Star. — London, England, 1814-03-08 00:00:00

en ' re. Alc is ' THE EVENING STAR LONDON. TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 1814. MICE OT S I OCKS THIS DAY AT TWEI.VE O'CLOCK Stet Cent. Red. shut—Cons. 71 ti —for :sec. 72:, 4 per Ct. shut-5 per Ct. 97 +—Omni= 273 India Bonds 10s. pr.—Exchequer Bilk 2s. ss. pr. Yesterday, as our Paper was going to press, we received an authentic' letter from Paris, from which we gave an extract, which stated the important fact of the arrival of the Allies at iselt!allx, twenty-five m iles from the Frctich Capital. In the course of tae afternoon we had the Jatis cti on to confirm this intelligence upon official authority. Our Second Edit en announced the arrival of Me,srs. Roaissos .tad jay, in Downing -street, from the Head-quar tos in 2rance, and I‘,•e added such particulars of the intelligence brought by them as our time andlmits nerai itted. At a tate hour in the evening the follow ing Bulletin was issued by Government, which con tains snore ample details ; • " FOREIGN-OFFICE, MARCH 7. gc Dibpatales have seen received from Lord CAS su.axAGil, I.ttxd Chaumont, the 31 instant. It appears tti4t after Prince gC}IWARTZeNBEKG Lad determined to retire ,from Troyes, Marshal BLUCHEit was attacked by a strong corps of the ene- I lly at Thierry, when an accidental fire hiving broke but in ele quarter of the town he occupied, he was , forced to Abandon it, and to form at a short distance from it in the plain. The enemy passed over his ad v-ance.i•guard with a view to commence an attack, but rai driven back through the town with loss.— . Marshal BLUCHER then marched with his army upon Sezinne t attack the corps of Marshvil MARNIONT, vhicn he drove across the Marne; and having sent his light troops into Meaux, he so alarmed MARMONT Ir" ;2* gh rrY his that he cinitted Ferte-suus-Jouan - e, in which he had retreated, and enabled Marshal &mum to pass the Maine at that place. The Marshal was in comma. ration w:th General WIRZINGERODE. Gen. BULOw was advancing to join them. MARMONT had been joined by Marshal MORTIEIt, and their joint forces amounted to from 16 to '20,000 men. During these operation's BoNAPARTE had endeavoured to force the positions on•the Aube. The enemy had obtained possession of Bar-sur-Aube, and had taken positions in its front, when Prince SOHWARTZENDERS determinj ed &attack him, and after a well-contested action drove him from all his positions, and through the town of .Bar-sur-Aube, with the loss of 3000 men. " In consequence of this advantage, Prince SCHWARTZ-ENDERS determined to drive the enemy from Clairvauz Fontelle, and S. Usage, which was effected. " Intelligence being received that BONAPARTE was marching with part of his army on Sezanne, to act against Marshal BLUCHER, Prince SCHWARTZENRERO had ordered an immediate advance upon Troyes. •• It is understood that BONAPARTE, leaving 45,000 cm the line of Troyes, had marched with the rest of his army against Marshal BLUC.HEn ; but there was every reason to hope that the Marshal would he able to form a junction with WINZINGERODE., &LOW, and WoRONZuW. " The corps of _Sr. PntrsT was arrived at Vitry. General Sr. JAGo was to join. him . from Joinville.— General FRIMoNT, on the Ist, attacked the enemy's rear.gnard, and overthrew it near Vandceuvre, where he established his head-quarters. " A force had been ordered to reinforce General Bask ; and Gcneral BlANcill'S corps was ordered upon Dijon. . " The Plenipotentiaries remain at Chatillon.V 41•.•••••IM To the above we have to add some farther interei ting particulars : No Armistice—no suspension of hostilities what ever had been even mentioned when the Messengers left Chaumont on the 2.1 instant. Another proof, if proofs were wanting of the shameless disregard of troth which characterises the French Journalists. The silly inhabitants of Paris seem to havldiscovered this trick of the Armistice within a few hours, if we may judge from the fall in the French Funds. Reinforcements to the Allies are daily coming up, athl more than 50,000 Hungarians have joined the Grand Austrian Army under SCIIWARTZBNBERG.— The CROWN PaiNce of SWEDEN, whose name is a tower of strength to the Allied cause, has also arrived at Head-quarters with his Staff and a body-guard of cavalry : his army was a few marches behind. The Hon. Mr. ROBINSON was expected to arrive at Chatillon on the 3d iwtant, the messengers Kit and ROBINSON having passed him on their route. _ Paris Papers to the 6th instant have also reached os : their comparative silence on the subject of mili tary events amply bear us out in concluding that the affairs of &samara, notwithstanding his boasted victories, are almost desperate. The different corps we are now told are employed in. !, grand ma nceuvres." This is somewhat like the magnanimous silence" in which the Emperor prepared for his re cent victories.. But for these grand manceuvres his soldiers seem to have no appetite, for a General Or der, issued at Paris on the 22d ult. calls upon the Mayors, Prefects, and gens d'armes to arrest all strag glers, " 'what( ver 5: their rani in the army." The inha bitants of Paris are told that Rouen is safe from any attack, and that Doulens has been deli vered•from the ~'~~~ ^^r Cossacks: Not a a word, however, of their arrival at Meaux ! We learn, however, that MAaMoNT has defeated the Allies at Lusy-sur-Ourcq, just thirty-four miles off. On thc whole the positive intelligence from the Allied Army and the silence of the French Papers respecting recent operations, furnish grounds fot sober exultation and a well grounded hope that the enemy may be compelled to accept reasonable conditions of Peace, and to give such securities as the case admits of, that he will not disturb the trdnquillity of other countries. As we are not of the number of those who would exact impossilrilities franc the men to whom the direction of public affairs is intrusted, neither would we be found joining with those who undervalue their exertitms and the success of their measures. The advantages that have been gained 'are of the greatest importance, and should teach those individuals who take upon them to arraign and judge the measures of the allied Powers and the ho nour and integrity of some of the high crlitracting parties, to be less hasty in their censures. Sober men must view such conduct as the height of arrogance, and by this time the public must wonder at the im. becility of those who would judge of the possible re sults of mighty arrangements by the casualties of a single day or a week. Ile - accounts before us Most completely falsifrall the foul calumnies that have been vented against a Power which has done so much for the great cause in which all are embarked. And we may add, that it should be considered a great blessing that the men who are thus brought daily to the bar of the diurnal press, exhibit a degree of temper very different from their self-appointed judges: but for this steadiness, we should not now have had to congratulate the country on the fair prospects before us. A Dut‘h Mail arrived this morning. From Hol land itself we have sot received much intelligence of importance, but from the Banks of the Rhine the accounts are highly animating. The Allies are pour ing into France from all parts of Germany, and the best understanding prevails among the Military Leaders of all nations. The above Mail was brought to Harwich by the .Xing George Packet, from Helvoetsluys. A Mes senger also arrived by this packet, with duplicates of the dispatches from Lords CASTLEREAGH and BtTucxßum, noticed in the Bulletin issued by Go vernment. " HELVOETSLUYS, MARCH 6. gg By accounts received from the Hague, it ap pears that another battle has been fought between the Allies and Bonaparte, near Bar-sur-Aube, on the 26th of February, in which 'the French were com pletely defeated, with the loss of 10,000 prisoners, and 60 pieces of cannon." " COLOGNE, FEBRUARY 23. " His Royal Highness the CroWn Prince of Sweden is still remaining in this city, and his departure does not as yet appear to be axed. The well-known Saxon General Thielman is likewise expected here. " Besides the Swedish troops which were to cross the Rhine at this place, another column of 10,0u0 men are to pass it at Dusseldorff. But the Rhine is it present so full of ice, that it has been necessary to take away the draw-bridges, for which cause the pas- sage would be very difficult, and even impracticable for a body of troops at this moment." " CARLSRUHE, FEB. 17. Ii According to - official intelligence received from the head-quarters of Lieutenant-General Count vcn liochberzT, and dated from Obenhausbergen, of the 12th instant, the garrisons of Strasburg, Kehl, and Landau, hid made several sallies. in the course of this month, and were always driven back by the va lour of the Russian and Baden troops, forming the siege of those Places, under the command of that General. - • " In the engagements which have taken place near Strasburg, our Landwehr, and especially the 6th and Bth battalions, have particularly distinguish_ themselves." " LAUFFEN, FEBRUARY 6. " The reinforcements destined for the Allied Army have been not only very speedily collected, but like wise put in motion and advanced forwards. An en tirely new Austrian army of reserve has lately passed through this place. Yesterday the last column of it left this place. Their march is brought up by a re giment of dragoons, under the hereditary Grand Duke of Wurzburg. This army, which is comman ded-by the Field Marshal Lieutenant Von Boyer as Cornmander-in.Chief, and under him by the Major- Generals Von Wartensleben and Marquilicote, consists of .50 Staff Officers, 400 Officers, 16,885 privates, and 9591 horses. " We learn that the Swedes have been received with the greatest joy in Norway, and that the Norwe gian army has already taken the oath of fidelity to Sweden. Eight hundred Danish prisoners of war have already been armed at Stralsund, and do duty at the ports together with the English and Swedes." " BRUSSELS, FEBRUARY 24. a We learn from Ghent, under date of the 21st instant, that Major Smith and four other English military Officers, had arrived there three days before fromTermonde, with a Commissary from the Allied Army ; which it is thought is concerning the expected arrival of an English and - Hanoverian corps a Blankenburg and Newport." " BRUSSELS, FEB. 27. " On the side of West Flanders, Veurne, Pcippe rinse, and Cassel, arc in the power of the' Allies, bul • fa .1,1,4,61 • ='" the inhabitants of the last-mentioned place baying fired upon the Cossacks, they have been treated Ac cording to the laws of war. Ypres is summoned and besieged, and there h no doubt but that this fortress will Soon surrender. •6 The garrison consists ofla small body of national guards and 4.00 troops of the line, of whic'i about 100 deserted immediately on the approach of the Allies. It is true that it has 60 pieces of artillery mounted on the walls, but it wants a sufficient quantity of warlike stores. The same may be said of Ostend and Nieuport. " On the left side of our frontiers, General Bulow has already placed his troops close under Valencienue:, and Maubeuge, sending foraging parties as far as Cambray. " The Russian troops which have arrired at Na mur, and sshich form the van-guard of the Crown Prince of Sweden's army, have immediately moved from thence, for the pm pose of marching farther up al, , ng the Maese, and join the corps under General Winzingerocte in Champagne. " It is asserted that the garrison of Luxembourg,' consists of scarcely 2000 Men, three-fourths of which are discontented National Gu trds. Some distur bances having taken place among the garri•,on, seve ral persons have been very severely punished. 4 g 'There ate likewise reports circulating alma ne gociations being on foot for the surrender of that int portant fortress. " The Governor of Antwerp has again caused a number of the inhabitants, who were not able to pro vide themselves with provisions, to quit that city : ,other respectable inhabitants have b.!en sent on board the fleet, as hostages for payment of the contributions which are levied on their fellow-citizens with unex ampled severity. " The passage of troops through this city conti nues without interruptive. A great number of Saxons have arrived here to-day again, who are shortly to be followed by others, as likewise by Wirtembergers— which last, it is said, will remain here for some time. " Several barracks are putting in readiness in this city, to quarter the Belgian regiments in, which are new raising. The officers for the first regiment are already ap pointed, and we daily see numbers of military men, natives of this country, arrive here, who have for saken the French coloUrs, to serve under the banners of their native land. The Provincial Government ot Belgium is now definitively organized ; all native born Frenchmen are left out of employ. " According to a disposition made by the Gover nor-General, all public Functionaries, as advocates, avowers, &c. must give in their oath of allegiance to the, high Allied Powers, in writing, in deficiency whereof, they will be replaced by others. a Several officers belonging to the general staff of tie Crown Prince of Sweden have arrived in this city. " BRUSSELS, FEB. 28. " His Serene Highness the Prince of Saxe Weimar is returned again to this city. " The garrison of Soissons, which were made pri sthiers, and are about 2,500 or 5,000 strong, have now arrived in this city. These men are in a de piorable condition. 66 According to accounts from Laon of the "3d, it appears that the corps undcr Gen. Winzingerotic Is in direct connectica with :hot under Gen. Bulcw. " It is reported that Generjr Bear:old, who with a corps of French. troops had marched against Sois sons, has been defeated, and that Soissons has again fallen ioto the hands of the Allies. " Intelligence from the frontiers, dated the 2. 6111 instant, state that General Nlaison had left Lisle with a part of his corps, and taken the road to St. Omer." " THE +LAGUE, MARCH 1. "To-morrow Count 111 ELAND will leave this country for England. He goes, it is said, on the part of his Royal Highness the Hereditary PRINCE of ORANGE to propose for her Royal Plighness the PioNcEss CHARLOTTE of WALES. We do not understand that any later intelligence has reached Government than that mentioned in the Bulletin ; but, after this Paper was at press, a re port reached us from the City, that the Allies were advancing upon Paris in Four Grand Divisions, and that no doubts are now entertained of their oc cupying the French Capital.— It. is possible, however, that this report may rest on no authority. BREAD.—No alteration in the price this week.— The Qua' tern Loaf One Shilling and a Halfpenny. There are now sixteen Gottenhurgh Mails due; and all those sent from this country subsequent to the 14th of December have been returmed, in consequence of the ice blocking up the navigation of the Categat ;:nd Baltic. The iatercourse with the North of Eu rope by sea is not expected to be opentd before the Ist of April. On Sunday last the Anniversary Sermon for the benefit of the EASTERN DISPENSARY was preAched at ' St. Ann's, Limehouse, by the Rev. C. AV. I.i Bas. It was the production of a learned elegant mind, and proved its worth by promoting a very liberal sub. scription in aid of the Charity. We tinderstand thaw hi; Royal Highness the Duke of KENT, the Patron, will attend the Festival to-morrow, and that the Vice- Presidents, Friends, and Governors of the Charity, will also attend. The Committee and Stewards fm the occasion are making every arrangement for the. accommodation of the party ; and, with the additit n of the Band of his Royal Highness to the vocal corps, we think the day will not pass without the same satisfaction and delight to all parties as hereto sore. • N4V4L INTELLIGSNCI. - MAI ARR. WI. I ILS. Dublin • 1 1 Waterford - 0 Cadiz - 0 0 - -p 0 Malta - 0 1 Gotten]Sure& - 0 16 Holland - - 1 0 All R. DD *. Coruna* A Heltroland - v 2 Gut rasci 0 0 Jrroey 9 Pr..rsag es 9 0 I 0 I.t emwd Ulan& • 0 DOVER, MARCH Z. Two Messengers, Messrs. Itonmsozi and were this room:rig landed here horn a Cartel. These Mes. sengers were dip-itched Nir hours alter each other, Wind ;Frrived at CAlais at the same time, cunseq,u9otlf came over in the :Janie vessel. "'+ • FALMOUTH, MARCH 3. Arrived the Princ e s Mary, packet with from the Leeward Isl inds, last from St. Tuoxpats's, iii 3a days. —Wind biezes. PoRTSMOU MARCH 7. No arrivals th!s (14y that we can learn.—Sailecithe INTELLIGENT guti.brog with a convoy for Guernsey mid Jersey, and Nlist.ii:rok: schooner with a convoy for Plymouth. The West Indi.t fleet, under convoy of the BEN 13')%V 1114.11 of wAr, waits' the artivitl of ttie ships Irom the Dawns. His Miesty's ship lakaitilis s released from quarantine.—V‘'ind Eaoterly. DEAL, LIARCH Arrived his Majesty's ship FitavA from Holland, and COI DELIA sloop of war will' a convey ivory Ply mouth. Came du %-n Prom the River the HAMA-. DRYAD frigate ; Au) came &ma horn the River se veral merchantmen, and sailed under convOT tit the PIGMY cutter lur Portsmouth.— Wind East. COVE OF CORK, MARCH 2. Monday evening his Majesty's ship HorsPm, Hon. Captain PERCY, arrived frora a cruize. His Majsity's ship PRESIOUNT, Captain MAsoN, yesterday hoisted convoy signal, and began issuing instructions to the Trade bound to Spain and Portugal, as far as Gihral. tar. His Majesty's ship TRINCULO, Capt. RENSY, accompanies the PRESIDENT, with the convoy. The cattle ships, &c. for St. Anderu and Passages, have been busily employed since Saturday in taking on board their respective freights. We understand the two Fleets will sail to-morrow. or Friday, iE they should be ready. Yesterday his Majesty's ship HAZARD. Captain CftooKst.e.y, sailed for Plymouth, with the several vessels bound up Channel. His Majesty's ship ORONTES, Captain COCHRANE, goes as far as iNlacleini with theWest..lndia Fleet. Yesterday morning, about nine o'clock, a lighter was upset in Lough Mahon, by a sudden squall, whereby, we are sorry to say, four men round an untimely end : no boat could poste sibly lend them assistance, the snow ;tad squall were so violent✓ The Leeward Islands Mail received this morning, has brought a heavy list of captures—the following have already been put on Lloyd's Books, and many more are expected before the day is over : The Princess Royal, Foster, from London to Jamaica, was cap tured the 21st Decemb..r, off the Canaries, by the Su!tune French frigate, of 44 guns, and after being plundered of about 150 tons of her cargo, was given up, and arrived at Barbadoes the 6th of January. 'the frigate bad taken ant burnt the Spanish ship Confeanza, from Cadiz for Wilmington. 1 he Prince George, Bailey, f:om London for Jamaica; the I .ady Caroline Barham, Bop*, from ditto for dam; the Pots. dam, Cummings, frum di . to for ditto; the Hm, Ireland, from London to Martinique; Vie Brazil l'acl.et, Coster, from Ma. deira to the Brazils; the Rosario, from Cape de Verde, and the !hens, from ditto, were captured, on the 27th and Yd h of De cember, by the Nymphe and Modcste French trigs es, from Brest : the former was given up as a cartel, Ind arrived at Bar. hadt,ei on the 10th of January; the whet-a were dCstroTed. 1 he Wanderer, Pritchard, front London to Jamaica; And the Marticelio, Custz.nce, fiorn the Caps of Gnod Hope, were taken and destroyed, on the 4th of lanoary, iu lat. IJ. .50ng..51. by the Prebidttat American trigee. TILE LATE ACCIDENT AT GLASGOW. FURTHIiR PARTICULARS. " 61. A SWAY, MARCH 4. " Yesterday evening, about half-past four o'clock, the north wall of the ..outfit wing ot Gibson's land, in Saltmarket-street, suddenly gave way, and fell into the close with a tremendous crash. By this catas trophe, the principal part of four stories, occupied by nine families, and of the garrets above, occupied as a printing-office, ecc. were instantaneously hurled into a heap of rubbish, and a number ot the unfortunate inhabitants buried in the ruins ! The scene was dis tressing beyond description, and the cries of the un happy suffeters were distinctly heard from among the wreck. The most prompt assistance, however, was immediately given by the crowd of people whom the itital accident had dtawa together, and many of whom, at the risk of their own lives, lent their aid towards the preservation of those who were more im mediately within reach. Ladders were then procured, and nearly a dozen of .persons, some of whom were hurt, have been res. cued from the standing remains of the tenement and the ruins, by the very active exertions ot several indi viduals. Messrs. Duncan, sen. and jun. printers. were brought unhurt by ladders from the garrets. Their pressman, Neill I‘l6Vicar, employed at the press when the wall gave, was precipitated into the court, and only received a slight contusion on the head ; se veral others are severely cut and bruised ; one boy has, been sent to the Infirmary ; ivlrs. Bishop ( wife of Mr. Bishop, reedmaker) is still missing, and it is supposed slie•was buried deep in the rubbisl., where she must have peris!:cd. Ns•arly all the furniture contained in We premises, the most of the materials of the printing office, and other property, have been destroyed. A strt ng nsilitary guard attended, and every exertion was made to char away the rubbish, with the view of rindiag the body of the unfortunate wo man ; but the state of the premises was so extremely dangerous, that the workmen were called off ;—and when they came again at six this nrcaning, they were no . . allowed to proceed, till measures be adopted for propping up the remaining part ot the roof and the aojAcent The t. II of the house was generally attributed to some alterak:ons that were making in Ole ground. hum ; and s v tal families, we understand, had re. moved that nay, from an apprehension ot immediate dan A er, which fortunately rende:el the actual casu, skier , fewer." r, , 1 ,