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Foreign Intelligence.
CHARLESTON, February 38.
If the British brig Nrlsr>n, arrived
last evening from Liverpool, the editors
of the Tim a have been favored with
London papers to the evening; of tha
17th December. Interesting extracts
follow:
FRENCH BULLETINS.
elv.tkntb sullltin.
“ jtranda. d' iJuerty Nov. 27-
On tile 22 1, at the break of day, the
Erench army began its march. It took
its direction to Cataborra, where, on
the evening bes >rc, Were the head-quar
ters of C a sin nos ; it found that town
evaluated, and afterwards mtrchtd up
on AlLro, whence the enemy had in
like manner retrehted.
•‘On the 23d, at break of day, the
general of division, Lefcbvrc, «t the
held of the cavalry, and supported by
the division of (ien. Morley, forming
the advanced garni, met the enemy.
He immeduh ly gave information to the
duke of Montebello, who found the ar
my of the enemy in seven divisions,
consisting of 45,000 men, under arms,
with its right before Tudela, and its
left occupying a line of a league and a
half, a disposition absolutely bud. The
Arrjgonese W*r« on the right, the
troops of Valencia and New Castile in
the centre, and the three divisions of
Andalusia, which gen. Castinos com
manded, more especially, formed the
le ft. Forty pieces «f cannon covered
the enemy’s line.
“At nine in the morning, the co
lumns of the French army began to de
ploy with that order, that regularity and
Coolness, which ciiar»ct«'i»< veteran
troops. Situations wre chosen
'tiblidiing batteries with sixty pieces of
c .won, hut the impetuosity of the
ti p* md hr inquietude of the enemy,
did not allow time for this. The Span
ish irmy w»s aheady vanquished by the
orler and movements of the French
srmy.
“ The duke of Montebello caused the
centre to be pierced by the division ot
the gen ral Maurice Mathieu. The
general of division Lefebvre, with hi*
‘Cavalry, immediately passed on the trot
through this opening, and enveloped by
t quarter wheel to the left, the whole
right of the enemy.
“ The moment when half of th# ene
my’s line found itself thus turned and
defeated, was that in which general La
grange attacked the village of Cascsnte,
where the line of Castanos was placed,
Which did not exhibit a better counten
ance than the right, but abandoned the
field of battle, leaving behind it its ar
tillery, and a great number of prison
era. The cavalry pursued the remains
of the enemy’s army to Mallum, in the
dirvetion of Saragossa, and toTarraco
na, in the direction of Agrtda. Seven
standards, thirty pieces of cannon, with
all their furniture; twelve colonels, 300 ,
officers, and 3000 men, have been tak
en; 4000 Spaniards huve been leit dead
on the field of battle, or have been dii
ven into the Ebro. Our loss has been
trilling; we have had 40 men killed,:
aid 400 wounded; among the latter is i
the general of division Lagrange, who t
has received a bullet in hi*, arm.
•‘ Our troops found at Tudela, a num
ber of magazines.
The marshal duke of Cnrncgliano,
h is hi gan his march upon Saragossa.
“ WIhI« a part of the fugitives retir
ed to this place, the K ft, wuich had been
• e.it off. fled in disorder to Tarracona
t id Agrtda.
• flic duke of Ehhingen, who was
on the 22d at Son , ought to have been
on die 23:1 it Agrcda; not a man could
b’C escaped—but this corps oeingtoo
much fatigued, remained at Soria the
23d and 24tii, Hr arrived at Agreda
on th 25th, still sufficiently in time to
sciti a great number of magazines.
“ A fell- w named PaUfox, formerly
• gi'do du cor/i*, a man without talents,
and without courage; a kind of insig
nificant monk, the true he?d of a p irty,
which acquired him the name of gen
eral, wis the first to take flight. This
is not the first time he has acted in this
manner; lie has done the same on all
occasions.
“ The army of 41.000 has been thus
beaten, without our hiving had more
than 4POO men engaged.
“ Tue battle of Burgos had struck the
centre of the enemy, and ihe battle of
Espin >»* tne right. The battle of Tu
dela his stru- k the left. Victory has
thui struck, as with a thunderbolt, and {
dispersed the wnole league of the cne* j
*ir. M
£ The twelfth bulletin is dated at :
Aranda.November 2S— It merely states ;
that general Mathieu, pursuing the cm.- j
eay, arrived on the 25th at Borge. The j
French army had taken 37 pieces can
non, and made 5,060 prisoners, »li pri
soners of the line. No quarter was giv
en to any peasants found in arms*]
THIRTEENTH BULLETIN.
Si, Martins, near Madrid. I)cc. 1.
On th« 29th ult. the haad-quarters of
the emperor were removed to the vil
lage of fiouzealas; on the 20th, at break
of day, the duke 4 of Beluno presented
himself at the foot of the Somosierra
army ; a division of 12,000 men of the
Spanish army of reserve defended the
passage of the mountains. The enemy
thought themselves unattackabic in that
position. They had entrenched the
narrow passage, called Puerto, with aix
t<f«n pieces cannon. The 9th light in*
fantry marched upon the right; the
96th upsn the causeway; and the 24th
followed by the side of the heights on
the left. Gen. Senarmont, with six
pieces of artillery, advanced by the
causeway. The action commenced by
the firing of musquelry and cannon.
A charge made by th« Gen. Mont
brun, at the bead of the Polish light
horse, decided the affair—it was a most
brilliant one, and the regiment covered
itself with glory, and proved it Was wor
thy to form a part of ths imperial
guards; cannons, flags, niusqu»;l>, sol
diers, all wire taken dr cut to pieces.
Eight Polish light horse were killed tip
on the cannbn and sixteen have been
wounded. Among the Uat is captain
Dzinvanoaki, who was dangerously
wounded, and lies almost without hopes
of recovery. Major Svgui, marshal -1
the cmpcroi's household, chuigcd along
the Polish troops, and received many
wounds, one of which is very sever*. *
Sixteen pieces of cannon, 10 flags, 20
covered cheats, 200 waggons, laden
with all kind of baggage, ; n i the mili
tary cheats cf the regiments, are the
fruits of this brilliant affair. Among
the prisoners, which art very ntinier
ou«, urc all tiit coEndiandHruunaut-
J colonels of the Spanish division AH
ike soldiers would have been lakvn, if
they had not thrown away their arms,
and dispersed into the mountains.
On the Ist December the head-quar
ters of the emperor were at St. Augus
tin; and on the 2d, the Duke of Istrid,
with thfrcnvslry commanuttl thelieiglita
of Madrid.
The infantry could not arrive before
the Jd. lh* intelligence, which we
hitherto have received, leads ua to toil k
that this town is suffering under su
kinds of disorders, and that the doors
are barricadoed. The weather it very
line.
Camp ut Madrid Dec. 4.
The town of Madrid bus capitulated.
Our troops entered it this day at noon.
[This intelligence is contained in the
raonileurs of the 13 th and 14th instant.]
London December 17.
Capitulation of Madrid.—Entrance of
the French tfr/wy into that city.
By the flag of truce whicn returned
last evening to Dover, with Mr Shaw,
the messenger on board,we have receiv
ed Paris papers to the litii instant.
| Their contents are of great importance,
j The city of Madrid has capitulated, and
i the French troops entcreu on the 4th
inst. at noon. Phis intelligence is dated
from the French Gamp at Madrid, and
is officially ann unccd in the Monitenra
of the 13th and 14th So far back as
Thursday, the Btli instant, we announc
ed the advance of a French corps of
•000 men to Somosierra, a town about
40 miles north of Aland. ' For this in
formation, we had official intelligence.
It was announced in a proclamation, ad
dressed by the Supreme Junta to the
people of Spain, and particul irly those
of Madrid, recommending the conduct
which they ouglittoobserve under these
circumstances. This proclamation was
dated from the royal palace of Aranju
ez, on the 21 st ult. and consequently we
may presume that the hist appearance
of the enemy at Somosierra took place
about the 18th or 19th. vVliat became
of this corps is not mentioned. It was
probably pushed rapidly foi the
purpose of alarming the country, a
nnnwuvre often practised by the
French with success. If such was the
case, it probably retreated as fast as it
advanced. That a large portion of the
enemy had not advanced so far at that |
date, we may presume, as the defeat of
the force under CusUnbs upon the Ebro
did not take place until the 22d. The
details of the approach of tire French to
Madrid are contained in the 12th bulle
tin, datid St. Martin, the id inst. It
states, that on the 20th ult. the duke of
Belluno (marshal Victor) arrived at So
mosierra with a corps of IJ,OOO men,
when he found the Spaniards in a strong
post, defended by 16 pieces of canuon.
j Here, however, as in the bsttle r f
K the French derived great advantage
from their cavalry. A charge made j>
the Polish light horse decided the day.
and the Spaniards sustained a total de
feat. Bonaparte, on the follow ing day,
the Ist December, removed his head
quarters to St. Augustin, and on the
next to St. Martin on w hich day the
duke of Istria, with his cavalry, took pos
session of the heights which command
Madrid, and the infantry were expected
to arrive on the Id. Here the 12th bul
letin ends ; but, as we have already sta
ted, the Monitours add, that the town
capitulated, and waa entered bv the
French on the 4th. The proclamation
of the supreme junta, to which we have
alluded, farther stated, that the posts of
Cuadarrama and Escutial, betwetn So
mosierra and Madrid, were strongly
fortified and would make a formidable
resistance. As the 12;h bulletin, how
ever, does not notice any action subse
quent to that of Somosierra, it is proba
ble that the French did not advance on
that line, but procctclcd southeast, in a
circuitous route by Butriego. Os the
Spanish force at Gusdarrama and Escu
rial there is no notice, nor .ire the En- j
glish armies once mentioned. * j
We have also extracted from the ;
Moniteurs an article from Copenhagen, j
which states that Mr. Aair has failed in
Ins mission to the sublime poi te.
Globe OJJice , 2 o'clock.
Mr. Shaw arrived in town this morn
ing from France. The two ladies, nie- ;
cea of Talley rand, who sailed from Do- j
ver with the foreign messengers, arriv- :
cd in Paris on Monday last. It was j
then known in that city, that the French
army was at Madrid, but it caused no
sensation, bting considered & matter of
course.
Hr. Shaw reached Paris on Tuesday,
and delivered Ins dispatches to Cham- I
pagny, the French minister fur foreign !
affairs, who received him with great po- j
littness, and gaveordeis that every pos- j
sible attention should be paid to him. j
lie Was entertained in the minister’s .
house until Wednesday, when he left i
Pans with the answer to Lis dtspatencs.
An English officer arrived this morn
ing with dispatches from our armies,
dated the 7th. They were then in high j
spirits. They had not heard of the ar- !
rival of the French at iVlau/id. It was
understood von the contrary, that Bona
paite h«U not followed up to the victory
oi' 'i udelu with nia usual energy, lie
repres t>ts tin Spaniards as greatly in
\ waul ul tfivniry.
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CONGRESS.
HOUSE or K2f&£B£jrTAnVES' '
i
Thursday, February 16.
The house this d*y passed the Lill
; laying an addin ust mu* [.?O per cent.
| «iii present c,utiis] on ail goods. wares
J unci merchandize, imported into the
': United States. „ j
1 %nit progress was made in the Non- j
! Intercourse Bill.
'I The motion for striking out the first
' section of the bill was navigatired,
i only voting in favor of it.
,! The 20th day of may w s fixed as
the day on which the entrance ot British
I; and French vessels should h interdict
ed.
1 ] Mr. D. R. Williams moved to strike
1 ! out the 4th section of the bill [prohibit
ing the importation of British and
' | French gefods] and insert in lieu of it,
a section for imposing a
I duty of 50 per cent' on all former du
• tics, on goods, &c imported from those
i countries.
After considerable dehate, tin* com
mittee rose without taking the question.
Friday February If.
The house again resolved itself into
s committee of the whole on the bill in
terdicting commercial intercourse, 3tc.
Mr. D. R. Williams’s motion of yes- j
terday yet under consideration, viz. to j
'strike out the fourth section of the bill 1
and insert in lhuofita provision for <
laying a discriminating duty of 50 per
cint. on all former duties, on goods im
, ported from Great-Britain or France.
Mr. Love called for a division of the
; question, so as to tyke it fiist on strik.
j ing out the section.
The question was then taken on eti ik
ing out the 4th section, in order to in
sert Mr. D. R. Williams's amendment;
which was negatived 5S to 47. Mr.
W’s. motion of course was negatived.
Mr. Bibb the Non-Inter
course system. He said it w-s submis
sion, not only to a foreign government,
but tc a faction ut Ik me. Had the
causes which ltd to the embargo ceas
ed ? Certainly not. If the embargo
was to be repealed, he would konnardo
nothing at ally sno suftuiit at e>nce. Jin
would vote for no substitute to the em
bargo, but War. If it was to be repeal
ed to conciliate the people of Massachu
setts* if the legislature of that state w.-.s
to dictate to the national government}
we had better adopt all their prop* si.
tiens at once, and not adopt a measure
which would excite as much clamor as
the embargo had done. Mr. Bibb read
that passage in the report of the com
mittee on foreign relations, in whkih it
is stated, that to adopt any measure be
Which one of the belligerents only would
be supplied, would be most ccrtainlv
war with the other. He Contender!,'
that this hill, brought in by the sshie
committee, contained this very propo
sition. lie alluded to the high tone as
sumed by the British ministry towards
us on the first events in Spain. As
there was reason to believe that Bona
parte had, before this time, conquered
that country, there was little doubt hut
the present British ministry would be
hurled from their aeats: and as the op
pcsilion in that country had unifori.iy
endeavored to render the Orders m
Council unpopular, might it hot he cx
| pected that those orders would soon he
I repealed? Mr. B. stated explitiiiy,
that if the embargo was to be rrptakd,
he was for War; that he hnd no idea
of gCdng to War with two nations, at
War with eaeh other; that he was for
going to War with Grent-Hritain, for
; it was nonsense to talk of- fighting
; France, since w« could not coine in
■ contact with her. lie expressed his
| belief, that the people of Massac hus'.Us
! were hrough.t into their present situa
tion by the deceitful arts practised upon
them. *
Mr. T roup also opposed the fill.
He said the embargo ought not to oe
i taken off under thirty days notice} It
! was not the same case with laying an
| embargo; that must, from the nature
j things, be done instantly. If the
j embargo should be taken off, witiutit
, the proper notice, the ports of Georg,. -
j town, (Potomac) Alexandria, Baltin.* ;
and Philadelphia, would be able to ov
stock the nuukets. Mr. Troup i\
extracts from letters he bed lately, r
j cc ‘ ve< * from Georgia, giving an accoui *.
| of the ext n&ive smuggling curried 01.
in 1-luridu, and a list of the high prices
obtained for our produce. One of the
letters mention, thi-.tSwarlwout Imti ar
rived at toe Island of Amelia, near -,t.
Mary’s, nnd had suiu that Col.-., Bun*
| would return to the Gnitvd States ,u
i May. Mr. i. «.,id these, letters t-stab
j jibbed two important facts, \ .z. the gr, »t
i importance of our trade to Great-Bri-
I tain, and the truth of the assertions
j m-idc hi its friends—end talso the fir.il- *
■ itv "f H non-intcu ouise system- I—nnd 1 —nnd it
j v. .1 s highly probable, he s.iid. (list Burr
| was pensioned by ths British govern
ment, to device ways and means to ob
tain for them such supplies os !hvy
wanted. Mr. T. observed, that tre
! gentie.mrn from Massachusetts. (V r.
j Quincy) seemed to he ad excellent mo
dun prophet, who was distinguished
from the ancient prophets, by generally
endeavoring to accomplish their own
, predictions. He lm<i told the House
| that the embargo could not he enforce u ;
that it must he repealed—he had talked
,of resistance and rebellion; and Mr. T.
; very much feared if the gentleman taiT
j ed much more shout a “black cloud,”
1 the House would adopt all his iitea
; sures—repeal the embargo, the non
importation law, Ecc. and become an
| humble suppliant at the foot-stool of
! Great-llnlain. Mi . T. declared his be
! lief, that this very system would involve
the country in the war which the ffouss
i seemed so solicitous to avoid.
Mr. D. R. Williams spoke in sup
port of his amendment, lie admitted
that his position wa submission, but it
was not such base and abject submis
sion as the section it was proposed to
supercede. He repeated that this hill
was nothing more than u supplemental'
act to carry ll]e British orders in force,
except that it was more rigorous than
Mr. Canning would make it. '1 Me
House could not he kicked into a war,
| because they were told the Eastern peo
j pic would not go with them ; he con
j tended that all the people south of the
i Delaware were ready to go to war with
them. Gentlemen objected to his a
inendment, because they could not
, thi(,k of permitting our reseda to gota
England or France. lie said this very
principle was contained in the bill; for
tiure was no prohibition between the
4th of March and the SOih of May. As
to the argument, that if we imposed
these additional duties, Great-Britfin
, would retaliate in the same manner;
i if they did so, it would have the effect
. of transferring the resentment of our
. citizens from their own government to
i that. But lie did not believe the Bri-
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