Star.
London, England, 1813-05-11 00:00:00

THE PENINSULA.

Just as this Paper was putting to press, we received
Lisbon Papers and letters to the 4th inst. Their
contents are important. The following are extracts :

" LISBON, MAY 3.

" The following account, stated to be a translation
of a supplement to the Alicant Diary of the 14th of
Aptil, has been received here :

" Alicant, April 14, 181:".

" The General in Chief of the Allied Troops of his
Britannic Majesty, from his head-quarters of Castella,
under date of the 14th informs me, " Yesterday, the
lfith, I defeated Marshal Suchet, with much lass.
He, with all his infantry, cavalry, and artillery, re-
tired to Biar, in the night to Villana, and afterwards
towards Puente la Higuera,"—which you will be
pleased to inform the public of, for their satisfaction.

" LISBON, mArr"

" A letter is said to have reached this place, dated
April 15, stating Suchet to have made a stand at
Higuera.
" Our campaign is now about to open : 10,000
Spaniards are at Aranjuez. General Hill has moved
to Placentia from Corea. The Conde d'Amaranthe's
ccrps is in motion for Alcantara, as are Colonel Tul.
lock's two brigades of artillery. Every horse and
effective man is in full march through Portugal for
their several divisions."

" CADIZ, APRIL 22.

" The Spanish arms have j❑st suffered consider-
able loss in the line of Yucar, near Pula ; they were
attacked or. the llth of April by 8000 of the enemy,
including 1500 horse, with eight pieces of artillery.
u The Spanish forces only amounted to 7000 men,
with 250 horse, and without artillery. The regiments
of Burgos and Velaz Malaga, were those which suf-
fered the most. It appears, General Elio was not at
that point.
u The English took no share in this unfortunate
action ; the Spanish troops retired towards Castelli,
where the English General had his head-quarters."

When our last letters left the Army, those excellent
and popular Officers, Generals STOPPORD, KEMPT,
BRISBANE, and ROBINSON, had joined. Sir CHARLES
STEWART, and Sir T. GRAHAM, the Hero of Barossa,
who are great favourites with the army, were daily
looked for; and hopes were entertained of Lord
UxnnwoE coming out, as the cavalry is a very consi-
derable body and a most important command.
The 4th Drapon Guards, the 9th and 11th Light
Dragoons, and 2d (;,rznan Hussars, were about to
embark at Lisbcn 1(n- England. Marshal BERESFORD
was about to go up from Lisbon to the army, as

loon as his Secretary, Sir W. AiIIiTITNOT, arrived

from England.
The Marquis of Virar.r.twoirox is raising a cavalry
police corps, in aid of the Provosts, to punish and
prevent such excesses of the soldiery as were com-
mitted on the last retreat : the corps is raising by
Colonel ScovELL, who, it is supposed, will com-
mand it.

NifYilL lIVTELLIGENCE.

• THE ARMY.

To the list we lat.iy q4ve of the Staff in the Pb;
nipsuld, we have to c
P. BOYS, Esq. Paymal.er-General.
HuNTr.i, EN. Dipu y Paymaster-General
Post-Muter-General, Colonel Scove..L.
INrector•General of I elegraphs, J. OLIVIERA, Egg.
Commandant of I lead Quarters, Lieut-Coloncl CA M rani.

Nothing is heard in Portugal but the busy din of Governor of Oporto, Sir N. TsArcr.
Atturict.. sir HAVILAND LE Mr.SORIER.
preparation for the campaign, the dreadful note of
Li-bon, Major-Gene-al PEACOCK.
war. The army has nearly recovered from the effects English Secretaries to Marquis WELLINGTON—Lord Fora.
of the retreat, the cavalry is getting into order, and a i ROY SOMERSET, the Earl f,f MAR it, Lieutenant-Colonel Beans,
new battering train is on the way from Lisbon to the and Captain FRELMANYLE.
army. All was bustle in the Commissariat. S,r Portuguese Secretary— __ SOL TDI tR, Esq.
Spanish Secretaries--Brigadier-GeneraL mut
ROBERT KENNEDY was establishing large magazines
Ottiver.
in front. One was collecting at Barca de Alv4 on I Aids-du-Camp—The Prince of Oita Nor, Marquis of Woe.
the Douro. Sir J. D'URBAN commanded the ca. easter, Lord Gro Lar:Nox, Hon. Colonel Gosport, nijoe
valry on the side of the Douro : Sir HAYILAND LE CANNING, and Captain Cuss star AND.
MESURIER had the garrison of Almeida in a complete Deputy Adjutant-Genet-AL Colonel Lori ATtAtrit.
state, and a large depot of stores was formed there. Deputy QUArter-Master-qoneral— —De LANCET.
The Galway and Monaghan Militias embark im-
p mediately at Cork : the first will b.-.! landed at Ports-
The enemy, it is true, had drawn many troo s out
of Spain for the North, but it is equally true that mouth, and the other at Plymouth.
they had supplied their places by some of the con- The North Cork Militia, and the 11th Light Dr.
scripts lately raised. The enemy had retired and goons, have arrived from Portsmouth at Cork.
concentrated, but only to take up the good position The depot of the Brunswick Hussars may be daily
of the Douro, from whence they could easily fall expected from Cork at Bristol.
back on the strong line of the Ebro. Numbers of The Antrim
o Militia are embarking at Dublin for
deserters continue to arrive, the greatest proportion Liverpool.
Of them Germans, Swiss, Poles, and Italians. The Orders have been received at Hilsea Barracks to
embark immediately the following detachments, to
French have completely gutted the princely Palace join their regiments in the Mediterranean :
of Ildefonso as well as the two Palaces in Madrid ; i 10th Regiment of Foot
all the fine pictures and valuables have been sent to 27th ditto ditto ... ditto.
14th ditto ditto
France, as have also the contents of the two Mu- Mat ditto ditto
SeUMS, &C. 35th ditto ditto
44th ditto ditto ..... ditto.
75th ditto ditto ...... ditto.
It was the 6th Magoon Guards, and not the 6th
Dragoons (as erroneously stated in the STAR of
Tuesday), which recently passed over from Port.
patrick to Donaghadee.
Tuesday and Wednesday last, the Ross-shire Re•
giment of Militia, commanded by the Earl of SEA•
FORTH, marched through Chipping Norton, in two
divisions, on their way to Nrtsmoutli, under the
command of Majors ROBERTSON and SUTHERLAND.
A Correspondent at Chipping Norton remarks, that
the inhabitants of that place had found this corps to
be (officers and men) the 'most orderly and best be-
haved militia regiment that ever went through that
place.

Major-General BROWNE, who was lately repriman-
ded in General Orders for having published in a Mor-
ning Paper a letter relative to the clothing of the Ca.
valry Regiments, has demanded that his conduct
should be submitted to a Court of Inquiry. To this
demand the Adjutant-General (Lieutenant-General
CALVERT) has replied, by order of the Commander-
in-Chief, that his Royal Highness does-not see any
ground far further investigation.
At Nottingham Sessions, 19. Bateman, for enlisting
into the Nottinghamshire Regiment of Militia, he
being an apprentice, was ordered to be imprisoned
nine months, then to serve the remainder of his ap. •
prenticeship, and at the expiration thereof, to join the
Nottinghamsire Regiment of Militia. It appeared
that he had received five guineas on his attestation.
At Louth Sessions, J. Shotton, late a Serjeant in
the Lindsey Local Militia, was convicted of fraudu.
lently obtaining from T. Graves, of Louth, two pound
notes and one guinea note, under pretence of preven-
' ting him from being enrolled to serve in the satift-to.
cal Militia, and was ordered to be imprisoned in the
House of Correction at Louth, for three months, and
pay a fine of twelve guineas.
The Cambridgshire Regiment of Militia, lately
quartered at Peebles and Pennycuick, having received
their route for Ireland, the Officers gave a ball and
elegant supper on Thursday, the ltith of April, at
Peebles, to the families in the neighbourhood, to ex-
press the high sense they entertained of the great po-
liteness and hospitality which they had received du-
ring their stay in that.quarter. On the Tuesday fol.
lowing the neighbouring Gentlemen returned the
compliment in a similar manner. On both occasions,
the !Ball was graced by the families of KAMM;
STOBO, CRAIG CASTLE, MUGBIE HILL, PENLAW, &C.
and the enlivening dance was kept up with much
spirit until the sun's beams lighted the company to
their respective homes. At a Meeting of the Pao.
vosT and Corporation of Peebles, a very handsome
letter was written to Colonel PEMBERTON, requesting
Ihim to communicate to the Regiment—A, the highest
66 and most cordial approbation of themselves and
66 their Constituents, at the very excellent orderly
4, conduct and general behaviour of the Regiment,
66 during its stay, and the regret of the ir.!:abitants at
44 its departure." At the same time, the Freedom of
the Borough was voted to the Officers of the Regi.
ment, and presented in the most polite manner by
the PROVOST and Baillies, on the evening previous to
the commencement of the march, to those Officers
who had not been present on a former occasion. On
Friday, the 23d of April, the first division commenced
their march by way of Biggar, Douglass Mill, Lead-
hills, and New Galloway, throughout which route
they were welcomed with every mark of hospitality
and kindness by the inhabitants. At New Galloway,
where the division halted two days, the Magistracy
of the Borough waited upon the Commanding Officer
(Major FAWSSETT) and in a very handsome twin=
presented the Officers of the division with the Free.
dom of that Borough. The Officers being duly en-
rolled, several appropriate toasts were drank, and the
evening passed in much conviviality.

It is stated in the Philosophical Journal, that the
PRECURSOR to an Expod on Forest Trees end Timter,
as connected with the Maritime strength and prospe-
rity of the United Kingdom, and the Provinces, par-
ticularly British India ; with an Appendix, containing
the dimensions, force, and condition of the British
Navy, compared witit French ships of war, and Ame..
rican frigates, by Captain LAIMAM, of the Navy,
14 abounds with very rational observatirns upon/n(111
which are of the highest interest to the Empire, and
every individual in it."
BREAM—No alteration in the price this week : the
quartern loaf, eighteen-Fence-halfpenny.