Star. — London, England, 1812-08-06 00:00:00

THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. THURSDAY, AUGUST I. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCE. per Ct. Rod. —C o as. 56H4.—for opg. 4 per Ct. 714 4--s per Ct. 88{ }—Bank Stock Ono. prc—Bonds 81. es. db.—Long Annul 4 Nita. Nils. (std.) 1w fie. dis.—Do. (std.) 4s. U. pre. Another Malta -and Gibraltar Mail arrived this I horning. It furnishep i us with intelligence from the 'atter place to the 23d ult. being four days subsequent ) the date of our information of yesterday. The 'tench General LAVAL, with 6000 infantry, and 800 twee, was in sight of Gibraltar on the 22d ult. with he view of making a desperate effort to cut off the ommunication between Gibraltar and Malaga. In hie case General BALLASTEROS would be liable to teat interruption in his further progress along the shores of Granada, but we have the fullest reliance On his skill and valour. He has 9000 Spaniards ander him, whose intrepidity and patriotism has been 'more than once witnessed by their enemies, and they will doubtless make a desperate resistance if taken by The following are our letters on the subject : " GIBRALTAR, JULY 21. " We were surprised yesterday with the appear ance of a French army near San Roque, at a moment when we believed that all the French disposeable force in this neighbourhood was marching towards Seville. It appears that the French, after making every shew of retreating in that direction, had con centrated about 11,000 men at Medina, where they mind upon all the cattle and mules, and by a forced march reached San Roque; thus cutting off General NALLASTEROS'S communication with the garrison, irho, with his army, is now at Gaucin, about 20 miles from San Roque, with 6000 men, whilst General VALLE, with a division of .5000 Trench troops, is Antequero ; so that the Spanish army is in a very Critical situation. " All the inhabitants of San Roque bare taken: shelter under the guns of the Garrison. " The Serapis store-ship sailed yesterday for Eng land. The Duke •of 'AMSTER and his brother are passengers on board.". " GIBRALTAR, JULY 22. a The French are within sight of the Rock; their force is stated at 6000 infantry and 600 cavalry, under General Laval. Their object is to cut off Ge. iseral Ballasteros from the Rock he was yesterday st Tungena." • All was tranquil in Sicily. The Parliament was Opened on the 18th of June; by a speech from the HEREDITARY Pnnicr, replete with sentiments of at tachment to Great Britain. FRENCH PAPERS. The Seventh Bulletin of the French 'Army has now reached us, and still it gives us no reason to be alarmed for the fate of Russia. BONAPARTE was at Vilna on the 16th of July, and was busily occupied In entrenching himself on the Vilia, which flows past that place. What occasion has he for an entrenched Camp at Wilna, we would ask, if he seriously holds the Russians in such contempt as his language seems to indicate ? But we need go no farther than his own 13ulletin to account for his more than usual caution. iris evident that Prince BAGRATION, with the e/ilt of the Russian army and the Cossacks, under Pr.a.row, have formc4 a juncti. - nn almost directly in the rear of the Frenet army, but with a fine country open for their retreat westward or northward. The Russians liave, therefore, commenced that harassing system of warfare, by which they hope to save their coontry. ....—The affair on the 10th at Mir, between the French Blight cavalry and the Russian rear-guard, in which the former were of course victorious, will turn out , o have been one of these Cossack attacks, in which I t -the French received a most unmerciful drubbing. lAs to 1500 Russians being killed, and only 500 French, we have no hesitation to pronounce this as sertion to be a falsehood. From the studied endeavours in the French Bulle tins to give a high idea of the flourishing state of 1 their resources in grain, and to convince us that thou sands of additional horses are on their way to join the Grand Army, we draw an inference directly the con trary ; and we have no doubt whatever that the far t ther advance of the troops is retarded by a deficiency in those very requisites. We recollect when BONA [TASTE himself, in his former campaign in Russian = Poland, acknitted that he had at last got into 4 , the true element of' mud ;" and we have no doubt that the swamps of Samlgitia will swallow up still more of his resources., Wt fear that the praise bestowed on the Prussian Regiment pf Death Hussars in the French Bulle tin* must ct,rnpel us to contradict the story propa sated some time since of their desertion to the Rus- sians : a circumstance, by the bye, which the Rus iian Bulletins never alluded to. We regret to learn, that the Russians, in one or "two Additional instances, Pave been so precipitate in 1 their retreat, as to leave great quantities of gunpow der and corn to their invaders. The former might have been easily destroyed, and as the war is now one of -zterm;nation, we do not see any good reason fly the viett §bould Av 4 h4Te feTwEd part of the taptotioa I 7. 7= 5 ;` -- AMERICA. • trpon looking over our files of American Papers, received yesterday, we were agreeably surprised to find, that by the instructions sent by the American President to the outports, on the subject of the War t, America is to act on the defensive only for the pre- 1 sent. This is a complete refutation of all the reports which have been lately in circulation of the attacks upon Canada, and it corresponds with the conduct of the American frigates towards the BELVIDSRA, in merely driving her off the American coast. _,..~ I , SECOND EDMON. CONFIRMATION OF THE TOTAL DE STRUCTION OF MARMONT'S ARMY, BY EARL WELLINGTON. Captain BLAQUIERE of the Navy has arrived at the Admiralty, with the most ample confirmation of the gratifying intelligence of the Total Defeat, and, in short, the Total Destruction of the French Army under MARIJONT. The intelligence brought by Captain BLAQUIERZ was received by Sir Hosts POPHAM, now on the coast of Spain, from the Spanish Governor of Gijon, on the 29th ult. The Spanish Governor transmits to Sir Hour: POPHAM a copy of the following short dispatch from the Earl of WELLINGTON himself to the Spanish Ge neral SANTOCILDES : " GARDEN ABOVE THE TORMEg - JULY 22, 5 in the Hiving.. GENEUAL-4 wrote you yesterday 'morning, and I row do it with the pleasure of acquainting you that we have beat MARMONT, who is retreating rapidly, apparently on Alba de Tormes, and we are pursuing hint. I trust you will therefore proceed to conclude the operations concerted between us. (Signed) 44 WELLINGTON." Sir HOME POPHAM has also transmitted to the Ad miralty a copy of the following Bulletin issued at Salamanca on the day after the battle : “ FIELD OF BATTLE, NEAR SALAMANCA, JULY 29, 1812. " The French army under MmtrvoNr was coal. pletely defeated yesterday by that of the Allies under General Lord WKLLiNGTOST Duke of Ciudad Rodrigo, in the fields of Salamanca, on the left of the Tonnes, near the Arrapelo, after seven hours continual fight• ing, during which the Allies displayed prodigies u ♦alour. " The enemy was dislodged from all his advan tageous positions, and lost all the Artillery which be had posted OR them. His loss in killed, wounded, and prisoners, cannot be less than Ten or Twelvt Thousand—Four Thousand Prisoners have been brought in. General BONNET is wounded, and a prisoner. MARMONT retreated at night by Alba. " The field of.. battle for two leagues is covered with dead bodies.—Among them is the Colonel of the 101st regiment. The English loss is not great. The Portugoese have lost but tew; and the Spanish loss is trifl.ng: in all not more than 2500." A Supplement to the Gazette. of the Asturias dated on the 25th July, also transmitted by Sir HoMe POPHAM, states, that ge Don Cantos D'EsPasmit, with Don JULIEN SANCHEA, had beaten the enemy most severely at Castillo Vedrillo. The number lost by the French V , as 2700 in killed only. The French retreated with great precipitation." The above seems to be an account of the share which the Spaniards had in an action previous to the grand battle on the 22d. The Asturias Gazette then proceeds to state that the French had lost the whole of their waggon train, and that Earl WELLINGTON, with characteristic heroism, had invited the inhabitasits to come to Salamanca and search for their property among the piusider. The adEerents of the French in Vanada(' have been obliged to take up arms, and to prt-pdre f sr th it departure for France—King Josxrit is at Valladolid, along with them, on his way either to or from Madrid. In a • private letter from Vincente de la Bar quera, dated the 29th July, also transmitted by Sir HOME POP HAM, the writer, after detailing the fore going facts, informs his friend that there were then two breaches in the walls of Astorga, and that it was expected to surrender every hour. The same writer states, that General SILVEIRA, the, Portuguese General, had been sent a close pri soner to a castle in Portugal, for disobedience of orders in the late actions. THE ARMY. PRIVATE LETTER. " Lisbon 1 14 to. felt Oar army h as been a eonsiderabie time oppo s i te the French in the neighbourhood of Valladolid, Most people expected Lord Wawa:mom would have fought the French, either at Salamanca, 0r when they were crossing the Douro ; but no one a t this country, civil or military, English, Portu or Spaniards, d ou b t t h at h e was right in w hatee has done—all from the General to the soldier, ham the most unbounded confidence in his abilities and wisdom. While Lord WELLINGTON has advanced km the heart of Castille from the North, Sir Row liui has made a movement with the army of the . South, and followed up the enemy from Abner& towards Seville. Thus- nu only Portugal, but the frontiers of Spain are cleared of the enemy, and t h e Guerillas have now fine play in the north and east, and indeed every where, as Maamorir and Sour have been forced by Lord WezuworoN's and Ge ne . ral HILL'S movements to concentrate all their force" a If nothing more should be achieved by the se movements than remaining as they are for some time, the best effects will ensue. Portugal, now rid not only of the_English army. but of her own, ve:11 h ot a lucid interval for the first time for Years, and wiu recover herself; get in her own harvest, while the English and Portuguese troops are now b e i ng hi that part of Spin which the French call dam owe . and drawing not outy corn, but wine,. wad eTcry thing else to their subsistence. g , The admirable state in which the troops of P. fugal appear, particularly the Cacadore regiments, has excited the utmost astonishment in the Spaniards xherever they have marched through dies country. May the sight excite not only wonder, but emula. :ion among a people who possess so much the phy. iical qualities of an excellent soldier ! Considerable numbers of fine young mm elk Jail) , into regiments in Spain : *the 95th, from M dress, which pleases them much, is-a favouritecesps vith them. The Spanish Generals, Don Claws, Don JULLAN, O'Lawtaa, and AILTEON, who MI vith Lurd Witudtgaron's army, and acting imme iatLly under his orders, have, in the mean time, each them greatly reinforced his corps, since they ea ured Spain, and the greatest part are weal appointed and well disciplined. They have had several res. contres with the troops of the enemy since the army commenced its marcb,in the face of our men, and they have every where acquitted themselves admirably. a LONGA, the Guerilla chieftain, who lately nude limself master of the French Mail for their armies is Spain, though escorted by 400 picked men, is the same personage who two months before attacked a cinvoy from France, and took all JOSEPH BONA. Purres stores and wines, with a great deal of money; de wines he sent to Lord Wismar:Grow, with several articles for the table, intended by BONAPARTE for his trother Join." O. The subsequent observations on American Politics, have been handed to us by an American Gentleman, whose sources of information are of the first description, and whose spirited and enlightened patriotism do him great honour. The intelligence from Paris, with which he has favoured es through the follow ing medium, is particularly interesting at this crisis.—Edit. 66 We are happy to find so much candour as is ge nerally shewn by all parties regarding the decision of the American Government, to enter into the war which at present distracts the world. We earnestly recommend a perseverance .in this deportment. We have no doubt that things will be soon arranged, and that before long America will be united with Eng land, to oppose that torrent of power which has been too successful in sweeping from the face of nations, allied and friendly, as well as those in war, the re maining independence of their ancient Governments. For we find, as it respects the political relations of the United States with France, the negotiation with her shews a full and complete failure in the high expec tations formed in the minds of many honest men.— Since the arrival of his Excellency Jost BARLOw in France, nothing has been done by the Government of that country to satisfy the 44 authorised expecte tions of the United States." On the contrary, our affairs have become much worse. The Baltic rule, by far the most flagrant of all the French invasions , of our rights, was not put in execution until the mo ment of our Minister's arrival in Paris ; and by this rule, our property, amounting to more than eight ilundred thousand dollars, has been confiscated, and the proceeds paid over to the captors, notwithstand ing appeals were entered, and a formal request made lay Mr, Bantow, that they should be held by the Go vernment to wait decisions of the Council of State. Besides this monstrous proceeding. stands a perse verance in that outrageous system of seizing and burning, upon the high seas, the tonaftie property of American Citzens, and this too expresediy under the Odious operation of the Berlin and Milan Decrees. Add to these recent depredations, the final condem nation of many vessels unlawfully captured and con demned, eighteen months and two years since, when even the Berlin and Milan Decrees could not be brought against them. 44 As an off-set against these violations, three or four vessels and cargoes, without licences, have, by special favour, been released. Obstacles, however, in even these, have been started by the Minister of Commerce, and complete possession has not been 4iven to the owners. The remaining cases are few in number, and a consideration of these few, on the 10th ult. by a special order was suspended. This probably has resulted from expectations that our affairs with this country will take a favourable turn, intl produce a final settlement. Other aggravations, have been heaped upon us, which would swell pages to recount—they are apparent to every one. 44 Upon a collective view of our affairs with France, We understand that Licences are to be issued to permit neutral vessels, with provisions,tti proceed from and a known determination of the French Govern- the United States to the ports of Cadiz and Lisbon, merit against the restitution demanded by America, whether on American account or otherwise. it is impossible to favour any other conclusion than Two American vessels from Boiirdeaux, with wine that war must follow. It will be a war founded on and coin, were brought into Plymouth on Monday; but the general embargo having come down on Sun justice. It is what the American Government owes day, they, with all other Americans, sere boarded its own honour, and must meet the approbation of by an Officer of the Customs and some seamen fr..m the world. the SALVADOR DEL MUNDO with particular orders not 44 On the other side, in looking at our affairs with to suffer any waste or spoliation of tie cargo during Great Britain, we do not perceive any cause of alarm. the operation of the embargo. The detaining of American vessels in England is a Extract of a Letter from an Officer on board his Majeity's ship BELVIDERA, dated Halifax, June r 7 : measure, which, under actual circumstances, could 4. You will perceive by reports which doubtless have reached not be avoided. This cannot retard any sincere desire England, that our little vessel can do something for her country. On the 29ii at day-light, five sail were seen iv duce of a mer e both parties to come to a good understanding.— 11 Earl Weta.taorox's o ffi cial dispatches to Govern- 1 cbantman, aU standing before the wind. We chased, and diato nic moment information is received by the Ameri- i merit, with the particulars of the above brillia n t v ie- I c ur being chased ; at twelve o'clock, the headmost ship, do Prr erred i e n tiern to be men of war. The tables were GOOD turned by can Government of the Revocation of the Orders in I tor!, have not yet arrived, but no doubt wh atever sident, was within gun-shot and an half; the United maks walla Council, from that moment measures will be taken to two gun-shots, and the Essex Aim three gun-shots. At haltiost can now be entertained of the authenticity of the re- twelve. the President topped his sprit-sail-yard to windolgt stop, as soon as practicable, the effect of a war, found- ; ports that have reached us. We then expected a shot, but all remained quiet—piped todiwin ed, for the most part, on the existence of these Orders i ,_,; • 44 The President at some distance till three o'clock, who& began to draw on us, having got the wind first; the added which have now passed away. The great bar to ne- 1 The Swiftsure, from Malta, brought the foll—oming us being before the wind .at about ten minutes before roar* gociation is now removed, and consequently the prin- passengers :—Messrs. HiNscre, WATTON, COOPER cipal object of the war being anticipated, America . L I will not hesitate to recal her hostile measures, and do 1 every thing on her part to place on a lasting basis of _OUCIIANO, HENIES, and TORRELLE. This morning, at six o'clock, two houses, which were under repair, in Little Russell -street, Covent-. Garden, nearly opposite Drury-lane Theatre, fell then being three cables length tram us, she gave us a shot Agit ° though the rudder coat, which Imaged the rudder ; two DIM shot. were fired, the second of which killed one man, and woad. ed several others. Thts shot belu g of a bad quality, it split EN about 50 pleces. One of ihe-e men, who died 24 hours after Ida . Both h wounds, bad his arms amputated high up, and would h a ve Mid 1 friendship her political and commercial relations with down with a tremendous cra.4l l ouses were bad not two of hi. ribs been fractured and driven into WWI* I I notwithstanding which, after his wounds were dressed, helm* I this country. A simultaneous restitution of property fortunately uninhabited, but eleven of the workman, , t atogo on d ec k to have soo t h er shot at the cowards (s 0 ks • ; who taken were occupied in the repai rs o f t h e prem i ses , i tamed then). since t h e d ec l ara ti on w ar, i s a matter per f ect l y •, were buried in the ruins. Ten of them, however, i 4. The not of the wounded have merely flesh wounds, eseqa simple ; and will, no doubt, be executed by both Go , were speedily extricated alive, but much brumed, and : 1) ."' wi l ° has a vernments, with a grace becoming the occasion. 1 one was carried to the Hospital with but slender larse spnitter in th e knee, hot will not 1550 sho • r fi Oe f r l aptaiu, Officers, and men were cool and s et eked the Captain, if they Amid give it twat 04 The question of impressment, and others of less hopes of recovery. Another workman was still 1 4: P ae oor e Capt s ain Byron has received a violent contusion is ikik . nragnitude may, without doubt, be arranged in such missing when this Paper was put t o p ress , b ut dili- 1 upper and anode pan of the thigh, which 'I the "nes e. a. ' gent search was making for him among the ruins. : cou l o l t . wt p it i e rt um idcn to e r c a . b o w nm es un s, :sp ew win k a be well in ; alixt mlibl a tom= a manner, as will be satisfactory to both Govern. ' I We are sorry to say, that more lives were lost at — bet , am " B",gd, side " - of Comm ander had be chow , it. He gave u s 7et 4 merits, or at least in such a manner, as that America the fire, in Glasgow, than was at first apprehended.— broadsides, independent of his bow-guns; we tickled hi= 1 . 1114 cannot with propriety return to the war. I B es id es t h e persons a l rea d y ment i oned, the bodies of four—and only :our etera-chasers, which were well MM.. ~ We expect * by the earliest opportunity, after the William Hendry, a sailor, belonging to Aberdeen, h.s bows; they were thrown into contusion, and I dada IS who has left a wife and four children, and a toll- n th w at ch ruany of the Yankeys have left off messing. Our morn to cli American Government shall have been informed of grown . man, not known, have been discovered among . ~ Six i t: the recent change here, to hear of their having ap ruins. sh ots struck stru v r our r bu co t trter d ; id oo n t i t x w k ent ill a ttousta mes. est slob*. _._ top-mast, and anuther through our cross-jack-yard. hula 7 1 , pointed a Minister Plenipotentiary to represent the : the Seven bodies of the sufferers at Felling colliery yet trying to disable us in our ri g ging, and we to bull than. Ifoitcd States in England. 44 4N AMERICAN," , remain undiscovered in the mine. Those that have annexed is a stetement of our weight and metal as been interred were all miserably burnt and mangled, Timiiii•••9l•••••wor pou witli nd t e h r r . 2 o 9vounders, f our Amer l ic s an s2- antaitanial pounders : 4 : 7 gism ilasidectk ; promos * id. * Yesterday a fasssenger iv 44 mg a with dispatches and had eytry appeataige a baying died igit o uta. gate, mounting 24 guns, 42 and 24 pounder.; Coustkedoos a % I to iwcdP, i imusly, i gel LAW SIAM., hi paiSags, at oasis i Alp Of Strong reinforcements continue to be sent off to otr West India Islands, in the event of any sudden emerprize being undertaken by the Americans.... Several transports have been ordered round to the Isle of Wight to receive these reinforcements on board, and they will sail the instant the men are embarked. In consequence of the plague having made its sp. pearance at. Smyrna, the following General Order have been issued at Gibraltar, los the safety of the troops in that Garrtsop " Heed-quarters, Gibraltar, I:th /sly, 1812. " 7 he owners of how's, and principal musts, are requested • to report to the Town Major, without delay, any contagious es su►pic.ous dome which may occur in their habitations, or neighs bourhoud, at their peril to permit their boosts to be crowded. Ms. dical Pe actitioners are directed to give the earliest infnmation d any such cases as may come to their knowledge to Dr. Gh r :.t • D.• puty lmspector of Hospitals, and to Sugton Major-Frds t; mutts report deaths as soon after the event as possible. * By order of his Excelieney the Lieutenant-Governer. (Signed) ' J. Rut atatuao, becrem7.l . _J