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CLASSICAL JOURNAL, No. VIII. Price 6s. SPANISH PAPERS. El Cowin, of the 12th December, contains the fol- I lowing remarks uphn Suchet's Order of the Day, re lative to the battle of Sagunto : , t We thoroughly understand French paintings and the colourings given to them ; the exaggerations they publish, and the means they adopt to deceive the in cautious. The principal facts which Suchet states, ascertain the particulars are coloured. But let us for a moment suppose it all to be true—it is not sufficient to tell truth, it is requisite to state it with all its re quisites-:--these wanting, there is a failure of ingenu ousness, which causes even truth itself to be sus pected. Had Suchet been candid he would have said—Soldiers I the conquest of Murviedro cost 3000 of your comrades—to obtain that object I abandoned Catalonia, where I lost 5000 men. I left Arragon without Soldiers, where I left 4000 in prisoners or killed ; and in the different assaults, battle of Mur viedro, and other anterior affairs, 4000 more have perished." - The Gazette of Estremadura contains an inter cepted letter from Marshal Marmont to General Foy, wko commands in Toledo. Part of it is in ciphers— the rest is as follows : " Talavera, October 21. " I received this moment your letter of the lsth, with a copy of that of Daultanne. As a general instruction you will On no account depart front this arrangement. The army of Por tugal must not be employed in escorts, nor in maintaining the communication with that of the South, We have quite enough to do in supplying ourselves with provisions. " King Joseph, it seems, was unwilling that I should occupy Illercas on account of its proximity to Madrid and the scarcity there. For this reason, and for the better one of the long jour ney the troops would have to make hither, I have not chosen to occupy it. " My intention was not to occupy Aranjuez, but since the Ministers of the King have ventured to • • • ", and to command • • •, do you not lose a moment in sending a detachment to that place, where the Prefect of Toledo will collect as muck supply as possible, and do you at all points within your district seize • •, take possession, and let nobody touch them. The Emperor has allotted the province of Toledo for this purpose, and not the Pre fectorate, and consequently the whole province belongs to us.— Take the wheat and the money, and let them provide themselves elsewhere •• •. All must be preserved for the army of Portu gal. We have expeditions to make, and we are under the most urgent necessity. a I must have possession of all the corn that has been sold, sod do you acquaint the buyers that the Spanish Government will indemnity them. EXTRACT OF A PRIVATE LETTER FROM CADIZ, DATED DEC. 18, 1811. eg The more I see of the Spanish character, the higher it rises in my estimation. If any of the •irtues which enoble men yet remain on the Conti nent, it is in Spain they have taken refuge; but I am writing to one who knows and appreciates the noble Spaniards. The present Government is weak, despi cable, and bad. All Spaniards are convinced it must be changed ; but at the present crisis it is a delicate matter. They arc jealous of the interference of Eng land in the nomination of a new Regency ; and Blake's being at Valencia is another and stronger reason. In the mean time, all is confusion and anar- chy, doubt and distrust, and you may infer the state of the other armies, when the soldiers want bread— all the necessaries of life, here. ‘, I am convinced the Regency would have been changed, but for ill-advised measures on the pat t of our people here. Spaniards will never submit to any nation nominating their Government. 44 A little management, and a clever intelligent Minister would do much. Lord would govern all Spain. But the Spaniard will always rise superior to every effort made to depress him: his high spirit re coils from submission, though I am sure he is to be led in the plain, open road of frank and generous policy, like a child. I much fear some popular tumult will take place here—the people are tired of being cheated so long, and of the ridiculous discussions of the Cor. tes. Was there any popular General here, he would be a Cromwell—they only want a head. The dispo sition of the people is excellent, but that class which ought to be best, is w orst. Thcre are many traitors in all departments—French gold and honours find their way to the Cortes. Still the people aro faithful to the cause—they give all they have, their blood. 46 It is a strange fact, that the Minister of a Go vernment like Portugal, has more influence, both per sonal and public, than the British Minister, with every possible advantage—who might, by studying the cha racter, flavering the prejudices, and a very little ma nagement, personally get such extensive influence as to render abortive all the underhand attempt 3 of the French, and govern all Spain without appearing to do so. The persons spoken of as likely to form the Re gcncy, , are Due del Infantado, Castanos, and O'Don : the latter will, I am sure, be excluded, as the Cortes fear him. Apodaca is to p Commissioner to South America. From such observations as I am able to make in so short a period, it appears to me that the energy of the people is still alive and active, and only requires one man of talent to melee it blaze fiercer than ever ; that the present Government is des picable, perhaps worse ; that all tear too much inter ference on the part of England in their arrangements and Government, and that prevents a change at this moment. They are,astonished at our inactivity in Pon tugal, and make remarks on English policy, very un favourable. Among the higher orders, there are many traito: • and bigots—few, very few of enlightened ta lents. The army, ill fed, ill cloathed, ill treated, un .paid, ;s still loyal, brave, patient, and ae army-.-they forget their own injuries, and think only of Spain.- 4'Wheie are the men who could act thus? While a Spaniard lives ; 1 should not despair of Ole cause of • PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS: HOUSE OF LORDS, JAN. IS. Their Lordships met at an early hoar, when the Loan CNA N• CZ LLO it having assumed the Woolsack, and several Peers b-ins in their places, the Earl of Gosroan, as a Representative Peer of Ireland, was Introduced, and took the oaths and his seat accor dingly. 1' lie Doctors Sir H. Halford and J. and IL D. Willis, who had not been present on Friday, attended, and were sworn, previous to their examination before the Select Committee. Several. Scotch Appeals, among which were. Lowther and Henderson, Spalding and Wa'son,spencer and M'Nair, Harri son and Crawford. Chalmers and Watson, Wardel and Wardel, were withdrawn by agreement. On the motion of the LORD CHANCELLOR, it was ordered that no more Petitions for Private Bills should he received after the tist of February, and no Report thereon be made after the 25th March. APPEALS. Petitions from certain persons for leave to present Papers, &c. in their respective cases, after the prescribed period, were taken into consideration. The LORD CHANCELLOR observed, that ha had moved to postpone the consideration of these Petitions, with the view that their Lordships might have an opportunity of knowing the na ture of the cases to which they referred. An Order had been made, that the parties shOuld have their cases printed and laid upon the table very shortly after the House should meet in the present Session. The conjectural policy of this Order maybe es timated by the consideration that there were already no fewer than thirty-six Appeals withdrawn, on application from the par ties ; and not leas than thirty-two Petitions for farther time to lay the necessary papers before the House. It appeared to him highly improper to permit such Petitions to pass, without calling the particular attention of the House to each and every one of them. And in order to know whether they ought to be agreed to, he would propose to adjourn the farther consideration, that the Agents might be examined as to the truth of the allegaduns upon which they proceeded. His Lordship concluded by moving that the farther consideration of Petitions for time to lay the Papers before the House be adjourned till Wednesday next; and that the Agents of the respective parties do attend at the Bar on that day, which was ordered accordingly. VOTES OF THANES. The Earl of LIVERPOOL took notice of an informality which appeared in the mode of transmitting the Votes of thanks agreed to by the House on Friday to the Governor• General of India and to the Commanders of the Forces. The cue, he believed, was rather new, but be was desirous to amend the votes, by moving that the Lord Chancellor be ordered to transmit the votes sepa rately to the Governor-General and to the Commanders of the Land and Sea Forces. The Votes thus moved and amended were passed accordingly, and their Lordships adjourned to to-morrow (this day). HOUSE OF COMMONS. Mr. CROKER gave notice, that on Wednesday he would submit to the House Estimates of the Navy Wear and '1 ear, when an Hon. Friend of his (Mr. Yorke) would move for their being taken into consideration on Frislay. On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, the propriety of continuing the Distillation front Grain, was re ferred to a Committee for that purpo•e, to-morrow. The Sugar Export Bill was read a second time and committed for to-morrow. The Committee of Supply was ordered for Wednesday. The Report of the Committee of Supply was presented, read, and approved of by the House, and ordered to he on the table. The usual Annual Navy E s timates were submitted to the House and read. The Coal Trade Bill passed through a Committee of the whole House. The Report was broJght up, and ordered to be printed. Mr. H. SUMNER presented a Petition from the inhabitants of Lambeth and its country vicinity, praying for leave to provide a more efficient nightly patrole for their security, also for liberty to repave and relight the streets. A Committee was accordingly appointed, and leave given to insert notice of the Bill in the Ga zette of Saturday. On the motion of Mr. WHARTON, an humble Address was ordered to be presented to the Prlnse Regent, praying that he would be pleased to lay before the House the Annual Accounts of the Civil List, the ordinary Navy and Army Esthnates, the Ordnance Estimates, and those for the Transport Service. HIS MAJESTY'S HEALTH. Mr. C. LONG brought up the Report of the Se. lect Committee appointed to examine the Physicians with regard to the state of his Majesty's health. The Report was ordered to be printed. HIS MAJESTY'S HOUSEHOLD. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER gave notice that he should, on Thursday next, move that the whole House do resolve itself into a Com mittee to take into consideration that part of the Lords Commissioners' Speech relating to his Ma jesty's Household. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER afterwards rescinded this notice, observing, that he thought it would be better it should stand as an Or. der for Thursday next, that the whole House do re solve itself into a Committee fur that purpose.-- Agreed. IRISH BARRISTERS. , The SPEAKER informed the House, that he had received from the Deputy Clerk of the Crown for Ireland a list of the Barristers under six years stand ing, who were deemed fit to act as Commissioners for the regulation of contested Elections, according to the Act of the 42d of his present Majesty. PRIVATE BILLS AND PETITIONS. The SPEAKER briefly addressed the House upon the little attention that was commonly bestowed by its Members to the progress of private Bills and Pe titions ; while it was sufficiently evident that a very great portion of public happiness, interest, and pro perty, were thus neglected by them, and to the mani fest Injury of the plivate individuals who were con cerned in such Bills and Petitions. He hoped the Honourable Members would consider this part of their duty as forming a questitm for their consldera tion, no less important than some of those public measures which obtained so marked an attention from the House. ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS. Lord FOLKSTONE postponed, from Thursday next until Tuesday, the 21st instant, his notice of a motion (en the Petition of Mary Dickson, complain ing of the hardships under which she labours, in con sequence of a sentence of excommunication from the Ecclesiastical Courts. The Noble Lord stated, that he did not mean to confine his motion simply to the subject of the Petition, but to make it a general ob ject with respect to the proceedings of the inferior Ecclesiastical Courts. THE EVENIKG STAR. DIKE OF YORK. Lord COCHRANE gave notice that he would on Thursday next move for an Address to his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, praying that he would be graciously pleased to order a copy of a letter from the Duke of Cambridge to the Duke of York respec ting a recent occurrence, with a copy of the letter in reply by the latter, to be laid before the House. DRURY-LANE THEATRE, • Mr. WHITBREAD gave notice, that on Mon day, he would move for leave to bring in a Bill, as an amendment on an Act passed during the last Ses sion, respecting the rebuilding of Drury-lane Theatre. The SPEAKER doubted whether there was a ne cessity for giving any notice, the Bill being of a pri vate nature. Adjourned tin. to-morrow. .. r ..... LONDON. TUESDAY, JANUARY 14% PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY Al ONE O'CLOCK S per Ct. Cons. for money 6214 ex. div.—Do. for aee.634 64 9 per Cent. Red. 624 69—Navy S per Cent. 9414 ex. dir. 4 per Cent. 7914—Bonds 17s. 18*. pre.—Omniunt 4 dis. Exch. Bills (3d.) Ss. 4s. pre.—Ditto (Std.) 41. Ss. 6s. pre. The Dividends are now paying at the Bank. The State Lottery begins Drawing at Nine &Clock Tuesday Morning, and fintshee the same day. A Lisbon Mail arrived this morning. The head quarters are still at Freynada, and the allied army is in a state of perfect tranquillity. The dispatches from Lord WELLINGTON are dated on the 18th ultimo, but they are devoid of any intelligence of a public nature. NO disposition whatever was shewn on the part of the enemy to disturb the Allied Army, the postare of which was becoming every day more formidable in point of numbers and resources of every description. The English officers and soldiers, in particular, were to a man in high health and spirits. The following is the most interesting part of the letters and papers brought on the above occasion : " LISBON, DECEMBER 22. " Head-quarters still remain at Freynada, where our gallant soldiers and their incomparable Comman der amuse their leisure hours with hunting, shoot ing, &c. 66 General Hir.'s division likewise remains quiet : he has kept two or three regiments at Albuquerque ever since Girard's affair. Our men who were sick are now recovering very fast. 66 Mina continues to invest Saragossa. He had, the other day, a successful affair with a French force of 2000 men, at Darnca. tg Our last adviccs from Valencia are of the 29th ultimo, at which time Suchet bad not repaired the destruction the garrison caused in their sortie of tLe 19th. 44 The Guerillas in the neighbourhood of Madrid have paid another visit to King Joseph, and carried off from 30 to 40 of his finest mules." gusBON, DECEMBER 17. " Cadiz Gazettes to the 4th have arrived; they do not confirm the accounts before received that Su chet had raised the siege of Valencia. They speak of an action of the Empecinado, but not at Cubillego, with the French who had evacuated the Castle of Mulina—he killed 400, and wounded .500. Ballas teros was under the artillery of Gibraltar. VALENCIA D'ALCANTARA, DEC. S. " Head-quarters of the Sixth Army, Nov. 11. _ _ " The head-quarters of this army left Villa Franca on the 7th, for Vintiates, and on the same day the troops of the vanguard, and the second division which occupied El Viergo, put themselves in motion in dif ferent directions, debouching by the passes of Fuence badon and Manzanal, and some corps approaching to within a quarter of a league of Astorga ; the troops of the 3d division had orders to operate in the di rections of Banheza and Benavente. K The object of this movement was to call the at tention of the troops which were in Leon, in order to reinforce those which were entering the Asturias, as was done ; for on the 9th 4000 infantry and 600 horse passed by Orbigo for Astorga. The object proposed being obtained, the troops retired into their cantonments, leaving a corps of cavalry in advance to act in the vicinity of Carrizo. . 4 From want of shoes and other articles indispen. übly necessary for making war in such a climate and situation, the operations of this part of the army have been delayed, awaiting the national gratitude and support, which those merit who have sacrificed every necessary of life to maintain the independence of their country, and preserve the rights and property of their fellow-citizens. " His Excellency also received yesterday a letter from General Silviera, dated from his head-quarters at Villareal, in which he says, that he had received orders from General Lord Wellington to act in con cert with our army, on which account he bad marched for Chaves, in which place, and in Braganza, the divsion under his command would assembal, to act as circumstances might require ; his principle object being to defend Portugal on that side, and, when it can be done without risk, to co-operate in the defence of Gallicia. a He also says, that Don Carlos dc Hispanha is at Lumbrales, arming and clothing his division, for the use of which he ha.l received from Lord Wellington 1000 stand of arms." 4, VALENCIA DE ALCANTARA, DEC. to. a General Bregneer, who occupied Placentia and its neighbourhood, has completely fulfilled his com mission—filling with misery that unfortunate country. We are assured that he has sent away 100 Ecclesias tics, or respectable Citizens, because their respective places did not id fact enable them to pay the extra. ordinary contributions imposed upon them. His conduct in the other parts of the province has been similar. 44 The letters by the last Courier say, that the de fenders of Valencia every day hope to strike some great and successful blow against the enemy, who they have already dislodged from the Anabalde de Alboyara, and obliged to concentrate themselves in Murviedro ; that the Empecinado and Duran have blockaded the garrison of Daroca..jvfina has entered flue 3C a ; and taken sonle hondredsofFrencb prisoners." e g MCA, (IN CATALONIA) Om Hi N. All the official accounts, which come dow n to the 15th instant, as well as private letters of the is sh. afford a consolotary idea on contemplating tie pa. triode reaction of our arms, since the last disa sters. u The General-in-Chief D. Louis Lacy officiall y has informed the Sopelor of the bravery with whi e k the Baron d'Eroles and his valiant troops took a e a , toy under Tgualada, destroying a battalion whi c h 00 , coned it, and a strong column which sallied f rost Igualada to protect it ; the killed were numerous, h. cause the action was obstinate and bloody ; th e rd. soners and wounded amount to 200. al On the 11th the Baron informed the Genera L i e. Chief of his having taken pritoners the whole garris co of Cervera. In Bell Puit 400 more of the enemy w et blockaded, and the Baron was fully confident tk . ie , would meet the fate of their companions in Cent re . Partial actions daily take place in every direction, b e . tween our Guerillas and the enemy, in which siac e the assassination of Sen. Montardit in Balaguer. it is not customary to give quarter. " Our army augments extraordinarily, and t h e arms of independence acquire fresh motives fo r d r exaltation of the patriotism of these valiant 411 1 4. tants." ITh Royal Highness the PRINCE Recur has bete pleased, in the name and on behalf of his MAJEsry, b t Letters Patent, under the Great Seal of Ireland, tone, mote the Rev.ionti Lew', D.D. Dean oftheCatfiettpl Church of Cork, to the Bishopric of Dromore, la et room of the Right Rev. Dr. Gun to n H ALL , l ate *. shop thereof, deceased. &tram—There - was no Court of Aldermen today, The LORD MAYOR, after inspecting the Retain; O. dered k to fall One Penny per peck. At the last meeting of the Chamber of Commerce of Glasgow, we understandaComminee was appoire. ed to consider and report, what steps ought to taken upon the approaching expiration of the E t a India Company's Charter, thin that immense hdd commerce might be opened to the individual entw. prize and capital of the Merchants of this country, in the same way that it has, for so log a Came, b ee to traders from America. The American Commodores BARON and BAR. BRING; who were acting as Supracargees on board merchantmen. have been taken by Danish prinks.% and carried into Sweden. The former commando! the Chesapeake in the affair with the Leopard —tin latter is conlidered one of best seamanin the ADM* rican Navy. The remains of the late Mr. Disowns, Mawr and Proprietor of the B a th Th eatre , were depteld on Thursday last in the Abbey Church of that site. A large crowd of spectators attended on the unisp choly occasion, and, by their unaffected grief; bass testimony to the distinguished worth of the deceased. Mr. Dtx(ims was in the 57th year of his age. Ile ma highly esteemed for rod sense, a benevolent ditgai eition, and the gentlemanly urbanity of his nom" Thursday night a quart bottle we; threwn 004 the first gallery at the Theatre, Hull, into the which struck a young woman of the game of TY* son on the head, and hurt her severely. Saw afp came forward, and pointed out four soldiers as it party by some of whom the bottle bad been throes( they were immediatel7 taken into cus t ody ; owe if whom confessed to throwing the bottle. Saturday a private belonging to a regiment of litia, lying at Plymouth, was detected in passing ks ged notes on the Bank of England, he was taken is custody by Captain LLOYD of the same regiment and, on being searched, there was found on him now as follows :—Two of 415, one of £2, and one amounting in all to £l5 • which notes he were manufactured on bo ard the prison shipsl , f o rat Hamoaze, and that be pur c ha s ed t h em t h at n of the prisoners, paying one pound in cash for is whole. He will be delivered over to the civil Paolo and will be sent to the county jail in a few tin • take his trial at the ensuing Assizes. Wednesday night, the house of Captain SemtP ville, in George-street, Plymouth-Dock, was •• tered by some daring villains, who proceeded to dir steward's room, but on searching the room, one ef the mput his hand on the face of the steward as be in bed, and awoke him, on which the steward at the robbers, when a scuffle ensiled ; Captain ' ville, hearing the noise, proceeded to the room • which the villains ran off, taking with them a par of boots and, a great coat from the passage, bet 0 being Closely pursued, they dropped them, and dud their escape. Yesterday evening se'nnigbt, between five and at o'clock, a daring attack was made on two young mill returning to Bristol over Broad&ld Downs, has Wrington, by two highwaymen. Without sluing a word they fired a pistol, which missing the young sr' and startling their horses, one of the highwaymee 2 1 • mediately commenced a pursuit, and again fired soon overtook the hindmost, who was not so v?•+ mounted as his companion, and after dragging 1 ? 11 off his horse, beat him unmercifully, and rubbed A letter from Sweden gives the following Utk cause of the French Minister's retirement from Stalk holm :-••ALQUIER, at an audience with the C.OI Peswee, requested, that in future he might be P i ! mitted to communicate on all business relating t 0 mission immediately with his Royal Highnesewill' out the intervention or privity of Baron ENossters• the Minister for Foreign Affairs. BRIM A DOM 0' plied, that such a proposition was contrary to all usual mode, and quite inadmissible ; and that be determined never to deviate from the usual mods! intercourse with Foreign Ministers. Soon aftairlo" in an official conference with Baron Von Esollitt i l respecting therelations with England, ALOIS' ciw the Swedish Government infamous (" 5 Gouversnonst," were his words.) This insult at' rally occarioned a conlness towards the Freel nister, which induced him to complain to Bet!ar who instructed him in th e nex t audience be aught with the Pittxce to demand the dismission et ES. most, which he accordingly did, but without I and in consequence, following the instructions master, he left Stockholm without taking lean riuNCa a aad Proceeded to Coraboseii•