Star. — London, England, 1812-04-14 00:00:00

-- lie the 'blot or and in a Joy. lout wertt Pet;.! tam, f t h 4 inC 01 in of e de' be! nine► iere• 7 , THE EVENING STAR, LONDON. • TUESDAY, APRIL 14. 7RIC/P OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCII: tink Stock 9115i—Liang Annuities 15i II per Ct. itoluceti 59f-4 per Cent. 74i .4. 4 .4pper CA Onus. for tosiser 4114—De. fur see; eV Spec Ct. 90.1 91-5 per Ct. Scrip f pre. 'e kneittioned yesterday the arrival of a Gentle inin from Liebauqprinted Lisbon by mistake), who bad seen, before he left that place, a copy of the Russian Declaration of War. The fact of war hav ing been declared is mentioned in several private let ters. Dne received by a most respectable house in the City fi-om another of equal chaiucter in the Baltic says "We hale the Declaration of War in our possession." - The new commercial arrangement for the admis. sicn of British Goods into Russian Ports (given in another column) furnishes a direct proof of the de ft:lnitiation of ALEXANDER to resist the French Sys. tem—i. 4 to oppose NAPOLEON. No idea seems to be entertained of the submi s sion bfAxxxalloca to France 1 but according to numerous letters, she uniform opinion both iA Sweden and Russia, Was, that war would immediately take plate lictiveen Russia and France, and the French Minister at Copenhagen declared distinctly and publicly to thESwedish Ambassador at that Court, that hostilities must immediately commence. Another Eircumstance deserving attention is, the State of the Exchange. This useful barometer of the politics of the times had risen from 111 to la The jealousy of France towards Sweden is express ed in remarkable terms in one of our letters from tiottenburgh, dated the 6th inst. " France," says Sur Correspondent, " looks upon this country as an English colony." The same letter mentions, that a Part of tfil grand Russian army was actually guar teied within the limit: of the Prussian territory, The following letter, received by the last Mail, is important >uo o La,. il.-- oar• p to hem He fight leek ;meg! .- . e 00 1 The h o4 est' hire 44: " COTTENBURGH, APRIL 6. u An Austrian Courier has arrived here, And will proceed in lit next picket with trawtant di-patches for London. He is ~4 1411 ed at ptegent waitity , f further adviccs from Stockholm * in Ptcrtd for Eugl:nd or by the fi rst packet which may sai l Aust et adviees ipsy be brou g h t bi t h er .—lf i s con j ectured that ria has nffered to mediate between Russia and France, and t° the her influence wish England to put a stop to hostilities, on coachtions which are supposed to be advantageous to all :tutted-1 parties. It was et kst night that an Austri an Messen- Pt has acttally arrived in London with dispatches, Und that be is also the bearer of presents to the Put NCE REGENT, on the occasion of his inves:ment with the full Powers of the British Crown.-L•There is no foun dation for this report. It is also rumoured that A ustria will not join France in the threatened war %vial Russia ; and that France will in consequence be obliged to - abandon the enter. prize. W cannot, however, allow ourselvel to be lieve that FRANCIS and NAPOLEON Will pur,ue op polite s7stetris.. Austria is now too deeply linked with France to dare to act independently. et hnt left-•-it *as all nonsense. tie (Mr. Falter) was a West Indian, and he hoped there was not a West India man who Would not stipport the Orders in Council. . " I say, stand to your ground, now you bare taken it—talking of two fellows pumping in a w ell ; I say stand to your ground—Old England for ever !" Mr. HUSKISSPN said he shoold move that in stead of 4534,000 the grant be reduced to £400.000. Mr.C. WYNNE objected to a grant which amoun ted to no less a sum than asso per man and horse. In other barracks the estimate was ,882 per man.— Was it to be understood that 8500 was for each horse's stall. Mr. CALCRAFT observed, that barracks had been built in his neighbourhood for 100 cavalry, at ap e pen ce of about £6OOO. Th e CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER giddiest= proposed was not for procuring accom modation for the horses and men alone, but for the Staff also ; for an inclosed exercising ground, and for temporary accommodation within the walls for a lar get body of horse, when occasion should require. Mt. WHITBREAD appealed to the Committee y there was a single man in the Hooise who bid the smallest idea of the nature of this grant till now._ Either the Right Honourable Gentleman who spoke List hew more ou this subject than the Secretary of the Manny did, or the latter had not done his duty. li e a s ked, would the Honourable Secretary not now agree to postpone this grant ? Or would not the Cennoinee feel a jealousy how they accede to the granting of money on such an estimate ? Mr. PONSONBY said, the question was not ',he. thet this sum should be voted at all or not; but whe ther or not time should be given to the Committee to understand what they were doing ? All he should say, if it was true that France and England were now to be compared to two men up to the neck in beater, std if in such circumstances, barracks for .850 soldiers were to cost England 13183,000, it was not difficult to see which of the two must be choaked first. Lord FOLKSTONE could not view the proposed taarracks in any other light than as. a citadel to over- Ewe the people ;--(Loud cries of Hear, hear !) —nor did he view the intention to raise 4 , permanent bar tacks" near those populous" places, Bristol, Liver tool, &c. in any other light. He thought delay ne. usury, therefore, should vote for the Amendment. ' After a few words from Mr. CREEVEY, the' }louse divided * when the numbers were—Against tie Amendment 88—For it 40—Majority 48. When stringers were again admitted, the few re. w lining douses were put and carried, without a divi. sion, after which the Report was brought up, and it Was ordered that it bo received to-morrow. t •it was further moved, that the estimates for the St. Maryla-bonne ' Liverpool, and B r i sto l B arrac k s , b e lsid before the House.— O r d ere d. _ - _ Lisisom minit The QuserCuarttorts Packet hat atiived at tali mouth from Lisbdn, with a Mail, and Dispatches. She sailed on the Ist instaht. The siege of Badajoz is prosecuted With unparalleled Vigour. there had been a suspension of the operations of the besiegers Ifora few days, in consequence of the rains. The batteries opened again, however, on the 23d ult. Earl Wata.noron holds the French force, which was supposed to be on its march to relic* the place, in deserved contempt.—The French soldiers are do stitute of food, clothing, ammunition, and, in short, I of every requisite for the field. MAIMONT continues to concentrate his forces with a view to make some desperate effort. Some ac counts state, that his object is the recapture of Ciudad Rodrigo; towards which place his battering I train is said to be en the march. ivianstotir himself I was at Salamanca about the middle of March. The French General, Boxier, has been ordered once more to penetrate into the Asturias. The intelligence from Spain received by the Lis bon Papers, states, that the greatest misery prev.tils in the neighbourhood of St. Lucar, from the want of provisions. Id many of the surrounding village.,.: numbers of the inhabitants were d, ing daily for want of food. _ The following are the principal contents of the Lisbon Papers received by the above Mail : " CAMP BEFORE BADAJOZ, MARCH 23. 44 Our works have been continued for the third pa rallel, and are considerably advanced. The rain h:is fallen in torrents. The vallies have been inundated , and the Guadiana cut— As soon as the weather gets a little better, our batteries will open upon the place." " LISBON, MARCII2B. " A battery of four guns having opened on fort Picorina, we carried it by assault on the night of the 24th. The loss on either side is not yet known ; and at 9 o'clock on the morning of the 25th, twenty. eight 21-pounders opened on the town o f Badajoz, and this most amazing expedition was used notwith standing our men worked six successive days up to their knees in mud, in the trenches, and the rise of the Guadiana carried off our two bridges—fine weather is returned for the last three days, and all is again set to ; our lass has not as yet been of any con sequence. General Sir T. Graham is still in ad vance towards Zafra. General Hill has returned to Merida; a party of 600 French had taken their stand near the bridge of Merida ; but on perceiving our people, they fled ; .eve took two or three officers, and a few men ; they went towards Flurouenes. We could not hear of Marmont—he must come soon, and in great force, if he thinks to do any thing." " LISBON, MARCH 29. Letters from Badajoz have just been received. Our operationsirere go on most prnspereusly. On the evening of the 25th we took, by assault, after a most desperate engagement, the strong redoubt called Picorina, in front of Badajoz ; it was occupied by 250 picked men, with five guns and a howitzer ; 180 were bayoneted, the remainder surrendered, and having taken the possession of this place, enables us to carry our works to the west of the glacis. It was not carried without loss on our part : the regiments were the 45th, 74th, 88th, and 1 Ith Portuguese, under Colonel Kemp." 1, LISBON, MARCH se. 44 Phillippine had let the water off the Guaditna into the ditch, so as to cut off retreat from Picorina; the garrison of which received no injury till our men got in—they then called for quarter. Marmont is at Salamanca, and we would not be surprised here, at hearing he had made someattempt against Ciudad Rodrigo or Almeida, as a set off against Badajoz. “ The account of the taking by assault of Fort Pianina, the outwork of Badajoz, is confirmed.— Seventy prisoners were taken ; the number of the killed is not known with certainty." “ VILLA FRANCA, MARCH 14. 44 Accounts have been received of two actions, in which the Commander CANIPILLO has obtained con siderable advantages, at the village of Meruelo, be tween Santona and Santander. It is also said that a Mail has been intercepted, with various papers ; and among them some letters, which intimate the return of the French to France." " BANKS OF THE GUADIANA, MARCH V.. " In the night of the 21st there was a movement in all the points which the French occupy in Estre madura : it is announced that they retired towards Llerina. " On the 3d inst. Souk was in Xeres de Fronteira. 'There is no notice of the coming of a convoy or troops from Andalusia. " On the 18th instant the French united in Villa Franca, and from thence marched to Ribeira. On the same day, Droner set out from Lletina for Horna chos, and from thence for Serena, to join General Quiot, who is in Salamanca de la Serina. The Spa niards in civil employments, and the remainder of the French army, are to march to Constantine, and thence to Seville. 4 , On the 19th, Genetai Graham, with the corps under his command, entered Zafra." Sunday the (2VERN and PRINCESSES heard divine strvice in Winosor Castle.. The PRINCE Raosta took an airing yesterday on horseback. SECOND tDITIOST. . biarATCHES FROM LORD WELLINGTON ISURRENDER OF THE OTITWORtS OF BAEIAJOZ. " WAR DEPARTMP.NT. " DOWNING-STRRICT, APRIL 14, Igl2. " A Dispatch has been received from the Earl of VirmAtiorox, dated the 27th of March. 44 The works of Badajoz had been carried on with great vigour, notwithstanding the heavy rains which had prevailed, and which had swola the Guadiana to such a height, that one of the bridges thrown over that river, had been carried away, and the others were damaged. a His Lordship opened his fire upon the place from 28 pieces of cannon, on the 25th March, and upon the same night the outwork called the l'icorina was taken by stbrm •by 500 men, formed into three detachments, lei by Major Sri "w, 74th regiment, Major RUDD, 77th, and Captain Puwus, of the 83d. The - whole under the immediate direction of Major- General KeraPr. This service was executed in the most brilliant manner. The works were strong, and defended by Colonel GASPAR THIRRRY, with 240 men alai seven pieces of cannon. Very few, if any, of the guriscin escaped. '" The enemy made a sortie at the same time from the myelin of St. Roque, but was immediatelydriven in.—This success has enabled Lord WRLLINGTON to open his second parallel within SOO yardsof the body of the place, against which place two batteries were opened upon the 26th.—I4aotrer's corps had cond. nued in the lints between Medelin and Llerena. In the night of the 25th Sir THOMAS GRAHAM marched against the latter place, but the French troops which occupied the town, had notice of his march, and retreated into the mountains. " Sir ROWLAND HILL was ;moving by De Guarina towards Medelin. The French army in Castle, tin der MARNIONT'S command, has not yet moved." GALLANT ACTION IN THE ADRIATIC. Accounts were this morning received at the Admi ralty, of a gallant action having been fought in the Adriatic between a British frigate and a gun-brig and an enemy's flotilla, consisting of a 74. gun ship and seven praams. The whole of the praams were captured or destroyed, and the 74 was beat off in a shattered condition. TRADE WITH RUSSIA. The last Anholt Mail brought an Imperial Ukase, which is of considerab4e importance to our Merchants. It is an arrangement in the nature of a tarif for the future trade with Russia, under which British cotton goods and raw sugar, among other articles, will be allowed to be imported into the Russian dominions. It is as follows : gXTRACT. " By the Grace of GOD, we ALEXANDER, Emperor and Autocrator of all the Russias, on the examina tion of the present state of our neutral trade, and atter hearing the opinion of the Supreme Council, we deem necessary to ordain— " I. To continue Air the year 1812, the regulations of trade issued for 1811. " 2. To add to the register of goods allowed to import such goods as are designated in the register annexed hereto. " S. To increase the duties on certain permitted goods speci fied in that register, in corisideration of the inland hultistry. " 4. To enforce all other arrangements ordered for the year 1811. (Signed) A LEXANDOR." 14 The original is signed by his Imperial Majesty, thus to be. " St. Petersburgh, Jan. fl, 1812. " I.IIDDIVIONAL REGISTER OF SUCH GOODS Al ARIL ALLOWED TO at IMPORTED, FOR THE YEAR 1812. " All kinds of machines, stands, instruments, tools, needles, &c. as are used for manufacturing cloths, laces, hosiery, &c. fine wire, forms for printing calicoes, tobacco cutters, files of all sorts, painters' brushes, pneumatics' and hydraulics' instru ments, duty free. kulua coins of gold. silver, and Copper, duty free. " Raw Buenos Ayres hides, sixty eopecs per hide. “....Staves not worked, niuety eopees per cask. _ . 11.-ADDITIONAL RIGISTER OF SUCH GOODS AS ASS ALLOWID TO II IMPORTED DURING TAIL TZAR 1812, IN TUC SLACK AND AZOW MIAS. " Sundry silk, cotton, and wonted piece goods, covertngs, caps, &c. from Turkey, pine boards, wooden utensils, &c. &c. 311r--11/01ST Ell or GOODS ON WHICO TUE DLITT It IAISID. IMPORT& " Needles of all kinds and sizes two reals per thousand. Raw Sugar, ten pals per pool Kumattch (thin cotton of all colours), fifteen copecs per arsheen. TIFORTI. " Butler, eighty copecs per Food. " The original is signed by the Presider• ^f the Department of Polizical Economy of the supreme Coui 31. /Aetna' TneAra r —The new Comedy, under the alkord title of Tie Soli, of Erns, was last night repeated, and was re ceived with the most distinguished applause. The du:sent. of Amozroon has been omitted, and a few other alterations have been made. "(he performers, in general, exerted themselves with great effect. BatAn.—This day, the Lord Mayor and Aldermen, after inspecting the keturns, ordered Bread to be continued at present prices. • Mr. WILEIE'S EXHIBITION of ALL THE PICTURES r me HAS PAINTED, including several which have never appeared before the Public, will open, at No. 87, Pall- Mall, on Monday, the 20th of April. HIGHGATE ARCIIWAY.—B•tween four and five o'clock yesterday morning, the Highgate Tur.nel fell in with a tremendous crash, and the labour of several months was, in a few moments, converted into a heap of ruins. Some of the workmen who were coming to resume their daily labour describe the noise that preceded it to be like that.of distant thunder. ft was the Crown Arch, near Hornsey-lane, that first gave; way, and the lane, in consequence, fell some feet deep, and instantly became impassable. The houses in the vicinity felt the fall like the shock of an earth. • quake. The number of persons whom the fineness lof the Weather attracted on Sunday to inspect the work was immense. Happily none were on the spot when the accident occurred. WM'AL NrALLIMVOL ......_ triLbtO ttrit, APRIL it. Arrived, three coasters from the nottheard. Wind East DEAL. APRIL IS. Arrived, the Peovintsca armed brig. egth t* ships from Cork. Came down from the Riper Majesty's ships DUNCAN and Thanes, to join squadron off Flushing ; and the Scaanoiouort, from Harwich, under .Nry-masts, to be fitted for imme diate service. Sailed, the whole of the ontward• bound coaster's and colliers, under convoy of the See. CULAtoR, , -Wind East. - tARMOUTH, APRIL is. Arrived the PiIICHEN gus-brig, from Iteligoland s the Clara Claus, Vzuoaa Hovax, from Ostend, with 1 butter and cheese ; and the Emanuel, P. MArruil -1 sox, from North Bergen, with oil an d fi s h, sent i n b y the r INCNER. Sailed this morni the Acura gun. , brig, with Sixte en Pilots , Air the iips of war bound up the Baltic. Five sail of men of war, bound fat the Testi, lay off here yesterday, and this morning they proceeded for theit destination. Remain in the Roads the Solebay, with the arrivals. LEITH. APRIL. IL The SNAKE sloop of wit went out of Leith batbour yesterday, alter being repaired. The Venus frigate sailed from the roads this morning on a cru:ze I and the RIFLED/AN sloop of war, with a convoy of loin saint to Gottenbutgh.—Remain in the roads, Ansicums (Hag ship) FEENET,NIONTINOALS,SNAItr i aIId SARTIP DON, sloops of war. The Elbe, YouNo, which sailed from Aberdeen on the 17th ult. for the Davis Streights fishery, has been obliged to put into Strom. ness to receive some repairs, being leaky. SPORTING IN7ELLIGRNCi. NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING, idif MONDAY, APRIL 13. Lord Sackvlle's 1. by Dick Az.drews, bought of Gamed Gower, 3 yrs old, sat. 71b. beat Major Wilsoa's e..• by Applegatth, dam by Don Quixote; yrs old, 751. Two/G.old Course, 100 gs h. ft. -Mr. Craven's Tooley, list. beat Mr. Howorth d s ltnalld , la. 716. Two-yr.-old Course ' 2 Ogs. Is. ft.-4 to SOn Tooley. Mr. Shakespear's Tumbler, beat Lord Oxford's Victoria, Bets 61b. each. Across the Oat. 100 gs. b. fr.-4 to Son Tumbler. Sweepstakes of 100 gs each, h. ft. for foab dropped is 1409 ;colts * Bst. 71b. fillies, Ast. 41b. Acre's the Flat. Sir 1. Shelley's cb. c. Comus, bE Sorcerer, out of Houghton Lass (mare untried) Mr. Watson's ch. c. by Trumpator, out of Lily (mare untried) Lord Roux's b. c. Ptolemy, by Quiz,out of Cobbea,by Sky scraper (both untried) • • II s to I on COMUL Sweepstakes of 100 gs each, b. ft . T. M. M. Sir F. Standish's c. by Mr. Teazle, 9st. elb. • 1 Lord Oxford's Morglana, 7st. 91b. - • • . 2 to 1 against Sir F. Standish. Mr. Shakespeare's Chester, beat Sir it V. Tempest's The graver, est. 71b. eaeh. T. M. M. 500 p.—S to 4on Chester. The Chippenham Stakes of 200 p each. T. M. M. Mr. Mellisb's Beverley, 7st. 11b. • - • I Mr. Craven's Dimity, fist. Bib. • • - • - Mr. Andrew's Morel, Bst. 101 b. • • - • I 4 to 1 apt. Beverley —even betting on Dlnatty-w 2 tot agst. Mord. Mr. Batson's Illumination, est. 31b. brat Duke of Grafton Nimrod, 7st. 141 b. AL M. 51gs.-7 to 4 on Illumination. Sweepstakes of 100 gs each; colts, let. 71b. fillies, Sat. 4lb. Ah.3l. Lord Cl. H. Cavendish's sister to Black Diamond - 1 Lord Rous's ch. c. Flamingo, by Quiz, out of Paiefses Mq Wyndbam's b. e. by Gohanna, out of Irinidada Lord H nclaingbrook's ch. c. by Haphazard, out or Mr. Poynts's Gohanna mare . • 5-to 4 apt Lord Cavendish. Lord Lowther's Yellow Hammer, beat M jot Stales Baker. gat. 41b. each, 114 M. 50 4 14.-3 to 1 ou YePo* Hanutaer. Belvoir Castle is tt this time the scene of sporeng festivities, the Duke of RUTLAND having no less chats fourteen fox-hunting friends resident with him at this time. RIOTS, IV; have grAt pleasure in being able td state, that by oar LEP ters from Manchester, received this morning', we karn, that the utmost tranquillity continues to prevail at that place. lndeed t we find that the accounts first circulated werehighly eaaggerateds It is true, that by the industry of some bad men, a great crowd was assembled on the eth, which, under the impulse of false sug gestions that their wages were to be lowered, taxes increawd o &c. &c. broke'the windows of the Exchange News-room; and k is true that some inflammatory band-bills were circulated :—bole disgraceful and incredible as the fact may sprer, tve state it ar ' the best authority, that one .f the moat ihsidious and infLuntnas tory bills given in the Loudon Papers, never appeared it Mane chester till seen in a certals Evening Paper, from which It will copied into the other London Papers of the following cloy. On Thursday night, about 12 o'clock, the extensive cloth maa nufuctory of Mr. Jos. Foster, of Horbury, near Wake&ld, wed surrounded by a large body of armed men who, after securing all the approaches to the premises, proceeded to break Into that pars of thelnill appropriated to the dressing of cloth, where they completely destroyed all the shears and flame% and demolished all the windows. They also broke into the etribbling mill and weav:eg shops, materially io)ured the machinery, and wantonly , damaged a quantity of warp, ready for the loom, and destroyed not merely the glass of the window, bdt th e frames, which Weird of east-trop, the windows of the dye-itoeres, the cdunti s ostemp; mi e and even the dwelling-houses contiguou s to t h e wor k the sante fate. At the commencement of these d=lovemia e.s a detachment from the main body invested the dw occupied by Mr. Fusret's sons they literally shiterie di r s Zs e r In pieces, and broke both the window and frantesksit to the lodgiog-room of the young m en , an d demanded trkieysliti the building under pain of :nitwit death. 'They dragged two of them out of bed, and tied them together, making them lie naked upon the fluor; the other they compelled to aceonspany them with the keys. Tie dwelling-houee occupied by the book-keeper was also broken Into, and his family treated with the Most brutal Ito& knee, and to complete the full measure of their guilt,they afteru wards set fire to the building, but which was happily extingtilshell after their departure, before it eommunka , ed to the mein ti.ly of the building, but not before very considerable dandge Ind been done. Sunday se'nnight,. about 12 o'clock, a number of armed nich t with their faces cortred, entered the Work.;thop bf Mr. s ante, of Snowgate.hrtad, near Holmfirtb, in the neighbourhood af Nude dersfkld, and broke all his dressing frames and shush,. They proceeded from thence to lions Coat, about a mile distskst 4 enter' td the dressing-shop of Mr. Joseph brook, and not content with bcpallttg h.s frames and cheats, which they enter. ly destroyed, they bFokranct dentolished his household furniture add all the win. doses. Front thence they proceeded to Reiriat, ne..r Howdy, about, three reties further, velure they arrived about two, o'clock, nod • entered the workshop of Mr. James &tusk, and broke one 'rime. welch was all he had, and which had been token dbwu Site weeks. From Cork we learn that on Saturday ee'neight a codelderabiti rtiob assembled in that ratty, and proceeded to break open the stores of a starch manufacturer, in coast-queued of its MOM beets rumoured that h e h a d pu r ch ase d clod laid by a quantity of geni tors, for the prosecution of his employment. The mach:eery was entirely destroyed. and the potatoes, to the atnouisi Of a'host 8100 worth, stuttered about and taken cif the timely arvital of the Sheriffs prevented any tanker ill sonsecinoncoa Wel the ems asseaddase.