Star.
London, England, 1808-07-22 00:00:00

ficatioss in and about Lisbon. His chief an.-ution
in this respect WAS directed to Fast St. Julien. _

At the time the Spanish troops were Ihtisireac..' heti • • •
ously disarmed, the French force in Lisbon did.not
exceed 5000 men ; but, soon after, 'the yarioni anall ' •
detachments, and some divisions, dispersed in the
country. *ant? fall back upon the capital, and in •
a caw slays. their numbers increased to 1.0,000 ur
12,000 Inca. Their security, hoviever, was not much
inersßied, as it would appear,.by this accession to.
their strengths:. They twee slider continual alarm,
subject to all the incopeeniatsee. tof a perpetual ale,*
and frequently oblige to pa*: the nighfundei arms..
They were particularly jealous of any congregitiolt
of the inhabitants. Half a dozen Portuguese could •
hardly meet in the streets without an hinsediate and
peremptory order to diTer,.e.
Admiral SniIAVIN, in consequence, it is suppnia, •
of orders from JUNOT, confined himself entirely to
the ship onboard of which his flag was flying. • His
conduct k seems, had excited the suspicion ii the '
French Commander, and lie was particularly eajgiaed •
not to hold any ccmmunication v. ith the l'ortupese
or English. - It di..l transpire, lic.wever, Uri the
Ausaiau Admiral was anxious to establish an inter,
coarse with Sir C. Corrus ; but the r•Ol.utce of the
Itellr.la, Flito bad , the command a the Tigus,. ren-
Aicro4 ititnpossible. Next to this, the eiiief object if
4u-ices 4tteption was. .20 pea=t any sommuoisio
lie. between the 'a is and the inhahltants'df.lis. •
Axis's ,s4lne tler.rees.of excessive rigour had been is-
.siiafieribis purpose. Several Spanish and Tartu.
geese Proclamations, notwithstanding, had found
their. way into the hands of tits people.; and the de-
termined and patriotic sentiments which - they et.
pressed, were not lost upon them.
In order to deceive the inhabitants with respect to
the precise strength of the Frestch force in Lisboa,
regiments N; ere daily marched out of the town, at as
early hour, when the people 'were at rest, and marched
.back in the evening all covered with dust, (or the
purpose of having it supposed they were iresh rein-
foxcements from Spain. The trick,• however, hid
been practised so often, and had become so stale, that
there was scarcely a boy in Lisboa that did not .
laugh aethe folly of Jusot.
All thelekers from the squadron off Lisbon speak ,
Of a large Porttiguese force within u few days march
of , that city. They also mention that 'NO French
deserters have joined the Portuguese. One of these
letters mentions as a positive fact, that a Frencliforce
as Badajos had been completely 'defeated by the
. a
Spanish Military and Patriots united.
The GLOIRk. frigate, on her passage home, passed
the Eipedition under the orders of Sir ii.arnest Wu..
:Aux, on Sunday last, off Scdly. It has doubtless
ereAhls :cached the Tagus, and most important in•
telligence may of course be shortly expected from that
quarter.
In the preceding columns we have given some in. •
teresting Statt. Papers published by the Government
at Oporto.

EXTRACT 07 A LETTER,

PEON AN OFEIC).A COME HOME M TILE GLOIRE.
vtie ha* just, come in (scan Lisbon ; the whole of our
crew; and every other we have met with, are in high spirits at
the•happy, prospect before us, as ever) thing is going on ramose
bly to the Spanith Patriots.
" The French army, which is estimated at Pule Ica, than ten
thousand men, 5 completely hemmed in at Lisbon; and all these
I have conversed with upon the subject have no doubt will fall an
easy ptey to General Sir Arthur Welletaey, whose gket of trans.
ports we fell in withal sea, on Sunday the 17th inst. off Scilly.
" The brave Sir Charles Cotton has summoned the Russian
deaf* the Tagus to surrender to the British flag ; but, strange to
say! the Russian Admiral in his answer discovered much violence
as well as national and individild enmitylo Great Eritain, ant
Aittlrgd Ist would rather burn every ship wider his command than
surrender them. I have the pleasure to say, we landed great
quantities of arm and ammunition at Lagos Bay and Oporto for
the use of the brave Spaniards. We are now in possession of
some batteries. Sir C. Cotton has nine sail of the line lying under
the Pisa t she crews of them are waiting with the greatest ansio.

TFI Fe I.IVrN IN G S'lAlt.

LONDON.

FRIDAY, JULY te.
• MICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
COnsols;foi:motity, 6912r—litly Mgr—Reduced 69.
. Omnium Sti 3—Exc. 80, is. pr.
_

• PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY.
Dank Stock 243 i 2121 243 India Bonds 4s. Ss. prem.
3 per C. Red Ann. 6813 Imp. Ann. 7 11-14ths
3 per Cent Cons. ebi ill• liztbeq. Bills, ::>'s. 6s. pre.
4 per Cent. 84 851 Omnium, 2- prem.
S pot Cint, Navy 991 9311 Lottery 'rickets, *2l. 61.
Loll A..itqf 15-16. Concois for act. 6944
Ili& Stuck 1851 i
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- -:: • AFFAIRS OF PORTUGAL.
La -Gcoute frigate, the arrival of which at'Ports•
'month we announced yesterday, brought to England
several French priscncrs and some passengers. The
latter given very clear and distinct account of the
situation of affairs at Lisbon up to the Salt of June
inclusive; on which day they were fortunate enough to
..escapCtitt board the Bi itish squadron, where they re.
Intined"till the' departure of la GLoIRE. In the
course '4'o the. fortnight preceding the 7th, there had
been keq trent communications between the Patriots
of the free and towns and Sir C. CorTot's fleet,
the general tenor of which was in the highest degree
satisfactory. The Spanish troops ip Lisbon were
disartued, and put on board the hulks in the Tagus,
. •
-by a manoeuvre perfectly. onsistent with the nature of
thats6overninent frOni which Juxor derives his au- AFFAIRS OF SPAIN.
thcPyity...They. rec;lved orders, it appears, to parade Dispatches were yesterday received by Government
at 'the early hour of three o'clock in the morning, {rota Sir Hew DA‘Mal PLE, at Gibraltar, confirming
' when the inhabitants of Lisbon were all in their generally the favourable accounts before received from
beds,' and the town consequently quiet, for the pur- Spam,
pose of crossing the Tagus. to proceed to St. Übe's. By the same correeyance that brought these dig. .
They had assembled in the Great Square, when-they
were surroundcd by considerable bodies of French patches, we have received letters to the 6th inst. from
Gibraltar, and Spanish journals to the 30th ult. from
infantry and cavalry, and ordered to ground their ' which we make the following important extracts :
arms. It was not until this moment that the Portu- .. GIBRALTAR, JUNE ft
1 geese and Spaniards in Lisbon were apprised of-the
1 4g The Spanish arms go on moot prosperouslY in
occurrences in Spain, end that the former, during an this And the adjoining provinces. Dueost's army of
almost insupportable tyranny of many months,evinced ' 1.5,000, which had intended to proceed to Seville,
symptoms of the least dissatisfaction. has begun its retreat from Cordova, to join Mcesr
This important object effected, General JUNOT, who At. Madrid ; after' losing nearly a third of its number.
had received diipatehes from Madrid, immediately by desertion, sickness, or being cut off by the native,
set about strengthening and provisioning all the forti- . who are universally armed, and who derJwy evert
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ety possib e to be brought into action.
• ei The Russian fleet, lying in the Tagus, consists of nine ial
if the line and font frig4e•
We were informed at Lisbon, from a quarter that was not
to be doubted, (in feet, It was generally understood) that the
English and Spanish fleets were lying together at Minorca.
es We have brought to England Rear-Admiral ()may, together
With a great number of French prisoners, tak.n by the Portuguese'•
Among them is that each:an:a character Monsieur Prigny, Caw
mandant.of tife French Marine at Oporto—he is distitgutshed*
being %Member of the Legion of Honour-he was Captain of the
Fleet in the memorable battle of Trafidgar, in which be
sigaalited
himself. We have likewise Monsictimillaiirnbaud, the late Freock
consul a: Oporto, whose house was eabviltely gutted by the pe,
'police at Oporto, himself made prisoner, together with the Cdn
mandaat of Marine, and a vast number of OSeers of the Fend
army. There is little or no doubt, either of the taking orb
don of the Russian fleet; in fact, it appears iaevitable."

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