Star.
London, England, 1808-08-05 00:00:00

VIGO, JULY 25.

At three o'clock yesterday afternoon a convoy
hove in sight of this place. It was steering for the
coast of Portugal, and consisted of 59 merchant ves-
sels, three sail of the line, and two frigates. It is
supposed to be the fleet w!'ich is conveying 80(X)
Men from England to the assistance of the Yortu.
guese.

VIANA, JULY 20.
The news in this quarter is, that our troops conti-
nue to march towards Coimbra, with the intention of
proceeding to resin the capital ft, the possession
of the French trainus- Figueras, Nazaret, and St.
Martin, are already free ; and 't Pcn; there re
said to be only about 40 French remaining.
'rem the cap:tai we receive no intelligen. ce, the

post not being permitted to come away. Goo grant, 1
that the inhabitants may speedily recover their liber-
ty ! I will send you information of whatever passes,
for I hope in GOD those robbers who have so much
harassed us are on the point of being totally extermi-
nated.
[The following is annexed to an artlcleOf London News, of the
Ist of July, containing au account of the reception of the Spanish
Deputic>, and the substance of Lord Hawkesbury's Declaration
n the House of Lords on the preceding evening.

" TO THE OFSEROUPENGLISH NATION.
" hen a nation naturally honourable, kind-
hearted, and grateful, like the Spaniards, meets with
another, noble, great, and geaerous,iike the English,
their affections mutually unite and coalesce, and there
results the most generous rivalship, on the one hand
in conferring obligations, and on the other in making
suitable demonstrations of gratitude. In the former
respect, how much are we indebted to you, generous
English ! and in the latter, ah ! could you but
know the extent of our sensibility and gratitude !
Words cannot express it ; they , are too feeble and
scanty ; and to confess that they are so, is the only
resource which remains to us in order to make you
acquainted with our inmost feelings—like the cele-
brated painter of antiquity, who, incapable of invent-
ing a sufficient degree of expression to pourtray the
afflicting situation of the heroine of his picture,
adopted the expedient of throwing a veil over her
countenance, leaving her distress to be inferred from
the rest of her action, and each spectator to conjecture
according to his own sensations, what those were
which were concealed by the delicate drapery. In
truth, generous Britons, as a philosophical people,,
you must be sufficiently aware, that however vivid
our emotions, our organs are very torpid in their
powers of displaying them; and that with souls of sen-
sibility and delicacy, sensations are abundant, but
words few in number. You , yourselves possess this
character which is so analogous to that of the Spa-
niards—multiplicity of generous actions,. few and
well guarded expressions. The wise maxim of " be-
lieve in deeds and not in words," is on this occasion
the just criterion of your conduct. Let us thank you,
inasmuch as, silent with regard to what you have
hitherto done, you are still doing, and intend to do
more for the benefit of the Spaniards. Yes, generous
English ! much have you done, and much you will'
yet do. The moment you saw us labouring under
oppression, you turned yoUr eyes towards us. You
stretched forth a beneficent hand the instant we ap-
plied to you ; and notwithstanding your being at
open war with Spain, you offered us your alliance,
and undertook °an-defence with more energy than
that of the most friendly nation. You have given us
peace ; the peace which we so much wished for, a ma-
ritime peace. You have opened to us the navigation
of the seas ; you have opened to us your ports ; and,
finally, you have placed all your means at our dispo-
sal. You have supplied us with implements of war,
ammunition, provisions and cloathing ; and, provided
with these and other necessaries, you have restored
to theirhomes, for the purpose of their defending them,
and joining in the common cause, all the Spaniards
who were prisoners among you : they have returned
with consolation to their families, that had despaired
of seeing them for a long period of time ; but, gene-
rous nation, what has been hitherto unexampled, a
subscription, we are informed, has been opened at
London, and is rapidly filling up, for the relief of
the widows and orphans of those Spaniards who may
die gloriously in defence of their oppressed country.
Great and generous action, which could only be per-
formed by a nation which is great in every thing ! But
here let me break off and lie silent ; for your genero•
sky transcends all my powers of expression."