Star.
London, England, 1809-09-26 00:00:00

SOUTH AMERICA,

Yes.Trlay the ship Invention arrived from Buenos
‘ rres with teeters of the Bth ult. She has performed
o enyaqes in a diagonal direction, across the At-,
ie, with a degree of rapidity hitherto unknown in
,tern navigation: From the British Channel to
Rio Janeiro she was thirty days on her voyage, gun-
wale to on every knot of her progress. From thence
she sailed to Buenos Ares, and from the Rio de la
Pat.!, on her return to Great Britain, she was only
47 days, The intelligence she has brought is of great
p iitkai importance. It was supposed that the au-
thr.rity of LISIERS was so completely established that
t'.e feeble power of Spain in her colonies could not
wrench from his grasp the sceptre. He had taken
the title of Condo of Buenos Ayres ; his Aides-de-
Camp were all French, and his views were almost
tridisgaised ; but the ancient prepossessions of the
country in favour of the parent State have prevail-
ed over all the artifices of the NAPOLEON family.
—On the arrival of the new Governor, RIODOERO,
appointed by the Spanish Junta, General LINIERS
withdrew to a distant establishment ; and se con.
&fent were the commercial speculators of our own
nation that the dominion of Old Spain would be ac-
knowledged, that British goods were run ashore and
placed at the mercy of the colonists, to prevent the
deterioration of their value by new prohibitions. The
elect was that the manufactures of these islands im-
mediately rose 20 per cent. from the apprehension that
the ports of the Spanish settlements would for the fu-
ture be shut against the English, and that whatever
might be their dispoiition to favour the commerce of
their tritish Allies, all subsequent intercourse must
be maintained through the medium or under the ex-
press permission of the mother country. We learn by
sonic of our letters, that the principal cause of the
differences between Buenos Ayres and Monte Video
was a merchant, of the name of ALSEGA, who had
been banished from the former in consequence of his
instrumentality in this way, and who, since the con-
ciliatory arrangements, has not been permitted to re-
turn to the former settlement. In a preceding paper
(April 19,) we mentioned a revolution that had been
occasioned by a violent act of oppression of General
LINIERS. It is now known that the Members of the
Cabildo, who were then shipped off, have returned,
and have been re-admitted to the exercise of their
tunctions,

" BUENOS AYRES, AUGUST 8.

" A new Viceroy has arrived at Buenos Ayres, to succeed Ge-
neral Lunetss wilt) hu retired to Mendoza, a town about 900
suites up the country.

" Calera' Liniers had orders from the Supreme Junta'to re-
p.* to Spain, to answer charges brought against him by General
Via, Governor of Monte Video; but on resigning his office, he in-
*lreci or not going to that country till its situation was in a more
saticd state than at present.

" All the Creoles or Natives of the country are whofly in fa-
hued General Liniers; he has disbanded the different Regi-
ments from Old Spain, and taken the natives in their room, which
elated much jealousy on the part 6f the old Spaniards, who, taking
otnntage of the circumstance .sai..t.g,d, of his being greatly ruled
in his conduct by a well-known Lady of French eau-action, con-
nived to raise a strong party against him.
" This Lady, on the news of the new Vice liing's arrival, and
dreading insults from the public, thought proper to take her pas.
sage on board the English gun-brig Steady, for Rio de Janeiro,
accompanied by the rest of her family ; it is said that the has taken
the whole of her property with her.
" The new Vice-King has been invested with more absolute
authority than any of his predecessors ; he has even got the power
of life and death in his own hands.

" On an application from the British merchants at Monte Vi-
da, to know in what manner commerce shall in future be car-
lied on, he has positively declared that he has been commanded
to put a stop to all smuggling in the River Plate, in consequence
of which the coast is doubly guarded, and all business is at a
stand there as well as on the opposite coast.
" A new Governor has also arrived for Monte Video, and Ge-
neral Elio was appointed Commandant of the troops at Buenos
Agres,but, on account df their dislike towards him he has been
continued by the Vice Roy in hii situation of Governor, and the
other bas got the command of the forces at Buenos Ayres."

The Governor of the Bank, the Solicitor General,
and several other Gentlemen have already agreed to
assist in inspecting the books of Covent-garden Theatre.
It is stated as a fact, that Mrs. SIDDONS was lately
engaged to perform at the Richmond Theatre, near
London, at a salary of 301. per night, in consequence
of which the Manager thought proper to raise the
price of admission, and, on casting up the receipts of
the first night, he fonud their amount to be a few
shillings over 7:Ur:if-mu Pars &!
The scloolfellows and friends of Mlcuatzt,i.BaucE,
the poet, intend to erect a monument to his memory,
the church-yard of Portmoak, in Kinross-shire--a
tribute of gratitude to departed worth, a genius ho-
nourable to the poet, and to the companions of his
youth.

A Court Martial on Capt. SHEEXE, of the Sussex
Militia, was held at Brighton, on Thursday and Fri-
tay, on a charge preferred against him by Sir. GEO.
HOW, for trespassing by sporting on his grounds,
contrary to an order issued by the General of the dis.
trim The Court came to a decision on Friday...-
when the charge not being substantiated, the Captain,
was honourably acquitted. The Court was composed
officers of Militia Regiments, as under s.-.Lseute-
blot-Colonel HOPly of the Nottingham, President;
of the Royal South Gloucester and Sussex Militia, 4
Captains each ; of the Nottingham, 1 ; of the Shrop-
shire and 2d Surrey, 2 each ; Capt. Bottum, of the
Nottingham, Deputy Judge Advocate.
An unfortunate circumstance took place at Falding-
worth, near Market Raisin, on Sunday se'nnight
T. Cottingham and W. Slack challenged each other
to. fight ; the conflict lasted three quarters of an hour,
when Cottingham fell, from a blow of his antagonist,
and died instantly. The fathers of tho young men
stood
!by, and each encouraged his son dosing the,
fight

'Mt AItMY: • -
The Hon. General CoLa has arrived at Portsmout .
to join the army in Portugal. It is said that a pan
of the force in that country will be embarked at Lilo
• i
bon, and go round to Catalonia.
.
That fine regiment of heavy dragoons, the ticilniai
as well as several regiments from Ireland, have, ac-
cording to recent intelligence, arrived in the Tagus,
and marched to join Lord WELLmarow.
General COLE, Colonel DARROCH, and a numerous
Staff, are proceeding to Portugal immediately, to join
the armies of Lord WzmaacTow and of Marshal
BERESFORD.

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Several of the regiments in this country are very
sickly at present, particularly the 62d, 82d, 42d, and
the 43d.

More troops are encamping at
sides the Inverness, Worcester, and Renfrew, Gene-
ral WHETHAM means to encamp the Ross-shire, Ox-
ford, Northampton, and Durham Militias.
The dignity of Marquis is conferred on Marshal
BERESFORD by the Vicegerent in Portugal ; but it
was reported that he was about to resign the com-
mand of the army.
Several more transports arrived at Yarmouth in
the ceurse of yesterday from Walcheren with sick.
They were chiefly Officers, and among them are se-
veral of the German Legion. The inhabitants of the
Island have also been attacked with disease as well
as the British troops.

.Be-

Nearly 1800 sick, from the Island of Walcheren,
have been sent to the hospitals in Portsmouth.

We have seen several Officers, arrived from Wal-
cheren ; all concur in giving the most deplorable ac-
count of our brave fellows there. The mortality is
greater than even it was in the West Indies last war;
and, we hear, falls particularly severe on the medi-
cal men. In the island there are not 6000 men fit
for duty out of 16,000 left filr its defence. In this
enfeebled state of the garrison, an attack is looked
for from the opposite islands.

We are glad to hear that when they come to our
own shores the poor sick fellows recover fast.
In the very great scarcity of medical men in the
army, directions have been given to hire all private
practitioners : Lrindon Physicians get two guineas
per day, and Surgeons and Apothecaries in propor-
tion.

Some of the medical gentlemen have been very
successful in curing the (worse than the yellow) fever
at Flushing. One gentleman, Dr. FAULKNER, Phy-
sician to the Army, has been pre-eminently success-
ful in curing our Officers at Flushing and Middle-
burgh: The other Physicians are now following Dr.
Fautatriart's practice, and are equally succesful.
We have just heard a report, which we are unwil-
ling to believe, that several regimsuss arc to be im-
mediately sent over to the Island of Walcheren.—lf
we mean to keep the island, doubtless reinforcements
are wanted ; this is rendered necessary by the horrible
devastation made by sickness among our troops.
Our West India Correspondent writes us, that at
Barbadoes the troops are healthy ; and the Comman-
der-in-Chief is looking for the arrival of Sir GEORGE
PREVOST, with the troops from Halifax, to undertake
an expedition against Guadaloupe.
The works at Martinique have been repaired; and
the garrison of this island consists of

The 19th Foov—in huts.
The 60th Regiment, 3d Battalion—is Fort Royal.
The 63d Regiment—at St. Pierre's.
The 4th West India Regiment—in Port Edwards.
A strong Detachment of Artillery—in Fort Dessaix.

Sir GEORGE BECKWITH was coming home to this
country, and a new Commander-in-Chief was expect-
ed from England—not Sir GEORGE PREVOST) as once
mentioned.

Fifty recruits for the South Gloucester militia came
into Brighton on Thursday; they are generally young
and healthy-looking men.

• MARGATE, SEPTEMBER 22.
Friday and Saturday se'nnight were landed at the Jetty, near
the Pier-head, 84 rank and file, from Waltheren ; all of whom
were much debilitated by nervous or intermittent fevers. They
were brought on shore by the Foy-men, who deserve great praise
for their prompt exertions on this occasion, as well as their giving
their services gratuitously. By order of Mr. Jarvis, the resident.
fitaff Surgeon, these 84 men were conveyed to the barracks, now
converted into an hospital; they were placed in three of the
houses attached to the pile of building. In no one room were
there more than ten men placed, and in several only three or
four ; the smallest room is 36 feet long, by 20 feet wide, thus
situated, they could not be incommoded by heat. To each of
these men Mr. Jarvis gave one bottle of old port wine, brought
from his own cellar, which they drank immediately, by order.—
Forty-six of these poor fellows laboured under quartan agues.
To attend these 84 there were Mr. Jarvis and his four medical
assistants, and sixteen nurses, thus allowing to every fourth man
an attendant. By the judicious administration of bark, in every
stage of preparation, aid-all at the same time, the ague subsided,
and in a very few days totally disappeared. The Surgeon-Gene-
ral, Mr. Reate, thought the whole of the cases very desperate
ones indeed, but he highly approved of, and recommended a con-
tinuance in the same mode of treatment Mr. Jarvis was then
six men are the only persons who have
pursuing. The following
died here.

Alexander Hay, John Taylor, Dougald
Andrew Tolmay, Alexander Munro, Edward Enka.
The arrangements made for the comforts of the resnainirig sick
have been since improved ; almost the whole are In a fair way
of recovery, and it is expected they will be suficiendy well to
join their respective regiments in the course of a fortnight.
The number who have died at Ramsgate is 16; the attention
there is equally uniform and correct.

I should not forget to add, that the philanthropy of the Cott}
rnandant of the District, Sir George Nugent, h deeming of sverT
praise.

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• PUPAL INDELLIcitAteI.
PLYMOtTratOCE, SEPTEMBER 24e
The wind having become favourable last sterling,
after post` the P/CELE brig of war got under weigh.
with Mr. Busman:2, charged with dispatches for
Marquis WELLESLEY, Admiral Puavrs, &c. but, in
working out of liatnoase, she unfortunately tun foul
lof a merchant-brig, and received so much damage as'
to oblige her to put back ; the dispatches, however,
were of so urgent a nature, that the Britannia cutter
was immediately ordered to get under weigh, which
she accordingly did, and sailed at ten o'clock last
night, with a strong westerly wind, which of course is
much against her till she clears the Land's End.
La RUIN frigate, with the seven sail of victuallers
for the supply of Admiral SOTHEBY'S squadron at
Rochefort, still remains wind-bound in the Sound ;
but will sail as soon as the wind comes round a little
more to the northward.—Arrived the SWALLOW, Cap.
min BEDFORD, from a cruize to the westward ; the
ARROW schooner, from Rochefort ; and the PLOVER
sloop of war, Capt. BROWNE, from Flushing. Also
two Danish ships and a brig, under neutral colours,
detained and sent in by our cruizers ; and a Portu-
guese schooner, laden with wine, from Oporto.
PORTSMOUTH, SEPTEMBER es,
Arrived the NONPAREIL schooner, -Witt dispatches
from Lisbon.—Sailed the Ancus sloop of war, for
Gibraltar ; the ALPIMA schooner, with a convoy for
the Downs; his Majesty's ships ILLUSTRIOUS and
ACHILLE, on a cruize off Cherbourg; and HUSSAR,
for Plymouth.—Wind about N. W.

DEAL, SEPTEMBER .23.
Arrived the PERLEN frigate, from the Wore ; la
Lona, from Portsmouth ; HUMBER armed ship, with
convoy from Falmouth.
SEPTEMBER 24.—Arrived the SAN FIORENZO fri-
gate, from Flushing.—Sailed the PERLEN and NYA-
DEN frigates, for Portsmouth ; BEAGLE and REDPOLE
sloops, on a cruize.—Arrived and sailed through for
the River, the Invention merchant-ship, from South
America.

SEPTEMBER 25.—The whole of this Morning it has
blown a strong gale from the Southward, but the
ships have rode very well.—Four o'clock, P. M.
more moderate, the wind coming• from the north-
ward, in consequence the convoy for the westward
has just fired the signal gun to unmoor. •
• (Inn • \
Arrived the OPOSSUM and ZEPHYR sloops, from the
Northward.—Sailed the ACTIVE and SALCETTE fri-
gates, and THAIS sloop, for Portsmouth. Sailed the
HUMBER armed ship, and EsPIEGLE sloop, having un-
der their convoy a large fleet of merchant vessels,
bound to the Western Ports ; also the SUPERB, of 74
guns to the westward ; BEAVER and GLUCKSTADT,
and OBERON sloop, on a cruize ; and Fuszous for
Flushing. -
In the Downs—Princess of Orange, Venerable, Royal Oak,
Monmouth, Ulysses, Diana, Loire, St. Fiore.nio, Termagant,',
Fly, Rolla, Royalist, Cordelia, Crocus, Challenger, Kangaroo,
Osprey, Shearwater, Apelles, Opossum, and Zephyr.

YARMOUTH, SEPTEMBER 25.
Sailed to the southward, with a fleet of merchant-
men under convoy, the DAUNTLESS and PANDORA
sloops of war. Arrived from Flushing the Saker,
MILLER ; Lark, WM. REDHEAD , and two other trans-
ports with sick. The Permanent, JAMES PALMER,
from the North, with coals, is put in here with the
loss d her mainmast, .which was carried away in ihe
late gale. The Atalante, ZACHARIAH BERSEE, sailed
to Lynn with wine. The Juffrouw Algunda, from
Hamburgh to London, is detained and sent in by the
BRUIZER gun brig. The ships in the Roads are the
Roebuck and Chanticleer. Wind W. N. W.