Star. — London, England, 1813-05-20 00:00:00

GO7TEN:B GH STOCKHOLM, MAY s. (DEMI—OFFICIAL DOCUMENT.) A jogrllal, called the New Icasclinaviass, this Capital, t.otitains the following reflections fanJ • ; resent armaments “ Among the numerous causes which are in gene. brought forward to justify the right of making there will probably none other be found, consis tent w i t h the Natural 'tights of Nations, than eelf-de. self =security, and the preservation of peace. If the preservation of peace, and security, may b e considered as a sufficient cause for making war, wars must likewise be just, which have for their ' ct either to reconquer lost countries, or to gain others as, by their geographical situation. appear form only one and the same kingdom, and the mu ,al incorporating of which would ensure safety against invasion, and render peace more durable.— '1 hip holds good in all times, but more especially in limes like the present, when a general flame of war a ppears ready to extend itself from one country . to another, and consequently a general peace would be the greatest blessing to the whole human race. Neither have these political truths escaped the ebervation of the great and extraordinary man, whom a gracious PROVIDENCE has bestowed on Sweden, to save it from threatened destruction. He has per ceived, that the possession of Norway is the only pearls of restoring to Sweden those bonadaries which oatore herself appears to have traced out. and glor ying, out of two nations so similar in language and ma nners, only one united people, under the dominion of one and the same sceptre. He has perceived that these nations, more than once united in ancient times, and always friends to each other, would thereby gain common security, and an increase of strength, to assist each other against any enemy that might at tempt to attack either. Our Allies, Russia, England, Prussia, have likewise guaranteed the possession, Norway to Sweden, and the union of both these gdoms, by which the Peninsula of Scandinavia ill gain both strength and respect among the powers of Europe. By this guarantee, our Government en tertained hopes, that the surrender of Norway might be obtained by peaceable negotiation with the King of Denmark, and by that means, the calamities of war avoided ; but the evasive answers received by our Government, and the hostile conduct on the part of Denmark, which without any cause has taken place against our shipping, has rendered preparations for war by Sweden a matter of necessity, partly for obtaining possession of Norway by force of arms, if friendly negotiations should still continue unavailing ; and partly to contribute to a general peace, for which Europe has so long sighed in vain. But even under this necessity of causing the Swedish arms to participate in the general war, to ob tam at length a general peace, Sweden and its inhabi tants are nevertheless freed from the horrors of war, which have afflicted almost all other countries. It appertains to the happy consequences of the policy adopted by Sweden, that she can remove the opera tions of war, without her borders, and cause the hus bandman here at home to pursue undisturbedly his vocation. It is on foreign ground, that, if necessary, our troops will disembark, to fight for the honour of Sue,ien, and the rights of humanity: and if, as ap pears probable, Swedish troops should enter into any of the Danish possessions on the other side of the Sound, with the intent of forcing the King of Den mark to an inclination for peace, and a voluntary re nunciation of Norway, our troops will find in such a fruitful country, all that they will require for their support. 44 Our great and humane Crown Prince is going to command his Swedes in person, and considers all his toils as light„ as they prepare Sweden's honour and prosperity. He will, by his presence, re-animate the Swedish soldier's ancient courage ' • he will be his paternal defender ; and will bring him back, crowned with the laurels of victory, to the native country which he has protected and enlarged, and to the brethren he has defended. • ' 6 The metropolis now misses this beloved Prince, on whom all the futute hopes of Sweden now rest. He has commenced his journey, for the purpose of bbtaining information of the situation of the country, and the necessary means of defence on Sweden's own borders ; after which he will go over to Swedish Po reeania, where he will be met by his troops. May tile protecting hand of PROVIDENCE conduct him in cht way he is to go !—May blessings crowd all his undertakings !—May he soon return with the palm of Peace !—And may he then read in every Swedish eye, love, gratitude, and esteem !—And may every er.e of our Swedish fellow-citizens thoroughly per ceive, that Sweden's present situation, and future wel fare, loudly call for the steps which are now taking ; that, should any further sacrifices be necessary, every cae may thereto be willing; and that the country which shonld refuse to sacrifice every thing to gain '<id preserve its independence, does not deserve to pssess it, or to be reckoned among free States !" - LONDON. THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1813. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK: Red. Sef—Cons. 59—for acc. 39-4 per Ct. nif L per Cent. Stiii—Bonds is. 9s. dia.—Each. Bills 4s. 6s. pre. Baal: Lang Annuities 14 11-16ais 4. - We have this day given farther extracts from the Gotteaburgh Mail of yesterday. The demi-official Swedish document announcing the intention to unite Norway to Sweden will be read with interest.— There are some points in the politics of the North not easy to be comprehended. Is the proposed annexa tion the effect, or the cause of the hostility manifested by Denmark to the cause of the Allies ? And, on the other hand, if Denmark be decidedly hostile to the common cause, on what principle does that Power give demonstrations of its intention to support the in. dependence of Hamburgh and Lubeck ? Our limits do not allow us at present to enter on these questions, as we must reserve room for the Prussian official Ac count of the Battle of Lutzen, which has this day reached us by a Mail from Heligoland, bringing lets ters and Papers from Hamburgh to the 12th instant. " BERLIN, MAY e. " The Military Governor here yesterday pub lished the following concise report, by affixment of papers concerning the engagemens which haVe taken place between the main armies of the Allies and the French.—Referring to our publication of yesterday, we now hasten to lay before the public the following further particulars of the battle which took place on the 2d instant, between Pegau and Lutz en : " P egau, Saxony, May 3. " Yesterday morning the two hostile main armies met between Pegau and Lutzen ; the Russians and Prussians being under the chief command of General Wittgenstein, and the enemy's army under the Em peror Napoleon in person. One of the most dreadful cannonades known in the lath* annals of warlike operations took place. " It continued from eleven o'clock until ten o'clock in the evening, when night alone put an end to it. During this cannonade, the fire of musketry was nearly uninterruptedly kept up, and frequently the valour of the Allied Troops proved itself in attack with the bayonet. Seldom or ever was there a battle fought with such animosity, or so murderous effects. The French derived great advantage from their po sition on the heights near Lutzen, where they had thrown up strong cntrerchments, which they de fended with a heavy fire -)f artillet y. But the valour of the Allied Troops drove them back from one po sition to another ; nor were they to be deterred even when the superior defence of the enemy in his last positions rendered frequent attacks necessary. The result of this warm day was, that the Russian and Prussian troops kept possession of the field of battle during the whole night, and caused the enemy a double or treble greater loss than their own. 4g As yet there have not been brought in but little more than 1000 prisoners, with ten pieces of artillery, and likewise twenty-three powder-waggons (which General Von Winzingerode took from the enemy early this morning), the animosity during the fight being roo great to give much quarter. But the great consequence is, that the French have now been con vinced by the Russian and Prussian troops, what may be performed by valour, when inflamed by noble en. thusiasm in so great, just, and sacred a cause as ours; and of what they may have to expect in future, when all the armed firrce collecting for this purpose will be assembled. " It certainly is likewise true, that the loss of the Russian and Prussian troops is very great; nor shall we over-rate it if we for the moment estimate it at from 8 to 10,000 men, in killed and wounded ; but most of the latter only very slightly. It gives us much pain to be obliged to mention Major the Prince of Hesse Homburg among the dead; and Gen. Blucher, as being wounded (he, however, only left the field half an hour) ; Generals Von Scharnhorst and Von liumerbein, whose v<ounds are, however, only slight ; as likewise the Russian Generals Von Karoweizen and Alexief. But, besides these, an unusually greater proportion of officers, and also of the younger sons of our native Plussia, are among the number of killed and wounded. " The noble ardour with which these volunteers met death in the just cause, insures them of being immortalised in the remembrance of their friends and their native country. " Even this morning the enemy attempted to make some attacks on the allied troops, but was soon repulsed by some cannonading. To afford the latter some rest and refreshment after their great fatigue, they will be taken into the positions of Borna and Rochlitz, from whence it is expected they will im mediately break up to commence fresh operations. " By what we can learn from the prisoners, Marshal Ney and General Souham are among the killed, on the enemy's side ; and General Bessieres is wounded." 46 According to official accounts before as, nothing material took place on the 4th and sth. The Elbe, above Magdeburgh, was not threatened. 46 We still wait the official statement of particulars eoneerning themotions of the several corps,.and of their marches and counter-marches. (Signed) " L'ESTOO SACX." PARTICULARS OF THE BATTLE BEFORE HAM BURGH, ON THE Sra MAY. " Marshal Davoust had on the 9th May drawn a ' part of his troops, which had till then been stationed along the Elbe, from Luneburg to the mouth of that river; and concentrated 5500 men, on a line from Harburg to the Customs-storehouse. With this force, at one o'clock on the night of the 9th, he made an attack on the Island of Wilhelmsburg, and on Ochien warder. He had left about 1500 men at Harburg- We had on our side 1100 men, infantry, at Wilhelms burg, and 600 at Ochienwarder. • " The enemy, who took advantage of the ebb tide for landing, crossed the river in mass at several points, under a smart fire from all his batteries ; he pushed our advanced posts, and caused them to fall back, and gradually gained some ground. But no sooner had the advanced posts and the smaller detachments joined the reserves in their rear, than the enemy was attacked, and a brisk fire of musketry commenced at all points. A battalion of Mecklenburghers were now sent to the support of Wilhelemsburg, and a regiment of Hanoverians, with a battalion of Lubeckers, advanced from Bergedorf and the Custom Stores, against Ochienwarder and the enemy's right flank. " The enemy could not long withstand this new and impetuous attack, he gradually gave way at all points, covering his retreat by burning some houses and mills. Our troops pursued him closely, and made many prisoners. " The enemy then re•embarked, under the pro tection of his numerous batteries on the other shore ; his loss amounts to about 300 men, in killed, wounded, and prisoners; and on our side to about 150, among whom are 13 Officers." The Correspondent of the 11th May gives an ac. count, that there was an obstinate engagement be tween the French and Prussians, in the very heart of the city of Leipzic, before the gate called Galgchow, where there was a French half-battery, consisting of three cannon and a howitzer. The. battle, says the account, had scarcely lasted half an hour, when we saw one of these.cannon car ried through the town to the market, and it was soon after known that the other cannons and the howitzer were taken by the Prussians. The French withdrew into the town, and the Prussian cavalry and sharp shooters followed close at their. heels. In all the streets of the town, and especially in the great mar ket, the contest was very obstinate, as it was also at all the gates. The Prussians rushed in every where, scaled walls, leaped ditches, and ,made their way through gardens and houses. It surpasses all beliet with what bravery and activity the Prussians began, continued, and ended the fight. Many fell in this contest. The loss of the enemy in killed and wcunded is especially considerable. The French were pursued for several hours. A letter from Halle, dated 4th May, says, “Since Sunday, the corps of Bulow, about 4,000 strong, has occupied our town." A Captain in the Navy arrived in a post-chaise at the Admiralty this morning. with dispatches from the North. This arrival was preceded by a Telegra phic notice that he was the bearer of important intel ligence. He brings the Russian and Prussian ac count of the battle of Lutzen. The Allies were un - questionably victorious. Letters of the 14th, brought by the Lady Mary Pelham, from Corunna, state, that the Marquis of WELLINGTON had sent forward a body of 3000 ca valry, and that the French, on their approach, had abandoned the cities of Leon and Astorga. Our Readers will recollect that the late Regency of Spain was dismissed for not enforcing the Decree of the Cortes, ordering the officiating Clergy to read from their pulpits the Decree by which the Inquisi tion was declared to be suppressed in Spain, and that the new Regency was enjoined to see this Decree executed in the Kingdom. We have received the Manifesto of the Spanish Regency against the Arch bishop of NICEA, the Port's Nuncio in Spain, and other documents connected with this subject, which we shall, if possible, lay entire before our Readers to-morrow—to give them in detached portions would, we think. partly destroy their value. These docu ments consist of letters from the Nuncio to the Dean and Chapter of MALAGA, to the Bishop of JAEN, &c. prohibiting them from publishing the Decree for the suppression of the Inquisition, and his Address to the Cardinal President, avowing and justifying that act. Some of the Daily Papers, as might be expected, turn these documents into matter of argument against granting liberty to the Catholics. The answer is a short one. The laws of England denounce death to any Pope's Nuncio who shall dare to promulgate decrees of the Pope tending to question the Power of th 9 King and Parliament, and it has never been pro ' posed nor asked even by the Catholics, that these laws shall be abrogated. In fact, similar laws exist in every Catholic country in Europe, except Spain and Portugal; and the only error in this business lies with the Cortes :—they should have passed such a law at the very moment that they decreed the sup pression of the Inquisition. The remedy is easy.— Decree the punishment ; and on the next proved do cument of the Nuncio—let him be hanged! :~-~ SECOND EDITION. STAR OFFICE, TWO O'CLOCK. ARRIVAL OF A DANISH ARMY AT HAM BURGH TO DEFEND IT AGAINST THE FRENCH. I No Messenger from General Sir CHARLES STZWAST Or from Lord CATHCART, has arrived by the Heli goland Mail of this morning, but Government have received the important intelligence from the Governor of Heligoland, Colonel HAMILTON, that the Danish Government had declared it to be their intention re solutely to protect the indeptitidence of the Hanse Towns. With that view, au array of fourteen thou sand Danes had entered Hamburgh, to the mot joy of the inhabitants, with a view to defend them against the French. A our ; ral tent fehlt if ec !ad' o bjoc such to to: tnal agate i n Lill appe anOti the 8 Si ebsel a gr save ceiv jnra D am roam of on these Come assist temp and of N king, will l of El terta be of of war our I of place for a obtai frieo and i Euro it Swec tam tants S PETERSBURGH, APRIL 19. The intelligence published at the Head-quarters y.:es, that the King of Denmark has declared, by Lieutenant-Colonel Horn, in his service, to Colonel l'etteaborn, that he would observe a strict neutrality; s.kat no military Frenchman should be in his States; and that he was firmly resolved to refuse an entry to >he French, in case they attempt to infringe the Llell• 'r.kity of Denmark. STRALSUND, APRIL IS. .t$ IRE , S TO ME INHABITANTS OF lOMFRANIA AND AUDEN. " Mar .y brave youths in Pomerania and Rugen, who wish to one antler the banner( of the Swedish Pomeranian Legion, and m conjunction with the Swedish troops partake in the sacrea traigle for •he liberty of Germany, are not possessed of the means !or enabling them to do it. It is an incumbent duty on those .vho are themselves prevented from taking up arms for their Xing and Connell', to supply thew persons with the necessary .nears. On the banks of the Oder and the Elba, Lords and Ladies of Germany have, for that object, made offerings of their Nose valuable property. Inhabitanes of Pomerania and fingen ! We are I kewise (sermons : kt us prove that the tuost sacred in terests of our nation art not' less impressed on our hearts. The •7e: , of Germany are now fixed on us, and our posterity would in 4 .Jeure times blush for us, should their fathers neglect these pre ,,ous mmients. But that none may lose the opportunity of ac tompl.s.king the desire of his heart, we, the undersigned, here wit declare, with approbation of the higher powers, that we are res . dy and will i n g to co ll ect suc h contr ib ut i ons a s generous min ;,ed persons may make for this great object, and will ourselves, to ' n e best cf our judgment, employ them in fitting out fortuneless etkatece , (Signed by 14 of the Principal Inhabitants.) THE EVENING STAR NAVAL 11VTELLIGENqi. FALMOUTH, MAY 17. Arrived the Princess Charlotte packet from the Leeward Islands, in 29 days. Also, artivcd the Su. PE RS man of war, from Portsmouth.—Wind Wens PLYMOUTH, •MAY 18. Arrived the ACHATLS brig of war, from a cruize in the Bay of Biscay, where she chased a few days since,-two American vessels, which escaped by supe rior sailing ; also, the TALBOT sloop of war, from Cork. Sailed his Majesty's ship SAN JOSEF, of 100 guns, Captain STEWART, for the Mediterranean : Brigadier. General HUTCHINSON and Family are gone possengers in her ; also the STAG frigate, to join con voy at Falmouth.—Friday the ENDYSIION, of 44 guns, which is the largest frigate in our service, and equal to any American ship ever built, was undocked, having undergone a thorough repair. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 19. Arrived his Majesty's ship GALATEA from oft Cherburgh. Sailed his Majesty's sloop ECHO, with a convoy for the Downs. His Majesty's ship Rm. tut k: is appointed convoy for Plymouth, Cork, Ike. DEAL, MAY 19. To-day Admiral SCOTT has arrived from off Flushing, in the CHATHAM, 0f74 guns, and remains with the MON mot; rH, of 74, flag ship ; HORATIO, of 38, Captain Lord GEORGE STUART ; CORD/IL/A sloop of war, Captain KENNEDY ; PROTFCTOR ginebrig, Lieutenant MITCHEN ER, with the VIPER, COUNTESS Or ELGIN, DECOY, FoLICSTONF., and DEYVNDER cutters and loggers. The BADGER has just sailed on a cruise, and at the time I am writing, the JAVA East man is passing through the Do..vns for the River.— The five sail of Russian men of war still continue in our Roadstead. HARWICH, MAY 19., The Earl of Leicester packet, Captain Hastwown, arrived late yesterday evening, in eight days from Gottenburgh, but it is not understood she brings any news. The Lord Nelson, Captain MANE, sailed this evening for Gottenburgh, with a Messenger, Mails, and passengers ; as does the Leicester for Heligo. land. The Lady Nepean, Captain 14314E14 sails also on particular business. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. . NEWMARKET SECOND SPRING MEETING-ISM WZDNIMAt i MAT 19. Handicap Sweepstakes of logs. each. T. Y. C. Lord Stawell's Mockbird - . 1 Lord Grosvenor's Chintz, by Alexander - - 2 Lord Lowther's Loiterer - - - 3 Mr. Best's brown mare, by Totteridge - 4 Even betting on Mockbird. The Jockey Club Plate of 50gs. run for by horses the property of Members of the Jockey Club, 4 yr olds carrying 76t. 21b. 5-yr olds, Bse. sib. 6-yr olds, Bst. 91b. and aged, 85t. 1 ilb. B.C. General Grosvenor'a Defiance, 4-yrs old - 1 Mr. Vansivart's Euryalus, 4-yrs old - - 2 Lord . G. H. Cavendish's Eccleston, 6-yrs old - - 3 Lord Lowther's Aquarius, 4-yes old - - 4 5 to 4 agst Defiance. Yesterday being the Birth-day of her MAJESTY; who.then completed her sixty-ninth year, the usual demonstrations of joy and respect were observed at Windsor and in London. The QUEEN and the Pani cs:ins took their usual airings, and afterwards in. spected thr completion of the arrangements for a hrand dinner, given by her MAJESTY at Frogmore, in onour of the day. _ Yesterday died, at Portsmouth, after a few days illness, General WinrrHAst; Lieutenant-Governor of Portsmouth Garrison, and Colonel of one of the Bat talions of the 60111 Regiment of Foot : he was much beloved by the military, and greatly respected by the inhabitants of Portsmouth, and its neighbourhood. Colonel ADAM, who so much distinguished him self in the late battle in the Peninsula, is the son of Mr. WILLIAM ADAM, the Barrister. Lieutenant DUHIGG, who is returned severely wounded, is a most meritorious young officer, and the only son of Mr. Dunrco, also a Barrister, and Assistant Librarian of the •King's Inns, Dublin. Orders have been received at Woolwich for the im mediate dispatch of a detachment of Invalid Artil lery to Heligoland. Two English soldiers were lately stabbed in the night in the streets of Lisbon, and both of them are since dead. A few nights afterwards, a Portuguese was killed with a bayonet by an English soldier, who remains undiscovered. The nephew of a British Peer was executed at Lis. bon on the 7th. He had involved himself by gam. bling, and being detected in the act of robbing t h e house of his English friend, by a Portuguese serv.int, he shot the latter dead, to prevent discovery. After execution, his head was severed from his body and fixed on a pole opposite the house in which the mar. der and robbery were committed. The Funds felt a depression yesterd ,y. on account of the ensuing Loan. The CHANCELLOit of the Ex- CARUS% it is said ; will require Twenty-four Millions.