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del Infintado arrived there in disguise, and declar-
ed that there was lin ground for any apprehension
on account of Ferdinand VII, this prince being
perfectly safe.
General Combines took from Dupont no lee
than 1,300 waggons, loaded With booty of immense
value, and with intimunition....(The Loyal roam-
guest of 10th Anus.)
MADRID, AUG. 12.
On the 17th instant, the Supreme Council of
Castile went to the church of Ses Maria, where
Te Deism was rung with the ;treatest solemnity, to
give thanks to Clod for the signal benefits he has
dispensed to the monarchy.
Ou the ash To Demo was iu like manner sung in
the Roy al Church of San l.idra, in the presence of
the Sr:notaries of iitute, and hi. Eace:lency Don
Parke Cabuldos.

OD the 10th inst..ia the Church of the Fathers
of the Trinity, a Mass, a Te Deans, and Y Salto,
were likewise sang. Preset the Supreme Council
of the Marine.
M A MUD, AUG. It
The following is the answer which the Governor
of Monica, Gitneral Marquis del Policia, returned

toCoaot de Septlite, who solicited his accession to
the party of Napoleon :
"To ypor imithous communication of the 19th
ituttoat, obviously calculated to excite disturbances
and cosninotions in this island, I reply, that I have
'altered thew be burnt; and that, this very day,
gerdinwiri the Vilth, whom God will preserve, has
been proclaimed pot lawful Sovereign, in the Most
*atom manuer, throughout this island and the
Spaoiali fleet, coder waversal shwas of satisfaetioo

awl applause..
" The man who how commands in this Island is
a Spaniard, incorruptible, and hostile to the pasty
of the wicked. lie doev wet acknowledge any an-
thorit) pemtittstod by egetPlisn, hope, oe fear; he
knew* that a►sa aulaved. or appraised are Sot to
•

command freemes. east seas wiihaetouiduaent, that
there are Royal Xx4ribtaaatee which• abase the
aiarfrity raged in thew to destroy the rights of
awl the iodepeadeace of the moo-

eat I.lif it possible that you shoo" kilo appalled by
'eat if death, to such a degree, as to do soll,ing
%saw year nallatr laildT'loialloot- your 64 an-
Wier Gine—Oita so longq indolent and posillani-
elpsonaoog traitors who propliase the sacred cross
se =dyeing teryiee, to get lite:kited in your
brave inaaand the coward die but awe,
bit %Oast lives eternally with God.
Pstareo, dor. oflllinnrca."
Stabs% Janel 4, 1604.

D. Andre! Lastaeca, said D. Vincent. Duke de
litsterada, have been appointed, by the Provisional
Osionneo Qesteral, to receive the 'offers if thine
wiir•wirike &lain theanny of Madrid, or make
cootrihistief for the public service. The Xationel
Beak is to fate Anne if the menies'sibieh shall
11. IWO Arilmt oiroaa:
the Eneelietiey, Don Pedro Gonzalez Llama*,
Cemsesinsier in 011ie cif the Artery of Defence of
Valenta Valenta mid Murcia, who is now in this capital,
addemed the follinwieg Proclatnation to'the troops
dee his consinted; before he arrived here :
ORNERAL ORDERS.

• • All;OVIT IS, use.
•
&Idiots of the Army of DeMse4 if the king-
doeil-iat Valencia and Marcia 1.7-We are ou the
paint of entering Madrid, the capital of the vast do-
minions and kingdoms which compose our beloved
nation. The eagles of our enemies dread the
svenging arm that -comes to ehastize them fur their
iniquities. You have seen the temples and sanc-
tuaries outraged in the most scandalous manner,
thut inheritance of our forefathers, granted them
by Divine Providence, must be maintained by-the
Spaniards with all their might ; the strictest discipline
and military order must be ind ispensably observed by
those who march on the rood to &log i let no sen-
der onrielves worthy of that honour, in order that
our fellow-citizens may admire the virtues which
we ought to possess. Soldiers, he obedient to your
becanse it is your duty to he so, and be con-
data that they will never wink at indiscipline and
disorder, which cannot but disgrace theta. Compa-
nions in arms, chew your gratitude to the, people 41
New Castile, who have so kindly endeavoured to meat
all'our wants; Madrid is its capital, u it is that of
all Spain ; treat its inhabitants as your brethren,
and let the most perfect harmony peeved between
them sad you. MI this is reconimeudeed to yults.
mid expected from your ktyalty and obeilienc% by
put General
PEDRO GbIIZALEZ DE LEAMAN'.

ohjeet of Li• mission was to declare
necessity there was fur the tranquillity

write owiforinity of its &spoilt-
cattalo Junta uy GOVeTWOMM
organised by two peputies front
. kingdom! that th kingdoms of
, and Asturias, were ready to accede
also those of Andalusia. •
Junta here testified its supreme
this propovitinu, on which it had
the tun* actions reflections, and

) he carried into effect us speedily as
possible, to produce the advantages which all the
provinces anxilusly expect ; a similar opinion and
approbation 4 the eatablishment of such u So.
prime Junta 'was transmitted from Hadajoz, on
the 21st; from Valentia on the Std; and from
Grenada on the 30th July.—(Corres des Murcia./
Extract from Tie Gazette szff Valeatia, of
July .5
Murat detached Marshal I%ioncey, with 10,001,
men, to attack this province nu :be side of Cueucx,
in the expectation that the army of Gen. Sabran,
front Barcelona, would do the some on the side of
Catalonia.

General Sabran was perhaps defeated before h"
could reach our territories. Aloacey passes( the
steep mountains which defend our province, and
succeeded in his attempts to enter it, though our
veteran soldiers gloriously fulfilled then: duty.
lyre enemy summoned the city to surrender, and
the indignant populace, nobles, priests, and even
women, all ran to arms, lined the %%ails, berries-
doed the gates, preparing the most determined re-
instance ; the enemy opened his tire, which lasted
more tiau seven hours, directing his first attack
against the gate Di Qoarti, and the twittery of St.
Catherine. The enemy's cavalry was well covered ;
but the fire of mussinetry from our wails, which
was very lively, and coutinund, did gres execution
among the infantry, as it attempted to lailvsnee.
. • •

The intrepid Captain who commanded the opera-
. nous is the batter:of St. Catharine, went epon the
highest of :them. sad sieving his handkerchief;
chslltaged the enemy to advance. The Command-
ant of the Cate di t.itnirti ordered that it should
be opened, and the enemy judging they would be
permitted to eider, advanced hastily in cotu Mil, but
a discharge of grape shot was immediately made
on them, which mowed them down by hundreds,
asd cowered the ground with carcases. At length,
at digitise night, General Moncey made a precipi-
tate merest, leaving behibd bin a variety of utett-
tile, and 10 picots of artillery.
This army of 10.000 mete was milieu] to leas
than ii,4100, and the prisouets we took .assured us
that the greater part of the slimy would hare iin-
leftist* deserted the (kneed, if he had not as-
sured thee) the Spaniards would give thee( no
quarter. The remainder of the army is pursued
without intermission by the peasants of the Mena.
and its flight is marked by its blood and abandoned
spoils.: The latseneis, robberies, sacrilege.. and
extortions, of the. French. hays so 'enraged the
minis-of the peasants, thatithey consider them as
bring* of another species. and pursue and destroy
them like wild beasts.
ALCOSAcA, (PORTUGAL') JULY .21.
The Trench. who were in this city, lett us to-
&T. at *eves in the morning, with so much pre-
cipitation. that not being able to make use of the
provision they had collected, they destroyed them,
even the officers throwing them away, and scatter-
ing their wine about the streets;—the least motion
alarms and terrifies them, and the slightest ru-
mour of the approach of troops depresses their spi-
rits toauch a degree, that they have not power to ex-
amine what foundation there is for the report. Ever
fond of society, both by character and educttion,
they never were so eager for it as on this fatal occa-
sion, as they judge themselves most secure when
they are all together. All that altraordinary bra-
very and iiitrepidity. which have been so vaunted in
their Casettes and Oficial Papers, are now changed
into diegracidal panic and pusillanimity.—(4lll-.
*erre Lssitsag, Jiffy zg.) •

_ -
BURGOS. let. 17.
This morning, at fire o'clock, the French army,
consisting of 13,000 men, under Marshal Bessierta,
left this town precipitately, lit cooseqomme of a
imessisons sent by Germs& Ceases wort Blake, who
are to cuter it to-morrow, thrtaseeing that in ease
they did oot evacuate it by that lime, no qoarters
would be given. From the French themselves we
learn, that Joseph Bonaparte returned to Bribeisea,
where he still continued.

AUGrif le.
From Balboa we learn, tbat the French entered
that city en Tueaday last (the )6th), after a mast
vigeeese resistants. the part of the inhabitants,
as well within the city as in the suburbs, and that
ea Beth sides there has been considerable slaughter;
the entry of the French into the city took place at
ix o'clock is the morning, the firing lasted till
nine, from which hours, till Thursday night,
plunder and every species of atrocity followed. It
is thought that by this time the enemy have evacu-
ated the city, but we do not know it for certain.—
According to these accounts. the French entered
about 5000 i% number ; but there were not ware
than 4000 Bisclayaos to oppose them, as there
was net time to collect and arm a greater number.
TIANA. JOLT 29.
The French seeking no doubt hot that the sum
of woucy which they had basely exiptoyed to se.

11.0... P
.4.ll.elbereerli fa all Meepublic galisall4—tarporas esplainod the al+
Cons, which very properly obeyed fit the loistretrous the urgeut necess
they received. The souse day fisailtale*Fonticil of tli! kingdom, :
baring set, the Hussiaut,Aur lad a Virg tr*Attabirsh
confereuce with the Gov a •
which should be
was to require 'a Nati for his *the junta of each
which he obtained. • rcAglalpsca to fg Gallicia, Leon, rum
above Atiihairastlor di Ilikhavaw wit the to this plan, as als4l
French, as the Dutch di '7 grouuderfo sap- The Supreme .1
• pose that Russia entertains lief le *to 'satisfaction with t
France. previously wade
A letter from Salamanca, states, that the Duke which ought to ht