Star.
London, England, 1807-04-23 00:00:00

SECOND EDITION.

The importance of the following Private Letter,
from a molt refpeeable quarter, will ferve as a fuf-
licient apology for flopping the refs to infert it :

" LOWER F.LBE, APRIL 17.

lg We are here in fuch a fituation that it is almoft
impotlible to come at any truth in political fubjefts;
Notwithftanding the French head quarters are re-
moved to Finkenftein, 12 German miles (go Fng•
lifh) farther back than Oflerode (it lies on the like
of Graudenz), no caufes whatever are aligned in the
papers for this.
Since yeflerday, indeed, reports have been fpread
here of a molt

DESPERATE BATTLE,
WHICH IS STATED TO HAVE LASTED FIVE DAYS,

and to have ended greatly to the difadvantage of the
French. But we have no means to trace the authen_
city of it ; and, perhaps, the fimple circumßance of
the retrograde motion of the head quarters may be
the only foundation of it.

" Other reports of the railing the liege of Dantzic,
of the taking of Stettin by the Swedes, &c. remain
equally unconfirmed, though Rill boldly affirmed,
particularly the latter. It teems certain that the
Swedes were at Prenzlow nn the 7th. All the Ha•
neverian Minifters now leave the Electorate. Perhaps
this has given rife to the allertion that Hanover is to
be organized as a French Province, as a previous
Rep to ordering a levy of zo,ooo men.
" The laft letters from Koningfberg Rate the
fituation of the armies to be Rill the fame. The want
of all neceffaries was felt more and more; but fupplits
were expeEted from different ports of the Baltic. In
Dantzic alfo, provifions were very dear. The force
of the combined Ruffian and Pruffian armies is Rated
at ao,ooo men, and the garrifon of Dantzic at
25,000.
" The Telegraph contains many letters,dated from
Conftantinople, from Aleppo, &e. giving accounts
of the hoßile proceedings in Turkey and Perfia,
againtl the Ruffians and Englifh ; but there is great
rcafon to fufpeit them as forgeries. Even the official
report which 1 fent yon in my laft, of the events at
Conflantinople, I have now pretty good reafon to be-
lieve, wasmade hereby Martha' Brune and Secretary.
I am told it was much more violent, but Bourienne
foftened it. lam likewife informed they are now
employed on a fimilar produCtion.
" We cape& here General Dumoncean (perhaps
he is already here, for his Aid•de•Camp arrived this
i morning) from Bremen. It is fuppofed he will take
the command here, and; that Marfhal Brune will go
to the Grand Army. A letter (tom Bremen, which
' cam: this afternoon, fays Gen. Dumoncenu and his
1
flaff are gone from there ; 2000 Dutch troops that
I arrived yeßerday received orders in the middle of the
night, to march early in the morning to the Elbe.
We have here hardly any troops at all.
1 "In Hamburgh are not many troops, but more

are expelled.
•• Yeflerday a meeting of the citizens was called,
the object was to deliberate upon the redeeming of
the Engliflo property here, for a fum of money. It
is whifpered that Marfhal B. defires to have the
fingering of this money before his departure, and
that befides, the French think it poflible that the
Englifts may come and difappoint them.
44 They had demanded at firfi ten millions, but
now only four ; and it is fuppofed that by a little
delay, this will be much leflined : the Citizens have
left the whole to the Senate.
44 The murder of the Pacha of Belgrade, with all
the Janiffaries, their wives and children, by the
Servians, while leaving the province under a Servian
efcort, will, it is feared, be followed by that of the
I Turks in all Scry ia."

The Houfe of Common., after fome debate, came
to a determination laft night, upon the fubjed of the
bribery and corruption with which the IA Eleflion
for Pearhyn was difgraced. It was moved that Sir
C. HAWKINS be now expelled the Houfe for the
principal [hare which he had in thAfe prafticec ; but
' this motion was not agreed to, and the final determi
nation was, that, in the &it inftance, Sir CHRISTO-
PHER, and 113 others, should be profecuted for the
alledged offences.