Star.
London, England, 1810-09-20 00:00:00

*TORTOSA; JULY 29.

The enemy continue to bombard this city with
great impatience, and it is plain that he k endeavour-
ing by his utmost exertions to reduce it to extremities,
before the arrival of the assistance expected from Va-
lencia. He threw on the 26th about 400 balls and
250 grenades, which, however, did little injury. We
look for in a short time the forces under General Ca-
ro, amounting to 23,000, 7000 of which is cavalry,
of the chosen troops of Valencia.
According to all advices, so eager are the natives
to join his standard, that he is daily compelled to re.
fuse the services of hundreds.
JULY 31.—Yesterday evening 150 men came in
from the camp of the enemy, and were joyfully re-
ceived. They communicate some very welcome in-
telligence, as it seems that the fire from our walls
has done great mischief to the enemy's works, so much
so, that one battery, which had been a principal an-
noyancei had been abandoned. By the discharges on
the 28th instant he is stated to have lost 300 men.—
These deserters confirm the accounts received of the
sickness of the French in this province, which is esti-
mated to the extent of 6000 men.
The parties of armed peasantry incessantly attack
the outskirts of the enemy's camp, and are daily cut-
ting off his convoys of provisions. We have the sa-
tisfaction to hear, that on the 17th of this month nine
waggons of provisions of all kinds fell into the hands
of our brave countrymen, who had descended from
tear Ruella. We have not heard the number of
killed or wounded on either side, but ours, ve believe,
was very inconsiderable.
SEGARF, AUGUST 2.

On the last day but one of the former month a
very gallant action was fought in this neighbourhood
between a party of mountaineers and a body of
French on a foraging excursion. The patriots were
only 9.5 in number, and the enemy as we learn, ex-
ceeded 300. The French were stationed in a valley
with their booty, and the peasants came down the side
of the mountain and fired upon them before they
were aware of their approach, the Spaniards conceal-
ing their numbers in ambuscade. It was vain for the
enemy to attempt to pursue through the intricate
, passes:so that they were exposed to the fire of the
patriots, without the power of .returning any thing
but random shots: After sustaining the fire for some
time, the enemy made the best of his way off, leav-
ing behind him a considerable booty in money and
goods. The Spaniards hung upon the trees 67 dead
bodies, and carried off the booty. 'Afterwards .the
corpses were removed and buried.

treat across the 4jerra, Morena, And by iotomatilxi
'received this starc.hed from Gua.
dalcanal towards Co
It fully gicertiinnfhere that Massena's forces
are iritiore that lcilt;ose before bim. Alt
the 'ettelny's forces' Andaiusia do not exceed 30,000,
and by desertion, sickliest, and the sword, are daily
decreasing. No reinforcements arrive from France,
although the French Papers tell us that whole armies
are passing through Bayonne.
" Blake has formed a respectable army in Murcia),
Alicant, &c. and has been joined by reinforcements
from Valencia: Advice was received, here yesterday,
that he had marched to Granada, 'Which place the
enemy, on his approach, evacuated.—The siege of
Tortosa is also said to have been raised.

44 On Wednesday last came into this city two re-
giments of Portuguese cavalry, commanded by Bri-
gadier General Madden ; they are fine men, but in-
differently mounted. They are to reinforce Roma-
na's army.
" I have perused letters of the Bth, 9th, and 10th,
from Madrid. Great disquietude and disconteni pre-
vail in that capital among the Court party. Napoleon
is displeased with his brother Joseph, and he and .his
Ministers apprehend that the fate of Spain will be
that of Holland.

ig Massena is out of favour, and some add, doomed
to destruction. The people of Madrid omit no occa-
sion of shewing their hatred to their present rulers.—
Ot the regiments raised at Seville at the beginning of
the Revolution, the 2d and 3d swore allegiance to
King Joseph, and continued in his pay. When Mor-
tier marched from Seville to Estremadura, these re-
giments made part of his army. The 2d crossed the
bridge, and there ran away, some 'with their arms,
and others threw them away, and in a few minutes
only fourteen men remained with the colours, which
lay on the ground. When the 3d was ordered to
march, the Colonel refused to fight against his coun-
trymen, saying, he swore only to keep order in the
City."

THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20.
PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK :
S per Cent. Cons. money, 6.sl—acc. 6.51 66.
Navy S per Cent. 981-omnium 6to 6 dia.
Ex. Bills Is. dis. toss. pr.—Bonds 16s. prem.
PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY.
Bank Stuck shut India Bonds, 105.131. pr.
3 per Cent. Red. shut Imperial 3 per Cent. 631
S per Cent. Cons. 65 641 651 Exch. Bills 3s. dis.
4 per Cent. shat Omnium dis.
6 per Cent: Navy 97ft 914 EngUsh Lot Tickets, .e 62. ISs.
Long Ann. shut Cons. for ace. 6.5. i 64,1 65f

Gazettes from Valencia to the date of the 9th ult.
have been received, containing details of military
operations in the North East of Spain, from which
we have given some extracts.
A letter from a Gentleman, well known ,in the
City, dated Badajoz, the 24th ult. and given in a pre-
ceeding column gives a very minute account of the
state of affairs in that quarter.
According to the accounts received at the head-
quarter's.of RObIANAPS army from Madrid, great dis-
content prevailed there. King JOSEPH and his Mi-
nisters were under great apprehension that Spain
would share a similar fate to that which Holland had
already_experienced.

It is asserted in one of the foreign Journals that
NAPOLEON has determined to recall a large portion of
the German troops employed in Spain. This inten.
tinn will naturally be attributed to the numerous

desertions from the foreign troops in his service, to
which we havehad occasion frequently to advert.
Letters from Dunkirk of the 16th instant, state the
arrival at Boulogne of a vessel, with four pass Agers,
all of whom were arrested under the last Decree, and
immediately sent to prison. The ship and captain
have been released, in consequence of the captain
being unacquainted with the 'existence of the Decree:

Yesterday, about 12 o'clock, his MAJESTY arrived
at the Queen's Palace, from Windsor, where he was
received by the Bukes of YORK, KENT, ald CuidaEtt-
LAND. At two his MAJESTY held a private Levee.
The following had the honour of being presented to
his MAJESTY :

Major-Gtneral HODGSON, on his promotion, and on his return
from Bermudas.

Colonel Lewis, of the Royal Artillery, on his promotion.
Captain STacErooLE, of the 'Formant, on his return from
Cadiz; and his destroying the fortifications off Matagorda, by the
First Lord of the Admiralty.
Lieuteuant-Colonel HVGoNIN, on his promotion.
Captain FAIII E, of his Majesty's ship Abercrombie, on his re-
urn from the West-Indies.
Vice-Admiral Sir EDMUND NAOMI, on his promotion.
•
Majer-General BAILEY WALLIS, on bis promotion. •

Rear-Admiral STOPFORD, on hisappointtiont to the command
at the Cape of Good Hope, and who at the same time took leave
of his Majesty.
Rear-AdsuirA Foy tit MAN, on his return from the Modkerra-
neon, and on his promotion.
Lieutenant-Colonel PRITZLEE,OO his appointment to command
the Cavalry Depot.
Major-General HAY, on his promotion.
Captain EDWARD BRENTON, On his appointment to the com-
mand of the Spartan frigate.
Captain SYKES, of the Royal Navy, on his promotion.
Captain Eowozo Saucy on his appointment to his Majesty's
ship St. Anton's.
Colonel ROBINSON' on his promotion.
Captain WoooLarLosocc, on his appointment to the Ga-
latea frigate.
Sir CHARLES THOMAS JONES, on his promotion.
Admiral Wurrsnoo, on his return from the command oath*
Irish station, and on his promotion.
Major-General Dismay, on his going to Cadiz.
Captain &Kamm ()Totowa, of the Royal Navy, on his pro.
motion.

His MAJZSIT held a Privy Council, and gave au-
diences to the Earl of LivanrooL, Sir T. TRIGGE, Sir
D. Dusipaz- Revak "
Supron,
proceeding*

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• Cait*, AMP 'ER 7.
Niger CIAT, his Majestri ship Sy , Capt.
Tows-having on board 'Adniiter Wkitti and si
sailed from Cove for Piymentlit 'he Btisk-sliit
~,lk
War, Capt. Gomm, having tinder cotiiroy five sai
transports with the German Legion on board,
sailed fur Lisbon. t'f.L. eIS7;:<MZ t-)ii,
• '•: *. jFALMOUTII, SEPTEMBER. 37.

Thea packet, with mails for Sarin am, waits
for order
- •• PLYMtTfIi, orrEmBER
A carfer sailed lad evening
.for Modal:, with an
Admiralty Messenger, charged with dispatches for
bfr. MACKENZIE.
•
Captain S. Hoop Users has hoisted his pendant,
on board the DIIEADNOUOJIT. 98, vice COLLARD.
The SCIPION. Rear Admiral STOPFORD, Captain
Berausoi, is going to the Cape of Good Hopron
four years station. The gallant Admiral is now in
London, making preparations for his -departure ; and
will set off to join his ship at this port immediately
after the Levee on Wednesday. Preparaions are
making on board the Sums for the reception of tte
Admiral's family and servants, who all go with-him
to the Cape. &tiled the-Stamm brig of war•with a
Messenger and dispatcher fot.C-adiz • the Vires*.E
schooner to cruise off the harbour; -and the PLOY=
sloop of war, on a crone., Went out of hathour the'
CONFLICT gun brig.
The Jean.and Ann, Hoszni, Newton, Dovurs,
tegrity, Rotuma, and Nancy, HUGHES, from Hayle for
Swansea, with copper ore, were driven into Penzance
with the gale on Tuesday night last : the Jean and*
Ann had her boat and. Thomas Matthews, her Mate,
washed overboard, and received other damage. Capt.
HOSKIN fell in with a wreck on Tuesday night, but
could not discover what it was.—The Argand lamps
with reflectors, which have been substituted for can.,
dies at the Eddistone Light-house, increase the body
of light to such a degree as to be distinctly and clearly
visible from the Hoe, 15 miles from the Eddistone
rock, though the former lights were seldom seen from
that place.

SOM*I-1 AMERICA.

&trace of a letter front an Eagianhedertiat
resident at Buenos Ayres, dated Yid" •)( - s
;
46 My letter is already very long, but r
not rt.
(rain from giving you a few hints with
to tie
political state of country ;—the rem' vibiti
has taken place is all quiet and peaceable;und even
ni
thing going on well; I have not heard of any opft'
sition to the new state of things, except in ht-o"w4
Video, where I believe the old Spaniards are mud
more numerous in proportion than here. and
lire
contrived to make that city acknowledgethe fern
in Cadiz, which is used, as an argument against th
acknowledging. the Government appointed here; I
believe I hate often before infornwd you of the ba.
tied and jealousy between the Spaniards and Pont
gtese, and I consider it my duty to impress this A.
titularly on your mind as a thing of the utmost io.
portance in the present state of affairs, and ought t
etOt
have great w with our Golernnient in adopiir,,
the course they may henceforth pursue 4 it has 5t.;,.;.
fpr some time imagined that they mean to favour i'.
. pretensions of the Queen of Portugal as next heir
these domioions, but I hope to Goff they will nera
attempt any_sueh thing ; the present Govern aie
our particular friencls—they are ready and willing to
make every reasonable concession they can, in two
of the English;—Spain is lost—they know it; aed
now look to England as the mother country, intpk,
.
itg her friendship and protection.
!The Government, I assure you, is not a mut
,anzinus, and has its doubts as to what steps we ilia
take. I was asked by one of the Junta, the other day,
what I thought England would do ? I hardly knee
how to answer, for my apprehensions ate very Fp;
that our Ministers will make some inetrievablehlot.
dee with respect to this country, but I put the tier
face I could on. Itould said nay opinion was, .64
could do nothing less than concur in what had boa
done, and send out a fleet for their protection. -Ou
Ministers,l strongly suspect, are entirely ignorant a,
to the popular inclination here, and Lord Strangford,
our Minister at Brazil, is equally so ; I can aistne
you as a tact; that when a friend of muse went from
here to Rio some few months since, and told Lord
Strangford of the sentiments of the people hen,
and their determination to resist any attempt to esta.
blish the Portuguese family in this country, his /ord.
ship was completely astonished, and scarcely km,
bow to credit it; and if this is the man that pais.
ters derive their information of this pan of the World
from, and who is well known •to bepartienlarly at.
cached to the Portuguese interest, it is next to impos.
sible that things can go well ; there are already MOO
Portuguese troops on the frontier, and a new Cover.
nor for Monte Video has arrived within these fern daps
in a British sloop of war, the Porcupine, from Rig
Janeiro ; all these movements look very suspicious,
but you may depend upon it, every South Americas
Spaniard will die before submitting to the Portuguese;
this- is the universal and unequivocal sentiment—
every Spaniard hart it in his Inonth;and if our Covers.
meat does not know it, it is fit they should know it
before it is too late to be of any service to them ; let
them consult any letters from this place that tooth
on political matters,. and they must find them all to
agree on this point ;—the course to be adopted by
England is so manifest, that nothing but complex
perverseness can dictate a contrary one ; it is wino
the people entirely to themselves with respect to their
internal regulations, and send out a fleet to poact
them from foreign enemies ; by such a step we shall
keep-to ourselves all the advantages to be derived
from this most.fertile country, of all its riches we an
still completely igiorant.
" We already receive the most flattering moks of
respect, where before we were treated with contempt;
they emulate us in token of friendship, and are proud
to be considered as our brethren in political libeetti
claiming as a sympathetic feeling our friendship is
return. The Spanish character generally develops
itself in extremes, and if these dawning prospective
frustrated by the opposite decisions of our Govern.
ment ; if the folly and blindness of Ministers should
lead them to espouse the cause of the Portuguese. is
opposition to the decided sentiments of the Spaniels,
this country is lost to u; for ever—no tnitz;
can ever dare to set fOot here trio ; those
and apparently sincere expos:ions we now expvion
will be converted into the most bitter Imprecat;easot
revenge • those arms that "are now proud to embrace
us as -brethren, will indignantly spurn us as endelest
and the very hand that is now eager to seal die bond
of unity, will rush with eq-nal avidity to dissolve ft, by
planting the knife in our breast.
" Such is the prospect that presents itself, and from
which we have to chuse our course. I shall say no
more, but leave it to your Netter judgment whether
these observations contain any intelligence that may
in any shape prove beneficial to the country."

The price of corn heti fallen very much in Penske
market ; the prices last 'Thursday were as follows:—
Best Wheat 345. Red 28s. Barley 14s. Oats 81.
NEWMAYOIt&—Dr.LOCKVER, son of Mr. LOCITZ4
merchant, is elected Mayor of Plymouth, by a ma
jority of 36 over Dr. BF.LLAMV ; the numbers were
81 and 45. GEORGE Diu., Esq. is elected l'far°r
of Dover ; and JAMES MAJOR, Esq. Mayor of Folk.
stone, in Kentosfor the ensuing year. Friday Let,
being Holy Cross Day, the choice of a Mayer
of Canterbury for the ensuing year, took Owe
when Mr. Alderman Potty and Mr. Alderman %via,
LIAM KEENE were nominated. The numbers were,
for Mr. Alderman POUT 37% and far W. Aid
*Kumla 207, giving the former a majority of 1010114
upon which the Sheriff declared him duly elected.
EXF.CUTION.—On Monday se'unight) B.
and ,B. Whiahon. the first for horse•stealingt and '1"
latter for cow-stealing, were executed at Modighau
They bcith acknowledged their guilt. *Mahon to
nearly 70. At the Summer Assizes, 1808. he Isall!
son hanged at Mitllingar for passing a bank pan PI
that was stolen the mail and some time Or