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FREIVCII PAPERS. PAP NOVEMBER 24. SIEGE Or CADIZ. End of September.—OcTonEit.--In the n;ght of the 2bt.. .:.Ityu, of September, the besieged attempted an attack upon the centre of the besieging army, oe copying the lines of the Arrecissse. F" •r five thoeGltei mll marched ant by the bridge of Snaso and la Carraca ; they were supported, by a number of gun-boats, which ascended the canals of Zuraque, Aguilar, and La Cruz ; our advanced posts !clued in good order to the works, where the 9th regiment of light infantry was drawn up ; the, battalions of reserve having also taken their posi tion, the 9th iss•ted from the entrenchments, and marched straight against the enemy, who was soon overthrown, and forced to re-enter his lines, without having been able to succeed in his plan for destroying our advanced works; lie left the field of battle co. vered with dead, and arms thrown away. Some troops embarked in boats during this, were manoeuv ring in the two bays, 'in order to approach the land ; the tiring of the three rechubts, the Imperiale, Bel lune, and Villate, vsln forced them to retreat. In this affair we had seven men killed, and about twenty wounded. The Chiefs of Battalion Regeau and Bruyere, Lieu tenants Girard and ealmeau, and Serjeants Martin and Langlade distinguished themselves ; some troops commanded by these officers pursued the enemy to his entrenchments. The immense labours for the investment of the road and Isle of Leon are proceeding. The engineers and artillery are emulous in their efforts, the works have acquired such strength that the greatest success may be soon expected. More titan 300 cannon of large calibre are mounted. The artillery have cast at Seville mortars of a new invention, which throw bombs to a distance of more than 2000 tcises (12,000 feet). A numerous flotilla has been created, in spite of all obstacles. The Trocadero is become an important post, and a fortress able io sustain a siege. Puerto Real and Chi clana are in a state of formidable defence. ANDALUSIA. • OCTOBER.—Notwithstanding their numerous checks on the Rio Tinto, the insurgents again attempted to establish.themselves at its mouth, and to entrench themselves at Huelba, under the protection of some gun•hoats ; the Duke of Dalmatia immediately or dered the Adjutant-Commandant, Remond, to drive them from that position. On the 13th of October, that officer attacked the Spaniards—the little fort which they had constructed was catried by assault, in spite of the fire of the gun boats ; a part of the garrison was taken or killed; the rest were drowned in attempting to reach the boats by swimming. We were only able to take fifty prisoners. A corps of 1200 insurgents was disturbing the mountains of Ronda, and attempting excursions in the roar of the army. Colonel Bonnemen was sent at the head of a detachment against this assemblage, in the early part of October, he came up with the enemy at El Bosque, immediately attacked and put them to the rout. The loss of the Spaniards was considerable. EXPEDITION AGAINST MALAGA. On the 14th October, an English squadron, con sisting of two74's, four frigates, and three brigs, with four gun-boats and seven transports, appeared in sight of Fuengirola, a small fort to the west of Malaga. At four o'clock they anchored, and commenced a brisk cannonade on the fort Soon after a disembark ation commenced at Cala del Moral. The English squadron landed the 82d and 89th English regiments of the line, and the Spanish regiment of Toledo, which had come from Ceuta, in ail 5000 men, under the orders of the English General Lord Blayney. On the morning of the 15th, all the heights surrounding the fort were covered with troops, and a battery of five pieces was erected at the distance of 150 toises. The English General sent a summons to surrender ; Captain Mlokosiewicz, who commanded the garri. son, refused to listen to the flag of truce. The fire - of the battery and the squadron was then directed against the fort ; but General Sebastiani having as sembled 3000 men, marched against the enemy, at tacked, and overthrew him. The garrison of the fort seconded this movement 'by an impetuous sally, and carried the battery which the enemy had erected against it. The English and Spaniards fled in disorder towards the beach. The fire of the fort sunk several gun-boats, loaded with troops, and of the regiments which were landed some rem nants alone were able to re•embark. The enemy left the field of battle strewed with their dead, among which were found 250 English ; several hundred soldiers of that nation were made priswers, together with Colonels, Officers of the Staff, and Lord Blayney, who commanded the expedition. Five pieces of cannon were taken, besides a great Trimly tools, chests filled with cartridges, 3cc. Captain Miokosiewicz, Lieutenant Chelmicki, the Chief of Battalion Bronitz, Captain Plachecki, and Captain Authie, at the head of a squadron of dra goons, distinguished themselves. • The last accounts from Andalusia are of the 10th. The army is in good health. The Duke of Dalmatia has detached the fifth corps, and sent it upon the Tagus. MURCIA. OCTOBER.—BIake, who was sent from Cadiz into Murcia, has nothing of an army ; but he has collec ted some thousands of peasants who do not deserve the name of soldiers. AU he could do was to send parties of two or three hundred men to anpoy the com munications on the frontiers of Jaen, towards Veas and Casorla. General Godinot sent against them se. •oral detachments, by which they were dispersed and destroyed. In one of the encounters which took place, Lieute nant Thomas, of the 55th of the line, killed with his own hand an enemy's chief. Granada, Cordova, Jaen, and all Andalusia, are tranquil. Our troops are in the midst of abundance. Since the cessation of the heats, there are no longer any sick. On the Ist of . November there was scarcely or.e soldier entering the hospitals for ten who left them. I.A M ANCHA. Ournissa.—General Large has killed a great num. her of men, and several chiefs, of the guerrillas, ....Those hawk no longer nuke their appearance in this . province. One of their chiefs, who had advanced 'ft om atrantat etivacate s was entirely defeated by Colcnel Kruse. • tIYADAATAn. OCTOPt.E.-0a the 16th October, 1200 brigands had the audacity to attack the escort of a convoy destined for Torija. Colonel Balestricr saved it, by. dispersing them. General Hugo attacked them in their retreat to Val-de-Sas, killed the greater part, and took 50 prisoners. General La Houssaue came up with, on the 2.1. t, and destroyed the remains of those brigands at T.uancon and Ucles. CATALONIA. OCTOBER.—The lowness of the waters of the Ebro has retarded the supplies for the siege of Tortosa.— On the Ist of October, there was scarcely .eight inches depth of water in that river. A part of the artillery has been transported by land, in spite of the obstacles presented by the roads, which are just begun to be formed. On the 13th October, the Spanish General Basse court, at the head of 500 horse and 7000 infantry, from Valencia, arrived at Vinardo, with the design of marching to the relief of Tortosa. On the 15th General Suchet, with 2500 grenadiers, advanced ra pidly to Uldecona. At his approach, General Basse court retired ; he was pursued, without effect, as far as Peniscola. The rains in the beginning of November have con siderably swelled the Ebro ; there is now therefore no longer any obstacle to completing the park of be sieging artillery. The town is closely blockaded ; provisions begin to fail, while disease increases. The besieged, up to this date, have fired 100,000 cannon shot, which were entirely thrown away ; 4000 balls were picked up and brought to the park. The trenches were opened on the 4th November. The army of Catalonia, on its side, covers the siege, and introduces convoys of provisions into Bar celona. NAVARRE. OCTOBER and NOVEMBER. —This kingdom is tran quil since General Iteille assumed the Government. He has cleared the country of more than 2000 bri gands. There a-e 900 in the prisons of Pampeluna ; the rest have been killed. Being informed that there were at Medinas more than 60 leagues from Pampeluna, an assemblage of brigands, who sought to cut off the road to Madrid, he sent General Pannetier upon that point, who dis persed them. _ _ General Dumoutier, with six regiments of fuziliers of the Guards, and the lanciers of Berg, has gone to Valladolid, to join the other corps of the Guards which are there, and to form a reserve to General Drouet, which will amount to 20,000 chosen troops, including the two regiments of fuzileers which passed through Victoria on the 15th. BISCAY. OCTOBER and NOVE►AiBER.—The formation of civic guards in this province has produced the best effects. They wonderfully second the gendarmerie, and the brigands have disappeared. ASTURIAS, AND PROVINCE OF ST. ANDERO. OCTOBER and NOVEMBER. —The English and the Spaniards attempted to take the position of Santona, in order to make it a centre of insurrection, and to produce a rising in the country. An expedition long ago announced in the English Papers sailed for that purpose from Corunna, on board four frigates and about 40 transports. On the afternoon of the 17th of October, the Mar quesitto, so often beaten by General Bonnet, and not having more than 300 men under his orders, on a sudden appeared before Gijon. Colonel Cretin, with a piquet of Chasseurs and a company of Voltigeurs, had already repulsed him, when he perceived a squa dron of 27 sail, which approached the harbour, and soon after began to land troops, to the number of 2500. The Colonel, too weak to resist a superiority so decided, evacuated the place in good order, and retired to within a league of the town. Next day. having received sufficient reinforcements, he marched against Gijon, and forced the English and Spaniards to reimbaik, leaving some hundreds of killed and wounded. On the 20th, a corps of 5000 Gallicians attacked the brigade of Valleteaux at Fresno and Grado. This attack had no better success than the debarkation. The enemy was completely beaten, and driven be yond the Nareca, after losing a great many men.— The squadron having appeared to take a northerly course, General Bonnet communicated this to the Commandants of St. Andero and the coast. On the 23d, the first demi-brigade of light infantry was already collected at Laredo, and General Can. relli arrived with some thousand troops, fully deter mined to throw all into the sea who should attempt to land. Towards evening the squadron anchored in the Roads ; it consisted of four frigates, one of which was Spanish, three brigs, two schooners, four gun boats, SO transports ; in all 43 sail. On the (2.4 th and 25th, the wind having changed, the ships of war were forced to stand off, leaving the transports in the Roads ; the storm increasing the Spanish frigate lost its anchors, and was driven on the rocks of Lavedo, where it perished ; an English brig and four Spanish gun-boats met the same fate. The troops on board and the crews form a loss of about 1200 men to the enemy. In spite of these dis a sters, the ships of war having again made their appearance on the 26th, the enemy wished to effect a landing on the 27th. At one in the afternoon, the troops were embarked in boats ; three gun-boats advanced at their head to endeavour to clear the beach with grape-shot. The first demi brigade awaited them with steadiness, and a land bat tery near Santona having soon opened a flanking fire on the boats, there remained for them nothing but retreat. The English Commodore made signal for re-embarking. At five, the wind having freshened, the flotilla disappeared, bearing away to the north ; from that moment, tempests did not cease assailing this unfuttunate expedition. The accounts of the Ist of November announced that remains of the trans ports were on the coast of Plenchia and Anchona ; they were taken possession of—they were found laden with troops, military stores, artillery, ammunition, &c. Other transports have entered the ports which we oc cupy, and have been taken, with their lading, and the men who were on board. Of all this expedition, the English frigates alone were able to save themselves ; one of there, however, which was very roughly treate4 by our batteries, must with difficulty have weathered' the sut,cessive storms which lasted for several days. It is probable that sli is lost ; there has been no Devil of her, A" STV r, 1:0V. M. To M. 17AN DER CA pt•igLi EN , m Of TIM INTERIOR. " The happy pregrtintirtett her. Majesty the Empress and Qumn his been odici,4lly annoonced to me, Sir ; it is .a new pledge of the blessings of Providenee on the French Empire. It *promises all that our ,wishes could &sire her—the domostie happiness of the Empertr, the stability of his institutions, irternal re pose, and a long succession of prosperity and glory. • " Let altreligious persons, ddress thanks taHvaven, and prayers f - ir the conservation (lithe Empress, and the accomplishment of our hopes." Receive Sir, &c. (Signed) " The DUKE Of PLACENTIA, Prince Arch-Treasurer Lieutenant-G Lnenl of the Emperor and King." " Amsterdam, November 19, 1b10." In consequence of this letter, his Excellency the Minister of the Interior has enjoined the Land-drosts of dPpartments to give orders that all religious com munities put up public thanks for this happy event, and prayers for the preservation of the health of the Empress, and for the fulfilment of the wishes of the whole Empire. TUE EVE\ING STAR. LONDON. SATURDAY. DECEMBER 1. PRICE 4F S I'OCKS 'I DAY AT OXI: O'Cl,oct 3 rer Coy. Con:. tnorey, 6 7. 1 . Feasted 65; —4 per Ce.,i. L 4. Navy .5 p,:r Cent. tont —Onsisen 5i Excleq. liills , 4s. 9s. prem.—Bonds 225. prem. We have this morning received New-Yoq and American PAprs, to the Ist ultimo. The I,l .lovi ri extracts, which relate to the Commercial R.elaticel4 America with Europe, are interesting; NEW-YORK, ocronrp. The subsequent official correspondence, relat.‘e the French Decrees and British Orders in Cc,un c k reached here yesterday in an extra National Intellizrxefr, and at 7 A.M. was issued by us in a Gazette Eri e& °refinery. The reply of Lord Wellesley to Mr. Pir. l .:r.er, l d. wits, in the estimation of many, of various cons:3 c . tions. He says, " Whenever the repeal of the Fren c h Decrees shall have actually taken effect, an.' tL e commerce of neutrals shall have been reword to th e condition in which it stood previously to the [Rm.:. gation of those decrees, his Majesty will feel the bi&i,e 4 satisfaction in relinquishing a system, which the c.a. duct of the enemy compelled him to adopt." It strikes us, that as soon as the commerce of dais country is entirely uninterrupted by France ; and as soon as our vessels may go to and come from rraace, Spain, Holland, Denmark, Sweden, Russia, fcc. (which are under the controul of France) without molestation—then we may be sure that the Orders is Council will be rescinded. This is the commerce which we enjoyed previous to the promulgation of Bonaparte's Decrees, and of which he had no right to deprive us. But, having fallen in love with the Americans, what will he not do now to sore them? IMPORTANT NAPLES, NOVEMBER 7. In pursuance of a Decree of his Majesty of the 4th inst. and in obedience to the orders of the Minister of Finance, the Director-General of the Customs, ac companied by the Inspector-General and the Direc tor, proceeded to the chief custom-house of this ca pital, and Caused to be delivered to him the keys of ail the principal warehouses. He proceeded to a minute and rigorous examination of all the British merchandize produced by prizes, sequestration, or cor,Sccation in the customhouse. All these articles were composed of muslins, chintzes, Manchester goods, calicos, painted floor-cloths, India goods, cotton cloths and velvets, ironmongery, tin, and other merchandize, amounting to more than 60,000 ducats. A great fire was kindled in the square, where all these commodities were unpacked, opened, and burnt, piece by piece, under the inspec tion of a numerous detachment of custom-house offi cers, under the orders of their principal. The fire lasted from noon till five o'clock. So novel a sight attracted an immense crowd. The greatest order prevailed. It was even perceived that the public manifested sentiments of satisfaction at seeing a conflagration which, independent of the fatal blow that it gives to English commerce, announces to that Government the fate which awaits all the pro. ductions of her industry, that traitorous artifices may throw upon our coasts. (Front the Natlogal Intelligencer of Saturday last.) Loam. Sir—Lord Wellesley sent me yesterday his answer to my note of the 25th ult. respecting the Berlin and Milan Decrees. I hasten to transmit a copy of A copy shall be sent without delay to General Asa. strong.—l have the honour to be, &c. AUGSBURGH, NOV. S. t Hon. R. Smitt. NDt . PIKRNEY. Three English Captains of ships, who had since (coPv).—MR. PiNKNEY'S LETTER TO LORD wELLksilt: 1804 been confined as prisoners of war at Chalons, Great Cumberland Place, August 25, 1510. lately found means to make their escape by the assist- MY Loan—l have the honour to state to you ance of bribery. They arrived at Halle, having passed Lordship, that I have received from General Am. through Switzerland to Inspruck. There they had strong, Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States the imprudence to speak their native l anguage to eac h and a person being present who un d erstoo d other ' at Paris, a letter, bearing date the 6th instant, is • English, made the discovery. They were arrested which he informs me that the Government of Fran yesterday, and passed through there under guard of has revoked the Decrees of Berlin and Milan, and that an Hanoverian officer and three privates in a waggon. he bas received a written and official notice of that HAMBURGH, NOV. 14. fact, in the following words:—" Je Joie ineoriu a NOTICE OF TIIE SENATE...—By a Decree of his Ma- wow deeArtr, lifanrinor, pee la Deeretee de Berrut d jesty the Emperor of the Frenci, da:e Sept. 28, 1810, .. a summons has been given for ail -- sail la to enlist them. a n ant :Donuts, is pea date r d u l er . N owin k n ia selves in the French marine. Tho se , th ere f ore , i n t hi s swam, d'avoir lrur lea." city, and belonging to the Hanse Towns, are ordered I take for granted that the revocation of the British to comply with the same, by giving in a list of their Orders in Council of January and November, 1807, last places of abode, that the necessary steps may be and April, 1809, and all other orders dependent upon, taken.—Also, notice is hereby given, that every one . be . i analogous to, or in execution of them, will follow of who possesses a strong and sound constitution, tween the ages of 22 and $4 yea r s, w h o h as f or at ;course ; and I sh a ll h ope to b e ena bl e d b y your L or d. least three years worked upon the North-Sea or Baltic,' ship, with as little delay as possible, to announce to in ships of 75 lasts burthen, should prepare themselves my Government that such revocation has taken place. for service. The bounty offered by the Emperor is I have the honour to be, with high consiJeration, 90 francs, and on the part of this city an additional sum of 90 francs will be given. i my Lord, your Lordship's most obedient humble sera vant. (Signed) was. rl~xartr. The Most Noble the Marquis Wellesley, &c &e HAMBURGH PAPERS. SPANISH PA PERS. • ......_,....._ (COPY.)—..LORD %VULVA= TO MK. Pit:BET. SITTINGS OF THE CORTES.—NOV. 8. SIR—I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt Referred to the Committ ee of G enera l P urposes, ' the proposition of Don N. Morgado respecting the of your letter under date the 25th instart. appointment of a distinct Treasurer for the Marine On the 23d of February, 1808, his Majesty's M. Establishments at Cadiz, as also the statements trans- nister in America decl Ind to the Government 4 the mitted to the Regency respecting the revenues of the rj, American Colonies. To the C omm i ttee on t h e state ,iited Stat es , "his Majesty's earnest desire t.l see the commerce of the world restored to that to.edoin of the Public Expenditure, was referred a list of the gratuities and pensions conferred since the 12th of ; April. which is nece ssar y f or i ts prosperiiy, and his readiness 1 to abandon the system which had been forced apt* Don Juan Lopez de Cancelada presented a memo- ' him, whenever the enemy should retract tip. pia. rial on the necessity of allotting public granaries and 1 ciples which had rendered it necessary." conveniencies for the threshing of corn, &c. to such 1 towns in New Spain as we re not a l rea d y prov i ded IaM commanded by hi s M a j est y to repeat that therewith, on a scale proportionate to their respective : declaration, and to assure you that whenever the re populations. This document expressed the general peal of the French decrees shall have actually takes satisfaction which the above measure had given in effect, and the commerce of neutral nations shall hoe those parts whereit was already adopted. been restored to the condition in which it stood p 1 After a short discussion, it was resolved t h at no Member of the Junta of Censure should have a seat in the Cortes, and that f or t h e present , persons residing viously to t h e promu l gat i on o f t h ose d ecrees , his ?AP jegy will feel the highest satisfaction in relinquishing in Cadiz, and in the Isle, may be elected. a system, which the conduct of the enemy compellei Nov. 9.—A Report was read respecting the state of him to adopt. health of the inhabitants of Cadiz, from which it ap peared that since the last state ment on l y n i neteen h ad I have the honour to be, with th e hi g hest rookie` died, the greater part of whom were children. ation, Sir, your most obedient and humble servant, A dispatch from Senor Maki, Captain General of (Signed) wallas'. Gallicia, was read, stating the enthusiastic joy with WASHINGTON, OCTOBER 41• which the installation of the Cortes was celebrated in that province. The following remarks are copied from the N 4 * The following individual s were , b y a summary pro iiosurl Intelligencer of Wednesday last : cess, elected Members of the Supreme Junta of Censure Aware of the situation in which Great Br itaill or Controul, viz. Ecclesiastics—Don Martin d e N ava ,. El Obispo de Mellen:a. would be placed in rela t i on t o th e United States by D. Fernando de Alba. a rev ocat i on o f t h e F renc h D ecrees •; and, aPPreben' Seculars—Don Antonio Cano Manuel. D. Andrea Lasauca. sive that she may be put ton manifestly in the wrongs D. Manual Ruiz del Burgo. 1). Ramon Lopes I'elegrin. D. Maunel lose Quintana. D. Bernatulo Riega. attempts have been made by the federal prints to t+t: Nov. 10 and 11.—R e p orts were ma d e respect i ng : duce an impression that a bare repeal by Grea t Br the health of the inhabitants of Cadiz, which were of tie most favou ra bl e nature . tain of her Orde rs i n C ounc il wou ld compre l4 .. On the latter day it was resolved, that the publi- such a modification of her unlawful edicts as cation of the regula r p rocee di ngs o f t h e C ortes should V10 .6 come within the'meaning Of the Act of CongrO. s be on its own account, an d not on t h at of any private May last. A s li g h t . cons id erat i on w ill c hew that individual ; and f art h er t h at t h e manuscripts if the impression i s f oun d e d i n errcr . la° compiler should be revised by a Committee previous to their publication. The act of Congress requires such a revo"t' cd ' ar The oaths were admi n i stere d to t h e Bi s h op and d o modification of their edicts by the belligerents, as of t Cabildo of Ceuta, the Audience of the Asturias, and they shall cease to violate the neutral commer ce _ of the Archbishop of L a odi cea , and several oilier per., the United States. If w e g i ve cr e dit w Ic the oritali ttu .. sous of wasidantion t and to various public bodies. the Duk e of c a d ore , as extracte d from the