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Corfu. Since the late fruitless debarkation of the English, they have made no further attempt against that Wand, the garrison of *lnch is in a very re •pectaWe state of defence. rOWIUGUF-`:E PAPERS. LISBON, APRIL 10. . Bs a letter from the head-quarters in Chaves, dated the 3 tat ult. the tolluwing intelligence has • beta meet ed • •// Suurr the 23d lost. Astorga is formally invested by a force. consisting of from 10 to 12,000 men, commanded by Junot. On the 13th some skir mishes took place, time moult of which e as favour elate to tke Spanish. It appears, that General Alahy is advaucitirto succour Asturga : but all the troops IA CsAilltMl are not very numerous. " Von Antonio Ater, Capt.-General of Asturia n has proceeded to Badajoz, and the lee troop., who are in that principality, are coinmailded by General Punta The M:srquis partizan), endeavours to collect s small inrce, but the whale tract of country, as far as the river !Cameo, is oceu. pled by the French. Ou the left bank of the ribmro, small parties of the enemy's troops continue vow and then to make their appearance." CADIZ, 14AACCI 27. The head-quarters of the army have hero re moved to the Royal l.le of Leon. Tue tuemr is still working at an eutrenched camp iu the vicinity of the Castle of San Catharine ; it forms a square, with several salient points in front. It is reported, that the 900 French, who effected their escape from Ronda, have fallen vi:titus to the milk fury of the intrepid patriots. '.esters lately received from Gibraltar, state, that t!ie i:re of patoution is spreading wide and far tirroi: • the mountainous district of Ronda, the inhabitauts of which leave their families and homes, and take 'Terries to pursue and destroy the French, who had the audacity of pent tratiog into those parts. hlarabella, Ronda, soil Orisons, are free, and their recapture offers invaluable advantages to destroy the enemy, who, full of terror, is king in every direction. The intended King fled from Malaga en the 13th instant, at seven o'clock in the morniug ; the ret aptuie of Ronda and Marabella greatly contributed to his Hight. The Super iur Junta of Government has published an recount, by which it appears, that the gallatit and intrepid Patriots, whose fly lug parties keep the croon,. 01 a constant state of alarm, lately attat Iced and defeated a eronsitteroble dttai bluetit of the • mieray's tromps on the road leading from St. Olalla to Kompsitlo. The French I. as eolol* . til 10 30 killed and Is wroi•oled. The euenty has also lately been routed in the vicinity of Valverde. DA04.102, APRIL 4. largnitt's composed of 0.000 foot and 600 h•srae, arrived io Merida on the id inst. and on the follawiss. 4 clay moved Irmo thence, in the direc tion of Villa Nova de lo Serena, whither it was to proceed by tarred marches. The light troop. of the vanguard of Billasteroes many scored, no the Ist instant. at Azualvolloo, form which pia, e their Commarnier, Dim Josef voiladares, sent an official lottruition to the NI uni civility of Seville, kw bold the following day 3n 5 000 nations ill romiliess for the use of It.. Spanish array. which is on it. march to that capital. On the 27th of last month, 4,000 French march ed from Seville to Ch. poor, where the head-quar ters of the French evil are established, which is oppooal to that of liallastertia, • hose head-quarters are still iu 111 Ira Ma , ...10a are several II- isuc parties, soma of considerable strength. which greatly harass GA molest the enemy's troops. Letters are this ssiosne:lt received from Seville, of the 30th silt., which contain the following north pence:--" In this capital and its suburbs more than 11,000 French h:.ve met their fate. In Quin tillawa the militia of the province and -.nine flying parties were lately engaged with the eneinr, whose loss was comidrtable. &holier informed the Mu nicipality, that he should, verbal's, order the biiilge to be broken down. Joseph Bonaparte ha+ return ed to Carolina. It is said that Vict.rr us on the point of leaving the Isle of Leon fur Cartoona." APRII. General Rsllasteroo hes communicated the fol lowing report to his Extere.lty, the Manium de Is Rom : . 110. T Elteet.Lewe ttn—O• the isth tint after the Ant division to Estrent.iilncis bad formed a itioteltwet sal. seer I determined to attack the enemy, in St 01.,11:1, 'marching In different cola nits, true of which put its. .1 in minion on tire cath, at night, and the other 1,11 the rah, at tweak of day , list the westhrr heroine no tcmpestuinis thAt I found tat self obliged, at two o'cick in the mmisinc. to ewaperwl the inaerli. At eight o'clock, the weather clearing up a little. I put toy turps scan in nantiiin fur St. 01211.4 where I rw• lied al haldpar twu, and learned, that the aortas hail marched, at ones o'clock, Anr Ilonquilto, with a fume composed of c,soct foot mad Sato bone. &tag &monis 1,, mum up •ith lion, 1 ordered the light paean to tea eke Ronfauollo the same eeraing, and to bet& barattaiog the French, while I, with the rest of nog corps, adulated willing two leagory cloaame from that place, whore I halted. " The three lying parties, cosensantletl hr Don Ft lipe Vi:iatisit, Dos LUIZ Carrot, and Dee Jaillit . Ruth.. Opelerd thrlr tote at Is o'clock at night, and continuEJ it sii.til 6 o i lurk in the asuransg, shoo I arrived. " ,tt q Ocleek, the Are haves( cuninosed isithnsit inter. nits4...a, It was charts perceived tit a the enemy began to e , itcst. Seto, ( thistly pitasseil. as Air as Itiu Hitilla, lm hAlted, mid toglap a use **m.o.-4 cat tii 4, a loch, brim: ,tioP parted by the rte:rwr•tt a (mop., commanded tly 1.1. ult.- amint-Colonel 1 , .• Veit., I).p. me, Coh•wei haftme the aunts tatet ut • column: and anon' det..i.loweLti of ddlercut corps, which fought is lice ler three tours together, wide the minuet intrepidity and valour, t►ey kept t►eir ground, and the enemy found it altogether impossible I. regain one single inch of the territory, which hes just been relieved from his scourge. " In this...date of things I diseontinned the pursuit, be cense my troops stood much in need of food, and of .tine re pose. The ground gained by hard fighting is still in our power, and I did not retrograde. an inch. The enemy's ad vanced parties are in sight of mine ; all the troupe under my command are in the highest spirits, worthy of the Spanish name, and continually desiirins to engage the enemy, whose loss in the above engagement was considerable. Ours can not, as yet, be ascertained, as I have nut yet received the re a turn from the ditlerent corps. " Brigadier.fieneral Don Juan Finem de Cnntrerar„ COITI• 111311der-111. Chief of the first dit ufi..it of Lal I 1.1111.1111110, comm. tributed much to the success of one operations, by the ',Ar dente and energy be displayed mm the occasion, and which are worthy of the highest pi aisc. " Rouquillo„ 27th March, I a tu. " FRANCISCO BA LLASTEROS." TABILAGONA, MALGII l). This evening came in here 57 deserters from the army of the enemy. They are unfortunate Germans made-phooners in the Austrian war, and forced into the army by Bonaparte, %lib his customary violence. Within these few data 300 soldiers of the cat airy have deserted, and we are assured that 900 infantry are wandering in the mountains, as they are un willing to give themselves up to the militia, but wish to meet with regular troops. The desertion which prevails in the enemy's army is extra ordinary, especially since our late advantages at Mollet and Saute Perpetus. The Number of those who have deserted within a short time summits to I000.—((;mete of the Regency, March 23.) CETIACT FROM THE DISPATCHES OF TUE 01I9I• RAL-111-CHIEF OF THE MIMIC OF ESTEEM/MU RA, OF THE DATE MAKII 21. The enemy. after their ineffectual attack upon &dojo:, establi►hed themselves in Merida, Zafra, and Santa Marta. The Marquis de la Romana sent against then Major-General Don Carlos O'Donnell, commander of the second division of the army situated at Albuquerque, directing him to move upon Caceres, Truedlo, and the whole front of 16..1)4416mi. O'Donnell left Albuquerque at eleven in the morning of the 13th inst. with seve ral cor i .v, amounting in the whole to 1,500 men, of whom '2OO were cavalry. He continued his march i s flu best order till the 14th, when the advanced guards of the enemy were discovered in the neigh bourho al of Caceres, and the advanced guard be gan to tire upon them. The French, seeing the good disposition and valour of our troops, retreated by the heights, tdking !mistiest's from which they were immediately sti.loslgell by oar flying parties of infantry and cavalry. Having reached the Sierra de San Benito, they attempted to n►ake a halt, hut observing the Spanish cavalry endeavouring to take them sit flank, and cut off their retreat, they descended the Sierra, and crossed the great plain which extends to the bridge of Salon, which they passed with great difficulty, pursued by one parties. which continually haras•rd them, to Aides de Can°, distant from Caceres three leagues and • half. " O'Donnell did not think it prudent to expose himself in that plain, fearing the enemy might re ceive reinforcements of cavalry ; he, therefore, re. turned by Malparteda and Arroyo, to Albuquerque, where the whole division arrived on the 15th, after hieing gone 32 leagues in three days and a half.-- The French did not stop till they reached Miran distant rime leagues from the place from which they set out in the morning; and it is known, by later accounts, that they abandoned Merida, Zsfra, sad Santa Marts. Their Ines must have • ded 150 men ; since, though they used their customary precaution of carrying off their wound ed, and even their dead of any rank (among shorn was the Commander of their cavalry), they left 47 dead bodies on the held ; and the 'text day &even carts, full of sounded, entered Merida, among whom were several Officers. Our loss consisted of two mem killed, and 46 slightly wounded : one hoise killed; and 10 wounded. The Commander praises li! ; ;:ily the discipline which the whole division Mi ser% ed in its winch, the union and order preserved by the infantry of the line while pursuing the enemy. and the intrepidity manifested by the flying parties. " It is believed, that in consequence of this %tic s:es., our troops eutersil Soot& °lolls so the it;ith, to uhich Ores 11111qor-t.kiviessl lialiasterot pro ceirdsll to attack the Freuch it, their retreat. Equal bravery and good conduct were isogon rested by the eying parties, commanded by 1)on Julian S..nches. Captain of Cavalry of Volunteers of Ciudad Rodtigo, in the encwinter they had with the enemy ow the 6th Mot. in the nsighhourhond of Bonds and Fuenie de S. Esteban. tillsges distant six leagues from that place. With only 16 men, they attacked an advanced guard of 30 French horse, of whom they killed nine, and wade IS pri soners, for the moist part badly wounded. .. The Iwo which the French troops suffer in ill, kind of warfare is ►uch as to disgust the foreign soldiers. who daily desert. in cousiderable warn hers, to our banners. Nine Hanoverian ebasseurs dinwrted. with their arms and horses, front Sala manca. to Ciudad Rodrigo : thirty have deserted at BaLlajoz ; at Astorga more than 100: and we are assured that more would desert. if it were not from fear of the twasantry."—/fersette Let►aordi naryr Vase Regency, March i 7.1 LONE I)ON, WEDNESDAY. Aran. .2 3 . It is confidently remitted that Lord Mul.naAVE is to be irloced at the bead of the Ordnance, and he succeeded at the Admiralty by Mr. Vona& The bl oc k a di ng system has been objected to by mnisy professional men, as not perfectly practicable ; but if Mr. Yonaß can shut up the enemy's. ports as completely as lie shut up the gallery of the House of Commons, lie will carry, at ad events, that branch of the naval service into complete effect. We have received Portuguese Papers to the 11th instant. containing intelligence from Cadiz to the 49th March. No military operation of any im portance had taken place in that quarter. hut hopes were entertained that the French would he obliged to evacuate the whole of Andalusia. in contemplation of which event General Bt aks: was preparing to cut off their retreat. General BAL LASTCIIO3 had his head-quarters at Moto);Ho on the 47th. }Ls artily is estimated at 3t5,000 men. with which he meant to advance to Seville. In the north of Spain, we feud that Aitorga had keen, on the 31st, closwly inve.ited dnring the eight preceding days. The Spain it'ds do lint seam to be in Aufficient force in Gillltem to relieve it. Desertion is represented as becoming general among the foreign troops in the French service, especially those Germans taken prisoners in the late war, and wl BONAPARTE. with his characteristic barbarity. and disregard for the esiablished laws of nations, has forced into his service. Paris Papers have been received to the 17th inst. BONAPARTE, who was to have set out for St. Quin tin 011 the Kith, has postponed his jatirtiry, and, as the Session of the Legislative Bctly was expected to finish on the 21st, it is probable that he intended to close the sittings of that Assembly a message. According to letters form Constantinople, Mr. ADAIR is coming home, on account of ill health. There are some curious articles in the French papers respecting Kowa sue. His journal, called 77re Bee, it appears, ha. been suppres.rd, in 1'013141 . quence of its bring obnoxious to the G►eat N APO• who, with all his armies aml cannon. is still afraid of paper bullets. KOTZFOUE ha. fortunately escaped, and has embarlied at Kiel for England. The principal part of the Dutch territory, which has just been united to France, is to form a depart ment, under the rime of the Departiaeut des Bunches du Min, of which Buis k be will be the capital. The remainder, which con.ists chiefly of the isles of Zealand, will be united to the de partment of the Deice Nellie& The Paris papers indulge freely in extract. from the London papers, respecting Sir F. 1k aU :IT. Yesterday, tlu• 41,9;1,05:hes were dually closed at the East India HisoNe, nod delivered to the Put ser• el the uoderineii.iimed vv.-- Rustlaty, Captain A. Halriluat ; Surat raitly, Captain A. Rubes toots ; Aleatick Caatle, Captato P. Rullaud , Royal George, trout:it's A Wahiawa Croton, Capsule G. (.say. —4:or Ultima direct emicsiger...pr. linmlmv— - - Henn Broom., F.M. Pr...nleut of the Select Committee •f aopetcarcors; Sus George It as Staunton, Bart.; and Mr Malt. t, Writer. _ _ Letters from Madam communicate the arrival at that port, and departure h.r Paris, of Messrs. AI•K ENZI r. and Olt Ai SSW.. *ho sailed some time itg) ifolll Plymouth to tirgrulate Cu exchange of prisoners of war. Thee also add, that they were fe et ived with every mark of respect on then landing. The Master of an Arm-titan vessel, which has been condemned at Chnstianaand, in Norway, states, that between forty and fifty American vessels had been seised in Norway, and were iu course of adjudication. The slightest pretexts were made use of to cover these turacies. We understood thin Jos! , augogrr. EN. Fdtc• riff-depute of the county of Haddiusonn, is to suc ceed the late %PRISE HODSON CRY, EN. al Judge of the ugh Court of Admimlty of Scotland. ALEXANDER MICONNOCIIIE. Esq. it is said, suc ceeds Mr. &RNLI' in the Sheriffdom of Nodding ton. The Senate of the Ihsieersity nf. Chignon have conferred the degree of 1)ortor in Lain on the It, v. Joist Yorpo, one of the lion. East India Coinpany's Chaplains on the Bengal Establish ment. Jry __.,se, that we d o not recollect any oc cas i m , upon which he exerted liiin.tlf mere, or with more distinguishes] success, When urma MrS.SIDDONi, as Lady fllactsti, the pine. lie will scarcely require encomium, whe re mium hum hero exhausted. Never et any time Wool she more successful; the proud xpostalatioo with which she sought to overthrow, and surer. tied i n overthrowing. the 'scruples of her husband, was um leas forcibly exhibited, than the deep mad lute despair that followed her success . The diseased," aptwared in every feature, in per r y a , unit, and in every intomition of the voice; and those who went away withUnt a deep impre.ssini i from her exertions, are us much to be pined fair the west of moral feeling, as of literary anal theatrical judg. went. Mr. C. amine, anal tke other performers, each in their several degrees, acquitted themselves to the satisfaction of the Unitise. The pontuinittii. c al Ballet of Poe JIMA followed, and was received with great applassee. LYCr.I,II THEATRE. The Comedy of lie Celfelleracy we repeated last night, and went nil' with eclat. It is, indeed, admirably got op, and all the performers. become mellowed iii their respective parts; appear to every possible advantage. This observattoo applies with peculiar force to Mr. Met.vllCS Brats, which ass distinguished by an eau( and itchness of bantam. truly admirable. Mitts DuNCAN, in Ciarisra, also shout- 'unrivalled in archness and vivacity.— The novelty of the eight was Mr. Moult', Josea, of the Covent-Gardeu 'Theatre, in the Cha racter of Mile, in the absence of Mr. PAL' MFR. who is indisposed. He appeared to ! .e a t advantage. und received much applause.—ln the his: act, where he ribscrves to his mother. that a;: e had i!n:ie him all the injury in her newer, hr •:14 very f•Ueet•Nlfille The {Wage b , clar followed, mini presented the famous Milne, from Lisbon, a second time, to a London audience.—His sudden leaps natal plunges display extraordinary strength and agility, but his style and manner are new in this country, and we must be familiar s and appreciate t th h e r tn nh tt in uly o . rde T r h t e o h f o e t e t i se h b i la n st l ed "rit a ll. full and elegant audience. Yesterday morning, His MAJESTY. the Duke Of CASIDRIDGR. and Princesses AUGUSTA and SOPID A. rode till twelve o'clock; titsy Wen ac companied by Lords ST. If NA's', and Aanea, Generals GWYPINK and FIT2II, Y. .1:01Dit Mua. ATM Colonel Tsvt.tia, and Lady COLLILI. His Winery is DOt expected in town this day. The Duchess of BUCULEUGH, Ladies Gear, Aswavatua. PLUNTWOSTII, Ei.ssitoa Duanss. and E. Bovt.r.. with the Hem Mrs. Spices, pa tronised Mrs. SIMARD'S benefit, at the Edinburgh Theatre. last night. Among the fashionable groupes which attended the opening of the New Theatre. in Tottenham street, on Monday night, was Lord COUOTENAT and a party of thirteen. Lord and Lady HARRINGTOD entertained the Duke and Duchess of Ricnnos IS, the Duchea of Goitelost, and several other distinguished person.. on Settudie last, at dinner, at their apartment at the Royal Hospital, near Dublin. Admiral Cot rum is going out to take the com mand of the Nlediterranean fleet, in room of Lord Cot.ttsr.woon. On this occasion the punsters ob serve, that Admiral Curio/slums*. can be Worsted. Mrs. Muosta's Elvira, in Pizarro. is expected to produce an overflow, this Met, at the Haymarket Theatre. This evening a crowded house is expected at the Haymarket Theatre, to witness the first appearance of Mr. and Mrs. Moons, of pro vincial celebrity. Mrs. M. has made choice of Moira, in the Tragedy of Pizarro, (the first time of acting it this season); and Mr. M. Sharp. in Itatca'S admirable Farce of 77ie Lying Valet. On Snuday a capital new and excellent-toned organ, built by ELI.IOT, was performed oo by Mr. Jams% at Camden Chapel,Peckhain, when, after • sermon by the Hey. Dr. Daunts, a liberal cut lection was made for goo children, belooging to a Sunday school held there. Yesterday morning, being Easter-Tuesday, the Her. HoWLASD HILL preached his 111111104 sermon at Surrey Chapel. to girls, amounting to he."'" six end seven thousand, consistiras of cbsof schools, Sunday schools. boarding oritn•lN mad other children. The Rev. G ost i csoo o s ou k h.s text from Psalm li. v. to. " Coate is we ■ dean bean, 0 God, sad resew a vibe spirit within we." The whole of the discourse was admirably 11 ,1 •1 4 - ed to the tender years of the h s ; impressing on their mind., in a familiar and plain lantrittr• the necessity of attending to the good instructions of their parents and friends. The spacious chapels upon this occasion, was set apart fur the children and their governesses. They began to arrive at tie chapel soon after seven o'clock, aPhosigh the sr:- vice AM not Issgin till eleven. Mr. Hat. present. d all the children with an appropnate 11) tun, a lin , n by himself for the occasion. which was ...NJ ni'h 4 very sublime effect by the children. On ‘l. Mr. Hsu. preached to a number of boys at the same place. The public will please to observe, that the tidy person in partnership with the late Sir J. Illts•s -001111, at the time that firm shared thus grand prise of one thrinimod ehi.h pro duced 24.7651. (in last April Lottervi N P.. ET TON, who is now remised to Nil. the Mansion House. • . s. 5ip?4, t ...... at 11 .. • •r — a•• ".,,-. I gilt 0 44 P' THEATR ES. m th .......... COVENT-C A itini t. di This Theatre was greatly crowded, lust nithi, by when the tragedy of Norbedi was repr esented wit h Pt considerable effect. Mr. KENDLE, in the part of ot MaebetA, though evidently labourin g under r told es displayed his powers with such ability as trios. it ported his audience. The various um ' kinsm of the to passions, the struggles of lotion egotist fOll. -P I 111 science, were Cindy marked ; :it'd pity, mi n .,' wt i, iudignatinn, followtd the Illipiring nsurper throisett la every stage of his une n vi a bl e ruceess. It would lit 11, endless to enninerdte 11108111 MS of the acting who ii, Mr. liEnsin so happily evernplified; it is onlY necessary to observe, th at we d o hnt .. i ...... . FEW 77117.4TRE-ROYAL, COITSTGARIVW. TA is repeat WEDNESDAY, April ts, IYIM, will tow sari, THE WHEEL i/F.FORtUbiE. Peuruddoik. Mr. lieeabie; IVouJrilk . Mr. Marray ; Capt. WoodNb• ; Mr ('. Kcmbl.. Mr. Woodville, Mrs St. Leger; Emily Tc,uvest, Miss Norton. "ro wbirb will be added, flue Pantomime of HARLEQUIN PEDLAR; OR, THE HAUNTED WELL. Harlequin Pe . illar, Mr. Bot;triia,liiii.; Clown, Mr. ; Culutnbine, Mimi Adams. Tu.suorruw, The Grecian 114nshter--On Friday, King Henry the Fourth, Part I.—Ou Sattirday, The Gamester. A New Musical Afterpiece is in rehearsal, Mid will very 'Goa be prodared. LYCEUM ITRE. [Under the special Liteuse of the L..nl Thor al:ijrsi Sr•rvaiits will, this present vi FON ESDAY, April 115, IbN , perinrts We Cowie Own ur THE CABINET. Primer Orlando, 111;Ptraiiin — ;(crt.;n4 Curvet), Mr. Pea le} ; Marquis, 3lr. Matthews; Whiteout :trio, Mr. Kidwell; Cuirstanti.4, Mra—Bithop ; Flu • etta, Mrs Mountain. . . Ertl of the Play (341 t w l UM), n New Cosmic Bullet , , ailed THE T 11.1,4141 DOCTOR. Composed by Monsieur Fr:ll'l,M, Assumin Nlontignani, a celebrated Mime, unit Principal t itotesgur Morel, lions the Theatre at Lisbon; hicod appearance in Etiulasid. To which will be added, the Farce of THE MAYOR OF iiARRATT. Sir Jacob Jab", Mr. Pewter; Mroor ---- lii;riton, Mr. Dow los ; Jerry Saul!, Mr. Russell; Mrs. Seen, Mrs. Marlowe. TU.sikui r rovt, Itichro! or, The Wife asidßroilirr, with Nu Soug nu Supper. THE BRITISH PRESS.