The National Register.
London, England, 1808-06-27 00:00:00

POLITICAL NYIINTS OP THR WHOM.

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KAVAL VICTORY IN THE MEDITERRANEAN OVER A FRENCH
1541:1•DRON, SENT TO TAKE POSSESSION OF CARTIIAGENA
—THAT IMPORTANT PORT IN THE POSSESSION OF THE
SPANISH PATRIOTS.—CADIZ STATED TO BE IN THE POS.-
SESSION OF THE ENGLISH—GENERAL INSURRECTION IN
• SPAIN, AIDED BY THE REGULAR TROOPS.—THE FRENCH
AT OPORTO SUBDUED BY THE SPANISH TROOPS.—MARCH
OF THE INSURGENTS TOWARDS MADAM—ARRIVAL OF
TWO MORE PATRIOTIC DEPUTIES, &C. &C.
Captain TREMLETT, of his Majesty's ship Alcmene, is ar-
rived from Corinna, which he left on the 17th instant, and
has brought with him two Deputies of the States of Galicia,
who arrived in town yesterday at two o'clock. The Cap-
tain had gone with a flag of truce into Corunna, respect-
ing some sailors. He was received with the utmost cor-
diality, and was invited on snore. Upon his landing, al,
the English prisoners, to the number of 120, were liberated
and given up to him, and he was requested to attend an
assembly of the States of the Province, which had unani-
mously joined the Asturians in an insurrection against the
tyranny of the French. He was informed iu the sitting of
the Assembly, of the state of affairs, and as the utmost
anxiety was expressed that Great Britain should make
common cause with the Spaniards, they requested his
opinion, whether he thought it preferable that the States
should make their application to Great Britain by letter or '
by a deputation. Capt. TREMLETT having recommended
a deputation, two respectable Nobles were selected for the
mission, who embarked with him in the Alcmene.
The substance of the information brought by the Alc-
mene is as follows:—That the whole North of Spain was
actually ,n a complete state of insurrection; that there were
sbo,ooo men in arms ; that a body of 60,000 had marched
towards Andr;(l, of which 24,000 were Spanish troops of
the hue.— That corps of Spaniards which were quartered
at °porta. in Portugal, had made themselves masters of
all the .'reach in that town and neighbourhood, had exe-
cuted the i rench commander, and marched towards Spain
to their brothers in arms; that the people of Andalusia
bad also risen ; that they had put to death the Marquis de
SOL'A%G, in consequence of his having ordered a disgrace-
fiil submissive to the French; and that the militia of An-
(Litwin' had taken possession of the passes of Sierra Morena,
and H ere fortifying them.
Toe Deputies have brought with them the Oviedo Gazette
of the 11th of June. This states, that the Governor of
Carthagena, who was preparing to deliver the city to the
French, hod suffered the same fate with Don ALIVALA,
and that ne was put to death at the critical moment %then
large French force was preparing to enter Carthagena
from Toulon; that this force consisted of a squadron of
ships of the and 8000 troops; but on their arrival 0,,
Alicant ti cy were most fortunately attacked by a squadrof
of the t tag of Great Britain ; that an action commenced.
which lasted two days, and terminated in the destruction
Q. two French frigates and all the transports, and the
capture of two sail of the line, but that the Britisk ha
lost two frigates in the conflict. This Gazette furthe
states, that a large French vessel having entered the har-
bour of Carthagena, laden with ammunition and !none)
upon the idea of finding the French masters of the plac,
bad Wien into the hands of the patriots.
Thus mach are we informed by the Gazette of Oviedo.
The other accounts add, that it was believed every part of
Spain was it a 'tett of insurrection, except the particular
places in which the French troops were posted ; and it was