Star. — London, England, 1814-03-18 00:00:00

was pursued as far as Corbeny, losing baggage, prisoners, s c. by the way, the details of all which have not yet arrived, as the pursuit has continued during the whole of the night, and as it is still going on. On the right no particular advantages were gained beyond the expulsion of the enemy from the villages he had gained possession of in the morning. General Count Woronzoff, towards the close of the day, again attacked with the greatest vigour, but he had large masses opposed to him, and the ground presented dif ficulties against the active co-operation of his cavalry. The promptitude with which General Count Wo ronza conducted his advance in the morning, and the bravery and determination with which his troops attacked were the admiration of every one. The losses on either side it is as yet impossible to ascertain, but I him myself seen some hundred pri. boners broug'it in here already. P. S. Tam A. me—The prisoners say that Bona parte is still in frontal Laos, and resolved on pursu ing his attack this day. The cannonading act musketry is already violent in the direction of Setnilly and Leuilly. I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) H. Lowe, Colonel. P. S. LAOS, TRH A. 14. MARCH 11 .—The attack continued during the whole of yesterday. The plain, below the city of Cann, is interspersed with villages and small woods, which became the scene of very. warm and obstinate contacts. A wood ; near the vil %age of Clacy, on the right of the position, wig taken and retaken four or five different times, and remained finally in possession of the Allied troops.— The infantry of General Winzingerode's corps, un der the command of General Count Woronzoff, were the troops engaged there : in the centre and left of the position the enemy maintained himself ; and at about half an hour before sun-eet, he threw forward a body of skirmishers, supported by two battalions of infantry (the rest of his army remaining in reserve), and at tacked the village of Semilly close under the walls of the town; but a battalion of Prussians, of General Bulow's corps, threw itself in the road, and supported by the fire of the troops on each flank, compelled him to retire in disorder and with loss. This was the last operation attempted during the day. The fires of his .bivonack were apparent along a very extended line at the beginning of the night; bin in the morning it was observed he bad retired, and the cavalry of the advanced guard are at this moment in pursuit of him towards Chavignon, on the road to Soissons. Thus, during two days of successive attacks, the enemy has,experienced nothing but defeat and dis comfiture, The efforts of all hi. force have been broken against, and recoiled from the bulwak which this fine position has afforded. The absence of the carps of &Yank, Kleist, and Sacken, which were in.tbe. warning pursuing the remainder vf , atimeireeNts - darhdd 'adtstneed Beard Rheims, and which could not be recalled in time, prevented any active offensive operation being under taken yesterday. But success had -crowned the efforts of these corps in other respects, by the capture of be t”en three and four thousand prisoners, besides a great quantity of ammunition and baggage, and 45 pieces of cannon have already been brought in. The intended future operations of this army have not yet been promulgated, but I apprehend they will be altogether of an offensive nature. I have the honour to be, &c. H. LOWE, Colonel. THE E 'ENING STAR. • LONDON. FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1814. PRICE Olt STOCKS THIS DAN AT TWELVE O'CLOCK Red. shst—Coss. 79114—f0r sec. 72ii 72{ 4 per Ct. shui--5 per Ct. 971 98—0nm.474 tads Bonds 9s. 10s. pre.—Exchequer Bills 3s. Ss. pre. We have to present our Readers with another Ga zette Extraordinary. It contains Colonel Lowe's de tails of the brilliant successes of the Silesian Army, under the invincible BLUCHER, who is once more acting upon the offensive. At the date of Colonel LOWE'S dispatches, the army to which he is attached had been forty-two days, since the passage of the Rhine, incessantly occupied in marching and fighting. It has, in fact, borne the brunt of all the actions with BONAPARTE'S army, and suffered much more severely than the army entrusted to Prince SCHWARTZENBERO. It is most gratifying to learn that the Silesian Army } As been kept entire by means of reinforcements.— The term « annihilation," so bountifully applied by BONAPARTE to BLUCHER'S army, more properly be longs to his own recent disasters. The following letter from Deal has reached us this morning. The dispatches to which it alludes are, no d - , tibt, those which appear in the Gazette Extraordinary ();: this morning : " DEAL, MARCH 17, 1314, " His Majesty's sloop LevEttET arrived this morn- Inif from the Roompot, with dispatches, which are s , _ , tit off by express from Admirid FOLLY, and they' are said to confirm all the good accounts which ar k.rived yesterday. Owing to the haziness of the wea ther the Telegraph has not bc'en able to announce this new arrival, although many attempts have been made - dining the day." ( Signed REPORTED CAPTURE OF BAYONNE. Our Readers already know, from Rear-Admiral 1 PENaoses Dispatches, published in the Gazelle of Tuesday last, that the boats and small vessels, des tined to assist the operations of the Army under Lord WELLINGTON, succeeded in crossing the Bar of the A dour on the 24th ult.—[See the STAR of Wednes day last.]—These dispatches were dattd off the Bar of the Adour, 25th February. Of events subsequent to the 24th, Admiral PENROSE could know nothing when he wrote ; he had not even obtained an account of the Casualties of that day. By the subjoined accounts it would appear, that on the 2.ith Beyonne was in the power of the Allies. It is possible there may be a mistake in the date, but scarcely so as to the fact of the capture ; fur one of the vessels which has brought the intelligence left Bilboa so late as the Ist inst. On the 26th, they had heard there of the fall of the place : between that day and the Ist inst. the falsehood of the news must have been known at Bilboa, had it been unfounded. We subjoin the accounts that hive reached us without farther comment—only remarking, that the occupation of a few strong places in the South of France will afford the French an opportunity of de claring for the ancient dynasty. • - - LIVERPOOL, MARCH 16. 4 ‘ The North Star, BRYDEN, from Bilboa, arrived here yesterday evening : she sailed on the 26th of February, and has brought a report from thence that Bayonne was in possession of Lord WELLINGTON. 4g Ihe North Star spoke his Majesty's brig ADDER on the Ist March, in lat. 47. 3. bound to Bilboa and Passages. On the 6th spoke his Majesty's ships Po. MONA and CYDNUS, who informed her that they had, the day before, captured the American privateer Bunker's Hill, of 14 guns, and 86 men, five days from Morlaix, which had sailed in company with the True Blooded Yankee ; spoke, the Bth March, his Majesty's brig VIRAGO, in long. 43. 31. on a cruize. 46 The Oporto packet, FouEN, sailed from Bilboa on the Ist March, and arrived here this morning. It was reported on the Exchange, at Bilboa, that Lord WELLINGTON had entered Bayonne on the 25th of February, and the bells were ringing in consequence thereof when Captain FoDEN left Bilboa." The Liverpool Courier of Wednesday states the in telligence received at that port in a paragraph, of which the following is a copy : 66 The gratifying intelligence of the Capture of Bayonne, brought here by the North Star, Captain BAYDM late last night, has this morning received farther cemtirmation by the arrival of the Oporto Packet. Captain FooKs, the master, whom we have seen, left Bilboa on the Ist instant, and states, that about four days before he sailed great rejoicings had taken place, in consequence of Lord Wid.LlNuioN lasorinp-passet: the Adouv and intreied Bayonne. " All the vessels that could be procured had been taken up by Government Agents, to carry provisions to the army. Confident expectations of the speedy fall of Bourdeaux were also entertained." Some farther extracts from the Paris Papers of the 12th will be found in our columns of to-day. Among other pieces of inforination, apparently of slight im portance, we are told tirt an English squadron has anchored in the River of La Rochelle. We,bave mason to believe that this measure was adopte 1 in consequence of a rumour reaching the Admiralty from the opposite coast, that preparations were mak. ing for an embarkation of great part of the 'Corsican's private treasures, and probably of some of the branches of his family, for America, at the port above men tioned. The inhabitants of Paris are frightened out of their wits, (if we can believe their journalists,) at the approach of the Allies. Their only safety, we apprehend, will consist in passive obedince and non resistance, notwithstanding the attempts of the Cor sican's satellites to rouse them to an ineffectual de fence of an open town. By the Hermes, from Rio Janeiro, we have let ters from thence to the 13th January, and from the Rivet Plate to the I lth of the preceding month, and it is with great satisfaction we give the following particulars: Advices had been obtained overland at Rio, on the sth of January, stating that an action had occurred in the Pacific Ocean, between the British frigate the Plum, 'Capt. HILLYAN and the American frigate the Essex, when, after a severe contest of two hours and a half, the latter was captured. The PH(EBE is of nearly the same tonnage, and the same weight of metal with the Essex, and had been sant for the pur pose of engaging her. She was accompanied by a few Sips, which she had taken under her convoy. We shall be happy to learn that an official confir mation has been received of this intelligence. The troops of the Revolutionists engaged in the siege of Montevideo, had been 'ideated by the garri son of that fortress, which had been largely aug mented by reinforcements from Europe, and the siege had in consequence been raised. Don MAN Lin DE SARRATEA, who is a passenger by the Hermes, had been appointed by The Junta of Buenos Ayres, Envoy at the Court of London. This person is a Creole by birth, was fortifflory President of the Junta, and was once engaged on a mission to the Court of Madrid.. . r' _ . SECOND EDITION IXSPATCHES FROM LORD CASTLEREAGH. . -. STAR. OFFICE, TWO O'CLOCK.. Mr. SHAW, the Messenger, has strived in Dows ing -street, with Dispatches from Lord Carrustr.aos, dated at Chatillon, on the 13th instant. It is not understood that he brings any dispatches (Toni Lord BURGHERSH or Sir C. STEWART, and of course there are no fresh accounts of military opera tions subsequent to those already known. The contents of Lord CASTLEREAGH'S .dispatches are not suffered to transpire—they will be laid before a Cabinet Council, which has been summoned to meet this afternoon. Of this important fact, however, we can assure our Readers, that no Preliminaries of Peace had been signed, nor any Armistice entered into with BONAPARTE, when the Messenger left Chatillon. Mr. SHAW left Lord CASTLEREAGH on Sunday mcFning last, and passed through Paris on Monday. die was detained a considerable time in the French capital from the dreadful confusion prevalent in all the different departments of Government. The Police found time, however, to rob him of every Paper he had about his person, the dispatches excepted.. He had with him several French News papers, as usual with other Messengers ; and, as we understand, some ptivate letters on matters of friend ship and business. Mr. SHAW was detained near a week at Paris on his way to Chatillon, in consequence of some ma noeuvres of BONAPARTE'S Police. Terror and despair were visible in the countenances of all the inhabitants of the French Capital on Mon day last. The barriers were shut and most part of the shops and public places. The reports of Yesterday that BONAPARTE had fled to Rouen, in Normandy, re still unconfirmed ; it is rather singular, however, that a recent Moniteur boasted that Rouen was secure from any attack. The following article from Bourdeaux, is extracted from the French Papers. It conveys no account of the operations either of Lord Wellington or Soult : " Bourdeaux, March 7. B.iron Lhuiller, General of Division, command ing the 1 Rh Military Division, has his residence at the Hotel de FumiA." A politician, hoar iag a-reprt- cif wirittle; is: v4dch BfINAPARTZ was severely beaten, and obliged to re treat to Rbuen, observed, that he was by no means astonished at it, as he considered the EMPEROR had been for some time past going the Road to Ruin . We hear of the Allies at Bar-sur-Aube and Bar sur-Seine, but neither seems a bar to their advance. Bergen-op-Zoom was first attacked by the Spaniards in 15t58, and was gallantly defended by Morgan, an intelli gent-and ,enterpri sing Englishman. The Duke of Parma, who 'vas aware of the difficulties which he had to encounter, and of the almost impregnable state of the fortress, endeavoured to shorten the siege by bribing two English, officers, whose minds were supposed capabk of so base an act. These officers dis: closed to their Governor Morgan, the overtures which had been made by the Duke. They were imme diately directed to go to the enemy's camp, and there to enter into negucations. Parma, in the full confi dence of success, COHIMIS to their charge 4000 men, with instructions to seize upon the town. The two English officers themselves are posted at their head between two Spanish soldiers, who had orders to stab them should They betray their trust, or not succeed in marching the detachment safely into the citadel. —They enter accordingly ; but scarcely had forty men passed the gate, when the port-cullis was sad-. _dwell dropped. The Spaniards, finding themselves shut up in Bergen op-Zoom, were afraid of killing their leaders, while the whole of the cannon that could be brought to bear, was instantly showered upon the detachment that stood under the wall. Disgrace and discomfiture fell upon the Spaniards, who were thus caught in their own snare. In 1622, the same place was attacked by the cele brated Spinola, ro whom the Court of Madrid had given the command of an army of 60,000 men. After having sat two months before the town, they lost ten thous And men. This glorious resistance caused the fortress to be called La Puce le, or the Maiden. For upwards of one hundred years this Virgin re mained immaculate ; till at last in 1747, she was wad denly ravished, and robbed of a reputation which she had enjoyed for so many years. After the battle of Lantek, Louis XIV. ordered the famous Lowend hal to besiege the town ; which he accordingly did, and took it by assault on the 16th September, 1747. In a letter to Marshal Saxe, Count Lowendhal esti. mates his loss at 400 men only, and he computes that of the enemy at 5000. Lowitiortat. lay before Bergen-op-Zoom with open trenches more than three weeks, during which time upwards of 20,000 men fell ill, and became useless, through the contagious effects of a mash fever.— When he determined upon storming the place, the breaches were not yet practicAle. This famous Captain, however, resolved to break through the pre scribed_tules, and by one bold and well• -erred effort, lo Such iethe The alOO to. in Warwic, STAR OFFICE, THREE O'CLOCK. •••••11110. OFFICIAL BULLETIN. " FOREIGN OFFICE, MARCH 18. 4 Accounts have bees received from Chaununt, dated the 12th, and from Chatillon the 18th. " The news of Marshal BLUCHER'S victory was ara rived at Chatillon, and that General Sr. PRIEST had retaken Rlaeims on the 12th, and made Three Thou. sand Prisoesra. " Prince SCAWARTiENBERG I who had remained at Troyes, was moving upon Chalons. ge General 131ANcnt had defeated AUOIMEAU at Macon, bat the details had not been received. 46 The Plenipotentiaries were still at Chat; THE ARMY. Lieutenant-GenerAl FERGUSON is appointed second in command of the British Army in Holland. Yesterday morning a muster of the three regiments of Foot Guards took place in the Bird-cage Walk, when SOO men were drafted, ,and ordered to hold themselves in readiness for immediate embarkation. Yesterday the. West Kent Regiment of Militia arri t . ved at Windsor to relieve the sth Foot, who at* or dered for immediate embarkation. NAVAL !NIEL L IGENCE. ARR. DUE. Doblin I I C.arunris Waterford 0 2 Heligoland Cadiz 0 0 Oottenbtuils Lisbon 0 1 PI-Aland • . FALMOUTH, MARCH IS. ARC DIM o 0 • 1 o ii O 1 Arrived about a dozen ships from Waterford, Cork, and Wales.—Sailed the Walsingham packet with a Mail for Surinam.—Wind E. cloudy weather. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 17. Arrived the William, HARRINGTON ) from Water. ford, with provisions. —Nothing sailed to-day.—Came into harbour the CLORINDR (late French) frigate. DEAL, MARCH 17. Sailed the GRIFFONS sloop of war, with General TAYLOR, for Holland ; and the BADGER hired cutter, with dispatches for Admiral YOUNG.—The OLYMPIA cutter has a s'gnal for sailing to Portsmouth. TERNEUZE, MARCH 1. Eight English ships of war have arrived in our roads, britsging the troops to be employed in Flat- . ders, and these are to be followed soon by many more. On passing before llreskens the French bat teries fired on these ships, but without causing them any damage. • The bodies of the six unfortunate sufferers on board the 1336141iitiaai piciet have been can ashore some miles to the northward of Rattrayhead, and decent!? interred in the burial-ground of St. Combs, near the fish-town of Cairnbulg. The following is an Extract of a Letter from an Officer on board the Asteutos, dated near Tholen, March 8 :—" At one o'clock yesterday morning, knowing some brigs of the enemy had moved down from Antwerp on Lillo, the boats of this ship were sent up the river with one of mine from the JASON, the whole under,the command of the First Lieutenant of this ship, myself second in command : we had hopes of getting two by themselves, and clear-of the bat teries : we should then have had one a-piece. We were disappointed ; five of them were manned with picked men, were all in a lump, and close under the batteries. At five o'clock in the morning we got close to them, and endeavoured to ensure success by laying one on board. We did so ;—five boats, with real Briton's hearts, attacked one who was unfortunately ' prepared by all the arts of war for our recap tion. The whole of the flotilla commenced a beavy and destructive fire on us ; the batteries likewise and after trying all that British heroism could do, we were obliged to retire, with the loss of four killed and fif teen wounded, out of sixty. The first in command, I regret to say, is among the former. I escaped un hurt, and most miraculously ; for though knocked off the enemy's upper works, I have not received any injury. Not a man escaped without some mark of the enemy ; for those who did not get wounded, had work made for the tailois, by pikes through their clothes, &c. Had we succeeded, Ido not hesitate in saying, it would have been one of the most gallant things done this war, and we should all have been rewarded. We have met with defeat—but glorious defeat ; and at this moment I reflect on the conduct of the brave fellows around me with admiration." SPORTlNG.—Saturday last, athalf-past one o'clock, a very fine stag was enlarged before that excellent pack of hounds belonging to the Newtownbreda Club. Notwithstanding the severity of the day, many able sportsmen attended ; the place appointed for his enlargement was well chosen, being on the top of the healthful hill of Castlereagh. He went off in grand style, and although the hounds were laid on a few minutes after, he led the high mettled pack running breast high for upwards of a mike and a half ; when to the grief of the sportsmen, he was entangled by the antlers in a quickset hedge, but owing to the timely assistance of one of the sportsmen, he was again set et _liberty, and yielded txcellent sport running in the di- InktiGn of HUGH CRAWFORD's, Esq. of Orange Field; and, atter some circuitous windings, he made straight for Hollywood Hill, where he was ' taken up, alter a run of 25 minutes, through a deep and well enclosed country, a distance of rive miles. .1 TIT= tlYiTtoNb 1 i 1 14...niv, anti ny one Dom and well-concerted CORN EXCHANOB, MARK-LANE, MARCH la. 10 overcome all the obstacles of art and nature. " wt dais . As tint./ were no trusts arrora ot morning at mar. aryduada_ 6i , an there IS fin vs, jethe force of true genius. ket, our prices are considered nomb al, as on Monday. B ar l ey e Earl of WARWICK lIAS benevolently given . sold more t h ree "":es d3Y- c t o h ns an t o- I n at W. to be expended in cis, for ille the ut char 1 9 r 1 wriatenntlin tsh he price cosi at 1 9 .. De bi , vane 1. • .v p e e r r , qus d r i,.7l arwick. I o.her Grain lull, support their p lc i. - - r r • I '