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London, England, 1811-12-14 00:00:00

FR4 N.Cli PAPERS.

MADRID, NOVENAE* ie.
The confusim ;sod perplesity produced by the de,
feat r,f Satuntum, and. the situation of Valencia, are
such,. tltat the Government of Valencia dare not con.
tradict the facts stated in the summons to the Gover-
nor. We are still ignorant here whether; rendered
more pa odent, they prefer an honourable capitulation
to the hightful disasters of an assault.
PECEMBER
'His Majesty held yesterday at the Thuilleries 4.
Council of Commerce Acki Manufactures.
The Spanish fund s 'have risen at A.msterdam, since
his Majesty's journey to nolland,
The King_of Rome arrived last Satiarday with their
Majesties at the Thuilleries, to Tl..main there during
the whiter,
The annual funeral service for the warriors dead in
the fie'll of battle, was celebrated yesterday at Notre
pame. Generals and a great number of the garrison
assisted at the ceremony. Mass was celebrated by
Abbe Maury, and the absolution &yen by Cardinal
.1%141111r,
MENN4, 4OVEMAEI7:
Coact Italinsky for Russia, atfd Holted Effendi
for the Porte, have repaired to Giurgewo, in Or.ler to
treat for peace between the two Powers. We hear
nothing yet of the negotiations.—Advi,ces from Sem-
lin announce positively, that the Ijosniac troops have
rotired to the left bank of the Drina, without any en-
g.igement between them-and the Servians. We pre-
sum.• this retrograde movement of the troops has
taken place in 'into of the armistice,
RPA47I:4'H PAPER.Y.
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CADIZ, NovEmuß is.
TherMinister of Finance lately read a ;memorial in
the Cortes, on the subject of the excise pn tobacco.—
tie observed, that the use of that plant was introduced
pan Spain about the middle of the 16th century ;
the roval monopoly of tobacco was established in
1636 ; and in 14789 it produced an anent ils um of 110
taiMolts of heals. Same financiers had calledithisexcise
he bh.at p Liar of.thl/4- State ; but, in his opinion, it
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;vas a canker which devoured it, both from the innu-
merable vrations which it caused, the number of fa-
fn lies who *erc ruined by smuggling, and the harsh
iscal regulations which sere enacted to prevent it.
Hawing established, as first principles • f finance,
that the public treasury ought not to be commercial,
its inierests placed 'in direct opposition to those of
the peOple, he deduced, at inferences, that all those
regulaz• ought tube abolished which impoverished
cur coldniai agriculture and commerce, cherished the
capiditT of Custom-house officers, encouraged espio-
nage, peopled the dungeons and the garrisons with
snugglers, and the highway wilh robbers. He pro-
rd that the number of smugglers sent to garrisons in
1796 amounted to 1.10(); and in one yen -they even
am: anted to 5000, which was equ hl to a small army.
He concluded his memorial by buhmitting, that the
cultuvatioo and .sajc of t.bacco ought to be free,
p -tying -only certain thoderete duties on importation ;
by *hie!), While 0 e gTchequer would be b2nefited,
tent only the evils be had enumerated would Ix reme.
Blvd, but the agriculture and commerce of both he.
' rnispheres would oe cherished, and the consumption
•t Spanish tobacco atK.inented in gurope.
This memorial westward with great attention, and
gave gener..l satisfaction to the Cortes, who referred
4 to the Committee of Finance.

cIipuLTAR Am/L.

JIRIVATE LETTERS.
" McAlear, Wcprember 37,
ft A vessel has arrived in the 04y, which wiled
from a port near Valencia, six days since, bringing in-
telligence to the following effect :—,That the French
under §uchet had made to o -att icks on the city? and
?he Swish intreaclernents in which they had tsikd,
414 in consequence they had abandoned the Grao,
and retired to Murvied. o And Segorbm keeping pos.
session, however, of the fottres Saguntum. This
imaligenv is given pn die authority of a master of
a vessel, who sta.p.:s the loss of the enemy to amount
to several thoUsands. I trust it may turn out correct,
but implicit reliance is not placed on his story:
The last letters I have seen from Valencia are
dated the 13th November, in xv:l;ch nothing l$ said,
but that Blake Lad ma& several successful attacks itn
the out-posts of the French Array, which he had driven
in, taking a few prisoners."
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Gibraltar, November ;28.
" I am happy to send you sonic favourable
which has been received here. In consequence
tit the vigorous and patriotic measures cf literals
Lacy, §ars:eid, Colonel Green, and Baron d'Eroles,
:tided by the enthusiasm of the Guerilla parties, the
t twiny has beep recLeed to the greatest straits through-
out ail Catalon a, and are witndrawing themselves to
the fortified places on all sides, being unable to make 1
any resistance in the field. The Baron d'Etoles has
compelled a large body of the French to retreat to the
neighbourhood of Montsen'at from Cervera, and has
token several hundreds of them prisaiters, General
lacy has.a body of hve thousand regularly ;plied
Fropprco-operatidg with him, ;nd General Sarsield,
pear tareelosa, hasfi;reed the Fieoch to shut them—
selves up in Barceigna, althOugh the garrison is greatly
distressed fix want't.f pro. ivions.
!..The comiti y routed Moiiren has been cleared,.
of the foe, audit in possession of die Patriots: The I
returns 44. troops destroyed by the Guerillas in P4ta-
lOnia only, with .n the 14ST nioilihr aMlttnts to 370.0
:den, and .sht•uld Blake lie to defeat Suchet lit.
tie doubt i fat deo the Provinces of Arragon, Cau-
-1 ,ma, Valencia,• and alt the §puth of New Castilei
where there are yFfy W .rencli troops, wil). rise ea
took. Our fear is, that:Stichiet wid be reinforced be.
itike. Blake is in a condition tg give battle, though he
is now in numerical strength ate •
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