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SPANISH PAPERS.

RIVATE SETTER,
rALk.mos, lettersyeceived by your
here, from your correspondents at Mahon, con -
.tain the following idvices :—€ Y-e'need not now
'pea the sopo English who Were coming from Sicily,
wince filiey received oTderS; On the Voyage,' to put
*back, in consequence of
,the Neapolitans having
applied' or _their assistance to &hake off 'the yoke of
the French. All the troops.that were in Sicily,,liorth
,Finglish and Sicilians, lave already landed on the
Continent. We conceive that at this moment. that
kingdom is in a state of general iiisurreetiOn, and
expe& that the French there will be totally extermi-

'naked.'
a This afternoon arrived in this harbour, in six
dayg, from St. Pedro, in Sardinia, the S. Josef fe-
lucca, MARLIN MoNE, Master. He affirms, that
at St. Pedro positive accounts 'bad been received of
" the landing of thanglish and Sicilian troops in the
t 'kingdom of. Naples, of their having been joined by
the Calabrians, and of their acting in the most vi-
, or9us manner against the Usurper, Min4r, with
an united force of 80,000 men. He adds, that the
1 i Spanish Consul At St. Pedro direeted hirn to com-
,
municate this intelligence on his arrival in Spain."
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',' ENTEAOT OF A LETTER
,FE02.1. ORTU,GAL, OCT. 20.
'the forination and increase of the ,Portuguese
!
army do not gO on so rapidly as could be wished;
; • but there is reason to believe, that from hedde va--
i . 'rotas-stimuli will be applied to quicken the tardy and
'negligent. , The good Portuguese desire it, and there
are many of'them ; but hitherto the impulse given
..
1 has suited only the routine of ordinary times. Ne-
%ertheless they will give a better account .61 them y .
'
! the time.BoONAFARTE brings his 160,000 men; the
Conscription of :the 'year
.16.,.. and the four preceding

years.
The following:is the amount of The army, accord-
ing to the augmentation Voted on the 14th inst.-by
'the Council of War : • -
Raitalions.of Chasseurs, of 0/5 each - .3,768
z 4 Regiments of Intantry of the Line, of !sic) 37,200
zz Ditto. • - Cavalry - 594 7,128
4 Ditto Artillery t2a2 4,400
, 43 Ditto' Militia , - t;lo 51,248

;0i,744

The' wretched inhabitants of Vittoria, experience
every. day new ekadions and 'cruelties from the'
'French. Lafsly, they.have decreed, that all! stran-
gers who arrite at that city, whether.passing through
'or to abide there, must furnish themselves with a
law protedion, under the penalty of being treated as
spies; and the keepers, of inns and the inhabitants
of.private holises.who receive such persons, are con-
sidered as accomplices. Woe lam, who through
chance, carelessness, or forgetfulness, is met ,nn-
lurni:ilied with slid] a card. The first Offier'.,of a
;f9"laiing party whom he meets, may think prOper to
dLiand it'of him in the street, (which frequently
happens) and in an instant the bloody law is put into
execution.
VALENCIA, N0v..8.-..-We learn by letters from
Catatolia, that his ExCellency D. J u Ate MANUEL DE,
'VINT ES has transferred his head-quarters from :Villa-
fraiiea'to Mature!, which is about three leagues. from
Barcelona, 'and that more than 4000 of our troops,
and swine English alio, have arrived at Rosas.
The regiments of the division of 14131N6, under
orders for Catalonia, are nPW marching through this
,
city.. We are highly gratified with seeing their
good coirddit,' discipline, spirit, and their generous
ardour once more to confound the pride of thoSe
eagles wt•ii-...11 'they so gloriouslY raid prostrate at
"• • •-
..•NlicH Oar. 51.—Our junta. has received the .ful7
sowing!etc& from that of Manresa, dated tbe.29th,
, •
" The French being apprised that we were send-
ing a convoy of anuntinition to Col DON VRANCIsCO
niade. an attempt to intercept it, advanc-
iir4rtbi- that -purpose to . within three miles of Saba-'
Ct ;• but, thank God, the escort being informed of
Itiedesign.6l the enemy,. disappointed it by falling
'pack." •
AaANJuzz, Nov. 14.—The Secretary of State for
i-WarDepartment has received the following dis-
-1111."(f from Lient.-Qeperal Do* „T 0.% Qui:4 BLAKE,
Bated at Valmaseda, on the 7th and Bth instant :
Most 'Excellent •Seignor--In order to secure
he means of ye-concentrating my forces, a-matter
of itniouparipe tip'on occasions, and more Parti-_
tularly .under the circumstances of my army being,
attacked by such superior numbers, and to a'pproxi-•
inste the only road by which I could procure the
ine.3ns•of subsistence, 1 determined on the 3d inst.
to unite the d4fere.ut divisions, including that, of the
North,. which had just reached the vicinity of the'
-little town of Nava, All effeded a junction, with
'exception of the second.'division of Gallicia, and
part of the troops of Asturias,.formincr a corps un-
der 'the command of his Exaellency D. VINCENT
AcEvEpo. ThiS corps. was attacked by the enemy
list,ioperior force on the 3d inst. between Llarneno
ant; Meoegarai ; and the enemy, though vigorously
r.,.:1,31.;fed, took a position bet Wee- the corps un-
:r'er Seignor AcEvEno and .the army, apparently,
and. iceorkiing to the information I received, with
the expedation "of a reinforcement, in order to
prevent. Aci;'i:Lo from etTe6ting a. jutlaion with
This intbrmation reached we on the morn
ug of •the-,4th. • I instantly saw the necessity of
a .decisive movement against the -enemy; and ac-
cordingly gave orders that, the same night, the 3d
commanded by Brigadier D. FRANCISCO
ItIQU ELME, with one Willie corps of Asturias, utir
• der-the orders of Field-Marshal D. GR EGORI .Qu

Ito!, should proceed in quest of and attack the corps
l'ot the enemy that intercepted the passage of 4cEvP.-
.D 0 • that the 4th :division and' the advanced guard
should tnarch -for Valrnaseda, with the View' of at-
tackinci whatever troops of the .enclny they might
fall in with ;' that the first and reseive should pro-
--tetd, under my irrirnediate command; torTordejue-
-la to cLt oil tlie:&l4-Imunic4ilon between the ditfe-
:- 'rent _French 'divisions ; that the corps
tit the North should remain-posted at Berron as a
ectieral'reierve.

" At :the_ very instant of cornmencing our march,
received advice that
_the! corps of Seignoi Acrs-
Lrio 1i.,:(1.-been' able to change 'q. position, and. had
up a new arid verTadvatitfigeous one betweeii
Gordejucl'a; Valm'asedai and Prnpititi, 'bul. that •thie
nerny,' pon6derabie numbers were st,ll Occif-
Vied in watc.hipg its moyements. Ihis new disrosi,

a JOAQUIN BLAKE."

Valmaseda, Nor. 7, t 303.
" The Secretary for the-War Department."

.dots Dv, I!'...cfAxpiao P.4,cessarily fledi-to'
/tome alteration in rr -The troops undet,iSeinors
Clutxbs analgretti4raz iiere ordered
to attack the" enemy, frvu.tte indications
they had sheWn, and the information- of ,the 'pea-
santry, were supposed to be at Arciniega. Their
main body was conceived to be at Orrantia, and I
'Cook iipah EP--yself the th,k Of dislodging them, with
the first, the advanced guard, auch-the reserve. The
fourth, under the command, ad interim, of Briga-
dier DQn ESTEBAN owing to the indispo-
sition of ,Alarquis DEL Potriazoo, pursued their
original destinatiiin.(o
,Yalmaseda, but under a cau-
nonof not attacking should they fall in with a 4upe-
rior force. •
" I am at a loss to what I should..ascritle the ye-
solution taken by the French to draW otijtheir forces
from .the corps of Ac Evan° but certain it is, that
at Orrantia andArcipiega, we met only with accounts
of their retreat, w.hi,ch they had fefeaed the same
night ; and thus the divisions, which it was our ob-
jea..tO disengage, happily joined us. The fourth
dfYision, however, was more fortunate than the rest.;
felt., reaching the environs of Valmaseda,where there
were 7000 of the enemy under the command of
the%General. Of Division they attacked
them* with the greatest impetuosity, drove them
,out of the town, and pursued them more than a
league, when they halted in consequetiCe of night
coming '06.. The' enemy fled in the utmost disorder,
having suffered a very great loss in killed and wound-
ed ; we•also took 44 of them prisoners, among whom
was an oflicer.s "apd, they - left in our -hands a 4=•
pounder, and two' ammunition waggons, in a
.
ser-
viceable condition ; five baggage gr proviSion wag-
gons, some of thetri -.belonging to their General's..
establishment ; papers 2.`150 belonging to the latter,
and an immense number: of other articles of booty.
What much con tribtted to decide this brilliant affair,
was the rapidity and ':k.i,clour n with which some
corps of Asturians and a' the second division of
Galicia descended upon yaimaseda the instant they
observed the contest with the fourth division were
commencing. This, and the-above-mentioned corps,
have acquired an indisputable fight to the esteem of
their fellow-countrymen—a claim which indeed be-
longs indiscriMinately to all OM -inimitable soldiers,
who, continually in the open air 'since the 23d ult.
during rainy nights, and the most inclement wea-
ther, all without hats, and a great part of them
without clothes,-or even shoes or stoctings,
.and,
what is more, passing whole days without food, un-
' derwent with alacrity the greatest fatigues, exhi-
biting pot the smallest symptom of dissatitaetion
-udder such
,extraordinary privations, and gnmifest-
ing no other wish than that of destroying Oe ene-
b• the sacrifice of their own lives.
" The above I , have transmitted to your Excel-
lency,, that you may-be pleased to communicate the
same,to his Majesty. May God preserve your pi,
cellency many years:

• .
n'int7colonel, .Don
,JAeo.eo -}Twore, captain of the
Chasseurs of- Oli'vetipki ; as Liedtenaut«Colonek
_Commandant,
.D 01) MARTIti •MART:INBZ, Captain
of of the riment of Malaga; and as, Serjeant7M3-
jor, Doty MAXACi. GiLLUD9; of t4e- reginuat
Burgos..
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- - , TO RRES PO NIAWT.Sir •
* We ire,much bleiged to our Correspondent at Deal for
his account of a recent Marriage at that place ; but as the
Bridegroom, with all his good.humoui, might not like .to
have his eccentricities known to all the world, we do not

think it pr4per to insert it. • ..
The OLD •lVIO"u s a in the'Green-rootfi is too personal in Ms
attacks. We have nothing tb do with the private condud
of the Adori Or Actresses, Unless they neglect their public
duties, and openly trample upon decor urn.,
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MAILS.
AItIIVID-I Dublin. t Waterford. Dux—l Gottcuburgh,
i Malta, z ‘yaterfold.

" MOST EXCELLENT SEIGNOR,
Being without positive information of the force
and siWaiion of the enemy, which it was,inclispensi-
bly necessary I should obtain, with a view to regu-
late. my operations, I Marched ye,terday with the
first and second divisions, in the diredion of Guenes,
and ordered the advaticed guard to proceed by Oor-
dejuela as fir as Sodnpe. The body of troops under
my immediate command very soon fell in with four
French regiments., formilig• an effedive force of
.80-00 Men, and a firing took place, :which lasted the,
whole of the day., without any 'advantage on either
side.; Towards dusk the enemy fell back a little,
and we suspended the movements which we had
begun to make from right to left, with the view of
attacking them in a new dire&ion.l.. •
if • We should have, executed-. our meditated attaak
this morning, with every prospect of success,..had
• I
not
.the extreme inclemency of the night, and, tie
exhausted condition of the troops from. want.? foiid
• and intolerable' fatigue, compelled ine,to endeavour.
to procure for them some shelter, rest, and felresh::
-rnent. I, therefore, marched-them bacli:,to
quarters here a little befre day-break.
".The force of the enemy has been ascertained by
the.deClarations, of some of, the prisoners, and also;
that Marshal LpotDrttE commanded in the action.'
I learn that the vangnarcl.was attacked by.poo niep;
and that after 'maintaining their ground., with their.
usual firmness, night also put an end to the conflict.
" In communicating' the above to your Ex•
tellency, and requesting that you will have the
goodness to submit the same to his Majesty's eensi-
cieration, I cannot but mention in terms of the
warmest commendation the gallantry, constancy,
patience under fatigue and privations, and dis-'
tinauished patriotism, manifested by the Generals,
•2?-
chiefs, Officeis, and soldiers.
" I ought not to omit to state, that in the num-
ber of the wounded is Seignor Buten, Captain in
the-serviCe Of his Britannic Majesty, an Officer of dis,
tinguished skill and cool resolution, who would not
!emits the field until he was carried off by the troops.
I was also assisted by the Lieut.-Col. Seignor CAR-
ROL, who, for three months, has been with this
army in that capacity, taking a part in every engage-
ment, and in all of them giving an example of va-
lour.:'
" May God preserve your Excellency many

PRICE OE vocKs.
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s6S 66* thrthiunt dis.

T II SUN.

11pLA,11 QUIS D1,4t2.11 I 4 .W:'l ♦UDS4.T

years./
" j'OACIULN BLAKE."
•, Head-quarters at Valmaseda, Nov. 8, 148.
The Most Excellent Seignor, the Secretary
of State lot we War Department.!'

FRIDAY, DECgMBER $, 1806.

This morning an Officer' froth Oporto arrived In
gowning-street, with Dispatches. ,He came over in
the Bpnne Cii4enne. He touched at Corunua, on

his paisage • home, and sailed again from that
place on the morning of the 26th ultimo. At
that time nO news of importance had ,been received

there of a subsequent date to that which we

yesterday communicated to our Readers. After quit-
ting Corunna the Bonne Citoyenne fell in with the
Minerva Frigate, which had been cruizing to the
Eastward, the Captain of which stated, that he
had received .iutelligence that 'the French had at-
tacked the Marquis DE LA ROMAN& and Gn. BLAKE

in the, strong position,which he had taken. at St
Vincente de la- Barcinera, that the. battle was wow

obstinately contested, but at le4gth• the French
weredefeated with very great loss, and the Spanish

, , • .
Army were in consequence
,of this success about

to advance•

The above is the substance of the intelligence

corrp:nppicated by Captain ..HAWKINS, of .the Mi-
ner va . It certainly is not to be conslciprea as

official, but appears to be. highly probable.—
The positipn at •St. .Vineetite de la Barquera, is
an extremely strong one, and the .French Army

Must have been very much weakened by the nu-
merous and sanguinary confliats :n which it had

been engaged.

We have this day continued our Extrafts from
the Spanish Papers, but they add very little to the.
Official Intelligence ,which we wereyestrday en-,
abled to 'lair before- our Readers. 'lt appears from
ale; the 'acc7a,ints which have been received, that the
French commenced their operations with their usual
inpetuosity, and fu,llowed 'up their advantages with
thcir-iilifal rapidity. But-although General BLAKE,
from the ipleisio—ritY'of his nuMhers, was compelled
to, give .way- before the ',French, • yet he obstinately
clispaidd every inch of ground : for..several days he
was engaged in almost continual aetiOns). in some of
which,notwithstanding the inequality of force, he
repulsed the, French. The loss which. the French
sustained in such a series of obstinate battles is not
mentioned, but it must have la,4eb.gt eat, and the only
advantage which,they seem at present to have ob.-
tainedis' the-possession of Burgos and St. Andero.
Neither of- these places are capable of making any
resistance, and if the MarquiS DE BONANA shoUld
be in a condition to advanee,againe from St.
cente de la Barquera, as we are'led to hope from the

last accounts, the French will be under the necessity
of evacuating St. Andero as rapidly as they entered
it. Some of our Contempora!ies have stated their
apprehenions that ,the French, by their rapid
advances, would be able to present the jundiod
of our Troops, and some have even gone
_.so
far as to express alarms for. their- safety. It
is very probable that the French, in pushing

fa1a........ ,
• MADRID, NOV. 15.--,-COUIItS TORRALBA and TA- SO tar as Vt43tidolid, had -43.110.• Ottieets in. view,
LARA, anxious to give a proof of their patriotism 1
viz, to excite ' alarm throughout the Country,
and loyalty, under the present circumstances of the
and to.impede the march of our Troops, by advancing
country, and to contribute, as far as lies in their
power, to its relief, have granted to its use, as long so ue,cir to -the place where -they were .to -form -a
as these circumstances continue, all the rents in juudien ; but it does not appear that they had any
kind and money accruing to them from the estate
,serious design of attacking our Troops. The force
and'dUchy of Medina de Rio Seco, including such
... ,
..suilla as may be adually in the hands of their with which they advanced to Valladolid was not
sretvards, ufficient for that purpose, and if the private Letters
n
wards, to Whom they have long since sent orders
not to dispose of any part of them. . ,
may be relied upon,. they very soon retreated from
D. JIJAN MURFI, having offered to raise, at his .
• that City to Burgos. • It would . indeed be a Most
own expence, a regiment of infantry of the line, • •
• consisLiog•of 'three battalions oh thP" War establish- dangerous experiment to.anvance" for theipnrpose of
.
attacking our Troops, leaving or; their right flank an
ment, and to be officlered. gratuitously by Officers
beronging. to 't4e army, 'the' Supreme :(ioverning Army of between '2O and 30-,OGO men, under the
lima' of the Kingdom 14 accepted 'NS patriotic • . _
DE
offer; and conferred upon him' the rank of Colonel. 'Marquis ROMAN A, and on their left the un-
Generals CASTANOS and PALAr9X.
They have at,(he same time appointed as Lievite> broken Army of