Star.
London, England, 1812-03-28 00:00:00

CORUNNA, MARCH 13.

The following is an extract of a letter from Briga-
dier F. Espoz y Mina to General ,Mcndizabal, dated
Sanguesa, Feb. 7
" After the action of January 11, on the right bank
of the Ebro, I marched with a small cords of infan-
try against the enemy's garrison at ,Lodosa, which I
compelled to retire to its strong hold, while my troops
took from their magazines about '2OOO fanegas of
barley. In the mean time, my second in command,
Cruchaga, scoured the country with the rest of the
cavalry, as far as the walls of Pampeluna, whpe the
vile slaves of the tyra,ut of Europe were obliged to
take refuge.
" I then made arrangements to march against
General Sonlier and his brigade. He was quietly
potted at Sanguesa with the 3d regiment of infantry
of the line, some gens d'arrnes and Poles, 'amounting
in all' to 1600 infantry, with 170 horse. I came upon
him in the morning of the sth instant, and began fir-
ing, very unexpectedly on his part. One company
of the 4th battalionrsupported b 7 two others, forced
the bridge, with at valour which wps admired by the
enemy, while other parties of troops entered the town
on another side.

" Soulier attempted to recover his troops from the
surprize into which they had fallen ; but after a se-
vere engagement he was obliged to retire towards
Sos, across a plain two leagues in length. I follow-
ed him with the cavalry and infantry ; .and though
the enemy attempted to protect themselves by form-
ing a square several times, they were, ultimately,
driven within the walls of Sos, so much panic-struck
that they tremble at the very name of the division pf
Navarre.

" General Soulier received two balls; one Colonel,
one Lieut.-Colonel, and several other officers, remaita-
ed on the field of battle ; and lam certain that the
enemy must have lost 900 men in killed and wound-
ed. My loss is also considerable, being at least *3O
killed and 200 wounded of the infantry, amongst
whom are several officers. I must, in justice, inform
you, that all the officers attached to my suite and
that of Colonel Cruchaga have either beet wounded,
or had their horses killed under them,7—Effere he'
mentions the names, of the Officers wounded.]
" It is impossible to describe the bravery, II might
rather say, the ferocity,) of both officera and men.—
Your Excellency saw them in the action of the 11th
of January, but you could not have formed ao idea
of the valour they displayed on the sth of February.
I most particularly recommend the regimept of hus7
sirs, who lost 108 In men and horses ; among them,
Lieutenant Filch, a Prussian, who received two halls,
and lost his horse,partiCularly distinguislsccl liimscif,"
CADIZ, E/BRUARY VS.
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The last account, from the east inflamt, that all
:adroops
of the -Second Army, which escaped from
a, bays joined in Alicaot, and that they, to-
with those of the Third Army, amount to
woo men. The French, after the surrender of V 4,

lencia, extended themselves over all the kingdom ;
Valso invaded part of Murcia for a few hours, which
they left, after committing their customary robbe-
ries. It is slid, that General Bayas, who was taken
prisoner in Valencia, has made his escape, and join.
ed General Lacey in Catalonia.
Fee. 17,-.The day before yesterday entered in
1 this port the Spanish frigate Fernando, from Vera
'Cruz, in 62 days, with merchandise, and 18,000
dollars. We have letters from Yelves to the 18th
the; .
._
instant ; they represent the desertion from the garri- It was stated in a Morning Paper of 44 is mutt*
son of Bada)os as uncommonly frequent, and that telegraphic communication was last night Kea e
the place is in a most deplorable situation in regard t-e Admiralty, stating that three tail of the L• se
-titr
to provisions.
Fes, 29.—A Military Comm will recollect
Commission has been ap- 1 Squadron had got safe into Ckeeboileg, .our Raisers
pointed by ow Government, for the purpose of in- , that the erigkal seennas made do
and
quiring into every branch of the war department ; whole amount to four sal of the line two bete
and one of its Members is an English General.— corvettes. The Officers of the NrAtela frigate. who
This measure excites flattering hopes, that we shall exchanged shots with them, stated their number, ,
soon see new order introduced into our armies.—
Inteuigence correct, it would follow tkat col, res,
five sail of the line and one corveeta er a
err des
The individuals who compose the commission are -.
the Duke del Parque, President; Cerko, (Cooke)
sail of the line and one corvette remained to by se.
an English General; D. Felix Wirnfen ; and D.
Juan O'Donojui. , i counted for : but we are sorry to be obliged eo ad 4
1
ALGESIRAS, FEBRUARY Yo. that on making enjulti at the Admiralty; we he. •
Extraordinary dispatch received by the Military learnt that no new accounts have been received tines
Commander of this place, from D. Felipe Montes, respecting this squadron.
chief of the Staff of the ourth Army : t 1N.E.,..
a
44 SENIoR Govaasion —Yesterday our valiant troops AMERICA.
covered themselves with glory in the neighbourhond 1 Of the various causes that have base • for
'of Cartama. Two thousand enemy's infantry and
400 horse, commanded by General hiarancin, Go- .
the remarkable bias lately snaaifested 4 the
vernor of Malaga, have been completely routed.— n!Th st wit mar
inert Government towards this see • Ailli.
be perceived that the institotion- of weirersei Na.
Our infantry, with a boldness unexampled, after a
• lively fire, charged wily the bayonet ; the enemy's (rage is considered ae one of the most doiniv if
horse and foot were put to a shameful flight. We notice, and that all the causes that bete beta Mk
attacked them by the front and flanks, our success
ogs auti ovs stair
was equally glorious at all points. Their General .
signed, pre-suppose the eta --1.
was killed, according to the confession of the pri. efficiency to; this institution.
soners, and the Colonel of the 9th Poles, and two' This, it appears, is the 4terii me i." this is the
commandants of battalions, and various subaltern ' circumstance that gives- life, vigour, and enemy is
officers, have experienced a similar fate. These are ' all the causes; and, lt may be said to be an inooe,,
the happy resulte of yesterday, a day the most glo- h •ht
pre ensi e paradox, that the Americans, a 'sect
rious to our arms. 'llie field of battle presented a 4
must horrible prospect ; the whole of it was covered of freemen, should entertain so soon g a predelictict
'with corpses. At this moment the prisoners and for France, which is* hnid of tyranny, and so strong
some juramentados, among them an Officer, are on a dislike to England, which is a land of freedom, we
their march for this place. On our part, we have "to Mention that England is the only country •
lost Lieutenant-Colonel de J. M. Granados, and Don
A. Selisio, of the Lena Cassadores. This loss has now preserves the remains of the civilud world, arid
•
j been sensibly felt by us, and their names will be ever even America herself, from the overwhelningdomi,
held dear in the memory of the good, for their great' nation of France.
valour and capacity. We should, in consequence, \Vhoever reflects for a moment on the con: • ' position I have entered Malaga, having arrived within a league of the Republican party in America, and on the uti,
I of
and that
200 cityho beet Gener
endeav al
oured Rey,
toe
attack uOO s
inonfantrouyr ,
form tendency of universal suffrage, to which it owes
• flank ; his horse was beaten, and only served to add its origtn and existence, will cease to wonder at this -
a new triumph to our anterior glories. We would' seemingly unnatural propensity. The Republican
have waited for them, certain of a complete victory,-' party in the kinked States consists of a populace
if all our forces had been united; but these scarcely
, who are governed by their passions, and of leaders
amounted to 2000 infantry, the rest having remained
observing different points. 4, EELIFE 1401 i TES.
i who are ruled by their interests. The policY adopted .
..Yunquiera, Feb. 17." I; by such a party must necessarily be a coarse and
l
DECREE ISSUED YBY FRANCESCO ESPOZ MINA. .
illiberal policy—it must be a policy suited to the loc.
The atrocities and scandelalous conduct of the 'fantail sox/Sur, to the views and• capacities of a rude,
enemy in this kingd m has arrived to the highest . illiterate, and ferocious populace. Such exactly is,
pitch of iniquity ; constant in his project of usurpa-
tion, he has pursued u system of terve, blood, and i the
,
policy of the Republican faction in America.-
devastation. Neither the sentiments of humanity,! i'l /2"e sentiments qi respect and admitatien which
nor the laws as admitted among civilized military !the bare mention of the English name ought, aa the
nations, nor has the generous conduct of the Navarian I present moment, to excite in the heart, not only of
volunteers, been able to restrain the sanguinary and every American, but of every human being whys,
desolating French Generals, and intrusive Authorities ; heart is . .
"The cities live in cunsternation, and no consolatipn is
to be found in the village!; that class and description ! susceptible of. That highly estimable-body entertaie
of inhabitants, naturally respected by barbarous na- i and express
,ell entitled, not only from her being 11,
for England, the consideration to which
dons, has been no protection in th s country. The
she is so w
sanctuary is profaned, and its ministers conducted to j
I
resent the bulwark of the civilized world, and the
dungeons and punishment. it is impossible to pro. P
ceed a single-step without hearing the sad shrieks' asylum of oppressed humanity; but in a more psi-
caused by tyranny. Navarre is filled with wretched. liar degree, from hat having so long been the
ness ; the lamentations of its best friends are antes- 1
sant. Fathers have seen their children hung for their nurse of true Religion, of genuine liberty, of mita
literature ; and as having furnished the model et. Um.
heroic conduct in defending the country. Sons have •
t
seen their fathers consumed in prison for no other
crime than that of being the parents of such valiant tree gcvanment. and of those eual laws which cm,
q
stitute the proudest distinction o(the American aim-
defenders. A spirit of moderation, consistent with monwealth. Very different ate the views and with
the religion, character, and education of the Nava-
ments of the Republican party—they can see linkrims, rians, has made the volunteers act in a manner dia. •
difference between a nation., ruled by a King, as 4 a
metrically opposite to that of the tyrants; they have
shewn themselves equally decisive and brave in the pert oi thew
nation ruled by an Emperor ; a great
field of battle as humane and •generous when the do not know that the government ef Englaud ts Moo
enemy surrendered. The table of the chiefs has ever than that of France. They treasure up the miseries
been open to many officers, prisoners, and the simple
loldier hat received the same ration as the volunteer. and animosities of the revolutionary war; they vi!
Magistrates, virgins, and clergymen, have been most lif-
v England because the Federalists express mew
infamously plundered, and afterward; either conduct- and respect for her charactena-they are encourard
ed to France, or fallen victims to their ferocity. I and supported in their Anuainglican meaeuresbyee
lament the fate of some officers either hung or shot, exhortations and example: of di.contented Irish, old
and my grief is continued by the similar fate experi-
enced by many volunteers. I have incessantly mutest other fureigaers—their zeal is inflamed and asset-
I Most energetically to the French Generals in Na. rated by the unremitting efforts of.their leedersi awl_.
varre, requesting they would reduce the war to its by the vigorous opposition of the 1. *dela) PIM ; "II
true limits. I am, therefore, justified in my proceed- thus it happens, that-in a Republican cavalry, do
ing, and could, were it necessary, convince the public ruling party is hostile to this land aimed," sod*
to , ,
of the necessity of the present Decree :
DECREE. . Cached to a nation of slaves. •
Ankle Z. In Navarre, war and. death, without gamier,* . Therefore, after the most deliberate cesksisi"l"
declared against all French soldiers and Officers, inducting the *every thinking person must be satiefied that toolilift.
Emperor Liniself. ' is
a. The French officers or Wilkes taken, with or without
Government cannot have any serious
arms, in any action, shall be hutquarml, in their uniforms, placed or wish' to go to war with this country; o _ .
• to the high roads.
a. Any officer, soldier, or person, of whatever description, keffort,of which would be, the destruction 01 011°4
silo mates or suffers a Frenchnian to escape, shall inlailibly be titan commerce, which would netessarilY4o9l"W'
Ant.
4. Any person speaking agabui, or concerning this decree, destruction of the Revenue I in order then ro c°,
shall be shot, and their property distributed among the division. 011 the war, as well as the ordinsery business lor
5. The house In any town in which any Frenchman is °on. vernment, loans must be resorted to, and drecttual-
tealed, shall be burnt, and its inhabitants shot.
"
The Decree prohibits all provisions, &c. from being taken to imposed ; but direct taxes would be felt as an illii
Pampelons, it being declared in a state stif siege, under pain of -
death, and that all persons attempting to eater k'shall, without lerable hurthen by the prom of America* •
ceremony, be fired upon, and, if wounded andtaken,immediately would speedily
shun; that all persons desirous to quit the city shall be received
would fall rhe Ora*
I.:With humanity, but not suffered to return; that deserters, upon and thus the American rulers „.I.
remove the present Admesielsollli
aper'sioll oar advanced patties, and repeating " dwierted," will urns tO what has been believed by many La be.T
boa pWtectpd, and suffered to choose between the service of Eng- ,
bed or being sent to their own country; that a workly,oontri- , ~..
sitcOUritt measure. _ - pi
MOM of in piastres is imposed upon the relations of all those I Unless, therefore, we suppose the uovestropi
ennebered in the service of the French Goveinusent,i 'whore pro.
,_ America e be destitute not only of all Pzioci
, paw blies:fixated to the Government whilst they Smith isi • • 9
Shell' !Torments. That all perms folio have left theie 4wee. petriotism, but even ef common understaaaa4
ling*, olive an a place occupied hy the enemy, do fmmediaGely cemmon regard to their own interest, we c
Nturnivithic the terM of twenty days, indee pain of being de- a moment suppose them to be serious in their
clarod tuatore•to tusk gauntry- That al Magistrates, ace. who 4 what, watt, . +t'+ ,
send say effects or notice of them to she enemy shalt be infaßibly -
hung; and the; see pew if to be read every fifteen days in all .Prtirate letters from Washinstea to --tha'4,61141/11. o
churches, &c. ''
Norfolk to-the 13th February, express the s •
Given a die ies4 Gilmour, In Navarre, the loth Dee. tall. sentiments k
TR4licH Eat" and MIN*" " The Cabinet appear as much dibtractCksigir‘

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Councils as fter ; and the merit of Mi. Mutative
has completed the crisis of their dilemma. An at.
tempt has been made to recover the Charter of the
Bank of the United States, but the Patty in power
se so apprehensive that it would operate as a grand
political engine for the Federalists to rise in power,
that every exertion or attempt has, and will prove
&wive. Such was the distrust and want of confi-
dence in the Government, that the Six per cents. was
dole se mat/pave /ter cent. being eight per cent. un-
der par, and still falling.
Conger appear to be doing nothing, but are waiting
up obtain accounts from Great Britain, on the acces-
sion of the PRINCE REGENT into full power. It is a
rani inrorssioo that the war preparations in raising
the army of 25,000, the Volunteers of 50,000, and
classifying the Militia, are mere MADISONIAN bubbles,
blown up to alarm Great Britain, and to make the
people adhete to their Government, while the true
intent is the securing Mr. MADISON'S future election. ,
Nothing is said in the above communications of
Mr. FOSTER) nor of his having made any proposals
to renew the treaty of Messrs. MUNROE and PINCKNEY,
as reported a few weeks since.

STAR OFFICE, THREE O'CLOCK.

bispatthes from thi Earl Of WELLINGTON were
Oil limning received at-the Office of the Earl of
I.:minor.. In the thermion the following Bulletin
was issued :