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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1808.

WE this morning received Bartadoes Papers,
from which we have made the following interesting
extracts, relative to the failure of an attempt of the
Enemy to retake the Island of Mariegalante

BARBADOES, SEPT. 6.—Determined to " re-
trieve" (as , the Captain-General ERNOUF emphati-
cally expresses it) the Island of Mariegalante, he has
thrown into it reinforCements of troops, artillery,
and ammunition.
" On the 28th ult. about 450 men were embark-
ed in .canoes at St. Ann's, Guadaloupe, and during
a hazy and tempestuous_ night put off for Mariega-
lante. The force which first landed there, and were
defeated in assaulting the battery at Grand Bourg,
remained at the above period in the fastnesses cf the
interior.

SEPT. 10.-Dispatches from Mariegalante have
been received here, giving the most satisfa&ory ac-
counts of the progress and success against the Enemy;
the subjoined particulars of which we lay before the
Public by authority :
FRIDAY, SEVT. 9.,---The Armed Schooner Maria
arrived last night from Mariegalante, with the fol-
lowing intelligence : . .
" The three companies of the Ist West-India
Regiment, under the command of Lieut.-Colonel
B,LACKWELL, which proceeded from Carlisle Bay
on the night of Saturday the 27th Aug. i❑ his Ma-
jesty's Ship Captain, were, landed at Mariegalante
on the 29th .following, and being reinforced by
the Naval Garrison, they attacked the enemy
on the morning of the 3oth ; and, after pres-
sing him from one fastness to another, during
the course of five days -and nights, in all of
which he made more or less resistance according
.to circumstances, he was compelled to surrender
at discretion on the 3d instant, with the loss of
12 officers, ,162 rank and file, taken prisoners;
one brass field-piece, 450 stand of arms, and a
considerable proportion of ammunition. The ex-
ertion of the Coops of every description . was eX-
emplary, and the fatigue they underwent unusually
great. ' The loss of the Enemy in killed, wounded,
and sick, had not been ascertained when the Maria
Schooner left Mariegalante on the evening of the
4th, nor is their precise force landed from Guada-
lotipe con etlly known; they exceeded 200 men, and
were composed of regular artillery and infantry.
" The detachment of the Ist West India had two
men wounded, one of whom is since dead.
" I is with great regret that these accounts con-
firm the fad, that Mr. BROWN, a respectable Gen-
tleman from Antigua, who was a prisoner in the
hands of the Enemy, being placed by them in the
rear of their picket when attacked on the evening of
the 2d inst. was unfortunately mortally wounded.
" Colonel CA:sIBRIELS, who concluded the French
troops from Guadaloupe, thought fit to aban:`..ai
them before the surrender; whetlit:: he il:'., t'SCai,CU ►
to GuadalOupe, or is concealed in Mariegaiaitte, is
not ascertained.

The mission of the Spanish Officer, embarked
on board the Elizabeth, is said to relate to a propo-
sition for obtaining a naval force to co-operate with
an expedition projeeled by the Spaniards for subdu-
ing the French part of St. Domingo, which, on its
reduction, they will guarantee our joint possession
of thorn with ourselves."
SEPT. t3.—His Majesty's Schooner Elizabeth
arrived here on Sunday morning, from St. Thomas's,
and brought a Spanish Officer, charged with Dis-
patches to our Naval Commander. This Gentle
-
Man is Don DE CHATILLON, Colonel in the Spanish
v;r:''c-:. His mission is of a ccntidential nature, and
embraces a very important objeal.
" The whole of Spanish South America (Conti-
nent and Islands) has .adopted the spirit of the Pa-
rent 'Stair:, and throwjroff all fellowship and frater-
nity with-the French. At Cuba, 'an animated and
Loyal Edia has been promulgated in the name of
FL:RDINAND VII. and War formally declared against

parts of Spain, is of a very satisfactory nature.
The Spanisb,Troops that were so treacherously dis..
armed: and 4onfined by,,GenerakJUNOT at Lishon,
landedibout the middle.ry last' month, in Valencia,
and i6medialely commenced their march to join the
army In Catalonia. Some British troops were land='
ed,- with a inP tzaia..4o-artillery, and spare arnas-for
10,000 men. kr .

There is a report in one of the Corunna Gazettes,
that an aaion had taken place,in. the Mediterranean,
between a British and'a'Russian Squadron, in which
the latter was defeated, with the loss of five sail of
the line, eight frigates, and two brigs; but that the
English lost two eighty-gun ships, a torty-eight gun
frigate, and 900 wen. It is hardly necessary to ob.
serve, that this report is wholly destitute of fotinda
tion. The Russians had no such Squadron in the
Mediterranean. ,

The folloWing is stated to be the Of Spanish
AcCount of the Battle of the 31st Ult. It agrees in
every essential particular with the details which we
have laid before our Readers. The Second
however, is stated to have taken place on the sth,
and not on the 4th of November; but we have rea-
son to believe tha► tic latter was the day on which
General BLAKE ►:;:,,;e the successful attack upon the
French near Vannesada

" On t!:‘ 31st of Odoher, four diyisions of Ge-
neral BLAKE'S Army were attacked by 25,000
French. After fighting, as became valiant Spa-
niards during the whole day, General BLAKE, in or-
der to prevent being surrounded, determined to fall
back and to forma junaiou with the divisions of the
Asturias and the Marquis DE LA RomAisrA. The
retreat was conduCled in the, best order, without
the loss of cannon, colours, or prisoners. They
halted during the night of the Ist of November, at
Bilboa. General BLAKE having resolved to take post
at Valmaseda, the army marched on t;ie 2d for ano-
ther position, where it was joined by the Asturians,
the troops of the North, and the fourth division of
Galicia; a small detachment having been left at
Bilboa. On the 3d the French appeared before
that city in great force, and the few troops that were
there evacuated it in good order, and fell back -on
Valmaseda.

" In the action of the 31st all the di 6sions display-
ed the greatest gallantry, in maintaining their position
against a very superior force during the whole day,
with unexampled energy, _and left the field of battle
with reluctance; the enemy, notwithstanding his.
superiority, was unable to gain a foot of ground. The I,
loss of the Spaniards was considerable, but that of the
French much greater; so that they Were incapable
of molesting the Spaniards in their retreat, which
was effeded in rhe most orderly manner, without the
loss of a single knapsack.
" The army being concentrated at Valmaseda,
Gen. BLAKE received information, on the 4tb, that
a division of the enemy, consisting of 10,000 men,
was marching on the Heights of Ontara, with a view
of cutting off a division of his at in) posted in that
place. He therefore put his troops in motion at day-
break, and at one o'clock attack eo t ;le enemy. At ter
an obstinate battle, .which t Aqi tt.l dark, he com-
pletely put them to the rot great slaughter, and
the loss of many prison'•, -, 3 .Cho ti it zer, two aininu-
nition waggons, and a considerab,c quantity of pio-
visinf

" "1..,;i eleven o'cl ick of the night of the sth,
when the dispAteit was sent off, prisoners and bag-
gage con,thu,:d to be brought in. The number and
rank ,;.t. :he prisoners cannot be exaftly Stdted, as our
tro ,itinued the pursuit, and there •s ere the
b-st founded hopes they would be able to capture a
great part of the French division, who finding their
retreat by the high road cut otf, d filed by the edge
of the mountains skirting the valiies, in which di-
re6ion they were closely pursued.

On the morning of the 6th, all the army march-
ed forward, and earnestly ,-olititett permission to
enter Bilboa at the point of the bayonet. - We anxi-

ously await the reult of this enterprize, n hick,
there is every reason to hope, will prove successful."

`I3I.7ONAPARTP,' TlyS a Mornin4 Riper, gel,s g? eat
credit fur the wisdoht qf his hhozs: This is, unior-
tunately,,true; but from whom does be get it ? from
the enemies of their country; from the revilers of
Government ; from the insulters of their Sovereigu ;
from the instigators of sedition ; from the hirelings
of a Party, eager f9r the power to do mischief, and
little scrupulous of the means of acquiring it. To
such as these, BLIONAPARTE is always wise, always
active, always provident.—lt signifies little, that
with a levity which would disgrace an idiot, he has
counteraofed his favourite system of exclusion, and
wantonly thrown open halt the ports in Europe to
us ! It signifies little, that with an apathy, or a. list-
lessness, which would be scarcely natural in a sea-
calf or a polypnc, be has seen his hordes of thieves
and murderers chaced from one extremity of Spain
to the other, and reduced to a third of their original
numbers ! It signifies little, that when his reputa-
tion, nay, his. political existence, Was at stake, he
should postpone his exertions for their security to a
We have this dayetwinned our Extracts from the i• • . ,
season when all cu be innunely anal-
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Spaizish Papers. The-Corunna Gazettes, though of tiplied, and his chance of final success rendert-d more
t
.a late daie, do not contain any intelligente respeet-
han problematical ! He still maintains his character
arliong the base and servile herd of his sycophants
' t'4l4-novernelits of General BLAKZ'S Array Sub-.
v.;
enumerated above, and in the words of the Morriii4,-
soqu6nt to thee brought by the Jupiter. The Chranicte—s, gets great ea ,:;!it for the wisdom of his
holiriever, from the southern and eastern plaits!'

B CON A PA RTE.
The Reentii, of 16 guns, hos bad a most gal!3nt
aE.iion with a large 'reach Corvette, of 22 guns,
which is supposatcaave foundered. We hld six

killed and cf.; wounded : Captain NAYIEII and Lieut.
.Wlpb,zrrs are both 4gNierely wounded."

PLYMOUTH, NOV. 16.—Arrived the , rreiich
Slow La Jeune Harrie, from Guadaloupe, hound to
Bourdeaux, laden with sugar, -toffee, and -t'otton,
captured by the Surinam Sloop of War. The French
Ctiasse.M.4i6vlto Diligence, from ,Quiheron, laden
with
_brandy;and wine, captured by his Majesty's
. Ship Saturn. The French Schooner La Louise,
from Nantz, bound to Martinique, .laden-with pro-
visions, cut out by the boats of the Naiad and Nar-
cissus Frigates.
Arrived the Dragon, 0174 guns, from the Chan-
nel Fleet .; inconsequence of a heavy gale of wind
from the South West, the remainder of the Channel
Fleet. are said to have bore up for Torbay.
Arrived the Foxhound Sloop of War, with Dis-
patches from Spain ;.she.is supposed to have brought
important intelligence. The Goede Hoop, SPUDL.E,
from London, in ballast.
The Apollo Tiansport was driven on shore this
morning, in Mill Bay, in a heavy gale:of wind, but,
it is hoped, will be got off when the weather mo-
derates, 'without much damage.
Arrived L'Aigle Frigate from a cruize on the
coast of France.

PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 17.—Arrived the Paragon,
SMITH, Jenny, -, Jenny, INGLEDEN, 772,07//aS,

ADAMSON, and the Ocean, SYBILL, from Quiberon
Bay; also the Diana, WHEALER, from Madeira;
bound to London.

Szn!ed his Maje,ty's Ship Pluto on a cruize ; and
the Conquest, -, and Speedy, BAZIN, for Guern-

sey.

Came into harbour this day the Surly Cutter, and
tilt. Defender G'un-brig.

COWES, Nov. 17.—A large Transport Ship called
the Elizabeth, of London, coming home 'from
Comma, under convoy of one of his Majesty's Slips,
went on shore on the south .side of the Isl. of
Wight, in a hard gale of wind at S. W. on the night
of the 16th inst. and is since gone entirely to pieces.
The Mate and eight seamen' are unto) tnnately
drowned, but the Captain and six of the crew were
with 'dirficulty saved.
The Schooner Diana, W. WILY Master, from
Madeira for London, wit h wine and col ,at rived
here yesteiday in 18 days from St. Mic.iael's, and
33 from Madeira; and the Sloop J. PITT
Master, from Bideford for London, wi,h oats, with
the loss of main-sail and jib in a hard gile ot wind.

TORBAY, Nov. !G.—Came in the Channel Fleet,
hnier command of Admiral-GAmEtzR; from their
station off Brest.

DEAL, Nov. 17.—ArrivkA Abrairtam, POD"
DEN, fro.., iNflogadore, and remain in ate Down's
with the Ships as per last.

SHEERNESq, Nov. 16. Arrived his Majesty's
Gun-brig Archer, Lieut. PRICE. from the Do vies,
having driven trod' her ,ink.hors weht on shore on
Deal Beach. , This rnorein.; Vice Admiral WELLS
hoisted his Hag aoin.
Aimed the Depiront T-nder, Lieut. ANTRAM,
With volunteers from the River.

Came clo,:itin' troth the River, his Majesty's Ships
Britomart, Ronald°, and thnchetsta. . .

The lollowing glowing Letter has -been received
from Serjevnt PAcKWOoD, Of the Royai Marines,
dated in Cildnuei Soundings, Aineihyst, un Sunday
last :

• •`sin desirous of giving you the earliest intelligence I
am at,: of a well-contested battle, bought by his Nia.p.t)
Ship Amethyst, M S yinour. Esq. , omit titter, and the
. French National I. rnote La 'filet's, or t wenty -eight
tzi,pounders on her main-deck. 'dim. was foil,4ht otf
L'ehret.t, where we have ',cell crinz,n,:, these last fourteen
w,eks. On the night of tin toth inst. stood close in to the
laud ; shout (wk. within two miles of the noun, on the
N.W. end ,at the Isle of •ron. larboard tack on board, short-
ened sail, wore round, Drought to, the wind on the starboard
tack. wind then at N.E. ship's head N.N.W. keepinif, the
land close on bo.ird. At seven o'clock the same evenii4;,
observed a Sail astern near the Isle of Cron, stannolg to tne
S.W. wore sn.p, made sail in chace, beat to quamrS, cicared
away for aalon, soon suspecting her an enelliy ; we per-
ceived her to make alt sail.. At twenty nurtures past little
brought her to action; a' forty minutes past t aye, A.M.
she struck to the Amethyst. alter a very bloody and well-
contested action.

The enemy's less in kilted is ro3 ; badly wounded, ac.
cording to the neare.t account, rural, killed and w Lnt.
cd, 223.
. _ _

riots, kti Lc! and wounded, to the nearest account, 73
to:at.

Jst of the Royal Marines Killed and WoulichNi hi Op

Amethyst :
" ()dicers of the Royal Marines—Second. Lieutenant Ken-
dall; ; First. Lieutenant Payne, badly wounded.
Rank and tile r killed; §, dangerously wounded; 2,
slightly ; my-self slightly bruised in my right arm aim nand,
when our inizen-mast tell ; but, thank God, I am v ry well
in nealth and spirits.
" 1 will give you a detail to the best of my knowledge
We fought the first three bamdsines with our larboard guns,
and were close on board of each other. We separated, hot
Fastened to each other. She worked her ship remark.
ably well, and came on the starboard-side. The action then
was very obstinate for two hours. She snot away nui
In ist ; ►t fell with ihe inizen. top. sail and viet (the driver
not being closely brailed up, riot havins time) across the
.quarter-deck ; uo time to clear the wreck ;. she cheered at
suehasight.

„ .
We ctieered again, and the neKt broadside we brought
her mizen-mast down. She dropt aboard us, as I may term
ir, as she had rather the,weatiler gage. At this time 1 be-
hefe her intentions were to carry us, but she soon rOjild tier
mistake., She had about 30 soldiers in her tore and main
tope, and they kept up a constant ti e, with 'hen nearing
then' stink pots on board ;. the sustained a very heavy loss
about this time, our ship being n ice on fire, but was scow
pot out, and not time to clear the wt.; ck on the quarter-deck.
We lay muzzle to muzzle about an hour and ti 'mum. S;
ourthen often stealing their sponges, and, the others] servuis
us the same way; and, atter an action of full three 11,,nis ami
zo minutes, she struck, atter a most obstinate battle, le.:sing
her deck entirely,covered with dead and
4‘ Her commander was killed. His peopie say lie was de-
termined not to strike toil single-d,:eised snip; but she toirai
Eng:isimien on board the Amethyst A tter your answer, I
will give you a more clear account ut those two youdg, -but
very gallant ()dicers, of the: Royal slarines, suit tile patty
under their command, who, 1 thh,k, ave added' 4n-ther
laurel to such a noble corps. Excuse use it. lam going too
far with this; but 1 cannot nelp mentioning Such or,very o
two such young Officers, and -men who stqoct so. true to th.:
cause. I have nothing more to acid, than 1 hope we shall
soon be in readiness to encounter such anotter foe.”