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■ I' ,1 THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. SATURDAY, OCTOBER QS, 1818. PRICE or STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. itri—bCon. sait—for ate. Mit Der Ct. 'lf 111—S per Ct. asii—Omn. lb. 141 Ani. 14/11.1edis....india Bands par is. di a. Ilarimpur Bab M. is. prom. The Cabal Extramfinary of last night, although of a moderate length, contains intelligence of mote Importance than any which has been communicated from the North of Germany since the commencement of this glorious campaign. We had indeed the satis faction to anticipate the subsutnce of these gratifying details in our columns of yesterday ; but want of room precluded us from giving - any elucidation of the positions of the contending armies, or of the events necessarily within the scope of their movements.— But before we proceed to the labours of the day, let us remind our Readers, that we never gave currency to the predictions of our cotemporaries, that Bow*. PARTE would winter at Dresden—that he would de tach Austria from the alliance ; nay, we did not be lieve, that after Austria had declared war a single native Germin born between the Vistula and the Gulf of Venice, would remain in the French ranks except upon compulsion. Out language always was " out of Dresden he must tome—and we kept telling our Readers, with the Emperoi of Avsnuat, that there was a flame spread. ing in Germany which no Congress and no mediator could extinguish. "Is is ems P' BONAPARTE has left Dresden on his retreat—Bavaria has joined the Ames; and, among the subjects of the dotard King offazoxv, there are now none so poor "to do him reverence b "—a just punishment for the many " Trea. sons" which he has committed against them I Sir CHARLIE STEWART'S dispatches come first in orders they are dated at Toplitz on the Ist instant. On that clay the reinforcements under General BIN. 311033124, amounting to 80,000 men, having arrived upon the plains of Toplitz, were reviewed. Next day the Grand Allied Army, not less than 150,000 strong, inclbding the whole Austrian force, debouched from ths_passes itt several columns, taking the roads of Chemnitz and Freyberg, with their videttes and ad vanoed guards in the direction of Leipsic. It would' appear that the venerable Patriarch of the Russian - Patriots, PLATOM our old and tried friend-a-be who in this degenerate age was the only. individual firm and resolute enough to offer a reward to the Hero who should stop the further effusion of home* blood, by stopping the breath of the Cerberus from who* throat it flowed—PLArors, we say, was previously dispatched to clear the way with his sturdy Pioneers, _the Cossacks of the Don and Wolga. At Altenburgh, on the 18th or 29th, they fell in with the erste of the French cavalry, 8,0(X) in number, with a small portion of infantry (probably dismounted dragoons), and a host of Afatneluies and Tartars.... The Cossacks no doubt mistook these motley war riors as the Corsican's body guard, and set off full gallop, with three hurrahs for Miss ANWILICA PLA• tom, and the Million of Roubles as her dowry.— 'Alley were mistaken, howeirer—BONAPARTIC was not there, it was one o( his cowardly representatives, in the person of General LEFUVRE, who had been sent after the deserter THIELMAN, but was on his return from a bootless errand. The Cossacks put the whole to the route, took 1,500 prisoners, and five pieces of cannon. So much for the operations in front, or to the Southward of Dresden; let us now visit the Nor thern and - Western extremities of the Saxon capital. The CROWN PRINCE, apprised of the movement upon Leipsic from Bohemia, instantly pushed across the Elbe, taking the same direction, and carrying all before him. But we are at the same time agreeably surprised to hear of General &mimes appearance on the same ground. This' enterprising Chieftain having executed to admiration the important branch of the service entrusted to his care, in clearing Silesia of the enemy and driving him back upon Dresden, took a direction westward along the river Elster, keeping Dresden on his left flank, and he has now crossed the Elbe at Ester, the place where the river of the same name fags into the former. This judicious and spirited movement, besides inflicting a severe loss upon the French corps which opposed the crossing of the river, brought BLecnea's army nearer to Leipsick than that of the CROWN PRINCE; for the cavalry of the former, immediately after BISTRAND'S defeat, occu pied Dieben, twenty miles from Leipsick. Thus the Allied Armies, are directly opposed to the retreat of the French army from Dresden, and they are at, least double in numbers ; they are, be tide', io the best possible state of discipline and equip :nent, and they are commanded by military Chiefs, whose energies have been called forth by the awful cir cumstances of the times, and among whom no jealou sies exist, except the jealousies peculiar to noble minds. —Veterans like BLUCHER, WITTGENSTEIN, PLAYOFF, D'Yone, and the PRINCE ROYAL of SWEDEN, whose heads are in Kamschatka and whose hearts are in Ben coolen—backed as they are by the unanimous voice of civilized Europe, are not to be foiled by the whip. sters who command the French armies ; and if they now extricate themselves, Their salvation must de pend upon one of those miraculous coufts de Forwssc • which tared the easities 114 en the Beterpet, glad which dryirlued the wag of she service! of Mousatt. The whole twiny beetteee the Elbe and the Rhine now eilithlts oot continued forest of bayonets, inter spersed octasionally with groOpes of unerring lances, wielded by the hoary disciples of PLarorr. and through these barriers BONAPARTX gust pass, and that shortly. We are not stupid enough to believe that this fiery comet will be so eccentric in its course as to bolt from Deaden northward in the direction of Ilerlin,.and plunge " hissing hot" into the Vistula and Oder. Such a threat has indeed been thrown out by some of our cotemporaries, who are probably more in the 'secrets of their degraded hero's policy, because their minds are more akin than ours. Leipsick, in all probability, will be the scene of the dresdlul battle which is to decide the fate of Europe, or. rather the fate of BONAPARTeS dynasty. The town itself is a place of no strength, nor is it tenable for any length of time like Dresden; but the plains around it have been frequently selected for the trial of strength between contending armies. In the thirty years war, the Swedes had twice the honour of de feating the Imperialists near it. As might be ex pected, rumour is busy on the Continent in assigning place and date to an anticipated contest of a decisive nature. It cannot, however, have taken place previous to ' the 11th or 12th instant, or, if it did, it most have terminated unfavourably to the French, for the Paris Papers of the 18th make-no mention of any military event. The extracts which we have given from them to-day, nevertheless present us with a curious article. It is a Tirade, (Chapter Ist) against the CROWN PRINCE OF SWEDEW, and is the first splenetic effusion which has been risked by his antagonist on the subject. —As is the case with all dealers in malignity without wit and abuse without reason, the •irtues of the CROWN PRINCE are converted into their bane and an tidote. The battle of Dennewits, in which he foiled the Thane of Moskwa, must hwio called forth this volley of grape-shot. " The destinies of BONAPARTE are unalterable." Certainly—all hopes to the con trary are "chimerical," most undoubtedly, sagacious Sophist—if your major be correct—namely, that the CnOws PRINCE of SWEDEN is a man who has— " flattered, served, betrayed in their turn the factions which disputed for power; jealous of military talents which he despaired of equalling—uneasy amidst the re-establishment of order—secretly tormented by am. bitions desires—ungrateful by character—taking his vanity for elevation, and his natural restlessness -for genius." A Lisbon Mail arrived this morning, brought by the Duke of Kent packet, arrived at Falmouth : she left Lisbon on the 12th instant. The following are the only extracts from.the Lisbon Paper worth giving: 14 LISBON, OC POSER It. " We have melancholy accounts from Gibraltar. A very bad fever rages there, by which from 12 to 19 persons are said to die daily. 4 4 Cadiz is still healthy, and as yet we are free here. 14 A brig of war just arrived from Cadiz., reports the deaths at Gibraltar to be more numerous than those mentioned." " ZARAGOSSA, SEPTEMBER 27. " Souk's army, reduced to 40,000 men, has retro graded in order to go into winter quarters. His head quarters, with 8000 men, are in Bayonne. His ca ♦alry have dispersed for want of forage, and are re duced to 4000 men." Yesterday, Lord CHARLES Sosattscr attended at the Secretary of State's Office for the War and Co lonial Department, to make arrangements for his de parture to the Cape of Good Hope. The first stone for the new Custom House is to be laid next Monday. AU the Cabinet Ministers, and other Official Gentlemen, are expected to be present. The Earl of Livartroot., as First Lord of the Treasury and Prime Minister, is expected to lay the stone. The ceremony of the investiture of the Emperor ALEICANDIa with the Insignia of the Order of the Garter, took place at Toplitz on the 27th tilt. His Imperial Majesty at the same time conferred a Rus sian Order on Sir T. TY/Mali?. The young Officers lately arrived in this country from their captivity at Verdun, give a most deplor able account of the internal state of France. Houses of all descriptions are to be had for any thing of fered. At the fashionable towns, the female dress, chiefly mourning, afforded a melancholy proof of the• ravages which the war has made in domestic happiness. J. G. Snannicx, Esq. has relinquished freehold property to the amount of ig68,000, left him by T. H. News's, Esq. in Lincolnshire, in favour of the natural children of the said Mr. NEWBY ; Mr. S. ex pressing, that " he could accept of no such gratuity by will, or otherwise, where there were either legiti mate or illegitimate children." Lady L. FORRESTER has received a clasp pocket. book, which she lost in Bond-street last spring, con taining bank-notes to the amount of se2so, through the honesty of a young man, the brother of a foot man to Mr. PEMBERTON, of Cambridge. A quarrel took place some time ago between two French prisoners of war, on board the Sampson pri son ship, at Gillingham Reach, when Benoir Robert, who conceived himself insulted, insisted that Jaques Sotron should tight him in a duel : not having any weapon on board, they unrivetted the blades of a pair of scissars, which they strongly attached to two sticks, each about a yard long, with which they fought. The duel took place on the 2d instant, when Sotron inflicted a mortal wound on his adversary, of which he lingered till Thursday lash when he died. TheC,oroner's Jury returned & verdict of Self-Defeoce. NiMiL V Dublin . - a Waterford Cadiz • Lisboa Malta , /fillt. cat. AR*. vvs o s Heligoland g 0 - 0 S potteabursh - o . 1 O 1 Oserusey 1 0 • 0 1 Jersey - • 0 1 Coruna& • 0 • FALMOUTH, OCTOBER EL Arrived the Reward transport from Passage, in 16 days. She left Passage under convoy of his Majesty's ship NIGER with about thirty sail :—on the llth ex perienced a gale, in which the Rew:rd lost her main mast ; on the evening of the same day was driven into Doverninner Bay, and found lying there his Ma jesty's ships QUEEN CHARLOTTE, MAGNIFICENT, HAN. NIBAL, DUBLIN. CLARENCE, and WARSPITZ. The PTEAINUS frigate, and Rovausr brig arrived there on the 16th inst. The Reward left she Bay yesterday morning.—Wind S.S.E, fresh gales. PLYMOUTH, OCTOBER 21. Arrived the Apollo, belonging to SOUIMVOId, THOMAS CALVXR, muter, from Riga, with a cargo of hemp for his Majesty's dock yard at this port ; the Rover, HAMMOND, from Lancaster and Liverpool; the John, OLDREIVI4 from London ; Triton, TYAOICp from Bristol ; Susanna, WA/Issas ; Hastings, Roun tree, and the John, Dove, from Sunderland ; and ymonth Naval transport, LDD, from Pr/o.2month. Arrived this morning the WARSPITI and SULTAN men of war, from the Channel fleet; the latter brought in with her a brig, in ballast, which she fell in with near Brest a few days since, without any one on board—the AJAX and HOTSPUR in sight at the time. It is supposed, from her appearance, she was an ene my's vessel; also arrived the Pomena, COATH, from London. PORTSMOUTH, OCTOBER St Sailed the whole of the outward-bound for Spain, Portugal, and the Mediterranean, under convoy of the AIVOLI I TUSCAN, and GRASSHOPPIR. Also sailed the CYANE for Madeira and the Coast of Africa, with a fleet; SNARE sloop of war, with the West India ships, to join convoy at Cork ; and RAPID schooner for Plymouth.—Went out of Harbour the VOLON. TAME and GARLAND.--The sunk ship proves to be the Queen Charlotte, Captain Jacicsow, bound to the Cape. She was ran down off Beachy Head by the Henry transport. The Queen Charlotte kept both pumps going, in hopes of getting the vessel into har bour, but the leak increased, and she sunk off the Buoy of the Nabb, Isle of 'Wight. The crew were all saved except the Mate, and were picked up by the boats of the BARHAM. It is expected the vessel will be got tsp.—Wind E. DEAL, OCTOBER VI Sailed his Majesty's ship Nonor., for off the Scheldt. Arrived the DANT-STIER sloop of war, from a cruize off the Scheldt ; and the SWAN cutter, from off Beichy Head. Sailed the NTSIPII cutter, with the Hero, Hale, and Milford transports. The Prussian ship Die Stade Berlin, Captain H. KIR/HOFF. from Lon don, was sunk off the Dogger Bank on the 14th inst. in a violent gale at N.N.W.: two men drowned ; Captain, Supercargo, and remainder of the crew,' picked up by the Aaaow schooner, bound to Liver- pool, and afterwards put on board his Majesty's , schooner PICIUY, and landed here this day.—Wind E. HARWICH, OCTOBER n. The Diana packet, Captain M'Dorouoir, arrived late last night from Gottenburgh, with a Russian Messeriger and dispatches, which were immediately forwarded to London : it is understood sbe brings a report of Bavaria having joined the Allies. The Lady Frances, Captain RUTTER, aad Beaufoy, Capt. NORRIS, have come in to-day from Heligoland, but bring nothing of any importance whatever. The National Advocate (an American War-Offiee vehicle) states the following to be the true strength ' of the hostile squadrons on Lake Ontario : AMERICAN Guns. Durum. Guns. Corvette ship Geo. Pike 28 Ship Gen. Wolfe • 28 Ship Madison - 24 Royal George - 24 Brig Oneida 12 Brig Earl Moira - 18 • Schooner Sylph - 10 A new brig - - 18 Gov. Trunkine - . 4 Schooner Prince Regent 16 Conquest - . - 2 Sir S. Smith - • 14 Ontario - I 2 Growler - • 8 - ----- Pert - - I Julia Lady of the Lake - 1 1 Total 127 Total 84 The American Papers contain the following article: Cummurrox, AUGUST 21.—Yesterday arrived at this port the fiae new privateer schooner Decatur, Captain DOMINIQUE DIRON, from a cruize of 85 days, bringing in with her as prizes, his Britannic Majes ty's schooner Dominica, Lieutenant GEORGE W. BARRETTE, late Commander, captured on the sth instant ; and the British ship London Trader, Cap tain SINCLAIR, from Surinam, bound to London,!cap tared on the following day. ICILLLD AND WOUNDED ON BOARD TUE DECATUR.--Kilted 3—Wounded 16, one of whom (the carpenter) since dead. " ON BOARD TaR DOMINIC4,-1(01rd Id—Wounded 47, fin or whom are since dead of their wout.cl4.--Total killed and woun. ded 60. Among the killed are G. W. Barrette, Ceinnumder Mr. J. Seeker, Master; Mr. D. Brown, Purser ; Mr. Archer and Mr. Parry, Midshipmen. Wounded, Mr. J. Nichols, Mid shipman. The Surgeon and one Midshipmen were die only of l eers on board who were not killed or wounded. The Lieute tenant was left on shore sick." OM. It will be seen by the following letter, that the plague has ceased at Malta : • " Lionoax, Serrausea 24. " Captain Zeno, commanding the sebeck the Conciliator, left • Malta the ISth of this month,wlth a licence, brings us the agreable news, that the plague bad sensibly diminished in that island.— Since the Bth of September there was not any either taken sick or died in the city. Of the 24 •illages which the island contains, i three only were tainted with the plague, and these were entirely separated front the rest of the island. The city was without any communication with the country. The Magistrates of Heal* had published, that if, in forty days, reckoning from the Bth of September, there did not appear any more symptom of contagion, all the communications would be re-established, and the business suspended would spin be resumed." i'miN•lllMg SPORTING nvmuczycz. pun NEIVSEMUCET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING, ISIS. OCTOIIII Mr. Eden Accident, lat. sb. apt Major Won's f. by Se. 7nt. Ob. B. M. tangs. It. ft. Doke of Grafton's Vidal brat Mr. Andrew's Corporal...• No apt Wand. THE ARMY. 'Major Mrs*, of the Ist Hussars, King's Oernran Legion, is proceeding immediately to Stralsund. The Aberdeenshire Militia arrived on Saturday at Chatham. The Argyle and East Kent Militias are arrived at Portsmouth, from Cork. The East-Kent Regiment has been disemb 'rked at Portsmouth, and has since marched to Parehan, Hants, where it at present remains. A detachment of the 42d regiment, under the com mand of Ensign M , lsliveN, were landed at Gravesend from Inverness, a few days since. The following detachments are under orders for the West Indies:-Ist bats. 18th regiment, at Jersey, for Jamaica; 6th batt. 60th regiment, at Lymington, for ditto ; 101st regiment, at Hull, for ditto ; and Ist Batt. 96th regiment, at Jersey, for Barbadoes. The Oxfordshire Militia embarked on Thursday last at Bristol for Ireland. They were to sail yesterday, and as the wind was quite fair, it is supposed their passage will be expeditious and favourable. The volunteering from the Militia into the Line took place at Portsmouth on the 19th, 20th and 21st instant, where a number of Officers and parties from the Line were previously assembled. Much exertion and persuasive eloquence were of course resorted to, to induce the men to volunteer ; and it is understood that large sums of money were distributed among the Volunteers by the parties previous to the 19th, the first day of commencing. When the order for volun teering was directed to be read by the General Officer commanding, the 46th Regiment was decidedly the favourite corps ; and we understand got nearly the I whole of the volunteers from that garrison. Muth praise is due to the O ffi cers of that Regiment, whose great zeal and unremitting exertions were particularly conspicuous. TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR. Sta—l have to request the enclosed Copy of an Order issued by his Excellency Field Marshal Bean- FORD, immediately after the storming of St. Sebas tian, on the 31st of August last, in which such ample justice is done to the conduct of Colonel MACLEAN, and the detachment of Portuguese infantry employed under him on that occasion, may as sooq as possible appear in your universally read and much-admired Paper. " His Excellency cannot omit to particularise the conduct of the whole detachment of the 10th Brigade of Portuguese Lt faotry employed under the commrod of Colonel Mecerem e the storm. It merits the highest praise —never more deter mined bravery abeam our better order preserved than by the above mentioned detachment. It was the admlratirin of all. Co. lonel MACLSAN will accept, and Give to Major hstuoaa•ss, to the Officers, Noo•cesruWassoned Officers, and Saldkrs, the assts. ranee, of the admiration and the thanks of his Excellency.", It may not, perhaps, be generally known, that the above-mentioned gallant and promising young so). dier has within these few years completely diilk , 4l, formed, and led into the field of battle, two strong battalions of Portuguese Infantr r, the 19th and 44th, et thehead of each of which he has distinguished himself, particularly at the battle of Busaco, by a gallant and successful charge on a body of the enemy, and after wards at the affair of Benevente, where he received a wound from a musket-ball, which passed through his body, and for a time disabled him. T trust I shall be excused for thus dwelling on a subject so near my heart. I flatter myself it will be read with pleasure by all who know him, and by none with more pride • and exultation than by one who has the honour to subscribe himself AN OLD SOLDIER. Major SYDENHASE leaves town in a few days on a mission into Germany. It is said the Duke of Bitiroan is gong to Spain. Mrs. 3ORDAN is engaged at Covent garden Theatre. ifrtaxerwer, with the whole of its admirable Music, is getting up at Drury-lane, with all the vocal s tr engt h of the house. Arbaca and Mandates, by BRAHAK and Mrs. DICKONS. 'lbis friendly rivalship is as it should be. When Greek meets Greek then comes the 46 enchantment of sweet harmony!" COVENT GARDEN THEATRIL---7 Ise Beggar', Of was acted at this Theatre last night, for the purpose of introducing Miss STEPHENS in the character of My. The play itself is among the most popUlar of our dramas, and one which the public are always glad to have some new excuse for seeing acted again. Its merits are peculiarly its own. It not only delights, but instructs us, without our knowing how • although it is at first view equally offensive to good taste and common decency. The materials, indeed, of which it is composed, the scenes, characters, and incidents are in general of the lowest and - most disgusting kind ; but the Author, by the sentiments and reflect. t=ons which he has put into the mouths of highway men, turnkeys, their wives and daughters, has con. vetted the motley groupe into a set of fine gentlemen and ladies, satirists, and philosophers. What can be more galling than the argument, used by these would. be politicians, to spew that in hypocrisy, selfishness, and treachery, they are far behind some of their bet ters ? The exclamation of Mn.: Peachew, when her daughter marries Alfaclicati, " Hussey, hussey, yon will be as ill used and as much neglected as if you had married a Lord," is worth all Miss HANNAK MuRZ'S well-intended invectives on the laxity of the manners of high life ! The innocent and amiable Polly tound a most interesting representative in Miss .STEPHINS. Her acting throughout was simple, unaffected, graceful, and full of tenderness. The manner in which she gave the song in the first act, " But he so teased me," &c. was sweetness itself; the notes undulated through the house, amidst mur murs of rapturous applause. She gave equal anis oration and feeling so the favourite air, “ Cease your funning." To this, however, as well as to some other of the songs, a more dramatic effect might, perhaps, be given. There is a severity of feeling, and a plain. tiff sadness, both in the words and music of the in this Opera, on which to , , much stress not laid. The Play was given out for repetisisit Wed. nesday amidst the loudest acclamations.. :PM house was thronged in almost every part, at as arty hove.