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to es ecation, and the army continued its march.—. The Portuguese Generals SOOR demanded to be sup - p li e d w ith provisions .from the British stores, which rd emu ld it was impossible to comply with The Por tuguese separ ated, and continued to remain separate f ro m the British till after the 22d of August. He bad made every proposal that he could make to in duce the co-operation of the Portuguese. He had de footled only a reinforcement of 1000 infantry, 100 light tro lu, and 200 cavalrl, and ha . . dieromised that they s h ou ld r efeiee jirovisiotu from the Brouh sloth; and yet the Por ts:we Generals would not consent to thin. On the 10th inst. the British troops had an action with 000 French troops, commanded by Laborde and Loison. The particulars of that aotion were detailed in the Gazette, and . it was unnecessary now to repeat them. 1 Before that action, he had thought of attacking the French posts upon the coast, but when he had been so I severely disappointed in not meeting the expected Co. oleration from the Portuguese, and had also witnessed the gallantry displayed by the French in the action of the 16th, he resolved to change his plan, and to march towards the French position of Torre Vedras. The 20th, General Anstruther's force appeared in the Offing, and effected their landing. On the same day t here was some skirmishing with the enemy's cavalry in the neighbourhood of Vimiera. It had been his i intention on the 21st to march forward and turn the French position at Torre Vedras, having ar, excellent ma p of the country—but Sir Harry Burrard arrived in the evening and took the command. The details of the battle of Vimiera were in the Gazette, and with that battle his command of the British army in Por tugal ceased. Sir Arthur Wellesley having concluded the read ing of the narrative, delivered it to the President to be entered on the minutes with the other proceedings of the Board. The Court was then immediately cleared, and in a few minutes after adjourned till Monday (this day). FOURTH DAY. At the opening of the Court this morning, Sir HEW DALRYMPLE made some verbal additions to the statements given in on Saturday. He also gave in some reports from the Commissariat respecting the stores of the army, which were not read.. The JUDGE ADVOCATE then gave notice that if there were any persons in attendance who could give the Court any information respecting the military operations in Portugal, such persons were to give in their names, and retire from the Court until it came to their turn to be heard. General FERGUSSON, Colonel TORRENS, Major CAMPBELL, and Captain MALCOLM, of the Navy, then left the Court after giving in their names. The JUDGE ADVOCATE then proceeded to read ove r Sr ARTHUR WELLESLEY'S narrative, which will be found in a preceding column. A Paper, containing several questions from the Court, and answers by Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY, was then read. It appeared to be a kind of supplement to the narrative. Sir A R AQUA'S answers state, that, from his instructions, he conceived that the chief ob ject of his expedition was to act against the enemy in the Tagus; but he considered himself as required by these instructions to act generally in any position he thought might serve tie interests of Spain and Por tugal. In answer to one of the quesions, Sir ARTHUR itites, that upon arriving at Caldas after his debark ation, he found his army amounted to 12,300 rank tad file, besides a Portuguese corps of 6000 men close at hand. On their arrival at Caldas, they had horses sufficient for the conveyance of one brigade of nine pounders, and one brigade of six-pounders. They had also received great assistance in _the conveyance of provisions and ammunition from the carts and mules of the country, and on the 16th of August, five days previous to the Battle of Vimiera, theW.were provisions with the army for fourtem day:: each man carried 60 rounds of ammunition, and there were 500,000 rounds in the ammunition waggons. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. • MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK : Consols, ruouey, 66ii—for ace. 661S—Omniiiin Exchequer Bills, 7s. to 9s. prem. PORTUGAL. The ship London has arrived at Plymouth in sit days from Lisbon. Left there the Princess Elizabeth packet, which was expected to sail the next day. The accounts brought by the London, state, that 45e whole of the British troops, two regiments ex cepted, had marched from Lisbon for Spain, in high spirits. A letter from the Captain of one of the coppered transports now at Lisbon, dated 4th instant, says:— " We expect to sail shortly for England. The wood bottomed, and some of the coppered ships, sail with the present convoy. The transport, Duke of Clo *, 'with Frenchmen on board, is still here, and I tentstind it is not yet determined whether they pro -4.510 France or not." SPAIN. The CHEERFUL cutter has arrived at Falmouth, with dispatches from Spain. She left Corunna last Monday, and left lying there the Lady Pellew Packet, which it was expected would sail for England in three daTs after the CHEERFUL. by the CHEERFUL v:e have received accounts, that his Majesty's ship SYBILLE, of 40 guns, and SuPs lams, of 14, were to sail from Corunna in a day or two after the CHEERFUL, with about 100 of the trans- Pons which had carried over Sir DkViD BAIRD'S army l and they were also destined for Falmouth, it was understood, to take in cavalry for Spain. The Benjamin and Mary, one of she above convoy, had reached Falmouth before the mail left that place. She parted with the rest of the fleet the same morning (Friday last) all well. ,They are probably all arrived by this time. The NONPAREIL, of 14 guns, has arrived at Ply mouth, also from Corinna, with dispatches ; and the BLACKJOKE, with dispatches from Gijon in three days. All the accounts received by these vessels agree in stating, that after the partial advantage gained by General Nay, on the 31st ult. General BLAKE had attacked them on the 4th or sth, and gained a most important victory. The French in this battle are stated to have lost 9000 men. A gentleman at Santander writes as follows : " SANTANDER, NOV. 7. " I take this opportunity of giving you the earliest account of the state of affairs here. The French army is within 10 miles of St. Andero—they have had a brush with the Spaniards, and came off with the loss of 7000 men. The loss on the side of the Spa niards Is computed at about 3000, besides one regiment, called the Catalonian, which was destroyed to a man by the French undermining them with powder. Fifteen thousand English troops, in good health and spirits, marched within six miles of this piece, on their way to join the grand army. As scion as their artillery gets up with them, we may expect to hear of a terrible battle." _ _ Before the BLACKJOKE sailed from Gijon, a letter had been received by an English Officer there, from General BLAKE himself, stating in substance— " That he had had an action with the French on " the 31st October, and was obliged to retire to the " mountains ; that on the 4th inst. he quitted his po. sition to cover the retreat of four thousand Patriots, 4 , who were threatened to be surrounded. This " brought on a general action, and he defeated the " French with the loss of nine thousand killed—took ~ possession again of Bilboa, and pursued the Enemy " to the distance of thirty leagues." General BLAKE concludes his letter thus;--" I have " now paid the French in turn for their ill treatment " to the brave Patriots on the 31st ; for it is said the " French gave no quarters on that day, nor do we " find that any quarter was given on the 4th, as no " prisoners are stated to be made. After entering " Bilboa, we were employed three days in burying " the dead." By the above vessels we have received Spanish Papers to the 16th, from which we have given a few extracts. It was on that day that the accounts of General BLAKE'S success reached Gijon. It was there understood that it was on the Bth inst. that the Pa. triots reoccupied Bilboa.—The accounts in the printed journals are not very interesting, if we except the fol lowing letter from Gibraltar which appears in one of them : " GIBRALTAR, OCTOBER SI. " News have been received here from Corsica, that " five French frigates, which had got out of Toulon " a few days before, were blockaded in San Fiorenzo. 44 They were full of troops and provisions, destined 44 for the relief of Barcelona, and having been chased 44 by the English, were obliged to take refuge in the " port above-mentioned. The Master of the vessel " which brought the news, states, that if the frigates 44 do not immediately surrender, they cannot escape " being destroyed by the seven English ships which 44 blockade." DUTCH PAPERS. We have receivod Dutch Journals to the 15th in stant. It appears by a letter from Copenhagen, pub lished in one of them, that the Danish Government is not quite pleased with the conduct of Russia and Prussia, in respect to the exclusion of English com merce. These States are not particularly named ; but there are none other at enmity with this country to which the observations can apply. The remarks in the letter alluded to, betray so much soreness and asperity, that we should suppose they were either dictated by or inserted at the suggestion of the French Government. Priv.te letters of the 14th state, that several vessels with cargoes are detained at Amsterdam and the Texel, which had leave to load prior to the 13th ult. but their cargoes were not then completed. They must now all unload, unless a fresh indulgence is granted, but which is not expected. The truly learned, venerable, and univer s ally es-'1 teemed Dr. GLASSE, we are happy to say, is recover- ing from his late dangerous indisposition. The Duchess of Roxinnton was, on the sth instant, delivered of a son and heir, at Bronnouth, in Scotland. On Friday the 18th instant, in Parliament -street, Mrs. MtarDELL was safely delivered of a son. Tile Gazette of Saturday contains the particulars of the 'capture of the French frigate Thetis, and also the detnils of the short but brilliant operations in the i Island of Mariegalante, which terminated in the un conditional surrender of the enemy, at seated in our last. Both achievements reflect the highest honour on all who were engaged in them.—The Gazette also contains a Proclamation, continuing the prohibition of the - distillation of spirits from corn or grain, for 40 days after the next meeting of Parliament. A squadron of the 14th Dragoons on their route for Falmouth, marched into Exeter on Tuesday last. The other six troops were at Taunton and Honiton. The 16th are in the rear of the 14th, amounting to gether to about 1500 men. They were to halt for a few days. The first squadron will reach Truro on Wednesday next. The 21st are under orders to embark at Ramsgate. The 13th are in high spi rits on the rumour that they are again-to be brigaded with the 12th. Never did a regiment manifest more impatience for active service than the 13th..--An im mense train of horse artillery is also going There are about fifty transports now at I. almouth, preparing to receive them. • ;:. NAUTICAL INTELLIGENCE. - FALMOUTH, NOVEMBER 18. Yesterday arrived the CHEERFUL cutter, Lieutenant CARNOTITE. ' with dispatches from Spain; left Comma on Monday night : and the bark Sapphira, Captlia DONALD BROWN, . from Quiberon Bay, pact of the fleet of transports which arrived here a few days since.— Also arrived, the ship London, Captain THosi.ts DowELL, from Lisbon, six days passage ; left-in the Tagus the Princess Elizabeth packet, which carried out the mails from hence ; she was expected to sail on the following rig) , : the London was one of 50 sail of transports which came under convoy of his Majesty's ship ZEPHYR, and parted with them on the 15th inst.—Also arrived the ship New Zealand, Cap. Cain WM. ELDBMTON, from Portsmouth ; and, this evening, the Benjamin and Mary,• from Corunna— this morning parted with the fleet bound to Fal. .mouth, consisting of about 100 sail, under convoy of his Majesty's ship SYBILLE.—Wind W.N.W. PLIFMOUTH, NOVEMBER 19. Came in yesterday, the NONPAREIL, of 14 guns, from Corunna, with dispatches ; Black Joke lugger, from Gijon, with dispatches ; and REVENG.Es BE 74 guns, from a cruize.—Sailed the ZEBRA and RALEIGH sloops of war, to the Eastward.—During a very heavygale from the Westward yesterday, a tier of ships broke adrift in Stonehouse Pool, several of which ' were driven ashore, and have received much damage. A boat, in endeavouring to pass the bridge near Mount Edgcombe, was upset, but the crew were saved with mach difficulty. Several accidents hap pened in the harbour, but the particulars we have not heard.—Came in the Unity, Captain TOMLIN, from Newfoundland, with fish for a market. PORTSMOUTH, NOVEMBER'2O. Arrived the Susan, —, from Falmouth for Lon don; also, the following transports, viz. the Country Squire, Lewes, and the Naiad, from Corunna; Mary, WlLLnknas ; Ann, —, and the Caldicot Castle, CARTER ) from Lisbon.—Wind S.W. DOVER, NOVEMBER 20. I Passed by yesterday, the brig Betsey, Capt. SHAW, from the Brazils, bound to London. The brig Mer cury, Capt. PIETERS, from Lisbon, in coming tor the harbour this afternoon, unfortunately missed it. The sent some ropes on shore to haul her in, but the water sentomhouse boat's crew, however, got on board, and having ebbed some feet, the brig took the ground, and lies now in a very dangerous situation. The wind is fortunately very moderate, and she may, if it con ltinues so, probably be got into the harbour at high water.—Wind S.W. DEAL, NOVEMBER 19. This morning, about seven o'clock, a very heavy fall of snow came on as ever was remembered ; it continued about three hours and a half, and had it dry, so that it had lain, it would have been nearly wo feet deep. The tide also, during the night, was I xei) very high. A galley belonging to the South End of the town, was taken off by a single sea without losing a single article • another galley was knocked nearly to pieces.—Arrived the FISGARD frigate, from a cruize off Flushing ; PERUVIAN sloop, from a cruize in the Channel ; MEROPE sloop, from a cruize in the North Sea, and sailed through for Portsmouth. Sailed the CHEROKEE sloop, on a cruize off Boulogne ' • New Woolwich long boat, for Woolwich. The Deal boat men have again consented to go off to the assistance of such merchant vessels as arc in want, their grie vances having been promised to be redressed. NOVEMBER 20.—Put back the MEROPE sloop.-- Arrived the AGINCOURT, of 64 guns, from the River; EOERIA sloop, from the coast of Spain—brings no in telligence later than what has appeared in the papers. Sailed the PERUVIAN and PODARGUS sloops, and BOLD and EXERTION gun-brigs, on a cruize. Arrived the Patna gun-brig, with five sail of merchant vessels under convoy, from Waterford; also a Spanish schooner from Plymouth. HARWICH, NOVEMBER Q.o. Sailed this day the Lord Nelson, Capt. STEWART, with mails and passengers, for Gottenburgh. YARMOUTH, NOVEMBER 20. Sailed the BELLEROPHON, 74 guns, and CYGNET, to the Nore .• and the ABOUKIR, Admiral GARDNER ; PRINCESS CAROLINE, MAJESTIC, MINOTAUR, CENSOR, and SKYLARK, on a cruize off the Tezel.—Remain the Roebuck, Admiral Dooot.As.—Wind S.W. The Talbot, Hon. Captain JONES, arrived on Sa turday afternoon at Portsmouth from Lisbon. Ge neral SPENCER and General ACKLAND and suites came home in her. She left Sir CHARLES COTTON in the Tagus on Friday se'nnight. Sir HARRY BUR.. RARD remained at Lisbon. Admiral Hor.cowAv landed on Saturday after noon at Portsmouth. He sailed from St. John's on the 27th ult. The VESTAL frigate, Captain GRA HAM, sailed at the same time, with a convoy for Pot !tugal. The Racoon, Captain CHAMBERS, has sent the GenerAlParrias, French lugger privateer, into Ports ' mouth. Three large French frigates made their escape out of Cherbourg, on Saturday last.—They had been • watched for several months by our frigates ; but it is quite impracticable effectually to blockade that, or any other port in the Channel or Bay, during ;'the winter months. It is said that one of them I bound to the East Indies, and two to the West I Indies. Captain HAMMOND is appointed to the Valiant, vice Youwo ; Captain STACKPOOLE, to the Phicte, at Portsmouth, vice OSWALD. Saturday last, one of the transport boats (the Lady Hamilton, Captain GARDNER), coming on shore, with the Captain, Agent TEELY, and Mr. MEREDITH (late Clerk to Mr. FERRIER, Agent of Transports) was upset, by which the two latter Gentlemen, and four men, were lost. Captain GARDNER, a man, and a boy, after swimming upwards of three :piles, made South Sea Beach, near the Castle, and likely to do well. French, Dutch, or American embargos, make lout little impression on the commerce of Old England. But not all the wiles of' the Corsican, nor the slasish devotion to him of the Hollanders, nor the impolicy . . of America, call embargo, for a single moment, the speedy free egress, from the port of London, of the richest fleet of Trine-taling ships that ever Lottery ad vetihtrere we on board of. PROM SATURDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE ADMIRALTY-OFFICE, NOVEMBER. 19. Copy of a tier from Admiral Young, Commander in Clh ,, .f of his 16!.-,.iesty's Slips and VeiLls at 1-'4:11 rich, t) 012 If ti. W. W. Pole, datcdon board the Salvaor del hlundo, maze, the 15th instant. Sir—l have the honoer to inclose, for their Lordships :nation, the copy of a letter from Captain Seymour, . of Ns Ma jt s:y's ship Amethyst, to Admiral Lord Gambier, giving au ac- C aunt of his having captured la Thetis French frigate, after a long and severe action ; and I have the pleasure to inform their Lord. ships, that la Thetis arrived this morning, towed in by the Sham. non.-1 also transmit a list of the killed and wounded on board the Amethyst. 1 have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) Amethyst, Hamoage, Nov. 15, 19011. •My Lord—l have the most sincere pleasure in acquainting you, that his Majesty's ship the AMJ TRYST, under my command, captured, the 13.1 E in• stant at night, the French frigate la Thetis, of 44 guns, and a crew of 330 men, Wlio had served years together, and 106 soldiers, from L'Orient for Mar tinique. Being close to the N. W. point of Groa, she was seen a quarter before seven P. M. and imme diately chased ; and a close action began before ten o'clock, which continued with little intermission till twenty minutes after midnieit, Having fallen on board, for a short time, after ten, and from a qttarter past eleven, when she intentionally laid us on board, till she surrendered (about an hour), she lay fast alongside, the fluke of our best bower anchor having entered her foremost main-deck port, and she was, after great slaughter, boarded and taken possession of, and some prisoners received from her, before we disengaged the ships. Shortly after, a ship of war was seen closing fast under a press of sail, which p r ov e d to be the TRIUMPH, which immediately gave us the most effectual assistance that the anxious-and feeling mind of such an of f icer as Sir THOMAS HARDY could 'suggest. At half-past one the SHANNON joined, re ceived prisoners from, and took la Thetis in tow. She is wholly dismasted, dreadfully shattered, and had her commander (Pixsosr, Capitaine de Vaisseau) and 135 men killed ; 102 wounded, among whom are all her officers except three. AMETHYST has lost nineteen killed and fifty-one wounded, amongst the former is Lieutenant BERNARD KINDALL, a most promising young officer, of the Royal Marines, who suffered greatly ; and that invaluable o ffi cer, Lieu tenant S . J. PAYNE, dangerously wounded ; the mizen-mast shot away, and the ship much damaged and leaky. No language can convey an adequate idea of the cool and determined bravery shewn by every officer and man of this ship • and their truly noble behaviour has laid me under the greatest obli gation. The assistance I received from my gallant friend the First Lieutenant, Mr. GODDARD BLENNER. mAssrrT, an officer of great merit and ability, is be. yond all encomium. Lieutenants HILL and Omen, and Mr. FAIR the Master (whose admirable exer tions, particularly at the close of the action, when the enemy was on tire, the boarders employed, and the ship hat suddenly made two feet water, surmounted all difficulties), are happily preserved to add lustre to his Majesty's service. In justice to Monsieur Dens, the surviving Commander of la Thetis, I must observe, he acted with singular firmness, and was the only Frenchman on the quarter-deck when we boarded her. I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) MICHAEL szvatoua. N. B. Dimensions of la Thetis—Length, 162 feet; breadth, 41 feet, 6 inches • 28 eighteen-pound ers (twenty-four pounds English) on the maink ; 11 thirty-six pounders (forty-two pounds English) on the quarter-deck ; 4 eight-pounders on the foretastle-- one thousand barrels of flour on board, beside known stores. Inclosed is a return of killed and wounded. irm. YOUNG. A List of Seamen and Marines killed and wounded on board his Majesty's Ship Amethyst, November 10, 1808. Sawicz:4, killed—Peer Mills, Captain of the Forecastle; John Scofield, Quarter-Master • Michael Bryan, Quart er -G un .. nee ; Robert Scott, James Ell iott, Colin Taper, and Matthew Jorden, able seamen • Charles Gordon, and Th o mas Patterson ordinary seamen ; and '1 bonus Smith, landmen. Mortally wounded—Mr. Richard Gibbing', Master's Mate. Dangerously wounded—Robet Leverick, Quarter-Master; Ezekiel Pilkington, Quarter-Muter's Mate; Andrew M`Heiry, Quarter Gunner; John Purchase, saihnaker, John Purim and Martin Couch, able seamen ; Alexander Davidson, Mag. Slater, Richard Chapple, and John Pearce, ordinary seamen ; and John Foley, boy of the 3d class. Severely wounded—Mr. L. Miles, Midshipman; John Spar row, Quarter-Master; James Campbell, Quarter-Gunner; Jos. Mivafree, Charles Slutt, and John Cheyne, ordinary seam en ; John Forsyth, John Dove, Christ. Land;rbaugh, and Peter M`Cassell, landmen. Slightly wounded—Mr. Leonard Taylor, Boatswain • Mr. Gilson, Captain's Clerk; William Dobson, Quarter-Master; James Wade, Captain of the After Guard; John Whites .. Car penter's Crew; John Locke, Anthony Johan, James Ceuld, Ands Ade, William Bruce, and William Anderson, able sea men; John Walker, ordinary seaman; Michael Caley, Peter Murray, and Keyce Morel, landmen ; and Michael M*Doulugh, fupennunerary boy. Maine" E 3, killed—Mr. Bernard !Linda'', Second Lieutenant ; John Mail, Corporal; George Littlejohn, Richard Ward, Joshua Clayton ' Robert Payne, William Townson, Jacob H arr i son, an d Richard Dialing, privates. . . _ _ _ DangerouslyWOunded—Mr. Samuel John Payne, First Lieu tenant; James Jenkins, Henry Williams, Garrett Kelch, Isaac Smith, John Wells, and Richard Prince privates. • Slightly wounded—Samuel Packwood, Serjeant; Wllliam Pever, William Crook, William Hall, James Harrison,. and John Whatley, privates. (Signed) MICRAEL 4EYMOPE. Copy of a Letter from Admiral Montagu, Commander in Chief of his Majesty's Ships and Vessels at Portsmouth, to thS Hon. W. W. Pole, dated the 16th instant. Sir--I have the pleasure to transmit herewith, for the infor mation of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, a letter from Captain Chambers, f his Majesty's sloop Port Mahon, stat ing his having in company with the Linnet brig, captured the French lugger privateer General Paris, and that the Linnet Au then in chace of her consort. I have the honour to be, dm. (Signed) 0. MONTAOU. His Ma'esty's Sloop Port Mahon, at Sea, Nov. 18. Sir—This morning at day-light, to the southward of the Owers, two luggers were discovered on our weather bow ; fortunately his Majes . ty's brig Lrtivar was to windward. " One of th em , after attempting to cross the bows I:rid stern of this sloop, an d b e i ng prevented by the vigilance of the Commander of the LINNET from getting to windward, struck, when under the musketry of both vessels. She is called the General Paris, commanded by T. SAtrrILLE, belong. ing to Calais, but left Havre yesterday. She has nnly three guns on board, and 38 men. I have, Ice. (Signed) SAM. MAMMAL Copy of a Letter from Vice-Admiral the Right il Hon. Lord Col lingwood, Commander in Chief of his Majesty's Ships and Vessels in the Mediterraneaf , to the Hon. W. W. Pm e , d ated on board-the Ocean, oh' Toulon, Septets:filer 20, INS. Sir—lncloyd I transmit to you a letter from Captain HolUng. worth, I have received from Captain Campbell of - the Unite, stating his having captured the I:alian schooner the Ortenaia, of ten before and fiftp-ia men, sioners which I beg yotr will be pleased to lay my of the Admiralty. I am, &c. (biped) . _ cousatosenon. [TM'S over. ... .~ ~_ ON ,