Star. — London, England, 1809-09-04 00:00:00

Bp the Princro Mary packet, arrived avFalmouth, we havA-MCCalgillettrzifar Mika and Gibraltar. She left at 1114Ita thii'Odeiberallis and Prince Erhase'r' ..141••••••i=.1.411Ma • V T r. lix-wasarseitcarno SEPTEMBER S. A ritied the era s fektiflikiiit, trtiin cruize; limme i4l-brig, with * l 2 4 , 6444lfitibirithe Downs... Sailed BLP 4 ✓ _ we • -Ana guSbi - 44 - • • Diment6 4 * 1 The NIOE v'2 "11°" " s ' z ' Ca p 3d6l : l6 /irli* and Diligente store- , packets --at Cadiz, iris loktty' ,, , s hip 4,b..T itz i E (whose iirril' ll 7 1 ship, with the West 'Wilt ** • •• "'Lich was to 61411 h(rnie . ' . _l__ the A.L._ I . m . m... , Fitais avraio atlVenOath) • alen I Lis% ; morning from St. Helloes,: with a fair wind. and Duke of:MoritrosePacketi I Saturday afternoon.the Topaz schooner, tender to C on quetor,Leitiathin , A T s ld h C e o T b z, rin a g rti s arrived J a Gibraltar, the /lent, Cambrian, and Porno- i the - 1, -"N of 64 guns, Captain LI 211 _ _ . . a ed... .. ~ here from the Straits of Nll:lcc" a . e . lithrld `. 0. 1. agreeable intelligence, that the LION, with the home. Townsend pac k e t b a d arnvess pine. The t0. ....0 s the Sth ult. the HYP"itin - sailed 111 t 1 " 4 "*-: ward bound China fleet, consisting of the undermen . . - ...; tioned ships, sa il e d f rom Chi na on the 2d of March, - vo y for England. Our letters from Malta are of the ghtlane, .a n d and arrived in the Straits of Malacca on'the 19th, ; n S. the long. 3U: oftheEn ; w naambique Channel; l at . sta te that the snerchaats had receirodaccounts•hy t h e .i.w a hen the Topaz join e d th em , an d continued in com- Tnastas frigate , •of t he Fiend being in , possestionef i 1 y l2 to Trieste at th at time ; and that on their arrival there J une, i n a gale, parted co m h l) ere an , on the from ht 7l e of they ordered suc h a contribution to belevied on the' and continu e d h er course for Emg}.4:i.* . She did •n e o t t wa n as could not possibly be paid. • On failure they t touch at St. Helena, bia she spoke an American ship, seined and sent tp the army as hostages . 40 of the j-csi: the 14th of July, 'Which had been eight days from viz Helena, and who informed her that r the ~..sserrtine • • al English merchants who had formed este pncip lof the convoy, bad arrived there -.-The• " diutes - With.l • there.—The American :Consul • was also the Chinese had d been . n settled, and the shi ps c oming - ViNnents ' • , , o bli ge d to fly. , . . • hour.? 'with tie Lien; are all full ships . Ev e ry kind of colonial produce is a mere drug at ire, 0 4 Cein, Ain:wick Castle, Canton, WahnerCastle, David Scott, Royal George, Dorsetshire, Elphinstone, /441 . a, owing to numerous arcivabtuf American yes . •Ceres, Essex, Exeter Winclielsea, and barley.— Indian and Aaveticaa cargoes. IT --Ps • Eight country hips seis with at . tcl o 0 s ome change shall happen in the poh 'ticalsetfle of ; Bengal. The LION ha; ta c k en company shipsthceasi:ayof ! ta b., which may open the ports of *at couutryi and '•_ Jefferson a'nd Derby, ivhic4,ivere illegally trading at those o f pains 6a, the trade with Meta will prove Manilla ) , the former, Captain.HEATticurs sold at Can dle roperty of those who air tincerned tot! ; the Dethy is connpg to England with the LION.' • injurious to i Eli Dovzß frigate had taken the Jenny, another in it. " GIBRALTAIt, AUGUST 7. I American s h ip, at Manilla, and sold her. The NAS. and 1/10/4EDZ ci a lt. *§els kist. Kijesty's ship Karst, Captain g eG gas, arrived . ° here, and witaimmediately pot in rigid quarantine,. information . having been received' f r om Alicante of his having been obliged to put in there w i t h goo of his crew sick• with a pestilential disease on board, wlaich was caught from some French. prisoners which the Ersr had taken tof a French true from .Sona, oes, the coast of Africa., The Kr At will be obliged r proceed to England, as - no port in 'Spain will gjve her admittance. Twelve of his crew , 'hare died,, ami some of them with the black Tomsk. The fiTrsalon and Convoy for zaadiz and England sail this evening. f ' The Princess Wry packet arrived onthe twenty-three days passage, from Malta ; by her we learn the following, particulars :—That Sir Jolorl atcy.aar, widithe,expedition from Sicily, had taken p?ssessiqn of the isianslsol . Ischia and Procida, in the-i 14y„of Naples, Where 'he, bed landed the army.- 7 .IqoaAT, who was on his mnre:ls •to join BONAPARTI . 90,000 French troops, havimg been obliged to return to Naples to protect that eapit#l. The Cyane, I CaPt, STAists, had, After a very gallant action in Company with t h e Sicilian gun-boats, taken or des troyed nearly the whole of the enemy's gun-boats in 1 the Bay of Naples. Captain STAIND had his right arm carried off by a cannon shot towards the close of the action. The Prench jand evacuated the Castle of Sc7lll l and blown it ispo".; SAV were at pt. Helena,. and expected to sail for England in a few days. FALMOUTI. SEPT. I, .. • . Bailed last evening the Mirti cutter, far tholtoast of Spain. —The Express packet, Copt. Brittocx, with snails for Cadiz,• sails to-morrow.—Arrived yesterday the Princess Mary packet, Pococx, with Mils from Cadiz, 14 days patisage.,- - the bvig . l.ord Collingwood, Capt. Li Bt. aa:c, 17 days from Gibraltar; with' wine, &e. for Gnernsey : she is put in under qoaranslue ; apo*, :ton the 21st ult. the ship New John, of and frail Ljverponl, for .Earbadoes, with arother ship in convoy.—This day 'arrived Plops schooner, Lieut. —., from *Plymouth, to take on bokrd i Messenger and dispatches for Spain: and the brig'Ann, Capt. RV/Donald, front London, for Gibraltar. • PLYMOUTH AND PIatMOUTH.DOCK, SEPT. R. Arrived the Swallow sloop,'lxofir 'cowering the outward bound vessels that sailed en Friday, a certain distance; the W,-azle schooner, from Falmouth ; Harlequin, hired armed ship,' from a cruiz-,-; Aeasta frigate, from the Scheldt, with f our transports full bf French and Dutch: prisoners under convoy (the latter came up harbour, and were immediately shifted to the pri .stiii ships prepared for their reception); and the Dolphin, store ship, from the eastward.—Sailed, the Morning Star, cartel, for Morlaix, with French prisoners, women, and children ; another cartel, for the same place, with prisoners, sailed on Wednesday;; Woolwich and Provoyante, for the Straits; with la Nymphe, Eyderen, and convoy.—More vessels, with French prisoners, are hourly expected...—Arrived the William, ARCHIBALD DASIL, from London, laden with sugar, coffer, &c. bound to Gibr a l ta r ; 'ketch Maria, JAMES BARAN, from uernsey, in ballast; Par tnguese schooner Pridade e boa Felicidade, ANTO DOS RENA tyre, from Oporto, laden with wines, &c. for this port for orders ; Dolphin store-ship, with French prisoners on board, from Flush ing ; Spanish loggers Nostra Senora and Nostra Senora Aranasca, front Seville, laden with steel and iron, bound to Cadiz, detain-, ed, and sent in • here by the John Bull private ship of war ; the ship Lady Esther Stanhope, Admiral GOODALL ; from the Downs. Passed down Channel Irons the eastward, the Mediterranean convoy. Sailed the American schooner Resolution,_ BATES • ' the schoo ner, William, DAN IE L; and the schooner Eleanor, MAST CRS; to join the feet, when the whole procee,led down Channel with a favourable wind. The Woolwich and Preveyante store-ships have on board Ma rines for Lord Co tti NOWOOis's flee in the Mediterranean. Sailed the Edward, Hairline, for Oporto; Nymph transport, Captain 'Fitecsr,_to the Westward; and Barge e . Two Brothers, CVANTLZR, for Prince Edward's Island. DOVER, SEPTEMBER s. Arrived the Felicite french frigate, captured by the Latena, in the West Indies. She experienced a dreadful hurricane on the a pight of the Ist of August, on leaving the Island, and was near :foundering. DEAL, SEPTEMBER 2. • Arrived the Success frigate and Sarpen sloop, from Flushing; the latter sailed again for the same place—the former remains.— Sailed the'Hardy gun-brig; for Portsmouth ; and several Trans ports, fdr Sunspot, in order to disembark their cavalry. SEPT. S.—Arrived the Dryad frigate and Zephyr sloop, from Pushing.—Sailed the Ides hired cutter, with four casks of dol lars on board, destined to the Acting Commissioner at Flushing; also sailed the Success frigate, on a cruise to the Eastward; about thirty sail of Transports, with artillery oa board, for Deptford; and several others, with cavalry, fur Ramsgate. Remain in the Downs—The Lively, Dryad, Coquette, Zephyr and Dover *atter, with some of the transports having cavalry on board.,. • • VARMOUTH, SEPTEMBIR 3. . . YeaterdVy rnoming arrived in these Roads from Flushing, the figfuttafrt, - 64 gun;, with passengers and sick and wounded 'helot), ;'wheat she left Flushing, the troops were emba . rking for England, excepting about 55,000 as h!ch are to be left in Wat cheren to garrison that place.—Sailed the Monmouth, 64 goo*, for Flashing, and the Havoc gun-brig, fnr Heligoland, with convoy.—Arrived from . Heligoland, under convoy, the transport Marked W.I. with about 400 troops belonging to the Duke of ilatrgswrca•Orts. Also arrived cne brig and six hays sent in by the Censor gun-brig, Lieutenant Rowe, which were captured off the River Ems.-a -Reitain the Roebuck, Agincourt, Aboukir, Chantfcleer, and Drake. . , A Danish ptivateer captured a loaded brig off Flambro' Head on Friday. •• • A letter received on Saturday ffunt s 'an QRcer on beard his Majesty's ship Bospos Cilotorn, contains the report ri the Capture' the Fustian* dbe of the 'French frigates which escaped from . the Salines, and afterwards from Guadaloupe.—lt was on the 6th of Jul,y, after a chase of 20h ours , t h at t h e BONNE CITOY• ENNF: came up with, and engaged the Furieuse. The battle, which was of the most furious tlescription, lasted six hours_ and 49 minutes ; at the expiration of which the Furietise . itruck, hiving sustained a loss of 33 kil led', and nearly SO won ided, amongst which was her Capt. lin,' 'The BeNicCrforstmz had only one man killed, and five wounded, two of them badly. The Bows E .C,TTO::NE is a small vessel of her ~ c liss4 bqt thi Futiruse 'is capable of mounting fifty Om - al it is about six years old, and extremely fit -fOr - the King's service. From the short distance from cash other, at which the ships engaged—from 20 to 'ISO yards.-!they were, at the close of the action, corn .- •- ...ptete wrecks. At the time when oar informant wrote, ' three days after .the action—the BONNE. CITOYENNE, wi:h her prize, was .steering for the island of St. 1 I John's, Newfoundland ; but, from the crippled state of the ships, some d ou b ts were entertained, whether they would be a bl e to reac h t h at port. The Furieuse , was bound to Bayonne, with a cargo of scgar, coffee, and a little cocoa. The letter, from which we have abstracted the above gratifying intelligence. was received through an American vessel, just mired.. ,~ THE 'ARtft. A mistake appearing in the papers respecting the regimentsengaged 'on the 7th ult.. in the enemy's sortie from Flushing, we, have to.atate, that the only rroops engaged on that day were the Ist brigade, cat anded by General MIMI/111, consisting of the ?. , Y3ls,Sth Regiment s and and not the 36th, zi mentioned. , - Friday afternoon, Captain Guam's, and 100 re. c :its, for the 24th, 83d, and 89th regiments, were ,ra'a.akeel at Cowes, on board the Lady.Carringtoo, t•-r the Cape of Good Hope. She was to sail yester. Nate sail of the line, the Aurrintsi , frigate, and the c pis and Weymouth store-ships, have arrived, at ','(). tsmouth, with prisoners on board, from the Scheldt, :rheral MONET, the late Governor of Flushing, came -F, -.:ae MON ARCH. The prisoners amount ie) 5,900, are composed of French, Dutch, Swiss, Poles, f'.!ntriAns, and Italians. The Danish ships ' aqd• se other men of war, in Porgmouth harbour, are ng up to receive them. These prisoners snake the number in confinement at that port - 14;800. G. Mosrr, and all.the Officers, have landed, and ?:e gone on their parole. Gene:224mm' is gone o.lil;am.• • _ - "iiimsGAri, szrrEMBER S. " Early this - morning eighteest transports arrived •‘;, - .li m this harbour, containing four troops of the 2d aval , y. Latralimi of the King's Gellman Legion.— Ten are now disembarked only one accident occur dying the disemlrarkation to a horse, Vshich was oo,;ged to be shot .41 consequence on tht beach : both t: , `.! men`and horses look remarkably well, and the men tern in high Spirits. 'he remaining transports, owing to . the want of water , cou ld not b e b roug h t near t h e store enough foilancfing, and will be disembarked the text flood. " FIVE o'Cpucx P. M.—The whole of the cavalry • flit went nut in the expedition are flow in the DOWRS, tz.cePtittg four troops which_are left at South Beve hod•—The troops which lincled here. this !mining, have set out for C.anterbury,o:l3,expsd.to:resnme.their former quarters at Ipswich. kis wd:that the iihole tf the cavalry novi in 'tie Downs 'axe. tribe ai.sens:: barked here." . CORE EXCHANGE, MARE.LANE, SEPT. 4:—Tile Market 761111 F.. 'Lay 'ars but an inconsiderable supply of Wheat—early in the fore noon fine samples were at a small advance, but tbsp sales in generar were at little fluctuation. Barley and. Malt likewise. Rye is' cheaper. White rams also. Beans of the two kinds nearly a late prices. Thera are large supplies of Oats, and excpeing fine, this article is quoted rather Lower. Prices of dour without alteration. Fine American also. GENERAL CURRENCY Al UNDER t .•'.'hezt, 751.905. 100,. Bears, 575. 62e. Ene ditto, 104 s. 166 a. Tick cs,itto, VA. 51s. Pre, 565. 545. Oats, 6s . 284. 329. • Ar ey. 4ns. 4ist. 0. P a l e . ;:c i ditto, 345. 372.6 d. 7 . 25. us • l'o:a,ee ditto, 402. a (boilers) 78s. 869. Rare F.t. , td, 501. to 53L ••, • 4. :I a. !Au:lr, SOL R5.,,--Svcones 735. SOs. ..- _ _______ e _ • • . die eats or the arise Coining 05......„ . 4 ji , c j !. . ee : . ea.......•••••mm. . * General Cuesta might find himself obliged to • . WelrreffinU e SEPT. L The Ilea has been pleased to grant the dignity of Talavera, befbre I should be able to revues to hi . . and I urged him to collect ell the carts that coe a Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain land Irbiand to the following Gentlemen , and the re- b e got, in order to remove our hospital. At his sh. spective heirs male of their bodies 'lawfully begot- sire I put the purport of this conversation in writing, ten, viz. -end sent.him a letter to be l a id b e f ore G enera l C ues .. . ta i of which I inclose a copy. [ l. PAOLUS Asinine Ilvt,ro Esq. of Woo4bouse and Robgill The British army marched on the 3d to Gropes* , ewer, in the county of Dumfries, Lieutenant-General of his Majesty's Forces. General Bassecourt's Spanish corps being at Centi. nello, where I desired that i t m i g h t h a l t t h e next day, Tuomas koncer 1, Esq. of Robert s ', Cove, in the county of Core: in order that I might be nearer to it. hates SHAW, Esq. of the city of London, and of Kilmarnock, About five o'clock in the ev en i ng , ' , h ear d t h at in the county o f A yr . the Frenceshad arrivedfrom Plasencia at Navalmo- ROWLAND BLENNRIINASSZT,Ise of Elennervilleentheoninte ral, whereby they were between us and the bridge of of Kerry. wit.Ll4ll Steyr n,Esq.of E ar di ston , i n t h e county of Worcester. Almar az. Montt an hour afterwarch, I received from Gene cuearos coceeneen Esq. of Sezincot, in the county of Glou cester, and of Piccadilly, in the county of Middlesex. ral O'Donogime the letter and its inclosares, of which I inclose copies, announcing to me the i ntent i on of Enteric Boy tqr of SANDYS, Es q . o f Mi ser d en C ast l e , i n the march from Talavera in th e even.county of Gloucester, and of Chadlington Hall, in the county of Oxford.ing, and to leave there my hospital, excep t i ng suc h General Cuesta. to HINItT BALPORD, of. St. George's, Hanover-square, in the men as could be moved by the means he already county' of Middlesex, Doctor of Physic, and one of his Majesty's had, on the ground of his apprehension that I was Physicians in Extraordinail. I onN TY a E r,t, Es q . of Bo re ha m H ouse , i n the county of Essex. not strong enough f or th e cor p s com i ng f rom Pla sencia, and that the enemy was moving upon his FOREIGN OFFICE, AUGUST 26. flank, and had returned to Santa Olalla in his front. Tbb Kitto has been pleased to appoint DON loser Acosno I acknowledge that these reasons did not appear ORTIZ to be his Catholic Majesty's Consul General in the United Isingdoniit Great Britain and Ireland. to me sufficient for giving up so important a post as e: - Talavera, for expos i ng th e com bi ne d arm i es to an at . • DOW/4ING-STREET, SEPTEMBER 2. tack in front and rear a t the same ti me , a nd f or abut /. Plin . tch, of which•the following is a Copy, was, on the 30th Boning my . . alt. received at t h e Office of Lord Vi s c ount C ast l ereagh , one -of;bis Majesty's Pri n cip a l S ecretar i es of State, from Lieute- I inclose a hospital ; and I wrote the lend orwhick copy. • nant-General L or d Vi scount Wellington, datedbeleyto s a, Bth This unfortunately re ac h e d t h e G enera l a f ter h e • Aogssr; Incr.. . had marched, and he arrived at Oropesa shortly after Deleytesa, August 8, 1809. daylight, on the morning of the 4th. 'Me Loren—l apprized your Lordship on the Ist The question what was to be done, was then to be instant, of the advance of a French corps towards considered. The enemy, stated to - be thirty thousand the Puerto de Betties, and of the probable embarrass- strong, but at all events consisting of the corps of meats tO the operations of the army, which its mei- Soult and Ney, either united, or not very distant from ye" at Plasencia would occasion; and these embar- each other, and supposed by Marshal Jourdan and ressmems having since existed to e degree so consi Joseph Bonaparte, to be sufficiently strong to attack 4erable, as to oblige us to - fall back, and to take up the British army, stated to be twenty-five thousand defeniive position on the Tagus, lam induced to strong, were on one side, in possession of the high. iiouleje you more at length with an account of what road to the passage of the Tagus at Almaraz, the has passed upon this subject. -- ' ' bridge at which place we knew had been removed, 'When I entered Spain, I had a communication although the boats still necessarily remained in the with. General Cuesta, through Sir Robert Wilson river. and Colenee Roche, respecting the occupation of the On the other side, we had reason to expect the ad. Puerto de Banes and the Puerto de Perales, the former vance of Victor's corps to Talavera, as soon as Gt of which, 'it *as at last settled, should be held by a neral Cuesta's march should be known, and after corps to be formed under the Marquis De la Reyna, leaving twelve thousand men t o watc h Vanegas, and to consist of two b atta li ons from General Cuesta' s allowing from- ten to elev en thousand killed and army, and two from Bejar ; and diet the Puerto de wcunded in the late action, this corps would have Perales was to be taken care of by ''.e Duque del amounted to twenty-five thousand. We could extrie Parque, by detachments from the garrisoa cf Ciudad trate ourselves from this difficult situation only by Rodrigo. I doubted of the capacity of the garrison great celerity of movement, to which the troops were of Ciudad Rodrigo to make the detachment to the lan unequal, as they had not had their allowance of pros ter, but so little of the effectual occupation of the for. visions for several days, and by success in two bat. mer, that in writing to Marshal Beresford on the 17th sties. If unsuccessful in either, we should have been July, I desired him to look to the Puerto de Perales, without a retreat ; and if Souk and Ney avoiding an but that I considered Banos as secure, as appears by action had retired before us, and had waited the ar. the extract of my letter which I inclose. rival of Victor, we should have been exposed to i On the 30th intelligence was received at Talavera, general action with fifty thousand men, equally with that twelve thousand rations had been ordered at Fu- out a retreat. - ente Duenos for the 28th, and twenty-four thousand We had reason to expect, that as the Marquis de la at Los Santos for the same day, for French' corps, Reyna could not remove the boats from the river which it was b.lieved was on its March towards the Almaraz, Soult would have destroyed them. Puerto de Banes. Our only retreat was, therefore, by the bridge of General Cuesta expressed some anxiety respecting Arco Bispo ; and if we had moved on, the enemy, this post, and sent me a message, to propose that Sir by breaking that bridge while the army should 'be Robert Wilson should he sent Iliere with his corps. engaged with Soult and Ney, would have deprived Sir Roberr was on that day at Talavera, but his us of that only resource.—We could not take a corps was in the mountains towards Escalona ; and position at Oropesa, as we thereby left open the road as he had already made himself very useful in that to the bridge of Arco Bispo front Talavera by Cale. quarter, and had been near Madrid, with which city ra; and, after considering the whole subject maturely, he had had a communication, which I was desirous I was of opinion that it was advisable to retire to the of keeping up, I proposed that a Spanish corps should bridge of Arco Bispo, and to take up a defensive ple be sent to Banos without loss of time. sion upon the Tagus. I could not prevail with General Cuesta, although I was induced to adopt this last opinion, because 1 he certainly admitted the necessity of a reinforce- the French have now at least fifty thousand Men dise ' Mien[ when he proposed that Sir Robert should be posable to oppose to the combined armies ~ and a sent to Banes ; and.he was equally sensible with my- corps of twelve thousand to watch Vanegas ; and I self, of the benefit to be derived to the cause from was likewise of opinion, that the sooner the def ens i ve sending Sir Robert back to E sca l ona . line should be taken up, the more likely were the •At thip lime we had no further intelligence of the troo p s to b e a bl e to d e f en d i t. enemy ' s advance, than that the rations were ordered ; - Accordingly I marched on the 4th, and crossed end I had' hopes that the enemy might be deterred tho Tagus by the bridge of Arco Bispo, and have from advancing, by the intelligence of our success on continued my route to this plale, in which lam well the 28th, and that the troops in the Puerto might situated to defend the passage of Almaraz and the make some defence ; and that under these circum- lower 'parts of the Tagus. General Cuesta crossed stances it was not desirable to divert Sir Robert Wil- the river on the night of the sth, and he is *ill at the son from . Escalona. bridge of Arco Bispo. About two thousand of the On the 30th, however, -I renewed my application wounded have been brought away from Talavera, to General Cuesta, to send there a Spanish division of the remaining fifteen hundred are there; and I doubt .sufficient strength, in a letter to General O'Donoghue, whether, under any circumstances, it would have of which I enclose a copy, but without effect ; and been possible or consistent with humanity, to attempt he did not detach General Bassecourt till the moin• to remove any more of them. ing of the 2d, after we had heard that the enemy had From the treatment which some of the soldiers' entered Bejar, and it was obvious that the troops in wounded on the 27th, and who fell into the hands of the,Puerto would make no defence, the enemy, experienced from them, and from the On the second we received accounts, that the enemy manner in which I have always treated the wounded had entered Plasencia in two columns. who have fallen into my hands, I expect din them The Marquis de la Reyna, whose two battalions men will be well treated ; and I have only to lament consisted of only six hundred men, with only twenty that anew concurrence of events, over which froth rounds of ammunition each man, retired "from the I circumstances I had and could • have no contralti, Puerto and from Plasencia, without firing a shot, and should have :placed the aemy in a situation to be went to the bridge of Almaraz, which he declared obliged to leave any of 'them behind. I have the hol. that he intended to remove ; the battalions of Bejar nour to lie, etc. (Signed) ARTHUR WELL.ESLZY. .. dispersed without making any resistance. ' DOWNING -STREET, SEPTEMBER I. The General called upon me on that day, and pro- A Dispatch, of which the followin g Is a Copy, tiNti Yesterdri posed that half of the army should ma rc h to the rear Morning received at the Office of Lord Viscount Castlereao,- to oppose the enemy, while the other half should one of his Majesty's Principal Secretaries of Stole, front Lien-' maintain the post at Talavera. nant-creneral the Earl of Chatham, dated Pliad-quirters, -My answer was, that if by half the a rm y, h e meant Batz, August 29, 1805. half of each army, I could only answe r t h at I was My Lord—Major Bradford d e li vere d to me yours Lor . d . ship'sdisiltch of the 21st install, signifying to e ready either to go or to stay with the whole B r i t i s h me his Majesty s commands that I shoidd convey to army, but that I could not separate it. He then d e - Lieutenant-General Sir Eyre Coote, the-General and sired me to chose whether I would go or stay, an d I preferred to le o, from thinking that the Briti s h t roo p s other Officers and troo p s em pl oye d b e f ore Fl ush i ng, a were most likely to do the business eff e ctually, an d and particularly to th os e o f t h e A rt ill ery an d E ngl . without contest ; and from being of opinion th a t it w as neer D epartments, his Majesty's m ost gra d s:ls ap . probation of their conduct ; a nd which Ihave obeyed..more important to us than to the Spanish army to . : open the communication through Plasencia, althOugh with the most entire sati s fa c ti on . I had the honour in my l ast di s p atc h of acquainting very important to them. With this decision, Gene r al ' Cuesta appeared perfectly satisfied. . your Lordship with my inte n ti on o f proceeding to this ) The movements of the enemy in our front since the place, and I should h ave b e en most happy tolave been enabled to have announced to rur Lordship . Ist, had induced me to be of opinion, that despairing however,the further . progress of this army. 'U nfortunately, lof forcing us at Talavera, they intended to force a . it becomes my duty M . state to your Lord passage by Escalona, and thus to open a communi. ship that, from the concurrent testimony from so cation with the French corps coming from Plasenci e the many information, _ohmati qu arteron, t he quarters, as to, leave no dO u bt c f t h e troth enemy appears to have collect } This suspicion was confirmed on the night of the '2d, by letters received from Sir Robert Wilson, of which I inclose copies ; and before I quitted T u l a - so formidable a force, as to co.:v : nce me that the pe vera on the 3d, I waited upon General O'Dono g h u e rOl was arrived, at }rich air instructions would ladconversed-with hint upon the whole of our 'lett-. . have directed sue to .withdraw the army under my •• Vora ever. • eg . . , . . ' . . -