Star. — London, England, 1810-09-13 00:00:00

LONDON. tib4~:~ ::}*-. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13. PRICE OP STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK e S per Cent. Cons. money, 674—ace. 67i. Navy 5 per Cent. 99f—Exchever Bills par to Ss. pr. Bonds ass. prem.—Om:2lon 4s. dis. By the princess Elisabeth packet, arrived at Fal mouth, from Lisbon, Government have received dis patches from the Allied Army, under Lord WEL tiNtnoN, dated Alverca, the 23d ult. at which date the bornbarilmeni of Almeida had not commenced. Eleven batteries, mounted with cannon of 1 roe ca like had been brought from Ciudad Rodrigo. • The DUKE OF KENT packet, the arrival of which sit Falmoiah from Cadiz, we announced yesterday, has brought letters and papers from that place to the 25th ult. An article from Madrid states, that a plot has lately been discovered, which had for its object the assassination of King JOSEPH ; and - it was 'whis pered in the Spanish capital that the fire which threa tened so much mischief at a late ball in Paris, was occasioned by the intrigues cf JOSEPHINE. The Spa niards, according to their own accounts, are every 'Aare doing wonders, nor do the defenders of Cadiz teem to feel any alarm for the safety of that place.— The following are some interesting extracts from the Spanish papers brought by the DUKE OF KENT : MADRID, JULY so. In the night between the sth and 6th instant, the guards in the Teairo del Principe were doubled, and, at the moment the King went to his palace, the whole garrison was under arms, occupying all the squares end avenues. A Council of State was held, the rounds were gone by General Belliard in person, and, in short, there was a great confusion the whole night, which was increased by a storm, and tornado of rain, which lastcd till day light. The cause of this extraordinary disturbance was said to be the ad vance of some parties of brigands to the palace called Casa del Campo, and the gates. It even appears that there was some fermentation in the Retiro. To irculated a thousand stories, believe that the life of the , Ited in the palace, or that it and carry him off at the better colour, all the houses were searched, and several custody for discoursing iu topics of the day. speaking at his table of the late Ive Muttered, in a low voice, overheard—The intrigues of Josephine ! there has been a great Council result has been the division of ,ich are to be under Sebas- Belliard ; Portugal remaining pretends that his brother has cannot do less than obey that is given out to the people take care of the tapestry at orders to take it down and tine time, the whole of the ,UGUST 21. :ounts from Catalonia and to the 7th and 9th of the that in every part our coun more animated and disposed enemy. lacampa has his head-quar ill soon proceed to further on the 9th entered Mureia, Ippro.tched the frontiers of from adlicin come down Ifficial report of the d.ite of Junta there, slates, that the province of Liebana with and di iven out by the b:ave of 176 killed,, six prisoners, Ided. tcursion, but could advance 1, and finding the vigorous them, they retired silently in lition they had the unheard ieir•bayonets a youth of 14 flock.. near Tama, but they atrotinus act, as they left behind eavried away with them 160 compktc insurrecti. , n, and has been increased by more several soldiers. ,UGUS r 24. ortosa come down to the 10th on the 4th instant the garri sally, in which the enemy was works. said documents, that on the enemy mtde a most furious at fur some time the fire on infernal. Being repulsed, he re was again beaten off with passage - 0 t h e bridge was, , account of f 1 sheeier o without intermission but the with the *Tit of men, of the immortal women of repassed , the bridge with she ut• most intrepidity, carrying brandy and wine to their: l gallant defenders, who fought in the batteries. Twn of them lying wound , ...cl, Government has rewarded their merit by granting them the distinction of a me dal of honour, and peasiun of 100 Catalonian lines per month. mane of some parties of brigar Casa del Campo, and the gate: there was some fermentation lover their alarm they circulat endeavouring to make us bell Sing had been attempted in was intended to surprize ant play; and, to give this better stdjoining to the theatre were persons were taken into custc their own homes on the topics General Belliard, speaking fire at Paris, is said to have in but lo as to be overheard—The To-day (the 30th) there ha of State ; it is said the result I Spain into four parts, which : tiani, Soult, Junot, and Belliari to Massena. Joseph pretend! sent for him, and that he can him ; at least, this is what is here. This evening those who take this palace have received orde pack it up, and, at the same usual equipage. CADIZ, AUGU We have received account: Valencia, that come down to t present month ; all agree that i trymen become more and more to engage and harass the enen The brave General Villacan errs at Calatayud, and will ro Attacks on the enemy. The army of the centre on tl and its advanced guards appro Andalusia. The accounts received from • • the 2d August. An oificia 31:1 July, received by the Jun emy having entered the pros 200 men, were beaten and d • asantry, with the loss of 170 nd more thait '2OO wounded. They repeated their incursin •nly one litgue to Tama, an esistance opposed to them, t e night. In this expedition • f barbarity to kill with their t ears of age, who kept a flock . aid dearly for this atrotions ; hem 50 killed, and carried minded. . The provinces arc In comi e parry of Cuevillas has be 6000 peasants and several CADIZ, AUGU , • Our accounts from Tortosa i stant ; they state, that on th .. made a saccessful sally, in loclgedfroes all his works. It also appears, by the said 11 of last month, the enemy n ck on the bridge-head ; for th sides was truly infernal. reed to the charge, but was eat loss. During the conflict the pas: timely dangerous, on acci 11s which crossed it without &Ines. of Tortosa, animated aspiring 0 the glory 'of tl ragossa, passed and repassed 74;7 , CADIZ, AUGUST 23. In my letter of the I4th inst. I mentioned the sailing of the Spanish ships of war for Mahon—one of them has been obliged to put back to Gibraltar in a very bad state. On the evening of the 22d an expedition of 3000 picked men sailed from this place, under the command of Gentral Lacey : they were embarked in coasting vessels, escorted by a number of gun-boats, three English brigs of war, with five armed boats from each line of battle ship. These under the com mand of Captain Cockburn, of the Implacable. It appears by some news'received to-day, although not official, that they have landed at Moguer—we ously look for further news, as their intention must he Ito make an aztack upon the corps of the enemy in that neighbourhood, under the command of the Duke of Ahrembcrg. CORUNNA, JULY 17. Erigadier General Don J. D. Porlier has trans mitted the following Report to the Superior Junta of Galicia, dated Santona, the 6th instant : • MosT EXCELLENT SlR—After having sailed from Rebadeo in the five frigates, commanded by Commo dore R. Mons, it was the first object of my intention to effect a landing, agreeably to the plan which I pointed out to your Excellency, through my Adju tant-General, .Don Angel Vallego, but as circum stances afforded us an opportunity of reaching San tuna, the landing was made in this port, where my troops, as well as the English who were on board the frigates, disembarked, to take the garrison of this place, consisting of 120 men, 20 of whom were ca valry. I really succeeded in beating them, with the loss of four killed, and 27 taken prisoners ; thirty escaped to Laredo, and the rest were dispersed, and are surrounded by our light parties. 66 The following day, I detached the Chasseurs of Cantabria and the ist Cantabrian Regiment, amount ing in the whole to 400 men, on the road to St. An der ; and finding in Galezana 250 French, who came from the said town, they defeated them, with the loss of three killed, many wounded, and 19 taken priso ners ; 13 horses were also taken, and 50 small barges, with an American ship. 44 Several parties which are in this neighbourhood are joining me, and I shall soon have a sufficient force to rout the enemy, and liberate the inhabitants from the yoke of the tyrant who oppressed them. 44 I flail continue to inform your Excellency of the occurrences which take place ; and, in the mean time, have the honour to salute you with the most pro found respect.—Gon preserve," &c. JULY 23.—Yesterday landed in this portiPthe 600 man commanded by Brigadier General Porlier, and 300 peasants of Biscay, who entreated that he might take them with him, and whose numbers would have been much greater but from want of shipping, be cause they were all, without distinction of age or class, anxious to be liberated from the dominion of the tyrant. Porlier did not suffer any losses, bscause the English being apprehensive of the enemy receiv ing reinforcements, and fearful, kst they should lose their artillery, determined to embark, but he intends soon to renew the enterprize. Four landings were effected at different points of the coast, all the bat teries of the French were destroyed, the Spaniards whom they kept imprisoned were set at liberty. —The forts were levelled with the ground, and more than 100 pieces of cannon and great quantities of am munition thrown into the sea. Upwards of '2OO psi sonars have been sent to England, five vessels loaded with iron to Rebadeo, and to this place (Corunna) an American ship and several prisonc:s. It is a mat. ter of astonishment that our whole loss consists of only three wounded. It k said that 3000 men, commanded by a partisan of the name of Lorga, w..Te in Orclma, expecting orders from Porlier, which it was found impossible to communicate to Itim. The celebrated Cuevellas has taken from the French . General Avral, the military chest and SOO men, and compelled him to a shameful flight. Tn another part of our Paper we have given an im portnnt document, explanatory of the line of policy to be adopted by o►►r Government, with respect to the Spanish Colonies. It is a copy of a Dispatch, trans. witted from this country to the Governor of Curaccra, in consequence of the late declaration of the indepen dence in the Caraccas. The British Government con. siders itself pledged to maintain the integrity of the Spanish Monarchy and possessions, so long as Old Spain continues to make a stand against the common enemy ; and it is only in the event of the Trench being completely successful in subjugating the mother coun try, that Great Britain promises to ::ountenance the Colonies in erecting an independent Government. At the same time, our Ministers wisely disclaim all views of aggrandisement at the expence of the Spa nish Settlements. The French Tribunals have lately determined, that the marriage of a French prisoner of war with a Bri tish woman in this country is not valid. Several women, who accompanied or followed their supposed husbands to France, have been consequently aban doned and esposed to the greatest distress. • II .• The Staff, calico of i cortlfirandal Barracks 011 Island of Curnoa ferred ire() thi losses it hits sustained in that climate. The thus increased to about 900 men, is °steatite highest disciplined and finest corps in the Weit !o ldies. The depot of this regiment, which has forsome time past been stationed at Ottery, in Devonshire, under the command of Capt. Gomm:men, consisting of between 5 and 600 uncommon fine youn t , ,, men, is I to be immediately incorporated into the 241 battalion, which, with the addition of the volunteers from the Irish Militia, who are flocking to their national corps, will amount in a short time to 1000. It is expected, the moment these reinforcements arrive, that thishat talion will proceed to join Lord WIMLINGTON'S artily. That distinguished regiment, the 50th, comman ded by Colonel CHARLES STEWART, if, we understand, to be marched to Shorncliffe Barracks, near Hythe, if they are not considered sufficiently recovered from the effects of the Walcheren fever to be embarked.-- Shorncliffe is one of the healthiest barracks in the kingdom. The 2d battalion of the 52d regiment are there at present, and have benefited very much from the air. The Stirlingshire Militia left Margate on Saturday, for Ramsgate. The South Gloucester Militia were relieved from c'uty on Monday evening, at Brighton, and are suc ceeded by the Sussex Local Militia. The Serjeant- Major, lately reduced to the ranks, by a Court-Mar tial, has been permitted, to retire. Conowea's Iwuutsr.—We stated a few days Since that a Captain HANTS W 45 wounded in a duel on Mousley Hurst, with Mr. CoLasuAu., a4ew days ago, :uul that he was considered in a dangerous state. The above Gentleman died of his wound, which was in the left chest, on Sundaylast, having previously been remo ved Co London. The ball was extracted the day after the duel. There was no evidence before the Jtfry as to Mr. COLESNALL. It was merely stated, that four Gentlemen alighted from chaises on the Heath, ac companied by another on horseback, and that two fires were exchanged when the deceased tell, and he was put into a chaise and driven off. The Jury de livered a verd:ct of wilful murder against some person or persons unknown. All the letters and packets !nought by the late fleet from India have been delivered. None have been re ceived from Madras ; the Sarah Christiana and Wil liam Pitt, which were under dispatch at that Presi dency, and which were expected CO sail in time to ac company the ships from Calcutta and Bombay to Europe, did not join convoy at the appointed place. Their arrival, however, is daily expected. We are kappy to hear that the attention of the Go vernment of Bombay has, at length, been attracted to the preservation of the noble rem.tins of Oriental art and antiquity, in the celebrated caves of Elephan ta. The dilapidations of the images, throu'rk the wantonness of individuals, have of late been s' grt...: that no person is now admitted without an 0r,1 , 4. from the Supertillendant of Marine and Town Major of Bombay, to whose care these caves have been com mitted. Mr. Salt, formerly Secretary to Lord Vilentia, and now charged with a mission from the Brit: it Govern ment to the King of Abyssinia, had arrived at Aden, an island at the entrance of the Red Sea, in Novem ber last, and was preparing for his departure to an Abyssinian port. Some hundred huts were, on the 17th of February, destroyed at Calcutta by accidental fire : a grove of cocoa-nut trees caught the blaze, and presented a singular and picturesque spectacle. Notwithstanding the flames were so rapid and evens' ve,Pnly two lives were lost—those of a Portuguese woman, and an in fant at her breast. The 67th regiment had been removed from Dena pore to Bemires, but was expected to resume its for mer quarters during the month of April. The Manilla market was, at the date of the last ad. vices, so overstocked with piece goods and other ar tides of Indian produce, that few sales were effected without loss. An extra ship was to be dispatched to Acapulco in February, which it was hoped would re lieve the market ; one thousand pieces of Europe chintz had been sold so low as fiveisixteenths of a dollar per yard. The cold in the upper provinces of India, in the early part of the present year, was more severe than ever before known. In the neighbourhood of Mut tra, most of the indigo weed, and all the cotton plants, which survived the first rigours of the season, were destroyed by the frosts in January. Accounts from Prince of Wales Island to the be ginning of this year mention, that Sir EDMUND STAN. LEY was unrem►ttingly employed in establishing all the Jurisdictions and Courts under the Charter ; and in endeavours to reform the depraved 'and immoral state of society in that island. A severe shock of an earthquake was experienced at Manilla, on the night of the 15th of Sept. last. During a late overflow of the Ganges, near Hund war, three fakeers, who came for the purpose of per forming their ablutions, were washed away and drowned—a circumstance considered by their bre. thren as an especial mark of Divixe favour, and ce lebrated accordingly. It is mentioned in the Penang Gazette, of the 17th February, that a dreadful conflagration broke out at Rangoon, in an arrack shop, which destroyed nearly 7000 houses (mostly of wood) leaving only six buil dings standing in the town. Several persons lost their lives. CIIEROICEES...w.A survey has been very recently taken of this nation, by which it appears that there are 12,395 Indians, of which the females exceed the males, /200. The whites in the nation are 341, about one third of whom have Indian wives. There arc also 841 negro slaves, 19,500 head of cattle, 6100 horses, 19,600 hogs, 1037 sheep; they have in active employ 13 grist mills, 3 saw mills, 3 saltpetre works, and 1 powder-mill, 30 waggons, 500p1oughs , 1600 spinni ag. -wheels, and 467 looms. These advantages have been mostly obtained since 1796, and have rapidly increas ed since 1803.—0 n their roads they have many pub lic-housts, and convenient ferries on their rivers. C41114CC43. In the Spanish Papers received yesterday Mail from Cadiz,* transtAtiun appears of the of which we insert a copy : BRIO _........,-tir.riERAL LATARD. • Dowiliausireet, Slit—Your dispatch. with its enclosures, received and laid before the King. 1 am commanded by his Majesty to express Cobation of your conduct In sen di ng your ' amp, Captain KAlly,..ro dths country, with ligence of the events which have recently the province of Venezuela. I think it of the utmost importance that Kelly should return with as little delay as • Curacoa, and that you should be apprised , of conduct which, under the circumstances your letter, it is his Majesty's pleasure that • pursue in his name. the great object which his Majesty } mew from the first moment when intelligence I ceived in this country of the glnriciles resistance ISpanish nation, against the tyr ann y an d of France the great , was to assist by every m eans i n i ellNirts of a breve, loyal, a n d hi i people, and to secure, if possible , the indepen, the Spanish Monarchy in all parts of the -, As long as the Spanish nation ivasevere resistance to their invaders. and as an; hope can be entertained of ultimate success 1 cause in Spain, his Majesty feels it to be . 1 cording to every obligation of justice and to discourage any proceeding which may effect of separating the Spanish provinces in from the parent state in Europe ; the , the Spanish Monarchy upon principle* of true policy, being not less the object of than of all loyal and patriotic Spaniards. If, however, contrary to his Majesty'! ous wishes, and as he still continues to founded expectations, the Spanish dominions rope shall be doomed to submit to the common enemy, either in consequence of or of any compromise which may leave to the semblance of independence, an even( Majesty, relying on the tried energy and patriotim of the Spanish people, can in no degree consider as re-. bable, his Majesty will feel himselt bound by the same principles w h ich have influenced his conduct for the last two years in the cause of the Spanish nation, to afford every assistance to the provinces in America, which may render them independent of French Spain, may afford a place of refuge to those Spaniards, oho, in disdaining to submit to their oppressors, may look to America as to their natural asylum, and may pre serve the remains of the Monarchy for their unfortunate Sovereign, if it shall ever be his lot, underiuch cir. cumstances, to recover his liberty ; his lejesty in thus explicitly declaring the motives and principles of his conduct, disclaims every view of territury or ac quisition for himself. His Majesty observes with satisfaction from the papers which have been transmitted to him, that the proceedings in the Caraccas appear in a great mea. sure to have originated in a belief, that in conse quence of the progress of the French arm;es in the South of Spain, and the dissolution of the Supreme C.... I.re of the parent state had become ,les pci.ee. He truat..i, therefore, that as soon as the .c -tual state of things shall have been correctly knots n in that quarter, the general acknowledgment throughout Spain of the Regency. and the unremitted exertions of the Spaniards in defence Of their country under that authority, the inhabitants of the Caraccas will be induced to return to their connection with Spain as an integral p.ut of the Spanish Monarchy. His Majesty is led more particularly to entertain this expectation, from the consideration that the Re gency now established at Cadiz appears to have adop ted the same wise and generous principles, with re spect to the provinces in America, as were previously . adopted by the Supreme Junta, in establishing the connection between every part of the Spanish Mo narchy, upon the most liberal footing, in regarding the American province t as integral parts of the em pire, and in admitting them in consequence to a place in the Cortes of the kingdom. His Majesty feels confident that the same generous and enlightened policy which has dictated these mea sures, will induce the Government of Spain to regu late the intercourse of the American provinces with other parts of the world, upon such a basis as will contribute to the growing prosperity, and at the same time augment all the advantages which the parent state may justly expect to derive from them. His Majesty trusts that this exposition of his senti., ments will enable you, without difficulty, to regulate your conduct in any intercourse you may find it ne cessary to have with the contiguous Spanish pro vinces in South America ; and as his Majesty has directed that a copy of this letter should be commu nicated to the Government of Spain, he can have no objection to your making any use of the avowal of these his sentiments which circumstances may appear to you to require. On Friday noon last, a balloon, 33 feet high, and 4.5 in circumference, was I.4unched from the Park of B. HOWARD, Esq. at Farnham St. Genevieve, Suffolk, which ascended in very fine style to the great satisfaction of a numerous company ; and after continuing in the air for about half' an hour, safely descended near the Telegraph at lcklingham, being a distance of more than six miles. On Monday last was played at. Royston the return match of Cricket, between the Cambridge and Royston Cricketers, for 100 guineas, which was won by the former, leaving four wickets to go down. Considerable retrenchments are made in the Covent Garden establishment this season. There are five in. struments short of the former number in the band, and the same principle of teconomy into prevail throughout. • The celebrated Mrs. C. was 1 inienting she was near 30, though it is well known that she is co..sider.ibly beyond it. 44 Take this for your consolation," said ! female friend, .4 you will be from it terry day- NEW MAYORS FOR THY ENSUING YEAR.-- Banbury, JOHN PMN, Esq. j Reading, Wm. BLANDY, Esq. On the latter occasion near .500 children belonging to e different schools, were assembled in the Market-pt h , and presented with a large plum cake each, the gilt of their worthy townsman, EDWARD SINION, ESCI• Saturday last Grottos DELL, Esq. was elected May of Dover, and Jews MAJOR, Esq. Mayor of Fo'''• stone. . . . THE ARMY.:"." F, Cnlours And _ : 11;skai Of do 2.1 Bat- he 18th, ot kof • - nt of Ireland,: .1 by Major: . }rairey, marched into Ottery. the Bth instant, on theirieturn from the ;:uracoa; the privates having been trans- the Ist battalion in Jamaica, to supply the rday b y the the disp ate E . w. reef, rune ss. (' 'es, has b et; [press his ap our Aid e .4._ rich the hit t !. y occurred in that Capt a i n as possible to t.d of the line ices stated in :at you should y has had in Bence wa.s .istance of the td usurpation in his power high spirited dependence of e world. evere in their :n y reasonable access to their e his duty, se- nd good f a i t h, may have the :es in America ie integrity o f of justice and f his Majesty is. :y's most a"r. to think, well ninions in En. ie yoke of the of actual force, to them only rent which his nd patriotim of insider as pro. nd by the same :onduct for the nish nation, to es in America, F. Spain, hn_ momiiMININIO _