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• ley a solid vain, with turrets at intervals for AM* ieetry ; one of which is very high, and of consider-* able extent, and is marmot provided with two pieces of artiilery. °berrying that the enemy were • making preparations for 'distance, I instantly or— dered the 6th regiment of the line, with the batta lion of the ;tli, to advance upon the town ; whilst General Mazzuchelli, with the let regiment of Ii ht infantry. and a company of royal chasseurs, should approach Austalrich, by making a detour to i I the right. Calorie! Eugene, and column, were received with a Ineik fire of great guns from the fort, and a still brisker discharge of musketry from the town. The only retu n which Colonel Eugene mode, was to beat a charge, and to rush forward, with the vapidity of lightning, to the town. We found the gates slant ; a moment's indecision might have been destructive ; the Colonel therefore set fire to the gate, and ordered his voltiguers to chub the n ails, which they instantly did.—the voltiguers scrambling up upon each other's shoulders, umidst a shower of balls. In this manlier was the quarter of rite. town, where the highest tower .stands, taken by storm ; but, when the troops entered the town, they experienced fresh difficulties. The turreti poured upon them, from all sides, case shut end greiordes, cud' from every Louie they were assailed with a destructive fire of musketry; awl all this ;IS IMP... ported by the troops under Quadratic), alto had posted himself between the fort and the tows'. and I also by a fire of musketry from the garrison of the castle, consisting of 6.)0 men, under the command of the Governor, Guliau Gatrada. No obstacle, however, could impede the iiilvairee of our ticiops ; they rushed into the toe ii, and put to the sword tl every one whom they found audio. arms. At the instuet that Colonel Eugene made him *elf master of the left side of the town, General llanuchelli had got round to the right side, and was alreadj close under the walls, where he also bad to toutaiii a heavy fire of musketry, and the cannonade from the fort. The walls in that quer• ter being too high for climbing, General Mazzu chelli instantly procured ladders, which were found in the houses in the suburbs, and by means of which, notwithstanding the well-supported fire he *as exposed to, he ventured mein the assault. In consequence of this double movement, the insurgents, and also the troops of the line, who now sow the town forced on both sides, respectively formed a junc.ion on a level piece of ground in the centre of the place. I then ordered a battalion of the 2d light troops to advance. Without being in . the smallest degree daunted by the fire of case , shot directed against them, they also succeeded in t clambering over the wall, and attacked the plain in front, at the instant the other etitpe attarkr.l it on the twits. The resistance was •obetinste, but it was surmounted by oar courage, ,iii ill that were opposed to us were put to the reword. 1.. I also ordered a battalion of the 4th to advance, for tilt! purpose of supporting Colonel Eligene, who was threatened to be surrounded by a column that ' descended from the mountains, with the apparent in tention of toakii.^: themselves masters of the ex tremity of the woes on the left, which, by Colonel Eugene's forward moverueat, had Leta left without the means of defence. The battalion of the 4th regiment, led on lay the brave Major San Andria, attacked, at the point of the bayou, t, the troops who were udvancing from the mountains, and who hall formed so part of the troops previously mentioned. This battalion also forced their wwy into the town, notwithstandin the fire kept op on them by the fort, in order to support tho column adverted to, which neveribe less disappeared with the rapidity of lightning. To ''nn up all, I have the honour to inform your Excellency, that the result of my enterprise has completely answered your wishes; the enemy hav ing been beaten at all points; all their encamp ments carried and burnt; their considerable maga sines of salt-fish, oil, cud brandy, with 18 oxen, belonging to Blake's army, and intended for the supply of Gerona, having been taken or desttoy. nl ; cud every part of the town, Ithleh 'the inha bitants atteniptegi to defend, having been burnt. The remains of the forte of 2000 men, which occupied bee city, could not have effected their escape, had not Brigadier Quadratic taken refuge in the castle. According to a very probable calculation, tho enemy must, at least, have lost between 8 and 900 men in killed, without including the wounded, who had time to take refuge in the castle. On my side, I hid 35 killed, including two officers, end ti 4 wounded. among whom are several officers. Of those who have distinguished themselves, shall, for the present, cootine myself to mentioning only the names of General Muzzuchelli, Col. Vll late, who commanded theadvauce, and Col. Eugene, all of whom gave proofs of unparalleled intrepidity and complete experience. • The tern'or impressed upon the enemy by the different enterprises of the army, was so great, that neither Blake with his army, nor Colonel Ultonia with his corps, dared tocpproack to relieve Ilestalrkls, though they were only four or five leagues from it. I have the honour, &c. (Signed) Pico. TLe tearral of D:visioa. SARAGOSSA, NOW. 6. DAUM OfIIWItS. • The parties of ?trees, 1 r4ro,a, and part, with 1 L- I ' '• !we that infested the right boa of the Elms, remedied, after being driveu from the sallies of Arragon, in effecting Ottaction on the other side of the Ciuca. There, confine. iing themselves to be in perfect security, they had begun to plan fresh predatory expeditions ; bat, just at that moment, General Hubert having sent across the river 6o hussars, with a sultigeur seated behind each of them, surprised the ruffians in their rendezvous, and put more than 100 of then to the sword. At day-break, Colonel Robert crossed the above Estattilla, with from 7to Bon of his corps. General Hubert adverted, at the same time, from the environs of Cootata, at the bead of /40 hussars of the ath vultigeurs of the 121st regiment. " The enemy bad effected the junction of all their parties ; but that circumstance only made the Colonel more eager to attack them ; they consisted of 3000 men. Colonel Robert, after the first attack, adopted the scheme of ordering his soldiers, on whose experience lie knew he could rely, to give over the pursuit of the enemy, atol to make a feigned retreat. The marauders, observing these movements, and taking them for a real retreat, nistautly prepared to pursue our troops; hut, soon after, the I I:th regiment suddenly faced shunt, embed upon the enemy with their bayonets, and without firing is single musket; suit at the same instant hoe hussars mule a charge, which strewed the field with their dead. The iitsurgents bring driven as far as Foes, there Ttempted to make a momentary stood, but the result was, that they were completely routed. Their loss cons'ated of 300 killcu ; the number of their wounded was more considerable. On our side, we have had ten wounded. The iahabitants of rout having indulged in all the excesses of the most cowardly cru elty, that s iHage has ceased to exist--s terrible example, in deed, bet at the same time • necessary one, in order to strew such persons that it is rain for them to expect ! The soldiers, too, will lie convinced, that it is only indiscipline sod obedii nee that they can discover the cause of their lid perincity over a fanatical rabble, who would, ash' esily, lay down their arms, could they but set, in its full csteut, the perfidious conduct . (their leaders. " The Geeerabin.Chief, Count guebet, congratulates General Hubert oa the style in which he directed this ope ration, in the execution of which the 117th regiment, and tl.e sth regiment of hussar'', have given a fresh proof of their bravery, and afforded Colonel Robert an oppui tunny of dis playing his wood conduct . - On the lid) ult. the feast of our Lady of the Pillar was cekhrated with great pomp. There were two bull-tights in honour of the FtItEeSIIN, SOY. 13. The Bavarian troops, under the command of Ma jor %Valhi, entered Reuti yesterday. They cume from Lermos, where Brigadier Count Von Obern dorf is. Noiwithstonding the good reception our troops have met with from the inhabitants of Ler mos, it still appears that th. flame of insurrection is not yet entirely extinguished in that quarter. It was last night rumoured that the'Fyrolese had again taken up arms; all the French troops here were in ttautly mustered. The Commissary-General Count Von lieissuch, %rho has arrived here to expedite the demolition of the works in the !Collet*, add the it..orlpila, went this morning to Keuti, where he had an interview IA itli Major Von %Valhi. after whic'i he poceetled to lieniptem 'macs, Nov. 17. Several of the Austrian.lllinisters have already nturned here, to resume their function. SEMLIN. NOV. O. Since the conquest of that part of Senna which lies on the other side of the Moniwa, nothing of im portance has occnrred between the Turks and the ' f)ervian insurgents. They have only had a few akin. raisin.* in the vicinity of Grnschwa, Jagadina, and Liwatiza. On the 2ntli ult. the body of Turkish troops that were posted at Passarowitch, Ram, and Perko, broke up front their encampments, and fell hack in the :direction of Nissa. It is difficult to cora -1 prebend the motives of this measure. It is true, that, ac:ording to the odvices from Belgrade of the 2stil of September, the Paella Knzauv Ali had thrown a bridge over the Morawa, at Compri°, and again placed a geriison of 2500 infantry and ca valry in Jagadinia, under the command of Bim Pasha; and what leads us to' suppose that the Turks have changed their plan is, that it is well known to have been their iutention to direct their operations from that tpiarter. It should, however, be observed, that, according to advises from IVid din, the Turkish army has evacuated the three dis t►icts of Servia, on the other side of the Morawa, in consequence of the incessant rains, which, they apprehended would be followed by an early and severe winter. 6T. PETERSBURG% NOT. 3. flu the 16th of September, Generals Afillarado virh and Platow defeated a eo,ps of picket] Route. liau troops, got possession of their artillery, cut off • part of them front Silistria, and pursued the& 30 wends. The Torks lost I,t pieces of artillery, and h•d 4,000 killed. - INDIA. . BOMBAY INTELLIGENCE, 11: LT 22, 11109. AFFAIRS OF AFFGANISTAN. The Cabul Embassy is now, we understand, on its return from Pcshour, to the British terri tories, after the complete Attainment of all the ob jects of its miirsion. Considerable apprehensions, however, are entertained concerning the fate of the present Attglian Monarch, Sujii-ul-Mulk, whose competitor, Mahmud, was, by the last accounts, advancing from Candshireof which he had gamed possession, against the capital, Csbul, with a force which is understood to be vastly superior to any that the present Monarch can muster to oppose it, even if joined by the army of Cashmeer, which is also, suspected to be in a state of disaffection: - Two gentlemen of the embassy, charged with special dispatches, by thc route of Lahore, and two ' LONDON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 1 1. ARRIVAL OF A MESSENGER. An Austrian Messenger was landed on Saturday evening., a little to the eastward of 1/over, to which he come in a schooner from Collis, not having been able to make Dover Roads. Mr. Masruu, the Agent for Prisoners, apprised of his arrival, imme diately proceeded to Kingsdown, and brought him in a chaise and four to Dover. We understand that he hacbrought from his Court dispatches for the AUSTRIAN A MBASSADog, linaioUtiCiiig the rTreaty between Austria and France, and the necessity of breaking off all intercourse with this country, and his recal. .The speculators on the Stock Exchange will not fail to give to this mission a pacific character. It has been reported, for soine days, that there has been for some time a French Agent io London, who, though nominally authonsed only to treat for an exchange of prisoners, is sup posed to be invested with more extensive powers. have even some interesting extracts from The Bombay Gazettes, to the 27th of July. Not withstanding the strict blockade or the Maarititus, we find that the Bellost French frigate, and the Laurel sloop of war, lately captured from us, had contrived to escape out of Port Louts. They were, however, discovered by our look-out frigates, and the/lair:mg/de, of 64 guns, and the Boadicea fri gate, were sent in pursuit of them. We have received Dutch Piper* to the 3d inst.. King Locti, of Holland, set off for Paris on the 17th last. On the preceding day, the sitting of the Legislative Body commenced, on which oceithion the PRVAlDENTarldre4sed hiw in a long eperch, is which he says—" The Legislative Body ardently wish, that it may please Providence to confirm in.your MAJESTY'S hands, to extreme old a g e, the reins of a government which is calculated to promise permanent happiness to this country. They are fully convinced, Sire, that, could the wishes of your heart be accomplished, your People would have constantly enjoyed all that prosperity which might be expected from their local situation." The PEESIDENT proceeds to enlerge upon the disas trous circumstances which hare involved Holland io•the present war, contrary to her interest and her isclinatimas; awl laments that, in the present state of things, instead of divitinishing the public burdens. it only remains for His Majesty, in proposing fresh taxes, to lay them on with u light a hand as pos. Bible. King Loins, in his answer to this complimentary Address, sayy, If the public treasury has expe rienced some momentary difficulties, every one mild feel that it is the mew:tory consequet.ce (lithe hardness of the times." lie, however assures tlo: Legislative Body, that, todwithstanding an ill_ creamed expenditure of 3,000,000 . in the war dela' t rnent, he has Contrived, by a temporary diversiutt of the appropriations for other services, to keep within the estimate for the year intfl. lie refers them to a Report of the Minister of the Interior, for a detail ed stutement of the different branches of the public service, and for the corrohoiatimi of an inferenc e that must, no doubt, be very grattfy ing to Dutch. men, vie. it that, but for the eirtumstatices of tl. • maritime war, our iliforts would moat probably have procured for the nation that peace and. presinsity of which it greatly stands in need" !! ! Hts IVI a, es re then preparing his subjects for the introductiou of the Napoleon Cude, adds, ti We must mutitace this occasion to express the pain we feel in being under the necessity of proposing deluges sod innova tions, to which the Dutch are in general so averse, from their attachintha to their old usages, and their • regard tothe memory of their ancestors. A montenCti coosiderution, however, roust eotivir.ce you, that we are tint partial to itmovutions, and ;hat we may pro pose such changes and innovations tia are indispensa bly necessary fur colts*liilothig the existence of the kingdom, giving greater uniformity of system to its Goverrinitent, and promoting the happiness of its in. habitants. Every one must be convinced of the vu. use which wg attach to public opinion, soil the ap probation of the country at large. We are not tie aware that innovations and changes give great of fence, and often excite arervion against their au thors, when their salutary effects are re:note cud imperceptible." The mist% er eoncludes with ‘ll an nouncement of his visit to Paris, which he lio:ivs will be productive of beneficial consequences to los people, and iiti assurance of his purpose to return before the Ist of January. The Dutch Papers contain no intelligence from Madrid, or the Banks of the Tage4e They notice merely some military operations in the viciaity of Gerona, where, we re.gret to learn, they stormed the town of 1 - lortalrich, %laid) coutained a supply for that gallant city. . _ The Tyroleans continue to wage a glorious, bat we fear, oil linpeless nu' fare. The submission of the gallant and loyal tiorrrit is not - mentioned, proof that the letters attributed to him wete fo,gc rieq. An article from S!Illliti diews'the incorrectness of the intelligence brought by the Malta nsail; reppee. lag the occupation of Constantinople by the IN/- aims% or even their near approach to that city. It will he seen from the following extract of a letter, that all the arrangements prepal.liori to rive soaLuation of Walchcren were completed at Cry be ginning tit' last week ; the troops mould be put on board with the tirst fair wind: " vr.tAniNG, DEC. 6 " The evaruatiou takes pkcc the Aim Mir wind. The event basin at Flushing is destroyed, and mines are laol r the Dock gates to blow them np. The arsenal ail! be act hie to at the trumient of onr departure. SWIM thousands of sailors are on shore. who a , e em plo)ed in the grand work of destruction. It is surprising raids what alacrity they labour. It is a sceue of which nu one who has nut witnessed their power's tan form a,. idea. The hasiu is a prodigious work of art, and held the iAole of the French fleet previous to our arrival. " The terror of the Mhibit ants is excessive. They dread,. bat I ate pet suaded unnecessarily, the ravages we may cum guilt at our departure. They fear, even more, the re-appear. sect of the French, by whom they expect to be stripped of the usouey they gained bum um army, by the exorbitant prices they churgrd for every article they surd us. " There will not he a single gun left to send us a farewell shot at our departure." We learn that a man of war is on shore off Bea chy head, and that the Defence, of 74 guns, has sailed to her assistance. The Royalist gun-brig has taken a French pr:- vateer, and sent her into Dover. The Pigeon schooner captured a French priva teer, op Saturday, and sent her into the Down-. The illustrious, Captain Bassoon-rum, is titti:: 4 ; for foreign service. The Royal O. 74, Lord A SIX CMS BEACCLEIM, has, in const•quen•le, joined the squadron which blockades Gberburg,h. • Captain Nixon, Aid-de-Camp to the Liciite eant-Goveraor of Portsmouth, is promote) to a Ma jority in the lEtth regiment or foot. Lieistcnant R. W. Stustrix os is appointed Com► minder of the "'yen prison-ship, at Chatham. The Danmark. 71. Captain 13IssErr ; Neptune, gs. Sir JAMES ATHOL WOOD ; Hyperion, Captain Baootx ; and the Peruvian. Captain F. Doutat.As, are yet prevented from sailing from Portsanouth, with tiie West India convoy, by contrary indr.— l'helioratio, Captain Score, gives protection to the trade for Portuge: and Cadiz ; and for the Me iliterrunean, as far as the Gut of Gibralter. The KING has been pleased to colder the hostoar of Knighthood on THOMAS STAINES, Eul. Ceram in the Royal Navy. Serious complaints have been preferred by thc• merchants at Newfoundland, againet the Chief Jit°- lice of that Island, whose removal, it is expected. will consequently take place. Admiral 1101.1.citvay hes struck his flag as Corr - munder.in-Chicf at Newfoundland ; the usual tie for holdingthat command (three years) having ex pired. It is expected that the gallant Admiral will shortly re-hoist his dog for another comlteind• Either Vice-Admiral GIOROS CAMP s 6& or Sir ISAAC Corns, will, it is said, @act:tad Admiral ilord.oW•Y• Friday. Mr. War. Riehie, carpenter of Ilia Me ats-rt.'. ship Squirrel, was tried I,r a Court-lartiat for drunkenne,.a, and was sentenced 10 be tlionaibhe 4 hie ship, rendered incapelde of ever serving. lit " Lacer again, and to serve in sum h other capacity as the Connuander-in-Chief at l'crtsinouth should di res;t,—Capt. Lee, President. I others by tl,e route of the InOus, are rspected.— IVe have since learned, through a private channel, that Lieutenants Harris and Tit kelt hid actually entered the Punjab, on their way to Dehlee; and that Mr. Fraser, second assistant to the Envoy, accompanied by Lieutenant Ross, would shortly set out, by the other route above-mentioned, for Bombay. Ittrojeet Sing bad given orders to the Killidr.ra to ogler no molestation, but to afford to Lieutenants Ticket! and Ilarris, every practicable facility through his territories. Letters from Colonel Ochtt don?, detachment, at Laudehaunels, of the Nth May, repre,ent' affairs iu Sirhincl as completely tramprd. The Rajah of Lrhore hail reduced his troops to nearly the usual peace establishment, and he had Ii i iii self retired to his capital, where, it Aunderstaod, that he would remain for some mouths. Dowhit Rao Scindia still remains in his posi tion at Shapoorali, where he had been kept in Dhirna for some days, by his Hindostanee troops. Ile was in treaty with the Mohuttumed of Shapoo rah, fur the customary Aunt. It would appear that the second instalment of the Jeypoor tribute, bad not been made good. Khos haleeram, the Rajah's Envoy, was still in &in diu's camp, and had remonstrated in strong terms to the Minister Saajoo Halo, against the depreda tions, which, in defiance of the late settlement and treaty, Ilapoosee Scindia still continued to commit in the district of Siccardalie. Jeswurtt Rao llolkrr , by the last accounts, we. at Anioor. The Ilindostan newspapers inform us, that he has lately experienced some violent pa roxysms of his distemper, in the cow se of which, he combicted himself with great intemperance and indecorum towards some of his attendant chief tains. It world seem, however, that lie is still al lowed to retain, in a certain degree, the manage anent of his own concerns. A detachment of troops, under Major Knox, had marched from the stations of Dehlee sod De warree into the Hurranee country, against the fort or a refractory Chieftain, situated beyond Uansee. The name of the fort is Ifni'nigh. /)a approach ing and reconnoitring the place, they found it too strong to be carried by a coup de webs. A regular bitterisig train of two 18 and two 12-pounders, to gether with all necessary implements for a siege, had accordingly been ordered, from Deidea to join the detachment. • The ilortourohle Mr. Elphinstone returns. we understood. horn Cabpl to Calculi*. previously to his proceeding to Nagpore. , ••' The trial of WM. CLA and Mr. Wle Willi, fora-Con spiracy, on the prosecution of Mr. IVA it DLO. comes on this day, in the Coed of linter Benc`...•We will 'ire a 14111 report of it to• morrow. %HE BRITISH PRESS.