Star. — London, England, 1814-03-14 00:00:00

The British Officers have proposed: Art. I. A suspension of hostilities for three days, to commence trot•.t this day at noon, in order to afford time for making the necessary arrangements for the execution of an schange of pri soners.—Anssver, Granted. Art. 11. That all prisoners of war, wounded and others, be long:ng to his Mdjesty's forces, shall be given up, giving their prole of honour not to serve against Frame,: or her Allies, in Europe, until they shall have been regularly exchanged.—An. ewer, Granted. Art. AI. That all Prenel prisoners of war, wounded and other• (vise, shall be given up, and be accounted for by the prisoner' to be restored to his Britannic Majesty, as has been stipulated in the preceding article.—Answer. Granted. Art. IV. As some of bis Majesty's officers and soldiers have been dangerously wounded, they shall be left in tht fortress of Bergen-op-Zoom; and two medical officers, together with the . tecrisite number of hospital attendants, to take care of them.— Ans. Granted. Art. V. That a building shall be allotted for the purpose of being used as an hospital for the wounded English; and that the British Officers be allowed to lodge with the inhabitants, at then own expence.—Answer. Granted. Art. VI. That when the officers, or any others of the British ironndee, shall be cured, they shall receive passports from the Governor of Bergen-op-Zoom, to eflable them to proceed to the I.sTglish out-posts; and that the medical officers and hospital at tendants be in like manner permitted to depart when their ser *lces shall be no longer required —Answer. Granted. Art. VII. That the geleral officer commanding the British fortes be allowed to appoint a Commissary, for the purpose of carrying into the place of Bergen-op-Zoom such articles as may be warned by the wounded remaining therein, and that the said Commissary be permitted to pass and repass.—Answer. I bese articles shall be carried once a week , and on a fixed day, between 'ten o'clock in the milting and two in the afternoon; they shall be deposited within cannon-shot, and from thence be taken into the garrison. Art. VIII. That the troops of both powers do remain during tke suspension of hostilities, in the same positions which they now Occupy.—Answer. Granted. Art. IX. That a British Officer be authorised to remain in the place of Bergen-op Zoom during the suspension of hostilities, in Order to regulate the execution of these different arrangements. — Answer, Granted. Art X. That the British Officers preserve their swords—An swer, Granted, Art. XI. That waggons be allowed to enter the town for the conveyance of the wound.—Answer, Granted. Demanded by the Ftench. Art. CCU. That a French Officer be sent with tht &watches of the Governor of Btrgen-op-Zoom, for the purpose of acquainting the Governor of Antwerp with the result of this exchange. Answer,'Granted.—He will be accoinpanied by a B'ritlift co-, attached to head-quarters, to the French out-posts before Antwerp. Art. Xiii. That a return I* drawn up of the officers and col diet., of his Britannic Majesty Who are actually prisoners of war in Bergen-op-Zoom, which is to be annexed to this trtaty of ex- C;:arge.—Answer,•Granted. Art. XIV. That a return' be like-wise made of the officers and r!t n of tht French army who were made pristmers of warrin the :oot of the Sib to the gbh instant, and that they be immediately been np.—Answer, Granted. Art. XV. These returni shall contain the names of the prisos rev' accord'r4 to their ranks, and duplicates of the same shall be rtlade out.--Answer, Granted. Conelneled, suriect to the approbation of General Bizinet, Chief Commandant of Berges-op-Zoom, and Major-Gene ral Cooke, Superior Offietiof the prisoners of war in the ft rnhthed with the full powers of General Gr..ham. LI,LIt C Roy Josas, Lieutenant-Colonel. Jas. HA/•tLTON STAtiIIOPE, Major, and Aid de-Camp to the Commander of toe Forces. I.r'rcved, CIO. COOK r, hlajor-General. LE event., commanding the Bat. of Engineer,. HOnoT DE NaurriLt4, Town Major. Aproved, Le Ooneral BliAt4 IT. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. MONDAY, MARCH 14, 1814. PRICE UI STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK 3 per Cent. Red. shut—Cons. 70iii 71—for acc. 70! 714 ;•t. 4 per Ct. shut-5 per Ct. 981-omnium 261 26 25} 26 26; 27 India Bonds 1 1s. 12s. pr.—Eichequer Bills 38. - 53. pr. In our preceding columns will be found a Gazelle Extraordinary, detailing an unfortunate attempt to take Bergen-op-Zoom by storm. The f..ilure of this bold and perhaps too hazardous enterprize, is only to be lamented in proportion as it has deprived the country of the services of many brave and valuable soldiers. The loss of Officers was great beyond pre. cedent.—a convincing proof that every man did his duty. This partial check to the efforts of the Allies in liberating Holland, can have no effect whatever upon the grand features of the campaign. • Bergen-op-Zoom was always considered to be one of the strongest fortifications in Europe—it has under gone various sieges. In the years 1586 and 1622, it was besieged by the Spattiards, but they made scarcely any impression upon it. About the commencement of the last century, the fortifications were rebuilt by the celebrated Dutch Engineer COIJORN, and it has been justly regarded by all Engineers as kis mister-piecr. In 17 , 1.7, to the astonishment of all Europe, it was taken by the French by storm, after a gallant de fence of three months. It was restored at the Pesce of 171 S, and the works were dismantled. ' In 1791• it was seized by the French : treachery ?rt the part of the garrison, or rather the revoluticnary mania which was rapidly spreading among the Dutch, facilitated its surrender; it has since been occupied• by a French garrison. We have likewise to mention, on the authority of a Wrning Paper, another piece of intelligence which, though less distressing than the preceding, is also of an unfavourable nature : Bruges, which was lately occupied by the Allies, has, it is said, again fallen into the hands of the enemy, who brought against it a force of 7000 men. Since our last Mnniteurs to dic 10th, and minor' Paris Papers to the 9th, have been received.. They are silent respecting BONAPARTE'S operations ; and, indeed, contain no news from the principal theatre of the war. We may of course conclude, that no event favourable to the Ustirrr had occurred, or they would have been blazoned forth in the usual stile. But from another circumstance we infer that unfavourable reports were in circulation in Paris. On . the 7th the funds had not recovered from their previous fall to 53 franks ; and on the Bth there was a further depression to 51. General SAINT PRIEST, mentioned to have been taken in a sortie by 61( gar ' rison Of Landrecies, is not a Russian, but a Pi Officer—we suspect a typographical error. Nti it t y possibly have to announce soon, that there is r:: truth in this than in the reported deaths of Ger.crals D'Yonx and WREDE. The following Letter appeared yesterday in a Sunday Paper : " FULKSTONE, SATURDAY EVENING. " The following intelligence has just been received from Bou logne, and may be relied upon as authertic '6 Marshal BLUCHER, being attacked by BONAP.%RTLwithsu. perlor forces, fell back until the sth ; when, being reinforced (it is conjecturod by some part of the CROWN PRINCE'S force), he moved forward, and on the Bth defeated an advanced corps of the French army, made u...,°0 prisoners, and took eight pieces of cannon. " It was stated at Boulogne, that BoNAraira had been re called eastward by the advance of Prince SCOWARTZLNERRO. " The Cossacks had again penetrated to Fontainbleau; and some hundreds of them had been seen within fifteen miles of Paris, where the greatest alarm prevailed. " The Police is so strict—the spies so numerous—that no one dares express publicly his apprehensions. The arrests are fre quent. Persons attempting to leave Paris without passports are apprehended and imprisoned. " The rupture of the discussions for an armistice, occasioned by the refusal of the Allies to retire to the frontiers, or at least 200 milts front Paris, had put an end to the hopes of immediate Peace. " PLATO?? was harassing the rear of the enemy at Montmirail . " Tl:e bourbon standard was currently reported at Boulogne, to be flying hi three departments, and that thousands had flock ed to it." The general features of the preceding letter havei an nir of probability, but we know nothing of the de gree of credit to which it may be entitled, any more than we do that which may be due to a report of a directly opposite nature given in a Paper of this mor ning, which states—that a battle took place on the ,7th between BONAPARTE and BLUCHER, in which the hitter was defeated with the loss of 10,000 men and 100 pieces of cannon. This intelligence, it is said, appears in a French paper of the 10th with derails of forced marches—desperate resistance by a Prussian corps c, lied the go Death's Heads," &c. &c. On the face of this statement some things appear which people versant in the appreciation of probabi lities as to the truth of intelligence will not easily cte- Round numbers of 10,600 men and 100 pieces of cannon, are not konsistent with the character of a commanication pretending to give minutia respecting an individual 'corps—the " Death's Heads." To be plain —we smell a Bear—it is very rank. The reported defeat of BLuatttt proves, as we suspected, a fabrication. Since writing the above, Paris Papers to the 12th have been received. They claim a victory gained over the Allies on the 7th instant at Craone, a place situated between Rheims and Laon, but the details are given in such a confused manner, that no impoitance can be attached to them. We have not seen the papers alluded to, but we are informed that they announce a farther fall in the French funds to 30. This looks very different from any thing like victories on the part of the Tyrant. Our Own funds, which experienced a depression in the morning, in consequence of the false report, have again recovered. Omnium in the morning was as low as 25, but at the moment we are writing has got to 27. Letters from the French toast represent Paris to be in a most alarming situation—the inhabitants expect ing every day a most unwelcome visit from the Cos sacks; parties of whom were now and then seen at no great distance from the city. It 11. Y" r for o' i. _-..mdd (TRANSLATION.) i3ergen•op-Zoom, allowed Lieutenant-Colonel Jove! to come here with letters from General Cooke, in con sequence of which I sent in my Aide-de-Camp, Major Stanhope, yesterday morning, with full powers t 6 Conclude an agreement relative to an exchange of pri. soners ; a copy of which I have the honour to enclose, agreeable to which, all but the wounded were marched out from Bergen-op-Zoom yesterday, for the purpose of being embarked for England, as soon as the navi gation of the river shall be open, and I trust that my conduct in pledging my honour to the strict ob servance of this agreement will be approved of, and that an immediate release of French prisoners of cor responding ranks, will take place with the least pos - - sible delay. I mast not omit this opportunity to express my en. tire satisfactiorr, with the indefatigable zeal of tcnant-Colonel Jones, relative to the comfort of the prisoners, and ray obligation to that Officer, and to Major Stanhope on this occasion. lam anxious, too, to do justice to the conduct of General Bizanet, which, truly characteristic of a brave man, has been marked from the first with the most kind and hu mane attentions to the prisoners. He has sent me the name of an Officer, prisoner in England, formerly his Aide-de-Camp,and I would gladly hope that, in compliment to the General, this Officer would be immediately released without ex change. Major Stanhope, who can better than any body inform your Lordship of all particulars you may wish to be informed of, is sent purposely as the bearer of my dispatches, which makes it unnecessary for me to add more.—l have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) THOMAS GRAHAM. Earl Bathurst, &c. &c. &c. On this 10th day of March, Lieutenant-Colonel Jones, Lieutenant-Colonel Stanhope, Aide-de-Camp to the General Officer commanding the British forces; Messrs. Hugot de Neuiville, Major, and Le Clerc, Lieutenant• Colonel of the French Engineers, having been appointed by their respective Generals, and having met fir the purpose of settling the conditions of an exchange of prisoners, to be submitted hereafter to the Commanding Generals of both parties ; TRENCH PAPERS. PARIS, MARCH 7. On the 3d of March, *at eight in the itorning, our troops entered Gene Va. We have received certain intelligetice that the gar rison of Landrecies has made a sortie, in which it made many of the enemy prisdners; among them is the Russian General St. Priest.—(Journal de l'Am tire, March 8.) PARIS, MARCH IL Onr troops re-entered Geneva on the 2d, at eight in the morning.—(Gazeite de Frahce, Marcia 8.) FRENCH FUNDS.—March 7,53 f. ; March A, 51f. The French funds on the 10th were at 50 1. 25 c. A person landed at Portsmouth on Thursday from Morlaix, whence she came in a cartel, who states, that she his resided in Paris the last six months, and only left it on the 19th February last. She represents the Parisians as being in the utmost alarm for the safety of the city, BONAPARTE, it is said, having declared that he will burn it if it cannot be defended. The Allies were anxiously expected by most people, and every one was eager to be placed out of their dread ful state of suspence. There are an immense number of cannon planted around Paris, but it does n,)t ap pear that the inhabitants were inclined to make the most trivial resistance. On the contrary a gene rous enemy would be received with much satisfacti‘ , n, such is the people's detestation of BONAPARTE and his system of government. MARIA LOUISA is much beloved and respected. In the recent conflict of BONAPARTE with the Allies be succeeded in making about 10(X) prisoners which were paraded about the streets for a shew ; but to give his assertions in his late accounts an air of truth he caused the prisoners of several depots (made at various pe riods of the war, and which were only removing their station to prevent their being liberated by the Russians, &c.) to be marched through the city as the fruit of the successes recently claimed. Our informant also states that many of the conscripts, which marched for the armies, returned again in a day or two, wound 'ed some without hats or caps, awd others without their arms and accoutrements—there also came in at intervals a number of wounded horses. The late de mands of the French armies had exhausted the-cnaga lines, MO that it WAS tiiifiCUlt, and, in some instances, not practiclble, to furnish the conscripts with arms and cloti.ing. There were many of this class in Paris, not Calctil -sled to march torthe scene of operations inconse quence. JOSLLII 130NAPARTE still remained at Paris, perfoi ruing the part of a reviewing Geneial ; he being daily employed in that service But JOSEPH appears a man of peace, and the enemies of France have no thing to apprehend from his genius. Nearly all the main roads leading from Paris are occupied either by the Cossacks or more regular troops. That to Mor laix was not interrupted. The above Cartel from Morlaix brought over the Surgeon of his Majesty's late ship GRASSHOPPER, which was driven into the Texel about two years since, in dreadfully severe weather, in which the unfortunate HERO was lost. This cartel took over Lieutenant SHEA, of the -29th regiment, who Was sent back to France, by our Government, for having broken his parole ! Lieutenant S. was thrown into prison the moment he landed. PLYMOUTIr, MARCH 12. Came in the FLY sloop of and Bi rTaaN ditto, from a cruize, Sailed the VILLE DE PARIS, of 110 guns, for off tirest ; R EY- N ARD sloop .to the Westward ; and ROSARIO for Pas sages. YARMOUTH, MARCH 13.—A lugger privateer has captured five vessel's, between Orfordness and Lowestoffe ; two of them are retaken, one carried into Southwold, 'and the other (laden with timber) brought into this port. The PORTIA sloop of war, Captain THOSIPSON, and the PRINCESS of WALES cutter, went out last night in search of the privateer. Mr. Kzax,ippeared at Drury-lane Theatre on I Saturday, in !fie arduous part of Hamlet, in which his performance added not a little to his high and dis tinguished fame. Mr. BaowNE was, en Monday, the sth inst. de clared duly elected for the county of Mayo. The numbers were— For Mr. IbIOWNE, 4464—Mr. ICIR• WAN, 4950 Majority, 114. TWENTY THOUSAND AND THIRTY POUNDS I—The Ticket, No. 5,151, a Prize of £3O, and as first drawn Prize above £l7, entitled to a further sum of ,e 20,000,, was drawn' this morning about twelve minutes past nine o'clock. This fortunate Ticket was sold by Bisu, in one Half and eight Sixteenth Shares, at 4, Cornhill, and 9, Charing-cross ; where the Ticket, No. 5,928,- a Prize of £2,200, this Lottery, was also sold in one Half and eight Sixteenths, and the fortunate holders may receive theif money on de mand, by applying at 4, Cornhill, or 9, Charing cross. At the Winchester Assizes, on Friday, Francois Rety; Charles Jean Darvie, and Jean Louis Sere, were convicted of the murder of George Brothers, a water man, of Gosport, on the 22d Sept. last. It will be recollected, that they hired the deceased's wherry to go to the Isle a Wight, but after getting on board they made for the French coast, and murdered the deceased in the act, as was supposed, of making re sistance to their escape. They were sentenced to be executed, and their bodies to be dissected. CORN MARKET, MARK-LANE, MARCH 14, We had a large supply of grain this day, but which met ready sale, at an advance of es. per quarter ap•n the price of last Monday. Barley is Is. per quarter dearer. Beans are se. per qtarter higher, and Grey Peas have also advanced Sts. per quar teal; Oats also NAURU lit Moadays rises, In saki' articles 111.1 11•11.•••• LYE. . STAILOFFICE, TWO OCLOC4 "he following Telegraphic communication ims been received from the French Coast : , " TELEGRAPH LIYE OF CALAIS . MARCH " On the 7th his Majesty gained at Craone, near • Soissons, a new victory over the Russians, under WI N7ENGERODC, LANGERON, and SACKEN. Two Thousand Prisoners and Twenty Cannon were takosi. The F.t.trenost was in pursuit." rroCK EXCH/INGE. • On Saturday. afternoon, at half psi three o'clock, the Chairman of the Sub Committee of the Stock E. change, appointed to inquire into the late fraud, called the attention of the whole houie to take into consider ation what had been proposed in the Commit e: relative to the mode of settling of such bargains as appeared to be done for persons suspected of being privy to the Fraud. . Mi. DAVID RICARDO stated, that it Was a very de. licate subject to touch on, as he always was of opiniois that all bargains done in that house Should be strictly abided by ; that he was against annulling any bargain, on any account; as such, what he bad to propose was, that every bargain made on the 21st February (the day the fraud took place) should be settled and fulfilled, but at the same tim`e; he trusted, that it was the mptni , m of every honest man; that the authors of the fraud (if possible) should be prevented from benefiting by their deep laid villainy—and to shew that the Stock Ei change had no wish to skreen themselves from the sums they had been defrauded of, he was for having the balances.due to the suspected parties paid into the Bank of England, in the names of three or tour respectable persons, there to be held id trust, and paid to such parties as clearly .should establish a fair claim and prove their innocence ; bet if at the end Of six months persons should not have been able so to do, then that the balance so withheld should be Nil to some public Charity or Charities, totally uncon nected with the Stock Exchange. He held in his. hand, he said, a string of Resolutions, which, he said; he would read; and, afterwards, if agreeable, he would move them singly. He accordingly read them. They stated, That it apreatei that Mr. (earn, Mr. Hltchens, Mr. Stnall bone, and Mr. J.Richa7,lso9, brok rb, did, on tEe yist February, transact bushiess to a considerable amount for petsons suspected of being'privy to the fraud. 'that the Committee for General Purposes be instructed to investigate the books of those four btokers, and report their opinion. That the balances due on those suspected accounts be paid into the hark of England, to abide the event of the parties proves big their innocer'.'te ; and in default of such proof being given withiti• six mouths, then the sums to be paid to some public charity, &c. &e. Mr. HANCOCK concurred in the general sentiikeni expressed in the Resolutions, but thought it would be more decorous and'prudent not to pass them Mr?), when some persons' minds might be supposed to be inflamed, but to let the Resolutions be fairly van'. scribed and placed in some conspcuons part (yf the Stock Exchange, so that each Member might see them, read them, and make up his mind before he voted. Mr. Micas& then moved, as an amendment, that the House should adjourn to three o'clock on Mon day, and then decide the question.. The motion was then put for Adjournaaent, and carried unanimously. TO THE EDITOR. " No. IS, (heat Cumberland-street, March 12, 1814; 44 Sta.—Although the public Newspapers have of late been filled with statements affecting my character, originating ;rum the Members of the Stock Exchange Committee, I have thought it to be navy duty to re main silent until the Report, daily promised from that Committee, should he printed, and that I should be put in possession of it. Having this day seen it by. • accident, for it is only circulated among the , f Body, although it was the bounden duty of the Com mittee, if they had been men of honour, to have sent me a copy of it, I can no longer refrain from ptlblicly contradicting the infamous and unfounded statements contained in the said Report, which can be done upon oath by the very Parties stated by the Committee to have given them the information. I have instructed my Solicitors immediately to adopt those measures which my Counsel may deem proper, in order that justice may be done to my cha racter, and to punish those who have dared to put their names to the most unfounded statements which malice could invent, and which they musttave known to have been false at the moment they were affixing their names to the Report. (Signed j 46 A. COCHRANE JOHNSTONE." No. 18, Great Cumberland-street, March 14, 1814. As the Report of the Stock Exchrige Committee conveys an idea to the public that they estimated delinquency by the erertemis profits which accrued to Lord COtil It AN t, Mr. BUTT, and myself, on the sale of Stock upon the ;II st day of February, and as the public prints have estimated the gains, some at XlOO,OOO, others at 1t75,000, and none under 230,000,1 pledge myself to prove that the whole Profits are as fdllow, vit. Lord Cochrane - £l7OO Mr. Butt £l3OO . Mr. Cochrane Johnstone . X3SOO If the Committee had sited itnpanially, they would have pub. liaised a statement of all the purchases and sales effected by every Broker on that day. with the Name, y the patties, that the public might have drawn their eeirthisient. To obviate this omission on the part of the Committee, 1 ant preparing fo r the Press a correct statement of all Sams bought for the parties before-men. tinned, together with the Names of those from whom the Stock was procured, and to whom mid, vintager IT WILL se SPEW Wmo WIRE Tut PURCEIASIRS AT AX lARLY 10aUR ON TUE 41sT DAT Of FEBRUARY. "A. COCHRAN Jou N5T0,11.. " 44 SIR—As I have delayed replying to the infa. mous and gross falsehoods circulated in the Public Papers, defamatory to my character, relative to the late fraud upon the Stock Exchange, until the Re port should make -its appearance from the Committ( appointed to investigate the circumstances attending the inquiry, and having to-day been favoured with a perusal of it, I beg you to insert this letter in your Paper immediately, in which I positively deny the accaracy of the statement therein made, and the evi dence there declared can be denied upon oath by the parties themselves, who have been stated by the Com mittee to have given the evidence so described. 44 My Solicitors have received orders from me h scantly to commence a prosecution against the Com mittee of the Stock Exchange, for inserting falsehoods as infamous and unfounded as ever appeared in publi cation. (Signed) " R. C. 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