Star.
London, England, 1812-02-06 00:00:00

FRENCH PAPERS.

JOURNAL OF TUE SIEGE OF VALENCIA.
Sorn;• days after taking Saqttnto, the army passed
the Guadacaviar, and took possession of the Graoof
Valencia, and p in of Si.ralio, a suburb of Valencia,
on the left side ; the other p at of which was disputed
by the enemy at every foot, and we were obliged to
penetrate into the last houses either by sap or by
mining. The Spaniard; obstinately defending the
convent of St. Cl tire, the miners placed two fur-
naces under the convent. The explotion prociucedz
considerable breach, by *Nth our troops entered.
The Valencians hid cut two of the fine bridges '
over the Guadalay. iar ; the outer three were covered
by the tetes-cle.pont. To confine the enemy within
his totes-du pont, and to repulse its sallies, a contra-
vallation was formed of ilirce -vet y strong redoubts,
having seven feet water in their ditches, two funiti4
convents and the houses in the suburbs. The eneinF
very much tormented our pioneers, by a continual
cross fire of all kinds of shot. Ve there lost se/ev4 •
miners and a Lieutenant of Engineers. 'flenemy
fortified himself on the lefr, in order to dispute the
passage of the river. He had an entrenchmeat with I,
two b itteries, which extended from the w rks of tbe
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place u) the sea. They had fortified the vill.tgetd
Mislaut, Quarto, and Manisses, on the banks of the
river, and which they connected together by linen
with artillery. The whole of this space of grow°
from the sea to Manisses is a low plain, coveredwith
water, and intersected by numerous canals. Ahe'e
Manisses, the gtound is more elevated, and !hw
marshes are no farther fund, till Torrence and
roja, on the road of Murcia.
General Blake had placed his infantry from the
sea to Manisses, and his cavalry above ManiuN
to
cover his left. Having received the expected rein'
forcemeuts, our army was put in moti In the
night between the 25th and ‘)Gth of Decembls, the
Captain of Engineers, Dupont, rapidly coastructed•
at a league's distance from Manisses,
two bridgesabove all the sources of the different waters, that t'a;
troops might not be engaged in a maze of cows':
At daybreak, three divisions of infantry, and all
wary, passed on those bridges, and drove back

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occupied the Spaniards in front, in passing the
ti.fger between Quarte and Mislata. The Captain of
1!,1 jeers, OrJenaire, was killed whilst constructing
.1-bgricige on this point. The left of the enemy pene-
if% tiig the design of our movement upon Turrente,
eeipitately abandoned the position of Manisses, to
rocid being surrounded, and retired upon Cartaroja,
where our column arrived too late to oppose it. Se-
oul thousand Spaniards had time to escape by the
toad ot Murcia, by abandoning their artillery. The
es: of the enemy's army was shut up in the place.
Robert's division having passed the river, near its
youth,and carried the entrenchments on the right
bat trom the city to the sea, the immense investment
ofiralencia was the same day completed. The fol-
kargig days. the positions of the camp were brought
ilearer. We were able to leave very few troops upon
the left bank ; the fortifications of our lines supplied
the place of numbers.
The Valencians much depended upon their canals
%cover the approaches by inundation, and fill the
ksses of their entrenched camps, but they had not
time to prepare these means.
When our troops passed to the lett bank, the chief,
dhattalion, Pinot, seized upon the sources, and turn-1
ea the waters of the canals into the river.
The Engineer Officers constructed redoubts within
100toises of the place upon the roads of Quarte and
Murcia; and the convent Jesus, upon the Madrid
read, was barricaded, and occupied by a battalion.—
Every where else the canals and fosses secured us
against sorties.
The city is surrounded by a good wall, almost cir-
cular, of SO feet high by 10 wide. TheValencians had
added a small ditch, filled with water, at the loot of
the wall, with a covered way, and formed lattens
from the side of Rozafa. and some small works to
defend the gates. Their defence rested principally in
their vast entrenched camp, which contained within
it the city and the three suburbs upon the right bank.
This was fortified with bastions, and in a great mea-
sure bomb-proof. This line extended from the sea to
°butte, where it terminated in a point which was
weak, as it could be attacked in the rear by the left
bank. This, became the point of attack ; but as the
enemy could during the siege form interior entrench-
ments between the river and Rozafa, and had even
commenced some works for the purpose of isolating
this tom the remainder of the line, a second attack
was determined upon point St. Vincente on the Mur-
clan road. The entrenched camp was defended by I
20,000 troops of the line, 6000 militia, and 100
pieces of cannon.

First Night, from the Ist to"the 2d of January. Scarcely
had Colonel Henry commenced marking out the first
parallel, at 60 tcises from San Vincente, when he
was killed ; his loss is sensibly felt by the whole army.
Hewes a most skilful officer in the art of sieges: the
chiefs of battalions Thiebault and Penot replaced Co-
lonel Henry:, the parallel was opened at sixty toises
from the works. The chief of battalion Plagneol
erected a battery within 90 toises, before Olivette; by
morning these works were completed.
Saw Night.—The parallel and communication of
San Vincente were finished, and 'a second communi-
ation near the Murcian road was began. The left
of Olivette parallel was much annoyed by the
twin from a house 100 toises in advance. Captain
Boucher attacked them with a party of sha!pshooters.
wounded and took prisoners the Spanish Officer and
several soldier's. The parallel was then extended to
this house, 'which served as a point of support.—
Miguel; chief of battalion, opened part of a parallel
upon the left bank, to give facilities for the artillery
to play upon the entrenched camp near Olivette.
Third Night. —By the attack on San Vincente, we
finished the communication on the right. The wea
tier was vcrly bad ; the earth was so soaked with rain
that it had lostaill its solidity.
Fourth Night. —The parallel of St. Vincente was ex-
tended 100 toises upon the right, to a burnt house,
%hich served as a point of support. On the salient
angles of the place attacked, we lormed two openings.
Tit workmen were placed under a heavy fire of grape,
bit maintained themselves, through the firmness of
Captains Bertheis and Gulllemain. We lost some
men, but succeeded in approaching within thirty
tits of the counterseaip. The two ways towards
Crette were carried the preceding night to within
11toises of the counterscarp. The enemy confined
to his works by the first parallel at 90 toises, could
make no sorties, because he had no place d'armes nor
covered way where they could assemble and debouch.
Itwas therefore thought useless to establish a second
parallel against such works. We proceeded in our
mo•mined roads and arrived within nine toises of the
ountericarp. The enemy terrified at the rapidity
Ind proximity of cur works, and fearing to be carried
by auault, abandoned their entrenched camp, and
Wight shelter, leaving their artillery and ammunition
n our power. We established ourselves on all the
Fiats in the interior of the entrenched camp, and
rude communications. From that moment the town
was ones ; the enemy could not think of defending
liemselves within it, not being prepared r a war of
ktnes, in consequence of not having demolished the
basses in the suburbs 'of San Vincente and Quarte,
Which advanced to within ten or fifteen toises of
the wall.

Night—TheFjth
artillery commenced a bombard.
Innt with eight mortars, established in the Capu-
ties Convent, upon the left bank. Pinot, Chef de
ttalion, made communications to the houses in the
suburbs of San Vincente, and quickly arrived within
ten toises of the town. We established ourselves in
some houses of Qnarte.
Seventh,.etnd eighth Nights.—Wc endeavoured
to debouch from a house in the suburbs in San in=
sante, but the enemy perceived us, and directed his
cannon upon this debouch. -We lost three miners,
.:atdthis attempt failed. We were then obliged to de-
rloch from a house 66 feet distant from the town,
from a subterraneous gallery, which was ear-
ned, in sixty hours, under the foundations of thew all.
The enemy defended the left part of the suburbs of
particularly the Convent of Uriulines.
q" de battalion, and Vacani, Captain of
Iced successively through all the houses
) dislodged the enemy, and established
it. General Blake now negotiated for
rf the town and army. The capitula.
td on the 9th.
1. (Signed) IWONIAT.

EVENING STAR.

LONDON.

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A change long desired, and for some time expect-
ed, has at length taken place in the Spanish Govern•
ment. This important fact was yesterday officially
communicated to our Ministers by the Duke del
Is-
FANTADO, who received diipatches from Cadiz in the
morning to that effect. These dispatches, which were
brought over by Colonel TEXADA, accompanied by a
Messenger of State, announce the dissolution of the
Regency, and the appointment of a new Executive
Council of Five, consisting of the following members:
the Duke del INFANTADO, General HENRY O'Dox-
NELL, Admiral VILLAVICENZA, Governor of Cadiz,
M. Rin,ts, and M. MOSQUERA.

Don VINCENTE DE DURANGO, Secretary of the Em-
bassy, will perform the duties of Ambassador to the
British Court till the appointment of a successor to the
Duke del INFANTADO.

The new arrangement was effected before the arri-
val of Mr. VAUGHAN, who came to England with
dispatches from Mr. WELLESLEY, expressly for the
purpose of obtaining the instructions of Government
on the point ; but we take it for granted, that it is
settled on the basis desired by Mr. WELLESLEY, for a
more honourable, a more enlightened Patriot than
the Duke del INFANTADO) the Spanish People could
not have at their head.

The first three of the Council are chosen for Spain,
the last two for the Indies. This arrangement has
been adopted in order to give satisfaction to the Co-
lonies, which are thus placed more upon an equality
with the mother country, by having Representatives
in the Executive Government as well as in di: Na-
tional Congress.
Great good may certainly be expected from this
change, if it be not now too late to apply remedies to
the effects which have already resulted from pride,
ignorance, imbecility, and superstition—causes which
have operated to put a merciless and unprincipled
enemy in possession of almost every strong hold in
Spain.

This new arrangement took place, we believe, be-
fore the tidings of BLAKE'S melancholy surrender
ruched Cadiz ; and it remains to be seen what
measures would, in consequence, be adopted for the
salvation of the country.
The following are the latest accounts from Spain :
“ CADIZ, JAN. 21.

"Disputes run very high between Marmont and
Soult, and both have made representations to their
Emperor. We are ignorant whether this influenced
the bad humour produced in Soult by a dispatch from
Drouet, Commander of the French troops in Estra-
madura, and the expressions of rage and disappoint-
ment which escaped him. He was closeted with
Gazan till ten at night, and at midnight dispatched
two Aid-de-Camps, one to Victor and the other to
Dra uet."

" VALENCIA DE ALCANTARA, JAN. 3.

" Brigadier D. P. Morelle has passed to La Man-
cha with his division, composed of 2000 infantry, 300
horse, and two pieces of artillery. He has likewise
under his orders some squadrons of free Hussars and
patriotic parties. It is hoped this operation will pro-
duce many fortunate results.
•, The garrison of Badajoz is composed of 4,500
men, there are many sick in it, and provisions are
very scarce."

Yesterday being the day appointed to be kept as
a General. Fast, the shops throughout the City and
suburbs, with a very few exceptions, were closely
shut up, and appropriate discourses delivered in the
different churches and other places of worship. The
Peers and Commons assembled in their respective
Hous2s, and the former, preceded by the Loan CHAN-
CELLOR, went in procession to Westminster Abbey,
and heard Divine Service; while the Commons, with
the SPEAKER at their head, went in the same manner
to St. Margaret's Church.—The LORD MAYOR and
Sheriffs went in state from the Mansion House, ac-
companied by several Aldermen, the RECORDER, Mr.
Commox SEIYEANT, &c. and attended by the City
Marshals, the Marshalsmen, &c. preceded by the East
London Militia, with their Colonel, Sir J. EAMER, at
their head, to St. Paul's Cathedral, where they heard
' Divine Service ; after which they proceeded back to
the Mansion House to dinner.

Yesterday, at two o'clock, a Cabir et Council was
haid at the Foreign Office, which s.it till past five.
Yesterday Major CORDON, who brought the Dis-
patches from Lord WELLINGTON/ was introduced to
the PRINCE REGENT, at Carlton House, by the Earl
cf LIVERPOOL/

Yesterday Sir SIDNEY SMITH transacted business
with Mr. PEEL, the Under Secretary of State in the
War department.
KING'S THEATRE. —The favourite Opera of Henry
the Fourth was revived at this House on Saturday
and Tuesday evening. It is one of those exquisite
compositions both in music and dialogue, whichcannot
fail to proie a most irresistible attraction to the admi-
-1
rers of chaste and classical dramatic representations.
The story is the same with that upon which our fa-
vourite English farce of The King and rise Miller of
Man field is founded. TRAM EZZ %NI, as the King, and
CATA LA Ni, as the Miller's Dwight:r, delighted the
audience as usual with a display
.of their unrivalled
musical talents. The Ballet of Zell", or the Forest of
Adventures concluded the representation of the even-
ing, and the curtain dropped amid lout applausest

kjfP'Ai INTELLIGENCE.

FALMdUTH, FEBRUARY 3.

Arrived ilte HERRING ichooner, Captain Munn's-,
from Lisbon, after a passage of seven days, with dis-
patches from Lord WELLINGTON, stating the fill of
Ciudad Rodrigo ; and the American ship Mary-
Eliza, WHITE, from Boston, 23 tiffs passage, with
indigo, sugar, pepper, Scc. on the 31st ult. spoke his
Majesty's ships FORTUNEE and ENDYNION, which had
been in chace of two French frigates, but which
escaped. On the Slst ult. spoke the DOTTERELL, from
Lisbon bound to this port ; she has not yet arrived.

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