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

MADRID. JULY IC

Yesterday all the bells were set a ringing. At day-
'break there was a aischarge of artillery, and in the
evening an illumination took place. These rejoicings
announced the King's arrival on the Spanikh territory.
His Majesty has by this time reached Burgos, a;d is
expected here on the 20th. •

FROM THE SPANlaji PAPERS:,
• • ESTELLA, JULY 1.
We arc almost entirely cut off frorn-atty eommani,
cat:on with the rest of Spain, being surrounded by
French troops, who are a Most grievousiliurthen upon
the inhabitants of this place and the environs. It ap-
pears the t, within four days the French Emperoi well -
cause his beloved brother Joseph to beprotlaimesFin
the proences King and lawful Sovereign of Spider;
and that the disgonedinhahitants.will speedilyenjoythe
presence of so amiable a Monarch. As his Maj !sty
has been pleased to remit the tax of the quarto and
quartillo, among the grand festivities attending his
Proclamation, extraordinary honours will no (knit be
paid to the jolly Bacchus, the god to whom our new-
made King pays his chief devotion ! Wretch that
he is ! Can he think that the Spanish people, for the
beggarly consideration of four maravedirs, will re.
nounce their right to the preservation of their religion,
their cnstoms, and their laws ? Yet, this was the
first act of his imaginary sovereignty. His sagacious
Counsellors told him that the cloud of opposition
which was formed in Spain against himself•and his
brother would be instantly dissipated, upon his remit.
ting the tax on wines, and promising to regulate the
expenditure of the Royal Establishment. But otif
public papers have alre4sly told them, that all this aril
more will not do. The Spaniards are not so pens.
rious as to-grudge what is expended in the Royal
Palace, in maintaining the dignity. of our Sovereigns.
If in that particular there be room for any reform, let
them give us hack our Ferdinand, and let him and us
consult about what is proper to be done ;. but no !
cost what it may, Joseph must be King of Spain!

VELORIA, JULY 19.
You see lam arrived here. Our army has.retreat-
ed to Manzanal, and a part of them to 21enevente, to
repose themselves after the encounter bet Ween . our
advanced corps and the French army, the result of
which, notwithstanding our retreat, mnst, in my opi-
nion, have caused them a loss of 7000 men. All
those who witnessed the first attack, even our enernic s
the French, speak of the conduit of our artillery iu
terms of the highest praise. • The -French intadtry
were, on that occasion, compelled to retreaC ' - Upon
seeing this, the peasantry began to toss up their hats
and caps, and to exclaim 66 riva Fernando VIL ;"
but in the mean time, our General, more 'prudent and
experienced, observing a number of columns of French
cavalry coming along the mountains, addressed them
in these words ; " My children, give over your viyas
for the present ; recollect that the . victory still re-
mains to be decided, and that it requires much-yet to
be done." The words were scarcely spoken, when a
fresh body of from 4 td 5000 cavalry entered the field.
'Our artillery advanced to meet them, and the horse
and their riders fell at every discharge. Those of the
troops who penetrated farthest towards the centre al
the French army, and sustained the greatest loss, were',
the columns of Gallicia and the Volunteers of Na.
varre. The artillery entirely destroyed three columns
of the French cavalry. We took one standard, and
a great number of horses ; and it is reported that
their General was killed. A single artilleryman is
said to have fired, in the space of seven hours, 190
rounds of grape-shot, and with such precision, that
every one was supposed to have done execution. Our
General ordered that he should, as a reward, receive
ten reals a day, over and above his pay.

LAXE, JULY 19.

D. Franciso Antonio Pla, Captain of the Spanish
privateer Boton de Rosa, who is arrived from La
Guayra, which place he left on the 30th of May, po-
sitively states, that his Catholic Majesty, Ferdinand
VII. was proclaimed in the Caraccas and at 'La
Guayra; amidst the greatest' rejoicings. They had
received intelligence of the events which hod taken
place at Manjuez, by the packet commanded by D.
Josef Oreyro.

CORLIVNA DIARY EXTBAORDIXARY, JULY 17.
By order of the Government.
By a dispatch from the General in Chief, dated
'the I.sth inst. information has been received, that in
consequence of the imperious necessity imposed upon
the army of this kingdom to assist that of Castile, an
assistance corresponding with the sentiments with
which all of us have been animated froth the begin
Ring, he was compelled to risk an engagement with
the enemy in the morning of the 14th, at Rio Seco ;
that the engagement was very obstinste, and that the
enemy left four peces'of cannon • but that tlstir nu-
merous cavalry having compelled our left, with
whiclrthe army of Casale was incorporated, to give
way, he had thought proper to retreat towards Bene-
vente. Our General mentions in terms of appropri-
ate praise the valour of the officers and soldiers, and
more especially that' of the right wing of his army.
He expresses his satisfaction, that the honour of our
arms has suffered no diminution ; that our losses are
capable of being speedily repaired by the activity of
the Government, and the known patriotism of the na-
dies of this kingdom; that the enemy is superior to
us in cavalry only ; and that the tactical knowledge
'of.our generals will-depriie them of that advantage.

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MONDAY. AUGUST 8.

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A Gottenburgh Mail arrived this mornipgkbut it
brings no intelligence of ay moment. 'tie +ollow.
ing are the most prominent of its contents :
- " Head-quarters; Carleaby, July 24.
a His Royal Majesty left the yacht Amadis yes.
terday at half past four o'clock in. th* afternoon, ani
arrived at half past five in' this place, where the King
has been pleased to establish.his Head-quarters. 17
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' de Vic Admiral Baron Reysilin, acting as Naval
Adjutant General to his Majesty, has been seat with
the King's orders, both to the flotilla of gallies sta.
tinned off Abe, and to our squadron of men of war.
whitch is lying in Jungfousund liti!crbtrE,lneo.”
ViEtiNA, IVA ie.
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Intelligence has this day been received fromffriest,
thar Count - Kama it z -Rietlierg;- :ariso.' resided -at the
Neapolitan Court .as :Imperial -Austrian Envoy Ex-
traordinary and Minister Plenicotentiary, has *rived
there from Messina, on board an Austrian ship, under
cenvay of the Imperial Austrian armed brig /Eoltis.
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VENICE, JUNE Is.
' . An English,. squadron, commanded by Admiral
Thornhorough, is stationed off Palermo, and the Eng.
lish squadron under the orders of Admiral &radian,
is crui'zing between Sardinia and the Balearian isla.,ls.
The Russian fleet, which, is lying in this port, makes
no kind of prepacatfoni which indicate an intention
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to depart. The same fleet which was off Porto Fer-
rago is now in Toulon:

Since our last, French Papers to the 27th, and
Dutch to the Ist inst. have been received.' The.y an-
nounce the departure of NAPOLI:ON from Bayonne on
the 21st ult. He proceeded for Pan, but at-whis
further route, nothing is given but conjecture. ,Seine
reports say he proceeded to Nantes and Brest--pthers
that he is immediately expected at Paris. From such
statements nothing can be inferred but that they are
intended to cc:weal his real destination—probably the
Rhine.
Numerous corps of French troops arc, alreagy as-
sembled at Strasbutgh and the neighbourhood and
orders for the formation of an army of reserve_have
been issued. If these preparations do not indicate
the'speedy commencement of hostilities, they,leave
little doubt that NAPOLEON entertains that distrust
and suspicion of the designs of Austria, which, sooner
or liter, must terniinaie in a ruptui-e.. 'While Kat-
LERMANI is preparing an army en the right hank of
the Rhine, the whole of the -French troops in Venetian
• Frioul are ordered to'incrienp in the neighbourhood
of Udine. It is probable, whatever force call le spa.
red from the Kingdom of Italy will be added to these,
as well as a pait of the Neapolitan army ; if, under
the circumstances of the very distracted stye 'of` that
country, and the presence of a very respectible'Bri-
tish force in Sicily, BoNAnAivre will venture to dimi-
nish his military strength in that quarter. It is,
however, so great an object to him-to assail Austria
on that, by much her weakest side, that it is not un.
Ilikely he will draw together for that purpose the prin-
cipal part of his force on the other side of the Alps.
These indications of an approaching , upture be.
tween France and Austria are strengthened by reports
circulated yesterday, on the authority of a Gentlentaa
wholeft Holland on Tuesday last, and reached town
on Saturday evening. He states, that the Austrian

Minister there had demanded his passports, and had
actually set out for Vienna ; that the Austrian Am-
bassador at Paris was recalled; that General Ax-
DRFOSSI had quitted Vienna ; and • that French troops
were pressing in every direction towards the countries
bord,ering on Austria and Bohemia.
That a war between these Powers is at no treat
distunce we think highly probable. Austria has" for
some time been endeavouring to restore its army, and
Ito establish a respectable military force. It may be
relied upon that NAPOLEON had resolved never to
permit this. He will have war after'svir With Austria,
if more than one be necessary, to berinwer
entirely—to reduce her to the same abject state to
which he has brought the kingdom of Prussia. Austria
has no choice ! It was desirable, and was probably
the wish of Austria, to avoid a war till her military
establishment was restored ; but the destruction of
that Power has long been determined on .by. Naro-
LEON ; and it is generally believed that it was his in-
tention,. immediately after. arranging his plans in
Spain, where he did not expect to find th:4 resistance
which he has met with, to provoke a rupture with
Austria. In fact, he is only executing what was in-
tended to take place, and the inference to_be drawn
from his present movements is simply this—That he
counts upon having a force sufficient for his object,
besides what may be required for the subjugation of
Spain. Let us hope that he may be found for once
to have miscalculated his
.means ; but let us at the
same time prepare fur the contrary.

, •We cannot but think that this sudden movement
of NAYOLEON calls upon us to nurse our iown resources.
Let us assist the enemies of NAPottn.k with money

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and with military stares to the utmost extent; lsut It
is plain, that if they cannot, from their owx popula-
tion, furnish men for the ranks, we cannot--we ought
not to part with our own.

These rapers present no intelligence of moment
from Spain. The route of JOSZPH BONAPARTE is de.'
tailed with a trivial minuteness. He arrived at Bur-
gos on the 16th ult. and was to reach Madrid on the
11:1th. He has adopted an afiketation of moderation,
by parch aig some persons concerned in 44 the late
disturbances," as they are called, but which can
earcely for a moment deceive the brave and intelli.
rot Spaniards.