Star.
London, England, 1814-03-01 00:00:00

THE EVENING STA-14.-

LONDON.

NEX r ,FRIDAY
THE LOTTERY BEGINS DRAWING.

TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 1814.

PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK
Ilank Stock 262, nothing done-3 per Cent. Red. 10lif -
Cons. acc. :gift 72-4 per CL 84*
S per Ct. 97i 97—Lg .Anns. 17i 3-16thi—Omn. VCR
fridia Stock 199, nothing done—Fronds 6s. 7s. pr.
Exchequer Bills ss. 51. pr.
HALT PAGT TwELva.—The Stock Exchange opened this mom.
ing very brisk—A great deal of business was transacted—Om.
Mum commenced at 284 for the payment, and suddenly rose
to 284, but again fell back to 28, .at which.price It now la.

The Auckland Packet, which has arrived at Har-
wich from the Dutch Coast, brings a most distressing
account of the fate of several of the transports, laden
with ordnance stores for Sir THOMAS GRAHAM, that
sailed about ten days since ; three of them are lost
and several stranded, or drifting about, and the Dutch
coast is represented as covered with powder barrels,
or•other fragments of ordnance stores; the Thetis
bye boat which sailed some time ago, has also re-
turned without being able to land the staff horses,
which were shipped on board.

By our letters from Dover, we are informed,
that the Hon. Mr. ROBIXSON ,embarked yesterday
morning at eleven o'clock, on board the NYMPH
hired armed cutter, carrying a Flag of Truce, for
Calais. The wind was so favourable, that it was be-
lieved the Nymph would reach that port by four P.m,
Mr. ROBINSON took his own carriage with him, and
by this, time is well on his journey to Chatillon.
We shall not abuse the Public by pretending to a
knowledge of the contents of the important dispatches
of which be is the bearer. That we shall leave to
!some of our contemporaries, who know more about
these things, if we credit their own statements, than
even the Ministers themselves.

One thing, however, we may believe, having the
high authority of these papers for doing so, that thew
dispatches do not contain any declaration that Britain
will never, under any circumstances, treat With the
'French Government; or any cowsongold to our Allies"
to. 'state term of Peace only ifs Parit! nor any'en-
kagement to restore the Bouartrs to .the Throne of
France, —nor,-in a word, any one of all the mad pm-
jects and resolutions which these Prints, from day to
day, have been giving, from tke highest authoritfhlit the
determination of the Ministers of the British Cabinet.
Will the public be gurpiised to learn, after the
notice we hay.e before taken of some of these state.'
ments, that the Negotiations for Peace are con..
tinued, and, coniequently,•that it is possible we may,
soon hear of some kind of b*sis having been agreed,
upon ? Certainly not.
Indeed, we cannot believe that men of common
understanding could ever have been brought to credit
assertions so full of contradictions and absurdities—,
imputing a line of conduct to Ministers, which, never
could be conceived but on the improbable supposition
that all of them were struck with insanity.
On this we need not dwell at present, but it would
be improper not to notice the tone adopted by those
to 'whom we have alluded, now that they find them-
selves obliged to let out the truth to their Readers.
Do they own their own folly ? do they attempt to
do justice to our own Cabinet or to the Allies ? On
the contrary, they arraign their measures, covertly
censure their warriors, and bewail that their Rea-
ders, that Statesmen, that BONAPARTE, that the
laws of Nature herself, will not conspire to convert
the visions and chimeras of their awn bewildered ima,
ginations into indubitable realities.
What is the end of all legitimate war but tosecure
peace? To talk as if none but one of the parties
were to have a voice in stipulating the terms, is the
same thing as to declare a war of extermination ; and
in the present ease, is to recommend and applaud
that very line of conduct which has been so justly re-
probated in another, and which, in fact, has procured
the of Europe against him. Success, far be-
yond the most sanguine hopes that could have been
entertained only a few months ago, has attended
their operations ; and peace, it would appear, may
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now In obtained on terms which, in former periods,
would have been reckoned highly advantageous. But
is it not desirable that the Tyrant should be destroyed?
Yes: but that is not the only question to be deter.
mined. None can exult with More sincerity than
ourselves at every disaster that has overtaken the
fiend, nor more truly bewail any successes that he
has at any time obtained ; but we are not of the num.
ber of those who would recommend risking the loss
of all that has been acquired, by a fpol-kardy hazard.
meat of. a rupture of the alliance.
Our minds, however, are easy on this point, but we
do confess it would have teen far otherwise, could
we ever have believed tint Ministers had for a mo-
ment entertained such sentiments and projects at
have been imputed to them. The fact is, the Negn-
ciations never have been broken off, but, in the mean
time, each party has been tr mg, by fighting to
commmand better term: ; peed we wonder, in
this view of the matte', at Inf. .mderful exertions
that baye been made by lO' AP ‘ItTE : he has every
thing at stake. but let as also recollect how
much the Allies, with armies so mach in ad-
vance in an enemy's territory, have also at stake.
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The stake oft both sides is too great to be decided
by the shallow politics of those who arrogahtly take
upon them to arraign Ministers for not befog guided.
'by their Counsels, and istduted to &chits to, instead of
advising, other independent states. It is happy for
this country--happy for mankind, that wiser counsels
preside over our affairs.

The luggage of the Duke of CUMIERLAND, which
has been procured agreeably to his Royal Highness's
directions to enlarge his establishment, and for his
own private use, was removed yesterday from the
Foreign Office to proceed to Harwich. Mr. Me..
RANDA, the Messenger, who came from his Royal
Highness a shcrt time since, with the account of the
death of the Duke of MECHLNBURGII STELITZ, re-
turns to the Royal Duke, accompanied by Mr. BRUCE,
the Duke's Page. They take with them letters from
the Queas and PRINCESSES to his Royal Highness.

Tuesday the Duke of Lemma. left Glasgow for
Lord KOINAIRD'S seat in Perthshire.
The Gentlemen of the Stock Exchange Committee
resumed their investigation yesterday torenoon, and
have collected such a mass of evidence as must lead
to the discovery of the principal actors and agents in
the late nefarious transaction.,
Baznu.—No alteration in the price this week;

The following letter has been received, transmitted
through. France: " aiNCONA JANUARX 27.
" The King of Nana* having made his arrangements Tiith
the Apes, a month since his troops entered this phee, and made
themselves masters both of the town and the port without firing
a shot. The French General retired into the citadel. Ragusa is
also taken, In this neighbourhood the French have ROW only
trnaining.COKLl.
" Letters have been received. here front Malta, dated sth Jan.
which state that the plague has disappeared in that Wand."
Distatch,of Business in consequence of the En4dr,ro ins
Awrieu.—ElosTox,, DEC. 21, 1'613.--,, About thirty
,neutral vessels sailed from hence on Suuday.; most cif
which were laden, and fitted for sea, since Frida.x."
It will be recollected that the Embargo. Law passed
on the 17th of Decefnber".
A severe action, it appears, took place near Ham.
burgh on, the 9th. An article from Bremen, of, the
18th, says, " the French General Ost:crt, and another
officer of the same rank, were badly woumlect, and I
have since died of their wounds. We have taken one
thousand prisoners, twelve pieces of artillery, forty
lbarreis of gunpowder, about 30,0(X) cartridges, be-
sides 100 hogsheads of wine and brandy, for the' use
of the garrison, which were destroyed."
Extract of a Letter from Sydney (New South
Wales), dated June 30th, 1813:—« The Colony of
New South Wales is in so flourishing a condition that
'a Memorial has been forwarded br the principal in-
habitants through the Governor to his Majesty's
Mi-
nisters, praying, among other privileges, permission
to distil from their surplus grain, and to export floor
from thence to Great Britain ; and pointing nut that
there is no farther necessity for any salt meat being
sot thither, as the Colony can furnish fresh beef,
pork, and mutton at a cheaper rate. It appears also
that the growers of fine wool in the Colony. consider
then they are enabled to vie with Spain in the quality,
st-ttot the quantity of produce, which, however, is
grently increasing."
A British sailor who lately made his escape froM
Amiens (to which place he had tteen removed from
Besancon), reached town yesterday„ '4 shipmate and
himself became possessed of the rope belonging.to a
draw-well, which they threw over the wall of their
prison, and so let themselves down. When once they
were at liberty no question was asked them, except
such as tended to forward their means of escape.
After much fatigue they reached Bruges, and some
British vessels being off the coast, in that quarter,
one of them, which had sent a boat on shore, con-
veyed the prisoners to their native shore. Admiral
YOUNG, before whom they were ordered to appear,
gave both the seamen their disclulrge, in pity of
their recent sufferings and long previous imprison-
ment, Several hundreds of the British prisoners
had found means to make their escape, the diffi-
culty of accomplishing such attempts being in a great
degree removed, by the present confused state of
France. Another prisoner who has also reached town
states, that he was at Nancy, when General BLUCHER
was expected to arrive there. The British were, in
consequence, ordered farther into the interior, but he
and some others hid themselves in the town, in the
probable hope of being soon relieved by the
Accordingly, the day following, Marshal BLUCHER
arrived, when the prisoners all came from their hiding
places. As soon as it was ascertained that they were
British subjects, the General gave them their liberty,
and facilitated their 'means of getting home. The
prisoners unite in representing the very great difficulty
which exists in obliging the conscripts to join the
French army. At Nancy about2oo were assembled in a
body with much difficulty, andweremarched outof the,
town by beat of drum, attended only•by a small
escort. No sooner had they passed the suburbs than
they began to disperse, and the drummer buy was
soon left with only the escort and about twelve men,
out of the 200.

An Officer, who arrived at Exeter a few days since
from Lord WELLINGTON'S army, says, that since the
late unfavourable weather and bad state of the ground
had impeded the progress of their movements, two
or three petits of fine hounds had afforded the Officers
some pleasant and active recreation. About ten days
ago, the Noble Marquis, with several Officers, had a
grand fox-hunt, when, after a long chace, ;And Rey.
iiard was upon the point of surrendering at discretion,
he suddenly dashed through the French piquets, and
by this unexpected manoeuvre eluded his pursuers and
secured his retreat.

BETTINGS ON THE DERIIY, OAKS, /tr.r.—FHP. 28.
Ma BY-7 to 1 agst Partisan ;9to 1 agst I.ti Stawell's c. by
Waxy ; 12 to I agst Mr. Hewett's 1. by Dick Andrews ; 15 to t
agst any other.
Oaits.-6 to 1 agst Mr. Hewett's filly, by Dick Andrews ;
10 to 1 apt Duke of Ratland's f. by Seim ; 10 to I ag,t Uuk.• of
G►afton's sister to Whalebone; 12 to 1 agst Sir 1. Shelley's 1. by
Sorcerer ; 14 to 1 agst Mr. Wilson's 1. by
OATLANDS STAICILS.-FIRST CLASS.-7 to I apt Ortavius,
pp.; 7 to g agst Defiance, pp.;• S to I apt any orher.—S tcu
CLASI.—S to 1 apt Aquarius ; 6 to 1 apt any other.— i
CLASS. 4 to 1 agst Euryalus ; .4 to ' agst Grimalkin; S ta.k
apt any other.
MAYO ElAtC7'lol7.—.FOrty•eigilth Day's Poll :—For
Mr.. KIRWAN. 4188 ; for Mi. theowNE; 4073: mai°.
1.0 for Mr. ICIRWAN, 115.—Forty-ninth Day's Poll:

majority for

tr. KIILIFANI 104.