Star. — London, England, 1808-10-19 00:00:00

r FORTUGia. LISBON, SEPTEMBER 27. There is now posted up here the following Edict : " The Commissioner% authorised to receive the re clamations ess she part of the English and Portuguese, notify to all persons, who snay have in their yossession any effects or moveable property belonging to the Royal Family, the Nobles, and others, who accom panied her Majesty and their Royal Highnesses, or who may have in their possession any property be longing to subjects of the King of Great Britain, and sequestrated by order of the French Government, that they shall deliver in an account of the same within the term of ten days, reckoning from the 22d of the present month, into the ofFce of the Secretary of 'the Commission, under pain that if not accounted for, and feloniously concealed, the offenders shall pay thrice the value of the said effects to the lawful pro prietors. The same penalty shall be incurred by all those, who, knowing how such property is disposed of, do not acquaint the Commissioners therewith." ti SPAIN. • OLOT, (CATALONIA), SEPTEMBER 10. The cruel Duhesme, not content with imitating the French Emperor, in putting to death his prisoners, has carried to Monjul the most respectable persons of Barcelona, and tearing from the arms of mothers their tender children, for the purpose of having them rahtomed with money, has now pointed the cannon of the citadel against the unfortunate inhabitants of the city, threatening them with death if they do not furnish him with 12,000 daily rations for four months, and an excessive number of pipes of wine and brandy, the value of which will amount to 1,450,000 teals in specie. The Magistracy and Corporation neither will nor can satisfy this demand, and have replied, th.lt they waited every moment in expectation of death. This inhuman General, after spending twenty days in the blockade of Gerona, into which he threw in one night 4.00 bombs and grenades, saw himself under the necessity of flying on the 16th ult. On his retreat to Barcelona, he lost 3000 men, with all the carriages and artillery which he had carried off from his encampment. General Lechi had marched out to assist him with 1500 men, and a very considerable tt ain of artillery • but with great loss of both, he was e i to shut himself up in the city. In Coll de Cn 'ols there were taken forty-seven waggon loads of • ffects, which were carrying towards France, escorted by 50 soldiers, whom the Somatenes took prisoners ; • at Montagut one standard ; and in the action at Ge rona, a great quantity of provisions, three mortars, 23 pieces of large calibre, 150 casks of cartridges, many cannon balls, 75 bombs, and 150 grenades. The enemy being thHs shut up in Barcelona, our troops have extended a cordon, which Duhesme vainly attempted to surprise on the 2d instant, since at all points he met with such a resistance that he was obli ged to retire to his blockaded retreat. But, like a ravenous wolf, he made another sally on thesth with from 7 to 8000 men, who took by surprise the artillery en Coll de Moncada ; but, on the following day, the Catalonians, reinforced, retook that post, with all the artillery, and what had been robbed in that territory, killing a great number. THE Ek ENING STAR. LONDON. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19. PRICE OF sTocKs THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK : Consols, for money, 661 t—for ace. 6614—Omnium 2 dis. Excheqder Bills, 4s. Is. prem.—Navy 213.1 99. General Sir Hew Dauer/me and Sir WILLIAM Scorr have arrived in England, from Portugal. They were landed yesterday at Portsmouth, from on board the nose frigate, and immediately set off for London. They have since arrived.—The public, of course, may expect that some enquiry will immedi. ately be instituted to ascertain whether any or what degree of blame attaches to the events that have lately tiken place in PortugaL The question for discussion will probably not be, merely whether, under the circumstances in which the respective armies were, at the date of the C.etveition, abetter terms might or might not have been comman ded ?—but whether, if the victory of the 21st °flu gust bad been instantly followed up, hy a fresh a tacV, the enemy could afterwards have found himself iu circumstances that would have warranted our C mmanders to accede to any terms short of his un conditional surrender ?—lt is very possible that by the 29th of August the French had partly retrieved their affairs, and strengthened their positions ; and a prin cipal point in the enquiry ought to be—Whence rose this delay ? The Convention has caused our army to remain inactive in Portugal for a considerable time, which is an evil of no little magnitude—for until the French ` were embarked, agreeably to the Convention, it be., came impossible to employ it on any other service.— One reason for the continuance of our army in Por tugal is assigned, in a private letter, from Lisbon--/a reason which we we did not anticipate, and which gives the finishing touch to the graceful Convention which our military statesmen concluded with the ene my. We are assured that the French hesitate, or in other words refuse, to surrender the great frontier posts of Elvas and Almeida. These, as they command the entry into Spain, they still retain in their hands. Not a sylhl was said of this until they had embarked with and carries, off their plunder ; but the momest that they thought themselves and booty safe—and that they were fairly► ditched to join-their countrymen in the ova of our Al!., it became a consideration in what .. • way they could bar detain ou armyln Portugal, and prevent its coming to the assistance of the Span*tle. Under the various pretexts of not yielding to tote potuguese, of riot considering dr order as genuine, of not feeiir g themselves safe to traverse the pun' • ; corn . fly bega — irfo lasemble, and shout sey er7ll Is . " ' lll . ''' • try, &c. &c. &c. they bare maintaused the pos- IN Royal Highness the Pium, accompanied byhis RAN, session of those fortresses, which are the gates of For. 486 . il i a diyhion of lo t i i D ra goons, as we sta. , B r other the Duke of CZAR-IMM MajOr-Gene ra lW iz. I , 1 on the side of Spain, that if the French armies _ I_ , P w _ . S T AR of Mon day, em barked the preceding NAN, Lie ' - r•-• , ..enot, Admiral MO NTAGUE, and i t C010ne1...-. Colonel - most superb ---lltakillis shall prove successful against the Patriots, they may . .. , • illustrious - Bwaserzzut, entered the apartments whe re 'still have the way open for their return to that country. • i d a y, the eye The Panics gave a J entertainment to his the company were assembled. The rooms In consequence of this unforeseen calamity, strong ~.,.. %meet.: ; te W p _ detachments have marched from Lisbon to Almeida -- , ~ OW Room tURTUI, the Lieutenantzoiternor, credit to Mr. HEasrax, the proprietor of the inn.— and Elvas ; and it is impossible to. foresee bow much 1 i Many loyal and approp ri ate toasts were d ran k. T he valuable time may be lost in bringing the French to lisitzAdmbida and icr Captains of the Navy, the ommissioners, the Generals, Comtianding Offi- Royal Cheshire and Oxford Militia bands attend e d, reason. kers of Regiments, the Rev. Dr. Soon., and the ileY• and played many loyal and appropriate airs. About The ROSETTA has also arrived at Pl 3 mouth from 1 Mr. . Cormssax his Royal Highness's Chap l a in, (P re ' half past t w e lve o ' clo c k, his R 0741 Highness the Lisbon. The intelligence which . she brings comes tly Mayor of Portsmouth), Earl of CAVAN , Si r_ Plums and the Duke of CLARINCE retired, when t h e down to the 2d instant, which is only one day later . JQHN LAD*, and Colonel BLoomrietn, were invited. whole company separated, highly satisfied wi t h t h e entertainment they had received. than the accounts brought by the INTELLIGENT gun. . Thin which it..... _e di nner given at the Crown Inn, and the stile served up, and the flavour of the wines , i Among the company we noticed, his Royal Highness th e D uke brig. The people who' perished with the Transport malor o .Geuerai an Tieth Ta am, Li . eu ß tenan r t-CGueor.ernHorc;nAdmirals fi rs : that foundered were in number about 300, mostly did the highest credit to Mr. HERMAN. The fine of Clarence; Lords Crstven, C. Manners, and Rol e t Mu nn , French. The Master, the Mate, and five seamen are bands of the Royal Cheshire and of the Worcester ; Militia attended, and played alternately some of the I " G ru m ' ; Gen ' Slade and Port °g er e , Colonel ; Barlow, C . . all that survive. They were picked up by another ' finest airs. A band of glee singers likewise attended, I an; ouilisea ; Colonel Tyrol, Royal Artillery ; Captai ns N ils vessel. and sung in the intervals of the instnimental music. Irvin, and Tu ll ows, R. N. ; Captains Colville and La Roy; } By letters from Lisbon, it appears that as soon as ' our Commanders can be assured of the departure of The evening was sp ent with the utmost hilarity ; end me. Points ; Colonel Buckworth, Royal Cheshire ; Majors p s j. mer, Thornton, and Rutherford ; Dr. M'Gregor, Mr. Cuthbet; the French, a proportion of our troops are to proceed I though the parting with his regiment had an evident the Mayor of Portsmouth ; Captain Hickson, Ald-de.Cany I , to the coast of Catalonia. Tins by the Spaniards iii . - effect on the PRINCE'S spirits, he fascinated the eons- Major-General Whetham ; Sir John Slade, &c. &c. pant' - considered the best possible place to land those troops. by ele g ant and condescending manners. They are, we understand, to be joined by 2 0, 000 men , his r Yesterdaythe troops were reviewed by his Royal who are marching from Andalusia under REDING—. Highness the Duke of Cuaere*, early in the morn. ing, attended by Adnairal MONTAGU and Colonel by 6000, who have recently arrived in that quarter BLOOSIRIELD ; he went to Gosport under a Royal from Majorca—and by an equal number which is to salute; where he immediately inspected the 3d Royal be detached from Arragon. When these are corn- Lancashire, or Prince of Wales's, regiment ; the Oz bined with the new levies, who are disciplining with ford Militia, and the West Essex, who went through the utmost expedition, the force of Catalonia is ex. a variety of manccuvres before him. If any regiment petted to be the principal army of the Patriots. It is attracted more notice - than another, it was the Lan, indeed intended that it should be so, as it is appre- cashire, who made a very noble appearance : this heeded that the main body of the French, drawn from regiment musters 1200 ef the finest and tallest men in Italy, will attempt to penetrate Spain in that direction. the service. It is commanded by Colonel BRAWL: . His Royal Highness and. Admiral MONTAGU partook of an elegant collation from General Pcistritn, M. P. who commands at Gosport ; he then visited Admiral Orway's flag ship, the GLADIATOR, and landed at Portsmouth.—His Royal Highness next proceeded to Southsea Common, and reviewed The Royal Artillery. THE ARMY. We can state front undoubted authcrity the Sir Join, Moons is appointed Coinenander in Chide( t h e British Forces destined for Sipin, baying under li nt Lieutenant-General Sir Alvuvi W*ll7,32Ley, as hi s second in command, who goes out as early as air. cumetances will admit of. Lientenant-General Sir DAVID DAVID with his division, which lately sailed from Falmouth, is orderod direct to the Northern coast ei ktein, also tt, act with Sir JOSS'S Moorces forcio-foom Lisbon, which, when united with this divi. 'ion, will make the total of the infantry nearly 40,000 area ; a body of light cavalry, amounting to 6,009 Una!! Lord r AGIT, is also ordered to act with them. In Monday's &rest, by ass error of our Printer, Falmouth was placed far Portsmouth ; it is certainly at the latter port the 13th Dragoons embark, the 13th expect to embark at Plymduth, their present quarters being at Exeter, In addition to the regiments we have already ae tailed, two more of heavy cavalry are mentioned, the Ist Dragoons, and sth Dragoon Guards. The Royals ate in Ireland, and the sth at Dorchester. SPAIN. The Thom has arrived at Portsmouth, and the SEINE at Plymouth, both with dispatches from Spain. It will be seen from the following letter, dated from a town but a few leagues distant from Bilboa, that an immediate attack on the enemy was intended : '' CASTRO, OCTOBER 2. " The French entered Bilboa on the 27th ult.-- Forty-six thousand Spaniards are nearly ready to attack them, and it will be impossible for them to re main there a week longer. It is expected an engage ment will take place to-day or to-morrow. Nearly the whole of the respectable merchants of Bilbea are here." . . The Horse Artillery Si t roi lism= Legisiasi i • The Bth Royal Veteraai The Worcester Militia., ". The Durham Militia. The Fifeshire Militia. The Royal Cheshire being about to tnarch,,and the Royal Middlesex just marching in, did not join in the review. His Royal Highness was attended by Ge nerals Lord CAVAN, WHITHAM, SLADE,' and PORTER; and had a most minute review, which lasted till four o'clock, when he joined the PMNCE. The troops ac quitted themselves admirably, and received his Royal Highness's thanks through General WHITIVIBI. The German Horse Artillery were particularly admired; they are uncoimmonly fine looking men, and are the picked men of the whole Hanoverian army. Yesterday General WHrritast had again the honour of entertaining the PaiNce, the Duke of CLARENCE, die Htm. Commissioner GREY, Mr. Commissioner Lir OViREY ; Admirals Sir ROGER COMM MONTAGU, HAMILTON, OTWAY, and TYLER ; Generals Lord CAVAN, PORTER, and SLADE ; ColOnels Taanorr and Ban.ovv ; Lieutenant-Colonels LEIGH and Quurrui ; Majors Lord CHARLES MANNERS and Nesiurr.; Cap tains Lord ROBERT MANNERS, Hon. ---- HOWARD, and NEWPORT; Cornet FITECLARENCE and several other officers of the PRINCE'S regimept. This morning the PRINCE and Duke of CLARENCE take their departure from Portsmouth, on which oc casion, we understand there will be a superb military spectacle ; the whole of the works, oui.works, &c. all being to be manned . by the garrison, about 7000 men in number. . Yesterday Lieutenant General Sir Haw DAME, PLE and Sir WILLIAM SCOTT, the Judge, landed at Portsmouth. Sir Hew called on both the Port Ad miral and on General WHITHAM, the Lieutenant Governor, but neither of !Ann were at home, he then set off for town, and arrived this morning. Why has not Sir HARRY Bustaaan likewise made kis appearance ?he will be fully as necessary at the ' Court of Inquiry as Sir HEW DALRYMPLE or Sir An. Tistri WELLESLEY, The Physician-general and Surgeon-general derive infinite credit for the very complete manner in which they have sent off the Expeditions with a Medical Staff, particularly that which has just sailed from Falmouth. Thursday and Friday last the Ist Dorset Militia marched into the Barracks at Plymouth Dock front Kingsbridge, Of the late corps of Volunteers at Huntingdon, about 450 made a tender of their services to Government. The bounties have been already paid to more than 500, and though the corps, when complete, is to con. sist of nearly 1,000 men (Non-commissioned Officers and drummers included) it is highly probable thq whole will be obtained without resorting to the ballot.' The corps is commanded by Lord Viscount HINCRIA DRONE. , The number of the Spanish troops intended to act against Bilboa, we should suppose to be greatly ex aggerated, unless General BLAKE meant to proceed thither with his whole army. However, they would nY: fall much short of fifteen or twenty thousand men, after they had been joined by the third division, and the corps under the command of General Ricanumes. THE MEDITERRANEAN. Another packet, the Lady Nepean, has arrived at Falmouth from Malta and Gibraltar, but the accounts are not later than those received yesterday. Our latest letters from Malta are of the 6th ult. at which date Mr. ADAIR was hourly expected there in the SEAHORSE. It was there considered as uncertain whether he would proceed to Constantinople (in con• sequence of the late revolution) without waiting for fresh instructions. • The order from Vienna to laf 'ltn embargo on all j Americans, arrived at Trieste too late to prevent the sailing of several vesselsbelonging to the United States. They took the advantage of one of our convoys for protection, and all of them escaped, except one laden with hemp, which was detained. When our Consul General left Trieste two battalions of 1200 men each, had been incorporated there, as the quota of a new levy of one hundred and twenty thou sand men, which the Emperor FRANCIS is raising in his states. They are all from the. age of 18 to 25. At Trieste it was generallybelieved that the Emperor had 500,000 men ready to bring into the field, exclusive of the Hungarian levies. Some difficulties had, how- ever, arisen between the Austrian Cabinet and the Hungarian States; but of what nature is not stated by our correspondent. The Line of conduct to be pursued by the Austrian Cabinet at the present crisis, according to the opinions which prevail at Trieste, will depend entirely on the part which Russia may take in the commotions which now agitate Europe and Turkey. • I The ALBAN cutter, with dispatches from the Bra zils ( ten weeks from }So de Janeiro) has arrived at Plymouth. Lieutenant Warn, the Commander set off immediately for London with the dispatches, and cached town thismorning.—Lprd BLANC): came home passenger in the Alban. Lord G. H. CAVINDISH left yesterday his Regi• went, who are stationed at Ipswich, for Newmarket. Lord MELVILLZ arrived in town from Scotland oa Monday last. " PORTSMObII-I,OCTOBER 18. " The Prince of WALPII has been here since Friday, superintending the embarkation of the 10th Light Dragoons ; and as each division has arrived, his Koyal Highness has gone with them to the Dock yard. They are now all on board, and it is said that his Royal Highness will leave us *to-morrow. The PRINCE is quite adored by his regiment ; and some of the men, as they went on board, • could not refrain from expressing aloud their attachment. " • a In taking leave of the Officers, his RoYal ness actually burst into tears, and expressed in the strongest manner his regret at not being able tii,oc. company them ; but he said, I give my Sword to .13ri gaefier General GLADE, who will be at your head, and un der whole command I know you will litre to go, as much 4e Ido that you should. It appears that General SLADE entered the Pittrices regiment as a Cornet, and re. mained in it near seventeen years ;--it is, therefore, very natural they should like to go out under his com mand." ANOTHER, LETTER—SAME DATE.. gg On Monday;last, a most magnificent entertkin• •ment was given at the Crown lan, Portsmouth, by A letter from Trinidad, dated August 2, states, his Royal His' hness, to the officers of his Royal High that there is a great alteration in the communications with the adjacent Continent. • The Spanish flag was ness's regiment, the 10th Light Dragoons, embark. daily coming in, and taking away goods. The Yes- ing for foreign service, and a large party of Noble sels brought over provisions, cattle, and mules, in ex - men and Gentlemen of the Army and Navy. About change. • seven o'clock the company, upwpds of 100 in num, Juwor, we believe, still remains in the Tagus, on _ ber sat down to dinner, which consisted of every de • board a British frigate ; nor is it imagined he will ' take his departure before all the articles of the. Con- licacy the ;moon could afford, and which was served Tendon are fulfilled, and qui transports returned in up in a superior stile of elegance. The wiles were safety from the French ports to which they havecon. of the choicest vintager. and the dessert, which =R. ',eyed the French troops. listed of every kind of frait of the season, tesether The Spanish army is to receive, with all'possible with the preserves and ornamental dishes, tc.lkf.ice. Asieriq, a great accession of cavalry. Tens kunted wry sa ddl es h ave b een con tacted f ee t hi s was elegant, and far excerditd ady-thingthat could be calparr, oer account of the Spaglak governma4 olliecto4: 01 0 of the MeleeTelist Mout Az otelo4 Mr. MONK, of Trinity College, Cambridge, who has been announced as the successor of the late Greek Professor PORS02•11 is a young man only twenty-five years of age. Seven waggons,laden with treasnte,weredi.pat:hea from the Bank, on Saturday for Portsmouth, the-prin. cipal part of which is to be conveyed to Cadiz, Yesterday, the Loan MAYOR ordered the price 14 bread to be raised one assize, or two-pence in the peck loaf, to commence to-morrow : the quartern loaf of wheaten is then to be sold for ls. 2,jd. and household, Is. 14. • The Cheltenham Manager is about to close his canes paign there, and takes his company into winter quart ten at Birmingham.—The inhabitants of that opulent land populous town should not be without amusement. the long evenings. Report says, that Mr. Watson has taken the Theatre Royal for the ensuing year. DRURY-LANE THRATRZ..---lialt night the Comedy of The West lawn was performed at this Theatre, hefOre a numerous and genteel audience. Jars.- rtnua, Major O'Floherty, and Miss DUNCAN, as Charlotte Rv:port, were highly and deservedly ap• plauded.....Blweßeard was repeated, and received with, lincreasing applause.---4mong the pertons of fashion present were-- ThebiarchioneSe of Raadfort and Ludy M. Taylor, Collates of Rather, Sir lan and Lady Lubbock, VA S I,.ocza Papp. • Coax-EXCIIA/COl4 MARX-LAIII, OCT. 17.—Owing to the late contrary winds there are very short supplies of Wheat, and sales folly at the late advance—old a$ our last quotation—Barley likewise, and very little here—Malt also-White Peas nearly as last—Old Bean e of the two kinds, are ts. and Ss : per quarter ' dearer.-. , Oats are in short supply, and named rat* 4ighim-rllour hardly supports the late advance. A considerable fall of snow commenced at an enl hour on Friday morning in Edinburgh and its neisllo bottrliood k, and at night it Wow a ykolent sale ) vgAii N.E. but was milder the foll Owing day. Ai • FA • SIR DAVID BAI about 150 transpo Saturday last in of the vessels, red Sunday morning, t s ailed with a One 1 clear of the harbor t he slightest accide passed the Mansell tion to the winds doubt that they re nefiday or Thursds left directions at their letters by tlu opinion that they Their escort consi DERCI; Amelia, 48 Captain CRAWII 12,256, and consi followingregimer. Ist, .14th, 20th, ' 59th, 60tk, 76tk, tachtnents of Ai and Staff Corps, 4th, 9th, and Dkets, Blum "ORD and Inas followed by the 15th, and 16th C. ..snoutl4 on the 5t the rain* hour tl Falmouth, three a join them. .Onl mouth on Tuesd hour when, it i BAIRD was in SI rivedl Arrived this d a fleet of coaster Diligence, ELL!! AtIAN cutter, from the Braii No news has tr ing, he went ol came passenger patch packet, }3 Eliza packet is for .Cerunna. Gijon, the roads sex frigate is HOLLAND and arrived this eve' sails to-morrov Clumtir.—The ttrday with Ma eight days frog of the MAWS braltar.—Wiad 1 • Arrived the Admiral GAME • =lain with the PL _Came in the with fruit from instant. The n th! French troo that the transpc seed division hundred people seamen, that w to Lisbon, bein the Seant, of 3E —Sailed the S aza a sloop of Downs. POP Arrived his and the Pnczul klaw DALRYKI with a convoy and la GLOIii ESCOILT is apps The Rutn.sa Wind W. S. 'Arrived the Ixst Oorn Ports Gums Sloop off Botlogne ; also Bt OODHOL Came dovrnfr tad the Baron 113 the Doyens vutia, Hem, 1, W es, Bombe tatakent, Various. Stand the C Messengtr, an Sailed the Aw ' for •Gottenburi 1:.; Admiral Six to take the ear Remain Rce at. Alban's, Redbre _ ------ -, ..... ••••••••