Star. — London, England, 1813-05-17 00:00:00

'HE EVENING ST. LONDON. use eZ• ked the the loss eral ern, lave in alle, the ne.tv the tend the this . so. with 'rus• ived coed ussia i Al- The V set i yet itiosa lirr a 0 be r the 1 the rived :es of ns.-• their recieD RTC. If the cock• i the held, two 1 still 'ma' in ter• is gone. I the 28t4 ;TRIP a re is the asion MONDAY, MAY 17, 181 g. 07 WALLS loaa.g—liabiday at tie Stack Saabasse. our last a Religoland Mail has arrived with from thence to the llth, and horn Hans the Bth inst. As might be expected, they some particulars respecting the battle of and, as we also fully expected, that battle have been a victory on the part of the :t is true that the Allies abandoned the field after the conflict, but they were not drivel On the contrary they fired a feu-de -joie on td, in token of victory, before they quitted For this movement there might be many reasons : indeed, as we have more than :d, it was not the intention of the Allies to snake their chief stand on this side of the Elbe. The accounts received are not official, and there fore we need not enlarge upon them ; but they fully warrant the =elusion we drew from the French de tails—that NAPOLEON is sick of the prospect before him. In the Bulletins of last year, he boasted of the cr-re of cannon and colours; on the prese.it occa sion this semblance of triumph does not appear in his report of the battle—a demonstrative proof that there was nothing like confusion or disaster in the ranks of his enemies. On former occasions, his horse and foot guards were kept in reserve; on this occasion, bewas obliged to bring them up to support bis centres when 41 some battalions fled"—but " these valorous youths, at the sight of the Emperor, rallied"—and well they might, when threatened with the destruc tve fire of 80 pieces of cannon in their rear. In fact, they were forced back to the conflict ; for the Emperor was in personal danger—" the critical mo ment had arrived," and by a vigorous effort his per son was saved. This appears to be the sum of his victory, by his own account ; and so far he has rea son to rejoice, for every thing was at that moment at stake. t ut has he defeated our Allies ? Time rill shew this. The effects of victory are decided by its consequences ; and it will be seen that NAPOLEON'S circumstances, though his person has escaped, have been no way improved by the battle of Lutzen. On the contrary, he has lost pro bably not less than from thirty to forty thousand men ;—a loss that he can ill afford ; for the principal part of his forces were in the field, and after the drains that have already been made on th:: population of his empire, it appears nett to impossible that be can recruit his ranks. The force he had in the field may be sstimated at between 150 and J 60,000 men , v i z . fi ve di v i s i ons under NEY, consisting each of sixteen battalions, (they ought to have consisted of 18 each) which, at 500 nieri each, make eight thousand for each division, or 'forty thousand in all. The reserve behind these were twenty-two battalions of Guards—if complete, they would master 13,200. All these were in the centre, supported by MARMONI'S division on the right, and l cue or more of BEAUHARNOIS'S on the left ; so that, in the centre, there may have been engaged, alto gether, about seventy thousand men. To these add ten other divisions under MACDONALD % Liu wisToN, Manaroxr, and BERTRAND ; also the anillery and what cavalry he had, and the whole will amount to about 160,000 men. Deduct his loss in the battle of Lutzen, and see how many such battles he can afford to purchase. By the accounts that have reached us, the Prussian s appear to have borne the principal share in this con. iiict ; but both the Prussian and Russian main force remain unbroken; and it will be found that the Al lies, so far iron feeling any thing like depression, are cia:(l v i:h the result of this conflict. The letters flom Heligoland confirm former ac. counts respecting Cuxhaven. A French force of aout 1,200 men appeared before that place on the Bth itstar.t, and Major KENTZINGER deeming resistance tnavailing,embarked the garrison. The French appear also to have made an attempt upon Hamburgh, but this they were unsuccessful. Their occupation of Cuxhaven is an unpleasant circumstance, as it gave is ear.) , communication with the people of Bremen and Hanover. " HAMMIRGH, MAY s. (PRIVATE LETTER.) " In respect to our situation here, we are just as ue were, only more easy respecting any attack of the French, who however still maintain themselves all along the opposite bank of the Elbe. Their force is ctrutioly not very considerable, and much dis cerseq. Reports are continually circulated of the "PProachwf the Russians, or Prussians, or Swedes, La none to be depended on. The account of 12,000 uf the latter being at Wismar, was certainly false.— It is Affirmed that the Prince arrived at Stralsund on ite 3d, Whither Mr. Cockburne, the English Minister, . . " The French had taken from Buxtehude a num. her of small vessels, and with much trouble brought :hem over the dikes inti? the Elbe, and pressed people to bring them to Hamburg. Yesterday a company o f cklenburghers fetcl od them (twenty-one in num. btr) to Hamburg, and set the people at liberty, who Joyfully returned home. As soon as our troops set foot on shore, the French fled. They had several killed and tvounderl—we only one man wounded. one , s kipper who had a Frenchman on board, and wu to Wog his vowel to Itattorg, hearlog hoe his passengers that the French were very desirous to come to Hamburg, thought it the best to conduct him thither at once, and brought him as a prisoner. " Last night a heavy cannonade was heard, and at one in the morning the French camp was seen to be in flames.,' The death of General kurusovr, Prince of Smo lensk°, is officially confirmed by the arrival of the 'Heligoland Mail. He expired at Buntzlau, of a nervous fever, in the 70th year of his age, on the 28th ,ultimo. A few hours previous to his death, the gal. lent veteran recommended WITTGENSTEM as his successor. He was attended in his last moments by the celebrated German Physician, HUFELAND. A Lisbon Mail arrived this morning, and also dis patches from Lord WELLINGTON, which are dated at Freynada, en the .sth instant. The armies had not moved at thatiate, nor had any thing of importance occurred. The following letter from Oporto is the only article which we have received by the above conveyance: " OPORTO, MAY 4. 11 The whole of the first division of cavalry, con sisting of five heavy regiments and two light, have passed through this place to occupy, fe , : v days, the villages round Braga. Both men and horses are in the finest condition. u It is generally believed that the Allied Army will move on or about the 14th inst. The troops are now remarkably healthy. 4 , We have received here accounts of the complete ' failure of Suchet in an attack which he made on the British troops under the command of Gen. Murray. —This affair, the particulars of which have not yet been received, is stated to have been highly honourable to the British Arms." Yesterday the LORD CHANCELLOR, the Earl of LI VERPOOL, Viscount CASTLEREAGH, and COL= MUN STER, had audiences of the PRINCE REGENT. Letters were yesterday received from his Royal Highness the Duke of CUMBERLAND, announcing his having landed safe on the Continent, and was pre paring to set off for Berlin. The Princess CHARLOTTE of WALES attended di. vine service yesterday at the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The Earl of ORMOND, on Saturday s resigned his place of one of the Lords of the Bedchamber to the PRINCE REGENT, in consequence of the misunder standing between him and Lord LivEftpoot., respect ing the nomination of the High Sheriff for the County of Kilkenn v. A creation of English Peers is expected to pass the Privy Seal before the rising of Parliament. Dr. BAIRD is appointed Resident Inspector of Hos pitals at Portsmouth. We have received Jamaica, Baibadoes, and other Colonial Papers, to the Ist oh. They inform us, that the city of Santo Domingo has thrown off her alle giance to the mother country, the people there having declared themselves ine.:pendent of Spain. The Go vernor and pri:;cipal Officers, Civil and Military, were [ imprisoned, but afterwards liberated. The Royalists of Rio de la Hache have succeeded [ [ in taking from the Santa Marthians three towns, si tuate in the interior ; and 800 men deserted in one day from the army of the Independents, commanded by General LABUTAT. One of his Catholic Majesty's frigates, having 300 troops on board, and military stores, to aid the Royalists, went into Santa Martha, conceiving it to be in possession of that party. rtnme diately on anchoring she fired a salute, which was re. turned by the fort; but the Independents, being aware of her mission, shortly after opened the guns of the fort on the frigate, totally dismasted, and obained complete possession of her, when all the troops were' landed and placed in prison. The Captain succeeded in sinking his dispatches, except one package, which fell into the possession of General LA MITA T, the French Commandant, who finding from it that the state of affairs in Europe was very prosperous, issued 'strict injunctions (to prevent a knowledge thereof icoming to the Indepepaipts), that if the Captain or his officers promulgat y thing respecting the po litics of Europe, it would be at the risk of their lives. By a cartel, which has brought 80 passengers from New York, American Papers have been received to the 3d ult. They announce another success achieved by the British arms. Whilst the Americans, under the command of General Harrison, were menacing Fort Malden, they were themselves surprised and defeated, on the 22d of February, at Ogdensburgh, by a Bri tish detachment from Prescott. In consequence, the greatest alarm prevailed throughout the frontiers of the State of New York. The force defeated belonged to the army under General Dearborn, the Comman .der-in.Chief, who was at the time in winter-quarters ,i n Albany, and his troops were in cantonments. The anxiety excited by the success of the British was con siderably increased by a report that Sir G. Prevost was at Kingston, preparing an attack on S ackett's Harbour; upon which intelligence, Dearborn set off immediately for the latter place, ordering various de tachments to join him by forced marches. The American ship, the President Adams, Captain ADAMSON, was, on the 28th of September, wrecked on the coast of China, having been driven ashore in a gale, and immediately bilged. The vessel and cargo were valued at 300,000 dollars. The day after the wreck, 200 boats, in which were 1500 Chinese fisher men, came alongside, and plundered the ship of the specie and every moveable article ; during which time they began fighting and killing each other for the money. The crew was in imminent danger of being .massacred • but they ultimately succeeded in getting one of the boats of the natives, for 800 dollars, to carry them to Macao, which they reached in three days. A Russian squadron of five sail of the line and a fri rhtwrrived in the Downs on Friday, from Sheerness. are to cruize, it is said, in the North Sea this summer, thereby relieving the same number of Bri tish men of war, which can, in ccrt3equencis x be re moved to the American station. tbaralt IMILLIMINCA • PALMOtITH, MAY 14. Arrived yesterday the Darlington packet, with a mail from Jamaica, last from Rermuda, in four weeks. Sailed his Majesty's ship FOXHOUND, on a cruize.— The following packets ate gone into the Roads, viz. the Duke of Kent, for Comma ; the Queen Char lotte, for Lisbon ; and the Nymph, for Gibraltar and Malta.—Wind S.W. fresh breezes. T 1 4 1. PRINcEss Is Since of id accounts fr burp t o t as bring us s er t . Lutzen ; a appears to Allies. It to of battle al ee from ic. ( he the growl( at the field. prudential ern once state( PLYMOUTH, MAY 15. Came in yesterday the American schooner Re venge, 250 tons, with cotton, from Charlston for Bourdeaux, captured the 11th inst. by his Majesty's ship BELLE PouLE.—Arri'ved to-day his Majesty's ship ORESTES, and brought in with her the American schooner Henry and Clement, from Wilmington for France, with cotton wool. Also arrived his Majesty's ships PHEASANT and FOXHOUND from the We4ward, and the CONSTANT gun-brig from Basque Roads.— Sailed the SUPERB and STAG—the former for Basque Roads, and the latter to join the convoy at Falmouth for the Brazils.—Wind S.W. PORTSMOUTH,.MAY 18. Arrived his Majesty's brig RESOLUTE, Lieutenant qaten7r, from Plymouth. Sailed the PORPOISE store ship, Capt. STOKES, to the Eastward. The SAVAGE, 13 guns, Captain &nett., made the necessary prepa ration for sailing with the Downs convoy this morn ing, but it coming on to blow hard from the west ward prevented their getting under weigh. The Customs Officers at this port have made seizure of the smack Pilot, of Cowes, with muslins„ silks, beads, and other eastern valuables on board, to the amount of upwards of two thousand pounds. DEAL. MAY 16. Sailed yesterday and to-day his I%lajesty's ships ETIIALION and ANTELOPE, for the Baltic. Arrived the Orion, TALBorr, from the Isle of France. A large fleet of outward-bound remains.—Wiud S.W. GREENOCK, MAY 12. The brig Columbo, Captain DRYBOROUOFI, for the Clyde, loaded with wine, oil, shumac, and sulphur, was driven on shore at Gibraltar on the 28th of March in a violent gale, when she filled with water.— Part of her cargo was saved. The Rambler, GRE GORY, from Riu Janeiro to London, put into Lisbon 23d tilt. ; she sailed from Rio Janeiro 27th Decem ber, under convoy of the JUNIPER schooner, and parted from her in lat. 4. 25. N. long. 27. 30. when she had in company the Murphy, HALL, bound to London ; the Queen Charlotte, JACKSON, bound to this port ; and the Jupiter, Nice, of London—they were all short of provisions. The Enphemia, GRAY, from La Guyra to Gibraltar, taken by the America American privateer, is carried into Salem. The Mary Ann packet from Malta and Gibraltar, was captured on the 3d ult. about 50 leagues to the westward of Cape St. Vincent, by the American privateer General Tomkins, of 11 guns and 125 men, 56 days from New York, after an action of an hour and a half, in which she had one man killed and three wounded. The Captain and remainder of the crew, except the master, were put on board the American brig COM mod4 parry, which soon after fell in with his Ma jesty's stips , ; IENELAUS and ETIIALION, with a fleet from for England, which took them out. The prjvat* had captured an English brig three days before. The Mary Ann was sent for America, The Globe, Matilda, Bona, and Paul Jones, were also cruizing off the Cape, and had made several captures. LEITH, MAY Is. The CHEROKEE sloop of war sailed from Leith Roads on Monday afternoon for Gottenburg, with a convoy of 17 sail ; the wind coming round to west ward yesterday afternoon, enabled the convoys under the CHEROKEE and Fumous to clear the Frith. The OBERON sloop of war sailed from Leith Roads yes terday, on a cruize. The Fox, MACK, from Leith, is arrived at Gibraltar. Arrived in the Roads, yes terday, the Mebella, Nasm, from Christiansands. NAVAL PROMOTIONS. Captain. Graham Eden Hamond is appointed to the Rivoli; Captain Henry Hopeoto the Endyntion ; Captain Henry Bout-- chier to the Myrtle; Captain Wiliam Shepheard to the Fylla ; Captain J. P. Stewart to the Amphion ; Captain Blucher to the Chanticleer; Captain Devon to the Bravdagerin ; Captain Her rick to the Arrogant; Captain Prior to the Hesper, vice H. Col : lirr, invalided home ; Captain G. Reilly to the baracouta ; - taM W. Case to the Semarang; Hon. Captain Byng to the Viper (the Goree being converted to a prison ship at Bermuda) : Lieutenant G. Mc Cleverty to the rank of Commander; Lieute nants A Fenshawe to be Flag Officer to Admiral Byam Martin ; J. Eveleigh, G. Young, and P. Finucane, Rival; N. Hammond, Favourite ; Mr. Engledew to command the Swift store-ship. The fleet from India brings a considerable sum in dollars and gold, on account of the East India Company. The Young Phceniz, DUVALL, from Jersey to Cape Breton, was taken the 20th ult. in lat. 45. long. 31. by. the Paul Jones American privateer, after an ac tion of an hour and a half. The privateer had taken the Mary of Charlston, STANFORD, from Bristol and Waterford, to Newport, Rhode Island, with a licence. A Court Martial has been held in the river Med way, on board his Majesty's ship COURALIEUX, at which Sir THOMAS WILLIAMS presided, to try Captain WILKINSON, the Master, and Pilots of that ship, for running her 'oh shore on the S.W. reef of Anholt, on the night of the 13th of November, 1812, by which accident her rudder was knocked off : when the Court gave the following sentence : " That bis Majesty's ship Courageux having struck on the said reef was occasioned by an error in the compasses, in conse quence of the marines' small arms having been under the half deck, immediately under the binnacle, the stand of which arms had been recently raised, which must have increased their power over the said compasses. The Court are further of opinion, that there is no blame whatever to be attached to Captain Wilkinson, the Master and Pilot, and doth therefore fully acquit them; and the said Captain Wilkinson, the Master, sad Pilot, are hereby acsuittc4 ascertlinsly.". 11111 MOH. the Ross shire Reesman of Militia has marched into Fort Cumberland Barracks. A detachment of the Renfrewshirs militia art nO* at Milford, for the purpose of performing the met. nary military duty of a dockLyard. The 64th Regiment has gone froM Surinam, what it had been stationed eight years, to N America. The Colony, upon its removal, voted the sum of 100 guineas, for the purchase of a. sword, and a han !some piece of plate, to be presented to Colonel Sir G. W ARDLOW. Lieutenant HANDLEY, of the 9th Light Dragoeitit s • was drowned on the 17th ult. in the harbour of Lis. bon, by the upsetting of the boat in which his cousin Captain HANDLEY, and himself, were conveying the .• standards of the regiment, from the Admiral's to the Commanding Officer's transport. Captain Haws . LEY'S life was with extreme difficulty pres-rved. Th • Serjeant-Major was drowaed at the same time. The Carmarthen Militia disembarked on the Stn instant at Dublin. The 4th Dragoon Guards, arrived at Portsthouth from Lisbon, are to proceed to Hull. The 9th Light Dragoons have arrived at Dept• ford, dismounted, with the exception of the Officerq, from the Peninsula. It will be in the recollection of our Readers, that Lord WELLINGTON'S application of the horses of the 9th to more effective regiment!, gave some umbrage at the time. We are aw are i of the attachment subsisting betwe en th e cavalry soldier and his horse, and would be the first to deprecalbe their wanton separation ; but when such a measure is die• tated by a strong necessity, we must also be toady to enter our protest against erroneous remonstrance. Would his Lordship a:ot have been criminally remiss —would he not have been treating the regiment like a pampered child, had he permitted its horses to ac• company it, at a time when remounts were abso• lutely necessary, and their arrival from Englind by no means certain ? Soon may we see the 9th Light Dragoons again mounted and efficient fur service ! Extract of a letter from an Officer in the British army in Portugal, dated Fonte Arcades, 98th March : " Large detachments have lately arrived at I.isben from Bri tain, which, however, will do no more than replace our Ibises since coming into %s inter quarters, in consequence of the retreat from Burgos. The army, having nuw had four months re,t, are fait recovering ; and though there is no word of moving, we are always prepared for the worst. Captains of companies are noW ordered to carry tents for the meos in place of camp kettles, formerly ; the men to be provided with kettles of their own, of smaller dimensions. These preparations look like a lung came Paitn." By the fleet just arrived from India, letters and papers have been received from Madras to the 30th of October, and from Calcutta to the 27th of No , vember. The Madras letters mention, that the Go vernor of Goa, with the assistance of the 18th Native Infantry, had destroyed three pirate forts on the Malabar coast, which would put an end to the de. preditions of these marauders. This Rajah having refused to pay his kist or tribute to the Peshwa, tht British detachment, under Colonel Dow s i t , f r o m Bellary, had taken possession of the fort at Huss. raaut. Sir S. Aciimury was to leave Madras for England in February, to be succeeded by General ABETICTIOMBIE from Bombay. The following Officers of the Wirhwotth Lockal Militia have resigned BLACKWALL, Captains ‘VI:IGTIT, HALL, CHEAWELL ; and Captain Ad. jutant CAMPBELL, s.ieutenants WurEtuom, DarLatti and STOKLAND. The following is an extract of a letter from an Officer of his Majesty's • hoe ship MAcenostAN l re• ceived by the CHILDERS : Eermnda, Aprl 9, ISIS. • " After a most uncomfortable pasta& of ten days. in a triu.t. port, wr arrived here on the s.th instant from New London parole. It is but justice to the principal inhabitants of that to state, that we experiencAl the grtateht hospitality trims r en.. Parties were made, and every other means taken, . 'A •us happy and comiortab:e. We expect to go from hen.: •, : •ne Junon, to the Chesapeake, where the Court Maros' ..1 be held. Afterwards, if we get exchasge 1 , we hope o : - pointed to some ship here, and try our luck ag..:n. 1 hi. ),.• - most extravagant place I was ever in; but, wl.st is still worst., it is a difficulty to obtain any thing to eau There are upwards of three handresl American Prizes here, and others are arriving daily. 3he Childers sails to-day for England, with dispatches of a pacific nature." .1 .lust before the CHILDERS came out of Bermuda, .1 the 13! kading Squadron off the Chesapeake sent in ci an American privateer ; and the POICTIERS, 74, Sir t 4 Joux BERESIORD, had just taken a valuable Ameri. can ship from China. r ANOMER DEFA IJ LTER6.--A Military Agent, o f i, t dashing nototirty, at the West-end of th-. fawn, de• camped a few days since, leaving his friends, alone, minus to the tune of seventy-two thousand isoundr.—. 1.1 If report may be credited, the amount of the claims ?1 on this defaulter exceed two hundred thousand rounds. 11 He was a celebrated masquerader in the circles of }i high life. lie was an Agent for several Regiments ;* of Dragoons, and the whole of them have, we under• stand, suffered in a more or less degree. A charge of a still more serious nature is alledged against this depredator, who has fled to Harburg ; it is that of having committed several forgeries to a great amount. . CORN EXCHANGE, MAY 17. We bad a tolerable supply of Wheat to this day's Market when bat Monday's prices were obtained for those of fine qua.. lity, but the sales were dull; the Inferior setts Nero full two shillings per quarter cheaper. Having but little Barley at Market, and several buyers, that which was tit for malting met ready sale at an advance of Is. per quarter, but there was no amendment in the price of the ordinary qualities-Beans are in brisk demand, and considerably dearer-Oats arc also 4s. per quarter dearer than on last Monday-In Peas and other article there is no alteration. English. .Foreign. Wheat, Kent and Essex, 110 e. Wheat, American Os. Os. 1325. per quarter. per quarter. Ditto, Ditto, N Su o ff r r ou , ,, l l o o s os s..l l 2 l B 2 s. l. Ditto, Dintzic 120 s. 1455. Ditto, Baltic Red 1161. 124 e. Rye 60s. 635. Ditto, Hambro' or Barley 455. 50s. Fine 545. 58s. Bremen, 116'. 1245. Malt, 86s. 955. Ditto, Brabant Red 1161. 1241. White Peas, 90*. 955. boilers, Rye, 60e. 655. 102 s. 108*. B.irley, £O.. 565. Grey, ditto, 68s. 70s. Oats, Brew, Small Beans, 86s. 901. Oats, Feed, Tick do. 80$. 86s. Fine 00s. 00s. White Peas, 951. 105*. Oats, Potatoe, 50s. 625. . Grey Ditto, 80s. Sits. Ditto, Poland, ets 565. Small Beans, Ditto, Feed, 14 •. 525. Flour, 103 e. 110 s. per Sack. Flour American, 70e. 75,. pet barrel. Tuesday, the price of Edinburgh market. fell 2d. per peck is