The Sun.
London, England, 1808-09-27 00:00:00

SPANTSIT P‘iPLIZS.

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• SIRAGOSSA, At7t . thm morning. Of the
.tulti the Proclatnation Of our -.beloved Monarch,
Ferdinand, as King; was made with the accustomed
- formalities. .
On the 25thAvascelebrated with the greatest!pomp
(the Captain-General presiding,) military honour
for the illustrious defenders of the city and country,
who had fallen in the late siege, whose heroism was,
the theme of a funeral oration by Father togicro,
preacher to hits Majesty.
A Council of Health has been established in this
city, to provide against the efreas of putrelatlion,
arising from the many• French corpses which were
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left in the buildings and streets of the city.
Our army remains on the frontiers of Navarre,
and is repined to combine its operations with those
of the Asturian, Gallician, Castitian, and Andalusian
armies. We have no doubt of a favourable result
from these combinations, aided by the English, and
supported by the enthusiasm with which the whole
nation multiplies its means of defending its glory and
liberty.
. The following intelligence frOm Parnpeluna has
~ 'been' comr9unicated in letters worthy of credit':—
«On the 17th of August, there left this place for
.France ninety-seven horses, and six waggonl, loaded
with wounded Frenchmen; and from that day the
French settled here, have be;'n incessantly setting out
on their way to France, taking with them all their
effects, so that in a short time none will remain. In
the ,evening of the. same day, I saw 64. waggnr.q,
'.';ied 127 -liorses enter, • with -wounded men ; among
these were the Commandant of the 70th regiment,
a Captain of Cuirassiers, an Aid-de-Camp of - Gene-
ral Dubai, all wounded. Also there arrived 83
horses, loaded with bombs, balls, and shells, pro-
beetling from the mannfaelory of •OrPaiceta. Fri-
day [A like enumeration of small bodies, both
Pf those entering the town, and those paSsing the
fortress to France.]
If Saturday-the 20th, the city was inconfusion, for
at three in the morning 260 wounded. set out for,
France, and at nine o'clock 512 wEnanded entered
this place, together with several Officers, and 'the
Colonel of the 14th regiment, who died on the way.
*e cannot give an exact account of the great num-
bers brought into the Royal Hospital, those belong-
four Monasteries, and others recently esta-
blished. We have been shucked at the sight of so
thiich suffering ; for sonie of the wouilded died in
theeared streets, not being brought into any hou.se ; others
app fo languish tor want of ' assistance, and
when some broth was brought to them by the inha-
ibitants, 'appeared-to he restored 'from death to life.
t is not rfossible to form an idea of the inhuoanity
with which the French treat their own countrymen,
exposing theta to the inclemency of the season, dur-
ltig the night, and suffering them to remain 13 or 1G
Lours without • food: This mornilig, at to o'clock,
he wagons of the wounded fillet! seven or eight of
the principal streets; and I do not think they can
tbe dcconamodated in the Hospitals these six or seven
ours. At the same time came in, wounded, the
'reach Generals Verdier and Lefebvre. This day
ako set out for France, J 7 wagons with wounded

In all the streets we see esposed,to sale a vast
quantity of church plate, linen, clOthes, watches,
jewels, &c. effeas which had been stolen in Na-
varre and Arragon : they 'are offered for a very low
Price ; but there are no buyers, except for the
churth plate, which is purchased with a view io re-
s'iore it to the lawful owners at the, price which is
paid for it."
LERIDA, Ave. 28.--The French division which
fled precipitately from Gerona, and took the road to
.o.igueras, was close
the ly pursued by Juan Claros, with
companies of miqueletes under•his corpniaH•
General Count De•Caldagues sent the conqueror of.
ITtuch, the intrepid Colonel Baget, instantly on the
satne commission. Our General saw the eti
these banditti might coMmit upon the roads,and:t here-
ils which
fore dent against them the deliverer of the towns si-
. tuated on the road from Barcelona to Lerida and Tar-
Nona. The valour of this Officer frequently com-
pelled the French to retire-to our capital, and this
.0e flatter ourselves will he the case with the others
whom he is
hands. pursuing, if they do• not -fall Into his
_ As to the other Barcelona by the division which took the road to
they arrived on thesea-side, we know officially" , that
neighbouring, town 20,h instant, at Calella, and the
s, where the English Frigates and
bbe. Squadron de St: Felice received them with sb-
k a fire'
that they were obliged to retire, and
raken The little artillery they had been able to
away, .collsisting of six cannons and in hawit-
zer, nd also seventy waggons tOr provision', partly
Set a
fireo by themselves. - The few who escaped
"Iter this ai..tion were pursued by Don Frat,cisco
lms, so that. doe greater part of them were un-
able to reachßarceldna; and_ those who did were in
4 sad plight.—Diario de Lerida. - • •

MADRID. Szrr. 7.

STATEMINT BY His EXCaLLENCY DON ?EDRO CE-
. VALLOS, ON THE MODE -13? WHICH THE GRAND
bt.J.K.E OF BERG SURREPTITIOUSLY CAUSED THE
3INTA OF THE GOVERNMENT TO COMMAND THE
I)4LIVERY UP OF DON MANUEL GODOY. •
!112t" As soon as the Grand Duke of Berk, Lieute-
-G(heral of the armies of the Emperor, arrived
In.°Pain, he contrived with the greatest address to dis-
'rninate the notion that he was come tbr our good,
4`l`l to eject some useful, reforms in our -Government,
(?31:1di"SlY intimating that he Would Protect the cause
; the Prince of Asturias, and remove the Prince of
h'e"ce, the objea of the universal 'detestation of the
er'on;' at the -same time appearing to disapprove
great influence which the Queen possessed in
Mate affairs. He knew
was
very well that nothing more
- necessary in order to Catch the favour of all the
c'PPressecl 'Spaniards; and his objeEt being such as
have since seen, it intist be confessed that the
Qitleulation of the Emperor of the French, his mas-
ter, was not ill made.
lanßut as all' the thins of this world- are
.li:ible to
ge, the ever-memorable events of Aranjuez took
„4ce,- and overthrew ails plan., As soon. as the
rand Duke of Befg Was infornied'Of this, he
-,"ztuged his scheme, 'and -affeated to take a great in-
:.rest in the fate of Doh .Manuel Godoy, with whom
had held
Were a close correspondence, thongh they
sr re not known to each other. It did not escape-his
that the King and queen were earnestly bent
silvwg.their favourite r and he therafore instantly

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began to, take tha steps,necessary b area hi,
:liverance, which were,, however, useless AS , long as
our beloved Monarch Farditiand VII., remained in
prison.. This; did ,not, alarm the Fraud Duke;. of
Berg ; for no sooner did. he know that his Majesty
had arrived,at Burgos; ban he, renewed his deniandA
to obtain, the. delivery of. Godoy into ;his. fraud ~
threatening, iivcase it was denied him, tb make Use
of the force at, his disposal.,
• `` Nevertheless the Junta rc.Nisted: theie first at-
tacks, and consulted with 'tie King, On the steps to
be taken under these critical circumstances. His
Majesty replied, that he,had written, to the Emperor
of the French, who had hiaitielf solicited of the
King the releasebf the prisoner. The following is
his Majesty's letter :

' The Grand Duke of Berg and Ambassador of
your Imperial and Royal Majesty, has made repeated
verbal requests,: that the person of D. ' Manuel Go-
doy, who is imprisoned in the Royal Palace of Vil-
laviciosa, for crimes against the State, may be placed.
in your Majesty's hands.
Nothing would be more agreeable to me than
the power of aciceding to your desire; but the con-
sequences which might result from this are so seri-
ous, that I see myself obliged to state them to the
prudent consideration of your Majesty.
. ' In pursuance of my obligation to administerjus-
tice to my people, I have orered the highest of the
tribunals of my kingdom to judge, according to the
laws, Don Manuel Godoy, Prince of Pece: I have
promised my peOple to publish the result of a pro;,
cess on which depends the honour of a great num- .
ber of my subje&s, and the preservation of the'
rights of my crown. Throughout the whole extent
of my dominions there is not a single town, hoW-
ever small, which has not transmitted accusations
against the prisoner. All my subjeds manifested
the most extraordinary demonstrations of joy at the
moment when the intelligence of his arrest reached
them ; and the eyes of all men ale fixed on the pro-
gress and result of this trial. ,
Your-Majesty, who is as wise a legislator as you
are a great warrior, will recognize the weight of
these considerations. But your Majesty takes an'
interest in the life of D. Manuel Gocloy. I give you.
my Royal word, that, if after the most deliberate
trial, he should be sentenced to death, I shall pardon
him his life, from respeet for the mediation of your
Imperial Majesty:
•' God preserve the life of your Impel-1,0 Majesty
many years !

' Vittoria, Ipril 18, 1808:

4 FERNANDO.'

A Royal Mandate, of the same date, informed
the Junta, that it i.he Grand Duke of Berg should
renew his
,sulicitations in favour of Godoy, they
should reply that this affair would be settled between
the two Sovereigns, and that the result would de-
pend exclusively on the determination orthe King.'
And his Majesty having heard that the King and
the Queen, his parents, doubtless from misinforma-
tion, had complained of the treatment which the
Prince of Peace met with in prison, his Majesty
commanded me, netwithstandink my assurance of
the delicacy' with which the Marquis De Castilar
condeated himself, that I should recommend him to
take the greatest care of the health of the prisoner,
which I did on the same day.
" As' soon as the Emperor had received the letter
of the King our Sovereign, with his accustomed false-
hood, he wrote to the Grand Duke.of Berg, telling
him that the Prince of Asturias had placed the pri-
soner at his disposal, and edmmanding him to insist
upon D. Manuel Godoy being delivered over to
him. Murat, whose character is naturally violent
and daring, required nothing more to occasion him
to address the tollowing letter to the Junta :
'llk Majesty the Emperor and King having in-
formed his Imperial and Royal Highness, that his,
RoYal. Highness the Prince of Asturias had just writ-
ten to him, saying that he left the fate of the Prince
of the Peace to he determined by him; his Highness
has, in consequence, commanded me to inform the
Junta of the intentions of the Emperor, and to rei-
terate the demand of the person of that Prince, and
send him to France. It is possible that this deter- '
Initiation of his Royal Highness the •Prince of Astu-
rias has not yet reached the Junta. In this case, it
is'to-be supposed that his Royal Highness awaits the
reply of his Majesty the Emperor; but the Junta
will at Once perceive that to answer the Prince of
Asturias would be to decide a different question ; and
it is already known that his Imperial Majesty cannot
recognize any one but Charles IV.
The Junta will therefore be pleased to take this
note into consideration, and have the goodness to in-
form me of their determination, that I may render
an account of it to his Imperial Highness the Grand
Duke. The Government and, the Spanish nation ,
will find in thiS resolution of his Imperial Majesty
new proofs of the interest he takes in the affairs of
Spain, since, in' removing the Prince of Peace, he
'Seeks to deprive the malevolent of the power of sug-
gesting that Charles IV. could ever transfer to him
the power and confidence which he has lost for ever;
and, on the other side, the Junta will do justice to
the noble sentiments •of his Majesty the Em-
peror, who does not choose to abandon his faithful
ally.

I have the honour to offer the Junta the assur-
ances of my high consideration.
The General in Chief of the Etat Major.
AUGUSTO BELLIARD.'