Star.
London, England, 1808-10-29 00:00:00

SPAIN.

ALE NCIA, SEPT. 57.•
The condition of the unfortunate inhabitants of Bar-
celona becomes daily more calamitous. • The French
have carried off the provisions; and particularly the
biscuit, which they had in Monjui. In order to re-
plenish their magazines there, they have resorted to
the barbarous system of domiciliary vi,its. They
searched every house in which they e!pected there
was any quantity ofprovisions, and carried away what-
ever they found, pretending, however, that they
meant to pay for them.
It is. almost -impossible to conceive the pitch to
which those misereants carry their villainy. Among
the houses which they entered for the purpose of seiz-
fag provisions, was that of a corn dealer, who had.a
quantity of wheat to the value of 4000 piasters.—
They *Moved the grain, and paid him for it in ready
money ; but two or three days atter, they imposed a
general contribution, and rated the corn dealer at
tiooo piasters ; so that he lost the whole of his wheat.
and 2000 piasters.. This is a specimen of the happi.'
mess which the French troops dispense in the name of
their master, to every nation that has the misfortune
to admit those benevolent pests.'
We are assured that General Ezpeleta and the In-
tendant are prisoners in the citadel of Barcelona. The
cause of their confinement is not known ; but it is
supposed to have arisen from the French General
having demanded supplies, which it was totally im-
possible for them to furnish.
At a period when all the movements ar.d disposi-
tions of the French armies that infest our peninsula
seem to indicate a retreat, or rather a d,rgraceftil
eight, it may not be improper that we should point
out the different roads by which they may effect that
purpose, should they escape the vigilance of our ex-
perienced Generals.
The first and most practicable road leading from
France to Madrid, runs about 22 leagues through
the Pyrennees, before it descends to the plains, be-
tween Mondragon and Vittoria. In this intermedi-
ate space, an army is exposed to attack at every step
they can take,
The second entrance into Spain leads from Perpig-
nan to Barcelona, passing through Bellegarde, Jun-
.and the well known passes of Figueras and
Gerona. This read rune upwards of fifty milts
through the Pyrennees, and there are many passes
on it, where cue hundred peasants could stop a whole
army, From Belkarde, to Gerona, neither provi-
sions ncr carriages are to be met with.
The third road leads from Bayonne to Navarm,
throoph San Juan del Pie del Puerto and
Pampelura. This is a dangeroqs and almost impr.c-
t4clible road, running chit* among steep and rugged

mountains, which are not iu any way passable, n-
cept from May to October.
There is a fourth road leading from Tarbes in the
province of Baygorri, to Saragossa, over the moun-
tainous ridgei which separate that province from
Armgon. But this is more properly a foot path for
the dry season than a road for the passage of an army..
In winter it is totally impassable.

LERIDA, SEPT. 24.
A person of respectability in Gerona writes, that
on the 7th, in the evening, sixty Italians deserted
from the French army to the corps commanded by
Lieutenant-Colonel Don Juan Clams - that on the
Bth there came in fifty-seven more, with their drums
beating ; on the 9th forty-eight ; and on the 10th and
11th, 177.

On the Bth the Captain of Miquelets, Masot, wait-
ed on the Junta of Government there with three
more !Lilian deserters, and informed them that he
had left 32 others at the village of Darnius. It ap-
pears prom this, that in four days no less than 378
have come over to our standard. He further men-
tions, that it was positively stated there that our al-
lies the English had captured and carried into Rosas
a brig that was on her way from Barcelona to France
with a great quantity of plate, gold, and jewels, va-
lued at four million of reals; which had been put on
board by Duhesme and Lecchi.
Colonel D. Francisco Milans, Commandant of the
Camp at S. Geronimo de la Murtra, addressed the
following dispatch on the 19th inst. to the Junta of
Manressa:

ss Yesterday morning my miquelets went out to
meet the banditti. The enemy had sent a detach-
ment at daybreak to occupy Santa Coloma. By a
sudden flood which came down from the upper coun-
try about nine o'clock, they found their retreat cut
off. I was informed of their situation, and also that
they consisted of 100 infantry and 30 cavalry. I im-
mediately marched and attacked them, leaving
them no resource but that of throwing themselves
into the Basos, which they accordingly did ; and we
saw about twelve or thirteen of them, with several
horses, carried along by the torrent. Their compa-
nions on the other side of the rivet opened a brisk
tire upon us with ball and grape-shot. I conclude
that they have had several killed at Santa Coloma,
for their retreat was conducted with their usual pre-
cipitation. All my Miquelets and officers have con-
ducted themselves with distinguished gallantry."
The Junta of Gerona has received, by a vessel dis-
patched from the English squadron, the most valu-
able supply of 2000 muskets.