Star. — London, England, 1813-09-29 00:00:00

, , li'• !MP AMERICAN FINANCE. The American Papers contain a letter from Mr. Jones, the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, in the room of Gallatin, dated July 19, and addressed to Mr. Bibb, Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, on the subject of the new demands that will be necessary for defraying the war expenditure. It states, that additional expenditures in the war and navy departments will require a new loan of two millions for the sertite of the current year.. It then ploceeds to state, that ig as the loan for the service tae year 1814. cannot with convenience be made sufficiently early in that year to meet the demands which must be sustained at the Treasury at its com mencement, it is proposed, that in addition to the sum of two millions above-mentioned for the present year, a loan should now be authorized, 'efficient, with the sums receivable from the revenue, - to defray the expenses of the three first months of the year 1814," The demands upon the Treasury for those three mouths are estimated as follow, viz. Dollars. For civil, dtiomatic, and miscellaneous. expenses 4b0,000 For public debt, exclusive of Treasury notes and In terest thereon, fallingdue In the months of January • and February, 1814,which will be providectfoi out of the surplus of the sinking fuse for the year 1813 . 1, 100,000 For the war and navy departments - . 6,000,000 7,500,000 Estimated Receipts.—The amount receivable from the, custom-house duties during that period, may be ' • e,timated at • i. 1,500,000 , Front sales of public Ands, and from the internal • duties which will go into operation on the Ist of Ja nuary, 1814 - 250,000 'Tile balance which . will remain In the Treasury on - the 31st of December next, Is estimated to *mown to about two millions of dollars. As this amount ts some what than may be necessary to be permanently reia.m.d in the 1 reaiury, there may be applied from it, tow anti the demands daring the first quarter of the year 1814, the sum of • 250,000 M..king tonther . 4,000,e00 And will legve to be furnished by the loan - 5,500,000 7,500,000 The whole sum, therefore, for which it is consi dered eligible, that an authority should now be given to the President to obtain on loan, before the close of the present year, is 7,500,000 dollars, of which it is estimated that '2,000,000 may be wanted for the ser vice of the present yeiir, and the residue towards the supply fig the service of the year 1814. PALERMO, JULY 24. The French Journals have published a pretended Concordat, purporting to have been concluded be• tween the Pope and Bonaparte at Fontainbleau.— Letters which have been received from Sardinia and from Corsica throw considerable doubt upon the au thenticity of such an event. The following are extracts of letters, giving an ac count of tte most tyrannical and cruel conduct prat:. tised by the agents of Bonaparte towards 250 Eccle, siastics whom he had transported to Corsica : By a letter dated Bastia, Stli April, 1813, it ap pears that those unfortunate Priests received an order to assemble at the Prefect's, a .rnan of the name of Chorie, who-, in the presence of Gene' al Lautlay and the Mayor of tl.e Town, read to them a paper, which •he called a Decree of Bonaparte, dated `3sth March last, desiring them to swear submiion to the-new Con cordat, offering them in that lase a pardon, in lite 'name of the t , Emperor Napoleon," and giving them five days to confider about-it. One of the Priests in tired, whether a lifter from the Pope' was annexed to the d.cree but he.was answered, is that thrit.made no manner of difference." A. second letter from the same place, dated MO April, is as follows : • -• My hand tien.bles at this moment. in cause crience of what I hive just now witnessed with re g•ard to the cruelties exercised towards these unfortu nate deported priests, to the number of 250, who were desired to attend at the Usual place allotted Tor the distribution of bread, where they were surrounded by the satellitei of the 'Prefect, and commanded to take the 'oath of obedience to the Concordat,: or to submit forthwith to the most severe treatment. Not withstanding the threats of 'the gens d'arrnes t and insults of the Prefect and his clerks, they, with 'one accord, refused to take the oath. They were, with cut delay, 'surrounded, seized, and carried to prison through the multitude who were present, and who were all in tears at the sight. And, good Goo! in ulna kind of prison were they immured ? horrible dungeon, halt full of water, and so confined - as hardly to admit them room to stand, though thronged •in the closest manner. Access to them was strictly forbidden- The irritation of the People,' and the assembling of 'greater numbers, caused in the Prefect some apprehension of a revol4 and forced him to order their remeval to the urper part of the prison, where they experienced another persectrtion. 1 myself entered that tomb where those unfortunate men were for five hours -buried alive, just as they were leaving it, and was almost immediately in clan. 'ger of suffocation. Many of them, on being brought out, • fainted away. We pressed forward, one and all, to supply thtm with food and beds. My dear lend, let the crimes of a band of wretches be known as tar as in your power ; wretches who trample reli gion, law, and humanity under foot ; whose exist ence pollutes the. earth, which, though it has given birth to their master, the most distinguished among them all in villainy. possesses inhabitants full of rec titude, law, and honour." Another letter, of the 17th of April, furnishes us with the same particulars, and particularly that the Prefect was iptimidsted' by the cries and menaces of the people. The letter was written by one of the conhned Priests s it adds..'" that it was not notified to us that the Pope had signed the Concordat, nor that he had•given- his permission to take the oath re quired t . but-that if allowed, we would write to the lope to know his decisioni that it was irons him that we 114,1 received 'our appointment, and that he alone could absolve us from his own commands." • _ To dub it wo answered, that our request mnst, in the first ihstAnce, be addressed to General Aertioer ß in order that he.niiiiht grant thereqiliied permission of writinve . the Pope. We shall see the result; but I. believe +t will end in nothing, as it it well known . that the' Holy Falter is at die resent time a close vrisener iu lfrance. • • ' , !-- FRBNCII PAPER:. • FARM, 'SEPTEMBER 24. Her Majesty the Empress Queen and Regent has received the following intelligence from the army, dated 13th September : 44 The Emperor's . head-quarters were at Dresden• 41 The Duke of Tarente, with the sth, 11th, and 3d Corps, was placed upon the left bank of the Spree; Prince Poniatowski, with the Bth corps, was at Stol pen. Al these forces were thus concentrated upon the right bank of the Elbe, within a day's march of " Coast de Lobau, with the Ist corps, was at Nol lendorf, in advance of Peterswalde ; the ,Duke of Treviso at Pima; Marshal St. Cyr upon the heights of Borna, occupying the debouches from Fuesten walde and the Geyersberg ; the Duke of Bellune was at Altenberg. _ " 'fbe Prince of Moskwa was at Torgau, with the 4th, 7th, and 12th corps. " The Duke of Ragusa and the King of Naples, with General Latour Maubourg's - cavalry, were marching upon;Grossen Hayn. " The Prince of Eckmuhl was at Ratzjaourg. •• The enemy's army of Silesia was upon the right of the Spree. That of Bohemia, the Russians and Prussians, in the plain of Tuplitz, 'and an Austrian corps at Marienbourg The enemy's army of Berlin was at Juterboch. •' The French General Margaron, with a corps of observation, occupied Leipzic. . _ " The Castle of Sonnenstein, above Pirna, had been occupied, fortified and armed. •' His Majesty had given the command of Torgau to Count de Narbonne. The four regiments of Guards of Honour were attached ; the first to the mounted chasseurs of the guard ; the second to the dragoons ; the third to the horse grenadiers ; and the fourth to the first regiment of lancers. Those regi. ments of the guards v.iil furnish them with instruc- tors, and whenever they march to battle, be joined to old soldiers, by whom they will be guided, and whose skeletons they will re-inforce. * 44 A squadron of each regiment of Guard of Honour will always perform the duty about the Em peror, with a squadron furnished by each regiment of the guards, which will carry.to eight the number of squadrons on duty." Her Majesty the Empress and Queen has received the following intelligence from the army, dated 17th September : " On the 14th the enemy debouched from Toplitz upon Nollendorf, to turn Dumoncieu's division which was upon the height. This division retired in good order upon Gush:the', where Count de Lobau col lected his corps. The enemy having wished to attack the camp. at Gushabel, was repulsed, and lost many men. 64 On the 15th the Emperor left Dresden, and marched to the camp at Patna ; he directed General Monton DuViruet, c,.mmanding the 421 division, by the villages of Langenhenersdorf and Bera, thus turning the enemy'a, right. At the same time Count de Lobau attacked him in front; the enemy was led Pepe dans lei reins all the remainder of the day. • "On the 16th he still occupied the heights beyond Peterswalde, at noon we began to pursue him, and he WAS dislodged from his position. Genetal Ornano made some fine charges with the division of the ca. valry of the guard, and PrincePoniatowski's brigade of Polis S-light horse. gg The enemy was followed and driven in the greatest disorder into Bohemia. He made his retreat with o much activity that we were only able to take some prisoners from him, among whom was General Blucher, commander of the Chanced guard, and son of the Prussian General in Chief, Blucher. Our loss was 46 On the 16th tae Emperor slept at Peterswalde , and on the 17th his Majesty returned to Pirna. 66 Thielmat.n, a General who deserted from the Saxon service, with a corps of partisans and deser ters, has marched upon Saal. An Austrian Colonel has also, as a partisan, marched upon Colditz. " Generals Margaron, Lclevre, Desnoulles and Pere, have gone with columns of infantry and ca valry in pursuit of those parties, hoping to give a good account of them."' - PARIS, SEP TEASER 24. We have to-day received letters from Dresden, dated the 16th and 17th instant ; they announce that the Emperor again left Dresden on the 15th, in the morning ; that a Russian corps of from 25 to 30,000 men, commanded by the Prince of Wirtembeig, had attacked Count Lobau ; that the Emperor caused this corps to be turned by a division, and drove it into the mountains. It cost the enemy a good number of killed and somelmndreds of prisoners, among whom are several superior Offi:ers. Nothing important has occurred- on the other side. The enemy hesitates, and does not keep to any plan. The concentration and the force of the Emperor intimidates him, as the battle of Dresden spoiled all his plans ; and, notwithstanding some fortunate affairs, which he owes to chance, he evinces nothing but indecision. The Austrian ar mies, which were to have spread themselves like tor rents to the Rhine, dare not leave their own frontiers. His Majesty had his head-quarterS at Pirna, from whence he set out oR the evening of the 16th to ad. i yance. The Emperor slept on the 16th at Peters. . walde ; he would probably sleep on the 17th at rrna, The enemy had been driven back to Culm. The French cavalry made some brilliant charges, On the 17th, seven pieces of Russian cannon, drawn by fine Ukraine horses, entered Dresden. On the 18th September, the following important intelligence was received at Milan from the head.. quarters of the army of Italy : " The Prince Viceroy, at the moment he executed his movement upon Weihselburg, directed General Count Pino, with the division Palombini d'Adelsberg upon Fiume, where the enemy had received a rein forcement of several battalions, and where all ac counts announced the arrival of an Archduke. " General Pino on the 14th, at break of day, found the enemy in the position of Lippa. General Palom. bini made his dispositions for attack, and completely succeeded in his eaterprize. The enemy was beaten at all points by our troops, and left 400 men upon ' the plain. Our troops took one piece of cannon, and made more than 100 prisoners. • We had three of killed, and shirty men put hors de combat. Among the officers is Colonel Palucci, who signalized him self in this action, and Colonel Dubas, who was slightly wounded. " According to General Pino's report, General Palombini maintained on that day the reputation he gained in Spain. " General Pinemone made a brilliant charge at the head of the 3d regiment of Italian chasseurs. " General Nugent commanded the enemy's troops, and the Archduke Maximilian was present at the battle. ~ The prisoners have been sent by Trieste to Govie." • 11 • • • AUGSBURGH, SE!T. 13. We has e just received General Wrede's Proclama tion to the Tyrohaus. It is conceived in the following terms: " Inhabitants of the Mountains of the Circles of the Inn and of the Salzaet, the conduct which you have observed since thc•commencement of hostilities, proves that you merit the King's confidence, the ap probation of his people, and that of foreigners. I know that some scoundrels, who in 1809 brought so many misfortunes upon you, and who since that pe -riod, in the fear of that punishment which they de served, have wandered in other countries, have re appeared among you, and again endeaVoured to spread the spirit of sedition. They too quickly escaped from my attempt to take them. You yourselves have driven them from your vallies, and given information of them to your Authorities. Since that time T have received Proclamations, in which, I wish to believe, that they have made use improperly of the name of a General. Undoubtedly neither he nnr his Government could seduce you, and make you violate your duties to your legitimate So vereign,. and bring back upon you the horrors of 1809. - Peaceable inhabitants of the country, do not allow yourselves to be led into error by guilty machi nations ; persevere in the discharge of your duties towards the ling mid towards the State, and force your cotemporaries to speak of you with' that esteem which your forefathers enjoyed. • " You know the powers which the King has con fided to me during the war. Brave inhabitants of the mountains and of the vallies! act so that I may not be obliged to enforce them against a single one of you. lam satisfied with your scus who are in the ranks of the Royal at my, they on all occasions distinguish themselves by obe dience, order, and love towards their King. Conduct >ourselves, fathers and relations of these youths, so that I may be able, after the war, to bear similar tes timony to your manner of acting. I will use the ut most seventy of the laws against those who shall afford an asylum to the disturbers of public order, or circulate incendiary writings ; they shall be conveyed to my head-quarters, to be there tried by a military tribunal. " Given at my Head-quarters at Branau, Sept. 9,1819, (Signed) " COUNT DE WREDE, General In Chief." INSPRUCK, SEPTEMBER 15. • Entrenchments are erecting before many bridges on the Inn ; the fottifications of Rattenberg are con tinued. We hear nothing from the low valley of the Inn, nor from the principality of Salzburg.: it ap pears that no military event has taken place in those neighbourhoods. HAMBURGH, SEPTEMBER 18. Accord;ng to the last Copenhagen papers, the Danish privateers were in full activity; several Eng lish and Swedish ships had been carried into Copen hagen. The Swedish Consul had returned. The harvest in the Island of Zealand had even surpassed the hopes of the cultivators. MUNICH, SEPTEMBER 17. The news received at Vienna frpm Hungary is far from being so satisfactory as appears to have been expected: England continues to support at great expence, in that capital, some miserable wretches, worthy imitators of the Drakes, Willem, and other people of that description. Among those who fill these noble functions is men tioned M. de Hardenberg, Hanoverian by birth, a relation of the Prussian Ckancellor living at Vienna. This man, known to be one of The greatest usurers in that city, had kr a long time the reputation of being an agent paid by England ; but if we had not been fully convinced of it, the following intercepted letter would do away all doubts :—it was addressed to a person named George Best, an old employed Hano verian, attached to the Munster Chancellorship, at London. It is curious to observe with what respect M. Hardenberg treats this clerk, but this respect will cease to surprise when the nature of the relations. he keeps up with him is known : " TO MR. GEORGE BEST, NO. 40, LONDON. gg NOBLE SZIONEUR—I have the honour, by these presents, to inform you, that oa account of different arrangements which I cannot here specify, but which will be made known to you hereafter, because I am ignorant through whose hands this letter may pass, but the proof of which shall follow by a more aacure way under date of this day. I have drawn upon your Lordship, under date of to-day, for the snm of £2200 sterling, viz. :—,E780. 14s. 6d. in two bills of ex change-8400. and £3BQ. 14s. Gd.—se6o7. Ss. 6d. in two bills—Xsoo.-8200.--01112.-82200.—at 14 days sight, payable to the order of Arnste:n :-1 - pray you to honour them in due course. I shall only previously remark, that those for £5OO. and £2OO. should not be charged to the common account which aught to be cent ; and I recommend myself always to the benevolence of your Grace. Veil obedient. (Signed) " it. iiitaDEssitac;." MUNICH, SEPTEMBER 17. We have received to-day recent accounts from Vienna, by travellers who have arrived from thence. Men's minds are dill very much dejected there. Thu intelligence of the disasters which took pl ice on :lu• 26th and 27th August, before Dresden, has pi 0d0c..1 among the public the most painful sensation. In truth. Count de Paar has for some moments diverted the general sadness, by bringing intelligence of the advan tage gained over General Vaudammc, but the joy only lasted a day, and uneasiness was the following day as great as before. The consternation kas been ' even augmented, by positive accounts of General Moreau 's death, whose arrival had been announced with such emphasis, and upon whom the Itussia::s appear to have founded the greatest hopes. General Hillier hits not found in Illyria all the ta cilities he expected ; it is•even said he has bum tl liged to hang eleven Priests and two Mayors. Tke Archduke Charles does not take any part iii affairs ; it is said that he has been offered, and refused several times, the command of the army. It is even reported that he secretly disapproves of the prcser.t war, and that he expects no happy results from it. SOUTH AMERICA BUENOS AYRES GAZETTE EXTILAORDINARY, BUENOS AYRES, JUNE 19. By express on the night of the 17th, we received the subsequent intelligence, transmitted by the Go vernment of Chili : " MON r EXCELLENT Sin—The conquerors of Yerkas, Buenos and San Cinlas, cover themselves with glory every hour. The three coloured banners of our country arc planted on the ramparts cf La Concep. tion. The fort of Talcahuano should be at this mo ment in the power of these intrepid legions, as the miserable remains of the opposing army is destroyed. The country thus freed from invasion, the happy moment will arrive of establishing the rights of the nation, and of elevating her to these exalted destinies reserved for in the eternal decrees of PROVIDENCE. ag GOD preserve you many years, (Signed) " FRANCISCO ANTONIO PLEEZ ) Sic. " Santiago, 3d June, 1813." SANTAIGO, JUNE 4. This instant our Government received a dispatch from the army of our deliverance, dated 25th May, which is as follows " MOST EXCELLENT SIR— I have to-day assumed the Government, and taken possession of this city with singular pleasure, assisted by the arms of our country, which are entrusted to my orders. In it I have found many muskets, a quantity if powder and ammunition, and clothing, with some pieces of artil. kry, all which the terror of the enemy has left in our power. My entrance was delayed some time by the weather, and on this account the wretched remains of the invading troops were able to withdraw towards Talcahuano, with four small pieces of cannon. Be fore they abandoned this place they pillaged the houses of some of the inhabitants, which occasioned Much indignation, and we have had the good fortune to make prisoner the author of these criminal excesses. 6 , The troops of the enemy desert from his standard and enlist themselves under that of the country. In a few days I shall make an attack upon the fort of Talcahuano ' and I have no doubt of success, and that without the effusion of blood, which I take all means to avoid. Having accomplished this, I shall advance upon Chillan, where there are some other straggling ene mies in a state of alarm, on account of the death of General Paneja. As soon as these purposes are an swered, I shall adopt, the proper expedients for the security of the territory, and your Excellency may rely on the energy and enthusiasm of my gallant comrades. GOD preserve you, &c. (Signed) 66 JOSE MIGUEL Di CAREKRA. " Conception, May as." CONCEPTION, MAY 50. Letter from the General of the Army of Deli verance* to a friend in this capital : 44 Yesterday I advanced with 100 men, and took possession of this place. My vanguard has not yet arrived, which is the only force I shall employ for the reduction of Talcahuano. Although I have more than 200 dragoons, some native infantry and militia, which in less than two days will amount to 4.00 men. In the warehouses and among the neighbours I have collected 1500 muskets, about 400 of which are in a condition for service. The aimourers are employed, and 1000 will soon be in proper condition. Of powder and accoutrements we have abundance. Also clothing for 400 men and SOO dollars. The property, library, and equipages of the Bishop are fitly secured. We have discovered a packet with 10.000 dollars, and all these are useful to the army. I found 70,000 Car touches in the Bay. 66 This expedition bas cost us some trouble, but after to-morrow Talcahuano will be in our power, and the campaign will be terminated. When this is . concluded I shall name a Military Commission to try and to punish the traitors. Canabajal and map, others have presented themselves before me with lan guage and tears of repentance ; but these shall not excuse them. The Bishop and his assistant, with others of the party, are already embarked, and would have departed had not the place been blockaded, as they report, by the Essex and the Petrillo, which is. not improbable ; but I am going to examine into it. At night we surprised a patrole of ten men, at Tal cahuano, who are now our prisoners. I have circu lated orders to our different detachments, have desig nated their stations on the boundaries, ,and eve! y thing proceeds with regularity. We shall soon finish with the Royalists at Chillan, who, in consequence of the death of Parega, are under the command of BA lasterus. They are in alarm, and wish to treat 5%411 us. Three hundred men are arriving from Maul., and it is well if they are those from Buenos Ayrue.. Goo preserve you, &c. 4 (Signed) 64 Josh MIGUEL pi c4114411k. .. 0 I c r