Star.
London, England, 1812-11-28 00:00:00

CORVIINA MAIL.

This day arrived a Mail from Corunna, brought
Falinooth by the Duke of Montros Packet, which
left the former place on the 20th inst. No direct ac-
counts from the army have been brought by this con-
Tritece. It was reported when the packet sailed,
that General HILL had defeated Marshal Souza, but
the dio was not, known, nor the authority on which
the Tumour rested ; not had any authentic accounts
hos the Marquis of WIILLINGTON9S army been re-'
cond.subbequent to those brought by the MACIA ItXl4
timid Rueda, the Sd 40T. His Lordship's Head-,
gigue= were understood to 'be at Salamanca, with
amend Hai. so near him, that they could loan at'
'toy thne• • - • -
Oar Reideri recolleet that most of the reports
tee* by the last Corunna Mail were very incor-
rect. ea of anima the will take the following en.
tenor in the printed journals as the rumours coils&
tdo the publishers of these papers :
coRIINNA‘ NOVEMBER ts.
is %team by an extraordinary courier, that the
peek Uniting all their forces from Valencia and
Ahern, have fallen upon Madrid, into which capi..
W they entered on the lst inst. General Hill might
itoe opposed this, if he had judged it prudent s, but
j; appeared m hint more so to retire and join Lord
Wellington, who was approaching to his assistance,
led in 'conjunction with him form another plait
trice would more annoy the enemy ; and they have
unetetinad by Anklet, Rueda, Tordesillas;anci, eco:'
ening the whole line oftrlte DouroN, We have no doubt
rant the stay of the Stench in the capital will only
be foe tilt time- that the Marquis of Wellington
plates; and till he shall have realized the plans
hehas formed but not yet completely tondo-
ded, to restore us to success and felicity.
a Yesteiday a courier extraordinary arrived, who
anis as, that on the 4th instant he left Itueda,
wed by the Marquis of Wellington, who had
bitlund.tivartcrx there, and • with *horn 'were Gene-
ral Castanes, Alva, Losada, and others ; that the
isd army wait iii eicellent Condition—that it had
foe tiniei biertri battle to
.the French, which they
bad ahrlivi iffoletilt. the English were expect-.
log General Hl. whir, his arinf, as-Espana's division
bad alreadY joased:; the same courier assured
* that in Salsmanes, as veil' as in other cosh's of
printed papers had been published, stating
the defeat of Soak in La Mancha, of which so much
ai been said, tboagt doubtfully ; but these doubts
disappear if we were certain that General Hills

THE ARMY:

The West India fleet, which sailed last sleek from
Portsmouth, under the COQUETTE, has put into' Fal-
mouth. They have two companies of Artillery on
board, one for Barbadoes, and one foi Jamaica.
There are two companies of Artillery embarked at
Portsmouth, one for the Cape of Good Hope, and
the ether for the Isle of France.

The small detachments of the I3th and 14th Dra-
goons, which were marched front Winchester to em.
bark for the Peninsula, are halted. at Southampton
till further orders.
A igreat number of old And badly-wounded prises
ners have been selected from the prisoners in Ha-
'maze, and sent on board the Braave prison-ship,
previous to their being sent home. Ihe general
survey took place on Tuesday last.
On Friday evening, the 13th inst. Colonel Scott
and the officers of the 2d Battalion of the 25th Regi-
ment, gave a grand ball.and supper in the Barracks;
to a numerous and fashionable party of the Ladies
and tentlemen of Beswick and neighbourhood.
Thursday the Waterford Militia marched into
Ipswich garrison from Harivich.
The 7th Light Dragoons have arrived at Liven.
pool, from Dublin.
A detachment of 200 Men of the 17th Light Dra-
gooost under the command of C:sptain TISDAL,
marched on Wednesday from the cavalry depot.
Maidstone, for the Isle of Wight, from whence they
*lll be embarked to join their regiment, now lying
at Bdfribay.
•
BREAD FOR THE ARkilti —Each soldier is P 3 receive,
as his allowance for four days, a well-baked loaf,
weighing six pounds, made•of dour prepared with a
12s. seamed cloth, from good wheat, for which loaf
the soldier is to be charged sd.

INTELLIGENCE.
GALLANT ACTION untlEig THE FROLIC tint-
. BRIG AND AN AMBRICAN FRIGATE.
FURTHER PARTICULARS.
PLYMOUTH, NOVEMBER w.
' Sinee my fast I have been able to gain some fur-
-1
titer particulars of the gallant action between the
i;Ntor.re sloop of war and the American frigate. His
I.l'ajesty's brig Faouc, of IS guns; {said to have
been commanded by Captain WHINYATYS) ; lett
'Honduras, with a fleet under convoy of eleven sail,
but four had parted ih the Guiph of Florida. On
I -
the 16th October the convoy encountered a mitt
tremendous gale, in which the FROLIC lost both top-1
, mists, (and went into action -under jory•Masts). On
the 18th, two days after the gale, they fell in with,
an American frigate, between Charlestown and the
Chesapeak, On which the FROLIC made the signal
for the convoy to disperse, and in order to favoOf
their escape, soon after brought the American to

144RL14MENT4111rPROCZEDMVS.

HOUSE OF LORDS, NOV. 27.
The LORD CEI4PICELLOR took the Woolcack before
three o'clock, when the enctomary oaths were ad
ministered to the following Peers:
His Royal Highness the Dike of Clarencl/4
The Duke ofoitrgyie—the Bishop of Ely.
Earls of Winchester, Macclesliekl, Cl pester, Galloway,
Pembroke, kud Ferrer's.
Lords —Rolle, Keayoe, and Braybrooke.
The House adjourned to-morrow (this day.)
inety-five Peers have taken their seats.
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HOUSE OF COMMONS.
It was a quarter-past two o'dlock before a House
could be made up. The SPEAKER then took the
Chair, and the Members who presented themselves
were rathrn in until half-past four o'clock, when the
Rouse adjourned.