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i FRENCH PAPERS% MADRID, JULY 16. Yesterday was a day of rejoicing for this capital. The King, our Sovereign, entered it on his return from his journey, at half-past six in the evening, amidst the acclamations of an immense multitude, -Who awaited and followed him to the Palace. A sa lute of artillery had announced to the inhabitants of 'Madrid the dawn of this happy day. The Prefect of Madrid repaired to the confines et his prefecture, and there presented to his Majesty • the homage of all the province. The Commandant of the Army of the Centre, and the Governor of Madrid, went to the same place to receive his Majesty : they accompanied him as far as the Palace. - The troops of the garrison were drawn up in line along the whole of the road. The Municipality, headed by the Corregidor, re ceived his Majesty under an arch erected before the gate by which he was to enter ; and the Corregidor . had the honour to present the keys of this capital to his Majesty. On alighting from his carriage, the King was received by the Ministers, the Counsellors of State, The Officers of the Household, the Grandees and No bility, the Generals and military Officers not on duty, . the Members of Tribunals, and principal Ecclesias tics. His Majesty condescended to address them with his Characteristic affability. A general illumination took place in the night, and this day bull-fights will be exhibited to the people gratis, and the theatres will be opened gratuitously NAPLES, JULY 20. Several. regiments have marched from this capital, on their route to Calabria. His Majesty paid a visit yesterday to the ship is Capri, the corvette la Fama, and several other ves sels of the flotilla in the roads. JULY 30.—Some vessels, which arrived at Otranto from Col lo since the 18th of this month, bring intel ligence that the lonian Islands enjoy perfect tran quillity. Accounts have been received from Teramo, stating that several enemy's ships had made an attempt to carry off three barks belonging to La Pouille, and an Ancona transport, which were moored near Mount Pagano. The legionasy troops came up, a very brisk contest commenced, and many of the troops advanced into the water in defiance of the fire of the enemy's vessels. The troops of Gulls, and the brigade of gen darmerie stationed in this city, had time to an ive and take a share in the action, which ended in a shameful eight on the part of the enemy. AMSTERDAM, JULY 27. A notice from the Prefect of the Department of Zuyderree informs his Agents, that his Imperial Ma :testy, anxious that all his subjects should participate in the benefits of public education, has ordered, that the Commissioners charged with the examination of the candidates for the Polytechnic School should be ,4 canutua...- _ -I ral Valletaux forthwith set out with three battalions, selected this year from the principal cities of Holland, and 60 chasseurs. The ardour of the troops could , . with a view to open the road to such young persons not be restrained ; the sharpshooters daehed forward as are desirous of entering. upon the career of public in pursuit of the enemy, and drove them to Quinta service. He therefore recommends the Students to , enemy 's army nine del Valle. In this position the• profit by the invaluable advantages that this noble was perceived, 7000 strong ; they were too far en- Institution holds out, since they may be certain that gaged to be able to retreat ; the General made his their efforts will be rewarded by the most honourable dispositions withoet calculating the number of the employments. I enemy, and ordered the village to be attacked. It SABLES D'OLONNE, JULY es. I was carried with impetuosity, in spite of the efforts of Captain Guine, commanding the Rapacious lugger, the enemy, who was compelled to take a position in brought into this p .rt, last night at n ine o'clock, the the rear. The 119th took post to the right, beyond English gailiot Seaeeer, armed with four 12-pound the village; the 122 d was opposed to the enemy's carronades and two sixes; with twenty-three men, and columnewhich had formed on the roads to Fontoria* commanded by Lieut. H. Hirackston. This is the and Quintana Dejor ; the Chief of Battalion, Durel, ',eighth ship of war that Captain Guine has captured kept in check, on the left, the troops which came within six months, in thew seas. from Astorga, aced which made huitless effents to VIENNA, JULY 24. turn him. The regiments which are to assemble for the Diet ‘, The action thus begun was successful ; our sol. of Hungary, have not yet receieedenarching_ Orders. i diers won the 'field of battle, on which were limed We are assured that the Noble Guard of Hungary. 600 Gt the enemy dead ; the number of their wound the fbrmation of which has beeti long deferred, will ' , ed WAS much more considerable. .be organized before the meetitee. Th.?. Presbutg Ga- 44 This brilliant affair does honour to the last mo. zette informs its, that her Itnperiel rrighness the merits of General Valletaux, who was killed at the ,Archduchess Maria Theresa, sister to he Emperor, cl.ise of the combat : waile dying he saw the defeat with Prince Authony of Saxony, eldest brother of ,of the enemy ; together with him we lament the lopsi King, will assist at the approaching Diet. !of 30 brave men ; we had 87 wounded. The Chief . The news of the bat of the 4th inst. has been ie- of Battalion, Pei, Aid-dc-Camp Meda, and Captain' eeivecr from the Turkish frontiers ; and Constenti- , Grassi, of the 24th Chasseurs, deserve praises ; as nople, it is reporte • . is much agitated, on account of . well as all the officers and soldiers of this detachment. i being disappointed of the re s toration of tranquillity. i 'rile 'enemy had retired beyond Astorga ; General kOCHEFORT, JULY 2.0, 1 Bonnet reconnoitred him about the loth of July ; all The division of gun-boats stationed in the Roads the necessary measures were taken for attacking this Comm of the Isle of Aix, has * frequent engagements with assemblage, rude d by Santocildes. . the enemy's cruizers, which it has driven horn our ; " The timid el Pastor lately formidable in Biscay, is i coasts. On the 17th inst. an English ship gave chace ' now reduced.* a few .trmerie daily, dimiiii.-11. to a merchantman, when the enemy's mast was car- • gend Tied away, and it was with great difficulty that *he 4 , Longa, another chief of brigands, is hotly pur sheltered herself under the file of a frigate. • ' sued by the moveable toluMns—he no longer knows CORSOEK, JULY ut. - 1 ; ; where to find an aselion —his followers are availing A thick fog prevented us today from reconnoiter.: themselves of the amnesty to surrender at discretion. General Dorsenne is arrived at Valladolid to take the log the enemy in the Belt. A vessel from the 11,thic command of the army of the North. He imme-• saw under Dagirot two English ships of the line, be- c hi e f diately sent the Comma i of Division, Dumoutier, with sides some frigates. i Io,ooVen'and 4500 !name, to take a positiun on the CARLSHRUE, AVOUST s. I Coa, in adeance of Ciudad Rodrigo. His Royal Highness the Grand Duke arrived two ea Fbur divisions of the army of reserve have:en cleys since at Manlieim, where his reception was most tered by Pampeltina and Vittoria. The fine appear brilliant. His Royal Highness had thus an opportii- ante of these troops, of whom the lowest soldier has nity to satisfy himself of the attachment borne to hint seen lour years service, has strongly surprised the in.' by his new subjects. habitants, and given them a new pledge of the useless The City of Mantle . = has presented to our Grand ness of all the efforts of England. Duchess, in full property, a beautiful garden in its en- . . , nisettice or TOG ARMY OF THE CENTER. tercls, together with a very fine mansion built in the . " Major Mout:goy, commanding the depots of most modern stile. , cavalry at Madrigal, having learnee that sever a l .... opt, PARIS, AUGUST s. unite d bands were moving upon Peuarando, concert- Mr. Frevee, Master of Requests, has just set nut for ed measures with the Commandant of Arevaio. O n Han.burAh, he is app iinted President of a Commis. the Ist of July, two columns assembled at Fl ores sion of Liquidation sghich is to assemble in that city, D'Avila, Linder the orders .1 Major Montigny. -0 to examine and othdit the accounts of the Hattie- "At daybreak the enemy were disciwered bivou c Towns. . , asking near Penaranda, to the neinber „of one thou . .tuotsr 9.—Their Imperial Majesties the Empe_ sand men ; the Major so rapidly charged them with Tor And Empress visited, on the sth inst. the Imperia his troop, that the brigands had not time to mount Establishments, Napoleon of Ecoileil, and St. Denis, their horses. The strcr.s, the houses, and 'environs founded by his Imperial and Royal Majesty for the of Peoaranda were instantly covered with dead bodies, Education of the Daughttrs of Members of the Legion near 460 brigands set rc lett ly4 in the to wn , 100, of Honour. His Excellency the Grand Chancellor were 'taken, the rest were pursued, and sabred in th e of the Legion had the honour to receive their Impe- p ,rn-fields. Three hundred horses, one A n ard. 50 0.1 Majesties. The Emperor was pleased to requ:re carts laden with salt. and all the baggage of the band an account of every thing relative to the health, the remained in the hinds of the soldiers. Morales, one iocation, and the instruction of the numerous aeries of their chiefs, was found among the dead. ttl' these two establishments, and condescended to to- i! The Junta of Valen44 had given to am..Sayas 1..- . - , dry te the lady who superintended the whole, and to the commend of all the united'bands of the trainee' the other matrons of these two Imperial houses, his of Cuen& ; on the 3d of July that General made entire satisfaction. movement towards Jadraque, reconnoitring-, parties M. de Kablonhoff. Colonel of the Horse Guards of belonging to our posts in Guadalaxara exchanged his Majesty the Emperor of Russia, passed through shots on the same day with the enemy's advanced Metz, on his way from Petersburgh to Paris. . posts near Hita. OFFICIAL NEWS FROM rHE ARMIES IN SPAIN. 44 On the sth July, General Hugo was in readi_ CATALONIA. uess to march against the enemy, and to force his " Marshal Suchet, after the capture of Tarragona, Fashions in order to drive him back upon the left of marched towards the interior of Catalonia. The the Taps. General Lahoussaye was ordered to ad ' assemblages which Campoverde had attempted to valice in order to cut off the enemy's retreat. Sayas did •organize dispersed in haste themselves ; the Mar- not await them; he itnmehitely commenced a retro- , shays presence made to fall back upon Agramont grad* movement with all his troops, to the amount i the corps assembled at Igualada about.the end of of 6000 men, marching straight upon the 'Tagus.— the siege ; it is entirely disbanded the men are General Hugo set out in pursuit of him, while Gen. hastening to their homes in small bands, selling their Lahoussaye leaving Guadalazara, advanced by forced arms and their horses for bread ; most of these patties marches towards thebridge of Aunon, where he hoped threw themselves into the mountains of Arragon, to cut off the enemy's passage, who appeared to be where they are falling into the hands of the gendar- retiring upon Cuenca. General Sayas had already merie, and of the moveable columns which were sent Jtassed the Tagus, and collected his force at Val de in pursuit of them. Marshal Sachet has marched rOliva. On the 11th General Lahoussaye crossed upon Vicque, where he was expected on the 13th of ; over his troops in haste—at the entrance of a defile July. The assemblage at Olot dispersed in its turn, i his advanced guard fell upon the cavalry of Manco, on his approach. Campoverde, abandoned by all his' supported by a ball .lion of infantry, which Sayas followers, was obliged to embark .on the 14th at Mat- had sent to take possession of the bridge of Aunon— taro, pursued by the inhabitants of the coast, who fifty dragoons and a company of of the 75th of the plundered his baggage. , line, intrepidly charged the enemy, routed and pur . " Some days before the departure of Campoverde, sued them sword in hand as far as Sancon, where all ! 1 General M. Matthiett sent a detachment to Mattato, our cavalry assembled ; the enemy was at last come.: , which burnt and destroyed the magazines which the up with between Alcocer and Val de Oliva. Three I enemy wished to form at that point ; an hundred of battalions and two squadrons were drawn up, and I the insurgents were killed ; ten English ships of war thought to defend themselves by forming a square ; vainly endeavoured to protect Mattaru ; their hot fire the French cavalry soon broke through them, and all cost us only 3 men and 3 horses. that were not sabred on the spot were taken. " The English at present are before Palamos, " A thousand prisoners, a number of whom are without daring to land. officers, 600 killed, one standard, all their baggage, " The fortress of Figuieras is more completely shut about 200 horses, and a considerable convoy of attic up than ever ; all the horses have been eaten, a little are the results of this affair • flour is all they have left ; the lines are watched with I " The remains of the troops of Sayas precipitately ; double vigilance, to prevent all escape on the part of fled towards Cuenca. General Lahoussaye will not the garrison, who must soon surrender at discretion. cease the pursuit till this corps shall no 1 inger exist. " The enemy's Commandant, from the want of , The misunderstanding among the chiefs, the deser.. provisions, has dismissed unconditionally the priso- tion of the soldiers, the absolute want of every thing, ners which he took in the fort, amounting to 850. I powerfully contribute to its destruction. Muse than " In the mean while- a corps of the army of Arra- , 1200 Guerillos have already returned to their homes. I gon is on its march against Valencia, and is collect- Martines, taste of their chiefs, has surrendered with all I ing within reach of that town, a depot of amniuni- . his officers—Sayas is retirieg upon Valencia. Lion and provisions, for the purpose of forthwith me- " The King has artived at '4adrid ;he received ducing the province. i upon his road the most unequivocal testimonies 't the DISTRICT .OF TIM ARMY OF THE NORTH. I love of true Spaniards; his presence has electrified all I 14 The Duke of Istria having learned that an as- minds; opinions are approximating. semblage of Gallicians was forming in the valley of ARMY OF PORTUGAL. Vie:a°, and threatened to cut off the communication ^ " The English army has taken up cantonments between Leon and the Asturias, thought it necessary arou .‘f Portalegte, and keeps upon the defensive.— to concentrate a part of his troops, and for a moment 'The Duke of Ragusa has his head-quarters always to draw nearer to him the corps of General Bonnet, . at Merida, from whence he scours the country as tar who received orders to repair to L• on about the 2ah as the enemy's lines. of June, after having sufficiently protected the line " Badajoz being in a formidable state of defence, of the Deba. The fortifications of Astorga being and provisioned for eight months, the Duke of Rae considered useless and burthensome, the Duke of gusa means to put his army into quarters for refresh tria ordered them to be razed. ment, in the valley of the Tagus, with only an ad " On the 23J of June, the advanced guard of the vanced guard on the Guadiana, during the teats of insurgents made its appearance at Benavides. Gene- the month of August, which render the valley of the V . idi ttemely Tne s:n corps Guadiana extremely unwi. ,wsome. will, during that period, ke• p up the communica tions between the Army of Portugal and that of the South. DISTRICT or Tilt ARMY OF TIIE " The Ist corps is constantly exerting the greatest activity in the wori:s of the blockade of Cache. Puerto Santa Maria and Puerto Real are become very strong places, new batteries have•been erected both on the side towards the sea, and upon all the approselats by land—they are connected by lines which also are de lent,'•,d by very strong towers. On the 13th of June the garrison of the Isle of Leon atterryted a sally against our works a' the Ar irecife-1200 men advanced to our out-posts, while all the batteries and enemy's gun boats kept up a vio lent fire upon the lines of Chichtna ; bnt all this mighty racket produced so little cif. ct, that our Na -1 te,:ies at Chiclana scarcely deigned to return their fire. The infancy met a worse reception at the Ar recife After a two hours fire of musketry, the enemy was totnpelled to save himself in haste, leaving a great many killed on the field of battle, and carry ing off a great number of wounded. • Colonel lionnemain had been sent to reconnoitre towards Tariffa, with (300 men. On the 9th of June/ he encountered at Sanona an enemy's party ot the same force, consisting of English and s.inte Spa niards, and posted on steep rocks. Colonel Bonne. main took his dispositions so well, that the enemy, in spite of the advantage of the ground, was routed and forced to retire upon Algesiras, abandoning some pri soners and a convoy of 100 bullocks. • The enemy reckoned on beriv.T able to take ad. vantage of the moment, when the hulk of the army of the south had marched into Estrimadura, in order. to attack in force the town (AI Ronda. General Belinie, at the head of three regiments of the camp of St. Roch and of the peasants of the, vicinity, on the 4th of June, advanced ao tor m the blockade ofl Ronda, which was detended by sonic companies of the 43d of the line. The Duke of Belluno diately caused to set out from Seville a column of troops, under the orders of Adjutant-Commandant .Remond—a second column, cinromanded by General Prelims, at the same time V:, out from the first corps : they united at Moron on the 15th. The enemy confiding in his strength, drew up in order , of battle, two leagues from Ronda ; but he was at tacked with such impetuosity by our troops, that in a few moments he was broke and routed along all his line ; a horrible carnage followed ; near suo dead remained on the spot, with 900 wounded ; the regi ments of Stguenza and of Ronda were almost en tirelydes:ruyed. " The remains of the enemy's division escaped only by the help of rocks, where our tavalry could not teach them. Our columns the same day entered Ronda, which was completely re 7 victualted." FROM THE REPORTS OF HEAD-QUARTERS OF THE .ARMY OF THE DANUBE. Vienna, July 24. • By the Mt (18th of June) the Commandant•in ChiefKoutousolf had removed his head-quarters from Bucharest to Giorgovo, and concentrated his a•mr in the environs of that place. On the 14th, he was informed that the Gland Vizier had collected all his forces and those of Veli and Mustapha Puha of Baschniak, and Jagour Hassan.; that he had united ail the cavalry under the cadets of Tochepan, Oglou, and Kara Osman Oglou ; that at the same time he h d td made a ditersion towards Widdio a body ' 4 of 25,000 rnateoematmanded by Ismael Bey; and that he WAS preparing to attack Rudschuk with more thaw 60,000 men. In consequence of this, the Commander in Chiq crossed t!tu Danube on the 10th. On the 20th, at I da)•aeak, a body of 5000 Turkish cavalry made A reconnoissance upon our whole line ; General Viiin(i, commanding the advanced pasts, am'. supported by four battalion,s of infantry, led on by General Go.. guhaidt, loon forced the Turks to retreat with Some lass. On the same day, the whole army took up a position on the heights, four wersts before Rudschuk, and then bivouacked in order of battle. The 21st, both armies kept themselves quiet. At five o'clock on the morning of the 22d, the Grand Vizier proceeded from his entrenched camp betwixt Kubikion and Gisanzen p and attacked thi lrc • perial army, whose infantry was formed in nitre squares and arranged in t*u lines. The cavalri wa s in the thirst line, behind the vacant space of the squares. The engagement gradually became gear. ral, but was warmest on the left thug, maws:idea by Lieutenant Geaeral Count de Lampe:on. Tat Grand Vizier directed it in person. nom six to eight is the morning it was renewed five times ; but notwithstanding this, acd the fire of a battery of 33 pieces of cannon, the Turks could Mat gain an inch of ground. All their efforts wire in vain against the invincible steadiness of' cur infantry. At nine o'clock, the whole Turkish cavalry nearly $.! thousand strong, advanced rapidly upoa oar left wing, and outflanked it ; but being unable to make any impression up.an the squares, passed betwixt the vacant spaces. Two regiments of cavalry belonging to the third line were chiiged to yre..l to the impetuosity of this charge, and to superiority of numbers. TheTurkisis cavalry spread themselves behind the imperial army, and penetrated to the walls of Rudschuk, which ano ther column that had marched along the Danube en deavoured to take by storm, believing the city to be without a garrison ; bat the Commander in Chief had left a strong garrison in that place, which at this mo meat made a successful sally, in conjunction with a movement of the cavalry under General Voinoff ; the Turks being thus placed between two fires, were put to flight with considerable loss. While this took place on the left, the enemy made a much feebler at. tack upon the right. Generals Essen, Boulatoff, and I En,gelhardt sustained and repulsed it with the greatest bravery. 1 At eleven o'clock, General Kourousnff put the whole line in motion, and directed the stprare of Count I Worontaoff ag iiiist the enemy's centre, which had I begun to throw up entrenchments. At wear, they t commenced a retreat, and Were pursued to their camp 1 six wersts from the field of battle. The Imperial itt• my rested till six o'clock in the evening. It appeared to have been the intention of the Grand Vizier to throw troops into tudschuk, and to en ! trench himself upon the heights ; but this plan failed :by the bravery of our army, and the judicious ar sa.;gements of our Commander in Chief, who during this bloody affair was constantly explised to the heat I viest fire. The Turks have lost thirty pair of ce • lours, and have had 1500 men killed, among whom I is a sun of Murchtar Yacha, a great number of Alba ! Mans. No prisoners were . made, as the enemy at ' tacked with cavalry.. _ _ The great superiority of the enemy in point of num ! bers not allowing the principal aimy to be weakened by such a garfson as the city of. Rinischuk won d require, and this fortress being besides commanded from the mountains, and in a disinivantageous situa. tion, the Commander in Chief determined to demolish it. In c...msequence of uns determination, after hay. ing made the army repass the Danube, and caused the inhabitants to quit the city, on the 26th, he or dered all the . fortifications to be bl,wn up, and the place to be set on fire. The conflagration sprenj with astonishing rapidity, and complete desotatitat ensued. 4,I4DI7'ERRANEA4 , SICILY, JUNE 6. " A Greek vessei, loaded in the pert of Naplex, navigating under an Ottoman flag, and carrying a British licence, (the property entiiely British,) a sew weeks since was encountered in the bay of Naples br three Sicii;ari privateers. The vessel was boarded, the crew plundered, and Mr. Campbell, a British mer chant, the proprietor of the cargo, with the whole of the crew, three only excepted, were inhumanly turned adrift. in a small boat, and left to the mercy of •he waves. The vessel was afterwards brought int• ole port of Pali rmo by these pirates, and the Sicilian prize-court were proceeding to a summary Adjudica tion of the case, on the evidence given by th.• crews of the privateers, that the vessel was found at sea abandoned. " Mr. Campbell; in the mean time, found his w.'y once more to Naples, instantly made his regular pro test in the American Consulate there against tl:t. all- thors of this piratical act, and hiring a small hoar, soon afterwards reached the port ut Falerrpo ; where, applying to the British naval Commander, Rear-Ad miral Bayles, and exhibiting his regular protest, he demanded British protection, and permission to go on board his vessel, chiefly for the purpose of preverz ins plunder, until the case was adjudicated, but incre particol.trly to obtain possession of his British licence, still conceded on board. Rear. Admiral Boyles, falling in with his reason able request in this particular, immediately sent no. tice to the British Consul, Mr. Fagan, requesting his attendance, whilst he put Mr. Campbell and the crew again on board the vessel. Mr. Fagan suggested the propriety of giving notice previously to the Consul tore of the Sicilian prize tribunal of this inunt.un, the propriety of which the Admiral acquiesced in, ' and notice was conveyed to the office to this effect by the English Vice-Consul, Mr. Walsh. 'l* Consul tore, however, was not to be found ; but Mr. Fagan dreading the consequence of delay, accompanied met/lately the Admiral's boat, wit` the Lieutenant of the Canopus, followed by Mr. Campbell and the Greek crew, in their own boat ; and, by the Admi ral's direction, Mr. Campbell and the Greek crew wefe put on board, intimating, at the same time, to the Sicilian crew- of the privateer, that they might likewise remain, until the case was decided by the pro:ess of law. 46 The consequence of this proceeding was Mr. Ft. gan's immediate suspension by the Sicilian Goverr• mein from his official duties the Greek vessel was _ . :'+'" I