Star.
London, England, 1809-01-28 00:00:00

witnesses whom it might be necessary to examine re-
lat;ve to that first charge.
Mr. CREEVEY, postponed his motien relative to
East India papers till Tuesday next.
THE WAR IN SPAIN.
Mr. PONSONBY rose to ask of a Noble Lord opposite, whe-
ther it was his intention to lay before the House a return of the
loss sustained by the British trpops since the commencement of
the Spanish campaign ; as, if such was not the intention of the
Noble Lord, he tbolr. Ponsonby) would feel It to be his duty, at a
future day, to move tke House for the production of such ac-
counts, as they must have a material connection with the question
which he intended at a future period to bring before the House.
If, however,tbe Noble Lord was willing to make such a return to
the House it would be desirable to know when the Noble Lord
expected he would be prepared to make it ?
Lord CASTLEREAGH saw no difficulty in the way of making
the return,.but could not, at that time, state the day on which it
could be made. •

General S TEWART felt himself called upon to covraclict a
vague but general rumour as to the extent of our loss in the course
of the Spanish campaign. It had been afamted in another place,
that'oer loss had amounted to or WOO. He took upon himself
to /fate, that it did not amount to half that number; or, that at
least the estimate of 4500 would more than cover our loss.

Me. PONSONBY wished to know whether the gallant Officer
meant. merely, the loss sustained in the action near Corunna,
aid its subsequent disasters?
General STEWART replied, that he meant from the time t'hc
army first entered Spain, down to the termination of the Spanish
campaign—(lies,' ! how ! from Afroirters.)
The House then adjourned till Tuesd4y next.

THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON.

NOTE TO CORRESI!ONDANTS.

We give credit to the intentions of Mr. J. H. on the subject of
the Waste Lands. We recommend him to read over the pro.
ceedings of Parliament and of the Board of Agriculture, and
particularly th:! Wri:ing; of Mr. Att-rit vs' YOUNG, and he
will see that his wishes 1 •ave been 13ng anticipated by an earnest
and continued recommendation of that desirable plan.

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We learnt yesterday, after the S rAn was at press,
that accounts had been received of the safe embarka-
tion of the troop; which marched to Vigo. This intel-
ligence was brought to Government by Major RAINEY,
Of the 82d regiment, from. Lisbon : he left the Tagus J-
anuary the 16th ; went into Vigo, which he left January
the 18th, and was off Corunna January the 19th.—At
Vigo he saw General CRAWFTJRD, who, with the fol-
lowing Corps under his command, were safely em.
barked, and intended to sail the following day, viz.
the 2d battalion 52d, Ist ditto 13d, 2d ditto 95th, and
two regiments of the German Legion.
_

It appears that General CRAWFUTID had not been
followed by the enemy after he left Astorga. We
believe Major R/kINEY has not brought any intelligence
respecting the Marquis de ROMANA'S troops. When
he passed Corunna on the 19th, and saw the town
plainly, it was not then on fire, and he could not see
the French flag flying. He was .three days in the
Channel, beating about in the most dreadful weather.
It will be seen, with the most grateful satisfaction,
from what was said in the House of Commons last
night towards the close of the business, that the total
loss sustained by the British army in Spain, from the
moment they entered that country, till they finally
evacuated it, amounts to little more than 4000 mon.

The whole of the returns have not yet been accu-
rately made out ; but as far as they have been
received, it is proved that instead of 19,000, upwards
of '25,000 embarked at Ccrunna and 3100 at Vigo.
The following is an abstract of the returns already
received :

F.MBARKED AT coRub:NA.

cavalry... 2,873
P.igineers, Artillery, Drivers, acc. 2,686
Infantry 19,539
Total, sick included--25,097
EMEARKIID AT VIGO.
General Cranfurd's brigade

Grand Teal 4.8,197

Which, added to General MAcxxxxies brigade In
Portugal, consisting of between 6 and 7000 men,
makes the grand total about 35,000 men.
The whole of this force will be immediately re-
equipped, and reinforced to between .50 and 60,000
men. The troops which lately sailed from Ports-
mouth, under the orders of General SllERintoogr., are
destined for Cadiz, or for Ceuta ; and the whole of
the army that is to follow will be sent to Cadiz, Gib-
raltar, and Minorca, to act as circuinstances may
:eider expedient. -
The subject of discussion in the House of Commons
last night is peculiarly interesting to the army and to
the nation. Among honest men, and the real friends
of their country, there can be but one wish--that
speedy and thorough investigation may take place ;
and conducted with that coolness which may secure
complete justice to the country and to the high cha-
racter implicated in Mr. Wantmes statement.—lt is
inseparable from Offices of high trust to be often im-
posed upon—a fact so well-known, that dispassionate
men never form their cpinionfrom particular instances,

but from the efficiency of the general arrangements of
any department—That our Army has, under the
direction of the present Commander in Chief, bee•
brought to a state of efficiency and discipline, of
which it could never before boast, is proved in an in-
contestible manner, by events that have recently oc-
curred. • Had a system generally reprehensible
ben followed in its formation and direction, it

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