Star. — London, England, 1813-01-18 00:00:00

THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. MONDAY, JANUARY 18, 1813. crEIN'S BIRTH-DAY (it l'T.)—Holiday at the Stock Exchange. .At length we are enabled to preset our Readers with the official details from Russia, for which we have been so long prepared. But, at the date of the last intelligence from the Russian armies, the work of destruction was not complete. On the 14th De cember there still remained a body of scattered and forlorn fugitives, who took the road to Konigsberg and Dantzic, with MURAT at their head. The intel hi g , nce received at Paris, includes the operations of seventeen days later, and in that period the Russians must have advanced from the Niemen to the Vistula, for all the strong places in East Prussia have been' declared by the French in a state of siege. They are at this moment, in all probability, in the posses. sion of the Russians. We have now before us the French and Russian Official accounts of the occurrences which took place from the passing of the Berezyna to the entrance of the French into Wilna. The deficiencies of the 29th Bulletin—the blanks left in that masterly chef d'avvre of special pleading, have been filled up by the Russian details. On the 20th November BONAPARTE, with 75,000 men, left Orsha with the intention of arriving at Minsk before the Russians ; this desirable object he certainly would have attained, if the Austrians had Behaved like true and faithful : between Orsha and Borrisow, which occupied him eight days, he lost fully 15,000 men. On the 28th a battle was fought, in which, by his Bulletin, he claims a victory :—the fact was, he was compelled on that day to change his march from the Minsk to the Smorgonie road, and in the three subsequent days he lost 20,000 men in killed, wounded, and prisoners; and though last not least in the catalogue of his mlfsfortunes, drowned and frozen to death I On the Ist December, therefore, he had 40,000 men, but as he tells us, they were 66 without cavalry," I " destitute of ammunition," 64 horribly fatigued with 50 days march," and " had lost all their gaiety !" On the 2d and 3d December the miserable Bavarians, amounting to 4000 men, laid down their arms with out firing a shot. From hloldestscheno the French fled at midnight, and TISCHAGOFFN advanced guard immediately oc cupied it. The next start was to Smorgonie : from this place the French again precipitately fled, leav ing 3000 men, and 25 pieces of cannon. The next lhalting place was the small town of Ochsniani, which BONAPARTE reached in the evening of the sth Decem ber, with nine infantry battalions, and 1000 horses which included his 4 , sacred squadron." Here while the fugitives were preparing quarters for the night, and had piled their arms, the Russians fell upon them, cut down a few thousands, and BONAPARTE changed his dress, mounted a horse, and fled at full gallop for Wilna! Wilna, the discomfited and drooping remains of his shivering retinue arrived on the 9th, but the Russians entered the suburbs with them flag milt, or ' to use the humbler, but not less expressive language of the Russian General, * 6 on their very shoulders."l The number of prisoners taken at Wilna, reduced them to about 10,000, who seem to have fled to ICowno, where we have no doubt the Russians came up with them : the arrival of Muaar at Konigsberg without " the grand army" is a proof of this. From the moment that the great isiaroLEotsr, the tu;elary genius of Europe, and the father of the hu-' man race, left Moscow, the whole of his attention was tent tn his own personal safety—for the attainment of this base and cowardly objett, one hundred thou— sand men have died a thousand different deaths ! Repeatedly his situation was critical in the extreme, even from the vengeance of his own starved followers —they cursed him as the author of their miseries. —For a long time he rode in a close carriage, stir. rounded by his half-famished and dispirited troops. At length the men, indignant at seeing him sitting at ease and feeling no part of the calamities he had so wantonly brought on them, cried aloud, 66 a la: is voiture !" This call was not to be slighted: Bo- NAPARTE instantly quitted the vehicle, and mounted his horse, covered with his cloak, and muffled with fur. This condescension did not, however, appease his followers, half.naked, and famishing with cold they again cried out, "4'4 bar le mantrau !" The great NAI cu.xoN, in compliance with the "mandate of his soldiery, immediately threw off his cloak and fur, and in common with his men, exposed his person to all the inclemencies of the season. however, profiting by experience, the 'acre 1 srqua eron was immediately formed to protect the great emperor from the rising indignation of his own 1(71 17, till an opportunity should be afforded of mak ring his final escape. Since his arrival at Paris, the slme spirit of disaffection 1-as 1 token out among his wretched subjects. When his bust ,cas broken in the Theatre, the cry was, a as le mekrat ! The watch word throughout Europe will speedily be the same ! In the last page of our Paper will be found some interesting extracts from Paris Papers to the 12th in stant. BONAPARTE has still the unparalleled aim.. tery to appear in public, and his Journalists continue to use the most intemperate language against this countrf.theic scurrilities are, like their master, be neath even contempt. —An article from Vienna affords us some hopes, however, that Austria is se cretly preparing to emerge from her disgraceful sub jection. It requires no great foresight to entitle us to predict that the revolt of the Prussians will not be a solitary instance of disaffection on the part of the Confederation troops. In a word, the h Ipes of Bo- NAPARTZ are blasted for ever, and nothing but the most unexampled imbecility on the part of the various Courts of Europe can ensure the existence of his power even fora few months longer. His whole system totters from its base, and he may vapour as he pleases about fresh levies. His whole force is not adequate to the maintenance of tranquillity in France. He insinuates from the Nottingham Petition, that the people of this country are unanimous in their wishes for peace. His argument may have weight in France, but no where else. When it is known that the humblest in dividual in England is entitled singly to petition the Throne, and that a portion of the inhabitants of one town only in the whole:empire has resorted to the ex_ ercise of this privilege, the absurdity of his inference is obvious. The accounts from the army in Portugal inform us, that they are enjoying a little rest after their long and hard campaign. As might be expected, there are many sick, and the army has suffered much from want of cloathing; some regiments have been very badly off in this respect. It appears that the loss of men in the retreat has been considerable—many lay down and died from cold, fatigue, and hunger. The Portuguese suffered most from the cold. These evils will soon be repaired. The Marquis of WELLINGTON has put his army into comfortable warm winter_ quarters, where they are enjoying repose after their dreadful hardships. Every regiment is now getting new cloathing—some Colonels of the crack regiments have been very bountiful in this respect, and have sent out extra articles for our brave fellows. Since the army heard of the great and glorious news from Russia, their mortification has been ex treme, that we should have been obliged to raise the siege of Burgos. If BALLASTEROS had not been a traitor, and if the British army in Alicant had ad vanced and acted their part, Lord WELLINGTON would have had time to get up guns, have taken Burgos and then SOUHAM must have crossed the Ebro if nt t the Pyrenees. Had this been the case, the British, Spanish, and Portuguese, might at this time havc been crossing the Pyrenees and entering France with a view to its liberation. Never did a campaign open more prosperously, never was one on so large a scale conducted with more consummate military skill, and never was more disappointment felt than at such a termination of it. What must have been tle morti fication_of Lord WELLINGTON ? The brave Spanish General ALLIVER, whom th( French Bulletins describe as mortally wounded, has accompanied Lord WELLINGTON on horseback to Cadiz. A house is fitting up in Town for Prince STAII REMBERG• who is expected here as Ambassador from Austria. Our Readers will recollect, that a recent article in the German Papers stated the circumstance of this Nobleman's having been sent for suddenly to Vienna from his country seat. We have reason to believe that it is the intention of Ministers to seize with promptitude upon the first indication of revolt which may appear in the Prussian States. The whole line of coast, from Konigsberg to Hamburgh, is expected to be immediately thrown open to British and Russian commerce, and Den mark, it is said, will be compelled to renounce her alliance with France. Friday morning Lady Da CLIFFORD resigned her charge as Governess to her Royal Highness the Prin. cess CIIARL3TTS of and took an affectio nate leave of her Royal Highness. The PRINCE REGENT, accompanied by the Duke of CUMBERLAND, arrived at Windsor on Friday, and dined with the QUEEN, his Royal Daughter and Sis ters, in'the Castle, at four o'clock. After dinner, the Dowager Duchess of LEEDS was admitted to the Royal Party ; when his Royal Highness the PRINCE REGENT was pleased to introduce her Grace to the Princess CHARLOTTE, on her new appointment. The PRINCE REGENT afterwards returned to London. Dispatches from Srl EDWARD PELLEW, off Toulon & were received yesterday at the Admiralty. The bearer of the last dispatches from Lord CATHCART was Mr. YEUES, a respectable Russian merchant. The inhabitants of Dumfries mean to present a splendid sword to Prince Kutusow. JEROME BONAPARTE has ordered the property and estates of General BENNIGSEN, in Westphali& to be confiscated. Tuesday morning 350 French prisoners, under an escort of the Perth and Ayrshire militia, marched from Leith far Greenlaw, the depot at Perth being full. To the Right Worshipful the PRESIDENT, the Wor shipful the TREASURER, and the rest of the Govan- NORS Of CHRIST'S HOSPITAL : " My LORDS AND GENT LEMEN-1 beg leave to return you my grateful acknowledgments for the honour yon have done me by electing me to the Mastership of the Royal Mathematical Sao( 1 in your Venerable and excellent Foundation. It shall always he my constant endeavour to evince my grktitade, by a conscien tious discharge of my duty towards the Boys intrusted to my care. —I avail myself of the same opportunity to return my warmest thanks to a great number of kind Friends, many of them quite unknown to me, who have been good enough to Interest them selves so strongly in my behalf. I can only assure them, that no pains shall be wanting on my part to render myself worthy of so mnch kindness.—l have the honour to be, my Lords and Gentle men, your very obedient and obliged humble Servant, January 16,1819. Tao,. Simms" Er ; nt N4P4L INTELLIGENCE. ARR. Due. Alllt. DUI. Dublin • . 4 0 Guernsey . 2 0 Waterford • S 0 Jersey . - 2 0 Cadit Jabot; - .• 0 1 Heligoland - - 0 0 MaLa - - 0 0 dortanburgh - 1 1 Leeward Islands • 0 0 13razih - 0 0 GOTTENBURGH, JANUARY 2. EXTRACT OT A LETTER. " At the present moment I much fear bad accounts for Lloyd's, from the horrible tempest of 48 hours, which was experienced in these regions on Monday night, Tuesday, and Wednesday. I can give you no idea of the power of the wind at West ; but there gas been no such rise of the water in the Canal since the 26th December, 1803. All the cellars were full, 1 and infinite damage done to all) the perishable ar ticles deposited in them—for it all occurred in one night." " JAN. 7.—The storm which I before mentioned co you, drove so 'much ice into the harbour of Lands :rona, and operated so powerfully upon the nume ous shipping therein, that at least 60 sail were blown )11 shore, and very high up ; one ship was on fire, )ut she was fortunately in the water and clear of ice, Ind was got away in limes, without injury to the others." FALMOUTH, JANUARY 15. No arrivals for two days. Sailed the Express packet the Brazils, and the Duke of Kent packet for Lis on ; both with mails and passengers. PLYMOUTH, JANUARY 16. Arrived the Esperanza and the William, from Lisbon, the latter in eleven days ; the SPY sloop of par, from Halifax, last from Cork; the LAVINIA,' 4 HOGUE, VALIANT, DOVER, and MISSLETOE, from i'ortsmouth ; the STORK sloop of war, from Cork ; .he LANDRAIL schooner, from Falmouth ; the Amity, gicuoLts, from Lisbon, with fruit, bound to Lon lon ; the transport ship Ann, from Gibraltar, bound .o Portsmouth ; and several coasters ; the NIMROD utter, from off Brest ; the HELicon, from a cruize ; !le Lord Cochrane armed brig, from Torbay ; and ICRLY, of 8 guns, from Falmouth. Put in by con rary winds, the Governor Mailing, CIIAMBERS ; Sir h)seph Banks, .BENNEFORD; Quebec, ADAMS; and Main yell, \VIIITLEY, all bound to the Mediterranean. iailtd the INSOLENT and STRENUOUS gun brigs. Re main, the BULWARK, COXQUESTADORE, and MAGNIFI :ENT, of the line. The Whiting schooner, (late Arrow American ship), is commissioned by Lieute enant HAVES. The second battalion of Marines are -;one to Berry head Barracks, for the purcose c•forga lization, and expect to tart lyr station. The Cuttki:z.N is aacut to dock to be cut town. There is a report at Plymouth that the CttopA rnA frigate has been captured by an American. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 17. S. led his Majesty's slips CREWS, 71., Captain DAsnwoon, and BA RROSA, 36, Captain SHERIFF, for America, and SAM E brig, to the Westward.— Arrived the DIADEM, 61, Captain PHILLIMORE, from the Eastward; and NIoBE, 36, Captain MONTAGUE, Urom off Cherbourg : also, the Gallant Schemer, WORTS, from Smyrna ; and Speculation, DOREY, from Villa Novo, under quarantine ; Lark, BLANCH ARD, from Cork ; Edward, SANDERSON, from Dub lin ; Ann, STEERS, from Waterford ; and Portsmouth, Ssi EDNIORE, from London.—The Cormorant and Weymouth store-ships were released from quarantine this morning. DEAL, JANUARY 17. Arrived and sltiled fur Hull, the Margaret, from Malta; and the Ajar, JONGE, in 47 days from Ce phalona ; also arrived a convoy from Portsmouth— the whole of them are sailed for the River. Came dawn from the River several sail of outward•bound, lAnd, with his Majesty's ships, transports, &c. remain. Five o'clock, P. Itf.—Sailed the whole of the out ward-bound, under convoy of his Majesty's ships BEM NIUDAI SHAMROCK, and ELGIN.—Wind N.E. YARMOUTH, JANUARY 17. Sailed the BANI MIER sloop of war for the fleet off Flushing, and the RAVEN gun-brig for off the Texel. Arrived the TICKLER from off the Texel, and the REDBREAST from the Nore.—Wind South. COVE OF CORK, JANUARY 8. The Lnrd Cathcart transport, No. 200, arrived here on Sunday last from Castlehaven, which place she was forced into by stress of weather on the 28th ult. The Lord Cathcart took in a loading of flour it Quebec, for Government, and proceeded to Hali fax, whence it sailed under convoy of his Majesty's ship AFRICA, and about mid passage, in a heavy gale, paated company with the William Pitt, trans. port, for whose safet y serious apprehensions are en tertained. The SYBILLE, and her convoy for Li,bon, &e. still remain wind-bound.—The transports, with the Brunswick Hussars, are to proceed, we under stand, in the first instance, to Gibraltar ; whence, if not countermanded, they will proceed for Alicant. Admiral SAWYER yesterday struck his fl ig cn board the AFRICA, and proceeded in his barge to Cork, ac companied by Miss SHERBROOKE, sister of Sir JOHN SHERBROOKE, Governor of Nova Scotia. They intend proceeding to England, by way of Dublin and Holy head.—The AFRICA waits the arrival of a frigate to convoy her across Channel. GREENOCK, JANUARY IS. Arrived here last night, the sloop James and Eli. zabeth—sailed from Lochindaal (Isley) on Saturday, the waiter of which reports, that an Ameritau pri vateer brig, of l 8 guns, had arrived there on Wed- nesday, having the American flag uneer the British. The master of the Polypus sloop, belonging to Itse thesey, who was boarded by the privateer cif Insts hull, was informed that she was prize to the NAIAD frigate, and captured off the Western Islands on Christmas-day, since which she had met with bad wea. ' ther, which obliged her to throw overbo.trd m ,st-of her guns, some of which had bore the name of Ana Green—she was then bound for P' rtsmouth. This vessel has had no connection with the shore whatever, and the prize -master complained of his compass 'ming wrong, as an excuse for his bein?, driver, so far North, though the wind was then blowing from N.N.W. EFFECTS OF THE HURRICANE AT GIBRALTAR. Friday, his Majesty's store-ship CORMORANT, Capt. KIRBY, and %mourn, Capt. Hosxma, arrived at Portsmouth from Gibrakar, whence they sailed on the Ist ult. They are under quarantine. The news of most interest they bring is, we are sorry to say, of a melancholy kind, arising from the convulsed state of the elements in that quarter, which caused the loss of a number of lives. We refer the reader to the following letter:., which we have received : " GIBRALTAR, DECEMBER 30, ISM. dg We yesterday experienced one of the most vio lent storms from the South-East, that wit' ever r♦ membered by the oldest inhabitant, and the Bay this day presents a scene of wreck and desolation, upwards of twenty large vessels, besicits numbers of small craft. being driven on shore; the greater part of which will be completely, wrecked, as the gale still continues, with an immense surf breaking on the shore. " Several vessels have also been wrecked on the Eastern beach, and the greatest part of the crews perished : one Greek vessel, with the whole of her crew, is totally lost. A Spanish vessel, which went on shore near Fort Barbara, is also wrecked, and the whole of her crew perished, except the Master and a British Officer (Capt. WEIR), who had made his escape from the French, and was a passenger on board for this place. " A. vast number of the largest trees have been blown down, and several houses unroofed, in the garrison. The IPNIGENIA frigate was driven from her anchors to the opposite side of the Bay, where she luckily brought up. 4 4 Our latest accounts from Alicante, are the 22d cf December: Lord Wit-LIANI BENTINCK had not then arrived, but w.ls daily expected." It is painfnl to state, that all the crews and pas sengers of the ni'te vessels of thel:alta convoy, driven, on the beach of the Rock of Gibraltar, perished, ex ; cept one Gentleman and his fervant. Se ven t een. more vessels were driven on , bore in the Bay, severt/ of 'which were American prizes. One of them was a transport (name unknown) which had SG officers And men, invalids, on board, who, it is feared, were, all lost. A gentleman arr:ved passenger in the WEYI mouart, communicates the following particulars : " I left Alic.int on the 25th of last mouth, in die Spanish ship San loceph, in company with twenty-eight vessels, with a mode. rate breeze from the S. W. On the ::.9th the wig changed tai the eastward, increased to a violent hurricane, and :he atmos• phere became very thick, which caused the ccn'voy to mistakes, Gibraltar for the opposite coast ; and steering into Catalonia Bay, all, except one vessel, were wrecked. Myself and servaat were the only two survivors out of forty-two persons.•—the pas. sengers and crew of the San Jos , ph. Among thJse who perish/et in the vessel were two British Officers, Mr. BARRETT, Mita M'CORMICK, and a Catholic Priest. I escaped the dismal fare by precipitating myself into the sea, out of which I was sr by the humane exertions of some Genoese boatmen, who me, in an almost lifeless state, to the Spanish guartl-hnuse, Catalonia Bay. All my clothes, baggage, money, &e. were The late gales at Git raltar were more severe than any remem bered to have been experienced. Twentreight vessels wezelesi, in Catalonia Bay, and twenty In Gibraltar Bay. Many of tri* largest trees upon the reek were torn up by the roots, others en. tirely stripped of their limbs, and some, measuring upwards of. _ 7 eighteen inches in diameter, broken short off in the trunk. Iha number of lives lost in this gale is estimated at above IOC" Passengers by the Weymouth—Lieutenants Lyons, Richart& son, and Pukis, R. N. Count Wyre, Lieutenants Pledgdelhanct MiFarlue, R. M. Mrs. Lyons, and Mr. Webb. CORN-MARKET, MARK-LANE, JAN. 18. Notwithstanding the arrivals of Oats during these two p . t, i ing weeks have amounted to near 60,000 quarters, yet help principally of an inferior quality, such sorts h ave d ec li Ten considerably. but fine Oats still sell freely, upon ne ar ly as goo d terms as last week—Wheats continue without vatiatloo , so dots Rae, Malt, and li.irley, although the•arritrals of the latter articlt are still large—Horse and Tick Beans maintain ti.eir prices; by Hog Peas and Boilers are each from ss. to Si. p er quarter l owe k Canary Seed is considerably cheaper. In o t her Grain (..r Seeds no variation. English Wheat, 505.1045. IC5s. Rog Peas 828.838. 1355. • Boilers 98s. 15158. HS& f Foreign do. 781.10 - 28.1155.1285. Canal y Seed, 908.105.. Rye, Ws. 745. 765. Caraway. per MC. ses. We. Barley, 60s. 645. 685. 755. Coriander, do. 40,.44.. Malt, 105 s. 1145. White Mustard,,do. 245. OIL 1 Oats 355. 425. 465. 565. per boatel. Horse Beans, 76s Sus. Brown do. 308.348. Tick Ditto, 68s. 745. R:pe Seed 1:58, sea 'per last Hour 105.. 14110 s. per sack. RISE OF Ponita, &c.—The publicans in the me. tropolis were on Nicht) , info: mecl by the brewers, that it was their intention to make another advance upon , Porter, and authorising them to raise that beverage to 6d. per pot. No reason was assigned for this ad vance, which bccame general to-day. The distillers, imitating the example of the brew. ers, have communicated to the publicans, that they shall, on the disposal of their present stocks, raise the price of gin ;—the retail price will then be (the best) 6d. per quartern. Saturday, mutton rose 2d. per lb. in the markets of the metropolis. The advance is attributed to the rot, which has carrie4 off whole socks of sheep Ia the country.