Star. — London, England, 1812-10-27 00:00:00

t ..4.Li boil' Siint Cr& Wilda spied * Nast .0tin........e w -.. , ovx is so posted with 50,000 men id the rear, or, t i t her to the westward on the Petersburgh toad.', The movement of KUTUSOFF froth Podolsk to XI-, i ou ga, which is nearer Smolensk°, seems evidently to have b ee n occasioned by TORMABOW 9 S occupation of Vie latter place, for the two armies will now be in fa COm metrication, and even if Boteaeiters takes the desper ate resolution of cutting his way back to, arsavri w or Wilna, he may perhaps defeat KuroSOFF, Lid thutese ape Scylla, to fall into the jaws of Cha rybdis st graolensko. But he will, in all probability, *inter et Moscow, and in this case the Russians wall have still further opportunities of annoying him. --Daring the inclement season, they can act, with some prospect of at least partial success ; while the French troops, and those of the Confederation, can not stir from their quarters. It is not unusual for a pers on, not a native of Russia, who is bold enough to venture on horseback for a few hours nea r Mos cow, during winter, to be brought home by the animal, sitting erect on the saddle, but frozen to death! 1 But there is another Russian Proclamation in the Si. Pardergh Garage, which fills our minds with additional gratification. A determination to perse vere in the struggle while life remains is once more boldly avowed : precautionary measures for removing the valuables from St. Petersburgh, in the event of the French being mad enough to penetrate in that (Erection, have been taken ; and " it has been once a for all fixed and determined, that whatever may u be the progress of the enemy, rather to drain the 6 last drop of the cup of misery, than by a scanda. 44 lone peace to subject Russia to a foreign yoke." these are sentiments worthy of a great and mag tmimous Sovereign. Oh! that they had been thus manfully avowed and acted upon by the miserable drivellers to whose baseness, cowardice and servility , Burotie is 'indebted for the prostration ofher liberties ! As an alloy to the satisfaction which the intelligence from Ros'Sia has given us, we lament to record the death of the brave Prince BAGRATHION .4, He should have died hereafter!" Ora death, at this crisis, is equal to a victory obtain ad by the enemy. In the Gottentiargh Papers, there is evidently a transposition of the names of the Russian Generals. Docronow, and not TORifAZOFF, is said to have oc tupied Smolensk°, while the latter is sent with his army to Twer. . - A. glance at the map will chew that Ibis is, as we have Stated, a Mistake. The following is the substance of Lord CATH• itaat's dispatches, as communicated by Ministers: * Dispatches were last night received from St. Petersburgh, dated the 4th instant, only one day later than those before received. • " The reports !slim Prince KUTUSOW, of the 29d September, state that the army was on the Calur• gene road, towards Tonle, Calough, Orei, and with a strong party on the Mojaisk road. * On the 19th he sent General FLORAISiCY, 'With Vie 11th division of Cossacks and the Mere Polski Hussars, to watch the enemy, who discovered four • legiments of cavalry in the village Snamenslta, and Made prisoners 400 men, 16 officers, and 40 petty officers, leaving great numbers dead on the field. " Oh the 21st and 22d of September, the Russian panics brought in 600 prisoners. " On the 28d, the day he writes, he had sent Ge neral DOIIOOYIPP on the Mojaisk road, who reports having taken six officers and 200 men. " In the mean while Lieut.-Colonel DAVIDOFF, *di 150 light cavalry, had been active in cutting off the enemy's communications between Gjatck and kojai s i r . " And Adjutant-Gen. VVlsizawoznonst was active m the Mojaisk, the Twer, and Jasvierlaff roads. " Tilt abstract of General Donoco-?s Report is Just reteiVed:—He states, that having sent Captain IloiNA Oh the Mojaisk road, he had taken two Cap tains, five Officers, 92 men, with 36 waggons of ar tillery stores. " Other accounts state, that in successful affairs of Patties, 20 large waggons, with artillery stores, and 300 men had been taken. " In addition to this official intelligence, there are Private accounts of the 4th from Petersburgh, which- State that WiIs s 2ENORRODE bad bad a brilliant affair with MUliAr's cavalry, and taken Oh) guns sad 3000 tea prisoners." ik Letter from St. Petersburgh, of the 2d of Oc ' toper, contains as follows : The Emperor's Manifesto has had a magic in elience on all classes ; every one takes up their arms and matches off, and this they do voluntarily ; and Wthough we have the best hopes of a happy result, ' ?et Preparations are every where made to meet the lit i _ ° tst that may happ en , and I believe, should Napa '°n(l get possession of St. Petersburgh (which GOD pe nt), he will not thereby be a greater gainer than Wa l by the taking of Moscow, where he found , 1 °thing but \mere articles of household furniture. All the inhabitants had left the place—all merchant goods were long before sent away, and there was %thing more left him to take.' litutAcr of A ZETTIR FROM ST. PIITERABURGII, DATED anpressarat 23. Bad news always spreads faster than the good. the enemy has not omitted publishing his entry into know as conquest, or a glorious vittarY there' fete flatten to Witted that tact, gad inforrn yott or it ai k acttially stands :—Moscow was given up, after 1 holding a Council of War, at which only one General was of opinion that the capital ought to be defended ; all the Others were unanimous that it could ndt hold out. From the 13th to the 14th of September, the Prince Kutusoff took his position four wersts behind Moscow, for the purpose of covering the roads to Riatan and Tula, and on the 15th the enemy entered the city without any opposition; and must have been astonished at finding it quite empty and deserted. Immediately after his entry he hastened to make pro posals for Peace—Prince Kutusoff replied, is Hi. therto it has been your share to act offensively, it now comes to our turn to do so." tRIVEIIAL &ttk4l2l*.t kECEPTIONVIVIIII CITY AND COUNTY OF LONDONDERRY; ' As soon as General BTZWART'I intention of visiting the City of Derry had been known, a general desire to mark his return from the Peninsula with the strong est proof of their estimation of him spontaneously and almost universally arose among the Gentlemen of the city and vicinity of Londonderry ; in the course of a few days one hundred and forty names appeared on the list of subscribers to a public entertainment, from whom a deputation was sent to Downhill, the Seat of Sir HERVEY BRUCE, to wait upon the General with the following invitation : TO MAJOR-GENERAL THE HOW. CHARLES STEWART. " SlR—lhe Gentlemen of the City aid Vicinity of London derry, having learned with peculiar satisfaction your intention of visiting this neighbourhood, and feeling anxious cc express their admiration of your gallant and distinguished conduct in the Pe ninsula, during a conflict in which your personal exertions have been so eminently conspicuous, requeat the honour of your company at dinner, at the King's Anus, on Thursday, the 15th instant.—(Signed by the Stewards.) MARCUS S. HILL , IOIIti A. SMITH, WILLIAM KNOI, THOMAS DAVILINPOIT, THoMAS SHEPHERD, GeLlitC.l HAY, TIOSIAS Wooer, LIMES WILSON. 44 Londonderry, October 6, 1812." To which the General was pleased to return the following answer to the Stewards : " Ge NTLltie EN is impossible for me to convey In adequate terms, the feelings of my mind on receiving the imitation to a public entertainment from the Gentlemen of the City Ind Vici nity of Londonderry, couched In tennis so flattering, so anima ting, and to far beyond the services I have bad in my power to render; suffer me therefore. to hope, that in the simple expression of my thanks, the same partiality that has prompted this act, will give me credit for every sensation that gratitude can Inspire, or pride for the high distinction conferred, can awaken. " Camixes STEWART." On Thurday, the 15th inst. as had been intended, an elegant entertainment was prepared at the King's Arms Hotel. The Subscribers were at first confined to the city of Derry and its immediate neighbourhood; several Gentlemen, however, from the remote parts of the connty came to contribute to the honour in tended to be paid to their gallant countryman on his arrival amongst them ; a few minutes after six o'clock the General arrived from Finlagan, the pa rochial residence of Sir HERVEY BRUCE, accompanied by Sir Hanvvr and Major BRUCE, and paid his re spects in the mostcordial manner, individually to the numerous party which had assembled to receive and entertain him. A little before seven o'clock about 150 persons sat down to dinner in the County-rooms of the Hotel ; in the great room our worthy Repre sentative, Sir GEORGE HILL, presided with his ac customed elegance of manners and expression, assisted by six Stewards who had been appointed for the oc casion ; the care of the adjoining room having de volved upon three others. Among the guests invited to meet the General, were our excellent and highly esteemed BISHOP, Major General BURNET, the Com mander of the District, and his Staff, Lieutenant Co lonel GORDON, of the Royal Lanark Militia, and the Fild Officers of the garrison ; Sir THOMAS TROU BRIDGE, of the Navy, and ALEXANDER STEWART, Esq. of Ards, the General's uncle. After the cloth bad been removed, the following toasts were given by Sir GEORGE HILL : The King; the Prince Regent; the Queen an. Royal Fa. mily ; the Duke of York and the Army ; the Duke of-Clarence and the Navy ; the Duke of Richmond and prosperity to Ireland. Sir GEORGE Hu.L then arose, and thus addressed the General: Major General Culottes STEWART, I rise to perform a duty, of all others the most grateful to my feelings. 1 have been deputed by this most respectable assembly, who have met this day to offer you the signal mark of their regard, and to con gratulate you on your arrival in this city; and to express to you the very high sense which they entertain of your gallant and distinguished conduct in Spain and Portugal, by which you have added so much to the lustre and glory of the British arms; it is not, I assure you, a light or an empty compliment which is paid to you this day ; it is the honourable testimony of approbation of as respectable a body of Gentlemen as this kingdom can pro duce, of men who are feelingly alive to every thing whish con cerns the fame, the character, and glory of their country, and who well know how to appreciate such distinguished services as yours; I tbetefore, in their flame, propose the health of the Hon. Major General CHALLIS STIL WALT. The toast was received and drank with three times three, amidst the loudest acclamations. General STEWART was most sensibly affected by the warmth and exultation with which the toast was received, and it was a considerable time befoie his feelings would allow him utterance : " Gentlemen," said he," l trust your Indulgence will do Jol liet to my feelings: I assure you, i want word's to express them. Depressed, as I have lately been, by the greatest of all possible domestic calamities,l am totally inadequate to the task of mak. lug a suitable return fur the distinguished honour that bag bees paid to me this day—an honour that would require a long ser:es of the moat signal services to deserve. I have endeavoured, as fir as gay pout abilities would permit, to serve my country, and humbly to imitate and tread in the career of our pliant coun trymen, the Marquis of Wellington and Marshal Beresford, whose noble achleirements have added so much lustre to the Bri tish arms; and If any other motive were ranting stronger than the't bright example, It would be the honourable mark of appro bation becowed upoa me this day—a day which I shall ever con sider the proudest of my life. " Believe me, Gentlemen, it shall . stlolulatt me to tenewod 'exertions; and on my return to the Peninsula I shall en deavour by my knife conduct to merit the distinguished honour you have conferred upon me. I trust you will attribute my not sooner paying my personal respects to you to the recent domestic ailiction'under which I have laboured, and that you will indulge 'me with a few days longer absence in a neighbottring county, where I am obliged to attend to the interests of a beloved rela tion, whose personal appearance there is prevented by the ardu ous duties of the high and responsible situation to which his Royal Highness the Prince Regent has been pleased to raise him. I shall return with Ell convenient speed to renew by respects, and proceed in my canvass in the county ; and when I desert the honourable trust to which your partiality so early raised me, and in which your kindness has so lung retained me, may I lose the memory of the flattering and distinguished honour you have this day bestowed, and sink for ever in oblivion. 14 To you, Sir George Hill, I offer my sincet* thanks for the Warm and handsome manner in which you have proposed my health; and, in return, beg leave to give your health and that of the Stewards and Gentlemen who have honoured me with this French Papers to the 23d inst. have been received : the most important article-they contain, is a report of the defeat of an expedition sent out from Riga, with a view to cripple the besieging army. A series of well-contested actions seems to have taken place from the 276 Septertiber to the 2d October, in Which the Prussians (for it is the Prussians who claim these victories) admit they were at first worsted. There is a tacit admission also, that their loss was consider able, but that the enemy was of course much greater. The results of these affairs has been for the present to save the Park of Artillery, destined for the siege of Riga. We long for VON ESSEN'S counter-statement, _ . however, when we trust we shall be relieved from all apprehensions as to Riga. Government this morning received Dispatches from the British Naval Officer, who took a part of the late Russian expedition from Riga against Miami, allu ded to in the French Par ers. These accounts we understand to state, the loss of the Prussians and French was fir greater than that of the Russians, and that Governor Vox Essex retired upon Riga, after accomplishing every object he had in view. A letter from Barbadoes, dated September 20, says—es This island never saw so disastrous a year as the present. The volcanic powder, which fell on us on the Ist of May, is supposed, in conjunction with the long drought, to have generated swarms of warms, which have spread devastation over the face of the island. —ln some parishes they have not left a vestige of the corn, nor a blade on the cane. Famine stares us in the face; and without speedy relief great num bers must perish. Flour is not to be had at any price. We import from the Dutch settlements in South America plantains in small craft, on which the garrison is chiefly ted. It has rained for two or thaee days ; we therefore expect a favourable change, but the island will not make One-third of its usual crop of sugar." SECOND EDITION. STAR-OFFICE, TWO O'CLOCK. On the 9th, just before the accounts came away From Riga, a Courier arrived from the Emperor of RUSSIA, at Petersburgh, bringing intelligence that BONAPARTE MAD QUITTED MOSCOW, AND THAT A BATTLE WAS EXPECTED. KUTUSOFF had completely cut off all communica tion with Poland—and the peAsants were every where rising in a mass. Smolensk was certainly in the hands of the Rus sians, and WITTORNSTION has (hint ST. CYR, late OUDINOTPS corps, from Polotsk. In the expedition from Riga, the retreating Prus sians were reinforced to 35,000 men by MACDONALD The Russians lost no prisoners. ROBBERY OF THE LEEDS MAIL. a GENERAL POST-OFFICE; TuZSDAY,OeT. 27,1812. " About Seven o'clock In the Evening of Monday, the 26th instant, the LEEDS MAIL COACH was robbed of the BAGS of LETTERS described at foot,tetween Kettering and Highani Ferrer., within three miles of Highasn Ferrer,, by forcing the lock of the Mail Box. The Bags stolen, are— Halifax, of the 25th Chesterfield, of the 25th Bradford, ditto Mansfield, ditto Leeds, ditto Notdngham, of the Nth Wakefield, ditto Melton Mowbray, ditto Huddersfield, ditto Oakkam, ditto Barnsley, ditto Tlppingham, ditto Sheffield, ditto Kettering, ditto Rotherham, ditto Thrapotone, ditto Whoever shall apprehend the Person or Persdne who'comnilt ted the said Robbery, will be entitled to a Reward of TWO HUNDRED POUNDS, one moiety to be paid on commitment for trial, and the other moiety on conviction. If an Accomplice in the Robbery will surrender himself, add make discovery whereby one or more of the Persons concerned therein shall be apprehended and brought to Justice, such Discoverer r w be en titled to the said Reward, and be admitted an Evidence for the Crown.—By command of the Postmaster-General. PRANGS FREELINO b Setretaiy. General Post-Ofeet Oct. 27, 181 2.° After the General sat down, most sensibly affected, Early this morning the Military Orderly-mom be- the room resounded with repeated acclamations for longing to the Coldstream Regiment of Guards was ' several minutes. The toasts which folio Wed were broke open, and robbed of the silver collars, wrist such as might be expected in so loyal and respectable bracelets, gorgets, swords, &. c. belonging to the a company , an d f ro m such a President, viz. : Band and O ffi cers of the regiment, estimated at the , : Loid Wellington and our gallant Army in the Peninsula, and value of 8200. The depredators broke open three may their glorious exanfple .timutate the nations of Europe to apartments in which the valuables were deposited, renewed exertions for their Liberty and independence--(three and made clear off With the property, notwithstanding times three.) I centinels are always on duty near the spotb The Bishop of Derry, the Patron and Friend of Science, and Pattern of Piety. Virtue, and Benevolence—(three times three.) BREAM—Theft being no Court of Aldermen this Major-General Burnet and his excellently well-regnlated din. morning, the Lone MAYOR, after inspecting the otct—(three times three). h To which Gen h eralßurnet returned Mealweigbers' Returns, ordered the price of the ! .. e h e a in n g ks ine n it a eor to meet ec a ' g vzpre t the Ge g neral high sat isf action whose t he fe had ritecin. peck loaf CO be raised one penny. Mg Quarters War , dered him the pride of the Army. wili be Is. 60. on Thursday ilea. I The Mace Retie= sheer Patron, and dm limers, wit. bar. added so inucti o the glory of the tritisli arms In the Peninsoll —(three times three) Our Russian Allies, and meeess to them. Sir George Pretosi, and the Deltbdefl of one Poises+ sions in North An2erlea, and tn.ty tli4r reee..t snecesses ennui- Inne to a speedy and liohourahle Peace vii•h the United Suites. lAN Castlereagh, the excellent Commander Of the Militia of oUr County: (By General Srevrairtirj—Ntarsllel Wm. Bereafor4, and the Portuguese troops, who, being aided by hie talents and titer dons, have so eminently contributed to the success of the mein the Peninsula. Lord George Bereiford and Colonel Ponelohy, ace! our Fellow atizens and Countrymen in arms for the defence of the na•lou. Our brave and loyal Yeomanry, and may their smluntai y es ertions always enable the regular army to extend their servien wherever they may be required. The Mayor and Corporation of Derry. The Glorious and Immortal Metnnry—with many other loyal, constitutional, and equally distinguished toasts. The company remained entire, with a few excep tions, till twelve o'clock, when the General's attach ment to his brother's interest in the county of Down, obliged him to separate from his entertainers, and ' set off for Hillsborough. GeNERAL ELECTION. MIK7EII3 arruasirti TO SERVS iN TUI NEW raatiasirmt. Arsessinta.—Sir Hugh Dalrymple : he carried his election 14 a majority of one, having pblled 63 ; his opponent 62. Barnum—Charles Morgan, Esq. DirTo COUNTY—Thomas Wood, Esq. DARTMOUTH.—A. Holdn orth and I'. P. Bastard, Flint: KINCARDINIESMI—George Harley Drummond, E•q. MILIOR Pair—General Pager, and IL. M. Casherd, Esq. Marassistrae---sir Ch. Saxton, Bart. and W. H. Beach, Esq. Noarausumatam n--Col. Beamoin, and Sir Cb. Minick, Bart. NORTHALLSITON—itt. 14011. E. Lascelles, and H. Pirrse, Esq. Praatas (Co.)—Sir James Mningomery. Sr. GER MAlNS—General Pringle, and Golbourne, Esq. Betticstintz—State of the Poll, 13th Day : . Dundas, 1591—Neville, 1275—Hallett, 487. SPORTING INTIELLICENCE. MINN, ANM••• NEWMARKET THIRD OCTOBER; OR, HOUGHTON MEETING, 1812. MONDAY, OCTOBER 26. • General Gower's Anastasia, air. 61b. beat MrsA. Goddard's Brlghtonia, Sat. 7Th. Ab. M. 100 gs. h. fr.s to lon Anastasia. The Garden Stakes Of 100 gs each. T. M. M. Attie of Rutland's Grimalkin, 4 yrs old, fist. 61b. Mr. Shaltrspear's Chester, aged, ash Sib. Lord Jersey's Invalid, aged, Bst. bOlb. 5 Co 2 on Grimalkin. Slr J. Shelley's Comus, rta. 71b. beat Mr. Lake's Pointers, est. 41b. Ab. M. 200 gs h ft.-► Even bating on Comus. Duke of Grafton Whalebotle, .5 yrs old, v.s beat Mr. Lake's Turner, 2 yrs old, a feather. B. C.loogs.-6 to I on Whalebone. Sweepstakes of lengs each, h. ft. D. I. Mr. Dawson's Cambrian; aged, Sat. tolb. . Lord C. H. Somerset's Angelo, 4 yrs old, 7st. 101 b. Major Wilson's Erebus,,s grs old, tist. tab. • Even betting on Cambrian. .6 1 - 2 • a - S • I NAVAL IiV7ELLIGENCE. •mm. bin'. .0 9 ARIL DIM MbHA • • 0 1, Waterford - 0 Cadiz - b 1 Lisbon • - 0 1 Malta 0 0 FALMOUtH, OCTOBER 24. No arrivals.—Sailed the ROTA on a cruize • the tarteret packet, IDAvsy, with Mail s , f or C a di z . ' Th* Walsingham packet, for the Leewnrd Islands, and the Queen Charlotte packet, fur Lisbon, are gone into the Roads.—Wind S.W. Guernsey Jersey - Gottenburgh Heligoland - Corunna . • S - 1 1 o • 0 • TORBAY, OCTOBER 2S. Arrived his Majesty's ships SEMIRAMIS and CAsToit. PLYMOUTH, OCTOBER ts. Arrived the RESOLUTE from Cork, FANCY Cutter from off Brest, and the N►ntßou cutter which sailed yesterday for the Brest station, but has been forced back. PORTSMOUTH. OCTOBER 2$ Arrived the Moue from Cherbnrgh.—Sailed the ULYSSES and BOLD on a cruize.—Wind N. W. and fine weather. DEAL, OCTOBER se. Came down from the River, the Baron Nelso% Wanderer, Boreas, Hope, and Mary, merchantmen, and remain with the outward-bound s consisting of nearly 800 sail. Arrived the INDEFATIGABLE from o the 'Axel. Sailed the STAG frigate for Portsmouth, HARWICH, OCTOBER 26. Arrived the Lord Nelson packet, DIANE, fro* Gottenburgb, with Mails. She brought over three couriers, who immediately proceeded for London. LEITH, OCTOBER E 4. The NIGIITINGALE shop of war sailed fr th Leith Roads on Thursday, with a convoy of 11 or 12 sail, for Gottenburgh. The DANENIARR, 74, sailed from Burntisland Roads yesterday, for Portsmouth. The Active, WINLAY s bound for Teneriffe, and to return to Leith and Yarmouth, was all well at Madeira on the Bth September. The Hope, STOREY, and Anna, Train, have arrived at St Petersburgh from Leith. His MAIWTY continues altogeth e r as we ll as h. - - was during the last and preceding week. Yesterday, at three o'clock, his Royal Highness • the PRINCE REGENT held a Privy Council at Carlton House, which was attended by the ARCHBISHOP of CANTERBURY, the First Lord of the Treasury, the First Lord of the Admiralty, the Secretaries of State for the Home and War Departments, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Four Proclamations were directed to be issued ; one respecting American prizes and prize money ; another declaring English sailors traitors who are found on board American ves sels. The third respecting the distillation from grain and sugar ; and the fourth prohibiting the making starch from corn. In the night of Tuesday last some villains-broke into the dwelling-house of the Rev. Dr. Vincent. Dean of Westminster, at Islip, and stole some - articles of plate s a quantity of wine, &c. The thieves regaled themselves before they left the premises with some provisions and wine, without disturbing any person in the house. Hitherto the offenders have evaded detection. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE ceCLOCg. Reduced 571-4 per Cent. 741-5 per Ct. fleif Cone. 58j(—for ac. 59;;—Omit. sil pr.—Bonds 3s. 41. dis. Bach. BUIs. (MMd.) Se.pr.—Bank Long Anus. I 5 1-1611