Star. — London, England, 1812-09-14 00:00:00

- 'ENING S' LONDON. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14. PRICE. OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. S per Ct. Red.— —Cone. 594—for opg. 514 68 4 per Ct. shut—S per Ct. 91—Bank Stock Orrtn. 7j pre.—Bonds 4t. Se. sils.—Long Anne. Exch. Mb. (Std.) Is Ss. pre.—Do. (std.) 6s. 4s. pre. We this day present our Readers with a most im portant document on American affairs. It is the Protest of the enlightened Minority of the House of Representatives, against the ruinous war against Great Britain, into which Mr. MADISON has rashly plunged his country. While the dissentients thus calmly advocate the cause of Peace and tranquillity, h our Readers will perceive, that they utter the manly and independent language of freemen on the subject of the wrongs which America has suffered from the Belligerents. We are the more anxious to fix the public attention on this document, because the most recent intelligence from America augurs a perseve rance in'the war, until Mr.MADISON gains some chi merical advantages on the subject of the Impress ment of American Seamen. His Generals are push ing the Invasion of Canada with vigour, if vigour can be expected from such raw unfledged heroes as HULL, DEARBORN, and WILKINSON, when opposed to veterans like Sir GEORGE Nevi:oar, and General BROOK, who are now in the field at the head of a gallant British Army, consisting of 17,000 men, mostly regulars. The invading Generals cannot muster half the number.—We have been under the necessity of postponing, until to-morrow, the conclu sion of the American Address. The imptirtauce of the foreign intelligence received to-day, must plead Our excuse. A French privateer was seen off Dover on Friday morning : there being no wind at the time, the boats of the BERMUDA sloop of war and DWARF cutter went in pursuit of her ; bat a breeze springing up, the pri. ~'♦steer made off for the French coast. The BERMUDA and DWARF made after her, and fortunately the &R. MUDA got the French I. t ind of her, when an obstinate act on commenced, which continued till the privateer had three of her crew killed and 16 wounded. She has since been brought into the Downs. She is a large lugger, carrying some 12-pounder carruna des on deck, and a complement of 55 men. One man was wounded in the DWARF, which is the only hurt sus tained on our-side. The crew of the privateer state, that it was re ported and believed on the opposite coast, thit.in the late battles fought at Smolensk°, the French lost up wards of 20,000 men in killed and wounded ; and I that ip on• of them BONAPAATE and -his Staff were surrounded by the Russians ; -but, observing a weak ' part, he succeeded. in cutting his way through, and eft cted his esc pe. On Thursday we stated that wt had seen a letter, dated off Deal, announcing, that after three days hard fighting at Smolensko, in which , the French had the advantage, the Russians, in a fourth engagement, had obtained signal advantages over the enemy. The accounts received from this privateer are exactly of the same complexion, and we expect that the next accounts from the Russian head-quarters will demonstrate that a few such victo- ries as the French have lately boasted will completely ruin all the prosfects of advantage and glory in dulged by NAro!.soN Shen he altered ott the cam paign. A Gpttenburg Mail arrived this morning, with in telligence of high importance from the contending _.armies in the North. The details do not embrace the evacuation of Smolensko ; but the affair in which OUDINOT was wounded in the shoulder, instead of being a victory, was (a. we predicted) most disastrous for the French. They were pursued by the Russian General, Wu-Grimm, through the streets of Po. husk, put of which town they were finally driven.— • D.ring these occurrences, the garrison of Riga an noycd tile enemy in another direction, by a gallant and successful sortie, the particulars of which will be foiind among our extracts: " 9OTTENDURG,,SEPT. 0. 4 , , flu latest istelligence tram the Giand Armies come down to the 18th ult. There had been a battle In the streets of Polotsk —the French were completely 'driven ba ck, with the loss of 7000 killed and 2500 'prisoners. Atnoug the wounded is Marshal Ondinot, , merely, in the shoulder. The Russians made a sortie 1 r from Riga, in which they tor k eight guns and 500 prisoners.—lt is estimated that since the commence ment of the war, the Russians have made 14,000 prisoners. a "On the 31st ultimo the Crown Prince returned from Abo. He was received by the Em ' or Alex ander( in the grandest style, and decors d with th e highest Russian Orders. Lord Catlica w4s also received with great distinction :—he was presented With the 12:ghest order of Alex. Newsky." FROM THE ST. RE I'ERSBORGH GAZETTE. OFFICIAL WARLIKE INTELLIGENCE. The cOmmander-in-Chief of the armies, Barclay cle Tolly, informs his Imperial Majesty, that the Ad jutant-General Baron Winzioserode has transmitted him the following report 6 . 8 I esteem it my duty to inform your Excellency, !4; 411 fOrcs the =YOU' to (tbanaloa Well y, Mint, and the statorbt of Surma. IWe already sent strong patreles to Newel, and consequently the town of Welickye Luki, and the St. Petersburgh road, are now secure. The report which was spread of the enemy having pushed into this neighbourhood in great force, proved to be false. The whole of his joint force is assembled at Witepsk, and he has hi therto only sent hither strong detachments of cavalry to spread terror, but chiefly to collect provisions for his army, of which they are in curette want. Priso ners are daily sent in to me." 44 The Commander-in-Chief, Barclay de Tully, has transmitted the following report, dated 3d August : 44 I have the happiness to inform your Imperial Majesty that the enemy, harrassed by the detachment of Major-General Baron Winzingerode from the side of Welish, and Major-General Krasnow having, with his detachment, got on his flank, has withdrawn himself from Poretschja and concentrated his force at Rudna, and my right flank being by this means se cured, I have marched forward with the whole army; and on the 2d August took a position at the village of Wolkowa, where my right wing leans on the Kas plen Lake, and I have the river Wodra in front. The 2d army was to have taken position at Nadwa, but having received intelligence of the enemy having crossed the Dnieper at Dubrowka in great numbers towards Lady, Prince Bagration ordered the 7th corps, under the command of Lieutenant-General Ragowske, to cross over to the left bank of the Dnie per to re-inforce Major. General Newerowski, who was stationed at Krasnow with a detachment : the rest of the 2d army have this morning taken posses sion of Nadwa. In the course of last night intelli gence arrived that the enemy, after having left Rudna and Liosnle, was marching for Ludbawitschy. " On account of this circumstance, the remaking part of the 2d army, which is at present at Nadwa, this day move to Katan, on the left bank of the Dnieper; and the 6th corps will occupy Nadwa...— All the light troops, under the command of General Platow, assisted by the detachment under Count Pa!s len, are in.pursuit of the enemy, on the road to Lu. bowitschy. According to my last reports, the ad vanced guards of the Ist army have taken about 150 men, of different ranks, prisoners." Wo have this day received Lisbon Papers to the 50th ultimo. The distance between Lisbon and the head-quarters of the British army is now so great, that the intelligence is not of so recent a date as that which may now be expected by the walof Cornnne. The French under Sawa riave finally evacuated Se ville, and taken the direction of Cordova. The eight of King JOSEPH is now ascertained to have been in the direction of Cuenca and Airagon, which will enable him either to take refuge with Sucarr, or finally to leave the Peninsula. All the reports of his capture must, therefore, fall to the ground. One of the first acts of the new Govern ment at Madrid, after the entry of the Marquis of WELLINGTON, was to proclaim a free pardon to all the Spaniardi in the service of Josam, which has had the effect to produce desertions from his army, to the amount of thousands daily. His whole line of re treat was, in fact, covered with deserters. The fol- lowing are the most important articles contained in the Spanish and Portuguese papas " LISBON, AUGUST 30. " It appears that on the 24th ult. General Hill was at Zafra ; his army was completely on the alert, ready to start the moment it was known Souk's army had moved. gs On the 24th Lord Wellington was quiet in Ma drid, as was General Clinton in Cuellar. " On the 13th August Soult addressed the follow• ing Prodlamation to his Soldiers : " Seville, August 15. " SOLDI s !---To-day we celebrate the anniversary of his Ma jesty the Emperor and King, our august Sovereign. This anni versary will present to our imagination the most pleasant ideas, and remind us of our duties. Our Emperor is in the other ex tremity of Europe for the purpose of obliging ottr enemits to snake peace and respecting treaties for the future. From this immense distance Ids Majesty has cast I.is eyes upon the Army of the South, foreseen the results and taken measures that we should know bis supreme confidence by wishing we should march and revenge what has happened to another army in another part of the Peninsula. SOLDICRII !—Be obedient to the yoke of your Chiefs; your valour will overcome every obstacle and fatigue. Respect ; er lOU and property ; the inhabitants of- the South have admired your discipline, wherever you go give a similar example. The day will come that the Spaniards who are now armed against us will be our friends. " Their interests, time, and reflection, will force this change in their ideas. It would be unnatural to suppose they could pre serve their friendship for the enemies of their prosperity and lade pendance. " No establishment shall be destroyed, not even the many magazines. The Andalusian know how to pryers*, and will bear in mind that at some future day an account will be de manded of the manner in which they have disposed of them. Let every thing not useful for the march or battle disappear. The army will march disincumbered from all that is superfluous. A regulation upon this subject, u ;iron discipline, and the order of march, must be published. " Whoever fails on this head, shall be punished with all the rigour of the Lw. A Military Commission shall be established for this purpose. (Signed) " sousz." " The Madrid Gazette, of the 22d instant, contains the following article s " It is known that the intrusive King changed his route, and is now proceedinf by the Arragon road. The towns of Mancha were tnund..ted with deserters from his !piny, who already ciceed 2000 men i many of whop► page entefe.4 ;Ns ca4it4.Palq of the 'AR. • NiPAL INTELLIGENCE. French partizans have likewiat returned to their houses, extremely discontented with the bad tre t they have received from the French I mem sg General Hill has ordered rations to be got ready for his army." The accounts received by Government frem the Marquis of WELLINGTON are dated Madrid, August tbe Nth, of course they contain no intelligence which husk been already before the public. Jamaica Papers to the 4th August arrived this morning. The following are extracts : " A letter from Curacoa, dated 10th July, men tions the arrival of the schooner Guelemia, from Porte Cavello, at that island ; by which the following in 'formation was received :"0.4 That on Tuesday, the 7th, after an engagement which lasted eight hours the Port surrendered to the troops under General Monteverd ; and that General Bolwar, who com tnandedthe insurgents, fled with the greatest preci. pitation to La Geura." _ _ 66 The homeward-bound fleet sailed from Negril on the 25th ult. under convey of his Majesty's ship PoLvenzatus, of 64 guns, and were left at Oat Cay. manas on the 27th, by the Moszt.Lz brig with a fair wind at N. W." 66 Recent advices from Vera Cruz, communicate very pleasing intelligence respecting the subjugation of the insurgents in that neighbourhood: the Royalists had completely triumphed, and opened the communi cation between that tiny and Mexico, in consequence of which trade, which had been languishing, began to revive., and was thought would soon be very flourish- 'We have reason to believe as we stated a few days ago, that a Dissolution of Parliament is at hand—in fact the most active preparations are making by all parties for such an event, which it is confidently ex pected will take placecarly in the ensuing month. The following article must allude to the Wa*ing- COG cartel, which was to sail shortly after the Pacific : " CORK, SEPTEMBER 9.—Chronicle Office, 4 o'clock. a The Virago gun-brig arrived in the harbour this morning from a crufze ; she frll.in yesterday with a brig 21 days from New York, bound up Channel; and which proved to be a cartel with English Gentlemen on biard. Ihe brig stated that the re sc tiding of the Orders in Coupesl had been received in America prior to her departure, and was not cunbidered by any means sa tisfactory." The Malta and Gibraltar Mail of Saturday brings intelligerce of a British expedition, under Admiral FREEMANTLC, having visited the Adhatic, and ar rived at Lissa. It consists of 6000 men, and is pro bably destined to annoy the Italian Provinces, in the absence of King blunAr, who is now in Russia. The expedition under General MAITLAND, which had landed at Alicant, has marched into the interior, and is actively employed in for ifying the Sierra Ne yada, to prevent all chance of Soma and Suctfter forming a junction. The fortified passes are under the direction of General Ross and of Captain HUNT, 'of the Royal Enginecrs, and are said to be impreg nable. On &turd iy we stated that a great and happy re volution had been effected in Sicily, by the adoption of a New Constitution, formed upon the glorious model of that of Great Britain. It was brought about with the utmost tranquillity. The following letter from Palermo contains some interesting parti culars on the subject : FALMOUTH, SEPTEMBER 11. ' Yesterday arrived the bark Industry, P A n ic . x . , and brig London Packet, OSWELL, from Quebe c , t aa. Sailed the latter for Plymouth : a l so arr i ve d the Mar Ann packet, CADDY, with mails from Jamaica, which she left on the Sd August, and Crooked Island oa th e 9th. On the 18th the Montague packet arriv e d at Jamaica from England. On the 23d his Majesty's ship POLYPIIESSUA, with 60 sail of vessels under co n . voy, sailed for England. The 'packet sailed f ro Goree in company with his Majesty's brig C oital t the latter in sight of Crooked Island chiced an A xle . rican privateer of 16 guns and 200 men, which had been off there some days, and made some captures, August 7, saw Bermuda, and at Rolm gained the Gonne, and was informed by Captain BINo thataf er parting from her off Crooked Island, he had ea ., cured an American schooner. On the 13th, w as il, formed that a ship to leeward had been capture:il l an American privateer of 14 guns and 140 meo , and which had sailed from Baltimore with 15 othersof 14 and 16 guns and 140 and 200 men. On th e 224 ' • in lat S6l 58. long. 59. 6. spoke the brig Adve nture . from Newfoundland for Tobago, out 20 days, 0 2 • the Ist September, in lat. 44. 4 1 3. long. 31.24. spoke 1 the American brig Georgia, of and from New Yo r k. for Liverpool, out 14 days. On the sth, in lat, 49, , 4 Ss. long. 111, spoke his Majegy's ships SOPHIA and 'I , CURLEW with 57 sail under convoy from Halifax.— On. the 6th, in lat. 49. 29. long. 15. 20. spoke t h e ship Frederick, GARDINER, Of Bi istol, from St. Croix, 4n rpo Y k wi et/ th ie 96 days from St. 'I homas's, then in co s : ten ships and three brigs, having parted compa n y from his Majesty's sl.'p A‘t aIIANTHE, together with • $7 sail from St. Thomas's, in a gale, on Sunday th e 90t11 of August—the fleet was originally 47 sail., ' , Os alt 9th inst. in lat 49..46. long. 11. schooner Star from Guadaloope, and ship Corunna, both of the AMARANTim's convoy—siz sail mo re were .in sight. Owing to the death of two of the Icrew of the Mary Ann, that vessel has been put us. I der quarantine. Sailed the Fox packet with mall Ifor Cadiz. The Queen Charlotte for Lisbon; and the Freeling for the Mediierranean, arc detained. PLYMOU'I 11, SEPT. 19.. AI I ived the Antelope, Cpl xis, from Penzance; Union; HOPLET, from Cowes ; .nnd RAPID schooner, of 16 guns, from a cruize ; the brig Goldfinch, from the coast of Spain ; and-Rapid schooner, from Ed. mouth. Sailed the Neptune (1) tender, for Live.. pool ; Maria (2) tender, for Belfast; ENDEAVOUR hired armed brig, with a small convoy for Swansea; Elizabeth tender for Greenock; and REINDEER of 18 I guns, and BRAMIII4 12 guns, on a cruize: the BIT. TERX 16 guns, and Troitess 14 guns, went from Ha s moaze to the Sound. Seven sxil of the line with the flag of Lord KEITH, remain in Cawsand Bay. PORTSMOUTH, SEPTEMBER IS. His Majesty's ship MARLISOISOUOD is appointed convoy for Cadiz and Gibraltar ; his Majesty's ship MISRELToE for Guernsey and Jersey. _Arrived his , 'Majesty's ship BEAGLE from a cruize '; and the arid. ford, COLLINS, from Corunnia Sailed yesterday his . Majesty's ship ALalcolta with Prince DE BOLOan s for Jersey. Sailed his Majesty's ships VAR./t o Hone. DOTTERII.I., and Racoos on a cruise; sad Os Hawke cartel with French prisoners for Atka, 4 DOVER, SEPTEMBEB. 12. A French privateer went past yesterday for dr, Downs, captured by his Majesty's ships BIM= • 'and Dwaav cutter. The East India fleet have At, rived off Folkston, under convoy of his Majetft ship IPHIOIINI.I. DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZZ-MONET. Narcissus, for Nuestra Senora del Buon Viage i ind Malik for sundry seizures of spirits, the 17th inst. at 15, Surrerstren, and there. recalled Leviathan, far the Veumto, the 16th, at 2, laitav'S Hake& and there recalled. Linnet, for the Kron Priotz Frederick, the 194, at 12, NW folk-street. and there meatiest. Caledonia, for la Sophie, the 22d, at 22, Norfolk-streets ad there recalled. His Royal Highness the PILINCZ Raßtsres Warrant far do Distribution of the Scheldt Prise-Money having been Sealed on the set instant, the Payments may be expected to =WWI in the course ' of three weeks. 4 .........-- ~ CORI* fresh jsrriv; ~► " Palermo, 24th July, 1812. " The Parliament held their second sitting (first ter dispatch of business) on the 20th, when the fol lowing fourteen Articles were resolved, and passed through the, three Chambers by a large majority.—' Our Minister deserves the highest credit for his eon- duct : the Sicilians admit that they owe every thing to his moderation, good sense and firmness. " Ist. The Supreme Authority ‘f making Laws and imposing ' Taxes, is vested alone in the Nation. " 3d. The Executive Power is in the King. " 3d. Judicial Authority is in the Magistrates, subject to the MARKET, MARX.L4NE, SEPT. 14. approval of Parliament. The it... Yak of . Wheat to-day make the supply ntblll. 4th. The King's person is sacred. considerable, principally new and of light quality, which is inset " sth. The Ministers are responsible to Parliament. about 31. and U. per quarter, but fire old Wheat fuliyastais . " 6th. The Two Chambers to consist of Lords and Com- the quotation—Rye hardly at last nrices—Barley,in consePallab • • mons, and the Clergy to have Seats in the former, of about 10,000 quarters lately arriving from . lie Baltic, is UMW " 7th. The Barons to have only One Vote each. —Malt keeps its price—Beans of each sort are dearer—Oats era' " Bth. The Right of assembling Parliament Is In the King, in short supply, and likewise fully support the lasi currency -lb. and necessary every year. Flour continues without variation. " 9th. The Nation sole Proprietor of the State. CONTINUA NCR Or GRZAT Luca !—ln the Lottery drum all " 10th. No Sicilian can be judged or condemned, except by T ues d ay Laws to be recognized by Parliament. last, PIDDING and Co. have again had the Satlifsetles of distributing among their Friends the following CAPITALS, . " I I th. 1 he Feudal Law is abolished, as well as the Right of (1v.lonopoly). No. 974, Class A, a Prize of se4 000' and No. 600, OW B, a Investitase Prize of .€5OO the former div a ; ided into One Quarter, Two " 12th. be Privileges of the Barons, over their Vassal., is also abolished. . Eigui -- "in, and Eight Sixteenth.; the latter into One Quarter , One Eighth, and Ten Sixteenths. The fortunate Proprietors (who " 13th. Every propoetion, relative to Taxation, must by the Upper. origi -11 " 14th. A modification of the British Constitution to bare- ha c ve s . not ' PIDDINO and Co.'s Offices, No.l, Cornhilli or No. 3, C ha f in g already been paid) are requested to apply at eith er d nate in the Lower Chamber, and be approv. commended th•s S. adon. j TOISDAT Evening last the &rare LOTTRRT lobbed draw. " The Parliament had their second meeting- last night, the 24th. The Ecclesiastical Chamber sent a ing, when Na 3,880, (Class A.) was drawn a• Prise of /90001 No. 3,888, (Class A.) a Prize of £1000; and No. 2,760, (clam deputation to the Lords, stating, as their opinion, !p i ree cke o ts u ea t of t h e Ei ght t A.) a Prize of .eson ; as alb Nos. 963, 8,549, i 5 it 0d ; t 0 2 f 39 1 ,. bi that the first article of the Resolution should go to Pack in et s . of Ti at ck t e h ts e , o con ng sold of RICHARD• establish the religion of the country, which was-car- SON, GOODLUCK and Co.—ln the last and peeving* Lat . ried, atter a debate. It was then resolved, that the teries (in the present Year) likewise, was sold and sliusd±of articles already voted by the three Chambers should RICHARDIIO)I, GooDLvca and Co. one Prize of .iglitiN.rol tw o be forthwith presented to the King -for his sanction, of £lO et, on at ', w ar SOSI hose Atwo Prises 300 it an anc t l o sev er, s oLf be w i u : l i , previous to any further proceedings; it being argued, Lottery , that if the King should put his veto on these Resolu- N L -.IW -OTTERT, to be drawn on the 26th Of next MOO* bit" are paid, or exchanged tur Tickets or shares in ihn tions (which were to form the basis of the new con- Scheme of whiCh are two Prises of £20,008 each , with millr stitution) any superitructure formed upon them must runs other large Capitals. A fall to the ground. There were only six dissentient ' C ooper On T:osday last the Lottery began and finish_ed owing Dtala c t i l mi Hall, in Basinghall-street, when the foll voices on this question. Princes FRABBEI CASSINO, . Prizes were Sold in 72 Saaa ts, at BUM'* truly fortinno l6l64 (the present Minister of the Interior,) Cur°, Luc- 4, Cornhill, and 9, Charing Cross: B . .14,00 0 oust Nlseesti, and two others, voted with the Court. 3,651 B „. - , 418 • 000 974 . AI BUTERAg the Premier Baron, gave the first voice for B ' B6° ' • • 3 ' 6 .„„ 40 .., 6 t B . ... . Xi , 2,731 A • ..., aw "•.-" the articles being immediately presented. Their de - . Ito 8,002 - . . sou sin - • . . n . liberations continued to a late hour. 1 2,508 - .• . 300 411 • • 74 44 The SALVO l'''''' ' and 4.863 A . • 200 4,88* B " ' 200' &c. ite. . a - 2,0 - ' The Holders of nizod, at either oft ;hem for Tickets 1 Drawn the koth of I Two Prises of te20,000 the Lowarr Pants r Shares in the Marquis ,vo proposed carried the 9th Resolution against the Ministers. " Prince BELMONT/I made a most eloquent speech, and to his perseverance, ability, and filmness, every credit is due s “ The Marquis SALVO also proposed the Trial by Jury, which was oppOsed by the Lords, but carried in the Commons. ig , The Duke of SPERLIRMA proposed and carried the motion abtogating the teadal law, 011 which 9c-.1 .: casioa a delivered a kri . lli . a* spee4l.! ion in ro ib, t 1 st lad , tireseach LONDON I repagN4 . 200 latt.ate. of the SIMMS may receive their messy ad.% of the Coo tractor'loSetta as shun, or UW IO eta or Shute in the NEW' LOTTERY, tO be of Nelt Month, the scheme of which foraka 8110,000 (Instead ot dia,m . o), more Pilaw 1111 IZIS of the last may be Etpcnaegvk feendia l li he New t as under t • its. ed. • • IA - 4a. Ad. I tral r f tg W mpx :,l4 Printed by Lav,at. Piebeit 1 1 4 0 4, 14 dm) Oth• Te 141.1110 ing."