Star. — London, England, 1812-10-28 00:00:00

attend/41M0,, can sift him—his army we regard as as the brink ni'annihilation ! Our Readers will see from the Gazette aceolmt of 6, affair, at Riga and Mittau;thl the Prussians have no great cause to rejoice in their victory—they viv-d their artillery for the present, but it was at a great expence, and with "fearful odds" against the Russians. We have no doubt that we shall daily bear more and more of Vox Essetes operation's in the s ame direction. The repulse alluded to, unsuccess ful as it was, had nevertheless the effect of detach lrg men from MACDONALD'S corpi ; and thus o wed WITTGENSTEIN to move forward with his t iarrious army from Polotsk towards Smolensk. According to the Paris Papers, the head-quarters of the French army were at Moscow on the 4'h inst. it is barely possible, therefore, that the intelligence of their subsequent removal coold have reached Riga by the iOth. The Berlin Gazettes notice the resi. d e uce of the French Emperor as having been changed front the Kremlin to the Palace of Petrowitsch, ,a few worsts from Moscow; but this' change is more lik e ly to have arisen from the dread of assassination, than from any , intention of moving his atmy. The precautions taking at St. Petersburgh seem; however, to indicate that such an event was expected. The ARAB sloop of war, which was to have sailed on Monday from Yarmouth for the Baltic, with pilots, to bring the Russian fleet to England, waits the arri val of the SPANISH AMBASSADOR from London, for the Court of St. Petersburgh. He is expected to leave London this evening. As another proof of the perfect cordiality and good understanding that now exists between Russia and this country, we have to mention a most important commercial fact, stated in the letter from St. Peters burgh. All the British property which had been plated under sequestration has been given up to the j claimants. The merchants on the coast are every where imitating the prudence of the Government in' sending off all their moveable effects. This morning a Mail from New York and Halifax arrived—it was brought to Falmouth by the Nymph packet, which sailed from New York on the Ist and from Halifax on the 9th instant. We have by this conveyance received New York Papers to the 30thl September, and Halifax to the Sill October.- We ',egret that their contents do not enable us to say that the American Executive has been prudent enough to withdraw the Declaration of War against this country. The animosities, hbweVer, of the people at large against the war parties, continue, and meetings continue to be held in all directions the Americans seem, by their oesp statements, to have suffered far more severely from captures than Great Britain. For the sake of our Commercial Readers we have been particular in selecting the accounts of these captures from tie American Newspapers. Vigorous preparations are making by the Ameri cans for prosecUting the War in Canada. On the other hand the gallant General Baocic and Sir Geonox Pnnvosr are not idle, and we have no fears es to the result. The subject of General FJULL's Surrender still furnishes occasion for animadversions by the American Editors. We firmly believe the poor man did all he could with the talents he pos sessed and the means placed at his disposal by his Stupid employers. The following is a List of Ships of War on the Halifax station the Sth instant San Domingo man of war, Admiral Sir MEN B. WARREN reacting and Africa men of war, Spartan, Maidstone, Nymph, Acasta,Belvilera,Aolus, Statira, and Shannon frigates; Railer, Montfort, Recruit, T.rtarus, Colibri, and Plumper sloops of *4ll Paz, Juniper, Brean, and Cattle schooners.—Total 3 men tistrar,, frigates, 6 sloop/4*nd 4 schooners. The following are extracts from the American Papers c " NEW-YORK, SEPTEMUR 26. " The privateer schooner Governor Tompkins, Skinner, sailed from this port on Thursday last, on Ii chain. " By the Expedition stage, we last evening re ceived Poulson's Philadelphia paper of yesterday sr-Ining. It mentions, under the head of Greens. burg, Sept. 17, that nine companies of volunteer in. fantry and riflemen had a few days before passed through that place for the North-Western army un der the cernmand of Brigadier-General Harrison:— One hundred and fifty United States recruits passed through, destined to Gen. Dearborn's head-quarters. " About 1000 volunteers for the rendecous at Meadvilie, passed through Pittsburg on the ISth. Also a detachment of '250 recruits, under the corn tumid of Major M'Cluncy, for Carlisle. " It is reported, that the letter published as Colo. nel Ca!s's, in the Nationat/welligetver, was written by the Comptroller of the Treasury, R i ch. Rush, Esq. " A loag letter has been published in the National Ildelkent er (says the B os t on C en ti ne l), pu r p ort i ng to have been written by Colonel Cass, of the Ohio mi litia, to the Secretary of Wart in which are repeated most of the gross charges which have been Made Tins: Ge n , Il u ll b y t h e a d m i n i strat i on scribblers. l he style of this letter is so different front those of this c„l e p s writing which hate appeared in the ° ll io papers, as to raise a presumption of its being Prepared in the War Office, in Washington, for his :ignature. We shall mention one tact respecting this W accuser. This Colonel Cass left Detroit two days ist:fere the surrender, and did sot return until thirty hours after the capitulation was signed, and then Sid with a white flag ! With this fict before them, let the public re-peruse the letter. " General Hull arrived 'at Troy on Monday last, on his way to Washington. " GENERAL HULL'S DISPATCHES have at length been disclosed. The blame is entirely shifted, and cannot now be removed from the shoulders of Admi nistration. Cass's statement is completely over thrown. We have therefore not burthened our readers with a republication of it, more especially as it claimed nothing higher than hearsay for the foundation of its Mitt rial allegations. " Beard, Mumma, Burke, and others of the princi pal ntui dereis and rioters, have been acquitted at Bal timore. Some of them, in the face of the most pointed arid conclusive testimony. We have heard of but one conviction, and that is of a man engaged in the riot in Charles-street. Montgomery, as was antici pated, took very little or no trouble in managing the Causes before the Jury." 64 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.---We believe that Mr. Madison cannot obtain more than four votes in Mary land, and he may have even less. The Federalists will command from three to five, and the Clintonians the two remaining. Vermont and North Carolina being opposed to Madison, it is clear that unless the Clintonians give him their vupport, he cannot be elected by the electors. On the fourth day of March next, the Palace will most probably change its tenant." " BOSTON, SEPTEMBER 28. " A large , ship came in near the Light-house, on Saturday afternoon, after laying-to ; a few minutes, stood out again ; it is supposed to be the Europe, of Wiscasset, from Liverpool, and ordered for that place. The British brig Diana, has arrived at Port land, a. prize to the privateer Dart of that place, cargo 210 hhds. rum, &c. " SOME OF THE FIRST FRUITS OP THE WAR. " The following is a list of the vessels belonging to N. Bedford, which have been taken by the British since the Declaration of War by our Government; with the valuation of each vessel and cargo : Ship Sally and cargo - - 4 0 ,000 tiollan. Triton and cargo 16,000 Castor . - 20,000 Arab 91,000 Science and cargo - ^.8,0.0 Honeatus and cargo - 20,090 Sch. Caroline and cargo - - 9,040 Three Faiendi and cargo 4,000 158,000 dollars. " The above is a heavy tar for a small town to pay in three months ; and in addition to this number of vessels captured, there are many others with va luable cargoes belonging to this port which will un douhetly be taken by the British, or sequestered by our own Government. 66 CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE IMPORTERS OF BRITISH GOODS.—As you are about giving bonds for the ap praised value of your invoices, being 130 per cent. ad vance on the sterling cost in England, at what rate can you sell your goods to cover the cost, and give a profit, by which you are to support your families ? Some persons have said three currency for what cost one sterling (that is 1000 dollars for x£loo sterling) is a great profit. It is about 12.5 per cent. advance, and you are obligated to pay 130 per cent. to the Go vernment, besides the freight, insurance, and other charges, that will certainly amount to 10 per cent. more. Suppose you sell at 150 per cent advance on the sterling cost, it will leave you a commission only of 44 per cent. on the gross amount of your invoices, and the bonds you are obliged to give to the Govern ment. Will any one be satisfied with a less profit than that, after the anxiety, trouble, risk, and vex a tion he has undergone in obtaining his goods ? It may be said the giving of bonds to Government is only a ceremony, necessary from the Non-importa tion Act being still in force, and that you will never be called on to pay them. It is h iped you will not; but did you ever sign a note of hand and not make your calculation to pay it when demanded ? Is not your bond as good against you as your note of hand And will you not be obliged to pay it when &man_ ded, or subject yourselves and your sureties to be thrown into prison ? No importer giving bonds to Government as the law obliges him, can safely sell his goods at less than 150 per cent. advance, to cover all the charges he may be obliged to pay, and save for himself a moderate commission." " BOSTON, OCTOBER 2. " It had been always said, that our army would be in Quebec before January. Our AdMinistration are bctter than their words.—The advanced guard under their favourite General, Governor Hull, ar rived there in September. Sure, no man can accuse our Government of • de mangler ala itarolt.' Our Government were right in not agreeing to the ar mistice proposed by General Prevost. if they had, how could they hive fulfilled their promise of reach ing Quebec this season ? But, as it is now wisely ordained to pursue the war after the only cause of it, the Btitish Orders, are removed, we have no doubt that General Dearborn (if he advances) will redeem the pledge of the Government, of marching to Quebec." , " MONTREAL, SEPTEMBER 7. di After the surrender of General Hull's army, Genetul Ikea called the American Militia together, and told them, that he could now send them to such a distance that they would not return to their homes during the war, and perhaps . might never see them 'again ; but that he wished to give them a proof of English generosity—that they had his leave to go— return each to his own home ; and he had only to request of them to tell their neighbours how they had been treated by the English dogs. It is said that many of the Militia, from various impulses, shed tears at hearing this address." " UPPER CANADA, KINGSTON, AUG. 29. " This morning arrived in this port his Majesty's ships Bengal, George, Earl Moira, and Prince Re gent, with 400 prisoners on board, and General Hull, Commandant at Detroit." " BALTIMORE , SEPTEMBER 29. ig ADMIRAL WARREN ON OUR COAM-It appears from an article under our marine head, that a squa dron of seven ships, three of them of two deckers, and supposed to be Admiral Warren's squadron from England, were seen On the 21st inst. about 100 miles from Vineyard." " HALIFAX, OCTOBER 1. 44 On Friday last, a Ceurt•Martial• was held on board his Majesty's ship Africa, for the trial of Car.• tain Dacres, the surviving Officers, and Crew of his Majesty's late ship la Guerritre, for the surrender of I that ship to the United States frigate Constitution, on the 19th of August ; Vice-Admiral Sawyer, Pre sident ; Captains Sir J. P. Beresford, P. V. Broke, J. Bastard, and C. Gill, Members. After mature consideration, the Court came to the following opinion " That the surrender of the Cuerriere was proper, in order to preserve the lives of her valuable remaining crew; and that her being in that lamentable situation was from the accident of her masts going, which was occasioned more by their defective state than from the fire of the enemy, though so greatly superior in,guns and men. The Court do therefore unanimously and ho nourably acquit the said Captain Dacres, the Officers, and crew of his Majesty's late ship la Guerriere; and they are hereby ho nourably acquitted accordingly. " The Court, at the same time, feel themselves called upon I to express the high sense they entertain of the conduct of the ship's company generally, when prisoners; but more pat..cu. larly of those who withstood the attempts made to shake th• it loyalty, by offering them high bribes to enter into the land and sea services of the enemy ; and they will represent their merit to the Commander in Chief. His Majesty's ship Barbadoes, of 28 guns, Cap tain HusictssoN, sailed from Bermuda on the Isth ultimo, with three vessels under her convoy for St. !John's, Newfoundland. About ten o'clock on Sun day night, the 27th ult. the wind blowing hard, with a heavy sea and hazy weather, the ship struck on the N.W. bar of Sable Island, and notwithstanding every exertion, was lost—two of the convoy, the schooner Emeline, with a cargo of sugar, and the sloop Swift, with rum, went to pieces. The Captain, officcrs, and crew of the frigate, with the exception of one man, and also those of the merchant vessels, were fortu nately saved ; as was also the cargo of the Swift, and part of the provisions, &c. of his Majesty's ship.." NAVAL IN7 EL LIG ENG E. --- MAII.S. ARt. DUE. AIR. DM Dublin • - 1 0 Gueroley . 0 2 Waterford 2 1 Jersey - - 0 2 Cadiz - - 0 1 Gatteuburgla - 0 • 2 Lisbon - • 0 1 Corunna 0 0 Malta - 0 0 New York - 0 The Alexander transport, Nn. 253, Captain Ross, was taken early on Wednesday morning; last, by a French privateer, between Beach) , Head and Dunge ness. THE ARMY. The new Recruiting system, bv 4vhich semen' p: ties were employed under one Afficer, was em lisped generally throughout England and Wales, the 25th of the present mouth. ajor.General HAY is removed from the depot Heavy Cavalry at Canterbury, to the Staff in lrelar and is succeeded in Yorkshire by the Scorch Greys The detachments of Heavy Car Ary, consisting, drafts from the 2.1, 4th, and sth Dragoon Guar and Ist, 2d, and 3d Dragoons, are on their route embark for the Peninsula, to join their respective j giments. FALMOUTH, OCTOBER 25. No arrivals. Sailed his Majesty's ship ROTA, on a cruize. The licence of the American ship Mays vile, now lying here, having expired to-day, the Commanding Officer aflost has thought proper to seize hen—Wind W. moderate and fine weather. TORBAY, OCTOBER 26. Remains—his Majesty's ships SEMIRAMIS and CAS- Toa.—Wind West. PLYMOUTH, OCTOBER 26. Came in the MELPOMENE frigate, from Lisbon, with a fleet of transports ; BOYNE 98, and TIGRE 80, from off li est ; STERLING CASTLE 74., and the AcuATEs gun-brig, from a cruize- Arrived the Horatio, Tortai, from Guernsey ; sailed about 14 days ago, in company with the Gambier, when about five or siz leagues from the Start fell in with a French privateer that boarded the Gambier, but she having only bal last in, was suffered to proceed. The privateer was quite new. On Friday last the Pilots at Cawsand ,discovered a Swedish brig near the Eddystone, with a flag for a Pilot, when two or three boats immedi ately put off, but when they approached within about two miles they saw a large armed brig board her, which they supposed to be a French privateer, as the Swedish ship hove about and stood to sea. A con voy of ten sail left here the same day for the Downs, under convoy of the BARBARA. DEAL, OCTOBER 27. Came down from the River, fi ve sail of merchant. men, and, with a large fleet of outward-bound, still remain. Five o'clock, the wind came suddenly on to blow a gale from the S. S.W. and has every ap pearance of increasing. The shipping at present ride all well. The Boston Paper, of the 2d October states, that the celebrated actor, CooKe, died on the 9.Bkh of Sep• tember, at New-York, in the 57th year of his age. STORM.—The Metropolis was last night visited by , most dreadful gales, from which we anticipate me. lancholy accounts, as well among the shipping as on shore. One fatal accident we have already heard of, and from the quantity of tiles, chimney-pots, &c. blown down, we are apprehensive it will prove only a prelude to many others :—A lamplighter, named Burke, many years in the employ of Mr. Patrick, of Newgate-street, who was lighting the lamps on the East side of Blackfriars bridge, was, by a sudden gust, blown into the River, in presence of his son, a child of ten years old, and, before assistance could be procured, sunk to rise no more. During the storm, part of the roof of the elegant villa at Putney, in- , habited by Madame CHEUY, was unroofed by the wind. Several persons were enveloped in the ruins, and one person was not dug out until this morning. We are happy to state that no lives were lost.— YARMOU l'H, OCTOBER 27. I In Town several buildings sustained material da- Arrived the BEAVER sloop, from the fleet off Flush. mage k the neighbourhood of Downing-street was greatly alarmed and terrified from its influence on the ing. Sailed the PRIMROSE sloop, with stores for the ruinated and uninhabited remains of a house on the fleet off the Texel ; the BRITISH FAIR, for the Hum right hand, the bricks and tiles of which were forces her,; and the THRASHER gun-brig, with the trade for into the street to the terror of the passengers and the Heligoland. Remain in the Roads, the Solebay, dread of the dwellings contiguous to the des. lased Chanticleer, Blazer, and Oberon, and the Investiga tor in the harbour.—Wind W.S.W. I fabric. About seven o'clock the large iron pipe af- PORTSMOUTH. OCTOBER 27. fixed on the chimney of Colonel CALVERT'S apart ment in the Horse Guards, was blown Joan into Went out of harbour this afternoon, about 18 sail the front of the building in Whi te h a ll ; f ortunate l y of transports, with the Life Guards on board, and will sail for Corunna the moment the wind comes doing no injury. fair. 'Dropped down to St. Helen's his Majesty's CORN MARKET, MARK LANE, OCTOBER u. ship ULYSSEs, Captain FOTHERGILL. The JAVA, 56, The Market to-day has very few fresh arrivals of any sort of Hon. Captain Goatiox, takes convoy to the Brazils, Grain, and most .irticles fetch rather b e t ter p rat es th an on Mon . Cape cf Good Hope, and East Indies. Arrived the day. Barley IsAndted b. and Malt Full Ss. per quam r hi gher. Hannah, HODGE, from Dublin, with provisions, a nd Whi a t v e at s'nornical, Grey rather dames:. Old Tick Beans obtain Patent, MgMesTen, from Jamaica, with ru m, b o th of sa. and 4 3 . per quarter. Ihe supply of Oats to at considerable, bat prime samples folly sustain last wises. neat for this port. without alteration—Mtericau Flour a4s. per Barrel. --.mllll 1 I GENERAL ELELTION. --„-- MEIEBERS RETORNED TO SCREE IN THE NEW PAREMEhniii Bisnoe's CAvri.e—W. Clive and John Robinson, Espy... CALLINGTON—I. W. Poyntz, Esq. and Sir J. L. Rog •rs, CLACIMANNANi!iIRE—The Hun. G. Abercromby. • EAST Loot—Admiral Sir E. Buller, Bart. and D. V den, Esq. MERlONErmsntac—Sir R. W. Vaughan, Bart. Wisr Loot—Charles Buller and Anthony Buller, Esqra; Blutc.suturn.—State of the Poll, 14th Day o ' Dundas, 1646—Neville, 154E—Hallett, 504. Mr. RosE, of Kilravock, has been elected M. 1 for Nairnshire, with an implied resignation to S JAMES M'INTOill, *hen qualified by the date of h enrollment upon the list of Freeholders: Lord BERNARD, the Ri ght Hon. GROR GI Po t RONRY, the Hon. RICHA RD HARE, and N. F. LEADEI Esq. are the new Candidates for the County of Cur; The election commenced on Frith) , lam SPORTING INTELLICENCE. NEWMARKET THIRD OCTOBER; OR, HOVOHTOI MEETING, Ist 2. • TUESDAY, OCTollEtt 27. 50 for 2-yr olds carrying a feather, 9-yr olds 7st. bib. 4-yr t Bst. 91b. 5-yr olds SPst. sib. G-yr olds 9ht. 71h. and aged Est. Last three M. of B.C. Mr. Thortahill's Aquarius, S yrs old Duke of Crafton's br. f. P equet, s yrs old Mr. Likes Venture, 9 yrs old Eight others named; the Judge could place but 3. Eight to 1 agst. Aquarius. Sweepstakes of One Hundred Guineas each. Ab. M. IA C H. Somerset's Oda's Dyke, est. - - Mt. Shakespear's Scrub, Bst. 71b. • - - Duke Of Rutland's Sorcery, est. 71b. - - Three to 1 apt Offa's Dyke; sto 4 apt Scrub. Lord Foley's Teazle, '7lt. 131 b. beat IA G. H. Cavendish's Ec cleston, Set. elb. R.M. 100 gs --5 to 2 apt Teaile. Lord G.ll. Cavendish's Merrygoround, est. 21b. beat Lor Foley 's Osprey, Set. 10Ib. T. Y. C. 200p.-7 to 4 atm Marl goround. ROPEERT OF THE LEEDS MAIL. FARTHER PARTICt/LARS. Yesterday the deposition of the Guard was taked at the Mansion House. The examination was pri. vac, of course the particulars were not suffered id transpire ; bin we understand, that on Monday night, While the Leeds Mail coach was proceeding at A sharp pace between Kettering and Higham Ferran, the coachman spoke to the guard, and not being able, or pretending not to hear what he said in ans• wer, requested that he would leen forward over Ve coach. The guard did so, and continued about five minutes in conversation with him ; when, on resum. ing his seat, he found, to his astonishment, that the lock of the lid of the hind part of the coach, where the bags are deposited, had been forced. He in stantly ordered the coach to be stopped, and coma municated to the driver the extraordinary occurrence that had taken place, and his suspicion that more se rious injury had ben sustained. The coach having pulled up, the guard and the coachman proceeded' to examine the repository of the mails, and missed no ; less than sixteen bags. A list of the bags missing will be seen in the advertisement from the Post Of fice. The only bags which arrived were the Higham Ferran, Hitchin, and Bedford. The Lone MAYO sent off Police Officers in all directions, to apprize .be Bankers in London and Westminster of the robb ;y e and to stop such persons as should present big ..sad I drafts of payment from the towns whose mail had not reached the Post Office yestei 'lay morning; twins ted circulars were also forwarded by post to ev r y post town in the United Kingdom for the same pin. pose.—lt will perhaps be recollected, t';at a few years ago the Leeds Mail-coach, in its progress fro& town, was robbed near Barnet ; but it being the evening of a fast-day, there was scarcely any money or remittances in the bags. On the present occasion, the amount is said to be great.