Star. — London, England, 1809-08-09 00:00:00

circulation. It was said, that the combined English and Spanish army was in sight of the enemy ; and it was even asserted, that there had already been a battle in which the French were defeated. Others stated, that the enemy had scarcely reconnoitred the com bined forces when he immediately commenced a pre pitate retreat, not wishing to risk an action ; the fact is, that the public mind is prepared to expect within a few days favourable advices ; and from the high state of discipline of the two armies, and the valour cf the troops who compose them, it is to be hoped those ex pectations will be realised. The Algesiras arrived here from Portsmouth on the 2d inst. She brought out considerable quantities of stores, and other equipments for foot and cavalry, with a machine for making fusils, and a printing. press. The Bishop of St. Andero was a passenger, as well as the wife of M. Cevallos. In Catalonia, the late reverses have served only to stimulate new exertions ; the army of Blake is un doubtedly becoming again respectable in numbers. Ammunition is now shipping here for Tarragona, for the use of this army. The officer who commands the escort came in the Algesiras from England. It is a fact, which speaks more than volumes, of the disposition of the people towards France, that not a Frenchman it permitted to exist in Cadiz : the most wealthy merchants are on board hulks in the harbour. It is even dangerous to speak the language in public. Mr. Cochrane Johnstone left this place on Whit- Monday, in a frigate, for Barbadoes ; from whence he goes to Vera Cruz, having made a contract with the Junta for the delivery of six millions of dollars, at three shillings and eleven-pence halfpenny per dol lar. This sum is to be furnished on account of the Government : he has, besides, a permission to pur chase from individuals at the same price, to any amount which may be practicable in Mexico, payable by bills on the Treasury of England. Thus the specie of Spanish America will find a secure passage to Europe ; and, if Spain repays to Great Britain the advances made by the latter, much of that furnished by the Government of Spain will remain in England. If, on the contrary, the whole is paid for in bills upon the Treasury, of course those bills (if the amount be wanted for service in Spain) must be discharged in dollars, or a coin current there. It is, however, very probable, that if purchases are made m inditiduali, the payment of the bills to them may be made in Bank notes ; so as to occasion some of the specie to re main. At all events, the operation appears to be use hl ful, as it secures the passage of the Specie, and bring*, the Spanish American merchant int.:, contact with British commerce ; and further as the price fixed for' the dollar seems to leave a considerable advan tage for the payment of freight and expences.— The dollar is worth here fifty-three pence and one third ; I believe it is not worth much less in England. There is a great difference between this and forty seven pence halfpenny, the price to be paid by Eng land. The commercial people here have got some in timatioo of this measure, and are jealous of it : they say_that individuals in Mexico will not sell their dol lars at that price ; but when the difficulty of con veyance, in any other manner to Europe, is considered, there is little doubt that they will readily make some sacrifice. , nave peen ?Teemed r-ductal! and PORTUCTIES - E PAPERS. from Majorca and places. P. S. An army of reserve is to be formed between LISBON, JULY 22. the Genil and Guadalquivir. Yesterday several very satisfactory reports were in PRIVATE LETTER.—CADIZ, JULY 11. _ . LISBON, JULY 2S. JULY 25.—Intelligence from the armies in Spain : ..On the 9th instant, Joseph Bonaparte arrived at Ta lavera de la Reyna; on the 10th he reviewed the troops which were there; on the 11th he left it with 6000 men ; some say for Madrid, others for the Guadararna, and others, which is most probable, for Toledc. On the 16th, in the afternoon, the at my of Cuesta passed the Tagus ; on the 19th his head-quarters were at Naval inoral. Orders were given to march at one c'clock the same night for Oropeza. The English army marches in the direction of Escalina, by Pavella, I,lavamer quenda, scc. The French army was at Talavera de Reyna, Cazaleyas, Santa Eulalia, Fuen Saleda, Maqueda, Toledo, &c. The head-quarters of Venegas do not appear to have been removed from Santa Cruz, de Modela, or his advanced guard from Manzanares. Gerona still held out on the 3d instant, and let ters from Catalonia state, that Blake was going to its relief. LISBON, JULY 25. (PRIVATE LETTER.)—" No news yet from the ar mies. Sir Arthur Wellesley broke up on the 18th from Placentia, and proceeds in a direct line towards Madrid." COIMBRA, JULY 21. A letter was received this day from Placentia, dated the 10th, from a person worthy of credit, of the fol lowing tenor : " On the sth instant, General 'Welles ley went to visit General Cuesta,who is with his army, eight leagues from hence towards Madrid ; and it is said, that the plan of attack was concerted between them. Cuesta has about 22,000 infantry, and from 9 to 10,000 fine cavalry. The junction of the English army will be formed here ; it already amounts to near 30,000 men. The French have their advanced posts at Talavera de la Reyna, and General Cuesta's are six leagues distance from them. Within a few days, a decisive battle is expected to to take place between the combined armies and those of Victor and Sebastiani. VALENCIA. JULY 7. We learn that his Excellency the Duke of Albu querque has obtained several advantages over the enemy, near the bridge of Arzobispo, in a partial, but very obstinate action, in which more than 3000 were killed, among whom Were many cavalry, and eight pieces of artillery, of a large calibre, were taken. We are likewise assured, that the combined English and Portuguese army is divided into three divisions ; one under Signor Cuesta, one under the Duke del Parque, and the other still remains at Badajoz. I RIPOLL, JUNE 26. We have received advices that 2000 of our troops, joined by the emigrants from Ampurdan, have had a sanguinary action with the French in the plain of Usay, between Banolas and Besaln, in which action the enemy lost more than 1500 men, while our loss was not more than SOO. This defe at bas prevented them from proceeding to France, to procure more bombs and balls for the siege of Gerona, where it ap pears all their ammunition is exhausted, as the bom bardment has ceased, and the balls that are rand are observed to be of different calibres. VILLANOVA DE SITJEO, JULY 9. Persons arrived from the eastern coast assure us, that on Monday last, Gerona was relieved with pro visions, ammunition, and troops. More than 2000, troops of the line have been thrown into the place, the peasants having opened the road to them. From the same source we learn, that on Tuesday last, the city of Palamos was invested, and that the enemy was repulsed with the loss of .300 men ; that on Wednesday he renewed the attack with 3500 men, with which force he made himself master of the place, but with the loss of nine hundred killed. They can. witted horrors, not sparing the lives of any who could not escape, who were not less than 300 young and old. TARRAGONA, JULY 7. Lord Collingwood yesterday sent advice to our General, confirming that the English and Sicilian army had landed at Salerno, to the amount 0f18,600 men. PRIVATE LETTER.—RONDA, JULY is. The Estremadura army is now so far advanced, you will have fresher intelligence of it through Portugal than I can give you from hence. On the Bth Cdesta was at Miravete, and Sir Arthur Wellesley at Pla cencia ; there was to be an interview between them on the 9th, and we conclude the junetion was effected on the 11th or 12th. The French, under. Victor, were, on the 7th, at Talavera ; they are repairing that bridge. By a letter from Victor to King Joseph, dated Oropera, the 25th of June, and taken by a party of our horse beyond Talavera, his army ap pears to have been in a sad condition at that time, though not so bad as that of Snult, in Old Castile, whose letters, taken on General Franceschi, draw a deplorable picture of that division of Vandals. Our infantry improves every day ; I wish I could say as much of our cavalry. Venegas seems again to be marching forward. General Blake b gone to Tarra gona, and the Marquis of Lahan (elder brother of our famous Palafox) collects the fugitives at Morella. It is reported at Seville, that the Duke of Infantado IS on the point of publishi ng a relatio n o f t h e transac tions at Bayonne. The Aftmori a Soire far illurder , ;s an interesting pamphlet, and the preface is said to be written by Jovellan,3s. lf so, you Englishmen, will perceive that his notions of the constitutional rights a Spaniards is not very cf fferent from that which you entertain of your owl). Congratulate! ) , letters on the prospect of the Coates from Xerez, Malaga, and Jaen, his been publithel at Seville, and others, of the LONDON. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK : 3 per Cent. Cons. 6of—for money 661—Reduced 6* Onnium lf preen. PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. per Cent. Red. 684 India Bonds !Os. 21s. prem. S per Cent. Cons. 68,f Excheq. Bills, Ss. 155. pre. 4 per Cent. 84ft State Lottery Tickets, X2l. 11s. S per Cent. Navy 98} 99 City ditto, XS. 12s. Long Ann. 114 15.161 Cons. for ace, 68} The Princess Elizabeth Packet has arrived at Fal mouth from Lisbon ; also the Duke of Kent Packet, from Cadiz. They both left their respective ports on the '2sth ult. By these packets dispatches have been received from Lisbon to the 25th, and also from Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY. The latter are dated Talavera, 24th of July. The intelligence they bring is briefly this :—On the 10th tilt. as we have stated in a former STAR, Sir ARTHUR arrived, late in the evening, at the head-quarters of General CUESTA, and passed in review, by torch light, the Spanish army under the command of that veteran General. The cavalry was drawn up in one line, and, upon the whole, both infantry and ca valry, were as well appointed in arms and clothing, and exhibited proofs of as perfect discipline as could be expected. They are exceedingly attached to their Commander, not so much from any idea they entertain of his scientific skill as a General, but from admiration of his personal courage and in trepidity, which prompts him to share every danger with his soldiers. General CursrA and Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY mutually concerted a plan of operations, in pursuance of which, the enemy was to be immedi ately attacked in his position at Talavera, or to be pursued in his retreat if he did not wait the attack. At the date of the 13th ult. the armies of General CUESTA and Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY were not united in one body, nor was such an union intended. They were to act with perfect unity of design, but were to move on a different race, and pursue a separate line of operations. The British force actually carrying muskets, was about 26,000—those under CUESTA were also about 26,000. The force under VICTOR amounted at that time to 50 1 000, besides the corps of General S.ssat.S.• TIANL In consequence of the phns concerted on the 13th, the Allies proceeded in pursuit of VICTOR, and coming up with him at Talavera, drove in his out-posts on the 22d ult. In this service the German Light Dra. goons, the 22d Light Dragoons, under Colonel ANSON and General PAYNE, and also a brigade 'of infantry under General MaciariztE, were employed. On the following morning, before day-break, Vie. von pursued his retreat to Olalla, on the road to Ma. drid. The next arrivals will probably bring accounts I of a battle, and if the Spaniards are but true to them- selves and to tts, we have not the least fear about the issue. But to gain a battle is a very different thing from delivering Spain from their oppressors. This it will take some time to accomplish, as they have a complete line of fortresses to which to retire, when they are no longer able to keep the field. From other quarters of Spain the accounts are not less promising if they be equally founded in fact. —General BLAKE is represented as having reorga nized his shattered army. ROMANA had collected a well appointed and formidable corps of at least twenty-six thousand men, at the head of which he was proceeding to Leon, and, in concert with General VENEGAS, was to second the operations of General CUESTA, and Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY against the main body of the enemy. In another part of our paper we have given ex tracts from Spanish Journals to the 24th, and Portu guese to the 27th ultimo. Letters from Lisbon state, that the Toulon squa dron recently made a spew of coming out, but were compelled to'i;tiie on the sudden appearance of an English fleet of 12 sail of the line and frigates. Junta of Badajoz have published a proclama tion s' in favour of the liberty of the press." But, in fact, it imposes a Censorship on all literary productions whatever—and the Censors are Churchmen. By the DUke of Kent packet, we have also received letters from Gibraltar to the 6th, and from Tarragona to the 7th ult. which we subjoin : " GIBRALTAR, JULY 6. g‘ On the 24th ult. his Majesty's ship PORCUPINE', )encithe Portuguese ships Charlotte, Phenix, and brig '4wotta, sailed on a cruize ; and on the 30th his Ma jesty's packet PRINCE ERNEST, to the Eastward. st Yesterday the FREDERICSTEIN arrived with the convoy from Portsmouth, in seventeen days passage. The FREDERICSTEIN proceeds with the vessels for Malta to-morrow morning. " Sir JOHN CRADOCK returns to England in ten ditys time, when the command of the garrison will devolve on Brigadier-General SMITH, of the Artillery. gg The 57th Regiment embarks te-morrow for J . is bon, under convoy of the NAUTILUS " Yesterday, a Cabinet Council was held at the Duke of PORTLAND'S house, which was attended by Lords MULGRAVE, WESTMORLAND, CASTLEREAGH, and HAH. ROWDY, Mr. CANNING, and Mr. PERCEVAL ; and sat from two till six o'clock. At its rising, Mr. MILLS, the Messenger, was sent to Deal, to embark in a fast sailing cutter, with dispatches for the Earl of CHA• ?HAM and Sir ft. STRACHAN. The Nuremberg Gazette contains the following arti. de : " The King of Prussia has sequestrated all the dominions sad estates of the Duke ef iii....wick Ode." The Hon. PERCY JOCELYN, the new Irish Prelate, succeeds immediately to the Bishopric of Ferns, void by the the translation of Dr. CLEAVER to the Archie piscopal See of Dublin. The late Archbishop of Dublin (Earl of NORNfANS TOWN) died possessed of nearly £400,000 sterling, principally by his own acquirement. When Archbi shop of Cashal, his Grace became possessed of £40,000 on a single fine for the Palliser estate, by running his own life against that of the existing Les see. The presentation of the Hon. and Rev. Mr. AGAR to the valuable Prebendal Stall of St. Michael, in Dublin, by his father, the Archbishop, was made a few hours before his death. The ship called the Dominica Packet has lately re turned to Liverpool, from South America, where the had been 20 miles up the River, to the Port of Para, being the first British vessel that ever entered there. The Commander fired a salute upon his entering the port, which was answered by multitudes of inhabi tants on the shores, exclaiming......" Long live the English," &c. &c. On the Supercargo of the vessel going on shore, he was received with all the pomp ofan Indian Prince ; numbers of women preceded him in grand procession, strewing flowers, and every de monstration of joy was manifested. In this fertile country, cows are sold for five dollars. We have received Charleston papers to the I st, and New York to the 2d tat. A day of thanksgiving was appointed on the 9th for the blessing of Peace with which PROVIDENCE had visited the United States. Jonx Q. ADAMS has been nominated by the PRE. SIDENT as Ambassador to the Court of Petersburgh, and his appointment has been confirmed by the Senate. The Legislature of Massachusets, previous to the adjournment, passed a resolution instructing their Re• presentatives to use their endeavoUrs to cause the fol lowing amendment to be made in the Constitution of the United States That no law for laying an embargo, or general prohibition, or restraint of com merce, shall have longer force than until the expira tion of thirty days after the commencement of the Session of Congress next succeeding that Session in which the said law shall have been enacted." A letter from Paughkerpsie mentions, that the neighbourhood of that town had been infested by swarms of locusts, which covered the woods and de stroyed vegetation. Some ingenious naturalists were employed in investigating the phenomena of this ra venous insect, to prevent its future depredations. Doggett's Coat and Badge was yesterday rowed for a second time this year, in consequence of the first contest on the regular day having been declared foul, It was a most excellent wager. They did not start until about seven o'clock. Barrow and Godfrey took the lead ; but they were intent on picking each other up ; and at Westminster Bridge yoUng Godfrey, of Strand-lane, gave in, in consequence of having wrenched his shoulder, which had been sprained in the original contest, when he was the leader. Jury of Hermitage, who was the third, started forward at Milbank, and gained four or five boat's lengths in about five minutes. He continued the leader, and was first in at the Old Swan at Chelsea, at half after eight o'clock. THE EVENING STAR. THE EXPEDITION. It is reported that Flushing has surrendered. Sce, rumours may be expected to be circulated: but 1 , 1 official advices of such an event have been received. The delay in the surrender of Flushing does net, however, retard the other operations of the ar my . Already a considerable part of the fleet, with the div:- sions of the Marquis of HUNTLEY, Lord RosstxN, and General GROSVENOR, have proceeded up th e I Scheldt. The original intention was, that the troops slumld land in the vicinity of Antwerp, and make a vigoro ls attack upon the land side, while the fleet should co-operate from the harbour ; but it is extremely probable that some alteration may be necemry in the plan of operations. It is reported, but we cannot vouch for the correctness of the stateme n t, that the eight sail of the line which pass ed up t j, Scheldt from Fleshing are moored across that riv.r, flankedbyfort Lillo on the right, and to: t Liethensh,:f ; ; ; on the left bank, with a numerous flotilla of gun boat, front, while Antwerp is covered by a large body cf troops. Our force,however, is so strong, that we enter ' tain hardly a doubt of its effecting its object, if it sh,r still be thought advisable to pursue it; but there reason to believe that our force will not be exposed to unnecessary danger. Every thing will depend on the state of preparation in which the enemy may bt. found. Westated yesterday that precautionary erders hzd been given to prepare hospitals at Deal and Itllts. gate for the sick and wounded that might be expected from the Dutch coast. The Medical Staff, with as. sistants; have in consequence been ordered in:me. dirtely to Deal, to be in readiness to afford every assistance. The Lorto NFVON hired cutter, with the Expect:. tion, is totally lost. " EXTRACTS FROM A LETTER OF AN OFFICER ON THE EXPEDITION, DATED " East Scheldt, A0g , ..!-.t. " The division which landed here met with no of c , :tion their landing, owing to so many attacks being made on the !slur..' at the same time. Every town in Walcheren is taken, Flushing, Which we are at this moment bombarding; but, as evc are informed, General Morrer has thrown himself into the place with four thousand men, there is a probability that it wit hold out to the last—that hewrr,Per cannot be hag—reitber sbei we wait for it before we proceed to other operations. Lord Rosi.yra's division proceeds up the River this day in trans. ports; they are directed to debark about twelve miles from Ant. werp t there we expect hot work, but are anxious to get on shore, to share and promote the glory of our country. The troops are in higher spirits and better condition, if possible, than when we sailed from the chalky cliffs of Britain. Middleburgh capitulated. The 71st regiment took Camvere by storm." EXTRACT OF% LETTER DATED OFF WA LCIIEREN, AUG. I. Ths fortress of Camvere stood a furious bombardment be fore It surrendered, mussy houses are damaged, one completely burnt by Congreve rockets. The island is beautiful, though the weather is very bad, which prevents our seeing•it to advar.ta7r. Ramekins must be taken before Flushing can be well attacked.— It is reported, that the Duke D'Aeaawrxs is marching towards Antwerp with 30,060 men. We are going to join Lord GA Rl2. use in an attack upon Flushing ; the land batteries were opened yesterday evening. I could observe the town on fire ; and,frcat the mast head, the smoke is very visible. " The French fleet are run up towards Antwerp, l fear cut of 'our reach at present. Our small gun boats did great exec -tion, only two' men were killed on board them. The Royals stormed a battery in a most glorious style." On the return of Captain CARROL to Corunna, the Marquis DE LA ROMANA presented him with the con,- mission of Colonel, in the service of his Catholic Ma jesty FstinnounD VII. with the most flattering testi mony of the acknowledgment which Colonel C A It ROL's zeal, ability, and exertions, had merited from the Spanish nation. The 2d battalion of the 79th Regiment arrived in Leith Roads on Thursday, from Yarmouth. They were disembarked next morning, and marched for Linlithgow, on their route for Stirling. Seven troops of the Ist, or Royal Dragoon Guard, have arrived at Piershill,barracks ; two troops have matched for Perth, two for Hamilton, and five troops remain in England. Monday se'nnight, the 2d Regiment of Edinburgh Local Militia, commanded by Lieut.-Colonel CitlCll.. rox, was reviewed on Bruntsfield Links, near Edin burgh, by the Right Hon. the Lord Provost, Lord. Lieutenant of the City of Edinburgb. This fine corps went through their manoeuvres with great accuracy. The first division of the Royal Stannary Artillery returned to' Truro on Tuesday se'nnight, from Ply mouth, where they had performed their 28 days duty with infinite credit to themselves, and highly to the satisfaction of the garrison and inhabitants of Ply mottth.and Dock.. --. The 2d Regiment of Aberdeenshire Local Militi a, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel HAlivet ;. the 3d Regiment under the command of the Earl o f ABERDEEN ; and the 4th Regiment under the com mand of Lieut. Colonel FRASER, having completed their respective periods of permanent duty, at Peter head, Elton, and Fraserburgh, we take pleasure in stating the great commendation, and ample testimony we have received from all these.places, of the correct, orderly, and soldier-like behaviour of these corps. At a General Court Martial, held at Stafford, on the 10th of April, 1809, and continued by adjourn. ments to the 15th of the same month, Lieutenant MooRE of the 45th regiment, and Lieutenant MAYER of the 57th regiment, were sentenced to be dismissed his Majesty's service for unofficerlike behaviour. Lieutenant PHILIP HONEYWOOD PARSONS, of the West Kent Regiment of Militia, has lately been tried by a General Court Martial at Newcastle-upon-Tyner on the following charge, viz. " For unofficerlike conduct, and to the prejudice of good order and military discipline, in having carried a message from Ensign Thomas Winslow, cf the same regiment, to Lieutenant-Colonel Shawe, his Commanding Officer, purporting to be a challenge to fight a duel." —The Court having found him guilty of the charge exhibited against him, sentenced him to be cashierej, which sentence his MAJESTY has been pleased to con firm. 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