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I THE EVENING STAR LONDON. THURSDAY, JULY 29, 1813. 'RICE OF S IT/CRS 1 HIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK: Red. 57}—Cetus. 56W—for acc. 674—Bends Is. dis. per 4 per Ct. 7244--16 per Ct. 8641—Ornnium Sit pr. Loci Ans. 14* 5-16ths—Esekt. Bills Is. Ss. pr. We yesterday mentioned the arrival of a Mail from Malta, and to-day we have received communications from that quarter, by which we are happy to learn that the Plague was abated. The following are eau acts ; The Giornuli di Malta, of the 16th June, contains the following account of the progress of the pestilential disorder prevailing there, during the course of the preceding week : " On the 9th June died of the plague twenty-four persons, and twenty-six were taken ill under suspicious symptoms. On the 10th, 32 persons died, and 23 were taken ill—on the 1 1 th, 27 died, and 40 were taken ill—on the 13th, the number of those who died was the same, but fortunately only 14 were taken ill —on the 14th, 36 died, and 17 were taken ill-r-yes terday, the 15th, 19 died, and IS were taken ill." On the 19th of June, a Journal Extraordinary was published, containing an account of the progress of the disorder from the 16th April, when it first made its appearance, up to that time ; and of the measures and regulations adopted by the Magistrates and Com. rnittee of Health, to prevent as much as possible its spreading ; it concludes as follows ; A We may be permitted, however, to make this short observation : considering that we inhabit a city of no great extent, but overcharged with an immense population—considering also the extensive commerce there carried on, the narrowness of some of the streets, and the closeness of the houses, in which the inhabitants are, as it were, heaped one upon the other, it might well have been expected that the plague would have caused a much greater devasta tion on this island. But, notwithstanding its propa gation is favoured by so many circumstances, it ap pears that its progress has been in reality slow and of little consequence, as, since the 18th of April to the present day, we reckon only 518 to have died of the plague—a mortality which, when compared with the vast population of the place, cannot be considered as prodig , ous. The indefatigable cares of vibe Go verment, and the Commite_es of the island, have prevented it frum being greater." A Lisbon Mail arrived this morning, bringing Letters and papers to the 21st of July. The intelli gence they convey from the North of Spain cannot be expected to be so recent as that which we have re ceived from Corunna : it is, nevertheless, interesting. From the South of Spain, we are informed that the army which returned to Alicant from Tarragona has since driven Scotism from his positions on the Xucar ...this is a confirmation of the reports formerly re ceived of SUCLIET having broke up from Valencia fur Saragossa : 4, LISBON, JULY 20. " On the 11th , Head-quarters were at Gayeuta ; on the 12th they advanced to Hernani ; on which day the first parallel was opened before San Sebastian, The fleet had landed 20 twenty-four pounders, which, with 12 eighteen-pounders and 20 howitzers, form the battering train. Sachet is retreating, followed • by Lord Wm. Bentinck. JuLy 17.—Affairs go on most prosperously : head quarters were on the 6.th at Arula, not more than a mile from France ; and, no doubt, before this our troops have visited Dityonne. The troops which General Murray brought back to Alicant have driveti Sachet's remaining force from the line of the Xucar ; in consequence of which he has evacuated all those parts, and is proceeding by forced marches to form a junction with Clauhel. This, it is supposed, he will not be able to accomplish. JDseph is employed in raising the peasantry in the South of France." MADRID, JULY it " The return of Suchet to Valencia on the 23d elt. with the forces he took with him to Catalonia, gave reason for fearing that his intention was to at tack the troops of the Sd Army, who wfre in St. Felippe cie Xativa, and as the enemy was very supe rior in forces, the 3d Army, on the 2Sth, retired to the line of Castella, and the 2d to Chinchilla on the 26tb. This movement would not have taken place, bad not the troops which relanded at Alicant, been obliged at that time to prepare for new and interest ing operations. " On the 27th the enemy descended through Las Cabrillas in number 6 or 8000 men; on the 28th en tered Reiuena, took 150 men of ours prisoners who were in a fortified house, and advanced to Utriel.— Here it is believed the French received positive intel ligence of the battle of Vittoria, as on the night of the Sikh they retroceded to Requena, and on the 29th =arched in the direction of Valencia, 44 On the 3d July, they evacuated Xativa and Leira ; the 4th, Bunals and Las cabrillas ; and at two in the morning of the sth, Valencia was free front the enemy, having the pleasure of seeing in its streets General Villacampa, and the troops under his command, who entered at six in the morning. The second and third armies have made a general move ment, straitening always the French." “ MADRID, IDLY 13. “ All the youths in Catalonia have taken up arms, in consequence of a proclamation from General Co pont. We are ignorant of the plans of this General. The Allies are using the utmost efforts to take Pam plona. Yesterday arrived a courier from Irun, in three days ; by him we are informed, that the Spa. niards, English, and Portuguese, who form the right, are on the French frontiers, and those on the right, by the side of Roncevalles, are within sight of Bayonne." 4 6 O'Donnel's army is marching upon Saragossa. The French left in Arrapon the garrisons of Daroca. and Almunia, but have withdrawn that of Tiruel.— By an extraordinary messenger, wbo arrived last night, we Received the agreeable notice of the French having abandoned Saragossa, at midnight, on the 9th July, after blowing up the stone bridge and some buildings. We are ignorant what road they took' but suppose it was that of Barcelona. In the Castle of Saragossa SOO French remain, who are blockaded by some of the troops of Mina and Duran. The re mainder of the troops of those two Generals are gone in pursuit of the fugitives." " TOLOSA, JULY 44 The French have at Bayonne 20,000 regn. Jar troops and 10,000 armed peasants. Joseph's troops were very badly received in France, and more - than 20,000 of them proceeded into the interior to procure arms to replace those lost in the battle of the 21st. " General. Castanos has arrived at Hernandi :—it is said he will direct the siege of San Sebastian, against which the fire has already opened." • 44 SENA, JULY 1. 4 ' The enemy's division which has so often left Logrona and returned there, has at last set out, not to again return; seeing it was absolutely impossible to proceed to Navarre, it deliberated upon descending by Tudela into Arragon, which it put in practice, when, on the 27th June, it met with Spanish troops, and was compelled to precipitately retire from Cala_ horra and Aldeaneuva to Tudela, where it encamped on the 28th, at three p. m. :—after having set fire to the forts there, it marched with that garrison in the direction of Saragossa, amounting in all to about 10,000 infantry and 150 horse," Letters from Quebec to the Ist inst. were received yesterday. They state that Brigadier General VIN CENT, baying received adequate reinforcements, was proceeding to act offensively against the Americans; he was amply supported by the naval armament, tin under Sir Jamas YEO. The first attack was expected to be made upon Fort George, and from thence the armament was to proceed along the western bank of the Niagara to besiege Fort £ric, which was still occupied by the enemy, Portsmouth Harbour never exhibited a greater scene of bustle, than it has during the present week. In addition to the crews of the vessels loading, every seaman that can be spared from the ships of war is ardently engaged in the shipment of heavy ord nance for the Marquis of WELLINGTON. This service is considered so pressing, that the men are allowed extra wages and grog. Our gallant General is by no means weak in the arm of Battering Train ; but, as his future operations will doubtless be upon a more extended scale, Ministers are wisely prepar ing to met his Lordship with means to whatever point he may advance. For instance, cannot a heavy train of battering artillery be landed from this country in the neighbourhood of Bayonne, with greater ease and rapidity, than it could be dragged across the Pyrenees, against that fortress ? We hail the policy of floating depots under the pre sent circumstance of the campaign. Rumour assigns to Mr. CANNING the first seat at the Admiralty Board. Whatever may be the dif ference existing between that gentleman and-a majo rity of the Cabinet, upon the Catholic question, cer tainly the energy displayed by Ministers in the gene ral conduct of our war measures, arc by no means in consistent with the alliance of Mr. CANNING. As first Lord of the 4dmiralty, he will possess a power para mount to that of any other Member in the Cabinet, in respect to warlike operations. In addition to his voice in the Cabinet, he will have the choice and direction of the naval means of the country. In short, it is as if the Secretary of State for the War Department were also Commander-in Chief. In the event of Mr. CANNING coming into the Ad miralty, Lord MeLvILLE, it is reported, returns to the Presidency of the India Board in the place of the Marquis of BUCKINGIiAMSIIIRE, who will, it is said, be appointed Master of the Horse. What truth there may be in these statements, a few days will determine. In the mean time, it is not affected to be denied, that Mr. CANNING has inti mated to some friends with whom he formerly acted, that a continuance of united measures in the line they had been following, would be improper under the present circumstances of the country. DEATH OF ME BISHOP OF LONDON.—An express arrived this day at his Lordship's house in St. James's square, with the melancholy intelligence of the death of this Reverend Prelate. His Lordship was in the country, upon a visit to his son, and is said to have fallen from his horse in an apoplectic fit. Yesterday afternoon, her Royal Highness the Duchess of YORK left York House, for Qatlands, for the season i her Royal Highness drove A beaUtilig fair of greys in her curricki THE ARMY. Monday last a detachment of the 100th ( or P rince Regent's) regiment, consisting o f fi ve O fficers, and eighty rank and file, marched from their depot at Battle Barracks, to Portsmouth, for embarkation, to join their regiment stationed in Canada. Eight troops-of the 7th Light Dragoons will em bark to join Lord WELLINGTON in the course of this week. The Royal Lancashire Militia are now on their march from Chelmsford for Bristol, to embark for Ireland. General HAWNZI reviewed the cavalry command ed by E. K. LACON, Esq. M. p. on Friday and Sa -1 =day t the General reviewed the Mayo regiment of Irish Militia, and the Local Militia commanded by Colonel Gomm. The Edinburgh Militia have marched in three di visions from Cork for Armagh, where they are to be quartered. They were seventeen days on the passage from Plymouth to Cork. Last week, the Royal Lanarkshire Militia, from INewry, arrived in Dublin, and embarked in three divisions, for Bristol. Saturday, the Antrim Militia were reviewed on Durntsfield Links, near Edinburgh, by Major-Gene ral JOHN HOPE. The regiment made a very fine ap pearance, and went through its manauvres much to the satisfaction of the General. Last week, the North Lincoln Militia arrived at Berwick barracks, and immediately entered upon the duty of the garrison. Private letters from Spain state, that it is in the contemplation of the Cortes to bestow on the Marquis WELLINGTON the title of Prince of Vittoria. It is not expected that Mr. TOWNSEND, who was sworn Into the office of King of Arms at the late Chapter of the Garter, for the special purpose of in vesting the Emperor of RUSSIA, will leave town till Monday. He will be accompanied by Sir Triosrps Tvawitirr, Mr. HUNTER, the King's Messenger, and Mr. BELTS, who is appointed Secretary to the Depu tation. A frigate is preparing at Sheerness for their conveyance. Yesterday, about three o'clock, the PRINCE REGENT honoured the Duchess of LEEDS with A visit, at her house, in Lower Grosvenor-street. The lion. Mr. FORBES, son of the Earl of GRA• HARD, lately returned from Russia, left town on Sun day, for Castle Forbes. near Longford, Ireland. Lord CLINTON, we understand, will shortly lead Miss PorNrz, of Cowdray Castle, Sussex, to the Hymeneal Alt4r. Yesterday the Duke of MARLBOROUGH, and family, left town for Sion. This evening Mrs. VILLIERS will give.a grand route, at her house in North Audley-street. MONSIEUR and the Duke D'ANGoutssut and Suite arrived at Colberg, where they were received with all the honours due to their tank. Immediately upon their arrival, the Baron Ds Roux was dispatched to the head-quarters of the Emperor of RUSSIA and the King of PRUSSIA. The Princess CHARLOTTE OF WALES has signified her intention of visiting Worthing, after a short stay at Windsor. THE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE 9/ Fzrz.—The Fete given by the Duke of Dzvoisnutz, at Chiswick, on Tuesday, (noticed yesterday) was an elegant arrange. ment. Upwards of two hundred of the Nobility and Gentry were present. The tout ettrenale was calcula ted to produce happiness among the refined visitors, and it may be pronounced on the whole, the most dashing entertainment given by his Grace this season. At nine the company broke up, and removed the fes tive scene from Chiswick to Devonshire House, Pic• cadilly. Dancing there recommenced, and continued till three o'clock. The Noble Duke then led his happy guests to thq supper-rooms, where the tables were spread with delic:icies of the most inviting sort. Atter supper the ball was renewed, and waltzes were danced to a late hour. SLENDON HOUSE.—This splendid seat of the Earl of NEWBURGH, in Sussex, displayed a continued scene of festivity during the whole of the week before last. One of the pleasantest days in this diversified series of entertainments was devoted to an excursion to Carney -seat, a beautiful place in the Duke of Rich mond's Park, at Goodwood, in the vicinity. The fashionable visitors had no reason to complain of the teramlitariat department in this enterprise. The lar der and the cellar of Slendon House sent forth their delicate and ample stores, with which the tilted cart, richly laden, brought up the rear of the cavalcade in a handsome style ' • this, however, only afforded a morning repast, and the party, after spending a de lightful delay at this enchanting spot, returned to Slendon House, where a most sumptuous dinner was provided with all the refined hospitality that charac terises its Noble Owner. There was dancing every night, and it was kept up with spirit to a late hour. An excellent board was provided for the servants, and they had their nightly dance in the Hall, so that all was pleasure in every part of the noble mansion.-- Neither were the poor in the neighbourhood forgotten; none went empty away. Tuesday morning between two and three o'clock, the Bath mail coach was overturned on its way from town, between Reading and Newbury, in consequence of the horses taking fright and bolting from the road into a gravel-pit. The coachman was thrown from the box among the horses, and received several contusions from being trod upon. The guard, and a foreigner who was on the top, were precipitated by the shock to such a distance, and with such violence as would probably have proved fatal to them, had not the earth and gravel on which they lighted been saturat ed with the rain which fell in the course of the day ; and to the same cause may be ascribed the trifling injury done to the horses and the coach. In a few minutes after the accident took place, a Bath coach came up. The passengers rendered every assistance in their power, and with some difficulty succeeded in extricating the inside passengers from the mail.— Among them was a naval officer, who was going to join his ship at Plymouth ; but he had suffered so much from the concussion, that he was speechless and unable to move. He was conveyed to a small cottage on the road side. A young lady who was also in the coach, and asleep at the time the accident happened, did not receive the slightest injury, and proceeded on her journey. The Of fi cer, Lieutenant Houghton, of the Navy ; died in the course of Wednesday night. NAVAL NTBLLIGENC:. The Dote of Kent packet Is arrived at F.ilmotth with a Mail frotn Lisbon, from whence she sailed the 21st instant. FALMOUTH, JULY tc. Arrived off this port the bpig Thomas, Watuur. from Minorca, last from Gibraltar, in thirty days— left the fleet, consisting of about twelve sail, under convoy of a frigate, off the Lizard this morning.— Sailed the RAPID schooner for the Downs, with a convoy.—Wind Westerly. A Lisbon Mail arrived this more Letters aad papers to the 21st of July Bence they convey from the North of S expected to be so recent as that whit ' ceived from Corunna : it is, neverthele From the South of Spain, we are info army which returned to Alicant from'. since driven SccHaT from his position , ....this is a confirmation of the reporu ceived of SUCLIET having broke up lion Saragossa : LISBC " On the 11th, Head-quarters were on the 12th they advanced to Hernani ; the first parallel was opened before ; The fleet had landed 20 twenty-four po with 12 eighteen-pounders and 20 hi the battering train. Sachet is retrea' by Lord Wm. Bentinck. JoLy 17.—Affairs go on most prospe quarters were on the 6th at Arula, no mile from France ; and, no doubt, b troops have visited Bayonne. The General Murray brought back to Alica Sachet's remaining force from the line in consequence of which he has evacu parts, and is proceeding by forced ma a junction with Clauhel. This, it is will not be able to accomplish. JDseph is employed in raising tl the South of France." MADR "‘ The return of Suchet to Valenc alt. with the forces he took with him gave reason for fearing that his inten tack the troops of the Sd Army, wl Felippe cie Xativa, and as the enemy rior in forces, the 3d Army, on the the line of Castella, and the 2d to Ch 26th. This movement would not hay bad not the troops which relanded at obliged at that time to prepare for nee ing operations. " On the 27th the enemy descender Cabrillas in number 6 or 8000 men; tered Requena, took 150 men of ours were in a fortified house, and advance Here it is believed the French receives ligence of the battle of Vittoria, as on t 28th they retroceded to Requena, an marched in the direction of Valencia, 44 On the 3d July, they evacuate Leira ; the 4th, Bunals and Las Cab two in the morning of the sth, Vali front the enemy, having the pleasure streets General Villacampa, and the t command, who entered at six in the a second and third armies have made a meat, straitening always the French." " MAPS to All the youths in Catalonia have iA coasequeace of a proolataatioa fro: PLYMOUTH. JULY C 7. The following are the names of all those vessels which arrived here yesterday from the Meditcr:aneat., under convoy of the Paorrcrou gun-brig, Duchess of Richmond transport, REED, from Gibral tar, with invalids, Szc. bound to this port ; transport brig Friends, CARPENTER . , from Port 14.1h0n and Gibraltar, with returned stores, bound to Deptford ;. ship Ceres, Huss, from Gibraltar, in ball's:, bound to London ; brigs Mary, Ku" from Gi:waltar, and Favourite, Must, from Majorca, Villa Nova, any' Gibraltar, with cargoes, consisting of wine and cork, bound to this port for orders ; all which are,under Quarantine.--Arrived this morning the FOXHOUND brig of war, Captain PARISH, from a cruise in the Channel; the Amity, Nicirous, from Swansea; the Richard, Jortzsscrs, from Sunderland ; Assistance, KNICHIT, from Falmouth; and Union, Marrnsws, from Chepstow.—Wind AV. PORTSMOUTH, JULY 2M. Went out of harbour the !vol.:, 80 guns, Captain HAMMOND. Sailed the MEDUSA, 38 guns, Captain BELL, and DERWENT, 18 guns, Capt.sin SUTTON, for offCherburgh ; Anoint, for the Downs ; and Pak* SIDICNT, 38 guns, Captain WARREN, CO St. Helen's.— The following are the names of the ships arrived at the Motherbank yesterday, under convoy 4 . his Ma jesty's ship MINfiTREL I from the Mediterranean :—La Leona, PICALUGER, from Minorca, bound to Gotten. burgh; Sicily, CAPPER, from Gibraltar, bound to London ; Andersonr, Rccuassitt ; Antelope, Costs ; Kentucky Castle, SHARP ; ISIS, STRACHEN ; Henry. BRAIDWOOD ; and Eutemia, Slits, from Alicant and Gibraltar : the whole of them are placed under strict quarantine.—Wind S.W, DEAL, JU NE U. Remain all as per last, with the outwarctbouncl still detained by contrary wind.—Wind S.W. HARWICH, JULY U. No foreign arrivals to-day.—The Heavy Freeling, Captain MASON, with a Russian officer, the bearer of dispatches, sails to-morrow morning for Gottenburgh as does the Lady Nepean, Captain Ltvnto, for Heli goland. : A Fleet of Merchantmen, from the Baltic, have arrived off Whitby. The Matilda, from Pernambuco to London, (a prize to the Lion privateer,) was taken a few days since, off the Land's End, by the Argus American brig of war, of 20 guns and 150 men, which had pre viously captured several other vessels. A New - York Paper of the 29th of May says-- a This morning, at six o'clock, was shot, on Gower nor's Island, for highly mutinous conduct, a soldier, by the name of Patrick Byrne." This morning Williamßadcoct, Edmund Brelit, and Peter Ennis, for forgeries ; an d William Smith, for se creting and stealing a letter, containing Bank of England notes; were, pursuant to their sentences, executed before the Debtors' door, Newgate, in pre sence of a greater concourse of spectators than has been remembered for several years on such an occa sion. These unfortunate men were brought upon the scaffold a few minutes before eight o'clock, by the Executioner and his assistant, who, after prepar ing them to meet the awful moment, then retired from off the platform, leaving them in prayer with two Clergymen, with whom they remained 15 ut a few moments, in the short space of which they all seemed perfectly resigned to their fates, which they islet with becoming fortitude ; when their bodies, after being suspended the usual period, were cut down and taken into the inner yard, to be delivered to their respective friends for interment.—Buriit, by some means, had got conveyed to him in the prison a small pocket-pistol, which he artfully had concealed in his breeches-pocket. He retired to bed last night, as is usual, with an attendant to 'sit up with him, who, happening to fall asleep, Burkitt took the op. portunity and discharged the pistol under his (Bur kitt's) left breast—the ball, however, escaped the heart, and the wretched man's intention was frustrated —He was assisted on the platform apparently itt great pain, the ball not having been extracted. The case of Wihrhhe, the seaman, ordered for ens, cution to-morrow, is a distressing one. After esca. ping from a French prison, he was again seized at Calais, and sent to prison. He escaped a second time, and then passed himself for an American. In this character he was forced on board an American privateer which captured a British trader, and one of those put on board the prize, which was afterwards . recaptured. It is believed that, so far from servieg willingly against his country, he :actually formed a plan for seizing the prize and running her into Li verpool; in which, however, he was not successful, He is a fine youth, aged 25 years, and has actually served twelve years and been wounded in the British Navy.—The Jury have signed a Memorial in his fa t your, stating, that the facts that have transpired since his trial would have had great influence on their minds in the consideration of their verdict, had they been stated on his trial, and• re:outmoding him an object of the Royal clemency. Saturday last, as Mr. MONTAGU BURGOYNE, of Mark Hall, in the county of Essex, was driving his barouche in the neighbourhood of Leamington, in Warwickshire, his eldest daughter was uufortunately thrown from the barouche-box by a violent jolt : she was taken up speechless, and her death was expected for some time ; but by bleeding the was recovered, and, as there was no fracture, the greatest hopes are entertained of her recovery, • ir I I , ) ) )