Star.
London, England, 1808-11-23 00:00:00

BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED.
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Hugh Jones, of Skinner-street, London, ehees emonger, dealer and
chapman, Jan. 7, at twelve, at Guildhall.
BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
James Beattie, of Lougtown, Cumberland, Merchant.
BANKRUP IS.

Benjamin Dewaon, the younger,of Wolverhampton, Staffordshire,
japanner, dealer and chapman, Dec. 12, at four, so, and Jan.
3, at eleven, at the Jerningham Arms Inn, ShiffnaU, Salop.
Attornies, Mr. Edward Biddle, of Wolverhampton ; or Anr.
Charles Williams, Staple Inn, London.
Richard Gore, of Liverpool, linen draper, dealer and chapman,
Dec. 21,22, and Jan. 3, at eleven, at the George Inn, Liverpool.
Attornies, Mr. Windle, John-street, Bedford row, London;
or Mr. Forrest, Liverpool.
William Thornley, of Cornbrook, Lancashire, dyer, dealer and
chapman, Dec. 14, IS, and Jan. 3, at two, at the Dog 'favern,
Manchester. Attornies, Messrs. Kearaley and Cardwell, Man-
chester; or Mr. Ellis Cursitor-street, London.
Willlarn Blyth, of Sheffield, mercer and draper, dealer and chap-
. man, Dec. 1,. 2, and Jan. 3, at one, at the 'Tontine Inn,
Sheffield. Attornies, Messrs. Parker and Brown, Sheffield; or
Messrs. Blagrave and Walter, No. 4, Symond's Inn, ChanCery-
lane, London.
Edward Stamford, of York-street, Commercial-road. Middlesex,
sour factor, dealer and chapman, Nov. 29, Dec. 10, and Jan. 3,
at twelve, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Hunt, Warwick-court,
Holborn.
Jubn Leman, of Ramsgate, Kent, shopkeeper, dealer and chap-
man, Nov. 23, at two, 26, and Dec. 31, at twelve, at Guild-
hall. Attorney, Mr. Clinton, St. Thornas's-street, Borough.
John Parsons, a Cheapside, London, warehouseman, Nuv. 29,
Dec. 10, and Jan. 3, at twelve, at Attorney, Mr.
' • Evan•foulkcs, Southampton-street, Covent Garden.
`William Pt. ice, of Dover, cordwainer, Nov. 29, Dee. 6, and
Jan. 3, at ten, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Allan, Frederick's-
place, Old Jewry, London.
.1111/iDENDS.
l4ay. 26. Stephen Morgaa and 114.1er/sew Readshaw Morley, late
of York-street, Southwiult,kopfactorsi at one, at Guildhall.
Nev. 28. Robert Swaine, of-Halifax' John •Swaine, of Skircoat,
Yorkshire, Edward Swaine, of London, Hannah Swaine, of
Halifax Joseph Swains, of Halifax, and Henry Ramsbotham,
or Brained, Yorkshire, merchants, manufacturers and copart-
ners, at eleven, at the White Swan Inn, Halifax.
Nov. es. John Hollyer, of Coventry, ribbon-manufacturer, at
twelve, at the White Bear Inn, Coventry.
Nov. 25. Henry Lewis and Win. Chambers, of Rathbone-place,
Oxford-street, shopkeepers, at eleven, at Guildhall.
Nov. tomaa Lloyd Anwyl, late of Shrewsbury, Salop, mo-
ney-scriventr,
_at one, at the Castle Inn' Shrewthi.ry.
Nov. 22. John Mader, Robert Boyd, and Edward Stewart, of '
Ironmonger-lane, London, at eleven, at Guildhall.
Nov. 25. Henry Rislebeu, of Birmingham, tayior and draper, at
twelve, at the Seven Stars, Birnsiogham.
Dec. s. John Wil vs and 'Thomas Lacey, of Basinghall-street,
Loudon, factors, at eleven, at Guildhall.
Dec. 6. Alexander Arbuthnot and Richard Bracken, late of Phil-
pot-lane, London, and of Birmingham, Warwickshire, mer-
shoats, at one, at Guildhall.

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Mier OF INQUIRY Al' CNELS.E.4
FIFTH DAY.
(Ceschtekdont the Sr.ez ofSerteday.).
The narrative off Sir Hew Dalrymple, as submitted
by him yesterday to the consideration of the Court,
was read by the Judge Advocate.
In the course of this narrative the proceedings
were interrupted by the arrival of the Princess of
Wales, who was introduced within the Bar by Co-
lonel Matthews. Sir David Dundas immediately
left his seat, and conducted her Royal Highness to
a seat purposely prepared for her and her Party. The
Officers of the Court rose to receive her, and the
Duke of Cambridge shook her cordially by thd hand.
The Duke of Cumberland, who was also in Court,
kept his seat.
Sir Hew DALRYMPLE, in answer to certain ques-
tions put to him respecting the state of the supplies to
the army, up to the morning of the 23d of August,
produced a Return from the Deputy-Commissary of
the Army in Portugal, which was read.
There was also read a Return of the number of
French troops embarked at Lisbon, amounting is the
whole to 24,735 men, 213 women, 116 children, and
759 cavalry horses.
Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY then rose, in consequence
of the permission he had obtained yesterday, to offer
to the Board some written observations on the narra-
tive given in by Sir Hugh Dalrymple.As well as we
could understand the substance of his observations,
they were to this effect :
That, notwithstanding Sir Hcw Dalrymple consi-
dered the measures he had adopted previous to his
arrival, to be such as would not justify him in assum-
ing the responsibility for any result which might fol-
low • he felt confident, that from the means he pos-
sessed with 13,900 British troops, and the aid he was
taught to expect of 6000 Portuguese troops, he had
strength enough to accomplish the purposes he had in
contemplation against the army of the French, which
he understood did not exceed 25,000 men ; and that
the line of march he proposed to pursue in further-
ance of his objects was, in his opinion, every way pre-
ferable to that chosen by Sir Hew, as it enabled him
to keep his force more concentrated, and also to pre-
serve the communication with the fleet of transports
for supplies of provisions, besides affording a much
shorter and more defensible road to Lisbon. With
respect to the armistice concluded with General Kel-
lei-man, after the battle of the 21st, he positively de-
nied that he was the negociator ; and although he
certainly had signed it, yet he disclaimed all responsi-
bility for its honour. He was present a great part of
the time while it was in discussion ; but the objections
he made, and most of the suggestions he offered, were
overruled by General Dalrymple ; for thoug:i he
perfectly agreed on the general objects of the expedi-
tion, namelythe evacuation of Portugal by the French
troops, and the setting a large British force at liberty
to co-operate with the Spaniards ; and though he
thought it perfectly expedient that the French should
be allowed to evacuate the place with all their bag-
gage and arms in their hands, under all the advan-
tages which they possessed, with the military posses-
sion of the country and its resources, while the Bri-
tish found it impossible to procure any supply of pro.
visions, but must depend solely on a precarious one,
from their own transports, yet there were many of
the minor terms to which he could not agree. He
thought it, for instance, extremely desirable that the
Russian ships should not by any means be included
in a treaty with the French ; but that any thing'done
with respect to them should be the subject of a dis-
tinct treaty, and with themselves, as they had acted
a neutral part while in the Tagus ; and as means
might be found to detain them there long enough to
prevent their sailing to the Baltic, and sending their
men to fight against Sweden. He also distinctly un-
derstood that under the term of " all manner of pro-
Pperty," used in the treaty, mere military baggage
and private property were implied ; but with respect
to the Armistice itself, with all its conditions, Kel-
lerman distinctly asked, during the conference, who
was the ostensible ne,,ociator with whom he was treat-
ing ? and Sir Hew Dalrymple answered, with him-
self. Had either he (Sir Arthur) or General Bur-
rard, been the negociator, either would have been
called on to sign first. But after General Kellerman
had dictated to the oflicerwho accompanied him as Se-
cretary, the terms for the fair copy, Sir H. Dalrymple
himself took the pen in his hand, and was proceeding
to sign the instrument without reading it; but Ge.
ncral Kellerman objected, that it was not regular for
a Commander in Chief to sign a treaty concluded
with a General of Division. Upon which, he (Sir
Arthur) was called by Sir Hew out of another room
to which he had retired ; was told the objection of
General Kelleiman, and the pen handed to him by
Sir Hew, to sign the Treaty. He then read the in-
strument throughout ; and after making the observa-
tion, that it was a most extraordinary paper, and
drawn up in a most extraordinary way, he signed it,
as lie would have signed any other paper, at the de-
sire of his superior officer, but without feeling himself
at all responsible for its contents. He was willing,
he said, to suffer any punishment or disgrace that his
own conduct might be deemed to incur; but it would
be a new and extraordinary principle, to punish or
disgrace an Officer for the transaction in which he
had no authority nor responsibility, but were both
belonging to his superior in command. As to the
main object of the treaty, the evacuation of Portugal,
it was justified in the result ; for while our allies in
Pcrtugal were liberated from the oppressive burthen
of an enemy's army in their country, and a large
British force enabled to march for a junction and
co-operation with the Spanish army, not a man
of the French troops, who had evacuated Portu-
gal, and been sent to France, had yet reached the
Spanish frontier. But as to the Armistice, such as
it was, it remained a dead letter, and was never act-
ed upon, except so fax as it produced a cessation of
hostilities. With respect to the subject of the subse-
quent Convention, the account given by Sir Arthur
differed but little, and not materially, f. om that given
yesterday by Sir Hew Dalrymple, except in that
point which respected the discretion given to Colonel
Murray, on his mission to Junot at Lisbon, for re-
newing the suspension of hostilities for forty-eight
hours pending the discussion about the Russian fleet;
fcr as Junot had threatened to arm the Russians in
aid of his own force, in case the terms were not com-
plied with, to which Admiral Cotton objected, he
suggested that they ought not to be allowed tbrty-
eight hours suspension to equip the Russians, before

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the recommences:ant of hostilities ' • and then at the
desire of Sir Hew, he wrote the letter to Colonel
Murray at Lisbon, desiring him, if the terms pro-
posed by the British were not agreed to, then to de-
clare the armistice•at an end on the '29th of August
at noon, and depart immediately. As to the terms
concluded with regard to the Russians, he thought
them much more preferable for the object of the
public service, than to have in- isted on their uncon-
ditional surrender; for he judged, that as soon as the
Portuguese colours should be hoisted at Lisbon, the
Government there would have claimed for the Rus-
sians the neutrality of the Tagus, which would have
obliged Sir Charles Cotton to send home for instruc-
tions. This would have led to a protracted discus-
sion between the two Governments, and have im-
peded the object of the expedition. But there was
one thing in the Treaty which he most decidedly con-
demned, namely, that no conditions whatever were
stipulated for the five thousand Spanish prisoners in
hulks on the Tagus, who were left entirely at the
mercy and disposal of the French, when there might
have been an exchange negociated for them, for as
many French prisoners detained in their own coun-
try, and to which the Government of Galicia would
have readily acceded. As to the Convention at
Cintra, he never saw it until his arrival in England,
Sir HEW DALRYMPLE, in explanation, stated that
the Aid-du-Camp whom he had sent on shore, on his
arrival off the coast, to intimate to Sir A. Wellesley
that it was not his intention to interfere in his com-
mand, had not been able to meet with him. He also
stated, as a proof that Sir A. Wellesley had negoci-
ated with respect to the Russian fleet, that while Ge-
neral Kellerman was arguing that subject with Sir
Arthur in French, a person whom Kellerman had
brought along with Lim had got Sir Hew to the win-
dow, and was endeavouring, in bad English, to en-
force on I,iim arguments similar to those used by
General Kellerman, which principally went to prove
the bad policy of the English in acting with harshness
towards the Russians, who were well disposed towards
them.

Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY gave a cursory statement
of a few amendments, valiich it had been proposed to
make in the articles of the Convention, in the confer-
ence which he and other General Officers had with
Sir Hew Dalrymple, on the 29th of Aitgust. The
principal amendment related to the fifth Article, Sir
Arthur being of opinion, that they ought to have
been allowed to carry away no property but their '
arms and baggage.
Sir Ht.w observed, in opposition to a statement of
Sir A. who had said, that the Convention had been
afterwards concluded without the amenclinents, that
some material amendments had been made, to prove
which he would produce the original. The letter
which Sir A.. had written to tha Bishop of Oporto,
might, if produced, throw considerable light on the
question 'with respect to the ltu;sian fleet. He had
the answer to this letter, which was brought to him
as being addressed to the Commander in Chief. The
Bishop and the Junta of Oporto assumed the style and
character of the Government of the kingdom, which
he never allowed them, and to his resistance to their
pretensions was owing a good deal of the hostility
which he experienced from that city. He had, how-
ever, no communication with them on the subject,
though Sir Arthur had, as would appear from the an-
swer to his letter.

Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY said, that he need not
enter upon the subject of the pretensions of the Go-
vernment of Oporto, as on that point he perfectly
concurred with Sir Hew Dalrymple. The letter
alluded to, must have been written after the Armi-
stice. He really had no recollection whether he wrote
it or not. He certainly had no copy of it, otherwise
he would produce it. He had seen in the newspapers
a copy of that letter, in which it was said, that there
was nothing extraordinary in the Armistice, except
what related to the neutrality of the port of Lisbon,
with respect to the Russian fleet. He still said, that
there was nothing extraordinary in it, as far as the
Portuguese were concerned, except the neutrality of the
port of Lisbon.
Sir HEW DALRYMPLE, in answer to a question from
the President, whether he had any documents respect-
ing the state of the fortifications, when occupied by
the British ? replied, that the reports of the Officers
who took possession of the fortsind not arrived when
he left Portugal, and therefore he could say nothing
as to their condition.
The President then delivered some written questions
to Sir Hew, to be answered in writing. The latter,
upon looking at the paper, observed that there were
some which he could answer immediately ; but, how-
ever, on the whole, it might be as well to give the
answers in writing at the next meeting of the Court.
Captain BLIGH was then called and examined.
JUDGE-ADVOCATE.—Was you employed off the
coast of Portugal in the months of August and Sep.
tember, in superintending the landing, and assisting
the British army ?—A. Yes.
Q. State generally whether there are any difficul-
ties in landing troops, provisions, stores, &c. in the
months of August and September, between Oporto
and the Tagus, and what they are, if any ?—A. The
difficulties are at all times great from the heavy swell,
and were particularly so during the time that I was
assisting in landing the army under Sir A.Wvllesley.
Q. Are there any situations between Mondego Bay
and the Tagus, where ships could anchor safely in
these months, and in boisterous weather ?—A. None
whatever.

Q. Could the boats of the country, obtained at
Mondego, be carried to the southward, so as to be
of use ?—A. They could be carried to the southward,
but, I conceive, not so as to be of any use.
Q. What dependance could in point of fact have
been pl recd on landing provisions and heavy artillery,
on the 21st of August ?—A. To the best of my re-
collection there was a great deal of surf on the beach
that day, which would prevent the landing of troops.
Provisions and stores were landed three days after the
21st, but the sea rose so much after that, that it was
attended with extreme danger to attempt it.
Q. (by Sir H. DALRYMPLE). What entrance and
what shelter could the Mondego River afford from
the winds and ale swell to ships drawing more than
eleven feet-water ?—A. Cape Mondego aftords shelter
from the Northerly winds, but the Roads are open to
the South-west, the most dangerous wind that blows
on that coast.

Here Captain Bligh's examination closed.
General FEaousots was then called in.
Sir Wm, Diatom delivered to him a paper of

q testions, which he informed him had heel prep
tor bins to answer. He desired him to look 43
them and see whether lie thought proper tons%
them immediately, or keep them for the present,
give in his answers in sysitin. General Ferri having looked for a short time over the paper,
?ref ~
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that, from the nature of the uestions, he would
giving in the answers in writinq
g.
The President then desired that the Court oriels t
cleared, with an.intimation that it would proceed is
farther till Thursday. The delay is perhaps
sinned by the absence of Sir H. Burrard. occi
The Dukes of Cambridge and Cumberland 'it,
present as on the previous days.

THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23.

PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE OTltteg
Console, for money, 66}-}—for acc.66l4—Onisluret
PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAT.
Bank Stock 237 236} Oninium --
3 per Cent. Red. Ann. 66 65} India Stock 183
9 per C. Cons. 6611 India Bonds, Gs. 7s. pres.
4 per Cent. 811 82 Es. Bills, Cs. IW. pre.
5 per Cent. Navy 32} 100 State Lottery Tickets till
Long Ann. 18 Cons. for ace. 6641

It was yesterday evening rumoured that some,'
unfavourable accounts had been received from Sp,
The reports were of so gloomy a complexion, t
any one would have inferred from tiers, that
Patriots had sustaine.l a general and irrettift

defeat. We are happy to state, though it s
there has been much skirmishing between the
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and General BLAKE'S army, in which the latter!z
some ground, that no other consequence 14:ouz''
and the Spaniards may be considered as 50w,4,1
comparatively safe position. 1

To the accounts we have already publish4l,l
have now to add the statement of a Mr. litipty%,
a respectable merchant, who came from Sanadt
by the last conveyance, and reached town yer...10.
—He says that the particulars detailed in titt
from Lanistosa (see yesterday's STAR) are (*en
rect, so far as he has received inf.:x=6on ; tha
6th instant General BLAKE was again attacks,
forced to fall back about two leagues, but wi'k
sustaining any serious loss ; that on the folks'at
day he was again pressed by the enemy with asl
perior force, when, to avoid a general action, whia
it would have been imprudent to hazard, he sti: