Star.
London, England, 1813-12-20 00:00:00

EMANCIPATION OF HOLLAND.

Our intelligence from Holland, both public and
private, continues to exhibit a most interesting picture
4')f the progress of the liberation of that country.—
The Grizeite of Saturday contains, in the details of
Lord Gionos STUART, a most gratifying account of
the reduction of the Islands of Schowen and Tholen.
The enemy abandon all their fastnesses at the sight
of the British and Orange flags, with the utmost pre-
cipitation. Walcheren participates in the sentiments
of the rest of Holland. The National Guards of
Middleburg have, it is said, not only refused to march
to.. Flushing, but have actually resisted a party of
French pioneers which was., sent to disarm them.
At Antwerp the greatest disorder reigns. All the
Dutch seamen have deserted from the fleet. The,
Cossacks, who have approached within a mile of the
place, have caused the greatest apprehension of an
attack on the land side ; and daily reports of the fall
of fortresses occupied by the French, whether true
or false. add to the general alarm. Rumour had
gone so far as to state, that Bergen-op-Zoom, Maes-
tricht, and Campvere, had surrendered ; and that the
Allies had penetrated to Crevelt, Juliers, Bonn, Yen-
loo, and Cologne. Gorcum is blockaded by a Prus-
sian force, one column of British and Allies will Cross
the Leek at Vyanea, whilst another will land at Wil-
lemstadt or Gertiuydenherg, and both divisions join-
ing at Breda, will push on against Antwerp. ,
It difficult for MACDONALD to oppose any
serious obstacle to these movements, inasmuch as he
is charged with the defence of the line of the Rhine
and the Waal, from Cologne to Nimeguen, the upper
part of which line is threatened by Marshal BLUCHER,
as the lower is by the Dutch, assisted by VON BULOW
and Prince N./mitting. The isolated fortresses in
the interior of Holland, such as Delfzyl, Naarden,
and La Salle, must be abandoned to their fate ; and
though the French papers assert that General DE-
CAEN has reached Gorcum, we are rather inclintd to
believe that that place is too closely surrounded for
him to find admission.

The enthusiasm with which Germany is animated
in the sacred cause of its emancipation from the yoke
and tyranny of the Oppressor of mankind, conspicu-
ously evinces itself in almost every Principality, by
organizing a Militia, (or Landwehr) for its future
defence against any invader ! The Electorate of
Hanover will be foremost in this noble struggle for
independence, by klacing a formidable Militia at the
disposal of its prese Gavernor, his Royal Highness
the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, to be clothed, armed, and
'accoutred by our Government. This Militia is to
consist of about 32 infantry battalions, besides some
artillery. Each battalion is to be 800 strong, and the
numbers are to be kept up from the general popula-
tion. Every individual between 18 and 30 years of
age, is to be enrolled ; even the Nobility and Clergy
-Ire not exempted. These and the Gentry will hold
Commissions, according to their abilities or rank.
They are to be organized, disciplined, and drilled by
Offices& and Non-commissioned Officers from the
King's German Legion, and will be completed and
fit for service by next spring. By such means, and
ay tech only, can Germany be placed in such a state as
to defy a second subjugation. Every man thus be•
comes the detender of his own fire-side ; and all being
regularly disciplined and armed, an effective army
may then be brought into the field at any time in a
few hours —Pr► Anil a Fotir !

Yesterday the nrSHOP of Saustutty hai.l a long in-
terview with the PRINCE R EGEN T at Carlton House.
Saturday morning the Duke of Yone, after trans-
acting military business at York House, left town to
take his weekly journey to Windsor and Outlands.
Major-General Gross, who commands the Yar-
mouth division of the British expedition to Holland,
is the 'Officer who distinguished himself in the gallant
enterprise of storming the lines of Cornelis, at Batavia.
it will be a curious thing to see him and his brave op-
ponent on that occasion, the Dutch General DE KocK,
now united and contending together for the deliverance
of Holland from the grasp of France. General De
Kant has embraced the Orange cause, and taken the
command of the Dutch legion, formed by the volun-
teers from the prisoners of that nation in England.

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ANOTHt.iit VICTORY
9VER THE AME RICANS
IN CANADA. ,
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A frigate, this morning from Qbehee, Wag:letters
of the 10th ult. A letter, dated the 6th, Montreal,
mentions that General HAnrrrosr had been defeated
by the British with great lou—the British about 3000
strong, the Americans about 7000.
The following is the Official Account of the above :
6, By a gentleinan arrived from Quebec, it appears,
that on the 27th-October General Hastr-rox advanced
from Four Corners to Chaleangay, where a party of
the Canadian Militia were posted, whom he attacked.
He was repulsed with considerable loss, and retired
to his old position.

" In the beginning of November, General WILKIN-
sox, who had been posted at Sackett's Harbour and
the neighbourhood, with 8000 men, moved down the
St. Lawrence, and landed at Cornwall. The British
force at Kingston is reported to have moved in the
same direction. Lieutenant-General Sir G. PuEvorr
was himself at Montreal."

•. QUEBEC, NOV. 9, 1811
(PRIVATE LETTER.)
41 The 70th Regiment (about 500), under the
command of Major M‘GitEcon, .arrived some days
since: they are so very young that they cannot be
employed. We were led to expect 10,000 troops by
the Lilt fleet.

66 The 13th Regiment, under Colonel WILLIAMS,
are at Montreal, a very fine serviceable corps. The
regiments De MEURoN and DCWATTVILLE are also in
that neighbourhood—there have been some desertions
(from the former.

4g All the Militia of the country are now embodied,
and very serviceable fine fellows they are.

" There is a great want of General Officers as
well as men.

" Major-General GLASGOW, of the Royal Artillery,
commands here. General VINCENT is at our most
advanced post. Sir ROGER SHEAFF is here, going,
,home. Major-General Rtit.-t. goes to his late com-
-1 mand.

Colonel MURRAY commands the brigade which
Colonel S rEw.ticr, of the Royals, had ; he was oblig-
ed to retire in bad health. Our troops have suffered
much front sickness.

" A new Inspector of Hospitals, with a legion of
Doctors, have later), arrived and gone up the country.
46 Sir GEORGE PREVOST is very popular with all
the Canadians."

Private letters from Paris, received this day, men-
tion that BONAPARTE unexpectedly made his appear.
ance at the Opera on the 13th instant. There was a
profound silence for some minutes : at last, a person
got up in the Pit, and called out " Peace ! Peace !"
in which the audience all joined ; on which BONA-
PARTE made his bow and withdrew.
The letters further mention, that a Congress of all
the Allied Powers, with tae British and French Am-
bassadors, had met at Rastadt, but do not mention
on what day.
The letters received this morning from Deal and
1 other places on the Coast, mention that the Conscripts
' all round the coast are in a state of insurrection, and
refuse to march, and in some instances have killed
those that endeavoured to force them.

WINDSOR, DECEMBER 1 9.:--The QUEEN, PRINCESSES,
Attendants, &c. were present this morning at Divine
Service, at the private Chapel in the Castle. After-
wards her MAJESTY and some of the PRINCESSES went
to Fragmore.
Divine Service was yesterday performed before the
PRINCE RECENT and his Household, by the Rev. J. S.
CLARKE, Chaplain to the Household.
Yesterday the Princess CHARLOTTE, accompanied
by the Duchess of LEEDS and Miss KNIGHT, attended
Divine Service at the Chapel Royal, St. James's Pa-
-1 tce. The Anthem was selected as appropriate to
the day, being the last Sunday before Christmas-day,
" Prepare ye the way of the LORD," by Wiss, which
was sung by Mr. CLARKE, Mr. W. KNYVETT, and
two of the young Gentlemen of the Chapel.
It having been ascertained by Admiral YOUNG that
the enemy's ships in the Scheldt are not in a condition
to put to sea, under any exigency that may happen,
the squadron under Lord KEITH, which had been
formed at Portsmouth, to intercept them, has been
broken up ; and his Lordship has returned to Ply-
mouth in the QUEEN CHARLOTTE. The HANNIBAL,
74, Sir M. SEYMOUR, has relieved the CENTAUR, off
Cherbourgh, which ship is now attached to the Chan-
nel Fleet. The Russian Admiral CROWN, has re-
joined Admiral YOUNG : two of his squadron are re-
fitting at Spithead.
The Fortune Portsmouth hoy, belonging to Ply-
mouth, John Davis master, was on Wednesday night
unfortunately wrecked on the Shag Rock, betwen
the Sound and the Mewstone, and most of the pas-
sengers on board pqrtshed ; seven only were saved
out of forty, or more; the cumber on board not being
comedy ascertained. • •
Saturday morning, about ieleven o'clock, part of a
house and stable in the yard of the Bell Inn, Strand,
fell with a violent crash. One woman and three chil-
dren, alarmed by the cracking of the wall, had but
just time to get away ; and one man was so severely
hurt, having his skull fractured, that he was carried
to the Hospital.

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DOVER, DECEMBER. IL
A privateer came off here at eight o'clock last
night, and kept up a continual firing of musketry for
some time, bat owing to the extreme darkness of the
night, we could not discern whether she captured any'
vessel. Just before the firing of the musketry was
heard, a vessel- with a light, supposed to be for s,
Pilot, was observed coming up from the westward.
Several guns were fired from our batteries to warn
vessels, if any within hearing, of an enemy's priva-
teer being off here.—Wind S. S. W. I

FALMOUTH, DECEMBER 17.
Arrived yesterday his Majesty's ship FYLLAt from
Guernsey for Cork ; and to-day, the Fox packet,
with a Mail from Cadiz and Corunna, nine days from
the latter.—Put back his Majesty's ships DUNCAN
and MINSTREL, with the outward-bound -fleet from
Portsmouth and this port for the Mediterranean,
amounting to about 55 sail.—The Fox packet spoke
yesterday a ship with the crews of nine vessels on
board, that had been taken by the two French fri.
gates that escaped out of Nantz.—Wind S.W.

- PLYMOUTH, DECEMBER 18.
Arrived the Wolfscove, from Quebec to London,
captured by the Grand Turk American privateer, and
recaptured by the BRITON frigate ; Brig Liberty of
Sunderland, from Seville, captured by a French pri
Ivateer, and also recaptured by the BRITON ; an Ame.
rican brig Squirrel, from Bourdeauz for America,
captured by the BELLI PODIA and CAsTittimi ; and
the Rebecca privateer of London. Also arrived the
BLOODHOUND gun brig with a fleet from Wales ; the
ORASTES gun brig from Bideford, with two new
sloops of war ; LYRA gun brig from Passage with a
fleet ; the Agnes schooner from Newfoundland,
bound to the West Indies, captured by the Rambler
American letter of marque, and recaptured by the
Jane cutter of London ; and the DUBLIN, of 74 guns
from the Westward. The Grand Turk American
privateer also took a Swedish brig, about 130 tons,
with wheat and bale goods, from London for Por•
tugal, and burnt her. Arrived the ship Lusitania,
JouNsToN, from Portsmouth for Surinam—was cap-
tured the Gth inst. by the French frigate Cloinade,
and sent for this port with British prisoners, being the
crews of the following vessels which were captured
on the 4:h, sth, and Gth, and destroyed by the Cloi-
nade, viz.—Blenden Hall, Jan o'Gannt, Aurora,
Schmidt, and the Superb, the three former bound to
the West Indies, and the latter to Malta. Wind S.W.

PORTSMOUTH, DECEMBER 19.
Arrived his Majesty's ship FoarusEe, from Cork
with the following transports, having the Armagh
Militia on board :—A J Betsey, B M Louisa, A R
Henry, A Y Laurel, B V Unity, B B Plymouth,
and the A G William.—Arrived the brig Aurora,
Fuos-r, from Bahia, in 100 days passage.—Arrived
this day his Majesty's ship INVINCIBLE, from the Me-
diterranean, with a convoy, and are put under qua_
rantine. Among them are the following transports:
the Ocean, British Hero, Wolga, Diana, Sir Joseph
I Bankes, and several merchant vessels.—Arrived 'hie
Majesty's ships ADONIS, from Newfoundland; and
DovEtt, from the coast of America and Quebec.—
Sailed the SAVAGE sloop of war, with a convoy for
the Eastward.—List of Vessels which sailed under
convoy of his Majesty's ship Rosamonn, from Que-
bec, and turned over to his Majesty's ship ADONIS,
at sea, on the .5111 instant, in lat. 47. 17. long. 30. W.:
the Ellen, MAJORS; Thomas, MUDGE ; Eliza, ROSY.
NOT; and the Vestal, TOMLIN. They were captured
the 13th instant, by two French frigates, in lat. 46,.•
58. N. long. 16, 30. W. The Margaret and Doro.
thy, BROWN, parted convoy in lat. 40. N. A ship,
supposed to be the Ruckers, SorEn, bas been towed
in under jury masts, by his Majesty's ship lxvist:
ciat.z, to the Motherbank, bound out to the West In.
dies.—The Cormorant store-ship arrived this day
from the Cape of Good Hope. She left St. Helena
oa the 3d of October, with a convoy of nine sail,
from which she parted company, during a violent
gale, in the Bay of Biscay, on the 3d instant. She
passed part of the convoy which sailed from this port
a aeon time ago, with the INDUS, which had separa-
ted. The Royal Dock-yard Establishment at the
Cape is to be removed from Table Bay to Simon's
Bay, the anchorage at the latter place being much
superior. From the Cape of Good Hope to the Bill
of Portland, the Cormorant passed, only one ship of
war, the TY ItIAN, Captain BALDWIN, cruizing off the
Latter place.—Wind S.W.
DEAL, DECEMBER 19.

Arrived the Charles and Nymph hired armed cut.
ters, with dispatches from Admiral YOUNG.—Sailed
the RINALDO and THRACIAN for off the French coast,
Remain his Majesty's ships as per last, with a large
fleet of outward•bound and transports, waiting for
orders. Five o'clock.—Sailed the CRETAN sloop of
war with a fleet of transports for Holland.
COVE OF CORK, DECEMBER 15.
Monday his Majesty's ship PRASIDINT. Captain
Masou, was ordered to sea, in quest, it is said; of the
True-blooded Yankee, American privateer, which
had made several captures on our coast. Yesterday
his Majesty's ship PROTRCTOR, Litllt. IVILTCRIN"

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•;•••• • • -.^.„-":4419°
' hoisted eonvo?• 'goal fee 11pso aid Portugal. Yes-
terday his Majesty's ship PRESIDENT was telegraphed
off the Old Head of Kinsale. The West India con-
voy la to consist of his Majesty's ships LEVIATHAN,
TALBOT, and Ecao. His Majesty's ship Ecno, Cap-
tain Psitcavm,, is arrived from Portsmouth. The
ships from Liverpool for the West Indies are said to
be in the offing.—There has been a smart press these
few nights, and a umber of able seamen pieted up
for_bis Majesty's fleet.
The next convoy for the Mediterranean will sail
about the 10th of January next, protected by the
ROYAL SOVEREIGN, 110, Captain CAULFIELD.