Star.
London, England, 1813-09-13 00:00:00

THIRD EDITION.

.1.

DEFEAT AND DEATH OF VANDAMME.

aimimeo•m,

DEATH OF MOREAU.

Afonitetars of the Bth have arrived in town. Their
contents are of great interest, and announce the facts
above stated. Two 'Letters from BONAPARTE
to MARIA LOUISA are given in these Papers—they
are not Bulletins. The first is dated- Dresden,
September Ist, and acknowledges the defeat of
VANDAMME with the corpi under; his command.—
It asserts, that he succeeded in his attack, and drove
the enemy before him, but that General Kuurr came
upon his rear and routed him. This event took place
on the frontiers of Bohemia.

The loss of 30 pieces of cannon, &c. is confessed.
We believe the whole division has been put hors de
sombat.—The death of MOREAU is also announced in
this Papet.

The next letter is dated the 2d, and is a short
summary of his own Bulletins and 14.tarr's letter,
with great additional exaggerations.
The Tyrant now says that he has reduced the
Allied Army to one half its original numbers, but
states no new action to account for such a loss of
100,000 men. The French loss has been enormous.
.1

A Corunna Mail arrived this morning, from which
we make the following extract :

" LISBON, AUGUST 29.

The following are stated to be the positions oc-
cupied by the different corps t—Tbe 2d division at
Roncevalles ; the 3d and 6th at Maya•pass ; the 7th
at Aschalpal, with 10,000 Spaniards ; the left at
Bastan ; Longa, with 2000 Spaniards,..is on the left
of the light division ;.our 4th division is in Longa's
rear ; and on the left of the light division is Brad-
ford's Portuguese, who communicate with Longa by
Spanish posts, to Bradford's left in the Gallician
army ; to its left is Sir T. Graham, who forms the
extreme left, and is at Irun. The blockade of Pamp-
lona continues." •

The letters by a Malta Mail which arrived on Sa-
turday night, were delivered out this morning. The
latest intelligence from that Island is of the 31st July:
we are happy to learn, that in La Valette the num-
ber of deaths from the plague had decreased, but its
ravages in the interior continued. The deaths up to
the 20th July have already been published; they
amount together to 1900, to which is to be added
499 who have died from 21st to Nth July, viz. July
21st, 41 died ; 22d, 55 ; 23J, 48 ; 24th, 45; 25th,
44 ; 26th, 53 ; 27th, 47 ; 28th, 64; 29th, 491 and
30th, 53—(togetber 2399).
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AUGUST 23.
,g The packet arrived here from Malta on the 21st,
and brings letters to the,3lst of July) at which time
the plague continued to increase, the deaths being
about sixty daily. The following is an exact state-
ment of the number of deaths when the packet sailed:
May, 110—June, 820—July, 1652.—T0ta1,
" Several of De Rolle's regiment were ill, but
only one British soldier (a man of the Artillery) had
been attacked with the disease., Every precaution
was taken to preserve the troops from the contagion.
This place continues perfectly healthy, and all
vessels coming from the Mediterranean are subjected
to a strict quarantine.

41 One transport in the Bay, laden with corn from
Alexandria to Lisbon, but last from Malta, has lost
two men with the plague; and two others who also
had the disease on board. have recovered.

~ The Weymouth and Malabar store•ships sail for
England this evening."

While we again congratulate the country on the
progressive reduction of the price of bread, we feel
our selves called upon to mr tir ion a fact highly ho-
nourable to Ministers, and which has notonly contri-
buted considerably to the blessing in twhich all par-
ticipate, but will operate, for some time to come, in
keeping down the markets.—The experience of years
had strewn that the prices of corn in Britain; what-
ever was the state of our harvest, was considerably
enhanced by the necessity imposed upon this country
to find supplies for our troops serving on the Conti-
nent. It occurred, we believe to Lord CASTLEREAGH,
that it would be sound policy to draw, at the most fa-
vourable period, a supply from the Continent to cover
in part, if not entirely, the quantity usually with
drawn from those stores which, in ordinary times,
would go entirely to the supply of the home market.
Proper measures were accord'ngly taken, some time
since, to secure a part of the harvest of the Continent :
Considerable quantities have actually been purchased,
and the public Bakehouses, which used before to re-
ceive their supplies from Mark.lane, are now served
with flour made from foreign wheat.
In addition to such praise-worthy conduct let Mi-
nisters bring a bill into the ensuing Session of Par.
liament, making it obligatory upon the Magistrates
who settle the Assize, to do it always by the price of
corn, except when flour is cheaper ; or to leave the
market to find its own level without any regular assize.
MELANCHOLY EVENT. Monday afternoon, as the
ferry-boat between Dunoon and the Clough Light-
House, on the river Clyde, was conveying several
passengers, and about thirty head of black cattle,
across the river from Dunoon, when about mid-way,
its sails suddenly gave way, and the bat filling with
water, it instantly went down. Of the passengers,
two only were saved, and the six described as follows,
we lament to say, were drowned : Mr. J. STEELS,
writer, Glasgow ; Mrs. DIJNCA N FERGUSON, near
Dunoon; DONcAN BLACK, boatman ; a servant girl
of Mr. HARKNass, Ltskindrosk ; and a young man
and WORM lately mauled) belonging to Duaixin.