Star. — London, England, 1814-03-16 00:00:00

THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. WEDXESDAY, ig, 1814. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAV AT TWELVE O'CLOCK .3 per Cent. Red. shut—Cons. 704 71—for acc. 711 per Cr. shut-5 per Ct. 984—Omnium 254 46 7.nuia Bond. I is. 12s. pr.—Eschequer Bills ss. ss. pi. MALTA AND GIBRALTAR MAILS. A Malta and Gibraltar Mail grrived this day, but li:ey add little to what was before known from that quarter. The following are, however, worthy of perusal " MALTA, DECEMBER Is. Murat's Genetal Order, of the 6th of November, after his return to Naples, had in it the following im portant paragraphs i The army is hereby informed that the Neapo litan troops, who have so gloriously fought in the Nortli, are already on theit way back to this kingdom. Thus the Neapolitan Army will not be sent any mule to fight in severe climates for which it was not burn, aid Italy is the only country where it will be created to act • for its defence and independence.— ‘•!l;rat has issued several decrees, by which hi: port: ore orma to all friendly' allied, or neutral lass, with kave to import foreign good: of every detail:tic)", and to #xtcrt tie products of the Country." " GIBRALTAR, FEBRUARY 14. .. " On the 10th the 37th Regiment sailed from hence, 900 strong, for Passsages, where they are to land and join Lord WELL/NOrON'S army. " By the last accounts from Malta, of the 28th of December, the plague was not entirely extinct in that i,landi as some straggling cases were daily reported from t!4e villages. This garrison continues perfectly healthy. The convoy front Malta and this place sailed for England on the ICth. " MURAT has issued a Proclamation, authorising the introduction of every species of goods and mer. thandize into his dominions, if imported in neutral vessels; and it is confidently reported and believed, that he has offered to join the Allies against BONA 'AIM if the Allies Kill recognize him as King of Naples. He had sent several fl.tgs of truce lately with dispatches to Lord W. BENTLNCK, at Palermo." Latt night's Gazette contains an abstract or a letter from Rear-Admiral PENROSE, dated off the Bar of the Adour the 25th ultimo, stating the great exertions made by the boats to get up that river on the prece ding day, in oftler to assist our army in crossing it, in which they at length succeeded. Intelligent was yesterday received from Naples to the gd uL at which tittle Lord W. MINT!Nea was in that capital. It is further stated, that the forces, both saval and Military & in that. neigbbourhood..haii been placed under the direction of his Lordship, and it is added as a report, which was believed, that Leghorn had been taken possession of by the joint troops of the British and Neapolitans, and that Fort Ferdinand was in the same hands. It was supposed that the Bishop of SALTZBURG would become the new Archduke of TUSCANY, and would restore W its former splendour the Court of Florence. General TAYLOR was yesterday busily engaged with the Duke of YORK and Earl BATIIURST, previous to his departure for Holland. istters were yesterday morning received by the Royal Family, from the Duke of CLARENCE, at the Hague. We understand that preparations will be made at the Queen's Palace, for the reception of the Queen of WIRTENVigRO. Lord ELLINBOROUGH entertained a large party to dinner yesterday, at his house, in St. James's-square. Viscount &MOUTH is indisposed at his house in Spring Gardens, He was confined to his room yesterday. Yesterday the Lords of the Council met at the Coun cil Chamber, Whitehall. They met at ten o'clock, and continued sitting till two, hearing Prize Appeals, &c. The Lords of the Admiralty have given an acting order to Captain JOHN/ON (a particular fi iend of Lord CoctittANE), to repair to Sheerness, and take the com mand of Lord C's ship, the TONNANT, and to carry her with all expedition round to Portsmouth. Cap. Cain .lowssom, on receiving the temporary command of the TONNAKT yesterday, set off immediately fia rfeerness.—This proceeding gives Lord CC.C1111.116 •ime to Justify himself in the Stock Exchange busi ness, and does not delay the service of the ship. the San Juan Baptiste, at Plymouth, turns out to be much more valustble than was apprehended. Se veral great and unexpected di s coveries of treasure have been made OR board. Mr. Fnetax, an aged attendant upon the Duke cf CUMBERLAND, who went abroad with his Royal flighness, and was returning to England about two In.,ntias since, was given over as being lost in a vessel Bremen, arrived safe, a few days since, at Cum ber:aud House, St.James's,after having been detained 3;!vel weeks, from distress of weather, at Cuxhaven. The boy who was so barbarously treated by a wo man near Win .Isor, we under,rand, proves to be a + son of Mr. MATES, the King's Messenger. MAYO Er.rcrtotc—Saturday, the sth instant, being the sSth day of the poll, this elhtion closed, as be fore mentioned, Mr. BROWNE having a majority of 114. over Mr. KinwAN. On the 57th day, Sir S. O'Mat.Ley polled 46 votes, and expects to be ulti mately the sitting Member, as the dther candidates mutually charge each other with bribery and corrup tion ; and therefore the Baronet expects that each of them will be declared by the House unqualified to sit, and that he, being the only other Candidate, must ultimately buccced. DEFEAT OF BONAPARTE, B►Y GENERAL BLUCHER, We hate to-day the happiness not Only to relieve the anxiety which has for some days been universally felt for the safety of Marshal BLUCHER'S Army, but on the fullest authorttY to announce a most SPLEN- D ID VICTORY obtained by him on the 9th inst. over BONAPARTE, in which BONAPARTE lost Seventy Pieces of Cannon, an immense Waggon Train, and Prisoners without number. The Official Dispatch communicating this import t.tn: intelligence, was sent by the Field-Marshal him :-11 fiom the field uf battle, to the Duke of Saxe Weimar, at Tournay, and by him forwarded to the Prince Sovereign of the United Nethorlands, who im mediately caused it to be notified in the Hague Gazette, as collows HAGUE, MARCH 14. A Courier from his Highness the Duke o Saxe Weimar, sent from Tournay, has brought the follow ing important news to the Sovereign : 44 TOVIINAT, MARCH I?. 14 According to the plan of the high Allied Powers, the different corps were to concentrate, in order to form two army corps ; for this purpose, some short retrograde movements were necessary. et The army of Marshal Blucher had-concentrated itself near Laon ; and Napoleon, at the head of Eighty Thousand Men, had followed it. Yesterday a courier arrived here with the tidings that the Field- Marshal had determined to come to a general engage• ment on the 9th ; and at this moment a second cou rier is arrived, bringing the following official infor► mation from him : a This morning, before day-break, the enemy at tacked my right wing and centre, under the com mand of Generals Winzingerode and Bulow ; and by favour of a thick mist, penetrated to the walls of Laon. About mid-day, when the mist cleared off, the corps of the two above-named Generals drove back the enemy. A very severe contest of infantry began on intersected ground, and we progressively advanced, until the fall of evening. About three o'clock in the afternoon the enemy's columns appeared on my left wing, and took posses sion of the village of Athieres, and commenced a heavy cannonade on the corps of Von Yorck and Kleist. Having foreseen this occurrence, I caused the corps of Langeron and Sacken to break up, for the purpose of strengthening the left wing, with orders to act offensively at the same time with the corps of Yorck and Kleist. 46 The Generals Yorck and Kleist executed this or der with their usual ability. The enemy was, at the close of day, wholly overthrown—his artillery, his ammunition-waggons, and a great number of priso ners, fell into our hands. General Yorck informs me at this moment, that he still pursues the enemy, and that his cavalry has already driven them in the greatest disorder as far as Corbiny. I hasten tocom. municate these tidings to your Serene Highness. ‘‘ Up to this moment, Seventy pieces of Cannon hive already fallen into our hands ; the number of prisoners and caissons is not to be estimated. The victory was principally decided by a brilliant charge of cavalry. My left wing this day crosses the Aisne. It is not certain whether Napoleon commanded in person. "a The most of the Prisoners declare that they had seen him ; but Deserters say s that he departed on the evening of the Bth with 15.00 N) men, taking the read for Paris, as the Grand Autry, under the corn. mand of Prince Schwartzenberg, had entered Fon tainbleau." French Papers to the 13th have reached town— They acknowledge that Vicruit, LAVAL, and GROUCIIY were wounded in the battle of the 7th, but BONAPARTE claims the victory on that day.-- They make no mention of any subsequent battle. French Funds 19 1. The Earl of LIVERPOOL bad a long audience of the PRINCE REGENT, yesterday morning. Yesterday the Bidding% for the next Lottery took place, when Messrs. RICHARDSON and Swirl., being the Ilighest Bidders, obtained it at the price of 416. 9s. 10d. per Ticket. Accounts from Holland mention, that the POPE, whose removals had been frequent lately, was brought to Nice on the 9th of February, and was to depart on the 11th for Genoa, where preparations were making for his reception. Last Monday a Concert and Ball was given at the Old Ship Tavern, Brighton, for the benefit of the dis tressed Germans, which produced nearly £3O. It does not seem to be generally understood, though it is clearly a tact, that the Electorate of Hanover will go to heirs-male—no female can succeed thereto. Now, upon the demise of his present MAJESTY and the 12 couNT, the Princess CHARLOTTE, though of course heiress to the Crown, will not be Sovereign of Hanover : the KINO'Si younger sons in succession, and the heir-male of such hot possessor, will have the German dominions. The following is a pleasant anecdote enough : The inhabitants of Coblentz had erected a column in honour of the famous and victoriost: campaign of BONAPARTE in Russia, in 1812, with a pompous in scription. The Russian Cemmander, when he enter ed Coblentz, ordered the following words to be en graved upon the column :••• 41 Seen and approved by the Russian General at Coblentz in 1813." . •41-.• itxPAL MAILS. Au Q. but. ARIL nut . eubliii - - 1 p Coronna - ! 0 Waterford - 1 1 Heligoland - 0 1 Cadiz - - 0 1 I Guernsei - 0 1 Lisbon - - 1 0 I Jersey - Malta - - 1 0 Passages . 0 0 Gottenhurgh - 0 19 Kalifs: • 0 0 Holland - - 0 6 Leeward Islands - 0 0 FALMOUTH, MARCH 13. Arrived the Nocton packet, with a Mail, frdm Malta; last from Gibraltar, in 22 days ; left at the Rock the Fox packet, bound up ; also arrived the ship Oracabossa, Captain COiVIIAM, from Malta, sailed 20th December, arrived at Gibraltar 11 th February, and sailed from thence the following day. Arrived the Georgina, Pittcr, from Bermuda ; Ar dent from Cork; and the Ashby and Hope, from Waterford.—Nothing sailed to-day.—Wind E. PLYMOUTH MARCH 14. Arrived the HERMES, of 20 guns, from the Brazils; ETHALION frigate, and the DISPATCH gtin-brig, from a cruize ; INSOLENT gun-brig, from the North Coast of Spain. Sailed the YORK man of war, for the Chan nel fleet. Arrived the Hawke and Flora, from Lon don ; Success and Traveller, from Liverpool ; and the Hope, from Glasgow. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH IS. Arrived the Thetis, Charlotte, and Amphitrite merchantmen, from the Downs.—Sailed the Mlsst.E. TOE, with a convoy, for Guernsey and Jersey. Went ont of harbour his Majesty's ship MELPOMENE. His Majesty's ship BRAZEN takes to Plymourh any vessels bound to the Mediterranean and the North Coast of Spain, and will go to Cork with the trade bound to that port : she is expected to sail in the morning with the transports that are ready with troops, bound first to Plymouth, from thence to Passages.—Wind E. DEAL, MARCH 15. Arrived the AvrivE hired cutter, with dispatches from Acimiral Youso.—Wind N. E. COVE OF CORK, MARCH ii. Yesterday his Majesty's ships PRESIDENT, TRIN• , CUL°, PELICAN, BACCHUS, and CONSTANT, sailed with the vessels composing the fleet for Spain and Portu gal, upwards of 100 sail, with a fine breeze, and soon cleared the land.—The llAzAny sloop of war, Cap. tain CocKst.Ev, arrived yesterday afternoon ip our harbour, with a fleet of large empty transports from Plymouth, and six more arrived during the night from the same place.—His Majesty's ships CON- QtlthADoll, 74 guns, Captain Lord Wm. SrumlT ; HOT SPUR, Hon. Captain PERCY, and several =re men of war, are expected to sail this day, with the West India fleet—signal to unmoor.— His Majesty's ship ETIIALION, Captain E. HAYWOOD, arrived this morning frum a cruize. She is to form part of the convoy for the West Indies. P.S. Tile West-India fleet positively sails to.day. CHATHAM, MARCH 13. - Several of the prison ships, having many sick on board, it is found necessary to employ the &war. REux as an extra prison ship. She had been tatted for that purpose, but owing to many of the prisoners being dratted away, had been countermanded. Tht service of this port required that the workmen should be employed again to-day in loading transports and other important dtt,ies. The wind shifting yesterday afternoon for a short time, theTONNANT slipped from her moorings, and sailed for the bore. DI3TRIBUTION OF PRIZE-MONEY. The Daring, for the Esperanza, was paid to-day, at No. 216, Birchin-lane. The Attack. for the French transport No. 307, this day, at le, Surrey-street, Strand. The Constant, for the Balt'mcre, and the Primrose, for the Dark Baarheid and Friede, will be paid on their arnval; recalled at 13, Clement's lon. • The King George, for the Singe en Baptiste, la Forben, and la Court tie, to-morrow, at is, Clement's Inn. The Little Belt, for the Atrevido, and the revenue geivires the Patty and Morning Light, was paid yesterday, and will be re called, at Nu. 11, Upper 'Thames-strut. The Rose and Amon, fur the Fatiun, schooners No. 29 and 11^, St. Thomas and Courier, yesterday, at No. 12, Clement's Inn, and will b, t h ere recalled. The Acteon and Rose, for the Christiansand and Haabrs An ker, yesterday, as above. The Surveillante, for the American schooners Tom and Price, will be paid on boa rd the Leander, on her arrival at Portsmouth; recalled at 3, Brick court, Temple. The Shannon, salvage for the Hebe and cargo, on Saturday, at 14, St. Mary-street, Portsmouth, and there recalled. The Ajax, fur the American schooner Ned, on Wednesday next, on board, at Plymouth; recalled at 9, New Broad-street. His Majesty's ships Ph EIDENT, Bncolus, PELICAN, Tatscut.o, a'td TEnzEn, sailed from Cork the loth instant, with el large fleet for Spain, Portugal, and the Mediterranean. His Majesty's ships MINORCA, ECLAIR, and CON FOUND►R, sailed from Gibralt.ir the 12th ult. for England, and may be hourly expected. The HANNIBAL man of war, which was on the Sth instant in chace of two frigates, that sailed from St. Maloes the night before, was spoke u ith on the 11th, is lat. 49. 42. long. 5. 11. with the HEBrWS sloop of war and ViRAGO gun-brig in company. The ROYAL SOVEREIGN man of war-I%ot 110 guns, which sailed from Portsmouth the sth instant, with a fleet for the Mediterranean, was on the 9th, in lat. 47. 52. long. 7. 11. with about 50 sail. The subjoined is an extract from a letter, dated Calcutta, Sept. 18:—"" The first fleet for Europe is expected to sail about the middle of Decemher, and will consist of the Fairlte, the Princess Charlotte of Wales, Marquis of Wellington, Metcalf, General Stuart, and the Ncrthampton Indiamen, and of the General Kyd, and several other country ships. The Princess Chatiotte of Wales has not arrtvad at Ba tavia, but is daily expected. At Chichester Market, on Saturday, Wheat sold at £lB. lOs. per lead—Barley, 325. and Oats, 265. per quarter. CORN MARKET, MARK-LANE, MARCH N. Having Mit little fresh Wheat at market this morning, what appeared sold freely, and is from ls. to Ss. per quarter higher than on Monday, Barley is rather cheaper. AU other articles continue as on Monday, but ready sale at these prices, ARMY. . . Yesterday morning th e Duke of Yogic franslcred military blisinest with the Nike Ititur.art and•afier wardi went to his office, and held at Levee, at Major 6TANIfOPit, and upsiAidi of twentf Officers, were do the hut, ind had interviews of his Poyal Highness. The Provi s ional Battalioni of Militia; and all dr' tachments that can be mustered, are to proceed fi-rth; with to Holland, to reiniorcv the army under Calera? Sir TiroraAsGßAnAra, K.B. and Lieutenant-General C. R. FERCUSION, it is said, it to go OM with the re inforcements, and to be second in corny:hind. The destination of the tmops under the command of Federal BA/LNY, that were under orders to join Lord WatztNo - rotes army in France, i• changed: These troops will now be immediately bent to Hol land, to reinforce General Clt %/LAM. The Marchioness of 131; tKlNGliebt has presented every man belonging to the First Provisional Batta lion of Militia, under the command of the Noble Marquis, with a pair of Aces; on Monday she pre sented the battalion with a pair of colours, after which ceremony the men partook of refreshment at the Marc chioness's expence. THE LATE ATTACK UPON BERGEN OP ZOOM. LETTER FROG! AN OFFICER OF RAMC kosendial, March 9. 1614. '. I gave you an account, in a former letter, of two unsuccessful attempts to take Antwerp by as sault, and to capture or burn the fleet. We failed because oar force was wholly inadequate, and cause our Allies, the Prussians, had ulterior objects to pursue. A few days ago we got a large supply of military stores, together with a quantit yof Congreve rockets, some of which were played off with very fine effect from the ramparts of Williams adt. in presence of our gallant commander, Sir T. Graham. All the formidable materiel of war moved on to the advance of our army, and we received a recent reinforcement of two fine regiment:, the Ist Royals, and the 91st, from Stralsund. Every one supposed that Another attack on the fleet was immediately to tate place, and we were anticipa ing the most favourable results when, this morning, the arrival -of a number el wounded men gave us to uncle, stand that the attack was made, not on Antwerp, but on Bergen-op-Zoom. Bergen-op-Zoom iaione of the strongest towns in Eu rope. In former campaigns the French ( I think in 1746) attempted to carry it by assault ; they were repulsed, and left about a thous tnd of their men dead on the glacis. Marshal Saxe, however, renewed the attempt, and took it by stratagem. We were encou raged to expect success, because it was known that the French garrison willed to evacuate it, and to throw itself; into Antwerp; and also that the town's people were all in our interest. The British *tiny, therefore, advanced from all its cantonments un the 6th and 7th, towards Antwerp, the head-qualters being at Kalmhout. On tla.s Bth, it suddenly march ed t 0... Fort Lillo and Bergen-opqiuom -11 these places being Drily a few hours mania from each other. The object proposed iu be attacked was given out to be Fort Lillo, which lies between Bergen and Antwerp- The former, however, was only masked, and the real attack was made cn Bergen un the same night. Bee gen is on a rising ground or hill, the only one in the country, prote.ted by a marsh onrfhe o. E. and wa -tered by the little river Zoom, whish is divided into dykes And canals. On the west it is washed by a branch of the Scheldt. The assault was made by two brigades, simultaneously, on the North side, next Tholen. and on the Scythe mt. The brave Major. General Skerrett, the intrepid Lief ader of Tarifa, commanded the attack. He had .ome time before broke his leg by a fall from his horse, from which he was not re.overed. The ot'.er brigade was conduc - cd by Major-General Gore. It consisted of the lat Guards, Ist Royals, and 44th, with a detachment uf the 91st. It traversed a frozen mores,, cleared t' e etnpalements and cheraux-de-frise, and s ailed the ramparts ;—they actually got into the town undisco vered. The other brigad - z, consisting of the 55th, 69th, and 33d, and some of the 21st and a7th, also assaulted by escalade, but wes vig rously opposed. The enemy rased up the ladders from he top of the ramparts with hooks, and dashed down the men on the frozen ditches; the gates, however, were forced open from the inside, and the greater part of the as. sailants entered. The garrisen, thm.gh sulpri,ed, was not thrown into confusion : it tallied, lined the houses on each side the streets with musketry, and enfiladed them with grape-shot and howitaer-hells. The Guards were drawn up, and prepared to fire by platoons, when the' were ordered to throw out their priming and to charge. They advanced at the par de charge, but they met nothing Init showers of grape, cannister-sho;, and bullets. Almost all the Irriga 'e was laid prostrate ; nor did the other brigade suffer less, though they only gained the ramparts ; in short it was very hire the Buenos Ayres business, only that no blame can possibly amt. h to our brave veteran Commander ; in fact nothing could be better planned than the attack, or more heroically executed. The two leaders, Generals Gorc and Skerrett, were lite rally pierced with balls—the frost fell dead on bc.tpc of slain, but General Skerrett has survived. The corps now began to retreat ; but here the enemy feel ing his strength and his vantage ground, shut the gates. Many threw themselves over the ramparts, but the greater number remained in the town, killed, wounded, and prisoners. To intercept the rev eat the French opened the sluices, which flooded the dykes over the ice. Three lines of Work-, and three courses of dykes, had the ret caters to pass, under showers of round and grape, and shells, before they could be safe ; yet, wonderful to tell, numbers of wounded men, with balls in their bodies, gut over all; numbers also were drowned in the attempt. It was a moon-light night, but occasionally clouded; no blue lights, &c. were exhibited ; but the aim was not less sure, nor the fire less destructive. Of about 4500 men engaged in the assault, it is said, that not 1,500 escaped. We trust, however, the loss will turn out not near so great. The enemy will boast of having taken two pair of colours, but there was no honour lost— they were lost only when their gallant defenders ceas ed to breathe. The enemy's General, whose name I have not yet learnt, behaved with urbanity. Hesent a e d fi ag men,o f truce wnie h t proposeo proposal was givi CenagCup the, worst wound pted, and between sit and seven hundred were delivered to us at the hopegate. Su oh has been the restat ef what I w 2 prove the last sacrifice tO MolocL" • f f t r )