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London, England, 1809-10-29 00:00:00

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COILTTNIA; Om. 7.—A letter &mill San Fences tie los
Gallegos, in recoiinting the events of . the new system
of warfare, give the following interesting Anecdotes :-4-•
• .4 Julian, a native: of this ucighbourbood..cw,av five months
ago a herdsman; under the tiirettiou-of the CU' 'perm,' lit Gbitit.kg
with six other souilis. on horseback. . aad,,sliitiiiino ltrisibitpnt
pikes, formed a little party by tinoleit'ef..pittroles a( thee 7.
which in different parts of Castile we iil kri Iparer tile, 1p 40)7
tants. He wis'so successful, that id `a Oil et
cavalry prisoners,
,wito Were 'condilded ilatlir .eiitlitit to 'Lltitiad
kodrigo. Subsequent to this iititniWkitlqiiicrest, /elfin: -sVas
made an ensign, end received erdervro ttgvpeM his pattyld-lhe
Dumber of 50 men, of which-11mm • lel : They gave.qattr-
ter to tio one, excepting to such as.tosittnitaitate information
for the destruction of the enemy. /11e,daill comes to theacatoP's
with an account of 10,.;10, 50 and S 0 that Ahleve. fallen beueuth
his hands, and if ts.t;pdays should pass oitietr withouthis being
"seen among us, we fear some, accident has, Fappcnefl to him, the
consequence of his undaunted courage. • tkryikeilyg arethe
Latest rencomntcrs in which he has been edged.' :i
" On the evening, when it was supposed welittrida litignge
Ney, Julian proceeded in the van-guard with his 50' piker:serf.
and rushed upon 70 French dragoons, who hadseparated them-
selves from the main army, three leagues on a • foraging party.
Of these he killed 60, took 4 prisoners, and 6 only escaped.
He is now hovering round-the rear-guard of the enemy. The
day before yesterday, he killed 0, and took prisoners two ph)-
sicians, and one menber of the commissariat. Among the
dead was a Commissioner, in wllOse suit uf clothes I saw one
of the pikeman last night. In * village, he surprized and:de-
stroyed 21 of the enemy, not oiie of thein remaining to tells: e
tidings to their friends. At this moment we have an aecuntit
of his having entrapped 52 others. 'My friend, these treiti'of
personal valour ought to be made known. This herdsrmiwitas
Just been appointed to the rank of Captain, add it is expected
be will be nominated Lieutenant-Colonel. It is reniarkakqe,
'that of his 50 men, he-has not lost one ; the Wily misfaxtoue
that has occurred, was the lodgment of a pistol-ball in, one cif
his party, which is extracted and the man, cured. The teas
of this intrepid warrior and his few followers,' is so strtingli.
excited atom% the French, that they *olol3fdeadless.the ap
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proach of a whole army.

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Mr. COCIRANE JOHNSTONE.% and' Capt. MALMO auatr
with the Spanish GOvernment lid with each other
at Vera Cruz, will unquestionably excite no ordinary at-
tention iti this country and in Spain. It is now said, that
the Spanisblit, to which Mr. JOHNsTONE had consigned the
conveyance of the dollars, had taken on board,her lower.
tier of guns, being determined, it any obstruction was of-
fired to her in the execution of this duty, to repel force by
force. The dispositi?n of the inhabitants Of Vera Grua
towards the English, Yn conyequence of this sordid July 44,
may be very well understuod..
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Letters from GijoiiititaLtllit fifty Freach soldieri had at
midnight surprised a Sktiiii9i'p94 near st. Aadoro,
iag of met, who,
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