Star.
London, England, 1808-06-17 00:00:00

every man must contemplate
satisfaction. The proalantation they
but it is highly animated and patriotic.
the brave Asturian, that, in a crisis

than the present, the invasion of the
thers rose in a mass and preserved their
The inhabitants of Biscay, it is
have joined the provinces of Astoria - _ in
their determination to resist theirinvaders : and it is
said that there are now not less than 150,000 men in
arms in this quarter of Spain, united by the common
bonds of ardour in defence of their country, and de-
testation of those who have planned so perfidiously,
and are endeavouring to accomplish• so violently, its
iobjugation.

...

It was rumoured before the above Nobleman left
Spain, that a body of 10,000 French were on their
march from Madrid to Cadiz—if they shall be per-
mitted to march through the country, unattacked, it
must be a convincing proof to the people of Cadiz
that the insurrection does not extend into the nits, ior:
and our Readers ought to recollect, that all commu-
nication with the Metropolis, and all advice of what
is passing, will be stopped and kept from them. They.
will only be told what the French wish them to ktiow.,,i
Accordingly, a young Gentleman, who is arrived
from Cadiz, states, that he heard the Common Crier
proclaim a pretended Declaration made by the Queen,
at Bayonne, confessing her own infamy, and announ-
cing to the People of Spain, that the Prince of Anw-
ar ns was not the son of her husband, their lawful
King, but that he was begotten in adultery. 'This
base expedient was deemed necessary, to counteract
the prevailing sentiments in favour of FERDINAND, as
the Red Cockade; with the figure of 7 in the centre,'
was universally worn.
The Spanish Regiments which were in Portugal
have been disarmed and disbanded by the French,
and indeed we may believe from the character of their,
leaders, that their measures will be quick and• dect:
sive. All the French now in Spain, however, would.
be unequal to task of keepir.g it in subjection, if it
were possible to erect a barrier against the constant
inroad of reinforcements. And it is to this object'
that our Government, as well as the Patriots them.
selves, have to look: •
In absence of the official details from our Com-
manders, we lay before our Readers the copy of a'
letter received by a mercantile house in Birmingham,
from one of their agents in Spain, dated Gijon,
May 30.
" I have only time to inform you of the best news for the pai-
rs! welfare of maukindtbat has occurred in Europe this le n time
back. Spain is in a blaze; and if every province, according to
daily report, demonstrates equal activity with this prinelpnlity.
upwards of a million of able men will be under arms befasedla
Ist of next, in defence of their ieligion and laws. From all
quarters Deputies are gone to Great Britain, but as this**
spot has been the first that bad courage to declare daimon to
France. f hope news well anise from hence sooner, than frees the
other poets on. the coast, that were only waiting for aag
I write this or board the Stag privateer, of Jersey, Capetairallia
ward Fall. whom I base engaged to take two Representatives to
inform his Britannic Majesty's Ministers of the situation of again
in this kingdom. and of which Government will be better gee to
inform you than 1 am, through the public prints.—Our port is
open to his Britanic Majesty's ships, -and so are those of Santan-
der and Balm • and it is expected Coruna* and Ferrol are actu-1
ally so, as we know the greatest part of Galicia, with Leon, is In
a state of insurrection."

Hamburgh and Altona Papers to the 28th ultimo,
and private letters from the Continent, were received
last night. Among the articles which they contain
are some which place in a very striking light the ter-
ror with which France inspires all the Governments

of the Continent. The Emperor of AVSTRIA has
found it necessary morale the German Journals dis-\
countenance the reports of military preparations, lest
the internal regulations he might think proper to Make
in hit dominions should give offence to NAPOLZON.
It also appears that an universal agitation prevails
in the Austrian dominions, occasioned by the new
levy, which is certainly of such a nature as to corro-
borate the opinion which we before hazarded, that
new measures are to bejadopted by that Government.
A force of great amount is raising in the country,
which is, or is to be denominated the National Guard.
The Prussian Government has been compelled to
make a formal investigation into a report in a Ham.
burgh Paper, that a Prussian ship had carried Eng-
lish merchandise from Sweden to Denmark,-in order
to give that statement an official contradiction. The
accounts received also thrtsw some light upon the nego-
tiations that passedbetween Admiral PUAVIS and the
Chief Magistrate of Cadiz. The British Officer, it ap-
pears, demanded, in his first communication, the surren-
der of the fleet in that harbour. With this the Governor
Of the talon refused compliance ; and proceeded, in a
gasconading style, to threaten the English in return,
aid to caution them to lack to the means of their own
safety, assuring them that every port in Spain would
shortly be protected by a French force, and that an
immense body of troops were now on their march to
attack Gibraltar ; insinuating, in the same strain, that
this was the clief or only cause of the entrance of
Navotion's armies into the Spanish territories. These
replies were generally understood to have been writ-
ten under the dic!ation of the French Admiral. A
British 74 is said to have been roughly handled during
its too near approach 'to the forts of Cadiz. _
We learn too, that a body of French troops, to
amount of at least three thousand, have at leogdi
gained = pisszge across the Belts, and made their way
into Zealand. which island, so far as such a force,may
be considered as competent to the act, they have un-
doubtedly occupied. A camp is also formed at Rends-1
burgh; in the Duchy of Holstein, containing from'
eight to tat thousand Danish troc.ps. •