Star.
London, England, 1809-08-15 00:00:00

SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE PAPERS.

We have received the former to the Slst ult. and
the latter to the fith in .t. They contain various re-
Tortssel-pecting the battle at Talavera, but not being
official, and being extremely incorrect, we avoid re-
peating then:. Were they even more correct than
they are, the . publication of the Government dis-
patches supersedes the necessity of giving their.
The only article in these Papers deserving of Ito- I,
ticc is the following Postscript to the Lisboa Diary cf
the sfh ir,st. We wish it may prove well founded :

VOSTSCRI? T.

" After this Paper was at Press, certain intelli-
gence was in circulation that the enemy was totally
defeated at Madrid, which the Spanish General Vt•
NE°As had entered with his division, almost all the
French being put to the sword who were found with
arms in their hands.

" The people of Madrid contribute I greatly th
this action. JOSEPH BONAPARTE fled precipitately,
abandoning his troops. It was even said VlcTon
was killed : to-morrow we shall give more circum-
stantial accounts."

When the STAR was going to press, we received
the following communication, brought by the Jane,
arrived at Portsmouth. It corms in a letter from
Cadiz, dated the 2d instant :

Letters from Seville. of yesterday's date, say,
V,croa has surrendered with 11,000 men, and that
the Spanish army under General VENZGAS had entered
Madrid. It is also said that the Supreme Junta have
confcrred the rank of Captain General in the Spanish
Army on Sir ARTHUR WELLCSIAT, and the Grand
Cross of CHAP.LSS 'fluid on CutzsTA."

SURRENDER OF FLUSHING.

STAR-OFFICE, THREE O'CLOCK.

To the great and glorious news contained in the
preceding columns of this Paper, we are happy to
add a rumour at present in very general circulation,
namely, that a TELLEGRAPHIC ACCOUNT OF THE
SucnEsora or ausulso has just been received by
Government and that the Officer with the Dis-
patches, containing the details of this important
event, is now on his way to Lonacil.

I:.lajor-General MAcxyvzie, echo gloriously in
the battle of Talaysra, was Member of Parliament
for the county of Sutherland. A braver Officer, or a
more worthy man, does not exist.

A vessel that stole out of Amsterdam last Wed-
nesday night, arrived at Harwich yesterday. It was
supposed in that city that Flushing had surrendered.
Every thing was quiet at Amsterdam.

Letters received yesterday from Heligoland, men-
tion, that from Gluckstadt and other Danish ports un
the northern shores of the Elbe, :in expedition had
been fitted out for the invasion of Hanover. This en-
terprize had already been attended v. ith some success,
the Danes had seized all the cargoes of the ships in
the Elbe, and had taken possession of the merchan-
dize deposited in the adjacent territory of H;,pover,
under pretence that it was the property of the enemy.
A letter from an Officer cn board the EAGLE 74,
states, that both that .:iip and the TM PCTUEUX have
received so much dam,ie by running foul of each
each other, that they must come home to be repaired.
'The hIPETUEUX was on shore 30 hours, and the
EAGLE nearly twice that time.
Lord and Lady HoLLAND, and Lord JOHN Rus-
SELL arrived st Portsmouth, on Thursday, in the
Liv ELY frigate.
The Russian Admiral SnamitN is going home in
the CuAsanos.
We understand, at Tewkesbury Races, which will
commence early in September, there will be as strong
a contest between two horses of notoriety as between
the late Diamond and Hambletonian.