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'SPANISH 'PAPERS.

PROCLA,:I4TION.

THE SUPREME JUNTA OF GOVERNMENT TO Tar,.

SPANISH NATION.

SpioixAß.Ds-1
" The Supreme Junta of Government, the depo-
sitary of the Supreme Authority, has devoted the
first moments which succeeded its tbrmation, to the
urgent measures which, its institution, and the cir-
cumstances of the time, prescribe. But from the
first. instant of its installation, it has believed that
one of its obligations is to address-itself to you, with
the dignity which becomes a great and generous na,
tion, in order to inform you of your situation, and
establith 'in a frank and noble manner t hose relation;
of reciprocal confidence which :ire the bases of every
just and prudent Administration. Without these,
neither the Government can fulfil the high duty
posed upon it, nor the governed attain the ohjeds
desired.
" A tyranny of 20 years, exercised by the Un-
fittest ban Is ever known,, had placed our country
on the brink of perdition,. The Oppressor of Europe
saw that the time was arrived for carry ing into exe-
cution the plot he had long been forming, and adding
the richest and most brilliant wreath to the bloody.
crown. Every thing appeared to flatter his hopes..
The nation was alienated from its go•;Ternitlent by ha-
tred or contempt—the Royal Family was divided—.
the belched heir to the crown accuied, calumni,i;ed,
and, if possible; degraded-,-the public force dispers-
ed and disorganised—the resources exhausted; the.
French troops were introduced into the kingdom,
and had already seized the strong places of the fron-
tier—finally, bo,opo :men were ready to enter the
capital, in order from thence to give law to theling-
dom.'
" It was at this critical moment that, suddenly
awaking from the. slumber in which you lay, you
precipitated the Favourite from the height of power
he had usurped, and placed on the throne the Prince
you idolized. An adt of fraud the most abominable.
which the records of human perversity bear, de-
prived you of your most innocent King; and the 4
aggression of Buonaparte and tyranny of the French
were announced to Spain by the cannonade of the
2d of May on Madrid, and by the blood and slaugh-
ter of innocent and brave inhabitaiiis-7 a horrible,
but tit presage of the fate Napoleon was prepariug
fur you.

" From
sthat memorable day, when the supreme
authority was sold to-the enemy, which our deceived
Monarch had-left at the head of the GOvernment—,,,
when the other authorities were.oppressed, and the
seat of the Empire occupied by the 'toe; the French
believed that no further resistance would be made,
and spread themselves from 'East to South, to extend
their dominion, and enjoy the fruits of their- perfidy.
Fools! they were not aWate that they were insult
ing and outraging a people most jealons 6f- their
honour, and that they rushed on inevitable perdi-
tion.
" The irritated- provinces of Spain rose against
the oppressors suddenly, but with solemnity, and
swore to perish rather than sustain so ignominious a
tyranny: Europe, in astonishment, was informed
at the same instant of the offence and the chastise-
ment; and a nation which but a short time. before ,
had scarcely the semblance of power,
.beCame at
once the object of the interest and admiration of the
universe.

" Our situation was unexampled -in our. history,
unforeseen by otirlaws, and, as it were, opposed to our
habits. It was necessary to give a direction to the pub-
lic force, corresponding with the will and the sacrifices
of the people; and this necessity created the Juntas
in the provinces, which collected in thethselves the
whole authority of the nation, in order to expel the -
public enemy and maintain the 0 ac ! of the interior.
What: their.energy has been—how they have dis-
charged -
the trust imposed upon them by the people.
—and what gratitude the nation owes them, let the ~
fields declare which have been covered with the
• bodies of Frenchmen, the military spoils.of.Lhe in 7
tader, Aillich serve to deck our temples as trophies;
' the-lives and'iridependence of the greater
,part of the .
national magistrates which have been preserved, and_ ,
the applauses of So many thousands of individuils ,
who owe to them their liberty and their- vengeance.,
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" But as soon as the capital was delivered frOin ')
the enemy, and the-communication bet weer the Pro-
vinces was, re-established, ,it, was ,necessary to unify
the. public -author' tyint into one centre, wli ichhad been
diVided into as Many parts as there were provincial
n Jutas, whence. the strength and aCtivity of the
nation could he called into exercise. This was the
deCision of the public; vpice„and this was the mea-
sure adopted by the ftovinces. Their respective
Juntas nominated-, Deputies, who. collect' red in tOrm-
ing the -centre of authority ; and- in :less time than -.
had.been spent in French Machiavelism to destroy
our ancient. Government,. a new and much more
formidable administration, was seen in the Central
Junta,. which is now addressing you.
." The 'Concurrence, in the national will, which ..._
wrought. this. good-Hhe universal ...freedom from -,
selfish motives which induced theprovincesto entrust ,-
theiCanthorny, and, power to other. hands.; ;tins 'has
been, Spaniards, lout greatest aetiOn, this your:hest
VietOry,
.;The present. age:which beholds' you, and
posterity, ,to, whom you .will servelor.sludy and acl..
miration, will find in this,act the most- con: inning. .:.:
i proof of your virtue and prudence. The•eneinit!s,solill
, Spain had already designated. the .moinen t of • yogi-. :,1
. ruin ; they already saw..., the divisions which would• •!
be formed by toe.. conynkions of civil:discord—the:y:lr
,already,triumplied,..belreving the ,provinces veotilaiw'
be disunited hyambition'•,44_that tome, pretentlitiet
to siiperiority over. the rest,;‘,yould-Apply to:theni,iforai
Protedion and aid : But, to !' a Central-Pqwer lihili,3
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its way, crusiting all the pretension; and all the ;lopes
Ot their iniquity.
" The Jouta being established, its attention was
at oli.e turned to the discharge of its duties. To
drive the enemy beyond the Pyrenees, and compel
him to deliver up the august person of our King,
klnd those of his brother and uncle, recognizing at
the same time our liberty and incllpendence, was the
first duty which the Junta conceived the nation had
imposed upon it. Much of this it found already
effeEted, at the period of its establishment ; the pub-
lic enthusii.ism was kindled ; armies were formed,
composed almost wholly of fresh troops ; important
viaories were gained ; the enemy was driven to the
frontiers ; the opinion in favour of his military skill
destroyed; and the laurels which adorned those con-
querors of Europe, transferred to the brows of our
warriors.

" This had already been done, and was what
might be expeaed from the impulse of the first mo•
ment ; but having effeEted all that could be produced
by impetuosity and valour, it is now necessary to avail
ourselves of the means prescribed by prudence and
constancy ; for what we have yet to attain, Spaniards,
we must repeat i; again and again, is an arduous un-
dertaking, and ought to call into exercise all your
enthusiasm and all your virtue.
" You will be convinced of this when von turn
your attention to the internal anu external situation
of public affairs, at the time when the Junta began
to exercise their funaion. Our armies full of ardour,
and eager to march to victory, but naked- and
unprovided with every thing: beyond, the remains of
the French armies awaiting reinforcements on the
Banks of the Ebro, ravaging Upper Castile, the
Ri-
oja, and the Provinces of Biscay ; occupying Pam-
peluna and Barcelona, with their fortresses ; masters
of the castle of St. Ferdinand, and ruling over almost
the whole of Navarre and Catalonia ; the despot of
France, restless on his throne, deceiving the slaves
who obey him, by the grossest impostures, and striv-
ing to lull to inactivity all the other States, in order
to discharge on us alone the enormous weight of his
military force ; the Powers of the Continent, in
fine, oppressed or insulted by France, expe&ing
with anxiety the issue of this first struggle, desiring
to declare against the common enemy of all, but
proceeding with the timid circumspection which their
past misfortunes counsel.
" It is evident that the sole asylum which remains
for the preservation of their independence, is a ge-
neral confederacy—a confederacy which will assured-
ly take place at last, for interest persuades and ne-
cessity prescribes it. Which is the State which can
hold relations of confidence with l3uonaparte? Who
can give credit to his words and promises, or trust
to his loyalty and good faith ? The fate of Spain will
serve as a lesson and a warning, her resolution as an
example, her viaories as an incentive ; and the re-
probate who has trampled under foot the principles
of equity, and the sanaity of good faith, is placed
himself in the hard necessity of having more power
than all of them, or of being buried under the
mountains raised by his frenzy.
" The security and certainty of this league, so
necessary and just, are to be determined by our
previous exertions, and the prudence of our conduct.
When we shall have raised a mass of military force
as terrible for its quantity as for its preparation—
when we shall hold in our hands all the means of
profit tin by success, or remedying a reverse—when
the sound judgment and integrity which distinguish .
the Spanish people, among all others, will manifest
themselves in the regulation of all our proceedings and
pretensions : then all Europe, secure of triumphing,
will unite itself to us, and avenge at once its injuries
and ours. Then Spain will enjoy the glory of hav-
ing saved the Powers of the Continent, and reposing
in the mederaiion and rectitude of her desires, and
in the strength of her situation, she will be, and
She will be recognized as, the loyal confederate of
all, but neither the slave nor the tyrant of any.
" Let us then now employ all the means we pos-
sess, as it we had to sustain alone the whole force of
France. For this purpose, the Junta has believed
that it is necessary to maintain under arms 550,000
effedive men, the 50,000,t0 be cavalry ; an enor-
mous mass of strength, and disproporticnate it may
be confessed to our present sttuation and our an-
tient wants, but by no means unsuited to the pre-
bent occasion. The three armies which are to oc-
cupy the frontier, and the bodies of reserve which
are to support their ope'rations, and supply their
wants, w:11 easily absorb the designated number.
And what are they or the sacrifices which necessity
requires, compared ..3.111) the enterprize we have pro-
posed to ourseives, and the enthusiasm which ani-
mates us Spaniards, the power of our adversary is
colossal, his ambition is still greater than hi; power,
and his existence is incompatible with our tri erty.
Judge of his exertions by the barbarity of his cha-
raaer, and the extremity of his danger ; but these
are the exertions of a tyrant, and w ill be confound-
ed, opposed to the valour of a great and free people,
who have resolved upon no other termination to their
confid than to conquer or die. •
" Considering the magnitude and importance of
this first objea, the Junta, turned its attention to the
vest means necessary to attain it. The negled of
the last government, (if that may be called govern-
ment which %%as one continued and in ustrous dila-
pidation) had exhausted all the sources of prosperity,
bad obstructed the canals which brooght life and
foo.i to all the members of the state, dissipating the
treasures, disorganising the public force, and con-
suming the resources.
"The Junta has already announced to the public,
the great savings which result ftom the suppression
of the expeoces of the Royal Household, the enor-
mous sums w hich had been devoured by the greedy
and insatiable avarice of the Favourite, the produd of
his great possessions, and that of the estates of those
unworthy Spaniards who fled with the t) rant. We
may add to these the profit which will accrue to the
State from a free navigation and commerce, and
from the communication already opened with Ame-
rica. Principally we rely on a well-arranged Admi-
nistration of the public revenue, and regularly dis-
tributed contributions, to the reform and manage-
ment of which the Junta will directly apply its at-
tention. We may add to these means, the succours
which are now given w hit so generous a hand, and
will be hereafter granted us by the English nation.
But it is incumbent on us that these succours which
have been so opportunely given, and so gratefully re-
ceived, and the etretts of hich have been so bene-
ficial, should be hereafter recognized and recorrk,
penceo with the reciprocity and decorum #ihich

become a great and powerful natio!). Tlie Sp.etish
Monarchy ought not, in this respea, to be placed
in a state of inequality and dependence upon its
Allies.
The produce of these means will certainly be
great, hut at the same time it will he slow, and for
that reason insufficient for the urgent necessities of
the State. Are they sufficient to furnish for a time
the ordinary supplies, discharge the immense debt
which will be incurred, and maintain the formidable
army which is to be kept on foot ? But the Junta
will, in case the manifold events and the force of
circumstances should exhaust the Treasury, have re-
course at once to the nation, with the confidence
which its ardent patriotism ought to inspire, and the
necessity and notoriety of the sacrifice. For evils so
extraordinary as the present, remedies as extraordi-
nary must be applied ; and as the Government judges
it to be one of its obligations to give an exact account
to the nation of the application of the resources and
funds which it is about to administer, it has no fear
that its demands will be disregarded through distrust,
or be detested as arbitrary.
" Thus much with respeft to the defence of the
kingdom, and the means of effecting it, the most
urgent concern and the first in the order of time
which the Junta has under its care. But, Spaniards!
there ate others as necessary and primary as that,
without attending to which, the Junta would fulfil
but half its duties, and which is the great reward of
your enthusiasm and sacrifices. Political indepeu-
deuce is nothing without felicity and interior secu-
rity. Turn your eyes to the time when oppressed
and degraded, ignorant of your own strength, and
finding no asylum against your evil►, either in the
iuctitutions or in the laws, you held foreign domi-
nion less odious than the wasting tyranny which in-
ternally consumed you. The dominion of a will al-
ways capricious, and for the greater part unjust, has
for your calamity lasted long enough in Spain : your
patience, your love of order, and your generous
loyalty, have been long enough abused : it is time
that the voice of the law only should begin to com-
mand, founded on general utility. This was the
desire of our good and unfortunate Monarch ; this
was the path he pointed out, even during the unjust
captivity to which a perfidious traitor reduced hitn.
Country, Spaniards ought not to be a vague and a
vain name to you : it ought to import in your ears
and in your heart the sane-Wary of the laws and cus-
toms, the theatre for talents, and the reward of
virtue.

" Yes, Spaniards, the great day is drawing near,
when, according to the uniform desires of our be-
loved King, and of his loyal people. the monarchy
will be established on solid and durable bases. You
will then possess fundamental laws, which will be
beneficial, friends of order, restrictive of arbitrary
power ; and these being re-established, and your
genuine rights being assured, you will rejoice to be-
hold a monument worthy of you, and of the Mo-
narch who is to watch over the preservation of it,
blessing, amid so many calamities, the share which
the people will have had in its ereetion. The
Junta, which holds in its hand the supreme dirthion
of the national forces, in order, by all means, to as-
sure its defence, felicity, and glory ; the Junta,
which has already publicly acknowledged the great
influence which a nation ought to have in the Go-
vernment, which alone, and without any assistance,
has done every thing in the name of the King and
for his cause ; the Junta solemnly promises to you,
that you shall possess that country which you have
invoked with so much enthusiasm, amid defended, or
lather conquered, with so much valour.
" Until the no..taly operations, slow at first, in
order better to secure a happy resulr, shall furnish
the opportunity and repose nece,ary for the grand
and solemn re-union wnich it announces to you ; the
Government will take care privately to thseuas and
examine the projects of reform, and the institutions
which ought to he presented for the national sanc-
tion. Without insiruttion, knowledge, or data, the
majestic work of legislation is the result of a blind
and unstable will, and as such, exp,,sed to error, in-
consistency, and contempt. Wise Spaniards yeti
who, devoted to the invc:-tigation of the social prin-
ciples, unite the love o:- huinimity to the love of
country, and instruction with zeal : this concern is
yours, the happy execu ion of which is su necessary.
The Junia, instead of rejecting your Council, desires
and seeks it. The knowledge and illustration of our
ancient constitutional laws ; charges, which, in their
re-establishment, they ought to undergo from the
difference of circumstances; reforms which are to
be made in r he civil, criminal, and commercial codes;
projects to meliorate public education, which, among
us, is so greatly in decline; a system of regulated
economy, for the better distribution and collection
of the national revenue; all these claim your atten-
tion, and form a vast series of problems and objects
of meditation, in which you may manifest your ta-
lents and your acquirements. The Junta will form
from among you different Committees, each entrust •
ed with a particular department, to whom are to be
freely addressed all writings on matters of Govern-
ment and Administration, in which may be discussed
the different objects which claim the general atten-.
lion ; so that each contributing by his exertions to
give a just and enlightened direction to the public
opinion, they may enable the nation to establish so-

(idly and tranquilly its internal felicity.
" The Spanish Revolution w ill thus be distin-
guished by characteristic features, altogether the re-
verse of those which were seen' in the French Revo-
lution•. That began in the wretched internal in-
trigues of courtiers ; ours, in the necessity Of repel-
ling an unjust and powerful aggressor : in that, there
were as many opinion's concerning the forms of Go-
vernment, as there were factions, or rather persons;
in ours, there is but ohe' opinion,. one general desire;
an hereditary Monarchy, and Ferdinand VII. on the
Throne. The French, shedding torrents of blood
during their', anarchy., proclaimed no one principle
which they did not afterwards reject ; they made no
law which they did not violate, and at last they ,sub-
. mitted to -h barbarous despotism. The Spaniards,
who, on account of the perfidious inva,ion of the
French, found themselves without a Government,
And without communication with each other, have
not ,shown themselves terrible or bloody, except to-
wards their enemies, and well know how to meliorate
! their institutions, and consolidate their liberty, with-
j out overthrowing the State.
" 0 Spaniards ! how beautiful a perspective of
.1, glory and felicity we behold before is, if we know
how to profit by the singular epoch ; it we fulfil the
high purposes which Providence points :. out to us I

Instead of being objects of compassion and eon..
tempt, as we have hitherto been, we are about to
become the envy and admiration of the world. The
delicious climate we enjoy, the fertile soil whence
we draw our subsistance, our geographical position,
the riches which nature has lavished upon us, and
the noble and generous character with which she
endowed us, will not be wasted gifts in the hands of
a vile and enslaved people.
" Already the Spanish name is pronounced with
respect in Europe, whose nations, which lie tramp-
led upon by the French, hang all their hopes upon
our fortune : even the very slaves of the tyrant,
groaning under his intolerable yoke, form vows for
us. Let us be constant, and we shall gather the
fruit which vi&ory will produce laws of reli-
gion satisfied ; our Monarch either restored to the
throne, or avenged ; the fundamental laws of the
Monarchy restored and consecrated, in a manner
solemn, and consonant with civil liberty; the foun-
tains of public prosperity pouring benefits sponta-
neously, and without impediment ; our relations
with our colonies drawn more closely, and become
more fraternal, and consequently more useful ; in
fine, activity, industry, talents, and virtue stimu-
lated and rewarded :—to such a degree of splendour
and fortune we shall raise our country, if we our-
selves correspond with the magnificent circumstances
which surround us.

" These are the views, and this is the plan
which the Junta proposed to itself from the
moment of its installation. in order to fulfil the
two primary and essential objects of iti institu-
tion. Its Members charged with an authority
50 great, and making themselves responsible by
entertaining hopes 50 flattering, do not fail to see
the difficulties they have to conquer, in order
to realise them, the enormity of the weight which
hangs over them, nor the dangers to which they
are exposed ; but they will think the fatigues, and
the devotion of their persons to the service of the
country, well paid, if they succeed in inspiring Spa-
niards with that confidence, without which the
public good cannot be secured, and which the Junta
dare to affirm it merits, from the rectitude of its
principles and the purity of its intentions.
" Arcriuez, Uct. 1808.
(Decreed by the same Supreme Junta, the lOth
of November.) _ _ _

" MARTIN DE GARAY,
" Member and Secretary General."

Comet A, Nov. 26.—8 y letters received in the
course of yesterday, we learn that, with commend-
able atlivity and address, the Lieutenant Colonel
Dun Enrique Canseco has preserved the artillery of
the army of Estreinadura ; and in like manner that
the Lieutenant Colonel Don Miguel Valledor has
condueted to Leon the artillery and ammunition from
Reinosa. Considering the activity and address ne-
cessary to those particular services, we cannot but
highly praise these worthy Officers, and in general
all those of the royal corps of artillery, who conduct
themselves so gallantly, without meaning by this
eulogium to deprive the other officers and soldiers
of the army of the praise 10 justly due to them.
The retreat of our army to Leon has deranged all
the plans of the enemy, who, the moment they
shall know of our junction w iii the English army,
and the reinforcements we shall scud with the ut-
most dispatch, must abandon all the country he oc-
cupies, unless he would be cut oil, and obliged to
surrender. This point of re-union was the only one
we ought to have chosen in case the enemy penetrate
by Burgos, as vie have not cavalry to enable us to
engage in the plains. But whet the two armies
have joined, we shall have cavalry, and that very re-
spectable. The orgenizatioll and re-union will he
etfeeted without loss of mite, and clearing the plains,
we will march immediately to dislodge them from
all the country they occupy, from that to Bidasoa.—
Let us then have courage and constancy, and make
every exertion that the reinforcements may nut be
delayed an instant.
AIZANJUEZ, Nov. 17.--Lieutenant General Don
Joacquim Blake has retreated from Espenosa, under
date of the 1 oth instant. Finding it impossible to
maintain himself in Biscay, on account of the scar-
city of provisions, he resolved to move to the above
place and its environs, in order to procure provisions,
and allow his troops some moments of repose. When
he made the necessary preparations to carry that re-
solution into cited, the enemy appeared before Val.
tnaseda, 14 or 15,000 strong, which place was ce-
cupied by the first and second division and the As-
turi in troops. Several detachments were sent to
skirmish with the enemy, while the main body was
falling back to Nava. The third division, posted at
Orrantia, was at the same time attacke,: by a nu-
merous French corps, which, no doubt, intended to
occupy the road to Nava, and cut off the retreat of
our troops ; but the enemy was defeated, and the
third division joined the army in Nava, the whole
of which filed off for Espenosa de los Monteros,
covering the retreat of the North division, com-
manded by Brigadier General Count De S. Romana.
General Blake also reports from Reinosa, under
date of the ti th, that at nine in the morning
his army was attacked by very superior forces, but
our troops, both officers and men, maintained their
position with the utmost gallantry until the tall of
night, and the enemy was repulsed on all sides, but
being considerably reiubirced by fresh troops, and
availing himself of his vast superiority in number, he
attacked again the following day General Blake's
army. General Biake's army still fatigued by the
glorious exertions of the preceding day, and making
some impression on ow' left, the centre and right
fell back to St. Andero, and took post in Beitiosa,
where the whole army rallied, and the Marquis de la
Romana assumed the command in Chief.
TUDELA, Nov. 6.—Yesterday at three o'clock in

the afnmoon his Excellency Don Joseph Palatbx
and Major General Doyle met here, and proceeded
to the house of Don Francisco de Palafox,

where in the evening a meeting of Generals was
held. The next morning they returned to Sara-
gossa. The physicians who made their escape from
Pampetuua, state, that the French have there 5000

sick, and that from forty to forty-eir,ht die
Ali travellers who come from Navarre confirm this
intelligence,

SARAGOSSA, Nov. 7.—The head-quarters of this
1 army were the third instant removed from Villa-
franca to Martoreil, a town situa►ed on the Banks of
Llobugar.. Stine of our troops occuptedthe heights
on the left bank of the river. A column of Provin-
i cial Grenadiers) w 4,11 from four to ski, pieces.,of can-

non, and two howitzers, the squadrons of the li°
Volunteers of Catalonia, and about 5000 MiVele,ied
under the crders of General Laguna, have Marc'
to take up a position on the banks of the river .13:1,t'5,1t
one league East of Barcelona, by which movegnl.
that town is closely hemthed in.
iTl,hteocfounrisitiasitlitucsar‘eviCthf Caurmr fia,italnfumluanlliiteios,n, and the Enore
g-
ustillery, has procured us the pleasure of assisting 11.:
Arragonese with 8000 muskets, and 300,000
tridges ; we entertain no doubt, but that we shall t
soon beable to commence offensive operations WO
the vile rabble who defile our capital,
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The Supreme Junta of Government has publish e"
an EdiEt, by which leave has beef given to Jesuits
return to Spain.
MADRID, Nov. i6.—Our Government has order
ed to advance to the scene of adion, by Orced
marches, all the troops which were on their morcd
in the environs of Madrid. This day has p:ls'er0
through, the regiment of the line of Jaen, io t'ou
divisions, the strength of which exceeded puts
men and they expedt considerable reinforceffien,,
from the Kingdoms of Andalusia, Murcia, aod
lencia. ..ea
Au Officer of the Walloon Guards has arrl''6
from the Army of Catalonia ; and at the same (“^-5,
Couriers have passed from the Armies of Arg°,o-'
Castile, and Navarre; they ail passed on to
j
uez, and nothing has transpired to the public'
latest
MADRID, Nov. 19.-The following are
accounts which have been received from the
TUDELA, Nov. 10.—The first division )e'htLor,
day marched from hence to the environs of Cii'3"ool
ra ; so that yesterday there were assembled 9-7010
men at that point. The day before yesterdill
two brothers, Ceas, set out for Madrid with to
remptory orders for all the troops.t hey shall Ine't to
advance by forced marches. A Courier was scut ;to
Don Francisco paiafox, who; had pi-accede°
Exea, and he returned hither yesterday. "-rh- ell,
my have been reinforced in great numbers Oa !tir
side of LoJosa, ;Ind we expect to be attacked 011
left
left flank, but we shall be ready to receive thell,ri
for should they attack us, we shall have 34,09 iLit
in our position, goo:I troops, and anxious to try u'ao
strength with the eeemy. We have, besides, q-
cavalry. To-day Castanos set out from hencc
Cultruenigo. We have placed 2000. men of o,j
visitmt to defend the bridge, in older to be preParer:
in- case they should attack us by Tudela.
day Castanos stated that Napoleon was at lin.t,t°;i)t
buthsihs:iisu
nutdoubtful, lie has determined tlia ef„'"tg
days
elapse,- before the enemy ce3Sal'er,
:flake movements in that dii e;Aion. It is
tioned that the said Nz yoleun, on the 4th' 0%4
to I.run, but this is uncertain. Prol
begun to arrive in abundance, which we Pi'l"
our rear. Should the enemy delay their aft3c,'it' otic
shall in less than eight days, have colleete-'
lod
troops and provisions, march to Cap:it:NV' "eea
united with the troops of our which enr.
20,000 men, v.:e shall attack them on shell lets 113.: (10
such is, the plan ct the day, it new eireumstatiCe°

not change it."
" TUDSLA, NOr, t3..---On the night orr fL;- 1 the'
the division of Valencia marched hence
command of Senor Ruca, by the bridge and
ro:td. of Pampeluna, with all the train of artiller
At the same time the army which was at 10:er
(having left this place some days) passed the '1,4
Arga, under the command of Senor CIO,
also the other drvisinn of Sodas a, and dire‘nroi3rl
march so as to attack the enemy on the ;ot;°'
and left of his posinuns Milagro and C.31)-I.,:3ese
All the divisions were expected to arrive tt.t.,t lb°
points by day break inn the t tit. It is said 01`-e Oo
attack has commenced, and on our part WC 134%;001'5,
do!..bt of its success. All is in trICAIOLI here. "„1(
continue to arrive. in large parties. Of the res:
our operations .I, shall inform you in my next'
" Heed-quarters, at Martordl, Nlv-rg.oot
" On the 7th in the evening, our Generale ;or.
from hence, and at rived at the Linea. Habeld
self in reiriness to attack the French h, three
on the ottier side of the Llobregat. All the ill°, iclt,
ingot the Bth, in spite of the copious rain vill,e
lasted the wl,wle of the dry; we heard here try,
thunder of the artillery, and the tire of musgtiet- (be
Our troops had advanced as far as the range
cannon of the fortress of Barcelona, witch "'or,
upon them. Another column could not advOcesos
the side of the plain of the river Basos, whici) )4
flooded, so that our troops .4 ere oblige-! to re,tij,rini.T
night, fatigued and soaked with therain, t°4-

the same positions at the river ut Llobrcgir. beer)
" The enterprise of yesterday would Sot
decisive if the weather had been favooki.ter 'll`'' (),
the French were on all points abandonio4
sitions, and retiring within the protection of 1'• boa
lona ; and also if the column of General
had been able to pass the river on the side IA: ,•6
Andre. Upon' the Whole, it is some glory
advanced within the /each of the gate of St•
nio, the battery of which fired several 0010
their
our troops, who, in spite of the fatigue ut,cll,b,
march, and passing the whole day without reltetoe
meat, displayed their indefatigable valour tllc
of the enemy."

ROYAL DECREE.
&
ADDRESSED D\ THE SUPREME GOVERNING JVNT.-

THE KINGDOM TO ALL THE COUNCILS.
" Ever since Spain, in the year t 795, 1i4.14°:e,
the arms which she had taken up against the „eof
voluttonary and Regicide Party in France, and o'aty
closer ht•r relations with that PoWer, by the, tread
of alliance of 170, she his been no less religiot,.oo
observant of the stipulations of that alliance, °yip
patient in the endurance of all the munberleo
which have therefrom resulted. • Unuer all 11'664
terations of the Fieuch Government which
its name without -filtering the essence of its°l-1*
ttous and destructive system, as well tinder tbs 343
rectory as during the Consulate and Empire, ~F}del
has respected and recognized the rights of al'aid
pendent nation ; arAl her alliance contributed .t°,;er-
giurYof France, wams in the expectation of
)
coming, by so generous a proceeding, the
.1):e ac,
less ambition of the French Cabinet, yola-
ri.val of the moment so much longed for by
-
nay at large, when a less turbulent G"`•°1101- lb!
should be established in that coUntry. N°l'6,,,tero:;
posterior events caused any change in the c— of t''')
nation, of Spain ; neither the lisurpati°lls c
Emperor of the French in Europe, nor 1.111 rcev
neglat with which the interests of 61'3°-