Star.
London, England, 1810-06-11 00:00:00

CONTINUATION OF THE REPORTS RELATIVE TO THE

OPERATIONS IN SPAIN.

The Marshal Duke of Treviso, with a division of
the sth corps of the army, advanced upon the enemy's
division of Balasteros, which haring been forced to
move off from the defiles of El Ronquillo, had fol-
lowed the chain of mountains, in order to put itself
in communication with the points of Moguer, Huelba,
and Ayamonte. The Duke of Treviso was despair-
ing of being able to come up with this body, when,
on the 15th after a fatiguing march, by rods' ex-1
itremely difficult, he surprised them at the passage of
the Rio-Tinto, near Zulameala-Real, and ordered
them to be immediately attacked. The enemy occu-
pied a position covered with rocks ; but notwith-
standing that advantage, they were repulsed, and put
to a complete rout ; from 6 to 700 men fell on the
spot, and 150 were taken prisoners The rest threw
down their arms and dispersed themselves, in order
more quickly to gain the frontiers of Portugal, and
probably afterwards Badajoz. The Duke of Arem-
burg at the same time entered Huelba, whence, at
his approach, a party sent by the enemy precipitately
embarked. The Duke of Treviso continues his move-
ment upon Ayamonte, and has ordered the remains
*of the division of Balasteros to be pursued. He
speaks favourably of Captain Laselle, of the 21st re-
giment of light infantry, who, on that occasion, made
a good charge. Our loss consisted of two men killed
and five wounded.

PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS.

HOUSE OF LORDS, JUNE 9.

The Lords Commissioners having taken their seats,
and the Speaker of the House of Commons being in
attendance at the Bar, his Majesty's Commission for
granting the Royal Assent to the Bills which had
passed both Houses was read ; after which the Royal
Assent was given in the usual manner to thesis Mil-
lions Exchequer Bills Bill, the 81,400,000 Exchequer
Bills Bill for Ireland, the Stamp Duties Bill, the
Lean Bill, the Malt Duty Bill, the Flax Bounty Bill,
the Pension Duty Bill, the Irish Beer Bill, the Land
Tax Redemption Bill, the Embezzlement Bill, the
British Fishery Bill, the Foreign Salt Bill, the Fo-
reign Silk Bill, the Isle of Man Smuggling Preven-
tion Bill, the Brazil Machinery Bill, the Goods re-
moval Bill, the Irish Insolvent Debtors. Bill, the Sur-
veyor General's Bill, the Overseers Accounts Bill,
the Poor Settlement Bill, the Howth Harbour Bill,
the Bastard Bill, the Poor Badges Bill, the Stage
Coach Bill, the Gas Light Bill, the Chancery Feel
Bill, and to a number of other Bills.
The Commissioners were, the Lord Chancellor,
Earl Camden, and Lord Walsingham.

A column swot to the mountains which sepirate
the province of Cordovo from that of Estremadura,,
came up with a party of the enemy at Valseiluillo,
and killed 80 men, and took 50 prisoners; the Chief
of battalion, Bony, and the Captain of voltigeurs,
Robin, of the 51st regiment, who commanded the
column, conducted themselves in the most gallant
manner. -

General Sebastiani, commanding the fcurth corps
of the army, having received orders to penetrate into.
,the kingdom of Murcia (for the purpose of expelling
therefrom such of the enemy's troops as were there and
who incessantly infested the frontiers of the provinces
ofdaen, Grenada and Murcia, and fomented insurrec-

tions in the Alpuxarres), assembled at Guadix the
troops appointed for this operation, and began his
march on the 18th of April. He transferred his head-
quarters on the 22d, to Lorca, and on the Vd his
advanced guard entered Marcia. The enemy's force,
was between 16 and 17,000 men. This body had
advanced with hostile intentions as far as Culal, but,
finding themselves anticipated, they hastened to eva-
cuate the country. Their rear was come up with at
Valez, El Rubio, and Totana. We killed a few, and
made some prisoners. 'lt was impossible to bring
them to a general engagement. They abandoned 16
redoubts mounted with 60 pieces of cannon, that had
been thrown up round Murcia, and retreated with pre-
cipitation upon Alicant, detaching a body of 4000 to
Carthagena. General Sebastiant caused the different
detachments of the enemy, which have been partly
disorganised, to be pursued close to this port, and to
the other side of Orthuela, in the direction of Elche.
All the peasants of the mountains ofJaen and the fron-
tiers of La Mancha, that had joined them, came to
.1000 deteimination of abandoning them, and-returning

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to their homes. General gebastiani has, in this cc- :equal ropottien, while the Act rendering it also a
pedition, destroyed an armament of 120 pieces of can. capital felony remained in force ? The real bet
non 'and a million of cartridges. He has posted a seemed to be, not that the offence itself had increased,
corps at Base, to prevent any hostile troops from but that prosecutions had increased, and this mirk
of
'establishing themselves between Cape- de Gata and jtatnrally be accounted for, from considering, &a
the Sagra Sierra, either at Hucscar or Vera. The persons who might be unwilling to prosecute when
whole extent of the coast of the Mediterranean, from they knew the offence would subject the person
Cape De Gata to the Straits of Gibraltar, is thus se- to the sentence of death, would feel infinitely
cured, and the frontiers of the provinces of Jaen and luctance in contributing to theasttainment of the ends
La Mancha are covered." i of justice, when satisfied, that the punishment was g
The next report is- General Suchees detailed ac- a limited nature, and more adequate to the nature
count of the siege of Lerida. id The fire opened on ' the offence committed. In Prussia, when by are.
the 7th, from two batteries against the town, and duction of the fees of lawyers, &c. the obtaining d
three playing upon the castle. On the 12th: seven jtsstiee was rendered more easy to the subjects of that
batteries played front eight in the morning, and at country, it was alledged, that this had only led te
o.atnr:
He
really
ten at night two redoubts, on a flat height called Gar- an increase of lawsuits, without prothatlag any good
den, and a horn-work in front of the town, were effect. But was this the fact ? Surely not only wrong
carried by assault. From one redoubt a few of the had previously existed, but it had existed uthe
at i
Spaniards escaped ; those in the other were driven plained of, because of the difficulty of procuring se.
into the interior angle. and 4, massacred without dress. A stronger proof of the good effects to its*
' quarter." The town was stormed the next day, at from the alteration in the law which he proposed, h
0 1 he
seven in the evening, by three breaches in one of the presumed to think, could not be figured, than
bastions ; and after some fighting in the streets, the tended to check offences by adding► to the c •
greater part of the population, including women of prosecution. It had been stated that the Judger
and children, and stated in all at 40,000, took refuge were adverse from' the alteration he proposed, les
in the castle, crowding every house and court, and . person could more highly respect the Judges of the
even the ditches. A discharge of _shells from min- land than he did. But on a question, what the law
tars and howitzers was directed upon the castle dur- ought to be ? not what it was, he could nqt conceive
ing the night, and at ten next morning the white flag . this as a conclusive argument against measure
was displayed upon the bastion of the grand fort, and which might be proposed. It had even hetes insinuated
articles of capitulation were agreed upon. General iat if fie (Sir Samuel Romilly) felt a chsr.:gard for the
Garcia Conde was at the head of the Spanish garrison . ancient and established laws othe co
when they marched out to lay down their arms, the i confessed himself astonished at such an insinuation.
Governor Gonzales being indisposed. The loss of the.; It must seem wonderful, indeed, if fie who had passed
French is
_stated at 200 killed. and 500 wounded ; his whole life in the study and practice of those laws,
that of the Spaniards generally at 1200. There were and who, if he possessed cny slake or reputation in
fired upon the place during the siege 6000 cannon-' the country, owed it all to the skill and knowledge
balls, and 3000 mortar and howitzer shells." he had acquired in toe practice of them, could be Ca,
—.-- pable of disregarding those laws, or of not holding
ip
them in merited veneration. That he did see in those
laws some defects, however, which he wished to u
dress, he presumed to think., instead of being m re.o
l .
ble to him as a crime, would be a proof how big*
he regarded them as a whole, and bow anxious be
was to see them as perfect as possible. He shoot
now move, that the Bill for preventing robberies is
navigable rivers, be rea d a third time on Wednesday,
but if that shonld be found inconvenient he should
'then postpone it till T bursday ; and if it should ap.
pear, that there was •no prospect of the bill passing
through both Hoeses . during the present Session, he
should not press the third reading even on Thursday.
IRISH ARMS.
The Order of th e Day for the third reading of the
Irish Arms Bill b ring read,
Mr. PETER. TeIOORE opposed the third reading
of the Irish Arn is Bill ; he hind opposed it, he said,
on its original introduction two years ago, and was
then in a smell minority of ten, who were rather
laughed at them otherwise, for their insignificancy;
but, they-felt it to be A Bill of infinite importance to
their fellow-subjects, in Ireland, and had determined
to mark their sense of it by a division; that whets
the Bill was originally introduced, there was no pg•
liamentary ground laid for it, either of necessity a
expediency ; and that having watched its operation.
Mr. Mnore said, he was happy to find oat the Bill
had not been called for, and had been wholly nil.
tory, considering thereby, that there was no ground
for it either then or now ; that he was came if 1
such a Bill was introduced into this country, it would
vibrate alarm from one extremity of the Empire to
the other, and be considered as an intended insult;
and that he could not see, why Bills of this deserip
tion should be applied to Ireland any more than En?,
land. 'lime present abbreviated Bill, Mr. ?tbore siida
he observed, was onl a vestige of the former Bill,
and he confidently felt and believed, that the repeal
of the other obnoxious clauses and provisions of that
Bill was a concession absolutely extorted by the ky-
alty. and attachment of the People of Ireland, and
he had no hesitation in saying, that it would infinitelyl
more become the dignity of Government to displace
this Bill. altogether by an implicit confidence in the
affections and true interests of the people of Ireland,
to which experience had most amply testified the,
were entitled, Mr. Moore said the several Members
who had before opposed this Bill, acting set the same
principles, were of the same opinion With himself,
and were resolved to persevere in throwing it out, if
possible.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
postponed the third reading till Wednesday.—Ad-
-1
journed till Wednesday. ..

TtIeFNEINIM; STAR.

LONDON,