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

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SUNDAY, JANUARY .23;1809.

PozirricAL-Awiars oF THE !i'EER• •

We feel. art suillt'Oid degree of pleasure 3n being able to
relieve the. anxiety of our Readers relative to the situation
of 'our army. Yesterday Government received.Rispatche.
from Sir Josi,lViooac, dated, Corunna,..lan. 14, to which
place that gallant officer- had _been able to retreat, with'
little or no loss. The dispatches were brought .by Brigadier:
General CHARLES,STEir'ART, brother to Lord C
and who' signalised himself so
.much: in the 'affair, in which
LEFEBR,E was taken.prisener.. appears that a consider-.'
able part of the cavalry had embarked previous to their.
departure, and the remainder were embarking. The whole-
army was at Corunaa, with the exception-.of 34100.ine4
who had marched by Orensee to Vigo, under Brigadier-.
General CRAUtORD. Sir DAVID BAIRD occupied, the heights
' of Corunna with &formidable force, to cover ;the einliarka:.
tion. The enemy had already arrived. at Burge, in the
neighbOurhood of .Corannat'but notin considerable force.
. The whole army enjoyed the hest health and spirits. But
Brigadier-General ANSTRIUTieIt, we arc sorry to state, fell
a.victira to'his • zeal and • the,: discharge of his professieual
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The following 'Bulletin' was blisticd yesterday by Clo-
ven:meld raw• •

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Brigadier-iGreneral Stewart arrived :this morning- at
Lord. CASTLaR.EAGA'S.Office in Downing-street, with dig:.
patches from Sr J. MOORE, date& COrtIMM, the 13th inst.
upon which place he had directed his march, instead of
Vigo, as he had origina!ly intended, with the loss of only
part of his baggage. There had been repeated skirtniihed
with the rear-guard, in which we had uniformly -repulted.
the epernytland at Lugo, Sir John Moore ofkred the ene*is
battle, which they declined.

" The enemy, when Brigadier-General Stewart left Co,
runna, were in force in the neighbourhood, but it Ira'
trusted that Sir John Moore would effect his re-embarka-
tion without much loss, as the transports which had
sent for from Vigo, %ere entering the Bay at Corunna,
when General Stewart sailed."

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The Ann brig, which sailed from Corunien on the_l4l4,
inst. has brought some Spanish papers and letters. Thi
likewise state the arrival of our troops near that cityl. a#4.
the preparations making for their embarkation.' .7
It is unnecessary to repeat the pleasure w have felt.iii*
the receipt of this intelligence. With an winiust
confidence in the heroism of our troops, and •tlitirot744.:
sional Skill of their commander, it %YU i~upossilile mat' to
feel strong anxiety about their fate, 'we renitined h the
most painful uncertainty of its situation; froni the Aate--elt,
Sir JOHN Mooni's last dispatches. This ignorance, as mica,
be expected, magnified our impatience and alarm ;
formidable force which the enemy was hovering
rear, tforded too much cause for uneasiness. • Howeiew
Sir JOHN MOOR Et by his masterly retreat,• in the preieniii
of an enemy vastly superior in number, and vaunted for the:
rapidity of of their movements, has placed hinise F by that.
single operation in the first class of distingifiallecl'ollkers.'
The talents of a great general display theitiselveslo aidrL
conspicuous manner, in a successiul retreat before a iitinm-
rous enemy, than in the combinations and arrangements
of a battle. Too frequently has the genera artogatod to
hiniself what is the effect of pure accident, or even frO
quently of a mistake ; but for the space c f two or tlirte
'hundred miles to march 'before an'entesprising mid plash-.
4 lug enemy, without giving any advantage, is a, pro'nfof
very rare talents. .

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Some French Bulletins were received yesterday, they
contain no circumstance of Unportalice, except the luntfion
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of ST. CYR with DU. RESME at Barcelona: We sincertily
regret this circumstance, as the scarcity of provisions in lite
garrison offered a prospect of its speedy surrender. They •
contain, as usual, a mn-11)er of flippant allusions; and in
spea,king of our
.army, without going into any detail of
advantages 'obtained,
,concludes;with the gasconade s, The
EMperor has give', orders to the Duke of Dalmatia to drive
the English into the sea."

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LETTERS. from Lisbon to the 7th instant have been re-
ceived.. From these it appears. that. very .strong apprehen-
sions were entertained there of the speedy arrival of the
enemy. Though no positive intelligence had been. received
Of, thu. French haying entered Portugal, prnantionary
measures were nevertheless adopted, to secure the &par-
.ture of -the Euglish factory; and such Portugliese as. have
rendered themselves obnoxious to the invaders bv a heir at-
tachment to their legitimate sovereign. No term ion is made
Whether our °troops, in conjunction with the Portuguese.