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rallied his regiment on the first height which he had I
car:-ied, and posted Commandant de Blirancourt with
his battalion in reserve and in observation. He after-
wards pushed fin ward with his first battalion, and with
the bayonet diove the enemy's infantry successively
from a second and a third positicn similar to the first.
The enemy defended the ground foot to toot behind the
rocks, and did not abandon them till the moment that
our troops surmounted them by climbing. At this point
the enemy hag the Sth and 24th battalions of the Line,
and a battalion of grenadiers anti Voltigeu►s, who made
the principal .iefence. Finally, driven to•the extremity
of th, nranitain which terniiirates by a rapid declivity
and -leap rocks, tha Constitutionalists threw themselves
into the plain in a state of complete rout, after losing a
great number in dead and poisoners.
ST. SEBASTIAN.
The capitulation of St. Sebastian consists of 17 Articles
Art. I. Tice fortress of San Sebastian and the citadel of La Meta
shall be deliveted to the French tro,ps on the :id of October. The
garrison shall march out with tha honours of war, drums beating,
colours flying, and shall lay down their arms on the glacis.
e. The Governor, the garrson, the stalfol the fort:-e4 and of the
citadel, and that of the coops; the superior officers, the subalterns,
the sub officers, and soldiers, shall be prisoners of war, and shall be
conducted to France by Fiend' troops, who shall assist them, and
take care that they are in no way insulted during the route to the
French territory.
Tom is nothing remarkable in the other articles, ex-
cept, the tenth, by which the garrison is allowed a
covered waggon, which is to proceed to the French ter-
ritory without being examined or detained on any pre-
text whatever.
The officers are allowed to retain their swords, horses,
and baggage ; the tioops of the line, militia, volunteers,
&c. their knapsacks.
PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.
'ADRID, OCTOBER 6.
The public joy is going on increasing, and measutes
are taking to prevent it diminishing. Monks peach in
the streets, the people are always collected in the Puerta
*lel Sol, the shops are shut, and we have a continual.
fke. The Regency is dissolved, and we are governed
by the Marshal Duke of Reggio, who troubles himself
♦ery little about the Spanish• Authorities. Great pre-
parations are making fur the reception of the King in
particular. Great pains are taken to augment the num-
ber of Royal Volunteers, in order that his Majesty may
compare .them to his own satisfaction with the former
Militia. The Municipal Body, however, is not at ease,
for its only revenue of consequence, which arises from
a tax on articles brought into the City, is applied by
the Regency on account of the loan of Guebard, and
consequently there is a difficulty in finding funds for
illuminating the streets, and the other expenses of the
city police. Besides this, the Corregidor has der..anded
that the Municipality shall make the King a hau.l.:orne
present the day of his return to his capital ; and though
all the Members of the Municipality are 'rich, not one
of them has offered to contribute to prove their loyalty.
To-morrow Bessietes is to enter Madrid, and he has
been appointed by the Regency General Commandant
of all the Royal Volunteers of Spain.
The wife of General Valdez, who remained at Ma-
drid during the late events, is intimately connected with
the Members of the Regency, and with all those who
figure in the Royalist patty. She has constantly said,
that her husband was as great a slave as the King, and
that he would profit by the first opportunity to make
known his true sentiments.
The city of Madrid proposes to present a
.petition to
the King, that General Zayas may be excluded from
every amnesty and every pardon granted to the Con-
stitutionalists. It will be recollected that General Zayas
defended the capital against Bessieres.
Letters from Malaga completely disprove the ca-
lumny circulated by the Serviles on the conduct of
Riego in that town. Authorised by the Cortes to levy
contributions, he confided this task to the Municipal
Body, which took very wise precautions, that in this ope-
ration nobody was either annoyed or pillaged.