Star. — London, England, 1808-07-23 00:00:00

Tlllll6-0------: HEIR Excellencies the DEPUTIES front the SPANISH NATION, Don Adrien de Jacome, Don Miguel di Apodaca. the Viseonte Materosa, Don Andre de la Vega, and Don Francisco dl Sangro, having obligingly accepted of of LoN an invita- 41.011 to DINE with the MERCHANTS and BANKERS DON, on Thursday the 4th of Auguit, when Sir FRANCIS ..# BARING, Bart. will take the Ch3in•—.The Committee who have been named for the purpose of conducting the EntertainMent, request that such Merchants and Bankers as intend to be present on that occasion, will make their application for Tickets at the Bar of the City of London Tavern, on or before one o'clock, on -Friday the 29th inst. in order that the Conunittee may know what M the number which are to be accommodated, and that the hour and place of the entertainment may be published hi the 8 04 Morning Papers of the Monday following.—London, i lay be, 1. Rtcsitatt Naive, Bart. SAM. TURNER .. WM. MANNING ' . JOHN WHITMORE Gao. HIBISERT THOS. PANNT . JAMES SHAM, AHCC/113.11 JOHN PRAISE BILESTON LONO CHAS.. GRANT PHILIP SANSONE CHAS. BOSANQUCT ROBERT HUNTER B. HARRISON THOMSON BONAR J. W. ANDERSON, Bart. Joan STANITORTH HARVEY CHR. COMEZ,ZICI. 'Tosses Rein CAM. PRICE, Bart. awl Ald. THOMAS BARING S. THORNTON THOMAS HUGH•N Joan &dint . CHARLES KENSINGTON Gro. GRO CE . Joint TONNO J. J. ANGLRSTrIrt WM. CURTIS, Bart. . W. MELLISH • • • • B, Tnoarrox - JACOB BOSANVET . • DAVIDSON I SAA C SOLLY H. • Tues. LANGLEY JOHN INDUS . Gro. SMITH PETRA CAZALT T EDW. FDESTER WM. ROBARTS. '~"__: , . tient thither from Abo, as these Swedish troops from Ilmea are between Wasa and Abo ; and besides this, the new expedition from Aland will tional force to our proceedings. give an addi . " An anecdote , provi n g the persevering and con 'rageous disposition of the yo un g troops, was told a few days ago. In the engagement at Pargas, the battalion commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Reuter crona lost a great deal of men, as it was nearly im possible to reduce theirs to a retreat. As long as they had any ammunition left, they would fire away, and thought themselves lost if theyttuned tbeir front from the enemy. A brave you n g country lad having b wounded very severely, was extremelyeneaged against the Russians at the operation of taking the ball out of his body ; and when taken out, wanted to see it, at which sight he exclaimed, with a loud satisfaction, e When I am well again, I will return you this pre sent, ye rascals, and try to give it in suck a manner as to make its effect more certain." . i• The rumour of Cuopio being re taken b y the Rns sians is probably ungrounded, as no farther details about anv such thing has arrived • and, by the re ports of Klingspor , it is evident ;hat reinforcements had been sent to Colonel Sandals, who commands :in those quarters. " P. S. Just now, news are circulated, that travel lers, arrived today, have met the King at Korpo Strom. A battle has really taken place between the lisvedish gunboats under Admiral Hjilmstjeina and a Russian flotilla, probably part of our former Swea horg squadron. We have taken eight gun-boats : first, one which was reconnoitering, and aftervrards in the battle the other seven. This was last Saturday, l in the neighbourhood of Abo. A Russian Bulletin, about the engagement at Pargas, has bcea published in Finland, where it is said, a that a most fierce and barbarous attack had been made by the Swedes. We (the Rusiians) have lost 300 men, but were happily displaying so much valour, that we drove the Swedes to their . boats again , which was so much the more glorious, as the disproportion of number was so very' great to the advantage of the Swedes, who were no less than' 10,000 men, and we (the Russians) had no ' more than 2000 to oppose them." Now this is truly the reverse of truth, because it is really to--be feared, .that our whole expedition never amounted to 4000', (rather, too little for such an undertaking), and the Russians, at least towards the end of the battle, were ' very numerous." GOTTENpURGH, JULY 8. According to private letters from Stockholm re- 1 ceived by the post of to-day, the`King is gone to-Fin land, for the purposeof having a meeting with the Em peror Alexander. it is stated these letters, that the 1 reason ,of the successes of the Swedes against the Russians in Finland has been, that considerable numbers of the latter have been ordered to march into Russian Poland, which country, it is :immured, BONAPARTE has demanded ; and those Letters go so far as to say, that the meeting of Alexander I and Gustavus has for its object the forming a new coalition against France, to which Austria will join all its force. These reports, we fear, are at least premature, if not entirely unfounded. • On Tuesday morning last his 'Britannic Majesty's 'l4 VlcsonY, Admiral Sir JOHN SMTILLIREEI sailed for the Sound. . JULY 11.—The reports of Austria preparing for war, and of the meeting between the King of Sweden and the Emperor Alexander, continues to prevail. Two English and two Swedish Messengers go by this packet. JULY 15.—Letters Mve been received to-day from St. Petersburgh, Riga, Memel, &c.-.-Those tom the latter place speak of a war as inevitable, and say, that' a Russian army is expected at Memel immediately-- Several small English vessels, of war, guubrigs, &c. have arrived here yesterday and today: they saw a fleet of transports (consisting of 40 sail) steering for the Cattegat, said to hate on board 4.000 troops. Four vessels have arrived at Stockholm from Riga, one of which left that place half laden; in Conse quence of an Embargo which was ordered to be laid on all ships there, the day she left it. • His Royal Majesty's yacht Amadis, at anrilor near the fleet of galleys, off Pitklonto, July 5. His Rosa Majesty set sail from Korpo the nights. before last, and pursued the voyage to Riinito with a' favourable wind, off which place two galleys joined' the yacht. At half past three o' clock y esterda y morn-., ing, his Majesty reached the principal station of the Swedish fleet of galleys, and came to an anchor. On' his passage his Royal Majesty received the annexed Report (No. 1.) from Rear Admiral Hjelmstjorna, 'I touching the real battle which was fought off Rimito on the 30th June. Yesterday afternoon his Royal Majesty ordered the enemy's fleet of galleys to be reeN connoitred by Vice Admiral Baron Rayalin and Reifl Adruirall-Ijelinsijorna, who found an opportunity of ': engaging part of the Russian fleet, and compelled thel enemylo to int," • . , a No. I.On the 30th June, at 8 o'clock, A.M. the squadron weighed anchor, formed in colUmns, and Stood for Kramplioltn; With a light breeze fronl ,1 N. W. which in the afternoon freshened, and beciainp rather arcing ; tour gun-bciats . were stationed at the van, four galleys in ale centre, and four gun-boats its the rear, followed by transports. At two o'clock, P.M. we saw the enemy's flotilla lying atanclior, off ,Henge,„ twenty in number. I immediately ordered the van m' engage.' The action began at half past two n i citsck with much spirit on both sides. But in consequence 4 the wind thlov.ing an increasing sale, the rest . of the fleet was' prevented from coming up with the enemy a for-which reason I ordered the van to joity me, which put an end to the action. ' . 44 - The. gun hint , No, 33, commanded by Lieute nant Rendlick, received-three shots between wind and water, in consequence of which it was lost, but the crew was saved. LientenanOlohnen and three sea men were killed. , , *.i' •'•• ' " On the Ist July, at thieo o'clock in the morning, ,the - line was formed; the galley's occupied the centre, and the gun-boats the riglic and left wing. • The fleet ' advanced, anchored in Hinga bay, formed in line of battle, and in Ibis position expected the :enemy. From the strong- position of the enemy's Peet, rein fopcecirhnitrg the night by five gnn-beats, nand then Consistal of 25 vessel, and frene the immense acl, ,vantage which the energy seas able to derive from lying_ close in with theshore, I did not think myself justified. to attack; and conse4uentlT **inn - eti ii - the ak3Ve pOsition. About noon •folir galleys arrived troth Stockholm, and joined the fleet; being then i • SPANISH PATRIOTS. PROCLAMATION.-BADAJOS, JUNE 27. Notice which has been received at nine o'clock at . night from his ExCellency the General of the Pro vince : ' . . been • Jon[ been possession of that capital. Some (It bus been *itb considerable dile:silty that to have obtained enteidernOTT,CethlichgavraTssintothteateevenplacinge oartderstwotooa,ttawc, the 1 . clock the a series of Madrid Gazettes, from the 4th to theof Xi 31eittbat ttOrneningem,ybhautdatayathailtedtihmeimlselrefcoefivethde darkint o tre ur at g t u o n A .b b o o a . ts A g s a s v oo e geese notempuiesymelr by mournratte,dinolththaet city, where which hav e ctsons which bad been given by the part teoef rtren,:l,oll w ic h co obe u h n a tif ese a um e . 7th half in his favour, we could not do him any mischief ; , rip de Madrid, unc/er the slate las tensed .] he was, however, pursued by our squadron as far as I Austin°, from whence he proceeded to Bockholm Day: the public papers are from e 1. ,- a n chl s c th e, i bu in t te in lli c goenn tiw7squence of the enemy having a start of one mi e and . 1 n re ig e t iv t e o d re , l a wholly under his direction, by the follovang eittract fro th both officers and men have done their duty, experi enced officers with distinguished skill, and the I lyoung ia ve and inexperienc ed with gallantry and zeal.. left two galleys behind to try to raise the gun-boats which are at anchor between Wassa and Pitklonto in Ri m ito-Bay. " 1-lis Majesty's Galle y Order of Seraphim, the Sd July. 1808, at lialf.past 10 o'clock, EP. M. (Signed) ". L. HJELMSTJORNA, _ " Rear Admiral and CommAnder of the Fleet of Galleys to the Army on the Coast." PRIVATE LETTER.—GOTTENBURGH, JULY 11. Baron Vegesak arrived from Aland on Sunday. The Russian and Swedish flotillas are within a league of each other. Admiral Hjelmstjerna, the Comman der of the latter, is said to have received orders from the King to destroy the Russian fleet, even if his own , should suffer in the execution of the order. Lieute . tarit Colonel Count Frolick is appointed to command in Angermanland, where an invasion from Finland is every hour expected • troops are collected along the w•hole coast, from Gefle to Umea." . • • LIERAU, JUNE 23. 'The trade of Prussia has suffered very much since "the eruption of a war wida Sweden and England, iindis at present so much reduced, that it extends oonly to the interior of Russia and the adjacent coun tries. As hardly any shipments of Russia produce have been made, you will easily imagine that our stpck thereof most be very large, and that prices, in Consequence, have declined very considerably. By American and Dutch vessel's which have lately reached Rio, Revel, and this place, we have re ceived supplies of colonial produce, wines, &c. &c. but as yet it is undecided-what fate• they will share. * All the goods are still lying at the Custom House, and .will remain there till a decisive answer comes from St. Petersburth, to which place all papers are sent to be examined. We are of opinion that no de termination about the above mentioned goods will be ;riven, till there is a peace re-established with Eng land, and even then it is uncertain what may be the tendency of such a resolution. We believe - that this country will not remain much longer at war with England ; but so much is certarn, that the conclusion of a peace with her, would lead inevitably to a war with Frances • . I.IC • ;i1 t :ad : 'um ma nWe cannot believe that any intelligent . Spaniard, ' the true friend of. his / couatry, -can favcsnr a cause which must terminate-in its ruin. Revolution is one of those indispensable means which must be employ; ' • ed to Tegenerate a nation, when nbUses have proceed. ed to a length which cannot be restricted by the ordl nart resources of public law. It is a species of sv . ir which a people declare • against their own Govern. silent, to remove the established authority which, eithet from ignorance or disinclination, is rot exer cised for the gener al advanta g e. But, when the ine: , vitable misfortunes which anti% such a change hire been endured, the citizens of a country, under these' 1 circumstances, will possess sufficient prudence and • r virtue to resist that sp irit of ambition, which, without I precnution, might expand. to an .incalcplable ezteni, iif it were otherwise, the cot sequence of revolution • I would be anarchy, and a series of disasters the most -distressing, befcre a Government that is wise, just, and liberal, could be established. . . 46 Happily for Spain, she has arrived at this point without the necessity of enduring 10 years ofa destruc. tive and sanguinary revolution, which has been cape ?fenced in France. There is no other nationof the world which could have passed fram one species of Gortm- Trient to another without being liable to violent corn motions, which must debilitate if not ruin the empire, Spain, alone, knew how to suffix in silence, to ace commodate itself to the vices of its Monarch s;in fade:, not Lia expose itself to yet greater calatnities. • 41 In a short time, we shell all of us receive, with ' gratitude, from the new Government; the salutary lase which will be established under the authority ei the'ilitistriousProte'etor of the nations of - Europe.. the mein time, the great body of the Spanish-people will not listen to the complaints of a few ill-disposed citizens, who, interested iindisordcr, either from the degradation of their rank, or the inferiority of their occupations, are inclined to obstruct the product-iv. engagOnents of the nation at large, and to spread the flirnes of insubordination and discord. i , P • acific inhabitants of the provinces, virtuous la bourers,- useful and honourable artizans and trades men, ingenious and expert inventors, your cendifunt will - soon lie improved. You are the principal persons who are los e rs in the .ptogruss of revolution,. becau se _ . st s o d s , J une ' s. ,yri ... l,lre deprived of your effects, of the suns of inns it a;pears that the Divine Blessing again attends us and the stibsittence, and of the consolation of yonr childsen.. Generalissimo. Our Lady of Pilar has given us a new proof of toUtinue in 'your beneficialeng-agements, and, hap a. her favour and protection. • After the French had fallen in the tittite and tranquillity , await th e events: which *lll* battles of 'l'udela, Mallen, Gaul, andAlagon, in which pea they adiantageous to . all ranks aci d- con ditions among the appeared to the number of sor 61100, an army of 12,000 Froch people of c.....: Had orders to enter Saragossa on ;he day of Corpus Cliti, with m .-ne...n." ''-. - . orders that the town should be penetrated. By the niiratulous ' ['The same Gazette, tincl ussizethe like influence, publishes sa interference of the Holy Virgin, a battle was fought by the Pa- edict under the name of the Bishop of Santander, to supped' triots against these troops, at the distance of only a gun-shot from tumults, and to encourage the favourable reception of strangers Saragossa. AU the French were put to the sword : not a s i ng l e the French) in that port. It also relates an ineffectual bombard nain remained to tell the dismal narrative to his csuntrymene— r ent by an English ftigate of the port of Cuxhaven, and speaks of The Arragor.ese fought like furies. Four hundred hones which a reinforcement to be sent from Holland, for the security of 4e remained, and , z. 7 baggage waggons, were taken after this victory. Inc"Ath - o f the Elbe.] • French .': 'Os Our loss, it is supposed, has been great, but without considerable Santander is now occupied by t h e , i sacrifices no such triumphs can be acquired; conquest, however, perhaps, therefore, the more interesting to enquite skill amply repay us the losses we sustain. into the disposition of the people of that neighbour " This is communicated to the Public for its satisfaction, by • hood, prior to the intrusion of their enemies. It is order of the Junta. " ANTONIO BERGER, SCC• on this *evasion principally, that we publish the f ol. " By order of the Supreme Junta of Government, this infor mation is published ••JuaN B. PARDO, See." lowing " Seville, June 29." PROCLAMATION FROM SANTANDER. "On account of the unavoidable interruption to .. - VALIANT SPANIARDS—AS last the French have thrown c 1( the correspondence with this countr y , g iven by the 1 the mask. The exorable Bonaparte, with unexampled per fi dy, intervention of Catalonia, and until lat el y b y the in- I . hat imprisoned our beloved King, Ferdinand the Seventh, and terposition of Arragon, we have been deprived of any all his family, the utter eztinction of which he originally pellet ed ; and the profligate Murat, the Regent of his Government, direct communication with that vicinity. - But we not contented with the destruction of a large portion of the have now been gratified with the inspection of some pro le of sinfo, is employed in disarming the rest, and in consiri letters from Valentia to a merchant here, which vial satisfactorily account- for the successes in that quarter im c il: cold blood, , a S u eO tho o ri f ty o . ur brethren to capital punisisment, for _ announced this day in a publication from Seville, " If, Spaniards, orders are dictated by skis Murat, the best service we cast render under the date of the 29th of June, on the authority to our King and to our Country is to disro: gud them. AU the province' of the Peninsula have rioa in of the Supreme Junta of Government. *run e —one voice only, one soul alone animate; the v-hole natio, *** At the date of the 28th of May we are informed, and that is, to expel from our country these vile intruders, to pro. iresit Alistut, that all the unmarried inhabitants of c laim cur Ring, to' support our Religion, our dignity, and roe Valencia were enlisted between the ages of 16 and Independence. ' Until now we have been trancp-ii, nourishing the 40 ;that the place of rendezvous for these levies was vipers who have concealed their poison, but new the time OA e• sun', 4 that Spanish valour mine be emp'oyed ; and If we We at A)tuanza, and that in consequence of the - activity been deceived, it is because via are unacquainted with the tricks employed, and the energy diiplayed, it was ePritted ...of perfidy and di.honour--hut in the' end It Will be oiscoserel, that the patriotic army would approach in numbetto . that we shall not be abused with impw-Ity. 'fhree.fourchi 0 150,000 men raised in this eastern part of the kin;- the troops of France are anxious to remain With us, =4 are dr' door. des we shall have little difficulty—we face only to derica, ' Aeons to be receited 'und er our banners. With the small re"'' " It will he seen by the extract given in the follow- ' silk means of sub 1-fence, which v e Mae innoty .‘ . iug paragraph, that the hopes of the courageous ' asithose which dq not perish with hunger, i ir iiti 4 , st i ffe l bt Spaniards have not been disappointed ; • .. ~ IsUblyonets." I A4ICANT, HINE 16. , 11 7441‘,140/14, itTh e 21. 4 Since my last letter, the in surrect i on i n S p ain has .. been es i si The Fsench Consul, and all the .retifkiishlbi' muse in every corner. The only places no w in the p ossession of rants the French are, Madrid and Barcelona ;but the communica tion in tof this city, were, - on the 4th instant, shut In he-Moorish Castle GibralfOto., with a yiew Rao ' ,i , t between those cities and France has been cut off; and Zdkvision, I. • themselves from the irapeading fury of the pop '"fl-' consisting of 1.5,000 men, sent from Madrid to Seville, his been i • . i destroyed during its march, %chid; has bad a surprising effect on any kind vi , mitt, until the' 20th, no disorder of . . the public mind. * • • ' I commit ted ; sbut'ou that day,, - the peopla havir.g. ob' .. , Each province raises its own army, and Appoints its own can ',. rained intelligence that a watehaule, iented by f't deaveus. In Aimanza no fewer than 360,0c0 men are, to a Con- . French Consul in the siibUrbs, containod a cons ider ' siderable degree, organized, and a large portion of them is sent : • • • _t• , too Catatonia. " s Tlieklular Spanish army, to a man, is decidedly against tbe I fad, were taken from the English so long ago as t he French cause, and' Is uniformly employed in heading, incur- year 160), they, conceiving ifiat thii W. 36.2 deps pc. ing, and di.ciPlillinilibeir coktitrymen: ." . - secretly collecteilto await the a;tival of the French, . -. In the city of Valencia, the pokulace have massacud a ll tie French prisoners * , to, the number of 9 eo, and, it i; feared, that proceeded in.a considerable body, and in defiance French, the attempts of the Deputy Governor to. undecei ce toe ; in jail here, will shire the satne tate. broke through F rench , • , Qt.; r icr. , h iwitti 1i id. 01s •o mmon iajosaving sic mesa. qc , Vann but the people , d e manded the Consul ; the guard s re ' contieunt*Wwtth hisiOuntrOsen: - • ?• gt dre . rrt ten r e !lie de ri 5 II 1 1 c , 1 ►* I GOTTENBURGH MAILS• FURUSUNP, JULY 1. His Majesty, who embarked yesterday evening at 'lO o'clock on board the yacht Arnadis, at Castell. holm, arrived here at half past nine P. N. 4nd imme diately continued his voyage. His Majesty's Yacht Amadis, at anchor in Kerpo River, July 3. His Royal Majesty set sail at ten o'clock at night, from Furnsund, and pursued his voyage to Biliholm Sound with fair wind and weather; he arrived there at half past eight o'clock. As no intelligence could be received there of the position oTthe Swedish flotilla, and the inhabitants repmwd that a . naval - battle had been fought on the 5Mh 'June, off Rinii,to,the result of which could not be ascertainecl, it was judged neces sary to collect tett* information on that head, and for that purpose td i fik back to If orpo River. — Being compilled by storm and a heavy sea to drop' anchor, his Majesty's yacht vats joined by three gun boats, fitted out in Flivaberg to reinforce, the Royal flotilla. Rear-Admiral Hjilnistorna is said to be at present with the squadron under his command. off Skalo to the vicinity of Abo , the R ussians havin g retreated from the position which they occupied near Rimito, since the above mentioned battle. STOCKHOLM, JULY 4. His Royal Swedish Majesty has been pleased In appoint a Board of Regency during his voyage to the coast of Finland and Oland, composed of Count A rob, . Irolle, Wach Meester ; Lieutenant-Gene ral Count Faison, Generai.Baron Stedingk, CoUnt Samuel tiggias, Lieutenant-General Baron Cader.' strom, and Baron Ehrenheim. His Royal Majesty has received the following re port from Fteld•Marshal, Count Klingspor dated head-quarters, Old Carleby and Jurobstatd, the 18th and 26th June : " My last report was of the 14th inst. which I dis patched from Hemmango, having since made seve. ra l movements to turn the enemy's strong position in Old Carleby, and thereby, to compel him to aban don the saine, when I received the unexpected intel ligence that the enemy, 5000 strong, had evacuated Old. Carleby. Having occupied that position, I thought it necessary to reinforce the corps under the orders of Colonel Sandell, since I had received a report of his having been two days eng with the enemy, the particulars of which. actionafe;im, however : not yet acquainted .with. The Russians have, however, fallen baCk further to Noirtarleby, and their advan ced posts are near Sundby, a quarter of a mile frost Jacotst ad. a , In consequence, of your Royal Nlijesty having ordered another expedition to proceed from Sweden to Wasa, in order to make a diversion in favour of the Finnish army, I thought it right to pursue the enemy after the evacuation of Old Carleby, with the utmost vigour. " I made accordingly the necessary dispositions to attack Nev Carleby, which was occupied by the ene my, and by carrying the said position to become mas ters of the road of Lappo . and Wasa, which separate in opposite directions on tne side of New Carleby ; the former in order to keep pp the communication with Sarvolax, and the latter with rog-ard to the diversion on the side of Wasa. The attack was made on the 23d, with so much gallantry and success that the Russians'were driven from New Carleby with the loss of 70 men taken pri soners, and a much great& number' . killed and . wounded. (Signed) MAURICE Kintesron, " Field Marshal and General in Chief of the Finnish Army." By a separate - letter his Royal Majesty has been in formed, by his excellency Marshal Count Iclingspor, of his having received intelligence that Adjutant Ge neral Baron Berjenstrate, who commands the expedi tion against Wasa, his made good a landing at half distar.ce from that city. • . ANOTHER ACCOirsi'l Yesterday and to-day the remb.indec of the horse- s are embarked for Finl an d; to ' m a ke part of Lt.,/ ex pedition %tit there, The euira.,siet* of the Life Revutent Br igade keep the horse-watch at the Royal Palace, in place of the above mentioned went; and the Cavalry of the Durghership: are •pg trolling during the nights. Those companies of the Yencibles who were left hers to be exercised, are to =urchin the space of two days, to make up the gar risOni in the several forts along the , River and those , detachments Jof die t . = as which are is those places now are to be embanked :for Al isd or Finland,- as soos as they will be relegsed, and 'we expect every day to see the In of the Burghership occupy she Watch of the. itoyil Palace, till this day in *g . hands of the Foot Guards. • . . - *We hope soon to hear som:thing of c.onsequence from the side of Wain. The Ittissian starrixohat part of the rounta y is now between two fueikithe army of Nlingspor on one s:de, and the exped‘tioi frog Vraea on the other. Reinfcrcements cannot in