Star.
London, England, 1809-01-07 00:00:00

FRENCH BULLETI Nt.

Yesterday, after our Paper was at press, bovern.
ment received Paris papers, containing the 17th, 18th,
and lath Bulletins of the French Armies at Madrid;
the last of which is dated the .13th ult.

These Bulletins, like the last that were received,
were sent out by the enemy in an open boat, which
drifted over by the wind and tide, and came ashore
near Folkstone, whence they were transmitted to
Ministers.

These Bulletins, which we have inserted in the pre-
ceding columns, shew the absurdity of the reports
from Corunna and Vigo, which were before in circus
lation. But, at the same time, they present some in-
congruities which deserve particular attention, and
which prove, that the writer of the Bulletins is a
little inclined to the marvellous:

The 1 ith Bulletin states, that the Dttke of Istria
set out on the sth for Guadalaxara, 40 miles North of
Madrid, and had scoured the Whole road to Sara-
gos'ia, 200 miles to the N. E. and to Valencia, 140
miles East ol that City. Having taken 500 prisoners
he afterwards proceeded South, and on the Bth, at
midnight, at Santa Cruz, distant 140 miles from Ma;
drid, took 1000 prisoners more, who Were hastening
to Andalusia. The Bulletins say nothing of the mode
of travelling employed by the Duke and his army, by
w:lich he was enabled to traverse, in three days, a track
cnntry which a courier, with fresh horses at every
Ige, could not have travelled over in twicethe time.

lie 18th Bulletin abuses the Supreme Junta, which
s natural enough ; prais,2s two eecloiastics ; and
congratulates the Monks on knowing their fate. This
not explained in the bulletin, .but the papers which
:cornp.aly these documents inform us that "the In-
tisition is abolished, and the number of convents
:dr.ced one third."
The lfithßulbotin announces thesumndcr of Rosas.

this prove correct it will surpri.e ar ; for, in
793, during the Revolution war, it held out for
;ht months ! It also informs us, that the Emperor
ails himself of the fine weather to remain in the
tntry, one mile from. Madri..l! Had the weather
. worse we are to infer that his Imperal Majesty
,lald have resided among his brother JOSEPH'S loyal
cf Madrid i !
But NAPnLEON'S Proclamation to the people of
:rid is the most singular of all the documents that
;c reached us. Every thing he has done has pro-
:de.d from love and affection to their best interests, i
• to make tirem the happiest people upon earth I
It should they spurn his offered kindness, nothing
remain for NAPOLEON " but to treat them as con-
led provinces." In that event he will " place the
Am of Spain upon his own head, and cause it to
respected by the wicked ; for GOD has given him
er and inclination to surmount all obstacles."—
to King JosErit, should the Spaniards oblige NA-'
lON to wield, himself, the sceptre over them, he

is to be placed 41 upon anOther thione"—yarn he
gets it I—took to this, FRANCIS Another throne"
remains to be overturned 1 A new dynasty is in
preparation for Austria—yet “ the peace of the Con•
tinent is not to be disturbed."

•
THE EPlPHANY.—Yesterday, being theAntiversary
'of the Manifestation of our Saviour to the Gentiles,
(commonly called a The Epiphany," the same was
observed at the Chapel Royal in St. James's Palace.
Lord JOHN THYNNE, his MAJESTY'S Vice-Chamber-
lain, attended in state in the Royal Closet, to represent
his MAJESTY, as Head of the Church of England, with
the same attendants of state,theYeome'n of the Guards,
as if his MAJESTY was present. After the Gospel,
appointed for the day, which is taken from the 2d chap.
of St. Matthew, Ist verse, had been read, a solemn
symphony began on the organ, and continued playing
' during the time Lord JOHN THYNNE and the attend-
ants were leaving the Royal Closet, and proceeding'
through the aisle of the Chapel to the altar where his
Lordship knelt on a crimson velvet cushion. A crim-
son mantle was placed on the front of the altar, where
the Rev. Mr. Hollas, the Sub-Dean, was in attend-
ance, in the room of the BISHOP of LONDON, who is
indisposed. The attendants then Look from an oval
gold box three crimson bags, with gold ornaments,
containing gold, frankincense and myrrh, gave them
to Lord JOHN THYNNE, who presented them to -the
Sub-Dean, who received them in a gold dish. The
procession then returned to the Royal Closet.—After
the service an appropriate Anthem—a Arise ! shine
0 Zion t for thy light is come"—composed by the
late Dr. DUPUIS, was very correctly sung by Messrs.
Goss, HAws, VAUGHAN, and SALMON.
Letters have been received from Rio Janeiro, of
the 13th October, which mention, that the Governor
of Monte Video had opened the trade of that place
to the British—ir consequence of which, several Eng-
lish vessels sailed for that port from Rio Janeiro.

Government received dispatches on Wednesday
from Mr. ADAIR, Plenipo for the British interests at
Constantinople ; they are said to contain very interest-
ing and agreeable intelligence.

ISMAJESTY having appointed the Right Hou.
Sir GEORGE FITZGERALD' HILL, Bart. to ba of his
Majesty's Most HoiDurable Privy Council of Ireland,
he has taken the usual oaths, and his place at the
board accordingly.
Lord COLLINGWOOD, it is said, has been recommen.
ded to his MAJESTY, as the successor to the late Lord
GARDNER in the Major-Generalship of Marines.
The Rev. Mr. HANCUET GREY, who was presented
to his MAJESTY, at the Levee, on Wednesday, upon
his being appointed a Prebend of Durham, is the son
of the Earl of STAMFORD.

Lord GRA:vary having resigned the office of Re-
corder of Guildford, a Common Hall was held on
Thursday for the election of a successor. Mr. Serjeant
BEST and Mr. Serjeant ONSLOW were proposed as can-
didates, and a ballot took place, at the close of which
the numbers were, for Mr. Serjeant BEST 22, Mr. Ser-
ljeant ONsLow 9. Mr. Serjeant BEsr was of course
declared duly elected.
Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the
ast India House, when Captain GEORGE Rim-iam-
sox was sworn into the command of the ship Dover
Castle, consigned to Bombay direct. The Court ad-
journed at•six o'clock till Wednesday next,
Captain WILLS undertook another foot race of two
miles against time, yesterday, on the Kilburn road.
He had betted 20 guineas that he did the distance a'
two starts, and he accomplished the object in ten se-
conds less than the time allowed.

A splendid ball and supper were given bv'the Du-
chess of BEDFORD, on Thursday night. Nearly 300
persons, including all the principal families. in the
county, were present. More than forty couple danced
till one o'clock; in the Grand Saloon ; supper was
then announced, after which the dance was resumed
and continued till near four o'clock, when the com-
pany began reluctantly to depart.
A-gross outrage was committed tit the time of full
'Change yesterday, upon Mr. STEVENS, a repectable
merchant :—lt appears that Mr. S. had a trifling dis-
pute with a person of the name of TURNER, relative
to a transaction in business. TURNER sought Mr. S.
upon 'Change, for the purpose of giving him chas-
tisement with a horse-whip. As soon as he saw Mr.
S. he began to put his threat in execution, sans ctre-
' monie, and succeeded in giving Mr. S. several blows
on the face, to the great indignation of the specta-
tors: The moment Mr. S. recovered from his sur-
prise, he rushed upon the aggressor, and knocked
him down, and would have taken complete satisfae.
tion upon the spat for the insult he received, had he
not been prevented by the crowd, who had placed
themselves between him and the just object of his
attack..
Tuesday a girl, twelve years of age, while Cleaning
a window, three stories high, in the Trongate, Glas-
-1 goic, fell into the Close, and was brbised in such a
dreadful manner, that she expired the following
morning.
lOn Thursday last, at Thornaby, near Stockton, as
; G. Hutton, Esq. of turf celebrity, was crossing a
1 small bride, overflowed with water, he unfortunately
fell from his horse, and was drowned.

On Wednesday morning, a fire hroke out at the
house of Mrs. P. King, Lower Tooting, Surrey ;
but from the prompt assistance of the neighbours,
was got under before much injury was done.
A young man was found drowned in a pond at
Chelsea yesterday morning, who proves to have been
usher at a boarding school in Hertfordshire. He is
supposed to have met his death by accident, having
spent the evening of Thursday at Battersea.
Two evenings ago, the Rising Sun public-house,
in Suffolk-street, as well as the pot-boy, narrowly
escaped from being destroyed by fire. The landlord,
after the company had retired, and his whole farnily
had gone to bed, felt a strong burning smell. After
a mintite search, he found it issued from the bed-
room of the pot-boy. On bursting open the door, he
saw the bed in flames, whilst the boy was found asleep
in it. With great exertions he succeeded in confining
the flaMes to that room only. The boy's clothes were
burnt, but himself escaped. The fire originated from
the unpardonable practice of sticking a candle on one
of the posts, and the boy's falling asleep without ex•
ingnishing it.

. . . ,
NAUTICAL INTELLIGENCE.
• MARGATE, JANUARY 6.
Hii Majeity's schooner Pinokow came on shore
near Kingsgate last night, at low water, and after
'beating upon the rocks on her broadside, as the tide
made she bilged—two of her crew are lost, one of
their was drowned, the other perished with cold ; the
whole of the crew being for nine hours lashed to the
Masts.

FAI.MOUTH, lANUARY 4.
Arrived the Walsiagham packet, Captain
from the Brazils, with mails, hi 12 weeks: she touched
at Madeira, and left it about 24 days since.

PLYMOUTH, JANUARY 5.
Came in his Majesty's ship DIANA from Corunna ;
Enterprize, GRAY, from Stockholm ; Victoria, Fo-
RERA, from Malta ; Pickle, SKINNER, from New-
foundland ; Foster, REYSTOR, from Teneriff; French
sloop Superb, —, from Nantz, with provisions, for
Guadeloupe ; and a letter of marque, of 4 guns, and
21 men, prizes to his Majesty's ship INbEIFATIGABLE.
Wind S. E.

PLYMOUTH-DOCK, JANUARY 5.
Arrived the DIANA frigate, 38 guns, Captain
GRANT, from Corunna ; brings no news : also the
Enterprize, GRAY, from Stockholm, laden with tar,
deals, &c. ; Pickle, schooner, from Newfoundland,
with fish, oil, &c. put in here by contrary wind ;
American ship Factor, of New York, PRIESTE master,
from Teneriffe, bound to London, laden with wine,
pnt in by contrary winds ; Polacrc ship Feck Thorea,
alias Victoria, A. FERROSA master, of and from
Malta and Gibraltar. laden with oil, currants, and
madder root, bound to London, put in here by con-
trary winds and bad weather.

PORTSMOUTH, JANUARY 6.
Arrived his Majesty's ships DILIGIT, from Ha-
lifax ; AVENGER, from Newfoundland and Falmouth;
la FLECIIE, from Cott: ; and the PRIMROSE, from a
cruize. Sailed his Majesty's ships PHEASANT, for
Falmouth ; DEFENDER and ANT, on a cruize.

DEAL, JANUARY 6.
Arrived his Majesty's ships CALLIOPE, from off
Flushing ; BRITONIART and FLY, from the Westward.
Saildd his Majesty's ship PAZ on a cruize.

.YARMOUTH, JANUARY 7.

ONE P. M.—Arrived the DICTATOR, of 64. guns,
Admiral KEATS, from the Baltic. No boats having
came on shore, cannot learn any thing new. Remain
in the Roads the Roebuck, Vice Admiral DOUGLAS;
Bellerophon, Hon. Admiral GARDNER.; Mars, Abou-
kir, Princess Caroline, Stately, Calypso, Mosquito,
Egeria, Havoc, Censor, Safeguard, Locust, and
Richmond, all of which have rode out the severe gale,
without experiencing any considerable damage.
The Wandering Main, SWANBERG, from Gotten-
burgh, with iron, deals, and tar, is on- shore on Hap-
pisburgh Beach ; four of the crew are drowned, and
the ship is gone to pieces—part of the carp saved.

APOSTROPHE, TO THE RIVER NITH.