Star.
London, England, 1813-05-27 00:00:00

RELATION OF THE RETREAT.

The Bth and 9thof May Weis Torino-- arlcableda
for the inhabitants of Dresden.
Some days previous we could collect, that the Al.
lied Army was retreating, because we witnessed the
arrival of baggage, of the park of artillery, and mar!
Prussian and Russian Generals, with some troop
who returned from Pegau ; but in the night of tt.t
7th, all doubt was removed of the retreat of the corn
bined forces : and on the :horning of the Bth, the
troops were hastily retiring to the riglw, bank of the
Elbe. By four in the morning of that day the Env:.
ror Alexander had retired to the right bank, and about
nine was followed by the King of Prussia. At last,
about eleven o'clock, when the allied army had coi
sed the Elbe, the bridge was burned, by which meal's
all communication was interrupted.
Most of the Russian troops passed the Elbe by the
bridges established above and below the city.
W e are assured that a considerable Part of the troops,
particularly the corps of General Blucher was to pass
the Elbe at Meissen.
About eleven o'clock in the forenoon the French
hussars entered Dresden, accompanied by many other
troops, who pursued the Russians w the points where
they crossed the Elbe. The Russians defended r!T
tetes-de-pont erected on its banks ; tilde was a gord
deal of cannonading and tire of musketry ; hut 11.:
P.ussians having all crossed the Elbe by midrday,
fire to the bridges, which were seen floating d, ,wn t.:
river, on fire, and continued to float down in t:::
state as far as the great bridge.
The boats of which this bridge was constructed bi
longed to different owners, and as there were ab.
twenty boats, you may judge of the loss which ta‘
owners have suffered.
The combined armies having wholly passed t
Elbe, the cannonade and fire of musketry acre kert
up on the two banks during the whole of the Bth.
After dinner, the Emperor Napoleon entered Dres•
den with his army, accompanied by the Vice:oy I
Italy, a number of Marshals, Berthier and Week'.
nald. He is lodged in the same palace i‘bicli
formerly occupied. During the night and next
da
the necessary preparations were made for establish
ing a bridge over the Elbe, The Russians endelb
'toured to oppose this, and did not cease tiring
left bank both with cannon and musketry. Of 1_
had placed a cannon at the bridge, any occupied tar,
houses adjoinius thelElbe from wheticc they JO'cr"
on ' t.
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LONDON.

THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1813.
HOLY Thuasomr.—Holiday at the Stock Eachanp.

Paris Papers to the 19th instant have come to
hand bringing accounts from the theatre of war to
the nth inclusive. There has been no action of im-
portance since the battle of the 2d ; but BonAPArtra
has gained one considerable advantage—he has been
joined by the King of SAXONY at Dresden, and, in
consequence NEY has been received into Torgau, and
lUGMLR has again taken the command of THlEL-
may's corps.

Language does not offer terms strong enough tol
mark the execration due to the infamy or weakness
Jf the King of SAXONY—to the turpitude and base-
ness of his counsellors. It is impossible to calculate
the moral effects that may flow from this blindness—
this fear—this surrender of every principle that should'
actuate the bosom of a Sovereign!
Every one looks now with an eye of anxiety to
Austria. 'Mat influence will the demeanour of the
King of Saxony have upon the future conduct of this
Power ? In the course of next month Austria will be
able to bring 150,000 men into the Feld. Possibly
t}e incertitude that exists respecting her intentions,
may have been one of the causes which induced the
Allies to fall back behind the Elbe; and the same
doubt may intimidate BOIMPARTE from making any
hasty movement beyond that River. Certain it is,
eat instead of advancing he has contented himself
with a Proclamation to his army, ordering Te Daan to
be sung at Paris for the result of the battle of Lutzen.
In the intelligence of the 10th, it h stated that the
Allies appeared to be retiring upon the Oder ; nothing
later is stated respecting them. On the evening of
the 12th NAPOLEON was still at Dresden.

This day Mr. Rostrum, one of his MAJzsts's
Messengers, arrived at the Colonial Office, in Down-
ing-street, with dispatches from Lord Wiztattom
and Sir RowLARD Hitt. Their contents had not
transpired when this Paper went to Press, but it was
mowed that an action had taken place, in which
the Fre,nch had lost a considerable number 01 men.

Yesterday, the Earl of LIVERPOOL and Viscount
CAsrLEREAGH had audiences of the PRINCE RECENT.
Yesterday morning, at seven o'clock, an express
was received at the Admiralty, from the Governor
and Commander in Chief at Guernsey.

The PRINCE REGENT, it is said, has transferred to
the Duke of BRUNSWICK, the £15,000 felt by his late
mother to the Princess of WALES, and which as her
husband became the property of the PRINCE.
Last night, in the House of Lords, the Duke of
NORFOLK gave notice that he would on Monday pre.
sent a Bill to alter the Test Act, in respect to the
aths of Roman Catholics, for the purpose of Fen-
Ler:rg it applicable to Irish Catholics when in this
c untry.

The only question of great importance likely to
c;:tiry the attention of Parliament the present Session
;It relating to the East-India Company's Charter:
Is therefore expected that a prorogation will take
pze about the cnd of June.

The Select Committee of the House of Commons,
pointed to inquire into the Corn Trade of the
l'n:ted Kingdom, has made its Report. It states, as
fair practical inference to be drawn from their in-
uiry into the means which Great Britain and Ire-
possess, of growing an additional quantity, that
:hey are able to produce as much more Corn, in ad.
ition to that which they already grow, as would re.
..eve them from the necessity of continuing, in any
:epee, dependent for a supply on foreign countries.
A the last five years, the value of the whole of the
!,,rri imported into reat Britain, was .418,934,3 A
el which more than one-third was Irtsh Corn.
Letters from Bengal state, that by the latest Uk-
bars received, Runjeet Sing had arrived at Umrutsir:
Prince Gorug Sing had previously departed for
:.e army. There was no change of consequence in
ie airitirs of the Punjab; except that the army op-
posed to the Cashmerians had been joined.by a con-
s4lerable reinforcement under Mann. Sing. Great
scmcity of provisions prevailed in the Punjab; with
the troops were supplied.
A nicer Khan had arrived at Agmeer, frryn whence,
• conjunction A.ith Bapoojee and other Chieftains,
.e was expected to attempt an immediate diversion in
avour of Mohammed Shah Khan, by invading and
:ayinq waste the Jaypere Country. Mohammed
Shali'Khan was encamped near the fortress of Hur-
7eesoolee, the gates of which were shut against him.
Chaund sing continued tai press upon him.
Lalla Mulhar Rao has been dispossessed of the im-
prtant Fort of Rampoorah, by Purseram Daragah,
whom the Bhae had deputed to fill his place, in con.
:'-quence of the conduct of the former towards Mo-
-arnmed Shah Khan.
Nilt appears from a periodical work published by the
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'''lSSlCnarieS at Calcutta, that, in the months of May
..111 June 1812, 70 widows, leaving 184. orphans,
J.:fished on the funeral pile
‘, on both sides of Calcutta,
•°.:l CosfArnbuaar, to the mouth of the Hoogly.'.

THE ARMY. . .

. .
His Royal Highness the Pan= RIICIVNT will re-
view the Life Guards to-morrow, on Wimbledon
Common.

The route received by the 54th Regiment to march
from Woodbridge to Colchester, has been counter•
manded. They remain, therefore, at Woodbridge.

The Westminster Militia are arrived at Peebles,
fiom Ireland. They relieve the Ayrshire at Penny-
cuiek, who return to Queensberry barracks.
The Carnarvon bra* from Ireland, are arrived
at Dunbar.
The Shropshire Regiment of Militia embarked on
Monday afternoon, on board transports in Catwater,
Plymouth, for Ireland, which were to sail for Cork
the moment the wind proved favourable, under con-
voy of the TZAZZR gun-brig.
The Cheshire Militia have marched into Plymouth
garrison.

The following is the Distribution of the British
Army in the Peninsula :
Marquis of Wellington's Head-quarters—at Frenada.
Light Division, Major-General C. Alton—Guinaldo.
Ist Division, Lieutenant-General Sir homas Graham—Vizeu;
Guards, at Oporto.
2d Division, Lieutenant-General Sir Rowland Hill—Corig.
3d Division, Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Picton; 4th Divi-
sion, Lieutenant-General Cole; Sth Division (was Major-Cr-
_ . _ _ _

neral Clinton's will be perhaps Majot-General Oswald's—in
the neighbourhood of Laniego.
6th Division (was Major-General Leith's, at present is Major-
General Hay's, but is to be Major-Gen. Stewart's)—at Cea.
7th Division, Lieutenant-General Lord Dalbousie--at Vintro.

IA Brigade of Portuguese is attached to each Division, aid
Lieutenant-General Hill has about 10,000 at Corial
Major-General Brock's Brigade, Ist and tid heavy Gernians--
near Coimbra.
Major-General Ponsonby's Tirigack, 3d and 4th Dragoons, and
Sth division guards ; and Major-General Anson 'a Brigade, 12th

and 15th light dragoons—at-Avicos
Major-General Alton 's Brigade, Ist German hussars, and t4fh
light dragoons; and Royal Horse Guards (Blue)—at Thontar.
Life Guards—at Chamusca.
10th Hussars—at Villa Franca.
18th Hussars—at Abrantes.

Major-General blade's brigade, royals and 341 dragoon guards ;
and Major-General Long's brigade, 2d bus,ars and 19th light
dragoons—in the neighbourhood of Placentia.
Major- General Cooke—at Cadiz, with the 29th regiment, a
German battalion, and three companies of artillery.
Major-General Peacock—at Lisbon, with the 77th regiment,

and detachments.
Lieutenant-General Sir John Murray—at Alicant, with the Ist
Battalions of the 10th, 58th, and 81st regiments; 2d Batta-
lion of the 27th regiment; 2d and atb Battalions German in-
fantry; Sicilian regiment; De Rolle's ditto; 2d Italian levy;
Brunswick Dragoons, and part of the 20th Dragoons, and flank
companies of the 67th, 21st, 75th, 31st., and asth Regiments,
making a force, with the Spanish troops and some Portuguese
artillery, of upward.; of 29,000.

Wednesday se'nnight the Cavan Militia, quartered
at Wexford, were reviewed by Major-Gen. blrrtat ELL.
Monday se'nnight the 2d Royal Surrey Militia
marched from Mullingar, on their route to Dublin,
where they are to embark for England. As a ge-
nuine mark of mutual unanimity, and in veneration
of Old Ireland, they gave three hearty cheers when
on the eve of departure, and marched off with the
national air " Patrick's Day," which was followed
by " The Sprig of Shillelah," &c.—Tliey have
been replaced in Mullingar by the Royal Carmarthen
Militia.

The detachment of the Royal Buck inghamshire
Militia, quartered at Carlisle, have marched to Lan-
caster, there to join the regiment.

The Royal Westmoreland Militia marched, on
Monday se'nnight, from Galway (where they have
been quartered nearly twelve months), on their route
fig Tullamore, King's County, preparatory to their
embarking for. Great Britain.
Sunday se'nnight, a troop of the Ist Dragoon
Guards arrived at Limerick from Ballinasloe, and
joined the squadron of said regiment in that garrison.
Captain HARRY POWF.LL, of the 76th Regiment, is
appointed Brigade Major of the Limerick District, in
the room of Major O'DONOGIME, promoted.
Colonel HUTCHINSON, late Inspecting Field Officer
at Cork, is appointed to the Staff at Malta, as Bri.
gadier General.
The Northampton Militia, commanded by Sir
RICHARD BROOKE, Bart. but under the immediate or-
ders of Lieutenant Colonel Isnam, are arrived at
Edinburgh Castle.
Monday se'nnight, Colonel MAXWELL, Major ,
WILKIE, and the other Officers of Winchester Gar-
rison, gave an elegant entertainment, to the Ladies
and Gentlemen of Winchester, and its vicinity.
At a General Court-martial held in Dublin, on the
2lth of March, private Gilbert Kane, of the 3d regi-
ment of Foot, was arraigned upon the undermen-
tioued charge, viz. " For having mutilated and
maimed himself in the neighbourhood of Dublin, on
or about the evening of the 3d day of February, by
cutting off one of his fingers, for the purpose of ren-
dering himself unfit for the duty of a soldier, and of
thereby avoiding a continuance of his military set,-
vice."—The Court found him guilty, and sentenced.
him to receive 700 lashes.
A Court-martial was held at Worcester, on Mon-
day, for the trial of a private of the West Local
Militia, for being absent from the regiment without
leave ; and his sentence was three months imprison-
ment
in the County gaol.
Friday, a Serjeant of the Artillery was committed
to jail for 30 days, for assaulting a man in the Fish
Market, Edinburgh, without the least provocation.
MAJOR-GENERAL WHEIHAM.••—The funeral of this
lamented Officer took place yesterday at Portsmouth.
The procession began to move from the Lieutenant-
Governor's House, in St. Thomas's-street, about two
o'clock, and proceeded down High-street, along the
Grand Parade to the Garrison Chapel. The streets
were lined by the Oxfordshire, Worcestershire, He-
refordshire, and Royal County of Limerick Regi-
ments. A party of the Royal Artillery with four
field-pieces, and a detachment of the tf4tWragoons,
with Bands of Music, preceded the Wine, which was
borne by eight grenadiers, and the pall-supported by
Major General FARMER, Rear Admiral: rcetre, Lieu.
tenant Genetal ELLIOTT, Major General WINTER,
Major General FISHER, and Admiral Sir RICHARD
BICKERTON. All the Officers off duty at Portsmouth,
Porchester, Hilsea, Fort Cumberland, and Gosport,
attended. The Union-flag was hoisted half-mast
high at the different Forts in the neighbourhood, and
minute guns were fired from the Grand Battery till
the Corpse entered 'the Chapel, and when the cere-
mony was concluded, three rounds of eleven pieces of
cannon were discharged.

NAVAL 11VTELLIGENCE. •

TO MARINERS.
NOTICE OF A NEWLY DISCOVERED SHOAL

The fonowing is a description of a Shoal seen by the Anteri-
CIA ship Union, Captain MACNEVEN, Mr. CHARDON, Super-
cargo, bound from New York and the Cape of Good Hope to
tit* Ide of Mauritius t

44 July 22, 1812: Lat. at noon, 35 deg. 23 min. S. long, by
Chro. 41 deg. 29 min. E.long. by Lun. Ob. 41 deg. 12 min. E.
N Light winds; very clear sky; ship just steering—at four.
►. u. saw a rock about 20 yards long, and six feet above the
water, surrounded by a bank of sand, visible as the breaker: re-
ceded; and, from it, in an easterly direction, breakers as far as
the eye could reach from the main-top-mast-head. At sun-set,
the extremes from N E. half East, to East and by South—the
body of the shoal about three miles distant: no bottom with 120
fathoms. At sun-set tacked."

PLYMOUTH, MAY 25.
The famous American. privateer Paul Jones, Cap-
tain ARCHIBALD TAYLOR, which has lately so much
annoyed our trade, arrived here last evening, prize
to the LEONIDAS frigate, by which she was captured
on the 23d inst. at five p.m. 100 miles to the south-
ward of Cape Clear. The privateer is a very fine
vessel, about 250 tons burthen, schooner rigged,
pierced for 20 guns, has mounted 15 long sixes and
a carronade, with a complement of 100 men, and is
an amazing fast sailer. She was discovered by the
LEONIDAS, after a very thick fog, laying to, and,
being very near the frigate, was soon in her posses-
sion; had been out five weeks, and took three English
vessels. She belongs to Nevi-York. On the day of
her capture, she took a brig from Cork, bound to
Lisbon, which the LEONIDAS was lett in chace of,
both which are hourly expected here, as there is no
doubt of her having been re-captured. Sailed the
PHEASANT sloop of war for Torbay, to collect the
trade for Newfoundland.—The CHILDERS sloop of
war is fitting in Barnpool for Halifax, and will be
ready for sea in a few days. The SAN JOSEF man of
war, bound to the Mediterranean, is detained in
.Cawsand Bay by contrary winds.—Wind S.W.