Star.
London, England, 1812-10-15 00:00:00

FORTRESS OF BURGOS.

It will he seen from the following short sketch of
the town and fortress of Burgos, that the obstacle,i
wl ich they present to the progress of an army are!
considerable:
Burgos, which long continued to enjoy splendour
• and prc.eminence, as the capital of Old Castile, the
cradle of the Spanish monarchy, has, for the last two
centuries, declined from its prosperity, and is now a
gloomy irregular town, containing only about 8 or
WOO inhabitants. It is surrounded by walk, and
fat& on a declivity, forming the right bank of the
river Arlanzon, over which are thrown -thiee-stone
bridges, connecting the town with the pleasant su.
but bof La Bera. On the brow of the adjacent kill
stands an ancient castle, which has been repaired and ,
strengthened with works, by the French ; and beyond
this is another small hill, called St.Miclttfl's, where-
on a horn-work had been erected, which was carried
by storm on the 19th ult. The castle is a lofty square
building of solid masonry, and commands the hell of
St. Michael's, v hie!), in return, overlooks the outer;
defences of the former. Adjoining to the castle is a
church, which the Frenah have converted into a fort,
and both these are included within three distinct
lines of circumvallation, the whole forming a fortress
of an oblong figure. Ali these three lines mast be
successively carried, berme the castle can be taken.
After getting possession of St. Michael's hill, our
engineers directed their approaches on the right, and •
erected a battery, which commanded the outer line
of the works connecting the fortress w;th the town:
This line was escaladed on the night of the 22d,at t wo
points, by a British and Portuguese detachment ;.the ,
former of whom advanced so far, that on the failure of
the Pot ttiguese attack, it was not with an great diffi.'
culty withdrawn. The Commander of the fortress is
said to be a General who has long acted under CAL-
relli, and who has doubtless received positive orders
to hold out to the last, the importance of the post
being strongly- telt by both parties. U.ttil it is re-!
&iced, the French army may remain safely at Bri-1
viesca, a walled city only six leagues distant, and se-
parated from the plain of Burgos by a lofty mountain'
—at the next stage beyond which, on the road to-
wards France, is the tremendous pass of Pancorbo,
securing the approach to the Ebro.

BOXERS.—A match, which has excited more inte.
rest in the Sporting World, than any since that be-
twixt Cum and biloutte.wx, has been just made,
for 200 guineas, betwixt POWER, a pugilist of first.
rate science, and CARTER, the courageous Lancash;re
man. The whole of the trOney
,to be made good
at GnEosoN's this evening, play or pay. The next
mach, which will also excite a lively interest, will be
betwixt BELCHER and DUTCH SAM•
Yesterday a Coroner's Inquest was 1:e1d at the
Brown B- ar, in 11/4,1;1.b ink-street, We.tr&nster, on
view of the body of Sophia Hance, who, cn the 11. e.
ceding day, whilst in a state of intolicati,c, fell out
c f a two pair of stairs window, and dislocated her
neck. Verdict—Accidental Death.

Thtti.d.iy last, Wm. liickg, a lion-e-carpenter
Ciro ham Dock-yard, in Ascending the npper scaffold
of the hemp-h0.1.;e, uhiii is Laving a new roofs by
some accident tell to the bouom and was killed on
the spot.—On the following day, a man ofsilie name
of Bird, a retailer of coAls; in the vicinity t..f Chub*
&c. in going over the King's lines in the night, fell)
into the fosse, where he was discovered at day-light'
on Saturday morning spite dead—upwards of £4O,
was found about his person. •