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wards Melon—that of denetal Bianchi pressing union ', F o taincbleilu. • ‘, M; itobiiison was officially acquainted, on his road it Proyes, that on the 1 7th instant Fontaine xv.is taken by Counts Harclegg and Thurn, and Gene r Platotf : Ili.. enemy Ir,st some guns and pri sonets, and the Aliied advanced posts were pushed on towards Paris. On the 18th Bonaparte attacked, With .1 large corps of cavalry, at Nanges, tht. ad var.cal guard of Count Wittgenstein's corps, under Count Pahlen, and drove it back with considerable . loss both of men and artillery. Prince Schwartzen berg then withdrew his army behind the Seine. " On the 19th, the enemy made three desperate attacks upon the corps of the Prince Royal of Wirtem berg, posted at Montereau, and occupying the bridge at that p l ac e. He was repulsed with loss; the Prince of Wirtemberg took some cannon : late, however, in the evening the attack was renewed, and the enemy succeeded in obtaining possession of the bridge ; and, it was understood, that he had passed over a consi derable part of his army. The head-quarters ofj Prince Schwartzenberg were to be at Troyes on the night of the 19th. On the morning of the 20th, Mr. Robinson passed through Marshal Blucher's whole army, from fitty to sixty thousand strong, in admirable order.-- It was marching from Chalons to unite with-the grand army. The bead of the column was near Arcis•sur j Aube, and about eighteen or twenty English Miles from Troyes." THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. NEXT FRIDAY LO 1' !TRY BEGINS DRAWING. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1814. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK Bank Stock. nothing done-3 per Cent. Red. 70} Cony. 70i 69+—tor 70t-tit--4 per Ct. 85f, 114i} 5 per Ct. 971 17i—Exch. Bill. Is. 46. pr. India stock 4 is. pt.—Omn. £94 Yester,lay we stated the most prominent part of the gratifying details, of which the Hon. Mr. Rows_ sew was the bearer ; and in a Second Edition we publishedthe regular Bulletin issued by Government, which we repeat this day for the sake of those Readers who did not receive our Second Edition. The journey of Mr. RO&INSON having ban made through France, is a convincing proof that the nego tiations at Chatillon are not broken off. The fact appears to be simply this :—the terms proposed by the Allies have been considered by BONAIPARTE as placing him in a condition too abject and degrading for the son of the Town. Clerk of Ajaccio, and he, is, accordingly, fighting for better terms. He is evi dently playing a desperate, but a losing game, to im prove his situation. The junction of SCHWARTZIN . MG'S and BLUCHERS armies -will, probably, teach him humility. We rejoice to learn that the loss of the Allies, in the recent battles., has been greatly over-rated. The Woe. FRIDERJCIIC ROBINSON, who arrived yesterday from France, brought over with him Lord CAUL& staca's travelling carriage. We have received American Papers to the 2d inst. Halifax Papers have also reached us to the 3d instant, inclusise. The intelligence from head-quarters, Que. bec, dated the &h ultimo, is of the most gratifying description. General Orders had been issued, an nouncing a dispatch from Lieutenant-General DRUM• UOND, which stated, that an attack had been made, on the 30th of December, on the enemy's position at Black Rock, where he was advantageously posted vith two thousand men. The enemy was attacked, in the most gallant manner, and pursued in his rc treat to Buffalo, whet* be attempted to make a stands but was rotted t• retreat precipitately to the Eleven- Mile Creek, on Lake Erie, leaving seven field-pieces, and four schooners and floops t and a considerable quantity of ordnance stores. The whole of our troops did not exceed one thousand. No British Officer had fallen on this occasion. Black Rock, Lewiston, and Buffalo, were burnt, previous to the evacuation, by our troops, as some retaliation on the Americans for the miseries which the unfortunate inhabitants of Newark had been made to suffer upon the evacuation of Fort George. The British loss in this gallant action did not exceed twenty-five killed, and fifty wounded. The enemy suffered severely ; but, from the rapidity of his flight, only seventy prisoners were taken, among whom is Doctor (alias Lieutenant-Co lonel CHAPIN ).—General PazvosT had announced these successes in a Proclamation, dated the 12th of January, in which he details the outrageous conduct of the Americans. og HALIFAX, FEBRUARY 2. • " Captain Cochrane, Aide-de-Camp to his Excel lency Sir George Prevost, arrived here from Quebec on Monday evening. He is the bearer of dispatches fur England, and, we understand, sakes his departure from hence tomorrow in, his Majesty's brig Raleigh." CANADA.—GENERAL ORDERS. " Head-quarters, Quebec, Jan. 8. " His Excellency the Commander of the Forces has the satisfaction of announcing to the troops, that he has received a dispatch from Lieut. Gen. Drum snood, report,ng the complete success of an attack that was made at day-break on the morning of the 3 0th December, on the enemy's position at Black Rock, with up.vards of 2000 men. After a short but s evere evilest , the enemy was repulsed, and pur surd in his retreat to Buffalo, where he attempted to make a stand, but on receiving a few rounds from the Iritish field pieces, he abandoned that post also, and &d to the Elena Mile Creek, leaving 7 pieces, and loft ictooners aid adopt, Witii constdetaide goat: city of ordnance and other valuable stores. \ • " The enemy suffe red severely; but, from the ta. pidity of his flight, /0 prisonerS only were taken— among Whom is Doctor (or Lieutenant-Colonel) Chapin. The Lieutenant-General bestows the high est praise upon the undaunted courage and patient submission of the inclemency of the weather and the hardships to which they were exposed. No British Officer has fallen on this occasion. Lieut.-Colonel Ogilvie and Captain Fawcett were wounded. It is supposed our loss does not exceed 25 killed and 50 wounded. Black Rock and Buffalo were burnt pre. vious to their evacuation, by our troops,, together with all the public buildings and the four vessels.— A considerable quantity of stores were sent away before the conflagration. (Signed) gg EDWARD BAYNES." GENERAL ORDERS. " Head-quarters, Quebec, the 9th January. 66 His Excellency the Commander•in-Chief has received from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Sidney Beck with, a report from Captain Barker, of the Frontier Light Infantry, stating the complete success of an expedition committed to the charge of that Officer, against the enemy's post and depot at Deaby, which were taken possession of at day-break on the 19th December. An extensive barrack for 1,200 men were destroyed, with stables and store-houses, and a considerable quantity of military stores have been brought away. 66 EDWARI) BAYNNS." " BOSTON, JANUARY 25. el The Secretary of the Miry, it is said, will shortly make a report upon the expediency of employing small'fast-sailing vessels to annoy the c.lnmerce of the enemy. " The American brig Grand Turk arrived at Sa lem the 19th ultimo, from a cruize, during which she made the following captures : " &lips Wolfs' Cove, from Quebec forLondon—General Kemp, from ditto for Liverpool—Brig Trial, from Prince Edward's Island, for ditto —Minorca, from Picton for. Greenock—Grace, .from Li►bon for St. John's (Newfoundland)—Schooner Rebecca, from hence for Bermuda. Tke schooner Agnes, Soper, from St. John's (Newfoundland) for Antigua, cargo fi , ,b, was captured in lat. 41r Sti. long. 47. by an American cruizer; ordered fer France." The following. judicious observations on the war are extracted from a Boston Paper of January 10: " LORD CASTLEREAGH'S DISPATCH. " Our apprehension of the subject is this—Great Britain has declined negotiating, under the mediation of a third power, for several good and stifficient rea sons—one, that she would take the opinion of no na tion upon her right to the service of her own subjects —another, that she did not choose, at such a time, to hive the apple of discord thrown between her and kussia—imd another reason we are satisfied, and it will tern out so, was, that the mediation was offered without the knowledge of England ; and if so, cer tainly without the authority of Russia. Having de clined negotiating with England, but having through an agent at St. Petersburgh, present at certain con ferences, learnt that the American Government would he disposed to come to a fair understanding, Lord Castlereagh has sent a flag of truce with a dispatch to this Government proposing to negotiate directly at London, or perhaps at Washington. " Mr. Madison says he cannot appreciate this patch until be hears from our Envoys, and know what bas transpired at St. Petersburgh. The little man will take time to think and look about him, as there is no knowing but Bonaparte may come to after while. Some go so far as to say Mr. Bayard will be nominated to the Senate to-day or to-morrow, as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court Of London. We have no such hope.— The victories-over Bonaparte must be certain, or con firmed, before Mr. Madison budges one peg. We shall certainly have peace it Bonaparte is put out of the way, and the war will as certainly be continued if the reverse." PEACE. " Every thing has been in agitation for a few days past at the prospect of Peace or Armistice—but all the opiuiens and wishes are so vague and interest. ed, that it is impossible to get at any definitive fact. The safest way to be jealous et speculators and the administration, and to believe with one's own under standing. Both these classes want to make money, and where there is filthy lucre in the way, there is a great deal of self concern. 46 We will venture a few disconnected ideas pend ing the present uncertainty. Imprimis— A British Government vessel has arrived at Annapolis, said to be laden with dispatches to our Government. Now, I have the cabinet divulged the purport of these, solely to a few speculators and their pimps at Washington ? 44 It is said that the Bramble brings propositions of Peace—and from England too. She is now on the top of the flood, and too much flushed with victory all over the world, to ask a peace from any power. The recent uproar in the world has produced no alte ration in her code of national law, or subtracted any thing from her heaping measure of national pride.— They may have sent some further propositions rela tive to the Cartel regulations. They may also have given our Government official information, that they have detected some of their own subjects among their prisoners, who must be executed as Trait Ors : or it may be various other communications incident to the late war of retaliation upon prisoners, which has been carried on with vigour these few months past. 6 4 At any rate, have they any new terms to offer _ other than those proposed by Admiral Warren 2 Has an ik Month,. *at beaten them oft their Loretta — of an inviolable right to the services of their own pub jects ? As it may always, after now the point is broached, be a subject of wrangling, it is i d u robable they will wave it as was done in Jay's Treaty. " Do they propose to accept of the Russian media tion ? if so they would send their Commissioners to meet ours, on the very spot of negotiation ; and the Prince Regent, a few days before the sailing of this vessel, would not have told Parliament, that America had made no offers of accommodation which •, he could avail himself of consistently with a due atten tion to the interests of his Majesty's subjects." And after all there is yet an insuperable difficulty, viz. has Russia ever consented to become the mediator ? gg How can our Government, consistently with a' due attention to the interests of his Majesty's (Napo leon) subjects, now make peace. To be sure they. are as vacillating and unstable as the vane on a steeple, and as light and empty as the wind that moves it. But will they yield the privilege of always qu ir rating about • Right of Search, impressments, and Free Trade ?' Will they sign Preliminaries or an ar mistice with a King's Messenger ! Again, their pride would be touched in being kicked into a peace betore the grand drama was half over. " The downfal of their Patron—the ruin of their credit and resources--the conscious want of military talent and skill—the ravages on the frontiers and the earnest of more—the manifold power of the enemy to linger out the war, as her friends are hourly in creasing—and the utter impossibility of forcing down' Embargoes and direct Tax—all these things may in no remote time bring about a Peace. But it will not be till they are assured that all the contingencies have happened. And if perchance they should now make a peace upon compulsion, and the people are willing to give them the credit and reward for doing it—it will only be to gain time and men, and credit, to begin a new war, with new causes and old animosities. " In fine—they have got into a hobble, and this Bramble will scratch and entangle them still more. , " We have had war long enough to entail on our posterity more debt, probably, than was the whole funded debt of the revolutionary war. For this debt, we have to ihew three armies in captivity—our frontier desolate—our Generals by the ears—not one inch of foreign territory in our passes• sion—our commerce prostrate—and the whole world closed to our future enterprize." A Mail arrived this day from Passages, brought to Palm nth in four days.. No intelligence of inte rest has been received by this conveyance. In another part of our Paper will be found some extracts horn Dutch Papers, received last night. The most prominent part of the intelligence they commu. nicate is, that which relates to MURAT'S accession to the cause of the Allies. The fact has been so often repeated that it would be a refinement upon scepti_ cism to doubt it any longer. Parliament will meet on Tuesday next, pursuant to their late adjournment, for the dispatch of public business. Sir VICKERY GIBBS was yesterday sworn in Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, before the LORD CHANCELLOR, at Lincoln's-Inn-Hall, and Mr. Baron THOMSON, as Chjef Baron of the Exchequer. Yesterday the LORD MAYOR held a Court of Com mon Council at Guildhall, at which the several Com mittees for the year ensuing were appointed. The Committee for General Purposes presented a Report for subscribing the Sum of Five Hundred Guineas to the Relief of the Sufferers in Germany and other parts of the Continent, which was read and agreed to. The Committee also presented a Report on the Petition on behalf of the distressed English Families driven out of Hamburgh, which was read and agreed to. MELANCHOLY EVENT.—GREENOCK, FEB. 21.—The ferry-boat plying betweenCardross and Port Glasgow, upset last night on her way to the latter place. There were six men and two women known to be in the boat, including the two boatmen. Two men were gut in the boat this morning ; no others have yet been found. The boat went down with her sails set; it is supposed just at putting about at the end of the bank. It is understood that some of the passengers were a good deal intoxicated. The two men found in the boat were a boatman and a passenger ' • the passen ger's watch had stopped at nine o'clock. The above is the number which left the house where the ferry men have their quarters, but, as the boat had put back, and taken in some more, it is uncertain what number ultimately set out in her ; all of which must have perished. Monday morning last died, at Belton Honse, near Grantham, after a short illness, in the 26th year of her age, the Right Hon. SOPHIA Lady BROWNLOW. Her Ladyship was the youngest daughter of Sir ABRAHAM HOME, Bart, and married to Lord BROWN LOIN in July, 1810. She - has left three children, from infancy insensible of their irreparable loss. IMPORTANT EVENTS.—The ensuing week is big with those important political events, on which the fate of nations depends, and with an event of the ut most importance to the fortunes of individuals, name ly, the Drawing of the State Lottery, which begins on Friday next. The First and Second Numbers of A VOYAGE ROUND GREAT BRITAIN are just published, by LoNG MAN and Co.; containing Views of the Land's End, Cornwall—the Longships Light-house, off the Land's End—the Enti dance to Portreatb, Coin wall, and Boscastle Pier, on the coast of Cornwall. The Voyage is written by Mr. RICHARD AYTON I and illustrated with coloured Prints, engraved by Mr. WILLIAM DANIELL, from his own Drawings, made during the voyage. It is published in Monthly Numbers, each Number containing two• Plates, co loured, with sixteen pages of letter -Dress, price 105.6,1. Spetiinens of the work may he seen at the shops of the principal Booksellers and Printsellers. NwriL INTELLIGENCE• MAILS. ARIL 04,1 C. Dublin - - i 0 Cocoons Waterford - I 0 Heligoland Cag!iz - - 0 u 1 Otfrr.isey I.tibeas - - 0 . i I Jersey ;Mato - . 0 a Pas.ages Gottrionwsh .. 0 I 3 Haifa& Holland - - 0 1 Sr. Sebastian's FALMOUTH, FEBRUARY 21. Arrived the Deice of Keiit packet, Captain BRAILY, with a Mail from Passages, in four days; and cutter Hero, WELLINGTON, from Vale:icia, with wise andi brandy. to perform quarantine 29 days. FEBRUARY 22.---Airived the brig Camel, film Bristol (last from Cork), to wait convoy for Cepha- ERR. 011 g. 0 0 1 0 • 1 0 . • • 0 0 • lonia.—Wind S.E. PLYMOUTH, FEBRUARY 23. The French frigates Alcmene and Iphigenie were captured off the Western Islands, by his Majesty's ship VENCLABLE and CYANE sloop of war ; the latter is arrived with 30(i prisoners; the frigates are gone on to the West Indies with the VENERABLE. Th• Vat's. RABLE also captured a valuable American brig, from Bourdeaur to America. Arrived the WIWI:MIMS sloop of war, from a cruize ; RALXI4II brig of war, from Halifax, with dispatches; and romona, COATS!. from London.—Wind E. PORTSMOUTH, FEBRUARY 2S. Arrived the Nepean schooner, JOHN Nang maser, from London ; brig John, WARR master, flout Sao. derland. Sailed his Majesty's ship SBAHORSE, with a convoy for the North coast of Spain ; his M,jesty's ship CLINKER, for Plymouth; URGENT gun-b: 'g, with convoy for ditto ; and Mwt.ETOE, for off Chet burgh. FEBRUARY 21.—Arrived his Majesty's sloop Zit.. PHYR, from a cruise, and is appointed convoy to Plymouth ; and the Kingsfisher cartel, from Morlait, whither she carried infirm prisoners from this port. There were lying at Morlaix completely fitted for a long cruize, supposed for the coast of Leland, two very large privateers, one of whiclt was formerly a British sloop of war. Sailed his Majesty's ship SEA. HOREE from St. Helen's; his Majesty's ships Aobsa and URGENT, with a fleet bound to Passages. DEAL, FEBRUARY ei. Arrived his Majesty's ship ARTHUR, Queen, and Melvina transports from Heiroetsluys ; his Majes ty's ship GRAMPUS from ditto, and, remain in the Downs with his Majesty's ships, merchantmen, and. transports as before. Came down from the River the Clarendon, LYNN, for Batavia.—Wind S. E. HARWICH, FEBRUARY a 4. The CiIEERFUL cutter arrived yesterday from Het voet, whither she had conveyed about twenty-five saii of transports, laden with ordnance-stores ; but much fear is ezcited for their safety, in consequence of the ice, they being all obliged to anchor on. the coast. By the King George packet., which . arrtved in the night, it is learnt, that two of them w:re on ' shore, and the remainder entangled in the ice, at the mouth of the Maese. The packet has brought near forty passengers, among whom are about a dozen English sailors, who had effected their escape from a French prison. No particular news. Several sail of transports, having on board detachments cf the 334 and 37th regiments, have come in from the Downs. Yesterday the Admiralty sant notice to Lloyd's of the capture of the Alcmene and Iphtgenietrigates t by his Majesty's ship VENERABLE and CYANIt sloop of '2O guns. The following vessels are lost on the Coast of France. The Union, Jones; Sarah Ann, Courtney; Crawford, Pater son, of Shields; Samuel, —, of Torbay; Ceres, Olio .r, of London; Argo, Harbow, of Milford ; Palladnum, Reisman, of Sunderland : Ann, Smith, of Newcastle ; Lively, Pearce, of Harrington; lames, Glover, of London; and three tramports marked BU, YB. and LV. Yesterday the Serpentine River, in Hyde Park, was attended by a number of fashionable skaters. COVENT GARDEN THEATRE.-•-•--41r5. JORDAN ap peared last sight in her favourite character of Miss Peggy, in the Comedy of The Cowry Girl. She was received throughout with unbounded applause, by a crowded and fashionable audience. In the letter scene, particularly, the House rang with plaudits.—. After the Play a new Dramatic Romance, in two Acts, was performed for the first time. *lt is a trans. lation from the French, and is entitled The Wandering Boys ; or Pm Castle of Olivol. The Castle of 01441 having been set on fire, the Baroness dies of fright, and her two, both very young, sons become wan. derers in the world. In the mean time the castle and domains come into the possession of a female relative. who, fearful that they are living, and may dispute her title, has a festival every year, to which all the chil dren of the country are invited, in hopes that Cie , / may come, and afford' her an opportunity to make away with them. At length the two little wanderers do come, and are discovered by means of a box in their posse s sion, containing the portraits of their father and mother. The Steward, who was in the confidence of the Usurper, prepares to poison them; but by the adroitness of the Porter, who, proves to be the Baron, their father, the poison intended fisr them is taken by the Steward himself, and they are finally delivered, and restored to their rank and ttation.— The piece possesses a good deal of interest, And is further recommended by some very pretty scer.erv. —The two wanderers were personated by Misr.. S. Boom, and Miss MATTHEWS---4he former a vei y lively, the latter a sentimental character. They both appeared to great advantage.—The music, by Mr. Bisktor, is pretty, and received deserved applause. CORN MARKET, MARK-I.ANE, 1 - El3. 25. Having but little fine Wheat at market , our prices for that ar ticle are Is. per quarter higher, and ready sale at that advance Barley is also from ts. to 2s per quarter dearer, there hem; a brisk demand, and but few samples appearing. Beans go 91 readily, on better terms, by Ys. per quarter. Oats are also is. per quarter higher. in other articles there is no alterabon.