Star. — London, England, 1812-12-05 00:00:00

18th October ? Was it a hord of wild Arabs which c ame in 'search of the " Lads of Paris," and their a ugust Sovereign at Ghorodnia ?" Oh, how lightly you talk of these poor Cossacks ! Since the crossing o f the Duna, they have furnished a happy metaphor for every Bulletin. The clouds of ca valry which you h a m long since dispersed and driven into the Duna— & infantry which you so often annihilated, and which y o u described, atter the battle of Moskwa, as having so longer any consistence, or any energies remain ing—all these forces have rallied upon you, and ( y o u you out of Russia. But there are new enemies in the field against the m i se rable fragments of the French army, more for. s aidable than the bayonet or the lance—an enemy w hi c h gives no quarter, and whose progress was never yet arrested by a human arm ! The serene atmosphere d F o uttinbleau has suddenly disappeared, and a Rtis iiia winter, wi th all itsfroten horr ors, now clings aroun d *t o e ing legions of Swiss, Italians, and French- I A who have been collected from the South, for 0 3 most disastrous crusade against the independence of the North- B oa araara's own scanty picture of the distresses o f hi s retreating army, forcibly reminds us of an ever memorable etent in our own annals. Much ma I in. cboly information is before the British public on the subject of Sir JOHN Moon E's retreat to Corunna.— But what were the privations—the miseries—the hot-- refs of that dreadful campaign, to those of the re treat from Moscow to Smolensk ? BONAPA ATE, with his arn'ty, is now precisely twelve degrees further ncethward in Europe than Corunna. He has not mere apathy or indifference on the part of the Russians to complain of, but he has every arm uplifted to strike him as he passes—he has ho huts— no covering—no shelter for his troops. Ile has no food—no clothing—no forage—and he has a month's m arch before him 'ere he can And a roof to cover him, or meet a human being who will stretch out )tis had to relieve him. Multiply the horrors of the Catmint retreat by twelve, and even then the compu. tation of that of the French will fall short of the rea lity. There was a time when a convulsive shudder would have paralysed our hearts at such a picture of universal horror—but the merciless invasions of Spain and Russia have long since taught us to exclaim— " Away to Heaven respective lenity !" And may we not hope with due humility that so much individual misery, and so many mortal suffer ings, have not been in vain May we not expect that the time is now tome, when mankind are to be taught that neither the most experienced skill, nor the deepest-laid plans, nor num. bets, nor resolution, nor perseverance, are a sufficient guarantee for the success of platy projects! We ought not to dismiss the subject without calling the attention of our Readers to the exemplary con• duct of the gallant individuals who composed our retreating army. Their fatigues and privations for several days were excessive—but they bore all with cheerfulness, and the great soul of their beloved Commander lent a kindred glow of animation to every British heart. If it requires a passive as well as an active fortitude, to constitute a Hero, most as• suredly has every British soldier uow in the Penin sula, a title to that sacred name ! Since tht publ;carrOno - r Marquis 'Wzr.r.anGTosea dispatches, we have been informed of some additional , particulars relative to his Lordship's masterly retreat, which not only remove all grounds for apprehension as to the safety of his army, but afford prospects of future brilliant victories. The contending armies have now gone into winter-quarters. If it Was SoucT's intention, therefore, by concentrating the French Pe ninsular armies, to strike a blow which should even tually annihilate the English army, he has been grie. vously disappointed, for the consummate military skill of the Leader of the Allied Armies has defeated his presumptuous project. Lord WELLINGTON has? .earned off his army in the face of an enemy at leas t double in numbers, and who bore down upon bins with the mixed energies in their favour arising from the desire of revenge for past defeats, and from the ardour natural to youthful reinforcements who enter upon a first campaign. His Lordship now occupies for the.winter a line of strong, nay, impregnable po sitions, on the frontiers of Portugal. His head-quar tets are at Fuente Guinaldo, on the Agueda. On his right and left are the fortresses of Ciudid Rod rigo and Badajoa, neither of which the enemy will venture to approach, because his Lordship has both immediately under his eye, and we trust his gallant troops have not lost the recollection of the dreadful sacrifices which placed them in their possession. In this new position, the army keeps the whole of Por tugal open in its rear, and throughout the winter will be roost abundantly supplied with provisions, while thtre is every prospect that in Spring the reinforce ments from this country will enable the British Ge neral again to resume the offensive. In d.c mean timer the concentration of the French armies has sub jected them to the most dreadful privations ; and as want of sustenance must inevitably compel them to t ePerate for the winter, Salamanca, where their bead- ! Tuners now are, will once more be exposed to one 6 1 those rapid movements which characterize Lord 1 W ELLINGTON'S tactics, and to which our army has been now long habituated. In the relative movements of the leaders of the con tending armies, we see a stupendous trial of military skill, in which the heroic General of the Allied Ar tries is again triumphant. The advance of SOULT from the South was directed, in the first instance, to the an. nihilation, or at least to the interception, of General 1-ina.'s army; secondly, to the occupation of Madrid; and, finally, to the junotion of his own army with that of SOVHASI. The last, nay, and the least also of these objects he has only attained. By a dexterous combination of movements, Marquis WELLINGTON and Sir ROWLAND Has. have joined in perfect safety. Sour has noteeen able to spare a single regiment THE ARMY. for the garrison of Madrid, from which place he is I now some hundreds of miles, in a northerly direction. I By falling back upon his reinforcements, and by 1 The captivity of General Sir EDWARD PAGET will keeping his a rm y un b ro k en , M arqu i s WELLINGTON be felt as a severe loss by th e whole army in the Pe ' ninsela. Sir EDWARD was considered as one of the will keep the whole disposable force of France at bay ' best cavalry Officers in Europe. He was surround. during the winter. The Alicant expedition and the ed by five French dragoons, and was gallantly cut. Spanish armies in the South - will, in the mean time, ting his way through them, when his horse fell under him, from the effect of wounds and fatigue. He was be liberated ; an d thereby not only will SUCIIET be then necessarily compelled to deliver up his sword. kept in check, b ut t h e f uture retreat o f S OULT towar d s The baggage,of Lord llautousir., it is said, fell the South will be obstructed. into the hands of the enemy at the same time Sir E. Tt is not for us to mark out the line of conduct PAGET was made prisoner. .- whic 1 The 55th regiment have arrived at Chatham, on h the Marquis of WELLIEGTON will pursue, but their route for Canterbury. we otii.,6t to rely, in humble admiration, on the re. i The Royal Bucks Militia pissed through Sedbergh sonrces of his g rea t an d capac i ous m i n d. I t may not last week, on their route to the North. have het n given him on this occasion— I Tuesday evening last, a soldier- belonging to the " Eripere czlo fulme n — sce p trumque tyrartn i s !" &ME Corps, stationed at Hythe, owing to the dark. But if he has parried the dreadful blow, which the : hess, fell into the canal at that place, and was tunately drowned. unfor combined armies of Sou LT an d S OLAIAM h a d i t i n I contemplation to strike—he has once more saved the Peninsula. NAVAL. INTELLIGBATE PLYMOUTH. NOVEMBEIk 3. Arrived the transport Dawn, Captain WanuEttel from Lisbon, with about 120 sick and wounded sol diers. On the night of of the 23d of November, In lat. 42. long. 10. during a heavy gale, she came close to a large ship, and, it being moon light, saw her decks full of men, and from that circumstance, sup posed her to be a troop ship. She was in a sinking state, and close to the water's edge, and bailed for assistance, on which the Dawn wore round with that intention, but having lost sight of her soon after, it is feared she foundered. The American brig Express, Captain MoLtN,has arrived from New York ; sailed the 6th of November, bound to Bourdeaux, was cap► tured on the 30th ult. by the Romt gun brig. Ac counts are stated to have been received at New York that the FROLIC sloop of war was captured by the American frigate Hornet, after a most desperate ac tion, in which both were dismasted, and complete wrecks, and were soon after fallen in with by his Majesty's ship PuscriEtts, and both taken. The President's Message was expected at New York the day the Express sailed. It was generally be lieved that an order for a general embargo would be one of the first acts of Congress, on account of the immense exportation of grain and flour from the United States. The British frigate JUNON, with dispatches from Sir J. B. WARREN, which had beta at New-York about 1 4 days, left it with an answer to the dispatches about two days before the departure of the above ves sel : nothing was known of the nature of the said dis patches, or the reply given. The Swiftsure racket was waiting dispaches, and shortly expected to sai for England. The CASTILIAN brig of war uas left in chase of another American off Bcurdeaux. Arrived his Majesty's ships UNlconn and bzimanft, from a etuite; also the transport Hinry;l3avcs, from Lisbon * with the loss of her main.Yatd, fore-top.mast, and other damage, she spoke a packet from Guadaloupe' off SciHy, but could not learn her name, or any par ticulars. SECOND EDITION. STAR-OFFICE, TWO O'CLOCK. BONAPARTE'S DEATH REPORTED IN HOLLAND. We stop the Press to state, that the DESIREE frigate, of 38 guns, has arrived at Yarmouth, from the Coast of Holland. Captain FARQUHAR, of the DESIREE, immediately on -his arrival, reported the following interesting intelligence to the Admiralty by telegraph : On Tuesday last, when off the Dutch Coast, the DESIREE spoke a galliot, laden with butter and cheese, bound horn Amsterdam to London. The Captain of the galliot informed Captain FARQUHAR that when he left Amsterdam it was reported and universally believed, that BONAPARTE'S army had been totally an. nihilated in Russia, and that 13oNepAnre was killed in his flight to Poland. We give this report as Captain FARQUHAR received it, without vouching for its perfect accuracy—but it once more proves, most incontestibly, what we have long known, that BoNA PA RTE is secretly execrated and detested throughout his whole vast Empire ; Au* that *very rumour of bit dourectiew isrseised upon with avidity, and eagerly echoed wherever it reaches. As one of the grounds of probability for the report, it is proper to state, that such intelligence might reach Amsterdam from Poland much sooner than it could arrive in London from Gottenburgh. The following "is a letter . from Yarmouth on the subject : " YARMOUTH, DECEMBER s. " Glorious news from the North flows in upon us every hour. The DESIREE, of 36 guns, Captain A. FA RQUII AR, arrived here this morning, from a crn:ze off the Dutch coast. Tuesday last he spoke a galliot with butter and cheese, from Amsterdam for Lon don, the Captain of which informed him, that a re port was in circulation of the defeat of the French army, and that BONAPARTE was killed on his return from Poland." By the DESIREE we also learn, that the Fleets in the Scheldt have been unmanned, and carried up to the Inner Harbour—the seamen and marines having been hurried off to Poland. Our port letters announce the pleasing intelligence of the capture of the American frigate Hornet, which engaged the Fttouc brig of war, which ship is also recaptured. Yesterday afternoon the Russian Minister had a long interview with the Ministers at the Foreign Office. Yesterday the Loan CHANCELLOR attended Lin coln's Inn Hall, and held the first Seal atter Term. Several motions were made, but they were of hide or no interest. • The Dean and Chapter of Canterbury Cathedral have resolved to petition both Houses of Parliament s on the subject of the Roman Catholic Claims. In consequence of applications made by several Merchants, GovernMent has ordered that a convoy from the Nore shall, with All coxvenient expedition, set sail for Gottenburgh. Government have ordered 10 new frigates to be immediately built of fir-timber, for the American seas, some to be ready for sea in 12 months, and named as follows : Hebrus, Pactolas, Eurydanus, Niger, Tagus, Tiber, &c. &c.—Of these, five are to be built at Blacks - all, one at Deptfcrd, one at North-fleet, one at the Isle of Wight, and two at Limehouse. In the Kremlin, at Moscow, lies the largest bell in the world, dedicated to St. Peter, and cast in tie time of Prrsa the Great ; its circumference is 67 feet four inches, its diameter 22 feet five inches and a half, its perpendicular is 21 feet four inches and a half, its sound bow is 2S inches thick, end weighs 336,0001b5. as calculated from the metal put in the furnace, that is, 150 tons. This mass* run of metal, from its extraordinary weight, never could be sus pended, and at this day lies in the pit 'and mould that gave it shape. The French army, being unable to remove or break it, have suffered it to remain in its first state. a FALMOUTH, DECEMBER 2. Arrived the Leander, LEWIS. from Lisbon in nine days—on Sunday morning List carried away both her top-masts, and lost her boats. The same even ing, in tat 47. long 8. 41. was brought-to by a French privateer, but from the shattered state she was in, they suffered her to proceed.—Wind S. W. fresh breeze. YARMOUTH, DECEMBER 3. Arrived with convoy from Heligoland, the Btu To. MART, the Captain of which has been his cruize very unwell, and on Saturday last he died on his passage. Ships with the above—SOLEBAY, BEAVER, and BRAVR• DAGERIX. Wind E S.E. .PORTSMOUTH, DECEMBER 4. Arrived his Majesty's ships CUMBERLAND, DE.• rfANcr, ARAB, and PORCUPINE, with several Mer chantmen from the Downs ; also arrived the ships Percival and Mountaineer, from Honduras, two of the Fitouc's convoy, having parted'from her on the 18th October, while engaging the American frigate ; four other ships parted at the same time, viz. Hawker and Star, for Livefpool ; and the Mary and the Ad venture, for London ; on the 19th November, off the Land's End, fell in with the latter 'ship in distress, being leaky, and had lost all her sails, and the few men She had on board, having ne provisons, quite exhausted and worn out. The Mountaineer supplied her with some. The Mountaineer and Percival after wards went into Scilly. Sailed the FANTOM!, for Lisbon ; and the SUPERB, on a cruize. His Ma. jesty's ship IPHIGENIA, with a convoy, for Gibraltar; and the Twin, with a convoy, for Madeira and Africa, still remains at Spithead.--Wind S. E. DEAL, DECEMBER 4. Arrived his Majesty's sloop DRAKE from off the Texel ; and the CASTILIAN sloop of war from off Boulogne. His Majesty's ship THISTLE has a signal for convoy to the Westward.—Wind S W. On Monday night a boat was seized off the Coast of Folkestone, containing two hundred tubs of contra band spirits. Early on Wednesday morning last was seized on the Cliff behind Folkestone church, a boat-load of contraband spit its, of 8900 value. Persons who declined purchasing in the late Lot• series, because they could not obtain particular Nun:- kr:in the high Thousands, which they had been always in the habit of bespealing, may now gratify their wishes, .MI the present Lottery consists of 13,000 Tickets, all different Numbers, each to be drawn se parately from the Wheel, according to the old mode of drawing. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'a BENCH, DEC. 4. JONES O. VDNY. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a pub lican, to recover back the sum of ,elO5 from the de fendant, an auctioneer, which had been paid to him as a deposit for the purchase of the lease of the Aber crombie public house, Charles street, Hatton-garden. It appeared that the defendant had been empl ,, yed to sell the lease of the house in queition, and previ,:ns t o the ;ale commencing, thelease (from El'or was read, in which there was a provisiot,, thaz, if the tenant should take beer of any other persoit except Messrs. Elliot, he should be liable to an advance of rent of /21.50 per annum. On heating this clause read, the plaintiff declared that be would hot bid fur the lease under such circumstances ; in answer to which observation the defendant assured the plaintiff, that the effect of that clause nas entirely done away by a recent decision of Lord Ellenbc.rough ; and. upon this assurance being several times repeated, the plaintiff Was induced to bid, and became the purchaser of the lease for 400 guineas, and immediately Ater paid to the defendant 100 guineas as a deposit. Upon after wards applying to Messrs. Elliot, however,- for a transfer of the lease, and stating that he would change his brewer ; Mr. Elliot immediately declared that he should enforce his claim for the advance of rent ; upon which the plaintiff determined to decline taking the house at all, and applied to the defendant to have his deposit returned ; this, however, the defendant declined doing, on the plea of having sold under an execution, and that he had paid the money over to the Sheriff, and therefore was not liable. The Jury, however, found a verdict for the plaintiff—Mos. WILSON V. BAKER. This was an action for an assault. The Plaintiff was a poor woman, residing in the neighbourhood of Tottenhamcourt-road, and the defendant a butcher, also residing in that neighbourhood. On the day mentioned the plaintiff went into the defendant's shop, and desired to have a pound of beef steaks. The de fendant cut her a pound and three quarters, which she declined taking, tendering him tl.e money for a pound, this he refused to take, and assaulted her, and beat her about the shop. The assault was fully proved ' , and the Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff.—Dama ges r€s. FOOT V. RYLAND. This wai an action to recover the amount of an apothecary's bill. The defendant's wile, who was a nervous patient, had undergone the whole ceremony of bleeding, blistering, and taking draughts, lot the space of several months, and never got better, as the witness said, until the Doctor left her, after which she recovered. For these services the plaintiff presented a bill of £37, but the defendant insisted that 022 which he had p:iid, was ample tecompeose for all the Doctor's medicine and trouble. The Jury being of the same opinion, found a verdict fur the defendant. BLI.I. V. BUIAST. The Solicitor-General, on the part of the Plaintiff, stated, that his client was a poor and industrious matt, who obtained a scanty living by keeping a paltry green-grocer's shop, at K.rutish-town; and, to add a trifle to the miserable pittance which he thus obtain ed, he was in the habit of attending country fairs, and selling beer and pony, and other refreshment*. To enable him to do this, he kept a.horse and cart; and last Barnet Fair having held out a temptation to hills, he had taken a load of beer there,had fixed on his stand ing,and had dispatched his brother for another load. His brother accordingly returned, and his load being rather he ivy, he had borrowed another horse of a neighbour, and was proceeding up Highgate Hill, on his way to Barnet, when lie . was met by a return post chaise belonging to the Defendant, wl:o resides in ch.! Hayinalket, the driver of ‘thick was sitting within side the chaise, and he was driving at a furious not, and ran against the Plaintiff's hprses, threw the cart over, broke the bottles containing the liquor, and itt- Eicted to severe a wound on one of the horses, as to occasion the death of the animal in 20 minutes after. The post-boy; after having done the mischief, jumpA out, and, perceiving that the plaintiff's brother was endeavouring to ascertain to whom the chaise be longed, he struck him with his whip, and, mounting the bar of the chaise, drove off most furiously. Ball, however, followed, and traced him along tae m. 4 till he arrived at the defendant's yard, it, the H a y. market. It was about nine o'clock to tile evening of , the 9th of September when the accident happene4. It was not, however, very dark ; and the plaintiff's brother, who saw the chaise caning, celled out seve ral times to caution the driver to avoid hhn. It was light enough to distinguish that there was a black Boise painted on the chaise door. The plaintiff's driver was on the proper side of the'road-; and it would appear from the evidence, that; bad the post boy only used common precaution, the accident cculd not have happened. These circumstances were proved in evidence, an. the Jury found for the Plaintiff--.llamages ae2(2. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, DEC. 4. lIIUTLOW V. KILMLIt.% This was an action to recover damages for the death of a dog. The plaintiff and defendant, it appeared, are near neighbours in Russel-court, Drury-lane.— The former is a Jew, and the latter a shoemaker. It so happened that in the month of August last, plain. tiff having been made a present of a terrier dog for the preservation of his premises, he placed him in a back yard, where he evinced his diligence by a continual barking and•yelping. Defendant, who is an old man, and was at Oat time in a very infirm state of health, was so annoyed by these discordant sounds, that be frequently sent to plaintiff, to beg he would take the animal in doors, in order that he might have the bless. ings a few hours sleep. Plaintiff was, however, as deaf to the entreaties of defendant as lie was to the noise of his dog, and refused to comply with the re• quest. Shortly after the dog was shot from one of the back windows of defendant's house, and defendant himself was seen on the stairs with a gun in his hand. • SitJ. MANSFIELD, in summing up the evidence,. sai4, it certainly must have been of great sumuyance to be continually teased by tke yelpings of this cur; Tile defendant had, 'however, been guilty rf au act which could not, is law, be justified, however it might in season. Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, his shillings. The costs will be about &M. )1/ S OCKS - Nib DAY Al UNE U'l.:L.ucK. 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