Star.
London, England, 1809-09-07 00:00:00

• -.7,A AA an T
house of Llbrdella. Hiru convirtod 'offering to
purchase stores belcniging.f. commandant. Being.
eepreaChed hy'the Tiede! witheisv
toter ie Irl . me.
traitdr ; who, under die snasle.sof fried slap, *NO
crtir fortresses. I hate-but, tried. to regain what you
wickedl robbed us off.'.' was lbanged.
The fouith was also 'a yciong ratan, of whoni, as I
well as•of the Serjeant, the particulars are not ascer-
-tained ; but all adcounts agree, that they were both ;
hanged, having merited the appellation of martyrs of
their country, and perhaps of their religion.
- AUGUST 4.
The army which was dispersed in Relchite is
.re-
uniting and re-orgaoizing In Tortosa, whence it is.
to be hoped it will soon- lova, to irgle the uistrict
of Alcaniz from the ravages of the enemy.
In the mean time there has been a rising and arming
in the vallies of the Pyrenees of Arragon, and as.this
movement may have the most advatitageous conse-
quences, the Marquis de Lazan has ordesied the brave
Co'onel Don Filippe Perena to set opt -with his divi-
sion for those mountains, the illustrious cradle of Ars
ragonese liberty. It appears that the vallies of Anso
and Roneal have taken the lead of all the others in
the nosle resolution of arming against the enemy.—
In these the Brigadier-General Don Mariano de. Re-
'novales commands the brave companies of peasants
who already have had some skirmishes with the French
detachments left there in garrison. „ -
*uo. 9.—The Duke del Parque, Captain:General of
014 Castile, announces, that some of Ms detachidents
from the army at Ciudad Rodrigo having approached.
,Salamanca, this intelligence spread tTor among the
French and their partisans ; the good Spaniards Were
'so filled with joy, that some of them incautiously
pressed their satisfactiOn4 among others, ap .Apothe-
cary shouted', " Viva Fernando beptinao ?Eeft:wbeik
he, and otherS,ere 'thrown into prisbn. 111#/#l,
rise to the following letter;; .
THE MAE DEL FAiqui, OKNEE,AL IN CliilltilKtll.l4lll6
• OF, CASTILE, TO .THE _FiptitAL MAN NO THE
"TROOPS IN EALANIAirCA. ,
General—l • have learned, that some detaclimen• ts
of my cavalry have arrived at the gates of your city,
attacking your advanced pasts, and that they have
spread disorder and confusiOn among your followers;,
that the renegado Spaniardi thought their taut hoot
was come, which probllLy is net far diStant ; and
that their malice availed itself of this opportunity to
gratify priiate revenge ; accusing their .felhiw- citi.
zens of having affixed Writings written by themselves
to furnish a pretence for their iniqnitiest ;. and who,
in consequence, have been thrown. into prison, and-
loaded with irons.
" I cannot behold with indifference that the -liS;br:
thy inhabitants of Salamanca should suffer innocently
in consequence of the movements of my troops. I
therefore give you notice, General, that I shall exe-
cute reprisals, inflicting the same punishment upon
an eqnal number of French prisoners, which you may
cause the people of SalannOca to suffer.
" I have also been informed, that you do' not .con:.
cider as soldiers the officers and scouts of my army,
because they do not wear a uniform, styling them
-robbers and insurgents, and treating such as fall into
your hands as malefactors. Know; • GOT4ral," that
they are soldiers, and deserve trO3ccciosidered as
such. They know the laws of war, and observe .
them better than your men do. One of your Genera e,
and his two Adjutants, who were those of Joseph
Napoleon, fell into the hands of these partisans, werei
well treated, and sent to this .fortress in safety, and I
with decency. Such Las not been the lot of the Spa-1
nish Generals who have hadthetnisfortuneto beeome
your prisoners.
•
" Compare the difference there is b2ttveen the-hut
inanity of the Spaniards, whom you call insurgents,
because they defend their country and fireside; against
the most horrible and tyrannical invasion, With your!
inhumanity, who burn, ravage, and destroy, like Vault
dais, whatever you reach ; prophaning temples, mai•
sacring Women and children, violating women, and 1
committing atrocities unknown to the Goths, Van-
dals, and even the Moors, when they made their ir-
ruptions into Spain. What has your boasted pbilo,
saphy wrought '? Where have the . ancient French
peoPle bidden themselves, who were once so famed
for the gentleness of their manners and their amiable
enlightened character, and who knew for ages to I
carry on war, and preserve' the characteristic honour
of true warriors ? No, you do not belong to that no-
ble and distinguished race, or if you have a connexion
with them, it is only as their spuriotis ckscendants.---,
As such, you have comported yourselves,' and as such
I shall treat you, if you misuse my brave men, and
commit in PM Castile the crimes and horrors you
have exhibited in Gallicia and Asturias.
• " The Duke del PanQUE CASTEILLO."
" Head-quarters at Cuidad Rodrigo, July 18."
CORUNNA GAZkITES TO THE 24TH OF AUGUST.
•
• OFFICIAL.
Oa the-17th the enemy made their appearance on
La Baneza with one regiment of cavalry ; the vie.
guard of the army of the left on its march to Beni:
• yente immediately attacked it. The enemy had t*
officers killed, and a great many wounded, leaving at
the same time behind there a great quantity of prom-
:lone.., collected from the • town, which fell into out-.
hands. On our part we had a soldier Of-horse killed •
and two wounded. -
()CANA.
Army of the Centre, 59th Jaly, at II o'clock at night:
The division of Lacy is arrived at Toledo, arid has
already exchanged afew cannon-shots, in which- it
rlost a grenadier of Cuenca. The enemy has sufered
greatly. It is determined to batter the passes and
bridge of Toledo, with some twelve-pounders sent
to him. .
The division of Zarian arrived last night at Tepes.
That of Giron is in Aranjuez, and th.it of Castejon,
I with the Etat Major, at Ocana. To-morrow, the
head7qii.trters and reserve will be advanced to Aran-
,juez. The advanced parties are on the other side of
the Tagus; and have arrived at Valdemoro. The
bridges are not as yet completed. The order from
General Cuesta to attack has not as yet arrived. It
is certain that both attacks ought to commence at

V.

r
r

•

mnsarb7ieltteetuedS-
.. „ .
cizoso ..i
i - -sllllltink,a" t- Vii.FerpetTealldornelistr i
.....' a:. ..._e 'enemy are every where
vh isiv ' Th
,and the people even colfwel them to s to.
~FerAinand. At all this.the French are very passie,
and seem astonished; they have shut themselves I:
in the Retina. I have ordered the arrest of 6., G,P
vernor and his Alcalde Mayor; the first for his par.
7112110. ..`
tiality to the enemy, and the other for soliciting hi,
appointment from them. A repori of all this is sent
to the King, and is dispatched into the in,erior. The
Governor will be a great loss to O'Farfeli, as lie h.,,s
not been able to execute a secret and impo:t tnt corn,
mission which was given him yesterday tclativu to our
operations.
The following is an extract of a letter written by a
Lady in Gerona, to her friend, describing the siege:
0 MT DEAR. FRITNO,
" It is now nine o'clock at night, and we have had an herzed
respite; after a bombardment of three.days,withnut a nionteee,
interruption. I can find no words capable of giving you at, ga
I. of the horrors of this scene. .1 he enemy has eleven mortars, at
of which are tumctimes discharged at once. We have fors}, baii,
that hate fallen at our own thredtoid. The Cathedral is L frog:
of us, and they knowing it is full of people, and that the Imo.
zine of gunpoWder is atjaeent to lt, direct their aims at that e4i:
five. Bat• twigs us. aad although silt balls have fallta um
the Cathedra one only has passed through it, which irdeed lei
killed 13 women and wounded IA 2 but ibis is uaddrg considerths
the number of people in the Churcli, All the engineers allow
there never was a more severe bombardnient. The shells are is
and 14 in•ches In circumference, and they inclose combustible;
which often occasion conflagration where they fall, ymercLy
, twevely large-ones exploded before our house, ant! the Royal
j..Hespital has been on fire ever since yesterday morning ; but the
sick and wounded have bees removed, The houses are almost aii
4;skroyed; but notwithstanding this general mischief and ru:,
-it ieistorrilking to see the people of the city, and, is partictlr di;
wetweit:it the doors of their houses, and passing along the s;te.x,
witbout fear al4-1 even the military express surprise at the iLtt,,.
sibility of at; citizens, male and fentale, to the dangers. to r iik
ttley al.o ex osed."
• - • • —•-
. CERVERA (IN CATALONIA), JULY 1.2..
Yesterday evening our worthy Captain Coner2l,
...Don Joaquim Blake, st; out from this town for Villa
deCal.at. . • • •
. .- dotx 14.—We know ofaciaHy that succours hive
-enfered Gerona, and that severalongagernents with
the enemy have terminated in our favour. •
• * ' .UsnoN, AUGUST 22.
. -We learn by letters from Corunna of the Bth inst
that • the array -of the. Marquis R Omana, to the num,
her of 30,000 men, began,its mare!) from that place
. for Lugo on the Ist, 24, and 3d inst.
a

r
• THKEVEI•IiN 7 TAM •
. •: . LONDON - •
-`ll'l-11JR$DAY,, SEPTEMBER ?.
' PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOiXi
3 per Cant. Cris. felt money Bx{+••—for acc.
-06taittof 3- I prem,
. - PRICE OF STOCKS YES I'ERDA.Y.
airair4kock.— laths fonds Ins. pr.
3 per Cent. Cons.
joe 68sli Exoheq. Bins, 9.. IE3. pre.
tr 14 Cetit.;i? 9 • State Lottery Tickets 4sl.i7i •
lir*. per C. 61 COllll. for aoc. eti•
0 PHRAsANT sloop of war frilm• CnrOdna
;•errol, 'end the VmAgo..guni,tiefrom
44-livid at Plymouth,:—The,Cpatus sloop.of ..war has
4100 lit-rived tiara .I..itheil (at Falmoud4,titillt ifieet
efetaerchantmen and transpertt -. • •
• -nti letters froM Corunna and Fetid
actotints before received, that at the latterplaessLey
were busy getting the men of war ready for sea ; but
they add what we were not before informed of, that •
at Ferrol they were under great apprehensims that*
strong French force would soon pay them a visiet6t
the purpose of again taking possession of the town,
the harbour and arsenal. This apprehension had tie
good effect to accelerate the equipment of the ships
which were working out, in ordely be remonilol
Cad;z. •
The news of the retreat of the• Combined Army,
after the battle of Talavera, had spread a great degree
of consternation at Fprrol, Corunna, and Lisbon. Time
waste of time and wont of energy on the part of the
Spanish Rulers, had damped the hopes of many of
the Patriots, and filled their minds with gloomy fore•
bodings of a fatal. termination to the contest in which
they are engaged. The best informed Merchants in
that citt4rter, and many of the British Officers, con-
sider the cause of the lethargic Spaniards as absolutely
hopeless. .
The Gazettes which have reached us present but
little intelligence of importanCe--fnor dare we eve'
give implicit
.credit to. details wining through the
medium of a fettered,pressl •
Letters from Seville, of the 17th ult.'enentien Oat
the Marquis WELLEntif had arrived in that city ifta'A
indifferent state of health, but that his Excellency
was Past recovering.—lntelligence of the retreat ot the
combined British and Spanish armies had reached the
Central Junta, and it was expected that every excl..
tion would immediately be made tO give vigour and
effect to the struggle for Spanish independcnce.e'
Those who can, may believe that such men can ea
will make exertions—Why have they not been mad:
long ago ?
By the Plexus brig, which has Arrived at fir
Mouth,,.in 11 days, 'from Lishen, Captain SMART,
.Aid-de-Camp to the late General AlacKeNzte, hag
come home with dispatches from Lord WELLINGTON,
dated about the 20th ult. We understand, that the
British army'had been obligtd to retreat still farther,
even into Portugal, from an absolute want of provi•
• sions and necessaries. Somuch for Spanish exertions!
Not a pound of meat could be procured at any price,
nor any adequate supply of forage- for the horses.
The Theme, the THAMES, an 4 the RENOlifmSit
have arrived at Portsmouth from the Straits, The'.
garrison had heard the,ictory at Talavera, and
felt. all that joy which •brave.isten •ever experience
when they hear of the bravery of-their companions

the same hour. The inhabitants 'of the different
towns to a r/100 'come out to meet us, proclaimiog
us ti r 4alivarers. It is the most grateful sight to'
,see every. oniviwithout distinction, comivg Nvithjass
. o twitrei,m4i4c bread and- cheese, offeriug ahem'
LIMO wieners, A conhderaisi spy from Madrid is just
" arrived, *ICI reports tba; the confusion in that city I