Star.
London, England, 1810-03-31 00:00:00

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tants, 'lobo were ignorant 'of their approach. At ter,
o'clock about forty Spanish dragoontaccompanied by.
several English Officers, went out to drive back the
enemy's patroles. They overtook a French Officer
and one dragoon, both of whom were cnt to pieces
by the Spaniards. The, officer had upwards of 1200
dollars in gold in a sash round his waist, The ene-
my's advanced parties were soon
skirmishing took place, in which three more of the
French were killed. One Spanish voltmoter.w.wattn:
killed, and three dragoons slightly wounded.
FEBRUARY 26.—The French hnd small partks
'last night behind the ruins of Forts iSt.-ehhillitict
Barbara, which,they withdrew in the moming,,
" FEBRUARY 27.—Several inhabitants or at.
who have made their escape, state, that the French
have committed every species of atrocity, particular*
on the women almost every woman fronitllentifie
ten to fifty, has been violated, and several Oktlfeniiiie,
respectable women have-been carried off entirely—
among others the se; feof the Commandant of Artillery..
Our gun-boats uvre•this day employed in BrlntAt.,
the_French parties near the Orange Grove, whene: ier
they made their appearance... . ,
" MARCH I.—The enemy retiel,ted.frottilfAqie
list night in consequence of an ininitifitti;ing
broken out in the neighbourhood of It imign, lied se- I
veral of the French parties having been purto
It appears that during the few days they remained-ini
St. Roque twenty-seven of the French were roasiaoed.
by the natives.—We have heard, during the ActlZt
of this day a heavy firing of musquetry in /111 e neigh-v,
bourhood of St._ Roque, and it. is reportadiihatithei-
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French detachment has been nearlY ,
" MARCH 2. —The whole neighbouring etinivicifs-kii
complete insurrection, and we have just received*
certain accounts of every man of the French 'who;
were at St. Roque, having been killed-on their
treat, except eighteen who took refuge in a monaitery.:
The monastery is summoned. by some thousands of
peasantry, who ace waiting for orders whether they.
should force the convent or not.
" King JOSEPH is at Ronda with about 5000 men,
upwards of a hundred of his advanced guard have
• been killed, and the whole country is in arms round
him. • .
Largequantities of arms and ammunition have
this day been issued to the numerous deputations that
have come in from the different towns.andyillageS in
this vicinity.
ig On the whole—affairs in this neighbourhood be.
gin to wear a more promising aspect, so far as regards
the spirit and energy of the people, than forsome time
.past.—The- peasantry have done wanders. • Within
these two days between six and-seven hundred of then'
Frerich have been put to death within forty tnile#of
this place. They, say that they only want ammuni-
tion and English Officers, and that they will soon ex-
irpate all the French in the province.
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" Marten s.—lt was reported here a few days ago
time Ceuta was taken possession of by British troops.
—Same of the vessels sent from hence with troops
fof Cadiz were driven by •contrary winds to Ceuta,
but no attempt was made to: 1and,...,-Jh-n.s this cir:
cumstance that gave rise to the abvire report:
MARCH 11.—Three days ago we had t tremen-
dous hurricane, which did cnnsiderable diriage in
this Bay. About 27 trading ships were driven from'
their moorings, and were mostly wrecked oti theadja-
cent coast."

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Four divisions took place this morning in the House
of Cornmons, on the subject of the Waicheren tape-,
dition. The majorities were in favour of Ministers.:
the friends of Lord SIDMOUTII and the party of Mr.
WILDERVORCE voted with the Minority. . •
We were mistaken yesterday when we stated that
the Right Honourable CHARLESYORKE was returned
as Member for Westbury. The mistake into which
we fell was general, however, throughout that Bo-
rough and the neighbout hood, in consequence of a
report having been circulated that Mr. YORKE was
the Candidate. The crowd which collected to testify
their disapprobation of that Gentleman's public con-
duct was immense, and the election was not suffered
to proceed until Mr. DE PONTLSIEU came forward,
and assured the populace that Ai,,and not Mr. YORKE,
was the Candidate. • The tumult then subsided : the
Magistrates proceeded with the Election, and Mr.
DE PONTIIIEU was declared duly elected.
The Twelfth Report of the Commissioner's of Mili-
tary Enquiry has been published. It embraces the de-
falcation of the late Treasnrer of the Orchiance,
Mr. Htn-rre and discloses a transaction in which
• Mr. ALEXANDER DAVISON'iS implicated, and Whitlt
*we trust will be folloned up, -(as the Report itself
suggests) with some further proceedings. In 1806;
when M. Iltnkrr resigned-his office to Mr. DAVIVON,
he retained a balance of tho public money amounting,
to 811,854. ss. 9id. yrlth vibiely. however, Mr. DA.
visow, " after some .oitsit4ntition " charges Minself
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in his next accounts., '>ii:.l4lW.:D:svisates going out
of office, and delliocriogiipiifilialances to-Mr.lits" ,
on that Gentleman's ietttnticroffice, in;f4(77x ireihi4
this identical sum of 11i.,854. Ss.% one* Moto I
transferred to the debit, of'Mr. liuN'T;.-Utkefaciatovi•
hedged by. that Getvietnairicsordingly. Ott ilia sub.l
ject the .Crinunissidneis theiefore,
44 Mr. DAvisOu, iiiiiialisideted as 'liable for this
66 original balartsiitWcaufaite attested the aeCount in;
6g which it iSchitOgectilgatatt him, ih-the iamemtmor
must Mr. HUNT be iNco 'considered igaintltable fat
66 h, as having Orriitted-ti on..thOrchargesitieo,4f
.44 the folloiviist accounti' -probalq, !Wed
66 more fay "inttilhit; so/site's *6IU *open, Inv/Mac
" the making* up and exaltniiiittg theitecount of
fe Treasurer, of the Ordnan*, be4;ll in the Offitelol
44 Qrdnattee and. that at-Audit, Will -
The total amount of Mr,. NOT
03,769. 19s, 4(1.1

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