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se had stated As very alarming, and that It was an establishment scarce worth saving (A general cry of ] No! No! No!). With respect to the Hon. Baronet, - he did not mean to speak of him disrespectfully, but he could. wish he would employ his great talents on points more suited, and less hostile to the honour and ‘eelfare of the countryclkan that of depreciating its institutions and resources ; and that pointing out a general mismanagement of the affairs of the country, . without particularizing arty one, was a very wrong anode of adverting lo its concerns. Lord HEN R. PETTY explained. Sir FRANCIS BURDETT said, the Right Hon. Secretary had accused him of holding a language hostile to the interests of the country. He appealed to the Chair, and to the recollection of the House, if any thing had fallen from him that bad such a ten dency. If any such sentiment had escaped him, it was foreign from his heart, for he had the highest va lue for the country and its Constitution, and he should be sorry any such misrepresentation of his arguments should go out of the walls of that House. Mr. Secretary CANNING said, he chiefly alluded to that part of his Speech, which alluded to the nb sordity of dwelling so much on the loyalty to legal- • srwe Governments. Sir F. BURDETT replied, that he had adverted to an aiTcame. which was often pushed to an extre -zeity inconsistent with the"freedoin of debate, and the Constitution of this land. The question on the Address was then put, and carried without a divisine. Lord CASTLEREAGH postponed the second reading of the Militia Lill till to-morrow, and if the business of that day should be too pressing, that it should certainly be read a second time on Thursday. Mit;ltg LLAI 70N . The CHANCE L 0 `2. of the EXCHEQUER rose pursuant to notice, for leach to bring in a bill to pro hibit the Lisozillation of Spirits frcan Grain, &c.—He shortly observed, that as this Bill cl'aTered in two point iom the one of last sessions, it was necessary shortly to e4lan. In England the Bill had been successful 'oryoti hopes; but in Ireland, although the illers conformed to the Act, several illerralstills had bccn used, which consumed grain to an immense amount : but as grain of every kind was in great ablindance in that part of the United King dom, and the - growth of potatses was beyond any for-_ mer season, he did not mean to extend the Act to Ireland ; bat as a quantity of Spirits had been ex ported from Scotland at a cheaper rate than it could be from England, to the great injury of the revenue of tl,e country, he proposed some new regulations on this subject. He concluded by moving for a Com m:rice to prepare acid bring in the same. The House tl:en went into a Committee ; and after a few words from Mr. DAVIES GIDDY and Mr. BARHAM; the Chairman obtained leave to bring in the same. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and at half-past twelve o'clock the House adjourned. • THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CI.OtIC: ConsolOor money, 66k—for February 61—Reduccd Ornriurn /, pre. FRENCH BULLETINS. We subjoin complete copies of the 25th, Cfith, 27th, and 28th Bulletins. The last is dated the 13th ult. three days prior to the Battle of Corunna. They writenin a milder tone than any preceding pub- licatinns of a similar nature. Our limits do not per- mit us to offer any remarks vpork their contents : indeed they require none. TWENTY-FIFTH BULLETIN. " lienevente, /an. r. " His I.lajesty being ir.formed that the English army was reduced to less than f..!0,000 men, resolved upon movbig his headquarters from Astorga to Be revente, whcre,he will remain some days, and from whence he will proceed to take ascentrai position at V.:lladolid, leaving to the Duke of Dalmatia the task of dettroying the English army. " 1 - Its Majesty, on being informed that in the places tvlicre the prisoners were collected, and where there are ten Spaniards'for one Euglishman, the Spaniards iii-used and plundered the English, gave orders for separating the English from the Spaniards, and for obs;:rving toward the former a particular sort of treat ment. 4"l'he rear guard of the English, by accepting battle at Prievas, had hoped to enable the left column, which was chiefly composed of Spaniards, to form its junction at Villa Franca. He also hoped to gain a night, in order more completely to evacuate Villa- Franca. We found in the hospital at Villa Franca 300 -English sick or wounded. The English burnt in that town a large magazine of flour and corn. They aim) destroyed several artillery carriages, and killed 500 of their horses. We have already counted 1600 of them left dead on the roads. The amount of the prisoners is considcrable, and increases every moment. In the cellars of the tawn we found several English so ldiers xi.ho hal died from drunkenness. " The head of Merle's division, forming part of the I:uke of Dalmatia's corps, came up with the advan etd guard on the 3d. " At four P. Z.L it rea , lied the rear guard of the E n -rlisl:, who s.-ere upon the heights of Prievas, league before Villan . anca, consisting 0f.5000 infantry ala 600 cavalry. This positianiwas a very fine one, and difficult to attack. (kneral made his dis positions. The infantry advanced, beat the charge, and the English Wele. routed. The difficulty of the ground d 4 not- permit the cavalry to charge, and y piisonci.s w.eie taken, We had sntne fifty men 'killed or wounded. General Colbert Vanced to sec if the cii%ialry could form ;—his hoar e(iMe•••••:. ' bail c.trock hin) in the forehead, and lle'liVed but a 'c i iiart . er 'of an hour. a There are tv, , o roads from Astorga to Villa friaca. 'English took tile right, the Spaniards ; they n?it'ia.lieri sv;thout order—were cut off and iiirrou . laded by the lianoveriaa clsisseurs. A Genera/ of belga - tie Arid a whale division laid down ti: itarms. •-• r gsußteq_4 4 4 , of Dalmatia . 44••= 4 ‘.. 47 • • , • .•! MlNli wwl . . . . were, on the 4th in the evening, at the distance of 16 ffilente ; they wished to be powerful a> et leagues from Lugo. On the 2d his Majesty reviewed rant people. When a Monk. a. Theologist, a Bishop, at Astorga the divisions of Laborde and -I n oison e a - Pope, preaches intolerance, he preaches his own which form the army of Portugal. These troops see condemnation ;he gives himself up to be the laugh the English flying, and burn with impatience to get ing stock of nations. up with them. " The Duke of Dalmatia will be tonight atLugo, " His Majesty lefeas a reserve at Astorga, the corps Nunierous columns of prisoners are on their march of the Duke of Elchingen, who has had his advanced t hi t h er . 'guard on the passes in Gallicia, and who is enabled, „ General Davenoy proceeded with 500 cavalry to in case of emergency, to support the corps of the Duke Toro. He came up with 2or 300 men, the remains of Dalmatia. . * of the insurrection. He charged them, and killed or 4 , Since the 27th ultimo, we have taken more than took the greater part. The Colonel of the Dutch 10,000 prisoners, among whom are 1,500 English.--.- hussars was wounded in the charge." We have oaken also more than 400 baggage waggons, . - - 15 waggons of firelocks, their magazines, and hospi- TWENTV-SEVENTII BULLETIN. tale. The English retreat in disorder, leaving maga- . " Vail: do!id, Jan. 9. zines, sick, wounded, and equipage. They will ex- ~ The Duke of Dalmatia, after the battle of Prie perience a still greater loss—and if they be able to vas, proceeded to expel the English from the post of embark, it is probable it will not be without the loss of Piedra Fella. He there took 1500 Eng/sh prisoners, half their army. five pieces of cannon, and several caissons. The ene ,, We fount in the barns several English who had I my was obliged to destroy a quantity of baggage and been hanged by the Spaniards. His i Majesty was n- ' stores. The precipices were - filled with them. Such dig - n ant, and ordered the barns to be burnt. The pea- I was their precipitate flight and confusion, they left sants, whatever may bethcir resentment, have no right • behind them in their carriages a quantity of gold and to attempt the lives of the waggoners of either army. 1 silver: The property that has fallen, into our hands His Majesty has ordered the English prisoners to be ' is estimated at two millions of livres. treated with all the respect due to.soldiers who have I "On the 4th, at night, the French advanced guard manifested liberal ideas and sentiments of honour. ;was at Castillo and Nocedo. On the sth, the ene ,, We have received the confirmation of the news my's r ear-guard wai come up with at Pueste and F. announcing the 'arrival of the 7th corps, under Gene-- 'He entered that pen, tiic moment they were going to blow up a bridge ra! Gouvion St. C} r, at Barcelona. --a charg e of cavalry rendered the attempt useless. place on the 17th. On the 15th, he fell in with the was the same at t h e b r id ge o f C ruc i e l. tr oops commanded by Generals Reding and Vives, . It and completely dispersed them. He took-front them : "On the sthr at night, Large and Lahoussaye's six pieces of cannon, 30 caissons, and 3000 men. By . divisions were at Constantine, and the enemy a short means of the junction of the 7th corps with the troops . distance from Lugo. On the 6th, the Duke of Dal under General Duhesme, v:e have a large army at matia was on his march to reach that pity. Barcelona. I 46 The, English army suffers considerably ;it has ~ When his. Majesty was at Tordesillas, he had 'no longer ammunition and baggage; and ) calf the his head-quarters in the outward buildings of the , English cavalry is on foot. Since our departure from Royal' Convent of et. Claire. It was to this convent , Benevente up to the sth instant, we counted on the that the mother of Charles V. had retired, and where . road eighteen hundred English horses that had been she died. The Convent of St. Claire was built on killed. I the scite of a Moorish palace, of which about two . " The remains of Romana's army are found wan halls remain in fine preservation. The Abbess was dering about in all directions. The remains of the presented to the Emperor.—She i: 75 years of age, , army of Mayorca, of - Iberia, of Barcelona, and of and for 65 years she had not been out of her cloisters.', Naples, are made prisoners. . She was considerably moved when she passed the "., General Maupetet having come up with, on the threshold ; but she conversed with the Emperor with i side of Zattora, with his brigade of dragoons, a co. much presence of mind, and obtained several favours lumn tof 800 men, charged and dispersed them, and' for her friends. - killed or took the greater part. INTERCEPTED LETTER TO THE MARQUIS pe ROMANA. „ The Spanish peasantry of Galicia and Leon, have " SIR-1 should not have detained your instructions ss long, had not Sir John Moore returned very late to Villa Franca. He 'no mercy on the English. Notwithstanding ti arrived greatly fatigued. I delivered yout letter to him, to which strictest orders to the contrary, we every day find a he sannot return an answer till to-morrow ; but he desired me to number of English assassinated. ' inform you, that he would set out at an ezrly hour. There are at 1 Benevente, two or 300 of the French cavalry, who annoy our " The head -quarters of the Duke of Elchingen are stragglers between Benevente and Villa Franca. . General Moore !at Villa Franca, on the confero of G..lieia and Leon. begs you will place a battalion on the heights over the road, where . they may fire on them without any risk. I The Duke of Belluno is on the Tagus. - 14 There is no news—we know nothing of the movements of 46 The English Government is like the liar in the the French, and we continue to retreat. I am not certain that Sir . , play, who has told the same untruth so often; thet at J. Moore will allow me to return to your Excellency. In that t last he believes it himself. The inhabitants of the case, permit me to express an hope of meeting with you in Lon- I kingdoms of Leon and Galicia hold the English in don, in better times ; for be assured Sir, I retain a grateful recol -- lection of your kindness , and am with the greatest respect, &c. ihorror. Under this head, the events that have taken " Villa Franca, Jan. 2, 1809. " as. LY:4511. " place are equivalent to a i gt eat victory. TWENTY-SIXTII BULLETIN. " The Duke of Belluito is on the Tagus. - Valladolid, Jim. 7. I' The whole of the Imperial Guard is concentrated " After General De St. Cyr entered Barcelona, he I at Valladolid. proceeded to the Lobregat, and forced the Enemy's l " The.cities of Valladolid, of Palencia, Segovia, intrenched camp, end took 25 pieces of cannon . He Avilla, Astorga, Leee, &c. have sent numerous de then took Tarrogono, a place of great importance. putations to the King. . ~ The annexed reports of Generals Duhesme and o The city of Madrid has particularly distinguished St. Cyr, contain the details of the military events, itself. Twettty.eight thousand five hundred heads of that had taken place in Catalonia to the 21st of De- I families have taken the oath of allegiance before the cember.—They do the greatest credit to General St. Holy Sacrament. The citizens have promised his Cyr. Every thing that has taken place at Barcelona Imperial Majesty, that if he will place his brother on is to the praise of General Duhesme, who has dis- the throne, they will serve him with all their efforts, played great talents and firmness. and defend him with all their means."- " The troops of the kingdom of Italy have covered TWENTY-EIGHTH BULLETIN. themselves with glory—their excellent conduct has - sensibly affected the Emperor. They are in truth _ " Valladolid, Jan. 13. chiefly composed of the corps formed by his Majesty ~ That part of the treasure of the enemy which has in the campaig n of the year five. The Italian picked fallen into our hands, is 1,800,000 francs. The inha. men are as wise as they ate brave ; they have given t bitantseassert that the English have carried off from . rise to no complaint, and have sheaved the greatest I eight to ten millions. courage. Since the time of the Romans, the people I ~ The English General deeming it impossible that of Lai). had not made war in Spain. Since the Ro - I the French infantry and artillery should have followed mans, no epoch has been so glorious for the lodian I him, and gained upon him a certain number of arms. I marches, particularly in the mountains so difficult as The army of the Kingdom of Italy is already I those of Gailicie, thought he could only be pursued 80,000 strung, and good soldiers. These arc the Iby cavalry and sharp-shooters. He took, therefore, guarantees which that fine country has of being no 1 the position of Castro on his right, supported by the longer the theatre of war. His Majesty has removed I river Tombago, which passes by Lugo, and is not his head quarters from Benevente to Valladolid. He I fordable. received to-day all the Constituted Authorities. 44 The Duke of Dalmatia arrived on the 6th in pre- • ~ Ten of the worst of the lowest ranks have been sence of the enemy. He employed the 7th and Bth in put to 'death. They are the same who massacred' reconnoitring the enemy, and collecting his infantry General Cevallos, and who for so long a time have ' mid artillery, which were still in the rear. He formed oppressed the better sort of people. !his plan of attack. The left only of the enemy was "His Majesty has ordered the suppression of the : attackable—he manoeuvred on their left. His dispo-1 Dominican Convent, in which one .Frenchman was sitions required some movements on the Bth, and the I killed. He testified his satisfaction at the Convent Duke determined- to attack on the 9th ; but the enemy of San Benete, whose Monks are enlightened men, ' retreated in the night, and in the morning our ad who, far from having preached war and disorder, of • vanced-guard entered Lugo. The enemy left 300 having shewn themselves greedy of blood and murler, . sick in the hospitals, a park of eighteen pieces-of can have employed all their cares and efforts to calm the i non, and 300 waggons of ammunition. We made people and bring them back to good order-:-Sereral . 700 prisoners. , Frenchmen owe their lives to them. I " The town - and environs of Lugo are ch;;aked ~ The Emperor wished tc see these religious men ; , with the bodies of English horses. Hence upwards and when he was informed they were Benedictins, 1 of 2500 horses have been killed in the retreat. whose Members have always rendered themselvce I 46 The English are marching to Corunna in great illustrious inliterature and sciences, both in France haste, where they have 400 transports They have and in Italy, he condescended to express the sa- ' already lost bag` age, ammunition, a part of their ma tisfaction he felt at owing this obligation to them.— terial artillery, and upwards of 3000 prisoners. In general the Clergy of this City are good.—The i 4 , ,On the 10th hiur advanced guard was at Betan- Monks; who .are really dangerous, are the fanatic ; zos, ishort distance from Corunna. - Dominicans, who had got possession of the In-1 " The Duke of Elchingen .is with his corps near quietion, and who having bathed their hands in ' Logo. - -- • the blood of a Frenchman, had the sacrilegious I !, In reckoning the sick, missing, those who have cowardice to swear on the gospel that the unfortu- been killed by the penitents, and made prlsonere by oer nate man who was demanded of them w as not I troops, we may calcUlete the loss of the English at dead, and - had been carried to the hospital, and one third of their army. They are reduced to 18,000 who afterwards owned, that after he had been killed, 1 oen, and are not yet embarked. From Sahagun, they he was throWn into a well where lie had been found. retreated 150 leagues in bad weather, worse roads, —Barbarians and hipoerieee, who preach inteleranck l through Mountains, acid always closely pursued at the excite discord and hlood,'yoti are not the Ministers of point of the cord. •• _ the Gospel—The period when Europe beheld,without 1 • 64. It is difficult to conceive the-folly of their earl indignation, the massacre of Protestants celebrated by of campaign. It must 'be attributed-not to the Ge illuminations in great cities can never be revived...-. bend who commands, and who is a clever and skilful The blessings of toleration - 41i he first rights of man ; ' man; but to that spirit of hatred and'rage which ani it is the first maxim of the Goipci, lhecause it is the mates the English Ministry. To push forwe'rdein this first attribute of cliarity.—lf there was a time !hen Manner 30,000 men, exposing them. to destruction or some false teachers of the Christian g . .eligion preach- to flight as their only iesopree, is a conceptian'whi(h ed - intolerance, 'they had not then lii gi . OW the itte. tan only be inspired by the spirit of passion, or the terete of Heaven', b.:t • those of their temporal it- mbit extravagant pilesturption. '' ' ' ' • - • . . • , .. . • < ~• 717 M Lilo .sac. l / 4 ed by the enemy We cannot impute t..ese disasters ers neral—they are the - nsnal and inevitableetrect marches and precipitate retreat. " Zamora, whose inhabitants bad Leen atiirnatr4 by the presence of the English, shut their gates agairi.t General Maupetet. General. 13,..ancau tiraceedi against )t with four battalions i he scaled ±e city, took it, and put the most guilty to the sword. ' ‘.O Gallicia is the province of Spain which manifes..l the best disposition ;it receives the -French as rers, who have relieved them at oils::: from foreigners tend from anarchy. The Bishop of Lugo and the clinigt of the whole province, manifest we v4est Seittlinentl. Valladblid has taken the oailt 'to King Jo s ep!,._ Six men, the leaders of revolt aad .massacre therrench, have beer. condemned to. death. been executed. The Clergy asked pardor fc.r sixth, who is the father of tour children. lis m a jesty commuted the sentence, and thereby to testify his satisfactict cf the g:; ,- Al of the secular Clergy of Valladolid on sevcral tart occasions." . - FROM WE DUTCH PAPERS. PARSE, JANUARY I. Interesting details arc daily received of made at Madrid, for taking the oath of allegiT:ce his Majesty Kiftg Joseph. - Private leters, of the 25; of December, say, that the interval off' time from r. 22d, when the Emperor set out to fight the Engli army, until the 24111, when the Census was firat, .forms an important epoch in the history of Spa'n. The rumour of the departure of the Emperor "7 soon spread at Madrid on the evening of the The day before, the inhabitants had seen man', Fier. file off. The empty state of the town w. sufficient rroof that the greatest part of :Le trc.c . were marching ; and, as a strict silence was obsetv ' about the motive of this precipitate march, the i!ii bitants at first iftmed astonished to be, as it were, to themselves. This was the moment when the emissaries of enemy would of course disseminate news anlleg; to the situation of the day. A thousand were spread, and the credulity of the friends of t insurrection, if there had been any yet at Madri would have been put to a cruel test. Turbulent t: n: only can account for the absurd tales that were env fated in the first moment after the departure of • army. It ivas ir seriously reported, that 4Q,000 Moe) had arrived to the assistance of the insurgents ; this report is not one of the most silly thatwere culated. Under these circumstknces, the collecting of votes had been accomplished in all the quarters of city, and this Census had given a large majority King Joseph. The walls were covered with 'adl tisements of the Alc i des, announcing that on the lowing day (Dec. 23), tht oath of those who had dared for King Joseph would be solemnly received the respeCtive parish churches. Some persons had been afraid lest the agitation of the preceding day wol have an influence on the ceremony ; but they ill ki the Spaniards, who are as firm in their resolution: they are ardent and passionate in their affections. . suspicion of fear might have attached to the obedi. ence of the preceding day ; the act of the followini was more noble, because entirely free ; it confirmed by the most weighty consideiations can influence a.people.—those of their interest, piness, and glory. The sublime, and not reasonable answer -given by the Emperor, on leth, to the Deputations of Madrid, was presen , the thoughts of all the Citizens ; they recollected dangers from which his clemency had suffered then escape, and the glorious destiny which his gen had promised them ; and asthe sentiments prevai in the city were gratitude and hope, the suffragt the public continued unanimous, and their diposil manifested themselves with the greatest Wet in to the oath of allegiance, which ceremony was perform in the churches. The Ministers hastened to lay before the King proceedings of the 22d and 2 4 3 d, that his Ma; might acquaint his august brother with them. On the 24th, the Corporations of the City voted anew Deputation should carry to the Emperol account of what had happened. JAN. 10.-2,-The eipectation of - the Imperial tr. , to measure themselves with the English in a pit battle, has been disappointed, and every thing us to believe that the instructions given by the Bi Ministers to Generals Moore and Baird will be fully obeyed ;and that the English will act in the same part which,they have acted in Poincl and Sweden : since after having, by their pre! and their fallacious promises, inspired their allies an ill founded confidence, they regain their vessel forced marches ; and, by a conduct more hostile friendly, :augment the despair of those whom abandon, at the very moment When their assir was most necessary. Letters from Spain inform us, that the retreating into Gallicia, and marching to Conn The Emperor pursues then!. Marshal Bessieres ved at Astorga Oa the Ist inst. with 10,000 General Gouvion St. Cyr has defeated in Catal on the 16th and 19th ult. the Spaniaids comm: by General Reding. HAMBURGH, JAN. 6. The conduct which the Baron de Stein ha , sued since the peace of Tilsit, and particnlarly ter to the Prince of Witgenstein, which was intercepted by the French troops at Berlin, have upon that Minister the anger of the Emperor Icon, and provoked the measure contained in the lowing Ordered published here " Hamburgh, " As a person of the name of Stein endeavours to otra hellion in Germany, be is declared an enemy of Franc . the Confederation df Me Rhine. The- estates wbch possesses in France; and in the countries of the Confect ; the Rhine, shall be sequestered. Ilse said Stein shall be wherever our troops or those of our allies can lay had o 4' Given in our lniperial Catrp at Madrid, Dec. 1 (Signed) " ry A cartel is arrived from-Cherbourg, whi;.; she left on Friday last, aucitrings accounts that naparte arrived at I ) ar is on the 'ad ult. and published Bulletint, in which he boasts of taken 30 . 09 British prisoners iindtwO millions of LONDON t Plinted and tubnshed by LEVY:I:KEN , *that , / Mac, Lambeth, at the S'i•na-Orrlca, Tsb. 1 . am/ t uldated idol at the 5 . :a1.0., Ft e Temple / • r • 1• 4 1 • -; ..• . rs • Ist p. la. i? - ,ed :'• szi tV 1 1 I • ". • , a C o - ; ;c• , ers ttie mcs rcu• tale • 4 001• E• aad • the f the. yto iver- e i ed in been •ould knew lIIS as I. A bedi: wing wat that hap. less n the nt to d the em to ;enius 0;11 . ;es of rations akin& >rme IQ the ajesti d that Dr the mop, itched leads British fal Ca- .crania esence is wit, selshT th.in n the)! istahre ,:s'a ate us arr..- nen.— aloniA, vi per- ' • Y :it' dr .• Nap). the iLi 4 . • t.:IA • in • ; 1..1 Jr arrested of 1808, 14 7 ` -e that 80. I that lie rig f i s , of Ou: 1, CL l, r 81314;