Star. — London, England, 1814-02-18 00:00:00

LONDON.. FRIDAY, FhBRUARY 18, 1814. IV ICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. Bank Sock 24:3-3 per Cent. Red. 701+ 70+— Con.ols, ;0;1—tor ace. 70iii-4 per Ct. 85+1- 5 Fr Ct. 970 —Lg . Ans. 17 S-16tha—Exell. Bills 4s. ea. pr. India Stock uoo—Bonds 6s. 7s. pr.--Otnaamm 27.260. PRICE AT HALF ?AST TWELVE. Omnium, for the payment, 27f, 28, 271, 26i. To-day we give amp]e extracts from the Monktut: Ind other French Papers, the arrival of which we mentioned yesterday. The action of the 10th and 11th, as briefly notified in the Bulletin •of the 12th, vh . ch came from Boulogne, are again most art fully brought before the Parisian public, but without any details which can enable us to throw much more light on these events. The new affair of the 12th, at Chateau ThiQrry, is described as the most bril- lint of all. We have perused these accounts with attention, and cannot find that any remarkabl triumph has been obtained over the Allies. The ac cnunts are is fact studiously confused, and the claim to victory is extremely equtvoeal, the Allies being subsequently nearer to Paris than they were previous te these affairs taking place. The first action, on the 10th; appears to have been with some detached corps of the Allies, which, it is stated, consisted of twelve regiments and 40 pieces' of cannon ; and the General commanding, together with all the Officers, the whole of the cannon and 6000 prisoners, ire asserted to have been taken,, and the rest of the men to gave been either _driven into a marsh or killed. This affair took plac.o at Champau ten, and it is added that BoNAPARTE was pursuing General SAWYER, Who was separated from Marshal BLUCHER. On the 11th, we are told, BOICHER was routed, but without any details being given. On the 12th,it is asserted, that BONAPARTE followed up his success, that a corps which protected the retreat of the Allies WAS cut off,- consisting of three Russian and three Prussian battalions, and three pieces of cannon, and that the General who commanded (who is not, however, named) was taken. We are then tuft! That the French entered Chateau 'Merry pell-mell with the Allies; and were pursuing elan on the romi to Suissons, and that the result of Psw" — mired that the Emperor has wholly destroyed the cops° , Blocher and Sackeu "—Five l'Empereur. A :otter fr. , ot Antwerp, of the 7th inst. contains the toilnwing details, the correctness of which we can wal rant : GAirrai Carrot arrived here on the 2d, in the raorniag, An d immediately assumed the Government. SAn- hours Ater, tke enemy made a brisk attack on the place with his whole force, but the resistance was more vigorous than the attack, and the enemy was co mpletely repulsed. He renewed his attacks on the 3d, 4th, and .sth ; and all his attempts having laded, he retired in the night between the sth and 3 t h, and has not since shewn himself." A Frenchman who is just come from Belgium, 52 vs he kst at Liege, where he was last Sunday, only . 200 1 of the enemy. Thence to Mezieres he saw only ten Cossacks. He passed by Rheims the day before yesteidiy. Last Sunday the enemy to. the number o f 153 marauders, hussars, Cossacks, and single sol diers, appeared before that town. The city of Rheims venlsed to receive them. They went away, and came back the next day with about 00 men of the L oops of different nations, who entered the town. . FRENCH FUNDS. Yebruary 11, begun 571. 50e.•end 56f. 50c. ' February to, begun 57f. end b4f. 25c. February Is, Sunday. TI-114. EVENING STAR the day WAG three thousand prisoners, and thirty pieces of cannon. It is clear from this description, that after these ac-` Lions the Allies were 30 miles nearer to Paris than they were at Troyes ; but whether the whole Allied Army had broken up from the latter place, or whether 131 - CHER had marched with the force under his imme diate command along the Marne, for the purpose of making a movement in that direction upon Paris, remains to be explained. The latter teems more probable ; but, whatever was the force employed; BONAPARTE was evidently compelled to quit his po sition at Nogent, and altogether the line‘of the Aube, in. order to endeavour to save the capital s which was more immediately threatened by the movement in the direction of the Marne. His success in this at tempt appears, from his own statemetrt, very doubt ful, and the continued preparations for the defence of Paris, particularly towards the north and east, toge ther with the fall of the funds on the 12th, nearly three per cent. in the course of the day, shew the alarm that prevailtd in the capital in consequence of this movement of the Allies. There is no intelli gence of any military event subsequent to the 12th, neither official nor its the shape of rumour. The Mi nor Papers of the 14th have, however, not yet been received. The 13th being Sunday, no price of funds' is quoted in the Moniteur of the 14th. Champ-Aubert, where the battle of the 10th was fought, is in the direct road from Chalons to Paris by Mon truirail. It is about thirty miles from Cha lons, and about eighty•two from Paris. It was pro : bably intended that ALSUIIWI'S corps should form the communication between that pait of &noun's army, which had already reached Is , lontniirail, and th:it which, under VON YORCK, was coming up from Chalons. BONAPARTE, however, having succeeded bre.tking this line ors the 10th, followed up this object on the 111. He detached one co - p: to tfi eastward, to keep VON Youcx in check; whilst he himself, with his principal force, toil a westerly di rection toward: Paris, in pursuit of BLUCHaR. A league beyond Montmirail, and about 16 miles from Champaubert, he came up with the Russians and Prussians ; and an action of two hours ensued, in which the French assert themselves to have been completely victorious, taking artillery, ammunition, and irtflantry ) of which, however, they give no parti cular or detailed statement. They assert, indeed, that the enemy was every where broken, and completely routed ; but this is plainly contradicted by the next day's dispatch, which states, that on the 12th this broken army took position after position all the way to Chateau Thierry, a town about 14 miles north of Montmirail ; and finally, after having maintained a combat in the town itself, retreated towards Soissons, still pursued by the French. By the last accounts we learnt that the Cossacks had reached Laon, only 22 miles north of Soissons ; and the present French journals inform us, that on thelth instant, Rheims, which is a&)out 40 miles east of Chateau Thierry, was occupied by a deta,chment of the Allied troops. In adverting to this circum stance, we must not forget to notice that the city of Rheims is one of the most ancient, large, famous, and beautiful in France, only 93 miles from Paris, and containing a population of 40,000 persons ; and yet, that it submitted to a force of no more than 400 men ! This detachment, as well as the Cossacks just mentioned, in all probability belonged to the corps of WINZINGERODE, who some time ago crossed the Rhine at Dusseldorf, and proceeded by Liege and Namur, to the northern frontier of Champagne. It is therefore presumable,' that his whole force is in the neighbourhood of Lion Ind Rheims ; and if so, he may easily put himself. in cemmuriication with Von YORCK ; as Chalons, where the latter is posted, lies at no greater distance from Rheims than 30 miles. Letters, to the 4th instant, were yesterday received from the Marquis WELLINGTON'S head-quarters. By them we learn, that the army still remained in can_ tonments, and that the state of the weather, and the roads, rendered any immediate advance impracti cable. For the three preceding weeks, winter, such as might be expected at the foot of the Pyrenees, had prevailed with considerable severity ; and though there was then some promise of a change, it wopld require some weeks of dry weather to enable Marquis WELLINGTON to move. An additional supply of m oney also was considered necessary to the resump tion of offeosive operations. This, we believe, has been carried out by the EREBUS, which sailed the other day from Portsmouth. In regard to the positions of the hostile armies Bayonne was left to its garrison, under Count R Ell LE: SOULT had his right at Peyrehorade, and his left to: wards St. Jean Pied de Port: fie also occupied Bast ide, Ayhire, St. Estevan, and Hellette. The Allied Army, on the other hand ] held Urt, Hasparen, Bouloc, and Menclionde. An exchanged Spanish. Officer, who paused through Soutes'Army on the 2d, states that all the old troops had been marched into the interior. The Duke D'ANnouLestz arrived at the head quarters on the 3d inst. ' Lord WELLINGTON and his suite went out to meet his Royal Highness, who for the present remained as a private Gentleman. It was reported that Colonel BuNsuay, who accompanied the Duke, had expected to find oar army much far ther in advance ; but the state of the weather and the roads Chewed him that this expectatiJn could not have been-realised. The visit to-the Continent by the PRINCES of the l House of BOURBON occupies a considerable portion of the public conversation. On this subject considerable misapprehension lias prevailed--many "having con cluded that their departure from this country amounts to an engagesneat oa the part of our Minis►ers to attempt their restoration, or, in other words, to force the French to receive the Ex.royal Family as their legitimate rulers. No conclusion, however, can be more grou❑dless. Let the situation and circum stances of the BOURBONS be considered, and it will be seen that either they alone were masters of their own persons, and theiree judges of their own conduct, while resident in this country. If so, they had aright to go wherever they might think proper. To have denied them this privilege, would have been to de clare them lit-ironer: ! •It follows from this, that the mere'departure of the BovituoNs for the Continent. announced no pledge whatever on the part of our Government to restore them ; and, indeed, it would have been the height of folly and imprudence to have given such a pledge, or entered upon such a project. What the Allies night have been induced to do, had any symptoms of rising in favour of the ancient dynasty been manifested by the French 'people, is a question which has not been under discussion—for the most powerful of all rea sons—there has not been a single white cockade , mounted in any part of. France, notwithstanding the oppdrtunity which has been afforded to the inhabi• tants by the entrance of the Allies e into the " eacred territory." This result, unlocked for brmany, shews in strong colours the propriety of the line of conduct pursued by our Government. They could not hinder tile BooasoN PRINCES from making a very natural exile. rimertt; but they could and did avoid committing themselves or the country on the issue of the eiperi. mem This we consider a most bahy circumstance. :In what an aukward predicament would the AUis. have bein placed as to any nekociation with Francs or her Governinent, had they. precipitately, proposed a measure, however desirable, which, with Any ra •tional prospect of success, should come from the French *pie. A Mail from Cadiz arrived this morning. It , brings the singular, but not unexpected, intelligence that FERDINAND VII. had arrived at Paris early in January, and was about to visit Spain. The French armies still in the South were daily thinning their ranks, to reinforce the armies in France itself. The following are extracts from the Spanish Papers brought by the above Mail : " VITTORIA, JANUARY 25. " It is known that on the 9th Ferdinand VII. ar rived at Paris, and that he was preparing to set out for the frontier. How will he come? In what terms shall we receive him ? We believe the Government has foreseen this event, and that it has determined, should the coming of the King take place, the tn..- thod in which he is to be received, without leaving the disposition of so important a point to the arbitrary dispositions of a General." " HEAD-QUARTERS, IRUN, JANUARY 24. 44 Lord Wellington has written to the General in Chief of the Fourth Army, informing hirh that our august Monarch, Ferdinand VII. arrived on the 19th inst. at Paris. " It appears that he will soon come, but Peace is not thought to be so near, notwithstanding the dis• patches which the brother of our Ambassador brings from London, and those brought by the Duke of San Carlob. , s The greater part of the 4th army, it is said, are going to Catalonia, but the gd division has proceeded tt, France." " VICH, JANUARY 19. " The Government of this place has received from the General in Chief of the First Army the, following Dispatch : " The enemy who covered the left line of the Le. bregat, in number about 5000, and • who marched npon Molins-de-Rey, have been driven from it Tester ' day morning : it was the work of a moment for the troops of the First Army, though they bad to attack them in the redoubts. To the right was the General in. Chief of the Allied Army, Sir Nenry Clinton, with some troops of his army ; and those of General Sarsfield, which took a very active part, defeating the enemy as he presented himself. 4 , As the object was a reconnoitring, we retired, leaving the redoubts on fire, and my troops carrying off some prisoners. " I send this information to your Excellency, that it may be communicated to the Authorities of the principality, .;nd the public, for their satisfaction.— Goa preserve your Excellency many years. • " FRANCISCO DR COPONS Y NAVIA. «Head-quay era, Oleo, Januaiy 17." " IRUN, JANUARY 21. if Three divisions of the army of Soult have marched for Lyons, and another for tI4 interior of France : they have been replaced by conscripts.— The three last posts from Paris have been wanting at Bayonne." " SAN JUAN DE LUZ, JANUARY 24. " Our line has been reinforced with 2500 infantry and 1000 cavalry. A great convoy from England, with provisions and troops, is espected at Socoa every moment. 4 , The French have drawn in all their advanced posts on the line of the Adour, and confined them selves to the defence of their entrenched camp, with out regarding the territory they occupy." " CORUNNA, FEBRUARY 5. " General Palafox must be by this time in Madrid: he was waiting an order from the Government to come to the capital. We believe that he is employed' on the same mission as the Doke de San Carlos, and we do not doubt but he will receive gm same answer. “ It is necessary to be cautious. The arrival of these messengers, though they come as good Spa niards, pollutes the political atmosphere, and may weaken the energy of Government, and may encou rage and support the French party, by lulling us to sleep with the hopes of Peace, and the return of our beloved king. Now is the time to arm the Nation, in order to render us respected by both friends and enemies, without and within." The meetings of the Cabinet Ministers have been very numerous since the artival of Mr. SYLVESTER, the King's Messenger, with dispatches from - Viscount CASTLEREAGH. Some of the meetings have been had without the accustomed method of summoning. At the meeting which was held on Sunday, the Earl of LIVERPOOL was not present. The Loan CHANCELLOR was closeted with the PRINCE REGENT yesterday from between one and two o'clock till about three, when his Lordship left Carlton-House, and proceeded to the Foreign-office, to be present at a Cabinei Councll,which was attended by, besides the Noble and Learned Lord, the Earls of HAmttowev, LIVERPOOL, and BATHURST, Viscounts MELVILLE and SIDSIOUTII I the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, and Mr. B. BATHURST. They continued in deliberation till within a tow minutes of fOur o'clock. At the breaking up of the Council. Mr. BROWN, the King's Messenger, received orders to hold himself in readiness for a loreign journey, and it was understood he was to proceed with the result of the deliberations of the Cabinet through France to ViSCO;lt CASTLEREAGH. Earl BATHURST waited upon the PRINCE REAiENT, at Carlton-House, with the proceedings of the Cabinet. The LORD CHAN CIILLOR and the Earl of HARROWEY continued in con. iukatiou for some time afterwards. SECOND EDITION. . , • STAR-OFFICE.. TWO O'CLOCK. ANOTHER PRETENDED VICTORY OVER • THE ALLIES. From Dover we have tttis instant received by et. press another Bulletin published at Boulngne,in which BONAPARTE claims a mi::,tory ON the 15th, at M mt• mirail, the place where the battle of the 11 th fought. The following is the short Bulletin iuuect by the French Government : • • " SIOULOCiN4 16TU na " TELEGRAPH—UNE 4DP BOULOGNE. " The Director of the Telegraph, to M. Kum*. Commissary-General of the Police, on the cuitst of the North. " SlR—The Telegraph bas just transmitted tle following : On the 15th the EMPEROR obtained a fresh vie. tory over the Russians and Prussians, near Mont n,... rail, and has taken 10 pieces of cannon, 10 stA , d. of colours, and 10,000 men prisoners.—l have, etc.. (S gned) " NAOUER " • NAVAL :NTELZIGENCL ARC eV • U . . U Mein Alt. DUf. o 2 Caroms O 2 Heligolapd - 1 0 Guernsey 0 1 Jersey O 1 I Pvicages O 11 Halifax - - 0 1 St. SebsAtlan's FALMOLJTH, FEBRUARY as. Dublin - • Waterford - Cadiz - Lisbon • Maltz - a Gottenburgh - Holland - 0 • . 0 1 0 0 O 0 O 0 Arrived the Darlington packet, with a m til from Cadiz, last from Corunna ix five days. Also arrived a man of war cutter, supposed to be the Landrail cutter from Cork. Sailed the Mackerel schooner, Lieutenant HUGHES, for Halifax.—Wind E.N.E. PLYMOUTH, FEBRUARY 16. Came in the Harriot transport, from Portsmouth, for Spain, with the loss of her bowsprit,baving been run foul of at sea. Arrived the AMATO, from a cruize. Sailed the CYDNUS frigate for the Channel Fleet ; PENELOPE frigate, to the Westward ; BITTERN sloop of war, for Liverpeol ; MYRheiDoti acid RoYEa sloops of war, on a cruize.—Wind E. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 17. Arrived a fleet from the Downs, tinder convoy of his Majesty's ship CORDELJA : among them are the Astell, Castle Huntley, and the Broxbornbury East Indiamen. The HOPE sloop of war takes convoy to Guernsey and Jersey. No sailings.—Wind N.E. DEAL, FEBRUARY 17. Sailed his Majesty's ship CoLossus, and the Rus sian ship SvetostAf, to join Admiral Youso in the Roompot. Arrived the Alcrt hired armed cutter, with dispatches from the Scheldt.; ai:d the SAncgosia transpott, from Holland. Sailed the Bermuda loop of war, with two or three ships for Portsmouth. The Seville packet, Roma's, from Dunbar to Lisbon, run on shore on the Long Sand on Wednes day, and was deserted by the crew. WINDSnnt, FEB. 17.—Yesterday morning Sir Tno. MAY TYRWHITT, the Usher of the Black Rod, ar. rived at the Castle, and soon aiterward. was intro duced into the presence of the QUEEN, baying lately arrived from her eldest daughter, the Queen of Wia- TEmaEito. Sir THOMAS, after partalciog of some re. frushsnent, returned to London. This day proving remarkably fine, her MAJESTY, acco,rnpanied by the Princesses Euznas.-rn and M.Sav, attendA by , the Countess of HARRINGTON; the Lady in Waiting, took an airing in a coach and four on the Maidenhead road, and returned to The Castle. Princess AuoinsTA took her favourite exercise of riding on horseback Yesterday Mr. &mouse, who accompanied' the Duke of CAMBUID(Ii to Hanover, arrived in Lond.n from that place, with dispatches from his Ro)al Highness, and letters. to the PRIINCE REGENT ; the QUEEN, and other branches of the Bo ) al Family.—. Mr. STROME proceeded to Windsor with letters to the Queen, &c. Sir THOMAS TYRWUITT returned to tOWn on Wed nesday evening, from his mission to the QuAn at Windsor, from her Royal Daughter the Queen of WIRTEMBIIRG ; at StUtZaTd. It is said that the Quzest of SATIRTENIBURG, (the late Patricass Ro'tAL) is on the eve of ltaiving Ger many, to make England her permanent residence. The Marquis of BUCILINGUAM is confined with a severe fit of the gout at PohernOuth. We are sorry to say, that Lieutenant STOWARDS and Ensign CHAPAIAN ) of the 3 7th regiment, hive each lost a leg by the bursting of a bomb-shell between them, as they were walking doWn one of the streets of Meixem; a small village, ibmit.a. mile from Ant. werp, which the French - had fortified very strongly. and from whence they were driven into Antwerp in high style by our troops, in which the 37th'regiment bore a distinguished part with no loss.--A detach. ment of 200 fine men of this regiment, under com mand of 'Captain . WAtroN, who lately came home from Spain with the PamplUna prisoners, marched a few days since from Silver Hill Barracks to join the 2d battalion in Holland. Di:la.—Tuesday morning, two Gentlemen, one hearing the appearance of a Naval Otficer t fought a duel in a field, immediately. behind the Terrace, at Kentish Town. Two shots were fired by each per son, end by the last, the Naval Officer was wounded in the side : he immediately fell, and WAS carried to a'postchaise, which conveyed him, with his friend, to wards London. CORN EXCHANGE, MMt .-LANE, r 4 b. le. In addition to a large quantity of Wheat left over morn Mons day's supply, svc had several fresh arrivals both on Wedgew a y and this morning, and having scarce any demand, their sales are exceedingly heavy, and our prices are 4s. per quarter ►sorer than Monday Barley is 24. per quarter cheaper, and goes WI slowly at that (+cane. Malt is 2s. per quaver lower. in Ku, lim a s, arid other articles, Ibo atifidoo. Flour 655. to 704. per sac►.