isi. 
guam minuende; dim multa sanguinis 
profusio, queniadmoddm in submersis 
fieri dicitur, omnes siature conatus re- 
primit et tenues vite religuias’ peuitis 
extingnit. Quod si consulamus expe- 
Tientiam, hec, quantum possuntjudicare, 
testatur Capigsas sanguinis tjsslones 
Sepe ,nocuisse, easque in non paucis 
gratis tatius fuisse pretermissas.”* 
* The Commentaries of Dr. Heberden, 
from which che above quotation has veen 
made, comprise the scanty but invalu- | 
able results of along life, of the most ex- 
tensive and diligent, as well as of the 
t > y 
** Heberden Commeantarii, p. 300., 
aE! 
State of Public Affuirs in May. 
469 
most correct and sagacious observation 
That’ experienced ‘and “highly accom- 
plished ‘practitioner has shewn, in this 
his legacy to the public, how inuch, and 
at. the sanie time how Jittle campara- 
tively is known in the practical part oF 
medicine. A science whach, after the 
lapse of sotany centuries, is still justly 
regarded as inrits infancy. ~ hs Biel 
«¢ When, will thy loog minority expire ?”* 
| J. Reiws 
renville. street, Brunswick-square, 
May 25, 1814. 
as ate Rat he Cesanteene akon ens 
* Young. i ‘ 
- 
F SPAIN. wt : 
OSITIONS of the English, Spanish, 
. aud French Armies, in-Spain, in May 
1811," wihletien seins 
Frontier. towards France. 
Barcelona, Figueiras, Pampelana, St. Se- 
bastian, and Fuente-Arabia, possessed by the 
French, having been given up to them pre-e 
Vious to the revolution in March, 1808." ’ 
ae Principality of Capalouia._.. 
. « Besides Barcelona and Figueiras, the towns 
of Leridz, Gerona, and Tortos1, are’ now oc- 
kupied by the French; the two latter having 
stood a long siege. Parragona, and’ the 
whole of the mountainoig part’ of the pro- 
vince, ate still occupiéd by the Spariards. 
"The army of Spain in‘ Catalonia is command- 
ed by General Campoverde, and amounts to 
abdut 144000 regulars. That of France is 
‘actually under the command of Macdgnald, 
but it has previously, bees. commanded by. 
ugereans St. Cyr, .and Duhegme,, all of 
. -aehom, have «successively been secalled in 
Misgrace, 6s 
The provinces of Navarres, Biscay, Santander, 
eto eo. 28 lend Asturias, eS 
> Are at present all occupied by the French; 
. but there is a small Spanish army still on 
foot in Asturias, commanded by the Marquis 
' gf Porlier; commonly called the Marquisito, 
This force’ excesds 3000 men? “Several 
“ Gperillas, or small flying corps in» Navarre, 
 kontinually “harass the French army,’ in- 
“tercept their convoys, cotfiers, and destroy 
" Prede numbers of them- ‘The Commander of 
“the Guerillas in Navarve,:is Espos y Mina ; 
3nd bis corps consists of four’. battalions, 
‘Latterly, on the 42th of February, he at- 
tacked and destroyed two French divisions, 
and made a ‘thoysand prisoners. ‘The two 
sich vales.at Roncal:and Jioncesvalles are 
gfAl in the possession of the Spaniards. =~ - 
| STATE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS IN MAY. 
i Containing official Papers and authentic Documents. 
_. Kingdom of Galicia. 
This very exteasive ‘provinces one of she 
‘Most populous in Spain, Witit ics very impor= 
tant sea-ports of Ferrol, Corunna, and Vigas 
is now in the peaceable and exclusive pos= 
session of the Spaniards. The Spanish army 
is commanded ‘by General Mahy, and consists 
of about 20,000 ¢ffective reguiars, and would 
be more numerous but for want of arms and 
clothing. “The irregular armed peasantry is 
likewise very numerous, 
Kingdom of Arrazon. 
Saravossa, the capital, has een occupied 
by the French since its ‘Sufrender, dfte¥ tha 
ever memorable ‘defence’ by Palafox;> but 
thete’afe numerous Gyeritias Why ‘set ia it, 
and ‘make incursions into Castile torte great 
annoyance at) the enemy ji besides avsmall 
army of ‘4000. regulars, commanded by the 
Marquis de Villavampa, baths 
The Kingdoms of Old and New Castile ang 
Leon, 9 ' 
Are for the most part occupied by the 
French, but they are greatly harassed by the 
Guerillas.—There are no fortified places of 
consequence in either, of these provinces 5 
and the Guerillas continually molest them. 
Marshal Bessieres commauds in Old Caso 
tile, and ‘General “Belliatd commands ia 
Madrid. The Spanish Guerilla in Castile, 
are numerous ; but the principal ones are = 
“First, that commanded by Juan Martin, 
alias B\ Empecinado,' whose “party is prine 
Cipally stationed in the province of Guada- 
Jaxaraj) and consists of about 8000 men, of 
whom at least 400 are cavalry; he only wants 
arms and ammunition to increase his force te 
19,000, as he bas 7,000 men ready, dise 
ciplined for the purpose. : 
Secondly, the party of Francisquete in La 
Mancha; and 
' Thirdly, that of Julian, in the province of 
Salamanca, CORR Ey ane Oye s 
Kiagdow 
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