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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 18 11 .

Last night Paris Papers to the .10th inst. reached
town the intelligence they contain is, weare sorry
to say, of an unfavourable nature. A general action
has been fought in Valencia, between the armies of
Generals BLAKE and &MIMI', itl'Whieti it appears

that the former was defeated with considerable loss.
The consequence of this defeat of the Spaniards
was the surrender of SagUntum, which was so gal-
, lantly defended,. and the city of Valencia is there-
lore open to the attacks of the enemy.' Although
we cannot contemplate this defeat of the Spaniards
without sincere regret, yet there arc tuany'circum-
stances in the French General's account of this bay
tie which are calculated to excite feelings of a con-
trary nature. This is the 'first:battle upon a large
scale since the commencement of the war in the Pen-
insula (except the action at Baylen, which can hardly
be termed a.battle) where Spaniaidsalone were
posed to the French, in which the issue was fur any
• length of time doubtful, .At Rio °Seco, at tudela,
at ,Ocana, the superior ta6tics of the French soon
prevailed, and the defeat of the Spaniards wes de-
' cisive. No blame, however, is attributable to the
Spaniards, because they were, not vi&orious upon
those occasions; they fought under every disadvan-
tage. New raised men, without discipline, but full of
courage, commanded by Officers, the mass of whom
hnd .never' seen service, cotild.not be expected to meet
On equal terms the veteran legions of France, led on
by skilful and • experienced officeti. But if we
loOk,at SecßeT's account of the battle of Saguntum,
we shah find that the Spanish •
soldiers displayed
great courage, with the most perfe6f discipline, and
that their officers displayed the utmost skill. The
Spaniards not only.' fought 'bravely, but they ma-
nceuvred with precision, promptitude, and etrea, not
only in the fight, but under the. Inc', of the
enemy. The battle lasted seven hours, and the
Spaniards retreated at last in good order. indeed,
if it were not for the surrender of Saguntum, we
should be inclined very much to doubt whether the
French were ihaually, victorious the fall of that
place; however, proves that BL Attu was obliged to
reareat:
,The hiss of the Spaniards is represented
as being very great, while on
,the side o( the French
litxtrair says only 128 were killed.. This state-
tnent is incredible on the face of it : 40,000 men could
tot !tore, been engaged in a close and severe anion
for seven hours with so small a. loss on one side.
We shalt wait with impatience for General BLA,KE's
account of this battle—a battle froMwhich he and the
gallant mon that he commanded (though unsuccess-
ful) will derive immortal honour. We are happy
to. find that the Spaniards derived considerable as-
Shoelace from a British squadron on this occasion. :

A Heligoland, Mail .arrived this morning, Elvin
which wpb have made the following extra%

HELIGO' LAND, Nov. carttl,
NUALX master, about whove safety apprehensions
Were entertained, arrived this day from Tonningen,
after having landed the Danish prisoners she had on
board:` she had been three days aground in the,
mouth of the Eyder, bat fortunately got off by a
change b the wind, though not without consit;er.
able damage,

, The Captain states, that all artiele of colonial
produce are extremely high at Tonningen. Coffee
is selling 'at from 6s. to Bs, English per pound ;
sugar aod other articles proportionably dear.,

Provisions.. and 411 the growth of tho country, are
lain:4ly cheap thebest beef is 3d. per potiod) but-
ter 6(L to ad. gin 25. 6d. per gallon.
At the departure, of the cartel ten French gun.
boats had arrived through the Holstein Canal, from
to resume their 6tationin the Elbe do 6.
Log the winter.

Nov. t tree boats, arrtved from the Elbe,
bting accounts that the garrison 'of Neuverk with
all the guns- and military 'stores have been ith.
driwil. The ostensible cause of the French having
evacuated this island, which from its situation in the
mouth of the Elbe, is in `many respeds a point of
same importance, is stated to be its unhealthiness
sad want of accommodation for troops in the winter.
The real cause, our inforrnant supposes, is the
breaking out of some disturbance in the interior,
and states, that at their departure there was a re-
trour, at Halnburgh of aniaion having taken place
between the Prussians and French. A cutter has
been diopatched to reconnoitre the Wand, and pro-
cure int,rmation, in order to ascertain whether or

out these statements are correa.
ov. 14,--,The 410 cutter which had been sent