Star. — London, England, 1811-05-17 00:00:00

ted to pro hibit rather than to increase the circulation of the Papers of that country, Regarding as he did, the Liberty of the Press to be the great strength of the Cunstitution.tho instrument which produced all that was valuable and worth preserving in so ciety—the principal support or the stability and splen dour of the throne, and of the independence of the p e ople—but for the want of which the French Re volution never would have assumed that appear ance which had latterly digraced it—he must sup port any measure which seemed calculated to give it facilities, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER ridiculed the idea of there being readers of a News paper on account of advertisements, particularly on' account of the length of the advertisements, and declar. ed that he would rather be the reader of a newtpaper in which not only the number but the length of the a dvertisements was limited. Mr.PONSONBY said, if he were to advise the Pro prietors of Newspapers in Ireland on this subject, he would recommend to them to be satisfied with the l a w as it stood, as being more for their advantage than as it now existed in England. He could not agree, however, in the justice of the alternative held out to Ireland. She was to contribute at the rate of 9-15th parts of the expenditure of the country ; and in this situation, was it fair to call on her to pay on any par, titular tax in an equal proportion with England ? Mr. HUTCHINSON gavegreat credit to the Right Hon. Gentleman (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) for the talent with which he had contrived to turn a subject so serious as the present, to those who were affected by it, into ridicule. It was a fact well known, that it was only by their advertisements that any pa. per, either in England or Ireland, could support it. self; and, interesting as the debates in that House might be supposed to be to the country, the Publishers of Newspapers made a great sacrifice of their own in- terest in communicating them to the nation at large. Mr. GR.ATTAN objected to the late measure of the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite (Mr. Foster), as being a new principle of taxation ; and at the same time as bearing no proportion to the resources of the two countries, He did net say that it did now affect the liberty of the press, but no person could say what it might do.—Mr. FOSTER explained. IRISH ELECTIONS, RTC, Mr. SHAW said a few words in reply t when the House divided.—For the motion. 17; against it, 29. Colonel BARRY moved for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Election I,s►ws in Ireland. The freeholders there were obliged to take certain oaths I , according to prescribed forms with blanks. Doubts existed amongst the most eminent men of the pro felsion as to the mode in which these blanks were to be filled up, His object was to 411 up the blanks ip a manner most favourable to the electivefranchisis. The Roman Catholics had co produce certificates of having taken certain oaths before they were permitted to poll, and it sometimes happened that, through the negligence or corruption of the Officer, they lost their vc.,-.es. He mentioned a case in which 400 voters in one county had lost their votes at an election from this cause; another object was to correct this evil. Leave given. Mr. W. POLE moved for leave to bring in his Bill for enabling the Judges, at their option, to commute the punishment of transportation, for hard labour and confinement, for a period not exceeding the term of transportation.—leave given. THE EVENING STAR,. LONDON, FRIDAY, MAY 17. PIM/MS 07 WALIS . II BIRT*-DAY.— Holiday, Government received dispatches this morning from Mr. WELLESLEY at Cadiz. They are dated the 3d inst. but contain no intelligence of importance. A Cadiz Mail also arrived this morning, from the papers brought by which we have made the following extracts : SALVATIERRA, APRIL IS. On the 11th inst. General Ballesteros arrived at Fregenal with his division. Having learned on the 13th that the enemy had marched from Carthagena with an intention of attacking him, he took mea sures for receiving them in Cumbus, whence, see ing that they did not advance to attack him, he re tired to Higuira. On the following .morning the enemy presented himself by Cumbus, and General Ballesteros took a position in the neighbourhood of Fregenal, to wait for him, when a very brisk fire commenced on both sides. In the heat of it a ball killed the horse General Ballesteros rode, who im mediately mounted another, and returned to the fire with the same bravery and serenity as at the be ginning. The action lasted three hours, when seeing that the force of the enemy was very superior to ours, he resolved on a retreat, which was executed in the best manner, by the house of Carvago to Xeres de los Caballeros. On our part we suffered no loss worthy of mentioning in this affair ; the ene my had several killed and wounded. Yesterday some of our troops detached from this place, skirmished with the enemy on the heights of Xeres, who fled, leaving some killed and wounded. We had a few men slightly wounded. The enemy retired to-day from Xeres to Fregenal. BURGILLOS, APRIL 17. Yesterday arrived in this town General Ballesteros; he went to Zafra to confer with the English General, acid returned at night. Twenty thousand English 1:1d six thousand Spaniards occupy Zafra and Los Antos. Of the latter place an English detachment vk possession yesterday, whilst, at the same time, t:le Spanish troops proceeding froin Altnendraligo , attacked the enemy's rear, caused Um a horrible loss ia killed, and took 150 prisoners, and 130 horse.— These last troops arrived this morning in the neigh bourhood of Llerena, from whence they retreated, after killing several Frenchmen ; they brought 30 dragoons prisoners. The allied army form a line, of which the English occupy the centre ; the right, Ge neral Ballesteros's divisions ; and the left, by that commanded by the Condo de Penne.— - CADIZ, MAY 1. By this time BaclAjoz will be battered by the heavy artillery, which for this purpose. has been brought from Yelvas. The re-conquest of this fortress, in the present conjuncture, is very important, on account of the great quantity of arms and ammunition which it contains, They write from Tregueros (in the comity of Nie Isla) under date of the 27th April, that there remain in that neighbourhood no other enemies than those who form the garrison of Niebla. The army of Ge neral Blake, which sailed from this port in the middle of April, and, after a delightful navigation, landed at Ayamonte, occupied the position of Las Caatilligas a part of General Ballasteros division joined it. There are reasons for shortly expecting news, according to all appearances, of great importance from this part of the Peninsula. The Gorgon is appointed to sail to-morrow with the remainder of our sick and wounded, General Ruffin, and other French prisoners. We look upon Beresford as the General by whom these provinces are to be delivered ; he has a fine army, not much under, it is supposed, 50,000 men. He is still detained at Zafra, and must necessarily re main there till Badajoz falls. The auxiliary forces sent from hence must doubtless have joined him, and will act in concert with the other. BOY S. pREGENAL. APRIL 17. The enemy, after the action of the 14th, dared not pursue the division of General Ballesteros further than Xeres, where they entered on the 14th, and learned that the troops of their nation no longer oc. cupied Zatra, and that the English were approaching that part in great numbers. In consequence of this information, they marched for this town, where they arrived the day before yesterday, at seven in the morning, and remained encamped without the place till eleven, when they marched to Fuentes. From thence they yesterday went for Arcena, carrying with them five inhabitants of the place as hostages, and a great number of their wounded in the action of the 14th inst. and some loads of the spoils of their killed. They marched with great precipitation for fear of being cut off. Aram 24.—The French have fallen back to Ca ssalla ; the• English fellow them. Our troops occupy Llerina, Cala, Santa 011 a, Badonal, Segura, and Fuente de Cal,tos. The division of General Balles teros is in this town, and that of General Castanos is in Santa Martha. MAbRIP, MARCH so. The sickness of Joseph was all a farce; he has not been ill. The affliction and disgust shewn by him and his adherents, was caused by the fear of his being deprived of his crown by a decree of his brother. On the 25th inst. in the morning, 700 infantry of the Royal Guards, with four cannon, left this place. At tour in the afternoon, an hussar arrived, in great haste, with a dispatch for the Governor, Blanchard; and immediately after, 200 infantry and 80 horse marched for Alcala, and for the posts of Atorha and Rocoletos, various parties of $0 and 60 men. We have received information, that the convoy which set out from Segovia had returned to that city, having been attacked shortly after its departure ; and losing 4 considerable part of the escort, it dared not proceed on its journey without receiving reinforce bents, which Desolles begged might be sent him. Bessieres has written to the Ministers, desiring them to abstain from circulating orders in the country com. prehended between the Guadiana, and the fronfi tiers of France, adding, that he has taken the neces.l sary precautions to prevent any attention being paid to them, should they be circulated :—this, added to the news which we have from the Peninsula, and the countries of the North, keeps, as may naturally be sup posed, in the greatest discontent the Ministers and their partisans, A Gentleman is arrived from Paris within these few days, who asserts, that he was present at the delivery of BONAPARTE'S speech to the Council of Commerce, end that the report made of it, as first given in the STAR of Saturday last, is as accurate as memory could give it. This Gentleman also adds, that CHAMPAGNE, the jam Minister for Foreign Affairs, bad left Paris for his appointment at Rome, and was succeeded by the Duke of BASSANO (Maret). The Lisbon letters which were delivered yesterday contain the disagreeable intelligence of the prevalence of disease among the peasantry in Portugal. All the hospitals are full, and by the returns sent to the Me dical Board at the capital, it appears that upwards of 50,000 persons have died during the campaign,tof want and disease. We regret to add, that there is not an adequate supply of medicines to relieve the unhappy victims. Provisions ix Lisbon are extremely plentiful, but it a not allowed to export them to Figueras, Oporto, nd other places, in order to retain a &efficient supply for the immense population of that city. This is the more necessary, as the fugitives who sought an asylum in 'Lisbon during the retreat of Lord Wit.ungwii, still remain in the place. Baron Taws brought over the dispatches from Lord WELLINGTON which were received on Wednes day last. It was believed at head-quarters, that Jo- SEPH had actually quitted Madrid, and was on his way to Bayonne. The numerous parties of Guerillas on the qui wive through all the mute, make it possible that his MAJESTY may be intercepted. Yesterday at twelve o'clock at noon, the adjourned Meeting was held at LLOYD'S, pursuant to notice, to consider of the nature and circumstances of the Baltic risks, on which so large an interest between the Mer chants and Underwriters depends. The Meeting continued little more than half an hour, when an ad journment was moved and carried for Thursday next; no determination having been come to on the subjects respecting which the Subscribers were convoked. We have already stated that Sir JAMES SAL/MAREZ took out an Order in Council, under the authority of which he refused to grant convoy and sailing or ders t o s hips with corn and timber destined from Gottenburgh to this country, and even to such ves sels as were provided with British licences of the 19th of April, six days subsequent to such Order. The Lords of Trade, however, have ordered a fast sailing vessel to carry out dispatches for Sir JAMES SAUMAREZ to postpone the alteration in the duty, which was the , more inconvenient, as the first of June is the day appointed for the large augmenta tion of the duty on timber from ate North Seas. We have reason to believe that Ma-. Rom timated his concurrence in the postr , alteration in the ditty, until the if" • •-•• • NAVAL IN7"ELLVENCO, R 4'. , 1 * . i TORBAY, MAY ts. Yesterday afternoon it blew very hard from the south-west, and towards evening several of the fleet which passed Berry-head the day before bore up far this place—they were his Majesty's ship JASON and Auticr sloop of war, with . abeut forty sail of their con. voy, and anchored in Torbay. This morning the wind getting round to the Eastward, they weighed and stood down Channel with a fine Breese. Put in the Quebec Beet, and sailed again this morn ing. -.Two fleets passed down Channel on Monday. • FALMOUTH, Ma ,14. Aftleed the gsprese packet front Cadiz, in ten days. "14.1*iiiTH, MAY 15. The outwatd=bound Lisbon, Cadiz, and Mediter ranean convoys, under his Majesty's ships RAINBOW, SpartuE, and PEACOCK, with the exception of four or five sail that have received damage, sailed again this morning.—Arrived the SULTANA frigate from Cork. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 103. Arrived his Majesty's ship Gonc i oN rump Lisbon, and the ANT schooner from a cruise.--Sailed the ROYAI NT on a cruise.—The TnaaelAti i; appointed convoy for Cork.—Wind W. PEAL, MAT is. Came down from the River the Charles Mills for the East Indies.—Arrived the NORGE from Ports mouth, and the TWEED from a cruize.—Sailed the REsoLurtow with dispatches for the fleet off Flushing. Arrived and sailed for Yarmouth, the FAWN. DOVER, MAY 16. The RINALDO sloop of war has sent in a French sloop, with iron and deals, from Calais for Flushing ; she was formerly the Speculation, of this port.—The TWEED sloop of war has just arrived from the coast of Holland, and landed several passengers who have made their esciwe in a Bing boat from Gorey and Dunkirk. SPORTING INTBLLIGENCE. NEWMARKET SECOND SPRING MEETING, 1811. TMURIIMAY, MAT 16. Ur. Howorth's Io•alid, list. beat Mr. Andrew's Morel, Bst. fib. Two-yr-old C. 200 gs. h. ft.-11 to 10 apt Invalid. Sweepstakes of iSgs. each, Bst. each. Two-yr-old C. ;Mr. Vansittart's f. by Sancho, out of juniUs's dam - Lord F. Bentinck's Joan 2 !Mr. Watson's Riddle 3 Led StewelPs f. by Beningtrough, darn by Sir Peter 4 .. :1 , Sto 1 apt Mr. Vansittart's f.—Even on Riddle. Mr. Payne's Crispin, sat. 51h. beat Ld t,. FL Cavendish's Ec cleston, Sat. 7lb. T. M. M. 200g5.-6 to S agst Crispip. ASO for 8-yr-olds, 6st. tlb. 4-yr-olds, ist. .s.yr-oils, Bst. 71b. 6-yr•ilds, and aged, Bst. 121 b. T. M. M. B. C. Mr, Buckle 'a ch. f. Tlppitywlcket Lord Stawell's br. rn, Bess - Lord Lowther's b h. Bramble Lord F.Bentlnck's b. s. Pheasant S to 1 apt Tippitrwichet—Exen ea Bramble. Col. Udney's brother to Morel, Bst. 61b. bear Sir 1. Shelly's Mock Bird. Sst. Slb. Xvro-yr-old C. 200 gs. la. ft.-6 to 4on brother to Morel. Lord Oxford's Victoria, Bat. 71b. beat Lord Gresvenor's Eaton, Bst. 71b. B. C. 200 p. h. ft.—S to 1 apt. Victoria. . . 9 3 4 The South Gloucester Militia are to march from Brighton on Monday, for Exeter. They will be suc ceeded by the North York. FRENCH EAGLE:IL—The Royal Depositum of the Colours, taken from the French by General GRAHAM, will take plate to-morrow, the 18th instant, in White hall Chapel, by order of the PRINCE REGENT. BRICIADt OIDER3.-•-PAItOpZ, HONORARY. The following arrangement is made for the Ceretnainial of lodging the Standard and Colours taken from the Enemy, in to-newrow, the 18th instant: I lie Majesty's Guard to' be formed at half past ten in the morning, on the Parade, Horse-Guards, and facing the edifice, as usual, in black gaiters. A deiadament of Grenadiers,' consisting of one Captain, three Subalterns, four Serjeants, and 100 rank and &le, from the Bri gade, in full dress, will be on the left of the King's Guard. The Bands of the let Regiment and•Coldstream to attend ; and the detachment of Grenadiers in white gaiters, and a detach ment of 100 rank and file, and Officers In proportion in black gai ters, will parade at ten o'clock, to preserve order, and keep the way open during the march to Whitehall. The Recruits to attend to keep the ground clear on the Parade. The men of the brigade off duty, to be formed on the Parade at a quarter before ten o'clock, with side-arms only, from thence they will loe mashed on to the Chapel. A sprig of green to he worn in the bats of officers and men. LONDON RICRUITINO ORDISRII, MAY 15, 1811. In consequence of Orders from General his Royal Highness the Duke of CAMBRIDOS, the whole of the Staff and Recruiting Party will assemble ;She Horse Guards 0-morrow alorning,lS ten o'clock, for the purpose of attending the ceremony of depo siting the FreFich Eagles at Whitehall. The °peers are expected to appear In their best uniforms, and powday4, the parade to be ready to march off at half past ten o'clock. (Signed) ROSSRT ELLIS , Major. The Ceremony will be very grand, and the martial music appropriate to the occasion. IC.IMOIS BIRTH-DAY.—The Kiwo's Birth Day will be celebrated, on the 4th of June, by her MAJESTY at Windsor, where the Pewee ReosNr, and all the ROYAL DUKES, will be present at dinner. A select party of the Noblesse, &c. are invited to a Grand Concert in the evening, His Royal Highness the Paiwpa RgoaNr will review the several Volunteer Corps of London and Westminster, and their environs, on the succeeding day upon Wimbledon Common- Not less than 13,000 infantry are expected to form upon the ground on this occasion, the line of - which is a to be Ranked by two regiments of Hussar cavalry. All the Princes of the Blood, and numerous General Officers, &c. will appear in the REGENT'S suite on this occasion; so that the whole is expected to form one of the most brilliant military spectacles that has been known for many years. The magnificence of the gala ap Carlton-house in the evening, may be best conceived by those who are not itringers to , the dis tinguished taste of its. illustrious' donor and director, The Ladies are to appear in fult Cour, Drew!, Hoofs; only excepted; and those dresses, however composed, as we have already enaounced, arc to be of the exclu sive manufacture of the United Kingdoms. Mast4.aNz.-7'hia clay the Market has not many fresh arrivals of Wheat, but tolerable remaining quantities, and sales again extremely heavy at some what less price—Barley likewise—Malt maintains its price, as also Peas and Beans of each sort, and not many on hand—There are tolerable supplies of Oats on hand, with some few fresh arrivals, and *alea" in this trade, for second and inferior, named rather PweT-e-riour t4l Niles at 1 to citif4se4 I TIMM Aoo6,lntrev m Acyrreci to esse ADRIATI.e. ADDRESSED I'D TH; VtCL&OY by Il'Agyf t IT AI4IILITART ounce,' ON WARD coot OR THE yI4IO,ATZ!,—./319.1 THE MONITEUR. ..4 j e u mk . ki r k 14 , " MCFNSKIGNEUR- 7 40 sonseqinece of the commatri of your Highness, I embarked on board the frigate Favourite, at Ancona, on the 11th, in the evening,. The divisions under the command of Captain Dabour i dies consisted if four frigates and two small corvettes, forming in all six ships, two of which belonged to the French, and four w the Italian navy, We got uncler sail with a light breeze, about seven in the vesting, 46 At sunset, on the 12th we perceived the eastms point of Lissa. I propose d Captain unbourdiee, that I should land at Lissa with. 3JO men, which 4 had - on board, in order to take a position. This, however, he refused, and the.division remained * whole night in sight of land, in order to keep beiges the wind. At day-break we perceived the Eaglishdimisioo l which consisted of a cut-down ship of the line, carrY'l ing only her lower-deck gins, and three frigate'. The Commodore immediately made the signal to prepare for b.ittle. As the Vayoerite sailed better ;hag the other ships, she was cogoderably a-head of the teas of the division ; however, at a quarter past eeyesa the order was given for.the action to commence. . " Captain Meillerie *aid to Me, 1 . 4 • Colon:A, wet' it not be better were we to wait a while leeger itil form our line i" I conommicated this oltservatien to the Commander, who. hoWeetie,•etely replie,e, tt -Thee is the happiest day of optiieee, too of thew shim I must be ours. We have the advaatage le tw,, fn., gates over the enemy, and we are as well eaisoged ae he is." Your Royal Highness must he mead, Ihef on board .chit shie, yea+ nothing, are; that I-weit now for the first rime in an action at sea. I could deem: fore oply concur with this braee offices, and lees ime, hie to describe the, cogs which animated Abg thew of the Favourite. . ~ - r 4' A few minutes after. eight, the frigate had got _ within gun T shot of the enemy's ships, received theist fire, and returned it with astonishing activity frorri both sides. The wind, however, which had 'nee very brisk, fell off, and it became at last quite calm. We had been an hour and a quarter in action, and no ship of our divisioe had joined us, "4 At a quarter past nine Captain Dubourdieu said. to me, " This is a glorious day, though I have begq somewhat too rash : courage, however, our divisionv will yet support us !" Scarce had he Token them words, when a ball struck him, and severed him in , two. About the sane time, the .frigate Flora came , into the line, and about half-past tee the Ceuronne 1 and half an hour later the Danae also joined. From . this plain statemept, your Highness will easily mt . ceive how inconsiderate our manopoires were, 4' As the Captain of the frigate and the Lieutenant were idled, the command, according to the practice in such cases, devolved on Me ; the Midshipman. Villeneuye, directed the menseueres, About hilt! past ten o'clock the masts of the Favourite fell by she bbard, and Mr. Villeetuve intimated to me, :that ha i could no longer steer the vessel. We were otandieg at the same time before the wind, close by the isletf of Lissa. I gave prders to make for the land, toole•, possession of several vessels, on board of which I put my sailors, and the frigate was alloyed to escape; without interraptipe- 4' the Couronne having lost all her masts, •wale after a most obstinate resistance, obliged to strike ahoet half past four . g'clock, The Ditnae, the Flora s and a corvette, ran during the night into Lessina, Thp, English, in the utmost distress, took refuge in fbe island of St. George, after they had s 4 4r e to .the Couronne, and one pf their own frigates. The cut. down vessel, after tieing wholly dismasted, run ageinsi: the rocks of the island, and ip all probability /ISSI 4 have been dashed in pieces, o The result of this action is on our part the lose of two frigates, The loss on the part of the English is one frigate and a cut-down ship of the line. It 4 • certain, that if Captain Duhgerdiee had wishful tq. wait longer, and concentrate his division, this day would have beep very glorious for the Italian Noy. The extraordinary zeal and abilities of this Officer would haye atchieved a two-fold victory. At all events, the Italian marine; have covered themieleel with glory, and acquired a fame that will be tregie mittea pa posterity, by engaging and baffling the • English with an equal, if not inferior force, in Toe of the skill and manceuvres of their OA - inlanders. Thl; merit will neither be overlooked nor unrewarded by his Majesty. I-laving once engaged us, they hind . no difference betwerg the French and Italians. Th/e • Italian marine has merited the same praise and it mese be to England a source of much anxiety and dißp• pointment, that the sailors of the Adria* are not ill, ferior to the French seamee. ." The division will set sail toonorrow from ! l eo, sine, for Ragusa, in order tg refit. s' It is the opinion of all seafaring people, that ir • Captain Dubourdieu had kept his Menton togp s thee, we should have got possession of two of the enceny'e ships, though the enemy ha two cut down ships l i of the line ( vaiueaux ram.) owevee, without rec koning the two corvettes *hie we had more than the enemy, aad the advantage resulting from their having these two reduced ships of the line, our frig;tes h; each the advantage of 80 men, which enabled ehem to fire from both, rides. The reshUes4 awl 0 11 11PR 7 sity of CaptAiubotirdieu, however, lost every thing. " Your Highness will, wit cut doubt, receiye the highest pleasure from the good conduct efthemeteen • on this day, though a positive victory wa; ;sot Obi tamed—and their conduct is the more lobe wondered at, as this is the first action in which the Italian ties. . rine has been eeeaged, and which must gain them the favour and apprebation of his Majesty, • - • " I have no doubt that the French tjaital officer, will *represent to the Minister of Marine the diedne guished courage the Italian seamen displayed on chip occasion. " Great as the error is which Captain Duheerdie4 committed, his loss is much to be regretted. Never was officer more brave or seaman more skilful. But .the sight of the enemy hurried him into an irepredene temerity. :- 44 The loss of the English is immense—half t*t• officers and a great part part of their crew ere kilted. '" Finally, the good disposition of the odtsdeiteete of the coast of Dalmatia ought tg be made . ltnoWe eo your Highness, yesplp came tore all; be islands hq our assistance, apd the li4i,oeal Guards haiatteed to the F°aft/ *44 offered os'tbeSrsoPPoTt: /4 A. geeleateete, G4eeel-Adjutant." ______.•_..o—a.