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SPANISH PAPERS. MADRID, AUGUiT 26. On the 23d, at nine in the morning, the corps-de reserve of the Andalusian army entered this city, with the Captain-General Castanes marching in the van, and accompanied by General de la Pena, an& Mar shals Depedro Jelo and La Porta. It is impossible to describe•the enthusiasm of joy and gratitude with which they were received by an immense concourse of inhabitants. General Castanos was accompanied by his friend, the English Captain Whittingham. On entering the gate of Atocha, he went to prostrate himself at the foot of the image of Our Lady of that name. On rejoining his troops, their solemn entry was announced by the discharge of artillery, the ma jestic strains of military music, and the incessant ac clamations of the surrounding multitude, who shouted 4 , Long live Castanos ! Long live the Con queror of the haughty Dupont ! Long live the brave Soldiers of the Army of Andalusia !"The advance of the Audalusians was preceded by that of the troops of Murcia and Valencia, who went out' to meet their brave comrades in arms on the Prado. In the street Alcala-a-la Mayor, the whole passed under a trium phal arch, erected by the citizens of Madrid. The train of artillery taken from the French, formed part of thy procession, and there were few of the soldiers who did not exhibit some token of the victory they had atchieved. AUGUST 27.—1 n the Extraordinary Gazette of Sa ragossa of the 2Sd of this month, the following offi cial intelligence has been published : His Excellency the Captain• General of this army and Kingdom of Arragon, has received the following letter :- 44 Most Excellert Seignior—At twelve this day official information arrived of the defeat of the enemy 4t Gerona to the following tenor : ' The Field of Battle, 16th Aug. one o'clock. • The French army before Gerona has been totally defeated, and this city is free from its apprehensions. All their cannon, baggage, and a battery for red-hot balls, are in our power. The details will be trans mitted by another express.' ' 4 This Junta thought they ought not to delay a moment in transmitting the knowledge of this happy event to your Excellency, which, added to the laurels so gloriously acquired by your Excellency in the de fence of the capital and kingdom, has raised the in expressible joy of these citizens to its highest pitch. They have evinced the most lively pleasure at both victories, and their enthusiasm is exalted in favour of our beloved monarch Ferdinand VII. and of his illus trious ansl heroic defenders. Gob preserve youi Ex cellency many years. (Signed) " Lerida, 19th Aug. 1808, " A NT* NA CIO PIN 011," ate. According to variousletters received by yesterday's post, it is known that the remains of the army of Qeneral Duhesme, which were able to save themselves after the defeat at Gerona, and which attempted to retreat to Barcelona, have beets attacked and defeated by our Miqueletes from Granollers. We await the official confirmation of this important intelligence, which does so much honour to the intrepid Miqueletes of Catalonia. _ _ OfFiciAL INTELLIGENCF-.-.-" The hostile arm:, after 4LbAndoning the plains of Saragossa. and the kingdom of Arragon, made a halt at 'I udela, where it seemed disposed to fortify itself. Our combined troops took the positions of Borja, Tarazona, and the environs.— At the same time, the right division, under, the com mand of his Excellency the Marquis of Lazan, whieh occupied the position of Sadaba, dislodged a small body tithe French who were for some hours in pos session df Sos, and there leaving an inconsiderable detachment of his advanced guard, he made a coun ter-march, proceeding by Exea to Fauste, with the 'view of passing the Ebro and attacking Todel*; but the enern) being apprised' of this movement, foupd themselves compelled to abandon that position,' and retreated precipitately in the direction of Valeierra and Caparoso. What their present object is we do not know, but they seem to be marching toward: the fortress of Pampelusia,•where they now have collected a greater number of troops than were there a few days ago. From this fortress, and the city of Mallen, a body of 3000 men has marched towards Las Cinco Villas, under the command of Field-Marshal D. Juan O'Neill. We expect to hear soon of the s-uceessful issue of the operations of these troops." Dispatches, received this morning, state, .that our troops have actually entered Tudela. The division of Seignior Coupigni, • cemststi*ng of 10,000 men, at present quartered in Toledo, will soon march to join the other divisions of the army in Castile, or Arragon. It seems the commander of this division is afflicted with a Tertian ague. Count Florida Blanca is expected on the 4th of next month, and Seignior Saavedra in the course of a few -d:L ys. They are both of them persons of distinguished a!:iiity and accredited patriotism. Our beloved Sovereign was proclaimed on AO 24th with a degree of pomp, solemnity, and generil ex ul-ation, which never was surpassed. The people of Madrd, ever faithful and loyal, and who could not restrain the sentiments of their loyal hearts .on the. 2d of May, gave such demons:T*6(ns of the joy Which inspired them, that Seignior Doyle publicly stated, that it was worth while to make a voyage from Eng, land to admire the Loyalty of the inhabitants of Ma drid, even snore than the ceremony of the proclama tion, though that was conducted in a manner worthy of such a 'disposition. There have arrived at Cadiz 1,500,000 hard dollars besides 200,000, being part of a subsc irtion by the 1 .dies of London for the relief of the Spanish widows. The Joao has sailed from C:'diz for Vera Ctn./ and the Atocho for Monte Video, to bring home a supply of specie. BARCELONA, JULY sa. The French rieneral_Lechi ' in concert with Gene ral I t speleta, had the audacity of making a requisitioo •of 6000 men. On this occasion a virtuous Magis. trace, inspired with the greatest public spirit and en• thusiasm, script himself all, gown, trod it units: foot, gave up his authorit*iltod declared he was read) to sulfa death sooner than conduce to such a projec , A risorbus order has been published here, imtaking 1 the pcmislunent of death on every one in whose house arms salicht be found, notwithstanding their repeated defeats; in Short, these wretches never att:mpt any entespcise without tints - oil - being moistened with their •'. , • Coy? Or TSS LSTTIIR St SOX ?SDI° sevaztea, 1* amok ING THZ OTTICI Of MINIaTta, TO walcii U WAS 00344• GATED IT JOSEPH NAPOLEON. - " Sia—When your Majesty had the goodness to offer to com: tinue me in the office of Minister of Foreign Affairs, I thought myself obliged to make some remarks, on account of which your Majesty could nit have fess confidence in me, nor I be less secure of the protection •of your Majesty i finding myself, as I db, jeta lously watched and affronted by the Emperor, your Majesty's au' gust brother. whose influence over the solyti of your Majesty Is, 1 fear, by no means favourable to me. " your Majesty persisted in your resolution, saying, that you wished to have at your side persons who possessed the confidence of the nation. As I desired nothing so ardently as to return to my beloved country, which had been denied me during two Months, notwithstanding my earnest requests to the Emperor, I was forced to yield to the nomination, in order to put a period to my melancholy separation from my family and country; reserving to myself the right of conforming to the will of the nation, In case it should not he disposed to recognise your Majesty as Sovereign. " I have shewn your Majesty that Spain has almost unani mously refused to recognise you as Monarch; and wanting this title, there remains none by which you can be the Sovereign of these kingdoms. I should therefore have been guilty of treason against my principles had I continued to exercise any Ministry en der such circumstances. I desire no longer to retain any influence in the Government, but instantly tla go into retirement, and there devote my tears and my prayen in behalf of a noble, loyal, and brave yeoyle, whose evils I wished to remedy." IIENAVENTII, AUGUST 9. By a post from Lugo, we learn that the head-quar ters have been transferred from Astorga to Leo'a, and that the troops at Baneza were,also in motion. • By another post, who came in at half-past sit'' o'clock this evening, and who is the bearer of - dis patches from the -Junta of Seville to that of Oviedo, we learn, that a division of the army of Valencia has marched from Madrid, and that a division of the An-. dalusian army was this day to begin their march from the same place, OVIEDO, AUGUST aS. A Spanish gentleman has just arrived from Paris, after encountering the greatest difficulties, and after a residence there of six years. from whence he departed the beginning of July. Our beloved Sovereign Fer dinand was in good hedlth at Valency, as were else the Infants Don Carlos anti Don Antonio. Ilis resi dence is in the upper part of the palace or castle belong ing to Talleyrand, who, with his family, occupy the lower part ; his guards of honour, as they are called, consist of 2.sogens trarmes. The old King and Queen, with Godoy, were intended to be removed from fon tainbleau to Compeigne, where, in all probability, they will not remain long, in consequence of the in disposition of Don Carlos IV. and it was rumoured that he was to go to Nice for the benefit of his health. The last French troops under orders for Spaia.ore the remains of those encamped at Boulogne, two re-; giments of the Parisian Guards, who never leave the metropolis except on very extraordinary occasions. Several squadrons of cavalry have been drawn from Alsace, likewise the Guards from off the egoist of the department of Gisonne, likewise some beiges of ma rines ; in consequene of these movemeleoeveralii l ties in France are left destitute of garrirs. LEON, AUGUST U. , Letters have been received whic), state, that the French found their retreat cut off, ot consequence of eleven bridges on the Ebro and lithe!. tillers havio Ilv t been destroyed. Some of them are raid to have s - rendered to the armed peasantry, and others ha been made prisonetie., This intelligence requites far ther confirmatiou': '3 ~.., PORTUGAL. 43 j VIANA, AUGUST SO. • , Yesterday, at half past seven, in the itio' rnin ~ %S. telligence was received here from Qrtortd, 'broug an extra courier. It mentions that a battle had,* fought, which, it should seem, was the third vigil& had taken place in the neighbourhood of Lisbon{' in which Loison and five thousand Frenchmen werelett dead in the field ; and Junot and Laborde were tairOtt prisoners. The Generals were then on their way to Oporto on foot; it being expressly added , that the English General refused to allow Cl.diyant Duke of Abrantes the licnoOrs usoally givp to a defiat4 of j adversary. If this be fact, it will appear that tbe Allies, act in concert, in aiserting the dissimilarity , the preheat contest with regular and ordinary *ars: 'i . FRXWCH AND 0117idif 'Amu., -; -. Cu' fan mad determined conduct of Major &n it* Count Ablefeld, that the French Lieutenant Colonel Gautier, who was arrested by the Spanish , regain e d his Ile;e1 , • $ .By order of the Marquis de la Romana, the Spa, nish regiments in Jutland have also put themselves in motion, and according to the more recent intelligence received from that quarter, the regiment of Zamora has approached Funen. In consequence of an insur rection having also broken out among the Spanish . troops in Zealand, and enormous excesses having been committed by them, his Majesty the Kinghas thought it necfssary, under these circumstances, to disarm and confine them in the city of Copenhagen. (Signed) 41 F. &Low, Adj. Gen. " Head .Quarters, Copenhagen, August 16." AMSTERDAM, SEPTEMBER t. The night before last his Royal Majesty arrived in this Capital, and was received with universal shouts of joy by an - immense concourse of people. A letter from Copenhagen, of the '23d ult. contains the following intelligence :—On the 21st, early in the morning, a convoy of about 60 sail of English mer chantmen sailed again through the Sound, in ballast, esc orted by 12 armed ships, and some gun-boats •opened a brisk fire on them, as they were passing, to competsome of the convoy to strike • but our fire was Iso well answered by the enemy, tha t. the whole con voy came safely to anchor in Wealmel roads. • PARIS, AUGUST 31. Our newspapers state, that the State Messengers whoiarrived on board the American ship, the 9th in stant, at Havre de Grace, openly declared, that the Government of the United States has transmitted an ultimatum to the Court of London, the principal con dition of which is, the Liberty of the Seas, and that in case of this ultimatum not being acceded to by the British Government, war is to be declared against England by the United States. SUPT. I.—Letters front Bourdeaux state, that Mar shal Ney has lately passed through that town, on his way to the French army in Spain. Two cabinet couriers arrived here yesterday, at the Office of the Minister for Foreign Affairs. attended by two Messengers from the King of Sweden. ALGIERS, JULY Lt. The expedition agaisst the Dey of Tunis has failed of success, owing to ,a'revolt which took place in the camp. The Aga, who commanded the expedition, the Bey of Constantine, the principal officers, includ ing the brothers-in-law of the Dey have been murder ed. The present Dey was to be dethroned, and ano ther to be elected in his stead. The whole town was ,thrown into the utmost consternation, the Dey made vreparation to escape to Europe, when a courier ar rived from the camp with intelligence, that the pria• cipal ring leader of the rebels was killed, and that the Isrmgpzesent Dey Ach- Acp had again acha, aseaicrklnaowwfuledge I Sov d e th re e l CONSTANTINOPLE, JULY 26. Abut the beginning of this month an English fri te fell in with three Turkish ships of war, off Scy , and engaged th em with uncommon spirit. The ;result of the - well contested action was, that one of our dips was taken, the other two were obliged to bear way for a-port to repair the damage which they had sustained, but have not been heard of since. The in telligence has excited a very strong sensation in Smyr na, where the English had spread a report that the British Government was on the point of making peace frith the Porte. CORSOER, AUGUST es. taunt Ahlefield, Governor of the island of Lange land, arrived last night in Sweaborg, and brought in • telligence, that the enemy's• ships, which for many -months closely blockaded that island, have left that ration. 1 COPENHAGEN, AUGUST 23. - According to intelligence received in Norway from the Ferro Islands, the English cuttet Clio, Captain 11101 104 , arrived on the 25th of last May at Torsharn, -destroyed the batteries, and set sail again without . molesting the inhabitants in any manner whatsoever. Su on the Bth June, appeared an English privateer, balled Salamine belonging to Lieutenant General Baron Hompe4, oho was himself on board, and carried off money, merchandize, and other effects, to the amount of 80,000 nx dollar s (about 16,0001.) FRANCAORT 01f . THE MAINE, AUGUST 14. All the troops of the Cenfederation of the Rhino in oar neighbourhood. are in perfect readiness to ma* to France at an •hour's notice. The troops of Nail. nu. and of the Grand Duchy of Berg, are alms* ofi their march thither. The two Saxonian camps near Viana and Stulpen `are commanded by Lieutenant General Zeshinirte and Major General Zastrow. AUGUST 26.—One of the newspapers published in this town states, that the troops of the Princes of the Confederation of the Rhine, who are already under arms, amount to 71,000 men, not including those of the kingdom of Westphalia, of the Grand Duchy of Berg, and several others. The whole force will amount to upwards of 100,000 men. M. Garonne, Secretary of the French Legation its Vienna, passed yesterday through this plop his wag to Paris. MAYENCE, AUGUP,46, The German newspapers have, „for a length cf time, entertained the public with a variety of accounts of numerous camps to be , formed on the banks ,of the Rhine, and in particular in the vicinity of this town, by the troops of the Confederation of the Rhine. The •• absurdity of these reports is now obvious, from the unquestionable fact, that the different detachments qf those troops which arrived in this place, have actually put themselves id motion to march into the interior. of France. The troops of his Imperial Highness the.' Grand Duke of Darmstadt, 20 0 0 in number, marcheit. this day from hence for the same destination, VIENNA, AUOUET The Austrian army is to be • diyided into p3ne dl „yisions ; each is to be commanded l y a Gee .01, un der the immediate command of the Generalissimo and Minister of War, his Igperial Highness. the Archduke Charles, who is also to act as Chief Jus ; dee in all military matters. The Commanding Ge nerals of division already appointed are, the Arch ; dukes John and Ferdinand ; Count Bellegarde, Ge neral of Horses Lieutenant Field Marshals Baron Zash, Marquis Chastekes, Prince achwartzenberg, Prince Lichtenstein, Count Klenau, and count Gia r Tap The Hungarian Diet is postponed. TITE .EVENTIgG STAR. . Lo' ID . CStT. - MONDAY, SErTEMBER 19. PRICE OF ROCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Consols, for money, 6611—for see: 641-5 per Csms ,144 PRICE OF STOCKS ON SATURDAY. Rank Stock sbut India Bopds. is. 4s. press, 3 pet Cent. Red. shut South Sea Stock WI ft per. C. cons. 654+ Imp. Ann. 11.16 4 pee Cent. Cons. shut Es. Bins. 2c. $ 611,pre. ‘ 5 per•Ceut. Navy, 984 Omnium 1 db. Long Annuities shut Cons. for ace. 661 , . lIIIIIMINIINIMIt We have this day laid before our Readers some . farther extracts from the Spanish Papers, which reached us on Saturday. Our limits do not allow of our offering any remarks ou these iocrestiag nor do they require any. THE CONTINENT. Since our last we have received Mew ts th! 29th ult. inclusive. Hamburgh Papers to the 4412 1 and Dutch to the Bth instant, which we have give* a variety of articles in the preceding columns. From several of them it appears that France an 4 Austria are equally active in their preparations for war. The Austrian army is represented as very f o r. midabk, and in high condition. It consists of nine divisions, under the command of the Arch -Dui* Csaastas. • On the other hand the greater part of the contingents of the Rhenish Confederation have been called out, and are, it is said, hi perfect madiness to march at an hour's notice--iate France! Austria cannot be misled by such a route being announced for these • troops—" Into France!"—what would they do there ? The Danes have published a Proclarne:- ;ion on the subject, of the fortunate release of the Spanish troops from Funen, in which their dread pf i ncur ring the displeasure of BONAPARTE is evident-in I the false colouring attempted to be given to that most , creditable and patriotic transaction. But the most interesting article brought by these papers—,indeed the most important document that has appeared in the continental papers for some months is one which appears in the Moniteur. of the 29th August. In the form of comments which. the Moniker has„ deigned to offer upon some remarks which we offered. on the state of the Continent, in the STAR of the Bth ultimo, the Editor of the Moniteur (in other words, the Government itself) has brought ender review all the external relations of the French Empire The movements of the French armies ; the state of the kingdom of Naples; the report of the respective departures of the Austrian and French Ministers from Paris and Vienna, and the probability of .hostilities 'betivien these Powers ; the progress of the war in Fin-. hind ; and lastly, which is of mere importance than all that has preceded, the affairs cf Spain, are treated, and discussed with all the point, ingenuity, and con fidence, that are peculiar to thif department of the. Official 'apes. . • . 1 ! • The, object of this article, is, to persuade the Resit dens of the Moniteur, that the Governments of France and Austria 'nevor were on better tertnstharr they are at.present ; that we no longer possess any influence whatever at the Cott of Vienna; that the Emperot FRANCIS is rzseltred to keep the promise 'which-he made to Bomnearers in Moravia—that henever would again make war upon Win ; and that the • reports which had gone abroad, respect.ng the probability an approaching rupture between the two Powers h . o* been circulated merely for stock jobbing purposes. All this may be true, but it is not easy to reconcile these pacific assurances with* warlike movements and pre parations, which, it cannot be diputed, have mkest place on one side and the other in Germany. One cannot help observing also, in the tone of the aloft 'rations, a more than ordinary anxiety to convince tivt public, that the relation* between the two countritti ati on a pacific footing, which sufficiently indicate( ' the importance annexed to the friendship of Austria! in the present conjunctures at the same time that idea is touted with ,somewhat of a bullying air ! France being nble at the same time to make war both against Austria and Spain. As to Naples, drat.so awry: is deflated not to haW been. in such a state of tranquillity for a century a sera, a strong intimation of= attack upon Sicilyi and our incapability to defend it, is also given. As to boasted tranquillity , of Naples we have oulrto *Pr Mkrk, that it is of that kind Which may be font.- Wherever' there is a silifficient military fcfce to ant the people into silence.. Befisre a motehtfloesdal dart,. we doubt not thsit the people in tit quarter W 4 -adept Me Spanish letnaute only kind that cas 'Si* any weight with the French Einperor. 4 1 In these remarks on the observations with whisk 4 ttie . SUR has been honored, we at last find a tardy MO ,tttission, that waists: and want of courage have falit ingetd inspo arl ssib la lel s ortger #r j : e c c o h nZ in Wta ain'l t is ' Passed it6s l b : without any forinal disclosure, or even an attempt digitise orimiliate the reverses, they are frankly ar lmowlediedrohave taken place ; but this admission we find accempinied with an assurance, that" they ail soon be repaired," and a declaration that the'alfairs* 4 4 of Spain are irrevocably fixed," the change which has taken place 44 having been already recognised by the great Powers of the Continent." We should Ida exceedingly to ascertain whether JOSEPH BoxAPART' has been recognized as King pf Spain by Austria Rassia, or not ; not, so much from a Fangio/ 1 of go LEYDEN, SEPTEMBER O. e . C One of our newspapers contains the folloiring int= portant proclamation : ,4 The Danish nation has learned with the wtirtelt astonishment and indignation,thatthe ish troops, ll lr4k who experienced the most friendly rec on the part of the Danes, and were sent to Den . in suit port the exertions of their French bre ins agaihst the common enemy, have violated their Wiest sacrzd duties, and opened the very harbOurs to the English, which they were charged to defend ,a*stitst them. The Commander in Chief of the* troops, Marquis de la Romana, carried this treacheroUs. plan, into effect, under the cloak of pretended orders Croak, the Prince of Ponte Corvo, to occupy the important. fortress of Nyborg, which he immediately after ape. rendered to the i.nglish, who are at all times ready to act wherever treachery or sstrprize secures them against opposition. In the port of Nyborg, the - brit Fatha, of 14 guns, his Majesty's yacht Zeewaghti 01, 12 guns, and the armed pilot barge LauswigJell 'in to the enemy's hands: These vessels were compelled to surrender, after a most gallant resistance of 20 mi nutes, during which time they were exposed to tha fire of the English ships of war, as well as of the laud batteries manned by the Spanish In Svenborg anal Friborg the Spanish trbefis at. tempted to render themselves masters of his.l44jei ' ty's gun boats ; but their attempts failed of success, and the gun bergs were saved. Their principal ob ject was to embark on board the English' ships, which they had invited for that purpose, and to leave Denmark. “ This embarkation has actually taken place in Nyborg and Svenborg, and all vessels found in those harboues were scized upon tor that purpose. Jllefore they left Nyborg, they spiked up all the guns, and destroyed all the military stores which they found in .the place. The Spanish troops, who were embarked intl Svenborg, about 3600 in number, and convsted 'of in fantry, cavalry, and artillery, surprised the island Leland, part of which was already occupied )- '.Bpanish troops i the Danish troops, who in a t tar/Aleuts were stationed along the. coast, win% oil before they could possibly be aware o the On. chery of the Spaniarde, ana it was entirety ee the