Star. — London, England, 1808-09-07 00:00:00

I tliortiT engage Fte" - sions Ate forming in several of the providees. The printed journals still continue silent respectidg the disasters which have befallen the French armies in Spain. From this circumstance and the march of Invalids in place of veterans towards the Spa n:sh frontier, we are inclined to believe it is not Intended they should ever aetually enter that country .—lt is only an imbecile shew of vigour—.apart of the drama to fill up time while addrestescs are pre curing to beseech the Emperor to give up his pater nal intentions towards these obstinate and ungrateful people and to leave them to their fate ! ! When a pro per Expos/ has been returned to the address of the Senate, the invalids will probably be ordered back to their old stations. In the mean time the good people of Paris have b ee n inforthed that a contagious fever al Madrid has obliged King JOSEPH to retire,fer a season, to a more h e althy country ! SPAIN AND PORTUGAL. The latest :tdvices fi om Biscay are to the 29th ult. At that time the French were still in possession of Bilboa. The Spanish tropps which retreated from that to wn when the enemy obtained possession, hay. ing received considerable reinforcements, were pre paring to attack the French, and no doubts were en tertained of their driving them from the place. It was believed, however, that the French would not Wait the attack, but evacuate the place. No farther accounts have been received from our army at Liston. There can be no doubt, however, that long before this time Jusor and the Russian fleet B a rt surrendered. ,It is ascertained, we understand, f ro m the verbal, details, given by .Major CAMPBSLLi ivho brought the dispatches, that JUNOT had not a single field piece left in his possession after the battle of the 21st. In such circumstances no new action cou ld possibly take place. It is believed that if he had had any means left for offensive operations, he weld have hazarded another battle. but he had none .she had no choice but to surrender, and news of this event having taken place is hourly expected. The force now collecting a_ Ramsgate, Etc. for em barkation, will, when assembled, amount, it is said, to 10,000 men : there are various conjectures as to its destination ; but there is a strong probability that it h destined to join Sir JOHN STUART in the Mediter ranean. As soon as transports can be found, the Foot Guards will follow the rest of the army to Portugal, Italy, or wheresoever they may be. The whole of the Foot Guards will go, 'and the London duty be left to the Life Guards and Volunteers. Orders base been issued for the formation of a Grand Depot of artillery and ammunition at Weedon in Northamptonshire, as being the most centrical part of the kingdom. A large portion of the artillery will be drawn from the Southern district ; and it is under. stood that the Depot, when formed, will be second only, in point of magnitude, to the royal arsenal at Woolwich. A very large embarkation of artillery and ammu• nition, destined for Spain, took place on Monday and ..Tuetsday, as. Woolwich. The guns were all Spanish; eighty-two were shipped by Monday evening. The French having taken away or destroyed As much as they could of the artillery in the Royal Arsenals in Spain, our Government has corne forward to afford a fresh supply. It is considered as a compliment, that the artillery and small arms sent to our allies, are all of the fabric of their own country. Since the com mencement of the patriotic war in Spain, the exer tionsmade in preparing ammunition at Woolwich have been incessant and unexampled. Above 1500 men, women, and children, are employed in making up ball cartridges in that depot alone. Yesterday, His MAJESTY, Princesses SOPHIA, Auot:srA, and Ametra, accompanied by Lady TityxxE, General FITZROY, and Colonel TAYLOR, /ode till noon in Windsor Park. Yesterday a Cabinet Council was held at the Fo reign Office, which sat from two till nearly five o'clock. The following Members assisted— The Duke of Portland, Earl Camden, Mr. Canning; Lords itaveliesbury, Castkreagh, and Mulgrave, and Mr. Pereeval. Since the arrival of his Royal Highness the Prince of WALES and his suite at the seat of the Marquis of HERTFORD, the utmost gaiety has prevailed there.— A series of entertainments have been given in a style et almost unrivalled magnificence and taste. Seldom less than from twenty to thirty persons have, each day, sat down to table. Coursing and shooting occupy the attention of the visitors in the morning, and music or cards in the evening. The Right Hon. J. P. CURRAN arrived in town, on Monday evening, from Dublin. Yesterday the LORD MAYOR ordered the price of Bread to be raised to Thirteen-pence-farthing the Quartern Loaf, Wheaten, and Household, Eleven pence.three.farthings. SHAYSPEARE certainly predicted the Dram of 80., YAPART.E, when he enumerated, amongst the vagaries of Queen Mai-- " Breaches, ansbuseadoes, SpaniA Mao I" In antient days our Ladies were supposed to keep :lair virtue in their chats, secured with whalebone • stay; but since the fa:him requires the chest to be spat, we may naturally enquire where they keep it now ?—l'erhalu is their drawer: ! A few days ago, one of those untutored sons of E r in, who sell nuts, &c. through the country, hap pening to go into a shop in Belfast, in which a very tall gentleman was standing, the gentleman, after chaffering some time with the nutman for his wares, stepped to*ards the door, saying, " I am long enough here." " Och ! God bless you, my hohey," says Paddy, 44 you're too Ang any where. • • ifo : I ThE Antro Aftei the first feelings have subsided, to which our glorious victories in Portugal gaVe rise;- after our feelings of sorrow have been softened for the many fine telltiws who fell, and our proud exultation for a signal ♦ictory over ati imperious, and for a long time invincible foe, have passed off, we are enabled to give their sway to common and moderate considerations. Aitiong other thoughts, we now call to mind that of the conquering army in Portugal; not a few of th e regiments were there who formed our artny in South America, and where for a time the Britith arms and 'English laurels were supposed W be tarnished ; now with pride a'e see, that under other leaders, British soldiers are what they ever have been, the best in , the world ; and that if, under Untoward citcumstances, the glory of the British arms was obscured under a dependency of Spain, it has shone with redoubled splendour not far from the capital of the Spanish monarchy. Sir HEW DALRYMPLE, Sir HARRY BURRARD, and Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY, it is said, are to be ad vanced to the Peerage. Why should Sir JOHN Moons be excluded from honours granted to the first two of these undoubtedly brave and excellent officers Generals FERGUSON and HILL will immediately be made Baronets, and as soon as can be, get red rib bands. Major-General lizworm,, who has just got the York Rangers, was for some time Secretary to the Duke of YORK, and was subsequently high in the. Barrack department. The rank so meritoriously bestowed on Sir THOMAS DYER, Major Ronal, Captain CARROLL, Captain DAws, and COlOnel DOYLE, sill, it is thought, be confirmed in this country to those able officers ; all of them are well known for talent in our army. Major RoActr, of the 17th Dragoons, the death and glory regiment, particularly distingui.hed himself in South Atnerica, at Buenos Ayres, where he acted on the Staff. If any thing was of late wanting in Portugal, it was cavalry ; and it cannot but be regretted that we .had only SOO there, while so many fine-dressed regi ments of Light Dragoons are in this country, and who then could have followed up our victory with success. Lieutenant Colonel STEWART, who so nobly fell in Portugal, was a man generally regretted throughout the Army. He had served the greater part of his life in that gallant regiment the 29th. Liontenant•Colonel LAKE is well known in the Army for his gallant conduct in India. The charge of the 20th Dragoons was Most mas terly : had there been a larger body of cavalry, the whole of the enemy's force must have been annihi lated. They were led on by Lieutenant-Colonel TAYLOR, who, after completely cutting to pieces the French column, that had been routed by the 50th regiment.. fell ,by a shot through the heart. The steady di;L•ipline of the_ 20th, and the gallantry by which they distinguished themselves in this glorious action, are the best proofs of the merits of this excel lent Officer : as a man, his heart was " full o' the milk of human kindness ;" as a Gentleman, his man ners were elegant ; as a Christian, he was " steadfast in faith," and " joyful through hope," whilst " cha rity, the very bond of peace, and of all virtues," was eminently his. He has left a most amiable widow and three children to lament their irreparable loss, and dwell with fond and lasting remembrance on his virtues !—Hail and farewell ! 0 dolor, atilue dee' magnum rediture a Parenti ! The 77th regiment, commanded by Colonel Wllll TE LOCK E, and which but lately came from India, has marched from Lincoln to Winchester, and is again nearly completed and ready for service. The Royal York Rangers, under the command of Major Heenensos, and the 51st Regiment, comman ded by Lieutenant-Colonel MAINWAHANG, still conti nue embarked at Portsmouth. The First Royal Cornwall Militia have, one and all, Volunteered their services for Spain.—This fine regiment, unquestionably at this time one of the first under the Crown, also in the last and present war volunteered for Ireland. They are now at Lancas ter, but have received a route to march for Chelms ford barracks; where they will arrive on the 16th, 17th, and 19th instant. Experiments having been tried in how far the Mie litia Regiments were comretent to discharge the du= ties required on board the prison -ships, in the river Medway, it has bees clearly ascertained they were' there out of their element.—That inestimable corps, the Royal Marines, having been long accustomed to sea duties, and naval etiquette, is now ascertained to be the properest corps to undertake this office : ac cordingly, on Saturday last, detachments from that corps were again embarked so do duty on board these ships. Monday last the officers of the Chatham division of Royal Marines gave a dinner to their late worthy friend and commandant, General BARCLAY, in their elegant Mess-room ; the dinner consisted of fish and venison, and every delicacy in season, which, toge ther with the dessert, consisting of pines, and a pro fusion of every sort of choice fruit, did infinite credit to the taste and judgment of Mr. LawsoN, their Sutler. The chair was taken by Colonel FOLEY, who did ample justice to his post, by the neat selection of .his toasts, and providing for the comforts of his friends. General BARCLAY and Colonel ANDERSON retired early ; and the worthy President having se :ceded also, the chair was taken by Major LODINGTON, when the soal-inspiring juice was briskly pushed round till a late hour, when the company retired from this scene of festive conviviality, having truly enjoyed " The Fist of Reas3n, IWO* nergot Sovir ~. Ned Cr/at& `MR NI IsLiCittoterft, Br.rrEmßEß, L- • .) I " Cattle in, the troedorri, Capt. I...Loeu t (rain barde-. with wine; Gosport, Capt. Dammam, from [ Landon, for Malta and Trieste ; Ocean, Capti 1! L. rawly, and Fiera, Cal% HAY, from Qttebee, with oval stores for the doet-yard—they sailed with the gEbtL.S, of 32 guns, seven weeks since, in compant. , with four others,,which, with the frigate, art game up: Channel—the Caledonia, Pallas, and Duke of Kent,' were loading . at Quebec for this port HELENA, of 18 guns, with several vessels, from Ireland; POMPEE, of 80 guns, and NEPTCNE, of 90 guns, from Torbay ; ENCOUNTER, of 18 guns, from a cruize.—Sailed, the SWALLOW, of 18 guns, with light transports for the coast of Spain, to get Spanish sheep;* Ling l avoun, of 14 guns, with a fleet of coasters, for the Welch ports.—The Channel fleet are gone to Torbay.— Came in the Diana, Capt. WALLci, from Gotten• burgh, forgMadeirA, with iron and deals. PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. G. 0 Arrived the Gosu.twx slcop of war, from a cruize. -Wind W. DEAL, SEPTEMBER 6. Arrived the PAZ schooner, from Portsmouth • the NEMESIS frigate, from Quebec in 51 days„,k;ving under her convoy the Flora and Ocean, laden with 'masts and naval timber, which went into Plymouth ;" the Robert and Ann, an4l the Robert, with the like ,cargoes, which went into Portsmouth ; the Queen and, the also with masts and timber on Govern- Ment account ; and the . Rocket, laden with staves, which have sailed through for Bheeniese.—the two lamer and the latter for the River. The NEMESIA spoke the AMEL.i'I frigate on the 18th of July last, whch ship arrived on the 19th at Quebec ; also spoke' on Thursday last, the SYBILLE frigate, which had captured a French corvette brig, bound to Martinique, laden with prey isiont h and commanded by a Capitaihe de Frigate.--Sailed the Isniosmir gun-brig, on a cruize off Boulogne. ilk Remain in the Downa—Ptincesa of Orange, Bellerophon,ln vincible, Hero, thus:riot:s, Leviathan, Borr.tn.y, Venerable, Frosty, Ciyde, Nemesia, Alert, Pandora, Etagk, Kangaroo, Challenger, and Paz. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. Gst.tyrsi: NO, SEPT. 6.,—Passed by the Sportsmar, Moore, from St. Michael's; :I'raYelier, Coulson, from Cork ; Susannah ; /frocks, from Madeira ; Gala tea, Rerunson, from Mogadore; i.yon, Myth, and the Jenny; Cr..ige, from Limerick:—Sailed the Hector, Lirillith, I r Gibr.utar; and the Margaret', Brown, for Cadiz. The Thomas and Deborah, from Halifax, has been taken, retaken, and carried into. Anti a. The schooner Fanny and Polly, from St. Vincent's, bas been :aken and carried into Martinique. '1 he schooner DErbyphire is stranded at Dominica ; part of the 'crew saved. The George, Town, from Belfast for Jamaica, was captured oss the 31st of May, near' Barbadoes, by the .Serpcut french toe Charks, armed ship, with the 'Thornton, Sacker, and i b under -- about 2S sail of vessels _ convoy, from Gottenburgb, are arrived, in Yarmouth Roads. ~ The General Boyd, Smith, ho condemned at Surinam. • The Dart, Lepelly, from Malta to London, is reported to be evasive! off Tanis bit a French privateer. ; :lice' Sophia, Smith, from Loudon fur Malta, was all well on ,tbe)l6th August, off Cape Yinisterrt. • A.brig (mu Falmouth is on shore near Dungeness, and it is ex peetid will be lost. The Alexander and Northampton, from Lordon for the East .. _ . Indies, were all well on the I 7tit June, in lat. 4R. S. long. 31. 25. W. the brig Mentor, from London fur the C.ipe of Good Hope, in company. DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE-MONEY. The Cruizer, for several snitigglirg vessels, captured January 27, 1806, will be paid on her arrival in port, and recalled at No. 21, Northumberland -street, Strand. The Dido, for l'Etrusco, captured July 17, 1793, will be paid cri Tuesday rest, at No. 8, Salter's•hall-court. Catintin,treet, and there recalled on Mondays and Thursdays. The Ariadne, for the Trente et Quarente, captured January 7, 1808, Slid the Petronelle, captured June 8, 1808, will be paid on board, on her arrival at Leith, and recalled at No. 15, 'fbrognior ton-street. The Satellite, for the Brothers, capture! October 7, 1807, will be paid on board, at Portsmouth, on Wednesday next, and re called at No. ls, Clement's Inn, on Tuesdays and Fridays. On Saturday there.were landed at Mill Bay, Ply mouth, and conducted to prison, from the HINDOSTAN, from off Lisbon, 140 French soldiers, taken in the forts at Oporto. They are fine young men, and are all of them Swiss conscripts. Monday se'nnikht, in the evening, Captain DAvnts, of the DIANA, which sailed from Greenock that morn ing for Belfast, fell overboard when dff the Cumbraes, and, tl e sea running high at the time, was drowned. The vessel returned to Greenock. Captain BRADFORD, of the Guards, who so glo riously fell in the' battle of the 17th ult. as men tioned in The Gazette Extraordinary of Saturday, was a snn of T. BRADFORD, Esq. of Ashdown-Park, hi Sussex; and an Officer of highly-distinguished merit. GE.tt4At. Dublin Papers assert that . ..I . titzo'r is a native of Ireland, and one of them has published the following notice respecting him : " That the public may know the country and descent of that noted and tyrannical General Junot, alias Julian, who Is Row commanding in Portugalt—He is an lriAnan, born in the town of Athy, within thirty mile* of Dublin, and having received clamical and mathematical information tinder his father, who was a professor of the same, left Ireland in the year 1792, and went to France, where, from Ibis toward and enterprising spirit, he icas arrived front the rank of a private soldier, to the fazcied great / - nem he now possesses." The naked fashions do not appear to h ave made great progress among rational people in Ireland. A witness, upon a late trial in that country, swore a Lady was mad, merely because she went with her bo som bare. In the vicinity of Hyde Park Corner are affixed numerous Proclamations, offering " Pardon for De serters :" we suppose thar it is not intended,to in clude King JOSEPH in the amnesty ! A Gentleman lately complaining to his physicians of *,ant of appetite, the medical wag prescribed a co pious potation of Hung'ry water. A Countryman went yesterday into an Optician's, in Piccadilly, to purchase. a Pair of Spectacles; and' after numerous trials, declared that he could not read with either of them. The shopman tired out, sulkily observed—" Perhaps you can't- read at all." To b.! sure not (replied Hodge) ; if I could read, what the devil should I want with Spectacles ? -- 'The gbod nevil from Portugal was received Here Olt Saturday inorning, broth throng of Fashionables, With every pbssible mark of joy. The..bells rang many merry peals, and a un**.trsal face of gl thi •s pervaded all ranks and degrees through the town At eight the Theatre boasted a most and iumerous audience (the play being bespoke by the Hon. Mrs. NEEDUAM). The perfLimances went off *ith much merited iciest; and at the end Of the first piece Mr. BEVERLEY, in a short, appropriate scoach, mtroducel Rde Britalnia, with two addiLion..l and appropriate stanzas ] in which the whole house joil d die chorus. • ' Mr KiNchelegAt villa, Cambray House, is taken by the E.trl of ICpsmAitz, icir the *inter, and the family rue in. Our latest arrivals are: Tl:e Earl aid Count: sa of Suffolk, Lord Is-Idt:seer; IViarebioness of li'aniford,Dsporner Lady Gel; ray, Lord Marks Spencer, bir Nathaniel Dance, Mr . . Angerstaio; Mr. Greenwood, Mr. Hadir ausitey, &t:. &c. . ' EARTO 2t7A ICE.—A few minutes before two o'clock in the moraing of Friday se'iinight, the shock of an earthquake was felt very sensibly in the town Whitehaven and neighbourhood, and the agitation, according to the most minute ob.,ercations respecting it, continued from three to five seconds. The wea ther, as observed immediately after the motion ceased, .was dose and suit y, the barometer stood at 22 'inches 3-4ths, and there was no wind. Its directi , is supposed to hao e been from S E. accompanied ,axumbling noise 'n the air—there was not sufficiei light ro make an • other observation immediately aft the shock, except that of the atmosphere being ves 'thick and hazy. The consternation it caused in than town was very great : a chimney in Tangier street was thrown down ; three people, in dill' —arent parts ,- the warn, were thrown off their feet, and one of thei - considerably hurt, hut no farther damage was d m 'We have accounts of the shock being felt in the fol. lowing places, viz. Workington, the Qeay a little d, Triaged; Marvport, Cockermouth, Redmain, Kesvric I Lorton, very severe, but no damage ; Egremonl some chimnies thrown down, and a part of the roin of the Castle ; Bootle, Broughton, P, avengl iss. 1:11. verston, no damage ; Abbey-holm, Wigton, Carlisl Brampton, no damage; Kendal, Lancaster, Garstan. -Preston, Hakesend, no damage ; Penrith, Appleby Brough, some old walls were thrown down in the neighbourhood of these places ; in the Isle of M and at Dublin, no dama :;-e whatever; Neweattle, Kirkcudbright, Dumfries, Leith,Edintur h, &c. DREADFUL EXPLOSION.—On Monday, about twel , o'clock, as some privates belonging to Woolwich g. rison, were engaged in the act of driving home th priming of a large shell, by some accident it caught .fi r e, and exploded. One of the men had part of If right hand whol:y carried away, and an amputatic took place above the elbow. Three other men were torn and lacerated in so \ shockiag a manner, that . little hopes are entertained of their recovery. The garrison were thrown into the utmost consternation and confusion from an apprehension that the Roy-' Arsenal had exploded. Several thousands of the habitants were setn.flying in alll directions, from itu, tives of personal safety. And a considerable time elapsed before any could be found courageous enoti, (from the horrid and suffocating stench that was em. ted) to examine and ascertain the extent of tMe damagr FIRE.-- On Thursday, night, about twelve o'c lee the back part of the house o(,Mr. Webb, Chemi in Si. George's Fields, opposite the Obelisk, cliscoered to be in flames by the watchman. All family were so sound asleep, that the p ssage door was obliged to be broken rpm, to gain a Imission the fire-engine that first arrived. The principal has been sustained by . some Jews, who had a ware. room in 9se back premises, which was, with its tents, consumed to ashes. Mr. Webb has also fered considerable loss. The house itself wa% tunately insured. Yesterday se'nnight, a brewhouse belonging to Mi Jones, of Adwell, Oxon, was totally destroyed by • with all the brewing utensils, and an out-house joining. Sunday se'nniglit, a barn, in the occupation of Izzey, of Loagworth, Berks, was discovered t,) be fire, the flames from which raged with such fin that seven cottages, together with the barn, (contain ing a great quantity of corn) were entirely consumed. The accident happened during the time of Di , Service, occasioned by a person throwing out _ hot ashes, which set fire to some straw, and commA nicated to the thatch of the barn. About six in the evening of Friday last, an occupied by Mr. Wm. Pearson on the Hospital F, at Stelling, and let by him to Mr. Harvey of Pethat Kent, for the purpose of drying his hops, caught'firk consequence of some charcoal having been placed it before it was sufficiently extinguished, and being constructed of weather board and thatched, 'was short space entirely consumed. Last night, about twelve o'clock, a fire broke in the house belonging to Mr. WOODESON, of No. Chancery-lane, which entirely consumed the same, with all the furniture, in a few hours. The two houses immediately adjoining are much damaged, and iihabitants were able to save their furniture with 'difficulty. The active exertions of firemen from various offices with their engines soon allayed alarms of the neighbouring proprietors, and by o'clock this morning the flames were complete tinguished. Of Mr. WOODESON'S house the front back- walls only remain. The fire is said to h 4. been oceasioned by the carelessness of the servants, Iwito had been junketing at Bartholomew fair, lea,' a candle burning too near the bed-curtains. WoonssoN is at present with his family at Margate. CORN MARKET, MARK-LANE, SEPT. 7.—There extreme short supply of Wheat to-day, and the 1 of the few sales effected are considered nominal—L., ley likewise - large supplies expected, ancla reduction —White Peas are brisk sale and dearer—Beans both sorts fetch rather better price—There is a • rable supply of Oats, with a few foreign, and ti7de is Quoted at little variation.—Flour fully ports the Currency. GENERAL CURRENCY AS UNDER: Wheat, 621. 745. 81s. Beans Ch. 651. Floe ditto, 88s. 929. Tick ditto 575. 614. Rye, (new) 455. 50s. Oats, 355. 38s. 401. Barley, 401. 455. Poland ditto, 411.446 Malt. 68s. 765. Potatne dam, 445. White Peas (boilers) 1001.1101 R. Seed, 361. to 291. Grey ditto, 565.625. Fine Floor 70*. 711ip.Secendo 65e. 70s. 'o re ig •s hr )ff •st h, en he rn art of ng ea- ed, ion by eft 'ter ery t eet ,of em ne. fol. da- Ick, 4 nit, tins 01- ng, 41y, the [ 1.0, , s ar- the ght his • :ion vere but The tion oval in- mo- time 'RI It-. agr eck, fist, was I the door .1 for loss vare- con- suf. for- Mrs. • re, e ad- f Mr. be on fury, nain- med. )ivine some nmu- Oast Farm srr,in fire in :ed in being s in a ce out o. 65, • same, louses id the great m the the • eight Ay ex- at and have 1 wants, raving Mr. gate- e is an price —Bar- uction ans of a tole- td this y sup-