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were, on the 4th in the evening, at the distance of 16 ffilente ; they wished to be powerful a> et
leagues from Lugo. On the 2d his Majesty reviewed rant people. When a Monk. a. Theologist, a Bishop,
at Astorga the divisions of Laborde and -Inoisone a -Pope, preaches intolerance, he preaches his own
which form the army of Portugal. These troops see condemnation ;he gives himself up to be the laugh-
the English flying, and burn with impatience to get ing stock of nations.
up with them. " The Duke of Dalmatia will be tonight atLugo,
" His Majesty lefeas a reserve at Astorga, the corps Nunierous columns of prisoners are on their march
of the Duke of Elchingen, who has had his advanced thither.
'guard on the passes in Gallicia, and who is enabled, „ General Davenoy proceeded with 500 cavalry to
in case of emergency, to support the corps of the Duke Toro. He came up with 2or 300 men, the remains
of Dalmatia. . * of the insurrection. He charged them, and killed or
4, Since the 27th ultimo, we have taken more than took the greater part. The Colonel of the Dutch
10,000 prisoners, among whom are 1,500 English.--.- hussars was wounded in the charge."
We have oaken also more than 400 baggage waggons, .
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15 waggons of firelocks, their magazines, and hospi- TWENTV-SEVENTII BULLETIN.
tale. The English retreat in disorder, leaving maga- . " Vail: do!id, Jan. 9.
zines, sick, wounded, and equipage. They will ex- ~ The Duke of Dalmatia, after the battle of Prie-
perience a still greater loss—and if they be able to vas, proceeded to expel the English from the post of
embark, it is probable it will not be without the loss of Piedra Fella. He there took 1500 Eng/sh prisoners,
half their army. five pieces of cannon, and several caissons. The ene-
,, We fount in the barns several English who had
I my was obliged to destroy a quantity of baggage and
been hanged by the Spaniards. His i Majesty was n- ' stores. The precipices were-filled with them. Such
dig-n ant, and ordered the barns to be burnt. The pea- I was their precipitate flight and confusion, they left
sants, whatever may bethcir resentment, have no right • behind them in their carriages a quantity of gold and
to attempt the lives of the waggoners of either army. 1 silver: The property that has fallen, into our hands
His Majesty has ordered the English prisoners to be ' is estimated at two millions of livres.
treated with all the respect due to.soldiers who have
I "On the 4th, at night, the French advanced guard
manifested liberal ideas and sentiments of honour.
;was at Castillo and Nocedo. On the sth, the ene-
,, We have received the confirmation of the news
my's rear-guard wai come up with at Pueste and F.
announcing the 'arrival of the 7th corps, under Gene--
'He entered that pen, tiic moment they were going to blow up a bridge
ra! Gouvion St. C} r, at Barcelona.
--a charge of cavalry rendered the attempt useless.
place on the 17th. On the 15th, he fell in with the
was the same at the bridge of Cruciel.
troops commanded by Generals Reding and Vives, . It
and completely dispersed them. He took-front them : "On the sthr at night, Large and Lahoussaye's
six pieces of cannon, 30 caissons, and 3000 men. By . divisions were at Constantine, and the enemy a short
means of the junction of the 7th corps with the troops . distance from Lugo. On the 6th, the Duke of Dal-
under General Duhesme, v:e have a large army at matia was on his march to reach that pity.
Barcelona. I 46 The, English army suffers considerably ;it has
~ When his. Majesty was at Tordesillas, he had 'no longer ammunition and baggage; and )calf the
his head-quarters in the outward buildings of the , English cavalry is on foot. Since our departure from
Royal' Convent of et. Claire. It was to this convent , Benevente up to the sth instant, we counted on the
that the mother of Charles V. had retired, and where . road eighteen hundred English horses that had been
she died. The Convent of St. Claire was built on killed.
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the scite of a Moorish palace, of which about two . " The remains of Romana's army are found wan-
halls remain in fine preservation. The Abbess was dering about in all directions. The remains of the
presented to the Emperor.—She i: 75 years of age, , army of Mayorca, of- Iberia, of Barcelona, and of
and for 65 years she had not been out of her cloisters.', Naples, are made prisoners. .
She was considerably moved when she passed the
"., General Maupetet having come up with, on the
threshold ; but she conversed with the Emperor with i
side of Zattora, with his brigade of dragoons, a co.
much presence of mind, and obtained several favours lumn tof 800 men, charged and dispersed them, and'
for her friends. - killed or took the greater part.
INTERCEPTED LETTER TO THE MARQUIS pe ROMANA.
„The Spanish peasantry of Galicia and Leon, have
" SIR-1 should not have detained your instructions ss long,
had not Sir John Moore returned very late to Villa Franca. He 'no mercy on the English. Notwithstanding ti
arrived greatly fatigued. I delivered yout letter to him, to which strictest orders to the contrary, we every day find a
he sannot return an answer till to-morrow ; but he desired me to number of English assassinated. '
inform you, that he would set out at an ezrly hour. There are at 1
Benevente, two or 300 of the French cavalry, who annoy our " The head -quarters of the Duke of Elchingen are
stragglers between Benevente and Villa Franca.. General Moore !at Villa Franca, on the confero of G..lieia and Leon.
begs you will place a battalion on the heights over the road, where .
they may fire on them without any risk. I The Duke of Belluno is on the Tagus.
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14 There is no news—we know nothing of the movements of 46 The English Government is like the liar in the
the French, and we continue to retreat. I am not certain that Sir., play, who has told the same untruth so often; thet at
J. Moore will allow me to return to your Excellency. In that t last he believes it himself. The inhabitants of the
case, permit me to express an hope of meeting with you in Lon- I kingdoms of Leon and Galicia hold the English in
don, in better times ; for be assured Sir, I retain a grateful recol--
lection of your kindness, and am with the greatest respect, &c. ihorror. Under this head, the events that have taken
" Villa Franca, Jan. 2, 1809. " as. LY:4511." place are equivalent to a igt eat victory.
TWENTY-SIXTII BULLETIN. " The Duke of Belluito is on the Tagus.
- Valladolid, Jim. 7. I' The whole of the Imperial Guard is concentrated
" After General De St. Cyr entered Barcelona, he I at Valladolid.
proceeded to the Lobregat, and forced the Enemy's l " The.cities of Valladolid, of Palencia, Segovia,
intrenched camp, end took 25 pieces of cannon . He Avilla, Astorga, Leee, &c. have sent numerous de-
then took Tarrogono, a place of great importance. putations to the King. .
~ The annexed reports of Generals Duhesme and o The city of Madrid has particularly distinguished
St. Cyr, contain the details of the military events, itself. Twettty.eight thousand five hundred heads of
that had taken place in Catalonia to the 21st of De- I families have taken the oath of allegiance before the
cember.—They do the greatest credit to General St. Holy Sacrament. The citizens have promised his
Cyr. Every thing that has taken place at Barcelona Imperial Majesty, that if he will place his brother on
is to the praise of General Duhesme, who has dis- the throne, they will serve him with all their efforts,
played great talents and firmness. and defend him with all their means."-
" The troops of the kingdom of Italy have covered
TWENTY-EIGHTH BULLETIN.
themselves with glory—their excellent conduct has -
sensibly affected the Emperor. They are in truth _ " Valladolid, Jan. 13.
chiefly composed of the corps formed by his Majesty ~ That part of the treasure of the enemy which has
in the campaign of the year five. The Italian picked fallen into our hands, is 1,800,000 francs. The inha.
men are as wise as they ate brave ; they have given t bitantseassert that the English have carried off from
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rise to no complaint, and have sheaved the greatest I eight to ten millions.
courage. Since the time of the Romans, the people I ~ The English General deeming it impossible that
of Lai). had not made war in Spain. Since the Ro- I the French infantry and artillery should have followed
mans, no epoch has been so glorious for the lodian I him, and gained upon him a certain number of
arms. I marches, particularly in the mountains so difficult as
The army of the Kingdom of Italy is already I those of Gailicie, thought he could only be pursued
80,000 strung, and good soldiers. These arc the Iby cavalry and sharp-shooters. He took, therefore,
guarantees which that fine country has of being no 1 the position of Castro on his right, supported by the
longer the theatre of war. His Majesty has removed I river Tombago, which passes by Lugo, and is not
his head quarters from Benevente to Valladolid. He I fordable.
received to-day all the Constituted Authorities. 44 The Duke of Dalmatia arrived on the 6th in pre- •
~ Ten of the worst of the lowest ranks have been sence of the enemy. He employed the 7th and Bth in
put to 'death. They are the same who massacred' reconnoitring the enemy, and collecting his infantry
General Cevallos, and who for so long a time have ' mid artillery, which were still in the rear. He formed
oppressed the better sort of people. !his plan of attack. The left only of the enemy was
"His Majesty has ordered the suppression of the : attackable—he manoeuvred on their left. His dispo-1
Dominican Convent, in which one
.Frenchman was sitions required some movements on the Bth, and the I
killed. He testified his satisfaction at the Convent Duke determined- to attack on the 9th ; but the enemy
of San Benete, whose Monks are enlightened men, ' retreated in the night, and in the morning our ad-
who, far from having preached war and disorder, of • vanced-guard entered Lugo. The enemy left 300
having shewn themselves greedy of blood and murler, . sick in the hospitals, a park of eighteen pieces-of can-
have employed all their cares and efforts to calm the i non, and 300 waggons of ammunition. We made
people and bring them back to good order-:-Sereral . 700 prisoners. ,
Frenchmen owe their lives to them. I " The town-and environs of Lugo are ch;;aked
~ The Emperor wished tc see these religious men ; , with the bodies of English horses. Hence upwards
and when he was informed they were Benedictins, 1 of 2500 horses have been killed in the retreat.
whose Members have always rendered themselvce I 46 The English are marching to Corunna in great
illustrious inliterature and sciences, both in France haste, where they have 400 transports They have
and in Italy, he condescended to express the sa- ' already lost bag` age, ammunition, a part of their ma-
tisfaction he felt at owing this obligation to them.— terial artillery, and upwards of 3000 prisoners.
In general the Clergy of this City are good.—The i 4,
,On the 10th hiur advanced guard was at Betan-
Monks; who .are really dangerous, are the fanatic ; zos, ishort distance from Corunna. -
Dominicans, who had got possession of the In-1 " The Duke of Elchingen .is with his corps near
quietion, and who having bathed their hands in ' Logo. - -- •
the blood of a Frenchman, had the sacrilegious I !, In reckoning the sick, missing, those who have
cowardice to swear on the gospel that the unfortu- been killed by the penitents, and made prlsonere by oer
nate man who was demanded of them was not I troops, we may calcUlete the loss of the English at
dead, and - had been carried to the hospital, and one third of their army. They are reduced to 18,000
who afterwards owned, that after he had been killed, 1 oen, and are not yet embarked. From Sahagun, they
he was throWn into a well where lie had been found. retreated 150 leagues in bad weather, worse roads,
—Barbarians and hipoerieee, who preach inteleranckl through Mountains, acid always closely pursued at the
excite discord and hlood,'yoti are not the Ministers of point of the cord. •• _
the Gospel—The period when Europe beheld,without 1 • 64. It is difficult to conceive the-folly of their earl
indignation, the massacre of Protestants celebrated by of campaign. It must 'be attributed-not to the Ge-
illuminations in great cities can never be revived...-. bend who commands, and who is a clever and skilful
The blessings of toleration-41i he first rights of man ; ' man; but to that spirit of hatred and'rage which ani-
it is the first maxim of the Goipci, lhecause it is the mates the English Ministry. To push forwe'rdein this
first attribute of cliarity.—lf there was a time !hen Manner 30,000 men, exposing them. to destruction or
some false teachers of the Christian g..eligion preach- to flight as their only iesopree, is a conceptian'whi(h
ed- intolerance, 'they had not then lii gi.OW the itte. tan only be inspired by the spirit of passion, or the
terete of Heaven', b.:t • those of their temporal it- mbit extravagant pilesturption. '' ' ' '
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M Lilo .sac.l/4ed by the enemy
We cannot impute t..ese disasters ers
neral—they are the-nsnal and inevitableetrect
marches and precipitate retreat.
" Zamora, whose inhabitants bad Leen atiirnatr4
by the presence of the English, shut their gates agairi.t
General Maupetet. General. 13,..ancau tiraceedi
against )t with four battalions i he scaled ±e city,
took it, and put the most guilty to the sword.
' ‘.O Gallicia is the province of Spain which manifes..l
the best disposition ;it receives the -French as
rers, who have relieved them at oils::: from foreigners
tend from anarchy. The Bishop of Lugo and the clinigt
of the whole province, manifest we v4est Seittlinentl.
Valladblid has taken the oailt 'to King Josep!,._
Six men, the leaders of revolt aad .massacre
therrench, have beer. condemned to. death.
been executed. The Clergy asked pardor fc.r
sixth, who is the father of tour children. lis ma
jesty commuted the sentence, and
thereby to testify his satisfactict cf the g:;,-Al
of the secular Clergy of Valladolid on sevcral
tart occasions."

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FROM WE DUTCH PAPERS.
PARSE, JANUARY I.
Interesting details arc daily received of
made at Madrid, for taking the oath of allegiT:ce
his Majesty Kiftg Joseph. -Private leters, of the 25;
of December, say, that the interval off' time from r.
22d, when the Emperor set out to fight the Engli
army, until the 24111, when the Census was firat,
.forms an important epoch in the history of Spa'n.
The rumour of the departure of the Emperor "7
soon spread at Madrid on the evening of the
The day before, the inhabitants had seen man', Fier.
file off. The empty state of the town
w.
sufficient rroof that the greatest part of :Le trc.c.
were marching ; and, as a strict silence was obsetv
' about the motive of this precipitate march, the i!ii
bitants at first iftmed astonished to be, as it were,
to themselves.
This was the moment when the emissaries of
enemy would of course disseminate news anlleg;
to the situation of the day. A thousand
were spread, and the credulity of the friends of t
insurrection, if there had been any yet at Madri
would have been put to a cruel test. Turbulent t: n:
only can account for the absurd tales that were env
fated in the first moment after the departure of •
army. It ivasirseriously reported, that 4Q,000 Moe)
had arrived to the assistance of the insurgents ;
this report is not one of the most silly thatwere
culated.

Under these circumstknces, the collecting of
votes had been accomplished in all the quarters of
city, and this Census had given a large majority
King Joseph. The walls were covered with 'adl
tisements of the Alcides, announcing that on the
lowing day (Dec. 23), tht oath of those who had
dared for King Joseph would be solemnly received
the respeCtive parish churches. Some persons had been
afraid lest the agitation of the preceding day wol
have an influence on the ceremony ; but they ill ki
the Spaniards, who are as firm in their resolution:
they are ardent and passionate in their affections. .
suspicion of fear might have attached to the obedi.
ence of the preceding day ; the act of the followini
was more noble, because entirely free ; it
confirmed by the most weighty consideiations
can influence a.people.—those of their interest,
piness, and glory. The sublime, and not
reasonable answer -given by the Emperor, on
leth, to the Deputations of Madrid, was presen,
the thoughts of all the Citizens ; they recollected
dangers from which his clemency had suffered then
escape, and the glorious destiny which his gen
had promised them ; and asthe sentiments prevai
in the city were gratitude and hope, the suffragt
the public continued unanimous, and their diposil
manifested themselves with the greatest Wet in
to
the oath of allegiance, which ceremony was perform
in the churches.
The Ministers hastened to lay before the King
proceedings of the 22d and 243 d, that his Ma;
might acquaint his august brother with them.
On the 24th, the Corporations of the City voted
anew Deputation should carry to the Emperol
account of what had happened.
JAN. 10.-2,-The eipectation of-the Imperial tr.,
to measure themselves with the English in a pit
battle, has been disappointed, and every thing
us to believe that the instructions given by the Bi
Ministers to Generals Moore and Baird will be
fully obeyed ;and that the English will act in
the same part which,they have acted in Poincl
and Sweden : since after having, by their pre!
and their fallacious promises, inspired their allies
an ill founded confidence, they regain their vessel
forced marches ; and, by a conduct more hostile
friendly, :augment the despair of those whom
abandon, at the very moment When their assir
was most necessary.
Letters from Spain inform us, that the
retreating into Gallicia, and marching to Conn
The Emperor pursues then!. Marshal Bessieres
ved at Astorga Oa the Ist inst. with 10,000
General Gouvion St. Cyr has defeated in Catal
on the 16th and 19th ult. the Spaniaids comm:

by General Reding.
HAMBURGH, JAN. 6.
The conduct which the Baron de Stein ha,
sued since the peace of Tilsit, and particnlarly
ter to the Prince of Witgenstein, which was
intercepted by the French troops at Berlin, have
upon that Minister the anger of the Emperor
Icon, and provoked the measure contained in the
lowing Ordered published here

" Hamburgh,

" As a person of the name of Stein endeavours to otra
hellion in Germany, be is declared an enemy of Franc .
the Confederation df Me Rhine. The- estates wbch
possesses in France; and in the countries of the Confect ;
the Rhine, shall be sequestered. Ilse said Stein shall be
wherever our troops or those of our allies can lay had o
4' Given in our lniperial Catrp at Madrid, Dec. 1
(Signed) " ry

A cartel is arrived from-Cherbourg, whi;.;
she left on Friday last, aucitrings accounts that
naparte arrived at I)ar is on the 'ad ult. and
published Bulletint, in which he boasts of
taken 30.09 British prisoners iindtwO millions of

LONDON t Plinted and tubnshed by LEVY:I:KEN ,
*that,/ Mac, Lambeth, at the S'i•na-Orrlca, Tsb. 1
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