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meeting of theCeneral Junta. Py this plan, he will carry with him more recent accounts of the Pate of t:.:s kingdom, and be able to enlarge the instructions given to the other deputies ; whilst, in the mean time, he will remain here, taking the most convenient mea sures for assisting the armies. The French, to the number of from four to five thousand men, made an attempt to ascend La Mon. tara, with the view either of occupying that height, or of getting into their hands the plate and other effects belonging to the celebrated sanctuary of Mont serrat. That they might the better accomplish this object, they sent a spy to the Monaste r y, w h o brought intelligence that the Fr.nch were engaged with the Patriots at Collvato, situated on the side of the mountain ; but the domestics belonging to the monastery, far from giving him credit, seized and put him to death, and threw his body into the torrent of Los Burros. Fifty of them then took up arms, and under the command of the lay-brother F. Jos-ph Tou lino and three other Monks, proceeded to place them in ambuscade, at a favourable point near Cassa.Mas sena. The enemy speedily appeared, and never dreaming of resistance in that quarter, were soon put to flight in the utmost dismay and confusion, on find ing themselves exposed to a shower of balls, without perceiving whence they came. Taking an unworthy revenge, they burnt in their retreat two buildings be longing to the monastery, and the village of Collvato. RIVADEO, SEPT. 3. At five o'clock this afternoon entered this harbour for a supply of provisions (being completely ignorant of the state of things in Spain) the French privateer Thcenix, Capt. John Lomoussin, on her voyage from Cayenne. She carries 16 carronades, 16-pounders, and has 45 men on board. The moment she came to anchor, she was taken possession of by orders of the Junta of this place. She is laden with cotton, cocoa, and other articles of colonial produce, and be longed to M. Santiago Conte, a merchant at Bour deau r. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. ST. PETERSBURCH, JULY 30. There are now lying in the Neva, .1 t new ships of war that have lately been launched, and several of which are copper bottomed. Among these are two ships of the line, viz. a three decker of I'2B guns, and one of 84 ; there is also a ship of 50 guns, with several frigates, &c. General Count Buxhoevden, on account of the taking of Sw•eaborg, has been honoured with the or der of St. George of the second class : all the officers up to the General have received a present of one third of their pay, and every common man a ruble. ELSI: !FUR, AUGUST 20. According to some accounts the late Prussian En voy in England, Baron Jacobi, arrived on the 9th of August at Elbing. M English flag of truce has arrived at Liebau, whose papers have been forwarded. It is repotted that the Russian fleet, which sailed from Cronstadt, has made its appearance in our vicinity. RAS TADT, AUGUST 22. A corps of troops is forming here, which was in. tended at first to consist of 2000 men ; but, in conse quence of later orders, will now be made 4000 — Colonel Porbeck is appointed Commander. It is to be ready to march on the 14th of August. We are assured that this corps will go to Mentz, and in con junction with other troops of the confederation of the Rhine, will occupy a camp near Momhurg, on the let bank of the Khine ; it will therefore belong to the army of reserve, under Marshal Kellerman. BANKS OF THE MAINE, AUGUST 24. Accosting to the public journals, the French army collected on the left bank of the Rhine, from Stras burg to Wesel, is to bear the name of the Army of reserve of the Rhine. VIENNA, AUGUST 20. Prince Ktu akin has for several days been very busy, having received several Couriers from St. Pe tersburgh, and dispatched others in answer. A French and Austrian Cabinet Courier lately ar- ril,cd here from Paris, and were immediately followed by Gary Mrliemed, a Courier from the Turkish Em bassy, who continued his journey for Constantinople. The Austrian army will, it is sAid, be divided ;nto eight grand divisions, each consisting of 40,000 men, under the command of the Archduke and other Ge nerals. WARSAW, AUGUST IS. This day, being the birth day of the Emperor Na poleon the Great, was celebrated here by discharges of artillery, and the drawing out on the parade of all the French, Polish, and Saxon troops. About noon all the Civil and Military Authorities, as also the Clergy, waited on the Duke, Marshal Davoust, to compliment him on the occasion, and to express the gratitude due from the Polish nation, to the Great Monarch. At night there was a general illumina tion. The Palace of the Marshal was embellished with 6600 lamps and a variety of transparences and devices : so splendid and general an illumination was never I .7nnwn here. It is intended to erect a statue of the Empeior Na: Poleon, as large as life, in the Place de le Itcpublique, in :he name of the grateful Polish MA:in. NAPLES, AUGUST it. Marshal Perigon, Governor of Naples, and Lieute naa!-General of the King, arrived here yesterday. Expensive entertainments are expected in the city of Niples, to celebrate the arrival of our new Sovereign. Marshal Peri,f_on, who arrived here yesterday, is to !Ike tie place of Marshal Jourdan, who is gone to Spam. • 'Ftlr P.VT.NING STAR LONDON. NOTES UPON NOTES. To-morrow, if we can isceiidly find room, we :hall publish a Review of the None publiihed in the Mow:rine of the '29th ult. on the Article which appeared in Tin STAR of the Bth ult. , this critical juncture. Fetters of any kind, arising from old forms, would be but ill adapted for musing and calling into action the energies of the nation. The people, and the people only, can present an im pregnable front to the invader, who avows his inten tion to overwhelm them in a common ruin. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1.5. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK: Consols, for money, 06111.--ace. 6& 67—Reduced shut. Excheq. Bills, ss. 6s. prem.—Minium I di& PRICE O 1 S ' T'OCKS YESTERDAY Bank Stock shut Long Ann. shut 5 per C. Red Ann. shut India Bonds, 2s. prem. par 3 per C. Cons. 66j/ Eacheq. Bills, 2s. a 6s. prem. 4 per Cent. shut Omnium, I 1 dis. 5 per Cent. Navy 91 , 1414 Consols for acc. 67 661 67 Irish 5 per Cent. shut By the Matchless, from Corunna, the arrival of which schooner at Plymouth we announced yester day, two Englishmen, and a Spanish Gentleman came passengers, who have since reached town. They re port that accounts had been received of JuxoT being a prisoner at Lisbon, of which place the British were in - possession. They know not on what authority this intelligence rested, but it was so generally credited at Corunna on the 7th instant, that great rejoicings and general illuminations had taken place, not only there, but along the whole of that coast. One of these passengers, a Mr. BItOCK, apprehends, however, that the report did not rest on any official authority, he himself having left Oporto on the 3d instant, up to which date nothing authentic, later than the battle of the 21st, had been received there. It was reported at Oporto before Mr. BROCK quit ted that place, that Admiral SINIAVIN had landed all the Marines from the Russian fleet in the Tagus, and had, dispatched them to the army under JUNOT, who, with a considerable number of the people of Lisbon, adherents to the cause of France; had marched in a considerable body to reinforce the French army. This MIS believed both at Oporto and Corunna, at both of which places Mr. BROCK was consulted by the heads of the respective Governments. General Sir H. BURRARD'S army, after having commenced their landing at Figuiera, were ordered to re•embark, and proceed to Mafra, where they ef fected a landing about the 31st of August.—Mr. BROCX is not the bearer of dispatches, but he, *ever. theless, had an interview yesterday with Ministers, by whom he was very politely received. Having seen General MOORK several times, he is supposed to have made some very important communications. An Officer at Oporto, who was wounded in the battle of the 21st, writes, under date of the .50th ult. —" That he had just received an account of the sur render of JusoT's army, and that Lisbon was in the possession of the English. He directs, therefore, that all communications may, in future, be addressed to him at Lisbon." This litter, however, was written by an officer con fined by his wounds, and perhaps repeating merely the floating rumour of the day, which he might have been easily induced to believe. Accounts have also been received by this vessel an nouncing that the French who occupied Burgos had retreated from thence. The enemy withdrew from it, in consequence of the approach of General CASTANOS, at the head of a strong force. General BLAKF. had broken up from Astorga, and advanced as far as Rio Sequillo, on his march to Burgos. Other accounts from Oporto, but only to the same date, the 3d instant, were also received yesterday, but noth;ng official, and the rum _airs inconsequence are va rious and contradictory. One, believed to be circulated on the authority of the Portuguese Ambassador, but still not held to be official, states that a capitulation has been concluded by the British, French, and Russian Commanders, which declares that Lis bon shall be a free port ; that the French troops shall be permitted to return home with their arms and their private property, (their plunder) ; and that the Russian squadron shall be allowed a start of 43 hours, to enable them to withdraw unmo lested to whatever place they may think proper. When the nature of these terms is duly considered, who would believe that any British Officer would ven ture to set his name and seal to conditions in Avery respect so inadmissible? This report, which by the bye was circulated in substance a week ago, is not credi ted. But the very circumstance of no official accounts having arrived, which delay may have been occasioned by a prevalence of northerly winds on the coast of Portugal, has occasioned some uneasiness, and given rise to an opinion in the mind of some, that Juror has probably succeeded in securing some strong posi tion (as the Rock of Lisbon) where it would not he prudent to hazard an attack upon it by assault.—We hope a day or two will remove the present state of suspence. NF.W YORK, JULY 22. The —, Captain SIIELLINS, arrived at Bos ton, front the Isles of France, sailed the 19th of April. He states, that English Indiamen, some very valuable, and other prize vessels were carried in every day. The noted Surcottf was nearly ready for sea. A French frigate arrived from Europe on the 17th April, and was watering for a crnize. The Can noniere frigate was out cruizing. The Semillante sailed the 17th April, for Bourbon, to convoy a va luable English Indiaman, which had been captured by a French latten rigged vessel, of one gun, and 65 men. The Indiaman bad 500,000 dollars, besides indigo and goods. 34'1 Y 26.—The Government schooner Hope sailed from Washington on the 21st instant. She carries out two Messengers, Captain FIALEv to France, and Mr. Ai WATER 40 England. Capt. HALEY will be landed at Havre dt Grace, and Mr. ATWATER Will i repair to England. On the return of Capt. Htt.r.‘ The Extracts which we have this day laid before from Pali's, the Hope will sail fix England, whence our Readers, from the Spanish Journals, are impor- she will return to this place with Capt. IfiaLey and tant ; particularly that which relates to the form re- Mr. ATWA.TER. commended by the Supreme Junta of Seville. The I Jt t.r 28.—Arrived the culloden, from the Isles right of FER/MNAND VII. to the Throne is acknow- of France in 93 days; left the 21st April. Two French frigates had lately arrived from France, and 'edged ; but the Spaniards seem wisely resolved not the Semillante had returned, having had an engage to suffer itis unavoidable absence to occasion damage ment with a British frigate. A ship belonging to the to the public service. On the whole, we think it for- East India Company, bound up the Persian (.3ulph, =tate for Spain that the Monarch is not present at valued at 600,000 dollars, had just been carried in. SECO N D EDITION. SURRF.NNDER OF JUNOT AND HIS ARMY, TOGETHER WITH THE RUSSIAN FLEET, TO THE BRITISH ARMY AND NAVY I We stop the press to state, that this afternoon at half-past four o'clock, a son of Sir HEW DALH%MPLE, together with Captain HALSTEAD, Captain of the Fleet under Admiral Sir CHARLES COTTON, arrived at the Admiralty, and at the Secretary of State's Office, with the important Information, That JUNOT and his WHOLE ARMY are PRISONERS of WAR; That LISBON is OCCUPIED by the BRITISH TROOPS ; and, That the RUSSIAN FL44 has SURRENDERED to Ad miral SIR CHARLES COTTON A Messenger has been sent off to Windsor to the KING, and the details will be published in a Gazette Ext raordinary to-morrow. Since writing the above we have been informed that in the terms of the Capitulation k is stipulated, that the French troops are to be sent to France: and that the Russian fleet is to be restored at six months after the conclusion of a General Peace ! ! ! There were some French frigates among the Rus sian fleet ; the number of ships taken amounts to 27 sail, of various descriptions. S:r ARTHUR WELLF.sLRY is arrived in town.— There had been no fighting since the 21th ult. Wednesday evening the American schooner Hope , WOODWARD master, arrived at Cowes from Havre de Grace, to convey Mr. ATWATER, the Official Mes senger, who landed at Falmouth about a month since, and now with the American Minister in Lon don, back to New-York, with Government dispatches. The Hope has on board FULVAR SKIPWITH, Esq. many years Consul General in Paris, Mr. PEACE, and eleven other passengers, none of whom are permitted by the Collectors of the Customs, to land—Cowes not being a port enumerated in his Majesty's Procla mation for landing aliens arriving from the ports of the enemy.—Captain WOODWARD and the passengers report, that BONAPAWIE has now '200,000 troops in motion, from different parts of the Continent, to wards the frontiers of Spain, and that his army is to be further augmented by a conscriptive force of 60,000' We have received New York Papers to the 7th' and Boston to the 29th ult. inclusive, brought to Fal mouth by the Manchester packet. The Americans seem to have lost all temper with the embargo since the revolutions in Spain were made known at the Havannah and in New York. The French Editors now affect to see the total downfal of the American trade, in consequence of the continuance of the embargo, and their President JEFFERSON is over. whelmed with the most scurrilous and opprobrious epithets. His friend BONAPARTE also comes in for his share of abuse, and the Americans seem to be animated with similar sentiments to ours in favour of the Spanish Patriots. Among the coarse epithets, bestowed by the French Editors on the supposed au thor of the misfortunes of their country, we find the words Jtferson and Fressrhified rascal, occurring in one sentence. The following extracts present the most important articles which appear in these Papers ; it will be seen that little doubt can be entertained of the French having captured one of our Indiamen, and carried her into the Isle of France. We cannot believe, how. ever, that she submitted to a privateer with one- gun and 65 men. EMBARKATION OF TROOK it colt , A :yr. t , The embarkation of troops, to comp. _ about to sail from this harbour, t in & r Jir D A‘ ,, : BAIRD, commenced this day. The 3d b the Royals, and gsd r _ uz..eers, marched t. , nics town at an early hour of the morning, rt; emb irk." " TOR ' , AY, 3. 81 Sailed a it-et of Transports, unier convoy of a gun brig, for Col k," " HARWICH, SEP r. 14. " The fleet of Transrorts with the trunks on hoard, as mentioned in my last, are still at anchor, waiting for a wind to convey them to the Down , . It is said they have received orders to sail to-night." NEW soon! wiliss. A Mr. GRINIRS and another gentleman nt-riKed last night at Lord CASTIARRAGII'S Office, with dispatches of the Wm:sst iruportanc , ! from New South Wales. They are dated in February last, and state that the colony had been in a state Arferment and commotion, in consequence of the inhabitants having evinced an hostility ar4.ainst some Mearai es of a novel description introduced by Governor lliatat, who lately took the command of the Settlement. The tendency of these measures, and the remon strances of the settlers, induced Lieutenant-Colonel Jonxisrotsp,, the Commanding Officer of the New south Wales Corps, and also Liei•*cnnnt Governor the Settlement, to suspend Governor 'Woo from hi.. functions, in ordt.r to avert a threatened insurrection. All appearances of disturbance had ceased, however, on the 27th January, as will be seen from the fol lowing PROCLAMATION, OFOROE Jo iirts-roN E—Tisepublicpeace brine happlly,antl (trust in Aisttotir t Guo, permanently established, I hereby proclaim the cessation of Martial Law. I have this day appointed Magis trates and other Public Functionaries, from among the most re• apectable Officers and inhabitants, which will, I hope, secure the impartial atZministratit.n of justice, according to the LAWS of Eng land, as secured to us by the Patent of out most gracious Sove reign. Words cannot too strongly convey my approbation of the behaviour of the whole body of people, on the late memorable event. By their manly, firm, and orderly conduct, they have shewn themselves deserving of that protection which I have felt it my duty to give them, and which, I doubt not, they will con tinue to merit. In future, no man shall have just cause to com plain of violence, injustice, or oppression s—no free man shall be taken, im'isoned, or deprived of his helix, land, or liberty, but by the law. Justice shall be impartially administered, with out regard to, or respect of persons: and every man shall enjoy the fruits of his industry in security. Soldiers!—Your conduct has endeared you to every well-dis• posed inhabitant in this Settlement I Persevere in the same ho nourable path, and you will establish the credit of the New South Wales Corps on a basis not to be shaken. GOD SAVE Till Kisic, By Command of his Honour, the Lieutenant-Governor, Ntctios..ts Balms', Secretary. Head Quarters, Sydney, Jan. 27,7 $OB. Governor &tot is on his way to this country to take his trial on certain charges preferred against him by Lieutenant-Colonel Joux STON E. NAUTICAL INTELLIGENCE. PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 13. Caine in the ENDEAVOUR armed brig, from the Westward, with a fleet under convoy ;• Friends, BRO.. DEMI( ' from Quebec, with naval stores for the Dock Yard. Sailed the POWER, of 80 guts, to ,the West ward, said to be bound to the Mediterranean ; Joseph cutter, with several transports and other vessels under convoy for Ireland ; and Stork, CHADI3ERS, for Cork. PORTSMOUTH, SEPTEMBER 14. Arrived his Majesty's ships NEMKSIS, Mosc and GANNET, with a convoy, from the Downs . ; Sup ply, BROWN ; and Sally, COOK, from Quebec. Sailed his Majesty's ships Sr. AteAses, and the ALPIIEd cutter, for the Downs.—Wind E. DEAL, SEPTEMBER 14. Arrived the brig Elizabeth and Grace, laden with naval stores, from the River, and sailed for Plymouth. —Sailed the Nircymotith store-ship and Defender gun brig, with a convoy of merchant vessels, for Ports. mouth ; THETIS, for Sheerness ; KANGAROO sloop, and MARINER gun-brig, on a cruize off the coast of France. —Light airs from the Eastward. _.COPENHAGEN, AUGUST 20. The'American ship Galen, which was captured and brought in here, has obtained perrni.sion from the King, to depart for Ame rica. The Magnet, Claris; Meridian, Lord; Live Oak, Yarnell, lemima and fanny, Sherborn ; and Sarah, Coffin; are all con• demned in the Lower Court, and are awaiting the decision of the High Court of Admiralty. The Pensylvania, Thomas, and' Su sannah, Foter, have not yet been brought to trial in the Lower Court. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. GR sveseND, SEPT. 14.—Passed by the Cora, Emson, from St. Kitt's ; Dartmouth, Hutchins, from Curacoa ; Elizabeth, Chapman, from Jamaica ; Atlas, Reid, from Dominica ; Alfred, 'Taunton Castle, Earl Camden, Hope, Coutts, and Woodierd from China, with several others. KINGSTON, (JAMAICA,) JULY 30. With much regret we announce the death of General William Anne Villettes, lieutenant Governor and Commander In Chief of the Forces in this Island. This melancholy event took place on Wednesday night last, at Mrs Brown's estate, named Union, in the parish of St. George.—On the flth instant he inspected the 6th battalion of the 60th regiment, quartered at Port Antonio, where, in consequience of the extreme badness of the weather, he was detained till the 11th, when he proceeded from thence to Bug-bay, in St. George's, for the purpose of inspecting the detachment of the 66th, stationed there, but was seized with a fever Oil the journey, which unhappily terminated his existence. On the 19th of July instant, arrived at La Guth a French man of war brig, of 14 guns, front Cayenne, with copies of dispatches brought out by another vessel from Bourdeaut, stating the abdication of the Crown of Spain by Ferdinand VII. in favour of the Emperor Napoleon, who bad appoi.ted his brother - Joseph King of Spain, and ordered that he should be proclaimed throughout the Spanish Colonies. The news was received in . the Caraccas with the utmost in dignation, so much so, that the French Commissioners were obliged to repair on board the brig at twelve o'clock at night, for 'ear of being murdered by the people. On the 11th arrivvd his Majesty's frigate Acura, with dis patches from Admiral Cochrane for the Government of t' e Caraccas, bringing accounts of the Revolution in Spain, and of the union in Cadiz o. the English and Spanish forces; ai.d that he sent to offer to those coasts Cie' protection of the Erglish Government. When th,.tClptuitt of the Araqa went on shore, he left orders on board the frigate, that if the trench brig went out of port they should take her. On the llith She put to sea, and within two Lours after she was captured by the Arista, and brorght hack to an anchor, where both weasels were left on the 18th. On the Acasta's erterirg the port ale saluted the forts, whlzh was returned 'nimejiately. Ey a a. h ,oner which arrived here , n Weti••estlay evening from St. Jago re Cuba, front wbenct she cured uu Moaday night, we Earn that rumturs of the inttibpuce t.t Ot• I , CCnt events in Spain had r.:zchei that place Iran: tin. island; and that, in con sequenct , the French tt hu are settled tht re, a-d are very nume rous, faring th. t they might he atacked by the n.h ,bitante, hall armed thunselve. it. the is house.; they, Loss es. r, 1.4 conductc.i therm, lr• a very r.accol,:y. The Clove rte.a of that town lead, It Is m id, incrtasid hi. guards. r;