Star.
London, England, 1813-05-24 00:00:00

WASHINGTON, MARCH 19.

" It is stated, that a Messenger has gone down to
Admiral Warren's squadron, with pacific proposals
trom our Government. We have no right, however►
to expect that the British can accept any terms which
our Administration are yet disposed to offer."
AMERICAN ROCKETS.-.-A Boston paper, of March
the Bth, says—" On Saturday Mr. Heath, the in.
ventor of the Spring Rocket, made trial ot several
compoFitions, in the presence of Commodore Rodg'
Captain Hull, and others, to ascertain the greatest
range his rockets could be made to perform ; and we
are happy to state, that he succeeded ir. throwing one
ot six pounds weight the great distance ot '2009
yards, which is 500 yards more than the celebrated
Congreve Rocket of 12 pounds weight. Th • Old'
ders of Heath's Rockets are made ot iron, and term
urinate at the head with a cone 12 tncl•es
which may be charged with grape-shot, musket.b
or combustible matter. Springs are attached to vsin
when the object is to fire shipping."

LONDON.

MONDAY, MAY 21, 1813.
p,?len OF sTOCICS FUN DAY Al' ONE O'CLOCK:
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vet. Cent. 87 i 31--Bonds ls. 2s. dii.—Exc'a. bills is. ss. pre.
Bank Long Annuities 14 11- t6ths

At a late hour last night, a Heligoland Mail arri-
ved, with fetters and Papers from Hamburgh to the '
16th instant. The contents of the former are filled
%rith gloomy apprehensions for the safety of that city.
We :etc: our Readers to the communications from
ar irtelligent private Correspondent on this subject.
The contents of the German Papers are somewhat
tlnre cocoa:aging. A great battle is said to have
'),,en fought on the 9th at Zwenkau, in which the
trench were defeated. This would imply, that the
Allies had taken up a position in the rear of the
!'rench after the hittle of Lutzcn ; but we fear the
report is too improbable to be believed. The exact
position of the allied armies was in fact unknown at
the date of the last accounts from the Contn.ent, nor
in dispatches been received ire m Lord Cain.
ART to clear up the mystery which has attended
recent movements.

The Saxon General, who commands at Torgau,
'las rinsed to deliver up that fortress to the Trench—
.!.is Noks well, and the report comes to us in a shape
A,11:;.11 renders it less questionable thJn that which rc-
atei to die victory of the 9th.

Austria was expected to declare on tlle 21th ef
7'1.17 (this day) bu., whether for or against France,
ca.n,ct ne prognosteated with safety.
/la :Lrtcle trom Copenhagen stat.s, that the report
cf the annexation of Norway to Sweden, had been re.
tile Norwegians with great indignation ;
::.'_d AO.s, th..lt. the Danish Sovereign had left his ca.
pltal lnr DaaiJi Holstein, to superintend, we pre.
rume, the operations of the Danish Army. lie has
ro dr.abt ti,e occupation of the Hanse Towns within
..is immediate purview. Whether in concert with
Fiance cr. with Russia, time will spew—at all events
he cainot be rApposed to act with good-will towards
Sweden—nay, it is not improbable that the Danish
ao.d Swedish armies may speedily come in hostile
cc;nact—for they occupy the same territories—Deus
r,:ertat would be distracting the councils of
the Allies with a vengeance !

" STETT!N, MAY 6.
" The French continue more and more to fortify
C.Pmselves in the intcriur of this town, and oppress the

inhabitants. A new contraintion is to Le levied of
40,000 dollars, many necessaries of wearing apparel,
which must be defrayed by the 18th inst. without any
lenity being shewn.
" On the day before yesterday, at break of day, I
[he enemy began to cannonade our position-at Fin-
tenwalde very briskly ; and for which purpose he
had, during the night, brought 24 and 12-pounder•
cannon into his batteries. Our artillery fired with
so much effect, that it silenced that of the enemy,
although it was greatly superior in number, and
heavier metal, and the Governor was obliged to ab-
stain from his intention of storming our entrench-
ment, for which purpose some squadrons had marched
out from Stettin. This cannonade continued twelve
hours, and it is with pleasure that I can assert, that
the loss on our side consisted only in three men
slightly wounded. According to reports given by
deserters, the enemy has lost a great number in killed
add wounded, and likewise had a quantity of artillery
dismounted.

" Major Von Knoblick had likewise a trifling afEtir
on the 2d inst. in which the tiralleurs of his detach-
ment particularly distinguished themselves, and drove
the enemy back to the glacis of Damon. Our artil-
lery continues to distinguish themselves in every op.
portunity, and the rest of the troops exhibit them-
selves in the most respectable light. Desertions from
the Dutch and Germans are vet y frequent, and sick-
ness is making great devastation among the garrison.
Major Von Knoblick, with his battalion, has this day
had a skirmish near the Phiecoat Mill, and repulsed
the enemy with considerable loss."

PRIVA II LETTERS.

" HAMBURG, MAY 14.

" I shall endeavour to give you some account of
the critical and painful situation in which we have I
been for some days, and still continue. Atter the I
battle on Sunday, in which the French were repulsed
from Wilhelmsburg by our troops, though with
more loss on our side than might have sufficed, if
proper measures had been taken, th:ngs remain.,.d
tolerably quiet till Tuesday evening at six o'clock,
when the alarm was beat, and it was reported that
our troops had abandoned the important island of
Wilhelmsburg—nobody could tell why, and that the
French were landed there in great force, as it ap.
peared, (though this was not known till afterwards),
without any opposition. We were, however, com-
forted, in some measure, by the entrance of some
Danish troops, the very same who were said to be
the forerunners of a corps of '25,000 men.
At six o'clock on Wednesday morning the
alarm bell was rung, the drums beat to arms, all was
in confusion and anxious expectation. When about
eight a brisk firing of small arms was heard so near,
that it seemed to be in the streets. I hastened home
to my house, which has a view of the river and its
islands, and there saw boats arrive on our side full of
our troops, and on the other side some wading
through the water and flying when they reached the
land in the utnnst terror. All this I could distinguish
clearly through an indifferent telescope. Soon atter
some cannon-shot were fired from our side, and the
tiring in a little time ceased. Meanwhile wounded
were brought in ; the fugitives ran through the
streets—people ran about, crying that all was lost,
wringing their hands, and expecting that the Fret ch
would be here in half an hour's time, fi,rgetting that
there was a large branch of the Elbe between, that
the French had certainly not boats at hand to land in
:14 numbers, and evidently no artillery, as they had
not fired a cannon-shot during the action.

" Of the circumstances of the action it was ab-
solutely impossible to get Any thing resembling a
distinct idea, so various were the accounts at first
given by the soldiers of the different corps engaged.
There were I\lecklenburghers, Danes, riflemen of the
English legion, a part of our Burgher guard and of
the Hanseatic legion, and some artillery, with six or
eight pieces of cannon—about 1500 in all, as is said.

Of the nunibers of the French we are not even yet

clearly informed; it appears, however, that they could
not be fewer than '3OOO.

4‘ No official account whatever, nor i ndeed any
account in print, has been given of this action, which
however was very fatal for us. It seems, from all the
various accounts I have heard, to have been nearly
as follows:—our troops after leaving Wilhelmsburg
retired to another island, called the Fiddel, and the
Prate, where they had very advantageous positions,
as well by nature as by their entrenchments and bat-
teries. Without properly reconnoitring the enemy,
the Burgher Guards (or 100 of them, invited to it
by their Major, a Frenchman, who is now arrested)
and the riflemen attacked the French, and were soon
joined by the Mecklenburghers and Danes (two com •
panics). They gained some advantage at first, and
the French retired. Tie Hanseatic Legion were
then to have advanced to support them, but were
ordered by their Commander soon after to halt. The
others were soon surrounded by a very superior num-
ber of the enemy, and, not being supported, fell back
fighting, particularly the Mecklenbuighers, with a
valour worthy of a better fate. In short, they were
soon overpowered, arid obliged to retreat in the ut-
most confusion to their boats, two of which sunk
from being overloaded. The loss, not being °fir.
chilly published, cannot be ascertained, but it was
certainly very considerable.
The whole misfortune is unanimously attributed
by the soldiers of the Hanseatic Legion, to the

treachery •of their own Commander, and of others of
their Officers. They accuse him of not properly re-
connoitring the enemy, of having wilfully neglected
all the advantages of the ground, which were such
that the French might have been hindered from land.
ing, or even repulsed alter it, our troops being pro-
tected by double entrenchments, by trees, (from be-
hind which the riflemen fired with great success), and
by their artillery, while the French had no artillery,
nor any protection but two or three houses which cur
cannons might have destroyed, but on which he
did not allow a single shot to be fired. Finally,
when the troops were embarking, be went on board
one of the boats, wishing them to return, but not
prevailing, ht leaped out, waded ashore, threw his
cap and handkerchief into the air, and went over to
the enemy.
" Behold, then, the French in the possession of an
island, from which, if they had any howitzers, they
might burn the part of the city nearest to them, par-
ticularly the tar and pitch magazine. As yet they
have attempted nothing. Several flags of truce have
come, but what they propose is absolutely unknown.
We can see the glittering of their arms from our '
windows, and their straw huts v ith the naked eye.
We hoped that something would be done to expel
them from this important post: Some thousand
Danes are come, and reports are continually spread of
their having landed, or intending to laud, in the
rear of the French ; but nothing has been done, ex-
cept now and then a 24-pounder to disturb them
in their erection of platforms for batteries and other
works. They have as yet no cannon ; but if They
are left alone, rcill certainly bring some frem Har-
burg. Meantime reports are spread of advantages
gained by General Dornberg, on the other silo. of the
river. Then again it is s.id the D tries will leave us
to our fate; but we may truly say we know nothing.
Our citizens are liari:sed to death—exposed to lie
four or five nights togethor in the open air; I myself
have been forty-eight hours on g,tiard out of sixty : in
short, our situation is painful in the extreme. To-
day a death-like silence has prevailed—thousands
have fled, Goo knows where ; the shops are shut, and
we long for the hour that shall bring us some as-
surances of our fate."

" HAMBURGH, MAY IS.

" The post did not go yesterday eveniug, there
being hardly any letters. To-day not a shot has been
filed on either side. There seems nn room to doubt
that a grand plan for dislodging the French from all
their positions is on the eve of execution, but every
thing is kept secret ; a precaution which the great
number of spies renders necessary. This evening
acconnts are received through various channels of a
second battle, in which the French have been totally
defeated with prodigious loss. A Gentleman has just
assured me, that a friend from Wittenberg has re-
ceived a letter from his brother-in-law, in those parts,
stating, that the French had lost 21,000 men and SG
pieces cf cannon.

" A Courier has also this instant arrived at Colo-
nel Tettetiborn's, but not being in town, the contents
of the dizpatches are not known : it is said, however,
that he has brought the ner:i of a great victory.
" Intelligence has also arrived, which may be re-
lied on, that General Dornbeig is at Duntberg, with
8000 Prussians, on his way to Hamhurgh. We are
also informed, but with what truth we know not,
that 9000 men frcm England are landed at Cux.
haven, which town is burnt. This you will know
better than I do. Some thousands more Danes have
marched to-day towards the Elba. It is said the
Frenc:i have offered the Haile: Towns to the Danes,
until a Peace is cbncluded."

SECOND EDITION.

STAR-OFFICE, TWO O'CLOCK.

We understand Government have received Dis-
patches front Lord CATHCART and Sir CHARLES
Smwanr, dated Dresden, the 7th inst. which came
by the way of Gottenburgh ; and that they contain
accounts similar to those published in the German
Papers, as to the superiority of the Allies in the great
battle of the 2d, near Lutzen. The circumstance 'of
the Allies remaining masters of the field after the
engagement, is completely confirmed. It appears,
however, that they subsequently retired to the Elbe.
—The Emperor was at Dresden on the 7th, and the
heavy baggage had crossed the Elbe. It also ap-
pears that on the 2.1 the Allies under Bulow, beat the
French severely at Halle ; and that from the 2d to
the. 7th there were merely affairs of posts and the
rear-guard.

It now appears, by the letters received by the Gnt-
tenburgh Mal, that the visit of his Royal Highness
the Duke of CUM BERLAND to the Continent, is not
precisely of a diplomatic or military abaracter. A
marriage is spoken of as likely to take place between
his ROYAL HIGIIN&S and the ARCIIDUCHLSS, sister to
the Emperor ALEXANDER.
Sir CIIAItLES Fi.owen, it is expected, will succeed
to the v.tcancy in the West India Dock direction,
which is caused by the death of Sir JOHN WILLIAM
ANDERSON.

NATioxALDEBT.—Amount of the Debt redeemed,
.C 251,692,391. The sum to be expended in the ensu-
ing quarter is £1,07-1,156. Is. 94d.
COLRT OF• KING'S BENCH.-This morning Mr.
H. WHITE, proprietor of the hidertinknt Whig, was
brought up to receive the judgment of the Ceurt, for
a libel on the Duke 01 CUNII:EFLAND. The sentence
was, that he should be imprisoned 15 months in
Newgate, and pay a fine of £2OO to the King, and
that he be further imprisoned till the fine be paid.