The National Register. — London, England, 1808-07-24 00:00:00

.1 5 I I t JVTX et. The foi o.nel-A Waled'', was circulated in all the poli tical circies on 5141.ida.. evening : " Fn: sign ger, Tuesday, three o'clock. " Mr. West hatiji4 arrive,' (rola Caruana, accompanied by Signior Fernit v .rro. rtie. left Corunnl en the 9th of July, • sw i l ea au 0 aci mut h :Irrived there tif the defeat of Ge neral Lefever, by Gem-rail Palafox. on the 25th of June, two leagues trio Saragossa. J he force miler the French General coii,isted of elqht thousanmen, w ao, aft :r a severe action of several hours, surrendered to tiv- Spa tish ar•ral. The impe tumity of the pea.antry, how , •ver, w.e. ueh, that they after wards rustle on, and with t heir throw &mien (knives and swords) put every Fiench , nun to death. " The Portcatese are said to be marching with a numerous army to ltineii 'lepers' Junta." Dispatches were yksterday morning received at the Admiralty, from nor Sy.tadrois cruising oil the Northers Coast of Spain, dated the 'Sup inst. which contain Cie gratifying intelligence of the recapture of St. Aadero. It appears that General Polite. who commands a divisiva of the Patriotic Army, having formed the plan of retaking moat place, advanced towards it with be tween three aid roar thousand men, and concerted a plan of attack with some of oor sail* of war that were cruising off the const. The French la St. Andero, about 1600 men, did not, however, coin% it prOdent to wait for an attack, for, about two o'clock in the morniug of tat- 12th inst. they evacuated the town, having first levied a heavy contribution on the inhabitants, and destro-ed all the arms in the place. Tae part of the Asturian force under Geo. Ponte and the Bishop of Auden', amounts to about 18,000 men, but the whole Asturian arm' amounts to above 0,000 melt; and it was gene rally expected that an action would take place between it and igarshal Besieres's army, wiiieh amounts to about 16,009 men, sear Bilboa, of the result of which very little doubt was enter tained. General ri.:sta had advanced to Villepatitie, and had taken possession ut the Wake at Mayorea, and on the Seen; his inlentmn was to make an attack upon Valadolid. in which there was a small French force, fur the purpoa: of cutting off all coin municatiou between Burgos. at which there was a French corps of 18,000 men, and Madrid. Murat still remains entrenched at Reteiro, with about five thousand men. Joseph Bonaparte has at length ventured into his lieW dominions; he entered Biscay the beginning Of 00: month, with about four thousand men; he was at Bilboa'on the 9th, at Toloso on the 10th, and when the last accounts came away he was at Vittoria. Ile was apparently afraid to pro ceed farther, &tom the cool and contemptuous reception he every where met with. CONFIRMATION OF THE DEFEAT OF THE FRENCH ARMY COMMANDED DV GENERAL MONCEY,OF THE EXTERMINA TION OF TIIAT OF GENERAL. LEFEVRE, AND OF THE DE FEAT OF THE F.NEMY NEAR BARCELONA-MARCH OF GENERAL CUESTA AGAINST MADRID-PERILOUS SITUA TION Or MURAT-INEVITARIX SURRENDER OF TIIC ARMY OF GCNi. DUPONT-THE DIVISION SENT TO REIN FORCE 1119 FROM MADRID DEFEATED AND PUT TO PLIGHT—TIII: FORTS OF FIGUERAS AND BELLEGARDE T AIMS BY THE PATRIOTS-GEN. SPENCER ADVANCED INTO SPAIN, TO CO-OPERATE WITH THE PATRIOTS, &C. Accounts were yesterday evening received from Cadiz, of the 7th inst. which state that the Supreme Junta, at Seville, had received advices from Valentia, confirming the important in telligence of the defeat of the French Army commanded by Gen. lloncey. It appears that he had caunounded and vigorously assailed the city of Valentin for upwards of seven hours, but the intrepidity and valour of the brave Patriots ultimately pre vailed. IBA the enemy, defeated by the well-directed fire of the garrison, mde a precipitate retreat, leaving behind them their numerous dead, and greatly embarrassed by the number of their I °untied. In the utmost consternation and distress, the remains of the enemy took the route of Almanza, and the necessary mea sures were promptly taken by the Patriots to cut off their re treat, and effect their entire destruction. Their killed and wounded were immense. Among the prisoners were General Ilerthier and tiis Aid-de-Camp, who were conveyed to Valentia. Accounts had aho been received from Catalonia, confirming the intelligence of the defeat of the enemy, near Barcelona, with the :addition that General Segi wits either killed or despe rately wounded. It was further announced, that the Catalan Peasants had been joined by those of Bouillon, and that the forts Figiserts and Bellegarde were in the hands of the Patriots. Gensrat castaises was advataciag aptinst Grenerat Dupont, THE' NATIONAL REGISTER. 475 - • rentinued Andgiar, expecting reinforcements, which, according to some of the advices we have received, were at tacked ontbeir way and defeated by the Patriots. A letter from Cadiz, states the force which was thus intercepted at bCOO men ; that it was completely beaten, and compelled to fall back upon oh considerable loss. One hundred waggons, and 1000 prisoner*, fell into the hands of the Patriots. It is also certain that Dupont has been disappointed of the reinforcements he expected From Portugal ; that his army is in the greatest distress for want of provisions; and General Moncey having been defeated, the speedy surrender, or total extermination of Dupont's army heroines inevitable. General Cuesta is in full march with his gallant army against Madrid, where Murat, with his reduced force, is in the most perilous situation; and the private ac counts add, that " another body of the French have been de " stroyed in Valdepenas, and about 3000 more at Valladolid, " which city they attempted to pillage."—The same accounts state, that Moncey's army consisted of 15,000 men, nearly the whole of whom have been destroyed.—Genend Spencer had advanced with part of his corps to Xeres to cu-operate with the brave Spaniards. The Private Communication from Cadiz is of:the utmost im portance, and is derived from a source of the highest respecta bility. It is as follows: " CADIZ, JULY 7.—The news we daily receive here is of the most favourable description. From th e 'Fiends frontier to Saragossa more than 17,000 Frenchmen have perished. At Sa ragossa upwards of 12.0e0 were killed by the sword, and those which were saved from the fury of our troops effected it only by flinging themselves into the river Ebro. " It is impoiisible that a single man of Dv ro sit's army can escape, although that General has not yet surrendered. A re inforcement of 5000 men which were on their march to join him, have been beaten and compelled to return to Madrid, h am whence they began the march. They lost one hundred and sixty waggons laden with ammunition, and had' upwards of 100 G men taken prisoners, from one moment to another we expect to hear of DUPONT'S unconditional surrender; for, although he. has entrenched himself in Andujar, vet we know he is in the greatest distress for provisions, and ciamot hold out long; nor can his aims', which it is generally believed does not exceed. 7000 men, effect any think against that by which he is surround ed. He has already offered to capitulate, on being allowed to return to France, with the liberty of taking with him four covered weeping. The Spaniards continue to adhere mOst rigidly to their determination of giving no quarter. It was understood that the Patriot Generals had pledged themselves to each other to meet, at the head of their respective columns, at. Madrid, on St. James's day (Monlay the Y5:11 inst.) there to celebrate the feast of their tutelar Saint, in a manner worthy the great ()evasion which called them there. " The French are beaten in every direction; General Mon cey, who was sent against Vaknria with 15,000 men, has beets (left-died, moss:Le KI LLED in the action, and we are assured, that scarcely any of this army have escaped. MILAG4.3UN 2t.—The French Consul, and all the French inhabitants of this city, were, on the 4th instant, shut up in the Moorish Castle Giaralforo, with a view to save themselves from the intruding hr.,' of the populaee, and until the 20th, no di , order of an% kind was committed, but on that day, the pen , ple having obtaiued intelligence that a warehouse, rented by the French Consul in the suburbs, contained a considerable quantity of arms and ammunition, (which. in fact, were taken from the English) they, conceiving that this was a flepol, secretly col lected to await the arrival of the French, proceeded in a coa -1 siderable body, and in defiance of the attempts of the Deputy Governor to undeceive them, demanded the French Consul ; the Guards resisted, but the people broke through them and en tered the castle, from whence they drew forth their victim, and instantly stabbed, and dissected his body as that of a traitor. — After parading the city they returned again to the house of the French Consul, which they proceeded in the first place to strip ()revery thing moveable, and then set fire to it; and whilst it was burning furiously, the mob threw into the flames all that remained of the body of the French Consul. This scene being concluded, the people ,returned again to the Castle of Cabral. foro, from whence they drew forth a French Merchant, who they instantly destroyed, in nearly the same manner n the Con sul, and consigned his remains to the same flames. The ware house was afterwards broke open, and the whole contents de stroyed. These scenes took place in defiance of the interference of the Government of the town. An es p,edient as at length resorted to, which produced the desired tact. The Dean awl Chapter i , 91W, I~ += .~ I