Star.
London, England, 1809-01-07 00:00:00

FRENCH BULLETINS.

SEVENTEENTH BULLETIN OF THE ARMY OF SPAIN.
" Madrid, December 10.
" His Majesty reviewed yesterday on the Prado,
the Duke of Dantzic's corps, which arrived the day
before yesterday at Madrid. He expressed his satis-
faction with these brave troops.
Today he reviewed the troops of the Confedera-
tion of the Rhine, forming the division commanded
by General Leval. The regiments of Nassau and
Baden behaved well.

The regiment of Hesse Darmstadt did not sas-1
the reputation of the troops of that country. The
Colonel and Major appeared to be men of moderate
talents.

44 The Duke of Istria set off on the sth for Gua-
dalaxara. He scoured the whole road from Sara-
gossa and Valencia—made 500 prisoners, and took a
great deal of baggage. At Baston a battalion of 500
men, summoned by the cavalry, were broken in upon.
44 The enemy's army beaten at Tudela ; Calatayvd
abandoned by its General, and a great number of sol-
diers, was reduced to 6000 men.
" On the Bth, at midnight, the Duke of Istria at-
tacked, at Santa Cruz, a corps which covered the
flight of the enemy's army. That corps was closely
pursued, and a thousand prisoners taken. It wished
to throw itself into Andalusia by Madridego. It ap-
pears to have been forced to disperse in the mountains
of Cuenca."

EIGHTEENTH BULLETIN OP THE ARMY OF SPAIN.
" Madrid, December 12.

44 The Central Junta of Spain had but little power.'
The greater part of the provinces paid it little submis-
sion, an all of them deprived it of the administration
of the finances. I t was under the influence of the
lowest class of the people—it was governed by the mi-
nority. Florida Blanca was without any credit. The
Junta was under the controul of two men, the one
named Lorenzo Calvo, a grocer of Saragossa, who
had in a few months obtained the title of Extelkncy.
He is one of those violent men who appear in revolu-
tions—his honesty was more than suspected. The
other is called Tilly, formerly condemned to the gal-
lies as a thief ; the younger brother of a man of the
name of Gusman, who formerly played a part under
Robespierre, during the reign of terror. As soon as
any of the Members of the Junta opposed the violent
measures that were proposed, these two wretches im.
mediately called out treason, and immediately a mob
was collected under the windows of Aranjuez. The
extravagance and wickedness of these dangerous men
manifested itself upon all occasions. As soon as they
learnt that the Emperor was at Burgos, and he
would soon be at Madrid, they published a declara-
tion of war against France, replete with insults and
folly.

" On the 11th, when the General of Division La-
salle, who was pursuing the enemy, arrived at Tala-
vera de la Reyna, where the English had passed tri-
umphantly ten days before, saying they were going
to relieve the capital, a frightful spectacle met the
eyes of the French. A body, clothed in the uniform
of a Spanish General, was suspended from a gallows,
and pierced with a thousand bullets. It was General
Benito St. Jean, whom his soldiers in their terror, and
as an excuse for their Commander, cruelly sacrificed.
The Bishops of Leon and Astorga, and a great num-
ber of ecclesiastics, distinguished themselves by their
good conduct and their apostolic virtues ; the gene-
ral pardon offered by the Emperor has produced a
great effect. The destruction of the duties odious to
the people and contrary to the prosperity of the State,
and the measures which leave the numerous class of
Monks no longer any uncertainty respecting their lot,
produced a good effect.

66 The general animadversion is against the Eng.
lish. The peasants say, in their language, that at
the approach of the French, the English went away
to mount their wooden horses (ships)."

NINETEENTH BULLETIN OF THE ARMY OF SPAIN.
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" Madrid, December 13.

Rosas surrendered on the 6th by capitulation.
Two thousand men have been made prisoners. A
considerable quantity of artillery was found in thz
place. Six English ships of the line which were at
anchor in the harbour, would not carry away the
garrison.

" The Emperor this day reviewed the whole of the'
united troops of the Duke of Dantzic, beyond the
bridge of Segovia. Sebastiani's division has marched
for Talavera de la Reyna.
The breaking up of the Spanish troops is obser:
'wed on every side. The ne•.v levies which were at-
tempted to be raised, disperse on all sides, and return
to their homes.

4' The details which we learn from the Spaniards
respecting the Central Junta, are all of a nature to
place them in the most ridiculous point of view.
That assembly is already become an object of con-,