Star.
London, England, 1811-01-30 00:00:00

4ME r? ICA N PAPERS.

NEW-YORK, DECEMBER 9.7.
BATTLE AT MEMO.
Captain Lopez, arrived at Philadelp:iia yesterday,
from tlavaiinali, informs, that a sanpiinary battle
took place in Mexico last November betty een the army
Of Ferdinand VII. and the army of the insurgents,
in which the latter was totally annihilated, having
loet between 6 and 7000 killed and prisoners. The
entihority of King Ferdinand is completely re.esta.
blished in bfexico.

FitpDfl HAYTI.
We learn by the sloop Patience, that on the last
day of November Petion, with his army, marched
out to meet Rigaud, who nas at the bead of the
brigands of the South ; a bloody battle was expected.
Chrisuiphe, imitating the threatening language of an
old Emperor, gives out that he intends• to eat his
Christmas dinner at Port-au-Prince.

OUR SOUTHERN FRONTIERS.
The following is an extract of a letter from a Gen-
tleman of high respectability and intelligence in Mis-
sisOppi Territory, dated Nov. 28
“ It has been calculated that Governor Claiborne
would reach Natchez on the 29th ; srs that we may
expect, at an early day, to receive information of the
manner in which he has bcen able to execute his in-
itrueti.ns, in taking possession of the territory west of
the Perdido.
. « Inclosed you will receive a copy of a letter from
D. Vincent Folch, Governor-General of the Floridas,
by which you will perceive, that the trade in this
quarter-is released from the htirthens under which it
Lis been hitherto oppressed.
,! We are annoyed with another Burr project
against the Spaniards. It is headed by a Mr. Kem-
per, of Baton Rouge, and Mr. Kinnidy, a lawyer
of this place. They have inveigled many of our on.
fortunate citizens across the national boundary, where
they have a few days since raisrd their standard, and
are pi eoa:ing to attack the town of M0bi1..."
- .

" comfort 'CI, to the wishes of the Governmert of the
Unit ed StZtes, as tarty ed by their Secretary •of War in hit
!war, a copy of whi.Vi you have presented me, and in emtse-
goatee of utgiveiatioa-, which I have every reason to briieve are
stow pending. betwein Lis Catholic Majesty's and your Govern-
Meta, %%Celt ain fully pirspaard will speedily place the Hondas
in the posst•ssion of tl4 latter; I hereby decLue, that from this
date, no duties whatse:ver shall be levied or collected at this
pisie, or without this district, including Pascagola, on any vessel.;
Etiods, oemerchandize belonging to any citizen of tkr U tined
Stales, or their territorkl, or any person residing in either, or
pulling so or from the .ii;ipisalppi territory.
• " In cosiseqUence of ':tit friendly step, which the Spanish Co..vernment gives as at. tete....400=1 pruot of the.r desire to main-
.taln a gaol uMlirstarieing wirit the United .rate.,, i hope that
their Government wni employ thelr dissipate the trou-
ble .4.-1 ant! pis ected hy the citizens.
44 M. bile. Nov qt. I RIO. (Signed)
Captain E. P. Gaines,"

11, voLci.

WASHINGTON, DECEMBER eo.
73-, t 0. . lea: is en/Acted from The Boston
piiweid, of -I)ec. 12;
f:iifiq au iiithemic source, that the Spanish Mi.
silnenv In Wobble= has dispatcbgd a cutter to Cadiz to comniti-
Pleats to sip *ankh Itiseaciend 'Congress the nwailures which
Prionidest 11,Wisoo has taken for the invasion and occupancy of
Wen Florida. stomthe vitt' which the Spanish Congress has
exhibited on other subjects, It is not Improbable they will taki
tbit Invasion of their territory dddgeon, sad will pass acts in
retaliation, injurious to thathennitethial interest of the United,
'rause& limier their isulisilicrinn."
Bac. 2l.—The Senate .day had alder madder-
•

ation the Bi tespeeting t rids Territory, and
after resistiitg two attempts of the Federalises to em-
barrass the questidn,postponed the firthectristsiOtra-
,.:no of it to Wednesday out.
Petikehtl 4!m!tssasg Unveil/ore di. 411!

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then btotriht in, and read a first time;
The• House then 'adjourned, Are forma, till to-mor-
row (this day), wile,' a meeting takes place, merely,
preparatory to their Lordships' attending Jiivit. *-
vice M Westminster Abbey.

TUN E‘ EN! (; s.T.,U.

LONDON.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30.

XING CIIABLZS'II MARTY, stem.--Helltlay at the Bank.
PRICE OF STOCR6 YESTER I 'AY.
Bank 3teek 24141 India stock 177 i
3 per Cent. Red. 6t3 I India Bonds 111. 94s pr.
3 per C. C 0.,. 66 65i} Facheq. Bills ..!s. fa. pr.
4 per Cent.. Stair Lottery ICketS, inn. 14*
I per Cent. Navy 38 /in Omniurn 41 dis.
Long Ann. 17} 13.16 Cons. for aec. 6tbli

" WINDSOR CASTLE, JANMARY 29. •
si His MAJESTY goes on favourably." (Signed)
" IL MALICE!), W. MERERVEN, li.. WiLLP.."
48 WINDSOR CASTLE, JANVARY $O.
4.0 His Mis,rzsTy continues as well as he was yi-srev-
day." (Signed) 11. MALFORD• W. HEISERDEN•"
• The RECENCY BILL was read a third time in the
House of Lords yesterday. It will be sent b.ick to
the House of Commons to-morrow, and the Great
Seal may be pin to the Commission to pass it into an
Act on Friday. It is probable, therefore, that the
PRINCE will take the oaths prescribed by the Bill,
before the Privy Council on Saturday, and go either
in grand state, or without state, to open the Parlia-
ment on Monday.

By the packet which brought the Mail from Lis-
bon,' from which we yesterday gave some extracts, a
Messenger arrived with Dispatches from Lord WiL.
LINGTON, dated the 12th instaat, the substance of
which was stated in the greater part of our impression.
No change had taken place in the relative positions of
the main armies; but the detached corps of the allied
army had found it necessary, in consequence of the
operations of the enemy, to make some important
movements. The news respecting them is, upon the
whole, rather unpleasant.
In cons( qu .nee of the approach of General Ditou-
ET'S division (which has since joined Marshal MAS.
SEA A), COIOIICI TRANI', who occupied Coimbra, find-
ing his force unequal to its defence, was under the
necessity of evicuatieg that place, and crossing the
Vouga towards Oporto, From the same cause,
lonel WiLsoN also fell back from Espenhal, and
crossed the tlondego ; but as the enemy marched
from the Alva to Espenlial, he shortly after recro,..d
it, and greatly h massed them in their movements.
general CAIIDANNILif corps remained at Pinhel, and

the detachment that was. sent to Castel Branco had
rejoined the main-arrny.

. _
From the general completion of the intelligence
received, it would arpear that the North of Portugal
is now open to the e:!emy, and that they are doing
every thing iu their power to advance reinforcements
on all sides to bring on the conflicrwhich they hope
to decide the fate of the kingdom. In the mean
time we may hope that the large reinforcements,
v.1:ir.41 have partly sailed, and all of which will pro-
h.ably take their departure horn England before the
end t.f the present week, will reach Lord WELLING.
TON in time to enable him to counteract the designs
of the enemy.

We regret to learn that disease had occasioned
some, mortality in our army. General cANIPBE4.
anti Colonel FtNot are named among its victims, and
General flux continued indisposed at Lisbon.

Provisions had been 'scarce in camp, and much
more so with the population of Lisbon ; but abundant
supplies had arrivell, and there was no ptospect of
any deficiency to the time of harvest. One house in,
1411(1°1! 13M dapper' 6°P.90 quarters of what = an

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PARLIAgERTARr PROCRLIMIOS. aged quantity has been eutba;betrfor Liabeln by the
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HOUSE OF LORDS, TUESDAY, JAN.IIk . rrest of the. trade' tabor together, sad probably abou.
Immediately after prayers were read,
' 4000 quarters hate teen freighted from Liverpool
.
for the same destinatioe, In additioo to these, a great
The Earl of CLANCARTY addressed their Lord-
ships, respecting a point of Privilege, on which .the quantity had arrived, and was is progress five the
Standing Order for the exclusion of st-angers,wasp as United ron. .1
is usual in such cases, enforced.—Tbe doors continued The f.dlowing is an extract of a letter received bye
shut nearly an hour.
the Mail. It is dated on the 11 th inst. and comes,
The subject under their Lordships' consideration,
from an Officer of rank : , '
we Understand, related to an Irish Peerge,. and re- •
specting which some evidence was given at the bar. : lio The completion of affairs is not very good. Most-
/I/CENCI' BILL. ' rtta's column, 14,000 strong, (some say 20,000); is
On our re-entering the House, the LORD CHAN- advancing from the south, and is probably already
CELLOR was putting the question for the third
reading of this Bill ; which being ordered, it was ac on the Guadiana. On the north of the Tagus, MAS-
-
cordingly read a third time, and passed and ordered, sawn has irately been reinforced by 10,000 or 12,000
to be returned to the Commons, with a Message. de: men; 15,000 await.hiaordetein the neighbourhood of
siring their concurrence in the Amendments made by Almeida.- Part of this corps has recently given a
their Lordships therein. severe check to General finvstaA. It is expected that
A person from the Ecclesiastical Courts presented'
we shall shortly retire to our former position, and that
an account of the proceedings therein, in the case of
Taunton v. Taunton, in which a divorce a Mmes Abrantes will 'glare long."
et Thera was pronounced.
A Bill to dissolve the marriage between Henry
Doidge Taunton, and Henrietta, _ his now wife, was

By. American papers to the 28th tilt. from which
we have given extracts, we learn that Mexico has
been the scene of a most dreadful commotion and

sanguinary battle. —The insurgents, to the amount
of between six and seven thousand, were completely
subdued, the whole having been either killed or taken
prisoners; and the authority of King FERDINAND was
in coas2quence immediately and fully re-established.

His Majesty's Advocate' yesterday read in the Ad.
miralty Court a letter which he had received from
Lord WELLZSLISV, desiring that all proceedings against
the ship Fox, and other vessels similarly circum.
stanced, might be stayed, until his MAJESTY'S pleasure
can be taken respecting them. This communication
appears to us to be important, as we doubt not it will
to the public.
Saturday above two hundred Noblemen and Gen-
tlemen met at Edinburgh to commemorate the Anni-
versary of Mr. Fox's birth. Mr. GILLIES was in the
Chair.—Same day, the Anniversary of Mr. Fox's
birth was ci lebrated at Glasgow by a numerous party
of th.: admirers of that illustrious Statesman.

Yesterday the Lotto CHIEF &atm entertained the
Earl EGLINGTON, and a large party, with a grand
dinner, at his in Duke-street.
Yesterday, Mr. PERCEVAL gave a grand dinner at
his house ir, Downing.street.

Yesterday, Mr. YORK gave a grand dinner to the
Earl of CHM RAM, Lord Minna',vs, and a large
party, at his house at the Admiralty.
Yesterday Lard ARIAN gave a sumptuous Minis-
teriA dinner to a large party of Noblemen and Gen-
tlemen, at his house In St. James's Place.
The Bath Widow: comolain that notwithstanding
the indosure of so many chutes there ate ,st!ll marl
weds.

Mr .Cootca has entered into a re-engigement at the
New York Theatre. The first night of his perfor-
mance, the `Last tilt, was for the benefit- of ate poor
of that City.—The Play was, The Nerdsani of Yinia
34.y10rk, by Mr. COOKE.
On Saturday was launched at Northßeet, a new
ship, of 14'27 tons, called the Lowther Castle, for the
service of the Honourable East L.dia Company, to
be commanded by Captain Worieswoarn.
We are informed, from respectable authority, that
an extensive Distillery in the neighleoutho• d of Leith,
is entered with the Excise to distill from grain for the
English market. Thus while the English Distillers
are all working from sugar, this one Distiller, in con. •
sequence of not having. entered into the contnet
made by the Ministry with the other Manufacturers,
distilling for the home consumption of England,
will have, if not legally steps, the exclusive advantage'
of manufacturing spirits from grain in place of sugar, I
thereby securing to himself a preference on the cost !
of mcterials equal to 50 per cent.
CITY BostsEss.—Yesterday a Court of Aldermen
was held at Guildhall, at which the price of the guar-
tern loaf was ordered to remain at Is. 20.—Several
persons were admitted and sworn bmkers.—The ap.
peals of persons against being appointed inquestmen ,
and constables, were heard and determined.—A. Mills ,
and J. Hulet, were admitted out-pensioners of Ema-i
nuel Hospital.—Receipts were ordered to be issued'
for licensing victuallers on the ttli of March next.—'
Commissioners of the Court of Requests were ap.
pointed for the month of February.—The Court voted
their thanks to the Rev. Mr. Loom, Chaplain to the
Lord Mayor, for his sermon preached at St. Law.'
rence's church, on Plow-Sunda y.—A quantity of golhl
was sworn to as foreign, fra. exportation; and several
bills were ordered to be paid.

A fatal pugilistic contest took place on Wednesday
se'nnight„ at Rollestone, near Burton-upon-Trent, in
the county of Stafford_ On the preceding evening, !
Charles .Beale, a farmer, from Stretten, and Stringer
Tonks, a basket-maker, of Repton, having quarrelled,
agreed to meet the next day at Rollestome, to decide.
their dispute. The constable of the parish was pre.
sent as stall-holder ! The combatants fought with a
determination and courage seldom witnessed, until
the 31st reiand, when Tonks struck Beale a dreadful
blow under the ear, and death terminated the fight.
SPORTIN.C.—Besides the, match as performed by,
Milton, undertaken by Mr.Emes, livery stable-keeper,
another has been made betwixt two of the owners of
the horses rode by Milton. The animals belong to
Messrs. Maul and Bray, and they are to gallop 20
miles on Epecun race-course, 140 guineas to 100, play
or pay, in the month of February.—Another person,'
Mr. Shores, hai pndertaken to drive four horses in
curricle 15 tulles in fifty minutes, in the first week of
March.—•A yeoman of the name of Dobbs. of Midg.
ham, Bucks, ha; undertaken to go 50-miles on foot
in eight hours, play or pay, for 200 guineas, and to
start at licanilow.—At Haddington Fair last Wed.
nesd.iy, two opulent farmers undertook, for a wager
o- 100 guineas each, to walk a certain distance within
given tim a gie. The stakes were deposited in the hands
ea respectable hiokiog man, who had been fur some
days at the so* fiool whence they started, and who
proceeded witAt thento some distance ; but whilst
they contiaose; toepo ay he, unperceived by them,
contrived W sad shop become the only sataaer.

NATAL IhTELLIGINCS.

PLYMOUTH, lAN° tt.

Arrived the ROTA frigate,Capt. P. Solan VELE, from
Cork, witp her prize, as hatneward.bound East India-
man, which she recaptured some time ago, as stated
in the graft.-43e4ekthe Essex, American frigate, for
Portsmouth, to be repaired, and to await the issue of
the Negotiation nosy pending between Mr. PartNzt
and our Government.
PORTSMOUTH, JANUARY St

Arrived the SAarroox frigate from the eastvrarcl.
with a sloop that has been retaken.

Yesterday the 36th Regiment, commanded by the
Honourable Colonel COCHRANE, (brother of Lord
Couirsawr) embarked on board the VacTonv—the
veteran General BORNa attended. This day the IFt
Light Rattation of the King's German Legion, Baror.
ALTittei Ane corps, embarked in transports. It is
said that Sir Josarti Tome, with the Regiments em..
barked in the men of wan will sail to-morrow.