Star. — London, England, 1813-01-02 00:00:00

the ed. lin- FROM THE QUFRFO GAZETTR* INDIAN NoS•I'ILITY. EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM ST. MARY'S, DATED OCT. 8. hayes just r. ceived a letter from Colonel sreit it's camp on St.Joho's, stating that Dr. Caldwell and Captain Whitt.riter had kist arrived there from Covnel Newman's quarters, who was at Lower India town, with 100 men, and stated, that on Sunday last, the ',bans met Col. Newman with about an equal num ber, in the Pine Woods, and had an engagement, an d that Newman had one man killed and seven wounded. The Indians left seven dead on the field, and carried all they could away. .. About sun-set, on the smile day, the savages re newed the attack, with about double the number, and fought till night. The two messengers aboVe named did not kno* the result, having been dispatched that night to Co:. ]Duel Smith for men, horses, and provisions, which were hastening on. I hope for the best, but fear that Coionei wman, 'with his braVe little band of-he roes, wil ben a critical Situation, unless timely suc cours are received. 4. Other letters in toted Plate the intelligerke above mentioned, so far as Wain)* liatitik had a battle with the Anglo-Spanish Indians) beyond the possi bility of a doubt." MONTREAL, NOV. On Thurday arrived from Lachene 100 men of the Ist battalion of Montreal Militia, after having performed g Week's duo; at that place. They *ere, relieved by an equal mirbbet from the 2d battalion. . We have it on the authority of several boatmen of integrity, that a large body of Americans (stated at more than 3000 men), from Sacket's Harbour,. had landed about 18 Miles above Kingston, on Tuesday.. Lit. The British forces of every description *ere. -Instantly put in motion, and about 5 P.M. an laces.' .cant firing of artillery was distinetlr heard, whisk lasted until dusk. The result was not known, btii we doubt not of its having been as glorious as the battle of Queenstown. Every one acquainted with the brave 49th, and the loyal and high spirited peo ple of Kingston will agree with us in opinion, that their invaders will be discornfited, and covered with shame. It is added, that the 40-gun ship, laid about sir weeks ago at Sacket's Harbour, is already launched. We believe this report, because it is known 140 car penters were employed, • besides 300 sailors. Such a number f lands were perfectly adequate to do the work in that short space of time. Unless we use every exertion, the Ameriihns will be superior to us in the lakes. If we had but experienced seamen, with pro , per offiars; we might set them at defiance. . 15 90 ......--. rv-i E EVENING STAR. LONDON. SATURDAY, JANUARY 2, 1813. MILT of STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Red. 6011-.4 per Ct. 701...C0m for k. 6111—Undo Ss. dia. 14..Aans. 15f 7-lefes—Exch. (SitL) pr.--(314.) 9.. So. THA STATE LOTTERY %Sim Draivn In TWO DAYS, viz. 14th of THIS MONTH We have already mentioned, that several '4l= l ships have been ordered tO be cut down to the rate of the heavy American frigates. The number of ships of war to be thus fitted will be six, and two frigates are to be immediately built upon a similar construction. nt; 106 ......... The crews and officers of this n description of 1 naval force will be selected with Neat care; and, like certain regiments in the military service, they will be in the Navy what May not inaptly be termed wrack Ships. It will be seen, on Wining to the Extracts fiott the American Papers in our columns of yesterday, that the land war against Canada ptogresses" heavily. Another American army, consisting of X 3OOO Ten, under the command of a General 1-lorxins, after marching and counter•marehing for several days without meeting an enemy, at length laid d)wn tlfeirr arms, and quietly returned to their homes. Want of provisi,ons is assigned as the cause of such a blood less termination to this formid tble expedition. :The short-sighted Atnericans, although eager to adopt the policy of Posspanxn, seem to have forgotten that there are some countries in which eg war canna - itip. port war." We sincerely trust that General tizak- BORNE'S army' will, to a man, follow the prudent example .of their fellow-citizens under General FLOP KI VS. Much chagrin has naturally beeft ekpressed a the capture of tke MACEDONIAN frigate, and to give a proof, no doiibt, of the correctness of the adage, that misfortunes never come single,i' some of our contem poraries fabricated a report of the capture of the AnamusA frigate, with half a million of dollars on board. In order to bring up their lee-way with the public, the same adventurous Gentlemen last night merrily proclaimed in a Second Edition, the capture of a French frigate by the BELLE POOLE. It is need -I,:ss to add, that no such events have ta k en place. With respect to the AItETIICSA ) the fact is, that Cap tain GRIFFITHS, Of the LEONIDAS, DOW at Plymouth, lice from Cork, spoke a vessel from the West Indies, Nhiel l informed him that the Aar•rsrt;sA had been ':4ht io a hurricane in the Gulf of Florida ; had tht -a n all her guns overboard, and run into the Ha vannall fur shelter. Several vessels were dismasted 'hit %%Int in company, and we understand that great damage hats been done in that quarter, both by sea all land. The AEETIIUSA was sire in the Havan nah on the 27th of October, being nearly ten days vent to her reported captzre. 7e understand that a Austtian Messe,ger. ••• with tLspatches of great importance from i‘ in,a, arrived in Town within these few days. Ile • ;:ne to this country through lic,l:aud i and will set l • rn S% • e .V 1 0,111.1 no h;c watatri./ - -- - Mr. •deral Nadi' wtaini FRENCH PAPERS. STAKOFFICP., TWO O'CLOCK. We stop the press to announce, that we have this moment received Paris Papers to the date of Tues day last. inclusive. The lateness of the hour obliges us to notice their contents in only a brief Way. NAPOLEON, to convince the Parisians that he is again in his capital in prepria persona, occasionally takes the diversion of hunting—not the Russian bear, but less dangerous gum, in the vicinity of Paris. The Afoniteur of the 25th is enerely 'filled with a detail of the events and the examinations which took place in consequence of the conspiracy, which was tliphressed at Paris on the morning of the 23d of October. The Moniteur of the 28th, contaist requests liibm several of the Cohorts in garrison at Hamburgh. &c: arc. begging permission of his Majesty to join and share the perils and dangers of the Grand Army. The Minitel& of the 28th mentions that the Em peror and Empress were at the Opera the preceding evening : the house was full. Their Majesties were received with the most lively acclamations. PARIS, DECEMBER 29. . . 46 1 - lis Majesty thit d4lielditiWS Councils of lute, rior Administration. ' " His Majesty, this morrahg, visited the Hall of ; it was a day on which the Museum was 'open - to the public. Measures Were taken, in order that his Majesty and his suite should be alone ; but tit Majesty ordered all the doors to be opened, and went over the Hall and different Galleries, in the midst of the crowd of spectators which pressed round his person." The French Papers do not contain the least infor ntation from the Grand Army. • 4. WARSAW, DECEMBER s. “ A new recruiting has been ordered throughout all our Duchy. “ The following Note appears in the Moniteur of the 26th December. upon a paragraph which ap. peared in an English paper, stating that CAFFARELLIt with his corps, had taken the route from Spain to France : gg Nott.—Not only will no troops be withdrawn from Spain, but 20,000 men, 6000 horses, and 600 waggons, Which remain on the 11th and 20th nsili tary divisions, have just received orders to reinforce the Armies of Portugal, the Centre and South of Spain. A convoy of 10,000,000 has ju.t been sent to pay the arrears. If you believe the events which have taken place 2,500 Miles from you, such as they are giving in the Pderibergh Geszetkr, you are great dupes." . ~.:. At the same time with LordCAlllCAlres patches, accounts were received from Sir ROBERT WIIAON, who is now with the Russian armies. That gallant Officer, as we have reason to believe, is more immediately attached to the corps under General MiLARODOVITCH, but occasionally extends his ser vices to any part of the scene of operations where his presence may be useful. He has been an eye-wit ness of all the most important affairs which have oc curred since the retreat of the French from Moscow to their passing the Boristhenes and Dnieper. Sir ROBERT describes the enthusiasm of every individual in the Russian armies as beyond all praise. The French Bulletins, as they were received, were regu larly translated into the Russian language, and read to the troops on parade by their Officers, accom panied by comments tending to bring the French soldiery and officers into contempt and tidicule. The miraculous escape of SOO Lads of Paris, when sur rounded by 10,000 Russian cavalry, was a theme of much amusement, and it was this event to which the Cossacks alluded when they broke in upon BONA. PARTE'S camp at Ghorodnia, at day-break, calling out iOr the " Ifusradins de Paris." As a proof that the reward offered in PLaTore's Proclamation, was not without its effect, or rather that the accomplish. ment of the object to which it alluded was considered as one cf the Most glorious achievements in military annals, several parties of Russian Officers were formed with the View of carrying off or putting to death the execrable villain, who conithanded the French armies. A Ciptain Pkitme, whose name frequently appears in the dispatches of the Russian Generals, entered Moscow three several times, at the I head of a chosen band of Heroes, with the intention of killing or taking BONAPARTE. The chivalrous ad venturers were disguised as Russian boors, offering supplies of previsions for the Freneh army, but 80.. NAPARTE never left his aparmtnts in the Kremlin during the whole time he remained in Moscow. KuTusoFF sent back upwards of 20,000 troops to St. Petersburgh, having no occasion for reintorct ments. That gallant veteran has incurred some dis pleasure among his Generals for not attacking the French more decisively at Viasma. KUTLSOFF reckoner; upon surrounding the whole French army, with their Leader at their head, at Smolensko ; and, in tact, his measures were most admirably calculated to effect this great and glorious purpose :—it was thought by his Officers, however, that Viasma was 'the more favourable locality. BONAPARTE is under stood to have sacrificed NLY'S and DavousT's corps expressly for the purpose of secur;ng his person it escape. None of the prisonc-s brought in by the Russians had ever seen BON.IPARTE on horseback, or even in the field, after the retreat from Moscow. It was supposed that the carriage in which he travelled (a light ammunition waggon) was surrounded by several others of a similar description, to render his escape more certain. THE ARMY. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. FALMOUTH, DECEMBER !a► Arrived and sailed one or two coasters. The Ma ry Ann packet, with mails for Gibraltar and Malta, and the Swiftsure packet, with mails for Cadiz, are gone into the Roads.—Wind W. and flesh breezes. The following is a List of Permanent staff Officers, who still retain their full Pay with their Regimental Commissions : Col. Gifford, 431 Rest. Col .ntlarn, gist. Col. Lord Frederick Benstock, In Regt. Foot Cords. CoL Phipps, 44th Foot. 1 Lt.-CoL Fritzler, Qt Ft Drag. Lt.-Col Nicol's, l4th Foot. Rots !Pith Foot. Carry, RVIs . 144 /eni , 70th. Reyn.ll, 714 t. Edwards; 3d Ceylon. Bro4L, York L.l. Marley, sd W.I. Anderioc, 60th Foor ArbuThr.ot, sth W. I. Williamson, 30th. Berkley, 16th Foot. Ca•urbsli 631 Murray, Sib Drag. Campbell, ltd. Harvey, 6th G. Bn. Lindsay. gild. An excellent plan has been soggested for the ba ter payment of General and other Staff Officers; and it would give general satisfaction were it adopted; and without any additional expense t') the country. For the information of our military ReaAers, we beg to state that a regulation has been recently made by the Victualling Board, that all troops acting as guards or escort on board of ship, are to be allowed the full rations of stamen ; hut that WIWI men passes= gers they are only to have two-thirds of seamen's allowance. The Hussar Brigade now pending embarkation, will consist of about 1300 mounted men, and no possible delay is to take place in their proceeding. The 2d battalion 79th, at Glasgow, • under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Dououse, have been successful of late in getting recruit; ; as have the 2i battalion of the 92d under Lieutenant Colonel LA MONT, there. .O • YARMOUTN, JANUARY 1. The 2d battalion of the 78th et Aberdeen are now a very fine effective small regiment. Yesterday afternoon the following sailed for I It is reported that Lieutenant-General Timm/is Leith with French prisoners I—SUCCESS and FREYA ... MAITLAND is to have the chief command in Scotland frigates, armed enfiute, Malabar, and five other trans.! The 6th • regiment, under Lieutenant-Colonel ports ; SHELDRAKE for the Downs ; and the Eliza, ~,. , ale JOHN WARDLAW, have been ordered from the tender for the Humber. Remain in the Roads the i 1 Solebay, Leveret, Portia, and Vixen. Wind W.N.W. West Indies to Canada- Friday se nnight two divisions of cavalry marched COVE OF CORK, DECEMEER se. Ifrom the depot at Maidstone for Portsmouth, there to His Majesty's ship VIRAGO, Lieutenant PITTMAN, embark on board the outward-bound East lodiamen. and EARL SPENCER, Lieutenant Boreweee, With the i They are destined to recruit the several regiments Channel- Fleet, sailed a g ain on Thursday, and put I stationed at the two Presidencies of Madras and Ben back again on Friday. His Majesty's ship LININIDAS, gal. The first cletaehminit consisted of recruits for Captain Glueerrx, arrived on Tllersday from Lough- the Bth and 94th regiments, under the command of swilly, and proceeds for Plymouth, to undergo ne- , Captain 0' RIULLY, of the 2 4 th Light Dragoons. — cessary repairs. I The second, of recruits for the 22d and 25th, under The same day, his Majesty's ship AFRICA , 64 guns ; i the Command of Captain RANDALL, of the 22d. the flag ship of Admiral SAWYRR, was, from her I The Waterford Militia has arrived at Sheern e ss , to leaky condition forced in here, en her way to Eng- . relieve the Battalion of detachments ordered to Do land, from Halifat. On her tooling to an anchor, vet. The remainder of the 3d Lancashire Militia, she saluted our Admiral ; and next morning she pro- are expected from Canterbury. • . seeded up to Haulbowling, where she is now moored The 55th Regiment from Chatham, and the Royal alongside the Timm The Channel Fleet sailed ' Glamorgan Militia Regiment, from Ramsgate, re again yesterday. Remain his Majesty's ships CAS TILIAN, INDIAN, PROUCTOR, &Ca place the Lancashire. i The Brunswick Cavalry began embarking at Cork ort The Spy storeship arrived here yesterday; sailed' Christmas-day, oti board the Transparts fitted up foe from Halifax the 12th November, being part of a fleet their reception ;some more of them embarked on Sail of 14 sail, which left that port under convoy of his : turday. The whole conducted under the immediate Majesty's ship Marc.% (arrived here) and th e SPA R. ; inipection of General ERIN° and Captain DIXON, Bri-, TAN frigate, the whole of which were - disposed in a rade-Major. They sailed with the ether ships for, severe gale, off London, Gibraltar, and Cadiz, under convoy of Ms inst. the Spy fellthe Great Bank. On the 20th in with, and was captured by, la Majesty's ships Sybeile and Dauntless. Gloire French frigate, five- days from Havre-de- - - Grace. La Claire &tuna the People of the SO . _ 'LISTINGS, .141 4 1U41te 1. - o • till next morning, and then* put them on board their • own ship. The crew of the Spy consisted of 86 men , ur annual New-year's Ball took place at the Swap besides 60 invalids, who were given up on condition Hotel last night, acid never was there a greater dis.' , play of beauty and fashion collectedon any for mer that an equal number of French prisoners should be released and sent to France. _ a _loccasion at this delightful watering place. The The ease of the Spy was extremely hard , as '''F ' Beaux and Belles of Hastings and its vicinity vied had, ten days before, fallen in with, and beat off, a with each other in gaiety and good humour, and the national schooner (name not recollected),. 240 - miles : New Year was ushered in with that tide English S.W. of Cape Clear, mounting 14 guns , and 120 men , sp irit for which the nation is famed throughout the and-after an action of 50 minutes, most gallantly con - G lobe. The dancing was kept up until the Sun with with ruddy streaks the Eastern morn, and rose tested, compelled the schooner to bear up with all sail , ' 1 with all his blushing honours thick upon him, to re in which she must have suffered considerable lo s s. The Captain of la GLOIRE said this was the schoo- I !mind the happy votaries of mirth and cheerfulness, net which made so many valuable captures off our that another year was about to be added to their styli coast. The Srx had five wounded. .of sublunary blessings. But the amusements of the evening were not limiti ed to those whose youth and beauty shone cons act. ous in the mazes of the fairy dance—there was a . all mirably arranged Concert of exquisite Music giveni to enliven and vary the en• crtaiuments of the evening which went off with great eclat. There were also several agreeable card parties, an I in short, the whole of Mr. Doosos's su, L A To m eehoed throughout the evening with t .e harnioniou sounds of festivity and joy. Upward; , 220 fashion ables were present, and all vied wi ii c..ch other ti add to the general hilarity. The arrangements for the even'ng reflect the high est credit on the taste and judgmei tif Mr..Donsos the worthy Landlord of the Hottl. In slant, tit , whole entertainments were con :acted with a due to gard to true - English hospitality. PI.YMOUTH, DECEMBER 51. Arrived,the American schooner Blue Bird, WAR naN, from Charleston, bound to Bourdeauz, with cot ton and rice, prize to the ANDROM ACHE and Bat rON fri gates.—Came in the Mary balk, Battratt, from Prince Edward's Islam!, with timber; she was taken on the 4th instant, by l'Augusta French privateer of 14 guns, and given up to the crews of the Sparkler , and two other vessels which she had captured.—As rived the Agnes, TitorapsoN, from Quebec, one of the JASON'S convoy, from %Axon she parted is a gale.— ' Wind S.W. PORTSMOU rH, JANUARY 1. Arrived his Majesty's ship JASON front Newfound land ; and the For from Corunna. Sailed his Ma jesty's ship FERVENT with a convoy for the Downs ; also his Majesty's ships MJSLETOE and MUTINE for ditto. His Majesty's ship ABoutun gives instructions for Spain, Portugal, and the Mediterranean.—Wind West. DEAL, JANUARY 1. Arrived his Majesty's ship RAPID with a convoy from Falmouth, which are sailed for the River. Also arrived his Majesty's ship Viaaco and the EARL etinicia. cutter. with a convoy- from Cork. Came down from the River several ships, and remain with the outward-bound. - ;I In order to enable the country to appreciate the heroism with which our Officers and Seamen have defended themselves in the recent actions with our Trans-Atlantic descendants, we insert the following Table of the comparative dimensions of British and American ships, as well as a few observationson these engageslients : - Length Breadth Naine. Rate. on gun. for ton- Tons: deck. nage Presitleht Ft. Ft. 10. Constitution 44 It 9/ 45 10 1634/ United States 1 This is the largest frigate Acasta . 40 114 49 . 5 1127 we have on the American sta tion. Arethnn - 38 1411 SW 4 948 Tigre - 50 151 41 0 1114 Africa - 64 160-19 44 0 1415 Aden- Sawyer. Menge 01'12 64 159-6 .4k 5 Ms • This is an es ' [lnordinacy 4$ 9 1798 large 74, built by SirW.Rule, . . 1799. Average of 12 74 171.8 47 7 1628 Atlas - 98 177-6 54 2 1950 Average of 12 98 177-6 50 8 1938 Britannia - BO 178 52 t 229 i By this table it will be seen, that these American frigate: are longet even than an English first-rate, that they are longer and of nearly equal tonnage with our Modern large seventy-fours, and of greater ton nage than our old seventy-fours; that they are longer, broader, and of greater tonnage than any of our sixty fours, and that they exceed in tonnage our fifties, in the prnpottion of neatly three to two ; and our 38- gun frigates in the proportion of seven to four. Is not the term frigate most violently perverted, when applied to such vessels ? As well might we call the VILLE DE Pants a SO, or the CALEDONIA a 64 ; or as well might we call the one a jolly-hoai and the other a yawl. These frigates catty long 2i-pouriders on the main deck, when even the laige.t first-rates in our service carry on ti.- ir man deck only long eighteens. Their quarter-deck an.i fqreca.-tle guns are 41:b. car ronades; and no Iressa of any descrptio , lin our navy Orly on either of these decks a heavier gun than a T 2. P E rrsTrunNtsat.—Besides the handicap rare to be run on tit' buryJ Common, at twelve o'clock on Mon day, betwixt Carter, the pugilist, and his amateur op ponents, two miles, Abraham Wood, the celebrated ittdestOtan, his engaged to rva a match against firsts Drava' - 74 17$ NOTTINGHAM, DEC. 30.—A recurrence of tumult and disorder has taken place in this town and •,c: aity, and to an extent that gives a faighttul pietur . of the same kihd of unhappy events which disturber the peace and happiness of individuals this time las year. No less than eight violent outrages have beet - committed at Beeston, New Retiord, nold, and Mansfield, and iri some vi.lages on the song side of the Trent. The objects of these attacks 1.4 V been the destruction of frames ; at each place th outrages have been put into execution by numbers c disguised men, armed with pistols and swords, usitei personal violence on the individuals of their revenge threatening their lives if they opened their hos ; net after placing guards over these unfortunate people . destroyed their frames, and escaped undiscovered —ln the town of Mansfield, a pour woman, in de nyi:tg a frame demanded by this lawless banditti, wa stabbed in several places, afterwards knocked down and left for dead. several of the depredators, wht committed the outrage at Watnak. Live he. n and committed to the jail in this county. A large meeting of the Magistrates of the couo.y has tatter place, and the strongest measures resorted to, to per vent these disorders. '1 he Watch and Ward 8.11 i, td be pct into force irnmediately. The military have been again called on, the same as upon former occa• sions, to guard over the property of the inhabitants and every oche: precaution, as patroles, &c. Sec. A dot et 31111 S, it is said, was lately seized by or der oldie Magkrxes, near H.eldax, in consequctoi of informatica. give:. to them by one of the partit concerned the let dist , r;sanies t.. Ciaat bowl. artel, 'rile % on e2lB lost, with will