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*' mm " - - a - „ , - ■ ■ ■ " ■ ■ r » ■ 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. i ——■ew:® I***—- • . / \ 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- I