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London, England, 1808-08-09 00:00:00

DUTCH PAPERS.

PARIS, JULY 28.
We learn that her Majesty the Queen of Naples and
now Queen of Spain, arrived at Lyons on the 20th
inst. at one o'clock in the afternoon.
His Excellency the Duke of Friuli, Grand Mar-
shal of the Palace, has written from Bayonne to the
Prefect of Gers, to inform him that his Majesty
would speedily pay a visit to Auch, where he would
stop for one day. The prefect was desired to make
the necessary arrangements for the accommodation
of his Majesty and his suite.
It appears to be his Majesty's intention to proceed
from Auch to Toulouse. The postmasters on the
road from Tarbes and Toulouse had notice from the
Inspector to have an extra number of horses in readi-
ness on the 22d. Each relay was to consist of forty-
five horses. The post-horses on the line of road from
Alien were transferred to that from Pau to Galles.
On the 21st inst. at eight o'clock in the evening,
their Majesties set off from Marac near Bayonne with
the intentionp of making a tour through the soother')
departments.

JULY 30.-.-They are making vast preparations for
the 13th of August, the birth-day of the Emperor
and King. His Majesty is expected at Rambouillet
on that day. All the playhouses will be gratuitously
opened to the public. There are to be grand aquatic
fetes on the Seine ; and in the evening the Thuilleries
will be illuminated.

There has been a dreadful hail storm at Tokay,
n'here hailstones are said to have fallen of the size
of a hazel-nut, and to have occasioned much mischief.
PAU, JULY 22.

Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress, who
departed at ten o'clock at night from Bayonne, on tke
20th of July, arrived here yesterday morning at ten
o'clock. The road on which they passed was strew-
ed with branches of palm-trees, and during the night
the town was illuminated by bonfires.
On their approach to the town they were met by
the Constituted Authorities and inhabitants, who
went out to greet them. They left their carriages at
the Castle Galos, a quarter of a league from Pau.—
The same day, at two o'clock his Majesty gave audi-
ence to General Lamartilliers, commanding the ,Le-
gion of Reserve, and to the Major of the Portuguese
troops and other officers of the garrison, as well as to
the officers of the Guard of Honour, infantry and
cavalry, commanded by Gontant Biron. His Ma-
jesty received the congratulations of the colleges and
His
clerg.
y Majesty afterwards rode on his charger to view
the •Castle of Henry IV. arid thence proceeded to visit
the Lyceum. lie afterwards went to see the Mena-
gerie, about a short league from the town.
In the evening the place was illuminated. At
• the front of the Castle, facing the River, there was
a comedy reformed for the entertainment of the
Court. His Majesty departed the ne;t morning at
love o'clock.—Monte r, July 29.
TOULOUSE, JULY ta.

The wishes of the inhabitants of Toulouse, and of
the Department of the Upper Garonne, will at length
be gratified. His Majesty the Emperor and King is
expected here to-morrow (Sunday). Splendid pre-
parations are made to receive him. We are assured
that his Majesty will remain here till the 28th.
The Archbishop has, in a mandamus addressed to
all the Pastors, Ministers, and the Clergy in general
within his province, prescribed the particular ceremo-
nies with which his Majesty in his route shall be re-
ceived on entering their respective parishes.
ROTTERDAM, AUGUST 3.
The Paris papers of the 31st ult. contain nothing
new. .The five per cents, with the dividend from he
1241 d bunk were on that day at 84 f. 80 c.
FRANKFORT, JULY 26.
Letters from Constantinople of the 24th June men-
tion, chat an English vessel, hearing a Rag of truce,
had arrived, which was not received, op account of
the close alliance between' the Borne atd stance. •
HAMBUR9H, JULY 29.
• • We am assured that intelligence was received at
, Copenhagen, on the 23d, that the 4ussian General
Buxbovden had surrounded and captured General
Klingspor, with 12,000 men.
A rumour was also in circulation, that the alliance
between Sweden and England is interrupted.
It was firther reported there, that the Swedish
squadron under the comet and of 'Admiral Ceder-
strom, which appeared off Abo, met with such a re-
oeption from the flotilla and the batteries, that it was
compelled to retire frcint thatplace with very conside-
rable loss. -
A Spanish regiment is encamped at goschild, in
the Island of Zealand,. and 9000 Danes are encamped
!Intuit-gen, in the county of Holbeck.
• The day before
_yesterday, tbeSpanish officers and
;lams at the N'AtAry,4ep4t 4t Altona and in the
vicinity, took the oath of allegiance to their new
rimer the new constitution had been read to them.
NoiSing but acclamations of Long live
the•
King, Don Jo!epli Napoleon !" The French
jai Dupas gave a grand entertainment to the
oat ars. After dinner the health of the new king
w.,sdrank, and recated several times with tmt?onn-
40410auae?

PORTI7GAL.

OPORTO, JULY 55.
' The French General Loisson, nicknamed Maneta
(lame of one hand) retreated to Lisbon, and after;
wards advanced with 4000 men as far as Pinal d'Ar-
ambige ; but he became alarmed, and again returned
to Lisbon. This intelligence is confirmed by an in-
habitant of this city, who arrived yesterday from the
capital.
It is certain that there are 15,000 Spaniards at
Abrantes, waiting the orders of their Government as
to their advancing to attack Lisbon.
This day has arrived off the bar a nnmerous con-
voy of English vessels, having on board ten thou-
sand troops, and a great quantity of ammunition and
arms.

The sufferings of our countrymen at Lisbon de.
serve our utmost compassion ; but the preparations
for organizing our army could not have been for-
warded with more activity than they have been by
our Government.

Already there is a considerable body of troops at
Coimbra, and also at Figueira ; and now that the
English are about to land, while the Spaniards are
coming down, and an attack is at the same time to
be made by sea, it is to be hoped that our capital will
be speedily rescued from those robbers and ruffians,
who, while they promised protection, were guilty. of
insult and robbery wherever they went. We shall
then be completely at liberty to assist our good neigh-
bours and brother the Spaniards.
We expect here, in a short time, all the Portuguese
ships which were in England, and also the Portuguese
troops and other persons who had embarked for the
Brazils, but have not yet left England.
The Portuguese army is to be modelled on a new
plan. Some corps of cavalry, and some new batta-
lions of light trr eps are now farming.
Another party of French prisoners have been
brought in from De Cavillan.

Two vessels, one of them regularly armed, have
sailed from this port for Rio Janeiro.
N. B. Since writing the above, information has
been received that at one P. M. on the 26th, the Eng-
lish convoy, all safe, were dropping anchor in the
roads of Figueira.

SPAIN.

AGREDA, JULY 17.

'We have just received intelligence of the complete
defeat of 3000 Frenchmen, who attempted to pene-
trate into SaragOssa on the 14th.
It is ascertained beyond all doubt, that in the re-
peated attacks made upon the Arragonese since the
15th of June, the French have lost no :e.s than
20,000 in killed and wounded.

BADAJOZ, JULY Is.
A Supplement to the " Diary" of this date contains
the following details of the military evi.nts which have
taken place at Valencia :

" MURCIA, JULY 2.—Here we have passed some'
gloomy days, in consequence of understanding that''
the French were directing their march towards this
part of the kingdom. About three weeks ago we re-
ceived information that Marshal Moncey had. arrived
at Cuenca, with 12,000 men and a strong corps of
cavalry, theValencians having been too late in taking
measures to prevent his pro-tress. The real intentions
of the French were nevertheless, still doubtful, though
the most general opinion was that they would attack
Valencia, by the reduction of which both these king-
doms would be left in the most defenceless condition,
and they would hate the means of forming a junction
with those in Catalonia. The approaches to the king-
don of Valencia are abundantly defended by nature,
by means of the rivers Cabriel and Joey., and a chain
of extremely rugged mountains—and these were oc-
cupied by some troops of the line, and a considerable
body of the Valencians.

The greater part of the Murcian army was posted
on the southern bank of the .Tatar, and also a part of
that of Valencia having their head quarters at Al-
manza, and their advanced guard at Chinchilla and
Albacote, where they lay without the slighest moles-
tation. On the 21st Moncey attacked the mountains
of Valencia, which he crossed, though • not without
some loss, and immediately advanced to the attack
of Valencia,

• We were apprised of the result of the attack, but
remained without any official advices until the 30th
ult. when the following dispatch was received here :
• On the 26th Seignor Cam attacked Moncey's
army at Bunols, and made great havock among his
cavalry and infantry. After this defeat Mencey re-
treated to between Quarte and Mislata, where he was
attacked a second time by Seignor Caro, and sustained
considerable loss.

During the night of the 27th, Seignor Caro ad-
vanced to cover and defend Valencia. The enemy
directed his march towards that city on the 28th, and
made a furious attack upon it. They began a dis-
charge of musketry and artillery at one P. M. and
continued the firing incessantly until eight in the even-
ing. The inhabitants returned the fire with cannon
planted in the gates and on the walls, and also with
an incessant discharge of musketry from the tops of
the houses. The gate of Quarte was the principal
object of attack throughout the vrhole of the action.
But the continued filing* from the citadel, and the
glorious re,istance made by the army of Seignor Caro,
who charged with their bayonets, occasioned so great ,
a slaughter among the enemy, that at 8 o'clock they
weir'obliged to retreat to their head-quarters, between
Quarte and Mi4a4, which wass 4efeilde4 by scrppg
batteries?

6 On the 59th, the forces under the command of
Seignors Cervellon and Llamas advanced towards the
enemy, in order to attack him op all sides, by placing
him between the fire of the City a:Rd of the Murcian
I and Valencian amies 3 and it is at this moment

sonsenewsesesmom ,
thought, that there is not a rernnantleft of these rcb-
bers,
wile, to their other losses, have to add that of
I lit pieces of cannon.'
Since'writing the above the post has arrived, stnd
I brings intelligence that the French were entirely des-
troyed, with the esception of from one to 2000 men,
who were wandering about the country, and endea-
vouring to make them escape, but who are expected.to
share the same fate as the rest."

TOLEDO, JULY la.
At five o'clock in the afternoon of the 15th, 110
royal carabineers, with 11 officers, a pair of colours,
military chest and kettle drums, entered this place,
lhaving marched sixteen leagues without meeting any
obstruction. They had orders to proceed to the
town of Chinchon, but learning that two corps of
French troops were marching for that place with the
intention of making them prisoners, this distinguished
band, anxious to sacrifice their lives in defence of
their country, and their King Ferdinand VII. deter-
mined to set off from that town to join the army un-
der General Castanos, with the exception of a Ser-
jeant Major and a Captain, who shewed no disposi-
tion to follow them. They intended to halt here dur-
ling the 16th, but learning that the two French corps
bad actually arrived at Chinchon, they set out at
twelve at noon in order to join General Castanos.

RIO SECO, JULY 23.
The French, driven to rage and madness by the
great slaughter and discomfiture which they had sus-
tained in the battle of the 14th, entered this place
with fire and sword, putting to death every one who
fell in their way in the streets, and in the houses. In
one street they killed 129 individuals, and in a single
ward upwards of 200. The place is every where
filled with dead bodies. This carnage was followed
by an indiscriminate pillage, which continued during
the whole of the night ; and whatever they could
not carry off with them they destroyed. Church
vestments and utensils, plate, chalices, pyses, the sa-
cred hosts all carried off, or plundered—the image,
dashed in pieces !—virgins, matrons, widows,******
young and old, all******Just GOD ! Blessed GOD !
hadst thou granted permission to the infernal spirits
to afflict us, they.could not have made greater ha-
vock in thiodiwn ! Beloved FATHER, we confess that
though thou dealest with us most mercifully, our sins
have deserved a still severer chastisement ; but forget
not, 0 LORD ! that we have all of us a MEDIATOR,
who is GOD with the FATHER, and that at this mo-
ment Rio Seco is the most unfortunate, the most
wretched habitation on the face of the earth !
HEAD-QUARTERS AT MANZANAL, JULY. 29.
The army of Gallicia extends, from this place to
very near Astorga, occupying a space of more than
three leagues, including the'encampments in the ad-
joining villages.
Our General Seignor Blake is here, forming his dis-
positions. The post office for the army is established
at Membibre.

. Yesterday arrived here the famous volunteer bat-
talion of Victoria, with their black colours, bearing
the inscription, Victory or Death." With this
motto and their determined spirit, it may well be sup-
posed that they strike terror into the enemy. It is
said that they neither take nor live quarter. All of
them seem resolute fellows.
The battalion of students remains at Villa Franca.
The following has been published,
" BY ORDER OF THE GOVERNMEYT :••••••

" On the 28th inst. Marshal Bessieres transmitted
a second letter to our General in Chief, to which he
requested a satisfactory answer, informing him that,
with all due respect to his good opinion, it was his
duty to avoid the effusion of blood, it being certain
that the Bourbons, whom the Gentral mentioned, ne-
ver could reign while France and the greater part of
Europe existed in their present state. He also informs
the General, that he is anxious to see him, and ap-
points a place of interview. To this letter was sent
the following answer :

" July 28, 1808.

" STAGNOR have, with due respect, received
your Excellency's letter, and have to repeat my thanks to you for
having set at liberty the 4 or 500 prisoners whom you took in the
battle of Rio Seco, and whom your Excellency describes as
peasants of Gallicia. They are nevertheless regular soldiers, bo-
ing recruits incorporated with the troops of the line, though they
do not wear the uniform. In explaining this circumstance, my
intention is not to release myself from acknowledging the gene
rous conduct your Excellency has manifested towards those peo-
ple, but to guard against the possibility of their upon ary occasion
receiving, in consequence of any misconception, a species of treat-
ment which they do no deserve, and which, from the sentiments
manifested by your Excellency, could not but be painful to your
own feelings. Your Excellency will always find pie disposed to
alleviate, as far as possible, all theltorrors of war, flattering my-
self that in this respect I shall only imitate your conduct. But,
Seignor General, I am not at liberty to agree to the conference
which you are pleased to propose to me, nor to enter into any
discussion upon the subject which we should have to agitate on
such an occasion.

" Your Excellency Informs me, that the Bourbon Family has
ceased to reign in Spain ; sr; that, in order to re-place them on
the throne, it would be first necessary to destroy France, and a
great part of Europe. What, then, is the great crime committed
by that family ? Can it be the frank, faithful, and intimate friend-
ship and alliance, which have united it to France during the space
of thirteen years ? But in attempting to make any retie:ions I
exceed my limits—it is my duty to confine myself to the intreaty
that your Excellency will abandon the project of altering the opi-
nion which I have already so decidedly pronounced upon the sub-
ject. Your Excellency would doubtless take offence, were 1 to
propose to you a change of party, and that you abo'uld abandon
the Emperor whom you have sworn to support ; and most assur-
edly you should reßect that, upon the same principles, I ought
not to listen to your Excellency's protocols, nor it it fitting that
your Excellency should address them to a man of honour.
't Such is the esteem and admiration, Seignor General, Inwhich
1 hold your Excellency's military talents, that I glory in having op-
posed to me so distinguished at; antagonist ; and with respect to
the final issue of the present struggle, I repose myself with confi •
dente on the DIVINt PROVIDENCZ, to whom it belongs to decide
the fate of armies and of natipos, and who, sooner or later, will
look with a favourable eye upon the most just cause which is flet•
by all true Sluaiards. .
' • I bug leave to repeat to your Excellency, Seignor Marshal,
dif 418/IreWls Inrhigh cOnslderatioa.
(Sined)
16 SeirCc Martha; lesgerrt"
•

10AQUIN )LAIW

CORUNNA. AUGUST 3.
The latest intelligence from our army, transmitte&
by his Excellency the Captain General of the forces
and of the kingdom, 1). Joaquin Blake, is that it still
continues to repose and recruit itself after the late en.
gagement, and that he is taking the most effectua
measures for our defence and security ; for which
purpose, we may rely on his zeal and known patri„
otism, if we, on our side, contribute the benefit of our
general assistance, by all the means which existing
circumstances require.

PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.
ahorea of the bay of Biscay, Any. 9.
4C I am this moment informed, that the packet
which arrived on Sunday evening from England, ;a
about to return instantly, in order to convey the glo.
rious intelligence which has just been received; anti
I must therefore hasten, in a few words, to give you
some idea of the present state of the public mind in
this part. If the spirit of all Spain may be estimated
by that of Gallicia, there can be no doubt that. it
will vanquish every obstacle which may be thrown
in the way of the national independence and free,
dom. Every one is full of hope and joy. The public
confidence has shewn itself, by an act of decision,
which, were any apprehensions remaining, would ne-
ver have been riiked. On Sunday the people de-
manded of the Magistrates the arrest of all the
French residing in Corunna. This request was 'comp
plietl with, and executed, for the moment, with in.
discriminating rigour, which will, no doubt, be areri
soon relaxed in favour of those who Ware well known,
and have been legally settled in the country ; for
even such persons were apprehended. The prisoners
have been all taken to the common jail, but their
property has not been seized, and no personal vio.
lence has been committed against any one, I under.
stand that this act of seeming severity was provoked
by the expression, if not of wishes, at least of an opi.
nion in favour of the French arms, by some of their
countrymen residing here. The number of those ap,
prchended, of different ranks and conditions, amounts
to between thirty and forty.
41 This anecdote I relate as a. domestic occurrence,
which of course interests us more particularly. As
to the general affairs of Spain, the Public Papers
will contain the details, of which I can relate only;
summary.
Te speak again of ourselves—We are proud of
our Commander in Chief, and in this pride you may
also take a share, for the name of Blake is not one
known in the annals of British glory; and mar Gene.
nil, of Irish family, if not actually born in Ireland,
will add to the honours of the name, Marshal Bes.
siers has a second time attempted to practise on him
the arts of French sophistry and corruption. General
Blake's head-quarters are near Astorga, where he
watches the public foe. The affair of the 14th ult.
was considered by some is disadvantageous to the
cause of the Patriots, and the march of the enemy
into Leon was even deemed an advance; it is, how,
ever, certain, that on that day, though only a wing
of the Patriotic army in Leon was engaged,"tha
slaughter sustained by the French was great, After
that engagement, the Spaniards retreated towards
Zamora, while the French advanced, if you choose
to call it so, to Leon. It requires, however, big a
cursory view of the map of Spain to perceive that
this is a retreat, and no advance. Leon, which*
altogether unfortified, and the possession of which is
of no importance in a military point of view, lies on
the North of the kingdom to which it gives a game'
and this march of the French is evidently made in the
hope of effecting a junction with the hostile force
which still remains, certainly in Biscay; perhaps too•
in some part of Asturian- This is the quarter from
which the storm is hereafter" to burst upon all,Spain,
unless the foretaste of the conflict to be endured bfr
Bonaparte, winch he finds in the annihilation of all
his scattered troops, should Induce him to refrain,
from the attack. Be his resolution what it May, we
are not unaware what it imports; it is a matter of
joy to find that he will, at all events, have :a contend
with each province, each kingdom apart. His art-
,fully concerted project of placing strong bodies in the
interior has most unquestionably failed, and it is this
which is the subject of a deeply-felt, as well as kindly
expressed joy.
' " From Portugal, our intelligence is favourable.
IThe first English detachment, the earnest and pledge
of futuqe aid, landed at Figneira, on the 26th ult.
With tlfis foreign assistance, there is no longer any
doubt that Junot must soon surrender, and this long.
expected and anxiously, not fearfully, lonked-for
event, becomes every day more cartain. • In the mean
while, the sympathy of all Spain and Portugal is
turned towards the people of Lisbon, whose suffer-
ings in the interval must be great. The latest in.
formation from this place announces an unsuccessful
sortie of General Loison. Every effort of this kind
bespeaks the distress of the enemy, and must precipi-
tate the moment of his subjection.
But the last intelligence whch has arrived has
filled us all with delight. It has been announced by
cannon from our fortifications, and by the firing of
our troops. This intAligence imports no less than
the surrender of Dupont's Army at Andujar ; and
of how great moment this event is,, we may fairly
infer from the repeated anticipations of its taking
place. This surrender reduces Junot to a state of
desperation, even if he had any hope before ; and dui
link of communication between the Adoure and. the
Tagus has received another aild most decisive break.
" The next point of communication which we ex-
pect to see in the hands of the Patriots, is Madrid ;
and when we consider, as is officially stated, that not
a Frenchman exists in all Andalusia, save in bonds;
that in Portugal Junot remains in a state of siege;
that all the South of Spain is free ; and that in the
North, the late victories of the Patriots in Arragon
have broken the communication between the French
forces in Biscay and Catalonia, we need not fear the
speedy emancipation of the Capital, and the corn:
pressien of the French force within the provinces
adjoining Bayonne.
When this arrives, it will be seen whether the
long suffering of the powers of the North, as well as
of the whole French people, may not find eel end, and,
whether thus at length a period may not be put to
that tyranny which seemed so firmly established, and
which might have subsisted as a curse to the world,
but for the monstrous and overgrown ambifion of him
who reaped alone Cie advantages of it, Such is, at
least, the light iu'which we behold these events, and
the probable results of them,"

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