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FOREIGN INTELLIGENC E. PORTI:GE ESE PAPERS. • FROM Mg DOVERNDINNT OAZETTII EXIBILOILDINII.. RY, OF TOE 23D NOVEMBER. " Two dispitchea have just been received from the General, Dun Juan Carlos de Areizaga, dated 19th and etith, oar Turleque and Daiusiel, both of which arrived at thesaine time. " In the first he states, that the enemy barit n , at tacked our army in the centre and on the flanks, at Oren*, but making their principal 4MA against our •,,ht, with a view to twos it s an obstinate rrsiot once was made for three hours, when they were re pulsed by the division of the gallant Lary ; but the superiority of the enemy's anili n es y, I dispersion, which obliged our army . to.l*tre3t tin der cover of OUT vanguard, and 6th division ; that war loss k considerable, but the enemy's not Its .0, n. lie wan repislaed several tunes by our 'ain't'), cud the hrisic lire of the artillery.• `• The dispatch of the :nth is a. follows ; "EzesLLEXT SEIIS3IUL a-1 arrived Isere this night, and toLniorrow I shall proceed to Sates Cruz, wilco: 1 have th ieved the initially hhuald juit and Ike ravish yof this ilia. persed arta) will join in Mansanares, with the exception of a pap attic action' divisioa, owlet the command of Briga. dier Dun 6:mese Resod* t, ill order to cheek the enemy (whose advanced ao,.l.bawr this d. 4) startled M adridejos,aittl of it huge miaiabud)l know nothing nut ha permit his drawing star the &ells Morena, red to prelim e tu, supplies from La Mancha. Thin, shuald it be rsuidilelor air, 1 will gate your Excel leuey an recount of Our Ides. I eau, however, iti the 'scan pine, idol in your Cacelli 'try, that rt ha• to.ris very coos.. aerobic in goof! Gillet:di mud 011irers, which is the brat ?gout that these have distinguish...l tlarnwelvea ou this ambition with the greatest humour; following the example of the Generals or Divisioas, who liate o gimr” to.unfa of time • their good depositious, and or their CITUTIKUMSOC trepolity.-6.4 preserve your Exc.:nett. (signal) u JUAN CARLOS DE AatEIZAGA." Head-quarters, Dainsiel, Nur : Wit)." • . t4CE.146, NOY. 15. Our armies fight bravely. That of L. Maneha advances to Ocana, having toilets instituters alu • French dragoons, about the-same tiartiber of in fantry, and killed snore titan /00. That army coo fists of es.otjo infnotry, ati4 6,000 cavalry; every thing goes on cell, and the enemy will be forced to acknowleilite, these t h e Spaniards, ever brave mid warlike. will nut submit to the yoke of slavery with in.littcrence. The ar,uly we 'hare on the left of the Tagus, is making pia:l).4l4km' to attack.—(Pw•trzguese Ley cirri, Nur. •25.) ORCAJA ne tem MONTEO, NOV. 42. Captain tins Ventura }Lunettes has tirricea heri with a French Colour! and three soldiers,' whom he made prisoners a few days stores between Mora and Ajofrin. The value of the booty he took on this occasion is eationsted at 300,000 Teals. On the 9th inst. Victor catered Toledo, and set ont on the flay following for Madrid. While he was in that city, he sent off 14 couriers. A number of troops of this division are ou tlkir march fur Aran jugs, having left 61)00 men in Ajofriii, NiiiaLruca, and Sisla, and five companies in Tot: do. CADIZ.. NOT. 17. On the latb insta.,t, in the evening, .arrived hese bis Escellency Don Francisco \reneges, who is ap pointed Military and Cecil Govcrime of tlits city.— (Barlajus Diary, Nov. Yd.) 11101014, DEC. • I. We have the eatisfactiou to intorin the public, that the reverse of fortune experienced by the army of La Mancha is not so considerable as wit. at first represented. The Spanish artillery amide a dread ful havoc among the French, whose 1.14 s is very great ; General Yens is amung the killed. The foes in prismiera us far lees considerable, on the part of the Spanish army, than it would be in another nation. less attached to its native daittl;ltecauve they all rejoined their different corps. This event pros tract., but alters not, the ultimate result of our triumphs. Did not the Spanish lose the hattle of Merlelsa,and aloug with it all Votremadural . and yet a short time after they rendered themselves masters of that province, without any pitched battle. Did they not lust the battles of Ciudad Real and Al asouacid, and in conseqtrence thereof. the Mancha and yet they retook the Mancha. Did they not lose the battle of .vies l and are they not at present Masters of the *hole tract of ground, which stretches from Cuente, tbretigh licks, to the Tagus i ( Lisbon Gaselte of December I.) A letter from Caceres, of the asth Noveisil,er, has the folios inz. passage The Eughtish army conti nues in Radars and its euvirons."-•-(The sante liver of Atm. 30.) SPANISH PAPERS. CADIL MAIL. siottl.t.E. Nov. el. Gerona still holds out with that uncouquerable valour, which Inas added fresh laurels to those gathered by the Spanish cation. .Aceording ta the mast recent intelligence received from that place the French attacked it by the gate of Carmen, but experienced so warm u receptiou-on the part of the inhabitants, that they retreated with the utmost precipitation, having hardly lied time to lire a tew guns.—(Seciile Mary, November 24.) in:TILLY, **v. 25. The head-quarters of our army of La Mancha are in Carolina. The action of Ocana commenced in a manner which afforded every hope of a favour able issue ; the soldiers repeatedly promised the General-us-Chief net to forsake him, and every thing bore the most glorious aspect. The division of Lacy repulsed the enemy several times with axed bayonets, and behaved with the utmost gal lantry ; bat at the eery moment when victory seemed to be oars, one of these mifortunate acci dents, which render tile fate of arms so precariims and uncertain, wretted it frown our hands.—The Guards, the battalion of Muriner, the carabineers, and some other regiments, performed prodigies of valour.—(Serille Spectator, of Nov. 24.) Our army of La Aluncha behaved most gallantly in the bsttle of Ocani; and, after having made great havoc among the enemy's troops, and sus tained very considerable losses, it fell back to the banks of the Guadiana. It will probably rally in 1, that point, and make head against. the mew', whom the severe loss he has offered, will, perhaps, prevent from attacking us apia.—( The same i's per, of .Yeeraber 7,4. E The two . parks of artillery, which are attached to the two dieWions of our army of La Nlanchs, have arrived safe at the head-crarters, it; Carolina, with out a single c•irt being musing. —( The saws Paper, of Nov. la.) !MILLE, NOV. t 6. The following letter has been written by the Geweral-in•Chief of the army of La Mancha, to the Cbinineielant-General of the canton of Carolina : " MOST EXCELTENTSTIL—Iu consequence of the battle • hich Ilin army has fought with the enemy, is the environs of Omni:, the fro ms have been considerably dispersed; and as some of them will ptobably pass through this district, it will be expedient, that your Excellency immediately directs the tai -els who command the posts of Puerto Llano, Monti son, Pinito del Key, and Mauudad, le detain all military per-sows who present themselves before them, and take mote of the corps to which they belong, iu miler dial they may agaiu Lc incorporated with them, with all possible dispatch. Liid preserve yuiir Excellency ninny yeas'. "JUAN CARLOS AKEIZAtiA." " To his Eacelkney Count of St. Agiutin de "Iwo Herrman." Turleque, Nov. ti,, tuny." (Seidl* J'prelator, fe November stil) ILVILLE, NOW. 27. All the letters from (7ataloaia.anuounce a fresh triumph obtained by our the English. They steer, as a' certain fact, that % French squadron, wbich set soil from Toulon, bound fur the western islands, having 4000 troops, and 10,000 nowskets on board, probably deenned to arm the French pri soners who are in those islands, has been captured by equailemi. We shall soon see the mainline power of the (.rand Nation reduced to a few miserable smite ks.—(Same paper.) CORDOBA, Now. 20. A gentleman of respectability, lately arrived from Madrid, assures us he has seen, on the desk of General &Mind, a return of the French troops Rho have entered Spain since the beginning of the invasion, and who amount in the whole to 672,000 men. From time number of those who remain in Spain, added to those who have returned to France, an estimate may he formed of the incredible num bers of Frenchmen who have perished by the hands of the despised Spaniards.—(Seville Diary, of November -28.) CERVERA. NOV. I. They write from Aren, of the date of the lid ult. that, on the 18th, a French division, of about 7 or 800 Mtn, linging• come" out of Grans, in the di rection of Roma and Campo, encountered coati- derable. resistance, cod suffered souse loss. This being known at Aren, a party.Al Militia, of more thau 2uo men, from that try?, took the field, and befoul morning were in hetes, where , they received intelligence that the erieraprere in the vicinity of Smitorein t ;, they. accutdiugly marcbrol thither, and discovered the enemy In three divisions, one Of which ‘ras.entering Bonanza ; but. sewing the said party of militia, directed their march towards it, mid took post on a height in front. After some skirmishing, the French, perceiving that this people of Sopeira and Santarem were reining toWarik . 16111, site' drums heating, while the mountain mi. pteirts wire on their flaiik;tegaii to fly, and, reach tug their comp, set firm to it, and continued their light with the other . divisions which lied joined View; but at San Christobal they found themselves intercepted by en ambuscade, from which they re . ceived a terrible fire, that killed many of them.— Titey then faseled the river, and made their escape, ' though in great confusion, Ly roads almost iniprac ties*. Their thee, according to their own con fession, amounted to 200 men, while ours was only the having the night before surprised two of our •advanced guards, killing four teen of the one, and one man of the other. The booty taken was some what cousiderable.—(Seville Diary. Noe. 25.) . AMERICAN PAPERS. BOSTON, Nov. 14. Captain Fraser arrived at Charleston from St. Pierre, :Martinique. which he left on the Ist Oct. informs, that preparations were making at Marti nique for an suck on Guadeloupe. It is esserted on good authority, that all discos sions between the British Ministers in Washington, mud our Government, are suspended until after the meeting of Congress. None of the rapers from Washington, or vicinity, make mention of the state or nature of the reported negotiation between Mr. J Ai:kiwi and our Cahinet. It is said Mr. Secretary Smith had been seriously indisposed, which retarded it. By this time, it is presuincd, the Priviilent has ample information from Europe of what line of conduct we may ex pect from France or England; hnt as it is not pro• bable it will be divulged to the American people before the meeting of Congress, the 47th inst., the peOple must wait until then with patience. NOVILUSEIt 17. ttoeto with France. 00,, the whole, we itolk *we bating to box be , geese, whiCh eiia chest the gloomy betto;e of amirebists. - J I tic 11..,./l, rct now THE BRITISH PRESS. THE LATE DISPATCHES. We are informed that our Government has ' received despatches from Mr. Pinckney, dated October 5, and from Mr. Armstrong as late as September 20. By the letters from Mr. Pinck ney, it appears, that he expects no alteration in the• measures of Britain towards this country sill be brought about by the late change in the Mi nistry. Indeed, it is merely a change of men. not of measures. Mr. Armstrong's dispatches bold out no farrourable prospect •respecting our dificr. LONDON, MONDAY. Dacimiza is. • The Fraackite frigate, of 36 pas, C■pt. DASII• n, arrived, on Saturday evening, at Portsmouth. in 37 days from Vera Cruz, and is days from ot1• the Havaum.h. She has brought home a million of dollars for Government. The Marquis D'4PAIL LEDO and Don! Wm. de VILE/. URRuTI•, CUDe passengers in her. They are come from Mexico, purposely to'inahe a tour through England. The Mar q ui s possesses one of the richest mines in Mexico. The Fr.usehive spoke the Idernssiti frigate, Captain HENNIKER, a few days since. She had parted from the convoy which she sailed with from Quebec, in a gale of wind. The British strips which have lately visited Vera Cruz, have beeu very sickly. The Franckise lost 2ti seen, besides Lieut. D•irto JONES, royal navy, and Lieutenant 11. P. CAVENAGN, royal marines. All the Midshipmen zf the Outmoded died there, except our. A Cadiz Mail arritedyesterdayovith Spanish Pa pers to the 34th here also received Portu guese Papers to the 3d inst. From both these sources we tind, that the army of La Mancha, under Gene ral AAA/AGA, hat sustained a defeat. The pre vious accounts informed se that this army, part. of which had paseed .. the Tag u s, be seen the Itith and 17th of Nuvemisea, at Villamanrique. for Madrid, bail fallen beek; in consequence of having learned that the French had collected .! great force in the vicinity of -that_capital. In this retreat it now appears, .that AILALIGA was at tacked by the'French, at Ocana, which is at a short distance south of Arapinei. The battle was obstinately contested for thrig-hours, but muted io the defeat and dispersion of the Spaniards. They appear to have crossed the Guadiana, and, evacuat ing the whole of La Manche, by Ca!strata, to have fallen back upon La Carolina. This account, unquestionably, presents . a very disheartening prospect of the termination of the Spanish contest. If VICTOR could, with the French forces now beyond the Pyrenees. completely de feat the Spaniards, and drive them so farto the South, how' can we hesitate, for a moment, to suppose, dolt when BON A FARM at the head of eighty thousentlfresh troops, enters Castile, lie will sweep all before him, and will subject the Peninsula, to its ,post distant extrernipes ? yet is . there soneethiog iw the language of the Junta, in their Address to the Nation, from the Royal Al eszar ofSeielle, of the gist of November, which at least inspires repset, and which will for ever dis tinguish Spain, as • nation, from the German States. Ffitsicie, Or FILI.DEDIC Wir.t.t•u, never ventured to dispute Boit AAAAA it's title to the Imperial or Royal dignity which he has assumed. They even hnusbly recognize all his other Kings, from Jo seem down to JOACHIM. The Spanish Govern- merit, at a Line when their armies are flying in every diroctiou, when the advanced posts of the enemy are already admitted to be at Quessade, the first town of La Mancha, and when the cause itself seems to be almost desperate, yet manifest neither despondency nor terror. Shull we," say they, 14 fall at the feet of the crowned slave, whom Ii A lag has sent ine for a Kiii7„ because he burns our temples, distributes our virgins mid ma trons among hoi odious satellites, sad sends our youth as a tribute to the French Minotaur ?" They invoke the Spaniards to remember the vile and treacherous arts by which he inveigled, seized, and imprisoned their rightful Kiug ; and they add, That Spain may be free, is the universal wish of the nation ; that Spain may be leer, or that it may become an immense desart. one vast sepulchre, ,vhere the accumulated careasses of French and Spaniards shall exhibit to future ages, our glory, and their ignominy." Nothing like this has hitherto been heard from any other pert of Europe. Neither the Dutch nor the Neapolitans. nor the Prussians, nor the Aus trian., ever thus expressed theinaelver. let was there even in Naples, a stronger manifestation of boy alty and abhorrence towards the French, than either in Holland, Prussia, or Austria. If the people are really in general animated with this feeling, they may oppose to &Marie:et immense impedithents. The prodigious surface of Spain cannot be held in subjection, without a corresponding windier of troops. Ile has hitherto made every nation, when: conquered, subservient to the conquest of others. But such an experiment will not sneered with a people, butchered, enslaved. and irritated to a pitch almost of frenzy. We do not assert that the Cot. swan will fail in his p►esent attempt, which seernii,in decd, to lie on the very point of its accomplishment. Yet do we think. that if his machinery ever fails to produce its full elfecto, that failure will be exhi bited in Andalusia. If Aaszscs can still preserve the passes by Santa Cruz and LwCarolin:l; if the di. rect road to Cordova and te Seethe is not laid open to the French Commander ; we see on reason to believe that the Spanish Monarchy is irretrievably lost, in consequence of the late disastrous events. We have received Boston Pipers to the middle • I • s . . of lest•fisaath. The discussions between Mr. JAC& • soi-4011 tile Seemlier, of the United States wet, • !upended. in consequence of the indispositions :t ;the latter, and Mr. Jaceeorr had proceeded ow • visit is Baltiinore,rthere he intended to remain use til the meeting of Congress, which was appoint," ' fur the .27th ult. . A mail was received, us Saturday. at the pmts office, from Flushing, bringing accouuts fret thence, dated on Tuesday last. • At that time, did ' whole of mir troops were embarked, and lying is the Scheldt; smut% a change of wird is retort; England. With the exception of the 4th nisi anent, which funned the rear-guard.. the whale of the troops were embarked so Saturday, sad, ea the following day, the basin and dock-heads were blown up: nearly SOSO weight of powder ems used on the occasiuu, and the explosion waa treat/raised. Fire was immediately after communicated is the arsenal, storehouse. dock-yards, &e. and the anise gration was, iu the highest degree, sublime auti awful. • We understaa that the report which originated Gast week in the Ministerial Papers, of au revertere for a Negociation for Peace from France, is totally destitute of truth, and was a mere stothjeblineg trick. The public cannot be too meth so *bele guard against these Prints that pretend to he i• • the confidence of Government. Much damage, we are concerned to state, was done to the shipping at Yarmouth, Harwich, the Downs, and in the Channel, by the revere galeais the latter end of last week. His Nugget's fri gate, the Hussar, of 3$ guns, Captain Stun; was lost on the coast of Guernsey, and every son' perished, with the.exception of three peewee. Capt. Sties was a very able officer. The Heger had lately undergone • thorough repair at Ply.. mouth, from whence she sailed on Tuesday se nought. The Defender gun.vessel, Lieutenant Noes, vies driven on shore near Folkston. in the gale of Thursday night the crew were all saved, but the vessel, it is feared, will be totally lest. Fears are entertained for the safety of the Intelligent gas. brig. We are lorry to learn. that there is every teems to fear the loss of His MAJESTY'S sloop 'Haulier, Capt. RIDGE (son of %V. Mous. Eel. of Chiches ter). on the Cape of Good Hope station. She had not been heard of at the Cape; when the last set counts came soy. for six timaths. The westerly winds; which usually retail at this season of the year, still - meters the trade fur the West ladies, Coast of Africa. Portugal, and the Mediterranean, from.. sailing from Portsmouth. The ships for the West Indies are very numerous. The Unite, Captain CAllese Li, takes ita.eberge the ships ford'ortugaleprif the Mohlegraneen ; and tbs Crocodile, Captain COLUMBINE, their* for did . Coast of Africa. Inconsiani frigate. Captain DICKSON, is under orders for the Cape of Coed Hope; and the Ganyoiede, Captain CATNICAST, foe Lisben. Ilia MAJCSTT is expected isitown on Wednene day. when he will receive the PERSIAN AMSASs SANDS,' and the City Address. His Muaste will likewise hold a Privote Levee mud Privy Comica l , at the Quegx's Valace.. On Friday, the Lords of Council met apes prize appeals, at the Council Office, Whitehall. The Kinn has been pleased to appoint the Heel. 141111111 f WKILLESLET to be Ills MAJISTT'S &SOT Extraordinary and Minister Plesipoteutiary to His Catholic Majesty FIRDINAND VII. and has bees pleased to direct him to reside in that thornier at the seat of the Central or Supreme Junta in Spain. The piety Nelsen, of Liverpool, is said to have Bern lost at the entrance of the channel. Mr. Ass- SUSSMAN, of the guards, son of Lord ST. MAPS. his lit, two women, and one man, passe*. gers. and crew, are said to have perished. Mr. AINSURNINAM ITSI ON his way to Eaglau4l, from Portugal. The late gales have damaged several of the veer. chant•shipping at Spithead. Two transports were driven on shore. in the gale of Thursday night, and Lone of them. No. 194. bilged. We are happy to ' know that no lives were lost. The Hugger frigate is the second or third vessel 'of the same mime that has been lust in our service. • Mr.' Auras', Jon esott is aymointed• Agent Vic tualler, at ihe Cape of Good iiire t oce Honer PaLusaan, Esq. indisposed. t.. ••• Capt. S. W•itaell is SpplsisiihAfill the Argo, at The Squirrel,• Lord WY. Ftispelr a ii.prid off. Plymouth is greatly. is wiser amessery article, coals. they are.iaitetdi at as. (id. pa bustoel.' .'O4 Mr. Rteuaita Ilawstve; fitiffite of Hie JZSTT . 4 slop CAnrybdit, was'lrteliffiit week at Portsmouth, for aimenting:lnlinelfattilleat leave. and .Int digertiba.e=lfe.ovas thanoireed :lila office. and snilesced neven towerve as en iplfeer again. Tits bodies 'of roost of the nufott,httr i ,X2 penman who were drowned when 'the Harlevit. nasl coovoy were wrecked, have heed washed's,. :ahem sear Seaford, cud Luried. The high winds on Tuesday mornlng were ' Wooly to many craft off Southartipfpn The Thames and Ann, Capt. Wasus,. smarted her moorings, and 'trove againot.ghalPkithsvm: end STRUGGPI CU.'S vessel will ekiffit lop the river, and run aground.—The title ores's° very high as to lay the marsh under water. • . Friday morning a French privateer was driven ashore near Berlin Gap, °other lianoreire twat; it is said a great part of her cress is lost. - A few days since, at the instigatios of Lieut.. Gen. Lord Cnlnt.to Soneastr. a ilallekfilaster. in the iseighbougbq ui Lewes.• elm fiord ail. fee refusing fo issue • *efficient &mintier of hale!, to eh:technic:it of the bid regiment.