Star. — London, England, 1811-08-27 00:00:00

- \ - - • . INDIA. Advices received at the India House by the Geor .i.ina packet state, that the e x p e di t i on aga i nst J ava w:;s•cxnected to sail about the middle of April ; the • place of rendezvous was supposed to be Penang. At Bmgal, the ships William Pitt, Preston, Hugh Inglis, Huddart, Lord Eldon, Monarch and Batavia, were taken up to carry troops,. and when the DIOMEDE'S c(mvoy left Madras, nine transports were then all ready for sea. The land forces amounted to about 12,000 men, under the command of Sir S. ACIINIUTY. The squadron which consists of the Ita.usTatous alld MINDEN, 74, LEnA, MOD%STH, CAROLINE, ACH BAr., CORNELIA and Doats frigates, DASHER and BARACOUTA sloops, devolves to the charge of Captain BROUGHTON, of the ILL USTRIOUS, in consequence of the death of Admiral Dnunv. Lord MINT() left Bengal in March, on hoard the MORNINGTON cruizer, for Madras, whence his Lord ship was to proceed with the expedition in the Mo- DE.STE frigate. After the capture of Java, L. is said to be his Lordship's intention to apply to the Spa niards to permit a'British garrison to be stationed at Manilla. The City of London, Northumberland, Euphrates, C:•tmarthen, Balcarras, and Alexander, are the only ships that are to sail from India for some time. The following ships sailed from St. Helena the (..)6th June, under convoy of his Majesty's ships HAMA DRY ATI and DLOIIEDE, viz. AcTELL, HARRIETT, SIR WILLIAM BENSLEY ♦ LORD KEITH, DIANA, EARL SPENCER, INDUS, ANN, SIR STEPHEN LL:MIINGTON, and TyNg, extra ships. I'lle ship American sailed from Canton the 2.1 of April, in c•lmpany with his Majesty's ship GRA mrus, seven Indiamen, two Portuguese, and the Canada Botany Bay ship. The American parted from the fleet on the 30th of April, off North Island, where there was a large ship at anchor, supposed to be a man of war. The CITY OP LONDON was to sail from Bengal early in April. The JOIIN PALMER country ship, was to touch at the Mauritius. The AUSPICIOUS country ship went into the Cape of Good Hope to repair some little damage sustained li , ,z?ltning. The tURACOA frigate arrived at the Cape of Good Hope 12th June, having parted with the following OUtwArd.botind ufF the Cape, the 9th June, all well, viz. —CASTLE EDEN, CARNATIC, ROSE, METCALFE, HOPE, TAUNTON CASTLE, PRINCESS AMELIA, NORTHAMPTON, and UNION, RANKINE. The MAUCIIIONESS OF EXETER, and UNION, FAIR- 1 . rAx, (extra ship), were to sail from St. Helena for, Bengal on the 6th July. The second division of the ships from China sailed from thence the 2d April. PassergerA per NOUS—Lieutenant and Mrs. Neiy,Majar and Nlrs. ileiamaine, Major and Mrs. Hopper, Captain and Mrs. Duneombe, Mrs. Leech, Mrs. Kand, Lieut.-Colonel Woraky, • Lieutenant Li:Einar& Per HARRIZT—Major General and Mrs. Gowdie, Lieutenant Colonel Irten, Major Hnvendon, Mrs. fittr. , , Mr. A. Munro, P.!rs. Pritchard, Mrs. Mvdman, Captain hfieries, Mr. Cother, Mr. and Mrs. Griffin, Mr. J. Lautom Per Sia STEPHEN LUSHINGTON—Mr. Mrs. and Miss Baker, 'lint. Colora and Mrs. R0w1 , ..5, Mrs. Garrow, Miss Johnsen, Lieutenants H. 'Thompson and Casten, Lieut. Colonels 13arrowe and Radclilire, Captains Simpson, Hay and Heron, Messrs. Moult and Best, Lieut. Colonel and Mrs. Graham. Per EARL SPENCER—Lieutenant De Courcy, W. B. Smith, C. Weatherstonc, C.T. Cl.ake, and A. Hamilton, Esqrs. Captain arid Mrs. Jones, Captain A. Gibson. Per ANN—Captain I. and J. Orrpek, Lieutenant and Mrs. Pichard-nn, Lieutenant R. Wall, Etisign Stezzall, Mrs. Brown, Messrs. FLineyrnan, Mackintosh, Arskeil, and Bennerman. . Per ASTTLL—Mr. and Mrs. Hunter, Mr. and Mrs. Strtsly, Mr. and Mrs. Downie, Mrs. Cheap, Mrs. Royce, Mrs. Bag sbrw, Mrs. Hairtliy, Sir Charles Blunt, Msi. Acbmuty, Mrs. Revi•ley, Captain Macfarlane, Lieut. Colonel Laurie, Captain Eff, Mr. Webb Per "Ern E—T. G. Murton, Esq. Captain D. Maclean, Lieute nant Trier, Ensign Cowardie, and Mr. Broay. Per DIANA—R. P. Smith and Family, Honourable Mrs. and Miss Brucc, J. Alexander, Esq. and Family, L. A. Davidson, Esq. and Family, W. Pattie, Esq. and J. Reddall, Esq. Per LORD Kci•ru—T. L. N. Stun and Lady, Major and Mrs. Sharpe, Captain and Mrs. Wheatstone, Mrs. Campbell, Mrs. Dytx, Colonel G. S. Browne, Captain Vaughan, Captain Martin, 4nd Lieutenant Gregory. CALCUTTA, FEBRUARY 15. The first division of troop ships, destined fur Ma dras, sailed on the 20th of December, under convoy of the D:ris frigate. The ships are the Honourable Company's ship Lushington ; Country ships Welles ley, Bombay Anna, and Duncan. The second di vision was to sail pn the 25th, under convoy of his Majesty's ship Cornwallis, and consisted of the Ho nourable Sompany's ship Alexander ; Country ships Mary, Marian Anna, grab Hamoody, Mysc.re, and 'rrotibridge. The third and last division, comprisiug the following vessels, was to sail about the SOth, un der couvrry of the Psyci.e frigate : Helen, Cornwall, Coromandel, Bhcomoolah, Charlotte, and grab Mo hal:a. The whole of the French prisoners of war, whose number is stated at 2000, had sailed to Eu rope. The ships employed on that service are, the P;)rrseA, Good Hope, Anna, Barlow, Upton Castle, and Sir Wm. Burroughs. MADRAS, MARCH 9. The troops that went from India to the attack of the Isle of France have joist returned, and :mailer expedition is about to sail against the Dutch settle ment of liVa. There are now encamped at the Race• stand hare, his Majesty's 14th, .59th, and 69th regi ments, four squadrons of his Majesty's 22d dragoons, two squadrons of horse, and a party of artillery. From Goa his Majesty's 78th regiment gces, and a very large force will proceed from Bengal. Sir Sa muel Aelimuty commands the whole, and General Weatherall second in command. Lord Militc, it is Said, means to accompany them, and to be present at the capture, «her which he will endeavour to get the Sp 4n;ardsatMapilia, to receive a British gatri-j son, and then go to the Mauritius, leant whence he will scud Governor Farquhar to Java, and finally go 4 to England. • The report of half a million sterling having been found secreted on board donne of the sliii)s in-Port *Louts, pioves, as s%e suspected, to be erroneous. It was rumoured, indeed, at the Island, ti.t.i/ an incon. side; able sum of dollars had been found on hoard bne yt the French men •of war, but vnothing like the arron:,t stated. The late Government of the Isle of Frame have left more incumbrances than resources.. 1..- la- / SPANISII Pill'_'2.7. I CADIZ, JULY se. Though an account of the following action of Don Julian Sanchez has been already published, yet we insert his letter,, which gives a variety of additional particulars . u IiLTENTE OUINALDO, JUNZ 2G. " On the 18th we had a sharp rencounter with 450 of the enemy's infantry, who were matching from Salamanca to Ciudad Rodrigo, escorting some carts laden with provisions and some money. " The enemy were vigorously attacked by my ca. valry, between Cabrillas and San Munoz—they began their retreat, keeping up a very brisk fire, but it could nut prevent us getting possession of their escort, which they abandoned at the entrance of San Munoz. I pursued them warmly to within two league's of Sala manca; they lost in killed 218 soldiers and two offi cers, taree Captains and 152 soldiers remained priso ners in my hands. Only eighty of them reached Sa lamanca, in a very bad state. The Commandant died two days atter his entrance, and some of the soldiers ; the aide-de-camp of the Governor of Ciudad Rodrigo, who accompanied the escort, two Captains, the Paymaster, and two other officers who were wounded in this action, are very ill, and I am assur ed that most of them will die of their wounds. " My troops are very much fatigued, and particu larly the horses, because fur three months they have had nothing but grass ; but they do not therefore cease to exert themselves, and are every day aug menting in numbers. " I have now under my orders more than WO ca valry, and 1400 infantry, without reckoning more than 600, whom I have sent at various times to the fifth army. " I am forming a company of 200 French, who have come over to us, under the title of the foreign company, commanded by a Swiss Captain, who has been 23 years resident in Spain. Hardly a day passes without some of the enemy coming over to us." CADIZ, JULY Is. Proclamation of General Don Francisco de Copons y Navi4, addressed to the troops of the sth army in the Isle of Leon ; 41 Soldier.; ! he Supreme Council of Regency has entrusted to me the command of this division of the .sth army—l accept it with pleasure, because this army is composed of brave men, who have often crowned themselves with laurels in the field of ho nour. 44 You shall see me always at your head ; I shall know how to distinguish merit, and if any of you deviate from the path of honour, he shall not go un punished. , 4 Without discipline, which is the basis of subor dination, it is impossible to conquer. Steadiness in your ranks, union and obedience to the voice of your commanding Officer, are the sure precursors of victory. • Solfliers of this division of the sth army, tke cause which we support is as sacred as it is just—Europe beholds you with admiration, and from you the coun try expects its deliverance from the ambitious tyrant, who would reduce it to subjection. (Signed) di COPONS." " Head.quarters In the We of Leon, July 21." In Mexico and Vera Cruz, subscriptions were made for the purpose of forming a donative for the troops of the Empecinado. In a short time the subscription amounted to 25498 dollars, which have been received by the Minho, which lately reached Cadiz. PORT& GIL. PRWATE LETTER.—" PORTAIS.CRE S JULY 25. 14 I struck my tent at San Vinceine, and have got into veil , comfortable quarters in this city. The army is likely to preserve its present cantonment for a month or six weeks. It strikes me that we shall remain here for about a month, because report says, that the French have been miring from this part of Spain for upwards of a month ; that is, they have taken every mule they could lay their hands on for the purpose of transporting their artillery and baggage ; and as the same story says, that his Lordship has known it these three weeks, it is clear he does not intend to follow them before he gives his army a rest. I think he does very right, for it is a great deal too sultry for men to march ; it might knock up thousands of the men ; whereas, by giving the army a month or two of re pose, it will be in a state to do any thing when the heats have passed away. If you have a good map, you may easily see otir positions. Our line extends from Evora to Castello Branco, and occupies the following places and their respective vicinities. The Ist division, Portalegre ; the 2d, Evora ; the 3d, Nigra ; the 4th, Estremos, Villa Vicoza, and Barba; the sth, encamped about six miles in front of Port alegrei the 6th, Castello Branco; the 7th (the•light division), in Castel de Vida; and the cavalry are distributed in every part. This city is large and ir regular, being situated in the midst of craggy moun tains, that are covered to the top with vineyards and olive-groves. The springs are numerous and excel lent, and the situation healthy; the prospects are wild and mountainous, but very pleasing and extensive. " There is a notion in the army that the French will retire from Spain, and that great part of our force will return to England in the winter. There is to-day a sale of Sir Brent Spencer's things, and he goes to England directly." EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM AN OFFICER OF THE I BRUISE ♦RMY IN PORTUNAL, DATED VILLA VI COSA, JULY 27. " The army has broke up from the position which it had occupied between the towns of Elvas, and Campo Maior, and the several divisions have march ed into cantonments; the left as far north as Niza, from whence they form a contiguous line in succes sion of brigades to this town. The cavalry forage and patrole on the banks of the Guadiana ; the light divisions are at Castello de Vide, and head-quarters at Portalegre. The army are in comfortable quar ters, and could be concentrated on either flank in 48 hours, so admirably well conducted are the arrange ments which his Lordship makes. General Hill is in this town with his old division. After the action Albuera, the scattered remains of the other two brigades were collected and formed into a battalion of detachments under the command of Lieut.-Colo nel Colbourse of the 66th regiment, which b ittalion is attached to General Hill's brigade, at present un der the orders of Lieut.-Colonel Abercrombie, 28th regiment, son of the late General who fell so glori ously in Egypt. The other brigade consists of the 50th, 71st, and 92d regiments, under Gen. Howard, who at this moment commands the division, the Ge. nerals Stewart and Lumley having gone home on account of their bad state of health. Never yet were we so comfortable as in this town. The country around is delightful—every spot is in a forward state of cultivation, and covered with numerous country seats belonging to the nobility. The natives say, that the Prince was fond of residing here, where there is a palace which is fast going to decay." CORUNNA, JULY 17. With the greatest pleasure we insert the following letter Which has been received here from the intrepid Espoz y Mina. It will shew that this brave Chief, and his worthy companions in arms, keep the proud enemy constantly on the alert, frustrating his plans, and attacking him on all suitable occasions: " LOS ARCOS, IN NAVARRE, JUNE 24.. " To Don Franck° Longa. " I this day received your letter of the 17th, which communicated to me the march of Caffarelli for this I kingdom. He arrived on the 10th, and having col lected 8000 infantry and 200 horse, they have pur sued me incessantly, but particularly since the 14th. On that day, Caffarelli marched with his division for Puente la Reyna ; another of equal numbers by the valley of Echauri, to the mountains of Puente la Reyna ; a third division of 2000 men, under the com mand of General Reille, Governor of this Kingdom, with 400 horse ; and a fourth, which marched from Logrono, consisting of 400 horse, composed of lan ciers, dragoons, &c. in the direction of Estella. . 44 All these points were three leagues distant from the village of Mendigorria ; where I was on the 13th with the I st, 2d, and 3d battalions, and a squadron of cavalry. 44 Seeing myself thus hemmed in, I placed myself in ambush at Carr: seal,- to attack the division of Reille, which was to maich by that point. This di vision accordingly made its appearance on the morn ing of the 14th, and was received with so brisk a fire that it began to retreat ; but having drawn us into a plain they contrived to turn our right, and charging us with their cavalry, one of my battalions lost 23 killed and 80 prisoners. The loss of the enemy was, however, 100 killed and many wounded. " I effected my retreat t') Lerga with my brave troops, and thence to Sanguessa, where I rested for two days On the morning of the 18th, I marched for Aoiz, where the division of Caffarelli came up with me, and rendered an action unavoidable. On this occasion however I was befriended by the heights, upon which I drew up my men in good order, in se veral columns After a severe fire on both sides, I succeeded in repelling these famous inifierial:. They threw a great number of shells among us, one of which fell in the midst of the 4th company of the Ist battalion, and a soldier had the boldness to seize it the mAnent it touched the ground, and tear off the fusee. My lose in this action was two killed, and twelve wonnelA : that et the enemy, was 23 killed, and 73 wounded, among whom was a Colonel,the ielat;ve of Governor Reille. This day I retired to the village of Arrozqui. [After some farther marches, without any. skir mishing, this celebrated partizan at last, on the 'l4th of June, arrived at Los Arcos, from whence his letter .s dated.) , . / SICIL r. The following observations have been made in answer to the complaints cf the British Merchants in Sicily :- 6, His Sicilian Majesty has long ago offered, and in the most unequivocal manner, to give a decided preference to the inwortationof English merchandizes into the kingdom of Sicily, to exact the duties only on the declaration made of the value of the articles ; imported by the proprietor, his correspondent or sn percargo, and to reduce the duties thereon, to 10 per cent. ; whilst French and German manufactures ; should continue at 14 per cent. The sole condition demanded in return was a proportional diminution of duties paid on the importation of Sicilian produce i into the British dominions. No Sovereign can over look such an object, as it is his duty to have the wel fare and interest of his own subjects at heart ; and the more so, as it always has been a constant practice 'in commercial stipulations, to have a strict regard to 'reciprocation. It is a fact, that Sicilian wines pay in England an importation duty tantamount to ten times 'their original value in Sicily ; but, nevertheless, the Sicilians do not on that account accuse the British Court of being rapacious and oppressive. This being the case, where is the madness, the ingratitude of the Sicilian Government, and where its hostility to Bri tish commerce ? In further proof of the partiality the British trade experiences in Sicily, it must be added, that there is not a single British article which is not admitted there ; it is not so with other allied Powers, and this is done merely with the view' to i shew the great favour which is bestowed on the Bri tish Nation by his Sicilian Majesty; it is, indeed, a very particular one, because it tends to check, in the Sicilians, a becoming spirit of industry. Thus much for the dispositions of the Court of Palermo towards English trade. " Much stress is laid on the ancient Spanish Com mercial Treaties : such claims are unprecedented, absurd, and unreasonable. The ancient Spanish Trea ties have never been acted upon, they have never been ad ilitted as obligatory by his Sicilian Majesty, nei ther were they ever reclaimed as being in force. To advance such ; proposition is unwarrantable.—The kingdoms of the two Sicilies have been separated from the Spanish Monarchy ; they have, since 1734, form ed a separate and independent state, ruled by its own laws and bound only by its own engagements. As such it was recognized by Great'Britain, and by all the other Powers of Europe in solemn treaties. Would 'it not be absurd to require the execution of those an cient Spanish Treaties in Portugal, on the very same ground that Portugal formerly belonged to the Spa -1 nish Monarchy ? " The exemptions claimed by the Petitioners of ' paying the taxes, to which every foreigner and every native is equally subjected in Sicily, ,cannot be main tained without the pre-existence of a special grant, ivilege, or stipulation. In England, the British subject and the alien are liable to the same taxes.-.- ~~'s This is the case in every other state. It is strange ia. deed, very strange, nut to say worse of it, to find that in the most ctiiical circumstances of Great Britain and Sicily, amidst the mutual efforts of tyith roani r i eg against the common enemy, there should es st a tl ass of persons who refuse paying the taxes of the lard in which they live, and at the same time unit pay them in England ; and neverth:lt.ss, these very persons pro. fit the most of the combined exertions of both coon. tries. The privileges of the Porto Franco of Me,. sina do not exempt of all taxes, but of certain ones; besides, they are only applicable to merchants residing in that city, and not to other parts of the Island. But the Porto Franco of Messina has been quite de stroyed by the consequences of the Brit sh Orders in Council, necessitated by the mode of the actual war fare of the common enemy, and indeed by the very circumstance of the risk to which Messina is now ex. posed of being invaded by a ferocious neighbour, whose existence was not even susr.!cted at the time Messina was proclaimed at Porto Franco; some mo. dification in one way or other became necessary, and public spirit required that the foreign merchants re siding there should contribute iu making some sacri. fines towards keeping the town out of the enemy's grasp." TH LI EV EN I N STA IL LONDON. TUESDAY, AUGUST 27. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE *O'CLOCK. per Ct. Cons. for money 63t—Ditto for account 4.1 S pyr Cent. Reduced i 4} —Davy 5 per Cent. 94" 2 1 4 per Can. no 4—nonas 17s. I 8.. pre.—Omisium f die. to ow liscb. Bills (id.) Is. da. to Is. pr,.—Ditto (Sid.) Ss. is, prem. The Pmcass CHARLOTTE packet has arrived at Falmouth from Lisbon. She sailed on the Sth inst. and has brought letters and papers of that date. They communicate the gratifying intelligence *1 the read. vance of Lord WELLINGTON against Ciudad Rodrigo, in consequence of the French army having retired,. The Lisbon papers also contain accounts of further successes against the French in Spain, which will be read with much satisfaction. The following are ex. tracts from the above papers : LISBON, AUGUST T. Our army is now advancing towards Ciudad RN drigo ;—this is considered here as a most supe!ior movement, because the result of this must be the fall of that city, or an harassing march to Marmant and all his forces to its relief, from the Guadiana; and even in this latter case if Lord Wellington thinks fit to act on Marmont's arrival, he will have harassed and divided the enemy, while he places his own troops in the healthy district of the Beira. The combined army has put itself in inotion to take positions in Beira Baiza. The fifth corps of the French army is, it appears, in match for AnJalusia. General Castanos, it is said, was gone to take the comnsand of the army of Galicia. . CORUNNA, JULY 22. According to intelligence just received, we know that the intrepid Mina has delivered himself from this persecution of Cafarelli, placed his troops in saf,ty, and on the sth inst. gone, escorted by 20 soldiers, to Villoreayo, to discuss some important aff4irs with the brave Longa, the result of which will most cer• tainly not be advantageous to Cafarelli, and die others who pursue them. BULLETIN OF THE 6TH ARMY. " The enemy, reinforced by 2000 infantry, some cavalry, and two pieces of artillery, from Benevente, to-day made a movement from Orbigo ton ards our position. At one in the afternoon, the enemy's ad vance presented at Miseta on our front, upon the roads of Justo and St. Rcman ; shortly after their main body appeared, and immediately a lively fire commenced by the light troops bf the sections com manded by Brigadier Castanhon and Colonel Masca ranhas, who occupied the above-mentioned roads.-- Scarcely had the enemy made some manoeuvres to support their advance and draw some advantages from them, when he found himself obliged to retire, lbeing dispersed in consequence of the operations of our Commander in Chief to impede him. In his re treat he was pursued by our advance of cavalry and infantry.—Generals Pol and the Count de Belveder, at the head of these troops, pointed out to them the I road to glory; the first had his hat shot through with a ball, and the Chief of the Staff, D. P. Egua, had the saddle of his horse pierced with two balls. The enemy left in our power some priscners, killed and wounded, and their loss must have been very consi derable in the retreat, On our part we had some killed, a certain number wounded, among these va rious officers." MANRESA, JUNE 9.8. On the 4th inst. arrived here 4(s) of the enemy's horse, and left us on the 15th, and thus we have had 11 days more of desolation. They marched byeefuentes, and -the Empecinado destroyed half of them. JUNE 39.—They write from the frontiers, that a division of 6000 of the enemy which was marching for Catalonia, turned back at Mars, , lha. Some Sp.►. nish prisoners who have made their escave from France and arrived at Montella on the 10111 instant, likewise saw returning from Montpellier a corps of 1.500 men, which had also been on its way for Cata lonia, but had received orders to march for the North. On the 16th a rived at the same village of Montella another Spanish prisoner who made his escape irom an hospital in France. He relates the go , d treat. ment he met with on his journey, and that he met with no troops, nor did he hear of any reinforcements I being on their way for Spain. lie confirms the ac• •