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\ • PUREICIV INTELLIGENCE. SPANISH PAPER& cOarit:DA, Woo. 30. The Sammie Junta of GoVcrifillet.t haying heen i of the disgraceful dispencon of our army • I." ha. dispaaelsecl, with the u t moat activity, verities exprossen, with directiona, that the moun tain sharp-ohumerS shou:d take the road to La Plata. Alinadeo. and other iinportaist i)0111 sending otf at the wattle:Anne a number of moon tam chnineurs, completely enisipped, and made every exertion to cover end protect this pro vince. Later aettia tus; **hick we have received, are Lot of an gloomy a cOmplesieu as the first were.— It is certain that oar army milled wills promptitude, and proceeded to re-occupy the positions it had Inst. Yesterday, arfiVed here, a transport of artillery large calibre, and . aeveral cart-loads of muskets, which were all arid otf tor the army. VA I.E'NCIA, DEC. 1. Nlajor-General Don Francisco Marco del Pont, • Commendstat-General of the divi s ien of troops of F , iii fluter, has received from the Captain of the itirentry regiment of Valencia. Don Antonio Maria del Val, Commander of a flying detachment of the same division, the following Dispatch, dated Vu. linos, Nov. 24. " I have the honour to infurin you, Sir, that we (woe's' , with, and surprised, In the town of Berge, a division of the eremy, of inn men, shun we had fulluned (.r some days. • care with which those troop. , avoided me, obliged tor to wake my attack in the night. Finy killed, a great tiuuther wounded, right prisoners, a quantity of niaskets, knapwieks, cloaks, art menmtrerneiita, twu horses, saddled, oil, mule, and the release of ten Ale:tides and three Scant:wit..., *. holt . they tool taken, mod were conducting to :Meanie, acre tar fruit. of the glorious, though dre.tilitl, Irene of alas ineht In which, after a lout., and obstinate culotte, tho having fortified themselves iv all the streets and lenses, victory crowned the seal and valour of the brava Ohms sad troops 1 liner the honour to eumaiand." (milk :;aurae, DEC 9 ) JAILS. DEC 6. The French, who are in Toledo, are there in con sidereble numlwrs, and retry day make excursions to plunder the neighbouring vill'iges. Oe the 27.1 i ult. they arrested the A,cah!ea of Gabes and Urges, and robbed the couv,ist of Castamier of a number of very valuable articles preserved there, and of which, probably, they had received informa tion from seine treacherons and bane Spaniard. They say, that it is nut their intioloot to 'woe.* trate into the Andaltasias. until Napolrun conies, They only mean to destroy the English, who are wary strong. It is said that General Monier has gone to Cas tile, with a wound iu his arm, which he received at battle of °can*, and that he is accompanied lay Soule, with their respctive divisions. We are likewise Kaatireil, that there are more than &On° 'lien at Tailaveta, who hare a large stock of provisions. DEC. 10. That Duke of Belluno is at Yebenes, with 6 or 7,000 mien ; in Aljoltin, and the contiguous %Al leges. there err 900 men; iu Mora, 3,000. Ths; Danaher which remains of the gariaau of Toledo is not considerable. Oil Saturday, salvoes of artillery were fired in Toledo and Yetwites, to cebrate the anniversary of the roruuntieni of the Etu,wror. Pert of the &vision of General Mortier ha• gone towards Ca•tile ; a. also have the troops %Inch, afier the battle of Oran% retive4 towards Alsoirol ; but that General himself, and the rest et Ins die vision, has taken the road so Talavera, in order to forew the enemy's troons in that paint to psss the bridge of Al ilia (113. Spedotur of aecalle, Decem ber 1.3.) SIVIi t.i, Dm 4. The Doke de l D argue, Commander-in-CI:14 0 1 the army of the left, reported to Ills Majesty, from the head-quarters it. Alas, under date of as 84ili November, that ea the preceding day, the enemy, 8,000 foot, awl 4,000 horse, strong, attacked big partition of Corpio, and the iorighlrouring loetglits; and that he not only repol,eil, lint also notrsned him half a league beyond Medina del Campo, where the French rallied, night coining on, after they had sustained a very considerable lose iii this action, the particulars of which are expected. The infantry awl artillery of our army behoved with the utmost gallantry. On the following day, at two o'clock in the morning, the enemy evactrat.4l Me dina, which town was immediately occupied by our light parties. nor. 6. In consequence of ih-intelligence received by the Duke del Novae, Commander-in-Chief of the 'Ar ley of La Mancha, at Ocona, he mode the neer,- tory disposotions for his retreat from Carpio, which he began in the night of the 26th of last month, and (matins'(' the whole of the nth, with the ut most order, as far as Vitoria and Coreoville, where he halted, in order to allow his troops some retinae. On the same diy, the 2711), at tro o'clock at night, he pursue-A his retreat with the same roller, as on the precedusg day, soil arrived on the 44th, at seven nelock in the morning, at Alb. de *Formes", with out his march having in the least been oh 'visaed by the enemy, although the French closely pursued him. H.. deers op his troops on the hrighh, which eonomaud that town on th e right of the Tormes, and ordered part of them to take post on the other etioneloce, which also coot mond the above town on the left books of that river, in order to cover his rear-guard, the bridges, mud the shallows, where the depth of water was very tnfintg. In this sonatina the enemy attacked i.im in the first position, hut was gallantly repulsed by our infantry sad artillery. A body of French horse thereupon sppeared on his right Ha n k, an d Our cavalry, which, according to the General's or ders, was to charge the enemy's horse, meanly re treated before we rake wan' pistol-shot ; and although port of them were merle to rally and re• turn to their pest, ye - t they look to aiolit. abandoned the map, and uncovered the right Omsk of the anal. The enemy taking advantage of this incident, charged our first division of foot, which occupied that poiat t and although it made the most gallant resonance, yet it was at length compelled to yield to the superior force of the French horse,which broke its line,notwithstauding the exemplary minor it displayed. The vam.enard, posted on the left, sustained several charges of the atone cavalry, Itut repulsed it three timer , as/sported by the seemed divothon. At length it formed au tAtiontl - "l"arr , in which were Dim Gabriel tie blendvahal„ second no-command of the said limy, and Dua lartni de LOS• IX)N, MONDAY. JANUARY 8. We received, last night, Spanish Papers to the 19th last, nod Portuguese to the 14th. It appears from them, that even the gallant Marquis Ku- MAPIA brains to despair of the Spanish canw. The Supreme Jaiita appointed iron rr of the Cuin nii.sioners to proceed to La Carolina to repair the (toasters of the Iseult of °caw', but ha• rieclined the task. Thee Papers also contain the Spanish report of the battle of Abloe de Torinrs. The slide of !mho continues to agitate the puts. he mind. We have already stated th.,l the Latest accounts from Madras. are of the 4th July. and Troia Bombay, of the 47ti1., and that they ore not in unison with the reports of the dreadful excesses given out in politic rumour. Mejor-Gen. W. STEWART, brother to the Earl of GALLowsi; is arrived at Gen. WHITUAIeb house., Prirt.nionth. to wait fora fair wind. when he will sail for Lisbon, with the 79th Regiinrnt. a company of Artillery, and the detachments of regi. 'Rents which hare been embarked here for some time. This force does net exceed 4000 am. The Anietope, 30, Capt. 111'1.400, is filtinz. at Portsmouth, to take out the Hon. HENRY VVZI. LISLIY, amid suite, Ambassador to Spain. Twenty. thosisaud stand of arms are shipping on hoard her, for the Spanish forces. This is the right policy. Had Ministers, as we originally advises!, confined their assistance, on the Spanish Peninsula, to counsel, money, urine, and ammunition ; had they never suit • single soldier to Spain. but supplied merely what is termed the 11isiews of war, the Spanish cause would 110 W wear • snore farmer. able aspect, and this country would not beet to deplore the dreadful havoc Ilia has been made in the flower of its army, in the battler and retreats of Commis and TNbyres's. Experience has prover!, that the Spaniards tight best, when left to them selves, and it is monstrous to suppose, that Eng land can supply • British force to expel the French from the Peninsula, and protect it against the whole military force of France, augmented by the powers which have entered into the Confederation of the Rhine. We th;s day insert the conclusion of the Coy. respondence between Mr. SMITH and Mr..hotaux. Its subiitance is already before the public. Mr. Pi:stagy, the American Minister at this Court. has, sve understand, in pursuance of instructions frcm his Government,iresented a Note to Marquis demanding the immediate recoil of Mr..Tacgsott. Tie at the mine time delivered a copy of the letter from Secrilary SMITH to loin self, comainiug the particulars of the accusation, upon which this extraordinary applicution wretade. This letter, it is raid, has been laid before C00g1e..., with the other corrteposideoce relating to the rup ture. After a copious maalyeis of all the letters and arguments that passed and were urged between Mr. Swint and Mr. J !COWIN, in the comer of the short negomation, it proceeds to state the very head and front of the British Minister's offending, in the following words It was never o'.jected to hint that he had stated „it as a fact, that the three proposition', in question had been submitted to we by Mr. ERSKINE, nor that lie stated it, as made known to him by the instruction of Mr. CAN NI NU, that the instruction to Mr. Easat E containing these three condi tions, was the only nice from which his authority was derived to conclude an arrangement in the matter to winch it related. The ohji-ction was, that a knowledge of this restriction of the au thority of Mr. EOM( Isa was imputed to this Government, and the repetition of the imputation, even after it had been so often disclaimed. This was so gross an attack on the honour and veracity of the Government, as to forbid all further commu nications from him. Care wad, nevertheless, taken at the same time to leave the dour open for such as might be made through any other channel, how ever little the probability that say satisfactory com municatios would be received thiOugh any channel here." The repeated attempts which BONAPARTE made at a very early period of the invasion of Spain, to rend out front Bay mute, orison o► ;tempers, to ve nom parts of the transatlantic Spai.ish possessions; ut parttcular. to Laver. Crux, to the H ivennah, and to Buenos Ayres ; are fresh in our reeulfection. The Corsican, whose comprehensive mind, ever intent on its objects of ambition or of acquisition. never mutts or neglects the modes of attaining them; superintended in person, and dispatched with his own hand, the letters addressed, in his knotti er 's name, amid on his behalf, to the Viceroys of Mexico, Peru, Paruguay, and other portions of the domi moos of Fs:c.ni maxi) Vii. It is pretty evident, by the words *hick he has put into the mouth of MON.. TAVIII.ht, the Zoller of the Interior, in his late Erposi, that NAPOLEON no hwiger nourishes any sanguine or rational expectation, of either inducing by persuasion, or of compelling by force, the Spa nish colonies to acquit we in the usurpation of Jo •►:rN. lie is willing now, it seems, to admit of their finning their own G , verimieut, and regular l‘wg their own IrOLAICAt OU whatever nivarl they may please; >deity., however, reserving one condition, namely, that " they enter into no connexions with Great Britain." Ile cannot more cleat ly avow, that though he way reduce Spain it self to his obedience, he nomtalies no hope of es. tablishing ha brother's supremacy in tl.e New Woad, ur sever the Pliillippme Islands. nue, in deed, should he do it ? be, who is utterly without the means, nut only of conquering, but even of communicating with his own Jew remaining colonies, and still less so with those of Spain, except by accident, and through • thousand hatards ? For midable as this usurper is from his European ter ritories, his conquests, his military strength, his re put,ition, and more than all, Goan his formation of mild, his subtilty, and niachimitions; there is mixed top with his power, a principle of weakness that must always shut him in, within certain limits. The Spautards themselves cannot metrid feeling, that he is powerless mid harmless beyond the shores of Spann. He may, by perfidy, get possession of their capital. fortresses, and Royal Fatn•ly. H.: may gain battles, because the number, discipline, and tactics of his troops insure victory. He may, and has, finally succeeded before Gerona; as before Saragossa ; hut, he catmint even relieve Barcelona by water. Still less can he, who is omnipotent at Madrid, effect any ohject at Ceuta, or approach the Balearic Islands. He may merge Castile. or perhaps, finally overrun and subject Andalusia ; but, the Canary Islands may defy his meitures, and either remain firm in their allegiance to the impri soned FLIDINA ND, or may motet their owls inde prole:ice. Still more is this assertion true, as to the American-Colonies, which. to him. are isomer*. sable and inapproachable, so long as Britain retains the empire of the sea. In fact, do we not behold the Rapti Family of Portugal, after bring ttispri‘ ceased of their European Kiinploon, reig..ing and residing quietly wader the English protection, in the Brasil I at LaSatt oxa might be pursued to hluseow, Watson, or even to Tobolske. For, the arm of BON•PART6 CNN reach him acroloi moue tuns and deserts. FRANCIS, and FREDRRICE WILLI/01, when beaten in th e fi e ld, and destitute t.,einseltes of cots:a, fortitude. or resources, had only submission to offer. iii order to avoid total destruction. They fell prostrate before their Con queror: they so remain, amidst the ruins of their dilapidated capitals. and iu the midst of their Heeding, spoliated people. The, may still be. conirdered as anieuable to. and liable at any hour to be again attacked. installed, perhaps.. deposA, by BONAPARTE. We ern e..ly re2ard them as existing by his feminist an. Su h is the deplorable state of the centre, and of the East of Europe! Rot it is widely different in the if eit mid in the Sou& Spain is not yet lost, thou g h th.• crow, the Sovereigns. the cartel, and the Ley' of the collo- toy ( bavejeeen rorrtndered.oe betrayed, to e , asurper, kigitterit mourns Sp. litobe %114) at the Junta, Or Who deeithe attil.rlertele the *Hive of the Spanish cavalry el Orsini, ttfirct the exertions which the Coteidaie,has mad, Seville Cadiz. while in ihree weeks lie Berlin and Vienne! Let them, moreover, lect, That in Amino *aid in Pi Litwin, armies, and all the apparatus of war, exiv, Spain poisessed none of these. Who, then, and opposed the invader? We reply, the the inhabitants, the people. Would she A, or the Prussians have done Be, under similar cuinstances ? No man supposes that thi But we would go one step further. snit rMk, the British have re4sted su Thug, if thrir Prince of WA LES, after ad • 'ng a Firi.f h son into London, and surrendering to BONAPANTI'. Portsmouth, Plymouth, and Chatham, had and pinsilleinimouply gone over to Calais, auv . put themselves into his holy keeping ? Wr vi quit sure that iu such a case half the country, abandoned to itself, would hove manifested ri snore courage, wisdom, or patriotism, than the delusions and Catalans have doue. Would or Lynn, or Hull, have hrld out better than , ragrissa end Gerona have done ? We think they would set. And would British India, or C oq „k or Jamaica, have *hewn inure loyalty than Mites, and Cuba, and Peru, have done ? 'l•hese we sis riot's questions, when put to onrseltes. Thsids, ject is most interesting and full of matter. 11 . 11 shall soon resume it, and endeavour to sheer, o il whatever may be the destiny of Spain, the dynasty of Ajaccio will never reign over the Spanish hike An offer is said to have been rued, by Mr. hi. carat. to the Marquis of Harms,. of the Mat. tershop of the Horse. with • inew to engage nephew. Lord Cesrt terram. in the Utopian t M of stit•taiitia• his Adnsionaratinn. 11 I.ISSI Low•ntogs, of Whaddon Hail, in the count• of Buckingham, Esq. M returned to: in Parliament for the county of Buckingham, i s the room of WILLIAM RESIST C•TslIDISII TINC SCOTT, commonly called Marquis of Tutu ZIZI,D, now Duke of PORT I. aIS D. The Porealpiatit frigate, Captain Ett.torr, is sp. pointed convoy to ships hound to the coast of &d -ell and the ('ape of Good Hope. Major Cuisnout, 1$ officer,. and 300 men, of the African Corps, are arrived at Portsmouth, frog Guernsey, to anil under convoy of the Crtaredie, Captain Comment rev, for the coast of Africa. The first fleet ler the East bodies will cam*, it is linderatiood. of not more than stn dups. Tie dr-Risme and beef Camden, are arrived at Ports. mouth. The We:fird .sod Winehelsea, are howdy expecte,. The illustrious of 74 guns, Carom IIItOUGHTOW it is eSpeCtell, will convey the aret. The eleven seamen of the lesperesiet, charged with mutinous conduct, are to be tcrcd by a Court Martial at Plymouth. Captain G. litaimitot, of the lff"yel on board His M SJEstv's ship Coatiaarer, has tried by a Court Marl,al , opus a di itge or sped to C■pt. PirdLowes, and iserritord. The West India. Meiliterraoran, and Pump! convoys. with the shim of war appointed to priced them, still remain, windaboand, at Portsmouth. We are happy in being able to state, that die report of the lossof the Aksetadria frigate is aliolly unfounded. She amisuel,Utifwernonth on thrill ult. Irons the coast °Outland, and on the loth pm cee.kd to the Nore. where she continues. A ' , vein Committee was held on Saturday at the Indite-finume, no the subject of the late tio.ostrort from India, and at which several Nltlitti.y (item of distinction attended, to give their opinion on the 'whit et of the dtfferences existing betwi-91 thearm anctthe Cirtl Government of Madras. The dispatches by the outward• bound Intlisniert• which were to have been closet on Satordat, an delayed, chiefly with a view to allow time for the embarkation of as neatly troops as the ships tali accommodate. The ships are all assembler' d l'ortsmouth, and their departure will probably takt place in 'few days. It is 'wended th•tt midshipmen, who hive word their time in the navy, shall in future past their ex aminations tit the port., to which the vioisels may iti•truil of b-nag obliged. as heretsfore. l o come to the Nsey-otrice, ut Somerset-place, tor ti' port.tior. Thal brignriee of Hord Ar:illrry !stele no serene io Wnicheren, halve been dliembnrked ;it Wer,M. frown whence three companies (Captain% Oittis. Ilion en, end Mftinetor'si 11.1% r i mn-rrd.4l to Canty bury, and four roonp.tifire (Cept.ms ADA" CHAMIERLATNL. D'ARLY. and Mn's) to (lug haw. C.:swain Bairsman is appointed to the Pi tiers; Caption T. Gitavrs, to the Aland. sal JANET, deterred ; Captain A. Gnaniet, to in t Rattler. Capt..ias RAITT. 13. Jen% Dim. and 40.gi1r, eta promoted to Oat t. The Freya. °postern, sad Charybdis, %air i 'Ailed hotly from Paitsmouth, are rata to ll' Writ On Monday. a engirt-Martial wee held, at Pc"' mouth. on Lieut. J. EVRRARD. of H. 9 Nia.11: 11 ohip &dam fir w au anoityrtious later UP 1 4( 1.0rd4 of the Admiralty, imputing itniooper co. dim to Captain Cumbunt.auo, and for depirt:it from the Solaro, en the 2d alt. and taking •itl. I. IA his servant boy, without leave. Lieut. Est:mire acknowledged to have written the letter.•alth , uo he previously indilicly denied it. It VIM. U 1,041 renreorptation of these circutostaDees, tl at tl of the Admiaalty were pleased to order Li. ut. £V l ' IRARD to be tried by a Court-atattial. re- CPO upon a full ezioninatiou into Ilse conduct a Li. , " Evectio, determined. that the chwitv lard proved. end did adjudge him tu be di iscried " AJItSTIry service. mini o 'mitred inciip.thie ulrs' avnitt.g as in Officer in the Ruud Nos y at' O 7 WAY. Th.. LORD ll#l l .oll. Vz.r; Went, t, clay, in Nate, loi s St. IJl*tt Tier% Chute'', (4 le "war 1)IvI1so Servic.-„ •f. I dig,. vs loth dit.ket at the betteive.:murie. to a fo rt% iltobe olio ti euele the e o , ins, etfl ect 4 made ti, rem eke fir clu es iffrlVet, ( ;overnme ti t ik or, exist e d,, then, reeiNt e d y, the natio n the Anetrieh ler stand ar ri r . it th,y 'thud. nil s.k, wield Itir f(tacerg Flew h Rofi . Bo NAPARTI, n, had Isis, hid thi ef • IVe are n• country, thi s ' tiftated either than the A n . Would Yore, Ater than $,,„ Ve think they • or Canad a , than Mkt* Ihme e h • 'f ht. let, matter. W e to thew, the t, the dynes., punish Indio • by Mr. Pith • of the MO* to engage la !Utopian the t Hail, 'trued to arm eitinghim, KIIEIIIII BIS. ilia of Tina. .I.loll', is ea. coast Of Bea- -1 300 men, si !mouth, frog he Crorodift, r Africa. tell coma*. it *tops. The red at Porte. ,e, are boorly out, Corps oioy the fleet. rota., chargat al by a Court ~y al Mariner, trot, h4s beet itge of dist, tied. luct Parti(d led to protect rtamouth. late, that the tate is 'WI on the th the ttuth WO. es, itarday et th tee doiiistrtee Ittaiy ()ex.,' I pinion no the rc , m the army rust Incitement intorflAv• are i time fir the he shi t ,. ten eserinhied et probably take n have 'erred poi. !heir a- m epee!. may beret afore. 10 place, for th c rot service. . B al We10N14 4 .• tin% to Caere. fi L all O h " /L ' s) is (. 3 / 4 1. to the Monti. sip 1D4,5, to Ott t Ants to the for dersrt:r.R ring witLt.lii ut E% Ell Are ice. tl Kt tl e L. 4 , 10 • rr.lr last fen s ceard 4 1 " ~ op.thle of "'Y •- • 4 , 1. .' • retur , c . '4 la Carnes, Coltman din g-General of the vanguarol. and in this it withstood the enemy's attack, with the greatest valour; a trumpeter was sent by the French. to Coll upon them to lay down their arms; they listened Hot to this proposal. and continued their defence. In this state of things night come on, and the van and second divisions availing themselves of it, were able to retreat by the heights on the left banks of the 'Former. The Duke del Parque ordered thereupon, the whole army to retreat in the direction of Taro:noes— and this retrograde movetneot war accordingly effected with all the order which could be desired, until the following morning. When the army had arrived within a little inure f l at two leagues dis tance from that town, a rummer dew through the rank. of the rear of the army, that the enemy was advancing In force to charge our autentry ; this ru mour end a smell party of dragoons, which made • its appearance, occasioned some disorder, and a considerable dispersion, and part of the same soldiers, who fought like heroes on the heights of Mira, threw away their fiteloelts, knapsacks. and whatever else they carried, to be able to effect their e,cape. The army then took u position in the mountains of Footage, where the dispersed troops ft-jollied their corps. In die action of Alba, the ,no, the first divi.ion, and part of the second. be haved with distinguished gallantry, and actions were rerformed by several officers which prove mi. email/too intrepidity and S pirit. i The enemy's loss it ',Weil by the Comman der-iii. Chief to lie coliti. siderahle ; bait that of our array was also great from want of horse. The Doke promise, to irport the rth.-r soon as he shall have received the particular reports of the Geueralsof lie comeillielice or the itofortionite action of °cans, the Supreme Junta came to the rrisolotioa that their Excellencies the Martinis de la Romans' and Don Rodrigo Rutilelute, should proceed to the head-quurti rs m Cat dioa, wish do- most ample flowers. to make, jointly with his Excellency. Don J:iiis Dios Gutierotz 11.36 e, sho ',tread). 11a Com iu;ssiourr with the army of Lit Miticha, all such arrangements, as they 41311 judge most expedient to relater the I.as bust...tied, and prevent tiwtlar un fortana.e events for the (inure. The neriper de hi having declined the charge, the Supreme Junta appointed in his stesd his Excellency Vie !Haupt'. de Campo Sitgredo, and ordered at the same nine all the Generals, who ate in this residence-town. and in whom 'he said Coineniseioners place confidence, to attend them, and execute their orders, on whatever branch of tile *rimier the Cm iiiii essioners may deem et expedient to employ them. The liadajus Diary, of the 13th instant, con tains on this subject ther,illrissing article :--'• We know, that on the 4th of this month. Cmeepigni. Gimpo tisgrvido. Ntgnrlme. and Csrrrnt. left Seville for the army of CYIOIIII.I. It i. s.ii I, diet their object is eo organize our army, N.,41 put II It, s proper condition for making smother atia. k on the road of A rtinjurz." The hriilzes of Almon z and Arc.bipo rotenone to be occupied by Sproish troops.—LiebouGaseits Ike. 19. THE BRITISH PRESS.