, and Two of 500 Guineas each, and other Capital Prizes, to be paid in Gold by HOINSBY and Co.—Tickets and Shares are selling by HORNSBY and Co. who shared among their Friends in the last 15 Months, 9 of 020,000, 3 of £lO,OOO, besides Prizes of £5,000, £2,000, £l,OOO, £5OO, 3tc. all at No. 26, Cornhill. CORN EXCHANGE. MAY had but a short supply of trebh Wheat at this day's market, when that of fine quality obtained 2s. per quartet more than on last Monday ; but the sales were not so brisk as on Friday.—Barley is lull Is. per quarter deater, and Beans s sold freely at an advance of 2s. per Grey Peas and Oats are also Is. per quarter higher. other articles there is little - or no alteration. • CURRINT PRICES Al UNDER : K•nt and East, 44s 755. Grey Peas, 325. Sys. Wheat, aulfolk, 421. Tits. Small Bean% 395. a7s. Ditto, Norfolk, 40s. 68s. Tick Ditto, 28s. 92•. Rye, 90e. 965. i Oats, Potatee, 295. tals. Barley, 265. sls. Ditto, Poland, 295. 5181. Malt, tills. (B'. Rapeseed, t6s4. X 262 per lan. White Peas, 445. 525. boilers, I Oats, Feed, 17Q 245. 541. 581. Flour, 601. 655. per tack. lON. FOR, Wheat, Daatalc, 645. 745. Ditto, Baltic Red, 645. 645. Ditto, Hambro' or Bremen, '44s, 504. _ _ Barley, 225. 221. Oats, Feed, Ws. 245. Ditto, Brew, 245. SV.s. White Peas, 525. 565. Ditto. Brabant Red, 445. 501. I Grey Peas, 345. Ms. Rye, ses. 345. Small Beans, 325. Spa. SMITHFIELD MARKET, MAY I. • Beet 4 8.1 co .5s 8d I Veal 6$ Gd to 11 Td Mutt= Ss Od to G. Od I Perk 6$ Od to 7$ Od Lamb as to Ils 6d. Boasts 1320—Mosep and Lambs 14,720.—Calves 110—Pip S4O HAY AND STRAW, PER LOAD. Meadow Iday el a to 61 Ins 1 - Clover el a to 71 a Straw Al les. to AI as, i I , • %the:Las t tc eiftmine the ciratikei - it might be Se ceszary to make in the Cot stitutioa, to adapt it to the new state of things, and render it advantageous to all parts of the kingdom in its present extent. The Duchy of Luxemburg is m be considered; in respect to the representation, and the legislative insti. tuttons, as an integral part of the State: The Com missioners are to meet at the Hague. PARIS, APRIL St The conduct of Bonaparte discloses more and More his fears and the uncertainty that agitates him. He went a few days since with Catnot to visit the heights of Monte Martre; and gave orders about the erection of some works for the defence of Paris, upon which several thousand labourers are to work with all possible activity. Three armies of observation are going to be formed, one near Befort of 25,000 men, under General Lecourbe ; one at Chambery, ofi 40,000 men, under the new Marshal Grouchy ; and one of 30,000 near Antibes, under Marshal Brune.-1 These two last are destined to act against Italy.