The National Register.
London, England, 1809-01-08 00:00:00

Tilt NATIONAL REGIgTBIt.

JAN. A.

The enetity's artily beaten at Tude Catalavncl, abandon-
ird by its Generals, and a great number of soldiers, was reduced
to 6000 men.

On the Bth, at thidnight, the Duke -of 13ft-in attaeltd, at Santa
4C"fut., a co"tps Whith coveted the tight of the enemy's army.
that carps WAs closely pursued, and it thousand prisoners taken.
It wiohOd tO throw its4if into Andalusia by Aladriclego. It ap-
pears to havt ben forced to disperse hi tlit Of Cuenca.

EiclitttEXTrt IItLLETIN otA titt Patmlb tit
SPAIN:

MADAM, nee. Ile.-&-The Central SOnta Of Spaln had hut
'little power t the greater part of the provinces paid It little
'submission., and all orthent 'deprived it of the administration of
the finances. It was under the Influence of the lowest cross of
the people t It Was governed by the minority. Florida Bianca
wns withtsul any tfedit. The Junta was under the (•ontroul of
two men. the one named Lortinto Calvo, a grocer of Saragemsu,
*who had in a few months obtained the title of Estettency. tie
Is one of those violent Men who appear in revolution—his ho-
nesty Was more than suspected, The tither is called Tilly; for-
merly condemned to the gallies Its a thief t the younger brother
of a man of the name of Gasman, who formerly played a part
tinder tktstrepierre during the reign M Terror. As soon as any
of the Members of the Junta opposed the violent measures that
'were propaste-, these two wretches called out Treason:, and im.
inediately a tent) Was c6llected under the windows of Aranitiez.
The extravagance and wickedness of these dangerous men mani-
fested itself upon all occasions. As soon as they learnt that the
Emperor was at Burgos, and he would soon be at Madrid, they
pahlished a declaration of war against France, replete with itt-,
stilts and folly.
On the Ilth, when the neutral Of Division Lassalle, Who *as
pursuing the enemy, arrived at Talavera de Reyna, where the
English had passed triumphantly ten days before, saying they
'were going to ilelleve the capital, ft frightful spectacle met the
goes of the French. A hotly cloathed in the uniform of a Spa-
siish General was suspended from a gallows, 'Mid pierced With a
thousand bullets. It was Gen. Benito San ofean% whom his sol-
diers in they terror, and as an excuse fa their
.Commander,
Scritelly/saceiliceB. The Bishops of Leon Aril Astorga, and n
great numbet of Ecclesiastics, distinguished themselves by their
good conduct titid their apostolic virtues the.general pardon of-
%Ted by the Eropetor bas produced a great elect. The destruc-
tion of tist duties odious to the people and contrary to the pros-
perity of the State, and the measures which leave the numerous
elan of Monks no 'longer any uncertainty respecting their lot,
produced a good effect.
The general animadversion is against the English. The pen-
-sitnts say, in their language, tha.t at the approarn of the French
the English *tat away to mount their wooden horses (ships).
NINETEENtiI BULLETIN OF TIIE ARMY Oti'
SPAIN.

ins DEC. 13.-,--Ittr:asmititendered on the 6th by capi-
tulation. Two thousand men have been made prisoners: A con-
siderable quantity of artillery was found in the place. Six
ships of the line Which were at anchor in the harbour,
would not carry away the garrison.
The Emperor thii day reviewed the whole of the united
'troops of the Duke of Dantsic, beyond the bridge of Segovia.
behastiani'iidivlsion has marched for Talavera de la Reyna.

The breaking up or the Spanish troops is observed oil every
tide. the new levies which were attempted to be raised, dis-
perse on all sides, and return to their homes-.
The details which we learn from the Spaniards respecting the
Central Junta, are all of a nature
.to place them in the moit
ridieuloUS point of view. That assembly is already become an
oldect of contempt with all Europe. Its members, to the
bomber d 86, have bestolved upon themselves titles and r;h-
inons of every sort, and an annual allowlnct! of 634(T0 I ivre4.
Vlorida Blown was a real man of straw t he is now ashamed of
tho dishonnfir he has brought upon his old age. As usually
happens in sneh assemblies, two or three per?ons domineer over
Ili) the rest; and these tWo or three pCtAOIIB were in the pay of
England. The opinion held by the city of Madrid respecting
the Junta is notorious ; they are as ty.reb the objects of the
Crockery and derision, as they are of the detestation of the in-.
habitants of the Capital.
Never was there so fine a December. It is like the beginning
of Spring. The Emperor avails himself of the find weather t*
uremia iu the ceuntry one league final Madrid.

PROCLANII TION BY lION AP U.TP.

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SPANIAItDS!—YoII litiVe beets Misled by pet-41(1161st men.
The) have enkaged volt in a senseless struggle, Mali oh have had
recourFe ta arm,. t there one amongst OW; Who MAW"' II MO-
' merit's reflection upon all that has p::ssil, st'uillti not he con,
weed 01:,t you have been the sport of the ets...riial ens suits of the
Centinent, strn take delight in wltne..slng the eltusiOn of Spanish
and French blond ? What possible result wotild attend eVeti the
faIICCOS i,f soave tallipaigsts ? ettdress %shr upon yoUr soil, and
a terliOtts enecitainty respecting the fate of your properties and
lives.. Within the spare of a fiew• tbohtlit; ton have been delivered
up to ell the affilettens of popular factions: The defeat or stint
armies have been the wctrk bf some rn %hrs; 1 have. entered
• Madrid : the rights of war would justly VII* in Malang a Signal
example, by stashing Away in 'blond she outrages offered to hie
and to my nation'. Kitt have listened tb the dictates of Cletnency
only. Sante men, the authors of all ysitt'r talamitles, than 'thine
he punished. I shall speedily drive fruit the Peninsula that
English army which has beets sent to f.',pain; not risr the purpdse
nf assistattee to you., but to inspitt yon with a false Canticle:me
and to mislead you.
• I had tleclated to ybn in i`ny Rrorldrtntioa n tht 2d df 31). he 3
that I wished to he your Regenerator. Tn the tights which had
been ceded to roe by the Primes of the last dVtiASty, "ou wished
that t shrsuld add the right of conquest: that shall not Snake
any alteration ih my intentions: lam even disposed to praise
all that May he general* in your efforts; 1 ant is Ming admit;
that your real intefests have be eh Concealed flrutli you, that the
real state of things have been disguised frees tisr. Spaniards;
Srve thistiny is in your own hands. Reject the Polsotit which the
English have spread tiMongst vOu I—let yhtir Ring be assured of
t on). afniction and sour confidence, and you will be more poWer-
Ad and more happy trial ever you have been. All that ob-
stftteted your prosperity and your grandeur, I have destroyed
the chains Which have born down the pedals-, I have broken; a.
free Constitetien giies yowl a 'limited and constitutitinal; instead
of an absolute Monarchy. It depends Upon yattrselvell Whether
this Constitution shall stilt continue.in yotte land.
But should all my efforts proVe ihtltless; and shntild yod not
merit, lily eimfidence, nothing wilt remain for me bat to treat you
-as contitt*red provinces; and to place my brothbli upon another
thtntiev 1, Shall then place the Crown upon ray otttl head; nod
cause it to be respected by the guilty for Grid has given tat*
power and inelinatitin to surmount all dhstaclest Given at our
Itnpetial Camp at Madrid, Dm 1, ISO&
(Signed) ArAilOr.zort.
By the taiperors Minister Sutttlitfy or State,
(Signed) H. B. Al dielfs

Weir ftre!seVerat Deeretsiand Sonic Intercepted correspotidOtietl-.
By on of these Decrees a general pardon is granted to an
Spaniards; who shall be allep.,:innt to lio!iaparte, with tlit
lowing exceptions; and the Members tif the Council of tiastile
are branded as cowards; and onworthy of being indgistrates df
a brave nation. The following persons arc proscribed a§ aVoweti
enemies to France and Spuinb vim;

'Mr Duke d'lnfantitda
Duke de Medina Cell
Makinis de Santa Cruz

Count d'Altlinira
Pierre Cevallos, late Midister
• of States
By another Decree the MOM
of Convents Is reduced to one-II
abclishedl

Duke at iiijav
Duke de Ussdnri
Connt de Fehan NurfeS
Prince of Cuttelfrtußcd
13i,.hnp of Santander.

;lon i!1 abolished th'e otillttef
tird; and feudal riights alrd

irnoYl TILE SPANISII PAMIS%

Coatrti, hitik With Much atilciety to the
next accounts from the army: es from its approaching vkinity
to the enemy. a battle twi sOon be expected to take place: The
whole force wader s!r J. 'Moore consists of 46;010 Men : 10,000
are Spaniards detached front the army of the Mnrquis de la
itomamt; at least such is the report of the day. Our troops are
rrpresented as being in the highest spirits; and desirous of meet.;
ing the enemy, The l'th dragoon: has had mnch skirmishing
with the Frenol cavalry; and in one atfair defeated tit body of
1:100, of which they made 300 prisoners:
Our loss wAs trilling; we absolutely know nothing positive
fer.pectittg lkindrid, or d the enemy's force in that iluarter:
Various letters announce that the rrench were In piossession of
EL Retie°, and had placed guards in dillertnt parts of tote eity;
bat that coin toot cOMpet the thhabitabts to give Lip their

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JAN. A. Tilt NATIONAL lIEGIRTBIL 10
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The teensy's &tally beaten at Tudela s Catalavnd, abandon- PROCIANIATION BY lION AP U.T.S.
led by its Generals, and a great number of soldiers' was reduced
soldiers,
to 6000 men. SPA NIA itlIS !---Yon have Nees misted by, pertulitiht men.
Oh the Bth, at tbidaight, the Duke of Istta attackOd, at Santa The) have enkaged sou in a senseless struggle, nhtl 3oh have had
Ne' • •
...rut, a etttps 1001 covered the dight of the enemy's army. recnune la arm,. i-!% there one amongSt vbil; Who MAW"' a ino-
that corp.s Was closely pursued, and lit thousand ptisoners taken. merit's reflection upon all that has p::svid, Woiihi not be con,
It wiohod to throw itssif into Andalusia by Madriclego. It ap- vieced th:,t von have been the sport of' the ets..ismal ens lilies of the
pears to have been f. reed to dis erne hi ttit mooseains of Cuenca. I COntinent, lyres take delight in w itnessing, the ettesien of Spanish . .
and French blosid ? What possihle result wo(dd attend eVeti the ..
-&-Namo-d-
-falleretS if( some talliaalgsts ? An eitfire,. %%hr opus your soil, and
EICIIITtEXTIT BULLETIN Ot lift Patmlb tit I a tedious cnceitainty relfeCting the fate of your propertleS and
SPAIN: lives: Within the space of a rev. honths; yott have beet' delivered
up to eh the afilletiOns of popular factions: The dereat or your
i MADAM, etc. le.-"The Central Stinta Of Spaln had hut amass have heel the writic bf some at‘theS; / have emcee(' i
little power t the greater part of the provinces paid It little i Madrid: the rights of war Would juttlfy to* in Making a Siena 1.
submission., and all ortheat 'deprived it of the administrarinn of b
example, by stashing Away in 'blocd she outrages oltered to tne
the fivanceu (t was under the Influence of the lowest t'inss of j and to my nations bet (have listened m the dictates of chq-neticy
the people ttt tOts gtiverfted by the minority. Florida I%!anca only. game men, the authors of all saiti'r talamities, shall Rhine
was withoul any tied% The Junta was under the Naitroul of Ibe ptinished. I shall vltfeedily drive front the Peninsula that
two men, the one named Lorento Catvo, a grocer Of Sailtgallsa, English army which has beets sent to !Spain; not rid' the purpdse
*who had In a few months obtained the title of Eater/sleet. tie of assists:ere to vot, but to inspitt yon with a falstt entstidence
Is one of those violent Men who appear in revolution—his ho- f and th mislead you.
• nesty Was more than suspected, The tatter Is called Tilly; tor- I had declared to sent In eny RteseitUnntinti of the tti Of Jane;
merly condemned to the gallies Las a thief; the younger brother • that I wished to he our Regenerator. To the tights which hod
of a man of the name of Gasman, who formerly played a pert . been ceth'd to Mr by the Princes of the last dynasty, Nou wished
limier rktsivelierre during the reign rpr Terror, As soon as ans ' that I should add the eight of conquest, that shall not Make
sof the Members of the Junta opposed the violent measures that any alteration io my ititentioire lam even di it
sro•ed th praise
were proposte, these two wretches called out Treasens and ins- all that may he geneses* in you efforts; 1 ant e Ilitrigiti admits
tnediately a teob Was dallected under the windows of Aranjece. that your real Interests have been concealed Nati you, that the
The extravagance and wickedness of these dangerous men Ittnni- real state of things have been disguised from vets, 51paniards;
Jested itself upon ail occasions. As sena as they learnt that the . yAer destiny is in your own heads. Reject the Poisons which that
Emperor was at Burgos, and he would soon be at Madrid, they English have spread antongst yhu :—let yotir Xing be asstiSed of
published a declaration of war against France, replete with in- voter ntnietion and Tour confidence, and you will be More poWers
edits and folly; Ad and more hh;lpv time ever you have been. All that ob-
On the 11th, *hell the netterm of oivismh Lassttlie, Who Was stftteted your prosperity and N'onr grandeur, I hate destroyed t
pursuing the enemy, arrived at Talavera tie Reyna, where the the eitain.,4 *ltich Iraire born down the pedple, I have brOkeni'm
English had passed triumphantly ten days before, saying they free Constitetien giies yowl a limited and constitutitinal; instead
Were going to relieve the enpital, a frightful spectacle met the , of an absolute Monarchy. It depends Upon yourselveS Whether
titres of the French. A hotly cloathed in the uniform of a Spa- this Comtittit lon shall still ennti nue. in yonr land.
Wish General was suspended from a gallows, 'And pierced With a But should all my efforts prove ihtitiesss and slititild yod not
thousand bullets. It was Gen. Benito San ;can; whom his sot- merit my confidence, nothing will remain for me but to treat you
Idlers in there terror, and as an excuse fa their
.Commander, , as contitt*red provinces; and to place my brotMt upset another'
Scruelly/saerillteB. Illse Bishops of Leon Awl Astorga, and n thhntiel I 'shall then place the Crown upon my owil head; nod
great numbet tit Ecclesiastics, disOnguisbed themselves by their cause it to be respected by the guilty; for Grid has given sne
'ood conduct find their apostolic virtues; the.general pardon of- power rind inelination to surmount all ditstaclest Given at our
ered by the Ernpetor bas produced a great edect. The destruc- IMpetial Camp at Madrid, Dec, 7, 1808;
Lion of the duties odious to the people and contrary to the pros- (Signed) /V 4 Ai Luta..
Verity of the State; 'and the measures which leave the numerous By the Emperors hlinistet Setttlitry of State,
class of Monks no longer any uncertadaty respecting their lot, (Signed) H. B. Al daith
produced a good effect. . . —.......--
The general animadversion is against the English. The pea- their are several Pecrettsiand some intercepted correspotidetieS.
-starts say, in their language, that at the approach of the French By one of these Decrees a general pardon is granted to all
the English rcen't away to mount their wooden horses (ships). Spaniards; who shall be alles,:iant to Ilieetparte, with tli:e rots
—moassia. lowitsg exceptions ; and the Members of the Council of Uastild
NINETEENtII BULLETIN OF TILE ARMY OF are branded as cowards; and onwortity of being thstglstrates Of
a brave nation. The following persons are proscribed aS uVoweti
SPAIN; enemies to France and Spain; vie,
" MADRID, n EC. 13.-.-Ittr:assurrenderesi on the 6th by capi- The Duke d'lnfantaria Duke de II Ilar
satiation. Two thousand men have been made prisoners. A con- Duke de hledina Ceti Duke de ()wirl
sidsreble quantity of artillery was found in the place. Six Marquis de Santa Cruz Count de Ferniin Nunes
Yinslish ships of the line Which were at anchor in the harbour, Count d'Altinlirtt Prince of Cettelfraecd
would not carry away the garrison. . Pierre Cevallos, late hlidister Bishop of Santander.
The Emperot thii day reviewed the whole of the united • or Stater
'troops of the Duke of Dantaic, beyond the bridge of Segovia. By, another Decree the Inquisition is abolished ; the nifilltief
behastiani's division has marched for Talavera de la Reyna. of Convents is reduced to one-third; . and feudal rights aid
The hreakieg up or the Spanish troops is observed out every abclisheds
side. the new levies which were attempted to be raised, dis- got ...- s s ' .....5...1
parse on alt sides, and return to their homes. eats tart'
irnoYl THE SPANISH Pei r.e. 'Lab
The details which we learn from the Spaniards respecting the
Central Junta, junta, are all of a nature.to place them in the moist
ridieutoas point of view. That assembly is already become an Colttrltii, Decs. 9.9.--s Vie hitik iviiit Much ntticiely to the
oldect of contempt with all Europe. Its members; to time next accounts from the aenty: us from Its approaching vicinity
bomber or go, have bestowed upon themselves titles and rib- to the enemy. a battle teas seen he expected to take place: Thd
loons of every sort, and au annual allowance of 63,C00 I ivres. whole force teeter S!r J. Moore consists of 46;010 men : 10,000
riorida Bialica was a real man of straw t he is now ashamed of are Spaniards detached front the- ariny of the Marques de la
the dislmonotir he has brought upon his old age. As usually domaett; at least such is the report of the day. Our troops are
happens in such assemblies, two or three persons domineer over • represented as being in the highest spirits; and dtircitie of meet:,
till the rest, and these tWo or three persons were in the pay of ing the enemy; The l'th dragoons has had much skitmishln
England. The opinion held by the city of Madrid respecting with the FrenSh cavalry; and in otie of hir defeated a body of
. the Junta is notorious; they are as tpsteh the objects of the tioo, of which they made 3CO prisoners.
Blocker), and derision, as they are of the detestation of the in Our loss was trilling; a e absolutely know nothing positive
habitants of the Capital. respecting Madrid, or d the enemy's force in that quarter:
Never was there so fine a December. It is like the beginning Various letters atmounce that the french were In pisssession of
of Spring. The Emperor avails himself of the find weather t 4 'EI Retio, and had placed guards in dillerent parts of ete laity;
omits iu the country Out league ftton Madrids ' but that ts::.! could not edinpel the ihhabitabts to give tip shell'
.