openly the man of the English. It was in his house that the ministers of England were lodged; it was in his society that the agents accredited and secret of that power lived. After having exhorted his fellow-citizens to a mad resistance, he was seen, with a cowardice equal to his treason, flying from Madrid to Guadalaxara, under the pretext of going to bring reinforcements, withdrawing himself by this stratagem from the dangers into which he had drawn his fellow-citizens, and shewing no anxiety except for the English agent, whom he carried off in his own carriage, and whom he served for an escort. And what will he gain by this conduct? He will lose his title, his property, valued at 2,000,000 livres a year; he will go to London, to seek the contempt, the disdain, and ingratitude with which England has always rewarded the men who sacrifice their country to the injustice of her cause. The Bulletin continues, "As soon as the report of the chief of squadron, count Lubienski, was known, the duke of Istria put himself in march, with 16 squadrons of cavalry, to observe the enemy. The duke of Belluno followed with the infantry. The duke of Istria arrived at Guadalaxara, and found there the rear-guard of the enemy, which was filing towards Andalusia, dispersed it, and made 500 prisoners. The general of division Ruffin, and the brigade of dragoons of Bordesault, informed that the enemy were moving towards Aranjuez, proceeded to that place. The enemy were put to flight, and all these troops were immediately put in pursuit of all those that are flying towards Andalusia.The general of division Lahoussaye entered the Escurial on the 3rd. Five or 600 peasants wished to defend the convent, but were driven out by a brisk attack. Every day contributes to dissipate the remains of the stupor into which the inhabitants of Madrid had fallen. Those who had concealed their moveables and precious effects,are bringing them back to their houses. Their shops are furnished as in ordinary times. The barricades, and all the other preparations of defence, have disappeared. The taking possession of Madrid has been executed without disorder, and tranquillity reigns in all parts of that great town. fuzileer of the guards having been found with a number of watches upon him, and being convicted of having stolen them, has been shot in the principal place of Madrid. We have found in that city 200,000 pound weight of powder; 10,000 balls; 2,000,000 pound weight of lead; 100 pieces of field artillery, and 120,000 muskets, mostly English. The disarming continues without any difficulty, all the inhabitants conform to it with the greatest willingness; they return with eagerness and good faith to the royal authority which rescues them -from the mischievous influence of England, from the violence of factions, and the disorders of popular movements. The king of Spain has created a regiment which bears the name of the Royal Foreigners," into which are admitted the deserters and the Germans who were in the service of Spain. He has also formed a Swiss regiment, called that of Reding the younger, that officer having conducted himself like a real Swiss patriot, and in a manner very different from gen. Reding. The one has deserved well from his countrymen, and will every where obtain esteem; the other, generally despised, will go to the taverns of London to enjoy a pension of some hundreds of pounds sterling, badly earned, and paid with disdain. He must emigrate from the continent. The regiments of Royal Foreigners, and Reding the younger, consist already of many thousands of men.-The 5th and 8th corps of the army of Spain, and three divisions of cavalry, are but passing the Bidassoa; they are yet very far from being in line, and yet a very great number of victories have been obtained, and the greatest part of the business is done. Sixteenth Bulletin, dated Madrid, Dec. 8. THE duke of Montebello bestows much praise on the conduct of the general of brigade, Ponzet, in the battle of Tudela; on that of generals Lefebvre, on the general of brigade of artillery Couin, and also on that of his aid-de-camp, Guchenene, who was wounded. He makes particular mention of three regiments from the Vis tula. General of brigade Augerau, who charged at the head of the division of Morlot, distinguished himself. M. M. Viry and Labedoyere took a piece of artillery in the midst of the enemy's line. The latter was slightly wounded in the arm.--His majesty has appointed colonel Pepin, general of brigade, and the Polish major Kliki, colonel. The Polish colonel KasiAnouski, who was wounded, has been appointed a member of the legion of honour. Ruffin, general of division, having passed the Tagus at Aranjuez, pushed on to Ocana, and cut off the retreat of the remains (débris) of the army of Andalusia, who were retiring to Andalusia, and who, being frustrated in this design, have thrown themselves upon Cuença. The divisions Seventeenth Bulletin, dated Madrid, Dec. 10. of cavalry under general Lasalle and Mel- His majesty reviewed yesterday on the haud, have directed their march for Por-Prado, the duke of Dantzic's corps, which tugal, by Talavera de la Reina. The arrived the day before yesterday at Maduke of Dantzic arrived this day at Madrid; he expressed his satisfaction at these drid with his division of the army.-Mar- brave troops. To-day he reviewed the shal Ney, with his division, has reached troops of the Confederation of the Rhine, Guadalaxara, coming from Saragossa.-His forming the division commanded by gen. majesty, anxious to spare the inhabiants of Leval. The regiments of Nassau and Ba that town from the horrors inseparable from den behaved well-The regiment of Hesse a capture by storm, was unwilling that Sa- Darmstadt did not sustain the reputation ragossa should be attacked, before the in- of the troops of that country-The colonel telligence of the events at Madrid, and of and major appear to be men of moderate the dispersion of the Spanish armies should talents.-The duke of Istria set off on the be known there. If, however, that city 6th for Guadalaxara. He scoured the should obstinately make resistance, mines whole road from Saragossa and Valenciaand bombs should obtain satisfaction. made 500 prisoners, and took a great deal The 8th division has entered Spain. Ge- of baggage. At Bastau a battalion of 500 neral Delaborde is about to establish his men, summoned by the cavalry, were head quarters at Vittoria.-The Polish di- broken in upon. The enemy's army beaten vision, under the orders of general Va- at Tudela, Catalayud, abandoned by its lence, arrived this day at Buitrago. The generals, and a great number of soldiers, English are retreating on all sides. The was reduced to 6,000 men. On the 8th at division of Lasalle has, however, fallen in midnight, the duke of Istria attacked, at with 15 men, whom they have put to the Santa Cruz, a corps which covered the sword. They were stragglers, or men flight of the enemy's army. That corps who had lost their way.-Marshal Mor- was closely pursued, and a thousand prisontier will arrive on the 16th in Catalonia, ers taken. It wished to throw itself into to turn the enemy's army, and to form a Andalusia by Madridego. It appears to junction with the generals Duhesme and have been forced to disperse in the mounSt. Cyr.--On the 23d of Nov. the breach tains of Cuença. in the castle of Trinity of the city of Rosas, was found on approaching it, to be practicable. On the same day, the English landed 400 men at the foot of the castle. A battalion of Italians marched against them, killed 10 men, wounded above that number, and drove the rest into the sea. -About 30 vessels were observed to come out of the harbour of Rosas, which induced a belief that the inhabitants had begun to evacuate the town.-On the 24th, the advanced guard of the enemy encamped on the Fluvia, consisting of about 5 or 6000 men, commanded by general Alvarez, came in several columns, to attack the posts of Navara, Pientos, Armodas, and Garrigas, occupied by general Souham's division. The 1st regiment of light infantry, and 4th bat. light infantry, were alone opposed to the enemy, sustained the attack with firmness, and finally put them to flight. The enemy has been repulsed on the other side of the Fluvia with considerable loss in killed and wounded. Several prisoners have been made, among whom are col. Le Brun, the second in command of the expedition, and col. of the regiment of Tarragona, and the major and a captain of that regiment. Intercepted Correspondence, published by the THE following Intercepted Correspondence has been published by the French. It is annexed to the 17th Bulletin of the French army, and is introduced by the following short preface: "We found at Madrid at the duke de Infantado's, two caskets, containing the papers of the prin cess of Asturias, in which are things of the greatest importance. The passage in a letter from her mother, dated on the 15th Jan. 1806, informs us of the opinion which the queen of Sicily has herself of the English. These letters are full of proofs of the conspiracy which was forming to break the friendship between France and Spain." Copy of what is written in sympathetic ink in the Letter of Queen Charlotte to the Princess of Asturias: dated Jan. 15, 1806. "My beloved child, I am infinitely uneasy at your situation, your health, and the increased grief you will have in hearing of our cruel fate.-But rely upon my truth. Do not give credit to any alarm, which they will not fail in charity to give you, and be prudent.-I shall write to you with perfect sincerity, and believe no other news, for I promise the heart and tenderness of my dear child to hide nothing from you-Do not then believe any one but me-We keep all in good health -but are dreadfully uneasy-Massena has been with 50,000 men on our frontier, since this fatal and accursed debarkation of the English, who with a cowardly perfidy without example, have, after having compromised us, quitted us at the moment of the greatest danger. They have ruined us-Buonaparte causes nothing to be said or written, and we shall be lost indeed. We have but 8,000 men in arms-During the two years and a half the French remained with us, they exacted that we should make no recruiting. They have thereby rendered all our force useless, and we are thus at their mercy, without the hope of defending ourselves against a force of 50,000 men, and if they choose of 100,000 men. Austria destroyed, and for 50 years null-in short, it is a misery without example, to which our holy religion alone can make us resigned, that only consolation in all our miseries. We are packing up every thing, for from the frontiers to Naples is the affair of six or seven days, and we cannot suffer ourselves to be made prisoners. Thus we are preparing every thing for a disastrous and eternal departure, and it wrings my heart. The king has sent cardinal gen. Ruffo to Rome, and has sent also to Paris. But neither Fesch, nor Alquier, nor Eugene Beauharnois, nor Massena can, as they say, stop the march of the troops. Hence, St. Theodore, who has been dispatched to join Gallo, and to speak to him upon these points, remains at Rome to watch over our affairs; and the cardinal is gone to find Buonaparte either at Munich or at Paris, to try to save us. Your good father is ready to satisfy the general wish, and abdicate and leave Francis the (hereditary prince) king, reserving to himelfa good pension, the fruit of a part of the advances made by him to the royal finances. Many think this will be sufficient to calm the storm; but I do not think it, and am convinced that the enemy wish for the kingdom of Naples. If the danger approach, we shall retire to Messino and into Calabria, to defend ourselves, at least there, and prevent the capture of Sicily-Judge -Leopold, your two sisters, a daughterin-law, seven months pregnant, who will lay in at Messina, Palermo, God knows where, two little children so interesting. In fine every body is in tears. No one will remain. Every one, frightened by the last time, wishes to go off. We have neither squadron, nor any thing but two ships-it is a real desolation.---You shall bottom of my heart, and am your tender | mother and friend.- -I write to the queen and to your husband to the former, to speak to her of her child-to the other to tell him that it is his duty to write to me, and that he should be seen-Adieu, I will endeavour to send you intelligence relative to me-Be tranquil on our account-I embrace you-Adieu." The which leave the numerous class of monk Florida Eighteenth Bulletin, dated Madrid, Dec. 12. THE Central Junta of Spain had but little power; the greater part of the provinces paid it little submission, and all of them deprived it of the administration of the finances. It was under the influence of the lowest class of the people: it was governed by the minority. Florida Blanca was without any credit. The Junta was under the controul of two men, the one named Lorenzo Calvo, a grocer of Saragossa, who had in a few months obtained the title of Excellency.' He is one of those violent men who appear in revolutions,his honesty was more than suspected. The other is called Tilly, formerly condemned to the gallies as a thief; the younger brother of a man of the name of Gusman, who formerly played a part under Robespierre during the reign of terror. As soon as any of the members of the Junta opposed the violent measures that were proposed, these two wretches immediately called out 'treason,' and immediately a mob was collected under the windows of Aranjuez. The extravagance and wickedness of these dangerous men, was manifested upon all occasions. As soon as they learnt that the emperor was at Burgos, and he would soon be at Madrid, they published a declaration of war against France replete with insults and folly.-On the 11th, when the general of division Lassalle, who was pursuing enemy, arrived at Talavara de le Reyna, where the English had passed triumphantly, ten days before, saying they were going to relieve the capital, a frightful spectacle met the eyes of the French. A body cloathed in the uniform of a Spanish general was suspended from a gallows, and pierced with a thousand bullets. It was the general Benito San Jean, whom his SPANIARDS, You have been misled by soldiers in their terror, and as an excuse perfidious men. They have engaged you for their commander, cruelly sacrificed. in a senseless struggle, and you have had The bishops of Leon and Astorga, and a recourse to arms. Is there one amongst great number of ecclesiastics, distinguished you, who after a moment's reflection upon themselves by their good conduct and their all that has passed, would not be convincapostolic virtues; the general pardon of-ed that you have been the sport of the fered by the emperor, has produced a great effect. The destruction of the duties odious to the people and contrary to the prosperity of the state, and the measures the Proclamation by Buonaparte. eternal enemies of the Continent, who take delight in witnessing the effusion of Spanish and French blood? What possible result would attend even the success of some campaigns? An endless war upon the soil, constantly marching through snow, and and a tedious uncertainty respecting the with cold that has been very intense. fate of your properties and lives. With-The weather, within these few days, has in the space of a few months, you have turned to rain, which is much more unbeen delivered up to all the afflictions of comfortable than the cold, and has renderpopular factions. The defeat of your ed the roads almost impassable. On the armies has been the work of some marches; 21st the army reached Sahagun; it was I have entered Madrid: the rights of the necessary to halt there in order to refresh war would justify me in such a signal ex- the men, and on account of provisions. ample, by washing away in blood the out- The information I received was, that marrages offered to me and to my nation: but shal Soult was at Saldana with about 16,000 I have listened to the dictates of clemency men, with posts along the river from only. Some men, the authors of all your Guarda to Carrion.--The army was ordercalamities, shall alone be punished. Ied to march in two columns, at 8 o'clock shall speedily drive from the Peninsula that English army which has been sent to Spain, not for the purpose of assistance to you, but to inspire you with a false confidence and to mislead you. I had declared to you in my Proclamation of the 2nd of June, that I wished to be your regenerator. To the rights which had been ceded to me by the princes of the last Dynasty, you wished that I should add the right of conquest. That shall not make any alteration in my intention. I am even disposed to praise all that may be generous in your efforts; I am willing to admit, that your real interests have been concealed from you, that the real state of things has been disguised from you. Spaniards, your destiny is in your hands. Reject the persons which the English has spread amongst you let your king be assured your affections and your confidence, and you will be more powerful and more happy than ever you have been. All that obstructed your prosperity and your grandeur, I have destroyed; the chains which bore down the people, I have broken; a free Constitution gives you a limited and constitutional, instead of an absolute Monarchy. It depends upon yourselves whether this Constitution shall still continue in your land.— of (To be continued.) on the night of the 23rd, to force the bridge at Carrion, and from thence proceed to Saldana. At 6 that evening, I received information that considerable reinforcements had arrived at Carrion from Palencia, and a letter from the marquis de la Romana informed me that the French were advancing, from Madrid either to Valladolid or Salamanca. It was evident that it was too late to prosecute the attempt upon Soult, that I must be satisfied with the diversion I had occasioned, and that I had no time to lose to secure my retreat. The next morning lieut.-gen. Hope, with his own division and that of lieut.-gen. Fraser, marched to Majorga. I sent sir David Baird, with his division, to pass the river at Valmira, and followed lieut.-gen. Hope on the 25th with the reserve and light brigades, by Majorga, Valderas, to Benevente. The cavalry under lord Paget followed the reserve on the 26th; both the latter corps entered this place yesterday. We continue our march on Astorga. Generals Hope and Fraser are already gone on; sir David Baird proceeds to-morrow from Valencia; and I shall leave this with the reserve at the same time; lord Paget will remain with the cavalry, to give us notice of the approach of the enemy; hitherto their infantry have not come up, but they are near, and the cavalry is round us in great numbers; they are checked by our caval BRITISH ARMY IN SPAIN. From the Lon-ry, which have obtained, by their spirit don Gazette, dated Downing-street, Jan. 10, 1809. and enterprise, an ascendancy over that of the French, which nothing but great DISPATCHES, from which the following superiority of numbers on their part will are extracts, were, on the 8th instant, re- get the better of. The diversion made by ceived at the office of lord visc. Castle- our march on Sahagun, though at great reagh, one of his majesty's principal Se-risk to ourselves, has been complete; it cretaries of State, from lieut.-gen. sir John Moore, k. b. commander-in-chief of his majesty's forces employed in Spain: Benevente, Dec. 28, 1808.-Since I had the honour to address you upon the 16th, from Toro, the army has been almost remains to be seen what advantage the Spaniards in the South will be able to take of it; but the march of the French on Badajoz was stopped when its advanced guard had reached Talaveira, de la Reine, and every thing disposcable is now turned |