Star.
London, England, 1807-05-29 00:00:00

SPAIN AND PORTUGAL.

One of the Madrid Gazettes received by the Mails
from Gibraltar, contains a long Official Article, in
which it inveighs againft the unnatural condua of
Portugal, in encouraging the fettlement of Heretic
on the coatis of La Plata. We give the following
paragraph as a fpecimen of the fide of the article:—
" Thar happy extreme of the world, where the
Catholic Faith has hitherto Rot:tithed pure and un.
fullied. The Englifh have now got footing in South
America. Henceforward the happinefs of the Natives
is gone. They mull become pirates under their New
Mailers. What does Pf•rtut; al intend by loch policy ?
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Will Brazil remain a Portuguefe Colony when Chili
and Paraguay (hall be torn from Spain ? Will the
feeble, the tottering Regency of Portugal, command
refpeet from a nation which tramples on its neigh-
bours in proportion to their weaknefs ? No—Brazil
will loon follow the fate of La Plata : and like other
unfortunate nations, Portugal will become wife when
fhe has reached the Orals of her folly. The naval
predominance of England mutt be fubdued, or there
will be no fafety for nations. England—impotent
by land, is all powerful by lea. Is Portugal blind,
that file cannot fee thole topmalls which look down
upon the Bay of Lam:, and from which England at
ouce defies and intuits the world ?"

GL•vernment received difpatches from Lord Cot.-
LINGWOOD by the fame conveyance as that by which
the above Mails were received. Thefe Difpatches
are dated the t sth ult. at which time his Lordthip
had learned nothing of the capture of the SEAHORSF%
as fpnken of in the Moniteur. The SZAHORSB had
failed from Gibraltar on the 4th, but there was no
reafon on board the fleet to fuppofe that the had been
captured by the enemy.

MUTINY AT MALTA.

VALETTF, (MALTA) APRIL t 6, tBo7.

" On Saturday the 4th of April, at three o'clock
in the afternoon, this city was alarmed by a molt
daring motiny in the Regiment of Froberg, confill
ing of foreigners of every defcription, quartered in
the fortreff s on the oppori.e fide of the harbour of
Valette, called the Ricafoli
Th- Adjutant lawart-c, on llc'ag advifed of the
interded mutiny, ' -no, with other officers, de-
ro quell it n 1 I:s tJancy, but did not fuc-
ceed ; hinlfelf aid Capt,.in Whitifield fell viElims in
the attempt—the M.vjor and others were wounded.
" In the forrcfs, on duty, was a party of the
Royal &kith At tiller y, commanded by Capt. Fade,
who were immediately difarmed, and remained under
the control!l of the mutineers, and compelled by them
to load the cannon and mortars, and point them to-
wards this city of 1.3 Valette, or wherev-r otherwife
they thought proper to order them. The foldiers of
the regiment who were not of the number of the mu-
tineers, embraced the opportunity that offered, to
effect their efcape, and a great number aceomplifhed
it, though many of them were Shot at by the muti-
neers, in making the attempt : feveral of thefe un
unfortunate men were wounded, and others fhot
dead. The ringleaders, on the third day, poffibly
with a view to get fupplies of provifion,, ripened the
great gates of the fort, placing fentinels in the ufual
order, of which opportunity, on the sth day, about
soo availed themfelves, taking with them the Major
'of the Regiment wounded, in a litter, and all the Of.
fleets, together with Captain Fade and the artillery-
men, and all the Engin women with their children.
The two centinels attempted to oppore this party,
who were immediately (hot dead by them.
' In this fortrefs was a large powder magazine,
containing about Soo barrels it gunpowder, at which
an a••illerym in wa. plated centinel, from whom the
mutineers demanded entrance into the magazine,
which he belily refufed, at the expellee of his life,
as they intlaraiy put him to death.
The no rr..iers of the mutineers in the fort, in
confe.quence continual defertions, was reduced to
a very for,-; and on Friday the loth intl. at 6 o'clock
in tl,e afternoon, they fired two bombs at this city,
which happily did no injury. It was rebind to form
the place at day-break the next morning, and take
them by furprife, ere they could have time to put in
execution their threatened purpofe of blowing up
the powder magazine.
The walls were fcaled, but a dog giving the
alarm, fruarated the plan. Six of the eight remain.
ing, retired to the magazine, the other two were cut
off from the magazine. They, however, fired two
bombs towards the city, which providentially did no
injury.
" On Sunday evening, at ten o'clock, the fix refol-
ved to blow up the magazine, in order to make their
efcape, which they effeeted.
" In the magazine were from 4to Soo barrels f
gunpowder, which made a moft tremendous explo.
lion; fortunately, the plan was fnfpeited, and only
fmall number of troops were therefore placed in the
fort to watch their motions and prevent their efcape,
and to furprize them if an opportunity offered: hap.
pily, therefore, only three foldiers became their vic-
tims, and two or three wounded.
" The (hock of the explofion did infinite damage
to the windows, and one of the (hells bull in palling
over my heufe.

" The mutineers fled into the interior of the ifland,
and tut fine taken. The laft of them (a black) was