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London, England, 1808-10-06 00:00:00

SPANISH PAPERS;

EXTRAORDINARY GAZET.7.-E:2;t:;*Z
The Government of this Kingdom ikkajtigii-g-
-ceived, :by expresS, the following 9%3L,R00tt
from the Commander in Chief of th;47Arttnii:l4'fl
Galicia :

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" MOST SERENE LORD,.;
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aving thought i t'expedient to occupy the.city
of Frias and the Convent of Ona, our advanced
posts are at .a very short distance from those (*the:
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enemy. In consequenCe thereof, and as the enemy;
was desirous of ascertaining our position, a detach-
ment of I 5 0 men advanced as far as Frias, which
.
fell in with our detached -partici, much
,it
number, and was defeated, withouk‘,4Blo zittiddl
fighting, leaving twelve of their lue4 4c..0-161n. Abet
•
field of -battle.

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. " This morning the enemy aiivanced again lc
"T • •
the same purpose, one .thoUsand number; he
wasliketivise defeated, and fell back with the loss•Of
six men killed. •

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" Before Ona appeared,atio about:,eig,' hunclred,
men, who, according to intelligence:: received,Tin:.4'
tended to sack the town and. convent, and couunit
their usual devastations;but they u

" GOd preserve your Highness luau years,

" JOACIIIM BLAKE,.":'

" Trespadune, Sep:. 21,:2E93."

" MOST SERENE LOIW,

‘.` By a private letter which I have just received
fronMajor-General Marquis Da PORTAZGO; written
vesterday.in Bilboa,. the. said General advises 'thew
his having entered,iliat: town the same morning
after an engagement which lasted thie:6;liablr'& a 94
;
our loss-ill-which was but-Very trifling. tie ows
much praise on the conduit of his division,' and
promises to Send me as speedily as possible the par-
ticulars of the abOve operation.

" •The inhabitants received the Spanish troops
with 'peculiar joy, and proceeded immediately to
proclaim FERDINAND VII. I think it right to com-
municate to you the above intelligence,.,a4h9ol
am not yet able to give a detailed account, .which
am expelling every moment.
" God preserve your Highness marry .years,
" JOACHIM BLAKer.
" Head-quarters, Trespadune, Sept. 24"

COEUNNA, SEPT. 24.—Yesterday arrived in this
port, his Majesty's brig El Descoubridor, which three
months ago sailed from hence with Lieutenant-Col.
Don MANUE ToNADo, sent by the Government
of this kingdom on a very important ,mission .to the
kingdom and provinces in the South and East. This
Officer having discharged his trust with the utmost
and universal approbation, returned hero- on board
the same vessel, which sailed frOm Algesiras on the
Qd of this month.—(Corunna Diary, Sept. 23:)

! , MANRESA, AUG. 2g.--it •is known here for cer-
tain, that the Austrian Consul in CariL::;:ena has
received orders to coiled all the I‘l4iloi(;es.,A
WOclamations issued in that countryolnd allz.thate
ports of our victories, and authentic accoutiYiL&PrAel
treacherous. conduct ..of NAPOLEON hirtkirfilinb:
lished; the object of this is. to comp re the above
collection with the intelligence Communicated by
NAPOLEON to the Court of Vienna, that his brother
JOSEPH has been crowned-King of Spain, and Liu.'
nimously acknowledged as such by the Spanish Dn.':
CADIZ, SEPT.. 9.—Admiral ROSSILV,
tiOn:-- (Corunna Diary, Sept. 24) • - •
. who ,com-
manded the French Squadron, Surreudc-A'Raltis
port, has been taken by the, • Engiii-n:Tiri,(P*ol
to Malta. General DurON:T. , who With hii vt/fiA
..,,,
Staff had also embarked tor France, has likewise been
captured by the English, and concluded with his
Stair to Gibraltar.—(The same Paper.)
CORUNNA, SEPT. 24.—The Diary of 'this day
contains an Ode addressed to his Excellency Sir A.
WELLESLEY, in celebration'of the glorious victories
by which he compelled JUNOT and his array to eva-
cuate Lisbon and Portugal. II concludes as follows:
-4—" And all Europe seeing this glorious exploit, is
-ready to confess, that the people of Great Britain,
equally valiant by sea and land, conquer and defeat
all who dare to war against them."

CARRALEJAS, SEPT. t I.—The French are,passing
through every part of the Rioja, carrying with 'thitl
destruaion and desolation: The main body 9f,That
army, which consists of more than 34,000 Mohif-it
at theclty of Naxera. In Burgos there a?eAselotifiils
and rather fewer at Bribiesca. In the wh4ggllgyerg
more than 40,000,.andoccupy the whole bank 'of 'the
Ebro.—(Diario de la- Corunna, Selit.. 28.) -

REM-OSA, SEPT.. 26.—0 n the 17.tha Commissioner
froM the Army which-is at this town, feoited to
Santander, to receive 5
.million's of teals' brought by
the English to that port, and placed 'at the disposal
of the General of the Army of Galicia. The fourth
division of
.this army was yesterday to atticititikepA,
since they halted yesterday at Balipoieda4„Es44'
not yet the success of this attack, as Ourisgttle
1500 French. On the road to Bilboa
with. a party of 36 of the enemy's cavalry, „Ogg]
they made prisoners. 'The troops of the battaliop

of Vittoria, on another' side towards Borgo=, yeitar-
day made prisoners a party of above 100 Freileh)
-Who weree-going to levy-a contribution of bread on a
village. 'rife corps de reserve follow the fourth di"-
vision ; the van-guard is in front, and the other three
divisions form a circle round the French. A detach'
..ment of_the Army of "Arrows], under the orders of
the Second in Command to Gen. PALArox, is in the
neighbourhood of Burgos. The day before ye4ter-
day the squadron of cavalry. which was at Coruna/
passed' through this tityby forced marches.
• COW& I,iNA; SEPT. 2.t.-;—By the post which arrived
at eleven•o-'elOck to-day • intelligence has been re'
•.ceived of 'the 'glorious aetion maintained by the
fourth division of the' army of 'Galicia, commandeu
'qby Marquis DEL POETAZGO, and Don MOTU°
XFABRO, which, after a contest of three hours, ended
Iby rendering. us master§ of Bilboa, buil gaining er
c'thi
advantages, the particulars of 'which the Gepera
could not then send,:but_will:transinitiliern ass°°ll
as possible.—(Ditiiib de 1a- airuanir;'Sept. 2.8)
to
if; it: .1-71._.;-,5...41 tbe permitted te r, '•
tShuerregnardrei7rs ItAGQIS. A,:
France, but the proposal was rejeEted.
AUG' ey*Write'frain Qls'
TA Et _
:Ffrfueras has offered to
n of the CI
,T 1 n
het
°lllied
nor of this Castle fell in an attack by a bah
entered at his mouth. •
MADE ID, SET. 7.—Yesterday passed throagir
g
this city the division of Senor COUPIGNI, oensis6l6
of 10,000 men, which IS on its march for Soria'
To-day entered that of Senor REDING., Collo3lldea
by Senor VENEGAs, which is said to amour)! to
.men. ft is said, that to-morrow, 100°
1 1,000 her
men of the Walloon Guards, with some et
troops of this garrison, will leave this city; and ibat
on the day following the division which entered 07
day Will again set out.
beed
We are assured that on next Monday will
the,first Session of the Central or Sovereign J-.
h see°.
A report is current to-day that the Franc- --3
A
by the gr 4
coated Pampeluna, fearing to be attackei.
01%14
cries of BLAKE and PALArox; but this
th s cOf
requires confirmation. The volunteet• 0' —1 •
to
are embodied, and preparations are inoVID 0
11
-equip .them as speedily as possible...v.-(.0.—. °
Cortirrna, Sept. 24.)
VALENCIA, SEPT. 6.---We are assured bl
d
-
'from Estremadura, that there have been foll
of
ab 7:
1.
celled, at Badajoz, a great quantity of
wari
A sea
which Were at the disposal of Nottalrm, s.e:hees
Treasurer of Don MA NOEL GonoY. We v-
„eWigh
this to be a small part Of the immense rap.-- A
OP'
in the space of eighteen years he has plucargene
the nation. let ter concludes With e
paragraph, which we cannot refrain frll4
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literally :
Let us," says says the ''tViiter, " der' :it iegirge‘'ai'
vantages from our triumphs. _ Let '15:11:113s Air.
4., " a.e 11 , ~,i,r
ber that we have been conquerers. lA' a loot
a&tion and sloth, and only enjoy our vietc)rV -
- .;• moiliong,
as it may be 'necessary to augment c'O' —.lilies of
and render formidable the' numbers 211461 • 019
the combatants. combatants. I may say w the S 1 'Pig
Persians do not equal'ou
what BELISARIUS said .-to his'. tr°°PB '
3 Strip
sioorog
excel you in d•• e ' • ' Of
discipline.' • to •tteconPall I ...2 ~.
and ardent patriotism ought ever: , '5. lI-
*II on this silk tbe
warriors. . The French are sti -
. biuden froal °Lir
tenees, and
our adored Monarch is
Magi) re-
band.
ci, ir•
• eyes by an infamous' and traitorous
n d must
mains yet to be done; but we c--- an
,d.oui at
valour; bat ttbel
,Let us be vigilant, and disregard the i°sl
rage us,
tempts made in various Papers w ,diseol
for 0 i
!!-.leaven. and victory have already declared
tits
re
'let ps not-be ungrateful, but improVe the boll

ceived."
are re-
• Sin.. 17.—This qty is fortifying, and we fo,
pairing all the wall from the Convent Gate Iti'lz3o. 0
which has been in a neglected and ruinous condlti-te
ever since the war of the succession. Six towersed°
likewise building, in which artillery will be Plaos
Such is the aCtivity employed, that the vi'Oi, 0
be finished in the month, of OEtober...—(Diario '

Cartin724, Sept. 28.) ,
,retired
SARAGOSSA, SEPT. s.—When the Enemy thd
front :Saragossa and the Kingdom of Arragoa, dto
halte4.at Tudela, where they appeared to late°
led
fortify themselves. Our combined troops OCC°Pos.
the positiOns-of ZUrja, Taragona, and their etly°l
The diVision on the right, under the cra otTo4'
.:.; • „flair
iltjaExcellency the Marquis Dr, LA.2Atf, which •
~.s. 4,
ttained the important post of Sabada, prepare,' t-:p
, lodge A small division of the French which had ?*--
.0 gitom'
pokt,atSas. It in consequence executed a 4..- .
rd
. march, taking its direCtion. by Exea to Tauste, i° 9 „It
to pass the Ebro,
he resoiv
movement being, Observed by the enemy, -- .
la feC-
• .to abandon .that point, pressing hastily in 'he
lion to TaltieraWith •
in order to avoid a great and decisive action
~.
:enemy superior and Pt"'
and charge upon Tudela,' W%al..
it
whence
went resolution to fah back upon Point 9 - ~e.
andinfoCrecap,atroos:ik.
tiOieuiewtioicmiobuinsed army,
iliwise give time. for the arrival of the succ 04
night vigorously attack with advantageo,u:ice`:%,
pe,..:t from the armies .
Galicia. of Andalusia, Castile,

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CARTHAGENA, 28.-411 the 23d a felucca.
s'iiled with dispatches for the C4ptain.General of
M:ijorca. This Officer refuses to send to Catalonia I
the Spanish troops which are in that Island, though
the General the. Marquis DE PALacm has applied !,
for them several times, and the troops themselves!
arc eager to come. The brave hussars, who are, as.
it were, detained there prisoners, and themselves
prevented against their will from serving their
country.

OVIEDO, SETT. 1..--The Deputies from all the.
. Provinces to the Central Junta are arrived at Ma-
drid,. where, according to the recommendation of
the Conde DE FLOE IDA BIANCA, the saloon of the
Ambas.adors, in the royal palace, is preparing for
their reception'as the most proper place for holding!
the Session. This Assembly, considered in any;
point of .view, will be the most respeaable andl
august that Spain has ever seen. The Supreme Au•
thority is concentrated in one point, and the whole
Nation will hear with pleasure the voice of their De-
puties, and obey their orders. lion, the love of interest o ho
Far from us be dissen-
the ‘v
nours, or commands, for
e of country requires still greater sacrifices.
Silent be those vain declaimers on patriotism, who
have had no other obje& bat 'to satisfy their own.
ambition; silent the writers of so many insipid
Papers, and silent the malevolent, who endea-
vour to enfeeble the energy of the people. Our
enemies are still in Spain, and new legions of Van-
dals threaten to inundate it. The first duty of the
Supreme Junta is to organise and maintain the ar-

Mies ; and the obligation of all good Spaniards,
to serve their country in whatever station or

office they may be called upon to till. Let us

then sacrifice our passions, and give to the whole
world a proof' that whatever glory we may claim
from conquering our enemies, we claim a. still
-greater from subduing ourselves. But if any body,
ill4l%,idual, considering its or his interest as distind
frcnc that:of the whole Nation, shall dare to foment
clise°"l or disobedience, and dire&ly or indirectly op.
• Pose the intimate union of Spain, let him be brought
to judgment without delay; 1e him die iguomini•
°uSIY, anj his ashes be deetued..uliworthr of SP4oisil
ground.
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WINVII.IIIO

STATEMENT OF THE FORCES OF THE SPANISH Pl•

TEIOTS, ?ROIL A PRIVATE 'LETTER
General 131.AKE's Army consists of 36,0u0 infany.
I,rY; 10,000 tk,turiausexpecied %nortly to join three
Companies of artillery.
General CA STAN°. 7(000 1 22,000 G.
.1 6)000 Valeacians and Nlurcians.
9erkr•=tal CersrrA, 8000 intantry, 15,000 cavalry.
i'ALAiox's Army, and the Spaniards from the
North not included, beides a considerable force ex-
pelted from Biscay.
French Force, 40,000 infantry, 0000 cavalry.