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on a height. I ordered also, that four companies of Barbastra and the tirailleurs should proceed to the vanguard, reconisoitra,the ground on the right, the left, and the centre ; but observing the atbsek was well inaintaiuol an all points, I determined that the coanisauies of Barbuteo. u well as the grenadiers, should support the vanguard. " The resistance of the enemy was most obsti nate, but ufter 3 hours and u half hiring, in which they lust from 350 to 400 men in killed, wounded, aid prisoners, they were obliged to retire precipi tately, leaving on the field of battle, knaptseks, fusils, and cue ammunition waggon. Part of the regiment of &theism, with the Colonel at its head, and the tirailleurs, parsed the stone bridge, throw ing themselves with the bayonet upon those who retnaiursl firing in the pinches of the square, mid effected their total flight, while, on. the other hand, they ware followed and harassed hi their retreat. In consequence of this, I proceeded to take power shim of Bilboa, which, without suffering any thing, was winless of the action, and caused to revive in its inhabitants an isiexpritissible joy and satisfsction, at seeiiig themselves free from the hard and cruel oppressions under which they had lived during the infamous dominion of the French. 1 cannot do less than recomitivisd to you the Brigadier Dou Manuel Filbio, valour and military talents. has rendered Inuivelf so is orthy ofthe highe4 conoiderittiou. t recommend albo the and Chiefr of the corps, who by their bravery and military ardour have eminently distinguished themselves, the Ail jutatit-Generalii, Dun Fiaileisco Loosed°, Duel Jo seph Castilun, &e. ; and, in general, all Owl Officenr and troops under my - command, for has* given constant and repeated proofs of a vidour, which makes them wildly of the greatest eulogy. --I hope that your Excellency will communicate this to the Supr•nne Junta of Gallieia , for its wean satisfaction, and that of these brave soldiers. May Cod preserve your Excellency many years. " THE MAIVZLIS DE POILTAZZO. " Bilbao, Sept.2l. " To ►ie Esc.iieoey General Male." (Frogs The t'orunito Diary, Oclo..ver 3.) pissum, t.EPT. The 15tb instatitwas the day fixed upoii fur the ee.E.:uution of this uapital, by the Freoel4 mid the . - . entry of the British army. At noon. the Perm guese colours were hoisted from the castle s the ar tillery fired * Royal sulate, which was repeated by all the other forts and the ships itf war in the Ta gus. The inhabitants embraced and ecmgrattr. Tasted such other on the fortunate event, with the streugest deinon,trations of heartfelt satisfaction, and the air resounded with shouts of " Long lire the Prince Regent, nor Lord Long line 1::141: land and Spain r The cmi.ital was, last and the pescsiding night, illuminated , acid several fine transparencies were exhibited —among which, one attracted pesulior notice, representing Lusitainia lying at the feet of Great Britain, 111141 the latter in the act of raising her with one hand, while, with. the other, she points at the picture of the I'riuce Regent. In the night between the ittlk,aud tub, and in the ntsruing of the latter, the French continued to emboli k. It became indispensably necessary to or der them to be escorted by the English troops, to shelter them from the fury of the populace, who, in every other point of view, preserved the utmost tranquillity and order ; the Proclamation issued by their`Excellencies the Intendant-General of Police, Lucas de Seabra de !a Sipes, and the English Ge neral, Rope, having produced fur that purpose the most salutary etictt. It is not yet known that any transport+ have lift the port; the ninnher of rations daily demanded by the French amounts to 24,000.—(Corauta Ca stile, Oct. 5.) IIePT. 21. The day before yesterday was a day of jubilee and satisfaction for the Silailibh army, on account of bat ing its anus delivered to it, on which eci•a- ioso salutes were tired from all the English ships in tre River. Measuret: have been take:6 to remount the Sponi.li esnalry on the sane• horses they brought to this century. Yesterday morning, the Englidi Commanders, both by sea and laud, paid a visit to the Regency, and afterwards to the Spanish General. Every thing continue. in the greatest lisrinony between the three nations.—(from the Curanna Telegraph, the 511$ October.) 11• ORIN OCT. 1. In conseipieme of all order from the Supreme Junta of the kingdom, 6,000 men have been de tached from the army of A rragon fur Catalonia, un- der the command of the, Marquis de Alayon, to 'mist the Marquis del Palazio. These 6,000 men hare been replaced by as many other. from the army of Valencia, to reinforce General O'Neill, who is already posted between Sos and Sudaba, to protect the passes. TI t Jivision of St. Mary, of the same army of Amigo°, set out ou the 26th of September for Egta; the rest will follow as far as Rouees Velles and Villa Huston, to prevent the retreat of the enemy. The army of Gallicia con tinues to extend itself over Biscay, occupying ex. eellent positions. The division* of Pu•tazzo and Mendizilml were situated, On the sat:i, betwe en Vingern and Mondregon : and it will no longer he easy fur the enemy to enter and return by way of butt. The division which accompanied King Jo 111111\_ aepii sal shut up with him in awl it i with rC61)011 doubted aliether they wlll be able to escape. The Supreme Junta of the. Kingdom kw created another superior Iklilitar of War, consis:ing of D. Tomts l'ituciseo (arin Custanas, the :Marquis del l'ala/w, and 1). Augustin Burin). All the councils and tribunals of the c ity have taken the same oath of obedient., and litletty to the Religion, awl the Country, which the Members of the Supreme Junta have taken. We have the agreeable intelligence of tao French re giments having been taken (rogeda.) iu quality of hostages, for the Sp troops which could not effect (heir 'escape with the 11 a rquis de la Homan& from Denmark. MALAGA• lIVT.T. 10. The brave Codalabs do not sulli•r * day to pass without covering themselves with glum •; 300 Miquelats, under the direction of a spy, had the boliliiess to approach the walls of Barcelona, with the design of taking prisoner, or of killing, (4eii. Leeeht. Ilifortunat•tly they did not effect it, WI account of the intelligence havidg been delayed ; but they killed the centitiels at the new gate, car ried off 50 oxen and 700 sheep; they 1611 pro ceeded to the park of artillery, burnt the barracks, and returned with two pieces of cannon said seven barrels of powder. The Arragenese army is on the frontiers of Na varre, ready to combine its operations with those of Asturias, Callicia, Castile, awl Andalusia. r C NET, SI:PT. 17. ,TA is daily int Teasing in strength, and ,Itroopa are ere 47 day in trehiiig through this place, on their *lwl tii:cerrnia. A respeet.able army will soon furter a tnritou iii, that part of the country. They write froin Gerona, that a iandll party of the English effected tidily a landing on the other side of Roses, and pushed fora ant within two leagues from Perpignan.—(Curanna mat Literary Telegraph of Oct. 6.) RIYAPEO, SEPT. 30. Two transports arrived this day in this port, which parted company with the convoy of about 30(0 sail, on board of which are our troops esesped from the North. They are well dressed, inured to war, and in high spirits. When they distinbarked from the above two transports, they kissed the earth, and exclaimed Long live Ferdinand VII. !" The, whole regiment of Asturias, and those of Guadalajara and Alg.irve made the most vigorous res . ataties to the French ; but as the latter were in very great number, amounting to leostso men, they • were obliged to surrender. sod deliver up their arm 1.--( Mem.) IPTIEDO, SrPT. 16. A periodical publication, called The Court Ga zette, is eh •7itlated in the French array, the author. of %Inch are •Che mane who conducted The Diary of Madrid in the time of Murat. IV hen we say that it is under the management of the French, it is needless to add, that it contains only extravagant falsehoods with respect to Spain. The Monster of iniquity, the Cabinet of St. Cloud, wishes to per suade the French and foreign natione, that the Royal Family of Spain made their escape, and took refuge in France, because the Spaniards rose on them and wished to exterminate theist. They who are acquainted with the running, perfidy, and wickedness of this Government, Cannot be surprised at this ; but those who admire Napoleon as a Tute lar Angel, and as the favourite of fortune, must be aston►.hed when they Learn the glorious efforts which- the Spaniards make to prevent that Atrocious Emperor from farming his dytinsty on the ruin of that of Randll) in Spain; and from completing his plan by devtreyft; t h at family with still greater perfidy mid wieliefiness than that which lie prin.- , need towards the tinfortimate Duke d'Engliein.— , (Oviedo Gault.; September 25.) PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE. Extract ar a Letter from nn Officer in the tat Battalion of the; tat, or Glasgow Regivaeot, now in Portugal, doled lath September, 16013. " The drubbing we gave the French on the 21st ult. iu which the Glasgow Highlanders had the humour of participating not • little, will, long be fore this reaches you, be sufficiently known ; yet, • few particulars relating to that day, which we have learned from the French, may be acceptable. They had in action 14,000, with a reserve of .5,000. , Of the former they lost 6,000, in killed, wound ed, and missing. Their famous 70th Regiment, mad BOPI•PARTE'S favourite corps, had two Bat ' talking edgaged, 1600 'tiling, of which only 400 returned to Lisbon : the Ist Battalion we had opposed to us, and the id, I believe, to the 30th Regiment. The French complained much of having met a d—d Scotch regiment, that played the devil with them; and, in truth, we did it. It would have renewed your years to hare seen the Highlander::—they despised the idea of standing to pop at their foes, but rushed towards them like so many tigers, calling upon each other to hansel handsomely their new title. In the course of this mode of adiance, we met with three fresh columns, but they did not for a moment check our career ; in short, I think they must have thought us mad. Every ether regiment engaged, I am told, acted most nobly—they were the 3641 i, 40th, aahl,soth, 52d, Sth battalion 60th, 71st, Sid, 95th, 97th, and .2il battalion 9th ; Royal Artillery, and four or tire Foinpaivies of the 10th Dragoons. " The French Officers that were in the battles of .Ttna and A uqi•rlitt, say, they were a joke to that ui Vciuiera while it !solid. Jonot and big army are now embarked in the river, on boort; of our transports, to be coareyed to France, with their arms, accoutrements, &c. and not as prisoners of war, in virtue of a Convention entered into with them by Sir Ilew Dalrymple. our Commander-ins Chief. General Beresford is here, and was ap pointed, a few days ago, Commandant of Lisbon." ••• %Vt have received a List of the l'roprietors of Private fluxes, at the Opera House, who have not given them up to Mr. Harris, hut it wool.' be invidious and unfa'x to publish it, as several of the persons alluded to cannot possibly he privy to the coodaet of their servants and rigouts, who let them to the publ,c, to the greet lass and injury of :dr. Harris. THE BRITISH PRESS. LONDON, TUESDAY, Orrossa 18. REOCCUPATION OF RILBOA BY THE FRENCH, RUMOURED DEFEAT OF THE FRENCH, AND CAPTURE OF KING JOSEPH. The Intelligent gun-brig arrived on Friday. at Plymouth, iu thirteen days from Li►bon, with dis patcher from Sir CHARLES COTTON. Oa the 48tli and it9th of September, the town of Lisbon was illuminated, in consequence of a report of JOSEPH BoNAPARTE, with 8000 men. being taken prisoners by the Spaniard 4. The action was said to have taken place at Vittoria. and the main body of the French army were stated to have ',ten engaged in it. Jostrit BONAPARTE, it was added, had lost an arm in the engagement. This news, however, wan much doubted at Lit lboll on the following day. The Intelligent arrived at Lisboa on the Lath of September, and landed Captain Da Layne's, from England, with dispatches to his father. The Mare frigate had arrived there on the esth uk. from England, with specie, and landed Sir Wm. Scorr. The English officeis who were put in charge of the Portuguese ships have been superseded by Portuguese officers. Tie English squadron are gone up the river, and are moored off the town of Lisbon. No preparatioas are making for the em- barking of our army in Portugal at present.— The 4000 Spanish troops, who were disarmed by the French, are embarking,. and will be sent to Cadiz immediately ; they appear to be uncommonly floe mei', and are in higb spirits at the proswct of being sent to Spain. Sir H. DA LILY hl PILE was expected tr. leave Lisbon in two or three days nfter the sailing of the intelligent. Prior to her leaving the Tagus, the• but division of the French troops had been enema • uvre preparing to sail. The Alriedine, with General kai.i.raso a sad suite on login', tivio ; . ; sprung her bowsprit at lieu, iu a heavy Kale, Lot town obliged to put hack to Li.laiu to refit. One of the transports which sailed with the second divi sion of the French 'witty. foundered at sea, and the whole of her crew, together with -.MIO French troops, pcsished. The Master, and a Colour! who was on board, saved themselves by taking to the boat. Major WAY, of the 'Mk, and Lieu tenant Paacttat.t, of the Navy, Caine passengers in the Intelligent. The Convention is by no means relished on the other side of the water. In deed we are credibly informed, that had our army followed up their success of the :flat, they 'night have been in possession of Lisbon by the:Mb; the enemy were so completely panic-struek, that they would have surrendered, iincunditionally, on the arrival of the British army. An article, (laded Madrid Ist inst. states, that Kiug Josiah was shut up with his division iu Vit toria, anti it was thought would Hot Lie able to escape. Two French regiments, it is said, have been taken as hostages for the Spanish troops that could not escape with the Margins ROMANIA. Sonic of the Spanish prisoners had arrived. The feelings of these poor fellows, on revisiting their native country, to which they had despaired of ever re turning, were most enviable. They kissed the earth the ►womneut they set foot on shore, and poured out blessings upoit t heir deliverers. The Spright/y cutter turned on Saturday at Plymouth from Commie, and tLie Peacock, from St. Atidtro, the latter after a passage of tun days. By these conveyances we have (evened letters and papers from Corutnw► to the 7th instant. We are concerned to state. that Billion is once more in the occupation of the French. Au article dated Commis the pith , states that they entered it, 34,000 strong, under the command of Marshal Ntar. The Spanish troops, under the Marquis DE PORTAZZO, had timely notice of the approach of the enemy, and withdrew in good order, taking a position that enables them to wait in safety for reinforcements. A report, to the above effect, had been in eirculaiiou for several days, and it was contradicted in a Commie Paper, of the 4th inst. hut as the recapture of the place, by the French, is averred positively in the Corutina PapLr of the subse queh t d a t e o f tl►e 6th, the previous contradiction is of little value. A private letter states, that the French force which recaptured Bilboa, consisted only of a detachment of 12,000, and that the Spanish force under the Marquis Da Poarazzo, did no► exceed 70110. — Had the Spaniards from the Bailie landed at St. Andero, they might have joiacil him soon after the enemy had rc-tukeu BiDim. But Ow) were!, w e believe, at Corunna, and wo:J nearly 200 miles before they tri'd a , forces with the 111arquis'a. The rrunFs utter D.tviD B A I RD , which sited lahlintltl Sunday week, are nlso going to Corunthi, wind has been favourable et :•• v.:nee Ifity t!,ey woakl reach that port alit at the Inner last week. Previous accounts stated that It ,tsst patched a force of 13,000, tv en.!e;n•o or to cup) . a po►t of ►great atlvrittar, , lial.dy the post meant, and so for the shit the private lettere is more probable tliali ant reprevents the force that retook• it ;1(3-2... 31.irshal N F.Y. In the middle of Sept. the i army were encamped On the baolts of the and king JOSEPH had his head-quart, rs st rauda. At that date the French slim, mated at wit more than 40,0u0 nun, ,•..., ism upon the defensive, awl • the Freneil fortifying Bayonne; a tolerably plain woof.: fetus of expulsion from Spain. The , to Government, we understand, state, that . NEY had iewumed the command, and retired , Burgos and ita vicinity, with the whole ur French army, about 40,000 strong, nod division had retaken Bilhoa. Under stances, it should seem as if they bad intention, of keeping the line of the Elite Miranda ter Cintrenigo.—The main bodt• or Spanish army was rapidly advancing when l'eecoc/ sailed, and a general battle wa: The object which, above all others, has hly chßracteribeil the measures of Box peculiarly since the consul,— war, more than five years ago, is the &bum tam of the Britiah power. His emus, profound, imd active mind, perprtaal: cupied with the con•idcration of the future, when he appeared to be most absorbed M events, enablml him to perceive and to , with mathematical certitude, that while one of ouch considenition in Europe, as tinued to defy Lis menaces. and to disown usurin,d authority, it never could repose on fun ndatioas. let whoa and conquest %ere Hs ideas. 'rlie ecsinpli s held out by the the SAXOIIS. the Danes, slid the Norinscs, all nlioni, in turn, have subjected the inland, ut;lit, he ntii•cted to nshert, be realized once ninre iu nineteenth century. NAPOLEON anvared h. late the fame of CANA', Of CAN Ul E, and of li I.lAm the Conqueror. The eolith,. nod the port Itodogot, mere destined to etleet this enter werel,l .1%1 , t , ' 1 . 1 .14 , Utairt .. laintOntS 111141 a. Icr Illty ie Intl et e l ,d stV.ItF. h a d ,• nvoltr to 1.111!) 0J was he btateloepe than that al t 32,000, opt. the of the mat. rs at 1 . ch artnT, num, F wu a i , ve. in proof CI • The (lisps,* that ind retired h whole or g, nod :r these ci d no longer the Ebro f body of t ' alien e wa. expee till, has invar f Boman' of the p • beyond ditpui , er. 'scrotal:r o to future, et rbed in pr. ud to aseeTtsi chile one S:st England, to disown n• reteme on so , ,i st acre 14 first r the Home Norman*, all c Bland, n,i ht, s ze wore iu t riltnaTed to nr.n F., and of Wit and the port this enteri.riz very consid”n g all ras,le. LWOW the wire id of which IL can lette,t meats at Ens- hit•k at Ivitd operated to driful.e a •rn ble degree of appreheksion uttiong all rahls people. Those who had istscess to Lwow the . history e" that tal•iitet, at thy head of which present ..ord SiDDIOUTH premiled, can atte•l their terror or the flotilla and arinaraeuts at logne, stiperceded every other sentiment in hit minds, and swallowed up all other consideration,. We speak of 1503 and 1804. Even under Mr. PITT, in the autumn of 1805, nutty W rsoisi were accustomed to cmitensplnte Buts APASTE salt a sort of idolatry, and to slim prospectively tie stamp of success to all his projects, however via or impracticable, maintained that we escaped is vasion stMI coaquest, only by the Austrian dedi cation of war, which mum:Heil ICseommit to Ili. rest his operations toaards Vienna, instead of lA. don ; to the Datinbe, instead of the Thaw, — Since the peace of Tilsit, however, though op ts , the periral of the attempt on Spain the CorNcji possessed full leisure and every facility for the purpose, he never resumed his plans of front Boulogne, even in the pages of the Mouittur. That boasted engine is, indeed, now fallen into sort of oblivion, and inspires Ho more dr,.iJ this the armada of PHILIP the lid. To an invasion by flotilla■, succeeded the ducat, and, no doubt, the intention, of a siniultanows continentid attack, in which all the navies of Eu rope, from Denmark round to Toulon, inclusive, were to combine ; ■nd which, as the prime MOW no. were .. to transport the veto geom., oldie Ceoltinent toour shores:" That Pelt a plan was by 114) means' in itself chimerical, or no practicable, we must ; and if .1011Erll RO - Ir.tILTE Could Lave been quietly seated ea the Spaiiibli Throne, while Portugal vise occupied ki troops, it would no doubt hate been re sunit.l. and probably attt•mpted. Eves RU.," icivi Turley twi li ght have been made subtervient to, or parties in, the attempt. But this failing. Ec• n•PAltrt; was compelled to have recourse to other and inure efficient plans for the destruction of Enr lend. to feet, boa ever omnipotent on the Nail. till he invaded Spain, he has never been able extend his power over the water, nor to subject diet element In his influence. %Ye belie►e that lie is des• tilust to remain for ever in the same impotent sta . . on till' OCCIIII, abates er may be the ultiust his meg tii..itions on tho Continent. 114fIled in tenth those schemes, Li► spirit, guided Ly pertinacious i:allexibi tinned Isy alio:J.4 Irre►istible power, and d cool calculation, sliggesteei new plans Incapable of turning theta sg•tinst the Grvat Britain. lie levelled les sesimor finemem In order to effect Lix object,. took to compel tbe carious nation sub, r el S meat • lac event of el vindictive rr ality, au— h lirected Li T of attack. di 'akeres of A rrr st out r lie aside 6r by a I II lii i I 011 E CIO IV., lug glu mu pry 1411 sult qui gal of he' Pr 11.1 Et we int tbi ha