Star. — London, England, 1808-09-30 00:00:00

i 1 :;tilej for tle English ii quite vanishes' in' the opi nion of the public, owing to their seeing the French colours and authority continue to prevail here, though i t is three weeks after a battle that should have pro duced the reverse of a disgraceful capitulafon, the articles of which we are not regularly informed of to this day." " LISBON, SEPTEMBER to. le Yon will, undoubtedly, long ere this gets to hand, have heard of the memorable battle of the 21st of august, and cif the gloom cast thereon by the shame• ful capitulation gritnted the French, too disagreeable a subject to dwell on. Since the battle above-men tioned, the French hays been busily employed in packing up every thing worth plundering. The Church plate they melted into bars, being the most convenient method of conveying the same to France. The natives were not only insulted, but murdered in the faze of open day. All this is well known to the Br.tisli General, memorials from the Juiz de Soro, and principal merchants of Lisbon having been given in to him to no effect. Sir An•rnt.a AVELLm.r.v is highly praised by his Army, the Navy, and inhabi tants, for his brave conduct ca the 21st ; but no sooner was the battle decidei, than he was superseded by some other General. In the skirmish of the 17th, near Obidos, LAnottnE was wounded, and is now nearly recovered. Two of the Russian fkei arc con demned; the others, it is said; are to be cenveyed to nisland. 41t present we ate rather aukwardly situated h er e, there being nn regular form of Covemnient, either English, French, or Portuguese. The — rench troops are elle. mp.:d in the F.ccio, Terreiro do Paco, and St. Paul's ; p:- rt rf them are em',: rked The French are still employed in melting down the Church plate into bars, making mattresses of cotton, putting up indigo and coffee in the form of crates of bottled wine, &c. The Spani,h troops are still confined." LtsroN, SEPTEMBER it. " Nothing can surpass the indignation and surprize of the inlii,bitants ~t :ceing the unaccountable posture of things in the Tagus, where the English, tie For tugaese, the French, the Spani. 11, and the Russian 'Lig.; arc all sun nyirg together ! Sir CIIA aLts TON, when he citric over the. bar, placed his fleet about two miles b.:ler: Pelem fart. The French ships and the. Russian fleet are anchored iti.)tit a mile above the fort. The Spani,ll prsoners who were released from the /ans, are enear peJ on the southern side of the r ter. The Okat li:zs bce produced by s^eing the first detachment cf the French carer on board their plunder with them, h ► produced many murders.— Officers, either French or English, are careful of walking alone, or of venturing out at night. Several of the French have been dispatched, and it requires the utmost vigilance to prevent insurrection. There is a report that the French will not be able to carry with them any part of their rapine. They are now., trying to convert it into articles that will stand muster. They have been actually buying from the English i Officers English horses at 100 giiin2as a piece, to carry with them. It is said that the French to be', carried away will amount to near 25,000 souls, and transports for all this body must be found. There is a rumour that they have committed great depreda tions since the Convention was signed—but I cannot discover this to be the cdse. The . clamour and the fury of the people however is at the height." G. CAMP CASSO, NEAR LISBON, SEPT. 10. 00 Of the result of our campaign' in Portugal you have been already of course informed. But I must acquaint you with a good thing which happened yes terday : JUNOT had allowed his Generals and Officers to plunder Lisbon—.in consequence of this permission, the Bishop's Palace, the Public Offices, and the Churches were exposed to the most open and bare faced pillage, after the Convention had been signed with the British Commander. The Magistrates of Lisbon and the principal persons preferred a complaint to the Commander in Chief of the British Fortis. About 8000 French had been already embarked— but Jcsloy was still in Lisbon,—The British Com mander instantly sent an order to him to cau* every thing to be restored that had been taken from the Portuguese pr.-viol/4 to the Capitulation, and down to yesterday. How astonished the Fretwh who thought they should have carried off c very thing quietly, I leave you to judge—Jtr.or and his Generals and Officers are in the greatest rage ; but it will avail them nothing. A Military Committee has been appointed, to which all the property plun dered, wiether Portuguese or Engla, is to be de livered. The amount will, it is said, be immense, some say a million or two sterling." THE MEDITERRANEAN. The CA:SAR, of 84 guns, and the MALTA, of 80 guns, have arrived at Plymouth from the Mr:liter rAnean They sailed from off Toulon the Sth inst. and Gibraltar on the 10th. They left off theformer place ten sail of the line. A rumour had reached:the squadron, that one of the ships at Toulon had mu tinied, which seemed somewhat psobable, as one of the squadron was observed to have been warped up the harbour and dismantled. The French have lately built and launched a ship of the line, at Genoa, but attempts had been made to destroy her, since which time she has been constantly guarded by soldiers. When the above ships left Toulcm, Sir .10m.: SWART sad the Expedition had not sailed from Sicily. STAIL-OFFIC-E, Three o'Clock. After this Paper was at.piess, a Mos . lifer of the 20th inst. reached Town; containing a most extrava gant speech of BONAPARTE to his soldiers on the pa rade, soon after receiving the intelligence of the DAL RYMPLE Convention. He assures them, that their la bours are by no means concluded ; that they had traversed Austria and Prussia, but they must now traverse France, cross the Pyrenees, and take a dreadful vengeance upon the Spaniards for *their Rebellion. The English, he said, had contaminated Spain and Portugal with their presence, but their success should not be of long continuance, for the Leopards of Spain, Portugal, and England, should all soon be devoured by the Eagles of France! ! ! This is the substance of this most extraordinary Speech, and it is in other respects of so extraordinary a description, that it appears more like the ravings of an idiot, than the speech of a General to his troops. No mention is made in the Moniteur of any marks ofl applause by the soldiers having followed this specch. l A private letter from Lisbon, states, that the pub-, lication of the Proclamation signed by Generals Bz- RESFORD and KELLERMAN, which is given in a pre-' ceding column, has created the utmost discontent in the French Army. General ii , NOT in particular was perfectly-enraged at the loss of his plunder, and has) issued a formal protest against the interpretation which General KELLEI4MAN has put upon the Con-1 vention. • On the other hand, KELLERMAN contends that the interpretation was correct, but says he did not intend that the Proclamation should be published, as it will ruin him in the estimation of the French Army. Besides the above, letters and Papers have been re ceived, from Paris to the 19th, and from Holland to' the 26th instant. The Dutch letters announce that preparations are made at the city of Erfurth, for a meeting between • BlsAraturF and the EMPEROR of RUSSIA, ani the KIM': of PRUSSIA. The first of these Potentates was . expected to leave Paris in the night of the 20th. Marshall LA SNrs is said to have passed through Berlin on the I ah instant, on his way to meet the EMPEROR • of RrSSI.A, in order to escort him to Erfnrth. The Austrian Papers from Vienna, of the 12th inst. speak will much freedom of the affairs of Spain ; and state that with which BoNApARTE himself did not chose to render the French nation acquainted, name•l}-, the surrender of the French flea at Cadiz to the Spa nish Patriots. A part of the correspondence between the English Ambassador and the Russian Minister, at St. Peters burgh, has aiso been published in the riarna Gazette. This wits laid before the British House of Commons during the latt Session (If:Parliament in January last ; and the most interesting part of it, in the prei.ent state of affairs between Austria and France, is the re ply of the Russian to the British Minister, on the sub ject of the Secret Articles of the Treaty of Tilsit. These Secret Articles, our Readers will recollect, Count Roil:v.:row allowed to exist. On the side of Austria, every thing, therefore, has a warlike aspect. In furtherance of his views upon Spain, BONA PARTE has also put 10,000 waggons, for the convey ance of his troops, in a state of requisition ; this he stated to be in the manner of the great Duke of MA imiloitoualt. The Dutch papers inform us, that letters from Vit toria state, that the head-quarters of the French army • were at Miranda, where JOSEPH BO..IPARTE was : that corps was extended from Paneorbato Burgos, his bead-quarters being at Santa Mari& A reinforcement of 5000 men had arrived at Bayonne on the 9th. Letters from Himburgh, of the I6th instant, state, that the great military preparations of Austria are continued with unremitting vigour; but the general impression throughout the German States was, that' there would be no war between France and Austria. This is, however, only a* echo of the French official paper's statement; for in Gerfnany they are allowed. to know nothing but what suits the wishes' of the French Government. The fcllowing letter, received by one of the first houses in die City, gives a flat contradiction to all the reports of the embargo being taken of the American vessels in French ports: Paris, S eptember 19. " Our endeavours r 8 get such American ships, as had actually loaded for America, released from the existing embargo, have again completely failed ; the answer we have got is nearly the same as the former, viz.-- That the Bayonne Decree must remain in full force. That his Imperial and Royal Majesty can not allow any ships to depart from his dominions, till, the reasons have ceased to exist which caused the Government of the United Staks to order an em bargo on all its shipping ; that any navigation now carried on by American vessels, is in direct opposi tion to the wishes of the said Government, and can only be meant as i trade, beneficial to the enemy of all neutral rights.'—You will please to inform us, whether we shall unload your ship, &c. &c. as no pro bability remains of accomplishing your wisher of . geting her home." Yesterday arrived at Harwich the Lark packet, : Captain Dam., with mails and passengers, from Gottenburgh.—Among the latter are the Archbishop DrKe of Rents, Viscount d'Aoorvr, several of the suite of the Count de LILLE, &c. &c. 1 It was reported in Gottenburgh, when the Lark sailed, that an exchange of WO prisoners was to take j place in Norway, and they were very soon expected at Gettenbura. bRUir:LifOTHEArRk - - : In Mrs. Corruvaes lively Comedy of The Wonder, performed last night at the Theatre Royal, 'Drury lane, the talents of Mrs. JORDAN were very happily exerted in depicting the playful vivacity and in flexible attachment of Vida/rte. She looked remark ably well, was in high spirits, and most loudly ap plauded. EcusToN gave great effect to the restless suspicions of Don Felix • and BANNNTER was very diverting in Li:sat-do—Miss Bovot made her first ap pearance in Isabella, which she performed with much seasibility—Miss IvELLoN also, for the first time, took the part of Flora ; but the remembrance of Miss Poem is too recent to afford her much prospect of celebrity. After the Comedy, a New Musical Afterpiece, was produced, entitled The Fortune:l'el'er. The following were the Characters: Lordly - Mr. Wr.WIT ER - JO: - • Mr. ISli Si N 1 NT ER Lb 7::1410171 - - Mr. Ma U.iCKS Eduard • - Mr. CianoN Francis - Mr. Poss Frs. Trigger - Mr. MAT riirws ChArles - Mr. G. Saw H. Lady Wortlannd Mrs. Muua r.ux Margery . • Mr.. LA •41,. There is but little to interest in the Fable, which merely comp prises what may he termed a few scenes front Love is a Village.— Margery loves Chark,, and Charles doats on Margery. Joe is the young Squire who wishes to interrupt the Courtship ; but is de tected and ridiculed. Francis is also in love with Lady Wart Aland, whom he only knows as Eying, and, despairing of obtaining her, enlists as a soldier. Her Ladyship follows him in the disguise of a Gypsey, tells him his fortune, and realises her prediction by be stowing upon him her band and estate: The Overture and Music, by REEVE, are entitled to much commendation ; and BANNISTER, MATHEWS, GIBBON, SMITH, MTS. MOUNTAIN and MTS. BLAND, laboured meritoriotisly in their several departments, but with little effect. When the curtain fell the voice of disapprobation was loud, and, we think, ought to be decisive. We have not heard the author's name. The House was crowded, and the company elegant ; among them were the Marchionesses of Hruwour and TnvisrocK ; Countesses of itaiNuros :std BARRYSIORI: ; and Ladies M. TAvi.ott and ButtnErT. It is confidently asserted, in some of the best infor med circlei, titat Sir WILLIA Scow's voyage to Portugal, in the Mon, Captain Loar:o, has nothing in it of a political nature. Sir Wa.r.i.tv t7.01c a simi lar sea voyd-re in the expedition to tlie .^r kield - _ _ The 7th Light ions Were to march from their present el:m/I.er: at Guildford this d ly for Portsmotith, wher.z transports in-e ready to receive them, in erder that no Lime may I ,ci lo,t in their jiiining the exp:di:jun. 'The American ship the I-Fipe sailed on 're:-s.iay hr'n Cowes. This is the vessel that art ived ome i.ime ago at Havre with dispatche: for General Aum ;Tiar.:.. Air. Sul tir.iinirt:, the American Consul lately res . ...ling at Pali and many ears persons, nittiv.•s of Arne' ica, are takin; measures :o quit Fr: - n;e, being avireliensive Gl' a war Itr.ieen France ani America. A tire hrnkc out at Needham Lodge, near Stone Bridge, Sussex, (al Mond iy nigh:, which totally de mi.lished.the premises. It bloke out just as Mrc. MASON, who occupied the house, was going to bed ; and it v-as supposed tle have been occasioned by the neglect of a servant in leaving a candle burning in a passage, after putting the children to bed. An alarming fire broke out, at half-past nine o'clock I last night, at a carpenter's shop, in North-row, at the rear of the premises of Mr. GJLLO.VS, cabinet maker, in George's -street, Oxford-street, at the back of St. George's-Parade : it raged with great violence for a ' 1 leng:h of time ; the drums immediately beat to as semble the Volunteers ; a party of soldiers from Port laud-street Barrack, soon repaired to the spot. Se veral engines arrived shortly afterwards, but no water could be procured ; and had it not been for the engine belonging to Mr. GttLows, which is always kept full of water, and immediately gave assistance, the whole neighbourhood would have been endangered, and the Hon. Mr. VILLIERS' h9use, which joins Mr. Gmtows' premises, must have been consumed. The fire was got under by half past ten o'clock, without spreading to the adjoining premises. The neighbourhood of Grosvenor-square was very much alarmed, as the flames at one time threatened destruction to it. This morning between five and six o'clock, a fire ! broke out in the hack part of a house situated in CAS de -street, Long Acre, and adjoining the top of Little St. Martin's-laue. In a few minutes after the barg ing forth of the flames, six houses were discovered to be on fire, and no effort whatever could save the furniture they contained, or even the walls, from total destruction. Happily, however, no lives have beep lost 3 the inhabitants made their escape soon after the alarm was given, but many of them have not only lost their furniture, but even had not time to dress themselves before he violence of the flames compel. led them to seek their own personal safety. Four houses have been completely destroyed in Castle street, and two in Little St. Martin's-lane. The two Angels and Crown public-house, at the corner, has been completely gutted, and nothing but the walls are standinix. That of Mr. COLEMAN, corn and coal merchant, in Little St. Martin's-lane, is totally de stroyed. The. fire is supposed to have originated in a back apartment of a house in Castle-street, where a sick person resided; attctif the wind had been in any other direction, great part of Long Acre must have fallen a sacrifice to the flames, as several extensive coach-manufactories closely adjoin the scene of devas tation. The houses destroye d in Castle-street were wholly occupied by families of the lower class, and it is supposed that this calamity has destroyed the fur niture of at least thirty industrious families, besides depriving nearly one hundred persons of their body clothes, and from their rank in life, it is not to be sup posed that any part of their property is insured.— The various fire-men attended with their engines on the occasion, with their usual alacrity, and succeeded in completely extinguishing the flames by eight o'clock this morning. Great apprehensions are entertained of the falling of some ruinous walls, but proper pre cautions have been taken to prevent accidents to in dividuals. CORN MARKET, MARK-LANE, SEOTEMBER SO.— The supplies of Wheat this day are rather consider able, and last prices fully maintained—fine Old as per currency—the best New about 86s. per quarter.— Bayley and Malt heavy sale, and continued at last prices—White Peas rather higher—fieins of the two kinds vary but little—the supplies of Oats are consi derable, partly from Ireland. and sales thereof scarce ly at last prices—Flour inclines lower. NAII7YCAL LVT!LLIQPNCE. FALMOUTH, SEPTEMBER 27. Sailed the American ship Wanderer, STILL, for Dublin.—About 00 sail of transports, with troops from C'rk, are off this port, to join the Expedition here.—Wind N. PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 25. Came in the C.2IIAR, of 84 guns, Rear , Admiral Sir RICHARD STRACHAN, and the MALTA, of 80 guns, from the Mediterranean ; Espiegle French cor vette, of IS guns, captufed -some time since by the Svini.u, of :if; guns, last from Cork. TORBAY, SEPTEMBER 27. The small convoy of brigs, Bsc. which I wrote you of yesterday, under the escort of his Majssty's gtut brig ENcoi:N.rmir, sailed last night after post. The EXCOUNTEWS people fitted up in a temporary manner the VENUS, and she sailed with them. Last night, after post, arrived in an open boat 3. Decor?, his • Mate, and two apprentices, poor fishermen, being the crew of the smack Sam•iel, of this place, which was run dol.vn-and sunk on Saturday night last, three leagues off the Deadman, by a brig, which brig struck the smack amid-ships with such violence; that it knocked the helmsman of the smack overboard.— T . e poor fisherman, lying an expert swimmer, slipt his shoes, great coat, &c. off, when the brig lowered her jolly-boat down, and the man was in the act of sinking, when they caug ht him by his hair. The rest of the crew, half na ked, clung to the brig and saved their lives, it blowing fresh at N. N: E. The poor fellows lost their summer's wages, their ck.thow, and all they had. PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 29. Arrived his Majesty's ship SEMIRAMIS, from the Eastward ; Heroine, GRAY, from Halifax ' • and Ca milla, PAULIN, from the Downs. Sailed the R ki:E• HORNE and CAMEL sloops, for Madeira and the Cape of Good Hope (with the Friendship, SMITH, and Queen Charlotte, ANDREWS) ; the G-kNNEr sloop of war for Falmouth; and MUSQUITO sloop of war, for the Downs, with a fleet under convoy. About 20 sail of transports are standing in from Lisbon, last from Falmouth. The LILLY sloop of war is appointed convoy for Newfoundland, &c.—Wind N. W. DEAL, SEPT. 9.9. Arrived his Majesty's ship GLLTICSTART, from Sheerness, and the FEARLESS gun.brig rrom a cruize, and r..main with the ships as per last.—Wind N. iii!AVE9F.NO, Sarr. 29.—Arrived the Sally, Scothard, from Quebec, and the James, gray, from New-BrunsPick. Sailed the ktet.,y, Quinton, fur Rio Janeiro ; 1 n leasour, Warns, for 9p„ru ; Russo, for Sicily, and Industry, Preston, fur 1 Igitt 11 • • The Port-au-Prince, of London, was well at the MAr4tiis.ts, about five months ago. Admiral Lord GAMBIER sailed on Tuesday in the CA LIMOSIA, Cf . 120 guns, to take the command of the ChannA Fleet. Plavaxrr.n.—Yesterday morning a duel w.;s intended to have taken place between Mr. Sownrs; Gentleman from Yorkshires and Mr. MArntAx, who belds a situation under Government. The part cs met in a lidd near Hammersmith, accompanied by their seconds, the Hon. Mr. L. and T. W. Esq. This chat. lenge was in consequence of a letter sent by the latter to the former, respecting a ycung lady, to whom it appears the y are both tenderly attached; but were prevented from fighting by the interference of some OiFcers sent for that purpose. The parties were aftei wards bound over to keep the peace in 5001. for themselves. and two sureties in 2501. each. MAR L R 0 Gll-5 TR F ET.—•Neltfftlay Elissahrth Norms" i aged 60, whose garb exhibited avast deal of splendour, was charged with taking lodgings, and, through the aid of her maid servant, stripping them of pLste and other articles. R appeared, that ee -1 veal months ago the prisoner took lodgings at the house of Mr. Atkinson, in Isiollueux-street, Edgeware-road, when she repre , 'toted herself as a widow Lady unacquainted with the customs of 1 the Metropolis, and who had come to sue for sense property,— She begged to be excused from giving the required reference, as her money was, her recommendation. She lived luxuriously, and drank her wine freely, but fell short in her payment, of rent after i the second week ; and soon after decamped with her ICY/W. ; having previously pledged the plate and linen entrusted to her, the duplicates of which she left iu her apartments. A tradesman who was atuang the sufferers during her short slay, espied the priso : net- at rentford, and followed her to the house of Mre Wyse where she lodged, wheu she was charged with r o bbin g th e present prosecutor, and taken into custody ; and, on Mrs. Wyse searching her rooms, it appeared, that she had pledged her pro- I perty also. In defence, she appealed strongly to the passions ; and asked the Magistrate, if he had a wife or child act dowledged she had done Wrong; but claimed some merit from leaving the du. plicates behind. On being asked to give some account of herself, she with tears said, she was formerly an Authoress ; but her facul ties and sight had since failed her. She was committed for trial fur the felony . Bow-SritiaT.—ChnrleJ Davit was yesterday charged with picking the pocket of Lieutenant James Faden, of the Marines, in the Strand, on the 2tith instant. One witneis proved seeing the prisoner receive the pocket-book front another mar, with which he ran away, but was pursued and taken wi. h the book ht his possession. Mr. Fadeu identified the book, which he missed from his pocket in the Strand. The prisoner was fully committed under the late Act, which renders the stealing from the person, whether privately or not, liable to be punished by transportation fur life, or not Lss than seven years, or to three years imprison ment and hard labour io the House of Correction. Lieutenant Faden is the person lately tried and acquitted of an assault and ripe upon a young woman at Portsmouth. . . Arks Field, a watchman, was charged with stealing a . silver watch, a coat, a hit, neckcloth, shoes, handkerchief, and 2.1. in money, the property of T. Massey. It appeared that the prose cutor being intoxicated on Saturday night last, fell asleep near the prisoner's box in Tottenham-court-road, and when he awoke about two o'clock in the morning, found himself robbed of the before-mentioned articles. Crocker, a constable, produced a hat, which he found in the prisomr's lodging, and which Massey identified as being the same he was robbed of. The prisoner was therefore fully committed. _ _ _ John Coto; was charged with uttering a forged draft for 101. Bs. 6d. to Messrs. Clarke, Boyd, and French, of Holborn, purport ing to be the draft of W. Wardnon, upon Messrs. Mainwarsng and Co. Curnhill. When the matter came to be investigated, it was stated by Messrs. Clarke and Co. that the forged draft, which had been deposited in their iron chest, could nut be found. The prisoner was, therefore, remanded. R,4,t Bell and Get,rge kol i th Cornat, seafaring men, were charged with behaving in a riotous manner the preceding night, in the Coffee-room, at the King's Theatre. Donald.on, a con stable, stated, that near the conclusion of the performance, he found the prir i oners in the Coffee-room, adjoining the Boxes, be. having in a very riotous manner, and hustling many persons,.....- I.Vitne.s interfered to preserve me peace, when Bell gave him violent blow en the face, which cut it, and caused a great eff us i on of blood. Wituess,bov:tever, with the assistance of another offi cer, secured the prioners. Mr. Brandon gave evidence to the prisoners violent conduct, who, In excuse, laid they were intoxi. cated. They were ordered to find bid. John Brown was fully committed fur a misdeinecnor,in atten;pt- Log to break into the shop of Mr. Parker, in the Sine id, toner was detected, yesterday morning, between one and two o'clock, in the very act of breaking the fan light over the door. WHIT [CNA rxL.—Yesterilay Catherine Martin and Judith If yr t wive charged on suspicion of robbing David Cain, a sailo r , % yul e in a state of intoxication, in a house in Plough-ctreet, chapel; when the former was discharged for want of evidence, and the latter committed for re-examination.. F r F..