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stone, which struck him on the temple. The body was carried into a tent by partdif the German Legion. The last of the French were conducted by sands of hlrsit and foot to the place of embarkation ; and notwithstanding this protection, it was with great dif ficulty they could be preserved from the rage of the people. At twelve o'clock, the flag of Portugal was hoisted on the Castle, with a grand discharge of cannon. At this moment the people rent the air with shouts of joy. Rockets were let off, and the rejoicings continued until the day closed, when the whole city was most superbly illuminated. The Spanish troops that were made prisoners by Junot, in the hulks, were the same day disembarked, and joined in the fete, and danced fandangos in the' s treets. The paintings and devices in praise of England were numerous. Outrages were committed by the people against some persons known to be in the French Interest. The mob went to a bookseller's shop, and' destroyed every thing in it. The house in which Junot had resided would have been entirely demolished, but for.the interference of the English. 'the illumination began on the 15th, and was ex pected to be continued for nine nights. BULLETINS —Relative to the commencement of resistance to the French in Portugal, published by the authority of General Junot. FIRST BULLETIN. et The inhabitants of Villa Viciosa, misled by evil minded persons, and the idle promises of some Spaniards, revolted on the 20th June last, and imme diately forced the garrison of that place; which only consisted of one company of the 86th, to retire into that fort. General Avril on receiving intelligence of this insun - ection, left Estremas where he then was, and marched to Villa Viciosa with a demi battalion, some dragoons, and two pieces of cannon. The re belewho were in ambuscade fired upon him, but they were soon driven by the bayonet from their position. General Avril and Colonel Lacroix entered the town —the rebels fled on all sides, leaving 200 dead in the streets. They were pursued into the country, where a great number of them suffered the punishment due to their crimes. Twelve of the leaders of the rebellion were taken and shot. et Tranquillity is at present restored in Villa Vici osa ; the inhabitants have acknowledged their error, and implored the clemency of the General. et The moderation which our brave soldiers dis played on this occasion is without example. Not withstanding the laws of war, no house was pillaged, and this conduct has excited as . much gratitude to wards our troops, as their valour has inspired admi ration:—Head-partrrs, Lisbon, June 25. " By command of Monseigneur the Duke of Abrantes, Com mander in Chief. (Signed) '1 . 14 It SAULT. Chief of the Staff." SECOND BULLETIN. " The 3d Battalion of the 26th Regiment of the line, and the Legion of the South, -:oinnianded by ' Colonel Moromsen, attacked on the '27th of June last, the city of Beja, where 6000 armed rebels had bar ricaded themselves, defied our troops, and refused them a passage ; notwithstanding the advantage of tote position, nod the inequality of numbers, every thing yielded to the impetuosity of our troops who entered Beja in the midst of a great carnage—the ! rebels left 1200 dead in the field of battle ; all those, ! taken with arms in their hands, were put to the i sword, and all the houses from which we had been bred upon, were burned. " Dacugna, who commands the rebels, cowardly abandoned them at the beginning of the action. We have to regret the loss of some brave men who fell in the field of honour, among whom ate the Chief of the battalion, Berthier, an oricer of met it ; the Chief of battalion, Dein ; Captain Dubois, and the Sub- Lieutenants Lausiere and Laconture, were slightly wounded, after having distinguished themselves.— The inhabitants of the town and territory of Beja, re stored to themselves by the dispersion of the rebels, sent a respectable religious person to his Excellency the Dude d'Abrantes, to implore his clemency ; re present their repentance; swear fidelity; confess that they had been misled by the perfidious seductions of the English, and acknowledge that they had been justly chastised. _ " His Excellency received this envoy with kind ness : order is re-established in Beja, and peace reigns in that country.—licad-quarters, Edon, Jay 2. " By orcl-r of Mwseigneur the Duke d'Abrantes, Common " der in Chief. (Signed) " Tui ERAU I T, " General in Chief of the Staff." THIRD BULLETIN. " The spirit of insanity which had led astray the I inhabitants of Beja, and rendered necessary the te:ri ble chastisement which that town has received, has likewise existed in the North of Portugal. In thzir delirium several towns had raised the standard of re volt, and led astray by culpable Priests and perfidious foreigners, had taken the field. Their contingent formed a corps of 7,000 men, which corps marching upon Lisbon, announced that it came to destroy the Fraich army. The Duke d'Abrantes, judging these wretches more deserving of pity than anger, suspended the effects of his anger, and endeavoured to procure by persuasion, what it was easy for him to obtain by force of arms. With this view, and to spare the effusion of hl god, he sent some intelligent persons to skew to the rebels the folly of their project, the odiousness of their con duct, and die inutility of their efforts; bet this method not succeeding, he sent, on the 22d of July, in the morning, General Margaron, with the 3d battalion of the 12th of light infantry, that of the 89d of the line, the grenadiers and voltigeurs of the 47th and 58th, six pieces of cannon, a squadron of horse chasseurs, and a squadron of dragoons. This unexpected move ment stopped the enemy, and deranged all his combi nations ; he abandoned the idea of inclining upon Pe- i niche, whence General Themieres marched upon tim, and, being joined at Leyria by General Margaron, on the 6th of July, attacked and defeated him. Half of the troops and the - whole of the artillery, were not engaged in this action ; the enemy left 600 dead on the field, on our side we had only one man killed and a few wounded, while the loss of the enemy would have been much more considerable had not General Margaron restrained the indignation of his troops. Thus will all those be defeated who dare to imitate their example." •` H.ad•gaarterF, Lisbon, Julyl, 1808." Alid.V.cont4u similar details, kat of lesser lmportance.l THE EVENING STAR LONDON. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Consols, for money, 65ff—for acc. 6.4-omniunt dis. Excheclißills, 2s. 4s. prem. PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. Bank Stock for op. 240 India Bonds, par is. dis. 3 per Cent. Red. shut Ex. Bills is. dis. 2s.pre. par 3 per C. Cons. 654 ff Omnium, 3i dis. 4 per Cent. shut State Lottery Tickets, 213. 15% 5 per Cent. Navy 991 97ff - Cons. for acc. 65-1 H Long Ann. shut SPAIN. By the Mail from Corunna, which arrived at a late hour last night, we received Spanish Papers to the 2d instant, from which we have given ample ex tracts. The Spanish troops under the gallant Marquis de la ROMANA arrived at Corunna on the 30th ult. and have been ordered to proceed to Bilboa. General CUYSTA has been appointed Commander in Chief of the Army of Arragon, in the room of General PA LAFOX, who has been deputed to the Central Junta. The French have retreated from Burgos, after spiking their cannon and destroying their powder—a !striking proof of the haste and alarm with which they took their departure. The Spaniards seem to enter. tain no dread of their threatened reinforcements. Reinforcements for General BLAKE'S army, to the amount of 30,000 men, were expected to pass Co rinna on the 2d instant—some of them are British. Lord WILLIAM BENTINCK arrived at Madrid on the 25th ult. on a special mission to Central Junta. The DALRYNI.PLE Convention has excited great dis gust in Spain. PORTUGAL. We also lay before our readers some farther ac counts from Portugal. Letters from that quarter speak in high terms of the humane and kind attention bestowed upon our wounded countrymen by the Portuguese. It appears not a little singular that it was not till the 15th ult. that our troops entered Lisbon, and till that time the Spanish troops, whom JUNor had dis armed, remained prisoners on board the ships to which they had been consigned ! The Oporto papers contain many details respecting military operations, with which we have before been made acquainted. But the Bulletins relative to the commencement of the Portuguese resistance to their invaders, and which were published at the time by sh; NOT, though his career of cruelty is now ter minated, ought not to be wholly suppressed.—ln the second one we have more than an announcement of the system intended to be pursued by these humane invaders ! We have a practical illustration of its be nign inflictions.—At Beja, where the French were victorious, "all those taken with arms in their hands wire put to the sword, and all the houses from which the French had been fired site* were burnt to the ground." To the very men who perpetrated these enormities, and who might every one have been " taken with arms in their hands," was a safe passport and convey ance to France granted by the DA LRYM PLEConvention ! It is among the fatalities which have produced this disgraceful event, that the right wing of the British army, formed of three fine brigades and consisting of 9000 men, was not ordered to intercept the re treat of the enemy after their repulse in the action of the 21st. It is scarcely to be credited, yet we speak from indubitable authority, that on that day the soldiers of the above brigades actually piled their arms, eat their dinners, and each re ceived a pint of wine on the field ; and at two in the afternoon reported their readiness to advance, and waited in expectation their orders for that pur pose. The post of Tones Vedras, through which the French were from necessity compelled to pas by files, in their retreat to Cintra, was but a march of eight miles from their position, and this they would have reached by five o'clock, while the enemy, beaten and dispersed, was distant from it upwards of thirteen miles, and actually passed through the town at eight in the evening in detached and scattered parties, many of them without their arms, which they had thrown away in their flight. Such was the impression of the consequence of the victory made on the French General (BRENIER) that when taken prisoner and conveyed on board ship, he requested a letter might be conveyed from thence to Torres Vedras, " for (added he) you will doubtless be in possession of the town before night." —Even KELLERMAN has since been heard to say that had the two armies changed positions, the English would have been all prisoners. All the French Officers at Lisbon embarked with the first division of the French Army, the sailing of which we have already mentioned. The second division was to have sailed the day after the PLOVER. The French are understood to have carried with them immense treasure in ingots, as part of their mi litary chest. Paris journals to the 26th ult. Dutch to the Ist in• start, and letters from Holland to the 4th, have been received. NAPoLzoN, on his route to Erfurth, arrived at Mentz on the 24th ult. whence he was to set out the following morning at tour o'clock, for his destination. ALEXANDER, according to letters received in Hol land from Liebau, passed through that town on the 15th, and arrived at Koningsburg on the evening of the 17th ult.. THE •ARMY. It is a matter of great regret, that the very fine army under Sir DAVID BAIRD, should be so lung de tained at Falmouth. His second in command is Major-General MAsimaroliAm, of the Rifle Corps, a very active officer; the next is Major-General WARbE, of the Foot Guards ; the next is Makor-General RAN DOLL WKENZIE, M. P. of the 78th Regiment, who we believe served -"Atli that regiment in Bengal; next_ Brigadier-Genernl SLADE, of the Ist, or Royal Dra goons; next Brigadier-General ROBERT CRAWFORD, an officer well known, who has been employed on various services, and who was last at Buenos Ayres. Colonel D'URBAN, the Deputy-Assistant-General to Sir DAvin BAIRD, is likewise an excellent officer, and has always been employed on service. Including Sir HEW DALRYMPLE and Sir HARRY BERRARD (probably on their passage home) we have at present no less than 47 Generals in Portugal! Among the next regiments of Infantry to go on service will be— The 11th Foot 2d Battalion. 21st, or Scots Fuzileers ..... 2d Battalion. 25th, or Borderers. • tintlt Regiment: oath Ditto. 71st High ...... Battalion. 72d Ditto 3d Battalion. 73d Ditto. 77th Regiment. I,7th, or Irish Heroes 2d Battalion. Huth, or Connaught Rangers, Ist Battalion. Orders were yesterday received at Por smouth for the 7th Light Dragoons to sail immediately. Brigadier- General SLADE, who is just come from Ireland to take the command of them, goes out in the EGERIA sloop of war. The 10th Light Dragoons, which are to form this brigade, are to embark as soon as trans ports are ready to receive them. The lit division of that regiment are expected at Portsmouth on Thurs day next. To the extreme regret of the inhabitants of Gos port, the Ayrshire Militia quit the garrison for Sussex next week. The gentleman-like conduct of Sir DAVID HUNTER BLAIR, and of the other officers, and the regular orderly conduct of the men, endeared them to the inhabitants of every class. The West Essex Militia have marched from Bexhill to Gosport. The Ayrshire Militia will march into Chichester barracks from the Eastern district early next week. The 4th battalion of the I st, or Royal Regiment of Foot, have marched from Weeley to Colchester, on their route to Chelmsford. Tuesday, the 14th and 16th Regiments of Dra goons, the Horse Artillery, and Norfolk and Nor thumberland Regiments of Militia from Woodbridge Barracks, were reviewed by General COTTON, 011 Sut ton Heath. An increase has just been made to the pay of that 1 class of Medical Officers in the Navy, the Hospital Surgeons, which gives them 255. instead of 15s. per day. It is to be hoped that the Officers of the same rank, and who do the same duty in the army, the Staff Surgeons, will not be neglected : many of them, men of the very first-rate professional abilities, have remained on the present pay, and without promotion, for a long series of years. An increase of their pay is now become absolutely necessary, as gentlemen, properly qualified, cannot be induced to enter the army, and we regret to hear that at the present mo ment there is a scarcity, which is really serious. The public were yesterday much gratified by seeing Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY in high health and spirits, in the streets of the Capital. In the course of the day Sir ARTHUR called at head-quarters, and at Lord CASTLEREAGH'S Office. He dined at the Admiralty with Mr. WELLESLEY POLE, his brother. The Mar quis WELLESLEY is hourly expected in town from , Ramsgate. Lieutenant-General Lord PAGET arrived in town yesterday morning, between five and six o'clock, from Portugal, and had a long audience of the Duke of YORK. Major-General TURNER, of the 3d Guards, arrived in town on Thursday night, from the Cape of Good Hope. Instead of there being, as was generally understood' only three roads across the Pyrenees leading from France to Spain, it appears from a Work lately pub lished at Paris, and reprinted by Mr. STOCKDALE of Piccadilly," Tableau de l'Espagne Moderne, par J. Fr. Bourgoing," there are no less than seventy-five passes over those Mountains ; of which number twenty-eight can be travelled on horseback, and seven are passable for carriages, and even for artillery. OPERA HOUSE, HAY-MARKET .- -Last night, after the Stranger, a new meld-drama, called the Forest of Hermanstadt, was performed. The story and inci dents are nearly the same as those on which Mr. SK EFFING*I ON founded his Mysterious Bride. The Princess of Bulgaria, on her way to espouse the Prince of Transilvania, is deprived of her royal robes by Os wald, the officer to whose charge she was entrusted. Oswald's sister is imposed on the Prince for Alexina, the true Princess, and after a variety of adventures at an inn, the imposition is discovered. Much praise is due to the proprietors for the splendid scenery and dresses which they have expeditiously provided upon the occasion ; and the music, by Mr. JouvE, produced a very pleasing effect. Mrs. H. JOHNSTON appeared to great advantage as the heroine. Mrs. Glass and Mrs. DAVENPORT, and in short all the performers, exerted themselves with success, and the piece was announced for future representation, amidst a burst of approbation. We understand it was prepared for the stage by Mr. DIBDIN. The house was crowded by a brilliant and fashionable audience. The Sheriff of Esse:.: has been requested to call a . meeting of the County to address his MAJESTY upon the subject of the Convention at Lisbon. Collins, alias Larfter, one of the wounded house breakers, underwent amputation of his arm on Thurs day afternoon. On Mr. HEAVISIDE, the surgeon, in forming the prisoner that he must make up his mind to undergo amputation to save his life, the latter re plied, with considerable earnestness—" How am I to maintain my wife and family ?" The strrgeon told him, that if he did not comply, he would not live long; when he immediately consented to the operation. SPORTING INTEL LICENCE. NEWMARKET FIRST OCTOBER MEETING, 180$. }BMW, OCTOBER 7. Mr. C. Browne's f. by Patriot, 7st. 71b. beat Mr. Elwes's Achilles 9st. 41b. Across the Flat, 20gs-7 to 4 on Mr. Brown's f. Lord Sackville's Deceiver, Bst. !Alb. beat Mr, Wyndham's Mouse,"7st. 121 b. Two-yr old Course, 100gs-5 to 4 against Deceiver. Sweepstakes of 50gs each, h. ft. Two-yr old Course, Bst. Sib. each. Mr. Panton's f. by Waxy, out of Ralphina's dam, received forfeit. Lord Gmsvenor's Eaton, 7st. 121 b. rec. 80gs from Mr. Shakespeare's Sir David, Bst. 13lb. Across the Flat, 200gS h. ft. NAUTICAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, OCTOBL•R 7. Arrived his Majesty's ships BARELFAIR, ALPRED, ELIZABETH, DONNEGAI., RUBY, and Cnocoortz, with the Russian fleet from the Tagus, consisting of seven sail cf the line ; Bruce Grove (transport), Capt. SANDWELL, from Africa, parted from his Majesty's ship MUTINE, with her convoy from thence on the 18th September, in lat. 41. 35. N. long 26. 50. W.— Sailed the VIOLET lugger, with a convoy, for Guern sey. His Majesty's ship SURINAM is appointed con voy for the Brazils.--Wired W. }ALMOUTH, OCTOBER O. Arrived the Lady Pellew and the riza packets, with mails from Coranna ; the former in 16, and the latter in three days. PLYMOUTH, OCTOBLR 6. Came in his Majesty's ships COMET, from the coast of Spain ; TAMER, from the Eastward ; CONFLICT and MINERVA, from a cruize ; the French b: igs Fanny, from Nantz to Cayenne, laden with provi sions, captured by the EcLAlßE—she has lost her mainmast ; and le Grand Decide, from St. Domingo, bound to Bourdeaux, laden with a very Sraiti..b.e cargo of hides, coffee, cocoa, and dye-wood, captured by the CONFLICT gun-brig.: she is a le:Ler of marque, of two guns and 42 men: • DEAL, oCrbl3Ett 7. Sailed his Majesty's brig EPHERIA on a cruize.— Arrived his Majesty's ships PRINCESS CAROLINE and PODAROUS from Portsmouth, and remain in the Downs with the rest of the ships as per last. Wind• S. W. SHEERNESS, OCTOBER 7. Sailed his Majesty's ship EXERTION, with tl-e Wil- . liam and Mary, BELT ; Frau Alberdina, Li GIER ; Maria, SWELLVEL ; Harboard, TEABDALE, and Junge Hannah, HERDERS, all from London, with sugar, coffee, wine, oil, indigo, &c. for lieligolandAr;" rived from the river Thames the Joran nignies, L. P. JOHNSON, bound to Gottenburgh, v:ith the next convoy, with a cargo of tobacco, &e. also the Mat thew, \\TALKER, in ballast, for the Baltic, all tO4vait 'the next convoy, which is.expected to sail about the 19th instant ; and the Frau Maria, FLAMER, 'and Catharina, SNaP, with cargoes.—Wind S.W. - YARMOUTH, OCTOBER 7.* Sailed the HAvocK gun-brig with dispatches for Sir JAMES SAUMAREZ in the Baltic, and PRINCESS A.UGUSTA cutter on a cruise. Arrived the SAFEGUA Rb. Remain Roebuck, Admiral Dot - otAs, Briseit, Cen sor, Skylark and Sealark schooner. Wind S. W. FROM LLOYD'i LIST. • • Gaitvrscrin, OCTORER 7.—Pasod by the Ann and Joseph, Massingham, from Curacon ; Charles, Turnbull, fren i St. Do mingo ; and Pewdersham Castle, Cooper, from St. Micha.:l's. Sailed the Gallant schooner, Donolian ; and she John Par,h, Wishart, for the Brazils ; Thalia, Waters, for Jamaica ; Minerva, M'Cauly, for Africa ; Union, Lloyd, for Dublin ; Jane, UU. son ; Flora, Thurcll ; Pallas, Co ll in ; and Pers e verance, Rob for He li goland. The Jenny, DAVIS, was captured on the 15th . near Gottenburgh. The Industry, DURRELL, from Honduras, for Lon don, is lost. _ The following ships from Jamaica, were hi com pany with the HUNTER brig of war, on the 28th of August, in lat. 32. 46. long. 74. viz :—Ann, Arkley Hall, Brook Watson, Brown, Centurion, Chesterfield, Champion, Comet, Clarendon, Diana,• David Shaw, Duncan, Eliza, Eolus, Friends, Haywood, Hero, Janvrin, James, Kingston, Lord Nelson, Lightfoot, Lune, Leo, Martha Brae, Montreal, Mary Ann, Pursuit, Recovery, Robust, Susannah, Seaton, Wit. Liam Pitt, William Dent, Woodland Castle, and three or four•others, names unknown. Friday; the 22d ult. a Gentlemax arrived at the Tontine Inn, Helensburgh, near Greenock, from Whitby. Shortly after he left the inn, and went out in a small boat, taking his dog and a fowling piece along with him, for the purpose of shooting wild duck. As the boat was found in the Gare Loch next morning, and no accounts having since been heard of him, ►t ►s feared he has perished. The boat was ob.- served the same night by the skipper of the Roseneath packet, with a handkerchief on the top of an oar, supposed-as a signal of distress, but to which the un feeling packetman paid no attention. The dog re turned to the inn next day, and continued moaning most piteously. In the Gentleman's portmanteau were found 200 guineas in gold, and 100 in Bank notes. LCCi-ESIASTIVAL PRONIaI lONS. The Bishop of Dromote Ita!‘ been pleased to a;-point the Rev. Thomas Thirlwall, M A. Minister of ravistock Chapel, Broad court, Long-acre, and Lecturer of St. Dunstan, Stepney, his Lordship's Domestic Chaplain. CAMBRIDGE, OCTOBER 3.—The Rcv. James Tate, M.A. of Sidney College, and Master of Richmond Sesnol, Yorkshire, is presented, by John Hutton,-Esq. of Marske-hall, to the Rectory of Marske ; also by Timothy Hutton, Esq. of Clifton Castle, to the Perpetual Curacy of Downhchne, in the same county, both vacant by the death of the Rev. J. Fisher. OXFORD, OCTOBER B.—Yesterday, de Rev. John Parsons, D.D. Master of BalUol College, having been previously nomina -1 ted by his Grace the Duke of Portland, Chancellor of the Univer sity, to be his Vice-Chancellor for the ensuing year, was, in fill convocation, invested with that office. After which, the Vice. Chancellor nominated his Pro Xice-Chancellors, viz. the Rev. Mchael Marlow, D.D. President of St. John's College : t h e R vv . Whittington Lan don, D.D. Provost of Worcester College; the Rev. David Hughes, D.D. Principal of Jesus College; and the Rev. John Cole, D.D. Rector of Ezetcr College. i • r I t I • • .1