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would, by operating in the rear of the enemy, de-
. SPANISH:AND PORTUGUESE PAPERS. prive them of all hopes of re-visiting Bayonne.
_ -- - REUS, AUG.. 11.-11 e regiment of Almoria has
LISBON, SEPT. 16.—According to letters from the just marched in here ; that of Ferdinand is on the
North of Portugal, the Marquis of Romana's army, other side of Martorell. From the. movements of
consisting of 30,000 men, has passed through Torre these and other corps, it is supposed that Blake in-
de Moncorvo, in Tralos-Montes, on its march, as is tends to attack the French army besieging Gerona.
supposed, ,for Ciudad-Rodrigo. Blake's head-quarters have been transferred to this
The Seville Gazette, of the sth instant, contains place, and Coupigny's are to be
,moved to Villa
the important intelligence, that the sacred flame of Fromea. . , ,
insurre&ion is again lighted up in New Castile, and . It is positively ascertained that the French have
spreads even into Old Castile. This is a kind of disarmed all the Swiss troops in -Barcelona, in conse-
warfare which the French armies cannot resist. quence of some 'disturbance, or, probably, because
Yester4lay being the anniversary of the restoration they were suspeEled. A cordon' of troops from
of the legitimate Government of his Royal Highness Mongat to Molins del Rei prevents all access to Bar-
the Prince Regent, was celebrated by repeated dis- coone. Those who are apprehended in attempting
charges of artillery from the Castle and the armed to pass the line are instantly hung.
vessels, in the harbour, vollies of small arms from •tA French division of cavalry and infantry were
the regiments quartered in the capital, which pared- lately attacked and routed' near Jutiqueira,. by our
eel in the Rocio, and the performance of High Mass brave warriors, who captured their guns, set fire to
in I; w Churches. The festivity closed with a gene- their tents, and took a number of prisoners. They
have also intercepted a convoy which was proceed-
ing to Figueiras. , .
MAN'RESA, AUG. B.—lt is reported that a batta-
bur: of Italians' have deserted to out garrison at
Gerona. , , e

'ral illumination in the evening.
SEVILLE, SEPT. 6.—The Madrid Gazette, received
here, contains various decrees of the ['stirrer.. One of
these•suppresses all the Monastic Orders in Spain, as.-
signing only a small pension for hie, to the individaals.
Composing them. The Archbishops and Bishops are
also put on the pension-list, and their property and
revenues are sequestrated for the use of the-State.
Another decree annuls all. titles of Nobility not
conferred or confirmed by the Usurper. • Suet) is
the condition of Spain, and such 4,111 ever, be the
fate of those unhappy countries that become sub-
ject to the atrocious and tyrannical doMinion of the
French !
This exaaly corresponds with the opinicin which
we long since formed, respeCiing the Government of
the Usurper, as may be seen in• an Essay, which we
published upon this subje&. The French Govern-,
ment is not carrying 'on an ordinary war. Its objeEt
is to destroy Religion, Property, Nobility—every
thing, in snort, which constitutes the bands of social
order. We are placed in the same relation with
them as with the beasts of prey ; we must destroy
them, or perish ourselses,
LP.BON, SEPT. 15.—Witbia these few days a
number of vessels have arrived here with English
troops on board to reinforce the army under. General
Wellesley.
VALENCIA, AUG. 22..-.. Persons employed by our
Generals to procure information affirm, that the ene-
my have in. the hospitals and convents of Madrid,
about 12,000 sick and woundecL ln consequence
of the attack at Almonacid, no fewer than 8000 beds
were put in requisition.
St. MATHEUS, -AUG. 17.—The French General
in Saragossa has issued a Decree, ordering half the
crops of wheat, barley, and straw, to be sent into the
French magazines, under pain of a general pillage.
All the villages containing 500 inhabitants are to
contribute upon this occasion the sum of 1000 dollars
in specie ; and those which exceed that number,
more in proportion. Fathers of families are to pro-
duce their sons, when called upon, or to be respon-
sible for their absence. It is said that in the late at-
tack by the French upon Mequinenza, they were
repulsed with- great loss.
LISBON, SEPT. 14.—The following is an extra&
of a letter received from the head-quarters of the
army of Estrernadura, dated the loth inst.:—
" The corps under Marshal Ney consists of
14,000 men. The head-quarters were at Sala-
mailer', and the army occupies the surrounding po.-
litionS. In front of them is the army of the Mar-
quis Ramona, now under the command of General'
Mendizabal. There is a report of an engagement
lased three days, and which terminated in
the total defeat of Ney,,with the loss of 4090 men.
11arslial Salt has 8000 men, and his head-quar-
ters are at Placentia. This army occupies Coria,
Calisteo, the banks of the Tietar and Tagus ; and
the advanced posts extend to the bridge of Arzo-
bispo. It has to defend itself against the troops of.
Marshal Beresford, General Wellesley, who is, at
Badajoz, and the corps of the army of Extremadura;
-which occupy a line from Jaraicejo to St. Vincente,
covering the bride of Almarazi Mewls d'lbor, Fres-
nedoso, &c. Marshal Monier has 10,000 men.—
His head-quarters are at Talavera, ynd his troops oc-
copy Naval Moral, Calzada,Oropessa, &e. He re-
mains on the defensive, being threatened by the
army of Estiemadura, which is, ad interim, COM!.
manded by General Eguia, whose head-quarters are
at 'Truxilai. Marshal Victor has 20,000 men. His
bead-quarters are at Toledo, and his army occupies
the plains of Toledo and La Mancha. His advanced
pots reach as far as Daimiel. He watches the mo-
tions c,f General Venegas and Brigadier Lacy, who
commands the.san-guard; and whose advanced par-
tie• we'e so successful in an attack upon the enemy
at D!imirl. General Sebastiani has 10,000 men,
chiefly cavalry, and his 'head-gunners are at Feula-
-brada. His army extends front Aranjuez to Alcala.
The insurgents of Castile annoy them with a num-
ber of marauding parties, which daily intercept dis-
patch?,,and carry off the provisions and money for-
warded to the army. It appears that the garrison of
Madrid does not exceed Suou men, and Consequent-
ly, that there are not wore titan 70,000 in ail this-
parS of Spain. It is also ascertained, by the accounts
01 Officers who have been made prisoners; and sol-
diers %‘ ho have deserted to us, that they have been
many days without pay.; and that they have had no
wine *sloes some time befute tlx,battle cf -Talavera.
It follows, that a general and well-combined atta:.k
may annihilate the miserable remnant of our op-
pressors."

Ltsßox, SEPT. 14.—The Advice% brought by the
Courier Extraordinary, who arrived from . Seville
on Tues,lay, are extremely favourable for the cause
of liberty. General M..lnlizabal has already Teach,'
ed Ciudad Rodrigo with a pat; of the Gallician army,
whigh (Artists's of t 8,00(1 men. General Venegas
with the aptir of Carolina, which has received con-
siderable reinforcements, has his head-quarters
again at Tembleque, s ithin three leagues ot.T'oledo.
Genttral Wellesley is also making some movements,
with his .thacc army, which indicate that they are
once Ittore pruceediti CO• °prate with the Spa-
nish torees„ now re•olganiLed, animated with the
best dkposin.ms, and anxious to attack the enemy.
/This intelligence is confirmed by letters from Bada-
joz. it will by no means surprise us that the French
should, evacuate the ho,pitals of unfolittnate Madrid,
and vet rest to the banks• of the Ebro. They are 'par-
ticulatly apprehensive of a lauding and diversion in
B,scay, which, should it, as we exi,e6t,'lale place,

to supply their place shall be appropriated and estft-
blished.

Art. 11. The Department of Finance is charged
to propose ,to his Majesty the contributions which
shall supply the place of those abolished.
Art. 111. The present decree shall be printed, pub-
lished,, and circulated in the usual form.
From our Royal Palace of Seville,
Aug. 7, tog.
Marquis of ASTORGA, President.
MARTIN DE GARAY.

GERONA, AUG. 13.—The Governor of Monjuich,
perceiving the deplorable state in which that for-
tress was, and knoWmg that the enemy intended an
immediate and vigorous aux+, thought it prudent
no longer to expose a garrison which bad defended
itself with heroism, and crowned itself with glory,
by sustaining so many attacks from June 25, on
which the enemy took several of the towers; and
they having on the 4th of July made a ptaaietible
breach, and within these few days past demolished
the whole of the curtain, he determined to aban-
don the fortress, and at half-past six of the after-
\noon of the 11th, after destroying every thing -that
might be useful to the enemy, and carrying a**y
the few provisions that remained, withdrew the gar-
rison into the city, which it entered full of valour,
and impatient for new glory. It most be confessed
that this event is of some importance to the enemy;
but because this fortress is taken; it does not follow

COLELLA, AUG. 7.—lt is asserted, that on the
'sth inst. Doaor Rovira, after an obstinate aetion in
the plain of Coto, near •Junqueira, carried off a
French convoy, with a loss, on the part of the ene-
my, of 700 men. The division which embarked at
Arens, for the relief of Gerona, are understood to
have entered that heroic city, with the exception of
about 30, who have fallen back to Estartit.
TARRAGONA, AUG. 17.—We have official ad-
vices, that on the night of the loth, 1500 of the
enemy; with a body of cavalry, and some artillery,
marched from Barcelona and St. Andre de Palomar,
to surprise our advanced posts near Mongat, and
turn the whole of our line; but they marchedback,
with the loss of 300 •in killed and wounded. Our
loss consisted of It killed and '4O wounded.
CADIZ, SEPT. 2.—Letters from Seville state, that
Barcelona is reduced to the utmost distress, for want
of provisions ; that the peasants of Atalayuelas, in
two afTeirs with the French, have taken too of them
prisoners, including several Officers ; and that the
army of Venegas,consisting of 26,000 Men, has its
advanced posts at Mansanares.
BADAJOZ, SEPT. 9.—On the 3d instant his Ex-
cellency the Marquis of Romana arrived at Ciudad
Rodrigo, on his way to Seville; his army is advanc-
ing t;Zamora, and a part of it is expeaed at Ciudad
Rodrigo.
CIUDAD RODRIGO., SEPT. 4.—The Members of
the Junta of Old-Castile are. here. The French are
said to have at Burgos 2000 men, and several parties
of infantry and cavalry in Burge de Osma, Aranda,
and other towns in the neighbourhood. The divi-
sion of Ney, which passed through Barios, is station-
ed between Salamanca and Toro. .
CADIZ, SEPT. 15.--,According 'to accounts from
the Supreme Junta of Arragon, the French .from
Alcanit have retired to Saragossa, and part to Cas-
tile. The retrograde movements of the French in
La Mancha are confirmed. Our cavalry has by this
time passed Mansanares. In the army of Eatrema-
dura, whose head-quarters were established pn the
30th ult. at Truxillo, every thing is'organizing with madura,
incredible aaivity ; already are the bridges prepared i " Considering the preservation of the army con-
for again passing the Tagus. fisted to my command as one of the principal of my
ROYAL DECREE. .
dunes, I cannot but fix my attention on the provi-
SEVILLE, SEPT. I.—His Majesty would neither
siting
fulfil his own wishes, nor the hopes of his people, ting made by the General Order of the 30th of July
if, at the same time when he labours to • free the last, observing, that the present circumstances are
country from the oppression of its tyrant, be did very different from those which occasioned the pub-
not make every exertion to correct the vices which
fishing of that Order, which was intended to pre-
exist in the interior administration; and to raise this
magnanimous and generous nation to the high de. •. vent, by the punishment of some individuals, the
gree of splendour and power, to which it is entitled i general evil then every day too prevalent among the
by the fruitfulness of its soil, the benignity of its.
troops, who dispersed whenever the enemy attacked
climate, the extent of its coasts, and the possession
of its rich colonies. Among the obstacles which or made a dispdsition to attack us.
have constantly opposed the progress of our agricnl- " As circumstances have varied, some modifica-
tore, industry, and,commerce, the first placetis held .
teens may be necessary, but the same order ought to
by the contributions, called alcabalas, cientos, and. ,
millones, imposts, which obstrnaing the interior subsist- in its utrnpst force, in all cases, at all times,
circulation, and pressing unequally on the produc- when the same-Causes may recut', though not when
lions of the land, on manufactures, and in general, they, being entirely different, shall be inconsistent
, on alt objeas of commerce, not only have banished
from our unfortunate country that liberty, without with the maintenance and increase of the strength
which there can be neither arts, cultivation, nor of the army. After having taken the opinion of the
commerce ; not only rendered odious the fiscal ad- Accussor-General, I declare and order aalollows :
ministration, and even industry itself; but, which
is more, intli&ing on it incurable wounds, have " That the Royal Order of the 3d January, of
ever been only a feeble resource for supplying the the present year, relative to deserters, shall be sus-
necessities of the State. Observation and experi- pended and repealed.
ence have shewn their prejudicial effeds : the people .
" have cried out for a remedy ; and for the decline of 2. That all deserters, and such as forsake their
our manufactures, the mercantile system unani- colours . when in the presence of the enemy, or
mously embraced by all the nations in Europe.— marching towards him, or in the retreat, after elle
But though the Government knew these defe&s,
and reformed them partially, these reforms were a new 27:h of July, shall be subject to the order of the
vice which only still more embarrassed the system.- 30th of the said month; but such deserters shall be
At length the time is arrived when good principles permitted to return to the service, only losing their
shall triumph over ignorance, and the nation which
right to any reward or pay for the time they have
has appeared great and majestic in the eyes of all ,
Europe, by its-valour and its virtue, shall be so also served, and incurring the obligation to four years
by the liberality of its principles, and the goodness longer service.
of its interior adMinistration. The Supreme Junta ;
" 3. `Those only shall be considered as deserters
of Government of the Kingdom is well convinced,
that the riches of individuals are the riches of the and incorrigible, who shall not, within 15 days from
State, and that no nation can be rich without en- the date of this order, repair to and join their re-
couraging its agriculture, commerce, and industry; speaive corps, or apply to the Justice of the Distri&
and that industry in general does not increase, but
remove the obstacles which may obstrua both the in which they may be, for passports to return to the
fiscal and civil laws. From these considerations the army : such as shall return within the time pre-
Supreme Junta cannot omit occupying itself with :.scribed, or shall have applied for passports, limy re-
this great works beginning with the most urgent re-
form, which is that of the contributions, and pro- return to the service on the terms prescribed in the
viding in the place of those abolished, others upon preceding article.
such things as car) more properly be required to con-
" 4. Such soldiers as being sick have left their corps,
tribute, distributing them equally among the con-
tributors, exaEting theM in the time and mannerpresented themselves to the established hos.
and not
'least offensive, and colle&ing them with the least pitals for their recovery for want of having time to
expense possible. Thus the contributions, which procure the necessary documents, shall not he con-
ate always an evil, shall fall only on those who can .
contribute, shall be applied to their true objects, and sileted as incorrigible deserters, and comprehended
not to the maintenance of an innumerable multitisde the order of the aoth July, provided,' within
of tax-gatherers, who are unproductive consumers,
and so many bands lost to industry. In conse a the time already prescribed; they shall return to
their colours and present themselves to the said
therefore, of these principles, the King our Lord
Don Ferdinand VII. and in his Royal name the hospitals, into which they shall be received, except
Supreme Junta of the Gevernment of the Kingdom, their illness shoeild be such as not to permit them to
decree as follows : do one or the other. It is, however, to be under-
Art. I. The contributions, known by the Italie•
of alcabalas, cientas, and willow, shall be eh.. atood that this ind daence shall be allowed only for
rolled, as soda as those which are a,,p;tpriated this sealc tuae., as in 'future they must punaually

that Gerona must be taken too. It has other for-
tresses, walls, and its garrison and inhabitants are
resolved to dispute the streets inch by inch, if the
~ besiegers should ever enter them. If all the troops

to which the nation has confided the defence of its
rights and existence, had displayed the same con-
stancy and patriotism with-those of Gerona, its sal-
vation would have been more prompt and complete.
MI LINA DE ARRAGON, AUG. 20.—The Junta of
the province of Guadalaxara established itself in Sig-
nenza; in order to give aCtivity to-the patriotic in-
surreCtion and general armament. The people join
with the greatest enthusiasm in the measures which
it is found necessary to take. All the youth of the
province have .assembled in Siguenza, and those of
Soria in Molina, where they have been joined by
more than 250 horse. The patriotism of the Rioja
is likewise most conspicuous.

VALENCIA, AUG. 25.—We know that Gerona
has received succours both-of provisions and troops.
General BLAKE is near that place with a large divi-
sion of his army, and we hope soon to hear of the
defeat of the enemy, and the delivery of a people
for 'whom no praise can be sufficient.
BADAJOZ, SEPT B.—On the 29th nf last month
the following Order was published to the several

corps of the army of Estramadura :
" Don FRANCIS-CO XAVIER• DE EGUIRA, Lieute-
tenant-Gen. of the Royal Armies, Perpetual Counsel-
lor of the Supreme Council of War, Direiaor and
Inspector-G2nrral of all the Artillery, and Provincial
Militia, General in Chief of the Army of Estre-