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London, England, 1808-08-30 00:00:00

At lastlbe communication which had been inlet-
rupted, is grown open, and the.postpassas iu every
,direction free.
Paossonoss.—The Kingdom, attending to the ser-
vices performed by the English Colonel Dan C. W.
Doyle, and to the respects due .to his Britannic-Ma-
r" sty for the dispensation of his generous protection,
-has nominated him Brigadier of Infantry of the Royal
Armies ; conferring at the same time the rank of.
Lieutenant Colonel of Infantry, on Captains of the
same nation, Don Thomas Kennedy and Don Wm.
Carroll.
And the merits and services of Don Manual Acha
de Patino, having also been considered, he has been
accordingly advanced to the honours of aKing's Se-
cretary.

CORUNNA, AUGUST 11.
The day before yesterday, a vessel arrlV:d here
from Figueira, which she left on the 4th instant
she brings an account that .112,enen, cavalry of the
Portuguese troops of the line, had arriv.:d at Cohn-
bra, having made a precipitate march from Lisbon,
to solicit succours for that city. They stated, that
Juno.. had projected to disarm all the Portngnese
troops under his command; but that they, aware of
his design, haa• resolved to resist rather than suffer it
to he. done ; and that on the 30th and ;;Ist, they-
killod such of the French as endeavoured to disarm
them. A great slaughter took place on both si:des..
BILBOA, JULY 1.`6.

This country continues in astate of great tr.inqUil-
lity. The English squadrons are continually in sight ;
the Commander of them had three days ago a confer-
ence with this city, delivering them official tidings oil
the peace with Spain, celebrated on the 4th inst.
Great news in France ! In my next I :hall commu-
nicate
them to you, for the present I shall Only "tell ;
you, that that country is already risen, and it is added, I
that Napoleon has been seized at Montmarsan, as he I
was proceeding on his route to Faris.
You peradventure imagine, that the Biscayans are
on terms of agreement with the French; nothing less
than that—Biscay has, in defiance of the whole mass
' of exhortatory dispatches received, never debased itself
to procla:ni Joseph. When all the Provinces drew out
to felicitate him on his passage through Vittoria, this
deputation continued unmoved at Bilboa. What
would this prove ? That the proximity of the enemy,
though overawing our efforts, never did impose on
our minds ; our sentiments are ;uniform with those of
our other brethern.

On the 4th of August, Lieutenant-General Eguia
quarters at Vittoria, from that date the 'olse;.
rations of this Province will begin their course.

GRANADA, JULY 27.

The Junta of Malaga has officially ancounced to
the Government here, that on the `2sth a vessel ar-
rived at that port from Ivica, the Master of: which
declares, that on the 14th inst. there arrived a packet
giving intelligence of the arrival at, Alctidia cf an
English frigate, which had suffered severely in a
combat which a British squadron had had off Toulon
wish a French squadron, which had left that port
with eleven ships, containing 13,000 troops, who
were to be disembarked.on the Balearic Islands, or on
.the coast of Catalonia, which squadron was beaten.
Two vessels had been taken by the English, two had
sunk, and the rest were pursued.

LEON, AUGUST 7.
The whole of the army having been reassembled
here this day', it was determined to proclaim Ferdi-
nand VII. a second time, declaring the refusal to
recognize him a capital offence. This ceremony
vss performed by our old Junta, for that established
by tf:e French has been sent to the d—l.
The French, accord:og• to the accounts which
have reached us, are 'already a considerable way on
the other side of Pa!encia, and continue their march
with such rapidity, tha: horses, camp-kettles, and va-.
riots articles of their baggage, are kft on the road.
They commit ravages of every kind. -

SALAMANCA, AUGUST 3.
The army of Cuesta, Captain-General of Old Cas-
tile, is at present between Ciudad Rodrigo and this ,
city, in a town called San Munoz. He retains there
170 Q cavalry mounted, and 3000 infantry, troops of
the line, without reckoning the recruits which are
instructing in the use of arms. His Excellency has
ordered, besides, that all the veteran soldiers who had
received their discharge, and are not above 50 years
of age, should place themselves at the head of these.
lt is said, that he has required 3 or 4000 cavalry from
Andalusia, in the expectation of which, and in order
to exercise his infantry, he has stationed himself at
San Munoz. Commissaries go from this place every
day to furnish provisions.
The day before yesterday the Duke del Infantado
arrived here. As soon as this was known, the people
assembled in a body to congratulate him. He dined
early, and departed at two o'clock, in order to pro-
ceed, to our head-quarters, where he remains, we
know, not for what purpose, though it is not doubted
that his reception will be favourable, from the high
reputation he has always maintained for integrity
and excellent disposition. This Nobleman was ac-
companied by an Aide-de-Camp of the great Palafox,
the hero of. Saragossa, and his Excellency the Marquis
de Almarza.

SANTIAGO, AUG. 12.

A letter from Madrid, dated July 20, states, that
on the 28th in the evening, an Officer arrived from
the army of Andalusia, with a dispatch from General
Castanos to O'Farril, requiring him to deliver to the
King of Naples a letter, to the following effect
The General in Chief of the combined armies of
Estramadura, Valencia, and Andalusia, consisting
cf 120,000 infantry, 11,000 cavalry, 320 cannon of,
every description, &c. enjoins the King of Naples,
within three days, to evacuate Madrid, with all his
troops, as should that period elapse without such
evacuation, the General will be obliged to employ all
-his forces with the utmost severity, which he hopes
will not be the case ; and he trusts, that on their re-
treating, no violence will be committed towards the
persons and property of the inhabitants of Madrid,
as the General retains in his custody 27,000 French '
soldiers, 12 Generals, 103 Colonels, and 1,100 Offi-
cers, to none of whom, in such case, will any quart
ter be given."
The letter from Madrid then proceeds as follows :
a I have already stated the time at which those dis-
patches arrived. O'Farril on reading that addressed to
him, resolved, after some consideration, so deliver its