Star. — London, England, 1813-12-11 00:00:00

.- THEE, MIJG STAR. LONDON. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1815. tek of STOCKS THIS DAT AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. Reduced 60fi—Cons. shut--tor ace. 19t • 4 per Ct. 71—Navy shut—Bank Loug Anns. 144 I Saabs New Ourn.V it pr —Bonds; 2s. 3s. dis.—Exch. Bills 3s. 51 pre. ••••Imm•l• The tVench Government is rapidly falling to Picea—we aik no better evidence than the Puis Papers to the Bth inst. which we now lay before our Readers. Sunday, the sth December, was the anal. telisary of the coronation of the Mock Emperor of the French-;-it was ushered in by the firing of guns, celebrated by a grand Mass and le Deum, a Tragedy at the Court Theatre, and an illumination of the City ktid Palace ! Next day there appeared iA the Mosiittur Ititid of Epilogue td this bustling Drama, in which e Frenkh people are informed, " that it is a gteat bleAlog to live under a Government whose . stability secures tor ever the rights and properties of the cid tens"--ancl under the mild sway of BONAPARTE " the laws kiave accinited an Authority which can no longer be shakin by the of A faction !" True !—the Code NAPossem, with all iu appendages of mftioist, miaow, and one: damaler;=the three honourable gra dations of Police Officers in trance, aided by the gem d',Smfte:, has iotiferred this inestiiimble blessing upon all Frenchmen. Never was there a pinegYrie upon despotim couched in More concise terms—MAcmAviz himself never il lestrated his positions in his grinding syitein so hap pily', as the Gazetie-*riter to the Court of St. Cfclud. Of what stuff and substance, for instance, must those intelleits be composed, which can digest the fol lowing aphoiism the happiness of trance," is prodOced, because " the will of individuals, the col. lision of which causes so many evils, are subordinate to one Supreme Will, of which the law is but the ex pression." In other wOrds-,-Judgel, Jurjthen, and kirisconsults, ate unnecessary to the happineis of France. Justice and liberty are banished fiotri that country, and their shadow are only to be found in the Code NAPOLEON. How can the " tights and pro perties of the Citizens be secured for ever," when they are expressly ts subordinate to one supreme will ?" Such fooleries were never uttered out of the purlieus of Bedlam. Nest. comes a private letter from Cadiz—.the Spa. ,;lards are tired of the English yoke—they can no longer bear the sight of the English since recent events"these were the victories which expelled the French from Spain ! That Spanish blockhead BAL.; LASTEROS kill growls against his dismissal. He is in coiitnemeni at Ceuta, where we hope he will eon. tinue. We hide ltd use for him here in London, although the Cadiz corieSpendent kindly suds him here on a visit An ankle from announces the teral of Gene ral itARISPI4 with part of the -FrenCh army, from Catalonia. Stratir will no doubt soon follOW: Vo lunteers crowd to Hnutsre's standard, to serve the Emperor, defend their country and their property." is ciuite hattiral that Men who acknowledge that their lives and fortunes are subordinate to the will of one individual, should serve him, but it artist be through tetivi, and not toot or reverence. The for mer is the great secret by Which BONAPARTE has intlight together se many armies—it is the talisman ichich the Allies must put-into the crucible, if they wish Co succeed against him. On the side of Switzerland, the French are, evi dently alarnied i they have reason—Prince SertivsRT ZENIERG is moving upon them in great forte in that direction. Of Holland the Parisians know nothing through the medium of their Journals. How puzzling to those who have been kept in ignorance of recent events, it the following notification flom the Tezel ^ lg Admiral Vertustnt, with a respectable force, se conds the operations of the other French Generals." This traitor to his country is here formally recognized AS such by his Master s and no Slight evidence it is of his guilt. 1;1 Italy all goes on well—for the spirit which ani mates the VlceßoY's troops is go very satisfactory ;" that is to say, some symptoms of disaffection to the King with the Iron Crown had been manifested, but the VICEROY has suppressed them for the present. There is some chance that BONAPARTE rhay still recover himself ; for the is Grand Rabbi of the Jews u France" calls him is an augdst Stiwereign, and the best of Monarchs." We have not been gratified with such expressions for a law time : Messieurs the Pre fects of the Departments have not said any thing so line of late. A moving picture is drawn in the MonLieurof the unhappy condition of the Ex-Queen of Swum " a Christian Princess" finding an asylum no where but in Turkey, is a most shocking scene—almost as had, " good man delver," as BONAPARTE turning Mus sulman But it is not from Paris Papers that we can learn any thing respecting the real state of France : from private sources we know that the Conscripts are every where arming and embodying to repel the efforts of :he gen: d'artne: to drag them by force to the depots! The following letter from Guernsey is upon this subject : • " GUERNSEY, DECEMBER 7. " A !lensed vessel has kris arrived from Granville, (Lower urntantly) which has been detained by ono of our ships of war: t kee *tette Masker who is ati latellientems, and he usual: Meilift the diiiiitisfagiSit In Dribty, and that in tVII, of the departminta of that Province, uninccemitd attempts have been trade to ciitt7 the conicription into etteet, tut that tie Go vernment at Pails is in no condition to enforie obedieside." In addition we have information 'from krenth Flanders, that in. the ci&deVant Dutch and Austrian Netherlandr, they have not been able - to ptit in exe cution th'e law of conseriPtion, and that in conse quence it has remained a dead letter with respect to that part of the country. It is also a fact, that the new duties on salt, and those in the nature of a house tax and property tax, have not been extended. . to Flanders. **i Not only have BONAPARTE'S proposals been re jected for surrendering the fortresses on the Elbe, Oder, and Vistula, but the Allies have subeequintly retiised to consent to an Armistice with a view to ulterior operations. The campaign will of Course be immediately laid in France, and there are to be no winter quarters. The Allies are entering Fiance in all directibns, and the following is an outline Of their plan of operations as circulated at Frankfort. . • The army under the command of the CROWN PRINCE of Swanzo will enter France by Cologne, and advance through the Pays Bas, 13%1)00 men are destined for this service. This will of course be an effectual barrier between France and Holland. Marshal &mile is to cross at Coblentz (i. e. the point nearest Paris) at the head of 115,000 men, and will open a communicitibn with the CROWN Plume's Army. Prince SCIIWARTZEW3BRO, with what is termed the Grand Army, composed of Russians and Austrians, will enter France through Switzetland. His force is estimated at 205,000 men. Part of this large army has already filed off in the direction of Basle and Frey berg. Towards Italy, General BtLLEOARDZ hat been dis patched with 60,000 men ; -but it is conjectured that their services will not long be wanted. MURAT is said to have more than once offered terms ; and it is now tolerably well known that he hates BONAPARTE. BEAUHARNOIN, the Viceroy, has neither men nor Money=at least, so say the Frankfort diplomatists. Another army, 60,000 strong, will enter France through Piedmont, and open a communication with Lord WkLLINGTON, whose army may be now estima ted at 120,000 men. Thtre will be a force, therefore, in the field against BONAPAATE and his Government, of at least Eight Hundred Thousand men ! The CROWN PluNcE of Sweden has addressed alio thee most eloquent letter to tONAPAiTA on the sub; ;Dot ce of the recent libels in the French Papers, upon the character of his Royal Highness. The letter question is dated from Leipsic, and is chiefly an answer to a laboured article which appeared in the Moniteur, of 14th October last, and in the STAR 01 . the 23d of the same month. The Cnowti PRINCE, in his answer, reproaches BONAPARTE with the basest ingratitude : he reminds him, that when Minister at War he saved his life : `on his return from Egypt, the Directory ordered the CROWN PRINCE (then General BERNADOTTE) to arrest the fugitive General, and to try him by a military tribunal.—This order BERNADOTTE declined to eze. cute, and apprized BONAPARTE of his danger, gene. roiisly supposing that imp►rious circumstances, and not any want of skill or courage, prevented the suc. cess of the expedition to Egypt: Want of room prevents us from giving this interesting document at length in our columns of to-day. Sit vessels have nr:ivc..l tom Carlscrona, which were off Malmoe on the 3:1 ii.stant. Although they were without convoy, and were under the necessity of anchoring a whole night in the :;ourd, they were neither molested by the Danish gurAyati: nor from the batteries of Elsincur. A Swedish fripte was at Carlscrona, wailing to convoy two vessi.l) laden with presents from the Court of Stockholm to the Dey of Algiers. Yesterday, at two o'clock, the Panics Room. held a Levee at Carlton-Howse, which was nume rously attended. A great number of Addresses were presented. His Royal Highness afterwards gave au diences to Lords CASTLEREAGH, SIDMOLITH, and BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, and Mr. PIEnREPONT. The lat ter delivered to his Royal Highness the Order of the Bath, and the Ribbon, belonging to the late Sir WILLIAM MEADOWS. The Sheriffs of London had , also an audience of his Royal Highness, to know when he would be pleased to receive the Address of the City, when the Prince was pleased to appoint next Monday. The PRINCE REGENT, in Council, has appointed a day of General Thanksgiving for the late numerous and splendid victories of the allied armies, to take place on Thursday, the 13th day of next month- (January). The Catholic Board have renewed their applica tion to Mr. GRATTAN and the Earl of DONOUOII - earnestly soliciting a consultation with these personages, upon the points of discussion connected with the Bill to be laid before Parliament for the re lief of the Catholics of Ireland. At the same time that the Board urge this solicitation, they disavow any thing like dictation upon the subject at issue. Mr. (now Sir GEORGE) BUROMAN is appointed to the superintendance of the Prussian and German sub sidies, and will, in consequence, soon take his depar ture for the Continent. • Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East-India House, when Captain C. BARNARD was sworn into the command of the ship Wexford, con signed to China direct. EMBARKATION TOR HOLLAND. _ . . " CANTERBURY, DECtIWBER ~4 " The enibirkation of the m ops destined for Hol land from this part of the coast, has at length com menced. Several men of war, fitted for troop-ship's, having reached the Downs, the 35th, 5?..1, and 95ch regiments wetc-ordered front Ramsgate tb Deal, and immediately on their arriiral there yesterday aftei-- neon, were conveyed by the Deal Boatmen, whose voluntary tender of their services for that purpole is so highly to their credit, on board the Dtcrassost, RE GULUS, and BRUNE. Two Companies of the Rol Artillery, with a detachment of the Royal Artillery Drivers, forming part of that arm of war destined for service in Hol land, marched from this city yesterday morning un der the command of Major HAWKER, for Deal to be embarked on beard the ships of war in the Downs. «A detachment of the Royal WaggonTrain, com manded by Captain TURNER, have proceeded also to Deal. for the same purpose and service. " Lieut.-General Sir THOMAS GRAHAM reached Canterbury on Wednesday afternoon, and partook of a dinner at the Fountain Inn with the Earl of Ross. LYN: Early yesterday morning Sir Tnoscats left Can terbury for Ramsgate." 44 DOVER, DECEMBER 10. ce the wind has blofrn exceeding bard from the E.N.E. all day, and many vessels have taken shelter in our harbour this afternoon—among them the Deal Lighter, and a light collier, on board of which were embarked, last night, at Ramsgate, about 200 inen belonging to the 44th itegiment, for the purpose of being put on board the men of war in the Downs, but, owing to the violence of the wind, the vessels were obliged to run tb leeward, and put into this har bour : the men have been landed for the night, and will be re-embarked to•morrow, if Moderate, for the Downs." 64 YARMOUTH, DECEMBER 1 4 Sailed the ARIEL, THRASHER, CHEERFUL, and BRITISH FAIR, with a fleet of transports with troops, under the command of Major General GIBBS, for Holland ; but the wind being adverse, the whole were obliged to return to the Roads, where they now remain." A very large quantity of ordnance stores were shipped from Chatham for Holland, during the last week, including nearly 10,000 stand of small arms. Thursday a detachment of the Royal Artillery, under the command of Major FAYERS, marched from Ipswich garrison to Harwich, there to embark for Holland. Same day about 70 rank and file of the 33d Foot arrived at Ipswich on their route to Har ivich, from whence they will sail to join their regi ment, ;ow on board transports, bound to Holland. The Hereditary PRINCE of ORANGE laiuled at Ply mouth on Thursday, from the l'yreneess. He was received with appropriate marks of distinction, and immediately set off for London, on his way to join his august Parent in Holland. We understand that the Regiment, of which the Hereditary PRINCE of ORANGE IS to receivethe com mand, is the sth Royal Irish Dragoons. The Dutch prisoners of war lately confined on board the prison ships at Chatham, to the number of Upwards of 200, were last week liberated and sent to assist the Patriots. A letter from Harwich, dated December 10, says, 44 A schuyt has arrived from Holland this morning, with a number of passengers, but she does not bring ' news of much interest; there have not been more than 1600 English troops yet landed on the other side, and they are reported to have advanced to assist in the reduction of the Helder ; VERMEUIL still obsti nately refusing to surrender. One of the young Princes of ORANGE had arrived at the other side, and pro ceeded to join his father." A private letter from Frankfort, dated 27th No vember, gives the following animating picture of the spirit of the Allies, and of the deplorable condition of the French armies during their retreat from Leipsic gg if you were a witness 'to the energy with which ' this war is carrying on, you would be most confident as to the result ; and, indeed, were not the numerical superiority so immense as it really is, there would be every thing to expect from the hatred which is here universally prevalent against the French. Indeed, the cruelties which they every where inflict on the miser able inhabitants, would move the most unfeeling heart ; nothing could be more horrible than the whole scene which presented itself to us all the way from Leipsic hither ; hardly a village remained unburnt or unpillaged. By way of amusing ourselves the other day, we went to visit the advanced posts, which are close to Hockheim. On the hill the Russians had established their bivouacques ; in the valley were the advanced posts, about an English mile from the town of May ence, and 20 yards from the advanced sentries of the French. The taking of Hockheim a few days before we arrived here wls one of the most interesting sights ever seen ; it was effected by the Austrians, who be haved most gallantly ; but in one part of the engage. ment they got to the brow of the hill, from whence they had their first view of the Rhine ; they instantly halted, net a gun was fired, not a voice beard ; they stood motionless for two minutes, contemplating that magnificent river, when Schwartzenberg riding up to know the *cause of the sudden stop, they all gave three cheers, and rushed in pursuit of the enemy with an impetuosity that nothing could resist, and in fact chaced them into the very water. Nothing can be compared to this sort of sudden general tribute, un less perhaps the feelings of the ten thousand Greeks on their retreat, when they first came in sight of the Sea." Wednesday se'nnight, as the Lady of the late Major John Marriott, of Finchingfield, Essex, was in her parlour, her clothes by some means caught fire, and before assistance could be had, she was so much burned, that she lingered till Wednesday last, when she expired. • ~ , FIRE. 1 tilkini l;roke Oat, about Olie o'clock this • .• morning, the prernisse,s of Messrs.. JONES 40C1 timber•merclilats, King-street" Southwark, raged with die greatesi fury, and. owing to the.wind blowing strong from the North-East; and there briny a very scanty supply of water; it spread with the greatest rapidity, threatenink destruction, fOr some time, to nearly the whole neigbbourhood. The pria .4al part of the stock of Messrs. JONES and Co. (who - were not insured) WAS consumed. A varnish manufactory alto fell a ploy 'to the , . flames, and *ouaTain a dj o i n i ng bottles t 04 6; were destroyed, besides a number of others materially da l .. ringed, before the progress of the devouring element was allayed by the exertions of the firemen. The diitress occasioned by this accident is very great, as 1 number of the inhabitants have lost nearly the whole of their property. We ire happy to learn that no lives were lost, but one man *as dreadfully hurt. - -; -- NAVAL INTA f_g ARR. DIM 1 1 I Heligoland O s Gottenburgh 0 1 Gperrecey O 0 Jersey - - 0 1 Holland FALMOUTH, DECEMBER Y. Put back the HELICON sloop of war, having been run foul of by the Robert Tud, bound to the Brazils, and she received considerable damage. Wind E.N.E. PLYMOUTH, DECEMBER 9. Ariived his Majesty's ship CitALtexuan, from Passdget, frott which the PRINCE of ORANGE landed this morning; and ACHATES sloop of war, from a cruize. Sailed the Surtsts man of war, to Ports mouth.—Wind E. Att. PUS. Dublin erfoid Ca& Lisbon Corunna . 0 $ - 0 0 - 0 1 - 0 1 . 0 0 PORTSMOUTH, DECEMBER • 10. Arrived his Majesty's ship Isrett (a new frigate) from the Downs ; Elphinstone and Neptune, for the East Indies.—Wind E. DEAL, DECEMBER 10. The wind has blown hard all day, which prevented the remainder of the troopi from embarking. Came down from the River the Lady Melville, for the East Indies ; Davis, Duchess of Bedford, Robert and Li berality, for St. Andero ; and several more, (particu has not known) and sailed under convoy 'of the CORDELIA sloop of war, to Portsmouth.—Remain his Majesty's sh!ps as per last. —Wind E. THE LONGITUDE. TO THE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY FOR Vie ENCOUnAOlugasix OF altFs, MANUFACTC&ZS, AND Coamine, IN GRILAT BRITAIN. MY Leans AND GENTLEMEN—AII attempts at in vention to find out the longitude having hitherto failed, it would seem as if the Auinna of /larvae had purposely placed out of our immediate reach those things requisite for our comforts, witholding them till, by exercising our reason, we might get an in sight into his works, and aamire his infinite wisdom. While the present infant state of our sciences de nits us the means of ascertaining the longitude at all times by the accuracy of our instruments, recourse should be had to the indications pointed out by the Heavenly bodies; and it is admitted, that the fre quent immersions and emersions of Jupiter's satel lites in the shadow of their primary planet would be the best adapted for that purpose, did not the rolling of the ship prevent all telescopical observations at sea. Though I may be. justly blamed for presumption, in attempting what men of real talents have so often tried in vain, the importance of the subject itself will plead my excuse for intruding on your notice. Two telescopes in a frame, constructed in such a manner as to turn on the same axis, are to be pointed to Jupiter's system ; one having sufficient power to view his secondary stars, taking in as great a portion of the Heavens as the nature of the experiment may admit ; the other, so great a space, that an observer ,on deck may keep Jupiter on the glass independent (of the motion of the vessel. Ici this instance, all difficulty seems to be out of the question ; for that planet, even under favourable cir cumstances for longitudinal observations, being at night always, and in the day nearly, visible to the naked eye, requires no high powers to distinguish him. On the object-glass of this telescope is to be a wire ring, of a oircumference nearly equal to, and corresponding with, the same portion of the heavens taken in by that of the satellites; so that, one obser. ver having the primary planet constantly in his view, by accommodating his hand to the rolling of the ship, may keep it within the wire ring, in order that the other may observe the precise moment of a satellite's vanishing, or re-appearance. In terror I am of ex posing my ignorance, in suggesting plans, which, from their apparent simplicity, it is not improbable, would have been long since proposed by others, were they founded on principle; yet my private fortune will not enable me to make the necessary experiments to satisfy myself. The encouragement, however, which was bn a former occasion extended to me by the Government, and the manner in which 1 was rewarded for another attempt not necessary here to detail, has induced this further endeabour for the service of my country, though at the risk of incurring, by its failure, the censure of having aimed at an object far beyond my abilities. Should they fail, I may rely on your indulgence, particularly as I can shelter my weak ness under the numerous unsuccessful attempts of this nature, which have already been matte. I leave them, therefore, in your hands, in perfect confidence should they be deemed worthy of attention, the experiment will not only be made, but brought for ward with every advantage by a Society so active and liberal in the promotion of useful knowledge. My Lcrds and Gentlemen, I remain•your most obedient servant, JeFFRIEs KiNtatarr, Licetspeat, 3d Dragowts- Canterbury, Dee. 1. ISIS. - I