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FROM SATURDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
DOWNING-STREET, JAN. SP.
D -s•ches, of vehisli the following are extract., have bees re-
ceived at this Office, addressed to the Earl of Liverpool, by
Lieutenant General Viscount Wellhigtoo.
Car faze, January 5, 1811.
...My LORD—The reinforcements to the enemy's
army in this country, which I informed your Lordship,
in my dispatch of the 29th December, were on their
march in the valley of the Mondego, arrived upon the
Alv.i at Murcella on the 24th, which river they cross-
ed by a ford on the following day, and continued their
march to join the army.
Colonel .Wilson, who had retired from Espinhal,
and crGssed the Mondego upon hearing of the ad-
vance of these troops, lest he should be involved in
an unequal contest in front and rear at the same time,
repassed the Mondego on the 25th, and annoyed the
enemy's rear on his march of the 25th and 26th from
the Alva towards Espinhal. He took some prisoners,
and cut of some of their small detachments, which
fell into the hands of the Ordenanza.
The division which had marched•to Pinhcl, and
the advanced guard of which had been at Trancoso
when I last addressed your Lordship, was still at
hel,on the 26th ;December, when I last he-
General Silveira, whose head-quarters
rinha.
I have letters from Cad'a of the
cember, stating that Marshal
from the army engaged in the
place, with 4,000 or 5,000
of December.
• Generals Mt Ballasteros are still at
Lleresa and the , ,bourhood of Monasterio, and
Girard's division 'rtier's corps at Guadalcanal.
No material , has been made in the posi-
tic n of the enemy's army since I addressed your Lord-1
ship last. The detachment which marched to Cas-
tel.o Branco returned immediately, and was sent
either for the purpose of escorting a messenger or to,
obtain Mtelligence.—l have the honour to be, &c.
(Signed) WELLINGTON.
Cum°, January 111.
MY Lents—Since I addressed your Lordship on
the sth instant, I have learnt that the detachment of
the enemy's troops which joined the army in the end
of last month, consisted of eleven battalions of the
9th corps, and of a body of troops which, under the
command of General Gardanne, had before attemp-
ted to penetrate through Beira Bare. The whole
are stated to be eight thousand men, by some of the'
Officers who saw them, but I should think they must
he more.
The other division of the 9th corps had not passed
the frontier when I last received accounts of them ;
but I learn from an intercepted letter from General
Drouct to General Claparede, that this division has
been ordered to take a position at Guarda. Their
advanced guard broke up from the neighbourhood
of Trancoso in the night of the 3d instant.
There has been no alteration in the position of the
enemy's army since I last addressed you, excepting
that General Drouet's head-quarters have been fixed
at Leyria with the troops which joined with him.
The enemy continue to construct boats in the 2e-
zerc ; and have strewn much jealousy of the measures
,adopted by our troops on the left of the Tagus, to,
sominand by their fire the communication between
the Zezere and the Tagus.
I have now to inform you, that Marshal Monier
arrived at Ronquillo, with a division of the corps
under his 'command, on the third instant. He has.
since continued to advance into Estremadura, having
formed a junction with the division which had been
at Guadalcanal, under the command of General
Girard ; and I am concerned to add, that I have
just learnt that 'he obtained possesSion of Meridaal
and of the bridge over the Guadiana at that place,
on thelevening of the Bth instant, the Sparkish troops
having retired.
They have left General Ballasteros' division on
their left flank, between Xeres de los Cavalleros and
,Olivenza, with his communication open with Bada-
loz ; and it is reported, that Mortier s corps is fol-
owed by other troops.—l have the honour to be, &c.
(Signed) WELLINGTON.
[For the remainder of the Gazette see the last page.)

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my right and left (a presage little agreeable) a ,*
which would not allow me longer to expose my co-
' lumm. I therefore ordered Colonel Lemur, with the
grenadiers, to support the artillery, and retire by the
road of Benecarlo, and Colonel Rich, with the whole
of the cavalry, by the way of Vinaroz, for the pur-
pose, in case of necessity, of supporting the right. On
arriving at Vinaroz, I made a trifling halt, for the
purpose of refreshing the troops, aad, above all, to
obtain positive information respecting the fate of my
left, taking every precaution which so delicate cir-
cumstances required ; notwithstanding these, the ene-
Jny penetrated by the roads which lead to that town,
when it was found impossible by the utmost persua-
sions, or the spirit and presence of the second officer
ii command, aided by many brave officers who en-
deavoured to maintain order, and prevent dispersion,
to.reduce the whole of the troops to a state of defence
land regularity, and were only able to effect this with
jiturt of our troops, and the division of Cuenca. In
so dangerous a situation, nothing remained for me to
do, but to go to Peniscola, where several corps have
joined me. Our loss ha; not been so great as at first
I expected, and every 'day we are joined by some of
the cFspersed. I have since been informed that the
of the left, in a great degree, obtained its ob-
ject ; and if circumstances had been more favourable,
there is no doubt but it would have completely ac-
complished it.
" I understand, notwithstanding our failure, the
f enemy admire the march of troops for many leagues
without rest, or discovering their proximity till the mo-
ment of attack. His loss was considerable in our twofirst
attacks.—Justice and honour strictly impose the duty
of investigating the causes of this disagreeable event,
and severely punishing the authors of it."
CADIZ, JANUARY 2.

SITTING OP THR CORTES, InC. 28.
Senorl,l.A NO made the following proposition : "The
discipline and good organization of the armies are the
basis of the art of war : enthusiasm alone is insuffi-
cient ; experience in all ages has confirmed this truth.
The French Revolution, which will be for posterity
an example of the extremes to which the delirium of
men may carry them, had demonstrated the same
thing. He demanded that the Regency should be in-
vited to propose measures of reform, &c. for the or-
denanza, and establish an improved plan for the or-
ganization of the armies, giving at the same time an
account to the Cortes of whatever may require their
sanction ; in the understanding that the enthusiasm
and patriotic ardour which animate the nation, deter-
mined never to submit to the tyrant, being considered,
the Cortes will omit no means for carrying it into
effect. The proposition was received.

FRENCH PAPERS.
PARIS, JAN. 27.
OFFICIAL NEWS FROM SPAIN.
DISTRICT OF THE ARMY OF THE SOUTH.
ARMY OF GRENADA AND MURClA.—General Se-
bastiani, on the 6th, came in front of Marbella.—
After 3 days of open trenches he took possession of it.
Seventeen pieces of cannon, several of them t 4.
pounders, and some stores, were found in the place.
This expedition was attended with some difficulties.
It required nearly the labour of two months to make
a road for conveying the artillery from Malaga in
front of this fort, which is situated on the sea-coast,
at the distance of a day's march from Gibraltar.
The Adjutant-Commandant Berton, in the mean
time. proceeded in tfie front of Gibraltar, drove the

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THI ASTURIAS.—OD the./4th December
1500 Siiniards advanced to 'attack the post of Sato,
which *as occupied by two companies of General
Bonnet's advanced guard. These brave fellows in-
stantly formed, and rushed against the enemy. The
insurgents were defeated, and passed the river Nalon
in the greatest disorder, with the loss of about 9.00
men killed or drowned in the stream, and about 00
prisoners, who have arrived at Oviedo.
ARMY OF CATALONIA AND ARRAOON—The army of
Arragon is ma king preparations for attacking Valencia.
The army of Catalonia has invested Tarragona.
A division of French frigates has recently escorted
a convoy to Barcelona, with 94,000 quintals of corn,
flour, rice, and biscuit, and also a supply of powder.
That important fortress is thus provided with sup-
plies sufficient for two years.

PARIS, JANUARY te.
By an Imperial Decree, dated at the Thuilleries,
January 23.—The Brief of the Pope, given at Savona
on the 30th of November, 1810, and addressed to
the Capitular Vicar and Chapter of the Metropolitan
Church of Florence, commencing by these words—
Diled( Ili, salutem, and concluding with these—Ben-
d/dimes ternumenter imperamur, is rejected as contrary
to the Laws of the Empire, and Ecclesiastical disci-
pline.—The publication of the said Brief, and the
giving it any execution directly or indirectly, is pro-
hibited, and those who shall be proved to have by I
clandestine means encouraged, .tratismitted, or com.
municated the said Brief, are directed to be prosecut-
ed before the Tribnnals, and punished as guilty of a
crime tending to disturb the State by a civil war.
NAPLES, JANUARY It.
An Italian courier, who arrived on the 7th instant
at Berletta from Corfu, which he left on the Sth,
states, that on the 4th two French frigates with troops
on board, had arrived there from Toulon. Several
transports had also arrived from Ancona, laden with
corn and other necessaries.
SWINIMUNDR, JANUARY 5.
Since the declaration of war by Sweden against
England, several large vessels, laden with colonial•
produce, have entered the port of Gottenburgh.—
They also landed.

characterized. He was ready to maintain, that this
mode of proceeding was much more analogous to the
spirit of the Constitution than any other that had
been suggested. The precedent of 1788.9,bis Lord.
ship contined, was of sufficient authority, and was
binding on Parliament in similar cases. It iris suffi-
ciently legalized by the speech from the Throne sub.
sequently delivered, and by future transactions of
that Parliament. It would now, he trusted, he con-
firmed by the conduct of both Houses, and would then
be fully sanctioned and established legally, as a bind.
ing precedent in all future cases of the sort. Noble
Lords might argue as they chose, and shew as mod.
ingenuity as they pleased in opposing the measure,
,but after all they must come to this conclusion—that
some irregularity must be committed. Every other
mode proposed was in itself equally irregular. In the
unfortunate case of his Majesty's inability to discharge
his Royal functions, there was no right inherent in
any person to supply the defect. That defect remain.
ed to be supplied only by the two remaining brancN
of the Legislature ; and the mode that had been
adopted in 1788.9, and on the present occasion, he
would ever maintain, was the safest and most Concti.
tutional mode that could be adopted. The Commis-
sion must run in the name of the King ; and respec.
ting its legality, he had not heard it denied by any
Noble Lord that all the subordinate Courts of Judi-
cature would acknowledge-that legality and act under
the provisions of the Bill. The other proceeding by
Address was more irregular, as he had already said,
and was only to be resorted to in the case of revolu-
tion,a s the precedents on that point sufficiently showed.
. Lord HOLLAND rose again to explain his op:.
nions, which had been misconceived by the Noble
Earl. He. denied the validity of the precedent of
1788-9, both from its total want of analogy to Con-
otitutional principles and from its having remained
incomplete. In the present instance, he complained
also that even that precedent had not been strictly
adhered to. He considered the proceeding as remain.
ing to be questioned in all its parts, as well as the
conduct of the actors in it ; unless, as he before stated.
they were indemnified by an Act of Parliament for
.that express purpose.
Lord REDESDALE maintained that the present
procedure did not involve that irregularity which was
ascribed to it by some Noble Lords. The precedents
en this subject were decidedly in favour of this mode
of proceeding. The legislative enactments in the
minority of Henry the VI. were passed on a similar
authority to that now proposed and on no other.
The only precedents which could be relied on by
Noble Lords opposite were precedents drawn from
times of revolution and force. The first was that
of the accession of Richard 111. to the Throne.
when the Parliament, with the Mayor and Corpora•
. tion of London, addresed him (then being Duke of
Gloucester) to take the Throne and Government.
That was a revolution, and the measure was a mea.
sure of force. The next precedent was the case of
William and Mary, which was the revolution itself.
in which the same parties acted in a similar manner.
It was even admitted by the managers of the Corn.
mons before the Lords, upon the impeachment of
Dr. Sacheverell, that the measure of the Revolution
had been carried by force ; they were thus proceed.
ing against Dr. Sacheverell for having given to the
Revolution a different character from that which the
Commons had put upon it. The precedent of Y7SO-9
was regular, conclusive, and binding. It wai absurd,
it was a perversion of understanding, to main that
the two Houses had the power of vesting all t;ie royal
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ision which had marched to Pinhel, and I expected, and every 'aay we
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t addressed your Lordship, was still At Pip....itivisson of the left, in a great
26th 'December, when 1 last heard from ject ; and if circumstances ha
ilveira, whose head-quarters "me at T. there is no doubt but it wou!
complished it.
etters from Cad'a of the Sand 29th De- " I understand, notwithst
rating that Marshal Soult bad marched enemy admire the march of I
rmy engaged in the ciperations agairbt that without rest, or discovering th
1 4,000 or 5,000 train, on the 20th and 21st ment of attack. His loss was cc
per.
? attacks.—Justice and honour
s Mendizabel 'and Ballasteros are still at of investigating the causes of
Id the neighbourhood of Monasterio, and and severely punishing the al
livision of Mortier's corps at Guadalcanal. CADIZ, JAN
erial al.eration has been made in the posi- SITTING Or THR COI
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