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PARIS, JULY 18.
Private letters from Madrid, of the 30th nit.
state, that tranquillity was completely re-esta-
blished in that city, and that the ['trivet of the sew
Almond] was impatiently eaKeted. •
In pursuance of an imperial decree, dated the
12th of May, at Jleyuntio, ita £xtraordinery Junta
is appointed to constant the Adinissistrution of T
cany. It consists of General Menem, the (7oon-
sellor of State' Audi*, anal the Masters of U e
Rolls, ehtiban, •Degenurdo, and Jeanet, together
with the Auditor Kolbe-Ilerton Crillon, Secretary-
General. General Melton takes the title of Gt-
eensor, is invested with the suprc4iie COIIIIIIALIII of
the troops, nod will officiate as President of the
Junta. Accenting to a decree of the Junta, the
commencement of the Session of the Extraordinary -
Junta will be notified to all the Civil and
Authorities of the three elepartuseuts of 'lnseam.-
The follosing Prod:us:alien to the inliabi•asits r f
that country lite Pier ordered to be published end
placaraed *Hiner the theme department, : •
" YOSCIOIII!...His 'Majesty the Emperor and WA, bas
lern pleased to insaftr upon you the houour of heir adopted
into the Great Family, and of welkin; yourselves to he des-
tiny of the Empire, Gored by ids genius. Nemilews the •
Great adopts you as his children, and she French 1141.41 it you
by the name of brothers. " -*
" This ii:opt in promises to you all the refit. to of the hems. •
Bceat cares of wurllltnitnou,s tuipereea.athe pr.rtceturof
ligios and morality.
Yon ^ill now be happy You will receive a vile of lass,
which, bras the of:spring of ivo.dons, and the exprviroce of
ages, secures Mc ri41511 of property, and the stal..lity of fami-
lies. Your agr.calt ore and iuduur y sill flourish. You will
restore tot T 'urea y, the native country of a Dante, Galileo, and
Michael Angelo, the Atlieueof Italy, that splanionr which
the &Vie Mow, the arts and sciences, of ichnh it was rue
meek to modern Europe, fora:nil conferivil upon it.
" &)eerited (cam the 'politest of heroes and of Soverelsus,
oar first wish is to merit your atm.:unseat. To attain Me
purpose, we bare nothing more to 4.. this to make yon
acquainted with, arid f.,thfullv to fulfil the instractiou•
which we have received. dour trains have even anticipated
oar wishes; end already, sot less &au ourselves, you esteem,
lave, and admire out Hillstrom* Etopeem.
" Tureens ! You are a ;0.4, a virteous, and a loyal peo-
ple. The Emperor knows and esteems you. Piece y,er
whole coufideui•a In bun. U t 'Arleen men of all parties
becotae silent, and forego their absurd expectotiues. I t
the brave the wy.e„ond the impartial elsesce mu of "e s
sniff, sad as in all tP.e other pails of France' pumcm cue
soul and out hams. It is by such conduct, that you. aOl
mike yourselves WsitLy of beta; the cbildres of Napolem."
]Flip Catholic Majesty, on reaching Iron, on the

9th, was there received by a deputation from the
Stases of Navarre. At two o'clock of the same
day, he arrived at St. SeLmistima's.' The States
pi the province of Bissell came as far as the furthest
posit of their frontier to meth. burs. His Majesty
g.. re as immediate eudielice to the Constituted An.
thorities; after which, he inspected the harbour.
the forts, sad the citadel. In the evening, all the
houses wore illuminated ; and, aecordiug to the
custom of the country upon solemn occasious, the
inhabitants of St. Sebastian's passed the whole
night in singing under the windows of His Majesty's
apartment, accompanying their songs with the gui.
tar. The following day, Hai :risiesty set out for
Toleas, having tint attended amiss in the Cathe-
dral of St. Sebastian's. At Tolosa he was met by
a depthatiou from the Sta.es of Guipaiscos. His
Naivety laispecteu 111, arsenal, which has Laren shut
vie muse taetssminencemeat atilt inte.mal disturb-
ances,
_mud gave orders for placing it again in a
state ef activity. .1 1.1 Lir 23.
It appears to be certain, that hie Imperial light-
nme the Grand Duke of Berg will be proclaimed
King of Staples. The Grand Duchess, his spouse,
arrived yesterday at Paris from Bayonet.
The Persian AeiLassader, tirrh (A in this capital,
II a man of elegant and courteous manners, and of
great learning. His suite, ut his departure, con-
sisted of 3W persons; but owing to the dillirii;tier
of the journey, he resolved to leave a great number
or them behind. He maintums, in his Isamu in
Persia. no less than eighty wives.
Marshal Liao's hies set out from Lectoure to
take the waters at St. Sunveur.

On the fith Mit. an English cartel appeared oft
Havre. An Officer oa board her boded the guard-
ship, sayi:ig hr. had a pasket of dispatches tiir the
Commandant of the Poet. Lie was answered, that
all communication between the two countries being
tut Mt any correspondence was tinsiecessury, ui.d
that he moat immediately make the best of his wuy
out of sled of the port. With this intimation the
oirtel cuinpiied.

Cardinal Caprara lately underwent the operation
of couching, which has lied the derived
The enlostal statue of the Emperor was, a few
ditys ago, erected on the triumphal arch in the
Place du Carousel.

BERLIN, JULY 13.

Yesterday and the day before several, French re-
giments, to the number of from tOOO to MO n en,
irched into the camp ut Charlottenourgli. They
vi'dt lodge straw huts until wooden barracks are
erected. The total of the troops to be encamped
Valve will be about fiAt) toes. The head-quarters
of thy, Duke of tiellono S ictin) are at
Chatrlottenourgli, in which place, cal tile 4,ljt•initig
villages the Jirinei;t4il °dicer. are also quartered.--
The value of the cru;w growing on tar scite of the
encampment. which is tile least IA oductere of at.y
spot is the wiiMe district, has beefs estimated, and
the owners are pro stied en indemnification in the
awning gmenal apporboning of the contributions.
Tis• seine plan will be followed in marking out the
Itottad for the encampments at klavelbwrg and
typiu, which, however, will tout be so consider-
able. The FrNich troops in Silesia still continue
to be commanded by Marshal Mortier. •
The French are also about to form encampments
iu Ponteionia. One, comprising 1.2.1./O0 men, wilt
be formed ow Stettin, st another seat Stargardt.
Tbe -number of troops who are to coinoose toe tat-
ter is not fixer!: hut it will most probably be inte-
rior to that of the former.

VIENNA. JOIE '23.
Utilities the forties' of Brattuau, which ill'uow
completely deutolished, the Emperor has also give.'
orders for dismantling the forties' of Egra, in Bohe-
mia. On the other hand, the coustru,ction °Ulmer
fortreme3 is going on with great activity. Besitlr.
Fort Comoro, in litaugarf, which has already been
frequentit noticed, the kniperor has ordered the
towns of Eas, in Austria, and Salsburgli, to be for-
tified. The plan ,was drawn out by experienced
engineers, and the Archduke Jnhn has written a
very extensive report upon the subject.
The plan of the Archduke Charles, for forming
the Austtian army jute ten divisions, on the model
of the French grand army, is 61111 a subject of much
coiiversation in this capital. The principal advan-
tage in this organization would be, that, in time of
peace, the troops would be so united in bodice, as
that, is time of war, it would be a work of snuck
less difficulty to ameinble them ; and that those who
are destined to act together would have the benefit
of being mutually kuown to each other. Each of
the grand divisions would he stationed in one of the
Austria,' provinces. where the head-quarters would
be established in time of peace. It is asserted that
tbii plats has met with much opsitiou in the Im-
perial' Council, bet that tile Arc6luke Charisa sti!i
persists in his sand* to bring it r ~,•ar.
Wxa>!F owe, JULY 17.
Letters froth the south of t ranee -fate, that in.
1111114VegGelbee of the encelleret armogeinents of time
fiemoseimieut, the coasting trade in the ifedsterra-
alma is now entirely free: the English men of war
and privateer*, who, is the beg gof Way,
swanned id tale Oultali of Lyons, having alreinst
iletellydiaappeaved. Os the other hand, they now
cruise in such lambent on the Swinish coast,
that the contenutectiteen between Barcelona cud
Marseilles, and also the south-western part of
Spade, ap alines: entirely intertwined. With the
interior of Spain the communication is wholly cut
off: at Marseille,, the g-eatest activity prevails in
fitting wit light vessels of war, and in arming the
merchantmen, by which measures the security of
tbe mth ene; 4ade Isms been remarkably increased.
A letter from Venice, • '..ted the 3el says :
" On the Ist 41,4. we observed to the Southward of
this place, two English frigates and two cutters, the
boats belonging to which erre taking soundings in
the Channel of Alalamocoo. The gun ison was im-
mediately under arias, turf the contiguous islands
were adequately provided with troops and artillery.
The frigates, however, sailed away without at-
tempting any thing. The largest frigate carried a
Commodore's flag. and was most probably that
which is commanded by Captain Campbell, who
has done, and still does, not a little mischief to time
trouie in the Adriatic. During the last month, elan,
several Barbary cruisers appeured,oflCorfu."_

HAAILLIC6I, JELY
According to leiter. from Perla, the Prize Court
has condemned the American vessels, the MerCe
tad James Adam:, Capt. E. K. Bang.. with their
wpm. bound from Philadelphia to this place.

THE BRITISH PRESS.

LON DON,
TIIUItSDA Y. AUGUST 4.

SECCLSS OF THE SPANISH PATRIOTS.

The Scorpion brig, of 14 guns, Capt. STANFEL,I.,
from Gijon, and the Desterons, of 14 gut's, Capt.
Tometssex, Coin Gibraltar, arrived, on Monday,
at Plymouth. The Scorrua had a remarkably
gala passage of tin hours, and has brought home
Sir Titosta, Deee, with Orivdo Gazettes to Satur-
day, the ,:tnth Led, inclusive; and, by the Scorpius,
Government hove feet:lied &patches from Ad-
miral Lord Cott.tecon, dated the 17th July,
off Cadiz. The Oviedo Gazette contains a detailed
account of the series of isperations which ended in
the destruction of MONCIA'S division. On the
Stith of June, it was attacked by the Patriots, un-
der General Ciao, between Quarte 41.1 Misdate,
two small villages near the city of Valencia, and
obliged to retreat. On the ,27th, the Patriots re-
newed their attack, and obliged it to retreat again,
after a severe action, in which the loss was con-
siderable on both sides, but greater on the part of
the French. Oa itt:e :Nth, Moecev, notwith-
standing these disasters, attacked the city, but was
coinnell.sl to retreat with the approach of night in
greatdisordertohis former position, between the two
villages. It thiaappears,thatthePatriotsintheformer
w:tions returned to the city, contenting theinseli es
with having repulsed the Freurle who re-occupied
their former ground, where they entrenched them-
selves ; or that the results were not so un-
&imitable to the French as they are repre-
selited. The garrison of Valencia, tired of these
repeated encounters, resolved to make one great
and decisive Miceli and assaulted MONCUT in his
trenches on the 29th. Their exertions were
crowned with the most brilliant siteeies. The
enemy were completely routed, red wf le.ooo
men, of which the French division consiated, only
1000 made their c,cape, taking the road for La
Mancha. Even this remnant, it was supposed,
must be cut off by the armed peasants, who, to the
number of 100,000, covered the country through
which they were to pass; but 900 of them had the
good fortune to fall in with the division of Geueral
Farite.
The Oviedo Ga:ettes mention two other advan-
tages obtained by the Patriots.--The Catalonian,,
it is said, have taken Fort Montjuy by storm, and
put the garrison to the sword. The reason assigned
for this severity is the great loss sustained by the
Patriots in tits accomplishment of the enterprize.
It is stated at 70nu men.
It is also said that the French division, under
General %Velma, has been defeated on its way to
join Dummy, who is surrounded at A 'Augur by a
Patriot force of 40,000 men, and that Gen. FILBRE,
who was marching for the same destination, kitting
a siaallai fate, did not venture to proceed beyond
St. Clemente, where he was joined by the goo men.
constituting all that remained of Mow; ET'S divigiell.
Snob is the grateful intelligence conuninticuted by
The (Mel" Gazettes. The dispatches of Lord COL-
LtsGwooo, we understand, are still more flatter-
ing, and ruby confirm all the accounts of the suc-
cesses obtained by the Patriots in Catalonia, Arra-
ge.., and Valencia, in which it is calculated that
the French have already lost forty thousand men.
The capture of Figaserus, by the Patriots, is con-
firmed, and also the defeat of the French in Bar-
celona, in which they are shut up in the forts, and
must speedily be reduced by fit • . Another
French corps has been destroyed in Murcia, and
the repeated successes of PALAYOI, at and near
Sinli(001114 are stated to be rxefectly warrantyl by
the facts. Dispatches had also been received from
General CASTANOS, of the 11th of July, in which
he informed the Supreme Junta, that he intended •
to attack General DUPONT on the Allowing day.

We are now come to Sir Titomas DYER, the
third channel of intelligence from Spain. Our
Readers will recollect that he was sent out by
Ministers to procure authentic information on
the spot, as ta the real state of the country ;
and he conies borne, in consequence of order
which, he received, but by the quickness of his
passage lie has arrived sooner than was expected.
We understand he has brought an accuunt of the
arrival of JOSEPIIIIONAPAPTIE at Madrisl, without
having experienced any interruption on his journey.

There has b.:en no second engagement, oilier the
ehocit which the van of CusirrA's army taccibut ;

bat there have been a variety of skirmishes, and these
have been fought witlitlifferent success; sometimes
the Patriots having the advantage, suet sometimes
the French. Sir Turmas says he was present in
Cuxss'A's affair, and he speaks with the highest
applause of the impetuosity of the Spanish attack.
Though undisciplined and irregular, their fury
was irresistible. He saw four French regiments
literally. mowed down; but ut the same time
the tire of the French, their order, and quickness,
were most effectual, and the havoc was dreadful.
Front a Proclamation, however, addretzed to the
Astuiians, which we have copied from The Oviedo
Vezette, it would appear that some of the raw
•levies, either in this or some other action, lied not
displayed that courage and firmness which distin-
guished the Imre of the people.
viccounts have 'been received from Opt.rto, so
low (loan as the .2Stil tilt. Sir ICATHIL it WEL-
LESLEY had arrived on the 35th, had landed, and
ptid a short visit to the Bishop. He then re-cm-
barked, was soon out of sight, and expected to
reach Figueiro on the eGth. It was rumoured,
that he was first to proceed to the Tagus, to COM-
niuuicate with Sir C. Corrox, and then rejoin the
troops ut Figutaro. The Portuguese are in the
highest hopes, and entertained confident expects-tious of driving out their oppressors, or destroying
them.

ft is impossible to describe the zeal, respect, and
regard, whi.M they demonstrate towards the Eng-
and the pleasure with which ciey hailed the
airival or Sir ARTHUR WEELttiI.EY. Our troop,;
are in the bed condition ; they fully participate in
all the feelings of the Portuguese, and pride them-
selves ou being seut to co-operate in so glorious a
cause.

We confess, that with the most ardent desire
to credit these accounts, and by no means deny-
ing that they may he true in the utmost extent, we
hesitate its our full conviction of their accuracy.—
They come, indeed, in a sort of official shape,
being rither circulated at Oviedo, or published at
Seville, purporting to be received from Valentin,
and from Madrid itself, through the capitals of
Andalusia or of Asturia. Assuming, then, the
truth of the facts thus related, as the basis of our
conclusions, tee admit that they oiler mutter of the
wannest congratulation. The complete defeat ref
Moxcer, in repeated actions, under the v.:Ms of
the city a Valentin, road the de,truction of 17,0JU
of his troops in the last attack, upon the of
June, on which occasion the Spaniards were the
assailants ; lastly, the escape °ford,' ion n fiNitives,
who constituted the total remains of the French
army—these are eients which, if not e:voneoris or
exaggerated, would almost decide the fate of lio-
a•PAßTell attempt to reduce to his brother's obe-
dience the hingdoua of Valentin, as well as of the-
whole country estevidinr: from the month of the
Ebro to the extremity of the province of Murcia.
Well may the S:miriards exult, mid anticipate the
meat prosperous issue of their present coutest, if
they have already destroyed two armies of NAeo-
Lew', led by Lirt.uvar., and by MoNcev ! If
we were perfectly le.sured of these facts, we should
question whether Josr:rm, when apprised, as he
must have been, on the so e;, anuld venture to
advance beyond Burgos. Nay, we should rather
admire his courago. than praise his discretion, if;
knowing, Chris at Vittoria, that the two great corps
sent against Saragossa and Valentin hail been so
totally destroyed or dispersed, he nevertheless con-
tinued his route to the capital of Old Castile. Yet,
on the tither hand, as JOSEPH did not leave Vit-
toria before the tali of last month ; that is to say,
near a fortnight after the. eictory obtained over
Muxctiv : how could lie possibly he ignoraitt of
such an eyeut ? These circumstances compel us
to suspend our judgment till we are better in-
formed.

Admitting, flowerer, that it is true, that in Ar-
rairou and ‘'aleiiiia the French have been repulsed,
still, how are we to believe that the Catalonians have
stormed the fort of Monjoy, and have. likewise
tAlvni the fortress of Figueroa? Do the Niiniste-
rial Prints know tie position and the strength of
fort Mind ? It is pkiced on a rock, almost lam-
cessible. e tttttt l nanding the city mid the brat/One cf
Barcelona. The Patriot., indeed, are said to have
lost between six and seven thousand of their men
in the assault ; and to have iiut to death the canto,:
garrisoM. Really, if these things are so, NAPO•
LEON is in a still worse predicament than we could
have ventured to concei..e or to imagine. It is not
only on the Rhine. or at Dusseldorf. that the con-
scripts will be desirous to decline marching against
such entaiier.; he will find other parts of hi. do-
minions a here similar reluctance will be mani-
fested.

Quitting, however, the eastern coast and pro-
vincis of Spain, we seem to ieinain still. in uncer-
tainty of the transactions which hate taken place
on the Gnadalnoitir, as well as in the vicinity of
Valladolid. Jost pH's arrival at Madrid is assert-
ed some ace .'lntl ; but we doubt likewise the
trot, of tl.e' In I. Neither the day nor any of the
circwastances aecotnl•u:ying it are mentioned.—
know Tn d h was not to reach the nietropolie
of before the 27th of July; if any faith is
biked .ke t•, tae preteriv! which his
Cormetut Catholic NIAJESTT was to advance to his
capital, gilt:, brfinc days ago iu thc Duted Papers.

DUPONT Appears to have maintained
at Annular, as late to the I.lth of last mom
fiance of CASTANUS and Ins army.
After all the scepticism which we hay,
on this most interusti:ps subject, and not
ing our doubts on many points, yet ,
that the awful and inexplicable .ilea
Dutch Papers, even clown. to so late a
2eith of July, which have been recciVt
seem most eloquently to imply; if not
that NAPOLEON is in F oiue embarrassment
w!in, reasnahig fro:n his past success,
almost wit.:l certainty, his finial rednetioi
explain, or rather endeavour to aceout
the principle, that he has intentional
the .17cmiteur. lie waits, sin
i; is ~..other's arris•il at Madrid. Then'
Europe a triumphant official bulletin,
Jossfsh's entry into his new capital, al
chi; his own approaching departure froi
At th.it point will end the first act 01
Spanish trtigeil.v. •

11:fore we conclude, we cannot help statir2,
tliet though the victories obtained, or told to F,e
obtained, by Pat,trox, Csoat.Los, end Ctto,
over the French, are believed et the Secretary of
State's Office fur Fureig3 •Affairs ; yet we he,:
beard it whispered Imm other quarters, that
Tituxis DvLit dory not !Aix; by any means
couniging accounts front the central provfnces
Spain. Amidst these oppisite and cliscoraant
Mous, we must, as we have said, suspend oarlock.
me.it ; but %%o do not the lets etitertaiu the brq
funded belief of the ultimate triumph of t:e
patriot Spaniards over the two brothers of
Ajaccio, the ser-creata.l Enz;)cror of Italics
and King of s;caiii. To-morrow we may be, per.
haps, able to r.,•aitie the suLject, with better ia.
foculatioa, and oil more certain premiaes.

%Ire.have received letters mid papers from 114
land, to the .2:411 :ast, containing the Paris net, is
the The report in soine of the London Priou,
which stated, that MuRAT had fallen into disgrace,
appears destitute of foundation. lie is to be made
Bing of :`,;aet.rs, but whether he is to retain
Duitc.ioal of Berg, or will be succeeded in that
Dour by some other favou rite, is nut mentioned. From
this it is er:deor, that N•ett Lew; is confident in l, 7s
al.iliry to estaldish Joserit on the Throne ofSpair.
only other news of ituportitace in these Papere
is, the Proclamation of the Provisional Government
of Tuseany, infortaiag the iehahitauts that it is t,
be'united to the lii.r;rloni of Italy. The gorilla
ETRUiti A, who is to bv tints robbed or her dominions,
our readers will recollect, has beau already rubbed
of her liberty,
.beio7, at present a state prisoner in
France. The Proclamation, ac;•‘!.. it'asult to out-
rage, styles the man by w•eorn site ,:.is been tints
treated, t. tbe protector of religion and e..o.ality."
—According to letters from Madrid, of the
tri:aquillity was re-established iu that 6e..;
bat JosliPil BONAPARTE had nut arrive,!.
is all the notice taken it. the Let.e% of t!...
state of Spain. It is a most enceeraging cireem-
st3eve. So much sitppret,sion affords the but
proof of the sucet-, s of the iretiiut cause.
The private letters ante, that the
col:scripts in several of the states comprelicuded is
the Confederation of the Rhine, continue in a stoic
of mutiny, and that several ski: inishes have tak,.4
pace between them and the French. A number
of gun-boats and troops have in consequence been
ordered to proceed op that river.
It is added, that a sew embargo has been laid in
Holland on all Atnevican ships that had touched at
English ports, and that the wrist rigid proceediu4s
were expected to take place against them. huts
new resolution came from BON•PARTE himadt at
Bayonne.

Apprehensions were entertained, on Tuesday, at
Portsmouth, that the Expedition, which saikd
from that port on Sunday, would be forced back by

colitniry %it'd.

Yesterday, a Court of Directors was held at the
FaAt 1111.114 House, when the fo'dowing e„„,-
mandevr took their anal leave of die Court,
1011., to devarting for their respective destinations,

Capt. T Jose', iValthamatirar; 11. P. Treturiibeere,
Via ; V. Simapnan, Vutuit i J. t.:?.ticral Stuart ;
and It. 11u6Les,Tuttenhani-4,,r And Crimal.
Capt. J. Hay, Sir Stcpbea ; and .11'Tag•
IF". Ocean-a—for Va4eira, 31aolr.ts, and Cr • ,al.
J. Nurnututi, lkwayr.i.v--for Bombay ti.rect.
The eosin a*Jjourued at uix o'clvel., till Wed-
nesday next.
Sir TnUMAS Dxsit aftenth%l at the Ilftr4e
°words. yi•strillay, upon his iirrty..l fruiti Spaai,
arid 1:si1 a Ion?, ii:terv:i•w' with hi, Kral kitgiineA
the Coxisuix n;R-1 lit EF.

The American ship Fate, NEWMAN ; Spri4Afiy.
11. ; .`versa, SCRIM '4 L ; nank og 7 ard.r.
COLLIER ; now Cattpirtna. St IVIV +RIR ; Myra.
lioLtttguitt-r ; anti the Ferdinand, IiENORII., aro
condi:timed ::t Copenhagen.
Private letters state, that DUPONT had succeeded
in taking Cordova, upon terns of promise
the touts should Let be plutolertii, but, !Irvin::
got timsession, he gave it oil to I..il:age, and nil
sorts of .1441..4,1'4, for four hour., which E 0 exas-
perated the Coiliutare., that the whole population
rose. e.l and, lifter a most sanguinary cot:-
filet, flreed hint to cr.:etito.e the toss 11, and abso-
lutely dime Mtn ten units into the, country, where
he was entrenching for fear of a further
Rita. K. Two ree.ituenis hate actually marched
from Gibraltar, tierce, h the lines i,l St. [toque.
toward,. Ciniiz, near which a great battle aau daily
expected he fao..;ht.

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