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fir. • - 'tf obis ofthe Stet el tin See, it ese lh, .41) *view tw them to solidi party is the se at the bock di the atoaatais, bktween • the and the town. The two conspaoies of the ed• wise atafleeed• es a reserve, before the new on Mobil Li: wet, and three other companies Ls kht were„ 4 ales plirCed in reserve, at the ent iaist of the prebi+►eets. 1 " Two marmite of the elite of the 1111111111ght, lad a company froti the elite of the 3d and 6th, mrere alto established in the suburbs. " The result of this attack completely answered Vier Excellency's wishes; the garrison must have leen Intimidated, and It rendered the communi eation between the forts and the town mure M iceli. • • " We bad, in the course of the night, about a doom people killed and wounded; all the Spani ard. Mai ortre /wind in the suburbs, with arms in their Leads, were put to deist's. Itongiere, Captain of Engineers, preceded the 'troops at the head of the sappers of the division. " The happiness of the division is complete in thas executing your Escelleuey's orders, and at the suet time celebiating the coronation of the greatest lied Met; beloved of - Sovereigns. • "Ps s o." lawn MAIIIMAL TO' DOk of CASTIGI lONS. TO TIM MINISTSA AT WAIL. rcornells, Dtc. 7. " I beaten to inform your E%cellency, that 1 7Saterday gave orders to the General of Division, Pia% to attack the redoubt on the hrights between Gerona and the forts. situate within 200 yards of • !asst other. After taking the suburb of the ,Marine, tell Italian troops. with their usual dexterity, exe mpted Noy seders, with o bravery beyond all praise. notwithstanding a very sharp cross-fire, bttli frees the cannon is the town and the forts, support 'eAby a vigorous and constant discharge of aiuske 'try. these troupP, sounar:•l by an inextinguishable -ardour, did arit hesitate fora usoupent, but carried •the redoubt by assault. " I had also ordered Brgi-dier•General Asp!, .wbe contamoded the besieging troop% to take pos. mission of the suburb Gireselle,The troops of the Confederation displayed the greatest bravery .and steadiness is carving this suburb with the bayonet. and maintiduieg themselves there, not. withstasding the bee crawl the forts and oleo. This attack co-operated peek ci)y with that of Ge• semi rine. "'The ineurgents hare DO leaser any eoinwiani eattaa with each other. " AVGER EAU, Deka Caitigliaas." WOO* MINIMAL rim* TO STAOMMAL TOO DUOS 01 CMITIOLIuS E. " Nina lla, Dee. 7. N I low do bower to infurat your Excellency, ibat, "ennoble is your orders, the city redoubt was carried :by dem, between ;midnight and on. in Ilse soonsiog. ▪ Brigadirr-Cearral Sousse. with two companies of artificers, two cowponies of grenadiers, of the lithof the line, and a company of voltigesses, be longing to General Palumbitti's brigade, Lunde the .sittriek. 84 Time fire eonapasies were formed into four columns of attack, and ou of reserve.—The four columns Itlarel:.2:l Ca edielthin, currying arm., until they reached the height wivwfitch the redoitirt was situated. 'f he drat, which was provided with lad- Awe, scaled it, notwithstanding a shower of gre *idea. The second column, turning it by the right, appeared befort the gate, which was shut, and defended by a 4-pounder, which kept up a etioetaat disciusrge of grape-shot; but the Captain Ai Artillery, Bella, marching at the held of this column, applied a pet ird to the gate, which blew 'half of it off; a second petard destroyed the re mainder. 44 The two other column* supported the former. In a word, Sir, at the moment when one part of the troops were entering by the gate, the rest Mere at►eady on the parapet, by means of the Deana' ladder*, which were rAther lung, the wall being only eighteen feet high. " The four columns appointed to the assault did not lire a single musket shot duriug the whole 'operation. " The reserve- beim; drawn op in front of the bastion of Merod, bepo a discharge of ttsuldtetry, When the cannonade from the hiMimpt, aid a fire of !gill arose from the walls, were opeued upon see columns. " The fire of the reserve produced the hest ef fect, foe k diverted the whole of the enemy's at teution ; and, at the seine instant, I roused false attacks to be made on all the fort/ and lui-tions of the fifercedal. The garrison wee by this means so much disconcerted, that its fire. badly directeJ, had no other effect than that of wounding perhaps five K six m.o. 41 The expedition was comforted with such ra pidity. that they set off from their rendezvous at miduight ; and by one o'clock our fire had ceased, and we were masters of the redoubt, the inconsi derable garrison of which was put to the sword, sod in which we found two pieces of coupon, one a 14-launder, the other a 4-pounder." (The Genersl then *toes the dispositions he had adopted, for tnitintsintit; the pced taken, and eon with tnentionilli the 113:11P1 of the Officors particularly distinguisivzi titenut•lres.) (Slgned) •• rise." 'T AT A %ATTAR Paox tdkunit. rigs DUNE OW CA3TIGLIoN E. " Foeuelia, Dee. s, leols. I have the bonnet to inform your Excellency, in the bight of the Gth, the Italian division posseratou of the redoubt of the city, while the visi o n of the Confederation carried the suburb of 'Gironella. In consequence of this advantage, the enemy's Communications were completely inter rupted. On the 7th, at eleven in the forenoon, a general sortie was mole from the town and forts, and a rigorous attack was made on the posts they had lost. " On heaving the brisk discharge of cannon and musketry. I mounted my horse, and, accompanied by my staff, proceeded to Palau, where I found the General of Division. Pints, who had caused his re serve to march upon the redoubt, which formed the principal point of attack on the part of the in siorgent.. The two companies of grenadiers of the sth and 2J light Italians, who defended it, made a ►esistance of two lions*, iu a style which surpassed all praise. .6 The General of Brigade, Atney, who was post ed below Monjoui, 'nark a movement in advance. The enemy, bring taken in liank, were obliged to abandon their enterprise, and, levying behind a great number of killed, to-netire in disorder to the town. " Colonel Eugene, who I. acted in the rear of the F , C , B Ciannetatile and the Capuchins, with an column, joined that cnuirnaniled by Gene ral Ainey, and they apontaneouily carried the re doubts of Calvary and the Chapter. " This afliair totally annihilates the hopes of the inhabitants of Gerona." [T►e sequel canna, of recommendations of particular and °dicers.] •, The Marshal Duke of CiatiglioDe entered Gerona on the I Ith lust. He took 8 avails of C0. 10ur..., tOO pieces of cann.o►, and 5,000 ttoope. The foll o win g is s copy of the capitulation : CAPITULATION of the City soil Forts of Gerona, cols eluded on the loth of December, at seven in the eveitiug. " Ale I. The garrison shall march oat with the Wooers of war, end proceed to France as prisoners of war. All the inhabitants shall be respected. a 111. The Catholic religion shall continue to be Mowed by the islagititents, and shall be respected. " IV. At kalf.past rigkt o'clock, to-abunrow moreiag, the gate of Swoon, that of Arener, aid also that of the forts, shell be delivered up to the French troops. V. To-morrow naorning, the 11th of December, the gar taws shall march out of the toilers% at half-past eight o'clock ; they shall file off by the gate of Arenu)s, and the soldiers shall lay down their arms upon the glees 0 VI. As of of the artillery, one of the engineers. sod • Comodesary at war, shall enter, the moment porouslya is, taken ofike gates of the city, to receive possessioa of the magazines, maps, plans, Le. a Vona at Gerona, seven in the eresing, Dee. to, !sop." [Here follow tie aignaturri..) His Majesty held a Cabinet Council, yesterday, at Trianon. The King of Sammy reached Stratantrg, on hie return house, at one o'clock in the day, ou the 17th. PLUM DEC. O. 'Their Mpjesties the Kings of Holland. West phalia. and Naples. set off. on the 19th, on a visit to Rib linptrial and Royal Majesty, who has invited ithem to pass some days with hint at the palace of Trianon. Her Imperial Highness the Princess Borghese re. sides at Little Trienon. On the 19th. the Emperor took the diversion of stag-hunting, from one o'clock to five in the after noon. in the woods round Versailles. • The Prefect. nominated by His Majesty amount, it is said, to 30, of whom about 13 or 16 have re ceived 6eft., yielding each an iuccome of 4000 francs. M. Otto, the French Minister ■t Munich, is ap pointed Ambassador to the Court of Vienna. . DEC. 23. Their Majesties the King and Qiseen sf Bavaria arrived, yesterday, at Paris. They alighted at the Hotel Marbeuf. His High new the Prince Viceroy went to meet their Majesties. His Majesty the Emperor and King came yes terday to Paris, to visit the King and Queen of Bavaria. He returned afterwards to l'rienois. It is supposed that His Majesty's residetice out of his capital will not be of keg duration. The Antwerp Joanna! des Dentemes contained the following circular letter, dated the 25th ult., from the Director•G:neral of the Customs : " The Director-General announces, that he has retained the duplicates of several certificates of *6Ol delivered by the French Minister at Ham burgh, for American pot-ashes. The Americas' com merce being prohibited in France, comequeuce of the Imperial decision of the 17th of April, IdOth nothiug coming from that country, directly or indi rectly. call he admitted, without an ezpreis order Irma His Majesty. This Administrator thinks it his duty to call the attention of the Dircctors to this subject, in order to put them on their guard against a note inserted in the public papers, by the French Consul at Copenhagen, purporting that pot ashes and cotton* may be freely imported." SATOIII2It. Dn. 16. The Ist division of the Spanish prisoners, taken in the battle of °cans. is expected here on the Itith. It consists of 3000 men. It will be immediately followed by two other divisions, cossaiatiug of be tween 25 and 30,000 men. From 7to 800 CilitAN 'Kr/ have this day arrived here, on their smith to Spain. la the course of LON DON, MONDAY, JANUARY 1. The Gazette of Saturday night contains an ar gaunt of the dose of the evacuation of Walcheren. It is given at length in our sub Sequent eoluwlui. We have received Paris papers to the 24th last. We state, with regret, that Gerona, the gallant rival of Saragossa, has fallen, after a defence, that will for ever appear a brilliant star in the constella tion of heroic achievements. The determination of Bou•PARTZ to assume the title of Emperor of the West becomes every day more apparent. This idea was announced au long ago as the interval of the short peace during Mr. ADDINGTON'S administration, when BO •PARTI talked of dividing Europe into the Eastern and Western families. It is not a little strange. that the views of this great revolutionary hero should have remained so long unaltered on this point. The Emperor of AusratA no sooner entered his capital, than he began to prepare himself for that war to which lie will, in all probability, be exposed, before twelve months expire, and which no sob• mission on his part, short of putting on the livery of Bowariars. as a Member of the Confederation of the Rhine, will avert. A new levy, to till up the ravages of the late campaign, has been ordered in the Hereditary States. The substance of the new Constitution of the Hawse Towns is published. They are to be con verted into Free, Imperial, United Cities, under the protection of the French ! ! French troops are pouring into Spain. This is only what might be expected. Government is seadiug out considerable rein forcements of troops to Portugal. General STIBW-• ART. Lord GALLOWAY'S brother, leaves town, this day, to embark, with three thousand infantry, for Lisbon. Six thousand more troops are under or ders to proceed immediately to the Tagus. These vigorous and warlike rneasures,for the defence of the Peninsula, originate in the Foreign Office, under the auspices of Marquis Wewist.sv. It is infer red, perhaps prematurely, that Boma ranTs will not fin I his sppoite keen for marriage, and for conquests, at the same time. The Corsican is subtle, and, we fear, will out-manoeuvre our Ministers on both sides of the Pyrenees. We are assured, from respectable authority, hatt a new and roost alarming subject of *contention has arisen in the new Cabiuet, betweeo two of its most important Members. We mean Mr. Noma'. • and the Marquis WRI.LESI.CY. To such a point of mutual aspenty has this dispute been carried, that, it is believed, one or the other most resign. We do not pretend to know all the subjects of contest. but that the forme► wishes to strengthen the Ad ministration, by bringing in Lord SIDNOUTH and his party ; while the Secretary for the Foreign De partment is desirous of re-introducing Mr. CAP• NINO to a place in the Ministry—there is no doubt. This rivality has already diffinold considerable alarm at Windsor. The alarming feature of the case is this—lt does nut appear to admit of compromise; Lord SIDNOUTH and Mister CANfIING cannot sit in the same Cabinet. His Lotdship, than whom we believe there is not a more amiable and worthy man, has never ceased to he the but of Mr. CAN. ortio's ribaldry. it is recorded, as one of the best of his jokes, alluding to a rumour of his Lordship's return to office. that this joker said in contradiction " No I no! we never have the small-pox a se cond time." At that period. the wits. tappers, and parasites, at Mr. Purr's table, aroused them selves with jests upon Vistosist Surmount, under the name of 44 The Doctor." There has been something in the conduct of the French Government towards Mr. Powsit, the S.. cretary to the American Mission at Paris, singulady insulting and contemptuous. It is difficult ts sign a satisfactory reason for so unnecessary sad harsh a treatment. towards a person who is k o closely united to the Representative of the Unite: States. Daring two days, that the packet, wl l ,O, carried over the Austrian Messenger, lay off Colitis, every loaf of bread, and every piece of meat, whi c h was sent off from the shore is the vessel, omi t ,. went. by the Municipal Officers, the most t. gorous inspection ; io order to ascertain that 114 correspondence, or communication of any kind, took place between the town and the ship. M,. Msutiton and Mr. SMITH. do not assuredly app ear to be animated by the sane acrimonious spir it towards the Corsican Emperor. They restiv e all their at:zient grudges, for oar Ministers. I, NAP:Mk:Ott then so intoxicated with prosperity wit success in Europe, as not to allow America g, e longer to remain neutral between Great 1311, 41 , and France ? Should lie carry his deter „ into action, he may prove the best negociator we could have sent to the United States. A letter of reeeut date has beam received is town, on Friday, from Parts, which affects to throw some new lights on the repudiation oil:norms", and on the iutenJed selection of the Prisms% on is to succeed her in the throne and bed of Corsican Emperor. It would appear. that all the terror spread over the French capital, by th " Mauchards," or spies, of the tyrant. has not been able to prevent, or to suppress, some very le were lampoon, and redexions. ou the indecent sad immoral scene exhibited in the Senate. Toe Pan. sinus, particu4arly, at once ridicule, end deprecate, the fate of this iu.isible bride, who is expected, so der every possible accident or circumstance, to give a male hrir to " the founder of the Coati" dynasty ;" and who will undoubtedly be allowed only a certain portion of time for fulfillin g la expectation. That she west. and will be, i s her turn, repudiated, if she does not perfo m this indispeu-able duty, appears to be evident; and France in.ly then. probably, be able to hoist of poeticising ease divorced " Dowager Empresses sul Queens crowned," unless he should tree' his secotil wife with leas respect than he Ins nisuifested lu. wards his first. It is dangerous for a revolutiouary Emperor thus to sittject himself to the severest of all tees. ridicule; and it is the brat time that Ns roLona has exposed his person and condor: to the " persiflage" of his " beloved people." 'lrony lad it harder to extiogni-h, then to eonfis, Holland, or to desolate and enchain Switsettand. But, to the Princess :—The letter abate alluded to. asserts, that for some reasons, true or of a nature not very dissimilar from 'hove advanced by another tyrant, Hamar VIIL, he wished to decline acemespiishing 1"- ANmsolCuives, Napalm)* has laid amide tentiou of giving his Imperial hand to time AUGUSTA of SAXONY. Reports were that he meant to demand the young Princess SARDINIA; who. besides great personal bats: , possesses the advantage of being near eleven yoenger than her rival ; she is exactly s t r e w - - Her rather, VICTOR EMANUEL V. lass sto other male or female; and her mother. bring edam; :o of the Archduke FKILDIN•!4D, son of Mau T assn, the Corsican would engraft his BOW, and Rseniount blood, onthe Austrian stock. There is another very curious reason likewise wig ed For this selection ; namely, that the young Pnt ceas in question, is, since the death of the late CAI dinal of Yoga, the eventual heiress to the Cior of the Britannic islands, after the decease of father, and her uncle, the abdicated King of SANDI NIA, as the lineal representative of the STUART lit However absurd or chimerical any such !admit may appear to us, it might gratify the malice is antipathies of the Ruler of the Continent, to qe lily himself the future rightful pomsebonr of rl STUART claims on the throne of these roilar.• Where the reigning King of SA RUI IA ilk to thy r sides, we scarcely know with certainty. Lit Hsi Cagliari, the capital of the island, not long ago; I. whether he has not returned to Rome, we 1.4 n: pobititely assert. His elder brother. CuAatEs um., the aLdicated King, lives in great sed at Fresa.sti. %Ve give this story as we have seen it related, without, in any respect, answering fur it sow' ticity. It was one of the currant and accrvd. anecdotes of the " Fausbourg St. Honore," t, weeks ago. We still incline to believe., for too reasons, that the Saxon Princess will be prjoic , Her objections, or scruples, even if ever will doubtless be silenced before an impanou• over-ruling necessity. Probably• a short wee *1 throw light on the Corsican's intentions ; for, bee' already forty, and only expecting to draw Oil f tore for thirty years more ; and meaning, al states, to educate his son, or sons, lie his oAD lime, as well as beaevuleut, principles, he will. course, not remain long a airlower. We ure tow mistaken if this domestic revolution doss out Powcit s the Si.. t Pans, ',Saguia-4y i* difficult C. uilllece.eyry sad person who is . 0 11 1 tive of the Uniit; the picket, wlco, ;er, lay off Calm s , se of meat, wh ic h the weasel, wish,. rs, the most 1 . All ascertain that .th on of any kiwi, d the shi rid p. M,, filo t assuredly rive d , yI. tcrimonious rad r. They restiv e to. ar Minister, 1, ' e ' ith prosperity 85 I 11 ". ow America why itbee Great 1311, 01 , re I Ilia &Let u .d ei uegociator B ' s States. bob, ref.' sees received i s A ( h affects to throw all sn oiI:SUP/11Ni, the Prineees, ohs A and bed of ti ts pear, that all the capital, b y thy tyrant, h as els, some very , e . the indecent eud nate. Tae Pane to — and deprecate, - ., t ; o is expected, so. a fu circumstance, to ler of the tagrilt d led'' , be allowed e "' 'or fulfillin g l a e sl and will be, i s , nes not petio le . p to he evitletit; a. ▪ able to boat (I er Empresses and 1 treat his second as manifested '"" flu or a revolutukary to the severest of 'wry rat time that Na. a cal id conduc: to the „ pie. " He way iu tn i, ion to eonfisc.ite B e „,, in Switserland. sews .ter above alluded ad rue or imagiatry, us thowe urged o.f.tr say VIIL, „ g bis nil flaw I laid aside his ant "is al to the Prim.: Ltnh were circulated, • pits, sung Princess personal beauty, by a near eleven years al ctly seventeen.— tt ir : has 'soother issue, mi ,„, being a tisti.;!itte su it , of Meets Taro must t hie 130111PitTi 2 4 " e Austrian stock.— m In in likewise swigs. t o t the young Pius. howls of the late Csr. His 1 sss to the Coors all: a decease of het a lie 11 King of Sisal- i s ,„ the Stuart. hha ford. y such pretensies bee . t t t fy the malice lad it l s: untiaent, to quo The possessnr of the there f these Bawd to illy re. Ire linty. fess e ` e, '" l l l not long :cc.; h• &Pp'. tome.. we (*el: the r„CIiAIRLES EN other in great sedum. Tii rte ten it related, ng fur its t and accre4•. l alit, t . Honore," t Tr< Ward fNr Mheee, for fn.ii Oil ft Mill be prdrrre. funu an inspsnou' a+~ in tin .ti„„,; for, bring ileru gto draw on GO' hell me ening, a l 41 LI M 1, in his meta -415 ' g' A 'iri n t eiples. he wol l , :,ta w r. We ure uith ion dolis nut It oat utt•. t 4 ▪ he moves' . h- - he :Uat I ...corbtritsiory a 1 11.111 MAN, Ac, I• ! 11; WO. sl;, t: dudes kwbo pi the present mouth, we expect the B.h corps, coot olauded by the Duke of Abrantes. rimitroar, DEC. 14. Several Gendarmes have come hers from Meads, to take charge of three men and a woman, whom our Police had caused to be arrested. One of the prisoners bear* a name very well known in Ger mau)•. " Thy moment is approaching," 1111y9 The elsehnfl feabsorg Gay tte, 46 when the relations between the Head of the French Empire, and his Allies, will be fixed and made kniwn to the puha.. The uncer tainty which exists as to the ecclesiastical affairs, will also terminate." ut.st, DEC. 13. IVe hear from luapruck, that the communication between Butzeti and Brixen is again interrupted by a baud of ruffians, consisting chiefly of deserters.— Posted on mountains, almost inaccessible, they had, fur several days, set the troops at defiance ; but ef forts were making to climb the mountains in their rear, when it was hoped this feeble remnant of the insurgeuts would be annihilated. ♦UGSDURGB, DEC. 15. The band of insurgents which lately infested the road from Insprock to Britten. is entirely destroyed or diepersed. Strong detachments of French and Italians occupy the most dangerous parses, and fre quently send out patrolling parties. On the 17th, the mails for ,Italy, which, fur the last seven or eight months were sent by Zurich and St. Gothard, will be forwarded through Inspruck. IP. , Our Mouthty List of New Publreations is uussuidably postponed till to-mirror. THE BRITISH PRESS. to grave resold. 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