Star.
London, England, 1809-01-21 00:00:00

that the officers alluded to wilt soon reads toivn, When
further particulars may be expected to be made public:
" EXETER, JANUARY 10.
a General STUART and several other officeis lately
" attached to the British army in Spain have this
" moment reached this city, on their way to*London.
•s They arrived yesterday afternoon at Falmouth, in
44 the brig Ann, which sailed from Corunna on the
" 14th inst. •
44 Before the Ann sailed, the British army under
44 Generals MOORS' a-nd-13man had arrived in that
66 neighbourhood, after several skirmishes between
" our cavalry and the advanced cavalry of the enemy,
" without sustaining much loss.
" The infantry had been so effectually eoiereci by
" the British cavalry, that they were enabled to pur-
" sue their retreat without ever coming to an engage-
" ment with the enemy.

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When these Officers came away, the dragoons
" were shooting their horses as fast as possible, to pre-
" •ent their fulling into. the possession of the enemy,
" the enemy being at a distance of only three leagues,
" and-it being impossible to find transports for the
" horses.

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44 There were sufficient transports at Corunna for
" the infantry, who were preparing to embark, and
44 for whose safety there was not the least ground
" for entertaining the smallest degree of apprehension.
" As the Ann left the Bay, she met a number of
gg transports entering from England. What a pity
44 they did not arrive a few hours sooner num-
ber of fine horses, whom the men destroyed, even
“ with tears in their eyes, would in that case hare
44 been save d—l believe some o: them were preserved."

Since the above reached us Corunna papers to the

14th have also come to hand, but they do not enable
us to add any thing to the details furnished by our
Correspondent.
•
The following extracts ate, bpwevert 'interesting
CORUiItIA, JAN, 6.

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Alia Ansi: Male: PALAU
This Morning; at Intlt.past-two b4ciock the drums
Of the-Guards on duty at the Palace of St. Jamesii
beat to arms, in
.consequence of a fire being discover-
ed in the South East wing of theyalace adjoining the
Park: An immence concourse of people were in-
stantly on the spot: the Horse and Foot Guards were
in a few minutes under arms, and the fire-engines,
with the fire-men, flocked with great alacrity to the
scene:
Some interruption to the immediate supply of wa-
ter was unavoidably experienced, from the dm-plugs.
being frozen up, or covered with snow, during which
period the flames raved with unabated violence. The
engines had scarcely begun to work, when the roof •
of that part of the building which was on fire, fell
in with a tremendous crash, tearing down with it all
the splendid and valuable furniture of the apartments
through which it penetrated. The lead of the roof
had previously descended in liquid torrents, to the
great danger of the.firemen working under it; but -
we are happy to add, that no person sustained any
injury so far as we can yet learn.
It was six o'clock this mottling before the fire-men
with their engines succeeded in subduing the progress
of the flames, by which time nothing appeared but
the gothic walls of the Eastern wing Of the Palace
standing amidst volumes of smoke, and flame. The
whole of the furniture is destroyed, with the excep-
tion of a few articles belonging to the domestics of
the Royal Family who resided in the lower part of
the building. The apartments occupied by the Duke
of CAMBRIDGE are much :jninred, and the _greatest
part of his valuable fumiture.lias been destroyed.
The flames were at one time so vivid, that they
were distinctly. seen upwards of twenty miles from A
London, and it appeared as if the whole of London
was in a blaze.
The fire appears to have broken out in the apart-
ments situated between the Armoury and his Ma-
jesty's private entrance into the Palace from St.
James's Park.
The Queen's German Chapel situated immediately
adjoining the conflagration, was not injured, from the .
durability of its construction, and it was found ex-
tremely useful as a place of deposit for such property
as was saved from the flames. The origin of the fire
is not yet ascertained.
The printipal sufferers among the Royal Domestics
are- Mrs. PL*NTEIt and Mrs. DAVENPORT, who have
loss all their furniture.'
We are sorry to add, that the niece of a Mrs.
RICE, one of the house-keepers, is missing:
-The tapestry of the Grand Drawing-Room it
damaged. The chandeliers, looking-glasses, silver -
plate, &c. is safe.
This,inclentent season of the year, when Fires, in-
this great Metropolis, from which no human prudence
has hitherto prevailed to stop the fatal consequences
of so great a calamity; as 'above recited, should
caution all families to be pro4rided with some means
of escape from so dreadful a calamity : the machine
made by COOPER, No. 9, High Holborn, has stood un-
rivalled for upwards of thirty years past much can
he satisfactorily explained, by applying as above.