Star.
London, England, 1808-12-16 00:00:00

Nor !rico negotiation for a general peace, is
iire with his MaJasses allies, and to treat either
lig basis of the au faisiditis (heretofore the subject
isseh controversy), or on any other basis con-
'otoithisstiee, honour, and equality, his Maturrx
poked to meet thin seeming fairness and mode?-
* Oh fairness and moderation, on his MAjzsTyrs
ral and sincere.
axe prefessed his readiness to enter Wu
sercialion, in concwrence with his allies; and'
iiiiimaachwith to communicate to them the pro-
his MAJZISTY had received. But u his
iimee was not connected with Spain by a food-
of alliance, his I4,uxory thought it necessity
eege, that the engagements which she had con-
ga& in the fate of the world, with that nation,
easidered by his Manny as no less sacred,
d so lass binding upon kis 'Warr, thane the most
moo treaties; and to express his MAJESTY'S just
Wino that the Government of Spain, acting in
c one of his Catholic Sipa! FtnorsAwo the
imsb, was understood to Wiligitrj to the Nog*-
.

gr".
• Tbeeeply returned by France to thii proposition
nig Mossry casts off at once the thin disguise
osi been aunmea for a mbmeatary purpose ;
as, with less than ordinary reserve, the at.
;Nampa injustice of that Government.
isiversal Spanish Nation is described by the
doe" appellation. of " the Spanish Insurgents ;"

the desnan d for the admission of the Government
SO, as a party to any Negociation, is rejected
ladinissible and insulting.
r With astonishment, as well as with grief, his'
has received front the EMPEROR of RUSSIA
{itPh► similar in effect, although less indecorous in
'• and manner. The Estprßon of RUSSIA also
*zanies, as " Insurrection," the gloriotis efforts
ihe Spanish people, in behalf of their legitimate
•gn, and in defence of the independence of
• country ; thus giving the sanction of his Impe-
- %jetty% southority to an usurpation which has
Taal in the history of the world.
is The LNG would readily have embraced an op-
of negotiation which might have afforded
hope or prospect of a peace compatible with jus-
° and with honour. His MAJESTY deeply laments
issue, by which the sufferings of Europe are as-
pirated and prolonged. But neither the honour of
' kiJESTY, nor the generosity of the British nation
gold admit of his IvlaJcsrv's consenting to com-

Not a negotiation by the abandonment of a brave
1110 people, who are contending for the preset-
an& all that is dear to man ; and whose exertions
IS age so unquestionably just, his MAJESTY has
I. pledged himself to sustain.

r, Dec. 15, 1608."

shove declaration, one of the best written pub-
k imam which we have read for a long time,
thohPisess of the Negotiation in a
_fleas light.
ok iremedy what might have been expecoad from
h circumstances under which it commenced. It
la highly judicious to bring it to a speedy
ig motive for this conduct is so happily and foal.
*expressed in the third paragraph, that any attempt
illscidation would be employing a candle to exa.
be the spots es the face of the sun.

SPAIN.

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The circumstances detailed in the accounts which

thed'us yesterday from Plymouth—that the armies
Sir DAVID BAIRD, Sir JOHN MOORED and General

ovum, bad formed a junction, are not confirmed
the dispatches received by Government. The
latent: of these dispatches were communicated in
afternoon, in the following

BULLETIN.
" Accounts have been received from Saragossa,
dated the 94th, stating that General CASTANO4 upon
Ding that the French were moving a corps upon
lonia from Burgos, and passing the Ebro at Logrono,
std assembled an army of 40,000 foot and 44)001
we, and had taken up a position -in an oblique
me from Tudela to Bola. This position was
utfavourable, as Tudela, the right and the advanced
art of the position, was commanded by heights, and
aas indefensible. The French took advantage of
his error, and having collected an army of 45,000
NMI commenced their attack on the' Spanish right, on
he 2&1, and defeated two divisions of Valencinns and
ilurtians, who retreated with considerable loss,
intards Saragossa.
• Subsequent accounts from Saragossa, of the 25th,
tare, that the Arragonese and Andalusian Divisions
6d not suffer much, and had been able to retireln
°Mr, which is confirmed by the French accounts.
`The precise route taken by General CAssANos's
toy is not given. Saragossa was to be defended by

44000 men.
"General Hope's Division arrived at Villa Castia
zdie 28th ult. and would be at Arevola the 29th,
n his route to Salamanca, in the neighbourhood of
tich place it was expected he would form a junc.
*-4th Sir Jona MOORE."

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It is satisfactory to be thus assured that the defeat
as
• by the Patriots was by no means so disas-,
as Ire Were led to believe from the first ac-
The accounts now ftirnished agree with the
ithlalletin in the details of the battle of Tudela on
23d nit, but they differ in the impression they
calculated to produce respecting the fate .of the

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