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VILLAPERLATA, 5PT..C29.--,---We are assured here,
thai-Vve French are cut. off: by otir army, which is
everAmgment approaching them rni.r.!
Our 'corps (el batalion literario), had it not bt.en
transferred to another division, would, already have
, had the glory of doing- somethin,for our beloved
FERDINAND.
JAEN, SEPT. 17.—Orders have been received
here for. the troops of the division Of. Vengas to
march. We are raising a corps to be called the
giment of Bayles. In Utrera there are 1300 French
prisoners belonging to DuPONT'S army; there is
also an equal number in Estapa and Osuna. In Al-
meria there are 554, among whom are 26 officers,
luiti;:tl.:i.,.,lltenant.,ColtiaeL There are :Aso 17
I.
cuirassiers in this number.
Head-quartcrs at Villaftanca (Catalonia), Sept. 19.
On the session of the 16th; there was presented to
the Junta Mr. PATRICK COnsui General of
his Britannic Majesty at Carthigena, °tiering his
respecls and acquainting them that he had arrived
from' Malta; and from the Squadroti there. Being
introduced, and tieated with due respea, this Gen-
tleman. expre.ssed- the sentiments of the British na-,
tion favour of the .great and glorious cause in
which all Spuin was engaged, and did, our nation
the 401,01.10 W Ktonsider it as the restorer. of the liberty
andritidLtpattdence of Europe. Without its exertions,
said' he,, the whole Continent mail have been sub-
jthed to the will of one man, unless universal dis-
gust, and more favourable circumstances, had im-
pelled all nations to make the most generous efforts,
Without which -no oppressed people can reconquer its
independence.

I'heJunta signified to him in return the estimation
in which they held his attentions, and the unbounded
value ;which they pat upon the exertions of the Bri-
tish4binet ft7r, t he defence of Spanish -independence.
Not doubting: the sincerity of the wishes of the En-
glish nation in a cause SO interesting to both,. the
Junta einbraced with great pleasure an occasion' so
opportune of communicating their plans to the En-,
glislisquatiron and the Government of Malta. The
Consul General accepted of this Commission with
great pleasure. The Junta of Gerona has received
from a frigate belonging to the English squadron a
valuable supply of .votto musquets.

ARANJUEZ, OCT I.—The follq,wing otfir:ial dis-
patch has been addressed by the Supreme. Junta of
Seville to their Excellencies' the Archbishop of Lao..
dicea and the Count Da TILLS :

.•
SEVILLE, SErr. 28.—We have this instant re-
ceived dispatches from our Commissioners sent to
Havannah, in which they communicate the great
joy • with which they were received ; the heroic ar-
dour which the inhabitants of that Island displayed
in defence of the Country, and of our King and Lord
FERDINAND VII.; the loyalty with which the Con-
stituted Authorities, the Public Bodies, and all indi-
viduals have devoted themselves to our most righte-
ous cause; the tears of joy with which they read the
decree and proclamations of the Supreme Junta ;
the anxiety with which they pressed forward to take
up arms in defence of the King, and the patriotic
gifts which ..t.4y presented to meet the expences
which ;t33tw.„beinCurred—rnanifesting in every thing
their entire attachmentito this Supreme Junta.
We expel more circumstantial details of all that.
has taken place in that Island, by a vessel newly ar.,
rived at Cadiz, the letters by which will reach es to-
night, or in the morning ; but we do not lose a rtic-
[pent in communicating to your EXcellencies advice
of sdch a glorious event, which does so much ho-.
-noun to this Supreme Junta, while it must impart
joy to every Spaniard:—We also know by the same
dispatehesiothat our Commissioners had sailed for
VeTentritzr,dwhere they would probably have ar-
rived,!.and- het.tqeceived by the inhabitants with the
saint) demonstrititions of loya4ty and delight.
I communicate this 'for the informatiOn of your
Highnesses, and pray God -keep you many years.
FRANCISCO SAAVEDRA.

The. Marquis DE SOMERUELOS, Presideak Go-
vernor, and Captain.-General of the Island of Cubs',
and of the Provinces of the two-Floridas, in a Dis-
patch, dated Havannah, the 'Bth of July, writes as
follows

" Oa the 17th instant there arrived at this port,.
Don JUAN DE AGVILA, Military Intendant in this
Island. From what he told me, as well as from
the printed papers which he-brought, I was informed
I.that our King FERDINAND VII. the Royal Parents,
and-the other persons of the Royal Family were in
France, and that the Emperor of the French kad
.forbed them all to abdicate the Crown of Spain and
of the, Indies in his favour ; in consequence of which
a Supreme Junta of Government had been formed,
and that your Excellencies had proclaimed war
against the said. Emperor; of the French, and formed
an armistice with England.
" krconsequence of this information, I published
'a proclamation,- on the evening of the 17th, ad-
dressed to all the inhabitants of the Island of Cuba,
a copy of which I enclose for the satisthation of your
Excellencies. I also caused to be printed, published,
:and-circulate&through the whole Island and the Pro-
vinces the Floridas, the declaration of war against
the Emperor of the French. I then communicated
it to the:English ships cruizing near the Havannah,
which were the Brig Firefly, commanded by Cap-
tain. D. the Frigate Franchise, commanded
by CaplaitriApiwooD; and two privateers. The
two ships of watihave entered our port and obtained
provisions.

. .
By the first opportunity I also communicated
this information to the Governors of the Islands of
lainaica and Providence. I also sent a dn,licate of
what had been decided upon by your Excel',2n4ies
the, four• Vice Royalties, and all the Captain General•.
ships of the donzini,ons in the Indies, and . also to

the Spanish Consul-General and Charge d'AtTaires
in the United States of North Arner•ic..-a.
" On the 20th inst. our Lord Don FLOIDINAND
VIT. was proclaimed in this city with Universal
jnicing,, and was also proclaimed at the same time
in the other towns of this Island.
• - " Various patriotic gifts are now presented every
day, and whenever their amout is considerable, it

shall be remitted to Cadiz by the first safe convey-

.ance, to be paced at the dis-posal of your Excellen-
cies. The Proclamations and Decrees of your Ex-
, . cellency, which have come into my hands, have
been communicated to the people through the jour-
nal of this city, called the" Aurora.
(Signed)' " Marquis DE SOMERUELOS."
[Here follows the Proclamation of the Marquis De Some-
Tutios to the inhabitants-of Cuba, dated Etavannal4 }lily .17,
• which we have already given from the West India:Papers./

i)
I`JALAGA, SEPT. 23.—This city held, on the 21st
of this rnonS), a Festival in honour of the Conqueror
of the Battle oftaylen, and to testify its gratitude to
1 - that illustrious General. A Triumphal Arch was
formed at the entronee of the street Santa Rossa, of
the most beautiful Architefture, with the following
1; Inscription;---
" To the Conqueror of .the Tyrants of Europe, and the
Liberator of Andalusia."
Over this inscription was a pedestal supporting a lion,
struggling with an eagle, with another inscription,
" Lcng live our beliaved Monarch Ferctinando VII." •
Through this Arch his Excellency Sr. D. TEODORO
REDIIIG, Commandant-General of the army of the
Kingdom of Grenada,, and Governor of, the city,
made his entrance, accompanied by a deputation of
the good city, and preceded by a detachment of the
cavalry belonging to the guard of honour of the Junta
of Government.
Another deputation remained in. the Arch to re-
ceive his Excellency. A pigeon with an olive branch
repfeselited the Peace which must ultimately result to
all Europe from the battle of Baylen. Three chil-
dren of four years Old, who represented the three
Graces, were stationed in the triumphal arch with
baskets of flowers, which they scattered along the
road. On his Excellency's approach, the artillery
sainted him. The military bans played, during the
whole of the ceremony, excellent pieces of music,
composed for the occaion.—Thus Malaga has testi-
fied its just gratitude to its illustrious champion, al=
ways revered in- peace as Well as war, but still more
since in Malaga he has contributed so much to
deliver the Andalusiaris from the modern Vandals,
who have invaded them with more fury than the
ancient.

PANCORRO, OCT. I.—The French are surroundet4
without the possibility of effeEting their escape in
any diredtion. Our advanced posts daily go in sight
of their encampments, without any difficulty. Yes-...
terday one of our advanced parties, consisting of
thirty men, had a rencounter with a French detach-
'merit of about seventy men, who were escorting a
convoy of provisions. They took from them a great
qnantity of biscuit, 102 sheep, and four bullocks.
The enemy also had two. men killed in this affair;
Dot one on our side bad the slightest wound.
MADRID, OCT. 6.-=--Their Excellencies Seignors
VALDES and CCESTA are at Aranjuez. The Su-
preme Junta will give uniformity of tone to the pub-
lic opinion,-.a matter of very great importance under
the present circumstances.
Our army will speedily amount to 500,000 men,
of whom 300,000 will be employed in alual service
in the Pyrenees. the Provinces acted se-
parately, it was difficult to ascertain the number of
Our troops.
To prevent the enemy from sowing dissention
among us, an order has been issued, prohibiting the
circulation of all books, pamphlets, or papers,
printed without the names of their respedive
authors.
LAGUNA, SEPT. 29.—There has been, slime fight-
ing in this quarter. The inhabitants, accompanied
by forty-six men of the regime; of Murcian Rifle-
ruen, went cut to attack fifty French Cuirassiers, and
succeeded in killing five ,soldiers, the first and se-,
cord Orli:Sers its commsncl, and several horses, with-
out any loss being sustained on our side.
RosAs, SEPT.'S', I .—A Custom-house Officer, just
returned from boarding an Eie;lisii Sloop of War,
states; that G,ner,ll DUPONT Lel been on board of
the said Sleop five days before; and that he was go-
iog to F•ance with six of his Staf OfficerS '<irrd 100
subalterns, in a Spanish Vessel, sailing un'der Sardi-
titan coloers, apd provided with. Englidi passports,
LERT.:A, OCT. a letter from Egea de los
Caballeros, _dated the 24th ult. we learn, that on
that day se'nnight, s.OOO men belonging to PALA-
-1:105C5 army entered that place, and that more were
expected. A number of troops belonging to the
army of Llamas are poste;.: in Thazona,and the en-
., nous. The French, from 3 to 4000 in number,
baye entered 'Smiguassa, a town of Navarre, nine
leagues from this place. In Sos, situated only two
}e4goo taint Sauguessa, we have IT.OOO men, who
daly exclelnge shOt-s with the. French, who are con-
t il!y changing their. positions. It is believed that
they are extremely. dissatisfied; for according to the
reports of the sick and wounded, whom they-sent to•
Bayonne, they were refused admission, being told,
that in France conquered rx mice would find no re-
ception. On this account, and the good treatment
which we give them, they desert in numbers to qs ;
for we learn from Sos, that 200 of their cavalry had
- just come over to us ; and at this rate their army will
speedily dis,ippear.
. By letters from the head-quarters aE Llobregat, we
learn that the French camp, on the mountain of St.
Pedro , Martin, was a few 'days since struck with
lightning, ancl_tilat a powder pagazine having been,
get on tire, upwards of forty of the soldiers who
guarded it were killed,' by the explosion. These
• letters further state, that the Commandant of that
town, .D. ANTONIO Coats, had .taken from the
reach 95 head of cattle. • • ' •
TRESPADUNE, OCT. 3.—lt has rained incessant-
ly for ten: days past. Should the weather become
a little more favourable, we will speedily dispose of
the French ruffians. They' are so surrounded on all
sides, that it is impossible for a man of them to
escape. The head-quarters are at Quincoces, in the
provinco of Alava. We are about-ive leagues' from
that place; and two from Pancorvo. The third divi-
sion is posted at and near Ordane, and the fourth at
Balmaseda six leagues from Bilboa. • Seignor CAS-
TANOS is at Logrono, and Seignor PA GAFOX' is re, I
Ported to be et Iron. There are 15,000 French qt

L'ilboa. Their frietyd, MAzAREIDA, and his traitor-
ous colleagues, are there with them. Between
Puenta, Laherada, ViBoria, and the places adjacent,.
there are ',torn 14 to - 15,00() more Frenchmen:.
They are sadly frightened. They make occasional
excursions in quest of provisions, for they are
straitened at all polnts. The peasantry. have .now.
so.corppletely shaken off their fears, that the old and
young attack them. Yesterday morning five French
Dragoons were met by three of the Volunteers of.
Navarre. The latter instantly attacked them; killed
one, and Wounded two, and took frog a them tN4o
mules, the horse' of the man that was killed, and
4000 reals, which they had plundered. Hitherto all
goes on well. GOD send us fair weather, that we,
may speedily bring matters to a final decision.
We already suffer much from the cc-4.1d, for on the
morning of the ist instant the mountains were co-
vered with snow.

MADRID, OCT. B.—A Letter just received from
Gerona, states, that 5000 of the French hare entered
our territory from the side of Roussillon, but they
were attacked and totally routed by the Somatenes
and Miqueletets.
The Frencii in Barcelona 'have made proposals of
capitulatioh, but the Catalans would- not listen to
therb.

'Troops are daily arriving here and marching off
againrsome for Castile and others towards Barcelona.
The aaivity of the Central Junta is dlready conspi-
cuous. We shall soon see a number of traitors
brought to justice, for the most active measures are
taken to discover and apprehend them.

ARA NJUEZ,- OCT. B.—On the 30th Ult. his Ex-
cellency Seignor PRINCIPE no, took the oaths and
his seat, as Deputy to the , Central Junta, from
Valencia ; and on the 2d instant Seignors D. MI-
6LUEL BA LANZA and D. CARLOS. AMATRI, frOM•Na-
varre ; and the Marquis Du ASTORGA and D. iimnto
DE SILVA, from Madrid.

The Supreme Central Junta, from the first day of
its happy installation, thought that the object which
in preference to every other should occupy its at-
tention, was that of accelerating the- march of the
armies to meet the enemy, in order to expel them
'as speedily as possible from the Spanish territory,
which they have so infamously occupied and ravaged.
The authentic intelligence lately received 'by the
Junta, that the enemy, far from abandoning his me-
ditated system of oppression and tyranny, intendeci,
to sand fresh reinforcements into Spain, caused the,
Junta to redouble their exertions to, oppose to him
an army capable of resisting and chastising him.—
But as many preparatory_ measures were necessary to
expedite the march and the lunation of so consider-
able a force, Couriers were dispatched to all points,
with. orders to colle& the means which the Junta
thought expedient and indispensable.
The result has been, that all the troops that were
in Andalusia, Granada, and Estretnadura, as well as
those recently raised in these and the 'other Pro-
vinces, are already in motion ; that-the Spanish di-
vision so basely disarmed by the French at Lisbon,
have been embarked at that port for the destination
assigned them ; and that the whole of the English
army in Portugal, the conquerors of JUNOT, are al-,
ready on their march to join our forces.

The Junta have further made application to the
King, of GREAT BRITAIN, of whose generosity and
attachment to our just cause the Spanish nation has
already received so many proofs, for supplies of
linen, woollen cloth, arms and ammunition, money,
and every thing else necessary to make resistance
against a powerful enemy, whose obstinacy will not
fail to exert all the means in his power to carry into
execution his desperate eoerprize. The most ne-
cessary and urgent aid, under the present circum-
stances, is that of money to defray the pay and sub-
sistence of the troops, the funds which the Junta
have been able to obtain being remote, They flatter
themselves, however, with having 'adopted means.
so efficacious, that in a very shOrt time, if their
wishes meet with due support on the part of the na-
tion; they will not only be in a condition to expel
the enemy from our territory and frontiers, but also,
should it be deemed expedient, to attack him in hii
own country. •
_• _ _

The perfeet union which prevails among all the.
members of the Juuta,,' and. the patriotic spirit which
animates the whole nation, are the surest guarantee
That we shall triumph over our enemy, who could
not but by means of fraud and -,pertiny have pene-
trated into a country inhabited by Spaniards. 'By
these means atone were they enabled .to carry otf
from.us our beloved King FERDINAND VII. and to
commit the greatest atrucitie, where they met with
no resistance.

Experience Must by this time haveconvinced them
that a brave and energetic nation, who love their
King, gnd cannot endute a foreign yoke, are not to
be insulted wit-43 impunity.
• •
SoTo, 'SEPT. g4.—Yosteulay, in consequence of
orders just received, the French' nddenly niarch-
ed riff from this quarter, and evacuated the city of
Logrono. The cause of this unexpe&ed movement
has not transpired.
ARANJUEZ, OCT. 4.—On the 25th. of September
last, the day on which the Supreme and Central
Junta of Government was installed, that event was
communicated to the President of the „Royal Coun-
cil, along with all authentic copy of the .Ati of In-
stallation. On the 26th, the President gave his
sanaion to the said Ad.

CORUNNA, OCT. Nonpareil Brig arrived
here this day from Plymouth, with dispatches aind
a messenger for Madrid. She is under orders to
sail again early to-morrow,with dispatches from Ma-
drid,,which have been lying here these three days,,in
order to be for:varded.. 'The Spanish Admiral IVI A S •-•
SAREDO, ccho has now a command in the French
army, entered Bilboa along with NEY, and issued a
Proclathation, threatening -the severest punishments
if the people did not immediately raise a con-
tribution for the maintenance of the truops of their
Sovereign iOSPII I. It also'orders the confiscation
of the houses 'and property of every kind, of all the
inhabitants whet have fled, if they do not return
within a limited time. MASSAREDO is a native of
Biscay.
On the 6th, four Transports arrived at St. Andero
from England,. with provistona for the Spanish
Army. - it is understood that tile' armies under CAS-
TANos and CUESTA have formed a junction with Ge
neral BLAKE. The' Pallas Frigate arrived here last
night,` and sailed again this tuoirting on a cruize‘ of
Cape Finisterre, in company with the. Diun.l.

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THE SU N.

601,11 M QUI& DICERZ FALSUM AUDZAT ?

L 0 ND 0 N,

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28-, 1808.

A Report was yesterday circulated, that the Rus-
sian Nobility had, 'immediately after the departure
of the Emperor ALEiANDER for Erfurth, made a pro-
position to the present Empress, and the Empress
Dowager, to place themselves at the head of the
Government, and to set aside the Emperor ALEX-
ANDER and his brother CONSTANTINE. It was added,
that the Empresses declined the offer, but expressed
in strong terms their disapprobation of the condu&
of the Emperor, in, condescending to attend Buo-
NAPARTE. We know not upon what authority this
report rests, but we think it extremely probable that
some such event should take place in Russia.

The circumstance of a short delay having taken
place in' the landing of Sir DAVID BArim's Troops
at Cdrunna, has afforded the Opposition Writers a
new ground of declamation, and -though they are
totally, unacquainted with the cause of the delay,
they boldy throw all the blame upon Ministers,
and say, they sent over these Troops to Spain without
any previous concert with the Spanish Government,
or even notifying their approach. There is some-
thing so extravagantly absurd in. this 'assertion,
that we should mit believe it was seriously.
nude, if we had not recently seen many -other,
attacks of a similar nature. There is indeed
something whiinsiCally contradi&ory in the lan-
guage of the Opposition Writers respe&ing Spain,
and it proceeds
,from the singular situation in
which they are placed r heretofore, whenever any
foreign Government entered into alliance with us,-.
from that moment it became an objet of. the cettli-:,
sure of the Opposition Writers, and then their task
was easy. " Praise France and her Allies; abuse
Great Britain and her Allies," was a lesson •so
simple and pain, that• it could not be misunder-,

stood.—But now matters are a-little more com-
plicated, 'and sad confusion and contradielion have
been the consequence. • The. Spanish Govern-
ment is not to be attacked, even though it is
wing in concert with Great Britain. • The British
Government must be OppOsed at all events, though
embarked in a common camp with Spain; and what
is from its novelty perhaps the most difficult task of
all, BUONAPARTE is to be accused of ambition and
perfidy. It certainly is nut easy to. perform all these
opposite duties without being now and then a little
coniradi&ory. We remember at one time we NVIO
1;
told, with great affectation of superior knowledge;-7
that Spain did not want and would not accept assist-
ance in troops from us—immediately after Ministers
were censured for not sending an Army into Spain';
and, to, complete the Climax, they are now censured
for having sent an Army without any concert Whh.
the Spanish Government ! If any answer ro -this
charge were necessary, we need only refer to the
Letters from Corunna, given iu the Papet to which
we allude..

We have this day 'continued our Extraas from the
Spanish Papers. The Supreme Central Junta has

commenced its faudions, and has displayed a degre
of aairity and vigour which amply justifies the con-
fidence whiCh their countrymen liave placed in them.

These Papers are quite silent upon the subje& of any
Reinforcements received by the French, though there
certainly was a report at Corunna, that an additional
French Force of 30,000 men had reached the- Spa-
nish Frontiers. We yeSterday expressed our doubts
as to the truth of-this Report, and we are convinced
that the Reinforcements do not amount to half the
nuMber mentioned. The accounts given in tnese
'Papers of the numbers of the Spanish Armies are
highly gratifying. The following is the estimate
which they make :

Central Army, under CastanDs - - - 65,0c0
Northern Army, under Blake, including to,ooo As-

turians - - - - - - - sopoo
Arragonese, undet PalafOrc - - - -
Catalonians, under Lamas - - - 20,030
Reinforcements on march from Saragossa, under Valdes ,000
Ditto from Grenada, under Reding
Ditto from Portugal, under Badajos

- 10,000

141-0°

- .lo,eco

The Marquis De ttomana's Arniy
To this are to be added, the Armies under Gene-
rals MOORE and BAIRD, and the remainder' Of the
British Force in Portugal,' which is to be sentto
Catalonia, making altogether about T 50,000 men. It
is, however, to be observed, that in' the estimate of
the Spanish Armies, it -is not to be, supposed that
they, are all Troops of the Line; nearly one-hatfri
consist of Volunteers and new Levies but the wise
and cautious system which the Spanish Command-
ers have adopted, is calculated, to add all the ad-
vantages of discipline to their enthusiasm and cou-_;

The Spanish Government, to mark its respect and

gratitude to the English Nation, has given o de s t
the Transport which put.into Vigo, with 206 Fre:;cli.
men on board, should be released.

Accprding to private Letters from Holland, dated,
tllt:.igth inst. received since those that gave an, ac-
count of the new restriction upon commerce-, Men-'
tioned in our Paper of Tuesday, some difference of
opinion has arisen between the Einperor of Etussrii,
and BUONAPARTE. The latter, with all that furious
impetuosity which marks his charader, which makes
him terrible even to those who are most subservient
to his views, and which the passive submission lie
finds has rendered habitual, proposed the,most violent
measures. The Emperor of RUSSIA, who is mild in
his disposition, suggested operations of a more con-
ciliatoryand temperate description, and even ventured
to advise an acknowledgment of the independence pi
Spain, and a restoration of its Monarch ; but it
is said that 13sUONAPARTE, far from giving 'way
to them, became still more irritated, and re-
proached ALEXANDER with an intention to vio-
late the Treaty of Tilsit. We do not confichintly
state the existence of this dispute, but it is certainly
chara&eristic of the French Usurper, and it is 6
be hoped that the Emperor ALEXANDER is not
so much lost to a sense of his own dignity,: and
so indifferent to the opinion of his own subjeasA
as to become a passive instrument to the former is
all his ambitious and aggressive designs.

We have so fully expressed our sentiments upori,
the subje6t.of the late Address of the City of Lon-
don to His MAJESTY, on the Convention of Cintrap,
that it 'cannot he necessary' for us to enter into ail
•
,Animadversions upon the Meeting which yelterdaY
took place in th*Common Council, for the purpose
of receiving that Answer, or upon the consequent
Resolutions which passed on the 'occasion.--Thy
Resolutions, which we'have inserted in another part
of our Paper, are conceived in terms that we con-
ceive loyal and moderate men must condemn.—We
,h3pe the City of London will on all occasions main"
tain its just dignity : we hope too that it never will
relinquish its right to petition the Throne upon pro-,
per occasions, but we hope that it never will lose,
sight of the dignity which becomes the Throne also,
or prematurely avail itself of such The Jan:
guage of the Address, whatever explanation may he
attempted, certainly presumed that the Framers of ,
the Convention deserved punishment, while it pro'
fessed only to-Solicit,irquiry. His MAJEST't, there" •
fore, would in effe6l have given a san&ion to thig ,
prejedication, .if he .had not; rp.anifasted
of dissatisfaation at the obvious presumption of guilt,
when perhaps no guilt may appear, but when
deed it may be found that the measure in questiva
was politic,, expedient, and necessary. But though
the -ResOlutions Were carried yesterday, we cannot
identity the party which succeeded with the City of
London itielf, as we are*persuaded that a very large
proportion of its inhabitants disapprOve of the Ad"
dress, and doubted not that his Majesty, from the
impulse of his own patriotic mind, was anxious to
.inquire into the foundation of a measure, which, 09
'he stated from the Throne, was certainly a disap-
pointment to the hopes of 'his people.

His Royal Highness the Duke Of CUMBERLAN9
entertained a seleal party at dinner yesterday, at 1'1!
house,in St. James's.
awn
His Royal Highness the Duke of YORK lett r-
this day, on a visit to their MAJESTIES at Winds
The following is a private letter from Spain, -at
ed
Corunna OCt. 1 G :
"The army under the command of Sir DAVID
BAIRD arrived here on the 1311). Admiral De COI)"
CEX and Lieutenant-Colonel KENNEDY,
imrnedi itely
after his landing, accompanied him and his Star to
the Junta, where he was received with that attention
and delight which characterises the affection of the
Spaniards to the British nation. It would have been
fortunate if the army had arrived a few days earlier
cr later, in either case it could have landed imrne;
diately, which it will be now prevented doing
five or six days, from the circumstance of the G3'
clan clan authorities having only this week acknowlejgo
the power of the Supreme Central Junta, a-na
disembarkation of the troops could not of course
place Until the return of the express which WO
Em
mediately dispatched to Aranjuez, and which ntb,''r,r.
wise would not have been the case; or, had tiler,'
waited a few days longer, the order would have
ready for them.
" Sir DAVID BAIRD has been requested to 10
during this interval, and any officers he may chon°
to permit. The horses are to be disembarked n1:1:
mediately, and ..-4.ery exertion used to complcle 137
arrangement made some days since upon the ape_
cation of Lieutenant-Colonel KENNEDY for the re;
ception of our troops. It is impossible for any tint/Z
to exceed the harmony which exists between 1'
Spaniards and English of all -classes..
,pt Of
" Sir D. BAIRD, Generals MANNINGHAM,W..-D a
and CRAUPURD went last night to the Theatre!
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new entertainment was repeated, in which
htnn
FERDINAND the Seventh, and King GEORGS the
Third, embraced each ()Tiler several times
received With enthusiastic applause, as also. God sn'd
the King, which was ictri.duced frequently, To_
performed with the whole house standing. A
sD
per!) box- was fitted up expressly for General BA!
and his Staff. Many British Oificers were invite
to
into the private boxes, and every Spaniard seea'sbe
recognize. an old_ friend in every Engiishrot"? the
meets. S4r,D. ItAir,D is, as usual, the idol of,
army, and 'istalready become extremely popular. 14'
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the inhabitarrts of Corunna."