Star.
London, England, 1813-02-22 00:00:00

POSEN, FEBRUARY 6.

According to the last letters from Frankfort upon
the Oder, a great number of men and horses are al-
ready united in that town, and in the rural com-
munes on both banks of the Oder. Medicines arrive
in abundance. Whilst those cares occupy the General
Staff, we endeavour, but uselessly, to penetrate the
intentions of the Russian Army. One day it is
thnught, from its movements, that it intends ap-
proaching the Vistula, and crossing that river; some
parties even shew themselves upon the left bank :
the following day new reports indicate that it is
marching in the direction of Warsaw, giving reason
for supposng that it is against the Austrian, &axon,
and Polish corps, that the efforts of the enemy are
directed. What we know for certain is, the presence
upon the line of the Niemen of the greater part of
the Russian forces, and of the extreme need they
have for refreshing themselves. The epidemia con-
tinues its ravages throughout all this line.
Old Prussia is already inundated with bills deli-
vered by the Russians in exchange, rather than as
payment for the immense supplies demanded for the
military magazines. The isolated military also give
bills in their lodgings. The inhabitants to_ whom
payment in specie had been solemnly promised, are
as little astonished, but there is no hesitation with
s.lch protectors. _

A Misunderstanding between the Russian Gene-
rals is talked of. One would be justified in believing
it from the irresolution which characterises their
operations. It has been remarked,' that General
IVittgenstein avoids being upon the same point with
General Kutusow. The announcement of the ar-
rival of the one is always the signal for the departure
cf the other.

Numerous reinforcements of troops, and many Ge-
nerals, arrive here. Several companies of sappers
are arrived from the Order. The troops who fought
against the R.:ssians having recovered from their fa-
tigues, are anxious to appear again on the field of
::.moor. The preparations for war continue without
ir,terruption.

The last Konigsberg post is not arrived. By what
Nee can learn, the Russians send detachments of Cos.
sacks on the left bank of the Vistula ; but it is not
announced that their infantry and their artillery are
moving forward. Their regular troops remain on the
right of the Vistula. The Consul is arrived here from
Stettin. His Highness the Marshal Prince of Eck-
:nub' departed from Posen in the beginning of this
month. He takes his rr.ute with his corps towards
Custrin, b 7. the way of Landsberg. The report of
Thom having been evacuated by the French, and
occupied by the Russians, is not confirmed. —The
Oaritriv Casette of the 26th; and private letters to
the 28th, contain nothing new.

THE EVENING' STAR.

LONDON.

•.• Our Plymouth Friend has our best thanks. We shall be
glad to hear from him in mu* with the document to which he
alludes.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1813.
PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE 0 CLOCK:
Red. 59ff —Cons. 513 ii —Cons. for ac. 5811-4 per Ct. 7511
f. per Cent. 88; 4-1314. 7s. as. dis.—Omnium
Bank Long Anus. 15 3-16ths }—Exch. Bills 4s. 6s. pr.

We have at length received the French Papers,
w:.lch contain the anxiously expected Speech of Bo-
.NAPARTE to the Legislative Body. It may be re-
ga: Jed as the annual Manifesto of the Tyrant—as
t' basis or programme of his policy for the year.
2nglAnd—the last asylum of the expiring liberties
ar.d independence of the world 1 England—the
et,rnum sub fig dore vulmu to this wholesale butcher of
l is species ! is again the leading subject of his ha-
rangue, and throughout he omits no opportunity of
iLmouncing this country as the cause of all the dis-
orders which Ns own interminable appetites have
trought upon Europe.
Our army he says was wrecked before Burgos,,
a d we have been compelled to evacuate Spain.—
La; the career of glory of the Imperial Eagles was
rot confined to the Scuth of Europe. While these
events were passing in Spain, the battles of Ostrowno,
Polotsk, Mohilow, Smolensko, Moscow, Malayro-
slavits--were fought and g.tined by the victorious
French arms—and Moscow fell into their power I
Here, however, he drops the curtain over the
spkadid 'succession of triumphs which he has been
•eltbrating. " A swarm of Tartars"—mark the
dramatic effect intended by this new appellation be.
stewed upon the universal Russian nation —" a swarm
Tartars turned their parricidal hands against the
Country 'which they had been called to defend."—
Here we have an artful attempt to alienate the popu-
lation of Russia from their Governors, by shewing
that the miseries brought on by the conflagrations of
-Moscow and other places,. were a series of wanton
barbarities committed by the Cossacks, prompted by
their ancient hatred of the Muscovites I—Ot a piece
with all this is the monstrous lie which is graiely
told, that the prosperous state of his affairs was by
no tn2ans changed by these lamentable events ! It
15 the premagurs rigour of the winter which broke up
}'`' army, and would have broken his heart, 4, if," as
.:t tells 113—." he could have been accessible to any
Other •
aenrunents, than those of the interest, the glory,

and the future ptutperity of his people."—Admiiable
special pleading 1--Most ingenious fiction !—His
cowardly sialkifice of a hundred thousand men to
save his own vile person from the Cossacks is trans-
formed into a desire to promote the glory and pro-
sperity of his people !

After proclaiming principles which never can be
acceded to—after insisting upon Spain being insepa.
rably linked to the French dynasty, he modestly says
he desires peace, because 4, it is necessary to the
world," of which, no doubt, he regards himself as
the Parent!

America, as might have been expected, is congra-
tulated upon the glorious contest its which she has
engaged for the restoration of the maritime rights of
Europe.—Can it be doubted, after this declaration,
that there has been a secret understanding between
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE and JAMES MADDISON, long
kept up, and now finally published to the world ?
As to the Concordat between NAPOLEON and the
Pope, it will be like his treaty with Switlerland. It
will be respected as long as suits his own conveni-
ence, and not a day longer. In the mean time, it
speaks a volume in few words. His defeat has been
signal and complete, or he would never have paid
court to the very Priests which it was his avowed
policy to degrade to perfect insignificance. Can they
now afford him any aid ? Would they, if it were in
their power, use any efforts to exalt the enemy of
their order ?—Either NAPOLEON'S usual sagacity has
forsaken him on the present occasion, or he finds
himself in the situation of a man in deep water with
only a straw within his reach, and therefore he grasps
at it in the hope that in the interim some contingent
may occur by which he may profit hereafter.

Various are the reports respecting the foreigner
who arrived from Paris last week. We stated that
he was understood to belong to the house of PERI-
GAVE and Co. of Paris, and that it was rumoured
that his mission was purely of a commercial kind;
some say to vest money in the British funds, the
French being very low at this moment. But there
are people, and those well informed, who assert that
his name is BASSAN, (a person who has been em-
ployed on political missions before) and that he has
had three interviews with Lord CASTLEREAGH since
his arrival.

From the complexion Of BONAPARTE'S address to
the Legislative Body, it is to be inferred that he has,
in some way or other, been proposing a negociation
with the British'Government, and it is possible that
M. BASUN may be an agent for some indirect pro-
position. Will NAPOLEON be attended to ? In other
words, will Ministers negotiate a separate peace ?
That such is the mode proposed by BONAPARTE is
plain from his address—for in it he says " the French
dynasty reigns, and shall reign in Spain !" We think
it impossible that Ministers can listen to any overture
for negociation, except in concert with our allies,
Russia, Spain, and Portugal.

A Heligoland Mail, which arrived this morning,
brings us the following article:

" HELIGOLAND, FEB. 10.

" A boat from the other side came in the day be-
fore yesterday, the Master of which reports, that the
Russians are in possession of Dantzic ; his informa-
tion, however, seems to rest upon mere rumour.
It appears that BONAPARTE is very apprehensive
of a general insurrection throughout Germany, and
has ordered three or four of the opulent people in each
town to be sent to Paris, as hostages for the obe-
dience of. the rest. The conscription is enforced with
so much rigour, that in cases where young men have
absented themselves, their fathers are seized till they
make their appearance. One thousand French sol-
diers, who lately served under the unfortunate Ge-
neral Mallet in the Conspiracy at Paris, have been
disgraced, and sent disarmed to Bremen.
66 All the young douaniers are ordered to join the
Grand Army : they are replaced in their situations
by old men. In fact, every exertion is being made
by the enemy to make his force effective by the
spring."

We this morning received Cadiz Papers to the 4th
of February, from which we make the following
extracts :

" CADIZ, FE,BRUARY 1.
" By letters from Jaen, of the 29th ult. we are in-
formed that the French are falling back upon Ma-
drid, and that our advanced posts have already en-
tered Manzanares."

" GRENADA, JANUARY 24.
" It is said that our cavalry, under the command
of General Friere. has obtained important advantages
over the enemy."

14 ALICANT, JAN. 16.

" A large convoy has set out from Valencia for
Tortosa, with many effects, and a great number of
those persons who came with Soult from Andalusia,
escorted by a very respectable force, destined on its
return to pursue the unconquerable El Freile.—
We do not doubt but what he will repeat the scene
of Massuchelle."

ALICANTE, JANUARY 18.

41 A person of respectability, who has just arrived
from Valencia, assures us that the Poles were, in
great haste, preparing to march for France."

" ALICANT, JANUARY 20.

" The combined army continues in its lines without
making any movement. The enemy lives upon the
subsistence of the unfortunate• inhabitants of this
province."

NAVAL INTILLICZNCE.

Another week has dapsed, and no tidings of the
BONNE CITOYENNE sloop of wart There are this day
two ships on Lloyd's Books from tfie River Plate—
rviz. the Agreeable, at Liverpool, (sailed the 17th
November,) and the Anseltho, at Falmouth, sailed
about the 29th of the same month ; both of which
according to the dates, have sailed subsequent to the
BONNE CITOYENNE, and have had a more distant
voyage to make ; but still we have no accounts from
Rio Janeiro, which yet leaves us the hope of her
having put back. Accounts have been received from
Teneriffe to about the middle of January, and from
thence we have no information of her : it was thought
probable she might have put in there.—As much as
from 60 to 65 guineas premium has been offered on
her this morning.

Two ships have arrived at Liverpool, from Bar-
badoes, viz. the Tiger and Maxwell, by which con-
veyance we have information of the arrival there
of the. CIRCE frigate, &c. with a convoy from Cork
on the sth January, and VICTORIOUS man of war, with
a convoy from Portsmouth, on the 7th January.—
The TIGER captured three Americans on her pas-
sage home. -

The CIRCE frigate from Cork, and the VICTORIOUS
man of war from Portsmouth, have arrived safe at
Barbadoes u ith their respective convoys—The Circe
on the sth, and the Victorious on the 17th January.