Star. — London, England, 1808-08-06 00:00:00

F - • hpprechate my frank a atddeeideddeeNeatierl , itphieh Is, that lma knowledge no Se►etetgn except F0412114* di Bourbon, or hit tei gitimate heist. But if it happen, that this unfortunate family Mould be completely extinguished; 1 should then only acknow ledge for my Sovereign the People of Spain, lawfully represented in General Cortes. This manner of thinking is not confined to tote alone—l express to you the sinitmen.s of all the army, agd of the whole nation, with the exception of a small number of =en, who are governed by the most flagrant self-interest. Be pertuaded that I inform you of the ret! state of things—do Lot xoistake the forced submission of some temos occupied by French troops, for a real change of opinion in the inhabitants. Undeceive, therefore, your Emperor, and if it be true that he possesses a phi lanthropic mind, he will renounce the project of subduing Spain. whatever partial successes he may obtain, it is evident that his brother never can reign in this country, unless he reign over a desart, covered with the blood of Spaniards, and 6f the troops emplo , :ed on this unjust eaterprize. Notwithstanding the aversion with which I view the cause you support, t assure your Excel lency that I entertain for you that high consideration Which is d ue so your eminent personal qualities. (Signed) JOAQUIM BLARZ General in Chief of the A rm y of G;111511. To his Excellency Marshal Bessieres. stErnamir TO TILE " DIARIO DE LA COMA /A," OT THE 29TH JULY. On the 27th instant, the following resolution was eomitunicated to the General in Chief of the army, D• Joaquim Blake : " The Council of Government taking into consideration the distinguished merit and services of your Excellency, and in just remuneration of the heroism with which your Excellency ha s shed additional lustre upon them, by your answer to the letter ad dressed to you from the French General Ressieres, v►herein you treated his offer with contempt, and declared yourself the firm and constant defender of your country, and the rights of our law ful Soiereign Don Ferdinand VII.; have appointed yourEieel!ency Governor and Captain-General of the kingdom of Gatlicia, and President of the Royal Audience. dour nomination in regular form will be transmitted to you in course, it being resolved that your Excellency shall continue in thkcommand of the army now confided to your care, until the Conclusion cf the war; and the premises are communicated to you for your satisfaction. " July 2R, 1808." THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. SATURDAY, AUGUST 6. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK: Consols, money, 67.1—f0r see. 67C —R educed 6Si Onmium Itt prem.—Ezcheq. Bilk, 6s. prem. PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. S per Cent. Red. 66ff Imp. 3 per Cent. 671 3 per Cent. Cons. 67i j¢ Imp. Ann. 74 11-16ths pc.. Cent. sqn Excheq. Eil's 4s. 74. pie. ape• Cent. Navy 98j3 Omnium I ff prem. I,org Inn. 18 15.16:1:i English Ticket!, India Bonds, Ss. 6s. pr. Cons. for ace. There has been no fresh arrival either from Spain or Portugal, but various facts received by the last conveyance continue to transpire, and the Spanish papers still furnish a few extracts worthy of a perusal. The extracts which we have this day laid before our Reader; will enable them to form a more correct judgment of the military operations in Old Castile and Leon, than any accounts which had previously readied us. An article from Benevente contains the only de tailed account we have seen of the battle of R!o Seco. The advantage, it appears, *as fbt a considerable time on the side of' the Patriots. A vigorous attack, however, by the French towards the concltbion of the engagenient, threw the left wing of the Spaniards into confusion, and deprived them of the honour of remaining masters of the field. They effeeted their retreat in good order, under the command of M. tLAXE, who ha ssince received the reward due Co His bra very.and fidelity, in being appointed Captain-General of the army Of Gallicia. The document notifying this nomination wilt' be found among the extracts. regret that it does not enable us to ascertain, whether the attempt of BosstEncs to seduce this gal lant Officer from the allegiance which he owed to the Govenunent of his adopted country; was prior or subsequent to the action in which his gallantry was so conspicuous, and in which his military skill pre served thousands of brave men, who, we trust, are yet destined to conquer under his auspices: That the Patriots were worsted in this affair, admits of no doubt ; all the accounts in the Corunna Paper concur in this respect. That they effected their retreat.in order, is evidcnt from this, that they consumed three days in marching from Benevento to Astorga, an in considerable distance. A private letter from Corunna, states, that on the 29th ult. official accounts reached that place of the capture cf the city of Leon, by a small body of French troops, without.opposition. It does not appear that this was the result of any battle which had been fought, or that the Commander of the Spanish army thought the movement of sufficient consequence to induce him to make any alteration in the position of his army. The same letter mentions, that the accounts from the Southern Provinces were very favourable to the cause of the Patriots, and that a report had just become current that General CASTANOS had been ex. tremely successful in Andalusia, and was marching towards Castile. The arsenal at Ferrol is quite empty, the French having literally taken away every thing. The Spanish ships in that port are all in a state of ordinary, ex cept two frigates, which they are endeavouring to fit for sea. There arc two line of battle ships, a 74 and a 64, and another frigate, besides three three-deckers. The three first only are serviceable ; the three lass want considerable repairs. They have, however, a great many gun-boats. We find from the Spanish papers, and it is alio tonfirmed by letters from Cadiz of the 16th ult. that the troopt tinder the command oi. fe r al Spairant had not proceeded to join General CAsivirsos, but re mained at St. Mary's and Puerto Real, where they disembarked. A passenger who catne home in the last packet from Gijon, states, that he was at St. Andero on Wedneiday week, when a French force marched in. Upon their.approachsthe Bishop and the people im mediately evacuated the town. It is rumoured that Ministers are In possession of information that General DUPONT has actually been reinforced. Report also states, but we have not been able to learn on what authority, that the French have obtained possession of Oviedo. ft is also reported that Marshal ISEssitnEs has marched from Zamora, and taken the direct road for Portugal. If this be correct, his object must be to reinforce General Amor. Should this be the object, we hope that Sir A. Wxl.l.zstia, by collecting and organising a sufficient force, will be able to prevent a junction which would expose the cause of the Portu guese Patriots to the greatest danger, and his own army to peculiar hazard. Should it prove true that BESSJERES has been dispatched from Spain to Portu gal, we shall be obliged to admit, however reluc tantly, either that in the former kingdom the French are in greater force than we had reason to believe— or that the rising of the Spaniards, against their ia vaders, has not been so general as some of the ac counts have stated—or may we hope that the affairs of the French are so hopeless as to leave them no choice but to hazard movements, which nothing but desperation could dictate? Juror is inflicting the most signal vengeance upon any persons who have the misfortune to be subject even to the suspicion of having any connection with, or inclination towards, the cause of the Patriots.— M. F. T. DA HOTA MACHADO. who was many years the Portuguese Minister at St. Petersburgh, and who belongs to the first family in Algarva, has been shot, l because a letter was found in his possession from a re. lation of his, which siniply stated, that the people of the country were arming against the French. For an offence of this nature this distinguished individual was condemned to public execution. LOISON and DA LA BORDA have levied contribu eons and committe , l several atrocities h those parts of Portugal through which they recently marched. Last night we received French papers to the 25th, which contain nothing new. The death of Sir JAMEi S4vs4aßzz, as reported in these papers, is entitled to no credit. Friday se'nnight the election of a Knight of the Shire fo: the county of Clare, in consequence of the Honourable Colonel BURTON having accepted the Escheat6rship of Munster, commenced in the Court house of Ennis ; the Candidates are, AUGUSTINE FITZGERALD, of Carrigoran, Esq. and Lieutenant Co , lonel in the Clare militia, and Capt. Jas O'BRIEN, of the Royal Navy. The former was proposed by Sir EDWARD O'BRus, Bart. seconded by THOMAS STUDDERT, Esq. of Bunratty. The latter proposed by GEORGE STACKPOOLE, of Cragbrien, Esq. seconded by Wu. NUGENT NPNAMARA, Esq. Each of the candidates polled five, and adjourned to next day. Sir Cl/ARLES BAMPPYLDE'S manor of Wapley and Codrington was sold in lots last Thursday, at the Bush Tavern, Bristol, for 76,0001. C. CODDRINGTON, Esq. was the principal purchaser ; this gentleman purchased West Kington manor last year at 53,0001. His magnificent buildings, now finishing, will cost hint 130,0001. and his property and royalties around it, extend for upwards of SO miles. CHECKS oN BANKERS.—The Stamp Act, which commented its operation on the 2d in.!artr, requires that every check drawn on Bankers or others shall specify the place from whence it is drawn; and if such place be more than ten miles distant from the resi. dence of the Banker, it must be stamped as a Bill of Exchange although payable to bearer on demand. The penalties on the drawer, payer, and acceptor of any check drawn contrary to this Act, will effectually prevent the payment of any such drafts in future. At Union Hall, yesterday, a genteel looking young 1 woman, named Dogharty, made her appearance to answer to a summons preferred against her by the Rev. J. NIVEN, by whose statement it appeared that the defendant, on Sunday last, during his perforni ing Divine Service at Vauxhall Chapel. attempted to interrupt him. The above charge having been clearly proved by the evidence of many respectable witnesses, the prisoner was held to bail, in conjunction with two sureties of 501. each, at the next General Sessions, which are to be held in Horsemonger.lane. Sunday, a party of young men took a boat at Bris tol, to sail into Kingroad, and attempting to land at Portishead, they ran against the fishing stakes with such violence as to perforate the bottom of the boat : two of them who could swim, leaped into the water, and endeavoured to save themselves, but, after a hard straggle, one saf them sunk and was drowned—the other contrived to lay hold of some fishing-tackle, and by means of the nets kept his head above water, till he was taken up by a boat, nearly exhausted ; three, which remained, clung to the boat till they were for tunately extricated. TOI4E:NIHAU COURT FAlR.—Thursday a great con course of people assembled at the extremity of Tot tenham-Court-road, for the purpose of holding an annual fair. The lovers of sport and fun were early on the spot, anxiously waiting the opening of the busy scene. The anticipated pleasures were soon changed into disappointment and vexation, by the appearance of two Magistrates, attended by Police Officers and Constables, whose orders for the removal of every stand, shew, &c. were most reluctantly complied with, and several were in consequence taken into custody. Every face, which before had•so merry an appearance, was quickly changed into the utmost ' chagrin ; every one was compelled to be upon the alert in repacking their goods, and raising their booths and stalls. The matter, however, we understand, will soon be wade the subject of legal investigation. ArAdricift hnizz.LiCrArct. His Majesty's ship Becrrrt, with a fleet nitdef convoy, from Portsmouth, bodnd to the West Indies, is arrived at tarbadoes. The Balton, FORD, is arrived at Liverpool from Barbadoes, which place she left on the 27th Junt ; and on the 13th July, in lat. 41. 26. long. 43. 9. was chaced by a French privateer of 32 guns. FALMOUTH. AUGUST 3. Sailed his Majesty's ships Po s sioxi, whli a fleet for the Medit erranean • l'Amptats, . ditto, for Portu ga l ; Little Belt, ditto, for Africa ; TROMPRUSE, ditto, for Madeira ; THAIS and STEADY, ditto, for the Brazils; also sailed , the PRINCESS AMELIA Packet, for Corun na. The Portuguese brig Mayo Munda, Captain DA SousA, from Bristol, for the Brazils, is on shore tieAr this place, and full of water ; cargo landing: PORTSMOUTH, AUGUST s. Arrived his Majesty's ship HtnitisEn, with a con voy from the Downs.—Sailed his Majesty's ships IL. LUSTRIOUS and MMATOR, with a convoy for the Downs.—Wind S. E. DEAL, AUGUST .1. _--- - - Came down from the River the American ship Lushington, GARDNER, for and remains in the Downs with the ships as per last.—Wind S.S.E. GREENOCK, AUGUST 3. Arrived at Port Glasgow, on Sunday, the Anglim, BELL, from Miramichi, in thirty-seven days ; spoke on the 17th ult. the Ellis, --, from Plymouth, bound to Newfoundland ;"and the Industry, SEA MORE, from Maryport, bound to Pictott, in long. 17. lat. 56. all well. Left the Diana, BOAG, and the Northern Friends; M'DONALD, both of and for Gree nock : the former loading, and to sail about eight days after ; the latter had not begun to load. Ar rived same day, the Argus, CHALMERS, from Pictoo, in 33 days ; spoke no vessels on the passage. In 56. 6. N. long. 10. 38. W. saw a large ship with tarred sides, with her main and mizen masts gone, standing to the westward, the wind being at E. S. E. and a heavy sea running, and blowing hard ; we were at the time un- ' der close reefed topsails, and she being to windward, and night coming on, soon lost sight of her. Saw a ' ship and several brigs coming in the North Channel. The Forth, M'KIE, for Port Glasgow, sailed three days before the Argus. The Chance, M‘DOUGALL, was left loading for Port Glasgow, and to sail in eight days ; and the George, ELME.% for this port, to sail about ten or fourteen days after. The Oughton, Lust, of this port, has arrived at Frasersburgh, from Quebec, on her way to Leith ; spoke the Dunlop, R‘EwEN, on the 17th June, going up the river St. Lawrence for Quebec. Captain DoNtr, of the Go vernor Carleton, spoke the following vessels :—July sth, in lat. 45. N. lens. 51. 48. W. the ship Brothers of Burlington, Captain WILKINSON, from London to St. Andrew's, New Brunswick, ten weeks out, all well. 1 --6th, in lat. 4-6. N. long. 47. 50. W. the brig Nancy, SnitesoN, from St. Andrew's, New Brunswick, to Poole, fourteen days out, all well.-20th, Uris . Head (Ireland) bearing South by East ten or eleven leagues, the ship Truth, of Jersey, from Limerick to Liverpool, all well. Captain HUTTON, of the Frances, from Quebec, spoke on the 21st June, in the river St. Lawrence, tile Watson, WAMPTON, from Working ton ; the Norman, —' ' from Londo n • and the I Dawson, of Aberdeen, from Halifax. The brig John, Captain MILNE, from Pictou, with a cargo of timber, is arrived at Ayr. Or. the 30th of June spoke the ship Lady Julian, Captain SHARPER, of London, bound to Quebec, lat. 46. 23.,10ng. 49. 30. all well. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. GRAvzsEND, Auctisr s.—Passed by the Reward, Fink, and Ebenezer, Bennett, from Jersey ; Lavinia, Howland, from Ja maica ; Louisa, Block, from Oporto ; Sonbras, Suffells ; and Mayflower, De Cason, from Oporto ; Morning Star, Walker ; and the Abcrsemant, Adams, from Gijon. Sailed the Argo, Hardington, for Barbadoes • Peter, Julian, for Cadiz; and the Glen Almond, M . Pherson;for Gibraltar. The Alexander, and the Narova, —, from Liver pool, for the ILdtie, ate captured and carried into Copenhagen. Yesterday interesting dispatches were received from Africa, and with them some Sierra Leone Gaiettes, from one of which, published in March last, we make the following extract : TO THE EDITOR OP THE SIERRA LEONE GAZETTE. Permit me to send you the fallowing facts for yotir insertion, which will tend to shew in what man ner some of the natives of this Country, are disposed to view the abolition of the Slave Trade. Since the abolition of the Slave Trade was made known in the neighbourhood of Goree, a quarrel took place between the King of Darnel and the Maraboos; after several skirmiskes the Maraboos drove them back, and carried away with them from 500 to 1000 head of cattle, saying, that as there was no sale for slaves, they would not take► their people, but that, as cattle could be turned to advantage, they Would take them. " I had some conversation with a man who took an active part against the King of DA24BL-: he as sured me that the natives in their neighbourhood had no intention of. taking any more prisoners, as they would not sell; but, that the idea that those who might unavoidably be taken, would be put to death, was quite erroneous. MAMADOO SAANI, a powerful and intelligent. Chief on the river Gambia, told me that he regretted the abolition himself, as being the means of depriv ing him of some considerable emoluments, but that he believed, generally speaking, it would be of great service to the country. One very strong reason he gave was, that the want of confidence in each other, occasioned by the fear of kidnapping, or other wise making slaves, obliged the natives to be con stantly armed, and every man to suspect his brother; but, since the abolition, their had already begun to lay aside their guns when they went out ; and he had no doubt, but in a short time, they would clear away the woods from about their towns that were then built; and that, in building new ones, they would have them in more exposed situations, and that he himself had altered his mind as to the place he had Chosen to build a town in, determining to build it now on the banks of the river, and cut down all the woods near him; and that he intended, as he knew many other natives did, to attend as mush as possi ble to cultivation, particularly cotton, which grows there in great abundance:" thE A Rilti; The haifillifitilkitlitar Othceis up . to the 25th Of June, eottutietke paying on Monday next. The 24d braghotit have received orders to prepare . ft* ethbatkation itittnediately. The 2d .battaliod of the 4th, be. King's own, Lord UtATRAIOS regintlint, are to embark irnmedi.itcly ; as is the 2d battalion of the 59th foot. The 2d ba,talion of the 66th, now at Fcrmoy, have received orders to embark immediately. In order to complete the 2d battalions of those regi ments in Ireland that are deficient of men, an imme diate volunteering from ttie Irish Militia is to rake place. This measure will add at least six thousand men to our regular forces. DUBLIN, AUGUST 2.—Tne follow•irg is said to be part of the intended arrangement in the distribution °idle Irish Staff; when the troops composingthe camp at the Curr*gh shall hare arrived at their several can tonments : SOUTH-WEST Dtsrmcr. —Comprising the counties of Cork, Limerkk, Clare, and Kerry, and t h e b aron i es of Upper Ormond, awer Ormbnd, and Owncy and Arra, in the county,of Tipperary. Lieutenant General F'r.orn Cork. Major Genetal Arrsacc Brigadier General G. Mrrenert. Brigadier General GRAHAM Cork Bileadiee General La SOUTH-EAST Disratbr—Comprising the counties of Kilkenny, Carlow, Waterford, Wexford, and Tippe. rary. Lientenint General WrtrwAsto Clonmel Major General WA Ur IL Wa.erford Major General Pare . .. Wexford Brigadier General HAMILTON Kilkenny Brigadier General CAM Clonmel. Friday morning, at five o'clock, the camp in the Phcenix Park broke up, and the two regiments of mi litia, the South Down and the Wicklow, marched to' country cantonments. The camp at the Curragh has also been broken up. The 31st regiment of foot are undetordersto march from this city in three divisions. The firs: ..et off this morning, the second proceed on Thursday, and the last on Friday ; they are to match first to ter. moy, where they are to occupy the barracks in that place, and remain until transports arrive to bring them on the expedition forming- at Cork. They are a fine body of men, mostly volunteers from the Irish militia; and there is no doubt but when Cie:" are brought to action, they will I.ot be inferior in valour to any troops whatever. Yesterday, Sir DAVID BAIRD arrived in town from the Curragh. The 19th Light Dragoons are at present quartered' at Northampton. GREAT MARLOW, BUCKS, AUGUST 1. This morning a large party of Nobility went by water from Sir Wm. CLAYTON'S, at Harleford.— Amongst the Nobility were, Lord and Lady BOSTON and family. They dined at Mednam Abbey. This antique building lies between Marlow and Henley, by the Thimes side. Water parties, this summer, have been much the amusement of the Nobility round this country, which is certainly very pleasant. On Wednesday morning her MAJESTY and the PRINCESIES, with their attendants, dined at Clebton Spring. Lord and Lady BOSTON attend her MA. JESTY at the Spring. This is a beautiful place, un der the woods by the Thames. This Spring is fre quently visited by the Nobility in the summer scason. Arrived here this morning hi, Royal Highness the Duk. of KENT. The Stafford band played while the Royal visitors were at 6.: Spring. The noble House of WENTWORTH are in the most joyful expectation of an heir, Viscountess MILTON being announced again in the family wiy. On Saturday last, Thomas M'Cormick, found guilty of committing a rape upon the body of a young - girl, upon the Hill of Howth, was launched into eternity at the front of Kilmainham gaol, Dublin. Peter Alin:, boatman of Deal, convicted on the 26th of June, 1807, at the Old Bailey, of felony and piracy, in plundering the cargo of the ship Endea vour, from Jamaica to London, when stranded on the Goodwin Sands, and for which he received sentence , of death, has, in consequence of nume rous petitions to the Crown, received his Majesty's pardon, on condi tion of transportation for life to the Brazils. DISTRESSING ACCIDENT.—On Thursday last, five men in the employ of Messrs. Scor, IDLE, and Co. Wine-merchants, in the Strand, who had been deli vering rums at his Majesty's Stores, near Deptford, on returning home about five o'clock in the afternoon, took a boat, and the tide bei.,g against Clem, the waterman, as usual, kept near the shore to avoid the current. While passing Dock-head, 'several barges were lying in the mud, on a highbank, one of which, a small rope which fastened it giving way, came against the boat with great violence, by which means Richard Seward, a native of Exeter, was crushed to death between that and another barge, and Robert Dornton, in endeavonring to escape, had his leg so severely ,shattered, that he . was conveyed to S. Thomas's Hospital, and underwent amputation.— The rest of the people, being good swimmers, got safe on shore. Mi s kRYWI STF, a Penitent, late of the M'gdalen Hospital, remarks in the " Observations en Seduction and Prostitution," " that Magistrates are to be a terror to evil doers. They must scatter the wicked, who are linked in confederacies to assist and embolden one another in doing mischief, and there is no doing this but by putting the laws in execution against them— crushing their power and suppressing their projects. Severity must sometimes be used, to rid the.ck,untry of those that-are openly vicious and mischievous, de bauched and debauching. It is the Magistrates busi ness to see that the laws of their country are enforce- d for the tufsprenion of vite and reformation of manners." And we do hope that these observation, may be uni versally read, so as to rouse the spirit of a British Le- - gislature to take the matter of Seduction into serous consideration, and to suppress the evil of Female Prot ' titution. It may be had of E. 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