Star. — London, England, 1808-07-02 00:00:00

Iqe . Slrthof turore, to be,able to preseetelthe pv:i‘ n4of the prisoners from vidleitce. - The intelligence brouiht by Captain Prxice, of the roo m, from Cormma, which we yesterday laid M or e our Readers, is confirmed by dispatches re ceived by Government from Oviedo. The sub once of the 'accotintos received is briefly this : Th e Patriot Army had attacked the French General p rpa , : r, who had been detached by MURAT to take a position in the Sierra Morena, to keep open the communication with Madrid. The force of DUPONT differently estimated ; for it is a part of the french tactics always to exaggerate their {lumbers. — Hi s army is said to have been 4 2,;:a000 men ; but it pro b a bly did not much exceed one half of that Lum ber, The battle Was sanguinary , but it terminated in t h e t otal route of the French—Dl - I , oar himself having orop ed with great .difEculty. The result of which va s, that MURAT himselt thought proper to quit wild, and took post with his =all army at the Ki n g's Villa, called Bunt &trim, a height above Ma drid, where the ling had a beautiful Seat, but which vas perfectly open. Here, however, he was endea ' touring to entrench himself. When the Peacock left Fermi, the siglial was flying far Pilots to carry our s hips in, in consequence of a similar convention to that which had taken place at Cadiz. Steps had also been taken to make known, and we hope to secure to the Provisional Government Gf Spain, the friendship and co-operation of Smith . America ; for which pur pose, Achr.iral Hotrinst, cauizing off Ferrol, had granted passports to a Spanish vessel, carrying out in telligence to their several Viceroys and Governors, and inviting them to be faithful to the cause of their Country. Lieutenant Pnmc, of the cutter la Paz, whose are eival from Gijon we also announced yesterday, brought back to this country the Secretary of the Marquis DE MATTEROSA, who sailed with the an over of our Government to his application for succour m the 13th, and left Gijon, ou his return, on the Inst. He corroborates the intelligence of the defeat of Dl:7o*, and says that the account of it arrived ' en the very day he left Oviedo. 'The Patriots had received perfect intelligence of the Positiob of the French in the mountains, from the smugglers, who are commonly known by the name of Ban ditti, and who, from their way of life, are inOrnately acquainted with every accestibte defile of the moun tains of the Sierra Morena. Instructed by thin', who acted faithfully as guides, the . Patriots attacked tke French with great advantage ; and the account at Gijon was precisely the same as at Corunna that the French were totally muted and dispersed— that Mtea r had, inconsequence of it, left Madrid for the adjacent heights—that the Spanish troops whom' he had at first secured at Madrid, were deserting in crowds—anti that the armies of the Patriots were daily increasing. the only things they wane are what We can sepply—previsions, cloaths, arms; and arnmutit tioa. Men they do not want, but as ish that tae may employ our disposable fore, rather as a diversion, than on the territory of Spain. The Oviedo Gazette does not contain any account of this battle—but this- is .accounted for by the cir cumstance of its having arrived on the day that this Gentleman canto away ; and it would therefore ap pear in the next. The Oviedo Gazette which he lias brought with him contains a very noble Proclamation from one of the Castiles, together with a most ani mated Address to the Inhabitants of Madrid, which is in fact an Answer to the ridiculous Proclamations from Barnne--and a most glowing and complete tefutatitnt of them, In no period of the Revolution, and in no country, has the press contributed so nobly and so essentially to the cause of liberty, as in this • popular btrast of patriotism in Spain—so true is it, flat it is only when. s people are. truly aroused, that languagefeclingly displays the energies of the soul ! To complete this:grand and gratifying exhibition' of a nation struggling for delieErance, we find from Lord CASTLVIZACiII ' S notice to the Loan MAWR, that the Southern. Provinces of Spain have flung off their natural sloth,. and have arisen from enervating luXury to noble, action. The dispatches from Sir H. Dar.- maim: state, that they have caught the flame of the North, anti that the army before Gibraltar, reinforced by the greater part of the garrison of Ceuta, had de clared fair their country. We rejoice to learn the fact bast mentioned, for it proves that, the British must have assisted in getting them across the Gut, and have probably supplied the place of the veterans in the prison, by raw troops a or have guaranteed the secu rity of the place during their absence. Every de rnoastration of good faith on our parts, not merely serves to cement our friendship with Spain, but also to encourage other nations to follow the magnificent example which the Spaniards have set. • The decision and promptitude of Administration at the present important crisis, demurs and receives the unqualified approbation of all parties. In every thing that regards the cause of genuine liberty and the nallare of the human race, We can have but one party in this country. A Cabinet Council sat yes terday after the receipt of the above intelligence, at which the dispatches seceived by the Marqui.; de Mart rtosa, were also taken into consideration. So prompt was tke deaieioa of the Cabinet, that le Gen tle;nao who brought the dispatches for the Marquis sat off last eight at nine o'clock. to embark for Gijon, with the answer to the request of the Assembly. The reee:e. t is for arms, arnmutiltion, meney, and provi- sions the nature of the answer May he collected from the assurance given in the 1;louie or Peers last night, of the disposition of Ministers to give a'generous and liberal assistance to the Spaniardi, witlimyt the inter vention of any partial feelings or. selfish objects.— Lord Haw:us:way also stated, that the Spanish pri soners had been released ; and in answer ,to a question from Lord .HOLLAND, whether it was in tended to revoke the Orders in Council, so LC as re garded the Ports of Spain, his' Lordship .stated, that in a few days it would be found that the consi deration. of that point had not been omitted, and that Ministers ware disposed to act in this respect, as well as in others, in the most pure spirit of generoLity and liberality. It is impossible that even the most consummate po litical foresight should be able to calculate the proba bilities which the burst of patriotism h Spain affords, that in other states a proper spirit of resistance may at length be excited against the man, whose over grown power has so long proved a scourge to Europe. Indeed strong hopes are entertained that this feeling has .alreadibegui to operate on both the Russian and Austrian Courts. A Cabinet Council sat late on Thursday night on this business, and it is understood that a correspondence has actually commenced with . these Courts.—Two Couriers arrived yesterday from the North of Europe, with dispatches: nothing has transpired respecting them, but it is believed they were from Vienna and Peteraburgh. IMPORTANT INTELLIGENCE, The CITEETtFUL cutter, Lieutenant CARPENTER, has arrived at F:Jmouth, in 14 days from eff Lisbon: By this vessel the following letter, written in great haste, at the moment the CIILTRFUL was getting un der weigh, by an Officer on board his Majesty's ship RESOLUTION, has beep received by ATILTNS. “ OFF THETAGUS, JUNE 12, " I send this by a vessel for Torbay, which is go, ing home'with di•.patches from Sir C. COTTON, with " information that the Spaniards and Portuguese are " in possesssion of Oporto. Admiral Pcavis is in " Cadiz, and in possession of the French squadron. . 44 The French in Lisbon, under the command of General JCNOT, have been disarmed by the Spanish 64 troops in that City, on the night of the 10th iist. An army of 30,000 . Spaniards are advancing towards " Lisbon. We expect to go into the Tagus every " hour. I expect to come home in a Russian, man of 44 war. Jostrit BONAPARTE is killed by the Duke de IN - - " F.ANTADO,.P:hO fell immediately after. The Spa ' " niards are murdering the French wherever they meet them. .The acconnts respecting Cadiz were " brought yesterday by a Spanish Captain of Dra- " goons." It js impossible for U 3 to supply the particulars that arc wanting respecting the manner of-10mm% death. Most probably the Duke de I'INFANTADO devoted him self for the 'service of his country ! He could have no here to escape with his life when he resolved ti) strike such a , blow--surrounded with enemies and traitors to his country. SECOND EDITION. STAR-OFFICE, Three o'Clock. We have this moment received the following portant intelligence from Portugal r " OPORTO, JUNE 7. 44 Yesterday evening,•at seven o'clock, the Com mander of the. Spanish Forces in this City, took the French General and the whole of his Staff prisoners, consisting of twenty.cight persons : he then delivertd up the Government of the City to the. former Gover nor LOVISE d'OLEvAnA, who immediately resumed his functions, and ordered the Portuguese flag to be hoisted upon all the batteries and. forts, and at twelve o'clock a Royal Salute was fired. “ An invitativa was immediately sent to the Cap, tam of his Majer. ,, , 's ship Eetusa, which was cruizing off that port,' cuter it, with an assuraske that the port I l ente.rorth be opened to' British ships. The E C LIVSE acco rdingly entered the port, and s - i luted the Portuguese Flag with 21 guns. The Spa ! nis h troops have marched to jo i n t heir countr y men, i and have taken the French General and his Staff with Ithem." Thursday morning his Reverence the Nnneiofram his Holiness the Pork: had his fi nal audience of Messrs.. CANNING and Perrozvm... • He afterwards took a friendly leave of Its Cr:tee the Duke of PORTLAND and Lord MULGRAVE respectively. Between eight and nine at night his Reverence left town fbr Ports mouth, from whence he is to proceed with it Teri large convoy of merchants, 'adventurers, and -Portuguese emigrants, for the Brazils, of which territory he is to be the Metropolitan. • Orders are given for taking up transports to the ' amount of 3000 tons. Twelve artillery waggons went frOm tSe Bank yes terday, with money, which, it is supposed, is intended to be embarked ior Swejen. During, the passage of the Paz to thls ommtry she fell in with, and captured a large French vessel laden with brandy, Scc. hut owing to her being a heavy sailer, left her in charge of an officer, and-proceeded to Fauoath. • - . ~~ ~•~. - te n Tit E ARMY, ...:, .• . gilling" Peffsl4 II fa PAUL . ... ...,. . , . 0.................4 • . • PO trg 0t1 . 41, ItfLY t. No appointtnents made for a long time c 001...! give Arrive j itho jidian, j and for _ gatob ..... u . from rester satisfaction to the army at lag% thin • StrSA Buens Ayes, detained by his m ajesty , s 7 l ; - F uod • ii. ' Stu& Audiaiulv's get... 4• a regulate% aid Gel*r4ll l IfuLoYisitst; also arrived the follbititeg Fostoria , * SpEscan's being promoted to one of theW I' ai eet " -n-il 1 vessels , via.—Masatusios, Flere de l i sitts and Serra • . . . . corps. . I Pigpen°, frog( Plymouth, to join 'convoy, for the Be* The Ist battaliOn of that very fins 2eprnen t, the 1 uils..ersaiin ii..bb Ir;liesty , a brig Bidbiziwae. , 4 col iii t . 40th, is about to be embarked for service.,, . I _,,..Ki s m a j es ty' s ship AszniusA is appointed convoy . Colonel Baowc, who \ so nutch distinguished him-1 for the Dolint; wiudit r. - . self in the command of the 40th, has been appointed ' ' . • DEAL, li./LY I.' a Brigadier-General, and is stationed at' Eteter. - ' .Eatiled last night the I.NDlcoussrr pn b r io, Ranger The !d battalion of the 45th Regiment his marched , naval tran and a convoy. of _ traniports for Ire; from Nottinghain to Manchester. • 'land, each of which took a fiat-boat* from the Dock. The East Kent Militia has marched from Oisiches.. yard here ; Aro:Ants:on gun-brig, on a cruise ; ALEste ter to &shill Barracks: • • sloop this morniug with convoy for Portsmouth. The West Kent Militia marched last week through i Arrived the Tito.. , rr, of 50 guns, from i cruise off Cambridge, on their mate from Ipswich to Durham. ! Boulogne. • . The Northumberland, East Kent, and North Glou- 1 . stasis IN Tilt ocisras. . . tester Regiments of Militia, with the 2d Dragoon I ' i'rtavess of Orange. Vico A•bnisal Cuirazli.; Seep*, St. Guards, are about to be-marched into the Kerr Dis- i Anuses, liviitlaxlei Trusty, and atuiner. ' ttrio. l GRSEXOCIK. JUNE 29. • The sth .Dragoon Guards will, in a short time, 'The 51 • up. ns. HaMllto C414111112'4 of and from this come over to this country from Ireland, where they , port to , n bec ran on shore on a reef of ro:ks, on have been replaced by the Scots Greys. ' . i Greets Island, in the river St. Lawrence, on the 7th ' The'3d Dragoon Guards have marched into Dor. 1 May and bilged ; greatest - Part of the cargo saved t red of the ship beisfg ester, Southampton, and Winchester-; they have been relieved at Exeter by the 13th Light Dragoons. but litcL2 hopes were entertains got off. • The 2‘l battalion of the 39th Regiment is in Guern sey, to be perfected in discipline, with the 51 st Regi ment and some other•ccrp3, under the'eye of that able FROM LLOYD'S LIST. GRAVESEND, JULY I.—Pasaed by the Si, Andrew Harntriced B - ..rr, from Jamaica; Retreat, Kay ; ue Clark; Brim- Ma, Birch ; Cuffnells, Walbask ; Scalesby Castle, Luck; Henry Addington, Ritch ; and the Cumberland, Farrer, from Chh ar Offiter Lieutenant.Gencral Sir Join DOYLE, Bart. the Lieutenant-Governor. The Warwickshire Militia is expected at Dover, to encamp on the Heights in a few days, ground having been marked out for that purpose. The detachment of Stirrey Militia, now doing duty on board the prison ships at Chatham, is ordered to join the regiment at Sheerness. That highly respectable Regiment, the 25d Light Dragoous r is ordered from Dublin to England. The 14th Regiment of Dragoons is ordered to Ire land. The 3d *Garrison Battalion, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel NEDUAM, have arrived at Cove, to occupy the forts in Cork harbour. Tuesday the Dumbartonshire Regiment of Volun teers, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel DENNIS TOUN, upwards of GOO strong, marched into Dum barton, where they are to remain oft permanent duty till the 11th inst, Saine day, the Glasgow Highland Regiment of Volunteers, 500 strong, under the con-inland of. Co- , lonel MATTHEW -M'ALLISTER, marched for Irvine, where they are to remain en permanent duty for 14 days. Monday evening a detachment of the sth Dragoon Guards, elUbarked from Dublin for Enema ; the, remainder are to follow forthwith. The 7th Dragoon Guards, which have been lately . quartered in Shelburn Barracks, 'Dublin, have gone into country cantonments, and are replaced by the Ist Royals, the greater part of whom have already marched in. We . have seen a letter from the Cape of Good Hope, and are sorry to learn that the garrison. is suffering hourll .from die Ophthalmia, brought to them by the 37th and 89th 'regiments, from South Amelica. The 89th was going to India, and the 4th battalion of the 60th to the West-Indies. The General GHEE is coming home. The last journal of our •Correopoodent in the Wes:-Indies cents,ins little news. Some of the regi ments had sufftred much by sickneis; and 1500 troops were looked for from this country. The 37th, a mere skeleton., was coming homes the 63d had suffered much :- the 13th regiment was expected from North America. General Bor:YEli was on a visit to his regiment, the lath, at Surinam, but was immediately to come home in the Itunillies : General BECKWETH to command faro tea tore, and till a new Commander in . Chief comes out. On Monday last, that very fine body of men, Lord FITZWILLIAM'S battalion of the West York Militia, was s reviewed at Plymouth, by Lieutenant-General ENGLAND, attended by his own and the Staff of the , district. This regiment is not only the strongest, but has, perhaps, the tallest and straightest men of any in the service : they mustered upwards of. 1300 men on theyarade, The review was a high treat to mili tary men. Among others, were present Admiralsl -Yonoo, Surros, and HARVEY ; Generals Moa-', SHEAD, STO&NTS, BRIGHT, Menem, and many Offi *cere of the Artillery,.62d, 24:1 Royal Veteran Batta lion, and the Militia Regiments in garrison. It is need- 1 , less to add, that the West York • received' the thanks and high approbation of General.„Eticit.aND. The 2d battalion of the. 73th, or Rosi,shire Highlanders, are '1 about to be embarked at Poitsmoudr. This is the i battalion which so much distinguished itself ,at Maida, and suffered so severely in Egypt.- • The 12th, or Prince of Wales's Regiment of , Light Dragooni, were reviewed by hie Royal Highness the I 'Duke of York the 21st ult. on Hounslow Heath, in presence of the Prince of Waco; and most of the Royal Family ; after which the Officers had a public dinner at the Castle Inn, Richmond, to which most of the Military .Gentlemen in that part o the country wre invited. The appearance ofthe Regiment,rnd the degree of r apidity with which they executed all their movements, entitled them to the thanks of the Commandiw is Chief and the Sailed the Emerald, Chivers, for the Cape of Good Hope; Eliza Mslntosk, for Curama ; and Neptune, Smith, for lielipland. Extract of a letter from Captain AunetisoN of the Nancy, from London'to St, Domingo, dated St. Jago. " Cuba, ,April2B, 1808. " The signal was made by the Franchise frigate on the ulth of April, for the Nancy to *parate. We proceeded round Cape Donna Maria and. Cape Rosa, en the 13th of April. at 4 P. M. jeremie bearing west six or seven leagues; we .fell in. with the General Masora Fre'ch schooner privateer, belonging to the City of St. Domingo, mounting one long 18-pounder, one lre-g nine, and two king sixes, manned with 120 nien,. commanded by Captain Doric ; we engaged him, and ma& him sheer off. At 11 P. M. the same evening, the above priVateer came under our stern with intent to Ward us; we engaged, and beat him offagain. On the 14th, at 8 A. M. the Island of Guanaba bearing N. T. seven or eight leagues, the same privateer came alongside the Nancy, when a smart Arlon Molt place, of an hour and a half; we beat him off 'again.. At S P. M. the same day, the same pri vateer bore down with a red flag forward,. what, after two hours bard fightitivelie privateer carried the gamey by boarding ; self and carpenter beineseverely wounded in the head, one man shotthrough the arm, and the second mate wounded in the thigh; mlzen boom, andquarter-sails shot away; the brac s and running rigging much cut; above 150 shot through the after-sails, and nearly 40 shot in the Mill, all shaft the chest-tree. Messrs. Henry and Joseph Rolland, Mr. Hodges, and all the ship's company did every thing in their peter for the defence of the Nancy, and de served a better fate; 4ey were plundered of every thing, except the clothes they stood lni The Massena is 06 French feet . long, ' and 24 feet beam ; and can pull with ease, in a calm, three and • half knotty an hour." The Cambridge, —; the Anderson, —1 and the brig Retrieve, —, sailed from Jamaica with ti.e fleet for Great Britain, but put back leaky, having been run foul of. The Ann, CARY. from London for Tobago, is cap. tared, recaptured, and carried into Antigua. The C.lthaiine, —, of Greenock, from Bermuda for New York, and Emerald, —, from ditto for Halifax, are captured by a French privateer. OXFORD. ;tar. 1. Yesterday came cn the election at Exeter Collet;', Oxford. There were two vacancies, a Devon's'h i re, and a Cornish Fellowship. The Candidates for the 'Devonshire lrgllowship were, Messrs. KNIGHT FIJI' CHM, JOHNSON v LOWNDIG4 and JACO ; MU those for the Cornisliwere, Messrs. I3owast and How. After the necessary examinations and the usu 11 delitkra dons resp(s..ing the merits of the Candidates had taken place; Messrs. JOHNS° . N and'Hostx w7re elected Fellows Of that Society. Mr. K.snunr received th.: 1 cordial thanks of some off` the Fellows, for the distin guished appearance he made in the several eliminations. The Proprietor and Printer of the latleftentlatt Wiig Sunday Newspaper were this day brought up to re ceive judgement. They were sentenced .to three gears Imprisonment each, the one in Dorchester, the other Gloucester•lail. • . . A Gentleman lately arrived -foam - Ireland having • purchased from a pedlar in Kent,' some eeloured 'handkerchiefs, and _shewing them to a 'friend; was • asked- 0 Sem* yesursa,no. iv *aft' hullo 7"—" In dial No, I bouskt theca for Satin" The CALEDONIA is 110t.ouly.the largest ship in the British Navy, but she is perhaps both the largest and finest ship ever built; she mounts 184 guns. It is sit) - , posed that she will be fitted out and manned in s x weeks. She is to receive the flag of Admiral Lord Gissatea, the Commander *Chief of the Channel deer, who went frequentlyto Plymouth to see her while build- • ing. Would it not be a prudent and proper inai t iiV to man such ships as the Sr. Groacz, 1-ItaxasitA, ar d i 'CALSDONI4; by volunteerS frau/ the kingdoms, whose names and genius are attached to them, and to have them commanded by men from the respective kipg ! don's of Scotland, England, and Ireland ? Thirty Thousand Pounds sold in Shares last Let; temp at J. WAINER'S truly Fortunate Office, No. 16, f i Cornhill, where Tickets and Shares are• now on sale foi:the Six Grand Prizes of £20,000. • Lottery draws again on Tuesday next. . • : 'The last accounts from North America brink long but uninteresting accounts of our army in that guar ter. Lieutenant General Sir GEORGETDEVOST had ~ formed the flank companies of his army into a bri- i Bier and placed them under the command of Briga- ii ter HOUGHTON; 11.110, when ode accounts Came away, Was about to be employed on a very impor- i taut and dashing service.. - ' ' 1 Le Le IM .......