Star.
London, England, 1813-11-01 00:00:00

DREADFUL lAIIND4TIONS liv GERMAT.

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• EPROM THZ AtIZTItIAH owsraveit.l
We receive from all parts the most distressing ac-
count of the effects of the late inundations in Hun-
gary, Austria, Silesia, and Poland. None of these
recitals, however, excite more painful feelings than
an account transmitted trom Trentschin. Tie river
Waag, which runs through that country, was, in
the begjnning of September, raised six feet above its
usual -height, by the great rains which had fallen
some days preceding. The banks immediately gave
way, and the lands were inundated. A high moun-
tain, which was undermined by the good, soddenly
tell into the channel of the river, and gave it an inf.
pews which nothing could resist. From Zailina to
Sacred, upwards of sixty villages, with all their
houses, flocks, aid standing crops, were washed away.
The calamity having occurred during the day, many
of the inhabitants had time to save themselves; but,
nevertheless, more than WOO persons perished, be.
sides many thousand cattle, s!icep, and horses. All
the bridges upon the Waag were destroyed ; so that
in particular situations five days elapsed before anis.
Lance could be given to the survivors of this dreadful
calamity. All the towns in the neihbourhood of
the Waag have been damaged, At ?eustadt about
thirty houses were overturned. At this time, one,half
of the extensive district of Trentschin is laid waste.
Letters from Belgrade mention that there had been
an inundation of the Danube, in the neighbourhood
ot Widdin during the night of the 14th September.
A small Turkish corps ot 2000 men bad occupied
one of the is!aads, and thrown up tortifications
thereon. They formed part of the force which was
blockading the Servian tortress. In the middle of
the night, while buried in a profound sleep, ttey
were surprised by the waters, and ;tut with instant
death. Not one person escaped. Even the island
itself sunk and disappeared.

In the middle of August, the Drave flooded the
country in the neighbourhood of Qrsatch. ay the
conjoint influence of the rains and a high wind, the
waters of the river were raced to a tremendous
height. They swept away six tillages, and the sub-
urbs of ; town. In the latter; the Minister of the
church, while intent uponcelebTating divine service,
was, with his congregation of about 2+o persons,
burred beneath the ruins,of th Stlirding.
From Silesia we have accounts equally distressing
as the above. The rivers in. that. country,.swelletl
by the heavy rains during three lays and nights, be-
came torrents. They swept away Otiose', cattle, and
the standing crops. Nothing escaped. Ot the inhi-
bitants, above 6000 have perished. Evsen the opera..
tions of the contending. armies were impeded. But
it will be some consolation ta every patriotic Germaa
to learn, that the ruin of the French under Maedo.-
nald was accelerated by.these floods.; that they at
once arrested his progress and cut off his retreat; ao4
that by presenting the alternative of death orimpri.
sonment to his best troops, they paved the way to the
entire liberation of Prussian Silesia from the crtiehiei
and exactions of the enemy.
The travellers who have arrived from Poland de-
clare that the hopes of the hushandmen.have, in furl
titular districts, been blasted, by the Vistula rung
ten feet. Houses and cattle nave likewise been de-
stroyed, and 4000 lives lost. 44 Aver," say theY•
d:d the harvest promise io be more abundant, or
of better quality, had the divine will permit:ed them
to reap it. It has proved therwise. And when we
reflect upon the state orthat country during the pre-
sent year with what it war the preceding, when ex-
hausted by the march cf numerous armies, have we
not abundant cause of consolation ? We have—aeL
let vs not fowl

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THE EVENING STAR,

LONDON. '

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1818.
AtL SAT xrs.--tiotiday at the Stock Exchange,

Dispatches were last night received at Lord BA:
I.:muses Office from Marquis Wrzustermr, dated at
Vera, on the French side of the Pyrenees, on the 18th
of October. They detail a trifling stair which oe-
turred oa the night between the 12th and 13th, in
which the Ftenchsurprized the advanced posts of the
iSpanish army, and carried a redoubt, taking 40 men
land, 100 prisoners► On the morning of the 18th)
Rushed with success, the French pushed forward upon
General GrnoN's division of the Spanish army, but
they were repulsed " without difficulty"—an addi-
tional proof of the improving value of the Spaniards.
The following Bulletin was issues' by Government
upon the occasion :
" WAR DEPARTMENT, otToara Si, 11113.
•" Dispatches have been received from Lord War.-
LINGTON, dated Vera, Oct. 18, from which it ap.
pears, that on the night of the 12th, the enemy at-
tacked and carried the redoubt in the camp of Savre,

Which was held by a piquet of forty men of the Army
of Reserve of Andalusia, who were taken, together
with an hundred prisoners. There is reason to believe
that they were surprised. After having obtained
possession ,of the redoubt, the enemy made an attack,

on the morning of the 18th, upon the advanced posts

of the Army of Andalusia, under Lon PEDRO GIRON,
which was repulsed by them without difficulty. Lord
WELLINGTON speaks highly of the conduct of the Spa.
nish troops engaged, and particularly of the regiment
of Ordeties, under Colonel Hoax.

Nothing important had occurred in any part of
the line. ' The enemy bad been considerably rein.
forced by bodies of recruits railed by the recent con.
scription."

, The Speedy► Packet bas arrived at Plymouth with
Mails from Malta. Sicily, sad Gibraltar. She sailed
from Malta on the 12th &September, frets Sicily en
the 24th, and from Gibraltar on the 18th of October.
With regret we learn, that when the Speedy left
Malta the deaths averaged thirty-three pet day, and
the fever at Gibraltar raged with great violence.—
The fever at Cadiz also continued s•-Fourteen died
daily.

It is again reported in the City, that Dresden and
Leipsic are in the hands of the Allies, and the Stocks
are rather looking up, although a holiday at the Bank.
French Papers to the 29th ult. reached town at a
late hour last night. Their contents are important,
in as much as they briefly allude to a series of sangui-
nary actions which must have taken place in Saxony.
On the 19th the French Head-quartets were at Weis-
senfels, and on that day the EMPEROR is reported to
have again beaten the enemy. He was at Duben from
the 10th to the 13th, probably directing the operations
against Dessau, undertaken by Marshal Nay, on the
11th and 12th, and which merely ended in pushing
TAUENZIEN'S and THIIMEN'S corps across the Elbe.—
At Erfurt it was reported that on the 11th and 12th
the PRINCE ROYAL OF SWEDEN and General Btu-
CHER'S armies were beaten.

These affairs, we apprehend, were precisely those
which we have just alluded to. A new battle fought
on the 14th, near Dessau, in which the Prussians
were completely defeated, is also hinted ati This
may have been merely another blow against the corps
lett to watch Dessau, and who may have been thereby
prevented from pressing forward upon the rear of the
French army. Marshal NIT seen to have had the
post of honour assigned him, in having the command
of what must now• be considered as BoNantares

rear-guard.
. From the contents of these papers it is tolerably
evident, that BONAPARTE has abandoned the project
of wintering in Berlin, and is cutting his way to the
Rhine. No grand battle, however, had taken place
up to the 20th, or if there was, it could not have been
to the advantage of the French. Lvtry step BONA-
PARTRnow takes in his retreat is in favour of the Al-
lies, for it gives them the population of the countries
though which he passes to add to their numbers.

Saturday, the Paws Ratan' arrived at Carleton.
House, accompanied by Colonel THORNTON. The
Duke of CAARENCE dined with his Royal brother.
Friday night the LORD CHANCiLLOR arrived in
town. On Saturday his Lordship attended a Cabinet
Council at the Foreign Office. Yesterday at three
O'clock another Cabinet Council was held at the same
place.
Lord CLARE aid Lord CARDIGAN, it is said, will
move and second the Address in the House of Peers.
ROYAL Hosca.—Friday morning a deer was turned
out near the Golden Baps at Bragwell, which started
rith great speed through the woods and enclosures
4 Benfield, took along the road, and crossed the
Common to White Walshant, then to the right by
Holly Park, and through the fields toward Maiden-
ilead, near to which he crossed the Thames, and
peedily recrossed it, followed close by the hounds,
'wards Clewer, where he again took to the Thames,
znd lodged himself in one of the aytes near Windsor,
whence he was soon dislodged by the dogs, and then
took back to the Windsor side of the water, whence
4 ran through the enclosures towards Winkfield
Plain, and, taking to the left leaped the wall of Wind.
:or Great Park, which be crossed with much speed,
and, after an excellent run of four hours, he was taken
to the lett of the Park. Among the few who kept
up to the end of the chase were two Ladies of the
name of STEVE/IS.