The Sun.
London, England, 1808-10-08 00:00:00

SPANISH PfIPERS.

SANTIAGO, Sin'. iB.—The Grand Judge of the
Court of Farouca has published an, animated Address
to the people 'ider his jurisdiaion, from which the
fall Owing is an extras : . .
SPeaking_ of the conduct of the French; he says,
" In one word, 'l/4ar properties were seized upon,
our libeity invaded ; our tOngueS reduced to silence;
our lives exposed to the fierce caprice of cruel exe-
cutioners ; our Sovereigns persecuted, deposed;
numerous lists of proscribed persons. drawn up by
black calumny, and by inexorable tyranny; oar
youth condemned to march; to lay down their lives
amidst disgrace in foreign lands ; the temples of the
Most High sacrilegiously profaned, and the holy re:-,
ligion of our fathers insulted and oppressed :—such
was the lamentable scene which Portugal presented,
a pi Lure delineated by the hand of those barbarians,
it the room of that felicity which they had perfi-
diotsly announced to us.
" But the arm of the Omnipotent Proteaor ap-
peared, and declared itself for us, against the auda-
cious man of pride who had dared, with blasphe-
mous impudence, to usurp the attribute of Deity.
The infamous and unexampled perfidy exercised to-
wards the Royal Family of Spain, tore off the mask
from the traitor in the face of all Europe, and filled
up the measure of his crimes. The cry of ven-
geance penetrated in, a moment the generous
hearts of Spaniards, and, by a kind of prodigy,
they awoke from the deadly lethargy into which
they were sinking; possessed by the most noble en-
thusiasm, they ran to arms, and swore to confound
and extirpate their perfidious guests. The same
spirit was communicated like an ele.aric spark to the
faithful and valiant Portuguese, who, animated by
the delightful-sound of acclamations for their amia-
ble Prince Regent of the Royal House of Braganza,
repeated the same oaths, and, with the velocity of
lightning, proteCted only by the justice of their cause,
they attacked, unarmed, and without discipline, an
armed and disciplined enemy, destroyed some, drove
others to a shameful flight, and reduced the whole
to extreme despair. The inhuman wretches re-
venged themselves on miserable individuals, who
could make no resistance, and satiated their brutality
upon innocent victims, without respecting what was
due to the most tender age, decrepitude, or the
weakness of the sex. But every thing announces
a termination to these horrors, and a new and bril-
-I;ant dawn appears, whose salutary influence pro-
miseS to heal the wounds which the cruel domina-
tion of our enemies has infliaed.

" The Spaniards and Portuguese, those two brave
Nations, so often divided by a capricious policy, \now
cordially united by fraternal amity, and supported by
the powerful aid of invincible and faithful England,
march to give a mortal blow to the head of the
venomous hydra. In proportion as they press for-
ward to free their country, religion, and nature it-
self, from the infamies which have been perpetrated
against them; in proportion as the noble and irre-
sistible force of the most sublime and heroic virtues
is developed, the oppressors are struck with dismay,
and the destruCtive Tyrant, who has astonished the
world, will disappear like an empty sound.
" But, my beloved countrymen, let us not ascribe
to our own weak force alone those marvellous suc-
cesses which the Divine Power alone could effetit nate.
It becomes us to confide chiefly in the aid of the Su-
p:erne Ap;Siter of Nations, and let us continue to de-
serve his blessings, by maintaining a sincere union,
and an unshaken constancy in supporting the labours
of war, by piaci';g our property at the disposal of
Government for its maintenance, and, finally, by ha-
zarding in the field that life, which, without victory,
must be insupportable. ..4 nd who would hesitate to
purchase, at such a price, the immortal glory of those
who fall in so honourable a combat, and the happy
and joyful satisfitaion of those who stall survive ?
Who would'not be stimulated by a noble emulation
at the sight of the patriotic generosity with which
the illustrious Portuguese have performed their sacred
duties ? Who would not feel a worthy ambition to
imitate them, and the ardent desire to contribute
from his property to the public necessities, when he
sees the benign moderation with which the Junta of
the Supreme Government calls for the contribution
of our succours ?

" The Edict which we have presented to you is
en unequivocal proolof the mildness and prudence
with which it governs us, and forms a singular con-
trast to the tyranny which we have sworn to pro-
scribe and destroy. That went to despoil us with
violence of our wealth, in order to transport it to
France, for the purpose of rivetting our servitude,
consummating our ruin, and carrying desolation and
death into the bosom of every peaceful country,
whose destruCtion was the object of the rage of the
Tyrant. The Junta, on the contrary, only asks of
us voluntary donations to accomplish our own deli-
verance—to recover that which we hold most dear
and valuable, and to secure to us for ever our inde-
pendence and prosperity.
" Union, then, and Constancy, beloved Country-
men ! fOr now the period has arrived when, by the
wonderful decree of that Providence which protects
us, the insolence of pride is about to be chastised by
the hands of those very men whom it haS so loudly
depreciated. Those great armies which have hiitierto
alarmed and confounded us, which have destroyed
fertile Italy, overturned Getmany, chastised and laid
waste Prussia, which have deceived, intimidated,
plundered, and robbed other countries, and have
scattered consternation and dismay through the whole
Continent; those great armies, which invincible,
generous, and intrepid Britain alone has taught us
to despise, shall be reduced to that state of abase-
ment which they merit, and upon their ruins shall
we erect an immortal monuments which shall ex-
tend to the mo,t remote ages, the pure glory of the
heroes whohave wrought such prodigies, and which
shall preserve uninjured, like that of the Aristides,
the Timoleons`, and the Camilli, the memory of
the new destroyers of tyranny, and the brave rio-
storers of humbled nations ; and which, finally,
shall procure for us the benediaions and 'admiration
of out' children's children to the most remote poste-
rity.

(Signed)
" lossi Pczorb SARMENTO DE GUEIROZ:'

CORT.7IiNA, OCT. I.—Burgos was evacuated by the
French on the gvd ult. after spiking their artillery,
and destroying their powder. The operations will
be directed against St. Sebastian's. From the snug-
tiOn of the two arulies, a great battle meat take

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place very ioon, tnlen the rrcach ietirc Althh-ethe
IteinforcementS are pouring in, upon army
every day. To7hlOrrow we expect 3(,),00Q troop,
part of whlch are English, and sonic from Portng..d,
to arrive here on theiry;ay to join hirri. The Arch.
bishop,pf Toledo (bon Louis, be,.l.3oUlban; nephew
to CpAttilES the Fourth, and consin to Fliittr.?i,,,N'tp
the. Seventh) will, it is thotight; be eleCte.d it.egent
of the Kingdom. The, Conde De Fiorida Blanca;
who has been chosen President ad interim, is a man
highly attached to the English. The Spanish troops
Under the Marquis DE LA RQMANA arrived offthicr,
harbour last night, and have been ordered for San
tinder and Bilboa.

CADIZ, SEPT. 20.—0 n Saturday the i tli inst. ar-
rived here the English frigate Phoebe, Capt. Osvv.:un,
in two days from Lisbon, having on board Major-
General Lord WM. BENTINCK, who landed the next
day, and set ptit express for Madrid, via Seville,
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on a special rrii-sFiCiii to the Central Junta. This day
arrived 'a 'Sell Ibrig, v;ith the French C.-:ericril
BED ELL, • and-otherOrlicers of his division, on board,
all of whom have been placed in the Castle
of St. Sebastian, 'Where they will remain till they
embark for France : altogether they amount to
seventy.

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MADRID, SEPT. r7.—President ail interim ofthe
Central Junta, the Conde De Florida Blanca; Se-
cretary to ditto, the Intendant of the Army, and
Deputy from the Province of EstreMachira, Doti
MARTIN GARAY ; General CUEStA isnatued Com-
mander in Chief of the Army of Arragon and Castile;
-at the request of General P.Aeaaox. Major-General
Lord WM. BENTINCK arrived here the day before
yesterday.
MADRID, Saet. 17.—T0-day arrived here the di-
vision of General REDING, which, it is said, is on
its march for Somo-Sierra, to join the army of Old
Castile. The General will go to Grenada to organize
the 20,000 men which have been enrolled there,
and are now clothed and equipped. These we are
assured will embark at Malaga for Catalonia, where-
it appears they he'Ve not more than 5000 iegular
troops, The Miquerettes not being such, and that
principalityiaesistes is deficient in cavalry. The di-
visions of the. Senors LLAMAS, PENA, and COUPIG-
NY, have marched for Arragon. The Deputies of
different Provinces to the Central Junta have not
agreed that it shall meet here, and have therefore
sent to Aranjuez what is necessary for its meeting
there. The Conde De Florida Blanca and others
are already there. The houses and remaining effeats
of those who went away with JosEPH NAPOLEON,
and other persons devoted to the French, have been
seized on by order of the Government.
SAN SEBASTIAN, SEPT. s.—The day before yester-
day a Spaniard arrived here who left Paris nine days
ago. I icy says there, are no other troops in that City
than the Guard of-Honour, which he saw reviewed
by NAPOLEON, and: that in his whole passage from
that capital to Bayonne, he did not meet with more
than 700 or 800 men ; yet the French Papers, lying
as usual, say that 200,000 men, conveyed in 10,000
carriages, are on their way to Spain.
REYNOSA, SEPT. 2.—We hare received
gence that the fourth division of our army, under the
command of the Marquis Dc Portazzo, had entered
Bilboa, after a contested action of three hours against
2000 French, of whom a number were killed amid this
rest escaped to Vittoria. On our side. we had some
wounded. We have taken the greater part of the
baggage of MAZAREDO, who was with that division
of the French, and made his escape with them. To-
morrow we expea the particulars. We have beeti-
assured our van-guard made itself masters of
Pancorva, distant about three leagues from Tres]
padune, where were the head-quarters. It is said
the enemy made an obstinate-resistance. We wait
the confirmation of this report. Another letter of
the same date adds, that we took, at Pancorvo, leer
pieces of cannon ; fat as there are letters from Tiae:,
padune, 14 leaguesafr9in Reynosa, which say nothinit
of the taking of Pancorvo, we cannot warrant it.
SANTANDER, SEPT. '23.—Five thousand Spar lards
from the army of Gen. BLAKE have taken Bilboa,
obliged. the French to fly, and taken great part of
their baggage. The writer of the letter which orings
this intelligence conclude, thus :—" Spanish patri-
otism is truly worthy of adiniratieo.—May
ven assist us, and deliver us truth the iteeinons
yoke with which we are threatened, since if toe
French succeed in their endeavours to subjugate
us, we shall be greater slaves than the Africans."
VALLADOLID, SEPT. 24.—Letters received to-day;
by the post from Burgos, bring tile p.rasing
ititelli-
gence that ail the French had precipitately lett the
city. ae -
PALENCIA, 58,PT,25.—0n the 22d, at five in the
evening, the French 'evacuated Bereos, leaving seven
cannons nailed up, tlieir carriages cut to pieces, and
a quantity of powder, rendered useless.—(Froat
Semanario Patriatico de Madrid, of the 22d of Sep-
tember) •
An Officer of our army has coMmunicated to us
the following estimate of the position'and number
of the French troops in Spain on the 24th of last
month, from a statement which a French Officer
left behind him with his baggage, in one of the
precipitate retreats of the enemy :
Total of the troops, 39, tem men, including 6000
cavalry; in Pampeluna, 1200 infantry, and 300 ca-
valry; in Burgos, 400 cavalry and some light troops.
The test of the troops were cantoned in Rioja. The
line of the enemy's army extended from Cientruenigo
to Meranda de Ebro. The head-quarters of the
Spanish army, commanded by Generai'Bresae, %etre
on the 13th Inst. at Quintanilla ; those of the COM..
hilted armies of- Arragon and Valencia at Sos ; and
those of General Laeraas at Agreda. The army of
Castile has put itself in motion, direeting its march
towards Aranda and IlUrgo de Osma. Deserters who
have come M to C..iteral BLAKE say, tlie greatest
confusion ari4 discontent prevails in the enemy's
army,'and that 'deserters would be very numerous,
particularlyfrotn the foreign troops, if they did not
fear to be ill treated by the peasants. Many of the
French soldiers have also deserted, and endeavoured
to regain their own country, disheartened, and in
despair.—(Diario de la Corunna, OR. 1.)
OPORTO, SEPT. 7.--e• The sick and wounded Eng-
lish officers and soldiers were received by the Nobi-
lity, Clergy, and all other personsof distinction,with
all the attention due to our generous allies. They
were landed from on board several transports, on the
30th and 31st of last month. The common soldiers
were conduetedittotthe Royal Military Hospital este-
blishavi Jn thg-Benedietine Convent in this city, and

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offieers previded with decent to3gings. His Ex•
011 ency the mat Reverend Bishop, President, and
Governor,. visited the ho,pital in person, and admini-
stered dven pecuniary relief to those Who stood in
need of it. On the 4th instant, appeared in sight
• of this port, t ,ventv-three English snips, under con-
v.!v of the Pluto Frigate, which hare sent on shore
eight chests with money, consigned to_private indi-
vidu u s of this place.—(o. Leal Portuguez, Se pt. 7.)•
_ OPORTO, SEPT. 3.—We have received the follow-
ing account of the operations at-the combined army
subsequent to the battle of Vimiera. On the 22d
vl August we marched from,Obidas for Laurenna,
the enemy being en our left, and we saw some of
tlw piquets - and videttes; who seemed to observe
our march. Our General sent Colonel -SARMENTO'
to the Enlist! Generl in Chief, to inform him of
our approach,' and the latter returned for answer,
that he expeCted .eVery moment to be attacked
. by the French ; and that we w ere to form the.
rear-guard, as there was reason..to. 'apprehend that
the enemy% wou:d endeavour to prevent, our june--
tion with the British army, and, attack us.—
"We halted, and formed in .line battle, in
order to ascertain the enemy's-views. Having re-
mained in this situation about an hour and a half, -
and finding that the enemy did not make his appear-
ance, we put ourselves in motion on the road to
V im;era, where the English head-quarters were esta-
bll-shed ; on our march to that place we learned that
the French General KELLERMANN had arrived there, •
to propose_ terms of capitulation. We accordingly
encamped' on a spot some distance from Vimiera,
and our army may now be considered as having
formed a junetion with the British troops, and to
• form with them one combined army.—(olLeal
PGriuguez, .edit: 3.)
DISPATCHES FROM Tas couNT DE CALDAGUES.
SAN BOY (CATALONIA), SEPT. 4.—A short time
before day-break, the day, before yesterday, the ene-
my advanced and attacked our forces at- Mobregat,
On the e. hole line formed-from St. Boy the Bridge
Maims
of de Hey. They began the. attack on the
points of, San Boy, and theCentre, and shortly ex-
tended to Molins de Rey. They attacked San Boy
with two pieces of cannon, and a,Considerable body
of infantry and cavalry, much 'Strbtigiei thin the
body which was garrifned there, andihey advanded
to the attack with more intrepidity than usual: The
fire was kept up for-a long 'time by both parties ;
and the enemy, though his artillery was of larger ca-
libre than ours, 'e t a great number of men ; but
they 'cannot be counted, as it is known they burn
t:eir de: ci.

The French endeavoured to possess themselves of
the Bridge of Molins de liey, the position I com-
math.ed; though his cavalry attempted to pene-
trate in every part, they were alway,s,driven back.
I confess that it was the continual, and.well directed
fire of my artillery which arrested the progress of the
enemy,: who made an attack upou this post alone
with 2000 infantry, picked men, 200 cavalry and
artillery, of a larger calibre than ours, which, ac-
cording to ail information, was commanded by De-
Hesme.hiniself. It is certain that. I was attacked
with vigour, and was'obhged to draw back on my
right ; but %it three in the afternoon, the enemy was
not disposed to, pursue the attack, and retired as
Ostia', exercising the usual ads of devastation, burn-
ing,'m revenge, the few houses they passed; but I
311.1 sure. his loss much exceeded ours.
SARAGOSSA, SEPT. 13.-0 a Saturday morning
Arrived-in this city Sir CHARLES 'WILLIAM DOYLE,
Commissioner bout his Britannic Majesty, to treat
with our political and military Chiefs on the means
Of 'supporting the just cause in which we are en-
gaged. His Excellency the Captain General-receiv-
ed this Gentleman with the highest demonstrations
of attachment and gratitude towards the generosity;
of the English nation, which contributed with -so
much promptitude' and zeal to the, relief of our ne-
cessities. After sending .him a guard of honour cor-
responding to his high charatler, he took him with
him to examine the various points of defence of this
city, and to• survey the ravages ,committed by the
enemy in the petty district. which they occupied.
The numerous crowds of people that followed him,
manifested, by the loudeA.-acclamations, their sails-
fatlion at seeing in:these kingdoms,. after an intei-
of so many years, a representative of his Bri-
tannic Majesty. Struck with astonishment and ad-
miration, the English Colonel broke out into the
most energetic encomiums on the irresistable valeur
and heroic .constancy with which our citizens de-
fended this capital; adding, that he world corn-
mueicate an account of all the
,details to 'his Court.
(hi finishing their-circuit, the Colonel repaired to
his Excellency's Palace, where a magnificent en-
tertaininent was prepared, dialing' Wi.hith repeated
discharges took place from ail fhd batrerieS, in proof
of the great joy with which his Excellency and all
the inliibittints celebrated the're-establishment of
peace and harmony with the English nation, and to
demonstrate the gratitude which we owe to his
Britannic Majesty and his sage Ministers, for the
powerful assistance' they ba%e .aff;eded, and will
continue to of us, until the restoration of the
Monarchy itethe person of our beloved FERDINAND.
On Sunday the Colonel was present at a review of
the 22,000 men that compose our army, and ex-
pressed himself highly satisfied with the evolutions
performed by the several -corps.

BARCE-LOTTAir, Also. 23.

Declaration of the General of Division, DVIIESME, Grand
Ottice, of the Legion of liunour, and Commander-in-Chief
of the Ftench, Army of catalunia. •
f` His Excellency the Captain-General of CaWo-,
nia, to the Intendant-General, and the Members of
the Jtinta of the city of Barcelona
" Most excellent Seignors—Ali communication'be-
tween the city of Barcelona ar;cl th French Govern-
tnent being-cut off, the .ComMitnder7in-Chief of the
French troops
.odupying this fop ress.and its depend-
encies, finds, himself charged with, the preservation
of the said, fortress for the King of Spain, and rtspon-.
Bible for the safety of the troops and the tranquillity of
the city to :heir Majesties the Emperor of the French.
and*Kiog of Italy, and the King .of Spain,. whom he
here repre..ents, constituting the Supreme Authority,
until, by the
,re-eitablishment of the communica-
tion, your Excellencies shall• be etiable`d again to
cominunicate with the Ministers of his Majesty the
King of Spain. The intention of the Gene:al in Chief
is not-to use this supreme authority but for the gene-