Star. — London, England, 1813-10-26 00:00:00

limbs* The Able 4164 hoe 4111 to pgN its-ilf in ender tff Nadel with he left thellanteb %Vatting the further deeelopeinefit of the enemes inovetneets. Cenral ittlosv's carps add ateetal Winiingerode's corps, after passing the ritet, ante to form the right the Silesian army, sad the Swedes to be in teseree or seecnid line. Each corps d'armee is to form in three lines. General Woronsoff, who formed General Wintin gerode's advanced guard at Halle., is to be regulated in his ttiovenients by the attempts of the enemy, - and fall back on the forces passing at Wettin, ff he should be attacked by superior numbers, bat otherwise to tetain Halle as long as possible. - Your Lordship will observe , by these bold and - de Tided movements, that the points of passage on the Elbe, by which the armies have passed, have been abandoned, and are to be destroyed, if necessary ; nod other bridges hare been prepared below Magde burg, in case of need. The corps of observatioe, under General Thnmea, before Wittenberg, of about six thousand men, in the event of the enemy forcing a passage there for the , purpose of eistilieg the right of the. Elbe, and returning by Magdeburg, - On the extremity in which be is plated, or in a not her improbable, but possible, l event of his pushing with all his fortes to Berlin), bas orders to retire on General Tanentien, *ho, with, ten thousand men, is to remain at Dessau, and, ac-1 cording to eircurastimas, either to manoeuvre on the' tight bank against any possible effort of the enemy's, er b 7 forced marches strengthen, in case of need, the arniiet assembled on the Saale. General Tauenzien will be assisted by all the landsturm, and some smal ler detatbed corps are also to join him. information now arrived that Platow, with his Cossacks, were at Pegau ; General Kleist and Witt genstein, with the advance of the grand army of Bo hemia approaching Altenburg, and our communica tion seemed to be completely established behind the tear of the French army. Infortiation was still vague of the movements of the enemy ; but accounts were brought in on the evening of the 10th, that he was moving troops from the different points of Lutzen and Wurzen to Leipsic, and it was added that Bonaparte was expected to ar rive there on the 10th. His farce between Dresden and Leipsic, exclusive of garrisons, at the highest calculation may be estimated at one hundred and eighty thousand men : chat of the Silesian army at sixty-five thousand, and that of the Prince Royal at sixty thousand, with six hundred pieces of artillery ; and it is impossible to see a finer army, or one more fully equipped in all its parts. By the reports received this day, General Platow with all his Cossacks has arrived at Lutten,_ hating taken some hundreds of prisoners at Weissenfels, and is come into complete communication with the ad vance of General Woronzoff's Cossacks from Halle. Platow reports the assembling of the enemes army round Leipsic. We .have certain accounts that the army of Bohe mia is now between Altenburg and Chemnitz, and General Benningsen, with the Austrian division of Colloredo, which has been joined to him, is medi tating a demonstration towards Dresden. P. 8. General Blucher was not enabled; by the bridge not being complete, to pass at Wettin, but proceeded to Halle: where he has passed. General Bulow has not passed this day, but the rest of the allied army is on the left bank of the &ale. C. S. The following is a translation of official informa tion, communicated by the Governor of Berlin, on the lSth instant, at the moment of the departure of the officer who, was the bearer of the preceding dispatches s Berlin, October 13, 1813. We have just received an account, that some of the enemy's corps are pushing forward, by the way of Torgau and Wittenberg; and that General Von Thu men has been compelled to raise the siege of Witten berg, and to fall back to Coswig. Althotigh every possible effort is making to pre. ♦ent the enemy from penetrating to this city, never. theless, we do not fall acquainting you, Sir, with the above, requesting you to a ppriste all persons attached - to the English embassy, as well as all other Englishmen residing in this city, of this intelligence. Military Government of the countries between the Elbe and the Oder. (Signed) L'Esroco. SACK. _ - THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. TUESDAY, OCTOBER A, 1813. ills MAJtITY PROCLAIMID —Holiday at the Stock Exchange. The Gasette Extraordinary of last night presents, in the peison of the Earl of ABERDZEN ) a new Historian of the tremendous 'events now passing on the Conti. rent. His Lordship's details are full of interest. BONAPARTII now rapidly approaches another crisis of his fate, and, were it not that his good fortune has hitherto extricated him from situations equally peril_ ous, we might be inclined boldly to anticipate the take destruction of his army ; and, if he were guided .y the principles of honour common to Ordinary Ge nerals, who keep with their troops on all emergencies, we might add, that his personal capture was almost certain. The Allied Armies now describe three farths of a circle directly between him and the French frontiers.--one wing upon the Bohemian Lountaius, and the other extending beyond Halle, in Saxony. Leipsic and Dresden are in the centre of Geis rideau,. as Lord ABERDEEN denominates it, and here can be no escape for the French army, but by rutting through it. There are, indeed, reports on the Continent, backed by the speculations of individuals is this country, that BONAPARTE is preparing to make a desperate movement upon Berlin ; and there are some artieles in the Gazette published in that city, which shew that there were some grounds for alarm TI that subject. Geutral Timm, who watched, Wldebtlig kSOOD ated, tad bat teibpakid A fell belt Its Caawigl bt eattiqueace of the id• vAtlte du laaaay (lath* Gad* ilatthal Nat) is da hatictiaa of Betlia Thus we have a dinOsnsttetith at le*, it theta is not so *dual intention on the pat of BOlMPAiltre fb soothe the World by some enterprise of uncommon magnitlidel Tle winteting at Berlin, an etieiey's capital, with the Landstrum swarming around Mm, Would indeed be a project worthy of a illeetiosia's Madame and the Swede." It May, however ; be Bouzranres intention CO make the attempts . but it will be mach more hazardous even than the projected occupation of Moscow last winter, and his retreat, happen *hen it will; must ne zeuarily be, if possible, still more disastrous ; for he will have to :cut his way through an army much More numerous than that which was opposed to him in Russia. The last intelligence we - had of BONAPARTE per sonally, was, that he had left Dresden on the 7th ; and it was vaguely added in the French Papers ) that he had proceeded either to Leipsic, or against the army of the Caows Panicle. We now find, that on l that day his army was assembled at Rochlitz, twenty- 1 five miles from Leipsit, and Itbout forty from Dresden. At Leipsic he was expected on the 10th : this does not favour the idea of his making a push towards Ber. lin, and we are therefore rather inclined to think that be means to risk a battle on the Saale, where the Allies are now drawn op in order of battle. For the issue we have no dread Whatever I and the retreat of the routed French Columns must be exposed to all the horrors inflicted by the Cossacks on a flying enemy,l for PLATOFF has taken Op a position at least fifty miles nearer France than the Allied Armies ; we may fairly reckon, therefore, upon the annihilation of another French army before Christmas. Sir CHARLES STEWART enumerates the irrettch army in Saxony at 180,000 men. We have no exact ac. counts of the allied force note in line upon the Seale, but it must greatly exceed 200,000. In point of what has been termed the aortae of an army, the superiority of the Allies is unquestionable. We need go no farther than the intercepted letters of the French Officers, and the language of the CROWN Paixta's Bulletins, for grounds of unlimited confidence in the Allies in this respect- Besides, let us hear what Lord ABERDEEN says upon the subject_ speaking of BONA. eaate's pet iloas situation, his Lordship thus expresses himself: 4. His communication with France being totally &dived, his army In considerable distress, his magazines nearly exhausted, and the country in which he is, utterly without the means of replenishing them he must shortly find it necessary to break through the circle which has been drawn around him. In this attempt he may possibly succeed ; but there is every reason to hope that it will be ateompanied with the destruction of a great part of bis army." Yesterday s soon after the arrival of Captain Rm. Low with dispatches from Sir C. SvaiWO.. the Rvs. SIAN AMBASSADOR and Baron iatost attended at the Foreign Office for a considerable time. Yesterday the first stone of the new Customhouse was laid by the Earl of LlVEtteoot.. There wete also present, the Cnancaucia of the EXCHEQUER, the Earl Of CLANCARTY (President of the Board of Trade), the Right Hon, C. YORKE, &c. After the ceremony, partook of a cold col lation at the Custom-house. Bazazi.—.This day the Loan MaTott, after ind specting the Mealweighers' retuttts, ordered the price to continue the same as last week—fourteen-pence three-farthings the qttartern loaf. Our Readers have been informed, that the Eura- ROR of Mohocto had received with much satisfaction the horses and supetti harness, together with lathe carious howitzers, sent some time ago as a present from his Ri.yal Highness the Patrice ReneNr. In return for this mark of attention, the EMPEROR has sent to his ROYAL HIGHNTM a majestic lion and two l i beautiful Arabian horses, which have arrived at Portsmouth. Advices from Dantzic of the 3d instant state, that an attack had been made upon that town by the Merton bomb, aided by several Russian and Swedish gun-boats. The bombArdment was continued with such Vigour, that several of the houses were battered down, and many more destroyed by fire. The METEOR ran close under the batteries, and the greatest intrepidity was displayed by the Captain and ctew. The squadron ultimately succeeded in taking posses session of a point which will be the means of cutting off the enemy's supplies entirely by sea, and withd out the necessity of keeping a single ship before the town during the winter. The loss of the Al lies on the occasion was/about three hundred. An unlucky shot from the enemy's battery sunk one of the Russian boats. The bravery of the Com mander of the METEOR was so conspictions, that the Duke of WURTIMBERO undertook to represent his gallant conduct to the Emperor ALEXANDER. The Garrison of Dantric, it was known, had eaten their last horse, but of bread they still had sufficient to last them some few vieeks. The shipping accounts by the Gottenburgh Mail are truly distressing. We now learn, that there were no fewer than one thou sand ships at Gottenburgh and in the Roads during the late storms Besides the homeward-bound fleets, there were all the vessels which comprised five con voys outward-bound; one hundred and fifty vessels had been driven on shore; few of them had been able to get off, many were considerably injured, in masts, rigging, kc. whilst numbers were totally lost, and some of them, we regret to state, with the whole of their crews. Many of the ships on shore cannot be got afloat until their cargoes have been taken out; and, unfortunately, this is not likely soon to be accomplished, as there is scarcely a boat to be had for that purpose. A scene of !greater distress amongst the shipping in those seas has hardly ever been remembered. PAPAL APPlLLietAttih the Air* and Isola etttt Indlamb, fiblch *ere supposed It+ haft toondited In ague or the Isle of France, h April last, bate itttited safe at Bt. Helena, and tie now On their pissage with the fleet, for kng land. The Other Missing ship has► it is retorted, reached the Isle of France, in a very distressed state. Lientenant-General Humor afid suite goes out to, Bombay in one of the Cosispany's ships, which sfill be dispatched early in December next. TWO MORE FRENCH FRIGATES: IX TRACT OP A LZTTER PROM LUTII, rATZD OCTOBilvt I& " The Captain bf his Majesty's ship Cautiaa, which arrived this afternoon in Leith Roads, **ports, that. yesterday, about six o'clock, P.M. when off the 'Scottish coast, he saw tem French frlga(es, which he estirnitred to be 40-gun ships, steering to the North , ward They had butnt a Merchant brig. (Signed) ELLIOT BICIOAR." ANOTHIUt LSTTia, SAYS OATS,. The CRUIZiIt sloop of war has just returned to Leith Roads, and the Captain reports, that he was chaced by two French frigates, abottt two miles to the eastward of the isle of May, and that be saw them burn a sloops they were steering N. and it is sup posed they art going'round Shetland. FALMOUTH, OCTOBER e Arrived the BLOODHOUND gun-brig from Plymouth, bound to Wales. flailed the Manchester packet with a Mail for Gibraltat and Malta.—Wind E. S. E. PORTSMOUTH, OCTOBER 25. Nothing arrived of sailed to-day. The RAPID schooner will take convoy to Cork. The ships for the Cape of Good Hope are expected to sail in the morning.—Wind E.N.E► bEAI I °crown:. 115. i Remain In the Downs his Majesty's ships, victual ling transports, ate. as per last. The REDPOLE sloop of war has Wade signal to take convoy for Ports mouth,--Wind E.N.E. blows hard. COVE OF CORK, OCTOBER it. Yesterday morning, his Majesty's ship Deuirmss, Captain &Min, and Vasa), Lieutenant Pieria" sailed with about thirty sail of merehantmen, bound for Portugal and Spain, having a fine breete from the North, they cleared the harbour abota 12 o'clock. His Majesty's ship LEONIDAS, Hon. Captain Say moult, yesterday hoisted convoy signal for the West Indies. His Majesty's ship TARTARUs t Capt. Pasco , with Admiral SAWYER, and the Inspector General of the Navy, are hourly expected, hiving been for some tune waiting a fair wind at Plyhsouth. By a letter froth the DIADEM, 64 guns, dated Chesapeake, Septem ber 4, we learn, that she, with the rest of Sir J. B, WARNER'S fleet, were to quit that titer in four days from the above date, for Halifax, whence, it Was thought, they would proceed to England in about three weeks. The Diatom had on board the Ist di vision of the Royal Marines. His Majesty's ship TEArEa, Captain HARORAvg, we hear, proceeds to Loughswilly. The STORE, Captain CouLsox, and PROTECTOR gun brig, are sh only expected. OCTOBER W.—Yesterday morning arrived his Ma. jesty's ship PROTRCTOR, Lieutenant MITCREEOR, from 1 , Plymouth. His Majesty's ship BARHAM, 74 guns, Captain J. W. SPRARORR, with the ships now assem bled at Spithead, for the West Indies, is to call off here for whatever ships are ready fa that destination, under convoy of his Majesty's ship La areas, Hon. Captain Savima. It blew a tremendous gale from the de E. accompanied with heavy rain, during the Whole of last night. It still blows with unabated violenee. &lion* apprehensions ate entertained of its fatal effects along the coast. His Majesty's ship HuERA, Captain Monvaisoa, as soon as the weather Moderates, will sail for Belfast. The Catherine and Three Bees, convict ships, sail first fair wind for Pal mouth, to join convoy for Smith America. NAVAL PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. Mr. F. Milks 9f the Wham, td the rank of Lieutenant. Mr. knife, Midshipmen, to be Lieutenant of the Milford. Mr. Thomas Nichols, Madshipetan, to be Lieutenant at the Phoenix. Mr. 'Moines Kelly, Midshipman, to the rank of Lieutenant. The following Gentlemen lately passed their elimination at Plymouth for Pursers‘a•Mr. P. Joy, of the Lightning; Mr. W. Moore, of the Freya; and Mr. Field, of the Columbine. Captains-m.li. FAliott, to the Survehlante; Garland, to the Alert I Henderson, to the Tigris; and Fitzmaarice, to the Urgent. Lieutenants—B. Kingston, to the Warspite; Gidney, to the Prospero; Bement, to the wnwall ; Bradley, to the Colossus ; Robert Hughes, to the Rippon ; Greenwood, to the Swinger; and Burbidge, to the Sparrow. Pursers—Mr. H. 0. Windsor, of the Porcupine, to the Regu lus ; Mr. W. Paine, to the Porcupine ; Mr. William Bray, to the Frolic; and Mr. Fatiab, to the Terror. _ . Chaplains —The Rev. John Roberts, to the Centaur) and the Rev. T. Owynne, to the Lawns, the flag ship of Rear-Admiral Otway, at Leith: 'The Restitution, HANNIBAL, limn Harwich, was driven on shore near Heligoland, the 15th instant. The Flying Fish schooner, BATE master, arrived at Portland on the 22d inst. from Malaga ' bound to London, after a passage of 26 days, with very bad weather. She spoke on her passage With the following ships 2—On the 29th of September; the rerret schoo ner, SEREL master, of Plymouth, from Alicant to Newfoundland, in lat. 36. 30. long. 7. all On the 2d inst. in lat. 36. 30. long. S. 20. his Majes ty's schooner MACKAREL from Cadiz to England, all sell.—On the 6th inst. in lat. 38, long. 9. 28. his Ma jesty's ship VENERABLE, with a fleet under her con voy, running to the Southward, with a fair wind.— On the llth inst. in long. 11.3. W. his Majesty's ship NIEMEN, with a fleet for Bermuda, all well, and con voy all safe ; and on the 12th inst. the Dart, of Dart. mouth, from Oporto to Newfoundland, all well, out one day. itrigh.Slo, CC''7OBER This being the Annitcrsary of his MArarrY's Ac celsion‘ he hAing reigned fifty-three years, the morn: ing was Ushered in with the linking of bells, &c.— The Dukes or YORK and Cats tool, and a select party of the Nobility are arrived to pay their te :puts tb the Quails on the return of the day: The trincess AutitysTA is a little better. tHE ARMY. Lieuttbaht-General the Earl of to.ttmouste is ar rived in town. His Lordship left Passages on th e 13th instant, on board the Princess Mary Packet, which arrived at Falmouth late on Thursday night. The7th battalion of the 80th Regiment, mustering no* about 600 men, is• ordered from the Depot in the Isle of Wight, to Guernsey, to replace the 2d battalion of the 35th Regiment, which is Co be brought to Portsmouth preparatory, we suppose, to einbarlra tion fhr service in the South of France! Racze schooner is waiting at Plymouth to protect to the nearest part of junction with Lord Waximorou, transports with provisions, and detach ments of the Stb, Min 23d, 28th, and 88th Regi._ meats. The 2d battalion of the latter Regiment for Connaught Rangers) sailed on the 22d from Ply. mouth for Cork, under convoy of his Majesty's ship NIGER* 'that excellent Regiment, the 3d Dragoon Guards, have suffered more iban any corps of cavalry in the Peninsula. Last week several bodies of troops marched into Portsmouth, for the purpose of embarking for the Peninsula,_ among them were detachments fur the 71st, 75th, and 92d regiments. Extract of a Letter from an Officer of high rank, dated Lizoain, Bth October Patnplona still holds out, but we understand the garrison is now redueed to four minces of horse flesh each 4 tnan per dab and even of this miserable allowance they have not now mote than for another fortnight.—The wretched in: habitants ate famishing, and die daily in great numbers." Friday a detachment of 140 men for the 21st Light Dragoons, and about the same number for the 81st Foote etnbarked, for the Cape of Good Hope. Aing leroase has etatuated Cassel ; /Gag Joe has evacuated Madrid ; and Naltalsea the Great has efas coated Dresden :--the Doctors say, that such repeat: ed estereaatioar must considerably weaken the gi new dynasty." General 2AIARAi chief of a Fretteh sqdadron; was lately assassinated by his confidential domestic, 1324 sili Pavinsk - y, at Elte, 4ih Hanover. He wits on his way froth France to join the army ; and alighted at the postthaster's; where he slept. In the Middle of the night, Pavinsky attacked him with his own sabre, add having reduced him to a state of insensibility, cut his throat. He then rifled him of a gold watch, several diamond rings, and 6000 francs in gold.- -He did not attempt to escape ; but declared next morning, that his Master was fatigued, and would not rise till mid-day. Late in the afternoon, the post- Master's wife, sutptised to hear no movement in the chamber, peeped through the key-hole, and saw the General, naked and weltering in his blond. Pavinsky, who was in the kitchen regaling himself, was imme diately apprehended, and confessed his crime. COYNNT•GARDIN THEATRIS—The Tragedy of Rb into mid Janet was performed last night at this House. Mr. CONWAY personated.the interesting hero of the piece, and received much applause. In delicacy and tenderness, Mr, CONWAY did not, in some scenes, come up to that idea of the perfect lover, of which Romeo is the model; but, in every , thing else, Mr. CONWAY fully gratified the high expectation which his superior talents had excited, Mrs, FAUCITT was a very interesting Juliet. The Duke of BEDJORD leaves town to-morrow lot Woburn, to make the necessary arrangements for his departure for Lisbon, whither he is to be accoMpanied by the Duchess. The inhabitants of Westminster were yesterday thrown into confusion, in consequence of the furnace belonging to the Gas Light and Coke Company, lit Providence -court, Great Peter.street, Westminster, exploding. The accident was occasioned by a lighted candle communicating to the gas, which instantly blew part of the premises to atoms. Several engines Mete immediately on the spot; and it was with the greatest difficulty the building was saved from entire destruction, It is pleasing to add, that no person re: ceived any serious injury; but the panic was very !peat. and a dumber of windows were brctken. At the West India Docks, bit Thursday evening, about six o'clock, the whole surface of five connected roofs of a large rum Warehouse, each 95 feet in the span, and 140 in length, covering a space of 175 feet by 140, fell with a tremendous crash. The erection was of wrought iron, supported at the extremity 1 each span by stauncheons of the same metal, and coo toed with very large slates. Most fortunately, the accident occurred two hours after the men had left work, or the consequence might have been dreadful, as neatly 100 men had been employed in the ware house in the course of the day. Whether this acci. dent may be attributed to the ponderous weight of the slates, the great width of the span without inter mediate supports, or to a want of due streng.h in the pieces of iron, there can be no question that iron roofs may be made as secure as wood, while they defy ti,e rage of fire; but there may have been a want of pro portion, or the walls may have sprung out. It has already been mentioned, that the American armed schooner Young Teazer was blown up, when on the point of being captured by the British frigate la Hogue. The diabolical act appears to have been perpetrated, on a sudden impulse, by one Lieutenant Johnson. This wretch had been Commander of the Old Tearer, of New York, which was taken some time since by Admiral Warren's squadron, and Johnsen was released on his parole. Without waiting for an exchange, he entered as first Lieutenant on board the Young Teazer. On the vessel being chased, the Commander, Captain Dobson, called all the Officers to a consultation on deck. Johnson, dreading to fall into the hands of the British, instead of attending, took a live coal, and went below to the powder magazine. A sailor, who observed him, rushee for ward, gave an alarm, and jumped overboard. In a minute alter the Young Tearer blew up, and all the Officers and crew, except seven sailors, peiished.— These stood on the forecastle. One of them is dead.