Star.
London, England, 1809-02-27 00:00:00

SPAIN.

Cadiz and Seville Gazettes to the 11th instant, hme
arrived since our last. They contain an official ac.
count of the action before Saragossa, to which we
alluded on Saturday. It was fought on the 21st
ult. and terminated in favour of the Patriots, the

French, according to this account, having lost 4000
killed, and as many wounded. The loss of the Spa-
niards is not mentioned.—On the same day an attack
was made by about 800 French, on the fortress of San
Josef, but they were also put to flight. Several skir-
mishes took place on the 22d, 23d, and 24th, in the
environs of San Josef, in which the Spaniards were
equally successful. On the 22d, a summons was sent
into the 'City by the French Commander, Marshal
MONCEY, demanding its surrender. On the same day
an answer was returned by General PALAFOX, which
is truly in unison with that admirable character he
has hitherto sustained. The Summons and the An•
swer will be found in another part of our Paper.
Lord COCHRANE'S conduct in the defence of Cats•
lonia is highly extolled in these papers. They also
contain a dispatch recived by the Supreme Junta,
giving an account of the action in St. Domingo, on
the 7th of November, between the Spanish and French
force, in which, as we have already stated, the former
were successful, and the French Commander, Gene.
neral FERRAND, shot himself, The dispatch is dated
the 9th ; the Spaniards had not then entered the for.
tress of San Domingo.
We learn from another channel of intelligence, that
General LASzas, who was ordered to join Marshal
MoNcEY, at the confluence of the Xalon and the Ebro,
has since received contrary instructions, and with
30,000 men, is now crossing the Eastern Pyrenees at
the pass of Bellegarde. A report prevailed in An-
dalusia, that the Garrison of Madrid had been much
-reduced by detachments towards Sornosierta, Valla•
dolid, and Burgos ; and it was even said, that the
mortification JOSEPH had received from his cool re•
ception at his Capital, and the distrust he felt on ac•
count of the absence of his Brother, has induced him
to retreat to the Banks of the Douro. We do not give
credit to these representations, although we deem it
to be our duty to state them.

" PORTSMOUTH, FEBRUARY 25.
" This morning arrived the RACOON sloop of war,
Captain WELSH, with intelligence of the Escape of the
French Fled at Brest. The RACOON was on her pas-
sage to Cadiz, when, on Thursday noon last, off
Ushant, she fell in with the LYRA sloop of war, Capt.
BEVIANS, which ship had been just dispatched to
Plymouth, by the reconnoitring frigate stationed off
Brest, with intelligence, that all the ships of war
that were ready for sea in Brest, had escaped out,
either on Monday night last, or early on Tuesday
morning. They had not been seen by any of the ships
on that station—the course they steered is not known,
nor is their destination—the wind was northerly.
Captain WELSH conceiving it to be of essential impor-
tance that early information should be communicated
to the Admiralty of the circumstance, made every
possible haste to this port : on his arrival here it was
immediately communicated to London by telegraph.
" It is supposed that, as Lord GAMBIER, who sailed
from Torbay on Tuesday afternoon, was not at his _
station on Thursday, his Lordship had received the
information, and had gone in pursuit. The opinion The Essequibo and Demerara Gazette, of the 3i'
as to their destination is divided between Cadiz and December 1808, presents the following intelligence—
Martinique. It is apprehended that they will be " STABROCK, DECEMBER Si.
joined by the six sail of the line, (two of which are 44 By the Dolphin schooner, from Surinam, WO
three-deckers) which the French took possession of have the
e: important and pleasant intelligence of a Por-
at Ferrol.—The following ships sailed from Torbay 'tugue pedition from the Brazils against Cayenne
with Lord GAMBIER, viz. CALEDONIA, 110 guns, hiving actually arrived in that latitude. A Porn:.
Admiral Lord GAMBIER, Captain Sir H. BURRARD gum gun-boats which had dropped to leeward, 1:2.,
NEALE (Captain of the Fleet), Captain BEDFORD ; put into urinam, and communicated the inform..
ROYAL GEORGE, 100, Vice-Admiral Sir Jona Tuomas tion. It was at first supposed, that this expedif
r t-s 1
DUCKWORTH, Captain DUNN ; ST. GEORGE, 98, might be partly British, under Sir
and to S. SAurconsist of
n, expel
Rear Admiral ELIAB HARVEY, Captain HLLLYAR ; is stated to be wholly Portuguese,
DREADNOUGHT, 98, Rear Admiral SOTHEBY, Captain 7000 men. The above boat has 70 Indians on board,
SALT ; TEMERAIRE, 98, Sir C. HAMILTON ; Acinux, and three or four cannon, one of which is a '24-pun.
74, Sir RICHARD KING; ISIPETUEUX, 74, Capt. LAW- 1 der; several attempts were made to beat her up, that
FORD ; CHRISTIAN VII. Captain J. Halecomi act- r• she might join in the glory of her companions, buts'
ing ; WARSPITE, 74, Honourable Captain BLACK- vain. The plan is said to be, to land a chosen bccil
woos. The HERO, 74, Captain NEWMAN, looked into ofindians (good marksmen) with their bows and x.
Torbay on Wednesday, and then proceeded for the I rows, to windward of Cayenne, to penetrate through
station off Ushant, to join his Lordship. The Brest I the bushes, while the grand attack is made by the
fleet is believed to consist of ten sail of the line and 1 gun-boats, Etc. on the batteries. VicTott HI- by is
several frigates. I said to have a garrison of 500 men, but his ordnance
gg The BARFLEtIR, 98, Captain Dr:u I
s ; ZEALOUS, 1 is in a bad state, many of the cannon being 11
74, Captain BOYS ; and the ELIZABETH, 74, Honour- mounted. The Portuguese were very confiden,
able Captain Cuazok, sailed from Plymouth on Mon- lsuccess, and we hope to have the pleasure of gaol
day, to cruiac off Ferrol." lit in our next."

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