The Sun.
London, England, 1812-11-24 00:00:00

SITTING OF TgE CORTES, OF OCT. 30.

The Secretary to the War Department read a
memorial', iii which lie set -forth the deplorable
state of the nation when the Regency assumed
the reins of Government, and the progress of af-
fairs since the capture of Citidad'Rodri4o by the
immortal Lord Wellington, down to our present
situation. •

He then nientioned the orders issued in Fe,
bruary for the augmentation of theanny ofGallicia;
the general orders for augmenting the armiwith
50,000 men out of the 30,000 decreed by the
Cortes in
.November, 1810. These orders were
issued-, fur the Tst army, to Lacy, for the 2d and
3d to Elio, fOr the sth and GLh to Castanes; and
under his orders, to Galluzzo, for Old Castile, to".
the Marquis del Pilacio, for Estremadura, gild to
Espana for New ' astile. In regard to the 21'iLh-
army, the orders for the levies ‘vere not issued to
the General, but to ;.he Intendants.

The 4th army has been augmented with four
battalions, 'sent- from the Isla. All tie stores
abandoned by the enemy bave been oHered toThe
collected ; bat ;he War Department has not ob-:
tamed a fall account of them, because the co:lec-
tion has been hitherto in the hands of t;;L: iti-
tendants.

With regard:to Gallicia, orders were given, cla
the 21st Pebraarv, for the enlispnent of- 60,0i.1iJ
men.; but it has not been possible hitiierto to
effect it„ from the want of the aids promised by
Government to that province, and from the-de-
lays which the e,:eeution of these orders has ex-
perienced, on the part of the provincial Suet-a.
The Go-vertinvint,4ion'eveF,.believes,.that the In-
tendant will-hutnediately apportion.the allotments
of men, according to 'the latest reriisters.
in February the arinfeonsis;:ed of 117,747 men;
in July it was augmented by 39,500 more ; aid at.
present it consists' of 157,297 men, besides 5(310
sent to America from the 4th and 6th armies.

Orders have been, given to, the Generals in'
Chief of the armies to act in concerewith, and in
obedience to, the Duke of Ciudad Rodrigo. .
The works of Cadiz have not been' neglected ;
up to the 24th of October, 156,999 cubic lards
had beep excavated at the Trocadero, and about
900 ;nen were dail emplot-ed in that undertaking;
. The r.pservcs are forming in Andalusia and 6.41-:
licia, and the catairy in lit:treiVadura. The Go-
vernment now reckons upon 80;1100 men Inort.,. •

REFLECTIONS or, A • SPANISH OFFICER TUC

CONDUCT OF GENERAL BALLASTERDS,

LED TO HIS DISMISSION FROM TIME COMMAND

OF THE FOLTaTir A1t311% • "
The first duty of man in society is obexlieuce to
the legitimate constituted authorities-: Without
this, no nation ever exilic(' on the face of tha
earth ; Open dispbedience alloweH in 'a ,imple in-
dividual, is capable of causing; the ruin Of a Stae.
AVOtlld be.ene effect of ilte.sr.:ine in it.
General at the head of his troops ? - The niiiitary
arm, considered as the strongest .suppr";rt of 71
State, and the protector of the liberty•of its inha-
bitants, will ;be vie'wed with the utmost execra-
tion, if, place or being employed in their d"-
fence, it ls,converted into a wicked instrument lor
their oppression. Every -aitizen is obliged to obey
the Government ; but those to whom is confided
the force of the nation to repel the ,:i.,,wresiort of
its eneiAies, are unpqrdonable, and guilty of the
worst of crimes, when abusing this confidence,
and taking advantage of this force, they separate
themselves front the due obedience to the supreme
authority, and use it. for their own purposes, and
do, not consider the country to Nvhout it belongs,
and who has occasion for it.
Let us now see,what has been the conduct of
General Ballesteros : successively ind rapidly ele-
vated by the Government, from tic subaltern dz.'s,