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lb snort' v*' 'Wert. 2. The .I•Tnin g me had ordoed .tm.furnitte m„ies sense number orritions for the shay hf WKeeis, "ditch was stated to be elarchisteau this direetiOn lint we suddeulyefotind norseirea visited omit sew. le- the army which had poised:on **ludo l'oltearset; uad between seven o'cldek led tee s die t h ree of my . writing this,' theme haire 40401 ak 'filen 44)00 •to 3•00 Frenchmen. They "tried with - them. on their departure for Navarre, 37. pieces of artillery, and have returned with Hi. A utuneroas detach- mem of theun entered Ittillera a few days agn.—The officers were hospitably eptertained et die Monas tery of the Beuedictines ; but these•gratefet guests, bninetliately after their repast, seised won the plate, and even•demanded the Abbot's purse, which not containing a sufficient stun to satisfy thew, the keys of the Monastery were delivered to them, and' they carried of 330 renegers of wheat, sod the only DIDIC that belonged to the place. • 'MARIN', SEPT. 11. At /weer& o'i,lock this morning a French galliot wish iteeriimtanding right in fist this harbour. A sishing u tsglelsoiirsled her, end the crew, Burling she Was ignorapp,of the war, -brought her to anchor, with the assistance of an other liothiag-lootte under the guns of our temente. I%e' Cemonission of Health immediately went on board. and the reces sed means were taken to secure her, all the crew, With the etteeption of the mate, being scut on shore. This Oliot is culled the ennsfuntia, cif 70 tens burden,- carrying four six-postoders, and har ing on board seventeen seamen and four passengers. Among these is a I ientenaut-Colemel and a Navel Lieutenant. She lett (;itaslaloupe the latter end ref July, sad is ladete with retiree, engine &c.—She heel also some dispatches for the French Govzni tatmt. CADIZ, SEPT. 0 . • At ten o'clock this morning arrived here an English sloop of war and three brigs. with 30,nne muskete, and a supply of provisions for the entry.* At three o'clock in the morning an express arrived from Member with intelligence that the Archduke Ferdiaaud had arrived therein an English versed. TABIACIONA, AUG. Sines the teth inst. (lucre have entered this port, peveu barks laden v itb powdce, m u s kets, balls, svititers. and other articles of military stores. • Ilia Excellency the. Ceptein General. aware (lust the inani-spring of an artily I : to t ri..ts is the o b berv . anise of the strictest ',beryline, has ordered four culprits is be shot. The same fate awaited fourSwess deserter% had cot the earnest solicitatieret of the Areebiahop, and the arrival of the intelligence of tlw triumph at Gerona, induced theta. SAIIO.IOSP A, 4ltrr. 13. On Saturday waning arrived in this city Sir Charles William Doyle, Commissioner front His brimstone Motjesty, to treat with our political tied military Cluck on the means:of sapporting the just cease in which we are engaged. • Ilks•Exeedency the Captain-Generel receivril this (Jtratlelllllbll with , the highest demonstvatione of atbrehment etteljta thole towardie:the generweity of the Bitglietene. time which contributed, with so muck promptitude and zeal, to the ndief•of our weeteseties. Airs sending him a pool of hooMse corner:wag to his high character, he leek him with him to exa mine the various pond* rif defence of this city, and to surrey the vintages committed by the enemy in the petty district which they occupied. The nu merous crowd of people that followed him, maei fested, by the loudest acclamations, their satisfac ties at seeker is there kiegtleine. after an interroil of eo many imams repressetutive of His Britannic Majesty. tkruek with astasediment sari admire. tios. Sus YAKIMA Colossi broke set into the most atergelie ascousissia on the irresistible valoat'aod heroic I. with which oar citieens delt-ittled this repital; adding, that he we'd') commujiicite an seenuut of all the details to his Court. finishing their circuit, the Coltnnet !Moaned . to aw Excellency's Palace. where a tteageilternt entertain- • meat was prepared, during which repented dis eharges look place from Atte the batteries, to proof of the very great joy with which his Eir.ernUency and all the inhabitants celehnoted the re-establish. mem of peace and harmony with the English 'in tern, and to ilemonstrete the gratitude ilitell we owe to His Britannic Majesty and his ileac Mi nisters, for the powerful awistauce the y ,leeve af forded, and will continue to afford us, until the res toration of the Monarchy in the person of our be loved Ferdinand. On Sunday the Colonel was present at a review of the 22.000 men that com pose nor array, and expressed himself highly ma teArd with the etolutions perfoilued :by several VALLADOLID, SEPT. 14. On the 12th instant, et six in the eveniug, Sir Charles Stuart, His lkihninic Majesty's Envoy to oar Court, made his oppeartince in the Consistorial Precinct. The simplicity of his dress, the total absence of parade, and his being accompanied only by a Colonel, and a Lieutenant-Colonel who officiates as his Secretary, prevented the cariosity of the public from beim; exerted in the first in stance; but the grateful name of Eng lisA men hciug immediately circulated, a considerable crowd col lected, and accompained the travellers "es far as the chambers of the ►'rocurato: of the Commune, D. Josef Tineo Seiguor De Nocella, who suc ceeded. after many sells:nations, in prevailing upon so worthy a personage to accept the rites of hospitality from him. The people continued during the night in the court and street, occa sionally buzz:ling sod utteriug a thousand tender expressions. accompanied with the harmonious strains of a nomeroue band of musicians, who in stantly took their places in the balconies; and a number of rockets were let off. Yesterday he was complimented by the Commissioners of the Real Aenerilo, the Inquisition, arc. who, with many of the inhabitants of distinction, partook of an elegant entertainment given the same flay by the Procu rator. In the evening there was a grand collation given et the Royal Palace on the same occasion, and various tire-works were let off. lie was accom panied to and from the palace by the various pub lic bodies. and the inhabitants at large. He set Of this morning at three o'clock for Segovia. finch is an account of the trimmer in which the celebrated but distressed city of Valladolid, displayed its heart-felt gratitude to the good Itietid of Spain. MADRID, SEPT. 7. 'talent of cavalry (idle.' the locuodiers of VII. is *wad, complete. It has I.eea rely sillmexprome of Count IN 'rermin His Esoeilesicy thiMarquis De Santa Crag del Viso, convinced that trite patriotism consists in iwrv ing one's country, without aspiring to hot rs or offices, and in knowing rather how to obey than to command, presented himself, from the impulse of tli.sie generous sentiments, before Gen. Cteaanost and offered to serve as an Ensign iii the regiment of the dragoons of Pavia ; bat the Gencral ►ucceeded in persuading him to accept the rank of Captain, notwithstaudinghis reltictairee to accept of a mili tary ►ank which his modesty led him to decline, nu the ground of his not being sufficiently qualified in point of personal service. This day the division of General Lapena wrrrh ed towards tioria. It contains a •onsiderable hisiy of cavalry seal artillery. Seignors Don Frain:Ur* Pulafox v Ilelzi anal Count de Tastagn have Lethal) here, as Deputies from the kingdom of Arragon to the Central J mita. HIDIIID, £EPT. I !. THE COUNT DF.I. MONT:10 TO Eci.Lots tot N- TRYME:N. " SPANIARDS the. character of a true. Pa triot—as the General-in-Chief of the combined forces in Arregm, influenced by the rail; in which the virtues of my ancestors, and their services' b their country, have plumd ine--tissil flintily. with the approbation of my cousius and brother-in-lew, his Excellency the Ceptaiii-Gensinil of the king dom of Artagon, 1 Lave presented myself in this capital, in order to consult respef;ting the most se cure mal expeditious men, . of ruse the tuition trots the atrocities which it still suffers in those parts which (to whnt purpose I ( lttil.t conceive) are stilitiecupied bythe ravaging troopsof Napoleon; but sit a time when I thonglit the 'cosh of my journey, tkit of the tuilitof stay cousin, and of the cries of our fellow countrymen, ut this moment 01Mresteti by the tyrannical yoke of the French, would have been such as we hied a right to expect, nod such 8.1 11111 W inure than ever concerns the neriont I see with the greatest sorrow the tarthitesti with whit* our armies are pat in motion; the want of an aultrarity with *hick I might coinniunimte, for the purpose of consuming awl giving Is proper direction to their movements; and what is still more Iren6rstable and pernicious, that the precise importnnity which pre sents itself for destroying the plane and conabitia tioew sidle enemy, who has not yet abandoned Isis project, 'lipoid be occupied in discoissiosso of no importance to the cottony, and in digressing,* from the mein subject, which alone ought to deertpy the , attention of all true' Sp miards. The Ceptiviii-Cie nerel of Arrsgon and myself have *pared nn moms or toils which could conduce to the attainment of our most imoortant objects. The army under my command has continually occupied the poitits most contiguous to the enemy, in order to rtivert leis attention to the quarter entrusted to my tare. The army of Gm' llicia, in consequence of guy ITIVI• nation, was already approaching; but being, as well as mine, without a sufficient force of cavalry to cromthe plains, it has been compelled not to ()nit the mountains, but to maintain itself there, with the view. either to pursue the enemy should they retreat, or to attack them in Rank, should they re- slew their attempt mi Saragossa. I provisionally only took possession of Tilde's, that place net be- ! M K it military position, 1 ass waiting for the forces that were in SLAM' ; and the enemy availing them selves of the tardy execution of out plums, united their various corps, there being nothing to prevent them, in order to attack me a ith double my force, and with a respectable body of cavalry. " I did not consider it prudent, or in any other respect berrelici-al, to maintitin a positives which WWI flanked at all points, nor to risk, 111 a single action, the fete of my army, and perhaps that of the whole kingdom of Affa , o3_, it. I retreated upon Staragmoia, conformably to the instructions I lied received from the Captain-General, and occupied all the most important point* aml those best adapted for a de fence which, if possible , would have been still more obstinate and vigorous than the termer. " The enemy have abandoned Tudebs. mid the other points which they occupied on the left bank of the Eh's, indicatin. , a disposition to retreat upon Mimpeluna, and guaraing the person of the fugitive Joseph. In the mean time, they are plundering the villages, and depriving us of those resources which are essentially necessary to oar subsistence. They impose contributions, and trample no the most sacred rights °four fellow-countrynsen, who observe our fonts, us it should seem, solely occupied in a defensive war, and disabled from affording them ! any relief. " Spaniards ! the post which I occupy obliges me to speak plainly. lum not under the necessity of giving you fresh proofs of my sentiments, for the mere purpose of convincieg you of say pii triotisio. My language will always be dictated by sound reams, and the genuine ardour which ani mates me in a cause which I was the first to sustain. I desire nothing—expect nothing, but the glory of totally devoting myself to the defence of my king and country ; and I leave to others all that has no relation to these objects, and which I consider as unreasonable, at a time when the enemy, from the insuffsciency of their force, employ intrigue to throw us off our guard, to start questioos of eti viette,and to introduce the most fatal divisions in the train of our triumphs. " Generals of the different divisions of the Span ish urtny—rush to the point whither you me called by your own honour, the interest of the whole na tion, and the good wishes of sill the Governments of Europe. It is in the presence of the enemy that we ought to dwells* and concert our Hilo.. Alum don those iusbecile Spaniards. who, by their ridicu lous and extemporaneous pretensions, serve as in- struraents to arreg the progress of our arms, and destroy the advantages which we have already ob tained. " Deputies of the different provinces—the na tion already blames your tardiness in establishing the Central Junta, Which is to represent the august person of our beloved Sovereign Ferdinand VII. er.il to dictate the ionst efficient means of rs►in g the country, amidst a derers:ty of opinions, and of Authorities whose functions must and ottAht to Cease. Stir fellow-eountr) oats, occupy your tn. lents in the citabliiliment of such a Government u will meet the approbation of all; but the most in teresting object, and that which demands your most speedy attentiom is the complte expulsion s from our soil, of the remaitis of the enemy, who, from the inert kuoaledge that we are concentrating our forces, are preparing for flight. " Generous inerchaiits—the soldiers of the na tion march to defend your property und your cause. The eircUllltalllCe4 of the moment require extraor dinary services; and it is necessary :,ou should de monstrate your patriotism oud iiturcliment to the common cause, by &minibus for the purpose of clothing all the troops who will have to pets the ensuing winter in the field. Ministers of Religion—proceed in the per for:mance of your duty. Impress upon all your flocks the maxims of sound morality, and otter up your prayers to the God of armies, for the success of the arms of our Sovereign. Ferdinand V ll. You should particalarly apply yourselves to dis r.iiieert arty artifices by which the enemy may co deavour to mislead she people, and to divert their attrutiou from the main object. •• %idiom inhabitants of the Spanish territory, your eliergy and patriotism are the theme of the and eulogy of all the mations. The deluy of u qingle hour may snatch from you the just reward and crown of your immortal glory. Let us rush to tivelige the insults uttered us by those sacrilegioin wretches, who have violated the most precious privileges prom liberty. Yes ! yonr Country. Religion, the innocence of the best of Sovereigns, imperiously summon you to the prompt discharge of the wog noble and sacred of all your obliguttom. , " CORUNNA !MAIL. --e. MADRID. a►PT. 17. To-day Arrived here the divisirai of General Reding, which it is mid is oa its march for Some sierra, to join the army of Old Castile. The Ge neml will go to Grenada to organize the 20,000 men who have been enrolled there, and are now clothed and equipped. These we are assured will embark of Malaga, for Catalonia, %Fere it appears they have not more than 6000 regular troops, the Miquelates not being each, and that principality, besides, is deficient in cavalry. The divisions of the Senor. Llamas, Pena, and Coupigni, have marched for Arr*Om The Deputies. of different Provinces to the Castro' Junta have agreed that it than not meet here, and have therefore sent to Aranjuez what is necessary for its meeting there. The Couwt of Florida-Blanco and others are already there. The houses and remaining effects of those who went sway with Joseph ICapoirms, and other person* de voted to the French, lime been seized on by order of the Government. CAM SEBASTIAN, SUPT. 5. Various letter*, received from France, say, that the Emperor has left France, and taken a journey towards tile North of Clem/any, to which pert he is called by new caves. The day Wore y.terday a Spaniard arrived here, who left Anis nine days ago. lle says there are no other troops in that city than the Guards of Honour, which he saw reriew al by Napoleon ; and that ►n his whole passage from that capita! to Bayonne, 11044 not ;alert with more than 7 or son men : yet the French papers, lying as 'Ay, that :mahout/ .men, conveyed 111 10,000 carri ages, are on their way to Spain. age/4011A, SER. 3. NVe have received iutelkgesice, that the fourth division of our army, under the command of the Marquis Porters°, had entered Hinson, after a stroagly-coatested avian' of three hours, against %nab French, of whom a number were killed, and the rest escaped to Vittoria. On air side we had some wounded ; we have Liken the greater part of the baggage of Metered., who was with that divi , now of the French, and made his escape with them. To-morrow we expect the purticalars. We have been assured that our vanguard made itself master of Paacorvo, distant three leagues from Trespaderne, where were the head-quarters. It is said the enemy made an obatinate resistance. We wait the confirmation of this report. Another letter, of the same date, adds, that we took, at Pau earvo, four pieces of cannon. But we there are letters from Trespailerne, fourteen leagues distant from Reynosa, which say nothing of the taking of Pancorvo, we cannot warrant it. SANTANDLII, SEPT. '23. Five thonsand Spanish troops, from the army of thuseral Blake, have taken Bilboa, obliged the French who were there to fly, and taken a great part of their baggage. The writer of the letter which brill , ' this intelligence concludes tiles : Spaniali patriotism is truly worthy our admira tion—may Heaven assist us, and deliver us f►um the infamous yoke with which weave threatened ! since, if the French sweceed in their endeavours to subjugate 114, we shall he greater slaves than the African." VALLADOLID, SEPT. 24. Letters received, this day, by the post trosu gos, bring the pleasing intelligence, that all the French had precipitately left that city. PALENCIA, SEPT. 2s. On the gilt at fire in the evening, the French evacuated Burgos, leaving seven cannon nailed up, their carriages cut to pieces, and a quantity of powder rendered useless.-1 Frost the Senanarie Patriotice de Madrid of Sept. Te- ) An Officer of our army has communicated to uo the following estimate of the position and number of the French troop. in Spain, on the 24th of loot mouthy fr•m a •tateaunt which a french cfAcer left him, with his the precipitate retreats of the : Total troops, 39.119 in,n, inclti lm g 6,1,10 akvi l ry. Pampeltitta, I,iklo iufautry 'col 3.)0 eattlr7; llorgoa, 400 cavalry, and io:•:;;;:1, 4 !it trco" • rcupt of the force* Were cantoncil in the Rio* The line of the enemy's army eateutled Cientrueuigo to Mirando 'le Lino. Tlie head-ttiateri of the Spanish nam e , mantled by General Blake, were, on the 13th stunt, at ; thove of tht comili ne d of Arragen and Valencia, at Su.; and thu s General Llamas, at Agrada. The army tale bus put itself is motion, directing it toward., Arautia and Burgu de ()sat. whu have conic iu to General 13Iake say, greatest confusion and discontent enemy's army, and that deserters numerous, particularly from the ' they did not fear to be ill treated Many of the French soldiers and endeavoured to regain their heartened and in despair.--.-(Dicria Oct I.) Burgos ow: evacttated by the ult. after spiking their artillery, their powder. The next operations . against Si. Sebastian s. From the situation two armie/e, • great battle must take soon, unless the French retire inforcunents are pouring in upon every day. To-usorrow we ear part of which are English, and some , gal, to arrive here en their way to join him. Archbishop of Toledo, (Don Louis de " nephew to Cherie, IV. and commit] to VII.) will, it is thought, be elected Urgent kingdom. The Conde de Florida Blanca, has been chosen President, ad interim, is a highly attached to the English. The Spanish troops under the Marquis % mana arrived off this harbour last night, been ordered for Santander and Bilbos. CADIZ, SEPT. VI On Settedny, the 17th inst. arrived here 'r bah frigate nob', Captain Oswald, in from Lisboa having on board Major-General L Beutinet, who landed the next day, mid st, eat express for Madrid, vas fievilte, ea a special! commission to the Central Junta. This day arrived a Seville brig. with the Fowl General Bedell, and other Officer. of the divit:ou, no board, aI I of whom have bent placed in the C 4.4. de of St. Stlarttiatt, where they win nerooili till th, embark for Fritooll ; altogether they amount to :treaty. ,•• 11,41M110, SEPT. 27. President of the Central Jumbo, the Coeds de Florida Blanca ; Secretary to ditto. the Intendant 4 the Army, and Deputy froth the province of L. treinsultira, Dim Martin Garay. Geuenit Cents is named Cnetsumenber in Chief of the army of At.. I'4 4041 mid Castile, at the segtiest of General Pala• fox. fdaior-General Lord %Valium Bentinek ar rived here the day before yesterday. CPP(I2tTO. SETT. 3. We have received the foltow•ing account ot the operatiorim of the combined array, aubsequent to OK battle of Vimeiru : " On the 2.2 d of Angust we mewled from Mi das for Lourinha. the enemy being on our and we MR some of the pickets and rides, 140 served to oh erne our march. Our Gene►al sent Lieut.-Colonel Sarmento to the English Gencr.l io Chief, to inform him of our approach ; and the letter rtturnecl for answer, that lie expected vier' moment to he snacked by the French, and that se were to form the rear guard; as there was nosy to apprehend that the enemy wool.' todesvour to prevent our kinction with the British array, and attack nw we halted, and formed ill UDC of battle. In order to ascertain the enemy's views. /laving rt maincd in tins situation about an hour and a half, and finding that the enemy did not make hit or pm:ranee, we put ourselves in motion on the road to Vinteire„ where the English bead-quarters ware establis - hcd. On our march to that place we lana i ed, that the French General gelTernsan had ar rived there to propose tenni of capitulation. Wa ac emdiogly encamped on a spot some distance from Viineins, and oar army may now be considered in haring formed a junction with the British troop.. and to Innii with them one combined allay. — ' U Leaf Port eguez. Sept. 3.) (stony*. aaPT. 7. The sick and wounded English Officers and sci. diem have been received here by the nobility, clergy, nd other persons of distinction, with ull attention due to our generous allies. They acre landed t'roin on board the transports on the 3010 and atst of last month. Tue corium.* soldiers were conducted to the royal military hospital. established in the Benedictine Convent in this city. and the Officers provided with decent lodgino. His ES' celleirry the Most Reverend Bishop, President and Govet 'Nor, visited the hospital in person, 0,4 administered even pecuniary relief to dime v! , O stood in need of it. the -tth inst. appeared in sight of this port. .0 Erw3lish ships, under convoy thellsto friga te . which sera on shore eight chests with mon Pey, eon.. signed to private individuals. —t Lead efP se gar:, The Loyd Portuproe, Sept. 7.1 hi s i 'i;i;* l 2v.iric nie ig cavalry. .'d 11l the Itl 1a lirllll Vitetided were, ou th e 13th • f the vinain nt .d %raw at So. ; and tho, The army o f c de °sant. D oe outeitt preLiil ill sorrier. would Lc r , the fureigu troop s rated by th e pes,,,, have also dent il • heir awn eosins), • Diard • • CoßritaliA. On. L he french .oia de Ilery, nod destmyi rations will be direa ma the situation of t . musk take place tire altogether. I upon Blake's expect 30,000 t Ind souse from Pe ay to join him. Louis tie Bourie, comin to Ferdinand elected It, gent of de Florida Bianca, wl interim, is a am h. the Marquis de la Ito. r lent tn.glit, and bare usl Bilboa. CADIZ, SEPT. 20. . arrived here the Eng. Oswald, in ts•da i I Major-General Lard Ire next day, and sit q- , mo TH grACC 111 Cott