Star.
London, England, 1813-01-20 00:00:00

MALTA, SICILY, AND GIBRALTAR.

Mails from these places arrived this morning.—
The accounts received from the South of Spain are
favourable s the French have been compelled to act
chiefly on the defensive; and MINA, the Guerilla
Chieftain, continues to harass them on every occasion.
Ih Sicily, where the new Constitution has been in full
activity for some time, the Parliament has risen after
a busy and eificientlession, during which their mea-
sures gave universal satisfaction s

" GIBRALTAR, JAN. 2.
Father Gil, who acted so conspicuous a part in
the board of Seville, and 27 other individuals, have
been arrested in that city, upon a charge of conspi-
racy against the Cones and Regency.
44 Messina letters of the Bth ultimo state, that the
command of the troops has devolved upon General
Montresor, in consequence of General Maitland's de-
parture for England.

" Lord William Bentinck was expected to sail in
a few days for Alica, to take the command of the
two divisions of British and Sicilian troops in that
part of Spain. His Lordship was •to embark with
him about 500 additional cavalry, some artillery
drivers, Sm.

" Souk threatens, by his movements, the 2d, &IL
and 4th armies—the head-quarters of the former
were, on the 20th ult. removed from Carolina to La
nave; an advanced party of French cavalry having
pushed as far as Santa Cruz, and the latter has fallen
back EfOltl Alcanzar upon the Sierra Morena."

" MADRID, DEC. 27.

44 Accounts of the 14th state Soult to continue at
Madrelegos. The enemy ate making a military road,
which will extend as far as Zaragossa, for the pur-
pose of securing their retreat."

," CAROLINA, DECEMBER Is.

Suchet and his army are falling back upon Va.
lencia. The French who bad come down into La
Mancha are retreating upon Madrid. It is said that
they are laying in great quantities of biscuit, and it is
generally believed that all the French troops are on
the point cf withdrawing from the points which they
occupy in the centre of the Peninsula.
" BABAJOZ, DECEMBER IS.

ts There is no account of the French having
crossed the Tagus by the Midge of Alrnaraz ; and
the latest intelligence ft, that there are 2000 foot at
Talavera, 1000 at Oropesa, and 4500, with a pretty
strong body of cavalry, -at Lit Colzada, Lagartera,
the Archbishop's Bridge, and Valdeverdeja, as far
as Navalmorel. They occupy the left bank of the
Tagus, and appear to have the intention of re.estab.
hulling its former fortifications, with the exception of
those at Almarez.

We do not think it likely that they will have
it in their power to harass this Province to any
extent, if some of our troops continue to occupy the
advantageous positions in it, and prevent the enemy's
columns ranging the-country in small numbers. All
the boats have been destroyed by their orders; and
on the 6th, 180 foot and 20 horse came down to the
river by Almaraz.

/ROM TIM GIBRALTAR alma= or Mann 26.

44 The immortal Mina has fought five more actions,
no leu glorious than the forma ones. The last took
place on the 7th November. Abbe commanded the
French—he had six pieces of cannon: Mina charged
ltimwith End bayonets, and pursued him, until he
had driven him into Pampeluna, whose inhabitants

LUDDiTE9.
We are anxious that all our Readers who,
their influence or situation, can call the attentTofran:
the lower orders in shore places lately disturbed by
insurrreetionaty conduct, should exert themselvti
to make the Proclamation in 14st night's Gazette,
understood by those to whom it is addressed..
The Luddites are merely called upon to come for,
ward and make a voluntary confession of their past
guilt, and a promise, by taking the oath of allegiance
of their future innocence. Here all their work endel
let them well observe, that it does not nuke inf 4
mess of them: they are not to be brought into Coin 4
' as witnesses against their guilty accomplice dr insti
gators, for “ no confession (we quote the words of tbi
Proclamation) made by them shall be given at evi
deuce against the person making it, *sr in any MI
whatever. Here, therefore, is a fair opportuniq
offered to the contrite, of shaking off the wretcbei
confederacy in which they are engaged, without ds
imputtion of treachery; they have only to oven
their sorrow for what is put, and live at peace t bet
if they fail in this, let them remember all England
against them. They have no right to agitate an,
disturb us; if they do, we must call upon our Govenl
meet to interfere for our protection against hardene
miscreants, and bring them to condign punishment
We -cannot sufficiently applaud the Governmel
for the humanity and wfaiom displayed in this act
and we entertain a well-grounded hope that it will 11
the means of allaying for ever those evils whkb hat)
caused such distress to the community.

CORN•MARKET, MARK-LANE, 1 AN. 20.
Ths priors of Grain, in general, are nominally the ante
hilesidayiiiWe continue to receive some fre.h arrival* of 0
but no material variation appears to take place ; inferior ones
still e dull sake We refer to the Currency subjoined for
information. •
English Wheat, SOs. 1041. 11114.
1355.

Hog Peas Mk. Its.
Boilers Na. loos. me.
Canary Seed, 901.1055.
Caraway, per cwt. Ws. 900. I
Coriander, do. 40e. 445.
Vildte Mustard, ile. Si& 11.84
per Wei& i
Brown do. SOL S4s.
R ape Seed 4511, AS par last
110 e. pet reek.

Foreign do. 714.1025.11/4.11115. I
Rye, 711 s. 745. 765.
Rarity, 60s. 645. Ns. 75a.
Mak, 105 s. itts.
Oats 15s. 465. 565.
His Hans, 76s 1121.
Tisk Ditto, 68s. 745.
Flour 10St. t•

•
R 'suchLine 12:000 bud dollars, with the consent of
, the French General, as a kind of cnntribtition. 'His • I
force consisted of six battalions."
'SOK THE OAERTTA BEUTAIINICA. OF 18TH N0V1n(31136
•, " PALERMO; MN?. 9c
Oa the 13th inst. the Parliament finished its sit.
r dogs. and cia the 7th, in the evening, the heads of ,•
the three branches, accdmpanied by many Members'
) of Parliament, presented themselves to his Royal •
„ Highness the Vicar General, in the presence of *haft
i his Reverend Excellency the Archbiihop made
t short discourse suited to the occasient ; and the 'Pro-
thondtary or the langdom read the stuirmary of the
t labours which the Parliament had compleated in 34
) sittings:
" His Royal Highiiest then declared the Perlis.
mint closed and dissolved, and ordered that all ks I' •
e Acts should be registered, to be presented to WM in
order to receive the Royal sanction.
I "On the 2d the Parliament had turned its atten•
e tention seriously to the finances, hating previously
ti chosen a committee of several megthers, the labours •
of which being presented td the Chambers, they tame
• to a vote of approbation on a proposition equally
I Conducive to the safety of the State, the splendour et
▪ the Throne, and the honour of the Nation.
o
The Domanial Chamber, which, on the subject
• ,of the fineness, has the initiative, proposed ea addi.
I▪
tion of per cent. upon all the taxes ofd per cent.
i„ I passed in 1810. In this the Military' and Eccledastical
e I Chambers concurred, and it vias accordingly passed.
lAZIONA, DEC. 9. •
rf "It is reported from Leghorn, that many of the
)t principal inhabitants there have been united do steer •
is picion of disaffection, and supposed to be connected t
e with the party lately discovered at Paris."
NifP4ll. lIVTELLIC:ENCao
e FALMOUTH, JANUARY 17.
e Arrived the Princess Mary packet fr tar Malta and
d' Gibraltar—sailed from Malta to • and from Gib&
raltar the sth inst.
PLYMOUTIIi JANUARY IL
Arrived the Baum ffigate from a Erdite—she hat
captured the American ship Brutus, bound to France,
e not yet arrived.—Arrived the American ship Porcu-
pine, bound to Bourdeaux from New-York, sailed the
,a 6th December, captured by his Majesty's skip Drum.
PORTSMOUTH, JANUARY id.
11 Arrived his Majesty's ships BIRPEUDA and Nam
with a fleet from the Downs. Sailed the Ammar*,
t. PARTRIDGE, and SPITFIRE, with a fleet for Spain, Pte.
tugal and the Mediterranean ; and Linen sloop of
war, with a fleet far Cork.—Wind EA
in DEAL, JANUARY 19.
re Arrived his Majesty's ship LaroxA, from. sly.
.
4. mouth, and sailed for the Nore ; Ptomaine schooner
from a cruise. Sevehl ships have passed through
to the Downs for Portsmouth. Sailed his Majettra
al ship RIiALDO, with a convoy to Portsmouth.,
e- HARWICH, JANUARY 141
The C=l3oll gtm-brig, which was repotted mhos
in been lost and all hands perished, is safe at Wing*, as
* ready for sea the first fair wind
at YARMOUTH, JANUARY 19.
Arrived the KING GICOROS cutter from. aria
r 7 Teed, and the Barrier" Etm from a cruise. •
' •
The passengers by the last packet, from
d' burgh, state, that previous to their sailing, it was
" potted, on the authority of a private letter, from Zde.
re. mel, that the miserable remains of the corps, under
Vicroa and MACDONALD, had surrendered by capita.,
lation, and that the whole of BONAPARTE'S persona,
baggage, and private papers, had been taken.