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-I - ' ' ' ' " 1 ' . , - ',. T ' , , - . ,'-"',- . v s ' ' J' - V. ." x '' - - 1 . ' J '...'-- i CI H 'tt ft F R I'D A jY, March 10, is09. EDENTON : PRINTED BY J A MES WILLS. 'V 'Nun'. ls9. ; IMPORTANT kEVS.r . 1 Kew.Yoii, 15., Zfr and Imfiortant Foreign A'tw.' Sv the British brig Mtild hkh arrived it inn ponwivcTviiiis nwn . J uh n't m Antigua, tlw cditw- of the Mcr. cuntik Adertiser hJ received London rapert to the 13th of Deterober inclutlve, the-Airtiftt Journal of m 4h f Jmiaryr containing new from LWjoo 6( tie lCXh of December, from which e har Oude the Wkwine Important extmcta. Ve learn verUny br a pauengrr In the brig JlhtUda from Antigua, tnat m the Swh of ianoarjr idpartJ -t tttiet from Ad mind Cochrane, , lUtirg that' Sir Jhn IJoore wkh an armjr of 36,000 fpen, had attacked the French army in the eai irons of Madrid and coropletely routed them, tc with great almnhtr on both r- stdet-Tbe Emjlii lott 4000 killed. . . , , , H further atatedf tliatf Frenth SO pin ahip vtth $00 trwpa and I7C0 burreta of four, wrnpantttt4ti enraVment,' goiftg into Guadakupe by the Brtliih fr ratrtJiwnand Cleopatra . portf auoui um ma parte ; one day lieJa said to be at PrU, and tic next at Madrid. ftrj4dxu BiltURir, (St. Criitefiier,) Jan. 17. A few hour prerioui ti thi tper rine Y frev e er pbKceiy favoured by the uuving cooimuuiCAtion, front gentle- hast v. - a; i, . -The Ring Dwe Wr war. arrived K Rirbarduei ob the 11th lni. from Libon, hich tmrt the left on the 10-h December J hd bring the melancholy acmint ol the rencn army baving tnterjtl Madrid early i December, after completely rnqnihtnr ha FpanUh armr under Geiterals Blake 4 l'lfox and that Sir John Moore. wa thin daj march with 36000 Britiah A French line of battle sMrV and two frl te kft France on , the 2Kth Nnemlier, th wrnpBei and trorm. for Mrtliiiooe. Kr . Ochrnne, has ' alo prittve lnfrmti 5 French ahipa bavin? left France, with WF "d Hipplira. whi.li the Admiral la bly tsnectg to meet off Martinique. "jjvjr -r wua vuu men, nvr w ica poseiii of Cayrnne, and hv achonner unn ani jea erprrw fr I lalifa it, we leaw tint the Nptwlntercoun tV.!L hj t,rrn . rd JnAmcrka-V f' ' ' -V, ,c , . - e ay extract the ftJVm W rararrath. - Tne LWib KhoottfT. IJruI. Tmrk. M. Veia lmn HaQfax, widt dipa IHSr eorge rretort, arrived here, thi day, at w. A for at we have beat b!e to learn, ey are of the titmrot irnnortanr mrectine e aipret of alLlr in Atnericn ; and were .... w. iiii.iiri7, ,nj, tne V.IHJO, in rwf I" prrreed. whh a little dHv a pna. l!e, cn her cable utien being ordered to Vwiih lhem., v; iThe trroria from tlalifaxtmder Sir Cf te rJ" Jreceived orera to prepare to W lb Pcrmuda where thev are to win. f n.d. fJ'w, ihenc return to Halifax. And ved from Uarbadoea. iJonnj the lakt week, metwchnlv accounts noua quaHera. The mm' of th- i- th.it rjJPfrte hatifijc anhili-ted the ar I y$mt WuHti Blake and oi K'.? 1cr,:hd marched Wjnd, drenching hU font atepa in the Cr8 n'riot and dewhting the whole Vr7 f"und. . The iPtilv pnnted account liLV ha,e vi be" fmnd nhore ex ft?!;?? !heSn Chriitopher AdvrrtiaeK j.""' . milieu wa politely handed to .V inburg. , Capt, . V. Cnok, Wedneiu f ' M FaJmnnh,-wt have received ac , Jf udoraUv fi-nm th forego, .This teHl sailed from the pother IK in ronrntny with tfie mt rf rsjrout F bntnMl fleet on the liih Dccembef. but pd in a gale two rtnys afterwartU. ' l(ow r httrr prof,ilhy that at the period ( , Pu" Cook.x departnre, the evrnt of )leS hirh from the report of the Iling- f e' not have been fight later than V eiKl of November, or first day of Dc? f 'r. mu h)lVl ton Uirni in Fnirlantt ' .pw Capuln Cook affirm -that these ac were known tn havn tVen tilnee. hat jHict between Cktnno and the Frmch is Jathted to.haVeJrn ..ottinte aivl ;.in- elusion stood so nearly in equipone) tbwt the Ticxory could be aict ibed"to neither party;' the Spaniards however, perliaps from par liality, were supposed to have gained some small advantage. Gen. Blake it was acknow ledgcd, had been so roughly handled ii two or Utrre encounters, as to be under tiie, nt ceity L ff retreating j tip huweerhe Wd performed in the beit order. 4 i r Since writing the above, our minds have been : still further reiieied frohi globif (irii bemtoir.H; M's ahip C.rce iiripn Criliery arrived last nht from JT Martinique, and bring the intelligence that Admiral Cochrane had received an expresa (w ujpose from some part of Spain or Portugal) inf Yming him that part of the French army eiuding tfe "figUante of th Spaniards Itkd by I cir eultous mute taken poasewwon of Madrid. The Spani troops haiiot silvered tlie.de feata reported the tmflkt in which they had been engaged, had not terminated m such a. manner as lodflrea tbeir ciAirage, but they atill remained reaoiu-e and neany in thcCMuac. and aaneuuve m the exiectatit I of ealhinrhh!cpep lntim manoeuvre or uuwiapne, wr roco diap-ttching a divikim of his troop into the rear of hi eoeaiy, we may trace aotnethijig nf the ' dKo "which" he pracii atTenSrwith' almost unparalleled succr. It wUl be it me mix-red. that upon the occasion alluded Gen. Devout watrfletactieJl at the newt h a atnxie bndv. whh order to take a compHU ami fin himself about "0 mik : in the rc.r of the left wing of the Prussnut irnv. The orders were no sooner ereuted ih' o Bum parte made hia attack. The Prussians were defeated, and the luRitivea, from the centte h left wing either deMr yed or so entirel) di-v peraed, that aor attempt aiterwawa to re assemble them must hve proved alt eethtv fruhle. It may be ofyecteoVthat tlitre is a vast difference between 20 mile and the dUtance nt Madrid from the scene of action j and thst lliee troop must be too far remo . ed to Co-operate with die main arrny But ma Dot Buonaparte, Intend, Uiiit when hi r ranxeinenta for a groeral ergajementX an cnonpkie this corps ahaikl retrace their stej and take a position In th rer of the patri ots t We know that. upon all farmer occhma one, he lias been careful to take such pre iou measures, as, shculd the adrantage iall to him In the firvt Instance, to Insure the nvt absolute success. VKtory has no brilliancv in hi eyes, unlm it : be tomplete. He aims not to overthrow, but to aiuihtLte hta enemv.' But, W the present fclorWis utruji ge. .jr ardently wish, and wetrost, tht a similar event will ik attend hi stratatero. It la beli ed, he.hss men of wu'Km toded with, The patriotic General, amimg other exceCent, qualifications, bve, shown 'grrat circumprction, and we hope tld virtue will not kbandon them in the important cri- ' r ' J On Tndat hU another of tf .LDndon Cret, the Sallv. Capt. KnoblevTanlvtd-irf Falmouth. , With regard to the remainder of this convt.v, a moat alarming report has ' reached from St, Barthwne w, that ther h-d been burnt at sea by a squadron of French frigates t but the quarter from whence it i received, stamp it in eur pinion, apochry phl. - a. . i.,-- t A ':.. :( A' Tle second November and first Decern ber Packet have arrived at Barbadoes, and the former may be hourly expected here with Loth mail. ' -.Xi'T; i.,;-' ".;'', "'t We nnderanrt. that another French brig ha escaped into Fort Royal Harbour, Mar Unique. ' . -tAx ' : ' ' Ciptain Collier, h the Circe, ha had a brush with a mked battery at St.- Pierre, into the road of which place he had been or dered. ?The baWery opened Upon the Circe, and In elf-dt:fcnce, the fire was returned, I. whlrh the rnemv Wit shortly Silenced, & part of their church and ome other building etroyea--.vpan vomer, i vi three of hi crew are slightly wounded. The Circe wa ao clme in shore, that the French men fired upon her with muaquetry. , - BaiDokTOWX, OiirAad'ora, , Jan. 17. , tin Majesty sloop Fortester, from1 off Martinique, arrived here last nitht with the , reapttnr brig I Best?, from Jersey, last from Madetia, bound , toTobaRO nd St; Barthojomew f - taken' nii i the 4th Inst, to windward of this Wand, by the French pri vateer schooner Renommee, but re-capturcd . on the fiiliiwinji day close in shore off Bay Robert, Martinique, bv- the Fontter and Acasta hi company. The Renommee has aim tim a cutter from Cork bound to Gre- W? ftnd sent hef into Martinique. Vfheboat of his Majcit's brig Alorne or turn Wave,, recently. csptured, close under Mome lioeuf, Martinique, a fine French cutter," called the Frrderic, 163 tons, from Havre bound to St, Pierre, with n va. )cargoofwincoil From London Jiaflm Lbs: don. December 10.- . A cahinest council w held yesterday, 8c did nn break up nil seven in ihe eieiurg after wjuch Mr. Hunter, the tnewienger, wa" ordered to pruecrd to Sp;.in whh d'patche. t it said, die ubject was the situation of the JiniKh armyJtis iutederitishjojees tt o he utmned in Portogal-Trjinifporut hiVe tctn w'.MPil In Cnnmiia unit Viirn. - 'w;iTTi"rili:f;rafi'TO aid ' cargoT ns Twwri-CTW-eniiied at tiHnhiKeiuand sold t the bvnefit of ihe captorsw A ; I .A Sund iv njiier avs. some minist'eriiil hth in? e re aj ken of. ITie Duke of Portland, J Mr. Canrla . and Mulgr iVe, it is said, are be removi d iq' the trrsisuiy, and Lord Mel 4Jr ii4 bren rffcTrd a seat in the cabinet, v '''Mr. Sh iw, the mewcnKvr ' left London 'he IOC of December, aith dipatche for v Accounts Frvm Setlen were onUvounihle since the niptore oT the armtmiceV the Rum" JHI p hrdsJbrw anveiv: . wiRfeiaewptkity, that IV ther g4llaiit tn rt of the Swedes have been fruit- ' Patch fcrtters received in England itate on Uk autli'.rit y of accounts ft om parnstht thenwer ( the British foveriimeut to the overtnrw fr"rn Fraiee and Russia, wa ve. rv detatlcd, and ittt fit orl9aiid thaTat Pam. it h generally supposed,' a iace W"U d hirthr lie C'lic tided. A liiaidon pa per,, we ennrn iKree with the Pri ian quidnn c. aito the rrobable result ot theWt : ration, - , ' . . , AtHriit still cnnthiues her mintary prepu ratiom. ,... 4 ,.-;-f - .t A "Alli...ianXrki, nMi!eto the merchant t-f St.. fVrrs!urgh, Hat after ihe 1st. Jan. 1?09, in Wi'tp wiall beyifTiTed to enter or clenr, trm the Kuw4an p-rti. . ' ' , Prive letters frwn Holland state, that Huotap.rte hyrJered relaxation tn take place" ip the reituHtirtis enj ined by his M'. I tn decife, reimt-ctins neujrala.By the dr. rree aIUi.4ed to, It was onlered thit ali neu trals w bich had tnurhed at a Tlritish . port, r wi!mittrd to br searrlied by a Britif h t ruj. tt r JiId be cn.fi-rf-ated on entering a French orW or cK5emncd as legal prises if cap tured hv a French , armed vessh -xJt I now or.lem that nentraN H,1I be admitted tnt Freirh Krt&, thi ugh the 'hive rjecnvearch ed b a .British cruizer,' provided theyhave nil , tru-hed at a Briti'port. BuonaJarte hi- reUii)5 in the Milan decree probably exwm th;t the American rovernment.will he liiducrd tn remove its F.marjjo su far at least a regafd vessels bund to France. ; I!..' ' 1 Y D.crmti3. V'"' Nohir.e liot uncertainty prevails with re tard toj,," Siin.V. We ha ve received od hiiel hf ence nf the least importance since our last and the mlilic is 'obliged tn rest upon 'the ini retfectjntf lllifence .which, we .received on Friday, life vicue.7but very poitiT state ment of the defeated Castinoai and the in tended retreat of the Britidi force from As torea and Salamanca- is all, therefore we have, on which to found our speculation iand conjcctuie..; . '"r"'-,''r '';-.1'vl-;'"t.,'. ';-'v,. It is mitter of hn'little anxiety 'that we hare n little infofmation respecting the ul-' tim itc intentions of our own army. , W'e re main of opinion, that the resolution has bevn taken of embarking our troops with all pos sible expedition. . - yX '-: On the 14th of Nov. Buonaparve reviewed his troops v Burgos. ; -M.-. ', . :. Portsmooth, Dec Several ships areordered to Spain, to pro tect our transports, ta bringing oflf our troop. Li'. LM'Z;:' Jhttiv-JOtFtti Veiterday thefereigii messenger arnved here. .Tliey were accompanied by a Wil- Jiro Dyt ami famih'i. Thev embarked a- boot 3 o'clock tor Calais Mr.Shaw, the messenger, sailed this morning, in one of our small cutter. FROM JAMAICA PAPERS J Received at the Office of the Puhlit tdger b'l tne Brtnah Schointr CoMMXaCI, -l KtKCSTOX, Jamaica,) January 26. It is with infinite SHtisfaction we state, that. a direct contradiction i given to the gascona ding accounts by theEphigene,"of thtduas ters of the British, and - Spanish troop. By late advice from Catthauena we are inform-, ed ot the most brilliant illuminations hating taken place there as(1well as every other de monstrattondFjoy evinced, in consequence of the eloriouS new received, of the uicceas of the combined British and '.Spanish force oyer f We r rencn, m an action touRiu near nurgos at the tommencertKnt of December, when the "latter" KufTered oimfct terribly in killed, completely cut ap that the action was const derea to be ot a very oeci ve nature. A stronger and further corroboration ftf the sme .intelligence, i alsogiven from o ihf ryoru In Spanuh America. Dispatches from Spain with official ad vices of thebaW, addressed to the Captin General of the Ca raccas, had been received at Laguira j abd at Muracabo( a vessel arrived a lewdaya since with inf'ration of the same nature. . Tlius, nitwithtandirctheattemDts to make lh' effort of the Braid) and Spanish m Spain appear a rooping ana uisneartened, we may Wrw safely pronounce that the hye gauiecf the day and we).tn it wid' prove a prelj minary step to the, total expuluon of those e- ,nem' of the huruan race,, whuhave-eodea vored to subjugate that country, , 7'-' ''. January?!. : V GOOD NEWS ! V- -. From the Royal TrurjGazcUe of Dcicm t: In laymg it before our readers, we must notice, as first .in ordei,of time, the arrival jjf. the ldettrjrable frigate, Capuin Koddl at-PmiWh tr Tsday tnorningTwatclk landed twa ofheer there, who sat off imme diate! with dispatches for, London.' Upon this occaaoii it Wasromnurvd-tbroueh PJv- mouth, that H"mna, Bird, and Moore. had eff wed a janetirn of theil three armies t This iunctMin, our reader heed rU be told, -would of itself, be an event of infinite impor . 1 tance j but we do not consider h: iimour A alone a ufScient eA idence -of the; jict t tho it destrvea to be noticed, a corroborative of what follows, v- .-v.. vx-;','-V r .'..;.,-' - The next arrival, i Jthat)of a yessel oft Vednesday in St. Aus:ell;By, fronl which t gentleman landed, whose intelligence has . . been handed about th it neighb'Mi'hoad in sub ' stance ai follow : That a g: e it baulk had leen fought in Spain, which, terminated in) " the defeat of ihe themy- and one Britshrr ! gTmeliitof infantry was nanetl,;which "was said to have h -d only t (or as othVr say) 49 - men lett. yinia we consider as I ut ano "fherrcho of what will rradually become mot un Die as we proceed, t ; .t, , , - TheMars cutter' letter cf tnafque, arti vcd ac r aimnurn on i uuraaav irom usuon. Inhere ime passenger Capuin A. MXJeaChr of the Mth regimeut of fool, charged with dispatches from Madrid, dated the 27th ult, And which were received at Lisbon on the 5th instant. We did not sec this officer ; but a correspondent at Falmouth, who has very arldom misled us,' writes, that the new brought by thi gentleman is of a more fa- vourable nature indeed, h i said, that affairs in Spain hare taken sudden turn,' decidedly favour ib, nd that the Spaniards have ral- Ied iince thetleteat or CaStanoS, and hU-e cut off twenty-five thousand men of the French. Such is the substance of the news from Madrid, via Lisbon ; and it serve to establish the impdrtant fact, that Buonaparte had not arrived there on the 27th..; ,Si much for the rumour in the London prints, that ho ' Wa at. Madrid on the 24th 1 , . ; , . ; ' But let us proceed : The Cheerful, Cutteri Lieut. Carpenter, reached the Mount' Bay -' oil Wednesday -la at, ih five day fnw Co--runna, and landed dispatches, which were frwardel by a post, rffice express through Truro for Iindon. Thia cutter got round -to Falmouth or Thursday, and several pri . vnte letter wert; received at Falmouth fronr Crirunna by this Conveyance. These letrem ; agree in saying abo, that affairs hive taken a very faeourable rqitn in the the North of Spain. It was anclerstood that at Corunna,' that after he defeat of Castanos, which waa ; allowed to be a severe one, the army of Ar ; ragon under Palafox tthete are the brave fcl- lows who gave proof of their metal, by their i desperate and successful defence of Saragr-" ; a1 that the army of Atracon had joined the : army of Castanos," and fas our correspondent expresses it) . had gained much, ground. One thing (he add) Is certain, that Sir Dai vid Baird had again advanced, and ail thoughts' of his army embarking, "were given over. Of this factoo, toe are' (Certain, from ano ther source, a confidential ' one,, of , uhques-"l tionable respectability. Thischaftee. themr in the army of Sir DatM Baird, fmme treatiog to advancmg, n of itsett an inconte-i . s . s . .a m . . 7 . . - tioieprooi, mat tne r rencn naveexpeiien crct an t,mppr?an,iJ.cjicc ,J.at3he same time that it afford the .strongest vpresumpti of ,ult " .tuhis iiTHn macirta, ana from Corunna, whicK accounts agree also ini atating tnai tne pan!aJs have tallied undef Palate and .xastano. and beat back the e nemv. ; That this could not have becn efTcct- ed but with grent slatighter; mubervideiit. , o me mean nme, we navfaisoio announce the arrival at Falmouth tit Thursday of a a vewiiMni .viaingn.Uur reauers wm re collect that French armv-has beVn hut op in Barceria jpver fclnrethe surrci'der ef pu pont, fTheraccountsby this veH- state, that the enemy was" cTcsely ljesiegcd there n" - i .,... --t ; : j i . ' : . S ., .... : . ' " ' . ' . 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