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PRIVATE LITTERS.

IMANKR 0? Tut ILO?, JUL? ts).
For these two days past it has bee,. rumoured isr
a once great commercial city of Northern Gritarisiy,
that the Lady of WI eminent Dutch merchant 'had
written to the Lady of the 'French Alinister, from
Pans. that it was reported' in some of the higher
circles there, that, after the death of the Os:.
Tumor of Cadiz, who fell a sacrifice to the resent-
ment of the inhabitants, to whom he had refused
arms, on their having demanded them, to oppose
the French, the fleet had beca surrendered, on
certain conditions, to the English ; and some Bri-
tish troops, joined by the Speoish insurgents, had
•heeled a landing. and defeated a French corps of
Woo men, 'Rost of whom were killed, and the rest
put to Hight, with the loon of their artillery, am-
munition, und baggage. This battle is said to
hare been fought between Madrid and Cadiz.
Indilie South of Spain, another Junta is said to
have been formed, which organises the insurrec-
tion, awl heads the combined operations against
the French. The new soi-ditrutt Wog of Spain is
said to have refused, on this account, to pursue
his journey to Madrid'. After all powdble inquiries
made, this report could not be traced to nine chan-
nel of authenticity, as people in general here are
afraid of declaring, even to friends, the sources of
their intelligence, for fear of being armited, and
imihaps obliged, even if they should speak true,
to forfeit their

Great preparations are now making at (tarn bo rgli,
fur the frost of Napoleon. ins the IStli of August,
of which Bernadotte, General Dupes, and many'
Frc3ch, Spools!), and. Dutch miLtury Officers, are
to lie present.
The Spanish army in Holstein, has, it is ItTe•iii.ly
reported, been awed by all aorts-of thee:ids to Jo
homage and swear fidelity to the hew ii ate. JOCe:1:1
Napoleon. Officers were given pretty Plainly to
understand, that unless they complied, they would
be disarmed, dismissed the service, and those
had property would lose it by confiscation. None
of the Officers or Soldiers from Spain' receive any
letter* from tneir conotry, speaking of the present
state of things, which by all secret channels of in-
fornintina a:ipeurs to be dreadful.
la Ilansburgh. Cie poverty of the inhabitants in-
creases mud the treasury of the city must pay
till the expenses that are to defray the celebration
of the read of Napoleon. These expenses. it is
said. will amount to hear 100,000 marks. Mean-
time mauy families want bread.

♦UG. 11.

The City of Ilaraburgh and its Mari...trate/ had
just been summoned by the French Generals to
make the most sumptuous and•spleAid prepara-
tions for the approaching feast of Na,:ukoti; whet'
the inhabitants were surprised, ateevea o'clock
yesterday cveniog, hr the sudden departure of
their foreign gavel.. Two hattalious of -Dutch
troops, and a number of artillery, were ordered to
appear on the Grand Parade by nine o'clock,
and immediately, marched oat through the
Altona gate, and proceeded, by forced marching,
into Ilnhteitt. r i ))))) tire the reports with
respect to the cause of this widen bre4kiwz

up, but all agree in stating, that the Spanish army
iir Flame') and Plogfien have refused to take the
oath of allegiance to their new Sovereign a that
they have risen uAaiiist the French and Dutch,
massacred a great number of them, mid, being
seconded by the combined British and Sal dish
forces in the Belts, made themselves master of the
Ishiod of Fuhuen, and opposed a desperate resist-
ance to their treacherous allies. Some ray they
have even killed sonic of their own officers. Their
General, the Marshal de la Ranuma, lira now ill
ai Nyborg, and has, in consequeuer, refused to
take the oath. These public reports contradna
every etateniesit of the Hlstioburgli and Altona Pa-
pers, whose editors have twee obliged to assert,
that the brave Spanish army has, without hesi-
tation, taken the oath to the slew King.
To-morrow another Dutch regiinent front
Brennen is to enter I luniburgh, which has now no
other garrison than French gems dormer and cus-
tom-house soldier, of the same nation. In the
mean time time preparee for celebrating the feast
of Napoleon here are continued with the Minuet
expedition. The expense attending it will be to
the three House teens, Lubeck, Bremen, and
Ham burgh, not less than half a million of marks ;
Lubeck and Bremen are to send senatong as depu-
- ties, to be present at this fete. Two trim:ol,lml
areles have been erected, and 130,000 lamps, with
all the 'notes-isle for illuminations, tire-works, &e.
flawed as the must curtly viands, lime been put iii
restunifion.
It is now rumoured that Marshal Bernadotte
(Priuce of Poute Curve) will be created ling of
Portugal, and have the chief command of the
French and their allies in Spin'', to which country
French and German troops have, during the last
fortnight, been sent by forced marches.
liernsislottc was at Travemunde, using the
baths for the benefit of his health, when the arrival
of couriers siuldetily obliged him to set out for
Rendshorg, of which place, according to some re-
ports; the Spanish insurgent army have rendered
themselves masters, nod turned the astillery agiiiiist
their enetriim. It is much doubted, from what has
happened, whether Bernadotte will really come to
the feast of the 13th, as the Spaniards have by all
at-counts made so unexpected a diversion. Probe-
lily the French are now rather weak in Holstein, as
several of their regiments in this country have bro-
kil up within these few days, and are on their
march with all expedition for Sofia.
Not less than 550,000 pieces of Nankin have been
nut in monition by the French Cominainlant of
Ila sulsurgh, to cover the walls of the Government
house where a new temporary building has becu
erected for the Freneli Akers au& their favourite
ladies to dance in on this festive ',evasion.
The Lord Heath Cotter, wrecked in- a' storm in
the begintiiii4 of tior year,' lies now ready to sail in
the Elbe, oil Altona. The Danes are likewise
lining out it slumber of privateers, to cruise in the
Elhe and Weser, to prevent all commuisieation
with England by way of Heligulatl. These vessels
are mostly BIikIII6IUIAC
Since ye•Aerday, all the Freut-ti anti Dutch troops
have broken up from the neighbouring towns n
Holeteiu, with the atom.* haste, to r to Henri',
'burg. report of-a, defection. on tlse isait of
the Spanish army in dna a-wintry. and of the
landing of .14.000.Britialt troops in ruin.., gains
more credit every hour. -
It is reported that the British fleet hal defeated
that of Crenstatlt, mid that the Ras,iant have ths-
continaed all further operations iu Finland. •
Advice'' from Frankfort 'state, tit* lettere have
been received from Tritate, with intelligence that
another Enalish flag of truce had arrived there
with the news that the insurrection iu Spain seats
almost geared, and that the British regular troops
had joined the insurgents, and were engaged in a
great battle with the French when the accounts
came away. The number of insurnents is stated
at upwards of 300,000, who have been joined by
the rensuiuder of the troops of the line.
The Freiich Military Authorities at Hamhurgh,
and in the north of Gernieny, exercise the !dentist
severity. Executions are daily to be peen at Hum-.
Lurgh. Tao Hanoverian'', amid a Citizen of Al-
bino, home been shot in the Ha Iligengeist field near
•Hainburgh. lay sentence of the Military Com-
mittee, for having, at was pretended, enlisted men
for the British service. The gins rrarmes coati-
fluidly arrest citimis of Illamburgli, Alton*, and
Luhet.k... am sonic specious pretext or other. to
deliver them up to those tribunals of blood which
remind people of tire 'reign of Robespierre. The
public misery daily increases every %%here is the
north of Germany.
The populace and rained city of Hatnliiirgh are
entirely deprived of that great resource of the poor
at this season of the year-401i. Neither the
"reach nor the Danes will allow si fishing-boat to
go out, and the Blankanese fishermen. who lately
presented ■ petition to the Prince of Polite Curvu
on the subject, were refused permission to fish. so
that all the fishermen in Holstein are nearly reduced
to beirgary. The French Commandant, Du Place,
in Ilemburgli, has just set out fur Spain. T lit
reports that Austria is about to declare war against
France, still continue, and are believed by many.
A great number of radon' daily and* (ruin Meek-
Icubur.
Pomerania, and several parts of Prussia,
even Dantaic included, who are driven by famine
and distress to eater into the French service.

INDIA.

MADRAS INTELLIGENCE.
FES. 11, 160.

By a private letter from Cariuga, of the Ybth
ult. we are informed that the ri!np Palmer, Capt.
Signey, VAS captured on the , in sight of that
port, by a French privateer. commanded by Mon:.
David. The Freuchinan having diens:Andra tile
Palmer, gave her beak to Captain Signey, but un-
fortunately in endeavouring to get into the harbour
mite grounded on the Point. Previous to the capture
of the Palmer she received u broadside au I a volley
of small anaa from the privateer, which killed three
isles).

Monsteur David likewise cut nut of Calinga
Road the snow Sir Thossas Striinge, pod Ow
Pecie galley, both of which weasels he returned ta
their rett.cetiwe crews.
The privateer that Monsieur David conninautls is
the late brig Martha; she is manned with only five
Europeans and eight Caffreao and curtitrw is
tis-
pouu.l co rro:.adry.

THE BRITISH PRESS,

LONDON,
FRIDAY, Atm.= O.

We have received Hainburgh letters and papers,
to the 14th instant. They state that die reipit ts of
un approaching war batween France and Austria.
still continue, and arc generally lipvlict ed. CoNA-
le
Aital:paigl imus, ulacl til king a:te Fl ih necessary preparutioas for
a campaign, Punch eh Cunioli.sariea at war
have publi-lied Advertisements for but inid o',l
linen, for the Medical Department.

Preparations were tnakin. for ceebratii,7, tie
anniversary of Boma estrre's birth-day, at lido.
burgh, with extraordinary intiguititeece, oa
kith Inst. So early as the 11th, tr.-0 triumph
arches hail been erected, and 150,000 lamps, aiin
all the materials for fire-work', &.:. were pro.
video.,Not less than 50,u05 pieces of No9l:ia
acre put in rcyui.itiou by the French Commands:a
at Ilaudnir6l), to cover the walls of the Govern-
ment floi,e, where a temporary building has born
erected for the French Officers and their favourite
The expense attending the fete, which is
to be defiayed by the three Heine Towns, Luix,,,
Bremen, and Hambergh, will not be less than ha
a million of marks. This wanton extravagance, at
a moment when half the people of these towns ass_
actually starving, is shocking. The humane will,
therefore, rejoice to find that its eclat lias been
dimmed, and that the expectationrof the French
marauders have been disappointed. intelligence
of the attempt of the SeiAlliLfrills in the Danish
territories to rescue theuaselvts from bondage,
reached Humbtirgh OU the loth, and the Dutch
and French troops were immediately marched
into Holstein, in which the Spaniards were said to
have hike!' possession of Iteudsborg. IS hat num-
her or Spenianh may have reinulned in Holstein
and thrown themselves into Rendshorg, if indeed
the report to that effect be true, we are not inform-
eel ; but with regard to the rest, we have the satis-
faction to kaow,.frum this official report of Ailinusl
liesms, that the expedition from Ilisiabargh eft
too Into.

BiatIIADOTTM is to be King of Portugal, and
Connnaneler-in-Chief of the French troops is
Spain, to which NhPOLVON is sending reinfoler-
irsZnits rrom the !thine, by &reed inarchee. Brit-
orrrrs was at TiSiVell3llllife, for the benefit of hat
health, when these intentions of NAPOLSOM were
announced to him. 1-le too was to have attetrted
the grand.A.tr at flandrnrgli, but it is supposed t!ist
he has procee.ded to Itandshorg. King B_ays•
DOTTE will them commence- his reign under evil

aumpirre, isr well 55,5 Kia% JosEms.' Tim csesr et
the breve. Spnitiortis, whom BLIN A UOTTV. 11:141
him keeping, hill sorely vex Box AP Orr& What .1
glorious exarnple f..tr tlie 11:53aiant, the Italians, teli
the troops of other nations, whom he hoe pre:lsrd
into his service.

The last Gottenhergh papers mrmtioued a rv.
moor of the Itirvsian fleet having put to WU from
Cronstadt. A private Letter from Hamburgh stay:,
flint it has been defeated by etiritirit squadron, u;
that the Itussiona have discontinued a!t milieart
operations iu l inland. if the Croustadt fleet cc
tually left port, tin.' is not improbable. We au.
demand that us 900,1 WI Admiral S•12MAIIVII heard
the report, he sent u force to look after them.

The Corsican Emperor hes at length re-appearsd
on the great theatre of Paris. After haviug passed
near three weeks between Bayonne atid :Sautes, at
a time when ei•ery hoar weaned to call for the
moat prompt, as aril as energetic, mi.-names of
precaution or of ders:ace ; he appears to hail
finally propelled his course from Bretagne to the
capital, with consideralsle .peed, if not precipite.
emu. In five clays he reached the Palace of
Cloud, from the mouth of the Loire; and he lisa
obviously enileaatiurad to conceit] the disgorges vi
his arms beyond the Pyrenees, by an osteinatiom
display of all the magnificence with which ha
policy has surrout.dcd the usurped throoe that lit
occupies. Such un exhibition, nevertheless, eas-
ing long au,tain him, unless be can teastae tie
train of ptosperity and of victory which via-
forroly attended him from 1799 till he engaged
in the attempt upon the Spanish Monarchy. 114
more we reflect upon the recent transaction in the
isle of Fusion ; !opal the sublime conduct *I fir
troops there imprisoned, in swaining fidelity
their country, though surrounded by two euesnii-
and separated by the sea front any apparent firc:i.;
of escape; lastly, upon the success which has
tended the eutertnise; the more profound 'opt,
du we conceive that it will make throug!•• •
Europe. Its effect will not be merely
military. It will have a moral operatiiia, fur tric:i•
appalling to the Tyrant of France, tieui t
minutia' or his ostensible numbers. The S:,i-•-
niards have useniftsited a patriutisra, loyalty. i,1•4
affection for their country, which, ranee the
iuenccmeut of the French Revolution, has not liosi
eahibited by any people, still less by uuy
engagesl in war, either fur or against the Frei,ioo:
—That relaxed morality, and these jaeohiu:,:.,

maxims. which hare shaiwn Of I4ul.rrttod YO
tl.N'ir:ll7l4ll.l* 1111"): LbeellA I:l7llr:etiive
"4)". They 44•.1 gist allow 04ctake•h-,!., to 3

abstracte
natnetl Jt
rusk^ RI; wiie and
the Indic., a. aaa
Bootana. They
there are such this
even the weakness
chtutee to sway th
'or hrinettraMe beK
aleasoastrating, th
crime, C;l3 111.'1%
though they Islay
tributes, and the
We way I:e a:4ml]
leet on Europe, a
will it lie lost on
judgan ut too cnn
ble at laz+ eptrati
will he iworountl

We c tocoot, ho
or the ineaure o
»laud, Funen,
NkiSdOUI or prude
been surrte•ted,
extern estreniitn

meaaur.r, Eh
hsoensette
Fare been more
knowledge of tin
chid, or nt Andu
lay, have coerce
Vistula, or in Pol
the contrary of t
MGR...tilt to Ming
than that of the
jacent islands; t
could he more rt
eieltpe aB4 more
Me. In fact, th
hazardous, and
bon of many tart
ttt in the confine[
SIXTH, the reNiel
ill it p.ison, itllpi
sailit try extricati
nits of Austrian,
srrarce, in case I
and ether of th
and certain. Itidi
tion, their passal
hotly, would haw
their t country.
ture eclibcratior
sus, that Bos4
novo, and uc
Walvis. But, as
crime has attain
the.• were prom
have guaranteed
went.

In Lis treetme
vourA to she*,
fates or trtnt►emt
or of the other,
brotlierafor kin.
JOLCUI7.I, to fill
he rather the
Imperial MlMje•'
lAT, 0411 In si
see that, is case
Attu tt.ts Nat'l
Crown, but is
sister. In the
itouton, and
Which ia eridei
we suspect the
King Jost-tun
him to the otht
that the youn2
off to take pm*
l'erhapa, honer
them back nib'
are ready for I
through his Sp
the other Farm
acr•oent, as of
from Bayonne i
left Nludrid,

yet no [mutton

From the el
. iu France, in 1
naturally turn
Portugal. It i
nay tate:lii;enc
have., indeed,
they change to
►nu,t inipertan
the Tagus. u

It appears fr
of Baylen, add
CAST/IMM, th
led to the otter
fld GOBERT
cOnlp!et
otlitr Frew:lt

There was
Twoassoitov
nrint, going t
turdand sou
rat. This r
k alit on the
of wet
I.4titing *Ski

idnitractetliy considered, O Corsicaa
named Jostima BO N APAITC, might not
make as wise end as good a Sovereign of Spain and
the lndie4, a. iniother men, named Ftmoinasio of
Ilocicsom They have proclaimed to Europe, that
there are such things 0A allegiance and duty, which
even the weakness or incapacity of those who mar
chance to sway the sceptre, do not cancel in loyal
'or honourable bosoms. They have done more, by
demonstrating, that violence, and treachery, and
crime, cos never legitimate sovereign power,
though they may assume the insignia, and the at-
tributes, mud the language of despotic untherity.
We may 1:e iissered that this example will nut be
lost on Europe, and, we believe, that, least of all,
will it he lost on France. lion APARTE possesses a
judge). lit too correct not to estimate and to treni-
ble at its operation. Though not immediate, it
will be profound and universal.
We cannot, however, join in the condemnation
of the measure of stationing the Spanish troops iu
F'unen, and Jut:and, as reflecting on C'e
wisdom or prurience of NAPOLEON. If, as has
been surge-,iel, he line' removed them to the
eastern extremities. of his vast empire—for such, in
some measure, the whole Enrollee,' Continent may
he esteemed, since the treaty of Tilsit--would he
have been more secure against their ettainiog a
knowledge of the tramactigos at Bayonne, at Ma-
Mid, or nt Andujar? or could he, with more faci-
lity, have coerced them, when encamped on the
Vistula, or in Poland, or in Silesia ? We conceive
the contrary of the proposition to b tree. It is
slitlisailt to imagine a more sequestered position
than that of the Danish Cher:oat-sus, and its ad-
jacent islands; to which access, even by letter,
scald be more strictly interdicted ; or from which
escape was more perilous and elinost impractica-
ble. In fact, the enterprise was, as we .see, most
hosardous,.auil depended for success on a coinhiiiii-
tioo of many circumstances. In Zealand as well
'as is the continental dominions of leenEnseg the
Saxes', the residue of the Spaaish forces reamius
in a prison, impervious, we fear, to any naval or
mill: try extrication. Had they been in the vici-
nity of Austrian, or of Prossian troops, their deli-
voracce, in case of a rupture between Bow A PARTS
and either of those powers, would have been easy
aod certain. Individual desertion, or in ease of an ac-
tion, their passage from one army to the other in a
hod), would have restored them to liberty and to
their ()awry. It was doubtless on the most
ma-
ture r!eliber.stion, and as to the most secure of pri.
►orw, that BoN A PARTE transferred them to Tons
Mogen, and across the Belts, into the Dauish
island'. But, as we often see in private lift, where
crime has attained the term fixed for its durations
those very precautions which ought apparently to
have guaranteed its security, accelerate it. punish-
ment.

Lt bill treatment of Portugal, as we have ruder.
vou►ed to chew, NAPOLYutt violated all the dic-
tates of moderation or of policy. As little of one,
or of the other, has he manife.ted in selecting his
brothers; for kings. Even in his recent elevation of
Joacutu, to fill the throne of Naples, it seems to
be rather the quality of bother-in•!aw to Ills
Imperial Msje,ty, which has recommended Me-
axr, than his military talents or services. Fur we
see that, is case of his decease, it is not his son,
Aculttrs NaeoLcon, who is to succeed to the
Clown, but his august consort. BON A PARTE./
sister. In the awful crisis of the fortunes of NA-
POLEON, and of every individual of his family,
which is evidently approaching by rapid strides,
we suspect the Corsican will find occupation for
King JOACHIM nearer home, than by sending
him to the other end of Italy ; though it appears
that the young Princes, his sons, are already set
onto take post; scion of Portici, and of Caserta.
Perhaps, however, Don JOIMPH might like to have
them beck again, till the Escurial ■nd Aranjues
are ready fur him. Of that Monarch's progress
through his Spanish proviuces, the Mon/fear and
the other French papers do not give as detailed en
accomit, as of Naeuttott's triumphant passage
front Bayonne to Nantes. Indeed, though JOSEPH
lett Madrid, as we suppose, on the let of August,
yet no mention of him is made down to the 14th.
From the contemplation of the aspect of affairs
in France, in Fiineli, and beyond the Rhine, we
naturally turn a ith much impatience to Spain and
Portugal. It is now !nag since we have received
any satelligt.nce from the's!! countries. The winds
hats, indeed, rendered it iinpossible. As soon as
they change to the we.twurd, we may hope for the
sno.t important and exhilirating intelligence from
*I" agus, as well. as from Castile.

It appears from the official account of the battle
ri Itaylesn, addressed by General RIMING to Gen.
CASTATini, the, iu the action of the 17th, which
1.41 to the surrender of DIMODIT, the French Gene-
rd ;anat. was killed; and in tilt of the 19th.
herh cnmp!eted the business, DUPONT and two
r lieuch Generals Were wounded.

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There was a report, last Bight, that 'Admiral
TooaxsoirtouuN had fallen in with a French squa-
dron. going to reinforce Barcelona, and had cap-
tured and mink several, and was in pursuit of the
rest. This report is said to have presided at
t idis on the 30th of July, upon the alleged au-
thority of accounts overland from Malaga ; but
e4thing ifficiod had been received upon the sub-