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t o mbs, and totally demolished.—The following int e:entic intelligence concerning the bombardment of Spandau has been received here : S umm ons for the surrender of the Citadel having, b ee n r epeatedly made by General Von Thumen, Com mander of the besieging Co; ps, the Commandant of that fortress concluded an armistice for three days, that he might in that time obtain instructions from, brad-quarters of the Viceroy of Italy. In conse quence thereof, the Adjutant of the Commandant of the fortress, accompanied by a Prussian Officer, set off for that place ; but when they arrived at the head quarters of Count Von Wittgenstein and General Yordc, they were sent back with a notification, that the bombardment of the fortresetvould commence i m mediately after their arrival there. Agreeably to these orders, the besiegers, on the evening of the 16th, I mmediately commenced throwing up entrenchments, t.d, wonderful to relate, were not disturbed in their Labour by the besieged! On the 17th, at four o'clock in the morning, the t h u nder of the cannon gave notice of the bombard ment having commenced from three batteries. On this day, and part of the night, 393 bombs were thrown into the citadel, exclusive of cannon-shot, and which in the night set fire to it in several places. At nine o'clock in the morning of the 18th, a bomb fell into the magazine of hay and straw in the citadel, which announced itself by a dreadfully thick smoke, intermingled with flame. At 12 o'clock at noon, a bomb fell upon a powder-magazine, which caused a dreadful explosion, so that the besiegers themselves believed that half of the citadel was blown up. The Prussian Lieutenant of artillery, Von Witte, made enquiry for the brave bombardier who had made the ot, and gave him all the money he had about him, which was increased by a gift from Captain Ludwig, who commanded this battery. In the afternoon, the lAegers took aim at the steeple of St. Julius, and :; eir endeavours were in so far successful, that at a quarter past five, it was set on fire, which .was per ceptible at a considerable distance. If the bombard ntrt should be continued, the citadel cannot hold out long. It is a great advantage to the besiegers, that the Commander of the besieging corps General 'Von Thumen, was formerly Commandant of the for. tress; and that Captain Ludwig, who directs the bombnrdment, was a long time in garrison there; and, consequently, they both well knew where the evenly had deposited their punpowdcr and stores. P.S. The Russian and Prussian batteries have had to much effect, that a great part of the brick wall of the citadel has tumbled down, which occasioned a truce being agreed upon for six hours. If the French commandant does not surrender by six chlock in the evening, the place will be stormed. The citadel has not fired since this morning, but, on the other hand, the enemy defends himself behind the walls of the tan. The citadel is cannonaded on the East side by a whole Prussian battery, on the North side by a whole Russian and half a Prussian battery, and on the East side by a whole Russian and kale a Prussian ditto. A voluntary subsc:iption has been raised at Cbarlottenburgh for the wounded besiegers. BURG, APRIL 14. Yesterday the allied troops approached their camp nearer to Magdeburg, and their advanced posts are now within about a mile of that city. Yesterday a loud firing was heard till noon ; and tre afterwards were informed, that the enemy had, in askirmish, above 100 killed and wounded, and 200 taken prisoners : and that the villages of Krakow and Prester had been occupied by the allied troops. Last night, a number of labourers offered them. selves to work in the Prussian trenches before Magde burg. Deserters from the fortress arrive daily. They affirm, that the garrison is, at this moment, only 1000 strong; the other troops broke up yesterday, partly for Tangermunde, and partly on the road to kialle.—Since yesterday, lout flags of truce from Ilagdeborg have appeared in the camp. HAMBURGH, APRIL 23. A letter from Cuxhaven, dated the 19th at noon, states as follows : Three transport ships and a brig are arrived here, having arms on board : (the arms are already arrived here). The brig, which has 400 troops on board, is still lying at Heligoland." Letters from the same place, of the above date, also state, that 700 English troops landed there the preceding evening. CULMSEE, APRIL IL In the night between the Bth and 9th of April, the Russian and Prussian besieging corps before Thorn, completed the first parallel with so much order and silence, that the Bavarian advanced corps knew no. thing of it, till at sun-rise they saw the advanced state of the works. At seven o'clock they began to fre from the fortress, and the fire continued almost incessant till the following morning ; but the besieg ii g corps had the rare good fortune not to have a single m,:n either killed or wounded. LEIPZICK, APRIL 18. The King of S axony i s expected to return imme diately to I)re'den, and to join the Russians and Prussian , , with 50,000 auxiliary troops. ROSTOCK, APRIL 14. Yesterday, 1,200 more Swedes arrived here, with three pieces of cannon, and took the road to Boitzen burg, by th e way of Wismar. A great number of volunteers, of all conditions, flock hither, since the bray:: Swedes marched through this place. Tumor row is the day appointed, when it will be decided, o whetEer the num b er of volunteers be sufficient, or if. more must be called out Fa. active service ? All per sons belonging to the Militia, .of whatever rank they may be, Clergymen only excepted, are exercised in the use .)f amis. Counsellors and professors, mer chants, rrade,rnen, and barrow-drivers, may be seen freely and fraternally manoeuvring together. Our weapons consist merely in a pole of 10 feet long, made of good a - ued, which is provided at the end, with A sharp steel point of 12 inches in length. The pea ' try retain the instrument to which they arc accus- Illeas namely, the scythe only carrying it strai g ht ;weed, to iria'ee it titt er f ! or cutting or thrusting. COPENHAGEN, APRIL 19. The English convoy which passed here, and con :cd of 410 merchant vessels, 2 snips of the line, a io..gun ship, 4 frigates, and 5 brigs, was on the 7th stint followed by a Swedish fleet of 100 to 130 sail, )der convoy of the Swedish frigate Chapman, which id wintered at Catlsham. = 3 IN STAR LONDON. AT I LYRDAY, MAY 1, 1813. St. Plump AND SiIC. JANlBle—Hiladay at the Stock Ezehistge. We are unable to add any thing to our statements of yesterday on the subject of the fall of Daritzic, to which we are inclined to give full credit. It is true that the day upon which this important event took place is not specified, and we are therefore compelled to calculate upon probabilities in this particular, but these are strong and almost irrefragable. Several pri va!e let ters from Hamburgh and Heligoland state, that at the date of the last accounts the garrison was so reduced by disease as only to muster from 5 to 6000 efficient troops. Hundreds were dying daily in the hospitals, and those who were able to do duty, as well as those who were sick, were described as being mutinous; besides which, the inhabitants were known to be extremely adverse to the cause espoused by the besieged garrison, and threw every obstacle in the way of a protracted defence. If we are to believe the statements of the Moniinar, the garrison, at the commencement of the sieges amounted to 30,000 men: according to the private letters from Hamburgh, this number was reduced, at the beginning of April, to 14,000, who were com pelled to subsist on raw horseflesh, such was the want of fuel, and other animal food! About the middle of the month the numbers swept off the ramparts by death and sickness, reduced the garrison still further to sor 6000, as already stated. As another impor tant addition to the report, we have to state, upon the authority of a private letter from an Officer of the British Navy now employed in the siege of Dantzic, that at the time of his writing (sth April) he did not think the place could hold out many days. The works on the land side were not much injured, but this was owing to the tenderness shewn by the be siegers to the unfortunate inhabitants within the walls. A confirmation of the fall of Dantzic is not the only intelligence of a pleasing nature which we may soon expect from the North. We know from an exclusive source of information, that a well arranged but secret plan for the destruction of Marshal DAvow's corps, was in such forwardness when the last accounts came away, that we have reason to believe the object has , been accomplished before this time. That excellent officer, Brigadier-General LTAN, was to convey a corps of 500 cavalry from Cuxhaven to the river Jade, to take DAVOUST in the rear, while a strong Russian force was to advance by -forced marches from Ilamburgb, in front. Nor was it doubted, that every facility which the inhabitants of the country could futnish to insure success, would be contributed with great readiness; as they have suffered dreadfully from the wanton and unfeeling ferocity of the invaders. The latest accounts from Hanover represent the whole male population as being completely insurged, 1 and a great proportion armed. Among our extracts from the German Papers will be found some interesting particulars relative to the siege and bombardment of Spandau. We cannot help applauding the spirit in which the Prussians carry on the siege. All the shifts and doublings re sorted to by the French Commander to obtain time by having recourse to flags of truce, have failed, and the place must consequently have been subsequently surrendered. It is one of the consequences of the re cent change in the aspect of affairs in Prussia, that in' nine cases out of ten the corps which now besiege the Prussian fortresses, are commanded by their ci-drvant Governors and Engineers ! Our military Readers know well how to appreciate the advantage thus given over the motley grouper which ccmpose the different garrisons. This natu rally leads us to another most important observation' arising out of the present situation of Prussia and Germany. The evils of BnNAPARTE'S merciless Con scriptions havo long since been extended to Prussia and Germany. The use of arms has thus been taught by the Tyrant to almost every individual capable of bearing them : and it will not be surprising if, like many other monstrous diseases which have been in flicted on States and individuals, the far-famed Con tinental System will be found to have carried with it the germs of a radical cure, which time will fully develope; and thus return 4 4 the ingredients of the poisoned chalice" to the lips of the Tormentor, with a vengeance ! Wednesday the Duke of CUMBERLAND arrived at General LINSINGEN'S house, in Ipswich, at twelve o'clock at night. His Royal Highness did not go to bed, but stopped till five o'clock next morning, when he set off fox Yarmouth, where he is to embark for the Continent. It is reported that a Depot of Cavalry of the Ger man Legion is to be formed at Ramsgate, in order to be in readiness to embark for the Continent, at the shortest notice. Detachments of Infantry of the same Legion, are also continued to be tent out to the North of Germany; SOO (including part of the Rifle Com pany), from Reading-street Barracks, were emk t irked on Monday at Sheerness, fur that destination. A large quantity of arms and ammunition are or dered to be sent from the Ordnance Yard, at Cha tham, for Harwich, to be shipped for Germany. The transports are still remaining at Harwich, the troops for embarkation are not arrived, but are daily expected. Throughout Westphalia the inhabitants and the soldiery are forbidden to hold any conversations to gether, under pain of death. A SI sal fori 0 a .501 inst. and had I. ikrELLx.tivdE. A large and valuable convoy is now assemhiihg at Cork, for Quebec, Halifax, and Newfoundland.— They go out under convoy 61 the BealsaorHott, 74 guns, Mose and Loam frigates, Pt.ovxa and CAS. mr.lart sloops of war, and some smaller vessels.— Admiral Sir R. Kann has his flag flying on boaxd of the BELLsttotinott. FALMOUTHi APRIL U. _ Nothing foreign arrived io-day—nothing sailed.— Arrived the George, from Liverpool, fot the West Indies; the Speculator, from Limerick, and the En deavour, from Belfast, for London.-Wind West, and fresh breezes. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 29. The American brig that arrived here yesttiday, prize to the SPARROW, was the Encida, THOMPSON Maiter, frOM New York, last from Comma, with a cargo Consisting of cotton and rice, bound to Bour rdeaux.—Arrived the Dorset yacht, from Dublia, to be repaired ; the Jenny, OwEN, from Beaumaris; and the Fortune, BADCOCK I from Falmouth. Also arri ved his Majesty's schooner RAPiu, from the Downs. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 30. Arrived his Majesty's ship Darraaotis, Lieutenant TossuusoN, from a cruize; Justina, &Tun, from Cronstadt and Stockholm ; Freeze, from St. Peters. burgh, laden with hemp ; and Jane, CLARK. from Wyborg, laden with deals and iron, for this port : also, the Betsey, RIBBIXG, from Gotienburgh, with deals, for Gpernsey ; and Aurora, DrsTaxgstaT, frotn GottenburgFs, with deals from Gibraltar.—Saiied the WOLVERINE, 18, Captain Kean, and the TUSCAN, 16, on a cruize.—The DWARF cutter, Lieutenant Goa- DON, is appointed convoy to Guernsey and Jersey.— The MADAGASCAR hoisted the blue peter this morn ing, and is expected to sail with Portugal convoy to. morrow.—Wind very light and variable, from the Eastward. DEAL. APRIL $O. Sailed the Swift East-India piLst sloop, for the River. Remain as per last.—Wind East, and mo derate weather. HARWICH, APRIL SO. The Freeling, bye boat, has arrived after a short passage, froin Heligoland, with a ma .l and passen gers, but :he does not bring any confirmation of the reports of a victory obtained by the Russians over the French, near Magdeburgh, brought by the DIANA. We had a tremendous gale from the eastward yes terday, which continued with great violence during the night, and the harbour is now extremely crowded with shipping, several hundred sail having run in for shelter ; many have lost anchors and cables, and one large ship, bound to Dantzic, has been brought in full of water, having grounded on her anchor. A Danish Messenger arrived in the Freeling, on his way m Count BERNSTOFF, but that Minister being here, on his return to Denmark, the Messenger did not proceed to London.—Wind East, and moderate. Yesterday, the Deputation of Merchants connected with the Brdtic Trade waited on the Minister, to state' to him the hardship the new duty would be on those .:hips which were detained by the weather last winter in the Baltir, requesting him to take off the said duty on those ships—which was refused. The following Notice was yesterday posted at LLOYD'S " Lloyd's, April 50th, 1819. " The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have been pleased to inform the Committee, that several of the Masters of Vessels in the Fleet just arrived from the Baltic, were inattentive to the Convoy, and that they have ordered the Masters of the brig Thornton, of London, and Ann, of Shields, to be prose cuted for attempting to separate from the Convoy. JONN IBENNIT, JUN." The ship Adelphi, DAVID RAITT, of Aberdeen, has been captured on her voyage from Liverpool to the Brazils, by the Comet American privateer, of 14 guns and 95 men. The men and boys were taken out of the Adelphi and put in irons on board the pri. vateer until the Bth February, when they were put on board a schooner bound to Roque, which carried them to Pernambucco. One American was killed and two wounded in the action, which no doubt led to the severe treatment the crew of the Adelphi I experienced, all of whom were plundered of every thing belonging to them. Captain awn RAITT was left on board the Adelphi, which was sent for Baltimore. The rest of the convoy to which the Adelphi belonged, eight in number, have all been captured by the Americans, and the loss, upon the whole, is estimated at ir350,000 sterling ! STATE OF THE NAVY. The following is the state and disposition of the British Navy, made up to the present day :—At sea, of the line, 98 : from 50 to 44 guns, 12; frigates, 146 ; sloops, &c. 81; bombs and five ships, 7 ; brigs, 187 ; cutters, 31; sehooners, &c. 58.. Total, Gl9. In port and fitting—Of the line, 24 ; from 50 to 44 guns, 9; frigates, 24 ; sloops, &c. 21; bombs and fire-ships, 7; brigs, 187; cutters, 34; schooners, acc. 52. Total, 169.—Guard-ships—Of the line, 5; of 50 to 44 gun•, 1.; frigates, 4 ; sloops, 5. Total, 15. Hospital-ships, Prison-ships, &c.—Of the line, 32 ; of 50 to 44 guns, 1 ; frigates, 4 ; sloops, &c. 2. Total, 38.—1 n Commission —Of the line, 159; of 50 to 41 guns, 23 ; frigates, 177 ; sloops, &c. 111 ; bombs, &c. 7; brigs, 212 ; cutters, 43 ; scliconers, &S. 61. Total, 793 —Ordinary and repairing for ►ervice—Of the line, 72 ; from 50 to 44 guns, 11 ; frigates, 8n; sloops, &c. 37 ; bombs, &c. 4; brigs, 12; cutter., 1 ; schooners, &c. 3. Total, 220.—Building, of the line, 28 ; from 50 to 44 guns, 4; fri gates, 25 ; sloops, 9 ; bombs, &c. 0 ; brigs, 7. Total, 73. Totals—Of the Line, 259; from 50 :o 44 guns, 33 ; frigates, 282 ; sloops and yachts, 157 ; bombs and fireships, 11; brigs, 331 ; cutters, 44 ; schooners, gun-vessels, tuggers, &c. 64. Grand Total, 1080. There are a set of French Prisoners in Dartmoor Prison, who are nearly 600, they call themselves Rn. mans, are almost naked, having gambled away all their provisions and cloaths. Finding nothing would reclaim them, the snperintendant, CaptAinCoroaovs, has appointed a certain number of trusty French .prisoners to see every day that they are mustered in separate squads and cat their allowance, to prevent almost starvation. PRINCE REGENT'S COURre Yesterday his Royal Highness the Pantos RroCther , held a Court at Carlton House. Sown after two o'cilock the Panics held a Privy Council, which was attended by The Lord li'restilent, the Lord Privy Seal, the Phis Lord of Abe Treaserr, the Secretaries of State for the HoMe and War Department., the President of the Board of Centre]; togethei with the following Oftleiri Of State—the Groom of the Stoic; (the Mailets of Winchester,) the Viee-Chamberlalts, the Muter of the Horse, the Lord Steward, the Trectirer and Comptroller of the Household, and the Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard. The Marquis of HEAL Otto and General Sraw.sx; attended as the Lord and Groom in Waiting, Mr. BULLZR attended as tneClerk of the Cdtincil. His Royal Highness gave audiencei to the Earls of HARROWBY, LIVERPOOL, and BATtwast. Yesterday, abouttwelve o'clock, the Princess Cit Arid Lorne, attended by the Duchess of LEEDS * Misd KNIGHT, the Bishop of SALISBURY, &c. together with the Duke of GLOUCESTER and Princess Soptitet of Gloucester, attended by Lieutenant Colonel Hrootwe, HAstivr:9lv, Ice. went to the Rayal Academy, So. merset House, to view the Exhibition for this year, previous to the public inspection. They were received by Mr. West, the President, and Mr, HowAnn,The Secretary, who conducted them over the different rooms, and they were pleased to express their high gratification of the differen: productions. They re-. tired a little before two o'clock, when the friends of the Members of the Academy were admitted. Am lig them were the Marchioness of LAttsnowxx. the Earl GREY and daughter, Lord Rivsns, Sir SAMUILL MILLY, Thursday, about three o'clock, the Rochester De putation, consisting of the MAYOR, Town Clerk, Mr. THOMAS H ti.sas, the mover, and Mr. CHARLES LAR• KIN, the seconder, waited upon her Ro).il Highness the Princess of WALEs, at Montague House, with the Address, voted At t h e C ommon Hall, on Tuesday the 20th ult. The Deputation was instantly ushered into the pre. sence of her Royal Highness, who was attended by Lady CIiARLOITE LINDSAY, and was read with great animation by tLe MAYOR. Her Royal Highness ap. peared much grstified,and read t!ie following Answers " I yawn you my best thanks for this testimony of your at. tachment, and for the good wishes towards my Daughter which accompany it." Yesterday the Deputation from the Inhabitants, Householders, of Southwark, proceeded to Black heath , and being introduced to her Royal Highness the Princess of WALES, the Address of the Borough was presented by Sobotaom DAVIS, Esq. Chairman of the Meeting, supported by CuAnts CALVERF, E q. Representative of the Borough, the other Member. Mr. MORS:row, not being ptesent. Her Royal Highness returned the following most gracious Answer to the Address: " I thank you sinoerely for this Addreis4 The good Peopk of yofr ancient Borough may rest asstsred that I derives grait satis faction from the lively Interest which they take ityny owu awl my daughttes welfare," The Mayor aid Burgesses of Berwick h me agreed to address the Princess of WALES, congratulating het' on her escape from the late base, malicious, Anil foul conspiracy framed against her life and honour." Notice was yesterday morning sent to the Stock . Zxchange, that a Loan will be required for Ireland of two millions, to be antracted for in Ireland on the 10th of May. On Tuesday next the Commissioners for liquidating the Na:iunal Debt begin purchasing One Hundred and Forty Thoutand Pound:, daily, in the 3 per Ceas. Consols, or Reduced. The following Notice was posted this morning at the Stock Exchange : Asairox-Orster, MAT I.—The parties entitki to i.e ceive debentures from the Audtur of the receipt of his Majesty's Exchequer, being allow. d the option of receivitig the amount of their contributions in debentures of £lOOO, £5OO, moo, and ,cloo each, are requested to give notice at the Mlle of the mid Auditor on Monday, the ad Instant, or any subsequent einy, Bstn• days and holidays excepted, between tea and twelve o'clock, of the proportion in which they are to be made out, as it will re. quire three days to prepare them-for their delivery." The Synod of Perth and Stirling, at their meeting on Tuesday se'nnight, nnanitnoesly agreed In petitice both Houses of Parliament to grant the liberty of spreading Christianity through the Britith territories in India. Before the Duke of CUMBERLAND left town. his carriage had about sixpennyworth of the Patent Anti- ; attrition Composition applied to the azletreesi with which there is no doubt it will run ten or eleven hun. dred miles. The whole range of Clwydian hills, in Che'shire, have assumed the appearance of December; they are covered with snow, in some places to a crlisiderable depth. The weather has been very gold, an/through: out the week they hare been visited with storms of rain and sleet. This atmospherical visitation, in the les* week of April, is certainly somewhat extraor.linety. Yesterday afternoon a carriage, in which were a lady and two children, was overturned with consider able violence in Wardour-street, by a wheel flying off. The coachman was stunned by a violent blow on the head, but he is not considered in a dangerous state. One of the children received a contusion on the mouth, which bled very freely. An over-driven ox yesterday rushed from Smith, field, with great impetuosity, up Long-lane, and en• countering in its way an old Gentleman, stuck his horn in the fleshy part of his thigh, and threw him nearly as high as the first.floor window. Happily the fall was broken, and he sustained no other injury than the wound in his thigh, which did not appear to be dangerous. Wednesday evening, about nine o'clock, a Gentle. man, coming from Sittingbourne in a post-chaise, was stopped near G2ds-hill, by three fewpads, one of whom ordered the post-bry to stop, or he would blow his brains out, presenting a pistol at the same time ; the other two, also armed with pistols, went to the chaise door, and commanded the Gentleman te , deliver his money, who gave them a purse, contain. ing between 20 and £3O in Bank-notes. Not con. tented, they demanded his watch, which he delivered. The villisins then immediAt2ly ran off, and eseagcci down a narrow lane, with their booty. i t G, I SI 11/ dl )4, As se