Star.
London, England, 1811-12-13 00:00:00

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SPAIN. - -
ROYAL DECREE.
THE COUNCIL or REGENCY HAS BEEN PLEASED TO ISSUE

THE SUBSEQUENT EDLCT.

" Cava, Noyes's' 21, 1811.
" FERDINAND VII. by the Grace of GoD, King of
Spain, &c. and in his absence the Council of Regency
legally authorised, send these presents.
General and Extraordinary Cortes assembled
in the City of Cadiz, in order to shew their profound
respect and regard towards the illustrious defender of
their country, not only to the Military, but to such
as are not of the profession, who have exerted their
means for the protection of their nation against its op.
pressors, with the heroic constancy and valour by
which they have been distinguished, and considering
that the testimony most direct and effectual of this
their reverence and attachment, is to administer to
the wants of those widows, orphans, and parents,
whose relations have fallen in the glorious cause,
decree the following Articles :
" Art. 1. The pension of an Officer is assigned to his family in
such ewe where death is occasioned either in the field, or by
wounds received in the field—if the suffering party have been
lawfully married.
" Art. 2. Where no lawful marriage has taken place, and where
the party so suffer, the pension is to devolve on the father arson.
" Art. 3. For such purposes are to be included Officers who
have been made prisoners, and snot or otherwise killed by the
enemy; also such as are comprehended under the Ravi Order
of the sth July, 1802, or who have died of epidemic disorders„ Sm.
during a siege.
" Art. 4. If the fonds of the Monte Pio Milks, should not be
sufficient for the payment of these new demands, the deficit is to
be supplied from the Erariu Public°.
" An. S. From the Erario Publico, the pension of a dal and a
half per day is assigned to the families of Soldiers who have so
faßen—two rials to Corporals and Drummers—three dais to Ser
jeans—and three rials alio for the families of such as are con-
demned to death for services rendered to their country.

" Art. 6. These pensions are to be enjoyed by the Wives only
so long as they continue Widows. If they marry again, they are
to devolve to the Daughters or Sons under Is years old. If there
be no Widows or Children, a Parent who is a Widow, or a Fa-
ther, if poor, is-to enjoy the same.
" Art. 7. The same is extended to invalids whohave retired on
account of wounds received, where such Invalids have not the
means for the maintenance of their families, Sze.
" Signed, &s."

THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13.
PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK
3 per Ct. Caul. for money shut—Ditto for opg. 63a
s per Ct. Reduced 62H-4 per Cent. 731
Navy S per Ct. shut—Bondsl4l.l6s. pr.—Omnlum t dis.
Each. Mb (3d.) par 21. (3td.) 2s. to Ss. pre.

A Gibraltar mail which arrived this morning has
brought us the most gratifying intelligence from the 1
neighbourhood of Valencia. SUCHET has been re-
pulsed
with great loss in three successive attacks upon
that city, and has finally been expelled from that
quarter of Spain. It would appear that General
BLAKE, after the battle of the 25th of October, had
been enabled to retreat in excellent order to the vici-
uity of Valencia, where he was soon able to muster
22,000 regular troops, including a considerable body
of cavalry, besides 4,000 Guerillas. The army of
SUCHET amounted to 20,000, and BLAKE seems to
bare invited them to attack him before they could be'
reinforced.
The following are extracts from the communica-
tions we have received on the above subject :
" GIBRALTAR, NOV. 26,
dg The master of a Spanish vessel, in five days from
Valencia, states, that Svelter had commenced his re.
treat after making three assaults on the city, in which
he had been repulsed with great loss,
" GIBRALTAR, NOV. 23.
44 The campaign in this part of Andalusia appear-
ing to be at an end, General Ballasteros is come to
los Barrios _where he has established his head-quarters,
and has cantoned his troops in the neighbouring
towns and villages, for the twe-fold purpose of allow.;
ing them some rest, and of organizing his new levies I
which amount to upwards of 4000 men. The Tarifa
Division has also returned to that town, Col, Skcrritt
from Vejer which he had occupied and was under
the necessity of abandoning upon the approach of a
superior force of the enemy's ; and General Copons
from Alcala by the way of Algesiras."
" ALICANT, NOV. 13,
44 The alarm of the fever has completely subsided
in th's town, and the Merchant; who, from apprehen-
sion, had retired to the country, are returning. All
accounts from Carthagena agree in representing the
disease as nearly extinct there,
pince the fall of Murviedro, nothing new has
occurred with respect to Valencia. Suchet has sat
down before it, and Blake is inside of the walls with
au army far more numerous than that of the enemy:
General Roche is very active in promoting desertion
• from the French army by means of his emissaries.—
' The number of those who abandon Suchet's standard
far exceeds any idea I had fortned of it. have
counted 300 coming in one day. You will easily
conceive, that this must be a most destructive species
of warfare to the enemy whose forces thereby sustain
a deficiency, withput producing a corresponding loss
saa the part of their adversaries."
" VALENCIA, NOV. 4.

a After the publication of yesterday's report, the
rue pf 014 bAturies redoubled on the side of the river.
fn the environg of g piao (which is escupied by the
'enemy) it was still hris4or, and the light parties of
peasantry behaved with great gallantry, and even
crusssci the river iii pursuit of those wile attacked the,
lint on the side of Move glivete. Trbili; this was'
passing and the stag' of the yrench zany was reeeu,
RgitriPg fFoR) 4 tower of St. Miguel de Igs Ruch'