Star.
London, England, 1810-06-25 00:00:00

ADDRESS TO TIM ARMY.

" Soldiers—His Majesty the EMPEROR, on confiding to me
the command of his army of Portugal, has been pleased to asso-
ciate me in the glory which you are about to acquire in the new
expedition, to which y u are destined. You are well aware,
Soldiers, that discipline and subordination are the first pledge of
victory. What obstacles shall he able to resist your valour when
rigid observance of discipline shall have prepared your success!
You shall always find in my conduct, and in that of my brother
Officers, the example of perseverance amidst difficulties, fatigues,
and print ions, and your dangers shall be common to us, as well
as the glorious result which Lis Majesty expects from the devo-
tion of his heroes of the army of Portugal.
" The Marshal Duke- of Rivou, Prince of ESLING, Com-
mander in Chief of the Army of Portugal. (Signed)
A true Copy. " MASSENA.
Commander of the Engineer. " isiturev."

The letters received by this mail state, that Gene-
neral MASSENA has also issued a Proclamation, ad-
dressed to the Portuguese nation, in which he stiles
himself " KING OF Poitrucat.," calling, on them t.'
" drive out the perfidious English, and submit to his
authority"—threatening in case of non-compliance,
that he will desolate the country with fire and sword.
Some of the letters state that he had also written a
letter to Lord WELLINGTos, offering to give him per-
miition to retire unmolested from Portugal, fhe would de-
part immediately ; but adding, that otherwise, he would
drive the British army into the sea, in less than three
months :—and would hang every British officer whom
he found in the Portuguese army. The Punch are
paid to have 73,000 men between Salamanca and
Truxillo-10,000 at A storga-10,000 at Ciudad Rod-
rigo—besides 18,000 in small detached partici ; and
the 4th division of the Army of Portugal, is said to
have entered Spain.

We have also received letters from Gibraltar to the
2d instant. They confirm the accounts before re-
ceived of the disaster latel y experienced by the enemy at
Marbella, and tl,e determined perseverance of the
peasantry in that neighbourhood to defend their coun-
try. It also appears by these letters that General
O'Dom.EL has gained another important victory over
the enemy. The intelligence rests Only on the autho-
rity of the Captain of a Spanish vessel arrived at
Gibraltar from the neighbourhood of Tarragona, but
we are not without hopes that it will prove authentic.
41 GIBRALTAR, MAY 21.
" On the 17th a strong detachment of the enemy
attacked the town of Marbella, near this, but they
were three times driven out of the town, leaving be-
tween forty and fifty dead in the streets, and were
finally obliged to abandon their design of occupying
that place.the peasantry in the neighbouring moun-
tains carry on a most destructive war against the
French, who suffer exceedingly, without gaining
any ground or reaping any advantages from the
bloody skiimitlhes in which► they are daily engaged.
!The HIBERNIA and Noimn:AtBERLAND are still lying
wind.bound in the bay, having been twice driven
back in attempting to pass Ow Straits. Commissioner
Lens's family, Mrs. WRIVIHT, and Captain BENNET,
of the Fame, arc passengers on board the Hibernia,
for England."
..... _ _

" GIBRALTAR, JUNE 2.

44 The Master of a Spanish vessel, which arrived
this morning from Cambril, near Tarragona, in four
Jlys, stares, that before he sailed from Cambril intel-
ligence was received by express from Lerida that the
rench army had been completely defeated near that
city, after a most obstinate and bloody battle, by the
Spanish army under General O'Donnel. The loss of
the French was betsseea 6 ane 7,000 men, and that
of the Spaniirds between 4. and 5,000. General lye-
rola commanded the vanguard of the Spanish army.
Eleven thousand recruits had marched from Tatra-
gona to join General O'Donnel's army since the bat-
Itle. The brother of the Master of the vessel being
also ex.,mined, confirms the above statement, and
adds, that brandy had risen ten cobbs a butt at Cam-
bril, in consequence of the news of the victory, and
the security they felt in consequence."