The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1810-01-01 00:00:00

TIM MINISTSA AT WAIL.

rcornells, Dtc. 7.

" I beaten to inform your E%cellency, that 1
7Saterday gave orders to the General of Division,
Pia% to attack the redoubt on the hrights between
Gerona and the forts. situate within 200 yards of
•!asst other. After taking the suburb of the ,Marine,
tell Italian troops. with their usual dexterity, exe-
mpted Noy seders, with o bravery beyond all praise.
notwithstanding a very sharp cross-fire, bttli
frees the cannon is the town and the forts, support-
'eAby a vigorous and constant discharge of aiuske-
'try. these troupP, sounar:•l by an inextinguishable
-ardour, did arit hesitate fora usoupent, but carried
•the redoubt by assault.

" I had also ordered Brgi-dier•General Asp!,
.wbe contamoded the besieging troop% to take pos.
mission of the suburb Gireselle,The troops of
the Confederation displayed the greatest bravery
.and steadiness is carving this suburb with the
bayonet. and maintiduieg themselves there, not.
withstasding the bee crawl the forts and oleo.
This attack co-operated peek ci)y with that of Ge•
semi rine.

"'The ineurgents hare DO leaser any eoinwiani-
eattaa with each other.

" AVGER EAU, Deka Caitigliaas."
WOO* MINIMAL rim* TO STAOMMAL TOO DUOS

01 CMITIOLIuS E.

" Ninalla, Dee. 7.

N I low do bower to infurat your Excellency,
ibat, "ennoble is your orders, the city redoubt
was carried :by dem, between ;midnight and on. in
Ilse soonsiog.
▪ Brigadirr-Cearral Sousse. with two companies
of artificers, two cowponies of grenadiers, of the
lithof the line, and a company of voltigesses, be-
longing to General Palumbitti's brigade, Lunde the
.sittriek.

84 Time fire eonapasies were formed into four
columns of attack, and ou of reserve.—The four
columns Itlarel:.2:l Ca edielthin, currying arm., until
they reached the height wivwfitch the redoitirt was
situated. 'f he drat, which was provided with lad-
Awe, scaled it, notwithstanding a shower of gre-
*idea. The second column, turning it by the
right, appeared befort the gate, which was shut,
and defended by a 4-pounder, which kept up a
etioetaat disciusrge of grape-shot; but the Captain
Ai Artillery, Bella, marching at the held of this
column, applied a pet ird to the gate, which blew
'half of it off; a second petard destroyed the re-
mainder.

44 The two other column* supported the former.

In a word, Sir, at the moment when one part of
the troops were entering by the gate, the rest
Mere at►eady on the parapet, by means of the
Deana' ladder*, which were rAther lung, the wall
being only eighteen feet high.
" The four columns appointed to the assault
did not lire a single musket shot duriug the whole
'operation.

" The reserve- beim; drawn op in front of the
bastion of Merod, bepo a discharge of ttsuldtetry,
When the cannonade from the hiMimpt, aid a fire
of !gill arose from the walls, were opeued upon
see columns.

" The fire of the reserve produced the hest ef-
fect, foe k diverted the whole of the enemy's at-
teution ; and, at the seine instant, I roused false
attacks to be made on all the fort/ and lui-tions of
the fifercedal. The garrison wee by this means so
much disconcerted, that its fire. badly directeJ, had
no other effect than that of wounding perhaps five
K six m.o.

41 The expedition was comforted with such ra-
pidity. that they set off from their rendezvous at
miduight ; and by one o'clock our fire had ceased,
and we were masters of the redoubt, the inconsi-
derable garrison of which was put to the sword,
sod in which we found two pieces of coupon, one
a 14-launder, the other a 4-pounder."

(The Genersl then *toes the dispositions he had
adopted, for tnitintsintit; the pced taken, and eon-
with tnentionilli the 113:11P1 of the Officors
particularly distinguisivzi titenut•lres.)
(Slgned) •• rise."

'T AT A %ATTAR Paox tdkunit. rigs DUNE
OW CA3TIGLIoN E.

" Foeuelia, Dee. s, leols.
I have the bonnet to inform your Excellency,
in the bight of the Gth, the Italian division
posseratou of the redoubt of the city, while the

visi o n of the Confederation carried the suburb of
'Gironella. In consequence of this advantage, the
enemy's Communications were completely inter-
rupted. On the 7th, at eleven in the forenoon, a
general sortie was mole from the town and forts,
and a rigorous attack was made on the posts they
had lost.

" On heaving the brisk discharge of cannon and
musketry. I mounted my horse, and, accompanied
by my staff, proceeded to Palau, where I found the
General of Division. Pints, who had caused his re-
serve to march upon the redoubt, which formed
the principal point of attack on the part of the in-
siorgent.. The two companies of grenadiers of the
sth and 2J light Italians, who defended it, made a
►esistance of two lions*, iu a style which surpassed
all praise.

.6 The General of Brigade, Atney, who was post-
ed below Monjoui, 'nark a movement in advance.
The enemy, bring taken in liank, were obliged to
abandon their enterprise, and, levying behind a
great number of killed, to-netire in disorder to the
town.

" Colonel Eugene, who I. acted in the rear of
the F,C,B Ciannetatile and the Capuchins, with an
column, joined that cnuirnaniled by Gene-
ral Ainey, and they apontaneouily carried the re-
doubts of Calvary and the Chapter.
" This afliair totally annihilates the hopes of the
inhabitants of Gerona."

[T►e sequel canna, of recommendations of particular
and °dicers.]
•, The Marshal Duke of CiatiglioDe entered
Gerona on the I Ith lust. He took 8 avails of C0.10ur..., tOO pieces of cann.o►, and 5,000 ttoope. The
following is s copy of the capitulation :

CAPITULATION of the City soil Forts of Gerona, cols-
eluded on the loth of December, at seven in the eveitiug.
" Ale I. The garrison shall march oat with the Wooers
of war, end proceed to France as prisoners of war.
All the inhabitants shall be respected.
a 111. The Catholic religion shall continue to be Mowed
by the islagititents, and shall be respected.
" IV. At kalf.past rigkt o'clock, to-abunrow moreiag, the
gate of Swoon, that of Arener, aid also that of the forts,
shell be delivered up to the French troops.
V. To-morrow naorning, the 11th of December, the gar-
taws shall march out of the toilers% at half-past eight
o'clock ; they shall file off by the gate of Arenu)s, and the
soldiers shall lay down their arms upon the glees
0 VI. As of of the artillery, one of the engineers. sod
• Comodesary at war, shall enter, the moment porouslya is,
taken ofike gates of the city, to receive possessioa of the
magazines, maps, plans, Le.

a Vona at Gerona, seven in the eresing, Dee. to, !sop."
[Here follow tie aignaturri..)
His Majesty held a Cabinet Council, yesterday,
at Trianon.

The King of Sammy reached Stratantrg, on hie
return house, at one o'clock in the day, ou the
17th.

PLUM DEC. O.

'Their Mpjesties the Kings of Holland. West-
phalia. and Naples. set off. on the 19th, on a visit
to Rib linptrial and Royal Majesty, who has invited
ithem to pass some days with hint at the palace of
Trianon.

Her Imperial Highness the Princess Borghese re.
sides at Little Trienon.

On the 19th. the Emperor took the diversion of
stag-hunting, from one o'clock to five in the after-
noon. in the woods round Versailles.

• The Prefect. nominated by His Majesty amount,
it is said, to 30, of whom about 13 or 16 have re-
ceived 6eft., yielding each an iuccome of 4000 francs.

M. Otto, the French Minister ■t Munich, is ap-
pointed Ambassador to the Court of Vienna. .

DEC. 23.

Their Majesties the King and Qiseen sf Bavaria
arrived, yesterday, at Paris. They alighted at the
Hotel Marbeuf. His High new the Prince Viceroy
went to meet their Majesties.

His Majesty the Emperor and King came yes-
terday to Paris, to visit the King and Queen of
Bavaria. He returned afterwards to l'rienois. It
is supposed that His Majesty's residetice out of his
capital will not be of keg duration.
The Antwerp Joanna! des Dentemes contained the
following circular letter, dated the 25th ult., from
the Director•G:neral of the Customs :
" The Director-General announces, that he has
retained the duplicates of several certificates of
*6Ol delivered by the French Minister at Ham-
burgh, for American pot-ashes. The Americas' com-
merce being prohibited in France, comequeuce
of the Imperial decision of the 17th of April, IdOth
nothiug coming from that country, directly or indi-
rectly. call he admitted, without an ezpreis order
Irma His Majesty. This Administrator thinks it
his duty to call the attention of the Dircctors to
this subject, in order to put them on their guard
against a note inserted in the public papers, by the
French Consul at Copenhagen, purporting that pot-
ashes and cotton* may be freely imported."

SATOIII2It. Dn. 16.

The Ist division of the Spanish prisoners, taken
in the battle of °cans. is expected here on the Itith.
It consists of 3000 men. It will be immediately
followed by two other divisions, cossaiatiug of be-
tween 25 and 30,000 men.

From 7to 800 CilitAN'Kr/ have this day arrived
here, on their smith to Spain. la the course of

LON DON,
MONDAY, JANUARY 1.

The Gazette of Saturday night contains an ar-
gaunt of the dose of the evacuation of Walcheren.
It is given at length in our sub Sequent eoluwlui.

We have received Paris papers to the 24th last.
We state, with regret, that Gerona, the gallant
rival of Saragossa, has fallen, after a defence, that
will for ever appear a brilliant star in the constella-
tion of heroic achievements.

The determination of Bou•PARTZ to assume the
title of Emperor of the West becomes every day
more apparent. This idea was announced au long
ago as the interval of the short peace during Mr.
ADDINGTON'S administration, when BO •PARTI
talked of dividing Europe into the Eastern and
Western families. It is not a little strange. that
the views of this great revolutionary hero should
have remained so long unaltered on this point.
The Emperor of AusratA no sooner entered his
capital, than he began to prepare himself for that
war to which lie will, in all probability, be exposed,
before twelve months expire, and which no sob•
mission on his part, short of putting on the livery
of Bowariars. as a Member of the Confederation
of the Rhine, will avert. A new levy, to till up the
ravages of the late campaign, has been ordered in
the Hereditary States.

The substance of the new Constitution of the
Hawse Towns is published. They are to be con-
verted into Free, Imperial, United Cities, under
the protection of the French ! !
French troops are pouring into Spain. This is
only what might be expected.

Government is seadiug out considerable rein-
forcements of troops to Portugal. General STIBW-•
ART. Lord GALLOWAY'S brother, leaves town, this
day, to embark, with three thousand infantry, for
Lisbon. Six thousand more troops are under or-
ders to proceed immediately to the Tagus. These
vigorous and warlike rneasures,for the defence of the
Peninsula, originate in the Foreign Office, under
the auspices of Marquis Wewist.sv. It is infer-
red, perhaps prematurely, that Boma ranTs will
not fin I his sppoite keen for marriage, and for
conquests, at the same time. The Corsican is subtle,
and, we fear, will out-manoeuvre our Ministers on
both sides of the Pyrenees.

We are assured, from respectable authority, hatt
a new and roost alarming subject of *contention has
arisen in the new Cabiuet, betweeo two of its most
important Members. We mean Mr. Noma'.
•
and the Marquis WRI.LESI.CY. To such a point of
mutual aspenty has this dispute been carried, that,
it is believed, one or the other most resign. We
do not pretend to know all the subjects of contest.
but that the forme► wishes to strengthen the Ad-
ministration, by bringing in Lord SIDNOUTH and
his party ; while the Secretary for the Foreign De-
partment is desirous of re-introducing Mr. CAP•
NINO to a place in the Ministry—there is no doubt.
This rivality has already diffinold considerable alarm
at Windsor. The alarming feature of the case is
this—lt does nut appear to admit of compromise;
Lord SIDNOUTH and Mister CANfIING cannot sit
in the same Cabinet. His Lotdship, than whom
we believe there is not a more amiable and worthy
man, has never ceased to he the but of Mr. CAN.
ortio's ribaldry. it is recorded, as one of the best
of his jokes, alluding to a rumour of his Lordship's
return to office. that this joker said in contradiction
" No I no! we never have the small-pox a se-
cond time." At that period. the wits. tappers,
and parasites, at Mr. Purr's table, aroused them-
selves with jests upon Vistosist Surmount, under
the name of 44 The Doctor."

There has been something in the conduct of the

French Government towards Mr. Powsit, the S..
cretary to the American Mission at Paris, singulady
insulting and contemptuous. It is difficult ts
sign a satisfactory reason for so unnecessary sad
harsh a treatment. towards a person who is ko
closely united to the Representative of the Unite:
States. Daring two days, that the packet, wll,O,
carried over the Austrian Messenger, lay off Colitis,
every loaf of bread, and every piece of meat, which
was sent off from the shore is the vessel, omit,.
went. by the Municipal Officers, the most t.
gorous inspection ; io order to ascertain that 114
correspondence, or communication of any kind,
took place between the town and the ship. M,.
Msutiton and Mr. SMITH. do not assuredly appear
to be animated by the sane acrimonious spirit
towards the Corsican Emperor. They restive
all their at:zient grudges, for oar Ministers. I,
NAP:Mk:Ott then so intoxicated with prosperity wit
success in Europe, as not to allow America g,e
longer to remain neutral between Great 1311,41,
and France ? Should lie carry his deter „
into action, he may prove the best negociator
we could have sent to the United States.

A letter of reeeut date has beam received is
town, on Friday, from Parts, which affects to throw
some new lights on the repudiation oil:norms",
and on the iutenJed selection of the Prisms% on
is to succeed her in the throne and bed of
Corsican Emperor. It would appear. that all the
terror spread over the French capital, by th
" Mauchards," or spies, of the tyrant. has not
been able to prevent, or to suppress, some very le-
were lampoon, and redexions. ou the indecent sad
immoral scene exhibited in the Senate. Toe Pan.
sinus, particu4arly, at once ridicule, end deprecate,
the fate of this iu.isible bride, who is expected, so-
der every possible accident or circumstance, to
give a male hrir to " the founder of the Coati"
dynasty ;" and who will undoubtedly be allowed
only a certain portion of time for fulfilling la
expectation. That she west. and will be, is
her turn, repudiated, if she does not perfom
this indispeu-able duty, appears to be evident;
and France in.ly then. probably, be able to hoist of
poeticising ease divorced " Dowager Empresses sul
Queens crowned," unless he should tree' his secotil
wife with leas respect than he Ins nisuifested lu.
wards his first. It is dangerous for a revolutiouary
Emperor thus to sittject himself to the severest of
all tees. ridicule; and it is the brat time that Ns-
roLona has exposed his person and condor: to the
" persiflage" of his " beloved people." 'lrony
lad it harder to extiogni-h, then to eonfis,
Holland, or to desolate and enchain Switsettand.
But, to the Princess :—The letter abate alluded
to. asserts, that for some reasons, true or
of a nature not very dissimilar from 'hove
advanced by another tyrant, Hamar VIIL,
he wished to decline acemespiishing 1"-

ANmsolCuives, Napalm)* has laid amide

tentiou of giving his Imperial hand to time
AUGUSTA of SAXONY. Reports were

that he meant to demand the young Princess
SARDINIA; who. besides great personal bats:,
possesses the advantage of being near eleven

yoenger than her rival ; she is exactly strew
- -

Her rather, VICTOR EMANUEL V. lass sto other

male or female; and her mother. bring edam; :o
of the Archduke FKILDIN•!4D, son of Mau T
assn, the Corsican would engraft his BOW,

and Rseniount blood, onthe Austrian stock.
There is another very curious reason likewise wig
ed For this selection ; namely, that the young Pnt
ceas in question, is, since the death of the late CAI
dinal of Yoga, the eventual heiress to the Cior
of the Britannic islands, after the decease of
father, and her uncle, the abdicated King of SANDI
NIA, as the lineal representative of the STUART lit
However absurd or chimerical any such !admit
may appear to us, it might gratify the malice is
antipathies of the Ruler of the Continent, to qe
lily himself the future rightful pomsebonr of rl
STUART claims on the throne of these roilar.•
Where the reigning King of SA RUI IA ilk to thy r
sides, we scarcely know with certainty. Lit Hsi
Cagliari, the capital of the island, not long ago; I.
whether he has not returned to Rome, we 1.4 n:
pobititely assert. His elder brother. CuAatEs
um., the aLdicated King, lives in great sed
at Fresa.sti.

%Ve give this story as we have seen it related,
without, in any respect, answering fur it sow'
ticity. It was one of the currant and accrvd.
anecdotes of the " Fausbourg St. Honore," t,
weeks ago. We still incline to believe., for too
reasons, that the Saxon Princess will be prjoic,
Her objections, or scruples, even if ever
will doubtless be silenced before an impanou•
over-ruling necessity. Probably• a short wee *1
throw light on the Corsican's intentions ; for, bee'
already forty, and only expecting to draw Oil f
tore for thirty years more ; and meaning, al
states, to educate his son, or sons, lie his oAD

lime, as well as beaevuleut, principles, he will.
course, not remain long a airlower. We ure tow
mistaken if this domestic revolution doss out

Powcits the Si..
t Pans, ',Saguia-4y
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person who is .0 111
tive of the Uniit;
the picket, wlco,
;er, lay off Calms,
se of meat, which
the weasel, wish,.
rs, the most 1. All
ascertain that .th
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d the shirid
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tcrimonious rad
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sees received is A (
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and bed of tits
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capital, by thy
tyrant, has
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the indecent eud
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to—
and deprecate, -.,t;
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and will be, is ,
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to he evitletit; a.
▪ able to boat (I
er Empresses and
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as manifested '""
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or a revolutukary
to the severest of 'wry
rat time that Na. a cal
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in Switserland. sews
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rue or imagiatry,
us thowe urged
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say VIIL, „g
bis nil flaw
I laid aside his ant
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al to the Prim.:
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were circulated, •
pits,
sung Princess
personal beauty, by a
near eleven years al
ctly seventeen.— ttir:
has 'soother issue, mi,„,
being a tisti.;!itte suit ,
of Meets Taro must
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Austrian stock.— m
In
in likewise swigs. to
t the young Pius. howls
of the late Csr. His 1
sss to the Coors all:
a decease of het alie
11 King of Sisal- is,„
the Stuart. hha ford.
y such pretensies bee.ttt
fy the malice lad itls:
untiaent, to quo The
possessnr of the there
f these Bawd
to illy re. Ire
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in great sedum.
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