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London, England, 1814-01-24 00:00:00

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Letter from his Excellency the Marquess of Wel-
lington to the Ambassadpr of his Britannic Majesty
to. the Spanish Government, relative to the cause
ihich occasioned the- sending of British troops to
Cadiz and Carthagena, and the order that they should
be withdrawn from thence ;
" ST. JEAN DE LUZ, DECEMBER 7. •
" MOST EXCItLLCNT SIR—I have the honour min,
dose a copy of the Orders which I transmitted to the
Commanders of the British troops in Cadiz and Ca*
thagena, relative to their adopting the necessary means
for withdrawing from the said places. without loss el
time, the troops and effects appertaining to his BA:
tannic Majesty, of which important measure your
Excellency will be pleased to inform the Spanish
Government,
According to my mode of thinking, I believe.'
that the operations of the war are in such a state, thole
it is no, probable that the said places will again rkl
quire the co-operation of British troops, and by con.l
sequence, there should be no reason that the said
troops should remain in them, causing an increased
expence to the British Government, and detrimental
to the service of his Majesty, I represented the same
to my Government, and received permission from the
Prinee Regent to avithdraw them:
" I should have deferred this measure till the Spa.
nish Government had made known to me its wish on
this particular, if I had not read the libels which are
circulated in Spain upon this subject, impeaching the
honour and good faith of his Britannic Majesty, and
if I had nut perceived the efforts which have been
made to persuade the public, that the troops of his
Majesty continued iu those two places with sinister
views—an amnion equally without foundation, as!
appears from the faithful relation of what passed on'
this point, when the English troops were destined fot
ocliz and Carthagena.
" In the beginning of this war the gcitish Govern-
ment, extremely convinced of the importance,
mili-
tary and naval, of the points of Cadiz and the Isle of
Leon, and manifesting a desire that they might have-
a competent garrison for their security, set, on foot
various negociations on this point with the Junta of
Seville, and-successively with the Central Junta, which
had no result,

44 The military events on the Tagus, at the end of
the year 1809, and those in Andalusia, in the begin,
ning of 1810, proved that the British Government
had done right in considering those points as the true
basis of the operations of the war, and certainly for.H
tune had a great share in,our successes, which 'at that
time prevented Cadiz from. telling into the power of
the enemy.
f' At that time (Januarp. 1810)% the British army
was in Portugal, and received On the sth February,
by the means of your Excellency's predecessor, Mr.
Frere, a dispatch front the Provisional Regency, re-
questing me to send as soon as possible a detachment
of English troops to co-operate in the defence of that
place, and there bring at that tinge a considerable
twmber of troops in Lisbon, I sent them without loss!
of time, stating, besides the conditions ,under which 1
took upon me the responsibility of separating that de-
tachment from the rest of the army, one of which was,
that 41, laid troop: should receive their ration: from the
;4/wraith setirazinee ; and I particularly charged the
Ueneral who commanded them, not to land them, if
the said conditions were refit cted ( I j.
,4 The Spatilsh pOtiernment ought to have in its
possession the documents of what passed on this oc-
casion • bus in atsse it should nut have preserved them,
" (1.) It ought tole observed, that though the Spanish po•
CollaC;lta to the condition, the Authorities of Cadiz
tieciNcti at the tn 4 of the first mouth 'that they were no itisiger
able to @okay pxotiisions, and trout that tine the expellee of
dulr ntaintehstece was placid *so the account of the lirstish Go-
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your EsteHoney possesses them, and by tbim
piove the following facts:
14 lit. That the English troops were sent to Cadis
at the solicitation of the Spanish Government.
46 2d. That I insisted upon conditions, without
which the said expedition would not hare been per.
witted to disembark ; and that,
14 !Idly. The Bridal, Government, or those corn.
missioned by it, could not have sinister views in send.
ing the said troops to Cadiz.
" The causes which occasioned the sending of BEl-
tish troops to garrison Carthagena, were nearly the
same as those which caused their being sent to Ca-
diz—the progress of the enemy in Valencia, and,the
defeat of the Spanish army, commanded ta General
Blake, in that province, :It the east of the iteear 1811,
'occasioned fears for the security-Of Certha aa, and
poor Excellency communicated to Me the scoria si
tip Spanish Government, that I should send a de.
tachment of English troops to assist in the defence of
that place. I agreed to this under the same condi.
dons which I had stipulated for the garrison of Cadiz,
adding, that the vessels and naval stores which were
at Carthagena should immediately be sent to Mahon.
‘• your Axcellency has in yoer.rssession all the
documents relative to this transaction, which will eei.
dently prove that no sinister views ever influenced the
destination of English troops for that garrison (1).
The Spansih Government (as far -as I kpow)
never manifested 4ny desire, that the poops of his
Britannic Majesty should be withdrawn &OM (hiker
of those two ?laces. The present Government mast
be fully Convinced of these facts, and it certainly sir.
Nisi' Me 'above measure, that, desiring that the al-
liance with his Majesty should continue, and knowing,
as I most know, that the views of its Ally are at least
honourable, and that the services which have been
rendered to the cause have been equally distinguished
by valour and importaoce to Spale, have not seised
the first opporttknity to remove the imputations
those who, without doobt, hive beet: employed by the
enemy for that purpose, have been able to Nuke on
the minds of the people. At Any mite, / hope that
the measure; which ]}'have adopted, and which form
the subject of this letter, will open the eyes of :be ni.
tion ; and I take the liberty to recommend to your
Excellency, that you will be' pleased to order the
publication of this letter, which contains an historical
epitome of the transactions that have occurred on this
subject.—l em, your most obedient servant,
(Signed) w et, Li moro*.liar
" To his Eseelleuey Henry Wellesley, 1L B. British
Ambassador to the Court of Spaht.."
COPY OF AN OFFICIAL DISPATCH FROM HIS IFCBLLINCY
MARSHAL W. C. -111F.RtsFORD TO His ZyCELLENCY DON
saiGUNI. FutEiRA•FONJAZ, DATED

a Headiaartefa, Listartta, Dec. to.
ILLL:XTRIOUS AND EXCELLENT lijioE—His'Ex.i.el.
lency she Marshal General Mike of Vittoria, has, no
doubt, 'as usual, sent your Excellency an account of
the actions- which have taken piece since the 9di inst.
'and to we it belongs to convey to your Excellency
the.etclosed list of the killed, wounded, missing, an
prisoners, which the army has suffered in 'the saycl
actions. jan extremely sorry the numher was so
'great, but I have 'Oe consolation of being a%le to
auur your Excellency, that the Portuguese army
has acquired a glory superior to that which it hs4
already gained, and which, any so 'splendid:
" Your Excellency ell knows that a military Te-
putattoil and 'such high glory, cannot be gained with-
out loss, and thateur admiratioo and.iatlsaction at
the result, cannot be othenvise than mixed with pie;
and that this is likewise less applipable to those whcl
[gloriously died, than thoie who remained prisoners of
war, and espeCially on this occasion, since'l have the
satisfaction of beiqg able to inform ynur Excellency,
that the Officers stated in the list of prilorters were
made so by their firm resolution or remaining at their
posts, and of setting, to the last, an example proper
from Officers to their soldiers."
(Here follows a list of thor Portuguese tilled, mrquoded, priso-
ners, and miss:ng I • •
General B4fiasterno obtained leave to go from
Ceuta to Frixanal de 1a Sierra, in Spanish Estrema-
dura, where he at present is. It is said thet in the
tirst Sessions of the Cortes in Madrid they will discuss
'about giving him some employ in the armies.

IXTRACT FROM TUE GENERA L ORDERS MUST) FROM TWA
HEADQUARTERS AT LLIZONDO, BY THE COMIANDER
IN enter, AD INTERIM.
" SOLDIERI—You save terminated gloriously the
sixth campaign of our national war, making apart in
it of the allied army commanded personally by the
illustrious General in Chief of the Spanish Armies.
the Duke of Ciudad R6drigo. You have covercd
yourselves with immortal 'Aare's, conducted con-
stantly to victory by his itiperior genius.
• " Five battles gained, a great number of combats,
'three places of the- first order taken? as also various
forts and walled towns, more than 650 pieces.of ar-
tillery, various eagles and colours, 60,000 of the
enemy killed. or made prisoners, 100 leagues of coun-
try conquered, the Pyrenees passed, the war carried
into the enemy's territory,. the. opinion
.of the French
army destroyed, its most famous Captains constantly
routed, and the liberty of Spain for ever secured, are
the monuments of the glory eithsa wort° *which you
belong, and the fruits of this memorable campaign.
" soldiers l you have.hed an active part in away
of these triumphs, Conduced by your worthy Ge,
neral, the Conde de A bisval, you hive taken; without
other means than your own valour, the strong fortress
-of Pancorvo. Yon were among the first to shut up
within their wails the numerous garrison of Pam-
plona, and form its blockade ; your bayonet* shone
in the glorious fields of Sorawren. Afterwards under
my command, you defeated the enemy in the battle
of the 31st of August ; you took his entrenchments
and strong positions is that of the 7th of October,
and completed your triumphs on the following day.
You repulsed his attack with inferior forfes -on the
13th, and in the battle of Sara, glorious in so many
respects, you conquered all the works and positions
which you were appointed to take, and coyereittow.
selves. with new glories.
"Reet now fro) yottr glorious labours to fey ahuetly
to new triumphs, until the entire liberty and abrogate
independence of your country being obtained, and
.the Throne of our King Feidinand secured, you may
under the shade of the laurels acquired lay Jour blood,
enjoy in the he of your families the reward Of so
many labours." (oioed, act) •
(I.) Though Lord Wellington huew that the Spanish Go.
aerruncnt desired that British troops might ne scot to Omit..
geoa, he always positively refusedi till he had teeeived an adieu!
eonontudcstiou at the iii9rtt."

,CERMAM 10APEitt.

MANHEIM, JANUARY 7.
teoraing to otcial intelligence 'received this even-
, the corps of Count Wings:lst& has passed
&ugh Beiradent•
The advanced posts of the army of General Wvede
already at Dijon, and bad previously taken pos.
so of Dreaurne and Montbelliwd. -
CASSEL, JANUARY 10.

This aay the first division of Saxon troops entered
city, We cannot sufficiently admire the great
vollence and martial air of these forces, which are
destined for Holland. The Duke of Saxe Weymar,
commands than, is also here. The whole num-
Inder his orders compose an army of 20000 men,
are to pass through in thme columns.
NUREMBERG, )ANtJARY S.

The park of artillery, composed of more than 200
es of cannon of heavy calibre, has been sent from
..ia towards the French frontiers—according to
accounts it is to be employed in the siege of
Bence.

THE EVENING STAR.

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Saturday, 4'l-part of our impression, We

toned it as a report entitled to a considerable
degree of credit, that BONAPARTE had, as a last
resource to disunite the Allies, suddenly restored
FIRDINAND the Seventh, King of SPAIN, to liberty,
• extorting, by means of some artful negociators
for the purpose, his, MAJESTy's signature to a
Treaty of Peace between France and Spain. The
fraud thus attempted was too gross and palpable,
Lower, to ha'e any effect upon the Spanish Cortes
accordingly we; find that it was rejected almost im-
Suediately after its arrival at Madrid. It was on the
thiastant that the Special Messenger, dispatched by
phepAwri with this precious document, reached
Iladrid. The Cortes was not to meet until the l sth,
but the permanent Committee of that body immedi-
ately assembled, and at once refused their sanction,
without even permitting the subject to be referred to
the General Meeting. . -
There could not be *a doubt. as to the line of con-
duct to be pursued by the Spanish dOvernment• oiL
such an occasion. As representing the universal na-
tion, they entered into a solemn treaty with Great
Britain in January, 1809, by which both Power; ere
bound not to make a separate Peace with France.
By a Decree, long since promulgated, the Cortes of
Spain also declared that no act or deed whatever of
King Veen:NAM:l's should be binding while he re-
mained under the controul of another Power.

Some letters by The last Passages Mail state; that,
there were commotions at Madrid, ociasionedbY the
efforts of a party in the Governmerit, to prevent the
restoration of King FERDINAND. We presume that
this report is connected with the-circumstances above
alluded to.
While on the subject of Spain, we cannot help ex-
.
pressing our regret that the conduct of _certain indi-
viduals in that country should have rendered tte pub.
Legion of such sentiments necessary as those which
Lord WELLINGTON'S letter to Mr. HENRY WELLES..
En contains. Not only is there a most. unaccount-
able and short-sighted jealousy displayed on the
'part of the Spaniards, on the subject of the oc-
cupation of Cadiz and Carthagena by the British
Imps, but, we are sorry to add, that another article
iiatbeLishon papers informs us, that the fool (if not
the traitor) BALLASTEROS, is-again to be employed
id the Spanish armies, We fear that there is 4 most
'mischievous factirn among the Spaniard, which
. will require all the vigilance and skill of our Minister
at Madrid to 'keep under.

We have received" Dutch Papers of the date of
Friday last. They contain intelligence of consider:
able interest front Rolland and other parts of the
Continent. We are still left in a state of uncertainty
resp,:ct to thowegociations with Denmark. The
Dutch, in their eagerness for the success of the good
causer are miter hasty in giving currency to reports
of a favourable description, and their dettils must
therefore be waived with caution :

• ROTTERDAM, JANUARY P. 05
" The preliminaries of Peace with Denmark have
riot as yet been made public, althea gb it is confi-
dently asserted that Noyway will ko entirely ceded',
to Swlden; but, .on the other band, it f slibr the
conquered provinces of Holstobt and Sleswick will
be restated to Denmark.
" The late King of liollazisi is •gone from Solo-
thurn telausanne, and from thence to France." •
6, BREDA, JANUARY 16.
It is stated in a private letter from before Antwerp,
that the city has been- bombarded by Congreve's
2."lcets• The Prussians are towards Brussels. We
hear that this morning, and the following day, about
:10,000 Swedes are to pass through our city."
BAEDA, JANUARY i 7.
" We have at present a great number of sick and
wounded lying in the hospital, among which the
greater part are French. Tile Government has, by
mans of the Quarter-Master, M. !sing, in a printed
billet issued WI the evenipda the Fast-day, made
requisition of drinking cups, sleep tables, lanthorns,
and boiling pots, for the use of the Hospitals.
" Request had alroady been made,in the Quarter-

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taaiterbs,natae, at priVite hoUses, tOr mid
lin. The Burghers have gracioudy complied with
all thine requests, and five Burghers at Leer have
aheadST sent a cart load of 'necessary trticlesb We
cannot its yet ascertain the strength of the garrison,
sit thej are going and coming every iday. General
trod, with several thousand men, has his head
quart*: at Ginneken and Haagge. Osterhout and
Dougen are full of troops.,,

4 AMSTERDAM, JANUARY 19.
" The Ittssian General, Bennigsen, who at pre-
sent commands the siege of Flamburgb, on the 24th
December issued two Proclamations. By the first of,

them, the Dutch troops who, to the number of 20091
men, form a part of the garrison of Hamburgh, which
consists in the whole of 14,000 men, are called upon
to join the defenders of the good cause, and which
'has been productive of such good effect that a con-
siderable number, especially of artillerymen, have de-
serted to us. By the other the General calls on all
die exiled Hamburghers, who are able to bear arms,
to repair to him, with a promiie that the punishment
of their tormentors shall be left to them."

" BASLE, JANUARY 8.
gg There is much bustle in our town, it being con-
tinually full of troops. The Prince of Schwartzen.
burg and Platow, General Barclay de Tolly, and a
number of others were at this place, but have this
day left us, and we are now expecting the arrrival of
the two Emperors and the King of Prussia, with their
guards, and a great number of Nttendants. Our
city, as well as the country, is consequently heavily
burthened with finding diem quarters.
,g We have, indeed, strong reports of peace; but
as yet there is no mention made of any place being
appointed for a Congress.

" The Allies are already in Dijon, Langres, Nan-
cy, and Vesoul, and they cannot now be far from
'Lyons, where they will meet no hindrances to op-
' pose them ; and above all, the great Inass of the al-
lied troops which have already passed, and still con
tinue passing through here, is in number's almost in-
credible.
The headquarters of Field Marshal Blucher
were, on the 9th instant, at Saarbruck ; and the Prus-

sian Brigadier Count Henckel Von Donnusmarck
had taken-possession of Triers with his cavalry.!
44 The intelligence from Italy brings very diffe-
rent reports, especially concerning the King of Na-
ples : one says that he was to join the Allies with
10,000 men ; whilst another states, that he is gone to
drive away the Austrian troops which have advanced
to the right bank of the Po, as far as Ravenna and
Forli, as he was tO march on the 29th to- Remini
and Forli. Meanwile the letters from lnspruck and
Batzen, of the •Ist January, in mentioning the Au-
itriantroope, state, that several fine corps had marched
though the first-mentioned place to strengthen the
Austrian army in Italy,; and that 14 battalions- were
shortly expected at 13atzen. Some Cossacks had
already arrived, 'but had marched onwards, or
having refreshed themselves."

" BREMEN, JANUARY LS.
"An Adjutant of the Crown Prince of Sweden this
afternoon passed through here, with disp.atches to
Baron Winzingerode6 General of Cavalry, which say
that it was probable peace with Denmark would be
signed on the 11th.
" In various Papers the following plan of operations
of the Allies has been published :

64 Under the command of the Crown Prince of Swe-
den, 130,000 men are to enter Holland in a line from
Kenlin to the sea.

" Gen. Blucher commands 115,000 men near Co-
blentz, on the left side of the Rhine; and he having
established a communication with the forces of the
Crown Prince, is to proceed in a direction southward.
" The Grand Army under Field Marshal Prince
Schwartzenberg, composed of 250,000 men, having
entered France by Switzerland, is to advance north-
west. A great part of this force has already confor-
med to this arrangement.

" An army of 70,000 men, under General Belle-
garde, is to maintain the war in Italy. It cannot
long continue, as the Italians are impatient to be
freed from the Conscription ; and as the disagree-
ment between Napoleon and the King of Naples will
soon obstruct any assistance from the latter to tile
former. The Viceroy of Italytas scarcely under his
orders. 30,000 men, which, by the junction of &Iva-
tria to the Allies, will be hardly pressed on the left

, • _
46 Another army of 60,000 men is destined to enter
France by Piedmont, with a view to co-operate with
Lord Wellington, who, it is alledged, has with -him
120,000 men: To these, adding 125,000 men to be
employed in the siege of the fortresses, the total co-
operating force will amount to 745,000 men, sup-
posing 125,000 besiegers to be substracted from the
several armies, and not to constitute separate and in-
dependent bodies."

HADERSLpEg, (DANISH) SANTTARN 9.
Since we have been left by the Danish troops, and
have been so long in a state of uncertainty and anxiety,
we have received the advanced guard of General Tet-
tenborn, which marcheclAn yesterday ; and this day
the General himself has arriVedi -and established his
head-quarters• here. These troops are shortly to,
march for Kolding, where some severe skirmishes had
taken place beteen the Danes and the Cossacks. Ge-
nerals Dorenberg and Tettenborn have strictly bloc

itensiiurg. s 6 tisit thelaress. en ian tieriSe
oaliistaste front the neipbottliag
rte.• aural Tettenborn having aivanged this Invest-
ment, proceeded by forced, ingitkhes northwardb to
the fortress of Jutland, detaebileek however, a dies-
'ion of his forces in the directinlvof Rypen and Thti-
dern. In the spate of three days, the whele.of the
Dukedom of Schleswig will be in the occupation of
the Allies. -
In the meanwhile, in other respects, the tone of
affairs have taken a favourable turn. The King has
dispatched M. Burke, one of his Ministers, who this
day passed through here to Schleswig to the Crown
Prince of Sweden, with full powers to accelerate, as
much as possible, the attainment of peace. We have,
therefore, the hope that Denmark also, for the sake
of every party, will join her troops to those of the
Allies, to terminate the present conflict by which Eu-
rope is disturbed.
PS. We just now receive the agreeable sews, that
a sop has been put to the operations of the enemy;
and that General Tettedborn is at Christianfeld.—
We expect, therefore, every moment to receive intelli-
gence of propositions for peace.
BURG, DECEMBER so. •
This day thirty pieces of heavy Slvedish irtillerts
with the Caissons belonging to them, passed through
'here, la' their way so Waroberglt. The besieging
army of General Bennigsen, which blockaded Magde-
burgh, has broken up for Hamburgh, and is extend-
ing itself by Schoneck. It was joined by 10,000 irre-
gular, and 8000 regular troops. -This day we hear
the cannonading from Magdeburg renewed. We tjlis
, moment find, that 10,000 Russians have crossed the
Elbe to reinforce the ranks of Alexander.

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