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rtigress rose at ir 'woo. titiee o'clock is the if. OCTOBER 6. The Stings of the ed began at half--put 10 a. on. and was continued in a public manure until a (Iwo ter before two, *lieu it was ordered to he cleared. —The following persons were admitted to take their oath :—the D4a,:on of the Council of Castile and that of the lewder ; the Ileseon of the Orders, and that belnugiug to the Suite ; the Captain- Generale of the Fleet. and of various Depart. masts; the lutend.ints of the Army and Marine,. Some of the funning gentlemen addressed His Majesty. in whose 'same the Presideet of the Cortes . replied.w-Outiog the whole of the Sitting only whet coucerued the Angelica's* foamed the subject of.lisenseion. A representation from the European -Americans Was read. in which they request to have a Representative. or at any rate an Expositor, in the Curtes.;• and ass reason they allege. that Ame rica osotaies.73.ooo Europeans which ere deprived of a Representative in this august Assembly : and, further. they urge their meets, sad the sacrificers sad efts which they have made as a reason why such a request ought not to be disregarded. Se lma& Members. both Americans as well as belonging to the Peninsula. spoke against the pew lihos i , sad proved the aboonlity of inakiTs a din. dachas between Creoles and Eunipeaussu they only foamed one family or one natio.; and that the Ist which happened to fall epee the ooe. was ecriaNy liable to have (glee upon the other, Ice. Them is as doubt that the slid request is totally void of preprietir. and therefore it mat with um airport. This was fullosed by several Americas Dewsties imaging most strenuously that the Cones should declare •bet we hart already mentioned la former 'Oen- N se-we weeded the gallery, and is his usual palsied sad pleasing manner. declared his sur prisy es well as that of the politic. at seeing a De rry se kis knees i■ the gallery. entreatieg His Westy in hearer of.the Americium. as Illepresentw. Sive OA, %poise Being We de not miserable . 1104" staid the worthy Deputy in substance. to UMW die heart. bet to declare the truth ; nor should Menem simile voice be directed toward the people. bmittowerds the septet Assembly of the Cortes." The public Settle; concluded at two o'clock ; but they Silt priva►ely until three in the ammo° My.-..Tbso &Wags baps at the hour or yes ,Serdq+•the Timken respecting the Aatenceas wits sgup discussed. said, that lie exceedingly regretted to ore the sere veld is dismissal earlier! which, as yet, had samdeteece; that they were trading about thecati ideatioaoftwodecrees of the Central Junta, e:r.ch bad set yet bear reitkia the Assembly ; that °sing is their ward of precedents. the Co; tee were deprived Unit iusttoction so requiaite to sanction the said decors; that to him the most obvious way seemed, erielseet entering further into the discussion, to ask bdermatieu from the Counted of India, which 14014 give their *pinkie erreformebly to the laws of lake, their regulatious, resources, and other istleneatiae; and that ',ter this the Cortex might threide with seearacy.on so delimits a point. lie reply, it was oberreed, that it was not mini *** to bedew the decision of the Assembly ; that bat stlibMint that a day for voting ow the said lethiese *Nimbi be (teed on, provided it were not district* And it was urged that, to this effe , :i, they oosh to Imre in mind that the proposed Decrees would imparts fresh stimulus to the liberality of Amens. that without resources it was hot possible Is Patinae the war; and that the money came imps America. hereupon mid, that the Indians must list themselves bort et being declared WOW free, kiim they sever bail bees slaves ; and that the lows bed always granted to there not only the rights of liberty, but she some prerogatives, in wildition to those accented to the Spaniards theta • sellees; tbstseme pewit's, well informed in the low% coat* es. awl character of the ludhins, had wirocrrillii that the best means to favour the In dian. WM to insist en the observance of their hole {het *either ought they now to speak of gesden he the's' which bed any share in the die. tortienees at the Carrecres, because the word might jostly 'tared them, es pardon Away. implied erases that the Regency had oispotched a Coup. ostler. Wrested with full powers, who, perhaps belies that base. had bikes every escrosary tnea. sere. It spoke is favour of the proposed Decrees, sod said, that as they were wit at prestos going to be twacturateil. he wool mares whet be had to say elowcitrorig the foraee speech. 'The Coutotatadant of Royal Carabiusers pre opted hicaelf to take hie oath. The proposals for the appeititment of s Com mission, istitled the 's Commission of Justice." was nabs brought forward. After • slight discassioe, c iii in whirls .it was greed that it neither ought to he styled of joeti nor to assume say there o f the judicial power posited is the Judges. _ , A "mama was proposed, whether Of DO • Com mission shoskl be appoiated, which shossid eiamine into, and propose to the Cot tee, the rummy, which mit,ht be4aken to obtain a speedy and isiparlial administration of jestiee; sod almost all voted for the Contissisioa.—jt was also speed, that the Re roc:, should remit all the ducuments sad papers relative to the Cortes. A Commission of the Public Revenue was also insistrd on; and was, in point of fact, agreed to:. hut the persons who were to for it were sot named ; b form ecaose it was alleged, the neces s ity of busing seal! time. in 'Order that the oppointmeut should be more accurately made: and the Sitting was thus closed at abant two o'clock. MADRID, SUM 18. The convoy from Granada, which was detained in,Anduj ir, arrived ou the 11th, 13th, and 14th, on horses, in wegcons, &c. This kind of dis , . pereton was caused by the caravan having been attacked by the Patriots, between Veld/penis and blansanares. The courier Martin Estenoa, who has been long expected, has arrived from France. It appears that Napoleon persists in his resolution not to send any more money to Spain, bat that.his troops shall maintain themselves at the expence of the country, though the country should be ruined by it! Orders have bees given that no Spanish Officer or soldier shall be received into the service of Sing Joseph; but that all, without exception, shall be sent to France.—This has always been the opinion of Napoleon, to which Joseph sad his Court have been obliged to yield, though they thought differ 'stip—They write from Segovis, adder the date of the 13th, that there have arrived there, when least expected, a French division of 10,000 men from those under the orders ofMassesia. It is be lieved that they are going towards the South, and that a part of them will be incorporated with the garrison of Madrid. TARIAGOII A. SEPT. 20. A body of o4r troops. whicii - WentfrOrn ---- th;spOrt, a d landed at Blanes. has defeated the French is the weighhourhood of Palentos. General Schwartz, who had taken refuge in the castle of Bohai, ssir reud.r. don the 14th prlooner of war. with 700 men, 42 officers, a :icee of cannon. and a number of carriages. Two hundred and fifty more prison ers, and 3 pieces of casinos), were takes at St. Fells'. The enemy who were at l'alamos likewise surren dered. with several pieces of artillery ; as also those at Hager. where there was a battery of considera ble strength. It is estimated that the value of the military effects. provisions, and clothing, taken from the Fre•eh, amounts to Nearly • million of The public joy produced by this success has, however. unfortunately abated, bye wound which Don Henrique O'Donnell has received, by a mus ket-ball, in the right foot. This is the sifteenth French boll which he hue received, either in his person or his cl.thing. Yesterday morning be an. rived in this port, on boa►d the Ehgluilt fngetv.the Caiwb: ion, and was carried OR a litter to kis bole!. At the scat time arrived the Spanish corvette the Diane, which brought General Schwerin and his stall; together with a couvov of more tha• 70 sail with the troops made prisoners, who were landed this evening, to the number of 1,000. They were brought iuto the city preceded hi wrest pieces of artillery, teltith, with eleven that still reveries en ship.bosrd, Make the whole number taken in this glorious expedition eighteen. This same evemou were also brought in 440 other French priwoners, with seven °Seers, take , b, the Boron de I...thAre Falset, on the beaks of the Ebro: some others ere expected, 'taken by the Soinsteum. iu the vicinity of Bare/lens. CADIZ. OCTOM 1. Letters fro , t Catalonia or the B.h ult. state, that a nsuritime irspeilitiou was then in a state or pre paration ; and, it is sa:d„ oil the strength of re. ports of Captains of ships, that the said expedition w-s directed agaiutt Anapiirdau. where 400 of the enemy's troops were killed, and 1,500 taken pri• 4100 M. Renneslles, according to letters from Cadiz of the 13th ult. mai then on the point of sling out an expcditioi with 2,000 lend -troops, embarked 011 bawd of 7 English frigates and one Spenish, a brig. two sloops, and gun-boats. This expedition is tail to be intended against Santona ; he has also detach.d 4.000 by laud, who are to join the above 2.000, after the letter shall have effected ti lending. The English have supplied him with 10,900 muskets and forty barrels of cartridges : be knows that the young motentatorers are anxious. ly desirOas of enlisting under his banners. 1.1_1511014. SIFT. 29. We have this moment received very satiafactnry intelligence fres our army, which we will not de lay giving to the Pahlie, although we have net re ceived the official details, which we will give imme diately that they arrive. On the 27th, the euemy attacked in force the positious of our army. The attack lasted from half past four 'in the morning till five in the even ing. The euemy was constantly dnreu beck with irntnease loss. Private letters state it to be 6,000 killed or wounded; whilst oulle, and that of tl.e English, scarcely amount to 800. The General of Brigade, Simon, was taken prisoner. On the fol lowing day a repetitioa of the attack was hoped for, with equal or greater seams. The conduct of the Portuguese has draws forth the highest eulogirrins from our Allies. PORTUGUESE AND SPANISH PAPERS. MAIIIIZZA, Urn 9. In the sally which the garrison of Tortola made oil the 3 ultimo, the French Genesis Leval end lilopkti Om wounded. It is said that the ilnat diva of his wound,' in Caspe, and that the second continues ill at Saragossa. Generals Sorbet and .Harispe went, on the*Otb alt. from Chirta to Mora, «ith 2,000 infantry and 100 horse; nod on the 41st, General Ilirbertjointril them with 7,000 infantry. The mine day !dacha set out, accompaniad Itis.trinc„ for Lerida ; %here. it is said, he columned unit Macdonald, and afterwards pursued his journey to Sarugeass. The aspect of things have changed ; and although at Mora, Mequinensa, ■od other places on the banks of the Ebro, the French base made many preparations for a siege; and among others a port able bridge of boats, composed of 1$ pontoons; their means to carry on the undertaking against Tortesa do not succeed, and Sachet hes sent various courier, by way of Jaen, requesting reinforcements. MA DRI 0, ILPT. 13. In the night between the 7th and 6111, an ad vanced guard of Patriots advanced within musket shot of the Gate of Segovia, without the French (though they knew it) daring to interrupt them. It appears that in Catalonia fate seems' liropi• tious to our arms and that the enemy is con fnunded, and does nothing but vary his plans. Those which attempted to penetrate into Valencia. have suspended their march ; and in that kingddm the wise precautions, netivity, and patriotism of its new Chief, give reason to hope for the best 'eau is from the army; and that it will put itself in tno tio and not merely limit its operatioa►to the de fence of that province. . LIMON, OCT. 4. The loss of the • enemy in the glorious battle of the 27th of last month may be found by proper-. tionate number*. Our army had 197 killed, and 1.0 )3 wounded : the enemy left 2,000 pariu on the field of battle, his loss is, therefore, likely to exceed !,nno, as his troops occupied positions in which they were much more galled by our tire, than ours by theirs. We may, therefore, fairly draw the con clusion, that although the advantages obtained are not so great as they were at at first announced, yet they are of considerable importance. The loss sustained by our army was trifling, and has already been supplied ; while the enemy's force is lessened by 4000 men, and from 10 to 12.000 are besides disabled from serving for some time ; not to men tion that many of them may yet dieof their wounds. We are therefore warranted to state, that as our farce remains the same, and that of the enemy is considerably weakened, our state of defence is changed for the better. The most Excellent and meat Reverend Patri arch has been pleased to direct, that, in all the hurches of his patriarchate, public prayers shall be nffered up to the .Iloot High for the successes ob tained by our armies. Tin aupkrior Junta residing ih Aliment, leaving found that the seasons adopted by them to suc cour Yirragous sod Tortosa have bee• productivt of the most advantageous results, has resolved to grant to the masters of ►hips • gratification of one dollar for every Cithiz (a measure) of wheat or pulse which they take on board far the above places; sad which gratification is tote immediate ly paid by the abortionist, on the production of a lawful certificate of such grain or pulse having been duly lauded. OCT. 5. The enemy, warned by the reception whic the Combined Army gave him on the memoralile glth of September, when he kft more than %WO killed ou the field of battle, and had nn immense num. her wounded, whom he barbarously abandoned. and endeavoured to get round our positions, cross ing by Moategoa, in the direction of Sank°, sod then turning to the south. The able movements of Lord Wellington, however. frustrated this and our army continned to.concentrate inielf, ac quiring every movement greater superiority, not only by the large reinforcements it successively receives, but because Illassena continually duds himself in voked in new difficulties. having his communica tion with the province of Beira cut off, and every day losing troops from fatigue.rrhile he suffers great ly from want of the etpected supplies of ammu nition. The tried valour of the Allied troops, and the bad condition of the enemy, which every day grows worse, gives us every reason to hope the most fnrtionsto results. French temerity will pay dearly for having penetrated into the territory of Portugal. RITRACT OF ♦ 'ATTU FROM LUROZI. DATED ocT. 6. is Onr head•qoarters are at Leyria ; the enemy . are in figuer‘goiadwa. dec. arid had push e d on 3,000 men four miles on this sideof Coimbra. Their ravages are horrible I The Oporto road is covertd with dead horses mules, and bulluuks. The whole country is a scene et complete devastation. Such rapine, violations, and murders, were never before heard cf !—Many villages. towns, and country vil las, have been burnt to the ground--every place is deserted--large tracts of Indian corn have been trodden dows--every thiog is destroyed I Not withstanding all this, the periple universally bless the Eaglish. and detest the French. such ruffians w3l not dare to openly meet the British and Portu guese troops. cdoadect that they would not thee fail meeting with the chastisement they merit. The 3011. and 44th British, and a aim Porttignese regi ment, landed here yesterday sad to-day; they are Inc troops, and very cauepleta la alaibers. (ID AlitSu:lsec 401.-4 ii) tl. e ,•.- 4 .- .. IL*: oar com ... 1:0Soper) by ..... jj di la 4:1 _. ' ' )10 present api.n e • ~- . , . so ete lille of opini,n. th•...,, n, as !isle place iti*s catrely ;L s •,.. Oar la‘t intell:gence fret? C a: :_ . . Corten Ines for the fistli,iii, , 1, tin. n;,‘, , i iiir month; and that the il:tittrici i . Cu t, plays.tbasatrassa“rasurgy in its first nn-4- deliberatiwt illlarelitim ire. 1 A.ll. was ad: to ,d.,!,, King of S;nifid, and i!l tire vbs.. v 5.0114 GPV..IItI seas w,re declared proviocis if the S:lat.:an !ij, narchy, tits integrity of which the atretru kse,„ ; i protest* to preserve u-id 1111112,4:11. The &Adm., th e 'Sittings 0r the Cortes VI .to J iLly ef 111 : L : . ` r, jOicings for the city of Cache. With regald to (int army, we Low for,, ra i that it is conc eu t rat i o ,..; its , ficle fr o ,, i n . t ! positions which, in ale two to thr:r lus!:L ii . ,z art has rendered impenetrable by- an i n , , . j riety of fortiticirtions constructed for tip, ,i• ' , ;, the country. His Excellency Lo-.l v.- 1 Wellington, had ordered them to lie pr- h a,i being perfectly aware that they would he th, . 44 , of these great events r: Lich are to decide the al, timate remit of the great und , rtalcing to i,H Prowidesice called him to complete the g;nry .fii own nation and of otter. Ms Excelletiq i.,,..., full well, tint oil the ot!ivr posrions ire,i he oerup7iit, were inertly *ohm:limy 1 , 0 ,, t ,, ji tending to shelter the couistry from petty iiivar nal but that the lineation of "tie liberty it.ld indqu a d, -mice could not there be decided. Ti,e army ii d illy receiving reinforcements: ye.ter,isy the 34.1 English regiuiert arrived here, and the :ar. 4 .1 )0 ,3 * , of troops of the vame ration, which were here ic same day put tlfrisoaelves.ia atiotiun to j , ,ia tl, t i . • I .' arum•. According to the lot account s ( rem oft , the Head-quarters of Lord Wellington acre USA at, Leyria, and it aas not certain that the en•svy ha& yet advanced beyond Coimbra. The rqslogy with which the corps of the Combined Amy have performed movenseuts so complicated, im,preseme of the enemy, without the least cosholuti, std their completely removing all their stores sults*. gszines, manifestly indicates the soperanlyeltile talents of the General ..Ito commands, T'.3 it not possible to describe the co-ail:ace si,:clie.s whole army has in him. C IDI2. sstit The brase bluTciain ire soriy that Selo . ; ail did not attempt a forraol action. The ;cod Übe derstanding which prevailed bet.eiso th.? sold ea and the pe.isautty. and the indignation ord. success pr i g uosticated a success equal tq that of th e gutr a is their different att ac k s , i n w hi c h. % idi om isa l gerp,.tion, the French have lost f ro m 5 to Cowmen.' . _ Such is the frect *bleb tips v' solder h &lived train his memorable expedition,gby shirk he nu iloeht reposed .tuehli7e th. Ailey of Centre to abandon its advantageous posittotts.• U forces cuosibt of 2,500 boom% mud from t 013,0 infantry. The -shoed peamots who had aionunuid ou the Ist of Sept other to fairy and infaster. Our to.th-gnards haw rep-at cal). dtiveu back those of Stba-iuli, ad P fi• cellar!) , onttba 48th of Anguat, is the olive-gramma of iebrilla. Oa the-.3d jetsam the pesetas returned home. fully satisfies! with what they had dole, and is the greatest tranquillity. The forces with which Sebastiani pretended to *amps. r this rosiuce. ;mum id..d.to 2.400 caviare. and from 6 t 3 7,040 tustr . The dettridatioas and . cruelbes comas, by those caanibals we the same which have etrr. Riad their memory in all their expeditious. at satisfied with having sacked Total's. Loves. sa other villages, they hanged on en elnt4ree oar of the guerrillas, or flying parties of Carthat;eits.4 '- atroyed the images in the churches, prates:Ed time sacred vestments, &c. SEPT. et This morning cnannetmed,in the Isle of 1.• the meetiag of the Extraordinary Corte., of all t e kingdoms and dominions of Spurt. A genera , s - lute from the ships of war in the bay, and t'^ forts, celebrated this great event, from alach e happiest consequences to ate nation, and the •-ci establishment of its ia.lepenclencc, tug be rave , • . On the 29th nib early io to , r!:1:12, was made by the bridge causeway, with sa:i under the command of a Ca:Asin, with on i:.ttnto of destroying some epanlinetds, which eic had in the vicinity of the battery of - The tire was tory hr:Nk, and ataintain(qi %%•(:, 0,..- trrity by the bo.its, and the bitterly o;* Ve!aroc. Daoia, sod Portazzo, ithich uroteeted the who with the bayonet carried the - strayed them, and carried the wind to ti Leoll. Our lOU camel.. in 1 L jiied :tint 7 wuure We took 3 'Dulcet, and 3 sachlw% frnm This 41Ction, though trilling, exec( t• •I with - Isar Rod piompt tuck, well ahem *1)1 v.iptny he has to expect whet' our troops act Oil a Let:c7 SICILY. LIECTEINAINT-Ct*lliaL stu Joi sreAaT, Crrs'T OF MAZDA. CoMMANDEIt-IN•tIItEF OF lOC 1 , 1 - Tptl IF SICILY, &e. ter. &C. " TO THE ARMY OF SICILY. " The edemt, wuo announc►! Ills upprw.tch w. we much poutp-.-Rho Ft-chimed to Europs ~. to (OM 4 - .1 their soil e. t';e eXpeclet 0.1 of reNU ea.em 1 1, bo*' d 'cided, 4 w •A on hi, p t o k..p his bus 1 1, lot rrirS Or Fur two t 11,0 it you on i t the s :;ht Of •I limgehed twin heir ms menac fes with the 66 1313VC And P it`'` the pat, who lra , l~ lii' ~ll.cn rILI in lam Al OPPlie and rum h to 'ls; IckC bru and 01 imp d AA loyal 114 re ivaad .04rfs for rata, y sothorit I ntl 'os‘e I lAour enxirV. if the eettutist /fere vilth li rna toe VOW, 0 , w ith ',hi! .12't you. L o'er al•li«e, %use t0...id% I the itlarioui ily with fel Kong sh I of Ns asp destiny ns er minor. " Mesas. ell [iE I SAT ITe were por ;Ibererrt 0 ,Wit.ss, Eel of Li ■ Lord W Agree no erclehiu*. bee e mutation , Wee from I ilfy of thr Fr 1.11 the Allied ibibly nearll pla t ein eresia;•• of oij Le.. 3I .Sits elosel end eel; but th, d lents. A ISieday last hd u The A ‘l4l 0' tile I Irca Op rt Cant fr led Army w 'oft.. e ?.10 Enoi WI Ow I • ;IT!, tl ' l l?rer-ni t :1 1e1.7 (Ili t , u,st [4e 6;4 ro aot aprthro C.l rti lit PNI ioi a bntlr 'Co 6.14,-V. '"orment 't•, xttd +o,rd 6c 4l 'fn, 3.4 awl up e 7 to Le)' oe I , , o . tztre it 'b. ' l 'l4lh tl 1!,,-nrh u• crn n , ' • r*e Am