The Sun.
London, England, 1810-12-01 00:00:00

GUADALAX ARA.

OCTOBER.—On the 16th Otiober, t,200 bri-
gands had the audacity to attack the escort ofa con=
voy destined for Torija. Cpl. Balestrier saved. it, by.
dispersing them. General Hugo attacked them in
their retreat to Val-de-Sas, killed the greater 'part,
and took 50 prisOners. Gen. La'Houssaye came up
with, on the 2 j st, and destroyed the remains of those
brigands at.Tarancon and tides. ,

CATALONIA.

OCTOl3Ol.—The -lowness of the' waters of the
Ebto has fetarded the supplies for the siege of Tor-
tos,t. On the ist ,of Ottober there was scarcely
eight inches depth_of water in that river. A part
of the artillery has been transported by land, in spite
of the obstacles presented by the roads, which are
just begun tO be formed.

On the tattliOdober, the Spanish General Basse-
cnurt, at the head of 500 hor.e, and 7000 infantry
from Valencia, arrived at,Vipardo, with the design
of marching to the relief of Tormsa. On the 15th
General Suchet with 2,500 grenadiers, advanCed ra-
pidly to Uldecona. (At his approach General Bas,,e-
court retired; he was pursued Without etfeet as far
as Peniscola. •

The rains in , the beginning: of 'November Dave
considerably sAlled the Ebro; there i$ now, there-
fore, no longer any Obstacle to completing The park
of besieging
,artillery. The town is closely block-
ed; provisions begin to tail, while' disease increases.
The besieged, up to this date, hale fired 100,000
cannon.shot, which • were' entirely thrown away ;
4,000 balls were picked up, and brought to the
Park. The trenches were opened on the 4th No-
vember.

The army of Catalonia, on its side, covers the
siege, and introduces convoys of provisions-into
Barcelona.

NAVARRE.

OCTOBER AND -NOVEMBER.-7This• kingdom is
tranquil since General Reille assumed the Govern-
ment. He has 'cleared the-country, of more than
2,000 brigands. There are 900 in- the .priions of
Painpeluna ; the rest have, been killed.
Being informed that there was at iMedhiis, ,more
than 60 leagyes'from Pampeluna, an assemblage of
brigands who sought to cut atf -die road to Madrid,
he sent General Pannetier upon that point, who dis-
persed them:
General Dumoutier with six regimentS of fuzi-
leers of the Gdards, and the hinders of Berg, has
,gone to Valladolid,' to join the other corps of' the
Guards which are there, and to. forfri a reserve to
General Drcuet, which will: amount to .20,p00
chosen troops, ioluding the two regiments of tuzi-
leers which passed thiotigh Vittotia on the 1501.

BISCAY.

OCTOBER AND NO% EMBER:— Me formation of
civic guards in this province has produced the best
effeCts. They wouderftilly second the gendarmerie;
and the brigands have disappeared.

THE ASTURIAS AND PROVINCE OF ST. ANDERO.

OCTOBER 111 D NovErtinait.--,—Tne English and
'the Spanidids ,:uempted to take the position of San 7
tona, in order foArake it a centre of insurredion,
and to pr)ducea rising in the country.. An expe-
dition; long ,ago announced in the English papers,
sailed for that purpose from Co:unna, on board four
fligates and about forty transports.
On the afternoon of the 17rh of October, the Mar-
quesitto, so often beaten by General Bonnet, and not
having more than 300 men under his ordent, on
sudden appeared before' Gijon. Colonel Cretin,
with a pit quet of Chasseurs, and a company of Vol-
tigews, had already repulsed him, when he perceiv-
ed a squadron of 27 sail, which approached the
. harbour, and soon after began to land troops to the
number of 2A.500. The Colonel, too weak to resist
a ;uperiority,so decided,,evactiated the place in good
order, and' retired . to within a league of the town.
Next day, having received sufficient reinforcementS,
he marched against Gijon, and forced the English
and Spaniards to re-embark, leaving some hundreds
of killed and wounded.

On the :2011,.a amps of 5000 Galicians attacked
the brigade,ValleteaUx at Fresno and Grado. This
attack had ncr better success than the debarkation.,—
fhe.enemy was completely beaten, and driven be-,
yond the•Nareca, after loci. g a‘great many men.—
The squadron having appeared to take a northerly
Course, General Bonnet communicated this to the
COmmandants of St. Ande►o and the coast.

On the 23d the first demi-brigade of light infan..
try was already colleCted at Laredo, and General Cal-
farelli arrivi-d with some thousand-troops, fully de-
termined to throw all into the sea who should at-
tempt to land.
Towards evening the squadron anchored in the
Itods; it consisted of 4 frigates, one of which was
Spanish, 3 brigs, 2 schooners, 4 gun-boats, 30 trans-
ports.; in a 11.43 sail.
On the 24th and-25th, the wind having chang-
ed, the ships of war were fOrced to stand off, leaving
the transports in the Roads ; the storm increasing,
the Spanish frigate I6st its anchors, and was driven
on the rocks of Laverl.), where it perished ; an Eng-
lish blig raid 4 Spanish gun-boats met Ord same late.
The-troops on board and the crews farm a loss of
about 1200 men to the enemy.

In spite of these disasters,. the shipS of war hav-
ing again made-their appearance on the 26th, the
enemy wished to effect a landing on the 27th. At
one in the afternoon the troops were embarked in
boats; 3 gun-boats advanced at their head, to en-
deavour to dear • the beaCh with grape-shot. The
first demi-brigade awaited them with steadiness,
and a land battery near Saniona having soon opened
a flanking fire on the boats, there temained for them
nothing hut retreat. The EnOsh Commodor made
signal for te7embarking. At 5, the wind
,havill

freshened, the flotilla disappeared, bearing away to
he north ;_ from that -moment, tempests did not
ease assailing this unfortunate expedition. The ac-
connts of the Ist of-November announced, that re-
mains of the transports were on the coast of Plen-
chia and AnChona ; they were taken.possesiou of
they w ere fOthid laden. Wit h- tgoops,, military stores,
artillery, amMunition, Vic. 'Other transports have
entered the ports which we occupy, and have been
taken, with h.their lading, and the men who were on
boar.i. Of all -this expedition; the En,4l:sh frigates
' alone were able to save themselves; Sae of them,
however, which was very roughly. treAtvd by our
batteries, must with difficulty have weathered the
successive storms which lasted for several days. It
is probable that she is lost there has been no news.
of her.

AMSTERDAM, Nov. 22.

TO 'M: 'VAN DER CARPELLEN, MINISTER OF THE

INTERIOR.

" The happy pregnancy of her Majesty the Em-
press and Queen has been officially announced to
me, Sir; it is a new pledge of Are blessings' of Pro 7
vidence on the French Empire:. It promises all
that our wishes ,could desire of her—the doinestic
happiness of the Emperor, tlie stability (if hi, in,ti-
tuitions,' internal' repose, and a long succe,sion of
prosperity and glory.
" Let all religious persons address thanks to' hea-
Ven, and prayer's for the conservation of the Em-
pre,s, and the accomplishm,:nt of our hopeS.

" Receive, Sir, &c:
(Signed) " The Duke of PLACENTIA,

- ", Prince ArcU.Trcasurer, Lieutenant.Gcneral
' of the Emperor and King."
g‘ Amsterdam, Nov. 19, 181:)."

In consequence of this letter, his Excellency the
Minister of the Interior has enjoined the Land•dr«sts
of Departments to give orders that all t-eligioiis
communities put up public thanks for this happy
event, and prayers for the preservation Of the health
of the Empress, and for the fulfihnent of the wishes
of the whole Empire.

NAPLES, Nov. 7.—ln pursuance of a decree-Of
his Majesty of the 4th inst. and in obedience to the
orders of the Minister of Finance, the DireCtor-Ge-
neral of the Customs, accompanied by the Inspector
General and the Direct, proceeded to the chief cus •
tom-house of this capital, and caused to be delivered
to him the 1,-ys of all the principal warehouses.—
He proceeded to a minute and rigorous examina-
tion of all the British merchandize produced by
prizes, sequestration, or confiscation in the custom-
house.

All these articles ware composed of muslins,
chintzes; :Niaocties:et goods, cal cos,
.painted floor-
cloths, India goofs, colion cloths and velvets, iron-
mongery, tin, dod otiivr merchandize, amounting
to more than tio,ouo ducats. 'A great fire vvas
kindled in the square, where all .these commodities
were' unpacked, opened, and burned piece by
piece, under the inspection of a numerous detach-
nient of cus'otn-house officers, under the orders of
their principal. The fire lasted from noon; to five
o'clock. .‘

So novel a sight attracted .an immense.,crowd.—
The greatest order. pre‘ailt d. It was even perceiv-
(Al that the public manifested sentiments of satisfic-
,,
fion at seeing a conflagration, which, in the 'moment
of the fatal blow that it gives to English commerce
announces to that Government the fate which
awaits-all the productions of her industry that trai-
torous artifices may throw upon our coasts.