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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1809. 



and differences connected with them 

 in virtue of the said laws. 



12. The debts acknowledged by 

 individuals during or previous to 

 the time fixed by the preceding 

 article, shall be exacted agreeably 

 to the basis determined by the 

 same article. 



13. The papers concerning the 

 control and matriculation of the 

 troops shall be carried away by the 

 quarter-master. 



14. Desirous of preserving the 

 spice plantation called la Gabrielle 

 in all its splendor and agriculture, 

 it is stipulated that neither it, nor 

 any of the plantation trees or 

 plants shall be destroyed, but that 

 it shall be preserved in the state 

 in which it is given up to the 

 commanders of his royal highness 

 the Prince Regent. 



15. All the papers of the stores of 

 inspection of the Customs, or of 

 any responsibility whatever, shall be 

 deposited in the secretary's office, 

 or in any other place that may be 

 agreed on, to be referred to when 

 there is occasion : the whole shall 

 be under the seal of the two go- 

 vernments, and at the disposal of his 

 imperial and royal majesty. 



16. Thepresentcapitulationshall 

 be written in the three languages, 

 and signed by the three officers sti- 

 pulating. 



At the advanced posts of Bourde, 



this 12th Jan. 1809. 

 (Signed) Victor Hugues. 



James Lucas Yeo. 



Manuel Marques. 



The following Extract from the 

 last Letter of General Sir John 

 Moore has been printed, in pursu- 

 ance of the order of the House of 

 Commons : 



Extract of a Letter from Lieute' 

 nant-General Sir John Moore, to 

 Viscount Casilereash, dated Co- 

 ruiina, Jan. 13, 1809. 

 " Situated as the array is at pre- 

 sent, it is impossible for me to de- 

 tail to your lordship theevents which 

 have taken place since I had the 

 honour to addressyou from Astorga, 

 on the 31st of December: I have 

 therefore determined to send to 

 England brigadier-general Charles 

 Stewart, as the officer best qualified 

 to give you every information you 

 can want, both with respect to our 

 actual situation and the events which 

 have led toit. Your lordship knows 

 that had I followed my own opinion, 

 as a military man, I should have re- 

 tired with the army from Salaman- 

 ca. The Spanish armies were then 

 beaten ; there was no Spanish force 

 to which we could unite, and I was 

 satisfied that no efforts would be 

 made to aid us, or to favour the 

 cause in which they were engaged. 

 I was sensible, however, that the 

 apathy and indifference of the Spa- 

 niards would never havebeen believ- 

 ed; that had the British been with- 

 drawn, the loss of the cause would 

 have been imputed to their retreat, 

 and it was necessary to risk this 

 army toconvince the people of Eng- 

 land, as well as the rest of Europe, 

 that the Spaniards had neither the 

 power nor the inclination to make 

 any efforts for themselves. It was 

 for this reason that I made themarch 

 to Sahagun. As a diversion it suc- 

 ceeded ; I brought the whole dis- 

 posable force of the French against 

 this army, and it has been allowed 

 to follow me, without a single 

 movement being made to favour my j 

 retreat. The people of the Galli- 

 cias, though armed, made no at- 

 tempt to stop the passage of the 



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