The Sun.
London, England, 1809-01-03 00:00:00

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lion ii.irl (a. has been asserts)secure all the objectsof falling in with Marshal
.Sutat.T, Who hasd. been
Which were proposed in the Expedition. If it did . ordered to make himself master of teon and Zaino•
not, it .vas not what his Majesty was entitled to ea- -
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of • • • :, ad ta. iartaauter-eaenerat i..;llAttLEs STEW/AT., with' part
peat trans tne re;ative situation . the tWu artalt:S. ,- ~. 0
I humbly coneeke it 10 have beelt errunc,,US•tiahiosof.llie lat -I Light Drigoorisahad surpriledandlaken a •
• a re isVJ tiv,Fq. •
regard theemancipaltorr of Portugal irolt 1 iie ,reliti" agamehment of cavalry and infantry at R aval, with
as the sole or the principal object of the expeditibta . ' ~ ' . .., , - ~
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about o,ooot. in value, of camel], a Inch the French .
Upon whatever territory we contend with the
French, it must bee prominent object in the strug- - had co Iped.' They had also taken a patrole ol au
gle to destroy their resources, amt to narrow., their ear'ffice wid, c'a Dragoons." ,
weans of iniutiriga us, or those whose cause ,We are i a.---• hopes
at the held .out in the Bulletin should be
supporting. This .4eetns to have been so little con- ...
littered in' the Conaention, that the-tertns appear to I :realized., that is; tf-Str JOHN Mpotta &tidal(' tui for.
have extricated Jonas ariny :frtitn a situation of in- i -tunata•enoogh fa fall in With Marshal SoLTLT, the
unite distress, in which it was wholly out of . play, 4 ~.
• army winch I.3lfoiAPAitTr.:- ilea pushed forward to
and to have brought it, in a state -of ..entire equip-
Inentaaintoinimediate currency', in a qu:ittcr iOO, , .
Madrid :Will be placed in; (nest dangerous sitiaatioo.
where it must interfere with out most urgent and -4,nrilibiatlet:cot of Soutar would leave the ‘vhole. North
interesting concerns. 7 ''• ,' Ir*ofigl)ail.topen- to our Troops, end the French Army
Had it been impratlicable to reduce the Fre.M.4lol.!'ate
army to lay down its arms unconditionally, .a
still at ; of si4dria off must either fall back, or be entirely cut
obligation not to serve fill a specified tune, aniglik nffotnlits supplies and reinforeernents. li.re position
have been insiated upon, or Belleisle mighthave heel ofolit Armies, accordittg to the last accomits, we re,.
prescribed as the place aawhiCh they should be land, ~ I • . „
•• a • ••1 We/believe • nearly•aa fullows.:---The British Army
td, in order to prevent the. probability of their rein, . a . '
forcing (at least for 'a long, time) the armies employed .i reaalted front a little to 111.4 Staithward .of 'Voro, to
for the bubjug;ition of Spain. Perhapi a stronger I Benevento: The Marquis 1) -LA ItusiaNa was at
consideratiou than the merit of those terms presents , .
Leon.
.Suoaia as stated aome days ie.() was at
itself. -Opieion relative" to- the British art:is was a ,
of tliv high importance, as it .ntight infltience .Salthina. if; iiiobcaietice to the orders oh BLJONA-
itie CoiltlilCLlCe of the Spaniards, or iavitethe nations" PAItTE, he Should advance to attack. Gallicia, he
groaning wider Aire yoke of Fenice, to appeal to Olt, v\vii I-
either fall in . ,
with the British Army, . which
(="nu)", and cooperate with it for their deliverance. t.•
ThZaadvataages Ought, thesabre, to iiiiVe becu tnae *.O.'„ativiet)c.ing for, the purilose .of 'meeting him„
item usually great, which should be deemed sullicieot Or' lie will place himself between the British
to balanee the objeetion ofgranting to a very interior
Artny and' the sea, in a situationtfroin which
array, hopeless in circutnstatices, and Woken in spirit,
suchtermsiii might argue, tnat notwithstanding its it will be impossible for hint to reireitt. Per
tihtYirlty.iii number:, it was still foroidahle to its only apprehensiotais, that when Marshal Soil Lis is '
"3°". NU aUVant,iges beetned to have. been gained' apprized of. the junction, between Sir JON e i\lOollE
that W9eid i)o't have equalV followed from torcing
and Sir DAv ID Batro, lie will immedi:itely fall,
the enemy to a more marked submission. The gain
of time as to sending
,succours into Spain cannot ,coack. .
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be admitted as a plea, la: cause it appeara that hoer , - Some of the Letters 'from Corunna state, that a
arraogetneots for the reception of our troops ha I , . . '
division of the Armyofi-nm Portugal, which tyres ad-
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Spain li:id been undertaken _previous to the Convecta.
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Con ; aed tins is without reasoning on subseque,9,l,,;:yencitig to aeinfurije Sir Jona Mboxe, had arrived
facts. Tao Convention? in Egypt, winch has beete,..,ieatl'iUdad ituderigo, and we have very little doubt of
advanced as a parallel 0 case, appears to• the ire. ' ' - .
applicable,N t a beyond the dislodgement th liana of this statement; because we know that
, 0 oeje.
',cif the french fruni Egypt' was Iltal.e in quas- itntnediately upon theatriv4dufSir JoliN CH ADUCK, at
lion• In the present instance the operation oft tisbon,he ipive orders for neatly the whole of the Bri-
the capetaitto upon the ail'airs of Spain was a con.- j - - .
fish forces iii Portugal to march for Spain. In addiar
aideration of,ptimary interest ; and in that view the
inevitable effeet of some ofrthe articles otters itself !ion to this we know Una reintoreentents .to a• very.
II Ily mind as liable to material objection. I trust lingkt amount, are on the point of sailing from thin
that theseareasOns will vindicate me from the cletrae ``'Cooed'. L.
o ill
wahat a
y. very short time we shall
(4Pre,amption, in maintaining an °pitfall contiti4sk6
History t:,that professed by so Malty most respek.`ttit.' .--Pve: ti'n' la'gest 13' j'aib Ar'llY in Spain, that ever
hle otiieei•s ; for, even it the reasona be esae. tiliiiiikqrri(val s before sellt hunt this Cut:tory—an army of be-
earoneotia, if they are conclusive to my mind (14)16 'i%reett fib and 70,000 meta
nulSt conscientiously affirm them to be), it is a 66-1 t'.
cassiuy cons uence that I must disapprove the-Cott- ,'Mara intelligence from the, centre and South of
eq '•
velition. . , Spain is. 5u very confused, 'and, in some iostatices,
,D;cernber la, dog..

MozitA, General.

contradiaory, that it is difficult, if not impossible,
to form an accurate notion of the* position either of
the French or Spaniards. Even with respea to the
occupation of Madrid by the French, the statements
do not agree. According to some accounts, 'the
French weer" driven . out. of Ma4triii .gruAt
slaughter; according to others, they never actually
took possession of Madrid, but merely-Mennted
guard ;at the gates during the day, aod.contented
themselves with the'occupation of the Retiro The
latter account is.,probably not tar from the 14&, as,
from the experience which Buot.4trotTc has,had of
the citizens of Madiid, he would, not like-to trust
his- troops in small parties among them. But the
.
. points upon which ,we are the most anxious to
obtain- information are, the movements of the
.oriftehi-arrny subsequent to the laCcounts of the
1, st Ii 111etin.
.4tAiNAPARTE, 110tWitklgtanding IliS'
successes, is • placed in a singular and critical
situation. In his front and on his left flank
there are three..baffle armies, viz. those of
Generals CASTANO4,,MORLit, and PALLAYOX and
in his rear, there is a Combined British and Spa-
44rny of iibove sixty thousand men. So that
fad h is nearly surrounded; and if, as we hcfnie
,A observed, any serious disaster should happen to the
Artuy of Soomr, it will require all the dexterity of
titt#ONAPAKIE to extricate himself ifrom the dAtt-
gerouli situation in which he has' placed himself.

10!ttet9s have been received from Lisbon, pfutg%,
Isth, ;which state, .that every thingin Portugakmatv
Cot onirtn a state of entire tranquillny, but that!ittit'
people had be,,,an to make the most aatve exertions-1
for their defence.

Letters have also been receistetrfrom Cadiz, thti
putpotc:q...vohith, is highly utter .sting, The t;iolt
strenuouk,exertions are likewise making. in. than part
of Spain. to provide all pOssible means' of .delence
against the column 'Enemy.
thu Captain!General hastsoleronly taken an oath,
before the public never to, surrender the toviiPilit
navy, Ia thort every thing attests the zeal andlp
cerilt With which. it is called forth.. ;.,tt

Wit have more than otice suggested to our .11eade
ers the received Corunna Papers to the
propriety (f receiving with . a considerable Ws this morning r
degree of caution the' unituthentiCated repOrts which 24th. They contain a variety of reports respeeling
arrive trout Spain, because in the 'present state el the defeat of the French at Madrid, for whieh, we
tiiat country it is obvious .that a number of une fear, there is nut the slightest foundlition. ' The fol 7
founded rumours must be continually in circUlatien.' lowing; are the Articles to which we allude':--
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'Yesterday, soon after the arrival of the Messenger C_Ont/ttltia, Dec. 16, TEN O'CLOCK, P.M.—LA
was knew% it was very confidently stated, and ge,, Courier lets arrivest this evening from the Supreme,
ilernily betieved, that a battle of a very decisive', Junta at Truxillo, in Estratnadura, and we are con-
!Mere kid •ta.-K .
en place between ihe Btitish, and fidently assured that the substance of the, dispatches
pr-melt Arraiis4, .in which the latter were defeated' I brought by., the Courier is, that after repeated
,
1. ' with immense 104. •The letter -uPon i
which this , attacker
from the ad to the 7th instant, the
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report was fuended even went the, length of givin4 0 were coinpletely overpowered by the inlet-
-0 i Ifr°l
minute d • a 1 1
-Cr 'as; of the Joss sus. taineti on our 'side. wk.. bitants of Madrid, assisted bitlie regular teeops there.
was obvious, however, upon the first view Oe otiop . 'l it Joss is computes!, at t 8,000 in -killed- add
statement, r el ' ,s.,tVa
?sit
fr# i r.titie,eedi the remaieder of their Army, consisting
that it was wlisilly unleutided,
Stated the battle to have taken 1 pastes on the 7Alre, . 1444000 men, was sum mounded, arid a capitulation
‘4,,hen it is kieese that the juottion of our:armies,. / as negotiating at the time the Courier left Madrid.
did ttot take place for at least ten days -afterwards. - He brought Jarilera for the Armies of the Marquis
It appeared, however, by the ,following Bulletin,
Da L4,-RostAtct-3.and General Moottr, to advance
which was issued by GOvertunentlih4 pule skir- with all possible expedition,,
mislies had taken place, which Probably. led to the The fury with
,which the Madrilittos (or people
ttportof a. battle having been futr,,,ht. - of Madrid) foiight, is represented as uttparallelhA.
" I:ht,P4ilig..Street, An.. 2, 1809..,ei? They were led on',by the Nlarquis.de CASTELAARI
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Letters of the 30th December, dated Toroi)lls4 • and Generals CUEST Dil A and attee.
yeti receives! from LietiteO3OL*Getieral Sititki,i Nay is said to have corntuaeded the French,
Alf,.cialts, who was ilea forming his •junaiotgii: , According to a letter float Salamanea,_ the less of
Ott I)4e,u) limp, and was
,n,atchi,ls with the Impp,, the French was still greater, It is asserted that