Star.
London, England, 1811-07-30 00:00:00

FRENCH PAPERS.

PARIS, JULY ss.
There was yesterday at Trianon a sitting of the
Council of Commerce.
The Emperor hunted yesterday in the forest of
Marli, and afterwards visited the special military
school of St. Cyr.
Their Majesties arrived this evening at ten o'clock
at the Palace of St. Cloud.

LEGISLATIVE BODY.
SITTING OF THE 23D OF JULY.
A letter was read from his Excellency the Minister
Secretary of State, in the following terms :
" St Cloud, July 19.

" MR. PRESIDENT-4 have the honour to announce
to you, that Orators will repair to the Legislative
11,,dy on Thursday, the 25th instant, at one o'clock,
to make a communication in the name of his Majesty.
(Signed) 6" Count Dwau.n
PARIS, JULY es.
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TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF NEUFCHATEL

AND WAGRANI.

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" Badajoz, June 94.
4g MoNsrtoNzun—Yesterday all the cava!ry of the
armies of Portugal and of the South were marched to
reconnoitre the enemy's line. The Marshal Duke of
Ragusa directed General Montbrun upon Campo
Mayor, where he found 1200 Portuguese horse and
two Anglo-Portuguese divisions. There was no en-
gagement on this point.
" [ had ordered General Latour 11faubourg to di-
rect the column of dragoons commanded by General
Bron towards ; he encountered no enemy,
and returned without having pushed on so far as that
pace. General Latour Maubourg having crossed
the fords of the Guadiana, between Juramenha and
the month of the Caza, with the rest the cavalry
of the Army of the South, advanced straight upon
Elvas. The column on the right, commanded by
General Briche, occupied for some time five English
scpiathoos v<hich were opposerl to it; whsle the bri-
gade of General Bouvier des Eclats, at the head of
which was the Ist Regiment of the Vistula, manoeu-
vred on their right. This movement succeeded.
Two 'quadrons of the 11th regiment called the
En., Hi Light Horse, and of the Hanoverian Hus-
sm,, cre destroyed ; 3 officers and 150 horsemen,
th t' eir horses, remained in our power ; the enemy
11.. d besides a good many killed, and a great number
s‘ minded. The 2d and 10th were principally enga-
ged ; this affair does them honour. Colonel Lalle-
mant was slightly wounded, and also ten horsemen.
Ten other English squadrons remained at a respect-
ful distance, and did not choose to engage.
" According to the information which has been
collected, it would appear that there has been a sepa-
rati( nof the allied army. It is said that the Spanish
troops, cominanded by General Blake, are returning
toward% the mouth of the Guadiana, and the County
of Niebla ; that the English and Portuguese have
already filed off troops towards the Taps, and sent
their baggage to Lisbon ; that Lord Wellington has
directed his march towards Lisbon ; and that the
enemy have sent to that city more than 8000 sick or
wounded. The arrival of a considerable reinforce-
.tnent from England is also announced, which was
landed a few days ago at Lisbon. The regiment of
Light Horse which met with the check before Elvas,
of which I have just spoken, had joined the army
three days before.—l am, &c. • (Signed)
" The Marshal Duke of DALMATIA, General
in Chief of the Army of the South."

TO HIS HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF NEUFCHATEL, AND
WAGRASI.

" Badajoz, June es.
Monseigneur—The enemy's army, which had
recrossed the Guadiana, continues its retreat. It is
at thus raiment three marches distant from us. It
would appear to have given up Spain entirely, and
to be concentrating itself for the defence of Lisbon.
Lord Wellington, on the 26th of June, had al-eady
his head.quarters at Portalegre. More than 8000 sick
and wounded English have been cent off to Lisbon,
with all the heavy baggage. The Spaniards have se-
parated from them, and have marched towards the
match of the Guadiana.
4‘ The remains of six English regiments which were
destroyed in the battle of Albtiera, are returned to
England. There were left of these regiments only
some officers and subalterns.
" According to information collected from the in-
habitants, the English, in that battle, had 6500 men
killed, wounded, and taken—many of the wounded
are dead. The Spaniards and Portuguese lost four
thousand men. The loss of the enemy was triple
ours. On the night of the 17t11 the enemy had begun
his retreat ; and he would have recrossed the Gua-
diana, had I thought it right to continuo the attack,
but the junction of the Spaniards, on which I had
not calculated, having presented too great a mass of
troops, I did not think it proper to du so. I had be.
sides beer, informed, that the siege of Badajoz had
been raised and that the artillery had been withdrawn,
which gave me a respite r,f two months to come to
the reli,t of that fortress.
"" The English are very much dissatisfied with Ge-
neral Beresfiad, who has been suspended and sent to
Engl ,n.l, for having exposed the English troops and
spared the Peattignese and Spaniards. It is true that
the latter, who were more numerous, were less expo-
sed than the English, and suffered less loss.
" A great number of deserters from the English
army come in ti us. They all assert, that the Eng-
lish feel their inability to support the contest in Spain,
and every thing induces me to think, that, when the
army of reserve, wfich your Highness h is announced
t r me, shall have arrived upon Almeida, they will
be coovit.ced of the impossibility even of maintaining
themselves :it I,i b'n.
" The English have experienced a great want of
provisions and money. Money is become very scarce
w ill. them ; they no longer Witter it with the same
Fr& fusi, n. Ti.ey attribute this to the unfavourable
state of the exchange..
The.breaches iu the fortress of Badajoz are re-
pilling with the greatest activity. The • place has
been revictualled Fr seven months—we have just dis-
cover, d a new magazine of 100,000 weight of goa-
-1 ou der, which had been concealed in the vaults.
!lave caused blivenza to be razed. I am, &c.
46 Tile Marshal Duke of DALMATIA,
General in Chid of the Army of the South.r
Vanhal Suchet, after the capture of Tarragona,

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