Star.
London, England, 1811-05-17 00:00:00

BURGILLOS, APRIL 17.

Yesterday arrived in this town General Ballesteros;
he went to Zafra to confer with the English General,
acid returned at night. Twenty thousand English
1:1d six thousand Spaniards occupy Zafra and Los
Antos. Of the latter place an English detachment
vk possession yesterday, whilst, at the same time,
t:le Spanish troops proceeding froin Altnendraligo ,
attacked the enemy's rear, caused Um a horrible loss
ia killed, and took 150 prisoners, and 130 horse.—
These last troops arrived this morning in the neigh-
bourhood of Llerena, from whence they retreated,
after killing several Frenchmen ; they brought 30
dragoons prisoners. The allied army form a line, of
which the English occupy the centre ; the right, Ge-
neral Ballesteros's divisions ; and the left, by that
commanded by the Condo de Penne.— -

CADIZ, MAY 1.
By this time BaclAjoz will be battered by the heavy
artillery, which for this purpose. has been brought-
from Yelvas. The re-conquest of this fortress, in the
present conjuncture, is very important, on account of

the great quantity of arms and ammunition which it
contains,
They write from Tregueros (in the comity of Nie
Isla) under date of the 27th April, that there remain
in that neighbourhood no other enemies than those
who form the garrison of Niebla. The army of Ge-
neral Blake, which sailed from this port in the middle
of April, and, after a delightful navigation, landed at
Ayamonte, occupied the position of Las Caatilligas
a part of General Ballasteros division joined it. There
are reasons for shortly expecting news, according to
all appearances, of great importance from this part
of the Peninsula.
The Gorgon is appointed to sail to-morrow with
the remainder of our sick and wounded, General
Ruffin, and other French prisoners.
We look upon Beresford as the General by whom
these provinces are to be delivered ; he has a fine
army, not much under, it is supposed, 50,000 men.
He is still detained at Zafra, and must necessarily re-
main there till Badajoz falls. The auxiliary forces
sent from hence must doubtless have joined him, and
will act in concert with the other.

BOY S.

pREGENAL. APRIL 17.
The enemy, after the action of the 14th, dared not
pursue the division of General Ballesteros further
than Xeres, where they entered on the 14th, and
learned that the troops of their nation no longer oc.
cupied Zatra, and that the English were approaching
that part in great numbers. In consequence of this
information, they marched for this town, where they
arrived the day before yesterday, at seven in the
morning, and remained encamped without the place
till eleven, when they marched to Fuentes. From
thence they yesterday went for Arcena, carrying with
them five inhabitants of the place as hostages, and a
great number of their wounded in the action of the
14th inst. and some loads of the spoils of their killed.
They marched with great precipitation for fear of
being cut off.
Aram 24.—The French have fallen back to Ca-
ssalla
; the• English fellow them. Our troops occupy
Llerina, Cala, Santa 011 a, Badonal, Segura, and
Fuente de Cal,tos. The division of General Balles-
teros is in this town, and that of General Castanos is
in Santa Martha.

MAbRIP, MARCH so.
The sickness of Joseph was all a farce; he has not
been ill. The affliction and disgust shewn by him
and his adherents, was caused by the fear of his being
deprived of his crown by a decree of his brother.

On the 25th inst. in the morning, 700 infantry of
the Royal Guards, with four cannon, left this place.
At tour in the afternoon, an hussar arrived, in great
haste, with a dispatch for the Governor, Blanchard;
and immediately after, 200 infantry and 80 horse
marched for Alcala, and for the posts of Atorha and
Rocoletos, various parties of $0 and 60 men.
We have received information, that the convoy
which set out from Segovia had returned to that city,
having been attacked shortly after its departure ; and
losing 4 considerable part of the escort, it dared not
proceed on its journey without receiving reinforce-
bents, which Desolles begged might be sent him.
Bessieres has written to the Ministers, desiring them
to abstain from circulating orders in the country com.
prehended between the Guadiana, and the fronfi
tiers of France, adding, that he has taken the neces.l
sary precautions to prevent any attention being paid
to them, should they be circulated :—this, added to
the news which we have from the Peninsula, and the
countries of the North, keeps, as may naturally be sup-
posed, in the greatest discontent the Ministers and their
partisans,

A Gentleman is arrived from Paris within these few
days, who asserts, that he was present at the delivery
of BONAPARTE'S speech to the Council of Commerce,
end that the report made of it, as first given in the
STAR of Saturday last, is as accurate as memory
could give it. This Gentleman also adds, that
CHAMPAGNE, the jam Minister for Foreign Affairs,
bad left Paris for his appointment at Rome, and was
succeeded by the Duke of BASSANO (Maret).
The Lisbon letters which were delivered yesterday
contain the disagreeable intelligence of the prevalence
of disease among the peasantry in Portugal. All the
hospitals are full, and by the returns sent to the Me-
dical Board at the capital, it appears that upwards of
50,000 persons have died during the campaign,tof
want and disease. We regret to add, that there is
not an adequate supply of medicines to relieve the
unhappy victims.
Provisions ix Lisbon are extremely plentiful, but it
a not allowed to export them to Figueras, Oporto,
nd other places, in order to retain a &efficient supply
for the immense population of that city. This is the
more necessary, as the fugitives who sought an asylum
in 'Lisbon during the retreat of Lord Wit.ungwii,
still remain in the place.
Baron Taws brought over the dispatches from
Lord WELLINGTON which were received on Wednes-
day last. It was believed at head-quarters, that Jo-
SEPH had actually quitted Madrid, and was on his
way to Bayonne. The numerous parties of Guerillas
on the qui wive through all the mute, make it possible
that his MAJESTY may be intercepted.
Yesterday at twelve o'clock at noon, the adjourned
Meeting was held at LLOYD'S, pursuant to notice, to
consider of the nature and circumstances of the Baltic
risks, on which so large an interest between the Mer-
chants and Underwriters depends. The Meeting
continued little more than half an hour, when an ad-
journment was moved and carried for Thursday next;
no determination having been come to on the subjects
respecting which the Subscribers were convoked.
We have already stated that Sir JAMES SAL/MAREZ
took out an Order in Council, under the authority of
which he refused to grant convoy and sailing or-
ders to ships with corn and timber destined from
Gottenburgh to this country, and even to such ves-
sels as were provided with British licences of the
19th of April, six days subsequent to such Order.
The Lords of Trade, however, have ordered a fast
sailing vessel to carry out dispatches for Sir JAMES
SAUMAREZ to postpone the alteration in the duty,
which was the, more inconvenient, as the first of
June is the day appointed for the large augmenta-
tion of the duty on timber from ate North Seas.
We have reason to believe that Ma-. Rom-
timated his concurrence in the postr,
alteration in the ditty, until the if"

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NAVAL IN7"ELLVENCO, R 4'.

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TORBAY, MAY ts.
Yesterday afternoon it blew very hard from the
south-west, and towards evening several of the fleet
which passed Berry-head the day before bore up far
this place—they were his Majesty's ship JASON and
Auticr sloop of war, with.abeut forty sail of their con.
voy, and anchored in Torbay. This morning the wind
getting round to the Eastward, they weighed and
stood down Channel with a fine Breese.
Put in the Quebec Beet, and sailed again this morn-
ing.-.Two fleets passed down Channel on Monday.
• FALMOUTH, Ma
,14.
Aftleed the gsprese packet front Cadiz, in ten days.
"14.1*iiiTH, MAY 15.

The outwatd=bound Lisbon, Cadiz, and Mediter-
ranean convoys, under his Majesty's ships RAINBOW,
SpartuE, and PEACOCK, with the exception of four or
five sail that have received damage, sailed again this
morning.—Arrived the SULTANA frigate from Cork.

PORTSMOUTH, MAY 103.
Arrived his Majesty's ship GoncioN rump Lisbon,
and the ANT schooner from a cruise.--Sailed the
ROYAI NT on a cruise.—The TnaaelAti i; appointed
convoy for Cork.—Wind W.

PEAL, MAT is.
Came down from the River the Charles Mills for
the East Indies.—Arrived the NORGE from Ports-
mouth, and the TWEED from a cruize.—Sailed the
REsoLurtow with dispatches for the fleet off Flushing.
Arrived and sailed for Yarmouth, the FAWN.