Star.
London, England, 1810-08-28 00:00:00

()ALUM.

On the 29th July, General Count Serras attacked
the fort of Sanabria, in which there were 3000 Spa-1
Maids. This post is important, because it commands
the entrances into Porturd, and shuts tip the corn:
munications with Gallic!a. Lord Wellington bad
enjoined the Spanish Governor to make an obstinate
defence. The Governor replied—
" MY Loan—You require me to shut myself up In the fort
of Sanabria, with my soon Spaniards, on an assurance that you
will relieve me. You told the Commandant of Ciudad Rodrigo,
Eat if he held out twenty-days you would come to his relief : he
held out twice that time, and you did not keep your word. It is
then evident that you intend to do nothing for unhappy Spain.—
In order to foment divisions in it, you hold out hopes of 3SSi9t.
ante to it which you never intend to realize; and without heavy
artillery, it will be impossible for me to make a long defence.—
Notwithstanding, I will shut myself up is the fortress, and bury
myself under its ruins, iif you will send one Englishman for two
Spaniards, to assist in defending it. Send me 1000 British, and
1 will bring with me 2000 Spaniards."
The answer of Lord Wellington may be easily
conjectured. The Spanish General abandoned the
town, where we found 20 pieces of artillery, and prb-
visims for 3000 men for six months.

PORTUOAI..
The Dike of Elchingen has caipletoly invested
Almeida. The trenches will be opened immediately.
The English having adopted the precaution not to
place one of their battalions, not even a company of
artillery in the fort, shews that they intend .to sacri-
fice the Portuguese that are in it.
The lohowilig Proclamation of tije Prince of Es:-
lit g, we understand, has been well received in Por-
tugal :
" Ciudad Rotkigo, Ai gust 1, 1810.
Pjal WOUL.a..Tbe Arrula of lolap..tleon the Great are on

NAPLES, PITY 26.
According to the report of the Captain of a vessel
which has arrived at this port, the most active
tary preparations are going on in every part of the
Turkish Empire. Aly, I'acha of Janina, and his son I
Muctar, intended to march at the head of their troops,
of wh,,m 4000 had already begun their march.--
Time was a rumour of a levy en mass in Albania.
The mountaineers were setting off to join the army,'
and every thing in Janina had the must warlike ap.'
pearance.
JULY 28. Por some time past a great number of de.
serters from Sicily, and also-many of the inhabitants
of that Wand, arrive on the coast of Calabria. They
come away in the night in small boats, by which
means they elude the vigilance of the troops stationed
along the coast, and also that of the English cruizers.
According to their information it would appear, that
a sense of their common danger has not yet been able
co re establish harmony between the English, the
troops of the line, and the Sicilian Militia. The spirit
of enmity which prevails among them continually
occasions various duels, and particularly a number of
assassinations. The people, in general, detest the
English.

THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 28.
PRICE OF S*l OCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
S per Ct. Cons. tfloneT, 6S*.—for ace. 69k.
II per Ct. Reduced 64-4 per Cest. 651
Navy 5 per Cent. 'st—Et. Bills. dia. to Ss. pre.
Bonds 225. to 535. prom.—Omnium 2.1 dn.

The FR ETA frigate, from Jamaica, is arrived at
Portsmouth, having on board Lis Grace the Duke of
MANCHESTER, Governor of Jamaica. The reason of
his quitting the Island is not yet ascertained.

Yesterday the TONNANT, Capt. STACKPOLE, which
sailed from Cadiz on the Bth inst. came to anchor at
Spithead. By the TORRAS? we have receivtd the
letter of our respectable Correspondent at General
GRAHAM'S army.—There is nothing remarkable, the
army is in high spirits, and anxious for an opportu•
nity of coming to quarter frith the enemy, which
there was no appearance of their affording them.—
From the excellent system laid down by that very
able physician Sir James FELLows, Director• General of
Hospitals, the army was kept in as healthy a state as
if it had been in England.—When disease occurred,
either in the Spanish or English army, Sir JAMES was
looked up to with confidence.

General FERGUSON, who with Captain Annan came
home in the TONNANT, arrived in town this morning
in good health.

There is no truth in the report of the arrest of Ge.
neral CRAUFURD, or of his loss on the Coa amounting
to 500 men. The loss was as stated in the Gazette.

By the Tor.:NANT, Government received dispatches
from the Commander of the British squadron at
Cadiz, announcing, as we are informed, the sailing
of the whole of the Spanish ships of war in that har-
bour for Minorca. They were accompanied by the
Bilks and NORGE. Five sail of the line and one fri-
gate came out with the TONNANT ; the others were
to follow in a day or two. Sir RICHARD KEATS had
arrived 4t Cadiz, and taken the command of our

your
hunts'; and we ere ea the petit of eistetthe your coentrf
,i us- 9q adroit. For some days previous-to toe
the
the •
moods, not as conquerors. They do not come to make war sailing of
epos you, but to fight those who have Induced you to take up TORWANT there had been much firing front d
arms. Portuguese, awake to your true interests. What has enemy's batteries. Provisions were very
ere dear at tillee
Isle of Leon, but the place was consid d
England done for you, that you endure her troop! on your native
soil ? She has destroyed your manufactures, ruined your coin- as irn.
araUsed your industry—for the sole purpose of sending pregnable. Two Spanish line of battle ships 11,1
tea,
P
sailed for South America. The T • •
Hato your country article% of her own manufacture, and making
Tod her ttibutarem. What does she do at present, that you should ONNANT 44
embrace the unjust cause which has roused the whole of the COS* brought dispatches for the Marquis WELLEiLET.
dnent against her ? She deeeitres you respecting the issue of a —.
campaign, in which she seems determined to Incur no risk. She The particulars which we gave yesterday of tlx
puts your battalions in advance, as it your blood. eras to reckon accounts brought by the VILLE DE MILAN, were Coy
for nothing. She is prepared to abandon you when It will suit
firmed in the afternoon by the following
her interest, however disastrous the consequences may be to your
tisic,
jun
and to complete your misfortunes and her insatiable ambition, BULLETIN.
she sends her ships into your ports to transport to her colonies
such of you as may escape from the dangers to which sffe has et-
" Dlspatdm have been received this :o rnin:s from AUG?.: vto
posed you on the Continent. Does not the conduct of her army _
you are, WELLINGTON, dated Celerico, the 9th of August.
before Ciudad Rodrigo sufficiently explain to you what
to expect from such allies ? Did they not encourage the garri- 1
armies, nor has the enemy yet commenced any operations a
" There has bten no material change in the positions of do
'
son and the unfortunate inhabitants of that fortress, by deceitful
promises, and did they discharge a single muster to assist them.? Almeida.
—Again ; lately, have they placed any of their troops in Almeida,
'except a Commander, who is put there to invite you to as ill- " There have been several partial affairs upon the (metiers, is
Judged a resistance as that of Ciudad Rotifers ? What !is it not all of which the allies have been successful.
an insult to place one Englishman thus in the scale against MOO , 1 Penamaoor and Zibriera were occupied on the slat of
Of your countrymen ? Portuguese, be no longer deceived. 'Ate! hit,
powerful Sovereign whose laws, strength, end genius receive the ; by troops • belonging to Rewrit e's corps; and a body of the ca.
grateful praises of se many nations, wishes to estabti.h your pro. 1 valry having advanced towards were fallen epos
sprrity. Put yourselves under his protection. Receive his troop by the lst regiment of Portuguese dragoons under Colonel Caen.
TOP'S, and beaten end pursued up to Penamacor, losing twelve
like friends, and yen will find security both for your pensions and
property. You are not ignorant of the miseries of war—you
, "
know that they extend tp *very thing that is most dear to you, billed and eighteen prisoners.
I your children, relatives, 'friends, property, private and political :Another of these detachments was routed by the armed pd.
lives. Come to a determination, then, that will secure to you . sentry (Grdenanza), and 25 of them killed on the spot.
all the advantages of peace. Remain quiet in your habitat/nix ; 1 " RIGNIIII having sent a corps across the Tagus to
sett
attend to your domestic affairs, and consider thost only as your
,boats, flee. this detachment, occupying a fortified post at the stn.enemies who excite you to a war, by every event of which your
country must suffer. 1 Silence of the Rio del Monte and the Tagus, was attacked by a
" The Marshal Prince of Essling, Cerinmander-in.Clik4 of Spanish corps under Brigadier General d'Esraoma, and drivel
the Army of Portugal, (Signed) " MASIBILNA." . back with the loss of 150 men.
[The English Papers state the loss sustained by "to the North, a body of French cavalry and infantry adns.
General Craufurd, on the 24th ultimo, at 270 men. red, on the 29th of July,to ['lschia di Cambria, from which a
The llisniteur upon this subject says] : Spanish detachment retired at their approach. Upon thlasGest.
" According to the last aecounts, which were of . rat SILVIZRA, commanding a Porteguese corps at Brogans,
the Ist August, there were found on the field of bcrtl.t ' m-rched out with a body of infantry and too dragoons. On the
460 killed, 400 were made prisoners, and all accounts morning of the 4th instant, his cavalry engaged that oft*
emseaq
concur in stating that the English had SOD wounded. and totally destroyed it, only two officers and one soldier makirg
The English estimate their loss at 230, so that they their escaper 40 French were made prisoners. In cocsequense
only suppress five-sixths Of the truth. This is the pro-
I of this success, General SIVIIIMA (In conjunction with a Spanish
portion commonly observed in all their relations. For . detachment under General Tasonsa) bad been tabled to inter.
the rest, all the other accounts which we h the respec- ,
cep: the retreat of the French infantry, which, on the evening of
ting the army agree with the Prince of Essling 's the 4th, were surrounded and shut up in Puebla di Sanabria."
Report."
To the above and to the particulars communicated
Hs Majesty the Emperor, by a decree dated at St. I
Cloud, the 50th of June, has extended the benefit of 'yesterday in the S Nut, we now add the following ex.
his decree of amnesty, of March 25, te seamen that tracts from private letters:
have deserted, and are at present prisoners in Eng-
land, or employed on board the enemy's vessels, upon
condition of their making a declaration of repentance
within six months, for those employed in the Medi-
terranean, and generally nn this side of the Cape of
Good lily, and 18 months for those beyond the
Cape ; and upon the farther condition of their repor.
tin; themselves ready for service, on their arrival in
the ports of France.

*LISBON, AUGUST ii.

" Our English Admiral Bakely, has been appointed Cour
mender in Chief of the Portuguese Navy, and bas taken the alb
mend of the Ships, Arsenal. and Dock-yard. Lord Wawa,
and oar Envoy, Mr. Stewart, have been aimed members of *
Regency, and the Marquis des Minas has resigned his situatiso.
The Portuguese troops look like real soldiers ; and from
what they have already done, much may be expected frau then.
" the enemy has retreated front Pinbel and the neighbour.
hood, owing to the great want of provisions which they raper.
ence. Lord Wellington, upun leaving Alverca, it is said, hip
destroyed the windmills, and every thing that could be maid
the enemy.

" You may expect to hear of further moSements of Led
Wellington to the neighbourhood of Abram.% but there a grand
stand will be made, and it is doubted wbetber Mauna, with
100,000 men, will be able to wry that point. Several lines of
defence have been established from Guards to Lisbon.

" Three days ago, three Noklemen were brought to Liable
from the Portuguese army under arrest, and with a strong guard.
" Provisions begin to be very dear, bet the merchants Shill
gain confidence, and we consider our situation here as a very nit
one. Independently oT the war ro,,.tibution, we are now obi
upon for another, to make good the payment of the peace wet
Meer% and the rws4oc; of the coptivi.-s, which will be met lid
alacrity on our 1144 C, the tall hung irresistible, as SOO primmer%
for i2OO sterling, will be restored to their country."
• " LISBON, AUGUST 11.

ol The news tram the Combined Army are quite 'augural..
You will see by Beresford's account that the Portuguese do their
duty in the field, and that the inhabitants retire front every plan
on the approach of the French. We are assured that Massenet
sick exceed 24,000, and that he has made a retrograde movement.
If tills prove true, and that Rotuma can juin Mettiizabal and
Ballesterus against Seville, General Graliant will not remain is•
active in the Ida de Leon, and you may lieu great tidings before
October is obit.

" If our people are wise the/ will let the beat of the seals
thin the ranks of the enemy during the remainder of this moatb,
and the next, and then fall upon them in every direction. The
reasoning upon the state of the Peninsula in a sew words is tbis:
—The French have brought to bear as many troops as they as
subsist in the country, and these are net evidently sufficient to
subject it. They must, therefore, give up their point boalri of
nal gri, and I dare say that Bony will be very glad of any prat&
to get out of the scrape.
" Every day increases the hatred of the natives, and with k
their means of resistance, and as their confidence in themselvei
is strengthened, that of the French, in their resources, is weak-
ened. But yet the contest will be Long, the success various, sod
we must continue to help and assist to produce a favourable re-
sult. Major G— tells me that we may expect ten regimens
more from England, Malta, and Sicily. We'sbaß besides, bate
a fbrmidable ally in the rainy season; and, in abort, if ikaturl
is net gout In the course of another month, yos may welkin k
safe for the year.
" Cadiz, every one now must be tonvinced is ode; and serf
points of attack against the enemy remain to create &erica sal
annoyance.
" AU kinds of grain here sell well, because the crops dersk
In the country base failed every where. The same has banana
with the vineyards."
The Letters from Oporto speak much more (Li.
dently of the posture of affairs, and some of them is
terms of despondency. The subsequent extract is
from a very respectable (patter:

" OPORTO, AUGUST?.
" We have had some alarm, but now we are more satiskial
The French, we understand, have retreated, arid Lord WIMP
ton has returned to his fainter quarters. Some part of your gab
we have shipped as a measure of precaution, but we do set no
any new and increased danger in our situation. We awl"
are not more exposed than we were two months ago."

Our accounts direct from the division under Ge.
neral HILL, are not so recent as those from the mils
army ; but, as our Letters present some interesting
particulars, the following extract may still prove AC.
ceptable

" CASTILLO BRANCO. JULY a
44 The united British and Portuguese troops in tti.,
Alemtejn, commanded by Lieutenant-General 11".
moved, on the 12th instant, to Metric, CO d'a

rove for Campo Major; but, in consequence of or-'
dens received there from Lord Wellington, and of ,
iforinsiti .n that Obe enemy had crossed the Tagus
Attitarax, the whole division returned to Porta-
icr., and next day proceeded to Alpalhao, from
,proice they moved, on the 18th, by Niza to Villa
S'elha, where they passed the Tagus by a bridge of
;rats, and arrived at Castello Bianco, from whence
eley are to proceed without delay, to reinforce Lord
at Almeyda, who is threatened by Mas-
sena at the head of a large force, and probably, before
this, has been joined by Regnier, from Estramadura,
wah ?5,000 men. General Hill has ,with him 9000
and 5000 Portuguese infantry, four regiments
of cavalry, and six brigades of artillery, besides some
companies of riflemen of the 60th, and a regiment of
rortuquese cassadores.
it The troops are in general healthy, and well sup-
; but owing to the rapidity of the march, and
the tNcessive heat of the weather, some men have
and a considerable number have been sent to
the General Hospital at Abrantes. In one. day, on
the march from Niza to Villa Velha, on the 19th, the
57th regiment alone buried five men, who started in
the morning perfectly well. This mortality prevails
only in the British troops, as the Portuguese, being ac-
cu-tomed to the heat, and enabled by plenty of 6eejand
wine to endure fatigue, have not suffered at all. These
troops are perfectly clothed and equipped, in all re-
-sp.:cts ; and have attained, highly to the credit of the
few British officers who have had the arduous task of
drilling thcm, a very perfect state of discipline and
steadiness. They are very fine-looking stout men,
enured to hardship and to the climate ; and as they
are now well disciplined and provided, why may we
sot expect that they will behave well ? The Portu-
guese national characteristic has beer. courage, as they
have evinced in their foreign conquests, and their de-
fence of this little kingdom, for so many years, against
de superior power-of Spain.
“ The corruption of their Government, which has
of late years sapped every source of energy, and pa-
ralized every exertion, is now, in a great degree, coun-
teracted by the British influence in their Councils ;
and, under these favourable circumstances, we have
reason to expect and hope they will do their duty :
if they do, Portugal is not log—if not, the small Bri-
tish force at present in this country will be exposed to
imminent hazard."