The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1808-07-14 00:00:00

LONDON,
THURSDAY. JUL• 14.

A gentleman who came in the Blown, from the
Mediterranean, arrived yesterday at the Foreign
Office. lie was at Vigo on the id inst. and states,
that intelligence had been received in that city of
the attack upon General Meant by the Spanish
Patriots alter he had passed the Sierra Morena.—
Their force did not exceed I imo men, and there
were very few regulars among them. The action
lasted some time, but the Patriots were at length
repulsed with the loss of about lOW men. Gen.
Derowr, however, did not think it prudent to
advance, but proceeded to entrench himself near
Cordova. The Patriots, it is addc4, wore not at
all dismayed by this aback, and in the course of a
few days. reinforcements pouring is from all aides,
their force amounted to upwards of 40.000 men ;
and having taken paelbssion of the defiles ie the
rear of General DIPS see. they pia enacted
F him, and, after a most severe action of several
hours, they «weeded in nompletely
the French army, with a loss on their side, we are
sorry to say, of near 9000 men. Such is the ac-
count which had reached Vigo on the lid instant,
and was universally credited.

Sir Amara WattnaLtr arrived at Cork en the
7th instant, and the expeditioa was espeoted to
sail on Monday last. The 36th regiment does rot
accompany it. This force is certainly destiood to
join General SIPIIICER. Our expedttieu, now on
its return from the Baltic, will be probably em-
ployed upon the same service. The whole would
constitute a British army of upwards of 39,000
men.

71. Casette of Tuesday night contains informa-
tion of the most satisfactory natnre, though, on cer-
tain points, of vital importance, we are still without
intelligeace on which we care rely. The capture of
Hossittir's squadron is, in itself, such a blow, u
must be deeply felt at Paris; where, whatever de-
lays or artifices are practised, in order to conceal it,
the fact must, long since, be universally known.
Yet we see that iu TAe Argus, • demi-natio!
Paper, published at Paris, so late as the zioth of
June, the very idea or suspicion of any such
atteespl cm-attack. on the part of the Spaniards,
is treated with contempt. It is put on a level
with the repart, propagated nevertheless by
the King of Ilottano, and by the Prefect of
Boutdesux. relative to the pretended death
of lbs BRITANNIC MAJWITT. Is it then
probable, that at Paris, the events which had hap-
pened at Cadiz—bravely, the surrender of the
French slandron, which took place on the lath.
at seiAn in the morning—was not known sixteen.
days afterwards, in the French capital t Such •
circumstance is difficult to be believed.

We hod hy the Paris Papers. that Box aemtes's
Junta at Bayonne still motiuued itsmoch delibe-
rations on the oil of last month. In order to
over the Spanish peasantry. a repeal of the laws
or koposts levied on the productions of the mil.
mirtieularly 00 vines. ras Footboard to the new
King. and 'sore than half proisiised Is, JOSEPH.
He is styled in stone of tiieharar,miss, "the loved-
Pr of the ues. dynasty." This expreusioo, of which
Corbicau loaraelf appears to be pa.-tieularli