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

ADDItEsS TO 111 S MA iIiSTY.

"Mei-lon. Mr. Routtisos.. brought up the Report
of the Address, witieh was read a first" time, On
the 'notion fur the second reading,
W..Srarra took the, opportunity of briefly
clpregsing 'his sentinnents on the subject. in con-
turring with the Addiess,, he, by no means, undser-
iood himself to be precluded twill making any L.

IMPORTANT INTELLIGENCE FROM SP4IN.

We:are at length eni-Ibled to relievethe_ public
.anxiety respeaing the situation of the British 'Army
in Spain. Government thid morning received Dis-
patches froth Sir Jou Nlnuatt; dated corunna the

tilt instant: They stale, that he .had effeiSied his
retreat to that plied with the whole of his Army,

except lour thousand men, in perfea order aid
that lie
_was waiting there for the Tiatisports
from Vigo to embark, if it should be fougd ne-
cessary. They also state, that the four thousand
men to which we alluded above, had reached Vigo
under the command of General CRAuruitn, and

had embarked there. During the retreat of our
Army it had several skirmishes with the Enemy,

but none of any greatimportance ; we have, how.
ever, ,the Eiatisfa&ion or Imming, that in -.ail of

them oar Troops had decidedly the advantage.—
It is also stated, that a large French force had ad-

cancel to the neighbourhood of Corunna, under the

command of General,SouLT, and they weielielually

in sight of Corunna, on the hills.
In addition to the important intelligence contain.

ed in these dispatches, ♦ve have derived important
infOrmatioti, from tour French 'Wieling, to 'the -2d

instant, which have reached this country. They
4,4 dated at Astorip, at which plate BUONAPiItTP.
was on the v.d, the date of the last lialletio, it is

hardly necessary to state, that they are full of th
mbst extravagant exaggerations. 'BUONAPARTE says,
that he Irs forced the English to fly; that he has
taken their baggage, and that he shall leave to
Marshal SOULT the honour of driving them into the

yea ! From this atatcintot., it appeori that EvoNA•

PARTS did not think it prudent to advance further
than Astorga I indeed he bad very pressing reasons
for retracing his steps to the Southward, for accounts
have been received that the Duke INPANTADA, pro-
' fitting by the diversion occasioned by our, Troops,
had advanced with ,‘ formidable Army, had taken
Madrid, and driven Jowl' BUONAPARTEand, all

the French out of that City. It is also stated that

GeOeral PALAVOX had obtained anothet vietory over

the French at Saragossa.
We have also received Spanish Papers to the
14th, from which we have extracted some interest-

ing details. They announce the arrival of the
English Army at Cornitna, and state that the
French have burnt Benevente, and that they
threaten to serve Astorga in the same manner.

They also add, but- we trust without foundations
that the French hat:p Imo tiered all the Foglish prix

holfqrs.

'tta Papers adverted to in His Majesty's Speech
respeCting the Proposition made from Erfurth, for
the opening of a Negotiation, were last night laid
before both .Houses of Pailiament, and our Readers
will tind them in our subsequent Columns. When
we announced .to the public the termination of the
Correspondence between this Country and FranCe,
we stated our opinion that a refusal on the part of
is'rance.to let. Spain participate in the Negotiation,
was the point upon which the Intercourse broke off;
and upon a,perusal of the Papers; we find that our
opinion was perfeelly well founded! BCONAL'AItTE
not otdy refused to permit Spain to become a party
to the Negotiation, but couched his refusal in terms
of such marked
,insult, that no doubt can now exist,
cvcn in the:minds of those who admire him most,
as to the objet which induced hits i to make the
proposal. His object was not peace with this Coun-
try, but to deprive Spain. of all assistance, and of all
hopes of assistance, front Great Britain. In order to
accomplish that objeol, he would most readily have
entered, into a.Negotiation with us, which he would
have spun out until his. objeet was accomplished, that
is to say, until Spaiq was conquered, and then he
would. have put' an end to the,. farce, and favoured
us with his undivided attention in the continuance of
the War. The Ministers of this Country were riot
to be imposed. upon by so obvious an artifice, and
having ascertained the object of .13tioNkt;totru, by an
infallible test, they put ato end to thth Negociation.,
We cannot close our observations upon this sub-
. jea without calling the attention. of our Readers to
the Note, No. 15, signed CHAMrAOOY,
,bOeOUSe
think it bears.the strongest: intrinsic 'evidence that
it was itiritten by BUONAPAItTE. The style is so
coarse,' so vulgar, so undiplomatic, and the rea"Soia='
ing so absurd, that we are,surc it 'never" Could have
proceeded frfromCIIAMPAQNY. NO pip but
rfile
Usurper. of France would haVe talked:of the King
who 9•ei4ms in Sweden, the King whoireigns in Si-
cily, and the King who reigns in thi,j3razils : but
BUOI(APAItT'S scents to talte as much pleasure in in-
siilting the feelings as he (flies iii violating the rights
of mankind.'

. ,
His stated in a Morning Paper, that 46,000 of
French had taken a dircEtion from Talavera de le
Reypa, south-west 'towards Merida and B,adajos,
and had entered Elvas, on the Frontiers of Portugal
that,' in consequence, 'so strong an alarm had been.
excited at Lisbon, that the.sick and wounded were.
conveying with, all possible expedition on board
the Transports in the Tagtis. The same Paper
mentions .a rumour, that the 4cth regiment, which
was advancing from Portugal upon Leon, .to join Slr
J. Mootta, bad beep intercepted by the, Enemy,
Upon what authority the I Paper in question has
made this statement, -we do
,not know, but we
are happy in being able .to assure the Pubic,
upon the most unquestionably authority, that there is
pot the slightest foundation foranypart of it. The force
with which the French advanced towards the fron-•
tiers of Parnigal, instead of AG,OOO men, did not
exceed 6000'; • and, instead of entering Portugal,
not one Frenchman had advanced further` towards
Portugal; than the Bridge of Almarez. With re-
sped to the repot' that the 40th Regiment had been
taken, we are alsO happy in assuring the PubliC that
it is in fort De la Lippe in the most perfed safety.

•
Yesterday morning, about ten o'clock, the Lon)
CHAUBEIttAIN waited upon his MAJESTY with the
Address of 'the Douse of Lords, • lu a short time
after his MAJESTY' ser off for. Windsor. About
twelve o'cioelc-her MAJESTY and the pluNciissEs
followed his IVlAJusry.

A most important change in the dposal of
Militia is about to be eifeeted. All the English Mi-
litia Regiments are to be sent to Ireland, 'and the
jrish Militia will do duty in this country,.
Every .effort is to be made to raise the military.
force of the country to the most respeaable footing,
and Ministers have dtterrnined upon opposing an
armed nation to any altempta at iniasion.

SECOND EDITION.

SUMOFFICE,
RALF PAST TWO O'CLOCX, P. M.

We stop the Press to lay before our Headers
substance_of 'the. French Bulletins, received this

morning.

THE TWENTY-FIRST BULLETIN
begins wit,han account of the entranceof the Eng-
lish into Spain, on the 29th 08ober, and gives a
detail of our operations to the taking of 'General
LergsvitE, on.the 29th December.

On the 'Bth Dec. BcONANOTE'S head-quarter;
were at Valder3s, the Marshal SouLT at Mancilia,
and the Marshal NiY at Villafer.

The weather is very bad ; vte suffer; but the En,g-

lish spfrermore.

TAVGNTV-SECOND BULLETIN.
BENAVENTE, Dec. 21.7-The head-quarters of the

French were here yesterday. The Marshal BES'
SIMMS passed through' Benavente on the 30th at
night, and pursued the enemy to Puente. The
flight of the ,English is so quick, that they leave
their sick and wounded in the hospitaii, and shoot
their horses that were fatigued or_ wounded--they
have also been obliged Ito burn a superb magazine
of cloathing, &c. All the Germans iu the service
of the English desert. The Frerich army
will be thiO
evening rtt Astoria, and near the confines.of Galicia,