Star. — London, England, 1813-07-05 00:00:00

THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. MONDAY, JULY 5, 1813. RICP: fIF S'l OCKS THls DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK Red. Mill—Cons. for ay. 54H-4 per Cr. 71if Omnium sit —Bank Long Anna. 14 3-16ths • Bonds la. dta. par-Eich Bala 21. 4s. pr. On Saturday we had the satisfaction to announce Uch official details as had Then transpired of the ;lexic's, aid we may safely add, the decisive Victory btained by Lord WELLINGTON over the French in ?pain. If there ever was an occasion upon which a itrong anticipation of future successes might be risked Fithout idcurting the charge of an over-weening L r ageiness to give a sanguine character to the events k• the day, we think that occasion has arrived. The . g azette iouhts of the cautious, or the suspicions of the luke warm, in their estimate of the extent of the ruin which ras overtaken the French army. Not a gun—not a :art iage of any description—not even a loaf of bread u• a cartridge, has been left to the enemy ! Our Readers are already informed that all the pre 'Ars operatons of the Allied Army were conducted h that rapidity which forms the most prominent 1 of his Lordship's tactics. We had scarcely heard tiis crossing the Douro 'ere he had arrived in front V.U. rite. Hearing brought together and concen aced his army on the ‘2oth, his Lordship reconnoi !Ll toe enemy's positions on that day, and on the in the morning, a series of surcessful achieve las commenced. Sir RoWLAND HILL, ever fore i,t in the arduous hr ur rif clanger, was the first to iarge the enemy at the head of his brigade, and 'eddy drove him from the heights of La Puebla, ,on which his lett wa; posted. Here a dreadful arnage ensued, for JoultfMN, aware of the imper- Alice of the position, reinforced it several times, but :flash vaiour was ultirreitely tritenphent. On these eights the gallant Colonel CADOGAN, of the 71st, -ei yeti his death wound at the head of the light ivir,ion cif! General NV A ',KM'S brigade. The Spanish :enerel Meatus) was also wounded on this occasion. •T,,.• occupation of these heights now enabled Sir owLAND HILL to cross the Zadare, a small river in •olit of the plains of Vittoria, and where, in the re eted acted: and defence of a vill tge, they gained •esh latirels. The other divisions of the army soon eissed the Z 'dont in succession, and the enemy, iter a ft w severe, but unsuccessful, efforts to main in tl e eminence: which they had occupied with a view to check the advance of the Allies, and thereby n save their ertilltry an d bregaee—for v:ctory was now out ef 0 e q restion—fled with great precipitation 'levigh the town of Vittoria. F r the entitre:ration of the fruits of the victory wi• , - er to the Giv.l2 Extrardinary. It affords ample itsfence'th.t te.e route seas complete, and the fugi ives, abendoeing every tithe.; which they could not c "Tv upon their p e ssens, fled in the direction of ' mplons, at le-re tiny teol: ref ige er, 'be 21th. Lord V eeLlecertte's brit depa , cll is dated front Irunzun, a. a few miles from th it I etrest, whi....it his Lie lip would ao doubt iaseintly atiec'e. It is, we Ile.' Iyvc, one of the strongest places in Spain, arid if the 1 id advance of Lord Weetasceoe, in add.tion to l ee other adveitteges arrljch it cre‘eed, has not' ;ken the Carrion of Parnpl-ea by surprise, and irevented then from pietiog it in the best state defence, we may sere; expect to hear of its stir alder. It t:re discomfited remains of docia .N'S Army throw themselves into Pamplona, they ill only accelerate its fall, by adding an additional umber of mouths, for which there can be no ack- Hate food. The force which has been thus utterly cliseen:r.tedl I :nnsists of what BosesrAere and his Generals used' term the Armies of the South and cf the Centre :I err divisions, and all the Cavalry of the Army ot wtttgal, besides some divisions of the Army of the; .irth—the whole commanded by jasEPH in person,l with JoURDAN as his Nlajer-General. Both these' ! roes fhd Gem the field of battle, unattended even ! 1 a single Aide-de-Camp. Joe:Hewn as we mentioned on Saturday, threw way his staff of office, that lie might not be recog ized. Jostler, the ill-starred Usurper, had a still are narrow escape. He was stated in a close car iage, which was pointed out by some of the poi, soners. A detachment of cavalry, led by the Mar ells of WitneesTea, made for it at full gallop, and tually cut down several cf the escort. Captain NDLIASI fired two pistol shots at the carriage, but are sorry to say he did not bring down his bird. le escort made a stand at a mill-dam, the carriage get through, and JOSEPH was seen to mount a horse at the opposite bank, with which he immediately s in c Ochet Pseortd ‘ tion o fifittlhe British loir. egre i a t t i sh objects arm y, effected w as to b y pr t e h v e e r n a t p t i h d e j mo u v n e c: I Gen.CLAusEL, who succeeded to the command of th e Army of Po:tugal after MARMoNT'S retiring. 1 ,This General came within sight of Vittoria on the 22e, but scampered off towards Tudela, on the Ebro, where he will probably attempt to form a junction with Suener, who has commenced his retreat from Valencia along the banks of the Ebro. As to JOURDAN'S army, their case is hopeless, and totlatng can save them from final destruction but a entinuation of their flight into France. Suciiei's army, and that which is commanded by DECAEN, being the armies of Amgott and Catalonia, are now placed in the most perilous situation. Sir JOHN MURRAY, with the Alicant army, set out towards Tarragona on the 20th of June, by Lord WELLING. TON'S directions, in order to hasten the overthrow of the French force in the Peninsula. By the last accounts from Lisbon we learn, that Sir JOHN MURRAY was following up Sucit ex with great rapidity. In this movement we discover an other trait of that transcendent military genius which presides over the campaign in the Peninsula. The same precision marks all Lord WELLINGTON'S plans, and most happy are we to add, that the same rapi dity now attends the movements of his Lordship's heroic Generals. Sir JOHN MURRAY'S army is 20,000 strong, and it is in the highest possible state of equip ment and discipline. The consequences that may possibly result, from the splendid and decisive victory that has been ob tained by FIELD MARSHAL the MARQUIS of WELLING TON cannot be calcukted. Its influence will be felt as much in the North as in the South of Europe. Here the former subterfuge of NAPOLEON entirely fails him.—No a premature 'winter," no 4g frightful climate," can be alleged in palliation of the shameful discomfiture experienced by his ill-fated legions in the Peninsula. They have been defeated by sheer bot tom—superior, moral and physical energies ! The talisman of the newer-failing good fortune of BONA. PARTE the charm of the invincibility of the French battalions are now completely dissipated ; and with them the fetters forged by fear, and in which the pal sied frame of Europe was fast bound, may be consi dered as broken. It is impossible to be credited, that the chains im posed upon the nations of Europe can have been worn from choice. It was the galling pains which last 1 . year roused the nations of the North to resistance. The die was cast : Russia took the ticld—Prussia ' seized the opr,rtunity to quit the ranks of the Op- pressor—several of the German Frincipalitics sheaved an equal anxiety to benefit by the crisis, and llvur .t- N.tnorri:, the old friend and fellow-soldier of Naro- LL')N, di:ch.:red against him ! Can any reason be assigned why similar effects should not follow in the South. The languid ener gies of the Spanish nation may now be expected to assume a more decided tone ; and Italy must hail with raptures the news of this decisive victory. Is i; impossible that MURAT may follow the example of BERNAPOTTE ? He must have the desire to render himself independent of the French Tyrant; nor is any thing wanting to the complete humiliation of the Emperor and King, but the wise concurrence and co-operation of the Emperor of Austria, who may be induced, by the blow that has overwhelmed the French in the Peninsula, to take a decisive step at the present crisis, by joining in a general league to compel France to submit to some arrangement con sistent with the peace and safety of Europe. In one word—great and important as Lord WEL /.I7TON'S victory must be to England, it is of tenfold more importance to Russia--to 1 1 1156 a—to Sweden —to all liurt pe, at the present ct ! Its Cense- C i Ut:ICCS cannot b.: anticipatcd. The following letter from an Cfficer will be read wirlr 17:ech sati,faction by our numerous Readers: " IRUNZUN, .11!,':2 24. " No time for flourishes. We have completely defeated the enemy after a-Net y hind battle. Nevt was valcyn- so generally cc , nspicuous in an :army, as was di:T.l. , yed by every corps cn this occasion—never was V;ClOry so complete. But I leave you to g.:ther pa r rictl:.lrs of the battle from the official dispatches ;Ind other corespondents, meaning to confine my . shurt epistle to events that followed the victory. Lan guage cannot Ll,seilLe the scene. It is impossible Lver. to conceive the conic incidents tllat occurred in the ::.me instant with the must frightful scenes of horror. " The moment that our brave fe:;ows got posses n of the cLtlny's baggage all was riot—the army chest was lorced, and the mein began to load them selves with bullion. To stop them was impossible. Some of the officers reported to the General that the men were plundering and carrying ofF the money. •••• 4 Let them,' was the answer of his Lordship, ' they have lought well, and deserve all they can find, were it ten times more.' In other quarters the men found among the bag- I gage the wardrobes of the Officers. In a moment I they began to dress themselves in the spoils—the ap pearance of these groups cannot be fancied ; no mas querade ever presented such a scene. All were not fortunate enough to floc] Generals and Officers uni forms, for many of the chests were filled with Ladies dresses ; po matter—all was employed to decorate the men, who converted the dresses into cloaks, sashes, &c. &c. All the Seraglios of the Officers were taktn. One Irish soldier, who wits not fortunate enough to catch any of the dead lumber, postessed himself of a flue lively child belonging to one of the Ladies. A letter had been sent after the batty to inform the Trench, that the women and children should experi ence every civility.—When Pat was desired to give up the child, be replied ‘‘ no by my shoal, it is my own plimdcr and I will keep JOSEPH'S dresses, even his star, were rakt.n : also his coach, aboat 200 Officers' caniages—in a word, every thing : not a loaf Was carried off.—But I crust close. Old England for ever 1". inns r all ii •art 01 It !.is I .f V.O 1 dtcti • red ti 4.1 Is., i el.ts o,t i 1 hargt Ipeedi upon carn.i t.iii:-e Britts licip)! 're ei v idi vi.,i , Gene 1 , ", .-- 1 !I 1i,,,1vJ frotit pe.tte fre,h 'ems, a 11 er tain vow Ito h: now Oro , F if‘fer eviell tives :c .rrl P rn •S ~11. :^ . ;ship • i Ji , .•vc 31 14 Nile !take! :prey pf 41, 1 - end , DAN' 'will num (pat 'l' eons to to four 'Port wi di Etlo by a • 1 :awa flizei rncr Tiagi 1 sone i qtIIS actu 1 Wy we The er,:t GOTTENBURGH WAIL. A Gottenburgh Mail arrived this morning. Our Readers will perceive that the Swedish army cond. nues to advance against Hamburgh ; where, we hope, their efforts will be crowned with success: " GOTTENBUROH, JUNE !9. 44 The Swedish Army is certainly in motion, and, it is said, with a fixed determination to march into Holstein and retake Hamburgh. No doubt is enter tained but what Norway must fall." " HEAD-QUARTERS, STRALSUND, JUNE 11. " Danish troops entered Lubeck on the Sd instant. General Count Schulenberg, who commands them, has formally notified to General Tettenborn, the commencement of hostilities between Russia and Denmark. " On the night between the Bth and 9th instant, a part of the Swedish Hussars fell in with three D..- nish videttes on the side of Schluckttp, near Lubeck, who immediately tired on the patrole, but without doing them any injury, after which they speedily retreated." 11 PETE:IS BUR G, JUNE 11. "The march of the imperi.4l Russian at my through the Governments between the Vistula and the Rus sian borders still continues. It is upwards of 40,00 U strong, and in the best order." The troops embarked at Harwich are destined for Stralsund, and the Expedition is to be cornmAnded by General Glans, who, with his Staff, ledve London this right fcr the above Port. A Malta and Gibraltar Mail arrived this morninx, but it brings no intelii A ence of importance. An alarm of contagion had been excited at Malta, but it was speedily declared to be groundless. NA VAL INTELLIGENCE. FALMOU 11, JULY 2. Arrived the Duke of Kent Packet, from Lisbon, in I() days; and the Princess Elizabeth Packet, from ditto, in 11. Jays ; Queen Charlotte Packet, from Ca. diL, in `.:l. &ys ; the Townsend Packet, from Malta and Gibraltar--21 days from the latter, and sailed from Malta the 13th May ; and the VESTA schooner► from Plymouth, to give instructions to the trade • assembled here to Portugal and the Mediterranean. PLYMOUIH, JULY 3. Came in the American brig Joseph, from Bayonne, prize to the bits frigate ; Ellen transport, No. 15, from Corunna ; SPECULATOR lugger, with dispatches from the Mediterranean ; SPA RROW sloop of war from St. Andero with ditto ; and the Snu•tno schooner, from a cruize. Sailed the 13LooDuouND gen-brig, with a fleet of coasters for Wales ; EARL SPENCER, ter, for Lisbon ; and the Vain schooner for Fal mouth, to take convoy to the Mediterranean. i•ott rsimouTH, JULY 4. Yesterday arrived the VENUE:CR, ot 74 guns, Capt. DUNDAN, %lib a large quantity ot specie, from Ja. maica, whence she sailed on the 4in i f May, in com pany with the GARLAND, ti.`2, C. ,:.an DAvitts, and \VANDEttEIt, 4 2.0, Captain NEWL(iNtlic,, having tue • Ja mgica Fleet under Convoy for consn.ting ot 15u sail ; the GARLAND proceeded up at. (hoi 6 e's Channel with 45 sail, and the W.'.NLERER is gone by with the remainder for the Downs. Also arrived the TYRIAN, 10, Captain BLI.DWIN, with convoy from Cork ; and ColibElla 10, KENNEDY, with convoy from the Downs. Sailed the Eostoser, 74., BINGDANI ; BELLONA, 74, Capt. M.KINLEY NIEDUSA, SD, C.uht. BELL ; SEA llottsE, 28, Captain ', GORDON ; and DLRWENT, 13, Captain SUTTON, to' resume their st.ition off CherboorA ; MistEroE, 10, Lieutenant WILLI sts ; and A tnneA, 10, Lieutenant M.DoNALu, fur the Downs ; and HELENA, 18, Cap tain MosTitesson, with the XVilliani and Mary yacht, Cardin St'I«A:LE, for Dublin, to biihg the Duke of Rictimo:o3 anti family to this cour.:ry ; also sailed from Cosves Roads tie outward-bound Spain, Porto gal, and Mediteiranean convoys. This day arsived the GARLAND, 21!, Captain DAVIES, having seen the British Channel ships safe into port, from the 'West Indies ; CADMUS, 10, Captain Ffill, from a cruize; and ALUMS, 74, Captain DEVONSDIRE, 11\121 the East ward, and is appointed convoy to Newfoundland, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Quebec. DEAL, JULY 4. Arrived this morning, 33 sail of the Jamaica fleet; ►he remainder are now working in under command of a King's ship. LIMERICK, JUNE 30. The Fottrus FE frigate and the STORK sloop of war met the Diana, LAcy, which arrived here on Sunday, and acquainted her that they were in quest of the Fox privateer. The rumour was very current this afternoon that JOSISII BONAPARTE, pursued by Lord WELLINGTON, had been overtaken and made prisoner. Accounts by the lats frigate, from Corunna, assert, that .500 of the enemy were destroyed by the blowing up of the fortifications of Burgos. The greatest re joicings had taken place at Corunna, in consequence of the rapid success of the Allies; and it was report ed, that the enemy's garrisons had retired from San tana, Castro, and Bilboa, but v ere likely to be cut off. it was added, that the Freud; had destroyed the fortifications of St. Sebastian. The lam had captured four American vessels in her cruize. By one of these, the Joseph, from Bayonne, it was learn ed, that great consternation prevailed there, in con- Uquence of the adyauce of the Allied Armies. WINDSOR, J'U'Lr S. The Quart and Princems ELIZABS:II and MARY and the Duke of YORE arrived hum st on after elvveta o'clock, from London. By twelve o'clock the Mem bers of the Queen's Council hdcl arrived at the Lov%er Lodge, where the five Physicians Attending the Kisc laid their Report before them ; after %II:kb thr• Meta. bars of the Council proceeded to the Cistle. and held a Council With her MAJZSTY, when they . tikk into consideration a Report of the King'. State during the last Quarter. The Qum left town on Saturday morning, in consequence of its being the quarterly daeon uh'ich her Majesty's Council is held cn the state of the KING The rrsncesses ELIZABLrii and Meaty accompAs:it , d her MAJENTV to Windsor. The Qt;EAN return.:.: :: the Queen's Palace to-day. Ye-terday, the following Bulletin was : WINIUSnIi CASTLX, JULY S --His MAJI",ry 1.4 s .a 1.1 general passed the last nu,:ul; in tra;quillity a4d comfort," Just as the Quers: and Princesses had left the Queen's Palace on Saturday, die carriage was stopped by the Prince Regent's Page, whe eel...Wird to then. the Baton, or Field.Meralad's Staff, (nought by Cap. tain FREMANTLE. Yesterday, at two o'clock, a Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign OfF.ce, which sat till after four. Viscrunts SID1111:111 and CA4TI.II4LAGI! had audi ences of the Petect It Lazar on Saturday. Senn diy morning General Sir A LEAS EU 140 PL had a long interview with Viscount CASTLEIIIiAOIL, Tuesday, Sir Jons and Lady NIiWYMCI aimed at Newpaik, firer Waterford, from England. The Committee of Drur • -Lane 'Theatre hays ge nerously gr tilted the use of the Theatre, for the Bene fit of the British hisoners in France, and the Pet-- Jointers have also offered their set %ices grituit .usly on this laudable occasion.—To-marrow Evenitiz fixed on for the performances to take place. A corps has recently been formed in Berlin front among the natives of Tyrol who had taken refuge in that capital, on the annexation el their country to Bavaria, and the kingdom of Italy. Their number ametints to 1800 men. Their leader is Jacob Riedel, who distinguished himself as an active p irtizeit on. der the patriotic Hofer. Koaeobue, in the Journal pnblished under his direction in Bolin, speaks in warm terms of the zeal and talents of Riedel, who is distinguished as much by his attachmeet to to House of Austria, as by I.is hatred to die French Ruler. The it.jurics sustained by him are ni no or dinary magnitude ; his wife, his son, his daughter, and a brother (Adjutant to Hofer), havng been butchered by the !'bench durina the campaign agionst Austria, and the whole of Ins property con. fisc.,ted. The corps has been attached to the army under Genstar Von Bulo'.v, and has en three occa• sions distii.guislied itself in a rummer which entitled it to ackn wiedgments of the PrusstanG n A letter froin an Officer ettatidentiatly emplayee3 at the head-quarters of tne All ed Sovereeges of the Math, state-., teat subsequently to the battle of Wur chen the Allied Army received.reintorcements which carried their amount to tull 90,000 men. were perfect in their discipline and equipments, and ani mated with the bast spirit and highest confidence, especially the Prussiens, WllO on all cccasions Lad dis playeu the most exemplary di cipline, energy, and gallantry. 1 ;ey Lad a strong poeitien in t. cur eye, - which they were sure to # ccupy when hecessary. and were anxious in the extienie ier the renewal of Des. BERNADOTTE Last with him AVM 50,000 sweaes, and when jeimed by the Russians, select was daily expected to t..ke place, his force would amount to 65.000 men. The Crtores Pritece, tt is said, had ap proved ot the Arrwszice in a very marked manner, and considered it as higilly adventageousso the cause of the Allies Thursday last the Leeds Jubilee coach was over. turned xt Halifax. Ot seven passengers, one was killed on the spot, a second died in two hours atter the accident happened, three have broken bones, .nd two are much bruised, exclusive of tae coachman, who was not expected to live. The names 01 those who are dead are, Joshua Milner And Mr. Sykes, en gine-maker, of Bolton. Yesterday evening, at seven o'clock, as the Ports mouth mail-coach, which sets out from the Angel Inn, was prepating tor its journey, the horses took fright and stet ted two) the yard, proceeaing at a fu r-isms pace, without coachman or guard, till they came opposite Water-lane, Fleet -street, where two gentle men, the oily persons with the coach, and who were both outside, threw themselves off, and were much hurt. Ti e Animals continued their csairse till they reached St. Paul's, when one or two ut them tell, and they were stopped. Saturday afternoon a • one of the workmen in the employment ot Messrs. Mix: and Rum, Brewers, L.qtr‘rp , n..l-stti:et, was attending one ot the vats whilst boiling, he unfortunately tall into it; by the immediate assistance of others,' who.were near him, he was instantly taken out, but was so dreadiully scalded, that he died in a short space of time iu the most excruciating agony, leaving behiedfiiiii a Wile and a large family. Nlonday se'nnight, in Albion -street, Glasgow, a bull, which had been cruelly turn by dogs, turaed, with a providential sagacity, upon one of the persons concerned in the torture, and gored him so sseerely that his life is despaired of. On Saturday in the King's Bench, a motion wan made on the behalf of Mrs. Mary Ann Clarke, to stay proceedings in an action of deer , it being sworn that she had been married, and that her husbai.d v .:s alive. The Com trefused to interfere in a sutemary way, it not having been swot n that the plaint ff k _IL: et she WAS married. 'Due Learned Louasei ins.sted, drat the notoriety of the fact of her marriage v. as suf ficient, but the Court refused to have any judicial knowledge of Mrs. Clarke's coverture. tOkN EXCHANGE, MARX-LANE, JULY 5. Having but a short supply of English Wheat this morning, that of tine quality trom Kent and kisses met ready •ale, an. at an advance of 2s. per quarter, but the mi..dhng and ordinal y de scriptions of English Wheat, as well as all kinds tit h.re gu , al• dull sale at last week's prices. We had a to.trable •apply of Barley, and having but new buyers, no. pines -re la. par quar.er cheaper. Fine Malt sells freely, hut without any amendment in price. Grey Peas bast% scarce, sold 45. per quar ter higher, the arrivals having incters4d ior this day a masks'. checked the advance that we riperit-nc,tl last we. k, and hula! $ prices were scaicely supported. In Wh►te kra►, bcans. and other armies, no alteration. LONDON : pruned by Leta:. KLm Packs •lace U Rub abed thin s and at the Stu-Oates 1 auple-ter.