Star.
London, England, 1823-10-03 00:00:00

Camp, to order thoin two vessels to resume their posts,
the Trident astern of the Centaur, and the Guerriere'
before it. It Was three o'clock. The Centaur had been
engaged since a quarter past one; Fort St. Petri re-
turned the fire only at long intervals; I thought t)le
time was come to attempt to storm it. I made a signal
to the division to embark the troops in the coats, and to
send them towards the Centaur, which was executed
with all possible celerity, and I waited only for the
moment when the Trident and the Guerriere should
have taken their position, and commenced their fire,
to order the landing, when, at half-past three, the fort
hoisted a white flag, which was immediately saluted
by a thousand cries of Vive le Roi. I immediately sent
the boats, having on board four hundred and twenty
men of the 12th and 14th of the Line, and a detachment
of grenadiers of the marine artillery. When they reached
to the foot of the rock on which the fort is situated,
Captain Teliot, who commanded the landing, sent me
a Spanish Officer with a flag of truce, who proposed
that the garrison should retire to the Isle of Leon, un-
der its respective colours, and continue to serve against
the French army. I insisted that they should eirgarle
not to bear arms against France during this war. Dm
was acceded to, and was going to be executed, when
the Spaniards, fearing to return to the Isle of Leon, pre-
ferred being prisoners ; and our troops immediately took
posses,ion of the fort, where the Spaniards had twenty-
seven 24-pounders, brass, a garrison of 180 men, abund-
ance of ammunition, and provisions for two months.
" I was too well aware of the importance of St. Petri,
not to take advantage immediately of the success I had
obtained. I armed one boat from each vessel to in•
teccept the barks, which, notwithstanding the vigilance
of our cruisers, brought provisions to Cadiz, entering
by the ricer of this name. I already hear the cannon
of the fort fire on these barks. Its fire, with that of the
battery which we have in front, entirely,deprives Cadiz
of this way ef receiving supplies, whiCh was alMost the
only one it had. The Spaniards had 13 men killed and.
wounded. The Centaur did not lose a man;
The remainder of the report is filled up with com-
mendations of the officers and men employed.
(Signed) " Rear-Admiral Baron Des ROTOURS.
" On board the Centaur, off St. Perri, Sept. $3, 1823, 11 r. vir."
(A true copy.)
" The Rear-Admiral Commander-in-Chief of the Naval Force
before Cadiz, " DUPER RE."
There are also letters from Madrid of the 23d ult. at
w hich date the Regency had received an official account
of the taking of the fort of St. Petri, and the &Bowing
dispatch from Andujar, addressed to their War Minister:
" Having received orders from the Major-General of
the Army to give up the prisoner Itiego to the Spanish
Authorities, I am about to cause him to be delivered,
along with his three companions, Don Marian Bayo,
Spanish Captain; Virginio Vicente, a Piedmontese Lied-
tenant-Colonel ; and George Matino, formerly an Eng-
lish Lieutenant, to Don Joseph Azlor, Spanish Captain,
charged with the order which your Excellency did me
the honour to send to me on the 19th' of this month, and
which directed, that Don Joseph Azlor should have•the
guard of the prisoners. I pray your Excellency to
accept, &c. " J. FOISSAC LATOUR.
Litut.- General, commanding the Provinces of Cordova and Jaen."

THE 14.VENING STAR.

LONDON.

FRIDAY, OCTOBEIt 3, Is 3.
TIIE FUNDS.

STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
Congoh opened this morning at 831 for Money, and 8.111 fur the
Account, with a good deal doing.
_ _ _

The Expresses from Park have brought the French Funds at
90f. 45:.—Private letters state, that it w•as reported on 'Change in
that Capital, that orders had been sent to London to sell Spanish
Stock in our Market, to raise money to pay the Spanish dividends
at Paris. _ _ _