The Sun.
London, England, 1808-12-09 00:00:00

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SPAN. H PAPERS.

[FROM TEE MADRID GAZETTES]

The Supreme governing Junta of the Kingdom -
hts received, the, following dispatch from his Ex-
cellency Don FRANCISCO PALAFOR Y MELZI :
Geueral O`NEILLE Y-- ST—MARCdUE has just.
informed me that he took Caparroso yesterday, the
14th, at ten in the morning, the enemy having
evacuated that place - with precipitation at seven
o'clock, and retreated to Peralta. He has sent me
no details, and therefore I know not what force may
be tiiere.

I am, however, this moment going to
set out.to, accelerate all, necessary arrangements, in
()Tier that our successes may be followed up.—God
glt.irel your ,Ilighness.many years.

• .
" FRANCISCO PALAFOX Y MELZI."

•' Caluhora, Nov. as, 1808."

AtiAstinnz, Nov. 20.-011 the 14th was solem- I
nized.or\e of those. aBs the most agreeable 'and satis-
tattory to .the. English and Spanish nations, for on
that day took place the presentation of his Excellency
Mr. JOHN HOOKE-1AI%! FREeR, in quality of Minister
Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary of his Bri-
'-tarinic Majesty,
.to O,IT beloved ding FERDINAND
and,, during his unfortunate- absence, to the
Supreme Central Junta. All the Deputies com-
posing tile Junta assembled in the hall, where they
'hold their sittings, to receive, --in a corresponding
manner, the worthy Representative of the King of--
Great Britain, whose noble,and generous chara6ler
. •has'displayed itself with such marvellous generosity
in favour of our oppressed and endangered country.
Doti Luis DE ONIS, priticipal Officer of, the First
Secretaryship' of State and of Dispatches, whose
'province' it is to introduce Ambassadors,' con-
'dueled his Excellency •to the Hall with all doe
cs•remony; and no sooner was he-Introduced, than,
addressing himself to the President, he made a
short but elegant and expressive speech in the Casii-
lian.language, in which he testified the extraordina-
ry satisfalion which he felt in having had the ho-
nour to be ser: by the King his master,, as his Re-
presentative to the • august person' of FERDINAND
Vii. .and, in his unfortunate absence, to the Su-
preme Junta-of Spain add of the Indies ; and that
this satisfaaion was greatly increased, when he
• considered that he came to witness the heroic. ef-
forts of the brave Spanish nation, to preserv.e their
ancient liberty and independence. Among other
fire expressions of pure and unmixed regard, he
added, "'that the-King, his master, was desirous to
draw as close as possible the' ties' which united him
to Sv;in, in the way most advantageous for the two
nations ; and that in proof of the high estimation in

which. Spain was held, by him, and of. the sincerity
of hiy desires to manife‘st it, he would continue to
afford whatever assistance might contribute-to bring.
to' a successful issue the grand enterprize which
Spain had so gloriously commenced."
The President replied to the speech of AIr,FRERE
with afiee.lionate expressions; of friendship, gratitude,
arKl acknowledgment to" the King of Great Britain,
fr-,r the magnificent succours which, with so much
generosity,' he had given to Spainpand added, that
" Spain, faithful to her friends-, wohldalways be so

t) Great Britain,: and would manifest the nobleness
of lierlonourable charaEler,,incapable of belying the
sentiments of her heart, which his Britannic Majes-
,
tv had entirely gained over to himself, by. those
means w hie.' it would be as difficult to forget as to

clo'justiee to by words."
The Minister then delivered his credentials to the
President, and retired:o his hotel, fall of the greatest
joy and satisfaction, while/all, the Members of the
Supreme Junta were impressed with the sarnefeel-

ings.
1-:i4 Excellency Don PEDRo c.pVALLQS, First Se,
`cretary of Slate and of Dispatches, has communicated
to the other Secretaries the following Roynt Order
In consequence of the predominance which the
French Government exercised iu Spaip,'.and of the
sh.irlieful facility which the favourite Don MA-
NUEL GODOI lent himself to all intimations from the
Cabinet of Paris, his Majesty CHARLES-IV. adopted
the resolution on the oth of June, 1305, to prohibit
the entrance of Swedish ships. • t the these
121 ports o
,f
kingdoms, to the great detriment of our commerce,
aid without its having been preceded by the slightest_
offence on the part of the/King of Sweden.
" The French Government, not satisfied with
this compliance on the. part of King CHARLES, and
clL:;irous of carrying still farther its system of oppres-
sion, next eemanded, that,, within the.fixed period
of a month, all Swedish subjeets should depart from
Spain ; atid it was so ordered by a Royal Decree Of
the I Ith of March last.,
" The Supreme Junta, desirous of re-establishing
the relations of friendship and good un.ierstanding
which happily subsisted \with the King of Sweden till
tilt general disturber of Europe found means to de-
stray them, has resolved, that henceforward the ships
of Sweden shall be admitted into our ports ; and that
the subjeCls- of that Piiiirer may freely carry on com-
nrrce in these kingdoms,' exclusive of farther mea-