Star.
London, England, 1814-02-14 00:00:00

THONIN, JANUARY 19.

Detachments from the Allied Armies have enter.
ed Savoy ;—this unexpected event has caused the
most lively sensation in our country ; already we
conceive the hope of recovering our ancient existence.
The following is the arpeal which Baron De Simbs.
then published on his arrival in our country :

" Thonin, January 14.

Savoyards, to arms ! to arms ! The moment
has arrived for throwing off the yoke, which an am.
bitious despot imposed upon you. Spain, Germany,
Folland, and almost all Europe have re.conquured
the independence to which all nations have a right.
A short, but generous effort, will restore to Savoy
her King, her rank among nations, peace, and hap.'
pmess—tbere can be no greater glory than that of
combatting for our religion, our King, and our
country. Old warriors of Savoy, range yourselves
again under the flags of your beloved Monarch—join
the allied troops who come to your assistance.
4, Military Savoyards l whatever may have been
the countries or the Princes that you have served, the
country calls you ; come and partake of our perils
and our glory.
,4 Brave youth, who refused to march for the pur-
pose of devastating countries, Ilre inhabitants of which
have become your liberators, come and join us. The
object is no longer to brave hunger, death, and mi-
ser), to satisfy the ambition of a single man ; you are
called to serve your King, and to defend your coun-
try. Inhabitants of Savoy, courage ! Lou, live the
lki,v;! Long live Savoy ! (Signed)
" Baron SIMBSCHENT,
Colonel and Commandant of a Corps of
the Allied Troops."
Count de Sonnaz yesterday published the follow-
ing Proclamation

" In the name of Victor Emanuel, sing of Saklinia and Cy-
prus, and oflerusalem, Duke of Savoy, Priuce of Pied-
mont, &c.

" Brave Warriors of Savoy !—Your old General
cal:s you to serve your King, your country, and the
crmmon cause of Europe. ♦Ve must banish all party
spirit, all Latred, and all individual vengeance. Oar
only end is to serve our good King, to restore his
name to the country, and to co-operate with all our
force to the re•establishment of the repose and 'of the
peace of the world. Where is that Savoyard who
would be deaf to the voice of his country and of ho
nnur—who would not share the'clangers and laurels
of his countrymen and of our valiant liberators ?
(Signed) " Count Dit. SoNNAz."
A Swiss Paper contains the following The
Vice-Koi's communications have been cut .ff. Them
are at Milan 10,000 Neapolitans, and 3500 at
Hounce. An Adjutant of the King of Naples has
arrived at Field-Marshal Count Bellegrades head-
quarters."

.AMERICAN PAPERS.

ALARMING IN TELLIGENCE..
PITTMIIG, JANUARY s.—With feelings of agony
ire,present our readers with the following from Lake
Erie : •

COPY.
" To the Commandant of Erie, or to whom it may
toneern.
" The British this morning landed about 3000 re-
gulars, militia and Indians, at Black Rock, and after
a severe engagement with the militia, under the corn-
rnand of Major General Hull, forced them to retreat
to the village cf Buffalo, and about sun-rise to surren-
der themselves prisoners of war. , The houses in the
village were immediately committed to the flames,
and about three o'clock this afternoon almost entirely
consumed. At the same time two large vessels, lying
shove Black Rock, were set on fire and consumed.—
It is the avowed object of the British, as received by
mod authority, to proceed in a short time to Erie,
for the put pose of burning the vessels in that port,.
i
and as an inducement to the Indiant to aid and assist'
them in this nefarious plan, full liberty s given them
to plunder for their own benefit, wherever they may
go. As the communication from this place to the
Eastward is entirely interrupted by the said Indians,
&c. and as it is important for you to bare the curliest
information of the above, we recommend to you every
exertion, to be in readiness in case of an attempt, and
request e*tanee of you in men, arms, and ammuni-
tion. The time is alarmin,g. Destruction is the or-
der of the day. (64411.1,0 4,4..15/site rotaNe.s."
. . ISuralo, Decarnber so, in retreat.
" N. B. Infnmnatim; is just received t;lat the enemy
!lave advanced up Like Ere eight or ten miles, pod
dt:slre.y every thiig tliey pass.
" It there be any hope left in thepresent case, it
is that tae mrderstatli the fleet is se moored in the
harleler of b ie, as to pres-nt a battery of from 15 to
gons fr-rtl whatever point it may be attaCked.-
11at the ice is not sufficient to bear, should the
enemy
,altettipt to hoard, and that it is completely
wind te shippnak We also learn that
:"P:IP1 Mead had issued circulars 'o all the Colonels
vl his B:igade, by .express, ordering them immedi-
.i.e!y to match their respective regiments to the de-
fea3e of Erie. May their patriotic .efforts be successful,
:tn.( the eneMy. be checked in his incendiary carreer.
" A rJoriber of patriotic young men of Pittzburg
Lave vohm:eered their services, and the troops at Fort
Firette, will march this day to Erie."
The ,?alets Oeszeilt says=« The English prisoners
lately taken from the prison-ship in this town, are
on&iied in the stone gaol at 'lpswich, five in a cell,
seven feet by ten. We will not sal this is barberous,
as we are riot thoroughly accyraihted with tlie grclUnds
and rmrits of this system of warfare I but we do
hope, for the sake of humanity, it may not be. neces•
sary long to persevere in it. It nataralty reminds ate
of the fatal jlilack.hole
.o Cakutta,"

4UTREN7IC PARTICULAIRS THE FIRE

AT Tali CUSTOM-H)USE.

Many erroneous particulars of this destructive event
having in the moment of hurry and alartinbeen cir-
culated in all the Papers, we have been at some pants
to ascertain the real facts with as much precision as
possible.
The fire broke out at a quarter past six o'clock in
the morning, and is understood to have happened
from the communication of a fire flue of one of the
offices of business, adjoining a closet attached to the
most western part of the house-keeper's apartments.
This closet was on the two pair of stairs, and
within half a yard of General KELLY'S bed.
From the time of the morning at which the con-
flagration began, end from the instant burst of
flame from the back part of the building, there can
be little doubt of the first power of the fire having
been slumbering in a latent situation throughout the
principal part of the previous evening, and perhaps
of the preceding day.
The Porter of the House was the first person who,
discovered it. Ile was going up stairs for a key to
admit him, as usual, to a part of the House that com-
municated 'with the offices, and when on the second
floor he heard a crackling of fire and saw a flame
breaking from the cieling; he instantly rushed into the
room, which was that in which General KELLY slept,-
and found the General standing by the bed's feet, the
curtains in a blaze, and the flame pouring from the
above-mentioned closet ; by this time the whole room
was on fire, and Mr..DRINRALD had given the'ilarm
from the Quay, towards which the windows of this
room looked. The Porter proteeded to call up the
servants and the family—the General ran to a room
adjoining his own, which was fronting the street ; he
was saved by a bidder with the greatest difficulty,
and shockingly burntin the face and hands.
The account he gives is, that he was am akened by
a smoke which filled his room, and aim' st,in a stag
of suffocation he arose and opened his closet, firl the
purpose of getting at his dressing gown that hr might
hasten to alarm his family ; but immediately upon
opening this closet, a volume of fl ime be rq• forth—
the curtains of the bed and those of the windows
caught fire, and thus encompassed with the blaze he
•was found by the Porter. It appears that in this
closet there was formetly a fire-place, which, for a
long time, had been boarded up, the flue of wh;ch
was connected with another in an office l:low.
Jndging, therefore, from the time of day at which the
fire broke out, and the hour at which the family had
all retired, about halt-past twelve, it is clear that it
could not have originated in any incautious neglect
,f fire or candle—for had this been the cause, it is.
evident that the consequence must have been more
immediate.
The Miss KELLYS most narrowly escaped, with
'only the covering of blankets ; and Captain HINTON
KELLY made his way through the fire with his sisters,
in the same unprovided state. The Captain had
but the day. before returned from. Brighton, where
he had been for the recovery of his health, which
had suffered greatly in consequence of long service
in the West Indies, whither he was immediately about
-to return to his regiment.
The servants all escaped : they had previemly fled
to the top of the house, Iron' which they were taken
clown by ladders- It is to he de plored,rha t an orphan,
girl whom Miss KELLY had brought up in her service,
with another whom she was also about to provide foe
in tlis same manner, perished in the flames. Miss
KELVII-, by her shrieks, endeavoured to awaken them,
for it was impossible for her to reach the chamber in
which they slept, the fire having already burnt down-
wards through the cieling of the staircase.
The General, at the moment, was carried to Mr.
LINCHAM'S, in Beer-lane, and the very serious uju.
ries he has received, make it dangerous to remove
him for the present; this, added to a severe astbrno-
tic complaint which he caught in the retie at under
Sir JOHN MOORE, and which was much ihcreased by
the Walcheren fever, renders his recovery-very doubt-
ful. Miss KELLY and her family have lost every
part of their property that was in the House. No-
thing was insured, and the loss altogether cannot
amount to less than thirteen hundred pounds.
The fire, according to the report of the firemen,
would have been got under very soon, but the explo-
sion of a few pounds of powder having struck terror
into the men who worked the engines, they fled and
left the flames for some time to rage uncontrouled.
This powder was for the use of the volunteer corps,
and did not amount to a larger quantity than ten or
twelve pounds ; but the unfounded assertion that there
were as many barrels, threw an instant panic on all
around, and throughout the neighboui hood. Cer-
tain howi:ver it is, that had not this explosion taken
place, the fire would not have spread: As it is, there
is great consolation in knowing that many of the im-
portant papers of office have been recovered ; and se-
veral chests of valuables, with the principal records,
have been saved. And it is with much satisfaction
that we communicate to the public the assurance that
no delay will take place in the progress of business.
The East-India and Custom-house corps of Volun-
teers were on the spot soon after the bursting out of
the flames, and by their unceasing attention prevented
much of that plunder and contusion which would
have otherwise prevailed. They formed lines across
the different avenues which led to the flames, and
would on no pretence whatever suffer the crowd to
approach.
Although the damage and inconvenience arising
from this conflagration have been incalculable, still
had it not been for the exertions of Messers. DRIN.-
EALDS, SMITH, SEOOWICK, and LINGHANI, the spread
of the fire, and its consequent havoc, must have been
far greater than what has occurred. The latter Gen-
tleman ,certainly prevented the conflagration from
spreading up.Beer•lane, by his judicious application of
wet blankets to his warehouse, which was immedi-
ately opposite to the Custom (louse. He and his
two sons were at work the whole day in endeavour-
ing to prevent this warehouse from taking fire, and it
was with the utmost difficulty that they happily ac-
complished their purpose.
We hear that the insurance on the Custom-house
amounts to £lOO,OOO. • -
Ten houses opposite the Custom-house Mete burnt
down by two o'clock. Among there were Holland%
Coffeedroulse, the Rose and etovsn, and Yorkshire
Grey public-bonnet, amt the King's Arms public-
hoi.be much damaged.
The explosion of the gunOmiet tattled the inent

paperer; Wits' fiegisteisi ;2nd a kritiety or twitter, as
far as Dalston, shacklewell, Homerton, Hackney,
Highbury, and all the.adjoining villages in the direc-
tion of the wind:
A bundle of singed debentures is said to have been
picked up by a gentleman at as great a distance from
the scene of destruction as Bpital-square.
An old clerk made many efforts in the course 4
Saturday, to force his way through the ruins, to the
part where he usually officiated. He was sure that
some of his paper:, from the care he had taken in
their deposit, would be found safe could he only get
to the spot. Yesterday, with some uorkmen, he suc-
ceeded in getting through the rains from the side
next the river. The pick-ax at last struck on aft iron
"chest—the rubbish wa?; cleared away, the key intro-
duced, and out came four &mired guinea:, which the
clerk carried off in his hat.

The Commissioners of the Customs, with the clerks,
&c. met this morning for the purpose of carrying on
the public business at the London Commercial Sale
Rooms in Mincing-lane.
A very fine collection of pictures Wata 1 St, which
the Commissioners had permitted a gentleman to
leave in deposit till it would be convenient for him
to pay the duties, amounting to £l5OO. A genteel
young man, in appearance, was stopped by some
Police Officers, in Thames-Street, and on searching
hims his pockets and breeches were found to be stuffed
with coral beads, silk handkerchiefs, and other valua-
bles of small bulk. It appeared that his boldness in
venturing nearer than even the firemen dared to do,
'had enabled mto obtain this bc;oty.
The first Cu4om.house built in London was in
1559, 225 years ago ; it was burnt down in 1718,
and rebuilt the same year ; and it was on. Saturday,
the 12th February, again totally consumed by fire.--
11: first Custom house, it appears by the above state-
ment, stood 159 years ; the second, which was burnt
on Saturday, has stood 96 years..

THE EVENING STAR


LONDON.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14. 1814. •
PRICE. OF STOCKS THIS' DAY ,AT TWELVV. O'CLOCK
Cons. '72 7l—Cors. for acc. 71;#,t-4 per Ct. tiCi
5 per Ct. 99i i—Omn. Q9z 2S—Bdsls.pr.—.ll3 Ans. 17 9-16(4.s

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Mr. SHAW, the Messenger, left town on Saturday
evening, wits dispatches fol: Lord CASTLEREAGH,
and embarked yesterday at. Deal for the French coast,
as appears by the following letter :

" DIAL, FEBRIYAP.Y 23.

" Mr. SgA%V, the Messer!ger, has just al-Jived and
embarked on board the NYMPH hired armed erttter,
bearing a flag of truce, and ti%ill proceed immedigttity.
The ebb tide makes for the French coast. The wind
at present is contrary to getting across."
• ANO rFIER .L.EI '1 ER-SAM DATE.
_ _

di Mr. SHAW, the Messenger, came trom London
to lle:il this afternoon, and. embarked on board his
Nlojesty's hired ;trtnell cutter N 1 PH, for Calais,
under a flag of truce. Wl,en I le!t Dort, at half-
pact five P.. 111. the NYMPH had not sailed, in conse-
quence of there being butlittlt wind from the South
acid the flood running ; and, from the present ap-
pearance, Mr. SHAW will not reach Calais until to-
morrow morning."

The extracts from the German and Dutch Papers
in our columns of to-day, are peculiarly interesting.,
A Proclamation, addressed to the inhabitants of Savoy.
in the name of the King of SARDINIA, informs us of
another restoration of old times. Marshal BLUCHER,
in an.. Address to the inhabitants of Nancy, hints at
.something very like a similar event as being in con-
templation with respect to France. We have read
his animated harangue with infinite delight. Let the
almirers of NAPOLEON read it, and tremble for the
stability of his power ! . If the negotiators at Cha-
tillon were to be assisted by such generous and gal-
lant spirits as Iltuenan, we should have no fears' for
the permanent repose of the world. We rejoice to,
learn that the character of SAVARY, the kidnapper of
the Royal Family of Spain, is known to Marshal Btu-
cHea : we trust that they will shortly meet in Paris.

It has been currently reported since Saturday, that
a firing had been beard from the batteries on the
French Coast. The firing came from the direction
of Antwerp.

The.Gazitte of Saturday and its Supplements are,
again filled with details of Victories gained by the
A llies. BONAPARTE has been most woefully beaten
upon the sacred territory, and has literally transferred
die honour of delivering Nancy to Marshal BLUCHER.
The late Battles in France_ were already partially
made known, but the magnitude of the advantagei
resulting from them carmen be duly apprecired with-
out an attentive perusal of the official details. The
scene of these fresh achievements of the gallant and
generous warrior, Marshal BLUCHER, was laid on the
right bank of the Aube, between 40 and 50 miles
above its junction with the Seine, at Marsilly.—
Troyes, which is on the Seine, about SO miles above
Marsilly, lies nearly due west of the field of battle, :.t
the distance of 20 miles, the course of both rivers
being towards the north-west, and Nogent on the
Seine is 12 miles below their junction.

A foreign Messenget, who accompanied the Duke
of CUMBERLAND abroad,. arrived in a post-chaise set
Carlton Housa, on Saturday night, about 9 o'clock,
with letters from the Duke of CUMBERLAND to the
Puma REMIT and the QuKErg, announcing the
death of the Duke of MECKLENWRO STRELITZt her
Majesty's' brother, who was abopt to come to this.
eountry. , The Duke of Yogic left Town early.yes-
terday morning, by desire of the PRINCE, for the
purpose of breaking the melancholy intelligence to
his Royal Mother, the QUEEN and to the PAlN-
cassE.s. The death of the Duke was communicated
to the Frincess CMARLOTTE- yesterday morning.

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pittlicri PA

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snut.otricr, TWO O'CLOCL
We. stop the Press to state that French Pipers co
the lith.,hivit ikesit received. They briti Jim:Mate
of indeber &tide 'leaving been fought between thi
Allies rind BONAioARTE, in Which the latter
the victory.' The Allies were commanded by BM.
CHER, and are yid to have lost Tweive Thonsand
Men and Sitty Pieces of Cannon. •
Tbe folkwing communication on the `so jest bai
been received hot. the Frefith Coast z
BOUI.O.ONE, FEBRUAItir 14.
iIiLiGRAPIII DISPATCH.. .
" The day before yesterday; Eeb. 10, the Emperor
completely defeated a Russian 'corps iliac Goiania
The General was taken, and his Step, titinon;
Sit Thoutand Men, all the catssoni, the Sae and
matcrialr. Yesterday, the 11th, the EmperOr-coni-
pretely defeated and put to route the corps of Gene:
rid SACKpI, of will= he ha's taken Fifty Pietes of
Cannon, and Ten Thousand Men."

Omni= oPenect this Morning* it 29, rose to 2%;
but in the course Or n bout fell to 27t, and remained
at 28 per cent. premium:

It is stated in the Miniiterial Circles that the gr3t
Prop ;sal made by CAuuNcounT to Lord CASTLE.
REArli was to remote the sea Of t! 'e conferences
from Chatillon to Paris. Thii was rjected, and the
reason asigned wAs, that Path was in ikfine of mill-
:cry operation:.
•

FALMOUTH, FEBRUARY' 11..

Arrived the man of war brig PECACAN, from Ply.
mouth. Sailed .yesterdity the LANDRAIL cutter, Lieu-
renant HILL, for Cork arid the Meditttrraneari ; Lady
Waifen and • the Olkie Branch, tor Lisbon ; and the
3ricarinta, for Teneiitie. N ,thing sailed to-day.