Star.
London, England, 1812-05-27 00:00:00

Nar,lL INTELLIC.ENCE. . THE ARMY.
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THE FRENCH SQUADRON. General Haevze hat arrived at Falmouth frnm
Tt appears by accounts font Vied by the Pend, l''''''n.' in the Queen Cnarlotte Packet: be rule
the vessel released with pris ners by the French direct from ri ad et: (vers. •
squadron, and which arrived at Plymouth on Sueday. Two detachm nts of Horse Artillery are under
that this squadron had, in the West Indies, captured orders of en b.rhation, at Portsmouth and Cork, for
mid destroyed 29 sail of British and American ships,
Portugal ; that at the former p.rt consists .1 upward' •
and, including all their captures on the cruize, about
sail. This squadron left Mintz on the 9tlr of Jo- of 10(3s ens, with a due plopoitioti of office iv nd
40 sa
unary, and kept ilia sea till the departure of the Pa- men; and at the latter,- tA Buu horses, with a simile'
pruporxi m of strength.
tent—upwards of tour months. A detachment of the Royal reg:ment of artillery,
The ships taken and destroyed were all running- consisting cif abouX 8J men, tot ber th : command of
ships. The Frenchmen often jeered their prisoners Captains Cueerr and Mossy, ..nd two Lietrenants,
by saying " Englishmen were. all adult, all snug, in liar- arrived at Haddington on 'Thursday Liao tio li Lei h
Lour." Off the coast of Portugal a plan was formed . Fort, and those who acre f rmetly stetioned theme
by the prisoners on board the French Consmodnre to Imarched same day to Leith Fur, under the coo-
take possession of her, and for this purpose they got mand of Captain CAUSIXIIAEL
possession of the arms chest, and stowed it forwards. A detachment of the Royal Wsgen Train 's also
This plan however failed, from the circumstance of embarking at Pottsmuu.h fur Lisb. n, and 'mother
the prisoners not having acquainted the En elish Cap- for Cadiz.
tains and Mates on board with their intenvons.— AVe learn,wids contern,th itLi in.-ColonelCoorre,
Many of these were pushing about the jovial glass of the id Somerset, has been obiiged to clime to teen
with the French Officers when the daring attempt from Weymt utli, fir surgical assietance, in c. nse-
commenced, and foiled for want of proper leaders quence of an enlargement of the k rejoiitt, uliech
after they had obtained possession of the gun-dect renders him incapable of moving without the aid of
of the frigate. crutches.
From this circumstance, and from the scarcity of The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland has ;soled war-
provisions, of which there was only three weeks' rants to p ace on permanent duty ter me of the Yeo-
stock left, the French determined on putting ail the minty in the counties ef Clare, Kerry, and Limerick.
Engli-h, Prussians, and Danes, on board the Patent, to relietre the Army stationed in didetent I area l flame
which had just been captured in ballast, and sending
them away to shift for themselves. They retained counties.
The AVatwiek Reginsent of Militia marched from
as prisoners all the Spaniards and Portuguese. Two Birr, on Wednesday last, for Dublin, where .hey are
hundred and twentyyive, including Captains and Mates, to be quartered.
were put on board the Patent, of whom 140 arrived Wednesday last, die Sd West Yerk Militia teturn-
in that vessel, the rest having been pressed at sea. ed to Colic from Middleton.
The French behaved very well to their prisoners, the The Cailis Casein of tie Bth. contains the fol-
English Captains dining with the French Officers lowing citract of an Order of the Day, dated Un-
every day. The frigates hadd-a great deal of specie quera. April 28 :
on board, ancrany one of the four composilg this
CHIIII STAfli, rinitrit ARMY.
most successful squadron, would prove a most valua- " •".-, ed Geservati-Ohi f, to-day, saw, Wilt sattepetion, the
ble capture for any of ?ur frigates. battalions of Catalonia, Barba tot, sod Navara, and the opts.
dm. of Uhrique, &feat and portage, fur thine I agues. nOOO of
the tnenly's infantry, and 400 bone, eoronsardeti by Generals
Rey at,d Ranieri. Part et- our troops marched II hours without
rating, to obtain this triumph. Nb oldie, 'hewed the leak sign
of suffering, because their Chiefs, possess* g aid:o*-y di.c pt • at,
endure with tealgoa:ion, imitating the 4 :ample of ttssrOeneral•
in-Chief, the fatigues, considering this con 'uct necessary to -see
the country. Whoever is not prepared to make tdsch socrificte,
must quit this army, Which has no other ideas than those of
provirg to the :laden that the !about of a pattiotie war are satis-
factory." - .
The Lishbot t7iiiitie of the 16th contains a very long
Order of the Day issued by Marshal Beanseoeo, at
Fuente Guinaldo, and dated May 7.—lt reprima le*
in very sivere terms the conduct of several caps of
Portuguese militia, particularly that of Opoi to, duns
ing the late irruption of the French into the north of
Portugal. It appears that these corps, instead of
defending the heights of Guardai were seized with a .
panic, threw away ther arms, and deserted their co- •
lours. Two or three hundred of them were Liken by
the enemy, and some of them drowned in the Mons
clego while about 1600 dispersed and deserted.--
Marshal BERESFORD directs that their cornirs shall
not be restored to these corps until they have behav-
ed withlalour in the presence of the enemy ; and
that those of the officers and soldiers alt i disgraced
themselves tin this occesico, shall be tried by a Court
Martial. ' His Excellency at the same time bestows
discritninatingNpraise on such of the militia regi-
ntents* as perfoitned their duty. The Older then
concludes as foLows: a
"His Excellency Buds it WS duty en state the etc. flent conduct
of the garrison of A,metda, under The orders of she Governor,
Colonel i.e Mesurier, when flie enemy approached that place.
His Excellency gives ids &habits to the Governor rid garrison, in
which are comprehended a regiment belonging tO the Oporto
district. .
- " The conduct of the ninth throoghout all the Idnebna, es.
err on this unforturate oecasion, was atwkys good in rtipeet to
oppoEbg the enemy; and his Etta, bey dose not entertain •
s.uubt, but the regiments which have been w beam will not fall
to seize the first opp.ittuoityto recover theft honour, sad rave
themse.ves Portuguese.
" The General Officers did terry thibg In their power so ree
attain and collect the trops, but those who ware seized with
panic neither saw nor heardt nor. In short, knew what they were
doing: thus the efforts of their Offiects wore rendered tussle.
but his Excellency is fully Satisfied With them.'

The DAUNTLESS sloop of war sailed from Jamaica
the 31st March, with 32 sail under convoy for Great
Britain, and arrived at Portsmouth the 13th May,
without any of the fleet, they having parted on the
'29th April in a very heavy gale of wind from the
westward, in lat. 35. long. 56. Nineteen of the
convoy have since arrived : the rest, via. the Oaks,
Mint, Ceres, Sarah, Emerald, and Louisa, for Lon-
don ; Irwin, for Liverpool ; Cumberland, Jane, and
Eliza, for Greenock ; Hugh Jones, and Dick, for
Belfast ; and Surinam, for Cork, are still missing.

GARR ISO fl RACES: '
ARIIARI DOWNS CCIUItsP, MONDAY, 114 Y 25, 1812.
Match for 850.—'1 WO
Mr. Dobbyn'e b. m Delis, (rude bj Capt Humphries) beat Mr.
Raitt's ch. g. Sandy (rude by :be owner)-1% on easy.
Handicap t•b4e of £so.—One hit..
Capt. Stantoi's (14 I.a.reashint on. - • -
Mr. Cubitt (4th Q 0 DragrAms) br. n.
Capt. Humi Ivey': (Royal. Art Eery) b. g. Madcap - -
A most excellent beat, and boat by only by Ulf a Dear.