Star. — London, England, 1809-08-31 00:00:00

THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. THURSDAY, AUGUST 31. PRICE OF STOCKS THI3 DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK: 3 per Cent. Csms. for money 6 , ll—Reclacra 6oi. Oniniwn a prem.-5 per Cents. 93 99-4 per Cents. PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. Bank Stock 264 India Bonds 2.03. Cis. pr. S per Ccnt. Red. 6Ril Imp. 3 per C. 67i 3 per Cent. Cons. 68 67{ esi Excheq. Bills, Ss. 15s. pre. 4 per Cent. S4l Omnium prem. I per Cent. Navy sq 99 State Lottery Tickets .E2l 11's Long Ann. IS+ 13.16ths City ditto £B. 12s. India Stock 167 Cons. for acc. 68j Soon after our Paper was put to press yesterday, the dispatches arrived, which we some time ago in formed our Readers had been sent of by Lord WEL LINGTON, on the day after his arrival at Deleitosa. They were brought home by the Hon. Captain STAN NOPE (a son of Lord HARRINGTON ) one of Lord WELLINGTON'S Aids-de-Camp. The Britannia cutter, in which Captain STANHOPE arrived, left Lisbon on the nth inst. and was 19 days on her pas.age. As a small part of our impression was worked off yes terday before the arrival of these dispatches, we insert again the accounts which transpired in the afternoon, with come particulars not before stated. The dispatches are dated on the Bth inst. from Deleitosa. The sick and wounded left at Talavera amounted to 1500, and were confided to the care of CUESTA. Lord WELLINGTON would have attacked Snout', but CUESTA unfortunately abandoned his po sition at Talavera, and with that position all the sick and wounded left under his protection, thereby allow ing the junction between VICTOR and SOULT, who togs therhave now about7o,ooo men. Lord WELLINGTON has been well supplied with provisions of every kind, and has no fear of being forced from his present po etion at Deleitosa. It was, we understand, the intention of Lord WEL LINGTON, when he quitted Talavera, to have marched against Souls, and he requested General CL'ESTA to remain at Talavera, in order to hold VICTOR in check, in case he should be disposed to advance. The Spanish General, however, expressed a repugnance to suffer the whole brunt of the fighting to fall upon the English, and unfortunately quitted the position of Talavera, following Lord WELLINGTON, by which means VICTOR was enabled to advance, and as a junc tion between the armies of VICTOR and SOCLT, by this means became practicable, the retreat of the British Army became indispensably necessary. The position of the British Army at Deleitosa was considered as perfectly safe. Wishing to give our Readers every information in our power, we give also the following statement, which differs a little from the above in some of its shades : ‘, Lord WELLINGTON had moved from Talavera on the 3d of August, with the intention of attacking SOULT before he could form a junction with VICTOR. General CUESTA was left at Talavera to keep VICTOR occupied by a demonstration ; and, if necessary, by a defence of the place. But when the British army had reached Banos, on its march towards SOULT, the Spa- Gish army was discerned coming up. General CuEsTA said, he had received information that &KILT'S army was too strong for the British force alone, and he there fore came to assist. VICTOR'S army being at this time in motion, in the rear of the Spaniards, Lord WEI. LINOTON took the resolution to cross the Tagus, in order to avoid being surrounded by the two hostile armies. The bridge of Almaraz being destroyed, the passage was effected at Puente del Arzobispo, on the sth. At the date of the dispatches, on the Bth of August, the army occupied the defensive line of the Tagus.—Measures had been taken to insure supplies. The dispatches do not intimate a disposition to retreat further ; bu^ retreat was open if it should become necessary. The wounded were, we are sorry to state, left behind in Talavera, by the Spaniards. The num ber is not specified." These accounts, it must be allowed, are not of the most cousolotary nature—so far as regards the grand contest. But it is satisfactory to know that our countrymen. foiled in their first object by a deficiency of those necessaries which they had a right to expect from the Spaniards, had at length received ample supplies, and been enabled to retreat to a safe position. We have to remark, that private accounts which we have seen state the number of sick and wounded left behind to be not less than 6,ooo—not as all left at Talavera, but at that place and other two points ' on the retreat. We have great satisfaction, however, in being enabled to add, that a very large medical s:aif, and stores, were left behind with these unfortu nate men; so that it is to be hoped they will really suffer less than if they had been tranvorted to Por tam' in the conveyances of the country—supposing I.;.ey could have been procured—which they could not. ilesices the sick and wounded to which we have allede;!, Lord WELLINUTCN left behind hint 5000 sick in the hospitals ,it Lisbon when he marched to Spain ; so that with his loss at TAtvera the effective force of fhe itith army under his command cannot now ex ceed 17,000 naAlt To congratulate the pul lie on the prospect of 4:f.,lrs in Spain, would an insult to common sense. Jr was pr ,per that this country should make an effort jo si'vL I);tin from the gripe of NaroLEots, and Mi nibters descry,: praise for the atter.tpt.—The attempt br,:as made—the Spaniards laay. s4wn ;Item. selves to be an imbecile contemptible race ; and their whole conduct, from the first installation of the Junta to the present moment, demonstrates that Spain can not be saved by those who now direct her affairs. It was intended to send out a small army, as a re2l inforcement to Lord WELLINGTON, and which, we understand, was to have been commanded by Gene ral FERGUSON. When our letters (received this morn ing) left Portsmouth yesterday evening, the fleet, which consists of upwards of 200 sail, and which had been wind-bound for three weeks, had not sailed— though on the 29th the wind war favourable. —May we infer from this, that from the aspect of affairs in Spain these reinforcements have been countermanded ? To us, this appears extremely probable.—Mini sters would have been blamed by the country had they not sent an army to assist the Spaniards.— They did send one—the Spaniards have shewn that they will do nothing for themselves, and Ministers will be called to a severe account if they persevere in so hopeless a warfare. FRENCH OFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF THE BATTLE OF TALAVERA. PARIS, AUGUST 10. His Excellency the Count of Hunabourg, Minister at War, has received dispatches from his Excellency Marshal Jourdan, Major-General of the French army in Spain, dated 30th July. They confirm the accounts of the success obtained over the Anglo-Portuguese army, in conjunction with the Spanish insurgents commanded by Cuesta, in the battle of the 26th of July. On the 27th the King of Spain inclined the French army upon Alberche, after having beaten the English advanced-guard from Cazalega. He after wards obliged it to abandon a second position taken in the woods, situate between Talavera and that river. This advanced guard defended itself vigo rously, but was defeated by the first corps, com manded by his Excellency the Marshal Duke of Bel luno ; an elevated plain, by which the left of the British army was supported, and on which it appeared to intend to fortify itself, was carried in a most bril liant manner by a part of the first corps, but night coming on it could not take a•position there. On the 28th, after various success on both sides, the enemy's army was not only driven from the raised plain it occupied on its left, but was besides forced to abandon Talavera de la Reyna, and its whole line, after the most vigorous and obstinate conflict. The Imperial army remained all night on the field of battle. The Portuguese corps had advanced under the command of General Wilson to Varal Camero, but returned after the 26th of July. The loss of the enemy has been very considerable. All our regiments were engaged, excepting the re serve. The nature of the ground would not permit the cavalry to act. We expect further particulars of this important victory.—From 'he Monileur. THE SCHELDT. It is very currently reported this morning that all further operations on the Scheldt being now deemed impracticable, sufficient garrisons are to be left at Walcheren, and that the remainder of the troops will immediately sail for Spain, and be disembarked at Cadiz, whence they will advance with whatever Spa aish army may be there ; while Lord WELLINGTON, with CUESTA'S troops, and the Portuguese, under Marshal BE/MS.I'ORD, advance from the Portugneee quarter—A few days will determine what truth there is is this report. Letters from the Scheldt, dated the 27th instant, received yesterday, state, that a Council of war had been summoned, to consider of further operations. It was thought that no attempt -would be made on Lillo or Antwerp.—Several cargoes from this country have already arrived in Walcheren. In addition to the particulars which we have already communicated respecting this subject, we learn from other sources, that the French Admiral Messiest had drawn up his fleet, composed of either nine or eleven ships of the line, ready for sea, and five frigates, be tween Fort Lillo and Fort Liefkenshoek, two forts ; the one on the cast and the other on the west bank of the Scheldt, opposite to each other, apparently deter mined there to abide our attack. There were besides in the Scheldt, three French sail of the line fitting out, I three on the stocks, and one unfit for service. Booms, chains, and various impediments were likewise stretch, ed across, or placed in different parts of the stream to oppose our progress. It was also understood to b, in the French Admiral's contemplation to connect a great porticn of the flotilla together, by chains, after strongly mooring them. It is likewise stated, that it was intended to station a second flotilla between Forts St. Phillip and St. Mary, near four miles below Ant werp, where the River is considerably narrower than between Lillo and Liefkenshoek, and that a strong redoubt had been thrown up at Fort Piedmentel, a mile on this side of Antwerp. The track of land from Fort St. Anne to Fort de Beerle, on the western bank of the Scheldt, is said to be capable of being entirely overflowed. On the eastern bank there does not exist the same facility of inundating the country. Except in the article water, our troops have been most abundantly supplied, both in Walcheren and South Beveland. That article was found not to be of a good quality in either place; supplies of which are, th'refore, daily sent off from our own shores to the army and the fleet. nog THE ?RfI4CR AND GIUMAN PAPERS. LEYMIN, AUGUST 9. "The French fleet, which had taken a position under I Fort Lillo, has partly ascended the Scheldt as high as Antwerp, and is so advantageously stationed, that it is there considered as sheltered from every attack of the enemy. French troops arrive daily at Ghent, an at Antwerp, from whence they proceed still far ther. The right bank of the Scheldt, from Antwerp to Bergen-op-Zoom, is already covered with French troops. Ci-devant Dutch Flanders is equally fur_ nished with troops. According to the most recent intelligence from the theatre of war, our troops, which hitherto have acted defensively, will assume the offensive. " AUGUST 10.—According to advices received yes terday, the King was on the 7th at Ossendregt, where, at this time, a considerable force of French and Dutch troops are assembling. The environs are so full of troops, that from 100 to 150 are quartered with each peasant. Great preparations are making for the purpose of undertaking some important affair against South Beveland. The head-quarters of his Majesty were expected at Rosendaht ; those of the General in Chief of the French troops are at Rapelle. Already there is a considerable force between Ant werp and Williamstadt." MEDITERRANEAN. The following letter has been received by a house at Liverpool, from Sicily : gi MESSINA, JULY 17.—With respect to political events in this quarter, you have, no doubt, heard of the taking of the two islands of Ischia and Procida, by our forces under Sir J. STUART. As yet no pros pect of his making a descent upon Naples or the coast. The lower part of Calabria, which has been open a short time, is again shut against the English. All must depend upon the successes of Austria, whence we have no late accounts." EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM LYONS, JULY 21 . " We learn from the Mediterranean, that a consi derable ntunber of English transports, having on board part of the troops which were in Sicily, hav e sailed front the coast of Gibraltar ; they are going to Lisbon to reinforce the army of General Wellesley. —Some detachments of the army of General Stuart have also embarked, probably in order to return to Sicily, since the expedition has not succeeded against the kingdom of Naples." PARIS, AUGUST 10. Letters from Bayonne state, that the English have disembarked at Alicante some detachments, with much on, artillery, &c. NAPLES. JULY M. The English have unexpectedly received orders to immediately evacuate the islands of Ischia and Pro cida. Yesterday evening they blew up the small forts and threw the batteries into the sea. The troops and the sick have all re-embarked. The Sicilian Prince Leopald, who was on board their fleet, must have ar rived at Melazzo, with the Duke of Ascoli and Ca noza, Neapolitan emigrants. Two English regiments have gone for Malta. JULY 27.—The English yesterday finished eva cuating the islands of Ischia and Procida. De putations from the inhabitants of those two islands have arrived here, to bring advice of their departure, and that the national flag has been again hoisted on the forts. The different authorities have received or ders to re-enter on their functions. We have given some interesting extracts from German Papers to the 19th inst. They contain the French account of the battle of Talavera, as publish. ed in the Meniteur, in which, as might be expected, Marhal JOURDAN claims the victory. None of these extracts furnish any grounds for expecting a breach of the Armistice on the part of Austria. On the con trary, all the Plenipotentiaries have, by this time, as sembled at Raab, and the Congress is not expected to be of long duration. Yesterday morning, Sir SIDNEY Smint had a long conference with Lord MULGRAVS, at his residence at the Admiralty. Letters from France say, that Admiral VILLARZT JOYEUSE has been exiled to Normandy. Last night Mr. MAJOR, one of his Majesty's Mes sengers, was sent from Lord CASTLEREAGII'S Office to Bulstrode, with a Duplicate of the Dispatches re. ceived yesterday from Lord WELLINGTON, for the Duke of PORTLAND. A most improbable rumour was current on the Continent, that the Archduke CHARLES was to be en gaged on a mission to ALEXANDER, to apprise that Potentate of the danger of his situation, from his sub servience to BONAPARTE, and of the necessity of his joining in the common cause of Germany, to resist the encroachments of NAPOLEON, who was endeavour ing to extend his empire from the White Sea to the Eastern Shores of the Mediterranean. During the thunder -storm, on Friday afternoon, the lightning struck the mast of the boat belonging to his Majesty's ship Sussex, lying in Sheerness har bour, and shivered it in pieces ; two men in the boat were struck senseless for a short time, but did not re ceive any other injury. RICHARD OWEN CA NIBRIDGE.Mr. CAMBRIDGE was an occasional contributor to the periodical paper called " The World," and was once requested on a Sunday morning, just previous to his going to church, to furnish an essay for the next day's paper :—during the sermon Mrs. C. observing he was unusually inat tentive to the discourse, whispered to him, " My dear, what are you thinking of ?"—With that ready hu mour which never forsook him, Mr. CAI42IRIDOR re plied, " I was thinking, at that instant, bf the next World 1 " RIOT AT OmAorf.—.Extract of a letter COTTENBURdH MAIL We have received two Gotteaburgh Mai which we have subjoined some extracts, sounte the capture of the ALERT sloop of Baltic, by six Danish gun-boats, after a rate action. There are strong grounds f. that the important Island of Ertholm 11;1! pied by a British force landed from his M DICTATOR. The harbour is described as excellent rendezvous for our shipping the Baltic. The late unfortunate King and his family are about to be remove, Kingdom, and a pension is to be allc , the Diet. LOUISBOURG, AUGUST 7. A Courier from the head-quarters of tart' Prince of Landau has brought intell on the 6th his Royal liighne,:s occupiek the insurgents, on hearing of his appro: abandoned that town at three in the mi retired precipitately on Feldkirch. bergers experienced no r.:sistance, and I inhabitants. The Austrian troops, in the Voralber ing in consequence of tke suspension Memmingen and Augsburg. GOTTENBURG, AUGUST 18, A merchant vessel, named the Provide this morning, and brings the account of his Majesty's ship Alert taken near th. calm, by six gun-boats, after a desperate A letter from Carlscrona this mornin: they had just learnt of the island of Eri been taken possession of by his Majesty' for ; should this account be correct, it great importance to the British navy and harbour will fully protect the Bala, should occasion require it, twenty sail of conveniently lie and winter there, as 40 feet water and a good anchorage. The fortifications of the coast as far a still continued with great exertions. Admiral Bertie has detained a large R laden with timber. STOCKHOLM, AUGUST is. His Royal Majesty has sent to the DI ing message relative to the pension whi are to allow to the late King Gustave his queen and children " The period approaching when a Prince, who lan Sweden, but whose claim to the Swedit been solemnly cancelled by the unaniml of the States of the realm, must absent this country. Their own spontaneous \VI this point with what the public tranqi ,curity requires. " His Royal Majesty has taken the Secret Committee on a matter of so ante, which, however,the state of pub, not yet permit his Majesty to commi Diet, and he therefore confin es himseli the question—What pension, yearly a, the States of the Realm willing to gra/ King, his Queen, and Children ?—w being answered, another will occur ri country which it will be most proper to residence of Gustavus Adolphus an,l hi His Majesty does not deem it super; some observations, which the States al mind, in their deliberation on this subject cannot but be aware, that their slecisi stamps of dignified generosity which bel minded nation ; that misfortune craves that humanity itself commands forgive/ vion of the past. II His Royal Majesty is anxiously de: States of the realm, by dividing the subjl cussion on these principles, should meet I thus give a pledge to Europe of the purl tives which induced Sweden to revive i Government, and renew the structure oi (Signed) tl A report was circulated yesterday in Lord ST. Fiat aN's was about to leave ti attend a Congress for a general Negociati The report has no foundation. killen, August 15:— " I hasten to inform you that i am compelle( course, in consequence of the state of the country where, last Saturday, a terrible affray occurred bet the Limerick militia and the Orangemen of that of the latter, three have been killed, and seven desperso The Orangemen are said to be the aggressors—th in the insigatia of their order, before Sir J. Stewat those men, who had volunteered into the line, wt armed into town front Strabane, wearing gre their hats—the Orangemen immediately called upon which, the militiamen rushed into the another regiment of militia lay, who, on the pi July, had likewise had a party dispute with people, and were now doubly enraged at tin; fresh to their brother soldiers—the volunteers immedi arms (a serjeant is accused of having furnished and, upon the Orangeists returning into town Stewart's, the aforesaid execution took place. It ._ fired from the windows of the barracks. 'l'he artillery called out by Sir John, and some pieces of ordnar. the gates; all the yeomen of A ughnacloy, &c. asset length the militia were compelled to surrender. " On marching the prisoners to gaol, it is said. Orangemen wounded them with their bayonets. body of the Enniskillen Dragoons in tull march it is reported, that the country people had riaen i Militia, and that the troops were then Dna! ehl Orangemen from destruction. How far this la( founded in fact I cannot say ; I should hope it is events it is a bad business, and what may be hot happen, so long as party distinctions are counter at once put down with a strong and firm hand, and lighting their country's battles, supported against the ban sloop MAlL.itr g oi s Mails, f rom war in the tfter a most d esp ;! . Funds for belierin:• olm has been ou cu ". n his Majesty' s bed as afford . - _ Lgan )ping employed i s King of S'.5l:LaN 7ernoved from th at be allowed by .;ST 7. :ers of the I - leredi. it intelligence, th at , ccupied Dregen7.— s approach, having the morrirr, • • •,..0 act 11. The and disarmed Nalberg, are retire. :nsion of arms, b y UST 18. Providence, car,;; : ount of having ste t ' rear the Slaw, in a :sperate action. norning states, tha t of Ertholm having [ajesty's 514 Ve t ,. :ect, it will prove of i navy, as the fer; Baltic trade, a-a t i. r sail of the line nial re, as there is abov e age. Ls far as Malrneen.: as. large Russian vessel IST 15. the Diet the folk:T. ion which the St7.re., 3ustavus Adolphus, period is now fast ho lately governed Swedish Crown has tnanimous resolutica absent himself from neous wish agrees c; tranquility and se. :in the advice cf of so much import. of public affairs dc , :; communicate to the himself at present t) ,arty allowance, art to grant to their n ? —which questicri iccur relative to :ht. >per to assign for and his family.. it superfluous to acid tates are to bear is ; subject. The Stat!.i r decision must Lin: hich becomes a nebie craves respect ; and n-giveness and obli. asly desirous that ths. Ire subject under dis- i meet his wishes atti he purity of the mo. revive her system if cture of the State. ss CIIARLES." Jay in the City, that [cave this cowl try to .gociation for ik.ace. a letter from Ennis• compelled to ales my r country about ()mar, curred betwen a p.-.• of of that toss :1, in •xhi.:ll, ven desperaie•le wounilei tors—they were parodic/ Stewart's house, when e line, were marching ue- lrillB green branci'lo in ly called them I . ,bels-- Ito the barracks, v-ker: in the preceding 1.2:h oi with the same class at t this fresh insult offered irs immediately received furnished amnanntior% [to town from Sir Joho olace. It is said, that ecT The artillery were now If ordnance piaN d before y, &c. assembled, and al render. I, it is said, some of the yotoets. To-day 1 mess 11 march to Omagh. ardi d risen in st, ; . ; .ort of the marching to save the or this last part nay to ope it is Ler true ; at 311 y be hourly expected to e counteranced, arid 04 ed against the Mtge 01 hang, and those w ho are