Star. — London, England, 1808-11-24 00:00:00

INTELLIGENCE FROM SPAIN. We are wiry to inform our readers, that intellgence of an un favourable nature has been received from s p in. General BiAKZ has sustained a defeat, in con. veva o f which the French were enabled to take pos session of Burgos. and were advancing towards Valla dolid, with the intention of proceeding towards dril 1 ,7 0 details have reached this country upon which ant re liance can be placed respecting the defeat of Qs. re al Bum, but of the fact we fear there is no doubt. Alt h ou gh we deeply lament that the enemy should have o btained these advantages over the gallant Spa. siards , y e t we are far from considering them Veci- . ' s i re of the contest. The British Troops have not yet ros e into action ; but reinforcements are advancing towa rds the armies from all parts of Spain. At a late hour we received Spanish Journals to she igth instant, from which our time allows us to ma ke only the following extracts. These pa pers were received by the Lady Pellew ad with mails from Corunna, which place she leftea the 19th.—She states that a fleet of transports wh i c h l e ft Corunna the same morning, was recalled, and t hey were left in that harbour along with his Ma jesty.' s hip TONNANT and a frigate.—The letters will pot be delivered out till to-morrow. CORUNNA, NOVEMBER 18. We have no material news at present. The French have re-entered Burgos, but it is hoped here that they have been obliged to withdraw from , as the army of Estramadura was advancing thither. The Gallicians will net allow that Blake has been ra ded, but that he has been removed to the co persemmand of Castanos' army, who is named Com mander in Chief. Since writing the above, accounts have been re ceived which state that a division of 4,000 Spanish troops, composing a part of the army of Estramadura, v.hich was advancing from Madrid, fell in with the French detachment which had been at Burgos, three leagues beyond that city, and experienced a severe check. It is said the loss on both sides was consi derable.—We cannot learn any thing of the date of this renconue. MADRID, NOVEMBER e. Yesterday 8000 troops marched from this place for Burgos. The regiment of the volunteers directed its march to Alcala. All Generals and Officers of any rank whatsoever have received orders immedi ately to join their respective corps. OVIEDO, NOVEMBER 7. T• i'. Ca His EscellencyDonVincent Maria de Acevedo has carmaniated ro the Supreme Junta, from his head quarters at Vellaro, in Biscay, the following intelli gence, under date of the 28th of last month. 44 By order of the General in Chief of the army of thel4 which I received in Quinconces the 29th inspiet, at eight o'clock at night, I marched the foll Owing day in the morning for Ralpeldiza, vith the regiments of infantry. of Villaviciosa, Cas tropol,..Learia, Canda and Grado, and the dragoons (ilk Queen's regiment, leaving in Orduna under the order of Major-General Don Gregory Bernado de Juries, the regiments of Hibernia, Oviedo, Con gas, Salas, and Lena. * In Respaldiza I received on the 26th ult. at half past three o'clock in the morning, another order to numb to thisplace. The second division of the army of Galicia, commanded by Major General Don Ra phael Martinango, and composed of the Regiments of Navarra, Naples, Pontavedia, and Batanzos ; the third battalion of Leon; the Volunteers of Victoria, chasseurs and pioneers, being ordered to join me, ss hich was accordingly done in Orozo. " The third battalion of Leon, and that of Astu. liar, and the regiment of Batanzos, have since been &tutted from this division, and form not at present any of its effective force. " In Orozo I left the regiments of Villaviciosa, the battalion of volunteers of Victoria, and twenty dragoons of the regiment of the Queen, under the orders of Brigadier-General Major Malespina, to observe the advanced parties in Murgula, and watch the enemy's movements against Orduna. " I yesterday removed my heattquaiters to this town, General Blake havipg established his in Zor nosa, three leagues from this place. The enemy's line extends from Darango to Othandiano and' Miranda on the Ebro, and still oc ruPies the position of Pancorbo. The French are in crns.tant motion, marching and countermarching 'ft one point to another." MADINA DEL CAMPO, NOV, 11. We are assured that the reason why the last mail, ucll as this, brought no letters from Burgos, is tLAt the French had advanced 4000 in number, the environs of Burgos, to collect forage and provi s~°tu, of which they stand much in need. The inha bitaits of the town, and among them the gentlemen of the Poet• Office, left it, the latter taking with them all the letters. In fact, the Valladolid bag wit this teceived, but not that of Burgos. The army of Estratnadnra, composed of 20,000 warriors, all anxi. ° us lb beat the enemy, mutt, howeve, by this time, reached Burgos, and we mai therefore expect 1 4t . we shall wen receive the Burps letters which r titing.rattsta i As*, 16. N.IUTIC.fL INTELLIGENCE. NAVAL OPERATIONS IN 1 H 7. Hi. Majesty's ship Spartan, September 28, 1808. We sailed from the Bay of Rosas on the '4th instant, in pursuance of orders from Captain Row. LEY, of his Majesty's ship EAGLE, to prevent as much as possible the enemy from collecting vessels on the coast between Cape Creux and Cape Couronne (high land &bar Marseilles}; on the 6th we stood close into t ette, and observed a number of vessels in the harbour, which our Captain (BneNvoN) thought might be burnt by means of rockets ; and, whilst ar rangements were making for this purpose, the SPAR TAN proceeded to reconnoitre the coast to the East ward. On the 7th, being off Cape Couronne, perceiving his Majesty's ship Imetattzt:sz firing at some vessels in a small bay near Cape Mejean, in the Bay of Marseilles, we joined in the attack ; and the boats, under cover of the fire from the ships, succeeded in burning one felucca, and bringing ofd two more ; as they were of little value, they were ordered to be destroyed : the IMPERIEUSE had on this occasion one man killed, and the SPARTAN one wounded, viz. Lieutenant FOTTERELL, Royal Marines, wounded slightly ; Mr. Witirrtrousz, Master's Mate, and two seamen, all wounded severely, and one seaman kill ed. On the Bth, a party from the ships landed and blew up a signal house and telegraph, in the bay of I , Les Saintes-Mariee. From this place we proceeded to attack three batteries of two 2.1.-pounders each, upon the Isthmus of Leucate, under the protection of which a number of vessels were lying hauled up on the beach. Lord COCHRANE had reconnoitred them some days before ; landed and spiked one of the guns upon the southernmost battery, near the pillage of Cannot, but had not force sufficient to destroy the whole. On the 11th, the boats (at day-light) landed And completed the destruction of that battery, while the ships protected them by their fire from the troops which were assembled. At one P. M. the boats were formed in two divisions ; the first made a feint of landing near the village of Comet, by which means the troops wire all' drawn to that point ; the ships immediately ran in to attack the centre battery, near the village of St. Laurance, and the second division having proceeded thus far, under cover of the IMPE. RIEUSE, pushed forward, and carried the northernmost battery, of which they spiked the guns. A large body of cavalry endeavoured to cut off the retreat of our people to the beats, but were soon turned by the guns of the IMPERIEVS% which his Lordship had anchored in a most judicious manner to protect them ; the centre battery was most com pletely silenced by the fire from the ships, about five o'clock, when Lcid Conflux,: endeavoured to effect a landing, in order to burn the villages, driving the cavalry before him with rocket. The enemy had now c3llected in great numbers, with field-pieces, , which rendered it necessary for the boats to retreat, but not till a landing had taken place, one vessel blown up, and another set fire to ; the remainder were so much damaged by the shot from the ships as to render them unserviceable. The SPARTAN had two wounded this day, and the IMPERIEUSR one : the damage done to the ships was very inconsiderable. On the llth, in the evening, we arrived off Cette, and anchored just out of gunshot of the batteries. At midnight all our boats were sent in under the di rection of Lieutenant Watts, first of the SPARTAN, ro endeavour to burn the shipping, for which purpose Ae took a station within three quarters of a mile of' ' the Mole. Such of the rockets as were in good order fell either into the harbour or ovcr the town ; several of them continued burning a considerable time, but meeting with nothing combustible, produced no ef ,fect—by far the greater part being damaged, either burnt in the boats, or went very little distance : the batteries kept up a constant fire, but providentially no person was hurt. On the l2th, running along the coast near Mont- pellier, another party was landed, which blew up two custom-houses, brought off their books and a num ber of small arms, burnt two pontons on the canals, and some guard-houses. On the 13th, at 10 P. M. nine sail were seen corn ing round the point de Figue, to which we gave chace, and at 4. P. M. captured six of them near the Vigie ou Boudinie, viz.---One ship, three brigs, a xebec or bombard, and a Tartan : as they had run on shore, we anchored near them, and a gale from the N. W. obliged us to continue in that situation un til this day. The IstPeatzusz has gone to Rosas with three of the prizes, and two are gone to Gi braltar. Lord COCIIRANE'S conduct, during this service, de serves every praise. Tt was, throughout, a most ani mating example of intrepidity, zeal, professional skill and resources, which will be treasured up in the memory of all who witnessed it. Captain Ilawrrmes unremitted exertions and un wearied zeal ) have, if possible, endeared him more than ever to every officer and seaman in the ship, and deserve a more able panegyrist. Lieutenant WILLIS has gained vent credit for the manner in which he conducted the attack upon Cette. Had the rockets been good, we would have had com plete success. Lieutenants Mmearrox and Imam. of the be. PERIZCSI4 and Lieutenant BALIAGARDT, of the SPAS.- rAN, each mperintended a rocket-Lear ) and evinced , .he greatest coolness and judgment: these officers were also employed in all the landilg parties. In short, the exertions of all the officers and men of both ships wqpr highly meritorious. ANOTHER LETTER. Off Toulon, October 4. The POMONA has arrived here from Malta, after being chaced by five French frigates* on her passage. She communicated the intelligence to the KENT, which has gone in quest of them. The TERRIBLE is also in the quarter where they were, and we hope shortly to hear a good account of,them. It is uncertain whence the frigates escaped, but Toulon is generally supposed to have been the port. The enemy's ships in Toulon, when wind and weather pe►mit, hai'e the audacity to come outside of Cape Lepet, which forms the west point of the outer roadstead of Toulon, and manure their shipping, but on our appearance they sneak into their anchorage like so many pirates. The PARTIIIAN brig of war arrived here this day, with dispatches from Plymouth, but their contents have not yet transpired, but we understand she is to return to England immediately. The following ships are now on this station, exclusive of flying squadrons : OCEAN, ROYAL SOVERCIGN, CANOPUS, FORMIDABLE, SPARTIATE, MAGNIFICENT, WARRIOR, MONTAGU)", CUMBERLAND, COLOSSUS, NORTHUMBERLAND, FAME, and SULTAN, of the line, and the SPARTAN and Po. MONA frigates, exclusive of several small vessels. The enemy have eleven sail of the line and several frigates in Toulon, besides one three-decker, lately launched. • These frigates are now blockaded in the harbour of St. Florenzo. EAST-INDIA SHIPPING. The following ships, outward.bounJ, sailed from Madeira the 3d of October last, and on the 10th of that month were in lat. 23. 30. N. long. 21. 10. W. all well, viz. ASIA, WALTIIANISTOW, TOTTEN/MU, GENERAL STUARN, DEVAYNES s Oct,EN Sin STEiIIEN LUSIIINGTON, and UNION. PLYMOUTH, NOVEMBER 22. Carne in his Majesty's ship RMIENGE, from Ma deira; and the Princess Amelia packet, Capt. KIDD, with mails from Lisbon, in six days. PORTSMOUTH, NOV. 23. Arrived his Majesty's ships TORTOISE, from Gi braltar, in 11 days, having on board the Princess of ORLEANS ; RACOON, JASPER, and SCORPION, from a craze ; Providence, Salmi ; and Walker, ROBINSON, (transports), from Cork ; and the brig Hope, ALLER, from Plymouth, for London, is ith pitch, recaptured by his M yesty's brig DARING.—Wind W. DEAL, NOVEMBER 23. Arrived and sailed for the river the Phceniz, BROWN, from Surinam.—Came down fn m the River several outward bound vessels ; and remain in the Downs with his Majesty's ships as per last.—Wind S. W. YARMOUTH, NOVEMBI R This morning, the Honourable Admiral C InDxra, in the Mumma, anchored here with his squadron, viz. Minotaur, Majestic, Princess Caroline, and Strenuous gunbrig ; and remain with Roebuck, Admiral Dov- GLAS, Stately, and Combatant praam.—Wind S.W. ABERDEEN, NOVEMBER 19. Wednesday and Thursday bat, we experienced a very hard gale from S.W. which raised the Ode to such an extraordinary height, that it nearly everilowed the Quay, and by the constant spray flying over it, occasioned some damage In the neighbouring buil dings. The violence of the storm has, we fear, been more se verely felt at sea • and we are sorry to l e arn th at on W e d nes d ay a sloop, deep loaded, said to have a new square top-sail, was seen to founder, about a mile from the harbour of M o nt ros e, an d a ll on board perished. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. CILAVIStND, NOIMMIIIta 23.—Passed by the Prince of Wales, HanweU, from Hudson's Bay ;;Betsey and Sophia, Cole front the Brazils; Maria, Smith, from Lisbon; and th e Es se x Betts, front Malta.—Stdied the Grenville, Bay, —, for 'f rinidad; Gorge, Hibbert, for Barbasloes; Lady Perryha, Burgess, for Grenada; Equestrius, Brown ; Caroline, Hodgson ; and the Enterprise, Wilkinson, for Jamaica. The Laura, DALTON, laden with coals, is sunk near Yarmouth. A vessel, supposed to be from Newfoundland, is totally lost near Biddeford. The Francis, PASS 11011; from Cardiff, for London, is taken into Cowes, having been deserted by the crew. The Roebuck, CZIANNELL, from Swansea, is wreck ed near Ilfracombe. The Honset, COULSON, from Oporto to Leith, has been captured, recaptured, and carried into *the Downs. The Selina transport, Moonc, from' Cork, for Portsmouth, is on shore in Bigbury Bay. The Speedy, ARMAVS, from Malta, for —, is totally lost near St. Clair's Point, Cornwall. The HYDRA, with a fleet from Portsmouth, arrived at Lisboa on the 16th instant. NAVAL COURT MARTIAL. At a Court Martial, assembled and held on board his Majesty's ship Princess of Orange, in the Downs, 21st day of November, 18011; present, Sir Joseph Sydney Ycrke, Knight, Captain of his Majesty's ship Christian IX. and Third Officer in the com mand of his Iskjestw's ships and vessels in theDowne,President. The Court, pursuant to an order from theLordseocrindssioners of the Admiralty, dated Nov. 10, Pius, to Sir Joseph Sydney Yorke, Knight, Captain of his Majesty's ship Chriitian IX. pro ceeded to enquire into the conduct of Robert Cathcart, Esq. Com mander of his Majesty's late sloop the Seagull, and sueb of the Officers and Company of the said sloop, as were on board her at the time she was haptl;red by a Dazitsk brig, and a squadron of gun-boats, on the 19th of June last. The Court is of opinion, that Captain RobertCatbeart, through out the action, behaved with the coolest and ablest jullifhent and by not leaving the deck. until mite severely wounded, with the most determined resolution and courage, and that he did not strike the Sragull's colours WWI she was 'totally unable to make the smallest defence, the Court cloth therefore adjudge' Captain j R.Cathcart to be most bcacurably acquitted, and he is n cut honourably acquitted accordingly. TheCouti cannot butexpren the highest approbation of Lion . Villiers F. Hatton, who, although most dangerously Wounded,' continued to give his support and encouragement to the last,: • Weil as to the Officers and Crew of the *null, for their noble and stady bebreionr, during so sanguinary and unequal a coo lie —a nee which, while it reflects the bigbett honour' ea *ens, dote tetras credit to the genet:ldlsciplini otthe Kt:teal ship; aad de therefore moot honourably acquit Lieut. Hatton, the game and Crew, and they are most honourably acquitted accordingly. (Signed) bourn S. Yotter, AO the other Members. I COURT OF INQUIRY AT GAELS.'::. SIXTH DAY. The Court was occupied this morning until past twelve, in heating the evidence of General 1•ct: ctrsov. Captain MALCOLM, of the Navy, w . called in —The Court was uncommonly crothicd. At every step of the investigation into the-Ode - I Convention, new and interesting facts present tht;ri selves. It does not appear that Sir Aarmit Wrt,- L*LEY formally protested against the Convention, but the Public had it from S:r Aar:toes own lips, at conclusion of his narrative on Saturday, that " it was his intention, after the battle of Me 210, to march far ward and turn the Frenek position at Torre 1 - ,drar, hav ing an excellent map of the country; but Sir Bre- RJR," arrived in rift evening and tool tae command."—• On Tuesday he repeated the ...a - 6c that " all the facilities, which, in the event of 11;.•• " intended operation being successful, would hare " been in the hands of the British, remained in a.. " posression of the French ; so that they might, by 44 means of the boats which were in their parer, cro , : to the other side of the Tagus, and occupy tl , s• forts there, from whence it might not be in • 44 power of the British to expel them for some time." The above is the principal point on which the lic feel any • interest : indeed it is the point on u hith every thing hinges. No one seems inclined to ques tion that circumstances might be. such, at the tin of signing the Convention, as to render the mein: 7- highly proper : but how came the circumstances u be such ? Was the operation recommended by Si- Attritun WELLESLEY adviseable ? Ought it to hay.e been attempted ? Would the French army have bee.i then left in circumstances, entitling them to dictato the terms of it Convention—or must they have been reduced to the necessity of surrendering ? . Letters from Halifax, brought by the last packet. mention, that the expedition under General Paevos.. still remained there in an inactive state. It was sop . posed that the object for which it was assembled woul.l not be attempted, as counter orders had been received from England by the BRISK cutter, lately arrived. Mr. SHERIOAN'S Commission of Inquiry into the Prison ASuses in Ireland, is at length appointed, and is to commence its sittings on the 25th instant, at tho Session-house, Green -street, Dublin. It is composed of the Hon. Justice DALY, of the King's Bench; Sur geon RENsy, of the Me dical Staff ; Counsellor W. DIsNZY, J. GALE, Esq. and the Rev. MrArttescuovre, Members ; S. ROSSISOROUGH, Secretary. We understand it is his rtfamarres intention to corifcr, on the gallant Captain Sevuoutt the honour cf Knighthood, with the Naval Gold Medal, in testi mony of his Konen's high sense of the bravery an I skill displayed by him in defeating and capturing the French frigate la Thetis, as described in the official diipatches in the Gazette of Saturday last. Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East-India House, when the following Capteins were sworn into the command of their respettive ships, viz. Capt. F.. C. Ba A DIMS to, Lord Duncan, Madras and Bengal. Capt. W. P. d'E,traar, United Kingdom, St. Helena aal rengsl. _ . The under-mentioned times were fixed for the ships lately taken up, viz. : _ Coutts, for China; Surrey and Metcalfe, for Madras and ,Ben gal ; Devonshire, Ccylon and Beslgal; and Marqu'a Wale sle-, for Bomb: y. To be afloat 15th 7anuary, sail to Gravesend 51. c ditto, stay there so Jays, be In the Ddwasikh of March. The times of the ships City of London, Dover Castle, and Castle Eden, were thus altered, viz. : To he afloat Ist lanbary, all to Gravesend 15th dints, stay there 50 days, be in the Downs ittst February. The Court adjourned at six o'clock till to-morrow. The bodies of five people belonging to the sloop Ruby, cf Rothesav, lately wrecked at Cairngarroch, near Portpatrick, have been found and decently in terred in the church-yard of Stonykirk : it is thought there were no more on board. Arrivals at Clifton and the Wells : The Duchess cf Northurr.beriand, the Ladles Percy, Viscount and Viscounty. Stewart, lite,. Dr. and Mrs. Woodtward, Rtv Mr. and Mrs. iiauoden, &e. TIIEATRE DRURY-LANE.—Last night a new Dance was exhibited at this Theatre, between the Play and Farce, composed by Mr. D'Eovu.tx, intitled Lost in a Tab. It is it pretty tat, well calculated to display to advantage the grace and agility of his pupils, par ticularly Miss GAYTONI. Kiva's THEATRE.—The performance of the Exile is still continued every night. The acting cf Mr. Youwo, the singing of Mrs. Dicicom, and the gene. ral interest of the piece, render it very attractive. The house was extremely crowded ; and the know. ledge that the company are not to play after the pre. sent week in this Theatre, encreases every night the number of the audience. At a late Public Meeting, the Chairman, after collecting the opinions of those present upon a quese tion proposed, was stigmatised by a quarrelscm member as a fool ; when he replied, that the accusa tion was very improbable, as he had just got the tense of the Company. Wednesday se'nnight, a girl about seven years of age, was burnt in such a shocking manner at the fur nace of a dye work at the bottom of New Vennal, Glasgow, that she died on Friday morning in the greatest agony. A very melancholy accident took place at Stoma way cn the evening of Saturday, the 29th ult.—As a number of people in boats were fishing with hand lines near the mouth of the harbour, a whale was sud: denly and distinctly seen amongst them, and which, by a forcible spring, shivered to pieces one of the boats, and consigned her crew, consisting of six persons, men, women, and children, to a watery grave. Saturday night, some villains fired a barn, and rob bed two others of a quantity of grain, belonging to Mr, FARRAR HE:acts', Noifolk. Two men have been taken up on suspicion and committed. Yesterday the RECORDER made a report to his MA. osirry, in Council, of the following capital convicts in Newgate :—R. Ne4l:Zour, for an unnatural crime ; S. Csetnosore, for uttering a counterfeit shilling G. Slates and J.l'l:fry, alias Novell, for retutning from trans isort4tion ; Baked, for a burglaz; IP. Ketitelselkr, fcr horse stealing; C. Glover, for ste 'n; in a dwelling house; and J. IPilliawu, for house-breaking. When R. Neiglokor was ordered for execution on - Wednesday nest. ! I , , 1 1 , , i 1 ,