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IRIDAY, DECEMBER 16,
4,1808.

IMPORTANT AND GRATIFYING INTELLIGENCE

FROM SPAIN.

WE are happy to have it in our poiver to commu-

nicate to our Readers Intelligence from Spain, not

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only of a less gloomy cast than that which welave

ricintly received, but such as affords us strong

`i-round to hope that BUONAPART e's career of success

WIN speedily be checked:

I)4atches have been received at the Admiralty,

from' Admiral Lord CoLuNowoori, which contain

accounts of the complete failure of the attempt of the

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French upon Rosas. The exertions off`; the gallatii

Garrison were materially aided by his Majesty's Ship
Excellent, which was fortunately enabled to al);

preach near enough to the shore to bring her grape
sbot to bear upon the Enemy, with which she did
.gteat. execution.. A party of Marines were also
landed, and contributed very essentially to the. de:
fence of the place.

The precise loss of the French is not stated, but

it must have been very great.

Government bye' also received Dispatchei

from Sir JOHN MOORE and Sir DAVID BAIRD,

which were brought by the cheerful Cutter,

and the intelligence she brings is certainly

of a cheerful nature—she left Corunna on the ''§th

instant. We are happy to find that the reverses

which the Spanish Armies have sustained, so far

from exciting a feeling of despondency, have only

otirnnlated that gallant people to greater exertions,

and to more .determined resistance.

The inhabitants of Madrid were making every

possible preparation to defend the Capital to the last

extremity. This determination on the part of the

Spaniards, and the: jurnaion of the Corps
.Coin,

tr.n,ded by General HOPE to 1110 Army of Sir JOHN

Moons, which. took place on "the'fst instant, at
'Salamanca, had induced the latter to send, orders to

Sir DAVID B'AIRD to advance. This order, we

understand, was received by Sir DAVID BAIRD

on the 7th inst. We may, theretore, confidently

hope, that by this time a British Army of 40,000

men is happily assembled to assist the Spaniards

i the defence of every thing that is dear to that

Eallant and noble-minded People.

The following Bulletin was this morning issued

by Government :

" A Ship of War has arrived with dispatches from

Corunna, which she left on the 9th inst. Accounts

are brought by t that the greatest enthusiasm had
burst forth at Madrid, and that the people were de-

tertnived to malce.every effort to defend the Capital.
General HOPE had joined Sir Joint MooRE, at S -

laminca, and Sir DAVID BAIRD was at Villa Frinca

11,,t 7th, and had suspended his retreat.

" BUONArMtTE was at Aranda de Douoro ; his ad-

i'anc.ed corp 3 had made itself master of Soma-Sierra,

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a French corps had reached Segovia."

ings, though they dare not express them. But this
magnanimous Declaration not only fonncled,9ll. our
own proper.sense of dliti and regard to our pational
charaoer,b9eit is fiwndiiii) upon the noblest principles
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of hurnanitf, and a concern for the welfare oh
other States, who might be • involved in imminent
danger by an uncertainty of the event of a Nego-
tiation between-trili CoiStry anraliance—""--,or be inlled
into a fatal security, by the hope of a general resto-
ration of "Peace, if 'harmony sheirld be estatilished
between those great l owers, on which indeed the
interests of Europe, and not of Europe alone, essen-
tially depend'.',: The British GOvernMent, therefore,
is entitled to the highest praise; not only for, the
nature and charader of the Declaration, itself,- but
for the promptness and alacrity with which it was
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submitted to the world. From a proper '.respect to
the foreign Ministers„nOw.in this country-, the 'Re-
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presentatives of such Allies as we. have A et 'left in the
present unhappy state oh Europe, it was deemed
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proper to present a Copy' of the' Declaration to them
before it was communicated to
medium of the. Loßi3-MA•yofe-,- othrylke Ave. ~have
reason to believe that we Should ha e `hat3 the
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pleasure of submitting. it .too ' 'Readers-infrtim
Su .of yesterday., Xri,;_kezidips,.thif,..-,Dcelitrattort,
M. u41,e1-r
what . must be thoughl.„of -.l* Ain iOtt of
RUSSIA, who cut}. join the ,Usurper
France in designating the Noile of Spain'as-Ir=
surgents because they are loyal-to their and
faithful to-their.Couriirci? --Whaf a contrast iis held.
'brittle, the world between thejlist :end brows
Monarch of -this enuatry, who(Jdisdains a'°.Fe'ace
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that,is to be 'purchased ;at tbeet.?t pence of honour
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and lernanit7;afid who CoriSenueotly 'twit Aan-
dQo a Peopper towhotu he-has_eromised.hi*ftiendship,
an.d, to whore he had n.l4,iiiTo!eetkac.giopaship :by
prompt and liberal•assistance, aridthe-Sovere4iti 'of a
great Empire!whois so instrilsibldol:hisuwh dignity as
to confe.derate,,wiih an Usurped-in!oriler to reduce a
loyal, patriotic, and indspgedent,pedple te-1-4oridage.
What must
,the snbjeps, of. the: Jevettive Sole=
reigns think of such Condi4.o °sing' that the
EmPeror of Rus'siil, in his- visit to Erfel had=beest
entrapped in the saine manner as tti'e Royal F4n411,y
of Spain, an event whidh, corisideiitt the charader
and- cohdridt of BdONAP.itTE, many expected' With
confidence,w hat would the Russiaas.have thought had
tliey'been stigrnetised with- the baffle of Insurgents;
if they presumed to suppose that the French I.7sne,
per had no, tigitt.td deprive them of !heir legitine#,?.
Sovereigo, or-to-consign them .t9Any relation or mi-
nion of •hi.i own ? The inferences'iabVious, and. if
thp. Russians are not incapable
.9f retlee-tiOn, 'th4
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must pity and despise their own Ruler, and turti
with admiration, esteem, and reverence, upon thk
Monarch of these Realms,• who at all times sup-
ports his awn dignity, and feelS for the' Welfare-.of
every other State. We shall resume this subje4,
as it is of importance, trot only to this country, but
to the general interests of man .;ind.

As the following article only appea'red in a part of
our Impression yesterday, we' insert it again this
day :

Accounts have been received from SaraP,oossa,
dated the 24th, slating, that Gen. CASTANOS, updn
hearing that the French we're' rnoing a corps upon
Soria from Burgos, and •passing the Ebro at. Lo-
grono, had assembled an army of 40,000: fi‘et
and 4000 horse, and had taken up a position lin au
131)1-Igoe line -from Tudelltrtrßodr—This position was
unfavOUrable, as Tudela, the right and the advanced
part of the position,
,was cOipmauded 'by heights,
and was indefensible. The French took. advantage
'of this errror, and having Co:ileac:l an army of
4,5,000 men,•eutrinienced their attack on_ the Spauil>h
right, on the 23d,' and defeated two divisions of
'V,alencians and .rdurclans, who setreated with cola,'
siderable loss, towards Saragossa.
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Subsequent accounts from Saragossa,,of the 25th,
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state, thaArthe Arragouese aitd Audaltisiampivisions
did not suffer much, and had been able to retitle
in order, which is confirmed by4he FrenCh accounts.
The 'precise route taken I)yfPeneral'eAslA.No's
army is not given. 'Saragossa was to be defended by
15,000* men.