Star.
London, England, 1809-08-10 00:00:00

THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 10.
PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
coos. for money 68;---for account 686.
Reduced 681-o;unium 1 to
PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY.
IndiaS
d a Bondskl2B;s4. 21e. pre.
3 per Cent. Red. 68i 69 661
per C. Cons. 6111;i
4 per Cent. 84ft Exch. Hills, Ps. I:ss. pre.
5 per Cent. Nary 981 99 English Lottery 1 ick. 411.1 is.
Long Ann. 184 15-lbths I Cons. for opg. 6sit

Letters from Spain and Portugal received by t}:•
Mail of y2sterday, state that VICTOR and SEBASTIAN:,
after a tedious and fat'guing retrograde march, have
succeeded in uniting their forces a short way frrrr.
Toledo. Some letters make them amount t0.i.5,(m5
men : the dispatches from Sir Annicat WELLESLE'r,
however, rate them at 30 or 40,000 only,

The allied troops under Generals WU. LESLEY, cf.:
ESTA and VENEGAS, have effected what is called in
military language a junction, although sill at snn.,
distance from each other. CursTA, Who Cro7`.
mands the centre, consisting of 10,000 infantry
and 12,000 cavalry, was contiguous to Talavera de
la Reyna, which the French had just .ihar.dor.ek'..,...
VENEGAS with the right wing, consisting of a'aont.
2.6,000 men, was descending the monntains of Tol
Sir ARTHUR 'WELLESLEY commands the lef: winz,
and was north of the Tagus, in the vicixity of
Monte Clams. His troops amounted to (26,0 r),
' but he expected e—ery day to be reinforced by ROO
men from Portuga!, and one English regiment on its
march from Gibraltar. The British troops are in
high health and spirits, and their only fears are that
the enemy will continue their retreat without giving
battle. We trust that our gallant countrymen will
be properly supported by their Spanish Allies.
The Supreme Central Junta have published an ela.
borate oratorical proclamation on the occasion of tLe
anniversary of the battle of Baylen. Its aim is to
excite the energies of the Spanish nation, but its alit!.
sion to the triumphs of Austria on the shores of the
Danube are now out of place.

Paris Papers to the 81st nit. have been ret:eiv?-!;
they contain the 29th Bulletin, which is dated on the
22d ult. and at that time the French Emperor stir.
continued with his troops in the vicinity of the Ans.
trian capital. It appears that the Armistice had oc.
casioned some discussion from the important fortress
of Gratz not having been given up. Presburgh,
however, is already occupied by French troops.

The Austrian Official account. t,f the battle of V.
gram, which has been published, does not materially
differ from that of the enemy.
The Paris Papers•contain intelligence from Madrid
of so recent a date as the 20th tilt. At that per!ed
it does not appear that JosEPH BoNAPARrt enter airi•
ed any apprehensions of being forced to evacuate the
capital. He is represented to be engaged in the aboi
lition of useless offices, and in providing suitable set.
tlements and pensions for the servants of the State.—
The intelligence of the advance of the British army,
which must have reached him a fcw days afterwards,
has no doubt directed his attention to objects of more
earnest solicitude, and more urgent importance.

A Gentleman who has arrived in tows f: orm Paris,
which place he left on the 51st ul:. reports that B.
NAPARTE was daily expected in his Capital.
No account had been received there of the signing
of Preliminaries between France and Austria.

At Paris it was industriously circulated, that tie
Armistice had been granted the Austrians at the in.
tercession of the Emperor ALEXANDER ; as if in t} :e
few days which elapsed between the battle of Wa•
gram and the Armistice of Znaim there could have
been a communication with the Court of Russia.

The accounts of the Expedition to Walcheren had
reached Paris on the 31st ult.

H:s Majesty's ship DIANA, having Sir SIDNEY
SM:T/I on board, has arrived at Portsmouth from the

Brazils.

Yesterday, at noon, his Majesty arrived at the
Queen's Palace horn Windsor, and was received, on
hi; arrival, by the Dukes of YORK, CUMBERLAND,
CAMBRIDGE, KENT, and SVESEX. H's MAJESTY hell
a Private Levee soon after two o'clock.

The following had the honour of being presented
to his.M &TESTY—
Admiral Lon! GA)illrlt, on his return from sea.

Sir GEORGE l'O.Noz, on his return from Ceylon.
Mr. JOHNSON, Judge of ;be Supreme Court of Ceylon, 00
lefty,: of absence.

Mr. STUART, on his return from Spain.
His MAJESTY afterwards held a Priry Council,
and gave audience to the Duke of PORTLAND and ti e
rest of the Cabinet Ministers. _

About half•past five his MAJZSTY left town fat
Windsor.

A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the Fo.
reign Office.
The Secretary of State's Office for the Home De.
partment is removed to a spacious house adjoin,n3
the Treasury, lately purchased by Government,
Dorset House.
Lord MELVILLE is entirely recovered from his lace
indisposition ; and yesterday Mr. Rosintr DUD-'`
left town for Dublin Castle. _ _ _

The son of the Hon. LINDSEY MERRICK BuroLELL,
second son of LORD GWYDIR, was christened in bis
Lordship's chapel at Grimsthorpe Castle, on ['hors•
day se'nnight. The sponsors were Lord G►s'rlK,
the Earl of LINDSEY, and Lady WILLOUGHBY. The
child was named atter his noble relations, viz. ALSE'
MARLE BROWNLOW LINDSEY PETER.

THE EXPEDITION.

'When this Paper was put to press Government had
-ot received any new dispatches from the Scheldt.
A Messenger arrived at Deal, at one o'clock, yes-
terday afternoon, with dispatches from Lord CAs-
,LEREacit for the Earl of CHATIIAn. The Messenger
w.is immediately put on board the InAs (Ist) hired
,3tter, which got under weigh, and proceeded to
L:tst night the CALYPSO sloop, with two transports,
sailed from Deal, to join Sir R. STRACHAN.

Near 300 marines embarked on Tuesday horning
on hoard the Wooew ICH and PREVOYA!s:TY store-ships,
Flyrnoath, and were expected to sail the same
e,,,ainF or the next morning for the Mediterranean.
The Berwickshire Militia marched from Edinburgh
cotle on Sunday for Leith, to embark for England.
....They are succeeded in the Castle by five corn-
relies of the Royal Lanarkshire Militia, from Mus-
eriargh, till the arrival of theAyrshire from England.
Siturday, the 2,-1 regiment of Edinburgh Local
Militia, commanded by Colonel CRICHTOV, and the
:Id, or Edinhimeh Light Infantry Local Militia, com-
manded by Colonel JaNtes HOPE, were reviewed in
Bruntsfield Links, near Edinburgh, by his Excel-
lency Lord Viscount CATHCART. These fine regi-
ments went through their evolutions in such a man-
ner as to reflect honour on both the officers and men.
—The .qd regiment's time of permanent duty expired
on Friday last, and the Sd finished to-day.
may be recollected that the gallant Officer, Ma-
jor A.RCHIBALD CAMPAPLL, died at Plymouth, in Ja-
miry last, in consequence o f the wounds he received,
and the fatigues he underwent in Sir JOHN' MOORE'S
disastrous campaign ir. Spain ; his remains were in-
terred in the parish church of Stoke Damerel, near
Evinouth. His friends, however, wishing his remains
to be removed to his native soil, obtained an order
from the Bishop of that diocese for that purpose.—
In pursuance of which, he was taken up on Wednes-
day sE‘'nnight, inclesed in a leaden coffin, with a shell
outside, and pat nu board a vessel for Leith, where a
:12ncisome subccription has been raised, to erect a
monument to his memory.
The Marquis de Romax.4. has caused a very spier •
dei monument to be erected to the memory of Sir
.1)11N MOOR.E, in a conspicuous situation, to which the
remains of the lamented hero have been removed,
from the obscure place where they were deposited in
the fortress of Corinna. The following inscription
is placed on the monument :
A la Gloria
pel General Irrlsis Moots E,
Y .s•ti valientes Compatriotas,
F'.•pana Agradecida.
rro the Glory
Of thr English C;enerzl Mooßz,
And dig valiant Coun:ryrnen,
lii Gratitude of Spain.)

And on the other
Zei Pia 16 .1c Enero, 1809.
Men,ory of tlir An on 6f lfirla January, 1809

It wears rrom this proceeding, so creditable to
the Marquis de ROM/NA and the Spanish nation, that
the buastea magnanimity of Marshal NEY and his
officers, in erecting a monument to the departed
worth of a hero, who was their v.icinv, was altogether
without foundation. The.rclics i)f Sir JouN MnoRE
remained still in the obscure situation in which his
acted friends had placed them, in a corner of the
citadel, hi the night of the evacuation of Cortmna,
and it remained for the gratitude of Spain to do his
memory that justice, which Frenchmen had the vanity
to conceive, but not the virtue to carry into effect.
The Officers of the 2d Battalion of the 81st Regi-
rvnt having voted Major 'MILLING, of Bath, a Sword,
it has been forwarded to him with the following letter,
to which we subjoin his reply : _ _

" Portsmouth, July 18,1E09.
" On the reur.t of the battalion from Spain, it was the
nisuus wish of the Officers to present to A•lajor WI! LIAM';
~.strmanded, and to you who so ably seconded him that
••un:.ed, Swords of the value of fifty guint•ns each, with :to in
eniressive more partictilarly, of our admit-A.:on ut your
• !-.1•:e!, Whilst engaged wish the ene.::iy We ir Cnriinna, on the
..'n of larniary 14,t. Our ranks having previously been thinned
"•:-• •ate and fatigue, we were but few in number to oppose to
•• •:.•:ted Conquerors of Europe ; but having the most perf•-.ct
• rce in the courage, skill, and coolness of our Field Officer-,
b.,tialon happily acquitted itself in such a manner as to merit
• 'le a; p, nh.,tion cf their Generals end of their Country.
" To Nt., Sir, w.o entrusted the honourable task of putting
•:••• withes sf the Cer.cers into executicn, and before the battalion
•••• 7nharked on ;:te prs•sent Expedition, I had the honour, puh-.
t present to M. Williams this small testimony of our
:nem. You, unhappily, were prevented from attending on this
:.csiton, i•y the severe wound received on the ever memorable
h lore alluded to, and I have therefore been instructed to
::ward the Sword to Bath, which I have this day done.
" I request, therefore, your arceptancc of it in the names of all
trß7cther Officers. Its comparative value is small, but I arts.
.:re Anil be endearcd to you by the remembri.nce that it is the
:t •.-voll offering of your Brethren in arms—their voluntary testi.
• .-.,11 or their esteem for you as a Friend, their admiration of yru
- --r rf.M.:er, and accolvipanied with their most ardent wishes
.•-• •- inzy soon be restored to our ranks, and long may wear
I • • 7":311T to yourself and roost essential service to your
.;"_•.-1 have the hoao'rr to remain, my dear Major,
..-.yself and Brother Officer., most sincerely your's,
"'ARNOLD THONIPSON, P. M. blst Regt.
••• s, •
r• - 81st Reg."
', • .-

SIR,

" Bath, Mgt/it 1, IROO.

e..rry feeling of g-ratitude, and every sense of Ole very
'" • conferred on me by yourself and our Brother Ofncers,
• -; received your letter and :be Sword which you so kindly
a moat flattering testimony to me of yo.ir approbation
• which it shall ever be as much my ambition to CO:).
• • tay duty to encrease.—l have the honour to rwitraio,
" bear SiP, Your's, most faithfully.
" HENRY MILLING, Major list Regt.
:LAvoto Tuosee4o:l, Esq. Pay-Master, Blst Regt."
Correspondent imputes the imoatience of the
at this crisis, to their, consulting some old
1,-,naries, in which the word Expedition is connect-
' vi:h the ideas of haste or diced. The matter may
. ,tter illustrated by the answer a gentleman re-
- ?e:1 some years ago on the Northern Road, when
wrtook a bey loitering on a horse---,4 Post-boy,
.." y doint you get on a little quicker ?"---4, Sir, I am
. 5< 'rye Lost, I am only an exprest !"
A ?:ivate litter from Lisbon says—" With respect
• manners (.;" the Portuguese, I think, as I have
Tip done, that they are extremely slow and easy,.
• .( that they waste more powder in honour of their
;its than they use in defence of their country. I fear
are somewhat like what I once heard of one of our
• iuntryrnen who, heartening up his men on board
•,! .1 privateer, said—
" Come on, my boys, and ILt's be of one
" Yuu g 9 Lilac, and I will tunic behind."

1174P4L INTALLIGiNCA.

EAS r INDIAMEN.
His Majesty's ship la LOIRE, with the Windham,
Union, Charleton, Sir Wm. Pulteney, and Northamp-
ton, East Indiamen ; Perseverance and Melville,
-whalers, arrived at Madeira on the 19th ult.
The Sarah Christiana arrived off Madeira the 19th
July, in company with the Sir William Pulteney,
Lady Lushington, and William Pitt, bound to Ben-
gal direct, having parted with his Majesty's ship
LOIRE, and the Windham, Charlton, Union, and
Northampton, proceeding to that island.
The Henry Addington, Captain KIRKPATRICK,
which sailed from Portsmouth on the 21st of June, as
a packet to Bengal, arrived at Madeira on the 4th of
last month, all well, and was to stop only four hours.