Star.
London, England, 1808-10-17 00:00:00

SPAIN.

Dispatches have also been received from Spain,
brought by the PEACOCK gun-brig, arrived at Ply-
mouth from St. Andero.

By this vessel we have received Spanish Journals
and Letters to the 7th instant, from which we give
the following extracts :
EGEA DE LAS C.

,S, SEPT. 15.

We learn that Joseph Bonaparte is at Mirando de the Marquis del Pelacio, and D. Augustin Bueno.
Ebro, and his army is encamped on the banks of the All the Councils and Tribunals of the city, have
Ebro. In Castella they have .5000 men, and ten taken the same oath of obedience and fidelity to
leagues hence 4000. Our look-out parties in this the King, Religion, ard the country, which the
neighbourhood observe whatevtr their advanced Ministers of the Supreme Junta have taken. We
posts are doing : we also learn that the French are have the agreeable intelligence of two French regi-
fortifying Bayonne with all expedition. ments having been taken , in quality of hostages for
Details of the operations of our army transmitted to the Spanish troops which could not effect their escape
the most serene Junta, by his Excellency Don Joa- with the Marquis de la Romano, from Denmark.
quim Blake, Commander in Chief, &c. &c. FROM THE CORUNNA TELEGRAPH OF THE FOURTH
MOST EXCELLENT SENIORS—I have the honour of OF OCTOBER.
informing your Excellencies of the singular proofs of ADVICES FROM THE ARMY OF OALLICIA.
It is not doubted here that our advanced post inter-
valour which the troops under my command have
cepted a Courier, who came from Bayonne, for Mar-
evinced in the recapture of the city of Bilboa, which
I atchievement would have been most complete, if the shat Bessieres ; among other intelligence he brought
inadvertency of some of our advanced posts, who the , that of a reinforcement which was to arrive shortly ;
preceding night had fired upon the enemy, had not 1 our skilful General was preparing to receive it with
given them as opportunity of knowing the position of , his brave artillery, his disciplined, and warlike
our troops at the moment when they were most igno- infantry ' • a force which added to the troops from
rant of it, believing us to be many leagues distant ; the north, which will immediately join him, is com-
petent to sustain the part which becomes it, and even
aware tints of our arrival they took a different deter- ,
I to press the enemy, and compel him to abandon the
urination, stud it followed that they were not all made
situation he occupies, if rather it does not entirely de-
prisoners, as undoubtedly would otherwise have been
feat him. The most Serene and faithful Kingdom,
the case. (or Junta) of Gallicia, which incessantly watches
At half past three in the morning of the 20th, Bri- ,
for the public security, does not content itself with the
gadier Don Manuel Fabio, set out with the rear guard,
forces which already are the terror of the French
consisting of two companies of the regiment of Babas-
eagles, but treats of augmenting them, by creating an
tro, the tiralleurs of Toledo and otf he Prince, the 2d
army of reserve composed of 18,000 men.
battalion of grenadiers of the army, two of Toledo, and MALAGA, SEPT. so.
the regiment of Luzo, to cut off the retreat of the The brave Catalans do not suffer a day to pass'
enemy at the new bridge (a part necessary for the without covering themselves with glory ; 30Q Mique-
passage) but at a short distance. The enemy com- letes, with the direction of .a spy, had the boldness to:
menced firing, who having crossed the river, possessed approach the walls of Barcelona with the design} of
the avenues, notwithstanding this, forcing the passage,
taking prisoner or of killing General Lechi ; 'infor-
he continued his march, forbidding the troops to fire, tely they did not effect it on account of thleititel:
and stationed himself behind a house.
ligence having been delayed, but they killed the
Whilst these movements were executing, the day
centinels at the new gate, carried off fifty oxen and
began to break ; and after forming en banaile the regi- seven hundred sheep ; they then proceeded to the
ment of Luzo to support his flank, he charged upon
• park of artillery, burnt the barrack, and returned
the enemy, who from various points commenced fir- i with two pieces of cannon and seven barrels of pow.l
ing, reducing the action to a mere mountain warfare. 1
• der. The Arragonese army is on the frontiers of Na..
In the mean time, I ordered the rest of my troops to varre, ready to combine its operations with those of
advance, which was the first battalion of grenadiers Asturias, Galicia, Castile, and Andalusia. '.l
of the line, three companies of tiralleurs of Arragon, •
FROM THE TELEGRAPH POLITICO Y txrattaato4Mll4l
and the 2d of the Prince ; leaving two companies of 1 CORUNNA, OCTOBER 4. . - -1:
the 3d battalion of the last corps to cover a pass' We learn with grief that a report has been circa-
and two other posts on a height. I ordered also that . Wed that 14,000 French have, a second time, - spade.
four companies of Babastro and the tiralleurs should themselves masters of Bilboa.—..We are happy, to 4,
proceed to the vanguard, reconnoitre the ground oti• able to inform the public that this repert• ks ntitjtout
the right; the left and the centre. But observing the :foundation, as it is certain that the fourth division
attack was well maintained on all points, I ordered still occupies Bilboa.