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.:.~-° of 1-tan, these, from Bto 900 were Spaniards. They had no s.)orter set foot on Spanish ground than they killed a French gens d'armes in the very town of Irun, and a great number of them deserted. The next day, thzy continued to disperse themselves at Oyarzun, and there was a still more considerable desertion at Tolo s t.—ln consequence of these proceedings, the French p irties of cavalry that were in Anzola, Villa Real de Zumaraza, Villa Franca, and other places, formed a junction, and after an obstinate action they took about 30 of the deserters, who surrendered upon terms — among these were only four Spaniards, the rest being Germans, Poles, &c. It should be observed, that there were only 60 Spaniards with the regiment by the time it reached Victoria. 66 On the 3d instant, there was a skirmish between some of the light parties and the enemy, in the pass be tween Mendragon and Elorrio, named Champanazar. The person who gives this information says, 'that he saw, the day after, the dead bodies of seven French. men carried through the pass. 66 The parties in the environs of Estella lately had a brush with the French. in which they killed a consi derable number of them, and made about 50 prisoners. Longa's party, which is in the environs of Ar ganzon, consists of 500 men, and is daily becoming more considerable. A few days since it pursued a French detachment to the very gates of Victoria. 4 , It was reported in Victoria, and there are a num ber of letters tending to confirm the rumour, that a very rich convoy, going from Madrid to Bayonne, had been intercepted at Lerrna. The French couriers do not enjoy a moment's security ; not one of them can prosecute their journey without an escort. From the middle of Apri l to the end of May, there were no less than five couriers killed between Mendragon and Victoria," JULY 26.—The brave patriotic parties are spread all over Navarre and the Rieja, and are constantly engaged in conflicts with the Vandals, no less obsti nate than glorious to the Spanish arms. Several of ficers belonging to the parties of D. Francisco Espoz , and Mina, the successor of the intrepid student of that name, have brought in 118 prisoners to the Junta of Arragon. Senors Echavarria, Ayala, and Garces, who act under the latter chief, having assembled a body of 500 infantry and 120 horse, attacked, on the 19th May, 460 of the enemy's infantry and cavalry at Peralta, and completely routed them, with the loss of 90 killed, an immense number wounded, 30 priso ners, and a great quantity of baggage. The Spa niards pursued them as far as the bridges of Capar raho and Lodosa ; but the Litter being occupied by 400 French, the Spaniards fell back in the direction of Fdlces where a corps of s(x) of the enemy had ji.st arrived. They were already pillaging the place, and had commenced their usual barbarities by putting three cf the inhabitants to death, when the Patriots unexpectedly felj upon them, and pursued them half way to Caparrosa. Nilit corning on, put an end to the action, and the Spaniards retreated to Lerin, hav ing lest five killed, one drowned, and seven wounded. Several Germans and Poles deserted to them during tle action. PRIVATE LETTER.- 14 LISBON, JULY 29. f' We understand, that since the retreat of General CRAUTURD Lord WELLINGTON and his whole force are upon the road to Lisbon ; lie has broke up his camp in the mountains, and has sent the baggage before him. We look for him near Lisbon, but when be will arrive we can form no conjecture. The French are sta ted to be upon his heels, and occupy his ground as fast as he quits it. Every pass in the mountains up to Lisbon is fortified by the peasantry, under the orders of British engineers—so that it is not likely that the enemy will be able to do much harm as I .ord WEL LINGTON retires.—We await the arrival of transports with rein forcements with ceaseless impatience, which is Increased every moment they are delayed. In General Ottattruito's affair, we pre afraid the English were much worsted." BADAJOZ, JULY it - - ALICANT, JULY 17. The Consul of his Sicilian Majesty, of this City, has just received from Mahon the following interest ing information :—" The Sicilian polacre, Queen Carsatu, which arrived from Palermo, brought dis patches from his Royal Highness the Dake of Or leans, and instantly sailed for Cadiz. The Captain says, that on the very day he left Palermo official advices had arrived there, bringing the agreeable news, that the combined English and Sicilian fleets had defeated and totally destroyed a flotilla of gun boats, which the enemy had just collected in Calabria in order to make a descent upon Sicily." I write this by the packet of Algiers, which the Governor is sending to Cadiz with dispatches, relat ing to a conspiracy that had been formed to carry him off. You may recollect that he and the Alcaide did not agree. Some short time ago the latter was ar. rested in his house, in consequence of some represen- cations made by the Alcaide to Cadiz, which were re turned to the Governor. He, however, broke his arrest and went to Valencia, where he left nothing undone to interest Caro in his favour. Whether the latter be concerned in this business or not is as yet unknown, but he is most strongly suspected. A few nights ago, a party of Pino Hermoso's regiment, headed by an officer, with the Lieutenant-Governor and four men, viz. Jover, Rodrigo, Santo, and Sper jog, surprised the guard at the Governor's house, and having secured them, proceeded up stairs. They . . '• . - MADRID, IULT 5. I . MAL rA, lIINZ 30. COUntik of State and of the Generals are held, We look for the packet from England with great daily, and the despair that preys upon their hearts is anxiety. No convoy homeward is yet appointed here. visible in their countenances. Carriages are every It will, perhaps, be naiped before the close of next day taking the road to Castile, and few clays pass month. The fears in Sicily respecting an attack without the arrival of carts filled with wounded sol- from the enemy are greatly subsided. A strong re diers. Great quantities of effects of all sorts are sell- inforcement to the naval force, and the additional ing in the Retiro. The lies they circulate are in pro- 4000 troops brought in the Ganymede's convoy, have portion to the advantages we obtain, and they are placed that island in a state of security. The French constantly telling us of the armies that are entering boats are destroyed daily. The Salcette frigate is Spain, and the defeats and desertions of the Spaniards, expected from the Dardanelles with Mr. Adair, on not even sparing the names of the most ardent pa- leave of absence. She was to sail about the end of triots ; but the inhabitants of this city, ever true to this month. She will proceed to England without the cause of their country, interpret their language in waiting for convoy.- The Exchange continues very its just sense. There is a rumour of the intended high to-day. departure of Joseph, which is completely confirmed by 11111••••••••• the preparations that are going forward. 1 The Gibraltar Chronicle of the 21st ult. presents VALENCIA, JUNE 29. the following as the substance of some intercepted The following is an extract of a dispatch from letters : Field-Marshal D. Juan O'Donoju, to the Captain MADRID, JUNE 11. General, transmitted from the town of San Mateo : I Accounts of the latter end of May from Castile, , 4 Most Excellent Seignior—For these last four d irs state the dysentery to be raging among the French ; I have not had a moment to myself, and scarce ly and that, besides the thirteen hospitals in Valladolid have I been under a roof. On the 24th and 25th, and those in Salamanca, the Archbishop's and Je some of the corps of the division under niy command suits' colleges, both of them spacious buildings, have were very warmly and closely engaged with the ere- been converted to the use of the sick in the latter town., my in front of Morella, who, on both days, were re- : Joseph has dismissed the 60 Spaniards whom he pulsed to the very walls of that place. The first day, had admitted into his horse-guards, directing them to the enemy left 20 killed on the held ; and in the even- proceed to their homes, whence they will be allowed ing, according to the information of persons arrived to apply for other situations; and has done the same from Morella, they brought in 50 wounded. Our with the whole of the guard of honour from Granada, loss consisted of a captain of smugglers killed, and , who accompanied him on his return. It has been four or five soldiers wounded. We bivouacqued for reported, that he thought of going to Valencia, and that night within view of Morella. The action was had given it up for fear of the light parties ; but with renewed between seven and eight o'clock next morn- ! what army he intended to set out upon that expedi ing, and lasted until four in the afternoon, when, ob- ; tion, is not known, as we have scarcely 5000 men here. serving that the enemy had received a reinforcement 1 On the 15th, many officers of the Dutch brigade of cavalry and infantry, we fell back in good order, I arrived from la Mancha, in consequence of almost without being molested by the enemy, as far as the the whole of their men having deserted ; and they are, hermitage of Vallivana, where we passed the night ; I accordingly, very earnest in their applications for and this morning the whole division, equally unmo- ! leave to go home. It is known, that the number of tested by the enemy, retreated to this town and the deserters from the French armies, increases every day. village of Chete. As the action of the second day 1 On the 12th, a party of Patriots fired upon the was very long, and maintained with obstinacy on both 1 French sentries in Toledo, and carried off two o ffi cers I sides, though the enemy was continually repulsed, of the Civic Militia with their horse& our loss could not but be considerable, regard being By the latest accounts from Castile, under date the had to the inferiority of our numbers. The captains 12th, Massena's army consists of 50,000 men. of grenadiers of the Ist of Valencia and Savoy, D. TARRAGONA, JUNE 19.' Pedro Garcia Eenitez and D. Joaquin Lozano, were wounded, the former mortally ; four subalterns, and Upwards of 700 men of the Garrison of Hostal- rich . are arrived here, but we must ever lament the from 40 to 50 serjeants, corporals, and privates, were ... also wounded, and there were about 20 radk,anci file I capture of the gallant Governor, D. Julian de Es killed. The cavalry had three or four men wounded, trada, three officers of Iliberia and five of Gerona, and as many horses killed." I who, having lost their way during the march, could not follow the main body. It is already some time since the public voice has denounced an unexampled crime committed by French perfidy upon the person of the immortal Governor of Gerona, D. Mariano Alvarez. Every day, the report obtains more and more credit, which spread several months ago, that that respectable Officer, the pride of his country and a pattern of military virtue, has been poisoned in Figueras, and that the effects of the poison were so violent and so conspicuous, that there was no concealing them, whatever means were used for that purpose, and whatever haste was made to bury the corpse in the dark of the night. It was also said, that Bonaparte had first ordered him to be executed, like a malefactor, on the public square of Gerona, that the theatre of his glory might be that of his punishment ; but, from an apprehension of the effects such a spectacle might produce, puison was preferred. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. TUESDAY, AUGUST 14. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. S per Cent. Coos. money, 68e—aec. 6811. S per Cent. Reduced 6911-4 per Cent. 651.. Navy 5 per Cent. 941 —Exchequer Bills 3s. to 7s. pr. Bonds 265. preen.—Omnium t j dis. • With that the home.vard. had engaged is several snseestul enterprises agai nst the French convoys of stores, artillery, &c. that ef ts enemy had erected formidable batteries along d is coast for the protection of his vessels, of which severa l hundreds were collected; that bluaAT, whose forte was estimated at 25,000 men, was with the advanced guard ; and that the British had thrown up fortifica. tions on the Sicilian shore, and were employ every means to strengthen their position." We cannot help thinking that the first mentioned report has arisen from some mistake in the dues, and refers to some skirmish of a previous date, proba that of the 21st June, stated about three weeks ago in the STAR. Another affair of the same kind 1w pened about eight days After. The accounts from Naples which have appeared the French papers, are to the 11th July, and from Scilla to the 10th. They make no mention of attempt having at that time been made to elect landing in Sicily, but only speak of convoys passing along the coast of Calabria preparatory to the intend ed invasion : but the accounts brought by the packet come only down to the 25th June from Messina, the Sicilian Messenger who is mentioned as the porter of the victory, was taken on board the packet on the 2d of July. Among our foreign intelligence we have given letter from Alicant, which speaks of the enemy's tilla of gun-boats having bcen entirely► defeated, we are still apprehensive that this is only an exaggv. rated account of one of the skirmishes in the month of June. The letters from Malta ate of the 28th of June, they state that considerable alarm prevailed for troops in Sicily, and that if the enemy were to effect a landing with a respectable force, every thing would be lost. The French army is represented to be 40,000 strong on the shore from St Eufetnia to Scylla Reggio, for the transport of which, nearly 500 vessels were in attendance. It was supposed that, with vourable winds, the invasion might be accomplished notwithstanding the vicinity of the British navy. Se• veral flags of truce had been sent to the island. An offer is stated to have been made and rejected, that the British army should be allowed to re.embart without molestation, on condition of surrendering' up the island to the enemy. The GOLDFINCH sloop of war arrived on Saturday at Plymouth, from the north coast of Spain, from whence she sailed on the .sth inst. She left the aqua. dron of British cruizers off Llanes, near which place it had landed General PORLIER and '750 Spanish sol diem. Immediately after his disembatkation, the General marched for Puertas, nine leagues distance, where 700 men were in readiness to join him. He carried with him arms and ammunition to equip tbt new It.vies ; and'it was his intention to return as soon as possible and attack the French force in Liam, which did not exceed 200 men. The French force in Asturias and La Montana was inconsider• able, not exceeding 1400 in the whole, and thee much dispersed. General Posit.= did not think it advisable to attack Llanes on landing, having a more important object in view, namely, the forming a junc tion with the levies that were waiting for him. The squadron remains off Llanes, for the impost of preventing the enemy from receiving any supplies or reinforcements by sea, and of affording succour to the General on his return, if necessary. Persons who : have had an opportunity of witnessing General Pox• SPAIN AND POKIVAda. LISBON, JUL' 7 . We have the followin g , the province of Biscay, under date ofl 41' 2" . On the Bth of May, :intent of Voltigeurs, consisting of 1200 effective men, entered Irun—of the the , t . rat orce nced ifica. lying oned , and )all7 s age hap. M from an/ ,'ect a ssing tend. acket , and x re. acket wen 's flo. I, but agge. nonth e, and w the effect would 0,000 a and vessels ith fa- Se. A _ A letter from Madrid of the 27th ultimo, received demanded (in the name of the King) the Governor, With pleasure we announce that the homeward- i --- -- -" "rr ------1 : ---- -a - . by a person of respectability, contains the following who appeared at an iron barred window, to surrender bound Windward Island Fleet, between sixty and • Willa conduct, speak very highly of his character aaa particulars : himself, and prepare to go with them. He refused, seventy sail, passed Plymouth on Saturday evening, talents for command. He is represented as a bold 0 This day, a grand convoy of carriages and wag. telling them he had orders from the King to remain 1 coming up Channel. One ship, we are sorry to add, i and enterprising man, ready to endure every kind of pins, with a suitable escort, and a number of private where he was, and unless they could produce an order privation, and sharing the food of the common soh (name unknown) foundered .at sea, and two others i . individuals, set off for France. Two or three of the from the same to a contrary effect, and of a later date, Ave or six enerals whom Bonaparte has sent for in he would not move. While this was • • passing, the are missing.—They were 7 weeks on their passage. titers with cheerfulness. He was seen, soon after his !landing, exposed to a heavy rain, dining upon dried all haste, are said to have accompanied it. As the Ladies attempted to alarm the town, by calling from departure of this convoy has for some time pas( been the balconies, Btc. but they were prevented by the I ALEXANDER M'RAE, Esq. of Virginia, with dis. fish and biscuit. A female spy, who visited his corps, expected. due notice has been forwarded to the par- soldiers in the street threatening to shoot them. On patches for General ARMSTRONG, at Paris, from the ties file Castile, A number of o ffi cers who had assem. this the door of the room was broke open, but finding I - • was discovered, and shot in sight of the British I American Minister at this Court, Mr. PINICKEY, i bled in the Retiro, to set off with the convoy, have re. him resolute , his sword drawn, and determined -' turned to their lodgings, declaring that they will only defend himself, they hesitated, while he calmly ar- sailed from Plymouth a few days since in a fla g off By an arrival from the East of Spain we learn that leave Madrid along with their respective regiments, gued with the Lieutenant-Governor. In fine, after truce, for Morlaix. The vessel was hired expressly ' the French, in their progress ao Tortola with an in- which are to march in about a week. - some hours parley, the latter repented, dismissed the for the purppse of carrying Mr. *RAE to the last- considerable force, paid a visit to Besecarlo, which " This agrees with the report, that Joseph is to set soldiers, and asked pardon. A coach was waiting at' mentioned port. place they had left, but whither they bad proceeded out on or about the sth of next month, and to take the door to carry off the prize. The whole affair was i had not been ascertained. all the effective troops with him, leaving the gat es conducted so quietly that it was unknown till next I In the STAR of Saturday we mentioned that a yes- pneler the care of the poor invalids, and the t own i n mo rn i ng , wh e n th e Lieutenant. Governor and the ' sel arrived at Liverpool, had spoken his Majesty's The latest accounts from Gibraltar are to th e 26:h ;Le hands pf . the burghers." Commandant of the regiment employed were arrested. , JULY '2l.—The army in this vicinity has advanced The Lady Mayoress was ordered to the Misericordia• ship MELAMPUS, Captain HAWKER, on the 2d ult. off ult. In addition to what we stated yesterday respect. to occupy the most advantageous positions in the but on the intercession of Mrs . Valcarcel , was confine d Cape Sable, bound to Halifax, with a prize in com. ing the force under Bauarrestos, they mention that prov i I re. in the house of the latter, and still remains there.—' pany. By a letter since received at Plymouth, from 1 after having penetrated along the rear of ifteroit's About the commencement of the current month, The four men before mentioned escaped. The Al. : Captain HAWKER, the following particulars have army, cutting off several posts , intercept i ng his so p there was an action at Paredes, two leagues from caide wars as in Hijon, waiting the result. This affair , been received :—The prize is a fine French brig of plies, and greatly harassing and distressing the enrol Tarrancon, in which D. Juan Martin's co rps' defea- has caused much sensation here, the guards have been ted the enemy with the loss of 400 killed and 200 doubled, and strong patroles parade the streets during . 416 tons belonging to SURCOUF, the French comman- during five days, he returned across the mountains pi sellers, with very little loss on our side. Upwards . the night. 1 der in the Indian seas, bound home from the Isle of having sustained very little loss, and carrying with of 10(r carts arrived at Madrid with the enemy's I GIBRALTAR, JULY 24. 1 France. His Majesty's ship DRIVER was in company him prisoners and booty. wounded. The BLACK JOKE cutter was taken in a calm by 1 wh en the capture was made, which proves to be very Villa Campabas upwards of 10,000 cavalry and two large privateers, and carried into Algiers. She i ' infantry under his command in Cuelica. It is not was charged with dispatches from Constantinople and valuable, as appears by the following schedule of her private levee at the Queen's Palace. The Elmo comes to London to.morrrow to bold I known whether Bassecourt, his predecessor in com• Malta, as well as with overland dispatches from India. mand,,is to be employed in any other quarter. There are 24 privateers of the same description, most- I cargo : 'About 100,000 lbs. Sugar, 5 Bales Tonoisesbell, Sunday evening their MAJESTIES, Princesses A* A French courier, with his escort, have been killed ly commanded by worthless Genoese, which cruize 134,000 lbs. care, 8,222 lbs.. Ebony, GUSTA, ELIZABETH, MARY, and SOPHIA, Walked °. Windsor Terrace till half. past eight o'cloc . k. . at Nievas by a party of patriots ; and the mail which between Oran and Bona. They have taken the Fin- 5,000 lbs. Indigo, 2,000 lbs. Toutenague, tftey had ‘s ith them has been secured. The party gal, a fine vessel, w Inch sailed from hence about three 106 Bales Cotton, 6,224 lbs. Zink ; from New York to the 13th, from Boston to the 1 I was commanded by a female, who has acquired such weeks ago. A beautiful American brig, the Am lei. 10,075 lb. . Pepper, Letters and papers were yesterday morning recei and from Philadelphia to the 17th ult. A Gen dexterity in the use of arms; that she actually fired trite, which left here about the same time, has shared And from 3to 4,000 Dollars she bad taken out of a pin. that the who arrived passenger in one of the latest vessels~ s • two shots for one that her followers discharged. the same fate, also many others. The Prince Ernest We :ire informed on the oth , that King Joseph, packet is considered in great peril ; she will be an ex- The intelligence from Sicily circulated yesterday that Executive Authorities would not sum preparatory to his departure from Madrid, put in re- cellent prize for them if they fall in with her, having on the authority of reports brought by the Carteret , Congress before the usual period. and that there . quiiiition 600 coaches and other light vehicles, With an irordknse quantity of dollars on board. he Co. of the enemy from the shores of Calabria having, in the general opinion in the United States w no exation that war would be declared either 400 waggons . This intelligence, with the annexed mus is arrived from Algiers with the Portuguese Ad- ' article trim Madrid,. we have received from a cinar, miral Scarnicia on board. He has purchased a peace an attempt to reach Sicily, been defeated with the loss agains Great Britain or France, hut . it was _su to ppned c ____ that some restrictive measures with regard . r: . ter entitled to the highest credit, It should seem that with the Dey, on behalf pf the Portuguese, for two of between three and four thousand men, is not gene- Joseph either is disposed to risk his person no longer years, for which he is to pay 900,000 dollars. He rally credited. The accounts received by Govern- Boston from the Havannah, mentions. that the red in a contest which appears to be as endless as Lula- proceeds horn hence to Lisbon in the Comets for the ment, as we mentioned yesterday in the greater part • merce would be resorted to.—A letter recetred o : non of the duties bad been attended with &moths , ir.ti!in . g ; or that his brotheihas ordered him to take money, as it Is to be paid immediately . Mr. Casa - of our impression, only state that " the preparations neficial consequences to that settlement. tip h is .residence elseiliere. Such is the authority major, who accompanied. the Portuguese Admiral a dusk pomeniedby, and the respect shewn to the Sovereigns to Al giers, is also arrived here , and I believe will for invading Sicily were carried on with activity, but Thin are 162 PQM in ills list for pia isdeo ate *eked to hime for their , (dill* eaistrire ! proceed with him to Lisbon, had been retarded by the attacks of our flotilla, which Assizes. . • . - .. . .•:, ' 7, "' .