Star.
London, England, 1811-12-21 00:00:00

PORTUGAL.

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Accounts have been received; at Plymouth frotil
Our Army in Porttigal, down td the 7th instants, but
they bring little news of importance. Some trivial
movements had taken place, and a part of our Army
had again advanced to Fuente Guinaldo. Acoong
these. were a part of the corps of Art;llery and Royal
Artillery Drivers.
,A Tomb& prevailed ht ,Litbon at the departure of
the above letters, but whi.ch we cannot credit, that
thi Corti! Cadiz had been secretly corresponding
with the enemy; and that hostilities between France
and Spdih would lie shortly suspended, an arrange=
ment to that effect having taken place through the
agency and offers of emissaries employed by -
POLEON. It is certainly possible that some individua s
may have been found base enough to listen to over-
(tures deglading to their *counter, and unworthy of
free men ; and the detection of some such treasonable
!conduct, may have given rise to the vague rumour
circulated at Lisbon :—hut it would be a, libel bn
humanity itself, to believe that the whole represen-
tatives of a nation, struggling for liberty, could eft-
...c gaz.
in such a conspiracy!

The report of hisiMa.rF.stY's state restercldy *at,
04 That be was no tetter than on the preceding day,
and that he fiequently iefttsed to take nourishment."
His Royal Highness the PRINCE REGENT removed
this day from York House to Carlton House.
The Duke of Sussex continues dangerously ill at
Kensington. Sir HENRY HALFORDW.IS sent for express
from Windsor yesterday, to attend his Royal Highness.
Sir Stns. EY SMITH is now in a state of convalescence,
' at Macclesfield, and recovers fast.
Mi. Secretary POLE is much recovered rroth the
late indisposition, under which he laboured for a few
days.
The Sardinian Athbassador is confined with a sei
were fit c.r the gout, at his house, Hinde.street, Mani
ehester-square.
. The Duke cf DEVONSHIRE will shortly lead to tbii
Hymeneal Altar the beautiful and accomplished
daughter of Lord SCARSEIALE.
Died at Dawlish, on the 17th inst. at an advanced
age, Mrs. GRANT, mother of the Master of the Rolls:
Lord COCHRANE has acquired full R100,000,-id
prizes, during the short time he was afloat.
The interest and anxiety which were felt for the fate
of the Twins, before it was known that she was secure
will render the following article acceptable to out
Readers.
COPY OF A LETTER FROM CAPTAIN M4DOUOALL, OF nit

TIORS INDIANIAN, W ROBERT LIVIE, ESQ. t
" Margate, Dec. 19, 1811.

" I am sure you Will b'a much surprised on receiving this from
this place. I shall just give you a detail of my proceedings :—Ott
, Wednesday the 11th instant we left Margate and run tbtoigh the
Dctwns in Company with the Arnistort, and earned a fair wind j
with us till 10 A.M. of the 12th ; the wind therf shifted to the
Ibl.W. and moderated; atthret P.M. of the 13th, saw P•24-Isy I '
Head, bearing E. by N. about seven leagues, and Shoreham Church
N. kept beating down all the 13th with a strong breeze; 14th,
.blowing hard in the first part, middle, a beak, gale at W. with
a heavy see;' Made all ready for bearing up in the morning, but
at three At M. the wind suddenly shifted in a most violent squall
to N.N.E. dewed all the sails up and wore the ship with her head
to the N.N.W.; 16th, bore up for the Downs, close-reefed top•
sails, and lay-to under bare poled till day I Os; then bore away
with the wind at N.W.; at eight A.M. caw the land about Bou-
logne, bearing E.S.E. four or Me leagues ; at noon hauled across
Ilfor the South Foreland (blowing very hart); an the 17th a strong
gale, finding it impossible to make the 124sWrs and the people
much worn out, and drifting to the French mast, tante to the
deterininatloo of anchoring.
" At nine p. m. gave her another cable, in hiapet of holding on/
rill day-light (as the pilot was ignorant of the North Seas), and if
Ishe drove I lied di termined to cut and take on Myself the charge
lof the /hip, and getting Into the North Seas, as the only hope left
of saving her. At a quarter before six a. in. found the ship dna:
i ing fast on. the French coast ; cut the cable and cast her with her
`• bead to the N. E. made as much sail as the ship could bear. At .
day-light found We were three or tour miles from Calais Beach.
At ten more moderate, made more sail and got off the mast. AR
eleven six French lager., in clime of us, ckared the ship; and
prepared for action ; but his Maje-ty's ship Cracker came down
fo us and fired a fuse shot, whet t hey alt decarrped, and ran
down to sotto. vessels to leeward, wiiith f have every reason to
believe they capturrd..
" I am particularly inekhied to the Commander of the Cracker
l'or his attention, who gave us a pia, and kept company with us
until we were in sight of the Goodwin lights ; and bad it nor
been for hlm, I fear that tpe Tigris and all on board would never
More have been heard al."

It. was reported this morning that another dread-
inurder had been committed hst night in the
commercial-matt—the person said to have been mut.
Aertid was a publican. It was also reported that two
'li'olice*Ofitcers in attempting to secure a party of
ieiseadio Murdered ; one of them was said to have
been found at day-light thik morning, lying in the
Cornmeteral-road, with the upper part of his head
actually cut off.
We find, upon mintite enquiry, that with respect
to any additional murders having been committed.
the above report is totally grounder.. There was a
desperate rencontre, however, last night, fn the Com:
thercial-road,betweefra party of Polße Office's and a
'number of Irishmen, who succeeded in• rescuing one
of their countrymen who was in custody on suspicion
of being one of the murderers. We regret to say,
that the rioters completely escaped, but not until
many blows were exchanged, and, some desperaW
wound's were inflicted oti both sides.
A Gentleman who has seen the situation by whirl'
the murderers maditheir escape from MiWilliamson's
premises, thinks it Hs duty to state,,tbat they must ne-
cessarily have soiled themselves in front with clay, as
on leaping from the window they alighted at the font
of a sloping clay bunk, which being very wet and
slippery, they must have gained the dunanfit on their
hands mid knees. This' circumstance,/ if generally
known, may lead to the detection of the offenders, at
clay soils is not easily removed from the Clothes. It
should also be known, that one of the murderers had
on a rough great coat.