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furamentados are reJuced to the Officers, by whom

of Ballasteros has so much infiutnce on the Ft ench,
that Soult had given the most express orders to over-
vrhtim that General. For this purpose was so large
a force collected the kingdoms of Granada and Jaen
were left with only 4000 French, Laval haring mar-
ched with the rest of them against Bailasteros. All
the di,posable troops in the kingdom of Seville were
marched under the orders of RAI and Semele. In
the mean time, are not San Lucar, Rota, and Port
'St. Wry, points deserving of our attention, and
which might probably admit of a coup•de-main ?
Naval and military men must decide this question.

they were commanded.
, A convoy, consisting of SOOO infantry and 1400 ca.
valry, have advanced from Escurial to Brunete. Tht
11whole body proceeding to Talavera is accompanied
by a quantity cf grain and much cattle. The passing
of these troops and others to the station of Talavera,
has occasioned the expectation of some movement in
the army of MARMONTI and probably of a retrograde
kind. The fortification of Cuerva Menas, Albas, and
other places in the mountainous parts of the district
of Toledo favour this conjecture.

MADRID, NOVEMBER 7.
Marmont and Jourdan have had several confe.
rences, the subject of which is not known. It is cer-
tain, however, that the Ministers have assigned to the
former, for the support of his army, the part of the
province of Toledo on the right of the Tagus, the
district around Talavera, part of that of Avila, and
a track of country in the vicinage of Madrid, on the
side of Poente. Amoroz is to be the immediate
agent, under the unders of Marmont, in order to pre.
1 vent the nullity of his office from being perceived.
The guerillas do not lose sight of us-.
TOLEDO, NOVEMBER s.
Yesterday an edict was published, importing that
the army of Soult should subsist themselves wherever
they might march to, and that no rations should be
provided for their use. This is a fresh proof of the i We are concerned to say, that our men of war
agreement between the two Marshals, before 14... r have suffered most severely, during the late gales in
separated at Badajoz.
IA MING OF THE CORTES, DECEMBER t. the Baltic, The DESIREE, Captain Faanosswa, has
picked up at sea several pieces of the wreck of the St.
The Report of the Military Commission was read,
and also the resolution of his Majesty, with regard to George, which indeed seems to be totally lost. We
the military conduct of General La Pena, at the regret that we cannot add any thing on the subject
battle of Chiclana. From those documents, it ap. of the crew, but we entertain strong hopes that they
peared that the object of that action was to raise the are safe. The following letter is the only information
siege at Cadiz ; that General Graham being questio. we possess on the subject at present :
ned by General La Pena, on account of his having
• " HARWICH, JANUARY 1.
retired to the Isla with the troops of our allies, re- '
1 pliedthat he waited fur an from the Eng.! first, answer " By a boat just come in from Hosely Bay, we
lisp Minister, in answer to a note which he had sent learn that a vessel had arrived there from the Baltic,
him ; and afterwards, that the English troops having bringing an account of the loss of the ST. Gaonos
suffered much, could not at that moment do more man of war, off Jutland. It appears, that after her
than guard the lines, for the purpose of aiding the
jury-masts were rigged, two vessels were orderedo
ulterior operations of the Spanish army. The Re-
port then went on to state, that the Generals who attend her, but were separated from her in a vary
composed the Court of Inquiry were in substance heavy gale."
agreed in approving the conduct of General La Pena, 1 Great fears arc entertained for the DEFENCE, Capt.
who had put failed to do every thing dictated by mi- , ATKINS, as well as the limo, Capt. Newman, as no
litary skill and a prudent zeal. In conformity to this
trace of them has yet been discovered. The TWEED,
opinion, the Cortes thought it incumbent on them i
Ito declare, that General La Pena had fully done his which sailed from the Nore on the 18th November, to
[ duty on the above thy, and ought to be reinstated in ' cruize off Yarmouth, and had been missing until
i his rank. His Majesty has therefore declared, that Tuesday, not having been able to execute her orders,
the Cortes are satisfied with the' military conduct of . I
General La Pena. i arrived Sheerness on Tuesday morning.

Tuesday night, between 9 and 10 o'clock, a tre. 1
mendous firing was heard on the Coast, be►tween 1
Dover and Folkestone. It appeared upon enquiry to I
have been a smart engagement between his Majesty's
schooner CHARLES, of 10 guns, Lieut. L. Shunt,
and one of the largest class of French privateers.—
I)uring the engagement the schooner unfortunately
lost her main-mast, on which the privateer made off
and the CHARLES was unable to follow her. The
latter was much damaged in her rigging, and had
several men wounded, one of whom is the Mate.

TARIFA, DECEMBER 3.
On the first the enemy advanced towards Algesiras
with two small howitzers, threw eight grenades into
the town, and four others which fell outside. They
afterwards withdrew, intimating, that 5000 rations
and a great ,quantity of money should be got ready
for them by the second.
At four on the morning of this day, General Co. '
pons marched with about 1000 men for Puertollano,
and his cavalry with that of the English proceeded to
the Buquete de la Pena al Valle; at six o'clock about
1000 English marched in the same direction.
Notwithstanding that we are free of the 2200 ene-
mies who presented themselves by Facinas, we do
not doubt that others will advance, since it appears
that Soult wishes to take possession of this place.—
The Tower of La Pena, the only point by which ar-
tillery can be brought, is defended, and the navy will
be able to co-operate greatly in making the khemy
pay dear for his enterprize. The walls of Tarifa, the
brave garrison, and the spirit of its inhabitants, will
long mock the plan of Soult ; and, even if ke were to
obtain the surrender of this pace, he would go little
further, since the island, though joined to the main
land, presents fortifications which will prove the
wreck of French arrogance.

A report was in circulation yestarday, that a letter
from Petersburgh, dated the 4th ult. has been receiv-
ed, stating, that on that day news had arrived of the
signature of preliminaries of peace by the Russian
and Turkish Plenipotentiaries, which intelligence had
been forwarded by express to Stockholm. We have
not been able to trace this letter in any quarter, and
we do not believe that any advices have been obtain-
ed from the Russian capital of a later date than the
Ist of last month.

We have German Papers, with letters from Heli-
goland to Friday last, which are silent on this im-
portant subject, and which would be utterly inexpli-
cable, it an event of such deep interest to the Russian
Empire had occurred.

The'following are conditions of the Armistice con-
cluded between the Russian and Turkish Armies on
the Shores of the Danube :

THE EVENING STAR.

" 1. The Armistice is to continue during the term
of the neociation, which is now to be undertaken.
"2. 11, contrary to all expectation, such negocia-
tion should not terminate in peace, hostilities are not
to be recommenced until eight days after notice shall
be given by either party.
" 3. The Armistice shall be binding on all the Di-
visions of the Russian and Turkish armies, and shall
be also extended to those of Servia and Bosnia.

LONDON.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 2.
MICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK

3 per Ct. Cons. for money abut—Ditto for opg. 631 64
3 per Ct. Reduced 6211-4 per Cent. 781
Navy 5 Per Ct. shut—Bonds 155.145. pr.—Omnium 1 I die.
Exch. DUI. (34.) par to 21. 4is.—Ditto (314.) Is. to es. pre.

We stated yesterday the arrival of a large fleet of
transports from Lisbon, and this morning we have
received a variety of communications from the army,
chiefly relating to the successes of the native troops
iii their skirmishing parties with the enemy. The
spirit of activity and enterprize displayed on all occa-
sions by the Guerillas, has compelled the enemy to
resort to every accidental means of entrenchment and
fortification. This circumstance has induced the

6' 4. The positions in which the respective armies
now are,' shall be retained until the decision be had.
The Russians shall persevere in the b'ockade of Rod-
schuck, the Turks remaining on the left bank of the
Danube, the Russians supplying them with provisions
during the whole time of the Armistice."
A very unexpected alteration took place on Tues-
day in the exchange, between this metropolis and the
north of Europe. The rise in favour of this country
is nearly 10 per cent. We understand numerous and
large remittances have been received from Russia by
the Anholt Mail.

Spaniards to provide the expedients for besieging him
in the places of his temporary retreat. The C0m.14
mandant MERINO has collected a quantity of imple-
ments and materials to undermine the numerous.l
Convents occupied by the French—and this new spe-
cies of warfare has been attended with great success
both in Arragon and Catalonia.
It is said that the conferences between Jounnew,l
DAULTANNE, and MARMONT, referred to the as-11
sistance required by SouLT from the latter, which
MARMONT has finally refused to grant, alledging, as
an excuse, the fatigue his troops have undergone,
and the great difficulty of procuring subsistence for
them,
The party of the Physician (Medico) has shut up
in Chinchon 200 of the enemy. On the same day,
at a league distance from Aranjuez, all the guards,
both infantry and cavalry, stationed on the principal
bridge, deserted. The soldiers composing the gar-
filen of Madrid ip ten days, to the number of 116,
left their colours, and in almost every s!wation the

Sunday evening last, a man of the name of James
Feaste, was taken into custody inCanterbury,charged
with being concerned in aiding and assisting French
prisoners and other foreigners to escape from this
country, This person, w.;,0 it is saickis a native of
Guernsey, and bad within the last six months occa-
sionally lived atWhitstable, it appears, was the owner
of a small vessel of about 35 tons burthen, ostensibly
employed in the smuggling trade, and sailed from
Hearne bay about a fortnight since with a crew of
five mariners belonging to Hearne, previous to which
time he had been concealed some wet ks at Whitsta-
ble. On Friday last (according to his own state-
ment) he left Dunkirk, with a cargo of silks and con-
itaband spirits, and in the afternoon of that day was
taken at the back of the Goodwin Sands, by a King's
cutter,, and his vessel carried into Dover, where he
was permitted to come on shore in consequence of
his shewing letters addressed to several of the Mini-
sters of State, and stating that he was employed by
the Admiralty, to obtain information of the state of
the enemy's preparations. On the evening of Satur-
day he arrived in Canterbury by the mail coach; and
while at the coach office on Sunday evening taking
his place to proceed that night to London, was re-
cognized by John Abbot, Esq. one of the county ma-
gistrates, who in consequence of an express just re-
ceived by him fr..m Mr. Mantel, at Dover, was ma-
king inquiries respecting a person of his description,
and he was shortly after apprehended at the King's
Arms public-house, where he had directed the coach
to call for him. The prisoner has been already con-
victed on a similar charge, and admitted, in this in-
stance, that he had occasionally carried over a French
prisoner, for the purpose of obtaining the favour of
the Vrench Government, and more readily procuring
the information required;