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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. SP.IMISR AN L) POE ITGL ESE PAPERS. cianmA, NOV. 14. The following nctio' iffoid- as. additional proof tnr rillaistry of the Soluctet!es to kind of Mi litia) and does infinite litnnur to their valiant Cots ittia:idet Oa ttic 30th of Os 'ober, Captain Narciso Co den•k, of the Ai lue eels, who screed w tne late war with Frairce, and > now 70 years of a %e, re ceived orders to colleet all the troops who „e-re i s , Es a rella, ellamartiscle, Quince, cud ltcboi, and tr. occupy is it.i there the most adtaald,,eon• and shnald the enetuy ^t•'k Isis position, give im mediate notice to Den Juan Cl4lOll, who com manded in the eleveroas of Rums, and iutceided to reinforce him, iii order to prevent the enemy Even eittenne the narrow pass of the momitain•. Oa the 3d in••:est actually arrived in the bran of Deism, 180 Italian Satellites, with their Com mander, need three Subaltera Officers. Coderth ta d Pei sit, whoseoni Mewled the Somatelies without beiegelecouraged by the infeNesice they reteived, that the above troops formed merely the advanced glided of 1000 men, who were marelmig to the said lowa, re.olvell to attack them with about 100 • GO of whom were armed, amid ordered the rest to take a noontime is the ree.4lileciurbood, se that thsey could he area by the enemy. The at tack co.noteueed at ties o'clock in the afternoon agasee daft-rent lant, of the town ; the enemy left the towel add took post en a height near the sea, where he .narle a vigorous resistance; but at length the iavirecibles surrendered to the invincible valour of souse armed peasants, and were all taken pri. ewers," the whole of which amount to 139. (Cursuuse Diary, Dec. 91 OVIEDO, NOV. 29. Oar Geuerel of the arms• of reserve, which reach ed this towu ou the slat, io the morniug, occupies • - ohasady the principal points by which the enemy 'threatened to advance to this town, newt in a few - • days he will have sufficient troops to defeud all the p/acear which are ore covered by our army of the left. He is at pres at in Kivedesellsi, aild it seems that the enemy, ta cotesequence of his march, has fallen beck toe considerable distance from ail the points to which he had advanced. We do no !ringer matertrie any fear of the, province being iuvaded by the enemy; and should he attempt an invasioin every inch of ;,mound will he disputed to him with the utmost energy and valour. All the inhahitents hi-ratios Daly for war, liberty, and year:ince.— asiefal AR %IL/URA, 110 V. e 9. Getimial Doa Francisco Xavier de Gaetanos re ports. lustier date of the 26th init. from Calutay ad, that on the 4t.t he received intelligence of the enemy ha►ing advanced by Coria with 12.000 in- • flaky am' 4/011 horse. Thisiutentsole not remain tug any ways doubtful, be immediately gave orders or the army to fa!! Lick, the same night, to a 40-• ' , bolt extruding from Tamtgona to Tudela, the point to be occupied by the troops of the ormy of Arral•wt, and the sth division of the centre which was in Caparosa. When the order was received to retreat, the enemy was alrcaely in motion to attack his advanced parties, having ad vanced in the coarse of the tuorniag against Cala horra with two pieces of ordnance., and taken post on the heights within gun-shot from Calahorra, which movement was undoubtedly made with the int.ation to commence the attack at 'Break of day. ...Notwithstanding this movement, the army re treated en the &irk:lees of the night,with mode tam trle, oast the division reached their respective points, _ . • L man•hiug tt at night and tile following day, for . souse detention arose front the removal of the perk . . of mrtilkry fiont Ciuttacuigo ; and on the 4.2 d the flat - divisions of the army were imm the positions which they had to oecni.), without having sustain e I any lass. On the 1341 the advanced part* report. el that tutee column... of the enemy were watching 1 .. , - iu the direction of Tudela ; the gemicral win beaten, sad whole the troop. of Arragen lassoed th; bridge, the enemy oe, upied the points of attack, which I),:gan at eight o'clock is the niorummigi at ten o'clock the whole lire was "swaged. Our troops manisdnined their position with the utntost velour, • apt the enemy wee repulsed os all sides. 14e re -1 rig the attack. and rundered hittiaself master ' gp olive gram oil the left, whence he de -1 . wed, with a tremendous ire, Liss was so well iiiiiiked by ow gallant troops, that after a most . • Mute conflict. he was compelled to retreat.— • *While out troops were pursuing the defeated ene . -Xo to si s our left, another division of the enemy 1 pur led through Yellen on the right, and took err pursuing troop. in the tear. This decided the . fate of the day, mid nothing was left for our anti but to retreat to BoajJ. IV hile this was going foi.- ward in Tedela, the f o urth division, commuuJeci hp a mo ral Litpios, sebioh was iu Casceute, two hours marsh from the WU of bottle, cod hid received rise to rum k the right Ilashaiihe eneiny,found SOW French infantry and 1100 cavalry opposed to them in the act of oftiermisg battle. Lepimin Mi medistely espied, defeated, and pursued them to the heights of Tudela, whence he NUS tut.:eked hy• the enemy's troops, who occupied the hti;;lits ; l.a , pl u s ICI r.talte4l ii , the position of Cast...a:at., where ho defeated the enemy, and at the fall of might f m ,-_ I Igen to fall beck to Dorjii, Ac-tolviing to the last order be received. Oa his retreat, be was again at tacked by the enemy, but some troops checked his progress, and the four divisions reached Borja, whence they marched to Calatayud. The forces of the enemy in the actiens of Tu shala and Ciascante amounted to from 36 to 40.000 infantry, and from 6to 7000 cavalry. Their loss has been very co:unite üble ; as has likewise ours in missing and prisoners; but the number cannot he nevuostely stated till the Geuenals of the divisions have mode out and delivered their lists. lu u letter of the ...mil, General Castanos sends advice, that not having in Culatayual the means of subsistence, and having received nonce that the enemy threatened to ettott Somasierra, for these reason., and wishing to be near th:: capital. in case the French should endeavour to advance to it, he hail Jetta mined to go to Seguenza. The .Major-General, Don Bertito S. Juan, pestled au the Puerto, a pass of Somosierre, sends advice.. in a letter of the 28th of this month, that at break of day that morning the division of troops tinder his command were alarmed, and imme diately under erms, expecting to be attacked in force by the enemy, us all the adv ices re ceived dui ea; the night eteicurred in stating, that in the unoroing of the preceding day, great numbers •of the enemy's troops had defiled by Arandir fie Duero, directing their march to the encampments of Boceguillas, and La Gianja, with many pieces of artillery ; and that during the whole day they were conveying artillery nod other uli:ttary stores. Accordingly, a little after six in the mortaiug, were heard in the heights of Sumo sierra various discharges of artillery and small arms continually increasing, and all in the direetion attic pasaofSepulvada, which left no doubt that an attack would he made, and though be could confide in the re.istance of the brave garrison which had been re inforced the clay before, (the 17th). with 1000 fitsi leers of the regiment of Jaen, the numbers of the enemy could not but excite solieitude, and from the mounat of the attack, measures to • succours of infantry, artillery, and am . - mUnition were taken ; but without this assistaoce,he effected the c plete defence of this point, not withstandisig the attack lasted more than four hours. the enemy having attacked with -woo in fantry, 350 a cava.ry, mod four pieces of cannon, besides the reinfoicements which , were at hand to summit their troops. Brigadier Don Juan Josef Sardin, Colonel of the regiment of cavalry of Almitisa, who command ed at the Hat of Sepulveda, writes, that be WAI at tacked at break of day by the enemy, with from 3,500 to woo infantry, 1500 cavalry, and 4 pieces of artillery, and that hr had repulsed them with glory to the areas of his king and country. He proposes soon to send the circumstantial details of the action. to which he says we have suffered some loss, but he supposes that of the enemy mist have been double. the firing having continued till ten o'clock. 4.1680 N, Mc. 3. The Board of 11'ar has ordered six battalions of Chaeseurs to be raised, under the direction of Major (ieneral Don NI. Peirara Forjsz Coutinho. Letters from Spain state, that it is now known that the per son who, with very considerable difficulty, carried the declaration of the Supreme Junta to Bayonne, was Don C. Perir de Castro, late Secretary of Eon hasty and Spanish Charge d'Affaires, in this capital, —(Lisso* Gazette. Dee. 3.) THE BRITISH PRESS. LONDON, TUESDAY, Mt:Lim Ea 20. SPANISH ACCOPNT OF THE BATTLE OF TUELLA. We have received Spanish papers to the 10th, and Lisbon to the Ist instant. The former of which, contain the Spanish account of the battle of Tudela on the .23d last. It differs most materially from the French. It was obstinately contested, and the loss on both sides was considerable. We know only of the defeat of the Spaniards, by their heing obliged to retreat; hut they do not appear to have been dispersed, nor was the defeat decisive.— It also appears. that Casrattos did not retreat along the Ebru towards Saragossa. Having collect ed his forces at Boria, on the south the Ebro, he proceeded to Calatayud, in Arragon, about 37 miles southwest of Saragossa. Calatayud is situate iit the contliii of the Xalon and Xaloca. CASTAIIIOS re mained there on the 17th, but as protisions were scarce. and lie had heard of theadvanceof the French to Soinosierra, he proposed to proceed to Siguenza, in Old Castile. As Siguenza is only 60 miles north-east of Madrid, he would of course be able to reach the vicinity of that capital before the Id instant, the day on which, according to the 13th Bulletin, the French appeared before it. If then the French and Spanish accounts of their respect ive movements be tolerably correct, it is pro liable that CASTANOS, finding himself unable to di fend Madrid, proceeded to Aranjum and, • !II the Supreme Punta, went on southward to Tol,rlo. 'flue French, it appear, were defeated at S,mio.ierra on the 2.3t1i. 'Elie attack by the Dulte of Bt.i.txtro, which the thirteenth represents as successful, and enabled the Frenei to march to Nlailriel, was ;made cm the 30th. The strong poets of Guadarraula and the Escur4l, in the direct rise, would, however, still remaiu to be forced ; and as the French do not notice any farther opposition to their approach to Madrid. after forcing the Pass of Socnosierra, we continue of •pinion that the enemy a.lr•anced by the tir cuitious route of Biutriago. It is impossible to present any subject to the human mind, at the actual itionient, which can produce an interest comparable to that excited by the state of the Spanish Monarchy and nation. All other objects, or people, or countries, awaken com paratively littleanxiety. To Austria, and to To rkey, we look with composure. Enthusiasm is awaken ed by the contemplation of Spain. We conceived it a part of Coat impartial duty a hich we owe to the people, to state, in THE PRESS of yesterday., the opinions and ideas of those persons who are accus tomed to cousider the advance of BON APA RTC to wards the subjugation of Spain, and of the Eu ropean Continent, us systematie, progressive, and almost infallible. We feel it, liowever, at least equally our province to Mier, and to place in a conspicuous point of view. those topics of hope, probability, and expectation, which present them selves to our minds, on contemplating the last events transmitted to us from France. They may serve, its some measure, to counterbaleilee the painful reflections excited by a consideration of the errors of administration, the waut of energy in our commanders, aml the depressed condition of the Central Junta, flying before a successful invader. the possession and occupation of the defile of Somosierni, followed by the entrance of Ne ro. LEON into Madrid, are in themselves most calami tous occurrences, it would be futile to deny. But the loss of Madrid is not the reduction of Spain. JOSEPH 130111PARTE entered and remained in the capita!, duriog eight or nine days, last July ; hut he precipitately abandoned it soon aftereards.— During the " War of the Sticcesaion," under Queen Amax. precisely about one hundred years ego, the Archduke CRARLEs was twice carried by the English to Madrid, and as often proclaimed, in that metropolis, king of Spain ; yet the loyalty and affection of the Castilians towards his competi tor, PHILIP V. finally expelled the Archduke from the Spanish territories. Madrid, like Berlin, is, in fact, an indefensible town, and its magnitude did not admit those defences or batteries to be thrown up for its protection, in the short space of a few days, which so eminently contributed to the glorious and successful resistance made by Sa ragossa. But master, as Box APAIITE is, of the Metropolis, his position there must still be most delicate, perilous, and critical. Arturo and Va lencia, with their respective Capitals, to the north and east, are, as far as we have reason to believe, unsubjected to the arms of France. BLAKE and RONANA, with the remains of their armies, occupy Leon. CASTANOS, at the head of a large body of men, was at Figueras. The English forces, though divided, and retreating into Portugal, are never theless formidable, and may he speedily trans ported, either to Andalusia, to Biscay, or to any other portion of the Peuinsula left open to attack by the Corsican Invader. The army of Estremadura, though defeated, is not annihi lated. We may even conjecture, if not infer, from the circumstances related in the Thirteenth Bul letin, that gold, rather than steel, corruption, more than valour or tactics, opened to him the Pass of Semosierra. Ilow else can we explain the assertion, that " all the Colonels, or Lieutenant-Colonels, of the corps of the Spanish division, are among the prisoners ;" while he admits, " that all the soldiers would have bee. taken, if they had not thrown away their arms, and dispersed in the mountains ?" Either treason or cowardice must have bet rayed to him this important defile ; and we are much more warranted to suspect the former among the Officers, than the latter among the troops. Those who so confidently calculate on isiarot,ros's ultimate success, always regard mo ney as his most powerful agent. Ile ut. vertheless, other impediments to van quish in Spain, thin' were opposed to his progress in Austria until in ['moils. The most inaccessible part of the kingdom, namely, the Sierra Morena, and La Mat•cha, lies between Madrid and Seville. He must either traverse that district, or he will necessitated to approach Andalusia by a circuitous route. Cadis and Carthagenu, as well as Malaga awl other pmts. of f er to us the means of landing ipa. The Junta have long since fixed on Alma gro or Cisidad Real, two small towns situate in the fastnesses of La Mancha, nearly half way between Toledo and Cordova. as places proper for their re treat, whenever the enemy should gain possession or Madrid. Immense resources of every kind preseut theusselvesin the provinces 'don the Mediterranean, from the Guadiana round to the frontiers ofCatalonia. We venture to assert, that if the Spaniards them. selves nourish and preserve in their Isamu the desire of independence, not all the armies of this victorious, subtle. and able 'lglu/. can ',dace to his obedience the Coasts of Spain. • They are ic cessible to our fleets at every .seasom which may pour in troops anceetisively,on- the -most dirtant quarters. and may appear in the coarse of two or three mouths at Bilboa, at Ferrol, it Cadiz, and in every port of Grenada..Mnreia, and Valencia. That BON •PaHrE will accomplish his threat of "arrowniag his brother in Madrid." caa admit of little doubt But it rests with the nation to submit to thi s usurper. of Italian growth. trausplauted from so cb. seure town of Corsica, and placed on the throne „I CHAILICI V. If the Spaniards resit*, tl:e conar.t it only Lie inning. We wait 1 0 what course th e J un t a and IbioaL , a 1 a have ocinotto, in this g r ea t an d awful crisis ♦of the !..k..i..1511 Tlii• Mars cutter letter of tultrque, arrived rahtiouth, on Thu r ..fi ty , from I.l,hoii. 4 cum.. iris,ditger Caw. A. NI•GE/itme, of he Itegimeot of eh:it 4eti with deeo,,tche, tr. a l Madrid, dated the ...'7th nit. 81 a which " , •1••• rt. eeived nt Lisboa on the sth iu,tunt , I t •,. portal on 111, ut I...thuouth, that th e Mardi hunt rallied utter the defray of iSi an d tot off 23,000 of the eJenr ) . Th.. hitter on of the report we do not credit. Thirty-five sail of utimports, haring, on her t ,d the lath regiment of Light ; as s l y about 30 !ail of light transports, from Falmouth. wider coo) oy ot the Sen. rn ix, o f gnus. Captain Gnasuto. The formerwith the Itym proceed to Lisbon, thelutter go to No, it is Ms', for the purpose of taking off Sir John MOORF:4(l.lVitillog, Au order was received by empress for Counnissiniqv Bowan, of the Tran sport Board, to proceed inititel.. ately for, Vigo ; in consequence he embarked 1,1 hoard t he Agent's ship ZepArir. The whole proce ti k down the Channel with st tine breeze from the minis, ward. The disembarkation of the Dragoon) at Lisbon is emulated to the charge of Litutromi WILIMARAM, on beard the Henry traosport, Officer who took the 3d division of French tra p s to Quiberoa from Lisbon. Yesterday letters were received at the East hula House, which state, `that the Chip Walpole asst on shore on the Mouse Sand, about a mile belay Margate, on Sunday morning, her main and airs masts gone, aad apparently full of water. Fin of the crew *reached the shore on Sunday on a spar-200 men were left on board. lire head lies to the sea, and great hopes were entertained of saving all the men at low water. The ca•go, supposed, will be recovered—it is not estimated at any groat sum. Accounts of other damage sus tained liy our *hipping in the Downs, duniig the late storm, will be found in our ship news, in the last page. Soave apprehensions are entertaiouii for the safety of the Duke of Montrose, another of the East ludiataen recentir arrived in the Downs. .-,... The Duke of Your; will hold a public day, thii day, at his Office in the Hone Guards. The Report of the Hoard of Inquiry upon the Convention of Clans, is expected to be mottle to His MAJESTY to-morrow. It is said, that in the French Reply to our An swer to the Propositions from Ei fart!), and which is noticed in His Slsstsry's Declaration breaking off the correspondence. BO%IPAILTS observed. " that it would not be more unreasonable on his part to pmpo'e admitting the Catholics of Irrhuid as a party to any negation ))))) than that wr should propose admitting the Spanish Insurents." His NisrEsTv's ship Hydra, with her convoy from Portsmouth. is arrived at Gibraltar. ._ The American rebsels Mary, Ltt, and the Bet sey, Rowe, laden with oil, are captured and carried into Calais. The Trafalgar, Faaansos, from Lisboa, is ar ris•ed off Portland. She patted through the oat aril-bound West India fleet on tiith cart. off the Lizard. It is in contemplation to establish soap shops in Sheffield, to alleviate the distresses of the poor, arising from the present high price of proswans and scantiness of labour. This laudable v.:topple will probably be followed in other large manufac turing tow NIL A Treasure Journal of yesterday, in its bio;va. ',hies! sketch of the late Earl of Lismaeon say., " he was uniformly losont, and finely attached to the British Constitution." This is the old cant of the party uniformly loyal"—and pray what tieh subject is not uniformly loyal ?-..Must a man he conceived in the midst of places and pensions. be born in the midst of places and pensions, nursed in the midst of places and pensions, grow up in the midst of places and pensions, grow old in the midst of places and pensions, and die in the midst of places and pensions, lavished upon hirns.4f and li.s family, to be eutitleal to the praise of uniform loy alty ? A letter was received last week by a lady of Li verpool, from her brother, an Officer in the army of Sir John Moore, in Spain. It is dated from Sala. manes, and states, that the army is advancing iii full expectation of soon meeting the Freue!-- Contrary to what has been generally reported, this Gentleman say. that the English are received I/ the Spaniards with great kindness and bospitalito bat complains much of the total want of a omlint or cleanliness in the Spanish houses, and deserdrs their aeconimodatioas in respect to lodging* :Ind other conveniences in travelling, as intolerably bail. The roods are almost impassable, but they are sup plied with sufficient provisions. These aomplaint are naturally to he expected front Englishmen, 54 customed to such accommodations 111 tnrreiling are not to be equalled in any part of the globe. The British file:chants, and others interested the sale of British manufactured goods. at Cadi have presented a Memorial to the Spanish Gorir merit at Modri.l. on their distressing situation, not being permitted to laud or trans-ship their N o chandize. The Memorialists humbly pea!, duo the Government will be pleased to reduce the e• orbitaiit duties on British merchandise already • rived, and permit such goods us are inteuci.,l transit to be deposited in the Royal Warelicus. At the date of the letter containing this comnitil cation. that is, on the kid milt. no answer to it Memorial tied been received from the Spai.ishli vernment, but an answer was expected in tie caul of a few days. i< b a I IA mb tin :m- -,is kith , Ast rv- tcs.. :no- this 1;o. +nos