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formation is that the cavalry had embarked. Sense- 

 less stories are told by people in office, such as Brod- 

 rick, whom I heard mention, with much exultation, 

 that the Duke del Infantado had retaken Madrid, 

 and that Moore was occupying a position, and mak- 

 ing a stand, a diversion, and I know not what, at 

 Corunna and without his artillery ! ! 



" If he waited three days at Corunna for trans- 

 ports, Bonaparte must either have been in smaller 

 force than is supposed, or must have gone to Vigo. 

 The date of Moore's despatches is January 11. 



" The Hollands at Lisbon, on the 4th, only heard 

 that day of Madrid being taken. H. BROUGHAM." 



