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PARIS, DECEMBER 23.

A Report, was presented on the Ist inst, to his Ma.
jesty, relative to the surrender of French Guyane.—
The Board of Inquiry, composed of Counts de Cessac,
1-lulin, and Rosilly, had to examine if Victor Hughes,
the Commissioner Commandant in Chief of French
Guyane, bad employed all the means in his power for
the defenc! of the colony ; or, on the contrary, whe-
ther he had not surrendered to a handful of troops,
for the security of his own plantations, and his for.
tune. The Board of Inquiry has, after a long inves-
tigation, reported, that Victor Hughes did not employ
all the means in his power to defend the colony, and
that his conduct ought to be examined by the proper
Tribunals. As to the question, whether he did not
vrrentler for the purpose of preserving his planta-
tions and his fortune ? the Board has reported that
they have not discovered any thing positive in that
respect, but that, nevertheless, 'they are of opinion
the Commissary should undergo the examination
and decision of a Court. His- Imperial and Royal
Majesty has, pursuant to this opinion, remitted the
affair to the Minister of Marine, with orders to cause
the laws of the empire to be executed with regard to.
the accused.
In consequence of a Report from the Grand Judge,
his Mnjcsty issued a decree on the 17th, postponing,
until the Ist January, 1811, the practical execution
of the new system of process in criminal prosecutions,
and affairs Of.coriectional and simple police.
BAYONNE, DECEMBER 7.

Whilst the bodies of troops united in the environs
of Toledo are pursuing the remains of the insurgent .1
army defeated at Ocana, the banditti who infested
different provinces of the kingdom have been dis-
persed and destroyed in all quarters.
A body of 1200 of this description, availing them.
selves of the absence of General Buget and his troops,
had the audacity to attack Tudela, where there was
only a garrison of 160 men ; but this handful of
Frenchmen, under the command of a brave Officer,
after disputing with them inch by inch every square
and street in which they spewed themselves, suc-
ceeded at length in repelling them with the loss of 45
killed. Thirty of our men, who occupied a tower,
defended it against 300 of the insurgents. In the
upper vallies of Arragon, Sarrazar was, on the 19th
ult. defeated and expelled from Valtana.
In Biscay, the Marquis de Bario Lazio's band of
marauders, from 8 to 900 strong, having approached
Durango, a French column gave them a complete
drubbing, and took from them a stand of colours,
and three pieces of cannon. The other bands have
recrossed the Penna d'Ordunna. The French column
which scoured the environs of Durango bror ieit in a
great quantity of muskets and military stores The
young men who were forcibly enlisted in Biscay and
Alava are returning to their homes.
MADRID, DEC. 1.

The Duke del Pardue, who has by turns served
and betrayed all parties, had assembled a considera-
ble body of troops •in the environs of Salamanca. His
intention seems to have been to support his colleague
Ariezaga, as soon as victory, of which the Junta
assured the latter, should have opened to him the
gates of Madrid. No sooner, however, did the Duke
learn the impediments thrown in the way of this plan
by the battle of the 19th, than he took flight. His
rear guard has nevertheless been overtaken and de-
stroyed. We expect the ulterior details of this affair.
[This of course alludes to the battle of Alba del
Tormes.]
The lessons of experience are not equally thrown
away upon all the Spanish Generals. If they do
not instruct any of them how to beat, they at least
teach some of them to avoid being beaten. Hence
ECU A, and V4N mks also, who cannot forget Almo-
nacid, obstinately refused the command of the army
of picked troops who are at this moment marching
ircm Ocana to France.

In this memorable battle, whole regiments were
taken that had not been able so much as to burn prim-
ing. Scarcely was one battalion secured, when ano-
ther was in succession attacked with the rapidity of
lightning, surrounded and disarmed by the self same
ti oops. How could the Spaniards make any resistance ?
'I here were none to command them ; nobody knew
• vho he was to obey ; nobody knew what the General'
was about, or even where he was. [He.was in the'
steeple of Ocana.] Guns, muskets, tumbrels, bag-
pge, all the material implements of an army, and
the army itself, became the prey of the conqueror.
If it be not treachery, it is consummate ignorance
that makes the Junta persist in a system so destruc-
e. Without veteran or skilful Officers, what can
the best soldiers do ? The Spaniards want Officers.
'I 1 is they admit, and yet they wish to continue the
. r, for the purpose, it should seem, of giving them
tne to acquire experience. There is only one incon.
eutence attending this plan, and that is, they will
1 egin to have Generals when they have no longer any
sok. iers.

DEc.6.—His Majesty, in a decree of the 2d inst.
c..lis upon the regiments of the line to furnish, !or
cf-rnpleting his guard, drafts of such non-commis-
sior,cd officers and soldiers as may, by their conduct,
have sheen themselves worthy of that mark of dis.
tinction.

We learn, that the ennsequences of the battle of
Ocana have produced the utmost consternation at
Seville, and in some of the Southern Provinces. Some
loudly ascribe them to treason ; others blame the
stupid ignorance of their Commanders ; and the
greater part openly declare themselves disgusted with
the inefficiency and oppression of the Junta. Alarmed
by the complaints which reach them from all guar-
e. s, the Junta are compelled to solicit their oven
i-,oluticn, as the only means left them of escaping
tl t lublic resentment and intestine division.

=NOS AYRES, SEPT. S.
We have not yet discharged- our cargo, bet ea
daily expectation of being permitted to do it 4
legal way, which will be attended with less risk .am
less'expence than contraband proceedings are liable
'to. We presented a metro ial to the Viceroy, which
has caused great debating in the Chamber of Com-
merce ; and it is expected all the English vesselshere,
about nine or tea in number, will be permitted to I
unload ; but as to free commerce, or the sante in-.'
dulgence being granted to other vessels which may
arrive, these are questions of great doubt.
Though the people at large ardently desire free
trade, it is the policy of Spain to prevent any trade
here, but through her ports in Europe.. The Spani.
ands here are unanimous in rroa Fernando Sepias
ntsuron lot Franeases. I think they may almost as well
cry " Long live Charles the Fifth," for any hopes
they can have of ever seeing Ferdinand upon, tbs.
throne of Spain, and I am pretty sure that a great
many here think so too, though they join in, the
neral cry. In the case of the Spaniards, .not -being
successful, and not being able, to get Ferdinand out
of the clutches of Bonaparte, there has been a talk of
making the Princess of the Brazils, who is sister
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the late Spanish King; Charles the FoUrth, Queen, of
Spain and the Indies ; but this scheme would not be
easily accomplished, as the Spaniards enteruk4.4
rooted aversion to any Portuguese connection. ,
I hope that our Ministers in England 41 not be*
weak as to interfere in these matters, an to interest
themselves in the blood of the Bourbons; if they,do
they will make a great mistake. I man; in
the Spaniards are unsuccessful in Europe, they
be wrong to interfere in any matters in this county'
with regard to succession. The South Americans
bear no great love to natives of Old Spain. Indeed,
they look upon them with a very jealous eye, as theY
occupy all the principal offiCes in Church and State.
Their dislike to this system-it increased by the
haughty behaviour of the native Spaniards, viho look
upon themselves as a superior race. Warm expres.
sions about these matters are very general, not only
in this place, but throughout the whole country.—
Liniers, the late Viceroy, is generally beloved, and
it was impolitic to remove him so suddenly from his
Viceroyalty, and particularly without shewing any
gratitude for his services, except confirming the empty
title of Count, which is a mockery, when it is at-
tempted to disgrace the man. His being a French-,
man was, I suppose, the cause of his removal, and,
the present party have sent out of the town others of
that nation, for the same reason, thus taking ,to
themselves a licence to tyrannize, though they pro-
fess to wage war against tyranny and oppression.—
Perhaps Spain had not a more faithful or better sub-
ject in South America than Liniers.
I have no reason to complain of the inhabitants here.
They are quite a different race from the Brazilian
Portuguese, and far preferable to them, both its per-
son and manners. Instead of the squalid looks or
the Brazilians, the people here have mere the. ap-
pearance of Europeans, owing to the climate. Among
the aged, you see the same respectable appearance
of grey hairs and florid countenance. which. you men;
with in Egnland. Many live to a great age. A
Lady, a friend of mine, died lately at,the age of 95,
and to within a few days retained all her faculties.
This age is not uncommon, and I have seen others,
'still more advanced, some attain 110 and upwards.