Star. — London, England, 1808-08-29 00:00:00

r• i 1 11 , 1 ' I ,1 Tide day sess published, Hee One Shilling, JOHN BULL !—Prophecy, applied to Passing EVENTS. Printed W Thomas Gillet, and sold by Sherwood and Jones, Paternoster-tow, and to be bad of all Book • Alen. _ FORZIGN IIYTILLIGENC.S. --. 1.T . :: - : - Iff.PETERSBURGH, JULY 50. Lientenant-General Barclay de Tolly is come to this place froni%Wyburg. In the Neva there are now lying fourteen newly launched ships of war, part of which are sheathed with copper ; of these there are two ships of the line, namely one three-decker of 128 guns. and one cf 84, one ship of 50 guns, and se veral frigates, &c. In order to furnish the army with good subaltern officers, there is to be formed a gre nadier battalion of instruction, composed of four grenadier and two irregular coinpanies. General Buxhovden, on account of the capture of Sweaburg, has received the order of St. George of the 2d class, and all the officers, up to the General, who were present at the siege, have received treble their pay, and every private a ruble, DANTZIC, AUGUST 2. His Excellency General Rapp, Governor of this city, died here, after a lorg DRESDEN, AUGUST 10. The King's journey to Warsaw is fixed for the 15th instant. A reward is offered for the discovery of the author of a report, that a large body of foreign troops were about to enter this city. The inhabitants are, nevertheless, alarmed at the probability of a vi sit from a French army ; and it is said that 'the ob ject of Count Potocki's mission to Paris is tO avert that calamity. VIENNA, AUGUST 1. Count Wu:Tnser has set out for Adrow, to orga nize the battalions of reserve, in concert with Gene ral Bellegarde. Count Meerfeldt, our late Ambas sador to Petershurgh, arrived on the 13th July at Lemberg, where he will fix his residence.—Monittue, Argun 14. AUGUST 6.—Their Imperial Majesties are still here. Two Couriers have arrived here from Bayonne. Jr is unknown who will be appointed our Ambassador at St. Petersburgh ; in the mean time, it is believed that the choice will fall upon Field Marshal the Prince of Schwartzenburg. BANKS OF THE RHINE, AUGUST 12. All the Roads leading to the interior of France are crowded with troops passing to the Rhine, where we are assured three extensive French camps are to be formed ; one in the neighbourhood of Wesel, one at Mentz, and the third at Strasburgh. MENTZ, AUGUST 6. The depots of cavalry in this neighbourhood have received orders to break up. BANKS OF THE MAINE, AUGUST 10. The Gazettes say, that a Bavarian and a Wirterm: berg Army of Observation will be stationed at Was suburgh. General Eble, Inspector of the Artillery, is to come to the Banks of the Rhine. It is said that he is commissioned to inspect all the Artllery Esta blishments in the Western Deparancnts of the Em pire. On the 6th inst. no fewer than four couriers passed through Stutgard, namely, two from Paris to Con stantinople and Ulm, Count Mier, as Austrian con. rier from Paris to Vienna, and the Turkish courier Mallomet, from Paris to Constantinople. FRANKFORT, AUGUST 7. Yesterday morning a strong division of French ar my bakers from Mentz passed through this city.— Soon after there arrived about 100 French subaltern officers, as is probable, on their route to Mentz. Yes terday and to-day several divisions of Hessian troops have passed through on their march to Darmstadt, where a corps of these troops is assembled, which will march on the 15th inst. CASSEL, AUGUST It. It is said that our beloved Monarch (Jerome Napo leon) who is now at Nuendorff, will return to this re sidence about the 20th inst. According to report, may also be expected, about autumn, the arrival of his Majesty the Emperor at Strasburgh, to hold an assembly of several crowned heads of the Rhenish Confederacy. DORSTEIN, AUGUST 11. Yes:erday 50 waggons, loaded with arms and other military stores, came hither. To-morrow the 30th regiment of French light infantry will enter this place, on Its mute to Wer-21. NAPLES, JULY 24. Since the departure of their Royal Majesties for Spain, there has reigned the most perfect tranquillity in our kingdom, and the internal Government of the country is carried on in the best order. The light horse and the grenadiers of the Royal Spanish Guards, which are come to Rome, have been re ♦iewed by General Miollis. The fine appearance, and the rich equipage of these troops, excited general admiration, VENICE, AUGUST I. In the port of Trieste there have been lying, for these seven months, six large Russian ships of the line and frigates, and have nine smaller frigates, brigs, and cutters, are at anch"r. These are now taking in several months provisions, and it is hence conclud ed, that on being united, they will shortly set sail. BRUSSELS, AUGUST IS. The fleet at Flushing is in perfect readiness for sea , and the utmost exertions are making at Antwerp to reinforce it; and s,o successful has the marine recruit. ing service been in the northern parts of Germany, that every ship has one or two hundred supernumera ries on board, and there are independently upwards cf 1500 spare seamen in Walcheren. . The enemy's cruizers off Flushing, Dunkirk, and indeed along the entire coast, have been reduced in number--they sel daM appear. The ex:cnsive establishment of a Garde des Coster, or custom•house sol.liers, has nearly put an end to smuggling. The tmop; at some distance from the r^: , st of the Channel arl quiet in their canton al * s, excepting at Boulogne, where several regi men s are in barracks, charged with the duty of the nwn: ous batteries erected there two years since.— The fotilla there is in excellent preservation, and fully dequate to the service for vrbieh it was constructed. Ort the Sd of August, his Swedish Ma) ceivcd a Report from Field Marshal Klingipc: ll lted Lacpo, July 25, of which the following is an extract " After the victory obtained by the Swedish army at ~apps,' the enemy have retreated from Lindulax and Salmi, and are ho* at Alm° and Sarigarfri. The rear of our army is perfectly safe, and communication has been opened between the bead army and Major Freincit, who is acting against Savolax. Coinoel Palnifeldt, with his detachment, is at Knolarne; and Colonel Count Cronsted has proceeded to Sestijocki; and Major Oiler has advanced to Rauhajocki. The galley fleet has, owing to contrary winds, only proceeded as far as Wasa. We have takes from the enemy nine boats with prov Hons, and we have blunt the bridge near 'cVisuvassi ; so that I almost think that the ene my's retreat towards Tamerfors will be impracticable." Extract from a Repert from Admiral Hjelmstjer na, dated on board the Seraphim, at anchor near Holmo, Aug. 2, 1808:—Lieutenant-Colonel Jonson, being mortally wounded, c.tnnot have the honour to wait on your Majesty with his Report. At three o'clock this morning, several batteries on the island of Kemito, and two on the main land, began to fire on the.right wing of our gtin-boats, and we expected every moment to be attacked by the enemy, but which did not take place till half past two o'clock, when 40 of the enemy's gun-boats bore down upon us ; and we having only 12 gun-boats, and the enemy having, after a severe conflict, forced their way through; we retreated to the mouth of Sando river, where I had placed the galleys on the right, and nine gun-boats on the left side, and the attack was renewed, and lasted till twelve o'clock. How ever, the wind shifting more and more to S.S.E. add as we were lying in the open sea, and expected every moment to be attacked in the rear by the enemy's gun-boats and sloops from Abo, I ordered a retreat to be made, and at one o'clock we dropped anchor off Holmo, without having lost any vessel. Ten of our Officers, and 80 men, were wounded, and 40 men were killed." _ _ _ Extract of a letter, dated Wasa, July 11,1808: " On the 25th of June the Russian General M. De midoff gave up the town of Wasa to be plundered. The soldiers immediately set to work, and from the house of the first Magistrate to that of cite lowest in habitant, all were plundered. On approaching a house, a whole company of soldiers fired their guns in 'at the windows, v.-hereupon they entered the house, and with fixed bayonets attacked the inhabi tants. The General had allowed the soldiers to plun der for two hours ; but they, nevertheless, continued their barbarous conduct from the 25th till the 29th of June, the day they left this place ; during which time, the Russian Governor, Emine, General Demidoff, and several Officers, were riding on horse back in the street, and crying, 4 dobbra, karacho!' (well done ! charmingly done !) The unhappy in. habitants fell on their knees, and implored mercy, but the Russians stabbed them with their bayonets . Baron Reuterhohn, the President of the Supreme Court at Wasa, and the Honourable M. Wanberg, Lord Lieutenant of the Province, were both attacked in their houses, and on the point of being killed, had not their wives interceded. Indeed the Russians went so far, that after having taken money, plate, &c. and destroyed every thing in the house, they tore from Baron Reuterholm the very order, or star, from his coat. Every house was visited by these inhuman ' 1 beings ; many houses were burnt down to the ground, and eleven men and two women killed. When the Russians left Wasa, they tock several of the burghers ‘vith them, and, in .the most cruel manner, forced them to run backwards and forwards between two lines of soldiers, where they -.vcre beaten almost to death." WEST INDIES. BARBADOES MERCURY, JUNE cl. The result of the General Court Martial, held at St. Ann's. on the soldiers implicated in the affray which happened there on the evening of the 28th ult. and stated in the Mercury of the 31st, bas at length been promulgated. We regret to find by it, that•the fact of a very serious insubordination has been fully established, although without any apparent premedi tation ; and one of the principals has been made a just sacrifice to that discipline and good order which he was too active in subverting. The party arraigned were two Serjcants and two Privates of the Ist W. I. Regiment, and two Privates of the Royal W. I. Ran gers. They were charged generally with mu tinous and disorderly conduct in an affray at St. Ann's, on the evening of the '2Bth of May, and for aiding and abetting therein ;" but one of the Ser. jeants of the Ist W. I. was more specifically charged with “ exciting and promoting the same, by drawmg his sword, and encouraging his comrades to mu tinous and disorderly conduct, &c."—and this man being convicted thereof, was sentenced to be shot ; but the other likerjeant was altogether acquitted.— The two Privates of both Regiments were however also found guilty, and received sentence of corporal punishment, according to their respective deserts;. but Lieut.-General Beckwith, taking their offence nto serious consideration, has been pleased, for im portant reasons, to remit their punishment. The Serjeant sentenced to be shot was executed yesterday morning, on the lower parade, in the presence of the whole garrison, assembled under arms. y. ST. VINCENT GAZETTE, JUNE Is. Early on Monday last, a Private in the 6th W. I. Regiment, was shot on the parade ground, pursuant to the •sentence of a General Court Martial held on him, for an attempt lately, with others of his corps, to rise in mutiny against their Officers The garri son, consisting of the C-oth Regiment, a detachment. of the Royal Artillery, and a company of the 6th West India, attended on the occasion, as did crowd of spectators ; the scene was truly awful while it lasted, and the effect it had on the countenances of the soldiers of the 90th Regiment, was such as strongly marked their attachment to their Sovereign, and their abhorrence of the crime for which the cul prit. justly suffered, whilst his countenance exhibited at once remorse for his crime, and resignation to his fate. JAMAICA ROYAL GAZETTE, JULY 9. The Court Martial which wall formed at Up'park Cvmp on the 19th ult. for the trial of six Privates of the West India Itcg . ment, for mutiny, adjourned shortly after, in consequence of no evidence coming before them to substantiate the charge. Several pa. rishes have petitioned the Governor for the removal of this Regiment from the island. A.detachment of it has beet sent tO"the Bnbama islands. Kr: 4 sentenced to Ile übprlseoesl for dal and to pay a line or 5411. ibr an assault on *bilious,. a merchant of nerodgetown.—l. Ar. Esq was ordeted to be imprisoned six months, Ad fined $5l. and I. G. Archer:X.sq. to be fined 501. for assaults. A -man named Daniel, convicted of Striking his mother, was ordered to he imprisoned 19 months, and to be bound to keep the peace fora like A Court Menial has been heldat Itarbadoes ' on Capt. Haywood, his officers, andasten, for the lobs of the Astrea frigate, when, after a full investigation, of all the circumstances, they were honourably ac quitted.—George Wright, a seaman belonging to the Astrea, was also' tried for mutinous conduct after the vessel was wrecked, and received sentence of death. A boat with four N s, in passing from Bona vistar to the Isle of Sall Cape de Verde Islands) was lately driven to sea in aheavy squall. They had not at the time more than a week's provision on board ; they were, however, 69 days at sea, when on the 19th of June, in lat. 26. 39. long. 57. 10. they were picked up by the Nancy, on her passage to Domi nica. They had been for several days totally desti tute either of food or water, and were so far ex hausted as to be incapable of moving. Shortly after landing at Roseau, they became perfectly recovered. The schooner Eliza, from St. Thomas's to Tobago, was captured on her passage by the Mouche French privateer, who took her crew, And put on board three Frenchmen and two Spaniards, to carry her to Guadeloupe, leaving however oa board the owner of the schooner, Mr. Buchanan, and his black servant boy. The prize-master being driven from his course by the appearance of an English cruiser to within sight of Dominica, Mr. Buchanan and his boy re solved to attempt to retake the vessel. They accord inly threw the fe ll ow at the helm overboard, and, after a sharp contest, drove the four others below, when he made for the land. The foremast, however, went by the board, and being unable to refit, he took to the boat, compelling the four prisoners to accom pany him, and to work the oars. After 17 hours rowing, they reached Roseau, where he delivered the prisoners tip THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. MONDAY, AUGUST 29. PRICE OF STOCKS TH!%. DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Consols, for money, 1- is 6Gii. Oamiu It t Mt. PRICE OF STOCKs ON SATURDAY. 3 per C. Red Ann. 66111 India Bonds,_ 4s. a Si. 9 per C. Coos. 65j 66-k 66 Imp. Ann. 7I 4 per Cent. 82j 83k 83 Escheq. Bills, 4s. a 6s. press. 5 per Cent. Navy 9,..t Omnium Oi 1 dia. Long Ann. 134 9-16 Consols for acc. 66f4 • By the CHEERFUL gun-brig, from Gijon, Govern ment have received a cenfirmat:on of the news ru. moured on Saturday, that the inhabitants of Biscay have at length taken up arms against their invaders. The Junta of the Province have already assembled, and are proceeding with the greatest activity. Their first public act was the issuing of a patriotic ptocla mation, calling upon the people to emulate their brethren in arms in other parts of the kingdom, and to imitate the glorious conduct of their brave proge nitors who had resisted the attacks of the Carthagi ni.ir,s and Romans. The Biscayans were in great want of arms and military stores, but his Majesty's ships on the North West Coast of Spain had given them every aid in their power, and a considerable body was already in a condition to take the field; and we may hope, that it will not be long till they receive ample supplies from this Country. Indeed, from the promptitude which our Government has shewn since the first mo ment of the rising of the Spanish People against their invaders, we have every reason to believe, that already active exertions are making to send the Bis cayans every succour in the power of this Country to bestow. The rising of the Biseayans is an event of great importance. Hitherto they had been kept from tak ing any part in the Revolution, by the force of the French in their territory.-.by their being exposed to incessant attacks by new bodies pouring in upon them—and also by the influence that the Count de MASSARIEDO, and other Noblemen, who unfortunately favoured the cause of the Usurper, bad over their minds. Their present conduct proves, that they must be satisfied that NwrozzoN has not those resources for which they had given him credit ; nor is the infer ence without reason. Was it credible, after the un- 1 pardonable crime committed by the other provinces, in not only refusing submission to his mandates, but rising upon his troops, that he would have allowed so many weeks to pass without sending fresh troops to maintain his authority if it had been in his power ? —They must even have ascertained that he had no force within such a distance as tai be able to arrive before they could have their own force sufficiently or ganized to take the field to oppose the progress of the invaders. The Spanish troops at Langeland will furnish a most seasonable reinforcement to the Biscayans ; for already transports are proceeding to the North to bring them away, and it is extremely probable they will now proceed to Biscay. We have also reaion to hope that the Spanish troops in Holstein will be extricated. Dispatches have been received from Sir JA24119 SAMIARkZ, an nouncing, it is said, that he has intimated to the Danish Government. that unless the 54100 men who were prevented from joining their countrymen in Langeland shall be released, he will immediately bombard Copenhagen. On every principle of justice the Danish Government should yield an instant com- acted as friends, Om as prisoners. Sir. Jess, it Conciliatory lang,...lge and exptessed with how much reluctance he will pre. Oa to extremities.--extremities which the high character of Danish honour will, he hopes, prevent necessity of his having recourse.—lt is even not Impossible that this step may lead to a more paciEc disposition betitism this country and De"swirk ; for we hold it to be morally impossible thAt the latter can approve of the conduct of France towards Spain. 'What has Denmark ►tself to expect from such a perE dious ally ? • We hoped that by this time we would have been able to announce the arrival of OfEcial Dispatci confirming the accounts we gave on Saturday or. o.l^ authority of a letter received from Peuzance—that JUNOT and the Russian fleet in the Tagus had surret. dered to the British. No such dispatches had been received when this paper. was put to press, but we still entertain hopes that the intelligence will soon be confirmed, having received a similar account thii morning from Plymouth in the following letter:— " PLYMOUTH, AUG. 27. The CHEERFUL gun-brig arrived here thi.: morn ing from Gijon. By her we learn that the Biscayans have joined their Countrymen against the ,French. We have also rumours of a frigate having passed to Channel, bringing an account of JUNOT'S surrender. as also of the Russian ships, to the English and Por tuguese. This last has reached us in such a way, that we have every reason to believe it true." Another packet from Bayonne with dispatches for South America has been captured by his Majesty's ship COSSACK. This is the sth packet with dispatches captured within these few weeks. We are sorry that on the present occasion the enemy succeeded in sinking the dispatches before the capture. FOREIGN JOURNALS. Since our last, some Dutch papers and letters to the 2.5c1 inst. and Hamburgh Journals to the 17th, have been received. The letters announce the return of King JOSEPH to - 'Bayonne I We long to see in what manner this singular event will be announced in the Pashrand'butch papers ! The departure of losidss out of the Spanish territories, furnishes strong evidence that the Trends have not been able to concentrate their defeated troops at Burgos, as was snpp osed to be their intenticn ; fcr, in that case, it is reasonable to conclude, that the new King, to save appearances, would have avoided quitting the king. dom. The trench Nrstatact use sail to have been so much employed since The MIMI of BONAPARTE to Pa: s, that the American Minister, General Aasscramiu. found it impossible to obtain access to them, or to obtain passports, and a vessel to convey from France 'to America, Mr. Basin, who bronght him the last dispatches. He had, however, obtained permission for him to faoceed by way of Holland, from whence 'he sailed, as we have already stated. From the printed journal , , we have given several extracts, which evidently shew that thz French are ( preparing for a new campaign in Germany. The German Papers indeed speak with far more freet!cm of the preparations fct hostility than either the Dutch or French venture to do. The journey of BONAPARTZ to Strasburgh, which the latter affected to ci,uot, .5 regarded as certain by-the former. It is reported, we hope with truth, that the Russian ships of war in Trieste and Venice were preparing to put to sea.— There is every reason to expect that they will be in tercepted by our squadrons in the Mediterranean. Yesterday morning his MAJESTY, Princesses S 3. PHIA, AUGUSTA, AbIELLA, and MARY, accompanied by Lord &DULY, Lady THYNNR, Generals .2.Avr. WRIGHT and FITZROY, went to St. George's Chapel. and heard a Sermon preached ky the Rev. Mr. RYDER, from the 26th chapter of Acts, 29th verse ; they of terwards returned urthe Palace. It is reported in the political circles, that the appli. cation of LUCIXN BONAPARTE for passports to enable him to escape to America has been complied with. The FoRREsTER sloop, Capt. RICHARDS, at Ports mouth, is under orders for Corunna, Madeira, Bar. badoes, and Jamaica ; and the RaaotuTE, Lieutenant HARRIES, for Gijon. The FOILTUDTER has taken oo board 500,000 dollars for Corunna. The following Bald* of Baronet: is said to be in preparation : SIT JONATHAN LOTITT, of .f...usecombe, county of Bucks, BM. a limitation to the Male lase* of his daughters, ELIZABETH, Lc. TITIA, and Aawasta.A. EDWARD BULLET, of Trona:a Park, smutty of Cornwal l Est. Rear-Admiral of the Blue. Mean Woop, of Cation, in the county of Surrey, Esq. HENRY CONTNOIRAM MONTSOMOLT, of the Hair, county of Donegal, Esq, Tuoises foxy., of Stanley Hill, county of Slop, Esq. JAM cs Ga coast, of Lincoln's knoll " , county of Yost, and of Edmond Castle, county of Cumberland, Esq. SITWILL SITWILL, otßenishow, county a Derby,Esq. ANDREW CORItT, of MOLION, county of hob", sod of Line lade, county of Butts, Esq. WILLLIA/A COLIS MRDLYCIItr, of Venn MOM, near borne Port, Esq. Cll.AlLiS iiitAll HAILLMOD, of %MOO RSA county of York, Esq. Jests Paaanco, of Mernisland, county of Devon, Esq. Akier man of London. Groats: Pil2OOT, of Knaptos, Ist the Queen's County, Esq. Goal Oo s r Ler, of Clarantont, In the county of Hertford, Esq. son-in-law of General Warr stoczz. • There will, certainly be other creations before the meeting of Parliament. of the war tune. Lieu at Camden PHILIP a Icter fro Master of ary, River with two 0 Indiamen, Arrived Malta. Sa voy for the Came in one gun,,fol bound- to d captured by chace, durit This is the I under like meet the lit sour for the gun brig, w off Rochefi Channel flee 'Eastward. Gijon, with cruize. Sail Sailed his DAPPER, Wi • Pissed b) to tha west ‘N but the win, are all now vernor Miln this morninf , sent away fr morning in Waggons.-- ° Arrived ~' - ford.—Sailor off Flushing Calais ; IND. logne. A eGVST 2 FURIOUS gun tenham Eas &c. under BLAZER gun. Downs, the HERO, ILLUS. arl TE, 'AVIA Sailed fror with the trad, Sailed yesti DEAvt, w'th yesterday the time since, fo. take the Spat Arrived vest Gottenburgh: Yesterday sloop of war, men. Arriv, with dispatch, and Spanish barked war, which s; This day sails the HAVOC gi rived the tran , remain. Sail, SEALARK SCI 1( The Cogsa Liverpool to 10th tnstant, convoy of a S gins, and He Th tior,s firm the arrived in th mouth, and sa convoy for Ca ToN, arrived last, with 12 last of the vest fisheries, whic Svn ty sen Capt in bo• 1.1 mess, and ( Cart. Mort and lapt. 01 .SHIELV, ar p( in "th ; Cap!, AR ; ter the SAN kAIIT, at Dept MICA wont W tsar vuunuT saws, is, and they have no right to resin ers. • is understood, has employed the most Dublin aguage in conducting this negocistion, Waterford Corunna with hnw ttmeh rAbirt*ried• I