Star. — London, England, 1810-09-28 00:00:00

~; T - • 'JUNCO PAPERS. • FROM THE MONITEUR OF REPT. 14. ON MI CINDUCT o ?HZ INGLISII IN SPAIN AND 1 ( 011- TVGAIO--FlRrr oven. " General Moore with 25,000 men excellent mops, did nothing in November, 1808, for the Spaniards.— Spain, nevertheless, had then 300,000 men- under arms, and all her troops of the line.• The head quer- ters of the French were at Victoria. Bilboa was oc . copied by the Spanish army of Gallicia, 8000 strong; the army of Estrernadura, cbnsisting of 30,000 men, possessed Burgos ; 86,000 men commanded by Cas tanos, were in Tudela, independently of the armies which defended the passage of the Samo Sierra to the -Guadarama, We do not mention Catalonia. If " Peneral Moore arrived at Salamanca in the month o af September, and remained there all November, an idle spectator of the destruction of the Spanish armits of the first line; of the battles of tspenosa, _Burgos: and Tudela. The French army advanced upon Val ladolid and Aranda, he remained immovable, suffer ing the Samo Sierra to be forced, and Madrid taken, without advancing a step. " Eight days after he knew that Madrid vras taken .—that the Spanish armies were destroyed and driven back into Andalusia, he put himself in motion from Salamanca, and marched with an intentiOnnf threat ening the corps of the Duke of Dalmatia; but soon discovering the snare into which he had fallen, the wreck of his army shamefully embarked at Corunna, .after abandoning his artillery, caissons, ammunition, and hospitals. It appeared that he arrived in Spain for no other purpose, than that of witnessing the de stract'on of the Spanish armies, of the first and se ccind line. , f If General Moore had marched either to Espe nosa to sustain Blake, or to Burgos to assist the army of Estremadura, or to Tudela to support Castanos, -conqueror or conquered he would have discharged his duty like a friend and ally. 4g If he had marched upon Samo Sierra, or Guada• rama, he would have covered Madrid, given time to 'organize the defence of that capital, he would have rallied the wrecks of the Spanish troops, and whether he succeeded or not, he would have tried his fortune with honour. The insurgents would then have owed gratitude to the English, and would not be justified sn their complaints. " But it is a fatality attached to the English arms, that they are never useful to their Allies. General Moore was not of more service to the Spanish cause, which was then decided for ever, than he was to that of Sweden, when he saw taken under his eyes the Isles of Aland, Sweaborg and all Finland, he assisted in the ruin of the Swedish armies ;. lie came to Spain to assist in ruining the Spanish armies, this is what posterity will sarof the great english Expedition. " SIMON D Erncn.The war of the fifth Coalition broke out on the Continent. This moment appeared favourable for carrying on the afFairs of Spain with activity. The French Cabinetiknew this so well that * had the audtcity to enter upon this war without drawing a single man from the army of Spain, with Ihe exception of the Imperial Guard. By this means the 11403 of the English were frustrated. Nevertheless if there ever was a time at which they could hope to gain the ascendancy i Spain, it was when Lord Wel lingtun arrived at Lisbon. at The Duke of Dalmatia, who was at Oporto, felt the impossibility of contending with 16,000 men against 21.,00Q English: The Portuguese insurrec tion and that of the Spanish insurrectionary bands for the French armies in Spain, without direction re mained isolated, or did not take advantage of the ad vantages which their discipline and experience ought to have afforded them ; they did not assist each other, but rmained inactive. " Portugal was evacuated without a contest or a battle—there was too great a disproportion in num bers. Europe then expected that the English would present themselves with honour, and in an imposing manner, upon the Continental Theatre ; that thirty or 35,000 men, sent from England, would have join ed Wellington's army, consisting of 25,000, and to gether formed an army of from 50 to 60,000 men, which it was supposed England could bring into the field, and that these, united to the wreck of the Por- tuguese army anti Spanish insurgents, and supported by the gold of Mexico and Perti,.would have formed an imposing force. The English, faithful to their system, sent no reinforcements to Lord Wellington,: Who, afar operations the most inconsiderately undef taken, and in the most perfectkporanee of the force of the enemy, escaped by a miracle from-entire de xtrin. tion atter the battle of l'ilavera t but lost his b)-pitals, and fell back upon Lisbon to recruit his army. Atter havi,ng seen half the Spanish army which feitgbi with him destroyed, he evacuated Spain precipitately, and with as little reflection as he entered It. During this time 50,000 other Eitglish arrived to perish in the marshes of Walcheren. " Thus in this second epoch of the war in Spain the English have constantly studied to avoid every tang which would have compromised their safety, :and to do only what was necessary to excite people, and foment a civil war. If they compromised them selves for a moment, it was through inconsiderateness, er a shanieful ignorance of war. - . " SheTtly After, Seville and Andalusia were taken from de Spaniards, and that Junta, so dearly allied to .the King of England, was driven into the fortifica tions of (`:oiz, without the terrible General Welling ton making a single movement to s . nccour them, or _ attempting a diversion in favour of Seville, the list b pe of the insurrection. • " Twat) i.rocti.z-At-this third epoch of the war in opam, t.,e Continental repose being•fixed by the peace of Vienna, all sensible men and friends of hu inanity expected, (ha since England had not known - bow to profit by the war 44 the fifth coalition, and had been so ill informed of the state of affairs as to send 30,000 men to perish in the marshes of Walche . ren.in place of employing them in driving the French from -Spain, she would have felt that her true interest o reuse from that -theatre, and not to npuder herself any longer guilty of the blood which sl.e caused to be sled, and of the mitted, and endeavour to pre the integrity of Spain, which great advantage to her. time the Marquis Wellesley man, ignorant of European them by the principles of polii practice in India, caused the King of enter into an engagement to support and acknow ledge the insurgents, to do that which General Moore had not been able to do when the force and power of the insurrection was at its height; and that which Lord Wellington was not able to accomplish when the French armies were at .Vienna and in Hungary. He thought at least that England should make great ef forts—should have a considerable army in Portugal, and that supported by the fortresses of Ciudad Ro drigo and Almeida, she should profit by the embar- rassment which the siege of those two places would cause the French, to give them battle. It was, how ever, otherwise, the English army was but feebly re inforced, and in place of action, contented itself with boastings and bravadoes.. Ciudad Rodrigo was in vested—Romana and the Spanish Colonels ran from the farthermost parts of Estramadura, and with tears in their eyes, threw themselves. at the feet of Lord Wellington, conjuring him to succour the brave gar rison.of Ciudad Rodrigo, where 8000 chosen troops were shut up. ( 46 Lord Wellington, who promised every thing, when the question was to shut up the SOOO men in the 'place, retreated when it was needful to act, and went so Far as to shew in full Council a letter f r om the King of England, which forbade him to hazard any thing. The fortress of Ciudad Rodrigo was taken and 8000 chosen Spanish troops in it made prisoners. Upon this intelligence the English asserted, that the same should not happen to Almeida, and persuaded the Portuguese to enclose themselves in that place. But what purpose will it answer, said the Portuguese, to shut up ourselves in Almeida, since the French have all the requisites for a siege ? If you will not give them battle, blow up the tortiess ! If you in tended to succour it, why have you not given the ex ample at Ciudad Rodrigo ? The case is different, said Lord Wellington, I had contrary orders respec ting Spain—l have none such for Portugal. Besides, I could not engage in the plains of Ciudad Rodrigo against a cavalry five times the number, and better appointed than mine ; but Almeida is in a country intersected with rocks. When the fortress has been besieged, and the French fatigued with the siege, I will relieve if. The garrison must allow itself to be shut up in the place. " General Craufurd, by the most foolish mancenvres, caused the regiments of his division to be completely defeated. The trenches were opened before Almeida,- the English from their camp witnessed the fire from them. The Portuguese came to Lord Wellington, and demanded that he would keep his promise and re lieve their countrymen. • I can do nothing, (he re plied) my orders are contrary.' A few days after, Almeida was taken. It is reported that, on this Oa. casion, a Portuguese General said to Lord \Veiling ton, • If you cannot defend us, why incite us to re sistance and cover with ruins and blood our unfoitu nate country ? If you are in sufficient force, give battle ; if you are too weak, and cannot bring greater forces, retire, and let us arrange matters with the conquerors.' " As his only answer, Lord 'Wellington sounded a retreat, and by a barbarity unknown among civi lized nations, ordered that the mills, farms and houses should be destroyed, and that a vast desert should separate by many. marches the English and French armies. This conduct is atrocious, and without ex ample in modern annals. The Turks and Tartars alone act thus. • 1 . .-...-.3, ,m, ammo= 20. ..ir . Majesty the Emperor, dated St. contains the following article : ' Amsterdam and Rotterdam Mall our good Cities." Placentia, Lieut _..cral of the has issued an order, by which in the duties of 40 or 50 per cent. on Colonial produce, are required to pay the same into the hands of different Cashiers of the Bank, who are to calculate the sums due, and de posit them in the . Bank, under their own security.— ; For this, the Cashiers and the Bank are to receive 8 per cent. KERFOR, SEPT. 23. Yesterday a convoy passed by Langeland, consist ing of three sail of the line, one frigate, one brig, one cutter, and about 200 merchantmen. Our flotilla attacked the convoy, and kept up a brisk fire the whole of the afternoon,• but took only four of the said convoy ; three of them have been brought here, chiefly laden with wheat, tallow, pot-ash, and sail-cloth. HAMBURGH, SEPTEMBER Is. Within these few days has been renewed the often repeated report, that the Senator Lucien Bonaparte has sailed for America with his family. BANKS OF THE MAYNE, SEPTEMBER IG. The Imperial Decree which lately appeared in France, by which the different political journals pub lished in the Departments were placed under the in spettion of the Prefects, has given occasion to a simi lar order from chi Count Von Wolfradt, the West phalian Minister for the Home Department, with re ference to Westphalia - - The Journals and Gazettes are, in every department, placed under the inspection and censorship of the Prefect, who is to take care that nothing appear in them which may compromise the interests of the kingdom of France and her alliei, and particularly those of the German confederation. . . • - . IPENN 1 . ...- , the horrms .-: ~ . aoak. • ' M - • AMSTERDA preserve, b. ' -.7 . : *ps i , A Decree of his M3j uch would hove: , - . :criClOch Augpst 18, cont Unfortunatit at tiiii ; , 4 The elfin of Amst ey became bfintster—Aie I be placed in the list of of :an affairs, and judging 1 The Duke of Placentia ?olicy which he had put in Emperor in Holland, ha, the King of England- to those who are indebted ii FRANKFORT UPON. MAINE, SEPT. 21. Her Majesty the late Queen of Sweden passed the day before yesterday through this place, on her way to Weimar. By the arrangements made for this jour ney, it would seem, it was not her Majesty's intention to return to the South of Germany. In Weimar the Queen intends to wait for her royal consort, who is still in Pretsch, a small place between Leipsic and Dresden, where he finally stops, until the return of a. courier whom he has sent to Sweden. • VftNNA, SEPT. s. We are assured, that the Russian legation has re ceived a new Bulletin relative to the success of the Russians before Schumla ; but it ppears that thissuc cess has been dearly purchased ; for it is said that the Russians left 3,000 men dead on the field of battle, and that they lost a great number of of cers. it is said, at the same time, that the Russians, to repair their sanguinary losses, expect, by the'beginning of next month, a reinforcement of 36,000 men, which will enable General Kamensky to proceed. The Russian Generals complain of not receiving sufficiently prompt reinforcements in men and ammu nition. The embarrassments which these del Is, occa sioned by the great distance, cause the Rns..ians, ap pin to be known to the Grand Vizier, who calculates his defence according to circumstances, and who pro. poses to weaken his enemies by a succession of skit , meshes: The affairs of the Servians area a very singu lar state. That brave nation is drained omen, money, and, above all, of patience. The Servian Senate find ing that the ammunition and other succours which they expected from R did not arrive, is torn by factions. Czerni Georges, with great military talents, is hated, on account of his rapacity, his harshness, and his vindictive temper. The Servian corps which have joined the Russian army is composed but of 2000 men, and do not receive any recruits. A great ma. jority of the nation desires a negociation with the: Porte, or some other means of pacification. In this disposition of people's minds, the Servian Generals can assemble but weak armies. The Turks, who un derstand the weakness of the Servians, oppose but weak corps to them. The Russians do not reckon any longer upon any active co-operation on the pnrt of the Servians, particularly since they have known of the propositions made by them to a great neigh. !souring power. Bosnia is still in a complete state I of anarchy. I , If the European Powers had adopted these prin ciples, every thing would have been devastated upon the Continent ; the provinces of Prussia and of Aus tria would be deserts—all in them would have been delivered to the flames and devastation. The French, the Prussians, the Austrians, the Russians, have never adopted these atrocious acts in an enemy's .country. How can a General be excused, who in a friendly country, of which he declares himself the protector, cannot preserve it from fire, devastation and destruction. In kis exemplified the conduct of a nation to whom nothing is sacred, and whose fero- . STOCKHOLM, AUGUST 20. city is felt wherever it exercises its power. It is thus 1 The following is an extract of the sentence passed that in India the English have caused the destruction i upon Dr. Rossi : of thousands of Indians, have stripped the Indian I 1 46 Dr. Rossi, Physician to his Majesty, upon t h e Princes, accomplished their death by poison, and news arriving that his Highness the P r i nce R oya l was seized upon their private property. The following indisposed on his journey, rece i ve d or d ers to set out constitutes the difference which exists between France fcr the purpose of attending the Prince. On the 18th of May he arrived at Ca r l scrona from when ce h e noble anJ generous sentiments govern. In the pro r and Eq.,' ind :—Wherever France is predominant, afterwards accompanied his Royal ' Highness. It op vinces of which the Trench are masters; the fortunes, pears, from the Doctor's .own account, t h at he once . noticed the Prince to be seized with a giddi ness , an d 'the' particular' possessions, the storehouses of goods, remain with their owners. They only make - ward at another time to he insensible f or s ome nin ", against the domain's of the Sovereign. The shop - s. - the i . ' without having paid any particular attention to it, as fairs, the markets, are open as in full peace. :, his duty required him to do. After the death of the If England had the influence upon the Continent Prince, which topk place on the 28th of the same that France has, she would confiscate the merchant 1 month, Dr. Rossi, without waiting the orders of his dize and the property of individuals. She would re.' : Majesty, and notwithstanding the representations of turn to the first age of barbarism, make the popula. the Chamberlain, Count Sparre, and of other persons tion slaves, and chain them in prison ships. ' who were present ; without taking any means for pre. When France shall be mistress of the sea, t h e serving the body of his Royal Highness f rom pu -44 trescence, resolved to open it in 24 h ours a f ter t h e lity of her maritime principles will be the same as generosity of her character will be felt. The M yra- death, in presence of three phy s i c i ans o f t h e f acu l ty , those upon land. The merchants .shall not be mad e of Lund, which be acco r di ng ly did next d ay . — This operation was performed wi t h suc h neg li gence , prisoners if they are not armed ; every ship shall be protected by its flag. We conclude, therefore, that that many of the forms presc r ib e d by art an d t h e l in the first expedition of the English they mighthave laws, and proposed by the assi s ti ng phy s i c i ans , were e been useful to the Spaniards, but that they did not . entirely omitted. The contents o fah e stomac h, w hi c h t(,ossi's hemical assist them, in consequence of their ignorance and : it was important to pre serve an d submit ec egotism ; that in the second expedition they conduct- analysis, were not examined, an d by D r . R ac ed themselves without knowing with whom they had knowledgement we r e t h rown away; a c i rcumstance to contend, and cruelly abandoned their allies, upon which has deprived us o f t h e means o f pro d uc i ng proofs sufficient to refute th e sus pi c i ons generally dis seminated with regard to the cause of seeing the serious contest in which they were engaged; that in the third they committed the same mistakes, nest's death. his Royal High and did nothing but by spreading libels and calum nies, distil poison upon the Peninsula, and stir up the 41 Dr. Rossi having by this conduct the fire of discord and civil war ; in short, that they bounds of his function a s phy s i c i an to the passed the and have no respect for the rights of nations.; that to disovered a culpable negligence and want of skill is them nothing is sacred ; that if they were powerful the exercise of his duty, the Royal Tribunal of the 'upon land as they are unskilful ; if they had the sha. High Court of Justide declares, that he ought to be dow of the power of France, the Continent would deprived of his function, and to lose the appointments wear such chains as the unfortunate Indians are load. 'attached to it. The offence of the Doctor being con ed with. The rights of nations, and the liberality of sleeted with public order, the same Tribunal adjudges, the continental code* ate due to France .; the barbs. that he no longer deserves to li ve i n t h e country, and rism of the maritime cede is the consequence of the submits this sentence to the examination of his itt p• influence of England by sea." j eatr .n . , . A Couri er corriNaredihtißere yesterdayoHsEtri.n. from OrtitiTs -.• 4 -.044 V:et•• • with an order for 16e release of t h e English 06sce, and boat's crew taken at Marstrand on the 1!‘, The requisition for the delivery of the privateer , i7Q not be complied with. SEPT. 17. On the 28th of last month a very smart cannons& took place between a battery in Langeland, and sow s oitheineinf's ships . of war, nonely, two sail of ti t line and one titru.bng, which stood in shore to om it two yachts wltich were lying &ore. The firing km . tinned about three -Sowers liallour, when thes es . mfr's ships retreated = one of the sail of the line Te cervad several shots. . • THE EVENING FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCE. Cons. for money, and aototat, 611 66 N iep S per Cent. 966—Owalunt B dls. Excbeq. Sr. dis. to Is. dl.. • • PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. S per Cent. Cons. =I Esc BM% to. dls. 11. pret, 5 per Cent. Navy Onudtant in Cs. Long Ann. Lottery Tickets ifte.ls,. India Bonds, ISs. 17e. pre. Cons. for ace. 66 esff We are extremely concerned to state, that Af t . AIMAIL4I4 GOLDSMID died suddenly this morning between seven and eight o'clock. The death of this Gentleman, so soon after the decease of Sir FRANCIS BARING, who, along with him, had the last Gova n . ment Loan, will, we are apprehensive, occasion aver considerable degree of pecuniary embarrassment amor t commercial men in the city. As soon as the int& gence reached the Stock Exchange the Funds bega t to decline, and at one o'clock Consols were 64 a R I and 'Omnium as low as 9f, and still looking down. The IDA: (1) hired armed cutter, which arrived* Deal yesterday, from the Beet off Flushing, bmugis in with her a Prussian Captain and a French Gentle. man, whom she picked up at sea on Tuesday nigh, in an open boat, in which they had made their escape from the opposite coast. They report that the fleet in Flushing is new coal. pletely equipped and ready for sea, excepting a de. 6ciency of sailors. None of the men of war have mon Ilium a hundred seamen, so that were there nothing dye ID deter them, it is hardly possible that they can Venture to put to sea. The deficiency of the trews is supplied by soldiers, but probably with a view to de. fence more than any thing else. Great exertions and 'incessant labour have been be stowed by the enemy to repair the works in the Isled of Walcheren, which is now in a good state of ddenos to repel any new attempt that may be made spine it by this country. They are not, however, free free apprehensions fir their safety, in ate of a serious op tack.—The fleet under Sir EDWA2D PIILLIW made in appearance a few days since off the Duerloo Chm• nel—a circumstance which excited no small degie of alarm for the safety of their new Beet, and Si* inhabitants with terror. The topics of most general conversation among the inhabitants al the expectation of a general peace and of a young BONAPARTE. The folio/Wing letter from an Officer on bond l'lstrxruzux, came to hand this morning : " River Taps, Sept. 9,1910. 11 I have just returned on board, after spending three days on shore, though not very :resantly. The unexpectedly-sudden fall of Almeida has res. dered Lisbon, which was before sufficiently dull, is gloomy : the only circumstance that has contributed to enliven the gloom, is the landing of reinforcement of troops, which arrived here the day before yesterday, and immediately marched for Celerico. " Lisbon is tranquil, and, to appearance, tolerably secure :—it is, indeed, more strongly fortified than at any former period ; and may, should circumstances render it necessary, make a tolerable long dime against any force that can be brought against it. la addition to the old regular forts, several new cues have been constructed ; and the marines from Cat fleet, together with detachments of seamen, have been exercised for several months past, ill workist the guns and completing the fortifications, which any completely circumvallate the city. " Still, notwithstanding the strength of the Owe and the resistance it is capable of masing, thermic' iminant opinion is, that if our army (which Huns forbid) retreat within the fortifications, plonk's" ( the city will be retained no longer than may be abso. lutely necessary to embark our army and its adho rents, together with such of the wealthy inhabitants as may chuse to accept of our protection, either to he conveyed to England or the Brazils. What strengthens this opinion is, the retaining here, at such an ergo mous expense, the large fleet of transports that sou remains in the Tagus. 66 There is a packet here, waking dispatches ho s Lord Wautunrox, and I shall keep this letter open to the latest possible how, in the almost confident es* pectation of receiving news of a general engar which I twice heard reported had taken pla Pri ci to my coming off from Lisbon; but of which noon' firmation has yet been received. " The wines have considerably advanced in Pri se ' and every article of provision is very dear, with eye exception of poultry and honey." " P. S. We perceive nine transpealliPs oll4 in ; I imagine they °entail% another rehticteo ooof Lord Vistatiaris:" This's; with' the .rejealliksi -.•