Star. — London, England, 1812-12-02 00:00:00

lest Dor sa. be t sit e em asa he sd, TflE EyENlllig slt/tit , i g loos estimate of the prosperity of our eornmeree, , fromnthn ;ereturns made of the exports of the port df Y,od o but he should persist in repeating what he h a d maintained last night, that a hen America char- LONDON. ref ' this country , in a form a l declaration , wi t h the WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2. com mission of acts degrading to its character and ho. PRILE t)F S POCKS This DAY AT ONE el'C LOCK. Hour,the English Government ought most decidedly Reduced 57f1-4 per cent. 72 7lf 1 73 - 5 per C t . 291 90 89i to have refuted such charges , of w h i ch i t was alto - Cons. 58ifti—fo r ac . ssii s e 58 1-.- Om . 44 — Bonds 4s. 9s. mss. Bk Stock 21.5.--I.g. Ans. 14 13-tbs.-Esch. Bills. (Sid.) Is. 24. 11. issnint a declaration no less for other incapable. by (et h er and authentic. \Vi:h respect to the question of . s • the peaces, he could not go so fir a s Paris Papers to the 29th November have been re peace, on that no pe ought to be made at any time ceived : they confirm, or rather repeat, the rnn*Jur to , 1 , w ith the man wielding the Government of Fiance : already noticed, of Bosaeanre haying arrived at {;tat be thoug,ht. that there existed in the present Go- 1 • nt of France a determined system to pull down] no longer disposed to doubt the fact of his arrival t his country from the high rank it occupied, and to? _,_ mie n what that man considered as an usurpation on I were' but, that nothing particular had happened to p ar t. The Ruler of Frante wss not hostile to 1 his army since the last Bulletin, as the French Jour- our power and acquisitions only, but to our menu- 1 mils insiniffte, we cannot believe. Korusore's ig pre fad:wars, otir commerce, our navy, our glory, our . cipitate retreat" after the battle of Malora • I vitsc 1, was Uery existence. He was, therefore, of opinion, on I no doubt a rapid movement, calculated to bring him t he ground alone, that to throw out an idea of peace i n t he way it was proposed, was to let down the dig- still closer upon the flanks of the retreating army, p ity, the honour, and the strength of the country.— which has literally cut its way to Smolensk. The 1 )Ir. Canning, after'animadverting on the, impolicy of F renc h P apers a b sta i n f rom a ll ment i on of the posi- ' n or conduct with respect to America, in admitting Lion! of the Russian armies—this is following the Ue fictitious decree of repeal on the part of France, exam le e of the recent Bulletins, and is a most favour and that America possessed the right of separating herself from all nations, concluded with requesting able omen. BONAPARTE is either totally ignorant of the Noble Lord to inform him, what was the precise the numbers and condition of the various hostile sate of our relations with America, and whether we armies around him, or he is prudent enough not to were at war or in aegociation ; or whether our state alarm the Parisianswith' de • tails which could only was that of half war or half negotiation, and which Alf was likely to preponderate ? as he thought, and serve to increase their apprehensions for the safety lie spoke with perfect sincerity, that a situation of un- of their countrymen. There is great reason to t er uiory was worse than even that of a certainty of believe, however, that the Imperial Katerfelto, whose greater evils. peculiar talent for mystification has been evinced Lord CASTLEREAGH maintained, at some so conspicuously in his recent Bulletins, has nothin length, that the Orders of Council, grounded as they g were in the law of nations, had been in no instance but ~ darinen visible" to ateer by in his calculations , departed from. in favour of the probable success of respecting the real situation of the Russian armies. an y negotiations with America. The Right Hon. —The numerous vollies of huzzas from the Cossacks Gentleman bad asked hint, what was the actual state w i • Itch have resounded in his ears, befo re dav break of the relations between this country and America ? - • - and 4 meal-times, during his flight, furnish abun- He hesitated not to answer the Right Honourable Gentleman, that they were placed in a state of war, dance of evidence that his scouts are not so service sever relaxed but when consistent with the best views ' able as they have been to him during his campaigns of the country's interest. With respect to the pro- iin other countries. Russia, we have reason to believe, position to which he alluded last night, as being still now affords the solitary instance of a country whose pending, he could say no more than he had already said; it was not determined, and therefore it would Population is so cordially and so unanimously cogs not be proper to produce any documents relative to ged in hostilities against French invaders, that not a it. The proposition had gone to a greater length single peasitnt has • :o do eraded himself as to become . than Ministers had a right to expect; when an answer a spy, and not a single soldier has so far forgot his favourable or unfavourable arrived, he would imme diately lay it before the HouSe. honour as to become a desert..l- ! Mr. STEPHEN and MT.CANN)NG severallyexplained. While the French accounts are thus nece ssar ily Mr. WHITBREAD asked a question—the Noble . silent with respect to the Russians, they are frivo- Lad had said, that if a favourable or unfavourable 1 00 4- y minute so far as the Positions of their own answer should be received from America, he would tops are concaned. immediately lay it before the House. How long did I be mean to wait for that answer'? The 9th corps, under VacToe, which had previ- Lord CA STLE REAGH answered, thatwhenever Admiral Warren's answer arrived, that any, or no 'communication had been made to him on the subject, he would immediately lay it before the House. Mr. PONSONBY rose, and, in a speech of some length, explained his reasons for pursuing the line he had done on the foimer evening. If he had been in the House in 1793, he would have voted for Mr. Fox's Motion to tend an Ambassador to Paris, to prevent the breaking out of the war ; and for this ' I reason, because the whole question was, whether the bovernrnent of France, as then constituted, was fi t to be treated with '! and as he was of opinion that ' one independeist state should not interfere with the Government of another, he, of course, conceived that a treaty might be concluded with the Pro visional Council which then ruled in France ; and he would have confined himself to this opinion, that it was more easy to treat for the prevention of war than ler peace, particularly as no disclosure of the circum stances of this country could take place, His Honour able Friend had stated, that there were persons who entertained an opinion, that no peace could be made with the present Emperor of France. Now, if his 'Honourable Friend could shew him, that such an idea was cherished by any of his ajesty's Mini sters, be pledged hiinself to vote with him for an Address to-morrow ; because he thought the French Emperor night be treated with as well as the head of any other Government. His Honour. able Friend had said, that the Address only pro posed to the Prince Regent to examine whether a peace could be made on proper terms. This cer tainly was a mitigated character of the measure ; but still it implied orw of these two things—either that the Ministers were not willing to enter into a Pee:didn't— or that the necessity of peace is so Itgerat ditto it becanie the duty of the House to interfere. Now, if the first assumption were true, It would not be safe or constitutional to address the Throne, to seek for peace—the Address ought to be for the removal of Ministers. On the other hand, if Ministers wat ts ready as they stated them selves, to enter into it negotiation, the ground of an Address must be, that they mistook the situa tion of the country, and did not see the necessity of making peace, even if they could, and that, there- I fore, the House must interpose. He did not thick &country was in that situation ; and, holkevet miti gated the form of Address might be, if Why inter tered at dIl with the known prerogative of the Crown, if would be telling the enemy that the distresses of the country called for peace. He, therefore, could not consent to deviate from the ordinary system of the constitution, not having that information which the Cabinet Ministers alone possessed. Mr. WHITBREAD, in explanation, called to the recollection of the House, the very moderate pro positions for peace, offered by Bonaparte, immedi ately aftei being chosen by the French as First Con rad, and the arguinents urged against it; and he was afraid Ministers were at )he present moment actuated by the same motives. • Mr. eANNlNG'asked whether Ministers intended 10 bring on the Question of the East India Corn- Pony's Affairs before the Christmai tecess Lord CASTLEREAGH ansiVered—Certainly net : but it seas their intention to do so as soon after the recess a; possible. The Address was they read and agreed to, and or &zed to be presented by the whisk' House . Mr. H. .A.DPINOTON presented several Ac ' founts, accordin4 to the _Order of the Council, le sFettinz the Specae... 7 -.Ordcre4plie aq. the Table. ously been assembled at Smoleitsko, is said, in one article, to be united to the 2d under St. Cyn, behind the Oula: in another article, it is stated to be divided, : part having reinfi.rced St. ca n, and part being sent' to the support of DOMBRGIV:ACI, who is at islohitow. The latter account, which ;s prof ably the m-ire cnr rect, agrees peifectly with what ne have learnt of the movenmts of the Russian armies in this qu irter. St. CYR was driven from Pob ask, by the c: mbined attacks of WITTGYNSTEIN and SfElNiliLL, and forced on the 23th of October, to fall back upon Nov, y Lepel, which is situated behind the river Oula ; whilst DONIBROWbRI, :titer having sutfeted much from the enterprising expedition of General GRAM, in the latter end of September, must have been reduced to still greater straits by the sulisequeut approach of General Tsclitclianow to Minsk. Tha 7th corps, under REGNIER, and the Austrians under SCHWARTZENISERGI, who not long ago threat ened to drive Tostmazow across the Dnieper, have been compelled to retreat into Prussian Poland, and are said to be collected in the UeighbourhoDd of Bielsk, about halt way betneenWarsaw and Grc;illio. This appears to be, in fact, the only communication now kept open with the main army ; and this, as it leads to the magazines at Wilna, &c. will doubtless be protected with the utmost care ; but sill it shows the French forces every where standing on the defensive—every where reduced to.extremities —and in no small hazard of having all their skilful and systematic arrangements rendered wholly in effectual. This view of the general state of the French affairs leaves us not without hopes of seeing the great line of their operations in Poland broken in upon, and their magazines on the Niemen captured or destroy ed ; an event, which, ,if it did not annihilate what remains of the Grand Aimf, would, at least. leave it, at the opening of . a future campaign, in such a state of destitution, asp beinate an object of little' terror to the Russian Empire. In addition to all theft surmises we think It-pretty' plainly appears that the detached Russian armies have succeeded in completel7`cutting off all intercourse be tween Smolensko and France, by the way of War taw. The most recent intelligence from the French armies Iras been always received through Wilna and not Waisaw, which is on the straight line of commu nication. CADIZ MALI. AND DgI'AXSL:IFS. The GLEANER keiCh has arrived at Falmouth, in • 4,„ K ten days from Cadiz, with Mara and dispatches.— The most important intelligence brought by this opportunity is, that the communication between Cadiz and Madrid is again open. in consequence of thi French having suddenly Kt the litter gaps; in 00 ? order to make a n att ac k upon Ceneral HILL . efwe ' he could join the M arqu i s ' bf *outset ~ `The - Cadiz letters also state, th a t MAsakt4A. had to en the command In person of the Oily of the North, which consisted of 40,000 infantry ond .5000 colvalry ; and that the Marquis of WELLINGTON had beeti; in con sequence; compelled to retreat. Witb all this we were already made acquainted throtigh the medium of the Corunni papers. The following ate extracts from the Cadii papers : “ SALAMANCA, NOV. 6. ” Senors Villanezo, Cortolania, and other autho rifes, which left Madrid, have arrived here. The Marquis of Wellington was in Arivola, to which point General Hill was falling back." " TALAVERA DE LA REINA, NOV.S. la On the Ist instant, the enemy already occupied both sides of the Tagus, and at six in the evening of the same day accomplished theii- entry into Madrid; but it was only to march in and march out. On the 2d, King Joseph, with all his retinue, did the same. Up to the present time, they have only advanced as far as Navalcarnero. All the army is encamped, and according to intelligence consists of 42,000.i:eat; among them - 5000 horses. Our army has itibead.. quarters in Guadarama, occupying all the passes.— On the enemy's entry into Madrid they took some English infantry. Madrid separates the two armiei ; "either sleep within it. " CIUDAD RODRIGO, NOV. 9. " A person who has just arrived (3 P.M.) from Salamanca, says, that on the 6th, at ten at night, the Authorities and many people had abandoned that city, on account of its being reported that the enemy were approaching Lord Wellington, and had thrice offered them battle, which they refused." " BADAJUZ, NOV. 12. d , The correspondence has been dispatched to Ma drid, in consequence of its having been evacuated by the French." " MANCHA-REAL, NOV.II. 66 The head-quarters of the 4th army are here. Senor Merino is in Infantes. a This army will amount to about 17,000 men, and it is believed will join tot expeditionary one from Aliearit—although this cannot lie accomplished with much celerity, on account of the scarcity of pro.ii. tons, which will retard its march." " CADIZ, NOVEMBER S. H We are assured, that the allied troops are again re-concentrating towards Cabezon and Arevalo, ip consequence of the movements of the French, and that Senors Villanezo, Corte Carria, and other indi duals of the Government, have taken the previous prec tution of retiring to Avila, leaving at the head of the hert.ic inh i)itants of Madrid, the worthy Pa triot, Don Pedro Saint de Baranda." " CADI/1, NOV. 11. A Swedish vessel has arrived in the neighbourhood of Liverpool from New:York, which place she left, on the 27th ultimo. The recent defeat of tht Anse-. rican force ia Canada Is ascribed to the MilithCoNbe United Statts, having positively refused to itarCh across the lines into the British territeries, cessarily reduced the invading army to a mere hand•) ful of men. If this statement be correct the war cannot be of long continuance, The Americans? 'in enumerating their loss, mentitaGesena RANSIMAR, as wounded, and a prisoner; and.biajoc &MTh& as having been killed. . " The write from Granada, under date of the 4th, that an Aide-de-Camp had arrived froth Lord Wel lington, to inqnire the-reason why General Balla steros, with his army, had not appeared in Alcaraz on the 13th October, agreeably to the instructions he had previously received. Senor Viri'is, with the last division, was in Penos, and Senor Ballasteros had stopped in Lora, on account of his requiring to be twice bled, for the benefit of his health. General CAllega has been appointed Viceroy of Spain." " GRENADA, NOVEMBER 4. " The disorder which has reigned and still reigns in this city is dreadful. General Ballasteros assumed ail authority to himself, and rendered the Constitu tion and Laws of no avail. Contrary to all the prin ciples sanctioned by the Cortes, he formed a Military Commission to judge all thos; suspected of infidelity ; under this pretext, he has ill-treated a multitude of persons, and put them under arrest upon the most unfounded and even anonymous accusations. No one raised his voice against this military despotism, very like that of the French, and not less desestable. We believed that with the dismission of that General, the 'taw of the Empire would have been re-established, but the disorder is the same, proceeding from one "Acess to another ; thus it is that many persons odi ous to the people by reason of their adherence to the Finch, have been set at liberty ; and by a ridiculous purification, many criminals are going to be set free, none having been punished :—nothing which the Constitution orders, is observed, many are detained in prison without being informed of the reason within 15 or 20 days." It will be seen from our Port Letters, that the Do- WA and ROIit7LUS men of war have arrived at Pons itiontb, &nit Lisbon. Ifwas at first reported that diiPatches from the Marquis of Wraxisurow were received b 7 the above ships ; but we understand that Gorarnment have received nothing later from Co runthsibin the 21st ult. and we believe that nothing later is known of Lord WILLLMOTON'S movements thin the 9th nit; when his Lordship's head-quarters were at Rueda. It is, however, very probable that his Lordship, dice that period, has fallen farther back, particularly if Mjurshal SOULT has pushed for alit A *Coiii . 46Ali islley ci the . Tasus. SF,COND ED.rrfoN; We stop the preii to state, dial ailments hive heerirec . eived in town, which state, tbit Sonvr and SouHaii.have forined a junction, and seemed deter mined to bring the Marquis of WELtmioross to an action. • The latter ii strongly posted near Salamanca, and in direct communication with Sir R. HILL, at Alba de Torrael. Our united force was 6t),00./ men, eitlbsive of Spaniard; our earth', 6,000. General ELii bid fa ieied hisldrid With 16,000 Spaniards. SotiLt. had I r/ithshisilie his. sick from Madrid. CAIWARELLI had left the Northern Army with Some infantry and - ca*.alry. ••••••=l6Lor THE ARMY. egi . Monday pan of the sth 'rment, sick and swoon& cid, arrived at Falmouth from Liabun o on board Abe Fanny transpnn. Wednesday fait detachments for the 27th, 3241 40th, and 61it regiments marched into Cork, and embarked on board his Majesty's ship Drostsoe, fain A. Count, and Atlas transport, No. 405, d4;sti. ned fur Lisbon and the army in Spain. They were fine young felloses.• The LornE, Captain T. BROSIM, sailed on Saturday Morning from Portsmouth Lk Li6on. with isioo,oog. to pay The army in Pottug4 Thirty ships, not Copper bottomed. te be employed as transports, are nosa.peking gp bt..oovel amour at 20i. per ton, for the time oribreo asositbs. • . A' ATAL I NTELL,GBNC.B kALMOUTH, NOVEMBER 19: Arrived the GLEANER, in ten days, from Cadiz. with Mails and Dispatches r the GLEANER eivhangett signals with the Marlborough packet, from Lisbon which may be expected the to-morrow morning. Th: GLEANER left at Cadiz- his Majesty's ship MARL. seeouurr, Rear-Admiral COCKBURN, who had re. ceived orders to proceed to America; and the Car. teret packet was expected to sail on the 22d instant. With Mails for England. On the 2lth instant the ' GLEANER spoke the American ship William; Wilson, from New York, out 24 days, with floor for Lisbon; was informed that the squadron, midis- Commodore Romero, had proceeded b 5 cruize off Madeira ; was also informed that two Btitish packets had been cape ' thred and carried into Savannah and Philadelphia. It is supposed that the Swallow is one of them.—Ar. i rived this day his Majesty's ship SasitORSIC, 98 glum Captain GortuoN, to join his Majesty's ship Coquets. from Portsmouth, with the outward-bound West !India ships, about TY3 sail (lately parted from his i Majesty's ship Vicromous) t she will sail the first fair wind.—Wind S. W. ' PLYMOUTH. NOVEMBER So. Arrived the Fanny transport, from Lisbon, in IC days, with wounded men., the remainder of the Beet i passed up channel, under convoy of his Majesty's skip Romvs.us. Wind S.W. 1 The STROWOVs gun-brig, arrived at Plymouth. is i , stated to bring intelligence of the sailing of twoFreack ririgates from Brest, supposed for America. • : PORTSMOUTH, DECEMBER I. Atrised the Hors of 10 guns, Lieutenant GAll erre, from a mire; RossuLes and Doveß frigates. Ifrom Lisbon, which left on the 14th ultimo, with con. 1 toy for England, but pdeted from them in a hells+ ' gale • the Spanish brig aligente, Cs/taloa, irate.; BilbOa ; and Brilliant cartel, trom Morleiri -,. No , Passengers. Sailed the Rosisero r of 16 guns, Capt.' HENDERSON, tor the Downs. - Sailed his Majesty's' schooners RAPID and BOLDON. Wind South. DEM., DECEMBER Came down from the River the Dromedary store* Ship, for the Mediterranean, and about fifteen sail of merchantmen for JanrAlta, Gibraltar. Malta, &c. remain with the outward bound. Put Lack by ad. verse winds, his Majesty's ships CUSILMELAND and PORCUPINE. Arrived the BARBARA sloop of war, at. ter seeing her convoy safe to Portsmouth. Wind .W. GUERNSEY, NOVEMBER tg. • ArriVed the brig Hope, LE MAITRE master, from Newfoundland, bound to Jersey ; she svgs taken 00 her passage by a French cutter and retaken by ltit Majesty's ship Wlaallb, she was again taken by an. other cutter, and lastly retaken by his Majesty's ship Austcoric, off the Isle of Bass, and brought in berg this morning. DUNBAR, NOVEMBER 27. Yesterday forenoon, a large sloop passed this pl ac e s 'standing for the Frith of Forth, and apparently itP labouring circumstances, with her main boom broke it was then blowing very hard from the E. N. E. and a tempestuous sea I aad at half-past twelve o'clock she was observed to go down, about sit miles N. W. by N. from Dunbar, and the same distance froth ilsa shore, and it is supposed, that the crew had unfort nately perished. he name of the vessel is unknown. DISTRIBUTION OF PIM:F.-MONEY. , Parthian, for the Anna Andrino, on board, at Portiossotii, Saturday ; recalls at 22, Norfoth-street. Sheidrake, for the capture of the Danis troops at Anholt, Danish gun-bsets, Nos. 1 and 7, on net arrival In port. Sells Pock, for the capture and destruction of tell marees, on the 11th instant, on board ; recalls at Mr. Hawke r ' s Office, itritonsidc, Plymout h. Pam Caartriciirase—Lost, last night, a Pocket book, with three Prise Certificates In it—any moon that will return dm same "to No. 19, Brook:street, Hampstead-road, shall I . es:siva %sward of One Posed.—Resat DZIGIDOV. By the Jane, arrived at Portsmouth from the R, Plate, we have been fevoored with letters to the of September. We.ere happy to find, that they hf. out a prospect of the speedy adjustment of the rences between the contending Spaniards in that ter. When the last advices came away, the eespet Governments of Buenos Ayres and Monte Video appointing Delegates, in order to negociare a tie ical The PatNcitssas, after being present in the 1 . 4 of Lords, on Monday, retired to the SPRAtile ja,New Palace Yard, and went lathe evtniog to 0 , 01 ita Hoot, to dire with tba Pasacs Rsaixt. 44:t 4