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TTTE rVF,NTICC STAR. LONDON. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK s 9 per G ent. Cop • money s 674—acc. 68. per Cent. Reduced 583-4 per Cent. shut Navy 5 per Cent. 994—Exchequer Rills par to Ss. pr. Bonds 225. 235. prom.—Omnium 3+ dis. We this day insert some farther extracts from the journals an& letters from Spain and "Portugal. On t he whole, their contents are satisfactory, nor do they req uire any comment. Some of the letters from Ca diz mention, that suspicions had been thrown out that the Regency had condescended to the mean artifice o f forging the letters that had been published as in tercepted correspondence of the enemy ; but that per fect satisfaction has been rendered to the public at Cadiz on this point, and that the originals have been exposed to public examination, by order of the Spanish Government. Dispatches were yesterday received by the Spanish Ambassador, containing very favourable intelligence from the east of Spain. In the north of Catalonia, the war has been revived with considerable success, in consequence of the departure of the French army for the siege of Tortosa and Tarragona. The latter was not yet invested, - and was considered impregna ble. A successful action had taken place beneath the walls of Tortosa, some details of which our Readers .will find in another part of our paper. In conse quence of this victory, an additional supply of provi sions had been thrown into Tortosa, and favourable expectations were entertained from this auspicious commencement of the conflict in that neighbourhood. A Member of the Junta of Valencia, now in Lon don on public business, states, that the army in that neighbourhood consists of 1.5,000 regulars, besides 1100 cavalry, and a superb train of artillery. In ad dition to those forces there is a garrison of militia in the city, and 27,000 militia in the country adjacent. Provisions and cloathing are abundant, and the regu lars in a perfect state of discipline. They have esta blished a manufactory for muskets in Valentia, from which they have already furnished 25,000 stand of arms. A great number of firelocks had been picked up by the peasantry, in order to be repaired, under the direction of this institution. This morning we received German papers to the 26th August, from which we have male the follow ing extract : COPENHAGEN, AUGUST 14. Our Court has published an Ordinance, relative to a new toll line, and regulations for the exportation of certain goods, of which the following are the most essential :—This new toll line is to begin at the town of Neustadt, in the Duchy of Holstein, continue through A.hrenbeck and Segeberg, from thence to, Oldesloe, over Ulzberg and Bramstedt, to the city and fortress of Gluckstadt ; from thence along the Elbe to Brunsbuttle, and as far as Busum, in North delmarsh. No merchandize that is not of European origin can pass this line, neither by sea, nor by land carriage—neat even refined sugars, nor syrups : how ever, those manufactories that cannot exist without colonial products, will have permission to bring through this line the necessary articles, on giving se curity that they will return them through this line when manufactured. The city of Altona being exempt from toll line, Commissioners have been ap pointed there to take a specified inventory of all colo nial products, and keep an exact controul over the same, so that none of this merchandize can be removed without special permission of the said Com missioners. All transports of merchandize, not of European origin, being caught nearer the frontiers than the above-mentioned places, without proper passports and permits, are to be confiscated ; and the owners, or he who escorts such goods, must, for the first time, pay a fine equal to the value of the said goods : for a second or third offence, the fines are raised in proportion; but, for the fourth, the goods are not only confiscated, but the mulcts doubled ; and, in case the offender be a burgher, he loses his freedom. All the above-mentioned mulcts to be for the benefit of the informers, or whoever shall stop the like transports. POMERANIA, AUGUST 24. The French troops that went to occupy Wismar and Rostock, arrived on the 17th. On their way they respected the territory of Swedish Pomerania. Many ships have been seized in ports.—.Corraponieni, Altus 24. SICILY. The following are more recent accounts than we gave yesterday of the late defeat of the French flo tilla. They are taken from German Papers, and may, in course, be. regarded as coming from the enemy ; yet they fairly admit that their late disasters have been of a most serious description. NAPLES, AUGUST 4. Nothing of importance has taken place in the neighbourhood of Messina up to the 2d inst. On the 24th of July there was an engagement between an English brig and some Neapolitan vessels, which lasted hOl diced nothing decisive. The balic, SOO of which were Calabria. • convoys has unfortunately enemy. It set sail under 'eissere, who bad four ships of war with him. Its Majesty having received intel ligence of the said important convoy being threatened by the enemy, he ordered Captain Caraurdo to meet it with his division, composed of six gun-boats. Ott the 24th July he fell in with the convoy, and ordered it to bring up off Amantea,. un.ler protection of a battery. On the 25th July, the English attacked the convoy with a frigate and four ships of war. The firing lasted six hours. After one of our gunboats had been sunk, and the rest had sustained consider able damage, they were compelled to yield to the enemy's superior force. After Captain CaraurJo had sunk the rest of the gun-boats and removed his Majesty's flag, he went on shore with tho crews. The enemy then landed from 7 to 800 men, under protection of the fire of his frigate, who easily ren dered themselves misters of part of the convoy, and burnt and sunk the rest. This affair, which is cer tainly very unfottunate for us (our Gazette says), in asmuch as it has deprived us of one of the most im portant convoys, which was indispensably necessary to complete the armament destined for the invasion of Sicily, does, however, infinite credit to the Neapoli tan army ; which, although it could not withstand a superior force, yet kept up with great gallantry the unequal contest. But few men were killed or wound ed •n our side, and no prisoners taken. lasted six h ours , b ut produces tßgli s h fi red 800 cannon bat picked up on t h e coast of Cal AUGUST 6.—O ne o f our coo fallen i nto t h e h ands of the ei the orders of Lieutenant Teis HAYTI. In the American papers which reached us on Sa turday we find the following extract of a letter : " Halifax, July 31. es A vessel is just arrived from the West Indies, af ter a very quick passage, the. Captain of which spoke with a Swedish vessel from Port au Prince, St. Do. mingo, and was informed, that peace was negotiating between Christophe and Petion, and that these two chieftains had agreed to acknowledge Lome XVIII. King of France and Navarre, and Emperor of Italy, as soon as this agreement had been approved by the Court of St. James's. They were freighting several vessels with colonial produce intended to be offered as voluntary donations to his Most Christian Majesty." The above statement cannot, we think, be correct; for we have letters from the neighbourhood of St. Domingo containing later accounts than could be known ae Halifax on the 31st of July, and these are silent respecting any such events as are above stated. We subjoin one of the letters that has reached us from a British Naval Officer : " Hyperion, off the Island of Heneaga, July 19, 1810. gg The squadron of Petion continues in Cape N;- chola Mole, where Christophe continues to blockade them. It has no effect, for the other party can escape whenever they please. The besieged seem determin ed to hold out till the last ; and they have now plenty of provisions, their squadron having brought in a sup ply for six months. This place is immensely strong, Ibut it did not appear so from the harbour ; for though Christophe has possession of all the heights, on one side, of a deep ravine, which is a strong barrier, and can send shot and shells into the town, and do some mischief, still he cannot materially injure the besieg. ed ; and it is said that they set him at defiance. To shew you what a decided character Christophe is,' , and what examples he makes :—a few days ago, he beheaded a Colonel, and decimated the whole regi ment ; upwards of eighty were either shot or bayo netted. This was done in consequence of an action a short time before with the besieged, in which this regiment did not behave well."- It is now said that the Princess CHARLOTTE of I WALES does not intend to visit Portsmouth on her re- I turn to Bognor. Mr. PINKNEY received dispatches yesterday by the Hornet, which left New York on the 3d of last month. From an Officer on board we learn, that the affair between the Moselle and the Vixen had excited I a strong sensation in the United States, when first the news was. received ; but the irritation which was pro duced from the recollection of the Chesapeak business on a more deliberate attention to the subject, had sub sided, and it was hoped, that the apology of the Bri; tish Commander would be considered as sufficient.—' The same Officer states, that some late conciliating proposals of the French Minister at Washington, had produced an impression favourable to the purposes of France.—The Hornet brought over another Messen ger for General ARMSTRONG, who immediately proceeded for Paris. This morning at ten o'clock, died, at his house in Great George -street, Westminster, the Right Hon. CHARLES SMALL PYBUS, late Member of Parliament for Dover...-During-the administration of Mr. Pref., Mr. PYBUS was one of the Lords of his Majesty's Treasury. Mr. GROVES, late Flag Lieutenant to Admiral Yooso, who was recently promoted to the rank of Master and Commander, is appointed to the SABINE brig of war, now fitting for sea at Plymouth, vice Captain BOTT, who is ill with the dropsy. It ii stated in letters from Havannah, dated the Bth July, that the San Lorenzo and San Fulgencia, Spa nish ships of the line, arrived there on the 7th, in 50 days from Cadiz. General ALAVA had entered upon Office, as Captiin.General of M ar i nes o f th e Island. Three more ships of the line were hourly expected, on board of one of which is Lieut.-General EniDIA, who is appointed Governor of Havannah, aid Gene ral of the Island, to supersede the Marquis Ds Sox. BRUELOS. Sunday, two men and a lady fell down apparently lifeless, in Baker.street, in consequence of the intense heat, but soon recovered after obtaining assistance. Yesterday the body of a respectable [coking person was picked we in the river Thames, near NI - suchen, e -- --.ovis conveyed to the Bone-house, Lambeth, les for the Coroner's inquest. Ling chapel, Stafford, it was lad" gi v!g oat, on the succeeding Sabbath, brother from wuuld ?reach all day where it now i At a ditaen IVAPAL INTELLIGENCE. The William Ashton, Captain GwteNwooo, men tinned to have arrived at Lancaster from St. Croix, fell in with a French privateer on the 22d August, full of men, with yellow sides, wi:h whom she en gaged two hours, within 4() yards of each other, And at length obliged her to sheer off. Captain GnE2N wool), several times during the action, loaded his guns with glass• bottles full of small shot, which is supposed to have caused the Frenchman to give up the contest. FALMOUTH, SEPTEMBER 2. Sailed the Duke of Marlborough picket, fur -Lisbon. TORBAY, SEPTEMBER 3. list landed at this Office, a quantity of letters brought in the ship Charles Grain, Captain HAR. RINGTON, from Bombay, from which place she sailed on the 17th April last, with the Earl How, Sir Wil liam Pulteney, and Lady Lushington East .India. men, under convoy of his Majesty's ship HoRATIO, all of which this day passed up Channel, all well. PLYMOUTH, SEPTEMBER S. Sailed, the MARINER gun-brig, on a cruize to the Westward ; the PERT sloop of war, with a convoy for the Downs ; and the Diligente store-ship, for Ports mouth.—Arrived the Mary privateer, of Plymouth, with her prize, a large American vessel, chartered from the Isle of France for Bourdeaux, with 100 French passengers and a valuable cargo on board, together with 1800 doubloons ; she was taken just as she was entering Bourdeaux : they were off here all day yesterday, but could not get in.—Passed by, the Portugal, Spanish, and Mediterranean convoys, under the protection of the.VXDAUNTED, ONVX, GOS HAWK, and STEADY gun brig ; the latter vessel is now (5, p. m.) in the offing waiting signal, to ascertain it there are any vessels here to join convoy. The HMO and MARS, 74's, are reported to have taken twelve sail of Russian vessels in the Baltic, laden with hemp, tallow, and flax ; and a brig with a quantity of dollars on board. The COSSACK sloop of war was paid wages yester day, and will sail this evening for Cadiz, with two companies of shipwrights on board from. this Dock yard, who are going there to assist in fitting out gun versds and bomb ships, to annoy the enemy. PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 4. Passed by, for the Downs, the EARL HOWE, CHARLES GRANT, LADY LUSHINGTON, and the SIR WILLIAM PULTENEY, from India. Arrived the NIOBE frigate from a cruize. Sailed the PORT MAHON with a convoy for Lisbon ; and the THRACIAN sloop of war on a cruize off Cherburgh.—The HANNIBAL, of 74 guns, with the flag of Rear Admiral Sir THOMAS WILLIAMS on board, went out of harbour for Spit head ; as did the FAWN sloop of war. The PUISSANT came out of Dock, and the GLADIATOR. The harbour Admifal's ship went in to be new coppered. DEAL. SEPTEMBER 4. Came down from the River the Matilda East Tndia ship, for India. Arrived several homeward-bound ships, but cannot learn their names. Sailed the outward bound under convoy of the BEAVER.—Wind N.W. SHEERNESS, SEPTEMBER 4. As the convoy for the Island of Anholt sailed so recently as the 31st ult. and took all the ships then ready, the convoy for the Baltic direct is postponed until the Bth instant. The next convoy for Heligo land will also sail on the Bth instant. Sailed the PIGMY cutter to the Downs. Arrived his Majesty's ship PARTHIAN, from the Downs.—Wind N.W. CHATHAM, SgPTEMBER 2. A number of gun-boats in the course of Thursday were new planked, caulked, and fitted, and sent away with the greatest dispatch. It is said they are going to Gibraltar. Yesterday orders were received to make every exertion possible in getting ready for sea the Sr. ALBAN'S. She is of course taken into dock,•and as many hands put on her as can possibly be. YARMOUTH, SEPTEMBER 4. Passed this Port yesterday a fleet under convoy, for the Baltic. Sailed the PRIMROSE sloop, with dis patches and letters for Sir JAMES SACMAREZ and fleet in the Baltic. Arrived the MANLY and CHANTI CLEER, the latter has brought in a prize and a con voy from Heligoland.—Remain in the Roads the Roebuck, Admiral Lord GARDNER ; Aboukir, 74 guns, Captain PARKER ; and Vixen gun-brig. LEITH, AUGUST 30. His Majesty's sloop EGIRIA, Captain HOLT, from a cruize; , and gun-brigs FANNY, Lieutenant SINCLAIR, from the Nore ; and STRENUOUS, Lieutenant NUGENT, from a cruize, are ar rived here. Friday last, four vessels from Archangel, three of which were bound to London, arrived in the Roads. They bring accounts that 12 sail of British vessels, or vessels front British ports, have been confiscated there. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. GRATZSEND, SLIT. 4.—Arrived the Esk, Coals, from Quebec. Sailed the Four Sisters, —. for Lisbon. Alitivsn—Off the Isle of Wight, the Mercury, Wilson, from Rio Janeiro. At Falmouth, the Bellona, White, from Gibraltar. At Bristol, the Rosanna, —, from Alicant ; N. 9. de Piedade, —, from Lisbon; and the Ruth, Snow, from Boston. At Li verpool, the Three Brothers, Sherrau, from Bahia; Madona, Del Carmen, from Messina Dease, from Bath, (America); Ca roline Ann, Newton, from New York; and the Mercury, Proc tor, from Tortola. At Lancaster, the Abrum, Watson, from Tor tola; and the William Ashton, Greenwood, from St. Croix. The Mayflower, Hughes, front the Brazils to Liverpool, is lost on the coast of Brazil; part of the cargo saved. The General Don privateer, of Jersey, was, In June last, run down in the Bay of Biscay, but the crew were saved. The following communications were posted at Lloyd's at a late hour yesterday,: EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM THE CAPTAIN OF THE PEGGY SCHOONER, DATED GIBRALTAR, AUGUST 12. " The Mediterranean swarms with privateers. I got under weigh Sunday evening last (sth). When off Malaga, I was chaced by two listen rigged veuels, with about 20 or 30 sweeps, and was engaged with the fastest sailing one three hours. Off Canbagena, fell in with live large fatten-rigged vessels, and was nearly cap tured, had not a strong wind sprung up, of which I took advan tage, and arrived here safe. I steered on to the Barbary shore, in hopes to avoid privateers, but when off Algiers, fell in with two very large vessels sailing in company." " OIRRALTAII, SD AUGUST, ON BOARD TER MARIANNE, Calk• TAM RICRARDSoN. " You will do me a particular favour by informing the Gentle men Underwriters of your room of the undermentioned circum stance that took place on board this ship. When off Porto (July 25, about 25 miles distance, bearing S.E.) we descried a strange soil bearing down to us under heavy press of call, when we im diallately pftpared for action. At half past 12, p.m. we were close along-side, when we commenced our Ire. against i Schooner leonniing eight guns, and foil of men, which continued until 20 minutes past one o'clock p. m. when the sebeester bore away be 'tote the wind, and left us without doing us any injury." F • • LAST-INDIA The following s!iips arrived off we)mouth the 3d instant, under convoy of his Majesty's ship Ho. RATIO, and passed 1 ) ( rtstrouth the following day, viz. EARL HOWE, SIR WILLIAM PULTENET, LADY LusH. INGTON, from Bengal ; and the Cummes Gwyn from Bombay ; s tiled from St Helena, the 12th July. On the 25th July, in lat. 8.35. N. long. 23.44). W. the above ships fell in with the un.fermentioned err.' ships, under convoy of his Majesty's ship LEDA, Vi?. EARL SPENCE! LORD KEITH, MONARCH, BATAVIA, Hem, LARKINS, and Tv g. The C.a A iiLes GRANT sailed frotu Bombay o 7 the 17th-of April. • CONFISCATED SHIPPING IN RUSSIA. MOTt FROU FRC 81111PPRON. ALTICANDIR TO ■ARON [IMM&N• nausea, rater COUNCILLOR, Ste. Having observed, from the Nute you presented me with; the R. pi e•eitiat ions made by the Commissioners (of the Neutral Na. vigation Act), who were appointed to examine the case of the ships that have, during this season, reported their arrival from Teneriffe, Ist, '1 hat these cargoes, from all appearances and confronting circumstances, are es idently doubtful and suspicious. Yd. That the false papers and documents of said vessels, given in for examination to the Conunilsioners, have been proved to them, and discovered, without the least doubt, to have been forged, this act alone admits of sufficient reason for confiscating the said cargoes without any further proof. I therefore agree with your opin'on, that examining the Masters and Owners of these ships, as heretofiTe has been usual by the Commissioners, in ordinary cases, will occasion a detention to them, without any utility arising to them front such an examination, but occasion a p.oloegstion of the business. And as a quick decision will be beneficial to the commercial interest, during the present Nevis*. thin, and to the general credit, I empower you, through the mow dium of the Commissioners of the Neutral Navigation Act, im mediately to confiscate the cargoes of said ships. The Captains, Owners and part Owners of said confiscated cargoes, having permission, within the usual time, to appeal ac cording to the form of law prescribed, you shall receive particu lar instructions in what way the sale of the confiscated cargoes are to be made. Ad imterim, you are to take proper care of the sane. And although from the above mentioned circumstances of fo ged documents being discovered, and false declared of their coming from Teneriffe the ships ought equally to be confiscated I but finding that most Of the vessels are the property of the sub. jests of Neutral Powers, the resolution with respect to them shag be shortly formed. I order you immediately to take off the arrest of such vessels as are absolutely Neutrals, permitting them to load with our produce, and sailing, taking the usual prucaution, that it is agreeable to the prescribed rules of permitting the export of our produce. (Signed) ALEXANDRA. (Countersigned) Baron Ka MPRNUA vac st, Privy Councillor, dtc.ate. St.Petersburgh, 20th July, O.S. 1810. THE ARMY. Colonel WALKER, of the 50th regiment, is at Ports mouth waiting a passage for Pot tugal. His own re giment is expected to follow with the next fleet. This tine corps has, in a great measure, got the better of the Walcheren fever, and can now bring eight hun dred effective men into the field. Those excellent regiments (as Lord WaLuxotoW justly calls them in his dispatch) the 43d, 52d; and 95th, or Rifle corps, have again nobly shewn, by their intrepid conduct, on the 24th of July, the veneration in which they hold the name and character of Sir ions Moons—they were formed into a light brigade by that distinguished Officer, and while they are adding fresh laurels to their victorious brows, th give their country additional cause to lament the fall of their favourite General. Major JOHN MARSDEN, of the 11th Regiment, died on the 3d August of a fever at Coimbra m Portugal, where he commanded detachments of the army, after a few days illness—he ismost sincerely lamented by a numerous military acquaintance, and the service has sustained by his loss a most valuable Officer.— Major MARSDEN served the whole of this war in every quarter of the globe. Fifty guineas were given last week, in Leech, for • substitute to serve in the Militia. A deserter, who was confined in Feversham goal, made his escape last week whilst the gaoler, who left the door of the prison open, was in conversation with who - -to visit the a person v went prisoner. A general Court-Martial has been held at Guada. loupe on the 10th April last, and was continued by adjournments to the 16th of the same month, on Lieu. tenant ANDREW WILLIAM MAIBEN, of the 4th West India regiment, who was arraigned upon the under mentioned charges, viz. " For mic.behaving before the enemy near Bellalr, Guadeloupe, on the Sd February, 1810." Upon which charge the Court found the prisoner guilty, and therefore sentenced him to be cashiered, which sentence his MAJESTY has been pleased to ap prove and confirm. A Lady expressing to Dr. JOHNSON her approbation of his Dictionary, and in particular her satisfaction at his not admitting any emigre/ter words, " No Madam," replied he, 46 I hope I have not daubed my fingers. Ifind, however, that you have been 10014 fcr them." Margate, at this time, swarms with btaci and billiard :had:, who generilly manage to defray their expences by contributions levied on the „London fiats. From a recent investigation of the Magistracy, it plainly appeared that the House for the correction of others, stood in great need of correction itself. Friday night last, a fire broke out on the premises of Mr. WARD, at Rawdon-Hall, Essex, supposed to have happened through the carelessness of a boy. who went into the stable with a lighted candle and lantern late in the evening. The flames communicated to a large barn, and two stacks of wheat, containing the abundant produce of a field of 30 acres, which had been finished carting only that evening ; two valuable horses also fell victims w the flames. The damage sustained is estimated at upwards of 82000. MARK-LANE. —To day there are large remaining supplies of Wheat, part of the new crop, but chiefly foreign ; Sales extreme heavy, and hardly at the late reduction ; Rye almost without buyers ; Barley and Malt hardly at last prices ; Beans of the two kinds likewise ; White Peas again a falling article ; New Grey as under ; there are middling supplies of Oats, and this trade inclines lower ; Flour this week cheaper full 10s. per sack. ORNIZAL CIIRIZNCT AS 1111tIti. Wheat, 7ta. 1105..1001. Beans, Ma. Nis. Fire ditto, 106 s. 1105. Tick ditto, 411 s. 90s. Rye, Ms. 425. Oats, 20s. 24a. Ns. Barley, SOL 40s. Poland ditto, SOL 6111‘ Malt, 70a. 765. Potatoe diuo, maw Mato Peas 466 Boilers Sts. Rape Seed, 490. £M Moor e 1151. Pine to 90se—Sestands, 110 a. to ills.