Star. — London, England, 1809-04-10 00:00:00

; ve n some interesting accounts, brought by this From these it appears, that the French were i n z in some force to re-occupy Portugal, and, more alarming that they had paved their way a,,lv corrupting some of the officers by whom rc to have been opposed. The perfidy of the Lr ,d,T at Braga having been discovered by the peasantry, armed with pikes, attacked i .larters, and put their General and his Aid-de death. One of his secretaries, who was also y wounded in this assault, lived long enough :ss the treachery that had been practised. • Portuguese proceeded to meet the French, who advancing, attacked them with great ardour, dc;',:ated their advanced party ; but it is feared ... the treachery of the Commanders may al have given the enemy decided advantages in m ovements, for at Oporto all was in alarm when List accounts came away ; the French were ex- acted on the following day, and great apprehensions _ r e e ntertained for the safety of the shipping, which icared would not be able to get out, owing to ve'v I:cavy sea on the Bar. 11:.i . .ish troops, 15,000 in number, were en ;.;t.i the vicinity of Lisbon. The guns had remounted on the forts and batteries, and every I .. T uation made for the defence of that place against t;ctieral BERESFORD is appointed Field Marshal in • iic;al by the PRINCE REGENT, and Generalissimo • • forces. It is his object to organize the Portu . .:rniv ; but from this it would seem that Sir ...; 'IL r Wl:l:Li:sun . means to direct his, armament object titan the mere defence of Portugal. Ii town on Saturday night to embark at Ports ti: on board the Surveill-tnte frigate, Sir GEORGE : The Hon. Major-Gcneral STEWART (bro : ~f Lord CASII.EREAGIT), Adjutant-General ; • • -General Mc it RA Y, Quat ter-Master General, and ui!ier officers of Sir ARTnua's staff, likewise go Surveillante. instructions given to Sir ARTHUR will be of a :11-;t1 nature. For cases of an extraordinary kind ..1 which may arise in the course of the .p:t;gn, the most implicit reliance is placed on his a,;,: . isiwledged talents. rc , • v ~ • . 711 . , ': • .illy , ,1 , r DUTCH PAPERS ::e 6th instant have arrived since our last. The i o.rcipal article which they present, is a copy of the regulations respecting commerce. To conceal r real motive of this arrangement, which is to be Ind only in the urgent necessities of the people of the object of it is falsely represented as Cacing " all matters relative to navigation on a foot of complete uniformity with the Decree of France." This new Edict is in effect a renunciation of the for .r sysaun in Holland, and it is highly probable that French code, with respect to commerce and navi -1:;0:1, \\ ill be immediately accommodated to it. DAvio DUNDAS held a public day on Friday, .c.?;,rave audiences, at his office in the Horse Guards, Earl of PEMBROKE, Sir HARRY BURRARD, Sir Asou., and about forty Military Officers. sir I).tvio DUNDAS has, we understand, made ar .-...zonimts for reducing the three regiments of Foot i; Ls to their original establishmentof six thousand n. The battalions at present doing duty at Chat &c. are, we hear, to be called in, and their ser -1...e, in :*uture, is to be confined to the Metropolis and • r incisor. :mturday Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY transacted with 6ir DAVID DUNDAS for a considerable t%711', at his office, previous to his setting off for Por , O'BRIEN is appointed Private Secretary to L - fit MuLoRAvE, in the room of Captain MooßsoN. is , i , patches from the Secretary of State's Office have forwarded to Plymouth, to be sent by the Sylvia to the Cape of Good Hope. .I:lher American vessel, the Henry, JENKINS, has • 1:, n tie embargo Law, and on Thursday arrived Liverpool, from Savannah. Site sailed early in .ind, we hear, at the time of her departure, flu,. of the Non-importation and Embargo Bills v - • r„ t k:lown at Savannah. A:Loonts w: re received on Saturday from Marti of s3vcral days later date than any previously Preparations were carrying on with great •.\ against Fort Bourbon. On the 18th of Fe xy it was expected that eighty pieces of carmen rt aid be ready to open against the garrison, which, it ws iTesumed, could not hold out beyond the end of ...fir :4 week in March. duel took place on Thursday last on Finchley C?rninon between two Officers, one of the 7th and the of the 15th dragoons, in consequence of a dis 'at a hotel on the preceding evening. The latter (-: re ~ .r.iving the fire of his opponent fired his pistol in air, and the matte r was t h en am i ca bl y term i nate d •-• tae interference of the seconds. it a Court of Burgesses for the ancient City and of Westminster, held at the Guildhall in and t7:e said City, on Thursday last, JOIIN WJLLOCK, • • .Idon-square, Esq. and GEORGE KIER, Bridge '. nr., Esq. were elected Aldermen or Chief Bur fT the year ensuing. Hux-r.—Soon after ten o'clock on Thurs `:.;: /11criling the Duke of CUMBERLAND, with his at arrived on Farnham Common, where the CORNWALLIS was in waiting, with a nume . •;•.I', of Gentlemen sportsmen ; a Deer was turned afforded great sport, and was at length • ` Langley Broom, after a run of upwards !•()lirs. .N-I.ANE, APRIL 10.—The fresh supplies of • t.)-day are rather inconsiderable, and sales • : ,r prime samples are at an increase of price 2s. per quarter—Barley in tolerable supply, !.:ens as of late, inferior cheaper—White Peas) Beans rather lower—Oats in large supply, I • cheaper—Flour continues at late named THE ARMY. Major-General PAYNE'S Brigade of Heavy Horse sailed for Portugal on Saturday. It consisted of the 3d Dragoon Guards, commanded by Lieutenant- Colonel Sir GRANDBY CALCRAFT, and of that fine regiment, the 4th Dragoons, commanded by Lieute nant-Colonel Lord EDWARD SOMERSET. Though not highly dressed, these are two of our most serviceable regiments in the field, and, no doubt, will distinguish themselves whenever they meet an enemy. A consi derable body of artillery, with guns and stores, sailed with General PAYNE'S Brigade. Two more Brigades of Heavy Horse, and the Hus sar Brigade, are expected to be shortly embarked. A brigade of the Foot Guards, and some brigades of marching regiments, will likewise soon be sent. Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY, General STEWART, and their suites, with Colonel MURRAY, and the rest of the Staff, yesterday left town for Portsmouth, whither Lieutenant FITZCLARENCE has likewise gone ; this young hero goes out on the Staff. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Extract of a letter from LiverpOol, dated April 8, to Messrs. BENNET andiWnzTE:— ,, In respect to your letter, I have made every inquiry respecting the Dido, and learn, that she sailed from Savannah on the Ist March, at which time no particular information had been received there respecting the Embargo, of any later date than that received by the last packet, as they had no communication with the shore for some days previously to their sailing." FALMOUTH, APRIL 7. Arrived yesterday the Friends, HUMBLE, from Li verpool, to wait convoy for Malta ; and Ann, SMITH, from London. Passed up Channel this evening, the ship Minorca, Captain ALEXANDER, from Surinam, bound to London—all well. Arrived this day the Dispatch packet, Capt. HOMES, with mails from Lis bon, 13 days. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 8. Came in the Neptunus, Captain GERRITS, from Nants, with salt, captured by the INDEFATIGABLE fri gate; Margaretta, RULBING, from Rochelle, captured by the MINERVA frigate; French schooner Herteuse, from Martinique, with coffee, sugar, and cocoa, bound to Bourdoux, captured by the DRUID frigate; Mar garet, GARDNER, from Alicant, for London, with brandy ; Mary transport, WILKINSON, from Lisbon, with 64 women, and 74 children; Flora, HARDY, from Qemerara, for London, with sugar, rum, &c. sailed the sth October last under convoy of the GA LATEA frigate; la NYMPHE, of 32 guns, from Lisbon, with a large fleet under convoy for the Eastern ports ; GOSHAWK, of 18 guns, with a fleet from Cork, put in by contrary winds ; SWALLOW, of 18 guns, from a cruize.—Sailed the ORESTES, of 18 guns, and EN COUNTER, of 18 guns, on a cruize.—Put back the SPRIGHTLY cutter, of 12 guns, with the fleet that sailed from hence, for the Eastward, on Thursday last. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 9. Arrived his Majesty's ship PREVOYANTE, from the Mediterranean. Sailed his Majesty's ship ALFRED for the Downs. His Majesty's ship FREDERICKSTEIN, with the Expedition for Portugal, put into Yarmouth Roads yesterday evening. The SUCCESS frigate, Capt. AYSCOUGII, is under orders for the Mediterranean. The East-India ships, for Bombay, Ceylon, Ma dras, and Bengal, lying at the Motherbank, expect to sail in the course of this week. YARMOUTH, APRIL 9. Sailed the RUBY, 64 guns • DRAKE sloop, and BRuIZER gun-brig. A r rived t he ARIEL and ONYX sloops of war, nations and HAVOC gun-brigs, with a frigate built at Leith, under jury masts, and remain with the Roebuck and Vixen.—Wind S. E. This morning the dividends commenced paying at the Bank of England ; where the 1000 whole tickets, to be given next Wednesday morning, are deposited, and will be given to the fortunate holder of the first drawn Prize above 151. The following assertion has often challenged, and still challenges all refutation—That there is no ether mode of adventure, by which above a thousand fold is to be so suddenly gained by so small a sum, as that which is risked in a State Lottery. Wednesday next will present several illustrations of the fact. Should there ever be another Lottery, it will not be in the power of the Contractor to give such im portant advantages. Wednesday next will disperse rimy Prizes of great magnitude among Fortune's fa vourites. 1-loas - sny and Co. intreat the Public to partake of part of the Twenty or Ten Thousand Pounds Prizes, which they purpose to vend (as usual) among those who honour them with their commands, at either of their Old Established State Lottery Offices, 26, Cornhill, or St. Margaret's-hill, Borough, and no where else on their account in London. T. BISH respectfully reminds his friends, that the drawing of the Lottery begins on Wednesday next, and as there will be 5,000 Tickets drawn that day, it will be necessary for the Commissioners to begin early ; of course, those who wish to have a chance for the immense Prize of One Thousand Whole Tickets, which is attached to the first Prize drawn above £l5 on Wednesday next, should lose no time, as there are doubts whether every Ticket and Share will not be disposed of before Wednesday morning. At present, Tickets and Shares are to be had, in great variety, at 4, Cornhill, and 9, Charing Cross. One Half of the Capital Prizes in the last Lottery was sold in Shares (including Two Prizes of Twenty 'Thousand Pounds) by Sir JAMES BRANSCOMB and Co. at their Lucky Offices, 37, Cornhill, 11, Hol born, 38, Haymarket, and 269, Strand.—lt is sup posed by the Public, that the Whole of the Capital Prizes (which are unusually numerous) in the present, Lottery, which commences drawing next Wednesday, will likewise be sold at the above Lucky Offices ; as, for the last three days, those Offices have been un usually thronged by the Votaries of Fortune. SIR JOHN MOORE'S LAST DISPATCH. The following is an extract from the last letter of the late Sir JonNr MooRE, laid on the table of the House of Commons ; the subject of so much con versation, and ultimately voted on the motion of Mr. WHITBREAD : " Corunna, January 13. " Situated as this army is at present, it is impos sible for me to detail to your Lordship the events which have taken place since I had the honour to ad dress you from Astorga, on the 31st of December : I have therefore determined to send to England Bri gadier-General Charles Stewart, as the Officer best qualified to give you every information you can want, both in respect to our actual situation and the events which have led to it. " Your Lordship knows, that had I followed my own opinion, as a military man, I should have retired with the army from Salamanca. The Spanish ar mies were then beaten ; there was no Spanish force to which we could unite; and I was satisfied that no efforts would be made to aid us, or to favour the cause in which they were engaged. , g I was sensible, however, that the apathy and in difference of the Spaniards would never have been believed ; that had the British been withdrawn, the loss of the cause would have been imputed to their retreat, and it was necessary to risk this army to con vince the people of England, as well as the rest of Europe, that the Spaniards had neither the power nor the inclination to make any efforts for themselves. It was for this reason that I made the march to Saha gan. As a diversion it succeeded : I brought the whole disposable force of the French against this army, and it has been allowed to follow me, without a single movement being made to favour my retreat. " The people of the Gallicias, though armed, made no attempt to stop the passage of the French through the mountains. They abandoned their dwel lings at our approach, drove away their carts, oxen, and every thing that could be of the smallest aid to the army. The consequence has been, that our sick have been left behind; and when our horses or mules failed, which on such marches, and through such a country, was the case to a great extent, baggage, ammunition, stores, &c. and even money, were ne cessarily destroyed or abandoned. 4 , I am sorry to say, that the army, whose conduct I had such reason to extol on its march through Por. tugal, and on its arrival in Spain, has totally changed its character since it began to retreat. I can say no thing in its favour, but that when there was a prospect of fighting the enemy, the men were then orderly, and seemed pleased and determined to do their duty. In front of Villa Franca, the French came up with the reserve, with which I was covering the retreat of the army ; they attacked it at Calcabellos. I retired, covered by the 95th regiment, and marched that night to Herresias, and from thence to Nogales and Lugo, where I had ordered th e different divisions which preceded, to halt and collect. At Lugo, the French again came up wi t h us . Th ey attacked our advanced posts on the 6th and 7th, and were repulsed in both attempts, with little loss on our side. I heard from the prisoners taken, that three divisions of the French army were come up, commanded by Marshal Soult ; I therefore expected to be attacked on the morning of the Bth. It was my wish to come to that issue : I had perfect confidence in the valour of the troops, and it was only by crippling the enemy that we could hope either to retreat or to embark unmo lested. I made every preparation to receive the at tack, and drew out the army in the morning to offer battle. This was not Marshal Soult's object. He either did not think himself sufficiently strong, or he wished to play a surer game by attacking us on our march, or during our embarkation. The country was intersected, and his position too strong for me to attack with an inferior force. The want of provisions would not enable me to wait longer, I marched that night ; and in two forced marches, and by b;vouacing i for six or eight hours in the rain, I reached Betanzos on the 10th inst. , 4 At Lugo, I was sensible of the impossibility of reaching Vigo, which was at too great a distance, and offered no advantages to embark in the face of the enemy. My intention was then to have retreated to the peninsula of Betanzos, where I hoped to find a position to cover the embarkation of the army in Ares or Redes Bays ; but having sent an officer to reconnoitre it, by his report I was determined to pre fer this place. I gave notice to the Admiral of my intention, and begged that the transports might be brought to Corunna ; had I found them here on my arrival on the 11th, the embarkation would easily have been effected, for I had gained several marches on the French. They have now come up with us; the transports are not arrived ; my position in front of this place is a very bad one; and this place, if I am forced to retire into it, is commanded within musket-shot, and the harbour will be so commandeded by the can non on the coast, that no ship will be able to lay in it. In short, my Lord, General STEWART will inform you how critical our situation is. It has been recommended to me to make a proposal to the enemy to induce him to allow us to embark quietly ; in which case he gets us out of the country soon, and this place, with its stores, &c. complete ; that other wise, we have the power to make a long defence, which must cause the destruction of the town. lam averse to make any such proposal, and am excee dingly doubtful if it would be attended with any good effect ; but whatever I resolve on this head, I hope your Lordship will rest assured, that I shall accept no terms that are in the least dishonourable to the army or to the country. I find I have been led into greater length, and more detail, than I thought I should have had time for—l have written under inter ruptions, and with my mind much occupied with other matter. My letter, written so carelessly, can only be considered as private. When I have more leisure, I shall write more correctly ; in the mean time, I rely on General STEWART for giving your Lordship the information and detail which I have omitted. I should regret his absence, for his services have been very distinguished ; lout the state of his eyes makes it impossible for him to serve, and this country is not one in which cavalry can be of much use. If I succeed in embarking the army, I shall send it to England ; it is quite unfit for further service until it has been refitted, which can best be done there. 41 JOHN MOORE." " To the Right Hon. Lord Viscount Castlereagh." LE777:1? TO SOHN JULIUS ANGLIISTUN, ESQ. CHAIRMAN Cl' AMR, THELLUSSON'SCOMMITTEE, CITY Or LONDON TAV:SIiN. SIR, Immion, 6th April, lac,9. On my arrival in Town this evening, I see, with as much satisfaction as I am capable of feeling, your name to an Address in favour of Mr. G. W. TIIEL LUSSON ; I am therefore emboldened to trouble you with this letter, not only from that circumstance, but as the severe probity of your own conduct, and the mercy with which you view the failings of others, will enable you best to appreciate the integrity of my Cousin's conduct, and the remorse I at this moment feel, at the situation to which my offences have re duced him. I shall not enlarge much on my original miscon. duct, or whether a hitherto avowed and well-known practice, or the intentions under which I have acted, are excuses or not. Invested with no public charge, in the kindness of private friendship, I may seek some consolation from public censure. My business, by this Address, is to confirm you in the consideration you have had of my cousin's conduct, and to satisfy you, sir, that neither diratly or indirectly, did he know or participate in any part of the Abuses that have been committed ; that he is not even guilty of negli gence, or want of due precaution, in attending to my recommendation ; and as the Report of the Committee of the House of Commons does not contain my vo luntary confession, I think it right that you should know in what manner I obtained from my Cousin the Writerships he give me. The first Bengal Writership, that in favour of Mr., SMITH, I obtained from him, on the plea of a wish to oblige Mr. SMITH, but really with a view to a Politi cal Advantage, to result to myself alone, in no respect of a pecuniary nature ; and such a Treaty was actu ally commenced, although, on its failure, I accepted retribution in money. The second Bengal Writership l obtained unequi vocally on the representation that I wanted to oblige my old friend, Sir W. JAMES JAMES, and so it stands in the Papers of the East India Company. The Madras Writership I obtained in consequence of obliging a Friend of Mr. G. T. with a sivation in Ceylon, which was resigned by the person who held it, at my request. __ I am to state, that in all and every instance, Mr. G. THELLUSSON was particularly inquisitive as to the qualities of the persons recommended ; and they have all uniformly proved to be, both from Intelligence, Connection, Talent, and Education, such as were emi nently qualified for the situations that they filled ; and one of them at least has, on these accounts, been recommended by his superiors to the particular at tention of the Directors. This statement, Sir, I am willing, if necessary, to verify upon oath, if oath can add solemnity to the solemn assurance I give you ; and I trust, Sir, that in whatever light my conduct may be viewed, I may yet rank with those, who, though they may not have the virtue to abstain from bad actions, have yet too much pride to palliate them by a falsehood. To. wards others, Sir, Mr. G. THELLUSSON might have acted with more caution; he might have scrutinized more deeply their motives ; towards one, who stood in the near relation that I did, the companion from his youth, the friend of his most confidential moments, the adopted son of his father, a person whose situation in life, whose friendship and connections, placed him above suspicion, such examination must have ap peared as superfluous as it would have been degradiog and offensive. Excuse me, Sir, if in what I have written, I have adopted no penitentiary expressions —solicited no pity ; I have been speaking of my own conduct only as it relates to him ; I have been endeavouring to jus tify a person I conceive and know to be highly in jured--what are my feelings, my unhappiness, anti my remorse, at seeing this effect of my misconduct, are only to be imagined by those who see, like me, their Offences punished, not on themselves, but on the person whose confidence they have abused. I must also add, that a sense of Justice alone dic tates this Letter. The hostility betwixt Mr. G. THELLUSSON and my self, previous to the disclosure of these Transactions, was such as no circumstances could easily have healed, and which these are not likely to conciliate. I beg, Sir, that no feeling towards me may induce you to suppress this Letter ; shame may be my por tion, but your kindness towards my Cousin may yet save me some remorse. R. J. A. WOODFORD. (COPY) - - I do make oath that the contents of the above Paper are true. (Signed) E. J. A. WOODFORD. London, Sworn before rae, this Bth day of April, 180% (Signed) JOHN PERRINO. MR. TIIELLUSON'S COMMITTEE ROOM. City of London Tavern, April 10,1809. _ The Evidence respecting those abuses of Mr. TO F.L LUSSON' s patronage which are at present the occasion of so much unmerited prejudice against that Gentleman, will; this day, be printed and submitted to the Proprietors of East India Stock, and it is very material that those Proprietors who are anxious to do justice on this occasion should remark, that these abuses did, in fact, prin cipally by the voluntary acts of Mr. TueLLossoN, both in the House of Commons and before the Committee of the House, be come matter of Inquiry. The Committee report that "they be e gan their investigation by examining into a case brought hfire “ than by GEORGE Wooorolo Tirs:Lt.ussost, Esq. a member " of the House, in which his patronage and confidence appear to " have been grossly abused." But it is most essential that the Proprietors should know (and Mr. Tu Lu sso sa's Committee have the authority of Mr. BA N K Es, the Chairman of the Com* rnittee of the House of Commons for the fact) that the two fol lowing passages of the Report were, after a full investigation of the evidence, passed imorisnously : Ist. " It is a satisfaction to your Cammittee, t hroughnut the " whole evidence, to remark nothing which traces any one of tho m " corrupt or improper Garvin: to any Director, or induces a rears " able suspicion, that it was done with the privity or connivonce " of any Member of that Court." " " The azth taken by the Di rectors seems as effectual as any thing which can be devi.ed for the purpose of guarding against " Corruption, so tar as the Directory themselves are initnedi " ately concerned ; and your Committee have already remarked, " that no one case of corruption or abase, which has been before " them, affects amy Member of that Court." Let the Proprietors, while they thems.-Ives consult the evi dence, recollect these facts. It would he extraordinary indeed, if the very same evidence, when read, should upon a question so ma. terial to his interest and character, produce with the public ar.d the Proprietors of East-India Stock, the condemnation of Mr. Thellusson, which, when beard, effected upon the minds of an impartial and intelligent Committee of the Hoti..e. of Commons, an unanimous conviaiipie of his innocence. .1.1. ANGERSTEIN, Chairman. r