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further retreated to the distance of six

from Valmaseda, where finding himself gently ha
rassed by the enemy, whose numbers had by the
time been considerably augmented, he found it ex e.
client to continue his retreat to Reynosa, where
took an advantageous position that enabled him t
make a stand, and bid defiance to the further efftc,
of his opponent. During thew retrogade movernens,
which continued from the .6th to the 11th itutzer,k.
cessant skirmishing took place, in which the Sizitards
lost a few hundred men in killed and wounded, at
a small detachment was dispersed; but, previa%
to the 11th, the greater part had rejoined the rnz
body of the army. On General BLAKE'S
Reynosa, his total force consisted of 28,000 men, it
greater part of whom were well-disciplined troops
and the whole were in high spirits, though somewhat
short of provisions and other supplies.
The above gentleman attaches no credit whatever
to the report of the defeat of General CASTAA
which was yesterday circulated on the autliorit! d
private accounts from Corunna. On the contra►,
the advises which had reached St. Andero, down o
the time of his sailing, uniformly represented tit,
able General to have possessed himself of a molt

advantageous post, in which he secured con,iden
of being able to oppose an effectual resistance to al
force the enemy could send against him. It is 33:A
that an account had been received of the arrivJ
Burgos of a Spanish army from Estramadura, ce
sisting of 22,000 men; and, from Barcelona, adviceW
been received, that the enemy had been driven ft
that placed and forced to retire to Montjui.
The intelligence from General BLAKE'S army g
are far from considering as gloomy. Incessant 6gbtig
is one of the most desirable things that could occur
to the Spaniards, and which, if they can raintal,
must be ultimately triumphant, for all that an astrei
population requires, is the steadiness and disciP
which actual service in the field would give ths
We are happy ti add, that, in the South of Sii
every thing goes on prosperously. This fact, le
learn by totters which have this day reached us fro

had•
tteurial himse ,direae— it to oe respected ;
ind that, when he found out, that he must give up
the Monastery, together with the capital of Spain, the
troop; which were quartered in the former, had no
time to plunder what they had hitherto been compel.
led to spare.

gi GIBRALTAR, OCTOBER 17.

This morning the PARTIIIAN brig arrived with
dispatches from Lord COLLINOWOOD, off Toulon, for
England. She states, that the five French frigates
which have escaped from Toulon, are blocked up in
the harbour of St. Fiorenzo, in Corsica. Their ob-
ject was to throw supplies into Barcelona.
A Spanish frigate and sloop of war passed this
place yesterday, from Cadiz to Catalonia, having
arms and money on board fur the Spanish troops in

that province.
• Prince LEOPOLD and his suite return from this
place to Sicily on the 26th of this month, on board
of the RENOWN, which is now fitting up in the New
Mole to receive his Royal Highness.
“ Every thing appears to go on most prosperously
in Spain. No part of the national enthusiasm has
abated. The Supreme Board of Government is
fiaally arranged, and universally obeyed and ac-
knowledged."

" His Majesty's ship SPARTAN, oir Tot:Ion, Sept. 28.
,g Inclosed I send you a journal of the 11• days
cruise, which we have just finished. [This journal,
which is highly interesting, we shall lay before our
Readers tomorrow, having reached us at too late
an hour for this day's publication.]
" When Toulon was last reconnoitred, there were
lying there as follows :
" Sewn sail of the line, including two Russian
ships, in the Outer Roads.
u Five sail of the line in the Inner Roads.
Seven frigates.
Is Two corvettes.
" A brig and several small vessels.
" One of the Russians, included in the above state.
ment, since went on shore on tht Sablettes, near Cape
Sccie, and has, we believe, been entirely lost.
" Lord Corlaxowcoo, with ten sail of the line and
the SPARTAN, IS now off Toulon. •
" Admiral Pt:lms is c:•pected every day with five
sail oldie line."

•

AMERICA.

The Lord Hobart packet has arrived it Falmouth.
She sailed from New York on the 11th ult. and
was brought to by the Chesapeak frigate at Sandy
Hook, and detained a whole day for the purpose of
search. The pretext for this proceeding, was a sus
picion, that the packet had taken on board a num-
ber of barrels of flour in contravention of the Em-
bargo.
By the above Packet we have received New York
and other American Papers to the 11th ult. Party
spirit was kept up with unabated ardour, in conse-
quence of the elections. The Federalists or Anti.
Embargoists, however, seem to have the Majority
every where ; and the same violent abuse continues
to be levelled at the President and his friends, for
t.l:2ir unpopular line of policy.
The St. Michael's, Captain KENYON, arrived at
New. York on the 9th ult. with dispatches from France
and England, which were immediately sent off for
Washington, and the heads of the Government had
been summoned to the capital for the purpose of
taking them into consideration.

Mr. Nowise, the Messenger, reached 'Washington
on the 11th. Nothing has transpired respecting the
nature of his dispatches, either from France or tug-
12nd, but they are represented as favourable to the
latter.

di

Seim after the receipt of these dispatches, a report
was circulated by Mr. .TEITERON'S ffiends, that the
President would now be enablod to talc of the Embargo
before the meeting of Congress.
Letters from the Havannah, received at New
York, state, that. the Co/au/a/le of that Settlement
had come to the resolution of shutting their Ports
against the American flag, unless the Embargo was
taken off in one month from the middle of August.
An American Captain gravely informs the Editor
cf a New York, Paper that he spoke a British expedi-
tion under the command of General MIIZANDA, on
l'ut South America, to assist the Patriots there'
--General MIR AN:4A is at this moment in London,
where he has been for a twelvemonth past.
The Lord Hobart has brought home fifteen mil-
lions of dollars, as a present from the United
States to the Spanish Ritriots.—A New-York paper
llth says, the abGre fact furnishes a complete
t'fitzion of the pre•cad.;d partiality of tile Anieri-
Cazs to L.c.trAttl.z.

Is.
Jr.

Ytcr.1...... a Cabinet Council Was held at the foreign ,
Ofice. Tie following Members assisted : Mr. Cmc- 1
„,,,?elmil, Ertl of I.Vrsrmon FLAN IN Lord l‘lt•r.cit A i't, 1
Duke of M
PORTLANT), r. PERM:VAL, Lords HA WNT.S. - I
..,.b.l.'lY ant! Casn.r.P.r.lcri, and the Lean OM xrrr.i.on. • 'IC:7 .!cliberations lasted flora three till half after six
o'cicck.
, 1.-cster,layille Loan MATon ordered the price :.fr.-c•Icl to be continued at Is. 31d. the quarteru leaf of '
*eaten, and ls. "d. hoti•Thold.
.
The Earl of l3F.c-rivr arrived, on Friday, at- Tioly-
ad from heland, and immediately proceeded to
.rtlia
r • mptorhhire, for the hunting scascn.
edn,,,,i
------aY morning, me of the largest beech trees
cwbattle Abbey 'was-blown down. This tree was' TP'"ed to have seen three centuries, and measured,'
escuallerence 28 feet.

• • NAUTICAL 114ifiLLICE2Vtte.
The PRINCESS ELIZABEfiI packet is arrived at Ply-
mouth with mails from Lisbon, which place she lett
on the 15th instant, and the next day spoke his Ma-•
jesty's ships HYDRA, Weymouth and the Prevoyante
store-ships, with 27 sail of vessels under convoy from
Portsmouth, bound to Gibraltar and Lisbon—from
the Rock of Lisbon distant 8 or 9 leagues.
CORK, NOVEMBER 16.
Arrived yesterday in our harbour, from Corunna,
after nine days passage, the Tiber, one of the trans-
ports which conveyed part of Sir DAVID BAIRD'S
Expedition.
FALMOUTH, NOVEMBER CO.
Arrived the Lord Hobart packet, Captain HA-
MILTON, with Mails, from New York and Halifax, in
20 days from the latter place. The embargo conti-
nued when she left New York. Sailed his Majesty's
ship Ilumatat, with a convoy for the Downs.—
Wind N. W.
PLYMOUTH, NOVEMBER 21.

•
Came in the Nelly and Ann, CLINE, from Gibraltar,
with seine for Government. The fleet
.sailed from
Gibraltar the 27th ult. consisting of 70 sail, uncicr
convoy of the STANDARD, of G 4 guns, but were much
dispersed by the late gales ; about 33 sail have paSsed
up Channel with the STANDARD.—Came in the Li-
berty transport, TURNER, from off L'Orient, with
part of the cargoes of three French chasse mareei, de-
stroyed by the SATURN man of war, on the coast of
France ; and the George, OsnoaNE, from Malta.—
Sailed the ENCOUNTSR gunbrig, with a convoy for
the Downs.
PORTSMOUTH, NOV. se.
Arrived his Majesty's ship VENGEANCE from-New-
foundland ; VESTAL and l'AattaßLE, from a cruise ;
also the Danish ship Waldemar, LIND, from Lima,
with a valuable cargo ; detained by his Majesty's
ship SURVEILLANTE, off Rio Janeiro, at which place
she left his Majesty's ships LONDON, MARLIMEOCGII,
FOUDAOYANT, HrACINTII, Vlrtn, and SURVEILLANTE.
—The Admiral Gambier, from London, for the
South Seas, arrived there about ten days before the
Waldemar sailed, shortly after which a fleet was ex-
pected to sail for England under convoy of his Ma-
jesty's ship SL'RVEILLANTE. Sailed his Majesty's ship
PLOVER on a ctuize.—Wind W.
BHLERNESS, NOVEMBER .12.

Went up to Chatham, his Majesty's ship Got.t.txt ;
arrived at the Nore the BELLEROPHON, of 74 guns, to
be paid.—This day his Majesty's ships EURYA LUS, BUS-
TA RD, and MALABAR, have been paid wages, pre-
viously to proceeding to sea.—Sailed this afternoon,
the BLOODHOUND, with a convoy to the Baltic.—The
AGGRESSOR gun-brig will sail to-morrow, with the
convoy, to Heligoland.—Sailed the Uranius, Ruix,
to Chatham ; the Jonge Hendrick, Poo; Janway.
RENTALL ; and Amphion, HEATS ; under the Baltic
convoy.—Wind W.N.W.