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London, England, 1812-10-31 00:00:00

WIIVAL INTZLLIGRNCI.

REIPOBTBD CAPTUREpF THE MAIDSTONE FIKGATE.
BY IHE ESSEYAMERICAN FRIGATE.
" TOMAS', Oct.. 29.
of Put in here last evening (after post), not
being able to reach Plymouth, the Experiment
'env' of marque, carrying .6 guns, with a cargo
cotton and rice, of Baltimore, but last from Charles-
ton, bound to Bourdeaux—taken the 21st inst. after
a chace of twelve hours, within 20 miles of the Cor-
duan, by his Majesty's ship ROVER. The Captain.
of the American reports, that his Majesty's frigate
MAIDSTONE had been captured by the American fri-
gate gsses ; and that the Americans have schooners
building 120 feet in length, supposed to be for pri-
vateers."

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Since writing the above, we have received the
Twenty Third French Bulletin; it is dated Moscow,
October 9. No engagement-..n0 movement of im-
portance had taken place :—ln short, it contains no
intelligence whatever calculated to excite any alarm
as to the fate of Russia.
TWENTY-THIRD BULLETIN OP THE GRAND ARMY'
" PARIS, OCTOBER 27. LOSS OF HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP SENTINEL AND TWEN-
" The ads a Iced-guard. commanded by the King ' TY SAIL OF MERCHANTMEN.
of NAPLES, is upon the Naia, 20 leagues from Mos- • YAILMOUTII, OCrOIER 30.
OXFORDSHIRE COUNTY MEETING.' I a ,
Arrived yesterday evening, after post his Ma-
a ver numerous and res stable IyIEETING cow. The enemy's army is upon the Kalouga.--.
y
the FREEHOLDERS of thepe cOUNTY .of OXFORD, Some skirmishes have taken place for the last three I jesty's ship MEaconius, with about SO sail of the
inveired by the High bheriff, in consequence of a Requisition days. The King of NAPLES has had all the advan- homeward-bound Baltic convoy ; the remainder are
for that purpose, held at the Town Hall, in Oxford, on
posi. dispersed in the North Sea. The Menruntus brings
ay, the etch day of October, 1812;
• tage, and always driven the enemy from their
In 4 AS DAR LY COVENTRY. Esq. Sheriff, in the Chair, tibns. The Cossacs hover upon our flanks. A pa-I an account of the loss of the &mum. gun-brig and
t CGIMR, Eaq. moved, That Petitions should be presented twenty vessels of this convoy, on Rugen Island arid
w Houses of Pailiament, from the Freeholders of the trole of 150 dragoons of the guard, commanded by
of Oxford, against the Claims of the Roman Catholics of Major MA nTiIOD, has fallen into an ambuscade of : the shoals leading into the Great Belt : happily, the
which was seconded by WILLIAM MINIM Annular, crews are saved. This unfortunate event took place
and after being .de,bated ;bly on both sides the question, the Cossacks, between the road of Moscow and Ka.l
carrieyi in the affirmative by a large majority. A Committee louga. The dragcons sabred 300 of them, and °n the mgh t °J. the I°th'inst"t*
then appointed to prepare an Address, who returned with a Tile Ambassador from Spain to Russia has ar-
Alowitik one, which, after some Amendments had been opened themselves a passage, but they left 20 men I
rived here, and will embark on board his Majesty's
proposed and negatived, was adopted by the Meeting, and the upon the field of battle, who were taken prisoners;
:Sheriff was nauseated to sign it in the name of the Meeting. ship Aaan,"
le Right Honourable the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, in amongst them is the Major, dangerously wounded. 1
Parliament of the United Kingdom 'of Great Britain and I " The Duke of ELCHINGEN is at Boghorodock.l PLYMOUTH, OCTOBER 29.
jreland, assembled,
„Sailed his Majesty's ship STORK, Ca pt. COT'LSON,
The Humble Petition of the Freeholders of the County of The advance4-guard of the Vics.Roy is at Troitza
wlu.l with; convoy, tur Portsmouth ; the R.EINDEF.K, 18
Sheweth—That your Petitioners have observed, with the
Orford, , upon the road to Dmifrow. The colours taken by pins, on a cruise ; and the BITTERN of )6, on the
• concern,therepeated attempts that have been madeto;Re- the Russians from the Turks in different wars, and impress service, for Liverpool. The ALPHEA, of
!hose Securirks of our Civil and Religious Establishments, several curious things found in the Kremlin, have eight guns, is gone from Hamoaze to the Sound.--
we owe to the wisdom and firmness of some of the hest Put back the PIERCER gun-brig, in consequence of
ancestors—Securities not demanded! by any occasional been sent off for Paris. We found a Madona, en-
contrary winds. The REVOLUTIONAIRZ frigate is
iproary causes only, hut founded in principles u imam- 1
riched with diamonds ; it has also been sent to Paris
they are wise. • commissioned by Captain WooLcosimc.
. your Petitioners cannot conceive a situation of things `We add here a statistical account of Moscow, which : Ronan. his Majesty's ships Boyne, Foudroyant, Tigre, Stirling
repugnant to the principles of sound policy, than that line found among the papers of the police. • • Castle, Impliclibk, Centaur, and Diomede; Melpomene, Andros.
Catholics should possess the power of framing the Laws.. • macho, Phcebe,Surprite, Sybelle, Medusa, Rhin, and Hermes;
i administering the highest Offices in the Governmeot of a "It appears that RcisTOPCHIN has emigrated. At Achates, Rapid, It maranthe, and Fant e; Arrow, Virago, Al.
(emelt Establiment ID Church and State, to the very c.harac- . Voronovo he set fire to his castle, and left the follow. plies, Grcwier, Surly, Gleaner, Escott, Strenuous and Bamble,
4 principles of which their Tenets are decidedly hostile, r
i they conceive it to be any hardship that Romap Cargo- ing writing attached to a post :
1 PORTSMOUTH, OCTOBER SO.
who ezclpde all persons except those of their own Commu- I "
I have for eight years embellished this country- ' Arrived his Majesty's ships Lorne, PEACOCK, and
.on, from any authority or interference whatever iv the Go- :
STAG, from the Downs ;the &max, from Plymouth,
vrernmeot of their Church, should be excluded from any share house, and I have lived happy in it in the bosom of
with a convoy the HOPE, from a cruize ; and the
the sovernment of a Church to which they are not only ' o, Gnii.y.
1 The inhabitants of this estate, to the ship Flora, from Quebec.—Sailed his Majesty's ship
orangen but adversaries. I i
•. By the Constitution of England, the Government of the number of 1720, quit it at your approach • ; and I PLoven, with the homeward-bound and others under
and she State are inseparable, and whoever is adtuityed set fire to my house that it may not be polluted by . convoy for the Downs, but the wind veering more to
share of the Government of the one must consequently
eLuzusted with a share of the Government of the other. I your presence. , the Southward, the whole have come back.--The
storm last night suddenly abated, when threatening
l'luwt.-4:trur Petitioners have heard with astonishment, persons 1 a Frenchmen—l have abandoned to you my two
contending:dm: no one ought to be excluded from a Civil Right a hurricane at S.W. The wind shifted round to W.
account of hi/ lieliglun—when it is a notorious fact, that the , Moscow houses, with the furniture, worth half a and then to W.N.W. The wind lulled and it be-
Aight even to the Crown, the highest Civil Right in them Do.' ,
pinions, was conferred N. and is now enjoyed by the present came quite calm.
Royal Family, to the exchisidn Of others more nearly related to
upon the mere ground of an ob3stion to their religion, and
-..1 it once be established by the Lvm..iitgitire, that Religious
opinions are not a sufficient ground for Civa incapacity, your
1-eitionors apprehend there can be no pretence whatever, after-
wards, for saying, that the Crown of these Dominions shall not
be worn by a Papist.
That your Petitioners cammt but observe, that the most Ore-
uous supporters of the Claims of the Roman Catholics admit
A every attention ought to be paid to the security of mar Civil
Religious Establishments ; and that effectual measures ought
adopted for the security of both. But they also observe,
none of those persons who snake those admissions, have ever
' out or suggested the measures they should think effectual
. purpose. From which your Petitioners cannot but infer
. extreme doubtfulness and difficohy, even in the jui.gment of
.eose persons themselves ; or rathrr: as your Petitioners firmly
believe, the absolute impracticability of devising such pleasures.
• That your Petitioners apprehend that if the Claims:if the Ro-
m Catholics should be acceded to, every other Restriction
Test must of course be abolished ; and that the government
our Establishments in Church and state, must be thrown open
Sects of every denomination, and of the most discordant
ppisiods and principles.
That your Petitioners mpst solemnly declare that they are not
Influenced by any wish to restrain the free exercise of Religious
opinions; and if possible, still less by any kind or degree of ani-
- towards their Roman Catholic fellow subjects: but they
mated by an honest and firm persuasion, that the restric-
now attempted to be abolished have essentially contributed
s preservation of those Establishments, winch have been the
4of our prosperity and happiness; and that the abolition of
them would inevitably tend to weakep and undermine those
kstsbasimeots, and ultimately lead to the overthrow of the
Consultation.
our Petitioners therefore !muddy pray, that the Restrictions
.y which getnap Catholics are excluded from the power of
framing the Laws', and administering the highest Offices in the
Government of our Civil and Religious Establishment, may not
• abolished. And your Petitioners, &c.
14-10104 S I)ARLy COVENTRY, Sheriff.
was then resolved,. that the Lord Lieutenant of'theCounty,
the Lord Bishop of the Diocese, should be requested to pre-
? the Petition to the House of Lords; and the Members for
i County to present the same to the House of Commons.
Resolved, That the Minuses of the Meeting be signed by the
Sheriff, in the name of the Meeting, and advertised in the Oxford
-4 Reading, and some London Papers.
THOMAS piARLy COVENTRY, Sheriff.
The Thanks of the Mptiog were then unanimously voted to
s assrit4 for talipg the Meeting. and for his conduct ta the

million of rubles ; here you will only find ashes t.
(Signed) " Count F. RosroPcnin.',
• They have retunted.

DEAL, OCTOBER so.
Remain in the Downs 17 sail of the line, and seve-
ral sloops of war. The whole of the outward-bound,
besides coasters and colliers, remain wind-bound.—
Wind S.S.E.

f In truth he set Ore hiasseU to his country house; but this
example bas but few imitators. All the houses in the neighbour-
hood of aloscow are unteuehed.—,(ll(eniteur, Od. 28.)

Besides the Bulletin, there are private accounts
frontscow, in the Paris Papers. They slate, that
the Palace of Prince KURAKIN is one of those which

YARMOUTH, OCTOBER 2p.
Arrived this morning the Autlis.oN frigate, eipt.
Bow Les, from St. Petersburgh, with a fleet of Rus-
sian ships, of and from Archangel, one of which be....
ing dismasted in the.gale, was towed in by the fri-
gate ; and arrived the MERCURIUS sloop of war,,VAth
part of a fleet of merchantmen, from Gottenburgh,
which consisted of 150 sail—the remainder ate but
a few miles astern, and may be looked for next tide.
Ships as per last, with the arrivals.
HARWICH, OCTOBER 29,
We experienced the most violent gale on Tuesday
night last and Wednesday morning, that we have
had for many years • and we much tear that conside-1
rable damage has been done to the shipping op the I
coast. A ship and a brig, coal-laden, have been
towed into the harbour, dismasted, to-day ; and the
Swift, Leith trader, has arrived, with the loss of her
bowsprit ; the Prosperous, of Malden, with 420 sacks
of flour, has foundered off the Cork Sand, crew saves'.
Two vessels are reported to be lost on the Home
Sand, names unknown. A large ship has sunk
in Hollesley Bay, with her top-gallant-masts out
of water ; and much fears are entertained for the
fate of the Contest transport, which sailed with a
supply of provisions for the men of war that day, and
has not since been heard of.—The Diana, Captain j
MaDoNNauqn, sailed last evening for Gottenburgh ;
and the Aggressor gun-brig this day, with a prize, a,
Danish sloop, for the Nore,
LEITH, OCTOBER se.
Monday, De Moung, Claus, and Augusta, from
Archangel, and the Aurora, from Christiansand, ar.
rived in the Roads ; and yesterday the Venus, from
Archangel, bound for London. The Gallant gun-
brig, Harwich, and the Clio sloop of war, from the
Baltic, also arrived yesterday. On the 22d, off Lan-
geland in the Belt, the Clio discovered one of the
Convoy on shore, and which the Danes had boarded
The crew endeavoured to get her off by her boats,
assisted by those of the Crescent frigate, but in vain;
they therefore set her on fire. The Clio lost one man,
killed, and five or six wounded ; the crescent lost
four men, besides several wounded.
EXTRACT OF A LETTER PROM THE MASTER OSA COASTING
VESSEL, DATED FAVERSHAM, OCTOBER 29 ;
44 I arrived this evening from Leith, after a passage
of six days, during which I have experienced two
heavy gales ; one on Sunday and Monday, which kept
us 23 hours under our try-sail and jib; the other on
Tuesday night, while at anchor at Yarmouth Roads.
Several brigs and two smacks drove away to leeward
of us, almost in an instant, the gale was so violent.
On my passage from Yarmouth Roads I have counted
fifteen wrecks."

have been saved from the fire': General Count
NaNsotqy is lodged in it—they also state that the
Russian army disavow the fire of Moscow—that the
authors of this attempt are held in detestation among
the Russians ; and they consider ROSTOPCHIN as a
sort of MARAT.

The French have armed the Kremlin with thirty
.pieces of cannon, and constructed a chew:lm de frieze
`at all the entrances of it. It forms a strong fortress.
The inhabitants of Moscow, who had retired at the
approach of the French troops, had begun to return
ito the capital. The most important intelligence,
however, in these Papers, is the following :

" PARIS, OCTO HER 23.

" Minister of General Police—Three Ex-Generals,
MALLET, LAPORU, and GUIDAL, have deceived some
National Guards, and directed them against the Ge--
neral Member of Police, the Prefect, and the Com. '
mandant of La Place de Paris. They committed
violences against them. They falsely spread the re-'
port of the Emperor's death. Three Ex-Generals
have been arrested ; they have been convicted of im.
posture ; justice is going to be executed upon them.

The most absolute tranquillity reigns at Paris,.
It was troubled in three hotels where the brigands
went. The present decree shall be published, affixed,
&c. (Signed). The Duke of Rovmo, .

The Minister of General Polke."

I'IIE,EVENING STAR.

44 OCTOBER 25,—Tbe individuals arrested yester-
day, and those suspected of being their accomplices,
have to-day been transferred to the Abbaye. A mi-
litary commission has been appointed to decide upon
their fate. It has met to-day, and beard the charges
and interrogatories read."

LONDON.

the account of theViskation of Reading School,
Thursday's STAR—for pbUosephkal subjects read 'hale:ital.

all•=6

SATURDAY, OCTOBER SI.
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ICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE OVLOC4.
Reduced 576-4 per Cent. 734 —5 per Ct. Om
C0n5.58.)--for ae.sBf.--Onut. 5 pr.—Bonds par Is. dii.
Inch. Mills. (Sit) it. Ss. pr.—Do. (30.) 4s. 65. pre.

l4tters from Gerona, dated Oct. 17, state, that
Marshal SOULT had effected a junction with King
JOSEPH'S army, and with that (14. the Duke of At.,
pFEERA.

e hasp no arrivals from Gottenburgh today,
we have even nothing that can be depended upon
the opposite coast on the subject of the affairs
.ussia. There were indeed two reports in the
, this morning; one stating that BONAPARTZ had
returned to Paris. and another that be had sent for
his wife to meet him at Warsaw. Of the two the
latter is most probable. The formidable positions of
the Russian armies in bis front—the comfortless ...
Lion of Moscow and its environs—but, above all, his
chagrin and disappointment, which have been alluded
to in. Lord CATHCART'S, dispatches, at finding no
whisper of disaffection to the Russian Government—
Muscovite so reunerated, or rather so bereft of

We have received this mottling a file of Baltimore
Papers to a lAte date, from which we have extracted
the following important articles:
4' FROM THE BALTIM9RE SUN, OF SEPT. 11.
44 REPORTED NAVAL Aduriott.—Captain Boyer, of
the ship Francis, informed the Captain of the Yankee
(from whom we have the information), that in the!
afternoon of the 18th ult. off the South tail of Great , •
Tuesday night was experienced at Harwich a most
pant, he saw an engagement between the United
dreadful gale; a number of boats were dashed to
States frigates Essex (as he supposed), and a British
frigate, the convoy of a fleet of merchantmen. He pieces, and several vessels ran on shore. The Pros-
counted eleven broadsides while they were enveloped Mous, of Maldon, laden with 440 sacks of flour' ,
in smoke, and shortly after one of the frigates (sup.. bound to London, upset near the West Rocks. The
posed the British) made sail to escape, and a running crew were fortonawry saved by a Barking fishing yes-
fight ensued, which.custinueduntil dirk. Saw no. iel. There are several vessel. on shore tlae West side
thing of them vat simewini," • ,of 111,4:mach.
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