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that the I,ingdorris of .Galicia, Leon, and Asiuti4s,
'were ready to accede to the plan, as also those of
Andalusia.
The Supreme Junta here testified its complete sa-
tisfa6tion with this proposition,, on which it 'had
previously made the most seridps reflections, and
which ought to be carried into effeet as speedily as
possible, to produce the advantages which all pro-
vinces anxiously expea.
A similar opinion and approbation of the esta-
blishment of such a Supreme Juata has been tran,3-
mitted from Badajos on the 2 Ist, fiorn Valencia on
the 22d, and from Granada on the 30th of July.—
(Curres. de Murcia.)

EXTRACT PROM THE GAZETTE OF VALENCIA OF
JULY 5.

MURAT having detached Marshal MONCEY
with ten thousand men to attack this Province
on the side of Cuenca, in the expeEtation that
the army of General SUBRAN, from Barcelona,
would do the same on the side of Catalonia,
General SUBRAN was perhaps defeated before he
could reach our territory. MoNCEY passed the steep
mountains which defend our province, and ,suer
ceeded in his attempts, though our veteran soldiers
gloriously did their duty.
The enemy summoned the city to surrender, and
the indignant populace, Nobles, Priests, and even
women, all ran to arms, lined the walls, barricaded
the gates, preparing the most determined resistance.
The enemy opened his fire, which lasted more than
seven hours, direaing his first attacks against the
gate-de Quarte and the battery of St. Catherine.—
The enemy's cavalry was well covered, but the fire
of musketry from our walls, which was very brisk,
did great execution among the infantry, as it at-
tempted to advance.
The intrepid Captain who commanded the one-
'rations in the battery of St. Catherine went upon
the highest of them, and waving his handkerchief,
challenged the enemy to advance. The Command-
ant of the gate de Quurte ordered that it should be
opened; and the enemy, judging they would be
permitted to enter, advanced hastily in column ; but
a discharge of grape-shot was immediately made on
them, which mowed them down by hundreds, and
covered the ground with carcases : at length, at
night, General MONCEY made a precipitate retreat,
leaving behind him a variety of utensils, and ten
pieces of artillery, his army of 10,00‘) men was
reduced to less than 2000, arid 'the prisoners we took
assured us that the greatest part of the army would
have immediately deserted the General, if he had not
assured them the Spaniards would gii/e them no
quarter. The remainder of the army is pursued
without intermission by the peasants of Huareta, and
its flight is marked by its blood, and abandoned
spoils. The baseness, robberies, sacrileges, and ex-
tortions of the French, have SO enraged the, minds
of the peasants, that they consider them as beings of
another species, and pursue and destroy them like
wild beasts.

ALCOBAcA lIN PORTUGAL), JULY f22.—The
French who welt-. in this City left us to-day, at se-
ven in the morning, and with so much precipita-
tion, that, not being able to make use of the provi-
sions they had collecleG, they destroyed.them, even
the OtlicerN throwing them away, and scattering
their wine about the streets. The slightest motion
alarms and terrifies them, and the Slightest rumour
of the approach of troops depreskts their spirits
to such a degree, that they have not power to exa-
mine what foundation there is for the reports. Ever
fond of society, they never were so eager fOr it as on
this fatal occasion, as they judge themselves most
secure when they are all together. All that extra-
ordinary bravery and intrepidity which have been so
vaunted in their Gazettes and Official Papers, is now
changed into disgraceful panic and. usillanimity.—
Minerva Lusitana, July 29.

The following is the Proclamation issued at Ma.
drid on the departure of the French :

PROCLAMATION.

The Council, looking with anxiety to the public
tranquillity, and desirous of giving security to per-
sons and property, endeavours by all the means its
zeal dietates , to realize these objeas.—ln conse-
quence of the-retreat of the French troops from this
city, and the want of a garrison, advantage may be
taken of these circumstances to disturb the respeEta-
ble citizens, and to excite movements which might
endanger the general safety. The Council there-
fore hope, from the honourable and loyal conduct of
the inhabitants of this city, that, convinced that their
true interest consists in the maintenance of order,
they will contribute all their efforts to the accom-
plishment of this purpose by aiding the measures
which the occasion di&ates, and all others which
'may be taken for obtaining and ,reserving tranquil-
lity, with which objects the Council are ►nces4anily
occupied. The Reverend Prelates and Prlests,
Nobles, fathers of families, master tradesmen, and
other persons, are all interested in carrying these
Measures into effett. The Council therefore expects
that they will zealously endeavour to convince their
dependents of the necessity of retiring to their re-
speetive houses, shops, and occupations, and of re-
fraining from collating in crowds at any time in
the streets and squares, or of doing any thing which
might tend to disturb the public peace.
The Council orders that this Proclamation shall
be posted up, in order that the same may be
known to all pelsotis.
D. BARTHOLOME MUNOZ.
Madrid, August 1, isoa.

A Letter froti Guernsey mentions the arrival of
advices at that place from Spain, which state that the
enemy having completely sacked the town of Bilboa,
evacuated the place and retired to Vittoria, on the
17th ult. It is plain, therefore, that the conquest
was no military advantage to the French—nothing
more than a mere predatory success.
Report says, that General SPENCER or Sir SAMUEL
AUCHMUTY Will get the It3(11 Regiment, vacant by
the death of Lieutenant-General BowYElt ; and that
General MACFARLANE, General CAMPBELL olio,
or General WHITHAM, Will get the battalion vacated
by either General SPENCER or Sit. SAMLIEL AUCH-
MUTY. By the death of General B.ELLasts, the
command in chief of the army in BorribV is vacant ;
Generals BERESEORD and MURRAY are mentioned
as the most likely to succeed.
Lord ROEIOUP I.4.ITZGEAtiLD is, we understand,
about to set oti as Ambassador from our Court to the
Prwisional Ciovernment of Portn4al,