Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1809-09-08


gon, the 18th, is considerably lessened by
the adviccs ,l-at orr loss-is not 50 great a. was
at first thought. The dispersion has not been
OF any consequence, and the troops dispense
by that accident, are reunitIng in various i'm
portant points Our loss is calculated at from
5 to 90 of all ranks, and 9pieces of cannon"
We have seen letters from Tarragona, {ca-
talonia) TO the 10Th Inne The folio wing are
Extracts.
TARRAcoNA, June 90.
The siege of Cirona is6es on smartly but
the Spaniartls are marching to relieve it.
RI Every Catalan Destroyed by the French is
worse thar an HYDRA to them an hundred
more start up to supply his place
e" We kee on here, cutting of heads, hands,
9iartering, hanging &c. Last week the
French in Barcelona. executed two Priests. x
4 number Of o,her people As no hangn an
could be obtained to perform the sacriligious
! office two galley slaves were offered their
| liberty to do it, Being admitted into Office,
they Of course took the oath to Joseph Nap,.
loon the first They however made their es-
cape from Barcelona, were taken up. brought
here, and this day dragged from prison to the
gallows by jacf,asses, and hanged and their
heads and hands now grace the gate of this CT.
ty"
The Valencia Gazette contains details OF
in Barcelona, by which rtumbcr of Spanlards
OF whom were Joaquin Pore. and Father Juan
Galliiu. two Clergyman were convicted of u
conspiracy against the French army, Sc were
! sentenced to be hanged in Oh hours.
ibid
PLYMOUTH, July 10.
| Came in, from the coast of Spain, Co.
runna, and Ferrol, the -Sioidinch of Il
guns, capt. Skinncr.-She brought over
tcapt. Rudd, OF the indie fatigabe, passenger,
with dispatches of great Importance to the
cause of Spain, no less than the total de-
feat of marshal Ney's army, near Corunna,
by the Marquis de Romano, in which Ney
lost 700 cavalry and 5000 infantry. in kill
led, wounded and prisoners, and had evac.
uated Corunna and Ferrol (Which ports
were again open,) and were retreating to-
wards the frontiers, pursued by Romano
| with 18, 900 troops, in good order and dis
cipl;ne. The Spaniards succeeded in
blowing up a bridge near Corunna, oy VIII &c h
great number of Frenchmen were blown
up and drowned.
Came in the Cadnus of 1s, from Vigo
Capt. Winter landed at Falmouth with dis
patches, and went off To London express. 1t
~ said, that Sir Arthur Wellesley was IN
full pursuit of Viclor's army, of which we
may soon hope to have good account. I,
appears from all quarters, that Soult, Ney,
and Victor, were trying to get OUT OF Spain
as fast as possible.
The following article is contained IN a
letter from Stoke, near Piymouth-.I
send you the following intelligence. having
arrived at Yealm river, port few miles
to the eastward ofthis place, this morning
June 10Th, offCork har5or, was board
ed by his majesty's ship Seine, cspt. Atkins,
with her prize the FL CASHMERE, of %
guns and $50 men, from Buenos fyres,
bound to any port in France, having
on board an immense quantity of specie,
sent by LINERS for the use OF the Spanish
government under Joseph Bonapirte. -
There were also on board 4 Spanish noble
man and two gentlemen, as prisoners;
these persons were sent out by the gener al
junta of VI .drid, they having become DO.
pular in the province OF Buenos Ayres.~-
LINERS finding himself on the decline, and
he being decidedly in the French interest,
had them seized 40 the middle ofthe night
in their beds, and sent upwards of thirty
miles down the river in a boat on board
the Cassamero. LINERS abide camp
and secretary are also on board, being
charged with the dispatches for king Jo,
seph. Party spirit runs high at Buenos
Ayres; the principal people are for their
being independent; the lower order for
king Ferdinand; while LINERS and the
principal officers of the revenue, are for
Bonaparte. The revenue and taxes
were all collected at Buenos Ayres, and in
tended to be shipped, they say, for Spain,
for the use of the patriots, but wond be
ordered for France as this ship was The
capt. and officers French, the crew Span.
iardS