Star. — London, England, 1808-08-22 00:00:00

I• II r. t!. gh• the an me oin Pa Roca, the'Minager, .catu . oven the stage, and read a 'papa; to the audience, captaining the following very importuat intelligence P.—That a Gentleman had ar rived at Leith, that afternocn, from Gottenburgh, who reports, that a deputation of,the Spanish army in Holstein had waited on Admiral. Sir Jamas SAWA RIZ with an oiler of their whole force, to the amount of. 11,500 men, to join the Patriots in their native country ; and that Sir hams was making the neces sary preparations to get them sent to Spain." Iu the Paper alluded to above, is added the follow ing paragraph : " A vessel, arrived at Leith from the Baltic, brings a report that 16,000 Spaniards had revolted against the French, and opened a communication with Ad miral Sir JAMES SAVMAREZ, for the purpose of pro curing transports to convey them to Spain, to join their brethren in arms, and to extirpate the oppres sors of their country." INTERCEPTED DISPATCHES. On Saturday we announced the arrival of French Dispatches intercepted at Barbadoes. The follow ing letter from our Correspondent, in that Island coatains some curious particulars on this subject : " BARBADOES, JULY 19. 6 , A few days ago Rear-Admiral Sir A. Cochran. heard of privateers being to windward of this island, and ordered the Belette sloop of war, Capt. Sanders, to leave the Bay in search of them. Captain S. was so fortunate as to bring in la Jalouse, a . French schooner, small, I do not exactly know of what force, and put to sea again next morning in chase of another small vessel, which hid been seen not far from the land, and brought her in also. She proved to be la Rapide, a schooner, charged with dispatches for Cayenne from France. The dispatches, however, were thrown overboard before she was taken. Two days ago there arrived in Carlisle Bay two cartels, one from Martinique, the other from Cayenne. Admiral Cochrane, to prevent the possibility of communica tion, had sent to England in the Ramifies ' 74 0 which takes the convoy from Tortola,' all the French pito nem taken in la .Rapide ; and he further placed a guard in the cartel from Cayenne, to see that no one quitted or approached the vessels but under certain restrictions. There was some suspicion that the cartel from Cayenne and la Rapide had communicated at sea, and to-day the suspicion was verified by the discovery of the duplicate of la Ra- piste's dispatches in the Cayenne cartel, under or at the bottom of• a barrel of flour. 41 What these dispatches have in view, has not, of course, transpired. They must be of consequence, by occasioning an immediate dispatch to our Court. The Officer, commanding the cartel-in question, has been very properly conducted, with his equipage, to prison. 66 An unfortunate attack has • been lately made on the island of St. Martin's by the Wanderer and one or two schooners;' when, in consequence of the ene my's being in a state of preparation quite unexpected, we lost several brave fellows, without effecting any purpose. St; Martin's is a harbour for privateers. "No accounts from America. We are in great hopes the Spaniards en the Main will soon frequent our ports. 'Some of their oxen would prove accep table to the troops." On the same subject we give the following from a Plymouth Newipapir : 44 The intercepted dispatches were intended for the Spanish Colonies on the.resignation of the Crown of Spain by the late King, and 6 re forwarded frem Ba yunne by the French Emperor in person, who was on the beach expediting the departure of the vessel. They are said to contain Booor4ares regulations with respect to the future state of those colonies, and the names of those who were friendly to the French interests. Originals, as well as those which are du plicates, were forwarded by the same vessel. The latter were left at Cayenne, and the vessel, in proceed ing with the former for Martinique, was captured off Barbadoes by the aware, after having thrown her dispatches overboard. The duplicates were dis covered on board a French cartel, which arrived at Barbadoes from Cayenne under suspicious circum stances ; and, as was afterwards confessed, was sent with the intention of conveying the packet to Gua daleupe, under cover of a flag of trace. " The FLYING FISH schooner arrived at Barbadoes en the sth •of July, charged with dispatches from Lord COLLINGWOOD, containing a full account of the recent transactions in Spain, and conveying a Spanish Officer, with dispatches from the Junta to those Co lonies. Lord Coutwowoon mentioned the departure of the Rapide from Bayonne, and requeetedlir A. COCHRANE would endeavour to intercept her, or coun teract the effect of the dispatches of which she was the bearer. On the arrival of the FLYING FISH, Sir A. COCHRANE immediately acted on the intelligence he had received ; offensive operations were suspended against the Spanish flag ; - the Spanish prisoners were liberated ; and the AeAsrA was immediately ordered to the Caraceas, with every necessary communication for the Spanish Governors on the coast. The FLYING FISH was ordered to Porto Rico and Jamaica. A French corvette sailed from Cayenne abaft the same time with the two vessels that Were destined for Mar tinique and Guadaloupe, and was supposed to have been ordered for . Cumata ; on calculation, the AcAsrA would arrive two or three days before her at that place, and of course counteract any ill effest that may have bees produced by the information she carried " The Suartz left Barbadoes on July 19, leaving there his Majesty's ships Bai.uusts, YORK, INTRg. PID, and CarrAlN (the RAMILDIR had sailed for Tor tola to join the homeward bound convoy). The squadron has been remarkably healthy, so much so, that there has not been a case of fever heard of these five months. The report on Saturday that Martinique had sur rendered is incorrect, Admiral COCHRANE'S dis patches announce that the island was on the point of surrendering—a deputation having been sent to the Admiral, by the inhabitants, proposing to put them selves under British protection till a peace decide their fate. The military opposed this intention, and there had been a skirmish between them and the inhabi- I :ants. I At Guadaloupe a similar disposition prevailed. They were waiting the result of affairs at Martinique. The Spanish ports were all open to our trade. SPAIN AND PORTUGAL. The following interesting letter we received from an Officer of Lord CoLuNt.woon's fleet, by the RED. WING, dated off Cadiz, July 13, 1808 " I have been on shore at Cadiz woke or eight times; ars: more beautiful city I never saw: and at this moment it is most in teresting, to see all ranks enthusias•ic in the cause that is most ho nourable to the Spanish nation.—A fine body of men, composed principally of the Mercantile Gentlemen of Cadiz, 300 strong, is completed—They have a most superb uniform, and industriously attend to the morning and evening parades.—ln a short time the Volunteers and Militia will march to join the Patriotic Army, when they are to do the whole of the duty of the extensive forti fications of the place.-1 hav&seen the house that was inhabited by the late Marquis De Solana; and more than a hundred cannon ;hot were fired at the two fronts.—Not a vestige of the interior remains, not even the beams : but it is most honourable to the Spanish mob, that not an article of the private property of the Marquis or Marquisa was taken away.—The whole of their cash and jewels was deposited in the Treasury, to be appropriated to. the popular cause, and when it was, for a moment, proposed to sell the effects for the benefit of the poor, the general cry was, " We want nothing that belongs to a traitor."—He died cou rageously, and when he found he was about to be carried to the gallows, he irritated those about him so Much, by declaring in fa vour of the French, that he met his death by the many stabs he received. It is really gratifying to see the general and determined opposition to the French, which is common to all the provinces the small part of Spain in possession of eiz French only wafts for a favourable'ruoment to throw off the yoke. No one doubts o' ,their success. Nothing is heard but their detestation of the French, and an Englishman can do any thing. They, however, are prudent enough to do nothing improper. Every day brings something new in favour of their cause, and, in the different pro vinces, it is positively said, that 49,000 Frenchmen have been put to death. The Spaniards have suffered very considerably. I found the Spaniards hospitable, and extremely polite. No one' visits Cadiz without mounting the National cockade, and the Spaniards, In return, have united the English black cockade with their's. In the Square of St. Antonio, the Priests, who have un bounded influence over the people, preach to them every night, and encourage them to a noble resistance.—The physical rf sources of Spain will, together with their noble courage, surmount every obstable.---' Unanimity prevails in the country, and Spain is saved' are the words of a roost intelligent Spaniard to me. If you were to see them you would be of the same opinion." EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM AN OFFICER BELONGING TO SIR A. WELLESLEY'S EXPEDITION, TO HIS FATHER N SBMERSETSHIRE. " Off Oporto, July 25, 1808. " We arrived here this morning about ten, and expect every moment to proceed to Lisbon, at which place there are fourteen thousand French troops, under the the command of General Jusor, ready to receive us ; we shall be in the Tagus most likely te , morrow, or late this evening, where General Seri ' cEit, with five thousand men, waits our arrival. I hope to GOD we shall be successful, indeed I do not think there is a doubt of it. We shall go into the field with twenty-five thousand, the whole under the command of Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY. The French occupy Lisbon, where they have seven thousand men, and a place at the mouth of the river Macas with the remainder. Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY went last Sa turday into Coruna, and was received with open arms ; the town was illuminated at night, and you could hear nothing but " Goo save the King of Eng land, and success to the Expedition under Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY." He left it soon after dinner, which I understand was most costly, much pleased with his reception. The Portuguese have only eight thousand troops, which join us somewhere near Lisbon, besides three hundred gentlemen, who have formed them selves into a battalion, under the command of a Mr. BRowNE, a% Englishman—in fact, it is composed chiefly of English and Irish. is The country round Oporto is truly beautiful. The inhabitants come out to us in small boats with fish and all kinds of fruit, and appear much delighted at seeing us. I never in all my life beheld so clean a place ; there is not a house that we could see that was not white-washed. I tried every means to go on shore, but could not, as the Lieutenant-Colonel said no one would be permitted to land but the General and his Staff,'not even the Commanding Officer of a Regi meat. 4 There are in the Tagus nine ships of war belong ing to Russia, and, should we get possession of Lis: bon, of course they would not long remain there. We shalt also get some prize-money : we understand the French intend fighting to the last, in hopes of receiving reinforcements, w4ich are expected - by the way of Spain. Jut 26.—We are now off a place called Mon dego; and can see the hills crowded with soldiers— of what nation we cannot tell, but suspect them to be . 1 •••• . •/-• •-%.,•;• ..1 Portuguese, as the colours of tElt country arc flying on the ramparts. " Yesterday we spoke the Flora transport, which informed us that a battle was fought no longer ago than last Friday, between the Portuguese and French, and that the latter had lost 800 men c credit is given to this report. " A report has just arrived on board, that we shall land here instead of Lisbon ; aid that we shall march up the country to the capital, a distance of 100 miles. I am afraid it will fatigue, as the weather is remark ably hot and sultry, and especially as we have been cooped up here nearly six weeks. I do not think you would like to take the march we have in view, for every officer is obliged to carry his own baggage on his back, consisting of one shirt, one pair stockings, one pair drawers, and a handkerchief, besides provi sions, which will not be trilling, as I understand Ge neral JuNor has taken pretty good care to provide for himself and his army. ,‘ Anchored at one, and expect every hour to land. There are 8000 men on shore ready to join, eo that we shall be a pretty formidable force against any army tile French may think proper to bring into the field. It is reported that General Amoy, on hearing of our' being on the coast, consented to leave Lisbon, if the Portuguese would permit him to return home through Spain : this was immediately rejected. We are all hurry and bustle on board. The men are in excel lent spirits. We have on our left a most beautiful vil lage called Buarcos, where we expect to -quarter for a day. The Commodore and Commander-in-Chief are on shore." We - understand, by an extract of a letter from Co runna, that the Supreme Junta of the kingdom of Galicia, have presented Lieutenant-Colonel DOYLE with the rank of Brigadier-General; and Captains CARROLL and KENNEDY, with that of Lieutenant- Colonels in the Spanish army. - The Irish brigade which was formed in France, under the Consulate of BONAPARTE, and which con sisted of a great majority of those who fled from Ire land, in consequence of the insurrection of 1798, were among the French army which accompanied MURAT into Spain. They formed a part of the force of DUPONT, in Andalusia ; and, it is said, that they deserted in a body to CASTANOS, after having endea. vowed to dissuade many of their companions in arms from fighting against the cause of the Spanish Pa triozs. The number which thus nobly abandoned DUPONT exceeded 1500 men, who were most gra ciously received by CAsrtNos, and many of whom were immediately promoted to Commissions of rank and confidence. Such promptitude on the part of the Spanish Commander, to confide in the Irish, is not to be wondered at when we consider the known and uniform partiality of the Spaniards to the na tives of Ireland ; and still More, the motives that evidently influenced the conduct of the Irish in this instance. The number of the Irish Brigade was owing to the assurance of BONAPARTE, upon their original formition, that they should be employed in an expedition to emancipate their own country. Such a motive of union would of course revolt at the idea of seconding the endeavours of BONAPARTE for the subjugation of another country. Tie whole of DUPONT'S force, including WEDEL'S division, is understood to have been originally 21.,000 men, and it is stated, that 10,000 had been killed be fore the snrrender to CASTANOS. Yesterday his Royal Highness the Duke of CLA RINCE completed his 43d year. An order has just been issued by the COICHANDER IN CHIRP to suspend the embarkation of the Fourth Expedition, assembled at Cork, under the command of General BAIRD. The following notice was on Saturday affixed at the Bank and Stock Exchange " August 20, 1808. The Contractors for the Loan having applied to the CNAN. cti.Loa of the Eicurquia. to request that he would recom mend to the Commissioners for liquidating the Public Debt to apply a part of the fund for the redemption of the four per Cents. he has thought proper to decline their request ; and of which the Contractors think it incumbent on them to give im mediate notice." . The rejection of this application, combined with other causes, produced a farther depression of the funds. At the close of the market the 3 per Cent. Consols were at 651, and Omnium from to 1 dis count. There has been another very serious tumult at the College of Baraset (the Militttry Seminary, 12 miles from Calcutta, where all Cadets are placed for a year, on their arrival, with the intention of their acquiring some rudiments of the Hindostanee lan guage, and from which none are exempted but by very special favour, or peculiar circumstances of the. military service.) The insurrection of these premature heroes (in number near 300) was upon some frivOlous pretence or supposed reasons of complaint, but it proceeded to very serious lengths. Their Commander, Major Raban, of the 12th Native Infantry, was per sonally assailed and seriously wounded and maltreat ed, as was Also 'his . Adjutant, whose horses were killed, and carriages destroyed. The whole Police of Calcutta was then sent against this band of youth ful insurgents; but, as here (as in 'England) it is illegal for Peace officers to resort to fire arms, the civic Posse was soon overthrown, and entirely routed ! Ge neral Sir Ewan Baillie next proceeded with part of his Stiff, to harangue them, and persuade them to ! return to subordination'and order ; but he was most I disrespectfully received, and compelled to retreat ra ther precipitately I It was then found necessary to bring up the military against these embryo companions, and three companies of native infantry, with a part of the Governor-General's body-guard, accordingly. , surrounded them, td whom they, surrendered by ca pitulation ; a military judicial investigation of the atfair . has since taken place, and the two ringleaders of the revolt have been cashiered, rendered incap able _ lof ver serving the Company, and 'sent back to Eng land; Several have been put at the bottom of the list of cadets, and many placed tinder arrest for various periods. :~~~: tailt .. .4=ra z 4.a . -Ivornyc)ft. - itig . ttidEArei. '- rI ‘ The Duke of Kent pcirtit, : wp Midis from New. York and Halifax, in 18 dais from the latter place i • •and the'Neckton paelretfroka Jartaca, are am:trod at Falmouth. The lettera - aast papers lay both will be . as delivered to-rnorroin FALIAGUtH, AUGUST IS. .- '4 Sailed, his Majesty's .ship Ar.nnr, with a ffietlf transports for Cork ; and the Monatsrowy armed ' brig, with a convoy for Wales. The Duke of ke A t packet, with mails from New York and Halifax, is 'reported to have arrived off this port.--Wind N.W::. • TRURO, AUGUST 20. A fleet of transports, amounting to about 40 sail, bound to Cork to take troops for Portugal, pia WI) Falmouth on Sunday last, and continued wind bottai ' till Thursday, when they sailed with a fine breezi it N.E, under convoy of the A —LERT, of 18 pll, -Cap. tain WILLIAMS. The Mortuurrow armed brig, wilt a convoy for Wales, s ,iled at !he same frne. PLYMOUTH, AUGUST PA Came in the TIGRE, of 74 guns, from Portsmouth; .I%lAncissus, of 28 guns, from Oporto, last from the Eastward ; SAPPHIRE, of 18 guns, from the Cape of Good Hope, and sailed again to the Eastward.— Sailed thericay.,, of 74 guns, to join the Channel fleet ; and HARLEQUIN, of 14 guns, for Millard. Government are hiring a number of transports for the purpose of fetching sheep from Spain. PORTSMOUTH, AUCUST 21. Nothing arrived or sailed this day.—Wind calm. HARWICH, AUGUST 21. Arrived yesterday several sail of transports from the Downs. No troops have yet arrived, but we ex pect part to-morrow.—Sailed this day the AUCKLAND packet, Captain BRIDGE, for Gottenburg?, and the PRINCE OF WAL/24 Captain MASON, for Heligoland. DEAL, AUGUST 21. Sailed the.LevIATNAN to the Westward. Sailed through the Downs, the UNION East lndiaman, for Portsmouth. The transports mentioned in my letter of Thursday last, supposed to have been going into Ramsgate Pier to receive on board the Ist and 3d brigade of Guards lying here, still remain in the Downs, waiting, as is supposed, for the other transports' arrival from Ports mouth. FROM LLOYD'S UST.. GRAVMWD, AVOUST 21.—Passed by the James, Skilburb; from Oporto; Fortuna, Cook, fans Quebec; Orion, Rawengor, from Charleston • Pilgrim, Melister, and the Theodore, Ante- Ilene, from Ri ga; Vertumnus, M'Arther. from Grenada.; Tarlcton Hodsall; Alfred, Teale • Suspenee, Simmons; Dis patch, &ayes ; Generous Planter, ' Hamilton ; Lister, Johnson; Harmony, Jones ' • Cesar, Thorne ' and Augustus Camay, Kirby. from Jamaica.—Sailed the Harriet, Huntly, for Gibraltar; Ea. periment, Phillips, for Guernsey; Little William, Goiter, and the Henry, Pype, foF Malta. The VETERAN, which brought Admiral DAME home, sailed from Jamaica on the 17th of June, in company with the BACCHANTE, Captain WARD, and . PErznELL, Captain LAMBORN with 100 sail of mer chantmen under convoy. The BACCHANTE, after coming to a certain latitude, went back to Jamaica. The PETERELL parted company on Saturday se'n night, with 80 sail for St. George's and the Bristol Channels; and 70 sail passed Portsmouth, on Wed nesday, for the Downs. They had a singularly good voyage, not having had a day's' foul wind, nor a single ship parted company. Major-General SEER.. RATT, Lieutenant-Colonel DOUGLAS, 55th Regiment, and Captain ADAMS, R. A. came home in the VETS RAN. She has also brought home 500,000 dollars, belonging to several merchants in London, for car. goes sold. The MELposima, Captain PARKER, which took out Admiral Rowtar, is coming home with a cargo of dollars from Vera Cruz. Admiral DACRES struck his flag on Friday night. Admiral HOLLOWAY arrived at Newfoundland, in the kis, Captain LAUGHARNE, on the 19th ult. Com missioner INOLEFIELD and Sir ISAAC COFFIN sailed from thence in the ADONIS, on the 20th, for Halifax. The RATTLER, Captain AoAssiz, which arrived at Portsmouth, on Wednesday, left Newfoundland, on the 26th. The Isis (flag ship) ; VESTAL, Captain GRAHAM • and AVENGER, Capt a i n W HITE I , were lying at S t. John's. The RATTLER saw the outward bound Newfoundland convoy, under charge of the JAMAICA and SPEEDY, on the Banks of NeWfoundland. On Thursday Admiral MONTAGU struck his flag at Portsmouth, and set off for his seat at Avisforci, near Arundel, for a month. Rear-Admiral OT WAY, in consequence, took the Chief Command at that port, and shifted his flag to the ROYAL WILLIAM. The Succass frigate, Captain AVSCOt/GH, is ap pointed convoy for Oporto, Lisbon, Cadiz, Gibral tar, and Malta. Wednesday last the Right Hon. the LORD MAYOR, the RECORDER, Alderman SHAW, FLOWER, HUNTER, the Treasurer of the Sons of the Clergy, and several other friends and patrons of that excellent charity., partook of the hospitalities of their worthy Secretary, at the Rectory House, Hanwell. Broadstairs is full of company : among the last ar rivals are— Lady and Miss Bouverie, Mr. A'Court, Sir Charles and Lady Edmonton, General Dumourier, Lady and Miss Hothant, Lieu tenant-Colonel Rainsford, Mr. and Mrs. Williamson ; Ladies Anne, H:.rriet, and Charlotte Ludlow; Lady and Sir Claude d e Creapigny, and Colonel H ug h es a n d Lady. Among the latest arrivals at Bath are— Sir A. Hume, Sir John Johnson, Sir Thomas and Lady Cullum * Colonel and Mrs. Chichester, Colonel and Mrs. Dui, an, Major Roberts, Rev. tr. Askew, Rev. Mr. Surttts, Captains Jeffrey, Stoodley, Cross, Palmer, and Prescot, Mc. and Mrs. Woodhotess and family, Mr. and Mrs. Stokes, Mr. and Mrs. Ward, Mr. and Mrs. Fox, Mrs. and Miss Balton, Mrs. and Miss Anderdon, Bce„, Thomar 11/Bite, Esq. 'for forging the name of Sir Christopher Knight, &ceased, with intent to defraud Ifs Executors, was tried at Limerick Assizes, and received sentmced to be imprisoned six months, and publicly pillor3d on the 27th August, in the City of Limerick. MARK -LANE, AVOUS' 22.—This day the market is but thiay supplied with Wheat, and early in the for:. noon sales were at a small'increase in price, but after. wards rather dull—Barley and Malt keep their prices k —White. Peas upwards of ten shillings per quarter dearer—Beans of both so: ts a trine hig';er—there are large arrivals of rats, and that trade is quoted chcaper.—Sales of Flour as, per last. I• • , ! I I ) • . • • I