Star. — London, England, 1813-11-29 00:00:00

• PARLIAIENTARr PROCESBINCS. - • 110IISE 'OF COMMONS, NOVEMBER 27. The London Militia Volunteering Bill, and the New Bath Vales Banal! Debts Bill, 'ere read a third time and passed. The Police Bill was ordered to ba cornmkted on Monday. The Madder Duty Bill went through a Committee, and was -.06 to be reported on Monday next. • The Militia Serjeants Bill was committed, and a new clause added, to extend the bounty to Serjeants having already retired after twenty-one years service. The Bill was t►en read a third ohne and passed. The Accountant-General of the Court of Chancery Bill, the thequer Bills Bill, and the Scotch Salt Duty Bill, were read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Monday next. The Militia interchange Bill, and the 60th Regiment Augmen -ration Bill, were read a third time and passed.—Am...-- -~----~ DUTCH PAPERS. OFFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. HAGUE, NOVEMBER 2s. The day before yesterday, the 23d instant, a body of 300 Cossacks presented themselves before the city of Amsterdam, which they entered yesterday morn ing, the 24th. 'The French garrison, which had shut itself up in the old town house, surrendered ; subse quently to which, Mr. Ram accompanied the Captain of the Cossacks with his detachment half way be tween Haarlem" - and Amsterdam, and took possession of the fort situated there, by capitulation. =TRACT OF A LETTER TO TIIE GENERAL GOVERN MENT, WRITTEN FROM ON BOARD HIS MAJESTY'S CORVETTE •BRITOM ART, OFF THE TEXEL. " I have this day received a letter of the 22d from the Hague, containing a request that the necessary troop , . and ammunition may be sent to Holland as soon as possible. I can assure you, that lam con vinced that my Government has taken the necessary measures to give you all possible assistance, and I am sure that it will make its appearance immediately upon your coast. " Be assured that the English are your friends ; and the British people already congratulate you upon your approaching liberation. (Signed) S. RIDDELL, Captain." THE HAGUE, NOVEMBER 3. This evening the Government has received the official information by an express, which has been landed by one of the English cruizers, that positively a 13ritish fleet is under sail to our ports-in the North Sea, and partly arrived on our coast, having troops, arms, and ammunition on board, and which is in stantly to be followed by his Serene Highness the Prince of Orange. HEADQUARTERS, ROTTERDAM, NOV. 23. The Geneial Baron Sweerts de Landas arrived yesterday at Rotterdam, and has occupied Capelle and Ysselmonde, on which the French who had ar tived at Dordrecht retired, and evacuated the town, tailing barlc upon Gorcum. HEADQUARTERS, AT LEYDEN, NOV. 23. General de Jough marched yesterday en Leyden, where he has fixed his Head-quarters, and has sent to-d y part of his troops to iilphen, in order to se cure the important place of Voerden. IXTRACT of INTELLMENCE from NORTH HOLLAND. Most of the towns and villages in North Holland are in insurrection. All refuse obedience to the Empe ror, and acknowledge the Prince of Orange for their kgitimate Sovereign, and raise the universal cry— " To arms, Netherlanders ! Deliver yourselves from him who has already butchered thousands of yoer chitaren ; and consider, that if you are compelled to fight, it is much better to sacrifice your lives on your own soil, for the country which gave you birth, where your families and friends reside, than to be carried off in a foreign land, and be slaughtered, the victims .f ambition." INTERCEPTED LETTER. Dated Gorcum, November 20. " The insurrection which has burst forth at the Hague, M. Maire, has compelled me to transfer, for some time, the seat of the Under-Prefecture to Gor dn. You can transmit to me there all business which will not suffer any delay.' I shall continue to dispatch the same until my return to the Hague, which I consider to be very near. A hundred thou sand men march upon the Yssel, [by which road ?] and will secure Holland against the invasion of an enemy. From this moment until my return, I charge you, M. Le Maire, to keep your Commune quiet, and in order.—l am," &c. (Signed) 46 The Under-Prctect of the Arrondissement of the 1 - I.igue, " H. DE GESTAS." Note.— We shall march with 100,000 men against you, in the same manner as- the Spaniards, the Rus sians, the Prussians, and the Germans, have done before us. • " The Provisional Council of this town hastens to make it known, that in the name of his Highness the Prince of Orang e ::rd Nassau, the General Govern ment of the United Netherlands, we authorise the Proiisional Government of the argue to place a box or, one of the doors of the Town-hall, into which' die inhabitants of the Hague may have an opportunity of giving their fr ee gifts for arming the country, and fur the defence and restoration of its liberties. " As the undersigned has all his time taken. up with the public service, he requests his countrymen net to come to him f.,T some days, to speak on psi vote matters. ‘Vhoever has airy public business to transact with him, or wishes to interrogate him upon =titters of service; is requested to express it in a few words, and to send it to his house in a sealed letter, with the liberty either to wait or send for the answer. On all matters of, importance the undersigned is ready to speak with every one. (Signed) " Now. 14, ISIS. " tiTSREET KARL HOSENDORP. °. TkIR NAME Or 1113MIGHNESS TILE GENERAL GOVERN WENT. Fellow countrymen I—We remain at our post for 'veranee of our native land : we accept the of An who may be ready to co-operate with look solely and wholly to the great work of id liberation from a foreign yoke : we invite inc to speak his mind according to his presem )n. Netherlanders arise ! speak out to us, and in a situation to make every one of you ,ecling to the wishes of his own heart ! Ham, Nov. 113. (signed) VAN MAASDAM. proclamation of the same date says, 4, We found it expedient that an the youths belonging - phalli' houses and workhouses should be em. the public service: bitt this service shall by deprive them of the right of returning to tile houses, when the enemy shall be driven out." Another order appoints LeopoldSount Limbuig Commander in Chief of the armed force of IL %off • • v. - L tias d . l e ivr ces cs : we 1, • and rr s e e r s r rs i n o c i aka place us accon ho The Nags Anothe ti.o ave four a o the orp , loyecl in o means Maid house Anotlx Vic Stirum C !lollop& i~ LP C =l tb bit a!, he THE EVENING STAR. LONDON •. • _ MONDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1813. PRICE ta STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK • Reduced OH 601—Cons. 61111—for ace. 62 4 per Ct. 751 76—Navy 9211—Long Aans. 141 Ontn. —New ditto, 911 fb—Exch. Bills 3s. Ss. pre. Bonds 2s. 3s. di,. • POPULARITY or BONAPARTE IN FRANCE. The Prussian ship Hendrick, Captain Haying, has arrived at Falmouth, from Bourdeaux, which place she left eleven days since. The inhabitants were fully acquainted with the late disasters of the French in every direction, and were loud in the expressions of their execration of BONAPARTE and his adherents.— The but cruposition: towards the English and their Spa nish and Portuguese prevailed at Bourdeaux, and the inhabitants were eager for their approach. They knew that Marquis Virmamtarozi had carried the lines in'front of Bayonne. There is also an arrival at Falmouth from Ro chelle. The Prussian brig Wow Maria, Captain Dorcas, left that place on the 21st. He states that the greatest consternation prevailed there, and that every male, between the ages of 15 and 30, had been ordered to join the army, and all the crews of the ships of war have been landed for the same purpose. It was given out by the French authorities that five hundred thousand men would shortly be in arms to protect France, tut it was evident that there was much of Gasconade in this assertion, and the inhabi tants expressed much dissatisfaction at the present posture of affairs. The novelty of the day in point of foreign intelli gence is another arrival of Dutch Papers, of the date of Thursday last. They announce the entrance into Holland of the advanced guard of the Russian and Prussian armies, where they have been received with every demonstration of joy. The Dutch Admi-' ral of the Texel fleet (Veaneutt.) has refused to sur render it to the Provisional Government, but he has, nevertheless, evinced no feelings of hostility to the Revolution ; but it is understood that from some no tions of etiquette, he withholds the public declara- 1 ration of his sentiments until the arrival of the Stadt. holder. General. WINZINGERODE commands the Al liedtroops, which have entered Holland—th‘ey have advanced along the batiks of the Yssell by Zwell, De. venter, and Zutphen, and thence marched to Amers fort, where they were on the 23d instant. On the 24th, 300 Cossacks entered Amsterdam and joined the Patriots, in compelling the last remains of the French who were shut up in the Old Town-house, to surrender. In the coarse of that day, the Dctch pa triotic armies received an accession of ten thousand volunteers. On the 22d instant two Patriotic Generals had fixed their head-quarters at Leyden and Rotterdam, and afterwards moved out to drive, the French be_ yond the Dutch territories. The National Guards are now denominated the Orange Guards. Amid the general joy which the prospect of the emancipation of their country has excited, the Dutch in some places have" hollowed before they were out of the wood." The French Douaniers and the military in some places have rallied and committed some ex. cesses, but there is ao chance of their restoration to authority. In the mean time some degree of alarm has been excited, as will be seen from the following letter : " YARMOUTH, NOVEMBER 2.8, " This morning came in.. 3 our Harbour six sail of Dutch schuyts ; they left Scheveling early yesterday morning : they came to implore a supply of arms, for which, as well as troops, the Dutch are in abso lute want. The rrench have overpowered the Pa triots in one or two places, the names of which we cannot learn, and committed most horrible massacres. The French, thank Goa! failed in a like attempt at Amsterdam. The spirit of the People is rising every where, and they only want the aid of a small mili tary force and plenty of arms, to enable them to take ample vengeance on their oppressors. The most agonizing anxiety for assistance is felt in every part where the flame of Patriotism has burst forth, , and they are living in a state of perpetual apprehension, which, ere this, by the arrival of our troops, we hope, is relieved." A Letter from Harwich, dated the 28th instant, says—" We have arrivals from, and sailing, for Holland. Yesterday arrived the New Union, LAN cAnta, in ballast, and sailed again to-day with Go vernment dispatches. Also arrived the Friendship, BALLIIR, with cheese, seed, and lihen, from 'ronnin gen ; and the Johanna and Maria Elizabeth, fron, Scheveling.—Arrived to-day two schuyts, with pas sengers from Holland.—Three packets remain wind bound." • A letter from Amsterdam, dated Nov. 24., says, gl Scarcely had the Cossacks entered this city, when .the enthusiasm for the good cause, which had ani mated for a long time the good citizens of this town, developed itself. Ten thousand citizens have volun teered to day Their services to march against the ene my, in order to drive them out of their country" MR, HARRISON', the Secretary to the Treasury, gave a dinner on Saturday, at his house at Putney, to Viscount &MOUTH, the CitAtiCZLLOR of the Ex- CUMULI, and a select party. -. 77i" BRITISH ARMY IN FRANCE. OIIA/NWI/M The Mail which arrived from Paiute on Satur day, though it has . not confirmed the accounts re ceived via Paris, has brought us some Important de tails from the Army. Our brave fellows have much improved their circumstances by forcing the entrench ments of St. Jean de Pe, being mow well hutted and tented, and ready to take advantage of the first fa vourable weather. The French peasantry and the troops of the Allies are on the best tern's, and the army has an abundant supply of every.necessary.— We subjoin the most interesting and amusing of the letters that have reached us t An Officer of the Light Division writes thus : " The hill and redoubt left for us in the beginning of the battle, was carried by our pilau fellows as quick as lightning, though the French expected us for three hours. So rapidly did our fellows run at them, and so irresistable was their attack, that though the French were posted in fastnesses that appeared unapproachable, and secured by entrenchments, pa- rapets, and every thing that art could do, we were in possession of this formidable place, defended by a whole brigade, in less 'than half an hour ; and so quickly did Mounseer scamper off, that he had not time to take away cr burn his camp : we found tents more than enough for us all. In the strong fort which we took next, and about 600 Frenchnien in it, the Commandant was drunk. All this could not be obtained with nit some loss. Our gallant General KEI I 6iPT is again wounded, at is BARNARD, one of the ornaments of the English army. General Sir•Jonn DOWNIE, who was to our left, led on the Spaniards in a noble stile : he had two horses shot under him, but himself escaped this time. By his rapid and masterly movements and coming on the re .0 of the fort at the time the 52d was advancing in front, the retreat'of the French was cut off, and they had only to capitulate." " CAMPAR THE THIRD DIVFION, (near the Banks of the Nire,) November 14. " I idtagine Joh" Bull must be much disaprointed that he has not had Gazettes Extraordinary, with ac counts from us of bloody fights in France : in fact, the fault is not curs that he had not such three weeks ago. Though we can fight the French, we cannot fight the elements. Our brave fellows have been very impatient, and so really have the Portuguese and Spaniards Once again an English army is in France : the brave WELLINGTON is as fairly in possession of a part of it as ever the •BLACK, PRINCE or HENRY V. WAS ; and he will soon have the whole of Gascony or thelhew De partment of the Pyrennees. You must make him a Duke for this. The Spanish nation is to make him Prince of Navarre, and Portugal will greet him Prince of the Douro. If possible, the last victory, for gal lantry, beat all our former great victories. In the course of one day, the double line of fortifications, which it took the French engineers so many months to construct, and which were defended by nearly 70,000 French, men fighting for their country, were carried by the English under WELLINGTON. In reality, they made a shamefully bad defence ; it is clear they were completely cowed on the appearance of red coats—they fled before they were within musket shot; and perhaps BONAPARTE and his Generals may not succeed in making another army face at all. " The Portuguese did their part to admiration ; the Spaniards acted very well. One trait in the Eng hth is extraordinary, though quite naive: —As the Marquis had left distinct parts of the performance to the Spanikh troops, and the English had not so much to do as on former occasions, in various parts the English soldiers aetwally stole away and mixed among the Spaniard:, unknown to their Officers, really leading them on to the storming, for the extraordinary plea. sure of killing Frehchmen and encouraging Spaniards. This is a fact seen by thousands ;--kept back from striying by their own Officers, the English soldiers found means to start off and nth among the advance of the. Spaniards, when they saw them about to storm works. • " For a long time back 'the French Government have been endeavouring to cripple our army, by offering inducements to the men to desert ; they sent in the following paper among our men, published in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, German, Po-: lish, and Dutch. This is the English copy verbatim : 6/ ADVICIL—The soldiers of all nations, Frenc'i,' Italian, German, Polanders, English, Spanish, 11 and Portuguese, who are in the English service, 11 are advised that the deserters coming to the French 44 imperial army, are perfectly will received : they 41 are paid for the arms and the horses they bring " with them : none of them is obliged to serve : pass " ports are delivered to them to return to their native 41 country if they choose, or to go to inner parts of 41 France, where they may freely exercise their pro " fessions : they are moreover treated with all sort 41 of regard.—They are also warned, that the whole " French nation is armed ; and that, in the case the English, Spanish, and Portuguese armies should " tread his territory, they would not find any where " but death and destruction." " On our entering the villages, we found, to be sure, most of them deserted ; but finding that we are not the savage robbers we are reported to be, in a few days all the inhabitants have found their way back to their houses, and rendered us all the assistance, poor people, they could. . In preventing the soldiers from plunder and pil lage, Colonel Scovszds corps, the mounted staff re gime% . lone , service; they are a regiment of police. Officers or provosts, who prevent licentious ness of the soldiery, plunder, robbery, raviilment, and every kind of excess. ‘, has di -; infiniit 66 We found the Prefect of the department had or dered every Frenchman to burn his houses sod fields, and leave the country on our approach; but I believe . no single instance is seen where this was obeyed. d 6 The country is plentiful and rich—the houses, rooms, and furniture, so unlike Spain anti Portugal, they remind one of Yorkshire, and comfort and hap. piness. The inhabitants are just like Frenchmen—all life and jollity; and seem quite to forget that their country is overrun and conquered, and might be en slaved by foreigners: the :merry tabor, dance, and song go round as heartily and jocundly as is the most prosperous of their days." THE ARMY. 1 % . Field - Mirshal his Royal Highness the Duke of CAMBRIDGE will proceed to Hanover, with an esta blishment on a very extended scale. Major General DECKEN, of the German Legion, goes as Adjutant. General ; Lieutenant-Colonel KEATE, of the Guards, as Quarter-Master-General • M tjor ft INit err, of tl.e 52d, Military Secretary. Royal Highness has six Aides-de-Camp, with a proportionate Medical and Commissariat Staff. The Marquis of BUCKINGHAM, with a degree -of patriotism as creditable to himself, as it is worthy of example in others, has volunteered, with the whole of his regiment, for service in Holland. The Earl of DARTMOUTH, Sir WATEIN WILLIAMS,- WYNNicand several other Colonels of Militia regi ments, have volunteered with their corps for foreign service, and are going forthwith to embark. I The embarkation of troops still continues at the different ports. On Wedntsday 650 of the Royal . Marines arrived at Deal from Chatham, with six 3ix pounders and one howitzer, and immediataly embar ked on board Admiral Youno's fleet, consisting of the IMPEEI3NABLE, CUAT/lAI.I I BLENHEIM, TIGKI:, ilOnGes, CoLossos, and MONTAGUE. The same afternoon the fleet sailed for Holland. All the Smacks which carried the troops friths • Greenwich, transferred them to the men of War. in Hoseley Bay, on Saturday forenoon. • • Returns of all the Dutch prisoners of war in tlfsa country have been ordered to be made on', prepara. tory to their bring sent home to assist their ctaintrya men in maintainirtg their newly aeiluire.l indepen. dence. Their number, it is said, excer,:s 10,000. ' The St. Germ tins.troop of Yeomanry cavalrytas .consented to Corm a part of a regiment, agreeable the pr.posals of Government. 'Friday last a meeting was held by Colonel Gnar -1 maw and ;he Officers of the Arnoundetness Local Militia, to consider npon e propriety of offering their services to Government at this important crisis, on the terms. proposed by Lord CASTLEREAGU t when it was unanimously agreed to offer their service to his Majesty's Government, to go to any part Of Great Britain, to be emsoyed as his Majesty's Government might think proper. The portion of the 18th Foot, lately stationed at Jersey, arrived some days ago at the Lle of Wight. Detachments of the 20th Light Dragoons and of the B:ulswick Husars, were uncl.,r orders fa- service with Lord WELLINGTON. They may now, probably, be destined for Holland. The Duch Otlizers in the French service, priso ners- of war in Reading, have with one burst of una nimity expressed their wishes to join their patriotic countrymen in Holland, and sent a stroag and 1. , yal petition to that effect. It will be seen, by reference to an article from Got. tenbergh, inserted in the STAR of Friday, that the CROWN PRINCE or awsustif has, under the favourable • aspect of existing circumstances, dispensed with the stipulated contingent of British infant: y, and placed them at the disposal of the British Government, sO that they can now be made applicable either to Dwelt or Peninsular service. Holland. however, is their most probable destination after their arrival in England The Gottenburgh article mentioos bnly four Bat talions, but by a letter from an Officer embarked, it appears there are five, the 25th, 33d, 54. h, and 73d. The CauwN PRINCE has retained the 3d Hussars.. PORTSMOUTH, NOVEMBER es. Arrived yesterday his Majesty's ship GLoucerrist from the Baltic, with two Russian men of aar.— Sailed the QUEEN, with a fleet for the West Indies; t he I ND IA, )oth ditto, for the Mediterranean ; G .~s. LAND, with ditto, for Spain and Lisbon ; and cite SEVERN, with ditto, for Bermuda and the Bahatmes. Arrived to-day his Majesty's ships OntoN, 'Torn the Baltic ; and HA'. fait., from Plymouth.—Nothing sails; I to day.—W;nd E. - Many natives of Holland have applied for passports to return to their own country, but none have yet been granted. Some regulations for the immediate re establislundat of a commercial interc.urse between the two countries will be the first business entered upon at the Hague, after the arrival of the Sranr. HOLDZR and Lord CLANCA RTI there. It is a fact, that three weeks ago the streets of Bayonne were unpaved, as A preparation fm a siege. On the North of the Adour is a str. ng elevated cita. del, which commands the town, including the part of it to the South of that river. The sudden rise and precipitate decline of BONA- PiRRTeS fortunes are very accurately decribed in the following line : He rose like a 'valet, and fell like the Wel." BONAPARTE is now hi danger of losing bath the Rhin, and the Rhine.o, which he had so long consi. dered his own property. CORN EXCHANGE, MARK.LANE, NOV. 25. In eonseqtsence of the wind lay:ng become favourable. a Toy large Beet from Essex, Suffolk, and Norfolk arrivod to last Fri day's Market, when there was no demand for Wheat When t a reduction of 10s. per quarter; and many more vessels !miring aril rived this morning, produced (with the large quantity which wo left over from Mgt week's supply) an immense supply for tine day's Market. which has occasioned a decline In the price of Wheat of from 14s. to i 6s. per quarter from the price of this d. y week. Barley is 2s. White Peas 4s. Beans 10s. and Oats Ss. pee quarter cheaper. Flour bas fallen 10s. per sack. I , '• • ;