Star.
London, England, 1809-07-15 00:00:00

PORTUGAL.

In one of the Numhers of the D/,./r:a, published
while the French were in possession of Oporto, is given
what is called " An account of the operations Of the
Imperial Army from the period of its entrance into
Portugal." All the details harmonise with the pic-
ture intended to he given of the wondorful huma-
nity" and " sensibility" of Marshal Soult. At Chaves,
Braga, and every other place entered hy the French.
army, on their route to Oporto, the clemency of the
Commander, and the' good discipline" and "ft iendly
conduct" of the troops, are represented as having
overcome the prejndicp's, and completely won the af-
fections of •he atog.ies,% The concluding para-
graph of this document may serve as a sp?cimen -
The French army were, hy ten o'clock in the
morning, within the wAs of the city of Opotta. Th..t
peasantry who earris-iled Cie redoubts fled in disor-
der. The French troops vigorously pursued them.-
1a the interior of th' ci,_y tit-re .VAS Sonic resis!lnce,b„t
w:thont any clan ; tWs h•ti to some degree of pillage,
wllich from Cie fury of the soldiers, been.
greater, hAd not tie Duke oil/dm:id J, the moment
he entered the ciiv, exer,:d hht:self to pot a stop to
an evil which he fores and was so anviOns to pre-
vent. The loss of the insurgents was very consider-
able, more particularly in the redoubts. Both banks
of the Dlura eNliihited a horrible spectacle. The
panic-struck inhabitants rushed for safety to the bridge,
which, from the pressure of the vast multitude upon it,
gave 'way, and an immense number of persons of all
ranks, conditions, and ages, perished in the river.-,.
Here it was that an occasion arose tin displaying the
humanity r f the French soldiers, who, forgetting that
these v.ae.tched beings were enemies, and, remem-
bering only that they were mea, and unfortunate,
used every exertion to save them. Persons who were
thus •-escued from death, hay.• confesst..l the fact, to
the honour of humanity, and the confusioirof those
who barbarously take away the lives of their fellow.
creatures. The fallowing day tranquillity was com-
pletely restored, aud those svh saw this • - cay a fete (lays
after, could not have believed that it had so reclrrly
been tiken by storm, had it not been for the efcad
bodies which worth 7 and pions citizens were dragging
out of the river, and carrying off for interment. Such
%as the unfortunate fate which a few frantic fanatics
brought upon this unhappy city.
gg HEAVEN grant, that they may not be called to
account for the blood
of so m.tnv ianoe7 but alastlersonsc
who have fallen vi, dins to their' f • rocit-
that is impossible : Goo, as he is the just rewarder
of good, is also the severe chastiser of evil. At all
events, it is to be hoped, that this calamity will .open
the eyes pf the Portaguese, make diem sensible of
ear error, 4.64 cause them to turn a deaf ear to those
th

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LONDON.

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SATURbAY, JULY LT.
Si. &gymlv:.
PRICE Of STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE CYCLOCK:
Consio:s, for At -meg, 6A}.—for July, 63}1.—otmitun I, pre.
Exchequer Bias ea. to I :Lti. prem.
PRICE OF STOCKS YES'T'ERDAY.
3 per Cent. Red. 641 Orroduin, I If prem.
3 pes Cent. Con. Ann. 681 I India Stock 1311
4 per Cent. 841-1 India Ronda Oils. 9.18. prein.
5 per Cent. Navy DS,tl I F.vti. BAN, 9A. 13s.
Long Ann. 181 I Cup s. for org. 69t

Dutch papers to the 9th inst. have arrived. The
only fact they announce is, that the army of Italy
has invested Comorn, and is preparing to bombard it.
The strength of this fortress, and its situation on the
Danube, are such, that the expectation of a speedy
capture, which is thus raised, could not be gratified,
even in another state of the campaign ; but we are
persuaded that the besiegers will be well contented to
watch the proceedings of the Austrians, and maintain
the defensive.

An article in these papers, from Bayonne, evinces
thp desire on the part of the French Government, to
conceal from the people the forlorn condition of their
armies in the north of Spairi.

Several vessels have at-tived from Hamburgh.
They met v<'hsh no molestation on their passage, and
sabred the little British garrison which had taken
posursibn of Cuxhaven. The letters from
burgh core down to the 9th inst. - The reports \aidb.
so often ha;le been received through other channels of
the French having br;ta defeated by the Austrians in
a battle fought on the (.:!iith ult. had then reached that
place and were very prevalent.
By the same conveyance a letter was received,
stating the arrival of the Duke of Bauxstv:cx, with a
strong force, in the territory of rianover ; hut we do
not believe that any authentic account has yet been
received on this subject.

Mr. JACKSON, Plenipotentiary for America, em.
barked at Portsmouth yesterday morning, on board
the Airicaine, Captain 'l2 Acorn., which soon after got
under sail, and proceeded on her voyage.
Letters from the Baltic state, that tro the 2Rth o 1
June, Sir JANIKS SACMAREZ, with seven sail of the line
under his command, was cruizing off Argo Head, in
the Gulf of Finland. The Russian fleet, consisting
of 12 sail of the line•(four. of which are 3-decker),
were moored in shallow water (only 18 feet deep), a
little above Cronstadt. There Was no possibility of
atmcking them.
Letters dated on board the VICTORY. off Swrabom,
June 30, state with more precision, that Sir JAhlifs
SA UM NIL EZ had just • returned from off Cremsflidt,
where he found that the Russian Commander, so far
from evincing an intention to hazard an engagement,
bad actually suffered his ships to be stripped of their
guns, which had been planted on the land.battaies.
It appears from mercantile letters, that Sr jAlin
Situtitattez has recently refused to prink
though furnished with British licences, tutoceed tp
Russian
ports ; but that he readily gran liffletipprts
to make for ;he harbours of Prussial

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• THE GLAND. EXPrinnox.

The-. Officers of every description attached to the
woad and other divisioni of the Expedision, are ()r-
-ated to be present at the different points of etnbaria-

tion, before 12 o'cletk, P. M..on Sunday night. The

embargo is strictly enforced, and it is understood that
even the packets will not be allowed to sail until tbe
final departure of the whole of the armament.
Every thing is now in a state of the greatest for-

wardness, at the• three points• of embarkation, and
.the troops will go on board in two or three days.
The Right Brigade of Guards, forming a part of
the Expedition, embarked on board the transpottb
yesterday at Chatham. The Left Brigade embarked
this morning. (All the Officers are to be en board to-
morrow.

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pu,daghtnvlse many of the eornmlssaliat a arrivr.4 st
place. It Is most likely the embarkation will not begin at R 221
gate until more tritusports come in. The 'teasels antral
all for infantry."

" CHATHAM, JULY H.

" On. Saturday a eontpany of Royal Artiberl under ella
Foitars, marchei hots hew for Portientouta ; and NI
four cumpaniec of Royal Artillery arrived here fry „ ,
to enborkat this place with the grand coped:Liao:*

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NAVAL INTELI.IGE4VCM

PLYMOUTH AND PLYMOUTH DOCK, YULV :2.

The Cl:minimal has brought intelligence that
Maesty's ship OA/SSR[I,, of 74 guns, has captured tlf
Beilona, a stout French privateer, of large dimension,,
which had long been a great-annoyance to our trad..
The Furet French schooucr sent hi here yesterdav,
was laden with provisions, from Bourdeaux bound to
the Isle of France. A few days ah.r leaving Bow-.
deaitt, she encountered a heavy gale off the coast oi
.SpaiTi,- in which she lost her miz.en-rna,:, and
forced to put into *Continua to repair. Marshal /-; .1
being then in pOssessionof the place, ordered the carte
to. be linded for the use, of the French army, whidt
order wits complied with; and the schooner reladt.r.
with cotton, doff: e, indigo and sugar, phindcr::d fro
the. Sp finish merchantmen in the harbour of Corinna ;
from *hence she sailed for Bayonne ; but soon
1.-uving the former place, th 6 SHANNos frigate fell in
with and captured her, after a long chace. The French
polacre brig, prizeto the INsoLEN r, Arnow, and Co,.
NAM, came in this day.—Arrived the schi,oner P.:-
triot, husten with fsuit, from Lisbon for Plymouth ;
American schooner Fawn, from St. Sebatlian's, laden
with iron, hound to Baltimore ; but detained and
ss‘nt in by the SHANNON frigate, Captain Books; the
brig Elk, of and from Halifax, laden with masts and
staves for this port—sailed in company with several
other vessels, under convoy of his Nrajestyis ship HLs.
•:A it, •?8 guns, parted company on the 10th instant.
The HUSSAR and convoy went up Channel on Tues-
day. • Sailed the CIRCE frigate for Portsmouth, and
Avvitex gun-brig to join the expedition, also tiro Spa.
nigh ship Amiable DoneUa for ..• •.
PORTSMOUTH, HAY 14. '
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Arrived his Majesty's ships Samirsuporan and
SOonetoN, from a craiLe.—Sailed the gyrketiAN:and
rottGnv, with -a convoy to the Pown:s; -Wk
to the Westward ; and AFtticAtv,. with -
for America.—Wind W,S.W. -
DOVER, JULY 14i

The liberality with which in one or two points Go-
vernment have acted on the present occasion, will go i
a great way to insure success to their endeavours ; it
will increase the ardour and zeal of the army now
about to be employed. Lord CuAritAia
.has vet y
properly issued the most rigorous orders, for both
officers and men going lightly equipped, and will on
no account allow of their, being incombercd with bag-
gage. No woman is allowed to go on shipboard;
but the soldiers wives are to be subsisted, and to live
in the barracks until their husbands return. For-
merly, on an embarkation taking place, the poor un-
fortunate women were sent beggars over the whole
kingdom. _

Again, in order as little as possibly to discommode
the officers of the navy, in which troops emi,sark, and.
inconsideration of the very inadequate pay of officers
of the army, Government pay for their messing
while on board the men of war.

Among the able officers now employed, is the Ba-
ron de RoTrebrocausa, of the 60'h Regiment, and
we believe, that in no service is.there •an officer bet-
ter acquainted with light troops and their movements.
Sir EYRE CpOTE this morning arrived in town from
Portsmouth.
If we may believe the reports of persons who have
be lately at Calais, the news of our preparations has
excited a great degree of 'alarm on the. -French
coast. The appearance of half- a dozen vessels in
the distance at sea is construed to be l'Armennent de
l'Anglois, and by the subjoined letter from Dover, it
would seem that the .Boulogne flotilla had put to sea in
order either to proceed to the Scheldt for the defence
of the entrance of that river, or by bravado to inspirit
the people and counteract the effect which our pre-
parations have excited.

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"DOVER, JULY 14.
" Nearly twe hundred sad of the Boulogne iloti/la ante oat of
that place yeaciday inornbag out eines:a esitieb,-leardnglf.
with the intentionof proceeding wen:J.l (..Vais—and they eoo.
tinued to stretch along the coast towards the letter place till about
two o'clock, When they were distinctly seen frUnt our heights, to
go about, and stand towards Boulogne ; the wind baying ‘isifto
round to the eastward. It did not appear that any of our cruisers
were in sight of them. It being a vet y clear day, we had a most
beauiful view, and could plainly tlisctra their lug sails, and even
masts.

" Upwards of 150 were counted al out one o'clock, and many
of them by that time had got back to i.otilo;toe. One can hardly
imagine the ebk:ct th eizw, exzept it was I• go down to
Flushing. No doubt, had not the wind changed, they would ere
tbishave been safe is Calais harbour. .cvcritl gUll brigs *ere seen
standing over about half past two, but it is feared they were
not in dux to ieter,ey:t any of them."

An embargo was this laid on all the-vessels is
our harbour, and-no boat is sufferecl.to getaffswithou;
a custom-house officer.
Passed by this dayoite Indus, WBUKINI
I.rwen, from the East Indies ; also, the Henry,
Farrnt from Surinam ; Dickson, Evxow, from Do.
rainies ; Shepherdess, Naists, from ditto ' • and the
Economy, Ross, from Demerara.—Wind W, S. W.
moderate.

PEAL, JULY L 4.
Arrived the Hustak frigate, and Pascocw sloop,
from Portsmouth; THHAsnot gunkrig,from a cruise,
itwo. lishters fFom the River, ladtn with ordnance
stares, toi the intended eipedition; and tne;indvs,
from India. Sailed the RALEIGH, T aoralrtzth Pa.
ItOYIAN, RINALDO, FLY, aad RitITOIIAAT sloops,
CRAPICIM, FURIOUS, RESOLUTE, Ma- INVeglt gun-
brigs, on a cruise off Flushing.—Wiud S, W.
GREENOCK, JULY If. •

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The 'Atone, MgCRATI arrived here yesterday, fwri
New York, sailed thence 7th June ; left the brig Col.
I ngwend, Girceirtisr, .loading for this port, to sail
seven days after ; spoke or. Friday last, 4 Tory, the
brig Jean, STMART, from New Brunswick to Clyde,
out s 3 days, all well.

FROM LLOYD'S LPrr. •
GRAVEIEND, JILT 14.—Arrived the t-ir Stephen Lushingtor,
Hay, from Madras; Thames, Clark; Druid, Johnson; Ger,r.
Craig, Harvey ; Livonia, Wales ; Grant, Smith ; Nelson, Her-
b •rt ; Susannah, Wilson ; Blenheim, Miller; and Racha .1, Cause,
from the %Vest Indies; Margaretta, Srendlove, from Prince Cii•
ward's island ; Factor, ' from Charle4ton ; !llamas, Fra,her,
from Virgin:a; Plutarch, Barker, frem New-York; and Martha,
Perry, from Madeira.

I. PORTSMOUTH, JULY 14.
The artillery will embark here oh Saturday—the intantry on
Sanday. "i hr 9rik Light Dragoons march in here trom Chi-
chester t,-morrow, and embark on board transport' lying along-

side the Deck-y.trd and Gun-whare, ready to reeive them.

The following is a List of Passengers arrived from

" '1 he Ltd Light Dratoot:s march in on Monday, and embark;' i India :
and, it is supp.,,A, that the Grand Expedition will sail from Pita LORD Ft.nox (from Bombay).—Mr. and Mrs, Reeves,
Mr. Gowan, Mr. Keats!, Lieut. Col. Gibson, Ca pt. Islealey, Lieut.
hence on Tuesday next.
:praliam. . .
" The scene here is such as for gaiety and bugle is not easily 1
. :RR .. 44 UDDA R T (from rombay).—Capts. Cheatham and Mal-
described ; the /isseinblage of three camps, rote of the largest fleets I
of men of war which are met here, and the concourse of the Free I 1
i(Froßm
tCeylon).—Cmrapti Robinson, Mr. and Mrs. Drummond,
Mart, which lasts for a, fortnight here, fill the streets with such ' :
Pri SPOVERE:nr;N (fro.ntrajeenrgal).—Lieut. Col. J. Gordon, Mrs.
a multitude by day and by nig:st, as is seldom seen any where D. Campbell and family, Mrs. dirch and family, Mr. Hodgkillon
but in Venice. We have here wild beasts, and puppet-shews ; and family, Mr. and Mrs. Julius and family, Capt. Cooper, Mr.
Generals and Admirals; dwarfs and giants, horsemanship, pa-
Paxton.
PIR NORTH Ulla r R LAND (from Bengal).-e-Captain and Mrs.
unramas, ac. • Fleatlicoate, Captain Dowell, Captain and Mrs. Williamson, Mr.
" Yesterday there was a grand review at each of the three Adamson.
Camps." , PER HoaNar (from Dengal).—Mr. Ambrose, Mr.:aod Mrs.
.• Cdroisb and familv, Mr. and Mra. Bacon. ato, faMilr,—Mr. and
A troop of the Royal Waggon Train, under the . Misi Cat47#7,fir..anci Mrs. Plsellott, Mn I. Roddedge.- ,
command•of Captain IVitionr, is arrived in Canter. pre iripas (fraan'Bengal).-1-ieut. Col. A. M. iMutrap,_67th
:It afiNeat, Mr. purr:hoe Map. Bella' 1104 and .40016 Mr. F.
hury, W.4iiirig orders for' its embarkation at Ram's- Iligntrcie, M. P4ur.cie, kits. P. Faikadi2. .• ' - ' .
gate, to accompany the expedition. Three . more
troops of this corps, besides a detachment which has
be in : .
was ~,EAST litirA Hour=.—Yesterslay a General' Court
been embarked at Deptford, are ordered to. • •
held 14 the East India House for.thepurp73se of
taltiug into consideration the Report <4. the Court of
readiness. In the conveyance of the sick and wounded, Directors upon the Resolution of a Special General
this corps has been found eminently useful on conti-•:, Cadet; held the od irist . respecting ri '"R lof •t le eca se%•e-.4---t
.4---t -,
nental service. i. ra, - ;and Ca: *hose appointments are said

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al "miters
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4‘tive been obtained by improper means. /4"..SAN.
" CANTETPUPS, JULY 14. .1 -•, e. been . ~ - , , . i
and after a Speech of con Le lepeth,
" The order for the embarkation of the .troops is nor its yet 7 Sem' VISO:
arrived, although all the Generale have been ordered to repay
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f.., uo ir
•to moved, 'Chat. the Resolutirtn of theVo. ' Ottl' ec-
the respective ports where their brigades are to embarh. To-
~.01.03,
iiihn
,s.sevice, s
j. +111;si certain liiltiters and Ciioetslivn the
)1.601d 'llia be e.irfecLiii‘ eiecu'
morrow, it is now confidently said, will be the rosnmencquent of,: V, T9ll
slyhlYell St4liS s
iren ify• 14, Loi`%/1;01-92 and "P'
the embarkation at Ramsgate, and Lord CH AT 11/04 1.1 daily ex- sixion`i.
Posed bY tlierhairmftn, Mr. Iteitiitis4 46 —?,E pre-
pecteil. and will certainly take his departure from this coast. N-7
ri'vPio;4l:Ltil. tiettiCiil teas then put, aridc'icried.by zreat
The troops of the line at Portsmouth were to be embarked yes-
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tender, and it is expeete4 they will arrive in the Downs by the. Jur 9..: ,• • .
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't. Thursday, morn mg, as Lieuten.ant. 11
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time that all the infantry from this district are ready to sail:: - iv_ tpth.
vaLl?oat's srew 4belonging to 'his Majeotes „s_. sCO •
• bCri A ) V•ere attempting to board4ioArestli ship
" RANISPA,TE, JULY It:- -
'4 £t is not yet known *when the embarkation hei'e will cow- under sail, goin;,, through..the I)osph
..tie JIM was
mime ; there are now between thirty and forty transports ar- unforttLpately upset. and.** .Licqiipkente:v4al four
*nil bere,and mast of them arc pixel in the inner harbonr. seamen,
were
drowned. 4444aj0r General Pt OTT arrived here on Tuesday l..st, and . ;56 . I, ' ' bl.
Margate •is 64 filling, Wedn y,t er te
yesterday inspected the 50th regiment, lst battalion, commanded breakfast at i)A11:41e. Tato% tt'as •dig.nitied iclth: coTIV
by Colonel Waticts, on the Bathing Sands ; they are a rcmar- panics of the first distinction 4 from *Ave to CM Par:
kable fine body of men, and in l•igh state of discipline. This took of the amusements : the regularity Ana 4V:el'
morning General D=oer inspec,ed the Ist battalion; 6th regi- /once of the country dances, are much to
Amoog the, cre&t.'
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ment, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel WADE ; aid the 6c-
assiduity, and politeness of Mr. Bresonn
ileial was perfectly satisfied at their fine military appearance. the company we noticed, Lord I_,Estra and tamilst
v,
...I' Lieutenant enlonel FAa9u HA a soie,Assistaut Adjutant Ge- ,
the Colonel, Majors, and rest of the Officers of theft
cOrio to the /tarsals of HuNrter's division, h als° at Rua- 1 and 91st Regiments, General PC.
. - UDE" &c. BC'