Star. — London, England, 1809-10-19 00:00:00

FRENCH AND DUTCH PAPERS. • season of the year, we cannot but pity the fate of the English soldiers. The frantic, ignprantoar criminal men, who have thrown so many brave fellows into certain danger, deserve not only their animachtqcdon, but that of the generous of all countries. The Moniker of the 9th October contains some marks, in the shape of notes on the observations of an :English paper, of 13th ult. relative to the conduct of Lord Wellington in Spain. nsietisa TaPaa.—We have said, that in a raili7ary point of - View, the movements of Lord Wellington were regulated by his own choice. . NOTE OF THE MOVITEUE.."-LOrd Wellington has . been very .fortunate to reach the banks of the Tagus, to be able to cover hiniself by this liver, and thus escape total destruction ; but that his retreat was— s, regulated by his own choice," is a thing which can only be said in England, and will be believed nowhere. —.Why then did not Lord Wellington retire by Pia • centia, where his magazines were ? Why at least did 'he not pass . the Tagus over the bridge of. Almaraz ? 'Why did he pass that river •by the bridge of Arzo tsispo, whence ,be made his retreat over diiliCult •mountains and.by scarcely practicable roads.? Cer • tainly such a retreat as that could not be a voluntary • tetreat?—and Lord Wellington, unleis we suppose him actually insane, could nothave taken that direc tion of his own choice. = • Lord Wellington preserved, duties ten days, a position, in which the French troops, had they thought themselves strong • enough, might have attacked our army, and left ft ao caller means • if escaping but victory. Nom—This is a very singular assertion, when, according to the noble custom of the English, Lord Wellington had abandoned the army of Cuesta, who had been beaten on the Tagus, and lost 35 pieces of cannon and all his ammunition. The writer asks why the French did not pursue the English. army ?—They did pursue it, for they .• came up with the rear-guard. This rear-guard, it is true, was composed only of the troops of Cuesta— but they were there as allied troops, and made part of the pursued army. The French, too, destroyed that portion of this army wh ich they overtook. Two things certainly result this—first, that the rear guard of Lord Wellington was destroyed ; and, se slomily, that Lord Wellington having to give the post of honour either to the English troops or those Spa niards of whom he speaks so ill, determined in favour of the Spanish troops. The post of honour in an army is that which is nearest the enemy. When Francis I. sent to re-de mand the sword of Constable from the Constable Bourbon, the latter replied—" The King took,it from me on the day when he gave the command of the advanced guard to the Duke of Alencon."—s Lord Wellington had not the same sentiments with the brave Chevaliers of those times. • He does not . pique himself on keeping for himself the post of hos nour, he gives it up to his allies. . The lit-club, after having beaten his rear-guard, might have entered Portugal, but they did not wish it, because it was then the month of August, because the climate is fatal at that season—because only mad men, such as those who direct the English Govern ment, would, in the months of August and Septem ber, expose an army to perish in the marshesof Wal cheren, or in the sands of gstr a madura, IN CLASH PA PVt.—lt is certain that he was deceived is his ex pecatica of finiing previsions and means if conveyance. The charge of want of foresight made against Lord Wellington falls of itself. NoTr.—The pretext of wanting provisions is al ways the excuse of Generals who are beaten ; or .who are rendered unable to attempt any thing.— Would not one suppose Lord Wellington comman ded an army of COO,OOO infantry and 40,000 cavalry, —When a General bas an army so considerable, the prowling of provisions may give him some trouble, but cannot absolutely stop his progress. Can it be believed that an atmy of '26AM men could not find subsistence in a country where towns are so numer ous? Such an army is only a strong division which a single town of Spain could maintain fortwousantlis. Besides, if Lord Wellington was uneasy with respect to the subsistence of his army, why did he 41-amiss's his magazines His line of operation and his maga s tines were upon and at Placentia. Why did he suf fer Placentia to be taken ? Why !—because this Ge neral of Sepoys had the imprudence to advance to the very middle of Spain, without knowing either what force was before him or what upon his flanks. We see by his dispatches, that he sometimes believed that the Duke of Dalmatia had irst 8003 men, and some times that he had 16,000. Under these fake suppo sitions, he bad proposed to divide his forces to go and attack the Duke of Dalmatia, when all on a sud den, and too late, he learned that this same Duke was advancing upon him with a corps of sixty thou, sand men. He then fled in the utmost haste, and he was in the right. Had he been amused at Talavera instead of being attacked, and had not particular and local circumstances permitted him to pass the Tagus, and escape by sacrificing the corps which he left be hind him, not a soldier of his army would have again seen England. If ever there. was a General wanting foresight, it is cettainlf Lord Wellington. If he should long command the English armies, we may flatter ourselves with obtaining great advantage from the brilliant combinations at a General so inex perienced in the trade of war. Zonctitt Porza.-..We are told that the French have a nume, tone flotilla under the protection of the batteries of Lillo; if they should dare to come forward, we shell ne douist give a gaud ac count of theta. No-e s —What a prudent resolution ! We should 1)e very happy should the English establish themselves the island of Walcheren, in order to retain it ; when we chose to drive tb,eus out, we can do it ; and then it will not be a simple garrison of two or 3000 men, who must his , down their arms, but an entire corps of 15 or '..),000. l'Arna.—Passage in a letter from an Officcr at } ••01;: : " I s..w in a wa g gon 13 Officers of the 69th regimen:, etiffc!-iug untie:: this cruel disorder." NOTE.—If the malady which afflicts the English army were the consequence of laborious marches, the fatigaes of a long campaign, or of some un torssessi cause s tie English soluwrs ought to si.pport • with courage the evils inevitshly attached to the no ble profession c:f arms. When maladies are the scourge of the climate ; when it is knovni to the whole world, thst to send an army to the Island of Wal cberen in the 'months of August, September, October, and even half of November, ii to expose it to certaia destruction; wkai it is only necessary to consult the meanest of the fishermen of the Scheldt to learn, that dysentcries,- bdspital disofigs, pernicious fevers, and even the plsn tie itself are less dangerous than the ma psss.nt en the isle ci WalciTrea at thin SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE PAPERS. TARRAGONA, SEPT. '27. As the city of Barcelona i 5 in the greatest distress for provisions, the French Government has laden , supplies on board a number of vessels in all the ports between Toulon and Cabo-Creus, which are under order.; to sail at an appointed time, under convoy of a French squadron front Toulon. The English Ad miral Lord Collingwood, in order to prevent this movement, has separated his squadron into various divisions, and has sent the Conqueror, of 74 guns, Captain Fellowes. to reinforce, and to take the com mand of the vessels blockading Barcelona. THE EIVENING STAR. LONDON. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19. PEACE OF STOCKS Titia DAY AT ONE OVIA34IIL Consols, for money, 68}{—r{oe ace. 681 Omnium prem.-.-Exclauster Bilk, f . s t 12s. eotfuchlle:tktaiednmthen.t.of their CIUDAD RODRICO , SEPT. 4. i th e dispositions of tine capital and of the provinces 1 which they and prevented th n ,?wo Members of the Board ofOld Castile, wh-a are ! elf impetu. just arrived here, state, that there are 2000 French men in Burgos, but that in Burgo de Osma, Auntie, ends. Thus unacquainted with the S ' and the adjoining towns, they have only a few de- guilty over siee e tachments of cavalry and infantry. Ney's division will, but strongly impressed with the calamities v.iii. is stationed between Salamanca and Toro. which the kingdom was afflicted, and the st ill grease: TREUL, SEPT. 4. 1 ones with which it was threatened, the Council 're , ' The unhappy inhabitants of Saragossa, who have peatedly addressed the Provincial Juntas, an d survived the most dreadful siege, and the most des- pressed upon them the urgency of establ 1.• ih* ng a tructive epidemy, are now undereoing a treatment legal Government. Its representations, la a , reve , scarcely less hard than death itself. After so many ..-. calamities, the barbarous Suchet has levied upon .wer e disregarded ; and the Council, sensible, that, them exorbitant contributions, and. allowed his sol- under such extraordinary circumstances, rro d er.ct diers to cut down the corn before it was ripe to feed recommended, and the necessity of previditm f or t i,,, their horses, without being moved by the tears of the safety of the country, justified a 41...tiatioa ' ~ I. oe , unfortunate widows and orphans : to this are added . the rule proposed, that the Juntas should exercise il many other vexations, one of which is, that no one, up- , wards of 14 years old, can go about the street without Power which the law had not given them, and th em a permit for that purpose, for which he must pay. selves appoint a Government ad interim. The re , VICH, SEPT. S. posal was acquiesced in, and the Central Junt a lee The Commissioners of this Board sent intelligence at Aranjaez. Thus far did the ' wish of preveneet under yesterday's date, that the enemy occupy nearly ' ! still greater evils carry the Council ; hut, ever i n ; d the same positions they did previous -and depositor y to the relief of i f u l o f i ts d ut i es as t h e guardian d • ' y of tie Gerona ; notwithstanding which, their fire upon the laws of the Monarchy, scarcely was the new Geyer: fortress has considerably slackened. _ ment organized when it called the attention of ;., Members to the necessity of speedily substitutire, t _ , forms unknown to the institutions of the country, and diametrically opposite to those of the monarelsizel a o vernment, a regency composed of the number e: itela : duals prescribed by thelaw &floral incasesofrairaai t ; sEvia.t,E, SEPT. 35. prof the Sovereires inability to discharge the high di : The following extract of a letter from a Member of the Junta of Gerona has been transmitted to the tiee of his cligeity.. War Office by General Blake, under date of the 29th [To these obsetvations, no answer was; lettered ; ultimo : A larg at r o ons and the Council could not but see, in thi s s il ence c,; The troops of th i r. brave garrison, notwithstand- e Naval- force is now pre p aring the Central, Junta, a fresh proof of its wist'o mouth to sail to the Black Sea, to co-operate with • . time. m, a:. ing the excessive fatigue to which they are exposed, diem a d opt i on at that would probably h• t. the total want of wine, and scarcity of bread, perfor- the Turks against the Russians. The following are • a. Ten mod, this morning, a most heroic atchievement. The ' among the shipementioned to proceed on this service s attended with great inconveniences, and it wee, in remy, to the number of 180 infantry, with five offs- i la. • LNEPTUNL, 98 ; KENT, 74 ; REPULSE, 74; WARSPITE, Sege suauner A necessary to conform to the opinions cers, occupied the houses adjoining the tower of Giro- ,„ , 14 the PeoVilleeeo-In the mean time, experience ha re • oCEPTRE, VICTORIOUS, DANEVARK, ALFRED, arid , nella. But forty of our soldiers dislodged them, with ' disgrace, from that post, having killed the Comman- la LOIRE frigate. • . - evinced, that the apprehensions of the Council wet.- ding Officer and nine men, wounded two privates i well founded e that its suggestions were proper and and one officer, and taken 26 prisoners. i Mr. KAY, the messenger, has arrived with impor- correct ; gad. that, whatever Government had been The Supreme Junta of Arragon has transmitted a rant dispatches from Mr. Annie, his Majesty's Am- eetablished„ it ought not to have deviated from the dispatch from Brigadier D. Pedro de Villacampa, ! bassador at the Sublime Porte. He came to Ply- letter-of the law.] • dated the 26th ult. at Cata.yud, stating that he had, ! mout h in the Intelligent un-bri•a last from Malta The Address continues : .g . b ,. in the 'noosing of that day, dislodged 600 of the enemy from Porto Del Frasno and Almunia, with the' and Gibraltar. 4 i Itis a.a tait a short time since we obtained vi ctor:ea • , ~. loss of a Lieutenant Colonel, 63 soldiers, and two ! Mr. 1 10 MELLISH, his Majesty's late Charge des Al-' whicP- ! Out, the prospect of a speedy d e li veren;? , ; ; - cuirassiers, made prisoners. i faires at Palermo, came home in the same Wesel. • anc,1.:91, 4extigration of haptinm to our Capital and -aa a The enemy's troops that were at Huesca and Bar-1 .. -s; •;r. : to tl?e, opescoy ; but, to-day, we are covered with . bastro suddenly marched off on the I . 7 th ult. for Sa-1 GIBRALTAR MAIL . ra:a -- •:. - - lloOmat ' * "4: ) *iid hive- to lament the loss of many oi ragossa, carrying with them their stores, provisions, 1 , . - . the Gibraltar Mail we have rece i ve d Seville t he teallant soete nud defenders of the country. , and sick, after extorting, at the point of the bayonet, , p' Y . . ata---e- -- . .• • • ' the most exorbitant contributions. PrOm bOth places, ' Gazettes to the 30 th ult. The fi r si o .and- more pro- st - . Re n arm - jesewere. at. the-gates of the Ca a:ital ... I iind also at Caspe and other towns of AeragOn, they minent article they contain, is the-tenearal of a law, and.e. t _ Ye Ire. Am /hem beaten, mostly dispersed, carried off a number. of tile most respectable inhabi- i appointing a Censor on the Press sine an-ttewspoefs• • t , Ana koin v eue4 ti, fall back nearly upon the scree tants, and anion oti'.ers all the Canons of Barbas- i i A public ' . appoint e d' icr b ' i 't • stlee' iits lien the prosecutor is appointe ring o a tu • ,poi w ce enemy threetened us about th la ~e t • - - tro. The Ministetaa the Spaniel] Rota,. D. J oaquin , - . _ . I ralacin, who is a native of Peirbastro, is Con fi ned in those who dare to assert their rights aalsuman beings, ter encloofarch.: . . Pampeluna by orderOf Joseph 13ortaparte. I and the Tribunal before which they are to be tried, 44 Supported by the zeal of the nation, and at the SEPT. 2C.—The Supreme Governing Junta' of the !is the Supreme Council of Spain and the Indies ! In expence of the mostpainfulsacrifices of kingdom being desirous that the mode.established by l o ther words, the Grand Inquisitor now stalks abroad the love of our country, we had succeeded in cited. law, with regard to printed books and public jour-' in 0 in all his horrid deformity ? nizing, training, and increasing our army, consider nals, shall continue to be observed, has authorised i ' the Supreme Council of Spain to attend to this de- ; The same Papers give an Abstract of the Decrees ably reduced by former losses ; and, to-day, we ste pertinent, with the same powers which it has always of JOzEPII NAPOLEON, abolishing the Monastic insti- the hopes of that country disappointed, and the skii:, possessed. The Council has accordingly appointed i tutions, and other nests of vermin, which have for so merit, and authority of its most worthy Commie* the most illustrious D. Manuel de Larelizabal to ex- I many centuries fattened on the industry of an cp- ders, exposed to obloquy and wounded. orrice the jurisdiction of the press. ressed oulation. " Two large national armies . inspired us with the The Supreme Junta of Estremadura has transmit- I pp p ted an accoupt of a gallant attempt made by D. Ma- I But by far the most important article received by most flattering hopes ; and we expected, that, united riano Ricafort, in the night of the 10th, to surround i this conveyance, relates to the present state of with the numerous and brilliant army of Great Bri• a body of 80 Frenchmen, who had passed over to I THE S:?ANISH GOVERNMENT. tain, they would soon accomplish the enemy% de the left bank of the Tagus, and were quartered in I T 'oncillo. lie made the attack with 200 light I Some time :go the Supreme Council of Spain and struction, and drive them beycod the lofty Pyrenee s; troops, at three points, and though the result was i the Indies, la -.tented en address to the Supreme Junta and, to-day, we are on the point of being abandoned not so complete as he intended, the enemy did not !on the s:: - ,jat" of .a Regency, and of which we have ; i by our generous benefactors, our warlike allies. effect their escape without a loss of 15 killed, and 26 !received a copy from Gibraltar. This important do-1 " Such was the faithful picture of our situation a made prisoners. On our side there were one killed, current has uot been suffered to be published in Spain ; N ....; .: ' • short time ago ; and what is it at present !AA 1 the and 15 wounded. The enemy on the following morn ing occupied Torrejoncillo with 2000 men. and we think its suppression a ccounts in some mea- armies which defend us, and the people who are fulie A serjeant and nine privates lately deserted to our I sure for the new restraints imposed upon the public acqua l hted with it, could describe it far better then army of Estremadura , from one of those foreign re-; P ress . .., : ~ . 1 the Council ; and, if possible, a still more corn= ire giments which constitute the principal force of the! Our corre s pondent at Gibraltar informs us, that thelpresentation might be given by the wretched Inhabi enemy. On their arrival in this city, they were 1 re warded with 1470 reels Yellen each, for having I utmost discontent against the present wretched and tants of Estremadura , . Mancha , le and Madrid, who brought og their horses with them ; and they wi ll I imbecile Government of the Supreme Junta pervades are already made to pay for their premature exulta , receive the pay of privates until they return to their i the whole of the Spanish Provinces. He adds, that tion, by a fresh plunder of their property, and the native country. These troops abominate a service in i the people seem ripe for a' new insurrection, not ignominious kind of death they suffer on scaffolds ! which they are at once the agents and victims of per. : iI; n favour of the French but against their present " This cruel change we see, wonder at, and mourn fidy and tyranny. LISBO . N, SEPT. 26. 4 Rulers, who have shewa a torpor, imbecility, and in- for ; but we do not feel the effects of it at present, i dec i s ion , but little a d apte d to thepresent cr i s i s, and and, from our contemplating it at a distance, arises The injurious effects of the atmospheric damps ; v have been generally felt in the moist and spongy dis- , to the rqin with which Spain has been so long threat- not cilia our incredulity. These unexpected strokes , tiicts of Iladajos, and the British General, Sir Arthur, cued—A ruin which has only been averted by the depress the minds of the people, but damp their pa• Wellesley, has suffered from this baneful situation. ; temporary employment which has been given to the triotic zeal, which if once extinguished, wee to LY , He is very ill of a fever and ague, and is hourly ex - ! ' arms of NAPOLEON in Germany by a set of men as ill to our religion and to our existence ! petted in this city. lam concerned to add to this i . l'fi d , qua t e to oppose him with effect, as even the Su- ".The People are indulging in unrestrained corn melancholy fact, that a great part of the British army is in a most sickly state, and that the mortality is very 1 preme Junta itself appears to be. plaints, and make them known by libelous and in considerable in the small cantonments, where free The following is the Address alluded -to. Of the j flammatory placards. Their daily conversations, in quently ten or twelve die daily. introductory part aT have only received an abridge. places of the greatest resort, suppose different parties, My information on this subject is from an Officer , ; ment. We give it as we have received it : views and interests among their Governors, and who entered Lisbon yesterday with the 87th regiment, ' numbering only about 260, although, when they 1 a The Supreme Council of Spain and the Indies , threaten some, whilst they insult others, forgetful of landed they were 920 strong. The *sad, which ar-1 in which are now united those of Castle, the Indies, the respect due to the supreme authority, and regard rir,ed this morning, is diminished in the proportion of Orders, and Finances, has addressed a most energetic less of the consequences to the public peace and union. five to one. It musters only 200, and when landed representation to the Supreme Junta, upon the expe. " The Council shudders upon contemplating th^ from the mouth of the Tagus it consisted of 1000. l e . temp, nay, the absolute necessity, of establishing a danger in which it sees the country, because it cann ot The 27th reg iment is leaving this place to join the I " army among the marshes on the spanish frontier. Regency, composed, of three or fiveltlentlers e tageee. foresee the possible results of this ferment, whic h , You have already been informed of the accusaeion.rably tq the laws of the kingdom.—The Council while it meets with its utmost disapprobatiou, as con. preferred against Captain Mustin of the Dottrel, for ibegins by reminding the Board of the Order issued may to the law, at the same time excites its apple cruelty to his ship's company. A Court Martial was ; b • Y Ferdinand, at Bayonne, for the immediate cony°. hensions on account of the oppositic intereot.of the assembled for his trial on board the Semiramis frigate, .• of which Capt, Linzee of the Triumph was appointed' . ration of the Cortes, Juntas, and of the variety it observe% in their Opinions ; President. After a full investigation of the nature I • *f This order was unfortunately kept secret from and also because it is generally knoivis, -that 'The law, of the charge, of the evidence, and of the defence by I the Council, which would certainly have enforced its in cases like this, directs that the Government be en which it was resisted, Captain Mustin was found execution in spite of every obstacle; and in this cir- trusted to one, three, or five Individuals. The Supreme guilty and dismissed the ship. .._ - cumstance originated the anarchy which followed on Junta is, therefore, bound by the most sacred duty to COI NN OCTOBER 3. The greatest tranquillity prevails in this part of the the assumption of the supreme power by the particular lay these truths before your Majesty, in cede M ward _ country, and we have not the least expectation of , ,Tuatitsoftbediffeeentprovinces:ananarchywhiehpa are ve4 of the dangers by which we threatened, . an to being visited by the French. The Conde de Nerona 1 thew's/forth eprogressof the French armiesond would prevent the excesses of a people, who think their dc stall commands this province. He is a man of abili- ! probably haveended in the completesubjug .tion of the fence and protection unattended to. ties and is much liked. The Defender: brig, which tc .. dmg our, if the remnants of the Spanish - "In your Majesty resides the Sovereign pc,wer- - arrived lately from England, has brought' with her • 10,000 stand of arms; which ;he is flow Onleedieg for ted in the most distant provinces, the unshaken loyalty the remedy is in your own hands. A generous 6 - - aa • . .. . the use of the Patriots. Pr the natives , and the atigmy's mof boadejlce.. 444 d en i a l will perpetuate the memory , of the serviacs ~ .a . %.e.i- aae;; stir ta... peal ...LOSA:. ... z: LERIDA, sEpT. 4. On the 2d arrived a French Commissary and seven artillery-men, made prisoners by a party of patriots, between Pampehma and Tafalla. We also had the pleasure of seeing the Chief of the party, D. Xavier Mina, a student, who has distinguished himself by the patriotic ardour which he evinces in his incursions against the enemy. along the highway from Navarre to Saragossa. Many a Frenchman has fallen by, or into, the hands of this brave youth. Among others was a General of Division, who was shot dead in his coach.