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London, England, 1809-01-06 00:00:00

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NAVAL NEWS

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Loon, Dec. 24.---The latest accounts Nits bead. ► L_ _
ri4AOVIII, JAW. 3.....4,0a htroll 41.r.rt-
quarters, state it.. to be the intention of Sir,J. hfoosa .61 Cutter snivel} here this morning from Spain, aid
to advance with all possible expedition
(iloAuros, to have biought. a
(m 141,81131100 the
staie..`,
with a view of getting into the tear pf khe en&n
y d4ll r;Viit received yesterday by the tJrcerinier Gun-
but as we are here completely ignorant of of
•f :P: ;brig,rite tnassaCre of the French in Madrid, and
the strength of the latter as of the force destined,
,to that 26,000 Frenchmen had fallen by the knives of
attack bun, in fad it is impossible to decide on the the‘spaniards in that city.
propriety of this movement. Every confidence is,
liowever, justly placed in the •acknowledgedtalepts •
of the General. Of Madrid we have no certaitc
information, though. there-is -much reason tosup-
pose it is in possession of the. French. Our cavalry
have had some brilliant affairs near Betlemteti:
where 400 of our brave fellows have defeated don-
ble
their number of the enemy, and mademehr 390.6
prisoners; in all, not less than 700 have bt4tl
The stipw•has fallen in immense quantities, which
renders the roads nearly impassable ; notwithstand-
, ing.whicit, and other difficulties, our troops have
borne the fatigues of, a long march. with their usual
perseverance, and have behaved well.
,ConoN:ra, Dec. 20.—We look with much mixed
anxiety to.ihe next accounts from the army, as front
its approaching vicinity to the enemy, a battle may "
soon be expeded to take. place.. The whole force
under Sir J. Moott`tr, consists of 46,000, of which
10,000 are Spanish, detached front the army of the
'Marquis' de la ROMANA; at least such. is the report
Of the day. Our troops are represented as being in
the hightlst spirits, and desirous of meeting , the
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enemy. 'neve) dragoons had had much sl.trin:yeing
with the- French cavalry, and in oneatfairaitifeaied
'ono, of, which they made 300 prisoners. Citilltis
vas trifling., - !Lid r')
We absolutely know nothing positive respedingt
lqadrid, or of .the enemy's torceitt that
.quarter,....
Various letters announce apt the •French •were
possession of El :ftetiro, and had placed guards' in
ditferent parts of the city, but that they Could not
compel the inhabitants to gkre up their annit, Other
accounts itate that it has capitulated... tarce
'.7.F
vita
Reported to hive surrendered to ,the EDO jibd
Spaniards, after a most destructive botnbaraktupti.
Letters from Gijon of the 18th inst.itii,?thirtl
the French had no More than 2,50 troops in atilan-•
der, and as' Gin. &Lump/0s was advancing with
boos Men; it was 'expelled that the enemy would
evacuate the place.
BENEveNT.6,.. Vac. o....t•The brave corps of Eng,
fish .
cavalry, which disembarked at Cotwma, and.
from, its splendid and appearance,
ase admiration of all Wlici E5e14441. it, 1122, under
the oiders of Lard PAGET, covered itself with glory.
On the lath instant, 400 British attacked, at. Saha.
gan, god Fieneh cavalry, part of a corps of from 12
to 1300 men which came from Saldana. The Lug.
lish fought with such valour, that they put the ene-
to flight, matting 260 prisoners, besides 30 killed,
and sevens! wounded.

Kis majeety.. Brig Carnation, of IS. guns, was
Inn after a seiere adroit, in which she accidentally
ran ashore ender the guns' of sortie batteries at Mar-
tinique, when she was taken possession of by her
.enewy Le Palineure, of is uus, which, also, has
since been taken..by 'his Maiesty's Ship Circe, and
inter Antigua. Every Officer on board the
Curnatiod was killed.
'',44is /Majesty's Brig Maria has been captured by
z'Frafch Ship of 22 guns and 450 men, by whom
she Was decoyed alongside, when he potired a broad,
.sideinto her, and at once killed 47 men and every
Officer on board—only seven of her .whole crew
surviving on her arrival at Guadaloupe.,
His Majesty's ship Pompge, has captured and 'car-
ried into Bsrbadoes tire French Imperial . Brig of
War Py/ruies, of 12 pins and 10,5 men.
His Majesty's Brig Soperieur,, has captured and
sent into Barbadoesi 'the French Schooner Polly,
from Nfartillique to kluurduar., with a valuable
cargo. of produce.
His Majesty's-Ship &kite has captured and ear-
ried.into St. Vincent the French Ship Le •Dericalion,
from Rochelle, with a valuable cargo of brandy, dry
goods, &c.
The notorious three-masted Schooner Le MouChe,
of one gun, on a traverse, and tiO men, was captured
on the 25th ult. by his Majesty's Snip Grenada, uti
Trinidad.

The Espoir Brig, of 8 gum and 26 men, from
• GipplaiOope to Bounteaux, ladeb wish coffee and
4-090ars' was carried into Antigua the 30th of Otto-
nbart by the, John Burke Schooner. The Impera.
Ari6e, of 14 guns aUti Su men, and Jeungdideizes pf
guns., and 2tl men, were iu company with the
4sposr, • lint escaped.
Thu dinsiey, Bitows, sailed.: from Tort Ola 271 h
Ottober, for Hayti,-underlicenc.e, was seized., after
Waving port, by his Majesty's Ships Safety and Eli-
zabeth, and proceeded against in 4\dmiralty, for e 4,
porting codfish catered trots Liverpool.

rRACT OF A LETTER !KOH MICHAN4 1, DATED
• oC2oBelt 1, 1808
6„,( !The trade of this place, compared with that of
Russian. ports, has beep. very considerable this
yar, in consequence of which the prices of several
articles were pushed up to an unexpected height,
such as. flax, front 85 to 90 ro.; tallow, 80 to
75 ro. ; hemp, 75 to 80 ro. ; bristles, 40 to. ; mats,
170 ro. ; linseed, 14 to 15 ro. ;. rye, to to tql ro.;
. and wheat to g, ro.
" Owing to the want of tonnage, so few ships
,being arrived to carry off thei.goods brought to
.marlket, the stock remaining on hand is vet), con-
siderable, anti conitiAs of 36,000 ponds of yellow
candle tallow, sue here from St. reiersburgll
500,000 vials at bar iron, 30,000 poods of train
oil, 13,000 chetvetts, of. rye, 60,000 chetverts
of wlitt, 500,000 Anats, 3000 ponds of candles,
80,00.0 barrels of tar, 3000 poods of pease, 15,000
poods of rye dour, to,otto barrels of pitch, 12,000
chetverts of linseed, 5000 ponds of hemp, and 2000
poods of flax.
The new crop of rye is said to be excellent,
that of wheat and linseed is also very gook but
rather scanty. The reports concerning the flax are
diffeirent; but ,of hemp we have no inforMation
:.ttchatever.

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0971CiAL ADVICItS TO THS PUBLIq4 4,.

" CORUNNA, Dec, tge—Since the last adviac44beii
Superior Junta received various and distortiNntLiti-
formation relativo to the state of the Capital, not-
withstanding they spared neither trouble nor exa-
pence to obtairi authentic intelligence, until an ex-
preksarrive4 from Carolina,, dated last night, which
positiv.tly states, that last Thursday Madrid was still
defending Itself with th 4 utmost vigour; that,
vision of the army of CASTINOS WRS
bourliood of that capital, and that Dort,httiswifili
. also directing his march to that point; ai srdifty7~
that ;the Ftenchire' rarlwatly. desiring a -411404vr
of the inhabitants at Madrid.' •

;;;‘ Some contraBs for next year have already
.beep made for potashes, at 43 ro. and for hemp
at 43 ro. ; and, we. are assured, that soap taktow
has 'also been bought on deliiery, at 45 to. and
rye at 7 ro. .
" We calculate upon wheat fetching about 7
ro. duriug the whiter ; bar iron 155 cop. mats 12'5
ro. tar 2 ro. pitch tis . cop. linseed. 9 ro. and Aix.
50 ro.

.. 1! The exportation of wood from hence remains
Nsiabjeet to the same restrictions as before.
IL I(' t appears from the above letter, that, during
1 th • last year, 125 vessels
.have sailed froin Arch-
an el.,for the. following, places; To Norway, 81 ;
Ala el •1 ; Davis's Straits, 1 ; Holland 12 ; Ant-
(tkerp, 4 ; Bremen, 3 ; Lisbon I ; America, I 1 ;
Tonningen, 8 ; Etniaden 3:
They . write from Barbadoes, that- an expedition
was fitting out at that' place, but its destination was
unknown ; . it. was nut supposed to be intended
against Martinique, wliere it had been ascertained,
that in defiance of the EinbArgo in America, the
idaud had been amply provided with every article
of . provisiodof whi‘llat‘ until time it stood so dread-
.fuily- -in med. •- •
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As. to Sierra Anima, out head-quarters are esta-
brAed'at that point, and our army in that quarter is
hourly reinforced by the troops who were dispersed
by the enetriy,and.the armed peasantry. The Junta
cif Defence, totaled . there, of the Deputies of the
four Kit.gdoinq of Andalusia,,and of the other two.

of La. Mancha, is almost oonstaally auemblud, mak-

. Rig the utmost exertjun, iq Concert with 'the. Corn-
- nandiug General,: to secmie that important point
.agaixt any successful. attack on the pint of the
enettlY,.. •

• PASTIIRBtatIe, JAN; a...--The embarkation of the
Guards was . completed at. Itamogate oti ailorday
night, and the transports immediately sailed front
the harbour under repeated chters,to join the others
in the Dawns,. from whence, on Sunday evenitig,
the whole Oroceeded down Channel, under convoy
of the Challenger Sloop, with a tine wind,, tOr
~Purismoutli. The_ titti regiment of. Infantry bas
,dirrived. at" Chatham, and k
the duty of the
Spck Yard 011,1.1441 es; The. East Soffollt
isnalso removed front Ashford to Chatham
:CUATHAM 1101..3.....A. further supply of horses
the artillery service proceeds train this place to-
' day tOr Spain. A detachment of the Gunner Dri-
, vers, consisting of 40 urn, and about 80 purses of
the saute _establishment, are. to take with them 301)
of the must alive and serviceable harsis„ which
have been supplied .fur the anima (voiit,-.tib. the
fortifications carrying on, at this place;. from have
Mg lived hard, and being- iu the habit of constant
' and' hard work, anti are supposed to be pecu-
liarly suited to the kind of service. oo v6hich they
will be employed when they arrive at the present
.Iseat of war.

°The Junta has:also
,received orders humelliately
totn4rrtil Al tip plAshners who are in ylilA kills49R3
tam
to Cadiz, by.. await diyiiions, 'escorted -I -w itdotifi
peasnts, to be put at the :disposal of tii# veiiii"
HI; 1,,N
of that city.
"'The Juotti 1114 likewise got a Latter frdrathis
Excellabcy il)ey 'Deputy ot the Central Jun tt. dated
Truxilki, the-eth.llecembor, stating, tbat the Depu.
tieg-of C4talonia have received inteltisopee. that we
lave rendered outset ves masters of liarcalotis.

" By culatuancl of ti.ituata,

,‘ 'Ammar° RaiT‘ftvAt•
•• Cacti:the!, the tsth Dee• 444.

1611:M4U

J &AA rfititilial Secretary."

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fIii.MiLIEJLFAt laving appoißted tlig` " Pibil=;'.
eutable Sir GViItOii,FITZG&It.II4, fili.i.; tJ'tb be
of tor, AI ji3ty Is iliObl 1-fonourabli,) PrivX 000„, ileji al
Irol. d, he yr sterlq ittigliight tat* Ose u3ciAi 414t11a,
CiJ..;.; pl2c!.at the DuatO aiicc.brdipsly.

Notice has been.given by the Transport Boarc
that they are in want of ships of sufficient space
between the decks to convey horsds, for which g4s.
per per month; are of tired for a service of three
months, tube at Deptford or. Portsmouth on the
14th instant.