Star.
London, England, 1808-11-19 00:00:00

WEST INDIES.

BARBADOES, SEPTEMBER 3.
The Americans are giving us the most practical
evidence of the oppressive operations of their embargo
laws ; for, no longer able to endure them, they are,
in defiance of gun-boats and revenue officers, break-
ing them in almost every state ; bringing us desirable
supplies, under the indulgence and encouragement
of our Orders of Council, which have so wisely re.
lazed the Navigation laws in their favout. No
less than 33.50 barrels of flour have been brought into
our port within the present week, and further sup-
plies may now constantly be looked for.
Seer. 6.—Within two days (the 26th and 28th
et.) the Impatrice, l'Union, aid Petit Jack brigs,
and Jenne Adelle schooner, witM full cargoes of as-
sorted provisions, arrived at Bay Mahut and Point-a-
. Petre, Guadaloupe ; and such is their confidence both
there and at MartiniqUe, of an egress as free and safe
as their ingress, that three vessels are now loading at
the latter island, and ten at Guadaloupe. It is not,
however, to this system of warfare that the enemy
now confines his enterprizes. Determined to retrieve,
as General Ernouf emphatically expresses it, the island
of Mariegalante, he has thrown into it reinforcements
of troops, artillery, and ammunition. On the 28th
ult. about 4.50 men were embarked in canoes at St.
Ann's, Guadaloupe, and, during a hazy and tempes-
tuous night, put off for Mariegalante. The_ force
which first landed there, and were defeatedin,a,ssault-
ing the battery at Grand Bourg, remained at the
above period in the fastnesses of the interior.
SEPTEMBER 10.—Dispatches from Mariegalante
have been received here, giving the most satisfactory
accounts of the progress and success against the ene-
my, the subjoined particulars of which we lay before
the public by authority-4.

" Friday, September 8, 1808.
gg The armed schooner Maria arrived last night
from Mariegalante, with the following intelligence :
i 4 The three companies of the Ist West India regi-
ment under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel
BLACKWELL, which proceeded from Carlisle Bay on
the night of Saturday the 27th August, in his Ma-
jesty's ship CAPTAIN, were landed at Mariegalante,
on the 29th following, and being reinforced by the
naval garrison, they attacked the enemy on the morn-
ing of the 30th ; and, after pressing him from one
fastness to another during the course of five days and]
nights, in all of which he made more or less resistance
according to circumstances, he was compelled to sur-
render at discretion on the Sd instant, with the loss
of 12 officers, 162 rank and file, taken prisoners ;
one brass field piece, 450 stand of arms; and a consi-
derable proportion of ammunition. The exertion of
the troops of every description was exemplary, and
the fatigue they underwent unusually great. The
loss of the enemy in killed, wounded, and sick, had
not been ascertained when the Maria schooner left
Mariegalante on the evening of the 4th, nor is their
precise force landed from Gu a dalou pe correctly known;
they exceeded 200 men, and were composed of regu-
lar artillery and infantry.
" The detachment of the Ist West India had two
men wounded, one of whom is since dead."

It is with great regret that these accounts confirm the
fact, that Mr. BrtowN, a respectable Gentleman from
Antigua, who was prisoner in the hands of the enemy,
being placed by them in the rear of their picket when
attacked on the evening of the 2d instant, was unfor-
tunately mortally wounded.
Colonel CA MARIEM, who conducted the French
troops from Guadaloupe, thought fit to abandon
them before the surrender ; whether he has escaped
to Guadaloupe, or is concealed in Mariegalante, it
not ascertained.
The mission of the Spanish Officer embarked on
board the Elizabeth, is said to relate to a propo•
sition for obtaining a naval force to co-operate with
an expedition projected by the Spaniards for subduing
the French part of St. Domingo, which, on its re-
duction, they will guarantee our joint possession of
with themselves.
SEPTEMBER 13.—His Majesty's schooner Elizabeth,
mentioned in our last to be expected from St. Tho.
Inas, arrived here on Sunday morning, and brought
the Spanish Officer whom we stated to be on board,
charged with dispatches to our Naval Commander.
This Gentleman is Don de Chatillon, Colonel in the
Spanish service. His mission is of a confidebtial na-
ture, and embraces a very important object.
The whole of Spanish South America (Continent
and •islands) has adopted the spirit of the Parent
Sate, and thrown of all fellowship and fraternity
the French. At Cuba, an animated and loyal
Edict has been promulgated in the name of Ferdinand
VII. and war formally declared against Bonaparte.
The Recruit, of 16, has had a most gallant action
'a a large French corvette, of 22 guns, which is
s•opposed to have foundered. We had six killed and
2 wounded : Captain Napier and Lieutenant Wil-
lett, are both severely wounded.

THE EVENING STAR

LONDON.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19.

PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK :
Consols, for money, 66H—for aec.66l—.omnium

•
PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY.
Bank Stock 238 237* Omni= 1 dia.
3 per Cent. Red. Ann. 66{ India Stock 183 f
3 per C. Cons. 6631 India Bonds, ss. 6s. prem.
4 per Cent. 811 82 81i Ex. Bills, Ss. Bs. pre.
5 per Cent. Navy 991 State Lottery Tickets, 211. 15a.
Long Ann. 18 1-16 Cons. for acc. 661
Imp. Ann. 7} 7-16

From a late Paris Paper we extract the follosing
letter, relative to the return ofJuivor's army to France.
It requires no comment.

" LA ROCHELLE, NOVEMBER 4.

eg His Excellency the Duc d'Abrantes has returned
to this place from Angoulesme, where he had the ho-
nour of an interview with his Majesty the Emperor,'
on his way to Spain. General Margaron, who com-
mands a brigade of Cavalry, and M. Lagarde, In-
tendant General of the Police at Lisbon, have landed
at Quiberon. We now wait for General Kellerman
only.

" Every thing related here by the Generals and of:.
ficers of the Army, proves that the battle of Vimiera
was extremely honourable to the French. The posi-
tion of the Duc d'Abrantes was very critical ; sur-
rounded by an English Army, and by two Corps of
Insurgents, having on the one hand, behind him,
Spanish provinces in a state of insurrection, and on
the other hand the city of Lisbon, which had re-
mained tranquil until the last moment, but which
began to want provisions, that gallant General in-
stantly decided upon marching to meet the English.
—He gained twelve leagues at one march ; offered
them battle, although they had 25,000 men in the
field, and himself scarcely ten thousand, and killed
an immense number of them. He was aware of the
necessity of giving battle at a considerable distance
from Lisbon to prevent the English cannon from
being heard in that capital ; his intention was also
to impose upon the enemy, and to prove to them that
his position not only permitted him to defend the
ccuntry, but even to assume the offensive. These
were the combinations, dictated by prudence, and
executed with boldness, which paved the way for the
Convention of Lisbon, so honourable to the French
arms. In fact, the army of Wellesley was 25,000
men strong ; he had besides, at his disposal, a con-
•derable body of Insurgents ; and during the battle

of Vimiera itself, Dalrymple landed with a consider-
able-division. Whatever the English may say, it is
certain that their loss is at least as great as ours : se-
veral of their superior bfficers are among the killed
and wounded, while we have. none 'of any conse-
quence to regret. Several of our Generals had horses
killed or wounded under them; but General Salignac
alone received a musquet ball in his left hand.
44 It is a mistake that General Loison had been made
prisoner at Oporto, it was General Quemel, who
commanded a Spanish division, and who was arrested
by the troops under his command : he had only 20
Frenchmen along with him.
44 After this act of insurrection, the Duc d'Abrantes
immediately disarmed the 8000 Spaniards who were
encamped in the vicinity of Lisbon. This was ef-
fected without difficulty, thanks to the prudent and
energetic measures taken by our Commander-in-
Chief."—Journal de PE:ff./sire.

Our Readers must have read with much interest,
the sketch we gave yesterday of the proceedings'of
the Court of Inquiry relative to the Convention
which led to the return of the army alluded to in the
above letter.—The addresses of Sir HEW DALaNn•
rut and Sir A. WELLESLEY, must have excited equal
surprise. Both ascertain the same fact—that the
Convention was a joint act. Sir Haw states that—
" Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY took that prominent part
in the discussion which the victory he had recently
gained, and the local knowledge he possessed of the
country, seemed to justify."—Sir ARTHUR, as him-
self declares—" assisted in drawing up the treaty—
subscribed it by the desire of his superior Officer,
without being compelled, or even ordered—and mert!
cordial& concurred in the opinion that the French should be
permitted to evacuate Portugal."
Compare this, and the other facts stated before the
Court, with the statements which appeared in some
of the Morning Papers, and some of which were
quoted into tho STAR as probably coming from Sir
ARTHUR WELl.ist,Ev's friends.—We mean those
stories which were circulated respecting Sir ARTHUR
having protested against' the Convention, and having
signed it only in consequence of express orders from his
superior Ucer, &c: We say, if these statements be
now compared, should the latter be ascribed to friends
or to enemies of Sir ARTHUR ?

The Court may terminate its labours as soon as it
pleases. It has ascertained nothing—it can ascertain
nothing which was not obvious to the whole country,
before it commenced its inquiry :—namely, that all
the three Knights of Cintra should have their conduct
relative to the Convention, which has 4, disappointed
the hopes of the country," investigated by a Court
Martial;—that, if blameable, they may meet their
merited punishment, or, if otherwise, may bd-restored
to their fair fame, by the only kind of tribunal which
can render adequate justice to military men.

Yesterday aCabinet Council was held at the Foreign
Office at two o'clock.

All the Spanish Deputies,with the exception of Ad-
miral APODACA, are preparing, to leave England.
Lieutenant-Governor LE MARCHANT, of the Royal
Military College at High Wycombe, on Thursday,
set out on a special military commission to Portugal.
An Order of Council was agreed upon, on Wed
nesday, to be issued, containing the different bounties
to be offered to seamen and landmen, who shall vo-
luntarily enter into the Royal Navy, during the year,
[BO9, viz.

Able bodied Seamen to receive aeS 0
Ordinary Seamen
Able-bodied Landmen 1 10
A Proclamation for continuing the powers con-
tained in an Act of Parliament, passed in the last
Session of Parliament, for prohibiting the distillation'
of spirits from corn or grain to the 31st of Decem-
ber, and, from that period until forty days after the
meeting of Parliament.
The following is the Answer of the SECRETARY of
STATE, to the Address of the county of Middlesex:—
•" GENTLEMEN it Whitehall, N0v.16 1808.

" I have laid before his Majesty the Petition which I received
from you, yesterday as Sheriffs of London. and Middlesex, from
the Meeting of the Freeholders of the County of Middlesex, held,
at Hackney, on the 11th of this month.
I am, Gentlemen,
Your most obedient humble servant, •
" To the Sheriffs " HAWKESBURY."
of London and Middlesex."

Tuesday the Right Hon. AIRCMBALD COLQUHOURO
of Killermount and Clathic, Lord Advocate of Scot-
land, was rebelected Lord Rector of the University of
Glasgow, for the ensuing year.
We yesterday mentioned a report of a Naval
Action, given in a Cerunna Paper of the Sd instant,
as having occurred in the Mediterranean. On look-
ing over our series of the Diario de la Comma, we find
in that of the 7th, the following short paragraph
46 The Portuguese Gentleman who gave us the ac-
count of the battle between the two squadrons, con-
firms it, and says that it did not take place in the Medi-
terranean but in the Baltic ! !"
Among the last arrivals at Weymouth are :

Lord and Lady Warwick, Lady C. Barham, Sir John Frede-
rick,
Admiral Gould, Admiral Mikes, Mr. Barham, M. P.
Col. Homer, Col. Willis, Mrs. Rebbeck, Mr. and Mrs. C.
Smith, Mr. Tyndall, Mrs. Grove, Mr. Baskett, Mrs. Wilimott,
Mr. and Mrs. Elton, Mr. and Mrs. Mills, Mr. Horlick, Mrs.
Morris, Mr. Mount, Mrs. Parke, Mr. B. Travers, Miss
Whyte, &c. &c.
KING'S THEATRE.—Last night the Exile attracted
a very brilliant auditory : the fascinations of this
drama will cause it ;o become a lasting favourite of
the public ; and the splendor of the scenery and
music, receive a powerful support in the rich comic
vein of MUNDEN, whose very countenance can re-
lax the brow of care into involuntary laughter • nor
should the drollery of FAWCETT, nor the easy ;fee-
tation of lArrox in Baron Ahredorjr, be omitted.
The serious characters are finely drawn, and were
well deleniated by Mr. Yovxa, Mrs. Grass, and Mrs.
H. Joussrox.