The Sun.
London, England, 1808-09-23 00:00:00

PIPERS.

SALAMANCA, AUG. 29.--Colonel DUPLE arrived'
yesterday in our ,City, accompanied by our beloved
Duke DEL INFANTADO, and this day set out toge-
ther for Aloa del 'Former, where Gen. CUESTA has
established his head-quarters.
GIBRALTAR, AUG. 13.—Yesterday, at 10 o'clock
in the morning, landed in this place, his Royal High-
ness the second son of his Majesty the King of the
Two Siciiies, and also his Serene Highness the Duke
of Orleans. These illustrious guests arrived here
from Malta, on board his Majesty's sitp Tonant.
They were received by the garrison with a royal
salute.—(Oviedo Gazette, Sept. 10.)
CADIZ, AUG. 19.—General DUPONT would now
have been one of the most opulent Generals of the
French Nation, had he remained at Übes; the
enormous sum of 60,000 piastres in silver, 8000
ounces in gold, a large quantity of plate, and other
valnables, stolen in the town of Cordova and other
places, have been taken from him, only here, and
lodged in the Treasury of this City. The people
were of opinion, that a prisoner of war had no occa-
sion for so much wealth.

CARTHAGENA, AUG. 20.—0 n the 16th arrived in
this port from Mahon the Spanish Squadron, corn-
posed of the following Ships :—.Reyna, Luisa,. S.
Pablo, Guerrero, Asia, and S. Ramon, commanded
by Don JUAN JOSEF MaKTINuz, Brigadier of
_.the
Royal Navy. The Ship S. Francisco de Paula en-
tered this port a few days before.
MADRID, SEPT. 3.—The troops who compose
the division of General LLAMAS left us yesterday ;
they seen) to direct their march to Soria. This day
we expe& General COMPIGNI, with his troops, who
were in Toledo, and are to march from hence next
Thursday with the division of General LAPjNA. The
two latter divisions consist of 17,000 men, and the
first of 0000.

The army of Arragon, which marched from Sar
ragossa in pursuit of the French, and pushed on as
far as Tudela, has been obliged to make a retrograde
movement to Barja, because the army which march-
ed froth Burgos to attack the above. corps, on the
right Banks of the Ebro, amounted to 18,000.
VALLADOLID, AUG. 31.--The Marquis DE CA-
STELAR, who is to command the Castilian army, is
expeeted here. Don CUESTA goes to Madrid, having
been eleded a Member of the Central Junta. Don
CASTANOS is direding his march by Somasierra, and
some of his troops are this day expeded at Arauda.
RIVADEO, SEPT. 4.---Yesterday arrived in this
port, unacquainted with our present war with France,
a French Brig from Cayenne, richly laden with co_
coa, sugar, cloves, cotton, znd other colonial pro-
duce. She was 43 days on her passage, and brings
intelligence that a few days before her departure a
Frencn Sloop arrived in Cayenne, with Dispatches
and Newspapers, announcing that JOSEPH NAPO--
LEON had ascended the Spanish throne, by virtue of
the resignation of theßouaßoNs. The above French
Brig has been deelared.a good prize, and the Officers
and crew are prisoners of war. -
MADRID, SEPT. 7.— JOSEPH NAPOLEON and the
French head-quarters are in the city of Logrona.
The French - marched by Tudela to Arragon, but
after having advanced a few leagues they, on a sud-
den, made a retrograde movement, which is generally
attributed to intelligence they received of the move-
ments of our armies.

GIJON, SEPT. 13.—Yesterday arrived here his
Britannic Majesty's Ships Cosscick and Comet, the
former from Santander, the latter from Plymouth,
with near a million of dollars on board, part of which
are for the service of Spain, and with the remainder
she will sail in a day or two for Oporto.
In the afternoon arrived the Swallow Brig, Cap.,
Jain MILNER, conveying eight Sail of Transports;
sent, here to receive on board two thousand Me-'
,rino Sheep, presented by the Junta of this Prin.
,cipality to his Majesty. Soon after the Swallow
had come to an anchor, a boat put off from her
`with -the Captain, the Hon. Capt. HERBERT, a
Mr. CREED, and the Agent for Transports, and
seven seamen. Just, however, as they were on the
,Bar, a violent surf broke over them, filled the boat,
.and_plunged the whole into the sea ; the greater
part by taking hold of the • boat, kept • them.'
selves above water, and supported themselves on
oars and planks, till the boats, which immediately
put off from the shore, picked them up. Unfortu-
nately, hdwever, they were unable to save Captain
HERBERT and Mr. CREED, who sunk before they
arrived. These two Gentlemen came out for the
purpose of visiting the Country; the former was
son to the Earl of CAERNARVON, and the latter soli
to Mr. CREED, the Navy Agent:

....TlJot4; SOT. 15.--LLetters from Oviedo state that
the French, after colleting the chief p4rt of their
force from Navarre and Biscay, to the amount of
hearty C6;000 .men, had suddenly made an irrup-
; -
tlon into Arragan, with the view of -getting posses"-
sion Of 'SaragOiSa when. they were witilin seven
leagues of *l-10 city they received such intelligence
as induced thew to retreat, and their head-quarters
•

aFe now at Mira,da.-en row, in Navazre. PALA:tox
had Lien bac'k to Borga, hearing- that the en.py
had advanced with a force greatly supe-
' t A Letter from Madrid •states, that 70,000 Spa-
- ,
niards were on their march to Saragossa : it was
probable on the receipt of this 'intelligence that the
French had been ordered to fall back. BLAKE iS
supposed by this time to be at Burgos ; the last ac-
counts left him at Reynosa. CAsTANos has resigned
the command of the Castilian Army, and is succeed-
ed by the Marquis CASTILAR. The former is chosen
Deputy to the Central Junta, at Madrid, for the
Province of Old Castile.
MADRID, AUG.' 31.—Every thing is perfealy
tranquil. The recruits are continually exercising,
especially those who are immediately to set out for
the army. Afterwards we shall have leisure to trait).
those who are to remain here in garrison.
Baron STROGONOFF, Ambassador from Russia to
our Court, set out yesterday for Lisbon. It is not
certainly known what is the objea of his journey,
but it is supposed to have some relation to the Rus-
sian Squadron lying there..
M.krutas,k, Auo. 1 o,;--We learn from Rosas, of -
the date the 13th instant, that on the day preced-
ing, two English Ships, three-deckers, bad arrived.
there, and had landed 1800 men, and a considerably
quantity of artillery, and declaring, at the same
time, that more would soon arrive.
CARTHAGEN,A, AUG. 20.—Yesterday a merchant-
vessel arrived here in eight days from Palermo, the
Captain of wtrich asserts, that the French are pre-
cipitately evacuating Naples, the whele Kingdom
being in a state of insurreCtion against the French,
• in consequence of having learned with certainty the
occurrerices in Spain, and the viaories gained by the
Spaniards. He adds, that when he came away, the
English were embarking, in all the vessels in that
port, troops, arms, ammunition, arid provisions, for
Naples. -
\\Tien, At G. 18.--7 The city of Gerona has suf-
fered a second time a blockade for more than twenty
days, but the result has been as fortunate, or more
. so, than 'the former, since the enemy abandoned
precipitately the field of battle, leaving behind theirt
a great quantity of artillery, muskets, and ammuni-!
tion. They divided themselves into two columns,
one of which took the direaion of Figueras, the
other to Barcelona.
In the night between the 13th and 14th they
threw into the city more than 4000 intubs and gre-!
'lades, which did great damage to several edifices,
particularly to the church of the Capuchins ; that_
of the Dominiciana, 'and the 1..g41,te of the Conde 10
SOLTERRO, where the Junta hold its sittings.