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,ATd DAY IaOMI4'OktEITII. FROM S, ADMIRALTY-OFFICE, MARCH OM. • Adrriiral Lord Keith has transmitted to John Wit. on Co nker, El. two letters from the Hun. Captain Vackwo. d, of his Mahity's ship the Warspite, dated the 12th and 14th inst. The former reporting the capture, by the Warspite and Pheisant, of the William B ayard American letter of marque schooner, of four guni and thirty ) , men. And the latter Stating the capture, by the War spite, of the Cannpnier, American ship letter of =argue, of eight guni and twenty-eight men. And also a return of the following Anierican ves sels, taken by the Warspite, viz. : Brig Mars, of 178 tons, from Baltimore to Bowden:. • Schooner Pert, of 104 tow, from Bonniest': to Philadelpida. Ship Charlotte, of 360 tens, from Charlerown to Bourdeaux. ADMIRAL s Y-OFFICE, MARCH 20. Copy of a letter from the Right Honourable Admiral Sir Jolt. Borlase Warren, Ban. and K. B. Commanderdn-Chlef of his Majesty's Ships and Vessels on the American Station, 'to John Wilson Croke:, Esq. dated at Bernina*, 25th February, 1813. SlR—Enclosed herewith, I beg . leave to transmit the following letters, reporting the captures of the vessels therein mentioned : Letter dated 9th January, 1813, from 'Captain Sir John Poo Beresford, of the Poictiers, reporting the capture of the American schooner privateer High. flyer of five guns and seventy-two men. Letter dated 17th January, 1813, from Captain Lumley, of the Narcissus, reporting the capture of the United States brig of war Viper, of twelve guns and ninety-three velem Letter dated Ai; February, 1813, from Captain Kippen, of the Peruvian, reporting the capture of the American privateer ship John, of sixteen guns and one hundred men. Letter dated 9th February, 1813, from Captain Burdett, of the Maidstone, reporting the capture of the American armed scho oner Lottery, of six guns end twenty-eight men, laden with coffee, sugar, and logwood.—l have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) JOHN. BORLASE WARREN. Hid Majesty's ship Poietters, at Sea, Jan. 9, 1813. SIR—I beg leave to acquaint you, that his Ma jesty's ship under my command, in company with the Acasta, captured this day the American schooner privateer. Highflyer, mounting five guns, and having on board a comp:ement of seventy-two men : she was on her return from the West Indies, where she had made several captu res, is a particularly fine V 56. sel, coppered and copper fastened, and sails re markably fast.—l have the honour to be, ' &c. ( Signed) J. P. BLIEsFORD, Captain. Slr J. B. Warren, Bart. and K. B. &c. &c. Hie Majesty ship Narcissus, at Sea, Jan. 17,1813. SIR—I beg leave to acquaint you, that his Ma- jesty's ship under my command captured this day the United States brig of war Viper, mounting twelve guns, and having on board ninety three men ; she had ht rn cruising seven weeks off the Havanna, and had ni..cie no c7.ptures.—l have, &c. (Signed) JOHN RICHARD LUMLEY', Captain. Admiral Sir J. B. Warten, Hart. and K. B. ice. &c. Hit Majesty's sloop Peruvian, at Sea, Feb. 6, 1815. ' SIR—I have the honour to inform you, that, in beating up to my station from St. Thomas's, Som brero bearing W. by S. distant seventy-nine miles; I this morning fell in with, and, after an anxious chace of fifteen hours, captured the American privateer ship John, mounting sixteen guns, with a complement of one hundred men. For the last two hours of the chace, the privateer had an opportunity of keeping up a tire on us from her after guns, but on the breeze freshening, we got within pistol•range of her, and, after the exchange of a fire of the bow guns and small arms from the marines, she rounded to and surrendered to his Majesty's brig under my corn mand.-1 have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) GEORGE KIPPEtJ, Commander. Sir Francis Laforey, Bart. Rer-Admiral, &c. His Majesty's ship Maidstone, Lyn-Haven Bky, Chesapeake, 9th February, 1813. SIR—I have the pleasure to inform your of a very gallant achievement that was performed by the boats of the squadron you did me the honour to place under my command, for the blockade of this port and its rivers. Yesterday morning, at 9 o'clock a. m. a schooner was observed in the N.W. standing down the Chesa v.:l:e Bay ; at the same time I made the Belvidera end Statira's signal, No. 239, with the north-west compass signal. As the stranger approached the squadron, I perceived her to be a vessel of consider- Able force ' • Captain Byron at the same time made the signal for her being superior to the boats in thace, but not to those of the squadron united. I immediately made the signal for all barges, cutters, &c. &c. to proceed in the same direction ;—upon which the schooner made all sail in the direction from whence she came, and I had the satisfaction to see she was quite becalmed. At one o'clock p. m. the stranger opened a well-directed lire upon the headmust of our boats from his stern-chase guns, and I was happy to find the boats in advance rested ®n their oars until they all tt , rmed up, when a vigorous and gallant attack was made by all the boats, nine in number, under the orders of Lieutenant Nazen, Se cond Lieutenant of his Majesty's ship under my command, who happened ro be senior racer, through a very heavy Ere from all the enemy's guns, when he was boarded, and carried, sword in hand, after a most obstinate resistance; which was maintained up on the deck of the enemy foi a few minutes. She proves to be the American armed schooner Lottery, of 210 tons, mounting Fix 12-pound carronades (but pierced for 16), with a complement of 28 men, from Piiiltimere bound to Bourcleaus, with a cargo of ci dee, s“gar, and IJgwood :—she is coppered and copper fastened. • I also have the honour to enclose a list of the kill eel and wounded in the different boats of the squa dron, which, I am happy to add, is trifling, when compared to the pbstinate resistance made by the enemy, whose loss was very great, the Captain and eighteen men dangerously wounded. (Signed) GLottGit BUIIPETTp Captal . n. To the Right Hon. Sh J. B. Warren, Bart. and K.B. &c. A Return of the Killed and Ifft.uaded in the Moats of the Squa d/al under the command of George Burdett, Esq. Captain of :rlaje!ty's ship Maidstone, on the Bth February, 1813, in Chesapeake Bay. Maidstone-1 wo wounded (one severely). Belvidera—None. Junon—lwo ercunded (one severely). hattra—Two wouncle i (both dangrrously, one since dead). (Signed) GEOlOg BURDETT, elkylitia4 1 i SWUM 4. Bow THE EVENING STAR . . • - LONDON. - • • • • • MONDAY, MARCH rit, 181 S. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAT Al ONE O'CLOCKs Cons. 590—for se. an —& per Cent. Mg—Bonds ss. 4s. dtu Each. Bills 4ei Ss. pr.—.onubiuns. nothing done. The intercourse which has been so long interrupted between Hamburgh and this country is again opened. Late on Saturday night a Mail arrived from Heligo land, with the agreeable intelligence of the Russians hiving entered Hamburgh. A communication had' been opened with Heligoland, by a detachment being sent from that island to Cuxhaven ; from whence, in -all probability, we shall receive the next intelligatce loom the Russian Armies. Dantzic, Stettin, Frank fort, and Custrin, on the Oder, have been left in a state of siege ; but the Russians have passed on with their main armies, and these garrisons are now com pletely isolated from any force which can support them. The following were the precise position of the Rus-, liens on the 18th ult. when they were advancing in three columns, the whole being under the orders of T aiIJTUsOEF SMOLBHSICO. The centre, under the immediate direction of General DIEBITCH, entered I Berlin on the 4th instant, where he remained with a small force, while General KUTUSOFF, the son of thi Marshal, with the whole of the cavalry, to the num ber of 7 or 8000, after the halt of a few hours, fol. ,lowed close upon the heels of the Viceroy, towards Wittenberg. This place is seated on the Elbe, and s. equi-distant between Berlin and Leipsic, being about 45 English miles from both of them. The right wing, under BENKENDORFF, had advanced by Linzen along the banks of the Elbe, and the ad vanced guard had actually entered Hamburgh. The left, under WINZINGERODE, was moving ra pidly onward, and had reached the great road be tween Breslau and Dresden, being within fifty-five English miles of the latter, in Upper Lusatia, on the Neisse. If we are correctly informed, this part of the Russian army, in conjunction with the centre, threatens the retreat of the Viceroy by Leipsic, and is to unite in that city with the central division. The distance from Dresden to Leipsic is. about.. sixty miles, and about the same from Leipsic to Er furth, where, we are told in the Paris Papers, the French are collecting a powerful army. This force is forming from the Wirtemberg and Bavarian con tingents, which are to be joined by the new recruits from the interior of France. Erfurth is about 150 miles from the nearest approach to the Rhine, in the neighbourhood of Mente and Coblentz. Paris Papers to the 17th were received last night. They studiously conceal the state of their armies in the North. BONAPARTE is daily reviewing his troops at Par is, which indicates something like preparations for a new campaign. With this solitary exception, the intelligence conveyed in these Papers is trifling and uninteresting in the extreme. eg By his Ma j esty's cutter SURLY, Lieut. WELSH, which arrived at Falmouth on Friday evening last, from Guernsey, we learnthat several prisoners of war, who had made their escape from France, had made oath before the Chief Magistrate of that Island, that the people in that part of France which they passed through, were in a state of open insurrection against the Government,and had mounted the white cockade. It was also currently reported, that BONAPARTE was in confinement."— Cornwall Gazette. The American Commodore, BAINBRIDGE, did , ample justice to the bravery of the British crew of the JAVA, and especially to that of the gallant Cap lain LAMBERT, who, he said, gave orders, when car ried below, not to surrender while there was a spar standing. General HM01), after he had landed at St. Salvador, sent Commodore BAINBRIDGE an ele gant sword, and a highly complimentary letter, upon the handsome treatment he and the crew received from the Commodore. By the DOTTERELL, which arrived on Friday at Portsmouth, from Bermuda, we learn that Sir J. B.' WARREN bad returned to that island with the ST. DOMINGO and DaAGON, from blockading the Ame rican ports, during which she captured 35 American merchantmen, and drove the Constellation on shore on the bar of the Delaware ; but she was afterwards got off and refitted. Sir JOHN had been very vigilant and .enterprising in his approach to the American shores; in the neighbourhood of the Cape of Virginia he was cruizing in six fathoms water. The President, Complodore Rodgers, had returned to Boston, whence he sailed to intercept the BRAZEN, which % ar rived some weeks since with the specie from Jamaica.' The Essex took 860,000 (in gold) out of the Nocton packet, from the Brazils, previous to her re-capture by the Belvidere. The only ships of the American squadron now at sea, are the Chesapeake, Essex, and I Hornet. The two latter are cruizing on the coast of Brazil, and blockading the Benne Citoyenne,at Bahia, which is bound to England, with £lOO,OOO in specie on board. The Chesapeake had sent into port four merchantmen, valued'at New York at £500,000. — The President, Constitution, and Constellation, were laying at Boston. They had taken eight months' provisions on board. The United States and Mace donian were nearly ready for sea, at New York. The American ships go to sea without any restrictive or. ders, but cruize according as they may obtain infor maticni. Their having a new object every time they have put to sea, might be one reason of their having hitherto evaded our squadrons. Since the capture of the MACEDONIAN, we have had three squadrons off the Western Islands, but they have not cruized on that station since. - ,: NAVAL TATELVOZIMIL FALMOUTH, MARCH 19. , The Fleets, under convoy of his Majesty's ships Sccerne and ETNA LION, appeared off Falmouth, on the evening of the 18th, and were joined from that port by his Majesty's brig WIZARD, 18 guns, with the (following vessels, viz. Duk,e of Clarence, HADOLEY, for Lisbon ; Edward, SANDERSON, for ditto ; Friends Increase, GUTH ni z, for Messina ;"and Vesta, (Dane) —, fur Naples. The whole, about 500 sail, were off the harbour next morning, and proceeded to the westward ; the wind being from the S.W. mode Kate ; but should it blow hard, they will, no doubt, put back. -The convoys bound to the southward and westward, were ordered to rendezvous at Falmouth, in lieu of Portsmouth, they would Most certainly make their passage in half the time, as on the day previous to their leaving Portsmouth the packets and other vessels :ailed from Falmouth, and the wind con tinuing for three days in the same direction, pro ceeded on their voyage. His Majesty's ship PHEASANT has captured an Ame rican privateer, of 18 guns, supposed to be the one that engaged the Lady Emily packet, and sent her into Plymouth. Sailed the Townsend packet, for Gibraltar. and Malta; and the Manchester packet, for Halifax...— The Chesterfield packet, for the Brazils, has gone into the Roads. TORBAY, MARCH 20. Put into the Bay his Majesty's ships DORIS and SALCETTE, with the East-India and Brazil outward bound fleets. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 20. Arrived the American schooner Meteor, from Nantz, with a cargo of brandy, silks, &c. bound to Boston, prize to the BRITON frigate, Captain Sir Wld. STAINES, and the ROVER brig. Came in the John and Frances, Bass, from Bourdeaux to America, prize to the BELLE Pouti frigate. The PHEASANT'S prize (the Decorneaux), which arrived on Thursday, is worth £30,000. There are a great number of prizes (Americans) in Catwaler. Arrived alio the PIERCER, 14 guns, from Basque Roads.—Sailed the ROYALIST, 18 guns, for the Brest station. The MARTIAL gun. brig, and S4N JosEF, of 112 guns, came into dock ; the latter to have her bottom. examined,—Arrived yesterday, his trojesty's ships WARM:ITE and PIIEA. SANT, from a ctuize.—Wind S.W. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 21. Yesterday arrived the SNAP, t f 14. guns, Capt. SAn- Jortics, with the rrau Corneila, TEBBEN, from Bour deaux, laden with brandy, her prize ; PORT Marrow, 18, Capt. BURGOYNE, from Cork ; and the American schooner Dart, from Portsmouth, United States, prize to the DOTTEREL. Sailed the ORION, 74, Capt. Sir A. C. DrexsoN, for the Baltic ; Woomien store ship, Capt. SULLIVAN ; and ROMULUS, store ship, for Ply mouth.—The ship, which took out a quantity of Con greve Rockets, was taken by the Americans, and carried safe into one of their ports. SHEERNESS, MARCH 20. Sailed his Majesty's ship CENSOR, with a convoy of about 14 sail, for Gottenburgh. The next will sail about the 29th instant.—Wind S.S.W. DEAL, MARCH 21. Arrived the Swedish ship Maria Carolina, from Gottenburgh, bound to Portsmouth.—Came down from the River the Batavia, for India ; the Thomas and Eliza, for Lisbon ; and the Glenmore, for the Cape.—Wind S.W. YARMOUTH, MARCH 21. Yesterday, tr. m. arrived the Pno.psao, from the Texel, and has brought intelligence of the Texel squadron having dropt down into the outer harbour; and the URGR N T gun-brig, with some transports, from the Downs, destined to Sweden. Arrived this mor ning the ACTEON, from the Baltic.—Sailed for the Texel the PROSPERO sloop of war.—Remain in the Roads the SOLEBAY, DAPHNE, and LEVERET, with arrivals.—Wind S.W. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 20. Arrived the William, WARD, from Bahia—sailed ' 26th January, in company with the MONTAGUE man of war (74 guns), with the BONNE CITOYENNE under her convoy to a certain latitude. The William kept company with them 13 days. CORK, MARCH 15. Friday afternoon arrived his Majesty's ships le Rnin, of 44 guns, Captain MALCOLM ; Hammes, of 20, Captain Brown ; and BOLD, of 14, Capt. SHEKEL, from Plymouth. Saturday morning arrived his Ma jesty's ship BEDFORD, of 74 guns, Captain WALKER, from Spithead. Immediately on her arrival sI4 hois ted convoy signal for the West hidies. His Majes ty's ship DOVER, of 32 guns, Captain DRURY, twelve days from Portsmouth. Wednesday about 150 men of the 3d Garrison Battalion, are to embark on board the DOVER for Malta. • Also his Majesty's ships LEO NIDAS, 01 38 guns ; and HELENA, Captain MONTRES. sort, with a fleet of transports from Plymouth. We have had a great many arrivals or. Friday and Satur. day ; and the next fleet for the West Indies , the Bra zils, Halifax, and Newfoundland, will be vary nu merous. Remain his Majesty's shps ,FORTUNEE I Ho nourable Captain AYLMER, who has just taken com mand of her ; Car.schtur, Captain QVILLAM ; ROSA. mono, Captain CAMPBELL ; and TALBOT, Captain SWAIN& Hi) • Majesty's slip LEnNIDAS, Captain SEYMOUR, convoy the transports to Lisbon, as soon as the horses of the Drivers' corps embark, supposed Thursday or Friday. The LEONIDAS goes from Lis. bon to Portsmouth off this station. The West India and Brazil convoys are intended to sail about the 21st inst. under convoy of the Bermalo a 0174 guns, RHIN, of 44, and Brg* of 18- DISTURBANCES IN THE HIGHLANDS. In the STAR to 16th instant we inserted some particulars respecting a projected removal of sotne of the inhabitants of Sutherland to new places of hubi. tation. The following letter relates to the same sub ject. We think it right, however, to add, that just as this Paper was going to press, we received.a corn . munication, to which we shall give a place to-mor row, accounting for the projected change, which is in tended ultima,ely to benefit the tenants of the family and to improve their comforts and circumstances : " INVERNESS, MARCH Id. " This morning, in conseqtrence of an application to the Co.la mandingOncers, a Regiment (the List, or Royal Scots Poznan) was passed over the Firth, in fishing boats, on their way to Dor. noch, in aid of the Civil Power, which the Sheriff of the County at Caithness had stated to be deforced, in a district of the county of Sutherland; where, it appears, there are carrying into exects. don the old.plan for depopulating the Highlands, to make room for sheep farms. It was pleasant to heir both Officers at ,d mea declaring that they would eather cross the Bay of Biscay to meet the Fr.mch, than go against the poor Highlanders. It is really a heart-rending subject; and when we consider that we are all suf. feting every privation, in order to prevent tnnov;ti .n, is it not extraordinary that it should partially be admitted ia favour of in dividuals, and to the ruin of a class of the hardiest and best sol pre and sailors the United Kingdom can boast of? The Mar. Jul. of 'Svarroan and the Countess of SuvutetatriAre in England;" and, for the sake of humanity, lam wifibtg to hop. that the scenes now acting in the county of Sutherland are not known to them; but the poor people have sent off two of their own body, very intelligent men, Serjeants in the Local Militia, ,to London, to know if it is the wish of their Mother (as they term the Countess in Gaelic) that the ancient and loyal defender. of Dunrobin Castle should be turned off to make room for sheep farmers ?—they having offered the factors of her Ladyship, to pay one guinea rent fbr every pound the sheep lumen offer and failing that, they offer to give up six hundred of their young men to serve his Majesty, as soldiers, in any climate, during the war. I own, I.do sincerely hope that their case will meet the favour of the Marquis of STA FIORD, who is much liked in.thle country ; and I trust he will not permit interested Agents to barter his popularity. Although these poor people live in huts you would not in England think sufficient for your hogs, yet they are contented, loyal, and attached to their native soil I saw some of them, who declared they bad seen the rents raised four fold, yet they bad no objection to that; and so long as they could raise oat-meal for their families, they were satisfied : but to be turned from the ancient residences of their forefathers, to make room for sheep, was not bearable ; ad they bad resolved, should the Countess cast them off, to seek shelter on the other side the Atlantic, rather than go and starve amongst the rocks on the bleak, unhospitable coast, pointed out by the Countess's Agents, as the place of their intended residence. . " I hope in GOD there will not be any difficulty when the troops reach Dernoch, for the Highlanders only wish to await the return of their Ambassador from London, when they mean to migrate, if the answer is unfavourable. In my own opinion Government ought to take up the matter, for there Is not a more loyal or a more attached race of beings on she face of the ebbe, than are the hlanders to every branch of the Royal Family, and the district in question raised the present 93d Regiment, and the greater part of the iterjt.ants of the 7§tit Regitneu!, a set of men particularly intelligent, are from Sutherland." After our Paper was at Press, a rumour prevailed ' that accounts had been received i• town horn Nap. York, stating, that the American Government, fol. lowing up the passing of the Bill by, the House of Representatives for the exclusion of Blitish seamen from the service of the United States, had dispatched a flag of truce to Admiral Sir JOHN WARREN, with proposals for opening Negotiations for the re-esta blishment of Peace. It is added, that Mr. BAKER, our Charge d'Af. faires to the American Government, baying been in. vited to resume his residence at Washington, had actually proceeded on his way to that city. Yesterday morning the LonD CHANCISLLOR had an audience of the Pun ca Racuttir at Carlton House. - - ----- Yesterday the Duke of CUMBERLAND gave a grand., , dinner, at his apartments in St. James's Palace. Yesterday the Princess of WALES came to town • from Blackheath in an o' en carriage * rode through the Parks to Kensington Palace, and in the evening returned to Blackheath. Count MUNSTER is in daily attendance at the Fo reign Office. The Parks were yesterday crowded with all the Beauty and Fashion in town. The promenade was an unbroken chain from Hyde-park-corner to Ken. sington-gardens. -Some symptoms of insubordination were manifes ted last week at Brighton, by some recruits who had lately joined the 24 battalion of the 41st regiment ; but order was at length restored. One of the most re. fractory was put under arrest, and brought to a Court-Martial, and sentenced to receive 300 ladles, al which 270 were inflicted. At the late Wexford Assizes, Jona Bann ARD Taoi,. TER, Esq. (Private Secretary to the late Mr. Fox), and Jane his wife, and James M'Maaw, were found guilty of rescuing the said J. B. Trotter, Esq. from the custody of a Sherd's Officer, who had arrested him for a debt. Mr. Trotter was sentenced to 14 days imprisonment, and no punishment was inflicted on the other Defendants. CORN-MARKET, MARK-LANG, MARCH 2,. Our Market to-day was but moderately supplied wi.h all grain; fine Wheat and Barley fully maintained their prices, but inf.riost were considerably cheaper; beans Ss. per quarter lower; fine boiling Peas being in &man full Sr. per quarter higher; Oats sold readily (if tine) Is. per quarter dearer; in Mak, Grey Peas, Rye, and other Grain, no alteration. English Wheat 78s. 104 a. le6s. I Potatoe ditto, 511. 515 g. Fine ditto, 1225. 1345. Rape :teed £5O, £5B per last. Foreign do. 84L 118 a. Rye 726. 78s. Barley 525. 565. Fine do. 70s. Malt,96s. lOss. Ditto fine Ware 110 s. White Peas (boilers) 965. 1109. Grey, ditto, 82$. 861. Beans, 70s. 80s. Tick ditto 66$ 745. Oats (feed) £6s. 325. Sne 41s. Poland ditto, 40s. 465. 475. Fine Rey 105 s to 1101, Si I hiseed, itis. per qr. Ditto, for St ed. lOC.. 1906. Cociander do per cwt. 5i5.4616 Caraway, ditto, boa. 868. Canary do. 655. 10 1 s. per qr. White Mustard Seed, la. 112%, per. bushel. Brown do. ter. 28s. Clover Serd, white, per ewt.. 110 s. Ditto, red, 80s. 1265. Tara, per brawl, 14s. SO& lads 100 s. $ 105 s. pa • 1 .' I ..