Star. — London, England, 1813-09-17 00:00:00

, `1 ,. 7 . , TILE Ait" cstenant Colonel*lttpons,, an Assistant Quarter. r General (vita the British Staff In the ;Penni :etions immediately to his duty. remnant of 70 horses for the 2d Regit of Guards, is ordered to POitrtrktutb, tpambirk for • detachment . at Royal ArtMent, •and, tipie of ' Artillery Drivers, hays also received the roots same destination. . • • the Invalids which arrratrati:P. Spain, three hunched are OrAerel4 roi ls • of London: Meath Militia' will embark. the bigitiniftg of the ensuing weak at• Bristol, for Cork.,: The followhig English regimentsiirMilitio arvalso ender-ordtts for service in Ireland, .via! ,East Essex, East .8 Bolt, Derby, and 24 West York., Theie are to be replaced in Great Britoiaby the TOone, Fermanagh, lAndon derry, and City of Limerick. Militias. j The East tent,. isToithamberlancf, and SA West York Militias*• return. from.their period of wilier in Ireland ! . . . Saturday se'nnigbt Alle Kerry Militia embarked at Monkstown 00,..board..TraerPortr7.for ;Porttsthoutht end Imme diately down to, the Caieso(Cork. Friday a daachitient of the 19th Light bidgotins fell down the toit . t . ii . two erigs,Aw,il for the porpose ' of taking them 'to Englinut i That are to proceed 40 the depot of the Seeman at: Why. mouth. • • • . The 2d Battalion of the 88th Regiment.inixteds immediately from Plymouth to Cork, to fill up its present skeleton. . ;.. The following statement of the Staff and &Want. tion of the army opposed to the allied forces of Lord `WELLING - 11m, may be relied upon as authentic;: Souk, Marshal, Lieutenant -General of the Emperor, General hi Chief °Ube Armies of the North, of the South, ofthe Centre, and of Portugal, coder the name of * Army of Spain, and of • the Pyrenees?' Gazan, Derby, Red* and Clausal, Generals of Divisioa, and Lieutenant Generals of Soult. For, Ist Division; Mosul, 2d, (Q. mouton), Barbot, Sd, Cos. roux, 4th, I.tfig,„Stb, Moravian, 6th, Lamartiniere, stis, Van. denotatien, ads, and Darrnagnae, Sty, Generals of Infantry: , Matte, General of Division, and Commander in Chief of apseserv4. • . Tn, General of Division on the Sta ff 9f Villatte. Thouveneiv, General of Wised., ditto, ditto. Tilly, General of Division. of Cavalry. Sparta, General of Brigade, doing thenuty of General of Maslen Peter Sour, General of Division. Tirrelvy, Oeneral in -Chief of the Artillery. Eollchti, and Dahoville, Generals of Brigade. • Lery, General In Chief of Engineers. • Gabe, General of Brigade. GENERAL ORDERS. Horse Guards, Septeinber to, lilt. ' The Cosastatmen Rte Coney is persuaded, that the - late trial of Ensign Edward M'Guire„6thWest India Regiment ;*Ensign James Gilchrist, 6th West India , Regiment; Lieutenant Anthony Dillon, 101st Regi ment ;Ensign Daniel O'Brien, 101st Regiment; for 'the heinous crime Qt,Murder, has excited the liveliest interest ;and anxiety throughout the army. His Royal Highness has therefore been pleased to direct, .thatfthe folloWing letter, which he has received horn te Lord Viscount Sinstosin, one of his Mijcstytt ' Principal &clearest sfibll be puklished in . .Geseral Ordeis r • - • .at Whitehall, Septernbi? • 8, Isis. to the enmenends of the Prince Stegeat k I Lave de honour of acquainting your-Royal Highness, that it is his Royal Highnebii. paclous intention not to (*der the sentenee 'upon the four officers of the army, who were Capitally convicted at the last Assizes at Winchester, of the ennider of Lieutenant • Mundell, of rho Wear Regiment of Poor,-to be earriea into exe cution but to gnat them th e Royal Pardon. " I think it incumbent upon me, at the same tkne, - to lay before your Royil 11 - ghness a copy of the evi4ence adduced .upon -the triad of those Officers, trim which it appears, that the original disagreement between Lieutenant Blundell a nd Ensign Bl'Guire arose from a triekl cause: that no attempt was made to reconcile the - Parties, Cut on the &warp, that,_ instead of those efforts, whirl, if properly and seasonablilmerted, might have bad the happy effect of preventing the meeting whirls led to the fatal resuli,. ereae pains were most unwarrantably taken to instigate and promote it: This obeeivation, I am hound to state, , refers more especiallito Litinenant Dillon, who, from his rank in the regiment, and his standing in the army, was peculiarly uUed upou to exercise his influence and,authority for s purpose very different from . that to 'thick they were applied. . " I deem it say indispensable duty to IlUbmit this repressions tion to your Royal Highness, and Ido so, in the fullpensaaion, that your Royal Highness will be pleased to cause sea-seeps to be taken upon this painful occasion, as 'tin circumstances of the mile shall, upon considerailon, be found 10 rennin". -• " sosionru." . • While the awful sentence of the law was pending, the COMMANDZII IN CHID abstained from expressing any ppinion on this most distressing occasion. His Royal Highness now feels it incumbent on him to take that Fiat, which a due regard to the -di and the character of the army dempds. The COMMANDER 'III ClUgle is sincerely rejOicedi that the clemency of his Royal Highness the PRINCE RECUT, acting la thenatne and on behalf of his Majesty, has been graciously extended to these Offi cers, add has prevented• their suffering an ignotni 'lions death.: The offence of which they . have been guilty cannot, :however, a military point of vie*, remain unnoticed. One due consideration Of all the eirtamstances attending this transaction, the COMM/MUIR, IN CHIMP is induced to think, that, of all theliarties concerned,. the unfortunate Officer who lost his life, and the yet more unfortunate one, by whose band his comrade fell,. are the least culpable ; they appear not to have been actuated by any personal animosity, but to have been instigated and governed by the advice of others. The Cnanonira tx CBI= is greatly concerned to observe,lhatno such palliation can be adduced in the cues of Lieutenant. Dillon, Ensign Gilchrist and n sign O'Brien. Their interference was equally uncalled for and annecessaxy, and tended not, as might have been exiseeted, to settle the trivial difference which existed between their Brother Officers, but to magnify its impirtance, and to instigate them to the measure, watch has led to so fatal a result. The COMMAND= IN CUM) therefore has it in corn msnd.to convey to all these Officers the hieing dis pleasure of the PluNca Reosirr, for conduct so un• military and disgraceful ; and to notify to theta, that they are no longer OfAcers -in his Majesty's Service, but his Royal lii&hness being disposed in this deci sion to attend to the distinction which cppears in their conduct, and observing that Lieutenant Dillon, who, from his rank and standing is the-army, engin to have set a dams esaaspie, as liiffillibeSt • . . • taken the most prominent part in these ontrstunq proceedinks, aid greatly mffsienced the cOndort of Ensigns Gilchrist and O'Brien, h pleased to limit the deularation of being-incapable of ever serving his Majesty in any Military Capacity, to Anthony Dillon, late Lieutenant in the 101st Regiment. The Coustanoaa IN CHIMP directs that this order shall be entered in the orderly books, and read at the head of every regiment and corps in the service. He , hopes it will prove an useful and impressive lesson to thiyoung Officers of the Army, and a w.lrning to them of the fatal consequences of allowing themselves to be misled by erroneous notihns, - and false princi. ples of honour, which, when rightly understood, and *ding to its legitimate object, is the brightest gem in the character of a soldier. • 'al'hit Royal Highness the Cdfmninder In Chief's Ciisdanitist. (Signed) HAIRY ALVIIRT, Adjutanr•Seneral. j RETRACT OP A PRIVATE LETTER, 'QAT= HEAD.OIIAR ~' • vas Or THE PRINCE ROYAL, AUG. 3CI/4 tot Every thilig appeared to announce that the Duke of Reggio would wait for us at Eckunansdoeff, near Trauen,Brietzen, and the Prince marched for, Belitz to gef• at him : bUt nd'vices received this morning state,* that'he is falling back upon the Elbe. . His 'Royal Highness has this day established his ;head-loaners at 4ucicholtz ' our Trallellalitt;tlll not far train the frontiers of Saxony. “ P. M. de Scharnhorst has passed by Berlin on i ltls' 'way to the Prince . Rigid. He brings the news frOto 'General Blucher, that/On 96th, he gained-on the ialzbach, in the vicinity of Gollierg, *a complete victory over the corps of Marshals Ney, Macdonald, and ebistiani. They speak of sixty cannon taken, 'and. Mail prisoners. The Prince Royal being at Buckholtz, it is inipoisible to have yet all the details; but the Grand Chamberlain, Prince de Wittgenstein, who is just arrived from Berlin, has given us the above particulars, which he , read in a letter tdteneral Les tocq from Genera'. Blucher. “ A letter from Ludwigslust,., dated on the 2itth at -ten in the morning, says, that Davaust still main tained his position at .Schwerin, thou g h harrassed to his rear by General Tettenborn, and on his left flank by General Vegesach." ST. SEBASTIAN, SPPTEMBER e. (Frain a t panl.h Paper ) 'Since the battles which took place near Pamplona, nothing of any consequence occurred at the rmy, (the siege of St. Sebastian going on but 6:ovityj nwl a few days ago, when the French attempt tt re. 'have is t and for that purpose, Soult made .3 rapid 'march from Bayonne, with about 45,0(R) men. Lord Wellington retired from his head-quarters at Lezaca, and, alter acli'sperate fight, give Sot& agother cOm plete-drubbing. The Spaniards behaved with the most noble and determined bravery; and had three Generals killed. In the mean time, fifty-three 48 pounders cample ted the breach in St. Sebastian, and a general assault was given, in which we succeeded, atter a consider able slaughter on both sides. Neyer did British sol diers act with more spirit and gallantry, overcoming obstacles, which, perhaps, to any other troops in the world, would have appeartd insurmountable. • to wn part of the garrison which escaped' flints the town and reached _ the castle, when the dastardly rel oads; imMediaiely on ending our troops in full pos session of the townahelled it from the citadel, and in few moments this beautiful city was in flames. few hours after, it was a heap of ruins, and there is nothing now remaining of one of the handsomest towns in Spain to mark the spot where it once stood, but a pile of ruins! The church alone, it was thought, would have escaped ; but .the 'flames, which still continue, are fast approaching it. The Castle still holds out, and is now being bom barded: It is supplied with water by only one well ; yesterday our batteries directed their fire to that spot, when the French Officer commanding resorted to a method of stopping our fire unheard of in war—he placed our misoners round the well ; of course, our firing ceased .. Only conceive the cruelty of s uch a proceeding ! The plunder taken at Sr.. Sebastian's is said to be very great. .RUSSIAN PROCLAMATION. ' • 7tlou'lll3 PETERSBORGH PAPER OF AUGUST 17. On the 4th (16th) of August, including the noti fication of six days stipulated fnr the resumption of hostilities, the armistice was to finish. This space of two mouths and twelve days having left but little hopes of a conclusion of a just andhonourAble peace, it is probable that the bloody contest, on which de finitively depends th, fate of Europe, is about to corn merice. The enemy. as might be expected, bad rather in view, in demanding this suspension of arms, the as sembling of new forces. to enslave nations who are strangers to him, than that of restoring that calm which so many storms rendered so necessary, and so precious to them. But such is the nattrre of circum stances in which Europe has for such a length of time found herself. Xtis by blood that the hydra re. volution had its birtb.—that she is soaked, and. in which she must expire. It is, without doubt, said, it is humiliating to the human mind, that an age which is called the age of understanding and philosophy, should precisely, be that in which the science of crime has been cultiva ted the most profoundly and the most successfully— that which has given the most dreadful examples of human depravity. PRovirrxxce, whose impenetrable decrees laugh at our vain reasoning, after having punished so much pride, will at last make the good cause triumph. Let us dare to hope, that nations, tired by so many misfortunes and calamities, will understand their real interests better. The spirit of revolt will no longer place arms in their hands to use against themselves, or against their sovereigns ; they will now, on. the contrary, offer the more touching spectacle of devo tion towardi their Princes and to their country. Ani mated by so generous motives, theirresources will be as inexhaustible as their resignation and perseverance will be indefatigable. 1 he enemy has collected fresh forces, which terror has made to march ; but that of the allies are superior in number—the most positive and least exaggerated accounts .rate them at 500,000 combatants, without comprehending the Ruisian army oireserve, without including the opinion they have of the justice of their cause, and 'the enemy's situation, which they no longer consider as inv.atible., • DNB LdfFE BATTLAIN Clit.l#4l4ll", • The iteedtalts which - hive been published of the late battle's in Crertiany, are evidently flvblved in mach obscurity and error, respecting the positions of the different corps of the French army, the numbers•of which they respectively consist, and the.names of The Generals by whom they were commanded. This probably was occasioned in a great measure by the rapid advance of 130nae.arre to the protection of Dresden, and by his having taken with him, or or dered•to Dresden some of the Generals aitd troops who had been.stationed at other points. We are incli ned to believe that many dr the mistakes to which we have alluded may be easily rectified by referring to' the following Statement of the distribution of the different _corps of the French Army, their respective strength, and the names of the Generals by whom they were commanded, on the eve of the attack of the Allies upon Dresden : . • • DRESDEN". BONA mart —haying under him Mutt AT, King of Naples; Ent rants, Prince of Neufchatel; Nay, Prince of Moskva. 'Vise Guards, Mortkr, Duke of Tievibo 60.000 • •4 let Corps; Count Vandamme - 20,000 id Corps, Victor, Duke of Belluno 20,000 6th Corps; Marruont, Duke of Ragusa • • 20,060 14th Corps, Marshal St. Cyr - - 20,000 The Cavalry, under Latour Maubourg 40,000 Garrison of Dresden, under Gen. Dunn's') 20,000 ••••—•--• 200,000 ARMY OF SILESIA. Commanded by MACDONALD, Ude of Tarentum. Sd Corps belongs to Nei ' .•b. ' 20,000 Stb Corps, Count Lauri*. • "'• . 20,003 Al th Corps belongs to PAsadvarld, wimp mends In chief • - . 'wow Cavalry, . . - • - 20,000 00,00 LWATIA. • Holding the defiles of Bohemia, rice Ruinberg, . Gabel; Friedland, and Renkenback. Prince PONIATOWSZI, (Poles,) eb,ooo ARMY IN PRUSSIA; Commanded by OUDINOT, Duke of Reggio. 4th Corps, Count Bertrand - - ,20 000 • 7th Corps, Count Regnier - - 20,000 12th Corps belongs to Oudinot, who coat viands in chief - - - • - 20,000 Canby,— in,ooo 70,000 Mb, Web, and 'nth Corps—not known with. whom these Corps are, perhaps wish Augrrrau (Duke of Castiglione), who was marshing by lumber' upon Bohemia, amounts a least • - - 10,000 LOW= /LYE. Thit army is commanded by DAVOV yr Renee of FA muld.) It was composed of five divisions, cub of which is known) to consist generally of from 70u0 to 10,000 men, besides s corps of Danes, of 1 4 000 , q 1 a . ape ITALY. Tie strength at this army is not exactlybscortalsed; • bot it Is estimated attbe lowest at - • . 10,000 It is eldefiy composed of French troops, the Its- • Line having been moved Soto Germany several months ago. BAVARIAN ARMY. This army is commanded by General WazDr. It is stationed at Branau, and menaces Lintz, Vienna, and the line of the Danube, estituateil at nearly SQ,OOO There is to be athied to the above a new Frerch Army of Reserve, collecting at Frankfort nuder Mar shal KXLLIRMAN (Duke of Valmy.) Grand Total of the French Army - 570,uC0 ALLIES. The main Allied Army, commanded by the kruperom of Rl:seta and At. rt it I i and the King of Paussm, conAtted, at the date of their attack upon Dresden, of '200,100 men, viz. Austrians undei Prince ScSwartzenburg PO,OOO Russians and Prussians who Jana than at Prague - - - RO,OOO General Klenau'a corps - 30,000 .---... • 200,000 Allied Army in Silesia - - • - 100,000 • Allied Army in Prussia - 120,000 Allied Troops besieging or blockading • Dantzic, Stettin, Custrin, &c. - - 60,000 Reserve of Russians advincing under Gene ral Beonigsen - - 60,000 Grand Total of the Allied Army, 540,000 Numerical superiority on the side of the French, 30,000 awn. - This advantage, though more than sufficient to form a respectable corps d'armee, we should hold 01 small account,- especially when we consider the im mensity of force that is embattled on either side, were we sure that between the two contending hosts there was an equally close resemblance in every other re spect. But this is a question that car.not bd discussed without entering into a comparison, which in the eyes of prejudice or ignotance, could not fail of ap pearing odious ; but were it to be discussed by military men ot experience and observation, we should have no doubt whatever as to the result of the discussion. We rejoice at all events at the ultimate decision of Austria, however tardy, and at the better nature of , the spirit and the principles which seem now to ani mate and to guide the New Confederacy against the ambition of BONAPARTE. We cannot at the same , time conceal our regret at the protracted irresolution of the Austrian Cabinet. it was that indecision of the Emperor FRANCIS whicb proposed the armistice, and consented to the lengthened period to which it was drawn out. How many and signal are the advan tages which BONAPARTE has derived from that ill starred Measure ? Was it not the Armistice and its duration which enabled him to accomplish the fol , towing objects ? 1. To•form DAVOUST'S army, and to fortify Hamburgti, 2. - ‘ traoasplete the line ot the Elbe, and the defences tif Drs den, aini immensely to reinforce his grand army: S. COmrely to form e:tuaIIRSALI S army, which chiefly con situ of vet ran troops from Spain. - 4. Entirely to form the Viceroy's army in Italy. S. TO form the Bavarian army at Branau. 6. To re-urganize the Saxon army under Itcowiza. 7. To re-organize and march PONIATOWSKI'II Follett corps through Bohemia. 8. To re-victual, to a certain extent, the besieged fortresses of Stettin, Custiin, and Dastzie. 9. 'lO fortify Erfurt, in Saxony, and make it a grand place d'annes and a depot. 10. To compleie sod re-equip Ms cavalry. Much also has, no doubt, been done by the Allies during the same period. BUt we have not the means to ascertain the particulars. If we had, perhaps it would appear that the delay has been as beneficial to them Nis to the enemy : and should it be otherwise, considering the relation. in which FRANCIS stands to NA.POLLON s we have, perhaps, less reason for surprise than regret at the delay. Of the cordiality of the Allies we have now every assurance that can arise from common views, common interests, and com mon danger. Wednesday se'nnight, one of the soldiers belonßing to the detachment of the East York Militia, at Gree nock, died in consequence of drinking new rum to ex cess. on the quay. Lien Mdster suld, re A re Life G Spain. A ct Royal for the Of tl from S Tower The ' R4C.ES. . • • . These itaceOnished yesteiday, with two matches, there being no Plate nor Sweepstakes. The 'facet have very considerably tieen improved this season; and next year the sports will rival Egham. It is in tended to give a Gold Cup to be run for on the first day, and theta will be other attractions addei, to give eclat to the sports. _ A 'shocking accident happened about two miler from the course, about eight o'clock in the evening. 1. A party of four men who had been drinking freely, ,'drove against a single hor e se chaise with such violence, as to °vermin it, and kill the horse, the shafts having perforated the groin of the animal. A Mr. Smith and two girls were in the chaise, and one of the latter was taken up senseless, from bruises on the head: -- Some matches for the next Newmarket Spring Meeting have already been made. Lord C. H. SO• SIERSET S Angelo is matched against Major Wtta.tates's Vivaldi, for 100 guineas-25 ft. The great race betwixt Smoknsi• and Benetrat will take - place over the two middle miles, in the second October Newmarket Meeting. 'Betting is about even. At the' next York Spring Meeting, the Marquis of QUEFSSIIIiitY'S Retnenbraiscir is matched• against Sir leV. MAXWELL'S Eagle for 300 guineas—b. ft. A young Hibernian, a few nights since, met a person in The Strand, whom he thought he knew, and who looked at Mtn rather earnestly, when he thus accosted I beg your pardon—l thought it was you, and you thought it was ate--but ,, it is new of ur I A Gentleman, who is just returned from a, tour in Ireland, met, - during a ride in the neighbourhood of the Lake of Killarney, wiih two natives,. whom he addressed upon the cheering prospect of harvest. Of potatoes, in particular, (re-of them asserted that the crop was " most bountiful" " Why," asked our informant; " have yoil commenced digging already r' " och t Sir, there is good tail , n tor that," replied Paddy, " only clap your good-looking ear to the grounds and yuu'il find 'em cursing and grumbling at one another for want of room,' PEWTER Pors..—Yesterday being the day fixed upon for the heating of appeals, at HiAts's Hall, it yeas expected those from several publicans, con victed before Mselistrates of having s nt out eorter in quantities less than one gallon. would have come on to Le heard ; on the application of Mr. Kskee to the Omit, however, to be allowed to go into them, it was found that the Act (12th Geo. I.) gives the power of appeal to the Quarter Sessrons. The present Sessions being only an adjournment, and no petition 'bivingteen presented to the Court tc have the ap peals now heard, it was discovered that the Coin t had 'no jurisdiction ;, the matter, therefore, stands over till the quarter Sessions, in October nest. Yesterday the Surrey Magistrates; at the Sessions 'House, Newington,• unanimously granted a license to Vauxhall Gardens. • Coatis:cies INQUISTS.—Tuesday, an Inquest was held at the Fir Tice pnblic-houso, in Whitechapel, before J. W. UNWIX, Esq. Coroner, oo the body of Archong, a Chitiesc, who was brought to the London Hospital, on Sundaylast, in a dreadfully weiuoded state. • • .•.. Mr. Wilson, a pupil of the" *` 'Hospitiil, described the .deceased as haying a compound fractured leg, which extended to the knee joint, and tao wounds on his scalp. The leg ts as amputated, but he died the same bight. On opening the body, a large quantity of ex , travasated blood was found in the cavity of the belly, which witness could r.ot trace to any particul..! wound, but which he thought the immediate cause of his death. Another witness said, he went to the barracks &s Smithy morning last, and found the inmates fighting together, in a state of dreadful disturbance. Having obtained assistance he quelled the riot, and found some of them badly wounded, whom be sent to the Hospital, among them was the deceased. The affray was a general one, and though eight. of those found fighting were taken up, yet after Lie strictest enquiry, he could not trace its origin, nor who • were the ag gressori. The parties fought with large knives, pitch. forks, clubs, &c. The Coroneesaid, he thought the facts of tile case could only justify the verdict of manslaughter against some person or persons unknown. This was not to be wondered at, as the parties were strangers, wh. - ae 'language was unknown, and the similarity of their dress and appearance so great, that it was difficult for spectators to distinguish them. Many outcayes of a similar nature had taken place among the Linear* and Chinese in that part of the metrop..lis of late years ; and though no charge of neglect seemed im putable to the Overseer appiinted by the Eaat India Company, on the present occasion, yet . it was to Le iegietted that the men were subject to no po ocular restraint ; and it was dreadful to !elect, that in a neighbourhood like Shadwell, where ,a portion of the dregs of the kingdom found a commtna.centre, such a number of strangers of irritable temsrs, addicted to,intoxication. and half savage, should be permitted to Foam about the streets, and lurk in.public-houses to the disgrace of social order, and terror to the neighbourhood. The subject certainly tequir:d the attention of the East India. Company, if not of Go vernment. In 1806, the Chinamen rose on the Las.. cats,,and such a scene of savage riot ensued, that every house was shut, and the Magistrates were obliged to call in the aid of the military. He would only repeat what he said on that occasion, that it was to be hoped, a system would speedily be adopted ao remedy the evil by the removal of these people into barracks, at a distance from town, or by accommo dating them op board hips . Verdict. Manslaughter, against some person or persons unknown. Yesterday, another Inquest *as held on' Arlin, another Chinese, aho Nias carried to the same litispi ! Sal on Sunday, and who had his skull fractured in the same affray. The men carried to the Hospital were six iii all,, two of whom are dead. The evidence being the same as in the former case, the Jury re. turned it similar verdict. Two other Itiquetts were held at the same place, on the bodies of two Lamm, who were cabbed cm Tuesday last by some Malay., in their bArriicka. • In one'of the ewes, the Jury returned a verdict of Wilful Murder against Abdullab, a Malay ; anti a similar verdict as to the other case against some rosin un known. 1 i , „ 0