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London, England, 1808-12-05 00:00:00

THE EVENING STAR. .

MONDAY, DECEMBER 5.
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Since our last Dutch journals to the 25th nit. have
been received. They contain extracts from Paris
papers to the 20th, the prirkipal of which are, the
first two Bulletin% of the Army in Spain.
These Bulletins, however, present no new Pacts.
The operations which they describe were more fully
and frankly detailed in the Spanish official details.
The first bulletin after describing the previous posi.
tions of the French army, gives the particulars of
the action at Lerin, which it magnifies into an irn-
portant victory, and concludes with a detail of farther
operations against General BLAI&S army up to the 7th.
The Second Bulletin gives an account of the affair
which took place at Burgos on the 10th ult. It makes
the loss of the Spaniards on that occasion 9000 killed
and wounded, and as many prisoners. Our Readers
by comparing this statement With that of Count BEL-
vemut, who commanded the Patriots, and which is
already before them, will judge which of the two de-
serves most credit. According zo the latter his whole
force was hardly equal to what the French report
themselves to have taken and destroyed.—On the
12th, the date of this Bulletin, the French head-quar-
ters were at Burgos—of course the Emperor was
there. A division of the army, under the command
of General MILHAUD, was advancing to Placencia ;
another, commanded by LABALL; occupied Lerma ;
other corps, under the command of the Dukes of Bel-
luna and Dalmatia (Generals Nzv and Sour.r) and
General Bosurr, were proceeding in various direc.
tions against the remains, as they are called, of
Butt's army.

The accounts in these papers furnish no intelligence
respecting the British troops : indeed, this was not to
be expected—nor have any accounts arrived from
Spain of a later date than those we communicated

on Saturday. Rumours, it is true, are in circulation
respecting the situation of General Moons and Sir
DAVID Btists ; but which, however sagaciously
they may have been contrived, rest on no real autho-
rity. According to one report, a considerable French
force, part of the army under the immediate com-
mand of BosArwars, occupied Benevente, on the
direct road from Salamanca to Astorga, on the 19th
ult. According to another, strong parties of the
enemy had appeared at Mayorga, and Sir DAVID
BAIRD found it necessary to break down several
bridges, and destroy the roads, to prevent the enemy
from coming on his flank. It was also rumoured,
that in consequence of this movement of the enemy,
the junction between the corps of Sir DAVID BAIRD
and General Moons was rendered impractical :e, and
that the latter was retiring towards the frontiers of
Portugal.

Such are the reports--Eut at the date mentioned
it is hardly possible they should be correct ; for
Benevente is in the direct line of communication

between Madrid and Corunna, and in that case the
Post which left the former could hardly have reached
its destination, which it did in regular course.
Respecting the repulse experienced by the French
in their attack on the Marquis de ROMANA on the
24th, we have no further accounts ; nor have any
farther particulars been received tending either to
confirm or deny the statement given in the private
letters which were laid before our readers on Saturday
—of Generals CASTANOS and PALAFOX having
joined their forces, defeated the French on the 13th,
and crossed the Ebro at three points in the face of
the enemy.—We may here remark, that if either of
these pieces of intelligence be correct, the other will
probably also prove so. We consider General BLAKE'S
army as having been pressed by such a super ior force,
that, after the losses it had sustained, it could not be
in a condition first to defeat and then to pursue Niles
division, unless something, favourable had occurred
elsewhere to distract the enemy. The reported suc-
cess of the army of the centreis just such an event as
might produce this effect.
And we must again remark, that our letters
from Madrid, of the 19th, having reached Comma
on the 25th, is a proof that the French, who had en-
tered the kingdom of Leon, had also retired. It is
believed that they had advanced as far as Benevente,
with the view of preventing the junction of the forces
under Sir awn) BAIRD and General Moor's. In

this situation of things, the direct communication with
Corunna was interrupted, and our Madrid letters
could not have reached Corunna in time to be sent to
us by the last mail, had not the enemy fallen back.
It is on these circumstances we rest our hope of soon
being able to announce that the battle or the 13th I
terminated in the defeat of the enemy.
These circumstances encourage us to hope, that the i
report of the French having been defeated by the
Patriots on the 19th, is not entirely groundless—but
we must wait for farther accounts before we can form
a correct opinion at Lbw :dative prospects:4l*e awl
tending armies..

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THE ARMY.

...

The first squadron of the 14th Dragoons were to
reads Truro on Saturday, and proceed to Falmouth
this day, where they Will embark immediately. The
rest will follow daily, till the whole regiment, and
also the 18th, which marches in its rear, shall have
arrived at Falmouth, and embarked. General Cot-
TON, who commands this fine brigade, pasEA through
Truro on Wednesday evening for Falmouth. As
soon as the transports which carry them to Spain
shall have returned to Falmouth, the lit and 2d
German dragoons will be marched down there; and
embarked at that port. The 13th dragoons, of which
two troops are in Truro Barracks, have also received
orders to make returns of the number of horses they
have fit for service; from which, and other circum-
stances, there is little doubt but this fine regiment is
also destined for Spain.
Of the Officers now going abroad, General LW:
mow is a brave and distinguished Officer, who has
seen much service, and is very popular among the
Hanoverian troops.

It is reported that the Dragoon Regiments now at
1 Plymouth, and who were under orders for Falmouth,
for embarkation, have received orders to halt for the
present.

I The depot troops of the 14th Light Dragoons,tmder
the command of Captain Xenon, marched this morn-
ing from Ipswich fpr Northampton. The 16th, under
the command of Captain Boren, march to-morrow
for the satne place.

The Wiltshire Militia is arrived at Ipswich from
Norman Cross.
Lord CHARLRS Frrstatov, king on leave of Etbsence,
the command of Ipswich garrison devolves on Gene-
ral Roarmow, from'Harwich.

ARNIE MEDICAL DKPARTIONT.—We understand
that the mode of conducting the Medical Department
of the Army by the present Board is to cease on the
24th of this month, and that the board itself will
be in consequence dissolved. The new Army Medi-
cal system will immediately take place, and another
Board will be constituted of a very different nature
from the present, which has been so long distracted by
a wide division of duties, influence, and patronage.
It is supposed that the next Board will act as a body,
and be jointly responsible to the country for its pro-
ceedings.

Saturday morning la LOIRE, Captain SCHOMBREG,
sailed from Portsmouth for Corunna, with 2,200,000
dollars on board, for the service of the Patriots, and
with merchants' money for Cadiz, and dispatches for
Mr. DUFF, the Consul. M. ADLERBERG, the Swedish
Minister to'the Supreme Junta, and suite, went in her.
The Mona, Capt. LORING, having taken OR board
Lord JOUN Frrzaciv, and Mr. Potz, Secretary to the
Hon. W. VILLIERS, Ambassador to Portugal, sailed
on Saturday from Portsmouth for Falmouth, where
Mr. VILLIERS embarks for Lisbon.

The corpse of the Hon. Capt. HERBERT (MR of the j
Earl of CARNARVON) who was drowned at Gijon, has I
been landed. at Portsmouth, and conveyed to High-
dere, in Himpshire, for interment.
Dispatches were on Saturday morning received
from Honduras, which state that the Governor of the
Spanish province of Yucatan had publicly declared
his intention of resisting the usurpationof BONAPARTE,
and of making a common cause with the mother-
country, in support of the rights of FEADINAND VII.
The best understanding prevails between the British
and Spaniards in that quarter.
'CMG'S THRATREr-•The Covent-Garden company
concluded their performances at this Theatre, on Sa-
turday night, with the tragedy of Macbeth, and the
melo-drama of The Form of liermaststeuk. The house
was crowded to an overflow, at a very early hour,
and the whole of she performance received most
unbounded applause. They announced their removal
to the Little Theatre, Haymarket, where the com-
pany perform this night.
Wednesday, an Inquest was held at Portsmouth,
on the body of Paul Carr, a private belonging to the
Dirham Militia, who died by drinking three putts of
rum. Verdict—Died by suffocation, by excess of
drinking.
Bow-erazrr.---On Friday evening, Mr. Fletcher,
' who, as we stated a few days since, had sent a chal-
lenge to fight a duel with Sir J. L. Johnson, was
brought up from Tothill-fields;'when two of his
friends entered into a recognizance of 2501. each, and
Mr. Fletcher in 5001. to keep the peace for twelve
months, and he was discharged.
Arerps table Attorney attended to answer a charge
prefe against him for uttering a bill made pay-
able at a house where it was said the acceptor had
never resided. The further inquiry was postponed.
Saturday morning a dreadful fire broke out about
three o'clock, in the extensive blue-manufactory' of
Messrs. Daimler and Hoorza, in Coleman-street,
which entirely consumed those valuable premises,
containing property to the amount of many thousand
pounds.
_lFortunately there was no wind, otherwise
- contiguous

many old houses , _ must have been destroyed.
The fire-engines and , Volunteers of the district as
sembled with great promptitude. The flames were
got under about five o'clock.
Corne.Excamme, Wait-L he awn, Dec. 5.—T. ar-
rivals of Wheat to-day make a middling supply ; the
buyers
rs
ofmgfinirgsd nesrse.arr:nou—salwatteiradhsiaideunnon.dpeasTdad.::kediwiie_caieniused:eansisa es
brisk, at an increase in the price of about 9s. per
quarter—Malt heavy sale-Barley in short sup-
of the' two kinds are cheaper—Of Oats there are very
few fresh arrivals, pad sales thereof rather higher—ln
- - I
011111LIAL CIMINCT &I mon:
Ns. las. Tick d&so OW TOssitie•AL 1
Ms as. res. Oats. /17s. 421.445. • . ,
•';'
lkski, 4OIs 465. od. • Paind also 404 En: itl:'
Molt ?et. sot rotoposellititoillkolik- I • 4
Whits Poss(boilen), Ins 147$ Raps geed, la. t. LSI.
Orgy 411;o, at.. OIL -
• Ilse Swir 7h, tot.•-gstoodt 7014 Tia


• Nifertadr, INTELLICRIVC.E.
FALMOUTH, NoVEMlttit 9.
Arrived the AbtaabN frigate, King Geori,c cutter.
and the Resolution transport, BARBER, froth the cu:ist
of France. Put back the ship New Zealand, Capt.
ELDER, bound to New South Wales. Wind N. \V.

PLYMOUTH, DECEMBER S.
Came in the brig Elizabeth, Capt. Jaws Dean Am,
from Malta, bound to Liverpool, laden with oil, &c.
She is last from Falmouth, having sailedfrom.thence
the 28th ult.-for Liverpool, bat forced in here by INict
,weather—Patriot, Capt. Foals, from Lisbon, with
fruit for this port t she sailed ten days since, but dces
not bring any thing worth notice. Sailed on a cruise
the Revzstoz, of 74 • BTATIRA) of 401 AIGLat of 8&
and RS:OPOLE, of l 8 guns.
PORTSMOUTH, DECEMBER 4.
Sailed his Majesty's ships ALVRED to the westward;
Rnmoovi for the West Indies ; and the GostiAwt,
with several vessels to join his Majesty's ship CA-
MILLA and her convoy for the Mediterranean, in Yar-
mouth Roads. His Majesty's brigs Ihrerasous is
appointed convoy for Plymouth $ ESCORT for Guern-
sey ; and the PCLTER far the Downs. Wind S. E.
thick fog.
DEAL. DECEMBER sr.
Arrived the Deptford naval transport, from Ply-
mouth, and sailed through for Woolwich ; PODAR.
GUS sloop, from a cruise off Boulogne; Taosteztrass
sloop, from Portsmouth ; BLAZER gun-brig, from a
cruize off Dieppe ; Putssmtr flux, hired naval
sloop, from Deptford.—Sailed the CRACKER gun-
brig, on a cruize off Ostend.

Dec. 4...—Arrived the IptitormA frigate, from Ha*
; and TmaAsnatt gun-brig, from Dungeness.—
Sailed the INDIGNANT gun-brig, with a convoy for
Portsmouth; PODARGUS, ROLLA, and GLOMEN sloop
FEARLESS and FLAISIEE sun-brigs, on a cruize ; BRISK
sloop, for Ireland. Arrived, and sailed for the River,
the Melville, ROACH, from Rio Janeiro, in 54 days,
and the Albion, RANDELL, from with the
N
loss of anchor and cable.—Wind . .

SHEERNESS, DECEMBER
•
Arrived his Majesty's ship Las at the Great Note;
and the following vessels, blond to the Baltic with
convoy :
Maria Christina, Caribous ; Henrietta, Lerlotits; Cbeziette,
Heddes ; Jamb, &MA& ; hirer Rada% Ruske ; Elba, Elord
Industry, Strometrent ; deo, the Fres Cathaelse, Headrick!, for
Hallgolattd, Welt with cake, tobacco, ace.

Sailed the MorotAtm, from the Nore to the har-
bour ; the D/RECPOR, of 64 guns, to Chatham ; the
Prussian ship February, —, and the Friendship,
Atax.tibr.a, for London.—The Lavarizrr gunbrtg
has the convoy signal for the Baltic and Gottenburgh.
—A Baltic find Heligoland convoy are daily expected
to sail from hence.—Wind N; E. strong breeze.
YARMOUTH, DECEMBER 4.
Sailed for the Texel the Honourable Admiral
GARDNER, in the AaOVXIR, with the STATELY, MA.
JESTIC., and PRINCESS CAROLINE ;—on a cruice the
CALYPSO and EGERIA ; and with convoys the CEN.
son gun brig and Princess Augusta cutter ; for the ,
Nore the AsnicA, of 64 guns; £TNA bomb ; and
VIXEN gun brig. The ships in the Roads are the
Roebuck, Admiral DotroLes ; Daphne frigate, and
Havoc gun brig. Wind N. W.
Azatvan-rln Stangste Creek, the Man, Lewis, from Gibral-
tar. At Southampton, the John and Thomas, Gardner, from
Waterford; May, Kirby; Fanny, Harshen; and the William
and Johanna, from Youghall. At Teignmouth, the Eliza,.
Majog, from Newfoundland. In the Frith of Forth, the Robert,
Smith, from Ptctou. At Limerick, the Margaret, ' front
Pictou. At Lisbon, the Herald,, MEW& ; Just, Cameron;—
and Hawke, --, from Newfoundland. ,At Oporto, the Anna
Maria, Core, from the Clyde. At New York, the Perseverance,
Clark, from Liverpool. At Malta, the Triore, Careleton, front
bendoet. At Dements, the William, Sinclair.
The Olivemßranch, Fazisrron, from Liverpool
for NewfouadTand, foundered at sea on the 18th ult.
—Crew saved.
The Aid, --, of Yarmouth, from Gijon to Lon-
don, was captured off Hastings on Thursday last.--
A ship was captured off the same place on the 201
ult, and carried into Calais.

The Old Friend, DACEY, bound to Gibraltar, is on
shore near Falmouth, and. full of water. •
The Pear Tree, MARTIN, from Malaga, was cap-
tured on the 28th of October, near Cape Sparta, by
a French schooner privateer, and carried into Tangiers.
The Sumas, with a fleet under convoy from
Portsmouth, arrived at Malta on the 17th of October.

The Motst.un, —, from Jamaica, for Leith,
was spoken with on the 18th of October, in lat. 29.
SO. long. 80, bearing away for Charleston.
The Cornwallis packet is arrived at Barbadoes, after
beating off a privateer.

DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE MONEY.
- The Aretkuaa, for the Lochs and cargo, raptured November
90, 11106, will be paid to-tuerrows at Nu. 3, Philpot-lane, and
there rixalled.
Tbe Malta, for Is Presideste, captured September 29,. 1806,
will be Feld on beard an Saturday Deur, and recalle.: at No. 2,
Surrerstreet, Strand, ou Tuesdays sad Tkursdays.

Captain Bennet, to the Ocems (Lord cloßingwood's lag-ship);
Captain Brenton, to the Fame ; Captain Thomas, to the Spartan ;
Captain Has, pre tasfrove, to the Alfred, in the room of Captain
Bbgb, who Is a 'witness on the Board of IMMiry holding at Chel-
sea; Captain Serrell,pre temper,. to the Victory; Captain Briggs,
to the Mande ; Captain Wells, to the Cruiser ; Lieutenant Parry
(Admiral Holloway's davolßeer) is promoted to a Commander,
and appointed to the Speedy ; Captain Inman, to be Commissioner
of the Mr -yard at Madras ; Captain Chamberlayne,pre temporr,
to the Statira, vice Captain Bromley (now Sir Robert Howe
Bromley) k the Hon. Captain Lake to the intrepid.
Captain Galilean. is appointed by the Lords Com-
missioners of the-Admiralty Comptroller of Payments
afloat, at Portsmouth, in the room of Capt. SHIELD,
'who is going out Commissioner at the Cape of Good
Hope.
Captain PORTLOCIS is appointed to command the
Sea Fencibles in the Hampshire district, in the room
of Capt. Loatuo, deceased.
Captain ROBERT:, late Commander of his Majesty's
ship DAPHNE; has commissioned the CASTOR frigate .
at Sheerness ; she is all ready rigged, and will soon
' be fit for sea.
The TuAsins frigate, the Honourable Captain War.-
Duman, is fitting out for pea at Sheerness, and will
soon be ready.
Friday, a boat belonging to his Majesty's ship
Frixa, with a midshipman and six men in it, upset
in a squall, in going to Spithead ; all of whom were
saved, extept one man, James White, whose body has
been picked up, and an inquest held on it. Verdict-- .
Accidental Death.