Star.
London, England, 1809-11-28 00:00:00

SPAIN.

PRIVATE LETTER.—" DA, NOVEMBET! 7.
You will have heard from me and others the
victory of Del Parque. The cavalry 32 not do all
it ought, nor all it coald have done ; but * Viva la
salhina eon su The army of Estrema.l
dnra, now reduced in numbers, has been given to
Albuquerque ; but some ;say •he will not join, and
looks upon the command of so small a corps as be-
7!C ith him. It is a sad u.ity that those
.among us,
(especially amongour nobles),- who have any merit,
arc so extremely:l ticklish and quarrelsome.. The
army of Carolim4 as you know, fell back to. the Sierra
about' three weeks.ago. Equia was installed. Vene-
gaS Went to Seville. Blake was named ; hut I know
nut how, general Acia!aga • (of whom I.eon(es I
know nothing) came from Catalisnia, and has at this
moitient the command of the army. All I heal of
him pleases me much. He is active and enterprising,
and bent .npon.distinguishing himself.
" The French, after plundering the Mancha, and
cart ying off great qiiantities of 'provisions, corn, and
ca.ttic, retreated once more beyond the Tagus, and
Aciasaga moved forward on t Friday last, ender the
persuasion that the French would be weakened by re-
inforcements sent to Ney's division in consequence of
the victory of Taniames. The Spanish army that left
Carolina is called 50,000 men, including 6000 Ca-
is 'a force also in Valencia, but the
Junta of that Province is distracted by cabals, and in
every thing but open rebellion to the Central Govern-
ment. These differences generally retard military
operations, and I fear Aciasaga must not reckon on
the co-operation et his Valencian succours. His in-.
tentions are to gain the positions of Consuegra and
Manzanares before the French can possibly cress the
Tagus to re-occupy them. He set off with eight
days provisions, the army in spirits, and himself said',
to he sanguine.
" If the French are as much weakened as some of
our eager countrymen suppose, by the ieverses they
have experienced in the north of Spain, and the Estre-
madura army can amuse them at the bridges of Arzo-
bispo and Almaraz, it is not impossible that we may
once more disturb King Pepy§ at Madrid. . Let alas
the report of an Austrian peace gains credit every
day, and discourages us much. I have at last pro-
cured some authentic account of the eroeeedings at
Sewille, which our ill-advised masters arc so foolkilly
intent upon concealing. The Regency was thiee
times proposed and three times. rejected ; though I
am assured that your Marquis of Wellesley tore itened
Garaywith an instant insurrection. unless it was voted.
An exeeutive Commission or Section was then pro-
posed, the plan approved, aed the Members, to the
number of seven, chosen, the President, Who sits rx
cth'ile;c, included. A .greet endeavour has been made
to. conceal the names of our Governors ; however,
Ton may depend upon my list as ((greet :

"The President Marquis of Astorga, Grande...'A The Alarquis of Potnana, Titolu A.'
The 11.1arquis of Ville!. Grandee.
c 14,n Joseph ncholas Garcia de la Torre, a Lawyer.
" Rodrigo Riquelme ! ! another Lawyer.
" Don i:rancisco Xavier Care.
4! I)on Seba•zian tie Yoram.).

" With the exception of Romana and Villel, never
was there a worse composed body, and even Villel,
hose integrity and firmness are indisputable, proved
7., ,rvernment of Cadiz, that his views were very
,;lid his manners far from conciliatory. Ro-
.
• know—Caro and Jocano are l hear honest

aa the two lawyers ate cunning, mischievous,
. intriguing enemies of the Cortes, and. of the
~wrty of the press; and destitute of every quality
that should have raised them to such a situation.—
There prevails a report, that a cabal was formed for
the exclusion of all those who had voted for any
species of Regency. Romatra is, however, an excep-
tion, as he i, known to have spoken at I.,reat length in
favoar of that measure ; but in what other way steal.
we account for the exclusion of Joveilanos, Campo
Sagrado, Garay, and Calvo, the real friends of free-
dom in the Jun:a ? The first of these persons has in-
deed steadily refused all share in the Executive Go-
vernment, and devote, himself chiefly to the repent-
Lions for the assembllne. of Cones. Or the (20th ult.
that long wished far event was fixed for the first of
March text ; they have decided on calling all the
thi ce efst ttes, li.ave not yet settled in how many
Louses they are ti; sit. I kiss y(o bands, &z. &c.

• " I .ive the her thooyli with the pip." A ::panish ptovt.tb,
to ixprtss rilat :hough the tuattLr in qta*:::0:1 is no: all that might
be e.to,irsot., is i upon the whole atlvantaexens.
The Cpl of Nuvc-tuoer. § Joseph.
PRIVATE I.I.TTFI-1—" CADIZ, NOV. 1.

" We have accounts here of some battles having
been foop;ht between the Spaniards and French, in
which the former are sasd to have come off victorious.
The French were tompelled to retire from the field,
Which v. as immediately occupied by the Spaniards.
It does not exactly appear where the conti;ct took
place, hut it was between Salamanca and Madrid.—
The Spaniards were commanded by. the Duke del
Parquc. The French forces are concentrating as fast
Rs possible near Toledo.
" Notwithstanding the above success, I entertain
but •liitie hope of this country in its present condition,
and nothily.;, in my opinion, but a miracle can save
it from the grasp of Bonaparte. The Junta still re-
mains inactive,• in a state of torpor, and the patriotic
sp:r;t of the people is much depressed, not only in
Seville burin this city.
The British army is said to be in tolerable health
;it Badajo;, whither Lord Wellington took his de-
parture yesterday, after spending three days here with
his brother the Marquis.
" Nothing decisive, that we know of, has taken
lace in the East of Spain ; but our armies, by the
.tdvices recei%ed, occupied the positions they
before held.
PRIVATE LETTER.-" CORRUNA, NOV. 16.

Dear liriend—Thoun.h voultave, no doubt, been
inf toted of the g:orious battle of Taman:es, on the
path of ctober, in which the advanced guard of the
1)11c del Pargue the divisi3n of C?.neral Mar-
chand (previously riot t.fNey), yet y,,0 tnay be
per-
bp • SZ la•ith the v.lit•i,! of the fortu-
u le -wit; of f.. eog•tv.eliwot. I therefore,
t. yse
.he of nano nicattog thrill, both fOr your
Ole itiforneAticei of a people
b0t.,711 for the L'pa-
who have exPoited
'ate aciu.:; l•rss f tad enetry 4.11 that
nionot,ttliet creation r 4 ;u0 toidit:S were

burnt on the field of battle. 'A great num7,cr of mum- ,
kets, cartouch boxes, an 8-pounder, and vAtious other.,
article's, fell into our hands.
" On the 2'2d our army entered Salamanca, which
,the enemy had evacuated the Preceding clay, to con-
centrate-the remains. ortheir forces in Zotpra and
TorO: The coutternatiOn occasioned by theill defeat
has extended 'evcln to Madrid. This fact is confirmed
by the arrival df several persons from the capital, and
among others, an English Officer, accompanied by a
Spaniard, who effected their escape from Madrid on
the 28th ult. They further relate a variety of parti-
eulars,clearly indicating the feeble expectations which
the Usurper had of eny succours from Napoleon, and
of his decided intention to quit Madrid, and probably
to retire, from Spain altogether. The French there
had packed up all the specie they could collect toge-
ther, with the gold and silver utensils, church plate,
and decorations of gold and silver embroidery. They
even soaped the gilding of walls and picture frames.
All the valuable paintings and furniture were also se-
cured. They imposed a personal' contribution upon
all the inhabitants, without distinction of age or sex,
and extending to the very poorest classes. They even
carried their revenge to the absurd extremity ofresolv-
ing to demolish all the principal public buildings in
Madrid. Orders had actually been given for the de-
struction of the Post-office, Corporation' Halls, and
the Custom-house ; and by this time the demolition
of the Post-office is nearly completed."