Star.
London, England, 1811-04-15 00:00:00

MOND EDITION',

CAPTURE OF MAItSIiAL NEY, AND MET
THOUSAND OF THE FRENCH ARMY.

Government have received the bight,' ray
ing 1
ins. • zence of the Capture and Destrucdoo of the
who c of the Rear. Guard of the French Army, under
the Command of Marshal NW, who is himself among
the prisoners. The action which terminated in this
glorious achievement took place on the 31st ultimo,
and was fought by the British and Portuguese troops
under the command of Marshal BiRESFORD. The
French rear-guard, under NET, originally consisted of
15,000 men, but by previous captures and skirmishes
had been reduced to 8000, being the number taken
on the glorious 31st of March.
Marshal BERESFORD had co-operated in so masterly
a manner with Lord WELLINGTON'S army, that NEY
found it impossible any longer to continue his retreat,
and was therefore cut off from the main body.
The ;,hove intelligence was brought to Guernsey
by a merchant vessel, and transmitted from thence to
Government by Admiral the Prince de BOUILLON,
the British Naval Commander, on the Guernsey sta-
tion. No doubts whatever as to the correctness of the
news is entertained in the Government departments.
The v.eini trof Oporto to the scene of action is an
additional corroboration of the statement.

On Saturday, the Members composing her MA-
JESTY'S Regency Council arrived in Windsor, when
they assembled at the Castle, in order to take into con.
sideration the weekly report of the Physicians rela.
five to the KING'S health. Previous to the Council
breaking up, we understand, the Archbishop of CAN-
ESBURY and the Lomb CHANCELLOR had the ho.
?lour of an interview with his MAJESTY. The Council
afterwards partrok of an elegant repast by the invita.
tion of the QUEEN, and returned to London, except
the Archbishop of CANTERBURY, who usually remains
with the Royal Family on Easter Monday, to admi-
nister the Sacrament at the Castle. Yesterday his
Royal Highaess the PRINCE REGENT, the Dukes of
YORK and CAMBRIDGE, arrived at Windsor. The
PRINCE REGENT had a long interview with his Royal
Father ; and, after paying his respects to her MAJESTY
and the PAINCESSES, returned to Kew, to dine with his
Royal Brother, the Duke of CUMBERLAND. Inrcon.
sequence of the PRINCE REGENT'S audience with his
MAJESTY, it was near one o'clock before the KING
appeared on the Terrace. He was accompanied by
Dr. WILLIS. His MAJESTY appeared to look cheer-
ful, and to be in continued conversation ; but the or-
der for the exclusion of strangers on the terrace pre-
cludes visitors from the indulgence of promenading
when his MAJESTY is present.
Yesterday the following Bulletin was shewn at St,
James's Palace

" WINDSOR CASTLE, APRIL 14.
" The Kum continues to go on favourably."
(Signed by the five Physicians.)
The NARCISSUS, Honourable Captain AYLMER, has,
Arrived at Portsmouth with ten pipes of wine from Ma-
deira, for his MAJESTY.
Thursday CEca BISHOPP, Esq. son of Sir W. C.
Bisnorp, Bart. was elected a Member for the Borough
of Newport, Isle of Wight, vice Lord PALMERSTON,
elected for Cambridge.

The following, from the,East of the Mediterranean,
is more recert by two days than our former advices :
" SICILY. FIE. !7.—Our army is at present in a state of inac-
tivity, however, we expect will be shortly interrupted by
the :appearance of the Fr..nch en the opposite coast. Our warfare
lase is mean curious : there is not a ship or craft of any kind
passes through the Straits without receiving the fire of the enemy'el
batteries. Many of the shots come en shore, and it is astonish.
log, red indeed Miraculous, the little injury that we suffer from
them. On Sandal int one of their bails knocked off the cap of
a soldier of the slat, without injuring the man. Whenever the
weather permits, oar issues frsum Messina and bombards
the enemy's miens en the sea coast."
Otw accounts from the United States are—from
Boston to the 7th, from Philadelphia to the Bth, and
from New York to the 10th ult. brought by the Ad-
venture packet, Captain TILLEY. They are all of an
unpleasant nature. His Majesty's schooner THISTLE,
which took out dispatches for America, was lost on
the 6th ult. about nine leagues to the Southward of
Sandyhook, during a snow-storm. Captain OGDEN,
of the 56th regiment, a pameniger on board the This-
-71.11, carried her mail and' despatches, which were
preserved, to New York on the Bth. Six of the crew
perished. * .
The Won-intercourse Act had been carried into
effect, and acted upon most rigidly" againit England.
Several vessels that had arrived from this country,
had been seized—one of them ,loaded with colonial
produce had been condemned and sold. • French ves-
sels of every description were freely admitted, priva-
teers were fitting out, and every thing seemed to in-
dicate the determination of the violent party to force
on a war between the two countries.
Mexican Gazettes and private letters have also been
received to the 24th of January, from which we have
given some interesting extracts.
The John, Britten, fromiLiverpool to Ball y sh•annon,
was stranded at the entrance of the Colta harbour the
29th ultimo.
The Mary,'Mathews, from Swansea to Biddeford,
foundered the 19th ult. in the Btitish Channel.
The Revenge French privateer went into Charlston
and lay alongside the Penelope, Williams, (arrived at
Liverpool) three days before she sailed. The Col-
lectors promised to stop her 21 hours after the Pene-
lope's sailing.
The John, Polock, from Belfast to Virginia, was
abandoned at sea in January last.
Two women who were on board the CHALLENGER
when she was captured, arrived at Portsmouth on
Friday. They state :hat only one boy, named TREE,
was wounded—he died after the action ; and a man
named BOYD was drowned, when the main-top-mast
went over the side. The rest of the Officers and crew
were all well when the women left Brat. . .