Star. — London, England, 1809-10-17 00:00:00

tHE ARMY. The detachnsests of the different regiments of the to the King's German Legion, at pre line belong in g sent at Lymington, are ordered to proceed to Port. C hester, vhich is to be considered in future as the de pot 01 the infantry of the Legion. f ro m the most authentic Intelligence from the isle o f Walcheren, it apptars that the deaths at* deereis ej, though they now amount to 250 per week. Three Susan ;! sick have been sent home lately, which takes I n the serious cases away. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE: FALMOUTH, OCTOBER 14. It has blow' , a constant gale at E. and S. S. E. for t hr..sc six days past, so that there have been no arrivals or Fvilings, pLYMOUTH and PLYMOUTH-bOCK, OCTOBER. is. SCIPION will go down to Cawsand Bay in the ensuing week, and' shortly afterivards sail with Rear Admiral STOPTORD, to resume the command off Rcc:l;fort, vice Rear Admiral SOTHEBY, hi the m a: :,,Not:onT, who will return home. By the IN LSA:Ie:ABLE, arrived last evening, I learn, that the crews of our men of wasiying there, have cultivated video. on pieces of land radiating the tint:tame eti, t h e !,a ,our and the Isle d'Aix, in which thet rear a lmost every sort of vegotable for the supply of both °fors and men. Arrived the PLEASANT and &Tame sloops, of 18 guns each, from Liverpool, with impressed men, for the Navy.—Sailed the Queen Charlotte hired cutter, for Guernsey. Nine of the unfortunate fellows, late belonging to the TONANT, have been picked up—eight of their bodies very much disfigured and mutilated by the crabs and other fish, have been washed on shore, and interred between Cawsand ancL.Whitsand Bay. Five P. M.-- - .AThere is a ship of .var in the Offing, to the Westward, but I am fearful she will not give - number in time for post: we here expect news from Cadiz, Lisbon, Corunna, &c. PORTSMOUTH, OCTOBER 16. Arrived the Avr schooner, with a small convoy from Guernsey. Sailed the PERSIAN sloop of war, tab a fleet of transports for the Scheldt ; among them are the William, Minerva, Guardian, Argus, Harpooner, Ainsle-y, Three Sisters, Alert, Dasher, rtiendsh; p, Georgeand Mary, Messina, Good Agree ment, Fame, and the Adelphia—also, for Deptford, the GostiAm , Kr sloop of war, with about 100 vessels under v.avoy, including coasters ; among them are the followi:tg transports : Batavia, Atlas, Friends, Mars, Diana, Warnsbeck, Hydra, Lavinia, and the Ann, DEAL, OCTOBER 11:. Came down from the River, and sailed to the restv-ard, the Hercule, Atalanta, Sportsman. and Eicaer. Sailed the FtattOus gun-brig, with A transports for Flushing. Arrived the BLOOD l!C ;.:ND gun-brig, w:da transports and sick troops, f:em flx,hing.—Wind N. W. YARNIOtJTH, OCTOBER 16. Gottenburgh convoy, under the WOODLARK sloop of war, got under way this morning about eiLht (‘'Llcck, and was out of sight at eleven.—Sailed C.4l.`.'i'o sloop of war, with transport RY, for Ar:101r. ; and six other vessels for the Baltic t the CA MILLA sloop of war, and Havoc gun-brig, On a cruize; for Flushing, the Rodney and Swift transports.— Ships of war Roebuck, Acute, Viten, Censor, Ephi r', and Britomart, and Paz schooner, in the bar ber, refitting.—Wind S.W. FROM LLOYD'S lASI'. t:iasorgrNr., OCT. 16—Arrived the Jane, C lley, from Gotten t..tr;n.—::aded the Henry, W4ason, for Surinam; Commerce, for Jtanaica ; Eli: thvtli,Wilion, for Seville ; Pamp- Cc.), for New York ; Grinder, Ribinion, for Gibralvir ; Bt , zlc.rti, for 'Malaga ; Ruth, Price, for Middlehntg ; e:ra, , Lox, for Yarel; and the Drothringer, Haussen, for Cadiz. AK New York, the Draper, Keinble, from the Cl) -6 . At n:w Brunswick, the Rachael, Richardson, from :NI, the Enttrprize, Bowman ; and Catherine, ftsm Cottenburgh. T!t, 'olin of Troro, Treluddra, bound to Falmouth, is taken lindcar:t-,1 into F: of Jagivt, ['torn Hull to Heligoland, is put bus vith dama2e. Vmthirt , of :Uettin, liant, laden with wine from Boor tizzur,l,oonti to Brenton, has been detained, and sent into Fowey, by 1, Lrz. g::n-br;g. •••• C!iti.l,lAs sloop of war arrived on Thursday in Dial Roads, with a convoy from Heligoland and Gottenktirgh. DiI'RIBUTION OF PRIZE-MONEY. The tiz:,:te, for the Dorothy Maria, captured November 27, " tB , Will lie paid on her arrisa at Sheerness; recalled at No.l, ID , f•s-strt•et, Adelp:ii. 11,e Lib• ry for the Welvvaarcn, detained May 2g, 1808, on the riz'l iustant, at No. 10, Henrietta-trees, Covent-garden ; rc- eji nti Tuesdays and Fridays. River, for the Die Holfizung, Fere 13rodres, and Eitting c:.it!t:r.:cl 0:, the 16th and 36th April, 1809, on her arrival; Tueb.i.iys and Fridays, at No. tB, Clement's Inn. NlAral, for the Agnes, captured August 15, 1803, ow ta . 17th il.tant, at No. 18, Clement's Inn ; recalled oa Tuesdaya 4%; I. ritlityit. -;-• •"e 1! worn, for the Cobesssione, captured April 13, 1807'; Me!pomen...., Lc several small vessels, January 12, and •' - :-z..rib,sr so, IZSOS , and for the Istria, March 4, 1807, and Elizabeth, July 8, 1807, on the 17th incant, at No. tit, `:;;;tr•slett, Sztaati; raalled on Tuesdays and Fridays. r SAMUEL boon, having taken leave.of his at the Levee, on Wednesday, was expected at !'-'uluitth this day to hoist his flag on board the ALI:, Captain WeißLEr, for the Mediterranean. FLEE, 98, Capt. J. WOOD ; ltr-PuLsE, 74, Hon. Capt. La.c.r.; IVAesriTE, 74 1 Hon. Capt. BLACK '4%I) ; SCEPTItE, 74, Capt. LINGHAM ; ALFRED, 74, r - ' apt. WATSON ; and la LOIRE frigate,-Capt. Scitom m itc, which ..re fitting for foreign service, it is expec :'d, sail with Sir SAMUEL, for that station.— lie V:croiours and DANEMARE, on their arrival at T • • . rt52:1 , 41 . ..ii, are to be fitted fur a foreign station. CIiZZTESH4III, 0C713:13Eli18. • The fine weather not only has retained our summer visitors to this late period, but we have daily fresh ar rivals ; not a bed to be hid either at the Plough or George, and our balls, assemblies, Ruff's Library, and the Theatre, each in their turn, boast of beauty and fashion. The latter has been more attractive this season than was ever known here, from the excellent selection of the performers in general—cn Thursday evening, the house, though not numerous, was fa shionably attended. In the farce of the Hunter of the Alps, Mr. Mooaa evinced the nicest discrimination of character in the volatile Felix, and his exertions were crowned with the strongest m arks of approbation. Last night Miss WOOD'S benefit, the School for Friends, with the Adopted Child, Mrs. I'. DIEDIN imparted every in terest to the unfortunate Mrs. Hamilton ; and Mr. MoottE, in Matthew Daw, kept the risible faculties lof the audience in constant motion. TRURO, OCTOBER 13. The storm-of wind at E. and S. E. which has now continued for the week, has put an end to the pilchard fishery for a time, if not altogether, on our southern coast. A week or t.vo ago, no less than 1700 hogs heads of fish were taken out of one Sean, we are told, in Gerrans-bay. This week has exhibited all the prognostics of a long and severe winter. The first flight of wood cocks, which usually visited us in November, are already arrived. There have been several sold in our market, and in the eastern parts of Cornwall, we are infrrmed they have become plentiful. The east erly gale has already brought starlings, snipes; wild ducks, and widgeon : several flocks of the latter have been observed on Falmouth and Truro rivers. Yet the swallows have not entirely disappeared. Wednesday, about midnight, a most tremendous fire broke our in the oil and tallow warehouse he. longing to Mr. An.irew Vivian, in Camborne. The fire was first observed by a person who slept in an adjoining house, who instantly gave the alarm. In about half an hour after the first alarm, the assem blage of people amounted to near three hundred, who exerted their utmost endeavours to stop the progress of the conflagration, and save the property. Fortu nately, the thick walls by which it was surrounded, kept the fire from spreading to the adjoining houses, and by. the timely aid cf the engines, which were well supplied with water, the fire, we are happy to say, was entirely.r.onfined to the premises in which it first began, and extinguished there. The cause of the accident has dot yet been ascertained. The property was insured. The Perthshire Hunt met at Perth on Wednesday se'nnight. It was attended by a very great assemblage of the Nobility and Gentry of that and other counties ; imong whom were the Duke and Duchess of Athole, the Earl and Countess of Mansfield, Lord and Lady Gray, Lord Ruthven, Sir Alexander and Lady Mackenzie, of Delvin, the Misses Mackenzie, Sir G. Clark, Sir G Abercromby, the Hon. I'. Drummond Burrell, the Hon. A. Macdonald, the Hon. Mr. Dou , glas, General Murray, Colonel Murray Stirling, etc. The usual entertainments of public breakfasts, din ners, and assemblies took place. There was also some racing on Thursday, which afforded little sport. But on Friday, the race, by five gentlemen, riding their own horses, for a purse of 50 guineas, gave consider able entertainment. It was won by Captain Boyd's grey horse Dick. The hunt, according to their be nevolent custom, left a donation to the poor. On Saturday night List, or early on Sunday morn ing, some villains broke open the stables of Mr-Clark, situate in Him-lane, Great Windmill -street, and com pletely stripped the same of property (consisting of harness, coats, chaise-whips, &c.) to the amount of €3O. Early on Saturday morning, the shop of Mr. P.►l mer, woollen-draper, in King -street, Covent-garden, was broke open, anti robbed of a number of pieces of woollen cloth. The robbers had contrived to break. the forciiplit, and, it is supposed, by means of hooks, had pullea the cloth out. There was a disturbanCe and fight at the other end of the street, supposed to • be at the time n[ the robbery, by the robbers' compa nions, for the purpose of stalling of the watchmen from the spot. A melancholy accident occurred on Monday se'n night; at Woodbridge, in Suffolk, in the family of Capt. Marsh, of that place ; a child of Capt. Marsh's, aboot two years old, being indisposed, a servant was s.7nt to a neighbouring Apothecary's for a wine eme tic ; a quantity of oil of vitrol was sent by mistake, and unfortunately administered to the infant ; as soon as the mistake was discovered, Mrs. Marsh forced the child to swallow a quantity of oil used to clean furni ture with ; this caused the child to emit plentifully from the stomach, and hopes were entertained of its surviving ; it lingered, however, till Wednesday, when it expired in great agonies. Tusday last Charles Stewart Mercer was executed at Jedburgh, pursuant to his sentence at the late Cir cuit Court, for a rape. At half past two o'clock, at tended by two clergymen, he mounted the platform, seemingly resigned to his fate, but at the same time exhibiting those signs of contrition for his crime, which became his unhappy situation. After some time spent in prayer, he gave the fatal signal, and was launched into eternity. There was an immense concourse of spectators. Andrew Watherston, also condemned at the Circuit, for stealing sheep, has been respited. Thursday, as the maid-servant of Mr. Fearne, at Flinton, near Holderriess, was milking a cow, another leaped on the one she was engaged with, which, slip ping away, the fore-foot of the other came, with all the weight of the animal upon the body of the young woman, and was pressed into her bowels. Every surgical assistance was afforded her, but she died the next day.—Another young woman, near the same spot, had been on the side of a corn stack, forking sheaves, when her foot slipped, and she fell upon the prongs of the fork, which entered her bowels arid she was not expected, to survive. An inquest was taken, on Friday, on view of thel body of Swithin Walker, a pauper in Hull workhouse,. who being much intoxicated with liquor which he got nut of the house, and being in his lodging-room, he fell against a bedstead, and wounded the back part of his head, in consequence of which he lost a quan tity of blood, and died the -next morning,—Verdict, Accidental Death. iiioirtryc IfI►TELLIGANCE. NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING. MONDAY, OCTODER 16, 1809. Duke of Rotland's b. c. Volucris, Bst. 61b. beat Sir B. Graham's Saragossa, Bst. 41b. Ab. M.lOOO. b. ft —7 to 4 againt Votucris. Duke of Rutland's Salvator, beat Gen. Grosvenor's Trump, 41b. each. Ab. M. 200 gs. h. ft.-13 to Bon Salvator. Sir C. Bunbury's lair Star, Bst. 21b. beat Ld Lowther's Tot, 9st. First half of Ab. M. 100 gs. b. ft.-3 to lon Fair Star. Ld Grosvenor's Eaton, beat Mr. Shakespear's Zodiac, Est. 7111. each. Two•yr old Course, 100gs.-9 to 1•n Eaton. Ld Lowther's Yellow Hammer, beat Sir C. Turner's Middle.. thorpe, 71b. each. Ab. M. 200g5.-7 to 4 against Yellow Hammer. Ld Grosvenor's Plover, beat Mr. Shakespear's Sir David, Bst. 51b. each. Ab. M. 100gs.-2 to 1 against Plover. One-Third of a Subscription of 25g.i. each, for 5-yr olds carrying 81b. 6-yr olds Sst, and ag ed 9st. Slb. B. C. Ld Grosvenor's b. m, Met en ra, age d - - 1 Mr. Lake's b. m. Nymphina, 5 yrs old - - 2 Mr, Kellermann's br. in. L'Huile de Venus (broke down) 5 yrs old - • - 3 D. of Grafton's br. c. Vandyke, aged, 4 yrs old - Ld SackviUe's ch. b. Prospero, aged Even beating. D. of Grafton's b. c. Pope, by Waxy, rec. Wigs. from Mr. Shakespear's b. c. Nu: cio, by Gohanna, out of a sister to Parisot, Bst. 41b. each. D. I. 200 gs. h. ft. Mr. Lake's b. c. by Gohanna, out of a sister to Chester, list. 51b. against Mr. Vansittart's br. f. by Whiskey, out of Regula• tor's dam, Bst. 21b. Ab. M. 200 gs. h. ft. Off by consent. Major Wilson's Juniper, Bst. rec. ft. front Mr. Windham's Canopus, 3st. 61b. Ab. M. 100 gs. h. ft. Mr. raven's Black Diamond, Bst. Ilb. rec. from Ld Foley's Osprey, Bit. 51b. Across the Flat, ‘.:oCgs. Col. Thornton's ch. g. Thortiville, rec. 100 gs. from Sir G. Webster's ch. g. Zig Zag, lOst. ;14. each. D. I. 300 gs. Major Wilson's Bevis, Bst. rec. ft. troin Mr. Ansley's Delville, 9st. 'D. I. 50gs. h. ft. RICHMOND RACES, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10. X. 50 for 3 and 1-yr. olds. Two-mile beats. Mr. Dunsley's ch. f. Diann, S yrs old, 7st. 51b. - 1 1 Mr. Fletcher's b. c. Minskin, 3 yrs old, 7st. 71b. - S 3. Mr. Hutty's ch. f.by Expectatbn, 3 yrs old, 7st. 41b. 4 S Mr. Leigh's b. f. Miss Hap, 3 yrs old, 7st. slb. - 6 4 Mr. Kay's b. c. by Cheshire Cheese, 3 yrs old, 7st. 41b. 2 dr. Mr. licwit's br. f. Teazlt Ovna. 3 yrs old, Ist. Sib. - S dr. Sweepstakes of 20:s. each, for 3-yr. old Fillies, est. Sib. Once round the Course.—(Two Subscribers.) . Mr. Peirse's gr. 1. Lisette i by Hambletonian Mr. W. N. W. flewett'sbr. f. Teazle Ovua - - 2 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11. The King's Plate of lOOga. for 5-yrs old, Manes carrying lOst. Four miles. Ld Fit zwilliam's brown, Paulina, by Sir Peter Teazle • 1 Sir C. Turner's chesnut, Thomasina, by Timothy - 2 Six and 7t04 on Thomasina, Won cleverly. 'The Gold Cup by Ten Subscribers of logs. each, with 40gs. added, for all ages. Four miles. Mr. Ellerker'sb. h. CardinalYerk, by Sir Peter, 5 yrs. Bst. 71b. 1 Duke of Leeds's ch. c. Mowbray; 4 yrs old, Bst. 2 Mr. Peirse's b. m. Rosette, 6 yrs old, Bst. Sib. - 3 D. of Leeds's ch. c Swiftsure, by Delpini, -B:yrs old, est. 101 b. 4 Mr. T. Duncombe's b. f. Ceres, 4 yrs old, 7st. 121 b. •• Mr. Hewett's ch. c. Lingodel, 3 yrs old, 6st. 1 nib. - 6 Six to 4 and 2 to 1 agst Rosette, 2 to 1 against Mowbray, and Three to 1 agst Cardinal York. Won by little more than a head. Rosette was beaten about 50 yards, and the others much further. The ground was uncommonly heavy. Sweepstakes of '2t g 3. each, for 3-yr. old Colts and Fillies. Once round the Course. (Six. Subscribers,) Lord Milton's h. c. Cervantes, by Don Quixote, out of Evelina Bst. Mb. - • - - 1 D. of Loels's b. c. Bccsingby, by a brother to Recruit, Sst. 21b. 2 14 Dundas's b. c. by L'Orieut, dam by Constitution, Sst. 21b. 3 Three and 4tol on Cervantes. Won very easy. Till'ilsDAY, OCTOBER W.. Sweepstakes of IGgs. each, ulth £5O added, for all ages. Three mile beats. "fen Subscribers. D. of Leeds's cb. c. Mowbray, by Pandolpho, 4 yrs old, 7st. islb. l 1 I.d Milton's b. c. Whitenose, 3 yrs nU, - 2 dr. rive to '2 and 3to f on Whitenose. Won quite easy. Sweepstakes of Sgs. each, for Hunters net thorough bred, 12st. Three mites. Thirteen Stcribers. Colonel Chator's b. g. Cieasby, by St. George - 1 Air. Barrat's b. g. by Ticket Mr. Severs's gr. tr. Ruder, by Constitution - S Even betting on Cleasby. Won quite cal. Match for lvngs. Two milts. Air. T. Shafto's h. in. Mayflower, by Oberon, 10st. - 1 Mr. Hairiion's ch. m. Corunna, by Windlestoue, 10st. 2 STAFFORD RACES, TUESDAY OCT. 10. Sweepstakes of 151,5. each, with 15gs. added by the Town. Mr. Acker's b. f. Duchess, by Shuttle, Bst. - 1 Mr. Burt's ch. f. Duchess, by Chatter, Bst. Mr. Browne's ch. c. by Sorcerer, Bst. 91b. . 2 Two to 1 on Duchess. Sweepstakes of lOgs each, with 20gs. added, for all ages. (Ten Subscribers.) Ld Oxford's b. in. Victoria, by Hambletopian, walked over. The Pony Sweepstakes of sgs. each, with sgs. added (six Sub scribers), was won by Mr. RoHason's Pepper, 3 yrs old, Est. 71S. beating three others. WEDNESDAY. Free Purse of 601. given by the Members of the County 'for Maiden Ilnrses. _ _ Mr. Benson's br. f. Dimple, 4 yrs old, 7st. 51b. - Mr. Terrett's br. It. Ferguson, Bst. 61b. Mr. Hodson's b. c. Gilliver, 3 yrs old, 65t... _ _ _ . 1 1 7 2 8 9 Mr. Goodhall's cb. 1. Mrs. claike, sst. 1 t Ib. - - 5 4 Mr. Harris's br. c. Vulture, yrs old, 6st. 31h. - 4 5 Mr. Astley's b. c. Tiger, 4 yrk old, 7st. 71b. - - 6 6 'Two to 1 against lerguson, 5 to 2 agst Dimple, 3 to 1 against Tiger. The Hunters' Stakes of 1 Ogs. each, (Seven Subscribers) was walked over for by Mr. Lockley's Henry Brassicgton, by Be ningbrough. .rIIUItSDAY.-A Gold Cup, value 100 gs. with 20gs. added. _ _ _ Ld Lowther's Ilylas, by Benhigbrough, 5 yrs old, 8;t.811). Sir S. Sitwell's Goosander, 4 yrs old, 7st. 10Ib. Ld Grey's Belinda, 5 yrs old, Bst. 61b. - Mr. Smith's Miss Blanchard, 5 yrs old, Bst. Clb. Sir T. Stanley's Viper, 5 yrs old, Bst. 81b. Three to 2 agst Goosander s 3 4 i0 1 agst Hylas, 3to 1 agst Be linda, 7 to 2 agst Viper, and 8 to 1 agst Miss Blanchard. Handicap Sweepstakes of sgs. each, with 50s. added by the Town. Mr. Hewett's Lady Earn, ist. 61b. 1 2 1 Mr. Benson's Dimple, Bst. Sib. 2 1 2 . - Mr. Heritage's Laundress, 7st. 101. - _ 4 4 3 Mr. 'Ferrates Ferguson, Bst. 10Ib. - " 5 3 4 Victoria the favourite ; atter the Ist heat 3 to 2 on Lady Earn ; after the second heat 5 to 4 on Dimple. The Yeomanry Stakes of sgs. each, with SOgs. added, (14 Sub scribers) was walked over for by Mr. Willington's ch. g. by Anthony, data by Joe Andrews, 12st. EYToN's Friends are particularly reminded the Lottery begins and finishes on Friday next : from the unusual overflow of Fortune's Friends last Week, at his Lucky Office, he invites them to be early in their purchase, that they may have an opportunity to pro cure the four Grand Prizes of Twenty Thousand Pounds at his thrice before Thursday, as on that day it is presumed there will not be 'rickets and Shares unsold to supply the Avonderful demand of the Pub lic, at the Lucky Man's Office, No. 2, Cornhill, near the Mansion-House. _ Next Friday's brilliant Wheeis . will bring forth Two Hundred Thousand Pound( Sterling. Many will have great reason to rejoice. Only 5000 Num bers, and tour £20,000 Prizes, who then can hesitate buying a Chance, when it is so very productive ? 'rickets and Shares may be had of HORNSBY and Co. at the old Prices. In 1807 and 8, Hoasssy and Co. shamed three of £20,000, two of 010,000, three of £5,0Q0, one of £4,000, one of a'2,000, three of £l,OOO, six of £5OO, &c. &c. at their old established State Lottery' Offices, '26 Cornhill, and fit. Marga , ret's-hill, Borough. 10111 N 50.4104 • (Concluded from thes44it If Siirlt,) AFFOitT OF MARSHAL. THE DUKE OF lILCHINGIOT, ECG SPECTING THE MOVEMENT (W THE SIXTH CO APS PROM THE BANKS OF THE TAGUS TO SALAMANCA. On the Bth inst. while the sth corps of the arthywas taking the bridge of Arzobispo, I had detachments on the right bank of the Tietar, near Valamseva, to watch the carps of the English General Wilson. Mt reconnoitriag parties took sixty prisoners, amongst whom Was a Portuguese Officer tylonging to that General's Staff. The same day, Colonel Ornano, commanding the brigade of dragpons, and the Colo nel of the 25th light, caused thel'agus to be passed by swimming, above and below Almaraz, and brought back some prisoners. The 9th. the Duke of Dalmatia wrote to me from Valvadejar, near Arzobispo, to inform m e t h at i t was your Majesty's intention that the 6th corps should proceed to Salamanca, to drive the enemy from that city, and to cover Old Castile, in concert with Ge neral Kellermann. Accordingly, my troops, which occupied the positions of Almaraz, Picabl:t de Naci. atlas, El Gorda, and Naval Moral, immediately be. gan their march towards the Tietar. On the 10th, the movement continued ; and the 1 lth they entered Placentia, from which they drove some detachments of infantry and cavalry, which had come from Ciudad Rodrigo, and fled with pre cipitation. On the 12th, the corps of the army set out in mass from that cizy i which the head of the column of the r n cores was to enter the same day. On reaching the vicinity of Oliva, I learned that the enemy occu pied in force Aldea Nueva, Del Camino, and princi pally the heights and defile of Banos. My advanced guard under General torset, com posed of the.voltigeurs of the 25th light, tf7th, 50th, , and 59th of the line, of the 3d-dragoons, and 15th hussar's, of a battery of light artillery, Colonel Orna no's brigade of dragoons,- and a reserve of the 50th and .59th of the line s , aiceidly fell in with the enemy at Aldea Nueva. The attack and success were equally rapid. The position was taken ; and the 3d hussars made an admirable charge. The routed enemy rejoined in small companies his principal corps on the heights of Banos. These, were occupied by General Wilson, with 4or 5000 men. That General, who consider. ed his position impregnable, had added to the dia. cAties of the ground, by obstructing the paths br which he was accessible, with abattis, deep ditches, and masses of rock. As soon as the echellons of the army had closed at Banos, they marched against the enemy, the sol dier, at this moment, forgot the excessive fatigue oc casioned by the heat and a march of nine leagues. The 59th and 60th regiments advanced with the greatest boldness, and made themselves masters of the heights, which were 'obstinately defended. Ge- • neral Wilson, however, rallied his troops for the third time, and even endeavoured 'to act again on the of. fensive, hoping to overthrow us in his turn, but this attempt was extremely disastrous to himself. The advanced guard bad united, and an engagement with the bayonet commenced, in which the enemy was overwhelmed. The hu;sars and chasseurs assisted in putting him most completely to therou te ; he was pursued to beyond Monte Major and Alcazada ; in short, this little corps which left 1200 men on the field of battle, is entirely destroyed. Our dragoons fought on foot on several occasions, and distinguished themselves. The artil lery also behaved extremely well. Taste, a private of the 59th regiment, took a standard. The priso ners report, that the others were - broken and thrown down the precipices. The Colonel of the !Mt chasseurs, who bad enter ed Alcazada with the voltigeurs, informed me, that the plain beyond was guarded by piquets of cavalry. I was also apprized, at the same time, that there was a camp of fifteen or eighteen hundred Portuguese at Bejas. The General of Division, Marchand, sent thither d small column, but the enemy precipitately fled to the mountains. The 13th, the enemy continued his march by Al cazada. The enemy no longer appeared. the ad vanred-guard took a position at Fuente Roble; the second division at Fuentes ; the first at La Calzada da Valverde. The 14th, before day-light, the advapced-guard set out for Salamanca. 'There were in that city 1400 foot and 400 horse, commanded by General Castro fuerte, who began his retreat towards Ciudad Rodri go, as soon as he learned that the pass of Banos had been forced. The cavalry of his rear-guard exchanged a few pistol-shots, but without stoppings The loss which we have sustained in the last battles fought between Aldea Nueva, and beyond Monte Mayor de la Caizavada, amounts, in killed, to five officers and 30 subalterns and privates ; and, in wounded, to 10 officers and 140 subalterns and pri vates. Several men dropped down dead in the ranks, from the heat and fatigue. M. de Ferriere Leveque, Colonel of the 3d hus sars, distinguished himself exceedingly in several charges. ghat regiment lost forty horses. Colonel Coste, of the 59th, while marching at the head of his regiment, which-charged with the bayonet, killed one of the enemy's officers, who endeavoured to take him prisoner. I request your Majesty to order 100 draught horses to be sent me, to supply the place of those which have died of fatigue during our march from Leon and Astorga t, Ario-B:spo, And thence to Salamanca. The inhabitants of Salamanca have behaved ex tremely well, and especially the Bishop. (Signed) • Marshal the Duke of ELCHINGEN. Some ignorant men, instigated by the Monks, for a moment manifested an intention,to disturb the pub lic tranquillity ; but their plans have been frustrated; and in this difficult circumstance, General Belliard has merited the esteem of the inhabitants of Madrid. I must not omit to remind your Majesty of the good conduct of the Adjutant-Commandant Mocquerey, Governor of Toledo. .This officer having been sum moned to surrender in three hours, upon pain of being put to the sword with'his garrison, disdained to reply to this impertinent summons. lie maintained o r der amongst the numerous population of that city, in which provisions had become very scarce ; and shcw ' ed mad g made etaot repel jud judgment mt the t a t t i n a c k a s l I o t f l the disposit ions enem y. 1: which h requeste • your Majesty to accept, &c. (Signed) Marshal icou at RDAN. 1 ~I