Star.
London, England, 1809-03-14 00:00:00

some altercation on the part of the Duke, who reluc-
tantly resigned, and who has been required by die
Junta to appear before them at Seville to explain his
motives.

The head-quarters of General Cuitsm were at
TruOlo. His force amounted to 14,000 infantry and
2000 cavalry. His advanced guard was at the bridge
of Almarez. About 14,000 men, consisting of Eng-
lish and Portuguese, were encamped at Alcantara.
A considerable French army was still in the province
of Leon. General CUESTA had been apprized of the
situation of the Marquis de la ROMANA, and of the
retreat of the British army ; but not discouraged by
those circumstances, in conjunction with the Count de
CASTOGAL, he meditated an immediate attack upon
the enemy. Conformable with this design, we learn,
under date of the 10th February, that the Duke of
ALBUQUERQrE, who commanded the advanced corps
in La Mancha, composed of 8000 infantry and 2000
cavalry, had instructions to proceed to Toledo, where
the enemy was in considerable force. We befure no-
ticed, that the 40th British Regiment had descended
to the Guadalquiver, in the vicinity of Seville. This
regiment has been since joined by some other British
troops, and it has been requested by the Count of
CAsTAGoL and Generals Cruz and ABADIA that they
will join the Patriots in La Carolina.

Private letters from Holland report, that according
to a secret article of the recent treaty between Great-
Britain and Turkey, the Poirre is to join with Austria
in the war against France, and Great-Britain is to
furnish the 'Turkish Government with arms and am-
munition at Malta or the Morea. This intelligence,
it is said, comes from Malta.
Letters of the sth ult. from Bermuda, state the
arrival them of his Majesty's ship Melampus, Capt.
Hawker, from Barbadoes, having captured in her
passage the Freich corvette Wahl., re, bound fr om
Havre to St. Domingo, mounting sixteen 24 pounder
carronades, on the new recoil principle, commanded
by the Lieut. de Vaisseau DE LONDE. Having re-
ceived orders from NAPOLEON not to strike, even to a
line of battle ship, without fighting, she fired seve-
ral broadsides at the Melampus, in consequence of
which the latter killed three of her crew, and wounded
eleven. She was loaded with gunpowder, and had
350 barrels of flour on board.' The Melampus had
no person either killed or wounded in the action.
The Calibre, before her capture, had fallen in with
two Newfoundlandmea belonging to Darmoutth. She
took out the crews, and left both of them, with their
main top-sails to the mast, lying to, without a soul
on board.

1 Our letters from Bermuda state, that flour was.
much in demand there. It was selling at 30 dollars
per barrel.
His Majesty's ship CoLommNx had arrived at Ber-
muda from a crnize, also the CHERUB schooner, Lieu-
tenant Cu ()CITE, from Barbadoes. A few days before
these letters came away, as some (Arian were return-
ing from a party at St. David's Island, the boat up-
set, and, shocking to relate, Lieutenant RAM, of the
i Royal Navy, Captain PEAKEt and a Serjeant of the
Royal Marines, werr drowned. Their bodies were
found, and they were interred on the sth February,
with every honour due to their rank.
His Majesty's ship SWIFTSURE, Captain CONN, has
taken a French West Indiaman, laden with sugar,
coffee, and cotton. She was forced to put into Scilly
five days since•by contrary winds.
BuEAn.-.—There was no Court of Aldermen held this
day : the LORD MAN•on, after inspecting the r: turns,
ordered the price of bread to fall one-penny per peck