Star.
London, England, 1808-12-29 00:00:00

of the annexed letter, No. I. On
the morning, the same flag of truce
head-quartets with the letter No. IL
ral of Brigade Lenamont, an officer
had already placed SO pieces of ar
commenced a very smart fire, which made
in the walls of the R.etiro: The sharpshooters of the
division of Vilatte having passed the breach, their
battalion followed them, and in less than a quarter
of an hour 1000 men, who defended the Retiro, went
knocked on the head. The Palace of the Retiro, the
important posts of the Observatory, of the porcelain
manufactory, of the grand barrack, the Hotel of Me-
dina Celi, and of all the outlets which had been forti-
fied, were taken by our troops. On another side, 11)
pieces of cannon of the guards, accompanied by light
troops, threw shells, and attracted the attention af
the enemy by a false attack.

No.!.
TO THE COMMANDANT OF THE TOWN OF MADRID.
" Before Madrid, Dec. S.
" The circumstances of the war having conducted the French
army to the gates of Madrid, and all the dispositions being 'node
to take poosession of the town by storm, I held it right, and con-
formable to the usagc of all nations, to summon you, Monsieur
General, net to expose a town so important to all the horrors of
an assault, nor to render so many peaceful inhabitants victims of
the evils of Wishing to omit nothing to inform you of your
real situation, I send you the present summons by one of you;
Officers who has been made prisoner, and who has had an oppor.
tulity of seeing all the Eutaw that the army has to reduce the
town.

" Receive, Monsieur General, the assulances of my high con-
sideration. Major-General ALE:.
No. 11.

IN SPANISH-TO TITS MOST SERENE ITIOHMESS THE
PRINCE OF NEUFCHATEL.

" Madrid, Dee. S.

" It is indispensably incumbent upon me, most Serene Seigoor,
to consult, previous to my giving a categorical answer to your
Highness, the constituted- Authorities of my Court, and more-
over, to ascertain the dispositions of the people as impressed by
the circumstanres of the day. For these purposes, I intreat your
Highm"s*to gnat for this day a suspension of arms, In order that
I may comply with those duties ; assuring you, that early in, the
morning, or this bight, I will send 'a General Officer with my
answer to your Highness ; assuring you, that I profess to you all
the consideration due to your high rank and merit.

" Marlph CASTELAII."

FIFII-114MH BULLETIN.
Madrid, December 7.
This Bulletin contains particulars of the conduct
of several Officers who distinguished themselves; with
promotions. It states that General Lubienski had,
on the 2d, reconnoitered the remains of the army of
Castanos, near Guadalazara, under the command of
General Penn. Castanos was said to have been de-
posed by the General Junta. Then follows a long
tirada against the Duke del Infantado, which ends
with stating that is he will lose his titles, his property
valued at two millions of livres a-year, and he will go!
to London to seek the contempt and ingratitude' with
which England has always rewarded the men who
sacrifice their honour and their country, to the injus-
tice of their cause."

The Bulletin continues--a Ai soon as the report of
the Chief of Squadron, Count Lubienski, was known,
the Duke of Istria put himself in march, with sixteen
squadrons of cavalry, to observe the enemy. The
Duke of Belluno followed with the infantry. The
Duke of Istria arrived at Guadalaxara, and found
there the rear-guard of the enemy, which was filing
ovvards Andalusia, dispersed it, and made 500 pri-
soners. The General of Division, Ruffin, and the
brigade of dragoons of Bordesault, informed that the
enemy were moving towards Aranjuei, proceeded
to that place. The enemy were put to flight, and
these troops were immediately sent in pursuit of all
those that are flying towards Andalusia.
a The Central of Division, Lahoussaye, entered
the Escurial on the Sd. Five or six hundred peasants
withed to defend the Convent, but were driven out
by a brisk attack,"

Then follow further particular; of the tranquil
state of Madrid, and.the orderly mannet in which the
possession of that city was taken, &c. A French sol-
dier, found guilty of plundering a number of watches,
was shot in the principal square. The disarming
was carried en without difficulty. The " King of
Spain" bad formed two regiments of foreign troops,
from the late Spanish army—one the Royal Foreign-
ers, and the other that of Reding the younger,'n
Swiss General of a very different character from that]
of the Spanish General of the same name.

The sth and Bth corps of the French armies were,
but passing the Ilidassoa, very far from the line of
the French army, and the basin's* was almost com-
pletely settled.

After a descrhition of the disorder that reigned in
Madrid, the Bulletin proceeds, “ the enemy had move
than 100 pieces of cannon mounted ; a more con-
siderable number had been dug up, taken out of cel-
lars, and fixed upon carts, s grotesque train, and in
itself sufficient to prove the madness of a people aban-
doned to themselves. But all means of defence were be.

comeuseless. Thepossessors of Retiro me alwaysmas-
'ars of Madrid. The Emperor took all possible care to
prevent the troops from going from house to horse.'
The city was ruined, if-many troops had been ens.
cloyed. Only entre companies of sharp-shooters asi;
van*, and the Emperor constantly refused so stir
any to sustain them, At eleven o'clock she Prissce
of Neufchatel wrote the annexed letter, No.
Majesty at the same time ordered'
all points,
At ire o'clock General
bps of the-Military Juntis

• SPAIN. . •..

,iftbetigatt
Shit ihi%iliC4t intent" ir.r.
14
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10.....4Wil wasede: The Commandant-General GERONA» NOVI/AIER is. -.- --- - •
mandant-General of the advanced
tg•°-°° °' -e Don Mariano Alvarez, in a dispatch to the illum,
Junta of this place, dated the 11th, says, that the.
'vein la the Mac& .
arm's
haw Proceedsd.to attack, are
unfounded. —:
- ,
thi—sfieibut:terst the
ports
respecting
thefortress
of
Rosa,
liphich
the...te.
Madrid, weressell""'"- - - th„, ' viOUS to the latter having put themselves
Believing that they could not do it with effect, ----' for that purpose, the officer ust mentioneda WT.
requested a Paus•af a "11°1617 m IMbrm the people tacked 700 Met of the 3d of igealda for Escandal
of the
tool stare of dean Tla Major-General Pre- they embarkfed there on the lOtb, to reinforcebs,..-
rented the Deputies to the Emperor and King, who rison of Rotas. From the' vigilance of the ,7;
addressed them thus :-.0 Yon make use of the name and his
ion meditated dispositions,
tilive may krurit7oh.
of the' people to no purpose 1 if
.rids, it is because you I 'you "wet' restore restore into considerat the just anxiety
tranquility and appease their = of trt'pritlitull
learn some circumstances of what has been p, l;
have excited them to revolt, you have seduced them '
R otas up to the above date, we shall Intel the
by propagating falsehoods. Assemble the Clergy, ' patches alluded to, which contain a %iguana.,
the heads of the Convents, the Alcaldes, the men of I of the most remarkable occur.rentoto proahletiiiii
The dispatch of the 7th sat's' a The eltentoodss.
i the details on a future occasion.
property and influence, and let the town capitulate
by six o'clock in the morning, or it shall be destroyed- .
movement at two in the afternoon of Ohs
Oig '
You Jong in the environs of Roots, and emontiag die!,l4
I will not, nor ought I to withdraw my troops.
have massacred the unfortunate French prisoners who . from the skirts of the heights nearly *Ow maim,
had fallen into your hands; only a few days ago ! The division of Don JuandClaros, pleurado_
you suffered two persons in the suite of the Russian .., taibrs cfilerer4orsae;be: after sustairangeWl;
musketry, (=My attempted ts
. Ambassador to be dragged along and murdered in ;
them
on ~.;
but having perceived their morph
oo
the public streets because they were Frenchmen born.
ithat view, and considering his inferiors of
The incapacity and baseness of a General had put ', he was compelled to fall back upon the
' into your power troops who surrendered on the field he effected with some cliffiel#f to the amid" lib,
of battle, and the capitulation has been violated. Yoe, .force
oftthe ene
3000 my h
ntry as
fe:caappear,
Mr. Mode, what sort of an epistle- did you write to of
about
at Palau Sabandera.“ "' "Pr,
that General ?-It well became you, Sir, to talk of .
The Bth--" Yesterday morning, at day-Illetit
OUt
pillage-you, who on entering Roussillon, carried Lieutenant-Colonel D. Jima Clams went
off all the women, and distributed them as booty division, and a corps of Sovietises, to attaek tio
among your soldiers ?-What right had you to hold enemy, who had taken up a position withinouodei
olio. They beg the fuint IQ& en
such language elsewhere i The Capitulation ought to of the f s: Towards
have induced you to pursue a different line of conduct. PrbeetattYo to loam, and our oel sidesXto ral! tr,
oemthe esti4
See what bas been the conduct of the English, Mho are acquiring a anfocriotityi of align rtia—reitifOrtt,
far from piquing themselves on being rigid observers of menu, and imams themselves of a fog, they oh
the Law of Nations. They have.complained of the rooted again, and penetrated by the skirts of de
Convention of Portugal, but they have carried it into m'
ou
as
far
as
a:.exthtreatitysandtsth-efiv. .
effect. To violate military treaties, is to renounce ancr were ally repulsed. ine fortress, y a •
all civilization : it is placing ourselves on a footing and steady fire, protected those defenders skis
with the banditti of the desert. How dare you, then, country, to the los of the enemy, who womb
presume to solicit a capitulation, you who violated same
E I* treh_ir.
.aaa"s"fiT well-directed ell-directed firelloods
that of Baylen ? See how injustice and bad faith al- n.F The pototetets and Somatones have 14 lei
• belmein
ways recoil upon the guilty,' atul operate to their pre-
killed and IS wounded and a female gis
judice. I had a fleet at Cadiz ; it was under the thiacity, with three others, have been carried of .
protec
tion of Spain : yet you directed against it the The loss of the enemy must be considerable, boil
from our musketry and the brisk and well-directed fire
mortars of the town where you commanded. I had
of the artillery and the English ships. . •
a Spanish army in my ranks ; I would rather have oAn affair which Clams bad with the enemy has
viewed it embark on board the English ships, and be just finished (one o'clock). The English Comm.
obliged to precipitate it from the rocks of Espinosa, dore proceeded to his assistance with 80 men, widths.
than to disarm it; I would rather prefer having 7000 action was renewed with increased ardour. Theeo.
more enemies to fight than be deficient in honour and
emoyotBlov_e way ; hut:dalieeavy fall aLraia:;sloblcilbillrl
good faith. Return to .Madrid-oI give you till biz ever, necessary for our people to combatants. Lirk,"ss tfa;
o'clocicto-morrow morning--return at that hour-you ' enemy's cavalry was prepartng to surnitud thew-.
have only to inform me of the submission of the pal- The fortress and shipping continued their firewidide
ple-if not, you and your troope shall all be Put to the reAbeis!sehFss as; yesterday.
ts ofildt lwie kits}anes
sword." This speech go
,of the Emperor, repeated in the reach c 5 _ had
-49 t O the
accounts
wounded, two of *Ma
midst of the respectable peoples--the certainty that he officers of the first battalion of Fitottioe sad le Erg;
commanded in person-the losses sustained during lish, Miquelets, and Somatones. My kime *boo
the foregoing day, had carried terror and repentance which the .English Commodore wale mitised*lP.
into all minds. During the :tight the most mutinous " Irshr!falZil: of
steatneythaliaTeligh"ttedlaldtelr4
withdrew themselves from the danger by flight, and the
om:u atrocities. „u' w -
a part of the troops was disbanded. At ten o'clock The *L.,. ir is now foot o'clock IS the ditto
General Belliard took the command of Madrid : All noon, and the (army are banning all rhe imam ill
the posts were put into the hands of the French, and the vicinity, with what view remains to be seen' I
a general pardon was proclaimed. [The Bulletin 'kohl take the earliest oppertinuty to send you ii
closes with a panegyricon the order observed by the signalled istanal of the troawistioas an ibis tom"
French, in taking possession of the town, the security .Cam, NOVLIAIIIR I*.
Inglids of has arrival) ham 115
enjoyed by the inhabitants, and with a tirade against As sloop vat
300,000 dollars. Jobe escorted a coasidwable MS
the English.] voy which have Mi board "Mu suits td dodo M
toe. 5-. TO Tat OINZRAL CollllllMlblllo' Ili KAMM. our army, with musocrs nod ammunitios,
" Imperial Camp before Madrid, Dec. 4, Eleven A. M. 1 On the 18th strived here, a merchant Thud mia
“ MONSIEUR GENERAL CASTELAIO...TO defend Mis adrid ) galliot
• of was, both of them Iran Vera Crux odd,
contrary to the principles of war, and inkurrian towards the iota. riavaanah. The galim has been ram with dispatcy
blunts. His Majesty authorises me to send you a second mar . ancs dossarisma to the amount of IBI),900 annals: L.
mons. Immense batteries are mounted; snipers are "rid m 1 has also gm board **A, dollars so defray 1
blow up your prim** bulldogs ; columns tik troops are at the land repairs. with the maranon abet inunenically to
inmates of the toms, of which alms sagoradm 'ci sharp- i turning with such dispatches and unottowas as iW
simmers bow mode ibanadvm to ; but thk Iftlierce •tb Supreme Junta shalt toe pleased to send to stisess„,
'ways generous in the coarse of his victories, suspends the attack By these two *emus. we bare received tticiatakiEr
4111 two "lock. The town of klielekl ought to look for Pow' ternsg amass tow the kosvannah, Vet,.
...,4„,51116
lon and security. for Its peaceable Inlialoltanu, roe Its Ministers 8 keine°, and all ohs %bee provinces of that 1111010 P,
la fine, the oblivion or do past. Mist a white flag before two in all peke look inhabitants ate animated by ski an'
o'clock, and send Commisdaters to treat for the surrender of the enthusiasm and *yak'', and Quer donation is
Uown.-Aecept, Afutab..omi. &a (sigh) of their austlnnoot to Irerdiaandi and theiths.4.
" Malos-es.- 4.411- li/a? Mo." Napa:Poo. All aro resolved to depose ant 41
Ste every indite:4w of whatever rank. why
THE SIXTEENTH BULLETIN. -1:--* .usof• 01
viate in tbe star from the sossoow,-
~ Madrid. December I. sacred duties.
This Bulletin begins like the preeeding, with the At the 110111104,1111110 if watVialaaid/$O4
praises and rewards of distinguished Officers. The ts! sail ,IsiSh-Pm4bac°,, '___,...134. specie.., -sutsevibid. uft tlise
General of Division Ruffin having passed the Tagus Lfts• —4L.-ul4o—t4 —, ik—c— 'lletiiii
lith August. artived there wa die Nth
at Aranjuez, advanced towards Ocana, and cut off , her, and, the narneobla tidings whichsai
else ~s.
the retreat at the remains of the Army of Andalusia,j were reed wlttlthotiosoesc joy. SIO-aw'"'
which wished to, retire to their own proviace, and1 the Stllli-ffee'VeipseCroz. _ . , . '...
vt themselves towards Cuenca. . . .-t • . : Wsieott_ _ t ... :
- -.lt ''..s. -.
•Bille‘Siiiits.
3141 divisions of cavalry of Generals Lasalle aod ThiOliid-littulidikttli:frthgetbitallit of
Milhaud were directed to mambo Igh.lOgologoi by-Zn. marl*" !deka .
!oven de la Reyna.
iro
His Majesty wisheds_r. sPoseliaktegags till Magid ~ cvsum•dint a this sari, colorist& am all the 1011111112.
" klle4oosarovt the 510.01 Derbies tad&
d surrendered 1 but' titet
' ebliewl en 11°'9014.11PAultvie : nod it ie sonelineed• dit
enough to make stellemWelo:
bring it to reason. . ,'. - , ~. - the thehlie....e '
The English fly cis every side. Tit, diVisiose of .. is .04.
_ _...
ti..ascaUe has, however. fastoin with siosem vaesoof "TY 41611.1 APlllMlleitall.mollorlsalaa .4.sig
memoost it ow weero ---7.
Them, who have bees pat to the sword. They were stregaylit by 824 -• e-emes saw
Wtragglers, at such *lobed gone astray. not in dottruetees up IrtZtbosew og 16/11. rik
shall be annuand theex now who are -- di
''. Ellen follow soewe putitoolars of theist. of Row ; geld
who why troop., me!! . . nom', oe
go out tipcespubik sown.
'in Calahmia, Ist sect 114 -11111*-0111ifikaid i bell it is l o The General of Division Pt.:. owninends that all AM'.
the l' ----"f":-" ' *OM* ' evacuate ' which are at tbe distance of 30k, wises from the C°ll:4 i
• lo
' ibis PlaCll2 red Its fletreises, shall be cut down. .1 he!! c_h...
alone shall be allowed to stand, kipping the tope: he
7p,
If the proprietors of these trees neglect to comply %elf laity
dens the soldiers will be commanded, anti the Pete ,
I permitted :o do it, ketiing the wood for themselves.
.-1-- .
1 " Baretivas, Pin Jiee. f50n.,..4 .., _Mir. ''
..

I

\v..
the sa, a; alga is rho wore, repdtod.•,.tl
ice returned to . tits I'bey lafininsi
_bias ,
LI. But ths alai. . prams were 0 *Oil.
ices of great Zeit. . "
.of fesouress. sad thit
artillery, aid had ' ',add bathe lit of
rich made a breach brier ardor; of eta inhabitants,

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otkered letter, No. S.—}fie AVOW taiLiesOlime.,
__
g. landed, o evacuate
ordered the fire to cease on. • Alomittilizogrotomt
. - ' hOlakor,drives him the lea br as harm regiment.
AVOW
14Pr1, one °Eche Mew Ali mull laagielealle*/****l6o HOW% WO
and Don 13ernardoroit000, 'lropolielli atithicos
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