Star.
London, England, 1808-09-12 00:00:00

SPANISH PAPERS.

MADRID, AUGUiT 26.
On the 23d, at nine in the morning, the corps-de-
reserve of the Andalusian army entered this city, with
the Captain-General Castanes marching in the van,
and accompanied by General de la Pena, an& Mar-
shals Depedro Jelo and La Porta. It is impossible
to describe•the enthusiasm of joy and gratitude with
which they were received by an immense concourse
of inhabitants. General Castanos was accompanied
by his friend, the English Captain Whittingham. On
entering the gate of Atocha, he went to prostrate
himself at the foot of the image of Our Lady of that
name. On rejoining his troops, their solemn entry
was announced by the discharge of artillery, the ma-
jestic strains of military music, and the incessant ac-
clamations of the surrounding multitude, who
shouted 4, Long live Castanos ! Long live the Con-
queror of the haughty Dupont ! Long live the brave
Soldiers of the Army of Andalusia !"The advance
of the Audalusians was preceded by that of the troops
of Murcia and Valencia, who went out' to meet their
brave comrades in arms on the Prado. In the street
Alcala-a-la Mayor, the whole passed under a trium-
phal arch, erected by the citizens of Madrid. The
train of artillery taken from the French, formed part
of thy procession, and there were few of the soldiers
who did not exhibit some token of the victory they

had atchieved.
AUGUST 27.—1 n the Extraordinary Gazette of Sa-
ragossa of the 2Sd of this month, the following offi-
cial intelligence has been published :
His Excellency the Captain• General of this army
and Kingdom of Arragon, has received the following
letter :-
44 Most Excellert Seignior—At twelve this day
official information arrived of the defeat of the enemy
4t Gerona to the following tenor :

' The Field of Battle, 16th Aug. one o'clock.
• The French army before Gerona has been totally
defeated, and this city is free from its apprehensions.
All their cannon, baggage, and a battery for red-hot
balls, are in our power. The details will be trans-
mitted by another express.'
'4 This Junta thought they ought not to delay a
moment in transmitting the knowledge of this happy
event to your Excellency, which, added to the laurels
so gloriously acquired by your Excellency in the de-
fence of the capital and kingdom, has raised the in-
expressible joy of these citizens to its highest pitch.
They have evinced the most lively pleasure at both
victories, and their enthusiasm is exalted in favour of
our beloved monarch Ferdinand VII. and of his illus-
trious ansl heroic defenders. Gob preserve youi Ex-
cellency many years. (Signed)
" Lerida, 19th Aug. 1808, " A NT* NA CIO PIN 011," ate.
According to variousletters received by yesterday's
post, it is known that the remains of the army of
Qeneral Duhesme, which were able to save themselves
after the defeat at Gerona, and which attempted to
retreat to Barcelona, have beets attacked and defeated
by our Miqueletes from Granollers. We await the
official confirmation of this important intelligence,
which does so much honour to the intrepid Miqueletes
of Catalonia. _ _

OfFiciAL INTELLIGENCF-.-.-" The hostile arm:, after
4LbAndoning the plains of Saragossa. and the kingdom
of Arragon, made a halt at 'I udela, where it seemed
disposed to fortify itself. Our combined troops took
the positions of Borja, Tarazona, and the environs.—
At the same time, the right division, under, the com-
mand of his Excellency the Marquis of Lazan, whieh
occupied the position of Sadaba, dislodged a small
body tithe French who were for some hours in pos-
session df Sos, and there leaving an inconsiderable
detachment of his advanced guard, he made a coun-
ter-march, proceeding by Exea to Fauste, with the
'view of passing the Ebro and attacking Todel*; but
the enern) being apprised' of this movement, foupd
themselves compelled to abandon that position,' and
retreated precipitately in the direction of Valeierra
and Caparoso. What their present object is we do
not know, but they seem to be marching toward: the
fortress of Pampelusia,•where they now have collected
a greater number of troops than were there a few days
ago. From this fortress, and the city of Mallen, a
body of 3000 men has marched towards Las Cinco
Villas, under the command of Field-Marshal D. Juan
O'Neill. We expect to hear soon of the s-uceessful
issue of the operations of these troops."
Dispatches, received this morning, state, .that our
troops have actually entered Tudela.
The division of Seignior Coupigni, • cemststi*ng of
10,000 men, at present quartered in Toledo, will
soon march to join the other divisions of the army in
Castile, or Arragon. It seems the commander of
this division is afflicted with a Tertian ague.
Count Florida Blanca is expected on the 4th of next
month, and Seignior Saavedra in the course of a few
-d:L ys. They are both of them persons of distinguished
a!:iiity and accredited patriotism.
Our beloved Sovereign was proclaimed on AO 24th
with a degree of pomp, solemnity, and generil ex-
ul-ation, which never was surpassed. The people of
Madrd, ever faithful and loyal, and who could not
restrain the sentiments of their loyal hearts .on the. 2d
of May, gave such demons:T*6(ns of the joy Which
inspired them, that Seignior Doyle publicly stated,
that it was worth while to make a voyage from Eng,
land to admire the Loyalty of the inhabitants of Ma-
drid, even snore than the ceremony of the proclama-
tion, though that was conducted in a manner worthy
of such a 'disposition.
There have arrived at Cadiz 1,500,000 hard dollars
besides 200,000, being part of a subsc irtion by the
1 .dies of London for the relief of the Spanish widows.
The Joao has sailed from C:'diz for Vera Ctn./
and the Atocho for Monte Video, to bring home a
supply of specie.

BARCELONA, JULY sa.
The French rieneral_Lechi' in concert with Gene-
ral Itspeleta, had the audacity of making a requisitioo
•of 6000 men. On this occasion a virtuous Magis.
trace, inspired with the greatest public spirit and en•
thusiasm, script himself all, gown, trod it units:
foot, gave up his authorit*iltod declared he was read)
to sulfa death sooner than conduce to such a projec,
A risorbus order has been published here, imtaking 1
the pcmislunent of death on every one in whose house
arms salicht be found, notwithstanding their repeated
defeats; in Short, these wretches never att:mpt any
entespcise without tints-oil-being moistened with their

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ING THZ OTTICI Of MINIaTta, TO walcii U WAS 00344•
GATED IT JOSEPH NAPOLEON. -
" Sia—When your Majesty had the goodness to offer to com:
tinue me in the office of Minister of Foreign Affairs, I thought
myself obliged to make some remarks, on account of which your
Majesty could nit have fess confidence in me, nor I be less secure
of the protection •of your Majesty i finding myself, as I db, jeta
lously watched and affronted by the Emperor, your Majesty's au'
gust brother. whose influence over the solyti of your Majesty Is,
1 fear, by no means favourable to me.
" your Majesty persisted in your resolution, saying, that you
wished to have at your side persons who possessed the confidence
of the nation. As I desired nothing so ardently as to return to
my beloved country, which had been denied me during two
Months, notwithstanding my earnest requests to the Emperor, I
was forced to yield to the nomination, in order to put a period to
my melancholy separation from my family and country; reserving
to myself the right of conforming to the will of the nation, In case
it should not he disposed to recognise your Majesty as Sovereign.
" I have shewn your Majesty that Spain has almost unani-
mously refused to recognise you as Monarch; and wanting this
title, there remains none by which you can be the Sovereign of
these kingdoms. I should therefore have been guilty of treason
against my principles had I continued to exercise any Ministry en-
der such circumstances. I desire no longer to retain any influence
in the Government, but instantly tla go into retirement, and there
devote my tears and my prayen in behalf of a noble, loyal, and
brave yeoyle, whose evils I wished to remedy."
IIENAVENTII, AUGUST 9.
By a post from Lugo, we learn that the head-quar-
ters have been transferred from Astorga to Leo'a, and
that the troops at Baneza were,also in motion. •
By another post, who came in at half-past sit''
o'clock this evening, and who is the bearer of- dis-
patches from the -Junta of Seville to that of Oviedo,
we learn, that a division of the army of Valencia has
marched from Madrid, and that a division of the An-.
dalusian army was this day to begin their march from
the same place,

OVIEDO, AUGUST aS.
A Spanish gentleman has just arrived from Paris,
after encountering the greatest difficulties, and after
a residence there of six years. from whence he departed
the beginning of July. Our beloved Sovereign Fer-
dinand was in good hedlth at Valency, as were else
the Infants Don Carlos anti Don Antonio. Ilis resi-
dence is in the upper part of the palace or castle belong-
ing to Talleyrand, who, with his family, occupy the
lower part ; his guards of honour, as they are called,
consist of 2.sogens trarmes. The old King and Queen,
with Godoy, were intended to be removed from fon-
tainbleau to Compeigne, where, in all probability,
they will not remain long, in consequence of the in-
disposition of Don Carlos IV. and it was rumoured
that he was to go to Nice for the benefit of his health.
The last French troops under orders for Spaia.ore
the remains of those encamped at Boulogne, two re-;
giments of the Parisian Guards, who never leave the
metropolis except on very extraordinary occasions.
Several squadrons of cavalry have been drawn from
Alsace, likewise the Guards from off the egoist of the
department of Gisonne, likewise some beiges of ma-
rines ; in consequene of these movemeleoeveraliil
ties in France are left destitute of garrirs.
LEON, AUGUST U. ,
Letters have been received whic), state, that the
French found their retreat cut off, ot consequence of
eleven bridges on the Ebro and lithe!. tillers havio
Ilvt
been destroyed. Some of them are raid to have s -
rendered to the armed peasantry, and others ha
been made prisonetie., This intelligence requites far-
ther confirmatiou': '3
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