Star.
London, England, 1811-04-29 00:00:00

SHORES OF ['HE ELBE, APRIL is.

M. Kenenberg, Governor of the Duchy of Olden-
burgh, has issued an order, directing the inhabitants
to give up their arms, and instituting domiciliary
visits to search for them.

I E V,VEN LNG STAR.

LONDON.

MONDAY, APRIL 29.
PRICE OF STOCKS 'I I-lIS DAY AT ONE crcLectc.
Coil. mosey 641—for account, 6441—Red ucci 61
4 per Cent. 791}-5 per Cent. Navy 96i1.
Excbeq. 34. to 6s. prem.—Bonds 255. 265. rem.

Since our last a mail has arrived from Cadiz with
printed journals to the 13th instant. The Rogeney
Gazelle of the 9th of April contains a long account
of the operations of the allied army under General
LAMA and GRAIIAM, from its landing at Algesi.
vas to the battle of Barrosa ; it concludes as follows :
" Such have been, the memorable expedition and
battle of the sth of March, in which the British
troops have again shewn their discipline, their in-
comparable firmness, and extraordinary valour; main-
taining their reputation of being superior to the
Trench, which they have proved on every occasion
when they have contended against them.
" The Spanish troops, with unbounded bravery,
And an heroic enthusiasm, gloriously fought, and in
the most brilliant manner overcame their oppres-
sors without the dispersion of a single soldier ! !
The allied army has covered itself with glory, and
merits the eternal gratitude of Spaniards, and the
admiration of Europe."
At Madrid it is supposed that King burn is pre-
paring to take his departure, disgusted with the state
of affairs, and perhaps impelled by a sense of per-
sonal danger. We are told, that he and his Coun-
cil, instead of increasing their activity and attention
in proportion to the disasters, transact no business
at all.
Some alarm is excited at Salamanca. General
GM/RAYNE has left that city, with a detachment
for France, ..o,d many persons, who are doubtful of
the rezult of the present conflict, have availed them-
vcs of this opportunity to leave Spain.
A Au:. from Cadiz of the 13th mentions a report
which we hOpe will prove unfounded. It states that
POOO Spanish troops having proceeded to Ayamonte,
about one halt of them disembarked and suffered them.
!elves to be defeated and driven back, with the loss
of 250 prisoners, by a piquet of the. enemy not ex-
eecting 5t men !

By the INTELLIGENT gun-brig we have received at-
t( t.nts from Lisbon to the evening of the 19th inst.
/.t that date no account of the fall of either Badajos
sr Oiivenca had been received. Lord WELLINGTON
was hourly expected at Lisbon. The aLied army, it
was supposed, would take up aline of positions on the
front;er, with their advanced posts pushed to a short
distance in Spain.
Exiract of a letter from an officer, dated Villa For-
mosa, April 9:—" A squadron of our hussars, that
lid gone round to the right, outflanked the enemy,
and took the whole of their baggage (with the cook,
&c. of General Lotsow), which was for them a very
rch pr;ze, and was sold by auction at a very high
pi:re a lew days ago. The French General's dress-

inpease alone sold for 41.5 ; you may therefore judge
of the value of their baggage, when I tell you that
14 mules were very heavily Wen."

We have also received accounts from Oporto to the
17th inst. from which we select the following letter :

" OPORTO, APRIL 16.

44 Nothing particular has latterly occurred. Fre-
quent skirmishes have taken place on the frontiers.
Almeida was still occupied by the French on the
10th instant. Brennier commands in it; he has only
800 men, but plenty of provisions. The last accounts
state that place to be completely blockaded.
" The militia under General Stuvrana. have re-
turned to their homes, and the division of Porto, un-
der General TRANT, are expected here in a few days.
" The French have raised a corps of 2000 Portu-
guese, chiefly composed of boys from 11 to 14 years
of age."

A Spanish schooner, which has arrived at Plymouth
from Corunna, with wool, has brought accounts from
thence to the 17th instaut. An Irish Gentleman, a

passenger by this vessel, who has resided there and
in other parts of Spain, since the commencement of
the Revolution, states, that prior to his sailing, intel-
ligence had arrived that a large body of the enemy
had suffered a signal defeat in the vicinity of Gijon,
and that they had been completely routed from that
neighbourhood. General CAsTANos had arrived at
Corunna, and a considerable force had assembled
finder his orders, whose operations are to be directed
to the driving the enemy out of the Province of Gal-
llicia. The news of the retreat of the enemy from

Portugal had been hailed with the greatest joy at Co;
runna, and bad been the means of considerably aug-
menting the Spanish army with volunteers.
A Spanish Officer, who last we2k arrived at Ply-
mouth in the Rom frigate, is stated to have come
over to solicit an additional large supply of arms and
ammunition.

We have received Letters from our squadron at
Cadiz, dated so 14te as the 12th instant. They repre-
sent the scene there as very inactive : nothing tram.

spiting, except a few shells being sometimes thrown
from Pontales to Matagorda, whenever the enemy is
seen repairing or strengthening his works. The shore
of Cadiz presented a very dreadful appearance, from
the great number of small vessels that were wrecked
on the nights of the 27th and 28th of March.
The HOTSPUR, Hon. Captain PERCY, passed by for
Gibraltar on the Bth instant ; she was to proceed to
Malta, and, after seeing her convoy safe in, go to
Palermo, and den return to England. Eight vessels
of her convoy went into Cadiz, chiefly laden on Go-
vernment account. The Hound, Thunder, and De-
vacation, bombs, are lying within about 400 yards of
Fort Catalina, separated about two cables' length
from each other. They seldom throw any shells into
that fort, unless when it fires at vessels going into the
harbour of Cadiz ; for, owing to the shoals off the
Isle of Leon, they are forced to keep well over to-
wards the shore occupied by the French, before they
can haul up into the anchorage. The sEtna bomb,
having both her mortars damaged, is lying close to
the town.
There are four mortar-brigs attached to the squa-
dron—the Rebuff, Desperate, Charger and Fearless;
but, owing to their carrying so small a mortar, it
appears they are incompetent to cope with the heavy
ordnance on the enemy's batteries. They are useful
in scouring a beach that is unprotected by guns,
when their small draught of water enables them to
get within range, which is, from the eight-inch mor-
tars, not above 2000 yards. The other ships in
Cadiz bay are—Milford, Sir RICHARD KEATS, Al-
fred, Implacable, St. Albans, Standard and Stately,
of the line, with smaller vessels. The Whiting
schooner had arrived, in ten days, from Plymouth,
with dispatches.
We have given, from the Paris papers, VICTOR'S
account of the battle of Barrosa. This is the third
time that the French Government have thought it
necessary to allude to that brilliant affair, the lustre
of which all their misrepresentations and suppressions
can never dim or conceal. They in vain endeavour
to prove that they were not defeated, and defeated by
an inferior force. VICTOR'S account of the operations
previous to the action on the .sth of March appears
to be tolerably correct, but his statement of the oc-
currences on that memorable day is full .•f falsehood
and exaggeration. He represents the whole of the
allied army, which he magnifies to 22,000 men, of
which 8000 were British, as engaged at the same
time. The enemy have been more frank in confess-
ing the amount of their loss than we expected. They
acknowledge to have had 1700 killed and wounded.
It was nearly twice as many. There is a very strong,
and, as it would seem, well-founded accusation against
SEBASTIAN! in this report.

A Gentleman who left Dunkirk on Wednesday
last, states, that about 4000 Dutch troops quartered
there, were, on the first intelligence of an insurrec-
tion in their native country, marched to Boulogne.
.and French troops put in motion for Holland. lie
computes, that in the course of 36 hours, the Go-
vernment would assemble from various points an
armed force of 40,000 men—a force sufficient to
overpower all resistance.
Captain HORNDEN, of the Royal Cornwall militia,
was thrown from his horse on Friday, and received
so severe a contusion on his head, th..tt he lies at Ply-
' mouth in a very dangerous state. •
•

NAVAL INTILLIOENCE.

PLYMOUTH, APRIL *7.

The INTELLIGENT gun brig, stated in my last, by
mistake, to have come from Liverpool, came from
Lisbon. It will be recollected that she sailed from
this port a short time ago, with a number of trans-
ports under convoy for Lisbon, having Capt. RAINS.
FORD'S company of artillery and other reinforcements
on board. These all arrived safe out, and the IN-
TELLI6ENT left the Tagus for this port on the evening
of the 19th inst. five days after the Duke of Kent
packet. The Astrea, Nereide, Iphigenia, Bellona,
Minerva, and Victor frigates, captured at the Isle of
France, are ordered round here from Portsmouth, to
be docked and repaired. Several straggling trans.
ports continue to arrive from the Tagus, some with a
few sick and wounded on board—others w iih
French prisoners and deserters. The THOULEN,
BOSTON, and Annus frigates have been broken up at
this port ; and the Czsam, of 80 guns, lately returned
from Lisbon, has been declared unfit for service, and
is ready to be paid off, and laid up in ordinary. Yes-
terday arrived the DIANA frigate, and PnovimscE
hired brig from the Eastward; and ENTREPRENANTE
French national brig, 16 guns, from the Isle of France;
she brings no news, as she left at the same time as the
six friates, which arrived at Portsmouth last week.—
The GIBRALTAR, of SO guns, went into Cawsand-bay,
after refitting in Barnpool ; and the PIERCE:: gun-
brig for the Rochefort station.. Lieutenant KI:LLS-
LAW has taken command of the PIERCILIt gun brig,
vice SIBI:ELL. No arrivals this day. Sailed the
FANCY hired cutter for the Rochefort station. The
FAVOURITE sloop has the signitl flying for convoy to
Lisbon ; she will take the cavalry transpor;.s under
her protection.
PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 27.

Arrived the FAWN with convoy from Oporto.—
S2iled the SARPEDON and Imicett::k.—Wind S.S.E.
APRIL 28.—N0 letter.

DEAL, APRIL 28.

Sailed the VICTORY, DAPHNE, COQUETTE, and TRE-
MENDOUS for the Baltic ; and the CRETAN for off
Flushing. Passed through the Downs on Saturday
the Dover Castle, Retreat, Lord Castlereagh, and
David Scott East indiamen. Arrived from the River
and remains the Walthamstow ditto.—Wind S. E.