Star. — London, England, 1809-02-06 00:00:00

T ur n your eyes to France—..compare what she is to what she was, and infer the fate that awaits you, if that destructive genius should succeed in subduing Spain. Inhabitants of Cadiz this beautiful city, the emporium of commerce and opulence, you would b ee converted into a deserted village. To the evils w i t h which every other town is threatened, you would s ee plunder and the harshest treatment supperadded. Your harbours would be left without shipping, and your stores without goods—your merchants would desert their houses, and the tears of despair would prove your only resource. Hesitate not, therefore, to make fresh sacrifices t o your security. They can never be excessive when it is the independence of the country that requires them. Let us be free, and speedily will the rapid tight of our commerce, of that spring of public opu !,:ace, amply indemnify you for the sacrifices which roll shall have made to the general defence. (Signed) " The Marquis de Voter,, " Count de DAnstus. ,dlz, .Tanuary 5, 1609." VALENCIA, DEC. SO. I:iisl7.cellency the Duke del Infantado has trans rlitted to the Supreme Board of Government a most ,Itisfactory account'of a skirmish between from 90 to 100 Royal Carabineers and 150 French horse, near C kSl:l l'3 g e). Th: whole of the enemy's detachment was de- 57 cred, seventeen men excepted, whom our brave solders brought to head-quarters. In the districts oFC:talenia and Castile which have been occupied by the French, all the men capable of bearing arms have been bound or manacled, and conducted to the fron tier, thence to be sent to the armies in the North ; those modern Scythians thus adding the most horrid slavery to the barbarous treatment which they inflict upon their victims. Before the FERDINAND VII. quitted Lisbon, the .;5111 Regiment, which had garrisoned the fort of El was on the Spanish frontier, had quitted that place, it was understood, and marched for Seville, now the eat of the Spanish Central Junta. Fort St. Julien, Belem Castle, and all the other forts in and about Lisbon, were garrisoned by British troops and the German Legion. Part of the troops which had marched to join Sir JOHN MOORE * had re turned to Lisbon, and other parties of them were dai ly arriving. These were embarked on board the transports immediately as they arrived. Their desti natcn was supposed to be Cadiz. Saturday the Duke of YORK waited on the KING, r-d transacted business with him, and in the after• r,o^n returned to London. Yesterday morning his MAJESTY, Princesses Au cum., SOPHIA, AMELIA, and M'Aftv, accompanied by Lady 7.tv, Generals CARTWRIGHT, FITZROY, and Colonel TAYLOR, rode to St. George's Chapel, and 1-..e4rd a sermon preached by the Honourable and Roverend Dean LEGGE, from Acts, chap. 17, v. xii. ard afterwards returned to the Palace. On Saturday a Cabinet Council, at which the Treater part of the Members assisted, was held at the foreign Office. It sat from two till half after three o'clock. The Honourable HILEY ADDINGTON, second son of Lord SIDMOUTH, is going out Private Secretary to Lord AMHERST, as Minister at the Court of Sicily. ...Ir. HUNTER, who was his Majesty's Consul Gene. %l in Spain, has arrived in town. The Correspondence between the American and British Governments on the subject of the Orders of Council, has been presented to the House of Commons. The greaor part of the documents of which it consists, have been long before the public • and the only mate rial addition is a letter from Mr. MADISON to Mr. ERSKINE, dated March 25, 1808, which, as it contains no new facts, but only argues with considerable inge agailst the justice and propriety of our Orders, \ye think it unnecessary to insert. The Transport Board announced on Saturday to t..e ship-owners, that Government did not at present . - Ltend to engage any more transports ; and the own .rs of some transports,particularly those of the smaller Mass, whose contracts have or are about to expire, :re..e received intimation that their engagements will Tint be prolonged. The Warren Hastings, True Briton, Scalesby- Castle, Lord Melville,, Cumberland, and Neptune, Fast Indiamen, will sail from Portsmouth, as soon as they have repaired their damages, under convoy of the Steers, Captain PYM.—The Cuffnels, for St. He. Bencoolen, and China, will sail under convoy of the NASSAU, 64, Captain CAMPBELL, as far as St. CLoair.ma, Captain Bk ions, with Com missioner SHIELD, for the Cape ; and Commissioner •iaa, for Madras, is ordered to sail alone, the /no zient she is ready. The LEVIATHAN, of 74., Captain HARVEY ; and B °"AY, of 74., Captain CUMING, for Cadiz ; BOA. Captain HATLEY, for Lisbon and the Cape of Good Hope; THAMES, Hon. Captain WALDEGRAVE, . 5 1111 a convoy for the Mediterranean : and the JAS "ER, Captain DANIEL, with a convey for the coast of Portugal—all at Portsmouth, are prevented from ailing by foul winds. The BOADECIA is to take out !'lr. JEFFERY, Consul at Lisbon. • A vessel is arrived from St. l_ibc•s, whence she sailed on the 26th ult. at which time nothing had been there heard of tl ,e French troops. An English Naval Officer had arrived at St. Übes from Lisbon, for the purpose of moging the Danish ships lying at the former port ( :bout nine or ten sail), to proceed to Lisbon to act transports for this country, and had offered them iOs. per ton; hut the Masters would not move dens they had a security or certificate from the Oiricer, that after their having landed their argoes in England, they would be allowed to leave (i.is kingdom for their own ports, which the Officer (:k1 not consider hi mse lf a uthorised to grant, and the -::Ps :herd , re remained where they were. THE ARMY. The following is a correct List of our fine Army in Sicily : Messina, 25th November, 1 ISM 2Gth Light Dragoons, four troops, Lieutenant-Colonel HA w. KER. Royal Artillery, Lieutenant-Colonel Listoine. 10th Foot, Ist Battalion, Major CASHEL. 21st Ditto, ditto, lieutenant-Colonel ADAMS. 27th Ditto ditto, I.ieuttnant-Colonel WARREN. 35th Ditto, ditto, Lieutenant-Colonel PETIT. 44th Ditto, ditto, lieutenant-Colonel BROOKE. 58th Ditto, ditto, Lieutenant-Colonel Bye K sr. 62d Ditto, ditto, Colonel HULL. 81st Ditto, ditto, Lieutenant-Colonel M'KEtrzie. Grenadier Battalion, Lieutenant-Colonel O'CALLAGHAN. Light Infantry Battalion, Lieutenant-Colonel WALKER. Regiment of Watteville, Lieutenant-Colonel WATTZEILLE. Regiment of Dillon, Major RENAU. Chasseurs Britanniques, Major Du FAUST. Regiment of Roll, Lietenant-Colonel SONNENBERG. Royal Corsican Rangers, Lieutenant-Colonel Lowe. Royal Regiment of Malta, Lieutp..--- r• • RYMPLE, Bart. 2d Light Infantry Battalion, Lieutenant-Colonel Vise HER. Likewise, a large detachment of Artillery, and four Battalions of the King's German Legion. By letters from New Brunswick we learn, that the expedition, with General PREVOST, sailed from Hali-1 fax on the sth of December, under convoy of the 1' Moselle and the Jamaica. The regiments under his command were the 7th, Bth, and 23d, a company of artillery, and a detachment of engineers. We had before no regular account of the departure of this force from Nova Scotia ; but we have already noticed on the authority of private communications, its ap proach to Martinique, and the reinforcements received by the enemy prior to its appearance off that island. Thursday the 2d Royal Surrey marched into Can terbury from Ramsgate, and yesterday continued their route for Reading-street Barracks. That part of our gallant troops recently returned from Spain, whose destination we have not already stated, are to be distributed as follows : 10th Light Dragoons, Brighton.-3d battalion Ist Foot, and Ist battalion sth ditto, Steyning.-2d battalion 81st ditto, Lewes, 2d battalion 23d, and Ist battalions 26th and 32d ditto, Horsham, Is and 2d light battalions K. G. L. Chichester.-7th Light Dra goons, Guildford.-15th Light Dragoons, Romford.--Royal Wag gon Train, Croydon.-51st Foot, 2d and sth battalions tiOth ditto, Isle of Wight.-2d battalion 14th ditto, Buckingham.-24, or Queen's, Ist battalion 4th, 20th, Ist battalion 28th, Ist and 2d battalions 43d, 2d battalion 59th, 76th, lit battalion 79th, and Ist battalion 92d, Eastern District. His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES has been pleased to honour the Regiment of Local Militia, commanded by Lord KIRKWALL, in the county of Denbigh, by signifying that in future it is to bear his Royal Highness's name. Thursday a division of the 16th light dragoons marched into Oxford, on their route to Walingford,' Reading, Newbury, &c. &c. Major CAMPBELL, of the 42d regiment, Ensign HALL, of the 38th, and the Rev. W. COOLEY, attachedl to the horse brigade under Lord PAGET, died on Fri, day se'nnight ; the two former of their woundsutl Plymouth. Joined to the deprivation which the navy has sus- 1 tained in the PRIMROSE man of war, and her whole crew, the army has to lament the loss of Lieutenant- Colonel GEORGE and Captain NATHANIEL TUCKER, ' who were passengers in that vessel, and on their way to join the army in Spain. They were two of eight brothers, all arduously employed in the service, either civil or military, of the country, and sons of the late' President of the Council of Bermuda, a situation I which, though it manifestly circumscribed his talents, for which his friends were ever wishing a wider field of action, he long filled with the most distinguished fidelity. Lieutenant-Colonel GEORGE TUCKER entered the' army in 1790, and was Major of the 97th Regiment, l and an Officer of the most unquestionable military talent and rapid experience, to which the illustrious Generals, Sir SAMUEL ACHMUTY, Sir DAVID BAIRD, SPENCER, and Sir A. WELLESLEY, with whom he served in the East Indies, at the Cape of Good Hope, in Egypt, at Copenhagen, in Portugal, and in Spain, have borne ample testimony. Under Sir D. BAIRD' he filled the responsible station of Deputy-Adjutant- General at the Cape of Good Hope ; and had the glory of filling the same important station in the army under Sir A. WELLESLEY, in the late unambiguous victories over the French in Portugal. He accom panied Sir D. BAIRD from the Cape of Good Hope, and arrived in England on the same day that his bro ther, Lieutenant-Colonel JOHN TUCKER, landed with intelligence of the capture of Monte Video ; and the services of both were acknowledged by Government in their promotion to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonels in the Army. Capt. NATHANIEL TUCKER was of the 32d Infantry, and formerly of the 33d, in which re giment he had the high fortune of serving under the immediate command of then Lieutenant-Colonel now General Sir A. WELLESLEY ; and, as well as his bro ther, shared in the glory of the late Campaign in Portugal, where he was Aid-de-Camp to Major Ge neral NIGHTINGALE, whose confidence :.nd regard he possessed entirely ; and, as well as his brother too, had compressed w hat is generally the experience of a length of life into a few years. In the large earnest which Lieut.-Colonel TUCKER had given, it is no presumption to say, that the State has lost the service of one who would have been a great General ; and of Captain NATHANIEL TUCKER, from the promise of his youth, there would have been nothing irrational in hoping the greatest future excel lence : but they are snatched from their country by a most disastrous death, that shuts out all consolation to a large family and their numerous friends, by whom they were beloved and venerated ; for they were of the gentlest manners, and joined to every military ac complishment the practice of every social duty ! The Lord Provost, Magistrates, and the Ministers of Glasgow' are to go to church on the King's Fast - Day, Thurs day the 9th instant, in mourning, in testi mony of their respect and esteem for, and as a tribute most justly due to, the memory of Lieutenant-Gene ral Sir JOHN MOORE. Sir JOHN DAL. p 1 tc it I} r• S. o • re r 1 e • th• ;o .nt 0.. chi Aro liz, )te Si; :ir iic at CyZ ad s:ti' * et. WEST INDIES. The island of Guadaloupe has been relieved and reinforced by the =rival there, about the 22d of De cember, of five frigates, with troops and iprovisions, from France. Of this we' were informed by the Prince Adolophus packet, in 29 days from St. Tho mas's. DRURY-LAN!: TifEATRIL—The Comic Optra of the Cabinet was performed on Saturday night to one of the most crowded houses of the season. Mr. KENT made his second appearance before a London audience, in the character of Lorenzo, in which he amply gratified the sanguine expectations which his former repre sentation of Sir George Airy had induced us to form. As a singer his voice is melodious and pleasing to a degree of perfection seldom witnessed : his songs were most rapturously applauded ; and he introduced " the Thorn," with such effect, that it was encored with an enthusiasm which marked the strongest approbation in tile power of the audience to bestow.—Mrs. Mouri- TAIN was loudly encored in the castanet song. BRAHANI was in excellent voice ; and, as usual, captivated the audience with his celebrated Pdacca. THEATRICAL CAUTION.—There is a man gling about the Metropolis, who lives by extorting money from PUBLIC PERFORMERS. Mrs. P 1., of Drury lane Theatre, has recently paid this miscreant four . . guineas. On Saturday last a very respectable actress belonging to the Covent-Theatre received the follow ing letter :-- K Madam—You know that your character is infamous as a common prostitute; and if yon do not give me five guineas, I shall expose every anecdote of your life. I shall be to-morrow night, at the corner of Spring-Gardens, near the Pastry Cook's, dressed in a smock-frock. Your friend, &c." The Lady very properly applied to Mr. GRAHAM and Mr. BOND, the Magistrates ; and, we understand, the culprit is in custody. Among the last arrivals at Bath are, Lord and Lady Vernon, Marquis of Lansdown, Lord Wm. Bentinek, Lord de Dunstanville, Lady Lawson, Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Monckton, Sir Wm. and Lady Wulseley, Sir Edward and Lady Singe, Sir John Gifford, General Fox, Colonel and Mrs. Mordaunt, Lady Ram, Lady Catharine Burke, General Scott, Colonel and Mrs. Serle and family, Major Earl, Major Dickson, Major Palmer, Rev. Dr. and two Misses Lawrenae, Dean of Wells. THE PARKS.—The early part of yesterday was in. auspicious to the pedestrians in Hyde Park. A suc cession of smart showers detained the fashionables within doors until about three o'clock, when the rays of Sol shot faintly through the watery clouds, and the walks were soon adorned by beauty and fashion. The carriages were numerous; Lord HAWKE drove four in hand, and Lord BARRYMORE'S curricle, with two beautiful greys, paraded in grand style. Several other members of the Whip Club displayed the management of their steeds to admiration. The equestrians exhi bited a dashing appearance, and the Ladies witnessed the horsemanship while thCir carriages drove round the different rides. His Royal Highness the Duke of CUMBERLAND, the Duke of MONTROSE, Lords GREN VILLE, EUSTON, and LUCAN, General MANNERS, Co lonel MATHEW, and many Members of the House of Commons, were among the company. FATAL DUEL.—Thursday a meeting took place be- 1 tween Captain WILLIAMS and Lieutenant ROBINSON, in consequence of a dispute which had arisen in regard to a Lady lately under the Captain's protection, when I Captain WILLIAMS received a shot in the side, which on Friday terminated his existence. The deceased was connected with several families of respectability' in South Wales. He was wounded in America during the late war, and was on the eve of returning to that country when this unfortunate affair occurred.; FIRE.—We are very happy, on the best authority,l to inform the numerous friends of Mr. BRUCE, the Army Agent, that by the great exertions of the fire meh and the most active and friendly assistance of his neighbours (for which he begs them to accept his sincere thanks) during the fire which happened 'at his late Office, Pall-Mall-Court, he has been enabled to save his family, with the whole of his books and pa pers, and also the greater part of his other property. The instant Mr. BRUCE'S family and papers were se cured, he left the preservation of his furniture and other property to his neighbours, and directed his whole attention to secure the books and papers in the next house, belonging to ALEX. ADAIR, Esq. and Mr. MACDONALD. The business of Mr. Bet:er,'s Office is, now carried on at No. 5, York-street, St. James's-I , square. EFFECTS OF TIIE num.—The floods continue out to an injurious extent in various parts of the country. ) Our letters of Saturday are filled with details of the damage which has been already done, and of the in-, convenience to which the inhabitants, of many dis tricts, arc still exposed by the inundation. The roads to Gainsborough are in such condition, that it is ne cessary to convey ale mails, Ste. in boats. On Thurs day, the water had so far subsided oa the road, that a man named Chambers attempted to go on horseback to a neighbouring village, but had not proceeded far before he was drowned. About Doncaster, the in undations are greater than ever remembered. At Easandine, four miles from Stamford, the water is so much out, that a horse was, a few days since, drowned on the road, and the rider narrowly escaped the same fate.—At Downham, the upland waters have de scended in torrents, and the banks of the river Wissey have been overflowed ; the parishes of Stoke, Wret , ton, Dereham, Wareham, Deaver, Roxh im, and a great part of many adjoining villages, are in conse quence inundated. The bank of the New Bedford River has been broken ; and, by the overflowing of the River Nene, the turnpike road formed one sheet of water, in common with the overflowed lands in Cutwell. Some persons have lost their lives, and a quantity of cattle has been drowned. CORN MARKET, MARK-LANE, FEB. 6.—The ar rivals of Wheat to-day make a middling supply, and but few fine samples ; other qualities are rather lo xer, and dull sale—Barley in short supply, and sup ports its price—very little Malt—and few White Peas —Beans, of the two descriptions, keep their prices— owing to the few arrivals of Oats, this trade is named at a small increase in price—and Flour remains at the late quoted prices. assisam. cessix Tß e ei r eakn A sdi s (ot e tl F (.7 s los s di : 7662:: 01. 68s. ed. Wheat, 655. 755. 90s. Poland Fine ditto, 925. 945. 4 s. s 445. 6d. Rye, 60s. 645. Ota, 243. ditto, 585.2. 3 Barley, 425. 48s. od. Malt 765.852. • Potatoe ditto to 45s od. White Peas (boilers), 1404148 s Rape Seed, 521. to 561. Grey ditto. 50s. 555. Fiat: Flour 80s. to 1154.—.Seconils 755. to 80a. NAVAL Mr rE LL IGhVO E. VALMOU i H, fEBRUARY 3, Arrived the transport Amphitrite, Captain Finn, chat sailed from Portsmouth with the fleet under t."'l' l• voy of his Majesty's ship Pan‘tnosE ; also the brig Cambo, BELt, from Coruniia, last from Penzance. Wind S.W. PLYMOUTH, FEB. 4. Came in the French brig letter of marque Coureaux des Indes, laden with sugar, coffee, cotton, indigo, and other goods, from the Isle of France, bound to Bourdeaux ; the was captured last Saturdat by the ALCMENE, of 32 guns. This vessel was formerly the Caroline of Boston, in America, that had been cap tured by the French, and sold at Canton. A large French frigate, leaded with various merchandizes, and a South Sea ship, that had been captured by the French in the East Indies, are reported by the Cou, reaux des Index to be on their voyage to Europe.— Came in the ItEvENGE, of 74 guns, for the Channel Fleet, from Portsmouth ; PLOVER, of 18 guns, from a cruizc ; San Joseph (a Spanish vessel), from the Havannah, with sugar, last from Corunna, from %;hence she was obliged to cut and run, to avoid capture.—The ALCMENE frigate has captured two french West indiamen, that are tot yet arrived. Ar rived a Portuguese schooner, from Lisbon, bound to Oporto, laden with gunpowder, captured by the Hebe French corvette, of 20 guns and 118 men, Lound to St. Domingo with dispatches, in lat. 41. :mg 60. and was given up to the crew ; she had pre viously taken the Lord Mulgrave, transport, from Corunna, bound to Vigo ; and an English brig, from Liverpool to Oporto ; the master and crews of these vessels are arrived here in the Portuguese schooner. PLYMOUTH-DOCK, FEB. 4. Half-past four P.M.—A fleet of transports, with a part of the troops recently arrived here from Spain, are now getting under weigh for Portsmouth, under convoy of the GOLDFINCH sloop, Captaitt SKINNER, and the Hindostan store ship, Captain PASCOE, both which vessels are now working into the Sound.— Sailed the PEAcocx, of 18 guns, Captain PEAKE, for the coast of Portugal. The JAMAICA has come up Hamoaze to repair. The CONTEST gun-brig, Lieu tenant GREGORY, has captured and sent in here the French chasse-maree, la Prudente, laden with honey, bees•waz, rozin, &c. PORTSMOUTH,•FEBRUARY S. Arrived his Majesty's ships SCORPION, from Ply mouth ; ESCORT and SANDWICH, from Guernsey.—• Sailed his Majesty's ships DEFENCE and ILLUSTRIOUS, for the Downs.—His Majesty's ship la COQUETTE is appointed convoy for the Downs, and will sail to- morrow if the wind is fair.—Wind W.S.W. DEAL, FEBRUARY 4. Arrived the FURIOUS gun brig from a cruize.—• Sailed the Weymouth storeship for the Nore. ,Tart. s.—Arrived the SATURN, of 74 guns, from Portsmouth. Sailed the CORI:MI.IA, FEARLESS, and GALLANT on a cruize. A brig, under Oldenburgh colours, with a cargo of salt, was captured last night off the South Foreland, by two French privateers, and has been recaptured by the Folkstone hired armed lugger, and sent into Ramsgate Pier. HARWICH, FEB. 5. Sailed at two o'clock this day the Auckland packet, Capt. GEORGE DEANE, for Gottenburgh, having on board a Swedish courier, Mr. FISHER, King's Mes senger, and several other passengers. Capt. DEANS proceeds (by an order from the Post-Office) to ascer tain if a communication with Sweden is yet practi cable, and has only one Mail on board. Till some accounts are received, the other Packets are to remain here. YARMOUTH, FEBRUARY 5. Sailed for Heligoland the CHANTICLEER sloop of war. Arrived the ARIADNE and CROCODILE frigates, and Fun bomb, from a cruize. Remain, Rcestrox, Vice-Admiral DOUGLAS ; PRINCESS CAROLINE, Com modore PATER ; Bellerophon, Stately, Aboukir, Roy alist, Indignant, Ephira, Hearty, Egeria, Onyx and her prize.—Wind S.E. DISTRIBUTION OP PRIZE-MONEY. The Paz, for the Wilda Matter, captured October 11, 1808 ; and the Childers, for the Fremconstene, and Lord Nelson, Octo ber 10, 1808, will be paid on board on their arrival, and recalled at No. 6, Stanhope-street, Strand. The Tribune, for the Fanny, captured January 7, 1808, will be paid on board to-morrow, and recalled every clay for three months at No. 12, Upper Thames-street. The Port Mahon, for the Harriet, recaptured Nov. 21, 1808, will be paid on board on her arrival, and recalled on Thursdays and Saturdays at Messrs. Atkins's, Austin Friars. NAVAL APPOINTMENTS. Captain Whitby, to the Cerberua. Captain Thompson, to the Pearlen. Captain Somerville, to the Rota. Captain K. Maxwell, to the Nymphen. Captain Cottrell, to the Nyaden. Captain !Caton, pro tempore, to the Mars. Captain R. Pellowe, to the Sea Fencibles at Sheerness. Captain Moubray, to the Rcdian. Captain Muddle, to the Comet. And Lieutenant Burgoyne, to the Defender. Saturday morning, the remains of the Earl of FYFFE were removed from his late residence, Whitehall, to be conveyed to the family burying-place, Duff-House, Ban ffsh 're. Ten Gottenburgh Mails are now due, doubtlessly detained by the ice on the Swedish coast, which has likewise prevented our sending thither any mail sub sequent to the 10th December. Fifteen mails, made up since that date, are on board three packets at Har. wich. • At Sheffield, Stamford, Doncaster, and several other places, subscriptions have been entered into by the opulent inhabitants, to retail provisions to the poor at reduced prices. Lord FITZWILLIAM has given AlOO to the fund at the former town. 4 • I ' • • ► t I t • 4 ; !I t lI I' .1) t i• L, ; I 1 I '1 I