Star.
London, England, 1809-02-28 00:00:00

tar. This was to be resorted to, should the French
succeed in obtaining possession 'of these strong po-
sitions.
We have receive& another set of Portuguese Jour-
nals to the 16th. The last Lisbon Gazette contains
the following, article,;

LISBON, FEB. 144... With the most sincere and lively
pleasure we announce to the Public the following in-
telligence, which is this moment received—
" Head-quarters, Chaves, Feb. 6.
•

" Yesterday I was with the Marquis de la Romana, who his
•
collected his army, and I found him and all his Staff in the highest
spirits. He tells me that Gallicia begins to revive, and that within
these few drys, about 4000 men have joined him, and that he
expects his army will soon be 25,000 strong, and that he intends
to advance into the interior of Gallicia. The inhabitants of that
kingdom, even many of those who received the French as at
Orense, have revoked against them, and joined some of the dis-
persed corps of the army.—Within these few days they took all
the baggage belonging to General Marchand's army, which w.t
escorted by 140 cavalry, the whole of whom were killed or taken,
except eleven. This took place at the village of Valduros, near
Orense, and the French military chests, and even their Secretaria',
fell into the hand of the assailants. This example has animated
the people of other districts, and they now act without fear of the
French. The enemy are dying in great numbers, in consequence
of disease in Spain, and they assert themselves that the plague has
been introduced into their army. The greater part of the divi-
sions of foreign troops are put on half rations of bread, while the
French themselves receive full allowance. The day before yester-
day a spy arrived from Madrid, who asserts that the armies of
the Duke del Infant ado and the Marquis de Palacio are already
before that city, and that the French have taken their positions
without the city for its defence. It is the opinion of the Marquis
de la Romana, that Madrid is at this moment either taken or
evacuated. One thing is certain, that the greater part of Bona•
parte's troops were deceived, when he brought them to Spain.—
The contingents of the Rhine and Italian troops were taught to
believe that all Spain was under his dominion, and that they
would only have to occupy conquered provinces; where they
would find comfortable establishments. He even ordered the
words Legion of Andalusia, Legion of Castile, &c. to be inscribed
on the uniform buttons of several corps. Finally, the Marquis
requested, that I should make known to all the Generals of the
Portuguese armies, the necessity of establishing military posts of
communication with themselves and the Spanish armies, and, in
pa rticular, between that of the Marquis and our array of the pro-
vince of Entre Douro e Minho."

THE ARMY. -

The gallant Sir DAVID BADID is immediately to be
elevated to the Peerage, with the title of Viscount.
Sir Join Mooaa's family are to have pensions.
General HO➢B is to be made a Baronet, and get the
first Red Ribbon.

It being generally reported that a great number of
the sick and wounded troops which were landed at
Portsmouth have died, Ave have made particular en-
quiry on the subject, and are enabled to state confi-
dently, that the total number of deaths, of officers
and men, of the army at Portsmouth, from Spain
and Portugal, does not exceed 230, out of the 2300
that were landed ; that nearly 500 of the troops have
recovered, and, as clothing arrives for them, are daily
marching off to join their regiments in different quar-
ters. There are now only 1650 sick and wounded
at Portsmouth ; of these, 750 are in Haslar Hospital.
Government have sent down eight Physicians and
eight Staff Surgeons, the Surgeons of the Horse and
Foot Guards, with several Surgeons of the Militia
Regiments, and Surgeons from London, who have
volunteered their services, and are gone down to attend
the sick. The Medical arrangements at Portsmouth
were made by .Mr. KNIGHT, the Inspector-General,
himself ; since his departure to town they are under
Dr. M4GRIGOR and Deputy-Inspector HOGG.
Out of 2000 sick and wounded who were landed
at Plymouth, about 150 have died. The arrangements
for them at Plymouth were very able, and were made
by Dn. GRANT and WARREN, the Army Inspectors.
The sick landed at the Downs have been under the
arrangement of Dr. REDMAN. Many of them have
got up to the York Hospital, Chelsea, and are under
Drs. PintE•and MORRIS.
The sickness has not been confined to the soldiers,
many of the sailors have caught the same fever, and
the hospitals at Portsmouth and Plymouth are filling

fast.
Sir JOHN MNAMARA HAYES, Bart. the Inspector- i
General of Artillery Hospitals, has set off from his
house in town for Portsmouth.
Lieutenant-General BERESFORD, with his suite, is
still detained at Plymouth. He has a very numerous
Staff. Lieutenant-Colonel DELANCEY goes out as his
Quarter-Master-General, Captain AnsuruNcrr as his
Secretary, and Colonel ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL, 71st
Regiment, on the Adjutant-General's Staff.
A large Medical Staff, and a great quantity of
medical and purveyors' stores are embarking at Ports-
mouth for General BERESFORD'S Expedition.
The forty sail of transports under the orders of
Captain JOHN HALSTED, which are to take on board
Major-General HILL'S Expedition at Cork, are wind-
bound at Portsmouth. The force to be embarked will
consist of five regiments and 400 cavalry. Their des-
tination is believed to be Minorca. The Port Mahon,
Captain CHAMBERS, takes the transports to Cork.
A large force of Artillery, a brigade of the Foot
Guards, a battalion of the Scots Royals, with severa
corps, are ordered to prepare for immediate service.
The 2d Battalion of the 24th (Sir DAVID BAIRD'S
Regiment) is daily expected from Guernsey.
Wednesday and Thursday, marched from Win-
chester for Portsmouth, the Royal West Middlesex

Militia.
Friday passed through for Chichester barracks,
one division of the 35th Regiment of Foot, and ano-
-
ther division followed on Saturday.