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of three regiments from the \Idol& 6esse-v1 of
Brigade Atigsreau, who charged at the head of the
division of Nlorlot, hiin.eft N. M.
Wiry and Labedo)ere touk a piece of artillery in the
midst of the 's line. The latter eras idightly
*winded in the arm.

Lino iSlajesty has itomitiated Colonel Pepin, Ge-
neral of Brigade, and the Polish Major Kliki, Co-
lonel. The Polish Cohmel krsumua i, who was
wounded, has been appolutcd a Meinbcr of the
Laginn of Honour. •
Ruffin, General of Division, having passed the
Tasrua at Aranjusts. imbed no to ()caws, sad cut
or the retreat of the.reirtains (cit....iris/ of the army
of A laillatlit who were retiring to Andalusia, mud
who, being fruatrated is their design, have thrown
themselves upon Curinpu
The dins, .... 6 of cavalry, under Gen. Lasalle and
Miltrind, have lireetell their march for Portugal,
by Talavera ale la Reina.

The I )uke of Dantzic arrived this day at Madrid
with his ili‘ision of the ariny.
Marshal Ney, with his division, has reached Gus-
dalsikarm, coming from Saragossa.
lies Nlajesty, auxiouii to spare the inhabitants of
that town from the horrors inseparable from a cap-
ture by storm, was unwilling that Saragossa should
be attacked, before the intell;geoce of the eteuts at
Madrid, and of the dispersion of -the Spanish ar-
mies, should he known there. if however, that
city should obstinately make resistance, mines and
bombs shall bring it to reason.
'Else lath divitquit has entered Spniu. General
Delaborde is about to establish his head-quarters
at Vittoria. The Polish division, under the orders
of General Valence, arrived this day at Buitnigu.
The English are retreating on all sides. The
division of Lasalle has, however, fatless in with IS
men, whom they have put to the sword. They
w..ra stragglers, or men who had lost their way.
Alarshal ilartier will arrive on the itith in Cats-
Indio, to tura the enemy's army, and to form a
Junction with the Generals Ditliesine and St. Cyr.
On the 13d of November, the breach isi the
Castle of Trinity, at the city of Rosa*, was found.
on approsieloitp4 it, to be practicable. Ou the same
,lay, the FaLlish landed 400 men at the foot of the
caste: A hattailitni of Italians marched against
their!! 10 men, wounded above that number,
anti ditAre the rest into the sea.
About 30 error's were observed to coins nut of
the harbour of Hoists, which indn, rd a belief that
the inhabitants hail began to eta'cuate the tow is.
On the 24th, the advanced guard of the enemy
encamped on the Fluvia, consisting of iiliont 5 or
0000 wets, cominunfled by Lieu. Alvarez, came in
-enrol eolitrisiis, to attack the pests of NaVaii:l,
Pientos, Armadas, and Garrigag, occupied be Gen.
Souliam's division. The Ist regiment of light in-
, a.ul the 4th battalion of the 3d light infan-
iiy, '5 me alone opposed to the enemy, salaamed
the attack with uncommon &MIMS, Mid filially
!Hit thew to tiv„:lt.
The enemy has been repulsed ao the other side
of the I 'inria. with eonhidenthle loss in kilLd and
sounded. Several oiisoner. have beta made, among
~horn are Col. Le Brun, the sucond in continuant
of the expedition, and Colonel of the regiment ut
Tarragona, and the Major and a Captain ui tbet
regiment.

THE BRITISH PRESS.

I AN DON,
SA rtIRDAv. Mamma 31.

Dispatelies were yegerday received by Govern-
anent front Cortinna, dated the tid instant. They
erlooollCe the junction of Sir JOHN 1100 RE and Sir
Ds•to B•1[0. Their line extend. from Bene-
dente to Toro, in the province of Livii,on the
Duero. The Marquis DN. II,• ItOMA% A WAS still
at the city of Leon, with a force of front 20 to
'5,000 men. winch could twice with the British
troops at leisure. The aggregate force would
thus amount to near 60,000 men. It will be seen
upon reference to this. mar, that the British troops
have advanced from Salamanca and Astorga, and
have not retreated. It is supposed that they
will advance upon Valladolid and Burgos, and thus
interpose between the French army at Madrid, and
tie Pyrenees. Letters, we under•tainl, were also
nrceived. yesterday, frets Mr. Faaar, dated the
17111.10 Tislaveyra, on the great road from Nladrid
to Backlog, to which city the Supreme Junta was
directing its canape. meaning to tix its residence
there. Mr. FILTILZ, we are assured, write. in term. of
rem coalitleut:e, and speaks newt highly of the
spirit manifested by the Spanish pimple, particu-
larly at Madrid, and in New Castile.

We this day give a oserect translation of the
anil 16th Ballento of the French arms in Spain. of
which we only gave • skett;ll on Wedaesday, and
also the elinchichug part of the lith. Thi,
correction, combined with our pdulication on
Thursday, makes the three Bulletin,. complete.
The more we consider this account of the Increases

of the French in Spain, the more we are convinced
brat they met a greater res.:stainer At Madrid than
they lecku.)%lc.lge. The prepnratinns for the de-
fence of th.tt ei:y remiuJ us of thoie adopted• by
the Spaniards at Meow Ayres. iVe are sorry to
dad that the assailants were not commanded by a
General ‘Vinvci.ocxx, and the brave and loyal
citizens of Madrid hid got at their head a Ltetsita
and a B ILL 1•41. It is not II little SUlpielol" too,
ghat while three Bulletins idilalge in episode and
extraneous matter, the immediate intent. hr which
the French became possesseS of the t wu are
posed over is wiener. It was requested to sew!
Commissioners to the French ening), to iiegociate
terms of capitulation. Three siiceeesive surn•
WlOlll4O tae piece; a riegoc ii•os is carried on.
abLI brought to a conelusioc, and yet we are
not 'domed whedicr tip: city capitulated opoa

terms, or surrenf•ved at disc-etion. Os this
most important subject there sw much tonissiosi.
end evidently intruded suppression .of iler
The inference, of meanie, is favisoshle to the Spa-
niards. We also dad ve 'other amuse of ex pectatiuo
im these Bulletins, not heave uoticed :—BON••
PASTE app.,tn to think that th 4 British forces
meant to retire upou Lisbon, while, by the dhi-
petteLs received yesterday by Government, we find
that they are conctittrated between Toro and Bette-
veste,anti more likely to advance farther iisto Spain.
Should lie have acted upou this plait, the result
moat be favourable to the allied cause. We also
find that the army which defended Somosierra, has
effected its retreat to the south-west, with the se-
cond dirk' of the army of reserve. These troops
will, of course, form a junction with the army of
CA4TIIIOSI, which, after the battle tit Tiede's, re-
treated in the same direction. and will constitute a
formidable force. We noticed, oil Wednesday.
that Boa armies had complimented the Euglisli
upon the punctuality with which they executed the
Convention of Ciotti!. 10 the 14th Bulletin he
pats them a much higher compliment. lie oyes
that a British fume, of six thousand men, (Ge-
neral 'lore's division), arrived at the Escurial
on the lutli of Noveadier, , that it remained- there
'trend days; that this tiuuo men threatened to
meta the Pyrenees, and invade France; that it is a
very flue and welhaliseiplined hotly of wen; and
that this corps of liooo men only was not mad
enough to encounter the whole grand edgy of
France in Sixth', collected from all the quarters or
continental eucope. This is, perhaps, the highest
spanegyric eviv pronounces' upon a British army.

The more we reflect on the sitatiltion of BONA-.
PARTE, even according to his own account of
Wags, the more will it appear, that since the de)
of Marengo, he has not stood in a move critical, if
not perilous predicamait, than he was in on the
nth of this mouth, at Madrid. For it most he
observed, that en have no means hitherto of com-
paring the French Bulletins with any counter tea-
tintony—au eircurostaisce which the Government of
France prahnhly anticipated, a lieu it favoured us
with their late commouteetions. But let te, take
is the Ghost's word" for every fact ody.tneell. It
is indisputable that tbe.peoPte of Madrid, though
there are. no doubt, -tailors among them. yet are
not composed of the Mini materiels as the.people
of Vienna. Yet Modred is far less buseeptible of
defence than was the Austrian capitol three rears
ago. Toe Latter city was strongly and regalarly
fortified ; the Sovereign himself was at en iocousi-
derable dibtaitc,!, su.tui;ked by si ouronous army,
in which the troop. and the Emperor of Itus-
at,4 Weft taped. (o.mutz, one of tie• btronarst
fortified cities. It Europe, &feuded :110r.i;a,
and would have stopped BJNAPAILTI..S eura..•r.
Nneeetlielass, when the. GeWernment nhavaioned
the protection of the capital, the people utede no
effort to defend it. Madrid has 'wither fortifica-
tions, nor even a Sovereigu, nor any army, except
new levies : but the people (assess some cha►acter,
some energy, sonic love of their country, and üb.
horn:nee of their Corsican invader. It is obvious,
that Don JOstru, whatever may be his .4 viitues."
or his majestic attitudes." which impressed so
much veneration in Old Castile, test summer. has
uo chance of being inaugurated at Madrid. a.
Louis BO NAPACTIR has been at the threat, Of WI
JIMONE is at Cassel.

How then s NA rotton to proceed in subject-
ing Spain' For he cannot retrograde, like our
armies ill Leon ; nor eau he even remain stationer).
He Inuit be progressive, and rapidly so, to a con-
summation. Behind him, to the North and Bost,
lie Saragossa and Valenta ; two cities, which hi-
therto have sheens no disposition to open their
gates, either to treachery, or to force. Etta Cata-
lonia, though he holds the kris of the province, is
by no means in his power. To the North-West
are the armies of Moons, of Baia*, and of Ru-
m/01A, and they must be beaten, before he is Lord
of the Peninsula. Between Madrid and Ca-
diz. or Se►ille, extends the steril tract of the
Sierra Morena, wit:eh the French most again croft,
tit order to enter Andhlusia. The corps of Cas-
s tans, PALA Fol. and 'Aloas.s, together with
the army of Estretnadura, under Bturtnan,
though dispersed, yet are Dot prisonergortlestroyed.
As Nsvot.cos recedes further from France, his
difficulties of every kind must augment in a rapid
proportion. On the Danube, ou the Vistula, said
on the Niemen, be had to contend with Prances
and armies. Here he clearly is at net with the no-
tion. There ane, tooreov-r, other circumstant es
to he taken into consideration. England either
could not, or did not interfere, to any puipose, in
1.5, our in the socceediog campaigns. Both oar
armies and our feet. can nom come into contact
with the enemy. What might be the emlssn ass-
went of Bow inane, when plunged iuto the Sierra
Morena, and after draining France as well as
Germany of troops, if Austria and Turkey
were ..od.letily Oa hike up arms—the one an
toe Lower Danube, against ALvasnote, the
other against Bavaria or Italy 2 Sueh events
■re more than possible, and aft, no doubt,
viewed as such by this able Corsican. who
Li.•ws that every instant is precious, and that
whatever be achieves beyond the Pyrenees. must be
done with the velocity of hestaing for dangers

I .•1l accilioulate rand him. from th; bl...thtest re.
cr,e, ur from the .lortest delay. If ofir cOuttegi
At home were coodueteil with fonsiight
l or, if our a• uses in Spain are led nu, not Bott-
a :nos, or by Ditt:frirmetros; but, as Ase,t~Q
etc, nod STUAII r, and WRILIAIisi.Ev did, in Egypt,
in Calaliria, and to Portugal, iki•eutkuis may yet
have cause to lament hi, ifisitious attack on die
Spatii,li Kings and people. Yet it is from
polluted lips of this ruffian Usurper, who prn
siounces, in his wanton and lawless ambition, a sci,,
truce of deposition on his Allies, and of eaten aa aa a.
tiou on their subjects, that his Bulletins hare
effrontery to dictate the most acrimonious re.
roaches t 9 Moat.*. on his pretended ahme of the
indolence that lie posses.ed over the iislribitinits of
A'ou make aye of the name of tin
people," says lie, 14 to no purpose. If you cannot rr.)
store tranquillity, and appease their uriud.,it is
cause you have excited them to revolt. You have
seduced them by propagatiwg falrelooods."—Wilen
we read these 'sentiments in the month of such a
man; when we hear the scourge of nations, thui
complaiiiing of rerok, in the midst of the country
of FERDINAND the VII. we may exclaim with
Juvenal,

• " Iddlo Wilma Graerhos d. Scaitiove quorentro
When we hoar a tyrant, who tramples on oil treat
ties, and violates all engagements--whe makes 4
Spain 3 church-yard, tu order to pot Josepu
K•KAafr., on obscure not's* of Co Inca, on the
Throor of another Sovereign, his. ally ; when Mr
hear Imo say to M•aLA, To violate military
trusties, is tu renounce all civilization—it is placio4
our.elvea on a level with the banditti of the desert.°
what shall we say to -a people like the French,
who are redtte••d to read such iiiiilarious mockeries,
to venerate and to h. n• 1 down before them = lint,
we use siehoible, tbet till we can rail the semi
[ruin off the Loud," it is time lust to appeal to any
weapon except the sword. We truvt that Sir JOINS
MOOS* will yet urge home that .• last Argument
of Kings."

The embarkation of troop. proceerh rapidly at
Mintt.pite: The stnlt Regiusent *ailed on 11'ed.
newhy eight for the Down% and the ei7th were
preparing to follow them. Thur,day, the Ist
Ilnt-
taliun of the Cokiiitream Regiment of 4. itiarils,
900 strong, commanded by Colonel PEALUCK,
oinked. Other di vieions were expected tn follow
initnedintely.

The "lurid frigate, Captaiu COLIC. anti the it ez-
Ard E.ot lathamao, Captain B . , were in
Bu ttae Gmlph of Persia, iu the kWr rod
of .1 war.

• 1 ept,r.lay a Court ofrllirectors was held at the
Htbilft, when the undermentioned C 3.-
iu.dere took their tinsel IPase of the Court. !. • -
t sous tuderurtiug for their revective de,twat,o
.1.

U4l.lliis J. Tireed.lalr, Peneverasia W. Cam Va-11,
I iughans J Hu BeaCuaame—tr Madras sad (hum.
J 1.N.1. eld, Ada.' %nal Gardses • A F. $1 Swinton, Car-
sattr--for Madura, Madras, said Derv'.
The Court adjourned at ars o'clock, Cll %Vtilpro-
day ne‘t.
The Pegasus, STocranam, from Stockholm for
Rribtol, is aken by a French pmateer In the 1\0:1.42
kma.

The loss of the Crescent frigate will Le serf rely
felt by C'e crews of the ships at war in the Bal:n,
as there was a large supply of clothing ou bound
for their ese. The Crescent was lost cu. the CA
inst. The iufonnation conies bout route Denim
seamen, who have bceu since made pri.ioners.
'rise Loire frigate sailed some time ago from this
country for Splllll, with two million* of dollars.
arms, acc. for the use of the Patlints. On het
passage, when e 9 L'Orierst, she was approached
during the Aright by a large ship, which she soon
found to be a 74 of the enemy, who poured a
broadside into lu r. The Lire returneo the chew:.
nuannuisyed by the meal's superiority, mill Coro
liaised a sharp action of half au hour with the 71.
The Umtata of the Luirr. noudful, huwerer. of the
nature of the service upon which be bad been sciii,
awl of the risk to which it might be exposed• in so
unequal a contest. thought it misdeed to sheer oti:
returning the enemy's consplinieirt with a %%bite cf
a loreediode. We are happy to hear, that the lops
of the Loire iu this gallant action is very
iucoos-
derabir, and that she pursued her rieritinatiou
out having received any material donia;,:e.
The Report of the itriard of lisspilay, which hid
beau taken rote considetattoir agars by the Mca.-
tiers, him, we unilentionl, been presented to
rumoured that it does rof u.
CoUtiephel a Court :11.rtial or any further proceen•
togs with respect to the Conventana of CI, tra ; arite
tuat it is not unfavourahle in its ilecisirin to ally
one of the three Ocarials employed, Sir Ili"
DALavart.s. Sir Hamm Beaaaaa. sad Sir Ai.
TIIIVa ‘ll' LLLESLCT !!

Fa/tract of • ktter from • espeetable holt-es
dated Me-seinit. 30th October. to a mercantsle liospe
in the city :--•. We are here is a tout :moan state .4
alarm rot the •efety of this ialawl. 11r hate Ira'.l
that there are several ships in Toulon, slid 09 V
ports of Frasis-e. with • have nuts her of true e a
board. (hely • albs.,{ au fipportunits d get. Ls:: of •
destined to stake all attack ea differs:lst rortss rot
i.husd at the 'ewe tits. its which Gcseeial Mt a.:
I. to c"-°Ptratva toy seisdinz a large burly of tr 0.14
Irons the Nrisimhtau territory. VL e too pi its,*
great activity on the oppoeste, axle ; insister •
troop• iss comfit* mutwoos the abore, also •sA °
amulet of nasal gust, ou the alert in the B*:. ~f
Naples, preparing their vrwrls and mall vat,
if tor some imiste.tiate sadehtskina."
A Poirkiliiiti Ntiip, of :eon trt:s.. laden with de'
pitch, Itr. and hewie.s..... 1.4:4 an *bore near 14
mare. ou 29th trot. by some ti.hin.c Oath% hay.
been funnel et ..t.a without any ex-r.n. an. board;
its busses:tied to tss. .I,laria (larkattita 1.7•P1
Bi.uvrt. Corn notions '4,1( for "

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