The Statesman. — London, England, 1812-02-04 00:00:00

'I 4 IIE STATESMAN. accepted the following espitolation, which places in the pow& er of the Emperor the city of Valencia, 374 pieces of artillery, 1811,000 pounds of powder, 9,000,000 of cartridges, 16,131 prisoners of the line, according to the accompanying state ment delivered by the General in Chief of the Spanish - Staf f , and Igo sick in the hospitals of Valencia and Valdegoraa, 1800 cavalry and artillery horses, it stand of colours, 893 °Seers, In Generals or Brigadiers, among which are Zsyaa and Lar dint bel, commanding the expeditionary divisions ; Mirsoda, Marco del Poole, Commander of the Valencian As my ; Sea, Commandant of the Cavalry ; the Marquis of Rocca, &e. &es Four Licutenaitt Generals, six Field Marshals, and a great number of Colonels; the General in Chief O'Donncl, and Capt. General Blake. v " On this occasion the insurgent. liaveexperkeuced an irre parable loss; they lost so good artillery officers, formed in the school of Segovia; 393 miners and sapper.; and 1400 old ar tillery men. The disarming of the militia is proceeded in, and w ill soon be completed. _ "Your Serene Highness will 'Lee, however, by reading the 4th Article of the Capitulation, that I have seized occasion to fulful the beneficent wishes of the Emperor in obtaining the speedy retnrn to the army of 2000 French or allies, pri• goners, and the hope of a still more considerable exchange " The Generals of Artillery and Engineers, Valei and Rog niat, directed th2ir corps with their accustomed talent. "General Count Re'lle, at the bead of his corps, evinced the greatest activity. Generals Polombcae and Severnle, the must entire devotion. • "Generals Haushe, Hobeit, Wisner, and Sts Cyr Huguetr,- Chiefof the Staff, served with that zeal which has ever apw mated them since their entiy in to Spain. " I shall have the honour of speedily. addressing to your Excellency an account of the favours which I have to solicit from the goodness of the Emperor, for his army ; I dare beg of you, Monseigneur, to submit them to his Majesty. " I ant with respect, /cc. " SUCHET." Arr. ~ Malls. Due. 0 e .. Dublin O O O .. • Jersey 1 0 PRICE OF STOCKS TILLS Rank 3 per Cent. Cons. 6311 3 per Cent. Red. 631 4 per C.tiaq. 794 5 per Cent. Navy 931 Long. Ann. 161 . DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. India Bonds 178. 18s. pr. Exchequer Bills 3d, Ditto 30. 4 6 pr. OM!filial die. Consols for Acct. 62} Lottery Tickets • THE STATESMAN. EFFECTS of the GALE, on SUNDAY NIGH DOVER, Frs. 3. Yesterday evening a fleet of East and West India. men, and coasters, went past under convoy. Cu. tween seven and ten o'clock last night it blew a c ol) , plete gale, or hurricane from the Southward. in Whic!. the Larkins East-ludiaman lost her topmast and jii., and a vessel running on board her, broke one of Le; anchors, and did other damage. She has gone rot the Downs, and it is supposed several of the convoy have also put back. N. B. A signal is flying for an enemy on the coa4. SHEERNESS, FEE'. 3. From seven to ten o'clock laq night it blew hurricane from S. to S.S.E.—A ship, under Swedish colours, called the NVilbelfnina, from London for Spain, lost all her anchors and cables, her furerna.t and main topmast, and she is now on shore on t!:a Knock Sand, but cxpc,ted to be got off. The Tot. ness schooner, of Totuess,. Cole, master, from Lou don to Dartmouth, has been on shore on the Kneel ( Sand, but got off in so leaky a state that they wme obliged to run her on shore in the harbour. A I; g i tt collier was on shore, but got off without da. mage. Ills Majesty's ship Conqueror, of 71 guns, lying between this and Chatham, dragged her moor. lugs away and went on shore, but it is not expected she will get any damage. The gale came so sudden that one or two small boats were caught in it, and there is reason to fear their crews have perished, as three dead bodies were picked up on shore this morning. DEAL, FEL S. Last night it blew a heavy gale from the S. to S. E. The brig Elizabeth, Laves, from London, for Ey. mouth, with a general cargo, came on shore (war Walmer Castle, about 9 I'. M. and sunk ; great part. of her cargo has been landed, and the whole is ex pected to be saved next tide. The Mate was unfor. tunately drowned. • Four sail of East Indiatnen that sailed yesterday h ave put back. DREADFUL FIRE I% AMERICA. ['FARTHER PARTICULAR4.I RICHMOND, Dcc. 27.- -Last night the play-lane in this city was crowded with an unusual ce: there-could not have been less th six hundred per. sons in the house. Jus,t before the conclusion of rue play, the• scenery caught fire, and in a few minutes the whole building was wfapt in llamas. It is al ready ascertained that sixty-one persons were de voured by that terrific element. We are informed than the scenery took fire in the back part of the house, by the rai , ,ing of a chandelier ;—that the boy, who was ordered by some of the players to raise it, stated. that if he did so, the seenery would fire ; when he was commanded in a peremptory man. ner to 'hoist it. The boy obeyed, and the tire was 'Reentry communicated to the scenery. He gait the alarm in the rear of the Stage, and requested some of the attendants to cut the cords by which the combustible matelials were suspended. The person whose defy it was to perform this bu. siness became panic struck, and sought his own safety. This unfortunately happened at a time w;ien one of the Performers was playing near the orchestra, and the greatest part of the stage was obscured from the audience by a curtain. The lire falling from the scenery, upon the performer, was the first notice which the people had of their danger. Even then, many supposed it to be a part of the play, and were, for a little time, restrained from flight by a cry from the stage that there was oo danger. There was but one door for the greatest part of the audience to pass. Men, Women, and chit. siren were pressing upon each other, while the flames were seizing upon those behind ; who, urged by the flames, puilied those out who were near st to the win• lows ; and people of every description began to fall, one upon another, some with their dotty* 04 fire, some half roasted. All of those who were in the pit escaped, and bad cleared themselves from the house befpre those who were in the boxes could g't down ; and the door was for some time empty.. Those from above were pushing each other down the steps, when the hindermost might have got out by leaping into the pit. In addition to the list now given, it is be lieved that at least 6U others per;shed,• whose names are not yet ascertainell. [Here follows the names of 62 persons, among whom were the Governor of the Province and his Lady.] fIGII-TSSAsoN.—The Surrey Sessions met yester. day in pursuance of an adjournment, for the purpose of arraigning the twelve men who were taken prison. !yrs at the capture of the Isle of France, and - who, he. ing subjects of this realm, were found aiding and es sisting the French in the defence of that island. The prisoners, who were double-ironed, were put to the lktr separately, and the indictment against each Wag read by Mr. Knapp, Clerk of the Court, to which they severally pleaded, Not Guilty. Hur, in conse quence of the absence of some material witnesses ell behalf of the prisoners, the trial was put of to tl 10th instant. We understand a substiiption ha, been set on foot to defray the expence of the Mr. Harmer has been appointed to conduct the pro ceedings on the part of the prisoners. Gawler, the Nvy Office Clerk, now in custody, is in the remainder to the Ducal title of -Roxburgh, the claim to which is now prosecuting in the House of Peers. A total change, it is said, will take race in Lot teries, as the Minister is of opinion that it would he better to make mere middling and fewer great Prizes; and indeed it seems rather extraordinary to have two Prizes of to,oool. it rll Lo; -of ly 8090 Tickets ; but it is whole of the present _ _ Bth of this Nouth, of the Legislature to and _ Prises of to,oool. iu a small Lottery of , Only taw w Tickets hhol of of ts b h i i t o i i t t ish presen t o n w d tt t e o r o late i ys must t out ofo a be et lhdteer drawn for eorievt the e ri • 8t .if he purchases two Tickets of the.same Number, LonVl44 Printed and Published ky J), Loyal, a: • 614TP31.4* Orrtcs. Flt:cleitreet. #-. : - , • ; - CAPITULATION. The principal articles are—The army shall march out with. the honours of war by Gate Seranos, and ;ay down their arms beyond the bridge, upon the left bank of the Guadulaviar. The Officers shall preserve their swords, a. well as their horses and equipages, and the soldiers their knapsacks. Art. 4. The General in Chief, Blake, offering to girt up tb French, or allies of France, prisoners iu Majorca, Alicant, and Carthegena, an equal number of Spaniards shall remain.' in places iu the power of the French, till this exchange shat be effected, man for man, and rank for rank. MORT OF COUNT SUCIULT TO THE PRINCE OF WAGRAM AND NAUFCDATEL. " flead-qaarters, Valencia, Jan. le. MoNsticrueva,—" On the tuth in the morning, the Insurgent Army shut up in Valencia, defiled before the French Eagles, its march lasted till night. Gcn. Blake, Chief of the Insurrection, and six of his Aid-dc-Camps, have act out es corted by Col. Pech ; I have ordered them to Paris. Gen. Count Panoitier has set out with the first column of 7000 prisoners, by the route of Turuel; a similar column takes the ruute of Tortosa. I have sent to St. Philippe a column of 2000 prisoners, in order to exchange all the French prisoaers io Majorca and Ca':iz. " The disarming of the militia proceeds with the greateat activity, and tranquillity has already been establi.hed in this Lie Province. I have appointed Gen. Hobart, Commandant of the town. Gen. Harispe, with his division, occupies St. Philippe, and pirates his parties towards Alicant. " We daily discover new magazines of arms and closthing, furnished by the English. Their sobdisant Consul Teppe r was the firebrand of fnsurraction; he spared neither gold, nor promises, nor libels to irritate men's minds. The Spa niards bitterly complain of being incessantly impell- d to de sperate measures by the English, and afterwards finding them selves abandoned by them. " What is to me s particular object of the utmost satisfac tion, is, that su considerable a result has occasione'd no losses. "I am, with respect, " Count SUCH ET." COTT OF A Lyrrrit FROM COUNT SUCIIET TO GEN. BLARE. GENERAL,—Tbe laws of war assign a period to the suf fering of people; this period has arrived. The Imperial ar my is now within ten toises of the body of your fortress, in some hours I breaches may be effected, and then a ge neral assault must precipitate the French columns into V.l - " If yon wait this terrible moment, it will no longor be in my power to control,' the fary of the soldiers, and you alone will ha'c to answer to God and Man fur the evils which will overwhelm Valencia. The desire to spare the total ruin of a great city, determines me to offer you an honenrable capitula tion; I engage to pres••rve to the Officers their (gull/ages, to respect the property of the inhabitants; it is unnecessary for me to add, that the religion we profess shall be revered. " I expect your reply in two boors,- and salute you with very high considerations (Signed) REPLY OF GENERAL BLAKE. " SUCHET." "Gam ER 1,-1 this afternoon received your Excellency's letter. Yesterday, perhar, before point, I would hare con sented to chinge the posttion of this army, in evacuating the city, to save its ittimbitants from the inconvetticecies and hor rors of a hombartlinent; but the first 2$ hours your Excellen cy emplu)eti io :.ettisig it on fire, has taught me bow much I may depend tipin the constahry of this people, and their re. signation to cicry sai:rifice which may be necessary, in order that the army may preserve the honour of the Spanish name. " Your Excellency may consequently continue your opera tions; and as to the responsibility before God and man of all. the misfortune: which the defence of the place occasiaaa, and i all those which war brings with it, it cannot attach to me. TEL •SII) WAGRAM. "Head Quarters, Valencia, 12th Jan. tSI2. sr Mossztonniftt r e•l beg your Serene Highness to an sonnet terhisklujestg.tbe Emperor, that his orders have been execolcd—Valosoin kas submitted to bit arms. 11:e rapid movements of the stub Decenitiet: famed the enemy to retire two their fortified lines—tithe pursuit Of the troups•which es * sped from Valencia to St Pinlippe, deprived Blake of all hope of succour. The investment was fiaished with persere ranee. The Irony, thirsting for glory, sought dangers, and with the greatest valour repulsed Ogee 5' tees. • 4 ' The boldness of the euginet rv, who, in the night s o f th e Calcutta Gazettes rea c h e d t own on S a t ur d ay to t h e sth of July. One of th em con t a i ns an extract f rom Ist mid 24 Jmustry, op: lied tr. Itches wahin from 7o to So the Bombay Courier of M a y 4, s t a ti ng t h at a di spatc h tom e the e... my's work s; an d w ho, A u four days and fo ur nights, ra:r r d their Mists within So tuiscs of the (asset —th e I had been received from Li eu t enant -C o l one l E AST, an eurpvis..nt effi.;ets of the artillery, who rerjed batteries j6O !flouncing the capture by storm, and the restoration to s tense ..id which th e y vicceeded iu arming, notwithstand ing ;its lawful Chieftain , of the f or t ress of Chya, a de the rains sad dreadful roads,-the constancy of the infantry, I Pendency of the Raja of POORBVNDER (who had in rharin v i n ali these !slams, caused the abandonment of the lately sought and obtained the protection of the Ho enemy's lines, defended by so pieces of cannon. I aourable Company), and which had been usurped by "'these lines are 6000 tenses in extent. Valencia expendvd kis son PREVITE RAI YE. I 2,00(),000 of re Is, and employed soul, thousands of men for two years in e r e c ti ng t h em. A Gentleman of this City, h as rece i ve d a l e tt er from Philadelphia, dated Nov. 2, 1811, from which he "On the fifth I commenced the bombardment, and on the ' favoured us with the following extract : "M. GAUT.. Glh offered arapitolation, which being refused, I redoubled • px, a Russian Prince, ,became . a Roman Catholic our Orr, and in three days and three nights 3700 bombs were IClergyman about ten years ago, and fixed his refil -1 thrown into the lily, cassias exployions and several vast fires.litence on the Allegany mountain, the highest in ,The artillery, by a praise -worthy emelation, succeeded in North Ainerica. Though his flock was then limit erectinr two baiter* mounted with ten twenty-four pound.. ed to six Roman Catholic Families, it is now the era each, ready to soalse a breach in the juterior defenc es largest Congregation, next to that of Philadelphia, The vagilieers, with their usual activity, hai k eifeeted a lodg- ' in all. North Amerlca.—Linteriek F ecninff Post. went in 1 4 last houses of the suburbs , and placed mine s un - The name of the French frigat e captu red b ir, the tier two of ;he principal gates of the town. <when general Mediterranean by the Igeg . itS stated in our P ' Ver 1114 M weal 14Vrii/le " I " te r 4 41" .9401 )e. gr PO 100atilti yolterd4y, coryri. .. • • . . .. • , "BLAKE." SEMLTS, Jan. I.—lt appears that the Divan is leas than ever ilibposed to peace. LONDON: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 181% The official accounts of the fall ofYalencia, which, as we mentioned yesterday, took place on the 9th of January, have at length reached us. Paris Papers to the 31st instant were received at a late hour last night, containing not only the details of this event, but also of the defeat of the Spanish Army on the 26th of December, and the Reports of the proceed ings of the French Armies of the- North, of the South, and of the Centre. We have given, in our preceding columns, as full extracts from these im portant documents, as our limits would permit. , — We shall endeavour to give the remainder to-mor row. With regard to the report which prevailed yesterday, as to the fall of Ciudad Rodrigo, nothing farther that can be depended upon has transpired.—' Private letters are indeed said to have been received of a later date than the accounts from Corunna, l which we published yesterday, in which it is stated, that Ciudad Rodrigo was taken by storm on the 19th, and that the whole of the garrison was lined except MO men, who were taken prisoner?. The writers, however, of these letters, caution Reit. Readers agsinst being too confident, lest they should meet wkh a disappointment. To-morrow being Fast Daffy, there will be no Corn Market. On Sunday, at two P. M. arrived at Cowes, in the Isle of Wight, the United States sloop of war llornet, from Cherburgh, with Mr. Wug.titts PORTER and Mr. ALEXANDER HENDENSON, bear ing public dispatches from Mr. JOEL BARLOW, in Paris, to Mr. RussELL, the American Minister, in London. We understand that Sir JOSEPH Yontra is shortly to leave his seat at the Board of Admiralty, and is to have the command 0 a strong squadron appointed for the coast of America. The Cracker gun-brig has arrived at Deal from off the French coa.t, having received considerable' dama<zein her and rigging in an action of three hours with a French glin-brig, so close in shore that she was assisted by the flying artillery; this took place on the night of the 30th flit. when the , Cracker succeeded in driving he French vessel on shore, and but for the .ide ebbing would have totally destroyed her. The young Lady of distinction, who absconded from 110 r fricinis a fow evenings since, left a note on her toilet, assigning as a reason for the step she was about to take, a resolution to prefer death rather than a forced union with one she never could love as a man, or esteem as a husband ! MEL t C .0 L Y Acci DENT.— We sincerely regret to state that the Lady of Major Scott Waring was found dead early yesterday morning at the bottom of the staircase, in her house at Hammersmith. She staid up some time after her husband went to bed, and is supposed to have fallen backwards going up stairs. She was a Lady of great accomplishments, and has left a numerous offspring,. as well as her at. flttted husband, to deplore her prematde and me lancholy fate. An article from Cork, dated Jan. 27, states, that the preceding day, the Hamadryad, Captain Sir T. Staines, had made signal, off Cove, for the appear ance of two large French frigates olf that coast ; and for the assistance of any ship of war that Admiral Thornborough might have in the harbour. Unfortu nately there was only the Earl Spencer cutter. The Hamadryad went oft' to watch the enemy's frigates. The 7th Dragoon Guards marched in to Dover on Monday, to replace the 23d, gone to Guildford. As Lieut.-Col. NUOENT, of the Westmeath Mili tia, was riding on the Deal road on Monday after noon, towards Dover Castle, his horse threw him, by which his leg was unfortunately broken. The Gentlemen who composed the Catholic Con vention have determined to move to set aside thejudg ment of the Court of King's Bench, by a Writ .of Error, in order to bring the question► before the House of Lords. • • A Deputation from the Society for protecting the Rights of Protestant Dissenters, has waited on Mr. PEttccvAt o to represent to him the impediments throwti in the way of persons obtaining licences to qualify as dissenting teachers, under the Acts of To. leration. Mr. PEIiC EVAL has promised that he will confer with his colleagues on the subject of their "grievances. FALMOUTH, FEE. I.—Arrived the Francis Freeling packet from Surinam and Martinique, with mails, she sailed from the former place 2Gth December, And from the latter 7th January. The following packets are now in the Roads and will sail the first oppor tunity :—Prince Ernest, for Cadiz and Malta ; Duke of Kent and Arabella, for Lisbon ; and the Dar lington, for the Windward Islands. PORTSMOUTH, Fra. 3.—Arrived the Antelope, •of 50 guns, from attending the West India convoy to Cape Ilnisterre; 'left them all safe; and' heard nothing of the French frigates at sea.--The Melpomene brOught to again at St. llelen's, will will go in the morning if wind continues fair. Gene rals Tilsou a n d Hanson are going out to Lisbon in her. The lllfperion, Capt. Cumby, gone into Bar bour to be docked. The Argo, Captain Warner, dropt down to St. Heleu's. ° BREAM—This day the LORD MAYOR and Alder. men, arta inspeCti% theaeOing, ordered it fall 3 el , per peck, :, . 400 soldiers killed or wounded. Amongst the number of the former is Culoa,l Perpi..- The 10,4 of the rest of the army has . - not exceeded 150 men. The corps of Freyre and of Basse court, which were at Reguena, are cut of from Valencia. —General Debit arrived at Aloiras, on the Xuear, on the evening of the 26tb. He there fell in with the corps of Kthi and of Obispo, which fled with precipitation, after basing cut the bridges. The inhabitants hastened to repair them, turd received our troops with demonstrations of joy:— I expeet to open the trenches on the 2d January before the new town of Valencia, whiekis of about 6000 toises in extent ; tie left stretched to Oliveto, and the right to the citadel of that tau it, both the extremities touchiug. the I;aadalaviar. This space is oiled with caution, and fox' the• last three years, tie whole population of the town has been working on this Immeme space, whieu nas a large ditch filled with water. Once masters of these wark4, we sh.di and ourslves under the old walls df Valencia, which hxreality are nothing more than large padre walls. T e wbuls army is actuated hr one soul, that of sign* Using the comormedmeut of the n.w ye ir, by sending d! keys of Valencia to the Emperor ; in the clime of Las month, I shrU transmit the reports to your tlighaeA in the detail, and request that you will have the goodness to lay hem before the Em, ern, anflto ask rewards for su it brave men as shall have distil galshed themselves. I shall fulfil spy duty iu truly staling tie sexvices rendered by the Italian soldiery, who proved themselves worthy to date the epocha of their formation from the immortal campaigns of the first army of Italy. lam with respect, (Signed) " The Marshal Count SCCIIET." ♦ REPORT PROM TM'S MARSHAL COUNT SU GHIA TO RIB HIGHNESS THE rn:SCIL OW SEAGRAM ANO NEXECIIITEL, MAJUR-GENERAL OP THE ARMY. Camp'before Valencia, Jan. R a lBl2. " bitted In my report of 19th December, to render . your Excellency an account of th attempt made by Blake to retire in the ;lien time from Valencia, and regain the open country, for wliaa purpose he *hewed himself with It,ooo men. They met a lively reception front the brave Poles of the Ist regiment of the Vistula. Nearly the, whole of th 6 column was driven back through the town by the upper bridge; it was with great diffi culty that a or ale men were able toga is the moubtains by taking advantage of the. obscurity of the night : snore than 4 0 were either killed or drowned in the canals. From this moment de sertion has made rapid strifes among them; within four days e - are than 1500 4nertem have presented themselves at our out posts. Betweenihe 30th and alst, the advanced guards of the j 4th division; advanced within a short distance of the place. 2000 Spaniards, with two pieces of cannon, made a sortie to repulse them. 'leri. Severoli immediately brought forward a battalion of theist Italian reeimeat of the line, wbo attacked them under the fire of the walls, repulsed them, and forced them to re-enter. The Chief st - Battalion Pouti Breeas - t, Aid-de-Camp to the Mister of War of Italy, surd Bonny, Aid-de-Camp to General Se veroli, have diainguished thensselves. The last has been wound ed in the leg. • " On the 29th December the advanced guard entered St. Phil lippe, fifteen leagues from Valencia. and half of - he distance to Alicaut, where it took a ;Wiliam of eartriders, and a great quan tity of rice. The inhabitants of this 'own, which contains lb 000 souls . came out to met t us, and conducted themselves well. I shall size Akira, situated on a . point of the island of Xucar, it being a very advantageous position for actual aperations.— The troops escaped from the environs of Valencia are attempt ing to rally laoween Anoint and Alcoy. In the might between the Ist and 24 of January, the trenches were opened by three thousand men at eighty tou r s from the works of St. Vicente and Oliveto. The - General Count Pannetier, wbo had on the Nattlf• Jay arrived at the camp w ith his brigade, was, by the rules of seniority, appointed to the command of the trenches, id/kit were piatied with vigour, and would have been perfectly surer- fail h and not Colonel Henri, of the engineers, received a mortal mound. This superior officer is regretted by the whole army ; in the timer of two years he has led on die attack at seven eilferea: sieges. Notwittatandine the tire kept pby the enemy our works costinued da, :LA night moil five o ' clock in the morning. Tice artillery fur raising of five batteries, and for armlog of Iwo within aO:oises of the works, are already arrived, whilst ar• ei.gineers had proceeded within 15 tubes of the ditch. The rapal patiaera of them works, and the astouishing deser tion s',etainedr by the enemy, &initialed them on almadon ling their lines, fortified as they were, at so much trouble and espalier. %t break of day Colonel &tote, Comatainler in the trenches before Oliveto, aimed the ditch to be passed, and soon threw Sst) gri aadiera into that fort, where they found ti: may pieces of cannon General Mentnuate adopted the same, inea sum easiest St. Vicente. by pos.sessing himself of the suburb, and pushing the enemy's pees back into the city. I made no delay in convincing myself of the whole importance of the vast works which t .e enemy had abandoned to us, together with 81 piecta, and immediately directed General Palumbini to possess himself of the Staloff) of Quarts', and to drive the enemy into I the !dace, which was performed with the greatest promptitede I waited to profit by the disorder which such an event would /move in this great city, and ordered the bombardment to com moner, which was acenolingly done, and was prolonged through eat the whole of the day. " On the morning of the 6th, 1, considering that an army which bad just abandoned works of such strength, mounted with SI pieces of cannon, and the terrible effects of the bombardment on au aninease population, would have called upon Gen. Blake to capitulate, charged my fi rst Aid-de-samp , Colonel Meyer, to be the below of my proposals, and to express my desire of easing a great city from ruin, but he was neither permitted to entor the city, nor to see Gen. Blake. At noon this day I rice's , - ed his reply : this Gen. is no longer the toaster, he is oiJ:ged to obey the decisions of a fanatical Junta, composed of 7 persons, 5 of which are lareaciscan Monks, and tfie other two butchers of Valencia, the same Alia, three years ago ordered the masiacre a 400 Franch families that were driven out of the country.— " I therefore continued my operations with vigour against the place. which at this present moment counts a . population 071 Yoo.oao cools ; fi ve of the principal Chiefs of the iusurgeats are pow within its walls, with all their property, and whatever Spaiu possesses of fanatics or madmen. The engineers will tea their works undo the walls. The artillery raises formi d4ale batteries, and own ithstanding the rains, 'it will in a few days !Hs able to make a breace in the last eosin:we. The arms I It waiting with impatience for Silt. attack, and if we sh o uld have 1 to'make a star of houses as at Saragossa, it will be but of short continuance, by the ability and rapidity of our miners. I trans mit to your Highest , . the Pan of the works taken, my letter to General Blake, and his reply, together with the quantity of ar tillery fallen tato ow- hands in the intrenclimems. $, I am, with respect, lgarshal Count SUCIIE ". Ily a dec►ee of the 44th January, the French Emperor has named Count Suchet to be Duke of Albufera. lI,EPOaT OE COURT SUEHET TO THE PRINCE OF winurciu- . 1 ~. T' IN \ 11l 4