The Sun.
London, England, 1809-01-21 00:00:00

TWENTY.FOURTII BULLETIN.

ASTORGAJ JAN. 2.—The Emperor arrived her:
on the Ist. The road from Beneventp to Astorgii.
is covered with dead English horses, waggons, grid;

caissons.

On the road feam Astorga to "Villa Franca, Genl6
ral COLA EST, commigiclisig tbp adviloced park
Made tWoo prisonprst 3t -

The Emperor has charged the puke of Paimatia'
with thellorions mission of pursuing the English to
their point of debarkation, and of throw n 4 them
into the sea.

General &T. CYR has entered tiarcelona ; the
Dukesof cornegliz:no and Treviso hove invested
Saragossa, and taken possession of Monte l'errero
with little.loss.

Generai S*ass,t4i.l.4. haying paised the, Tagus oq
the 24th, at Arzobislio., has attacked and routes
the remains of the Estratnaduran arwy. Genera'
yALEbrci; has the Tagus oNer the hridge..
Altnaraz. • • • •

THIRD EDITION,

SIIN OFFICE,
Tiutzg.o'cLoci; P. M.

the l'fecus.to, vomit) u nicate to. our Aeader
the. following Bqllon,, which his ju6t been. ilsqed

BULLETIN.

lirigadier-Gen, STowar arrived' this rnorplog
at Lord castlereagh's Office, in Downing-streeti;
with Dispatches. from Sir J. Moovs, dated, borunna
t = he,l3th inst. n 1 place he had direele4
his match, instead, Of 'Vigo,. as I.l'o 40 originally in'
tended.

" Sir JOHN MooRE had efie6ted his retreat, Wlth.
the loss of only part of his baggage. These
been repeated skirmishes with., the rearguard,
which we had uniformly repulsed the Enemy, oilj
at Lugb Sir J, MOORE ()tiered the enemy 1)310°'
Which they declined..
". the enemy, when; Brigadier General STEI,FAIa
left Corunna, were in force in the neighbour'
hood; but it 'was trusted. that Sir' JOHN I‘lo°'
would effe& his re-embarkation without much 100,
as the Transportr. 'which he-had sent for from Vig°
were entering the Bay at Corunna when
T.I STEWART Balla",

Earl MotaA took his.seat in the House of Tee"
on Thursday last, as Baron HASTINGS, in right of
the old Baroniea which bath devolved to his Lordshsli
on the death of his moTher, the lute Dowager Cool"
tess of MOIRA. His Lordship's eldest SOII bears 1".
title of HUNGERPURD.

The ()aloe of Inspeetor-Generol of the Recruit-
ing Service, said,. to be now held by Mr. JO
WHITELOCK, the ci-devant General, was abolish "
in the summer of 18b7, when that General wol
employed on the Expedition to South America ; and
the duties of the said Office.r were then„ mm►d hare
ever since remained, incorporated with those. of .01°
Adjutant-General.

Tis morning, about halt after two, a fire broke
out in the om-talents of the.Dulte-of CA,ktßrooE, rtt.
St. James's Palace, which raged with, great- fart':
for simae The -Centinels inirnediately gave
the,,alario, and -assoon as possible engines arrived
from all quarters. '"At- first there was a. great diffi
culty in procurlog'water, but the 'pipes Were ex-
tended .to the Canal in the Park, and it was
then obtained in anunlance.- It was, however,
4npossible tbr some time to check tlle rage of
the devouring elemeni, and the whole interior,
of the South-East Angle, fronting Marlborough-
house; and extending to the first Southern -turret,
including the
,turret; was-entirelY destreyed: The,
Wa,is and ehnunies are Ntanding, 'and exhibit A.there
sett ll: The. Duke was in becf.at the time 4116 n the
alarm was given;
.grit happily escaped from all dan-
ger. l'he pr.)perty consumed belonged to the
•Dtike, and' consisted.' chictly of 'curious armour,
valuable cabinet pictures, rarities, of which.
hardly .iny thing has been saved. „Considerable part
. •
of the turnituie was 'speedily removed into the
lace Garden.

,The flames were ,heeked when they reached the
Southern turret, and it was generally believed that
the d4nger was ()ter 16iig befete this Paper was put
LO p'ess:

Nothing of the fire can be seen from Pall Mall or
St.Jarnes's-street, except, perhaps, from the win-
dovvs Of a few houses in the former.
Water was also sufficiently supplied from the plugs
on the western side of the PalaCe, Wit the most con=
lvenient resource, on account of the ,direction which
the fire' took, was derived frOm the canal.
The Horse Guard, paraded on both sides of the
Valike; in order to keep'off the crowd, which as-
sembled in numbers, big no disturbance or con-
fusion happened ; and, much as we regret the event,
it i+ a pleakire to us to say, that, the consequences-
are lunch bitter than there was reason to apprehend
the k ace .where the tire broke out, the time at
which it happened, and the difficulty of procuring

tvarQr,

Part of the Royal Armoury is destroyed; bUt
:the
content, .sere in a great degree removed in due time.
It has been reported that one of the Maids of
tioheti fe4 a 'Victim to suffocation, and that afe::
male dowestic was burnt to death ; but. we ILiva
ieason to
.helceve that tins report, was without
loun-
dattciei as tee alarm was given by the sentinels the
that the fire made its appearance, an d
though its Progress was rapid before the engines ar-
rived, yet there was full time for the inhabitant of
the Palace to save themselves, though not to remove
the property.

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4, EXTIttIOItDINAItY GAZETTE.
. . •
CORUNNA; JAN.. 9.--TheGOvertior of' lingo has
reported, undet date of the 7th inst. that ott the 6th
init. at three o'clock in the afternoon, at a league's
&tante from that town, the Englisli T 1 oops were
engaged, With the advanced parties of the enemy, but
The latter liere rePtilsed, and the former shew no,
Intention to iiiiintain themselves in that position:
These, exertiois oh the part. of our Allies Ought to
finialate the natives of? this Kinl,doni, and the inha-
bitants of Corunna,, to contribute its far as their cir-
einnstances K ill perrnitoo the speedy completion of
theworks *hid' have been planned by the Officers
charged with th%detence oldie place. •
The Supreme Council of the Kingdom; which has
received SQ manyproofs of -the loyalty and valour of
the inhabitanti
,of this town_,, cannot entertain a
doubt but that, under ,circurnstancas critical as the
present, theY.will make the uttnot efforts in its de-
fence, and' be -Onbvnkeed that without the strictest
,order and obedience 16 heir lawful bin horn i es; every
thing must be eenfusion, the most .vigerons
Ineasure.s of defence prove. useless.

Under this impression they will, therefore, punt-
tuaily execute every.measure,which the, PruderiCe,
zeal, and patriotism of those who'cuininaiid. them),
shall suggest.