Star. — London, England, 1809-07-05 00:00:00

. owr. nation, and to all Xarope, that thei•itre; itispirol f•I with ardour fbr the, delivery of their country from a .1 cruel usurper, whiCh alone a brave and loyal people ca „ tel. ; and the merit of their commanders bears so 1J ci . : --_;cuous a part, as their Lordships must appre. , : :: , t?. such better than I could take the liberty of ex- 1 pfd.iilng of officers superior in rank to myself. And it 16 ;;I:t iUSt,tO say, that the 'officers employed in the 1 .71:11-13o2t3, executed well the instructions they receiv t e d fl•orn Dun Jtian Carransas, whose unwearied at tention to give every aid and assistance to the army 1 ~v i t h the most active promptitude excited admiration. Li eut enant Toledo, commanding the TigreSpanish 1 sc h oone r of war, who was up the river to give sue. t our, , i ,, :u m ost active ; and Lieutenant Alves, corn. Ilun ding the Portuguese schooner Curiota, was alert ' and fe4IO(IS to support the cause ; and you will also b:, E jeased to express to their Lordships the happiness I feel in being enabled to inform them that Captain V.'ynter and the BritiFli officers and men felt ail that ardour to assist real friends which is inherent its their c haracter. I have the honour to be, &c. (Sigued) cam Witmer. * : ~_.... . . Other particulars have reached us in letters froth riyinonth; bat some of theta • so . extrav:sant, **ben c ofnpared with the dfficial details, that we cannot give them a place. This morning, boy:ever, the official details of the recapture of Corunna and Ferrol, by the Spaniards, were received by Government. It appears that in consequence of the gallant actions fought' by the Spaniards near Ponte Vedra, Marshal IlEv has been obliged to evacuate Ferrol and Corunna, aftei spiking all the guns, blowing up the ammuni tion; burning the magazines, store-house, &c. and on the 23a ult. had retreated as far as Lugo. The re mains of SOIMT'S corps Were unable to effect a junc tion frith ir; as was asserted in The French papers ; he retriained at the Valley of Monte Forte on the 9th u!!. to!ally destitute of artillery, ammunition, and ma gazines: His army was almost naked, in great want c.f previsions, expecting; every day to be attacked by' the: Marquis DE ROMANA who had assembled an AT! of 20,,000 men at Orense, for that purpose. PORTUGUESE PAPERS We have received Portuguese i'apers to the 12th ult.—they contain no intelligence of any prominent event, but the coinhinetl Portuguese and Englith Armies are pressing forWaid from COlitlbra.to intet cept9st's retreat. The intelligence froin Spain, contained in these papets, is somewhat agreeable; The peasanti still continue a desultory warfare against their ir.vaders, small partici of whom ate daily cut ok LISBON, JUNE 9. Our army is advancing rapidly from Oporto and Coimbra to Abrantei, which is at present the head. quarters ; they ant of Cowie - moving towards Victerl army, and in a direction to cut off his retreat towards the french frontitis. Tht this the line sailed on the Bth, in search of the French ships that had been met with on their way :Irani the Waist %dies'. JUNE 10 .L.Victor's army eztends froin Torumertra by TruzillO; and tb the bridge of Almaraz. A French advanced corps *as 'destroyed in AljaiVel— {Toni 40 to 50. being killed, and a *minded. The Gerrriant who be/ang to Victor's artrlY, had as sooner ittel red certain intelligence of war having been deetared between Austria and France, than they began to desert in large ntimbers ; some have even arrived in Castello Branco.. As yet no battle has taken place with that army. 13. 1 1DAJOi, JUNk We have receltred intelligenee of our trciopsitaiitite destroyed ; on the 31st May, a body of the enemy'b horse which had occt'pied Aljiiten t and are also as sured tint General Blake has defeated the French in Arra;' , ,on, who sustained a very Considerable loss, and that he is likely soon to retake Saragossa: Letters from our army state, that the French corps in Mircda will speedily be compelled to surrender, and that our head-quarters will be removed to that pi Icr,, SEV!LI.7., JUNE 4. 1 : 4 .C4 F:ITRAOIII3:NARY GA izr IT or THU. t;ovrnN MENT. Th.! pe.iants of Monson, una!):e any 1:-;nger to bear the oppressions of th-ir eu.raies, to ,k ge:wmus resolution to rise against them, and with:. m9re fire-arms than seven mnskcti —but their • soon procured them others, with which they dr c C.lem from the village. The enemy, to revenge 'tiii,li7grace, sent against them a detachment of 15a0 111::, but they were all either killed or taken priso aer::. T!lc enemy afterwards united all their troops in Arrawn, and marched to attack General Blake. 3.--:the Captain Generil of the army of i.r:az6a has made the following comtnunitat:on, by ex7.l , h - ciinari Courier " Mo::r Exczu.tyr Samoa—The enemy rein force:: by almost the whole of the garrison of Sara gossa, and with the troops scattered in different i ?),itir,as on this side the Ebro, came to attack me ;'ever lay in my position, in front of this city. Ge neral Suchct, who had succeeded Junot, wishing, no doubt, tin:ilize his entrance on the command by . some signal advantage, proposed nothing less than th• dEL:ruction of the army committed to my com zuJid ; to effect which, he lett Saragossa to take the •••••:•.1. , !•• I.•Y •, • •• ' . !tonifti*a trbr,dviretp*Ottitiariileithi s iteiviiTaitied • . ,by'Witfri4nclathe'ttehetals. - , Gc - mtr4l Spelie4 • it appetoi, had no . 410 aft ,brine aid iirtra erligra‘tei: spf. thoApanish troopsi'Vaitili - he now learnt to his cost, ~'Neither the brisk fire Of his artillery nor the stpetiority of his cavalry; which *as twice as nuinerOns at ours; nor the repetition of four attacks, made with the greatest fury by the choicest of his infantry, could•make the briVe..Spa• nish troops yield an inch of ground. The Fiench it. every attack met with the most obstinate resistance, and were repulsed with very great loss, till at length they availed themselves of the night to effeCt their retreat. 44 I shall not enter into the particulars; or pbint out the-merit deserving peculiar reward, that I may not delay the communication of this agreeable intel ligence ; but I have the utmost satisfaction in inform; ing your Excellency, that though the French never attacked with greater violence than on this occaion, they were never met with a . more determined resist ance, and I should be wanting in justice were I nut frankly and sincerely to declare, that this impor tant victory is to be ascribed principally to the va lour and skill of the Major-General Don Joaort Carlos Areizaga, and'the brilliant conduct of Brigadier Don gartirt'de Loirrogi. May Goo preserve your Ex cellency. (Signed) 44 JOAQUIN BLAKE. " Head-quarters, Alcanniz, May 24. " 1 e the most Excellent Senior Don Antonio Cound." Several more vessels reached the Kentish coast yesterday from Dutch pmts. The accounts received by these vessels persist in representing .ffairs in Ger many as beinA hopeful to the wishes of NAPOLEON'S enemies.—ln Holland the people are in da►ly expec tation of being visited by a British f2rce, nor do the people seem to be very averse to it. By the Margaret, Captain BURNS, arrived at Liver pool from _Riu &Jam - ir which she left on the 28th April, letters have received fri.m Buenos Ayres to the 29411 11 , rch. By this coaveyance we have re ceived the following : PROCLAMATION OF DON SANTIAGO LINTERS, V:cmitoy, GOVERNOR AND CAPTAIN•GY.NERAL OF THE PAO. VINCLf OF RIO DE LA PLATA AND THEIR DLPLNDENCILS• KNIGHT OF TIM ORDEk Or ST. JUAN, &c. The Genius of Discord aeceimulans his acts of frenzy; but his fleeting triumphs have already ceased to exist ; and he perceives with shame and rage, that his hopes must yield to the valour of the Spaniards. Wavering between genic and despair, he multi plies in vain his seductive arts to shake the fidelity and humble the dignity of the Spanish American Provinces. lib criminal calculations, and his ceaseless clash of falsehood and troth, turn the weak supports of those papers, and lying rumours sprean by the infamous satellites of Napoleon. I would condescend to refute. minute'? those false reports, although the cantradictions with ' which they abound prove sufficiontly that they sprin e t front iento- • ranee and partiality, were I not addressing. a penile so jinn:rictus as that Which I have the honour to command, and elid not the unconnected relation of the successes of the enemy, although des eribed in their usual inflated stile, compered with the intelligence which We have received, and to whiCh we may give credit, sinew beyond all doubt the reality of our victories, and that Bonaparte end his satelitei are hastening to the tomb. A thinking man hears 'with contempt of the entrance of the French at Madrid; because he well knows that it will only sane to lengthen the list of our triumphs. What advantage can they reap front their penetrating into the heart of a nation, where they cannot subsist, and where they has! no other alternative, than to fall victims to hunger, or surrender to our troops, by whom. they are surrainded Let us recollect, that when during the IVer of .n.trnsths, the enemy entered Madrid, it proved their ruin. Spain now contends with a tingle foe ; then without fonngn assistance, or tiny other forces but ita own, it caused Europe, whose powerful kingdoms had sworn its ruin, to tremble. The numerous armies which then entered Spain in every direction to take possession of Madrid; and the greatest part of the Peninsula, were completely routed :M.'. conquered. At this moment, when our forces and our resources are infinitely superior, what ought we not to bdpe from our :tied and intrepid warriors? What impression ought the eakerene and ephemeral success of the French at Madrid to produce on our minds ? Before the middle of last January, it has untrotibtedly panne' away like smoke. The bent which the political atiairs of Europe has taken, and the influence of the Cabinet of St. James's errs+ all the world, give us well-founded hopes that Austria has broken off its diplomatic relations with France, whose frontiers are threatened with a fortnicluille army. The Turks have openly resumed hostilities against the Russians. England has sent bosh her fleets and armies,•and transmitted her energy to Naples and to Holland :—in a word, all the king .donna rite from their lethargic dumbest, and the :est victories 'dour armies are the harbingers of liberty to Europe. Our whole. nation is united under the pi-thee:ion of a wne and regular Go vernment. 'llse :Spanish and British Etnpires have calcolated •heir forces and real power, and five and twenty millions of souls shall fleece yield to the sophistry of en impostor. This is the true state of things, which will perpetnite the honour and glory of the Spanish 'Ante and Its-immortal Allies. :tutu°. Ayres, Mari.h 13, IEO9. By an American ship which arrived yesterday with flour; some letters have been received of a date subsequent to those we lately noticed front New York of [he '2.7110% . 4 . Nay. Nothing had since transpired of any importance, and no information of the refusal to ratify Mr. Vit,ltiNies• arrangement had been received in the United Statcs. The spirit of commercial spe. cola:ion was incessantly active, although the suspi jolts of the Americans were somewhat stronger as to probability that the late nesociation would be su ' pciteled. The Election of a Member to sit ia Parliament for the Glasgow District of Burghs, took place at Ruth erglen, on the 30th ult.—the Delegates for Glasgow, Dumbarton, and Renfrew, having voted for AEX AYDER HOUSTON, Esq. and the Delegate for Ruther glen for WILLIAM STintaNc;, Esq. (eldest son of ANDREW STIRL:NG, Esq. of Drumpellier), of course Mr. HourroN was declared duly elected ; but, we understand a Protest was taken at the Election, against the eligibility cf Mr. HOUSTON, upon the I ground that he and the late Member, Mr.r.kmpsELL, had entered into a corrupt and illegal areement, by which Mr. HousroN had bound himself to supprzt Mr. CAMPBELL at the last Election, upon the condi tion that he should vacate his seat at a certain time, and give his support to Mr.Housros. CORN EXCHANGE, MARX-LANE, JULY s.—This day the supplies of Wheat are somewhat considerable; with several arrivals from Holland ; fine as of late, in request, and fully at our last currency ; other sorts extreme heavy sale, and lower—ln Barley and Malt little variation—White Peas at less—Beans of the two kinds continue -at late prices—The supplies of Oats are considerable, with some foreign arrivals ; fine sam ples full as dear, other qualities are cheaper—Flour -at our lint quotation ; fine American 465. to 50s. p er , barrel. 1 - II ..- l&. , 4 ' ARMY: ' ll . K4.,twithstauding th e embargo impaled bishipfmg In gtiteral,', Until the Secret Expedition than hitre . jailed, the regular packets are permitted to take their F depatture, but they are not allowed :to receive a single . . _ fpassolger. A number of transports; destined to receive troops for the Grand Eipedition, haves within these few days, dropped down the Rivs, acid the preparations fOr embarking the troops at the different ports are in a state of great ftirwardnoss. A vast quantity of ar. talery and ammunition is to be embarked. it is said, viises ari prepared for the receptili - n of 18 companies . of foot, and eight troops of horse artillery, with A pro- porticinate train, amounting in all to above 3000 men. It is also reported that sixty 18-pounders, and forty 94.-poundkri, making 100 pieces of besieging artillery, 110 field-pieees, some large 68-pound carronades, about 4.0 mortars, and a pumber of hOv.4ers, are ordered to be immediately embarked for this impor tant service. The 2d battalion 52d Regiment, Matched into Dover on Monday, and yesterday morning thq marched for Shorncliff. A detachment of about 250 men 'belonging to the (GOAloo Highlanders) 92d Regiment, landed yes terday morning at Deal, from Cork, and afterwards marched into Dover, where they will be quartered till Saturday, on which day the Ist battalion of that Re. ginient is expected. . They are ,to march into the Castle Barracks now bccdpied by the York Militia* which Regiment is going to Brabourne Lees. Nearly all the Custom House and Excise cutters are ordered to go out with the intended expedition. BRIXHAM, JULY " Yesterday arrived, under convoy of the* GAsf-, BIER cutter, six transports, to take pn board all the effective men of the 51st Regiment ; in the afternoon they embarked, and sailed this morning with a fine breeze from the Westward, to join the Expedition at rortsmouth. None of the women are allowed to go, and the solders permitted only to talx a few neces sary articles ; .all their heavy baggage, &c. remain he:e. The South Hants Militia marches in here to- mor:cw." " 12-Alllso.ltr, .11 7 1.1 2. The Gth Regiment is at Margate, to be ready to embark either at Ramsgate or Deal.. Fot•a o'CLocic. —The Ord battalion r'2d Regi ment, commanded by Lieut.-Colonel Ross, Marched from D;..11 this morniug for Shornecliff, near 1-15 - thiz, where they are to be brigalNl, and remain a short time, until the transports e ready for them at Rams gate, where they are expected to embark. " A considerable number of from the westward, arrived in the. D o- --- :•., t:::s morning : many of them, it is supposed, intended for Ramsgate l'grbcAir, and probst:iy some nmiy come in there 'next tide." " DEAL, JTJI.Y 4. " Atrived, the Pilchard schooner, with transports under convoy, from Dublin, having on board about 4.00 of the 92d Highland Regiment, who landed here this rn•,orning in order to proceed. to Dover to join their regiment which lies there." . " CANTERBURY, JULY 4. a The most unexanipled preparations arc making I, :h the King'.: yards at Deptford, Woolwich, Chatham, and Deal, tot only to equip rpl p ri of war for the recep tion of troops, but also to fit out bomb and fire vessels, and other 'combustible craft, fOr the intended expedi tion. In the mean time the troops are proceeding to the nearest pot.nts, to be in readine .s far embarkation on the shortest notice ; besides those already mention. ed, two brigades from theeastern district are on their march for the Kent district, and the Whole are to reach their respective destinations by the 12th inst. The Following are the reginients, and they will be dantoned as under : " The 4th (two battalions) at Deal, the 20th,' 28th (2d battalion) and 92d(21 battalion) at Dover, and the 431 at Shorncliffe ; the Ist and 2d light bat talions of the King's German Legion are also on their march from Bexhill for Hythe, where they are to ar rive on Friday and the three • following days. The 4th is to ar'ri've at Deal to-n:lorraw and Thursday, and the regiments destined for Dover, to-morrow and the fi.s. following days. " In order to :al.,' temporary accommodation for, tkests troops, the Militia regiments have been ordered into the interior. The Cardigan has moved from Deal to OTringe, and the '2.,1 West York and Perth shire are to march from Dover to 1y -,bourn Lees, the former on Saturday, and the latter on the following day. The 2,1 battalion of the 52d has moved from Deal to Shornoliffe ; the 95th from Hythe to the same place, and the 12,1 also from Hythe to Canterbury. " Transports are collecting daily, tpwards of 100 arrived from the 'Westward on Swiday and ye:lterdav ;. some remain in the Downs, others have said for the River. " Lieutenant-General Sir JoitN• Horn, in conse quence of being appointed to a division on the. Expo.- dition, has relinquished the command of the Keut district, and is succeeded pro knzporr, by Major-Ge neral CAMPBELL, at Dn.ser.-- . —Major-Gmeral the Ho nourable Cii.tnt.Ls Hopp, who is to have a brigade of cavalry, Major-General LErnr, and Brigadier-Gene rals DIsNEY, MONTRESOR, and Baron de ROTTEN- BURG, are also removed from the Staff of th district in consequence of being appointed (.11 the same service. Major-General Luria is order"ed immediately to Harwich to superintend the embarkation of the troops at that port. " Major BLEVort is appointed, ad in . ftrim . to the command of the Ordnance Department in tie. teni. districtj duting the *gate bULigotpaant-CtilOttet Dixon, who tanbarks with the artillery at 'Potts.' mouth." Oritt ottttiviiieset4 , EAST-INDIA SI4IPPINd. . An account bias been received at the I~IIIR-India House of the follOwi4 which sailed frOth Madeira the 19th of ALT lasi, being ollf St. Jago the 30th of that month; all well; EDEN, SuRRRY, MARciiic*EisOF Eistami Dtpvii CASTLE, UNIT'Eb VtIITCAUS, 4144* MIN, MARQUIS W*LLESLRV, CASiL% EARL HORS, 2314 RfiTtISAT: FALMOUTH, ifJLY 2. :k Arrived Ake Disks of Montrose packet !Mtn .la.;. maica in 41 days. giiled his Majesqh s7iip .Ciotex with her Convoy to Portnal ; and Princess Elizabeth packet with two mails for Liiton: Wind-N._ N. W. PLYM6ITIV AND PLYMMTIIIIDOCT 4 MY IL , Arrived. the Wattria schooner, front off Gijon., Captain Robb, of the Irtnerittlaint.t4 . 4he pas: stinger her, to 'attend Admiral GAtuania's Court- Martial. Also arrived the GauiriNcii, of 10 g uns; froni Vigo: the C.% nuns sloop of War, koin Cortmns; Atrncx gun-brig, from the coast of Sp*th ; said DORSET tilettt, froni Dublin, to be ieOtt.ez • A large .fleet. is twig iftthe Offing; to the Frio- ward, mad a frigate k now standing in from the Westward, but her offing is too wide to tseettain tier: S-ailed the St. Josort ' of 110 rms . ,. for Potts mouth ; and Oxestra, of 18, on a cruise. CaMe:in the 'Resolution, Betillti front Boston as Krone. BENtiatr, from St. Miry's. The Peticomc, of .18. guns, Captliln hoisted *gnat fOr convoy to the Eastviard: Orderi were received here this afien2oott to ?repro for the reception of several thotisand, frencl) prisoners. who are daily expected from the coast of 5p01t24.-.. Dartmoor-prison is also preparing for the reteption of a considerable number more, now on board 04 prison ships. • POR TSMotITH, JULY 4., Arrived the GANNET gun brig With diiPlitriet•iniii • Gibraltar: • suLt 4: Arrived frOni the River the Eliene2ei, Mum, for Newfoundland ; Young William, WATsoN, for the South Seas ;. and Alligator, ASHTON, fof BM-badness- Sailed the RALEIGH,JASPER, CHALLENGER, PODAROUS, °HERO% Ht CROCUS, BADC R, TROMPEUE, BOLD, BLOODHOUND, GALLANT, DAPPER, HANDY,' TISIPHONF4 and OSPREY, on.a cruize. Arrive) the . GALLANT and Pacerrezoi from a .cruize. Wind S.W. YARMOUTH, JULY 4. Arrived the ONYK sloop of war. Sailed the !Das and I.on; NELSIM cutters. The-sitips iu the Reads are the Roebuck,. Vice Admiral DocOt.as ; Brito: mart, Rear .Admintl Lard GARDNER ; - Edgar, of 74 guns, Captain MACNANIAKA ; Redbreast, Honourable Sir Geouct FROM LLOYD'S LI:Tr. • GRAVESEND, JeiT 4.•—Arriired the David, Wilkinson, from 11.wfoundiar.d; Sailed the George, Minter • Elizabeth, Pon ;_ and Nyugll.or for Heligolar ; AnnFrier, for Jamaita ; and Mary, sirtith, fir 'l' KOSARLO sloop of war, sailed from the Nore, yesterday, wide a fleet .for Heligoland.. OLD BAILE r. Yesterday 21 prisoners were tried, one of whom capitally' convicted, vii. • • • Jew: Iltaphy, a private in the Royal East London Militia— AVIS indicted capitally, foe stealing upwards . of eighty yards of printed cotton, value above AS, irk the -dwelling house of Mr. Charles Titford i of Fins- . - bury-place, linen-draper. George Roffe, a journeyman mason, saw, the pri. . saner take the bundle out of the ; he .pursued and never lost sight of him until lie was taken into custody. By the way he was knocked down by one • Ark, a private in the Tower Hamlets - Militia ; he got up almost immediately, and again attempted to save himself by flight ; a pawnbroker's bay attempted tor stop him by the skirt of the coat, but he freed himself from the boy's hold, cut his cheek with his fit, and ran on again ; at length he took shelter in a sort of stable, where he pretended to be asleep, and was taken into custody. The first witness was positive that he never lost sight of the prisoner from doe time of his taking the bundle cut of the shop until the moment of his apprehension. Verdict Guilty Death. Eleven were convicted of felony, viz. • J Parker, a lad of 17, who was indicted for steal: ing a 201. and a 51. bank note, on the 22J of June, from John Chappell. The prosecutor was with the erisoner at a public- Louse in the vicinity: of Spital-fields, and had those notes, wrapped up in a piece of brown paper. 'He took them from his pocket, and the prisoner desired to look atsthem. The prosecutor incautiously handed them to him in the brown paper ; the prisoner at that time returned the parcel, but had dexterously ex tracted the contents. The prosecutor in a few minutes afterwards examined the envelope, missed the notes, and went in quest of the pritoner, who was secured the same evening—Guilty. William Smith was coevicted of 'single. felony, in having stolen from the garden of Mr. IV-ells, in the parish of Ealing, a quantity of Garden netting.. Thomas Cannon, a boy of sixteen, was found guilty of having stolen from the shop of a Mrs. Morley, in • Turnhati-place, Curtain-road, a silk handkerchief, value Ss. The prisoner had gone into the shop fin der the pretence of purchasing the handkerchief, and having taken it to the door, as it were to examine it, ran off. Upon the cry of stop thief, he was however discovered, and taken into custody. Margaret 114‘Guite, far stealing two chairs, the property of \V. Harvey. Elizabeth Sanderson, for stealing.' washing-tub, and a tin-pot, the property of A. Pettard. S. Harris, for stealing three brass kettles, the preierty bf dl, A. Cotton. W. Colleau, for stealing a jacket, a knife, card aitandkereldef, the property of I'. Wilding. Jaye Elizabeth Strech, for stealing a quantity of bacon, di* property of J. Hawley. J. Wilson, for srealidg two candlesticks; the pfoperty of J. TotsbelL W. Remntingtou, for stealing Kb. of lead, the property of the C.hurchwartierts of Mlle-end New Todni and . J. hhee, for stealing apair of boats, the property of W. Heath. Three were convicted of misdemeanours viz. Margaret Collins, for uttering a coimterfeit J. Wade; objaining es. Bd.; and J. Pringle, IL 106. under false pretences. id lit Wine acquitted, viz. • - • W. Taylor, Ann. Ellz. Butler, 0. 'Taylor, J. C. Blair, Miz. Sage, sail J. Jansey, who was acquitted on account of lunacy, and ordered to remain/. -.~■~