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SPANISII AND PORTUGUESE rAptitif. CADIZ, AUGUST 14. In my last I mentioned the probability of the Spa nish men of war being sent away from this place, and the event has verified it ; five er six, under convoy of the Norge and Blake, have proCeeded to Mahon, two three-deckers are gone to the Havannah, the Meito to Vera Cruz, and Asia to Portsmouth to refit ; the ot her vessels will be retained here for the purpose of cr uising against the enemy. Our force in that line will be very limited. LISBON, AJGUST 17. LETTER FROM MARSHAL BEREtFORD: et Most Excellent Sir—lt is with the greatest plea sure I communicate to your Excellency, for the infor mation of their Excellencies, the Governors of the kingdom, the surrender of a Swiss battalion, that • ccupied the Castle of Puebla de Senabria, to the ►r.:op; commanded by Major-General F. de Silveira, a . appears by the annexed terms. Their Excellencies %%ill see, that the conditions are, that the prisoners re to be sent to Corunna, not to serve against thi allied powers. I cannot but fully approve what Major-General Silveira has done in this respect. To us it is exactly the same thing, as if they had remained prisoners of war, or surrendered at discretion, and his situation was critical. The enemy advanced in superior force under General Serras, and was in sight of our ad vanced posts. The condpct of Major-General Sil veira deserves the highest praise, as well on account of the skill and boldness with which he began the ent erprize, as of the prudence with which he pursued and terminated it ; falling back in good order, and taking his prize with him. Their Excellencies will find the success of this enterprize may prove produc tive of the most fortunate consequences on the part of the Peninsula. By a subsequent letter of the 11th inst. Major- General Silveira informs me that the garrison of the castle of Puebla de Senabria was a Swiss battalion of 400, including nine officers, and that the force which General Serras was on the point of opposing to him was 5000 men, 800 of whom were cavalry. The Major-General adds, that besides the above garrison he has sent to Oporto 60 deserters, who came over to him from the enemy's army. " GOD preserve your Excellency, d , W. C. &REWORD, Marshal, 0 Lagensa, Aug. 14, 1810. Commander In Chief." The Batlajo: Diary states, that the French force which Ballasteros and Carrera engaged consisted of 9000 men, one third of whom were either killed or made prisoners. That the action took place is certain, but we have not yet received any authentic account of the particulars. Extract from an official communication of Lord WEL LINGTON, addressed to his Excellency Don M. For jaz, and dated " Headiuirters, Celerico, Aug. 10, 1810. * The enemy has not made any movement of im portance in front of this army since my last of the Ist inst. He continues to maintain his positions near Almeida. A small corps is posted on the banks of the Coa, and the main body occupies a position in the' vicinity of Almeida, between the Coa and Aguedar. He has not yet opened the trenches before Almeida. We have not yet received any intelligence on which 1 can rely, that he is making any preparations for the siege of Almeida. Register's corps, which first ap peared in Naves Frear, and afterwards in Salvaterra, has from thence sent a detachment of infantry and cavalry across the mountains to Penanacor. This happened on the 31st July, when at the same time they occupied Zebreira. " General Hill has reported to me, under date of theist inst. that the Ist regiment of Portuguese ca valry, commanded by Colonel de Costa, attacked a party of horse of the said French detachment, and pursued them to the environs of Penanacor, killed 12 and took 18 prisoners. " Regnier had sent a detachment across the Tagus, probably with the intention to secure the - boats found in that river, which detachment occupied a fortified post on the point where the river Monte joins the Tagus. This post was attacked and carried by Bri gadier Don de Hispanha ; the enemy's loss on that occasion consisted of 150 men killed, wounded, and prisoners." Avot:sr 19.—The head-quarters are at Celerico ; the cavalry advanced beyond Alverca, where Colonel Wyndham was taken prisoner a few days ago, when reconnoitring. Our other corps are quartered at Penhias, Marninta, Guarda, &c. A body of Portu guese are at Caria and Fundas, and General Hill's division near Castello Branca. The desertions are full 40 each day to us. Silveira with his Militia in Tras los Montes has attacked the enemy in that quar ter, has killed and taken 400, and driven the rest into Spain. MADRID, ICILY 18. They write from Turnquemada, that 200 carts Lull of wounded and sick had arrived there from the / I mY of Massena, and that more were expected.— rifteen more carts, full of the same, arrived there on the 15th, which entered by the gate of Toledo. On the 13th, Empecinado entered the Casa del Campo, surprised and put to death a detachment which was on guard there, but unfortunately failed in capturing Joseph, which appears to have been the object of the expedition. BADAJOZ, AUGUST 11. The Fren c h, a f ter h av i ng co l lected i n Z a f ra an d i ts !nay, began to retreat on the Bth by Lerena. The of the Marquis Romana made a movement in and occupied Burgillos, Zafra, Los Santos, and La Paria, where yesterday the head guar arrived. A part of the division of O'Donnell marched to join the army, and passed last sight Santa Martha. Arcusz 'S.—Some letters which have to-day arri ved from the Spanish army say, that Ballasteros and Carrera defeated the French on the 11th instant, be., tween Garcia and Lerena, and took 500 prisoners, and killed and wounded a still greater number. This intelligence, however, has not come officially to the 1 .11ilta. ENING STAR. LONDON. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4. PRICE OF STOCEB THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK, S per Cent. Cons. money, 61—ace. 8 per Cent. Reduced 68f-4 per Cen t. 85f. 85f. Navy 5 per Cent. 99B—Eschegoer Bills par 4s. pr. Bonds 225. 23s. a prem.—Omnium 2 as. Last night we received Spanish papers to the 14th ult. brought to Falmouth by the Eliza packet, from Cadiz ; also Portuguese papers to the 20th, brought to the same port by the Prince of Wales packet, from Lisbon. Lord WELLINGTON'S army remained nearly in the same positions as when the last accounts came away. The head-quarters were still at Celerico. The ca valry were advanced beyond Alverca. BALLASTEROS and CARRERA are said to have defeated a French force, consisting of 9000'men, on the 11 th ult. be tween Garria and Lerena, and that one-third of that number were either killed or made prisoners ; but the greater part of this statement appears to rest chiefly on rumour. It appears by a dispatch from General BERESSORD, that the Castle of Puebla de Sanebria had surrendered to the Portuguese division, commanded by General SILVZIRA. Its garrison consisted of a Swiss regiment of 400 men. The desertions from the enemy'scamps still continue, and are said to be upon an average about 4.0 a day. An article, dated Madrid, states, that an iipmense number of carts, filled with sick and wounded men, belonging to MAMMA'S army, had reached Toru quemada ; and confirms the account given in our Paper of Thursday last, of the bold and gallant at tempt lately made by a party of Spanish Patriots, to seize the person of King JOSEPH. Private Letters state, that General DOYLE has been engaged in a maritime expedition with the CAMBRIAN and THRACIAN frigates, along the coasts of Catalonia, and done considerable mischief to the enemy. The same letters also state, that General O'DoNNELL has resumed the command in Catalonia, the army of which province has of late been considerably rein forced, and supplied with arms, money, and stores, by the British Minister, the Hon. HENRY WELLEBLRY. Captain ROWLEY has been sent to the coasts of Va lencia and Catalonia with supplies for the Patriotic armies. The Marquis ROMANA is appointed to the chief command in Valencia, and the fortress of that name is to be placed under the command of General BALLABTEROS, in the room of General CAR°, whose conduct has been disapproved of. An extract is given of a dispatch from Lord Wm.- LINOTON, dated Celerico the 10th ult. stating, that the enemy had not made any movement of import ance in front of our army subsequent to the Ist ult. but continued to maintain his position near Almeida, before which place, however, he had not then open ed the trenches, nor was he making preparations for the siege. From the north of Spain we learn that the Galli cian army increases every day, and that large sup plies of every necessary have been sent thitherltom this country. Thus have we the satisfaction of know ing that the activity and energies of the Spanish peo ple in resisting the invaders are unrelated, and the liberality and attention of the British Government, in stimulating and seconding their gallant exertions, nourably and generously unabated. Letters from Ostend, of the Ist instant, were re ceived yesterday by different commercial houses in the City—some of them with copies of the new cences for commerce issued by the French Govern ment. The following is a copy of one of them : FROM AU OUST, 1610! TOR SIX MONTHS. " To sail from (the name of the port the vessel is lying at) for England, and the porn of the North, and return ; the Captain and Consignees to fulfil the regulations of the Customs, and paying the usual duties. " The vessel's cargo, on sailing, to consist, 1 -6th of her ton nage, or 1-6th of the v alue if the Cargo f in Wines and Brandies ; the remainder s.6ths opdonal in Wines, Brandies, Vinegar, Seeds, Vegetables, and Fruits, and of any kinds of articles of French manufacture, or of the French soil, allowed to be ex ported. " Returning, she may bring timber for ship building, the same as before allowed : further , mahogany, indigo, and other dyeing materials ; pepper, nutmegs, cinnamon ' together to the amount of the cargo exported or to be exported from France. The price of the goods so exported to be regulated according to their price at the place of destination, and the value of the return cargo to be regulated at the current price of the plane where it has been taken in." In consequence of the circumstances affecting com merce under the French Decree, the Board of - Trade here has condescended to make another alteration. It is not now required that grain should constitute any part of the cargo obtained from France. Dutch papers to the 25th ult. and private letters to the 31st ult. have been received, from which we ; have given extracts. They relate chiefly to the war i between the Turks and Russians. No event of con sequence had occurred subsequent to the engagements in the vicinity of Schumla. The GRAND SEIGNIOR was expected to set out for Adrianople towards the middle of July, to put himself at the head of %he troops there collected. This army would probably , proceed soon after to extricate the GRAND VIZIER. It is doubtful whether the Russians, who have invested the position of Schumla, will be able to resist this mass of forces. Should they be under the necessity of repassing the Danube, it would decide the fate of the campaign. FATA LDUEL.—Thursday night, a duel was fought at Haddington, betwixt two officers. We are sorry to say, that one of them was killed on the spot. BREAM—There was no Court of Aldermen held this day. The LORD MAYOR, after inspecting the returns, ordered the price to remain as at present. TIE MEDITERRANEAN. The SNAzscutter,arrived at Falmouth, has brought accounts from Malta to the 22d July, and from Gib raltar to the 12th of August. The long threatened attack upon Sicily has at length been attempted, and the enemy has sustained three signal defeats. It ap pears, however, by later accounts, that the grand at tack has not yet been made. MESSINA, JUNE 13. The enemy's first attempt upon this country has met with that check from the combined British and Sicilian arms, which we had always anticipated ; and if the Sicilians be true to themselves, all the ef forts of France, though ever so great to subdue them, will only end in the enemy's disgrace and defeat, and set in a more striking point of view the national valour and love of their country, for which these Islanders have ever been conspicuous. Saturday, the 9th of June, advice was received by the telegraph, at Messina, that 50 large boats were coming from Cape Vaticano. A few divisions of the British and Sicilian flotilla immediately went to sea for the purpose of attacking them, and descried them early in the morning of the lOth close to Brag nara. The signal for a chace was immediately given, and upon nearing the coast, it was found that the enemy had drawn up eight large gua-boats in a line of battle to cover the remaining ones, which were fur ther protected by the troops and batteries on shore. - _ But nothing could damp the ardour of our boats ; they advanced without firing a shot, and received the enemy's fire with three cheers, until they were within grape-shot, when they opened upon them ; and in 20 minutes their eight gun-boats went to the bottom. Another division of the enemy's flotilla, which was yet at sea, was taken; it consisted of three gun-boats, carrying 18-pounders, one scorridor, and ten boats more laden with field-pieces and warlike stores, the whole of which are now at anchor here. While this was taking place in Bragnara, another division of boats was descried coming round Cape Vaticano, but the billows ran so high, and it blew so hard from the South, that our flotilla was obliged to put back for fear of being driven upon the enemy's coast. Le We cannot sufficiently praise the gallantry and good conduct of the crews of the two flotillas, both officers and men, upon this occasion. We lost but one :corridor, which was sunk by the enemy, (the whole of the crew saved) and a Sicilian gun-boat which fell into their hands. We understand that his Excellency Sir JOHN STEWART, as a token of his satisfaction at the con- duct of all the individuals on board the flotillas, be- sides the merited praise bestowed upon them, has di rected the proceeds of the prizes to be divided among the officers and men of both, reserving to himself, to confer upon those who most distinguished themselves, honorary and other rewards. We have learned from the prisoners, that the French had twenty divisions of boats, each fifty strong, con voyed by five or six gun-boats. Extract of a private Letter, from Palermo, dated IJune 23, 1810 : Exclusive of that part of the enemy's flotilla, which was attacked, and so satisfactorily disposed of by the English and Sicilian gun-boats, on the 10th inst. a 2d divison of the same, consisting of 40 ♦essels, was at tacked on the 14th by the English frigate Success, and brigCephalus, nearCatraro, when 30 wire captured and the remainder destroyed ; and a third one, also of 4.0 sail, was attacked, on the 18th, off Squillace, by the British frigate Resistance, which took and burnt 17, and dispersed the remainder. “ MESSINA, JULY IL ea The enemy have now collected 97,000 troops on thegalabrian shore opposite to us, with 200 gun boats, and 700 boats of other descriptions. Murat has his Royal standard flying at a house within five miles of this, and we daily see him superintending the embar- kation and debarkation of the troops, ten thousand of which are practised in this every morning. He has publicly declared that he intends being at Palermo on the 15th of next month. We are much dissatisfied with the conduct of the Sicilian Court ; and :many think that our internal enemies are more to be dreg-' ded than the French.—The sickly season is rapidly approaching, and Murat must either retreat or make his grand effort in the course of one month. Some more American Papers have been received, which give a statement, in some degree different from that in the papers received on Saturday, relative to the affair between the Moselle and the Vixen. The Cap tain of the Moselle is stated to have taken the Vixen for a French privateer, and to have made a handsome apology when he discovered his mistake. This will most probably turn out to be the true state of the case; but in the mean time, some of the American Journa lists have laid hold of it for party purposes, and exag gerated an accidental mistake into a deliberate insult. Every season has its new watering-place. This year Ryde is the ton, and for two substantial reasons—First, it is not sal of access ; and secondly, when there, it is extremely mossmastient to bathe. fs'olight, about twelve o'clock, a meteor 4- was 'discovered in the horizon, at Glasgow, at a con siderable altitude, and descending towards the earth, from the south towards the north, at about half a right angle. Its form was globular, and apparently I as large as the sun it disappeared to the westward of Waica-street, about the height of the houses, to theVersons who saw it from Argyll-street. BIRTH.—Aug. SO, at Boston, the Lady of WILLIAM FEROUSSON, Esq. Inspector of Hospitals, of a son. THEMt• Al~ Mlf: '""`"`'~..~►~. This morning 25 deserters were marehtid Into the Savoy prison, undei an escort of the Royal West• minster Regiment of Militia from Warley Barracks, whence they will be sent, in a day or two,. to their respective destinations The Ist battalion of the 50th infantry were in• spected last week at Lewis by Lo-J C. SOMERSET, it is supposed, preparatory to its being sent on foreign service, either for Portugal or Spain. Yesterday the whole of the Ist battalion of the 321 infantry arrived at Portsmeuth from Bexhill, previoui to their embarkation on foreign service. "9001";e7";;'ti made prisoners. ', but we have not of the particulars, Extract from an o LINGTON, addre jaz, and dated .4 * The enemy portance in front Ist inst. He con Almeida. Asn the Coa, and the vicinity of Almei He has not yet c We have not yet can rely, that 1 siege of Almeid peared in Naves has from thence cavalry across tl happened on the they occupied Ze " General Hil the Ist inst. that valrv, command party of horse c pursued them to and took 18 prix " Regnier ha( probably with tl in that river, wh post on the po Tagus. This p • gadier Don de occasion consist prisoners." &GUST 19. v the cavalry advi Wyndham was teconnoitring. Penhias, Marni guese are at Cu division near ( •,. full 40 each d d Tras los Monte g . ter, has killed into Spain. 1- They write full of wounde almy of Mass egof rifteen more c the 15th, whic il On th e 13 1 1 l ; Campo, surpr le, which was on er• in cap tur i ng J roc , tbject of t h e e on 'he The French aleticinit bega army of the bo front, and oc e Feria, an d L a !or ters arrived. ere has marched the in Santa Mar dr, AUGUST 12 for ved f rom t h e Carrera defea ers. tween Garci a and killed an intelligence, .11ilta. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PLYMOUTH, SEPTEMBER 2. Arrived the SNAPPIR schooner, with letters and dispatchet, from Basque Roads.—Sailed the Fozzs tom z lugger, with siz merchantmen and colliers under convoy, for Portsmouth.—The Eliza tender, of Swansea. commanded by Lieutenant CART.. %valour, in going out of harbour to-day, got on shore on Drake's Island, but, it being flood-tide, she got off again, with very little damage. LYMINGTON, SEPTEMBER t. Sailed his Majesty's ships UNDAUNTED, GoSHAWIt, STRAD!, ONYX, and FR tr A, with a large convoy of merchantmen, for Oporto, Lisbon, Cadiz, and the Me..diterrancln, consisting of nearly 280 sail —Wind F.. N. E. PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. s. Arrived bis Majesty's ship 'remain as from the Downs, and Aar schooner from a cruize.—Wind S.W. SHEERNESS, SEPTEMBER S. Arrived his Majesty's ships PELICAN and PA PILLION from the Downs ; and the SAN Flown°, from the Thames.—Sailed the ISEAVIR sloop of war, to the westward.—The convoy for the Baltic will sail about Friday : several vessels are hourly arriving from the Thames to protect the convoy.—Wind W.S.W. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. Gaavzseri D i SC PT. S.—Arrived the Esdaile, Carlisle, front Jamaica. Sailed the Enterprise, Brown, for New-York ;London Packet, Holmes, for Gibraltar; CUo, Marshall, far Teneriffe; and the Cynthia, Syer, for Lisbon. The Ship John and Thomas, from the Cape of Good Hope, arrived at Falmouth on the 30th ult. We learn, that the following ships arrived at St. Helena the 24th of June last, all well, •it. EARL How; and the &a WILLIAM PULTRNEV and LADY LUMINGTON extra ships Sailed from Bengal the 24th of March. The EttraShips, SARAH CHRISTIANA andWtt.r.utx Par, had sailed from Bengal for Madras, the former on the 2d March, and the latter on the 12th of that month. The CEYLON, ASTELL, WILLIAM PITT, and Ett. PHRATES, Extra Ships, outward bound, arrived at the Cape of Good Hope the 22d May, parted company with the HUGH INGLIS, HUMMED, NORTHUM• 41 BERLAND, TIGRIS, SIR STEPHEN LUSHINGTON, and ALEXANDER extra ships, the 20th May, which ships proceeded on their voyages to India. The LEOPARD man of war, the arrival of which at Portsmouth we announced yesterday, brings accounts from the Cape of Good Hope to the 4th July. We are sorry to find by these that the garrison of the Isle of France has received a very considerable addition. Three frigates, filled with troops, had arrived there from France. The LEOPARD has also brought intel ligence of the safe arrival in India of the Georgiana packet on the 4th of February. She bad received directions to be in readiness to sail at a short notice with dispatches for England. A letter has been received from Captain HERBERT, of the extra ship EUPHRATES, dated the 2d July, 1810, stating that the EUPHRATES having struck on a rock, in going out of False Bay, at the Cape, had been obliged to return to Simon's Bay; that the ship had been cleared from all her cargo, and it was expected the damage she sustained would be completely re paired, and the ship would be ready for sea in about three weeks. EXIICUTION.—Yesterday Valentine Thomas, the unfortunate youth, convicted at the list Guildford Assizes, before the Lord Chief Baron M'DONALD, of forging a check for £4OO on the house of Smith, Payne, and Smith, bankers, was executed, pursuant to his sentence, at the top of the gaol in Horsemon. ger-lane. There was a propensity in this unfortunate youth towards the species of crime to which he has fallen an early victim peculiarly remarkable. He was the son of a respectable tradesman in the City, of London. At the age of sixteen, he was placed in the counting-house of an opulent bargemaster, near Black friars ; upon whose bankers he forged a check, in the name of the firm, for £lOOO, and obtained the money. The fact was discovered ; but his employers, in pity to his youth, and from respect to his family, refrain. ed from prosecuting, in consideration of being reim. bursed the £lOOO, and the youth being sent oat of the country. The money was paid by his father, who sent him down to Portsmouth, and entered him on board a ship of war, then bound for the West Indies. He went the voyage, and on his return to England deserted his ship and came up to London, where he returned to his former habits ; and through his know. ledge of several trading houses, and the bankers with whom they kept cash, obtained in their name blank checks, and committed forgeries to a considerable ex tent, for which no less than thirteen indictments were still pending against him at the time of his conviction. From that moment until Saturday last, notwithstan ding the zealous exhortations of the chaplain who daily attended him, he could scarcely be roused from a complete indifference to his fate, or to a penitent sense of the crime for which he was to suffer. On Sunday he attended divine service in the chapel of the gaol, where near three hundred persons of respec table appearance were also present, most of whom ap peared to be mote deeply affected by the situation of the prisoner than he himself. He was attired in a fashionable and gentlemanly style. His dress was a blue coat with gilt buttons, lined through with black silk,' white waistcoat, with black silk breeches, and stockings; his hair unpowdered, and his upper lip adorned with Hussar mustachios. His coffin, cover ed with black, was placed before him ; and when the chaplain came to state to the auditory that the unfor tunate youth, who had now but a few hours to live, was a veteran in the species of crime for which he stood convicted, although he had not yet completed his nineteenth year, the whole auditory were dissol ved in tears : not excepting the gaoler, who sat by him, though familiar with such scenes : while the L youth himself maintained a pensive firmness, endives ' the only person present who seemed indifferent to his fate. His dress at the place of execution was the r same as already described, and he met his unhappy doom with decorous resignation.