Star. — London, England, 1811-10-24 00:00:00

-- • • awl splendour that so-statiagtished it formerly —no. thing is seen but the equipagei of the French Gene rals and commissaries, and the trisinedlate Officers of its Court. The taxes and duties levied on the pro duce of the country, are posithrely stated it twice the amount of its first cost, which, with use same or a still *more ruinous course of exchange than prevails there, (I believe, rather less than three dollars for one pound sterling,) prevent foreigners from purchasing, which annoys Murat, is he is subject to a heaVy expendi. lures indeed, to tell truth, it is not to him that thew calamities are to be attributed, but to the eternal or. 'den he daily receiVes from Paris; for, ihdividually, 4 appears, the Neapolitans are rather attached to him khan otherwise, being mighty fond of playing the icing, and shewing his figure in theatrical dresses, 'such a's thebld Spanish habit, Roman bciots, ac. *c. l iter we may form a clear idea that his actions and in tentions are not in unison ; for, in his reply to the de putation of merchants, who intreated some relaxation in favour of commerce, he roundly declared, that if be . were it the head of 200,000 bayonets, his conduct Is a sovereign would be quite different. It would appear that this, or some such expression of his ge imiUe sentiments, is the cause of what is now reported, that Jknapartt has determined to remove him from th.tt dull Kingdom, either by deposing or transport • ing him to some other soil already ruined by the pa ternal cares of the French troops : this, at least, is the news of the day ; and it would appear that the wily Corsicalt has deliberately matured his plan, as in hat.l ing withdrawn alinott all the French troops from Naples, he has provided against any resistance to his . caprices that his brothe'r.in-law might be inclined to make against an order for retransportation. As for the Neapolitan soldiers, they are good for nothing, as he Well knows, and according to the experience of In the onl; allusions to that countr- •_. ages. !y two ..siusions to that c0u....y, in the Expose to the French Legislative Assembly, a coincidence with this report may be observed ; for where the Minister speaks of the Romans as interior. ing with the communication of the troops in Up. CT and Lower Italy, one might suppose that Naples was in integral part of the trench Empire already, and. not an independent state with a distinct Monarch. " On allusion to the non-performance of Mitrat's contract to build six ships of the line and six frigates, ihera is what must be understood as a threat by all who can decypher the chief tyrant's language ; it is cruel enough to harrass his kinsman on the subject ci gbip-builtling, of which we may well suppose a ca gal: y Officer, like Murat, is rather uninformed ; as tsf the only line of battle ship he has attempted we sh o uld properly be regarded as the Mari:lots, by Bonaparte, .in having intercepted all Cie. cop_ per sheathing in one expedition, and all the masts, , yards, &c. in another lately. Our young stuff cl the Thames triiate and Cephalus brig had even the in: aelicaey to go on shore for JE (0,000 worth of stuff, which they deliberately attached to 2.5.gua and slier boats, with oil, wine, &c. to the admiration of several hundred military spectators on shore, and brought theni ".NIESSTN..t, AtICI7St S. mesh troops which have arrived in Calabria to Ell up the vacancies in the Regiment of Esteri, and will in part form the Camp in the vicinity of Torre del Piali. The French General who commands on the coast opposite to us, is General Manhis. " On Wednesday arrived in this port his Britannic ],Majesty's ship of war Victorious, Captain Talbot, With some transports." AUGUST 24.—0 n Wednesday entered this Port, escorted by a frigate, several vessels laden with wheat from Egypt, which were sent to Alexandria by the Commissary General of the British Navy forsprovi sions for the Little." GIIIRALTAR, SEPT. 7. " The FAME and Cvalte, with a 4 l4rge convoy for England, sailed from hence yesterday ; also the 39th regiment, and WArrEviLLE's, for Cadit. which ar rived a few days ago from Sicily. • GeneralßALLAszenos' army is at Manilba, in this neighbourhood. The inhabitants of this place have subscribed 20,000 hard dollars for supplying it with arms and necessaries." We have received Gazettes from Buenos Ayres to the 19th of July, and letters to the 7th of August. The former contain the Manifesto addressed by Ei.to to the Junta of Buenos Ayres, calling upon them to acknowledge FERDINAND VII. and to return to their allegiance to the mother country. This is followed by an indignant reply of the Junta, in which they re. peat their declarations of independence, and set the Moolevideans at defiance. Our Readers already know the retult of the bombardment of Buenos Ayres which followed. The private letters, which are of a teach later date, convey the information that all is still unsettled in that quarter. Extracts from these atlons will be found in.another part of our Taper. Yesterday, a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when Captain Jost' CRAIG was sworn into the command of the new ship Duchess of Gordon. The Court adjourned at six o'clock, till Wednesday next. The Hon. Octal.= HAT, Lord NEWTON, one of the Senators of the College of Justice, died suddenly on Saturday last, at Powrie, in Forfarshire. Yesterday, the Court Martial held at Portsmouth, on Captain Passros, of the GENTDIRDR, for tyranny and oppression, broke up, when Capt. PRUTON was admonished to be more aratompeot in his language in future. "1 ,, 1.wir .1%-' !NAVAL INTELLIGENCI. , 4 •irALmovra, OCTOBER 11. Arrived the Amelia picket with a mail from Malta, and the Nocton packet, also with a mail from Malta ; both packets are last froin from Whence they sailed only seven days ago. Sailed the Venus and Bee transports for Portitfunith. The outwird bound packets, With Mails, still remain wind-bound. PLYMOUTH, OCTOBER. Et. The MENRLAUS frigate went out of the Sound to Cawsancl e tay last evening, and will sail for Sicily as soon as the wind becomes fair. The SAN Joser, of 112 guns, la RHIN frigate, and nauicriaras sloop, all went out' of harbour this afternoon ; the first to Caw iand Bay, and the two litter to the Sound. The *flares, 18 guns, sailed this afternoon on a cruize. MALTA, 80 guns, is ordered to get her full com plement of men on board, by or before the 10th of beat month.—Wind PORTSMOUTH, OCTOBER 23. Arrived, his Majesty's ship CYANE, with a convoy of transports, &c. from the Mediterranean :—they laded from Gibraltar the 6th inst.—they are how ha• der quarantine.—Among the transports arrived are the following : Alfred, British isle, Robert, Benja -1 min Shaw, London, Duchess of Bedford, Mary, Ex pedition, Ruby, Friends, Trent, Peace, Adventure, Dedalus, and the William.—When they sailed from Gibraltar, they were 36 sail in company, but parted in a gale the 18th instant, in lat. 47. 10. long. 7.40. Sailed, his Majesty's ships DEXTEROUS, THRACIAN, and ZEPHYR. DEAL, OCTOBER 23. Arrived, the INTELLIGENT, with a convoy from :he westward, And several ships from the River; and remain, with his Majesty's ships, and a large fleet of outward-bound.—Wind SHEERNESS, OCTOBER. ,22. Arrived the CORNORANTi from the westward, and sailed up the River Thames. Vice-Admiral Sir H. E. Srastrorz, Bart. is expected hourly to leave the command at this part ; he is to be succeeded by Rear- Admiral Sir Tnosras Wrwasis, Knight. ABERDEEN, OCTOBER . 19. In the gale of,Saturday last, from the southward, the brig Daphne, MITCHELL, prom Quebec, was put into Fraserburgl3, after striking at the entrance of the harbour, where it is feared she has suffered damage. The same day, the brig Ruby, PHILP, of this pcirt, on her passage to London, was driven from both anchors; and having afterwards carried away her bowsprit, and lost some of her sails, went ashore in the harbour of Holy Wand, but is got off without having sustained any other material damage. The sloop Peggy, LEstaz, of this port, was next day driven from her anchors near Fort George, noon a point 'of land, where she lost her rudder ; but the vessel beat off, and was next day brought into a place of safety. The Alex , nder, JAMESON, from this port, to London, put into Yarmouth on Wednesday, to repair, having been on the Scorby Sand. HULL, OCTOPI!: 21. The t ddystone, Cißeny, of this: port, from Jamaica, in her passage up the Channel, between Dover and Dungeness, a few days ago, was attacked by two French privateers, which she beat off ; the crew be having in a very braie manner. Unfortunately, two other privateers coming tip, the whole four attacked the Eddystone, which, after an ineffectual contest, was compelled to surrender; none of the crew were either killed or wounded. The Frencliniert made off With their prize, btit, in attempting to enter a French part, the Was stranded. No lives, however, were lost. The brig Htape, of Lynn, from Sunderland, was lately run on hoard by the London Packet, of Newcastle, off the Humber, and sunk. All hands saved, except ing a boy. —The Adventtsre, of Sunderland, vial laden, was lost on .the Home Heads—Crew saved.— Thursday the bispatch, SCOTT, a London trader, sailed from Whitby, with a cargo, and returned the day following, having received damage by a blow from a London btig, which was standing on a diffe rent tack. GIRVAN, OCTOBER 15. We have had dreadful stormy weather here for a week past. A boat, which T am concerned with, picked up, off this place yesterday, a top and top.gal lant-mast, of a heavy square rigged vessel. On the top-sail the maker's name is visible, viz. "John Smith, sail-maker, Worthington."—The sails are much da maged, but the remainder of the rigging attached are in tolerable order. It is supposed to belong to a ves sel which was lost about a fortnight ago off Portpatrick. ASIIVCD—At Milford, the Clio, from Ctsracoa i with loss of main-mast.. At 'Whitby, Ceres, from Quebec. At Swansea, Eliza% Harley, from Prince Edward's Is.and. In the River, Du- chess of Richmond, from Dubltn. At Plymouth, Swallow, Mat thews, from Oporto, in seven days. In the Clyde, Benson sod j Elizabeth, from 'Trinidad. At Trinidad, Lord Nelson, from Quebec; aid Phenix, Dina, from Newfoundland. The George, —, from Liverpool to Amelia lesnd, was wrecked near he latter place the 'Otis of August. The Thomas', —, from Liverpool to Tobermory, was lost on Dundrum Sands the sth nun In the late storm at Heligoland the Jane, Davidson ; the For tunee, Loets ; and the Ant, —, of Hull, were driven from their anchorage, and stranded at the month of the Elbe. A sad accident occurred in the Downs on Tuesday afternoon. A party of marines belonging to the EGMONT man of war, came on shore in two boats to attend the funeral of one of their Lieutenants, in Upper Deal Church•yard. Returning about three o'clock p. m. and all crowded into one boat, they had got alongide the Eostowr ; but, in lowering the fore-' sail, the sail took a-back, th• greater part of the peo. plc being on the weither-gunwhale, and a strong lee-tide running, the boat upset, by which Lieutenant ‘sirrm, who commanded the party, thirteen manlies t ; .1 CWO seaman, were unfortunately drowned. . - . , . , - '446l.4#A3ttg 00 . (Packenham's) at Aldea de Pante; and a fresh divi- ' won having joined them near that place, they return,- „tw; ed and.retook the village. During the, night they re . - psi treated; or rather rtwincled towards Ciudad Rodrigo, twi leaving slime small parties of cavalry to observe our moVemeitle"(rmce thi se arapoU of %he two armieh an • ' kul to 341amaitca . , "..7" - 17' 19 f • +R !INC. Accoinns ieel , ived early yesterday. !Nam Windsor, stated " That His hts.rierrf was not worse, and had some sleep during the night." Late last night an express arrived at ioilc House, stating, that " There had been an alteration in His til4biiirr' health for the worse, since the morning, snit diathe had not walked in the lobby of his spirt nients.'s . , RAMSGATE, OCTOBER OCIVBEA 23. The Duke of CLARINCE set out from Nelson's- Crescent this forenoon about 11 o'clock, in order to breakfast with Admiral Youwo, on board his Majes ty's ship the CHRISTIAN VII. in the Downs. An im mense train of carriages followed his Royal Highness to Deal, where he arrived about one o'clock, paid his respects to Lady Lucy FOLLY, and handing her into the Admiral's Barge, accompanied by Lords Ltiert- POOL and PORTARLINGTON, and followed by other barges filleci with Officers and Ladies, His Royal Highness proceeded to the CHRISTIAN-VII. As he passed the first ship a Royal Salute, of 21 guns, was immediately fired from all the ships in the Downs, and the same compliment was paid on his visiting the NAIAD, about half past four o'clock. The Band of the 23d Dragoons followed the Royal Barge, and an amazing concourse of spectatct•s cheered the Royal party as they left the beach. THE ARMY. The depot of General CHAMPAGNE'S regiment, the 41st, is moved to the magnificent barrack at Win- cheater. - .• . Yesterday tke Young Nand transport arrived it Portsmouth, in 8 days from Lisbon ; a part of the gar rison, British and Spanish, had embarked to join BAL- I iarrattos, in the rear of the blockading enemy, who kept up a cannonade on the town, which did no harm. We find that the large fleet for Lisbon, which has been so long collecting, is still detained at Cowes by contrary winds— the delay has enabled Colonel BRAD FORD, and many other officers of Lord WELLINUFON'S army, to join. Transports, with the Louth Militia, have come over from Ireland ; they will be disernbark.A at Harwich. EXTRACT OF A LETTER F:zoNt AN OF: VAilt WITII OUR ARMY IN roon,ruom. : " Agentril, one league In rear of Almeria, Act. S, 1311. gi In my last letter I inclosed to you a sketch of the reads; rivers, and villages between the Coa and the Agueda. The banks of both these rivers are ex treineiy hide .niti rugged ; but the rest of this track of country i, cr.en, with gentle slopes, cerrcrei with torn and piant.jtions of olive-trees. From Sabitfral to Ciudad Rodrigo there is a chain of woody hills ,kirted on one side by the upper Flit of the two titers just named, to their sources ;. on the other side the descent irdo the plain is marked by the towns and villages of Alfayates, 'urcalhos, Castellegos, Imre), Convene), &c. towards Ciudad Rodrigo. Duri•tg the months of August - and September, it was known that a considerable convoy of provisions was assemb hng at Salamanca for Ciudad Rodrigo. The. 31, 4th, 'nd 6th divisions of our army, and General Pack's brigade, were cantoned from Fir:into Guin.thlo to Barba del Porco. The light division was on the other side of the Agueda, at Martiago, Robleda, &c. at the foot of the mountains towards Placentia. Don Julien Sanchez, an Don Carlos Espana, with their Spaniards, were between Ciudad Rodrigo and Sala manca. Some light cavalry, and the 53J regiment, / were latterly close to Ciudad Rodi igo, so that it was completely blokaded. _ Abotit the middle of September reinforcements arrived to the enemy in Salamanca, from Burgos, and also from Placentia ; and communicating columns from the latter place, under Marmont, marched to. wards Ciudad Rodrigo. Our troops were concen trated towards Fuente Guinaldo, and withdrawn from the other side of the Agueds, excepting the light di vision. These movements were executed from the 20th to the 23J, in proportion as the French columns approached Ciudad Rodrigo. On the 25th, the 3d division (Picton's) was engaged, and retired from El Bodon to Fuente Guinaldo, supported by the 4th 1 (Cole's). The 6th (Campbell's), posted at Espeja, engaged the French cavalry between that place and I Carpio. The 7th division (Sontag's) was in the i rear of Albergaria ; and the light brigade (Pack's) at !mem On the 16th, the enemy lost a fine opportunity of attacking ; for General Craufurd's division did not join across a ford on the right of our position till three p. m. The enemy passed the whole day not a mile ! from our position, in cooking, reconnoitring, and moving various close columns of battalions. The position taken by Lord Wellington had Fuente Gui naldo in the centre, Castellegos in the rear of the left, and extended along a very narrow ridge, with a gra dual descent in front and rear, over open ploughed fields. A few hasty field-works had been thrown up on the 24th. " Early in the morning of the 27th, Lord Welling ! ton retreated to Rebtrlosa, Alfayates, Soito, &c. The ' enemy folldu rd us close; so much so', that when Ge- neral Pack returned from Rebalosa towards Aldea de Ponte, to throw part of the brigade into that vil- j lage, it was found to be too late, the enemy being already in possession of that place, and being posted upon the hills about it. 44 Early on the 28th we retired farther to Quadra sayes, Pocafarinu, Villa.boa, and Rouma ; head. quarters west at • Quadrasayes. I believe the light division never retreated beyond Soito. The enemy had comnititiced tteir retreat on the afternoon of the 27th ; but •betng pressed by the fusileer brigack it Pont T - N.. -.L winter-quarters my , months past„ extremely sickly, An.' ten days of con stant marching and field..luoes, without any slicker, might require some addi : i alai comforts to restore the troops to their.streng h and vigiiiir. " Lord Welli ag on, by threateni gCi dad Rodrigo, obliged the enemy to assembse a large torte, sail to be from 50 to 60,000 men, to relieve the place; whale his Lordship easel Portugal for the time by drawing his supplies from • Spain, and reduced the enemy's resources by living up :n their country. • M irmont assembled this great a-my to relieve Ciudid. and. having effected that object, advanced upon as, proba bly from a mere motive of engin .tte, to retahate our menaces ag tinst the pl ace, an I t4l shew the inhabi tants on the Spanish frontier, that when collected and drawn nut in ham we could not stand before them. Those impressions, I am sorry to say, ate likely to follow, and to p-ove disadvawageous to OW . cau,e, and to the spirit which we are endeavouring to keep np. " I have been at Almeida, to see if any progress had been made in restorfig the 1. rtificati'ms deli I (led by Brennier previous to his retreat. A regiment of Porttigtiese militia has been for came time qitartered in the place, with a vie* to this work ; but as v - ry man has a wife, perhapw-children, baggage, and one or two asses, their time is chiefly takeu up with do mestic occupations, and they have arp.rdingly made little progress in the repairs. 1 saw a few of them in a ditch removing. stotbes and clearing away rubbish ; but no pallisading has been fixed, nor any apParcnt effective repairs . performed. " I understand, from the best information I could collect, that the effective force of the British army in. the late actions did not exceed 15,000 men, including General Campbell's, the tith division, which-acted un der General Graham on the left flank. Some venture to say, that the Officers, commanding some of our cavalry regiments, lost some fine opportunities. " A particular occurrence in cue of the enemy's charges has excited a great steal of conversation. A squadron of their lauceiros Lengaged the light coma. panics of the llth and Gist. The Officer who com manded the squadron having his horie killed untie, him, and his people being repulsed, was surrounded; but, nn being called upon to surrender, he . put himself in an attitude of defence, and refused to yield, not withstanding every instance, cutting at those who ap proached to seise and disarm hint. The men were ender the necessity at length of firing to ;;sable him ; but he was mortally wounded, and died on the spot. While he was in the act of (wiring, it was di s covered that he was an I.isliman of the name of O' Flynt, who hid been conspicuous in the rebellion. Ile said, he had de:ermined never to be taken alive, and that he died as he wished. " Letters have be lately ietercepted, which sheve that the french are greatly hampered by the giserillt3 and by the Sp armies ; hlt more particularly :he diligulty of I , mcing provisions ; for they are :ilk to pay for very little. This is, 1 beli:•ve, their ittelt want and our's—nurhbers. Oar sick . sent to 64 rear are 'beyond all credible propirti an ; but the r. is reasons to hope they will come round with the cold season." _ _ Extract of a communication made froth Hano Bar, tinder date of the llth instant, relative to the fleets in the Baltic, etc.:—" . A large fleet sailed from Hano Bay for England on the sth instarit. The Danish gim•boats afe very troubles•sme in the Belt. A Let which sailed from Wingo Sound on the 15th tilt. fire the Baltic, was regularly attacked ever:. night by a large force of grin.boats ; but, by the judicious a r. rangements of Captain Sir A. DicKsam, of the Outo,t, the enemy's attempts were completely frustrated, and the whole convoy arrived sale in the Baltic on the lst inst. The boats of the Defence, which ship was iss company, had one man killed, and another wounded. Much blowing weather was experienced at Wingo on the llth inst. All the ships of war would leave the Baltic by the end of this. month. The MRRCURIUS sloop of war, with fifty-nine sail from the Nore, an& the Rirtestaar, with a convoy from Leith, arrivtd off G-atenburgh on the 12th inst. The PRINCE WILLIAPI. with a fleet from the Humber, arrived on the 6th." The BRUISER gun-brig arrived in Yarmouth Rnads• an Sundry : she sailed from Winger on the 3d, with 32 vessels under convoy ; the whole of which separates in gales, between the sd; and 14th instant. The following seizure of conteaband goods was made on Sunday se'nnight, on the beach in the parish of Bexhill, Sussex : viz. 326 casks of brandy and ge neva, 594 pair of women's kid gloves, 25 pair of men's silk ditto, 2b coloured silk shawls, 113 yards black and coloured silks, 12-pair of women's white silk . stockings, 16 pair of women's coloured silk shoes. 114 yards of white crape, and two boxes of playing cards ; also, a lugger, in which the ablve goods were tranre,rted, and her materials, all which were deli• ferell into the care of the Collector of the Customs at Histings. The Session of the Society instituted for the En couragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, commenced at their house in the Adelphi, last night. Dr. RICHARD POWELL, one of their Vice Presidents, was in the Chair. His Grace the DIALK of Noaroi.E. the President, honoured the Society with his presence, but, arriving after the business commenced, declined taking the Chair. Dr. CHARLES TAYLOR, the princi. pal Secretary, Mr. WOODFALL. the assistant Secretary. and the other Officers of the Society attended. The meeting of the Society was numerous, and from the great Improvements lately made in the House and Model Room, and the variety of Information laid before the Society "at the opening . of this Session. it appears probable that the Public will be highly gratified this Season with the Productions and Exhi bitions of this patriotic and highly useful Society. Thursday se'nnight, four young men of Bristol sailed on a cruize, in an open boat, in and about King road, andremained at Cleveden and the adjacent pla. ces till Sunday, when they prepared to return home ; but, on passing the wreck of the Rebecca, they agreed to go on board, and fasten their boat to the wreck.— They had not been - long on the wreck when the waves swamped their boat, and she went to pieces; and in an instartt a wave precipitated them into the ocean, when two of them - sunk to, rise no more ! The other two. :heih,g exiellent swimmers, buffeted the waves for near an hour, when they were taken up by a boat passing tbatWay. , ~_~ . • • . . 11111.1111110.. Oar light *ditibiod bklittrned to • [ poem ; th c is .r siJe the ni . t t li m e y A b g as tted been a, pr i ab iw ib i l l y ir ift e. Vitinaldo, and the 4th to AldeA J'U , ~ a. dor, The winter -qui tters rest ar e o n i had the intention that they should repOie, and eo into r -