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London, England, 1809-04-25 00:00:00

PRIVATE LETTER FROM LISBON, DATED APRIL 4.

" Letters from Elvas state, that the bridge of Ar-
zebispo is occupied by the Duke of Albuquerque, and
that Urbina or Count de Cartaogal has detached
5000 cavalry in the direction of Madrid, so that the
French will be attacked on all sides, and without the
possibility of their receiving any assistance ; their
communication being completely cut off. Albu-
querque'has sent 1000 cavalry to Cuesta. It is re-
ported that the Marquis de la Romana has defeated
the French at Villa Franca, with the loss of 1000
prisoners, and their military chest." _

Letter from the Junta of Badajoz to the General
of the province of Alentejo, dated March 28 :
_ _

" Most Excellent Senhor—We lose no time in transmitting to
your Excellency the satisfactory iK:elligence which we have re-
ceiverl
front the principal Magistrate of the city of Merida, who
informs us, that, the enemy, who entered that place with 1500
cavalry, had precipitately left it by the Camenhu Real, taking the
road to :he bridge of Almaraz. The said Magistrate is of opi-1
Dion, that this movement was occasioned by the success of the
army of Estramadura, as it is certain that Merida was evacuated
at five in the morning of that day. One of our Deputies, just ar-
rived from Seville, states, that he met on the road an express for 1
the Central Junta, who informed him that the division of Gene-
ral Albuquerque had taken the bridge of Arcebispo, though with
some loss."

" P. S. Nine hundred excellent horses, mounted by troops
from from the North, have joined our army."
TARRAGONA, MARCH Is.

We have this moment received intelligence, by two
youths, who have arrived here from Villa Franca de
Tonades, that General Chabran, who commanded'
3000 French, has been defeated, and obliged to fly
for Barcelona, between Molens de Rei and Ardal.—
This success is, it is said, to be attributed to the dis-
positions made by our General, and executed by the
corps under Brigadier General Winffen, who came
down from Tarrusa, accompanied by Don Joan Cla-
eves, Commander of the peasants and Somatenes.—
We know that the environs cf Barcelona are occupied
by the armed peasants, S3matenes, and Miquelets,
who make every exertion to prevent the French from
penetrating and opening a communication with those
they have left in that place, the number of whom is
not considerable. Our troops and militia compose a
body of twenty or thirty thousand men, who guard
all the passes, bridges, and roads, aided by sea by
four or rive English frigates, who are always in sight

FROM THE FRENCH PAPERS.

PARIS, APRIL 16.

His Majesty the Emperor and King arrived yes-
terday morning, at four o'clock, at Strasbur,gli.—
Afoniieur, Afirill7.

AUGSBURGH, APRIL 7.
The Principality of Silt7burg was almost entirely
stripped of Austrian troops, when suddenly we saw
several strong columns of cavalry and infantry enter
it, which are incessantly joined by others. These
troops are, it is said, come from Upper Austria, and
the southern part of Bohemia. A considerable corps
has assembled between Saltzburg and Berchtolsgaden.
Letters from Saltzburg giving this information, say,
that the principal houses -in that town contain from
50 to 60 soldiers.

Among the Austrian Generals employed in this
army, they mention the Field-Marshals Lieutenants
de Hiller, Vincent, Kunmayer, the Major-General
Norman, and others. This General Vincent is the
same as has been employed many years in diploma-
tic missions ; and, who in last autumn, was sent to
Erfurt daring th.. sojourn of the two Emperors, Na-
poleon and Alexander, in that town.
Letters from Munich announce that the Archduke
John will have the chief command of the army sta-
tioned in the country of Saltzburg. Count Wurmser,
Governor General of Eastern Gallicia, has set out
from Lemberg to go to Cracow, to confer with the
-Austrian Generals, who are there, upon the mea-
sure necessary to be taken for the defence of that
province.