Star.
London, England, 1807-12-22 00:00:00

GIBRALTAR.

We yellerday received letters from Gibraltar.
Some of their contents have been anticipated by
other arrivals, but the following are worthy of a
perufsl:

GIBRALTAR, NOVEMBHR so.

The Spaniards Rill continue to cut off all corn.
munication with this Garrifon in the moll rigid
manner by land, but we have frequent com-
munication with Spain by lea in fpite of all their
precautions. All our intelligence from Spain men-
tions the fiege of this place being determined upon,
and that a large French army is on its march for that
purpofe. The Spaniards have, however, made no
preparations in this neighbourhood that indicate

On the t 3th the Masa frigate arrived from Malta.
She brought the accounts of the evacuation of Egypt
by our troops, and of their having arrived at Md.
fina on the t 6th ult. The Turks gave up all our pri-
foners previgso to our leaving the country.

The army at Meffina were under orders to be in
readinefs to march at the ffiorteft notice. The lick
were all embarked along with the heavy baggage,
and no Officer was to be permitted to carry more
then 24 pounds weight of baggage along with him.
The utmo(l fecrecy is obfervetl refpelling the caufe
of thee preparations.

NOVEWBIR 26.

On the 24th the Ann gun brig arrived with dill
patches from Plymouth in ten days. She was attacked
in the Gut by a (warm of gan beats and priva-
teers, and would inevitably have been taken if a
breeze had not fprung up kilt as they were going to
board her. She behaved with the utmoft gallantry,
and difmaßed one of the gun boats, and handled fome
of the others feverely. A Spanith privateer fchooner
which the Ann had captured on the coati of Portu-
gal, and which was in company with her, was taken
by the gun boats and carried into Ceuta. Three of
the Ann's crew were killed on board of the fchooner.
Several gun boats were manned from our (hipping to
AIR them, but they were as ufual too late to be of 1
any fervice. From having no ctews belonging to
them, fo much time always elapfes before our gun
boats can be manned; that the twenty which are
lying rotting here are no protedlion whatever to the
Gut or Bay.
Our lateß accounts from Spain mention an infnr-
reetion to have taken place at Madrid againa the
French troops, in which above Soda of the inlutbio
tarns were killed or wounded, and Come hundreds of
the, French.

The number of French troops now b Spain
amounts to about yo,ooo, and many more are ex. ,
pelted. A large proportion of them are Paid to be'
diained for the liege of this place.
nocapArre has appointed the Prince of Afro.
RIAS to be Commander in Chief of all Ow French
Army in Spain. The Spaniards are iifiremely
alarmed at fo large a French army enterllitilteir
country.
The accounts refpeaing the ',MI and fate of the
Prince of PEACE are extremely coatradiaory. Some
(peak of his being atfaffinated, and others that he is
imprifoned,
He was the richeft fubjea in Europe, being worth

upwards one Intrirlrd millions of dollars, and it is
fuppofed that a confiderable part of his trearares will
find their way to Paris.

' The above letters are from our regular Corretpon-
dent at Gibraltar. Accounts from thence, dated the
28th November, to a Gentleman in town, Rate, that
the Mager of a Ruffian velrel had arrived there from
Algefiras. Before he left that place, intelligence had
heed received there that a Corps of 11,000 French
Troops had entered Madrid about the middle oflast
month : the populace rote; and an engagement took
place, in which the French prevailed; and if the
Freneih accounts may be credited, above 3000inhabi.
tants were killed, and only 36 Frenchmen. Other ac-
counts Rate the lofs of the French to have been more
confiderable. Notwithftanding this revere check, the
inhabitants feemed difpofed to make another at.
tempt ;• but the French General declaring that he
came to fupport the Prince of ASTURIAS, tranquillity.
was renored. The downfall of the Prince of PEACII
was confidered as inevitable. The French army is
Spain amounted to 90,000 men ; and it is confidently
reported that they are immediately to commence the
liege of Gibraltar.