Star. — London, England, 1808-12-12 00:00:00

Aistastaiijet come to anchor, and saluted the . r; The raising of foreign corps, for the British seT. l i ce , from the Germans, Swiss, &c. that were in Du es arm y. still goes on here.—The conduct of the , saitese r eg iment at Capri, ought certainly to serve 1 , 1 2 warning not . . to place, the smallest confidence su ch troops." *EST INDIES. SPAIN. Ne f ur ther accountshavebeea received from Spain, bet i t i s r eported that Mr. CANNING is in possession of t he sth, 6th, and 7th Bulletins of the French army— the last of which is dated the 22d ult. and announces that the advanced guard of the French army would feta M a drid en the 25th. They state further suc cesses t ithe armies—give the positions of the respec tive o h:lnns—and though the defeat of CASTAXO3 is est m entioned, yet enough is said to shell that they t hought him completely in their power..-Such is the ; T ort, but whether true or false we know not. hinisters, it is also said, received by the last con ,vernee, a letter from Colonel GRAHAM, their agent et c s aroos's army, giving a very gloomy picture of the s ate of the Patriot force. In all Spain, he says,' t h e re have at no time been 120,000 men embodied-f-- , that ewe are no magazines, no reserves,. and tha t t here is no ardour nor union. The South of Spain is re presented as being actuated by a more patriotic sp i r it than the North. A letter from a British Officer states, that a Conn. 01 of War was held at Astorga on the 27th ult. at which it was resolved that an attempt should be made by General BAIRD, about the 29th, to turn the head t ithe French column at Benevento ; and that notice was sent to General Moone, that he might march at thesame time anti attack the same French column E s an the South, and that in the mean time (on the am) General BAMD went to consult with ROMAN& st Leon.—We do not think any reliance should, at the present moment, be placed on any of the private accounts in circulation excepting sech as are corrobo. rated by the Government accounts. The following is the Bulletin which was transmit ted to Portsmouth, when orders were sent to disem bark the 3d and 4th Regiments of Dragoon Guards, which were destined for Spain : 4' Do, ', DEC. $, 1808. ,1 loteiligentehas been thlOnorning received from SitD. BAIRD, &WI Astoria, the 29th November, stating that he had just re vived a dispatch from Sir J. Moose, at Salamanca, giving an smut, that bad been sent to him from Madrid, of the complete flint of the Spanish army commanded by General CASTANOt "IR consequence thereof, Sir J. Moo az intended to retire upon • glad Itodrigo,and Sir D. BAIRD upon Vigo." ' • Vtak the frontiers of Portugal. " The DiLDALUS captured, a few days before, the Lord Mu'grave, Captain GOODALL, carrying a flag, as Admiral of Hayti. She had on board a quantity of provisions, and 150 of CHRISTOPHea troops, pro ceeding to St. Marc, for the relief of that place. The reason Captain INGLEFIELD assigned for the capture of the Lord Mulgrave was, that she was found cruiz ing on the high seas without having any papers on board. The English sailors were impressed, the black soldiers put on board a vessel in company, and the ship, with her Captain, sent to Jamaica. With respect to the remainder of Captain GOODALL 4 S squadron, consisting of three ships, it was generally believed • they had been captured by PETION S S naval forces, as they were not to be seen in Gonaives, Port de Paix, or any of the harbours belonging to CHRISTOPHE I where they had been previously at anchor ; besides, three vessels of their description were seen in. the, Mole,_ the. rendezvous of PETION'S sqadron. The 7ERT hrig . was dispatched by the PiIiDALUS to Cape Fi-intisis from whence the ,Mulgrave had sailed, to ,inform diAltfoilift - oflier capture. The Black Chief _war extremely indignant at hearing the intelligence, and inquired of the Master if he came there to mock him, by first capturing.his ohip,.,and then coming to tell hilt of his misfortutie: Fourteen French privateers, fittest out and belong inis,to the port of Sumane, in that: part of St. Do mmg,o occupied by the French, had of late committed ccinsiderable mischief in the seas in that quarter. They had captured 24 British vessels, and carried them into Sumane. The DJEDALUS, PERT brig, FLY ING Fish schooner, and some smaller ships of war, were preparing to storm the place, for the prpose of recovering the prizes. It had, however, been made very strong, the crews of the privateers ying raised batteries upon•theheiAhts, to oppose any attack made upon them by the blush. An expedition Was fitting out at Jamaica for the purpose of going against the city of St. Domingo. His Majesty's brig Riirxst, arrived at Barbados's ou the 4th °ember, WialliAlliviso from Cork, all - well: . .. . THE AR,IT. .. . 1. . halls and Letters from Jamaica and the West m . Indies have been received, brought to Falmouth by - Regiment l4th rell37 I ... e already mentioned, . e . of Light Dragoons were embarked at the Princess Charlotte packet, in 42 days, from Ja- Fa l mou th . on the 4.th and sth inst. On Wednesday, . . maita.-.--It is not a little singular, that of all the cor- the wind came in fair to the Northward; and the con vettes, frigates, &c, which sailed from France in the voy would have sailed direct for Corunna, but that course of the year, with provisions and stores for the, an order was sent down from Government to detain relief of the French West-India islands, none have ; been captured in the West India seas ; yet we are told them till further orders. The 3d and 4th Dragoons, which had embarked at Portsmouth, are also ordered French Islands are in a s t a t e o f bl oc k a d e ! W e to stop at Falmouth. The Ist and 2d Germans, do not pretend to account for this ; but we know that which were destined to embark at Falmouth, had French privateers also pass in and out of the harbour of Guadeloupe and Martinique, with as little risk, ap- been previously counter-ordered to _Portsmouth, in consequence of the transports from Spain which were parently, as if we had no King's cruisers in those to have received them having overshot Falmouth in seas. Yet, that there is no lack of King's ships there a storm of thick weather, and gone on to Portsmouth. is evident. The 16th, which were to have embarked at Falmouth On the 25th September the Cornwallis packet foun d immediately after the 14th, have orders to halt at no less than thirteen pendants in Carlisle-bay (B_ar. Exeter, where, we apprehend, they still remain. badoes) ; namely, la BL ON D E 38, D ART 26, DIS " PORTSMOUTH, DECEMBfR 10. PATCH 18 4 RECRUIT 18, FAWN 18, PULTUSK 16, PERT 16, - NBTLEY 16, MOSAMBIQUE 10, Moss- " The 3d and 4th Regiments of Dragoon Guards, FORTUNEEI4, Haunirry 14, l'Ectara 14, BACCHUS 6. which had completed their embarkation for Spain on Had not these vessels better been cruizing ? Thursday night, were yesterday morning ordered to Extract from the Journal of the Queen Charlotte : • disembark with the utmost celerity, that the trans. • u September 18th, sailed from Barbadoes, in coin- i port.; may be ready to proceed on another service, at pany with his Majesty's ships LATONA, JASON, and I a moment's notice. The most expeditious mode of CARNATION ; a very severe thunder storm coming on i clearing the transports was adopted, they were an we separated. On the 20th, observed the LATONA chored at high water, close to the shore; the horses 1 between St. Luck and Martinico, telegraphing ano- were then hoisted out in slings, and they swam on Cher man of war. On the 21st, was chased by a pri- shore. They had all disembarked by this evening. vateer, but outsailed ber.A2Bth, Spoke his Majesty's The 3d Regiment is returned to Brighton and Lewes, ship Haan. 29th, Passed his Majesty's ships Twaito and the 4th to Chichester and Arundel. The trans. and REINDEER. 30th, Arrived at Port Royal, and P°rts, it is expected, will sail to-morrow for Vigo, &mad his Majesty's ships POINPREMUS, GRIFFIN, where they are much wanted to bring off our army. Ann°, ThEDALUS, BACCHANTE, FEARLESS, FIREFLY. It is apprehended that none of the horses of the 7th, On 4th Oct. arrived his Majesty's ship GARLAND 10 th, 15th, and 18t11, Dragoons, can bb re-embarked !with a prize. On the 7th, arrived from England the atVigo,and that there willbe anecessity to destroy them. I ship DIUCKINGFIELD. On the 13th, arrived from "The VICTORY, Of 100 1 guns, Capt. SORREL, and the Halifax and Barbadoes, His Majesty's sloop Du- BARFLEUR, of 98 gong ? ,Capt. Liwz!iity sailed for Vigo ! PATCH, with a prize. On the 15th, sailed. his Ma- this morning . The,par4arrnr, of7:4tuns, Hon. Capt. I jesty's ships POLYPHEMUS, GRIMN, and BACCHANTE. CURZON , will sail for the same place to-morrow. lOn the 17th, we sailed from Port Royal, in corn- “ The two troops of the Royal Horse Artillery, ipany with his Majesty's ship ARGO ; passed us commanded by Captain MAC DONALD, which have going in, the ship Fame, from London, and shortly been detained by foul winds since the 26th ult. are after spoke his Majesty's ship AURORA, in tom- also ordered to be disembarked. pany with three English and three American ves- " Two hundredof the corps of artillery drivers, sels, which had been taken by a French privateer which have embarked for Spain, are not to be disem ! off Tortuga, and retaken by the AURORA. On the barked, but are to sail in for that-country." 1 125th, spoke the ship Prussia, from Liverpool, bound The Ist Battalion of Dumfriesshire Volunteer In !to Port-au-Prince. On the 27th, the BACCHANTE fantry having, in the handsomest manner, offered to hove in sight and telegraphed the ARGO, signifying transfer their services to the Local Militia, his MA that 4 the Spaniards in the city of St. Domingo had inn has been pleased to signify his most gracious risen on the French, and murdered almost all of them, acceptance of their offer. except General FERRAND, who was a prisoner, and • that they had got possession of the city, and that his IMajesty's ship DADALUS had.gone to Samana on the N.E. side of St. Domingo, to endeavour to take ii ; it being a retreat for French privateers.' On the 31st the Alio° boarded a schooner, having on board pri- i soners from St. Jago, bound to the city of St. Do. mingo. November 1, spoke the schooner FIREFLY, having in company , two schooners, cut out of a port in St. Domingo, by the REINDEER. On the 13th, -parted company with the ARGO, in lat. 30. 20. North and long. 73. 40. WM." We have received intelligence from the Island of St. Domingo to the latter end of October, by which it appears, that the army of CHRISTOPHE has been reduced by his rival Perron to a very inconsiderable force. CsturrOPHE, it was supposed, intended to escape, with the treasure he had amassed, but there was little hope of his effecting it. 'On the 26th of October, Captain INGLEFIELD, of the DLDALUS frigate, was off St. Marc, and went on shore to consult with PETION, who was in person before that fortress, with 5000 troops under his com mand, preparing to take it by storm. On that morn ing CHRIsTOPHE'S troops, being nearly destitute of provisions, made a sortie, but they were repulsed with considerable loss. Hrnz Pater.—Yesterday the gloomy state of the atmosphere proved a check to the gay pedestrians who have lately ventured to display winter fashions in the Parks. The horsemen were, however, very numerous: one of them met with an aukward accident. The horse not relishing the spur, reared and plunged so ungallantly, that his rider was thrown several yards behind him. The furious steed, after the accident, ran off at full gallop, and was caught by a servant at Kensington Gardens gate. The horse was then brought back to the dismounted Knight, whose left knee and shoulder were dislocated by the fall. In this situation he was removed from the scene of exhibition in a hackney-coach, lamenting the unfortunate event of his equestrian exploit. THE How. Miss PHIPPS.—This amiable young Lady, the daughter of Lord MULGEAVE, expired on Sunday, the 4th ult. She was seized with a brain fever a week before her dissolution, and never after wards recovered the use of her mental faculties. The circumstances attending her death were particularly distressing.—Her amiable mother being in the last stage of pregnancy, the domestics were enjoined not to give the least intimation of her decease. Her Ladyship was, however, safely delivered of a son on Thursday last, and after she had been thought suffi ciently recovered, his Lordship undertook to make the melancholy communication of their daughter's death, which she received with becoming fortitude and re signation. Thurs&ty evening, between nine and ten o'clotk, as Mr. Hill, of Webber-row, Blackfriars road, was re- turning home, he was stopped at the wall of the Asy lum, by two footpads, one of whom held a pistol to his head, while the other robbed him of his watch and money. Mr. HILL, gave the alarm the moment the villains had quitted their hold, by calling out “ stop thief," but they effected their escape. Bow-srazer—Friday, Mr.F—, a Jew,- accused his servant, Jane Matthews, an interesting girl of 19, of having . pawned his property to the amount of 40/. The girl, in her defence, made it appear that, in re turn for particular favours granted to the informant, she had experienced nothing but ill usage, even though she had laid out money for him, which had i never been returned, and submitted to t he most me t nial drudgery in his service. She confessed having pawned some property, with a view to reimburse her self. She was discharged. CORN MARKET, MARK-LANE, Dec. 12.—The fresh supplies of Wheat to-day are considerable, but the demand being brisk, sales are readily effected at an increase in price of upwards of 6s. per quarter—Bar ley in plenty, and maintains its price—Malt at little variation—White Peas, and Beans, of the two kinds, are rather dearer—of Oats there are large supplies, and this trade is rather cheaper—Floor arm% advance i l of ss. per sack. 1 At Nine o'Clock To-morrow Morning, the State 1 Lottery commences drawing. Five Hundred Whole Tickets, Nos. 5,001 to 5,250 • Nos. 13,001 to 13,250, will abs o lutely be given to the Proprietor of the First Drawn Prize above iils.—Shares have their pro portion of the above additional Benefit.—Tickets ' and Shares are on Sale by aLCHARV9ON, COOT:MUCK, and Co. Corner of Bank Buildings, Cornhill, and facing the Gate of the •Nises.hiews, CharhktCross, i London. • • ers.,i •••••', . ‘ I . . ...Wll ?to 4: .1104 t.: . PORTUGAL. ' It is painful to state, but the fact must be no longer mewled, that the late accounts from Portugal were such as to sender it necessary for the British Govern ment, if it would confirm the PRINCE REGENT in his ,intlsority in that country, to maintain a larger army ; Mist, than that which at present is left in support of 11! hgitimate claims. No sooner had the force, which fai been employed in the expulsion of the French Item' Lisbon, marched into Spain, than the disaffected 4ain exhibited themselves in great strength, in several aMts of the kingdom, openly avowing their attach Olt to a form of Government, more after the French Wel than that which it is to the interest of xhis coun ra ty to support. This disposition on the part of the reople, or at least of those who have particular views, is giving that of the multitude a wrong bias, requires pat means to check, than are to be found in the na tional army in its present state of organization.—Such is the actually unpleasant aspect of affairs in one part et the western peninsula of Europe ! DUTCH PAPERS. • Dutch Papers have reached town to the 28th ult. and letters from Holland of the 3d instant. The her state that intelligence had just been received, bat lioNAPAstrz entered Madrid on the 26th ult. It is possible that such may have been the case ; but the Doi letters appear rather to have anticipated what Vas considered a probable event, than to have stated Act was actually known. The papers are very barren of intelligence. The walnut flotilla is again revived, and is stated to be refitting with the utmost activity. Marshal KELLER- Ius, as has been already mentioned, is to take the chief command of the army of the coast assembling at Boulogne, and was to leave Mentz towards the close of last month for that purpose. Mr. DRUMMOND, his Majesty's Envoy Extraordi lay and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Palermo, is recalled, as is understood, for having sanctioned the voyage of Prince LEOPOLD to Spain. 1 - 4 41 A BERDEEN is appointed to succeed Mr. DRUM 110XD, in the Sicilian mission. Mt. KRAUSE, who lately arrived in this country from Vienna, is understood to be a Secretary or con fidential servant of the Chevalier GENTS. Mr. CRARLES STEWART, late Resident at Corunita, ma gone from thence to Italy, on a secret mission. Sir THOMAS DYER landed at St. Ives on. Tuesday, °at of the Eliza packet, in four day's from Corunna, and paid a visit to his friend Lord Dz.DtitisrAzorn,LE, at Tellidy Park. , Russian Ukase h as b een rece i ve d . by the Gotten mtrgh Mail, which notifies to the merchants of St. Petersburgh, that, after the Ist of January, 1809, no di,Ll 3 , whatever nat i on s h e may b e l ong to, shall be suf 'eg to enter the Russian ports, or depart from them. rigorous r egu l at i on h as f or its 'object the preven ,=position, a s it transp i re d t h at vesse l s h a d con - Wired to trade by presenting false Papal'. • • hoimicightirELLicatia. • EAST INDIA SHIPPING. The WORCESTER ,and the ettra ship 3111 WILLIAN PULTENEY arrived off the Isle of Wight the I i zh The WORCESTER. With the SIR WILLfANt PuLTENLY and UNION, under convoy of his Majesty's ship ST . FIORENZO sailed from Bombay the 14th July last. The WEXFORD sailed from Bombay for the Persian Gurph the 24th April; and the ROYAL GEORGE,. WARLEY, and the Company's new ship THOMAS GRENVILLE, sailed from Bombay for China the 1.5t1) . May, under convoy of the DEDAIONEUSE man of war. The ELPHINSTONE, WINCHELSEA, and tssEx, ar t rived at Bombay the 28th May, all well ; were to sail for China the 23d of July. The Woacarraa, on the 29th of July, fell in with the DORSETSHIRE, in Lit 0.38. S. and long. 82. 47. E. having parted from the fleet bound to Madras, off the Cape of Good Hope. The WORCESTER arrived at the Cape the 19th September, and found there the Et/. nora, Loan CASTLEREAGH, and Loan KEITH, which ships sailed for Ceylon the 29th of the same month. The GEORGIANA arrived at Madras the 3d March, and sailed for Bengal the sth of the same month. The DAVID Sccrrr, and ALNWICK CAgrts, arrived at Madras the 25th June. m•mm•miAl• FALMOUTH, DECEMBER O. Arrived the Queen Charlotte packet, Capt. McboE, with Mails from Jamaica, in 42 days. Sailed the Princess Amelia packet, MOORSON, with Mails for Bermuda and New York—Princess Mary packet. POCOCK, with Mails for the Leeward islands; and the Elizabeth, Capt. CHAPMAN, for New York. PLYMOUTH, DECEMBER 10. Came in the BRISK, of 18 guns, from Ireland ; Farmer, Captain' DARET, from Quebet, with naval stores for this port; Actrott, Captltire JAMES, from cork, with provisions for London. Sailed the RED POLE, of 18 guns, with a fleet of victuallers for the squadron off Rochefort ; SCORPION, of 18 'guns, on a cruize ; IHPETUEUX, of 74. to join the fleet off Brest; SEINE, of 36,. on a c.raize ; LORD MELVILLE and CECILIA tenders, for Ireland ; BLaca Joxa lug ger, and Gastaran cutter, on a cruize ; and INTEL LIGENT gun-brig, to the Westward.—Came in the PILCHARD schooner, from the Channel Fleet. PORTSMOUTH, DECEMBER it. Arrived his Majesty's ship INDIGNANT, with a con voy from the Downs.—Sailed his Majesty's brig DAPPER, on a crnlze ; also the West India fleet.— Wind, N. W. DOVER, DECEMBER 10. , The French and Russian Messengers, also three Ladies, two of whom are nieces to TAI4,LRYRAND, embarked this afternoon on board a Flag of Truce which sailed immediately for Calais.—Mr. Snare the Messenger, came down this morning, and is expectell to go over this evening.—Sailed the brig Cora, Cap. tain CAIul, with wine from Oporto for Colchester; also several tail of vessels for the Northward.—Came in the Roads, from a cruise, the Taompausa and BEAGLE sloops of war.—Wind West and Moderate. DECEMBER 11.—Mr. SHAW embarked this morning early for Calais, and as the wind was fair, no doubt reached that port in about four hours—One of the East India fleet passed here this day, the rest are ex pected up this evening.—Wind N. W. and nearly calm. DEAL, DECEMBER io. Arrived the SEALARIC schooner from the North, Sea ; SPRIGHTLY cutter from Portsmouth ; EZKa. Vox gun brig from a cruize. Sailed the IPHIGINIA for the Nore ; SPRIGHTLY cutter with a convoy for Portsmouth ; BOLD and Duman= gun brigs on a cruize. Dec.ll.—Arrived the Osintorr sloop from a cruize, with the loss of her bowsprit. Sailed the MAJESTIC. of 74 guns, for Yarmouth ; Bz.&zza gun brig and SEALARIL schooner on a cruize ; FURMUS gun brig with about fourteen copper bottomed light transports for Portsmouth ; they have put back again this af ternoon. SHEERNESS, DECEMBER 10. Arrived his Majesty's AFRICA, from the Baltic; also the PIERCER gun-brig, with a convoy from thence and Heligoland : she has experienced very boisterous weather. The AFRICA has gone up to Blackstakes, and will proceed to Chatham without delay to be re fitted and reparied. Arrived the Aurora, WIDOW:OI.f, from Stockholm, bound to Bristol, with the loss of cable and anchor; the Hannibal, .Lnastio, with deals and spars, from Gottenburgh, bound to Malaga ' • the Enigheten, SUREDMAN, from Gottenburgli, with tar, pitch, and deals, and sailed immediately for London: See nure, MILLER, from Memel, and sailed to Lon don, with oak, staves, and hempseed ; the Specula. tion, °BEMS, from London for Pillau, with bale goods; the Christina, UNIER, from Stockholm, for Palermo, with tar and deals;' and the Apollo, PETERSON, from St. Übe's, for Gottenburgh, with salt ; also arrived the Friendship, ALEXANDER with cables, anchors, and cordage, for this place.—Wind N. W. foggy. YARMOUTH, DECEMBER It. Arrived from the Texel the Hon. Admiral GAR- DiNEk, in the ABOUKIR, 74 guns ; STATELY and PRIN CESS CAROLINE, and the BELLEREPHON from the Nore. Also, from a cruize the LEVERET, CHANTICLEER, ACUTE, and CALYPSO. In the Roads with the above, ROEBUCK, CRUIZER, and HAvoc. Sailed the BUSTARD on a cruize. The Hope, (of Whitby) LAURANCE LEDER master, is on shore south of this pier, crew saved—ship a compleat wreck.—Wind N.W. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. dRAVISZNEN Dec. i i.—Passed by .the Diana, Jones ' front Lisbon ; Caldicot Castle, Carer ; and the Joseph and Mary, Surton, from Oporto; Freelove ' Graff, from Messina; Mary, Norris, from Aiicant ; Tra ffi ek,Bell ; Rebecca and Sarah, Wat son ; and the Harntooy, Hyasiman, from Gottenburgh. Sai/e4 the Rosa, More, for St. Vincent's ; Progress, Cornish, for Siera Leone ; Nelly, Anderson, for Cork; and the Robert and George, Beaman, for Waterford. The Brazen, wit h a fleet under convoy from Portsmouth, OP rived at Cadli on the 221 of November. The Geeslkee, Ccok, from Bristol, for Cork, is wrecked Wink Milford. . . The Elias, 5r..., from Guernsey, for Bristol, I' Vi t a e s d o coast of Wallis The Nkrildhh front Loudon, for Hall, badimig pg. Rade: ilistesated. rx.:t