The Statesman. — London, England, 1809-07-19 00:00:00

i 1 1 k',{o_ll TUE SPA \ 1511 I'.ll)EltS. BAD I.IOZ, JUNE qo.—ilia Fiet•lllicy Don Gregnria de 14 Cuesta, under dale of thte 18111 instant, from his head.qUartc:s at ,Nliajudos, it; a postscript to a dispatch, addressed to the Su pre ne Junta, states as follows : • " My advanced posts are atiarsteljo. 'The night before last the , v;tr• ate' Truant, destroying all ezcir wa rns/titian, and leaving behind them 7030 fanexas of wheat, a d 8113 qiiii.tals of 8 nr, which will not be ill-timed fur 0. They have also left babied General Frias, who is now reco 'ere.% though stiq weak." 13ADAJ9Z, Jugs 2L.—Extract of a dispatch, ittjdres 4 eti. to the Supreme J unta, his Excel- ,dreteed. to the Supr. lettcy Don Isi e dore Montenegro, d sted Jlncl9,lBo9: " In Ni,.sa five leagues distance from Valencia de Mean tara, there are !WO men, who compot-e the vanguard of the English and Portuoese army ; they will succe,sively pa through tnis town, to the amity; .t or 2..1,00J oleo, of which it col si,ted. It intended to have stationed itself on the points of Vile: rid de Alcantata, San Vincente, mid Alheredirrcult, but rece t c.enis appear to have determined it to advance, nod, in fact. we are as>ureit that there are accounts from Al caitara, ut t'i:ir being in the vicinity of linategmla and Pla centia. Ou the 16th bat. just as the French troops had left '1 or.r.srha, all English CJlonel and his servant eutersd and inquired the route of the enemy; soon after they were fol lowed by about 40 Spanish cavolry." MITTEL OF GENERAL BLAKE TO THE SECRETARY OF TUX wAR our ETEEST. 44 Head-quarters, Carpe, May 30, 1909. " Mosr 11CCILLICRIT ata—l communicated to you, ou the list i.st, the evacuation of Alcaniz by the • enemy, and their retreat to Ilijar, Puebla de Ilijar, and limper. In the latter place Vies , left a pretty strung detachment. On the !Ist I sent D. Claimer° Luy, Lieutenant-Colonel of The Spani.l) H emirs, with 80 men of his regiment, and vo:anteers sf Valencia. to reconnoitre the positions of the enemy. Ile not onl6 effected his purpose, but attacked the deatehturit sta tioned at Stopper, forced them toatbastrion their quarters-and b mop, mod retree to Puebla de Ilijar. '6 Ntenowlide the enemy werepbed by the troops winch they szpected from Zaragoza to the number of ift) men. Havihe thus collected a Cone of 10,000 infantry, CM cavalry, and twelve pieces of cannon. they marched forwards to attack a'. Informed of their movements, we prepared to give them a po Ter re, rot MD. " Tbr pl tin of Alcaniz, a hick has w itnessed this gloritsos action, is s.trrouroled wito mountains of unequal heights, and at venous di-nukes from tie position which our troops occu ied. At ;hoarier° sousket soots from the eits rise some bills RC e-sittle to cavalry, and divided in the retire by the read to the capitol, whiek sinks with a rode graduation sill It reaches toe plain. On these hills the mon busty or our slab was placed, it, Saab supported by two batteries, which, as well as some inners In the came, protected ef fectually u s e isoinestast of oar line. " The part of the plain winch lay on our right is the low est, and 1.4 ins a kind of fen, the more da %crow, as it is co vered with trees. Tice Mangos a hicli surritind the orchard tcrosioate at a short di mace from this fen, and are commend ed by a ssiti.-le hill on tue top, on which stands an hermitage, .et •rcVt'S as a key to the road to Cespe, which runs in that direction. In order to prevent the enemy from availing them selves of the advantages which this rattiou offered, it was °erupted b 6 `-s). 1 0 men, composed.of the battalions of I)aroce the reserve of Armen'', ine sharp-shouters of Marcia, rind the ad division of Voluo:eerspi An ragout, under the com mend of Field-Marshal D. Ju an Carlos Areizkai. ig The vaugasel were , sated on a e t.f the heights is font of our positiois, and comisted of a battalion of Ferdiaosid VII. three nu...trill men of the hatiilion of Volunteers of Valencia, two cduipanios of grenadiers of r.e re:shim/it of America, aid two others of that of Crater, under the orders of Lieutemust- Colonel I). Pelt.° Tezada. " In the olive groomed, on our left were placed our light t r oops, to preveas own being eartistanded and toe cavalry, eons anaoaed h, Briaaiier O. Miguel Irarrula, took post in advance of our positl.m on the road to Zar " At six in the morning the enemy she wed themselves on the heights is .oir front, ani direct. d a warm fir' against our advanced Lomas, which fell bock towards the corps to which tiwy belonged. I tie vang.tard, supported by the cavalry wad several pieces of ay* artillery, not being able to resist the ripe-tor numbers of the -eaemy , retseated, the infantry to the tletntitate, and the cavalry under the protection of onr bra ter'-e, which began to are on the enemy with no small effect. I. was uecess.sry to tike possesta.3l of vie Hermitage, and rout the viros by w .ota it was defended, in order to attack tsar psaiti o. fise e.iemy, therefore, advanced over the neighboo heights ton ants the post guarded by Areiza ga ; bat their tire of musketry mid artillery was courage ously supported and reurned by oar infantry, to the assist mice of is hien an obits bad been sent. Yet the enemy did not desist from their attempt, bit by an incessant fire rosin the whisk of their line, covered the march of a close column of 90,1 or L)011 grenadiers, w ho, with their ba)ouets fixed, and horrid yells rustled to the foot of the hill on which the Hermitage stoo d; but tacit impetuosity vi lied to the firm ness of nor troops, and they soon showed their backs to our warriors. " Perceivinz that the enemy did not seem to have given up his in•eitti.:st of taking th • post of the iter:uitage, I ordered A;oloi.el I). Martin de Menchaca, to attack weir centre. in order to form a diversion in favour of our ti slit. Notwith staoding this movement, they renewed their attack on the Hermitage, and met with a similar tepulse. I had previously ord• red th.s carat' y to repair from the road of Zaragoza to tint of Carpe, to join A rentaga, but no sooner did it i6sue from the plain t n.us it meet ved a discharge from the Frettch infantry by st halt Brigadier O. bilged Ibarrols was stsinded. Their I • coyote. then esiarged ours with great advantage, and coin pellel it t•s abandon 114 positive. Unable to force the right, the elms mad tettly attacked Mancl:aeas adsoneed co lumn. A• it was me ely iateotted to make a diversioo, arri was in a sibs ti to in tv rich it could defend itself long, it h.ll back upon the twain army, with the exception of the first ba tVion of 'Lougee which eacted its retreat to the Hermitase. This stoves* i nduced the enemy to attempt pass ing tbrou‘h our ce. tee. In order to execute thus bold design, tbefformed themselves as our front, and u:sder the protettion of a tremendous fire of suasketry tort artedery, seam mimeo of 2 AklO oleo by that road of Z 'regime, a bleh passed through tile middle of our posstioo. lo its C041::C, this court:to routed every thing before it ; neither the lire of our infantry, nor the quickly repeated discharges of our artillery were able to cheek its progress. Res. Witty morning evert danger, it rushed impetuously forward to like passes-im: of onr centre batteries, and siad not forteuately the *thesis by wades they were served, preserved the must a tunishiag coolness, and re served their fit e u i.il the enemy aim st touched the mouths of our emulous, the Fr. nrh had pei bap , then succeeded to break our line. The fire of musketry of a battalion of the lit and 4tl regiments of Valencia, and ore of that of America, placed on the left of oar centre, con:co:sated meetly to it. security. In the frenzy of iii• attack, toe ensany almost succeeded in , ornow ol og one of the batteries; but th a& who head prue trated so tar perisaed by the si.e of oar tro •ps, and clsiedy that of the vuointems of Va coma. 66 Suddenly the column destined to break t'srough oar cen tre directed its march tooards t..e goon, and depriving as of every hope of retreat, compelled nor troops to disperse them selves. Yst the undo.toted reaktanee wbica the enemy ex pe rimmed i.i . is ainte6, old • tatty (matt:tied the tmeeemb of ins audaeioa• plan, and the French troops, who boasted of vic tory whenever they met oars, at last retired is disorder, key iug Maas corps nu the spot whirl' they hail so lately passed is the corseted ore of a ie:ory. Our troops followed the !'couch, who halted r4l the heiaots as here they had appeared at the be,;iiiising of ens action. After seven hqurs bring, both armies reuatio:ll in s4glit of each other, divided only by the plesoust yak of sakania; till tight, of which the eueiny avaikd him self to retreat, leavings great quautity of synth belinel him. five hum& ea Freud corpses have been foiled ou the Said of bank, soli by the reports of reasams. who watched the re treat of the euout3, it is c:iletilated that his lin. in killed and wounded canoot be less than 2,0,10 tacit. " JOAQUIII BLAKE..." VaI.ENcIA, icsE 13.—T0 esteem the French as they merit, it is necessary to know them inti mately, witness the prosperity enjoyed by wretch...Ll Barcelona, Saragossa, Madrid, sod the other places occupied by these military philJso. pliers, an,' suns of wisCluin and the omnipotent genius of Napoleon. The niece suspicion of a • • , THE STATESMAN. conspiracy at Barcelona caused them to drag to the scaffold, without any form of trial, some of the Most recpeciable citizens, after hating shot a few fur their aalustinent in the street, who went out of tiwir houses un die beat of tbc drum. This heat of drum was a mere trick of these execu tioners to furnish an excuse fur their slaughter, and pretence for punishing an insurrectional meeting ' of the people. We do not know what had taken place at Sa. .ragossa on the 341 instant, because the gates were ghat, and the guards peratitted no one to come in or go out. The common opinion in the neigh bourhood was, that a pillage of the place had be gan. It will be no wonder if, on the approach of General Blake•, they should is usual abandon their position. 'the communication with Gerona is intercepted ; but we know, that the mighty men who have ap proached that fortress have done little; for the heavy artillery from the walls of the city, has greatly thinn►:d their ranks, and fertilized the soil with their blood. In the mean while, consi. derable numbers of our troops arc marching in their rear. TARRAtiowa, Jutts s.—The skirmishes which take place ht this country are incessant, and greatly harrass the French. The regular force of the enemy preponderating over our own, he has bad the audacity to undertake the siege of Ge. rona. The division before that fortress has been reinforced by 4 or 5000 Miqueletes, from French Roubsillon. 'these troops are said to have been led by the traitors Garriga and Duran. The enemy will nut fail to be driven back with shame. nour, composed of the principal landholders in the kingdom, continue to give their attendance upon his Majesty ; they are distinguished by their fine appearance, the beauty of their dresses, and their devotedness. His Majesty, surrounded by these brave youths, resembles a father defended lby his own childriu. The news from Rome can. nut be more satisfactory ; that capital is perfectly tranquil ; the best spirit animates its inhabitants. Numerous deputations have been sent from the provinces to bring the homage of their fidelity to their new Sovereign. The number of Romans who have enrolled themselves in the new guard, amounts to mote than 1000. _ _ The provinces follow the example of the capi. tal. The English have effected some partial dis embarkations in Calabria ; but, attacked by Gen. Parteneaisx, they have been every where obliged to re-embark, after having lost many people, and being obliged to leave behind more than 100 pri. Boners upon the shore. They have only succeeded in spreading proclamations, which have been trampled upon by the inhabitants.—(Journal tle l'Empire, July 7. FROM TiiE FRENCH PAPERS. MoRA, JUNE 2-I,—The King arrived this morn. ing at Toledo. On his journey, the inhabitants, with the Clergy and Officers of Justice at their head, received and accompanied his Majesty with transports of joy. The road was filled with the population of the most distant villages, who had ran to pay their homage.' His Majesty toll them he had already provided, that all the provisions which they had furnished, or which they might hereafter furnish fur the service of the troops, should be reimbursed from the ordinary contribu. Lions, till,payment was completed. Upon this occasion the King expressed his sa. tisfaction at the firmness with which he kilo'', many Alcatles of this Province have repelled the banditti, which the Junta of Seville had organized in it, and who subjected to requisitions And all sorts of extortion this unhappy country. Their most numerous corps, which consists of not more than 100 men, is composed of robbers and scoun. drels, foimerly condemned by the tribunals, and since formed into companies of smuggicr , , to whom the Junta has given dignities and dispensed honours. This. system is the same which was employed three years ago at Naples, and to which the pub. lie indignation was sufficient to do justice. These horrible and sanguinary occurrences tend to nothing less than tho destruction of a country. The Alcadcs have begged of the King to permit the land-holders to arm themselves against Buie brigands. His Majesty replied to them, that upu:i his return to.blaili id he would occupy him self in the formation of national guards in every price which hail given proofs of its zeal and fide lity, and especially in the province of Toledo, with which he is satisfied ; but with these measures other military dispositions will concur, which will soon deliver the country from these insurrections an.' robberies ; but above all, the great victories of his august brother in Germany will tend to procure to the Continent a general and durable peace, when Spain will be the first to reap the benefits of a peace, of which she has so much need. The King has manifested in a particular manner his goodness to the Bishop of Porto Rico, whom his Majesty had already seen at Madrid, among the Members of the Deputations, who went there to tak the oath of fidelity, in the game of the different towns.—(Journal de £'Empire, July 8.) • SARAcmssA, June 21.---The 3d corps follows up its successes; the following Proclamation has just been published-in the Order of the Day : " Sozoteas!—The Emperor ordered me to route and replace the Duke of Abrantes, who so ninny times has victoriously cooducted you against the trenches of Saraguesa. The first day of my arrival, I collected a part of you, and yon advanced against the enemy, in order to recommit re.— Hi: saperiority of washers tuts made me rts.olse not to re new the attack, but to inanasavre, in order to draw the ene, my from his positions. We are maim-withered with baggsge armed we have worked in constructing redoubts; we have the fort of Saragossa, chased and drive° from their positions the hands of the enemy which were upon the left bank of the Ebro. Suddenly an anny of 30,00 J men, a itls a nume rate; train of artillery, came it. penetrate our Hues, intercept our convoys, and enaeavuar to surround u.. " It was upon this occasion that you proved soldiers, what Frenchmea can do, when impelled by confidence. You have triumphed in the battle of Saragossa ; you have taken 15 pieces of cannon, some caissons, three pair of colours, and killed and taken a peat number of men; you have pursued the enemy by forced marches; you have smacked the in trenched camp of Itylchete with the rapidity of lightning t you have driven and dispersed the enemy, entered the town • with them, scattered every where \error and death ; nine pieces of cannon, the last the enemy had, resuaiuing in our hands, 4'2 anununitino cars, ZOO or 3fii) mules, some maga zines of cloathing, or rice, and biscuit, 6000 muskets, some thilusanda of prisoners, and a gl . cat number of killed, have eiotyleted si.ur triumph. roe enemy has already passed the frontiers of Arruguii. " So mafciis—After siith noble results, gaine.i in four days by sour courage, you will learn to judge of your force. — When confident in yourselves, arid conducted by discipline, yea will always he ins iodate. " We will iolialiit camp-, we will exercise ourselves in them, ne is ill form tie ouiig men who come to. our ranks, and preserve that mauly conn, A e which constitute the French armies—l will watch °ter .our xelfare, the country will fundsh yell subsistence, and : oil try your discipline will give security to the inhabitants. " lou it ill bring brick to submission and peace deluded men, victims of some ambitious chief and of Englisti in trigue: NOLL will by your coadui t cause the g.ivernmeut of the v. tont I) brother of our gre:tt Emperor to be esteemed. 1 acknoss ledge my satisfaction aoh the surgeons of Ilse army and staff, fur their zeal iii following the steps of the army, I and nisi-Ong the wounded Generals; and the chiefs of the corps will iino.edintely acquaint toe with all the brave offi cer., subalterns, and soldiers who have merited recompences to fuse two da y s Of baragiisaa and Beiclfete. tSigned) " SUCHLT, " Cieeeral in Chief and Governor-General of Arragon." NAPLES, Rims 25.—The environs of this ca pital present the appearance of a camp, so greai , is the number of the troops assembled in it; the' troops nen ly formed rival, in order, seal, aVitl Courage, the old troops. Nothing can be more imposing than our army. The Guards of 119. FROM THE DUTGII PAPERS. .JUNE 14.—Our flotilla, consisting of two frigates, two brigs, and 40 gun-boats, with 1000 soldiers on board, sailed from hence on the JOth, in order to take possession of the Island of Polite, which lies about 30 miles from Gaeta. Nuasitecue, JUNE (29.—This moment a French detachment have brought in two pieces of heavy artillery, which they captured this morning from this Austrians between Betzenstein and Peg- . nitz. The French, after this affair, proceeded to Bamberg.. LINTZ, JVNE 13.—From Vienna there have been reports spread of negociatiuns fur peace; even the terms have been stated; but all . these ru mours were utterly without foundation. From Vienna we hear that an interview between the Emperor Napoleon and the Emperor Alex. ander is talked of. Couriers are daily passing between Vienna and - Petersburgit. They take their route through Leipaic. S &Lz miner', JUNE IG.—Yesterday Lieutenant Gen. Dcroi arrived here. The insurgents have taken possession of the rallies of this principa lity, which border on the Tyrol, and endeavoured to make the inhabitants take part in their re. hellion. MUNICH, JUNE 22.—The Committee for the defence of the country, formed by the Tyrolese, hold their sittings in the Government Palace at ' Inspruck. The fanaticism of these rebels rises every day. They lately plundered and stripped the house of the Jew Ulfenheimer, at Inspruck, on pretence of his having melted down silver bought of the suppressed Cloisters. His loss is estimated at I 50,000 florins. BIKES or THE DANUBE, June 29.—As early as the 16th instant, a detachment of French horse appeared before the bridge-head of Comoro, but retreated again, after having reconnoitred the po. sition of the Austrian troops. The head-quar ters of the Archduke Juhn were, on the 17th instant, at Comore. Up to the 27th instant, nu event of any importance hail taken place in the environs of Vienna, and the Danube still sepa rates the two hostile armies. It is generally sup posed that the Emperor Napoleon will not cross the Danube with the grand army till the Russians shall have arrived in Moravia, which will not be long. The military operations in that quarter are at present confined to attacks and caunonades from the islands in the Danube. On the 16th June, the Magistrates of Buda issued a Proclamation, directing the inhabitants, in case that any of the troops should appear be. fore the town, or enter the same, to keep them selves still and quiet. Since the battle of Raab, the Archduke Reiner has also left Buda, with all the Members of Government, and crossed the Danube, as well as the Archduke John's army. Lamm, JULY 3.—On the '29th of last month a cannonade was heard in the environs of Nasser, where the Austrians have taken post ; and intelli. gencc has this day been received, that an action has taken place between parties of the Austrian and combined armies, between dosses and Dresden. Arrived. Doe. 0 AMY 0 , Walethrd 2 0 0 •••1. 0 1 PRICE OIL STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. ipCieot.Cons. It 65 ex.div. I Otonium ll f Ceti 4 per Celli. ". 841 I Emh. prem. India Bands, /111. Do. dn. Navy 9" I India Stock. Coppola for Acc 68j Lottery Tickets, 211. Ils. THE STATESMAN. PROPOIITI TEWAI. LONDON: • WIDNESDAY, JULY 19. A REPORT has been confidently circulated du ring the whole of the morning, of Sir JAMES SAUMAREZ having captured five sail of Russian line of battle ships. From what source this re port has originated, we have not been able to learn ; bat it has obtained considerable b!!ief. Spanish Papers, to the 19th of Juno inclusive, were received in town this morning. Tits accounts fcom Spain continue to be of a favourablyescription, and could we give full cre dit to all the intelligence that has been received, King .105LP11 must be suppo. 11 to have commenced his rrueat. Among other Reports from the Pe ninsula is one, that Ge,ieral BLAKE has obtaiticd possession of Saragossa ; but from the French -accounts of various engagements with his army, we fear that it has v , iffored a kerions diminution. The nest arrival will probably terminate all doubt as to the lino of conduct which the French Troop. in Spain mean to pursue. NEW-You Papers to the 13th of last month arrived in town this day ; the following Extracts, although not highly important, are not destitute of interest : " By a passenger, who came up on Saturday moraine, from the brig Argus, of Salem, bound to Philadelphia, which be left off the Capes, we are informed that the brig left Porto Rico oa the 21st of last month. The Master of an American vessel, which arrived two days before he sailed, 'poke two French ships of the line (that escaped from the SAinte:4), from the City of St. Domingo, bound to France ; was informed that :hese ships, after losing sight of the British Fleet, steered directly for St. Domingo, where they landed 1Z.711 troops, with stores and ammunition. These ships rnadr no stay at St. Domingo. "A n•w Governor was daily expected at Porto Rico : all kinds of American produce were very dull ; flour at 10 dol llats. coffee 15 to 16 dollar. " Captain L kKE, of the ship Flora, from New Or:eam, informs us, that the French Consul at that place had applied to the Governor for the privilege of lauding about French inhabitants, who had been ordered to leave Ctba, which request we understood was grauted." " The sloop of ;tar, the Enterprizo, ss ill sail without de lay from the port of New York for Holland, and will he stationed off the Texcl, to afford information to Ow Com manders of the merchant vessels of the United States as to tr,r parts of Holland and of the North of Europe to which they may safely proceed with their cargoes." " The third reading of the Bill from the Semite, authoris sing the appropriation of 750,000 dollars to the completion of the fortifications of our sea-ports and harbours, and the erec tion of fortifications on our Northern and Western Frontiers, was called for; and on the Question, Shall the pan) it was decided in the affirmative, 77 to 19."--.! Val. befell.) If, as it is confidently asserted, the object of the Expedition is truly British, that is, in plain English, a mere selfish object—having for its view no consideration but the immediate interests of this country, the infallible consequence will be, that the Austrian Cabinet will instantly listen to terms of accommodation. But that after s waggec. ing for months about the value of British assist. once, to undertake an expedition upon so short. sighted principles than immediate self preservation, at a crisis so momentous,, is a suspicion of uhich we deem even the present Ministry unworthy. It is reported that two officers of rank have been sent home by Sir A. War-Lest.str. Sir EDWItItD PELLEW ii arrived its town, and had a loiig interview with the Board of Admiralty yesterday. The whole of the intended expedition, it is cx. pected, will .have sailed before Friday next, in which case the Court Martial on Admiral Lord . GA3llllift will commence on Monday next, at Portsmouth. The transports and men of war, with the troops ou board, from Portsmouth, are to proceed rectly for the Downs. Admiral °TWAY is to he Captaie of the 11... et. Lord CHV'rH%sr and his Staff arc to take their passage on board the Venerable. In consequence of an intimation given by Lord MULGRAYE to the Commander of the River Feu. eibles, a muster of that body took place yesterday, when near 300 of them volunteered their services upon the Expedition now departing. The Fen. cables of Deptford and Greenwich have also made &tenderer their services, which has been accepted: The same bounty of 50s. as well as the same allowances which were granted to this valuable body of men for their sere ices at Copenhagen, is to be granted them on the present occasion. Letters were yesterday received from Rotterdam to the 13th instant. One of them mentions, that General ARMSTRONG, on the part of the Govern. ment of the United States, had arranged with the Ministers at Paris a Commercial Treaty;the con. dittoes of which were all agreed and determined; and it remained only for the ratification of the Ruler of France and the American President. The letter adds, that one of the duplicates had been forwarded to NAeor.zoS fur his approbation and signature. _ _ _ • A letter from Prince Edward's Island, dated May 24th, says— " The Concord brig, from London, with the most valuable cargo of met. chandize that ever came to this Island, arrived here this day, with Mr. llTAtaza and Mr. Bra. MIER, jun. who mean to make a settlement here on a most extensive scale ; and this morning the Prisicess of Wales put into Peynal Bay ; the Stag, the Concord, and (he Princess of Wales, are consigned to Mr. CAUBRIUGE, and will be laden in a short time." . Count STAHREMIERG, an ancestor of Prince STIIIRIIEBERO, now the Austrian Ambassador here, was Governor of Vienna, during the. fa. mous siege of that place by the Turks, in . 1683. Letter from an Officer on board his Majesty's ship Herald, Captain HONEY, cruizing in the Me diterranean " or Barcelona, May T 9. " The Spanish Generals or Commanders on this cosist hase frequeutle proposed to our Commodore (Captain Taylor, cf the Apollo, that If he would attack the batteries, they isuubl immediately commence an attack by land. Acctirdiney every arrangement was made to attack them at two o'cloct. in the looming of the 17th, at which time we got under wei t s. accompanied by the Minstrel, Captain floltiagworth ; Apollo; and n Spanish frigate. " Vi nil's' half an hour we were within range of the from their batteries, and began firing os their forts, whack the enemy resumed in a very active monster. " Our commencement was to he the sopa for the Spa niards to advance; hut after hammering away fur near tso boars, in which time we silenced their forts, oar Allies di i not oiler to advance; and it t'aess approaching fast it)Martl• day-break, wish light airs, we &Tilled it p s t se,a or, fearing we might otherwise drift under Mount Jo%. where there is a fort that would sink as in fire minutes, and so high as to preclude us from bringing a single plc to be. r upon it; lme‘ur we got of dear, and wish a has on boar all the ship , nut exceeding ten as killed and wounded. ' board our snip, there were Only tau 611011 i, IS smutted. " We killed a great number of the Freueli ; • some of tue poor inhabitants also mWerrd, as a assis:•• houses near the finis were perceived in the mussing k strayed. " la the course of a slay or two we are to proceed • tack a town near Ito, to ;Me, at present occupied by in., &JO Freudb troops, a' tin DAhaDiXd guard from It 6...