The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1823-06-04
affair befve ST. Sebastian.


The accounts from Si. Sebsslia1 are very
interesting. Without referring 10 the Ofsic.
iai Bulletin or Order Of he Day, we may
mention tha, on the Oh of ,h. month, 3 bat.
tallion., msking part Of The $500 men com.
posing he garrison Of The for,ress, edvancing
- tsconDoitre to conside ,sbie distance from
the place, met with the F'encb, with whom
they exchanged a few muskct shot, but find.
ing themselves vety inletior In number, ,hey
fell back to tho town, whore nag Of truce
soon appeared. The commsndsnt replied
,Lat he would not let tho officer with the flag
II truce enter, ill he had caused tho troops
20 retire to tho distance determined by the
.sws Of war thi. was done the flag Of truce
.nnmoned him in mo name oil his Royal
Highnes the Duke Of Angouleme, 10 surren-
der he place tor Ferdinand VII. The Gov
amor replied ihst he wouldnol deliver up he
place without formal order from his Sover.
sign. The flag Of truce wEhd'ew and h'e
Uas commenced upon the French T. oops, con-
sis,ing OF the 22l, 30lh, and 3lst Regimen's
of,be Line, under the command Of General
Bouke. The Bulletin states, that we lost
only 20 men, but we know, however disagree
able The avowal may be 10 us, from much
moro certain accooB,s that we had so killed
and 500 wounded or taken prisoners. This
Victo =, though slight, sbew how the Span.
lads my deleud the mselves, and must in-
Z me their courage. The news wss imme.
dw'ely announced at Eilbos and St. Andre by
an Aviso that was sent 10 those places. n
French brig was taken in the port whero il
put in. After taking out The caigo, consisting
OF -four aud wine, which they paid Tor, they
put on board the Fiench prisoners and IL is
said even most o( the French refugee officer,
VINO may be more usofui elsewhere. The
,own has been abandoned by the whole popu.
Ia,pp, with the exception OF some ind,yidoals
and he AIcade, M. B'une!, Ftcnchnian Of
great Fl mnes, and vety active. We expect
cVcry niomcnt, the men wounded in this Of
fair.
Provisions sre very scarce in Spain so that
now the soldiers who pass through orc oblg-
cd to take provisions for nine days, which iss
deadful fatigue for tho men.-The horses
have nothing.
Papers from Ireland to the l6,h u,. have
been received OF New Yo,k. ExceSes con-
lnnc to be committed in that uDIo' tuna,e
country. A great number Of houses have been
burned by iEcendiaries.
Dehcat Of hie H,rvy offhe Faith in "a
ieneia.
MADRID, April 4.
Official article The following despatch
has just been received from tho Political Chiei
oi Valencia -
VALENCIA. April 9, 1928.
4" A midS, the shouts Of j>y which resound
from every quarter Of The ciy. have the sat-
istac,ion to announce to your EXceliency, that
that we may now consider ourselves as entire
ly freed from the faction by which we were
threatened Tho gallant Col. ID. Antonio
Bazan, while on his mach from Castellon 10
Valencia, encountered between Mutviedto
and Almena'a the rebel, assembled 10 the
number oi 5000 mon, with three pieces Of ar
iillery, and ,aoged in otder OF battle, with The
svowcd intention Of disputing tho passage
The Colouel had ou'y 1000 men under HE
command, bu, all Of tried valor. In loss than
ten minutes he gained a complete victo'y--a
victory, perbips unparalleled IN the course oI
the eveo,iul spuggle which Spain !, now
making for he defence Of her liberties. The
result Of this memorable dsy ha, been 800 OF
the eneny's fsice killed, and 900 token pris.
onors, with 1000 mu.ke,', snd eish, ammu.
nI,Ion wagons. Du, Pc hops the greatest ad.
ysntagc which we shalt derive from this victo.
~. is, that The remnant OF tho faction are
struck with panic and dispersed in oil direc.
iiuns.
Thi, sBai' took plscs OF nine in the morn
ing. and q, cigh, this evening this victorioo.
column arrived here, and assembled around
ihe stone Of tho Constitution, where II raised
its songs Of triumph.
(Sigued) ~. ABASCAL."
CoSsTASTIYorLE. March IS.
The fire here lasted three days. A, the