Star.
London, England, 1809-03-02 00:00:00

(COPY.)

" Admiralty-Office, March 1, 1809.
44 Information has been received of the squadron
gg which lately sailed from Brest having entered
66 Basque Roads on the morning of the 24th ult."
" PLYMOUTH-DOCK, FEB. 28.
gg The CALEDONIA, 112, Admiral Lord GAMBIER,
arrived in Cawsand Bay this day, at noon ; as there
was no salute fired, I presume Lord GAIIIIIIIII has
shifted his flag.
" The Brest Fleet has escaped into Rochefort.—
The NAIAD frigate, which arrived here this day, states,
however, that they had a hard run for it ; and that
three of their stoutest frigates were cut off by two of
our headmost ships—two were driven on shore—and
the third taken.—A sufficient force has been left to
blockade them.
44 5 P. M.—A large French privateer brig is just
coming into the Sound but
.I cannot learn 'the par-
ticulars of her capture iriiiitte for this night's post."
" PLYMOUTH, FEB. 28.
" Arrived the CALEIVIIIAt of 110 guns, Admiral
Lord GAMBIER, from off L'Orient; also the NAIAD,
of 36 guns, from the Channel fleet, with dispatches,
which have been forwarded from Falmouth. The
reports said to be brought by the NAIAD are, that the
French squadron from Brest, 1*
and two frigates; the IL
line, one of 50 guns,
L'Orient, of four sail of
at sea, and that the B 6
and L'Orient„ consistin;
pursuit : that the CMAAR,
of 36 guns, had cut off
division, and had driven ,
they Were engaging them,

•
or destroying them. Tt is alto repqrtid, that t
whole of the CoMbined Squadron vre since got into
Rochefort : they sailed the £Sd, fkori.the difretent
ports."

To the above we have not yet the irteans'of adding
any other particulars. The Intention of the' enemy
most probably was, first to join the .Brest, L'Orieni,
and Rochefort squadrons, as we have already stated.;
with this force to capture Admiral STOPFOAD'S ships ;
and then to proceed together to Ferrol, and having
joined the Spanish ships there, to direct their course to
Cadiz, there to join'the Toulon fleet. But their object,
whatever it was, has been completely frustrated; anti
the only effect their movement has produced, 1:i only to
change the place of blockade from Brest to Rochefort.

In the preceding columns our Readers will and ex-
tracts from French papers to the 15th, and Dutch to
the 19th ult.

From the 32d Bulletin, given in these papers, it
appears that on the 27th of January, eleven days af-
ter the battle of Corunna, the French entered Ferrol.
The shipping in the harbour was found such as we
recently stated.it to be ; and the most effectual mea-
swrgs.have, as we learn from a Madrid letter, been
sine taken to render its equipments complete, and
tbe•whole of it ready for service, by the mission of
the traitor MAZAREDO, with a special commission to
that port and that of Corunna.
Any resistance given to the French at Ferrol was
by the people only. The civil, naval and military au-
thorities are described as having taken the oath of
allegiance to King JOSEP/I with enthusiasm ? What a
picture of the profligacy of those who have hitherto
tyrannised over the peasantry of Spain I The people
to the number of eight thousand, collecting from the
vicinity, or rising in the streets of Ferrol, were anxi-
ous to repel their invaders, but were first betrayed by
I a double summons secretly sent from their Governor
to the enemy across the mountains, and were after-
wards surrendered by a perfidious capitulation signed
on the 26th. In one part of the Bulletin, the people
are slandered as having inflicted the greatest sufferings
on their superiors, while in another, although popular
vengeance is generally very decisive, they are al-
lowed to have been content with the arrest of Admiral
OBREGON, a creature who is now acting under the
French at the head of the Arsenal.
This is not the first time we have had to remark the
perfidy of the higher ranks in Spain.—Can the people
ever be cursed with masters more regardless of their
safety than many of those who have been entrusted
with their affair ?
The entrance of King JOSEPH into Madrid is de-
scribed in such terms as might be expected, and the
addresses presented to him only tend to confirm the
opinion we have formed of the Spanish character.

Yesterday, about two o'clock, his MAJESTY held a
private Levee at the Queen's Palace.
His MAJESTY also held a Privy Council, at which
Lord BROWNLOW was introduced, and sworn in Lc rd-
Lieutenant of the County of Lincoln. His MAJESTY
gave audiences to the Duke of PORTLAND, and the
rest of the Cabinet Ministers ii•re.ent.
Yesterday being the anniversary of the Titular Saint
of Wales, the Honourable Society of Ancient Bri-
tons, attended by their President, the Right Hon.
Lord KIRKWALL, the Vice-Presidents, Treasurer, and
Stewards, preceded by a band of music, went in pro-
cession to-St. Ann's Church, Soho, where an excellent
sermon, appropriate to the occasion, was delivered by
the Rev. Mr. BUSHFIELD, Chaplain to the Right
Hon. Lord MULGRAVE. During Divine Service, the
following select pieces of music were performed, viz.
Piercy's Te Deum and Jubilate Anthem, composed
by Dr. BOYCE for the Sons of the Clergy, in which
the Solo, 4 I did weep,' was sung. by Mr. Er.worr,
principal singer at the Foundling, in the most chaste
and correct style. After the sermon, HAIDECS
Zadock the Priest,' concluded the performance.—
' PIRACY was at the organ, aad conducted the whole
I with his usual attentior.

We are happy tot t ite, that an exprecs has been re-
ceived 'from Admiral WHITSHED, at Cork, with the
news of the safe arrival of the John transport, with
several officers and men on board. The John was
one of the transports in General SHERBROOKE'S Expe-
dition ; she was the only one missing, and great ap-
prehensions were entertained for her safety, as she
parted in a very violent gale of wind. Among the
officers on board was the Honourable Captain HooD,
son of Lord HOOD.

This morning, at three o'clock, a fire broke out -in
the premises of Messrs. Rurr, drug-merchants, on
Addle hill, Thames-street, which consumed partof the
tenement in which the fire commenced, but did no
other damage, in consequence of the timely arrival of
fire-engines from all quarters.
CORK, FEB. 2t.
.... . .

The expedition to sail from this port, will be under the emu,
mand of Major General BERISFORD. It will consist of six re-
giments ; their destination is not mentioned. The transports
have not yet arrived for their embarkation. The troops under
Major General SitERSILOOKI still remain at Cove, waiting for in-
structions to proceed on their destination. The wind Is now fa-
vourable.

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