Star.
London, England, 1813-01-18 00:00:00

GREENOCK, JANUARY IS.

Arrived here last night, the sloop James and Eli.
zabeth—sailed from Lochindaal (Isley) on Saturday,
the waiter of which reports, that an Ameritau pri-

vateer brig, of l 8 guns, had arrived there on Wed-
nesday, having the American flag uneer the British.
The master of the Polypus sloop, belonging to Itse
thesey, who was boarded by the privateer cif Insts
hull, was informed that she was prize to the NAIAD
frigate, and captured off the Western Islands on
Christmas-day, since which she had met with bad wea. '
ther, which obliged her to throw overbo.trd m ,st-of
her guns, some of which had bore the name of Ana
Green—she was then bound for P' rtsmouth. This
vessel has had no connection with the shore whatever,
and the prize-master complained of his compass 'ming
wrong, as an excuse for his bein?, driver, so far North,
though the wind was then blowing from N.N.W.

EFFECTS OF THE HURRICANE AT
GIBRALTAR.

Friday, his Majesty's store-ship CORMORANT, Capt.
KIRBY, and %mourn, Capt. Hosxma, arrived at
Portsmouth from Gibrakar, whence they sailed on
the Ist ult. They are under quarantine. The news
of most interest they bring is, we are sorry to say, of
a melancholy kind, arising from the convulsed state
of the elements in that quarter, which caused the loss
of a number of lives. We refer the reader to the
following letter:., which we have received :

" GIBRALTAR, DECEMBER 30, ISM.
dg We yesterday experienced one of the most vio-
lent storms from the South-East, that wit' ever r♦
membered by the oldest inhabitant, and the Bay this
day presents a scene of wreck and desolation, upwards
of twenty large vessels, besicits numbers of small
craft. being driven on shore; the greater part of which
will be completely, wrecked, as the gale still continues,
with an immense surf breaking on the shore.
" Several vessels have also been wrecked on the
Eastern beach, and the greatest part of the crews
perished : one Greek vessel, with the whole of her
crew, is totally lost. A Spanish vessel, which went
on shore near Fort Barbara, is also wrecked, and the
whole of her crew perished, except the Master and a
British Officer (Capt. WEIR), who had made his
escape from the French, and was a passenger on
board for this place.

" A. vast number of the largest trees have been-
blown down, and several houses unroofed, in the
garrison. The IPNIGENIA frigate was driven from
her anchors to the opposite side of the Bay, where she
luckily brought up.
44 Our latest accounts from Alicante, are the 22d
cf December: Lord Wit-LIANI BENTINCK had not
then arrived, but w.ls daily expected."
It is painfnl to state, that all the crews and pas-
sengers of the ni'te vessels of thel:alta convoy, driven,
on the beach of the Rock of Gibraltar, perished, ex;
cept one Gentleman and his fervant. Seventeen.
more vessels were driven on ,bore in the Bay, severt/
of 'which were American prizes. One of them was
a transport (name unknown) which had SG officers
And men, invalids, on board, who, it is feared, were,
all lost. A gentleman arr:ved passenger in the WEYI
mouart, communicates the following particulars :

" I left Alic.int on the 25th of last mouth, in die Spanish ship
San loceph, in company with twenty-eight vessels, with a mode.
rate breeze from the S. W. On the ::.9th the wig changed tai
the eastward, increased to a violent hurricane, and :he atmos•
phere became very thick, which caused the ccn'voy to mistakes,
Gibraltar for the opposite coast ; and steering into Catalonia
Bay, all, except one vessel, were wrecked. Myself and servaat
were the only two survivors out of forty-two persons.•—the pas.
sengers and crew of the San Jos, ph. Among thJse who perish/et
in the vessel were two British Officers, Mr. BARRETT, Mita
M'CORMICK, and a Catholic Priest. I escaped the dismal fare

by precipitating myself into the sea, out of which I was sr
by the humane exertions of some Genoese boatmen, who

me, in an almost lifeless state, to the Spanish guartl-hnuse,

Catalonia Bay. All my clothes, baggage, money, &e. were

The late gales at Git raltar were more severe than any remem-
bered to have been experienced. Twentreight vessels wezelesi,
in Catalonia Bay, and twenty In Gibraltar Bay. Many of tri*
largest trees upon the reek were torn up by the roots, others en.
tirely stripped of their limbs, and some, measuring upwards of.

_ 7
eighteen inches in diameter, broken short off in the trunk. Iha
number of lives lost in this gale is estimated at above IOC"
Passengers by the Weymouth—Lieutenants Lyons, Richart&
son, and Pukis, R. N. Count Wyre, Lieutenants Pledgdelhanct

MiFarlue, R. M. Mrs. Lyons, and Mr. Webb.

CORN-MARKET, MARK-LANE, JAN. 18.

Notwithstanding the arrivals of Oats during these two p .t,i
ing weeks have amounted to near 60,000 quarters, yet help
principally of an inferior quality, such sorts have decli
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considerably. but fine Oats still sell freely, upon nearly as good
terms as last week—Wheats continue without vatiatloo, so dots
Rae, Malt, and li.irley, although the•arritrals of the latter articlt
are still large—Horse and Tick Beans maintain ti.eir prices; by
Hog Peas and Boilers are each from ss. to Si. per quarter lowek
Canary Seed is considerably cheaper. In other Grain (..r Seeds
no variation.

English Wheat, 505.1045. IC5s. Rog Peas 828.838.
1355. • Boilers 98s. 15158. HS& f
Foreign do. 781.10-28.1155.1285. Canal y Seed, 908.105..
Rye, Ws. 745. 765. Caraway. per MC. ses. We.
Barley, 60s. 645. 685. 755. Coriander, do. 40,.44..
Malt, 105 s. 1145. White Mustard,,do. 245. OIL 1
Oats 355. 425. 465. 565. per boatel.
Horse Beans, 76s Sus. Brown do. 308.348.
Tick Ditto, 68s. 745. R:pe Seed 1:58, sea 'per last
Hour 105.. 14110 s. per sack.

RISE OF Ponita, &c.—The publicans in the me.
tropolis were on Nicht), info: mecl by the brewers, that
it was their intention to make another advance upon,
Porter, and authorising them to raise that beverage
to 6d. per pot. No reason was assigned for this ad-
vance, which bccame general to-day.
The distillers, imitating the example of the brew.
ers, have communicated to the publicans, that they
shall, on the disposal of their present stocks, raise
the price of gin ;—the retail price will then be (the
best) 6d. per quartern.

Saturday, mutton rose 2d. per lb. in the markets
of the metropolis. The advance is attributed to the
rot, which has carrie4 off whole socks of sheep Ia
the country.

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FRENCH PAPERS.

PARIS, JANUARY'S.
4., Last
,night their .Majesties honoured the Frenell
theatre, where the tragedy of Hector was performed.
tiv..; their presence. They were received with the
•in ).t lively applause. . .
. .
PARIS, JANUARY 11.
• . . ~.
There was yesterday a grand review of tbe..lmpe- .
ri*:tl Guard and Garr sem of Paris. Thettroops filed
1
act his Majesty the Emperor from•noon-till half-
Ut.two o'clock, amid the repeated cries of 44 Vice
Erntsereur!" .
..
r, The horses which have been demanded for the re-
[rtron nting 4,f the cavAryare to be paid for in ready '
Fmtoney.. Each Depattment mast furnish a certain
ni'mlier.- We are assured this meastne will produce
•,;),000 cay.ilry horses. • which will be ready in the
rirtionth 1 f January, and ready to pass the Rhine in
liFebrua, y.
A .

i
LETIIIR TO THE I'RINCE MAJOR-OIIWERAL.
i ' . a Titsit, December 28.
" .41 M 'mei gneur-1 haye the. honour to inform
hot- Excellency of the arrival of the loth corps,
hich to-morrow will be united on the left of the
iermen. Your Excellency knows that the Ru:,sians
ccup:ed Tilsit the same day on which my rear-
' 'Hard retired from Miami. The enemy had hum-
med with cavalry, artillery, and some few infantry,
A the' circles of Rossiena, Charele, and Tileh.
.1 " The head of the corps d'armee arrived before
'l'..tiksuporien.on the 26th, and found General Laskow
fin a position.
.i
66 General Kntusoff hrid a second one at Tilsit,
.upon the left of the Niemen. General Dieditch com-
manded another columa upon my right flank. I im-
rweirately ordered the position ref Puksuponen to be
attacked ; the Russians were . overthrown by a fine
;charge, executed by tire Black Hussars and the Prus-
sian dragoons. Two regiments of Russian infantry
:laid down their arms; we besides took an howitzer

and its caisson. The light Prussian battery, com-
• manded by General Gratimann, fired with great ef-
(feet and exactness. Lieutenant-Colonel Treskow
'again distinguished himself ; he lost one of his brave
Captains, M. Martin.
" My heads of columns arriving yesterday, I
• made a disposition hi* attacking the event)', but
they did not think it prudent to wait an attack which
would' ave. been very fatal to them : they retired on.
beth banks of the Niemen, which they ascended.—
There no longer remained at Tilsit but so:Le Cos-
sacks, when General Bachelu, who the preceding
evening attacked with so much .vigour the position
of Puksuponin which ctivered Tilsit, upon the left
bank, entered this tpwn at eight o'clOck in the even-
ing. Gent ral Bachelu matches this morning upon
Ravin. General Grandjean has his second brigade
in position at Banblen. My Aides de Camp Tram:
troy and Cramavel charged with the diagoons at
Puksuponen. I recommend them to its Mak.sty's
faiour, as well as the other officers whom I will
point out in the more detailed relatiQn of our retreat
from the Duna to the Niemen.
" Accept, Monseigneur, (Si&rned)
MactiosAcn, the Mar.,:ial Dttke cif rarcuto."
The Mcnitar contains the following Nutes upon
passages in English Newspapers :
ENGLISH Paean—Napoleon's affairs arc, like him-
_ _

self, in extrirnit, and there arc hqes that events of

i importance, 44tc.
i MOSITEUIt—The English Ministers, who write
:1 these articles, are right. The Emperor's aff‘irs are
iu. the same concliti‘n as his health. They are again
gri lin- affairs ot importance are going to take phce
t, .
.; m,once, hut in an inverse senbe to what the Eng-

Lich Ministers expect. _
i Etsousti PAPER--.-We announce with regret, that
! on Monday List a meeting was held at Nottingham,
to consider it it was pioper to prei•ent to the Prince
Regent and Parliament Petitions fur Peace, &c. &c.
4, - Moi4mant—Here is the true explanation of the
-; emperor's indisposition ; bete is the true uxplarration
of Lord Walpole's mission, and of the couriers from
4i Vienna who are madc to arrive in London ; 4 all
i the reptirtt whiclr are raised of tr. uhl• s lit Frarce, of
,i the di,,cintent of the people ; and, in slim t, of all the
intellitenc e•which can deceive the EtiOish people re-
f speciing the situation of affairs. It is the En!,,:lis!i
people, who are weary of being excluded from the
i C.
Otirlilellt - it
is they who are litioued tvith the wars
• a,
in Spain and America—it ;s they who on all sides
I express wishes which would oblige the oligarchs of
I Heat country to become wise and give peace to the
1 world. To tarn the yeople front this object and
amuse them, they are made to believe that the French
troops are abandoning Spain, and that there will no
longer be any sacrifices to be made by the English
kli people, because their troops will be masters of the
ll Peninsula to the Pyrennees ; that the Experor is
sick and dying ; that this bad state of his health has
an influence upon his mind ; that there is nothing
'more to fear from him ; that the French, disconten-
ited and disheartened, are without energy. without
lone f r their country, without national spirit ; that
;they are ready to revolt and accept of any conditions..
WI,V rr;serai-ile shifts !

The s in Spin and the North will be consi-
&Ted ptim •ry objects; :00,000 men, all Fanch,
will, in the course of February, be collected at II :no
burgh, 'upon the Elbe, upon the Rhone, and Lien the
Oder,, independent of 200,000 mcn ho are °.vith the
Grand Army ; and the ensuing catnraign wia lie
opened with a French army, tp. arly twice as strop;;
AS n the last campaign. the same time, the French
Army in Spain wiil be reinforced, and miiatained at
•r its lull complement of 2G0,000 men.
England boasts of having, including her mat:nes,
+OO,OOO men upon fret in Europe, the
and Amet tea. The ror ulatioß of France is at least
quadruple. Thus if England has 400,taX), the pro-
, potion of France should be triple. In withdrAwing
° from this calculation 200,000 men for illr marine and
the coast;, there *ill remain an effective million Of
met', which Fr‘ince Can have on foot With equal case
Englau4 can 400,000-
PAPER.—" We are as,nred that Caffa-
,: relit has set out for France with 4000 cavalry, and
10,000 infintry."
Moscreutt." Falie, very false ; reinforcements
are, co the Contrary, marching for the North of
4ain !" •
The Monissur of the 10th contains a decree of the

Senate, approved by the t mPeror, of iheTollovring
import :
" The Deputies or the .Legislative cotps of the
mirth series shall exereibe their functions, duting. the
• whole time of the duration of their session, which
will open 'on the Ist Februa ty; 1813."

VIENNA, DECEM BEA_ 30.
The conferences of state which we have already
announced have taken place, and several Governors
of provinces. are preparing to depart. The actual
President of the Council of State is Prince de Metter-
nich, ti e oldest of our Ministers. Rtissia endeavotirs
to circulate false reports here, and to distract the
public orin:on ; but the police has its eyes open, and
has alre 1,4 y caused several unknown individuals to
be arrested, %alio distaibuted supposed extracts from
for.igu impels, and false details of the positions of
the armies.
BERLIN, JANUARY 2.

They write from Konigsberg, that on the 20th of
December orders were given to all Generals, Officers
of the General Staff, and others, then at konigsberg;
to leave that plaCe within 24 hours at farthest, in
order to repair to the different depots of their respec-
tive corps d'ar:nee ; that is to say, those which form
a part of the Ist corps, at Thorn ; those of the 2d
and 3d, at Marienburg ; those of the 4th, at Marieq-
werder ; those of the .sth, at Warsaw ; of the 6th, at
Polotsk ; of the Bth (Westphalians and Wurtember•
gers), at Thorn ; and those of the 9th, at Marien-
we:der. The divisions of Claparede and Loison re-
main at Konigsberg. The cavalry, not mounted,
are to go to Elbing, as likewise the depots of cavalry
and the guards. The separate detachments of sol-
diers of the artillery, and the engineers, proceed to
Konigsberg. All such Generals and Officers of the
General Staff as are sick or wonnded, and who can-
not pet form active service, are to go for the re-esfa-
blishment of their health to Stettin and CusWn, and
write to Konigsberg on their arrival at one of those
two places.
The towns of Dantzick, Marlenberg, and Thorn,
and the tete-du-pont at Marienwerder, are placed in
a state of siege.

BERLIN, DECEMBER 29.
General Leclere has set nut for Paris.
NUREMBERG, JAN. 2.

The General of division Count Grenier, left this
place yesterday at noon, with his headquarters. I lis
Excellency proceeds by Bamberg upon Leipzic, &c.
COPENHAGEN, DEC. 2e.

There are purchasing, in the different provinces of
our kingdom, a great number of horses for the French'
army.
FRANKFORT, JAN. 7:

The Dnke o 1 Plaisance, son of the Prince Arch
Treasurer, has arrived here from the Grand Army,
on his way to Paris.

VIENNA, DECEMBER 30.

The rid Russian AmbAssador to the Court of rrance
1-srince Kuurdkin, h.ts been he:re some time, where ht
lives as a private individual.

WARSAW, DECEMBER co.

Prince General Poniatowski, General-in-Chief of
the Polish troops, had the' misfortune to he thrOwn
from his horse, which suddenly fell under him ; it
was that which occasioned him a luxatinn : on the
I 3ih he arrived here to be cured, and was received
with the greatest distinction. General Zaruzech
who replaced the Prince in the command of his corps,
lost a leg in the last battle which took place some
days after, and is dead in consequence of his wounds.

THE PARKS.—In defiance of the keen breeze %did
prevailed the whole of yesterday, the Promenade i.
Hyde, Park exhibited a gay appearance, and although
the visitors Were not of first-rate ton, the display o'
fashion and beauty was not inconsiderable. The vo-
taries of da:h from the East were, as usual, extremel%
numerous in their attendance, and in point of bril.
1i incy of costume, far outshone the chaste elegance
of'the Weriern belles. The Ride and Drive were a
usual graced by many persons of distinction,—
Am,ngst (wirers, we observed ..he Doke of Cumbet
land, the Earl of Moira, Lord Castlereagh, the Earl
of Liverpool, Lard Folkestone, Lord Ossnlstone, &c,
num.—A fire was discovered by the patrole,
catty on Sa!ur'ay morning. bteaking nut in the
premises occupied by Mr OLI VP, in Ridim,-house
lane, Mary-Lt bonne. The patrole, on sting ths
throes hurt trona the windows in an upper sr rev
gave an alarm, and succeeded in awaking the family
from their p.rilous situation. By the eat ly arrival
the engines the tire was subdued, without extending
any further.
Another dreadful fire broke out at five o'clock yes-
terday morning in the dwellin,, house of E. CotatT,
Esq. in Cot k.street, Burlington-Gardens, which corn.
municated to the two houses adjoining. Such was
the rapidity of the Homes, that the house from tht'
kitchen to the attic storey was in a complete blaze,
and censcquently entirely destroyed, together with
the whole of the valuable furniture, library, &c. The
family wcr: in the country at the time the accident'
ncentrel. A female domestic (.he C. ok) who !slept
ie the house, was, so dreadfully burnt, that she was,
coo vil,l. to an hospital.
The Gazette of Saturday night offers a reward
,of .r.Pat for the discovery et the murderer of Mr.
Wm. Wean, Roddenhury-hill, near Warminster,
and Mary Gibbous, his servant.