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which also ScttTcvtd tne water cistern.' The
tirkfeh troops were commanded by General
rate at' Fort RoaT, awl she waa destroyed
" tjefiut Uic surrender of the p lace ; her com
"manuer " had been "UrevWwily -killed by the
explosion of - feoml. A sloop of war was
' Immediately dispatched hr Eiiglatid with in
:' ; accxttnt ot the surrende r of the island.
v ' aTIjc ijlamond frigate had arrived at St.,
Christophers in a wort passage irora uaauj
- - it wss reported that the British and Spanish
, had defeated the i rerch, anaretaien Ma
'"',. dnd, but nothing certain had transpired. It
was also reported that the Uocbetort aqua-
i 4ron were at aeiu1 - . j j -
-o '.v fjtxhn. : ; V
N ' Be the arrival of the British schooner In-
trepid. Captain Basey,; we hare been favour
ed with Havanna paper to the 15th Instant.
From the difficulty of procuring t ranslationa,
" 7 our extract are necessarily limited.-
- la addition to the accounts published thU
evening," it is stated," that the Duke de la In.
. fanudo, wkh 25,CO0 ir.en, was at Peralcs,
T" Vbnut 4 leatrte fiIadrldrpS the advance
1 1 cir.g from Burgns. A report Is prevalent that
the French had previously advanced toSars-
gossa, where it is said they ere defeated,
with the loss cf 12.CC0 men, Ve have not
however, seen any thing to warrant a belief
in tnis rumour, v , - . y .
, Madrid was eradiated on the 23d Decem
ber. The Spanish accounts say that their
nwv rmd possession pi tne celebrated pass
of Somesierra, the only road by which the
French army could retreat, and they were
1 cry sanguine in the hope of cutting them off
completely. '
It docs not appear that Buonaparte, had
more than 30,000 men in Madrid. ' (
I A uJkJ if nielli n matwn
I1ATAVXA, I J.
.Dm Xuan, -Domecq. de Victor, , eentlcrpail
well known in this city and as remarkable
for his pnUr; as the public situation he
hrsldsrhas received a -IrtteT from his 1ro-r
ther IiJoef Victor, an inhabitant of the
" city cf Xerei de tx Frontera, of the fol
lowing tenw : " ..'" ".
-XEacs, S9th Dec 1SCS. r .
" Dear Ekmecf- : "
v ? 1 have received by General GregnrV at
seven o'clcck this morning," an extrawdiaary
dispatch, containing ranrtii and rmportant
new s from Madrid, tf which 1 had not tin
9 send you a crnr. as it is trrwei and
there is he rely time to take tne for the Cap
tia Gcr.en.1, to Whom lam a1xut to forward
it. Tle silyur.ce tr k may be reduced to
this The French nho rarriscned andsnr-
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1
minced Madrid, alarmed by the failure of
rite mails from Cayenne, and informed M
the junction r the Marqms de Romana, and
oTthe Duke de la Infantado, with their ar
mies, had resolTed to eeacnate Madnd,
n;ch they did in tvodiTiaions, kavirg very
lew cf their; people behind tarm, andtock
the road to Somesierra, rn their way to fcich
they must ineVit-b!y be cut ofT, and not'a
would remain. - " ' r- ""'"' 7-." " ,.
The accents stiite,t?iattlie military and
private pmperty which "they had pluodrred,
was Mifikient to lead J5C0 waggotts. Thejr
al assert, - that the news fmn Arragon and
V-auioKia has fined with CflnsternaUon boh
J Veph 8ttonanne and his brother. This is
all that my time permits rjae to comniui;icate.
( r ' n'ilH' C. '"7 'a . k
from tie Cadiz Diary ofjhe 1 5-'A fsnlli&.
That tl Patriot arfnv under Palafox, has
gained, perhaps equal advantages hi a bloo
dy and hard fnoghi buttle at Srossiii erc
pe rencu oivisjoji unucr iMarwiai iMoncey
jya torn pk.tely. iputcd,, u
, lle Spaniards are srely oppressed,' and
many thousands have been murde,rd since
.the tyrant has invaded thcur country j the Rn
tish, auxiliaries have also, uClred. Uut the
blood-hounds qf Gaul have jm'kJ full amount
for their partial and occasional triumphs
Eighty-four thousand French prisoners are at
Cadis ! what strange Bulletin accounts Buo
naparte has menus! Can the most credu
laus believe the French accounts in its fullest
extent I 7,
Extract of a letter from a gentleman of the
;;? JBrstrepecUUl.tJ-, dated 1 manna, March
8, 150V, c . '!f-
- By the British brU George, I have onir
time to send you an extiw. Gaaette.' contain-
t .v.. ot.! r i
j'jj uk niuniiut news vi vmtru.iT, vj a ves
sel in 35 daj il frim Cadi i-MC)HLA, Go
vernor of Cadis has proved i traityr, Jiftd
Invited the French to Madrid, which place
Buonaparte left on the 23d December, to at
tack Knmana's army ( since which time no
thing official had been received from the ar
mies, fl Tie whole ef the Stianiait forces are
drawing to a pomti and hpc are- enter
tained that they wul surround and take Buo
naparte. -. : -
' The supreme Junta Was - at Scv&e, but
rt was expected they would remove to C-dii
in a few d ivs. , - -' " v' '
f At Caclix they had aghty-fsur ' thcutand
f rencA firttonen. .$7 ' ? .";'-':: ";
- The British hate been rmshry hand ed.
One army is marching towards Ccrunaa,
from prudenual motives ; and the other to
wards the borders of Portugal. V
. These ' rocvemcnuimlicata an exuKta
.tion f the; jEeccasir jr of, emhat krrg a v thc
points to sail round to another. nvrr tenUUe.
4 tke thi Mtc texeiied,
ai:tiou3 h nvui v !o, -. and bcher e nhat Spain
witi soon 1 cleared of the monster of EoX
rope and his army. Indeed, I censidef jhe
the besieged fcej confwtcnt of nlvimite sue
enss, as iill ilasesjire inspired with uticn)
VjaeMilecunTge, rtljTiig" hi theprofcctioii
of tlod and the justice xA their cause.
T""-On the 2?d Dcccmlxr,' thrday after the
unsuccessful attack, Mar&hul Alonecy ad
dressed the fullowingi IcJter" to the Captaii
General mid Magistrates of1 Saragoasa. '
;Sias,i.,
The city cf haragoss Is how , completely
invested, and all communication; with the
country cut cfT.l I can now employ agamst it
all the means which are sanctioned by the
laws of war. The 5th division of the grand
army, under Marshal Mortier, and the troops
under my own command, are rendy to renew
the attack. The city cf Madrid tins capitu
lated,) and thus preserved itself from the
misfortunes which must have resulted from
longer resistance. Should not Saragassa imi
tate the example rf the capital, iu total des
truction is inevitable ,V. : wt v-
Marshk Mortser and myself indulge the
hrtpe Uut ycu will prevent the tiTmm.if.
blood and the destructun rf this beautiful cl
tyiJarespecUble Lr its iptdttion, Ut eora
merce and its wealth, by an immediate sur
render; and thus entitle ymrse Ives to the
veneration and benedictions cf its, inhabitants.
J Be assured, gent!emen,that every thing
will be done, comr:iti!Ie with mr honor and
duty to the Emperor, to ensure td viu, n'ndl
to the inhabitants, the undisturbed etuovment
of peace and tranquility'. v
I pmpme to yoa by this Eag cf trtice the
appnntment of comniksiinera to meet, those
vrh'n l mvr auth rtj, to treat fur tha ac-
comphhment of dawr-thle purjose.
, With great conidraiTn, See.
- M ARSI1AL MONCnY
Head-quarters, Torrero, Dec22, HOS.
The Genenl in Ch ef cf the armr tl re-
sev:4inwer fnxn S-tragnssa. Thi ettr
caanoi think ef surrewlerinr., Mvnhsl M".
measure ms strength wua mi te. I bavee.
pen an. nainterrwpted owninttrfcat'r with-
ail parti ot hpam. and have hMidDce cf
Si a,
The f Moving CtrcuLr lias trftr
1 Cu;k-ri5ri, ' ' "'M
, March 1, mW
1 sent you on the thTrd in" r
the noiMntercDurse act, sort erenerJiT'k
tkmi which, aa first IniprtiK.H
its execution.-- Some of those ni"r?M
nifFicicutJy explicit i OnoiieimporJA
a nave, irom a xurtner CwiMderntlun SZ
several taction of the act, bcea induJLS
alter my epinlm; and new 'qurstionaK 1
arisen tn which several of the UollrctoriD
applied Lr Instructions,"" " t7""
, Tne expressions, uWd In th 4
scctiyn of t!te act, had at first impreswdS
lief, that "owiliiwhoWortoy
lorvf-ncrs, cuwa not IK cleared for
or Fitnchrins, - But on more MnuieiS?
ti'ntton ome thhteenuh section of tJZ
nd of the proviso cT tlie firt sectioV3S
F.m! i rro act, pnset! nLie t
Dccein!r, one thousand eiht hutidredi
seven, I think that cpmion to have h.i
ronet us. easels owned in whale w in tZ
by fartwrs, are ati I pmnitted, ta tttSi
mlxy wit the saul provisn, to depart eS
In tulUst, or whh the urgoes which tU
had brought in, and which have not 2
landed, tat any ftirfSn Kt whcver-j
they UuU dear- for a !rt with which c.
mercisl Intercourse ! permitted tAnieru
vessels bv the act of 6rt liut. they mint tj
bust!, mCiHifmiity with the tlrtrenUn.
tb of the iKl act, that they khll not pn.
ree l to a for.tm poit but if they .
boutnl ti a f r?l!m ixirt no UnJ ia rZ
I ' ...i 3vj. m y ue rernvittea ta ciearfe
iordiIy, Tu aprl:et as snh ta En,u
r Frrtsth, ss to anr fcthef forel rn
id lXctiurierrtw tWMnd eight hunilie4k"
seven, bring still unrepealed m U its ,rH
1 1 ; , t " l every, wb?g.- ssixtr timmnd DfHve men,
hanuuuty . than any wbxh has bO reach- ihom 1 am proud of the honor tncmmwd.
ao pant for batt, seeking no reward but
hoisW anil the deliverance of their caumry,
fcrbidthe fUtcning toyuur prwTSAl.
i MMaKey w.'J immoriUize h!tl( ifV
by stjjct observance of the Uwsof war,
edus.
TRANSITION'S.
t .The arrival at AJencia cf Genera! Don
Joscjh Caro, with some troops," has cheered
. tlie drooping spirits of that city, by the gd
news he brings and which he communicated
on the night of .the 22d, to the J unU govern,
in there. He states, that his bmber the
M,riu de la Romma, writes him from Bur
gos, thaffhe h at ttw head ot i armv cf ei"
ver.tr thousand men, anish, and English,
. all choice trvps, and in excellent c!w-ipine ;
ana that hirKetmation is to recover Madrid
lie adds, that we may no w depend upnn the
c&K'pe ration cf the Emperorvcf Russli, to
"whom incrdtr to hiduce bra to join our
cause, England has ceded Malta and Spain
Mahon. . . ; ' 7 . -
I . TI news is confirmed bv letters from Se
ville, which mention further, that the Mar
quis de la rtaroana, is about to establish his
bead-quarters at ValladoTid, and that tlie su-
r ...t.;.t j -. c-:n-. !.. . v -
) trusted to him the entire direction oif the mJ
litary oper rtions in the present crisis ha virg
... communicated their puns to Uie iiuae at u
I'Tantf oW who crmmands the central armv.
and is marrhir.g with tlie same cbrct in view.
It is also assicrted, tliat the Emperor cf
Rtjsiia has trammitted note to tlie Empe
mr cf the French, notifying to him, that He
must jmmrdnteiv tliinlof withdrawing hia
troops from the Spanish territory;, aa other.
. wie the treit'es and conventieis between
tliem could net he carried into effect.
; , LATEST FKOM SPAIN.
The ttlixnr rt tle FrVraI Gazette has re
ceived from his New.Vork correitpondetitJi,
rry I.Jte newt frm .Spam, bv the arrival atT
y c w.York of the British brig George from
Oar . cfirretpnndcr.t s enclose an extr ct of
a letter from liavaona, and the Ifavunna
Aaron t cxtra rf the rlqh'h e ' Marth tlieir
enryrfits are rrlnw. It appears frorn these
!.. - -v 1 1 i i i 'i i Tr ii f r rr rrr i i il
. j,,u;l iiui,uaiair;er y intre m nj rrr hard
Vow fie Ifavanna Jltayra tf Mart t, rr-
settel .. -7, ' . .
SEViUtt Jan. r7. On the 3h Decem
ber, died in this city, need SI tears and2
rnorttns, MS uccnency linn JosepnMonntisn,
Count of Florida Blanca, ':: PresdeBt cf the
supreme Junta of tle kmgdem, tec. ate. he.
v -:Alr FKOtf uiagossa;
s On the 2 1st, in the mornir.gj the eo?omns
cf the enemr aDnearcd on the hetrhu which
Command Alount Torrern att the butterv
ww
noon vim a ; at tne same time two strung
orps cf mfanlry and cavalry advanced tuthe
attack tJiroush the c'efi,ef on eor left j wh.l
on our right I hey attackml with imeturity
the Ca?a iL'4nca'and carried i-TLr bwtte
rr of Bona vista, thns becotrC MiKetl and a
fj9.D.ade.of-ihe enemy stUirg Hre to a maga
twe of powder, it blew op f vm which the
irtiHery retired to take anoiIrr pevtira and
set fire to the bridge cf America, his accs
dent compellrd our troops to retire within
the redmibt of the Pelar siruated t the he-al
of Ibe bridge de la SLerba, which they ef.
iected in Rood order. Ab -ut mkl-djy seven
columns of the enemy's infantry with -proportion
of cavalry and a trr trcintf ar-
tilry she wed themselves eemi found the
Arunri, oatne.op;osite side -of, the riier.
Our Captatn-Generatdetarhed the Brigadier. .
Captain uf the royal guards to take
sinn of this point, which he so we?l managrd
that he was able to nniq the hottest fire of
the enemy for five hr. Dm Manuel Vr
laaco, Colonel of artillery, polntrd his funs
so well and kept upso well 'directed a fire
from the three batteries attacked by the
French, thai such wa tljehavork thus rnade.
that this diviskin cf the enemy retreated in
the 'greatest- disorder ; a corps of reserve
then Coming up, renewed the attack whh
great impeturmity, in which a partial but
temporary advantage was gained over a por
tion of our troops. Our General accompa
nied liv UeuL Gen. Don Juan OTfeilly and
Field Marshal Don Philip Santmarc, placed
bim-elf at the head cl our broken line, and,
eword in hand, rallied his troops, led them
again to the attack r when, encouraged b
the presence, and undaunted valour of their
chief, tntr trnnps rushed forward with an ir
resistable ardour, and rained a eomulete vic
tory $ in which tlK French were crropfetelr
he can-oUain a victory hich no
suppose., 'My g'ory will rut be I
(-. f.zhin it-is Alined considerable adrantaees
Md.kt, Ucv"
walls more thin 4000 dead, and asminy,
more taken prisoners," among; whona were,
the grenadier who fought' so' de-peratrly.
Tlie field of bait! afTirded our troopt im
mense booty, besides the tn"t ho-iorahle tri
m;h of war the humiliation of those who
came from tlie north. ' , :
This triumpft, so honofahle fthji vajvant,
clliv lt4S leixkri-d it imjitvgnabV": It'-tan
onfx lr taken when it- wants arms to defend
it : every house is a cistle ; each heart a
strong fortress, and each battery a testimony
of art;' of talents and of valour. , 7
1 Here follows a fist of the ntTicerssnd
corps w,lartiwIavjuJslie
i Some skirmishinx continued several divs
after the" battle" aliove. in' the course of
wiiich manr were taken and killed ion both
preserved this city, by the valour cf our 4
djers, cppoNl to -a sywe-w of dfspi&Ve ep-
pression, onk-iown to the anctent Marslulsuf
France. I living suuued a sktre of 61 dav s,
the commander, win fears not tkath nor pri
vates, wilJ n isw, when his army by re
inforcemrrHs eqiulln nunbrr their besie
gers, shr.nirom the gi.rk-us task, impcacd
foe Wood of gincrcus EparJardt so plen-
tcously shed it as Eiru to the ettneof
Spain s it is evluctve of the .r.a&M and
cnielry ef those who wmlM rpU e them.
AIar:U M. u assjrtJ tWt f r ll.too.CCO
f people ta be fiee it it sulliiictit to Wi.l U.
Ineir entWastn and Vwattf'on'te tuV'
dutd. J would 4 willirgly a,icn&c U
brave men whom I c-vwisui ; but there is
not one of them who wouU not joj fwlly S.VJ
hit bp d in defvnee of the Uit iuca cf hit U-
liivrd country, i,.------.
Yesterday must have convinced jraur kt
cellrncv Out, I mi?ht wl'Ji enaal nrcnrirtv
of&r terms to your army, whs will all perivh
urder t?e waKs tf Soiragoisa, ere tt surreo
The Commander in O.kf cirnrt credit
the ace.it of the surrender cf Madrid, un
less in Iced he were infrmeIof th treache
rr which akxie could have proved the rWs-
t met ion of the brave, united and leyal Lia-
if . r .-. . -.it .. .
mum oi itias cip.in. - - f '
With respect, j am -
V-YoarXxxenency &c
' El GENEHAb PAL.rt)E .
Head-Q nrtcrs, SaramsA, '
2Zd jJccemier, iloj. ' , .
; , .a Mcacta, Janusrr 12.
The comnsisslmer of the Supreme C ut
cll, near the armies of the enemy, has this
day commuoioted the following intelligence
This morning ;Was published in this army
by order of the general, the - newt nf the
French haying beert. ccmpleiel rented be
tween SegovU and the plains of Sin Antonta,
by ,th? Mrquis dc la Romana, leaving on
the field of battle, in killed, wounded and
pris mers, 21,000 Frenchmen, with all their
artillery and baggage .1 and thatUierest of
lie, armr. with a srre.it nersonare. said la
mm - m MB - w
and tbe act itself Ijcing repealed In part ojr
m fr as relates ta ves-els owucd be ciihl
ti the United Jk V.c f ; esst'U o Wned m ws
tr in part by f rvt.rera are stiJ fgrUddea
take oi 6a.rJ ary new eargts. Afaerkaa
eU are pcrrai ej to gi only toilie para
nit f"rS UiW by tlie aa cf thelai&w.
may rsmr t!,cre every spec cf netcira.
diie. Yoni?i vessels may drpirt to any fe.
rt 'rn part wUwever. but cannc uk
less m having lrd tct tf ptrt any itKKhamiiseeilherii.
one here will
dispersed, leaving on the field and under the ! be Npolcon) is sarrouivkxl by uur tronns in
tne rauiir ue bigovla J know not whether
this pleasing, information has reached your
Excellency, but if imc I: communicate k to
fulfil my duty. ,. ry. ' '' 7v i- 7"'"M7. ".c
' Persons who have cone front Madrid as
sert thnt the French are disappearing frwn
.this city without knowing for- yhat reason,
nur whither they r,n, nnd that the few whs
retntln d not exhibit flie same haughty ap
pearance as formerly. , i
We expect t be jiined by the riew troops
of Uclei and C(ienca,when tlie army will ad
vance ioi pursuit of the enemy. - T '
regr or domestIc etlter thui was onbrariX
wnen tv.;1?ea et the Ensliirro. or U
w-ils, ai relates to all forrtgn tntM
tn the United S-ites, wher than the cart
whicli they mty have hrooglit io, and whh
IMVe t UCI UtKktl. v
Oi i, .e su'ji-c: of pons fir which drama.
c m iy be granted, or mtist be refused tt
American r .-!, I will observe, .that tf
the ..leral'tf or inerattycf the vovir e c.
i d mi jtful c v, be detcrwsincd tny rf tar
cnirsi i tne u. . tnit Q iestKas can never
tp9 tflvtl eis'irr bygr-snthig Or rrfusew
b-en trans n'tted tf the cnptroUer, are is
cuvgrrru'.y with the. expression umki i tbe
act and it u4t be clcriy understood tut
as, on the ooe hsr.d, the condition of the
tm mvy tv, on trial, be dcernl fririu4
m everv' liuunc where a vessel shaQ hart
nroctrWd ta port I irhkV cfcirsnci
h i been rrfed ; so, r the other kaad,
errors, my be comm'tted in eranunc clrw-
ances for prrts which the. courts may aluv
niueiy .j5;e to have Nen jtwbidira by
l iw, and it b trt intended that the mere act
of hus eranUnr a clearance shall rr lease the
party from the penalty which may be meat
red by puwutn; an illegal voyage, -
J am still f epinkin tliat no clearance ess
lie granted fr an p-art of. the island of S
D'mln, pr cf the kingdom of Iuly. iTfet
hile,ienlmce of Sn lJivunn has not bera
acknw!edjei by any, act cf government t
"an-J if not U Irpcn lent," h is a WpeWney ot
France The kintd'Mn t4 Italy wlilch no
inclu l?s Venice aiki Leghorn, though not s
nc xri in France, is gveme4 in the name ef
t"ie French E iperor,end is not only m fart,
but in name, one of hi dependencies. There
are port In Jsain and portussl, which mvf
hereifter lie exduwHrly bV the rwrtcsswo tt
Great-Ilrit ilo- of France, "and ftir hkh
clearances should according tocircomstancri
he refw-il. It W urwlerstwl that at prewr.t
they are; all omler tire nominal government
of a Spmhh sovereii;n, or of the Pthice Ur
gent of Portugvl, anl thst thctef re dearaa
ccs may be tranted , for alt The rule most
he jat lilice rkU in Uie nsme f tht
rri;n of the country, tlwujh garrisoned oy
untisii or t rencit trneps, arc net to i con
sidered as for!4dln jort. Hut if conowrtd
by either, at in the ce rf LMywi beiire r
evacuation by the French, thev are exclu
sively in the 'possession cf the cor
ineriore inriMdiien.. . r '
There is nothing In the law wVch forM
the svle rf;.AmdrtCAns,seUid)riKJA
J'ti1ni , vCt'l?., h miL.Trvnrr&M'A,
ihirtrenih Wciiont th it- they shl hot pro
ceed to anr Hritisli or French prt. THe
C'jruht'wy-i of this Wnd will be comldcr ed by
this deprtmr r.t as fjrfdted and the bond pJ
In suit, If prior to their return to the United
AXaeacoify Januiry 8j thejrilrtll" priced ":'torucb ''p6rtt";wlsethcf
ther nive btn sold or , remain the priwrv
ef the svme owners The pfovUitrfiS lths
section which relate to the production w
4MJW ff
; copqucrcrs aad.
r The presenr notice ha vine the character
of yer?cityr the Supreme. Junta ordered it to
be proclaimed with firinr of cannon and rinr-
iiigofbel.lt.' . ' ' certificate of the lndit. rf the enrenoiilf'
respect brit do nne aiiccl that part oi
frwd bv whtcji:iTif vfwfit ins aib?gcthsr ii
from S vrae.ossnf It ap-1 . Yrle, Duke jJe .McdinasldcuU- Dy or-J re
pears ITiat while the enemy has not altogether lilcf f his Excclieney. - j h-
re,avetsh:d his designs co that brave cay, " " ' 7Jntiu hi
iJdea tu proceed to tea,.
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