Star.
London, England, 1808-08-20 00:00:00

SPAT} AND folitiicAL.

The HoenweLbs Captagl 21111244 RD; has arrived
in the Downs, from Cadii, which place She left on
the 90th Ult. Captain FERRIER, an intelligent Eng.
lish Officer, who came as a passenger in the Hc.;.a.
swim., has arrived in town, From him we learn, that
the enthusiasm of the people of Cadiz dxceeds every
His Majesty's schtioiet Svir±. 1 !Strived at Ply- thing we have heard of, even during thi heat of the
mouth from Barbadoes, with dispatches •containing French Revolution. Ladies of the higher ranks were
daily employed in visiting and attending the wounded
duplicates of dispatches from Bon Maier rto Cayenne.
Patriots in the hospital, supplying them with shirts,
The original dispatches were destrnyed in a French I
corvette called la itapide, taken bythe RaLwrre sloop ! bandages, &c. Indeed, throughout the whole of
of war, and sent into Carlisle Bay. The subject isaf Spain, nothing that female influence or example
! could accomplish hai been omitted by the women to
so much importance, that it was deemed necessary to
k
forward them immediately to Government. They ouse the energies of their countrymen in opposing
were accordingly delivered to the Lords of the Ad-
the common enemy; while those who are wounded
in the struggle are soothed and rewarded by the most
sniralty by Lieutenant SZNHOUSEs. of the Sums, at
a late hour last night. endearing attentions. _
i When Captain FERRIER left Cadiz, the Spaniards
Report says, that the SURTLZ bas also brought at-'
were actively employed in preparing ships to convey
counts of the surrender of Martinique, to ward off a
General WEDEL'S division of DUPONT'S army, which
famine, with which the inhabitants were threatened.
CASTAKOS had agreed to send to Rochefort. In this
The EXPRESS schooner, from Jamaica, has also ar-
• activity, the noble and generous character of the Spa-
rived with dispatches from Admiral COCHRANE,
Wish
nation is eminently conspicuous. In the midst
which reached the Admiralty this morning. She
of their triumphs, they hasten to fulfil their contracts'
was four Weeks on her passage, and brings most fa.
vuurable accounts from the Spanish Islands. There, with a
fallen enemy ;nor can their state of irvitatiim
against their invaders suspend for a moment the seta-;
as in the Mother Country, the Spaniards spurn the Ifulfilment
pu ous of their promises.
yoke of the BONAPARTEs, and are determined never Doeotir an his fellow prisoners were hourly ex-
to acknowledge it if aid can be given them to enable
petted at Cadiz. They are not to be sent back, as
them to maintain their resolution. Of course they erroneously stated in our Gazette, but are to be de-
will receive from this country every kind of support mined priioners of war, and vessels in Cadiz harbour
in such a praiseworthy cause. • i were preparing as prison ships.
The confidence of the Spaniards as to their own se-
curity may be inferred from this circumstance—that
immediately after the surrender of DUPONT, CASTANOS
detached 10,000 of his troops to Portugal, for the pur-
pose of co-operating with Sir Aril-nun Wer-LasLev.
C-isTANos himself, with the remainder of his force,
marched towards Madrid, which route beih Curera
and BLAKE, with the force of Gallicia, are also under-
stood to have taken. Their hope was to catch Jo-
SEPH) but he had eloped, and in a very extraordinary
way, for it is stated, that this redoubted Sovereign
thought proper to escape by a subterraneous passage,
which was above a mile froni the palace of Madrid,
into the country. This escape he effected in company
with O'Fanatt, and a few other faidtfill &flowers, at
the hour of four o'clock in the morning of the Ist
instant,. at which time the whole of the French left
Madrid. The departure of JOSF.PII and. his force was
quite sudden, and unexpected on the part of the inha
bitants. He certainly was under the influence of
panic. He set off in disguise, being dressed in black,
and wore a patriotic cockade. It was generally inti-
mated to the Spaniards, that the object of his removal
was to take a more eligible military position at, Sego-
via; where it was given out that he meant to fortify
himself. But it appears that he did not even think it
prudent to halt at Segovia, but has taken flight to
France. The opinion at Cadiz was, that the French
had, or immediately would, evacuate Spain alto-

LONDON.

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 20:
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AMERICA.

Yesterday the American' Minister received dis-
patches from his Government. They were brought
by the Hope, national schooner, which sailed from
the Capes of the Delaware on the 24th ult. and ar-
rlved at Falmouth on Wednesday. She did not come
to anchor, but having landed a Messenger, imme-
diately made sail for Harre, having dispatches on
board for General ARMSTRONG at Paris.

The Osage had arrived in America a fortnigllt
before the Hope sailed, and the dispatches she had
carried out. both from France and England, had, of
course, undergone some discussion. Report say,
that the Arneriden President is equally dissatisfied
with the determinations of the French and British

Governments, en the subject of their respective De-
crees and Orders in Council. and that he had declared
as be saw no prospect that either of them was dispo.
se'l to return to a proper sense of reason or justice, the
embargo must of necessity continue so long as the
Belligerent Powers persevered in the measures which
occasioned it.
The Americans had heard of the Revolution in
Spah: ; but of course they had heard of it only up to
that point of time when opinion was divi,led as to the
issue. and when, perhaps, the prevailing sentiment
(particularly among military and diplomatic men
who had been the most accurate observers of the
armies, and the intrigues of BONAP.:RIT) was, that the
French Emperor must triumph, and trample Spain
tinder foot. It is not to be expected, therefore, that
the first burst of this miraculous event would, in any
material degree, influence the decision of the Go-
vernment.

getller.

The victories which have crowned the efforts of the
patriotic armies, have led the Junta of Seville to turn
thcir thoughts to tl'' internal organization of the king-
dom. The Junta of Gallicia ha. joined that of Seville
in preliminary steps, to the calling of a national
Cortes. They have invited the several provincial
Juntas to concur; and the Duke de MoNruo, a
Grandee of Spain, has made no less than three tours
of all the provinces, to bring the Assemblies to one
mind upon this subject. His patriotic efforts have
not been in vain. All the jealousies which it was
feared would stand in the way of one grand national
Council are likely to be done away, and it is thought
that the Duke de MONTIJC will be declared the Pre-
siLknt of the Cortes.

Mr. ERSKINE had been at Washington, and expec-
tation was on the alert as to thz object of his journey.
It was hoped that lie had received some new instruc-
tions to treat—bot the hopes in that respect were
speedily dissipatid. He returned after a few days stay,
The Congress had separated, leaving it to the dis-
tretion of the Preiident to raise or continue the em-
bargo. The people were, as heretofore, divided on
the question, but on the whole perfec4 tranquil on
the subject:

Tht following' are two letters which we have re-
ceived by the HOPZ

" AUEXANDIZTA, JULY 21.

Mrs. CAilPinty the Lady of Major CAUP*LL, of
the 2lst Regiment of Foot, who was recently con-
victed in Ireland, of the murder of Captain ALmor-
DER.Bovn, of the same' Regiment, whom he killed in
a duel, immediately on hearing of the verdict, set off
post for Dublin, and finding the packet had sailed,
crossed the channel in an open 'boat, landed in safety
at Holyhead, and arrivedin town in 28 hours. She
went immediately`to Windsor, and presented a Me-
morial to her Ma.rertv, imploring her Majesty's inter-
cession on behalf of her husband,- stating the circum-
stances of the duel, and detailing his services in the
army. The result of her application has not transpired.
The following List is selected from a series of the
returns of the fashionable arrivals at one of the most
celebrated of our Watering Places, during the present
season :

" Mr. Jefferort Will leave the City in a few days for Nlouti-
acd the Heads of the Departments arc gone Gt will go to
their respective homes in a few days.
" Whether tllc dispatches by the schooner now going, wit!
produce any thing, or lead to kny settlement or accorttrodatio■
with either of the belligerents, is quite uncertAn. My opini,,n
that the Northern and Southern States will not permit the.
Virginia ittltrs to continue the embargo much looser. In the
mean LONVeVer, Much w,lll be done by some leading cha..
meters to drive this country into a war with youes. It only
wants same new aggression, or saute further stretch of us‘ol '
tclaina:ioa on the part of Great Britain to effect it."

4' WASHINGTON, 31.71.\* t 4.

" The news received per ship Osage, are really of a distycl,ing
vatare,both missions to France and England seem to have totally
failed; the opposition in your Parliament to the Orders in Coun-
-61 appear to have ken silenced; France carries, her measures
to greater length than ever ; there is then no reasonable hopes of
an understanding taking place between this country and either of
the Belligerents, for this Government, you may rest assured,
volil not depart from the plan they have long since adopted—they
will neither join nor go to war with either of the aggressors.—
The embargo, ruinous as it is, will, I am confident, be main-
tained
by the mat Congress. It is still my opinion, that a genes.
nal peace alone can change our situation, unless next year's elec-
tion changes our politics altogether, and eved this is scarcely to
he expected. The President and 1-lcads of Department s ill soon
return to their several country scars till Congress meet; the for-
mer is even said to be going to day. Mr. Erskine's prompt re-
tarn from Philadelphia, had created hopes that he had received
lune powers to ner,ociate,which hopes have already vanished; he
lets off again to-clay."
Dispatches were also received at the Admiralty
from Sir EDWARD Pet.t.rw, Ban. Commander in Chief
4n the East India station ; and from Sir JAMES SAU-
ken EZ,

Mr. and Mrs. Bmll, Master and the two Miss Bulb, Mr. and
Mrs. C‘wdroy, Doctor and Miss Cowan,Major and three Miss
Babe's, Re:. Mr. Oxbcrry, Sir T. Metcalf, Rev. Mr. Hide, two
Miss Shinners, Colonel and Miss Ram, Miss Julia Ram, Mr. and
Mrs. Rastesbottom and family, Mr. A. Ramsay, the Chevalier De
Mouton, Mr. and four Miss Trotters, Doctor Lamb, Captain
Lambtoss, Mrs. Ewebank, Rev. Mr. Shedding, Miss TUPPI, Mr.
Woolley, Miss Bleat, Captain Kid, Mr. James Dcerhurst, Rev. Dr.
Bea, Mr. and Mrs. Bacon, and Mr. Hogsfiesk, Mr. lirteher, Mrs.
Steel and daughter, Surgeon Slasghter, two Codi"t Mrs. Kitchens,,
Miss /Oda/tor, Rev. Mr. Hay,T. Meadatar,l.Rayeock, three
Miss Bares, Mr. and Miss G. Field.
Arrang these were John Doe and Richard Roe,
Captain Dun, &c.
Yesterday morning, as a waggon was coming along
the Greenwich road, heavily laden, the fore axleAree
broke, and the waggon fell on its side to the ground ;
two soldiers and a young woman, who were in the tail
of the tilt, notwithstanding some heavy packages tumb-
led over them, very providentially-escaped unhurt.
Monday last the Rev. Mr. LLovs, of the Hay, in
Brecknock, was unfortunately thrown from his horse
near Darston, and was so dre4diallx injured. that he
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expired immediately.