Star.
London, England, 1809-11-15 00:00:00

ADMIRALTY OFFICE, NOV. 14.

Copy of a Letter from Captain Brawne, of his Majesty's Sloop
the Plover, addrvsed to Admiral Young, Commander in Chief
at Plymouth, and transmitted by the Litter to Jahn Yoribon
Croter, Esq.
His Majesty's Sloop Plover, off Scilly, Nov. 6.
Sir—l beg to report to you that at four o'clock
this evening a lugger was seen from the mast head
bearing south-east, and a brig in chace of her E.
N. E. (which proved to be his Majesty's sloop Ac-
teon. His Majesty's sloop Orestes was in the N. W.
and joined in the pursuit) at 40 minutes past seven
his Majesty's sloop under my command, ran , her
alqngside, when she proved to be the French lugger
privateer le Lezard, of St. Maio, manned with 57
men, and pierced for fourteen guns, but not any
found on board ; sailed from the Isle de Bas last
night, and has not made any capture. From the
judicious position kept by Lord Viscount Neville, of
the Actieon, and Captain Davies, of the Orestes, her
escape would have been difficult.
I have to add, that the Plover, in company with
those sloops, has recaptttred the English ship Wey-
mouth, from Gibraltar, just about to enter the port
of Aber-wrath. I have the honour to be. &c.

PHILIP BROWSE.

RIO JANEIRO, SEPTEMBER IS.

The Bear has arrived this morning from Rio dela
Plata, which brings intelligence that the New Vice-
roy of Buenos Ayres has granted permission to all
English Residents at that place and its vicinity, to
prolong their stay in the country for three months
from the date of the 16th August, after which time
they will not be permitted to remain there.
The treaty that was to have been signed in the lat-
tor end of August has not been concluded, but T sup-
pose it will reach your country by the Lord Hobart
packet. Had it been definitively arranged in time,
it would have been sent by the Confiance sloop of war
which sailed on the 23d ult. It is conjectured here
that the delay in signing the treaty is owing to a new
change of things with our neighbours the Spaniards ;
yet 1 cannot positively say whether there is any nego.
elation going forward in the La Plata, which was
spoken of as a certainty at the time of Sir Sidney
Smith's departure. Nevertheless, the obstructions
that were previously in the way of commerce at La
Plata, are now in some measure removed by the
smuggling trade, which is allowed only to pacify
some of the disorderly persons at Buenos Ayres. In
whatever way this is permitted, it is understood only
to extend to the period of the English residence.
The ships that have unloaded will not be permitted
to take in any cargo for England, but they now pro-
ceed with cargoes to Rio Janeiro and Paraguay, which
no doubt, the Spanish Government is aware of.

I believe that Admiral De Courcy is still off La
Plata, or in its vicinity. We have no ship of war
here, but expect the arrival of the Marquier frigate,
with three brigs and a cutter, that took convoy from
England to the Cape in May last. The Lord Hobart
packet is appointed to sail on the 20th inst. when, if
any thing occurs, I shall not fail to advise you of it.

FRANCE.

PRIVATE LETTER FROM FRANCE.
" - NOV. 4, 1809.

" Bonaparte passed though Meaux, on the 26th of
October, at three o'clock ; he appeared unusually
pale and fatigued ; a handkerchief was tied round his
head ; on a faint cry of " Vive Napoleon !—Vive
l'Empereur!" he scarcely nodded his head.
baggage was on its route for Bayonne—troops march-
ing from all parts of the north for Spain. He goes
after the meeting of the Senate.
" Joseph Bonaparte is to be King of Italy. Spain
to be treated as a conquered country, and divided
into twelve Governments.

" Beauharnois is to be King of Poland ; that part
lately wrested from the Austrians to form a p4rt of
the kingdom.
I gg Not a light more than the ordinary lamps were
seen at Paris on the announcing of peace, although
the Mon:tear boasted of a general joy and illumina-
tion ; no such thing; the Parisians are as indifferent
to any peace on the Continent as the Khann of Tar-
; nary. They complain loudly of the Corsican's ambi-
tion—pray for peace with England, with whom they
are not enemies. it is the Corsican himself, and those
I who are enjoying military rank and places, that are
for war—but they wish for repose. There is no com-
merce ; Paris presents perfectly splendid misery a
few carriages, and those by no means convey any
great idea of riches. Coffee, sugar, cloth, all cotton
manufactures, augment amazingly in price. The
theatres not .half full, excepting the pit. Bills are
stuck up every night at St. Cloud, Malmaison, and in
the streets, that the police are employed in taking
down. The farmers ruined, cannot pay their servants
or their labourers, but in kind, wheat being so cheap
and so plentiful. Where they dare speak I never was
witness to so much discontent, in every department ;
and this new call of 36,000 men (which will be treble)
has filled up their cup of sorrow.
" The flower of the army is cut off. The Impe-
rial Guard, not one out of ten that left Paris in April
last, returned without loss of limb or severely wound-
ed ; the privates and subaltern officers speak freely.
—His army is composed of thousands of Prussians,
whom he took prisoners, and never suffered to re-
turn, in violation of the Treaty of Peace. The
Conscripts wound and maim themselves to prevent
serving.
" The new public works are not paid for : the
person who is repairing tiv Thuilleries, &c. has not
been paid a sous since two years, and then on Go-
vernment bonds, at more than twelve per cent. dis.
count.

" Sir Thomas Lavie was thrown into prison, and
conveyed at four in the morning to St. Menehould, a
small fortification near Verdun ; his papers seized,
and no one knew for why—a most wicked breach of
good faith.
" They treat our prisoners with uncommon cru-
elty ; thumb-screwed, a chain round their.necks find
bodies, conducted from brigade to brigade . notl.ing
but bread, no wine, no beer, no meat, oftentimes with-.
out straw, and put into dungeons full of water;
chained often with galley slaves or other criminals.
This severity has forced many to enter into their ser-
vice ; 600 already clothed and armed, passed t! rough
Meaux for Bayonne. They swore to me they would
desert ; above thirty had. lam sure, poor fellows,
they entered into the service with no other vier►, than
running away ; but, alas ! I fear they will never suc-
ceed.

44 A transport about the end of August foundered
on her return from Lisbon, commanded by a Captain
Collins. He took to his boats; one with five, the
other, himself, wife, and seven sailors ; the firmer
upset close to them, and all perished. A very heavy
gale, neither water or provisions, expecting to be up-
set every moment. Finding it was impossible to fetch
the Channel, they bore up for the French coast, and
arrived near Brat, having suffered dreadfully ; their
tongues so swollen they could not put them out of
their mouths. They were considered as prisoners of
war, treated with great humanity by Caffreili, the
Minister of Maiine, and his wife, but after that they
were conducted from brigade to brigade, lodged in
the most horrid prisons, and only allowed to go four
leagues a day. Often was Collins obliged to stand
with his knife drawn, to protect his young wife, not
nineteen, from insult. Above three weeks were they
before they arrived at Verdun.
" This, unhappily, is not the only instance of their
barbuli:y towards all prisoners, women as well as
men."

LONDON.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15.

PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK :

S per Cent. Cons. for money 60j 70—for acc. 70i.
Omnium 21 prem.
;PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY.

Bank Stock 260 .
3 per Cent. Red. 6911
3 per Cent. Cons. 7014 70/
4 per Cent. 11414
5 per Cent. Navy 102; i
Long Ann. 18} 11-16ths
Imp. Ann. 7 3-IGths

Omnium 24 prem.
India Stock 197 197 i
India Boods, 335. 345.
Each. Bills, 19s. 174. pre.
Lottery Tickets £22. 151.
Cone. for aec. 70ift

Dispatches from the Leeward Islands were re-
ceived this morning, brought to Plymouth by the
PHEASANT SlOOp of war. The yellow fever, we are
sorry to learn, has carried off a number of people at
Martinique and other islands.
Dispatches have also been received by the WooL.
WICH store-ship, arrived at Portsmouth from Gibraltar,
which she left on the 29th ult. The FORMIDABLE was
to sail the next day for England ; and the DONEGAL
was expected to sail the same day from Cadiz, with
the Marquis WELLESLEY on board, for England.

We have received some reguier sets of French
papers, including the Monitentv to the sth instant.
We find in these Journals scarcely any important
political article which has not been already announced.
BONAPARTE has manifestly the intention of remain-
ing for some time at Fontainbleau, since the Ministers
of Foreign Powers have all received an intimation to
go thither to do business with him. The first circle,
or what in England we call drawing-room, was held
at the Palace on Sund ty the 29th ult. at which the
Emperor received in great state all the Foreign Mi-
nisters, as well as all the Ministers and Dignitaries of
his own Court.

Marshal NEv is arrived at Fontainbleau from Spain,
and had a long audience of the Emperor. He was
accompanied by the Marquis d'AERNDAGNA, the
Chamberlain of King JOSEPH ; and it appears that
some imp •rrant change is meditated in the destiny of
tivir kingdom.
The performers of the Serious Opera, as well as the
Comedic Francoise, are ordered to repair to Fontain-
bleau to give representations, and, of course, that place
is all the ton.

German papers to the Ist instant have also reached
us, and private letters from St. Petersburgh of so late
a date as the 29th ult.

The death of the Empress of AUSTRIA is contra-
dicted in these Journals, but her recovery is not ex-
pected.

The Russian troops lately occupying Gallicia are
reported to have been ordered to march eastward to
the Turkish provinces. If this account be correct,
the report of the disputes between ALEXANDER and
BONAPARTE is either unfounded, or, if any such dif-
ferences existed, harmony and confidence are restored.
The French, or rather the Bavarian Commander in
the Tyrol, has officially intimated to his Court, that
the Tyrolese are willing to lay down their arms.
Count METTERNICH, the late Austrian Ambassador,
at Paris, is appointed Minister for Foreign Affairs in
the room of Count STADION.

Letters from Vigo to the date of the 26th ult. have
arrived, from which it appears, that the peasantry of
all the adjacent country is provided with pikes or fire
arms, and that the inhabitants are in the best disposi-
tion to support the public cause. A Gentleman, who
has had the good fortune to escape from the:French,
has just arrived from Spain. He states, that all the
convents and public buildings at the Spanish capital
are full of sick and wounded Frenchmen, who are
crowded into them to the number of 18,000. An
endeavour was made by JOSEPH to raise a native regi-
ment under his own banners from the prisoners and
others in the vicinity of Madrid ; and to facilitate this
purpose, two or three thousand of them were kept
without food for upwards of two days, when they
were invited to partake of the Royal bounty, and to
enlist under the new King. In this feeble condition,
from the want of natural sustenance during so long
an interval, the Spaniards rejected the proposal, with
the exception of two hundred, who entered the ranks.
It is said, that the attempt to raise Spanish battalions
in France has been yet more unproductive. From
20,000 prisoners, only about 50 Spaniards have been
seduced by ultimate threats and promises to enrol
themselves in the French service.

PROM THE FRENCH AND GERMAN PAPERS.
VIENNA, OCTOBER 29.

The report of the death of the Empress of Austria
is fortunately found to be false ; her 11bjesty is, how-
ever, in a state which leaves but little hope.
His Excellency the Prince of Neufchatel and Wa-
gram, and the staff of the army, are still here. The
Prince is employed in pointing out to the divisions of
the different corps of the army, the positions which
they are to take according to the orders of the Em-
peror.— Monittur, Nov. 3.

MUNICH, OCTOBER es.

The division of General Wrede arrived on the 22d
inst. at Schwatz, wheace he proceeded towards Hall,
on his way to Inspruck. We are assured that a
Courier has to-night brought an account that General
Wrede entered that city on the 23d. We have also
received the same intelligence by letters from Augs-
burgh.—(ifoxiteur, November 4.)