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TkIIIRSPAY, DECEMBER 1, 1808.

IMPORTANT INTELLIGENCE ragu;SP.AIN.

We art at .lerigth enable(' to lay before our

Readers authentic and official intelligence from

,Srmin. Government this morning received Dis-
Tatches, wfiich were brought by the Favoririte Sloop.

These Dispatches were dated from. Corunna, the

23a ult. and from San Vincente. de la Barquera

the igth,

They state, that the account of

General BLAKE being defeated is confirmed. He

was engaged in continual aEtions from the 4th

till the 13th ult.

Oti the t. t th, the Asttirians

laying heed worsted on the left, the French got

possession of a " height which covered the road on

which they retreated, and they were thrown into

,reat confusion, and General BLAKE retired on

Reynosa ; but a French column appearing on this

road from Burgos, be,retreated by Soto, to San

Vincente de la Barituera. Here, upon the 17th,

ite:bad colleaed near 20,000 of his troops, and the

Marquis DE LA ROMANA had taken the command,

and 'hey would soon be in a state to advance again.

The French had occupied St. Andero and San-

tom; the former on the 16th, and the latter on the

2-oth; but by the exertions of Gen.cral'LEtiH, all

the provisions, ammunition, and stores sent by this

Country bad been removed.

It appezrs that a part of the Army of Estrema-

Jura bad .been defeated near Burgos, but there are

no- accounts of 'their 'having advanced beyond it.—

General MOORE had arrived on the lOth at Sala-
manca, and General limicrEs was at Astorga.

Such, we have reason to believe, is the substance

of the Dispatches received by Government, b►ut pri-

rate letters say that the Frtuch corps that had been

advanced towards Valladolid had retreated to Burgos.

We have received Spanish Topers to the 24th
ult. extracts from Which will be found in our

Subsequent columns.

Sir H, BURRARD has arrived at Spithead in the

dimelia .te.

A of twenty millions of frorius 6 to :,be
opeßed in Westphalia, for the payment of the con-
tributions due :o the French Government. The sum
twat of the loan. is W be divided into ion,pop
t?entt.:res of 200 each ; Abe repayment of_the.
-ql)ital and interest, the revenue'of the State is to
wortgaged, arming from the
,sinki4g fAud and the
forests. , • - •

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•
The Pt-0,3;e4, Of Ireland are soliciting Govnent
fora general privilege of franking, to coram,va with
the .riglisa Bench ; at present, only the two Irish
BiSikips who (lave seats. in the douse of 1.4 Na dur.--
ing the Sessions, epjoy this ppivilege. • '' °

Yesterday, about twelve o'clock, HIS 'MAJESTY
arrived at the Queen's Palace, trout Windsor,: where,
he was received by:the Dukes: of It Otix, KENT,
CAMBRIDGE and SUSSEX.
• At two o'clock HIS MAJESTY held a private Le-
vee, which was attended by,
The Lord Chancellor, the Lord President of the Council,
the First Lord ut the Treasury, tne three Secretaries'of State,
the First Lord or the Admiralty, the Master-General of the
Ordnance,; the President of Mc:Board ut Trade, theludge Ad-
vocal,l Earl Yowls, Lords Clive and Heathheld, General
Despard, Captains M. S;;:y inuur, Cathcart, and Blennerhasset.
I The following had the honour of being presented
to His MAJESTY-: i
Capt..in Michael Seymour, of the Royal Navy, who so
highly distinguished hiniseit in the late engagement in the
coininal:d of the Amethyst, upon his return to F.:Nl:intl.
Captain BiennerhasSet, w hu, served on board the Amethyst,
• -a, Lieutern.nt, in tile action, upon his promotion.
The Rev: Dr. King, upoi his promotion to the Bishop-
' kik of Roehestet.';
L Lord Clive, by his father, Earl Povvis.
General. Despard, upon his' promotion to the lath 'Yoe.
u.l
• C.tptain Cathcart, upon his promotion. .
His iviAsosTx gave auditnces to the Duße of
PonTlANn;auct the rests'of-'the Cabinet Ministers-
present ; also. to Mr. RYDER, as Judge-Advocate,
who laid. before His MAJESTY the proceedings of
Coiirls Martial. About His MA-.
.a ESTY Set Of on his return to Windsor.
Yesterday being St. AntlreW's Day, all those at
Court who are members of the distinguished Orders,
wore their collars..
INDIA liousE.L—Yesterday a Court. of,iiireoers
wa., held, when the 'under-mentioned Commanders
fqi.,k leave of the Court :previi)us to departing for
their respeaive destinations, viz:—Capt. T. LAtt
Warren Hastings, Beagal.aad.China; Capt
W.' DONALDSON; Nepi/i/le, end Capr. J', KIRKPA-
TRICK, kie)try Addington, Bombay and China.—
Captrin EDWARD RALSTON. NUS sworn, lipto the
Command of the Ship Princess Amelia., consigned-
to China direct. The Court adjourned at siK o'clock
till this day.
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Yesterday. being St Andr-em's Day, ilte Royal
S'ociety. held their Atniver,ary Meeting at their
apartments in Somerset Place ;. when 'the Presiderit,
the Right Hon. Sir J,osErkt BANKS, Bart. K. B. iti
the name of the Society; preiented 'l4le Gold. Medal
(called. Sir GODFREy WttA.lot, 1 Ii.NT7
D. for his trarions Paper= cciminutticaied to
the°Society, atid printed in the •PhicosophiCal
sataioos.
,Afterwards, the Society proceeded to the Choice
ofilie 'Council -and' Offiter-fii-f thynktiiiir77,
when,
.on examining the ballot,l it :appeared that
the., . Plowing Gentlemen were elected of the
Council.

OF TICE OLD COUNCIL —rile•ltight Hon. Sir Joseph
'Banks, Bart. K. B. Sir Charles.tlagdeii, Knt.._llenry Ca.
vertaisti, E:sl.l-ttamphiey DavV, rsq. lohn Gillis, LL. D.
kigh4t Hon. Charles Greville, William Nrarsden, Esq. Rev.
Nevel. Nlaskelyne, D. D. George Eatl of Moretdiv, .John
Rennie,. Esq. William Hyde Wollaston, M.:D..
llitviie New CouNciL.:--Eikvard Ash, M. D.. •fredt.
rick .Augustus Barnard, Esq. Blaekburne, Esq. Samuel
Goodenough, Lord Bishop i.f Carlisle, Thomas Earl- of Chi-.
chester, Henry Htigh Hoare, Esq. Sir Richard Colt Hoare,,
Ban. lohn Lord Selsey,- William Sotheby, Esq- Sir. Bohn
• Thomas Stanley, Ban.
, • And the Ovircalts were—The Right 116 n. Sirloseph
Banks, Bart K. B. President; •William Marsden, 1...5q.
.Treasurer; William Hyde ‘Vollaston, M. D. and Humpliry
Davy, Esq. Secretaries. _
Afterwards the Members of: the society dined to-
,.
'get her, as•usual, at the Crown and Anchor Tavern
in the Strand.

By a letter from Teneritk, of the leth of 061ober,
We learn, that the people ;of, the island of. Grand
Canary have shut their -ports against their Teneriffe
,neighbours, and haVe sent Deputies to Spain to re-
present that their island is the capital of the Cana-
ries, and-that the Supreme Government should ,he
there. This probably gave rise
.to the paragraph
which.appeared some time ago in the _papers, star-
ing, that there still existed a French party in those
t,„
islands ; that, however, is nut the case, the inhabi-.
tents of the Canaries have at all times, and in every
situation, sliewn themselves ,an attached and loyal
people. When accounts were received at Teneritfe,
of what was going on in Spain, the Lieutenant-Go-
vernor, O'DONNELL, with a loyalty that does him
much honour, immediately took such measures, that
whatever,turn affairs might- eventually take in the
mother country,_ the Canary' Islands should, at all
.events, assert their rights and. declare for their law-
ful 'SoVereign FEREOINANi): the Vlltle' This aelive
rand manly condual on this eccasion gained, him not
only the confidence of the garrison of Santa Cruz,,
but also of all rankS of people in the island, 'and es,.
peCially. of that worthy and conspicuous patridtic
chara6ter, .the Marquis VILLANUEVA DEL PtuDo.---
A soon after arrived at Grand Canary, pre-
tending to come froM Spain:; but which, in reality,
-wAs one of the advice boats dispatched -by JOSEPH
iBUONAPARTE, from Bayonne, for the several Spa-
nish .Colonies, enjoining andgiving directions to all
Governors; Magi,trateS, arc. '&e. that he should be
proclaimed and acknowledged., These orders, how,-
ever, met with no other reception than merited cotf-
tempt-and derision. Under such circumstances a
Supreme Junta was established, with the Marquis
VILLANUEVA, DEL PaAno, as President. Very soon
afterwards, the Governor-General, Marquis CASH
CAGIOAL, was put under arrest, and he is now a
close prisoner, no a strong suspicion of being of the
party. of JOSEPH NAPOLEON, and carrying on a cor-
respondence with his -Ministers.' The Lieutenant-
' Governor was then appointed Commander in Chief,
though only 36 years of age ; .and this, as well as
every other measure taken by the Supreme Junta of
the Islands, has been subsequently copfirthed.by the
Supreme. Junta of Seville; and . its authority has
been declared so extensive, that even the Bishop is
made subordinate to it, and they are acknowledged
to. have a vote in the Cortes. . Major General
O'DoNNELL's father was horn Ireland, and served
as an Officer in the Spanish army. He. has four
brothers at present Officers in different regiments in
Spain;- and it is worthy of notice, thit all of them
have distinguished . themselves in the late glorious
achievements of the Patriots, and have been par-
ticularly mentioned -hy their respeEtive Generals
. in. Official Letters :teethe Supreme Junta of -Seville,
so,that the General may be said to be of a real mill-
tary'faniily;
VEsietts, whois come, or coming over, as prin-
cipal 'dancer this season :at the King's ?:Iteatre, is
the son of the yotinger NrEsTats, Who proved so
attraEtive in .Ellgland.. AIWA 18 years, -ago, and
grandson of the elder VF:s'rttrs,.who brought out the
celebrated Ballet .ofilledecert.jaso2t.,,Aol was diSlll3-
guished . in Paris by the appellation of le Dieu de
Dance. -

Siti.thCITARD HlLL—This tally respetqable Ba,
ronet died on Monday last at his seat at Hawkstone, in
ShropShire. He liadreached the 70th year of his age,
and the chief part of his life had been employed in
ads of benevolence: He was for many years one
-of
the Representative§ of the County, and formerly
used often to speak l-',lfiiament, never rising but
to suggest or to prolmte sorne'Objed of publie.
thing that he Uttered was marked by
good sense, 'observation, 'knowledge of the world,-
apd sincere patriotism There was; ,however, some-
thing pecUliar in his manner, 'and his , mind having
a strong bias towards religion, he frequently mingled
passages front 'scripture in his dictourses, which sub •
jedeki 4,iti) to the ridicule: of those whose disposi-
tions were less serious. But the known reditude
and benignity of Sir- Rion/kitty's chardter always
seemed for him ;the attention. and respeatof Parlia-
:, met-sit. In private life he was always accessible, al-
. ways attentive to the calls of disiress, but while ha
readily imparted assistance he never lost sight anti-_
lity, and endeavoured to render his benevolence a
'stimulus to industry and prudence, which Were, al-
ways sure of encouragement and reward. The poor,
therefore, have lost an aulightened as well as a gener-
ous patron, though it is'to be hoped that the example
of his virtues will have due influence among the
wealthy in his neighbourhood, particularly as his
name was never mentioned without resped, esteem,
andiri'titUde. His seat at Hawkstone was a strik-
ina, proof of his taste and judgment, as well as
ofa his benevolence, for by his continual endea-
,IlOiars to improve the beauties' of the place, he af-
forded continual cin,Aoyment to -those 'who were
more• disposed to work than to and his house
and grOtinds became o:a3 of the Must - attractive
or-
nameats of this Century. His scond brother, now
Sir JonN-Hro:, .stareeedi t bls'-iitleS and estates,
and tipiliA family ar-esdAnio cliOitiguishect-by
a Pliaptiilik,andrationaloppreprialion of their wealt
I
4 hqt
,o4o!r ItICIiARD.• is deeply..
Tffer4ol4lC,s tPAIL vglue4 of
his he;r. ,