The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-12-01 00:00:00

POILTUGURSE P4PERS.

CADIZ, Nov. o.—The last Madrid Gazettes
continue tii state that the Usurper, Joseph, will
its a short time set out fur Victoria. There ate
every day skirmishes between our parties and
those of the roomy, who are superior in num-
bed ; the insurgents, however, always give full
employment to the irresistible!.
Tue division of Genii-al Ku•llerman is supposed
to have effected an union with that of Marshal
Trey, who has evacuated S.ilamatica, and retired
to Toro. Their united force is computed to be
16;000 men.

:he movements of General Blake indicate a
speedy and decisive blow in Catalonia: the army.
of La Mancha continues to advance.
• . Nov. 7.—ln accounts of the 29th, it is stated,
that on the 28th the enemy was at Daymiel, and
were conducting their artillery to Carrion and
Torrajva with much infantry and cavalry, leaving'
in 'Ciudad Real only 300 horse ; and that our
cavalry had arrived at Monzanares, leaving the in-
fantry and head-quarters in their rear.
Accounts of the 30th state, that the enemy
continues his retreat, and that it is probable that
our army will advance immediately.
In the army of Estramadnra nothing remark-
able has taken place ; it continues still to receive
.einforcemetits, as well as that of our allies. It
is hoped that a generrl plan of operations will be
speedily eon-rated. -

Thc combined armies of the Dike del Parquc,
Meadezabal, and Ballesteros, not less formidable
by their numbers than their discipline and valeta,
are advancing rapidly against the divibions of Kel-
lerman and Ney, who, as has been already said,
are supposed to hare united their forces.
Gerona, notwithstanding the scarcity of provi.
sions, gloriously persists in maintaining its de-
fence ; but according to the last accounts, on the
authenticity of which we can with certainly rely,
it appears, that, on the 19th ult. during an action
between our army and that of the besiegers, which
continued fur four successive hours, it teceived
considerable succours. G.AI grant it may be so.
Cottony , Nov. 3. —Tile celebrated Curate of
Quintanilla entered this city last night, who with
his party of WO infantry, and nearly as many
horse, seized a mail from Madrid to France, after
killing 43, and taking 11 of the enemy pri.
goners.

He has besides sent the Jones of Molina, in
Arragoo, 28 waggons of muskets, taken from the
French, 800 sabres of the manufacture of Toledo,
and various other snide, takvn in the several
onsets.

This distinguished Patriot maintains, that every
thing at Rioja, announces a complete state of in.
surrection, notnithstanding the great scarcity of
arms.—Our army of La Mancha advances with.
out intericission on the enemy, and its ad►aoced
guard has already entered Daymiel.

THY. STATESMAN.

consisting a 6000 men, being the most advanced
of those troops that were aiding in the heroic
defence of Gerona. On the 19th► at mid.'
day, the enemy advanced to "reconnoitre his po•i_
lion, and were driven back with loss. On the
Oth, at day break, we attacked them, and by
eight in the morning three of their intrenchments,
from which they fired upon us, were destroyed.
At one in the afternoon we wen engaged with
3000 French infantry and 200 cavalry ; but our
troops received them with coolness, and drove
them back completely beyond their intrenchments.
Our loss consists of 24 killed and wounded, that
of the enemy has been considerable, and we may
say that they have received a severe check.
Francisco' Sanchez,• commander of one of the
divisions of the corps of volunteers of Ls Mancha,
learning that at the pass Lapice, there vas. a de.
tachment of French troops, advanced against it with
his division on the 24th of October, and of the 19
enemies who were there, he killed some► and made
the rest prisoners.

The Supreme Government has lately received
very satisfactory information, reaching down to
the 17th of Oct. of the brilliant progress which
the patriotic insurrection is making in the Rioja,
Navarre, Alain, and in the eastern confines of
Castile. The Commanders of the divisions, An.
gulo and Alonso, attacked the French in Birbies-
ea, and killed 11 of them ; the number of the
wounded was unknown. A party of the French
having set oat from Pancorvo to Burgos, con.
ducting five carts loaded with muskets, and four
barrels of gunpowder, the Commandant Salazar
posted himself by_ the road, and made himself
master of the whole convoy, taking several
prisonen. The Commandant, Dr. Miguel Orrue,
writes on the Bth October from .Maestii, that lie
had resolved to attack the enemy, who were in
galvatietrra (Province of Alaba). !liming arranged
and drawn up his troop, he presented himself
before daybreak at the gate a Logrono, which
happened to he open, and having forced his
in, he killed four Frenchmen, on which the Corn.
mender, ' who appeared to be a Colonel, imme.
diately surrendered himself, with 21 prisoners, anti
82 muskets. He has also killed three, and made
four prisoners of a detachment which had issued
from Victoria. - •