The Sun.
London, England, 1809-01-11 00:00:00

LI'RICE

SPANISH PAPERS.

VALMIA, Drc. 16.--This Supreme Junta hay.t
received an expro,:s from the . Duke of Li fini
who commands a division of the army of tip ;
in the vicinity of Cuenca, in.t ortudig tar,-..m of the,l,'s
titutecondition of that army, in
ponit of
provisions. This Supreme Junta itutnet,lial,:ly
warded all, tin succour in their power, to enal);%l
those valiant defeotiors to commence their operation;
without delay. . . •
Should the enemy, succeed in entering Madrid, he
would soon tind himself tinder thu neccs,itY ot a3atr-
dotting a position which does,not presept military
advantage,.and we should see the ignominious ieeti
of last summer repeated' with less impunity and
greater CagliC of regret. In all directious our troopi
and numerous corps of Rilliotti are -approaeltiAg
Madrid. But Buonaparte has pronounced his oracle
in the Senate ; and to sustain the repOtation oir lus
prophecies, he engages in a Quixwic enterpri,'
,which ttan be no wise favourable...to him ; for.
generontSsanish revolution is ona he eve of a second
re-action, and to reach the eitVirtini of Madrid wit
not be exactly the same RS to eilter
Latium, notice has just beep
given here, that the batteries which the enemy had
At St. RAIro Martin have surrendered to our glor,Lus
arms.

On the 27th 'a
-rived in this city Colonel Doyle,
He was received with music, and a sahue.fropi, tls
guns. He went the day after to limped the fortress
of Mouzon, and has7raturned to this place. He.
is ,vet y where miated with the attention doe to
repreiehtativy Ofutilo English ntition, tied one •Nlio
is besides decorAo,witii insinia, attesting the
valour whicli he mmilested in the batty .i of Aboukir,
so gloriously gained by his nation over France.
SRVILLE, Soprenre.Juota :of tho
Government. of 'the Kingdom being an y. ion s, by ;ill
possible meansoo ckpeditethe enlisting, the reyoi-
shier) of horses and mules, jind the noking of arms,
clothes, &c. that our armies may, .w.i;l) the,shOrtest
possible delay, be placed on that respeaable footing
whiCh has been resolved
upon, which they
deem necessaq, order to ensure %tc.tcry to our
arms, werebt Optiiiiim that the most obvious means
of attaining this important objeEt, was to disp4telt
into the 'provinces, upon this 5p4411 commission,
some of their own Members of distinguishea a4tivicy
and zeal. .

Those who have set off as Commissioners, arc D.
Thomas :WH, for Catalonia ; D. Francisco "Rdwox,
.for Arragran ; D; Frandsco Xavier Clro and D. Ma.
noel Maria Avail; for Asturias and Gallicia ; Baron
de Sabassone, for ValeaCi4; Marquis de Campo, for
Sagrado, Granada, C,ordoh:i, and ;Tact) ; Margois'ot
13 Puehla, I.llaNuie del Villar. and. D..
:Joseph Garcia la Torre, for Murcia :Ind Cuenca 1
Viconnt de Quintatiilia; 'tor Leon ; D. Feli); ()voile,
for-OW Castile ; .Ceetil de for

SAN FELII.J, DLc. i.

1)1.-T.ITCH FROM THE GENERAL IN CIITCP OF TilE

ARMY OF CATALONIA', TO, THIS MINISTER AT WAR.

".Most Excellent Seignor—According to the in-
tention, of which I apprised your Excellency in my
dispatch of the 29th ult. the general attack took place
yesterday to all,the posts occupied by thsenemy wit h.
out the limits .of Barcelona, from all of which he was ,
immediately dislodged, and compelled to take refuge
under the guns of the fortress, with the exception of
the adyautageous position of St. Pedro Martir, which
is the must euguilandiug. The communication with
this poStbeinoiiMpletely cut off, in consequence of
our line having advanced to Hospitelet,Esplogas,Sar.
ria, Gracia, and 'forte, as your Excellency will Per-
ceive from the plan which I have the 'honour to send
you, I, upon this ground, summoned the Counnaud-..
nut to surrender. the refused compliance,, and I ini-
me4iately gave order's for an attack ; but at half-past
12 o'clock this day he surrendered himself and h'is
garrison prisoners of war, consisting of 104 ptivai4
and two officers. We found in • the 'place font 4,
pnander and one 2--pounder, with' inAgazineti' Of
antmunitiOnmd stores. At the sane tittle a' h'ririg
wascomth etic4irfrorn the • right; :And centre 'of utjr
thie, nod tb&bliAliy repulsedas tar as the walls
of Barcelona, &dth which it will not now be
task for:them' to fulVanee again. 1, now (four
afiernoon) for ward this t our E xcellency in Ihe akin]
time by .n special messenger, for the •satisfacition of
his Majeaty, until, by receiving the staterikents of
the Generals' and Comthanders 04, Columns, I
he-enabled to transmit to 'your Excellen4 the de-
tails of the operations of these't wo
" Otir line occupies the above-twaitiened.piis-tv,
'and' I' have fixed the ' head- quartets of tho a fiey ru
this tUWU, Which is about a league's disiauce trout it,
Eitc.• •

" ill AN MIGUEL DE VlvliS.
Head-quarters at Sc. euitce, Nov. z7.'

By a
,Proclamat ion issued on the 14th, Lecbi orders
precautions to be taken agaiwn the rockets: winch
the .I,4',nglish have begun to throw iu among the
shipping in the harbour. In the mght of tlt I eih
ult. they discharged from tu to lb rockets, one of
which set tire to a Spanish ship, the Sa4itarlduntio.
Had nut means been speedily taken to extinguish it,
a general,conilagration would have been the cunse.

- SAN FltiltY DM CipixoLs, Nov,
Bernich, master of a privateer belonging to thi3.l)o,ii
11rrived here this day with two krunell prizes ;Alen
with provisions from Port Venthvs.. Thoy lett Lot:l-
-ion with a convoy of ten sail; all with St eat.
goes. They stopped at Port ,Vendres, whimce they
slip out successively tor-Barcelona.

MANICEsh, OtC., 1.--A lettef of yesterday% date
from the plain of Barcelona, says that it-,`rt-
ing has ersSied at SaltS a battery of three .24.potiutte, h,
severiNAiitefitm, one howitzer, aild three mortals,
and 0,4 wttifilint ho three ii.tt„tgottiog dos there h4d
urriti 0,1 41 iILtY C3ll)p Iwo ettiveritwa, Hitt(' carry