Star.
London, England, 1809-01-02 00:00:00

" French in possession of Vincente, with a fitirce
of 1500 men :

" French at Burgos, from latest accounts.
" British under Sir DAVID BAIRD at Astorga, and
advancing.

" Marquis of Rommiat, with General 1.7.1711, at
Leon.

" Spanish General AsircasfAllog-with a strong-1
force, at Columbris, situate betsteen the river de-
Sellas and Vincente.
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These Memorandums are to be made known to
any of his Majesty's ships you may meet, and all
vessels bound to either of the above-mentioned ports,
are to be acquainted of their being in possession of
the enemy.
4t Gijon to be approached with caution.
(Signed) " D. HARDMAN."

" In addition to the above, the Geowtan has
brought dispatches from Comma, which have been
forwarded to town. Lieutenant CROSSMAN said he
did not feel himself at liberty to state particulars; but
that the news he brought was good—very good, an
glorious for the Spaniards! PALArox, he said, hal
had a severe brush with the French, and defeated
them with great slaughter.

" Lieutenant CaossmAx states, that the enemy are
not in postruion of Madrid; and letters have been re-
ceived here, which state their having been driven from
it soon after taking possession.
Captain CARDEN, of the Vista DE PARIS, has
transmitted a letter from Vigo, to his Lady in this
town ; in which he states that there have been three
obstinately contested engagements, between the com-
bined British and Spanish army and the French, near
Madrid, in which, after the most sanguinary contests,
the French were totally routed and defeated, with the
loss in killed, wounded, and prisoners, of 35,000 men.
Would to HEAvEN this may proie correct ; but I am
compelled to add, that it does not receive much: credit
here. Captain C.'s letter is dated the 24th December.
" I cannot learn any further particulars ; bukif an.
further transpires will write you nett post.

•, P. S. A Zamora paper has been received by a
high naval character in this town, which contains a
statement nearly coinciding with the above, as w the
defeat of the enemy, and their consequent loss, though
not to so great an extent."

The following Bulletin, containing an account of
.the intelligence received by Government this day, has
just been circulated : '
4, Letters of the 16th December, dated Toro,
have been received ; General Sir Join; Moolt!, who
was then forming his junction with General Sir DA-
VID BAIRD, and was marching with the hope of
falling in with Marshal SOULT, who had been ordered
to make himself master of Leon and Zamora.•—
Brigadier General CHARLES STEWART, with part
of the 18th Light Dragoons had surprised and taken
a detachment of cavalry and infantry at Rueda, with
about Je20,000 in value of cotton, which the French
had collected. They had also taken a patrok of an
officer and 22 dragoons."

AMERICA.

The following are extracts from letters from New
York, received by Mercantile Houses in Glasgow, on
Tuesduy :

NFW-YORK, NOVEMBER Is.

" I shall do myself the pleasure of .writing you by the Ches-
terfield Packet, should she be allowed to proceed, whisk at pre-
sent is doubtful, for it is the general opinion here, that a Non-
intercOurse Pill will be passed between this country and Great-
Britain, and that the embargo will continue in force towards
France." •

NtW.YORK, Nov. 14," The President's Speech amounts to
nothing. Jsffersou's party in Congress, will, no doubt, be In
favour of continuing the embargo. There will be also a party in
Congress in favour of a war with Britain ; but whatever you may
hear, rely upon it, there will be none—a majority of the people
are against it. Tice will also be a party for raising the embargo
and risking a forced trade—they will not succeed at first, and it
is impossible to say at what time they will; but be assured, Con-
gress dare not rise without taking off the embargo ; &they did,
there would be in insurrection in the Eastern States. Indeed, I
doubt whether they will be restrained from sending their vessels
to sea, longer than till December. Although the Federalists have
gained much, Maddison will be the next President of the 'United
States—he is of Jefferson's kidney, and will aid his views."

" Nov. 17, 1808.—We annex an extract of a letter received
this morning from Washington, which notices a motion made by
Mr. Mumford (a violent democrat from this city), relative to a
partial removal of the embargo.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, NOV. 14.

" Mr. Mamford offered the following Resolution, which was
referred to a ConurtWet of the whole, to whom fanner* were
referred sever.' Resolutions, presented last wick, relative to the
ensbargo.
U Resolved, that the Act laying an embargo, and the severs
supplements thereto, ought to be repealed, so fat as to allow
American vessels, with their cargoes, to depart for clantfies
not salsj!ct to the /.4encls Decrees, or Orders is Covn,cl/."

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• - BOARD OP INQVIRY. • • ;
The Report and Opinion of " the Board of Inquiry
were sentorr Saturday to the parties eqncersed. The
Report containsin.aiisiraCt of the evidence, and. is of
great lenktb, but the opinion is stated to be as fol-
lov?s
. " On aconsideration of' all the circumstances, as set forth in
this Report, we most hitt:ll)ly -submit oar opinion, that no further
military proceeding is necessary on the subject: Because, how-
ever some,of us may differ is our sentiments respecting the fitness.
of the Convention,in the Maar* situation of the two armies, .it
ie our-unanimous

declaration, that unquestionable zeal and firma
feu appeared' throughout to have been exhibited by Lieutenant-
Generale Sir iltw DALRYMPLZ, Sir }Taimyr EURRARD, and Sir
Mritua WILL/SLIT, as 5v.,11 as that the order and gallantry of
thexest of the Oficers and Soldiers, on every occasion during
this etpedition, have done honour to the troops, and reflected
lustre on your Majesty's arms."

Upon this opinion being delivered to the Comman-
der in Chief, his Royal Highness found it was not so
explicit, upon the Armistice and Convention, as the
,words of his Majesty's Warrant appeared to enjoin ;
'andthe Court was therefore ordered to re-assemble,.
and subjoin their opinion—" Whether, under the rela-
" live situation of the two armies on the 22d ifugsut, an
" Astmtsrtcs was advisable; and if so, whether the 1
44 terms were such as ought to be agreed upon ?"—And,
in like manner, their opinion—" Whether, under the
" relative situation of the two armies subsequent to the dlr.
141, misfits', and after the whole of the British force had
" been landed, a Come-seer:or, was advisable a and, if so,
44 whether Me terms weft such as ought to be agreed upon s"
Upon these two questions being separately put to
each Member of the Court—

Geueral Sir D. DIINDA
General Lord KRATISFIZLD
General Cam° • Were for the Armistice.
Lieut. Gen. Earl PIMIROXE

Lieut. Gen. Sir G. NUGIENT
Lie &t. Gen. Nicmocs

Earl MOMILA against the Armistice.
And upon the second question—
General Sir D. Dunn*,
General Lord HEATE FIE LD Were for the Conventim
General CaWits
Lieut. Gen. Sir G. NUGENT
Earl MOIIiA
Earl PEMBROKE Against the Convention.
Lieut. Gen. NicaoLs

Each of the latter Officers has given his reasons
for dissenting from the majority.

The embarkation of troops at Ramsgate proceeds
with activity. A division of the Gu'ards, amounting
to 800, embarked on Friday. Another division of
abOut 909 was expected on Saturday. It is reported
at Ramsgate, that the troops embarked will remain
in the Downs until the return of Sir ARTHUR \ VEL-
LUM from Irelan4
atches arrived yesterday at the Admiralty
frOm Admiral ROWLZY on the Jamaica station, but
we believe they contain nothing of importance.

. Yesterday morning his MAJESTY, Princesses Au-
GusTA and AMILTA, accompanied by Ladies CaAN-
Lex, CAROLINA WALDIGRAvt, and Submit, General
FITMOT and Major PRICE, rode to St. George's Cha-
pel, and heard a, Sermon by the Rev. Mr. Rzume,
from St. Paul's-Epistle to the Corinthians, 4th chap-
ter and sth verse r " The Lord comes, who both will
bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will
snake manifest the counsels of the heart, and then shall
every man have praise of Gott." They afterwards
, returned to the Palace.

His Mansrr was not out ofthe Palace from Christ-
ma:day till yesterday morning, through the badness
of the weather. '

The Duke of Gtotmasiaa stood sponsor to the in-
fant son of Lord ANDOVER. The christening took
place about a fortuipt since ; the engagements of
his Highness preventing him from being present, he
stood by proxy.
Saturday morning the Earl of CHATHAM had an
interview with the Prince of WAas, at Carlton-
house.
Lord AMHERST being a Lord of his MAJESTIC'S
Bedchamber, has obtained his M OEM'S special per-
mission of leave of absence to go upon his Diplomatic
Mission to Sicily, to which his Lordship has lately
been appointed.
A boat's crew of an English gun-brig, consisting
of 14 men, including a warrant officer, lately landed
on the French coast, for the purpose of distributing
papers, &c. and having drawn their boat on shore,
proceeded into the country, where, at a public-house,
they imprudently got intoxicated, and were made pri-
soners by a party of horse patroling the coast. The
French Givernment on being informed of the affair,
ordered them to be executed as spies, and their bodies
exposed on.gibbets, at intervals of a mile apart, along
the French coast, from Grisnez to Boulogne.
A mail has arrived from Malta, which had been
transferred from the Auckland packet, lost near Ca-
diz. It was brought by the EAGLE, *Ot 74 guns.--
The letters by this opportunity are of an earlier date
(October 6th) than those received by the preceding
mail ; they contain, however, an *count of a gal-
lant action of one of our frigates in the Adriatic. It
took place on the coast of Istria. The name of the
frigate is not mentioned. Two French brigs, and
two Italian gun-boats, all full of troops, came out to
attack her ; after an action of about 20 minutes, the
enemy fled under the protection of the fort of Limago.
The English Commander sent a flag of truce towards.
the shore, for the purpose of expressing his unwil-
lingness to injure the town, which would be the ne.
cessary consequence of his renewing the action with
the enemy's vessels, situated as they were, and there-
fore requiring their surrender. The inhabitants, how-
ever, brought some cannon to the beach, and fired on
the boat. The frigate in consequence stood into the'
Bay and attacked the fort, which she soon silenced
she Olen
fuge under
marines,
wrecks

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NAUTICAL INTELLIGENCE..

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FALMOUTH, DECEMBER 90.
The Lady Fellow packet left Corunna, with
and dispatches, on die 24th instant, and is nut arr,
His Majesty's ship Sit.sitRAPCS, 36 guns, Capt. CA
GER, with the light transports under convoy, arri%
at Vigo on the 19th instant, being only a day fro
Falmouth : the troop ships parted from thence d
day before for Lisbon, where therl4atted to arriv,
two days after. Arrived the shlilarrett, Captain
LUND, with a cargo of sundries, frotir Bristol for Bal.
itimore, carried away her fore and maintop mists ; and
the sloop Boston, Capt. DUNCAII, from Seville, in 25
days, with fruit.—Wind S.S.E. 4
. PLYMOUTH, DEC. sr.
Sailed the EAGLE, of 74 guns, from the S
bound to Patsmouth.—Carne in the Active trans-
port, Capt. BALLARD, from Cadiz, one of the EAGLR's
convoy ; and the Hambro' brig Europa, Capt. 11.112..
Boom, from Lisbon, with salt and fruit.
PORTSMOUTH, JANUARY 1. 1
Arrived his Majesty's ships LavnitA, (10111 1,..
CLAVDIA, from Plymouth ; and the PoanAatrus,
iaZil
a convoy, from.the Downs—Wind E. -
DIAL, DEC. 31.
Arrived the PAZ schooner, from a cruise off flush-
ing ; STARLING gun-brig, titan Yarmouth. Sailed
the PODARGUS and Owurr.sloop, on a cruise off
Boulogne. Arrived the Hope and Henry, two ship
transports, from Ramsgate, having on board part of
the Coldstream Regiment of Guards.
JANUARY I.—Arrived the PERUVIAN sloop, from
Margate Roads ; Deptford naval transport, from
Deptford. Sailed the CHALLENGER sloop, having
under convoy the Deptford naval transport, and the
transports having on board the troops which embarked
at Ramsgate. •
In the Downs—Princess of Orange, Venerable, Bombay,
Christian Vilth, Hero, Invincible, Illustrious, Leviathan, War-
spite, Defence, Agincourt, Trusty, Clyde, Pandora, Bastard,
Ginmen,Zenobia, Crocus, Rolla, Peruvian, Furious, Erotica,
. Starling, and I'sz.

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