Star. — London, England, 1808-09-06 00:00:00

PORTUGAL. COIMBRA, AtI.GUST ss. The following is an extract of a letter from Obidos, dated the 21st inst. " The English army, consisting of 17,000 men, began their march for Caldas on the 14th histint. The French were no sooner informed of their ap proach, than they precipitately retired from Aljubar rota to Obidos, without firing a single shot. On Altiticlay the 15th, the English, on entering Obidos, were attacked in the evening by the French advanced guard, who nevertheless speedily fled to Dethe army und er th e comman d o f Th om i ers an d De Laborde, posted at the distance of a league from that town, at Rolissa and Columbeira. 66 Here a most obstinate engagement took place on the 17th ; and, notwithstanding the enemy's ad vantageous positions on the summits of the neigh bouring mountains, the English carried every thing before them, and attacking the French with their ar tillery, they compelled them to fly in dismay, and pursued them as far as Cruz da Miseractrdia, situa ted beyond the village of Zambejeira. The chasseurs of Oporto were engaged in this glorious- action, and accompanied the English rifle corps in their advance to the heights of Montanha, which are covered with a very thick brushwood. 66 The engagement lasted from eight in the morn ing until five in the afternoon ; the fury manifested_ on both sides exceeded all description : but victory • declared for us, and the French fled, directing their retreat• towards Torres Vedras. De Laborde was badly wounded in the neck. The French had 1500 killed, and we have 300 of their wounded in our hospitals. • " On Thursday the 18th a number of persons met on the road between Bellas and Torres Vedras, 64 carts filled with wounded soldiers, going to Lisbon, and saw a great number of dead bodies by the way. " In the hospitals of Caldas and Obidos, there are five Portuguese wounded, and between Igreja and Rolissa, only a single dead body has been found. The English have in our hospitals 360 wounded; their loss in killed was from 150 to 200. " On the 18th the Portuguese army marched from Leiria towards Caldas, where they arrived on the 18th, making a very brilliant appearance ; and yes. terday they arrived from thence at Obidos. The English have advanced as far as Laurin .heia, where they still continued yesterday ; a body of 7000 men, who landed at Paimogo joined them near .Pcniche, and they expect 14,000 more. " On the 19th, the French passed through Par meniz, about three leagues on this side of the Sierra -do Monte, on their march to Torres Vedras, where they arrived the sa.me night. They plundered, and committed every hind of outrage on their march. In this first action the French had about 5000 troops. . . Junot- marched out to meet us from Lisbon on the 16th, at the head of several thousand men. He issued a Proclamation, 'to inform the inbabitatits. of • , bon that he was going to chastise the rebels, whom described as being armed with bludteOns, with the :eption of a small number of arms, furnished by a •w English who had joined them, and that he would turn in three days. He formed a junction with Loison, Thomiers, at Torres and Serra de Monte Junto, being una ware of the number of the English troops, and-,disco vering his mistake only when he saw them in the field • battle. • gg Another engagement took place this day at Tor , the noise of the firing having been heard in that direction, but no account has yet reached us of the result. It is said, that the English are surreubding French at Torres, where the anal decisioif•Urill ;e place.. • - , . At Lisbon there are left only a few soldiers -to guard the city. Peniche is about to be attacked. The — Vreneh• General yesterday sent away from it all the Portu nese Who chose to go ; and more than 60 artillery ten have joined the Portuguese army. A conside- Ile number of the police guard have also fled from ;bon. _ . General Bacellar set out from Abrantes for San tarem, and thence for Rio Major, in order to join the -tuguese army. The instant Loison was inform that he was in his vicinity, he made a precipitate retreat to Muge, where he formed a junction with sot. The French have fled from St. Übe's, after iking the guns and throwing the powder and hall into the sea. Loison was on the 17th at Alcoentre, where he performed his usual military bravadoes ; for it is in 4 character only that he has figured in Portugal.— 'is expl(lts have consisted only in plundering and Issacring a disarmed population, and in shamefully 'ing from every place where he expected any resis nce, or to which any force was approaching. " Junot pays for nothing in the villages he passes rough. The Portuguese army is abundantly pro ,ided with every thing, and the English carry along .ith them 500 waggons loaded with provisions of all kinds. They punctually pay for every thing they - :Ant, eveu *for the water brought to them. What a noble contrast !" The ftlllowing is a copy of a letter addressed to • Excellency the Governor of Coimbra : " The English have attacked the French in the )rmidable pcsition of Columbeira, and totally routed :them. This was on the 17th ; the enemy consisted r 3000 men, under the command of De Laborde ; the decisive action took place this day. • 3 The French, to the number . of between 11 and 12,000, commanded by Junot, and all the rest of their Genera'•. advanced to attack tbe'English at the vil lage of Vimeiro. The enemy were totally defeated,' with the loss of their artillery, and in immense num ber of killed. Thomiers and 800 men were said to :ve been made prisoners. " The French troops in Portugal were more mime toms than we im - agined. In the course of our march >Fool- , ow, we shall have an opportunity of seeing both the fields of action. The first is about a league, other three leagues, from this place. Until then, , :hall not be able to give you the details of both en gagements.—l am, with the greatest respect, &c.. - " FRANCISCO SOARES FRANCO. Obidos, Aug. 21. eleven o'clock at night." Letters from Figueira positively state, that the Eng lish army, ,which began to disembark there last Fri `ay, v. ereigain embarking with the intention of pro southward. On the 17th, Isedoro Antonio do Amaral Sem blano, the Judge al Foto de Serra, placed hitisself at the head of 400 troops, and being joined by from CO to 80 peasants, under the command of two gal. last and enthusiastic Clergymen, he attacked the Castle of Abrantes, and made himself master of it after an hour and a half's fighting, in which the I French had SO men killed. The survivors, consist sing of 111, were marched prisoners to Sena, where they arrived on the 19th, on their way to this place. • this , a the .. 1550 Lisl he ( . exc( few retu SC Sm. war veri of b res, fibre resu the take Si gUai 4C Gen • guei '' men rabl List SS " tare: Port ed t 1 • retr4 - Jun( spik into s U ) er f this • IVi i 3712 S flyir tanc .1 • a thro . vide 1 ' ' Witt kind _Wan nobl i 1 7 Ms 1 i SC 1 . forn I . the! of S but 'I 12, 1 • Gel laig. vial ' bet - bay i 4l I ha ' to-r f . b•t] t t ie 1..11 g 4 £ i St I Ji a l 1. , -day SPAIN. _MANIFESTO OF THE 13TH AUGUST. Head Quarters, Saragossa, August 13. After sb many days of pain and affliction, the period has at length arrived which I could expect from the valour and firmness with which you de fended this illustrious capital. Having witnessed the shameful flight of the French slaves, who have aban doned the artillery, ammunition, and provisions, which they had so detestably and with such rapacity heaped up, let us now perform our principal duty, and offer up thanks to the OMNIPOTENT, who has in flicted condign 'punishment on those wretched soh diers, who profane the Temples, outrage the sacred images of the Divinity, and are such strangers to morality, that they are not worthy to have any inter course with the rest of mankind. Let us leave this Emperor, to remorses and afflictions, which are the lot of the wicked, and beseech the Warr HIGH, that he may vouchsafe to bless again our arms, that the two armies which are in pursuit of the fugitive rob bers may complete their destruction. The fields of Saragossa, its gates, and even its streets, are stained with the blood of 8000 Frenchmen, who have paid with their lives for the temerity of their Chief. This is the fruit which they have reaped from their en , trance in Arragon. All Europe, nay the Universe, will hear with horror the detestable names of their Generals Le Febre and Verdier, who, unmindful of the good treatment which the French prisoners and all the natives of-France experienced in Arragon, have committed the utmost atrocities. They very justly appreciated the difference between the system of an ambitious and treacherous government, and that of a nation which cements its felicity by the fairest prin. ciplcs of justice, and considers not as real enemies those who took no share in the delirious conduct pf this government. France will long deplore the cala mities which the war with Spain has prepared for her, and cannot recollect without the deepest sense of shame, the means employed to carry it on. Husbandmen, artizans, orphans, aged and religious persons, ye, who have been reduced to indigence and misery, in consequence of your fields being fired, your ' houses destroyed, and your property what, however Small, constituted your whole fortune and all your' comfort, robbed by the French. be easy ; you have the good fortiMe of living in Spain : and yours is the glory to have defended the capital of Arragon, where by our enemy was prevented from desolating the rest of this beautiful province. You bore up 'with resig nation under your sufferings, and disregard your pri vate interest, in order to promote the general good. I cannot look with indifference on deeds of heroism, like yours, nor cievit any opportunity of procuring you relief. ' have very particularly charged the Intendant- General of the Kingdom, D. Lorenzo Calbo, as soon as the mast pressing occupations of the present period shall permit it, to relieve your wants by every means iniris power ; and I depend on the generous feelings of all Spaniards, and the liberal sentiments, of our be loved ling, that all possible exertion will be made to indemnify you for all your sufferings and losses. (Signed) PALAYOX. BARCELONA, AUGUST S. To supply the present necessities, and provide for the army which has been raised and organized in this province, the Supreme Junta has orderedtbat the 'es tates situated in it, lately appertaining to Don Ma nuel Godoy, shall be sold by public auction, or let out at a rent ; thus the immense property and riches acquired at the expence and by the sacrifices of the nation, by the most foolish and ambitious of men, will ultimately be rendered useful to it. rra~r. SICILY, JULY is. The late good news film Spain' nd Portugal has almost turned our heads, and had its confirmatiOn not reached us friim the best authorities, we should feel great difficulty in giving credit to it. We now only require the pionfirmation of a report prevailing here within these few days, that there has been an insurrection at Rome, when we may reasonably look to the speedy annihilation of the Bonapartean dynasty. Immediately on the receipt of the intelligencd that we had possessed ourselves of Ca4iz, and the general rise of the Spaniards to repossess themselves of their natural freedom, Sir John Stuart dispatched Colonel Airey, the Deputy Adjutant-General of this Army,, on a secret mission, supposed for Minorca, and pro.: bably to propose the introduction of British eroeps;) in which event it is supposed th a t t wo or three regt-, mews will leave this for that island. Till very lately the army here hied suffered much from the opthalmiat owing, however, to the judicious precautions adopted,, it has in a great measure been reduced : the 21st and 31st regiments, v hick had been in Egypt with the last Expedition, have suffered most. They have been sent into the interior of the island ; the former to Ve- ' netico, and the latter to Castrogiovani, with their sick di v ided in the adjacent tow towns and villages, acco r di ng to the nature and degrees of violence of their complaint. SWEDEN. r STOCKHOLM, AUGUST IX A vessel from Riga came in yesterday evenings the way of Sandhamn, saw no t hi ng o f the Russi a fleet, which was, officially reported to be lying Sandhamn, being 22 sail, and having several Danish) officers on board. Great' apprehensions were ena i Wined about the safety of expected convo y s , an d pf several English line of battle ships known to cruize abigly thereabouts. If the Russians do not intend a binding here, it -would seem as if their fleet was much exposed in this situation, the Swedes coming from Finland, and the English from the Sound. To-mor row We shill know whether they are there or not. - . 1,- . 0 .• . ' LONDQN. 4.. .1 • F • . TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6. , !RICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Consols, money, 654 66—for sec. 6611--Reduced 5654. Osmium 154 des.....Excls. 54. 6s. pre. PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. Bank Stock 240 India Bonds, Ss. 4s. prem. 9 per Cent. Red. 6655 Imp. 9 per Cent. 654 9 per C. Cons. 66 65ff Excises. Bills Ss. 6s. pre. 5 per Cent. Navy 974 98 9754 Omniem, 14 dis. Long Ann. 184 7.165 Cons. for ;cc. 66114 India Stock 178 Among the extracts from Spanish and Portuguese Gazettes, inserted in the preceding columns, will be found some interesting accounts relative to military operations previous to the battle of the Ist, not do. tailed in the official dispatches that have been laid be: 4 fore the Public. Every particular respecting the movements of an army that has performed such signal achievements, must prove acceptable to our Readers. Spain and Portugal may already be considered•as emancipated, at least for the present, from the chains forged for the inhabitants by the Tyrant of urope,.. —A letter from the Continent, recei7ed yesterday, states, that the Senate of Paris have presented an Address to BONAPARTE, " imploring him to withdraw his armies from Spain and Portugal." •As the people I of those countries have not sense enough to attend to his IMPERIAL MAJESTY'S benevolent counsels, and to accept with gratitude the amiable Sovereign .whom in his wisdom he recommends, they request his MA-' JESTY to "leave there froward people to themselves !" The writer of the letter applauds the advice of the Senate, adding, that it would be very judicious in the French Government to withdraw its. troops, ri Messrs. les Espagnoll le vewillent. We shall no doubt have, in a few days, a Mesiage from. his him:- Aux. P4.lEsTit to the .Senate, ikanswer to their. Mes sage, in which he will - c - onveY an exposi , of his mo tives for invading and abandoning Spain,.all of which he will nolbubt endeavour to varnish with.magnani mous pretences. But BONAPARTE cannot conee.al his humiliation nor his disgrace. The trick of resorting to his Senate will npt avail him. ,Their subserviency is too•nototious. ^ •••••......- • - • • ? • lA' - The accounts received yesterday by _tiiveinthei. I, from Portugal,. were not brought by the:SconPunv, but by a transport arrived atPenaalide; train - 144-4,;" near Lisbon, which place she left on the 26tit Sir JoHN Moor, and his -army,. wider convoy of the Aunactotts, were then off that port. The British and French armies hfd llot changed their.position Subse qUetltly to the battle of thesl4t o but had agreed on armistice, the particulars of whie.h.had botof-lepit .to Sir CHARLES Corro The arrival of the forces under Sir Join/ Mooot this quarter, namely, in die rear ofaroor'S defeated troops, would of course render thatsituatiow more hopeless ; and a change of position in the two armies might be unnecessary, if, as is most probable, an ar mistice had been concluded.. Sir CHARLES COTTON'S• sanction might be requisite in point of form, on:ac count of the circumstances, of the Russian fleet in the Tagus, the surrender of which onnst constitute an ar ticle of Junor's capitulation. THE CANARY ISLANDS. ' Letters from the Canary Islands, of the 29th and 30th ultimo, were yesterday received in town. These letters:describe the conduct of those islands from the moment they received intelligence of the conduct of BONAPARTE towards the mother country. Before any thing was known of the proceedings of the Spaniards in consequence of the tidings from Bayonne, a Cart'ido• General was called. Their first resolution was to resist French domination ; to acknowledgeozay the Old So vereignty in the family of thiletrapprts., 'The next resolution 0t this Asseinblywas tdiolieirthe prq tection of England—that is its maritime ii.i.OXicticin,tor they protestelagainstthe idealofaditiittilidatiyEnglish • troops. They alio resolved not, : their • ports any armed vessels belonging to any nation, uptil they should hear from Spiin. But immediately upon receiving accounts frOniEnglanc4the Jaatto Gebswea 4itto' which consists. of representativeirtroan all the, • Wands, decreed that the ports Amain thrown open for all English vessels:. And the first des in, the islands were appOintd to compose AIM' Junta, which is assembled at Tenerife, and whicii . tonsists of repre- sentitives fro* the different orders of the community. Of this Assembly El Sena Marques de VILLA- sesstvA del PRADO is President,. and the Secretaries are Joisseit GONZALEZ SOTOj and Don JUAN TA., BARES de Roo. HOLLAND. The intelligence which weAtimouncedQ - n Saturday, 'that the Dutch ports had again been opened to export goods of ev e ry - description, excepting bark, hides, and salt, is confirmed by the arrival of a number of vessels in the River. This eve& took place in consequence of the repre sentations of the Merchants, who ' had a meeting at Amsterdam, to consider of the state of the country. At this meeting a motion was made to present a me morial to his Majesty King Louis, representing the absolute necessity there was for a revival of com merce. An individtia merchant had the boldness to say, that a memorial was not the only measure which the meeting should adopt but that they should sup porttheir claim. by- . arr unan im ous declaration that it • . . ..11,". Tbe' memorial was unanimously agreed to, and the f ree s peech of the gentleman who talked of enforcing their clainis was not noticed. By the above vessels letters and papers to the 29th ult. have been received, but they maintain their usual silence respecting the affairs of Spain and Portugal..`. They contain. hoWever, accounts from the East of Europe, tending to cinfirm the intelligence announced in the STAR of the rth ult. on the authority of a pri. vate letter from the Continent, that a fresh revolution has taken place in TURKEY. The insurgents are said to amonni to 40,000, and the Sultan himself is reported to have been beheaded At the commencement of the disturbances. The pre. cise object of the discontented is of no great moment 1 is, however, stated to be friendly to the EMBARKATION OF TROOPS. The following troops have been ordered to embark at Ramsgate the moment the transports are assera, bled in sufficient number for their reception : The let Brigade of Guards, from Drat Six Companies of 9:Rh Rifle Corps, and one Company of Royal Staff Corps, from Hythe ; and Three Troops of Royal Waggon Train, now nn their mare from Croydon. _ _ The Brigade of Guards at Chathani, which was before ordered for embarkation and countermanded, waits or ftpther orders. • Orders similar to the above have also been issued in the Eastern District, for 'the troops to embark at Harwich, for which place a fleet of light transports tailed yesterday from the Downs. An order is given for the immediate embarkation of several, regiments of Heavy as well as Light Ca valry. Among the first go the Blues, under the gal. lant Colonel DenungN, and the Bays ander Lord GEORGE BERESFORD ; the 10th, 13th, 14th, and 15th The embarkation at Cork has been suspended. • General • . General PELLET landed at Portsmouth on Satur day.roorning, and went to Waltham on his p aro l e . Lieutenant-Colonel Sir THOMAS D YER i s daily er pec.. On fSrounindaSypinni,ghwtithhisimEpGrtxceallnent diys er.e He pdfmo, Governor of Monte Video, with his Lady *of Suite; arrived at the Clareados Hotel, in Bond. * They came hereAn „the. Spanish frigate Ls Iltictie iT a, arrived at Plpuoutk The objeit of his jour. sub to Englandwai no doubt mist important, hut we suspect, that the grand revolution which has taken place m Old Spain, will pave the way for the amelio. Lion of South Ainerica, in a mannerthe mostOonso- • .*ant to the wishes of all good men. • . ' The Lou) LIEUTENAHT of Ireland'has coaferrtil the honour .of- Knighthood upon Captain Gennaeb (now Sir MARK), of the Royal Marines, in testimony el that Offiter's gallant and meritorious services ha -his -Majesty's Navy. - ellefollowing arc die goods peiikitted to he expor ted from Holland : Batter, Cheese, Geneva, Earthenware, Rushes, Flower.roots, Tilos hnd Pans, HMO; dried Hides, Cambric*, Leather, Plants, Papen,.Pipeib.Sacch. S..turni, ground Bark, Wicks Starch, To 'basso, Tarras, Fl al., Fruits ; (: over t Garden,' in 4 Flower Seeds, • Madders. • • A letter from Gottenburgh, mentions that a more intimate alliance and connection has been recently established between Russia and Pruace. The nature of this new alliance is not - stated. Arrived at Edinburgh, the Duke of Monson, Lieutenant-General WEMTSS; J. P. GRANT, Esq. cif Rodijemurchus. Set a Mr. Mrs. and Misses Non, cuarr, and Mr. HARTLEY, for Fork ; Mr. and Mist MomusoN for Aberdeen, and CHARLES STIRUNG, Esq. On the 29th ult. 'the Right Hon. Lady Mani LlatrillAY CR-VIFt:RD was served heir of tailzie and lirovision to her brother, the late Right Honourable EOROE Earl -of CS:Adman and Lomsay, in his whole estates, by a.most respectable inquest of No blemen and Gentlemen, before the Macers of the Court of Session, in the Parliament House, Edin• burgh. Byars Hoes E.—l is Rbral Highness the Duke of CLARENCE gang, on. Sunday, a splendid entertainment at Builay-House, to theirs Excellencies the seven Spa pisb Deputies and suite, and several other Nouilitr aikrpersons of distinction. The dinner wis served in the grand saloon, a spacious room, fitted up in a most elegant style. A chandelier, suspended from the ceiling, displayed twenty-foul. beautiful' )Zell-lamps, with war lights. The 4ble was laid for thirty persons. Among the.ornaments that covered it were, four magnificent silver Iota; chased tureens, and it. was lighted with a superb diamond cut glass Egyptianiamp mithe,centre, wits silver branches at the sides. The dinner con sisted Of every delicacy of the season, and was served on silver.—The Band of his Royal Highness the Duke of Kma, in full uniform, attended, and played several select and appropriate pieces of music.—The con, pany began to arrive at six o'clock ; they sat down to dinner at seven. After* the cloth was remuold, the following toasts were drank•witn three times three: The King—Ferdinand VlL—The King.sf Sweden :1 he WEIN . —The Prince of Wales—The Prince Regent of Portugal—Bess• nal friendship 'mid Close union between Great Britain and Spain--• Success to ids Majesty's arms by sea and land—Succeis to the Spanish arms—Their Ear:enemies the Spanish Deputies, and may their efforts be crowned with suceess—AdmiraliCents, and his squadron, wholirought off.the Spanish troya—The Marquis de la Romana, and his belie assay—Sir Arthur Wellesley, cad his ' plant associates mils; Among the company were— • • " The Spanish Deputies, his Royal Highness the Duke of Kati tie Earl of Athlone ; Lords Erskine, Hollaspi, Grantley, Ginning' He w and Henry Fitzgerald; Colonels Hanger, Braddyll, Colima and Dalrymple ; Major Ginkell ; captains Wolmore, i ssid Ginkell ; the Rev. Mr. - Lloyd. Dr. Blanc, 111y.1:tewbs [Mama, and an•elegant assemblage of Ladies. ,•• The Ladies were diesoda t . Espaped,iti compliment to the Spanish part of the company. Before dinner the Spanish Deputies visited 6.e Temple 94 the Laws' , dedicated by his Royal Highness to the .great Lad • NELSON. Their visit aft...ma - Ed• a: trait .characteristicof the generous feelings • and.gallantii of fheir coun try. Their English companions did not view it with wore veneration, • i i 3 i f I