Star. — London, England, 1808-11-01 00:00:00

POREIGN INTELLIGENa. FRANKFORT, OCTORKft.L The sth corps of the army, under the command of . Marshal Mortier, broke up yesterday. It is probable that the first consequence of the conferences st Er firth will be the evacuation of Gerinatry by a great part of the French troops. PARIS, ocTopanebe -- The Emperor issued at Metz, on the 24th ult. a decree, placing under sequestration all theproperty in France belong►ng to Spaniards, whether insurgents or others, as an indemnity for the property of French men resident in Spain, that has been seized or se questrated in the provinces in rebellion against the King's authority. In. answer to some questions submitted to the Di. rectors of the Customs, respecting the import of the Decree of the 16th of September, the latter 'have no tified, that the prohibition relative to colonial goods coming .from Spain or Holland, extends to cinna mon, cloves, and generally all articles obtained by commercial communication with England, with the exception only of Peruvian bark and cotton. Letters from Bayonne, of the bth of October, state, that Marshal Ney had returned on the 4th, with his corps, to Vittoria, and had taken his position at Logrona. General Merlin was left at Bilboa with a strong garrison. On the sth the King breakfasted at the head-quarters of Marshal Bessieres, which were at Armignon, a league on this side of the Ebro. -General L asalle occupies the advanced positions on the right wing towards PAncorbo. On the .Bth dor. dragoons of his Catholic Majesty arrived at Bayonne from Naples. The Sd• Wand .86th regiments of the line had also arrived there, and . pro... ceedcd directlT . into Spain. All these troops are in the best condition. • On the expedition to Bilboa, 150 of the Life Guards of the Grand Duke of Berg de. feated 4000 of the insurgents, .who were entrenched upon a hill. Reconnoitring parties were pushed to Balmascada, six leagues from Bilboa. Between ;he 15th and 20th of October, large bo dies of troops are expected at Bayonne, where every preparation is made for their reception. Letters from Strashurgh state, that General Brice Montigni, Governor of the Imperial Palace of that town, - has received an o!Ecial information that his Majesty the EmperOk and Kingls expected there be tween the 16th and 20th of this month. All the Offi cers and Members of the Guard of Honour, have ac cordingly been desired to 1444.,tbemselves in. readi ness. * • Ocr. Majesty - hlxpected to *return within a few days to the Palace' If . - St..tiond. Yesterday Marshal Victor set out • for the army in Spain.. •It is said that the Emperor has created, Marshal Money Duke of Cornegliano,, in the State of Venice. On the 4th, the Mayor arid the Magstracy of Bour deans met the 26th and 32dregiments of the line, and the sth dragoons,: near Bastide, to receive them on their road towards Spain, through that town. The Mayor complimented the troops, and gave die officers art entertainthent of 200 covers. M. de la Grave, Aid-de-camp of the Duke of Abrantes, arrived here on Monday evening, with dis patches from that General to his Majesty, and imme diately set out for Erfurth. He left Lishon on the 4th, and landed at Rochelle, after a passage of thirty days. The Five per Cent. Consols are at 80 francs, 45 centimes. ERFURTH, OCTOBER 5. On the 29th ult. his Excellency General Count Von Vincent had a very long audience of the Emperor 'Napoleon. The health of the Archduke Constantine is much improved, and he now goes abroad. Marshal Soult, who commanded at Berlin, has been here for these two days.. • A deputation of our merchants had the honour to be presented to the Emperor Napoleon yesterday, 'He' conferred with them with the most gracious condescen. sion, and paid the most minute attention tp ever I thing relative to manufactures and commerce. Carona 9.—Erery thing seems to indic'ate That Ae Sovereigns now in this place will speedily leave IL Their departure is said to be fixed for the 1 lth instant. Their Majesties yesterday attended a grand review. The Emperor Alexander publicly expressed his satis faction at the promptitude and precision of the ma :louvres of the troops and artillery. HAMBURGH, OCTOBER 14. They write from Berlin% of the 11th instant, that gg en the Saturday night preceding, a courier arrived there from Erfurth with official intelligence of the fortunate issue of the negotiations carrying on at that place to the advantage of Prussia ; and in the course of the week a courier is farther expected to bring the new treaty concluded between Prussia and France, under the mediation of Russia. His Majesty the Em peror Napoleon has solemnly assured our Queen, in a !cry affectionate letter in his own hand-writing, in answer to the letter which the Emperor of Russia had received from Koningsburg from. the Queen, and cormitunicated at Erfurtb, of the speedy completion` of all her wishes. Respecting the conditions con tained in the above-mentioned treaty, so much is al ready known, that we are assured the EmPeror Na poleon has abated sixty-eight - .pillions of the contribti- . uons in arrear due br our Government, and that also intended for defrayteg the maintenance of his troops. —lt is further_ hoped also that his Imperial M.a-, jesty, of Its own accord, will abandon the three for tresses of Stettin, Custrin, and Cogan, now occupied by his troops. We are now positively assured of the speedy departure of all the French troops from our territories, and the return of our Court to this capital Is expected before winter. The Government paper is at present considerably.on the rise." . Various reports of pacific arrangements with Eng land are here in circulation, though without any foun• dation. There are at present at Eranth two Emperors and lye Kings, with above seventy other persons of dis tinction. _ _ _ On the 4th instant, an English armed ship was cast ashore atSFhagenrif; the crew of which were brought into Alburg. It had six months provisions onboard for three hundred men, as also uniforms, arms, and Imniunition, to the value of one hundred* thous. iii.dpiLas. Every thing pu board will be savgd. • VIENNA, OCTOBER 1. It is said the States of Hungary have sot only agreed to complete.the Hungarian regiments every year, but also to maintain an army of reserve to the amount of 80,000 men-50,000 infantry, and 30,000 cavalry. The Russian troops in Moldavia and Wallachia have lately received large reinfeweements. The army under Prince Prosorowiski consists now of more than 80,000 men. BAYONNE, OCTOBER e. It is said that the General of insurgents, Cuesta, is on the other side of Poncorbo, with what they call the grand army of Gallicia. All well informed persons,' are, however, aware that the Chiefs of the Rebels pos sess very little still. Within these three or four days the troops for our grand army begin to arrive, in corps of three, four, and six thousand at a time. MONTPELLIER, OCTOBER 6. • The last letters from Perpignan contain some ac counts respecting the events of the 25th ult, between o' troops and the Spanish rebels. Three thousand French had escorted to Figuieres a considerable con voy. On their return they met the rebels in the neigh bourhood of Jonqnieres, and there gave battle. Our troops obtained every advantage, the insurgents had .many killed and worded, and above four hundred were taken prisonas.; The remaining insurgents fled to the mountains. VITTORIA, OCTOBER s. The ,Cotirant of this city states to-day, that the Alcadc, by the order of his Excellency the Minister of Police, has published a mandate forbidding any one to harbour a foreigner, without giving notice of it in twenty-fourisours : It directs also, that all foreigners shall provide themselves with a licence, and that all who shall not be so provided, together with the citi sass or inn-keepers who shall give them lodgings shall be considered as spies or their accessories. PORTUGAL. ALARMING DISTURBANCES. Oporto, October " We are here in a little bustle, owing to the people having insisted on the French garrison from Almeida, which were embarked in transports yesterday, giving up their arms and their baggage to search : some op position has been made, but I now understand the French have submitted, and they are now going through the process. The populace have been very peremptory on the occasion, anal indeed have insisted on the Bishop and others in power causingtheir wishes to be carried into execution. I trust all will finish quietly; but such occurrences must naturally occa sionsome fear for the fitture quietness of the place. The :Bishop is highly respected, and much looked up to byrthe people, and I hope his good influence will keep them in proper bounds. October 13, at Night. 4 4 We have had, since Monday last, a kind of se cond revolution, which was occasioned by the arrival of the French Troops from Ahneida, under an escort of 21.0 men of the 6th British Regiment. They ar rived at Cates Novo, below Massarallos. on Sunday mornin„, ,, ; but the sick, about 250 in number, came down from Pew da Regoa, in four boats, under a guard of British soldiers, and arrived ow Saturday morning. This, as you may suppose, attracted a great croud on the bridge, and that day the people begun to be dissatisfied. These were carried down to the Castle at St. John's, and things remained pretty quiet until the Monday morning, although, all Sun day, the people went to see those that were at Caies Novo, and continued so all night long, which they employed in buying all kind of things from the French, who sold many fine horses, and very cheap. On Monday morning early, they were all embarked oh board four transports, which had arrived the day Before from Lisbon, and were lying at Massarallos with their baggage, arms and ammunition. 'lris only tended to infistMe the minds of the Portuguese mob, and they kept murmuring all the day long.. It was not until the evening, dbout seven o'clock, when the bells•in the city and round it, gave the alarm, that people of every description, and from all parts, came down to Massarallos, lined the shore• on both sides the river, some armed with guns, some with swords, and others with sticks, &c. " I should tell you, before I proceed any further, that during the Monday, Sir Robert Wilson, with the Quarter -Master-General, who came down with the French from Almeida, and several other officers, went down to the Castle to have the baggage that was there examined by them, and the Governor Bar mundo. Accordingly, every thing was going on well, when they opened a box, which they found contained several • rich vestments of the Portuguese Priests. This was enough to increase the dissatis faction of the Governor, and he instantly gave orders that no vessel should be allowed to pass the Castle, or if they attempted to get out, to sink than. Every gun in the Castle was loaded with shot, and remains so to this moment. The people of St. John's soon heightened the story, and said that diamonds, sacraments, and church plate, had been found, with many other things. This soon reached Oporto, and the mob, without listening to any thing that could be said to them, went down, and insisted upon killing the French in the Castle. Some of the English soldiers who were on guard at St. John's, were attacked by the mob, but nothing of consequence happened. The Portuguese troops were all out, and the Bishop was obliged to go down to St. John's, where he succeeded in quieting the Povo, and about • eight o'clock in the evening, he returned to Oporto, • accompanied by Sir Robert and several other officers, English and Portuguese, amidst the cries of " Viva o Bi, destruction to ie Regency of Lisbon—the Bishop must be Viceroy." a They, however, continued all night on both sides the river, and waited with patience until yesterday morning, when, by seven o'clock, there were more • than four thousand persons of all descriptions assem • bled; who appeared determined to attack the French that - were on board the transports. Every preparation was made ; several pieces of artillery were drawn up on both sides, and they had mounted twenty guns on board of each of three Brazil ships, that were lying . opposite the transports. Every moment increased the storm, and the French, who were preparing to meet • the attack, were all provided with 60 rounds I each man, and determined to defend themselves.-- The wish of the Povo it was impossible to knoW, but I it generally appeared that they wanted to destroy therri all. About nine - o'clt;clt, the Val*OWN 4o in a barge, with Sir Robert Wilson, who was indefati gable on the occasion. Much praise is due to him for his exertions, to which we are indebted for things not having taken a most serious turn. The mob would not hear any thing—they wanted the Frenchmen's arms and baggage, and reproached the English with not assisting them. negotiation was established on the part of the people, by the Bishop and Sir Robert Wilson, and propositions were made to the French General who was on board. This was a de licate point for Sir Robert ; being the highest in rank here, he was obliged to see that the articles of capi tulation were strictly executed ; and this was parti cularly observed by the French General. Sir Robert, was employed in negotiating from nine o'clock in the morning until four o'clock in the evening, going backwards and forwards from the shore to the trans. ports, the mob becoming every moment more and more clamorous 4, Several propositions were made =both sides, but none pleasing to the two parties. The French agreed to suffer their baggage to be searched, and to give up any thing that should be found belonging to the Por tuguese ; but as to giving up their arms, they would not consent, and said they would rather die than sub mit wit. This was communicated to the Juiz do Paco, and then commenced the alarming scene. Persons from both sides of the fiver jumped into boats, and were proceeding to attack the transports ; but by the exertions and perseverance of Sir Robert. tranquillity was again restored, and the French offered to give up their arms outside of the Bar. This, however, was not acceded to, but at last its was agreed, that ,heyshould be disembarked, their baggage examined shore, and that they should leave their arms. Asi • -soon as this was perfectly understood, barges from all' Parts went to board the transports, but they took care' .to begin. by the three that were not armed ; for one has six 6-pounders, which the French have kept loaded since the heemning of this affair ?. They took every thing out of the transports, even the provisions and wearing apparel of the shipowners—every thing 'was brought ashore, and in a short time every thing disappeated. The Frenchmen were landed, and are now at a warehouse next to those of the %Vine Com pany at Massarallos. By this time it was almost dark, and the armed transport remained unmol..sted. There are on board of this about 300 French, who have since remained on board ; the others are guarded by our troops, and some Portuguese cavalry. tp prevent the mob from destroying them. " We do not know what has passed between the Bishop and Sir Robert Wilson, bui the Portuguese seem io be ashamed of their conduct, and it is evi dent that their object was no otlier than plunder. To this day things remain unsettled, jnd Gon only knows ' how they will end." " OcTOBER IC—The bustle I Mentioned respecting , the disarming and searching of the French troops from Almeida, I am happy to say, has terminated without any serious or very unpleasant consequence,. owing to the very good management of the Bishop, and other legitimate authorities of the place; for though the populace did carry their point at the time, in defiance of every interference, all is now set to rights, and every possible reparation has been made by all departments in power, to the entire satisfaction of the British Officers. The populace have retired. I trust there will be no fur ther similar improper conduct, so likely to lead to the most serious consequences. As it has turned out, there is no cause of complaint, but of some delay in the execution of the service, which may be considered most fotlunate, from the very intemperate spirit ma nifested by a considerable large mob that had col lected on the occasion." • Another letter particularly panegyrises the conduct of Sir Rquntax WILSON who commanded the English troops,' for his judgment tad dignity in maintaining the character and engagements of the British nation, as well as for his tubanity and address in conciliating the Portuguese. " OCTOBER 15.-I save you in my last a full detail of what had passed since the at-rival of the French from Almeida. The Primrose has been detained by Sir Robert Wilson, for the purpose of sending home an exact account of the proceedings. Every thing is settled, ana the transportt are dropping down the river. There has been a general survey, and the da mages ascertained, for they had not left a single thing on board the vqssels. Perfect tranquillity is again restored, and we hope things will go on well. General Beresford is expected to-morrow with 5000 men from Lisbon, on their way to the•Nerth of . Spain." LISBOiI, OCTOBER 14, On Monday last the 10th instant, his Excellency Lieutenant-General .Sir Harry 13urrard, Commander in•Chief of his Britannic Majesty's army in Portugal, went in state to pay hie-first visit of ceremony to their Excellencies the Governors of this ,kingdom, on which occasion his Excellency was attended by Lieutenant- General Fraser and his Stall • Major-General Beres= ford Commandant of LisbOn t ; Brigadier General Disney ; Colonel Donkin, Quarter-Master -General ; Lieutenant-Colonel Carey, Adjufgat-General ; John Erskine, Esq. Commissary-General; the most Rev. Archdeacon J. Owen, Chaplain General of the Bri tish Army, and the remainder of his Excellency's Staff—and after the usual compliments, Excel lency returned in the same manner to his head-quar ters, and was in return visited the same day by their Excellencies the Marquis das Minas, and Cypriano Rebeiro Freire, Members of the Regency. PRIVATE LEITER.-LISBON, OCTOBER 11. The first division of -the British troops marched yesterday, and another this day. It is much to be regretted, however, that they did not go sooner ; for the rainy season is about to set in, which usually lasts for five or six weeks, and, during that time, renders the roads impassable. Every river overflows, and the numerous meadows are filled with water.-. We hope, however, that our brave fellows will reach their des tination in Spain before this terrible weather, so much talked of here, begins. The remainder of the army, amounting to about ten or twelve thousand men, con tinues in Portugal. She Regcpts issued a Proclamation yesterday, dated the 6th inst. informing the people that Foreign Money is to'be regarded as a mere commodity, with out any fixed price ; and that they are at liberty to give what they think proper for it . and that any per son, offering Foreign Money, and insisting upon a fixed par of Exchange, is to be regaided as a person dealing in Counterfeit Money, and treated accordingly. SARAGOSSA, OCTOIIFR 5. The Governor and Captain General of this Llp dom, taking into consideration the desire exwessur by his Excellency Charles William Doyle, Major his British Majesty's service, to be employed in tie army of Arragon, and take part in the glorious elk / Made by the nation in defence of its independ etv , and being anxious to demonstrate the high e st i:, tioti in which he holds the qualities which adorn ti l l s Gentleman, and • the noble and generous imi tig i ocs of the British Government, he transmitted to him Commission. as Field Marshal. He has acknowle c od the receipt .of this appointment in the following terms : _ • • ikeir - - 41 'The'hanobr whialt - yotir Esoeflesty hait eoaferred aro me by the appointment of. Field-Marshall, excites my ps et i o g s ..„2 titude. It is highly flattering to the best feelings dray b ale r " To have the satisfaction of belts/ens among tilt wain of the army of Arragoo. Is doubtless very grateful to my wilco; and I trust that I shall be enabled to :.fiord a proof aa altogether unworthy of so high an botiottr„ " I must confess that so honourable a distinction is the roan* gratifying tome, inasmuch as it proves that my Intim zeal sul exertions in the common and glorious cause in which we are a l' engaged have been well received, and that they have merited the approbation of your Excellency. • " I " I assure you, that I shall continue my most aisidnais net. dons, and endeavour to prove that this high mark of distinction has not been conferred upon a poison undeserving of it, auto* tainly not upon one insensible to the honour which has been be• stowed upon him. " Your Excellency will tie pleased to indulge me in tat ro quest, that the pay and emoluments attached to spy rack of Field Marshal, , should be appropriated to the relief of those who hare suffered so much at Saragossa, front the repeated attacks of the enemy. " I have the honour to place myself under your Excellency's orders, and am, ace. (Signed) " C. W. Dorm " Madrid, September 29, Inon." P lllll of tb rlice lette . Z ~_ foul " Head-quarters, Villa Franca del Parnades, Octobers. " Colonel Milans, who commands the left wing Of the army blockading Barcelona, indignant at the enemy's continuing to occupy an encampment be. tweet* Pesos and Barcelona, attacked them on the morhing of the 30th, with the SCCCAGI regiment of Lerida, ...commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Lap, aud the company of S. Felice de Presas, consisting in all of 759 rnen, leaving the rest of his foreei about 2500 in number, to maintain the importers post of St. Geronimo. He defeated the enemy, cam pellin,.g him to a precipitate flight, and set fire to the huts of his encampment, which were destroyed with several soldiers in them. Colonel Milans, so distils. guished 'himself for his intrepidity and zeal, bestow the highest praise upon his troops, and particularly recommends the Cunmanders, Presas and Lago.-• He does not mention the exact amount of the enemy's loss, but the booty taken from them be states to be considerable. On his side the loss has been only MD killed and ten wounded. " The line of the Lobregat, vmposing the Iv rnainder of the centre of the army of CateletAi. under the command of Field Marshal the Count & Caldagues, and which occupied the position of St. Vincente del Horts, advanced on the same day at the dawn to attack the village of Villa de Caus, where there was a quantity of wheat, guarded by a small detachment of infantry. They surrounded the 4; lage, but the detachment effedted its escape. Th 4 General, however, being infotmed of what was passing on his right, by Captain Alarcon, of the Gra nada infantry occupying St. Boy, detached 80 of that regiment, and some of the troops of Lerida arid Vich, with the subalterns Muni, Carsino, Colomina, and who in less than an hour, without a single man on our side being hurt, put the enemy completelf to the route, and took from them 80 horses. " On the 4tl instant 800 of the Spanish hussars disembarked At Tairatono. The remainder are tv pected in a ftvidlys,` L • • GERONA, OCTOBER 1. Colonel de Narcisso de la Vallette, commanding the 2d regiment of Barcelona and the army of Am purdan, has transmitted to this Junta the following dispatch, dated the '2Bth ult. . , a In the morning cif the 25th instarn the enemy, consistiag of about 4500 infantry, with some cavalry; tad two howitzers, at tacked my position, with the intention of protecting a convoy Of 60 waggons, laden with wine, hrandy,"vegetables, and viaerar, besides a considerable number of sheep and oxen. They COP mewed their attack at the same instant at Capmany and Buscarot, at which latter place I Wliti posted. My advanced posts were attacked by 600 men, at the tame moment that those of Penis were attacked with an equal force. 'These posts guarded the high road. At this moment, the enemy's convoy, which had bees detained until half past nine in the morning, was put in motion. Another column of COO men, at the same tune, attacked the right of the position at Pestio. " In consequence of these movements, I was under the neat sky of falling back to occupy a position more advantageous for acting on the defensive, and the road of Capmany was necessarily free for the passage of the convoy. The troops at my post con sisted of 500 men, those at I'estio of 700, and at Monroig tiara were under the command of Don Joseph Masot, Captain of lark quelettes, two companies of the first battalion of Gerona, with few Sommatenes, consisting in an of about GOO men. All the efforts of the enemy to dislodge me from the heights were un availing, and I compelled them to fall back. At this moment the advanced guard, and a part of the columns that attacked me, pro ceeded against Monroig; but I, in my turn, fell upon their rear. A detachment of my troops, posted on a small eminence coin rnanding the high road, very much incommoded the enemy, who fired upon them with their howitzers with grape and round shag, but without being able to dislodge them. 1 was at this instant apprised that two small columns had just left Junquera, and were marching to - drive me from the height.. I perceived them with my glass, and computed them to amount to about WO men each. I took 100 of the few people I had, whom I posted advantageousifi and about 100 more joined me at the beat of the drum, whin was not attended to by the remainder on account of the ardour with widish they pursued the enemy. In consequence of tilig movement, they came in contact, on a small height which caw mands the highway, with the two columns of the enemy. Ik. file lions Monrolg, and also from Capmany, was very brisk, sa d continued for a considerable time. Isleyertheless, the convoying enabled to pass the bridge of Capthany, the enemy having brough t into action more than two-thirds of his force. The troors 4 Pesti* prbssed.closaly upon the enemy, and he was ezposed to ths fire of chat division, and also of Mcnisaig. The enemy, hincerefr mainained Written fop value arise with sufficient firmness, tut d length continued his March with the greatest precipitation for the Flat g," wo bad by 11 fin In eon4equence of this unexpected re;uiation, tlti dollar, which used to pass at 4s. 6d. Is now take' at the rate of 4s. lid. only. This has caused m u d dissatisfaction in the army ; in fact, the English are almost the only persons. It is said, that Sir H ari , Burrard intends to remonstrate with the Regency 0 : the subject. Ay SP.4IIY. 9 C C ST. Itilx DE GUIXOLS, SEPT: c,. 4 ferC At seven in the morning of yesterday, two Fre t d, s ships arrived in this port, prizes taken by theis A A of the English corvette Elon, and corducted . ~•1 by the officers and crew of that ship. Ttey were cap. tured a quarter of a league from B ircekna. n er I had on board a cargo of barilla, for Marseilles. birits