Star.
London, England, 1808-09-01 00:00:00

tarry off the Major during some of has journies of
observation."

E4ST 111 DIES.

CALCUTTA, FEB. 8.

13y the late arrivals from tlle Isle of France, we
hear that the French Government there have strictly
enjoined their cruizers to she'.v in future the greatest
respect for Arab ships, and by no means to stop or
molest them, unless it should appear on clear evidence
that their cargo is English property.
Two &radial hurricanes had visited the island, and
committed great ravages, destroying all
,the planta-
tions, which made provisions very scarce. Of the
srn craft trading to the Islands of Bourbtm and
Madagascar, eleven perished at ssa, and no lives were
saved.

The casualties in the French Establishment at Ma-
dagascar had been ettrcmely nany.Tous, owing to
many more people having remained there during the
had season than is customary with them ; the whole
almost of the rash adventurers were swept away by
the disease in.:i.icnt to the climate. Mr. MARRIOTT,
the Chief of the Establishment, has been one of the
victims.

To recruit the regular troops, which in the present
situ;,tion of affairs cannot be effected from Europe,
the government of the French islands have it in con-
templation to extend the laws of conscription, such
as they exist in France, to the creoles or natives of
the Isles of France and of Bourbon—a mark of con-
fidence which they certainly deserve, in return for
the eagerness they have respectively shewn to have
the name of the Re-union, formerly Bourbon, chan-
ged into that of Bonaparte, and the name of Port
Nord Ouest, formerly Port Louis, into that of Port
Napoleon.

THE I.l\ EING STAR.

LONDON.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1.

The public are in general in a mistake respecting
Bilboa, and believe that the French continued to oc-
cupy the place. The fact is, as stated in the STAR of
Tuesday, after exercising their rapacity and cruelty
upon the inhabitants, they returned again to Vittoria,
carrying their booty along with them.
The public are extremely anxious to receive intel-
ligence from Lisbon, and the general hope is, that the
first accounts will announce the surrender of General
Juxor. It is not likely, however, that in this their hopes
will be realised. Government, we understand, do not
expect this event for some time. Juxor, it is ascer-
tained, has not only rendered his position very strong,
but had laid in a considerable supply of provisions
the moment he saw indications of the present strug-
gle ; and it is known that General WELLESLEY'S in-
structions were, to proceed against him with every
requisite precaution, and to precipitate nothing in a
contest with a man who is acknowledged to be one of
the best Generals in the service of France. This is
sound policy.
A letter from a British Officer, at the head-quarters
of the Gallician army, gives the following account
of the barbarities committed by the French after the
action at Rio Seco on the 14th July
At Rio Seco, immediately after the action, the
town was plundered, and 600 persons, priests, friars,
nuns, women, and children, were massacred in cold
blood ; no age, no sex was spared ; the nunnery was
broken open, and the nuns violated and murdered.
—After stealing every thing they could find, in
order to get more, they literally took away the
infant children, and made their parents redeem
them. A Spanish Officer, who was wounded in
three places, was taken before General LA SALLE
by one of the dragoons ; the General abused him
grossly, and order( d the soldier to cut him down ;
he obeyed : the /sung man put up his hands to
save himself, and they were both almost cut off from
his arms ; he fell, and when the dragoon was going
:away, the General called him back, and said, the
blackguard still lived, and ordered him to be shot.—
The ball passed between his arm and his body, and
the Officer, who was upon his knees, threw himself
down as if he had been killed. This poor young gen-
tleman crawled away in the night, and yesterday was
brought to the army.
" Another officer who was wounded, and joined
yesterday, declared to General BLAKE, that in the
neighbourhood of Rio Seco, when the French were
retiring, eight soldiers of
.their grenadiers, Who now
allow their beards to grow, to impose upon the lower
class of people, entered the house of a man, whom
they seized, and, before his face, one after another,
violated his wife, cut off her breasts, ripped her body
open, and then murdered the husband ! ! !
" Such savage cruelty has scarcely ever been re-
corded. This army, I think, seems determined to
give no quarter."

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Yesterday, at twelve o'clock, his Majesty arrived
from Windsor, at the Queen's Palace, where he was
received by their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of
KENT and CUMBERLAND.
At two o'clock his Majesty held a Private Levee,
which was attended by
The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Duke of Portland, Earl
Catnden, Viscount Castlereagh ; Lord Hawkcsbum Lerd Rivers,
and General I inch, Grooms in waiting ; Lord Mulgrave, Lord
Heatlifield, Sir Stephen Cottrell, Vice-Admiral Dacres, Captain
Dacres, Major-General Skerrett, Major-General Sir Charles
Green, and Mr. Ryder.
His Majesty afterwards held aPrivy Council which
was attended by the Duke of PORTLAND and the rest
of the Cabinet Ministers, when
Mr. Ronan, the Judge-Advocate, laid before his
Majesty the proceedings of several Courts Martial.
The following had the honour of being presented
to his Majosty :
Vice-Admiral DACRER, on his return from the command at
Jamaica; and his son Captain DACRES, on his promotion and re-
turn front the same place.
Major-General Sir CHARLES GREEN, on his appointment to
the command of the 16th regiment of foot.
Major-General Slttir,R cri• on his return from Jamaica, pre-
sented by Viscount Castlereagh.
His Majesty left the Palace for Windsor, about five
o'clock.
The Duke of PORTLAND and Mr. RYDER had long '
audiences, and were the last in attendance.
Yesterday her Majesty, the Princesses, and their
Royal Highnesses the Dukes of CUMBERLAND, CAM-
BRIDGE, and Sussnv, partook of a superb entertain-
ment/ with the Right Hon. ROBERT GREVILLE, at
his scat at Richmond Park.
We understand that Ministers daily expect the ar-
'rival of the Governor of Monte Video by the Proba
Spanish frigate ; and orders have been issued for every
respect to be paid to him at the port where she may
There has been no fresh arrival from Spain for arrive.
these two days past ; but in our first page we have G. CHAMBERS, Esq. son of the late Sir WILLIAM
given a communication from that country, received
CHAMBERS, has been appointed one of the Police Ma-
gistrates at Union Hall, in the room of HENRY Floc-
by the last Mail, from which it appears that jealou- LAND, Esq. resigned.
sies of some kind subsist among some of the Leaders. On Tuesday his Grace the Archbishop of CANTER-
This is a circumstance much to be lamented, and, if i BURY had a lung interview with the Duke of PORT-
not speedily terminated, may be productive of fatal LAND, the object of which was to consider who is a fit
comequences. Nothing but unanimity can give them I person to be proposed to his Majesty to be the new
Bishop of ELY. The result of the deliberation is not
ultimate triumph over such an enemy as the one with known ; but report
whom they have to contend. as likely to succeed to the vacant Bishopric of Ely,
•
A letter from Gijon, of the 17th ult. after stating and the Dean of BRISTOL to that of Rochester.
the departure of Major ROCHE from that place, with The Duke of PORTLAND gave a grand Cabinet din-
supplies for the patriots of Biscay, says :-64 Such is • at which were
nee yesterday at Burlington House ,
the activity of this meritorious officer in the great
resent the Earls of CAMDEN and CHATHAM; Lards
AWKF:SBURY, MULGRAVF, and CASTLEREAGH 1 and
cause cf our patriots, that he h.ls become a particular
T. ‘...ANNINCI.
Object of the enemy's hatred ; and it is a well aster. The Duke of NoaFotst received as ei present, by the
taiced fact,.that the French General at Burgos lately late East India fleet, an Antelope, supposed to be the
promise" /11415°3° dollars, if he could contrive jilOit beautiful one ever seen in this kingdom,

Bank Stack 2394
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GOTTENBURGH MAIL.

This dly a Mail arrived, by which a rumour has
been received, stating, that the Russian fleet, which,
our Readers will recollect, was announced by a for-
mer Mail to have sailed from Cronstadt, has since
ty.en fallen in with by the British, and received a
icirubbing. That such would i the result of a meet-
ing e reed not doubt ; but at Gottenburgh the cpi-
Lion ;s, th:it a sufficient number of British ships could
n have b,cn far enough up the Baltic to g:At the
Russians a meeting at the time mentioned. Let us
hope, however, that this news may yet receive a con-
firthation.

" nOTITNBURGIT, AUGUST 19.

" General Armfeldt did net resign the command of
the 'Western Army, as was at first reported, but was
superseded and replaced by Genera Ceder'trom.

Private letters from Stockholm, by to-Jay's post,
report, that the Russian Peet which appeared off 01-
denholm on the 6th of August, was met on the 12th
by an English fleet, and tr,tally put to the route.
This appears rather incredible, as we cannot con-
ceive that a sufficient number of English ships for the
purpose could have been so high up in the Baltic at
that time."

THE ARMY.