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THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. FRIDAY, JULY 8. PRICE OF STOCKS irms DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Consoh, for money. '1; --July 7(4 , l—Reduced 42i. oJrutiann sit pr.—Etc. Bills, 4s. as. pt. PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. Bank Stock 341 India Bonds, 2s. 3%. pr. 3 per Cent. Red. 69i Exateq. Bills 43. 6s. pre. 3 per Cent. Cons. Ann.6Blll Omniurn prem. 4 per Cent. 115 4 4* English Tickers, 221. 6s. S per Cent. Navy W i g I Cons. for ace. 701.1 if L. Ann. 18 13-18tbsi As we expected yesterday, accounts have arrived this day from Spain. By the At.eurA cutter, arrived at Plymouth, dispatches have been received from Admiral PURVIS, dated the 14th ult. We are sorry it is not yet in our power to announce the absolute surrender of the French men of war. The fact was not ascertained when the ALPIMA left Cadiz ; but, from the subjeineal letters, our Readers will see that no reasonable doubt can be entertained of this event having taken place on the afternoon of the 14th, or on the following day : " PLYMOUTH, JULY 6. N The ALPHEA cutter arrived here very early this morning with d;spatches from Cadiz, which port she left on the 14th ult. Lord COLLINGWOOD arrived off • Cadiz about the 2d or 3d June, and the negociations were proceeded on with the Junta of the Patriots as stmbled at Seville. " On the 9th June the Spanish batteries opened on the French ships, and the firing was renewed on the two following days. It is said the Spaniards lost only three or six men (for there are two statements) during the cannonade. On the third day the French I ships moved as high up as the Caraccas, when the Spaniards wore about to attack them a second time with 50 pieces of heavy artillery. It. appears that General SPENCER'S brigade have landed; probably after the removal of the French ships, as it is certain that our fleet did not previously co-operate, as the ac counts state that only two English frigates were an chored within the Spanish squadron." portion to their seal for their Ring and Country, and the urgent necessity of the cause. 8. To that funds shall be added patriotic loans of money, to be afterwards repaid infull ; and it Is expected from the/subtle aphis of the inhabitants, that there will be no occasion fer forced Luaus, or any other proceeding, which, though it might be violent,woiald still be justifiable by the necessity of the case. 9. This Proclamation (Bando) shall be printed and published by this bupreine Junta, and shall be placarded and circulated in al! places. 10. All the Magistrates and Public functionaries are for the present cnviirmed in their respective offres. Sevil!e, ::9th May, 1808. (Signed) 1). JUAN BAU rtsTA ESTELLER, Sec. I. D. J. B. PARDO, Sec. 2. ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE OF PORTUGAL. Poirrt . ea:EsE—Your lot is, perhaps, the hardest ever endured by any people on the earth. Your Princes were compelled to fly from you, and the events in Spain. have furnisluid an irrefragable proof of the absolute necessity of that measure. You were ordered not to defend yourselves, and you did not defend.yourselves. JoNor offered to make you happy. and your happiness has consisted in being treated with greater cruelty than ti ; most ferocious conquerors inflict on the people whom they have subdued by force of arn'is, and after the most obstinate resistance. You have been dr spoiled of your Princes, your laws, your usages, your customs, your property, your liberty, even your lives and your holy religion, which your enemies never have respected, however they may, according to their custom, have promised to protect it, and however they may affect and pretend to have any sense of it them selves. Your Nobility has been annihilated, its pro. perty confiscated in punishment of its fidelity and loyalty. You have been basely dragged to foreign countries, and compelled to prostrate yourselves at the feet of the man who is the author of all your calami ties, and who, by the most horrible perfidy, has usurped your Government, and rules you with a sceptre of iron. Even now your troops have left your borders, and are unveiling in chains to die in the defetze of him who has oppressed you, by which means his deep malignity may accomplish his purpose, by destroying those who should constitute your strength, and by rendering their lives-subservient to his triumphs, and to the savage glory to which he aspires. S i vain beheld your slavery, and the horrible evils which followed it, with mingled sensations of grief and despair. You are her brethren, and she panted to fly to your assistance. But certain Chiefs, and a Governmentaither weak or corrupt, kept her in chains, and were preparing the means by which the ruin of our King, our laws, our independence, our liberty, our- lives, and even the holy religion in which we are united, might accompany yours, by which a bar barous people might consummate their own triumph, and accomplish the slavery of every nation in Europe, our loyalty, our honour, our justice could not sub , mit to such flagrant atrocity ! We have broken our .chains—let us then to action--we have armies, we have chiefs, and the universal cry of Spain is, we will die in defence of our country, but we will talc care that :lase infamous enemies shall die with us. Come then, ye gene tons Po:tuguese, unite with Spain to die in defence of your country, her banners expect you, they will receive you as brethren infamously oppressed. The cause of Spain and of Portugal is the same—distrust not our troops—their wishes are the same as your own, and you may reckon on their courage and their strength as part of your sectaity. You have among yourselves the object of your vengeance; obey not the authors of yeeir naisfortune ; attack them,they are but a handfulof miserable panic struck men, humiliated and conquered already by the perfidy and cruelties which they have committed, and which have covered them with disgrace in the eyes of Europe and the world! Rise, then, in a body ; bura void staining your honourable hands with crimes, for your design is to resist them and to destroy them—our uni ted effoits will do for ;This perfidious nation ; and Por tugal, Spain, nay, all Europe, shall breathe or die free, and like men ! Portugueze!—Your country is not in danger—it is already gone—Unite, unite! and fly to restore and to save it! . . By direction of the Supreme Junta of Government, (Signed) DON JUAN BAUTISTA F..STELLER, tat Sec. DON JUAN BAUTISTA PARDO, 2el Sec. Seville, May 30, ISOB. and tesoerces in .hestility to etch etbcr, will soon unite their means against the common enemy of Europe. Private letters state that the Swedish division tin der the command of General SANDALSo . who were pur suing the Russians beyond Cuopio, were, when the last accounts came away, only 26 miles from the Rus sian town of Wy slot, which is beyond the Finland frontier. The Russian naval force is blockaded in a bay of Finland, by the Swedish Admiral. GOTTENIBURGH, JUNE so. Sir John Moore arrived from Stockholm hit night. he immediately repaired on hoard the Victory. The expedition will now (it is said,) sail the first fair wind; but its destination yet remains a secret. P. S. I learn this moment that the extra packet ' Prince of Wales, Captain T. C Mason, is on the point of setting sail for England, with Colonel Mur ray, and dispatches from Admiral Sir James San marez. STOCKHOLM, JUNE 2S. His Royal Majesty has received the following re port from Field Marshal Count Klingspor : • My last Report was of the 3d inst. and contained an account of the position of the army, which it still • retain. " Colonel Sandels reported to me, on the 4th inst. that en the preceding day he ordered Lieut. Colonel Fahlander to advance to Koinisto, in order to seize or destroy the magazine which the enemy had formed in that place. Oa this service the Swedish troops ac qUitted themselves. with so much gallantry and suc cess, that they took the magazine, a great part of wh;•11 was distributed among the inhabitants, and made several prisoners. MAURICE XLINGsi on." " Hod-quarters, Brzhenad, June 10, 1808." The following two reports have ucen received by his Royal Majesty from Major-General Baron Vege sack, dated Hufwerovind, the 17th June, and - KarlsO, the 21st of the same month While I was lying at anchor in Bergham, the 12th and 15th instant, on account of contrary winds, I received intelligence that eighteen of the enemy's gun-beats were stationed near Fungfonsund. I immediately communicated this in , telliger. ,- e to Admiral Hjelmsbjerna, and desired him to keep that flotilla in check, since on my farther ad vance to Abo, it would threaten my flank and rear. , 4 In consequence of a favourable change of the wind the fleet weighed on the 13th, at night, and proceeded -to Billholmssund, where it was joined by the gun brig Froja, four gun-boats, and four flat-bottomed boats. The fleet dropped anchor in Billholmssund, and waited there for further advice from Admiral Hjelmbjerna. The 16th, at one o'clock in the morning, Lieutenant Colonel Jonsscn arrived with a division of the Admiral's squadion, on whose arrival all the armed ships get under weigh and steered for Pergas, in order to attack the Russian flotilla. Im mediately after intelligence was received that the enemy, availing himself of a favourable breeze, had weighed anchor, and was steering for. Pergas. The fleet received orders to weigh, and on our arrival off Prastwik, the north-east point of Nagu, the advanced posts of the mass reported that the enemy's flotilla had proceeded to Pemar. Not being able to obtain any certain intelligence of the further course which ,the enemy had taken, I ordered the fleet to drop anchor, in which situation we remained until Adju• taut Wcnsen brought advice that the Russian flotilla was lying in Sampassuad, between the islands of Hirivensalo and Sattawa. The fleet immediately set sail in pursuit of the enemy's flotilla, which our squadron was ordered to attack while our land troops should render themselves masters of Kirwensalo, Kaskirta, and Kusto. 6 , The army under my command, reinforced by 200 volunteers,' and the reserve of the regiments - 41 Abolan and Bjorneburg, is divided into three bri• gades, commanded by Major Torn ehjelm and Lin* . tenant Colonels Ruitercrona and Baron Wrangel. " Hafverosund, June . l7,3soe." • The 17th of June, all the armed ships and trans.' ports weighed anchor, and stood for Ferias, where we came to anchor, in order to give tithe to the rear_ of the fleet of transports to come up as soon as they had joined the fleet, we weighed, on the 18th. in the morning, but were compelled by contrary winds to come again to an anchor. Certain intelligence was . now received, that the *Russian flotilla lead cleared Sampassund, and put into Abo, where it was lying under the bitteries of that place. The wind coming fair on the 19th, the whole fleet got under weigh, and brought up at night, about three quarters of a Swedish mile front Abo,where the troops were landed the same • night. , 4 As soon as the horse guards and chasseurs were disembarked, they filed off to form the advanced guard, under the orders of Captain Broberg; the first brigade, composed of the Foot Guards, covered by a detachment of Sharpshooters, and the s,:cond, consisting of Militia, formed a line of battle. About 200 of the Mass,.cemmanded by Lieutenant Mejfing, began to construct an entrenchment, to cover the boats ; the two battalions which were posted near Kusta and Ka,lerm, and met with no enemy, re ceived orders to leave behind 100 men in each isle, and to make a descent near Lentos, vi•ith the rest of the troops. At half past three o'clock at night, the first and second brigades, with the find artillery, were landed, and advanced to Alla Lemo, on the high road to Abo ; at eight o'clock the chain of advanced posts began to tire on the enetny's Cossacks, and push forr..ird, in order to -support the Guards and Chas- seurs. The enemy, about 2000 strong, occupiezt advantageoul position, and made a vigorous re . ts3sce. The action now became general, anti the cr, N my's forces were reinforced by from 7 to bO6O Your Royal Majesty's Guards fought as guards oa t en to fight, and the sharp.sbooters charged with the ut. Inott gallantry ;notwithstanding the enemy's vast se periority in numbers, they were twice repulsed ; but baying recei?ed certain intelligence that the wholeof the Russian force was advancing from Tapoio, I deted the troops, after a very severe conflict, which lasted foutteen hours and a half, to re-embark, which was done with the greatest cults- under protection of the gun-boats, and at seven o'clock. at night the whole fleet came to anchor off Karslo. Our loss in the-above amounts to 194 killed and wounded. (Signed) VEGISAC3:, Coat. Gc... 1 . I Kanto, June 21, saos." 'The following letter is from one of the Of.icers belonging to the BRITISH EXPEDITION Ix TILE BALTIC: GOTTENBURnii, JUNI: ro, isnot. 14 : - DE.4'n SlR—Contraty to our expectation the fleets Stilt remain in the harbour of this place, hut expect .every hour to receive orders to get under weigh. No Officer is suffered, on any account whatever, to go on shore. " The official accounts from Stockholm are of the most gratifying nature. The Rusians have certainly evacuated nearly the whole of Finland, and hav e given up Abo, and the important fur.ress of Ewea. burg. The peasantry throughout the country foogit most brava) , against them, and by derailing them of supplies, or the means of obtaining them, forced their enemies to retreat. " It is now said, that one of the objects of this pedition was the possession of Norway, hut a deputa. tion from the inhabitants of that country, having, on the first arrival of the troops here, waited on Sir J. MOORE with a proposition, offering to open their bar. bours to all British subjects, and to furnish them with whatever articles of supply their country affords, pro. vided they were suffered to remain independent of the Swedish Government—The General considered it proper to wait the decision of his Government on that subject ; and it was on a special mission of such a na ture that Colonel MURRAY went to England. " It would now' seem that his Britannic Majesty's Ministers have acceded•to the proposal of the Netwc , gians ; and shat arrears to corroborate such an opi nion is, the retreat of the Swedish troops from their frontiers, which is a fact, as they are actually now on their March to Scania ; and the last visit of Sir Jona MOORE to the borders of that country still further sup ports.it " General Sir SOME MOCRE iskst gone on hoard the Vacuum The fleet sails on Sunday next fur Eng land. Rendezvous Yarmouth Roads." ANOTHER LE'VFER, SAME DATE. " Last night arrived the ALPHEA cutter. Lieut. WM. Gisnoxs, from off Cadiz, with dispatches, which were forwarded last nighl.to London. She left the squadron the 14th ult. then off Cadir, except two of the frigates which were in the outer harbour, at an chor among the Spanish men of war. At the time the cutter sailed, the English troops, it is reported, were not landed, but this is doubted, as we have since heard that they are. • It appears, from the best intelligence we can ob tain, that on the 9th June, about three, P.M. the Spaniards opened their batteries on the French squa dron, and that at night the firing ceased, and com menced again on the 10th and 11th ; after which the Frei.ch transported their ships farther up the river, where the Spaniards have a battery of 50 guns, be sides bombs and a number of gun-boats : and, it is said, that they had sunk two vessels for the purpose of impeding their passage farther up. The ,Spaniards had three men killed and three wounded the first day, but none on either of the other days. It is like wise reported, that the firing ceased before the cutter left the squadron. 66 It is also reported, that the French ships hare a great deal of money on board, and that it appears to be the wish of the Spaniards to reduce the ships with out doing them much injury. 64 The ALPILEA was off Lisbon the 12th ult. for which place it is reported that the Portuguese and Spaniards are marching an army of 60,000 men. " Came in the• SwALLow, of 18 guns, from otF the coast of Ireland." To-morrow we hope to be able to present farther accounts of the progress of the Patriots : in the mean time we subjoin the following fresh proofs of the spirit by which they are actuated : INSTRUCTION TROIA Tit? suritset JUNTA OF THL GOVIDNASTWT, TO ALL CITIES AND TOWNS, TO II IXICUTILD urn' THIL UTMOST tROMPTITILTDI. 1. to ewes and towns consisting of 5000 or more householders, a Junta shall be established, which shall superintend all arrange• taunts, and shall be obeyed by allahe inhabitants; and in places i I Yesterday afternoon Colonel Mutin.tv, Aid-du of smaller size, the Ayuntanitir . ;tos shall hold the place and per form the functions of toe Juntas. 1 Cam p to Sir J. Meo:ty, arrived at the Secretary of it is ordered, that with the concurrence of the ayuntamicnto I State's Office. Since his arrival, the reports that were . clergy, prelates, priests, nobles and other persons so assembled' j current a few days ago tit the returning pacific senti a Junta of siz be formed to receive orders from the Supreme ments of the Northern Powers towa rds this countr y , Junta, and correspond there w i t h , a nd i n e ver y p a r t i cular act ! have been revived with more confidence than ever....— under their authority; and the irhabitacts and the corregisia are required to obey them in tht.ir o! e, and every thing thereunto 1 It is reported in all the political c:rcles , that a com ‘ppertainias. . plete change has taken place in the opinions of the 3. It shall be the duty of this Junta to cast flie Inhabitants 1 Emperor of Russtn—that a peace between him and ! from the age of 16 to 13, first, such as volunteer their services, ; the King of Slit3Dt3l4 is actually negociating—and and then all the secular it•habitaars of the aforesaid age; to form 1 1 that Colonel MURRAY has brought a proposition from them in companies, to ...Igo then respeetabls persons for Cap- i talas, Lieuttnanti and Imeigns, with full power to name Scrjeants : .At.rantincn for the purpose of uniting their efforts. .ti Corporals. which: they will proceed to do with all possible against the French—that with this view our arma &so! ch. 1 ment in the Baltic is about to return, as it may be 4.1 he) wit instruct the towns of their dMiritul/2"4 even those ' more beneficially employed elsewhere ; and that in of he neigiihouril districts, to submit to the tram• - tegulations f act h e, Si r Joine reux)n).:, and his army, were actually ett'istinents and appointatants, and to advise the Junta thereof • ithout delay. on their return. 5. tor t'.3,: rreernt, each company shall remain in hi district, i i By the packet which brought over Colonel Iktun ).,,, 0,, Junta is etr.powered, if it think fit, to can together the si.sv, Oottenburgh Gazettes to the 'josh nits have been gi...itd caapnlio , L. the °qui towns. treceneed. Their contents (partly given in a prt.t.e•ling L ' 'ilw )jll.l."ill:it'ip" e ‘ 66.414. ‘ 1411 IP," to adwinkt "' column, and partly subjoined) tire such as we were Lade: - it• sbreatiots. iiii4und. ... kith; mod intall the eppentes of t: e pr. ...w. ett.asiods. . tatftitt to expect by the last accounts P-orn Sweden. .. . vacs, fmnlillNb:: raised by Shaves nfik,he a le a n r a p... Th ee perations of the Swedes against the Russians ...,„a.i.a.eate4 rich k.di,islals, tom liver tiod abote s subscription 41711 e been highly successful. Let us hope that these .11 be op. i.e.l, tha. al. :I.- Utah:tits r tw i c a tr ib i er iq :ro- Powers, in place of ‘cntinuing to waste iheir trvor,lll SECOND EDITION. We stop the Press to announce, that the crwents of the Dispatches brought by the A.trus have been oScially announced to the public, by the iollowing . • LETTER TO THE LOIP MAYOR: " ADMIRALTY-OFFICE, I.V S. " Mi LoM—Dispatches have been received from " Vice-Admiral Lord CouiNowooo, dat'A off Cadiz " June 12. The Spaniards had summoned thErrench " Admiral to Surrender, and on his ref asal, the Spa " • nish Batteries had opened a fire ur. the French a Ships is the Caraccas, on the 10th of Jane, in a the afternoon, which lasted till half pa s t ten in " the evening, and had continued at intervals during the following day and on the 12th of " June; the French Admiral hid offered terms of " Capitulation, which had bees refused on the part of " the Spanish Commander, who refused to admit 6. any condition short of absolute surrender. The " British fleet had not entered the harbour, the " Spaniards deeming their own force sufficient for tl.e 1" reduction of the French Fleet. •' I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) " MUSGRAVE. H To the Right lion. the Loan MAroa. (A True Cory) 3. ANSLEY, Mayor. The ALTHEA has brought a spirited Declaration of War against France by the Junta of Seville. It is dated June 6 ; and we shall give it at length to. morrow. Some more French papers, of a recent dare, wee received yesterday. They state, that an order had been received at Paris, from tONATMITI, for all the ' - tutops to be immediately marched to the frontiers of Spain, and for the garrison duty in the Interior, to be performed by the National Guards, the whole t'f whom were immediately to be called out. There is reason to believe that the American packet Saint Michael, which some time since went into L'Orient , with dispatches from America to Prince, is arrived in the Downs. A letter from Paris of the With of Mayl has found its way to London, bearing the Deal post mark, which mentions that it was to be funvarded bf the American packet, which would ag •in call at a French port beim* she returned to Anief c ~: ~:~ P • s ot is a s roc to CL gd Sv pied thel istchl re . v SUN ipha part and titer it tc In I Teo' 150 that wor oral con bet t Abu sag ere( Col con Jev be the 0 vti ik4 l raj te M r ' . ti ti 1 i