The Sun.
London, England, 1811-02-28 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS.

PLYMOUTH, FEB. 23.-A fishing sloop', belong-
ing to this Port, FORD, master, picked up this morn-
ing six hogsheads
.01 French wine, near the Edy-
stone Light-house; some Brixliam tithing srtiacks
have also picked up several other hogsheads sup-
posed to be part of the same t argo.
Arrived his Majesty's ships Mariner from the
Eastward ; and Iris fiom a cruize ; the Edward,
GRUBBY, horn the Brazils, with hides and cotton ;
and the Ellen, KIRK, from• Faye!, with wine and
fruit, both bound to London; put in here , for con-
voy; also arrived a sloop cartel irom Morlaix, to
which place she carried infirm French prisoners:

PORTSMOUTH, FRB. .27.—Sailed a convoy for the
Dawns, and were joined
.otr Dunno,e by a fleet from
Lisbon, under convoy of the. Poiaiers wan of war,
Capt.'I3ERESPORD: The fleet have proceeded for
the Doa DS ; the Poiaiers has come into harbour.
They sailed from Lisbon on the lbth inst. but tiring
no news of importance. -

Arrived the Wildman lioni Jamaica,- after a pas-
sage in which she lost a whole suit of hails. She
sailed Dec. 29, in company with the ilupeweil, for
Glasgow, and parted four Jaya 21treW.1(16.

DEAL, Fea.27.-,—Arrived and sailed for the River,
the Fairlie extra Fast lediaman.

Arrwed the Defence man of war from Plymouth.
Came down from' c liver 9 large fleet of out,
ward hound.

Yesterday a Gault of Directors was held• at the
East India .House,' when the itnnerutention'ed Com-
manders took their final leave of the Court, previ-
ous to depsrtiug fur their respective destinatiuns,
VIZ.

Capt. I. G. Crabb, Lord Melville; Capt. J. Dale, Streat.
ham ; Captain J. Jameson, General Stuart ; Captain
Brooks, Devayries ; Captain I'. Al'Taggart, i.ean —Aladrits
and lien;ial.
. Captain 11. Christopher, Sir William Pulteney.; Captain
:VartlotA, and
Capt. W. C rowder, Lowther Castle; Captain I. Lich,
Charles Grant; Captain I Dalryinple, Martinis of Ely ;
Captain T‘veedalc,Perseverance; Captain G. L. ,Bruwa,
Warren ilaiilings —China direct.

The undermentioned Captains were sworn into
the command 01 their respective ship. :
Capt. tones, Warren Ilastings ; Templer, Daring—
.lleng.t I direct.
Capt. Lecch, Retreat.- Madeira and Bengal. •
ed Odin i.e Btatic, MAttitris Wcllealry Ceylon and

'llse Court adjourned dt six o'clock, to•lnor-
rnorrow.

'Letters from. Cadiz bring some informitton from
South America, and although t here is no place which
'has so deep :11 intcrest as Vadiz in the atfairs of the
Westbh Wwld, yet perhao there is none in which
they are so little. understood. Contrary to all our
other ruivices direct from America, it is said that
Santa Fe has ru its duty and acknowledged
tl Regen 4, and that Chili has not only shown lute
same Ohedient:e to the Patent State, hut naS sent a
D p to 130(1103 AYR'S to admonish that Grt •
ru'n.tnt to abandon its nvw trittilds, and renew its
ai CR:lit relations wrli the Mot-her, Cuentry. ,
It ,A ill be seen from 'lie following extrael, that
the inhabitants of the Om ace is ate as much dAtided
opinion as their countrymen ,in the settlements
on the liver Plate

" E)TRACT Of A LETTER }ROM ST. THOMAS, DATED

JAN. 27.

" By a vessel this day arrived from Porto.Cavalln,
we learn that the disturbances . that country in-
crease, A proclamation, issued by ti,e persons in
power at the. Caraccas, under the influence of Ge-
tit:ral MittANDI, threatens the safety of the Euro-
pean Spaisiaids there. From Porto Rico and the
H ,vannah expeditions are going to- the assistance
of Coro and Maracaibo, and to suppress the in-
surgents."

Letters were ye4terday obtained from Tarragona,
of the date of the toth.ultiano. At that time the
Spanish army of observation in the neighbourhood
had advanced towards the forces under Marshal
Macdonald, and a battle was daily expeCted. The
'adv ces from the , same quarter, that, we have re-
ceiv,td through France, are five days later, and as
they mention nothing of any ion, it may be pre-
sumed that none had occurred.. Thu French ac-
counts also add, that the Alars!ial was preparing to
undertake the siege of Tarragona, which was to be
invested in a few days.
We understand the Sheriff has made an invest'.
gttion into the e. cape of the prisoners of war, trom
Nhich it appears, that of it 3 who escaped from the
Depot at Penoicuick, in Scotland, one was shot, five
were brought back, aild I 7 are still mis.ing. They
raised the floor of the room in which they were cow-
fiord, dug, ttirough an arch which had recently bOen
thrown over the pl ice where the axle of the mill-
VI/heel wa, formerly inserted,. and- came- out do a
narrow stripe of: ground, where three sentinels were
stationed, between it and the river. The first sen-
tinel's piece missed fire, the shot of the second did
not take effect, but by that of the third one of the
prisoners fell. Tiny are all Frenchmen, and among
them are several othceri,

Yesterday morning IP, Truman, for robbing a wo-
man in Smithfield, J. Cope, for passing counterfeit
money, acid J. Frain, tot horse-stealing, were exe-
cuted in front of NeWgilte, pursuant to their sen-
tence. J. Whitmore, who was to have been also
executed for a rape, has received a respite for a
week. Before the culprits were brought out, seve-
ral police officers took their, stations on the scaffold,
close to the chain. They were all well armed.
This precaution was employed in consequence of
information that an attempt would be made to res-
cue Truman, who belonged to a numerous, and des'-
perate gang pf fellows.

rheld -battalion of the 11th Foot, part of which
has within these few days been untortonately lost
on board the John a►►d Jane transport, on its way. io
Cadiz,, was raised in Ireland three years ago, by its
present Co:onet, LiellieMint-Generisl s►r Chalks
Aggill, and• %.4 as completed to lon° men in Ihe
sttort space of three tnunthS. They were a remark-
ably tine body of men.

PEPORD.

COUR r OF KING'S BENCH, Fes 27.

ARRUNDELL V. WHYTE.

Mr. GA ittow stated this to be an action by which
the plainutf, a respectable Gentleman, and One of
the Assignees under i CommisSion of Bankrupt,
taken out against Mr.;. George 11,14, sought to- re-
cover damages against the defendant, Augustus
Whyte, who was an uncertifieated i3ankrtipt in, the
Kings Flench Ptison. The plaintiff and his Co-
Assignees having sent in the messenger under the
commission to take possession of the propertypf the
bankrupt,' 'Ross, in his dwelling•house, a letk.
pic-
tures'wore claiMed to be the property of .the defend-
ant, who, although he knew he had no claitu to
them whatever, sued out a process in the Sheriff's
Court of London, in consequenCe of which the
plaintiff and two others were arrested; and held to
bail in the sum of Wool. each, for gouds sold and
delivered to them by the defendant. The paintings
in question not, being on an extreme value worth
e than

Evidenee was adduced to prove the complaint be-
fore the Sheriff of London, who was the officiating
Judge at the GiliSpur-street Compter, and also the
swearing of an affidavit following thereon, to the
truth of.a debt Of tiOool. But it appeared that the
Clerk in the °thee of the Sheriff of London, who
took the affidavit, went over to the King's Bench,
Where it was sworn by thedefendant, who was' then
a priyouer to that
Mr. PARRovv contended, that though the affidavit
might: nut be so sworn as to support the plaintiff in
an indictment for
.pet jury against the defendant,
still that this Nat rt sufficient proof of the restraint
practised on the plaintiff.
Mr, TorPING took objections to the declaration,
on 'these two grounds; namely, That the defendant
was'a prisoner in the COurt of King's Bench Pri-
son or the time' of making the, affidavit ; and also,
that the person by whom the affidavit had been
taken had no jurisdiction t.vithin the King's Bench,
He also objected to the specification Of the single
Sheriff, John Atkins, Esq, as being the Judge before
whom the complaint Wa; made.'

The•obj-ctions wero"over7paled, except that as to
the excess of the jurisdiction, on which Lord Ellen,,
borough reserved to the Learned Counsel to move
the Court ; and for his non-observance of which,
Ins Lordship very seriously admonished the young
wtom the transgression had been e.);n7
nutted.

Mr. TOPPING then addressed..thelu7y, agre*g
that the conduct of the defendant could not be jus-
tified, but pleading his Situation in extenuation of
dainagesl

Lord ELLENUOROUGII made a suitable charge to
the Jury, pointing out the imptissibility of the de-
fendant's strposii.g that he. could have any tight
to hold the ptlaintifl to bail, it tor any thing, at ail
events to' such an amount as 60001. ; anti tile Jury
ittitnediately found for the pl,tintitf7-. Damages 1 °mg.

Ve tiat'e Made diligent ikuiries into the grounds
of the ruwours which shave been .so industriou4Y
spread of the return, or recall, of Led. Mitstro from
ti.e GoVvroment of India, and have been assured in
the most re4peaable qUarterS that they are wholiy
Wit intlt,fonndation,

Yesterday two persons of the names of S. and K.
weir committed to Nuwgate by the Mapi,tratei of
Union Hall, Southwark, upon a charge, ttundecl on
the oath of James Karmer; of felottiously stealing
and cartying• away file. Bills of Exchange for 5001.
each, together with several other bills, the property
of the Marquis of lieadfort. The circumstances of
this curious case are as follow • n

The Marquis of Headfort being desirous of raising
a sum of money on securities, and invited by the
specious p:ofessions.of an advertising money-lender,
made application, and Was in Consequence intro•'
duced to K. who passed 'as. a Swedish noblethan;
and. WIIO,WOS aptly dressed for the Part he was to.
act. The Marquis was assured by the other pet son,
who was• the medium of introdutiion, that the
Count was a man of large property ; and that al-
though he could not immediately furnish the mo-
ney to the extent required, yet that his paper was
perfeeily negociable to any amount, and chat the
Noble Marquis might be accommodated by ex-
changing the Coupes negociable paper for his Lord-
The. Marquis,. it, appears, was not much
iu the habit of negotiations in ti way; he, how-,
ever, gave hint own bills, payable at dilletent dates,
to the.exteta of 13,0001. itt exchange for Such•ne-
gociable bills as the coma -_found it convenient. to
give his Lordship. The bills of Lord Headfort were
immediately transferred to other hands, through the
itteJiutn •f the two other parmers, who. are still at
large. Lord Headfurt louud out too late that he
had bt..en dupel.

The first of his Lordships Hi, that became doe
was lc* 2001. which his 1.6111.11 in, by the ath ice of
his friends, refused to pay. Blow to oblige him to
pay was the point to be contrived, and a deep and
notable stratagem was hit on. A letter was sent to
his Lordship, Molted with the, name of a person
who conjured and intreated his Lordship, for the
sake of his Own character, and for the honour of his
name, his children, and his family, to pay the bill;
as otherwise it must inevitably be put into a course
of suit against him; that in this case, the writer
having been unfortunately impticii,ed.in a charge of
a horrific nature with an old man belonging to the
Bsok, who was executed in , the ad Batley two
years since, his name would appear op .the back of
the bill, which, coupled with his Lordship's, world
go forth to the public, and blast h s Lordship's.cha.
rafter for ever; and to av,,id this disitreeable cir-
cumstance, there was no alternative but paying the
uiU. The Noble Marqiiis, alarmed at this insinua.
1100, paid the bill 3; but on comppnioting the cir-
CUMiliffie,'S to his friends, he WA, acivi,c,.(l to have
the 'writer apprehended, and prosecuted
The person whose name was signed to the letter
W4+ to cousequcuce apprehended, but denied all
knowledge of the trans,ction. Under these circurn•
s aimed, ti was deemed advisable to have S. end K.
and their two partners, apprehended, :Ai well on
suspicion
.01 beirg co; Cet tied in• this as fur
the fraud in the other way ; and the °nice's, on
apprehending S. found in his pocket a copy of the
atchesaid lettei,-They were Committed fur trial.

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AYAMONTR, JAk. o.—Letter from G enertil to.
rows to the Junta at Seville, thted Tregue os, Jan,

EXCBUSENT SENOR,

" I to-day sought the Chief itemss in this point,
to Which he retired after triy van guard had de•
tested his in San Bar Nome, on the I Gth hid. and
has suffered the same fate with the whole of his
diviston, which I inform this Junta of for us sati'.
faaion. God preserve your Excellency many
years."

F. DE COPONS AND NAVIA, TO .TKB PRESIDENT
AND MEMBERS OP Tll2 SUPREME JUNTA O 1
SEVILLE.

ANOTHER ',ETTER FROM THE SAID GENERAL IN'

CHIEF,

" EXCELLENT SIR,

I informed your Excellency of my van•gtrird
having beaten that of REMAN on the 16; h in
San Bartolome. He retired from thence to Trigueros
with the whole of his division, where I sought hint
on the 20111 with mine, attacked him, and pot him
to a precipitate flight Willi considerable loss, He
took a position on the heijits of Bonares, where
I again attacked dislodged him from lawn,
and compelled him ti retire towards Rosin". At
the same time, I thrtatetied the. furtress of Ntablas,
throwing some grenades into it, and Conceived. the
hopes of taking it, as it had not a garrison of Inure
than seventy men.

" This easy and so 'necesssry an undertaking
for ensuring an advantageous- position in the coun-
try, I Was prevented: fro[n accomplishing, by
the orders I received from the General-in• Chief
of this army, by, an 'Adjutant General of Di-
.
vision, that the troops under my command "should
March lor Cadiz, where it must arrive on the
27th. My blind, obedience obliges me instantly
to commence my retreat, I still being of opiniOn
that this accident was the cause of my valiant sol-
diers not completing five successive days of Mem.
Sitlll labour, since it appeared little to 'me the hay.-
tug beaten ID them three tithes she division of the
Chief ROMAN. In these actions, particular circum-
stances occurred, 'that deserve they thanks of the
Spanish nation to these soldiers, which want
time renders it impossible forme to detail.
"All this I send lot the information and saliSfac,
don of your Excellency.

" F. Dc COPONS and NAvut.-
I. Visas de Niebla, lan. zr, t 3 It.
4.' To the Supreme iillll4, at Seville."

CADIZ, FHB. 12.---. Things remain in the same
mate here. An.expedi(ion has been spoken or, but
ur retarded. by the weather itnd other ca.
bualt;es. •

OFFICIAL DISPATCHES 1:44oltI GENERAL DAL-

LASTCROS.

.EXCELLENT SIR,--On the-morning pf the 2511,
instant, the enemy presented themselves by the road
of San Bartolome, in number 7,000 infantry and
700 horse, with io.piece-, of artillery, commanded
by Count Gazan. I. immediately look up a posi-
tion on the he'ghtit- oreastillegos, and formed my
first line of battle, (composed of rite vanguard) com-
manded by• Lieut. Cu). Ramon• Albuquerque, the
Lena regiment of infantry, under the older of Don
J. Butler; and that of Pram), direoled by Dm F.
Mouda. The reserve in battalioes,•en masse, con-
sisting of the provincial regitn*ois of LeOn, Cangas
de Tete°, Ca,tropol, and littlest° ; detaching upon
the flanks and front, three companies of sharp-shoot-
ers. The cavalry, composed of the provisioeat re-
giments of Santiago and LLaras, were situated upon
the right of the reserve; and ie this form waited the
attack. The enemy soon commenced it upon the
left and centre of tl'# line, and the battle was des-
perately fought by both parties. "
" The ground had been disputed three hours,
when I perceived the fire of my first line slackete,d;
and that it was necestary to detach two strong co--
humus to it, support, which arrived opportunely to
refresh the 'loops who had's() long centended. The
enemily, in consequence of this operation, muted
forward their reserve, and the fire becatnetnnat,
brisk and better maintained ; but as his •forcei'w,re
triple to mule, and 11.8 artillery well thretted, !l-
out our having any to answer it, I was ()biz- d
abandon my position, and draw back the troops to
the re‘er%e that hid advauced.—Here again the
battle was renewed, when the enemy suffered th 4
greatest loss, by the firmness and serenity - \vitt(
which our valemt troopi 'reteived them., -Feld-
ing nothing more • remained to be done ; • that
the line had: been five. hotirs exposed to the fire
without a single soldier moving, and that night
wo approaching, I ,disposed- my retreat in regi-
mems, by eschelort, without the enemy daring to
advance a single step, so great was the loss they had
sustained. Whilst the intantry Were covering them.;
selves with glory, •by acting in the'tnanner just stat-
ed, the cavalry manceuvred with the enemy, and
repeatedly charged theni, following my instructions,
and protetting my right dank during the action and
in the retreat. In a word, the battle of Cestellegus
hits immortalized the;name or these valiant defend-
ers of their country. - .

" The• ioss at- the enemy is not less than horn
1500 to own) men killed, wounded, and prisonris,
and nv soLiers have presented me with tante than
twrnty hoists taken in this adion.--411 14 Chwts,
Ulticeri, one soldiers but: so nobly prrforwed tticir

'bat T should be di ficient both in honour and
dray I did not to:.orittri, rid ;liem to ,our Majesty,
aq meriting tut r- wards Which toe country deN-
tin,' to thwe who'sll.l4l(-itedlY4ud gloriously de-
fetal it.

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"*SaavedrA de 'G uatilana, lan. 21.

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CADIZ, JAN. 30.---'file news which we. have re-
ceived from the province of peadelaxararesehes
to e
the 6th instant, that fretn'Arvagon,to the oth, from
Velet;cia, ifie' fsth,`from Attcant tO the !gib, and I
iron) ceethagena ,to the eothe The pritriour of,Ar-
ragon havteeoroe,iled the yieeeh to.evecuattellena,
iarre. '' The 606rtinns ceueuitted in the CilliDlelS of
Calatayud,and Aleatfaz, the hi:rning Of `the town of
I3epeyte, and thedemaudsof Suchet (who-, not con-
tent with exaCtine eentribeitien of 30.1:Minot-to, has
takeiraWiy Alcanaz oi*.e-fifth orevery species of
cattle), strengthen more and more the aversion of -
the Arragonese towerds.Their oppres.ors.
The', love of 7 freedom continues doing' stbn-
tiers in
,Navarre a47ecießiojA-liajel4 advantages are
aimonitee& as obtained by the celebrated Epcz, In
Old Castile, the two partzans, Merlon and. Tapia,
are incessantly harassing the enerny and 'the Pro-
vincial Junta of Burgos, are indefatigable in their
endeavours to foment the valeta patriotism of the
Castilians, The hatred and liable resolution of the
inhabitants in the province of Soria is daily strength-
erred by, the atrocities committed by their-enemies. '
All the youths are eager to enlist to augment the de-
fenders of the just cause. The pure flame of pa-
triotic love continues burning with unditninisht:d
lustre in the province of Gnadalexata—at the begin-
Meg of this month they began taTublish a Gazette,
which is citcolited twice a week ; it is printed near
the fountains of the Tagil's, in thrise rugged :Moun-
tains on whi,:h fidelity and patriOugni have eieded
the:r throne. The couflaeratieu of! Melina, Videl,
Cifuentes, and Mello, bare served only to augment
the coostaoc 'ot the natives, and‘their detestation
for the French yoke., Since the at ion of Cogelludb,
Atienze, and 4,ldraine,,,th leipetetiants of the Em-
lit &eat° time fought against the in Villa-
nego and Valklaraueie on the :old Ale. hod on t lie
bridge-ot Almon on ttio.-3d insitF:atid ,have done COn-
sidt cable to to the enemy.,! Since: ,the loss, of
Tot tOsa the lfcet",ch shew no sighsof their wishing
to penetrate into the kinktiont Of" Vakoeia, teethe
defeneteof. which the rno,t energetic measures 'are
teken. The ! getterel,. rpferters of the Velem:len
Army are at Muiv;er.i.77,-Te L)eum w song: on
the Ir6tir the-cessation troth :hie I
plagoto with lxhich tlhit city 'had, bedn for time
The.pr4triotic puritt:s of,La.Matteha ,continue
heir deist rive hc eth,hty,; rind tilt:: hitter pit('
she.. his systtrn of tl,vasiahcitt plunder with un-
erbtied Vikibute General' tethotitity4 entered Cuenca
Lou. the 1..41,1rtu1t, having.loughl with the-dili,:
sent of, Colonel S. Martite whys retired, as soon, as-1
`the ii.habitants 'll at evacvt3to,l the city ; which ,
eviiedated by the emeny on the followiteel
(fey. " • ' •
• Fga. Min stet ,Pletekpotentetry hem .the
Ci u't of Portugal, has ibseed the
.following
.i*PlOctisniatiten 'to, all the' Portueue'se resident ie
Spain . , ,
pertegoese end Spanish,
Batt .g cOneltte:d a treaty, by w;hielt the exemp,
tions from military te,-rt ice, granted by each- respec-
tit'e GJlii:ArrilvDt to the of the other, are ,
to be cousideeed as suspended during the war;' it
cannot be doubted Uit, eth
t the moment wheo.e
country stands in rie,e'l of the efforts of its children
in,ordololesjat the invasion of its enemies, all ye
Portugueste who are now in Spain, anti .are fit to
carry arms, wil, be desneeei to return to your coun-
try, and to! be emplo)ed- iii its irounedigedefenee ;
present yourselves to the Minister Plenipotentiary
of your nation, ye that- are in Cadiz and in the
Ileyal Isle of Leco, within ,eigi.tt days after this
Pe•chureition ; and.ye that arts, in any of the pro-
vinces, to the 'ie.:trust Portuguese Consul, with-
in. 15 drys,, 'rite. said Portuguese. .Minister ON-
tniss; flit this tirneonly, a general pardon and
restoration of all .forfeited privileges to all these eh()
-May :belle incurred„ the .penalties appointed in the
paraeraphs.i 2 and 14,..in the Edict of ibtti
cetelier, tisoo,, against all those who may have sle
served or run. away from their ballot.---It is to be
expeeted, Portuguese, that ye will hot turn a deaf
ear to the voice of your country which calls to you,
taking it ler granted that otherwise ye will,remain
liable to the Spanish laws fOr the levying of their
troops, in their fell extent, oriel
.without the least
CXclibe, whetin,:r itoentkd for th Line or the:.Mi-.
litias."
hundred Frenchmen,
principally cavalry, sullied on.the,tioth, and on the
.Tltst they entried.l4steperia by surprise, where they
committed et ely ~spvcies, of news and atrocity.
They sacked Itic towu, and imioneinlyput to death
syersons, amoog whom there ,were two, ecclesias-
tics. They oeueed a flee, y :contribution from the
masters of all the boats Which, happened to be moored
in the port, thteateoing to tiet them on fire if the
said coetrihution was not ,
Tely reauy;—
As they retired, they cteried. ptisutiers several of
the inhahienes, leaving the whole :town in the
greatest grid and eunsternation, and overwiwitued
iix tams

MADuip, JAN. canvoy which. set, out
for France MI the '290 tilt, was not so strongly
escort.ed at intended,' because the
news' (row Gaadalaxara cinnpelled ahem to.si.nd
towards that place,a carpi of tram six to bevel' hun-
dred In and three piectls canoop,; by these
iticatib the cicurt was reduaetlf to lesi.than 1000 el-
tecove ;taut
,way - eytto doublet' whether
tiwr the said convey would pot be,saspeded. , se_
veral waggous, luadtd with aruntanition, were dis-
patched on the following day; they 'rvere. escerte,i
,
by a uetactlinunt of hum tim to 300,men. There
are rumours that a It e.Al.t,a.)Litcibutitirt will be -de-
.
tuantled front tloh,pp province, and
crrttut
otr.ingerneLl ob,ervable tit the palace iumouoce a
frenicditatedlourney. Lette.rs !row Paniplona and
S;. SchatTatts'ay, that .the troops wipe!) formed the
gas rison'' of ti. kortncr place lva.te ,been ordered to
d that thtfy!haveb:co replaced. by i .500
mi.

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National Guards, Some persons, recently come
from Burgos, assure Ui, that there are in that city
'from 3to 4000 mgr.' the same,,:dass ; a eircum•
stake peculially extra6rdiriary, especially if we call
to mind that nut a IOW days bacic, the French, as
well as"emir friends, spr:.ad a confident report that
Boonaparse Wai ttifSpain at 'the head of
t 60,000 men. • , •
ALQEZIKAS, FILE. tfl'e 7th ult. the first
dykion of the fourth army'cantoned in this city and
its environs, put itself in motion.: The vanguard,
Under the cerrumnid cf Dytk Juan de It Cruz de
Motirgeon, attacked. at Seven in the morning of the
2brh the: French corps of Medina Sidonia, consit.ting
Of 800 infantry, 150 cavalry', and three pieces of
'artillery, who defended the town with, obstinacy;
but after two hoUrs hard fiOning, were dislodged,
and leaving the streets full of dead bodies and
wounded, retreated to post themselves in the road
to Chiclana. In the me in time the Guerrilla party
of Don Antonio Garcia \leas, destinettito cover our
right think, took posSession of Paterna. The volun-
leer squadron of Übrique, under its Commander,.
Don Gregorio Fernandez, attacked Arcos ; and the-
I reserve Of the division, commanded by the Marquis,
mancrovred opportunely to support the operations
of the vanguard. When the enemy took his.posi,
lion in the road to Chiclana, the Commander-gene-
rai of the Division, Don Francisco Begioes de los
Rim, gave orders to:stispend the pursuit, and placed
in 'front Guerrillas, who kept up a firing till night:
approached. -He then,' in Confbrmity.to.his instruc-
tions, ordered a retreat, which the darkness, the
heavy rain,' and the- presence of the enemy, ren7
tiered difficult andlahorious.
More than lOOFrench killed and wounded, with
a number or. orneers ; thirty prisoners, includ-
ing a Captain, au' Ensign; a Commissary, and
the Secretary to a:: General of the enemy, 'daps,
papers, some, horsis, and the rations two pro-
visions' f'o'r th 6 day, were the fruits,,.a-ihe
in- Which were equally displayed the valour of
our soldiers iu fight, and their constancy in over-
coming the dirliAilties of the situation and the
march.

BADAJOZ, JAN. ti the 20th at noon, our
cavalry, thy.. Nituguese cavalry, wet light artillery,
and about 200 sharp-shooters, left this place, :will)
a design 10 suiprise a 'corps of 500 French cavalry,
which in Talaverifi hu't.when they had in pit
succeeded,' the
,enemy foulid means to rally, and
our troops returned in the tii,;lll, to this place,
bringing 'with them two piisoners, three horses, and
seine' provii.ions and clothing. Our troops, and
especially the cavaliy, shewed the hest dispositions,
and the most ardent desire to engage the enemy.

the. 23d it was, known that some
troolJ of the enemy Were marching by Truxillo,
and afterwards that'they• had arrived at Merida, in
number about 3000 r 9.1. Yesterday some smAl
defachtiientg of the approached this places
but they ere put to fight by the sharpshooters of
Soto. • To-day columns pt bAb toc,t and horse have
'she wri theinselves, with'sowe cannon.. The fire of
the Guerrillas cotttinusd. thw whole day, and till the
night was well. adv.inced ; Sonic balls 'passed-over
the top of the wall. We had seveial wounded, and
totir or five killed. The' loss of :the enernyinust
tare been considerable, riot' only from tile fire of
ont Gurrrillas, but .also from ihitt of the tort of Par-
tl(4eta,, whir h played gu them with cannon and gre-
Undew; especially when, on the approach of evening,.
they ati;anced nearly to tbepabsadocs.

SEVI LI, 11, JAN. 3.---SQULT is still iw Gerona with
pact of his troops., in consequence of the heavy
rains. In all directions waggons and carriages are
last in the roads, without it being possible to move
thgrp, An infinite number of waggons have been
broken to.pleces, and the roads are strewed with
biscuit and cnLn provisions with which they were
loaded.

,
" A • Proclamation has been issued confiscating the
prviierty which the , hilt:it:litmus of Cadiz have in
th;wcity. More than 200 routed inlawry enured
tltit► Place by the gate of Macauna.

BA DAJOS, JAN. 2.T110 day before yesterday,
entered this place 16 French.prisOners, who were
surprised in the Port of Piralo•, together with five
who, were killed and six that fled, by a party of the
Regiment of CaStella; commanded by D. J. SAN-
CHEZ. s This evening arrived 18. or 20 soldiers of
the same regiment, conducting more than 1400
cog intercepted from the enemy, in addition to
some which, in pasiing the Tijo, the current carried
away, The good appearance and brilliant state of
this troop, excitestgeneral attention.. it appears that
L. J:SANCHEZ intends to augment his cavalry to
800, and his infantry to 2,500.

A/14%1 MM; DltC. enemy imposed upon
tht: province of Giiablaxara contlibution of 30,000
Ou,hets of grain. We know that the..ENtry,etAuO
has done them much harm in that quarter; and It
Ile lately obtained advantages in Cogulludo and Je-
draque.'
This morning Igo men matched out as a rein-
forcement kir Guadal.ixara.

.Letiers from Nialaga announce, that SEBASTIAN'
arrived tbtre on the 30th Nov. and had bet uut JUT
Marithella, •

The profound silence *bleb has been observed
since the return of AZANZA and ALAIENARA, and
there nut having been any change in the employ-
ments which the French Governors exercised and
continue to exercise, without caring for JOSEPH
or his Ministers, or the cursed fitanoUr of the
Otte, or the still worse of the other, leaVes no'
doubt: of the little advantage which the t#o AM-
bassador.4 have gained by their mission. The re.
poctiarely was, that there had been a rising in
Valencia; because the inhabitants disliked the atitial
government, and that :King JOSEPH was going to
that .KAgciom.. But the French and their followers
pretendlOdisbelieve-these reports, and say, BUONA-
PARTI4 is coming-with 150,000 mon. -

On Toesday niorning.a chid was Sought in a field
near Vauxhall, between Mr, a broker, at
Niue Elms, and a yoking Gentleman, of the same
phlec, when the former reeeiving.hiS .anta'gonises
ball, instantly expired.. • - •

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