Star.
London, England, 1810-06-04 00:00:00

VIENNA; MAT 14. . ,
A report has reached us of an action between
Turks and Russians. The latter endeavoured to take
PARTS, MAY 25, possession of an island in the river no.. far front Wid
The town and castle of Hostelrich, form one of the din, but not being in sufficient force they were'
Most important places in Catalonia, both in respect obliged to retreat to Krajova. From every appear,
to strength and position. The town was taken in ance this campaign will be as sanguinary as decisive.
January List, hut those of the insurgents who were The Grand Vizir is invested with unlimited power
*bit to effect their escape, took refuge in thee fort, during the continuance of the war. The Sultan ne-
which being situated on a steep rock, is sheltered elects no means to animate the courage of the nation.
from all regular attacks, can only be redacted by a It is said he has admitteid some English officers among
blockade. We therefore con..ented ourselves with his troops, but on condition that they conform to the
serroanding the place in such a manner as not to established cs.utoms of the Ottoman army, and to in-
itifer either reinforcements or previsions to enter it. traduce no alteration in discipline without previously
[A detail is then given of two attempts made by apprizing the Grand Vizier. He has also received
* Spaniards. to relieve the place, in both of which ammo iron and arms from Malta.
they were repulsed, aid prevented from throwing NIAY 15.—The following; is the substance of the
,
supplies into the place.] Treaty concluded between Russia and Austria, rela-
On the 11th of May the fort of Hoetalrich was sum- Live to the cession of 4(10,000 inhabitants, stipulated
.neoned, and the answer of the Governor sufficiently, by the Treaty of Vienna :—The line of demarcation
announced his distress. On the night of the 12th, ; between the two empires commences, by that treaty,
the garrison, favoured by a very thick fog, came out .: en the side of Russia, opposite Ilnizdaicea,
.through
of the fort in the greatest silence ; their advanced . the circles of Tarnopol, Zloczow, Brzezan, and Za-
guard threw themselves upon our sentinels, one of : lesczyk. and from the mouth of the Strippa, near
whom wets killed, but another fired his musket, which Heremiani, it follews the course of the Dniester as far
gave the\ alarm to our troops ; in an instant they 'as the ancient fruitier of Russia. The isles of the
were all under arms, and pursued the enemy with so Dniester, situated to the left of the Thalweg, are to
Much celerity, that the whole of the garrison were belong to the Emperor of Russia . those to the right
killed or taken. Among the latter was a Brigadier to the Enieeror of Austria. The navigation of the
Colonel, all the staff, twenty officers, and four bun- Dniester will be free as formerly; but that freedom
died men, and one pair of colours. We immediately is not to prevent the effect of the reciprocal regula-
occupied the place, in which was found a .battery of tions of the custom-houses established or to be estab-
-42 pieces of cannon of a large calibre, in the best state, lished. The ordonnances relative to the passage of
and a considerable quantity of warlike stores, but the respective subjects from ene frontier to another
little provision. The taking of Hostalrich possesses , will be maintained in ail their force and vigour.—
the great advantage of ensuring the tranquillity I Every inhabitant of a place on one of the frontier
of all the district of Gerona ; it gives facility to banks of the Dniester, if he possess on the opposite
transporting, by land, provisions to Barcelona, and bank any property whatever, must sell it off within
covers the communication of Gerona with this last ' the time to be agreed upon by the two Imperial
place. l courts. Several other dispositions relate to the ex-
About the same time (the 11th of May) the small ! change or purchase of articles of first necessity, chiefly
islands, and the fort of Las Medas, situated upon the • wood, between the subjects of the two empires.
coast of Catalonia, opposite the mouth of the Ter,
ODESSA, MARCH 5.
have been taken from the enemy by a very audacious An American vessel is arrived here from Bald-
coup de main, attempted by two officers of the first more. This is the first time that the flag of the United
regiment of Neapolitan light infantry, Gugliotti andlStates has appeared in the Black Sea. The Captain
Deluva, who passed over with seven men only, to . was the bearer of a letter from our Consul General
the second island, in which the fort is situated. The I and Charge d'Affaires in America, M. Daschkow.
Spaniards, terrified at their audacity, though in an As we have now an accredited diplomatic agent with
inaccessible place, demanded to capitulate. We found the United States, we hope that his mission will have
in it some piecesof cannon, muskets, and ammunition, for its result the establishment of very advantageous
and took prisoners an Officer and his detachment.— commercial relations to the two countries.
This capture possesses the advantage of protecting the
PRV.SEURGH, MAY 11.
coasting along the coast.
MAY 29.—The Duchess of Reggio, wife of Mar- . The Russians appear to shew much more activity
*hantein the 4241 year of her age. al Oudinot, died at Bar-cur-amain on the 22d in-tin their dispositions, in order to transfer the theatre
, of war to the right bank of the Danube, as Moldavia
ft is suppesed that their Majesties would arrive at I
st
1 and Wallachia can but imperfectly suffice to their
.
Havre on .the 26th instant, and at Rouen on the 28th• i maintenance. The cattle have been considerably di-
minisheclbv the number consumed by the armies, and
They may be expected at Paris on the 30th tr 31st. i •
!Perhaps not less so by the cultivators of the land per
The first eaterteiiiment given to their Majesties : •
after their return, will be by the Princess of Borghese, i seeking refuge in more peaceable countries.
on the 4Th of Jure, at the beautiful gardens of the bonne rafts furnished with light artillery, appear
• destined to protcct the passage of the Danube. The
Castle or Villiers, near Nettii
Yesterday a regiment of cuirassiers arrived hi this ! Turks do not erect any batteries upon the opposite
city from Germany. side of the river, but content them:elye: with having
i
! them observed by detachments of cavalry.
BAYONNE, MVir 22.
CONSTANTINOPLE, APRIL In.
Extract of a letter from o::neral Count Suchet, r .
i We have just learned that the Russians have opened
commanding t ii?. fid corps of the army of Spain, to , ,
General Count
i tee campaign by forming an attack against the island
e it
lof Astromane, occupied by the Turks, and situated
" I hasten, my dear General, He
d edouville :
Quarters, Lerida May 14 on at night. ,to infer,
you, that,
I upon the Danube. A. corps of 3000 Russians set out
m
subsequent to the events that I communicated to you,
1 from Krajova on the 14th March, undertaking to
seize upon this Island. 'l2:e object of the enemy was
fifteen days of open trenches, three of continual fire,
to secure his communicates With the Servians, who,
and two assaults, have made us masters of Lerida i
and its formidable cas:les.
; on their side, pushed forward parties nearly to \VW-
'
e We foued in it 100 laces of cannon mounted
i din, but they have entirely retired since the expedition,
1,500,000 cartridges, 200,0p001b. of powder, and ten i° ,'
f which mention has just been made. The Grand
thousand firelocks, eight thousand prisoners were
Vizier redoubles his activity in makiag preparations
for
war. The Sultan himself makes the greatest
taken, ten standards, six Colonels, three Brigadiers, 1
efforts to reanimate the courage of the nation, in ad-
two Marshals-de-Camp, and the Commander in Chief i
i dressing firmans both to his Ministers and tre,•ps.
Garcia Conde."

FOREIGN IMELLIGENCE.

The courier who arrived yesterday evening from
Madrid, has brought intelligence that his Majesty re-
turned on the 14th to his capital from Andalusia. 7--
The siege of Cadiz continues.
MONT DE MARSAN, MAY 22.
Colonel Baussain, at the head of the united French
and Spanish troops, entered Olbera, a city surroun-
ded with walls, and defended by 3or 400 soldiers,
who made but a feeble resistance, and retired after
having lost forty of their men. The Colonel imme-
diately marched upon Grazalema, of which lie also
took possession, notwithstanding die bad roads he had
to walk over, the steep rocks that were to climb, and
the resistance of the rebels, who, shot up in the
houses, tired from all qu trters upon our troops. The
enemy was.put completely to the rout.

PIIRLIJIMENTARr PROCEEDINGS.

ROUSE Off► LORDS, JUNE 2.

GREN \DA, APRIL 27.
• By a royal decree, dated Seville the 17th, the king-
dom ill be, divided, in respect to its civil govern-
-‘,.!ctures. Each prefecture will be
sub-preloci tires.
-cc, his Majesty has divided the
t of Spain into 15 divisons.
ter was sent to the G,:vernor of
conim:,nding at Lorca :
My dt:.,r Governer, we have
ee d:iys. . The Conunautkr in
y4a;:rday, early in the morn-
] d.:pot.ttion front the town.—
:ers and robbers, who styled them-
disorder on dl sides.
s of t:io kingdom of '4urcia, ter-
intours circulation, respecting
peasa ay, fled at our approach;
!wed and returning to their homes
:ountry abounds in resources of
has suffered much from the long
•denomin a ted Spanish army, and
:onduct of the staff.", '
'VILLE, APRIL 22.
to 18th of this month, his Majesfy
:he Cortes of the kingdoms. This
.Iced a lively sensation throughout
since the Junta promised the con-
Cortes, and amused ,he nation with a
`will owe this benefit to its new So-

composing Om Municipalitrof Jaen4
with tille'nominatien of the Olfi-
guArds, wishing to give an example
aisirterestednes; liave all enrolled
soldiers, and have giiren the places of
citizens.' ....

• 7

The Speaker of the tiouse of Commons having come to the
Bar, the Royal Assent was given by Commission to a number of
Public and Private Bins, among which were the 12 millions An-
nuity Loan Bill, the h,le of Man Trade Bill, the Cu,toais Bill,
the Hawkers and Pedlars Bill, the Scorch Roads Dili, &c.
The Commissioners were the LORD CHANCELLOR, the Earl of
DARTMOUTH, and Lord M'ALS:SCIIAM:

The Bills on the Table were for.varded, and the liouse ad-
journed till Tuesday.

must OF COMMONS.

The speaker beite,4 summoned by the Deputy ITst.er of the
neck Rod, went to the Ikuse of I ords, and on his return, in-
formed the that he hail heard the Royal Assent given by
Commission to a number of Bills.

Admiral HARVEY obtAned leave to bring in a Bill for the
Protection of Apprentices in :he Bridslt Fiskeries.
Mr. PER CEVAL obtained leave to bring in a Bill for the al-
teration of the Property Tax Act fu Lands held under certain
Leases. ()Le object was to give relief to Lands. as was particu-
larly the case in Scotland, whe-e a considerable portion of the
rent was to be laid out in impro);ements, in width case the tax
was charg.d not on:), for the occup:.tion, but on the improvt d
va!ue. Another it tjtct was to :dal relief where losses might be
suss: attl by Coods or tempests.

Mr. I.US; IINt; lON afterwards brought up the Pill, which
was r‘ ad a first time, and ordered te be read a second time on
Tu, sday.
Tile List In,iia Ships Bill, and the Bill for granting an issue of
Exiliequer Lids to the amount of one million and a half for the
relief of the East India Company, were brought up, lead a first
time, and ordered to be read a mond time on Tueul4._

_
The Bill for improving the Vicinity of Westminster Hall, the
Etch. (pier I,tindii:g Lill, the Irish Stamp Duties Bill. tt e Irish
Dwelling-house Bill, the Customs Bill, the Irish Malt Bill, and
the Shadwell Church Bill, were severally read a second time,
and co:nnii!ied for Tuesday.
The House wentthrough Committee on the Westminster Hall
Improvements, and on the Scotch Civil List Pensions, in the lat-
ter of which it was agreed, that the total amount of Pensions
should not exceed xsoo,oco, and that no one pension should ex.
teed £3OO. Reports to be received on Tuesday.

BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION.

Mr. C. W. WYNNE brought up a Bill for the more effectual
prevention of Bribery and Corruption in the Election of Members
of Parliament. Read a first time, and ordered to be read a second
time on Tuesday, and to be printed.
The Reports Of Supply and of Ways and Means were brought
up and agreed to, and a Bill ordered to be brought ip agreeably
to the Resolutions in the latter.

A Message was rtcrived from the Lords, stating that their
Lordships had agreed to the Work House Bill, the Overseers Bill,
and the Newfoundland Fishery Bill.
The Scotch t. lergy Bill, and the English and Irish Militia
Officers Pay Mils were committed, and ordered to be reported on
Tuesday.
The Irish Stamps (Newspapers) Bill, and the Woollen Manu-
facturer's Bill wtse reported and ordered to be read a third time I
on Tuesday.
The EJc: India Recruits Bill, the Bill for granting Licences.to
Distillers of spirits in the Lowlands'of Scotland, and the lash
Loan Bill, were read a third time and pomade—Adjourned. • I

General Count Hedous
" Quar
" I hasten, roy dear
subsequent to the event
fifteen days cf open tree
and two assaults, hay
and itt formidable cas:
. cg We fou::d in it 1(
1,500,000 cartridges, 2
thousand firelocks, eii
taken, ten standards, s
two Marshals-de-Camp
Garcia Conde."
The courier who an
Madrid, has brought it
turned on the 14th to I
The siege of Cadiz cot
MONT DE
Colonel Baussain, at
• and Spanish troops, eni
ded with walls, and d
who made but a feebh
having lost forty of thi
diately marched upon
took possession, notwi tl
• to walk over, the steep
the resistance of the
houses, tired from all q
enemy Was
.put complei
GREN \
• By a royal decree, d.
dom will be.divided,
went, into 3g prefectu
divided into sev:•ral su
By alriiher decree,
military..goverummt
The iouowin<
G-ma,411, by th .. orric•e;
gg 1.011:4A, APLIL ..';.
berg: here .d
-:se t:lree
Chi; i entered •\11.1;-cizi
ing ; lie has receive]
The gangs ^l. de• ?.!.tors
selves aimed, fly in di.
• 46 The inhabitants o
rifled by the false ir.,/1
our'treatment of the pe
but they are undeceive
ctowds 'This cou
every-Cud ; but it ha,
sojourn of the self-dei
above all from the con
•
sEVIL:
By a decry e of the 1
bps Convot -all the C
measure has produced
It is Inttir, sine
vocation of the Cortes,
'ain hoPe.• - Spaih will
aere:gn.
the Members comp
charged by a iiecrt'e w
cers of the civic guard
of cotiraie and (taint
inselvia ai. soldierh
;.cers to private citiv