Star. — London, England, 1813-05-29 00:00:00

ing to i • ' ed by ref "id in hav nrni bnt nice mar and 114 cam a te' st men tent' whit said perC geSt C. 21or ; ri g defeats, thit to oblige him to W e nd m ins & / jai l to call him to victory ? Ah l• :nth a Sovereign is never a simple spe ctator of the battles h e h as resolv ed giving. A Ways enlightened byhi.: inspiration, b y his experience, by that habit of great and sudd'en cf•s;gns which raise hitt) in every way above other' men, he has dis Covered to you his whole ascendancy w ith that promptitude and certainty of judgment which knows at first sight to form a plan of battle, in which the most profound meditation of the most illustrious Generals will always yield to him. Your have hastened by three days, the moment of a tri umph which he had secretly prepared in his mind ; but by eluding his combinations you have made no alteration in his disposition, excepting solely of the manner to cooqu'er you. Come on then, to provoke and :iccelerate the combat ! The half of his army, still at a distance from his camp , had nothing to regret but its having been for a feW • hours deprived of partaking of his laurel. ‘, The inferiority of our cavalry which the Emperor wi‘hed to spare, and for which he gave as a supple ment his thimelering artillery, chewed at once his in tentions, by one of those sudden illuminations of which Bussuit speaks, It is an Egyptian battle,' said he to his troops, a good infantry, supported by ought to be sufficient of itself;' history Will perceive this memorable result of a combination sug gested by military genius, and which alone could ensure the victory, One stands transported with admiration, N. T. c. F. before the extraordiiary man who as raised c ur empire to such a prodi..ious degree of power and dory. His fate and his officious enemies incessantly place him in the most proper situations to discover to ts the whole extent of his genius. He is the soot of Gcvernment as well as of his Artily. One cannot ionceive how a mortal can possibly surmount so many difficulties, be sufficient for the performance of so many duties, unite so much activity to so much foresight—such wisdom to such imp.auosity—such vast extent of conception to so much vigilance in the det.:ils, and that every part of his immense admini stration is always watched by the perspicuity of his view as if he had no ether solicitude on the throne. It is Religion only, N. T. C. F. -.Omit, by joining all the interests of the Sovereign with the subject— of the rich with the poor, which insures the true pomp of natioral annals, gives an expression to the common joy both august and sacred, and which the universal enthusiasm renders still more taiiChing and magnifi• cot. Without her nothing is solethe,—nothing is truly popular—nought unites the multitude into one single family. The world has its amusements, but Christianity alone has real feasts. Men are never in a perfect communion of sentiments and interests, but in the temple.. It is in prostrating themselves before Gon that Frihces teach their people to respect them as his living images. It is in assembling befure altars that 'ire feel ourselves happy in being Christians, and pri aid of being Frenchmen ; and that every one believes himself associated in the glory of the army, by ceie. lating it with equal celebrity and majesty in our sanctuat'ies, GOD being here an the midst of us, is actually felt to be near us, according to the expres sion of the Apostle St. Paul, and likewise appears to declare for us. " The image of the Sovereign is there braced in esery heart. The acclamations of an entire people ryeat his beloved mime with the unanimous senti ments of grathide, but his f,arne has so accustomeJ us to prodigies, that there Can never appear any thing More of our surprise tor our admiration. Oh ! 1•ow wouldhis great soul enjoy with delight our love, could he at this moment be witness of all the sentiments he inspires ! " But what regret have we to express. Will not nut; Monarch, in thought, be present at this sacred .so.. lemnity, to enjoy the universal benedictions which are coming to env:ron his dear company, at the mo ment when a grand and affecting religious solemnity comes to offer him for the first time during his Go vernment, and in the most tnagnificent pomp of the Throne, the homage of the nation ? The feast which assembles us together in the first of our temples, all. resplendent with his benefactions and his victories, acquires a still greater interest, and a greater lustre, by the presence of the August Sovereign who comes topieside at this pious ceremony, ;n sheaving herself apparelled in all the glory of her cons , rt. " Ah ! what a touching sight to view in our sanc tuary the revered spouse of ou• Soveri Igo, ttie mo he r 01 the heir to the Throne, the Regent of the Err i .ire, rendering soli mn th inks to GOD for the glory of the FP'at man whose •r utephs she is c. nie to fur cla , m, declaring to the French that his press • aii n is as r,.cessary to the happiness of the Empire as to the vellare of Europe, and to the religion which he has Tin raised, which I e is c ,lied to str-ngthen and re establish, and of which he is the most sincere protector. What a sight! to contemplate a soul so pure prostrating herself before our altars, imploring the AtL-POWERCUL in favour of the hero who is the con- Lnnal object of her thoughts, where tenderness fol "mi all his steps, and whom she never ceases to 0.;.p in the midst a her heart with the most lively •inevon. Gov will consent to these prayers, these rows, these acts of thanksgiving which he has in and the felicity of our Sovereign will be aug mented by the public readiness, of which she will be i%e happy interpreter to him whom she represents •!! 1 1.itiial grace and dignity. "cart openly declare on the faith of higher persons railed to his councils, that the government which is confided to her, developes in her every day a m'rui lull of sweetness and kindness, a character of hid, wisdom, apparent both its her actions and dis course ; a taste for application, a love of order, a ha.' bitude of attention and interest, a correctness of me morn and consequently the sane in business, an iiipta:iry of mind, a maturity of judgment, a solidity reflection, which in conciliating all suffrages to. Aartis her, guarantees to her that approbation most precious to her, that all these brilliant qualities are still more embellished under the diadem by a piety entßily examplary as moderate, and by Vie attraction Lt those rniluer virtues which are so ninth the more Proper fur causing her religious principles to be es 'ermilde because they invite us to imitate them with. forcing us to hypocrisy." Amr .flongst the arrivals of distinguished individuals by the fleet from the East, is the Chief Secretary to 1 4'! Cdilonia Government of the Isle of France, Ma 'litany, with his Lady, *native of that island. THE EVENING STAR LONDON. SATUt&DAY, MAY 29, )813. ' RitSTORAIION OW Clll/11“.1111 IL—Holiday at the Pubic °Sem Though the Anniversary Of the Restoration of Coasts% 11. Is esteemed a close holiday at the Bank, and as such, nO legal trans. fess of Stock can be made, yet, owing to a report being circulated and generally believed, of an Armisticebeing signed by the Bellige- rent Powers, an uncommon deal of business was done in the Stock Exchange this forenoon, and' at one time the elevation ()Wise Funds was two per Cent. on the price 2 t the close of the market yesterday ; and after vat sous fluctuation►, the prices of the Three per Cent. Consols were, at one o'clock, Sill 5P it I Paris Papers to the 22d inst. arrived last night, from which we have given copious extracts. The intelli gence they convey from the Army in the North is interesting ; but it is not calculated to excite much alarm for the situation of the Allies. On the Bth, it will be recollected that BONAPARTE entered Dresden; on the 16th he was still there. He is not, therefore, following up his victory at Lutzen so rapidly as his friends could wish. His whole army has crossed the Elbe, however, and there have been several affairs with the Russian rear-guard, in all of which the French, according to their own accounts, were suc cessful ; but their statements are so confused, that we most reject their claims until we hear from the Allies on the subject. The Governors of Spandau and Thorn are threat ened with punishment for surrendering these for tresses, and great praise is bestowed on the Comman der at Wittenberg. AVe regret to learn that the Saxon troops are ac- Malty in the field against their German Brethren. Ari intimati ul seems to have been given by the Allies thAt they will burn Potsdam and Berlin, rather than allow these places to be again occupied by the French. Possibly this threat; coupled with the absence of ,any express declaration OA the part of Austria, may have detained Bottaxitare at Dresden Si) long. REPORTED ARMISTICE BETWEEN FRANCE AND THE ALLIES. It is stated in a respectable Morning Paper that intelligence to this effect had reaelied Paris on the 24th. We copy the article in which the event is announced, but without pledging ourselves for its authenticity :—" A private communication, which reached us at a late hour last night, from the French coast, states, that on the 24th inst. information bad been received at Paris of an Armistice having been concluded between the French and Allied Armies preparatory to a Congress to be held at Prague, for a general Peace. At this great assembly, Ministers from every Power interested in the war were to at tend ; and among the Powers particularly specified, were England, Russia, Prussia, France, America, Denmark, Austria, Sweden, and the Spanish Cortes. In conveying this information to the French public, much pains were taken to convince them that BtiNA _PAM E l although he would spare no pains to bring about a peace, would, nevertheless, adhere steadfastly to the'igteat principles of his policy—that lie 'would treat only en the basis of the Treaty of Utrecht; a basis to which it was surmised that England would nor voluntarily accede, but which the mediation of! Austria was conceived powerful enough to enforce. From the mode in %Lich this intelligence has reached us, we are induced to attach a considerable degree of credit to it, aid hourly expect to see it confirmed by the arrival of further French papers." It is also very currently reported, that an Austrian Declaration has arrived, in which the Emperor FKAN• cis expresses his earnest desire for the restoration i of peace on the.Ci.ntinent ; declaring,. at the same 1 time, that he will act against such Powys as will not acc p of his mediation. It is added that Austria has' (.eitianded an armistice between the contending parties.. rie credibility of the report is increased by an Angst' burgh article, in a French paper, which mentions the " extreme impatience of the public atVienna to know the purport of a new Imperial Declaration, which is now in the press, and expected. to be published im mediately." SECOND EDITION. STAR OFFICE, TWO O'CLOCK. We are sorry to announce the return from Ham. burgh of Mr. COCKBURN, the British. Mit►ister there. The nature of Mr. C OCKBURNS communications has not transpired. With respect 'to Hambtirgh, however, we are enabled to state, that letters . have been received in town from that place, dated on the 23d instant, at la hich period .Hansourgh war net only j afe, but we have great pleasure in adding, that'the Swede: had entered, and the French had mad: no othe r movement:. _ _ HALF•PAST TWO O'CLOCK. We again stop the press to state that two Heligo land MAN are arrived at. the General Post Office, No time is fixed for the delivery'of the letters ; but the above report of the Swedes being in full posses' sion of Hamburgh, is confirmed. STAR OFFICE, THREE O'CLOCK. It is not Mr. COCKBURN who has arrived from Ham burgh, but a messenger from that gentleman. Mr. COCKBURN actually left Hamburgh on the 18th inst. but it was to visit the Head-quarters of the Swedish Army, and to urge its advance for the te. lief of Hamburgh. THIRD EDMOk. STAR-OFFICE, FOUR O'CLOCK. Government have this moment reetived a Moni. teur of the 24th instant, which contains AN OFFICIAL INTISIATION Of the BASIS upon which France agrees to enter into NEGOTIATION Foil A GENERAL PEACE—. the Congress to be held at Prague. The following may be regarded as a demi•offiial article on this subject : AtSTRACT PROM TIDE MONITEUR OF THE 94TH. 66 Count EMMA arrived at Dresden with letters to BONAPARTE from the Emperor of AUSTRIA, and left it again on the 17th. 48 BONAPARTE will consent to a Congress at Prague. " France, A merica, Denmark, the King of Spain, and all the Allied Powers, on oie side. " On the other, England, Russia, Prussia; the Spanish Insurgents, and the other Allies of the Ba ligerent Mass. " The basis of a long peace to be settled in the Congress. •, Doubts are expressed whether England will con sent, from her obstinacy not to recognize the prinFi. pies of the Treaty of Utr cht. 44 If England refuses, Bonaparte rill proposes a Congress of the other Powers to settle the Peace of the Continent. 6$ These principles are conformable, he says, to the views of Austria. It remains to be seen what England, Russia, and Prussia will Jo. to The distance of America not to prevent the Congress from meeting." STAR OFFICE, FIVE O'CLOCK. We have received, exclusively, a Hamburgh News paper of the 18th instant. An article from Vienna of the Sth, states that Count Stadion had been dis patched that day with the ultimatum of the Austrian Cabinet to Bonaparte's head quarters. The Emperor of AUSTRIA has organized two Grand Armies—one in Bohemia under the command of Prince SCHWARTZENBERC, and the other under Prince RECSS. KOTZEBUS has written a letter to the King of PEUs. SIA, to prepare h►m tor new sacririces for his country. He quotes the dispatch of KuTt:soFr to the Emperor ALEXANDER" Moscow is occupied by the French— but your Majesty must not suppose that Empire is lost." HAMBURGH, MAY ts.. The head-quarters of the Prussian General Vcn Billow were at Dessau upon the 7th iTISf. The Rus sian General Ftsrpe was before Wittenburg; and Von Thumen wAs in the vicinity of Zerbst. The Russian General O'Rowck (Orloff) was be . fore MagdeburAh. The Reserve of the Russian Army. includ'ig► the Imperial Guards is commanded by General 'forma. sow. A Swed'sh Army is &My etpeeted All the Students in Gottingen, Halle, and the wbole German Universities, have taken arms against the French. They put to death every Frenchman they meet.—' These are the traitors of whom BONAPARTE complains. Would to GOD he would throw himself in their w.iy ! PRIVATE LETTER. HAMBURGH, MAY Ie.—TWELVE ATIIIGHT. I have delayed my letter to the last moment in the hope of telling you something agreeable. Tettcn. born had desired all the Burgher Guard to be assem bled this morning, as he had something agreeable to communicate. All went expecting to hear from his own mouth s omething important, when lo ! after three hours waiting, in which he did not appear, the Captains thanked them in his name for the zeal they had al ready shewn ; desired them to continue it fur three times 24. hours, as in that tithe it would he decided whether Hamburgh would retain its freedom or not —a precious consolation indeed ! The Duke of BRUNSWICK Ora.s arrived here this morning. THE Prrr CLuR.—A very numerous assemblage of the PITT Club met yesterday at the London Ta vern, to celebrate the Anniversary of that Minister's Birth-day. The Earl of Ltv4aPoot, Lord CASTLE. REACH, Lord WESTMORELAND, and the MCC Of the Ministry, with the Duke of ATHOL, Lord KENYON, Lord LONSDALE, and many other Noblemen, were present. Among the Members of the Lower House we observed Dr. DUIGENAN. The Marquis of HUNT LEY presided. After a very good dinner, the following toasts were drank in succession - The KiNc,"— with three times three. " COD save the King."- 4 , The PRINCE REGENT"—three times three. Glee, v. Hail ! Star of Brunswick."—" The QUEEN"__ three times three. When order in this land commenced."- 46 The Duke of YORK."•-•-‘"lhe im mortal Memory cf Mr. Par."—.. The Navy and Army of Great Britain."" The House of Bruns- wick, and may they never forget the principles woiLlt seated them on the Throne of these Realms." G;re, 4 , The King_ and the Church."—" The Ministers of the PRINCE REGENT" Other appropriate toasts were given, and suitable •songs were sung till ten o'clock, when the Ministers left the room. The Marquis of HUXTLEY remained in the Chair and seemed inclined to support the eon : vivulity of the meeting. THR ARMT: •• • The troops for the defence of the Elhe, will ready nett Viedaesday. It will eorifst of the' Dragoons Of the Kingl German the 2,1 B tr. talion of the 26th regithent; the 5411 i; 55:11 at d Sa . Battalions of the 7sd and 9lit regime:As; %ith ti*ii • troops or Horse. Art;lleii, and amount in the wh ,, le to about 800 cati:tiry, and betweel 1,800 an 4 2.(`00 infantry. It is said that' M tjor-General who was On the Staff in the Peninsula, will eonstnitnd this force. . The 3d Huiisars of the King's G rimm n Lep , , tit preseen on the coast ditty nt Kent, are to. be'c m pleted to IGO men in each sqttadror, tnd &lily expect to embark at Ranisgate for the Not-0i of Germany, the transports for their receptit,n being Already as sembled in the Downs. A troop of this regiment, from the Eastern district, joined it on Sunday l ist. The 69th and 91st regiments are daily erected at Harwich, to join the 2J B .ttalion of the 78d t.gi. ment, and detachments of R yal Artillery already embarked there upon a secret sestrice. Two very wrong troops of Rorie Artillery are now at Cnrk, w.►iting a conveyanor for the P• nihs►►la and another troop. with A Jet achment of Ar. tillery, arc at Portsmouth, ti. r t h c sune s , trice. In the :►rm of Horse Artillery, Lord Win.t.rmirrosi will infinitely surpass the French. Captain KVISTEMAN, of the I'►th Foot, l• amine: ed Aisista:lt•A,+j G nt.tal to the ALe.►nt Army. The Hertford regiment if 14.1itia hts arrived at Plymouth, from Cut k, undo- convoy of M. Majesty's tlo p But,x. The 2.l,Batt.ilion of the SOth regiment, now is North Britain, is to pioceed itrrnediAtily tb Jersey, to replace the 96th rvgint nit, %Leh is ordered to the Isle of Wight, probably with a view of bring hell in readiness for service. The inhabitants of the Island cif Thomas's have transmitted, through the hands of Jury Kint, Esq. of that Island, one hundred and t n Go nets, to be laid out on a piece of Plate, and pr. ii.mted the Officers of the 7Uth regiment, as a Mark of their esteem and approbation of the good c• induct of the corns during four years that they were quartered in, the Island, commanded by Lieut.-Colonel GRANT. NAVAL EVTELLIGENCE. FALMOU IH MAY 26. Arrived a man of war prig (supposed to be the PIIEASANT), and has hoisted a signal for ennvoy to Newfoundland and Haliftx.—Wind PORTSMOUT H, MAY 9E. Airived the Oteasres, of 16 guns, Cdptain SstrTzt, and the Homy° and PROTECTOR, from the D rwns. Sailed the Itesinurz, 12, Lieuti mint GRRES FOE. HOUND, 16, Captain rA[IISH ; WOLVERINE, 18. Cap. tain KERR, on a cruize ; VENERABLE, 71, Captain Mu.' E ; and RIPPON. 74, Captain Sir C. Cote, to re sume their station of Cherbnurg ; also the Driftwawx and Ticae, on a cruize.--The wind hav;ng at last come rourd from the Eastward the sr:A m bu st l e prevails amcng the outward-boi;nd ; the East and West India, IA Brazil, Tortuga], Spain ?TM Medi terranean, Bermuda and Nut.h American convoys, sa il to . Th o rr o w morning, by which time the ships ) Irons the Downs are expected to j.-in. —Wind S.E. DEAL, MAY vs. Sailed his IA .jlsty's ship BoYNE, ftr Portstneuth ; Also sliled, with a fine breeze, his Majesty's ships 14 AP D, Aunt?, and SPRIGHTLY, with the whole of the outward-I) , mnd, cnAsters and colliers.—Wind N.E. The gum-boats 1 rdered to be got ready at Chat. ham, are all completed, and wait only the order It r s tiling, to their destination, which is supposed to be the Elbe and Weser. YARMOUTH, MAY if. Arrived the PaiNcess or WALES, A NACREO", CLIO, RAVEN, HOLLY, KING GEnIGE, DEFENDER, PIERC4 i i , Sailed the CLIO, KING Gtottor, and DEFENDER. Re main in the Roads, the Soltbay, Raven, Leveret Piercer, Landrail, Holly, and Princess of Wales. COVE OF CJRK, MAY 24. The Lisboa, Cadiz, and Gibraltar Fleets, taking advantage of a favourable sh:ft of wind, sailed early on Saturday morning, and soon got dear of the land. Their convoy consisted of the Jar.nuse slop of wa-, 16 guns, Captain Lowe, and CASTILIAN : r ~ . t st.i. 18 guns, Captain BREASIER. The !Atom') ts, Hon. Captain SEYMOUR, and Feart , Ner, Captain COATE, i sailed in company the same day, on a short cruize. There are some ships waiting here fur convey for Newfoundland. The Caledonia privateer, of Nassau, has been cap tured and caraied into Savannah. The following is an extract of a letter from C a p ta i n Mtwitrix, of the Joseph and Mary, from New Pr.l - to London, dated Longwy, April 19, 1813 : I have to inform you that 1 was captured by the Corsair cutter privateer, of 14 guns and 90 men, on the sth of March last, at 5 m. within four miles of the Bait Head of Plymouth, after an engagement of nearly an hour a half, in which the enemy 1 )st six men killed and eight wounded, (one of which died of his wounds), and was carried irate Morl iix (we be. lieve) next day, from whence I marched to th:s plac• • wherc 1 have met with Captains SMALL, Ilottomai, BOYLE, and PRATT." The dashing DefAulter, whose exploits lure lately been the thi_rr.e of so much conversation, hrs, we hear, 'arrived in safety at Hamburgh. Mrs. MATTOCK 'S Benefit at the King's Theatre, on Monday List, was so productive, that it is suppos. ed an annuity ut £2OO per annum w,il be purchased for her, during life, lic,idrs d;scharging her recent incumbrancer. The Pntscs Rea;? and several other branches of the Royal Family were extremely liberal in their donations.