Star.
London, England, 1809-01-21 00:00:00

" The retreat of the English army is confirmed.
Az twelve o!clock yesterday the army had assembled
at Lugo, with the esceptiOn .Otryetieral Eraser's di-
vision, which had made a :considerable ad*ance to-
wards Vigo, brit was ordered to fall back to the
assistance of the main body, a battle being hourly ex- ,
petted. ;Benavente has been burnt, and the French
threaten Astorga with the same fate : at both places,
Znglish prisoners have been murdeied by Bonaparte.
' ss Previous to the assembly of the English at Lugo,
the cavaky which covered the retreat, assisted by the
king 2011,1,. had thrice repulsed a column of the
enemy, consisting of 2000 cavalry, and rendered it
completely Incompetent to act again by itself."
,CORUNNA, JANUARY 9:
if the English ived here

• " The Staff Equipage co) arr,
on the 7th ; but the head-quarters of that artily are
still at Lugo. On the afurnoon of the Gth.the enemy
made a partial attack on the English position, but
were repulsed with the-loss of about 500 men, that of
the English being but trifling.
" The sea batteries have been dismantledrin order,
that they might not furnish the enemy with means ef
annoyance.

INTILLIGEMIL

FALMOUTH, JANUARY 18.
Arrived his Majesty's ship Canssoi, with a fleet of
victuallers from .Plymouth ; and the Hanaburgh brig
Voringen, LOLLING, from Teneriffe for London : she
was captured the Bth instant by a French privateer,.
and recaptured the 15th by his Majesty's ship Fox-
tiouND.;--The Townshend packet drove from her •
moorings last night, and is on shore, but is expected.
to be go off with little damage.
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PLYMOUTH, JANUARY 19. ,
Came in the Neptune transport, Captain EvaN4
from Lisbon and Qttiberoon : she sailed from the
former.place on the Bth of December, with 28 other'
transports, having ott board Frenth troops under cob-
voy of his Majesty'S brig MYRTLE, and on the &ii
inst. they met 'with a violent gale which dispersed
them ; two transports market! L 1 and I H are said
to have foundered. The Duke of Clarence and two
others are on shore in a small creek in Quiberoon
Bay, and many others are -supposed to have been,
driven on shore, not more than nine being accounted
for ; and a great many dead bodies are -lying about,►
on the shore, which the French will -not be at the .
.t trouble of burying. The Neptune :spoke a transport -
The first division of the second battalion of the 89th I off this port yesterday, in distress, having lost her
foot marched into Oxford this day, and will march anchors and cables in a gale off the French coast...-.
to Wallingford.onlionday, and to Reading on Tues- Came in the St. Anna, DE Sousa, from London •••
day next.. . Dorothea, BAYER, from Lisbon. A frigate is arrived
The iecond battalion of the 38th stgiment, will
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off the Sound, with the loss of her foremast and bow.
march into' Oxford, in two divisions, on Tuesday and sprit, but we have not heard.her name. . :
Wednesday next, on their route from Litchfield to PLYMOUTH DOCK, JAN. 19.
Portsmouth. ' The NARCISSUS frigate, Captain MALCOLM, Tester-
The formal declaration pf his MAJESTY'S disappro- day anckored in the Sound, from her station off .
bition of the Armistice and Convention in Portugal, Rochefort, having been relieved by the ALCMENE,
was made the subject of an official communication to Captain TREMLETT.—A French brig, laden with
Sir HEW DALRYMPLE, of which the following is a wine, brandy, and provisions, which was taken by the. •
Copy :-..-- - NARCISSUS and sent for this port, as mentioned in a
have .borne
thee away
.+ The King has taken into his consideration the Report of the former letter, has not since been heard of.- Great
Board of Inquiry, together with the documents and opinions fears are entertained that she has been lost. It is
annexed.thereunto nnexed.
Cork o
possible,
Waterford.--Yesterday
ifod.—Ye s te rdy arrived
ate that
sh
e ma
ya
" While his Majesty adopts the unanimous opinion of forthe
Board, that no farther Military proceeding is necessary to be had Hercules, brig
ti of Lond6r., JOHN DUNKIN master, from
upon the transactions referred to their investigation, his Majesty
does not intend thereby to convey any expression of his Majesty a
St.
Lucia' laden with sugar, cotton, and coffee,
satisfaction at the Terms and Conditions of the Armistice and bound to London ; left St.lucia•in company with. a
Convention. large fleet of vessels bound to England, under convoy
" When those instruments were first laid before his Majesty, of toe n I...rALATEA frigate, Captain SAYER, and parted
the King, reserving for inuestigation. those parts of the Definitive E Company ten days since in
a heavy gale of wind.---..
Convention in which his Majesty's immediate interests were con- i .
cerned, caused it to be signified' to Sir Hew Dalrymple, by his i
I Also arrived the brig Chalmers, GREEN, laden with
Majesty's Secretary of State, that his Majesty, nevertheless, felt wipe and Spanish wool, frbin Gibraltar and Cadiz,
.himself contfielled at once to express his disapprobation of those i liound to Londoht kilt in here by contrary wind.
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articles; in which stiviations were made, directly affecting the
Interests or feelings of the Spanish and Portuguese nations. • . . .—.......................
CAt the close o the Inquiry; the King, abstaining from any
Sir -ARTHUR WELLESLEY sailed on Sunday
observations upon oifiei parts of. the. Convention, repeats his dis- 1
. from Dublin for E land. Prey'
.ngPrevious to his depan•
approbation of those articles ilsis Majesty deeming it necessary
• that his sentiments shank' be clearly understood, as to the impro- lure, the-Corporation of Coots presented the Freedom
priety and danger of the uoautbotized admission, into Military ; of that Guild, in a silver box, to Sir ARTHUR, accom.
Conventioni, of articlei of Iticb-a description, which, especially 1 panied by an address expressive of their
ap probatica
when incautiously flamed, may lei& to The nusst injurious conse- I
of his' conduct, in rt h"
• . • .... . \ , . . -on uct, amg the French in Portugal.
quences. i
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• " His Majesty cannot forbearlarilier to obierve, that Lieute:l There being more than one person•of the name of
nant-General Sir Hew Dalrymple's delaying to transmit for his. Zachariah in Portsmouth, it is necessary we should
information the Armistice concluded-en the-99i of August until ' state that it was not Levi or Jacob Zachariah, tut
the 4th of S[ptember, when he, at the same time, transmitted ;
• another of that name who was taken into custody for
the ratified Convention, was caudated to produce great public,
inconvenience, and-that such iticonvenksa did in fact result having stolen goods in his possession, as stated in the
thereto:l." STAR of Wedneiday.
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44 CORUNNA, JANUARY 13.

• The whole of the English army effected a retreat
to this place and, its vicinity, on the 11th, in the even-
ing. General Bereiford,'hoerever; occupies the heights
near Burgo, with a cbtps of- about, $lOO men, Nibp
are busily employed inlortifying that position. -'
Whilst at Lugo; Sir J. Moore drew up his, army
in order of battle, inviting the enemy to attack, which
was however declined•by hitt-
“ The enemy have two columns on their march.to
Portugal, one for Lisbon by Estramadura and Elves,
the other had reached Zamora on the 15th, on its
way to Oporto."

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