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Page 98. THE STAR. U 1 1 i 1 1 1 1 . .1 - ' ; ""V , The opiniua of the Inhabitants ca ihc'lipolSi; r tictertcrs is, that the Dumber of wounded io the baute exceed 0OQ men.. N , ' : " ' Thus has terminated th English expediti- o, which was sent Into Spam, , After having .fermented the war in this uuhppy country ,the Kngtith have abandoned it. The had rt-etn-- barked 28,000 men and 6000. horses. We ; have takeo from them, according to calculation . 6,000 men exclusive of the sick. - They . have Te-mbarked very little v baggage, very Tit tle aramunition, and very few horses. We h'x.Ktve Counted 5000 killed . and left .behind. 'The men who hare found an asylum 00 board their vessels axe harrassed and dejected. la , V another season of the year not one of them - 'V-vould hare escaped. ,The facility of cuttingthe ,. .bridges, the rapidity of the torrents, which in ,:. wint r iwrH to deep rivers, the shortness cf Ihe days and the lcnqih of mghts.'arjK very fa ..voiirable to an armv on their retreat.! ;.The 3lst Bulletin states, that' The42d,50th Vid J2d British regiments were utterly destroy. ed in the, battle of the 1 6th. ; Gen. Moore was " billed, charging at the head ofhis brigade,! and Geh. Baird wounded ; he li repotted to . have : died on the I9ih. The night' .after the battle . of the 16lh, the enemy entered Corunna in the greatest consternation and confusion out of T 80 pieces of cannon which had been landed, on- . Iy one, dozen re-embarked. The French kept poijession of 60 pieces. Independently of the immense treasure the English had taken, a . great quantity had b:en hrown from the pre cipices, which had been found by the peasants r$vi6usiy'to,"andn the battle of. Corunna, ' two English Generals had been killed, and 'y three wounded j among the latter was Gen. ; ' Crawfurd. "The Trench fouudinthe port ol ' Corunna seven' English vessels, three with horses," and fouCwith troops, ?. f.'Tne English have gained nothing by the expedition but the hatred of the Spaniards, and 'disgrace.', 't'-r . ': v ENGLISH ACCOUNTS. , The retreaj of the British army from the Interiourof Spain is detailed in several Jis ; '.' patches from Sir John. Moore On the 16th Gen. Moore from Tor o, in ' 'Jbrrned the ministry that the army was retreat. 'ingVf On the 5Wlih from Benevento, the armvj cessarily much mixed on board 'it is impossi was marching rapidly through snotf, -rain and w intense cold, over the worst of roads. Mar shal Soult pressed, hard upon the retreat ah'd :,even intercepted his passage over the bridge at "Carrion. Romana at this instant informed him '. the French were advancing in great force from f Madrid. Hi then marched to Astorga. Lord 'Paget, wtth'thc cavalry, covered the retreat and had frequent skirmishes with the French cavalry, and generally obtained the advantage. Hardly a day passed but he killed or took par- ties of the Fench. At Sahagun, Lord Pa .'get was informed,' were TOO French cavalry ; ihe marched all night to take them by surprise. , bu meeting with a patrole, one soldier escap d gave the alarm. On arriving he found -them drawn upnn order of battle. He attack- d :and routed them and took 150 prisoners. !t 3 Uetweeh 4- ancl 5 hundred have been tnkei! j since thi march, besides considerable numbers i i't t 1 4 illed. '? ihe British cavalry .are decidedlv su- - : periour to the French io point of prowess and tijskill. , ' ' , r December : 29. Dispatches from Astorga. The morning the armv left Benevento seven v., squndrons of Bonaparte's guards passed the river at a ford above the bridge. Gen. Stew, art attacked jthem with an infet iour,force, com 'pletely defeated them and took a General Le- febvre and about 70 officers and men prisoners. AThe Marquis de Homana, with the remains 'ofhis army, has taken possession of Bavona, a seaport in Galicia, where it is likely he will 'be able to sustain himself till we can send strips "to -bring him" away. fJ THe, London Gazette extraordinary, of the v-24.tVo(,January, contains the British official . . account of the battle of Corunna and the em t rbarkation of the British army." Sir David ilaird addressed a dispatch to lord Castlereagh, dated, on board the Ville de Paris at sea, informing that in the battle of the , fttfrfin consequence of a severe wound a little before the Xoramander inChief, Sir John .A,iMoore was killed," he was compelled to quit xnc field, and th6 command devolved on gen. 1 J ' Itope, to whose renorf he refers for m 1 Xieut. Geni John Iope addresses a report . ''to.GenBaird frotnon board the Audacious. ,i -on MJrunnafcuted jan. 18. lie states the con-4 . test to have beetf obstinate and bloody, but that the French were reoulsecl at all sAina i l 'after the battle the embarkation was effected ; without annoyance. 'TGen. Moore was killed ' N " by a cannon shot early-'in the' action. The ; Y ' f',t9 "D3stnayed,con:inuedthe contest with 1 , their charaeteristic obstinacy and with success; ' after detailing, the particulars (which to out -reaaers wilt not be interesting) to the moment when, victory declared "for the British arms, General Hope" proceeds: ' 'J Bot on. reviewing all circumstances', p tdnceive that I ahbul-be warranted in depart- .ing from what I knew was the fixed and pre .vioideternaiQation of the late coimander of the forces, t'i withdraw fyn army on the even ing p aue lotn, tor, the purpose of embarka- hhad were in of 1V1. aqtidn, ,, The traps' quitted their position'at about 9tgTi'ith;a jdegree;6r bfdefhai didl wn trcuit, 4, ne wnoe ot the Army . that V V t iuo previous arrangements torwhic h . iiKiuc uy,nia oracr, aaa , i. lact,uradvanced at the Commencement remained uaeolWked iaiing been withdrawn, the troops fallowed la the Crder fcleribd, aad marched to their respective poiuts of em barkadoD ift the towa and' neighourhood of Corutmar- -The picquct Veaiained at their posts until five in the morning of the 17th, when they were aha withdrawn with similar orders ana without thememy having diicovtr ed the movement. With the exception af the brigades under major-general Hill ami Bere ford, which were destined to remain on shore until the movement of th,e enemy should be come manifest, the whole was afloat before day-light. ' The brigade of roajor-geoeral Be resford, which was alternately to form our rear.' guard.-'occupied the land front of the town of Corunna j that under major-general Hill ws stationed in rcsrve on the promonto ry in rear of tho town. The embarkation-of major-general Hill's brigade wi commenced and completed by three in the afternoon ; ma jor-general Beseiford, having fully explained tothe satisfaction of the bpanmh governour, the nature of our govcrnment,and having made every previous arrangement, withdrew his corps from the land front of the town soon af ter dark, and wa ith,oll the wounded that had not been previously moved, embarked be fore one this morning. The army which had entered Spain, amidst the fairest prospects, had no sooner complet ed its junction, than owing to the multiplied disasters that dispersed the native armies a round us, it was left to its own resources. These circumstances produced ihe necessity of rapid and harrassing marches, which had diminished the numbers, and exhausted the strength and impaired the equipment of the irmy. Notwithstanding all these disadvan tages, and those more immediately attached to a defensive position, which the imperious, .lecessity of covering the harbour of Coruo-i aa for a time, had rendered indispensable to assume, the native and undaunted valour of British troops wrs neve r more conspicuous, jnd must have exceeded what even your own experience of that invaluable quality so inhe rent in them, may have taught you to expect. The greater part ot the fleet having gone to ea, yesterday evening the whole being undtr weich, anu toe corps in ttie embarkation ne- le to lav before you , at present a return ol mir casualties. I hope the loss in numbers is not so considerable as might have been ex pected. If I was obliged to form an estimate 1 should sayT that I believe it did not exceed in killed and wounded from seven to eight hundred ; that of the enemy must remain un known, but many circumstances induce me q rate it at nearly double the above number. We have some prisoners, but I have not been ible to obtain an account of the number, it is not however considerable. Several officers f rank have fallen or been wounded. To you who are well acquainted with the excellent qualities of lieutenant general sir John Moore, I need not expatiate on the los the army and his country have sustained by his death. , It will be the consolation of evei y one whobjived r respected his manly character that after conducting the army through, an arduous re treat with consummate firmness, he has ter minated a career of distinguished honour by a death that has given the enemy additional reason to respect the name of a British Soldi er. Like the immortal Wolfe, he is snatched IrOm his country at an early period of a life spent in her service like Wolfe, his last mo ments were gilded by the prospect oi" success, and cheered by the acclamation of victory . like Wolfe, also, his menipry will forever re main sacred in that country which he sincere ly loved, and which he had so faithfullv serv ed." 1mtlnn Feb. 6. Wc are sorry to be oblig-d to state, that the utmost confusion and misintclligence reign in the Brazils, at Rio Jartiero, in the court of Prince Regent. The Prince Regent and the Princess h'13 wfe are not on those erms of conjugal affection, or even of external amitv or dec jrum, which it were to be wished, should subsist between persons in their eminent and conspicuous situation. To increase the mis fortune, we learn that Lord Strangford, our minister to the Brazils, and Sir Sidney Smith, have taken opposite parts in this" court diffe rence ; the former sidintr with the Prince, and the latter embracing the canst? of her royal highness the Princess of Brazil. She is the Infanta of Spain ; eldest daughter of theJate abdicated king Charles the IVth, and was mar ried in 1 790 to the Prince Regent. Of course, she stands in the nearest position to the Spa nish crown and succession of any Prince or I nncess who is not a prisoner in Bonaparte's hands. 1 he French have ajrain nossessed them- selves, of Portugal. His maiestv's shin Trhimph left the iagusnn the 17th ult. at which time the guns of Forts St. Julien ?nd tielem had been 6pikcd and thrown into the sea; and every thinsr was in a forward state of preparation for the evacuation of Lisbon -ft he nv-arapproach of a formidable French, force under the command of Duke de Belluno, hav ing been accurately ascertainedi-iOportOi we believe, is already in the possession of the , e- nemy.-:M , . ' , , 'The. British parliament convened on the 19th of January. The King's speech was delivered by commission; He assured parliament that he should corftinue his assistance to Spain aha Sweden s 'that he pointedly disapproved of the . a ' A l acre is no aouuc tntt itute l.iis rait pis ed th American LegisUtare the bill for enforcing ihc tinbarro -the ooh-i6ter- courra bill and a bill for prohibitiar American vessels from sailing under foeiga . licenses. These measures are extremely well "calculated to complete what the embargo begin, and bring to utter ruio the American commerce But from ftome expressions that fell from Mr. Can ning on the first day of the session, it should seem as if some hope might be entertained of an Jdjustment of tbx differences between the two ccmntriesi The appointment of Mr. 'Melliih to the Consul General in Louisiana, serves", to r on vince us, that Mr. Canning expect an amica ble termination of the differences with the U nited staten 'His friendship for Mr. Mellish is sincere, and he would not have placed him in this situation, if it were not likely to be per manent and profitable. . At our last dates the King of England was well, and transacted business as usual. He had been confined from Christmas day till the 1st January, when he went to Su George's chapel with his family. -Armistice and Convention of Sir Hugh Dal rymple in Portugal : that he should commu nicate to Parliament the proposals fornetoci- ation transmitted to him from Erfurth, and the correspondence which took place thereupon with the governments of France and Russia recommends an increase of his military force : takes no notice of American Affairs. A motion involving American affairs and the orders in council was soon after the open ; f .k r. : t e i .t us vi me utisiuii uruuBiu lorwaru in me House of Lords. On division there were for the measures of ministers 1 5, against 70. On the 1st of February lord Auckland crave notice in the House of Lords that he should on the 13m ot that month offer a motion re lative to the orders in council. In the house of commons Mr. Whitbread gave a similar no tice. It was rumoured at London that prooosi tions fora peace had been tendered by France. Serious disturbances were said to have arl sen in Sweden. A lute London paper says" Dispatches of con si(erdble importance are immediately to be sent out to Mr. Erskinc, our Minister In America It is jconfidenfly stated that they will commahtcate the determination of our eov eminent to withdraw our Orders in Council, provided the fjovernment of tne TJ. S. shun consent to specific ondiUoris, chief ly of a commercial nature. The gentleman who is to be charged with,.these dispatches is a Mr Oakley." Ten line of battle ships wid five frigates in die harbour of Fcrrol, are suid to have fallen into the hands of the r rench, and owino; to unfavourable w inds for crossing the bar of Oporto, it is apprc-t (icnueu uie snips mere win snare tne same tate. Bonaparte has communicated to the Senate his resolution respecting Spain and Portugal, the latter is to be united to Spain, and to form anew kingdom for his brother Joseph; in compensaticn whereof, Biscay, the rest of Na varre, part of Aragon, and Catalonia, are to be annexed to France ; and trie river Ebro, from Sandere to Tortosa, is said to be the fu ture limit of France. , Two gentlemen who escaped from Holland in a pilot boat, reached town yesterday. The 32nd Bulletin states that Saragossa had surren dered to the French besieging army. On the 21st January one f the four wings of the Palace of St. James's was burnt. Two of Bonaparte's Eagles, taken at the battle of Corunna, have been sold to a silver smith at Chichester, by a Scotch highlandcr. who said he had bavoneted the Frenchman. that carried them. 21iey are silver and weigh about 15 ounces. The Duke of York is under trial for mis conduct as commander in chief. D 0MES T I C. The Charleston Packet, Hess, with naval stores, cotton, 8cc. arrived at Liverpool on the 7th of Janua ry from North-Carolina- So says a Liverpool paper of January 10. ' We observe, with much pleasure, says a New York papei that men are again engaged on our for tifications. Yesterday a beginning was made to un roof Fort Columbus. It is expected this immense work will be completed in the course of the sum mer. A letter from the editor of tbc Freeman's Jour nal, to the editor of the Post, dated April 3, says, " This morning Col. Bright ordered out three ad ditional companies of the legion to support this state against the United States. They assembled early in the morning, according to orders, complete ly equipt for military service ; but having been in formed by the Colonel what duty he allotted to thorn, viz. to resist the authority of the United States the commanders of the. companies refused to obey,, marched their companies off and dismissed them. Consequently the army of Peiinmjlvanid ! is in a state of mutiny. Whether tho United States, or this state will give way, remains to be known. The Marshul, it is mid, sent off an express to Washing ton on Friday." The Legislature of Pennsylvania have closed their session. Previous fo adjournment, they passed an act, appropriating 18,000 Dollars, to enable the Go' vernour to carry into effect the engagements of the Commonwealth, touching the case of Oimstead, In jwh manner as may appear to him to be advisea blo.It nor thcrfore' remains to be seen in what manner the governour wiil appropriate this sum whether in satisfying the claim of Oimstead, agrce ahly to the decision of the Federal Court ; or, in re sisting the mandate of this court, and DrotecrW the Representatives of the late Mr, Rittephouse, wneui runner attempts shall ,be made to serve the writs which have been taken out aeainst them. . i -At the District Court, held on Tuesdnv juMgc r tiers, inemarsnur made), a, statement tijvler tch,cf tt.iuarr in i.kh U rt ' on the JJtli uli,by Gee Bright, and odr. Z Ws.cotntu.nd la tulatary rn.T, ia U. sTxra-. I' serve the process of the.tourt, in the uh cf o taad, and rthett, eiis tji renresem t V,6" pate DiVid RAicohoov, IUq Upon this sutrm? ta ruage, la eompiunce with LU duty, LMJcxJ , wrrsnu aiinst the s-ld Mkhael Crtght, v4 1' under Lis command on that day, (the rwme L. . been returned to the jud,e)for rstiii the Blrv in his attempt t serve the process of the toun ' The attorney of the district. Mr. Dallas, dec it to be tba indention of the govemmec J the LV ed Sutet, to support tod m-mUkb the power of -j court and enforce their procos, and tht tl.e L outrage against the U. States should not cu ,-, deed. - . u"- Tne violators of the law wuT,Tf srreted.K. v t 1 1 Aai "J V Inv via! iHmm vf n.4 r ed April 30,1 790. - . ,-..-VP 4 Olmtird" t Co. Yesterday morninf , atsa earK' iiour, the marshal eluded tha appointed lofiroteet the daughters cfDaVU house, and entered into the paj lour-of Mrs. - St ant, where she and her children were sitting. 1 were so much terrified by his' appear arxe that "l . found it necessary to attempt to pacify them, and in the mean time Mrs. Sergeant, "who, had1 tk l seen by Mm, left her own house by . the back dor and passed through her garden to the house of.Va' Wafers, where the ladies secured , themselves U locking the door. The marshal attempted to en- uic miub ufor, bui me guara na oecome alarm ed,and drove hira with fixed bayonets from the house Philadelphia fiaier, Jfiril 10. ' j i i. .' . . . . . : ', -. Col. Duane has discovered ',. thai; One 'Charles Smith political enemy of tbe Governoyr L, laturc is culpuble for the present oppugnadon to tlie laws in Pcnnsylvat.ia, he hating by hh advice ind inuence occasioned it. The following is from tU Aurora ' ' , . . , , .v Charles Smith, a member of the' Assembly, Mo rions intriguer and adversary of the pood ,order and policy of this state for several years in the Mcisla. ture , has, unfortunately, worked himself - into th confidence of the imbecile ahd Incapable men whom v Mr. Snyder has selected for his advisers, sad tha state hus been plunged into this difEcjulty andshanis ' by that man s wickedness and their weakhesa , Mr. Snyder cannot be supposed to possess ertc sive or critical legal knowledge and being without i man of integrity or talents in his suite was obliged to depend on this worst of all advisers,M inKtefets political enemy, and 5ron hw advice it is, that , ths V state has beea put in jeopardy. " " " ' VV f ; " picture OF ntn f'KXXSrLrJA'Li LCm ' L.iTUHE. ' .From the Iaiocaster.JeunaU.5.i.Y ;. - . ARUAMMTAaTeiVItlTT,'4:'V: Testerday a bill passed the House bf Bepresenta I hves granting to James Seals and Samuel lsreal,40 dollars for the repairs of pubucTyftjsin the county" uiccuc. Be arms naq oeen put into the hAM of these persons through ignorance of the law; which 1 makes no provision for the repair Of arms in this way. . . ',i'hv,-,i.. . ' The bill met with a strong opposition on the prin cipal, that it would be establishing an evil precedent ' and opening a door forerrour and imposition. Mr. Robert Smi'Ji, of Franklin county, among the rest, opposed it upon those' grounds, and also particular! stated that it would be giving a premium for igno rance. , - , tt vfx,,. T- To this Mr; Brown, one of the militia officer of the country of Greene, replied with some warmth, 'tand the gendeman from Franklui periiaps might come in for a share to get a premium for icno-' ranee." j Same day, a bill passed the house of represents tives for opcnuig a state road, from the top of the Alleghany f ountain where the Gfcide road from Bedford to Somerset crosses the mountain, through the town of RMin. tn int.i. k tt c r rort Cumberland to WhecUng. " I ,. On he passage of this bill, Mr. Spongier of Tork) i insinuated that the gentleman from Fayette fair.' j Tarr) had been opposed to other roads, but that thl road being in hia own neighbourhood, he was now' ' veiy willing to support it, on that account s VVI, Mr. Tarr rebutted the charge. HesJd Uiaturi mi' all his letnslative sprvira. h. wi ..;j.,:f. nur,i. w i.oiuuDiue ro everv road thf anrwjrcd to hi m of pubjic utility. " I have," said Mr. Tarr, i u always conceived this to be proper. In eases' of. this kiud I have never pursued a ficnuriout or ' ardhf disposition." iJs IVJr, Spongier. I hope the gentleman donV ven me to a narI Uiink he looks more like t? tttgar than I do." v ;V The Speaker. Order." . " ty That ourreaders may see the manner we are1 ,( spoken of in England, we give the following extract' Irom the London Courier. Th ftHimr afir Uinr ; IheY proceeduv;s of our Copgressi relative to the nan- , intercourse, considers it a measure amounting to lit-, ? tie or nothuig It leaves," says he, affairs in no worse a situation, with respect to this country, than i they were left by the enrbarao. Tt U smft tt.in, ' .. ' like the old adage, of showinsr the teeth wkRmit be mg able to bite- The Amencuns hate us, ' but thef ' dare not proceed to extremities they are ' fearful ' of coming to close quarters, but they are quite re.U ? " dy to call us names at a distance. Nothing Can be more undisguised than their ill will : towards.- us ; ( nothing can be more harsh and high sounding than j ' theii language, and when we read the speeches fcf their members in Congress, and the writings of A merican politicians against Cs, we are Dteuarcd --'to expect war, nothing less than" war ; .open,dctermiD- ' , m hjcj, iu enaiasome m,eusure cacm- ( ted to injure themselves more thantts-ghd this-, they say, is taking a dignified posidow." " V-'W Bells weekly Messenger Buys the orders in coun . cil operate only Jo the disadvantage of Englajxl.',; " A Writer in a Virginia puper says he -thinks k.J would have been ' better to have continued the ep bargo 8c to have availed "ourseivs of the artxletof uonapaite to secire our assistance and efforXSjiti ie-, curing a title to the Spanish coloniesin our ae'yh-, borhood v '.' vv ' ''.'f ' -l, den, nearChwkaton, weiurhed wucleett poundst. th V1 ,1 U'-i- ,V;- r
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