Star.
London, England, 1813-08-10 00:00:00

AMERICA

RICHMOND,. JUNE 29.
The Governor has received an express from Major
Crutchfield, commander of the detachment at Hamp-
ton. We harie later accounts from a Lady who ar-
rived here in the stage last night.
The enemy are in possession of Hampton ; some
few of its houses are burnt, the rest of the town' is
preserved in compliment, perhaps, to their own ac-
commodation. About 25 of our troops only are mis-
sing. One account states the loss of the enemy at
200. Captain Pryor met them on the beach ; finding
the enemy, had passed on another point and entered
the town, he spiked his artillery, and, by a dexterous
Movement, crossed a stream of water in the rear of
the enemy, and effected his .retreat. The riflemen
ppgad themselves in a defile, and did great execution
upon the approaching enemy. The rest of our mi.
lit ia effected their retreat, first to the Half-way House,
and afterwards to York.
A circumstance is stated which developes the mur-
derous and barbarous desperation of the enemy :—A
Mr. Hilby, near Hampton, was dying in his house!
in the arms of his'avife, when the British troops Ay;
proached: one of them coolly pulled out a pistol,
• shot poor Hilh'y, and the ball lodged in the hip of his
wife.—." Expect no quarter," said an Officer to his
friend here.
Major Corbin is not killed, but his arm is dread-.
fully shattered by a ball ; Captain Anderson is safe.
About 2000 of the enemy are said to have landed.
Fear not for Virginia; the Governor is ordering
troops to dislodge the unprincipled barbarians. All
parties here lift up their hands against the Cockburn
incendiary, and murderers of our countrymen.
JULY '2. —We learn from a Gentleman who resides
near Williamsburg, that on Wednesday last a skir-
mish took place between some of our Militia and a
party of the British who had landed a little below
James Town. Two flf the enemy killed, two taken,
and several wounded. No loss on our side men-
tioned. -
THE GUS-BOAT FIGHT.-ATTACK OF CRANEY ISLAND.
" Napfold, June 25.
•{ I was a spectator during the engagement of the
gun-boats with the enemy's frigates, on the 20th inst.
l'he morning was calm, but am ful beyond descrip- '
tion : the uppermost frigate was for some time si-
lenced, and fired a gun to leeward as a signal of dis-1
tress; the other frigates, aided by a light breeze which
.sprung up, were brought up to her assistance, by
which alone she was saved. By deserters it appears,
that the Junon lost about 150 men, killed and wound-
ed ; the Captain fell the second shot.
" On the 22d, the attack on Craney Island was
made at an early hour in the morning. I had again
resumed my old stand, for the purpose of observation;
and to communicate the result. At the moment of
my arrival on the beach, the barges, to the..number
of. 50 or 60, were before the island, the ships lying
off Newport Mews : the 24-pounders from the island
were then playing on the enemy. In a few minutes
rejoicings were heard—a barge was destroyed. The
boats found a landing at the place could not be ef-
fected, and they went higher up and landed on the
main : they then marched down in the rear of the
island ; nothing but a narrow sheet of water divided
the assailants from our troops ; under cover of bushes
and small houses they made a stand, and commenced
throwing rockets, but they do not carry in their flight
so much terror as is attached to their name; the can-
non from our troops soon produced on their opponents
different feelings; the second shot carried away the
greater part of a house, and about one .o'clock the
enemy retreated in great confusion to their boats.
,4 At three o'clock they returned again, and landed
near the same place. The result of this skirmish was
more glorious than the first ;—one barge destroyed,
and another taken, said to be Admiral Cockburn's ;
the troops were routed in great confusion, and took
to their boats, leaving various implements and camp_
kettles ; calves, sheep, hogs, &c. which they had
stolen, and prepared for cooking. A Captain, Lieu-
tenant, and several men, have been found buried in
an orchard : the k;lled-, wounded, deserters, and pri-
soners, it is supposed, amount to 200. It is a glo-
rious victory ; it has proved the disposition of their
men to desert ; and it has proved to our men, that
with equal numbers they are certain of victory.
" The prisoners say, that Cockburn had offere4'
them £5 each for Craney Island, £lOO for the fri.
gate, and RlOO 1,4- the town, besides three days pil-
lage, and other inducements which .1 will not men.
tion."

NEW YORK, JULY io.
From the National intellencer of the Sth June we
learn that Major General Dearborn is about to with-
draw from Fort St. George to Albany, probably until
his health shall be re-established, then to wait for
further orders. •

" Head Quarters, Fort George, June 25.
" Sin—l have the mortification of informing you
of an unfortunate event which occurred yesterday.
On the 23d, at evening, Lieutenant Colonel Boerstler,
with 570 men, infantry, artillery, cavalry, and rifle-
men, in due proportion, was ordered to march by the
way of Queen's Town, to attack and disperse a body
of the enemy collected for the purpose of procuring
provision, and harassing those inhabitants who are
considered friendly to the United States : their force
was, from the most direct information, cornpoted of
one company of the 104th regiment, from 150 to 200
'militiamen, and from 58 to 60 Indians.
64 At eight o'clock, yesterday morning, when
within about two miles of the Beaver Dam, our de.
tachment was attacked from an ambuscade, bat soon

drove the enemy some distance into the woods, and
then retired to a clear field, and sent an express
for reinforcements, saying, he could
•maintain his po-
sition until reinforced. A reinforcement of SC/Omen
marched immediately, under the command of Colo-
nel Christie : but on arriving at Queen's Town, Co-
lonitl Christie received intormation that Colonel

Boerstler had surrendered to the enemy. The rein-
forcement returned to the camp, and Mar, who be-
loled to a small corps of riflemen, came in this mot.
nin,gp states, the.ettemy surrounded our detachments
;4 Mot Woods, and towards twelve o'clock tonsmeoced
a gentralastacki that our troops fought more • than
two tourailuat. their artillery had expended the
whole of theitatisertutitien, and then s
'itifOrniaiidti has, as yet, been retetted f hefiliYled
Ided. is israttnotm." •

LISBON AN.Z) Cif.DIZ MAILS. ••
LISBON, JULY es.
We have no accounts relatiie to the movements
of Suchet. We are given to understand that the
French are in considerable force opposite the pass ati
Roncevallei, where General Hill was posted.

INTELLIGENCE FROM THE ALLIED ARMY.
ORDER OF THE DAY OF THE GREAT LORD.
INUTA. JULY 9, 1813.
Ist.—The Commander of the Forces it anxious to draw the
attention of the Officers of the Army, to the situation in which
they have hitherto been among the people.of Portugal and Spain,
and that in which they may hereafter iltad themselves among
those of the frontiers of Franee.
2d.—Every military precaution must bEiceforward be used to
obtain intelligence and prevent surprise. General and superior
Officers at the head of detached corps, will take care to keeg up
a regular and constant communication With the corps upon their
right and left, and with their rear • and the soldiers and their
followers must be prevented from; leaving their camps Ind eau.
toumenta on any account whatever.
Ed.—Notwithstanding that these precautions are absolutely
necessary, as the country in front of the army is the enemy's,
the Commander of the Forces is particularly desirous that the
inhabitants should be well treated, and private property must be
respected.
4th.—Officers and soldiers must recollect that their nations
are at war with France solely because the Ruler of the French
nation will not allow them to be at peace, and is desirous of
forcing them to submit to 415 yoke, and they must not forget
that the worst of the evils suffered by the enemy in his profligate
invasion of Spain and Portugal have been occasioned by the irre-
gularities of the soldiers, and their cruelties, authorised and en.
conraged by their chiefs towards the unfortunate and peaceful
inhabitants of the country.
Sth.--To revenge this conduct on the peaceable inhabitants
of France would be unmanly and unworthy of the natives to
whom the Commander of the Forces now addresses himself ;
and at all events would be the occasion of similar and worm',

evils to the army at large Item dote which the enemy's eslll4'
have suffered in the Pettindelle, snd would evesaralip prove
highly injurious to the public lallateste.
6th.—The rules, therefore, *lads %eve hhhetto been ebeerv-
ed in requiring and taking and giving stettpts for the supplies
from the country, are to be continued In the village, mike
French frontiers, and the Commissaries attached to each at the
armies of the several nations, will receive the order, glom she
Commander in Chief of the army of his nation respecciad she
mode and period of paying for such supplies.

OFFICIAL DISPATCH FROM GENERAL AITLLACANIPA TO
THE SUPERIOR JUNTA OF ARRAGON, Dire RE•

IA RTIOXA, JULY 5.

" EXCELLENT Sut—l have the satisfaction to in-
form your Excellency that at bix this morning Va-
lencia was free from the enemy, who took the direc-
tion of Mut viedro, and will no doubt continue his
retreat towards Tolosa."

TOLOSA, JULY 12.
King Jossph is still in St. Joa de Luz, with 17,000
infantry and 3000 horse.

FROM THE M#DRID PAPER OF TILE 20TH JULY.
The battalions'of General Mina, which were within
sight of Saragossa, occupying the points of St. Gre-
goria and Justlebod, immediately passed the Gallego
river, on knowing of the march of the French from
that city: Notwithstanding the rivers being much
swelled, and detained them some time in passing,
they effected it, continued their march, overtook the
enemy between Perdiguera and. Leuenca, and at-
tacked him, but his superiority in troops and artil.
lery made fcr that time Mina's valiant soldiers de-
sist. Those, however, who were placed on the
mountains obliged the French to take the Cubierre
road.

This operation gave Mina an opportunity of act-
ing with his cavalry, for which purpose he ordered
them to pass the Ebro by swimming. At eleven
o'clock on the 10th, . this operation WAS conclu-
ded, and at two in the afternoon of the same day,
the 'General with his troops was •in Luenca, ready
to act.
The result of this plan was the obliging the
French to abandon, in the Sierra de Alcubierre, their
wagons, coaches, ammunition, and riches, without
taking any thing over it but their artillery, some
ammunition chests, and wh.►t each carried about him.

The enemy, worn out with fatigue, hunger, and
thirst, not having eaten or drank since their depar-
*lure from Saragossa, was on the 11th, at ten in the
morning, in the most deplorable state between the
Cubierre and Pulenino.
CADIZ, JULY 9.

1 The Nuncio, Monsieur Gravina, has received from
Government his passports to remove to Sicily, on
board the frigate Sabina, and his temporalities taken
11 possession of, for having continued obstinate in his
blameable conduct in respect to the extinction Of the
Inquisition, a .conduct which has been so fatal in
the English Parliament to the Catholic's of that
+kingdom.
The Concise of the 7th of July states, that a, report
was in circulation of the Cones being about to re-
move to Seville.

and wounded. (Signed)