Star.
London, England, 1809-01-11 00:00:00

CATALONIA.

Head-quarters at St. Feliu, on the Llobregat, Dee. S.
" A diversion was made by this army in the morn-
ing of the sth instant. All the points occupied-by the
enemy as advanced posts were attacked at the same
instant. Their battery above La Cruz Cubierta was
dismounted, and three guns of large calibre were•
spiked. Those planted on the battery on the skirt of
Monjoy, were also spiked, and the enemy were com-
pelled to retreat at both points. The villages of San
Andre, San Martin, and Clot, were occupied by our
troops ; but the latter they were Compelled to evacu-
ate, in consequence of the continued fire &Om the heavy 1
artillery which the enemy have planted on Fuerte Pin.
Our loss was very inconsiderable, notwithstanding the
boldness with which our troops attacked the batteries,
and the brisk fire kept up by the latter. We have
succeeded in erecting, in an advantageous situation, a
battery of five pieces of large calibre, the fire of which
prevents the enemy from replacing the gurs dis-
mountad at La Cruz Cubierta."

SEVILLE, DECEMBER 57.
The Supreme Junta of the Government df the
kingdom being anxious, by all possible,means, to ex-
pedite the enlisting, the requisition of horses and
mules, and the making of arms, clothes, kc. that our
armies may, with the shortest possible delay, be placed
on that respectable footing which has been resolved
upon, and which they deem necessary in order to en-
sure victory to our arms, were of opinion that the
most obvious means of obtaining this important ob-
ject, was to dispatch into the provinces, upon this spe-
cial commission, some of their own Members of dis-
tinguished activity and zeal. Those who have set off
as Commissioners are D. Thomas Veri, for Catalo-
nia : D. Francisco Palafox, for Arragon ; D. Fran-
cisco Xavier Caro and D. Manuel Maria Avalle, for
Asturias and Gallicia ; Baron de Sabassone, for Va-
lencia ; Marquis de Campo, for Sagrado, Granada,
Cordoba, and Jaen ; Marquis de la Puebla, for Se-
ville ; Marquis del Villar and D: Joseph Garcia la
Torre, for Murcia and Cuenca ; Viscount de Quinta.
nilla, for Leon ; D. Felix Ovalle, for Old Castile ;
Count de Tilly, for Africa.
SAN ?ELI% DECEMBER 1.
DISPATCH FROM THE GENERAL IN CHIEF OF THE ARMY
OF CATALONIA, TO THE MINISTER AT WAR.

" Head-quarters at. St. Felice, Nov.??."

ge Most Excellent Seignor—According to the in-
tention, of which I apprised your Excellency in my
dispatch of the 29th ult. the general attack took place
yesterday on all the posts occupied by the enemy
without the limits of Barcelona, from all of which he
was immediately dislodged, and compelled to take
refuge under the guns of the fortress, with the excep-
tion of the advantageous position of St. Pedro Martir,
which is the most commanding. The communica-
tion with this post being completely cut off, in conse-
quence of our line having advanced to Hospitalet,
Esplugas, Sarnia, Gracia, and Horta, as your Excel-
lency will perceive from the plan which I have the
honour to send you, I, upon this ground, summoned
the Commandant to surrender. He refused com-
pliance, and I immediately gave orders for an attack;
but at half past twelve o'clock this day he surrendered
himself and his garrison prisoners of war, consisting
of 104 privates and two officers. We found, in the
place four 4-pounders and one 2-pounder, with ma-
gazines of ammunition and stores. At the same time
a firing was commenced from the right and centre of
our line, and the enemy were repulsed as far as the
walls of Barcelona, from which it will not now be an
easy task for them to advance again. I now (four in
the afternoon) forward this to your Excellency in the
mean time by a special messenger, for the satisfaction
of his Majesty, until, by receiving the statements of
the Generals and Commanders oiculumns, I shall be'
11 enabled to transmit to your Excellency the details of
the operations of these two days.

44 Our line occupies the above.mentioned posts,
and I have fixed the head-quarters of the army in this
town, which is-about a league's distance from it, &c.
(Signed) " JL•AN MIGUEL DE vtvrs.

By a proclamation issued on the 14th, Lechi orders
precautions to be taken against the rockets which the
English have begun to throw in among the shipping
in the harbour. In the night of the 19th ult. they
discharged from 12 to. IS rockets, one of which set
fire to a Spanish ship, the San Raymisndo. Had not
means been speedily taken to extinguish it, a general
conflagration would have been the consequence.