Star. — London, England, 1814-02-12 00:00:00

i li past there have been sevetal tittle *admit, in all of which we had the advantage: We hope that in a f ort night Mont Blanc/. and tietheit the Ain, will be free• flAtl.iiittiL . Mk& Attf On the 19th; at nine in the !gorilla& eight horse. f r o and a Quarter-Mister. iistii4led heft,* Dijon,' and summoned the Win. The national guard re ceived the fag of truce, and accompanied him to the VAtOk: The Mayor replied to the Quarter-Master, that there were no troops in the town, but 'for the honour of the place he could not receive them in such imall numbers. At noon they came With 2000 horse and 1500 fOot, With twelve small cannon; There were five Generals, Prince Lichtenstein and . li es se Hombourg, Generals: Klenau s Norlitz, and another. The Prince of Hesse Hombourg, brother to the first who commands this corps, arrived on the 20th. On the first day they ordered the. inhabitants to bring in their arms. , Prince Schwartzenberg arri ved at midnight. On the 22d, they imposed large contributions ; 3000 men left Dijon the 25th, leav ing 1000 men in garrison. They seem in general very distrustful, and fearful of events. CHALONS-SUR-MARNk, ANtiatitir si The sudden arrival of the Emperor at }Menne had disconcerted the progress of the enemy;.. upon Arcis and Nogent. Blucher's corps suffered much in the affair of the N t h, and was penetrated, notwithstanding all the resistance it could make. Since the morning, infan tly, cavalry, and artillery, continue to arrive. It Is certain that some Cossacks yesterday had occupied the commune of Vetry-le-Brule. They signified to the Mayor to remit them a contribution within a few hours; it was promised them, but in the mean time, the inhabitants found means to inform the Comman dant-General of Vetry-le-Francais, who immediately sent off a detachment of Polish lancers, accompanied with the national guards of the town of Vetry. Sur prised at its arrival to And no person, the detachment fired a few musket.shots. The Cossacks then shelved themselves, and wore attacked with much impetua, sity. About a quarter of them were killed, others wounded, and a great number taken prisoners. The inhabitants of Vetry.le-Brule effectually seconded, and thus concurred to the defence and. the deliver-, ante of their territory. An old man, 82 years of age, killed a Cossack witA a muslcat.shot. Patties of the enemy 'hewed themselves on the. side of Hilmorut ; measures were taken 'to clear the 1 country of them. The defiles of the Argonne ate occupied by our troops. Nothing can equal the insolence of tin enemy's troops s at St. Dizier, the soldiers talked openly of the project of dismembering France. LI3I.I„ * IANUARY 29. i6TII MILITARY DIVISION.-"•ORDIIR OF THE DAY. " In consequence of a general movement, corn tined and ordered by bis Majesty the Emperor, the enemy has thrown some parties of cavalry on his 1 right flank, to disturb the army of Antwerp. It may , be possible that some of these parties may dare to present themselves towards the frontiers of the divi sion, hoping to impose on it by their presence and their fallacious proclamations. They will be deceived in their vain hope; they will every where find a bar rier of iron and of file—in fine, they will every where` find Frenchmen. " The Emperor has set out for his army. Some . partial affairs, entirely to our advantage, have al ready taken place, and lead as to expect the most happy results from his judicious combinations. 44 It will be necessary, in the present circumstances, to redouble our zeal, activity, courage, and womb fulness. We must not expect to be completely sup plied with all we want, but must make the best use we •an of our resources, which will enable us to de rive every possible advantage. '• The Commandins d'Armes will take all possi ble measures of precaution, to prevent every kind of surprise, and to gain information of the movements which the enemy may attempt. They will previously take the necessary measures to introduce into the places, in case the enemy should present himself, the nearest brigades of Bens d'armerie, and all the per sons employed by Government, is all the Admini strations, whom they shall form into companies, to which they shall assign a service analogous to their functions. "The Commandans d'Atmes shall hasten as ranch as possible in bringing provisions fbr a siege. " The men leaving hospitals, and acknowledged it to perform active service, shall be afterwards in corporated in the depots whkh are in the place ; and if there are no depots, among the detachment of troops which are there. " Theenetny is not strong ; be can attempt no. thing serious; it is, thereto'', only necessary to take ii2ecautions against coos de main and surprises. " I rely-on the zeal and devotedness of the Corn- , mandants to do all that -the good of the service shall moire, under these circumstances. (Signed) " Baron BRENIEft, 04 The Commandant-Generat of the 16th M.ll. Div " TROVES, JANUARY SO. Prince Schvrartzenberg arrived at Dijon rm the 9214 at midnight, and departed on the following day at four in the afternoon for Langres. The column come by Dijon is principally directed upon the road of Troyes. A very weak detachment has taken the road to Auxerre, and has no other object but to create alarm. T he Prince of Hesse-Homburg quitted Dijon on the 24th, and went to Auxonne, which still made a vigorous resistance. On the 25th, 3000 men left Dijon, where there remaioed not more than 1000. THE EVENING STAR, LONDON. , . SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1814. PRIGS Ow STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. Red. 700 71H—Cons. 704 71i—for see. 71ift 4 peT Beiti-5 per Ct. 991—0nin.27i 281 Bonds 7s. Bs . pre.-44. Anne. 17 Last night Paris Papers were received to the 9th instant. They are filled with falsehoods, so far as they affect to detail the military operations in France. The whole of that unhappy country is in fact de fenceless. Not only do the inhabitants look on with indifference, while the sacred dynasty is falling to ruins, but they secretly do all in their power to hasten it. The Mayors and Commandants every where make fine speeches, but without effect : the inhabi tants are as dull in their understandings as the inha bitants of Russia were last campaign. They cannot see so clearly as the Napoleonists on this side of the Channel—they have yet to learn that a safe and se cure Peace can be made with BONAPARTE. The inhabitants of Dijon suffer their town to he entered by eight horsemen and a Quarter-Master, and are so well pleased with the idea of getting rid , of the system of terror with which BONAPARTE has so long scourged them, that they literally invite a larger' force to enter the town. The Emperor is said to enjoy the best health, but' i we are not told where he is. We take it for granted, therefore, that he is still at Troyes, where another, and we trust thelast, battle will be fought with him, as the Hero who governs France. The private accounts from Paris confirm what the Papers contain as to the state of Paris, where it is said the greatest alarm prevailed, and every male in the vicinity, be his age, rank, or situation what it _might, so that he could carry a musket, was:compel led to march for its protection. They also mention that all the French Authorities had quitted Flanders, .not, however, before they bad inundated the counts) , up to the very gates of Ostend. Yesterday, in a Second Edition, we mentioned the arrival of a Flag of Truce from France ; and in the course o£ the evening Mr. SYLVESTER, the Messenger, arrived in Downing-street with dispatches from Lord CASTLEREAGH. They are dated at Chatillon-sur- Seine upon the 6th instant. They bring the accounts of the Battle of Brienne, on the Ist instant, which was fc..lght between the Allies aad the whole c f Bo- Army, which he commanded in person. The Allies defeated the enemy on all points, took 76 pieces of cannon, and 4000 prisoners. BONAPARTE retreated upon Troyes, and when the Messenger came through, his head•quarters w A-e at Nugent, thirty miles in the rear of Troyes, and within 60 of Paris. Another general action was expected. On the sth, the corps under General D'Yoncx 4. feated MACDONALD'S army at Chaussie, near Vitty, made several hundred prisoners, and took . three pieces of cannon. Nogent on the Seine, where the French army was last seen by SYLVESTER the Messenger, is only 69 English miles from Paris ; whilst, it would seem, the Allies, on a different road, had reached Sens, 73 miles from Paris, and had pushed on their light troops to Meltm, only 30 miles from that capital. Besides Lord CASTLEREAGH, there were at Cha tillon-sur•Seine, when Mr. SYLVESTER left that place, Sir CHARLES • STEWART, our Minister to Prussia ; Lord Viscount CATHCART, our Ambassador Ex • traordinary to the Emperor of Rossi", ; and Mr. 'Narrow, our Envoy Extraordipary to the Crown Prince of SWEDEN. The communication of Mr. SumasTen's arrival was first made by the Admiralty Telegraph, and occur pied a considerable.tirne, in consequence of the state cif the atmosphere ; when it was completed, the par ticulars of the Message'were communicated by Mr. Caoxen to his Royal Highness the PRINCE REGENT, as well as to all the Cabinet Ministers in town. About six o'clock Mr. SILVESTVL arrived at Down. ing-street, and was directed to Fife House, where, in consequence of the Telegraphic Message, the Earl Of LIVERPOOL, Mr. HAMILTON, and MT. COOKE, the Under Secretaries of State for Foreign Affairs, were waiting to receive the Dispatches ? Mr. SILVESTER was sent off from Chatillon by Lord CASTLEREAGH late on the night of Sunday, the 6th instant. Every facility was afforded him on his journey to Paris, where he arrived early on Wednes day morning. At Paris he was detained a few hours, until the Minister of Marine transmitted orders to Calais to prepare a proper vessel for his conveyance to England. He arrived at Calais yesterday morn ing, between six and seven o'clock, and having ern barked on board the vessel whit had been made ready to receive him, he landed at Dover about eleven o'clock, and reached town at the time we have stated above. With respect to the negotiation nothing in an offi cial shape has been suffered to transpire. It is, how ever, confidently reported in the Ministerial -tittles. that Lord CASLLERRAOH had instantly rejected cer tain preliminary overtures made by CAULINCOURT, as being too extravagant in BONAPARTE'S present despe- - rate c ircumstances. Viscount MELVILLZ had a long audience of the Patna REGENT, at Carlton House, yesterday, about two o'clock. After which, the Duke of YORK was admitted into the presence of his Royal Brother. SECOND EDITIOI4. Mr. WILLIAMS, the Messenger, artited in bown ing-street this day, 1 with divatches from Lord' CASTLIREAGII, but he left Chatillon upon the 4th, and therefore does not bring any intelligence more recent than that which has been received by Mr. IYLVESTER. Mr. WILLIAMS came through Holland. Two other Gentlemen were dispatched at the same time by different routes, but they have not yet arrived. A most trefnendous firing was heatd upon the French coast last night. It resembled the usual dis charges made on the occasion of a public rejoicing, and an express was sent off to Government with the information. We state the fact as it has occurred, but we must caution our Readers against supposing that BONA. PARTE has gained a 'victory. It must be regarded merely as an attempt to keep up the delusion. among the French people, and to get better terms from the Allies. According to the accounts brought by Mr. SH. Yes- TER I another dreadful Battle was expected to take place on Wednesday last. The &jug on the French Coast last night may, therefore, be connected with this expected event. Still, we apprehend that in Bo- NAPARTeS present situation, his gaining, a victory is entirely out . of the question. . From the Dispatches brought by Mr. WILLIAMS, . , it appears that in the battle of Brienne, there were at least 70,000 engaged on each side. BONAPARTS was a witness to the loss of his artillery, and gave the orders himself for abandoning it. AMERICA. By the Robert Burgs American Cartel, or ac cording to other letters the Fair American, which reached Liverpool on Wednesday, from New York, after an astonishingly quick passage of only eighteen days, we have received New York Papers announcing the nomination of Messrs. CLAY and RUSSET, to join Messers. BAYARD and ADAMS, as Ministers to treat at Gottenburgh with Great Britain. Mr. JEF;RIES, of Edinburgh, has returned by the Robert Burns to this country with his newly married spouse. By the above vessel we learn that the American frigate President, Commodore Roam, is still roving about. Some time ago he fell in with the 36 gun British frigate ORPHEUS, which he contrived to rake twice, killing 62 of her brave crew. She endeavoured to keep him engaged until her consort, - a 74 gun ship, copld come to her assistance, but as soon as equal force began to make its appearance, Mr. ROGERS, as usual, took to his heels, and got clear off. Some of the New York papers state boldly that, from the known character of Messrs. CLAY and •Rvssst,, it is apparent that Mr. Mantsos is not serious in his desire for Peace. The Speech of the Governor of Massachuset's, at the opening of the House of Representatives of that State, is decidedly pacific towards Great Britain, and baldly censures the American Government. A great outcry has been milled in all the maritime States against MAblsow, by the general embargo. The PRESIDENT'S party 111 ,- .Congress is still so - powerful, that a Motion to print the Correspondence with France, has been negatived by a great majority. Congress has also negatived several Motions brought forward to repeal or modify the Embargo. The Americans have published some correspon dence intercepted in Canada, with a view to shew how much alarm at one time prevailed among the British Officers there for the safety of that Province, —The publication of these documents can have no other effect than to heighten the magnitude of the recent services performed to their country by the British Heroes in Canada. •We are unable to confirm or contradict the report received yesterday froM Bristol, on the subject of the fresh laurels achieved by Lord WELLINGTON'S army. No acenunts more recent in date than the 23d ult. are in Town direct from head-quarters. A letter from Ustaritz, of the date of the 23d ultimo, states, that the army was getting ready for a start, and that in a few days the supplies would be arranged for that purpose. It was rep orted at the outposts, that SOULTIS army had not heard from Paris since the 11 th ; also that three divi sions had left him for some other service, it was supposed for Lyons, in which direction, it was under stood the Austrians were advancing. Our heavy ca valry still continued on the Ebro, but Don CARLOS'S division of Spanish troops had been brought up so the St. Juan de Luz river. Yesterday the Princess of WALES took an airing in Hyde Park, in an open carriage, accompanied by a Lady in Waiting. It gives us pleasure to have it in our power to con tradict the report which appeared in a Morning Paper respecting a principal Actress of the Theatre Royal, Covent-Garden. On enquiry, the report alluded to has been proved to be a malicious falsehood. In the Coup of King's Bench, on Thursday, upon the motion of Mr. Scam-rt.?, a rule was granted, calling upon JACOB PRESTON, Esq. Mayor of the 80. rough of Great Yarmouth, in the County of Norfolk, to sbew by what authority he claims to be Mayor of that Borough. Vag .4.140/E et7sTottoiceusiL l'hht.inorning tho inhabitant* of Th'arnes-streef f Tower-hill, and geineiaHly all the Eastern part of the Town, near the Thames, were thrown into the most dreadful alarm and confusion s by the discovery that the Custom-house was on fire. The Fire broke out about six o'clock in thefilidlfflio . ing, and speedily sp rea d w i t h so muc h fury to. it leave little or no hopes of arresting its progress. In. little time the whole building WAS wrapt in the si t= souring element, and when this Paper was put to press continued to burn with unabated fury. The fire is supposes to have originated in a flue of one of the offices of business in the eastern wing of the building, adjoining the housekeeper's apart. meats. The books and papers of the Searcher?' Mice, ou the quay, were saved: they were conveyedout of the windows, and put on board a lighter lying along.. side. In the Surveyor's Office some books were saved; but in the Secretary's Office, from being so close to. the. Storekeeper's apartments, few, if any, documents were saved, and consequently the bond, in the Coast Bond Office were likewise• lost. In the Long Room, the objects so important in a national point of view, the books and some..f the documents of the Collector outwards, were saved; but it is feared that those belonging to the Collector inwards are lost. We are sorry, from information we have received, that documents of nearly 100 yearvold bate been all destroyed. Many more books and .papers might hay. been saved, had it not been for the confusion inseparable from such a state of alarm occasioned by the know,. ledge that gunpowder. v)as deposited in the armoury of the volunteer corps of the Custom-house. The dreaded explosion actually did take place at about 20 minutes before ten o'clock, of about seventeen bmrels of powder. Some of the bricks were carthd by the ex. plosion as far as Billingsgate, where a m ats vras wounded in the head by the fall df one of thi , m; aid three men are reported to have been killed by the explosion. • The fire soon afterwards reached the other side of the street, where the Holland Coffee-house and other houses in the same line became a prey to the flames. Ten of them were burning when this Paper was put to Press, and the devouring element- was still ex pected to ,extend its ravages.—Among those on fire are several warehouses full of goods. It is possible that some of these might have been saved but for the explosion of gunppwder, which for a time suspended every effort. The shock was felt at the Royal Exchange, -arida gentleman who came into Town by Whitechapel says it was felt afthe dis tanCe of four miles. But for the alarm excited by the knowledge that gunpowder was in the armoury-, it is th(hight that a multitude uf people must have perished—but fear kept the croud at a distance : nrit was it till sometime after the explosion that the fire•men cnuld naalto any great exertions, We are happy to learn, by persons who have been to view the fire from the Thames, that at 12 o'clock none of the large Warehouses which lie towards Tower-hill, nor any of the Wharfs or Cranes on th• Custom-house Quay, had then caught - fire. - The Commissioners of the Custom-house, as might be expected, soon hurried to the scene of conflagra tion, whence, after giving directions to the Officers, &c. they proceeded to the house of the Secretary, on Tower-hill, to deliberate on the means to be adopt ed for expediting the business of this great commer cial City. They were in consultation when out last accounts left Tower Hill. • HALF-PAST Tivitvx.—The fire in the Warehouses opposite the Cusiom-bouse is considerably got under, and the Engines appear to prevent the further pro. gress of the flames. LIVERPOOL, JANUARY 10. Arrived the Fair American cartel, Animas master, from New York; sailed the 23d ult. Messrs. CLAY and RussaLL are appointed by Congress to proceed to Gottenburgh as negociators, and were to sail in a few days after the Fair American. SHEERNESS, FEBRUARY 11. As the weather has now been open for several dayi the ElRstsa sloop of war will sail to-morrow, for Helvoetsluys, and take with her the trade bound to Rotterdam, and other vessels going to ports in or near dip Maas. On Sunday or Manday . the STER LING gun-brig is ordered to convoy the trade for Am sterdam, and to enter by the Blie Passage. About the same time the Hassry gun-brig will sail with con voy to the Elbe, Ems, Weser, and Heligoland. RAMSGATE, FEtRUARY 11. Arrived to•day the Harriet, Symetry, Venus, Al bury, and Choice transports, for horses and troops. Also came in, the brig Lively, of Exeter, Jonge Fre. derick, sloop Union, and the Caledonia, tor shelter. TovssAirrr, the son of the late black Emperor of St. Domingo, was last week placed under a respect. able Divine in Cornwall, to be qualified for the office of a Christian Missionary. He is about 19. It gives us pleasure to have it in our power to Con tradict the report which appeared in a Morning Pa. per, respecting a principal Actress of the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden. On inquiry, the report al luded to has proved to be a malicious falsehood. The private marine, who was sentenced at Ply. mouth to be hung for striking his serjeant, was re prieved at eleven, A.M. after the signal for execdtlea had"beet made.