Star.
London, England, 1812-10-06 00:00:00

cAbii MAEL

A Cadiz Mail arrived this maiming—the following
are the chief articles of int4lightihe which it britigs.
General HILL is in full march for Madrid. On the
23d August, king JOSEPH entered Valencia with an
escort, which, when added to Sureer's army, trade
the latter amount to 22,000 men. The Juramenta:
dos daily desert from Sooty and JOSEPH'S armies.=
The Inquisition of Seville was resuscitated after the
departure of the French by some foolish bigots, but
General CRUZ, who commanded, refused to permit
them to revive it.

SouLT has halted in Granada with a view of form-
ing a junction with Damn., but this had not
taken place on the 6th September. This delay is
said to have retarded the junction of SOULT with
SUCHET, and given an opportunity to the Combined
Army to advance to Albocete, where, according to
the Cadia Papers, they only wait for the return of
the Marquis of WELLINGTON from the North to fall
upon Soeur anti Daouar on their march.
As a proof of the spirit of robbery with which
Jowls is animated, he arrived at Valencia, followed
by three hundred and seventy toaches, more than
800 waggons, and an innumerable number of bag-
gage carts. On the journey, the fugitive, were some-
times three days without bread, or even watef, and
numbers died of fatigue. In addition to these mise-
ries, numerous bodies of Guerillas hovered on their
flanks and rear, hourly cutting off entire companies
of Juramentados and other followers.

" MADRID, SEPTEMBER IS.

44 Prom a person worthy of every credit we know
that hitherto there has nc.t been the least sign of any
reinforcement coming from France.
" The French have evacuated the cities of Tara-
zona and B tja, whose garrisons, after having demo.
lished the fortifications, marched for Saragossa, sup•
ported by 300 infantry and 200 horse, which for this
purpose had marched from that capital. This is an
unequivocal proof of the fear which accompanies the
French, and of the necessity under which they are of
concentrating their forces in order to maintain them-
selves for any time.
" Sarr. 2.5..—0 n the 4th instant disembarked in
Alicant, General Elio, with 3000 men. It is said he
is to take the command of the army of the centre,
which had received orders to hold itself in readiness
to march, but we are ignorant what is to be its desti-
nation ; some believe that this resolution has caused
Soult's retreat, who is reported to be in Guadix, and
Baza, an d who will probably desist from marching
towards the points of Lovea and Murcia, on account
of the plague having manifested itself in these two
cities.--On the 6th, O'Donnel was still in Stettin,
with all his infantry. The English General, Mait-
land, with his troops, were in the neighbourhood of
Alicante ; and General Roche in Alcoy, with the
reserve of that army.
" The French were in Aleira, and their advance
extended to St. Felipe. Upon their right flanks there
were 500 hone belonging to the 3d army, and Ge-
neral Freyre was in Albaute, with the remainder of
the cavalry. It is to be hoped that the Spanish and
English will offer, in that part of the Peninsula, simi-
lar scenes to those acted in Castile, and that shortly
the enemy on the Ebro will be obliged to fonfine
themselves to its frontiers, even under shelter of the
important places gained by perfidy, and the diabo-
lical machinations of Napoleon and his agents."
A letter from Laza, of 10th September, asserts
that General BALLASTEROS is marching for Granada,
which has been evacuated by the enemy ; and some
of the Journals state that the French have also quit-
ted Andalusia.

Government this morning received Dispatches from
Cadiz. The following will be found to be an accu-
rate sketch of their contents :
44 Souvr was at Grenada on the 16th ult.
44 The Spaniards had gained some advantages over
his rear on'tbe 15th ult.

" General Comm was at Seville on the 17th ult.

" Genera) HILL, on the 13th ult. was preparing
to pass the Tagus at Almaraz.
But the most glorious intelligence of all is that
the Cartes have voted the Marquis of WELLsmazos
to be Generallisiml of all Spain I

yheliighly-gratifying intelligence from the Mar-
quis of WELLINGTON on the subject of the Capture of
Burgos, was published in a Supplemental Gazette
yesterday afternoon, but too late to appear in the 1
whole of our impression of yesterday. We are there-
1
fore under the necessity of repeating it to-day: the
Idetails are of so cheering a nature, however, that they I
will bear a second perusal by those who may have
('already seen them, and an apology for their repetition
Ibecomes the less necessary.

The subjoined official notification appeared in the
greater part of our impression yesterday. Its chief
interest is derived from the mention of a Orson whose
name has made some noise in the world, General
MIRANDA, but whose career seems to be now drawing
to a close:
" DOWNING-STREET, OCTOBER S.
gi By accounts from Curacoa and St. Thomas,dated
the .sth and 25th August, it appears that the City of
Caraccas capitulated to the Royalist Army, under
General Konxivniot. is the 28th July ; and that

Ci Wit sttiraltchired at lisetttiob on the 81st.
General Mzeititba is cloieli itivrisithed at this !awe
place. The greatest distrese had beezi biteriefited
at the Caraccas."

Dispatches have been rcoeived at the Admiralty
from Admiral SAWYER, as tiAlifax. We regret t(:
say, that they announce the dapture of the CUBA-
Maas frigate, Captain DACRES, by the Constitution,
American frigate, after a most gallant action, in
which the GUERRIRRE fought under the most disas-.
crow and disadvantageous circumstances. The first
Ibroadside from the Constitution carried away her
wizen-mast, and soon afterwards the whole of her
imasts fell overboard.

The GUViRIERE had only 244 men at•quarters—
the Constitution 476, thirty '24-pounders on her main-
deck, twenty-four 32-pounders and two 18-pounders
on her Upper-deck. The GCERRIERZ had 15 killed,
and 6g wounded, and was found in such a state that
the Americans were obliged to set her on fire.—
Commodore RODGERS has arrived at Boston, after an,l
unsuccessful cruize, having destroyed five or six ves-
sels of little or no value. His crew is dreadfully of-1
flicted with the scurvy.

EXTRACT 01 A LiFITZL PROM lIALIFAX, bAllni '

SRPTEMBER 8 ru.

" On the 27th nit. Commodore Rdooests, witis
three frigates aid two smaller ships, were spoken
about 100 r1::!es S. W. of this Light-house. They
!were afterwards seen by the STATIRA frigate, which
they chased 70 miles. There are nin• frigates on the
look out for them, and if he is not gone into Boston,
which we think probable, there is a great chance of
his being fallen hi with."

A Boston Paper of the 22d August, says, " A
Gentleman arrived at Boston from Halifax informs
us, that he was assured by Admiral SAWYMIs that
he had written to the Secretary at War of the United
States, by the GLEANER, communicating to him the
'repeal of the Orders in Council, and that if the Go•
vcrnment of the United States wished, he would be
happy in suspending hostilities, until the Repeal was
officially made known ; and that, in the interim, he
would withdraw the squadron now on °if coast."

Advices have been received from Bourdeaux, bring-
ing information of the arrival there of three armed
American schooners? which had the gcpd luck to
escape the vigil ince of our cruisers stationed at the
mouth of the Garonne.
The latest adv ices from St. Petersburgh are to the
6th ult. They confirm the artival, in the Russian
capital, of the Emperor ALEXANDER. No official re-
port had appeared of Ole battles of Smoleask and
Valontina. Several families had arrived at Sr. Pe-1
tersburgh from Moscow ; and they write from the!
former city as if the fall of Moscow was anticipated,
in the contemplation of which they do not discover
the smallest sympton of despair as to the successful
result of the cause of Russia. Fresh reinforcements
had been sent off to Moscow, and also instructions
from the Emperor to destroy every thing valuable,
or that might be useful to the enemy in the city, as
soon as his obtaining it by force appeared probable.
The exchange was from 23 to 24..
One hundred and sixty-three convalescent; out of
labout 400 wounded soldiers, now at the Royal Mili.
tary Hospital, Plymouth-Dock, are going to Chelsea
Hospital. They are to be allowet either a residence
at the Hospital for life, or to receive a pension. It is
truly affecting to behold these mutilated brave men
as they pass through the streets, or engaged in con-
versation with the' inhabitants, relate in 'garrulous
detail the exploits of themselves and gallant com-
rades. Most of these, unfortunately, have lost
legs and arms, and were wounded at the storm-
ing of Badajoz. The French not only employed
cannon, musketry, and the baycinet, in repelling
the stormers, but had recourse to the rolling of
immense stones a-la-Tyrolne, of casks, &c. on their
heads. These brave fellows appear extremely well
clothed, and maugre their sufferings are all fine jolly
fellows. They speak with rapture of the attention of
the Marquis of WELLINGTON to the wounded. This
hero, the theme of every soldier, frequently visited the
Hospitals, and consoled the sufferers with the most
tender and soothing language.
The planet Venus is to be seen at present with the
naked eye in daylight, in a clear sky, any time from
dawn till three o'clock in the afternoon. Venus is
at present one sign and a half, or 45 degrees, west
of the sun, and may be seen on the meridian or due
south, when the sun is at nine o'clock in the fore-
noon. It is at present 13 degrees north declination,
or 13 degrees north from the place of the sun, at this
Itime on the equinoctial.

Saturday se'nnight, between two and three o'clock
in the morning, ROBERT TKOMPSON, a private in the
2d battalion 90th regiment, standing sentinel at the
King's Stores, opposite the Earl of Listuticx's house
in Limerick, was fired at by an assassin, accompa-
nied by three other villains, from a musket loaded
with balls, two of which struck the sentry-box, and
one hit the soldier near the left knee, by which he
was so much injured that amputation of the limb be-
came unavoidable, and has been performed. THOM!.
sox, notwithstanding the violent saock of the wound,
loaded his piece and fired towards the cowardly as-
sailants, but, it is believed, without effect.
The learned VI:RAIL:4 has observed that, "works
of fiction are among the most instructive of every po.
listed nation, and must contain all the useful truths of
fife, if composed with. genius." Madame Da MON TO..
taw, whose talents in ihis lint are so well_ known, by
her admirable production of u Carafe die Lichield."
has just published, at Paris, hers Recital de Novvelks,"
and we have the pleasure to add, that its re-publica-
tion in London will certainly take place in ; few days.
Wednesday night, as W. Mathias, master of the
sloop Mary Ann, of Newport, lying at Milford, Vas
on his way down to the boat, be fell over a precipice
about 90 feet hies, and fractured his skull so dread-
Mir, that he died immediately.
•

ELBcivote.

Lt
NOVI% WAStIt ELECTIOI4O.--atiNi of the Poll nn
at 12 o'clock &
Cahrest.llo3--Thornton, 434:+i3ardett, 67.
eltt ELEcricrue:—Stite of the Poll this day, at
.'clock
Combe, tat—shaii; 149—Atkins, si
..‘'ai.lan 93.
We bate elreasly noticed, that Mr. FA ZACHERJ
hai started for the City of Lincoln, in the root
Lord MElBollOtoti, who retires. A Sbarlo cot
was expected from Mr. Si.n.i.rvism, on the nem
uasismitt interest, but on the Ist instant, to the 'g
chagrin cki the Electors, it was announced the
declined the h.knour.
Mr. OSeALDESTON, of hospitable and Fox-lism
celebrity, is said to have been offered Retford, an
have gone there on Opp..sition Interest.
Mr. GiRDLER, an independent Magistrate al
dlesex, who has recently recovered from a seven
disposition, has been invited to offer himself for
County and for Berkshire.
Sit J. YORK IC is gone to Sandwich, fat which p
he will be returnee;,

• Mr. Canasta is gone to Dublin.
Colonel Halms has resigned the contest P-1.1
ventiy, and Mr. P. MOORiI and Mt. BUTTIRWOI
have been re-elected.
Messrs. CAINERT and taxman, the bid Memt
,for the Town of Huntingdon, were yesterday
elected without oppositicn.
The tlettion for the County of Huntingdol
fixed for the 19th instant, when (Mr. Lows ha,
died dux:hill) the old Members, Lord HIPICIIINOBRI
and Mr. FIeLLOWICSi are expected to be re-elected
Sir Aarnutt Paare and Major-General Wm]
sire returned for Arundel.

At Plymouth, Mr. LANCNItAb, Colonel BLI
mum, and Sir C. Pots, are eserting themselves
very great diligence.

Rona BOROUGHS OF SCOTLAND.

TO THE EDITOR OF THII STAR.
Sie—The utility of a correct ♦iew of the Part
ment.try Representation' and Elective Franchise
the people of the United Kingdom at all times,
more especially at this precise crisis, gave pe
interest to the abstract which appeared in the
of the 3d instant.

Of the independence or subjection of the &fie!
Counties, Cities, and Bomughs in England
Wales ; or er the correctness of ihe" names of
Masters of those coming under the latter charac
I know nothing ; but, IV= local knowledge and
perience, I must beg leave to rescue the Royal
roughs of Scotland from the state of apparent
gradation in which they are placed (doubtless is
vertently) by your abstract. The number of vot
for the Boroughs of Scotland is represented in y
article to be only 64, being one voter Ica* than
number of Boroughs, and Queensferry seems to be
nonentity ; whereas, by the subjoined statement,
aggregate number of voters must be at least IC
and is, I am persuaded, about 20001 1

Bresses,
Edinburgh (City of)
Dingwall, Durnock, Wick, Kirkwall, and Tala
Fortrose, Invernee,lrn, and of res
Pdgin, Ilamfl, Cullen, Kintore, acd Inverou?ie
Aberdeen, Monti use. Brechin,Aberbroilinck, and iamb,
Perth, Dundee, 6t. Andrew's, Cupar. and Forfar
Kllrenny, Anstruthor IA ester, Anstruther Easter, a
Pittenweem
Kinghorn, Dysart, Kirkaldie, and Bruntisland •
Stirling, Inverkeithlng, Dumferline, Culross, end Queensferry,
Glasgow, Renfrew' Dumbarton, and itudieritlen - .
ledburgh, Dunbar, North Berwick, Lauder, and fiaddingtos,
Peebles, Linlithgow, Selkirk, and Lanerk
Dumfrier, Kirkcudbright, Annan, Lochniaben, and song
Whitehaven, New Galloway, Stranraer, and Wigton
Irvine, Kothsay, lnverary, Campbeitowit, and Ayr

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In order to make this statement more intelligibl
to your English Readers, it is necessary to rernar
that the Elective Franchise of a Burgh is placed
its Municipal Authorities' consisting, for the unallesi
of three Magistrates, a Dean of Guild, and a Counel
of twelve Members, so that the Representative of •
District of five Burghs has, at the very lowest cake
lotion. Eighty Constituents. The election is held al
seinately in each Burgh of the District, which
called the Returning Burgh as having the castin,
vote, and to which a delegate from each of the othei
repairs, not to vote according to his own inclination'
but agreeably to the positive instructions of thoi
who sent him. The Delegates, on such occasion
are, in fact, mere Messengers.
The preceding remaiks may probably thew d
propriety of enlarging the Elective Franchise of t}
Scottish Boroughs ;—but Scotland has strongi
grounds of complant arising from the system
County Representation. By the existing laws, r
landed property which did tot at the last valuatic
(in the reign of Queen Anne) amount to fin
hundred pounds Scots • per annum, can qualil
the proprietor for voting fora Representative in Pa
Lament, although such property may have been :Ira
enhanced to an annual rental of £lOOO sterling

while the fortunate property then valued at leidt
Scots, can, by the process of rplittiog, or the tempos*
alienation of the Superiority (or right of voting) lea
the actual possession, qualify three voters, althouj
its present value should not now be equal to the 01
ginal estimate, were such deterioration possible.
The necessity of a revaluation of the landed p
petty of Scodand must be obvious from the precedit

SCOTUS.

ion4-rks.
Bloektrines Road, October 4.
• A Pound Scots is one-twelfth of a pound ,

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throughcnt the country ay.
_

that they cannot address their Electors as
cause the walls in every town are engrossed by
tery Bills. We know but of one remedy, that is,
the Candidates to buy up the Tickets and Shares, ,
which they will not only secure all the walls to the*
selves, but also aH d..e Prizes, and as Ope Nemb
will gain 1240,000, on the 40th This Moeda, del
'amid pay for their Election out d it, and pocket
*time besides.
L Imen.—This day the LORD MAYOR ',Mend tb
pica to fall 4d. is the peck lost, to tale place net
Thursday; the quart..rn loaf will dm be le:714:

till

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CITT OF LONDON ELECTION.

esterday being the day appointed forthe Eldctioli
four Members to serve in. Parliament, as Repre-
wives for the City of London, in the new Par L-
a. t, a meeting of the Livery was held for that pur.
, 'within their Guildhill. The meeting was
• ter than has been recollected on any former oc-
Sion, and the order and decorum observed were
~ as seldom distinguish the proceedings of so large
... y of men professing contrary .sentiMents.
'he business being opened, by the reading of the
clitiatiisn dissolving the one Parliament and con-
• ng. the other, and also by the reading of the writ
. ted to the Sheriffs for ;beholding of the present.
.action,
The Sheriffs (Messrs. BLADZIN and Hoy) addres-
d the Livery, declaring that they were resolved to
;serve the strictest impartiality in the course of the
ction, and calling on the Livery to come forward
d declare, who of the Members proposed, the
• mss of whom should be read to them, were the
t.jects of their choice. . ; %,
The Loiter Mats OR, as one of the Candidates, then
ddressed the Livery, amidst hisses, mixed with ap.
robation, declaring, that one of their former Mem-
-rs having-retited, he felt hiMselt called on, from
.e office which he held, to offer himself in his stead.
is time, if they elected him, should be wholly de-
. •ted to their service; and though one of the other
andidates had addressed them as if he was peculi-
rrly favoured by the shipping interest, in consequence
. his.having been a Chairman of a Meeting, called
.r promoting the shipping interests of the Port of
onion, he (the Lord Mayor) must say that, on
eaccasitin alluded to, the worthy Alderman (At-
ins) had only been his substitute, having been called
!. the Chair after he had left it. lie threw himself
tn the protection of the Livery of Londen. He did
.ot ask from them more than one vote. It was im-
i. aterial to him, if they sent himself to Parliament,
4. ho they were whom they sent along with him.
II Mr. Alderman Cymru said, the Livery had known
( irn long ; he had at all times discharged his duty to-
.
ards them conscientiously, and he now came before
em to give an account, conscious that he had no
~: casion to be ashamed to meet them face to fice.—
i e had been able, at al! times, to lay his hand on
. is heart, and to declare, that he had conscientiously
. one his duty. He should be at all times, as he had 1
kfttn repeatedly told them, ready to attend to their
' structions, but he must be allowed to obey thein I,
..nly so far as he conscientiously could.
Mr. Alderman Coen; who was received with uni-
ersal plaudits, adoressed the Livery as follows :
It I bad been at any time given to long speeches
4, pon these occasions, I should certainly abstain from
t now, because this is a time more for Election-than
.;. iscussion ; but I shall take the liberty just to s tate '
~.y pretensions to your favour. My politics are for
... y King, my Country, and the City of London. I
ash to maintain the just authority of the Crown, to
2- ggrandize the character of my country, and, if pos-
. 'ble, to set it at peace with the world, and to main-'
twin the rights and privileges of this great City : these
have been the objects of my views ; the means by
.ivibicb I pursued these objects. were entrusted to me-
by you, and you are now to decide whether I have
4used them to your satisfaction or not. From the time
I entered into your service twenty years ago, I have
;had no view of personal interest; I wished only to ,
'do my share of suit and service to the public. I
;have no motives to action but a sense of duty. I
look to no other reward than your approbation—that
reward I am now anxious to receive, and I hope,'
that when my name shall be proposed for your adop-
tion or rejection, your hands will spring up as if they
• took root in your hearts, and that I shall have your
warmest support."
Sir JAMIZ SHAW came forward amidst a confused
sand long continued mixture of applause and disap-,
;probation. He proceeded to explain the principles
on which he had originally offered himself to the nol
Lice of the Livery, and declared that his tefetibina-
?tion to persevere in those principles continued the
game. He hut uniformly professed loyalty to the
,King-,' reverence to the Laws, and attention to die
Rights of the Pe,,ple. These he should perseverein
maintaining, and he trusted that his uniform obser-
vance of those principles, coupled with the attention
lie had always shown to the businesd of the City and.
of the Citizens, both in the Committees in the City,'
, and more particularly in the Conuditiers of the House'
,of Commons, where no less than five iMportant Bills ;
connected .with the 'City 'of L inden hid been solicited I
during the last Session of Parliament, and dating
which he hid been entry day 'employed in the bit 1
iness.of tkle. Liver j, On these grounds heagalliof-
y'
aid hitittlffor their choke as one of their Repre-
aetitiiti4s. ' '
• 'Mr; AideritnatWoon threw himself upon the Livery
without any farther recommendation than that of his
iast Services; and a consideration of the principles on
which he had uniformly acted while employed on
,their service. He was Conscious of having been loyal
to the Xing, and sialons ' roe tb, protection of the
L'a'ws; but isc had never suffered' his veneration for
, eiiher_to snake hitn insensible to theßights of the Peo- '
iilikThe last he had been zealous to protect, but a due
' garo to theformer he had never lost sight of.- He
en proteededlo notice the various services he had.
ntifred `to the en :;of London, and concluded- by
offering hawed* candidate for theirelection of they ,
chose to support him ; if not; his services should be
equally at their command, though he Should be in ei
less distinguished' situation— (Lord ontbrures.)
Alderman ATKINS then presented ibimself for a
considerable time, but could not obtain a .hearing.
f Mr. WAITHMAN then came forivard amidst vety
loud acclamations, waving of hats, and every de-
rnonstration of favour. His opponents, however, in
• terrenge for AlitermanAtitins not king heard, made j
so great as noise that Mr. Waithman could not be;
heard.
This appearing to be the only cause of the inter- i
cioption, after some conversation on the hustings,
n',....44r. Alderman AVMs accordingly again came
!...*rawd, and explained the deep concern he had in
•e)se skipping interest of the City of London, and the
peculiar right which he thereby derived to their sup-
port. His public conduct too he presumed to think,
.while entrusted with offices of magnitude, was suits 1
-as uniforday to deserve their approbation. He had :
been unfortunate enough on more occasions than one
' tolucur their temporary displeasure, bid still this