Star. — London, England, 1811-10-14 00:00:00

• ,- -- ; • . I . : . approached Capt. ?Aare%Vier, 'to whom I eommuai - itittei , t l itel, ?hit The t. tapeia Roosts, had airivtd cated similar orders, I thought I perceived his main- there from Lisbon, having sailed on the 30th, and topmast, sails, &c. were damaged. We tacked twice - that the Captain Stated, that before he left the Tagus to support the Nereide, which no longer had the wind. The enemy, on his part, seemed to rally. The wind a strong rumour prevailed in Lisbon, founded on a now blew from all quarters, and we found ourselves telegraphic cornniunication,that Lord Wectutorox engaged by the enemy, who all at once opened his had had in encounter with the French, and that the fire, nearer than we expected. Taking advantage of latter had retreated In conseqttence. A Gentleman a momentary change in the wind, I sailed towards alto, whotn we have seen, and who quitted that city our frigate, for the purpose of disengaging and sup porting her. I did not again see the Nerade. on the 29th, informs us that this report was even " We arrived at twenty minutes after eleven in the then circulated. midst of the contending vessels, from which we were Another account say's that the attack was partial, not more than two musket shots distance, at the corn and was confined to Brigadier General CAMPBELL'S mencement of this new action. Then, although very near each other, within half pistol shot at most, the Brigade. And there is a rumour that Lord WEL fire ceased on both sides, in the fear of the frightful LINGTON is on his retreat behind the Coa, which agrees mistakes which might occur in a dark night. with the report brought by the RomuLus. " At this moment a ship in the group shewed three _.__ Bengal lights in those parts of the vessel which were the signal agreed upon between la Renommee and A Cadiz Mail arrived last night with Papers to the the division for night engagements. I instantly re-1 Ist inst. They contain an o ffi cial letter from General plied by chewing my number, and manoeuvred to ap- i BALLASTEROS, stating the vietory gained by the troops proach that frigate. The Nereide did not answer. i under his command, over a detachment of the French, " Without doubt, the remains of the smoke, the of the which we mentioned a few days since. The accounts variety of the winds, joined to the obscurity night, were the cause of my new uncertainty. I from Portugal through this channel are not of a date found myself in the middle of four ships, within pis- sufficiently late to convey any information of value. toLshot of two of them, and the Renommee was still The force under DROUET is stated to have marched hidden from us. I again made the night signal with back from Andalusia to join MARMONT. Bengal lights. I received no reply but the fire of the English, which soon gave me to understand that ! General Sir JOHN STUART, late Commander in / was no longer with friends. / " The frigate nearest me fired two cannons, which `Chief at Sicily, his Lady, and suite, are arrived at I did not answer. I sought the Renommee and Ne. ' Portsmouth, in the El)ice armed transport ; and teide, but could neither by signals nor otherwise dis- General BOWES and Family in the Cormorant store cover their situation. I have already said, that a ship : the latter (from Gibraltar) was released from frigate made signals I did not understand, the three , i quarantine on Saturday morning. other vessels which surrounded me answered them. Our frigates then were no longer near us, for they chewed no lights. How, without wind, could they get to a distance ? They must have had a breeze which I did not experience; and this breeze must have i driven them, in spite of themselves, far from me: for both of these Captains would willingly have sacrifi ced their lives for the rower of saving mw I was nearly inclosed, and without sails, which gave the enemy an opportunity of molesting me With their . bow.chasers. In the hope of discovering our frigates' situation, I stood in towards the land, which we were close upon. " It now was impossible for me to do otherwise without running into the enemy's divisions, which would have directed ill its force against the Clorinde. The enemy would then have cut me off. I was igno rant of the position of our frigates—where were they? what winds had they experienced ? 48 I was constrained t , ) rrocped along the coast, which required the adoption of the m_asures I ~tcc essfully took, and, in proportion as I got my sails hoisted, I found myself the less harassed by .he envrr. Two of their frigates, whose bowsprits nearly touched the Clorinde's stern, cannonaded me. The two re. THE KING. WINDSOR, OCTOBER 12.—Drs. J. WILLA, MONROE, and SIMHCNDS, attended before the QUEEN'S Council, this rlsy, about twelve o'clock, together with Drs. Sir HENRY HALYORD, BAILLII4 HCBERDEN, and R. Wails. The Members of the QUEEN'S Council as sembled to receive their report were the Archbishop of CANTERBURY, the Duke of MONTROSE, Earls of Amthspao and WINCHILSZA. The consultation con tinued a considerable time, after which they went to the Castle and held a Council with her MAJESTY upon the subject of the report. Dr. JOHN WILLIS, it is under stpod, strongly recommends the same treatment and management of the KING as was pursued when he was afflicted at Kew. WINDSOR•CASTLE, OCTOBER 12. " The KING continues in the same state." ' 4 WINDSOR•CASTLE, OCTOBER 13. " His MAJESTY Continues in the same state. " W. HEBERDEN. 44 14. BAILLIE. " R. WILLIS." The Bulletins will in future be exhibited on Sun days only. Yesterday Lord WENTWORTH and General GOA no N came into waiting at St. James's Palace, as the Lord and Groom of the King's Bedchamber. The Spanish Ambassador was among the inquirers yesterday at St. James's Palace, respecting the King's health. Yesterday, about one o'clock, the PRINCE REGENT, accompanied by the Duke of CUMBERLAND, left town for Windsor. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. Saturday evening Mrs. &moss displayed her inimitable powers in the character of Eufthratia, in the Tragedy of The Greeian Daughter. The part of Eve:miler was most ably sus tained by Mr. YOUNG. The House was crowded in every part. REVENVE.—Statement of the accounts of the Re venue for the quarter just expired : rr.ornng ships dropped so far astern that I could not any lonycr distinguish their lights. The two which pursued me did not cease making signals. At a quarter past four o'clock I perceiveil him for the last time. In the battle one man was killed, one drowned, and six badly wounded!' The remainder of the report relates to events sub. Sequent to the battle, which are of little consequence. It appears that the Clorinde suffered mach from want of provisions, and that among other Vessels captured on her return, was an English packet (the Swallow), the mail of which was sunk. No mention, however, is made of her having been chaced by the Tonnant. T 111.: EV PaN I N(i S'l'A R. LONDON. MONDAY, OCTOtER 14. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. 3 per Ct. Cons. for money 63--Ditto for account 63{ 64 3 per Ct. Reduced 62 ez. div.-4 per Cent. 78* ex. div. Navy 5 pvr Cent. 9534—80nds 14$. 15s. pre.—Omnitun it dls. Exch. 13dIs (3d.) par to 2s. pre.—Ditto (3 *11) 4s. to is. pre. The Income of the Consolidsted Fund hu amounted to - - - 110,229,1135 The Charge is • - - 7,430,000 Leaving a Surplus of - - - 1,799,835 We have seen a letter from a Mr. Clements, who I was taken prisoner some time ago by the enemy, and i carried into a Dutch port. After being some time confined, being a skilful shipwright, he was offered his liberty,on condition that he should engage to work on the French ships at Flushing. This he assented to, with a determination of making his escape the first I favourable opportunity that presented itself : this op- I portunity occurred on the night of the 2cl inst. when he got off in an open boat, attended by two Dutch 1 fishermen. After an imminent risk of their lives, they got an board a British vessel, which landed them at Yarmouth on the ea:, from whence Mr. C's letter is dated. The information communicated by this gentleman is highly important, and we doubt not will receive due attention. He states, and his sources, were it prudent to detail them, are unquestionable, that , d the whole of the Scheldt fleet (now completely manned and equipped) is destined to the Baltic (Co penhagen) to form a junction with the fleets of Den mark, Sweden, and Russia; and that it was generally known in Holland, that a descent, with this power. ful fleet, on a large scale, was to be made on the eastern shores of this kingdom."—We offer no sug gestions on this important information.. We have done dur duty in publishing it. The comparative account of the War Taxes for the quarters ended the 10th of October, 1810, and 1811, is— Customs - - - Excise - - - Property Tax - ••••••/••••• Little additional information has been received on the subject of the reported !male in the vicinity of Ciudad Rodrigo; but from a comparison of the vari ous accounts obtained, it is supposed that the force 0 the enemy consisted of a powerful escort, with supplies for that fortress; that the French succeeded in throwing in such supplies, when our blockading army is said to have been repulsed ; and that the subsequent advantage was nothing more than the [\ re-occupation of the former ground by the Allies, on lithe retreat of the escort, after it had accomplished its purpose. A letter, received on Saturday, from Liv.-- ... . -77 7 1 ''' . THE ARMY. The Pante! Ittoarr is ezpeeted to set off in a fe w days on a tour of Military Inspection through the County of Kent. AU the horse transports at Portsmouth are ordered to proceed immediately to Ireland, to take in 1230 cavalry for Portugal. The 2d battalion of the 7th, 50th, and 81st regi ments are ordered to Portsmouth, to embark in tran sports for Guernsey and Jersey. One hundred waggons, laden with ammunition, were sent on Tuesday from Chelmsford, to be imme diately shipped for Jersey and Guernsey. A transport has arrived at Plymouth, from Rams. gate, with part of the East Norfolk Militia, on their voyage to Cork. The FOLKESTONE lugger has arrived at Harwich, with the NINfROD, NESTOR, and CLARENDO:4, having on board the Louth Militia. Government has ordered a transport at Portsmouth to take back such of the soldiers's wives of the Irish Militia as with to .return to Ireland ; and on their landing there, they will be allowed ten shillings each to carry them home. GENERAL ORDERS. BY LiTITENANT.GINZICAL SIR JOAN STUART, K. B. and C. COUNT OF MAID*. Messina, August 13, 1811. No. I.—Copy of a dispatch from the Right Hon. the Earl of Liverpool to Lieutenant General Sir John Stuart, K. L and C. dated Downing-street, February 18t d, 1811. • - - - Sts—Hie Royal Highness the Prince of Wales having entered 'upon the exercise of the Royal Functions oti behalf of his Ma jesty, as Prince Regent of the United Kingdom, I have been ena bled to lay before his Royal Highness your several dispatches, which had been received sbbsequent to the commencement of Ith Majesty's lamented indisposition. " I have it now in . conunand from the Prince Regent to ac quaint you, that his Royal Highm•ss has been graciously pleased to accept the resignation of your command over his Majesty's land forces in the Mediterranean as tendered in your dispatch of the 11th October. " 1 am at the same time charged to express the sense which his Royal kfigliness entertains of your distinguished services since you have been Invested with this command, and more par cularly during the arduous and anxious period of the last sum mer when Sicily was threatened by a most formidable enemy, and was only saved front the impending clinger by the vigilance and firmness of his Majesty's forces, supported by the friendly zeal of the Sicilians; nor are the cordiality and attachment which the latter have manifested among the least convincing proofs of the high discipline and exemplary conduct that have been maiti► rained by the army under your immediate command in Sicily. " His Royal Highness has been pleased to appoint Lord WU- ham Bentinck to succeed to the command of the British land forces in Sicily, and, at the same time, to replace Lad Amherst as Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Palermo.. " You will be pleased to retain the personal comnimia Army until the arrival of Lord William Bentinci, when 1 am to request you will communicate to him the fullest Information In your power with regard to the actual state of affairs in the Me& terranean. as well as what relates more particularly to the military objects in Sicily. Have the honour, &c. (Signed) " LIT 11l POOL." No. SI.- 1 Lieutenant General Lord William Bentinek belug new arrived in Sicily, the command of the British Army serving in the Mediterranean, in obedience to the command of bis Royal Highness the Prince Regent (as above signified), is transferred to his Lordship's bands. 4 However imperious the clicutitstanees that urged Sir John Stuart to solicit his Majesty's Ministers to lay at the feet of his Sovereign his own resignation of the high and important charge with which he was entrusted, yet he has the satisfaction to re flect, that he forbore to express a wish to remove from hie post until the respective duties which had been graciously confided to to him, had been faithfully and strictly fulfilled • Sir John Stuart has been too long connected by &aima:lces with thii r nearly a witness of the loyal the ' a sensible . country, too generous courage, of its people, not to feel a s interest in what can relate to their future welfare. He has been too lcSug a companion in the services of this gallant Army, not to carry with him, wherever his professional duties may chance hereafter to call him, an ardent solicitude for its constant glory and success. He feels a conscious pride in the high state of discipline in which he resigns it from his own command, and he trusts, that the me rits which have hitherto so happily characterized this brave and distinguished portion of the British force, will still invariably re main to it a pledge for those best rewards, the approbation of its Prince, and the acknowledgement of its grateful country. (Signed) 'S. CAMPBELL, Adj.-General.' ... . The extent to which the Slave Trade is carried on in the West Indies, notwithstaading it has ceased to be a legal traffic, is scarcely credible. We announced is Sc.. _....e. We armee._ Quarters ended October to. l ast wee k t h e capture o f an American schooner, with Me. 1811 ' 400 slaves on board, by the Myrtle, which carried 1188,017 895,532 2,170,921 2,289,814 Sierra Leone; but it is not accurately true that 4,381,343 her to 4,666,197 they were liberated there. They were delivered into 1,490,982 7,881,563 the hands of the English Superintendent, who i s re • • quirea by the Slave Abolition Act to provide for The following is an extract of a letter from an offi. them for two years. The Myrtle brought with her ter in' the Baltic fleet, Sept. 22 :--4 4 A gallant little to Portsmouth the Gerona, an English ship from Li brush with the Danes took place the other day. Two verpool (but under Spanish colours), laden with rum, boats of the Victory, liommanded by Lieutenant ST. sugar, coffee, am. which was intended for the African CLAiR, were sent after some row boats. It was dis- Slave Trade t she has been condemned as prize. The 'covered they had run in shore, landed their men, and schooner was the Casilda, bound to Cuba. She was placed two guns on a height, making preparation for taken by the Myrtle, at the mouth of the river Gambia. a defence. Our brave little party soon mounted the and condemned and sold at Sierra Leone as prize. bill under a smart fire, and in about fifteen minutes The Myrtle learnt from the Casilda, that there were dislodged the Danes, made some prisoners, and car- upwards of SO ships, which had been engaged in the ried off the boats. The Danes had one man killed Slave Trade. fitting out at the Havannah. The Thais and several wounded. We had only one man hurt." had met with one of them, and sent her into Sierra The private letter from Gibraltar give some par- Leone, the day before the Myrtle sailed. Several titulars of the late incursion of LACY and SARBFIELD other English vessels were fallen in with by the Myr into France. In the different villages in which civil tee, on board which were found slave irons; but as authorities resided, they levied contributions to the this circumstance alone would not justify their being amount of £95,000, besides 500 horses, and returned detained, they were suffered to continue their course, safe with the whole of their booty. General LACY, though there was no doubt but this netariOlis and previous to his entering the French territory, issued most diabolical trade was the sole object of their orders to his men not to plunder or molest a single voyage. All hope of the safety of Mungo Park has individual, and that for every Frenchman assassina- been entirely abandoned at Sierra Leone. h may be ted, ten of the regiment of which the murderer be- remembered that he landed 500 miles up the Gambia, longed, should be shot --See tteet It a l so appears, and that he had then, as he supposed, to travel 500 has recently resorted to novel measures. He has miles more, ere he had accomplished his journey.-- called upon the Magistrates of the several towns The native African, who was sent into the interior, within his district to give him a return of all Juiltas l with a view to discover his tra c k, h as never b een and deserters, which had so alarmed the Spaniards, heard ot. Th e t ra di t i onar y account o f t h e l as i that they flock daily to the s t an d ar d s o f t h e patriots in days of this celebrated and lamented Traveller will be, that, in th e prosecu6 in of his travels t o Tumbucoo great numbers ; and, in a short time it was expected, that Catalonia would have to boast of as fine an ar- he was I.st *Cell sick in a hovel, wher e , no doubt, he , i my as ever, with the additional advantage of being died; sue ib the prevailing opini o n o n t h e C oast . well commanded. The French force in that pro- • l'he Thais, 20, Capt. Scoszu. ; and the Tigris, Lieut. vince consists of thirty thousand men. The Coin Bows, nail goue to cruize down the coast; the Pro vender had given notice that he would exac a pe- tector, Lieut. Mircuemott, was lying at *terr a Le one ; t ty of fifty livres froth every respectable inhabitant tt it rical ormance at Rests, which ate spoken in the French whence th e My rt l e sa il e d on t h e 4 th o f A ugust . Si x omitted to be present any night at the thekt lost twelve ot ti er crew on l eav i ng t h e l at i tu d e a that ushealthy clime. mar. The houses of coupe are well attended. • • . . - 77. - T"Tv ~'"_' ....! • -114t7tid.,rdEtiaa. OLYMOOrti, OCTOBER te. Sir CuARLis Corr Os. having Arrived hem his f! tg is flying on board the SAN !user. Sir CtIARIALS re sides on share for the present.—The prison ship is ordered to be broke up, h ivink sprung a leak. —Came up harbour to refit, the PRI IC CPA CH A &WTI frigate.—Arrived the STOKE sly )p of war from Cork; PIERCER gun-brig, from Basque Ita.tii; siocp Lately Ann; of Montrose, from Gijon, with Merino sheep; Hope, Sat'nei, from Guernsey ; an , J a transport front Torbay, with a detachment of Militia on board, tOr Ireland.—Send ,J the Maria tender (2), for Ireland. The French trig les Deux A this arriVed here sin Thursday night, laden with w area tlpd brandy Bourdeaux, prize to the Daymi Moir. PuRTSMOUTH, OCIOLIER 18. Arrived the HAMADRYAD; and sailed ngalli on si cruize. Sailed the LiavArrArrox fol. the nowns, !the ROSARIO for ditto with a convoy, and the Mr: :nisi. frigate on d cruize. Arrived the DsAossa. YARMOUTH, OCTOBEtt IS. . . , Arriied from Heligoland the PRINCCSS Auouvrt with convoy, and the Comigirs skit* 'of war Friuli Leith with convoy, the BaiToMART (robs a cruize, ,and the ELBA .from Shyness. Sailed the Pin. TITIAN sloop of war with the Tarns for Heligo. land.—ltemain the LeVeret,ViCe-Adiniial Munnikv, Urgent and Viten gun-brigs.—Blows strong gales at West. ORAL, OCTOBER is. . . Sailed the MARTI* on a cruize off Boulogne. Arrived the NAIAD, with the Milan French priva teer, her prize ; and the ?Anus from ofF Flubhing. DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE. MONEY. Snapper, for die Belle Pouts on the i 7th inst.; recalled Moo. days and Thursdays, at 18, George -street, Plymouth. Surinam, for the Comet ; Moire Fortunes, for Li Penske* Ambuscade, for the Virgin del Assumption and !stria; Sta dame, for the Anna Matta, Juffrow Anna Catherine, and Seeks Gesusters ; Helena; for the Jeannie; Leveret, for a Darlib cut ter; and Olympia, ter the Atatante, will be recalled at 22, Arundel-street. Seine, for the Stanley and Dove, at sr, Norfolk-elver, on dui 19th inst. and there recalled. Wolverine, for the San Josef, on board, on the 15th Inst.; re called at Mr. Hunt's, Stoaehouse, Mondays and l'hundays. Osprey, for the Hermanna, on beard, on the 16th inst. ; re called dailt, at 52, Norfolk-street. 8 ARRIVED-At Gibrahas, the Arid, from Shields; Earl Percy, Sophia, Sarah, Transfer,Hkreiony, Pomona, Rapid, Miller; and Phcenix, Ross, from London ; Thomas, Roberts; and Fame, from Falmouth ; Stranger, from Clyde ; Venus, from Leon ; the Midas; tarn St. Vineent ; the Active, Hughes; Unity, Roe; Sidney, Carey; Sophia, Amazon, and Tarter, from Newfound land; the Cod Hook, from Gaspie ; from Bahia; Jane, (Maud, from Rio Janeiro; and Betsey, from Easter. At Ali *a, the Oat, and the Hope, from Newfoundland. At Oporto, lb Richard, Groves, from Hull. At Cadiz, the Endeavour, !Oat Newfoundland; Hobby, from London; Apollo, Prom Li =°°t; end Hector, from Dublin. At Pfrirrt, the Evergreen, Witscasset. At Lancaster, the Ra fro !Lads. At I Liverpoul, the Iris, from Lisbon ; and flat from New Brunswick. In the Weal die Plibiltn flirt lisw Brunswick. By the DEVESTATIOR bomb, Captain TAYLOR, which arrived at Portsmouth on Thursday, ht 13 days Ifront Cadiz, we have received letters from that ci:y to the 28th last. Admiral Lroor had returned to the anchorage (which he had taken up for the winter) from cruizing off Cape Trafalgar, with the REVENGE, ALFRED, ST. ALBANS, and STATELY. The DRUID, 32, Captain SEARLE, with two Spanish frigates, sailed for England several days before the DEVASTATION t they are coming to be docked. Captain EVERARD, of the EPHERA, who unfortunately last his arm, by a chance shot from the enemy's battery, had reeovere4 and resumed the command. The French continued to be very inactive at Cadiz. They had not fired an angry shot at the opposing batteries since the 6th 'of March list. The AMERICA, 74, Captain Rowtrri with her convoy, from Spithead, had passed Gibral tar. The COLUMBINE and REBUFF were cruizing off Chipiona and Rota; the Baeuxoti and &rum , wine stationed at Ayamonte, at the mouth of the Guadiana The Vista, Captain itEREELEY, which arrived t Wednesday front Minorca and Gibraltar, left Mahon on the 10th ult. and Gibraltar eight days previously to her arrival at Portsmouth. She states that the French fleet, at Toulon, were daily becoming more bold, and Sir EDWARD Pro.rew was most closely watching their movements. They had lately esten ded their manceuvring to several leagues from the land. It would appear that they have some new ob ject in view. Admiral Piclowas had arrived at Ma. hon from off Toulon, in the TaiSERAIRI, 98, Captain SPEAR. He was to be stationed there as Port Ad miral, in the room of Admiral FRERMANTLI, who had sailed for Sicily. The INviNcraLE, 74, Capt. ADAM, had returned to Mahon, from Carthagena, rather sickly. She was immediately put under quarantine. The VESTAL passed the Anoo, 44, Capt. WA Rfti/fp oe the 13th ult. with the Algerine Ambassador en board ; and left at Gibraltar the CIRCB, ESPoIR, BA sILIsIC, and ENCOUNTER. The CYAN* was daily u pected from Malta, with a convoy for England. buet.—A due! was fought on the 6th of August, on the confines of Connecticut, Massachussetts, and New York, between the second son of General Arm strong, and Mr. Price s of New York. Two shots `were exchanged without effect ; at the third fire, Mr. A. received his antagonist's ball in the side. The wound is not dangerous. MARK LANs.—The arrivals of Wheat this day make a tolerable supply, not much of prime qiiaiity, which maintains last prices, other surti heavy in sales—Rye dearer Barley with Malt keep their prices. -Whits Peas again higher—Betas of each description some what dearer—There are middling supplies of Oats, nut the continuance of the demand cause* sales to be readily made, and fully at last quotation—hour wish. out varia . GLIA SRA& CiaILUICT AS 11110111 Wheat 84s. WIC 114 s. Brans, _ 50 1 . 355. i:inr ditto, 111 s. 190 s. Tick ditto, 465. 525. Lye. sus. Oats, 955. Silt. ass lidrley, 42s 'Ws. Ott. Poland Jitto, sBs. no. at .14W, .714 i Ads. Potator ditto, 4016 414 ••• ‘YlittelJakis (Boilers) 953.1001. Rape need .442 "7 • Fuss Flour, ess.to 1002.--.lecoads, 50, to 944. 111 1 r.