Star. — London, England, 1813-12-20 00:00:00

AN014114. Vte'left . St VittilkAßQUit' . OF WELLINGTqI4r -4. The Ned British and Spas;ieli Atinig uti L South of France have gained anodic,. victory. On the 9th instant, SOULT was once more driven film his entrenched positions in front• of Bayonne, and the head-quarters of Lprd WELLIWGTON have been estab lished at St. Pierre. The official details have not yet been received, but there is no doubt of the fact. The attack was commenced by the left difision under General Sir JOHN HOPE. In two hours the whole of the lines Apposed to him were carried, with the loss of about 300 men, and Sir JOHN established himself nt Angle, within a league of Bayonne. Lord WEL- I INGTON, with the right and centre, nearly at the same moment, crossed the Nive, and drove all before him, establishing himself at St. Pierre, as above mentioned. Souvr, with his Staff, are said to have retired within the walls of Bayonne—he has a camp still in front of it, and close under the guns of the fortress ; but the above splendid achievements of Sir JOHN HOPE and Marquis WELLINGTON have put them in possession of the whole of the surrounding country. The situation of the French troops outside of the walls of Bayonne is therefore precarious in the extreme. • EMANCIPATION OF HOLLAND. Our intelligence from Holland, both public and private, continues to exhibit a most interesting picture 4')f the progress of the liberation of that country.— The Grizeite of Saturday contains, in the details of Lord Gionos STUART, a most gratifying account of the reduction of the Islands of Schowen and Tholen. The enemy abandon all their fastnesses at the sight of the British and Orange flags, with the utmost pre cipitation. Walcheren participates in the sentiments of the rest of Holland. The National Guards of Middleburg have, it is said, not only refused to march to . . Flushing, but have actually resisted a party of French pioneers which was., sent to disarm them. At Antwerp the greatest disorder reigns. All the Dutch seamen have deserted from the fleet. The, Cossacks, who have approached within a mile of the place, have caused the greatest apprehension of an attack on the land side ; and daily reports of the fall of fortresses occupied by the French, whether true or false. add to the general alarm. Rumour had gone so far as to state, that Bergen-op-Zoom, Maes tricht, and Campvere, had surrendered ; and that the Allies had penetrated to Crevelt, Juliers, Bonn, Yen loo, and Cologne. Gorcum is blockaded by a Prus sian force, one column of British and Allies will Cross the Leek at Vyanea, whilst another will land at Wil lemstadt or Gertiuydenherg, and both divisions join ing at Breda, will push on against Antwerp. , It difficult for MACDONALD to oppose any serious obstacle to these movements, inasmuch as he is charged with the defence of the line of the Rhine and the Waal, from Cologne to Nimeguen, the upper part of which line is threatened by Marshal BLUCHER, as the lower is by the Dutch, assisted by VON BULOW and Prince N./mitting. The isolated fortresses in the interior of Holland, such as Delfzyl, Naarden, and La Salle, must be abandoned to their fate ; and though the French papers assert that General DE CAEN has reached Gorcum, we are rather inclintd to believe that that place is too closely surrounded for him to find admission. The enthusiasm with which Germany is animated in the sacred cause of its emancipation from the yoke and tyranny of the Oppressor of mankind, conspicu ously evinces itself in almost every Principality, by organizing a Militia, (or Landwehr) for its future defence against any invader ! The Electorate of Hanover will be foremost in this noble struggle for independence, by k lacing a formidable Militia at the disposal of its prese Gavernor, his Royal Highness the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, to be clothed, armed, and 'accoutred by our Government. This Militia is to consist of about 32 infantry battalions, besides some artillery. Each battalion is to be 800 strong, and the numbers are to be kept up from the general popula tion. Every individual between 18 and 30 years of age, is to be enrolled ; even the Nobility and Clergy -Ire not exempted. These and the Gentry will hold Commissions, according to their abilities or rank. They are to be organized, disciplined, and drilled by Offices& and Non-commissioned Officers from the King's German Legion, and will be completed and fit for service by next spring. By such means, and ay tech only, can Germany be placed in such a state as to defy a second subjugation. Every man thus be• comes the detender of his own fire-side ; and all being regularly disciplined and armed, an effective army may then be brought into the field at any time in a few hours —Pr► Anil a Fotir ! Yesterday the nrSHOP of Saustutty hai.l a long in terview with the PRINCE R EGEN T at Carlton House. Saturday morning the Duke of Yone, after trans acting military business at York House, left town to take his weekly journey to Windsor and Outlands. Major-General Gross, who commands the Yar mouth division of the British expedition to Holland, is the 'Officer who distinguished himself in the gallant enterprise of storming the lines of Cornelis, at Batavia. it will be a curious thing to see him and his brave op ponent on that occasion, the Dutch General DE KocK, now united and contending together for the deliverance of Holland from the grasp of France. General De Kant has embraced the Orange cause, and taken the command of the Dutch legion, formed by the volun teers from the prisoners of that nation in England. . • r , 4 MITIO 4 : lb 4 • 4 1 4 anthOiL - 1, 4116 7.41164......6.• • M. ANOTHt.iit VICTORY 9VER THE AME RICANS IN CANADA. , Ali. Is. ' A frigate, this morning from Qbehee, Wag:letters of the 10th ult. A letter, dated the 6th, Montreal, mentions that General HAnrrrosr had been defeated by the British with great lou—the British about 3000 strong, the Americans about 7000. The following is the Official Account of the above : 6, By a gentleinan arrived from Quebec, it appears, that on the 27th-October General Hastr-rox advanced from Four Corners to Chaleangay, where a party of the Canadian Militia were posted, whom he attacked. He was repulsed with considerable loss, and retired to his old position. " In the beginning of November, General WILKIN sox, who had been posted at Sackett's Harbour and the neighbourhood, with 8000 men, moved down the St. Lawrence, and landed at Cornwall. The British force at Kingston is reported to have moved in the same direction. Lieutenant-General Sir G. PuEvorr was himself at Montreal." •. QUEBEC, NOV. 9, 1811 (PRIVATE LETTER.) 41 The 70th Regiment (about 500), under the command of Major M‘GitEcon, .arrived some days since: they are so very young that they cannot be employed. We were led to expect 10,000 troops by the Lilt fleet. 66 The 13th Regiment, under Colonel WILLIAMS, are at Montreal, a very fine serviceable corps. The regiments De MEURoN and DCWATTVILLE are also in that neighbourhood—there have been some desertions (from the former. 4g All the Militia of the country are now embodied, and very serviceable fine fellows they are. " There is a great want of General Officers as well as men. " Major-General GLASGOW, of the Royal Artillery, commands here. General VINCENT is at our most advanced post. Sir ROGER SHEAFF is here, going, ,home. Major-General Rtit.-t. goes to his late com -1 mand. Colonel MURRAY commands the brigade which Colonel S rEw.ticr, of the Royals, had ; he was oblig ed to retire in bad health. Our troops have suffered much front sickness. " A new Inspector of Hospitals, with a legion of Doctors, have later) , arrived and gone up the country. 46 Sir GEORGE PREVOST is very popular with all the Canadians." Private letters from Paris, received this day, men tion that BONAPARTE unexpectedly made his appear. ance at the Opera on the 13th instant. There was a profound silence for some minutes : at last, a person got up in the Pit, and called out " Peace ! Peace !" in which the audience all joined ; on which BONA PARTE made his bow and withdrew. The letters further mention, that a Congress of all the Allied Powers, with tae British and French Am bassadors, had met at Rastadt, but do not mention on what day. The letters received this morning from Deal and 1 other places on the Coast, mention that the Conscripts ' all round the coast are in a state of insurrection, and refuse to march, and in some instances have killed those that endeavoured to force them. WINDSOR, DECEMBER 1 9.:--The QUEEN, PRINCESSES, Attendants, &c. were present this morning at Divine Service, at the private Chapel in the Castle. After wards her MAJESTY and some of the PRINCESSES went to Fragmore. Divine Service was yesterday performed before the PRINCE RECENT and his Household, by the Rev. J. S. CLARKE, Chaplain to the Household. Yesterday the Princess CHARLOTTE, accompanied by the Duchess of LEEDS and Miss KNIGHT, attended Divine Service at the Chapel Royal, St. James's Pa -1 tce. The Anthem was selected as appropriate to the day, being the last Sunday before Christmas-day, " Prepare ye the way of the LORD," by Wiss, which was sung by Mr. CLARKE, Mr. W. KNYVETT, and two of the young Gentlemen of the Chapel. It having been ascertained by Admiral YOUNG that the enemy's ships in the Scheldt are not in a condition to put to sea, under any exigency that may happen, the squadron under Lord KEITH, which had been formed at Portsmouth, to intercept them, has been broken up ; and his Lordship has returned to Ply mouth in the QUEEN CHARLOTTE. The HANNIBAL, 74, Sir M. SEYMOUR, has relieved the CENTAUR, off Cherbourgh, which ship is now attached to the Chan nel Fleet. The Russian Admiral CROWN, has re joined Admiral YOUNG : two of his squadron are re fitting at Spithead. The Fortune Portsmouth hoy, belonging to Ply mouth, John Davis master, was on Wednesday night unfortunately wrecked on the Shag Rock, betwen the Sound and the Mewstone, and most of the pas sengers on board pqrtshed ; seven only were saved out of forty, or more; the cumber on board not being comedy ascertained. • • Saturday morning, about ieleven o'clock, part of a house and stable in the yard of the Bell Inn, Strand, fell with a violent crash. One woman and three chil- dren, alarmed by the cracking of the wall, had but just time to get away ; and one man was so severely hurt, having his skull fractured, that he was carried to the Hospital. 711* - „ . .t! - r ZUTAL INTSLLICUNCR. . ~ f t MAIL& .• ARR. SIM. Ala. Dill. Dublin - • it 0 I Heßgolani - o s Waterford - S 0 Gettenburgtt - 0 4 S Oaths - 0 1 Guernsey 4 0 1 Lisboa 0 1 Jersey . • 0 1 Coruna& . • 1 i Halos •- 0 • DOVER, DECEMBER. IL A privateer came off here at eight o'clock last night, and kept up a continual firing of musketry for some time, bat owing to the extreme darkness of the night, we could not discern whether she captured any' vessel. Just before the firing of the musketry was heard, a vessel - with a light, supposed to be for s, Pilot, was observed coming up from the westward. Several guns were fired from our batteries to warn vessels, if any within hearing, of an enemy's priva teer being off here.—Wind S. S. W. I FALMOUTH, DECEMBER 17. Arrived yesterday his Majesty's ship FYLLA t from Guernsey for Cork ; and to-day, the Fox packet, with a Mail from Cadiz and Corunna, nine days from the latter.—Put back his Majesty's ships DUNCAN and MINSTREL, with the outward-bound -fleet from Portsmouth and this port for the Mediterranean, amounting to about 55 sail.—The Fox packet spoke yesterday a ship with the crews of nine vessels on board, that had been taken by the two French fri. gates that escaped out of Nantz.—Wind S.W. - PLYMOUTH, DECEMBER 18. Arrived the Wolfscove, from Quebec to London, captured by the Grand Turk American privateer, and recaptured by the BRITON frigate ; Brig Liberty of Sunderland, from Seville, captured by a French pri I vateer, and also recaptured by the BRITON ; an Ame. rican brig Squirrel, from Bourdeauz for America, captured by the BELLI PODIA and CAsTittimi ; and the Rebecca privateer of London. Also arrived the BLOODHOUND gun brig with a fleet from Wales ; the ORASTES gun brig from Bideford, with two new sloops of war ; LYRA gun brig from Passage with a fleet ; the Agnes schooner from Newfoundland, bound to the West Indies, captured by the Rambler American letter of marque, and recaptured by the Jane cutter of London ; and the DUBLIN, of 74 guns from the Westward. The Grand Turk American privateer also took a Swedish brig, about 130 tons, with wheat and bale goods, from London for Por• tugal, and burnt her. Arrived the ship Lusitania, JouNsToN, from Portsmouth for Surinam—was cap tured the Gth inst. by the French frigate Cloinade, and sent for this port with British prisoners, being the crews of the following vessels which were captured on the 4:h, sth, and Gth, and destroyed by the Cloi nade, viz.—Blenden Hall, Jan o'Gannt, Aurora, Schmidt, and the Superb, the three former bound to the West Indies, and the latter to Malta. Wind S.W. PORTSMOUTH, DECEMBER 19. Arrived his Majesty's ship FoarusEe, from Cork with the following transports, having the Armagh Militia on board :—A J Betsey, B M Louisa, A R Henry, A Y Laurel, B V Unity, B B Plymouth, and the A G William.—Arrived the brig Aurora, Fuos - r, from Bahia, in 100 days passage.—Arrived this day his Majesty's ship INVINCIBLE, from the Me diterranean, with a convoy, and are put under qua_ rantine. Among them are the following transports : the Ocean, British Hero, Wolga, Diana, Sir Joseph I Bankes, and several merchant vessels.—Arrived 'hie Majesty's ships ADONIS, from Newfoundland; and DovEtt, from the coast of America and Quebec. — Sailed the SAVAGE sloop of war, with a convoy for the Eastward.—List of Vessels which sailed under convoy of his Majesty's ship Rosamonn, from Que bec, and turned over to his Majesty's ship ADONIS, at sea, on the .5111 instant, in lat. 47. 17. long. 30. W. : the Ellen, MAJORS; Thomas, MUDGE ; Eliza, ROSY. NOT; and the Vestal, TOMLIN. They were captured the 13th instant, by two French frigates, in lat. 46,.• 58. N. long. 16, 30. W. The Margaret and Doro. thy, BROWN, parted convoy in lat. 40. N. A ship, supposed to be the Ruckers, SorEn, bas been towed in under jury masts, by his Majesty's ship lxvist: ciat.z, to the Motherbank, bound out to the West In. dies.—The Cormorant store-ship arrived this day from the Cape of Good Hope. She left St. Helena oa the 3d of October, with a convoy of nine sail, from which she parted company, during a violent gale, in the Bay of Biscay, on the 3d instant. She passed part of the convoy which sailed from this port a aeon time ago, with the INDUS, which had separa ted. The Royal Dock-yard Establishment at the Cape is to be removed from Table Bay to Simon's Bay, the anchorage at the latter place being much superior. From the Cape of Good Hope to the Bill of Portland, the Cormorant passed, only one ship of war, the TY ItIAN, Captain BALDWIN, cruizing off the L atter place.—Wind S.W. DEAL, DECEMBER 19. Arrived the Charles and Nymph hired armed cut. ters, with dispatches from Admiral YOUNG.—Sailed the RINALDO and THRACIAN for off the French coast, Remain his Majesty's ships as per last, with a large fleet of outward•bound and transports, waiting for orders. Five o'clock.—Sailed the CRETAN sloop of war with a fleet of transports for Holland. COVE OF CORK, DECEMBER 15. Monday his Majesty's ship PRASIDINT. Captain Masou, was ordered to sea, in quest, it is said; of the True-blooded Yankee, American privateer, which had made several captures on our coast. Yesterday his Majesty's ship PROTRCTOR, Litllt. IVILTCRIN" . •;•••• • • - .^.„ - ": 4 4 19° ' hoisted eonvo? • 'goal fee 11pso aid Portugal. Yes terday his Majesty's ship PRESIDENT was telegraphed off the Old Head of Kinsale. The West India con voy la to consist of his Majesty's ships LEVIATHAN, TALBOT, and Ecao. His Majesty's ship Ecno, Cap tain Psitcavm,, is arrived from Portsmouth. The ships from Liverpool for the West Indies are said to be in the offing.—There has been a smart press these few nights, and a umber of able seamen pieted up for_bis Majesty's fleet. The next convoy for the Mediterranean will sail about the 10th of January next, protected by the ROYAL SOVEREIGN, 110, Captain CAULFIELD. CAPTURES Sir FRENCH FIUGATESace. The following is extracted from Lloyd's Books this morning, December 20 :—The Hassan, PATER. sox, bound to Jamaica ; the Pearl, TAIT, bound to Gdadaloupe ; the Lucy, —, bound' to Nassau ; , the Diana, Wilson, bound to ; the Nautilus transport ; the Ellen, MAJOR; the Thames, MIDGE ; the Elera, —; the Vassel, Towux. from New foundland, all taken between inst. by the Nantz. after beinj rived at The Boa, V beat captured by the taken by , ried into St. Ives. The Lusitania, JOHNSON, from London to Surinam ; the Blendenlall, BARR, from ditto to Bermuda; the John O'Gaunt, from ditto to Martinique; the Aurora,from. —to ---; and the Superb, from to Malta, , have been taken by the Clorinde French frigate. The Lusitania was given up to the crews, and arrived at Plymouth on Saturday. —The Blenden Hall, is also arrived at Plymouth, having been found at sea by the CUALLEIRISR gun brig without any person on bold . The other ves sels were scuttled by the enem . The aura, FAR bait, from Smyrna to London .; Favourite, Evaws, from Buenos Ayres to London ; Eliza, HAMAN, from Newfoundland to Dartmouth; Castor, Pint- MORE, from ditto to London,—have been taken :by the True-blooded Yankee American privateer ;. the . latter given up to the crews, and arrived at Torfs?y. The Cora engaged the privateer, and had one non killed, and seven wounded. , . Al,ii 't.al.lst EAST-INDIA SHIPPING. l' t alikr• An account has been received of the arrival 4 4 the under-mentioned ships at St. Helena, viz . ARRIVAL. NAMES. aliment's. ramie WHIRICR. Sept. 3. General Miranda, Trader, Cape of Good Hive. .-...-- Inspector, Whaler, Timor, a----m Rambler, Trader, Cspe of Good Apo. ---. 4. Jane, Brig, Ditto. ' --- S. Indefatigable, Chattered, China and at*: —l2. Admiral Berkley, Whaler, Cost of Atria.. —l5. Eliza, Ditto, Ditto. —l6. Thames, Ditto, Timor. —l7. Cumberland, Ditto, Ditto. —lB. Warre, Ditty, Cow of Africa. ....---- Elizabeth. Ditto, his of France. —2 5. Prudent, Trader. Ditto. i GAI.*AY, DECEMBER 13. A pilot-boar, in attempting to board the Swedish ship lately arrived here, a tew leagues west of the Islands of Arran, was sunk by the vessel, and two men unfortunately perished ; another man was with difficulty saved. The two French frigates which lately escaped from Nantz, have been again heard of. The Mary, from . Newfoundland, was captured on the 4th ult. off the Western I•lands, by two French frigates, of 48 pins each ; which, after stripping the vessel of all her sails, tables, tools, throwing overboard all her hatches, breaking down her cabin, destroying ber binacle glasses, and leaving her a complete log on the water, and totally unmanageable, they put into her the crews of three other captured vessels. consisting of 18 persons, and gave charge of her to the Master of the Mary, adding, with a cruel irony, they thus intended dispatching him as a cartel to England. In that state the Mary was left to her fate, with only two small casks of water and a bag and a half of bread, in lat. 42. 4. long. 18. 1. the Western Islands bearing S. distant 1.50 miles. Steering E. by S. with N. N. E. without log-line, compass, eye-glass, or any other guide, she had nearly run the distance of Cape Finis terre, when fortunately she fell in with the British frigate PONONE, Captain Cattrzarr, who immediately sent on board a seasonable supply of beef, bread, and water. The sloop Jeanie of Greenock, John Brown matter, was wrecked on the Mull of Kintyre—crew saved by the boat. When the Captain sailed he had £4O in his pockets to buy herrings, which he lost by unluckily changing his clothes. PitiCS OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK Redonda/I 61 601—Cons. shut—far sec. 6311 4 per Ct. 76fi—Navy shut—Bank Long Anus. 14 IS-141ths f New Ontn. 10—Bonds, ls. 4a, dis.—Each. Bab Ss. So pee. CORN EXCHANGE, MARX.-LANE, DEC. eO. Our market was welt supplied with Wheat this day from Kent and Baez, and the demand being short, the sales were heavy, at a decline of frem,sr. to 6s. per, quarter. Barley is from 4a. to ss. per quarter lower, having very large arrival, of that Grain. Peas, Beans, and Oats, support hist Monday s prices. • Wheat, Keat and Essex, 60L = i ditto, 465. SOL 7.55. per quarter Bean, old, 00s. 005. new s Ditto, Suffolk, 565. 70s. Ma 14s. Ditto, Norfolk, 60s. 06e. 'flak Mb), 44, 00s. 00e. sew, Rye 385. 435. 3110. 50s. Barley 355. 311 s. Oats, Potatoe 105. ILL 34e. Malt, SA. 755. Ditto, Poland, 265. Us. 303. Vaite Pm, 00s. Us. boilers, [Oats, Feed, 205. 465.4 M. 655. 70s. Flour, Slis. 00s. per Wk. rozziee. Wheat, Dantaie, 611 s. 783. Rye, 40s. 445. Ditto, Baltic Rod, 555. 654 Barley, SS:. Us. Ditto, Hambro' or Oats, Feed, SKIL 1143. I* Bremen, 555. 651. White Peas, Ms. 70a. Ditto, Brabant &at 551. GU. Grey ditto, SOL M. id, were all taken between the Ist and 6th the Etoile and Sultan French frigates, from The Hassan was gimp up to the prisoners ng plundered of nearly all her i cargo, and ar. Portsmouth on Saturday. f ~" 3oa, VENTUTIADE, fraitlol3 to Bacon. has 'tared by the Cornet irtenc brig of war-I.e- -r the Rebecca privateer of London, and car.