Star. — London, England, 1812-11-05 00:00:00

F l I `~. !' f II ... SECOND ED ON, FTAIt-01710E, TWO O'CLOCX. We have this instant received Paris Papers to the . both ult. being a day later than those received on Sa tueclay last. Our sets consist of minor journals only no m a im,: being among them. They contain no ad di tidnal Bulletin from the French army in the North, and egy are even silent on the subject of the late distur bances, From this reserve, however, we can forth no estimate as to the present state of Paris. The Parisians, in the mean time, as will be seen by our extracts, are aro used with much entertaining matter—the balloon expedition of the Governor of Moscow, and a new co l d, furnish the present topics of coversation in the Coteries of Paris. We are glad to learn by the 1 , Vienna article, that the Turks are in motion ; Austria is evidently their object of attack : " PARIS, OCTOBER 29. a p r ivate letters from Moscow, of the 10th, com municate the agreeable intelligence that the Emperor enjoys the best possible state of health. " A considerable degree of curiosity has been ex 'Cited by the Gou-de-10-Science attached to the Grand Army, to be made acquainted with the principles bo a w hi c h the grand axial machine was made, with Which the wretch Roaroesonn4 undertook to annihi lem the French army—it was no less than a Balloon, whith was to carry up into the air fifty men, with lockets, hand grenadoes, and •cannister shot, which diet were to pour down upon the troops; but all ex periments totally failed—for the invention of this wicked, but ridiculous device, the Russians were, as usual, indebted to their allies, the English—and per lats the English General WILSON,, who was lately in scow, was the Engineer. The following are the vatticubtm of this business,' as communicated to the EMPint 3 " sib) 'the first week of June last, there arrived at *tow a ,person who called himself SCHMIDT, and ilk he was a native of Wurtzburg. This man, Who, there were strong reasons for suspecting to be an Englishman under a feigned name, was accom panied by an Aidelie.Camp, of Prince OLDEtf..." jillipla% who had also assumed a fictitious name. Stish established themselves in a house at Worozow, :four Wersts from Moscow, on the Kalouga road. A *.w days after their arrival, upwards of 500 work. twit Were sent to them from Moscow. Guards were stationed at all the gates leading to the place, and 10 person except those actually employed, was al. lowed to enter the premises. “ The Directors of the Establishment then made * demand of an enormous quantity of iron filings, incl gave an order on a merchant in Moscow, of the name of PREITNE, for 45,000 roubles worth of oil of IrittiOli PREITRE speedily shade his first delivery, and irlttifnediately received 20,000 roubles in ready-money. His second delivery, which consisted of 1500 pounds, ' was found at his warehouses about 40 wersts from :, Moscow; it was at the disposal of the Governor ROTOPCHIN : the latter, on the 4th September, pub lished a notice to caution the people against being alarmed at an explosion which was to take place $ nett days* was, he said, the trial of a machine which was to "exterminate the French army, and he made hilitself sure of success. " The Machine was not ready until the Bth : an experiment was made with it on the same day, but it would not leave the ground, A report was then . spread that some alterations were necessary, but a few days afterwards ROSTOPCHIN and bis associates re aounced this mighty project in order to manufacture , the .fire-works, with which they set fire to the city, . , when our army entered. !, ; "It appears that the above named SCHMIDT bad 1. s itftived from Vienna, furnished with passports, to en t. able him to enter Russia, and uth letters of credit , „ all furnished to him by the Russian Minister at the • i! - Impetial Court of Austria. He did not leave Moscow , • c . :, end' two or three days after the entrance of the vie -4 tom' trs French artily into the Capital." it THE NEW COMET. ' exTILACT PROM A PAPER READ TO THE TRENCH nf ,ari6TITUTEI AUG. 31, 1812, DT ht. NICOLZT. 14 A new Comet was discovered on the 20th of . July, by M. Potts, at Marseilles, and on the Ist of . Atigust following by M. Bottvsm at Paris. M. I ' Aatrrart• and myself calculated that the Conical . I would come nearest in contact with the Sun on the ; : Isth of September, 92'. 27". mean time, reckoned t from the midnight of Paris. 44 The distance from the Earth to the Sun being • taken as unity, that of the Comet in its perehelion will be 0,77,8354 " The longitude of its wending Nedels 25$'. IV. se. . " That of tbeperehelion on the orbit 9so. Sii. 50". 46 itsinclintlon on the Ecliptic 74°. W. WV. 0 The motion of the Comet is direct : in addition 'to Its slow motion, it affords a remarkable unifor mity hi longitude and latitude—and these two cir- calculations more diffi- cult of execution. " It approaches the Eatth very slowly. There %re some days when we know its place in the heavens -4 when the absence of the Moon adtnits of our ang it, on which it may be with the naked eye : its tail is nearly two degrees long. It may appear striking, to those who shall be able to chuse a convenient time and place for observing it ; but whatever may be the favourable circumstances under which it presents itself to our vision in France, it is I. ' • .1 _ . tar froth being theittletlt as the &milk of last yeitir. 'itenfisisited Many of those reinainink are it:lea—it)- ; But this is of little consequence to astronomers, who day twenty families have been taken up aad sent 40 do not found their observations upon the fugitive the Retiro as disaffected. Last week a spy was stran. characters which attend these phenomena. The Co- gled in the market-place, to the unbounded joy of met in question was at first seen and calculated upon . the populace. It is sad he was detected carrying without a tail, and might have disappeared in this letters from SOULT to the remainder of MARMONT'S state without causing the least regret among astrono. 1 1 army ; he was a Spaniard, and a Captain in the mers. If they now pursue its progress until it disap. • French service. pears, it will only be to perfect its elements, and to " The principal Theatre is shut up, and only one Iscertain if their series of observations furnishes any I Theatre open; the Opera-house is shut up also, all index on the subject of its revolution."—Journed de the performers having scampered off with JOSEPH and ,P,Empire. • I his French associates. With all the festivity, re " VIENNA, OCTOBER to. joicing, and shew of loyalty, the Spanish army are " Letters from Rudschuck state that great assem- of little service, and the people are sot hearty in the blages of Turkish troops are daily taking place there. cause ; they want a settled Government, and care not 'Their destination is unknown ; but every thing tends ' h w..et..er FERDINAND, WELLINGTON, or JOSEPH be to shew that we are about to take a more active part King : but they see no prospect of a settled Govern in thewar than heretofore. I ; meat from us, and they do not believe we can stay to "A private letter from the environs of Mount Cau-•' protect them if BONAPARTE conquers Russia." casus conveys the following intelligence :--It has been long known that the rich inhabitants and inva lids of Russia used to frequent the hot springs of Caucasus, and that they were in great repute. They suddenly disappeared in the month of March last, E and reappeared in April upon the ridge of the moun tain, but in much greater quantity, and much hotter than before, but not a drop was to be found in the scite occupied by the former buildings. The springs dis appeared without any earthquake or other percepti 7 ble phenomenon. New bath-houses have been hastily. 'onstructed where the springs new flow." THE ARMY. The Duke of YORK returned to town yesterday from Windsor, and held a Military Levee at his Office, and gave audience to a number of Officers: among them were General REaow, on his being appointed to the command of the brigade of the Royal Horse Guards (Blues), and the Life Guards, in Spain.— The gallant General is to be at Portsmouth tamor row►, to embark with the troops. There were also I present Sir JOHN DoYLK, Lieutenant Colonel GIBES, By recent Letters from the Isles of France and Bourbon, we are glad to find them prosperous. The regiments at port Louis are, the 12th, 72d, 86th, and 87th. The 22d regiment and the Bourbon Rifle Corps are at the Isle of Bourbon. Under so able a man as Governor FARQUHAR ; and a man of such pleasant manners and so beloved by the soldiery as Sir ALESANDRR CAMPBELL, these islands must prosper. 52d, Captain Itsvarrr, s'2d, Aid•cle-Camp to the CoMmander of the Forces in Ireland, Colonel KEIt• RIBON. BCc.. Colonel Govan, of the 87th regiment, is appointed Governor of Tares. Colonel MAYNE, of the Lusitanian Legion, has re-' turned to the Peninsula with the Life Guards. Tuesday the detachment of the Cheshire Militia, which had been doing duty on board the prison ships in Hamoaze, were relieved by a detachment of the Lancashire. The Forfar Regiment of Militia marched from Tynemouth Barracks, on Monday last, for Stockport, in Cheshire. The Lisbon Mail of yesterday brought us several letters from the array. They add but little to the details in the public dispatches respecting the siege of Burgos. One from an Officer at head-quarters, after stating some facts with which we were before acquainted, adds, “ that, notwithstanding the ob. stinacy of the defence, the confidence of the army continued unbounded in their gallant and often-tried 'leader, and that it is the general expectation, that with his exertions, the place must soon fall. The army is by no means so sick as might be expected at this season 'of the year. In the mean time the J army in front, commanded by CLOISSEUL, which now exceeds 30,000 men, threaten to advance and make us raise the siege. The Officer who commands in ' the Castle is a Colonel, and volunteered the defence : he is the same Officer who foiled the various attempts of Sir HOME Poenam, and made many Midshipmen and seamen prisoners at different places. For this service it is said BONAPARTE Will make him a Gene ral, and a Baron of the Empire." Notwithstanding the bravery, the patience, the confidence of the besieging army before Burgos, we are concerned' to state, that the latest accounts from Lisbon express some apprehension that the Marquis of WELLINGTON will be induced.to abandon the siege as a hopeless enterprize, and not to be achieved with out a great loss of valuable lives.—Before the Mail came away it was known, that the Guards and 91st Highlanders had landed at Corunna, and were on their way to join the army : together, this fine body of men will not make more than 2200, which, it appears by our letters, will barely compensate for the Ise losses. es If it is seriously intended (says one of our correspondents) to support the Marquis of WEL LINGTON and the cause, why were not 15,000 men 'sent over to him immediately after the glorious%attle L oaf Salamanca ? An extraordinary exertion at that time would have produced an economy of both men and Money. Has the cause that flourished so much at that time withered and been left to decay for want of support ?" Among the deaths of several valuable Officers in the Peninsula, particular regret is expressed for Cap. tain RENNET, 9th regiment, acting Engineer at Bur- seisms etreawee TO I • ittyt it 4 Tin KtW raammatirt.. Assiut's, Clty, Etc.—James Farquhar, Esq. gos. The loss of another ,valuable and able man is c ak y ow , La Toi.che, sad Mr. Dam. ..-1 I ris. much felt, Doctor GRAY, Inspector of Hos pital s , , , ....sua ke. Right Hon. William C.Phaten. ir Milne. Esq. who fell a sacrifice to his great zeal and persevering ' I EVI L , c ount y...4 ft Li T„ cims and H . I . cu mmt ,' , Esq. attention to the sick of 'the army.—He was a man . Losecommi CeantP••• o46 •_ 10111114.0111 Artbor = d ll4l. • KTILING, &C. Borough --L iles of profound skill and great information in every i c .GTKZALAND....iatit, Macdonald, Esq. • branch of knowledge. Among the deaths in Spain, ; • a great proportion is of the Medical Gentlemen.- I Letters from Kinsale, received this morning, are perfectly silent respecting the loss of the Orazembo. A Letter from an Officeer of the Third Division w e are, therefore, strongly inclined to believe that of our Army in Spain, dated Madrid, October 11 , I the original report of the loss of this vessel ;as a says :—. 4, Nothing could be more gay than we have ' cruel fabrication, for some purpose which we cannot been in this gayest of capitals—plays, dinners, balls, 4 ivine. masks, concerts, Sm.' Since General HILL's army :At one o 'clock on Saturday morning, a brilliant meteor was observed to pass over Glasgow. It moved came to Aranjuez this place has been crowded with in a southern direction. It gave out a great many the Officers of the Second Division, whom we have sparks, and illuminated the streets for about half a not seen for a long period : the Officers of the Fourth minute. Division are likewise daily in from the Escuriel. 1 The Panics REGENT has granted a respite, during " General PACKENHAM has taken up the Marquis. AP nleasure, to James Stewart and William Arthur, r - under sentence of death in the ja il of Glasgow. of WELLINGTON'S quarters in the palace : but that i The Northern Meeting commenced at Inverness able officer Genetal Baron ALUM commands us.— on the 21st ultimo : though the weather presented DON CAnLos is here, and lives in a most splendid unusual obstacles to travelling at this season of the state rile has replaced the municipality in theFreach year, the attraction which it has invariably afforded, induced the gay and fashionable from every part of interest by a patriotic one ; and a tribunal sits, which the country to assemble on this interesting occasion. daily tries the cause of thOse who have had more or .—Owing to the unfavourable state of the weather,. less intercourse with the French, and have favoured . the sports of the field afforded but little enjoyment ; their interest. 1 this was , h° ll Thrs fully compensated by the social in `tercourse 401 fitime b9ll/Cip and the brilliancy of "The property of all those who went away with the.bailooefik losszx ( and it includes most tif the weak nobility ) la , . •, ' ' • . - The 23d regiment of Dragoons, which fell a me morable sacrifice at Talavera to a misunderstood order, musters now nearl 790 mounted men, and have received the Mite to embark at Liverpool for Dublin. .By a lette.'hom Aranjuez, the head-quarters of Sir Rowlduct, ILL'S division of the army, we learn that Sir EDWARD PAGRT, K. 13. joined on the Ilth ult. and of course took the command, being next in rank to Lord WELLINGTON. ' . By command of his Royal Highness the PRTNCE REGENT, the Commander-in-Chief has signified to the Officers of the 10th Hussars, that it is his Royal Highness's pleasure that the Officers of that Regi ment, stationed in and near London, shall not ap pear in future in any other dress than regimentals. We understand it is ,in contemplation to extsnd this regulation to every regiment in the service. It will be recollected that, after the Marquis of WELLINGTON'E first unsuccessful assault of Burgos, a hue and cry was g.46sd of tbe,wantir—not of skill— but of strength in the Engineer Department of his Lordship's army, We had the satisfaction of being the first to announce a remedy, in the immediate 1 equipment of about 150 sappers and miners to join the army in the Peninsula ; and it has since been as serted by some of our contemporaries that this is the first supply which his Lordship has received of this species of force. This is a mistake, tor a detach ment thereof, to the amount of 1(10 men, embarked for the Peninsula in the month of March lest. The Gentlemen Cadets belonging to the Junior Department of the Royal Military College, having resumed their studies on the 2uth of last month, in the new edifice prepared for the reception of the In stitution, at Sandhurst, near Bagshot ; the 96th was the day appointed for the reception of new Students. Upwards of fifty were presented, and, alter the usual examination, admitted into the College. We under stand that all the inconvenience to which this Insti tution was subject, while at Marlow, by reason of its local situation, and the want of suitable acconimo 1 dation, are now completely done away by its removal. The personal comfort of the young gentlemen, and their moral discipline, having been the principal ob- Ljects kept in view in the construction of the new buildings, as well as in their appropriation. The IQUICZN, it is reported, is to pay a visit to the College, ln a short time, is order to presenta stand of colours Ito the Institution. GENERAL ELECTION. tam Nina-aka The following letters were {posted at Lloyd's Cote& Honse, yesterday evening : • • . . go How, OCTOBER 17. "Lieutenant WILLIAM Biwtaa, who had beta irfornted that fourteen veueb were on shore oa the lith, on the island of Ha gen, were a pari of the convey of the ETHALION titter, and formed part of the convoy of the Ctwrintt, 'which was unfor tunately lost, as Lieutenant BoWtti was intonned by the Lot& 'sunder of the Estuarr gun-brig." 46 RANO-RAY, OCTOBER IV. " A leiter from Messrs. Wicatissos and Co. states that sevb rat of the vessels, which were seated to have been lost, put to Wingo Sound and Haho Bay. The convoy sailed yesterday, under a fair wind. Rear-Admiral MORRIS wruck his oa board the Vroo yesterday, and proceeded over land by way oi Gottenburgh." • TORBAY, NOVEMBER S. Sailed last evening after post, the American shit Experiment, prize to the Rover sloop of war, toe Plymouth. Arrived this morning, and Bailed again, his Majesty's ship LINNET, ou a cruize.--,Wind W. PLYMOUTH, NOVEMBER 2. Sailed the Boning, 38 guns, for the Brest station; P 4 the MELPOII4E, 38 guns, for Portsmouth; and the GLENOIRE ketch, with dispatches for Cadiz and Gis - braltar.—Arrived the Favovarre, 18 gam, from Portsmouth.—The PHCESE, of 36 guns, went from Hamoaze to the Sound ; she goes to Portsmouth to. • wait for orders.—The Beauceout.e frigate sloths to: night.--Arrived the following merchantmen, irate. Quebec, with 'Cargoes of timber for his Majesty'S dock-yard at this port, viz. the Lady Juliana, asit. KEY, belonging to London; Good Intent, Rosany, and Hardy, FORSTER, belonging to Newcastle ; the Union, &um, bound to this port for orders ; d the Canada, both from Quebec, with cargoes of Cm ber, put into Cawsand Bay yesterday—the former is in a leaky state, and has been much damaged at sea, The above vessels sailed on the Ist October, in coin. party with the fleet under convoy of the Paostsrusoll sloop of war, which passed up Channel on Saturday last with only two sail : the fleet on the passage ex. perienced very bad weather, and many have been da maged, but not materially ; the greater part were dispersed ; those that put into Cawsand Bty last week, to wait convoy for the Eastward, tema:n there. Also arrived the HOPE, belonging to Portfrn. nth, Mitts Master, from Waterford, with a cargo of pro visions for this port and Weymouth ; sailed - on Wed nesday last : the Three Brothers, JOHNS, from Pen zance • Ebenezer, CLYRNA, from Truro; and the Dove, PEREINS, from Fahalouth and Penryn.—Wind South West. PORTSMOUTH, NOVEMBER 4. Arrived the Dinatems, from Corunna, last front Plymouth ; the MELPOMENE, from Plymouth ; the ' Ref/awns, from Cadiz ; and the Kingston transport; from the Cape of Good Hope. The Corte, of Lon don, from Goree, passed this port last evening London. The Patent, MlMasrett, from Jamaica ; and London, Baows, from Oporto, having landed part of their cargoes at this port; went out of harbour to Spithead this afternoon, and will sail with the next convoy to the Downs to deliverthe irmainder. The wind is now apparently coming fair for the outward-bound, in which case the greater parr, it ant . the whole, will positively sail to-morrow. DEAL, NOVEMBER 4. • Arrived' this morning in the Downs, the Norfolk packer, BARNARD ; Phoenix, Ross ; and the Fingal, DAVIS, from the Baltic, bound to Plymouth. Came down from the River, the Maitland East-It:di:man, for India; and the Cape packet, for the Cape, with three other merchantmen.—Wind N.W. • SHEERNESS, NOVEMBR 4. Sailed the extra convoy for Gottenburgh, under protection of the STARLING. The next still not fail until specially applied for. The home s ward-bound Baltic fleet are fast arriving. YARMOUTH, NOVtMBER 4. Passed through the Roads to the southward the GALLANT. Arrived the Princess of Wales cutter, with a Danish schooner, her prize, laden with stock fish, which she captured of the eastward of the Dogger. MILFORD, NOVEMBER e. Arrived the Dove, Bot.Locx. from Bristol, for Cork ; Hope, THOMAS, from Cork, for Newport; Heart of Oak, WELLS, from Chepstow, for Plymouth; Wellington, EVANS, from Glasgow, ftr Cork; Catha rine, FRANCIS; Ceres, EVENS ; and Ageora. James, from Swansea, for- Waterford : John, HATS and Sisters, JONES, from Wexford, for ibis port. The vessel that sailed fur the purpose tf relieving the Lightmen on the Smalls in St. George's Channel has not yet been able to effect a landing ;.but the u ea ther is again become moderate, and it is hoped they will do so this day. Sailed the Camden ?acket, Cap. Lain CHARLES NUTTALL, for Waterford, with Mr. COaoNAD, Mr. MULLIN, Mr. CARNEY, Mr. FAROE, and Captain CHADWICK. RETRACT OF A LETTER FROM RANO t DATED OCTOBER 19. ' Of the convoy that sailed on the 9th, a great number of vessels are come back, and among them are the Harmonia, Haut; and the Catherine, SCHULTZ j—neither of these ships has sustained the least damage. The convoy sailed with the fairest prospects ; we have seen dispatches from this rendez. vows, but it appears, that from the day they left Kano, they were enveloped in a thick fog, which Captain HrLert describes as the darkest he ever met with, and it continued all the time he has been'out horn this circumstance, the ships of war were in a manner useless, as it was impossible for the merchant Wessels to keep with them. The convoy sailed on Friday, and on Sunday had reached the entrance of the Belt, when a heavy gale came on, and several vessels were lost on the Watch coast, it is la yet accurately known how many, but Captain HILCIF says be saw twelve on shore. We know of one ship being taken by the Danes, and we fear when the correct returns are received, a great number will be found captured or stranded. Admiral Monais has struck his flag on board the \rum,. and .proceeded yesterday over land to Gottenburgh. In consequence of this arrangement, the Vito remains bere some time longer, but nothing farther has transpired about convoy or sailing instructions. The convoy of the 19th ult. from Gottenburgh, arrived oft this place oa the 17th instant. Rip as yet safe." •* ,i