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MI PRLVATE GOtTIhBURGH MAIL. .GOTTENBURGH, JULY 29. " A vessel belonging to Bremen, is arrived at Culscrona from Riga, at which place the Captain 5 lys, that the general conversation was, that a nego , ciation for peace was carrying on between Russia and England. Large bodies of troops were collecting in Polish Russia. Wasa is again ours, but the reconquest has not been effected without much bloodshed. Some trai tors, who were known to have favoured the Russians, Ind assisted them in getting possession of the town, were killed by the Fin peasants, who co-operated with tha army. " Baron Stedingk, late Ambassador to Russia, re 'ceived his Majesty's orders, as soon as he arrived at Carlserona, to join him with all possible expedition in Finland. It is the general opinion that he is to be employed on a new and extraordinary embassy to the Court of St. Petersburgh. " It is runsoured that a vigorous attack will shortly be made upon Abo, and under the immediate com mand of the King." DUTCH PAPERS. PARIS, JULY 28. We learn that her Majesty the Queen of Naples and now Queen of Spain, arrived at Lyons on the 20th inst. at one o'clock in the afternoon. His Excellency the Duke of Friuli, Grand Mar shal of the Palace, has written from Bayonne to the Prefect of Gers, to inform him that his Majesty would speedily pay a visit to Auch, where he would stop for one day. The prefect was desired to make the necessary arrangements for the accommodation of his Majesty and his suite. It appears to be his Majesty's intention to proceed from Auch to Toulouse. The postmasters on the road from Tarbes and Toulouse had notice from the Inspector to have an extra number of horses in readi ness on the 22d. Each relay was to consist of forty five horses. The post-horses on the line of road from Alien were transferred to that from Pau to Galles. On the 21st inst. at eight o'clock in the evening, their Majesties set off from Marac near Bayonne with the intention p of making a tour through the soother') departments. JULY 30.-.-They are making vast preparations for the 13th of August, the birth-day of the Emperor and King. His Majesty is expected at Rambouillet on that day. All the playhouses will be gratuitously opened to the public. There are to be grand aquatic fetes on the Seine ; and in the evening the Thuilleries will be illuminated. There has been a dreadful hail storm at Tokay, n'here hailstones are said to have fallen of the size of a hazel-nut, and to have occasioned much mischief. PAU, JULY 22. Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress, who departed at ten o'clock at night from Bayonne, on tke 20th of July, arrived here yesterday morning at ten o'clock. The road on which they passed was strew ed with branches of palm -trees, and during the night the town was illuminated by bonfires. On their approach to the town they were met by the Constituted Authorities and inhabitants, who went out to greet them. They left their carriages at the Castle Galos, a quarter of a league from Pau.— The same day, at two o'clock his Majesty gave audi ence to General Lamartilliers, commanding the ,Le gion of Reserve, and to the Major of the Portuguese troops and other officers of the garrison, as well as to the officers of the Guard of Honour, infantry and cavalry, commanded by Gontant Biron. His Ma jesty received the congratulations of the colleges and His clerg. y Majesty afterwards rode on his charger to view the •Castle of Henry IV. arid thence proceeded to visit the Lyceum. lie afterwards went to see the Mena gerie, about a short league from the town. In the evening the place was illuminated. At • the front of the Castle, facing the River, there was a comedy reformed for the entertainment of the Court. His Majesty departed the ne;t morning at love o'clock.—Monte r, July 29. TOULOUSE, JULY ta. The wishes of the inhabitants of Toulouse, and of the Department of the Upper Garonne, will at length be gratified. His Majesty the Emperor and King is expected here to-morrow (Sunday). Splendid pre parations are made to receive him. We are assured that his Majesty will remain here till the 28th. The Archbishop has, in a mandamus addressed to all the Pastors, Ministers, and the Clergy in general within his province, prescribed the particular ceremo nies with which his Majesty in his route shall be re ceived on entering their respective parishes. ROTTERDAM, AUGUST 3. The Paris papers of the 31st ult. contain nothing new. .The five per cents, with the dividend from he 12 4 1 d bunk were on that day at 84 f. 80 c. FRANKFORT, JULY 26. Letters from Constantinople of the 24th June men tion, chat an English vessel, hearing a Rag of truce, had arrived, which was not received, op account of the close alliance between' the Borne atd stance. • HAMBUR9H, JULY 29. • • We am assured that intelligence was received at , C o penhagen, on the 23d, that the 4ussian General Buxbovden had surrounded and captured General Klingspor, with 12,000 men. A rumour was also in circulation, that the alliance between Sweden and England is interrupted. It was firther reported there, that the Swedish squadron under the comet and of 'Admiral Ceder strom, which appeared off Abo, met with su c h a re oeption from the flotilla and the batteries, that it was compelled to retire frcint thatplace with very conside rable loss. - A Spanish regiment is encamped at goschild, in the Island of Zealand,. and 9000 Danes are encamped !Intuit-gen, in the county of Holbeck. • The day before _yesterday, tbeSpanish o ffi cers and ;lams at the N'AtAry,4ep4t 4t Altona and in the v icinity, took the oath of allegiance to their new rimer the new constitution had been read to them. N o iSi n g but acclamations of Long live t h e • Ki ng , Don Jo!epli Napoleon !" The French jai Dupas gave a grand entertainment to the oat ars. After dinner the health of the new king w ., s drank, and recated several times with tmt?onn 40410auae? PORTI7GAL. OPORTO, JULY 55. ' The French General Loisson, nicknamed Maneta (lame of one hand) retreated to Lisbon, and after; wards advanced with 4000 men as far as Pinal d'Ar ambige ; but he became alarmed, and again returned to Lisbon. This intelligence is confirmed by an in habitant of this city, who arrived yesterday from the capital. It is certain that there are 15,000 Spaniards at Abrantes, waiting the orders of their Government as to their advancing to attack Lisbon. This day has arrived off the bar a nnmerous con voy of English vessels, having on board ten thou sand troops, and a great quantity of ammunition and arms. The sufferings of our countrymen at Lisbon de. serve our utmost compassion ; but the preparations for organizing our army could not have been for warded with more activity than they have been by our Government. Already there is a considerable body of troops at Coimbra, and also at Figueira ; and now that the English are about to land, while the Spaniards are coming down, and an attack is at the same time to be made by sea, it is to be hoped that our capital will be speedily rescued from those robbers and ruffians, who, while they promised protection, were guilty. of insult and robbery wherever they went. We shall then be completely at liberty to assist our good neigh bours and brother the Spaniards. We expect here, in a short time, all the Portuguese ships which were in England, and also the Portuguese troops and other persons who had embarked for the Brazils, but have not yet left England. The Portuguese army is to be modelled on a new plan. Some corps of cavalry, and some new batta lions of light trr eps are now farming. Another party of French prisoners have been brought in from De Cavillan. Two vessels, one of them regularly armed, have sailed from this port for Rio Janeiro. N. B. Since writing the above, information has been received that at one P. M. on the 26th, the Eng lish convoy, all safe, were dropping anchor in the roads of Figueira. SPAIN. AGREDA, JULY 17. 'We have just received intelligence of the complete defeat of 3000 Frenchmen, who attempted to pene trate into SaragOssa on the 14th. It is ascertained beyond all doubt, that in the re peated attacks made upon the Arragonese since the 15th of June, the French have lost no :e.s than 20,000 in killed and wounded. BADAJOZ, JULY Is. A Supplement to the " Diary" of this date con tains the following details of the military evi.nts which have taken place at Valencia : " MURCIA, JULY 2.—Here we have passed some' gloomy days, in consequence of understanding that'' the French were directing their march towards this part of the kingdom. About three weeks ago we re ceived information that Marshal Moncey had. arrived at Cuenca, with 12,000 men and a strong corps of cavalry, theValencians having been too late in taking measures to prevent his pro-tress. The real intentions of the French were nevertheless, still doubtful, though the most general opinion was that they would attack Valencia, by the reduction of which both these king doms w ould be left in the most defenceless condition, and they would hate the means of forming a junction with those in Catalonia. The approaches to the king don of Valencia are abundantly defended by nature, by means of the rivers Cabriel and Joey., and a chain of extremely rugged mountains—and these were oc cupied by some troops of the line, and a considerable body of the Valencians. The greater part of the Murcian army was posted on the southern bank of the .Tatar, and also a part of that of Valencia having their head quarters at Al manza, and their advanced guard at Chinchilla and Albacote, where they lay without the slighest moles tation. On the 21st Moncey attacked the mountains of Valencia, which he crossed, though • not without some loss, and immediately advanced to the attack of Valencia, • We were apprised of the result of the attack, but remained without any official advices until the 30th ult. when the following dispatch was received here : • On the 26th Seignor Cam attacked Moncey's army at Bunols, and made great havock among his cavalry and infantry. After this defeat Mencey re treated to between Quarte and Mislata, where he was attacked a second time by Seignor Caro, and sustained considerable loss. During the night of the 27th, Seignor Caro ad vanced to cover and defend Valencia. The enemy directed his march towards that city on the 28th, and made a furious attack upon it. They began a dis charge of musketry and artillery at one P. M. and continued the firing incessantly until eight in the even ing. The inhabitants returned the fire with cannon planted in the gates and on the walls, and also with an incessant discharge of musketry from the tops of the houses. The gate of Quarte was the principal object of attack throughout the vrhole of the action. But the continued filing* from the citadel, and the glorious re,istance made by the army of Seignor Caro, who charged with their bayonets, occasioned so great , a slaughter among the enemy, that at 8 o'clock they weir'obliged to retreat to their head-quarters, between Quarte and Mi4a4, which wass 4efeilde4 by scrppg batteries? 6 On the 59th, the forces under the command of Seignors Cervellon and Llamas advanced towards the enemy, in order to attack him op all sides, by placing him between the fire of the City a:Rd of the Murcian I and Valencian amies 3 and it is at this moment sonsenewsesesmom , thought, that there is not a rernnantleft of these rcb bers, wile, to their other losses, have to add that of I lit pieces of cannon.' Since'writing the above the post has arrived, stnd I brings intelligence that the French were entirely des troyed, with the esception of from one to 2000 men, who were wandering about the country, and endea vouring to make them escape, but who are expected.to share the same fate as the rest." TOLEDO, JULY la. At five o'clock in the afternoon of the 15th, 110 royal carabineers, with 11 officers, a pair of colours, military chest and kettle drums, entered this place, l having marched sixteen leagues without meeting any obstruction. They had orders to proceed to the town of Chinchon, but learning that two corps of French troops were marching for that place with the intention of making them prisoners, this distinguished band, anxious to sacri fi ce their lives in defence of their country, and their King Ferdinand VII. deter mined to set off from that town to join the army un der General Castanos, with the exception of a Ser jeant Major and a Captain, who shewed no disposi tion to follow them. They intended to halt here dur ling the 16th, but learning that the two French corps bad actually arrived at Chinchon, they set out at twelve at noon in order to join General Castanos. RIO SECO, JULY 23. The French, driven to rage and madness by the great slaughter and discomfiture which they had sus tained in the battle of the 14th, entered this place with fire and sword, putting to death every one who fell in their way in the streets, and in the houses. In one street they killed 129 individuals, and in a single ward upwards of 200. The place is every where filled with dead bodies. This carnage was followed by an indiscriminate pillage, which continued during the whole of the night ; and whatever they could not carry off with them they destroyed. Church vestments and utensils, plate, chalices, pyses, the sa cred hosts all carried off, or plundered—the image, dashed in pieces !—virgins, matrons, widows,****** young and old, all******Just GOD ! Blessed GOD ! hadst thou granted permission to the infernal spirits to afflict us, they.could not have made greater ha vock in thiodiwn ! Beloved FATHER, we confess that though thou dealest with us most mercifully, our sins have deserved a still severer chastisement ; but forget not, 0 LORD ! that we have all of us a MEDIATOR, who is GOD with the FATHER, and that at this mo ment Rio Seco is the most unfortunate, the most wretched habitation on the face of the earth ! HEAD-QUARTERS AT MANZANAL, JULY. 29. The army of Gallicia extends, from this place to very near Astorga, occupying a space of more than three leagues, including the'encampments in the ad joining villages. Our General Seignor Blake is here, forming his dis positions. The post office f or the army is established at Membibre. . Yesterday arrived here the famous volunteer bat talion of Victoria, with their black colours, bearing the inscription, Victory or Death." With this motto and their determined spirit, it may well be sup posed that they strike terror into the enemy. It is said that they neither take nor live quarter. All of them seem resolute fellows. The battalion of students remains at Villa Franca. The following has been published, " BY ORDER OF THE GOVERNMEYT :•••••• " On the 28th inst. Marshal Bessieres transmitted a second letter to our General in Chief, to which he requested a satisfactory answer, informing him that, with all due respect to his good opinion, it was his duty to avoid the effusion of blood, it being certain that the Bourbons, whom the Gentral mentioned, ne ver could reign while France and the greater part of Europe existed in their present state. He also informs the General, that he is anxious to see him, and ap points a place of interview. To this letter was sent the following answer : " July 28, 1808. " STAGNOR have, with due respect, received your Excellency's letter, and have to repeat my thanks to you for having set at liberty the 4 or 500 prisoners whom you took in the battle of Rio Seco, and whom your Excellency describes as peasants of Gallicia. They are nevertheless regular soldiers, bo ing recruits incorporated with the troops of the line, though they do not wear the uniform. In explaining this circumstance, my intention is not to release myself from acknowledging the gene rous conduct your Excellency has manifested towards those peo ple, but to guard against the possibility of their upon ary occasion receiving, in consequence of any misconception, a species of treat ment which they do no deserve, and which, from the sentiments manifested by your Excellency, could not but be painful to your own feelings. Your Excellency will always find pie disposed to alleviate, as far as possible, all theltorrors of war, flattering my self that in this respect I shall only imitate your conduct. But, Seignor General, I am not at liberty to agree to the conference which you are pleased to propose to me, nor to enter into any discussion upon the subject which we should have to agitate on such an occasion. " Your Excellency Informs me, that the Bourbon Family has ceased to reign in Spain ; sr; that, in order to re-place them on the throne, it would be first necessary to destroy France, and a great part of Europe. What, then, is the great crime committed by that family ? Can it be the frank, faithful, and intimate friend ship and alliance, which have united it to France during the space of thirteen years ? But in attempting to make any retie:ions I exceed my limits—it is my duty to confine myself to the intreaty that your Excellency will abandon the project of altering the opi nion which I have already so decidedly pronounced upon the sub ject. Your Excellency would doubtless take offence, were 1 to propose to you a change of party, and that you abo'uld abandon the Emperor whom you have sworn to support ; and most assur edly you should reßect that, upon the same principles, I ought not to listen to your Excellency's protocols, nor it it fitting that your Excellency should address them to a man of honour. 't Such is the esteem and admiration, Seignor General, Inwhich 1 hold your Excellency's military talents, that I glory in having op posed to me so distinguished at; antagonist ; and with respect to the final issue of the present struggle, I repose myself with confi • dente on the DIVINt PROVIDENCZ, to whom it belongs to decide the fate of armies and of natipos, and who, sooner or later, will look with a favourable eye upon the most just cause which is flet• by all true Sluaiards. . ' • I bug leave to repeat to your Excellency, Seignor Marshal, dif 418 /IreWls Inrhigh cOnslderatioa. (Sined) 16 SeirCc Martha; lesgerrt" • 10AQUIN )LAIW CORUNNA. AUGUST 3. The latest intelligence from our army, transmitte& by his Excellency the Captain General of the forces and of the kingdom, 1). Joaquin Blake, is that it still continues to repose and recruit itself after the late en. gagement, and that he is taking the most effectua measures for our defence and security ; for which purpose, we may rely on his zeal and known p a t r i„ otism, if we, on our side, contribute the benefit of our general assistance, by all the means which existing circumstances require. PRIVATE CO R RESPONDENCE. ahorea of the bay of Biscay, Any. 9. 4C I am this moment informed, that the packet which arrived on Sunday evening from England, ;a about to return instantly, in order to convey the glo. rious intelligence which has just been received; anti I must therefore hasten, in a few words, to give yo u some idea of the present state of the public mind in this part. If the spirit of all Spain may be estimated by that of Gallicia, there can be no doubt that. it will vanquish every obstacle which may be thrown in the way of the national independence and free, dom. Every one is full of hope and joy. The public confidence has shewn itself, by an act of decision, which, were any apprehensions remaining, would ne ver have been riiked. On Sunday the people de manded of the Magistrates the arrest of all the French residing in Corunna. This request was 'comp plietl with, and executed, for the moment, with in. discriminating rigour, which will, no doubt, be areri soon relaxed in favour of those who Ware well known, and have been legally settled in the country ; for even such persons were apprehended. The prisoners have been all taken to the common jail, but their property has not been seized, and no personal vio. lence has been committed against any one, I under. stand that this act of seeming severity was provoked by the expression, if not of wishes, at least of an opi. nion in favour of the French arms, by some of their countrymen residing here. The number of those ap, prchended, of different ranks and conditions, amounts to between thirty and forty. 41 This anecdote I relate as a. domestic occurrence, which of course interests us more particularly. As to the general affairs of Spain, the Public Papers will contain the details, of which I can relate only; summary. Te speak again of ourselves—We are proud of our Commander in Chief, and in this pride you may also take a share, for the name of Blake is not one known in the annals of British glory; and mar Gene. nil, of Irish family, if not actually born in Ireland, will add to the honours of the name, Marshal Bes. siers has a second time attempted to practise on him the arts of French sophistry and corruption. General Blake's head-quarters are near Astorga, where he watches the public foe. The affair of the 14th ult. was considered by some is disadvantageous to the cause of the Patriots, and the march of the enemy into Leon was even deemed an advance; it is, how, ever, certain, that on that day, though only a wing of the Patriotic army in Leon was engaged,"tha slaughter sustained by the French was great, After that engagement, the Spaniards retreated towards Zamora, while the French advanced, if you choose to call it so, to Leon. It requires, however, big a cursory view of the map of Spain to perceive that this is a retreat, and no advance. Leon, which* altogether unfortified, and the po s session of which is of no importance in a military point of view, lies on the North of the kingdom to which it gives a game' and this march of the French is evidently made in the hope of effecting a junction with the hostile force which still remains, certainly in Biscay; perhaps too• in some part of Asturian - This is the quarter from which the storm is hereafter" to burst upon all,Spain, unless the foretaste of the conflict to be endured bfr Bonaparte, winch he finds in the annihilation of all his scattered troops, should Induce him to refrain, from the attack. Be his resolution what it May, we are not unaware what it imports; it is a matter of joy to find that he will, at all events, have :a contend with each province, each kingdom apart. His art ,fully concerted project of placing strong bodies in the interior has most unquestionably failed, and it is this which is the subject of a deeply-felt, as well as kindly expressed joy. ' " From Portugal, our intelligence is favourable. IThe first English detachment, the earnest and pled ge of futuqe aid, landed at Figneira, on the 26th ult. With tlfis foreign assistance, there is no longer any doubt that Junot must soon surrender, and this long. expected and anxiously, not fearfully, lonked-for event, becomes every day more cartain. • In the mean while, the sympathy of all Spain and Portugal is turned towards the people of Lisbon, whose suffer ings in the interval must be great. The latest in. formation from this place announces an unsuccessful sortie of General Loison. Every effort of this kind bespeaks the distress of the enemy, and must precipi tate the moment of his subjection. But the last intelligence whch has arrived has filled us all with delight. It has been announced by cannon from our fortifications, and by the firing of our troops. This intAligence imports no less than the surrender of Dupont's Army at Andujar ; and of how great moment this event is,, we may fairly infer from the repeated anticipations of its taking place. This surrender reduces Junot to a state of desperation, even if he had any hope before ; and dui link of communication between the Adoure and. the Tagus has received another aild most decisive break. " The next point of communication which we ex pect to see in the hands of the Patriots, is Madrid ; and when we consider, as is officially stated, that not a Frenchman exists in all Andalusia, save in bonds; that in Portugal Junot remains in a state of siege; that all the South of Spain is free ; and that in the North, the late victories of the Patriots in Arragon have broken the communication between the French forces in Biscay and Catalonia, we need not fear the speedy emancipation of the Capital, and the corn: pressien of the French force within the provinces adjoining Bayonne. When this arrives, it will be seen whether the long suffering of the powers of the North, as well as of the whole French people, may not find eel end, and, whether thus at length a period may not be put to that tyranny which seemed so firmly established, and which might have subsisted as a curse to the world, but for the monstrous and overgrown ambifion of him who reaped alone Cie advantages of it, Such is, at least, the light iu'which we behold these events, and the probable results of them," .• PRICE 4 Coca per Cent. 3 per Cent. 4 per Cent. 5 per Cent. Long Ann. In the laid befor counts Iry Insert, for were supT Yesterc &ACK Jo dispatche 2d instant loon after 4 , A di DOTLIC, dar of the GeTE tAsTANos Me of Jail fore) evene " his whole rl their arms, the onountai capitulated, that not a si By the the Seville OF Or “ me, ” I ha , of the con the Battle of war, w &c. 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