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(FAJNI THE CORUN V♦ DIARIES FROM THU 9TH TO
THE 24511.)
Intelligence received from Gerona, extracted
from the August Journals of that city :
•• JUNE
...Mr bombardment is cmitiuned with the gond-
r.t fart•. The cotenancy ■nd firmness of the
f /rronese, it seems, irritate thesis furies of hell.
About stinu bomb-, were counted yesterday-morn-
tog but the enemy will soon learn, that while he
completes the ruin of the city, he will not advance
a sinzle step ire the enterprise lie contemplate., nor
even dietitcb the serenity of the initabitailits. Among
other proof. we may distilietiish the following in-
cident of this calm fortitude:
Jt3HE 29.
" The Journal of this day contain• the pat tieu-
!ars of Cie cacaos enapluyell fur the defence ot• the
tower of St. Louis, and of the rewards distributed
by the Commander of the vanguard to a iimnber
or officers and soldiers who had distinguished them-
selves. I.IsNON• AUG. 19.
By lilt migeue, received from B tiliej.ix up to the
13th instant, we learn, the allied F.nJish army had
received a reinforcement of liffint mei,, which sup-
plie.l the loins which that army ar.tiiiiird in the
battle of Talavera, and that the. bridge of A Ir 7.111•
which the French had trowiessed themselves
Thin recapture cost the
axis ) ..one lons.—(Mario de Liiabois,
ft I Li.) AVettii 111.
PRIVATE LETTER.
• ....:.terJay arrived here, seventeen transports,

-having on boar one troop of flying artillery front
Cark. 'foie armies have made no movement of any
,conserpselice; the Head-quartera of Sir Arthur
Wellesley are at Truxillo, the- rick have Isslrii sent
.444itia101-:the Frew:l'lllam army is at /aline&
• •isie la l la ; Soult's corps is at Pliniencia ;
Carina has been superseded, and, it is said,
'Blake is appointed Commander-in-Chief of the
Spanish foreirs." •136..22.
POSITIONS OF THE ARSIIF:s IN SPAIN.
The fre.id-quarters of the British army are at
Saraceja, with the majority of its force ; one divi-
sion at Polite de Almarez ; another, composed of
the Ilanoverian Legion, and some light troops, at
Turrigon. The Spanish army has its tread-quarters
at Deleitosa, with the corps of reserve; its van-
g.iaril, and second division, on the river Mezas de
lhor, near the bridge of Ventlas ; the fifth division,
in the mountains beyond the said river; the tirst
division in Castanet de Ibor ; the 31 avid 4th at
Frestlidosa ; with a part of its cavalry, commanded
117 General Ilenostross, at Torrisile ; the other at
1 ruxillo, at the Puente de Savta Cray, comuiand-
ed by his Excellency the Duke of Albuquerque.
The Spanish outposts, which extend to Puente
de Arzobispo, state that the French had nit ap-
peared iii foice in that position, but the English,
who were at Puente de A liaarez, have almost daily
skirmishes with the enemy's posts.
The Portuguese army. tinder the command of
Marshal,Beresforil, is encamped Oil the Tagus, Oa
the frontiers of Bora- 118X4 ; its head-quarters ou tile
16th lost. were at Zerga.
Yesteiday, anchored in the Tagil., 15 English'
transports, they bring the remainder of the 11th I
Regiment of Cnasscurs, a nurnher of twits-s to CUM.
Plena the service of the English park of horse-arta-
'try, and a quantity of supplies, particularly pro-
visuois.—/ Lisboa Gazette.)
Copy of a letter from the Portuguese army,
doted 14th August ;-
46 The news I am able to give you is, that we
are encamped in the midst of mountains, where the
whole Portuguese army is collected, together alit'
the English. The French are cut oil on all sides,
and have no other alternstive than that of surren-
dering themselves prisoners. A French el-Airier
his, just been intercepted, with letters of import-
ance; the situation where we are is delightlial ; we
• have plenty to eat and drink, and nothing is known
here of want."—/Curtis du 'facade, Astg.2l.)
By intelligence from Spain, we learn that the
combined armies bezio to receive provisions, of
%loch they have been hitherto destitute. It is said
the', the French have made nitvenients, which indi-
cate an intention of retiring.—l Mem.)
11,UXILLO,, AUG. 13.
The French who idle. kesh the bridge ..f Ara°.
Wisp°, have fallen back, aid proceeded towards
flu'setwcia. On the 10th inst. the English rainy
was between X.iraeljo and Alinarex, and oust at
I.lleleitos r and lies, de lii.ir. This afternoon, at
two o'clock, tile English troops pet themselves in
inmost., and at noon WP expect here Marshal Wel-
lesl• y, who contra to emend with the Intendant re-
vett 111 g • lie destination of the Kovisions.—(Diarie
de Beelajos, Aug. 13.)
CIUDAD-RODRIGO, JULY 31.
To-inorrolv, several waggons, drawn by mules
and oxen, will leave this place, to convey the artil-
lery and ainntueition which the Portuguese have at
Almeida ai,d its environs. I%e are IKIIOIIMt sif.
where it will be sent. It is said, that the French,
from Zamora, and other parts. have joined at Sala-
manca mad that the whole, or greater put, wilt
welch towar4 Alba &jar or &MOIL Fur there two
days iii re have been 1,000 English at Carla, also
doubtless will go to Alniaicz, if the French front
Sallinancti attempt to•pass by Ratios, and place
them...dyes in the rear of Cueing', with the view of
,oveiipyilig the attention of a part of his array.—
placia.)
•r GERMAN AND DANISH PAPERS.
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stintitot, AttG. ID.
Ilis F.xcellency the Duke of Dinitzic has march.
ith the first tlia.bton of the Bavarian army from
'the rol to Saltsburgli.--(/bid.)
DUSSEI.I3OItV, AVG. 112.
A strong cordon of etistein-house officers has
been estalitishml trout Emmerich to Bremen.—
(Aid, Aug. t 6.) AUOSSUIteIt, Atl. Iti.
It is still said, and it is pretended with certainty,
that the armistice is prolonged only for tli days,
this space of tune being sufficient to communicate
the orgoriutiou to Russia—the hope of an aps
pranching peace still exists.
They write from Munich, that the insurgents of
the Tyrol still defend with obstinacy the defiles of
Brenner.—Wounded arrive hourly at litsprock.
Scarcity begins to be felt in th. Tyrol, whither
several hundred carriages, laden with Hour and
wheat, have been sent from Bavaria--/L'Abeills
do Nord, Aug. i 15.)

lIURFAIRRIUG, AUG. 47.

A report was circulated, not long since, that Eng-
land had been invited to take part in the tiegiwia-
bons ; this news is continued. The Emperor of
Austria dispatched a courier from Paulin, on the
gnat July, 1:r London. Ilia dispatches have no
other object than that of engaging the King of
England to make peace. This courier passed
through Nancy on the Bth of this mouth ; the re-
ports which reached us yesterday evening afford
the best exptx:tatious.—(/bid.)
011 Tor rldtv.. atm es.
With retool to the peace with Austria, i:othaig
new hies transpired ; and rejoins on this subject
continue as fluctuating and uncertain as ever. Let-
ters frOill Berlin .were received here on the 2.3il inst.
by a 0194 respectalile house, stating, that a very
serious inismiderstanding hail broken out between
Napoleon and Alexander, both with regan I to Gallicia
and Turkey, as well as to souse other fre.li encroach-
ments which Bonaparte intends to make upon the
Continent. He is said further to demand the
cession of rill the territories which Prus►ia holds on
her side of the river Oder, including Berlin. Stettin.
&c. Prussia will, it is said, he indemnified far her
new sacrifices, by the contort of Austrian Silesia.
The same at counts add, that the greab•r part of
the Prursiaii anny has received orders in hold itself
iu nowliisess to march, and in the first circles iu
Bonin, the most intimate • connection between
Russia and Prussia was also confidently talked of.
The Warsaw article, by this day's Mail, plainly
11"aliews, with what insolence and unbeComing homiest
the Gallic Usurper treats the troops or the Emperor

_ negoeiations
/orte, have hitherto delayed the signing of peace.
Hut well-informed persons unanimously assert, that
its chief conditions are already definitively settled.
In this manner the news of the prelimistaries of
peace having been actually argued ought to be in-
terpreted.
The. French prisoners of war are now exchanged
for Austrians; several transports of the latter, who
were already on the march to France, are, fur this
reason, returning.
On the 9th inst, died. here, General Vnkasso-
vich, of a mortal wound he reeeived to the battle
of \Vagrant. in the 54th year of Ins age.
The Minister of State, Champegny, went yes-
terday to the castle of Altenburgh, on the frontiers
of Hungary, where we learn the confereoces re-
specting peace ure to be held.
Instead of Count Stadion, Count Metternich
has takes, upon himself the department of foreign
affairs, ad interim, with Count Chummily, in the
castle of Altenhargh.
On the 311 inst. apprehensions were entertained
at Trieste. A squadron of 10 English men.of war
appeared in the morning of that day in Ugh t of that
port. Upon this, the seven Russian ships of the
hoe and frigates in that pert went into the rimer
harbour, and delivered part of their heavy guns to
the French garrison, who planted them on the
coast butteries. On itccotiot of the Micro's'
iuveu-
tion of Coogreve's rockets, all (cars had not, how-
ever, disapraretl.—(Correspoeder.el
The generul rtimoor states, that lioltetuia will lir
ceded to one of the Archdukes, with the title of
King; and this King will be the Growl Duke of
M'ortsburgh, eldest brother to the Etoperor—who
will then nnmediately join the Courederation of
the Rhine, as new King of Bohemia.
The Turks ure stitioised in formidable force be-
fore St habatz, Seinontuto, and Belgrade. but the
Servians hire received considerable reiuforcentento
of their own, as well as Russian succouni. They
prevenrthe Turks from making any successful at-
tack on those fortresses, so that a decisive tootle
liiikSt soon take place between loth ariutes.—(fleet
Zeitung.l
ROYAL BAVARIAN ARMY, SEVENTH. CORPS OP.
THE ARMY OF GERMANY.
Advice having been received, that Andrew Hofer,
Captain of the rebels of Pitssayer, dares to send
emissaries about the country, who circulate false
rumours, and who wish to sedoce the inhabitauts
to bike tip urine again ; it is ordered, that every
body who, being noprovided with' a legial pass from
his Magistrate, shall be caught out of the limits of
his village, or its district. shall be imprisoned, de-
livered up to a military commission, and executed
in the space of 24 hours. The Bailiffs, Burgos
mastersatid Military Commandants, are made 'ter-
abit:illy responsible for the executiou of this order.
AVO. 17.
lit consequence of the interruption of the com-
munication with Turkey, the price of cotton conti-
nually rises.—Monab. (urresporeicaten, .4lig. 29-)
AUG. 15.
Along the whole neighlsoitring frontiers of the
Tyrol, general insurrection unhappily prevails.—
Wounded men have been brought here from the
envirot:a of Hindelang, five leagues sonth from
Kempten. The notorioue Chief, Hofer, of l'as-
sayer, has had the audacity to reply to the order to
appear iu lespruck Ly the loth of August—" Ma
he would cow, but accompanied by 10,000 sharp-
shooters." It is lie alum now ficeo.itaes theßrenner
with a large force of piassents. The attempt to
dislodge them from the pass of Burg, not far holm
Stifled', has nut succeeded. They depended lint
so much on arms, as pieces of reek and beams of
timber, which they hurl from the high 'tumulus on
both sides into the narrow valley.--(Correspondent.)
sanest:. AUG. 16.
Traitquillity in the Voralherg is yet very precari-
ous; Iron Bregentz to Feldkirch, the inhalatants
are indeed disarmed; but in the mountainous
districts of Montasen, and eu Mount Adlerberg,
whirls lies between the Tyro' and Voralberg, the
insurrection has broken out anew, at the instiga-
tion of the Tyroleens.—(C•erespeadeat.)
CHUM, AuGA.mr.l4.

A corps of French troops, which General Fro-
Fella detached front Verooo, under General Ayiaar,
to the Italian part of the Tyrol, has heen engaged
not far from '1 rent, where the road divides to Ca-
rinthia and Verona, with the Vora!berg insurgents,
ehießy from the Fustrrthol. But the latter had so
advantageous a position, near the pass of Clousel,
that it became impossible to di.lodge them. It will
at last be necessary to reduce these deluded wretche
by famine.--ICorrespundent..)
MUNICit, AUG. 16.
Iu the night of Monday the 14th inst. the body
of Colonel Brigadier Nlaximilian Count You Arco,
was broug'd here under escort, he having been
-killed by a shot through the brad on the 13th, in
an engagement with the Tyrolean insurgents near
Schwan. The King had entrusted him with the
chief command of the volunteers. He received his
wound when he rode to reconnoitre near so ahlwriis.
Hui 4cath causes general monruiug ; and the King
hearing of the loos, sit xl tears. The Ist snit ttii
legion of the national militia ale now to be put on
foot ; the third class, without exception of rank or
office, must then do military ditty, and mount guard.
The regiment ()flight horse, and some battalions
of infantry, passing a hollow road near Scharuitz
and Schwas, suffered much from the stones and
blocks the insurgents rolled down.
The Commtobion from our Court remains still at
Fischbach, on the frontiers of the Tyrol, to wait
till the whole country has submitted.
The communication from Augsburgh to In-
snruck is interrupted, as the Tyrolean. occupy
Swargen, being in greet force.—( /retie Zeitang.)
room THE Um, AU°. Is.
According to private advice* from Vienne, the
French garnsan there receives greet reiduccenieuts.
• From the 14th to the 16th, several loaded Freud.)
stuni,ils sot winmuniiiests waggons passed the lon,
to join thersench army.
The Vienna Glasette already inserts all the S.iliz-
burg :wide.; tinder the helot of **Kitcziltins or Be-
rarte:*—i'Carrespondemea.)


of Ressin, while in Canticie; and the very Polish
General anstainrs a tone in .peaking of 1t sin skei
savours more of protection, piten Ito
great it power. In alt probabinty wiegiall, elle. •
?tear of a new wrier of most asomtous*Litacat
occurrence* on The Nurthvin Cont.
VIENNA, AV OUST I.
The negotiations with ltussiti, respecting tlie