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the Enxliih, on the eth, is confirmed, hnt the
(tone is riot great—Ouly seven houses have
•utferesd.
Mr. Levason, an English prisoner, confined for
debt at Verdttn. has contrived to make his escape.
The Prince of iffesifchatrt and Wagrani, amid the
Mince of Essling, are arrived at Paris—The Prince
of l'onte Cerro and the Duke of Mitigates arrived
/Jute days ago.• •

PARIS, ROt. TM
COPT OF A Ltrerret. TROY irmv. aticurT, cosIMANDOR-
IN-CHIRT Or TOR 3t) cony- or TOE ARTY IA sr•lsr,
TO 11111RICZLI.MICT TOL DOKE or. TeLTRII, Ills MIER
WAR—DATED MAR At:Os•A, OCT. 31.
" The report which I have bad the tumour to address to
!ma Excellency, will seimeint %WI uitla what seal the ad
411tps miser every- opportruity of combating the enemies of
the Emperor.
informed that some corps of Catalans were Pm
ilea...tiring to peiictrale into Amason, with a view to excite
muirtertion ix the elevated values, I ordered Lapeyrulltrie,
,2,..(dr.bateiloe, to march from Be to noel them.
1).1111.• trth, un quitting Buda, and ascendiag the boarenat
hr rune up with a corps of 'son men, coot pOsed of Catalans
and inhabitants of the talky of Yenasoses. The Command •:1
immediately ordireil M.Desokties,ch.f-de-hoNalon, and Capt.
I:torso:or', of the tt; lb, to ayfigit them on the right and lett,
while he himself, at the bead of a batiali in iti dolman, soil two
field pieces, advanced 1111 he centre. The retistance was ob-
stinate; the enemy had fibs temerity to rusts down the moan-
taina, with 'drums beating and ro'ours Ryon* A few we ll-
directed shot (root the howitzers. mad the order to chat
checked their career. or 40 of the haiirlitti ; their
• chests a ere taken, and the Sub.lieuteisant Coolant:an seized
their colours. .I'hey were pursued beyond Campo. Next
day he proceeded toward Bonanza, by way of Calvert ; from
which place he deuce the enemy, who again made their ap-
pearance on the undrutaiits. Abort • at 'Jilin lit. per.
cowed nou,ruos fires us all the beielits ; at two in tie
mooting hr called all his ft tel.s to arm, and haring aster.
tented that the enemy kept a negligent giant about the tiles,
be *niched four companies of 'fit*, vide, Ciapta:ii
maniac, with order* to use nothing but the brit mot. At
three o'clock, the moon having met, aid all the tie. h being
surrounded, the enemy was surpriaed, and upwards of flu
Catalans were ifispatelied with the sabre and bayonet : day-
light at length put an rail to the Carnage.
" Lapee tottery. 'stained lo Benz.varre, having had only it
killed, and 7 wounded, in this whole expodilitin.
° The Wig-idler Villa Campu hieing supplied with moo and
money by the Juntas of Valencia and :Muftis's, endeavoured
to re-organize bus army, and to revenge himself for its fee.
quest dionersimis, occasioned by us daring the last two
month' Supported upon the positiou 101 Neustra Signora de
la Frernerlad, a moult:on three quarter! of a team- across,
separated by deep ravines from the great rause of Castile,
all the communications of wheels it rovers, he fancied
no( isnasd.,,itsble. To the vied of this mountain, and at air
elevation of two lionrs, is situated a maguitieent church,
with a spleudid LoilJmg hchnignig to it. Contigmius to
this edifice, he had formed his camp, and here he had &pis.
sited his arms and aremunitiou : troops of monks sad privets
of Castile, with a red cross attached to their clothes, had
tittleil him. Ihi the sAli, after driving the advance) pints
from Valise del Zas, Colonel Ilemirit, with the lith of the
line, the end of the Vista* aad the isth Cuirainiers, ad-
'maul upon the enemy, 7orio strong
" The rtith, the ewe:limier. charged with impetuosity, and
overthrew both cavalry and infantry, who fled with precipi-
tatiou into the forest, which surrinnids this position Here
commenced an action, which lasted eight lowers. This re
• mance u to be ascribed solely to the difficulty of the grooved
each label respiring fresh diOpositiona, before it could be
taken. The troupe baying at length reached the monastery,
by different paths, or to the zig.sag road which lead. to o,
the signal for the assault was given by Colour! Hewriut,sl the
mine time that all his artillery cannonaded the position,
Our soldiers soon furred their any to ihr platform, sal into
the convent all who could not escape, were niassi.c.red,
except two yuntig offirem, who declare, that Villa Cam-
po threw Its sword aid his bat into the foe, swearing
never more to ennui:anal such cowards. At ten ti clock,
the Coluoel ordered this retreat to be set me fire, and
consigned to the dames, a great quantity of ammu-
nition, and Engli,h muskets, which we cosh, not carry
away. The lose of the enemy is eonsidi table ; he re-
reoveil, during the whole day, an immense number of
wounded. Our luss timpani, only to two men acid swat horses
killed, and eleven 'wended. Durilig the attwu, the villa-
genre °like 2.1 of the Vistula• pt./trivia( is the enemy's
ranks two deserter/ from their company, rushed upou them,
and dispatched tlom with their bayonets.
Oia tliMoccasiou,Colo els Dalgremont and Kiuiuowoki,
and lb. brave Colonel I lain iot, who cenoulanded, conducted
themselves with trial olwilitetiuu and intelligetice.S.Heurges,
• d'estadron, Petit, del de balkiien of the lath, an
Camps, captain. of ait•Prry, displays the greatest gallantry,
it Josef Vealile, a Spanish officer, who has abandoned
the party of the insurgents, fought with the utmost courage,
and ieudered useful se, vice.
" After this operation, I ordered General Hebert, to seek a
fold 01101111 the Seger, and to rectionoitre the email iii that
qu rater. Yesterday, the 3otb, at two in the morning, Colo-
wet Blotto., at the head of his luiviars, and a battalion of
with, passed the iivee, uear Twit de Sego', the in.
(story being up to the waist its water. All the miniboom of
the enemy was in rain ; the Milne and camp were instantly
bun' lid : our linssars, after killing upwards of Ito taco,
and weary of the reenact., made 1.-. o privonirs, anion whom
are tau Captains, and the celebratid Groom, Beget l'ur
homers posited 011 t.l w :thin half a league of Lerida, where
the consternation will be great, sluice &sem formerly a rotary
of that tow a, had be ^twat its leader, and co usidered himself
the Polak% of Lerida.
" 'This expedition reflects honour ou Col Burtbe,
homers, and the 1 itith region:et. tear I--s is eery tilleing.
ieneral Bagel, and Bayer, r!,(11,-Iesaalloft' have, oat then
part, defeated and dispersed two bandit, thefue neer at Cool-
ie, and the latter at Tarrazone. Ito bad two men killed,
and five dangerously wattmeter!. 1 am, Ste.
,S.guted) sir COON I. LIE SUCHEr.r
NOT. g. 2.
We hear front Turin. that on the 12th
great unutilwr of C..;chnals passed through that
c iv oil tilt it way to Pali'.
The Queen ul'Webtplinlia is expected hereabout
' Nor J3d.

RAVONNE. Nov. 16s,
Every disposition lia• 1 en umle to leerier our
*most Emperor. The of Honour is al:
rea ly assembled. English and Spanish prisosem
rou4li here daily. Marshal Ney is expected
here every women*. Our Mayor has published a
prods nrition, announcing that a great hurnher of
ift,olY4 nil pass thrnult this roan for Spin, from
it:Z 20 t.5,00u, by the 2 of Decembi r. It is nine
One I,b.ilanxes should put an end to the anaielly
that reigns in Spin.
THE TYROL.
ASSRENT. 710T/I.R TS CVOS 444 DROUPT.

A courier from the Archduke John, firroislic.l with
F. each passports, has jest brought to the Tyrol the new.,
officially enshrined, that peeve has bens delimiter:ly coo-
rluJatl the 'lousy of Austria and the Emperor of the
Fr.sieh.
•. Consoled hy secant tie- tale of our country depeu.l upon
the gelierimit) of the French Monarch, we hare, in toiler to
slop insineil,ately the rtfurom of blood, seat derider., to the
• Viceroy of It.,dy, to express to bin our respect, Bud to come
to an understanding. with bita on the 1111.••••IVII which err-
ennistastre require. ANDREW Hf 'l. ER,
s. Schonberg, Oct. Of Courniander. in-Chief of the fyrol."
AIN unrw 110VE0.111 TO Gretna,. IViII;MET.
" Ilia Majesty the trerrtty of Italy, having &Upped to
wiry the Deputies of rite Milli. filial the assurarier, that if
rill the Tyrolea. would lay down their anon, they would be
finite(' in the most isolislgeut rummer ; that all offences shall
be pardniwd and forgotten, auJ no person prieireutcil the
uudersigueithas nut liesitsteJ to give tea th tt noura.ice en-
tire Ist lief, and to order all the tr nips u. cup) ing the differ-
. au' putts toil a and and return I•otue
The uodersigtoodrost humbly Legs y4ur Excolleory to