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exert for ve , • ould pain, . the 'press 111 CO OM Oil 'our ,y zal the trem. your en • to Ids ton. elf to ter re- , of iould resto um- THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. SATURDAY, AUGUST 25. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK' S per Cent. Cone. money, 6811—uc. 6811. S per Cent. Reduced.69i-4 per Cent. &5 to BSf. Navy 5 per Cent. 993 t —Ezehegner Bills 2 die. to 3s. pr. Bonds 20s. prem.—Omuium ~: Yesterday, at Portsmouth, the UNDAUNTED made the signal for the Mediterranean, and it was under stood meant to sail as this day, should the wind permit. There is in the fleet which accompanies the UN DAUNTED, about six thousand fine troops, destined as reinforcements for the Peninsula, Sicily, Scc. Among the passengers by the fleet are Doctors BORLAND and Moss, who are going to Sicily, to re lieve Doctors DIXON and FRANKLIN. The latter Gentleman is appointed Principal Inspector at the Medical Board. The preparations for receiving NAPOLEON in Hol land, we are informed by a Gentleman who ieft that country a few days ago, are carried on with extraor dinary activity, and on a scale of expence that will bear heavily upon the inhabitants. Some hundreds of artisans of various kinds were employed to render the palace, appointed for his residence, as magnificent and comniothous as possible. Several houses had been razed for the purpose of enlarging and improving the view from thence. The accommodation and sa tisfaction of NAPOLEON were not alone consulted, but care was also taken to provide for the personal con venience of those who may accompany him in his journey, Bills were affixed to several houses belong ing to persons of the first consideration, stating, 4 g that their former occupiers had been obliged to re:11mo -Jo for the purpose of accommodating the Empaeoes trio I" Some firing was heard at Dover froni the French coast on Wednesday evening, and again yesterday morning. The cause is not yet known, but it is pro bable that NAPOLEON, on his way to Holland, had reached the coast, and was receiving the usual salute. There has been no arrival from Lisbon since the FERRET sloop of war, but we may expect some in telligence before Monday. In the mean time we sub join two letters received by the last conveyance ; and, in a preceding column, we have given some extracts from the latest journals received. EXTRACT Or A LETTER FROM AN OSIICIR WITH THR BRITISH ARMY IN PORTUGAL. " Liuhares, July Sl,llllO. 11 Things appear to be now fast drawing to a crisis In this country. The enemy, foiled in his attempt against Cadiz, seems determined to prosecute the campaign with greater vigour in Portugal. After repeated and varied manoeuvrings to decoy our army from their favourable positions, and after continually menacing us with an attack, the French did not shew themselves in real earnest with us till the fall of Ciu dad Rodrigo, after which they pressed upon our ad vanced corps, obliging them to retire into the vicinity of Almeida, before which place they made their ap pearance in great force an the 24th. Here they en countered the light brigade of our army under Bri. gadier-General ROBERT CRAUFURD, with great im. petuosity ; and, I am sorry to say, notwithstanding the steadiness and bravery of the corps of which it was composed, such was the impetus with which the superior numbers of the enemy advanced, that they bore every thing before them like an irresistible tor rent, not however without affording to our troops en gaged an opportunity of again displaying their gal lantry, when brought face to face with the enemy. But what could be expected of us from such a vast disparity in point of numbers ? We lost in killed, wounded and missing, about 30 officers and 400 men, and were obliged to retire. " Had CRAUTURD'S affair brought on a general action, the result would have been more fortunate kr us, but still more sanguinary. I am et present at tached to the division of the army under General PICTON, consisting of three brigades. At midnight of the 26th we relinquished our position at Pinhel with our left in front, retiring to the neighbourhood of Alverca, where Lord WELLINGTON had established his head-quarters. Having here taken up a position, we continued one day, and, on the 28th, fell blck to this place, (Linhares) one of the most delightful and picturesque parts I ever beheld in the whole course of my life. Hitherto our retreat. has been gradual and orderly ; every preparation, however, is making for more rapid movements retrogradely. GOD grant it- may be unnecessary ! It is said that, if need be we are to retire to the fortified camp in front of Lis. bon, with our right on the Tagus at Villa Franca, and our left extending towards Torres Vedras, and the sea coast near Povoa, or Suzana, comprehending a distance of about thirty miles. When driven to this resource by innumerable opposing legions, rest assured we'll ",fight till from our bones ouriesh be haerd." But many will rue such a day. I hope the Portu guese will not flinch then : if so, alas ! my poor de voted comraties ! Some of the Portuguese look ex trethely well under arms ; but whether they will fight; eta une autre chose. Expect to hear of something de cisive immediately." g ' LISBON, AUGITIT Eh " The exact position that our army occupies is known to few in this city, but it is said to be advantageous. Our troops are in good health, while it is said, that in the army of MASS Es* a dy sentery cola great extent prevails, which, in this season of the year, is more destructive than the sword, and therefore the longer Lord WectiN °Tots de.ays fighting the better. The Eng lish are ne less subject to this malady, as they have been quar tend in lofty situations. • . 0 Our post from head-quarters to this place is not so frequent or so regular uisto be wished, considering our anxiety. We do not hear that them is reason to think that a battle wiU be fought so soon as a few weeks ago we imagined. Almeyda is closely in vested, and the French seem determined, if possible, to take It." The Prefect and Sub-Prefect of Guadalonpe arrived at Porchester Castle, on Sunday last : they had a long retinue with them. The:: have gone on their parole to Staffordshire. Government, it is said, have it in contemplation, and the work will be almost immediately proceeded on, to erect embankments in two different directions across the entrance of Plymouth Sound, within the Mew-stone Rock, which will secure it from every wind that blows, and enable ships of war to remain there in perfect security, in all weathers. Thus, with Caw sand Bay, 1-lArnoaze, and the Sound, two-thirds of the Navy of Great Britain might be moored and re• main at Plymouth alone. The undertaking is cer tainly one td great magnitude, but perfectly practi cable, by sinking caissons. Stone is to be had all round the neighbourhood, which abounds also in lime-stone and marble rocks, extending for many miles. This plan on the face of it certainly promises many advantages ; and perhaps, when fully digested, may be found cheaper and equally efficacious with the projected Dock-yard at Northfleet, which would require an expence of several millions. We under stand that the oldest Pilots at Plymouth assert, that there has been no decrease in the depth of water at that port within their time, nor indeed for a century past. It is certainly possible that their judgment may be warped by the apprehension of their ports losing somewhat of their importance by the erection of new harbours; but we cannot doubt, after the meritorious exertions of Lord MatviLLE to leluciciaic this subject, that it will receive every degree of atten tion, and that whatever plan or plans may be adopted for the future prosperity of our Navy, will be the re sult of a Most tarefal investigation, TO MR. JOHN LUCKRAFT'S CREDITORS. . , 1 T HE Creditors of Mr. JOHN LUCRRA FT , of the Borough of Plymourh, in the County of Devon, Builder, are requested to meet at the Commercial Inn, in Old Town, t Plymouth, on Friday the slat day of this instant August, by twelve of the clock at noon, when a general statement of his I. 1 Affairs will be laid before them. Dated Plymouth, August 22, 1810. i HOLLAND. The following Address, it is said, has been poi. vately circulated in Amsterdam, and other parts of Holland : " HOLLANDERS—R emember your ancestors ; exert all your energies in support of those principles for which they contended, and the rights which they have bequeathed to you. You are reminded by your tyrant of Tromp and Ruyter. Let the names and the me- mory of those heroes inspire you with equal zeal in asserting the dignity and the freedom of your country. • Would they have stooped to a foreign tyrant ? Would they have renounced the principles of true Republi- cans ? But you should also remember the Nassaus and De Wits. With what horror'nnist the venerable shades of those august characters, if they are sensible of what is passing on earth, behold the degraded con- dition of their country, now the scorn and victim of I a barbarous ruffian, who tramples upon every thing held sacred among mankind ! It is said that your oppressor is all( tit to visit your country, in order to en- -1 . joy a sight of the people whom he has enslaved and the land which he has brought to disgrace and ruin. Your tyrant will then be in your power, and by one bold effort of national energy you may release your- selves and the suffering world from the monster who • has abused power more than any despot that his- tory has recorded. It is true that he has sent a power- ful army into your country, in order to confirm your . bondage, and prevent all resistance. But, powerful as that army is, it would sink before the energy of a whole national exertion ; besides, that army cannot be so insensible to all human obligations as the ty. rant who directs them._ They know how lavish he lis of human blood, and how many of their country. .. f men le has sent to inevitable destruction in Spain, and that as many more must fall victims to his am. bition before he can succeed in subduing it, even if his ontregeous and wicked attack upon its indepen. I dence should at last be triumphant. Appeal to the loony who have been sent to rivet your chains. Re. mind them of their efforts in pursuit of what they I det meet liberty. Remind them of their lawful Mo. narch, who is now a fugitive and a dependent on the penerosity of another State. Endeavour to impress • them with a sense of the disgrace which they will - eternally entail upon themselves if they continue tc fieht merely to gratify the cruel ambition of a wretch who is the enemy of human nature. Inured as they • are to spoliation and to slaughter, they cannot be sc it utterly callous to every sense of jussice and every feel. ing of humanity as the tyrant who drives them tc acts of desolation, from the impulse of the most sa• vage ambition and unrelenting ferocity. Though the degraded soldiers of' a tyrant, they still are men, and may be roused into a conviction of what is due to an unoffending and independent nation. " The tyrant has shewn by his treatment of his ' l . brother, whom he forced you, in violation of all ?our hereditary principles as Republicans, to acknowledge as your King, how little mercy you have reason to expectut his hands. Yet you endured that phantom of a King because he seemed disposed to rule over you 1 i with mildness, and to regard the interests of your country. This mildness, and this regard for your welfare, were crimes not to be expiated in the eyes of his unnatural brother, and Louis was obliged to abandon a throne which he was compelled to adopt, and which was only a seat of thorns to him while he possessed it. Hence you may infer what a lamenta- ble fortune awaits you if you calmly submit to the dominion - of the Tyrant. He will inflict ten-fold vengeance on you, and you will hereafter vainly writhe in the pangs of misery and despair. Recal to your minds. your former triumphs, and let the glowing recollection impel you to emulate the virtue and the valour of your forefathers, who rescued you from foreign oppression,'.and completed your indepen- dence as a people. Be assured that the Tyrant trem. bles on his throne, and a glorious exertion on your part would tend effectually to hurl him from the emi. nence which he has gained. by unparalleled turpitude. He sees, by the deseition of his soldiers in Spain, how Irateful to them is the cause in which they are en- laged, and be assured that the cause is only dear to sis Generals, who know that their security depends upon the continuance of his power, and that his 1 downfal would be certain presages of their own,— ' Even those Generals heartily detest their Tyrant, and would most readily be content with their present rank and acquisitions, and rejoice in the destruction of so oppressive and so insulting a master, if they had reason to believe that they could escape in the wreck , of his lot tune. Hollanders, the awful crisis of your Ifate has arrived. If you suffer the present moment .7 to pass without a bold assertion of national vengeance, you will be lost as a people for ever, and must here. after be the wretched victims of foreign ch ruination. How glorious is the opportunity which preFents itself to you! What an example will you hold forth tc the enslaved nations of Europe ? You will recover your character in the eyes of mankind ; you will re. gain the rights of which you have been so wantonly ~ and barbarously deprived ; and you will transmit those rights to your latest posterity, who will lcok back upon your success with pious gratitude, with reverence, and with emulation. Reflect that the de. scendant of the House of Orange, of an Musty - ion: line of ancestors, once the protectors of your coup try, is now a wanderer from his native land, nor car you (I‘ , better than invite him to your shores, and im vest him with the privileges which his ancestors en 1 joyed. He will have learned the duties of the sta. Lion, and the esteem which is due to you, in the school , of adversity, and he will look with love and venera. ' . a ti n n d " i o n n veste r e ). r im pk wi t t ‘ h .h) thosea l)avvehriecchohvcister:clantihiyeierariinchetds.. But, however you may determine respecting him, dr not forget what is due to yourselves. The eyes of all Euti pe are upon you, and other States would Sud, in the recovery of your independence, the resto. - ration 01 their owl). Hollanders, do not pause a mo- , n eat ; arise as one man —yon are many—your enemy is in himself but a weak individual, and the hearts of all it ankind are against him. Renown or infamy, irtffipp Or bondage, depend upon yourselves at this ' *. .: ... . . . - .- .. 'eventful crisis. if you rite in the fullness of national might, you will be irresistible. Assure yourselves that the efforts of other countries will be the result of your heroic vindication of your rights. The Tyrant will be confused and distracted by a general revolt of the enslaved Continent. He will fall in the struggle ; mankind will exult in the event, and history will proudly record your triumph as a dreadful warning to oppression, and a glorious example for mankind." LISBON PAPERS. ALICANT, JULY 2. Various letters from the vicinity of the places oc cupied by the French in La Mancha, Arra&on and Catalonia, concur in mentioning their precipitate-re treat in all points. Those at Cuenca were falling back upon Madrid ; those in Arragon were proceed ing to Saragossa, and the greater part of the force at Lerida, were marching in the direction of Gerona. JULY s.—We hear from the vicinity of Soria, that 'the garrison of that place dare not venture to pro. ceed to Burrs, being prevented by the unexpected appearance in that part of the country, of the intrepid curate of Villabrau, D. Jeronymo Merino, after de feating, near Lerma, a column of French troops, with the loss of a number killed, and 200 made pri soners. CATALONIA, JULY 7. The public enthusiasm is reviving, and the means of safety, which the urgency of our dangers impe riously prescribe, are prosecuted with greater energy than ever. The indefa,igable O'Donnel is again et the head of the army of this province, the - head-quarters of which are at present in Tarragona. On the sth there was a slight affair with a French corps, which made a sortie from Barcelona, but im mediately returned. Eight Italians deserted to us, and as many more dispersed themselves, and are ex pected at Molins de Rei. During this movement, Captain D. Jose Moreda, with the assistance of ten rank and file, had the bold. ness to approach the fortress of Barcelona, so near as actually to pass within the lines of Forte Pio, and to carry off from the very ditch 90 sheep, amidst the confusion occasioned by an enterprise of this sort.— The General in Chief has promoted Captain Moreda to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, and assigned to the soldiers shields of distinction and a third part of the booty. MURCIA, JULY 12. The peasants of Murcia are forming themselves into regiments to drive back the bands of the Tyrant, should they attempt a fresh invasion. By letters of the 2d we learn that the head-quarters of the divisions of Bassecourt and Ville-Campo, which consist of 5000 men, were at Minglanilla, and that the French were in Tarancon. The army of the centre remains at Elche to discipline the new levies that have joined it. It is affirmed that it already consists of 12,000 infantry and '2OOO cavalry. By three successive dispatches, it is ascertained :- Ist, That the French, who, to the number cf 1500 foot, and 600 horse, marched from Baza and attacked the town of Cazorla, on the 4th of June, were com pelled to fly in the most . disgraceful manner, with the loss of 150 killed on the spot, and a number wounded, whom they carried off. 2d, That on the 10th, a detachment of the enemy's cavalry was de feated in the village of Maria, with the loss of 30 men in killed, wounded, and prisoners. 3d, That on the 12th there was an action at Galera, in which the ene my left SO killed and 19 prisoners. 4th, That on the 13th, another Commander of a light party, had an action, near Baza, with from 70 to SO of t/ e ene my's cavalry, in which the latter had 20 killed. LISBON, AUGUST 3. From a Proclamation of Echavarri's it appears that the Spaniards are taking due advantage of the diversion occasioned by the advance of the French troops upon Portugal. The enemy were so harassed in their late invasion of Murcia, that they have de clared they would not again enter it with a smaller force than 30,000 men. Echavarri particularly praises the peasantry of Caravacca, Lorca, Campo, and Huerta for their exertions to annoy the enemy in their retreat. He also states that the enemy's corps at Baza had retreated precipitately to Guardia, and that the enemy were making preparations to evacuate Grenada. OXFORD, 4116174 T f►. Mr. KINT, of the late Theatre-Royal, Drur T 4 ane. Is now performing here with disting u i s h e d success and the critics are uncommonly warm in his p a i s . He is always distinguished by an easy yet spirited performance, and a constant perfectness in his pans. His Captain Macheath is not . interior to lecs.zooa'i, and bis voice is daily improv ing. EXMOUTH, AUGUST 23. This morning, three French prisoners attempted to make their escape in a boat which they took away from Star Cross ; they were, however, pursued and retaken by the exertions of some boatmen. The harvest looks very promising ; a grtat deal of wheat is cut, but not much carried : the ear is heavy, and the grain full. The orchards suffered stverely from a blight in the month of May, but hopes are entertained of its proving a tolerable cider year. Our readers may recollect how many translations were given a few years ago of that beautiful Poem. called Ran% des rack:, so much admired for its sim plicity : we have read many with great pleasure, some of which we have before given to the public—but we think that few have equalled, and none excelled, the following translation by Mr. MONTGOMERY, who has introduced it with several other beautiful poems in his little vclume of the , a West Indies," a second edition of which has just now issued from the Press : THE SWISS COWHERD'S SONG. IN A 1011. ZION LAND. 0, when shall I visit the land of my birth, The loveliest land oe the face of the earth ? When shall I those scenes of erection explore, Our forests, our fountains, Our hamlets, our mountains, With the pride of our mountains, the maid I adore P 0, when shall I dance on the dalsy-white mead, In the shade of an elm, to the sound of the reed ? When shall I return to that lowly retreat, Where all my fond ebjects of tenderness meet,-. The lambs and the heifers that follow my call, My lather, my mother, My sister, my brother, And dear Isabella, the jorof them all ? 0, when shall I visit the land of my birth ? 71, the loveliest land oil the flee of the earth I The L , , RD CHANCELLOR yesterday attended at Lin coln's-Inn Hall, to arrange several matters be•wsen the Solicitors and the Registers, relative to his Lord ship's orders. A Writ of Inquiry was executed on Thursday lag at the Castle of Exeter, before the Coroner and a Special Jury, in an aLtion brought by Sir MANASSIR Lorra, Ban. against Mr. Isazu, the contractor for building the prison on Dartmoor, for taking stone for that purpose from Walkhampton Common, without the leave of sir M. Urn, the proprietor ; and the damages were assessed at 0500. During the hearing of the cause Cove v. Newton, at Chelmsford Assizes, last week, a number of deeds were produced. The LORD CRUZ BARON observed, that the production of old writings reminded him of a curious circumstance that occurred a few days since, when, on examining some ancient deeds, he uciden. tally discovered, that the Black Boy Inn, in Chelms. ford, bore the same sign in the reign of Edward 11. a period of near 500 years. Massey Stackpnlc, Esq. was on Thursday held to bail at the Public Office, Queen-square, for sending a challenge to Sir Vere Hunt. A surgeon of extensive practice, at theWest.end of the town, has been examined at Marlborough-street Office, on a charge of a most wicked nature, pref-t. red against him by a female servant of his household. She became pregnant by him, which was the origin of the offence. The Prisoner was committed to Bride. well for another examination. A respectable inhabitant of Liverpool was lately fined £35 for wilfully breaking seven of the public lamps. Another person, who was a temporary resi• dent there, for assaulting one of the Captains of the street watch, was ordered to pay MO by way of compensation. DOLLARS.—The following is an account of all be Dollars issued by the Bank of England, to the Bth of February last, inclusive : Dollars stamped in 1797, and Issued 4145,099 Dollars stamped In 1804, and issued Dollars stamped in 1809 and 1810, ditto Dollars &Lys,' COINAGIL—No silver monies have been coined at his MAJorrit's Mint since the year 1797, excepting some small silver groats, twopences, three mces, and pence, coined for the use of his Majesty's Maundy Monies, or Easter Bounty, and which, upon an average, may amount to about £lOO per annum. In 1798, 98951b5. 7oz. 2p wt. 2Sgrs. or 410,676,65. 11d. of standard silver ingots, were imported into the Mint, the coinage of which was subsequently prohibited by act of Parliament. The remains of the late Queen of PRUSUA were in tered on the 31st of July in the church of the Dome at Berlin. The coffin was borne by 24 Chamberlains, who placed it on the hearse. The body was preceded by all the Court at its entrance into the church ; and the Clergy received it at the church gate, and accom panied it to the sacristy, whither it was followed by the Grand Marshal of the Court, the Ladies and Of- ficers of the Court, the Ministers, the Field-Marshals. and the Princes. The service being gone through, the body was deposited in the vault with the usual forms. The choke of a successor to the present King of SWEDEN is not likely to terminate in the way that was generally supposed. The influence that procured the election of the late Cnowsi Palace still survives and predominates. Letters of the 15th inst. from Gotten. burgh ttate, there was little doubt that the Duke of AUGUSTENBURG would be chosen CROWN PRISM A great majority in three out of the four States had de• flared for him. They were all nearly unanimous in their opposition to the King of DZIIMIARH. The or. ders of the clergy and the peasants had declared against BERNADOTTIt ; the & I st, it is said, on account of his religion, the latter because he was a Frenchman. The name of the Prince of OLDINDUROH does not ap• pear in the list of candidates, nor does the least sus picion appear to be entertained of the possibility of GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS coming forward to assert his right to ;he throne. ccese pais, pirited pmts. pled to : away ed and deal of heavy, everely pes are r. slationc Poem s its sum- e, some but we ed, the vho has is in his edidoa p at Litt. Kowoeu