The Sun.
London, England, 1808-07-23 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS.

MAL, JULY 22.—His Majesty's Ship St. 41-
ban's has made the signal fur a convoy to the West-
ward ; in consequence of which the whole of the
Transports with the Troops on board are now get-
ting under weigh.
Arrived, and sailed for the River, the Sedulus,
DiGRAHAM ; and the Robert, FORD, from Malta.

PLYMOUTH, JULY 41.--Arrived this morning the
Cadmus Sloop of War, of 14 guns, from the Chan-
nel Fleet, With Dispatches from Admiral' GAbIBIER,
said'to contain intelligence of the utmost itnportance,
and of the most satisfatiory nature, relative io the
Patriots in Spain,- but not a syllable has transpired
here of the nature of their contents; but it is con-,
je&ured that it may relate to the capture of the Rus-
sian Squadron in the Tagus : this is, however, con-
jecture only.

An American Vessel also arrived here this morn•
ing, which left. Bilboa on the .14th instant. She
brings intelligence that JosErn BUONAPARTS arrived
on the gth inst. at St. Sebastian, where he was re-
ceived in the most cool and unfriendlymanber : on
the troth, he proceeded to Tolosa, Verrara, and Men-
dragow, where he met with a similar reception. He
was to arrive at Vittoria on the 11th, and intended
remaining there some days.

PORTSMOUTH, JULX 22,—Arrived His Majesty's
Sbili Iphigenia from off Havre.
The Transports lately arrived , from the Medi-
terranean were this day released from ciparanfine.

FROM THE GIBRALTAR CHRONICLE OF THE
2ith JULY.. , .

SEVILLE, JUNE 15.—The Supreme Board wish-'
ing to uphold the credit of the paper-money as far
as the existing circumstances admit of it, enaled on
the 12th, that one third of the Custom-house duties
may be paid in vales reales.
The Supreme Board came, on the 13th, •to the
resolution of authorking the sale of such British
goods as may be legally imported, this . sale
.being
now stuspended in const;quence of the time allowed
for it having expired; and it is hereby made known
for the information of the. public.
The three Bridges of Sta. Elena, Puerto. del Rey,
and Despena Perros, in the Morena Mountains, have
been provided with artillery, and are guarded by
troops, of the kingdom
.Grenada.
Two days ago the provisions and ammunition
which the French were expelling, were captured at
Puerto del Rey. The enemy lost seven privates,
one General Officer, one Aid-de-Camp, and one
Colonel, killed; and 34 taken; some Captains and
Subalterns being among the number. 'Lie re-
mainder, consisting of about 400 men, having fallen
back, were put to the sword in the Vale de Penns.

CADIZ: JUNE 14.—Last night it -Was notified to
the French Squadron, that a new battery of thirty
36-pounders, and eight 24-pounders, was ready to
open upon it, within half a cannot shot, in case it
Should,-not surrender. -,This morning at seven, no
answer having been returned, the sigtial, for general
action was made on board the P ince ; upon Which-
the wrench surrendered at eight. 'The .odicers in-
sisted to fight to the last ; but the crews revolted
against them, and compelled them to strike The
General of our Squadron immediately repaired in
his barge,, on board the French Admiral's Ship, and
returned to his own with the French Gclw•;al. "Ihe
many V,essels which were in readiness tL-'.i)er to give
assistance in case of shipwreck, or to remove the
crews in case they surrendered, went alongside the;
Ships of the Line, and in the course of the day •the
latter were Manned by our sailors, all the French
having previously been removed. -The seamen have
been conducted to the Four Towers in the Caraeca ;
the Marines to the Puntales; and the Officers on
board a Ship in the Bay,-Whien has been fitted out
for that purpose,' and is called Penton..

Before the Transports, composing Sir Jout,r
MOORE'S Expedition, were three hours at anchor
at Spithead, their wants of water and provisions
were fully supplied, in consequence of previousorders
received at Portsmouth for that purpose. Fifty
sail of small craft wciit out of harbour on Thurs,
day morning with water, with which article they
are all now completed. Ditlerent coloured flags
are used to signify their various wants;• these
they hoisted the moment they -arrivek and neces-
saries were sent to them. They will be 'all ready
for sea by this afternoon. The,thlicers are allowed
24 botui to get their stock on board. . commis-
sioner SEARLE has been exceedingly a&ive in the
execution of this important duty.
A Letter, of which the following is a Copy, was
yesterday posted at Loin's, dated Alicant, June
12, 1808 :

" To Mr. JOHN CHUTER, London.

" Sta.--Inclosed you have a • letter frbm Mr.
CHARLES BRADFORD, of the Ship Ann, dt Alexan-
dria. He will advise yon, that the Consul of the
United States (our Senior) has succeeded in obtain-
ing an Order both from the French and Spanish Go-
vernments of this Country, to liberate all the Ame-
rican Vessels detained by either, in virtue of the
Decree of Milan of 17th December, 1807 • and ac-
cordingly Captain BRADFORD is sailed for Villeneuve,
to take in his cargo for your place. He -carries a
•.
copy of his protest, and every other paper, in
.order.
that you nv4y settle with the Underwriters for the
damages on his detention, &c.
(,Signed) MONTGOMERY and Co."

His Royal Highness the Duke of YORK reviewed,
yesterday morning, on Wimbledon Comthon, the
6th Regiment of Light Dragoons. Their Royal
Highnesses -the Dukes of CLARENCE and CAM-
BRIDGE, Lord HEATIIFIELD, General BROWNRIGG,
and several other persons of distinaion were pre-
sent. The men went-through their different evolu-
tions with the greatest correctness, upon which
they were complimented by his Royal Highness:the
commander in Chief. During one of the charges,
one of the met} was tkrOwn from his horse, and
yery rEvch ht r 4.

SPAIN,

PROCLAMATION,

BADAIOS, JUNE 27.,—Notice which has been re-
ceived at nine o'clock at night from his Excellency
the General of the Province:—

" SoatA, JUNE 18.—It appears that the Divine
Blessing again attends us and the. Generalissimo.
Our Lady of Pilar has given, us a new proof of her
favour and proteetion. After the'French had falica,
in the battles of Tudela, Mallen Gaul, and Alagen, in
which places they appeared to the number of 5 or
6000, an army of 12,000 French had orders to enter
Saragossa on the day of Corpus Christi, with orders
that the town should be penetrated. By the miracul-
ous interference of the Holy Virgin, a battle was
fought by the Patriots against these .troops, at the
distance of only a gun-shot from Saragossa. All the
French were put to the sword : not a single men re-
mained to tell the dismal narrative to his. countrymen •
The Arragenese fought like furies. Four hundred
horses which remained, and 27 *gage waggons,
were taken after this viCtory. Our loss, it is supposed,
has been great, but without considerable sacrifices
no such triumphs can be. acquired; conquest, Lew'
ever, will amply repay us the logics we sustain.
" This is communicated to the Public for its satis'
faEtion, by order of the Junta.

" ANTONIO BERGER, Sec.
By orderof•the Supreme Junta of Government,
this information is published.

WAN 13. PARDO Sec."

4g Seville, i9t,h jupe, 1808."

On account 'of the unavoidable interruption to
the correspondence with this country, given by tho
intervention of Catalonia, and until lately by 'the, iv'
terposition of • Arragon, 'we have- been deprived-11f
any alireet communication with that vicinity. Bit
we have novv, been 'gratified with the insp.eaion ";4f
tsome: letters from Valencia to- a merchant hers,
WhiCh will satisfaftorily account for the successes
in that quarter announced 'this day in a publication
fron) Seville, -under date of the .29th of June, on
authority of the Supreme Junta of Govern went. -
the date of the 28th of May we are infornv
ed from Alicant, that all the unmarried inhabitant°
of Valencia were enlisted between the ages of t 6 and
40,; that the place of. rendezvot:a for these levies

was at Altnanza, and that in consequence of the
aaivity employed, and the energy displayed, it %1"3"
expo led that the Patriotic Army would approweb
number to 1.50,000 men raised in - this eastern Vail
of the kingdom.

It wi)l be seen by the ex.traa given in the ic)l!osv'
ing paragraph, that the hopes of the courageous
Spaniards have not been disappointed :--
« ALICANT, JUNE 16.—Since my last letter, the
insurre&ion in Spain has been en masse in ever
corner. The only places now in the possession 01
the Fr7-1,2b are,. Madrid and Barcelona ; but the
cornr:.cation between those ci:i.?s and 1,7, anecloi
been cut off • .and a division,. consisting of 15,000
men, sent from Madrid to Saville, has been destroy'
ed during its march, which has had a surprising
effe6t on the public mind.

" Each province raises its oWn army, and nppoint4
its own rendezvous, In Almaaza, no fewer thall
160,000 men are, to a considerable degree, ore
nized, and a large portion of them is sent into C3'
talonia.

" The regular Spanish Army, to a man, is• de'
cidedly against the Frenbh cause, and is uniforroli
employed in heading, incorporating, and•dikiplinjog
their countrymen.

" In.the city. of Valencia the populace have mast
sacred all the French prisoneri, to the number ()
300, and, it is feared, that too, in jail here, will
share the same late.

Our French Consul is in the common jail,
ing no mean's of communication with his country"
men."

Llt has been with considerable difficulty that we have ob°
tamed a series of Madrid Gazettes, from the gth to the i7til
of May last, on account of the obstru&ions which had been
given by the French, who here so long been in possession 0
that Capital. Some notion may be formed of the misrepr
sentations which have been employed by Mos Az, in 10
City, ‘vhere the public papers are wholly under his dire6llo:
by the following extract from the 'Diario de Madrid, unfit'
the date last stated.]

" We cannot believe that Any intelligent Spat-lig('
the true -friend or his country, can favour a cail'e
which must terminate in its ruin. Revolution is one
of those indispensable means which must be ell;
ployeil to regenerate a nation, when abuses 1106
proceeded, to a length which cannot be restritled 11
the ordinary resources of public law. It is a species
of war which a people declare against their n'°ll
Government, to rewpve the established authoriti
which, either, from ignorance- or disinclination, 1
not exercised for the general advantage. But whist)
the inevitable misfortunes which attend such
change ha% e been endured, the citizens Of a Countri;
under these circumstances, will possess sutficie°
prudenc'e and virtue to, resist that spirit of arnhniarj!‘
which,
:without precaution, might expand to an
incalculable extent. If it were otherwise, the con'
leivence of revolution wct4ld be anarchy, and al"

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-es of disastera the most distressing,
*before a Gr
vernment could be established wise, just, and liberal.
" Happily for Spain she has arrived.at this point
Without the nere;sity of enduring t o years of a destruc-
tive and sanguinary revolution, which has been
perienCed in France. There is no other nation of the
World which could have. passed frain one species of
Government to another without being liable to vio-
lent commotins,w Inch must debilitate, if not ,ruin,
the Empire. Spain,. alone, knew how- to suffer in•
,o aeconlmodate Itself to the vices of its
tronarcls,iuorder not to expose itself to the greater
calamities.

•
In a short time,. we shall all of us receive with
gratitude, from the new Government, the salutary
laws Inch will be established ,under the authority
of the illustrious Protector of the nations of Europe.
In the mean time, the great b.:Ay of
,the Spanish
People will not listen to the complaints of a few ill=
disposed citizens, who, interested in disorder, either
from the degradation of their yank, or the inferiority
Of their occupations, are inclined to- obstrud the
Productive ottgagements of the nation at large, and
to spread the flames of insubordination and discard.
" Pacific inhabitants of the provinces, virtuous la-
bourers, useful and honourable artizans and trades-
ingenious and expert inventors, your condition
Will soon be improved. You are the principal per-
sons who are losers in the progress of revolution, be-
cause you are deprived of your seffe6ts, of the means
Of your subsistence, and of the consolation -of your
children. Continue in your beneficial eng3geroents,
and, In patience and tranquillity, await the events
which will be 'advantageous to all ranks and condi-
tions among the people of Spain::
The same Gazele, and under the like influence,
Publishes an Edit under the name of the Bishop of
h~T4tspeß, to suppress tumults, at.d to encourage
favourab4 reception of strangers (the French) in
that port; It also relates an ineffectual 'bombard-
' tneut by an English Frigate of the port of Cuxhaven,
a".sPeali s of a reinforcement to be sent from Hal-
landfer the security of the mouth Of the Elbe,
Santander is now occupied by the fi'encli ; it is
Perha
Ps, therefore, the more interesting to inquire
ilk' the disposition of the people of that neighbour-
11°°d prior to the intrusion of their enemies. It is.
On this account, principally, that we publish the
following

PRoCLAMATIOAT FROM SANTANDER.
" VALIANT SPANIARDS,

" At.last the Frencit have thrown off the mask.
._;'he execrable Ikon ApotTE; with unexampled per-
6dY, has imprisoned our beloveds. King, FERDIr4AND
1, and all his family, the utter e.xtinttion of which
he 'A
gutally projected; and the profligate MURAT,
the
Regent'of his Government, not contented with
the destration of a large portion of the people of
Sp • is
atn,em proyed in disarming the rest, and in
consigning., in cold blood, 300 .of our brethren to
eapital puniihment, .for which he has no authority.
:" If, Spaniards, otders are didated by this. MURAT,
the best service \tve can render to our King and to
'ol3r Country is to disregard them. All the Provinces
of the Peninsula have risen in arms one voice only,
One soul alone, animates the whole nation, and that
is, to expel from our Country these vile intruders, to
Proclaim our King, to support our Religion, our
Dignity, and our Independence, Until now we
have been tranqnil, nourishing the viperi who'have
Concealed their poison, but now the time has ar-
TiVed that Spanish_ valour must be employed ; and
if We have been' deceived,. it is because we are unac-
qoainted with the tricks of perfidy apd dishonour;
but in the end it will b 4 discovered, that we Shall
14A be abused with impunity. Three-fourths of the
troops of France are anxious to. remain with us, and
I*'e desirous to be received tinder our banners. Wii
the small remainder we shall have little difficult y
We have only to deprive them Of the means of sub-
istente, which we have liberally afforded, and those
Who-do not perish with hunger, will. be destroyed
by our bayonets."

A Letter from Cadiz, dated 7th July, says—
" The•news we daily receive here is of the most
favourable description. .From the French. frontier
IP Saragossa more than 1.7,000 Frenchmen have pe-
' tailed. At Saragossa ill wards of 1.2,000 were killed
reby the sword, and those which were saved from the
I.Y of our troops,. effected it only by flinging them-
's nit° the river Ebro.
" It is impossible that a single man of DUPONT'S
arrnit,
Can esca-- ,
i pe although that General has not yet
Surre''`l're'L A reinforcement of 5000 men, which
a 1 Wered on their rnarch to'join him, have been beaten,
from whence
they to to return to Madrid,
-and '4egan their march. They lost one hundred
sixty tvagons laden with ammunition, and had
tl,l,Pwards-. of One thousand men taken, risoners.—
rom one moment to another we ezpett to hear of
1 UP"T'S unconditional surrender; tor, although he
as entrenched himself in Andujar, yet we know be
11! in the greatest distress for provisions, and cannot
old out long ; nor can his army, which it is !:teiieired does not exceed 7000 men,_etfect anY
thing against that'ly ,;kihich. he is surroudd. e
has. al re,ly offered o` capitulate, on being alloweHd
to return to France, with ‘he liberty of taking with
ii 6,
IlLn four covered waggons.
My next will certainly convey to you the news
of this al my 1 eing t oinple!ely in our power.
" Nothing cat: exceed the valour, discipline, and.
. ,

good o .ler of the troops I.:n(ler CASTANOS : Evt-ry
igitLi.e,it of whose army vies ,A ith and e.i.billates each.
other Li volunteering for every sort of hazlirdous
service.

_" The French are beaten in every dire&ion ; Go.
neral MoNCEY, who was sent against Valencia Luigi
15,000 ryen, has been defeated, HIMSELF'-11.1LLED In
the aclion, and we are assured, that scarcely' an y:of
this army have escaped.
" Another body of the French have been destroyed
in Valdepenas, and about 3000 more at Valladolid,
which city they attempted to pillage.
4.‘ The official news of the complete; destruCtiotl of
the French at Saragossa by General PALAVoX has
bevn teceived here.

" Geneial CoEsTA was on his march to Madrid,
where. it was believed there were not more than
4000 French troops. •
" We have been somewhat surprised to read in
the Madrid Gazette, of the tit JulY:inst. (which has
hitherto been considered an Official_ Journal), an ac-
count of .DUPONT'S army having taken Cordova,
Carrnona, Utiera, Sherrys, and Port St. Mary's,
and, thai conjointly with the French Fleet he, was
'bombarding, Cadiz, and that he had summoned. the
place, threatening an.irumediate assault if not surren-
dered, Was there ever such. a base and infamous
expedient resorted to, to impose and keep in the
dark that part of Spain which is still under the do-
minion Of France, or the world in general::
The following is an extra& of another private let-
ter, of the same date, received yesterday :
" The occurrences in this KingdoM are extreme-
ly encouraging, and we shortly expe6l to hear of the
entrance of our troops into Madrid. It is confident-
ly believed, that General MoNcEY, with 15,000
men, has been completely defeated in Valencia, and
the General himself killed. In Saragossa and. Val-
ladolid they haVe also lost a great number of men ; in
La Mancha and Catalonia similar successes have
happened "; and OtrpoNft army must soon surren-
der, unless- they 'prefer to be put to the sword."

:MALAGA,JUNE 22.--Trie French Cons,.ll, and all
the French inhabitants of this.eity, were on the 4th
instant,' shut up in the Moorish Castle Gibralforo,
with a view to save themselves from the impending
fury of the populace, and until the 20th, no disor-
der of any kind was committed; but on that day, the
people having obtained intelligence that a warehouse,
rented by the French Consul in the suburbs, con-
tained a consideriible quantity of arts andarninuni
Lion, (Which, in 'fad, were taken' from the English
so long ago as the year iSOO,) they, conceiving that.
this sas a depot secretly eolleded to await the arri-
val .of the 'French, proceeded in a considerable body,
and in defiance of the attempts of the Deputy Go-•
vernor to undeceive t,;.eni, demanded, the French
Consul ; the Gnards• resisted, but the people broke
-;rough them and entered the castle', froM whence
they drew forth tlie'r- viCtim, and instantly sta6bed
tt m. an.t disseded his body
.as that of a traitor. Af-
ter 'p iradina toe city they returned again toile house
of ;he French Consul, which they IA oceededin the
.first place. to strip of every thing moveable, and then
set tire. to ii, anti tcbilst it was burning furiously, the
mob threw into the flames all that replanted of the
body of the Fre:,ch Consul. This scene being con-
cluded, the reo ,e return,-d again to the Castle of.
GLraiforo, front whence they drew forth a French
rchant, ‘lte, they instantly, destroyed; in .nearly
the same manner as the Consul, and consigned his
remains 'to the same 'flatne.;. The warehouse was
atterwatds broke open, and the whole contents de-
stroyed.

These scenes took place, in defiance of the -in-
terictence of the Government of the Town. An ex-
pedient was at length resorted to, which produced
the desired effeel. The Dean and Chapter met, and
agreed on the instant formation of a religious proces-
sion, for the purpose of exhorting the mob to return
to their homes. This Was accomplished, and pro-
duced the effed desired ; and in the evening 'of the
same day, before sun-set; peaCe *as completely
restored. •

EXTRACT OF TWO LETTERS RECEIVED ON THE
22D OF THIS MONTH BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE
PORTUGUESE MINISTER, FROM MR. PATRICK
PARRAL, THE PORTUGUESE AGENT AT GIBRAL-

TAR :-

" GIBRALTAR, JUNE 30.-1 have the honour to
inform your Excellency, that on the 16th of this
month the whOle Kingdom of Aldarve rose against
the French, proclaiming his Royal Highness the
Piztzccu. REGENT, our Master, for their only true
and legitimate Sovereign.: the French Governor,
and all those of that nation, holding public situations
under him, were made prisoners. Many of the
French were killed—the rest, throwing down their
arws, Sought their safety in a shameful flight. A
Supreme Junta is already established in Faro, the
Capital of that Kingdom, in •the name of his Royal
Highness.

" The junta, is occupied in preparing with the
greatest aciivity the means of completing this heroic
undertaking. An Express has just- arri. ed here from
Tavira, from his Excellency the Count of CASTRo-
MARIN, rerpesting arms, tic. from the Governor of
this place, who sent-what arms, powder, and skit
be could spare, having sent large quantities to Spain.
Messengers have also arrived here from Silves and
Faro, making the same request, but which could
not be complied with, the Governor not having any
to spare. The Portuguese Officers who were here
waiting an opportunity to .go to the Brazils have
returnedJull of joy, to join their Regiments in
Alga; ye."

" GuiIIALTAR, JULY 5.-1 have the honour ta.
inform your Excellency, that yesterday, the 4th inst.
a small Portuguese Vessel entered this port, which
was sent here by the Supreme Junta of Algarve,
with a number of French prisoners, amongst whom
are the late French Governor of Algarve, his Aid-
de-Carvp, and many other Officers."

As Mr. WHITBREAD is perhaps the only man in the
Kingdom who thinks we ought to open a Negotiation
for Peace with BUONAPA RTg, while he is endeavour-
ing to enslave. Spain, and yet proposing that one of
the preliminary articles should 'be his retreat from
that Country, \INi-rutIEAD is the only person
that ought to be employed ai Ambassador upon such
an expedition as would indeed exceed all the enter-
prizes of the famous .'Cniglit of La 117(ntcha.
JOSEPH BrONAPART has bad a whimsical fate,
for as soon as he became Don, as King of Spain, the
spirit of the,people made him de the title.