Star.
London, England, 1811-04-18 00:00:00

LETTER TO THE LORD MAYOR.

Maquis WELLESLEY presents his compliments to
the LORD MAYOR, has the honour to DILDSVIIL to his
Lordship an Extract of Intelligence received from C.
STEWART, his Majesty's Minister •at • Liaboq, diced
the 6th instant.

DOWNINC-STREET, APRIL 17, IRII

bispatches have been received by Marquis Wat-
LESLEY from Mr. STEWARYthisgajestil/4 Minister, at i
Lisbon, dated Lisbon 6th, stating thus, on the 20t1t.1
ult. General BACELAR, with Colonels TRANt and
WILSON, moved towards Pinkela and Avelos. The
enemy's head-quarters were tmnsferzed to Celerico,
and. the advanced guard in the direction of Guarda,
were thrown forward within half a league of that

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" The enemy who had placed a great part of their
force towards Guards, manifested a disposition to i
make a stand, and had extended his line by Throwing
his detachments towards Belmonte ; he was, low.,
ever, compelled to abandon that post- on the t9th,
and went off with great confusion towards Coa, with
the lois of many stragglers and much baggage.
44 A great par of his force had retired in the di-
rection of Sabugal. The British Headquarters were
at Montelizo on the Ist April, and the whole army
occupied the left bank of the Coa.
" The accounts from the North of Portugal, State
the return of Marshal BESSARIAS from Valladolid,
and the consequent permixsion for the Militias of the
Provinces of Traomontes to return to their homes.
" The enemy in the South of Spain have with- I
drawn their force from the Fort of Albuquerque
(which had been in the possession of the Spaniards),
and had concentred their force near Badajos.
" The junction of the corps under General BAL•
LASTKROS, and that under General ZAYAS, has
been prevented by the arrival of Prince DAREM•
ZERO with a body of men 4000 strong, in the Couda
do Penibel, upon which General BALLASTEROS retir-
ed upon Castilligo, and General ZAzAsse.embarked
on the 29th.
44 Arrived the Mansion-House at One o'Cloct,
April 18, inn.
(A true Copy) " J. J. Slam Mayor."

The accounts from Windsor to-day are still in
unison with the Bulletin issued yesterday, namely,
that his MAJESTY advances favourably towards re-
covery.
The Archbishop of CANTERBURY gave his annual
dinner on Tuesday last, at the Palace, Lambeth, to
the Bishops of LONDON, Dtranam, Ws:camerae,
WORCESTER, NORWICH, ST. ASAPH, HEREFORD, OE,-
FORD, SALIEBVRY, CLOYNE, LINCOLE, ROCHESTER,
CARLISLE, BATH and WELLS, EXETER, CHESTER, itC.
Yesterday the Archbishop of CANTERBURY antifa-
mily left the Palace, Lambeth, for Addinton Parka
for the Holidays.
Monday, his Excellency ROBERT lama left Zan.
burgh, on his embassy to Constantinople.
Mr. OWEN WILLIAMS, M. P. has purcha red the
Earl of Essex's elegant mansion, in Berkeley-square.
At Berwick, on Wednesday sennight, the freedom
of that borough was unanimously voted to the Right
Hon. Earl Pens.
At a General Court of the Governors of the Ge-
neral Sea-Bathing Infirmary established at Margate,
held at the London Coffee-house, Ludgate:hilt, on
the 10th instant, the Earl of Livia/vet was unani-
mously elected President of that Charity, in the room
of the late Earl of Romney.
The NAIAD frigate, which left Jamaica on the sth
ult. has arrived at Falmouth.
The Commandtr of the late SHAMROCK schooner
has been tried by a court-martial, at Lisbon, for the
loss of that vessel, and admonished.
Letters were received yesterday from the Havannab
to the date of the 24th of February. They confirm ,
the account of the complete re-establishment of the I
Spanish authority in Mexico, and add, that the whole I
of the artillery in the possession of the insurgents, I
consisting of 20 pieces, has been taken.
The letters of lodgings at Cambridge have been
consulting their brethren at Oxford as to the price cur-
'eat of an installation. They say, with much regret,
it is so long since they had a tune of this kind, that
they really know not what to ad !
At the Warwick Assizes, William Bradbury was
tried and convicted of selling forged notes, of the'
similitude of Bank of England notes, considerably less
than the expressed value, and was left: for execution.
Tuesday, while a young man, clerk to a grocer in
the Strand, was amusing himself is a swing at Green-
wich Fair, the machine broke down, by Ale!) he re-
ceived such a violent fall, as fractured both his legs.
Early on Monday se'nnight an attempt was made
to set fire to the house of Mr. Robert Griggs, the
Master Warden of the Trinity Pilots at Dover, by
placing a lighted half-anker filled with pitch and
other combustibles, against his door, wh'ish consumed-
part of the same and the door-post, when it was for-
tunately discovered by a neighbour, through the win-
dow of whose chamber the reflection of the flame at-
tracted his attention. Several suOcions pylons have
examined, but as yet the offenders 140kocipset

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