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A ' i t i r , 1 i ~ i;, l -, I fif , i ~, ~# ~ F ii ,~tk T , k I 11 t 11 } those who supposed they saw them, thought they orJeced the Cdarinde to take in her sails. " Hot, hest, we could no longer guide the ship 3 seccottiy, was so close to the ftenommile, that, if she ti pulled out a little, she would have masked my fire for a long time : I therefore 'did not think this; was the signal. M. Etoptebert then sent me a midshipman, in a'boat, to tell me to put down a boat, and get myself towed. This was more:rea. son ble, and I had already, done a yawl had been towing me for some minutes. The enemy, equally VVitil us becalmed, committed the fault of not making use of their boats, which, proved to their disadvautage,,as the frigate nearest mine present ed her stern to us More than a quarter of an hour,, during which time I kept firing into her. A second frigate was in the same situation with respect to the itenommde, and it was with diffiCulty that these twa vessels were agairt able to present their broadsides to, us. If we had 'fortunately . been nearer, they were inevitablylost, far never was , tire more dread lul. They were severely. .handled, that i 3. beyond a doubt.. • " In regard to the Nercide, profiting b) , the re mains of the breeze at the cornmencettwet of the adtion, %he had,come up with and closely . engaged the frigate which led, and apparently with advan tage ; but there was `not much damage dune on either side. !" At sh in the evening „a !rifting breeie sprung up ; the calm had sent us to a distance front Cal I. Maresquier. I received a verbal message tu take post behindahe Commodore, ,who, fought from both sides, which I obeyed. The tire thus continued till eight at night, when the enemy's ceased; and, assisted by a light breeze, he got to a distame 'troth us. We I,,ilowed ; when the fire coMmenced, and lasted tilt halt.-p a st ten at- night, at which time we• tacked, to place ourselves in a line,with the Ner4d,e, which appeared .datnaged. The ; Perrononee. put out her lights, and hailed us to conceal ours. ',We ap proa.f.hed Captain Maresquier, to whom I commu nicated similar orders.' 1 thought 1 . perceiviAl his main-top-mast, sails, &c. were damaged. We tacked twice to support the Nereide, which no longer had the 'wind. The enemy, on his part, seemed to rally. . Itelight wind now blew from all points, and We found ourselves engaged by the enemy, who all at once opened his fire, nearer than we expected. Taking. advantage of a momentary change in the wind, I sailed towards our fligate, for the purpose of diseppging and supporting her. I did not again h;e9 the Areide. I. believed her also to be amid the ftre, and perhaps she was there. . , , " We arrived at twenty Minutes after eleven in the midst of the contending vettlels,, from :which we were nor, more than two musket-shots distance, at the commencement of the aaion. Then, although very sear, each oilier, within half pistol-shot, at Most, the fire ceased on both' sides,. in fear ,of the It - iehtful mistakes whiph might .occur .in a dark At this.moment a ship in the groupe shewed ' time Bengal lights in those parts of the Tessel front wl:ich the signals were to be made, agreed upon he tween'; he Itewmonje mid the squadron, for night ete.agernents. I instantly replied by-shewing my limn 'ber, and mainruvre.d to approach • that frigate. The Ansel to tFd not anwer. “. Without doubt, the retrains of the smelie, the Variety of the wind , ,,joined to the obscurity of the night, were the cause of my new Uncertainty; I found myStlf in the middle of four ships, within pivot . 'shot of tvi 0 of them ; and the lienornmLie was still . hidden fican us. I again made the night bigual with Bengal lights. - • " I perceived, - tn teturn, only such English lights as enabled We to comprehend that 1, was not with my friends. The frigate nearest me fired two can• nons, which 1 did not answer . .. • ; , " I sought,. the lienommje and Nereide, but could neither bysigteihrorothet wise discover their sitoation. I have tdreeidy said that a Ingate made hignalS I did not understand; - the three other vessels, which stir- rounded tt a answered them. Our trigaies, then, were: ao lonor near us, for they strewed no tights. Flow, without wind, cupid they get to a &stance? "They must have had a breeze which I did not ex . perience l and this ,breeze must have driven them, in spite of themselves, far, front me : for both :01 these Captains would willingly, have , sacrificed their lives for the power of saving inc. " I ,was nearly inclosed, and without sails ; which gave the enenit an'opvortuaity of molesting me with their how-chasers.. In. the hope of discovering our frigates' situation, I stood' m towards the land, , which we were close. opon. • , It now was impossible for me to do Otherwise ithout running into the enemy's division, which would have directed all its force against the rinde. The enemy would then have CM me oil. I was ignorant of . the position of our frigates.. Where were they ? What winds had they experienced I was constrained to proceed along 'the coast, which ignited the adoption of the measures I siC cessinlly took; and in proportion as I gof my sails hoi,ted, I found myself-the less harassed by the enemy. Two of their frigates, whose' bowsprits neatly touched the Clorinde3 stern, cannonaded me. Ito two remaining hips dropped so'far astern that • I could not any longer distinguish their lights. The two whit!) pot sued me did nut cease making signals. At a (palter pact Your o'clock - , I perceived the enemy for rho last time. In the With, one inaikwas one drowned, and six badly wounded. sun-use we perceived nothing ; and I had time to reflect Upon My 'situation, and that of the Ari 6 ate.s from which I was separated. Mita': was .., sufficiently melancholy ; addition to the damage in the combat, I had Z 5 men skit, tram it stoilll.pex, the scurvy, and lever:, Isrly stock of i,rovisionS was touch reduced, and two of my masts rave Me constant uneasiness. The Soyehelles isles soot it4theleast dangerous spot 1 Could repair to, where I hoped that theother French frigates might likewise rendezvous. But in night of the 21i,t, fnur ships were seen Co wind ' ward of us, onoof them visibly, smaller than the • others. This was doubtless tl3( Eng fi lish quadron; althree o'clock they were no longer visible. F r o m this concludod, that the IN'Teldt; had bad time to repair the little damage - which she bad Sustained; sad that our two frigates, no longer seeing the eno. my or Myself, had either got off without o pposit i on, or bid entered Tamatave, a cbuisc uld not folloW, ,because; the English sqUadron was on say routo to that piaci. • " t therekee steered for the Soycbelles, and an - . chored under the little isle St.. Anne. A fishing-boat. informal Me, that. there was only - one Englishman on Ore isle; he was a Lieutenant Of Marines. I made him prisoner, in order to be exchanged for M. , Karadec, taken at the Isle of France! , T , “ On the 7th of June I left the Seychelles, on , .my retuin to, France. On the 26th I reached the Isle of Diego Garcia, the bay of which is in lat, 7 degrees 18 minutes; and long. 70 degrees 13 mi- notes. There 1 found, to my surprise, that some ' inhabitantreof the Isle of France had formed an esta blishment, where cocoa oil;. and tortoise-shell , ,weie the only kind of speculation in which they eeuld,,, engage. Certainly, their gains can be only a, slight recompense for the frightful misery to which these unfortunate people are condemned, by the verYta- lure of the :soil which they inhabit. It is so dry, that there is .hardly the depth of an inch of vegeta ble soil to be found on the whole surtaee of the island. Reduced. to cocoas, some fowls,• and tor toises, the unfortunates who inhabit Diego. Garcia Must renounce the habits el ether livieg beings. “ J purchased about thirty milled, which atforded sonterelief to my crew, and particularly to the sick. We also krill in a gteat number of cocoas, a' little ,wood, and some excellent water.. I §ailetl,on the 2Sih of June L.and, on the Ist of August, I ttOu - bled the Cape of Good Hope. The winds forct!d - rue to near the western coast of the African Continent. On the 23d of August, in 4 &glees Of south lati tude, I captttred a Yorteguese brig, from w Welt I took eleven days iprovisiens, and let her go. On the .4th of September I took an. English packet; I' found in: her abbot twenty sacks of b scuims, and some salt provisions. , Her mail was thrown into the sop, when she first saw uq. , The want of wa ier prevented me twin destroying this vessel, which had about thirty men on board, and would have thereby suffered a,great deal, and added too `much to our Consumption. I gave her a eartel . Orexchange, of which I have brought a copy ; . and released her, . after making her throw, overboard her twelve can. non, Several Am6ican ships,' which I met on the 1 2eth ,of August, the 5111,.,i3th, and ifith of Sep ! . [ember, made some slight addition to our pro.. visions. " On the lBth,l , fell in with the,Ehgli , h sloop Mary, bound to the Newfoundland fishery. This ship was in ballast. . 1 contented myself with giving her a cartel of exchange, and sent her to Madeira.. ' l , On the t'.4th of September, at six in the .moin ing, being only 10/leagues from the Saintes,l,fell in .: With an Euglish'ship of war, which had the aid vantage over me of having seen the land the evening before, and which manceuvted to cut the off from the Passage du ,11q. . I was not .disconcerted ; but snuck right into 111.-2 Raz, amidst the most copious rain, and a very thick tog. "'The enemy struck into the.passageat . the sane time with mo, keeping me within musket-shot. It bicw, very ; the ship of war,wai in full sail; _though he gained upon. are, I was prudent, enough to take in mine a little, and I had soon the pleasure ,o 1 seeing his main-top and mizen-masts distnasted, ,at the momeor When he . cannonaded Me severely, and was at least Within pistol-shot. The enemy, obliged to haul off; molested, me no longer, and,at five o'clock I camel() anchor in Brest 'lL:lth,, " Sti..mr Crtica„ Capitaine de Frigate,' " Brest tioet6, Oil hoard the Chhincre, Sept. 24, 'Sit." MADRID, SEPT. 27.-;---His Majesty the Emperor at , the French has tibmitialed, OAMbt'IS Of the Legion of , Honour, Don" Francisco 'reran, Royal Commissary in EStramadura ; Ddn Cessar Gonzalez, Colonel of Artillery; and .D.n F. de , Hore, Com mandant of a 'Battalion of Artillery, for the set ., vices whiCh they rendered during ti:e siege of Ba deijoz. SPAAISII PAPERS. CADIZ, OCT. `2.-..-00 the . 3oth of September, the Chief of 'tile Siarf.receiveci the folimOng aispfitch from General Ballasterus, 'dated Fields of Ximenes, Sept. 25 .1 Excellent hasten to communicate ts) your Excalkncy, for the information of the Coon- cil of Regency, the complete victory obtained by the arms Of 7his Majesty this day. General Itegnanx, ithu division of 3000 men, the greater part gre nadiers, to combination with the other, which Oh (h 6 Igth fought in Alcals, atter nine days manoeuvring in front of this point, tell into the snare I laid for him. Irt t.,..onsequence of the movetnents not) energy of the dit isions wilier my command; I - succeededin stir prlsing, defeating, and ti..stroying him on the road Qt St. %glue, no' withstanding his obstinate resistance. It is now i to in the, morning, and my troops arc ,still pursuing him throngh the tracts at, the fogged diouti- tnino, in the dire6licin of , A1C213, the ohly — a s yhim he has been able to hod in his sad,eundition. " We ha►'e taken some prisoners; among them are a Captain of the Grenadiers, and the Coloricl of the 4th PoliTh infantry. The loss of the enemy has been diTadrui ; in consequence of circumstances, I cannot now give the 'particulars, but 'will transmit them as soon as, pos sible to your Excellency." SEPT. 30.—We have received information, that a corps of isocm) French, supposed' to be Droher's, which earn' from Oth ld Castile in o 111011111 c i f June to reit , folue Soult in Estrernadora, and afterwards followed him to Granada, has again marched from - 6 or C,istile, and already crossed La I\l,lo cha. The objeka a its march is; without doubt, to reinforce lk.lartuout's army, which is dhily diminish ,ed by sickness and latigite. However this may ibis movement of French troops from the south to the north sufficiently indicates that the' enemy 'do not expect any immediate reinforcethents from lot Positions which the French armies lately occupied on the frontiers of Portugal :—Heacl-quatters in Pla centia, where there arc large magazines;. i St, Ott), and tith divisions upon by left of the Tietar ;'2d and 4th divisions at flAtios, Bejar, and Piedraheta, towards Avila, with the right !lank stretching front Miranda, in Sierra de Francia, to Granidillas and Fuente'Rohles; the 3d division is in Malpartida, Plasencia, ObispO, Rip Lobo, • Nionte Her incise, and Gadisto. The 31st Regiment occupies the last three places ; and in Galiitro there are two Jour-potwiltis. General Marmont began his march on the, i 3th, :And lett a *option bridge estattlishcd upon the Tie-- tar, iu Bazagano, Vitth the *mkt heeitaty for it; defence, and tor Otte obstruaion of the nassitge of the ditterrm points or, the same river. He cotvatruaeti a fort iit Port Banos ) and d‘stroyed the bridge over the river'Coerpo de Hombre. The obje& of this .moternent appears to be for the purpose of intro ducing into Ciudad nodligo provisions; fur which. purpose the army will manoeuvre in conjunction with Dorsenne's division. The number - of waggons_ must be great, because they have ruined.Castiie by contributions in grain and money. In August this army had many sick, which have 'augmented during the present month for want of the indispensable medicines. On the ibth General Foy evacuated Truxillo, having entirely ruined it, and leaving it entitely:des titute of means for subsisting either man or horse. On the 24th General Girard had his head-quar ters in Zaire, and occupied Merida, with the iuten tion of robbing the adjacent places of the provisions and erlltis which Badajoz requires for a year, for 6,600 men, according to the orders of Burma . parte. Gaeral Foy is in Placentia,: from whence Map, mont's head-quarters hmie been moved; and appears to guard with his division the works of Banos and the Tietar, covering the military road. ' The contribution in money imposed by"Mar mont, on the people froi'u Avita, Toledo, and ,Ca cries, to Talavera, is 4,00,000 reals; tt:e halt of whit h must be delivered' on the Ist, and the re mainder on the 15th of O.tober, wtthout paying any attention to particular remonstrances till atter the delivery ; then, and not hen, wi;l u.commission of Joseph Buenaparte listen to their complaints. VALENVIA DE ALCANTAR/V, SEPT. 17-.--..--*The enemy's diviner' of Gil aril; has put. itself in Motion, taking the dire6tioq of Merida. It appears that Bri gadier Murillo has, marched 'troth Caceres fur' the i.iirpose of reconnoitering: Putt of the division Of toy has re-crossed 'the Ta-. gni, after ruining the city of ; box neither' this, nor all the other calamities which the French invasion has accumulated upon this province, are capable of abating the ardent patriotism of its inha bitants. CADIZ, SEPT. 25.—Official letter addressed by the Captain of the Prince of lhiles packet to the Commander' of the British forces in Cadiz • • " Babama, !illy 25. " An impetuous northerly current caused the loss of his Britannic Majesty's packet the Princt rf Ikales, under my command, on the 19.11 inst. on . the Island ut Sleneagan. The bearer ,of the present, Don rit;dro Bianco de Cassieviego, commander a the galliot La. Perla, on his voyage from Carthagena to Cadiz, had the butnanity to seve the .pasiengeri and crew, part of .the horses,,and the mail. I con sider it, therefore, my duty' (as well 'as the pas sengers) to recommend-this individual, who.omitted nothing to save us froin death; which appeared in evitable, on aecourit of the want, of water and pre visioni, or, to condu(t to this port. " I have the honour to be, • ' ' ' " 1 7 2TER PASToR, Captain." " N. B. The Spanish vessel not being able to re ceive the whole of my Crew:ott hoard, part of them has remained in one of the. boats used tor tratlic in these islands." AYAMONTE, SEPT. 20 —.-On the 1 sib . two of our panics of cavalry , took,a number of mules laden with whek, coming from. IVlarchona and other places, for the use of theenemy ; killing four, and Wounding eight, .of the escort of cavalry which • guarded than. RAYS .FRANCIA, AUG. 6.--We are assured that the. French are establishing an army of reserve, of 18,000 men, bdween Iron and Bayonne. it is said they will construdt a fortress in the pass, and a strot,g tower, or a fort of wood, capable of holding 100 men, on all the heights of that part of Spain:- Cum, SEPT. 2,s.—Several of the public papers have stated she losses which the French have suffered in Spain since the cotnmeocement df . the present struggle. According to very accurate accomiss, fin.e . hundred theusand French have entered Spain up to the ;31st of July last; and those who returned by' the same road only amount to one hundred. and twenty thousand. if to these we add one hundred thousand, which, on a moderate calculation, have entered by .Arragon and Catalonia, the total will be six hundred thousand. The French troops at pre sent in Spain may he estimated, without danger of any great error, at one hundred and thirty or one hundred and lorty thousand risen, From benceir follows, that Frinee has !oat already three hundred and :fifty thousand men; that is to say, that the war in Spain, which began irs June, 1808, consumes aqttnally.one hundred aild ten thousand Frenchmen ; that is nine 40usand a moutL or three Ittindrrd day. It is at this expense that Fiance persists in the equally unjust and impraaicable attempt to en• slave the Spanish nation. 'CAntz, SEPT. 28,—The General in Chief of the sth and Oth armies has addressed the following to she tree squadnMs and partisans in the district of the .sth and 6th armies : ". VALIANT PARTISANS, The enemies of our liberty, harassed on all sides by the terrible Way.yoll wage awn), and de ptii.ling a( being • able to terrnitote 'it by tOrce of artns,endea.Vour to conclude it by in . trigae and Sc- 'chid ion. '" In consequence of a meeting of Generals, and other persons attached to the French party, assembled in Seville lately, they have sent people, who endeavput to persuade the Chiefs of parties, the subalterns and soldiers, that the coming of Field-marshal Von C. Espana to take the command in Castile, and the other Generals and Chick who hold similar corn, wissiions, is . r other to judge them tor Akippdied eXq CeBS4B,llian p4nett them in their operations. These intriguers dwell much upon the captures. ti!2,le from the enemy ; giving the soldier to understand they' are exclusively tar the benefit "of their commanders, And for themselves alone incessant labour and dan ger. They, tio'every thing that sagacity ,can sup. gest, to introduce mistrust among the Chiefs, and disgust,atnong the troops. These are,, brave defenders of your country, the snares the bitter enemies of the itttion lay !or you; your Generals, who know how to appreciate your eminent services, and understand how terrible and lltal,the war is that yon carry on against.the Usurper, iota] you of cheat, that you mai avoid them. " Do not hold communication with any Person who, either clireCtly or Mdirettly, has had intercourse with tild eveity, 'whatever may his patriotism. _ " Be upon the alert with French deserters; mit trust-all and every body ; and alone follow thGo: structions of .the Chick, which the Suprancv e rnment places at the head of the armies and ihe 'unitary distrias. (Signed) *.' Head-quarters, Valetta de AlCaritna." l e your 0 ;pc : IU II lV p . A. GIRoN," • . ............ . , . PADIE, SEPT. 2.7..--011 ~he i4th instant, the an.. niversary of the install ation, of the gen eral end es . traor di nar y Cortes o f the Spanish. M o narchy vas:, celebrated : the recollection of this event v aS ossn.;' a:tweed by salvoes of artillery, solemn M a l of th S, and le Dann ; after w hich followed a renew le and by the superior authorities of the State. _At nine in the mor ning of the sa id day the L,;ontos assemhled in one of the halls of the Epi so ' p_aF Palace of this place, where the toured of Kicky were., From the Pal ace they pro' ceeded, to the Cathedral .Church, escorte d hi the - R o y al household troops, where sea ts were prepared for the Deputies ; and three c hairs, the first of which, was ocCupied by the Proidentei the Cartes, the second by the President of, the l't e " gEepoitp;lainptl the third by the- other Rege nt ' I.° Deputies took their seats 1S- IthOOt diStitl6llo. hearing crass, 801C111111y ClVutiting Te DWI, 3'3 receiving the Sacrament, they again returned to tbe' °I- England4laacneiPtorit'uegt:l,lirasicto-r-14n‘.p.Palnel*:dlii-Qbl.7ltolil',ni, strangers ‘ of distinaion, and alicers uf tile )iir ', ' Gr T att e le riny, 6e"cl from the Episcopal Palace to Church:, Grandees sccompanied the Cortes and Cuun (a lie' he eg ttcy, f isniinsed ops ut k ass ::(.larlisiti'llifa!litrated in icliidl;bl he Saloon g ;t r i e i ss ‘, , is a l ligcsawaapt v .aN s tlinuo)nr i hil its ) ai ` edo i ldNat e ia ‘ e () %lpsosvi,l l3 , rnmea l iia T its.e i noncnto h lt h oe)i l :‘iiilteas% . lna e oy;fish‘ol i neotntsoiseli S pht l scr d liiutbs i es urstl s eipw i ti o yyt, n i : t bi e sin b f, ys n r o u alc o o i lie r: tilL l e g tibci: g leo l3 ,airi r or i tm e: ileavelielltiasi,nesgnitdintisityohltf,llo-13:teitiotidb),Ic:e:Ipr.geoot : ji l t iudc i: re : n io e i o)oll :s f t gdi 1 ,0 1 oio ° , l ,3 : ll l:t yi s ,,f m le ‘ eon v i f s w be r fina i eronttitin:mic)_Eitoantilssfiy:ln.,oheodactupsfaule.pa,rtrisagilotbeallroi ntepp,rid,latooatsicv.usiteeiwcis,entbiinibaent e lle: : ,le n ny t o : vitio P i ann, l 3l: Q r : dribo r t g ‘ Li i' fi: ° : ; n liaiii e: ' tej:e. P airv i iii i ,etr i ety P ii 6 .ol, ll i4.yol u ili i 1 i coil f l ibliii will s of f o rtow , objetthe t independenti :i:in$8:11'1 i y caoh o nf u d. i r n,tiuhms te mgideliberationooosvelp rsriliiiciriliscasir;:paaafsci lit: poll', se ~ i o eo s ,: i i i; :,,,,:ct , lo::o::: spread sentiments, Government643°ll" had contraded will be pail 0 the successes of Pe' ice t) 'cgt. enemies promulgating ywoubro,Mtaljnedset); litirbsecaL:f_°_4l:eir ito. „es ii be,. to POrdtsecalgaariinnsgt tyhOellrsoavtletrheOigriltlyi; aoillat il l lei otiolo,; that its religion is and shall l' e m oi , with the unnost 6 ;IT./ lies our beloved Sovereign Don FrAtt'll`4°P oifleJ principles all of which your ' MaiestY' l ''' l , 5 ~,'Olll this day, by renewing the oaths form '", fr not that the deputies -of the ',ado, require 54° " bot " mlnding to exaal • fulfiltheir tiered duties' ) s be e tee 119 g 1 )° , 1a i l relit folic, iirialCl,lllh)'efaeost and nolfaaldl whole C : c t il d ul: w re: e i w ‘a: l v v llll : l e dd u ir t all Il n i eilt d fl iloci,:irriarlirtgtlirailli:atilna,i.eng)eiitr:ie'lltastit' e i tl P r' i G6%e 1 11: 1 10 4'1114 1°) 11 1 3 C sl i lblet i l.° 6 )birifi ' l illb ttcji le tt. t:lS‘:°lll°n-P 'le. t 3 If°lll , Q C I li °1 htti 6l3 relit' our blood than. be wanting, to our holy re'' beloved country, and our captive King . . 4 1 h'l yi~ tgbre : yntcwe o .d r i r u g b r )b rt : t et u ba l e a u t gG e ino y de o n u otefdn o i l boyt t i l c r is e r s itu e : t o p l u i l i r l i o )g a a l qi ::: l : lo :: The , Depu i ties afterwards took the 'l'l4 ' i d i forM. The Council of Regency then re'en ,ii . 0114 self (t wet% e Dquties went to. receive It)! , ds , env ° their hands upon the Evan3clists, ac f t i the `national sovereignty in tlie IYlPties: p ttib ° Cortes, and swore to maintain the Collie" Om; Monarchial, Government, and On i f 1 f s the liberty and restoration to the throne o of 1 TI N dl e : :I) VII. de 1 i v i e l i . 1 : I ch°innlcsheildfeidn' iltielief 107J0 o' jog . ~o .DINA ND the Ninth, the general and. "itisrs/4,''',i w i l h A tbe r l a a r st b o a r 4 il e",:vbfe.:Puirrebdealo: Cortes', so anxionsly desired by 1110 -Pa r ~.,‘ so were convoked ; theyhave usefully l3ol:2re° 1" ... b Ileviating tho taioing the national enthusiasol. a • for th e thens of the people; adopting toe3stire' .010 port of IP, armies, otahlishing new.laes) P ' r " The whole univelse is lost in atsll'l'latiiCrniQlorinr tivnlgrournCi:iiilssLtlictustitin°:(l79l.ll4l:lll:ll:ooll, L . tilo burro f contemplating that in the Midst or , , ill O° . most, ,bloody war, and in view 01 , I) hoc sp r hosts of the greatest Of tyraht9/ wil:c i:Lices#o:l4l:;:itei:ilti.- i'',l,