Star.
London, England, 1811-11-25 00:00:00


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PALERMO, SEPTEMBER Tr. •
The departure of Lord W. Bentinck has excited
tal ordinary surprise here. It appears that his Lord-
Alp came to this Court without any other instructions
than the (ordinary circular, and a special letter from
the griace Regent, permitting him to return in the
event of not ending circumstances congenial to what
h might suppose expected in England. The Mit-
bassador on, his arrival was. of course confounded, in
discovering the distracted state of the island ; certain
occurrences rendered some demands on his part ab-
solutely necessary, whiCh the Court not only refused,
but in replying. adopted an unusual tone, which led
to a suspicion that the friendship to the British nation-
was despiied.' I'Sbbs-!quently however the tone was
lowered, and the refusal to comply with the Ambas-
- sadrir's request was grounded on his not possessing
sufficient authority 'from England—a secret that. had
transpired. Lord W. Bentonck then threatened to
;rural, upon which the Queen said it was impossible
for an Envoy to gn without instructions from his
Master. The permission being however produced,
her Majesty was terrified and inclined to accede for
the moment, to all ha demands ; nay, it is even said,
she had made some progress in a letter, when her
Council, through the Marquis Circello, dissuaded her,
declaring that they would maintain the dignity of
her Crown, the independence of her kin... and
thespkndour of her Royal Family ' • the aueen tore
the letter, and declared that she would Maintain the'
rights of an independent Sovereign, and the Mihister,
• • 1. 11:. •
'departed: 1
SAME DATE.--'There is.a great alteration; not
only in the tone of the courtiers, brkt also of Most
persons employed in public offices of this Govern-
ment, towards the English, since the departure' of
Lord W. Bentirick ; and they are now shewing symp-
toms of conciliation, which are the more awkward,
as being so novel ; from the great forbearance of the
British Government for so many years, the Govern-
incnt imagined that we. were ei:her incapable or =idthorised to make any claim of justice or equity, and
agnseqnently carried every thing with a high bind.

S PAIN. •

Copy of a letter trorn one of the Guerrilla Chiefs,
which gives the particulars of a very gallant and
successful entetprize by a party under his corn-
tnand :

".MONEO; SEPTEMBER 26.
"ISin—l have the honour to inform you of the
results of my last action. •
" On the lith jtrstant I marched from this town of
Moneo, a league. froth Mediae de Pomar, in the di-
rection-of the towns of Frias Puente la Ra, and tier-
- guendas, hoping to intercept 8000 hierino sheep es-
corted, by 1000 infantry in the most miserable state.
I arrived at Es-pejo ; but, informed by myapjfekhat.:,
VOOO mere.more were encamped in the yicml
1-law, I was obliged to abandon my expedition, tsad
changing my intentions, I took my route to Arlarastel
In the mean time Caffarelli, Tnbenot, and Buquet,J
who were going to Orduna with 4300 men, inducedti
me to take possession of the heights of Atteas, inasee:
der to oyertaee them ort.the 12th, of the three ends
of the road'to'Victoria, where Artomana, Paul, and
Delica, were going ;but the Count having advanced
and taken possession cl the advantageous ground,
divided his troops in seven divisions, end defeated
any intentions.
" But the Colonels Lecot and Comby could not
get away so easily, for they with 600 excellent Gre-
nadiers, ar.d 400 Vohigeurs, followed • Caffarelli's
route to Orduna, on. the 13th, who left orders•to,
march to Valladolid by the high paved.way. Thew
Chiefs informed that I was in the.vicinity of Vilialvae
suspended their route, and spread a false report that
they were going to Victoria ; but aware of their Era.'
tagem by several intercepted letters from their" G-
eneral, I made use of another, and leaving Villalva
precipitately, rforced the Junta to inform them that
I marched to Medina, knowing that the French were
at Orduna. My stratagem succeeded, for by coup-,i
ter-marching all the night, I took possession of. the'
Pena Nueva. '•
" Not assured-yet of their real direction, I waited
' till ten o'clock in the morning of the 14111, •at which
time they appeared coming. out from Orduna, very',
slowly, and all in one division, which gave- me time
to take proper measures, to place my troops on the'
heights, and cover them with enormous stones. • .
When they arrived at the end of the railed ‘444
they halted, and sent'ip 100 Voltigeurs ; but hardly
had they arrived at the foot of the heights, when they
were all either killed or wounded by the volley's of
the battalion (which I call veteran). • My cavalry
and infantry followed the • Main y''bod ofthe.tit-nr
with the greatest intrepidity and order. Thee" y't
• Chiefs collected all they troops that were thil‘ortkand
• .
dividing Ahern in six divisihrts,' they owe I? a
wood to sustaintheir retreat.
" They were . charged by my infantry sill be'
made a pass ige for the cavalry, which,-by appeging
to take possession of the'iown, changed their regulatr
retreat into a precipitate fight. Having shot them-
selves up in the fortitications, Itecalled my troops,
who, during 3& hours, patiently suffered the want of
food, and rest for many patiently
The losi of the enemy
amlunis to 206 teen, among whom six were officers,
and 96 wounded, and also Colonel Comby, with some
other prisoners. Oue loss consists of six wounded,
but none ofdanger.
" On the 15th and.l6•ll reek troops rested ; andon•
the 17th, at daybreak, I commeneed my march teem
Espigo to Salina di Ariana, intending- to shut the
eaerny
sop in their fortifications, .tsd possiss thyself at'
the tithes front their naagazines. Ballow was Ii
astonished when- I Saw Orin,
.after hßlf boys .
of
attack,'iny tOeepi'heii SatO isrdes and one
fort, tedueingehetie to the Chords, where -they de.
fended theiusayes till. I was advise.' that Calfarelli.
was.; coning frr,m Victoria with three thousand men.
I however got possessionlofthe riches, and divided
them among my troopit..*4oir IQSS, on this occasion'
amounts to• 15 killeileep4 four wounded. •
IdaY Gun pepeerre rue atte -18igned) ‘•
ettetasuit•;eo t.ostoa.
66 To Bripdier-Osinial ?otter.' . • .

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