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SPAIN. [MOM THE DIARIO DE LA CORUNNA.I MURCIA, JULY 2. There is in the press a second Supplement to the Diario of this day, containing an account of the en gagement at Valencia, which terminated yesterday at noon, and in which the French, to the number of 19 or 20,000 men, were completely routed. Only 1200 of them escaped, whom Generals Lamas and Cerbellon are gone in pursuit of ; and 1500 have been marched prisoners into the Galley Arsenal at Car thagena. Moncey was wounded, and is a prisoner at Va lencia. This city is now tranquil, being released froth the danger of being attacked by the 7000 French troops which had already reached the environs of Albacettas when Llamas and Cerbellon were pursuing, with more than 50,000 men, the rear guard of Moncey's army. These 7000 were the last reinforcemcnt sent to this General, and they found their graves at Va. lenc ia. BENEVENTE, JULY 22. Marshal Ecssieres, who entered this place with from 10 to 12,000 men, sub se quent to the retreat of our army, marched out again in the evening of the 20th. The country is entirely laid waste, for the enemy eat down all the plantations, and fed their horses with the corn. Seignor Cuesta has retreated with the cavalry, and has left the infantry at their own disposal. It is said that he has gone to join Palafox. VALDEVIEGAS, JULY 22. Our head-quarters are at Manzanal, and the ad vanced guard has arrived at Astorga, where it remains completely on the alert. . _ . . Seignor Cuesta has suddenly evacuated Benevente and marched for Leon. In consequence of dispatches taken by a serjeant of the Regiment of Saragossa, from a French Aid du-Camp, whom he apprehended in the disguise of a Spanish postillion, and which dispatches were trans mitted to Seignor Cuesta, who received them at ten o'clock at night; he dismissed the peasantry belong ing to his army, ordered the cavalry to mount, and with them and the flying artillery, he marched off suddenly at twelve o'clock, saying, " Let those who are able and willing follow me." This precipitate departure has given rise to various speculations.— There are some, who from the intelligence received yesterday, predict some heroic achievement as the issue of the plan which he had so suddenly adopted. CORUNNA, JULY 23. In the evening of the 25th, the English Captain Carrol set off post from this place for our army, ac companied by a serjeant and a private soldier. The vessels belonging to the English convoy con tinue to arrive here, and at the other per s of tl e kingdom. Yesterday morning arrived here, a pAze to a Bri tish vessel, a French galliot from Martinique, laden with coffee, cotton, and other colonial productions. SEVILLE, JULY Is. In the different churches of this city, prayers have been put up, imploring tke Divine assistance upon our arms. We are assured that the attack was to be made yesterday. PUERTO REAL, JULY 11. In the kingdom of Seville we have 50,000 men in arms. Of these, 30,000 are troops of the line, and the rest, though newly raised, are pretty well disciplined, having been constantly exercising for the last month. The whole of this force is posted in the environs of Andujar, where General Dupont has entrenched him self with 9000 troops, in expectation or reinforce ments, or in consequence of finding his retreat to Ma ' drid entirely cut off. We are in hourly expectation of hearing of an en gagement, though there are some who assert, that General Castano's plan is to starve the enemy into a surrender. The English are received here in the same manner as in other parts of the kingdom, They disembarked a few days since, and about €2OOO of their troops are slow quartered here. CADIZ, JULY 12, The accounts from the army at Andujar are very flattering. They are unanimously resolved to beat the Preach, who are e.tim:Lted at from eight to tea thcu sand. There are some English troops here, and at ti , e port of Santa Maria 2600 have !..!en disembarked for the purpose of refreshment, after being so long on ship-board. VIGO, JULY 25. At three o'clock yesterday afternoon a convoy hove in sight of this place. It was steering for the coast of Portugal, and consisted of 59 merchant ves sels, three sail of the line, and two frigates. It is supposed to be the fleet w!'ich is conveying 80(X) Men from England to the assistance of the Yortu. guese. VIANA, JULY 20. The news in this quarter is, that our troops conti nue to march towards Coimbra, with the intention of proceeding to resin the capital ft, the possession of the French trainus- Figueras, Nazaret, and St. Martin, are already free ; and 't Pcn; there re said to be only about 40 French remaining. 'rem the cap:tai we receive no intelligen . ce, the post not being permitted to come away. Goo grant, 1 that the inhabitants may speedily recover their liber ty ! I will send you information of whatever passes, for I hope in GOD those robbers who have so much harassed us are on the point of being totally extermi nated. [The following is annexed to an artlcleOf London News, of the Ist of July, containing au account of the reception of the Spanish Deputic>, and the substance of Lord Hawkesbury's Declaration n the House of Lords on the preceding evening. " TO THE OFSEROUPENGLISH NATION. " hen a nation naturally honourable, kind hearted, and grateful, like the Spaniards, meets with another, noble, great, and geaerous,iike the English, their affections mutually unite and coalesce, and there results the most generous rivalship, on the one hand in conferring obligations, and on the other in making suitable demonstrations of gratitude. In the former respect, how much are we indebted to you, generous English ! and in the latter, ah ! could you but know the extent of our sensibility and gratitude ! Words cannot express it ; they , are too feeble and scanty ; and to confess that they are so, is the only resource which remains to us in order to make you acquainted with our inmost feelings—like the cele brated painter of antiquity, who, incapable of invent ing a sufficient degree of expression to pourtray the afflicting situation of the heroine of his picture, adopted the expedient of throwing a veil over her countenance, leaving her distress to be inferred from the rest of her action, and each spectator to conjecture according to his own sensations, what those were which were concealed by the delicate drapery. In truth, generous Britons, as a philosophical people,, you must be sufficiently aware, that however vivid our emotions, our organs are very torpid in their powers of displaying them; and that with souls of sen sibility and delicacy, sensations are abundant, but words few in number. You , yourselves possess this character which is so analogous to that of the Spa niards—multiplicity of generous actions,. few and well guarded expressions. The wise maxim of " be lieve in deeds and not in words," is on this occasion the just criterion of your conduct. Let us thank you, inasmuch as, silent with regard to what you have hitherto done, you are still doing, and intend to do more for the benefit of the Spaniards. Yes, generous English ! much have you done, and much you will' yet do. The moment you saw us labouring under oppression, you turned yoUr eyes towards us. You stretched forth a beneficent hand the instant we ap plied to you ; and notwithstanding your being at open war with Spain, you offered us your alliance, and undertook °an-defence with more energy than that of the most friendly nation. You have given us peace ; the peace which we so much wished for, a ma ritime peace. You have opened to us the navigation of the seas ; you have opened to us your ports ; and, finally, you have placed all your means at our dispo sal. You have supplied us with implements of war, ammunition, provisions and cloathing ; and, provided with these and other necessaries, you have restored to theirhomes, for the purpose of their defending them, and joining in the common cause, all the Spaniards who were prisoners among you : they have returned with consolation to their families, that had despaired of seeing them for a long period of time ; but, gene rous nation, what has been hitherto unexampled, a subscription, we are informed, has been opened at London, and is rapidly filling up, for the relief of the widows and orphans of those Spaniards who may die gloriously in defence of their oppressed country. Great and generous action, which could only be per formed by a nation which is great in every thing ! But here let me break off and lie silent ; for your genero• sky transcends all my powers of expression." k THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. FRIDAY, AUGUST 5. 14ICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK : Cons. money, 6711—for August 61—Roduced 681. Ottminm prem—Eacheq. Bills 6s. pre,— PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. trish 5 per Cent. 97t Bank Stock 2431 3 per C. Rod. 684} Omniuin 11 i 3 per C. Cons. 67-41 India Bonds, ss. Is. prem. 4 per Cent. Cons. 84ii Es.. Bills, 4s. 6s. pre. 5 per Cent. Navy, 99 9811 Lottery Tickets, .981. es. 1.. Ann. 13 1.1-16ths Cons. for ace. 68 673 Imp. Aan. 71 11-16tLs • • A report was circulated 'yesterday afternoon and mentioned in part of our' impression, that General DUPONT, after having made himself master of Cor dova, had in his turn been attacked by the Patriots joined by General SPENCER, and driven out of Cor dova with great slaughter.—The report appears to rest on no authority whatever. A letter from very good authority at Corunna.l dated the 3] st ult. confirms the reports we have re ceived as to the Victories of the Patriots in Valencia, Murcia, and Saragossa, at least so fi.r as a repetition of those reports can be called a confirmation. This letter further adds, chit an insurrection had taken place in Madrid, on the ‘23c ultimo. This insurrec tion, which is said to be the result of an understanding with some part of the Patriot Force that was expected to arrive at Madrid in the course of that evening, must have been of a very hardy character, as JOSEPH BONAPARTE, with a considerable .force, is known to have reached that City on the 20th. The result of the insurrection is not stated, but there is too much reason to fear that it ca,nnot have been favourable to the Patriots. We have given a few more extracts from the Spa nish Journals; but they add nothing to the facts be fore known. Wednesday the QUEEN and PRINCESSES took an airing to Clifden Lodge, where they dined, and then returned to the Palace to tea. Yesterday morning his MAarsrv, the Princesses So- PHIA, AUGUSTA, and AMELIA, accompanied by Lord WALSINGHAM, Lady GEORGE MURRAY, and Generals CARTWRIGHT and FITZROY, rode in Windsor Park, ...nd returned to the Palace at twelve. The QuEzt4 and Princess ELIZABETH took an airing to Frog:note Lodge, and walked in the gardens a considerable time. THE ARMY. 41•1•=1MINIE••• We did hope that no Minister tinder the Crown would have advised that the person of the Commander in Chief, the Son of our Sovereign, should be placed in circumstances of danger without the smallest ne cessity. If our army could boast no other brave and experienced General but his ROYAL HIGHNESS, this would be a sufficient motive for appointing him to the Command of the British Army, destined to assist the Spanish Patriots. But the case is otherwise. Happily for this country, we have many excellent and tried Generals—men no way inferior in bravery and zeal to his ROYAL Mouses& Greater bravery, greater ardour for the welfare of Britain, we do not believe to be possessed by any man than by the Duke of YORK. But as our army can boast of others also qualified for such an important service, THE NATION —we say THE NATION, demands that the Son of our Sovereign be not exposed to personal danger. We hope, whatever progress may have been made in such an arrangement, that Ministers apd his MA itsrit will not turn a deaf ear to the affectionate voice of the People in behalf of the Royal House. We hope his Royal Highness, who cannot feel indifferent to the wishes of the nation, will, in deference to the public wishes, wave his pretensions to the command ,of the troops destined for Spain and Portugal. Though we express this hope, it is proper we should state, that in the highest circles it is reported that his Royal Highness is actually to take the com mand, and that all the arrangements are now com pleted, among which arc the following : The Duke of Year will command an array of 70,000 men in Spain. . Lord HoTcntusou is to accompany his Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief to Spain in a confidential situation. Sir SAmtzt. AUCUMUTY goes as Military Secretary to his Royal Highness. _ _ . _ Lieutenant Colonel GORDON retains his situation, and is to re main at home to transact the public business, during the Duke's absence. Sir Wst. M/DOWS IS to act as Commander-in-Chief at home. A" General Field Staff" is to be appointed from Officers of distinguished talents and notorious public merit. The General Staff of the Army is to remain as at present. Sir A. WttLEsLr r is itatr.ed as the Field-Adjutant-General on the junction of the British Forces in Spain. The Duke of CAMIIRIDGC and Lord Mats* will both be ern ployed with the Duke of YoR /L. Lord PROSY is appointetf Assistant-Adjutant-General to the Forces. Sir D. BAIRD is at Cork, to embark in command of seven regi ments, now embarking at the Cove. Sir ROBERT WILSON has obtained leave to raise a Portuguese Legion of 5000 men. The Guards have received orders to embark at Deal. Yesterday morning a considerable draft was made from the 3d Regiment of Guards, in order to supply the place of those who have volunteered on Foreign Service, from Chatham, Deal, Dover, &c. They will march from town to-morrow morning. _ . Friday last the 4th battalion of the Ist or Royal Regiment of Foot, embarked on board transports at Port Seaton, for Harwich. Part of the Staffordshire Militia is quartered at Reading. The Nottingham Militia have volunteered for Spain. The West Worcester Volunteers have volunteered into the Local Militia. Sunday se'nnight the Hereford Division of the First Regiment of Herefordshire Volunteer Infantry was assembled on Widemarsh, when Colonel MATTHEWS explained the provisions of the Act of Parliament, for transferring the service.of volunteer corps into that of a Local Militia. A majority of that division have since enrolled themselves for such service, which no doubt will be adopted by the other divisions. We are sorry to say that on this occasion Lieutenant-Colonel SYMONDS communicated his resignation, to the great regret of the Corps. Sunday the Madley Division of the First Hereford. shire Regiment, comprising the Light and Fourth companies, met at Madley, to determine on the pro priety of offering their services for Local Militia. Co lonel MArrnEws explained the several parts of the Act to them, when the whole, except three Men, all of whom assigned reasons that fully justified them in declining, with three cheers testified their readiness to enter" under the provisions of the Act. A detachment of the Royal Artillery, from Can terbury barracks, is encamped at Herne Bay, where they daily practise firing shot and shells on the beach. On the 2d Battalion of the 43d Regiment of Foot receiving orders to join the first Expedition for Spain, all the privates and officers of the Royal Pembroke Fusilcers, stationed at the forts off 1-11 the, volunteered their services on the Bth ult. with that regiment, and have received his Majesty's thanks 44 for their ho atourable teal and alacrity sbewn in the cause." Extract of a letter from an Officer of r Is in the British forces landed atFiguera, in Portugal, dated t he 19th of July : " Here I am, landed with a battalion of Royal Marines, as fine fellows as ever stepped the eat th. The French are, I under stand, advancing to attack the City of Coimbra, about 24 miles from this place. They have only 4000 men, and the Portuguese who defend it are nearly 18,000, of JII sorts, regulars and irre gulars. Coimbra is an amazirg strong and well fortified city, so b itaated, that cannon can scarcely be brought to act against it with 6 , any prospect of success. We are all ready to assist the Porto, pew, if aant 0 ) but they appear In high spirits." LETTER, /ROM POMARII, =NO Op OTAIIIIII I TO TO IaSCONART SOCIETY. Pomace, the King of Otaheite, who has long been in the habit of visiting, and familiarly conversing with the British Missionaries at Matavias in that island, has assiduously applied himself for a considerable time under their directions, to attain the art of writin g , which at length he has acquired. A letter having been sent to Pnmare, by the direr. dons of the Missionary Society, the Missionaries care fully translated it, and laid it before him. The fol lowing answer, in the Taheitean language, was com posed entirely by himself. It was then translated by the Missionaries into English, which translation was copied by the King ; and may be considered as a lite. rary curiosity Matava, Otabete, January 1, 1607. . wish You every blessing friends in your residence in yosr country with success in teaching this bad land, this foolish bad, this wicked land, this land which is ignorant of good, this land that knoweth not the true God, this regardless land Friends, I wish you health and prosperity, may I also u se , and may fehovah save us all. Friends with respect to your letter you tent to me, I have this to say, that your business with me and your wishes I fully co n , sent to and shall consequently banish Oro and send him to Ra- • bates. Friends I do therefore believe and shall obey yoer word—, Friends I hope you also will consent to my request, which is this I wish you to send a great number of Men Women and children here. Friends Send also plenty of Muskets and Powder for wars are frequently in our country—Should Ibe killed. You will have nothing in Tahati—Do not come here when I am dead—lchlta is a regardless country, And should I die with sickness do not come here. This also I wish that you would send me all the curious things that you have in England--Also send me every thing neces. sary for•writing. Paper Ink and Pens in abundance, let no writ. ing utensils be wanting. Friends I have done, and have nothing at all more to ask You for as for your desire to Insruct Ichati cis wk t I fully acquiesce in —1 is a common thing for people not to understand first but your object is good and I fully consent to it and shall cast off all evil customs. What !say is truth and no lie it is the real truth-. This is all I have to write. I have done. Friends write to me that I may know what you have to say. I wish you life and evtry blessing may I also live and may Jc. hova save us aIL Pomare King of TAW &c &c. For my Mends the Missionary Society London Yesterday a Cabinet Council was held at the Fo reign Offve. The following Members werepresent Earls Camden, Chatham, and &thaw; the Duke of Portland, Lords Haw'kesbury, Castkreagh, and 11/Ltd/crave, Mr. Canahig, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Their deliberations continued from one to four o'clock. Mr. Dyer sailed on Wednesday from Portsmouth, for Cadiz, in the MINORCA sloop of war, accompanied by the C.BtAMPION frigate, with 100,000 dollars on board, for the support of the Spanish cause. Dr. PARR has declined accepting of the valuable living of Buckingham, which was offered to him by Mr. COKt, of Norfolk, the patron. The seat now preparing . for the future residence of the Comte de LILLE, is Hartwell Park, belonging to the Rev. Sir GEORGE LZE, Bart. which he has taken on lease for five years. He will remove from Gosfield Hall to it as soon as the Duke and Duchess of AN- Gomm *, who are daily expected, arrive from Mitan. MUNDEN has returned to England from his excur. sion to Ireland, where his success has been extremely great having performed to the fullest houses e.f the season. His benefit overflowed, and was patrbr.ized by the first families in Inland, among whom was that of the Loan LIErTENANT. There have been several meetings of the Proprie tors, Managers, and Trustees of Drury.lane Theatre during the last fortnight, at which Mr. Snerannt constantly attended, and several new arrangements, it is said, have been made preparatory to a vigorous season, the ensuing winter. There are several alterations making for the pur pose of rendering Covent-Garden Theatre more in sulated than it is at present. The country never appeared more beautiful than it does at present, and the harvest, in every direction, promises to be uncommonly abundant. At 'he late meeting of the Kent Society fcr the Encouragement of Agriculture and Industry, Wtee 1 team FETMAN was awarded two guinea: for having brought up ten or fifteen chiliren, and Mr. fltanms, of Canterbury, five guinea: for a cart gelding, of two or: old! It may be worthy to remark, that the night ingale has been heard frequently, during the present summer, in the gardens belonging to the Earl of LONSDALE, in Fisher-street, Carlisle. We have heard it observed, that this bird was never farther North than Yorkshire, nor more to the West than Devon shire. Our woods are rendered melodious by the thrush, the linnet, and the blackbird; but, like the groves of Scotland, we believe they were never before visited by the sweet and tender strains of this noctur nal warbler.—Tyne Mercury. A part cf the Tweedmouth Common, containing about 23 acres, the property of JAMES FORSTER, Esq. Postmaster of Berwick, was bought a few years ago for 4001. four acres of which have this season pro duced the amazing quantity of 1500 stones of hay. It stood so thick in the field that the mowers would not cut it down at the ordinary prices. Early on Monday last, Mr. THOMPSOI, of the Old Mill Farm, in the parish of Mayfield, Sussex, obser ving something black in one of his cherry -trees, and supposing it fo be a bird eating his fruit, procured a loaded gun, shot at the object, and most terribly wounded his own son, a youth 20 years old, whose hat (the morning being very foggy) he had mistaken for a blackbird. Great _apprehensions were enter tained at first of the young man's recovery, but he is now deemed out of danger as to his life; and it is thought he will for ever be deprived of the sight of one of his eyes. Sunday afternoon Lewes was visited by a storm of thunder, lightning, and rain, which continued for se veral hours, and the greatest part of the time with unabated violence. The lightning was extremely strong and vivid, and the 'thunder tremendously loud and awful. A cow belonging to H. JACKSON, Esq. was killed by a flash of the lightning. Tuesday, as a soldier •belonging to the 2d West York Militia, was employed undermining some earth close to a brewhouse, erecting near Arcliff Fort, the earth suddenly gave way and f it in, in consequence of which he had a thigh and an arm broken, and Was otherwise much bruised. FT