Star. — London, England, 1814-02-23 00:00:00

LONDON. WEDNtSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1914. THE FUNDS. This day being Mb Wedasegday, it a HondnY at the fink Lbut the Stock Exthaage is open, and a deal of bashsess doing. The l!*iket opened at Omni= 28 for payment, and Went to 29, 2n, ard bait again to 24: For Money 27i, and continuation of pet Cent.—Twebre o'Cloek. Another arrival of Paris Papal to the 10th has put as in possession of the details of further tictories gained by DdgerARTE. They ate like the sictories of a. certain great Captain of antiquity, however-- they bring him hourly nearer and nearer to his ruin. He is, in fact, compelled to retreat upon raris. Whe ther he will spew his haggard visage in that capital again is however doubtful: After leaving the final destrnetion of Burotaa's army toManstosr, he finds it convenient to inquire into the movements of Prinee SCHWARTZSNBERO; but for this purpose it is necessary tevitit Coignes, precisely thirty miles from Paris, where it certainly appears that the advance of that General's army had been seen on or about the 16th. On the 17th, therefore, at noon, a . most signal victory is pitted, if we are to believe a short unofficial notice to that effect from Nangis, about ten or twelve miles from.Guignes, where the battle is said to have been fought. That an engagement took place at the time and place started, cannot be doubted ; but, that the victory was gained by the-French, is out of the ques tion. The fact is, BLUCHER and SCHWARTZENBRAG are advancing upon Paris by simultaneous movements. The former is again at Meaux, we must presume, aotwithstanding the complete destruction of his co. )umns atChateauTbierry, and the latter is at Guignes. ft — BONAPARTE% next vietoty will probably be oter BLUCHER at Meaux; meantime SCHWARTZENHERG v4ll be at the Barriers of the good City of Paris.— lt is now a dead heat between BLUCHER and SCRWARTZENBERG, and the chances are equal. The wishes of all gallant spirits are with BLUCHER. It was this experienced Veteran who eapitulatedipr the safety of the City of Lubec after the battle of Jena, and he was an eye witness of the faith with Which lie French General kept to his bargain. Scarcely had the capitulation been signed when AUSEERASU, the scoundrel who entered it on the part of the French, called out to thee - brigands who were under his command, as pillage MU elfin: I Nearly the whole of the inbabita.nts were instantly butchered without distinction of sex or age, aad the town was Set.,.. fire in several places!. Aunznaau, we believe, his now a command in the National Guards of Paris. Marshal BUCHER will, of course, give him the fra ternal hag when he meets him. There will be none cd the nuilleuru forest:, no exchanging of hospitalities, observed at the ceremony. BLUCHER is of another Khool, and of a different breed from the guests of CAVLINCOURT, the Duke of Vicenza I It is laughable to witness the credulity of the inha blants of Paris. Daily they are told that columns of prisoners will arrive : the ramparts are crowded with company to view the imposing spectacle; even Ain: JOSEPH goes out to the gates to meet the stran gers, but none arrive. The Moniteue of the 18th, however, announces their expected arrival on that day at noon. We, nevertheless, suspect they have lest their way, like the cannon lost and taken in the battle of Brienne. The distance between Montmirail and Paris is only about sixty miles. Zetween the 11th and the 18th, surely a single column of prise. secs might have found their way to Paris. Have any prisoners been taken front the Allies, in any of the actions which have been ksght since the affair 'of Bfienhe t—teertitiely foe id Mani s 20 icicle thiiti worth/ 6f - befogs co NA& that the ilea mope . of the Alliei ifth tint . tet bed ken at the Barriers Is not gurprisini. It is a prod of the strict discipline enforced by ale Allied Conithandert. Many lives would be lost id no Pur -1 posei were an irregular force to appear prititatiirely on the heights which command Paris : beiides, the honour of entering Paris, as in the case of Leipsic, must be reserved for ALKKANDIR the Deliverii, and BLUCHER the Invincible ! SCHWARTZENEERG his seen Paris already—the former never have. Bowirawrz is et idently playing the same desperate garb* round Paris that he did at Dresden. lie must abandon it to its fate. Its doom was decreed on the day that Moscow was destroyed. Hithert6 we have had only French accounts of these conflicts, and we may fairly allow the exag •geratiotts of the enemy, at a moment when it is so necessary to excite the drooping spirits of the popu lace, to be at least not inferior to what were last year exhibited in the Monikar, when the Allies were driving the French from Germany. Every victory of which NAPOLEON boasted at that time proved to have been a signal defeat, and the mighty conqueror ac tually left his army to its fate as he had done before when citivom out of Russia. We cannot doubt s then, that when the official de- tail% from the armies shall arrive, they will present very different features from the sketches given in the French Journals.. 4. But," say some, * 6 why have they not been received ?"—intimating that they must have been kept back by disasters. No reasoning can be more fallacious than this. If the Negotiations for Peace have been broken off, the Couriers from the Allies would have no more passports to pass through France : and therefore must take k more circuitous route to reach this country. That the negotiations have been interrupted is, we think, proved by the non arrival of Messengers, via Calais ; and hence we infer—not that the Allies absolutely refused to treat with BONAPARTE, but that the tyrant notwithsanding the desperate state of his affairs, had the audacity to insist on. terms incompatible with the dignity of the Allied Potentates, and dangerous to the future safety and peace of Europe. We speak on this point with considerable confidence; nor have we the slightest doubt, that, let the present desperate struggle issue how it may, when there shall no longer be any neces sity for concealment, and the undisguised facts shall come before the Public, it will be proved, that every impediment that has operated to interrupt a pacific negotiation proceeded entirely from BONAPARTE Nai -1 self. The Duke of YORK visited the Panics REGENT yesterday. The Report of the Earl of LIVERPOOL'S health, to enquirers yesterday, was, that the Noble Earl was better; and Ise was well enough for the new Austrian Minister, who arrived in town on Monday, to be in. troduced to him by Baron Wassabasonztr, the late Minister. His Excellency afterwards called on the other Cabinet Ministers, andleft Ms card. ' The Loral CHANCELLOR, and several of the Cabinet Ministers saw the Earl of LIVERPOOL yesterday, and a number of persons of distinction left their cards. LAW ARMANCEMENTS.—Sir VICABY GIBBS if to be the new Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, in the wort) of Sir J. MANSFIELD ; Mr. Baron THOMPSON is to be the new Chief Baron ; Mr. Ricnaaps, Chief Justice of Chester, to be the new Puisne Baron of the Exchequer; his Majesty's ATTOILNEY•G&NZRAL to be Chief Justice of Chester. MAYO ELECTION.—Gross Poll, 17th Feb. 1814.-.- For Mr. KIRWAN, 4,029; for Mr. BItOWNE, 3940. Majority for Mr. Ktavrior, 89. Sunday, the Rev. Sir WILLIAM COOPER, Bart. ar rived at Barham, in Kent, after an eighteen years captivity in France. Yesterday se'nnight, three English seamen i be. longing to Polpern, Cornwall, landed at Grange, in the south part of the Isle of Wight, in a small fishing boat, about six tons, having made their escape from Valenciennes, where they had been prisoners of war eight years. They contrived to teach Caen, in Nor mandy, where they stole the boat, and sailed from thence Sunday morning. The people gave them provisions through the different towns; and notwith standing they were known to be Englishmen, no one attempted to detain them, but desired them to pro ceed. It was positively stated, the day before they left France, that a party of Cossacks had fallen in with and released 450' English prisoners at Longwy ; at Valenciennes our men were daily deserting, the greater part of the usual guard being marched to Parts. LUCIEN BONAPARTE, of fhorngrove House, near Wcrcefter, has become a favourite in his neighbour. hood; he drives about in a neat one-horse chaise, on the pannels of which is inscribed a plain and simple .4 B." A Tates from Brussels, dated February 8, says : " You can scarcely form an idea of the high venera tion Achich is expressed by all classes here for the character of England, and the ardent wishes that England might take them under her protection. The higher classes do not relish the prospect of An anion with Holland. But the Agents of Holland are se cretly preparing the Church to support them. In case of an union with Holland, the Court would be transferred hither. The French, when they quitted Brussels last Tuesday, supposed there was a British force of forty thousand men on this side Williamstadt, or they *ould not have walked off without a struggle. They complain that the country people deceive theta— which is in fact the ease.—The shipping at Antwerp has been on fire, and two men of war have been burnt. Troops continue pouring in here, and take the direction of Ghent and Bruges. Ostend has no Artillery, and is expected to fall at the first attack.— The Prefect of Brussels, Douket Ponlecoutkrt, is gone to Amiens. The Doke of Clarence is just Arrived." _ . serAtoftmE i I*o iframaCt ( Predck Pipers df the 19th and 20th instael byre we undeettand, just been received in Town. They make mention of Pour Thousand Austrian Pris Otters having arrived at Parisi but contain no account of any engagement subsequent to that of the 15th. Private accounts, it is said, thention that a great battle was fought on the 19th, and that the Allies had marched within sight of Pais. Aware of the industry with which reports are daily circulated, otir tte•.tders will receive 4otery kind of rumour with caution. The VENGICUIt, Captain Iticitrrra, left Basque toads on the 10th lastant, to command the squadron off L'Orient, with a view of intercepting the enemy's ftigates, of which no less than twelve are at sea. FALMOUTH, FEBRUARY 19. Arrived the Thomas and Mary, Autumn, Lady Cathcart, and Henry transports, with several others, (names unknoWn,) being pan of . a fleet which sailed from Passsues the 12th instant, under convoy of the ARROW schooner.—Wind E.S.E. fresh breezes. PLYMOUTH, FEBRUARY 2i. Arrived the YORK, 74, from the Channel fleet, the MRNRLAUS frigate from a cruise, and the ARROW schooner with a fleet of transports from Passages.— Also arrived the Spanish brig St. Juan Baptiste, from Lima, bound to Cadiz, with bullion and specie on board, reported to be worth two millions sterling she was captured 2d inst. near Madeira, by the Ma lank and Terpsichore French frigates, and while ex changing prisoners two British frigates hove in sight and went in pursuit of the enemy : 20 Frenchmen were left on board, and proceeded with the St. Juan Baptiste for France ; but on the 14th instant, near L'Orient, she was recaptured by his Majesty's ships RIPPON and MENELAUS: the French frigates had not time to take out any of the bullion.—Wind E. PORTSMOUTH, FEBRUARY 22. Sailed from St. Helen's Roads his Majesty's ships DANNEUARK, ALBICORE s and Mwtos, with the con voy for the East Indies, the Cape, the Brazils, &c. Also sailed his Majesty's ship PERSEUS, with a con voy for Lisbon ; and the WANDERER, for Plymouth. Came into harbour his Majesty's ship Dr.stags, from Spithead.—.TheßzamunA takes•convoy to the Downs. Wind E. tith okihi "Jima - • Fiesdqusited; Colojttk , Febrtdry U. dg The PittNoz ROYAL set out from Buckenbourg on the MI), to proceed by Leipstadt and Ebetteldt to Cologne, where his Royal Highneis arrived on the 10th, at night. He -passed the Rhine amidst the sonnd of cannon, and both banks retounded with the acclamations of the inhabitants. The whole popula tion of Cologne went out to .fleet him at the river side ; and never was the enthusiasm of a people, de., Nvered from an opprelsiye yoke, expressed with mote tnanimity and ardour: The city was illuminated at n i g ht. Yesterday there Was a grand ball, which his R oya l Highness honoured with his presence. As the combined array of the North of Getmany is about to commence a. more active campaign in these countries, it is becessary to State the march of the different corps that compose it,-and the ulterior prospects of the Prifice Royal: 6 4 tile corps of General Bulow, forming the tight of the army, is in the environs of Brussels, and has Oa its advanced posts in the direction of Mons: General Winzingerade, whose head-quarters are at Namur, forms the centre: He has already get possession of the towns of Mons, Avesnes, and Rheims, of which he has sent the keys to the Prince Royal, *he will transrttit them to the Emperor Alexander. a The corps of Count Woronzoff, which has pas sed the Rhine here, takes also the direction of Namur to cortle is contact with that of Winzingerode. Ge neral Strogonoff is about to follow it. it The advanced guard of the Swedish army will be on trie 21st upon the Rhine, so that the whole army will have passed the river before the end of the month. “ The Danish troops take the route of Dussel dorff, passing by Bremen and Minster, and will pro ceed from thence further on the line of operations. The intention of his Royal Highness is to unite the whole army under his orders upon a line between soissons and Rheims, and then to act aeeording to c:retaustances.h THE EVENING STAR. DEAL, FEBRUARY 42. Arrived his Majesty's -!: .'".. l . , :gssEY and TICKLER, from the Roorr- . -A. Sailed the Albury, Harriott, Symmetry, \ enus, Choice, and Union transports, for Harwich ; and ARCHER gun-brig, with the outward. bound, for Portsmouth. Arrived his Majesty's ship SURVIULANTE, with prisoners, estape4 from the Fret►ch depots by the way of Holland. Wind E.S.E. CHATHAM, FEBRUARY go. The LIE was put out of dock yesterday ) and on Tuesday the CMiIIiRLAND will be docked. The following are further particulars of the recent Stock-Jobbing Fabricating " Data, Fraimutv 21.—This morning, between two and three o'clock, an b.spress arrived at Adm. Fot.cr's, from Dover, with a letter, purporting to he from Colonel Di Bouiton, Aide de-Camp to Lord CATHCART, announcing his arrival from France with dispatches of the utmobt importance, namely, the MURAT AND DRAT!! or BONAPARTS, and Entry of the Allied Sovereigns into Paris, in order that she Admiral might make the necessary communication, by telegraph, to London, as suon as day-light appeared." Under these circumstances, Admiral FOLRY at tempted to communicate the intelligence by the Te legraph to Government ; but the haziness of the weather prevented its working ; the Admiral, there fore, forwarded the letter, by express, to the Ad miralty. At Dover this pretended Colonel Ds BURGH sported a bag of Napoleons d'or ; but recollected he bad a Bank of England note or two in his pocket, where they had been laying some months, and with them he paid his bill at the Inn, and then departed in style for London ; soon after which, a reference was had to the Notes, and it was discovered they were indorsed by a Mercantile Firm in London, with the date, 15th February, 1814. These Bank notes can, no doubt, be easily traced, not only•by their numbers, bat by their specific indorsements. Government have taken up the inquiry into this nefarious deception, and both on Monday night and yesterday, the Frenchmen who were instrumental in the business, with an Eng lishman who assisted in their conveyance, were exa mined before the Privy Council. The result of the inquiry has not been made known. It will be recol lected that when an imposition, by means of a forged letter was practised in the Mayoralty of Bir C. PRICE, caused an advance in the stocks, all the bargains were declared void by a Committee selected from the Pro prictort and Subscribers of the Stock Exchange. The ordinary Committee met yesterday, and we learn that it has come to no resolution on the subject, and fur ther that it is not the intention of the Committee'at all to interfere, leaving the parties injured to such legal remedies as the disclosure of the fraud may admit of. It has been ascertained, that one broker purchased for his employers in the early part of Monday fore noon, the enormous sum of 650,000 in Omnium, which purchase it is estitrtated, on a moderate calcu lation, produced a net profit of £16,000 pounds.— The whole amount of the transfers, in the course of the day, it is said, exceeded a million and a half.— The pretended Officer was a tall dark man, dressed in scarlet and gold, with a large star on his breast, the coat turned up with green, and be wore a large sword by his side. He feigned to be much fatigued, and his beard was very long. CORN IiNeCHANOE, MARX-LANE, PER, 23: Our Market was thinly supplisd with all Grain this asondag. Having had no fresh arrivals dace Monday, what few saaiplas of fine Wheat appeared .net ready sale, but oar prkes oesiekrat the sone as an kit 'market-day. In Barley, Pisa, amd ark there is as allerstion. • • ~• lON - STAR-OFPICr., irIiNEE O'CLOCK. Another Battle took place WI the I Stb last tilt, ha... tareenßottaPairrs and Prince SCIIWAATZINMRO. The French, as usual, claim the i .tietory. The Comm/mallow willow Etats and the SEA COAST 13 1:01V CUT OFF $y 11101COSSACFJJ! The subjoined intelligetwit gas conveyed to Bou logne by an estraordlnary btplress, wbo wok an in . .; usual ratite: " *ovum; sex 21, 'lva P. sc. 44 Our Telegraph has been cut off by some light troops, partissns, The folloning comes by our er traordinary Exprnss frUm Paris : M Pain, FUR Ulla* 111:-6 P.M. le On the 17th, at Nangis, the Emperor beat Prince ScuwAßTstssititt; ; he pursued his successes. Ont the leth, in the morning, between iontainbienu and Melva, he marched against the enemy, who were at Montereau. There was a warm action. The enemy fought obstinately he was defeated and pursued. We have Three Thousand prisoners, and one Gene ral and Five Pieces of Csnnon. "No o i.l accounts of die battle tithe 17th had reached Paris late this night. 44 On the 18th, 3 per Cents. • Actione of the Bank 690." THE ARMY. The Dumfries Militia, flow quartered in that tows are under orders for detached services. Thursday the first division of the Nortlrimberland Militia marched from Haddington, on their route to Newcastle. Last week the koyal Ayrshire Militia marched from Perth for Ayr; they are under orders to embark at Ayr for Ireland. • Thursday a detachment of 20') of the 37th Regi. ment of the Line arrived in Canterbury from Silver hill Barracks, on their route for embaskation at Ramsgate, for Holland. PRIVATE LETTER, FROM AN OFFICER IN LORD WELLINGTON'S ARMY, DATED " Fifth Division ) , Prbruarx 1,1814. " We are gradually pushing forward one advanced posts and stealing ground from site enemy ; the other day Sir fiteat CLINTON carried off the entire of one of their pickets ; but we cannot cross the river till she roads are in better Condition, and until we get rein forcements from home. " There is we now discover no stop to the con scription, and it rapidly fills their ranks, and we find that the voice of the country is for BONAPARTE...-. This will continue until some great reverse happens, or until a Bourbon party raise an insurrection, and the white standard as a tallying .point for ethers to fly to. . "The peasante are not so friendly to us as we were led to believe they would be : a few days ago they took forty of Sir Lownv Cos.en moles, which were foraging, and Matt unmercifully beat the rest. Ilk was done entirely by the peasants, dare being no French soldiers in lut qtrarters , g The Froach have oi themselves given up all the ground near B47onne, and our beatrtes are now within rnusket-sbot of the town." EXTRACT OF A LETTER rnom AN OFFICER IN THE 7RTX RROINENT, aUtifING iN IinELAND, WIDER Tin (7n1,1 HAND Of LIE TMOALAS-GRANAM. Calelletnit, lan. 14, 1414. • " Since I wrote pa on the 7th instant, I have to add, that we have joined the army the day before yesterday ; and to grAtify our wishes, General Sir THOMAS GRAHAM moved forward with two brigades, yesterday morning at seven o'clock, against Ant werp, upon the Scheldt ; and on our first advancing, no doubt, the French made their appearance in the field. Colonel MACLEOD got the command of a bri gade, consisting of the 66th, 73d, and 73th regj ments; which brigade had the first engagement, and owing to the situation of our regiment, it shared the warmest part & the action. 4 , It is unnecessary In, me to snake any remark's on the conduct of the small remains of the Maitre High landers ; it will be sufficient to s.iy, that the intrepi dity of the 78th regiment on this uceat ion wa% marked with the entire approbation or Sir Till PMAS GRAHAM. and many other General Officers, all of whom ex pressed themselves highly pleased with the gallant spirit which the heroes maintained at this particular crisis. A superior force was driven into a small vil lage with great slaughter; but, I am sorry to say, not without a considerable loss on our pan. Colonel MACLenD was severely wounded, while oravely lead. ing his brigade against a superior force, nod just be hind his own battalion. Colonel Lturisae had his horse shot under him, and himself and horse fell into a deep ditch, where the Colonel was obliged to leave the animal. Lieutenant W. Mammas' was mortally wounded in the body, while gallantly cheerios the YAI company into the village; and I am exceedingly sorry to say, that he died last night, to the groat regret of his brother officers. Lieut. W. BATH was severe. ly wounded in the WI arm, just below the elbow, as he was bravely leading the 6th company into the same village ; I am happy to add, that be is doing well, and out of danger. Lieutenant Cunuotas was slightly wounded in the left breast, but not so much as to prevent hith performing his duty. Ensign Onstsev, who carried the regimental colours, was killed in the field ; Serjeant FINLAY took up the co lours, and retained them during the remaining part of the day. Captain G. 12 received four different balls through his gnat coat, without the smallest in jury to himself. Captain SIME was likewise touched by a spent ball, but not materially hurt. None of the Serjeants were bum Piper A. Wert° was slightly wounded in the begiening of the action, and after he fell he played the 6 Highland Laddie' and Johnny Cope'. Alexander Macdonald, Sd company; William Simpson, 6th; Donald Maclean, sth ; and -- Cham bers, second company, were killed—and about twenty five wen wounded. • 66 We landed on Walley last, and during four days we have marched upwards of 70 miles ;—we itmet h ed t h e h et eight, after tan o'clock, about twenty milariato the interior of the country from Antwerp.** ./