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MAJOR fIOGANI APPEAL. AN APPEAL to the PUBLIC, and a FARE-1 WELL ADDRESS to the ARMY, By BREVET-MAJOR HOGAN, late a Captain in the ad Regiment of Infantry ; In which he resigned his Commission, in consequence of the Treatment he experienced from the DUKE of YORK, and the System that prevails in the Army, respecting Promotions, in cluding some Strictures upon the general Conduct of our TARY FORCE. " Let others tamely suffer if they will— " I'll state my wrongs, and tell them to the world !" Major HOGA tea Appeal. Sold by J. M. Richardson, No. 23, Cornhill, opposite the Royal Exchange. DUTCH PAPERS. ERFURTH, SEPT. 28. Yesterday at nine o'clock in the morning, arrived here his Majesty the Emperor of the French. The Commandant of the town, the Magistrates, and De puties of the Livery, the University, and the Clergy, met him without the gates ; the President of the Se nate tendered him the keys of the gates of the city, and presented an address, expressing the fidelity and attachment of the inhabitants to his person and Go vernment. The Emperor having perused the address, and testisfied his satisfaction, entered the town on horseback amidst the firing of guns, ringing of bells, and joyful acclamations of the inhabitants, and alight. ed at the hotel prepared for his reception. Soon after the Emperor mounted his horse again to pay a visit to his Majesty the King of Saxony, who arrived on the preceding day. He afterwards inspected the troops quartered in this town, and then proceeded on horseback an the road to Weimar, to meet his Im perial Majesty the Emperor of Russia. About three o'clock in the afternoon the two great Monarchs en tered the town on horseback, attended by a great number of persons , of the first distinction, and escor ted by two regiments of foot and two regiments of horse. At night the whole town was illuminated. At Weimar 300 men of the Imperial Russian Guards are expected. His Majesty the King of Westphalia, his Impe rial Highness the Grand Duke Constantine, and the Duke and Hereditary Princeof Weimar, have arrived in this place. PARIS, OCTOBER s. The day before yesterday arrived here the 76th re giment on its march to Spain ; this is the last regi ment which is to proceed from the Grand Army to Cut country. On the loth of last month arrived in Grenoble eight very laige waggons, loaded with the collection of antique statues of the Villa Berghese, purchased by his Majesty the Emperor. They chiefly consist of the Gladiator, the Achilles, the Veuus Victriw, and a voce of an uncommon size, and are, destined fir the Museum Naps lean: - Within these last days, no intellipnce of any mo. meat has been received from Spain. General Le- febvre has arrived in Bayonne from that country, and is daily expected in this capital. HAMBURGH, SEPT. sn. • His Majesty the King of Denmark has thrown open the navigation from Denmark, and the whole western coast to Norway, to all Danish ships. But 25 per cent. of the amount of the cargo must be depo sited, wh;ch is forf2ited to the King, in case that the arrival of the ship and cargo in Norway cannot be sa tisfactorily proved. SEMLIN, SFPT. R. According to authentic intelligence received from Belgrade, an armistice was concluded on the 17th of last month between the Turks and Servians for an in determinate time, enacting in substance, that before the '29th of this month all tke batteries and redoubts constructed by both armies, shall be levelled with the ground ; the Turkish as well as Servian army shall evacuate Upper Bulgaria within eighteen days at latest, the former proceeding to Adrianople, the latter beyond the Morawa, and a free and unmolested in. tercourse and communication restored between the in habitants of both banks of the river. This armistice was on the 18th ratified by the corn. znanding Generals cf both armies. SPAIN. LERIDA, SEPT. Is. • A letter just received from Martarell positively states the agreeable intelligence that 250 French in fantry and 50 cavalry, had deserted with their arms and horses, from the castle of Figusras, and arrived at the city of Gerona ; this news created math re joicing in the army of the Llobregat. MEDINA DE RIO SECO, SEPT. Is. Don Phillip Roche, English Colonel of Cavalry, and Deputy from the British Government, yesterday entered this city, and was received with the loudest acclamations and expressions of joy. He enquired minutely into the history of the , calamities which had befallen this city in consequence of the battle of the 14th of July, and expressed the earnest desire of the King his Sovereign, and his subjects, to co-operate to the utmost of their power in the defence of our just cause. The Junta, notwithstanding their limited means (resulting from the plunder the city had un dergone), funtished their respected guest with a mag nificent entertainment, at which the Prelates and the Ecclesiastical Bodies, &c. attended. MADRID, SEPT. 27. Don Frar.cisco de Palafox y Mehl, Deputy from the Kingd nn of Arragon to the Central Junta, has written the following letter, on the conduct of the peo ple of Madrid : " It is with the greatest satisfaction that I have witnessed the most rare exertions of patriotism and generosity in the inhabi tants of this Irrperial Ciry oral Capital, whose benevolent htarts, forgetting all their own sufferinp,s in this most calamitous period, and disregarding their private interest, have hnt.ued to relieve the sufferings of the Arragonese soldiers in the defence of their country, by the most prompt donations of money, clothes, &c. " interested as I am in the felicity of my Country, and having been a witness of the bkave exertiors of those heroic combatants, as well as of their great sacrifices—knowing also how utterly des titute of every thing that army is—while I return my sincere thanks to the beneficent irhabitants of this Ciry, I am obliged to exhort them to complete their generous work—to bear in mind all that the city has enrinred, and continue their contributions of money, clothes, and other necessaries, for those troops, who, regardless of their own want of every comfort, arealreadymarch ing to the Iron lets in search of the enemy. " As ore of the Generals of that army, I assure them that this service wail be engravan on the hearts et the loyal Arragonese and their Central, who, as most interested in the common wet f, , r-, will rejoice in makit g known, that it was hy the aid of the -.Lficent inhAitauts of Madrid (Madrilerros) that he saved the li suntr i• (Strut) PALAIOL" The libleined sheet. of Mat. yill inform diernijdoes the enemy. r=taltirt ' tbis'p4ce ze*-. st►ppiymg US 44 - the brestiond swine. - • - I -go Officers who were istsr. toad Captain Don Francisco Galleries has aga in joined us ; Cut, according eb ylO- 01 ed, the Sub-Lieutenant is ayrisontr. • eg I am able to assure your Etcellency of the va lour and firmness with which all the individuals dif this battalion have conducted themselves ; for some of the peasants have,informed.me, that the French call us brave fellows ; but notwithstanding this gra. Ltifying acknowledgeinent, which ought to exempt those who have submitted, from all outrage and in jury,. those per.idious wretches violate all the rights of war. Our total loss hitherto consists of five killed and three wounded, and the Officer taken prisoner. • U The object of the enemy was to burp and plun der this place, and everything that lay in their way, . art. tt stspres inflow plessere. Tbi Ottr softy it dark irr icreasing in illOMMIpt peocereelkiiii pascal striffeb livrtkr e ere/ day marching throegh this place. es their y er eseEeeifintsey of the afsgoxit ay to ye:ma. A. to parts &My tram a mien st nog to acquaint your Er that part of the country. of the Market anethE cat They write ftens Gerona, that a small party of the lowly exerted themselves At ,nglish effected lately a landing on the ether side of h e i g h ts with breatliesed wine. :osas, and pushed forwards to within two leagues of .4_o( the two Oaten who way in that They v.. that English effected lately a landing t.. Rosas, and pushed forwards to within . Perpignan. RTVADEO, SEPT. Two transports arrived this day in this port, which parted company with the convoy of about 300 sail, on board of which are our troops escaped from the North : they are well dressed, inured to war, and in high spirits. When they disembarked from ie above two transports, they kissed the earth, and exclaimed, " Long live Ferdinand VII. 1" The whole regiment of Asturias, and those of Guadlajora and Algarve, made the most vigorous resistance to the French ; but as the latter were m very great number, amounting to twelve thousand men, they were obliged to surrender, and deliver up their arms. OVIEDO, SEPT. St is . A periodical publication called the Court Gazeor as far as they could penetrate. May Goo pr eserve your Excellency many years. circulated in the French army; the authors of which (Signed) 66 aAmon olutzt.L." are the same who conducted the Diary of Madrid n Addressed to the Marquis de Portazgo. in the time of Murat. When we say that it is under " &num, September 24, 1808." the management of the French, it is needless to add, " htbsT =CELLE-MT 81110 NOR, that it contains only extravagant falsehoods with re- "In pursuance of your Excellency's order of this spect to Spain. The monster of iniquity the Cabi- date, that the advanced guard of the regiment of Ma net of St. Cloud, wishes to persuade the French and jorca, now under my command, should take post in foreign nations, that the Royal Family of Spain made the village of Reneda, three quarters of a league dis their escape, and took refuse in France, because the tant from hence, I thought proper to execute your Spaniards rose upon and wished to exterminate them. order in Fission, with the intention of making myself . `:We who are acquainted with, the cunning, perfidy, completely acquainted with that position, and the and wickedness of this Government, cannot be sur- road between it and this place. prized at this ; but those who admire Napoleon as a " I set out at one o'clock of the day, on my march tutelar Angel, and as the favourite of Fortune, must thither, by the highway, accompanied by Lieut. Dun be astonished when they learn the glorious efforts Jacquin Espatolero, with the veterans of his company, which the Spaniards make to prevent that notorious at present consisting of 58 men. Emperor from founding his dynasty on the ruin of "On coming in sight of Reneda, which is not seen that of Bourbon in Spain, and from completing his until one is quite close to it, we found that the inha plan by destroying that family with still greater per-1 bitants were in the greatest confusion, and flying from fidy and wickedness than that which he practised to- , the approach of the enemy. I ordered our troops to wards the unfortunate Duke of Enghein. halt, that I might reconnoitre them. I observed, at CORUNNA, OCT, e. the distance of musket shot froth the town, about A German has arrived here from Bayonne, where 1 100 men marching by the road that leads from Cas he had concealed himself for six weeks, in order that cajares, who, on their part, remarking that I was ad he might find an opportunity to pass into Spain. He 1 vancing towards them, suspended their march for a reports that all the inhabitants of that place are ex- I few minutes. tremely disgusted, and only await the arrival of the " During this interval I assured my men, that Spaniards to shew themselves. No person there dares their coolness and steadiness would put the enemy to to speak on Spanish affairs, as all who offend in that flight. I ordered the officer to march with 30 men manner are rigorously punished. to the left along the skirt'of the mountain, with the CORUNNA, OCTOBER 4. intention of flanking them in their retreat, and The The following are official statements of the opera- Serjeant, with the remaining 28, to ascend to the right dons of our army, transmitted to the Most Sereneby a path way which progressively commanded the Junta, by his Excellency Don Joaquin Blake, Gene- village. The French seeming determined to enter ral in Chief— it, I ordered the troops to fire, upon which they pre el Mosr EXCELLENT SEIGNOR—I have already ; cipitately fled. The party under the command of the transmitted to you the substance of the affair of yes.lSerjeant, and that on the left, pursued and killed 13 terday (the 22d) at the Inn of Guardia, on the road I of them, besides, as I have since learned, wounded se to Durango ; I now transmit a more circumstantial veral, and taken one prisoner. account, for your Excellency's information. I re- 66 That no doubt may remain of this fortunate ceived intelligence in the morning, that the enemy affair, their arms, straps, and knapsacks have been had called in the advanced party which they had at collected ; and though I cannot assert, that the SO the Inn ; that they had concentrated themselves at who were detached on the left, accomplished their Durango, and left that place, giving out, that they object in cutting off the enemy's retreat, they contri were marching to join the main body of their army. buted by their firing to increase his loss, as did also Nevertheless, still doubting whether it was not a feint, the reconnoitring party which opportunely made its I set out to reconnoitre the heights; and placed a party appearance, under the command of the Lieutenant of of 40 men and a Captain in the above-mentioned the Volunteers of Navarre, Don Hermagenes Diez, Inn ; another on the height of Aramos, and a third and consisted of 24 soldiers of the said battalion, and at Chiriboqueta. I had scarcely returned to this that of Majorca. place, when an alarm was suddenly spread that the " I flatter myself, that the enemy will be consrin- French were approaching, and committing every ced that they have to expect a similar chastisement, species of ravage. Upon this alarm, the inhabi. as often as they face our soldiers. Our loss consists tants abandoned their houses, and the greatest con. only of one wounded, belonging to the Battalion of fusion prevailed. I instantly collected my troops, Navarre. i and proceeded without a moment's delay to meet the " Our advanced guard continues to occupy that enemy ; and at a short distance fram the Inn, I at- post, and their force will be increased by those of the tacked their advanced parties with different detach- same company, who are to join them in the course of ments, killed one dragoon and six infantry, who were, this night. May GOD preserve your Excellency many at the bead of the column. The thickness of the ran. (Signed) " JOSEF scam." wood prevented me from exactly ascertaining the I " Addrealed to Its Lwateno? the General to atier• " Septembot state of his force. I perceived a movement in re- Ertas, 60. treat, and that under cover of a part of the wood nearest the Inn, a column was advancing to a height, from whence they might attack my rear. I immedi ately directed my march to another height extremely rugged and woody, sending out skirmishing' parties, and offering them battle, notwithsnmding the dimi nutive force which 1 had with me. Their numbers appeared greater from their being seen between the trees. In consequence of this movement, they sus pended their attack, and filed off by stealth to their. first position in the wood, whilst another body re., 'ruined on the spot formed in column. The night I was now coming . on, and my position not being con.'"; venient for receiving assistance, I called in my dif• ferent out parties, and filed off in the greatest silence. I took a position on the heights of Asteiza, station- ing some detachments on my flanks. The morning I was ushered in with a thick fog, which prevented me from making any observations ; but it being neces sary that I should ascertain the position of the enemy, I availed myself of the services of some honest pea-1 cants belonging to this place, who most loyally gave„ me all the assistance in their power. The Clerk of ' the Market was particularly useful to me, and fur nished me a confidential person to perform this office, , and also to ascertain the fate of two officers and se- I veral volunteers who were missing. At eleven o'clock I received intelligence that the corps of the enemy , that occupied the Inn had, after a grand reconnoi- trills, retreated to Durango, leaving behind the dead bodies of five Volunteers, whom, after stabbing and 1 mangling them in various places, they stripped naked, and tying their toes together, they placed on the top of the wall. These bodies were immediately ; carried in here for the purpose of interment. On their being brought in, so highly enraged were their companions (not at their being killed, for that they know is the chance of war, but at the outrage and indignities offered to the remains of those brave Ar. ragonese, who fought like soldiers), that it required all my efforts to keep them within the bounds of dis cretion. " The inclenuntcy of the season, and the continual ... 4 , Most Excizto,. _ I have the honour to inform you, that having proceeded on the-19th instant with my battalion of riflemen, consisting of 4sO men, to.occupy the town and monastery of One, in order to secure them from any attack on the part of the enemy, who had threa tened to pillage the Convent, I disposed of the greater part of my troops in guarding the many and distant approaches to the heights and passes leading to and commanding the place ; keeping under m; ate command only 190 men aea,reserve, to assist at' any point where a reinforceme nt n. be necessary.; and ordering my advanced corpSjoitultrly that was posted in the village of Pino, about.* league froM One, to harms the 441:my. with.their skirmishers. By these means I succeeded Ass the following day in. depriving them of the . iiisins which they procured from the adjacent' s tniltillages within a circuit i of two leagues, intercepting, even within their view,i 18 carts laden with bread, eggs, fruits, and other ar ticles of provision. The inconvenience which the enemy suffered from these skirm'shing parties, caused General Bessieres to send, the same day, a menacing letter to the Convent, charging them with want of i punctu-ility in furnishing their contribution of provi sions, and with not- haysng4ivua 'him notice of our; arrival in that quarter • -bi4 :. ne,answer being . setur- 1 . ned, and eager to pill a ge: sh i t, , (a splendid monument of the pietY'bfthetounti Castile, and the repository of their l'ilinglie r "kiinlired to make himself master of a post so inter-uldig, both from its , military advantages and its riches. With this view, at daybreak of 4. 25th,there-,aypeared before the ` ' village of Pino, a column of 19Q0 itiantry, under the command of`a Coletiek With a rear-gnard of 1 . 9 horse men, while they' had a latter force - hid behind a mountainous ridge. that Jalau-Corhudilla. moment, I was accidentellyal the village of Saliss4- on the toad to Poses, Witt!, my reserve consisting of • Adjutant, four officers; and. 190 men, being on my march to the latter plate to surprise 100 tneu, who, according to my Information, were to have en.l tered thatx visserving the enemy's column -- , 14 Jeff and the river rains, from which we had no shelter, have compelled on my , 4 jlank, .crossing the plain, me to alter my position, and to place two companies which separated us , . I took.post on the acclivity of the in advance upon the roads ; in -their rear, 'the regi-; mountaitt forriit the approach on that side to ment of Lugo, which arrived at nine in the eseaing; rino•ansi Pna,. - and' fkitii 'that eminence ipened my utitif - y&r I.ore t guard •of the enemy-, who were . . and the iisCat iiitrance of this town, - „ 41fatxt4 , ExcelleacY 6411-haes the goodness to snake ittioit 4. 1 14 raw* . . uP hi* • . . .•w ~ and steady trap I pat them to flight with the loss of three men kaled.. Having then placed my men be. hind a parapet, I Observed the enemy forming their is Mot of me, and detaching a part of thei r tt lii tis or right, to make a dtto u r roun d t h at in . s aenlonce, in order to gut off my retreat. I dereffee evacuated my position and marched in th e I,lllllllrOlder, and occasionally ii:eleirging a Alley, to the height on which Yamari stands, and which ,commands the other road leading from Pezas to Ona. "Here I took post to tevent the enemy's prog ress; but the - enemy, conceiving that the mad to Pin o wa now left without any defence, advanced in that di. 1 rection, where he met with such resistance f rom an advanced party of 50 men, commanded by Don Th e . thatra DtheeyYarto,thourLhtiepumtenperanttoinrethtereregat toim regiment o r l fi h r i s a t jo posrct. don, with the oss of four more of their number ; a n d upon finding their projects frustrated, and discovering fisien our various positions that all of them commaii: dzd the passes, and that their persisting to penetrate, besides being fruitless, would be attended with the loss of the greater part of their men, took the resolu. 1 tion to retreat, which they accordingly did in the greatest precipitation. The evacuation of Bureba and Burgos soon followed. " In this trifling affair, interesting only froin its results, my officers and troops displayed the utmost zeal and enthusiasm in defence of their beloved King and Country, all of them contributing, in their respec. five posts, to the happy result which I have just cone municated to you, in conformity to my duty. M a y GOD preserve you many years., (Signed) " ALLIANDER O'DONNELL." "Addressed to Don Centro *sem, Brigadier. " General, and Corfu:Lander of the FirstDivie " Sian of the Army of Gallicia." •-- • 0 Ons, Sept. U, 1500 • • ' - RAY OF BISCAY, OCT. 6. Tt appears that the retreat of the French from Bil. boa was a 41Pe lie guerre. The French troops march ed to Vittoria, only to return with a force triple that of the Spaniards who took possession of thetiry. Marshal Ney purposed to signalize, by this couitek main, his entrance into the field in Spain. Happily, the project proved abortive. We are assured offi cially, that the Spanish army, aware of the artifice, retreated without the loss of a man, and resumed their stations on the heights, where the want of cavalry will not be felt, and where they may wait those re r inforeements which are promised so bountifully to this army from every quarter. The official details will in form you su ffi ciently of the positions taken. The result, therefore, of this affair is only that we have that con firmed which weknew before viz. that the army ofGal licia is still incompetent to take a very prominent part in the campaign. It can operate defensively, and by guarding the eastern frontier protect the main armyfite being flanked to the right s but when the 10,000 men from the north are arrived, and they have left this coat several days for St. Ander—..when the 35,000 Eng lish troops have entered the field, and we are anxioudy expecting tidings of them—we then trust that the Gallician army will be able to assume a higher rank among the armies of Spain. The last post front Medici has brought no sews of importance. The Central Junta continues to sit, but we have not yet heard of any one of its public acts. The general information from the other provinces of Spain is very insignificant. Now that the South is cleared of its foes, the proceedings there have ceased to have any interest. All the public hopes and fears are fixed upon the armies in the North, and the Council in the centre of the kingdom. OFFICIAL. CORUNNA, OCTOBER 6. The most Serene Government having received on the 3d of October, a courier from General Blake, with a dispatch, da ted the 27th ult. informing them that the centre of the enemy's army was falling back upon Vittoria (a movement which is confirmed by the subjoined dispatch of the 30th, received by another courier) ; and that upon their retreat, our army we:e preparing to extend their advanced posts, to occupy some advantageous positions ; and understanding that unfavourable reports were spread in this city, stating that their Highnesses had no authentic advices, they were pleased, in contradiction to these rumours, to publish these advice: with a noble frankness: and on the 3d they issued a Notice, containing information which afforde well-founded hopes of greater advanta ges. The retreat of the enemy from Vittoria was a feint, intended to divert the attention of our army, whilst, with thrice our numbers, they were to proceed against Bilbao, which they accordingly did, the whole of their centre corps having been detached upon this service, under the command of Marshal Ney. But the plan which Net had formed was disconcerted by the vigilance of the Marquis del Portazgo, who, aware of the superior force that threatened him, marched off from Bilbao with all his troops and artillery, and with out the loss of a single man, took up a position at Balinaseda. Here General Riquelure, after repul sing the enemy, joined him with the division under his command. These particulars are confirmed by the annexed dispatch, which is published by order of their Highnesses, that the public may not entertain the slightest anxiety or apprehension, but, on the con trary, the expectation thtt this temerity on the part of the enemy, will lead to the surrender of Ney, and the army with which he has entered Bilbao ; General Blake having fallen back with the whole of his army, and taken ass advantageous position on the adjacent heights. - -- . TO THE GOVERNMENT OF GAI.LICIA. MOST SERENE saioNorts—h-The enemy's centre corps which, as I have inform.4i you. in my dispatch of the 27th, had marched to Vittoria, directed its route from that city to lids Bilbcia, under the command of the General in Chief Marshal Ney, for the purpose of falling upon our fourth division, with a force of about three to one. The latter however opportunely evacuated the place and retreated with the artillerr ,-Ileisjbaggap in the Lest Order to Balmaseda, in which Vac% er its environs, they still remmn. The third diVision advanced the same day, as far as Pena de duna, to the assistance of the fourth, in tikiance of a diluent. of Abe enemy that Obeerved theM it a very short tliKance from their iint of m itch, aaa b..!.w2ea iihuseaufranced parties - and ours, watt firing took place. Brigadier-General Don Francisco ttiinelure was on hiattiarch for ilittitia; *Wm lie was informed of our having evacuated it, and thbtusetity,tiriing ea • - ierad it ; in consequence ofitile% he altered Ms TOW./ Allikliaarched in adirectips whanialit his *opining Ge _ _ fore bet '1 r g i I , 3