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London, England, 1810-08-04 00:00:00

!WU/MUIR W. XTRACTLI

CADI2. JULY 13.
An article from Medina de Pomar, dated the
15th tilt. says true gth instant the patty
under the command of D. Francisco Looga inter-
cepted, between Vittoria and Arganxon, • courier
on his way from Fritter to Aladrid, with Govern-
ment dispatches and taro hags or private letters.—
Thirty-two dragoons, who funned his escort, fell in
the conflict. The officer who commanded, though
sego rely wounded, r se u:,-11, oaring to the swiftness
Di his hin.e. Three ut the patriots, including the
Commandant, were wounded. Two days idler,
Longa 'nutted a large party aho were eecortlng an
Olicer of 'he Is partial Guards, charged with dis-
patches of importance ; and took both the Officer
and the dispatches. The OiEcer, at the request of
tne Freurh Governor of Vittoria, was exchanged
for two Spanish Offseers."
Fruno Madrid, under date of the 18th alt. we
learn, that the Gazette is iuccssisittly tilled with ar-
ticles relative to literature, educatioa, marls. and
various beneficent plan,—•H empty gaiennade •
divert the politic attention front political tower.—
Balls an t tlitaatical entre titininenta. which are
upendv given. though at • en at efilsruoir. are •Ii
intended to corrupt, render eff..minate, and Frew h.
fy the inheld!stos. The Merfrid istaxette most also.
to I 111 l of the Pans Peens. have is cringers
and c:ies:rtricuot op amen and damask perform- '

General Begnier,uot much bandied *ith the loss
sustained by his troops at Zafra on the .2.1 d ult. at
'largosdos on the 28th, and their being Nyack, d
by surprise at Mouasterm on the 2yth, put in mo-
tion his principal force on the 3d inst. consisting
of between 10 and 11,,nt 0 infantry and cavalry, with
14 pieces of cannon, *itli the design of cutting off
Colonel PaLlo Munn°, who was in Burguillos.
and of subserviently cttacking Brigadier I>. Jose
Yinsz, who occupied Xertr. Ymar tieing aware
of the themy's iiitentiou, directed ft/fursllo to full
back, which be did in gond urricr, upon the appear-
ance of the enemy on the .sth, with the. Ii ss of
on:y one soldier sounded, and a Captain of the
reptn. sit of Vittoria, w!io dt.d oti the march, awing
to the exces.ive hest sod faigue. At ten o'clock
in the einrning he reached Xeres. hewing -bees►
joined on his march by the part tinder D. M■nuel
Benedict°, and both chiefs haling communicated
to "'lnas the result of their onarrestions, be pre-
noted to receive the enemy, who were soon aces
advancing by Santa Asa and La Granja.

The enemy began his attack on Xeres at half-
past eleven o'clock, making a feint by Saute Ans.
and his principal effort oo the side of La Grevia.
He was repulsed at all points by the steadiness,
bravery, and rapid ibanorneres of our troop.. He
renewed his attacks motif Ws in the evening, bet
without success. Yaw, however, having only
3500 men to oppose to the very superior force of the
enemy, and hying aware of the necessity of joining
Baliasteros, resolved to evacuate the place. Making
a feint, as if he designed to retreat by the bridge
of Archlla, which bad the intended effect of deceiv-
ing the enemy, he effected his passage by the ford,
in the night, in the best order, order cover of the
battalion of Merida. On the morning of the oth
he entered Hignera La Real, whence he pursued
his route to Elwin., to wait for instructions from
Banasteros, who was falling back from the ensirens
of Seville, to form a junction with him. Nothing
can afford a more decided proof of the loss of the
enemy than their 1:ot !pursuing oar mots in their
retreat, and their marching back on the 6th in the
direction of Sows Marts.

CADIZ. acct 17.
The noise of the cannon now gives us no wnessi-
newt. We are so used to it, that we think little or
nothing of it. We are nevevtheleis. grieved. not at
any mischief which the enemy does, or can do to
though so 'tear, but for the miseries which our neigh-
bours of Puerto de Santa Maris. and other towns in
Spain. are suffering; but we trust they will all have
■ speedy deliverance.

In this city we are Litany free fawn distress or
svant of anv kind. Indeed it scarcely has the ap-
pearance eta place besieged. IVe have abundance
of every thing. sod even live luxuriouly, though
some articles are dearer than formerly.
Don J. Cruz, Colonel of the sharpidnataes of
Cadiz. who rendered himself so celeteatild by the
glorious defence and action of Lerin, in which
was made prisoner, in 1809, hes eff.cted his ereave
from France, and arrived is this city. He
that there are three parties in France; this Napo-
leonic. Royalist, and Republican; that :Napoleon
is very frequenily ■M:cted with t:•e chohc ; and
that the new Empress rooms him with despoirc
stray—a circamstin.cr, certainly, that, if true,
must excite no little surprise.
Boliasteros us in Saw.- Ponce, and his advanced
posts extend as far as Fiioma.
The Cortes will woo assemble. Several Depts.
ties are alreaik arrived.
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P.S. Jay 17, at a late Amer.—A letter front
Tariff., of the 14'11, ,unlash* ine follnwing intelk-
grace :—The enemy here fallen back from Ximena
upon slut th• d.►ision of Leek hes
d■) inlyaneed ►o St. Rogue, pushing his onti.n•ts
and 3 bags• la. Over so all airrettoup4.
hes not sii.teinetl Soy lo.s; for,
though a few snhtiers are ini.einit. the) hive, at
I.g •1 behind with the parties of the
tatTalPs, aid Sill t>son fejeirl their colour*.
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PATRzone clianlcrisps.

'f! let let Mr. Wilkes's private character be what it may,
this at kaet is certain, that circumstanced as he is with re.
geed to the peldic, eves ills vices plead for him. The people
elikagland here too much discernment to stiffer your Grace
to take advantage of the failings of a private character, to
establish a precedent by Wilk+ the public liberty is affected,
and which yea may hereafter with env's, ease and satisfac-
tion employ to the ruin of the best men iu the kindgdom"
JUNIUS') CO L TTTTT TO TULL DUEL or Oa•FION.
The principle above laid down by Junius, that
the " Laws of England should not be violated
even to oppress a sinuer,"—and that the Government
of the day should not be permitted to do a public
wrong, under the mask of visiting the private mis-
deeds of the individual in whom a question elect-
Ingithe rights of the people came to he tried—is
Consistent with the true spirit of the Minsk Cowin-
tution, aud may be supported in every point of view
in which it can be taken. If a point of law arise,
on the trial of the most atrocious murderer that
ever was 'brought to the bar to meet the sentence of
justice, it is better that he, haviug the advantage
of the law, should he suffered te escape un-
punished, than that, by wresting it ever so little
from its estabiished course, lie should be consigned
to the fate he merited, and a precedent given for
future deviations from the &fined line. Impunity
to one or mane- villains, is an evil not to be men-
tioned, when put in competition with• a practice
that might subvert the lives and liberties of gene-
rations of Britons yet unborn.
But the Reformers of our days have made this
just principle the foundation of a superstructure so
absurd, end have carried their conclusions to •
length so extravagant, that we cannot refrain frost
requesting the public attention to their exposure.
In trying the public question of the Middlesex
Election, against Mr. Luttrell, the private vices of
Wilkes might plead for him, because they gave his
opponents an advantage over him, utterly uncon-
nected with the cause itself; hut it would he carry-
ing this aortrine too far, were it to be contended,
that in no possible case that could occur in which
au itidividual stood foraard in the garb of Patriotism.
an) at.ention was to he paid to his private diame-
ter. It is a common and generally acknowledged
maxim, th•it the man who comes into Court as an
accuser, should eider it with clean heeds; and it is
recommended to us from the h:ghest Authority
that mortal can appeal to, pluck the beam out of
our own eye, before we trke the mete out of our

neighbouris.—Yet the pseudo-patnots of modern
time* have the boldness to tell us, that we have no-
thing to do with the private characters of their
lea 1. re, and that we are only to look to their pub-
lic services. Such a position cannot surely be for
one moment defended ; and we must coarse that h
has snuck us with considerable surplice that ever it
should have Lieu taken up. To combat so ridicu-
lous a theory may seem to be waging war against a