Star.
London, England, 1808-07-05 00:00:00

PORTUGAL.

At five o'clock on Sunday afternoon a Lieutenant
in the feivice of the late Portuguese Government ar-
rived in town Fith dispatches from the Patriot Leaders
in Portugal, to his Excellency the Chevalier de SOUZA
Ctrrtnno, the Portuguese Ambassador at our Court.
They are said to contain an offer to rise en matte, for
the purpose of liberating their country from the ty-
ranny of the French ; at the same time calling on the
official organ of their nation in England to request
the assistance of their ancient ally (Great Britain) in
their patriotic struggle.
Captain BROWN, Secretary to the Commander .n.
*lief, embarked on Saturday at Falmouth, for Oporto.
It was a very general report yesterday, that the
tailing of the expedition from Cork, under SirA. i rn on
WELLESLP.Y, has been countermanded, in order to its
very considerable reinforcement; and that this increa-
sed armament is now destined to act in Portugal.
It was reported last night that an express had arri-
ved with intelligence of the sailing of this expedition ;
but in this there must be some mistake. Our readers
will sec by the subjoined letter, that on the 29th ult.
it was still at Cork.

" CORK, JUNE 29.

gg This morning a fleet of transports arrived at
Col, for the double purpose, it is said, of affording
1230111 room to the troops already embarked, and of
receiving additional troops. Sir A. WILL LEY has
transacted business at the Castle every day since his at..
rital in Dublin, where his official duties have made
it necessary for him to remain, until the whole of the
expedition at this port shall be in readiness to sail."

The public may expect, at the present crisis, many
strange and absurd tales to be propagated. The fol-
lowing statement, circulated on the authority of the
Guernsey Gazette of June 25th, may be considered
as one of this kind :—" That the letters from the
coast of France assert that an insurrection had
broken out of a most formidable nature, all the
operations of which had been concealed till 55,000
men had been completely armed and orginised ; that
the signal for assembling was the cry—" .du feu! au
feu ! aM fcu I that in the provinces of Languedoc and
Rousillon also, from S 5 to 40,000 men were in arms,
who had joined the Spanish Patriots in Catalonia ;
that the general cry of the united armies was, " Peace
with England, gni War with Bonaparte that the
whole Pyrenean frontier was in full insurrection ; and

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that. TALLICIrgAitto was supposed to. be the grand
mover of *e melt."
To the above strange and ill-told story, we cannot
attach the smallest degree of creslit. But comparing
it with the following letter, which has just reached us
from Jersey-, we think we can perceive not only its
origin, but the disappointment which those who gave
it currency, must have experienced before this time.

" JERSEY. JUNE es.
" On the 20th inst. a boat sailed from this island to
the coast of France with Monsieur GOUYON, who has
since the revolution assisted in the cottespondence be-
tween and When he came within a cer-
tain distance from the shore he wade the usual sig-
nal, which was immediately answered, in consequence
of which he and two men landed, and were met by
JEAN BOUCHARD, who was employed on the same
service. He informed them that Monsieur PRUDENT
waited at a short distance for them, and that they
could proceed to meet him with all safety. They
had not, however, advanced forty yards, when
BOUCHARD seizing Monsieur Gomm by the elbows,
exclaimed in French-6, GOUYON, you are my pri-
soner," on which a- company of soldiers, concealed
for the purpose, surrounded him. When he found
himself thus betrayed, he called out td the two men
who followed him to save themselves ; but, I am
sorry to say, that before they could regain their boat,
one of their was killed, and the other wounded in'
two places, by discharges of musquetry : those who
had remained in the boat, owing to the darkness of
the night, escaped unhurt. lam happy to say that
the man who was wounded, is in a state of speedy
recovery.

~ It is very generally supposed, that all those con-
cerned in this correspondence have equally been de-
stroyed. They are eight or nine, including Mons.
PREGENT, the Chief, who first established, and has
since been indefatigable in promoting the correspon-
dence. I have, however, some hopes that he at least
may be safe, having often heard him say, that his
places of resort were known to none of his companions.
4, Sir EDMUND NRAGLE is spending a few days on
a visit to General Doti, and is very fond of the island.
We hope he will make this his head-quarters."
From the above letter we infer, that a correspon-
dence between the French emigrants in this country
and their adherents in France has been carrying on
for some time ; that the sanguine hopes of some of
the parties who were in the secret, made them antici.
cipate and report a success, which has been blasted
by t perfidy and treachery of their own assoc Lites 1
We are equally inclined to discredit another ru.
mour in circulation—that a letter from ....,11"NAPART2
to MURAT had been intercepted by the Spanish Pa-
triots. In this letter, which purported to be a reply
to the application of MURAT for reinforcements, Bo-
NAPARTE is said to have stated, that he could not fOr
some time supply MURAT with the force he required.
Such a rumour may be of service in Spain.

Letters and Papers from• Holland to the 2d instant
arrived yesterday. They contain some further ac-
counts from Bayonne, which are altogether unimpor-
tant. The private letters from Amsterdam state.
that France had declared war against Austria, aid
that the most formidable preparations were making
by the latter to take the field, and make common
cause with the Spanish Patriots. The letters from
Rotterdam state, that the two last posts from France
had not brought any letters from either Portugal or
Spain—.a circumstance from which it was reasonably
inferred, that the Patriots in both those countries had
succeeded in cuuing off all communication with France.',
—The accounts from Bourdeanx inform us, that the
Spanish Patriots had stopped a large quantity of cot-
ton that was conveying to France, and burnt it to
ashes. From Charante, Cogniac, and other places,
it is stated, that a forced levy of all the young men
capable of bearing arms had taken place, who, with
the whole of the troops in that part of France, had
been marched off to the frontiers of Spain.

The postscript of a letter from Rotterdam, of the Ist
instant, is couched in the following terms We
have just heard that BONAPARTE has declared war
against Austria." We should not be surprized to find
BONAPARTE make out some pretence of this nature for
withdrawing his troops and abandoning his designs
from what, perhaps, he now feels an impracticable
attempt against Spain.

The report of a negotiation between Russia and this
country was yesterday so strongly credited in the City
as to produce a considerable depreciation in all articles
of Russian produce. Hemp fell no less than £lO it
ton, and tallow and linseed oil in proportion.
Private letters from Gottenburgh state that Sir JOHN
MOORE had been engaged in a negotiation with the
Russian Court in concert with our ally the King r
SWEDEN.
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Yesterday, about twelve o'clock, his MAJesrY ar-
,
rived in town from Windsor, at the QUEEN'S Palace.
At half past one o'clock, his MAJESTY held a Frivy
Council, which was attended by—
The Lord Chancellor, the Dukes of Portland and Montrose ;
Earls Camden, Westmorland, Bathurst, and Winchelses; Lords
Hawkeibury and Mulgrave ; Mr. Canning, and Mr. PercevaL
The Marquis of HUNTLEY attended, and was sworn
in Lord Lieutenant of the county of Aberdeen.
The Earl of MORTON likewise attended, and was
sworn in Lord Lieutenant of the County of Fife.
His MAJESTY gave private audiences to the Duke
of PORTLAND, Earl CHATHAM, likd MULGRAVE, and
Mr. CANNING. His MAJESTY afterwards set off on
his return to Windsor.
The Duke of MONTROSE and the Cabinet Ministers
dined yestorday with Mr. DUNDAS, at his house in
Dowuins-street.

1da7P746.„ INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, JULY 4.
Arrived his Majesty's ship ALCMENE, rr,IM T 1 :Z-
-mouth. Sailed his Majesty's ship BOADICEA, on a
cruize.—Wind S. W.

DEAL, JULY 4.
Arrived his Majesty's brig BLAZER, from a cruize,
and remains in the Downs with the as per last.
Wind S. W.

HARWICH, MIX 4.
Arrived this day the AUCKLAND, Capt Lin Dit
from Gottenburgh.

YARMOUTH, JULY .4.
Sailed the SAratiuwan, Vncior, Acura, and E';'-
NEST gun-brigs, on a cruize. Arrived the H vo •
gun-bng.—Sailed the Auckland, Captain BRIDUL,
for Heligoland; and the Earl of Le•cester packet,
Captain CULLEN, with a mail, for Gottenhurgh.—
Ships in the Roads the CALYPSO flag ship, and ROSA-
MOND sloop.—Wind N.

DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE MONEY.
The Courier and Charlotte, and the Countess a Elgin, for the
New Concord, re-t-arured Dec. 12, 1804 ; and th
rAnrlique, captured Sept. 2, IEOS, will be paid on Friday neat,
at No. 18, Clement's Inn, and recalled there on Tuesdays and
Fridays.
The Carrier, for I'Actlff, captured Nov. 14, 1807, will he pai
ac No. 11, Cecil-street, Strand, on Friday next, and there recalled.
The Narcissus, for "'Adventure, captured Nov. 13, 18'4 •w as
paid on hoard, at Plymouth, this day, and recalled at Mr. Hun
Jtonehons Plymouth, on Monda)s and Thursdays.