Star. — London, England, 1813-06-08 00:00:00

- - HELIGOLAND MAIL . A Mail from Heligoland arrived this morning.— It confirms the intelligence of the occupation of Ham burgh by the French, and we are sorry to add, that the proportion of French troops now in possession of that unfortunate place, according to their own state. nie nts, is very formidable., The Ham&urgh Correspon dent no longer bears that title, having resumed that of the "Journal de: Beaches de ?Elbe." We select the fol lowing articles, which are, of course, of French ma nufacture. The latest papers which we have seen are dated on ate 2d inst. All the bags of letters recently tent from this country to Hamburgh, have been re. turned by this conveyancd : " HAMBURGH, MAY W. e l Yesterday we heard a brisk fire from the side of Zollenspeeker. We soon knew that the French had forced all the passes, and were pursuing the enemey fn the direction of lkitzenbourg. Towards the evening w•e saw several battalions enter, which occupied the public square and most important posts."—(Journal du Department des Bowha de !'Elbe, June 1.) " HAMBURGH, MAY St. g , A moment has not this day passed without our seeing fresh French troops enter our walls. " At four in the afternoon, their Excellencies Marshal Prince of Eckmuhl, Governor, and Lieute nant• General Vandamme ) reviewed thirty-five batta lions of French infantry. " The inhabitants have not recovered from their astonishment. It would be difficult to determine which surprised them the most, the fine appearance of these troops, or their number. There was in effect a great difference between what they saw and what Was related to them, and the physical and numerical weakness of the French bnttabons. We will imme diately give some details respectin7 the manners,' habits, and acts of the adventurers who Lave just left us. Towns, which like us have had -he micfcr►tune . to possess these liberators of nations, know Low dearly it cost them. 4 4 The Russians had only time to save their persons, and were not, happily, able to follow their custom of destruction and fire. We found I'so cannon in 4 marine arsenal, and nearly 80 upon the ramparts. All the establishments are in the best state. The , works constructed to make Hamburgh aplare d'armer are very considerable. All military men are asto nished at them, and now consider Hamburgh as a strong place." " Hamburgh, May 31. " By the decision of his Excellency Prince of Eck muhl it is ordered, to every inhabitant of Hamburgh to bring, without the least delay, to the General Di rection of Police, every libel, pamphlet, foreign or -.aauthorized Gazette. caricatures, portraits, pieces in vase, Scc. &c. published or introduced since the '24th cf February of the current year. Every individual who shall delay in submitting to this order, or who not entirely fulfil it, by retaining any of the ob :cts the giving up of which is prescribed, shall be prosecuted with rigour. " '[he Dlrcvor.ettieral of Police, (Signed) " DPACBIGNOSE22 " Hamburgh, May 31. " In execution of the orders of his Excellency :kfarshal Prince Eckmuhl, every stranger residing in Hamburgh is ordered to present himself within 24 hours at the general direction of police, for the pur pose of legitimizing himself and obtaining permis sion, should there be reason, for sojourning. " Every housekeeper, lodger, or tavern-keeper, is forbidden tp afford any asylum to a stranger who has not received permission to remain at Hamburgh. " The old ordinances concerning the movement of travellers, are again in vigour. Every breach shall be strictLy prosecuted and punished. (Signed) " The Director-Genera! Police, d'AuniGNosE." Private Letters received from Hamburgh this Morning, by the Heligoland Mail, state, that Marshal DArousr has levied a contribution of 30 millions of franks on the inhabitants of Hamburgh. That the French who were in the town were fearful of trust mg themselves within the houses, and had taken up their quarters in the streets. It has been currently reported this morning, that scnie private accounts, received by the above Mail, mention, that a most dreadful battle had taken place en the road to Berlin, in which the French are said b have lost 4D,000 men, in killed, wounded, and Prlf , ners. The date of the battle is not mentioned, ur have any other particulars reached us to enable us tc Erm any idea of the degree of credit to which the rumour may be entitled. I rtters from the French Coast, received in Town mci:Ting, talk darkly of some disaster having bt:Alitn the French in tl-,e North. Whether this ihdes to the event mentioned in the preceding paragraph we cannot determine ; but coupling the two statements, we are inclined to hope• that we shall soon hear of an important victory having been gained by the Allies. The Spanish officer arrived at Portsmouth from France is said to be Don CONTREROS, late Governor i) i, fs;Farragona ; he is accompanied by a French wholtoya has also escaped from ptison. They are detained until permission is obtained from the Secre tary of State for their proceeding to London. At a l a t e C ourt B aron f or t h e Motor of Brighton, I tive Was given for the Pruscz REGENT to extend the f `' CC, which surrounds the Marlborough domains, to 1 RoY4 Mew*. stcoNre STAiioi/FICE, TWO ovLocK. Government haie received some thost satisfactory intelligence from Heligoland, of which the follow ing will be found a correct summary EXTRACT FROM A PRIVATE LETTER, DATED DEMO. LAND, STH INSTANT. " A respectable Merchant who arrived here this morning from Hamburgh, along with a merchant of that City, states, that they left Hamburgh on Wed nesday morning. There were then 5000 French troops in the town, under the command of Marshal DAVOUST and General VANDAMME. " These troops were mostly wretched looking sol diers, consisting of Douaniers, Gens d'Armes, Mari ners, and National Guards ; and, although the Danes were supposed to have allied themselves with them, the French seemed very uneasy, and much alarmed, and bivouaqued outside the gates of the Town at night, not trusting to the ishabitants nor to the Danes, who openly declare that they will not fight for the French, but against them. " It was reported and credited on Wednesday morning at Hamburgh, that a corps 0f.20,000 men, under Marshal VICTOR (the Duke of BELLUNO) t which had been detached from the Grand Army, had been cut off by the Allies, supported by the Levy en Masse, on the 27th ult. and completely routed. ‘, The letters from Berlin, of the 29th ult. are very satisfactory, and such was the confidence entertained there of the success of the Allies, that orders were sant to Heligoland for large supplies of Colonial pro duce and British Manufactures." NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. FALMOUTH, JUNE S. Arrived the Friendship, JONES, from Bristol, bound to Malta ; and two foreign brigs, outward-bound, names unknown. Nothiag sailed to-day. The Dar lington packet, with a Mail for Jamaica, and the Duke of Kent packet, with a Mail for Lisbon, are gone into the Roaea.—Another letter says, the Duke 'Of Kent packet, for Lisbon, and the Diana packet, for Cadiz, are sailed.—Wind N.N.E. fresh breezes. r Stirling THE ARMY. . I , Leed r WHITkHALL, MAY 14, ISt!. 'l4ls Royal Highness the Prince Regent has been pleased, in de name and on the behalf of bis Majesty, to grant unto Lieute nant-General Sir John Stuart, Count of Maids, Knight ComFa nion of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath, hl3 Majesty's royal licence and permission that, in compliance with the desire of his Majesty Ferdinand tli Fourth, King of the Two Sicilies, he may accept, apd that Tie and his descendants may beat the following honourable armorial augmentation, viz. to Ji f f if his and their arm: Tlit ROYAL SICILIAN EACLZ, with the royal cypher, emigned with Me Crown of his Sicilian Majesty ea the breast thereof ; and, as a crest, the IlVst Bag!:, charged as afore said: the said distinction having been granted by his biedian Ma jesty to the said Sir John Stuart, as a signal mark of his royal favour and esteem, and in order tO perpetuate in his family, and to posterity, the remembrance of the great, itnportant, and highly distinguished setvien rendered by him to the Crown of Sicily, on divers occasions, whiltt commanding the British Army, ser ving in defence of bis dominions, and particularly in the year 1810 (an era to be ever memorable in the annals of Sicily), when a tritlst formidable attempt upon that kingdom, by a powerful enemy, was repelled by the valour and firmness of the British forces, in co-operation with the faithful and zealous exertions of his Sicilian Majesty's own brave and loyal subjects ; the said ar morial distinctions being first duly exemplified according to the laws of arms, and recorded in the Heralds' Office. Monday the depot troops of the 4th regiment of Dragoon Guards marched into Doncaster, where they are to remain a few weeks, when they will pto• ceed on their route to York, and be joined by the remainder of the regiment, recently returned from foreign service. The Officers of the 2d Battalion, 69th Regiment, quartered at Woodbridge, have presented their late Commanding Officer, Major• General Riau., with an elegant silver vase, as a mark of the high considera tion they have entertained 'for him whilst under his command, and intended as a small token of their lasting esteem and gratitude. The whole of the Roscommon Militia 2re now at Caitlebar. A second division of the Leicestershire Militia has arrived at Liverpool, from Dublin. The total strength of this regiment is about 27 Officers, and 660 rank and file. Last week the Appleby Regiment of Local Militia, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel HASELL, and the Penrith, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel DE WIIELPDALE S were rev;ewed at their respective sta tions by Major-General KER, who expressed his entire approbation of their conduct as soldiers and citizens. It is the 2d Battalion 30th Foot, (and not the 3d Foot, as stated yesterday by mistake,) that has recei ved sudden orders to proceed to Jersey. The trans ports for their conveyance have sailed from the Downs tor Berwick. The following is a List of Reg4ments of Scots' Militia, specifying the numbers allowed to volunteer, and their present quarters . SIGIMENTS. NUINURS. STATIONS. Aberdeen - - 362 - Liverpool. _ Argyll and Bute - 114 - Galway. Berwick - - 67 - On march toEngland. Dumfries - - 12,7 - • Dublin. Edinburgh - - 187 - Plymouth. Fife - - • 88 - Dartford. Forfar - - - 168 - Manchester. Inverness - - 3;3 - Hiliea. Kirkcudbright 38 - Dumbarton. Lanark - - 334 Londonderry. Perth - - 103 - Dartmouth. enferw 119 - HAvtrfordsv est. Ross - - 202 - Ainsford. The embarkation of the Edinburgh Militia for Ireland is suspended during the operation of volun teering into the Line. ORDNANCE EsrimArE.—The following is an esti mate of the charge of the Office of Ordnance for Great Britain and Ireland for the year 1813, extracted from the Returns presented to the House of Commons : ordinary . £1,125,453 6 9 / xs 7 0 0 499 7 5 Extraordlnaries - 2,515,006 0 8 Unprovided 11811 70,448 IS 3/ 138,267 18 6 1812 67,819 0 3S For Great Britain £3,838,787 0 11 For Ireland, Civil and Military Expenses 2 503,211 5 3 of Ordnance Total for the United Kingdom £4,343,978 6 2 DUEL—Saturday se'nnight a meeting took place, in a field near Derby, between Colonel HALL, of the Bel per Regiment of Local Militia, and Joss PII WILSON, Esq. of Alfreton ; the former attended by Major Hunter, of the same regiment, and Mr. Smith, as surgeon ; the latter by Captain Wilkinson, of the Der byshire Militia. After an exchange of shots the se conds interfered, when the affair was amicably and honourably adjusted to the satisfaction of all parties. Sir CHARLES BLEBURY has refused 4000 guineas for SmoieNsio. Early yesterday morning th;s cele brated racer left his stable at Tattersall's for Barton, Sir CHARLES'S seat, in Suffolk. The old corps of pickpocket, are now again on active service. Colonel TUItNER was robbed the other day of his gold watch on Epsom race-ground, and several Gentlemen have returned from the Pit of the Opera, the last two nights, with an incision made in their breeches-pockets, for the transfer of their contents in Bank-notes to more vigilant possessors. Late on Sunday night a fire was discovered by the watchman to be breaking out in the premises of Mr. Cullum, cheesemonger, in Clare-street, Clare-market, wkich burnt with the greatest rapidity ; but by the I fortunate assistance of the firemen and neighbours, the premises were, however, saved from complete destruction. Early yesterday morning a destructive fire hap- pened at a baker'i shop is Queen-street, Southwark, which did great damage before the flames were got under. Greenwich Park, yesterday, exhibited a scene of gaiety and good humour which has seldom been ex ceeded. Thousands of the lovers cf fun and frolic assembled at the old place of holiday r endezunr, the steep hill adjoining the Royal Observatory, down which the merry groupes were seen winging their course without any regard to the consequences. Her Royal Highness the PRINCESS of WALES walked through the Park about six o'clock, cheered by loud and long-continued plaudits. The amusements of 1 the hill continued to a late hour, when the lads and lasses retired to the neighbouring public houses, where fiddlers and harpers induced them to ; s p end the remainder of the night ire the mazy dance. !' l ' he town of Greenwich was, as usual, enlivened by the presence of several of the itinerant Thapians, whose miraculous performances excited the wonder and astonishmant of John Buliand his happy family. PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 7. Last night arrived his Majesty's store ship PRE• VOYANTE, from BermndA, parted company in the Channel from the TARTARUS, of SO guns, Captain PAsco, with fourteen sail of American prizes and re captured under convoy, hound to this port.—This day arrived the DEXTEROUS, 14, Lieutenant TOMLIN SON, with convoy from the Downs ; and the JASEUR gun-brig, from the Eastward.—Came into harbour the HORATIO, 38, Captain Lord GEORGE STUART. DEAL, JUNE 7. Sailed the second division of transports for Rams gate Pier.—Arrived the BERMUDA sloop of war from a cruize.—The Mary and Cygnet transports, with a detachment of the 4th Dragoons on board, bound to Hull, remain wind-bound : they will sail the moment the wind changes.—Wind N.E. LEITH, JUNE 5. The Cuo sloop of war sailed from Leith Roads on Thursday night, with a convoy of seven sail, for Longhope, where she is to stop until the 15th inst. and then proceed to Archangel. NAVAL APPOINTMENTS. Captain F. Mason is appointed to the President, in the room of Captain S. Warren, who, it is said, is so be Flag Captain to Admiral Domett, at Plymouth ; Lieutenant J. Barclay is appoin ted to the President ; Lieutenant Hesleden, Kivoli ; Lieutenant Gordon, Salvador del biundo ; Lieutenant A. Plumsell, Chal lenger ; Mr. Charles Leach, to be Master of the Savage. Several beats have lately been lost from off the beach at cover, and on Friday night three pleasure boats were missing ; they were afterwards seen by the Dover fishermen going into Calais harbour, filled with Frenchmen, who, it is supposed, broke their parole. Accounts have been received that the America s havotaken two of our extra indiamen, and carrii. d them into Cape Verde, where the Lascars were landed. The China Fleet have not yet got above Graves. end ; but they are all arrived sale in the River, or within sight of it. The Earl Spencer, which sailed last week from Portsmouth for New South Wales, took out upwards of two hundred male convicts, amongst whom were Captain DAVIDSON, Mr. LINDSAY CRAWFORD, several Bankers' Clerks, the men called the Luddites, and the Smugglers of Christchurch, who were convicted of aiding French prisoners to escape to France. The Chesapeake frigate, which arrived at Boston, on the 9th April, made the following captures during her cruize, viz, brig Julia, from Lisbon for Boston, with a British licence, arrived at Boston, and con demned ; ship Volunteer, from Liverpool to the Bra zils, arrived at Portsmouth, N. H.; brig Liverpool Hero, from Liverpool to the Brazils, cargo taken out and vessel burnt ; brig Earl Percy, from Cape de Verds to the Brazils, on shore at Long Island. The Lapwing packet, arrived from the Mediterra nean, left Malta on the 11th April, Trapani on the 16th, Cagliari on'the 21st, and Gibraltar on the 12th May. 011 the 18th April, in lat. 38. 43. long. 10. 25. E. spoke his Majesty's ship AMERICA, bound to Palermo ; she had left Mahon a week before with the fleet bound off Toulon. On the Bth May, off Ceuta Point, spoke the brig Das.), f and for London, from Smyrna, out 38 d tys. On the 19th ult in lat. 38. 13. long. 18 fill in with an American brig privateer, of about '250 tons, sixteen 12 -pounders, and about 9U wen, d]Li not molest her. 7fr'. CONFESSION OF NICHOLSOM It oaf not but serve to remove distressing appVehen sinus from the minds of many, to be informed that all cbubts as to the real lierpetrator of the late horrid mur ders have been rernoved i by the confession of Islicam son. He has at last confessed to Mr. Boson that he himself, withotit any associate, comfnitted the horrid. act. His bloody stockings and other things that he wore at the time, were buried by him in the gar den, and he directed Mr. BONAII to the spot where they would he found. He has not assigned any mo tive for the commission of the atrocious crime. confession is to the following effect' " That on Monday morning, about three o'clock, he was seized with a f madness ; that, jumping out of bed, he observed a poker in the Hall ; that be took it in his hand, and hurried to the bed-room where his master and mistress lay fast asleep, that he struck his mistress dace blows across the face, and having, as he conceived, dispatched her, he pro ceeded to the bedside of his fluster, and struck him in like manner, but not so as to stun him, for that he instantly sprung out of bed upon the floor, where they wrestled together, as he conceives, about twenty-five minutes, before he could entirely accomplish the murder—that having at last succeeded, he returned to the hall, pulled off the bloody shirt, stockings, &c. which he had on, and buried them in the Pa.rk, to es cape discovery." This is all that has transpired, and will, we believe, prove correct. BROADSTAIRS, JUNE 6. Broadstairs begins to resume its usual appearance at this season of the year..--The Duke of BRti►s wtctt's two sons, and their tutor, the Rev. Mr. PRINCE, are at this place ; as also Lord and Lady HENNIKER, the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. MEADE, and several other families of distinction. , Houses are taken for other families also that are daily expected. The season promises to be a very full one. A few nights since, as some fishermen belonging to this place were fishing for mackarer at the back of the Goodwin Sands, they discovered a large fish entangled in their nets, which they were obliged to cut from their boat to prevent the danger that threa tened them. Some hours after they fell in with their nets again, with the fish completely rolled up in them, and it appeared nearly exhausted. On their ap. proaching the fish, it proved to be of an enormous size ; and, with the assistance of another boat, they towed it into our harbour. On examination it ap peared to be a species of the Basking Shark, of the largest male kind : its length is 31 feet, and its great est girth, at the top of the back, 17i feet, and is sup posed to weigh about six ton; it has five traverse apertures of the gills on each side, and is of a dark, leaden colour : the form of the body, like that of the Shark, is tapering ; the upper jaw projects consider ably beyond the lower, and is round at the end ; the mouth is placed beneath, and furnished with a rreat number of small teeth.—The oil produced by these fish is said to be preferable to any other for the ma. nufacture of wool, and the skin furnishes workmen with an excellent shagreen. A great number of people, from all parts of the Isle ot Thanet, have been to view this monster of the Deep ; and the fishermen have been amply paid for the damage sustained by the loss oftheir nets. Some ot the inhabitants of this town, who have vi sited foreign parts, tab this fish is generally found in cold climates : it has long been known to the West of Scotland and Ireland, and it has been seen in the N.W. parts of America. After this fish had been shewn for three days, the fishermen sold it to Mess's. TURNER and Co. fitb merchants, who dissected it, and 150 gallons of excel lent oil were drawn from the liver only—the fish not producing any. What is very singular, it had no bone in it, only a cartilaginous substance ; and it was taken away by the farmers' servants, for manure for the land. On Saturday, in the Court of King's Bench, an action was tried," Coupland v. Hardigan," in which the plaintiff sought to recover damages for a severe cut received by him, in consequence of having fallen down the area of defendant, it not having any railing round it or other fence. The plaintiff was con fined fourteen days in consequence of the cut. The defence was that it did not belong to defendant 1 but it was proved, that he had a door into it, and that it was his. It was then relied upon, that it had been in the same state these forty years, which was proved; but Lord ELLENDOROUGH said, no length of time could legitimate a public nuisance : that every person was bound to render any property they might possess, safe for the public : that in this case the area was proved to belong to the house, but the accident pro ceeded from no bad motive on the part of defendant : and his Lordship recommended the Jury to give rea sonable damages for the injury the plaintiff had su s . tained.—The Jury found a verdict for plaintiff,—Da mages 9. Monday se'nnight John Harrison and Joseph Wit. lis, both of Carlisle, hatters, were committed to gaol, for the space of two months, for entering into an un lawful combination to intimidate the havers in the employment of Mr. Geo. Beattie, hat-manufacturer, from continuing any longer in his service. A parcel, containing 175 ten-pound notes, and 157 five-pounds, belonging to the Tamworth and Burton: upon-Trent Banks, was lately stolen out of the Ho• lyhead Mail Coach, on its way from London to Tamworth. On the afternoon of Friday the 14th ult. there was a dreadful storm of thunder and lightning, about 30 miles north of Aberdeen, and a maid-servant on the farm of Mr. THAIN, of Drumblair, parish of Auch terless, was struck dead. She was found a few hun. dred yards from the dwelling-house, lying on her Lace, which, and her breast, were quite black. Seve. ral others in that neighbout hood felt the effects of the lightning, but none have been seriously hurt. BREAD.—No alteration in the price this week: the quartern loaf, eighteen-pence-halfpenny. ai-I rig ive :he Lia, qty he 'or to u-