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PARIS, JeLY 11. .
The attack of MOntjoy, *hich may be core..
tiered as the eitiidel rff Geroni, has commenced,
after the taking of the three reilimbts which Aye
fended it. Notwithatairdisig the difficulties of the
ground, which is leVrtlf where a herd rock, iret
necessarily retarded the operations, a battery of
mortars was, on the L.tiithr I° a Oat° to lire. Tv,.
other batteries of cannon began td tire ou the teeth,
and continued vigoron-ly to !ratter its brew*. Ai
%iedent storm, which 'wok piece on the .29111,11.01.
lowed by .rival others, sod coidieued runt', heeler
retarded the completion of the works ; brit n is et.,
pi vied that, by the nth of Joky, at the lateat,
the batteries will be ready to tire, and 'it ts pmtr
able then that within twice, twenty-fern hoi••si af4;
practiealrie breach will be effected; and the e..tpt. •
leer of die ipliwe mast speedily follow by surrci.-
der, or otherwise. Menlpy once i.e our permea-
tion'', Genera iney be considered as takeu.sini this ire
the opinion of the Spaaiards themselves, as is snake'
deadly proved by lettere, which the besieged beet'
tielnivoured to ceuvey to their Georrul-iis-Chief,
Make, awl which have been intercepted by our ,
advanced ports. They solicit the succour which
is unable to give, as may be seen by the report ad-
dressed to Ins Excellency the Miniater at Witt, by
General !euchre, Consinander-in-Chief of the Sir
corps in Antigun.
71APLLS, JOLT 1. I
The appearance of the Anglo-Sicilian fleet Ira* • •
afforded the Neapolitans au opportunity of maid.'
fasting snore and inure the good disporation nhich •
animates them. There reigns to the capital such
security, such confidence, that although the enemy •
is at its gates, and though he occupies the western`
road of Naples, the public works, even on the
sea-shore, are as much frequented as they could
he in the midst of the moat profound peace,—
The lower dairies share this patriotism with the
others—thst which above all augmented the Sent.,
red confidence, was the circumstance of seeing they , •
Queen, ut the very moment when, only a few wino-
from the coast, the &lentil) spiadrou engaged our
Ingatei the Cetus, calmly promenade the shore with
the Royal Family. This sight tregnently ofered•
to the politic, confirmed in st more and mere the
feeling of perfect security.
The enemy is still iii the same positien, and in
I the same suite of tuactivitr ; our brute felle,vl
,'e-
spair of seeing him land. The ardour of our troopey
is such, that Use re„•emeut of Lamer d'Areergioeb•
and the 10th French regiment of the hem, we-
withstaeding the dia.:elute of the reed, urea
the excessive herb, which bas preen ed, *.
formed, in one day. a esevois of nertatles, 'nthe
fear of not arriving in time for the heat possible
attack. The tort of helm, with its little gar
alpha, lipping it *ovens resistance to the enemy.
The iseekie bee. Ise rbatilit that General Coteries,
who miseturinstrilh will on • this monies mainline
the hastens of his anetrators. •
M. asiesee, Captain of the (.'efts, has been asp.
pointed Cepitaine kranserie, wed Cominairder • •
of the Royal Order of the Tow Siei lies, se • rewired
of the bravery end drill with which he sustained the
glotious action °film 47th ult. All the °Seers
the frigate has Iseenlirorneted.
in cesisequeebe of the orders of the King. Grime-
ral Partnimeane mulched *osn (7alabrisonth ',pert •
of the forces usher Ms command, to prevent a tie- '
barkatiors which the enemy's fleet by its manoeuvres
appeared to wish to make in the gulph• of POillith
tor. His Majesty, hating been informed bv stihsee
Tient advice*, that the enemy had landed three
ferments in the neighbourficad of Scylla, with the,
apparent design of' besieging it, ordered General
Partonneaite to return by forced marches to attack
the enemy. We expected intelligence of event*
from that sidv,hut the telegraph has just sienna need'
that, at the approach of our troops. the enemy re-
embarked precipitately, leaving valiells Military
ethics.' iu the situation they had 'momentarily or.:-
copied.
(Here follows a Decree, dated June in, cools=
eating the property, of whateyer description, of the
Newilitans, who hare emigrated with the ancient
Court.—eMonitear, July 13.)
LITTER rave ALICULT, TO BIS IXCeL
LEXCT t strecs-rEa AT trut, exile Astaire,
JUlti; 19, 1609
IdesurrienEOß—The battle of Saragossa had
delivered- that Capital, mid forced General Blake
' to retreat ; that of 13elchite. changed his retrain
into a rota, and 4liverod Arragou fiom his pre-
sence. On the 15th, night had put an sad ro the
pursuit ; on tte Itith. the enemy halted at Boteri-
ta, whence lie sat driven, and continued his re*
treat.
" I went in permit of him on the 17th. Ovi oar
march ire peeked up yen sharp-shooters of Mutter,
among whom were 43 officers ; some hundreds of
niece were killed. I slept at 1m Puebla d' Ai-
borton. At one in the morning I left my crenp,
and presented myself before Seiehite, en the
loth, at break of day. The ItOtii and 117,1 i
Regiments hail joined MC. The enemy, al
had re-ceived in the night a reinforcetarest of 4,090
mese oecepied the heights. His ceurre was de-
limited by a first, and protected by the trove.
which likts a call eel gates; the left and right a ere
behind current:hue-et. and a coal-net, and alumst
the whole front was covered by olive-gronirds and
vineyards. hotel...riled with rectum. I
deprived
my columns it the plain ; I rued. a battalion of
light ilifantry advance towards the centre. in the
olive-grouirils, inciely to occupy the iiraillcura of
the flee tly; and while General Hide it iueliatil
en the left, in column, towards the heights between

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Belchite and Coda, I ordered General Itlueti4
march in column, by battalion, on the left of the •
Spaniards, to turn them, and immediately to ellearge
them, after having shaken them ler toeuty dis-
charges of cannon. This movement was executed
with great precision. The first battalion of the
114th, and the first regiment of the Vistula, charged
vigorously m Cie, midst of a diachsergle of grape
shot. Blake endeavoartil to stop them by a charge
of cavalry; two squadrons of hussars repulsed
At the same moment one of our bode set fire to eine.
of their howitzer-eisissons, which blew up with a
great explosion in the midst of their rooks, spread-
iog death and terror through them. This whole line
was thrown into utter coolusion, and pained through
Vie town, men, horses, celiessonie, commits, all pen-
men. We passed through with them. This tons
relit curried away all the rest of the hoe. General
Hubert, who came up, accelerated the general
flight. The whole pions is inundated with fugi
tive:li, throwing away their arms, end whatever they
have with theta. Had i inset •tritire cavalry, not-
withatauding the ruoillaTof the (light, I should
'have taken a great 'number of prisoners.
4' A .iogle regiment, the Ist of Valentin, rallied,
at the &stoner of more thou two bale,* front the
field of battle, and einleavoursell, to defend itself.
The humors of the 4111 broke! .throngs it, and cut
down all below them, only taking 2 or 300
prisoners. One standard. dine cannons (the last this
tinny had left) '23 capinais, Inoo English cat-touch-
Image, shoes, babe, and cloaks, as well us 3,000 pri-
soners, remain in out- power. We have foiced more
than 3,000 muskets, and the fields are will covered
with them. I have ordered them to be sought
for. We have found immense docks and maga-
zines of rice uud biscuit, and horned 23 ammuni-
tion waggons. I have pursued iu several columns,
nail arrited yesterday at Alcaniz. Calanda, and
Gaspe. Tile number of prisoners increases every
inutuent. 1 hare the hnimor to transmit to you
some uccounts which describe the situation of the
enemy's army, and its officers. 1 add a plea of the
formation of this army.
*• I am about to Uddresa a Proclamation to the
ArragooeSe.
'My lass during theta two days scarcely de-
serves to be noticed, as it deo not amount to more
than an Idled, and abeirt23o wounded. The Sim-
i:lards, when once broken through, abandoned their
positioos with so lunch precipitation. that their lire
was not very destructive. 1 tun, 15.1::.
(Signed) Sucua?."
niveltiniutthis, soma 30.
On rite news that a part of the vortex of obrerva.
tires of Wertemberg hail proceeded from the Lake
of Cionitaace to 7dergentheirn, a handful of the in-
surgent. of the Vinarlberg uelvair:edto Tettining:
rasNr.sOnT, JUIN 7.
The deporture el their" Muje..ties the king and
(Eileen of Saxony, which had been fixed for to-day,
has been deferred indefinitely.
The cireitmatencea of a late trial have soeceeded,
in a goat measure, in developing the character of
a notritious politician of the present day, Mr. W.
Cobbs:it. The charge of incomistency which has
been so repeatedly, and indeed so saccetsfully
urged against him, has now received additional eon-
tinnettiou; nor can he advance, m this new instance,
the only plea by which, for a monsent, he could
have defended the limner ; namely, that they were
old principles, altered upon Imager experieuce. ma-
ture judgment, and change of circumstance. What-
ever may have been the effect of this defence upon
the public mind before, be caiinot avail Maisel' of
it now; for, unfortunately, it happens, that the very
time he chases to commit this violence, fir which
the action was brought, is the very thue us Which
be chooses to liberaltve his views thy meat, and tenth
into the adoption of those opinions which Tomas-
ly he would have termed wild and extravagant, or
wicked and revolutionary ; and which are always in
street opposition to such conduct ifs that of which
he has been convicted.
The people of England have been a long %Isar
amused ley the theory of Mr. Cobbett, hot there is
in that same people a curioaity that sill make them
desirous to look into his conduct. noel a good vase
that will not fail to draw a comparison between
both, and decide the question of his siiiccrip• upon
their agreement or contradiction. 'the trial at
Winchester afieireles them it very god oppoitiiiiity
for making this comporivon, and is of a nature suf.
licielitly public, stifticontly recant, and sufficiently
unequivocal, to wake a tcrydeeip, and it von. general
impression. F torn this, it appears, limit the WIIPO.
rate of the liberties of the 1W111.:.! owe-tiled
for all assault mud false iinprisoninteet, and con-
verted, by a jury of his countrymen, of the said
offence. Web what &all.? of consieteney, throe
eau he remote the office of politics{ cement ? How
oan be look the people in the face, after hawing
offered such an insult to their privilege, ? How can
he accuse others of perverting the Constontiou,
ufter irtrin4 :attempted !Oneself to make it au iti-
torteincut of private malice against the poor, the
dependent, and the injured? It is not sit Mr.
Cohhett'a power, nor in that of anv other de-
claimer, to do away, by his speculations, the
practical evil be has worked, or to compensate
by a moral sentence for the actual injury he
hers occasioned. lie may write for a I bed
years upon the beauty of freedom, if he lives
40 long, and society will he still a loser, if he
persecutes but one of its members with success.
It would scarcely be imagined, if we had not the
immediate fact iefi,e our eyes, that the author of
The Political Register would be the man to de-
prive the people of their liberty upon suspicion,
and puni.h them for no other reason, titan that
. they were the relatives of one who had offended
him. It wool(' scare •Ir be expected that he, who,
in profession. was such a friend to Britilkaarisorii.
deuce, si 'd, iu practice, be ea disciple of the
Eastern rysteen. which punishes not the culprit,
but the culprit, and bi. foetid). and generietion.
The fact, however, is now proveil; anti it will be Mr
the people to argue and to act it.

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