Star. — London, England, 1810-06-30 00:00:00

ANDALUSIA. ROSTON, MAY iIL—THE - FLORTDAS. We have thrown some speculative observations on this subject on many former occasions, presuming on tile great intimacy between England and the Junta, that, previous to the dissolution of the latter, they would bequeath to their British friends East aril West Florida : as yet we know nothing to the con trary. But the report now is, that this colony has been ceded to France by Charles the Fourth, previous to his having been dethroned, probably along with Louisiana. It is further added, that Frenchmen in the United States, ready and willing, are invited by the French Government to resort to the Floridas, where they will receive portions of land gratis ; further, that several accepted the invitation, and passed on to their place of destination ; and furthermore, that an Ame rican gentleman, like many others, had been not long since, with the Governor of East Florida, to procure grants of lands, &c. ; and that he was informed by his Excellency that he was only locum tenens, keeping possession till a French Governor had arrived ; and that, in the mean time, he could do nothing—that heretofore he held it for the old King, and as Spain had now fallen into other hands, le felt it his duty to comply with the orders of the King of Spain, If all this be true, and it is not improbable, we are in a great way. We are placed exactly in the gulph stream, between Scylla and Charybdis—between the British and French, who will have it always in their power to intercept the commerce and destroy the free intercourse between the United States and the West Indies. _ Yesterda:- arrived at this port the fast-sailing brig Camilla, Captain Shaler, from St. Sebastian's, which port she left on the 11th of April. Mr. John Griswold came out, in the Camilla, bearer of dispatches from General Armstrong to our Gcmernment. General Armstrong had taken up the ship Sally, Captain Scott, lying at St. Sebastian's, to take him self and family to America. He would embark from Bourdeaux about the Ist of June. The Sally was to proceed to Bourdeaux protected by two pass pc)! ts. We consider the report, that Bonaparte has invi ted General Moreau to return to France, as cue of the idle rumours of the day. 'Napoleon's jealousy of a rival is not so easily removed. :ides which, he did not want hint ; he has now more war instruments than work for them. General Moreltt is domestica ting himself in this country. In addition to the pur chase of estates, he has accepted the Vice Presidency of a benevolent institution in New York. _ The French Minister, Turreau, will, we learn, visit this town before his return to Fiance. FOREIGN IN7'ELLIGENCI. PARIS, JUNE 20. The news from the Army of Spain k very unim portant. ARRAGON. The Commander in Chief of the 3d Corps gives, under the date of June 3, the following details : After the capture of Lerida, General Count Suchet began the siege of Mequinensa. The opera tions were carried on with vigour, and in such a m:tn ner that he was able to open the trenches both against the city and the fl,rt at the same time. The enemy isle two sallies, one on the 26th, and the other on t:)e 28th of May. He was both times driven back with considerable loss. During the preparatory ope r atolls f r the s;ege several actions took place. Co lonel R•hert, with two battalions, carried the bridge of Tremp, which was defended by nine hundred men and two pieces of cannon. The cannon were taken, 100 men were killed, and. 200 made prisoners. Colonel Robert also took possession of a thousand muskets, of a powder and cartridge magazine, and, of eight millions of balls. Messrs. Dora, Bergeron, Rousseau, Bord, and Langevin, Officers of the 117th, were particularly distinguished. A single company o' r 'tigers belonging to the troops of General Ha bert, overcame, at C.rvera, 200 horse and 300 infan. .t y.—The capture of Lerida, that of Ostalrich, and tab eg,ntinual checks experienced by the insurgents 01 Catalonia, have so much discouraged them, that every thing announces the speedy reduction of that pnwince." The Duke of Dalmatia writes, under the date of the 20th May, that every thing is quiet in the inte riorof Andalusia ; that the public spirit is good, and that the Alpuxares are pacified. The siege of Cadiz is carrying on with all the activity which the difficulty of carriage and the other impediments that the cir cumstances of the season occasion. The only inter esting event in this part of the army is the liberation of 600 office: s and 900 soldiers of the corps of Ge neral Dupont, who had been for a whole year prig). nen on board of hulk's at Cadiz, and who, by a bold enterprize, succeeded in joining the army. ARMY OF PORTUGAL. On the 31st May the Prince of Essling had his head quarters at Salamanca. The Duke of Elchin gen is besieging Ciudad Rodrigo. The trenches will be opened on the Ist of June. The first preparations for the siege have been retarded by the rain, which has fallen in torrents ever since the beginning of Ma y. The head quarters of the English army arc at Al meida, the right wing of that army is at AbranteF, and the left at the Duero. The English and French armies being sertrated by a mountainous and rugged country no event cf importance has taken place. OFFICIAL. INTELLIGENCE FROM SPAIN. REPORT OP Hlb bEItENE HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF NEUF CHATEL, MAJnii-GENERAL. - _ - Plince, the situation of the fortress of Mequi sensa, on A rugged rock, in the middle of a vast de sart, and at the confluence of the Ebro and Segra, night reavinably have been considered as for the most p.lri inacces ;it consists of a turret behind a forti fica ion, the ditch and the palisadoed covered way • of which are cut in the rock. The city of Mequinensa on the banks of the Ebro, intrenched, . bat ricadoed, and mounted with cannon, added additional strength • to the position. •1 The investing of it, which began on the 20tIt of May at night, by part of Mnsu►er's division, was t. rm.n. ted on the 2.5 th. when General Montinarre ap. ;ear:4 on the right bank of the Ebro ; from the first - - - 46 Among the prisoners was the regiment of the English General Doyle, Commissioner in Arragon, who wished to prove to this province the interest which the English take in the concerns of the insur gents, by raising, two years ago, :.t his own expence, and with the Junta's permission, a reginicilt of ran gers, with English uniforms and arni:;, although they were almost all natives of Arragon Navarre. 44 We found in Mequinensa 45 pieces of cannon, 400,000 English cartridges, 50,0001 b. of gun pow der, a great quantity of cast-iron, and provisions for 2000 men for three months. This fortress is very pro perly called the key of the Ebro. The enemy tired 10,000 cannon shots in 19 days. • " I charge the chief of squadron Meyer, my aide dc-camp, to carry . this report to your Highness ; 1 also charge him with ten stands of colours taken from the enemy; this is an homage which the 3d corps is proud to lay at the Emperor's feet ; 1 request your Highness will be pleased to beg his Kijesty's accep. tance of they.:. 44 I cannot conclude my letter without mentioning to your Highness the very able manner in which Ge nerals Rogniat and Vallee directed each his respective corps. I particularly beg your Hip,hness to state the same to his Majesty. The General of division Mus nier, who commanded - the besieging troops, displayed both zeal and activity.—l am, with respect, &c. (Signed) 46-Count Sucatcr." " Camp of Mtquineos.t, lune A, 1810." i [To this account is added, in the Monitenr, the journal of the operations of the siege, of Mequinensa, and the details of the ord ' nance and stores which wcre found in the city and fortress.] JUNE 21.—Last night their Imperial and Royal Majesties went to the Theatre Francais, to see the Le , presentation of Gana and the Fausses 17fiddith. They were greeted by the loudest acclamations of an ex ceedingly crowded and respect.thle audience, who were eager to behold their Sovereigns, and on their rising to leave the theatre their shouts were equally unanimous. On the 19th inst. their Majesties the Emperor and Empress bunted in the forest of St. Germain. His Majesty the Emperor yesterday held a Coun cil of his Ministers at St. Cloud. On Saturday last their Majesties repaired to Mai sons, the residence of the Duchess of Montebello. The colossal statue in bronze of General Dessaix is placed on its pedestal in the Place des Victoires..- There is an Egyptian figure at its feet. • al day the enemy kept up abrisk and contmn fire of ar- His Eminence Cardinal Fesch, Grand Ahnoner,, tillery on our camps—he made three sallies, inall of ordained on Saturday last, in the' Church of St. Sul which h e was vigoro usly repulsed.. pica, a great number of pri,:sts, deacons, and sub ., I t was necessary to make a road for our cannon. deacons. Colonel Haxo skilfully traced out a fine road across IMPERIAL DECREE. We Nee • tow c. taking Into censideradon the present rugged mountains, by which the passages . to the fort high price of A grain O & n the northern coast of our dotninkais until are defended ; 1000 Catalonian peasants, and an the quantity thrashed is ascertained, and until the produce of the equal number of soldiers, undertook the painful task approaching harvest is determined, do decree, and it is hereby of clearing it ; a company of miners sprung the rocks decreed" follows: isr as the Ebro, Art io t. On and after the Ist of July, of the _present_year,. .the in the way ;this road was carried as of wbiatiltall be prohibited throughout the whole and it enabled the trenches to be opened against the rangeep n of our ports, from the Island of Schowen southwa rd to the city and the fort at the same time. harbour of L'Orient, comprehending both those places within the 44 Th e artillery was completely ready, when on the terms of this decree. 2d at night, under the direction of Colonel Hares, the rite Art. 2. On and after the above date of the Ist dlttly,w_ it au hit 4 t o range of coast above mated, the exportation o f oa t s is trench was opened by 700 men, a hundred fathoms hereby prohibited. from the horn:work—by day-light some parts of the " Given at our Chamber of Commeree,al Paris, June 22,1810." parallel,and of the communications in which only the PLOMBIERES, JUNE 15. solid rock was met with, were not entirely under to dig by means of a Her Majesty the e Queen of Holland arrived here cover ; it was necessary e ven some days ago, in a miserable state of health, and petard ; the grape-shot incommoded our soldiers, muc h weaken ed by a cough and spitting of blood, without discouraging them. We had 60 men killed which continued the whole of her journey. Her Ma. and wounded, among whom was the chief of battalion, j esty was ill w h en s h e l e f t Amsterdam, and travelling Sege, of the Engineers. has increased her disorder. On account of her weak " On the following night the works were resumed nest, and the irritable state of her lungs, she has not with more vigour, the parallel was terminated, and yet begun to take the waters. our batteries began to be raised on the hardest gound. " On the 4th, at night, General Rogniat having VIENNA, JUNE 8. found that it was possible to attack the city by the The Emperor has already reached his domains in road of Saragossa, prepared his attack to carry a Lower Austria, where he is to spend four or five square tower, mounted with two 12-pounders. The days. A courier just arrived, informs us, that we 2d battalion of the Ist regiment of the Vistula, not- shall not have the pleasure of seeing his Majesty so withstanding enormous rocks hurled down on them, soon as we expected ; he will repair by another road outflanked this work by the banks of the Ebro, and to Buda, where he intends to spend about three also a rugged steep between the turret and the re- weeks. He will then go back to Bohemia, and ie. doubt. The enemy having been surrounded was turn with the Empress. obliged to fly, the outer rampart was scaled, and we An extensive district of the left bank of the Da soon became masters of the city ; eight pieces of can- nubs near Moravia has considerably suffered by the non, 400 muskets, 15 barrels of gunpowder, and 11 hail. The harvest is excellent through the greater large lighters. part of Austria. Chlusowietz, chief of battalion, and Captain JUNE 9.—Next month is to be carried into execu- Foucaut, of the miners, conducted the attacks with a cution the patent of the 18th May, concerning the cal great deal of vigour ;it was in vain that the enemy ling in and the suppression of the bank notes. Mar fired on the city, we took possession of it and kept it. shal Count Deitrichstein is President of the Commis- On the sth, at night, new trenches were carried to sion ; the Counsellors and other officers are all ap within 50 fathoms of the glacis. pounted. The necessary number of sinking-fund On the 7th I examined the trenches and the city, bills is also ready. It is not yet known who is to re being then satisfied that the investment was so com- place Count O'Donell. plete as to prevent any thing from escaping, I gave all my attention to the attack. " We had succeeded in mounting 16 pieces of can non, when, on the Rth, at four in the morning, the enemy having perceived our embrasures, opened a very brisk fire. I gave orders to Mr. Raffron, chief of squadron, who was charged with commanding the artillery of the siege, and who acquitted himself so honourably, to open our fire. The enemy maintained the contest with us for some time ; three pieces of the battery, No. 3, were dismounted, but the skill of onr officers of artillery, the address of our cannoniers, and particularly their intrepid bravery, soon obtained a decisive advantage. At nine o'clock, a considerable opening was made in the parapet, four embrasures were rendered unfit for service, and the fire of the enemy was almost entirely silenced. " The enemy endcavnutci during an hour, by a very brisk fire of musketry, to make up for the checks experienced by his artillery ; he in vain used all his efforts to repair his batteries, and at the same time, to remount his cannon ; but the bomb-shells, which caused as much damage in the turrets as the balls did on the ramparts, soon occasioned the greatest dismay and confusion. " At 10 o'clock, the enemy beat the chamade and hoisted the white flag ; I gave orders for his surren dering at discretion, in order to punish him for the insolence with which one of my aide-de-camps had been received after the capture of Lerida, without choosing to listen to any proposition: " I entered the fort with two companies of grena diers ; and I then consented, out of respect to the Governor, and to the bravery of the garrison, and by a single article, to allow the garrison to file off before , the troops of Musnier's division, to lay down their arms on the glacis, and to be sent as prisoners of war to France. Their number is 1400 men, among whom are 7'2 officers. VENICE, JUNE S. The Eaglish have at last given up their ridiculous enterprize against Malamocco and Chiozza. It is true that they threw some grenades and some Con. Breve rockets into Chiozza, but they were so afraid of our 21-pouuders and of our red•hot balls that no damage was done. Their rockets did riot reach their object. They affect to menace Corfu ; but they dare not venture to make a serious attack. They know that in that island preparations have been made to receive them, and to punish them for their shod°. montades. CORFU, MAY ss. We have this instant received the news of a serious misunderstanding having broken out between the English and the Ottoman Porte. Our island is in want of nothing whatever. The garrison are very anxious that the English should at. tempt a landing. Their cruizing does not occasion the slightest interruption to our continual communi cations with all the Adriatic ports. The harvest pro. inkes to he very abundant. The inhabitants daily bless the French Government which has taken them under its protection. The marriage of his Majesty the Emperor and king was celebrated here by public fetes. The Governor-General gave a grand dinner to the members of the first public authorities. Mr. Julien Bessieres, the Imperial Ex-Commissary, set sail on the 3d instant, with a favourable wind. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. SATURDAY, JUNE 30. PRICE OF sTocKs THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. 3 per Ct. Cons. ihut—for npg. 3 per Ct. Reduced 691-4 per Cent. 84 5 per Ct. Navy abut —Oninium # preen. Each. Bills par to b. prem.—Bonds 16s. to 17s. pr. Paris papers to the 25th instant, arrived last night. They contain some news from the Pen;nsula, but not of importance. Several columns of the Moniteur are occupied with details respecting the capture of Mc quinensa, an inconsiderable place at the confluence of the Ebro. The intelligence from Andalusia► is not later than the 20th tilt. The difficulties in carrying on the siege of Cadic are incidentally noticed, and ascribed to the season.—The news from Portngal comes down only to the end of May, when MASSENA had his head-quarters at Salamanca. NEY is said to have been besieging Ciudad Rodrigo at the same time, and to have intended breaking ground against it on the Ist instant. According to the last advices rezeived from the IL iLish army, which are later by several days, this threatened operation had not com menced. The strength of the position occupied by the allied troops, or English army, as they are called, is alluded to, as if for the purpose of excusing the in. activity of MASSENA'S army. The Queen of Holland is dangerously indisposed at Plombieres. The silence of these journals respecting SEBASTI. ANI'S corps is rather suspicious. The rumours of its defeat were very prevalent in France some weeks ago, and yet nothing transpires to confirm or discredit them. SPANISH AMERICA EXTRACT OF TWO LITTERS, DATED ST, 15TH MAY, 1810. gg A vessel from Porto Cabello has morning, which brings accounts of the having declared themselves independeni L%Wray " On the 18th of April, I , wen ag t up Leon ; on the day following, the long-, lution took place—it was effected wiL shed, as the principals had gained over to their interest. All the persons in laid hold of and shipped off. I was arrested in morning; however, on my obtaining a personal au. dience with the Junta, I was released, and obt a i ned a pass to come down here a few days ago. Sever a l murders have since been committed, and as yet to punishment hastnsued. My situation is critical in the ertreme, in case of the business being to be decided l e fo rce of arms. .The Creoles , or native Ameri can; all the places of trust in the new Governmeia the European Spaniards oppose that measure ; and AS they are the commercial part of this country, conse quently have the money amongst their hands, which will always procure them assistance. The Suprem e Junta, established in St. Jago de Leon, hare sent agents to several of the islands and to-morrow will send one to Admiral Cochrane, praying the protecticia of the mother country. The Eumpean part of t h e I community are confident that Great Britain cannot countenance t! - :is bucinecs, however much for their I interest, in consideration of our actual state with that , country. What I most dread is an insurrection alliongtt the coloured people hcie, there being at least two hundred coloured for one white inhabitant ; and as it is a land of liberty and venality that they have esta. Wished, it is impossible to calculate to what length things may be carried. Every kind of business is completely at a stand. lam the only British subject in the province." A vessel arrived at Falmouth from Tarragona, has brought some favourable accounts of the state of affairs in Catalonia. Besides the army of O'Doxau. • there are four other divisions of the Patriots, who continually harass the enemy, and almost daily send prisoners into Tarragona. St:eitur, it was said, was on his march against a division strongly posted on the frontiers of that province. Colonel ALLEY, of the Blues, arrived from Porto. gal two days since, and is expected to return immedi. ate!) , to Lord WELLINGTON. The tenor of the dis. patches brought by him has not transpired. A rumour has been circulated indeed that Massexa had offered an attack on his right, but the Noble Lord had seen it right to change his position. Some advice: from the Baltic reached ns ;rester. day. Nothing decisive is mentioned respecting the rival candidates for the su:cession to the Throne of Sweden, the Hereditary Duke of Oldenburg, and the King of Denmark. It is understood, that at Stock holm and elsewhere, French intrigue is extreme!y active to procure the appointment of the latter, but the detestation in which the Swedes hold the Danes, will, no doubt, render the nomination of a Danish So. vereign a task very difficult to accomplish. An agticle from Copenhagen of June Igth, dbserres, that the British fleet had, to that period, atchieved nothing in the Baltic. Fortifications were constructing on the island of Anholt, under the apprehension that its conquest was one of the objects of the expedition. Some change is expected at Stralsund. It is said / that Count Von Essen was preparing to leave that fortress to proceed to Stockholm, to obtain instrue. tions from his Court, alterations in the Government of Pomerania being under consideration ; but whether this province is again to revert to France is not stated. Some new regulations with respect :o commerce were daily expected at Stralsund, and doubts Isom ensile. tamed whether commerciel intercourse seonl.l not be wholly obstructed. EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS.—The following para. graphs on this subject appeared in the Illosikur of the 21st, in the form of Notes upon two articles extracted from the London Journals : " The assertion, that France proposed to compre bend in the exchange the Russians taken in Poland, and the Swedes taken in the last war, is calumnious and absurd. If the English adopt, as the basis of the exchange, that of including all prisoners who were comprised in the two belligerent masses, that is to say, the Spaniards and Portuguese, there will be no longer any obstacle to the exc%ange of prisoners, and 110,000 men will return to their country. Observe, that of these 110,000 men, France will send home upwards of 70,000 English, Spaniards, and Porto. guese. The object of this arecle is to induce a belief, that the delay which prolongs the sufFerings of so many families ought to be attributed to France, and to cast the whole odium upon her; whereas, on the contrary, Mr. Mackenzie has been for a month with out any answer to his dispatches, and without instruc. tions. If the negociatton lags, it is the fault of Eng land." General SARRAZIN. was on duty when NAPOLEOR and his new Empress were at Boulogne. After view ing the fortifications, and every thing interesting in the town, they went to the heights to take a peep at the ocean. The Austrian Princess had A telescope in her hand, and observing a vessel cruizing at some distance, she inquired what it was, and was informed that it was an English vessel. Perceiving fire others in the harbour, she asked what they were, and Was told that they belonged to the Emperor. She then asked why the five vessels did not go and take that belonging to the enemy ? At this moment BoxAL PARTC, who had shewn a restless impatience, could restrain his feelings no longer, but snatching the glass out of her hand, exclaimed in the Frenchlaneags• with great impetuosity—... Because the wind is not The Princess AMELIA, we understand, centinues a I fair !" A duel • little better. was fought yesterday morning early in field at the back of Copenhagen-house, between Cap- His Royal Highness the Duke of CumBERLAND tsiin TILLARD and W. R. RICKARD. Esq. of Coiner, paid a visit yesterday afternoon to Mr. Peacevat, at Surrey. The meeting took plice in conseqttence of his house in Downing-street. His Royal Highness. a dispute at a ball in Fitzroysquare, on Wedoes 3 4 who looked much better, was atti re d i n a blue coat, evening. Mr. RICK AND was wounded la the left his wounded arm being in a black silk sling I a great Lreast by hi, adversary's tire, and was conveyed away number of persons were attracted in the street during I in a post citat:-e attended by a sureeon his stay with the Ctiaseet.i.on of the ENcnitiotine- Mrs. CL.iItKE has Riven a fatal blow to the writers A whole family was lately p"isoned at Dtvaden by of leve !mere. A billet dux is now as great A rimy As some hemlock, which the set vatic conked, itnder the a guinea. The L terati will not suffer much on the idea of Its being parsley. The husband and wife died , occas i on, though the Paphian sisterhood rail bitterly 41 the greatest agony in $4 boors atter. 1 against her disclosures. • - , "row AMERJ ROSTON, MAY iS.-- We have thrown some spel this subject on many former the great ittimacy between that, previous to the dissoli would bequeath to their I West Florida : as yet we k trary. But the report now been ceded to France by Ch; to his having been dethrone Louisiana. It is further added, that : States, ready and willing, s Government to resort to will' receive portions of la several accepted the invitati place of destination ; and fu rican gentlemen, like many since, with the Gjvernor of grants of lands, &c. ; and 1 his Excellency that he was I possession till a French Gos that, in the mean time, hi heretofore he held it for Spain had now fallen into of duty to comply with the ord If all this be true, and it is in a great way. We are pl; stream, between Scylla and British and French, who wi power to intercept the come intercourse between the Un Indies. NEW YORK, Yesterda:- arrived at this Camilla, Captain Shaler, fro port she left on the 11th of A Mr. John Griswold car bearer of dispatches from G Gcmernment. General Armstrong had Captain Scott, lying at St. self and family to Amerii from Bourdeaux about the I WAS to proceed to Bourdeau ports. We consider the report, ted General Moreau to rem the idle rumours of the day. a rival is not so easily remo did not want him ; he has ni than work for them. Gene ting himself in this country. chase of estates, he has accei of a benevolent institution it The French Minister, Tui this town before his return o FOREIGN WTI PARIS, JU The news from the Army portant. ARRAG The Commander in Chief under the date of June 3, th " After the capture of Suchet began the siege of h tions were carried on with v ner that he was able to open the city and the ft.rt at the axle two sallies, one on th tie 28th of May. He was with considerable loss. Du r atolls f r the s;ege several lonel Robert, with two batta of Tremp, which was deft men and two pieces of can, taken, 100 men were killed, Colonel Robert also took pr muskets, of a powder and c; of eight millions of balls. Rousseau, Bord, and Lange' were particularly distinguish o' ringers belonging to the bert, overcame, at Cervera, 1 . t y.—The capture of Lerida tie continual checks experie or Catalonia, have so much every thing announces the s province." ANDALt The Duke of Dalmatia the 20th May, that every t.l riorof Andalusia ; that the that the Alpuxares are pacifi is carrying on with all the ac of carriage and the other ix cumstances of the season oc eating event in this part of t of 600 office: s and 900 soldi neral Dupont, who had beer tiers on board of hulk's at C. enterprize, succeeded in joini ARMY OF en On the 31st May the Pr head quarters at Salamanca gen is besieging Ciudad Roc be opened on the Ist of June for the siege have been retar has fallen in torrents ever sin , The head-qoarters of the eneida, the right wing of tl and the left at the Duero. armies being sepirated by a country no event cf import' OFFICIAL INTELLIGE REPORT Or His SEItENEIIICMS CIIATEL, " Prince, the situation of nensa, on a rugged rock, in cart, and at the confluence night reasonably have been p.:rL inacces ;it consists fiLa ion, the ditch and the • of which are cut in the rock. on the banks of the Ebro, and mounted with cannon, • to the position. , 1 The investing of it, wh 4 May at night, by part of t. rns.n. ted on the 2.5 th, whe learzd on the right bank of . . . r. T. THOMAS'S. as arrived this e Spani s h m aia ra. May 7 , 1 / 1 0. to St. Jago d e ;-projected without blood. over the tr oops in power we re 22Tettori NEW YORK, MAY 11. AMERICA.