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

ROYAL ISLE OP LEON, JUNE 10.

At a gn.u•ter past three in the evening of the 9th
inst. the batteries en the channel del Trocadero open-
ed upon the French squadron, consisting of five ships
of the line and one frigate. Thic!,e of the Arienal, of
the Caracca; of the Storehouses and Magazines situ-
ated at the point of the Cantcro, followed him imme-
diately ; and were supported by the Flotilla stationed
in the said Arsenal, and by that en the Cadiz sta;
tion, which anchored cppc.”itc Fortluis, while the
French ships themselves lay in the canal of the Arse-
nal, in such a pssition, that they were out of reach of
the cannon of the castles, as well as of our own squa-
dron.

. The French ship of the line, Algeziras, having her-
self greatly annoyed by the mortar-battery of the
Cantera, directed the whole of herfire against it, and
succeeded in dismounting its ordnance, but without
killing any of the men. The gnn-boat No. 17, com-
manding by Ensign (of frigate) Vat.nr..s, and EscA-
ult:l's mistico were sunk, but no lives lost, as, during
the whole of the engagement, we had but three er four
killed, and as many wounded. With respect to the
enemy, we are unacquainted with the extent of their
' loss. Their ships have suffered in their kulls, but not
in their masts, the Algeziras alone having lost her
: fore-top-mast and cross-jacklaml. • A few shot
; from the enemy's frigate, fell into the arsenal, one
of which killed one eri the slaves. Three reached. the
stores, but did nu harm ; 1315, the magazines which
were empty ; and others, various other places. One
of the enemy's gun boats blew up, and three beats
were lowered from the stern of one of their line of
i battle ships, but, whether with people in them, is not
knowl.
; • The firing on both sides, ceased at eight o'clock ;
and, during the remainder of the night, our batteries
continued to throw a few shells, and the French did
the same, so that it did not appear to be an action,
but rather minute-guns fired upon the death of a Ge-
neral Officer, until nine, this morning, when the en-
gagement was renewed with greater activity on both
sides, to three o'clock in the afternoon, at which time,
the Hero, Rosilly's flag ship, hoisted a Spanish flag
on the fore, Upon this, the Prince, one of our ships
of the lute, hoisted a flag of truce, fired one gun, and
sent off her barge. She was an hour and a quarter
upon this mission; and, on her return to the Prince,
she was observed going to Cadiz. Our General was
afterwards summoned to that city, and is not yetcome
back (half past nine), so that the result is not known.

. . .
The Casing, of course, had discentiAtted ever since the
said hour of three. •

This evening, they are ere,tikl a battery of eight
24-pounders, close to the bridge of the new town,
which, in case matters should not be adjusted, will be
ready to-morrow morning, and from its advantageous
situation, may annoy the enemy very much.
r The Argonauta (a ship of the,Ane formerly belong-
ing to thelFrench, who exchanged her for one of ours)
also went out of the Carracca, this evening fur the
purpose of taking up a favoutableposition to fire upon
them, together with a large merchantman, within half
a cannon shot. The latter is a little below Puntales.
and provided with artillery ; and it is said, that there
are, in both, furnaces for heating red.hot balls.
The French kept up a very heavy fire during the
afternoon, particularly the head ship and the frigate.