Star. — London, England, 1808-07-21 00:00:00

THE EVENING XI'AR. LONDON. • THURSDAY, JULY 21. PRIM or STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK: Cons. Money, 6S3—for August 7611 ---Reduced • Omnium 9t prem. • PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. per Cent. Red. 69t 69 India Bonds, 4s. Ss. pr. S per Cent. Cons. swim Imp. S- per Cent. 68j 4 per Cent. 851 - Excheq. Bills 31. 7s. pre. per pent. Navy 991 99 omnium :3 preen. Long Ann. 19 I-13th English Tickets 441.65. India Stock 1115 1 4 Cons. for a: c. 70i 691 SPAIN. The confirmation yesterday of the defeat of the French force under LEPEVRE, by the Patriot General PALAFO,t, and which was announced in the STAY' of the 11th inst. diffused a very general joy throughout this great metropolis. The conquest, though san guinary, as remarked by General PALAFOX, has in deed been glorious, and may be considered as a pre sage of future triumphs. How true is the following expression of the same General !—" Arragonese," says he, " if the battle of Saragossa had been gained by these intruders, we should have beard their bab bling of the victories of Marengo, Austerlitz, and Jena, acquired by the same valour." In addition to the important details published in yesterday's STAR, we now give farther extracts from the Spanish Papers. The disinterested conduct manifested by this coun try at this important crisis, has made a deep impres sion on the Spaniards. Immediately the " happy tidings" were ordered to be communicated to the people, in order, as the Official Paper states, " that they might lift up their eye to Heaven, and tier up " thangsgiving to the OMNIPOTENT, who vouchsafed to " bestow on them IRA IMPORTANT BLESSINGS !" Many of the French tr o op s, it appears, are desirous to join the Patriots, and orders have been published to afford them every facility in quitting their present service. The article of the 25th ult. from Madrid is impor tant. It speaks of the victory obtained by the At rage nese as of a fact known for some days in that city. — The battle must consequently have been fought ante cedent to the date (the 17th) of the proclamation to the inhabitants of Arragon, and not on the 25th, as stated in the bulletin circulated by Government. "The action in the neighbourhood of Cervera will suffi ciently account for the rumours which have prevailed for several days, respecting repeated engagements at Barcelona. It appears that considerable bodies of regulars, militia, and patriotic levies, the military contributions of Asturias and Gallicia to the great cause, had begun to enter the province of Leon, on their way to Madrid, so far back as the middle of June. MURCL4., MAY 24. This day four Officers entered the town at full speed, in a post-chaise, crying long life to our beloved Sovereign, Ferdina nd VII. The people were so de lighted, that they drew them into the town. All the Students of the College of St. Fulgencio joined the procession. The corporation of the City, with the Bishop, the Noblesse, and the Count de Florida Blanca, held a meeting, in. consequence of which a solemn proclamation was made amidst the most ex tilting acclamations of all the inhabitants of the town a nd the adjacent country. A day of public fast and prayer had been appointed to implore the blessing of HEAVEN upon the arms of the nation. G reat violence had been shewn b y the people against suspected eons, but but their rage was calmed, and though the same ardour prevailed, every thing proceeded regularly when these accounts came away. CARTHAGENA, MAY 2.4. The intelligence received in this city yesterday pro duced such a commotion that the French Consul fled, and took refuge on board a Danish vessel in the bar. bour. The Go vernor went to meet the people, and succeeded in quieting them, but could not prevent them from burning the public papers of the French Administration. In the night they proceeded to the Government House, and required the assembling of a town meeting, which was accordingly summoned, and the oath of allegiance was taken with all solem nity to Ferdinand VII. while the military ate band music s it. the town paraded the street s with appropri. General Salcedo had orders to take the command of the squadron in the But harbothe execuaur of Crt of this oragcna, anddet to con d u ct it to Toulon . was prevented, and the command of the squadron was given to Lieutenant-General Cisneros. That night a general illumination took place. A council of war was formed, at the head of which General Cis• neros presided ; the General Officers, Commanders of Corps, and the Magistrates, were members. Different officers have proceeded •to Grenada, Valencia, and ;.iuccia, lit c..nsesuence of assurances from these prom vinces of their readiness to defend our cause and to assist in our me i u es. A felucca has sailed toMahm to give information of what has taken place, and v invite the islanders to attach themselves to our Junta. GRENADA, MAY za. The Supreme Junta has received with the greatest satisfaction the intelligence of the ardour with which all the towns of the coast of Grenada have received, • its orders. All with one voice proclaimed Ferdinand, VII. declaring that they would shed the last drop of their-blood M his defence. An infinite number persons of every description were enlisting :hem elves to meet the dangers that were to b,: encountered. The Captain-General of Grenada, Den Venturt Escalante, was not so in clined, but still, by tife ence of the Lieutenant of Artillery, Don Joseph San tiago, sent with that view by the Supreme Junta, the King was proclaimed. The people deprived Esca. lanta cf his employment, substituting in his place Don Joaquin Romero, Colonel of the Regiment of Cavalry of Spain. We are informed by creditable persons, that pester_ day evening an emissary arrived from the . Junta of Caithagena, signifying their intention of iiroclaiming the King, but Escalante opened the pickets,' and on discoveriug their cOntentl, threatened the bearer with imprisonment if he should say one word about them. CAROLINA, JUNE 4.- The inhabitants of this town having heard that 40 cars, laden with ammunition and provisions, were coming to the French army in Andalusia, escorted by . 500 men, entreated • the Governor to lead them to take possession of the convoy. The Governor, with the assistance of some Spanish Officers who happened to be here, organized a corps, which, with the arms of 400 Frenchmen, who were in our Hospital, and other arms found in the town, took possession of the convoy. Another party, composed of peasants, armed with pikes and spades, took possession of the Bridge of Dispena Penes, at Puesto del Rey, and thus ren dered that pass impracticable. ALCAUDETE, JUNE 7. Notwithstanding the vicinity of this town to Gre nada, whose inhabitants were all in arms, 25 French chasseurs presented themselves to us, who, on being asked their destination, were known by their answers to be enemies, and being then summoned to surren der, made r esistance. The resolt was, that five were killed, and the remaining 20 made prisoners. MALAGA, JUNE le. At Grenada, so many volunteers have offered their services, that there is not a sufficient quantity of arms to put in their hands. They amounted to above 3000 men, besides the troops of the ling--and yesterday, there was dispatched, in addition to former supplies, 68 quintals of powder, 70,000 hall cartridges, and 200 volunteers, under the command of Don Vincent Avelo. There were no Frenchmen found in-the lesser garrisons, to be arrested under the official order from Seri& ; but in Ceuta some were taken tip whose papers give some information that will prove useful to the couniry. JUNE 15. The Supreme Junta being desirous to consolidate the credit of the public paper, has resolved, under the present circumstances, to allow one-third of the reve nue payments to be Made in royal bills (valesreales.) The order to this effect is•clated the 12th. The same Supreme Junta made an order on the 13th, for facilitating the sale of English goods of lawful commerce, which was suspended on account of the expiration of the time previously granted for this purpose, and public notice is given to this effect. Yesterday, at six in the morning, his most Serene Highness, the Lord President of the Supreme Junta, accompanied by the most Excellent Lord Count Tilly, arrived in this capital from the head-quarters at 1 Utrera, highly satisfied with the order preserved by our troops, and the measures that have been taken to insure the success of its operations. His Highness had every where received the most lively proofs of the love and confidence of th e people, who looked for the per and establishment of their independence to the Junta, so incessantly engaged in securing their religion,_ li berty, and property. By intelligence received in the evening of the 12th, we learn, that the three important points of St. He lena, Despena Perros, Puerto del Rey, in the Sierra Morena, have been fortified with artillery, and re main guarded by the troops of the kingdom of Granada. A letter from Andujar, dated June 9, states, that the whole population of that city had risen and pro- claimed Ferdinand VII. The whole of the French troops jn the place were made prisoners ; and the Commanding Officer, and the others who made resis tance, were put to death in the house of Don Juan de Salazar. This affair took place at midnight.— At six this day a French post arrived, with packets from the Duke of Berg. The packets bay.; opened by the French confined in prison, and being read publicly, were found to require assistance in men and ammunition, the Commander being in great extre mity, having lost his first and second division, and part of the third. Two days sincethe provision and ammunition under the escort of a French force were taken, with the loss of a General Officer, a Colonel, and an Aide-de-Camp. Thirty or forty men were made prisoners, with four Captains, and some subalterns ; and in their retreat, the rest, to the number of 400, were put to the sword at • Valdepenos. MADRID, 3TJNE 35. All the week of the celebration of the feast of Cor. pus Christi, has been passed in mourning and retire ment. The usual hours of collecting for this duty were disregarded. Mass was performed at seven in the morning, which was attended by very few, and those few endeavound to conceal themselves ; for if a number of people were found in any church, a de- tacheteat of French immediately appeared before it, and the most favourable termlnatiori was, that they , e re all sent home. Since the 2d of May, no situa. wan has been more dangerous than the temples of our religion, where the French station guards and spies, to deprive us, if it were possible, of attaining even the Di v ine Protection. What a melancholy da y was Holy Thursday in our churches) It resembled the s°lemnceleithYraotfiottli of the D ay , ay osfltuhdegnipubenlitec duintiesthve•entleidins.ttecir. the atroles, r upted by the intrusi on of French p who were calling out, " disperse, disperse, home, home," and &seaming the religions persons collected with firing upon th em. These menaces were inter impure and blasphemous expressions :. the military Ins ,. larded with le, w hi c h occasioned rushed into the midst of the peop the most indecent and frightful disorders, and exci tod cruel alarms. We do not understand that ant lost their lives, but death seemed preferable to such a scene of horror, confusion, and infamy. After .911 this disquietude, we have been relieved. We see with delight the account of the victory of the 4,rragoneze, and we are confident that the Divine Lady of Pilar has determined to take vengeance for the sacrilegious contempt of her miracles expressed by the French in the Madrid Journals- VILLAFKANCA DEL BIERZO, JUNE 28. From the 19 th t o this da y , we have constantly wit nessed here the entrance and departure of troops.— i We have seen pa ss the Volunteers of Navarre, the 1 famous column of the Grenadiers of the Army, the Regiment of Naples, the third battalion of the Infan try of Navarre, the Grenadiers and Volunteers of the Crown, the Volunteers of Catalonia, Seville, the Prince, Buenos Ayres, Hibernia, a column of Pro vincial Grenadiers, four battalions of Marines, the i Provincials of Lugo, Compostella, Betanzos, Mon donedo, Santiago, Tuy, Salamanca, Segovia, and 1 Valladolid ; the Miners of Arragon, Gerona, and Savgossa ; and, in one body, three thousand Con scripts. Also passed, a train 'a thirty-five pieces of artillery, and eight more, with waggons, baggage, ammunition, &c. TUY, JUNE 50. The intelligence from our neighbours the Portu guese comes upon V. F. by surptise, and in a sort of dis orderly way, so that we cannot give a methodical narrative of the many important events which have occurred Within the last few days, not - only in Oporto but also in the vicinity of Chaves, Braganza, and Villareal. We do not allude to the enthusiasm which is every where displayed against Napoleon, Joseph, and Junot, by pelting and burning the effigies of all three of them, nor to the energy and activity which has been displayed in the general armament of the country, although the promptitude with which Por i tugal has converted itself into an armed nation ap pears incredible--the whole country, excepting Al i rneyda and Lisbon, is converted into a general en . c ampment, and without the least confusion. Portu gal has enjoyed advantages and means of security, of which we have been deprived, especially in she Cas tiles. The tyrant (Junot) has been cooped up in , Lisbon, *ith the English squadron before him, and all Spain in a state of insurrection behind him. In addition to this, he has been injured by his own blind ness and stupidity, in supposing that his acts of crul. i city, his plunder of the churches, his enormous cola 1 tributions, of which, contrary to the statements in ve :t all th i s iwasr violence i remitted, Nsaaypbolyehonis'sinGsanaziteyt:eisn, supposing that and extortion were so many acts of gentleness and af fection, to gain over the hearts of the Portuguese. SUPPLEMENT TO THE JOURNAL OF GOVERNMENT, OF THE BTH JULY, 1808. .. - PERLISHED BY THE PATRIOTIC G oVEnNiIENT. Government has received by the vessel which ar rived this morning dispatches from Dort Sangos, and from the English Government, bearing date the 30th of last month, the pleasing intelligence, that the said Gentleman and Don Freyre experienced the mo distinguished reception on the part of the Govern ment, and were received with enthusiasm by the na tion ; further, that on the very outset of the negoci ation they were offered succour of every description, which will be received within a few days, and that the English Government solicits permission to esta blish a regular intercourse of packets in order to promote a prompt communication with Corunna.— The Royal Government his ordered these happy tidings to be communicated to the public for the sa tisfaction of the people, and that they may lift up their eyes to Heaven, and offer up thanksgiving to the OMNIPOTENT, who vouchsafes tobestow on them such important blessings. MANIFESTO. The Supreme Council of Government gives notice to the inha bitants of ibis city, and of all the districts under their command, that by several deserters who have arrived here from the French army, encamped is the environs of Cordova, intelligence Las been received, that there are a mac many among those troops who are desirous to come over to us, moved by the justice of .our cause, but that they dare not do it for fear of being murdered in our roads and places, on account of the hatred, which, they sup pose, is universally entertained against the French, and also against the Swiss, and other foreigners, who do not distinctly speak our language. The great mischief occasioned by rumours of this description ought the more to be obviated, as if we suc ceed to refute them, we shall not only increase our own forces, but also diminish those of the enemy, and compel'them tosurren der, as we shall then be thoroughly informed of the state, .sititop• don and position which they take, and then be abie to attack theta` to advantage, and cut off their retreat. The Supreme Council acc ordingly ordains and directs, dot the said deserters Chant„ received with the utmost kindness,and furnished with provision and other necessaries which they may standM need of, dire , :yor them to be sent to the Justices of the resist:clic districts, and .o our nearest Military Commanders, who will send them to ibis supreme Council, or to the Captain General of our Anny,shoniii he be nearer, who v. ill, in that case, give them such destination as shall appear must expedient ; it being well understood that', if teem an indiscreet zeal, or other motive, this useful mamma , should not be complied with i the offenders shall be punished with the utmost severity, as 2U the people ought implicitly to rely ot qbe vigilande of this Supreme Council, and on their great and pl. army. The Supreme Council further directs,that all French. , wag, who reside among us, after they shall have taken the oath of allegiance, and obtained letters of safeguard, shall not be any ways molested, but shall, on the contrary, be left in tranquil per ,session of their.property, commerce, and trade, a proteedirg die tided b o th by equity and justice, andirf a proper attend= to the public muse—the Justices of the different districts being never theleu obliged to watch their conduct. And, In order that this may be universally known, it shall be posted in the ustal places, and transmitted to all the Justices of the different places, that they may be able to at tend to the strict performance thereof. Given in our Royal Police of Alvan., in Seville, June 14,1e05. (Signed) JUAN BAUTISTA PARDO, Sec. CORUNNA, JULY 8. An action took place between 4000 French and the peasantry in the neighbourhood of Cervera, in the principality of Catalonia, of which the following is the result : The enemy had sought refuge in a fissure of the mountains, ythere the cavalry could not act. Th ere 2000 of the French were killed, and 800 horns were taken. The rest were so situated that it was ►mpossi ble they should escape. By the dispatches from Ba. ragossa, and the ardour displayed by the peasantry, who were continually sending reinforcements, it is presumed that the fugitive remains have already sur rendered." TO 'TIE SANTIAGO JOURNALISTS. The following anecdote may deserve your notice : ~ A widow, who is a labourer, came to Santiago with her son, for the purpose of enlisting him, and ' fully persuaded that he would be admitted into the ranks, she asked me for some money to make him a shirt, and to buy him a pair of shoes. I gave her 60 rials for the purpose, regardless of it afterwards, n a the following day she presented herself before me, ac. companied by her son, in a disconsolate condition, at the same time 'returning me the money with which I had supplied her. On enquiring the cause, the inter. esting woman uttered a deep sigh, and said to me • we: ping, , 4 Sir, my son has suffered the disgrace of being excluded from the ranks, his height not being sufficient ; keep that money to deliver it to one who will be fortunate enough to be received into the ser. vice of his country." PORTUGUESE PATRIOTS. Yesterday his Majesty's ship la GLOMS arrived at Portsmouth fr, m ti e Tagus, with Admiral °TWAT on board. _..,amations and manifestoes published by the Supreme Council of 'Government in Oporto, on the 19th, 20th, and 24th of last month, declare the French Government entirely abolished and extermi• naffed in Portugal, and that of she Prince Regent re. stored. They breathe, in general, ne same admit• able sp' -4. as those lately published in Spain. A dispatch, addressed to General Jusor, has' been intercepted by the Patriots, the purport of v.lich is, that a general ferret prevails in France, and - that an universal disposition to rise had been math. jested by the people. The defeat of the French General Lorsox seems to be confirmed ; and a report prevailed at Oporto that MCRAT had been defeated , a nd that only 20,000 French troops remained at Madrid. The following are extracts from private c ommunications: " H. M. S. ELIZABETH, OFF LISBON, JULY I " We expect every day to go into Lisbon, cons& quently the Russian ships will fall into our hands...* We have spared the Portuguese all the small arms from the fleet, and our Marines are now landing to the Northward : 9.5,000 Portuguese are in arms at Oporto, and are now moving towards Lisbon.-- General Jusor has about 8000 men in Lisbon. The Russian Admiral lately lost his main-mast by light. ning, and has not yet got another. In short, every thing in this quarter appears favourable. Throughoet Spain, it is supposed, that not less than 600,000 men are in arms.. General DUPONT is every day expected to surrender, being completely surrounded by about 20,000 men. " Yesterday Admiral Tim= arrived here, and has superseded Rear - Adm iral OTWAY, who goes home by the vessel that brings you this letteJULYr." OPORTO, ' " As to our Government and measures of public ssfecltus i ' tors and ill-disposed Portuguese are taken up and lodiedigla Yesterday two ringleaders, In the diabolic plot of batterkl." part of our city with heavy ordn ance, were apprehelidalliny tied to prison. " Report states, that a strong French force is on its slei this City. Should this prove true, we shall be joinedbytiella Coimbra and Figueira, and march against the enemy no doubt, but we shall soon witness the exit of Juno; XI the , Viral). of Lisbon are in arms. " By two expresses arrived from A ton es, intelligeva lbs 111/ been received of the arrival of 3000 F rench in that pica, were joined by General Loison, in order to assist in the 400 of the plot above-mentiened. " The first battalion of Vista marched this morniegi anii t be followed, in thecoarse o f this da y , b y the Road betolloo Oporto. How will the French stare, to see the latter WW I opposed to them, which was so al-meted, di s armed, siti • banded with infamy, by Junot's order, in Caldas do Rsiale ANOTHER LETTER.—SAME DATE. " All the intelligence we obtainAbof the most pkesinl Letters which were yesterday received from Spain, state, the Frenth army in Madrid has been telexed, and that blifj has no rthre than 20,000 men left. " General Loison was on his match from Braganla to to by the way of Amarantbe, but the people of Bangs, Gustollo D ow ra, sit Villa Real, formed & junction, attacked =deem° him. He led to Almeida with the loss of his baggage, asM il milidery chilt, and 600 men killed, wounded, or taco Prisi ll it The earrespoodente between this city and Lisboa is 14 b el