Star.
London, England, 1812-01-02 00:00:00

CANTONIUNTS.

Head-Quarters, Frenedas.
lit Division, Pinhel; 2d Division, Aleut+ ; Sri Division,Al-
bergeria; 4th Division, Alemalta and Gallegoai sth Division,
Ofivenzad'Hospital; 6th Division, Mongoalde; 7th Divieloo,
Pena Macor ; Light Diviiiion, FuenteGuinaldo.
The quarters of the cavalry are chiefly in advance.
General SLADE' cavalry brigade quarters are. lit
Royal Dragoons. Lamego ; 12th ( Prince of Wales's)
Light Dragoons, St. Joao de Pesquietaw both upon
the river Douro. " Accounts have been received, that
at Darrica,. in Arragon, 2500 French have been obliged
to surrender. Ballastems is again under the guns
of Gibraltar. On Tuesday arrived here, the Marquis
Valencia, the Marquis Ponte Lima, and Senor Vas
Mucillas, Portuguese Noblemen, who escaped from
the French. When the French left Lisbon, they went
with them. A short time since, they applied by let-
ter to Lord Wei.cowroN, to know whether he would
protect them, which he promised, and wrote to the
Regency, luying what he had done. Bing tired of
being traitors-to their country, they escaped by way
of Madrid, and 'arrived safe here. The uncle of M.
Ponte Lima was formerly Portugdese Ambassador to
London ; another was with Lord Nelson in the Me-
diterranean. The brother of Mucillas was in favour
with Lord WELLINGTON, when within thelines. They
state the French army as much dissatisfied, and that
fear only of the Guerillas prevents their very nume-
rous desertion. They are obliged to send always
very strong escorts in search of provisions ; and from
the difficulty of obtaining them, never bring in more
than for 15 days. Every day prisoners or deserters
from the French army arrive here. It must very much
lessen their force in the Peninsula. Unless they are
much reinforced, I think we shall be able to do some-
thing with them in the spring campaign. •
Extract of a Letter from an Assistant-Surgeon in
the Expedition against Jaiay to his brothers iu Mon-
trose, dated 29th August, 1811 :
k have only time by this opportunity to say, we arrived here
about three weeks ago, since which we have got posseuion of,
Batavia (a most iplendid and most magnificent city), without
the least opposition. We, however, have had several most se-
vere engagements With the Enemy, all of which have termi-
nated decidedly in our favour; and yesterday our troops were
gallantly led on by Colonel Gillespie against Fort Cornelis,
which we tarried by storm, though - nut without the-loss of
la great nimber of men and officers—ours, however, was
comparatively small to that of the enany's. We have killed,
wounded and taken prisoners, almost aa their principal officers ;
and what of their troops we have not killed we have taken prim-
r.ers. Our loss in officers and men is computed at about 700 killed
and wounded in the battle of yesterday, and that of the cm my's
at about NAM killed, wounded, and taken prisoners. The gallan-
try of our troops was not to be equalled, and that of de enemy's
much to be wondered at. I assure you, l stood and looked or fur
a long time with great anxiety, and had, with others, my own-
doubts, which would gain the day, when all at once our brave
heroes charged their batteries, and put to clt.-.th every man of
them with the point of the bayonet, that occupied the trenches,
though at the time they were exposed to a heavy and destructive
fire of musketry and cannon from the immense piles of batttries;
all of which fell into our hands. Our loss on this occasion was
greatly increased by the explosion of one or two of the enemy's
magazines, which carried whole columns of our officers and min
in the air. This victory, though so very decided, is not like to
put a period to our campaign. General Jansen has refused all
terms, and is likely to give us a little more sport. It .essaid, he
has yet goka great force at a d.stance from this. occupying a viry
srrdog post at which he means to make a stand—again to get a
drubbing, no doubt."

Tuesday SOO of the Inverness Militia marched into
Fort Cumberland, to relieve a part of the East Mid-
dlesex.

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THE s7bLE.v cxlt.j: -

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It is true that the infant inn of Mrs..Dtt.tow,
gf: ttniion-stiaer, who was stolen on
the IBth tit Novtrnher. at length been recovered.
the extensive cit7tilation of hand and pos: ing
minutely descilbin* the child, and offering a reward
of one hundrecl gitineai for his recniery, cabbed great
but iniffectual its the country until the lat-
ter end Of last week, ashen a woman at Gosport ob-
served a neighbour or h: is in possession of a boy,
bearing the matks describe.l, and Rhine:ins to the
age of three year* old. She immediately thought it
Was Thomas Dellbw, who bad been so Istg missing ;
the more so, as she had reas,•n to b.iieve that tb;
pretended mediet had never borne a Child. She
'lhnsmunicated tit sypicions to the nearest
Am V `fate, I) sent or Mrs. Magnes, he pretended mo-
,ent. The mritnent she was interrogated on the sub.
t *lke confessed the whole affair, and her motive-for the robbery.
Magnes, her husband, who was a gunner on board
ale of his Majesty's ships, and had sated a conside-
iable sum of money fcr a man in his station of life,
Was estemely partial to, children, and bad often ex.
Press• d Lis motrinzious wish to hate a /lute .1 •riusb
as he used to kiln it: His wife, not less antions to
gratify him in this respea k: , wrote to him win at sea
that She was in the family-way. The gunner, highly,
delighted' fiat behad obtained his desired ohject,
sent home the earl'iingi of many a cruise, amonoting
to £3OO, wth a particular charge • that the irlabt
should be rigged, and want ler nothing :if a boy,
so much the better.

The next letter from It's hopeful wife, annosmeed
the happy tidings, that Wirt bore was a son ; and
that she would name Bain Richard, after his father;
The husband expressed his joy at the news, and
• counted the tedious hbnrs ufitil he should be permit=
ted to come bon* to t.is wife and could.
At home he at length wriv. d, hut at :as unfOrto.
nate time, when the deer Richard w..t out at nurse, at
a considerable cis-twee ; change of air bt ing nece%sary
to the easy cidant of hi: teeth. hl.gnes's time bring
short, he left his home with a heavy heart, withont
being able to sre his offspring; but he was assured
that on his next trip to Gosport he should have the
felicity he had so often pined for, of clasping his dar-
ling to his bosom. It was not until November last
that he was at liberty to revisit home, when he had
again the mortification to find that his son, whom he
expected to see a fine boy of three years old, had not
yet cut hit teeth, or that he was from home on some
other pretence. Magnes, hivever, was not to be
pacified thus : he would go and see his tie, or his son
should come to him. Mrs: Maenes, finding him de-
termined, thought the latter much the best way; and
accordingly set off to fetth the buy. The Metropolis
'occurred to her as the inarket best calculated to af-
ford ber a choice of children. She first tried the
West end of the Town, but saw nothing therq to cor-
respond with her husband's views of a Jae boy; the
children appealing to her tale, wan, and emaciated:—
She then turned her attention to the East ; and pass-
ing down St. Martin's lane, the was struck witn the
rung Gale Citizen, Tommy Dellow, and at once deter-
mined to mike him her pi ize. He was playing with
his sister at the green-grocer's shop-door, into which
Mrs. Wgnts went, with the double view of purchas-
ing some apples, and carrying off the boy. Luckily
as she had made her purchase, an Inch Gentlewoman
came into the shop to buy potatoes, and so hd..ercd
the tisidress that she forgot the children wider her
charge. Meanwhile, Mrs. Magnes lost no Sine. She
made muck of the sister, caressed tie boy, and
_gave
him an apple. The children being pleased with her
attention, shiasked the little girl to chew her to a
pastry.cook's shop to buy some cakes, whither she
took both the girl and the boy. She got clear off
with the latter, and left the girl behind. The same_
Light she left town for Gosport with the boy, having
rigged him out according to the taste of her husband,
with a new dress, and a black hat and feather. Mrr.
Mlgnes, in order ilat she might speak to the name
of her boy with a safer conscience, stopped at Kings-
ton, and had him christmed " Richard Magnes," by
which name he was introduced to his fond father on
the following eveninritGosport. Magnet, supposing
all his wi'hes 'realized, was made truly happy.
It is no exaggeration to say, that poor Magnes felt
a parental affection for the boy; and that when the
imposition was discovered before the Magistrate, he
was grieved to the heart at being obliged to part
with him under all the circumstances of the transac. tion. The Magistrate at Gosport immediately ac-
quainted Mr. and Mrs. Dellow with the discovery ;
and stated to them, th it their child was safe, and
ready to be delivered to its parents.
On Monday the rather set off for Gosport, and
the next day received his loci cl ild. If be could feel
any diminution of his joy, it was on account of Mag.
nes, who parted with little Dellow with a sorrowful
heart, and excited the commiseration of all who wit.
nessed the scene. As for Mts. Magnes, she was
lodged in the House of Correction, at Gosport. Mr.
w and his boy arrived in town yesterday.

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qWft.LIANS, iire MURDtklift.-•-it is almost evident
that, from tie t;me of Williams's a; prehension, he
Contemplated kis ,tern destrut.i.on. His final deem.
nsination, howeter, could not have been fixed until
, the identity, ,of the man; had been clearly made out.
There was found in his pocket, in the House ut.Cor-
metiers, eftix his death, a piece of iron hoop, rat&
cieatly sharp to have enabled him to wouipd hinaself
1 mortally,had all other means of self destruction been
removed from him. For a consider ible time it re-
mained matter of surprise how this picce of hoop
came into his possession as he had it not with him
when taken into custody, nor could Any ding be
found upon him when he was put into the Loek•up.
house; but the Officers at length discovered that
part of the iron fastenings, which secure the walls of
the strong room for cm temporary confinement of
prisoners, in the Lebeck's Head public-house, oppo•
site to Shadwell ()Bice, was removed ; and upon
comparing the piece io question with the fractured
part of the fastening, they% were f..und to corms; ond;
and it was from tinmce concluded that, during his
late confinement, subsequent to his lest appearance
before the Magistrates, he broke it awny, and pre.
served it for suicidal purposes. It has been Cearly
ascertained, that he was al:ve at three o'clock on the
morning he was found dead: One of the pfso at ~
in an asjoining cesl to his, at that hoor,heassl t :e JAL.
1 tlTng of trans, as if he way svalkirg ali.ut.

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