The National Register. — London, England, 1809-01-22 00:00:00

THE NATIONAt titnisTETl; .:TAN; Geaeial Franceschi overthrew them Witt a single charge— killed many ; they lost one Coloneli Y Lieatenatit.Colonels, 50 • Officers and 1500 men. On the 31st, Marshal Soull bntereA Leon; Marshal Bessieres, with 900 cavalry, is parsuing the English hive taken 200 waggons of baggage left on the road td Astorga--:-Itoinana's remains have thrown tlieinbelves into As torga. General St. Cyr has joined General .Dtihesm. That junction has raised his army to 40,000. The King of S I pa.ii bas gone to Aranjuez, in order to retie* the tirstcorpsi commanded by the Duke of Belluno. gt must exercise uo temporal or corpor,iljurisdictiuti uver cue cal- MTS. " I hare accontpli§heil what I owed to Myself and ray nation. Vengilince has but its due.- It has fittleo upon t;11 of the pi awl pal culprits ; the rest have entire and absolute corglziwitttl. " I have abolished thUse ptivilegeS. which toe gr.tildoes usurped during tithei of civil war, when but tau frequente I. are neee,,sitated to surrender their rigiits, tu,p4twuttse Oc• tru% tranquillity, and that o 1 their people. aboltsite4 the fetidal rig-tt.-, and hetteettirili every one tnai,s et, up jugs* oven., cinploy himself in ftshibg *arid ittlibit and give flee ,cope to his. industry, provided he f. spdlretv the lava. d re til..ttion.; of the police. Theselffihnesii tketli,4tid . pitiioerity of a sntall ttitittlfei of indivithinl4, Were 'snore injurious to )use :Igrietilture th,in the /teat of the dog-da3s.. " As tht4e is but one (kid, so should tliere be ih - it state but one judicial power. All peculiar jurlsdietiotts uekrestssurpationi , and at variance w ith the rights of the uation—l have itch/Wilted them. . • I. i " I have Mao made known tti every title *line he rimy have t o fear, aud w hat tie may haste tii hope. I stlall evpel tae En 4- fish army frinn the Peninsula. Sartigos , n, • Valencia, Sevill?6, hall be redtleed to stitebisqon, either by pertuasiori or Vie power of My arms. • There Is no obstacle Willett can lung resist the execution at' my resolutions. :_ , T • AI - 1? • " BLit What tran:xends my powci is thit—to..consolidnte the Spaiiiartif.z as one nation, und,l- the sway df the . King, should they cuntintie to be infected with these principles of aversion and hatred to Franco.-, which the partisans of the English nod the eneiniei of the Contiuent have ieused into the huatint of Spain. I can establiili no patio°, iio King, no independence of the Spaniards, if the king be not assured of their attachMent and fidelity. . " The Bourbons can no longer reign in Etirope: THe 410- .sions in the [Loyal Family were contrived by the English... It was not the dethronement of King Charles; and the favourite (the Priem of Vence), that the Duke df that tool 4if England, as is proved by the papers fottnd.iiilits . Wise, hid tit view. The intention was to establish the'predotfitnant intluenee of England iu Spain; a senseless pfojeit, the 'Wink of which would have peen a perpetual Continental Sate, thist w titatl hasp caused the shedding of torrknts of Mood: No Ow er ti•eler the iniitittre of England can exist on the 6nitinent. there he any that entertain such a wish, their wish is absurd, and *ill sootier or later Occasion their fall. . . " It would he easy for me, shthild I he compelled to adept that measure, to govern .Spain, by establishing as runny Vice roys in it 115 there are proellices. N evertneless, I do not to abdicate my rights in favour of conquest in favour of the King, and to establish hiin in Madrid, as soon as the so,dociciti zens Which this tapital contains, the Clergy, Nobility, Mer.;. chants, and I.Ttwjter., shall have declared their teatintents null their fidelity, set an example to the provinces, enlightened the people, and 'nude the nation sensible that their existence and prosperity essentially depend upon a King and a free Cow'. stitutidn, favintrable to the people, ana hotitile ultly to the egotisrh and the haughty passions of the Grandees. 64 If such be the sentiments of the inhabitants of the city of Madrid, let the 30,000 citizens assienitole in the churches ; let them, in the presence of the holy Sacrament, take an oath, not only -With their mouths, but also with their hearts, anti without any jesuitical equivocation; that they promise support, attach; went, and fidelity to their King; let the priests lu their confess sional and the pulpit, the mercantile class in thvir cm - Le:Ton: deuce, the men of the law in their writiegs and speeches, ;iifeec these sentiments into the people :---.then shall I surrender my right of conquest, place the K tug upon the throne, and make it my pleasing task to conduct myself as a true friend of the Spa niards. The present generation may differ In their opinions ; the pa.itions have been too much brought into action'; but your grand-children will bless me as your renovator; they will reckon the day when t appeared hoping lion anionp - , their tnerno rattle festivals ; mid from that will tire happiness of Spain date its commencement." " Yon are thus, Monsieur le Cotrt.gidor," adfird the Doi peror, Informed of the whole of my determination. Consult with your felloweeitizens, and consider sit hat 'patt you will c hoose; bat whatever it be, make your choice *.fah sincerity; and tell itic only your sediments:" twEicry-Fouttiqr nvuutiN. ASTORGA, JAN. e.—The Emperor arrived here on the tit. The road from Benevente to Astorga is covered with dedd English horses, waggons; and caissons. ' On the road froni Astorga td Villa Franca, General Colbert, tetninandillt the advanced guard, made 2000 prisoners. The Einlieror has chat•ged the Duke of Dalmatia with the glorious mission .of pursuing the English to their point of de barkation, and of throwing them into the sea. General St. Cyr has entered Barcelona; the Dtikes of Corneg liano and Treviso have invested Saragossa, and taken pOssession of Monte Teo:ero with little loss. General SCbastiani having passed the Tagus on the 34th; at Arzobispo, liar attacked and routed the remains Of the EStrama' duran army. General Valence has passed the Thgus over the bridge of Almaraz: PA MS, DEC. 36.--:The fillowing is a cOpy Of the addres s presented to his Majesty the Emperor by the Corregidor of Madrid, iri the name of the Magistracy and Citizens of that Capital " Sire, - the city of Mttdrld; represented by it! Magistrates, iteculai• and regular Clergy, Nobility; and Deputies of the wards, presents itA-If at the feet of your Itnper4il Itlajesty, to °MT you Its most tvipeetfill thanks for the gracious clenitalgley with %Welt your maltfty; in the conquest which your victor!dits treirps have made of this city, has been pleased to think of the safety and vieintre of its inhabitants, AO the praise-worthy and bent,- . scent treatment which yoor Majesty has been pleased to shew towards them; and w hith the city of Madrid tonsiderS at a pledge of forgiveness for all that has occurred iu the absence of our King Joseph, your Majesty's brother. . , " The several Colleges, constituting this Assembly, diily deli berating on the subject of their meeting; have concluded and re itolved to entreat your Imperial and itOyal Majesty that it may pleac you to guint them the favour of seeing King Joseph in Madrid, in order that, under his laws, Madrid, with all the places under its imrandiate jurisdiction, and the whole.of Spain, may at length enjoy that tranquillity and happiness which they expect from the bentvolente of his litisty's character. " Finally, Madrid flatters herself that she shall tind protect tion in the power of your Imperial and ttoy-al Majesty, at the same time that your clemency guarantees her happiness. " Sire !—At the feet of your Imperial and Royal Majesty." " Madrid, Dec. 9, 1803. To this Address hi:4 Majesty returned the following Answer i--- " lam pleased with the sentiments of the city of Nladrid. I tegr,A the injurits she has suffered, and am particularly happy that, under existing circumstances, I have been able to effect tier deliverance, and to protect her from great calamities. " 1 have hastened to adopt measure§ calculated to tranquillize till rabks of the citizens, knowing how painful a state of uncer tainty is to all men coltectively anti individually. " I have preserved the Spiritual Orders, but with a limita fine of the number of Monks. There is not a single intelligent person who is not of opinion that they were too numerous. Those of them who are Influenced by a Divine call, shall remain in their cloister:. With regard to those whose call was doubtful, or influenced by temporal consideration', I have fixed Veir con dition in the order of secular priests. Out of the surplus of the monastic property, I have provided for the maintenance of the pastors, that important and useful class of the clergy. l have abolished that court which was a subject of complaint to Ettropc NO the itreseat age. Priests may guide the intudi of men, but •