Star.
London, England, 1809-12-18 00:00:00

PRIVATE LETTER.

" Th:vember S.

K The news from Spain is very disastrous. It ii,
that the Spaniards fought a great battle with the
French within a short distance of Madrid, in which
the former were completely routed. AC-I.u. the nu:n.
bers are that were engaged is not stated, exceptii:g
vaguely, and in this manner the Patriot., are rep(,::4
to hive had from 50 to 60,000, and the Frencn Iva
many more than half that number. The Spailards
I lost 17,000 men and about 60 pieces of artill:-.ly.
1 The result has been, that the Spaniard 4 have rapidly
fallen back to the south east.
44 This is a sad disappointment to the hopes of al
the inhabitants of the city, and has cast a damp up',r,
their spirits, which before were much raised.
44 The retreat of the British army from BadAjo:, is
much talked of, and some people say, that it has ;ic-
tually begun its march towards this place, where the.):
add, k is to embark as soon as transports can be pro-
cured. At present there are not enough in the liar.
bour to receive any considerable portion of the army.
The health of the troops is improved, but in the re-
turns we have not an exact account of the sick, and
therefore cannot form ax accurate judgment on this
important subject."

THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON.

MONDAY, DECEMBER 18.
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ie part .. accept J•
those Great Potentates relinquish the cause of civilised 1 We announced on Saturday the defeat experience
nations, and inhumanly abandon their allies—the ' by the Spaniards in La Mancha, wish some less (Fs
Spanish people shall firmly stand alone amidit the estrous accounts of this event extracted from the Lip
ruins of the European Cornent.
..Here is drawn, never to be sheathed, the sword inn Gazette, to the 3d instant.
,of eternal hatred to the execrable tyrant; here is ' A private letter from Lisbon of the 3d instant,
raised, never to be lowered, the standard of indepen- states the loss of the Spaniards at 17,000 men, and
deuce and justice. Hasten to it, all ye who wish not 60 pieces of artillery ; but no accounts that we hav
to live under the abominable yoke, ye who cannot
0
enter into a league with iniquity ;and ye who are seen by this conveyance, mention any disaster having
indignant at the cowardly desertion of deluded Prin.- the army under the Duke del Panclue
befallen
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ces, hasten to us. Here the valiant shall find oppor- the contrary, one of the private letters states that he
tunities of acquiring true honour : the wise and vir- has gained a victory in the south of Leon, in which
tuous obtain respect, and the oppressed find an asy- the enemy lost in killed and prisoners 2000 men,.
lum—our cause is the same, the slme be our danger, We cannot but doubt this intelligence.
the same our reward. Come 'hither, and in despite
According to another letter from Lisbon, the
of all the arts, and all the power of this inhuman de-
spot, you shall witness how we will render dim his C mut de SAN Pay° has been appointed Inspector
star, and be ourselves the creators of our own destiny. General of the Portuguese cavalry ! We know
(Signed) " The ARCHBISHOP of LitoctiCSA, bow to credit this statement, foe. if we are ri
President. informed, this Nobleman was the confide ttial
" "
Royal Alcazar of &Ya Perien DR ItlBo9.iverio, Secretary.
4, of the Duke ABRANTES during his occupation
le, Nov. 21,
SEVILLE, NOVEMBER 23. . Portugal, and held the situation of' Secretary of '
-
Gerona still holds out with that unconverable va. in the Civil EstablishMent under the French Govern
lour which has added fresh laurels to those gathered ment.of that kingdom..—.. -----
by the Spanish nation. According to the most recent A Cadiz Mail arrived yesterday, and has broutc
intelligence received from that place, the French at- 'letters and Spanish Journals to the 29th ult. '1 hes 'I
tacked it by the gate of Carmen, but experienced so .
like most of the accounts from Lisbon, endeavour to
warm a recepron on the pair of the inhabitants, that
they retreated with the utmost pie ciphation, having : palliate the losses sustained by the Spaniards, and 1
hardly had time to fire A few guns. • evil consequences which may be apprehended from
Nov. 25.—The head-quarters of our army of La i
Mancha are in Carolina. The action of Ocana corn- ' defeat so disastrous as that of AREIZAGA. They'
vs that the parks of artillery belonging to the two
menced in a manner which afforded every hope of a fa-
vourable issue. The soldiers repeatedly promised the visions in the battle of Ocana have been
General in Chief not to forsake him, and every thing and that Gerona still defies all the efforts of the
bore the most glorious aspect. The division of Lacy' siegers to subdue it.
repulsed the enemy several times with fixed bayonets, 1
and behaved with the utmost gallantry ; but at the The remains of AREIZAGA'S army, according to i
very moment when victory seemed to be ours, one (vale accounts, was posted on the riverJabalon, where
of those unfortunate accidents which render the fate had been joined on the 22d by a corps de reserv'
of arms so precarious and uncertain snatched it from 1 sisting of 12,000 men. The advanced guard
our hands. The Guards, the battalion of Murcia, French had passed the Guadiana, and est 4
the Carabineers, and some other regiments, perform- on the same day at Quessada in LaMancha. -
ed prodigies of valour.
tish army, it appears by a letter from Badajos,
Our army of La Mancha behaved most gallantly
in the battle of Ocana, and after having made grea the 30th of November, was to be put in motion
havoc among the enemy's troops, and sustained very ; the purpose of favouring the retreat of the -
considerable losses, it fell back to the banks of the; and preventing the further advance of the French.
Guadiana. It will probably rally on that point and i A strong
make head against the enemy, who, from the severe corps was intended to be sent to Merida
the Ist instant. We hope this movement will not
loss he has suffered, will perhaps be prevented from
attacking us again. • have been made too late. •
The two parks of artillery which are attached to Lord WELLINGTON returned to Badajos on the 26th
the two divisions of our army of La Mancha, have ar- a place
rived safe at the head-quarters in Carolink, without Pa. • •
ult. from Villa Viciosa, sporting of the
NCE REGENT of PORTUGAL# where he had been
one single cart being missing.
Nov. 26.—The followingletter has been written by . amusing himself for a few days.
the General in Chief of the army of La Mancha to 1 The Spanish Papers contain a well written address
the Commandant General of the Canton of Carolina; •to the Nation on the state of the Country. If they
Tudeque, November 19.
Most Excellent Sir—,ln consequence of the battle which this .
army has fought with the enemy in the vicinity of Ocana, the could act and fight as well as they write, they would
rt ev-
troops have been considerably dispersed; and as some of than l never b
dente
alrconquered,eady,butthatthey have
can declaimm osSc
s:poiwe i
e.
rfully
will possibly pass through this district, it will be expedient that : without
your Excellency immediately direct the Officers who command } being themselves influenced by the semi,
tee posts of Puerto Llano Montezon, Puerto del Rey& Muandad, : ments which they utter.
to detain all military persons who present themselves before I
them, and take notice of the corps to which they belong, in order 1
that they may again be incorporated with them with all possible I with 4000 men and a great quantity of arms on board,
dispatch.—God preserve your Excellency many years.
JUAN CARGO! AIDDZAOA, is also mentioned ; but in a way too vague to en.
To his Excellency the Count of St. courage us to place much reliapce on the rumour.
Augustin de Taro Hirmoso.
Nov. 27.—A1l the letters from Catalonia announcelish.
a fresh triumph obtained by our allies, the English. A Mogi/cur is stated to have been received in town
yesterday, which mentions the departure of BONA-
They state as a certain fact, that a French squadron man from Paris to take the command of. the army
which set sail from Toulon, bound for the Western in
Islands, having on board 4000 troops and 10,000 Spain; it is also said to contain an official account
nets who are in those islands, has been captured by ar.
muskets, probably destined to arm the French priso- of the total defeat and dispersion of the Spanish army
of La Mancha, and of the French having actually
English squadron. We shall soon see the maritime possessed themselves of the Passes of Sierra Morena,
power of' the Grand Nation reduced to a few fishing • and being on the rapid march into Andalusia
smacks.

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CORDOVA, NOVEMBER 20. 1 Sir R. G. KSATES is appointed Governor of Malta,
A Gentleman of respectability, lately arrived from in the room of the late Sir A. BALL.
Madrid, assures us, that he saw on the desk of Gene- Earl CAMDEN has been elected Master of the
ral Belliard a return of the French troops who have Trinity House, upon the vacancy occasioned by the
entered Spain since the beginning of the invasion, death of the Duke of PORTLAND.
and who amount in the whole to 672,000 men. From The Duke of PORTLAND has Lad about 400 deer
the aura* of thoii who not* acklod to shot is his park at Bulstrodo.

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A motion for •
he Spaniards,
f the French.
to Merida on
nent will nod •
os on the 26th
place of the
he had been