The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1808-07-27 00:00:00

IMPORTANT INTELLIGENCE FROM SPAIA. Zetraordiaery Gazette qf Saregatees Jeff 3, 1808. The day before yesterday, the Ist inst. abatis: , ruiddiglit, the French ermy encamped is the envi rims of this capital, beg-an a to b +tabard the town. a:id cunt' ed the bombardment until die of the following clay ; durin4 which time, upward; el' one thousand Cnur bon lrrd bombs and shells were thrown iisto the place. The French cavalry and sofiustry attacked seine of the gates, but the • heroic velour of the inhabitants and troops of the 4 . lift Oturr:Mv , l in destroying, by a well-dtrocted • %Ire, which was kept upaith um:yin:non briskness, ~aU emote within range of their guns. The uebilibourmg fields were streNed with the deed :'leltliesof the Erosteh. The Patriots bravely mains . ttunt;tl their posts, amidst the uumberless bombs , awl shells wbudi struck th sir batteries. In the afttrunon of the I-t iastunt, the attack WWI Colltilnied by the French artillery stud feet, but they were also routed %vita a very considerable iosm. On the 2rl inst. at break of day, the attack was renewed at all points and tiler haven. mos t mufti a , • epartre . loss, and convinced themselves of the per :Air-swing velour . of the defieuilera of this capital, Abe French troops retreated, later a Are, which hated twelve hours, without intermission s and 'proved estrentely• destivetive to their ranks. 711irs onsemy's bombs. shells, end hells, without doing Atty. considerable mischief, inervireaserved to in crease the hatred enteftained aritist the enemy. 7isocl to remind us of the sacred duties which w e owe to our religicia, one. country. ,gnu honours awl : Aur Kii, K . , . The u.illantry tlis.ilaverl by the officers nod sal Ater". awl lit I 1414 tewl*r by the ertiileei•thelb mill the officer- rind troitpt, h h)‘ve:e.t.,tiole4l in the hatts4. fie, ..iel punts Ansel:Al, is bi•yoisil all looter. iris iicelleisey the Goivroor and Captaineacurral, in _eviler to ifiew how much tie teals concerned in re warding distileptisked iiitrepidity and cat] ...ii i r, has di rectisl the ditrerent Ciniiin.,fii!ers to seul in a list of the oUlocra and soldiers of the icyular troops. owl the mass, who, have particularly distiw , tiished thrui ;selves, in owlet to Imams on their, i albs Ilajr.sty's Milne, t hn4ese at kis e. , .. di.t Ilction which Their eminent services deserve, and transmit to po.terity the names .of these wort c defenders of their testacy. 111 *X.• . ' II if thine particular anti correct returns, hail lieen 4)lCostia Tor the preset it to promote Cot. o Autor.to Totres .to the tack of Brigadier= D ew , . emi, and appointed - Lieut.-CO.lml. Vow Norco .eie Pont, of the volitnieers of Sara,tiorits and Don dDdittingo Litippa otthe titilittitieni a .Estrisnat data, who defended the gates is(kPoistillo and Car stens, tisloodoio the anti ; Captain Don Saliedor Ceata,.BlhOr a the corp. 'of nrEidery ; awl Don • Geroninso Pipeiro, and . Dou J'. Itosiute, Ensigns of the same Corps, Lieutenants. ' The two latter or 'llvetl iu llii: iitoriiiii;%, rroisi Biweeklies:lna without .taking the least repose, immediately eisumod the • icontosabol of the InitterOo of Portillo and Carmen, where they rueero then:weirs, witb glory. A great 'Humber or arms Hare.r.til.l.l rate (Put 11•4.1!, ;Awl hi ete porsgsioo of: Ilia French. slain in the action, ywiriv precious art fictesiveye fivainl, of which they i shod rolihed the ettnrchri .1%1 private hewn: we : gave taken segved rtattlber itc obo g criots 'inv. .iintige.town p/ Exaa..twanty-tive of the riteiq's raisilrf and font were thrius prisetiers. and brought -!s this *ital. By an ripreas which lett Valeritia pn the ;Itli of Juir, the ' piettvi itg intelligence . 64s been flicially i'`;•ccived, that the French army. coininauded hy .Geoorsi Alloncey, hotting approorrhed the said bille ts!, on the untsi nit. • the butteries opened hpbti thtin, and kept up, for seven {Ours, with such itii -reniiitliv (Meknes', that the Feenoh were defeated .gynth iintnanse stsughter. sad the neigithonniis Acids were covered with their tile.al. The reetains" elf the 4 ormy refreshed IS Ae stmost diliartir, ex -*Started wit h flairtne,• and destitute of proiisiunr, pith a welt annalier of woundiml, on the road to itliiiiri.;;WTiere * the main body of 4he army of Vs lentia a vsits them to cat off the iatnat of the fen who rcin.qt,inad put theptto th.. P*lo/41, in retuin for the ig is orvioTence spinet Otis capital. /TOE BRITISH PRESS. Lartrobt, WEDNESDAY. Jute 17r Ike give, in a sobsequant Column, an Order.from the War OAlar, reciting, that the whole army is oti active ever/ice. FfaVeral months have elapsed since we tont.fil, that the whole of our Military /tame would he is that s'plfe about this time. We have received The Swarm, Eitroordiaary larreet, of the Sel instant, elirstainii.g an account of the Louthardinent and assault of the city of Sarngossa, by the Fiend). 7:bey had been en nalisped, hat it is not tested low, long. in the of the place, and en 'th: h 'of June they NIP.° to bo'slogra it, 'nu . . bombardment con- , t't...und until the eveihis; of the Ist of July, d m . . tog whlett interv.tl, „tau hoinbs nod shells were . ..hortwo into the t-. ii, and the ,7-atea were nvollitted by the Prbeich cavalry infantry-. A well-di re:2ml Ire, however, - Trom eras garrison, successfully ripelteet the attack, and neighbouring Belch' 3 wa-le strcwe4 with the den: limbos*? the French.— • - l'he smolt' was renewed by the French artil lery and infmttry, but they were again routed with very ewroiderable bov. On the nd, at Jay-tweak, the mammy attacked the town a third ti:n, at all points, and after an ineffectual effort of to carry jam place, were °Misted to re treat, without hiteir;g done any considerable mis }birf, sad only 'aspired the eonfidetwe of the ppani n ivh i i n their own vslnur, and increased their — 4etestation of the French. Fiona the general ..aueortainty of date,. and Trimness of 'several of *remoulds iross Spain, there is seine danger of Mistaking several versions of one and the same re port. for rt:.conles of distinct several retinas. In the meant ease we cannot onterlain any appre hensiolpof Oat tort, as •9s of us,tsiaLit, upoe v INitlhofissi is chtarly ...4:4sdiaputably a. triithiset • &'Vh ( r fligin,.dse victory rdstaissod hear *OW* Lai blesioral PAtt sok, which, according to tarinus ac couuts, official and not official, took !dace oil the June. In the official Proclamation of the Supreme Junta of Seville. published •on the i9tli June, it is *aid, that all the French, were put to the sword, and not * single MIMI rM3111;11 . to , tell the dismal narrative to his eouistr, It appears, however, from tbastiecouht is The sura. pssa Gazette, that the victury.of the 15th was riot so.decisive, or that the French had sollected, twee', that and the 30th, a new array under the walls of that city. We strongly incline to the litt , l ter opinion. The prosiiusity of Saragossa to she French frontier, and the stepor of the French army at Bayonne, would enable lloNaraare to push forward. in a few days fresh troops to supply those which had fallen hi the nettle of the 18th.—. Heiden the bathe oldie I.sth wits; outfought under the walls .1 - Saragossa, but in the open held, until at a considerable •hatance from it, baweeis and Nhillen, the thriner within the laser, upon die confines of N ivarre. BOVAPARTE would lose no time to reps r the loss •iustl ditivace of the 13th, and do away an impression so re. y far, ur hle to the Spanish CAl'S'''. He has, *olefins', no doubt beet' pouring troops into Spain aith all possible six- F e. ition , since the first dawn of socsiessful resist- . . amp to his %teas ; 'grrtaittly the value of Sara-, gloms is such as lIIIISt snake it the first object of his cave. It is lint only a place of strosgth, but frorn its situation it commands the coarse of thew Ebro, andl is a &Niue of uniou betwecu Cataluaia and We are happy to find also, in TA, Sarepspr Gazette, a further confirmation of the detimt of the army of General sloscsr. lie had retreated its disorder from Valentin, with the remains of his division towards *adrift, and, is we stated qn Saturday, ass expected to be e!lttrelx out !Wiry the Vilentian army, which was itislOtillla durable strength to intercept , hien. • The Patriotic Armies rope to ipertase jp numbers in all part.; an I on the 15th instant, •tbe ramie body of the ullician army atone, Was A wards of eighty f;iousand strong. Yesterday (st. James's day), hitherto a day etnoiyerss.l frstisity in Spain, was looked forward to isith.greet ensUrtty tad expe Aation. end etre seminal mind clespeittol effort, as we stated in a former Number, woe mia tetaplatt.d by the Patriots. A private litter Mys-- /As 20tis , VVsl i f. 1808, will *be rappedmilfd iy 400 r c. , :, put .rity. for ths quantities of Maud inimitably 4e &Add. --wasewsw aew, we believe, was received from any part of Amin in the course 91 yesterday ; but we; Alb he a duty that we owe to our reeders. *bile we repeat our own sou nine expeetation of . the ulti mate nieces, of the Spanish eatiormed tioo, not , n conceal from them, that may. pep! sots, of *bone opinion we think highly. view vthe I present state and future prosi;ects of that country, through a less favourable medium. They dwell not only on the past success, end on the inercililake exploits of N APO mon in other pans of Europe;— they see with no less conceni s that the Patriots., either from inteation or front nvor, have by nuj Means severely adhered to troth in all their *Cs' counts of the eupgemeats that have taken, place between them and the French. The persons to whom we id!ude, con.ider cASTANOS And IiIILSTA, at the head of levee , newly raised, to be altos t h e: incapable of facing in the field the tenni)* of lioxa emu t, habituated to victory. and conducted by f;ener its of consummate talents, raised by unrit front the ranks to supreme command. They null in question many of the facts asserted by the irisur gents, anti they by no means anticipate the defeat, Or the surrender of fYt:PoN T. Admitting, as we wish to do, the full force and weight of these observations, hinny of which are unipscsticinnbly deserving of attrition ; we never thrifts continue to think that ibt soma/ Fad the physical impedimenta which t'.e Coraicith Despot mast ner...ssarily encounter in his enterprise, ate of the most forusidithie mature. Of th../broier.. which are fottnisd m thicharacter of the Spanish motion, in their loyalty, their attachment to their peraiiar habits, manners, mid religion, their indignatiog at alma Perikbons outrage committed on them as a people, in the persons of their Kings, and their Or leirewp of the foreign yoke attempted to be im posed ors them ; on these points we hay. already. more than ohm stated our conviction. We shall, to-day, endeavour to convey some corret idea of . the difficulties, of a physical kiwi, wail which the French troops twist have to struggle in their first entrance into Spain. They are &rived From loe cal knowledge, the only galas itilinch ♦ diactuliefts. Nature appears to have taken coasitierabit;paion. ; if we taay so express it. to pr even t th e junctbsni Or, the reduction of Sp a i n . wa d er t h e power o f her only neighbour, France. For we consider the kingdom of Portugal as Merely a chime.. rergd lairtion of the Pierian Paninwta.---IProsm &vomit to Perpignan, across 1 . .. e Tatkillus villigh • comeLty Spain smith Frainue. the :disialitsi spoiCe is narctly two Isooderri alai forty milks life, *hole intermediate country is c.siesipletety oveopised, by the mums, and these mountains are no ober. leas than Seventy tnilcs in depth; but in many part t tit?) , a‘e nearly 4nhies`that naniber. Pour•ioute, or passat;eK admit brush the valleys or from(latcony, Bern, mid Rousillon, on the North, into Cuipincoa, Navarre, Arragon. and Catalonia. The firtt and greatest of there marls, %Inch con duets straight to Madrid, is the one occupied by BO N•PA UTE.. and which Jast:Pll hes t4Len in hie route from Buy onne to that city. It lies far neat tweaity-two Icagues through the Pyrenees, before they tiuk into easy acclivities, Between Mondragou and Vittoria. At every step, an army is exposed to attack ; but, as NAPOLEON appear, to be coin pieta), master of the country, front the liidassoig quite to Vittoria, it is to lie pratiimeil that hij forces will encounter uo difficulties on their march, except those caused by want of • ma t with*, and provisions. In many parts of oli Castile, even bread and eggs are not to procured. Even in Alava, and in Biscay, it is ditfi cult for troops accustomed to the abundance thud reigns iii France, to conceive the want of every kiwi of sustenance. Water itself is not always to bel fou all. The second gram' eutrance into Spain is frod Perpignan to Barcelona, through Bellegarde,, ..Junuttera, and the liiinous pate of Niters's, in Casj tulonia. About fifty wiles of this road lie through! the Gorges s of tbe Pyrenees, where, in many Plannas a I dyed armed peasants may arrest an twisty." Neither horses, provisions, nor accommoilii,ioni-ere to be found between Bell game and thexity of ' rena. That nrcelona and the fort of Montjnif: are in p7ssession of the French we know. But, whether the fort and the pattage of Figueras are so, may Ite matter of doubt ; and if, as 'Vie Patriots: have asserted, they have surprised that thi trexs, the French troops in Catalonia may he in a very; .4augerous predicament. • A third road conducts from Bayoone, by a tromill town called St. Jelin Pied de Port, into Nisratrre.l strait to the capital of that Province, Patapelune. It is a most dangerous and almost impracticable entrance, through perpetnal defiles and Prodigious which cari.only lie passed lickweea May mid the end of October. By this road, however, it is, that NAPOLEON sent Ls F.ED RE to peuctiate into Arregon. He appears to have crossed the abro at Twitch, and, proceeding down its left 'bank, to have had various engagements ssitivthe' Patriots, particularly at Mogen, and at Sarni/yak. We newt presuale that the French still retain pos session of thii , entrance injo Spain; but we knew little or nothing certain, relative to the actual state of Navarre. There is a forth road, from Tarbes, in Bigorre, alrnz the valie )s that divide that province from: Arragois. which nos:duets to Saragossa. It passes through the Spanish towns of Jaca and Huesca; Jaw it is rather a hock .pervious to la u tete* rs, dor ing yammer, than a road by wh . .cli any troops out paw. In winter, the snows mind the wolves reader , -itiotsilly impassable. ....:IXase are the opiy ways by which NAPOLEON tuft ieuhor can escape out off Spain. He fns acted with consummate prudence, for every reason, 'hi mit vienjuriug to cross the aildapsoa in !person. n ictutp.the Books of the Rhine to those of the Nie men, for more than five hundred miles, there are as mountains : scarcely betweea !Viayenee and Tilsit are there even any defiles of cotriequel.ce. Germany lap in fact, los.c;ven to invasion, as Train is •stiaoult -to enter. BOWAPARTR, master o f the Vis tula. and of the Elbe, in came of a defeat, might .ef -feet his retreat, mini. lested. But, if he were to expose himself in the Castiles, or even tu Catalonia, Poe would find it almost impossible to retire with out danger of destruction. The itYpirdition was resslytyead on Monday fours eartanoutli, but was prevented by die uufeveur !able state of the wind. • His Ad a,r terv's ship Chifenn• sailed fronsMadeira with the Meet for India, on the 'Ali Jour. leaving there the Tracers, Carmarthen, ken Spencer, Lord Ride*, and Monarch East lodiasnen. which would sail about thestli July. Two *halm. and another teasel, which left Portsmouth with the eniffonae, left Madeira an the Myth June. The featuring extract of a letter from Gibraltar may not prove uninteresting at thin period ; it is from au Officer of General Sriecite's Expeditiou, and is dated the 19th of June :—" The weather holies set is 'extremely warm, occasioned the fever to break oat io the veil-aliprinted army of General SPE/Mk:lt, previous to its re-embarkation. The lee breezes, however , were th oug h t eilua l to check ing it. S ome gallant moldier, bed talten victims. amongst them Capt. HVGlittlly Royal Artillery, in the prime of life, sincerely beloved and regretted throughout that regiment. His remaiss were in terred with all the respect doe to his rank ; his very faithful servant ins much ooticeal is the *chino train. A tomb hes been erected to his memory with this motto, " Ries Sibi, ssd Petriar," inscribed thereon, beiug that of his loyal family, which has ever beeu dintingoinlied for embarking in the ser vice of their country; he rtes son of the late Gra. ROnletsen and a brother of Lieut. Hewn>, olio sionoonly fill on hoard the Royal George, in the ever-anessiorable action of the let of Jane, 17:5." We underdta n d that Lieut.-Colonel Asousevoe peopinorl to the East Battalion of the Mendip ligsvog, wiler his command, to commute their t.rr ' vice for that of Local Militie, as a measure which he tiiw.lT approves, mid in which he hopes for their unanimous arquieseente ; at the arum time, very properly abstaiiiiiig from pressing them to an Mi -1 'mediate decision ou the .ul,ject. H. Doctor VOtieles Tragedy of The Itehmtge tv., ‘ brought forward, but night, to afford Mr.' ° BEG an opportunity of displaying his natural a l id ee „ quired excellence in the part of 'Len a , a p ad an which . asiost tra•+,ediaNs of ensinenee Fa, e nought celebrity. A more successful effirrt we hate never witnessed than Mr. Yonsio's performances( Zatiga. It war a rich and faithful portrait f Vie revengeful African, so firstly drawn by the author. 'The applause war commensurate with the per once. Each exit of Mr. Younc was marked !„ .three successive , plaudits. The other perforaa;. used their. hest exerthvis to slve effi;ct to the p t . formance, and succeeded fully. The house as csus Jed and the audience elegant. • His blossom is • expected in town, this day, * bolds (;uutt atabe,Quaaa's-Palace. Yesterday moaning.. Us ItlosEssv, Princes* AJ7GUITA, SOPHIA, •itd•AUELIA, ItCCOMpanied by Lady ELy, Count Aluaraca, Gerier:ds Coos. minimal- and lqtzant , ti.tu...t Colonel TAY Loa, took .41istir aerosol ?Ida irt•Nlit;cltor Park, and returned to .the l'ulace at 1. o'clock. The quaint and cuss. EtizosaTti took an airing to the Princess . ELIZABE'IIes Cottage, AI Olck hietrwrora has tiosiportad her visit to Alter. deco, to amuse the amateurs of Edinburgh a little longer with her sweet straius ; -she performs, wal l !the ausistauce .of,bllr. MOUNTAIN, Au antertanneit called William and Boma ; or. The Shipwreck. The• Countess of FIARIIKOTON at Lad, ANSA •M. ~ Efsikatiorit will return this day to their house in the Stable-yard, . St. lasses i-paiace, frost Windsor. The Earl'and Countalrof BitaTot returned. co Monday. to tired house in-St. James's-square, ua account of her ladyshilettAwmeaftement Lei.% daily Asper:led. 'Her ,loyal Highness -the Princess Cosmos% dsf WALMs. accompanied by the Dowager Lady Di t C:ht Front), left IVariviek-house, it eight o'clott yesterday morning. for ilognor-mclis. The oiler for cutting off art grates of all the army, it is su!iposed, -will add mote to our cusp than all ;the rant that has Fallen raiser Frahm. The Earl of Bosersoita left town, yesterday. for %I'n-miser, and will return to-inorrow. A lady of faishieu, during the ire very wawa weather, re,vosed herself on a sofa for &twill hews. and was thatied by a brace of young women, until they/dimes', when a relay was at hand, kr-il supplied their ',Luce. So much fur moderu recut• —Earl and- Coitntess Ettnearr, Earls SPrlten seed WIESTMQ&I.A.ND, Lord H. ?.t.tv and IRS Ladv, and Mr. EL I.S•Ti home 'berm on a-visit tot* Earl of CAMDEN. st Ibis seat, at the Wilderuesk since tistaialuy. Wiis. ex!teeteti, will fall this day SO me ((1.1. bit couveiluenue *1 the earder tor • erspriog all cur soldarre. A Alright+ And • Cerarisids with, it Haan' hatmertad by every Bosse-maid. The:kit nrrivoktat Dri,toi ffotwells are— bard nod lady Tawny lady V onselingait g LAPOT C. Ofortinvit WV. Str. eon Mts. Watkins ; R.*. Mr. awl .tin. Ham.; Mr. agd Mn. Debrue sad tinnily lintuakei Carot 111, Winnings," captsioinie •' dit. Ice. The laid *carats/0 Clueltrohem ere— -1 al sad Casabas Wehrle ; §wide of itchy and Ihnonote; Lord tad 11.04 y Raw 1 lard doe. . It"' 11. Relkete"; Silo R. Jiliseadis sod C. DM,; Deelaigh rst Naomi ; eel. se.d.l.ass. Mason ; CaL Lrgr ; MY* tisrt; Rev. lb. esid,dl.34 Mamie. ; Ide.'Sswerato osibAssity I Mt. efol Ni.. Moore; allseses. Room nod E. Maxwell; Ni.. all Nee iloomatieseu, dic. Ake. Nether Gioia is perlisninag with t w,reitt rfit those, and the weetiderfill Mona esspvcted is the con • se of the ensuing w, ek. Mr. Taf.sabT's Puff, iss Mr. ffinnalna.o4 piece of Vac Cr isjc, isiligialy spoken of at G osgow. Lord Gtonon.CAv r DIsH returned to tow,i, ) tcrday. 'lnnis Portsmouth, where he . hail been coo ducteng his sots, the Hon. H. CATZWIII.III, who en. hai ked fur Swain vertertiev. The remains of Sir Gunter Arrt.acs owl removed, at huh* past four oa Monday monunc. from late house an Deamstreet, South street, to Du.hem Hall, for inters eat. The Duke of Norrnettneitwin will renew. this moruiebt, in il'indsor Great Park, the Blom or, Queen's Own. • Ou Thur s day hi s G race la give a grand tinnier to the General Officers. at Son Home ott Friday he will come to town ; and Ott the Md of•Ametist lii. Grace and family will ksto town fur Aluwic Castle, Northumberland. The desire of Laing interred in Westminstee Abbey, is not confined to Poets, Philosophers, or Warriors, bat extends to the au set, as heri hero exemplified in the fune r al Cie decea.4ed Lady BATH. This venerable Maemleuusims. with wren ingenuity. ham coiniared with a fisiikler, became it inclose* the Axlies of the Grate (Great.) Monday one married, by special license, at tot Earl of linvutter's hone. in Portman-29mm. Lady Eattr Pxsor. younestdmaghter die Ertl 1 . ^ BwoEllutw. to Mr. MORTIMER DRUMMOND. of Charing -cross. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Hb.en Paacr, bredier to Lady EaiL% after which the new-tnarried conplte left tew:i lot* Mr. Osumi:on D'S seat at Drsharn, near Arid, 4 ' where they intend spending the Lousy-usieten. The age of each is twenty-two. The Irate l'rcnost of Perth was • notil un;ve:sally beloved, and his loss is generrilly lamented. 11 C do not recollect ever to have heard of such univer sal respect being shown to the memory of u.ky Ale 'Annie. His remains were interred yestilday se'nuight, on which occiu•ion the whole of b aiips - in the towu were s' , ut, and nearly the whole lII ' the ; , ilishitheits appeared in mourtUng. The arriesl of Mrs. MOUNTAIN cheered 'the gloom that over spread Ike place; .aid she perforined her delight ful eutertaiiiir.ent the following evening, to an tors sowing audieoce.—lier mime attracted at th' principal families, for miles round the cr.tintry.•-• Mrs. ItIotoNTAIN went from Perth to She returns to her favourite phsce. Rantoul - Lb, 1 (' perform during the races, wild to sing at a (kind Cuncert, given by Mr. Coast, us ewn , evelL! , ace her beau; there. we •a Ili :4 pill Td 111% 14: e wake and to fo, the Ban Pri che•r4 len o Swa:u boo m Von.; Mot ILS- 7