The Sun.
London, England, 1809-01-06 00:00:00

EIGHTEENTH BULLETIN OF THE ARMY OF

SP IN.

MADRID, DEC. 12, ItiOti.—...Thei Central Junta of
Spain. possessed but. little power. The greater. part
of the Provinces plid them but little obedience, and
all of them had deprived it of the GoVernrirent of the.
Finances. It was influenced by the. lowest classes
Of the people. It was governed by-the Minority.

" Fr,ottil):k lii.A4cA pos3eseclnoauthorty. The
Junia,was under the controul of two men; the one
..‘ •
named LORENZO-CAI:VD, a grocer of,Saragoosa, who
.theSe feW inotitlis, had.icquireclihe
Excellency ; he is one of those violent wed:44o'
appear in .Revolutions, and ,hi; probity .yyas.
,mote
than suspeaed. The other is batne4,l .Trt:LY, Wh9
was formerly condemned to the,allies as a thief.
'He is the younger, brother of
Who aced a conspicuous parvander 1101ESPIERRP •
during the reign of terror.
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":Whenever any of the Meinbers of 'die Junta
opposed, violent 'measures, these
.two; men: exclAitne4.
" Treason and' a mob; 'was. inirne4iitely.celleaed

under the windows of Atapju4. `.heeitravagacice
and wickednesi of t Ip:se men . knew 'no bounciL

As soon .as it was khovdrihat ilie Emperors
at Burgos„ attd. tbat..he,WOulf.i.SQo.:4 be' ,at Madrid,.
they published a•Deelaration of War againitfrance,
full of folly and the rrto3t.instilting langtbge.
" When General LAssALirvalO was sent in.-pur-
suit of theenemy, arrived at -I' alavarade la myna,
on the tith inst. (the place through which the Eng=
fish had passed ten days before, boasting that they
were going to relieve the Gapilal) 'a- most dreadful
spectacle presented itself to the eyes,of the, French.
A. body cloat lied in the dresses of, a Spanish General,
was suspended from a gallows, and pierced with a
thoasand balls. .It was General Barwro S, JEAN,
whom his soldiers, in their terror, and as Oil excuse
for their cowardice, had murdered.

tilishops of Leon,aud AtitOria, and a great
number at Ecclesiastics, :Lave distinguished them-
selves by their good conduct and their aposwiic

tues.

" The general pardon offered by the Emperor,
and the dtsposittwis which..have. marked the eiw-
blishment. id. the new dynasty, by the ‘'Lestruoion
of the houses of the principai.cUtpritti haveproduci.
ed a great died. . ,• • •

The destru6tion of the duties 'Which were. odious
Co the people, and injurious to the prosperity of the'
'State, have produced beneficial results.
" The hatred of the ropleis now direCted against
the English. The peasant} say, that at the approach
of the French, tbs 3 English ran away winning their
wooden horses. •

" 'Majesty yesterday reviewed several corps
al cavalry."

N,,N.ETEEN.TI-1 BULLETIN.

" MADRID,' DEC. i3.--6Rosasurrendered on the
6th by capitulation. Two thousand men have beetl':
donde pri4oners. A considerable luantity of artillery,l
WAS found in the place. Six- English. Ships of the
Line; which were at anchor in 'harbour, were not
Sufkitlnt tp. carry away the garrison.

" The,,Emperor this day reviewed, the whole of
.the united troops of the Duke of Dantzlc, -beyond
the bridge of Segovia. .
•,

" 4BAiTIANA'S division has marched fora:A:mica,
Ile la Reiana. • •
" The,breaking ,up• of ,thie 'S,pinish troops i 3 ob-
served on everysidel The new tesfies which were
atteMpted to be raised, iliSperse on all sides, and
return to their home., ..• • . .

• "-The'details which we learn from the. Spaniards 1
respeeting the Gen; ra(Jtirii4- are ' all Or a nature to, ,
•• • -
.place them is the most ridicelous. , point of ykaiV .—!-
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That Assembly is already become,an objuot. of cane
tempt with alt Europe.. Its mtMbers to the .nuni.l
ber ut 86 have beitowedl.uppn themselves titles
and ribbons of evoy sort,, end, an annual. allow,
ance of • 60,000 Buret.. .Fi.ottiod% - BLAI4CA was .!
,A, , • I•. . , ,
'a real, man of Spaita ; be ii rioy, 'aihatnect of the
-dishOnour he has brought' upon 'iti- oki age. As
uivally happens in such assemblies, .two or three
persons domineer Over all the rest, and .these: twn
or three persona were in the 'pay; of . England.--..
The opinion held by the .city of Madrid respeiling•
the Junta is.notorious,: they are as much the objet]
of ate mockery andideri.sion, :4 tinly'are of ~the sic-,
tottation of the inhabitant 4. of tiie..oliital;"7 ' ~ ....

)Wz are happy to stae, what we are welltsured
pug give universal satisfy ion, that 1.444