Star. — London, England, 1814-02-01 00:00:00

r ^. DVDCM ?AFARS. FRANKFORT, littittAßY 13 Pozzo di 'Bow*. this' dwy passed through is return from London, whither he had been with a mission by the Emperor of Russia. his way to Basle, and precedes Lord Cu. . . Y 15.—:-Lord Castlereagh arrived here this His Lordship was accompanied by Mr. ;on, dud Mr. Plants, his Secietiry. BREDA, *JANUARY .. .a. irn by travellers come from Frapee, that the the people there are very much a s It that the Legislative Body, in ; the . it report ig the political situation of the empire,, being amous for peace, the President endeavoured, it its being printed, when a general cry broke rid! Prim t iehich the persona. in the Tri iplauded ; that -thaw were 290, votes against • printing, and tbatabiswriss the reason, why ?eror broke up,,?r as it at c alled _, adjourned :ably. • VIENNA; lANUARY 3. is no longer • any doubt entertained of the it of the King Of Naples to the coalition /race. It is said. that he will =retain Nit his life, but than abet his death, it will , the present King of &icily', or hisdescimdapts ; • of. Murat to be indemnified by three princi. - 1 4t A li, one of whiChli *Pionsbino. Others . tlision of Naples will take place, imme , -- upon the conclusion of peace, and that Murat merely retain the royal tide during his life. opinion does not gain much credit, on ac the report which is now in circulation, ,ofl being at present at the head of '20,000 men, • i, conducting through the 4osjan territory, Italy. and with which he appears to iutand the Italian army under the Viceroy. / THE . 04‘ 1 1.N.6 51rA.t.7. LONDON, : • . • TuttraY, - VEBRVAR.Y.I4 ,Itt*-;•• stocits THI3 DAY 1 6 7.11nrAr:,15 . C14b ) a. 67—coax 6641—r0r at 6. i 5 ., 40 , 146 $411 7 - 4 1,/ , ; MA. • Eichtiuu is. 6i. ply.- .M. pre. a . . • • • •••• . rJ .• 3. st I. BRITISH ARMY' IN. FRANCE. • been reported .within these fi* days, that 6LLINGTOW hxd bear under. tie necessity .of retrograding with his strinderSulny. The report is . The Sp-111411 - 6'in,, under MINA have . ordered by•his Lor4sltiii 7i6. - the riar t but this arrangement was sot rendered necessity by the ap- Soots; on Abe.c i rtrary, preparations are ; 4 . for another graiiiinttacit 'upon him ; and two , best officers have eiiinenver to 4'44 V4titsisi.: Tile supzriority attribtatta. to SOULi a l'aPAZOtile io which ge alluded yesterday; is 11i61-41r'itnittertettile His force,' we find, is tileettat 71104",.. ifij raw and undisciplined tfoops. , ' • We are In possetsitin, sisAyi!-Iltikkers der PetatlittS; by the subjoined letter, of tblelit i tiojwliess4 as ytedll the most authentic intelliglitiec : iin*:that qua": The picture drawn brottr • aindent of else flak • ception given to our. gallant 'crainairr*in by this in., habitants of France, 'lie - highly grataVtlnt• •• In what country ever visited bi,Frenah'troops did theinha,bi. nuts receive them so cordially ? " I = IEADQUARTERS, JANUARY 16. "It is inconceivable_ bow much the eyes of BoNA : . nines loving subjects beet been opened in this 4ults , ter, by his late:aecOunti of the actions of the I.4th to I . :3th of last mouth. • When we; rally them .ofiTgais subject, they say with a shrug,:' asst ".Noronly have - thegreatedpart Of the lAitiatitants returned no the country-ocatteed by the •Anod-Pot tignesearini; shopkeepers of Bayonne have also 'come in ;tit' titatilitb dtentseves, • and sell their merthiendiae ,the: towns , ass 4 vll. lages St. Jean de Liu is:.eritakiPliaiirilda thesn'i the i r Sell British articles, *tt:aut pay ,alt ..enornt2gs'Price for every thing, thQwgh there inkiiiiircliants• froth - England. • • , " SouLfs appeal to the BasqadaelaasaaPfilia4ll.•w. tants of the conquered countri:s, has bspeeigil.”aviilt and has not produced a man for him. opera' }Loam began to recruit too late. They prefer sticking to the F.ngliilt; with whose conduct they ire delighted ; and they feel Coo happy in having es caPed the conscription leeks, contributions, arc. tQ think of putting their, neck into a hailer. • It is pleasing to gee tfiein all ITU/riled; possessing the houses in common- 4 stith us, peaceably- their occupations, and quietly tilling the grotind, gardening, &c. How different a picture Portugal Presented when the French invaded it ! and followed our army with fire and sword to the lines of Lisbon ! " We are very busy in completing a very strong line of fortification ; it is thought that whenever they art completed and the weather will permit a Move rum, the Spsnish army will be advanced from:1.110r nwn country, and put in possession of this ling of svorks; while the Grande Lorde, with the. English an d Portuguese, will cross the Adour, attack the French lines, and, if possible, bring them to a general engagement, which will . decide the fate of this coon trl—lnrs if successful, there will then be nothing between us and Paris. The Spaniards can then be l e ft rolook after Bafonne ; and though we hear that t ile!' are busy throwing up worki at-13oordeaux, these will not stop us if ire beat Sow.f Aseir only Arty . • • . " In the wean time we must not defer' 01117 idqa 14 the conbcription is oisited 40 4 %4 1 0 63 " 1 • is daily eiercising his army : if we aIIOW time for their being perfectly organised, we shall find it a very tough jot tg attack item with oar small for Ce—the event miet be doubtful. 'The soone r the Mili t ia are • 1 lent over the hatter. ..• , " The enemy d o n ot 'set us,remain entirely at rest : &air is active, and (.41stantly :in 'motion. They ._____. mililli,Y made demonstration on our right, - and threat iselLai attack on the cavalry ftiowever, as Sir T. is i n that quarter, all feti secure. We have ' NON t ;; liatie an island on t h e Adotir: ... • . : P We have learnt Ow BONAlPEETEltas•eoiteluded t 7,4teatT. of, Peace With. , aRDINAND, who. has sent *Oaf .41* Grandees *kit to the Cortes at Madrid. The Oiandees acted nobly, for . they have refused to , Mit hirtiktribassader s , MK"! it be an -the presence of the Biliiili Ambassadostr: ' ' ' 1 We have letters froth Holland; conveyed by a Gen ,ltlemadvrha left the, Dutch coast on Tuesday lest.•:- One' of these. Wm Amsterdam mentions, that Co-' legne had bee n taken possession of by the Allies...-. Ipois-le-Duc and' Maastricht are not in their occuisa tion, as alledged in the Dutch papers. The ts gentle an alluded to, i n f orms us , t h at t h e a ff a i rs o f G o i lineament at the.. Hague are now administered with ' Tore regularity' than heretofore, that the organizas Ton of the army is better conducted, and that skele . *regimenesseirifornsect for SO,OOO men. The pa : i ds,4,ciliot contriiii-acceunts so recent ,as have been k4Cquired from Other quarters. . i 's . . . _Sunday the Princess of WALES took stititiring in a carriage through the Pa r k s , acc o m p an i e d by L a dy CEARLOTTE CAMPBELL and Master . AUSTIN.; i -• • - .'Yesterd.ty the JUDGE ADVOCATE had a long andi ieoce with' the PRINCE REGENT, and took his Royal Highness's commands upon the proceediags of several courts Martial. • The Prince of ORANGE. as Sovereign (lithe Nether 'ands, has appointed M. CH&NGUION, Minister Pleni. • • entiary to thy. United States of America,: . We have given some ritricts from Atheritan . Pa trs... The troops tin derWriktnaoli ited Flaserethvivert‘ complete retreat from Canada. Theformer Wail se- Usly indisposed: dnd the tattet,.satexi of honours, p: ' d passed through Albany, op his loray•tesel . milder igim in e a rtea 1 s ,'- aindm an ut undisturbed s reros: ast Th ote .Am with thte ieearidez te:ritties imEurepe. The enemyiiad begUnrernoving public property from Sacketes Harbour, which Via ceinside'red as indicative of art intention to eva . Aisne that place. : - • : - rt . appetirs that the American Government has Iri l ally resorted. to an Embargo. This act of political . suicide was committed about the 22d of December , ---It must considerably hasten, in oar opinion, du ' -s, downfal of MADISON'S power. - THE LATE GENERAL BROCIL—The Parlitment Of Upper Canada have voted an Addresito the Pongee Reberr,. Keying for authority to make a grant of li k nds i t i tha:4. rrovince - so top relatives, ,4 As wi t Generil, Brstici, . who ha" in nobly in •16 cletei.. lainsS: ' unplinCiplid invasion .of the A , - i e trag ii4 4 (4 4 ., - hilesikbas beers most graeiciuste.i,„ to-riet .e a request which does so muCh honopr to tlrgype j taney.of the *Aimed, and is so gratifying to the'reeliagi of the living. •• ~ .. .... .• . .. - ' THE CONTRAST.—When American Officers are taken prisoners they are immediately paroled, invited to the houses of the inhabitants and treated with hos pitality ; their private effects are in every instance restored, and they, in fact, kn,.w not that they arc prisoners of war, except in the name; they even take 'part in, our political' discos:ions, and mingle in oor ;social circles. - When British Officers have the Anis fOrtnne•to fall info their hands, they are stripped of . .theire i leriths, marched half naked through a climate to Which they are not accustomed, exhibited as public fipectacles, or immured in solitary dungeons ; and : this, too, by persons professing to be of the same lan tnage and manners as the Britons ! Delighted as we are to announce the rapid ad vance of the Allied Armies into France, we can but irenew die expression of our grief at the loss occasion. ,eft to them by the death of she lamented Isloaaan.— rThe Allied Sovereigns are now engaged in recover ' Fg the territories which were first wrested from them y the Revolutierrary,Arrnies ,Under his. command. i What General would, therefore, have been so capable of devising the Most easy methods of expelling the present tyrannic occupiers, of those places than he :who first seized them ?,--What Genellid•would so well have directed the siege of Kehl, or Strasbourg, as be 'ePho so gallantly defended those places in 1796 and 1797 ? We have not Tdom to dilate on so interesting a aubject, but we. feel convinced that we.shall be offering a noble treat to our Readers by eecommend iog to their perusal " the Memoirs and Campaigns $0 GENERAL MOREAU," just published ,by JOHN ' 'AWE/ill', Esq. The speech of Mr. President MADISON seems is have produced great disgust in America. We copy 'the following remarks Upon it from a New-York Paper :_u It is expected, I presume, that some re marks, at least cursory remarks, should accompany • this very extraordinary state paper; but hew can I express myself within the rules of strict propriety and • • corum, When speaking of a production that vio lates truth and candour with 4, boldness that asto nishes every decent man. But after the inipositions practised on the nation three year s e ago, urgravely asserting that the French decrees were. repealed on the Ist of. November, I WO, and which is coolly per pisted in to this moment, while evidence to the con trary has been daily staring us in the face ever since) after this daring Might of falsehood, 1 sap.vouched fOr'with the inmost, confidence, and propped up by all the respect due to authority, we ought, perhaps, no longer to be surprised 'at any thing that conies from this same quarter. Probably the fancied suc cess of'that ouirageOus fraud and insult,_ has encou raged Mr. Mapisom to believe that this wittol nation", may be led to believe them as true, however con- *dry it may be to the evidence of their own senses end experience. On no other supposition can we ac. count for*the gallant assurances in this message, that we ate now a happy, , fieurislaiug, prosperous, and conquering nation." . I • ' I icaus. .1 . • leeiPtlt 11+1'nutiGzirdlis • ▪ , . salsa. ASIR. - DM UMW do . • 4 0 Com . na . • .40 Waberair4 00 I Helisoland •„/_ 2. 4 %A• IM - 0 0 1 Guernsey VT 0 Lisboa • . q S Jersey • 04 NW • - - 0 • 1 Paicage• v ilc. 0 GotrAnbtirgh '0 6 mim i c . ' ••• . 1 0, 0 Bremen 0 0 c. Sebastian's t. 0 All the Mails dud yesterday have arrived, and all the Mails due this 'horning have arrived, except the following, viz. Birmingham, Exeter, and-Taunton. FAutiouTH, JANUARY 28. • Arrived yesterday the Queen Charlotte packet, with 4 Mail from - Surinam, in 4.sdays. *ailed yesterd.iy his MajestiVs ships M atrosszu and Rem, with a fleet for Portsmouth, London, Plymouth, Scc. CODAiStiRg of about 80 sail. PLYMOUTH ) LANUARY 29. • &tilted the PHEASANT sloop of war, from New- . finuidland, from whence she sailed on the 28th ult. 'with 18 vessels under.convoy. Arrived the SuxvEJ ;LAs:frigate, from off St. Sebastian's ; and CASTI LIAN gur.. ng, from a cruize; and the American abiliTair, from Marlborough Head, bound to France witit fish, prize to his Majesty's ship Amsossacids. :Amsted the Swedish brig Appaceuan, from Liver. pool :for Amelia Island,- recaptured by t h e CAM- Ult.; Rachel and Ann, Cox, from Buenos Ayres, recaptured 'by his Majesty's ship Ann bug, of Jersey, captured yesterday aTternoon off the gddystone,by a French lugger privateer, of 14 guns and 130 - men, was recaptured about four hours after by the ORESTES giuOrig. There was another privit; ; tees in sight at the. datite."--Wind S.W. , • PORTSMOU 1 . 11,, JANUARY 31. Arrived his Majesty's ship SYBELLE, from the Westward; with a convoy ; DILIGENT cutter, from ptternsey Y Rising Sun,- and Britannia, from Cork ; 'fterlock, froM Bristol; and the Mary-Ann, from .to join the cony*, for Jamaica. Sailed iii Mrri~ettay ' t ships CAI:4IW for tbe Dutch coast, lentrin - and Elivnirree, for the Downs. RAMSGATE, JANUARY 31. The undermentioned vessels arrived here late last Wein, Emeline, MEYER, from Bermuda' 'to Llndon, with the lois of an anchor and cable, abd fier *windlass upset ; the Union transport, No. $9O, Razosox,"master, from Jersey for Holland, with stoops, lost an anchor and cable, and upset her wind:, his; Rebecca and Elizabeth transport, D.N.'Cowsz,, master, from ditto for ditto, with troops, lost 'her fore-yard and windlass-butts, &c. ; sloop Providence, BENNET, master, from Liverpool to London, split , her sails and sprung her bowsprit, &c. DEAL, JANUARY al. Arrive& and sailed for the River the General Sit .- ,verra,CAnVILHO, from Peinambeco ; the EMI EC& E sloop of war from the West Indies, last from Fal mfauth.,_Camo_clowa from the River.the ktlasquis of Huntley, M , Lzoo, for Madras and China. A I tt Count 1 • bre, on hi w ✓ ge is on h furog h • JANUAR' • g oing. -• T. Robins( • We Lear minds nt tl is s tated, • acg oenint tell ts patent out of hi • buses VP so for the the EiliPe th e A.,sern There is agree ment • araig ,st Fr DE plea dorm ; Pass to the the heirs t re. pah i ties n , tts ay, that t tatelY uP merel re This of count of t 1 Prat beii whom he aD to Upper to 'Pin the er li, sh s==== TU li • n or be '146.14 - Spa .Ct.i n. /Aqua ; to \ THE to d. It has 1 a. lad WU recrogrAdii k ` erroneous. al z . Veen order a t a:Tangoing proach of id making fo 'ir of his best *'Ox. The YARMOUTH, JAN. 31. Sailed, the FREYA ) FINCtIER, and Vizi% for the gore.: - a 4 We are. happy in b e ing able to state, that she late melancholy loss of lives on board of tfie Queen trans ilort, was less thari :it first feared and reported. AA Officer, who was on board, assures us that the'troops 'consisted of 8 Officers, 185 Non-commissioned Offi cers and privates xi artillery, and sundry regiments of the line, with 63 women and 59 children ; of whom three Office's, 109 men, and 10 women and children, have been saved. This Officer adds, that a brother Officer, who survives, .lost his wife,- four children, and the whole of his baggage and other property. • raord•CourtrAm . z• is to have . the command of the 2'4mila/iv, of tiO.guns, fitting for the reception of his PaClei (Sir A. COCHRANE) flag. - The Courrrzsi LOUDOUN East-Indiaman, that arrived at Plymouth on Saturday last, was obliged ,to throw part of her cargo overlloard in a gale. A transport, supposed to be full of troops, was seen in great distress, on Sunday, off Dover ; a tre mendous rough sea and high wind at S. by E. ren dering it almost impossible to receive assistance from the shore, and impracticable to run for the Downs, it was feared the ship must unavoidably be lost.' A letter from Rye, dated January SO, says-44 A lugger privateer, has drove a brig under the guns at Dungeness battery. The privateer is now in this Bay, labout three miles from shore—not a cruizer in sight. Wind W. and by N. fine weather. Thehattery fired several guns, and saved the brig from capture.— Four p. m.—A nother large privateer has drove a sloop close in shore. We have-fired from the batteries 'hi the town, and given the alarm—saved the sloop; and although the Martello towers were within gun 'shot, they saw nothing of the affair until it -was nearly over.", The BOMBAY, 74, arrived in the Downs op Wed, nesday, from the Mediterranean, with a convoy, which left Mahon on the 10th of December. A letter from aPDIEcer, dated Mahon, December 9, 1813, says...- " We lett Tarragona on the 2d instant, at which time the fortifications were restored, and by additional outworks made stronger than before. We are gra-, duwly.with,drawing the English guns, and replacing them with Spanish. The Court of Inquiry on Sir J. MURRAY is to be held in the city of Valencia. Ad- Miral HALLOWELL has been directed to attend, and give evidence. A large division of transports, de tached from Tarragona, sails to-day from henct,•for- Sicily. A number of ships have already assembled Ott that island, doubtless with A view to offensive ope rations in the spring, should any prove necess ar y." - A private of the York'Light Infantry Volunteers, named A. Fredereillig, lately shot Serjeant Boys, of the same regiment, while he was in the act of par4si.l ing the. guard at Port Antonio. A Coroner's Inquest has brought in' a verdircuf_Wilful Murder. • 1 - . • I . I - ,corzzyra,anzAT Tp4rit.E. f,ast night was performed SttaXttaritA RE'S NAT . of r iCideord the Tlird, as altered by Cou.sar C'teacit. 'Eh* rpm oaf Glu'sirr, the subtle, proud and blond y" tyr.tat, •he is emphatically described, was sustained by.ttlr. „gaunt.", To those who have seen MN KlLlttal.2 in ihe . Chli atter, which he has studied in its minelebt "arts in its most delicate traits, it is tiiilleCeSS4Ty top descant on his excelleno. Those attho Wye not had that pleasure, must, to•farm a just conception of his, exalted merit, witness :exertions,. for drscriptitin can furnish but a very faint,,skettcW,of them. Hit . wooing scene with Lady Aims perfaCtly, suppoi tea Richard's observation on his persuasive powers, when Le sap-- Buc I've • tongue shall wheedle with the devil:* and was most strikingly contrasted with his subse quent rude and brutal behaviour to her. The stt!oe in which Richard breaks the murder of the young Priqces to Bac4ingham, was marked by the most ex quisite discrithination ; and the manner in which be received the claim of the disgraced favourite, spoke most forcibly the mingled anger and co(ttntpt which his " freezing kindness" had excited. The conch). ding line, rni busy—thotrtroublest nte--I'm not Mt' veto; as delivered by . Mr. KsssßLE. was pregnant -with. meshing. In the fourth Act, where Richard is al.. 'tatnet t ely greeted by pleasing and displeasing news, boy.Asainues genius appeared to derive fresh vl .gooi-frum the aiisculties which were opposed to it. :414 his' every tone, look, action, land • uttitude, was 'spited to the valling..toMplesiost -of the sceoe, The reproadtful ing (di y„ directed to , I erg/ Siaelty—. . _ " The North! why what do they i'th' North, 44 When tbefsbould serve their Sovereign to the West r uttered with all the bitterness of- disappointment, with all the severity of , tallins sarcasm, And acions petßiea by a glance, 'indicative of deep-rooted sus• vicion, was one of Mr; KesteLes happiest efforts.— In the tent-scene,. horror and dismay were written on his features, and-were recognised in his tal iefing.•acceuts, after •he had risen from his couch. ' These appearance gave waygradeally, as Catrsfr pouts out the ill effects which ni*ht be produced, ►f it were known that a domes. had sotich affected the 'usurper, until Richard, r having vanquished his ter.. ors, becomes 44 himselfsviiirie FinisCoressai Ns. — The whole of his las; scene was inimitably tin.. - The challenge to Ricluson - d..- What,tio l young .Ri.horreed, bo ! 'di Richard calls; jfit • • —"" ' ._• ,Ilticluisnad, I say, come fortis and singly face me, 'Richard is hoarse.wida decant thee to urns;" ; WM bold, spirited, - energetic—and the reply to Rad". "-Wave ! I have K t my life upon a cast • And I will stand the tuzard of the die !" • Was truly characteristic of 64 the daringand stubborn" tyrant. Throughout the evening Mr. Kr.sfeut was highly applauded—but, the approbation would have 'been much greater, had not thp inmates of the gal• .kries, who were most provekirigly boisterous, kept up an almost incessant noise ; which marred, except to those who . were very near the stage, some of the most admirably delivered passages.—The I•iouse was excessively 'crowded. . • , .--- 7 ........,4:—.... . PRIOR OF &team—TM* V e le LORD MAYOR, after-hAving inspected:! ete dithers' - returns, ordered the Price Oi Bread to continue the same as last week. _ Yesterday afternoon crowds Of adventurous persons crossed and recrossed the Thaines on the ice between Blackfriars and London Bridge. The late thaw has t such a quantity of ice down the river, as' com ple.ely to choalc up the Thames between_ those two Bridges ; andlffie fi ns; on Sunday night and yeiter day. had so. united the vast muss, as.to,en+al it im sen tnoveliblity the.tide. • This morning some tents, or. bulks, were pitched between Q u e en hi t h e and Link. side, and several thousands ventured 'iota the ice is., that vicinity. Between Westminster andßlackfriars, r however. the river is not frozen' over, but it is ins.' - passable for barges or small craft. , Sundafse'nnight as two men were driving a num ber of pigs over the Ouse, at Howdendike, the ice proved too weak, and broke, and S 9 pigs were drown ed. Howdendike and Booth' Ferry- had not been frozen over,,so as' to admit a passage across, for 26 years before. - . 1 ' Extract of a letter from Dublin; dated January 25. • .....“ I do not, know when tf.is will reach you, as the Holyhead road is'closed. There were five mails due at the Held when iikinner sailed yesterday. The roads here are still impassable, at least for coaches : 1,700' bags of letters were due from the different inland,. towns; but those are now reduced to 700. The distress to the mercantile world was inconceivable. I am told one Notary Public protested 400 biljo in one night— ' some of them on most respectable houses. In fact, the • ' people in the country dd not write, as they think the risk is so very great. bffast• of ;be mails have come in on men's Shoulders—they now come on horseback.—The Mails for Belfast and Enniskillen left the Post Office this morning, in coaches, for the first time since the snow. Six coaches came in from Naas on Satin*, day—four of them were upset—The streets are im passable, most of them completely blocked up, the snow being seven or 'eight feet;—however, th;ets feet of this has been' ruede by the snow. from the foot-way and tops of the houses ; indeed, the nar row streets, I am sure, would not be free in .two weeks, if the thaw was rapid. The oldest person has no recollection of halt the quantity of snow falling in the time. Some medical men venture out in carriages, bet those get upset, as -there has been no attempt to . . 'clear away the snow. When the thaw comes it 'will be even worse for some time. _ s•-, • WiDNESDAY.—TIie thaw h commence d the rpsds,for the present are worse than, .they were. No Irish mails today. , The coaches Ore expected to run on Saturday morning with mails." A female pauper; in the poorsbouse, at LeWes, fel asleep on Monday se'nnight, wjiile eating, and con- • .tinned in that state until the following Saturday, when she expiirsi, „Sunday night, about 11 o'clock, as Mr. Evers, of the Edgeware-road, was proceeding along Bayswater, be was stopped by two men, near toe Queen's in Hospital, one of whom knocked him down, whilst the other rifled his breeches pockets of 4, 45 not e , a watch, and 4solne silver. • I ' • ; . ' i