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STATESMAN.

LOIVDON:
TUESDAY, NOVEMASII 17, lint.

Br our Falmouth letter, it will be evident that
our affairs in the Peninsula are in a very critical state
indeed. The passage of the ship Mackerel, from
Corunna, has been most extraordinary quick, it
having been made in sixty hours.—Although the same
backwardnes. in the Ministry to communicate to the
public the intelligence which they receive from our
Commander in Spain may still be complained of, yet
we do not believe that they are in possession of any
absolute facts from which we might rationally
augur, whether the prospect beforri'ns be so gloomy
as many reflecting persons represent them to be.
—On the other hand, by this profound silence,
those who have the greatest confidence in the
skill of the leader of our brave army, and place a per-
fect reliance on the courage and discipline of his fol-
lowers to gloiy, are unusually dismayed by this official
reserve, apprehending, as they thereby do, that the
enemy's force, after the junction of SouLT and SucuET,
was more considerable than, a short time ago, was
calculated it might be. Our most recent intelligence
carries the combined army under SOULr to be 70,000
strong. By public report and private information,
this General has sheen an eager disposition to en-
gage Marquis WrAtirserott, thereby hoping, per-
haps, to anticipate Masscsra in the expected honour
of a victory over an opponent who has gained sn
may laurels in the field. If a battle were inevit-
able (e hich µ e are strongly inclined to believe),
then we can see the propriety and necessity of
General BILL retiring from Madrid, with the forces
under his command, to strengthen the disproportionate
numbers of the Commander-in-Chief, so as to raise
and sustain that confidence throughout the army
which they hate expressed, of the issue of the coming
conflict. The leaving of Madrid, therefore, under
these circumstaeces, is not of itself a matter of great
import, but merely a momentarily relinquishment ;
as, should the British General successfully repel the
expected attack, the capital will again be possessed
by the victor..
cc FALMOCTIII NOT. 14, SETEN, P. M.—His Ma-
jesty's ship Mackerel is just arrived from Corunna,
60 hours passage, has brought a King's Messenger
Nvith Dispstches. It is reported that SOULI and SU•
CULT'S armies had obliged General Him. to retire
front Madrid, and retreat so as to join Marquis Wet,
uneroo—and that a battle was considered as inevi-
table, accounts of which may be hourly expected
to arrive—se SOULT, with near 70,000 men, was ra-
pidly advancing with the intention of fighting the
Combined tirmy."
We have this morning received Corunna Nam
and Letters to the 12th instant, from which we have
taken the following extracts. It appears by these
accounts that Lord WELuseros had then arrived
at Madrid with 20,0(X) infantry and 4,000 horse.—
The news, however, through this channel, is not of
so late a date as that contained in our Falmouth
Letter.

PRIVATE INTELLIt;ENCE.
MADRID, OCT. 23.—Yesterday afternoon. we had
the pleasure of seeing the French enter this city—not
triumphant, as they threatened, • but prisoners, in
!number more than 4000, taken by the celebrated
tstEnos, on the frontiers of Murcia.
VILLA Cairo (SEVEN LEAGOES FROM ZAMORA),

Nov. 1. Tire -slay before yesterday, as bad been
iously determined on, the English ble've up the
bridge of the city of Toro, and yesterday, at 10 at
night, that of Zamora. The French, in number
4000, had entered the former place; and at this
hour (II at night) are, perhaps, in the second, from
which all the Authorities have already departed, and
collected in this place, and in the vicinity of Carbagales,
haring been• sufficiently fortunate to get away the
principal papers relative to the national funds,
These two cities have almost entirely been desert.
ed, and it is doubtful whether they can remain In
them.

Lcrd Wat.vaxa-rom has arrived at Madrid with
20,000 infantry and 4,000 horse.
Our army is in Valladolid and Cabezon de la Sal.
Iu Leon it was consideied as certain, that SO ULT
bat been routed by Hsu..
PRIVATE LETTER.

lictravverc, Nov. 4.—Though we are assured
here that the French are cut eff, all the bridges, &c.
having been destroyed, we are nevertheless not a lit.
tie apprehensive of a new incursion.
Nn courier has arrived from Madrid, bat Fame,
who left that city on the 26th ult. has brought me
letters more deserving credit than what I sent you by
the former courier, which was all * fabrication. of
the false De Naxraa, who having heard from $ll.,
persons iu Madrid, that on the evening of the 2titli
there had entered French prisoners taken by 13 ALLAS
Trues to the amouut of 4000 according to some,
ezul 5000 according to others, deceived me by

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