Star. — London, England, 1813-02-15 00:00:00

' 7 If -- aititisit ~~ , AfoletitAMPAlddi ' .•11•11•11.011;411 . ..I ° 131. JOHN, tANDARVtt. ' I ty an express froth St. Andrew's, which Poi this city on Tuesday evening last, we have recei, the following official notification, made to Major Maule, comtnanding at that place, by Mond Ul. , *tier, commanding the United States Mops on Moo* ishutd, &c. by a lag of truce, which arrived thertOu tattirday morning last : 44 I hereby notify to you, that all perstins coming to this frontier from his Britannic Majesty's provinces Ist shipping, except by perulission from the Comman ding Officer of this frontier, will be treated as iples; Mid will be made prisoners of war.'" MONTREAL; bECEIVIBEI IS. lalE-past Nine, A. 11.—We have been favoured inch the following letters from a gentleman in Up per Canada to his friend in this city, dated " Fort George, Dee. 9, 1815. a DEAR Sui—test none of your troublesome friends in this neighbourhood should have given you a sketch of .Our late operations on this frontier, I will briefly relate the occurrences of the 28th. About two hours before daylight on that morning, the enemy effected a landing at the upper end of 'Grand Isle, with about 400 then, and owing to his great superiority, a party of the 49th regiment, under Lieutenant Lamont, after gallantly opposing him for a considerable time, were obliged to retire, and were closely pursued into a battery, which was taken with that officer and many of his party; Lieutenant Lamont having previously received several wounds. Much about the same time the enemy, owing to the great superiority of his force, effected a landing at other points, carried se veral batteries—Lieutenant King, Royal Artillery, was severely wounded and made prisoner. " As soon as day had sufficiently dawned to distinguish friends from 'foes; our reinforcements which had assembled from all points, were concen. traced under the judicious arrangements of Lieute hant-eolonel Bishop, who, alter reconnoitring the enemy's force and position, and after a very sharp conflict, obliged him to make a precipitate retreat, to his own shore, 'leaving their Commanding Officer with 38 prisoners behind, and lg dead on the field ; it is supposed the enemy carried nearly 100 killed and wounded, in their boats during the morning. " This gallant achievement has not been perform ed vOkhout a severe loss, which chiefly fell on the 49th.—The return states 12 killed, 15 wounded, and N prisoners. The latter, lam happy to add, have been already exchanged. The militia have also lost from 10 to 15 killed, %rounded, and missing. The enemy had the presumption to send over a summons to Lieutenant-Colonel Bishop, during the morning, requiring the surrender of Fort Erie; who of course returned the obvious answer—" Come and take if." — A second landing was attempted with about 600 men, at the lower end of Squaw Island, but being promptly opposed by our hoer's, and one 6-pounder, they were compelled to retreat with great loss. It appears the troops have been in a decided state of mutiny at Black Rock, and General Smyth pronounced his want of confidence in the American militia—he was fired ati several times, and very narrowly escaped with his life. I believe the militia have, generally speaking, broken up for the Christmas holidays, and gone to their country houses." Other letters have been received in town, from the teat of the action, which mention the American force to have been 6000 men; 8000 of which had actually embarked. The boats which attempted to land near Fort Erie, were dreadfully mauled. Two were sunk.: those which returned were not able to muster more than two or three oars. General Smyth was obliged, aftei the battle, to run away from his troops, to save his life. - THh EVENING STAR. LONDON. STATE LOTTERY. tt.JY ON OR BEFORE TO-MORROW, AS TIM LOTTERY DRAWS ON WEDNESDAY: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1819. PRICE• SI'OCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK: Red. 581 59—Cons. 58/I—Cons. for ac. 581-4 per Ct. 750 ::per Coy. 881—Bds. 7s. Bs. Amis. 151 3-16ths l'ach. bills 4s. 6s. pr.—Omnium .....7..... There is no arrival from the Baltic to-day; but a vessel from the French coast has put us in possession if some important information tespecting the army in the North. The Russians, leafing the Vistula behind them, :Tte now advancing towards the Oder, having previously placed Dantzic and Thorn undet strict blockade. This rapid advance was the real cause Of the King of PausstA's departute for Bres lawi where his family has followed him. The true character of his journey may be bat ascertained by the circumstance of his having proceeded from Poti ilani direct for Silesia; Without fishing Berlin, which ay almost in his way. The truth probably is, that .he Russians were within a few days march of his Capital at the time. SCHWARTZENISZaG o the denernl of the Austrians; ',as resigned his command, probably in disgust ; or may we ndt hope that he has been ordered to Vienna, , o assist in arrangements for a campaign of a dif ferent description .than that in which he has been re t-ntly engaged. Be this as it may, Warsaw is now be completely covered by the corps of SCH. :NBERG and RE:_;ma. It was but the othet rover, that we were told that POSIATOWSKY fifth corps, reinfbtced by 30 1 000 fresh troops; a condition to bid defiance to all attempts 'arsaw. If the Russians have left this place sated, we may fairly suppose that it has been they had higher game in view. Prussia, and All of Germany i as securing the free naviga ths Baltic, anda a partial return of the bles commerce, are certainly more valuable ac as than the regeneration of Poland. ,rAwrc has lost another of his Marshalls.- 41 1 the Prince of Essling t has retired to Nice, uiaracLer :he circus tiani dire+ ay aithtm . he Russi Capita! a SC EIWA resigi may we , 0 assist i ferenti de! ontlt en . .tid to 1 n• A RTZ day, boy and the I ttne in llpan Wi - llntuolesf hecau,e the Nott !inn of tl !jugs o f quisitioa BONA] V MtatiVNA tb hib MIN Vite halve no tidbht that he las quitted the sttvice in disgust'. 'flies* disal"- fected.Generals will* most formidable partitani bj and bye. . Great prepafttions Mb making at Paris k•t• the to ronatien of the liinpeesi Regent; and the Infest Etb perm% BONAPIteII. it ii reported, will then invite: diately set out for iliermihy. We have even heard the day mentioned on, which be takes his departure: It will be, according to the gossip of Paris, about the first of March. - FptAiircE. h has beets reported alai the CHANCU.LOR or the Excumuza has submitted a Han to the Bank Direc tors for raising part of the money required for the present year, by debentures, 10 be funded in stock at the option of the holders. This rumour, we have reason to believe, is unfounded. That Mr. VA Nstt TART has A most Herculean load to move under—a burthen which will require all his financial powers to manage, and the whole fortitude and strength of the country to bear, is seen and acknowledged by 311— nor will it be possible to devise•any plan for carrying on the public service, that will not be liable to objec tions. Something has been rumoured of reducing the sum laid Mit by the Commissioners,. for the re demption of the Sinking Fund—against such a mea sure many strung and forcible objections might be urged ; but in the present circumstances of the coun try, the discussion of such a question might be the means of shewing, that of all the great financial mea sures that can be proposed it promises the greatest advantages. When Mr. PITT proposed the Redemption plan, which has ever since been adhered to,' he counted, if we recollect right, on a twenty years Peace coming in, and of its - efficacy; but, on the contrary, we have had Went' year: of War : nor would it require much argu ment to shew that the Redemption system, when carried beyond a certain point, must tend to impo verish the country. The only question then is, Has it reached that point ?—ht-our opinion it has ; and we think it would require little argument to demon strate, that all money taken unnecessarily from the productive agents of a community, in the shape of taxes, tends eventually to abridge the efficiency of Revenue enactments ; or, in other words, to hasten the period when neither art nor force will be able to draw from the community a sum adequate to the demands of the public set vice. We mean not to enter into any arguments, at pre sent, on this interesting topic, but we have thought it our duty to throw out these general hints for consi deration.—Need we remark, after ele progress that has been made in the science of political ceconomy, , that the whole doctrine of the powers of taxation may be reduced to a short axiori community can pap taxes only to that point at which the productive energies of those that are actively employed shall no longer be able M. maintain themselves and dm who are not productively ow yoyed. Beyond this point no human powers ate able to carry efficient taxation. The Malta Mail, which arrived on Saturday, brought a bag of letters from Gibraltar to the 18th tilt. The writers were sanguine in their expectations that Trieste and Fiume would, in a slit rt time, be come the channel of intercourse with the Austrian States. It is asserted in a private letter from Malta, that intelligence had been rece ived, tia Fiume, from Vienna, mentioning that Lord WA LPOLE still remain ed in that capital, and that the EMPEROR had shewn no disposition to increase his contingent, or afford any further assistance towards the prosecution of the Northern war. The last Corunna Mail brought intelligence to the Bth instant. SOVLT, according to the most re cent advices, was in Toledo With two divis'ons of in fantry and one of cavalry. His principal business there seemed tit be to levy contributions, and the Mu nicipality of the City was consigned to pris , tn until his losses were repaired, Which he stated as high as 2,800,000 iials- The Electors of the Deputies to the Cones residing in the country occupied by this Mar shal, were In confinement, as well as those persons who had lately sworn fealty to FERDINAND. A part of JOSEPH'S guard had withdrawn t , ) Arragon, but the rest of his troops remained in the neighbourhood of Madrid In consequence of the new arrangements between the Marquis of Wettptarois and the Spanish Government, considerable activity wa manifested throughotit Galliciae in organizing for the public ser vice the hardy natives of that populous province. The opetations against America on the opening of the season ate to comMenee with great vigour. Or (lets hem been received at Portsmouth for the im mediate equipment of a number of the smallest class of Wigs of war, which, it is understood, are' to proceed to the River Si. Lawrence. Among those intended for this service, we understand, are the THISTLE, SHAY, BOLD, ROYER, BOXER, and MANLY. —These vessels, from their easy draught of water, will, with the assistance of a newly-invented machine, be floated over the shallows above Quebec, for the purpose of enticing in the Lakes in Upper Canada, and prevent the passage of the Americans across to the British lines. The ROYALIST, Rirtestati, Ti u w- CULO, PRIMROSE, RALEIGH, and a number of the largest class of sloops of war are also fitting out to cruize against the American privateers in the West Indies. The fleet under Sir JOHN WARREN will shortly accumulate, and be on a very extensive scale. Mr. Monten, his Majesty's late Charge d'Affaires to the United States, and since appointed one of the Commissioners of Mediation between the Spanish Colonies of South America and the Mother-country, arrived in town last night, having touched at Ports mouth from his Majesty's sloop of war the Blum, Captain STRILING. General SARRAZIN arrived on Saturday at the tin. , penial Hotel, Covesit-Garcieo, from Harwich. Pititioitii (3P WALk. Since the pbblientieti nF tl* letter of her Royal aghtitsi, Ministers haft had fliitient ihietings, grid these have been alto attentieti by 611 La* Officers of the Cron n, Mr. Amur, and dtte+ kial characters of emintince. The fi kst meeting took place at Fife ilouse, Whitehall, the residence of tilt Earl of Ls- VERPOOL, on Thin-Way night, at half-past :en o'clock, and contintied in deliberation till one. They met again On Friday morning, at eleven o'clock, and con tinued together for about two hotirc The result was h that a communication was made to the Earl of CHOL MONOELIY, to know where Mrs. tans was to be found. She not being in London, an eepress was sent to her in the country, to request her attendance in London. They met again at the Earl of LIVERPOOL'S house= Satutday, at eleven o'clock, and separated at half pail one ; but some of the Ministeis remained fol' a consi derable time after in consultation. The Ltitto CHAN CELLOR and the Earl of LIVERPOOL communicated to the PRINCE REGENT from time to time the result of their deliberations - MEP4L TORBAY, FEBRUARY tt. Arrived his Majesty's ship Psobtrumai, frog i'ortathouthi botthd to Cape de Verdi with soveri Ethers, names unknown.b—Wind S. W. FALMOUTIi, FEBRUARY Is. Arrived yesterday his Majesty's ship Watt." frog a ertsiie. Nothing arrived or sailed to-day, but chi Ranger, NORICE, from Lisbon in Bdays. Wind S.S.Vii% PLYMOUTH, FEBRUARY is. Arrived from off Brest the BOYNE, of 98 gins/ Admiral Sir H. B. NEALE ; MAGNIFICENT, DUNCAN, and CLARENCE, of 74 guns each. The squadron is in want of stores, and will be refitted with all dispatch/ as there is little doubt that the French fleet in Breit air about to start for America. The harbour of Brest was reconnoitred just before the squadron left, and , there were counted five sail of the line quite readi for sea, five frigates in the same state, a man of war brig. and a schooner. Arrived also the Humes sloop of war, to be docked, after her late cruize off the Western Islands, in company with the Colossus, in ' search of the American squadron ; Fosilounti Sloop . Yesterday Divine Service was performed at Carl- 'of war, with a large American schooner, her ‘riae: t,n-House, before the PRINCE REGENT and his house- Sailed the CORNWALL and SAN Josef for tiff Brest. hold, by the Rev. F. W. &mouse:no, Clerk of the Closet. The Leomnas, of 38 guns, is tb c onvo y t h e t ra de td Cork, and waits for that pu r p ose . th e SHARP • Yesterday the Loan CHANCELLOR had an audience cif the PRINCE REGENT. :%1100CCER takes convoy for Guernsey. The PEasins Sir WILLIAM SCOTT gave a suMptrintis entertain- sloop of war (new) is commissioned: The Cov ment on Saturday last, a his house in Grafton -street, QUESTADORE, of 74 guns, Lord WM. STUART, and Berkeley-square, to the P RINCE R EGENT , Duke of.i CUMBERLAND, Earl of L IVERPOOL , L or d C ASTLE - the ANDROMACHE, of 38 guns, Captain T OBIN , a r e 1 REAGII Mr. ARBUTIINOT , Earl Of CHOLMONDELEY, left to watch the Brest Fleet.—Wind W.N.W. Colonel *MAHON, &c. &c. PORTSMOU fti. FEBRUARY 14. By the death of the Marquis of BUCKINGHAM, the Yesterday sailed for the Darns, his Majesty': shipie the Ex c heque r becomes to the exonamount of £3s,oooerated of another Tperellers ann u m ! o ' T ., IDISIARK, of 74 guns, Captain ) BAKER ; MODESTY; i " Marquis CAMDEN is now the only surviving one of the . 36, Captain eRAWPORD ; BRAZEN, 18, Captain STIR:. old class of Tellers. All the succeeding Tellers are . Lind; and SrY store:ship, Captain ANDERSON'S The limited to the moderate salary of £2,800 per annum. DENMARK has since returned with the loss of main The vacant Tellership has, we understand, been con- I and mites trip-masts, which were c a rri e d awa y in a squall, in consequence of their bein g s o e x treme ly upon condition of his relinquishing th e p ens i on o f i sel,ooo a-year granted him by Parliament in the last rotten ; but no litres were lost, as stated in one of t h e Session, and the reversion of anbth er £l,OOO a-year, i Portsmouth Papers. We have had a eery heavy gale which was settled upon him at the death of his mother. ; froM the Southward and Welt*ard the whole day, , In consequence of the time being expired, which ! accompanied with incessant rain.—The nnmerotti was allowed by Act of Parliamect for the English 1 ; men of war, transports, and outward - bound convoys. Militia to serve in Ireland, and the Irish Militia to , serve in England, the whole are about to r e t u rn t o i lying at Spithead, are ridin g a pp arent ly i n per fi ret their native countries. • The Royal Limerick, North ease. such is the shelter afforded there by the Isle cif Cork, and King's County regiments have already re- Wight.—No arrival or sailing. ceived orders to hold themselves in readiness to etn:- Corr VOYS.—The ETIIALION, takes convoy to Spelt . % bark from Portsmouth for Ccrk. Portugal, and Gibraltar t the SCEPTRE issues cam, A variety of Journals fr om Canadi have Leen re- , . .,. , , distractions t O stupi bound to elk Nest Indies. teived, soma interesting extracts from which are given in another part of our Paper. Some further adiran: DEAL, FEBRUARY 14. takes have been obtained by-a small detachment of The Sir Stephen Lushingtea, CHtvelts,fOr Madeira , (nit troops in Upper Canada ; and these aehietre- and India, came down last night from the River, and 1 ments, though not very extensive, were of a vdy gallant and creditable description: We announced last week the arrival of this 0..0- not the Admiral Wilde a . .. stated also came down .„. 1 y ' i 1 from the River the Hope, PitsbutoßAss, lot Chin.; ours frigate, Captain JAMES Cove't's iCnaweortD, I and the Neptune, VitySzy, for Jamaica. Arrived his '' at Portsmoilth, from the East Indira, with die- . Majesty's ships 11 fobesra, trtazest, and Spy, front patches, andie3oo,ooo on board, in gold bars.-- Portsinouti.—riie o'clock, the wind rather MOPS She sailed limit Madras on the Bth of September, for Bengal, to receive an additional sum to t h e moderate, the shipping appear to ride a ll well. Th. treasure then on board ;—and when within a few outviird-boUnd are still detained by contrary Cad. bouts sail of Palasore Roads, she encountered a.most t KEENOCk, FEBRUARY to. dreadful gale, which lasted three days—the main. The Countess of Bute, M , ‘Ticktt, at Quarantine Mast went by the board, and it was with the St at ion, Holy Loch, froM Malta. The Ac eve, C AR . greatest difficulty the wreck could be cleared with- NOCRAN, of this port, from Newfatindland fir Detne out injuring the bottom of the ship, for, from the rare, was captured, On the 1 lth November, by an heavy sea, the ship stasck several times upon American privateer, about 44) miles to the windward the mast. She lett Diamond Harbour (Calcutta) on of the bar of Demerara. the 12th of October, and 'Trincomalee (Ceylo n ) on the 'List of that month. Sir SAMUEL Moon has his Hag flying in the latter harbour, on board the Iccus moos, 14, Captain %Yancey. His Excellency was busily employed in building docks, erecting store houses, and Making every other preparation for the removal of the naval stores from Madras to 'frill cemalee, it being his intention to make that part of Ceylon the general rendezvous for all the ships of war in India. It Lad been computed; so convenient were the creeks and inlets in every part of the inner liarlyatr, that with very little expellee, docks Might be made for line-of-battle ships : there were four and five fathoms of water alongside the rocks. The MALACCA had been hove down, and her copper re paired ; the Comma's, Captain OWEN, and Bum. enacus, Captain Itcysocus were preparing for the same purpose in Snug Corner Cove. Commissioner PAGEr had prevailed on the Victualling Contract tors to remove their provision storei ; so that there will be few occasions for our ships going .to Madras in future, the extremely dangerous beach of which place there is every motive to avoid. Our Huddersfield Correspondent, under date of the llth instant, says! " I am extremely happy to inform you, that every tiling Is peaceable here—we now enjoy perfect tranquility, and those deluded men who so lately were engaged in the ever-to-be-lamented disturbances, now perceive their error, and are daily abjuring their illegal oaths, and returning to their allegiance and duty, much to their credit ; and the example I sincerely hope, will be followed by them all."—Leds Mercer/. Saturday, the following was posted at Liovn'at " The AuI LIA frigate, Commodore hay, goes to Cape Coast Castle, for gold, end will aftewards call at St. amnia 1, to give convoy to any merchant vessels bound northward. bite will bail ' about the cnd of this month." • Admiral Sir RICHARD KEAtEi k appointed Cover.' nor and Commander in Chief at Newfoundland. Sir THOMAS Tnowtiamoz, sen of the late gallant Admiral, is appointed Captain of the . ARUM* fril gate, at Plymouth. The Fisher, Hurottssom, from Rio Janeiro to tint Clyde, was captured the 3d of October, off the Wes: tern Islands, by the Pot American privateer, and cazik ried into Portland. • The Brestois French schooner prirateer, of 14 gdO and 121. men, was taken the sth instant, by his Ma. jesty's ship SSIBILLE. .. . ° . . The MULGRAVF, 74, Captain MALIN(/ ' has Sent inte Portsinouth the Prussian brig Ftitz, laden with claret And brandy, front Rochelle, said to be bound to Lodi don.—She fell in with her at the back of the Isle ta , Wight. Tht Suni.LE schooner, Lieutenant C. Throw*, liai been lost off St. Bartholomew, when in chace of thi American privateer Jack's nivourite, and all the 1 crew were unfortunately drowned. t The SNAP has re-captUred the ROYAL - GIORGI ' laden with oranges, bbtind to London, and brough her into Portsmou th. The Dtawercr, Captain Stryroi, on her passao from Gibraltar, re-captured on the 28th ult. the shi Quebec, of 12 guns, from London bound to Gibral tar with a cargo of merchandise. which had Wei taken by the American privateer Paul Jones, of 11 guns and 110 men, off the rock of Lisbon. The Q u i t gee engaged the privateer two hours, and had seve r * men wounded. The Paul Jones had been some tino cruising of the reek. The thavrincr Spoke the Sll rum. 2 on the 4th inst. with a large French privated of 14 guns and 205 men, which the had taken on hi I i paisage to Lisbon, with a convoy. On the 7th ind thebattwas:T captured the French privateer l'Edouari of eight guilt and 49 men, out of St. Maloes ;—btu getting under the DERWINT'S bows, she went down the crew were all saved. This privateer had taken transport, having part of the 18th dragoons on boars bound to Lisbon, which she ransomed. The Da WENT was eighteen days from Gibraltar, leaving the' the ST. JUAN (Admiral Luzze), SPARTAN, BRIiTOI MERMAID, and PAPILLON. The COSSACK, Captal STANEELL, has sailed with a convoy for the West Is dies. The SrAnTate was on the point of !ailing k the stme station. CORN I MARKET, MARK-LANE, FEB. 15. The continuance of contrary winds bare prevented any fresh arrivals to-day, of most articles. We have very little fine Wheat at Mitket, and that quality rather exceeds the quotation ; infe rior at last week's priCes and the demand rather brisk. In Barley and Malt scarcely any tiling doing, and, no alteration In price.- White and Grey Peas rather dearer ; as likewise good Tick Beans. There are same farther arrivals of Oats from the Wig tern Counties; but in this trade higher prices are obtained than last week ; though sales are made at little fluctuation in prim--; Good Tarea obtain better terms; other articles as per currency. English Wheat 78a. 100 s. 112 s. Petatbe ditto, 485 525. Fine ditto, 120 s. isos Rape Seed ,flBo, £65 per list. Foreign do. (Russian) 668.1145. Linseed, 084 1386. Rye 745. 805. Coriander do. per cwt. 88s. 468. Barley 545. 701. Caraway, ditto, 84s. 90a. Malt, 1001. 109 s) Cotner? do. 100 s. 108 s itto fine Ware, 115 s. White Mustard Seed, 186. 266. white Peas (boilers) 985. 112%. per buihel. Grey, ditto, 866. 906. Brown de. 225. its Reigns, 766. 846. Clover Seed, white, per cwt Tick ditto /68 80$. 853.14 N. Oats (feed) 288. 245. Sta. Ditto, red, 951.128 t. Poland ditto, 40i. 455. `Tares, per beshel, 14s. 245. Wine Flout Ms. to 110 e. Sofa& )00s. t9loii. pet mkt I'