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WLDNESDAY; JUNG 8,1808 t

IMPORTANT INTELLIGENCE FRou

THIS morning, about seven o'clock, two Spanish
Nobletnen, viz. Viscount MATEnosA, and Don Diz-

Dz LA VEGA, arrived at the Admiralty, accom-
6y.Capt. HILL, of the liumber. These Nolo-

men landed at Falmouth, fromthe Sta 4 Privateer, to
,which Vessel they had made their way in an open
04,at from Gijon, a Sea Port in the Province of As-
and'otfered the Captitin five hundred guineas
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to convertheni tO England. The intelligence

whieTh they bring-is of the utmost importance, and

confirms, in the amplest manlier, the accounts which
we have hitherto laid before our Readers, respeding

thr,! disposition which prevaiis throughout almost the
whole of Spain, to resist the treachero4s. inv4sion of

the I:Tench. It appears that, in consequence of the
uutrage6us and bareface4l-condu& of .the French

Tyrant, the whole of the trovinee-of:Asturias had

Gras, and'4(),oQo men had been embodied
into an army. They bad abundance of arms, but

ammunition was rather 'scarce. The same spirit pre-

veiled in Galicia, where the population were rising en
;nasse, and Commissioncrs had been sent there to or-

.!,anus a I.:Cegular Military Force. So general

was the detestation against the French in these

Provinces, that oven the women were desir-

rms of taking up arms in defence of their coun-
try. The inhabitants of St. Adder° bad mani-

fested their detptinination not to submit to. French

uz:urpation, ist the•tuo4,4ecisiire manner, and had
4,ic,a)ly issued t formal aniaration' of War a!„);:littst
Iha Fte4clt. Mr, ilusTEo, the British consul,
had been sent by q.tneral MmtAT from Madrid, as a
Prisbner en St. Ander°, with direaions that be sbould

be detaiped lac:10e confinement there 4s soon, bPw-

r
aver, as Dir. EIUNTEIt'S arrival at St. Andero was

clown, the inhabitants'yosa instatitily, liberated Lim,

and to testily their sentiwenti in a still stronger man-
ner, they committed the French Consul to prison in,

Isis stead. Viscount NUTERQSA and Don Dt EGO DE

'LA VEGA were both in Madrid.during the dreadful

scene of , slaughter which took plqcc on the 2d of

I /gay, and they state, that in their opinion the num-

l)er ut French who were killed did not fall short of

4000 m.ert, among whoniw4tro a very large propor-
tion of Oilicerg, who were 'particularly singled out

by the Inhabitants ns übjc6t3 of vengeance.. It was

vi.oy geuetally- suppo3ed that the inhabitauts of

C.i:aloula and , Biscay would • follow rl,c noble ez-

innple which had been set them by those of A -

turias and Galicia; indeed tbere appeared to Le but

0110 sentiment in the minds of the People of,

Sin with rcspeet to the treacherous atiti atrocious

een4lua a the French. S,..ch ii the IntLl;i.,;..q:cd

which Govciptueta bas reGeivt4 front these NQlilC-

wen, who left Gijon, in ,s be. manner we have al-

leady stated, rast i'llitmaay week.

'rile British Government, we have no xioubt, will

Aa with all. the vigour and promptitude which this

interesting and icripurtant state of affairs imperiously

Jet wands. The dilates of homautity, as, well as of

soUnd policy, forcibly urge us to interpose in favour

:,1 t 1,4 unfoiludie people of Spaiu, whose miseries

will bz multiplied kin hundred fold if their oppres-

.ors s140:11:d Diu idy triuipplt.

at: are many Spa-

ri;arjE, this country who would doul4les3 rush With

trtiotar fierc:npe of their own) and it may not be

uii ~/oro.ly of eousidenqiun; whether it would not be

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vover ahmethattly to convey such of those nienits

;,re likely to engag,l with due zeal in
,the glorious

latiV, to tilt: Eceiw of telioit, that they may assist

OGir cuutltry in ,Isj,serting its indeplepdnce, and

rrOtiKolit- Vengel4lloo Qll thQs why hayf; cas.

ployed the basest arts, as well as the direst crutity,.
in the attetnpt to enslave them,
No intelligence whatever has been recived irom
bur Fleet off Cadiz.

CAPTAIN OWEN, of the Clyde Frigate, arrived
yesterday at Yarmouth from Gottenburgh, which
place •he left on the 31st lilt.
.Col: Altitts“ had
not reached Gottenburgh when the Clyde sailed, of
course the Fleet lay off Gottenburgh, but it v;a3 uni
derstood that Admiral icuATs was about to remove,
it to a greater distance from Gottenburgh, in ordCr
that it might be in readiness to proceed upon any
service without loss of time. A Convoy was e•tpeet,
ea to sail for Leith -on the Ist inst. utider convoy of
the Snake Sloop of 'War; a great number of Danish
prisoners, among whom are the crew. of the Pviace
Christian, are coming home in this convoy. We
are sorry to find, that Sir JAMES SAUNA ILEZ been
indisposed, but lie .is now nearly recovered.- Ail .rhe
accounts which had reached Gottenbnrgh from I'M!,
land concurred in stating, that the 4ussians had .rut=
• 4,•
fered Most dreadfully from the sudden thaw:-7-roany
hundreds of them perished through:gamine dt;ring
their retreat.

'We understand that a new Expedition is in a con-
siderable state of forwardness. The Transporls are
to assemble in the Downs in the course of a day or;
two. Vifteen Trfnsports, fitted for the reception of
cavalry, are to sail from Deptford thia day Gt to-
morrow.

AN Americian Messenger arrived yesterday with
Dispatches • for Mr. PINCKNEY. He. loft :Itoleljea..
on the sth of May, in the St. Michael, with • an-
other Messenger, with Dispatches for General A ant-
sxx9No at Paris he was landed. at L'Orieut.
•
Ole are not able to speak with any certainty as to
the nature of The pidpatelits.brought to Mr. I'w'ox-
tic4, but we have strong reason to believe that they
are of 4 pacific nature. •

Prince Ernest,Pnckt arrived at Falmouth
from Jatnaica—,sailed from/thence on the 25th April:
and from Crooked -Island on the 9th May. On the
19th, in ht. 34. 58. long. 52. 15, at. eight A.M.
saw a Convoy to the southward, standing to the
eastward, supposed to he the Leeward Island Fleet,
On the 29th, in lat. 46. 4. long, 25. 3(3. saw. a
conVoy of thirty &II in the north-east, steering
to the westward. On the 30th, in lat. 45. 23.
North long. 29.48. spoke the dinielia Frigate, vial
29 Sad under. convoy, for (.14.teb,:e, • The Guserrier
Frigate arrived at Jamaica on the S2Bth March, front
Portsmouth ; his Majcsty's, Ship Franchise arrived
there on the 14th April, with her Convoy, for Ports-
mouth: his Majesty's Ship ilrethusa renisliold at
Port Royal when the Packet sailed.

Tun Aurora Frigate, with the Fleet under her
convoy for the West !tidies, which sailed from 'Cork
on the 24tb April, are artive4 at Madeira,

WE noticed yesterday with indignation the at- •
tacks that are made upon Administration, for not
having been prompt in sending a sufficient force to'
enable the Spaniards to resist their Gallic Tyrants,
though,' as we'observeo, it was only fourteen days.'
after the dreadful massacre at Madrid' that a large
British Land Force arrived off Cadiz, ready to take
advantage of whateyer might occur, .and to render
the Spaniards all possible assistance, if they were
disposed to rise in defence of ilieir Country. But the
Opposition Writers are regardless of fads that stare
them in the face, if they can by any misrepraentatiou •
pour abuse upon Ministers. The iameilliberal at-
tacks are direeled against Ministers, on account of the
" inactivity" of General Mobas's Army, in the
Baltic, thOugh it is impossible for the Writers 'to
know the reasons which have aelnated General
Mooar, whether these reasons prevail no longer,
nd -whether he is not at this' MOment actively co
operating with the gallant Gof SwEDEN in some
important enterprize, which British valitur may es,
sentially contributii to crown with success. '

The,prOjeCied Expedition to South America, we
haVe reason to believe, is already. in a state of tbr-
wardtiesS') and we are rejoiced to find that it is-in-
tended to be conduaed.upon such principles as-pro-
miseto insure its mast complete suecess7-an event
111110, in the presiint state of..E.ttropean affair's,
must prOve of the highest importatke to Great Bri-
tain.
Parliament re-assemble this day, pursuant to ad-
journment.
'We have received some Hamburgh end. Altona
Papers, but none of a lator date than the:bith nit.

They state that the union of Hanover- with ihe 1:i00--
; doll) of •Westplolia is finally determined upoli, arid
will be speedily Carried- into effetl. EVONArkliTe is

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eipeeledto visit Toulon before his return to Park,
fur which city King Louts is' preparing, to bt't out.
General 8211ASTLAYI is Anaking tt tour•titrou,...;n.
Provinces. On the f44th' of Apra
expeEted at Old OrAW,tra.'

Ua Nion(by 10,4 i 'their Royal Highnei;:;es the DukcF:
of Cul4.lsliß LARri and CAMBRIDGE, Lord irolutuii,ji,i,
r.l a large pariy cirMilitariotticera, %linen togetht3
3 ROQIIIS KID°.-3IrC:4 St. iiistne,,,,P4,.