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cltion in cactieliersorrattaria wit* abitiether
suffering a bombardment.of four days.
Also. the Stag privateer, of Guernaey, from
Gijon, in nine dais ; she hat, brought over Captain
PRATT; late of the brig Eliza,. taken some time since
by the French. Captain P. is the bearer of dispatches
from Mr. HUNTER - His Majesty's brig Scoanos had ,
arrived at Gijon, and landed Sir T. DYER and two
other officeis, and a great quantity of ammunition.
which they were much,in way of, and was most
thankfully received. The Stag took a cargo of wine
on board, which she took in at Gijon, and with ?Mich
she is againsailed for Guernsey.

TRURO, JULY 9.
An express from Falmouth; announces the arrival
there of the Stag privateer of Guernsey, and also of
the Black Joke lugger, both with dispatches from
Spain. The latter is•only five days from Gijon, and
brings over a Spanish*Officer of rank, accompanied
by Lieutenant LEECH; of the navy, who snorts as
follows :—Sir THOMAS DYER had arrived at Gijon,
and was immediately waited upon by a Deputation
from the Prorisional Government at Oviedo, by whom'
he was received with a degree of pomp and enthu-
siasm difficult to describe. A letter from Mr. CAN-
NING, of which Sir THOMAS was the bearer, was im- •
mediately published. It contained the warmest as-
surances of the cordial co-operation of the British
Government, and had raised the minds of the Sna-
niards to a frenzy of joy. Two English ships had
also arrived at Gijon with an immense quantity of
muskets, pikes, artillery and ammunition.—Sir TNo-
MAS DYER had sent a vessel to cruize off Ferrol, for
Sir ARTIIUR WELLESLEY'S Expedition.
The news of the French General DUPONT'S defeat
is 'confirmed : and similar affairs happen daily. It is
computed that not less than 35,00 Q Frenchmen have
already been destroyed. Wherever one appears he is '
put to death, and any Spaniard who seems inclined to
favour the French ia treated in the like manner.—
MURAT is beaten out of Madrid, and is entrenched
at Retiero : he is said to have not more than 10,000
men with him, and is waiting reinforcements. Madame
MuaAr has fallen into the hands of the patriots, and
is detained by them as an hostage. The rumour of
JosEpo BONAPARTE'S death is not true. He had ad-
vanced into Spain on his way to Madrid ; but per-
ceiving his danger, very prudently returned again
into France. NAPOLEON has left Bayonne on his re-
turn to Paris. It is understood at Oviedo that Gene.
ral JuNcer is wounded and a prisoner at Lisbon ;
but for the truth of this article our informants do not
pledge themselves. They state positively, however,
that the French ships at Cadiz have at length sur-
rendered to General. SPENCER, after a bombardment
of four days, by the batteries. Lord COLLINOWOOD
has arrived off Cadiz, to resume the command there.
PLYMOUTH, JUNE 9.
Last evening arrived the Pierre Caesar, a very beau-
tiful. French brig letter <marque, pierced for 18 gnus,
from Martinico, laden with sugar, cotton, &c. fir
Bourdeaux, captured by the SEINE, of 36 guns, after
a smart chase, off St. Andero. Letters have been
sent by this prize as late as the 4th instant, by which
it is stated that the French have pcscession cf the coast
from Bayonne to St. Andero inclusive ; and that there
has been dreadful fighting, the nobility being in favour
of the French, and disputing every inch of gruund
with the populace in that limited district, who, it is
stated, are in want of Generals, arms, and ammuni-
tion ; they marched int, St. Andero on the 23d ult.
with 5000 men, and it is said that the boats of the
COSSACK and COM rr slooiN of war were ashore at the
time ; and that before they left it, they spiked all the
guns, and blew the magazines. It is also report-11
ed that BONAPARTE is marching to Madrid, at thei
head of 100,000 men.
This morning arrived the rIZIMROSE ship of war,
from off Lisbon, with dispatches of importance. She
kit the station the 25th ult. and it is reported that
she brings an acco ent that the Portuguese had risen
en mate, and that General JI;NOT, with 10,000 men,
were shut up at Fort• St. Julien, and cut off from all
supplies ; that he had offered to capitulate on certain
conditions, but that it was riot known whether they
were accepted. -
The French fleet at Cadiz are stated to have sur-
rendered to the Spaniards, and that their crews have
been landed and made prisoners.
1. The PIUMROSE is said to have accompanied the
!Ural gun-brig into the Tagus, a few nights previ-
ous to hei sailing, to cut out two valuable merchant
ships, when a shot from a batteiy struck the RAPID
between wind ind water, and sunk her immediately :
it being quite calm, the boats of the PRIMROSE were
enabled to save the whole of the crew.

Thursday evening all the Spanish prisoners at Ply-
mouth, amounting to about 1500, were liberated
from their long confinement, and embarked on board
eight transports, for Ole purpose of being landed on
the Spanish coast, to which it is expected they will
sail to-day or to-morrow.
The ALestENz frigate on friday sailed from For.
mouth, for Colunna, with 730,000 -dollars, for the,
use of the Spanish Patriots; and a Spanish Officer,
who carries out to his gallant countrymen assurances
of the farm and zealous partioipaCon of our Go-
vernment in the arduous struggle they are engaged
The ALCMENS was to have carried out a number
of liberated prisoners, but the importance of the dis-
. patches with which she was charged did not admit of
the delay necessary to their being received on board.