Star. — London, England, 1809-11-21 00:00:00

AFFAIRS OF SPAIN. ~~ ~i FROM THE FRENCH PAPERS. SARAGOSSA, ocroarß ie. On the 19th of October, General Chlopecki, hav ing previously removed from Duroca towards Blancas and Ojos Negros, in expectation of meeting the' troop of Villa Campa, perceived a column of the enemy, of from 5 to 6000 men, whose manoeuvres indicated a design to surprise four companies that had been detached to Galiocanta. He immediately or dered the Voltigeurs, and a platoon of the 13th Cui rassiers, to march against them, who accordingly charged the enemy, and put them to flight in every direction. They killed twenty of the enemy, and made seven prisoners. On the day following, the 13th, Colonel Kosi nowski was dispatched with six select companies, and fifty horse, beyond Ojos Negros, where fires had been observed during the night on the mountains. He met the three columns of the enemy, whose flight the march of the two companies of Voltigeurs had ef fected. The regiment of the Princess made an. effort to defend itself, but our column coming in sight, made it disperse like the rest. It was pursued, sword in hand, from mountain to mountain, for more than a league, without being overtaken ; a good deal of their baggagp, however, was taken. The troops displayed an ardour and a perseverance, amidst their fatigues, which the Commander in Chief cannot sufficiently praise. He applauded the resolution and firmness of Colonel Kosinowski, and the rapid movements of Ge neral Chlopecki. On the 16th, the garrison of Meguinenza, which had been repulsed on the 9th and 10th, at Fraga, by Colonel Roquelle, sent a reconnoitring party towards Candasnos. On the same day, 1400 men removed from Batea towards Caspe, where Colonel Dupeyroux 'ass at the head of the first battalion of the 115th, and took at first a position near the Capuchins. The Colonel, confident of the superiority which French soldiers always have, when determined, over troops of the enemy, even though more numerous, did not hesitate to attack them immediately with vigour ; his company of grenadiers, who were ordered to advance, were found sufficient to seize the position, to throw the enemy into confusion, and force them to a shame ful flight, after having lost 73 killed, and several pri soners, among whom was an officer. We had seven men killed, and ten wounded- Colonel Dupeyroux had his leg pierced with a ball, but fortunately with out any fracture ; and the Commander in Chief hopes that this gallant officer will very soon be restored to his soldiers, by whom he is loved and revered as a father. The Commander in Chief feels much pleasure in giving this just testimony to his gallant conduct. His grenadiers covered themselves with glory. This example furnishes to the army a new proof of the weakness of those armed bands who dare to make war on the soldiers of Napoleon, and who can do nothing, but basely fly the moment one waits for them, or marches against them with confidence.. fin the 12th the Adjutant-Commandant Plique again entered Saragossa with his column, after having entirely executed the mission that had been entrusted to him, of disarming and reducing to submission the low- parts of Upper Arragon, of clearing and reducing the Cineo Vines, of restoring the contributions, and effecting the due execution of the decrees of the King in all those countries, till now either only partially subdued, or in a state of rebellion. The battalion of the sth light infantry, who did themselves so much credit at the capture of Saint Jean de la Penna, and that of the 64th, so often distinguished by its intrepi dity, gave proofs on this occasion of constancy in bearing fatigue, and of discipline and high spirit.— The troops and their leader have equally answered the expectations of the Commander in Chief. Th?. General of Brigade, Buget, having set out from Toledo in the beginning of October with a co lumn of the Bth regiment of the Vistula, scoured the adjacent mountains of Castile, Navarre, and Arra. gon, pursuing the Brigands, and putting to flight the armed bands that incessantly infest the country. He has . punished Anted°, the seat of a pretended Insur. ' sectional Junta, over which a robber and renegado Monk presides, the author and instigator of all sorts of a,sassinations. He went so far as Soria, and esta. blishf.d communications with the French troops who occupy that province. In returning, he brought with i .r 1 a gr eat deal of live cattle, and every where esta 1. ...d order and submission to the Government.— .:i s es, in high terms, the firmness and ardour' troops. :gned) Commander in Chief, Comte DE SUCIIET. Adjutant C )mmandant, exercising the functions of Major-General, Chief of the Staff, SAINT CT/I NUGUES. MADRID, OCTOBER fso. According to letters from Badajos, it appears. that on the Bth of September, the English had established tl,eir head-quarters at that city. Two of their divi sions occupied advanced positions, the One at Lobon, and the utlyzr at Merida. The Junta of Seville have, in a decided tone, de clared open war against Russia. The system of ap parent moderation tt had adopted with respect to this rower, has very so: , n given way to that violence of impulse which it rt‘eivea, and which it gives in its trrn, by all possible means, to the opinion of a peo ple, whe.e blindness and agitation it is its interest to continue. The Turks have become the objects of its Id: et:, ions. In the Gazette of the Junta, it is stated, " That the Russians wished to take Ismail by assault, but that weak garrison of 7000 Turks repulsed, with suc cess, 40,000 of their best troops, employed is this expedition ; that the garrison was determined to make a sortie, and pursued, sword in hand, the enemy, even to their entrenchments. where they made themselves rrastc.rs of scventeea pieces of artillery, and carried titem off in triumph. rhe loss of the Russians could r.(.* 11111t)1111t to less than 15,000 men, wounded and prisoners, of whom several had arrived even at Con stantinople." Without stopping here, this Gazette not only anni hilates the Servi.tos, but obliges the Ru ss i ans a l so to a b a ndon the sic. a of Ismail, destroys all their works b e f or e that important fortress, and utterly defeats them on Left Bank ( [the Danube ; so t h at the twa ng dismay and panic to ok Posuissioa tilLir cunst quence of icse unlooked-fo r disas ters:'nrin)lig° complete this impoi tact libewsi it does ;A fall to make an English feet, cruizing before the ports of Cronstadt and Revel, take a great number of gun-boats and other small craft from the Russians. The Gazette of Madrid asks, if in publishing at pleasure so many fictitious victories obtained by the Ottoman troops, the Junta pretends to give a proof of the interest it affects to take in Russia,and if they mean it as a testimony of their satisfaction ? " What becomes then of the pretended relations between the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh, and this Junta of Seville ? What credit then are we to attach to those reports industriously circulated in Spain, and even at Madrid, of the mission of a Russian Ambas sador to that Body, of his arrival, of his reception with the greatest pomp and splendour, of the illumi nations and fetes which took place at Carthagena, and during the whole of his route, and of so many other things, in short, not less surprising, that have been announced, repeated, and commented on in so many letters !" The Madrid Gazette observes, that it is only about nine days since General Cuesta rendered an account. to the Junta of Seville of the battle of Talavera, wherein he admits that his army sustained a great loss, although it was not so much engaged as that of the English. The Junta suffered 39 days to expire before they submitted this document to the eyes of the public, through the medium of their journal. His Majesty has determined to establish 16 Audi. tors, besides his Council of State, almost upon the' same footing as those of the French Empire. They will be divided into different sections and rank after the Ministers ; they will assist at the discussions of their decisions upon projects of laws, decrees, and cer. tain decisions submitted by a Minister to his Majesty. The Auditor charged with the office by one of the Ministers will explain the motives of the projects pre sented, and the reasons upon which they are to be sup ported, which will be deposited in the ministerial bureaux. Present at the discussions, but without a deliberative voice, he will give such explanation and information as may be required of him. The Intendant of the Army, D. Cyrien de Eche veerria, D. P. Santa Maria, and D. I. de Cia-Ya. zanza, are nominated Auditors to the Council of State. VILLACH, OCTOBER 27. A great number of troops are already moving towards the Kingdom of Italy. The Prince Viceroy arrived here the day before yesterday with his head quarters. Besides the Italian division which is within our walls, two French divisions have arrived. The tranquillity of the country is not only secured, but there is no doubt of the rebels of the Tyrol laying down their arms, and returning to their homes. The Viceroy, on his arrival, published the follow ing Proclamation : Eugene Napoleon, Arch• Chancellor of State of the French Em. pire, Viceroy of Italy, Prince of Venice, and Commander in Chief of the Army of Italy. " To the People of the Tyrol. " Tyrolean?, Peace is concluded between his Majesty the peror of the French, King of Italy, Protector of the Confedera tion of the Rhine, my august Father and Sovereign, and his Ma jesty the Emperor of Austria. " Peace, therefore, prevails every where, except among you— you only do not enjoy its benefits. " Listening to perfidious suggestions, you have taken up arms against your laws, and have subverted them, and now you are gathering the bitter fruits of your rebellion ; terror governs your cities, idleness and misery reign in you; discord is in the midst of you, and disorder every where prevails. His Majesty the Emperor and King, touched with your deplorable situation, and with the testimonies of repentance which several of you have con veyed to his throne, has expressly consented, in the treaty of peace, to pardon your errors and misconduct. " I then bring you peace since I bring you pardon. But I de clare to you, that pardon is granted you only on the condition tha t you return to your obedience and duty, that you voluntarily lay down your arms, and that you offer no resistance to my troops. " Charged with the command of the armies which surround you, I come to receive your submission, or to compel you to submit. The army will be preceded by Commissioners appointed by me to hear your complaints, and to do justice to the demands you may have to make. But know that these Commissioners can only listen to you when you have laid down your arms. " Tyroleans, if your complaints and demands be well founded , I hereby promise that justice shall be done you. " Head-quarters, Villacli, Oct. 26,190!" WARSAW, OCTOBER 14. The following Order of the Day has been pub lished here : AI .LIED ARMY.-ORDER OF THE DAY. " Staff, at the Head-quarteri at Cracow, Oct. 7, 1809. " It is highly agreeable to his Excellency the Commander in Chief, that he is able to announce to the army under his orders, that part of their companions in arms, who were called to fight in another country of the world, have shewn, by their bravery and good conduct, that the Pole never ceases to support the glory of his name, and to merit the regard of Napoleon the Great, his de liverer." [Then follow the details of the glorious actions in which the Polish troops in Spain have distinguished themselves.] PETERSBURGH, OCTOBER H. The Court Gazette of this day contains the fol lowing report of our military operations in Turkey : " Prince Bagration, Commander in Chief of the Army, states, that :tiler the conquest of the fortresses of Tultsch, Issaichi, Muschin, and Girsowa, the Rus sian troops attacked, near Rossevata, a Turkish corps of "40,000 men, commanded by the Seraskier Goziew Pacha, whom they totally routed. In this battle the Turks lost 5000 killed, a much greater number in prisoners, 15 pieces of cannon, and SO pair of colours. The rest of the enemy's troops fled to Salistra. We pursued them above ten leagues. " This victory was immediately followed by the taking of Fort Kusgun, on the right bank of the Da nube, and of the fortresses of Kistendsche, and May alin, on the coast of the Black Sea ; but this success was only the prelude to a more important conquest. " On the 25th of September, Ismail, that too celebrated fortress, the capture of which formerly cost so much blood, surrendered, without striking a blow, to the victorious arms of our troops. General Sass dictated the capitulation. The garrison and the inhabitants are to quit the place in five days, and to be conveyed to the Russian territory beyond the Da nube. General Sass has sent the keys of Ismail to Petersburgh. " These brilliant successes were celebrated on the 6th inst. in our capit:,l, by the discharge of cannon and a solemn Te Deum. The same day, the colours taken from the Turks were carried in procession to the church of St. rota and St, raoLn FONTAINBLEAU, NOV. 5. M. de Montesquieu, Grand Chamberlain,, has set out for Metz ;--he is gone to receive the King of Saxony. The grand hunt of St. Hubert, which has always taken place the day after All Saints, has been post poned till the arrival of the King of Saxony, who is daily expected at Fontainbleau. This Prince will occupy the apartments of the Queen of I Tolland, who is to remove and take others in the Court ut the Princes. The Kings of Bavaria and Westphalia, and the Viceroy of Italy, are also expected. Snch is the gene ral report. His Majesty will immediately review the Volti geurs of his guard who arrived the day before yester day. This corps will be garrisoned here along with a detachment of grenadiers which is expected in a few daE. The Emperor hunted with nets a few days ago, in the plain of Cormaise ; last Thursday he went out a-shooting, and yesterday he hunted for five hours and a half, during which time he rode above sixty miles. Count d/Essen, the Swedish Ambassador, is arriv ed ; the Spanish Ambassador is expected to-day. The yacht which was in the lake has been removed to the great canal in the park. This little vessel, which was presented to the Emperor by the mer chants of Nantes, is of a very elegant form ; the body is painted grey, upon the deck a square saloon is raised, which is painted blue, with six lateral windows, in the front of this saloon there is a glass door, the back er stern part has no aperture, and is decorated with a grand imperial cushion. Great numbers have arriv*ed here in the train of the Court ; but there are still many apartments unoc cupied. The inhabitants of Fontainbleau used for merly to furnish (during the tours of the Court) lodg ings for 20,000 visitors. A great number of houses have since been built or enlarged ; and we have there fore read in certain Journals, with some surprise, that the.multitude who had flocked hither was too great 1 1 to procure lodgings. PARIS, NOVEMBER 6. Accounts from Berlin confirm the intelligence, that for some mouths the payment of the contributions due by Prussia to France has been suspended. We know not the reason of this,. but it is certain that the best understanding continues to prevail between France and Prussia. It is true, however, that the very ex hausted state of the public treasury may have been the cause of the suspension. It is generally asserted that the Prince of Ponte- Corvo is about to return to Hamburgh. He was even expected there on the night of the 27th ult. His Equerry had been there for some days. We read in a German Gazette that the criminal correspondence which some inhabitants of Switzer land have had with the Tyrolese and Voralberg insur gents is now fully disclosed by the confessions of Doctor Schneider and other Chiefs of the rebels. We are assured that his Majesty the Emperor of the French has made a communication respecting these discoveries to the Landamman, demanding at the same time prompt and ample satisfaction. VIENNA, OCTOBER 29. The Treaty of Peace which has been published here in German and French, has beed received with the greater avidity, because it was kept secret for nine days. Different opinions are formed respecting it, but every body agrees in thinking that, consider ing the situation in which the Austrian Government was placed, and the brilliant state of the French army, the Conqueror has treated our Monarch with much generosity. Nevertheless, the true patriots regret, more than ever a war provoked on our part without any reasonable motive, the consequences of which ex posed us to even greater and more important sacri fices than the Treaties of Campo Formio, Luneville, and Presburg. All men of information, and particularly those inti mately acquainted with the resources of the Austrian Monarchy, consider the loss of our communication with the sea, of the rich mine of quicksilver in Istria, of the salt pits in Saltzburg, and the half of those in Wielicika, and the lucrative manufactories of iron and brass, in Upper Carinthia. Letters from Brunn assure us, that Moravia will be entirely evacuated by the French host, in the beginning of November, at which time the Austrian troops are to enter that province. We learn that the French garrisons of Raab, of Oedenburgh, and other cities of Hungary, will eva cuate them in the beginning of November. Marshal Macdonald continues to exercise the func tion of Governor of Styria. We are assured that that fine Pr:mince will not be restored to the Austrians before the end of the year. The greatest part of the French army will remain in Germany. The chief command is given, as it was before the campaign, to the Marshal Duke of Echmull. We undersand that after the evacuation of the Ails. trian States, the head-quarters will be at Passau. It is generally supposed that by the 20th of November no more Frenchmen will remain here. GOTTENBURGH MAIL. Svocktions, Nov. B.—According to a letter from Count Bernstorf, the Danish Ministers Plenipoten tiary, appointed to attend the impending Congress in Jonkoping, on the part of the littlish Court, were to set out yesterday on this important mission, furnished with full powers to conclude a treaty of peace with this country. The Swedish Envoy, his Majesty's Lord Chamberlain, Count C. G. Adlersparre, has been ordered, in consequence of the above intelli gence, immediately to proceed to Jonkoping, to re ceive them in that place. An armistice has been concluded between the Swe dish Major General Baron Tawast, and the Danish Adjutant-General Baron law, which is to com mence on the 12th instant. JoNKOPING, Nov. IL—Official intelligence was yes terday received, that the following Noblemen and Gentlemen may be expected here within a few days, to negociate and conclude a Treaty of Peace betwent Denmark and Sweden. The Swedish negociators are Count Adlersparre and Baron Taube ; and the Da nish Baron Rosencrantz Baron Selby, and C ount Mollki, the Royal Plenipotentiaries, a re sa id to have already ed thy Swedish territory, LQNDON. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2!. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK 3 per Cent. Cons. for money 69f, 7n—for acc. Omnium 214 prem.—Exchequer Bills pren , . PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. S per Cent. Red. 69ii I India. Stock S per Cent. Cons. 70 691 7CI India Bonds 2ft 3r s , 4 per Cent. 841 Elcheq. Bills, Rs. 13s. prem. :Awe Lottery Tickets 4 22. Cons. for ace. 701 Long,pe r Cent Ann. . Navy ls . 1114 6 (.12 It has been stated in some of the Daily pa rer th., t Government have received Dispatches from I. COLLINGWOOD, announcing a victory over the T,ulo-, fleet. Had such been the fact, not a moment woull have been lost in announcing the event to the No dispatches have been received by Gcver l . mct respecting. the reported action, but it has corne throu [ : i so many channels that nothing but the bare im s iiiii ty that it may, notwithstanding, be unfounded, preveht: our giving it full credence. We mentioned on Saturday that accounts h a d reached Holland, from Cette, alluding to this battle/ and yesterday we stated that a letter from Cette h a d been received by a respectable house in the citr, [cr.. taming some particulars of the action. We need hardly inform our reader.; that the Tor % of Cette is situated on the Mediterranean French coast, in the Bay of Maguelona, and con;equently in the neighbourhood of the part in which it is most likely such an engagement might take place. Th e letter from Cette came through Holland, and th., 1 following is a correct translation : " CETTE, OCTOBER 29. a The 25th of this month we have bad the misfortune to see stranded on our shores two ships of the line, the Robustc, of gi guns, commanded by Vice Admiral BA cDITT, and the Leon, c: 74 ; these two ships, with the Boreas, of 74, and two &Ivo, and two gabares, served as an escort to the convoy which sails,'. from I Toulon a few days before destined to Barcelona. Abreast of Cap:: Crew, near Row, fifteen or sixteen sail of English gave cisace t. the convoy, as well as to its escort. It is hoped that the ce:wm; of transports, to the numberof twenty, will have reached t!.: Llai of Rotas. The Boreaa, the frigate Paulke, and a gabarez, the port of Cette on the same day (25t11). What is moJt to regretted is, that the following day six of the enemy's sail of the k line directed their course to the two French shirs which were ' stranded with the intention of burning them, and Vice Adtssirat BAVDITT seeing it W2S impossible to save thins, took the %IC TO. , rate resolution of destroying them himself Letters from Holland, received along with thus above communications, mention that no doubt what• ever is entertained of the grand fact ; and that in ad. dition to the particulars above stated, it was under. stood that the whole of the convoy were either eat tared or destroyed. The report of Government having received dii. patches from Lord CoLuNcwoon may have arisen from the fact we have stated in former Payers, of their having received dispatches from Gibrillt;:r ; I a: tl use accounts merely state, that " a vessel fror Pert Mahon arrived at Gibraltar on the 29th ult. and rave information to Captain FAVERMAN, of the I . ci:.irm.- RLE, that the French Fleet, consisting of 17 tail of the line, had put to s ea II em Toulon on the 21st of that month. This information was communicated to the Master of the above vessel by the. ToPAzz .ri2 ate, off Mahon ; he was also informed that Lcrd CCU In, wood had left that place in pursuit of the French, with 15 sail of the line ; two sail of the line had also passed Mahon on the 20th to join him, and another sail of the line was stationed off Cape Sebastian, near the bay of Rosas."—lt is highly probable, that, fore, that his Lordship's force on the day of action— if an action has taken place—was very formidabk— perhaps 18 sail of the line. Last night another Cottenburgh Mail arrived.— The printed journals afford only an article or two, which we have given in another column. The private letters announce that all the British shipping in Sue. dish ports are to be allowed time to take in their car goes, and to take their departure withopt interrur r, but with special licences. It is expected that ;he last fleet from the Baltic, during the present year, will pass Carlscrona on or about the Ist of next month ; after which it is highly probable that the ice will obstruct the navigation. Letters have also been received from Normandy to the 9th, and from Flanders to the 11th inst. The former are silent as to any naval operations in the Mediterranean, but the latter obscurely refer to the late disaster of the enemy. This morning we received Paris papers to the. 10th. Their contents are rather more interesting than they have been since the signature of the Treaty between France and Austria, NAPOLEON still con tinues at Fontainbleau, but, although apparently en gaged in the amusements of the chace, great and im portant changes are at this moment effecting on the Continent under his auspices. In addition to the for mation of the new kingdom of Illyria, mentioned in the French papers received yesterday, Hanover seems also destined to form a kingdom, or at least an 2p pendage to one, under the sovereignty of a favou.. rite Member of the Confederation of the Rlaine. Austi ia is not the only Continental Power which NAPOLEON has compelled to surrender the fekslo- le mains of maritime commerce she possessed by me ,ni of the ports of Trieste and Fiume. Prussia is abut', co be stripped of the port of Memel, which is to be adtieJ to the Russian empire. Great Bodies of French troops continue to be d:s• patched towards the T i rol, although the Vice-ho) of Italy, EUGENE NAPOLEON, has issued a proclkuna• WI to the inhabitants of a conciliatory nature. V~~' T• 4