Star.
London, England, 1814-03-18 00:00:00

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REPORTED CAPTURE OF
BAYONNE.

Our Readers already know, from Rear-Admiral
1
PENaoses Dispatches, published in the Gazelle of
Tuesday last, that the boats and small vessels, des-
tined to assist the operations of the Army under Lord
WELLINGTON, succeeded in crossing the Bar of the
A dour on the 24th ult.—[See the STAR of Wednes-
day last.]—These dispatches were dattd off the Bar
of the Adour, 25th February. Of events subsequent
to the 24th, Admiral PENROSE could know nothing
when he wrote ; he had not even obtained an account
of the Casualties of that day.

By the subjoined accounts it would appear, that
on the 2.ith Beyonne was in the power of the Allies.

It is possible there may be a mistake in the date, but
scarcely so as to the fact of the capture ; fur one of
the vessels which has brought the intelligence left
Bilboa so late as the Ist inst. On the 26th, they had
heard there of the fall of the place : between that day
and the Ist inst. the falsehood of the news must have
been known at Bilboa, had it been unfounded.
We subjoin the accounts that hive reached us
without farther comment—only remarking, that the
occupation of a few strong places in the South of
France will afford the French an opportunity of de-
claring for the ancient dynasty.

• - - LIVERPOOL, MARCH 16.
4‘ The North Star, BRYDEN, from Bilboa, arrived
here yesterday evening : she sailed on the 26th of
February, and has brought a report from thence that
Bayonne was in possession of Lord WELLINGTON.
4g Ihe North Star spoke his Majesty's brig ADDER
on the Ist March, in lat. 47. 3. bound to Bilboa and
Passages. On the 6th spoke his Majesty's ships Po.
MONA and CYDNUS, who informed her that they had,
the day before, captured the American privateer
Bunker's Hill, of 14 guns, and 86 men, five days
from Morlaix, which had sailed in company with the
True Blooded Yankee ; spoke, the Bth March, his
Majesty's brig VIRAGO, in long. 43. 31. on a cruize.
46 The Oporto packet, FouEN, sailed from Bilboa
on the Ist March, and arrived here this morning. It
was reported on the Exchange, at Bilboa, that Lord
WELLINGTON had entered Bayonne on the 25th of
February, and the bells were ringing in consequence
thereof when Captain FoDEN left Bilboa."
The Liverpool Courier of Wednesday states the in-
telligence received at that port in a paragraph, of
which the following is a copy :

66 The gratifying intelligence of the Capture of
Bayonne, brought here by the North Star, Captain
BAYDM late last night, has this morning received
farther cemtirmation by the arrival of the Oporto
Packet. Captain FooKs, the master, whom we have
seen, left Bilboa on the Ist instant, and states, that
about four days before he sailed great rejoicings had
taken place, in consequence of Lord Wid.LlNuioN
lasorinp-passet: the Adouv and intreied Bayonne.

" All the vessels that could be procured had been

taken up by Government Agents, to carry provisions
to the army. Confident expectations of the speedy
fall of Bourdeaux were also entertained."

Some farther extracts from the Paris Papers of the

12th will be found in our columns of to-day. Among
other pieces of inforination, apparently of slight im-
portance, we are told tirt an English squadron has
anchored in the River of La Rochelle. We,bave
mason to believe that this measure was adopte 1 in
consequence of a rumour reaching the Admiralty
from the opposite coast, that preparations were mak.
ing for an embarkation of great part of the 'Corsican's
private treasures, and probably of some of the branches
of his family, for America, at the port above men-
tioned. The inhabitants of Paris are frightened out
of their wits, (if we can believe their journalists,) at
the approach of the Allies. Their only safety, we
apprehend, will consist in passive obedince and non-
resistance, notwithstanding the attempts of the Cor-
sican's satellites to rouse them to an ineffectual de-
fence of an open town.

By the Hermes, from Rio Janeiro, we have let-
ters from thence to the 13th January, and from the
Rivet Plate to the I lth of the preceding month, and
it is with great satisfaction we give the following
particulars:
Advices had been obtained overland at Rio, on the
sth of January, stating that an action had occurred
in the Pacific Ocean, between the British frigate the
Plum, 'Capt. HILLYAN and the American frigate
the Essex, when, after a severe contest of two hours
and a half, the latter was captured. The PH(EBE is
of nearly the same tonnage, and the same weight of
metal with the Essex, and had been sant for the pur-
pose of engaging her. She was accompanied by a
few Sips, which she had taken under her convoy.

We shall be happy to learn that an official confir-
mation has been received of this intelligence.
The troops of the Revolutionists engaged in the
siege of Montevideo, had been 'ideated by the garri-
son of that fortress, which had been largely aug-
mented by reinforcements from Europe, and the siege
had in consequence been raised.
Don MAN Lin DE SARRATEA, who is a passenger
by the Hermes, had been appointed by The Junta of
Buenos Ayres, Envoy at the Court of London. This
person is a Creole by birth, was fortifflory President
of the Junta, and was once engaged on a mission to
the Court of Madrid..
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