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I I ~Arty that Sautes from the main body of the French Ar o my. _ _ a General CASTANn% who commands the Spanish ar my, is in pursuit of DUPONT'S division, with nearly 20,000 men. AU the passes in the mountains through which DUPONI'S army must retreat, are occupied by the Spanish troops and peasantry, and his destruction is considered as inevitable. " The total of the French force in Spain does not now amount to above 40,000 men—it never exceeded 60,000 ; and was always greatly exaggerated to awe the natives, and we have certain accounts of more than 18,000 having been cut off or taken prisoners, since the commencement of hostilities against them by the Spaniards. The French have been guilty of the most inhu man cruelties and excesses in Spain, particularly at Cordova, where every house was ransacked for three d a ys. Even the churches were plundered, and con verted into stables. Many c?:the inhabitants were mur dered at Cordova, in attempting to protect their wives and daughters against the brutal violence of the sol diery. The hatred of the Spaniards in return amounts to almost a fienzy : their Officers can seldom save a single French prisoner alive. a AU the plunder collected by MURAT in Madrid and by Julecir in Portugal, has been intercepted by the Spaniards at Navarre, and the French cut to pieces who escorted it." 4 ' GIBRALTAR, JULY S. .4 The accounts from the Spanish army near An. dujar, reach to the 30th alt. and are extremely favour able. DuroN-r, with 12,000 men, had entrenched him. self strongly at Andujar, but was completely sur rounded by the Spanish :trmy. A body of 300, whom he had sent to emmine the passes of the Sierra Mo.. sena, had beta cut off to a man. General BELLuto, with a column of 10,0.10 men, was on his march from Madrid to try to relieve DuroNT, by forming a junc tion with him, but the passes are se strongly guarded, that little apprehension was entertained of his being able to force them. " The Spaniards are melting down all their churck, plate to pay their troops, as they are much in want of money. All the young men have joined the army ; and the Bishops throughout Spain have exhorted all the Clergy to aid in gathering in the harvest, in the room of the peasantry who have taken up arms.— Nothing can exceed the zeal and unanimity of all ranks in defence of their country. " The Supreme Board at Seville is now universally acknowledged and obeyed throughout Spain. Its la bours are incessant, and the zeal and ardour of the re gular wimps and armed inhabitants know no bounda" EDICT. Ferdinand Vlf. King of train and the Indies, and, in his name s tleSnprane Board t,f tiow‘rnatent of both Empires, 13 order to carry the Declaration of War against the Emperor Napol.ou I. into full elect, orders as f.,:lows :- 1. Wi:hin four days after the publication cf this, any French man,or ary individual under the inlnection rf the French nag. that tray wish to eujoy the privileges of the Spanish Flag, Shall personally appear before. our Ltard of I:in:aces in this Capital, and na►e his intentions known ; upon b. s taking the oath of allegiance, shall Le exempt front 41 sequestration, and enjoy idl the privii,ges attach:d to tke National Hag. The Fame shall be ice in the other towns and cities, before their Boards or Town- Councils when there is no Board. 11. Any Frenchman, or any individual under the protection of I I the French Flag, that- shall not present himself within lout days, shall continue to be considered as a subject of France ; and. with. 1 cut any other formality,4ll his groperty, of whatever it may con- 1 1 sit, shall ba immediately sequestered. Al merchants, and :eery oilier person, that may, by virtue sf ar.y title whatever, Lave it. their pnwer goods, rights, or claims, belengirg to Frenchmen, or to individuals under protection of the Yatch flag, are ordered, under their responsibility, to keep thens in their hands, without disposing of the sante ; and, within four drys, they shat be I.cr.:ld to give in a sworn return of the acid pro pray to our Board of Finances ; any one that transgresses these orderi,being proceeded against arcort!ingio Given in the Ito; al Palate of the Alcazar at Seville, June 7. k order of f the Sod-erne heard. (Signed) JUAN BAUTISTA PAeno,antl MANUAL MAil IA .AGULLAS, SeattarlCS. PUBLISIMD IN THE ISLE OF MAJORCA. • D. Fry.I.:NAND VII. King of Spain, and adjacent Islands, Ece.&c.. • and, in his Reyid Name, His Excellent - 7 the Captain General" of this Army and Kingdom ; • I make it l i h ow `this to the faithful and loyal Inhabitants of this Island:4r. last night I convened, in my Palace, a Meeting, compered of all the Constituted Authorities, to lay before theca the course which ought to b pursued under the exiting circum stances, in which both my loyalty and the unanimous wish of the Ptovle require, that we should continue to acknowledge Ferdi• tssi VII. is our lawful Severeign—in consequence whereof, it W4 Luninuals!y agreed upon, that these Islands shall continue f.i 4 ...1111 to his Majesty Ferdinand VII. to which eat.% and that o't may have the behAt of the full exercise of the rights of Sove. in his name, as far as required, a Board was appointed, r!ath %I d! 'O , fin this very evening to exercise the same, and lubliik %%114: may be deemed conducive to the prosperity of this A Tr Dora shall be swag, and .there shall be a levee, salute, and illumination. (Signed) D. JUAN MIGUEL de VIVE.S. By Command of his Exceliency, and as &cereal" authorized by ' fas Board, (Signed BARTOLOME JOCIAS. Royal Castle of Palma, May 30, :LoB. SEIILLE, J*NE le. !ca rn, by several official papers, that the Grand Duke of berg has, at the request of the Board of Go ve:nmeat at Madrid, suspended the march of the French troops to the provinces which have pro dainicrd Ferdinand VII. D. Manuel flarnuevo, t Lieutenant of the Pavia Dragoons, who left Madrid on the Bth inst. and joined 4 - 7 army on the 16th, has communicated the follow. ia c t particulars : ',11, ; French garrison in Madrid doeg 1/C1 "11131 int Ito 3000 men. The Dike of Berg tontinited in the Monclova, whence he intended to re:t►evetb"the Re tiro, as soon as it should be fortified. Moncey's di vision, consisting of 4 or 5000 men, had marched out of Madrid, making inquiries respecting the roads 1 which lead to several provinces, so that its destination lis not known. The division, formerly quartered in 1 - the Escurial, which had pi-oceeled 'against ,Segovia, and was 6000 strong, was beaten by the Segovians, on the Bth, with a loss of 3000 men. One morning, a party of volunteers of Spain who were in Madrid , having given their bait of corn to I their horses, the Serjeant ordered the saddle and sad dle-bags to be put on, and the party to form on the Barley-square. He next mustered them, and ordered them to mount, draw their swords, and sound a march through Toledo-Port-Street. The French Guard at the Gate immediately fell in, aad paid them the mili tary honours. The Serjeant returned the usual salute, and the party deserted, nor have they been heard of since. Of the letters, by the last Bayonne mail which reached Madrid previous to the above-mentioned Offi cer's departure, Murat had not allowed a single one to be delivered, without excepting even those which were directed to individuals of his own army. A French courier from Manzanares to Madrid, had been intercepted at Madrilejos. At Manzanares, there were 300 Frenchmer, who, having set out upon their march to Dupont's army, were atta4ed, in Val del penas, by the inhailltan ts.— After an action which lasted two hours, and in whiJ they lost 1.50 men, and destroyed almost all t 1; it, ,ices, they withdrew to Manzanares, where they I .lv, t been captured. The Puerto del Rey is guarded by about 3000 men, and twe pieces of ordnance are coulucting to that point. • ORDER OF THR DAY.- , -JUNE 22. Soldiers! The light troops of our Van, have given a proof of their intrepid patriotism.—They reached Cordova by forced marches, and, at that very mo ment, it became necessary to dislodge the enemy from seVdral points. The Commandant of the Van, cui sidering, that the troops must be tired after such ex .ttions in this hot weather, desired .50 men per batta lion, from among those who should find themselves less exhausted, and better able to endure &Clue, to come out of the ranks, of their own accord ; wheu they all, without exception, contended which should go first; and the Superior Officers were under the r.c- Cessity of appointing those who were to form the de tachment Soldiers ! This gallant conduct ought to excite your emulation ; and I, who see the martial spirit with which yoti long to come withiU sight of the enemy, flatter myself, that you will vie with your Worthy companions in this patriotic heroism. You shall soon see, and conquer the enony. - • (Signed) CASTANOS. SEVILLE GAZETTE. ROYAL ISLE OP LEON, JUNE 10. At a gn.u•ter past three in the evening of the 9th inst. the batteries en the channel del Trocadero open ed upon the French squadron, consisting of five ships of the line and one frigate. Thic!,e of the Arienal, of the Caracca; of the Storehouses and Magazines situ ated at the point of the Cantcro, followed him imme diately ; and were supported by the Flotilla stationed in the said Arsenal, and by that en the Cadiz sta; tion, which anchored cppc.”itc Fortluis, while the French ships themselves lay in the canal of the Arse nal, in such a pssition, that they were out of reach of the cannon of the castles, as well as of our own squa dron. . The French ship of the line, Algeziras, having her self greatly annoyed by the mortar-battery of the Cantera, directed the whole of herfire against it, and succeeded in dismounting its ordnance, but without killing any of the men. The gnn-boat No. 17, com manding by Ensign (of frigate) Vat.nr..s, and EscA ult:l's mistico were sunk, but no lives lost, as, during the whole of the engagement, we had but three er four killed, and as many wounded. With respect to the enemy, we are unacquainted with the extent of their ' loss. Their ships have suffered in their kulls, but not in their masts, the Algeziras alone having lost her : fore-top-mast and cross-jacklaml. • A few shot ; from the enemy's frigate, fell into the arsenal, one of which killed one eri the slaves. Three reached. the stores, but did nu harm ; 1315, the magazines which were empty ; and others, various other places. One of the enemy's gun boats blew up, and three beats were lowered from the stern of one of their line of i battle ships, but, whether with people in them, is not knowl. ; • The firing on both sides , ceased at eight o'clock ; and, during the remainder of the night, our batteries continued to throw a few shells, and the French did the same, so that it did not appear to be an action, but rather minute-guns fired upon the death of a Ge neral Officer, until nine, this morning, when the en gagement was renewed with greater activity on both sides, to three o'clock in the afternoon, at which time, the Hero, Rosilly's flag ship, hoisted a Spanish flag on the fore, Upon this, the Prince, one of our ships of the lute, hoisted a flag of truce, fired one gun, and sent off her barge. She was an hour and a quarter upon this mission; and, on her return to the Prince, she was observed going to Cadiz. Our General was afterwards summoned to that city, and is not yetcome back (half past nine), so that the result is not known. . . . The Casing, of course, had discentiAtted ever since the said hour of three. • This evening, they are ere,tikl a battery of eight 24-pounders, close to the bridge of the new town, which, in case matters should not be adjusted, will be ready to-morrow morning, and from its advantageous situation, may annoy the enemy very much. r The Argonauta (a ship of the,Ane formerly belong ing to thelFrench, who exchanged her for one of ours) also went out of the Carracca, this evening fur the purpose of taking up a favoutableposition to fire upon them, together with a large merchantman, within half a cannon shot. The latter is a little below Puntales. and provided with artillery ; and it is said, that there are, in both, furnaces for heating red.hot balls. The French kept up a very heavy fire during the afternoon, particularly the head ship and the frigate. IDIS - TRICT OF SANABRIA, JUNE 26. The mere name of Sr. Cuesta is gratifying even to the remote confines of his command, but is no where listened to with so much enthuNiasm as in the centre of Castile. The affair of tha bridge at CabezOn was highly creditable to him ; and the orderly retreAt which he made without regular troops, without artil lery, without c avalry, conducting small army tb Benevente by Rio Seco and Mayorga, without once losing sight of the enemy, has been the subject of en comium with the most intelligent, as a bold ezpe. dient to detain the 'French in Valladolid, and to save the re-. - of Castile, which, no doubt, would have suf fered all those calamities which the people are accus tomed to endure whenever these intimate allies, and lend friends, make their appearalce. By the flight of the French from Valladolid, and the insurrection in Portugal, the cities cf Castile had time to breathe, which were threatened at the same moment by Be ' sieve;, Murat, and Junot, Cindad, Rodrigo, Sala manes, and Zamora, were thus relieved from their difficulties. We have our enlistments ready—and the principal part of our Volunteers are proceeding to Benevente ; to which place, under the orders of the r. Cuesta, many loads of ammunition, several pieces of light cannon,.and tools and utensils for a campaign, are advancing. We have already here a, • 12-pounder, a 24-pounder, and we are to have eight • more of equal calibre, with a foanidable train of cul verins, in consequence of the agreeable intelligence received from Portugal. PORTITGULSE PATRIOTS. TIIE ;it'rr.r.aa: BOARD lIAS SENT ME TILE rotuni•iNc LEI TEA : NILAt Serene Sir— D. Dionisio Capaz, Member of this Board, and au Ensign in the Navy, accompanied-by the Portuguese Cap tains I). Sebastian Martinez, Issuing, in the name of this Board, to inform'Y Y. M. S. H. of the occurrences which have iaely•taken place; and, as they are thought most important, it lu.s been donned rvquisite, that he should give you a verbal account of the nu m:, tJiat you tray take the resolutions, and send us the assist.une wl:ich we stand in need cif. May Con, &c. Ayamonte, Lune 20, (Signed) The ;Marquis de cARItION. The purport of this verbal information, is, that the French have b. en drivea front the forts cn the t ;gin bank of the Guadiana, opposite to Ayamcnte ; the inhabitants of the left, assisted by the few regulars who were there, and a handful of armed Portuguese, ving beaten the French :re:Ts by which they were garrisoned, and hoisted the Spanish flag in every one of them. The loss of the enemy amounts to 91 pri soners, and a number of killed. the whole of the kingdom of Algarva is in a state of instil rection ; Villa Real and Castromarin, as well as the batteries cf the Carrasquera and S. Anton, have been taken posses sion of; the rebel Mallet has been handcuffed, and let doss n into a dry well, with 26 ether individuals; the remainder of the French trecps have fled to tht mountains ; Tavira, Faro, and Aillon are up in arms, and the military chests of the French have been seiz ed. The few Spanish troops above-mentioned, con sisted of Catalonians, Provincials, and a small num ber of Murcians. A Portuguese Captain is come to inforni the Board, that Algarva and the whole kingdom wish to be un der its protection, in the name of FEam N AND VII. About six ton of hats, cocki:,les, and shoes, have been sent off from London to Gijon, for the use of the Spanish Patriots. Yesterday the 18th Regiment of Dragoons were reviewed at Romford. Alter the day's exercise was finished, the Officers of the Regiment entertained his Po-a 1 Highness the Comin;inder in Chief to dinner. Lieutenant. General Lord PAGE iT quitted Londe • last nizlit, on his way to embark at Portsmouth, for the command which his Lordship is to have in the Grand Expedition. . . Major-General EDW ARD PAGETT set ofr on Wed: nesday for the same purpose. The Duocworurn cartel arrived at Plymouth cu Tuesday, from the Texel, where she had been with the Dutch Governor taken on board the Guelderland. There were three sail of the line in the Texel, quite ready for sea, and only waicjng an opportunity to set out. So very strictly were BON APA RTE'S Decrees to prevent all intercourse with this country carried into execution, that the Dutch Governor could not obtain permission to land ; he, however, contrived to get ashore in a fishing-boat. A gentleman arrived from Port-au-Prince, via Ja maica, states, that in May, the Northern and South. ern armies in Hayti, under the respective commands of the rival Chiefs, were engaged for foul- days, near 'Gro Morn ; in the department over which CHRIS- Torth: exercises authority. The result was, that 1600 of CuttisTurlie's party were killed, and 600 taken prisoners; and PETION, at the head of 16,000 men, was marching for Cape Francois. CIIRIAOPHE had made his esc:rpe from the field of battle, and was supposed to be at Fort Milo, a distance of are leagues from the Cape. 'l . " 1 , • IMPORTANT NEWS FROM THE NORTH OF ETIROPZ.. trOut-otot - c-, Iwo O'CLOCK. We stop the Press to state, Oat two Gottenburgh Mails have this moment arrived, by which we have received thi following highly gratifying intelligence • CRYTTENSURGH, JULY F. According to private letters from Stockholm, re ceived by the post of to-dad, the King is gone to Fin land, for the purpose of having a meeting with the Em peror Alexander. It is stated in these letters, that the reason of the successes of the Swedes against the Russians in Finland has been, that considerable numbers of the latter have been ordered to march into Russian Poland, which country, it is rumoured, BONAPARTS has demanded ; and those Letters go so far as to say,. that the meeting of Alexand r and Gustavus has for its object the forming a new eoalit!on against France, to which Austria will join all its force. These reports. we fear, are at least premathre, if not entirely unfounded. • On Tuesday morning last his Britannic Majesty's ship VICTORY, Admiral Sir Jolla &summit; sailed for tke Soimd. JULY 11 . The repot is of Austria preparing for war, and of the meeting between the King of Sweden and the Emperor Alexander, continues to prevail. Two Eng. lish and two Swedish Messengers go by this packet. THE GRAND EXPEDITION. The wind having shifted round, General MOORE'S Army, from the Downs, all got to Portsmouth on Wednesday evening. The General Officers there are, Generals Sir JOHN Mooaz, FRAMS, Hors, Mini. RAY, PAUET, SONTAG, and STEWART. We understand, that from the preparations made for them, and through the exertions of General Wan !lA M and Admiral OTWAY, (the Military and Naval Commanders) as well as by those of Commissioner %taut of the Transport Board, who was sent from London, that this Army will be supplied with every necessary, and again completely fitted for sea, by Sunday evening.—By noon yesterday all of the trans ports had taken in their water—an example of dis patch unexampled in the service of this country. The command of this army is now given to Sir H. BIiKRARD of the Guards ; Lord PAGET, and Ge neral SONTAG of the German Legion, have likewise been appointed to Brigades in it; but, to the joy of the Army, those highly-esteemed Officers, Sir Jon); NiGoax and Hors, remain with it. The Honourable General STEWART, brother of Lord CASTLIMEAGIR, if ppointed Deputy Adjutant-General to it; and Lord Pitonv is on the Stall. The Honourable General FINCH of the Guards is o command the Army now embarking in Kent, and will have under him several excellent officers. " PORTSMOUTH, JULY 21. ,‘ The forces which have returned from Gotten bursh are already now completed for a further expedition, which, doubtless, is meant for either Spain or Portugal. Such was the dispatch which was used, that many of the ships were victualled, wooded, and watered, in a single day. Sir HAVY BURRARD, ho goes second in command, is hourly expected. Si: Joi n MOORE, it is supposed, will corn mand the light troops. Besides the troops embarked at Ramsgate, the 4Sd and one other regiment are on their march from Dover to this place. However, the troops at present in thib harbour will not wait for their arriv..!, hut will sail with the first fair wind. It is rumoured that the North of Spain or Gib raltar will be the general place of rendezvous." A sarTIC.RI. INTELLIGENCE. PLYMOUTH, JULY 20. Came in the William, Captain TUCKER, from Salo with wine, last from Gibraltar ; Isabella, Captain LINCOLN, from Gibraltar, with wine ; Wateham, Capt tin CtiAnnuli, from Villanova, with wiue and cork ; ANN gun-brig, from a cruize ; Minerva, Cap ...tin LAMER, from Gibraltar with wine; A Linos armed cutter with three vessels from Guernsey, bound foreign. PORTSMOUTH, JUI.Y 21. Arrived the ZEBRA bomb, and HARDY gun brig, from the Downs, with a convoy.—Wind W. S. W, DEAL, JULY 21. Arrived the Ar.r.ar sloop of war, from Portsmouth, with a convoy, which are sailed for the River ; also the Minerva, WlLLtasts, from Surinam. Sailed the CHALLENGER sloop, BVSTLER and DESPERATE gun brigs, and PHOSPHORUS fire vessel, on a cruize off the coAst of France; Coux-rnss of ELGIN cutter, with a Convoy for Harwich. A number of transports ar rived from the River last evening. IN TILE DOWNS. / Princess of Charge, St. Alban's, Clyde, Trusty, Fisgard, Os. trey, Alert, and tearless. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. Ga•vrs N D J4Lr gl.-Passed by the Union, Whizehoorn, front: Guernsey ; Arrtd a , Rickets, front Oporto ; and Clara, Johns ; and Puroka,Piges, front Gotten burgh. Sailed the Fanny, Bouslield; and Princiye, Peirrra, for .tke Brazils ; Jane, Graham, for Madeira ; Uuum , :..almon, for Cork; Argo, liendexson, for Gibraltar ' • relycir Castl e , ( "r im , for Lomionderry ; rantor, Conway, forßelList ; Vortiwo, Meld e nd Mary, Smith, for Uottenburik. nt in