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formed they were of the Benedictine order, which has always rendered itself illustrious in literature and science, both in France and Italy, he condescended to express the satisfaction he felt at owing this obligation to them. In general, the clergy of this city are good. The monks who are dangerous are the fanatic Dominicans who had got possession of the Inquisition, and who having bathed their hands in the blood of a Frenchman, had the sacrilegious cowardice to swear on the Gospel that the unfortunate man who was demanded of them was not dead, but had been carried to an hospital, and who afterwards owned, that after he had been killed he was thrown into a well where he had been found. Barbarians and hypocrites, who preach intolerance, excite discord and blood, you are not the ministers of the gospel The period when Europe bebeld, without indignation, the massacre of Protestants celebrated by illuminations in great cities, can never be revived. The blessings of toleration are the first rights of man; it is the first maxim of the gospel, because it is the first attribute of charity. If there was a time when some false teachers of the Christian religion preached intolerance, they had not then in view the interests of Heaven, but those of their temporal influence; they wished to be powerful amongst ignorant people. When a monk, a theologist, a bishop, a pope, preaches intolerance, he preaches his own condemnation; he gives himself up to be the laughing-stock of nations.

General Davenoy proceeded with 500 cavalry to Toro. He came up with 2, or 300 men, the remains of the insurrection. He charged them, and killed or took the greater part. The Colonel of the Dutch hussars was wounded in the charge.

Twenty Seventh Bulletin. Valladolid, Jen. 2.—The Duke of Dalmatia after the battle of Prievas, proceeded to expel the English from the post of Piedra Fella. He there took 1500 English prisoners, five pieces of cannon, and several caissons. The enemy was obliged to destroy a quantity of baggage and stures. The precipices were filled with them. Such were their precipitate fight and confusion, that the divisions of Lorge and Lahoussaye found among the deserted baggage, waggons filled with gold and silver; it was part of the treasure of the English army. The property fallen into our hands is estimated at two millions.

On the 4th, at night, the French advanced-guard was at Castillo and Nocedo. On the 5th, the enemy's rear-guard was come up with at Pueste and Ferren, the moment it was going to blow up a bridge: a charge of cavalry rendered the attempt useless. It was the same at the bridge of Cruciel.

On the oth, at might, Lorge and Lahousmaye's division were at Constantine, and the enemy short distance from Lugo. On the 6th, the Duke of Dalmatia was on his march to reach that city.

MONTHLY MAG., No. 182,

The English army suffers considerably; t has no longer ammunition and haggage, and half the English cavalry is on foot. Since our departure from Benevente up to the 5th instant, we counted on the road 1800 English horses, that had been killed.

The remains of Romana's army are found wandering about in all directions. The remains of the army of Mayorca, of Iberia, of Barcelona, and of Naples, are made prisoners.

General Maupetet, on the side of Zamora, with his brigade of dragoons, having come up with a column of 800 men, charged and dispersed them, and killed or took the greater part.

The Spanish peasantry of Galicia and Leon have no mercy on the English. Notwithstanding the strictest orders to the contrary, we every day find a number of English assassinated

The head quarters of the Duke of Elchingen are at Villa Franca, on the confines of Galicia and Leon. The Duke of Belluno is on the Tagus. The whole of the Imperial guard is concentrated at Valladolid. The cities of Vallado, of Palencia, Segovia, Avilla, Astorga, in &c. have sent numerous deputations to the King.

the flight of the English army, the dispersion of the remains of the armies of Romana and Estremadura, and the evils which the troops of the different armies inflict upon the country, rally the provinces round the legitimate authority. The city of Madrid has particularly distinguished itself-28,500 heads of families have taken the oath of allegiance upon the holy sacrament. The citizens have promised his Imperial Majesty, that if he will place his brother on the throne, they will serve him with all their efforts, and defen! him with all their means.

Twenty Eighth Bulletin.

Valladolid, Jan. 13.-The part of the treasure of the enemy which has fallen into our hands is 1,800,000 francs.-The inhabitants assert that the Inglish have carried off from eight to ten millions.

The English General deeming it impossible that the French infantry and artillery should have followed him, and gained upon him a certain number of marches, particularly in mountains so difficult as those of Galicia, thought he could only be pursued by cavalry a sharpshooters. He took therefore the position of Castro on his right, supported by the river Tombago, which passes by Lugo, and is not fordable.

The Duke of Dalmatia arrived on the 6th in presence of the enemy. He employed the 7th and 8th in reconnoitring the enemy, and collecting his infantry and artillery, which were still in the rear. He formed his plan of attack. The left only of the enemy was attackable-he manœuvred on their left. His dispositions required some movements on the 8th, the Duke being determined to attack Bb

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on the 9th-but the enemy retreated in the night, and in the morning our advanced guard entered Lugo. The enemy left 300 sick in the hospitals; a part of 18 pieces of cannon, and 300 waggons of ammunition. We made 700 prisoners.

The town and environs of Lugo are choaked with the bodies of English horses. Upwards of 2500 horses have been killed in the retreat. The weather is dreadful-rain

and snow fall continually.

clergy asked pardon for the sixth, who is the father of four children. His Majesty commuted his sentence, and said, he wished thereby to testify his satisfaction of the good conduct of the secular clergy of Valladolid on several important occasions.

Twenty-Ninth Bulletin.

Valladolid, Jan. 16.-The Duke of Bellanu, on the 13th, defeated the Spaniards who were retreating in the direction of Alcazar, under the commander Penegas, who was killed in the action. The consequence of this battle was the surrender of two generals, 300 officers, and 12,000 men.

The English are marching to Corunna in great haste, where they have 400 transports. They have already lost baggage, ammunition, a part even of their material artillery, and upwards of 3000 prisoners. On the 10th, our advanced guard was at Betanzos, a short distance from Corunna, The Duke of El-poleon.] chingen is with his corps near Lugo.

In reckoning the sick, stragglers, those who have been killed by the peasants, and made prisoners by our troops, we may calculate the loss of the English at one-third of their army. They are reduced to 18,000 men, and are not yet embarked. From Sahagun they retreated 150 leagues in bad wea ther, worse roads, through mountains, and always closely pursued at the point of the sword.

It is difficult to conceive the folly of their plan of campaign. It must not be attributed to the General who commands, and who is a clever and skilful man, but to that spirit of hatred and rage which animates the English ministry. To push forward in this manner 30,000 men, exposing them to destruction, or to flight as their only resource, is a conception which can only be inspired by the spirit of passion, or the most extravagant presumption. The English Government is like the liar in the play, who has told the same untruth so often, that at last he believes it himself.

Lugo was pillaged and sacked by the enemy. We cannot impute these disasters to the English general: it is the usual and inevitable effect of forced marches and precipitate retreat. The inhabitants of the kingdoms of Leon and Galicia hold the English in horror. Under this head, the events that have taken place are equivalent to a great victory. Zamora, whose inhabitants had been animated by the presence of the English, shut their gates against General Maupetet: Gene ral Dorneau proceeded against it with four divisions-be scaled the city, took it, and put the most guilty to the sword. Galicia is the province of Spain which manifests the best disposition, it receives the French as deliverers, who have relieved them at once from foreigners and from anarchy. The Bishop of Lugo, and the clergy of the whole province, manifest the wisest sentiments.

Valladolid has taken the oath to King Joseph. Six men the leaders of revolt and bassacre of the French, have been condemned to death. Five have been executed. The

[This Bulletin also contains a recapitulation of the Addresses of the Council of State, and other public bodies, at Madrid, to Na

Thirtieth Bulletin.

Valladolid, Jan. 21.-The Duke of Dalmatia left Betanzos on the 12th inst. Having reached the Mero, he found the bridge of Burgo cut. The enemy was dislodged from the village of Burgo. In the mean while General Franceschi ascended the river, made himself master of the high road from Corunna to Santiago, and took six officers and 60 soldiers prisoners.

On the 13th, the enemy caused two powder magazines, situated near the heights of St. Margaret, at half a league from Corunna, to be blown up. The explosion was terrible, and was felt at the distance of three leagues.

On the 14th, the bridge at Burgo was repaired, and the French artillery was able to pass. The enemy had taken a position at two leagues distance, half a league before Corunna. He was seen employed in hastily embarking his sick and wounded, the num bers of which, according to spies and deserters, amounts to 3000 or 4000 men. The English were in the meanwhile occupied in destroying the batteries on the coast, and laying waste the country on the sea shore. The commandant of the forest of St. Philip, suspecting the fate intended for his fortifica tion, refused to admit them in it.

On the evening of the 14th we saw a fresh convoy of 160 sail arrive, among which were four ships of the line.

On the morning of the 15th, the divisions of Merle and Mermet occupied the heights of Villahoa, where the enemy's advanced guard was stationed, which was attacked and destroyed. Our right wing was stationed on the point where the road from Corunna to Lugo, and that from Corinna to Santiago meet. The left was placed behind the village of Elvina. The enemy was stationed behind some beautiful heights.

The rest of the 15th was spent in fixing a battery of twelve pieces of cannon; and it was not till the 16th, at three o'clock in the afternoon, that the Duke of Dalmatia gave orders to attack.

The assault was made upon the English by the first brigade of the division of Mermer,

which overthrew them, and drove them from the village of Elvina. The 2d regiment of light infantry covered itself with glory General Jardon, at the head of the voltigeurs, wrought a terrible carnage. The enemy, driven from his positions, retreated to the gardens which surround Corunna.

The night growing very dark, it was necessary to suspend the attack. The enemy availed himself of this to embark with precipation. Only 6000 of our men were engaged, and every arrangement was made for abandoning the positions of the night, and advancing next day to a general attack. The loss of the enemy has been immense Two of our batteries played upon them during the whole of the engagement. We counted on the field of battle more than eight hundred of their dead bodies, among which was the body of General Hamilton, and those of two other general officers, whose names we are unacquainted with. We have taken 20 officers, S00 men, and four pieces of cannon. The English have left behind them more than 1500 horses, which they had killed. loss amounts to 100 killed and 150 wounded. The Colonel of the 47th regiment distinguished himself. An Ensign of the 31st infantry killed with his own hand an English officer who had endeavoured to wrest from him his eagle. The General of Artillery, Bomgeat, and Colonel Fontenay, have signalised them

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At day-break on the 17th, we saw the English convoy under sail. On the 18th, the whole had disappeared.

The Duke of Dalmatia had caused a car. ronade to be discharged upon the vessels from the fort of Santiago. Several transports ran aground, and all the men who where on board were taken.

We found in the establishment of the Palloza (a large manufactory, &c, in the suburbs of Corunna, where the English had previously been encamped), 3000 English muskets. Magazines also were seized, con taining a great quantity of ammunition and other effects, belonging to the hostile army. A great number of wounded were picked up in the suburbs. The opinion of the inhabitants on the spot, and deserters, is, that the number of wounded in the battle exceeds 2500 men.

Thus has terminated the English expedi. tion which was sent into Spain. After having fomented the war in this unhappy rountry, the English have abandoned it. They had disembarked 38,000 men and 6000 homes. We have taken from them, according to calculation, 6500 men, exclusive of the sick. They have re-embarked very lit le baggage, very little ammunition, and Very few horses. We have counted 5000 killed and left behind. The men who have found an mylum on board their vessels are harassed and dejected. In any other season

of the year not one of them would have escaped. The facility of cutting the bridges, the rapidity of the torrents, which in winter swell to deep rivers, the shortness of the days, and the length of the nights, are very favourable to an army on their retreat.

Of the 33,000 men whom the English had disembarked, we may be assured that scarcely 24,000 will return to England

The army of Romana, which at the end of December, by the aid of reinforcements which it had received from Gallicia, consisted of 16,000 men, is reduced to less than 5,000, who are wandering between Vigo and Santiago, and are closely pursued. The kingdom of Leon, the province of Zamora, and all Galicia, which the English had been desirous to cover, are conquered and subdued.

The General of Division Lapisse has sent patroles into Portugal, who have been well received there.

General Maupetit has entered Salamanca; he met there some sick of the English troops. Thirty-first Bulletin.

The English Regiments bearing the numbers 42, 50, and 52, have been entirely destroyed in the battle of the 16th, near Corunna. Not 60 men of each of these corps embarked. The General in chief, Moore, has been killed in attempting to charge at the head of his brigade, with a view of restoring the fortune of the day. Fruitless efforts. This troop was dispersed, and its General slain in the midst of it. General Baird had been already wounded. He passed through Corunna to get on board his ship, and he did not get his wound dressed till he got on board; it is reported that he died on the 19th. After the battle of the 16th, a dreadful scene took place at Corunna. The English entered in confusion and consternation The English army had landed more than eighty pieces of canuon: only twelve were re embarked; the remainder has been taken or lost; and by a return, we find ourselves in possession of sixty pieces of English cannon. Independent of two millions of treasure which the army has taken from the English, it appears that a still more considerable sum has been cast away among the rocks and precipices which bordered the road from Astorga to Corunna. The peasants and the soldiers have collected a great quantity of silver among the rocks. In the engagements which took place during the retreat, and prior to the battle of Corunna, two English Generals were killed, and three wounded. Gen. Crawford is named among the last, The English have lost every thing that constitutes an army-Generals, artillery, horses, baggage, ammunition, magazines. On the 17th, at day-break we were masters of the heights that command the road to Corunna, and the batteries were playing upon the English convoy. The result was, that many of the ships were unable to get out, and were taken in the capitulation of Corun

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па. Five hundred English horses were also taken still alive, 16,000 muskets, and a great deal of battering cannon, abandoned by the enemy. A great number of magazines are full of preserved provisions (munitions confectionnés), which the English wished to carry off but were obliged to leave behind. powder-magazine, containing 200,000lbs. weight of powder, has also fallen into our hands. The English, surprised by the issue of the battle of the 16th, have not had time to destroy their magazines. There were 300 English sick in the hospital. We found in the port, seven English ships-three loaded with horses, and four with troops. They could not get out. The fortress of Corunna is of an extent which secures it from a coup de main. It was therefore impossible to enter it before the 20th, in virtue of the annexed capitulation. In Corunna we found above 200 pieces of Spanish cannon. The French Consul Fourcroy, the General Quesnel, and his staff; M. Bougars, Officer of Ordnance; M. Taboureau, auditor; and 350 French soldiers or seamen, who had been made prisoners either in Portugal or on board the shipAtlas, have been delivered up. They express great satisfaction at the conduct of the officers of the Spanish navy. The English have gained by their expedition the hatred of the Spaniards, shame, and dishonour. The flower of their army, composed of Scotchmen, has been either wounded, killed, or taken. General Franceschi has entered St. lago de Compestella, where he found some magazines and an English guard, which he took. He marched immediately upon Vigo. Romana appeared to have taken this route with 2500 men, all that he could rally. The division of Mermet marched on Ferrol. The air about Corunna is infected by the carcases of 1200 horses, whom the English killed in the streets. The first care of the Duke of Dalmatia has been to provide for the restoration of salubri ty, equally important to the soldiers and the inhabitants. General Alzedo, Governor of Corunna, appears to have taken part with the insurgents only from the constraint of force. He took the oath of fidelity to king joseph Napoleon with enthusiasm. The people manifest the joy they feel at being delivered from the English.

GREAT BRITAIN.

The attention of the nation has been drawn during the last month to a subject of the highest consequence to its honour and prosperity. No topic has excited for several years solively and universal an interest, and we cannot do more justice to it than by preserving the able speech made in the House of Commons, by Mr. Wardle, when he first brought it forward in that assembly. On the 28th of January, Mr. Wardle, Member for Oakhampton, rose and spoke as follows:

Fully aware, Sir, of the great importance

of the subject I am about to submit to the consideration of the House, I most sincerely lament that my abilities are unequal to do it complete justice. But yet I trust that an ardent zeal for the welfare of my country, sup ported by facts strong and incontrovertible will enable me to surmount every difficulty, and eventually to rescue the state from the baneful influence of a power which has long been exercised for the worst purposes, and which, in fact, tends to endanger our ultimate security. To stand forward the public accuser of a man so high in rank and so strong in influence as his Royal Highness the Commander-in Chief, may very naturally be deemed no less a bold than an arduous undertaking. But, however bold, however arduous it may be, being determined that no consideration of that nature shall ever induce any hesitation or wavering in the performance of my duty, either upon this or upon any other occasion, my mind is fully made up for perseverance. In the resolution I have formed, it is but reasonable for me to calculate upon the concurrence and co-operation of this house and the country. For, at a crisis of peculiar peril, when the great if not the only means of our safety may depend upon the judicious organization and able direction of our military force, every man in the community must feel a lively interest in the object which my motion has in view. I trust, therefore, his Royal Highness the Duke of York, will this night find, that however exalted his rank, however powerful his influence, the voice of the people, through their representa tives, will prevail over corruption, and justice will be done to the calls of a long-suffering and meritorious body-to the best, the vital interests of the people. In the course which I am pursuing, I feel conscious of no motive but that of a desire of serving my country, and I am confident that none other can be fairly ascribed to me. The conviction of my mind is, and for some time has been, that unless the system of corruption that has so long prevailed in the military department be done away, this country may fall an easy prey to the enemy. Consistently, therefore, with any rational feeling of solicitude for my country, which involves my own connections and my family, it is impossible that I should sit silent and allow the practices which have come to my knowledge to be any longer concealed from those who are so much interested in their character and tendency. It is upon these grounds, Sir, that I am urged to offer myself to your attention.

The first point in the case which I have to state, relates to the half-pay Fund, which commander in chief. This fund arises out of the sale of commissions vacant by death; by the promotion of officers not allowed to sell; or by dismissions from the service. The power of the commander in chief over this fund, was constituted, and intended, for the

is an establishment under the direction of the

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reward of merit, either by the appointment and may be obliged to resort to him hereafter; it seems right that I should present the house with some information about him. It appears that Mr. Donovan was appointed a lieutenant in the 4th royal garrison battalion in the year 1802, and that he was afterwards promoted to the 11th battalion. What the cause of this appointment and promotion was I have endeavoured to ascertain, but without success. I have, however, found, that the Bervices of Mr. Donovan could not have been

of meritorious officers to the commissions which so became vacant, or by selling them, and applying the produce of such sales to the redemption of half-pay commissions, or to the compassionate fund. Here the power of the commander in chief over such produce Ceases. If the commissions I have described are otherwise disposed of, the authority vested in the commander in chief is abused, and the objects of the half-pay fund are abandoned. Now, if I can shew that those commissions are appropriated to very different purposes, it will, of course, appear that such abuse and abandonment does take place-that merit is not rewarded-that the Half pay List is not reduced that the Compassionate Fund is not assisted. For the purpose of shewing this, it is absolutely necessary to call the attention of the house to another establishment of the commander in chief's, which is quite of a different complexion to that I have just mentioned. This establishment, which consisted of a splendid house in Gloucester place, a variety of carriages, and a long retinue of servants, commenced in the year 1803, and at the head of it was placed a lady of the name of Clarke. As this lady forms a principal party in several of the facts which I have to cite, I am under the necessity, how ever reluctantly, to mention her name, as well as that of others, in order to make out a fair parliamentary basis for my motion, and to satisfy the house that I have not brought it forward upon light grounds. In producing this satisfaction, I have no doubt of succeedIng, and I assure the house that I shall endeavour to avoid trespassing upon their time by the statement of more cases than appear to me necessary to the particular points which my motion embraces. The first case to which I have to call your attention is that of Captain Tonyn, whom I understand to be an offiter of merit, and, in alluding to him upon this occasion, I beg it to be undestood that I mean no reflection whatever upon his character. This officer, who held his Captaincy in the 48th regiment of foot, was promoted to a Majority in the 31st régiment, according to the Gazette, on the 2d of August, 1804. For such promotion, to which, no doubt, Captain Tonyn's professional merit entitled him to aspire, he was indebted to the infuence of Mrs. Clarke; without which he might have long looked for promotion in vain. To Mrs. Clarke, Captain Tonyn was introduted by Captain Huxley Sandon, of the royal waggon train; and the terms of agreement were, that Mrs. Clarke should be paid 5001. upon Captain Tonyn's majority being gazetted. In order to secure this payment it was arranged, that the amount should be lodged in the hands of a third person, as agent to the parties, and this agent was a Mr. J. DonoTau, a surgeon, of Charles-street, St James'sSquare. As I shall have frequent occasion to introduce this gentleman's name to-night,

of a military nature. In fact, since the day of his appointment, in 1802, he has never joined his regiment. But there seems to be some reason for granting him a perpetual leave of absence, as he had been on constant duty in London. This Gentleman was a Member of the medical department of our army in the American war. If he deserved promotion, surely our medical staff is large enough to provide for him. What then could have taken him into the army? But to return to his pursuits in London. The 5001. lodged with this Gentleman was paid to Mrs. Clarke, by captain H. Sandon, as soon as Major Tonyn was Gazetted. Here it becomes necessary to observe to the house, that the regulated difference between a company and a majority is 11001. which should have been appropriated as I before mentioned. But how does the affair stand? Mrs. C. gains 5001. and 11001. are lost to the Half-pay Fund. This sum, however, of 5001. was paid by Mrs. Clarke, to a Mr. Birket, a silversmith, in part payment for a service of plate for the establishment in Gloucesterplace; the balance for which plate was afterwards paid by his Royal Highness the commander in chief.

The positions which I hold to be clearly deducible from this case are these-First, That Mrs. Clarke possessed the power of military promotion. Secondly, that she received pecuniary consideration for such promotion. And, thirdly, that the commander in chief was a partaker in the benefit arising from such pecuniary consideration. To establish the truth of this case I have the following witnesses: Major Tonyn, Mrs. Clarke, Mr Donovan, captain Huxley Sandon, and Mr. Pirket's executors.

The second case I have to adduce, relates to the subject of exchanges. Upon the 25th July, 1805, an exchange was concluded between lieutenant-colonel Brook, of the 56th regiment of Infantry, and lieutenant-colonel Knight, of the 5th dragoon guards, through the influence of Mrs. Clarke. The agent for negociating this transaction Thynne, a medical gentleman. The circumwas a Mr. stances of the application to the Duke of York were shortly these-Mrs. Clarke wanted some money to defray the expences of an excursion to the country; she therefore urged the commander-in-chief to expedite the exchange, as she was to receive 2001. for it. This urgent request was made upon a Thursday, and its influence was such, that the ex

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