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I~ ,i T. a. )n • V • THE EVENING STAR LONDON. • • lartherrloettments.a—The Repott wade by Lord 2nhine, Lord Grenville, Lord Spencer, and Lord Ellenboroush, in July 3806—Minute of the Cabinet, January 1807—Letters from the King to the Princess of Wales, &a. shall appear In out next. . . THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1818. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT 014 E O'CLOCK: Cons. 9f .I—for ac. 594.-4 pa• Cent. 84—Eds. So. 4s. die Back. 41. 4s. pr.—Onudons 4( pr.—Lott. Tickets 522. 9,. At a late hour last night two Gottenburgh Mails arrived, in addition to those which we announced yesterday. The intelligence they bring is to the 28tt ult. Warsaw, Thorn, Lieban, Posen, Dantzic, and Berlin, are said to be occupied by the Russian armies. The Austrians, in the vicinity of Warsaw, are also reported to have entered into a Convention similar to that which the patriotic General D'Yospt concluded with the Russians; and though last, not least, Lord CATHCART is reported to have concluded a treaty with.the Danish Minister at St. Petersburgh. These art highly gratifying reports, and although they do not rest preciskly upon official authority, they are nevertheless entitled to the highest credit. The date of the entrance of the Russians into Berlin is stated to have been the 19th ult.: the day on which Dantzic capitulated is not mentioned. Pillau and 'the adjoining fortresses capithlated on the Bth ult.— The Russians, after permitting the French garrison to return to France, gave up the place to the Pius. sians whom they found there, and proceeded on their victorious career. The latter circumstance proves that the dispositions of the Prussians are highly anti gallican. But on this subject we have other evidence: General D'Yoax, at the head of 40,000 men, is now in full activity, as Commander in Chief of the Prus sian army, and is said to be rapidly advancing to wards Berlin : thousands flock daily to his standard. The Prussians havSa long reckoning to settle with France. Austria, Denmark, Sweden, Spain—(world that we could add Italy, Holland, an. the Nether. lands), may be expected to act in concert against the common tyrant; and may the eagle of victory guide them to their prey ! Lord CATHCART has at length left the Russian Ca_ pital. The cause of hit continued residence there, after the departure of the Emperor, is now satisfacto rily ascertained. Besides the highly beneficial Com mercial Treaty which his Lordship has concluded with the Court of St. Petersburgh, the negociations with the Danish Minister, so happily terminated, were surely of sufficient importance to detain him. A free trade to Norway, the recal of the Danish letters of marque, the exclusion of all French privateers from Danish ports, and the mutual release of prisoners, are the bases of this friendly arrangement. To counteract at these mighty engines *hich are sow at work against him, the wretched, disgraced. and defeated DONAPARTE is said to have left his capi tal and proceeded to the army. Where that is sta tioned, we know not. It is high time, however; that he should abandon his agricultural pursuits, for the present at least. It is not universal empire that he Tana now contend for—his existence is at stake. The following are the principal articles brought by the above Mails : 14 ST. PETERSBURGH, JANUARY 31. Count Wittgenstein, who has been appointed now sole Commander of our army in Prussia, and 'whose plan for the operations' in Germany, has been entirely approved by his Imperial Majesty, is gone from Konigsberg to join the ttoops that have inverted Dantzic, and will, we dare say, not let us wait long without good news from him. " Lord CATHCART, on an invitation, set out to day to be with the EMPEROR. Lord WALeott re turned last night from Vienna, and it may be erpected that his mission has not been unsuccessful." " GOITENBUROH, FEBRUARY' 27. 41 Letters have been this morning received from Car!sham, stating, that Dantzic was taken. This in telligence, though not official, is generally believed. ..--The same letters mention, that the King of Prussia has declared : war against Frame. All the young men capable of bearing arms have gone to Breslau, where the King is. el Another letter says, that the Russians entered ?rayath on the 6th, and Palau on the Bth. The Aus trians in the neighboothood of Warlaw are reported to have entered into a capitulation similar to that concluded by General rnfork. • Intelligence hit been received here from Bt. tersburgh, dated the I Sth inst. stating that Warsaw, Thorn, Liebau, and Posen, ate in possession of the Russians. Dantzic., it was supposed, would surren der by capitulation about the Bth 6r 10th inst.' Lord Cathcart left St. Petersburgh on the 12th instant for the army. ▪ By accounts from Berlin the Russians were within twelve miles of Berlin ; the Cossacks had even push ed forward their reconnoitring parties till within Lour miles of it. " FEBRUARY 28.—We have a report to-day that the King of Prussia is gene to meet the Emperor Alex ander at Willenbttrgh." " ELSiNEUR, FEBRUARY 10. " General D'York is appointed Commander of the Prussian army ; he is acting in the name of the King •f Prussia with 40,000 men. " Pra 244.—Private letter* by the last Mail from • 6 ide ;tl-1/ 44141: 'Hariburgia nieftbos a t mar Posen, in *►hich it was "aid Regnier leas defeated' and wounded, and had remoted his headquarters to Frasitfort. f• . The Russians entered Berlin on the 19th. " Thete is a report that Ilaiteic has fallen, but it is i not credited." • " COPENHAGEN, FEBRUARY 9. • ig We have a report here, generally credited, that 1! convention has been signed in St. l'etersburgh be tween Lord Cathcart and the Danish Minister, Blom, the basis of which.is a free trade to Norway, with a proviso ithat all privateering, both Danish and French, is to be forbidden by this country. de It is also mentioned, that aII the Danish prisoners in England will be immediately allowed to return home." 1.-KONIGSBERG, FEBRUARY 11. 86 The town add fortress of Pillau having been blockaded Since the 7thlanuary of this year, by the Imperial Russian yoops, the Russian Major-General Count Sievres, commanding in Konigsberg, received orders to march'against Pillau, with all the troops and artillery then in Konigsberg, and to which were added 2000' infantry and batteries of artillery from the army, and.ro sutArnon the French garrison to surrender. In pursuance of these orders General Count Van Sievers arrived on the 6th inst. with th e said body of troops, a b out 6000 men, strong, and a proportionable quantity of artillery,• in the village of Old Pillau, within 2000 paces of the fortress :—the troops posted themselves partly in front of this vil_ lage and partly on the heights laying on the right and left of it, and partly on the Nehrung point, at a proper range of shot, and the commanding General immediately sent the following summons for the sur_ render of the citadel and the Nehrung fort to the Commandant of the French garrison. This proposal led to the happy conclusion of a Convension, accord. ing whereto the Imperial French troops on the Bth instant, at eight o'clock in the morning, quitted the town and fortress of Pillau, and the forts of Nehrung, which had been garrisoned by them ever since the month of May last year. to The garrison which marched out consisted of about 1200 men, and. the number "of their sick left behind amounts to about 400. g , On the 9th the Imperil Russian troops returned to the army, and only the Royal Prussian trcops that were in the town and citadel remained behind to garrison them, The following letter contains the foresaid summons : GtNeskr. —Yea must be convinced that both the town and fortress of Pdlau are surrounded by so very superior a force that all resistance on your side would not only be fruitless, but Inertly tend to increase the effusion of blood, of which there has already been too much this war, and would unnecessarily expose the tow to devastation. " I therellbre summon you, General, to evacuate the fortress and to accept a capitulation for tke imperial French troops, which shall be made as favourable as the condition in which they are situated will allow. " I beg you to receive the assurance of the most perfect re veer, with which I have the honour to sign myself, General )oar very obedient Servant, " COUNT VON SIIVERS, " Commanding General of the Imperial Russian troops lying before Pillau. " Head-quarters, Old Milan, 25th January (Gth Feb.)" ge In conformity to the convention made with the garrison, the Imperial French General Castella is to march out with the troops under his command, with their arms, ammunition, and baggage, and to retire with the same to the left bank of the Rhine, where they shall be released from - all obligations. Such Imperial Russian subjects as may possibly be found among the garrison of Pillau, shall be delivered up to the commanding Russian General. 4 4 An Imperial Russian Officer will accompany the column to its place of destination, their baggage shall not be subjected to any search, the French General, Castelia, having declared upon his word of honour that there was nothing amongst it belonging to the Russians. " The Imperial Russian Colonel, Baron Von de Pahlen, is appointed Governor of our tows " A proclamation has been issued in the name of the Imperial Russian Field Marshal' General Prince Ku tusoff of Smolensko, which is of considerable length, concerning the receiving as currency the Russian gold, silver and copper coins, as well as the St. Pe tersburgh Bank assignats of 5, 10, and 25 roubles, which must be taken aovell in the public Treasury as in private transactions ;—•it is stated in the procla mation that four roubles in assignats ore to pass for one silver rouble. is Admiral Tschitchagoff, who is Commander in Chief in Prussia, has issued several Proclamations, according to which, the Prussian gens d'armes may keep order and quiet, as well with regard to the Russian military as to the Prussian ; the posts are to be respected ; the Post-office freed from quartering soldiers ; and Russian couriers and travellers to be forwarded only on having a travelling pass, and pay ing the post money. Security is promised to the carriage drivers ;—and the subsistence of the troops, excepting in particular cases, shall be provided out of ,the magazines. Every Commander of troops quartered in any place shall take a written certificate of the behaviour of his troops from the Police Ma gistrates of the place. " WARSAW, FEBRUARY 6. "• The Gazette of this day contains the following Proclamation from the Prefect of the Department of .. ..21 - ...w ....... " 1 " Warsaw, to the ei lank ' item of the Mee iropolis of -Warsaw., . .• ga Citizens!.,-In consequence Oche present. change 14 circumstances , I hav e ta k en on myse lf the Admi nistration of this CUT, after the departure of the ICouncil of Ministers. I now hasten to inform the In !habitants and Citizens, that a Convention is now in treaty with the Commander of the Austrian-Army, which .is to-determine the fate of this Metropolis. I, I therefore lose no time, Citizens, in giving you the in formation ; and as I shall remain with you I require of you to keep the general order and public peace. I likewise request the Presidents of the Municipality and Police, to secure the prisons, magazines, govera• Went-houses, and in chief your own quiet, by calling together a sufficient number of the National Guard. Even in cpe of armies entering the city, I will not cease, itrAe midst of them, to watch for your welfare; but I must request from you unanimity, concord, and unity, and respect towards the remaining Ma- Igistracy, and this I have surely a right to expect, your safety and your persons being entrusted to my care. Therefore it behoves you, in this situation, to give no cause for disturbance of the public peace and order, and which you. may expect will also be ob served on the other side, and I can assure you, both 45 Magistrate and Citizen, that it is by such conduct only that we may look for an amelioration of our situation. (Signed) -' 0 szlistaxowzat. a Given at Warsaw tbe'Srla February, tine' Two Heligoland Mails have arrived with intelli gence to the 3d instant. A boat had reached the Island from the Elbe, with advices•frorn Hamburgh of the 26th of last month, which state, that the French were in great alarm in that city, that they were packing up their effects, and that all the horses in the neighbourhood were put in requisition, to con vey such property as was portable, in the direction of Westphalia. The accounts from Bremen are dictated under the same impressions, and thirty-six merchants of that place had been required to give security for the or derly and peaceable behaviour of the inhabitants. The letters from Sweden again mention prepara• ton.; for an Expedition to the opposite coast of the Baltic; and we are told, that the troops which were to compose a part of this force, now stationed at Gottertburgh, were to commence their march on the 16th instant. When the last glorious news from the North with an account of the continued victories of the Rus sians reached our army in the Peninsula, Baron AL TENT, who commands the light division which has the duty of the outposts, sent a flag of truce with these accounts to the French General, who most politely thanked the Baron, saying that they had had no ac. counts from their army in Russia for four months ; he entertained the Officer who brought the flag, most hospitably, enquired particularly after the health of Lord WELLINGTON, and sent Baron AtTCN a present of poultry, which was scarce with him, and request ing a barrel of rum, of which the French had none. Reports are prevalent in Portugal, that in the en suing campaign a Russian force will be disembarked. it two points to assist in compelling the French army to evacuate Spain at all points, and force all their strong holds. The enemy have of late been making reconnois sances, and have been extremely anxious to find what our army was doing. They pushed very strong pa tro!es of cavalry to St. Felippe and close to the gates of Ciudad Rodrigo, which were suddenly shut, and the garrison put under arms. They have since re tired, driving before them the cattle, marauding and doing all the mischief they could to the wretched in habitants who came in their way. The following statement of the numbers of the late French army, with the portions it consisted of, has just been received from Russia. The writer informs us, that it was taken from a memorandum found amongst Bonaparte's papers : • 200,000 French. 20,000 Wirtemburgers. 32,000 Austrians. 17,000 Dutch. 21,000 Prussians. 32,000 Neapolitans. 35,000 Basiarians. 20,000 Italians. 26,000 Saxons. 12,000 Swiss. )28,000 Westphalluw. 6,000 Spanishand Portuguese. 7,000 Hessians. 50,000 Poles. Total 506,000 Men! The subjoined Table of the temperature, of the atmosphere at Archangel, at noon, from the 15th Dec. o. s. (27th Dee.) to the 28th (9th Jan. 1818), inclusive, will give our Readers some idea of the severity of a Russian winter. We have reduced the degrees to Fahrenheit's scale, but have followed Reaumeur's index, i. e. the degrees are counted from the freezing point : DEC. REAM. TILER. TARR. TIM. 15 27 below frost, fair. 6015 below freezing. 16 9 wind with snow. 20'25 --. 17 61 einudy. 14414 -- 18 16 wind with snow. 3800 .---.. 19 21 -- fair. 47'25 ..---.- 20 231 -- fair. 4 5 00 -- 21 291 fair*. 66•89 .- 22 24 fair. 6400 '53 17 -- fair. 28 , 22 —. 24 . 11 snow. 2475 ......... 25 1 above frost, thaw. 2.25 above freezing. 26 3 below frost, but thawing. 6 . 75 below freezing. 27 0 snow. 1.00 28 11 below frost, fair. 24'75 below freezing. • At eight o'clock on the morning of the 21st Dec. (2d Jan.) the thermometer was at 35° below freezing, and the air so In tensely cold, that crows fell frozen its the streets of ArchangeL Archangel is situated 64.34 N. lat. and 30 E. long. A dreadful hail-storm was experienced at Vienna on the 28th of January, which beat down 22 houses, killed 14 persons, and maimed and wounded vast numbers cf cattle in the fields. sip tYcLoin t A 'no official accounts received state, that &ilia was entered on the 19th ult. General D'Yencx, with the Prussian troops under his command, is actually employed in the siege of Dantlic, in concert with the Russians. At Hamburgb, the Frenchareemployed in packing up their effects. The accounts of the Russian suc•. cesses had been received throughout the Austrian ter. ritories with the greatest exultation. - I .1V4P44 .INUILLIGEKOZ: 1 41111:111111. • . • - . -r • Silfgetand . 0 a r Dublin Waterford . Lisboa Maka ARR. 002, O . 0 Gottenburgh . 2 • I Ottentsey 1 0 - • 0 Versey. 1 111 PLYMOUTH, MARCH 96 No arrivals nor railings y e sterday.—Arrived this day the Bcoonisoown, 14 guns, from Swansea, with a convoy ; PEMBROKE, 74 guns, from Portsmouth ; and DISPATCH, of 16 guns, from a cruize.--Sailed the DORIS, 38 guns, with a transport, having invalid soldiers on board, for Portsmouth.—. The Costar, 20 guns,..came from the Sound to'Hamoaze. PORTSMOUTH. MARCH 10. Arrived hit I s efajesty's ship Rosa, and FiDIDOOTAX storeship, from the Downs, 'with about 20 sail of different idescriptions. Sailed his • Majesty's ships FREYA and PLANTAGENET, with the horse transports, for Lisbon ; and his Majesty's BEDFORD, for Plymouth. His Majesty's ship Ct-' , PTItE has made the signal for sailing, and intends to proceed early in die morning.. Hidf-ratt g o'clock—No signs of the fleet from the Dosvas•Alp to this hour. Wiwi N.E. moderate breezes and fair weather. • • DEAL, MARCH to. Sailed this morning the Folkstone hired lugger, with a convoy for Portsmouth. Remain in the Downs his Majesty's ships Monmouth, Eleyhant, Princess Caroline, Defiance, Centaur, Queen, Warrior, Da nemark, Gloucester, Nome, Nymphen, and Bac terer.—Wind N. E. One of our fishing boats, says a Penzance letter, [ dated sth instant, picked up, yesterday, a bottle at sea, covered over with tytrnicals, in which was a let ter addressed to whoever might find it. In the inside of the letter was as 'follows :--6 , Ship Fanny, Capt. PALUSR, lat. 30. N. long. 23. %V. ; passengersi . on board, John *Nab., James Ritssit, William Cooper, and William Barnwell, from New York, bound to LiierPool, out SO days, all well. Wind S. by E. April 16, 1812." It is calculated that the bottle ha's travelled 688 miles, and been in the water nearly a Year.-,—N. B. The Fanny •arrived at Liverpool the 10th of May followilig. 1 Yesterday being appointed for a Public and Ge. neral Fast, a few minutes before twelve o'clock, his Royal Highness the Niece REGENT, accompanied by the Princess CHARLOTTE. attended by the Duchess of LEEDS, went from Carlton House to St. James's Palace, in the Prince's carriage. They entered by the temporary entrance from the garden in th e P ar k, and proceeded through t h e State Rooms to the Cha pel-Royal. The PRINCE took his seat in the King's pew; the Princess CHARLOTTE in the pets , adjoining, to his left. The Dukes of YORK, CUMBERLAND, and CAMBRIDGE, were in the pew on the right, in readiness to revive the hunt. An appropriate and impres sive Sermon was delivered by the Rev. Mr. HAOGITT. The Form of Prayer and Service appointed for the day, were read by the Sub-Doan and Mr. HavEs.—.. , Alter the Sermon an Anthem, 4s Be merciful unto me," by Parcel, from Dr. Boyce's Collection, was sung by Messrs. Goss,. GORE, and SALE, ser.. Mr. ArTTWOOD presided at the organ. The Earl of MOIRA, it seems, although he unites the nominal appointment of Commander in Chief with the Governor Generalship:of India, is not to benefit by the salary of it, which is A 30,000 per ann. Government, by a recent arrangement, having di rected it to be received by Lieutenant-General Sir G; WORN r, for himself and Staff. His Royal Highness the . Duke of CLARENCX ar• rived at St. Itnies's yesterday ; and this day Mist FITZCLARENCE also arrived for the season. The applications of the Cotton-holders to the Board of Trade to prevent the importation of Cotton Wool, from the United States, free of duty, under the 43d of the King, c. 153. s. 13. has been successful, it has been determined to submit to Parliament the repeal of the clauses referred to, and the imposition of a duty upon Cotton Wool from the United States of 3d. per pound, if conveyed in neutral ships, and lid. per pound in British ships. Mrs. CAPPER, the cook, and wife of a ticket porter of that name; who is come into the actual possession of 83,000,0000 f money, which has been accumulating under the Receiver-General in Chancery for four score years, owes this immens! acquisition to the kind aid of Sir JOHN LUBBOCK and Mr.• HOARE, who deeming her claim a rightful one, recommended her some years back to the attention of Lord (then Mr.) Eassamt, who thought her title so good, that lie is said to have unet taken to prosecute the arduous and expensive suit at his own sole expence, on the condi tics', that if it proved successful, he should receive one per cent. on the amount of the sum recovered.... Wheti his Lordship ceased his professional practice, on being elevated to the Peerage, the conduct of the suit devolved to his son, who, by the late final deci sion of the Court of Chancery in favour of his client, will now become possessed, by the per tentage, of 830,000. 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