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I ul—I, L LONDON". So, Private accounts from France prove flow ■rei.ort-s «»i -Bonaparte's Ministers. It was lately asserfed that no Iresh hurl hens w<J 11 Jci be ne- •cessirv, and lhal t!; e receipt covered I hp ex* •JU'IKII!lire. We understand that one of the xeaoiir -e« lately a lopled to raise money has been *o order all (lie property belonging !o to lie sol(l, -,iiiti the produce paid info fife Treasury. A large sup- ply <>i bullocks >»-as wanted for the service of the army in S)>ain. The prefecis were ordered to jllHrhase HII'm at HIe i'alent four hundred iivres each—!hey replied that they knew it might he done al a cheaper rate, but they were ordered to do it at the price fixed by GO\f'r¡¡meul.-IIICH¡!SeqtH'HCt' of wlldl th,' tiol-c 111(1 iliei, th" sellers were informed that they eon Id only be i >id ai the rate declared by the Prelects lo be She market price. They were paid accord- ingly not, however, in ready money, ac- cording to ihe original agreement, nm iil bonds, tir debentures, payaiile after the peace Hie las! tetters received Iron) Sf.'alsutid, coni >i;iiiica!e some important information re-. Jati^e to 'u>* strength of the dilfe/ m; Powers in ^•■rmany in readiness In lake the fi* ;,j. l)r:¡ss':J, il. slait'ct I -is assembled a force of sti(ori oi, 200.000 -en, oi wine.; 40.0;>0 are couiii 'sed .if < iir\ H i is said, was to complete iter 'nice to 150.000 rp> hot 'af preseni i' fails greaji'v short of A >S!K> I> is a LE--e o! 80.000 'ileatin toot in iv.'I)■>a, 40,000 •■•■ore .on- tilt* frontier* of < f < Iy The ( n>*v i pence of Sweden h s imder Ins command 28.000 Swedes. and is ex JVle.-i* i-oibnrghers, Husseins, and Prussians, British transports were waiting sit Kouigsburgh -to bring- re enforcements to Pomerania. With respect to the force under Bonaparte, it is calcn! -.ted that lie has about 250,000 men Uiidni- his -m mediate command A l\ »••*«»* pa.ier mansions the arrival.there fin the 17 a of March, ofthe Young William, It id O A T, iV.NN St. Thomas's, (in 2 K! of February, in lat. 35 30. long. 65. 30 she fell Sl):ttitsti fr,,til ■Cadiz, bound to Baltimore, out 20 days, and in a sinking slate—took from hei six men (the «wner, m.ite, and four seamen.) These tin. for!nn 11e persons s'ated. thai after being at sea 6 ) days, they fell n with a French priva- feer. vhich took r their remaining stork of provisIons Being afterwards in a of starvation, they agreed lo draw ioIs which .should die, to afford s<i»sigtence to the survivors- Tlie first lot tell upon the Captain, Win) cut his throat with a knife in four days his fljsh becaue putrid and the crew conti- nued wil limit food three days rather than have of c:iiisiii,(, (be death of another of Uieir companions.— Being nearly famished, however, 'hey were compelled t». draw lots again, which fell upon one or tii" seamen, wiio hung Inmselt in like m niner three more of their messmates were sacrificed t(* prolong their wretched existence. The E ».rl -of Aberdeen luvs arrived in Tiwn from Scotland, w'leiire he was summoned by €X;»res* by his Majesty's Ministers, for the purpose, as if is reported, of proceeding on a sneciiil mission to the Emperor of Austria. His Lordship will leave town early next week, and i! is expected will assisi al I he approach- ing Co igress. of), ibe put of this country .The Ear) of Aberdeen is accompanied in this im- portant mission J>\ his br«;her the lion. Mr. Gordon, and by the Hon., Frederick Lamb, Secretary oi "-t'egation. Iti Portsrnrruth Harbour, in addition lo the cr»ws of tlie Vessels loading, every seaman that can Ire sparrj) from ships of war are engaged in the shipnren' of heavy ordnance for trie jWarquis of WeHington. This service is con- sidered si) (iressinj:, dial the men are allowed €x!ra wages aiid grog. Cadiz June 25. -111 one of our late numbers we g-tve a Bulletin of Bonaparle, iu wnkh lie proposes a Congress at I'rague, at which should be present, on his sole, the lenipo- teuuaries of France, Denmark, the tJnited Slates, and the King of <puin alld 0.11 the gidt-, iiii)% tiie Spanish fn»urgenis and the other allies of the belli j.trenl mass. That Bonaparle should Pr ipose a t ongresstor peace, seemseqni valent to i victory on oar part and though his jirinoio il ohjeel be H> gam time lo recruit Ivis .I 21 strength, yet undoubtedly, his former violent and unine isured tone has been considerably moderated of The war with Russia and the Peninsula lias brought hi>n to his senses. Never will Bonaparte be again what be was, when, with so much arrogance, Ile If),, -Visiiii,i and, be the events what they may. never will Ku-rope see herself ill a worse situa tion than that JII which the spring of 1812 found her. Bonaparte, however, proposes that the Kin r of Spain, lit at is, the au.toma ton Joseph, should come to this Congress. In a fit of insanity he.might contemplate stu h an absiircity, but could not entertain it HI hIS so iu l senses. Such a pr >posil ion is equivalent to Bona.iarle's saying to Russia and England —It you choose to enter my Congress, begin I by violating ymtr s»cred engagements Willi 1 Spain you witl then form a sacred compact with ar" Such is I he tyrant's uivi;a(o these Powers. Russia and England have re- cognised Ferdinand VII. asihe only mvereh'n of SI) ii;i-tiie Cortes and Regency as its only legitimate Go* eruiaeiit and does he suppose they will enter tiie Co ^ress acknowledging Joseph ? Madman :f All (he Alljes have ac- kni»viledged Fenlioand as legitimate King of aid tiiev tiow willi reco- nising Joseph But he invites also to hts Congress the Spanish Insurgents, (whom oe has often called rebels. ) And tor what pur pose should they lie nressml ? — To affix the seal to (heir servitude?—To ask parduu tor their offences ? — To cover themselves with disgrace and uifa < y ?—To impiore the favour of Joseph, and I he protection ot the Corsican in on st e> ?—Does Bonaparte ferget -that the nohie pride «i these Insurgenis has maintained for the last six years, a glorious contest against his secret intrigues, his colossal foice; and that they are resolved to perish rather than degrade themselves?— Hie Spanish ftisnrgenls I may make ircaliea with France never with Bonaparte. A private letter from Lisbon stales, that the Spanish Government intend to conferoo Lord Wellington I he I itle of Prince of Vittoria. ■Detachments for nearly all the corps III (lie service of the Peninsula," amounting to 2,800 men, have embarked during; the last week at Portsmouth, for that quarter. The Dukedom of Albn era, which was given I by Bonaparte to Suchet has been assigned by the Spanish Cortes to Marquis Wellington. The revenues are estimated al 15.000/. sterling per annum. Among the first proceedings of the Ameri- can Legislature, was the election of Mr Clay as Speaker of the Lower House fie was last Session a violent supporter of the war. On the first mi'eling of (be Senate, the Vicc-President. Gerry delivered a furious philippic against this country. A new first rate of the line, to be christened Ihe !,<ird iSelsim, is nearly ready for launching HI Woolwich yard she is to mount 120 guns, I besides.24 carronades, and is the largest ship evt:r built in the British navy. She is to be launched on the Anniversary of Ihe Victory of i rat i jgar, in October next. Ne*v York P ipers to the 20th lilt, have been received. —It appears Ilia! Gen. Dearborn had carried ;n»<i immediate effect the orders of th>- Secretary vf War, under the Act which em the President to h ive recourse to a r} s -<ii ol rei xh it i;tn, m case he naturalised (if m ide jir oilers, to the laws of a 'Mate which or -,vllticll they had volunla nly abandoned for ever. General Dearborn jtl (,()ititnllfetl, ill pursuance of those orders, >vett!y■ aevrii British subjects to close custody, ou who,m ir was provis oriaflv determined to urftici 'he severest retaliatioii i'ee following is considered an accurate copy of the Prune Regent's late ieiter to Lord Wellington — MY DEAR TIORO,—.your glorious eoniliict I is all human praise,.ami far above my ¡ reward I. know no language rhe world affords wortliy-to -xpreq, if. I feel I have nothing!efi I to saj., hut dev cmdy to offer up my pravers of ?rarif«rfc to Piovid'ence, that it bas in iis oimii- potenf b■■unify blessed my country a nl myself with iiieh a General. You have sent me auioii» the trophies of your iinuvalled tame, the staff of a P encil Vlarshal, and send you in return thai, ot Holland. The British army witt hail it ^vith enthusiasm, while ihe whole universe will ac- knowledge those valorous efforts which have so imperiously called for it. Thai uninterrupted j health, and still increasing laurels, may continue fo crown .you through a glorious awl long career of life, are thtj never-ceasing and most ardent, j wishes of, my dear Lord, your verv sincere and ) faithful friend, G. P. R." j I'fie Marquis of Wellington. I Exchange of Prisoners with America;. —The (Mortal Intelligencer of the 11 May says — We have the pleasure to slate, that effectual measures are in progress for the relief of our unfortunate country men in captivit v. A cartel, by which a system for the proper treatment, release, and exchange of prisoners on the part of the United States, and Colonel- Barclay, General Agent tor Prisoners on the part of Greal Brrlaill. By this, among other things, it is stipulated, thai tivo cartel vessels, of (lie burthen of 500 tons together, shall be Con- stantly kept by each Government, in the ser vice of removing prisoners of the t wo nations, to be released on account or exchanged. On part, the two vessels have been already purchased, tilted and dispatched, to bring home our prisoners suffering in the West hw dies. The United States cartel Aniilcstan, Captain Smith, left this place for Jamaica on the 2.1 instant, to touch h. Hampton Roads, and lake of fBritish prisoners j and.on Ihe 13ih inst. the United Statescarte! ship i'srseverance. Captain Hill, sailed from Philadelphia for B-irbadoes, to touch at .New York to"take iu British prisoners in !il»e manner. Both vessels ■ire to return with American prisoners to Pro- vidence, in Rhode Island, one of the stations agreed on for the exchange of" prisoners of war." on for !Ire exrhl"ge of ¡ir¡S()ller war, Pcáeslrill.tl Fele.Mr. Aiken, the pedestri all, started from the Surrey-side of Westmins- ter-bnd e at 12 o c/ock on Saturday morning 10 go to a spot near Asolord, Kent, and re- turn, the distance being 108 miles, in 24 hours, lor two iiundn d guineas. The pedestrian did 13 miles in the first two-hours, and'arrived at Wrotham Heath, 25 ii,ile.4, III fotii-, wliere lie took refreshment of cold chicken and wille He went on at a slower rate, and did half his journey in Jess than leu huurs. The pedes- trian halted three quarters of an hour, and then went back lo Lark ifeld (24 miles) at the rate of less than ifve miles an hour. On his ciriival near tariungham, 18 miles from his journey s end, he had more than four hours t(» spare, but he was much fatigued, and did ollfv three Irlde" (he next hour he recovered, however, aiid won the mateji ivy nine minutes it is as great a task as any on pedestrian record cons dormg the ground was not chosen, but III ¡I v. On Monday last, a fata! affray took place at Garvagh, County Derry. It. was the fair day, and a large body of those deluded men, siiliug themselves Ribbon men, assenibled in thai "town, some letters siy to the number of vengeance on a peaceable inhabitant, (one Davison, a publican,) wlio occasionally gives idirissiou lo Freemasons and Orangemen.— Two lodges of the latter, and one of Ille ormer,vvere in the habit of periodically meei- mg there -I\,olle of those, hO\'I'ever, vti ni p'esent on Jhj«» occasion Ino meditated ven- eance'was therefore likely lo fall upon the, li >nse and its owner, and upon the various in sigma deposited there, as characteristic ofthe association the y represented-—Fortunately the landlord of the house got some information of the visit intended him, some time before it actually took place a few friends were con sequently privately introduced, who were pre- a red l.i assist in tio- entertain ment of so many gnesls, and, if necessary, to give them a warm •eception. The assailants, being individually decorated with the distinguishing badge of a vhi(e handkerchief tied round the middle of file body, were not slack iu Ihe r approaches little dreaming, (tt would appear,) Ihe prepa- rations that awaited th< m. On the attack commencing, several shots were fired over their heads, the contents of which whistled among ?he trees behind them. whoe tUgitlllC I branches indicated Ihat they were not fired from biank cartridges As usual, however, this forbearance only tended to exasperate the mob. The pieces were then levelled lo do execution'. Several of them immediately fell, and a general flight and pursuit instantly com- I y menced. it is snid three persons were killed on the spot, and several have since died of their wounds. Next day a large body of Orangemen and Free masons assembled from I (he adjacent country and villages, and tri- umphantly paraded the streets of Garvagh without the shadow of opposition. Such is the 'account we have received of this disgrace- fill otiti" upon the laws of Ihe country, and upon the pea'te and good order of society — When will pom- Ireland be free from the mad- ness of faction ? —Belfaxt Chronicle.
FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE.
FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE. WAR D E P AHTMENT. Dowrring-sln-et. July 31, 1813. A I fie fol ex ti.act, was this morning received hy gild Balhurst, from Field Marshal ihe vlarquis ot Welling- 19, 1,Si3. WE established a battery of four eighteen (;oti%eEit, wlii -ii ;ortili,-ti and occupied in force. ;¡hOUI SiX hUll oh-wl yards from the works of '$au Schas'ian.— Piki., .4ih, .and the conven1 was so far se-»i oVe 1, as ■hat: Lieutenant-Genera) Sir Thonias Gralia u jereil thil ;Ile .sotected its left il^«ik, shon' I e .lonie.i mi the Mf(i. I have il; yet received 'ru- .p o-t of th> iletads oF< tiiis i^peration. u ir/i however' was successful, and -onr troops were established >> the convent, an at the village iminedialelv Melon it, which the einony had burned I have received a report from Gen. Miua, of the 12/h, in winch he mlorms me, that General I Ouran had joinetl hun in the nei»hbourlioorl of Zaragoza,;and ihai he had attacked on the Sih, Gen, Paris, who had for some tHue commanded a-divisioii in Arra^on. (at-iq lia(i re,ii't-d in the .niglit ofthe 9th, leaving a garrison in a redoubt in the neiyhnourhooii of Zarag'oza, which rJen. Vlinahad left Oen Duran 'o attack, while he followed the enemy wiih his own, ami die t:a- valry under Brigadier Don Julian Sanchez, He had taken a considerable nuin\>cv of pr isoners, and a good deal of baggage from Oeneral Paris, and a convoy on I he Illh. It is impossible to a,)plaud too highly the ac- y tivi'y, intelligence, and gallantry, wiih which Ihi se operations have been'carried on I have since heard that (Jen. Paris had arrived afJaca,on the 14'h, and that he had brought with him the garrisons of A and was about to retire into France. Marshal Suchef evacuated Valencia on the5th instant, and Gen. FIio entered 'ha' city, at the. head of the second army, on ihe 7th. I have a letter from Lord William Bemmck, of the Till, from San Felipe, in which tie informs ine.thatlie evpected io arrive at. Valencia on (be 10. h. I j have not heard of viarshal Snchei's retreat lie- f ymid Casteilon but the garrison of Segorhe has (seen wirhdlawn, and 1 understand thai, on the 5th insf. (ieneral Severoli blew up the fort of Alcamz, and marched upon jequjlJenza by Caspe. J I since writing the above. I have received a dis- i fiatch from Sir Thomas Graham, of which Ih. j '"dosed is a copy, containing his report on the | attack of the convent, near San Sebastian. I Extract of a Dispatch from Lieutenant— General Sir Thomas Graham, lo Field Marshal the Marquis of Wellington, dated Ernaui. July 18. LS13. The convent of San Bnrf-hblome, and the ad- j /oiniiig work on the extremity of the steep hill towards the river, were taken yesterday by as- sault; The natnraJ and artificial slrengfh of fortified posts,occupieifhy a large body of troops, aiid ihe impossibility of access to either nu! by the fronts made it very desirable •. to have de- stroyed the defences as much as possible, and a new battery on ihe left Was begun the preceding evening, hut not being read) in tiie morning, the attack was oil, A column, consisting of the piquets of the 4th Cacadores, commanded by" Lieutenant Antonio lit-: Quairos, of one hundred- and fifty men of the 13th Portuguese regiment, under ("apt. Aimeyda, supporled by three companies of the 9lh regi- ment, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Crauford, with a reserve of three companies of the Royal Scots, under Captain Auguimbeau, •vas formed on the right to attack the redoubt, under thc direction of Major.'Genera! Nay. Major General Bradford commanded the left column, composed of two hundred men of the I3th Por- inguese rcgimeuf, under (he cOillmaud or Major Snodsrass, of;!hat regiiilent an number, j under Lieutenant Colonel Macneagh, of the fxh Cacadores, aiid supporetd by the 9th" regiment, IIlder Lientenant Colonel Cameron, The whole of (tie troops employed in this service being under the command of Major General Oswald. About ten A. M, the left column began the at- tack on ihe convent, while the right nassedthc ravine near, the river. Both attacks.were made wi'h such vio!j[' and dûtcrmi/I!Hio!l. lilat <111 oh- stacles were..overcome,without the loss that mi<ht have been expected. fhe enemy were driven in confusion down the hill, a sfrO(, I't'itifor(!etn(-iiit, just sent Willi then% it, their flight through the burnt of Saii, Martin. 'I'lie (lie Iroops it, I)tii-.stiii coill(i not he restrained by the exertion of the superior (,L,tlei,,il Osw, li direction not to pass San '-ilartiii, and some una- V'ddali!" lo.ss was sustained by L.bose who fol- lowed the enemy to the-foot of ihe glacis, on their return to San \fartin. I need hardly as .lire your Lordship, that on Ihis, as on other occasions, Major General Os- wald Flel-vice in ille hest manner • (,eiierals Hay and Bradford, for their condud of the attacks ■ en. i us ted to; t bem. But f bei^ in. justice to ihe officers, whose distinguished gallantry in leading ou iheirmen to overcome the variety of obsta- cles that were oppbsod to them, to mention Maj. Snodgrass,, Captain Almeyda, and Lieutenant de Quairos (severely wounded,) of the Portuguese service, ami: Colonel Call) of the 9 b Toot. this report, without expres- sing inv perfect satisfaction with all the officers and men ofthe royal artillery, both in ihe four- gun battery., employed for three days against the convent, and on the opposite bank of the river, whence several field-pieces were served wilhgreat effect. b P. S. I omitted to ment ion, that Major General flay mentions h;s great obligation, t0 Caotah, Taylor, of the 48th regiment, his Hngad- Major. (The Gazef'e .also contains a.dispatch from Lieutenant General Sir G. Prevos' h, Cana la sJato.e, tha^, on the 21M, ultimo, the enemv suc- cecded in effecting a landing about two miles from Fort George under ,he cover of ,he (ire. of the.r flo'.lia and ba.tenes, with a force so very far superior to any which we could brin- a-ain ihem, that notwithstanding the most determined and srallant opposition on the pai-t of his M iies ty's 'roops under the command of CoL Vincent be was unable to mainail1 his position on that rontier, and obliged, after falling backJnpon Qaeenstown, to retire with the whole of his army. which he had collecfed from Chippawa, and Foi t Erie, to the head of the- Lake,
.........-' VIEW OF THE PUHSEN…
VIEW OF THE PUHSEN I" SEAT OF WAR ON THE PYRENNEAS FRONTIERS. The following Projet of the present Cam paign in Spain is extracted from the Military Chrllnicle of August, published yesterdav — As it affords fix- best expblllatiollof what our illustrious General seems to intend, we have given Ihe most interesting parts of it. Vittoria is become the point from whence the new lines ot operation issue, and which •will ne- cessarily ioilow fhe main roads from itiai town to tie of) Now ihe main roads whi,¡ isut' fro!TI \f'htoria are rhre. lIame- Iyt I. I be road Iroiii VitfOria to Bayoime, which is the continual ion of (he high' B,t;>mie rnad.- 2.- Froirt Vitioria to■ Pa pelana in Navarie. S. Fiom Viitoria ioSaragossa, or rather fro!t> Pam- peliina m Saragossa. to Le- rida, Baiceloi:a, and Gcr,.»t;t (the high Perplgnan road I i'oiva Prrpiguaii in .Fr-.mce/to Saragossa). tiie distance l!.),ii Viitoi ia to Bayomie is about 100 English nules, tht- high route beuii. as fol- I lows, na oi b, from Vittoria tu'W-m'ttlragon 20 m i.s; thence to Vergara, S; thence io. Tolosa I tbcuce o Ernaiii a-J ( tbencu to the Bidasoa -■lid 1. no,. ( lie frontier river of France and Spain) ;o; .♦hence 'o St. Jean ((e Lnz 15; and thence to j At Ernacll, this j j road ihiovvsoiu a nran h on the left, winch is 'he road o St. Sebastian. This road is as fol- luvs: iroti) Eruani to Kenteria 12 miles; and thence to Sebastian 12. Total 24 miles. The vviiule of this road (from Vittoria to Ba- yonrie) is rough, .nouniaiiiims, and extremely -lo ai)so,iltel till to ailal'erv. lit- tle inci)nvei)ie«De ? » t he allied armies, hut an an doubted disadvantage to Hie enemy. It will be .of- no inconvenience to the allies, inasmuch as the towns, Which ma^ require a s ege, are on iaie coast,and may receive aruwery from St. Autleio or Passage this road have little strength beyond tiiai of their position l'i-o,,i Ei-tiaiii to St,Sebastian is moun- tainous. A small distance oil the left «i ii- i« Fontarabia. This is a fortified town, and repat ed one oi the keys of Spain upon the Pyrenne.m Irontier, ii is souated in a small peuinsi.la on the sea coast, and upon the lefi bank o he Bi dasoa. ir is smail but very well foriiifed by art 1. Ii js protected on -he land side by the high uiouniains of the Senas ce Jaeque- vel, arc1 on the sea by a fortress oi very con • i:1ct able strength. I; might probably support a re gnl.ir siege of 21 days or a month. St. Sebastian is likewise a fortified town, and if not by some defectsiu its position would he of great streng-Tho 11 is situated between two arms of fhe sea, which form a peninsula of it. There is a .eminence which serves it as a rampart on the seaside. (t is duly tla,lked with bastions and half moons, and is further defended by a citadel seated on a lofty inoun aiu Bui the whole of its Wiirks are commatided by higher ground with- in cannon shot and therefore it would he com-, pelied to a speedy surrender. Pampeluua, the.capital of. Navarre. is a very I considerable town. I t is partly siluäred on an t'finttcnce, and pai'fly in a plain, on ihe banks of the small river Agra, which washes a portion of its walls. It is surrounded on all sides by a circle of mountains about eiglu miles distance.— Its military character is very respectable. It is regu.'arljf fortified, and h:is two castles, one of I. wtliCh IS ill the (own, and the oilier contiguous, though without the walls. Tnis last place, which .is the citadel, was built by Philip the 2d, and its situation on tbe rocks renders it. very strong. Ii has five bastions covered with some and good I fosses; and a deep marsh, of considerable ex. tent, renders the approaches to it difficult towards; t -e side on which it could be attacked. I It may tie observed here, that itiei-e are three ¡ principal roAds from France info Spain,—namely, J one- from Bayomie through I run, Tolosa, and I Vittoria,—a. second" trom Pnplguan to JUII qnerra, Ge'rona, Barcelona, &c — and the ihird 1'rolll St; Jea)1 pied de Port in Franre Ihro' RUII-' cevalles io Pampelnna. This road is as follows: I)iC(i (rc. fli,l-t to lt,)nccvaile, 30 miles; thence to Znbieta 20 miles thence to Pampeluua 16—Tofai 66 English miles from I Pampehma to St. Jean pied de Port, a town on the French seide of the mountains On ihe lefi side of this road, near Roncevalles, is Ih.e beau- tiful valley of Bastan, oneof the most fertile ami delrghrfulvalfcys in Spain, and abounding in every species of plenty. Ir The frontier of the Pyrenees, considered from Bayomie on the Ocean, to Colioure oil the Me- rlitt'irauean, presents a Iront 01 more than a hundred leagues. The chain of mountains, of which it copsi'sts, follows equally in its base and elevation but its steepness is not equal in .what the declivity on the side of France and Spam. Tiiat of France is diminished at the two ex;rellíjli{s,oJI the Bayonne side and that of R(H\ssilIÖli, whieh form as it were t\yO Clltrances il),'o Si)Lliii, ati(I Colli(,(Itletltfy -,ive two ¡¡!jilin3! that country, except in the- part of -.Am* purdan reSi)e(,- tive /rontier is equally accessible on each side. All the centre <>f this.frontiei, froiH the part near tot. Jean Pied de Poi-t, to Jacca in Spain,.to .Monuf Louis in Roussillon, opposite to Piiicerda, iv incapable of being attacked on either side, -through the steepness of the moun- tains, particularly on the Spanish- side' and it. is thereiore on these principles that tiie two powers have shaped their defence.and have only directed their attention to (he too points forming- (he left and rigllt of the frontier, that is those of Beauru and Rousillon, li is therefore to these two points that the attack and defence are reciprocally di- rected. The post of defence on the right, relative to France, is established at fhe town of Bayonne, having before it the forts of Andaye <Riu-l.Socoa, and at"its left Sri Jean Piect de Port, and Navar- reins That of Spain opposie to this point con- sists of the towns of Fontarabia,St. Sebastian, Jacca, Patnpelona, and oflhrce forts before this place, which are-lately erected. Froin this point passing to the left of the fron- tier, hi ftotisoilloil, itle centre heing, as we have just observed, incapable of attack on either side, France has for its harriers the towns of Mont Louis, Ville Franche, Pratz de Molh), Fort ties Baiiies, Bellegarde, Port Vendre, Colioure, Fort St Elme, and Port Vendre; in a second line, Per pip, nan and Salces. Spain has in this par!, Sen d'Urgel, Belvera, and Pulcerda, opposite to Mont Louis, Figueras, parallel with Bellegarde, and Roses with Couli- oure, on the sea side; having in the rear of these places Girona, Ostalric, Cadequiers, Mataro, oil the coast, and lastly Barcelona. After this review of the extent and mutual de- fence of the frontier, it is plain that the respec- tive war can only he carried on the two points of the right and letf. This is what we are ahou' to e present, establish first the principles of a defep- sive war on the part of France, and afterwards of an offensive one against Spain. Supposing Spain to be in a state to make an at- tack on the frontier of France, she would have two points to make choice of j that of liayoane ¡ and that of Roussillon. In the (tirectionof fn-< first or them there w0old be three passages j' that of Foutarbbia, opening direct upon Bayonne, crossing the Bidassoa that of Pampelona. upon t. Jean Pied de Port, 'hrough Rojicesvalles$ dirt thar of Jacca, upon Vavarreins, t(trough Ole- °ii» 'he two last inctinins afterwards to Bavonue- 1. she should carry the war into Rotisillori, she would have two points of' attack, one on Mont Louis, passing through Puicerda, and the other on Colioure and Bellegarde, advancing- from Hoses and Fieueras. If she had sufficient force, she might make her a lack on both the points of Bayonne aud Rous- sillon at fhe «ame time.
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POLITICAL SUMMARY. NOKTHERN War. The French Papers ai leng th state Sonirthincr specific of the Armis- t i c (I t I, t- reiq Tbe former has been prolonged |„ ihe middle of An^iisf,; and Ihe latter is assembling ail Praktic. Home of Ihe Ambassidors hud already arrived. The extension of' I lif- A riiii.f t(-#- t-reed to at Newmark by tvliom -specially, or mufer what preliminary.;»t>rina|if-j<.s^,l,(. nflt ,„en, tiotied but from what is staled of (he ad- vanced stage of the prt-I)aritiopi f,,r ,tqsf,m- bfinj^ (he Congress, if would »eeni to have iiei-esq,irily out of that circunislanre. There is no b;»sis even conjectured for the meditated discussions — nor have we the slight- est information as to wj,at France is likely to demand on the one hand. or concede oil the other. The latest Mouileurs are utlerly silent the subject and u;iiil those papers shall "ccome suoievvhai unreserved as lo Ihe claims ot France tor Continental dominion and ter- ritory we shall probably know very little of what her views are. From this Congress vre baie scarcely anv expectation It cannot in the present posture of the different Powers concerned, produce much benefit to thegene- al cause of Europe, and though a peace snould result, it must, in the nature ofthin(s, lIe such a one as can promise no sec, it j for ihe future. I' wlluld be in unreasonable as- sumption that Bllonapalle, viii h an incense army organised for his objects, will acquiesce in such a rest rid ion of his power as the Mates »t Europe respectively require, to insure their inture independence and ifhedonot concede to this ex lent, a peace can be but a temporary ,t Xjiedieiil-—3 ".ere breathing tiuie from war. It upon the rftentioil of any strong places in the Priiisiai, teri-itol-v, and shall establish, as a'condition of peace,' that French policy is to exist in the maritime parfs of Ihe countries with which he is m treaty, the independence ol all is hut nominal, aii(i iiis dii,-i-etioti, Aiit,i)ever fie shall be in the humour to press their bondage more closely and if Russia and Prussia have j only (ought to this effect, they have contend- | ed to no I)tiri)t)se, 'Fht- flrty)er Power tiever > can be secure againshbe ambition of Buona- parte, whilst he can co/ilroul (he I after, and we think he will ii(it his hold of Prussia. I Pen tivaM.A. The Lisbon papers "tate some (M cumstaix es, not in the former accounts liom Spain, but nothing more recent Shan Lord Wellington's dispatches. His Lordship's bead quarters, it appears, were moved ac- cording to circumstances-* TJie sie.»e of St I Sebastian, commenced under his direcfion,' I vas committed to General Caslallos, and the I Spanish troops of which he had Ihe command I ind the sys'em ofthe British General appear- ,1 cd to he, to employ the Spanish troops as I much as possible in blockades and sieges, in I to render Ihe British and Portuguese I disposable lor field operations against the I enemy. A private statement mentions, that I Lord Wellington bavin-; arranged his men I sures on the French frolltir, bad returned to I the camp iiefore Pamplona, from which lie I could proceed 10 cutoff Suchct, who was en- I deavouring to gain the French territory by I great exertion. Mina was already in the lice I of his Lordship's supposed movement and I O'Doiiiiell's illst) in march towards I Arragon. lut/If: tear, the troops under the I command of Lord W. Bentinck fo lowed Sfi- I chef, augmented by the divisions of Spaniards I who had been engaged in des Utory service", I and a pro.clamaliori addressed to the Cala'o- I nians by General Comptan, to unite en mar • I against the enemy, it was hoped, would ha H attended with the best conseqi-iences. Tha N condition ot Suchet, with all this prej;.irafion N about hiui, appeals in no small degree peril- ous, but we iruit it isr iiiore disaslrou* titan it appears to be. [The French had a force at Bayonnie, it was understood, under Joseph Buonaparte, whkii amounted to 20,000 mea o! his fugitive army, and some peasaulrj, but all in a bad state for active warfare. Joseph had endeavoured to i-ouse It) some N co-operation with him in defending it from ihe invasion which he anficipaied. The Spa- niards are within the French frontier. Several of the towns in their vicinity had been ahan- Nt doned-lhe inhahilanh of RaY"tltJe, notwith- standing Josopli's- presence, were in grent dismay. tN! we regret to stale, continued torage with rcat violence in Malta, at the p- departure of the last mail from that island.- Its effects were very destructive. The conta- gion had not at that period fortunately attack. ed the soldiery, or British establishments on the island. tt!