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SP4NISH PAPERS.

VALENCIA, OCTOBER 26.
The following information has been officially com:.
municated to the public :

STAFF OF THE SMOND ARMY.

1, His Excellency Don Joaquin Blake having hid
it in view to relieve the garrison of the Castle of St.
Fernando de Sagunto, and to cotnrnence operations
for driving the enemy from the kingdom 6f Valencia,
ycs•ertlay put his army in motion ; but the fortune of
RUM was not conformable to his plans and to his
hopes. The inhabitants ei this Cttpit4l have b.•.en
.wimesses of the valottr with Vaich our troops f0n12,10,
and of the good order in wit'ch they effected their
retreat, for the purpose-of occupying their former
positiOns. But the enemy, proud of his succ.ns, and
bvlieving our army complteli routed or dispervd,
and making sure of the conqttest to which he all:red,
this day sent in a flag of truce to our advanced posts,
of which infoiTnation was given to the Senor General,
T.tho immediately sent an oilicer of h's staff to learn
ne-cbject of its arrival, an not ptrrnit the bearer to
advance any farther. The bear:r therefore delivered
the subjoined letter, and returned. It is addressed
to the Governor of Valencia, and its contents are
literally as follows :

• ARMY OF ARRAOON. •
" Camp at Va:eri:iA, Oct. LT, 1811.
" Senor Governor—You must already know the
result of the battle of yesterday. Eight thousand
prisoners, many Generals, and the greater part of the
4rtiliery of the army commanded by Senor Bl::ke,
are in our power. lam commissit,ned on the part '
of his Excellency the Marshal of the Empire Count
Suchet, to make proposals to you, that tile city of
Valencia may avoid all the calamities and outrages
which a vain resistance must inevitably draw down
upon it, and of which all thifortresses besieged and
taken by our troops present to you a terrible example.
I am authorised to offer you conditions the: most ho..
pourable and advantageous for the security and titan-
. quillity of the citizens of Valencia. Flom the mo.
meta that city surrenders to the arms of his Majesty
the Emperor and King, the past shall be forgotten,
and no resentment shah exist on the part of the French
against the Valencians : wLile we, on our part, by
Our generous proceedings, and the special protection
which his Excellency the Martial promises the Va-
lencians, shall exert ourselves to make them forget
the evils of war, and the horrible anarchy in which
they have been so long plunged. • • -
t. " Receives Senor Governor, the assurance of my
perfect consideration. (Signed)
• • 4! BARON HARISrk, GetkalciDivislon."
4! His Excellency the General in Chief has not
reply to this 'riditulous paper,

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erriven With the malicious I,lltentkil Of elleitleg the I
public believe that the army has been destroyed, and
the General remaining wfthout the city'; Sid his Es=
cellenCy has thought proper Wet' the above should be
communicated to all, for their information.

(Signed) .44 SUWON mum."
VALENCIA, OCT. Cs.
BATTLE OF THE TWISTY-I,IFM OF OCTOBER.
On the 25th, in the morning, we attacked the ene-
my ; the fate of arils decided in their fixour. On
the night of the same day our troops again occupied
their positions, upon the right of the 1 una ; and on
the '26lh, in the afteruoon, Murviedro capitulated,
which, at break of day the following morning, had
the trt-coloured flag flying upon it. We will enter a
little into particulars; .
The Castle of Murviedro, placed at the junction of
the two avenues by which the enemy at present di-
rected their invasion, WAS the bastion of this kingdom.
Every endeavour was therefore requisite to prevent
their obtaining possession of it, since without it they
coeld not carry their projects into execution. Our
army, in consequence of the past, avoi4ed a battle
the puccess of which appeared dubious, and retired
to this position to hettei its disposiii.m, and wait re-
inforcements, and t emain till the enemy hid weaken-
ed themselves in the siege of this castle. The French
commenced the siege with that Impetuosity which
marks their character, and the for-etcr glorious re-
sistance of the fortress was equally deteVrtined, as
well as the measures adopted by their Governor.
The army was organised with activity, and rein-
forced by the large expeditionary divisions of
At the same time, the divisions of the Empecinado,
Diann and Mina, attacked the garrisons of Arragon,
distracted the enemy's forces in that kingdom, retard-
ed the arrival of the reinforcements which came and
threatened the capital, and disquieted SuChet above
measure.

The people of the Serrania and Onda likewise in-
tett opted greatly his communication with Tortosa.
Scarcity began to be felt in the enemy's camp : it
arrived to a considerable height, and through neces-
sity a corps of 1,000 men were obliged to be detach-
ed to protect a convoy coming from Saragossa. In
this state were things on the 23d; but although two
of the military means used to save fortresses, vw.. to
ince cept the enemy's subsistence, or threaten some
point which it was very important for them to iave,
were put in practice, they were not on this occasion
sufficient. The breach in the Castle had been accessi-
ble for eight days, it possessed little provisions, and
had resisted three assaults.

Some differences between Duran and the Empeci-
nado, according to that spirit of provincialism which
we have not yet been able to root out from among
paralyzed the operations, and the state of the fortifi-
cations of Saragossa left no doubt that it would hold
out longer than the castle of Murviedro. The en-
trance of a Strong Italian division from Navarre con-
tributed also to secure the enemy in Arragon. Time
pressed; the army wished for battle, for that alone
could save the castle of Murviedro, which by letters
and signals had made known the extremity to which
it was reduced. It was resolved to give battle, and
place ourselves, as we had done so many times before,'
in the hands of that fortune which has so much
fluence in such events.. The troops began to defile
on ow left towards the bridges of Ribaroja, and our
first movements repulsed, drove back precipitately
the 4.,Q00 men wl the enemy had detached, end
the convoy they expected retired in the same ni.4nner
to Saragossa: The ground from hence to Murvie-
dro is a kind of closely-planted orchard, which ter-
minutes on the right at the sea, and on the left at
some distance from the foot of the mountains which
separate Valencia from La Mancha, Cuenq, and
Arragon. Three principal carriage-roads cross this
orchard, and lead from Turia to Placentia ; one on
the right called De Alboruyo, through the centre of
the high roid ; and on the left that which leads from
Ribaroja by 13etcra. The enemy were encamped a
league beyond Mt:rviedro, at the place where the
mountains approach nearest the sea. By these three
roads it was indispensably necessary to make our
attack ; and though the nature of the ground render-
ed it impossible to unite well those of the right and
centre with that of the left, that was much less in-
convenient than to leave open any one of the three
roads. The security with which the enemy (in case
they should endeavour to anticipate our attack, as
was to be expected), might send their main body on
the right by the road of Betera, the mountains cover-
ing their attack, and the ground there being free for
their cavalry to act in, and open for the display of
their manccuvres, determined the General likewise
to make his principal attack at the same point; and
to this rea'ion was added, that of being surrounded
or driven upon the sea in case of defeat. To this
attack was therefore destined the Valencian division
under the command of Miranda, that of the Arrago-
nese 'under Villacamp, both under command of
O'Donnell, and the division of Mahi. In the centre
WAS the division of Lardizabal, with the expeditionary
cavalry ; on the right the division of Zayas. The
division of O'Donnell as best experienced, siipported
by that of Mahi, as a reserve, were appointed to
commence the attack--the two divisions of the cen-
tre'and right were to accompany the movement, and
cover the right of the principal -attack, Two sections
of the division of reserve, one under :he command of
Liori, the other under Velaseo—and both, in fact,
under the latter, were to serve as a reserve to the
centre and right. The whole disposition was ex,
tremely well concerted. It was to be expected that
the Valencian and Arragonese troops would fight
well, seeing they were supported by good troops ;
and in case of a want of firmness, there was a re,
source, which would not have been the case had the
disposition been contrary, tnd the impbrtance of se,
curing the high road (since the retreat of the troops
of the left would never be to Valencia) justified the
employment of the troops for this purpose, it; whom
most confidence could be, placed.. • •
The line chosen for the base of this double attack
was that formed by the heights of the Pitch, on the
Tight.—the Cartaja in the centre; 'and on the left, the
two hills called Germane% in front of which runs
the deep read of Pizador.
On the 24th at'ricion, began the general morment
which was adeoMpanied by' the light trnOpk, In 4 an
r.nglicb corvette of war. •; • • . • •
' At midnight the moors occupied their position in

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post, retbouvbeing admitted to lidvance farther. Yes.
terday they approached towards Tab- rnes = we I are
passed the night under arms. and !enact that if the
enemy attack us, in the entrenchments they will he re.
pulsed.

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' the Ana, the Gnerillas meting the high road....
Ott 'Chi 25thi in the morning, ete discovered the
ettuet. • in their camp, formed In order,ol battle, with
,large bodies on their flanks and centre, and the
greater part of ir.eavalry pn the right—and a few,
moments horse and guerillas appeared CADIZ, NOVEMBER 20.
T.o.day disembarked is this port. Lieutenant-Gt.
the Hostalets, or Minns ofPuchol, situated in front •
on the deep mad. The firing began on both si Je4 near
dour line ; and the General being well informed of .the 4... i
twral Henry O'Donnell, General.in Chief ofi
• ,
the situation of the enemy, gave orders to advancr. Army.
The movement was immediately made in the most Nov. 22.—The following are the positions of our
, gallant manner, and almost at the smote moment the troops in the territory of Ronda :—On the 16 11 G.:-
enemy began theirs—part of their forces took the
nerd Copmis was in Meals, the Eng:-11 at Vegtr,
high road, and the main body, wish the cavalry; the and General Ballaii.
stt.ros commanded the plains or,
road of Eetera. Both armies then advaaced to the os, rc?s, an. evn as i 1
far as, Xeres. Ti.cre i•
encounter with equal ardour, and all rem:tined in reason to believe, however, that Souk has succeeLle,t
ense, .
susp ' waiting the moment of the terrible &Lock.
in collectingdowards Moron about 40(e) Men, al
troon
About half Nay betacen the enemy's right and our' are to co-operate with
left was a ridge of ground, which offered some ad- Coal!, and tp be joined by other detachments ; tht•
s whom he has IV
5000 .
whole of which, when collected, may occaeion then .
vantage ; and both parties made exertions to avail
themselves of it. treat of our troops. It appears certain that Seme: •
was charged with this expe .jeoia, and that it was te
n.e
Our sheep-shooters, with singular velour, ritunieg ,
co: ine:ice its operations on the 20 th. We vts-,
through the plain towards that part of the enemy's ! .
.c' .
'. teat General Ballasteros is well informel
cavalry which covered the movement, put them to ""
te-
flight, got possession of the ridge, and were sup- ; its eieects, and confidently hope he will gain the
; satete advantages over it as he did over the preceding.
ported by titre. battelions and some field-pieces, bet
The lee st letters frem Valencia reach down to the
this ardour, was inconsiderate—they separated tee 1
much fro the column;. Those of the enemy, is Lich eth, and add nothing farther to what we have already:n
were more united, dieledged them. with a charge,' seated, but that the enemy continued his tecoceee.
assisted by the movement which their cavalry made , ay.. es-
on their right, against the left flank of our columns. eajev. 24.—The last accounts Irons Valencia are
The battle lasted no longer on the left., The ra,hncss ' from Alicent, of the 12th instant. They stete, that
of the soldiers, And the want of military discipline, Suchet wee. erecting his batterhs close to Valencia,
Lad th;s effect—and one battalion alter Another, after and that his whole force did not exceed 15,000 men.
making a feeble resistance, were put in dist.rJer, The Spenier,is have 26,(Y00 men, exclusive of Cue.
and abandoned the field of battle. The order m hick rifles ; so that there were still he ixs they might be
the General sent, iliac Mahi should attack, did not successful.
nor could arrive in time; and this General, seeing 1 There are accounts that ,Empecioado and 11... ran
had surrpunded a body of 4000 French in Arregon,
that the principal attack of the enemy would be
against' him, and being without cavalry, in rouse-
possibly the division lately detached by Suchet to that
qoence of the little firmness ehewn by his, who aban- province, to check their progress.
doned him on the approach of the enemy, and well
The British troops under Colonel Skerrett had re.
persuaded that his disordered troops could not unite,'
turned to Tarifa. They had some ts iffing skirmishes
immediately commenced. his retreat, which was ob. i with the enemy, and part of the 67th lett their knelt..
stineeely covered to Las Stomas, by Creagit's division, .
sacks at Vigor ; their loss very taifling.
which had superior forces US-contend with. The bat- i
General Ballasteros was manoeuvring before two
the was now lost, at the very time this event hap- :
The divisions of Lardizabal and Z tyas' petted. divisions of the French, commendedby General Se-
opened their fire, the first in Los Hostolets, ane the— mele. We have every confidence in his not only
second in Puchol—and the expeditionary horse,
frustrating their designs, but of giving a good ac-
placed on the lett of the road, made one, of tie most i count cf them as he did before.
brilliant charges ever recoeded ; since, notwidistand..l There is no novelty in this neighbourhood.
ing the enemy's horse were supported by artillery,l CORTES,
and defended by a mud wall, the:, despising the firs :
SITTING OF Tlll 22D OF IZOFFAIDIR.
of the former, and leaping the latter, attacked, over-
Various, letters were read, transmitted from the
threw, and sabred the French hussars, though vet y i
..,Staff of the army of Valencia. Senor An.
superior in numbers, took the artillery, and continued .General
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mini,
.taovernor of the Castlearf Sagunto, acs,
the action. Ric, Colonel of the Grenadiers, was the a
.that tiring
.convinced of the impossibility 'of the
first who leaped over the wall; Coral, he who took
, siege being raised, he bad consented to an honour[.
the artillery.
• ble. capitulation. In the summons of surrender ed.
The fruits of this charge were lost—our cavalry .dressed to the said Governor, Suchet sets, that ail
disordered, as might be expected, after this move- resistance was vain after the actiia of the 25th, in
men!, were attacked by the reserve of cuirassiers, which he calculates that lie took- 3 celours, 20 pieces
and driven back for a considerable distance, with the of artillery, and 4000 prismers.
loss of General Caro and Brigadier Loy, prisoners,
the Valencia Gazette of November the
the
:led
support of the 23 line, some wonnded ; and iwhich had a short tin consequence of wantmeibe-
_PO' B.
In
est Andrianiis much blamed for having surrendere,h
fore been sent to reinforce the van-guard, they could and also his otleers, none of them having thought
i proper to as 1:I11.• the commend of the castle, in vir-
not rally for a length of time. ' • tue of a,! -..::..i.. of his hia'eaty to 'het effect, in which
Almansa and Alcautara likewise retired to Fehla • the Gore; nor and gartieen of every place axe cee.
de Farnell, netere they rallied ; and the van-guard et- tioned "to he upon t!e:e guard again t eivingtrei':i
tacked in front, and turned on its lett, followed the to the treacherous and artful details of the Fience.")
same movement.--Thus was our centre routed.
A I..tter of General Burriel. chef ef the staff ( f
In the mean time, Zayas's division, which' efore in General Blake's army, says, with regard to the a, t:, n
Albuera and Zug.ir so nobly supported the national of the 25th, that it was impossible yet to fix tee
honour, most heroically fought, even outdoing its for- ameunt of the li ss, as the details Lad nor came in •
t
mer deeds. Without any support from its left, it but that some pieces of artillery had been LA.
completely cleared the high road, commenced a brisk ,
action against very superior forces, and three or four
Letters from General Lacy detailed -
the cap.ure of
,
times obliged the enemy's battalions to retrocede. a convoy of 150 nudes laden with corn, and 7(10
head of cattle, after routing the escort; also the COM-
' It was in vain the enemy marched towards it, by plow rout of the enemy in Igualada, Cervera, and
the high road, a strong column of cavalry ; that the Belpnig ; and that after the surrender of the latter
reserve, situated in Puchol, fired upon, and made de- poinf, the Berm de Erodes advanced into some of the
monstrations of turning it ; it would not retire a step, villages of France, and drove back the enemy who
but covering its left as well as lii cumstances -would attacked him.
admit, with a battalion en maize, continued the action.
At the capture of Cervera, a ten. egatlo Spaniard
There now scarcely remained the two battallnns oft
was taken, who had acted as Corregidor of the pl ice,
Spanish guards, that of La Petrie came to their as- greatea and who had been guilty of the atrocities
sistance ; and whilst in El l'uig, the General was
towards his unfortunate countrymen. This mocreent
making the requisite d;sposition for restraining the ene-
had nyente.d. a cage, into which he eut tilo,e who did
my, the 4th division of the 4th army continued their
i
Their not pay their contributions, or who.were not saki-
fire, as at the commencement of the action.
ently submissive to his caprices, and in wiiielt trey
ammunition being at last consumed, Zayas sent to
were exposed to all manner cf insults. This c to was
request the General would send him cartridges. The
i General sent him orders to cemmeoce his retreat; this
so constructed, that only the heads of the wretc::ed
1 movement he executed most admirably and leisurely.
prisoners were free, and in this state he often be-
All the wounded retired, and the four divisions hay-
smeared their faces with honey, in order that they
ing arrived upon the heights Del Pitch, took a position might be devoured by the flies. ,fltis Senor Corte
up in them. They had the m;sfortune to have taken
F‘ i Cervera, in tdost hasbeeni
his
own cage, in order that be might nue
battalion of guards, in consequence of an equivocal
since paraded through the streets of
prisoners in the streets of Puchol, the remains of the
e&tate at his leisure on the unfortunate beings whom
movement made by the Imperials of Toledo, on ac-
he subjected to this cruel punishment.
count of witch Zayas has suspended their Com. ' The following letter, addressed to General Blake
mandant. The heroic hattalinn of guards, now with. front Espoz y Mina, was then read :
out cartridges, twice demanded to be led to thech mete. ' et I hare the honour to inform your Excellency.
The bold demonstrations of the reserve the efforts of that for the purpose of incessantly harassing the ene-
Vella and Burriel, of Lardizabal and Chacon, and my, I marched to the town of Exea, in the kingdotu
others, who collected some cavalry in the high road, qf Ammon, where having routed the enemy's gun-
checked the enemy, who, by another route, had de- son, I advanced to the town of 4yerbe, distant abc.lit
cached the greater part of their force against Mahi. twelve leagues, for the purpose of attacking du -.:
At one in the afternoon, and our troops halted at who remained there. While employed in preparing
four, the wounded were withdrawn t and being now a mine for blowing up the fortifications, I learnvd
persuaded that the whole of the fugitives were by this that the enemy, to the number of 1300 men, were
time on this tide of Tuna, the retreat of :the reserve advancing from Saragossa far the purpose of attach: -
was directed. Zayas was charged with the execution ing me. In consequence of this inf ormation, I order-
of this, which he accozpplished in the teeth of the edmy infantry to pass to the Opposite side of the town,
enemy. . - and to occupy the- heights which commanded it,
while the cavalry remained on the advance, for the
,
At night, as we have already stated, the army was
in its former positions, and the most active cares have purpose of reconnoitring.
already been taken for the reunion of the troops, as ! "On the morning of the following day the enemy
well as the tranquillity and order of the place. Our arrived, and thou hmy force was inferiorin numbers,
loss has not been very considefable, because the good yet, confiding in iie valour of my troops,
conduct of Mahi, and the expeditionary division, him. . The
Eleve4thtllMldkiviCsit Cilhasspersisgatlolyarrerivveenagedt.T.uria,
Generalu•hich otifrethdrcetow;:ardssuette
.. enemy, alter a considerable resistance. i%-
I attacked
plain of
they
Pylahcenrectiatintsthveerd!stosbnici!
Blake visited all the hospitals ; and at least experien- ged to form a, square ; and the fourth time, with my
of receiving in tigmiprotsofofhtbisemsiosidoiertnune, s,
love,th e.tretigsParecattieuttn wulthanttrhyeabandrca.c.valryanduniubtTeed,,wlitbhrosokeminutcohthi:eitruspq:i.::ti;
consolation to which avomrnander can aspire. . that I succeeded-in completely routing them. About
On the day folknring the battle, the enemy's troops. 7.00 were taken prisoners., many of them .wounded,
who advanced td* pursue Mahi, and cover the move- and the relit, with the exception of a few who esea-
mem of Harispe's division to San Miguel de la Reyes, pad, remained dead on the held. (Signed)
hi order to pass the line, senta flag of crime, which, by . a 11ULICMICO all'OS v MOIL.
order of the General, was received at the advanced ! *
_ P 1.14 of Maar, Oct. 11."
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Private Letters from our army in Portugal, re-
ceived by the Lisbon Mail of yesterday, inform us,
that Lord WELLINGTON intended to put himself at
the head of General limes brigade, reinforced by a
large body of cavalry, in order to proceed to the
ru;ighbottrhood of Badajos. This movement had
been determined upon, in consequence of intelligence
Lord WELLINGTON had received that the provisions
of the garrison of Badajos would be exhausted about
the middle of December, and that Marshal SoULT
was contemplating the relief of that fortress, and
had collected a large quantity of provisions in the
neighbourhood of Seville for its supply.

Towards the -close cf October, the number of
troops to o,le Acrtli of the 'raps, in a state fit for duty
in the field (comprehending we presume the Portu-
guese regiments) was 35,000. The present season-
able weather, h6wever, will at least occasion the re-
turn to duty of 10,000 more from the hospitals. So
great was the sickness prevalent in one battalion,
which left England 750 strong, that they could.never.
bring into the field more than 288 men. We can fur-
ther state, that the French are in no condition, for the
present, to recommence offensive operations, from the
scarcity of provisions in their camp, and other causes.

deny that they formed tit! %object of fits hitt? •
views with the Emperors of AU/1111U and RusatAi
and, finally, will it deny, that, some time about,
or rather prior to the 12th of January last, at •
grand Confederation of Kings, somewhat in its
principles like the Family Compact o?.the Bourbons;
was arranged at Paris, for the solemn and dread-
ful purpose of destroying the British Nation, wholly
on account of the moral and political principles of the
inhabitants !—Let the Tyrant know, that he has been
betrayed in this conspiracy against mankind ; and
that, froth the moment of the arrangement, not only
his owa, but the fortunes of the French' nation changed.
The seeds of opposition to this extravagant and com-
prehensive iniquity have been sown, and, though
they have not yet become manifest, they are secretly
swelling and germinating by the irresistible operation
of providential Nature,, and their vigour and fruit will
in due time appear and come to maturity.
A respectable Morning Paper observes, that the'
sixth maxim quoted above is unsound," adding
I " we are not proprietors of that Island (Jamaica) be-
cause we defend it; but vice versa we defend it be-
cause we are proprietors." We had not thought that
in the present state of political science such an obser-
vation could have been made. What is war ?—ln I
every appeal to arms is mot success justice ?---We con-
sider it impious to dispute this maxim. What gave
us the right to Jamaica but the inability of the Spa-
nish nation to defend it. The moment that France
can take it from us, she will be as rightfully the pro-
prietor as we are at present. It is the misfortune of
the world that the Community of Nations should still
be in so savage a state, as that might constitutes
right in their dealings, but so it is. Before the French
Revolution, Europe was approximating to the acqui-
sition of a code of public law in the treaties of her
nations, but in that convulsion the collection was de-
stroyed, and until a Congress of Ministers of Inde-
pendent States can be assembled, we must bewail that
the principles between nation and nation are different
from those between man and man.

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.14Ht ARMY.

11AITLI OF ARROYO DEL MOLINO.

LETTER FROM tus'aupritiornYhTA TO DM EXCELLENCY
' LORD WttLINOTON, AFTER THE ACTION or 28TH OF
OCTOEEN.

Is Valencia d'Alcintara, Oct. Sl, 1811.

" MOST EXCTLLINT revect whial the Surerlor
Junta of Estrtmadura has always.felt for rt.:- Excelltncy, it al
testimony of its g:atitude and the confidence it has that your Ex-
cellency entertains a predilection for this province. The gloidous
battle in which the brave Allied troops, commanded by General
HILL, defeated the enemy on the esth inst. in the plains of Ar.••
royo del Molluo, has confirmed the Junta in this fiataing idea,
and clams more and more its gratitude.
" The Junta, in the name of all the people witEin Its juris-
dic.ion, offers to your Excellency the expression of its most sin.
sere thank,. GOD preserve your Excellency many years,
(Signed) " The Marquis De Mt/NSADUO.
" FRANCISCO Rear DC CASTILLA.
" MATT LAW 'CARA."
ANSWER 01 lIIS EXCELLENCY.

" Freiteoa, Nov. 9, 1911.

" MOST EXCELLINT Superi,r Junta of Estrous-
dun dots me justice in believing that I always wish din pr..i,per:zy
of that province, and that I will low no opportunity in which I
shalljutige it practicable to undertake operations which may con
tribute to its benefit.

" I have the greatest pleasure in reflecting that I have lately
had an occasion to prove th s assertion, and that General HILL
has carried into elf.ct the instraztions I communie.ded t.. Wm, to
give the enemy a blow of csm,iderable importance to our cause.
" COD preserve your Excellency many years.
" WELLINGTON."

COPY OF A LETTER FROM GENERAL HILL TO GENERAL
CASTANOS, RELATIVE TO THE ACTION AT ARROYO
DEL MOLINO, FItOSI TIIE REGENCY GAZETTEOF N0V.21.
" Mosr EXCELLENT Sia—As General Giron, Chief of the
Staff to your Excellency, was present at the operations executed
in Estremadura, and Is well Informed of all the movemects and
of all my dispositions, I consider it as unnecessary to trouble your
Excellency with the details, as that General can inform you corn-
pletely of every particular. I cannot, however, resist tits desire
I have to express to your Excellency my gratitude for the services
of General Giron, whose cenansels and assistance essen:ially con-
tributed to the success of the combined arms, and, added to the
energy with which he fulfilled all my wishes, give him an incon-
testible right to my most decisive thanks. I wish likewise to ex-
press to your Excellency the satisfaction with which I have seen
the zeal, good conduct, and gellantry with which the Spanish
troops acted with those under my orders ; and I- entreat you to
thank them in my name, as well as Field-Marshal Conde de Penne
Villamur, Brigadier Morillo, Colonel Downie, and other Chiefs,
for their excellent conduct on this occasion, adding my sincere
wishes that in future they may obtain equally favourable success
against the enemies of their country. I must likewise express my
thanks to Brigadier D. J. de Espelet and the Chiefs of General
Giro's', Staff, who omitted no opportunity of assisting me by their
exertions and advice. lat the same time return your Excellency
many thanks for the felicitations with which you have done me
NAPOLEON AND SICILY. "NEW YORK, NOV. 6.
the honour of congratulating me on this fortunate event, which I
Desirous at all times of presenting such a state- only view as the precursor of still more favourable ones.-1 hays
44 It is the opinion of the best informed that MT.
ment of facts, as will enable our Readers to judge, Gallatin, our present Secretary of the Treasury, is the honour to be, &c. (Signed) R. Hies, Lt. Gen."
themselves, of the procession of circumstances, we likely soon to resign, and the motive assigned for it EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM AN OFFICER IN THE DlFi-
is a misunderstanding between him and Mr. Munroe, •, siox OF THE *BUUNDER IN PORTUGAL,UNDER GEN. HILL.
rarely obtrude our private opinions, but never ~ Portalegre. 9th Nov. 1811.
the new Secretary of .State. Considerable seizures
eWe arereturned without effect. On,more than one occasion we have just to our cantonments, after a very tough
have taken place of goods brought in by Upper Ca-
had the honour of seeing our sentiments and princi- nada and the other British
Settlements.
Our vessels Job, the result of which, however, amply compensates us for the
pies stigmatised by the Moniteur as obnoxious ; and of war are abut repairing to New London, where fatigues we underwent. Whim the French retired lathe morning
we well remember the acrimony with which that they will winter, but I believe they will first make from hialpartida they went to Caceres, and from thenca to Torre
one cruize along the coast. All kinds of business are de Mujcho. Our cavalrifollowed them as far as eseeres,and then
mouth of despotism expressed its vexation, when we
very dull, and you may expect to hear in the course returned; they naturally supposed therefore that we hadgiven up
inferred from contrary declarations of NAPOLEON, the of this winter of the failure of many more of the the pursuit, as they eepected their information from Caceres.—
existence of a settled resolution to subjugate the house principal houses in this country. The President's Now instead of going there, we made a circuit to the right of it,
of Austria, long before the last Austrian war was Message which has just arrived here in 20 hours from and aftc r marching the whole day oa the 47th, arrived at dark at
apprehended even by the Cabinet of Vienna. We Washington, is deemed to be very hostile." a village called Alcoesta,sthere we lay under a bin, without being
NEW YORK, NOVEMBER 8. allemed to light fires, in consequence of the Vicinity of the enemy I
could not hope, in delivering our honest conceptions
this was trying work fur our poor fellows—they had eaten no-
Extract of a letter from Washington, dated on
of the Sicilian question, that we should pass unno- I Monday last t-44 have conversed with many Mem-
thing for two days, and after marching all day in the pouring rain,
ticed—but we were not prepared to bear our state- hers of Congress who have just come in from various
were obliged to lie in a ploughed field, up to their knees in mud.
" We marched from this about two o'clock, quite dark,and rain-
ments spoken of as official writings, far less to have' parts of the United States ; but they all seem at a
me of our maxims recommended to the careful me- : loss to predict what will be done during the Session. ing dreadfully, and by daybreak we had 3 brigades formed under a
ditation and study of Kings. In the six maxims ;.Several of them have expressed an opinion, that it hill, within cannonoahot of Rio de Molino, where Monsieur was
would be wise to abandon the merchants altogether, still snoring, unconscious of his danger. One outlying piqu,t of
which the Monittur has extracted from our pages, andl
and let them legislate for themselves. 'They say that the enc:ny Would have frustrated our whole plan ; they had one
which we gave yesterday from the French Papers, inl the various attempts to protect commerce have, and about a mile from the village, but most fortunately they bad re-
the French edition a few slight deviations have oc- I always will, prove useless, and werse than useless ; tired (in consequence of the troops having an order to march on
curred ;we therefore re-state them in their original for it has prevented the usual revenue, and left our six o'clock) just before the head of our column came to the spot.
Treasury pennyless. For my part lam of opinion, Rio de Molino, where they were, is a small village at the hot tons
language : "
I. The treaty of defence with the King of Sicily was not a that something will be done to enable the merchants of a very steep ridge of mountains. The 71st, 92d, and 50th were
to manage their own affairs in their own way. There ordered to march immediately upon lr, while the 34th, ulth, 89th,
compact with him as an individual, but with him, in his public i saill.
_be anexhibitioa of more independence in the in- 6th Portuguese, and 6th Cacadores brought their left shoulders
cap c'ty and regal character; as the chief Magistrate of Sicily,
d,ivi %al Members,
than
at any former period since forward, and marched, or rather ran, in the best possible order,
-x:3l a limited prerogative, and lawfcely incapable either of levy- the Jeffersonian reign." Ito gain the Merida road before the enemy—v. hick done, they
la.; caeca, cr of alterine -he law.; and constitution of the State,
ssi,•, iut tlie consimt of hi, Parliament. A letter from Washington, to the Editor of the would have no alternative but to take to the mountains. Two
Freeman's Journal, observes— or three cannon shot from the village informed us that the bird
" If. The KLtg of Sicily, levying taxes and suspending the laws
" Mr. Clay, who is appointed Speaker of the had not flown—they were, however, formed outside of it, and
at eicesure, is not the same King with whom we entered into House of Representatives, is considered the most able ready to march. General GIRARD laughed, and said that the
olliaoce, but a usure er of authorities which that King did* not man in the house, except J. Randolph. His election English were too fond of comfort to get out of their beds such
lawiiilly possr:-. I was agreed on in Congress last evening, probably to mornings as these (raining hard)—he thought it was only an ad-
" 11l We therefore are under no obligations to this usurper. I prevent the election of Mr. Macon, who is undoubt- vanced party of Spaniards, and was hurrying his men out of the
" IV. The ussrping and anti-social Government of Sicily is edly the most fit for that office of any one on the de- r village, in order (as he said) to drub them heartily. 'On turning
not only hostile to us, but to civilized society in general; and mocratic side of the House ; but his independence i round, the first man he saw was one of the 92d, and he rode off
then. fore Faust be held as in its nature jacobinical, against which i was an insuperable objection to him. They feared he to set his troops in motion.
we, with a nerc,sary wisdom, cherish perpetual enmity. would not place on the standing committees the suit- u GIRARD, who was wounded twice, got off with three or 400
"V. Does not the justice of the British nation require, that a able thorough-going tools of administration. They men, and they say four Eagles, but they were invisible, the officers
Government which publicly professes the jacobinical principle of feared Mr. Randolph would be at the head of the • having pocketed them. Had one squadron of our cavalry gone
being bound by no compacts, should itself be deprived oldie Committee of Ways and Means, or Foreign Relations. round the foot of the Sierra, not a man would have
power of doing further mischief ? Clay's election was most unexpected." When we saw there was no possibility of following them, we
" VI. The nation which furnishes the means of defence to a The American papers contain Resolutions of an , tried a ruse de ricer; after their own fashion; but it did not do—
country is the political proprietor of that country. We are the Assembly of Planters and Merchants, at Barbadoes, i a flag of truce was sent to tell theta they were surrounded, and
reitical proprietors of the island of Jamaica, because we defend in which it is stated, that while American bottoms Ito ask them to surrender.
it ; are we not then entitled to consider ourselves as the political were permitted to carry away sugars in return for 1 " The Men and officers seemed inclined to do so, and an sift-
proprietors of the island of Sicily ?" • 1 the stores supplied; there was a regular market for ' cer and a few men actually came off ; but GIRARD said he would
It affords us no small satisfaction to know that 25,000 hogsheads of the former, which was now ' never surrender with like-and, if taken, there was his resource,
wholly closed, to the great distress of the island.— ' pointing to his pistols—be was in tears, and much agitated. The
these six maxims have made so deep an impression on
They then determine, that the disuse of sugar in the ' prisoners are chiefly the 34th and 40th fight infantry, all
the Ruler of the Continent, as to be recommended by I
• distilleries, under the present impediments to their Frenchmen, and looked upon as Invincibles. The horses taken
him to be "
read—re-read, and meditated by all ..
i •
trade, is extremely injurious ; and that the measures are sold, for the purpose of equally dividing amongst our men en-
-1 ings." Among his other titles tbis'personage has adopted in the House of Commons in 1808, for the gaged."
not yet found it convenient to disclose, that which he partial exports in American ships,ought to be resumed. ,
assumed on or before the 12th of January last, and In the sequel, a Committee was appointed to carry! General Hawes:a, of the 14th Light Dragoons, is
which in effect was 44 Confederator of Kings." Theinto effect the objects of their Resolutions. ' placed on the Staff, and is tQ command the cavalry in
On the receipt of 'the PRIAIDENT'S Message at Li- • the Eastern district, under the Earl of CHATIIAhi.—
MOGifeUr denied the authenticity of the famous stele-'
verpool, one Gentleman, a partner in an eminent He will leave town shottlyforColchester, from whence
- tures on the principles of the British Nation, addressed house there, started immediately in a post:chariot and he will probably proceed to Woodbrid7e.
by the Duke of CADOnE to the foreign Ministers at four, having relays ready at all the stages, and though . WESTMINSTER PLAY.—The Adria of TERENCE wa
Paris. The precise form of the communication may , doestreme urgency produced several untoward acci- on Wednesday night p.erformed by ome of the foung
t—breaking down twice, causing the wheels to Gentlemen of Westminster School ;and, much as the
be denied, but will the Mositeur still persevere in de- '
take fire, &c.—so as to compel him at last to finish merits of former scholars have been admired in Simi-
raying the fact of some such. representation having
the journey on a saddle horse, he arrived in 20 hours, Jar exhibitions, there was -hardly ever a greater dis-
been made—will it'deny that the anti-despot princi- 1 and had the first of the market, purchasingupwards play of ability than appeared on this occasion.—
ples of the British Nation have been for a long ,time of 1000 bass of cotton, before the merchants in town There was a numerous, and highly respectable body
•
the particular antipathies of NAPOLI:ON ? Will it were acquainted with the nature of the Speech. of visitors.

k The most important article contained in the Spa-
nish Papers received by the Cadiz mail of yesterday,
is the official account of the action between BLAKE
and SUCHET, which we have given at full length. It
is a manly and candid statement, and amply verifies
the opinion we ventured to entertain in publishing
the French account. BLAKE seems to have been hard
pressed in his retreat to Valencia; and it was even
reported at Cadiz, that the place had fallen, after
another engagement under the walls, in which BLAKE
was once more defeated. On On the 15th ultimo, how-
ever, we know that it had not fallen, for there are
letters in town of that date, which leave no doubt of
its being then in the hands of the Spaniards.

His Royal Highness the PRINCE RECENT'S intended
return to town, this day, is postponed, owing to the
paint not being sufficiently dry at Carlton House, it
being his intention to go there on his return. His
Royal Highness will remain at Oatlands a few days
longer.

The following are extracts from private letters re-
ceived by the Magdalen, just arrived at Liverpool,
in 23 days, from New York :