Star. — London, England, 1809-08-19 00:00:00

InI'LLIG4NCE. FALMOUTH, AUGUST 16. Arrived the Prince of Wales packet from New rk and Halifax, in 2.0 days from the latter. The Jl, PAYNTsa, is oft this pert, from Malta for .Lon , ti weeks from I\ la:ta. yIIOI.ITII AND PLYMOUTH-DOCK, AUGUST 17. The CADMVS returned last evening, and anchored C.awsand Bay. The Daum is come up Hamoaze , e repaired. An enemy's small eruizer was seen 3 n;^t ping from Maker Telegraph, but nothing sailed --Arrived the Spanish schooner Diligente s : . Sebastian's to St. Andero, in ballast, de s,. t he John Bull privateer, of this port ; the .; . ,, r ; chip St. Anne, under Grecian colours, laden J, w ine, from Gibraltar, bound here for . Orders. ; ;.,i the SEA FLowEn and CADMUS on a cruize ; , 4 ;he Ocean of London, FE ICY master, for Quebec , allast. P rrived the French schooner Adeline, en with cf , tton, coffee, and sugars, from Guada .i. France, last from Cork, was captured on the „f „Tuly last, after a chace of 17 hours, by the, as of his Majesty's frigate VIRGINIA. Two French. igites were about to sail from Guadaloupe for ancc with merchandize. pORTSNIOUTIT, AUGUST 18. kr:VA DEFENDER gun-brig from a cruize.— .4.tLABAR store ship to the Eastward. DOVER, AUGUST 18. Passed by this morning a fleet of transports, from r51:111;th ; also the following ships from Jamaica, t.: Tr.tEgar, FERGCSON ; Pursuit, MILLER; Friends, li.Pn; Dale, How2:LE ; Sovereign, &milt ; Fame, ;stir; Nelson, THOMAS; Lane, YOUNG; Lustre, MI; Lord Cathcart, BEATTY ; Lloyd, MORGAN ; iwknbtry, RADISY ; Aquilon, ROBERTSON ; Ann, :CaLES; Isle of Thanet, AtTxEN ; 'William Lush ton, SELBY ; James, CARTLR ; Coffee Planters, !:rs ; Dent, MUSSON ; Tirrot, 'Mums ; Maria, WILLIAMS. Sailed this day the chip wiiz, C. v. JELL, of this port, in ballast, for Got iu-nh —Wind S. W. and moderate. DEAL, AUGUST 19. arrived the CiwtiloN from Portsmouth, having convey about .30 sail of transports with Russian inners on board, bound to the Baltic.—Arrived the CaTAtiR, from a cruize off the Texel. Yorx, having on board French and Dutch ti en from the Island of Walcheren, for This Afternoon a Messenger sailed' in the T.u.AsTA tender to the flag ship, with dispatches to Commander off Flushing.—Arrived the ARGO, J! convoy, from the West Indies, which have sail. fir the River. Also arrived the Posthumous, f Z 1 e!.cs, and Mary and Sasaunab, CLARKE, from .^ ,:i,a. ii c'..• Downs—Ajar, Centaur, Theseus, Arge r Acista, C:arpion, :sir, Lively, Epervier, Ranger, Naval Trx:si,ort, Sorlir.gs, Surveying Sloop. YARMOUTH, AUGUST is. 3.uled the DILIGENCE, ACUTE, arid BERMUDA/ v*h the homeward.bound Baltic fleet, for their re v: tire ports.—Ships in the Roads Roebuck, Mos- Vixen, and Richmend.—Wind S. 2 P.M. A two-decker is now coming•into Bt. Nicho ls Gnu, believed to be the AniNcoukT, from Flush i:B ; same other vessels are now in sight. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. ' 7, IAVFSS'ID, AUGUST IS.—Arrived the Speculator, Harwood ; Er!:117., Parish; Betsey. Walker; Harmony, Jewson ; and the Prowr, from Grenada ; Bowes, Bowman ; George, t2 , ,fan; and Boddingtons, Seal, from St. Vincent's ; London ; Cove, WesAy ; and Hector, Drew, nnm Tobago; Knight, and P.enewall, Hill, from Barhadoci ; Ealing w, and Alh:on, I.inklater, from Dominica; Julius, :horn, from St. Ki:t's ; Mary, Desmore, from Malta ; Su- Su:Agate, and Cumberland, Mudie, from Buenos Ayres ; -,:giarta, Smith, from Curacoa, and Samuel, Sagrue, from the Sir Godfrey Webster, Walker, for and Hannah, F , inuing, for New York ; Effort, Tweedy, 'to: Oporto; ophia, Pei!, and Mary, Morgan, for Guernsey. ItRIVED—Off Portsaloath, the Lune, Yeur7 ; William Dent, 1.111-. son ; Vicissitude, Goodsi ; Jack 'far, Grant; Centurion, Earope, Thom..son ; Lincoln, Richmond ; Ashly Hall, 'Hith; Thetis, Severs; Isle of Thanet, Aitkin ; Hawkesbury, yKin:73ton, Benson ; Augusrns Cxsar, -; john and •.. is, ; Tivint, Willis; William I.ushington,--; •t, limiter ; Atlas, Neween ; nitre, Smith ; Trafal • • ; Pursuit, Miller; Neretri, Brockbank ; Sister, • ' :Ai', Ro'ocrtr..ri ; Sovereign, Sinhh ; Mary and Susan • ;'• ' 1!. le Powell . Lloyds, ;:organ, frai:i :he King George, ; nor; Canada, Dove, from :;e •.nclon, Duncan, and Norfolk Hero, Walker, thr Loyal Briton, Hart, from Nevis ; themis, -•-, from Grinatia ; and Albion, Linklater, from Dominica. d. Postlet%waite, Smith, from St. Croix; King George, 7 r , ,ra itetigita ; Askew, More, from Philadelphia; Jus irem Virginia; Nancy, Williamson, from Montser- Ery, Clark ,l'rom Wilmington. At Porto Rico, the Swan, front Liverpool. At St. Croix, the Tom, Roberts, from p ,O l. A' Grenada, the Lady Mackworth, ---, from Bay •,!". At Mogodero, the Palafox. Moore, from London. In ,:t•er, the S . recu:ator, Harwood, from Grenada. Off Hastings, from Grenada, Off Falmouth, the Juno, Green • •:.: Virgini Royal Edward, —, from Jamaica to Lon - .3 on shore in Selsen Endeavour, —, from Liverpoc.l to the Bra .> got on a rock rie,tr Para, and is condemned. ,trze ship, calk(' the Peace, belonging to Lon- NV.IS lost or. Saturlay sennight, on a reef of -; rear Sal,:ombe, abo u t e i g h t leagues to the east ]or elymouth, and all the crew perished. She ;,i)r,sed to be from Spain. She had a cargo of and nut; on hoard, all of which is totally lost, vessel gone to pieces. The L'.lies of eight :id a bo7 were picked up on Thursday, and in , at Salcentbe. !.,r- DNA LeiTLE OF TAUT BRA EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM AN OFFICER OF MOH RANK IN THE ARMY OF SIR ARTHUR WELLESLEY. " Talavera della Reyna, July se, 1809. " The movement of the French in retreat, of which I gave you an account in my last letter, was a most masterly one. • 'I he advice and interference of Sir A. WELLEs- LEY to the Spaniards, saved them from inevitable de struction, and his ability has secured to - the British arms a most glorious and brilliant victory. It appears that the French retired on the morning of the 24th to St. Olalla and Torrijos, taking the road to Toledo. The Spaniards followed the retreating army to Saint Olalla ; on the 25th the French effected the junction of the three corps of VICTOR, SEBASTIANI, and King JOSEPH, thus forming an army of 50,000 men. On I the 26th th e y a d vance d aga i nst the Spaniards, and beat in their advanced guards; the night befo r e, Si r A. WELL ESLEY h a d requested CUESTA to retire upon Cevolla, as it appeared clear that the French intended a movement in advance ; the attack upon the ad vanced guard supported this advice, and CUESTA with his whole army retired on the 26th to the heights in front of this place. " The 27th the French continued their advance, and in some measure came up with the division of General SHERBROOKE, which was posted at Casa Liguas, to protect the retreat of the Spanish rear guard ; by one o'clock, however, every thing was safe across the Alberche, and General SHERBROOKE and' the -Spanish army were ordered immediately into a posi- , tion which Si: A. WELLESLEY had fixed upon, having the right on Talavera, the left on a hill about tivo'l miles north-west of it. Abouttwo o'clock, the French began to engage upon the Alberche, with the division of General MACKENZIE, which had been left to oppose or retard the passage of the river. The enemy, how ever, appearing in force, the division was ordered to retire gradually to the position in the rear. The enemy having passed a number of troops, this move ment brought on a serious affair, and the French fol lowed up their advance till we were arrived in our po sition, and then instantaneously they attacked the height upon our left, and for a moment carried it.— The brigades of Generals STEWART and TILSON reco vered it immediately, and so ended the action of the 27th, with the only exception, that the enemy's ca valry attempted the Spanish line on the right, but were repulsed. " In the morning of the 28th, the whole of the French formed in front of the British army : a divi sion at the bottom of the hill on the left was the first which began the action, by storming, with about 8000 men, the height they had lost the night before. This attack, from its nature, could not be of long dura tion; although supported by an immense train of ar tillery from an opposite height, the enemy was driven back with an amazing loss, and thrown into complete confusion. Owing to accident our cavalry was not near enough to charge, otherwise the whole of three French divisions, forming the attack and support, must have been cut to pieces. After this attack had been repulsed, the enemy confined himself for a con siderable time to a cannonade, in which he had a great superiority of guns, but by which nothing but the destruction of a few men and horses was effected. At the end of about two hours the firing on both sides ceased, and there succeeded an interval of about two hours tranquillity. " At one o'clock, the fire recommenced on the part -of the French, and immediately after, an attack with three columns upon our centre. The action was fu rious, hut in half an hour the attack was completely repulsed, with an amazing loss on the part of the French, and some considerable suffering on ours.— , The . enemy did not lose courage ; they determined upon a third attack, and a most tremendous one it proved. Four ca five columns of the whole of Sebas tiani's corps sParrnd of 18,000 men attacked the cen tre, while three strong columns of infantry, support ed by a large body of cavalry, threatened to turn our left, by going round the height, which they had al ' ready twice attacked ; our cavalry was ordered to charge this body, and although by a mistake or some accident, and by the. great strength of infantry in close columns, against cavalry, the charge did not sacceed, and on the contrary proved. very fatal to the 23d Dragoons, )et its effect was such as entirely to stop the advance of the intended attack, and to re lieve us in a short time from the fear of any attack upon our left. " Jn the mean time, however, the attack upon the centre became tremendous ; some of our battalions were forced to give way ; and the Guards, by an im prudent though gallant charge in front, were so cut up by some artillery, and several columns of infan tn-, as to be obliged to fall back. Sir A. Wellesley, .when ae olmerved the advance of the Guards, dread ed the result, and ordered the 48th regiment from the left to support them in case of necessity; the steadi ne,,: of this regiment contributed greatly to the suc cess of the day ; the Guards passed through it, and it supported the whole of the attack that was pour ing down, and stopped the :French advance. " Under cover of this regiment, the Guards and the other regiments formed, and in a quarter of an hour returned into the action with a huzza, which repeated through the whole line, was followed by the repulse of the enemy upon all points, and with this terminated the action. We observed the French columns retiring to the Alb.:rche, and .before dark their rear-guard quitted the ground they occupied. I will not go further into de tail about this great action, for unless I could inclose you a plan of the ground, you could not understand it ; but you will perceive by what I have said, that our army was on the left and the Spanish on tke right, and that the French attack was entirely direc ted against us, although thero were two or three Spa nish regiments engaged, and those behaved extreme ly well. " Our loss has been severe, 4500 killed and woun ded ; but we have since been joined by Craufurd, with 300() men. The French lost in the action, I should think, at least 12,000 men ; their dead are in heaps before us, and the wounded that they carried off are too numerous to be counted by the peasants who have met them. " I hope this army wi7l receive some mark of dis tinction for the gallantry it has displayed ; and let it not be forgotten, that the present is the only instance since the French have been so reputed in arms, in which a large army, equipped in very thing, sad • commanded by. their best officers, has been defeated by, an army half its numbers. . di I have been extremely fortunate in the action— although I was engaged in the heaviest of the fire, no accident happened to me. There is a strong report that Soult's army is marching towards Placentia ; I think it probable, but I do not believe he can do us any material harm. Venegas has marched upon T 0... ledo and Aranjuez, but not as was at first intended. As yet he has created no diversion in our favour, ex cept that the King foseph is gone with his corps of 6000 to Madrid. 4g Sir Robert Wilson is returned to Escalona ; he had advanced beyond it to within three leagues of Madrid ; he was obliged, however, to retire, to join the army, and is now only gone off again. On the left of our line, in the action of the 28th, the French endeavoured to push a column in the mountains. A Spanish division, under General Basscour, was sent against them, and behaved very bravely." Oa Monday last, the 2d Regiment of Warwick. shire Local Militia marched to Warwick, to remain on permanent duty for 14 days. Monday, the 4th Lanarkshire (Highland) Local .Militia, commanded by Colonel MACAL►STER, finished their period of twenty-eight days drill, at Glasgow. On Friday, notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather, the Duke of MoNintosa inspected the regi ment, and expressed himself much pleased with the general appearance of the corps, with the steadiness of the men under arms, and the precision which marked the manoeuvres. The regiment is dressed in the full Highland garb. FATAL DUEL.—Extract of a letter from New Or leans, dated 15th May A duel was fought here on the morning of the 16th, between Lieutenants BOWIE and HAGUE, of the Light Dragoons. At the third fire, both shots took effect. The . former was mor tally wounded. I attended his funeral last evening. The latter will in all probability lose one hand, as the Oones of his arm just above the wrist are shattered in a shocking manner. They were promising young Officers, and were said to be two of the best looking young men in the army." A cause of considerable importance came on to be heard at the Dorchester Assizes, wherein Mr. WIL LIAM SHERRING, the P res id ent o f a Benefit Society at Sherbourne, was Plaintiff, and T. PURSEY, alias PERSEY (the elder) was Defendant : the action was brought to recover from the Defendant three years pay, at 4s. per week, which he had fraudulently re ceived from the Society 21 years since, by producing a copy of the register of his baptism. The Judge di rected the Jury to return a verdict for the Plaintiff, which they did with damages, 341. The George public-house in Grafton -street, Soho, fell down on Monday night, at ten o'clock, and caused a considerable alarm in that neighbourhood. The first crash was heard by a woman who lodged in the garret of the same house. She was washing, and had three children in bed. She took her children, and ran down stairs, screaming violently, and exclaiming, " The house is falling down." A party of gentlemen, who were sitting in the back parlour, and many others in the tap-room, were alarmed at the shriek of the woman, and doubted her assertion ; but one of the party ran up stairs, and heard a second crash, which, communicating to the rest of the company, they all left the house, and had not quitted it many minutes before it fell to the ground.—No lives wgre lost. Yesterday afternoon, as a baker's cart was stand ing at his owner's door in Bishopsgate-street, the driver being gone into the shop to fetch out somebread, a boy passing by with a whip, struck the horse, which set off full speed : a carriage turning out of Sun street, came in contact with the cart, and was over turned before the coachman was aware of his danger; fortunately, however, he was not much hutt, and the carriage was empty. Yesterday morning, as a loaded waggon was going down the Haymarket, the wheel-chain broke, and the horses were pressed forward so rapidly, that the dri ver, in attempting to stop them, was thrown down, and the fore-wheel passing over his thigh, the bone wal broken in a dreadful manner ; he was taken to the hospital, where immediate amputation was found necessary. The leading horse of a tandem, in which were two persons of the name of Houlton and Case, took fright at the lightning, betwixt Hounslow and Bedford, on Thursday night, and started off at full speed. The vehicle was overturned, by the horses dragging it off the road on the heath ; and on its being upset, Mr. Case was so dangerously hurt, that he is not expected to lire. A poor man of the name of Heady was struck dead by the lightning on Thursday-evening, at Long lane, near Brentford. He was driving a horse and cart, and the fluid struck him on the forehead. The Dwina, Capt. PYOT, which arrived at Grimsby on Wednesday, from Malta and Messina, with a cargo of currants and Spanish liquorice, was struck with lightning about 12 o'clock en Thursday night, and immediately after the quarter-deck was in a blaze.— There were four or five men and a boy on board at the time, all of whom, excepting the boy, providen tially made their escape ; but the poor lad was burned. The fire continued to rage with great fury till the vessel was burned to the water's edge. It is supposed the cargo was worth bet Ween 6 and 70001. about a sixth part of which had beendelivered. The Dwina, which carried about 300 tons, was worth at least 30001. Fortunately there were no other vessels near the spot where the Dwina was moored, nor did the fire communicate to the contiguous warehouses ; but, owing to the extreme violence of the storm, tl:e awful spectacle of the burning ship, and the near contiguity of the houses and other buildings to the wharf, the inhabitants of -the marshes were thrown into a state of great consternation. The Children of Christ's Hospital, in addition to their other branches of learning, are taught to draw. The best specimens of their Drawing will be exhibited ili Cooper's Hall, on the 20th of October next, on which day they will, by drawing the State Lottery, distribute among the public no less a sum than Two Hundred Thousand Pounds. ECCLESIASTICAL PROMOTIM Rev. John Wills, B. A. is presented to the rectory of South Perrott, Dorset, with the chapelry of Masterten annexed. Rev. S. I. Porter, to the rectory of Bradstone,Devon. Rev. Ho!Hayworth, M.A. of Hartlepool, to the vicarage of Haltveltistlo. SPORTING 111TRLL/CSNET. 'CANTERnUItY RACES, '1111::: , DAY, AUGUST It • A .Sweepstakes of 20gs. each. Ten Subscriber:. M-. Baker's Corsican, 5 y rs o ld - - - i Sir E. KnatchbuTs Red Cross Knight, by St. Gemge, 4 yrs old 2 Mr. Baldock's hi. c. Noyeau, by Whiskey, 4 yrs old - I A Sweepstakes of logs. each, 15 Subscribers. Mr. Watson'; Trimbush, 4 yrs old - - I - Mr. G. Wittrm.den's b. g. by St. George, 4 yrs old - .? Mr. Baker's Sir Edward, by Teddy, out of Countess, 3 yrs old 3 Sir E. Knatchbull's Red Cross Knight, 4 yrs old 4 Kentish Hunter's Sweepstakes of sgs. each. Seventeen Subscribers. Mr. Trevillon's bl g. Admiral, aged - - Sir J. C. Honywood's b. g. Arid, by Oberon, 6 yrs old WEDNESDAY—King's Plate of 100 g s. Mr. Watson's Chester, 4 yrs old - - Mr. Baldock's bl. c. Ployeau, 4 yrs old A Maiden Plate of £5O. I - 2 1 I 2 dr Mr. Baldock's b!. c. Noyeau, 4 yrs old - walked over. THURSDAY—The City Plate of £5O. Mr. Watson's b. c. Chester, 4 yrs old Mr. Witherden's b. c. Countryman, 4 yts old Mr. J. ally's b. c. Red Cross Knight, 4 yrs old 1 1 2 dr dr. The sport of the last two days has been very defec tive, but that of Tuesday was better by far than tithat has of late years attended this course. The Hon. JOHN WINGFIELD STRATFORD and THO. GODFREY, Esq. are noininated Stewards of the Races for the ensuing year. The assemblage of company, although from vari ous causes less in number of the nobility and gentry of the county than on former years, has however, from the fineness of the weather, equalled any other in everyydeseription of visitors. The ptiblic breakfasts and balls have felt the con sequente of the absence of so many of the milit.iry. The dressed ball of Tuesday night W'as but thin, that of last night, however, consisted of upwards of 300 fashionables, and was considered one of the best dressed balls for some years. Among the company present were— The Earls Nelson and Temple, Lord Brook ; Sirs George Nu , gent, fidsiard Knatchbull, John C. Honeywood, John Shaw, H. Dashwood, Samuel Auchmuty ; Baron de Montesquieu, Colonel Dalton, Lieut.-Colonels Webb and Vicars Majors De Billing hunt and Stoddart, Captain Hafrenden ; Messrs. Baker, Taylor, Godfrey, S. R. Lushington, Foot, Wildman, W. Hammond, Hunter, and Trevillion ; the Right Hon. Ladies Elizabeth Hat. ton and Charlotte Nelson, Ladies Knatchbull, Honeywood. and Shaw, Baroness de Montesquieu, Miss Dashwood, Mrs. Webb, Mrs. Foote, &c. GRAND FETE AT OATLANDS. The absence of his Royal Highness the Duke of YonK from the entertainment in commemoration of his Birth-day, given at Oatlands, on Wednesday, greatly diminished the pleasure which the festive scene was calculated to produce. In other respects the fete was extremely brilliant. At one o'clbck his Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, accompanied by MT.TERRETT, in an open lan dau, arrived • and was shortly after followed by his Royal Brothers, the Dukes of CLARENCE, KENT, CUMBERLAND, and CAMBRIDGE, in their separate car riages. At half-past one, the QUEEN, and the Prin. • cesses AUGUSTA, ELIZABETH, SOPHIA, and MARY, accompanied by Ladies ILCHESTER, and ISABEI.LA THYNNE, arrived. The QUEEN was preceded by the KING'S Equerries, in one of his MAJESTY'S carriages, drawn by six horses, and escorted by a party of the Royal Blues. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of YORK received her MAJESTY and all the Royal visi tants at the front door. The Prince of WALES and Duke of CLARENCE handed her MAJESTY and the PaiNcessas front their carriages, and the Duchess conducted them into the drawing-room, which was fitted up in a most magnificent style. The Duke's band, is full new uniform, was stationed on the lawn, near the drawing•room windows, and on the Queen entering, played " God save the King." As soon as her MAJESTY and the younger branches of the Royal Family were assembled, an elegant dinner was served up in a beautiful marquee erected on the lawn, for 40 children (20 boys and 20 girls), whom the Duke and Duchess clothed and educated. The eldest boy took the chair, said grace, apd performed the duties of the table. They were waited upon by the domes. tics of the house. The Queen and all the company visited them while at dinner. As soon as their cloth was cleared, they drank the healthy of the Duke and Duchess with three times three, and sung God save the King, the whole of them joining in chorus. The grateful sensibility of the children, together with their clean and healthy appearance, excited admiration, and all the company seemed highly pleased. At half past two o'clock, the Queen and all the branches of the Royal Family present, sat down to a sumptuous dejeune in the principal dining-room. The sideboards, eight in number, were richly ornamented with gold cups, urns, salvers, &c. &c. The dinner was served up on a superb service of plate. The PRINCE occu pied the DUKE'S place at table. After the cloth was removed, the PRINCE gave, A speedy recovery to the Duke of YORK, and many happy returns of the day," which was drank with enthusiasm. The band played several delightful airs during dinner, and after the DUKE'S health was drank, they played his Royal Highness's March. In the evening the Royal Family walked on the lawn. The QUEEN and PRINCE Es were elegantly attired, and looked exceeding well, but owing to the DLKE'S indisposition, they were not so cheerful as usual. At six o'clock, her MAJESTY and the Prim. et:cses ' accompanied by their suite, set out for Wind sor. At seven o'clock, the NOCE, with his Royal . Brothers and the Nobility and Gentry, sat down to an elegant dinner, served up in the principal dining room, where they remained until ten o'clock, when they proceeded to a ball-room erected.in the shrubbery adjoining the lawn, which was illuminated in a most superb style with upwards c.f . 2000 variegated lamps. At the top of the ball room was formed a beautiful canopy lined with shrubberies and flowers, and hung with festoons and lams, with a large star of lamps in the centre, and D. Y. at the top. The whole was fit. ted up with great taste, and had a most beautiful effect. At 12 o'clock the Duchess, accompanied by the Prince, retired from the ball room, and was fol lowed by the rest of the RdyalFamily, and the Nt bi lity and Gentry begun to dlepart.—Among the corn pan y were— Earl of Carnal, Lords Charles Cavdndish ; Lady Anne Culle rats Cartwright; Fitzroy,Winyarii Desbrow, Gcrsion, Bard Greenwood, Cavendish, Smith, The Duke and Ducheis'. tics, together with the nc up the merry dance until I.nd Artbur Somerset, Erstine, It Smith, Count Munster, Gene , Calvert, Fitzpatrick ; Colonels 'y, Craven; Messrs. St( pbney, tradespeople and domes. ing villagers, kept o'clock in the morning. T% to !r( t i:e I v . / RIJ S.n • P . a t A ISI 7111 1 ' t' ' '' P. fzl E T fl I—, 3.1 2: C :28 ; 1 1 , !•-n i',l , C t.;; 4'4 :h( 1 777