The National Register.
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THE' NATIONAL REGISTER.

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rentinued Andgiar, expecting reinforcements, which,
according to some of the advices we have received, were at-
tacked ontbeir way and defeated by the Patriots. A letter from
Cadiz, states the force which was thus intercepted at bCOO men ;
that it was completely beaten, and compelled to fall back upon
oh considerable loss. One hundred waggons, and 1000
prisoner*, fell into the hands of the Patriots. It is also certain that
Dupont has been disappointed of the reinforcements he expected
From Portugal ; that his army is in the greatest distress for want
of provisions; and General Moncey having been defeated, the
speedy surrender, or total extermination of Dupont's army
heroines inevitable. General Cuesta is in full march with his
gallant army against Madrid, where Murat, with his reduced
force, is in the most perilous situation; and the private ac-
counts add, that " another body of the French have been de-
" stroyed in Valdepenas, and about 3000 more at Valladolid,
" which city they attempted to pillage."—The same accounts
state, that Moncey's army consisted of 15,000 men, nearly the
whole of whom have been destroyed.—Genend Spencer had
advanced with part of his corps to Xeres to cu-operate with the
brave Spaniards.
The Private Communication from Cadiz is of:the utmost im-
portance, and is derived from a source of the highest respecta-
bility. It is as follows:
" CADIZ, JULY 7.—The news we daily receive here is of
the most favourable description. From the 'Fiends frontier to
Saragossa more than 17,000 Frenchmen have perished. At Sa-
ragossa upwards of 12.0e0 were killed by the sword, and those
which were saved from the fury of our troops effected it only
by flinging themselves into the river Ebro.
" It is impoiisible that a single man of Dv ro sit's army can
escape, although that General has not yet surrendered. A re-
inforcement of 5000 men which were on their march to join him,
have been beaten and compelled to return to Madrid, ham
whence they began the march. They lost one hundred and sixty
waggons laden with ammunition, and had' upwards of 100 G
men taken prisoners, from one moment to another we expect to
hear of DUPONT'S unconditional surrender; for, although he.
has entrenched himself in Andujar, vet we know he is in the
greatest distress for provisions, and ciamot hold out long; nor
can his aims', which it is generally believed does not exceed.
7000 men, effect any think against that by which he is surround-
ed. He has already offered to capitulate, on being allowed to
return to France, with the liberty of taking with him four
covered weeping. The Spaniards continue to adhere mOst
rigidly to their determination of giving no quarter. It was
understood that the Patriot Generals had pledged themselves to
each other to meet, at the head of their respective columns, at.
Madrid, on St. James's day (Monlay the Y5:11 inst.) there to
celebrate the feast of their tutelar Saint, in a manner worthy
the great ()evasion which called them there.
" The French are beaten in every direction; General Mon-
cey, who was sent against Vaknria with 15,000 men, has beets
(left-died, moss:Le KILLED in the action, and we are assured,
that scarcely any of this army have escaped.
MILAG4.3UN 2t.—The French Consul, and all the French
inhabitants of this city, were, on the 4th instant, shut up in the
Moorish Castle Giaralforo, with a view to save themselves
from the intruding hr.,' of the populaee, and until the 20th, no
di,order of an% kind was committed, but on that day, the pen-
, ple having obtaiued intelligence that a warehouse, rented by the
French Consul in the suburbs, contained a considerable quantity
of arms and ammunition, (which. in fact, were taken from the
English) they, conceiving that this was a flepol, secretly col-
lected to await the arrival of the French, proceeded in a coa-
-1 siderable body, and in defiance of the attempts of the Deputy
Governor to undeceive them, demanded the French Consul ; the
Guards resisted, but the people broke through them and en-
tered the castle, from whence they drew forth their victim, and
instantly stabbed, and dissected his body as that of a traitor.—
After parading the city they returned again to the house of the
French Consul, which they proceeded in the first place to
strip ()revery thing moveable, and then set fire to it; and whilst
it was burning furiously, the mob threw into the flames all that
remained of the body of the French Consul. This scene being
concluded, the people ,returned again to the Castle of Cabral.
foro, from whence they drew forth a French Merchant, who
they instantly destroyed, in nearly the same manner n the Con-
sul, and consigned his remains to the same flames. The ware-
house was afterwards broke open, and the whole contents de-
stroyed.
These scenes took place in defiance of the interference of the
Government of the town. An es p,edient as at length resorted
to, which produced the desired tact. The Dean awl Chapter

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