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THE ,VENING STAR. 1,0 N DON. SATURDAY, FI.BRUARY 19, 1814. PRICE of STOCKS THIS DAY AT, TWELVE O'4MOCR Bank Stock 26S (nothing done)-8 per Cent. Red. 70/1 Consols, 701 l—tor ACC. 70/11-4 per Ct. 841 85 5 per Ct. 9714—Lg . Ans. 171—Exch. Bilk 4s. ss. pr. rildis Stock 1994—Bbnds 6s. 9s. pr.—Oninium 26 251261. In a Second Edition yesterday we stated the arrival ly express of the following short French Bulletin : TELEGRAPH-LINE OF BOULOGNE. " BOULOGNE, 16TH FEB. St The Director of the Telegraph, to M. MARTIN, Conimis sary-General of the Police on the Coast of the North. " SlR—The Telegraph has just transmitted the !~ following : 4 , On the 15th the EMPEROR obtained a fresh vic tory over the Russians and Prussians, near Montmi rail, and has taken 10 pieces of cannon, 10 stands of cclours, and 10,000 men prisoners.—l have, &c. (Signed) " NAGUER." It will be observed that the person to whom the above notice is ditected is the Chief of the Douaniers, alias Superintendant of Smugglers, 'on that part of the Fr-crh Coast which is opposite to Deal and Dover. This Gentleman, of course, has more facilities of transmitting intelligence to this country than the Mayors or Prefects, and to him, therefore, the Di rector .of the Telegraph at Paris addresses himself.— The object of all this is evident. These Bulktins are manufactured tor the meridian of London and not of Paris. BONAPARTE and his creatures think to date our Ministers into a hasty conclusion of Peace by reports of victories which were never gained.— Their estimate of the firmness of the British Ministers is founded upon the most erroneous calculations.— There is not a school-boy nor an old apple-woman who now believes a single sentence of these statements stithout appealing to their own bumble intellects on the subject. But to return to this fresh Bulletin--the first singu larity which must strike every observer, is the place at which the victory was gained. At Montmirail ! Impossible, On the Bth and 9th the Allies were beaten between Chateau Thierry and Eperday ; on the 10th at Champ Aubert ; on the 11th at Montrni ra3 ; and, on the 12th, at Chateau Thierry. Now on all these occasions the route of the enemy was de scribed as being perfectly complete—in short as com plete as the friends of the Great NAPOLEON could wish; but unfortunately for the veracity of the direc tor of the Paris Telegraph, the Allies once more make head at Montmirail, and on the 15th they are repulsed finally, as the writer attempts to shew. In all these engagements the army entrusted to the ve nerable BLUCHER seems to have suffered—that under Prince SCHWARTZENBERG is not mentioned, nor are We warranted in supposing that any part of it was engaged. The real state of the case seems to have been this—to Marshal &nom, by common consent of the Allied Sovereigns, has been entrusted the exe- 1 cution of the glorious operation of first entering Paris. —He has of courAe taken the nearest road, and BO NAPARTE, thit he might preserve something like a character for consistency with the imbecile inhabi tants of his Capital, has diretted all his energies to repel the Invaders from thetapital. He accordingly seems to have been incessantly a Chsval from the 10th to the 15th instant, occnpying a line of defence ex tending from Chateau Thierry, on the northward, to Nogent-sur-Seine, on 'the southward. Setanne, Champ Aubert, and Moricrnirail, are intermediate places on this line ; and as the several corps came up in succession, he seems to have succeeded in checking them ; but their advanced guards only could have been engaged—this is evident from the small number of prisoners and cannon taken. But where was Prince SCHWATZENBERG'S army during all these operations ? The last dispatches left him at Troyes, and in the morning of the 11th his army advanced in the direction of Paris. Now his direct road lay through Nogent-sur-Seim, and not through any of the places where BONAPARTE claims any of his recent victorim if any part of his army therefore was engaged, it must have been a mere handful, detached to keep open his eommunications with BLUCHER. We confess that fiorn no mention being made of any action at Nogent-sur• Seine, it appears highly probable that Prince SCHWARTZEN BEM, while BONAPARTE was occupied in checking Btocnaa, quietly advanced through that place to. -yards Paris, and we are borne out in our conjecture by the substance of private letters from the opposite Coast—for the accuracy of their statements in every respect of course we do not vouch, but they have the a►r of truth in the general outline. According to these accounts, therefore, Macno- VALD was beaten on the Bth and 9th ; but on the 10th, BONAPARTE was successful in cutting off a Prussian column. On the 11th and 12th he obtained some advantage over BLUCHER, and compelled that' hardy veteran to retire fighting on Chateau-Thierry. Here, however, BLUCHER was joined on the 13th, by reinforcements from the corps of WINZINGERODE and VON YORCE, with which he found himself strong enough to become in turn the assailant, and actually drove BONAPARTE back to Montmirail, where a bloody battle was fought on the 15th, in which the superiority rested with the latter. Our informants add, that whilst these affairs were going, on, Prince SCHVARTZENSERO forced his way. by Psovins towards Paris ; and that it was confidently asserted on the 17th, at Boulogne, that the Allied light troops were, on the day preceding, within 20 miles of the capital. Should the foregoing particulars prove correct, the French Capital must about this period be in the pos session Of the Allies. The negociationt of Peace will then be resumed on the spct, where they are most likely to be terminated in a manner most satisfactory to all Europe. We have also to add another report, but we know not upon what authority it is founded. A Morning Paper states, that the Austrian Army, com manded•by Prince SCHWARTZENBERG, with the Rus sian Imperial Guards, and the whole of the grand Russian park of artillery, were; on the morning of the 14th instant, within ten leagues of Paris. Still the public are exposed to the effects of impo sition by the impudent assertions of some prints, which speak with as much confidence on the delibe rations of the Cabinet and the results sent to Lord CASTLEREAGH, as if the proceedings were carried on in their own office. The stile in which their oracles are delivered, are calculated to mislead the un guarded, while at the same time they are so perfectly in the manner of Delphos as to'defy a direct inter pretation. 44 The vigorous prosecution of the war upon the territories of France (we are told) has been resolved upon by our Cabinet, in strict co-operation and unison with Russia, Prussia, and Austria." We should like to know where else the war can be carried on if not where the armies are ? And, if the measures resolved upon by our Cabinet be those which are to have the strict co-operation of the other Allies, with what krtith can it be maintained that instructions have been sent to Lord CASTLEREAGH absolutely to rejec t every overture which shall have for its object to treat about Peace - . except upon such a basis as these prints choose to chalk out.—lf there be a strict co-operation among the Allies (and we believe that there actually is), it is impossible that any one Power can take upon it to dictate to the rest what shall or shall not be pur sued as the best line of policy ; for this would be to destroy all co-operation and to dissolve the Confe deracy. It is true that what might be deemed proper when Lord CASTLEREAGH set off, might be rendered, by g change of circumstances, far from being advisable some weeks after: but this argument is so complete a truism as absolutely to mean nothing ; for it is equally applicable for and against negociation :—and hence the necessity of discretionary powers to those who must be guided by circumstances, and as these change must also change their views as to what is attainable and desirable. We cannot too strongly guard the public against 'the reception of the idea that every thing respecting negotiation and terms must and will be dictated by the British Cabinet. That every thing coming from our Ministers must have great weight with the Allies, and will meet with the most marked and respectful attention cannot be doubted ; but on the other hand, will it be believed by any endued with intellect above the scale of idiotcy, that the British Cabinet will be wanting in the respect due to other Powers ? In a word, " strict co-operation and union" are perfectly incompatible with arrogance and dictation; and were our Ministers to be guilty of such criminal conduct, those very men who now clamour about the 'spirit and boldness which ought to dictate their instructions, would be the first to accuse them of rashness and precipitancy, should any measure of their's destroy the co-operation that is now maintained among all the Allies. But let us for a moment give things their true names. The line of conduct for which these men vocife rate, under the terms, magnanimity—prudence—va lour—fortitude ! is the very line which BONAPARTE has invariably pursued with every Power cursed with his alliance. Having the power, he dictated to them the line of conduct which all should pursue,-especially in every thing that regarded England. His conduct in this respect had its proper epithets bestowed upon it by the free press of Britain ; and was felt to be de grading and insulting by the other Powers ;—and to this may be ascribed a considerable portion of that strict and hearty co-operation which now marks all the proceedings of the Allies. With what care then should the public guard their minds against the effect of that false logic, and idle declamation, which, if regarded and acted upon by Ministers, would force this country from her 4 , van tage ground," and fix upon us that very character which has sunk the French EMPEROR to the lowest state of execration. The chicanery of the reasoning which some of our contemporaries employ on this topic is contemptible. They always argue as if none but our own Ministers could have a voice : to this they add an absolute truth—that the Allies, if they have the power, should destroy the French Tyrant; and then they press an inference, which implies a contradiction in terms; for when put in its proper - terms, it means this—Mi nisters should seek the destruction of BONAPARTE : the Allies may not be persuaded of the possibility of this, and in consequence may recommend treating on good, but lower terms : and if so, the blame must lie with the British Cabinet I We can assert with confidence, that none of the rumours which would impute such mad conduct to the Cabinet, as the acting upon such foolish princi ples as have been insisted upon, rest upon the slightest authority. Ministers have acted, and we doubt not will continue to act, with dignity, with prudence, with a proper regard tb the respect due to other Powers. —They will not by Such a mad conduct as has been recommended to them by some, and imputed to them by others, endanger a rupture of that confederacy whicli has liberated Europe; and which, by attention and adherence to those principles by which it has been cemented, will ultimately bind the Tyrant in chains of imbecility, should they fail in driving him entirely froth his throne. On the subject of the BOURBONS we need add but little to the observations we yesterday laid before our Readers. It has been more than insinuated that Ministers have committed themselves in a way which they ought not, in favour of this unfortunate family : Some would press them to do so, if they have not already done it ; and, as an excitement, they are told that the French people will make no more efforts for BONAPARTE. We can only again assert that the visit of the BOURBON PRINCES to the Continent, is WHOLLY their own act : and as to the French people making no efforts, we ask, whence did the tyrant obtain the ar mies which he now opposes to the Allies ? and we ask, Where has a single white cockade been hoisted in favour of the BOURBONS, even where the Allies are now upon the French soil and able to give protection to such as might rise against the Usurper ? The fact is lamentable, but it is undeniable, that the slaves of NAPOLEON have manifested no solid disposition to break their chains ; and this very fact shews how pru dent the conduct of Ministers was in refusing to make the cause of the BOURBONS the cause of Great Britain. • But where was Prince SCHWATZENSERG' during all these operations ? The last dispatc him at Troyes, and in the morning of the 1 army advanced in the direction of Paris. direct road lay through Nogent.sur-Seint, through any of the places where BONAPARTE any of his recent victorim if any part of h therefore was engaged, it must have been handful, detached to keep open his eommun with BLUCHER. We confess that Jim no being made of any action at Nogent.sur.; appears highly probable that Prince ScifsvJ 3 ERCh while BONAPARTE was occupied in c &masa, quietly advanced through that p Rards Paris, and we are borne out in our co by the substance of private letters fi orn the Coast—for the accuracy of their statements i respect of course we do not vouch, but they 1 air of truth in the general outline. According to these accounts, therefore, VALD was beaten on the Bth and 9th ; bu' 10th, BONAPARTE was successful in cuttin Prussian column. On the 1 lth and 12th he some advantage over BLUCHER, and compel hardy veteran to retire fighting on Chateau.' Here, however, BLUCHER was joined on the reinforcements from the corps of WINZINGER VON YORCK, with which he found himself enough to become in turn the assailant, and drove BONAPARTE back to Montmirail, bloody battle was fought on the 15th, in si superiority rested with the latter. Our inf add, that whilst these affairs were going, on SCHINARTZENSERO forced his way. by PJOIIIIIS THE ARMY Wednesday were marched into Windsor Foot Bar racks near three hundred fine young men, all of them volunteers from the East Middlesex Militia, with eight Officers. The band of the sth Regiment met them in Eton, and played through both the towns to the Barracks. The Regiment when they came to Windsor only amounted to 60, including the band, now they are upwards of 800 strong, of well discipli ned men, from other Regiments. The Depot of the .46th Regiment is removed from Winchester to Horsham. The South Down Regiment, at present quartered at Fort Pitt, are to be removed from thence to Chat ham Barracks. The Barracks at Fort Pitt, are to be fitted immediately as an Hospital, for the recepL tion of five hundred sick and wounded soldiers, under the superintendence of Dr. WEIR, and a suitable Me dical Staff. Wednesday a detachment, of 150 men, belonging to the 56th, arrived in Canterbury, on their route to embark to join their Regiment in Holland. RAMSGATE, FEBRUARY i 7,—A detachment of Ger man Horse Artillery, and also of English Waggon_ Train, with thirty i.vaggors, &c. have embarked here since Monday last, and the transports are now in our harbour waiting for a fair wind fOr Holland. This day a detachment of the 59d Regiment, about 100, and also about 60 of the 36th Regiment, marched in here tor the purpose of embarking, to join their re spective Regiments in Holland. Yesterday his Royal Highness the PRINCE REGENT received a communication irons the QUEEN at Wind sor, about four o'clock. We understand that a new Review is immediately to be commenced in Edinburgh, under the title of The North British Review; or, Conetitutiontil Journal. it will be published every two months, and we are happy to say that its principles will be strictly con stitutional. The hungry avidity with which Booksellers are ever on the lookout for profit, has made them a fair subject for satire with Authors ; the tribe of the pre sent day may, in addition to other qualities, boast a stock of impudence perhaps unknown to their prede. cessors. Would it be believed, that in consequence of the great sale of the New Novel of 44 PLEASURE AND PAIN," the Noble Authoress is daily harassed by these worthy and disinterested gentlemen, for any work she may at a future time be disposed to favour the public with Yesterday the dispatches were finally closed at the East-India House, and delivered to the Pursers of the following ships, viz. Winchelsea ' Captain Moffatt; Marquis of Huntley, Captain M‘Leod—Madra3 and Cbina. -------- --- Royal Charlotte, Captain Rush; Surat Castle, Captain Ro bersou—Batavia and China. Castle Huntley, Captain Paterson—Madras, Prince•of Wales bland, and China. Glatton, Captain Hutchinson—St. Helena and China. Astell, Captain Hardyman; Europe, Captain C;elston ; Asia, Captain Tremenhere—Madras and Bengal. Passmweas rex WINCIIELSEA.—For Bengal—Mr. Money, jun. merchant; Mr. Lind, writer; Messrs. Williams and Winch, cadets. For Madras—Mr. de Mierne, writcr; Mr. and Mrs. Bell. For Bombay--Mr. Hock, Mr. Coun. PER GLA r rote.—For St.Helena—Ensign Ramsaf ; Mr. Bayes and family; Mr. Renton and family; Mr. and Mrs. Lewden ; Miss Moss; Mr, O'Connor._ PLR Asta.—For Bengal—Messrs. Parker and Phillips,writers; Messrs. tzown, Impey, and Daniel, assistant surgeons; Mr. Browne and family; Mr. Forbes and family; Lieut. Hutchens; Messrs. nth, Laws, Wood, and Clapperton, tree mariners; Mr. and Miss Terraneau; Messrs. Walker, Delamain, Paten, Raw linson, Baker, Bonham, and Garsten, cadtts. For Madras—Miss Weston; Messrs Barnard and Paths, cadets. PER CASTLE HUN LEY—For Madras, Capt. Edmonds ; Mis tresses Barren and Frazer; Misses Hazlewooti and Campbell.— For Prince of %Vales Island, Messrs. De La Ci.mhe and Ander son, writers; Messrs. Scott and Htitton.—For Bengal, Messrs. Berner, Money, and Comly. PLR As TELL—For Bengal, J.Achmuty, Esq. and Lady; Messrs. .Carey and Ogle; Messrs. Culloden, Ray, Flay, and Carrow ; Lieutenants Chambers and Charter; Misses Blaney, Mrs. Bos cswen, Mr. Palling, Messrs. Nichol, Retten, Jervis, brutish, Ni cholson, Roebuck, Whinfield, Heysham, and Marshal, Cadets.— For Madras , Mr. Crawley, writer; Mr. Edwards, Mr. Denton, Captain and Mrs. Cadell, Messrs.Hile, Tayler, and Andeeson, Cadets. PER ROYAL CitAattara---Ffor Bengal, Mr. Crawfurd.—For Batavia, Captain and Mrs. Grant. Pta MARQUIS or HUNTLYY.—For Madras, Lieutenant-Colo nel Boles and family; Messrs. Williams, Richards, and Turn bull; Mr. Boles; Muses Briethaught, Wilson, and Writer. Paa EUROPI—For Bengal, Mr. Bayley, Mrs. Sweedland and family ; C. Pears, M.D. and Lady ; Mr. aad Miss Marshall; Mr. I oults ; Messrs. Pehnington and Burroughs, Cadets —For Madras, Messrs. Desormeux and Shedder; Ensign Tertian and Lady ; Mr. Bell, Cadet.—For Bombay, Mr. Brown. Pat SURAT CASTLIFOr Bombay, Mr. Robertson. NAVAL INTBLLIGENCB. MA ARIL DU(. I Dublin . . 2 ,:i . Corunna Waterford . 0 3 Heligoland Cadiz - - 0 0 1 Guernsey Lisbon - - 0 1 I Jersey 1 Malta - - 0 2 PassagesGouenburgh - 0 11l Haktaz Holland - - 0 1 St. Stbastlan's PORTSMOU CH, FEB. 18. Arrived from the Downs, the BAltic Merchant, PALNY ; Pyrenees, --; Harriot, REECE., for Lis bon ; three colliers, and the Bee, from Woolwich, with stores. Sailed his Majesty's ships FERVENT, GROWLER, and livivrA store-ship with a filzet for the Downs. Went out of harbour his Majesty's ship WANDERER.—Wind Westerly. , AP R. DVS 0 0 0 7 • 0 1 • - 0 1 O 0 O 0 O 0 DEAL, FEBRUARY 18. Came down from the River, the John, PornR WELL, for Madeira. Sailed the Nymph cutter, with a Messenger for Calals.—Wind W. HARWICH, FEBRUARY le. Sailed the Auckland packet, for Gottenburgh ; and the Lady Frances, for Heligoland. Also sailed the following transports for Holland : Susannah, 664. Ebenezer, JX. Atalanta, GO. Thetis, GN. Ann, JR. Hannah, JK. Seven Brothers, Three Sisters, IC. Venus, DR. Alert, JT. Goodwood, Agnes, 115. Darham, HI-. Mediterranean, Catherine, Thomas and William, Albion, Belvidere, '262. Peggy, and the Camillon.—Wind W. LIVERPOOL, FEBRUARY 17. I The United States and Macedonian frigates, repor. ted to have sailed from New London on a auive, were blockaded in that part on the 19th ult. by IA Majesty's ships RAMILIES I &AMA, and ENnxsif')N ; and the Essex frigate had not arrived in America from round Cape Horn, as was stated in advices from Bermuda, received the end of last month. CORK, FEBRUARY io. Wednesday, his Majesty's ship ORONTES, Captain N. COCHRANE, sailed - hence on a cruize. H. M. S. iALOUSE, Captain LowE, sailed at the same time for Plymouth, with new-raised men and volunteers for the fleet. Sha afterwards proceeds on a short cruize. Yesterday H. M. Ship TARTARUS, Captain PAscor„ arrived from seeing convoy to St. Andero. His Ma jesty's ship CASTILIAN, Captain Bagmen, sails the first fair wind fcr the Shannon, as does also H. M. 3. PIZOIECTOR, Lieut. MITCHENOR, for Plymouth.' The Devon, —, from Madeira to London, was taken by the Prince of Neufchatel American privateer, and carried into Quimper the latter end of List month. The Lord Coiling wood, HopEn, from Newfound land to Oporto, is stranded at Villa Nova ; crew and part of the cargo saved. Yesterday the Dukes of YORK and KENT visited the PRINCE REGENT. The Princess CHARLOTTE of WALES took an :Airinp in her carriage in Hyde Park yesterday, accompanied by the Duchess of Leeds. Sir JAMES MANSFIELD has at lergth consented to retire from the Chet Justiceship of the Common Pleas, to which the Chief Baron, Sir VicAult GIBBS, succeeds of course. Sir WM. GARRow, rn this re. move, becomes Chief Baron of the Exchequer ; Mr. Serjeant SHEPIIERD succeeds to the office of Attorney- Goneral ; and Mr. Serjeant BEST, to that of Solicitor. General to the lc.n.ro. The Duke and Duchess of BEDFORD, with Lady JANEMoNTAciu, are arrived at St. Luear, near Cadiz, the latter much recovered from J,er hectic indisrisi tion, which rendered a change of climate so immz diately necessary. The accomplished and estimable young Noble man, Lord MONTGOM ERIE, died at Alicant, imrne~ diately on his arrival there from Palermo, where he had been for two yeari, in the hopes of procuring re lief from a sealed pulmonary complaint. By the death of his younger brother, without issue, the Earl of JERSEY succeeds to his immense fortune. The marriage between the Hon. Mr. PIN DAR, se. cond son of Lord BEAUCHAMP, and Lady CII A RLoTTIC SCOTT, only sister of the Earl of CLONMELL s is fixed for Wednesday se'nnighr. The son of a Noble duke absconded from Harrow School on Thursday se'unight. The impudent youth, however, was discovered on the Portsmouth road on Tuesday evening. The Marchioness of WELLINGTON was at the dinner party, given by the Earl and Countess of LlvEltroot, on Thursday. Last night Mr. KEMBLE concluded his engagement at Covent-Garden Theatre with the charat ter of Cato, which he sustained in his usual style of excellence. The House was crowded to excess. The little dancing Drama of Leander and Leonora. performing at Drury-lane Theatre, is certainly the best thing of the kind that has ever appeared OR the British stage within our knowledge. The Gloucester Theatre having been fitted up in a very beautiful m2nner, was opened.on Monday last, under the management of Mr. WATSON, with 74e Stranger, and No Song No Sumer. Wednesday evening as Mr. Heasev,of Dean -:tree t. Soho. was passing the end of Ling-lane, Smithfield, he was hustled by three stout lellows, who riHeJ li.s pockets of a silver watch, and a 'pocket. co.l - Bank-notes and silver to the amount of 45, with which they made their escape. MURDER.—Our city, says a Waterford Paper, has been disgraced by a most abominable murder.—To. wards nine o'clock on Tuesd iy evening, it had been found necessary to put M. Hannan, butcher, out of the house of E. Phelan, publican, at Ballybricken, where he had been exceedingly troublesome. After his expulsion, he insisted upon being re-admitted, and, by pelting stones, did much mischief to the windows, when Phelan opened the door, and euideaviured, by expostulation, to prevail upon him to desist ; but Hannan immediately hurled,a stone at Phelan's tem. ple with such violence as brought him to the ground, and in a short time put a period to his existence.-- The murderer has aliscouded. n