The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1823-07-01
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
[Per the Montana, at New.York.l

Head Qdaners, az Lerma,
S- 18th, III O'clock p. M.
The Major GeneaA TO HIS Ercellency The MN
ister Of War.
s'The army continues its movement towards
+" His Royal Highness the Duke d'Augou-
leme, with the corps of reserve arrived this day
from Burgos.
: Marshal Duke of Reggie arrived Yesterday
at ValadoIid. His advanced guard is in the Du-
ero.
General Obert should be at Amazon on the
18th"
May 49,
The report yesterday circulated, Of the COM
Plete defeat of corps of Royalist Spaniards,
1000 stroug, commanded by Ramogosa, BY Nina,
who fell unexpectedly upon them, becomes to-day
more probable. 1t is said that the plan of Nina
was to attack in order 10 dispense the two divis-
ions of Eroles and Ramogosa, before coming to
hands with the French army 1t is said that
Gen. Quesada, who was bleckading Sautona
with 3 or 1000 men of the army of the Faith,
having attempted to cause some soldiers to be
| shot, for want of discipline, was suddenly aban-
doned by his whole corps d'armce. 1t is even
said that the re was sort Of mutiny, aud that
the General Of the Faith was obliged to fly, ac-
| companied oniy by single aid-de-camp Ac-
been detached from the French army in the vi
cinity, in order to keep up the blockade of San
tona. 1t is said that the Marshall, Duke of Al
bufera, (Snchet) is about to take his departure
Tor the army.
CHROME, (nedr the frontiers IN Catalonia,
May 7.-Marshal Money has left third part
OF his army before Figueras, the garrison OF
which continues to afford powerful resistance,
and obllges our troops TO be kept in state of
fatguing watchfulness, by the fear Of surprise on
some OF their points of decentralization.
Nina does not allow us to approach him; and
II his motions are not the effect of his want of nu-
merical force, it is difficult to guess at his de-
| signs, and the object Of his plan Of operations.
All these facts are incontestibIe but is it to be
inferred from them that the success of our en-
| terprise is secured, and above all, that it will
soon be obtained2 This uncertainty gives us
great inquietude; for though we meet but fee
bic resistance, we find no detection on the part
of the enemy; and the forces we leave behind to
guard the fortresses are continually weakening
Us. We might have fought the Constitutional
lists at this place with 10000 men, and only 80
leagues beyond we had not z, 900 left TO oppose
them. The forces Of Nina will recruit with ev-
cry thing that can be found in the country be-
yond hinl--with all the reinforcements that Bar
celona can furnish while we, even in this
place, where we are so well received, have not
yet found single man to take up arms and join
u.s. This fact appears to me TO be of great i'm
Portance-an Indifferent population is not what
we want.
A letter from Havre, of May Goth, received
at New York, says; Z" There is a runaor that
negotiations are going on. So far, the French
have gained nothing but ground +; and It remains
to be seen whether that it is not, in fact a dis
advantage to them. NINA has fallen on body
Of his countrymen, and cut them up at mo-
ment."
LONDON, May 10.
well-known Military Gentleman, just re-
turned from Spain, gives the following account
He passed on his way from Madrid, through the
belligerent armies, and saw the Duke d. Angou-
leme. The destruction OF the French armies
by famine, disease, and the guerilas, is, he says,
confidently calculated on By the Spaniards,
whose great anxiety is TO draw them as far into
Spain as possible Disease prevails to a great
extent already among them. Great want Of
provisions IS felt; although they pay largely for
whatever they can procure and the cavalry
have already been obliged torctrograde, for want
of forage.-ln short, he saws things are going on
as well as the best friends TO the Spaniards could
possibly desire. He allows that the Peasants in
many places, have received the French well, but
this was only on account of the money they laid
out and none Of them joined the invaders The
least attempt at compusion would at once con-
! vert the whole Of them into hostile guerilas.
Letters are received from Tolesa, of the 29th
ult.-The inhabitants of this part of the country
fly from the army Of the Faith, who are mere
banditti, acting without principle, and caring for
nothing but filling their pockets, and wreaking
their vengeance on their personal enemies The
number of French, up to the present time, who
have advanced from this quarter, is $4,000 in-
fantry, 5000 cavalry, and SO field-pleces no
heavy artillery has been seen on the road. For
this reason, we inclined TO think they will
only pretend 10 blockade Pamplona and St. Sc
bastian's.-The former is already observed BY
Prince Hohenloe, with 5000 men and the sec
ond with about the same number ofmen, by Cen
eral Curial. The garrisons will do their duty.
The Duke d'Aneoueme made an offer of 5000,
600 offrancs to the two Commanders, if they
would surrender the places; but the proposa al
was treated with contempt.
The London Morning Chronicle relates, as a
positive fact, that when the DUKE d'Angouleme
was about to form the Provisional Junta, which
he has recognized as the only lawful Spanish gov
ernment, Eguia, who is the chief member of il,
produced list ofthe persons who were to com
pose it, written in the hand criting Of Ferdinand
III.
Col. SchefIer has arrived at Vienna on a spe-
culating mission from the court Of Brazil TO the
Emperor of Austria. He also brought letters
from the Archduchess Leopoldine, who styles
herself Empress Of BraziI, addressed to her
father the emperor of Austria. The object of
the mission is to prevail on the Court of Austria
tn racornizp the Iaoitimarv IF tho naxy orIar of