The National Register.
London, England, 1808-07-03 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER..

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IMPORTANT INTELLIGENCE FROM SPAIN.

The following Bulletin was on Monday morning distributed
in the Ministerial circles :

" Yesterday two fialliclan Deputies arrived nt the Admi-
ralty; they came from Coruuna, where Captain Tremleit, of
the Alcmene, landed, and was at the Sittings of the Committee.
Every English prisoner, to C:e number of 140, was released
and sent to our squadron : the greatest enthusiasm prevailed ;
all the troops, to the amount of 20,000 regulars and 300,001)
patriotic citizens, were in full march for Madrid to avenge
their slaughtered citizens; 3000 Spanish troops in Oporto have
seized the French Geneial, and are also cm their march to join
their countrymen. An action took place off the port of Car-
thngena, between the French and a detached squadron of Lord
Collingwood, when two sail of the line, several frigates and
transport having on hoard 8,000 French troops, intended for
Carthageoa, were wholly taken, sunk, or destroyed, and an-
other French ship, vs hich ran into that port, was seized by the
armed Citizens. The action look place on the 24th of May."
It is said that several Noblemen at Cadis, among whom are
Count de Torre Fresno, General Trovillo, and Baron Alie did,
have fallen sacrifices to popular indignation. The army in
Canaria is said to be commanded by Cent-rats Cuesta and Fil-
langrie, who had succeeded in orgiusizing a corps of artillery
and a consickruble body of eavalry.'
Oispateb(-: were on ruidav received at the Admiralty, and
the Olive of Lord Castlereagh, from Admiral Purvis and General
Spencer, off Cadiz, containing the noirt important and pleasing
intelligence, as w ill be seen by the following letter, seat in the
course of the afternoon by Lords Castlereagh and Mulgrave to
the Lord Mayor :
" 111 T,f)rrf, Dmeuing-strert, July 1, 1808.
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44 I have the honour to acquaint yoar Lortf!,hip, that dis-
patches have been received from Major-General Spencer, dated
off Cadis the 6th ultimo, by which it appears that a ne,,ocia-
lien had bfen entered into between his Majesty's Naval and Mi-
litary Commanders cif that Port, oith Deputies appointed on
the part of the Provi,ional Government of the Province of
An-
dalusia, assembled at Seville, the result of which had been for-
warded for the approbation of the said Government.
" Every arrangement had heen takeo for the reduction of the
French ships, and Admiral Purvis had been invited Iry the Spa-
nish Commandets to anchor his fleet at the mouth of the har-
bur, with a view to co-operate in compelling the common
enemy to surrender.
It appears that the-Southern Provinces of Spain had de-
clared against Frauce, and dispatches of the 4th instant. received
from Lieutenant-General itiir 11. Dalrymple, at Gibraltar, men-
tion that the Spanish Army before that Fortress, reinforced by
the greater Fart of the Garrison of Ceuta, had mutinied against
the rtench. " I am, &e. &c.
Rig":t lion. rird Mayne. 64 CA SI LEREA

" dmiralf.4.-o.lficr, ulg 1, igns—Three
" Lorr!,-1 have the honour to acquaint your Lordship
that Lieutenant Talbot of the Encounter gun-hrig, has arrived
at this (Mice, with dispatches from Rear-Admiral Purvis, dated
on brmed his Majesty's ship Atlas, off Cadiz, at anchor off the
Light-ilouse, 6th Jane, ISOB.

"'The Rear-Admiral states, that propositions for peace had
been made to him, by the Supreme Council of Seville, and that
by desire of General Morla, the Commandant of Cadiz, he had
brought the ships near the harbour, to he in readiness to enter,
whenever a signal, as proposed by General Morla, should be
dicpta
" It appears that General Marla evpccted every moment to
receive the approbation of the !fie, Assembly of *ley ille to com-
pel the French squadron (which is stated to be securely shut up
in the port of Cadiz) to surrender.
" Major-General Spencer's corps was with Rear-Admiral
Purvis ; and the Rear-Admiral proposed proceeding with as
many ships as might be asked for, into the harbour, whenever he
ihould be requested so to do, and furnished with pilots for that
purpose. " 1. have the honour to be,
66 My Lord,
" Your Lordship's most obedient humble servant,
(Signed) 66 MULGR4VE."
" To the R;ght lion. the Lord Mayor.
" 4 true copy, Jain, ANSLEY, Mayor."

The following very important Letter was yesterday posted up
Uoyd'b :

JULY 3,

Extract of a Letter from an Officer on board his Majesty's ship
Resolution, dated at anchor ojf the Tagus, 12i/t of June., to
Alderman Atkins.

" I have just time, by a Torbay boat with Digiatches from
Sir Charles Cotton, to inform you, that the Portuguese and
Spaniards are in -possession of Oporto. Admiral Purvis is in
Cadiz, and has got possesion of the French lquatlron. The
French in Lisbon, under Junot, disarmed the whole of the
Spanish troops. in the night of the 10th inmat. An army of
30,000 Spaniards is advancing towards LishoL.
" We expect to go into the Tagus every. hour.
come home in a Russian man of war.

I expect to

"Joseph Bonaparte has been killed by the Duke De Infan-
tado, who fell directly after. The Spaniards are nitirtierianr, tee
French wherever thay meet them. Tiw account: respecting the
Cadiz business was brought yesterday by a Captain of Spanish
dragoons."

Lieutenant Talbot brought the dispatches from Admiral Pur-
vis to the Admiralty ; and they were dated the 7th of June.
lle did not quit the fleet, in consequence of contrary tt ind,
un-
til the Sth, and he therefore brings an account of a later date
than that announced in Lord Castlereagh's letter. We under-
stand, that on the arrival of the Deputies from the Assenaii% ut
Seville, they made a proposition to the British Cominim.iers, in
the name of the Provisional Government, to conela !e au Ar-
mistice, as preliminary to a Peace with Great Britain. fo
this they expressed their immediate willingness to asierii,
but pointed to the French flags fling at tile mast lits..as of
French men of war in the harbour, and trie ted, that one of the
Preliminaries of Peace would be the reduction of !tea flag; at
the same time that they wished this to he done in Lie w:1, mast
cougcnial to the feelings of the Spanish Admiral. The reply
is as, that as a test of their sincerity, they would forthwith
coo.:ent that measures should be taken jointly Is:. Vie na-ai force
,)r both nations to put the French ships into complete eu.baeso—
but that they could not agree to surrender them without further
instructions from the Assembly at Seville. Accoidnigly it %tali
resolved that the British inshore squadron, under Admiral Sir
John Gore, should go in mod cast anchor at the mouth of the
harbour, alongside of the Spanish fleet, the French ships being
in the inner harbour, completely under the power of (he bat
teries, which were manned by Spaniards. This arrangement
was completed'on the ith, and ou the Bth, in the morning, Sir
John Gore, with his four ships, took his statien accordingly.
Pilots wore coining out to carry in the rest of the ships; and as
Lieutenant Talbot left the fleet, he heard a cannonade, but
which, however, was soon silenced. This he took to be the
exchange of a few shot between the Spauish batteries and the
French ships, as the latter, no doubt, would refuse to surrender
except to open force. it is added that the people were so
exasperated against the French for the atrocious and sanguinary
proceedings in Madrid, that the utmost address would he required
to save the French seamen from their fury ; hut that the idea of
keeping them as hostages for the lives of their own brave coun-
try Weil, decoyed away to the North of Europe, was likely to
reconcile them to their preservation.
Captain Peake, of the Peacock, is arrived from Csrunna,
which he left on the ioth, and our squadron off Ferrol on the
21st June. He brings an account (and which is confirmed by
.lispatches from Oviedo), that the Patriot Army had attacked
the. French General Dupont, who had been detached by Murat
to take a position in the Sierra Morena, to keep open the com-
munication with Madrid. His army is said la have
.been
15,000 men: hut it probably did not exceed one-half of that
number. The battle is said to have been sanguinary, but it ter-
minated in the total route of the French, Dupont himself havnig
escaped with great difficulty. The result of which was, that
Murat himself had thought proper to quit Madrid, and had taken
post with his small army at the King's V illa, called Buell Rehire,
a height above Madrid, where the King had a beautiful scat, !rut
which was perfectly open. Here, however, he was endeavouring
to encroach himself. When the Peacock lef: Ferrol, the signal
was flying fir Pilots to carry our sb ips in, in consequence of a
similar convention to that which had token plate at Cadiz.
And it farther appears, that steps had been taken to make
known, and, we hope, to secure to the Provisional Government
of Spain, the friendship and co-operation of South America;
for which purpose, Admiral Ilotham, cruizing oft Ferrol, had
granted passports to a Spanish vessel carry in;.: out intelligence in
their several Viceroys and Governors, and inviting them to he
faithful to the cause of their country.
Lieutenant Pringle of the cutter La Paz, is also arrived from
Gijon, having brought back the Secretary of the Marquis De
Matterosa, who sailed with the answer of our CoverianetA, to