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FRIDAY, AUGUST 1g; 1808.

['RICE OF STOCKS.
Tuts DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK.
Consols - - - - 66 J °whim' - dis.

This morning Dispatches were received at the
Admiralty from Sir EDWARD PELLEW, Bart. Com-
inander in Chief on the East India Station ; and
from Sir JAMSS SAUSIAR EZ.

LAST night two Gottentargh Mails arrived.. A
report had reached that ,place, from Konigsburgh,
that the EMPLHOR of lIUS§IA had expre,,sed his de-

termination to join Fiance in the war against
Atwria. ,We fear there is too much foundation for

this report, for we have seen private accounts, on
which we place very great reliance, which state,
that 'the Einperp.r ALEXANDER lid given orders
'or the formation of three camps on the frontiers
of the Austrian Dominions, for the purpose, as, it
was generally supposed; of over-awing Austria.

Yesterday some Dat,c,h- Papers, to the 9th inst.
reached town, but they are more than usually bar-
ren of intelligence: Such is the anxiety of BuotiA-
: PARTE to keep the people of the Continent in igno-.
ranee of the affairs of. Spain, _ that though the Dutch
Paper? profess to translate his Majesty's Speech on
tile prorogation.of Parliament, yet all the passages in
it which relate to Spain are left out. We are happy
to find that a number .of Spanish Proclamations and
Documents have found their way into ffolland, not-
withstanding all the precautions of the Tyrant; It
is stated in private letterSs which; were received yeS-
ttrday, that sevewal. Proclamations were, about a
fortnight ago, during the ,night, stuck up on the
E)tchange, at ltotterdimi; They were taken down
in the morning by the Police, and a reward of too
guilders was Offered for the apprehension of the:
person or personS who had poSted up such "wicked
forgerics.' .

There is 4 report mentioned in one of the letters
which we have seen,which,, we trust, has no foun-
chtion in fat, and that is, that 13UpN4FARTE has
a.kled to the long list of his atrocities the death
.or
FERDIN,AND VII. This report probably took its
rise from the- extreme strictness with which the

pyal Prisoners are watched, and the care that is
takeh to prevent them from having the slightest inn
,f ercuurse with ny person except the spies and gaolerp

by whom they are surrounded. -
Letters from IlevfA state, that apprehensions are
eniettainea of a fa nine next Winter, there is already
a Very great s,-affiity of the imiLediate necessaries
of Lie, and the total titagnation of trade adds to the
vber-ill misery. In Esthonia, it is stated, that seve-
ya; pea4ants had been fond dead in Ehe fields, who
bad been endeavouring 'to protrAa wretched e:,-
istet ce by feeding uppn hay cud' carrion.

Doubts have been expressed by some of our
.-
con-
temporaries, of% the truth of the stateniktitss in the
snanish',Papers, respealing the defeat' of General
IVION.CET; in 'Valencia. •The accounts 'of his de-
feat, and of his subseq4ent escape to. Madrid with
a very small' portion of his army, were corrobo-
rated .fretn so inatiy quarters, that there did not
appear to us any ground for entertaining doubts
'upon the subjea. We hive extracted froni the Gi-
bralt4r .%.vhich. arrived yesteiclay an article
I.atil2li Was officiiilly potllished in the Gariison, which
confirms in ei'ety particular" the details-Which had
;tirevious-ly;rcht hell us respecting the defeat of MON..
his flight froth Valencia: - ' '

.
Wednesday Fier I:l,l4JEsT*.g* dinner to the
N ,hility and -Qehtr'y of Yitickor and' its environs,
vhiclr AtS Cciati6ted -by the 'Princess ELIZABETH.
'lite Prince of .WALES and Duke Of CLARENC.E
fluxed at three o'clock, when the QUEEN, Prince
car WALES, and- Dukes of CLARENCE and CAI -
I..IEIDGE, Pri,cesses SointA, -AUGUSTA, ELIZABETH,
AMELIA% and MA-WV,'" sat (low if • in a large
lieNe tent, v, lik.h was , prepared for them, to 4.9.1?...
vet. The rest of the company -sal its the other tents
andinarquees on the lawn, *While the bands di the
li•,Yal 'Lose Guards, Blues, and Staffordshire Mi-
playeo in:diiterent parts of the garden.. The
l'ilandarines; from Vauxhall, .Here also present, and
shewecitheir demerit); of hand to please the Young
Ladirs and Gentlemen prietil. Af,dusk the. youth-
vis'Aor: had it ball, and lite Royal Fainil) and. N-
obility were present to see them dance. His 'MAJESTY
arrindirom L neon about eight o'clock, and imme-
diately joined the party, and 3et-med highly delighted
tieith the eittert-ainment. The Prince of WALES and•
Drake of CLARENCE slept at the, Lower Lodge, "and
Yesterday' morning, set-off 'for London. The hall
bloke up at halt- past ten, when the KING, QUEEN,
•etriti all.theiloyal.Vanlly returned to Windsor Palace.
yesterday alorning tits MAJESTY,. Princesses So.
PHIA;A.OGUSTA', .and AMELIA, accompanied- by
Lady THYNNE, .Gen-gals CARTWRI.GHT and Ftrz-
R.,y, and Colonel TAYLOR, rode in- WindSor Park,
and returned at welYe.•

. Afterwards-.the PRINCEIISES. took a ride in the
Pink for upwards o' an hour, acconfprinie4- by Lady'.
TiIYNNE.RIICI Ctri9nel TAYLoR.

. QUEEN and PRINCESSES tool ail:A(10g to
erogpore Lode -and Gardens. , • 4, .' •

Yesterday a Csbinet Council was held at the fO-
- Oince. The Sitting commenced at half-past
one, and did .not close until it was nearly seven
o'clock.

-Her Highness Princess SOMA of GLOUCtiTEit
has lately purchased the Earl of ROSEBEARY'S house
in Park-lane, which she is now putting in a tho-
rough state of,repair, as site means to occupy it on
her return from the Isle of Wight. •
A Letter fromijon, dated Aug. g, says--" The
news from all quarters is most promising, and I have
no doubt of a most glorious and happy result to Spain_
and to Europe. The General Assembly of this Pro
vince has just planned an Expedition of great import-
ance, with the assistance and concurrence of General
PONTE and Major RocHR, who have been ordered
hither on the occasion."—" The Madrid Gazette
confirms the report of the eight of Jos'Er BOONti-
rArrts and the Drench troops from that city ;, and
we are well assured, that on,tbe 3d inst. not a singi
Frenchman of any description remained in the capi-
tal. The, enemy have fallen -back upon Segovia,
where they are said to be fOrtifying themselves."

We have been favoured with the following
ar-
ticle, which, we doubt not, will prove very satis-
fatiory ;—." In a letter just received from a Gen-
tleman of, high rank in the army in India, who has
taken America on his way home, to hii brother in
this country, we have the pleasure to be infibrmed,
that the greatest part of the people of property and.
the merchants there, are desirous of peace- with Eng-
land in preference to France, if both cannot be had;
and that strop; remonstrances had been made by
• the Northern enates- and States, against the em-
bargo, which it was thojagltt would soon be taken
off; and as this-Gentleman was well' ntroduCed to
the first companies in Baltimore, Washington; 'Phi-
ladelphia, and' New York, and resided some time in
all those places, he had the best opportunity of be-
ing acquainted with the sentiments of the people
'upon this subje6."
• -Advices were received yesterday from -Gibraltar,
which confirm the defeat, of General .MoNcEY at
Valencia. By the Gibraltar Papers to the 25th ult.
it appears that the following statement had been offi-
cially published in the garrison :
' " D. VICEN'TE ROACH; Master of the Spanish
vessel La Virgen de la,Cueva Santa, a native of
Valencia; 47 vears-of age, and marries in the said
town, where hiS family resides, has made the follow-
ing declaration upon path before D. FELIX. FIER.7
eettl, Honorary Commissary of the SpaniSlt.artnies,
and Spanish Consul in Gibraltar .
" On the night of Friday, the Sth instant, he
sailed, on public service, from Valencia, for this
place. On the 26th and 27th of last month, a
. French army of 12;000 men having made its ap-
pearance within 'a league of Valencia, in the plain of
Quarte, General CABO attacked them with a few re,
but a considerable number of armed and un-'
armed inhabitants, whose exertions, however, could
not prevent the enemy reaching Valencia on the
28th. Upon their arrival they summoned the town
to surrender, sending in a flag - of truce, which
returned with a refusal. The French then attack-
ed the town by the Quarte Gate La Pichina, and
Santa Lucia. There were no regulars in the place.
On the preceding day, five thousand Muskets,
and a quantity of powder, bad been received
item Carthagena, which greatly _contributed to
the glorious issue of the contest. Nine. thou-
band armed inhabitants manned the walls and
forts. The deponent served a piece of cannon
at St: Austin's Gate. The attack began at two in
_the afternoon, and ended at, eight in the evening,
when 'the enemy retreated to Quarte (one league
'from Valencia), where be remained the whole night.
Two thousand' five hundred Men were tbuti(l dead,
yvhorn.the enemy had left round the walk of the
(own 'on the 28th, besides those in the fields. As
the enemy c:mtinued his retreat on the 29t1, by the
toad- Of 'Moira, he was pursued by General Count
De; OERVISL.LON, reinforced by' General CAirn,
their 'united armies amounting to upwards of four-
teeii thousand rneo, chiefly armed and unarmed in-
habitants.

" At the same time a ntimber of the latter were
in the mountains of Novella, with three
.8-pounders, 'so that the French were attacked htith
i'n front and rear: In this last at:lion, which was
fought more than ten leagues from Valencia, the
whole of the French army was destroyed, tiro or
three 'hundred horse excepted, who effe6ted their
escape. This account the deponent heard on the
:day of his departure, at noon, in the Hall.of the.
Board of Government, where he .was receiving the
iirders relative to his voyage. One of the Members
inquired about MONCEy, and the Messenger answerl
ed; that he had been wounded in the arm, and that
another Ptench General had also received a severe
wound, which he thought must have proved mortal.
One hundred French prisoners had been brought
from Cuenca to Valencia; who, together With fifty.
More taken in the neighbourhood of the latter town,
Were ient to Carthagena. ••
" The French cattle by way of Cabrillas, where
an action look 'place, in which they lost qooo.men&
including a few who had been killed previcins to the
this—norwithstandiug which. they., pursued. their
march. Only' a few Spaniards' were killed in the
attack uncil. 'Valencia; but, in the preceding ac-
tions, the loss had beenconsiderable;partictilarly. at
Las Cabrillas,. where upWards 700., Swiss, and
neatly the whole of the regiment of Savoy, perished.
All the Clergy, and even the. worndn, made.theM-
selves very useful in the defence of Valencia, the
former with .musketh• and in :moving-cannon, the
latter in making cartridges, after providinglthem,
selves With stones ' to
,annoy the French if they had
ciiterea the town."

Wherever Ihe banners 4- IltrosArAnTE have M-
A
fher!fibeen displayed, his way has been' prepared by
the arts of intrigue, and victory rendered secure by
the influence of gold, or the dislff'eaion of the peo,
pie; The - power'of the common enemy of Europe
'may certainly be considered t 4• be much shaken.—
The number of his best traopi which have fallen
'Spain, 'the necessity for the presence of cousidera--
ble armies in his vassal' countries,. and the spirit of
revolt already said-6 be manifested among hi, nevi
levies must materialy dimini,sh the fOrCe at his dis-
posal.. • The present moment is-, unquestionably,
propitious, to the destinies of those Who groari under
the despotism 'l;vhich has degraded 4nd diszraccd
Elrope. • . . .
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