Star.
London, England, 1809-01-03 00:00:00

THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON,

TUESDAY, JANUARY 3.

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Our Paper having been put to press yesterday be-
fore the following Bulletin was issued, announcing
the actual junction of the two corps of British troops
in Spain, we again give it a place in our columns.
This junction, 'as we stated yesterday, took place on
the 17th ult.

" DOWNING-STREET, JAN. L.

" Letters of the 16th December, dated Toro,
have been received ; General Sir JOHN Moon!" who
was then forming his junction with General Sir DA-
VID BAIRD, and was marching with the hope of
falling in with Marshal SOULT, who had been ordered
to make himself master of Leon and Zamora.—
Brigadier General CHARLES STEWART, with part
of the 18th Light Dragoons, had surprised and taken
a detachment of cavalry and infantry at Rueda, with
about Je20,000 in value of cotton, which the French
had collected. They had also taken a patrole of an
officer and 22 dragoons."
From the above it may be inferred, that Sir JOHN
MOORE has marched in the direction of Medina de
Rio Seco and Palentia, to place himself between the
French army at Madrid and -Souvr, who is suppo
sed to be at Salcilna with 20,000 men. By this move-
ment Sir JoUN will probably be enabled to fall in with
Sout.r before the latter shall be joined by the reinforce-
ments which are marching from France ; and it is
more than probable that he will be obliged to fall
back to the Ebro, leaving NApottow without the
hope or chance of receiving any supplies or reinforce-
ments for some time to come. In the mean time
should the levy en-masse, which has at length been
resorted to, take the field with spirit, it is very possi-
ble the invaders in all quarters may be pressed in a

manner which there was no rational ground to ex.
.pect only a few weekslago. If the Spanish male po•
pulation rise in a mass, they may trample their ene.
mies in the dust. If ,they do not, no power on
earth can save them from their merciless foe.
Our port letters add little or nothing to what we
have already stated. The action alluded to in the
subjoined letter is evidently the affair stated in the
Balletin, of the 18th Light Dragoons, with a small
detachment of the enemy,

ot PLYMOUTHPOCR, JANUARY 1.
" The rumours from Spain, contained in my letter
of yesterday's date, are still in general circulation
here, and even gain more credit hourly. The
GROWLER did not bring any Spanish papers ; but
Lieutenant CROSBMAN positively says the dispatches
he brought contain the details of an advantage gained
by some of our cavalry, over a similar force of the
enemy, after a short but obstinate conflict.
s Letters from Corunna,dated the '22d ult. brought
by the SwAr.Low, state that Sir Jon MOORE, with
upwards of 20,000 English troops, had got in the
rear of the defeated French army, and no doubt was
entertained of his being able to cut them off."

" His Majesty's ship Narcissus, (one of the blockading
frigates stationed off Nantz) Dec. 18, 11108.

" In my last, which was dated the 15th October,
and dispatched a few days afterwards :by the Master
of our Ship, who sailed for Plymouth with prize pro-
perty, I informed you that our gallant First Lieute-
nant, Mr. Octz.va., assisted by the boats of the ship,
well manned and armed, had succeeded in taking
from under a battery, without any loss on our side,
four French chasse-marees, laden with wine, flour, 1
and stores, destined for the relief of the French Islands
in the West-Indies ; these we destroyed, after taking
ont their cargoes, which were put on board a brig we

had previously captured, and sent for your port.
66 1 have now the pleasure to inform you, that on
Tuesday, in cruizing a few leagues to the westward
of our station, in company with his Majesty's ship
NAIAD, we had the good fortune to fall in with and
capture a large French cutter, mounting 16 guns,
and a brig letter of marque, both laden with provi-
sions and stores for Martinique, and afterwards des-
tined to cruize against our trade in the West-Indies.
They endeavoured to escape us, and no doubt
would have got off, had they not been so heavily
laden ; but the moment we came within gun shot,
they hauled down their colours. We took out the
crews (f both vessels, and dispatched them under the
care of our Master, and 2 Mate of the NAIAD, with
criers to make any British port to the westward the
wind will permit.
44 There is nothing brilliant in these achievements,
but it is nevertheless satisfactory to think that a few
British frigates are able to blockade the harbours
,of
the enemy, and not only intercept their supplies, but
even to cut off their vessels from under the very ram.
parts of their batteries. We have been frequently
employed on service of this sort, and have hitherto
been so singularly fortunate as not to lose a man,
although we have had several slightly wounded,
among whom is Mr. OGILVIE) a very ogritorious and
gallant Officer.
ig We expect shortly to return into port, to repair
some trivial damage we sustained itl3 Use gale : it

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is uncertain whether we shall resume cur present sta-
tion ; you will 'therefore defer writing till you hear
further from me."

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The Corunna papers, which we have received to
the 24th uh. explain the grounds of the rumours
which reached us yesterday. It would appear incre-
dible, if we had not, at the -moment we are writing,
the Diaries before us, that it should have been re-
potted and believed at Corunna, so late as the 16th
ult—that the French had been defeated at Madrid,
between the 3cl and 7th, with the loss of 18,000, and the
remainder 04,000) treating ror a capitulation. Nor
is this all. At Somosierra they lost 8000—at La
Pucrta Santa Barbara I2,ooo—at La Puerta de Al-
cala 7000, &c. &c. It would be a waste of room to
republish such details--we therefore confine our ex-
tracts to the following :

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