The Sun.
London, England, 1808-12-16 00:00:00

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SUPPLEMtIT to tun MADRID GAZETTt,Nov.,2S-i' ,
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di ulat that the .rnemy--bf tl4lliiiman
means hor eotitOiances:in iris pow& to-iliftire us';
and the Supreme Governing Junta of the kingdom
have just had a fresh phicif of the arts xi;7ltich his
horrible policy`idan enloloy. The adv,aoe44,varties
at Somosierra have apprehended a than who.. was ,
.the hearer of three letters, one direeted to' the Most
-Sefehe Seignoi' Ctiunt FlOrida'Blanda, the-Other to
the President of the EtnvarCouncil, and the third
to. the Corregidor of "Madrid;.all of them genuine,
written and dated at Burgos on the instant,-
and - signed by'D. Josef Miguel•D'Azanza, D. Gon-
zalo' O'Fatril,. D. Minuel Oromero, D. Mariano
Luis de Urquijo D. Sablo ArribaS, and Count Ca-
banns. •

" These weak men; who have; from motives of
ambition, sold therriselVes to the enemy; pursue hi
'Their letters the same 'path in Which they have al-
"ready proceeded, that of Magnifying the advantages'
which would result to us from yielding, obedience' to
'the Usurper; and; miSreptesenting the-noble
prin-
ciple to Which Spain owes her independence and her
-political and military successes, they endeavour to
allure' us with hopes and prordisei, and to, intimidate
'us with menaces and calamities. Thus did they
imagine they could' Make •Safe of and entrap three
persons who; from their character atici ministerial
situations, they conceive to have some influence over
public opinion. They have not even hesitated to
make the attempt upon the very President of the
Sovereign National Assembly. '
°" The Junta, highly indignant at witnessing the
means to which perfidy and-immorality have recourse,
and dOubly boUnd by their sacred duty and the confi-'
'dence of the whole natiOn, which has, once for all,
pronounced its determination to conquer Of perish,
tould not but temeinher the soletrin oath whiehthey ,
haVe taken to a& in conformity to this, dignifiedde-
lerMination, and to bury themselVes in the ruins of
'our liberty and Constittition: They hive aebbrding-
ly decreed, that those infainons Writings; to W- bleb
they with regret see Spanish' Signatures 'attached,
'shall be burned by the hands of the conimon exe-
cutioner, and their authors abandoned to the execra-
lion of the public, andlie4l to be unfaithful,' dislov:
al and evil servants to their lawful King, 'un wor-
thy' of the name of Spabiards, and 'traitors to
their religion, their country'," and The State---
that the process already instituted, or to be
instituted, against therh, 'be all of them trans-
ferred to the Real Sala de. Modes, that it may pro-
ceed, as a court of ordinary jiirisditEon, to take
cognizance of the crimes of men divested all
rniinitiest and declared to be unworthy of any' pi i-
vilege orexemption. That the said court summon
thew by edicts and criers to place themselves on
their defence, under pain, in case of non-appear-
ance, of their being adjudged rends; attending Only
to the es4ent ink; of justice, and dispensing with the-c
processei and forms, which, by delay, ;flight imovde
the punishment of such crimes, and the giving an
example- and warning to the public.
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fresh proof of the enemy's perfidy, arid
of .i.haf ambitionand disregard of prinCiple can
effect, eten in Spanish breasts, will more clearly de-
monsttate th it the Tyrant dOes not altogether place
his reliance in arms and open warfare (means noble
in themselves, but unjust and barbarous,. as he
em-
ploys the t.), and at the same time shew how much
we have to fear from the singular arts of that
policy which is peculiar 'to him, as he himself, as,
sures us, with an impudence and effrontery, .which,
also, are exclUsively his own. But. though,the Spa
niards may find their energy and their patriotistit
combated for a time, it is impossible they should
be deieCled, if they constantly. fix their attention
upon all the resources of theirloyal and independent
character, and the 400,000. men who are preparing
to act."

GBRONA,- Nov. B.—Yesterday the ,troops and
Miquelets encamped at.Pon Majo were observed to
be in motion. At four o'clock this morning a body
of troops marched from this city, and berore'day-
break three guns were fired, supposed to be in an-
swer to three `fired. at' Roses ; in consequence of
which the troops have dire&ed their march to Bas-
cara ; and it is said they are going to the assistance
of Rosas, which is reported to have been attacked
by 10,000 French.
A person who is come from Ampurdam says, that
the French amount to t 5,000 men, consisting of the
troops drawn from all the fortresses. of Rousillon,
and of the peasants of that province who have been
forced into the service.
The fortresi of Rosas is provided with a conside-
rable garrison, and
,there are in the harbour two
English Ships of the line, a bomb-ketch, and several
gun-boats. The latter are intended to come close
to the shore in case of necessity, with a view- to
which operation experiments, were made some days
ago, to ascertain the range of their artillery.
GERONA, Nov. g.—.-We learn that there were
more than 10,000 French, besides a'great.number of
peasantry from Rciusilion, concerned in the late at:-
tack on Rosas, but the attempt cost them dear. The
English General desired the troops at Rosas not to
fire, and ordered the advanced pariies'to fai/' back,
until they came under the protedson of the guns of
the castle and the town, when the enensy received
such a ishower of grape-shot from the batteries and
ships of war, that they were completely defeated
and put to the rout. Their loss was considerable.
'lt is to be regretted that the rains and floods .pre-
Vented our troops from-cutting off their retreat.
It is also positively stated, :that CoMmandant
.Claros was attacked and surrounded by 2000
French, on a height which he occupied with 600
men ; but, with the greatest gallantry, he.of)ened
hiMself a passage at the point of the bayonet,
.and afer killing a great many of the enemy, entered
Rosas.

It is now four o'clock, and' it is rumoured that a
person arrived at Castellon. de Arnpuriass, who says,
that the French are still in that, place.
TARRAGONA, Nov. I eight o'clock yester-
day' morning passed through this:city in'apost Chaise,
D. Theodore de Reding, He stopped only to change
hetses. He is' doubtless goin to Coi)CCrt with.the
Ge"neral in Cliiertlie means of re-exhibiting iii this
province the gliirious's-cenei'of "
•
LISBON,' NOV. 16'.---4'hisqlay arrived;, }here a vessel
i frOh4 brazil 0.-dayt. Trevigui to her ciiepartare,