Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1809-03-13
nosroN, MARCH 8.
Ramors Of Wars.


penorts of a recen, battle in Seeir, 10 which
viJtery. alter Mort abfence, again perehed
%, the Pa riot taniards, have heea received
but in crude itate, from various quarters.
p late C5Vh9ss paper, announces the arri-
val there of a perfon from Bsr~naa, VINO IN
formed, thar Bsitiia cruzer had ipoken
spanifide fpatch vei.el, bound to HaVaHa with
official accounts, thar on he 10Th Deaai1sy,
|, fstsf a,s szfty miqalerl Desperate battle had
been fought near Nab u, between the French
and the combined Spaniia and-Engiiih forces ;
in which the French were totally defeated !;
ard thar ~ 900 killed flrewed the field OF bat
tie. Such is the C6uisfan accoant.
Since then, we learn, that Spanlih brig, in
II day, from H1Vras, arrived at No,toV, (Y/
the I'D u.t aud from the Hevasa aurora, of
Feb. s!h, brought in her, the following parti.
calafs are tranlael, viz.-Thst on the 9th
fqb The brig Hets, arrived At Hovara, from
sysvra, a, which The left the 2sth January "A
paf!rnger in the HOPE, and letter 10 Don
sa-tiag, PIKE, from s3amaies, both state, that
on the 26.h January, the Brisiih Packet arr.
we'd there from Fsi9ass5, which ihe left on the
o5th December, and brought advice, that juit
before ihe failed from FaizsHfL, veilel arrv.
ed there from Cgianaa with the news, that Gen.
erals Capenss and howaaa with part OF the
Engliih army, had given battle to aud defeated
Martial Ny; tina, the battle was moft bloody.
aud rha, the lofs of the French in killed woun.
t.ed and priloners, was 10000 men! Thus
far the Eaozas account.
MORE DIRECT STILL.
A gentleman of character, who
pafIed through this town fince our
lah, from the Vineyard, informs, that
he left The iIland of Trinidad, the 2sth
January; at which place the ac-
counts of the defeat of BLkeS army
in Spain were known bat that OH
the day previous to his departure an
account was received from the Span
iih Main, where it had arrived from
Cadiz, of fubiequent battle in which
the french Spanllh and Engliih we're
engaged and in which the French
were defeated. That while this ac-
count was in the hands of the trani-
lator, the mail arrived from Barba-
dses, and brought Lonaisn papers to
the 27,h December /; which were I'M
med;a,ely read to large collection
at the coffee. houle. -Theie papers
contained accounts of great battle
fought early in December, in Spain,
by the Spaniih and Engliih united,
with the French, which battle, after
great carnage on beth Gdes, termin-
ated in favor Of the united armies /;
the French furvivors being obliged to
retreat towards Bjjcay, after the lofs,
in killed, wounded and prifoners of
rocco men Our informant could
not obtain the Engliih papers but
he heard diitinetly the names of many
officers enumerated, who were killed
or wounded. He alto mentions an
other circumilanee, which fhews
,hefe papers mult be of date more
recent than any we have received
which is, that Cen WeleRey had
been honorably acquitted Of the fhare
he had in the cons ention with 1mst,
in Portugal.
Frori the above fourfe, we learn, that an
;afurrecion had been projected in the Spaniih
colony of carasea5, in favour Of declaring it
independent OF Spain Blu, the great body of
the people continued loyal to ferdinand VII
the proje9 was defeated and feverAl of the
revolut,cni.s had been executed. We have
,,ur fears. thar for. North. Americans were
among them
The accounts of the victory gained by the
soanifh Patro.s over their French invaders,
Gathers new features of truth daily. 1t will
no, be many days we think, before the pariic-
,,la,s will be officially communicated,