Star. — London, England, 1808-10-17 00:00:00

i THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. MONDAY, OCTOBER 17. PRIOR OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK: Consols, for money, 66f —for ace. 66fi--Omnium 4 3 / 4 dl.. Exchequer Bills, 4s. 55. prem. PRICE OF STOCKS ON SATURDAY. 3 per Cent. Red. Ann. 6Ai India Bond 4, 3s. 4s. pr. S per C. Cons. 661 Excheq. Bills, Ss. Bs. 7s. pr. 4 Per Cent- 80 1 i Omnium, 214 dis. 5 per Cent. Navy 98111 Lottery 'rickets 211. 15s. India Stock 179 180 Consols for a.C.C. 6611 i PORTUGAL. By the INTELLIGENT gun-brig, arrived at Plymouth, dispatches were yesterday received from Lisbon. By this vessel, private letters to the Ist instant have reached us ; some of which state that Sir HEW DAL• RYMPLE has been recalled. He was still in the com mand, however, when our letters came away, and had his residence at a palace belonging to the Marquis d'AttAyres, about three miles from Lisbon.—There has been sad wreck in the fleet of transports contain ing the third division of the French tr3ops, consisting of 8000 men, under General KELLERMAN. They ex perienced, just after they left Lisbon, a most dread- . ful gale of wind, which dispersed them. One trans port, with part of the 86th French regiment of the line, foundered. The French Colonel, five French soldiers, and eight British seamen were saved ; five British seamen, and 287 French soldiers perished in her ; and it was supposed, from the violence of the gale, that several more had foundered. The AFRI. CAINE, 48 guns, had put back with General KELLER MAN and his Etat-Major on board, having sprung her bowsprit and fore-mast in the hurricane. Six transports also put back, greatly damaged, and the whole fleet was dispersed.—Sir W. SCOTT was at Lisbon on public business. It is generally asserted at Lisbon, that had Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY been permitted to follow up his victory after the battle of Vimiera, JUSOT would have been forced to an unconditional surrender. The following letter is from an Officer belonging to the British Army : " LISBON, SEPT. so. " Since my former letter, the last division of the French has sailed, but part of them have been driven back by a dreadful storm, which took place on Sunday the 25th. Some of the transports are supposed to have been wrecked, as several bodies have beer. picked up, and the fr;gate has returned dismasted. " The 6th regiment proceeded a fortnight ago to Almeida, and the 2d, (or Queen's) last week, for Elvas ; both to protect the garrisons of these respec tive places front the fury of the Portuguese and Spa. niards, who are quite exasperated at the favourable capitulation which the French have obtained. " On the 25th, 26th, 27th, and 28th inst. the 95th, Ist light battalion of the German Legion, 52d, and the 2d light battalion of the German Legion marched respectively from their Camp, near Balem, to be em barked here for Evora, supposed also destined for Elvas—others imagine they will proceed forward to Spain. Yesterday and to-day Lieut. General HOPE'S division marches also for the same place. A great many other regiments are also under orders to march at a moment's notice ; so it would appear as if very few troops indeed would be left here : of our intended movements, liowever, not a syllable is known. . . " It is singular that the STAR newspaper, received up to the 20tb,conveyed to us here the first information of the precise terms of the capitulation. No doubt we knew the general tenor, which produced amongst all ranks here the same dissatisfaction, though we durst not express ourselves so freely, as it appears to have done at home. 44 The Portuguese, though they have not got back what they were robbed of, have been so ovetoyed at getting the French out of their country, that Lisbon was illuminated for ten successive nights ; and since ear arrival, there have been nothing going forward but processions and High Mass by day, and balls and entertainments by night. 4 4 Hitherto, to the great surpri / se of the inhabitants, .I no soldiers have yet been quartered in the town, and only a few in the suburbs : this does not proceed from either a want of quarters to accommodate them, or even an unwillingness to do so ; on the contrary, there are several Convents here, whose heads have waited upon Si? Haw to offer their whole buildings for bar racks. •4 The reason, therefore, is inexplicable, as the troops are in tents, very uncomfortable--scorched by day, and frozen by night. Sickness is also beginning to appear. The 40th has at this moment '2OO men in the hospital, and 11 Off cers confined to their bed. 4 , This has not contributed to render the Comman mander of the Forces more popular. He himself does not live in Lisbon. He lives in a palace belong ing to the Marquis d'ABRANTm, about three miles off, where of course the head-quarters are. Why he does not come into Lisbon nobody knows. 44 The Spaniards who were liberated by us, and had recovered their arms, marched to-day for Spain. 44 qltero was a report sometime ago, that BESSIERES bad beaten the Spaniards, and was in full march for Oporto. This arose from the following ruse de guerre pl I)vi,oNT, which will shew how mdch they are su perior to us in all the science of chicane : DupoNT, his retreat,.had some reason to suppose, that a which he was obliged to pass through, would ly refuse him the necessary provisleSs, but might even harrass him in his approach. To secure them by fear, since he could not by affection, he sent his Quarter -Master-General forward to this - town, with orders to provide bread, quarters, &c. for at leak treble the number he had, which induced every One, even his army, to believe, he expected immediately to be reinforced by BESsIERES, who then was nearest to him. This had the desired effect. But his Officers, who were themselves outwitted, wrote the fallacious tidings here to JuNor, &c. v.ho rejoiced the more heartily only to feel the bitterer the disappointment." Extract of a letter from an Officer in the Ist Bat talion of the 71st, or Glasgow Regiment, now in Por tugal, to an Officer in the 2d Battalion, in Glasgow Barracks, dated September 18. " The drubbing we gave the French, on thectist alt. in which the Glasgow Highlanders had the honour of participating not a little, will, long before this reaches you, be sufficiently known ; yet a few particulars relating to that day, which we have learned from the French, may be acceptable. They bad in action 14,000, with a reserve of 5000. Of the former they lost 6000, in lilted, wounded, and missing. Their famous 70th regiment, and Bona partc's favourite corps, had two battalions engaged, 1600 strong, of which only 400 returned to Lisbon : the first battalion we had opposed to us, and the 2d, I believe, to the 50th regiment. The French complained much of having met a d—d Scots regiment, that played the devil with them ; and, in truth, we did it. It would have renewed your years to have seen the Highlanders—' they despised the idea of standing to pop at their foes, but rushed towards them like so many tigers, calling upon each other to hansel handsomely their new title. In the course of this mode of advance, we met with three fresh columns, but they did not for a moment check our career in short, I think they must have thought us mad. Every other regiment engaged, I am told, acted most nobly—they were the 36th, 40th, 49d, 50th, 52d, sth bat talion 60th, 71st, 82d, 95th, 97th, and 2d battalion 9th Royal Ar finery, and four or five companies of the 20th Dragoons. The French Officers that were at the battles of Jena and Austerlitz, say, that they were a joke to that of Vemieira, while it !wed. — J u NOT and his army are now embarked in the river, on board of our transports, to be conveyed to France, with their arms, accou trements, &c. and not as prisoners of war, in virtue of a Conven tion entered into with then by Sir Hew DA LILT Metz, our Com mander in Chief. General BER ZSFOR to is here, and was appoin ted, a few days ago, Commandant of Lisbon." LISBON, SEPT. 24. The day before yesterday was a day of Jubilee and satisfaction for the Spanish army, on account of having ' its arms delivered to it ; on which occasion salutes were fired from all the English ships in the River.— Measures have been taken to remount the Spanish ca valry on the same hor s es they brought to this country. Yesterday morning the English Commanders, both by sea and land, paid a visit to the Regency, and afterwards to the Spanish General. Every thing continues in the greatest harmony between the three nations. that the companies of Babastro, u well as the gre. nadiers, should support the vanguard. The tesisianee of the enemy was most obstinate, but after three hours and a half firing, in which they lost from 350t0 400 men in killed, wounded, and pri soners, they were obliged to retire .precipitately, , leaving cnt-the field of battle kwatisacks,,fuzils, and one ammunition waggon ; part of the regiment of Babastro, with the Colonel at its•head, and the tit.. t Incurs, passed the stone br2ge, thrOWing themselves upon those who remained in the porc.heicf the square, 1 firing, and effected their total' flight,•Whlte . on the other hand they were followed and - harraised in their retreat. In consequence of this I proceeded to take possession of Bilboa; which, without sulFerink any thing, was witneSS of the action, and caused to revive in its inhabitants an inexpressible joy and satisfaction. at seeing themselves freer , -front • the bard and cruel oppression, in which they had lived during the infainous domination of the7robelt. I cannot db less than recommend to yikirExcel lencY the. Brigadier Don Manuel Fabio, who, by his valour and military talents, has rendered himself, and is worthy of the highest consideration.—l re commend also the Colonels and Chiefs of the corps, who by their bravery and military ardour have eminently distinguished themselves, the Adjutant- General Don Francisco Losado, Don Joseph Casti lan, &c. &c. and in general all the officers and troops under my command, for having given constant and repeated proofs of a valour which makes them worthy of the greatest eulogy. I hope that your Eicellency will communicate this to the Supreme Junta of Ga licia for its own satisfaction, and that of these brave soldiers. May Gon preserve lour Excellency many years. (Signed) THE MARQUIS DE PORTA 2 4 O . Bilboa, September 21. To his Excellency General Blake. MADRID, OCTOBER 1. ' In consequence of an order from the Supreine Nat of the Kingdom, 6000 men have bOeti'detachicifiiiii the Army of Arragon, for Catatonia, utiderVie — ciin: mand of the Marquis d'Alayou,:to assist thelMaiquii - del Palazio. These 6000 memo been replaced by as many others from the Ariilf:elf,f,ai c ertiii; force General 01'401, who is itreiiiy . piiated'h i etl3iith' Sos and Sadaba, to protect hettsr,s? diitsitiff of St. Mary, of the sarite_lirint xiiiisonp set out on the 26th September fcir fol low, as far as Rouces an 2i-Valle Bastace, to prevent the retreat of 01e etieirA l ie,.." • ::* The army of Gallicia continues taiitad - itself over Biscay, occupying excellent poi ihienii; the Jtvisionfoit Portazzo Mindizibul were situ:aid' on - the 25th be. tweext Vingern and Mom:lreton, and-it will no longer • be easy for the enemy to enter and return by the way of Irun. The division which accompanied King Jo seph was shut up with him in Victoria, and it is with reason doubted whether they will be able to escape. The Supreme Junta of the Kingdom has created another superior military Council of War, consisting of D. Tomas Morla, D. Francisco Xavin Castanos,, ry„ c SPAIN. Dispatches have also been received from Spain, brought by the PEACOCK gun-brig, arrived at Ply mouth from St. Andero. By this vessel we have received Spanish Journals and Letters to the 7th instant, from which we give the following extracts : EGEA DE LAS C. ,S, SEPT. 15. We learn that Joseph Bonaparte is at Mirando de the Marquis del Pelacio, and D. Augustin Bueno. Ebro, and his army is encamped on the banks of the All the Councils and Tribunals of the city, have Ebro. In Castella they have .5000 men, and ten taken the same oath of obedience and fidelity to leagues hence 4000. Our look-out parties in this the King, Religion, ard the country, which the neighbourhood observe whatevtr their advanced Ministers of the Supreme Junta have taken. We posts are doing : we also learn that the French are have the agreeable intelligence of two French regi fortifying Bayonne with all expedition. ments having been taken , in quality of hostages for Details of the operations of our army transmitted to the Spanish troops which could not effect their escape the most serene Junta, by his Excellency Don Joa- with the Marquis de la Romano, from Denmark. quim Blake, Commander in Chief, &c. &c. FROM THE CORUNNA TELEGRAPH OF THE FOURTH MOST EXCELLENT SENIORS—I have the honour of OF OCTOBER. informing your Excellencies of the singular proofs of ADVICES FROM THE ARMY OF OALLICIA. It is not doubted here that our advanced post inter valour which the troops under my command have cepted a Courier, who came from Bayonne, for Mar evinced in the recapture of the city of Bilboa , which I atchievement would have been most complete, if the shat Bessieres ; among other intelligence he brought inadvertency of some of our advanced posts , who the , that of a reinforcement which was to arrive shortly ; preceding night had fired upon the enemy , had not 1 our skilful General was preparing to receive it with given them as opportunity of knowing the position of , his brave artillery, his disciplined, and warlike our troops at the moment when they were most igno- infantry ' • a force which added to the troops from rant of it, believing us to be many leagues distant ; the north, which will immediately join him , is com petent to sustain the part which becomes it, and even aware tints of our arrival they took a different deter- , I to press the enemy, and compel him to abandon the urination, stud it followed that they were not all made situation he occupies, if rather it does not entirely de prisoners, as undoubtedly would otherwise have been feat him. The most Serene and faithful Kingdom, the case. (or Junta) of Gallicia, which incessantly watches At half past three in the morning of the 20th, Bri- , for the public security, does not content itself with the gadier Don Manuel Fabio, set out with the rear guard, forces which already are the terror of the French consisting of two companies of the regiment of Babas eagles, but treats of augmenting them, by creating an tro, the tiralleurs of Toledo and otf he Prince, the 2d army of reserve composed of 18,000 men. battalion of grenadiers of the army, two of Toledo, and MALAGA, SEPT. so. the regiment of Luzo, to cut off the retreat of the The brave Catalans do not suffer a day to pass' enemy at the new bridge (a part necessary for the without covering themselves with glory ; 30Q Mique passage) but at a short distance. The enemy com- letes, with the direction of .a spy, had the boldness to : menced firing, who having crossed the river, possessed approach the walls of Barcelona with the design} of the avenues, notwithstanding this, forcing the passage, taking prisoner or of killing General Lechi ; 'infor he continued his march, forbidding the troops to fire, tely they did not effect it on account of thleititel: and stationed himself behind a house. ligence having been delayed, but they killed the Whilst these movements were executing, the day centinels at the new gate, carried off fifty oxen and began to break ; and after forming en banaile the regi- seven hundred sheep ; they then proceeded to the ment of Luzo to support his flank, he charged upon • park of artillery, burnt the barrack, and returned the enemy, who from various points commenced fir- i with tw o pieces of cannon and seven barrels of pow. l ing, reducing the action to a mere mountain warfare. 1 • der. The Arragonese army is on the frontiers of Na.. In the mean time, I ordered the rest of my troops to varre, ready to combine its operations with those of advance, which was the first battalion of grenadiers Asturias, Galicia, Castile, and Andalusia. ' . l of the line, three companies of tiralleurs of Arragon, • FROM THE TELEGRAPH POLITICO Y txrattaato4Mll4l and the 2d of the Pr ince ; leaving two companies of 1 CORUNNA, OCTOBER 4. . - - 1: the 3d battalion of the last corps to cover a pass' We learn with grief that a report has been circa- and two other posts on a height. I ordered also that . Wed that 14,000 French have, a second time, - spade. four companies of Babastro and the tiralleurs should themselves masters of Bilboa.—..We are happy , to 4, proceed to the vanguard, reconnoitre the ground oti• able to inform the public that this repert• ks ntitjtout the right ; the left and the centre. But observing the :foundation, as it is certain that the fourth division attack was well maintained on all points, I ordered still occupies Bilboa. PRIVATE LETTER -CORUNNA, OCT. 6. Bilboa is certainly in the hands of the French, w1:o entered it, it is said, with 32,000 men. General Ney has the command. The Marquis de Portazzo with. drew all his troops and artillery, an 3 retired in good order, taking a position which enables him to wait re. , inforcement& without molestation. SPANISH AMERICA. A_ vessel ..bas arrived. from the river Plate, in three months, which brings an account of the most cordial understanding having been.restored bet ween the,Spaniards at Buenos Afrei and the natives of this country, and ,Goxerinnerit, we learn, h are ,received some. propoiisipOs. ;which are calculated to „consolidate this ding . ' in' sUch a manner a s will not at all interfere vciiiiihefriendly relations that have been, espilOsile!!,topreen the ,Tro mother cone. • vie* in uP?Pe.• A • , , *leultimate Whatever Tr. arrangement r e . • specting the admifaistiration of affairs in that part of the world, we have the satisfaction to learn that the influence of France has been entirely-put down. The prevailing disposition, of the people is, that their jade• pendence should be,am:icably acknowledged by Spain, under the guarantee of Great Britain, these two to be considered as the favoured nation in regard to all commercial intercourse. THE BALTIC. The FANCY gun-brig, Lieutenant SINCLAIR, arriyed at Yarmouth on Friday night from the Baltic. Ske sailed from Gottenburgh on the Bth inst. h tying the Marquis of DouoLes, formerly Minister Plenipoten. tiary to the Court of St. Petersburgh, on board. The CALYPSO, with. Captain MARTIN', of the INIPLACABLI, left that port on the 4th ; and from tke circumstance of another.9fficer (Captain PIPON, of the RosE) being appointed: tO 'Ate command of the IMPLACABLE, it was supposed that lief foitner Captain did not intend to muss isumediatelT to the Baltic. The naval carn 'palg4, We- probably soon hear that the fle . :no;lirSirj. lAi(triis arrived at Yarmouth. • Mre.leirri thtsVOitt . that - in consequence of the ailv"an year, the blockade of Baltic Pon.is raised, and that the combined squadron has re. turns latd. If ever there were any neto'siiiim4e4eiti#o the surrender or dismant• ling of t ie Itusstan s6i s, it hai totally failed. Indeed, Aantira.ei;fatiiitevi l )iigan to do that very early him. self itilited'aliei principal object of the supposed nesociatiou. Shortly after he was driven in p he set about dis Mantling 'his Beet, with the guns of which he soon i erected batteries of the most forznida. bk . strength, not ohly orilmth* sides ot ~ the mouth of the harbour, but along the &bre as' far as the bottom of the bay, close to which - the -Russian ships were moored. Under these circumstances it was fodnd impossible to attack them, without the certain destruction of the Combined Fleet, which might have got in, but could not have returned.. Considerable hopes were at one time etitertiined• that fire-ships Might be successfully employed against the enemy ;, but the Russian Ad miral, apprehensive of an attack of this kind, had so covered his fleet with lionsb-vessels, that it was found impossible to have irecattrie to these means for de. stroying 'it. The THUNDER bomb, however, blew up one of the enemy's magazines of powder, and did other considerable misehlet . • A knowledge of the characters of the Officers em ployed on this service, precludes the possibility of doubt, that every thing which professional talent or personal bravery could suggest, has been attempted on the occasion. Although it gives us sincere concern to find, that the anxiety and fatigue to which Sir JAMES SAUMAREZ has been exposed in the zealous discharge of his duty, has had considerable effect on his health, we are truly happy to add that this gallant Officer was much better when the last accounts tame away, and in a fair way of recovery. • The answer to the dispateltei Wrought by Captain MARTIN was sent off by a Messenger on Saturday to Yarmouth, to be forwarded to Sir JAMES SAUMAREIL The following account of the very gallant defence of his Majesty's sloop KITE, when opposed to a force seven times her own, is given in a letter from one of the Officers, who belongs to Glasgow, and who, we lament to say, had his leg shot off in the action : " On board the Kite, off the Great Belt, Sept. 6, 1808. " On the 3d instant, about ten o'clock at night, fine moon light evening, and nearly calm, we were attacked by 20 gun-boars, who surrounded us in a crescent. They kept up constant fire on us for two hours. We cut our cable, made sail and returned the fire. The enemy fired on us in every direction, sometimes raking as fore and aft. We received 10 shot in our hull, and an immerse number is unrolls earl *ging, and our main-mast and main-yard very much shattered. We had two killed and twelve wounded. 1 guts amongst the wounded. Each of the gun-boats opposed to kid two long 24-ponnders : und 66 men, one of which we sunk, aid must have made prodigious havoc amongst the rest. Our ontrof 68, ]caving 12 boys, a Lieutenant, a •40011IIISONs end.l6 men, laving been been sent off with three =7 had taken at Itryborg, and the Muter and nine me n In Zealand. , . We had 19 prisoners on board, and were sibiliged to keep four sentinels over the hatchways. Luckily a keen Riguntj.u? .and. notwithstatuline our crippled situatio n, !oilmen maf.s p it et diig.,,F.7 German and Dinfh-papers to the 3d instant have arrived, but their.oentents add bat little to our for mer accounts.—See the Extracts. Dispatches were . -on Saturday received at the Ad miralty from Admiral Da Couttcy, Commander of the British squadron off Corapna • .but we do not under wiled that they contain any,in;glligence of important. Friday arrived at Yarmouth the Nemesis frigate and FANCY guts-brig, ,:with the Marquis of DoUGLAs and retinae. His Lordship was landed under 4 sa lute, and proceeded to town. ?HE PRII Yesterday morning N a val Levee at Portsn .Adm Mo c, Cliptsu • Hon. C. Balms Mr. Commissioner Tow Rev. Mr. CUTHBERTX The PRINCE went a w here two troops of bi barkation. His Roy on the parade, express glorious service tin U h acquire honour to the men appeared eenstbll three cheers. He ren ime of the em' ,! Iv, wore the uniforn It two o'clock the r 1 the Earl of PORTER, and SLADE, F IELD, and a numero South -Sea Common, tinned in Saturday' rather unfavourable, ne ar 5000 on the fie The number of spa spectacle was great war at Spithead anc the Russian fleet, sight. General Wu twining his Royal 1-1 :rent, several other BERT, Mayor of Pori Yesterday his Ro MONTAGUE. This day the PRI Crown Inn, Portsrn of his regiment, an of the Navy, Arml to meet them. This day his Re nrsen goes down The Duke's son, with the last divibi barks this day. The Duke of C Falmouth to see a the 15th Dragoot and which in the meets, does not yi PRINCE'S regiment Lord PAGET'S Helen's. After the 15th tieli the 13th, 14 The Oxfordsh , marched into Go: Colonel Sir W. in consequence o *sent, the Ayr: gLAIR, to Chicla Colonel PARKER, mouth for Livet Royal West Mi, Brigadier-Ger to take the con consist of the The 7,h .Regirn4 have been since Two divisions o day and Satan embarked : the The 15th Regir from Ipswich tc got ready to rec about a fortnig to go to Falmo Dragoon Guar 14th and 16th General COTTC service. The late disi character than activity of nel has induced France have, t e grog Co m pany. someof 'presents to H( to induce susp the object of between thou in consequenc of their negoc to guard agai There appear: amongst othe Rajahs of Ju stilt has not t , sessiou of the jaccnt, and h purpose of ru znents, whicl plation. The late u th sth Reg 4ettled by th, MON. DOONDEA lion of by th reported to .h brother, hero beeO appreh that An extra med on Sat s Heßvas bai mtwo hour the distanci nutes withi to Colnbra