mediately after the battle of Tudela, the belief entertained at Saragossa, that Madrid held out, and that they might be relieved; and that the armies at Somosierra, Guadarama, Estremadura, Leon, and Catalonia, might furnish a pretext for the chiefs of the insurgents to keep alive the fanaticism of the inhabitants; it was resolved not to surround the town, but to permit it to maintain a communication with all Spain, in order that they might be informed of the annihilation of the Spanish armies, and of the circumstances which attended the entrance of the French army was at its utmost height, and every day considerable and bloody conflicts between the Portuguese and English took place. In Gallicia the duke of Elchingen had completed the organization of the province. Admiral Massaredo is arrived at Ferrol, and has begun to revive the labours of that important arsenal.--Peace is restored in all the provinces under the command of the duke of Istria, which lie between the Pyrenees, the sea, Portugal, and the chain of mountains which cover Madrid. Security follows days of disorder and desolation. Daily deputations repair on all sides to the King, at Madrid. Re-organisation and pub-into Madrid; but all this intelligence lic spirit are quickly springing up under the new administration. The duke of Belluno has marched to Badajoz; he has restored to peace and disarmed the whole of Lower Estremadura.-Saragossa has surrendered; the calamities which have befallen this unhappy town, are a terrifying example to the people. The peace which has been restored in Saragossa extends to the whole of Arragon, and the two armies, which were around the town, have been set at liberty. Saragossa was the centre of the insurrection of Spain; it was in this town that the party was formed which wished to call in a prince of the House of Austria to reign on the Tagus. The individuals of this party had partly inherited these notions, which are irrevocably destroyed, from their ancestors, during the war of the Succession.-The battle of Tudela was won on the 23rd of November, and after the 27th, the French army was eucamped at a small distance from Saragossa. The people of this town were armed. The peasants of Arragon had repaired thither, and Saragossa contained 50,000 men, formed into regiments of 1000 men, and companies of 100. The general officers and subalterns consisted of monks. A body of 10,000 men, who had escaped. from Tudela, had thrown themselves into the town, which was furnished with provisions, heaped up in innumerable magazines, and defended by 200 pieces of cannon. The image of Our Lady of Pilar wrought miracles at the head of the monks, who, by such means, animated the zeal, and preserved the confidence of the multitude. In the field these 50,000 men would not have withstood three regiments, but shut up in their town, and wrought upon by the leaders of parties, how could they escape the miseries which ignorance and fanaticism heap upon the heads of so many wretches? -Every thing possible was done to enlighten them, and bring them to reason. came to the ears of the ringleaders alone, and was unknown by the body of the people. The truth was not only concealed from them, but their courage was kept up by lies. At one time, the French had lost 40,000 men before Madrid, at another time, Romana had entered France, and the French eagles were compelled to fly before the terrible leopard. This period sacrificed to political objects, in order to allow a multitude to come to reason, who were infatuated by fanaticism, and a terror inspired by their enraged leaders, was not lost to the French army.-The general of engineers, Lacoste, aid de-camp of the emperor, and an officer of the greatest merit, collected at Alagon the materials and instruments for mining, in order to carry on the subterraneous war, which the emperor had commanded.-The general of division, Dedon, who commanded the artillery, collected a great quantity of mortars, bombs, and howitzers of every calibre. All these were brought from Pampeluna, seven days march from Saragossa. In the mean time it was observed, · that the enemy had availed himself of this delay in order to fortify Monte Torrero, and other strong positions. On the 20th of December the division of Suchet drove him from the heights of St. Lambert, and from two outworks which were within reach of the town. The division of general Gazan drove the enemy from the heights of St. Gregorio, and with the 21st regiment of light infantry, and the 100th regiment of the line, took the redoubts which were thrown up in the suburbs, and defended the roads of Sueva and Barcelona. He also made himself master of a great laboratory near Galliego, in which 500 Swiss had entrenched themselves. On the same day, the duke of Cornegliano made himself master of the works and positions of Monte Torrero; he took all the cannon, made a great num Imber of prisoners, and did great injury to the enemy. The duke of Cornegliano | Camus, of the 28th regiment of light inbeing sick, the duke of Abrantes came fantry, distinguished themselves. These at the beginning of January, and took the operations took place between the 20th command of the third division. He sig- and 26th of January.-On the 26th the nalized his arrival by taking the monas- town was seriously attacked, and the battery of St. Joseph, and pursued his advan- teries were unmasked, and at noon, on tages on the 16th of Jan. by taking the the 27th, the breach was practicable in bridge of La Hueba, where his troops fixed several places; the troops were lodged in themselves. The chief of battalion Stahl, the monastery of San-in-Gracia. 'The of the 14th regiment of the line, distin- division of Grandjean entered some thirty guished himself in the attack on the mo- houses. The col. Caloiscki and the solnastery of St. Joseph, and the lieut. Victor diers of the Weixel, distinguished themD. Buffon was the first in the assault.selves. At the same moment, the general The circumvention of Saragossa was not yet resolved upon; that was considered as inexpedient; and a free communication was still left open, in order that the insurgents might be informed of the defeat of the English, and their infamous flight out of Spain. It was on the 16th of Jan. that the English were driven into the sea at Corunna, and it was on the 26th that the operations before Saragossa were seriously begun. The duke of Montebello arrived there on the 20th, in order to assume the command of the siege. As soon as he was assured that the intelligence which was brought into the town had no effect, and that a few monks governed the minds of the people, he resolved to put an end to these indulgences; 50,000 peasants were collected on the left banks of the Ebro: at Pardiguera the duke of Treviso attacked them with three regiments; and, notwithstanding the fine position they possessed, the 64th regiment routed them, and threw them into disorder. The 10th regiment of hussars was on the plain to receive them, and a great number remained upon the field of battle. Nine pieces of cannon and several standards were the trophies of this victory.-At the same time, the duke of Montebello had sent the adjutant-commandant, Gosquet, to Zuera, in order to disperse an assemblage of insurgents; this officer attacked 4000 of them with three battalions, overthrew them, and took four pieces of cannon, with their carriages and horses. Gen. Vattier was at the same time sent with 300 infan-ters of the buildings of the public school try, and 200 cavalry, towards Valencia. He met 5000 insurgents at Alcanitz, compelled them, even in the town, to throw down their arms in their flight; he killed 600 men, and scized magazines, 'provisions, and arms; among the last were 100 English muskets. The adjutant-commandant, Carrion Nizos, conducted himself gloriously at the head of a column of infantry. Col. Burthe, of the 4th regiment of hussars, and the chief of battalion, of division, Morlat, in an attack upon the left wing, made himself master of the whole fore-ground of the enemy's defence. Captain Guttemar, at the head of the pioneers, and thirty-six grenadiers of the 44th regiment, had, with a rare intrepidity, ascended the breach. M. Babieski, an officer of the Voltigeurs of the Weixel, a young man seventeen years of age, and covered with seven wounds, was the first who appeared upon the breach. The chief of battalion, Lejune, aide-de-camp to the prince of Neufchatel, distinguished himself and received two slight wounds. The chief of battalion, Haxo, is also slightly wounded, and likewise distinguished himself. On the 30th, the monasteries of the Monique and Greek Augustines were occupied. Sixty houses were possessed by undermining. The miners of the 14th regiment distinguished themselves.—On the 1st of Feb. general Lacoste received a ball, and died in the field of honour. He was a brave and distinguished officer. He has been lamented by the whole army, but more especially by the Emperor. Colonel Regniat succeeded him in the command of the engineers, and in the management of the siege. The enemy defended every house. Three attacks were made by mines, and every day several houses were blown up, and afforded the troops an opportunity of stationing themselves in other houses. Thus we proceeded to the Cossa (a great street in Saragossa) where we made ourselves mas and university. The eneiny endeavoured to oppose miners to miners; but less used to this sort of operation, their miners were every day discovered and suffocated. This mode of besieging rendered our progress slow, but sure, and less destructive to the army. While three companies of miners and eight companies of sappers carried on this subterraneous war, the consequences of which were so dreadful, the fire on the towu was kept up by mortars. Ten days after the attack had begun, the surrender of the town was anticipated. The army had possessed itself of one third of the houses, and fortified itself in them. The church which contained the image of Our Lady of Pilar, which by so many miracles had promised to defend the town, was battered down by bombs, and no longer inhabitable. The duke of Montebello deemed it necessary to take possession of the left bank of the river, in order that his fire might reach the middle of the town. The general of division, Gazan, made himself master of the bridge by a sudden and impetuous attack, on the morning of the 17th (February.) A battery of fifty pieces was played off at three in the afternoon. A battalion of the 28th regiment attacked and took possession of a very large monastery, the walls of which were of brick, and from three to four feet thick. General Gazan then repaired with rapidity to the bridge, over which the insurgents made their retreat to the town: he killed a vast number, made 4000 prisoners, amongst whom were two generals, 12 colonels, 19 lieut.-colonels and 230 officers. He took 30 pieces of artillery. Nearly all the troops of the town had beset this important post, which had been threatened since the 10th. At the same moment the duke of Abrantes entered the Casso through everal covered ways, and by means of two mines, blew up the extensive buildings of the Schaals. After these events terror was spread throughout the town. The Junta, soners of war and sent to France. The in order to procure delay, and obtain time to abate the terror of the inhabitants, sought a parley; but their bad faith was ALTHOUGH the advanced posts have been known, and this artifice was useless.-Thir- carried, and that the commissioner of the ty other houses were possessed by under- emperor and king is reduced with his garmining, or by mines.-At length, on the rison to the town, he owes it to those sen21st of Feb. the whole town was possessed timents of honour which have always disby our troops: 15,000 infantry and 2,000 tinguished him, to the valour and good. cavalry laid down their arms at the gate conduct of the officers and soldiers under of Portilla, and 40 flags, and 160 pieces of his command, to the attachment of the incannon, were delivered up. The insur-habitants of the colony for his majesty the gents lost 20,000 men during the siege; 13,000 were found in the hospitals; 500 died daily. The duke of Montebello would allow no capitulation to the town of Saragossa. He only published the following provisions:-[The garrison shall at noon, on the 21st, lay down their arms at the gate of Portilla, where they shall remain prisoners of war. Those of the troops of the line, who are willing to take the oath to King Joseph, may be allowed to enter into his service. In case this entrance shall not be permitted by the minister of war to the king of Spain, they shall be pri emperor and king, to declare publicly, that he surrenders less to the force than to the destructive system of liberating all the slaves who should join the enemy, and of burning all the plantations and ports where there should be any resistance. The commissioner of the emperor commanding in chief, after having witnessed the burning of several plantations, particularly his own, the most considerable of the colony, had attributed it at first to the casualties of war; and the disorganization of the gangs, and the liberation of the slaves, appeared to him a momentary measure ¿ them in virtue of the said laws.-12. The debts acknowledged by individuals during or previous to the time fixed by the preceding article, shall be exacted agreeably to the basis determined by the same article. but being assured in writing, that the Eng- | papers, plans, and other articles belonging lish and Portuguese officers acted in virtue to the engineer department, shall be of the orders of his royal highness the equally given up.-S. The sick and woundPrince Regent, and wishing to save the ed who are obliged to remain in the colocolony from total destruction, and to pre-ny may leave it, with all that belong to serve his august master's subjects, who them, as soon as they are in a situation to had given him so many proofs of their do so; in the mean time they shall be attachment and fidelity, the commissioner treated as they have been hitherto.-9. of his imperial and royal majesty surren- Private property, of whatever nature or ders the colony to the forces of his royal description, shall be respected, and the highness the Prince Regent on the follow- inhabitants may dispose of it as heretoing conditions: Art. 1. The garrison fore.-10. The inhabitants of the colony shall march out with their arins and bag- shall preserve their properties and may gage and all the honours of war; the of- reside there, conforming to the orders and ficers shall retain their side arms, and those forms established by the sovereign under of the staff their horses; the garrison shall which they remain; they shall be at lilay down their arms, and engage not to berty to sell their properties and retire serve against his royal highness and wherever it may suit them, without any his allies during one year-2. Vessels obstacle.-11. The Civil Laws known in shall be furnished at the expence of his France under the title of the Napoleon royal highness the Prince Regent, to carry Code, and in force in the colony, shall be the garrison, the officers civil and military, observed and executed until the Peace and all those employed in the service, between the two Nations; the magistrates with their families and effects, direct to shall only decide on the interests of inFrance with as little delay as possible.-dividuals, and differences connected with 3. A convenient vessel shall be furnished to convey to France the coinmissioner of the emperor commanding in chief, his family, his officers, his suit and effects; the chief of the administration of the finances, the commander of the troops, the-13. The papers concerning the controul inspector and the commandant of artillery, with their families.-4. A convenient delay shall be granted to the officers who have property in the colony, to settle their affairs.-5. The arsenals, batteries, and every thing belonging to the artillery, the small arms and powder magazines, and the provision stores, shall be given up by inventory, and in the state in which they are now, and the same shall be pointed out.6. The slaves on both sides shall be disarmed, and sent to their respective plantations. -The French negroes whom the Commanders by sea and land of his royal highness the Prince Regent have engaged for the service during the war, and to whom in virtue of their orders they have given their freedom, shall be sent out of the colony, as they can only remain there in future an object of trouble and dissension. --The Commanders engage, as they have promised, to solicit of his Royal Highness the Prince Regent the replacing of those slaves, as an indemnity in favour of the inhabitants to whom they belong.-7. The and matriculation of the troops shall be carried away by the quarter master.14. Desirous of preserving the spice plantation called La Gabrielle in all its splendour and agriculture, it is stipulated that neither it, nor any of the plantation trees or plants, shall be destroyed, but that it shall be preserved in the state in which it is given up to the Commanders of his royal highness the Prince Regent.-15. All the papers of the stores of inspection of the Customs, or of any responsibility whatever, shall be deposited in the Secretary's Office, or in any other place that may be agreed on, to be referred to when there is occasion; the whole shall be under the seal of the two governments, and at the disposal of his imperial and royal majesty.-16. The present Capitulation shall be written in the three languages and signed by the three officers stipulating.→ At the advanced posts of Bourde, this 12th Jan. 1809.-(Signed) VICTOR HUGUES: JAMES LUCAS YEO. MANUel Marques. LONDON Printed by T. C. HANSARD, Peterborough Court, Fleet Street; Published by R. BAGSHAW, Brydges-Street, Covent-Garden: Sold also by J. BUDD, Pall-Mall. VOL. XV. No. 13.] LONDON, SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 1809. And now, perhaps, the glorious hour is come, Deals him out money from the public chest ; Well manag'd, shall have earn'd its worthy price. 481] [Price 1s. DUKE OF YORK. "amiable in an old soldier." We can, (Continued from page 457.) therefore, only, in this case, accuse Mr. UNDER this head I shall continue to Glasse of a want of discernment; but, at place all the statements and remarks, the same time, I must say, that one cangrowing out of, or immediately connected not help believing, that he must have with, the recent Inquiry; and, this head known something of Donovan's `intention will, for some months, I dare say, be con- to make interest for him somewhere; and, tinued; though we shall now have leisure if that was the case (a point which I leave to attend a little to other matters. The to the decision of the reader) he was very affair of the Rev. Mr. Glasse, has not been blameable indeed, however common the cleared up. The public are in the dark practice may be of obtaining church prewith respect to it; and, as it is useful to ferment by such means.1 have now to the public to be rightly informed as to the notice what it appears has been done matter, I will here communicate what infor- against Mr. Glasse by some authority in mation, relative to it, I am in possession of the Church; and which will be best exFirst, the public will bear in mind,plained by inserting his letter, dated 16th that the name of Dr. Glasse was confound-March, ed with that of his son, Mr. G. II. Glasse, "SONS OF THE CLERGY," of which SocieRector of Hanweil.--Next, that Dono-ty, or Charity, he was, it appears, the Sevan, whom Mrs. Clarke said made the cretary. "GENTLEMEN, In the midst of application to her, said, in his examination," my indignant surprise at the liberties that Mr. Glasse knew nothing of the applica-" which on a late public occasion had "been taken with my name, I received a "TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE very intelligible hint, from a high quar ter, that my voluntary resignation of "the Secretaryship to your Charity would "be an act decorous in itself, and, possibly, beneficial to the Institution.--My reply was short and simple, and it was this:-"That as I was not aware of 66 66 66.66 tion which he made to Mrs. Clarke in his favour. To this is to be added, that Mr. Glasse has offered to make oath, that what Donovan has said, in this respect, is true, and, that an offer has been made, on the part of Donovan, to make an oath of the truth of what he, in this respect, declared during his examination.There can be no doubt, therefore, that this is the any delinquency on my part, either real state of the case; and, that the ""actual or intentional, I would not beaccharge against Mr. Glasse is fairly reduced cessary to my own dishonour; or skulk to that of being an intimate acquaintance of meanly from an ostensible situation, Donovan, with the addition of the probabi- «« under an implied consciousness of lity of his (Mr. Glasse's) having known, guilt." "I wish it therefore to be that Donovan did intend to interest" distinctly and generally understood, himself with some person or other, in that in consequence of an authoritative favour of the views of Mr. Glasse. "mandate, and of that only, I have this Now, as to the former, Mr. Glasse, in a "day placed your Seal in the hands of my letter to me, says, that, for years, he connected with the name of Mr. Dono 66.66 warm-hearted and unshaken friend; your « honest, worthy Treasurer.-In times like "these, when every wise man would covet friendship, and gratitude could render" and court retirenient, it is in itself'a mat van every thing that honour, principles, Q |