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

- -:. ;~~ erchecling his advance. little/1 eolutnn, consisting of about SOOO men, was then directed against General BALLASTBROS 7 who fell back as they approached from Ximena to Gancin ; but immediately countermarch ing, and returning with great rapidity Ximena, he appears to have in some measure surprised the French' division ; and after a sharp action (hi which the enemy's loss is represented to have been very severe) the Spaniards proved victorious, and drove the enemy. to great culiru3iotv back to Alcala." The following letter eves more patticulars : " SAN ROQUE, SEPT. 26, 1811. _ _ It I hasten to impart to you the pleasing news of the defeat of the French by General ItALLASTERO3, which took • place yesterday. Their division was 3000 strong, and had arrived at Zimena, after seve ral marches and counter-marches, in which they had plundered and burnt Muntajaque and El Basque, petty towns or villages in the Ronda Mountains. " Our General abandoned Ximena to them; and fell back upon Gancin ; but, without entering thetown he performed a counter-march, and reached Ximena at the time the enemy fancied him to be in full retreat, and were accordingly preparing to march upon Al getiris or San ROque.. " There he attacked them ; and, after three hours obstinate action, the French, who had already lost it great number of men, killed and wounded, retired in disorder by the Alcala road, which is very bad, pur sued-by about 3000 mountaineers, who will certainly give a good account of them.. We have also lost many men ; but the number has not yet been ascer tained. 1 had these particulars from two eye-wit nesses.—and every other account as yet received agrees with their declarations in all essential points." Extract. of a letter since received from Lieutenant- General BALLASTEROI, dated Ximena, Sept. 26, 1811: " I have the honour to inform your Excellency. that General Rs• ram (Itegnier) with 3000 infantry." 1 " To the Governor of Gibraltar." Soon after the arrival of the VESTAL was known,a report got into circulation, that MURAT, anxious to avail himself of the unsettled state of affairs in Sicily, bad indicated a design to attack that island. A fleet of ttalispotts has arrived at Portsmouth, from Lisbon, under tonvoy of the ROMULUS and ItOVER ships of war. They left Portugal on the la instant. It was reported when they came away, that the French had succeeded in completely relieving Ciudad Rodrigo, and that the Allied Army had• in consequence retreated behind the Coa. The British troops are daily getting more and more healthy. itEPORTED DEFEAT OF THE FRENCH, BY LORD WELLINGTON. We _sincerely hope tkat the following accounts may prove correct ; 'although onr Readers will observe they are at variance with the above intelligence from Lisbon, down to the Ist inst. and also with the letter from the British head-quarters at Guinaldo, dateclthe 29th - ult. which we gave in the STAR of yesterday. It is not at all probable, therefore, that the battle was fought on the 25th or 26th ult. as stated in the first letter from Liverpool. While we thus hazard our doubts upon the sub ject, we must also remind our Readers, that Oporto is much nearer the scene of action than Lisbon ; but if there was any battle, it must have been fought on the 30th ultimo, or on the Ist instant. " LIVERPOOL, OCTOBER B.—The Briton, WARD, from Oporto, is arrived at Hoylake, sailed from thence Rdidsiiint, reports that an account was received there just as they sailed, that a general engagement hat) taken place, on the 25th or 26th of September, between the British army under Lord WELLINGTON, and the French arrhy, in which the latter were de. feated with great loss s" and was dlivan six leagues beyond Ciudad Rodrigo." ANOTIIER LETTER. LIVERFOOL, OCT. B.—The Briton, WARD, has just arrived from Oporto, five days, bringing Mr. JAMES WA Lc tr, of this town, passenger, who 'gives the following account, which he received from Colonel EGA N, who obtained it from Colonel TRAST, GMT- Dor of that place : Lerd WELLINGTON has had a battle with d* French, and has killed and taken prisoners 20,000 of the enemy. The battle was fought five days before, about six leagues from Ciudad Rodrigo. Captain WARD. farther says, that the account came to Oportei. gm Thursday morning last, just before he sailed, and was fully believed by the inhabitants, who were ra. joicing on the occasion." We have at length received the French account of fhe affair with the Boulogne Flotilla, Paris papers to t!leScl inst. having arrived. The praam which wig ' raptured is described as having drifted away from the rest—and the English were, of course, driven back to the Downs with great loss ! Our Readers will find oraple extracts from these papers, in another part of cur columns. Letters from retersbnrgh inform us, that the Rus sian Government maintains a perfect silence upon the subject of war with France, but that considerable movements of troops towards the frontiers of Poland are known to have Liken place. The exchange at Petersburgh had fallen, and was at 14d. to I 44d. ; but the most striking commercial fact is, that tho foreign ships which had continued in the port in the hope of obtainieg cargoes, had been sLappeinted, and 'wit taken their departure in ballast. / r. 7 7" 9 1"rr , • • THE Kitstd. • • .• wmoson-catsrLE; OCTBIIIIII 10. " The KING continues much the same. (Signed) " It. n.uportu, " SI. BOLUS.. "W. lIEEERDEN, I " it. WILLIS." THE ARMY. Yesterday, the Duke of YORK held A Military Le vee, at his Office in the Horse-Gnards. Among the presentations to his Royal Highness were Mr. }terries, on bis being appointed Commissary-in-Chief ; Lieut.-Gen. Sir D. Baird ; Cot Horsford, on his return from the West Indies; Col. Hutchinson, on his return from Ireland; Gen.Welsford; Lieut.-Gen. Maitland; Gen. Lord Montgorntlrle ; Major-Gen. Houston; Lieut.-Gen. Davis; Major-Gen. I.ayard, on his return from the West India; Major-General Whetham ; Lieut.-Gen. Dunne; Major-General Stevenson; Sir R. Wilson; Major-General B. ; Dr. Forbes, Physician . to the Forces ; j Lord F. Bentinck ; Lord Guernsey; Major-Gen. M'Farlane ; Lord Dillon ; Lord G. Berosford, &c. A fleet will sail from Portsmouth, with reinforce.' ments of Officers, men, and stores of every descrip- ' tion, on Sunday; if the wind is fair. Lord WILLIAM RUSSELL, Captain LLOYD, and many wounded Officers, have come over in the last fleet from Lisbon. I General WEMYSS, General Ross, and Col. THORN. 1 1 TON, have left town for Portsmouth. General Ross i I goes to Cadiz. Tuesday detachments of the 4th, 9th, 48th, 71st, 92.1, and King's German Legion, embarked at Ports mouth, to reinforce their battalions under Lord WEL LINGTON. , Among the passengers by the Rosita.us and Ro vL►tt, which have arrived at Portsmouth from Lisbon, atiLieutenant-Colonel Fl i swxsurAw, who was severely wounded in the battle of'Albuera, Lieutenant-Colonel Pyle, and Captain HILL, of the 3d Guards, who come home on account of their health. Part of the Roscommon Regiment of Militia arri ved at Plymouth on Tuesday, from Exeter : they will be followed by the remainder in a day or two. They are a very fine body of men. The following regiments are now also at Plymouth :-2d Royal Lancashire, Cheshire, lsz Somerset, South Glouces ter, Shropshire, and the North Devon, Another re giment of Irish Militia is also ordered to Plymouth. Part of 'the Hereford Militia are ordered to Dart moor Prison, to relieve the division of the North De von now on duty there. The Somersetshire regiment of Militia were review. ed on Monday, MGovernment-square, Plymouth Dock : they went through their various evolutions with the steadiness of veterans, and fired several ex , cellent vollies. . The 46th Regiment, under the commitn4 of Lieu tenant-Colonel PAYNE, marched from Berryhead to Kingsbridge Barracks, in two divisions, on the 4th and .sth instant. Sunday and Wednesday, divisions of the 7th, and 81st, and 2d battalion of the 50th for Jersey, embarked at Portsmouth, to replace the 26th, and 75th, ordered for foreign service. The LEYDEN sailed from Ports rtinuth last week for the purpose, it was understood, of taking the 75th from Jersey to Sicily. A private letter from Palermo, dated August 27, contains the following passage :—' 4 On• Lord W6l. BENT!NCK'S arrival here, it is understood he was in structed to demand and insist on three things :-Ist, That 10,000 Sicilian troops should be sent to Spain and Portugal ; 2d, That Lord BENTINCK should be appointed to the command of the Sicilian Army, and be a Member of the Privy Council ; 3d, That English troops should be admitted to garrison Palermo." Court GARDEN THEATRE,—The Tragedy of Iffael,:h was performed last night. On account of. the indisposition of Mr. KENIBLE, isfr.Youwo sustain. ed the ardumns character of Macbeth, and proved him. seli a very able substitute. Mrs. StDDoNs exerted her wondes ful powers with her wonted success in Lady Macbeth. The other characters were well supported, particularly Mr. C. KEMBLE'S Mad :if The House was crewded. Mr. 'Crams: has been confined some days by the rupture of a blood-vessel near the nose, which was attended by a considerable hemorrhage. He is, how ever, much better, liut unable yet to resume his pub lic duties. A seriocomic drama, from tho pen of Mr. C. TIE3I BLE, is one of the novelties which are shortly 'to come forward at Covent-Garden Theatre. The Miser who bequeathed his ice to the Poor was quite consistent in his conduct, as he never gave them any thing but a cold reception ! A serious Gentlfman, who is the Retarder of a pro vincial town, and, who never saw a play in his life, was prevailed upon, in the summer. by his daughters, to go to the Theatre, to see an eminent Performer in the character of Hamlet. In the scene where the latter bays—" Bring me the Recorder !" the Gentleman pre cipitately quitted the box, exclaiming, in a great pas sion, that the Actor teas 4 , the most insolent fellow lie ever saw !" Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when Captain W. CAMPIPaLL was sworn into the command of the Arniston, for Bombay and China. The following ships were taken up for one voyage in the Company's service : Coldstream, 693 tons ; Fairlic, G9i; tons ; and the Earl St. Vincent, 818 tons.—A ballot was taken fur the determination of the following question, viz. " That this Court con firm the unanimous resolution of the Court of Direc tors, of the 11th of September, 1811, whereby the Commander and Owners of the late ship Earl Cam den are fully acquitted from all imputation of neglect or misconduct in respect to the loss of that ship 1" At six o'clock the lasses were finally closed, lend de• livered to the scrutineers, who at an early hour re ported the same to have passed in the affirmative. . . &Wiz. naxiLtcrrics. PLYMOUTH, OCTOBER 8. Came up harbour to repair, the °Rams sloop of war.—Went out of harbour, the Peacock, sloop.— La NIEMEN frigate is under way ; but the wind and tide having set in against her, it is im.tgined she will not get out of the Sound this evening : the is ordered to mile off Brest.---The Morning Star cartel sailed last evening for Morlaix ; and the Swedish ship gasto Bon, for London.—The following merchant vessels arrived here last evening :—the Apollo, HANIMANT master, from London, in distress, very leaky ; the sloop John, LOVE master, limn Lcndon, bound to Cork, with a cargo, put in here by stress of weather ; the Mercury, Smettoorr, from Wales; and Industry, SMITH, from Arundel. PORTSMOUTH, OCTOBER o. His Majesty's frigate VESTAL, Captain BERKELEY, which is now lying under quarantine at the Mo. therbank, has brought dispatches" from Lieutenant. General CAMPBELL and Admiral Sir Enw. PELLEW. She is /torn Port Mahon and Gibtltat, which latter place she left the 13th ult. A convoy was expected at Gibraltar, for England, from Malta ; the Ist September having been the day appointed for their sailing. The Vicsxm. left five King's ships lying at Gibraltar.—The MYRTLE is arrived this afternoon, from the West Indies and the coast of Guinea— it is said she has a boat's crew of one of our ships on board, who have been for some time confined as prisoners in Africa.—Arrived the DERWENT sloop of war from Guernsey.—Wind S.W. DEAL, OCTOBER 9. Sailed yesterday, the American frigate Constitu. tion for Cherbdurgh.—Arrived the RzopoLs sloop of war from a cruize off Boulogne. LEITH, OCTOBER 7. On Saturday, the wind coming round to the south ward, the EGERIA sloop of war proceeded on her cruize.—Sailed yesterday, the DIADEM, 64, from Aberlady Bay, and the LEOPARD, 50, from the Roads, for Portsmouth ; the RIFLEMAN stoop of war with a convoy of 15 sail, for Gottenburgh ; and the am; tender for the Nore. The Eliza has on board 23 prisoners, from the depot at Pennycuick, who have volunteered into the British service. Remain in the Roads, the Adamant (flag-ship), the Coquette sloop of war, and the Fancy gun-brig. The Strenuous gun-brig, in the harbour. The Coquette made the sig. nal for a convoy to the southward on Saturday, and will sail to-night or to-morrow morning. The Basta from Alicant for London, put into Ramsgate on Tuesday afternoon, with the 10.5 of an anchor and cables. A large ship, name unknown, got a-ground near the Reculvers on Monday evening, but was got off again by the Margate boatmea. Lost Saturday the bodies rf two unknown mari ners, that had been washed on shore, were picked up on the beach, near West-dean and another near lids& comb, on view of which, inquests were taken on Sa turday. The respective verdicts were Found drowned. Several casks of oil having floated ashore, near to where the above bodies were foun„l, fears are entertained, that in the late boisterous weather, some vessels foundered in the Offing. A dismasted vessel, name unknown, drifted on the rocks near Holyhead on Monday, keel upwards ; her cargo consisted of balks, staves, tar, and turpentine, gre it part of which will be saved ; her flooring and ; timbers are cedar, her keel about 120 feet in length, and is supposed to have been a new vessel. Of the late gallant action between the FLY armed brig and a number of Danish gun-boats, the follow ing additional particulars are given in a letter from Wingo, dated Sept. 9 :—" His Majesty's brig FLY, has arrived at Wingo, near Gottenburgh, alter an action of two hours, with the enemy's gun-boats, off Langland, on the 30th of August, consisting of 17 gun-boats, each carrying one long 36-pounder, and' two smalkr guns, and 70 men, together with '22 smaller boats, making in all 39, which were support- , ed with field.pieces, and a battery on shore, within musket-shot. The enemy sustained great loss; the, Ft.v lost her upper masts, &c. but had not one man killed. The Melpomene, which lately arrived from Portu- I gal, encountered a heavy gale of wind off the Saints, ! I and narrowly escaped being wrecked—she was em bayed for a short time among the breakers, but, by dint of good seaManship, and hoisting all fler canvas, she got out in safety, as did the whole of the convoy : , it. was just day-light when they were in this critical situation, had it been two hours earlier, the conse quences might have been fatally disastrous. A Portuguese ship, which lately left the Gold Coast with a cargo of slaves, was taken possession of by the latter, who rose on the crew and killed them all, with the exception of one boy. Soon afterwards an American ship fell in with them, beating.about at the mercy of the waves, and took them in tow till they fell in with an English ship of war, which claim ed them as her prize. A great number of these un fortunate blacks have arrived at Plymouth, in the! Arethusa frigate, and have been distributed on board different ships in that port :—they arc mostly young men, but extremely filthy in their eating;—they pre fer entrails, blooa, and raw flesh, to dressed food.— The Areth usa got on shore on the coast of Africa, and received considerable damage :, she underwent a temporary repair, to enable her to reach England, and is now come up Plymouth harbour, to be docked and have a thorough repair. r • Anferican papers to the 2d ult. received at Water ford, by the Argonaut, Captain Buss, have brought on account, that Mr. Malmo:, the President of the United States, bad broken his leg. by a fall from his *fie' Whilst BONAPARTI was at Antwerp, he went on board the fleet. The weather, after he had got on 1 board, was so tempestupus , that he was not able to leave the vend fel three days. , ;)ALoo. i4al ••••••••••••• !IMMINGHAM, OCTOBER, S. Soon after the Publie curiocity had bsitn gratified with the pleasurable sight of the aseeniion of the aerial voyagers on Monday airernoon, the spectators assembled universally participated with each other in the most feeling antiety for the tr.,vellers 4 safety. The gardens whence the balloon ascended, and the residence of Mr. SAILER. were equally t!wonged with impatient visitors to a laic hour. tl, 6,.!ings of the tra vellers having arr;ved, the night p.r.s.Rt away In pain ful suspense, and this morning the anxiety felt by the inhabitants for the perilous situation of Mr. SADLeII and his adventurous companim, DUNCIIAII, WAS very evident. According to the acconnts of several travellers, the balloon was seen p.t Tainworth (10 miles) eh' minutes after the ascent, ho7eling over the town, but, afmt throwing oat some ballasi. it .tgrin rose with great velocity, and was visible seven antics beyond Leicester, going to B , ston, having then tra: veiled .1.9 miles in one hour and a few minutes. At six &clock this evening Mr. SADLER had not arrived, nor had any information respecting his descent reached Birmingham. 9 L RAMSG.ATE, OCTOBER 9. The company at this plamnotwithstanding the ad• vanced period of the year, is still both numerous and respectable. There w•as an Assembly in the Albion Hotel East night, at which most of the fashlottables in this town and neighbourhood attended. 'rhe.Earl of Femmes and family left us this mor ning. The Hon. BASIL COCIIKAOS and his ,nephew s Lord COCIMANE, continue among us for some tune longer. • The 2d Battalion of the Somersetshire Militia are stationed in our Barracks. They had a field day yes terday on Margate•road : to-clgy they had a grand parade on the beach. While their band were playing. many of our visitors were bathing, and other embar king for a sail in parties of pleasure. Among the latter were Sir WILLIAM and Lady FeAsan, and an elegant gronpe of about twenty Ladies. They sailed in the Antelope, one of the Trinity Yachts ; and the day being uncommonly fine, they steered for the Downs with health at their prow, and pleasure at their helm. Broadstairs has still its full share of respectable visitors. Lady TYLNaY Loo is expected there in a few days ; and, with her, the amiable heiress of this immense property—of course a number of young men of fashion will be buzzing in her train. MARGATE, OCTOBER 9. The facility of intercourse by the Hoy: between this place and the Metropolis, makes sad havock among our Visitors, who are leaving us daily, in con siderable numbers. The Libraries and Rooms are still tolerably well attended. Thcre was a public rreakfast for the benefit of Mr. BaRNARD, M. C. at Dandelion, on Wednesdzy last; about three hundred attended, and nothing was wanting but dancing to complete their happiness. Mr. BERNARD did all he could to induce some dancing pair to begin—aont s however, had courage to set the exateple ; and the Company began to si.parote with one general senti ment that, on occasions lake the present the M. e. does not exert himself to bring into the field a suffi cient number of persons to influence, by their exam ple, the dancing, to which all are invited. The sports at Dandelion finished this day for the seasnn, with donkey racing, grinning through a collar, kc. A numerous company attended, and all seemed de lighted with the amusements, and with one another. A new kind of spire has been lately executed at Edgeworth -town, in Ire Lind. It is composed of iron, and sldtes painted to resemble stone. 'l'he whoie was finished withinsida the tower, and was drawn, up ITS a few minutes by four men. Its ►low ascent was striking►, and brought to mind these beautiful lint• in Ovid: Placidogne educta tenor. " Tots patent; imoque pedes in margin. pentunt." On Sunday se'nnight, between the hobo of 11 and 12 o'cleck, the Mail Coach proceeding from Cork to Dublin, by Cashel, was attacked within four miles of the latter city by eight ruffians, who intercepted the coach, by placing cars across the road ;—the fellows fired at the coach, which shots were spiritedly retur ned by the guards, who beat them off, and the c oa c h proceeded without further molestation. Immediately on arriving at Cashel, a party of the milit.try, with ohe of the guards, were detached from thence, who succeeded in detecting four of the intended assassins. There was only one inside passenger and one outske on the vehicle, who escaped unhurt. MURDIR.—Monday last, an Inquisition was beid at Middletone, on the body of a young man, set-vont to an innkeeper in that village, who had been on the Friday before stabbed by his master. The Jury, after an investigation, which lasted eleven hours, found a verdict of - wilful murder against the innkeeper, and he was accordingly committed to Lancaster Jail by the Coroner. • Tuesday evening, while a iumber of persons were assembled in St. Paul's Church-yard, to view the co met, a Gentleman had his pocket picked of his purse. I containing about £4O in Bank-notes. At the Surrey Quarter Sessions, held at Kingston, on Tuesday last, a letter from Mr. J. Akock, Trea surer to the County, stating his resignation of that office, was read to the Meeting. Mr. Onstow mnved that the letter lie referred to a Committee of Magis trite: of the county, svhich was passed Imm/riot:sly. After which he moved, that the Committee should meet at Kingston that day fortnight, and that the Report of the Committee should be laid before the a. Adjournment for General Purposes, cn the 4th cf No. vemleer nest; both which were unanimously carriot. The Meeting having formed itself into a Gaol Com mittee, the proceediogs of s former Meeting were reel over, and the nomination at Mr. G. Ware as Tom. surer to the Gaol Committee, in the room of. Mr. Al. cock, taken into consideration. After a diseuesissis of tome leagth, the question was put ;—when them appeor.:d, atter calling over de:: names—for the etas. brmation, 41.; against it, 49. nit Election of a Treasurer, of the Gael Committee was then rstponed t:1.1 the Adjourned Sessions. ... ; 4 I Y II 1