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Cordo•?a, he found himself obliged to desist inityleig., ting so many innocent victims. There are -arrived in this city Swiss and Portuguese cannoneers, who fled from Yelves. There are at this place only 403 men in garrison ; the remainder, with General KELLERMAN at their head, broke up towards Lisbon, which, as it appears, is threatened with a speedy attack. MADRID, JULY so. By letters received from La Mancha through the last couri.er, we learn, that the division of WEnr.t, has been completely routed : he was going with the linen tion of assisting Duror., who it in the most critical situation, surrounded in the vicinity of Anducar by 40,000 Andalusians. General FRERE, destined for the same enterprize, apprehending a similar fate, did not venture to proceed beyond St. Clemente; there be was joined by 900 Men, the only remnant of the beautiful army with which MorcEY expected to sub jugate Valentia: These fugitives are indebted for their existence to a traitor, who has pointed out the way to them for effecting their escape. We learn from Lerida, that the Catalonians have rendered themselves masters, by storm, of Fort Mon joy, with the loss of from 6 to 7000 men ; but they put to the sword the whole of the garrison, in con formity to the laws of war in similar cases. The present Government takes the severest mea sures to prevent the dissemination of the news of the disasters experienced by the French arms, in different Provinces of the Kingdom. They have, therefore, prohibited with all rigour, all Diaries, Gazettes, Pro clamations, and whatever printed Papers calculated to excite patriotism, or any indignation against the family of BONAPARTE ; so much so, that those who print, copy, tead, or listen to any similar papers, are declared and punished as guilty of high treason. The arrival of several Patriots in this city, with the consolatory intelligence of the measures taken by the provinces for redeeming Spain, has given rise to a proclamation of the Ist of July, wherein it is com manded, that every house-keeper who lets lodgings * shall put up a billet in the front of his house, with the words, " Pasada," (Lodging-Hour:). That all strangers arriving in the town, shall, within twenty foot- hours, send in to the customary register, their names and qualities, with the places they come from, and their motives for visiting Madrid. That no per son shall be admitted into any house, under pretext of charity, without the above precautions being atten ded to ; and heavy penalties are threatened upon those who contravene them. OV:EDO, JULY 29. SITTINGS OF THE SCPRED•F JIVTA OF THE 24T11 JULY. It is agreed that all persor.s who have made loans or donations of money or property to the Governmen t of Seville, shall receive an acknowledgment for their said ad: antes. Those belonging to the Army Ttea sury are authorised to issue these legal documents, without producing which, the Supreme Junta an nounces to the public, that no person can expeet Pe• payment or restoration of their property% Juts 25.—The result of the deliberations of the Junta this day, is an incontestible proof of the princi, pies of benificence and justice adopted by the Supreme Junta. They have determined to sk:cpend the contri butions established by the tesolutions of the ilst, and to pay cif immediately the forced and voluntary loans levied in virtue thereof, with the ten millions sent from England. In the mean time they declare that the sequestra tion laid upon the rents of those proprietors who re side out of the principality of the Asturias, shall only extend to those who live in countries, or among peo ple who do not make common cause with us, _ . It is resolved to admit into our army all the Offi cers aiid Cadets who have served in the Castilian Army, commanded by his Excellency Don GREGORY° de la CUESIA. JULY 26.—The muskets, arms, and ammunition, now in this City, have been distributed to the points of defence, as arranged in circular orders by his Ex cellency the Captain General. There has been established a plan of economy for the maintaining of the troops of the army, which will be under the direction of persons of the greatest respect ability and probity, chosen from the secular and eccle siastical orders indiscriminately. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3. PRICE OF STOCKS — FI-ZIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK: Cons. money, 67;:—for August 684--Reduced 68it. Omnium 11 2 prom—Excheq. Bills 6s. 7r. pre,— PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. 3 per C. Red.6Bll: OmMum 2 I I per C. Cons. as (Al India Bonds, Ss. 69. preen. 4 per Cent. Cons. 83 8411 Ex. Bills, ts 75. pre. 5 rer Cent. Navy, 99 981 Lottery Tickets, 40. Gs. L. Ann. 19 18 1.5-16ths Cons. for arc. 681 68 Imp. Ann. 74 ll.l6ths Dutch papers of the '2Bth and letters of the '29th ult. have arrived. The letters state that a number of gun-boats and troops have been ordered to proceed with every possible dispatch up the •Rhine. The con scri;:ts, in all the diAricts subject to France along that . - Iver, are said to have refused to March. Indeed, an abs,ilute revolt upon the subject is stated to have taken place in several or the states comprehended in the Ccnfederation of the Rhine. These letters also state that fresh measures of ri gour have been adopted against the American 'vessels In the i;orts of France and Holland, a new tlnbari,ro hating been laid on all such as had touched at Neigh ports; its eonsequence of a mandate received from INiAroLsom himself at Bayonne: The printed journals contain no intelligente respict. mug Spain, but a sirPple statement that Peace is re stored at Madrid, and that King JObErli was sere naded at St. Sebastian's. The papers present some intelligence respecting Mortar, the Grand Duke of Berg, which completely contradicts the reports of his having been disgraced. On the contrary, he is to succeed to the Throne of Naples, rendered vacant by the promotion of King Josern to the Throne of Spain.—Whether the Duchy of Berg is still to remain in his hands, or be conferred on another, is not stated. A Ploclamation from the Junta who conduct the administration of Tuscany informs the inhabitants of that country, that they are to possess the honour of being " adopted" into the great family " of Napo- LEON the Great ;" in other words, are to be united to the kingdom of Italy, and to be " saluted by the French as brothers." Our Readers will tecollrathat the Queen of ETRURIA is at present in the hands of BONAPARTE, who is, in thii very Proclamation, which robs her of her dominions, styled the " Protector of religion and morality." PORTUGAL. Our Readers already know that the PLOVER brought dispatches from the Portuguese Patriots. They were addressed to the Chevalier de SouzA Com The two Portuguese Envoys, who arrived by this vessel, are M. FERRAO and the Viscount BAISAMAO, the son of Chevalier PINTO, who was so long the Portugueze Ambassador in this country. At two o'clock yesterday there was a Cabinet Council, at which the Portuguese Ambassadcr at_ tended, when the affairs of Portugal were discussed for some time. It, appears by the third number of the Oporto Journal, received by the PLovatt, that the Portuguese Patriots slid continue in the eager pursuit of 'AMIN, I some detachments of whose army have been overtaken and compelled to surrender. Juxor has been sum moned to surrender, and the proposition was accom panied by a menace, that if he should reject the sum mons, and in resisting his assailants do any injury to the City of Lisbon, no quarter would be granted to him or his force. But still Juxor announced his re solutions to maintain his position to the last extremity. The Oporto paper mentions that provisions are extremely scarce among the people at Lisbon, which scarcity is no doubt owing to the means adopted by, Juxor to provide an ample supply for his garrison. Indeed, the suspicion, or rather the notoriety of this circumstance, has considerably aggravated the popu lar odium that attached to the trench. The quan tity of provisions in the country, and the fate of the people, have been totally disregarded in the endeavours used to supply the French army. In consequence of this system, the price of every article of provision is be. come enormously high. Bread is enhanced from 2d. a loaf to above 13d. ; rice from 2d. perib. to about lOd. But as to meat, it is stated that the butchers can have almost any price they choose to demand for it, nay more; that it requires some infl;tence in a customer to obtain any from them. A fine regiment of young men, exceedinzly well appointed, has arrived at Oporto from _Valencia de Minho, to join the patriot army. An article in this Oporto paper states, that it is understood JEROME BONAPARTE will IR appointed to occupy the vacant throne of Naples, and that the Grand Duke of BERG will succeed JERome in West phalia. This report is however less to be depended on than the statement in the Dutch Journals, that Mon AT is to succeed to the throne of Naples. When the PLOVER kit Oporto, on the 23d ult. the Portuguese were in good spirits, and confident that• they would prevail in their efforts to drive out the in vaders. Several British ships of war were lying at anchor below the Bar, one of which, the Nantissus frigate, was to take charge of the convoy, appointed to sail on the 28th. Colonel Ilnovnas i after having a conference with Sir C. COTTON, off the Tagus, re turned to Oporto on the 2I st: Provisions were abun dant and cheap there, while, at Lisbon, according to report, Bardly any meat was to be had. On the 12th of July, 350 marines were landed from the ALFRED at Figueras, the place where it is sup posed Sir ARTHUR WELmsLEv's expedition will dis embark. Figueras is about 30 leagues from Lisbon, and within a few miles from Coimbra, where the principal force of the Portuguese was collected. This we are happy to find is more considerable, and of a better description than we have already stated. The whole of the Patriotic force North of the Tagus amounted, we understand, to 7000 regular infantry, 10,000 militia, between 15,0011 and 16,000 armed peasants and 1500 cavalry, of whom, however, only about 500 were mounted. It was understood at Oporto, that General jt.,Nor had detached 6000 men against the patriotic army, and that they had proceeded several leagues on their' way. We should lament exceedingly, if the latter were tempted by their great superiority of number to quit their position at Coimbra, an d advance to meet the enemy. On the contrary, the best thing they could do, would be to fall back, and dratv this corps as far as pcsible from Lisbon. The interposition of the Bri tish force afterwards would render its return imprae-' ticable. We much doubt, however, tt !tether Juror has detaclaed •so constderabie a force, and to inch a distance. It is supposed be hactuot more dial' I:II/00 men with him. _ On Monday morning the Dixanous, from Gibral tar, and the SCORPION, from Gijon, arrived at Plymouth. By the latter, Sir THOMAS DYER, who was sent by Ministers to Spain a few weeks ago, to learn the state of affairs in that country, returned to England. He reached town last night, arid im mediately waited on Ministers. Sir THOMAS has certainly had the quickest passage ever known, for we have received by the same vessel the Oviedo Gazettes to the date of Saturday last 6- chtsve. It does not appear that Sir THOMAS has brought accounts of any affair of importance subse quent to the action of the 14th, between the French and the Patriots trinler General CUEiTA. Sir THO MAS DYER, who was present in that memorable battle, speaks in terms of the highest applause of the impe tuosity of the Spanish attack. Though undisciplined and irregular, their fury was irresistible. He saw four French regiments literally mowed down ; L s . at the same time the fire of the French, their order, and quickness, were most effectual, and the havoc was clreadfuL A very few such battles, however, must determine the career of the French in Spain ;—and, upon the whole the account he brings is considered as favourable. • The advantage is allowed to have been on the side Of the French in that battle, and partly, as we are in formed, owing to a circumstance which will probably never occur again. Unfortunately some of the Pa triots were, by mistake, supplied with blank cartrid ges! Since that affair, only skiimishes had taken place in that neighboutinod ; sometimes favourable to the French, sometimes to the Patriots. On the whole the condition of the latter is considered as im proved, by the knowledge of military movements ac quired by these partial affairs, and by daily accession of fresh men ; while the French are daily diminishing in numbers. On the day before the SCORPION sailed, accounts were received that the Biscayans were in arms against the French ; alsci that the people of Cordova had 'surrendered to the French, on condition that no plun dering should be permitted to the soldiers : DI PONT pledged himself to the terms, but after getting pos session, gave an order for pillage, which was acted upon for some time, and which so exasperated the people, that they rose en Incase as by one impulse, and obliged the French to retire to Andueja, as we read the M.S. account before us; but perhaps Anduxar is meant, a town about '2.; miles east of Cordova, where they entrenched themselves. The Patriots are, it seetns; in great want of cavalrya circumstace un favourable to their movements, when rapidity is ne cessary. King JocErie arrived at Madrid With about 16,000 men, without meeting with any kind of interruption from the Patriots in his passage. It is said, indeed, that little cr no opposition could be expected to be made to him in that route. We cannot, however, be otherwise than surprised at the event. It bespeaks a confidence in his means, and a hope of ultimate success, which but ill accords with the accounts furnished by the Patriots. It but a moiety of the zeal and Unanimity existed . among the Spaniards, which we have been told prevailed against :he French, there ought not by this time to have been left alive a single armed Frenchman in all Spain. By the brit - mous; dispatches have been received from Admiral Lord ComaNdwooo, dated the 17th ult. They do not bring much new intelligence i but they are important, as they confirm accounts before received of the success that has atteucled the opera tions of the Patriots in the South of Spain. It is cal culated, that in Catalonia, Arragon, and Valencia, the French have lost, in the different actions they have had with the Patriots, about 40,000 men. The capture of Figueras by the Patriots is happily confirmed, as is also the defeat of the French near Barcelona, and their being completely hemmed up in the forts. General MoNcres army has, it is said, been entirely destroyed in Valencia. Another French corps is also reported to have been defeated in Murcia. • Our former accounts i f the repeated attacks of the enemy upon Saragossa, and their defeat ea:h time, by the brave Patitrox, are likewise fully confirmed. The successes of the Patriots in Arragon and Murcia, are detailed in the Seville Gazette of the 13th of July, published by order of the Supreme Junta . ; and Oviedo Gazettes to the 31st ult. which we have received, corroborate these statements, and give many additional particulars. Dispatches had been received from General CAS - on the 11th of July, in which he informed the Supreme Junta, that he intended to attack General DUFONT on the following day. Yesterday his MAJESTY, Piincesses SOPHIA, AU GUSTA, and Amr.LIA, accompanied by Lord WAX: SINGHAM, Lady .GEORGIANA MURRAY, Count . MITIC STERI Generas CARTWRIGHT and FITZROY, and Co lonel TAYLOR, rode in Windsor Park, and returned to the Palace about ten o'clock: Yesterday the Spanish Deputies. the Swedish Am- bassador, the Duke of PORTLAND, Mr. Secretary CANNING, Mr. HAMMOND, &c. were entertained with a most sumptuous dinner by the Portuguese Ambassa dur, at his house in South Audleyis.reet. / 2V - AVDIC:4L IM'EL LIGENO.g. TORBAY, AUGUST I. This morning returned again, and are ncrartit anchor in Torbay, his Majesty's ships ROYAL Gnonos; ST: GEORGE, DEEADNDIJOHT, NEPTUNE, ACHILLE, VA% LIANT, and TEMETtAIIIE.---Willd West. FALmourti, JULY ILI. Arrived his Majestys ship Pot.towt, front Ports: mouth, with the fleet for the Mediterranean. Sailed his Majesty's brig GROWLER, with several sail of transports, with stores, for the fleet off L'Orient also, the fleets for the Brazils, Africa; and Madeira. The wind proving contrary, the latter has put back, and it is supposed the others will also: The Princess Amelia packet sailed for Coruniu, but is since re. turned. in.YMOUTH, AUGUST 1. Came in, the Melvina, Capt. BEER, froth Jarhaica Cor London, with rum and sugar ; the Sophia, Capt. GENNicx, from Gibraltar for a market, with barley and staves, detained by the NYMPH, of 36 guns ; the SCORPION, of 1 8 guns, from Gijon, which place she left on Friday last, By the latter, accounts have been received that JOSEPH BoNAPARTE had reached Ma drid with 16,000 men. Sir THOMAS D' ER landed from the SCORPION, and set off immediately for Lon• don. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE *as still at Bayonne,: Also arrived, the DEXTROUS gun-brig, from Cadiz, in 16 days ; we cannot discover that she brings any thing particular.—Sailed, the CHAMPION, of 24 guns, on a cruize. • PORTSMOUTH, AUGUST e. Arrived his Majesty's ship ALBICORE, from a cruize; several transports and outward bound vessels, from the Dotvns.—Wind N. W. SHEERNESS, AUGUST . Sailed yesterday evening, after post, his Majesty's ship SERPENT, with the trade, under convoy for Got tenburgh and the Baltic ; also the OBLRON, with the trade for Heligoland. Half past Five.—Upwartli of fifty' sail of vessels are now passing the . Note, for the River. DEAL, AUGUST 2. Arrived the /tumor; hired cutter from Guernsey, having under her convoy the Ebenezer and Reward, which have sailed for the River; ROYALIST sloop from Gottenburgh ; GLOssES sloop from Portsmouth ) with a convoy, which are sailed for the R iver ; DEsr PERATE, RICHMOND, and Pnoseucutus, from a cruise. —Sailed the IT gun-brig, with *the outward= bound, &c. under convoy for Portsthouth ; HUMBER armed ship for Falmouth ; and ROLLA sloop, on a cruize. Arrived the TYNE packet, BARBER, from Dublin.—Wind S. W. Remain in the Downs—Princeils of Orange, Clyde, Trusty, Fylla, Glomen, Royalist, Zenebia, Richmond, Phosphorus, Desperate, Furious, Sind Albion cutt..r. YARMOUTH, JULY m. This morning arrived from Gottenburgh, the Lark packet, Capt. DELL, which has landed a messenger, who set off immediately for London. It is reported that he is the bearer of dispatches, containing an account of-an engagement. between a squadron of frigates and gun•boats,. in the Baltic, in which the Russians had two frigates taken and seve ra l gun-boats destroyed by the English.--Sailed the PAR rktt.sx sloop of war, and PIGEON schooner.—Arrived from the Baltic, transport marked DR. Sailed the King of Sweden transport to join the expediLiOn. Remain the ships Roebuck, Calypso, Acute, and Bruizer.—Wind N.N.W. EARL OF MOUNT NORRIS'S LETTER, RESPECTING SIR JOHN CARR'S LATE ACTION. Tin TO THE EDITOR. OF THE STAR. - . the Report of an Action brought by. Sir Join./ CARR against Hoot and SHARPE for a Libel, which appeared in the British Press of the 26th inst. I am grossly misrepresented as having given evidenc in favottr bf the Defendants, when attended solely and conscientiously on behalf of Sir Joini CARR. For the purpose of effacing .To foul an aspersion upon my honour and my judgment, I beg through the medium of your Paper, to state that I never did say that I thought the work which formed the ground of the Actiou fair ciiticism, that I never spoke . disre spectfully of Sir JOHN CARR'S literary produgptions, or asserted that the Caricature Prints contkined in the work complained of, were sanctioned by fair and • just criticism. (signed) I.IOI.JICI' NORRIS. Warfial Grove, July 31, 1808. - The vessels that were warned - 6IT from the Prussian ports, have since delivered their cargoes in Russia ' with the exception of British manufactures, which are still prohibited. ; • A severe action lately took place . on - the coast of Danmark, between the EXERTION gun-brig and ,some Danish row-boats. The Exalt - not: had got on shore and while endeavouring to work Or, was beset by ti'e row-boats. Her efforts were at last successful, but we are sorry to add that she had in the action eight killed and several wounded. The EIERTION mounts 12 guns. A Tailor having entered into "a Matrimonial En. gagement with the Widow of a Publican, was conger. tulated by a Theatrical friend upon the happy mode itt which he had illastratsd Measure for Al— eature. An evening paper observes, that the Spanish Pa triots would wish to have an auxiliary force comman ded by a Priace.Query, would they not rather have a Gesersi WedneSday se'nnight, a thunderbolt broke on a large ash tree, near Old MonklAnd Church. The effects are very striking and worthy of attention. The heart of toe tree . was considerably burnt, but the bark stood straight up. A farmer's life in th iii. to neighbourhood at the time, felt a strong glow of beat, and was almost stupifiecl. ~S c ~~