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" -"•-• .'" - wro - - -er• ----- e .. . ;.. . . • , . , t , . . io• t • • SP , i ' • 0 . . AIN. tctioits f9ught in Navarre by the celebrated Espor ---- Mina, in which the French had nearly 400 killed and • CADIZ, MARCH if. 700 wounded. , GAZETTE EX YRAORDINBRIC OF THE REGENCY. ,-.•-.. ' From the Lisbon Gazette of the 27th of March : 4 'The General in ChM' ad interim , of the fourth On the 25th we received from Elvas the following S, A S. army, Don Manoel Lapena, has transmitted to the telegraphic dispatch : iMa ' 7 rencli an... Chief of the Staff, the following dispatches of the " Fives, half-past three in the afternoon. Jens in one of . date of the 9th and 10th instant, directed to him from 4 4 Cainpo Mayor is evacuated. Our army entered Pala( 'at bell, in Medina Sidonia, by Brigadier Don Antonio Begines the it at noon. The enemy's cavalry made a show of re- ' \ 'T el de I:is Rios, Commander of the first dii4sion : sistance, but retired to Badajos." g vih ' ' ffl " 44 Most Excellent Sir —To-day, at noon, I arrived pous4 ' le ' at this city with the first division under my command, PRIVATE LETTERS, ist wa which I posted in suitable positions $n order to ob- EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM AN OFFICER OF RANK serve the movements of the enemy and to communi- /ARVIN° IN LORD " WELLINGTO 'SriRMY. 13. .ing o cate an y alteration shat might occur. Miranda de Ce, March a nett " Two hours after I had arrived at this city with " Sin—l snatch a moment to give you a hasty iof t t h e troo p s under my command, the advanced guard sketch of our proceedings for the last ten days. On al. gave notice that about 3 0 horse, apparently enemies, the night of the 4th instant, the French withdrew Princi were coming along the old road of ,Chieklana : ad- their troops from the neighbourhood of Rio Mayor, f a let vanced corps of cavalry and infantry were Immedi- which was discovered next morning, when Islajor honot ately detached to observe them, and as soon as I had General Picton's division was moved forward. posted my troops, I proceeded to reconnoitre the 44 On the night of the sth, they retired from San er, to enemy. I found about 500 infantry and 60 horse tarem and Punkete : to the first of which places our rANT advancing, with two pieces of artillery, which had head-quarters were moved on the 6th. The rear of o pened their fire. But our advanced troops attacked the enemy halted at Pern e s . On the 7th our head ache is them with bravery, maintaining their fire for a consi- quarters were at Torres Novas, and the French had esper derable time, obliging them to retreat by the same their rear-guard at Thomar. On the Bth we entered :en sev road they came. I could not ascertain their loss ; Thomas, and pushed our advance to Chao de Mo he has n but Ours was only one horse killed and one p rivate cano. ;tanti hey C wounded. " ANTO NIO BEGINES DE LOS RIOS. "On ,the 9 th the army di vided into three columns, Novel .. Head quarters, Medina Sed onia, March 8, ISI I:' for the p ur p ose of marching on Coimbra. The head- PROCLAMATION. quarters were established at Peracha, and the light ind but 44 Catalans—l know how deep was your grief on hearing of 1 division was close upon Pombal. Lo rd Wellin g ton t ctar, I the infamo us surrender of Tortola.. I likewise know bow This dee p l y the army and all good Patriots felt, and how severely having received a report from the advance th at the Y took r the nation will be afflicted when she knows that Tortola has French had halted in great force at Pom bal, rode fallen into the hands of the French, because it has been delivered ever to reconnoitre them. :hiefs, : to them by the treacherous Governor Count de Alacka. " On his return, he gave orders for bringing up rn that " He has been tried and sentenced to be beheaded. wk. " cashes! on the scaffold and the gallows shall traitors fa- the whole of the army, and we were in great hopes . that the enemy would try their strength with us. The as just i tally end their lives, of whatever rank they may be. The country is in danger, and it must be saved. I shall pass sentence on eat- whole of the 10th was employed in concentrating the iighnes prize, and on every infamous wretch like the Count, who shall army. On the next day, about 10,000 men being he juris give up one inch of ground of the Principality, although it were 1 I up, we drove the enemy out of Pombal , to wh ich ion of ft a desert. an d go l ong 1 they set fire. About 25,0 00 of them having taken c an bt 44 I wall * a lly lay down my life for my c ountr y , as I shall command in the Province, no mercy shall be ehewn to up a position' in the rear of the town, preparations any one that betrays its interests. (Signed) were made for attacking them. Night, however, " Marquis de CAM POVERD E." falling before the whole o the divisions arrived on the ground, some of which had marched near twenty miles in the course of the day, the attack was defer red until the following morning. 44 The head-quarters were moved to Casalioa, within half a league of Pombal. We made sure of a battle ; but, to our great surprise, we discovered, on the morning of the 12th, that the enemy had moved off in the course of the night. " We immediately pushed forward, and, close above Redinha, we came up, to our great satisfac tion, with 15,000 French, in a very strong position. . We were not long in bringing up our columns, and 'TER 35,000 infantry and 4000 cavalry, supported by a strong reserve, deployed in two lines, under a sharp era` cannonade, and then advanced upon the enemy, the he , light infantry having previously driven him from some woody heights. The French refused our at- NU% tack, and moved off in some confusion. having in their retreat set fire to Redinha, to which our head- A.m. , waren of quarters were transferred for the night. _....., ... This day the army 'marched to within half a league of Condeixa, where we discovered the French .• • 1 . ,General Slade, who commands our cavalry, has rear-g_uard . , .15,000 men, strongly posted. About . . - greatly distinguished himself ;he did not for three noon %..encieixa was set fire to by signal, and the else -. during the pursuit quit his horse, and was al my marched out. In the course of the evenin g our - -s close upon the enemy. The Roy als and opatr les were pushed on two miles beyond Condeixa , -ors have acquired great reputation on the road leading to Porte de Murcella, on which 'ant behaviour on all Otte- the enemy's rear-guard was posted, and by which route it would seem they intend to leave Portugal. immense, as We are not without hopes of being able to force them ' oar- i to give battle before they reach the frontier. 44 The enemy must latterly have suffered dreadfully from want of provisions. Their necessities have com pelled them to subsist upon every kind of animal' within their reach. We met the remains of many 4 whici, regularly slaughtered jack - asses on t he road. The Portuguese troops have behaved admirably. They - has (.... fairly rival ours in courage. If they have any fault, it N• A, M,_ is that of being too eager to get forward. The retreat 4, of t,. of'the enemy is conducted with great ability. Their - 'Ol can. line of march is so well covered, that we have hitherto c the ... been able to take very few prisoners. " - -1 s of r. EXTRACT OF ANOTHER LETTER, FROM AN OFFICER IN LORD WELLINGTON'S ARIXY,DATED LUCOA, MARCH 16. ,r, cellen. " Since I had last the pleasure. of addressing you, -Id of 1.. we have pursued the French this length at the point of the bayonet. From the map you will perceive that Gat:t._ we are now farther up the country than ever, and as I "TO, IN they seem determined to pursue their retreat through. Spain, I have no doubt but by th e time y ou receive * Fol.. this, there will not be a single Frenchman in Porto zga),,,_ gal. Every effort has been made to bring them to -, lc a c... general engagement, which has yet proved ineffectual. There' still remains a probability that they will be s sale., forced to it. One thing is certain, that want of p ro. ,e 1 visions has brought about this great and wonderful change on the face of affairs. They have suffered a. good deal on the retreat, and we have an immensity of prisoners, besides 17 cannon, which they had con cealed, having no way of carrying them off. On the other hand, they have done all the mischief in thlir power, more perhaps than this country will be able to repair in the course of a century. Santarem and Coimbra are the only towns they have not burnt to the ground. Every village affords most distressing spectacles of their murderous dispositions. In one house, I saw an old man with his head severed from his body, and his fingers, &c. cut off ; in the next room, his wife, an old woman, lay cruelly murdered; and a boy, her grandson, lying beside her with his throat cut. The Portuguese are so exasperated, that they, on the other hand, murder all the Frenchmen who fall into their hands. " The enemy burn all the towns they pass through. My favourite spot, Leyria, presented the most melan choly sight ; the magnificent palace of the Bishop, containing one of the finest libraries in Portugal, was in flames ; and when we entered the town nothing but exterior walls were to be seen. The cathedral was too massive to be burnt, but they did not omit to destroy the altars and marble fonts, and to root out the bodies of the bishops and canons. Alcobaca has been destroyed, as far as fire could perform the office, 13atalia, which any but savages would have spared, has participated in the fate of Alcobaca ; but the magnificent exterior chapter-house and cloisters were fortunately out of the reach of the destructive element by which they attempted their ruin : they rooted out the bodiesof the kings, and destroyed their tombs," FRENCH AdPERS. PARIS, APRIL S. On Saturday the 30th March the French and 'Dutch Imperial Officers at Versailles, gave, in one of the wings of the Imperial Palace', a magnificent ball, -in honour of the birth of the King of Rome. A supper was also given, during which the healths of the Em peror, of his august Spouse, and the King of Rome, were drank. Each toast was announced by a discharge of gainer:. APRIL 6.—The King of Naples set out from his &minions on the first intelligence he received, by te legraph, of the birth of the King of Rome, and has arrived in this capital. His Excellency Prince Schwartzenberg, charged with the delivery of a letter from his Sovereign, the Emperor, had the honour of being admitted yester day, after the Levee, to a particular audience of his Majesty. CONSTANTINOPLE, FEB. 26 " The Captain Pacha is on his return from Natolia. It appears he was especially charged to effect a re conciliation between several of the Asiatic Chiefs or Ayans, and that he has saccceded. He brings back with him to Conitantinople, Achmet Bey, who was formerly Pahonabey (Vice-Admiral), and who, in the revolution of November, INS, when the Janis saries revolted, and burned in the Palace of the Porte Mustapha Barractar, fled with the Captain Pacha, Rhainiz Paella. This last saved himself in Russia, but Achmet Bey took refuge near Calliandgi, with one of the Asiatic Chiefs, a partisan of the new reform. It is from them that the Captain Pacha has just brought him back. The Porte has just issued a finnan, stating that the Raas of his Highness must not, in any planner, be placed above the jurisdiction of the local Authorities b the protection of foreigners ; and particularly that l none of them can be Consul or Agent to Foreign , Powers. We cannot be surprised at these orders, considering that for two years the Rajas of the Morea and the . Archipelago Islands have passed for English, were, as such, protected, and refused to pay the impo.-s.— Many English Consuls, and among them that of Canea, are Rajas of the Grand Segnior. The uncle of the Captain Pacha is about setting out for the uncivilized regencies, charged with many • commissions by Government. Among others, he takes several commanding the restitution of several ships which the Regents had, and which must immediately be given up as French. PETERSBURGH, MARCH s. Count Fagname, Chamberlain of the kingdom of Italy, is ordered to travel in Europe, in order to make observations on the different charitable Ursti tutionS. BERLIN, MARCH 19. There is much talk respecting a journey which it is said his Majesty will take to Konigsburg for ttk pur pose of reviewing the troops. MARCH 26.—His Serene Highness the Duke of 01 denburgh set out yesterday for Petersburgh. MARCH 24. BERNE, Yesterday morning, his Excellency M. de Talley rand set'out for Soleure, previous to his departure he read a letter to the Landamman of Switzerland from his Majesty the Emperor of the French, in which that 'augu+t monarch informs his Excellency and the. Con federation, of the accouchement of her Imperial Ma jesty, and the birth of the King of Rome. This joy. fUI intelligence was immediately announced to the in habitants of Soleure by the discharge of artillery. TRIESTE, MARCHI9. The wind which has blown lately with extreme vio lence, it appears, has caused many disasters at sea. ANCONA, MARCH 57. On the 22d inst. the birth of the King of Rome was announced by the firing of 101 cannons and ring. ing of all the bells. Tile palaces of the Governor- Oeneral of the Prefecture, and the Consuls of France and Naples, were illuminated. On the 25th a grand mass was celebrated, and re Arum chaunted, at which the constituted authorities, s).s well as the Consuls, assisted. In the evening tke whole town was illuminated. POR7 UGUESE PAPERS. LISBON, MARCH 31. Letters received last night fmni our army state, that the head-quarters were about four leagues on 014 side of Celerico. It would appear that Massena haa made a stand there. It is also reported, that the enemy on the Alentejo side have made a similar stand at Badajos, with about twelve thousand :men. Our army in that quarter amounts to 22,000 men. The cruelty, wanton havock, and destruction, committed by the French in their retreat, exceeds all former ex amples ; they not only burned and destroyed all houses lad towns near their route, but also murdered the inhabitants with circumstances of such atrocious barbarity as would have disgraced, Vandals—their avidity for plunder was such, that in one place the Royal Dragoons surprised a party of them digging the dead out of their graves in a church, in search of plunder. General Slade, who commands our cavalry, has greatly distinguished himself ; he did not for three days during the pursuit quit his horse, and was al most always close upon the enemy. The Royals and 16th Light Dragoons have acquired great reputation and honour by their gallant behaviour on all occa sions. • The loss of the enemy.must have been immense, as the roads were literally strewed with dead, and par ties of from 50 to 100 each, ape daily brought in as prisoners. We still hope to hear of a much greater destruction of the enemy. .., CADIZ GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY, MARCH 16. INFORMATION FROM GENERAL BALLAsTESOS. I hasten to commuuicate to your Excellency the satisfaction which I have just obtained in the surprise to-day, executed against General Ramon. I took from him all his baggage, artillery, ammu nition, and horses, and made many prisoners. Those which escaped are wandering dispersed, and say troops are closely pursuing them. The moment I can find time, I will give your Ex cellency a circumstancial detail of the action. Field of Battle, Palma, March 2. The enemy are dispersed, and retiring towards Se ville.—Lisbon March 2.5. OPORTO, MARCH 36 . On the 20th instant, near Folaccoza, we made 100 prisoners ; gre.tt deal of baggage fell into our hands. On the 2lst ult. we also took a considerable number. The enemy has only 2 300 cavalry left. It is said, that in the whole upwarals of 6000 prisoners have been taken. A soldier of the 6:11 Cacadores says, they had a se vere skirmish at the I'uente de Vidher, in which an English Major was killed. * LinoN, MARCH so. Extract of a letter from OliVeira de l'Hopital, da- , ted March 22 : " The enemy has retreated with the greatest pre cipitation, and hai in consequence lost a great num.l ber of prisoner 3 from our forced marches. They have laid waste and burned all the villages. • " In some of the villages the inhabitants have been able to extinguish the flames, when they have lodged us in the remaining houses ; and in others, they have Ihad the courage and the means to arm themselves and repel the enemy. In Avo, a small town to the south of Gallizes, the enemy could not enter. The Captain-Major of that , town, Antonio de Millo Pinto Cardosa, with the Cap vain of Fusileers, Francisco Madeira da Costa, corn rnanding the ordenanzas of that district, repelle five times the - attacks which the enemy, in number five men, made, in order to possess themselves of that place. In like manner they did not enter Travanca de La► gos, and Lagaus, villages half a league distant from the high road of Piehttnus, because they saw some peasants arrive. The terror.which accompanies them is surprising, and it is certain they have noteommitted with impu nity the crimes of which tilkyvtave been guilty. Litbsys Cassette, March 30. • " ' ill another Gazette we 64 the particulars of two • -- Evi*rwc, STAR. MALTA MAIL. MALTA, MARV.' 11 .—By my last letters from Con. stantinople I am informed that Mr. Italinski, the late Russian minister, arrived the 14th of December with his suite, at Bucharest. The negotiators will soon.ar range the differences, but the Grand Seignior is un derstood to refuse to make sacrifices or cessions. He is said to have issued orders for new levies of troops, and is determined to take the field in person in the spring. MXISINA, FEE. 25.--The preparations which Murat has already begun to make on the coast of Calabria, give us more than a hint of what we mast expect in re summer, His gunboats, which were laid up for showinter, arc brought out, are refitting, and many new ones building, with great alacrity, while we have knot in our power to disturb them. In the country itself, the few peasants that remain are forced into the service, and a new army is organizing for an attack under the superintendence of ottut s of the Royal 'Guard, and a part of the Roy .1 1 align Legion of Distinction, has been dispatched from Naples to Reg ' On our part we are preparing to receive him by -ides • along the collected train- they Whether we question. We friends i advances frinn ' British troops . will be aware, is a fight app. one countiy where 80044 gin. On OUT park. _ every means we possess, and besides raising along coast very formidable batteries, we have colic threolew regiments of Sicilians, who, with some ti ins, are likely to be serviceable. They do not exceed 2000 men, but by daily augmentations . be formed into a body o f 4000. Whethe s'os t el l . upon their fidelity is a diff htwit erent qutherestion fr inuottint them where they must figh ei or 000rnes. ear advances liape to be reinfortecVmtlisi y Portugal and Cadiz, as oz.ir strength in British t 700 Q, Vbirell , flii."ol will he avian ',sty pull force, where via have • to fight go • no*, and's') ibisintoi% ttionloill'es its a enunt#i the pp& soon Orly hlistd to their real good, LONDON. SATURDAY, APRIL 13. PRICE OF STOCKS 'THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Consols, swim, 44 ' May account, 64165. Reduced, eI. div . 6 $ f-4 re Cent. es. div.ttOtf. Navy 5 per Cent. 97 3 —ltch. Bills, SI. to ss. peon. India Bonds It9s. SOL mat. DISPATCHES FROM PORTUGAL. The DAPHNE man of war has arrived from Lisbon after a very short passage. The Waliingbam packer has also arrived, after a passage of 10 days. By these conveyances dispatches were last night received from Lord WELLINGTON, and from our Mi. i nister at Lisboa, the former dated the 27th and the latter the 30th ult. . From Lord WELLINGTON'S dispatches, it appears that MASSENA had passed the Coa, and had posted ,his army in strength, having pushed his advanced guard on to Almeida. Lord WELLINGTON states his determination to be in Celerico on the 28th. MASSENA. had persevered in the barbarous course of burning and laying waste every place through which he passed, as the means, no doubt, of impeding the pursuit of his brave followers. His retreat was covered by Marshal NEY ; and our most experienced Officers say, that it was conducted with a skill and ability that made itquite a lesson in tactics to every military eye. But, notwitb. standing the sagacity and celerity of his movement, and the horrible devastations to which he had recourse, to deprive the Allies of all shelter in the pursuit—Lord WELLINGTON had kept an incessant attack upon his skirts, and had daily skirmishes with his cavalry.--. One most brilliant affair took place in a plain, be tween the 16th Light Dragoons and a French regi ment of Hussars, in which the 16th displayed the su. periority of • English horse in a manner most conspi cuous. They literally cut down a great number, and dispersed the rest in all directions, taking two or three Officers, and about 40 men, prisoners. Immense loss was sustained by the flying enemy, bothin men and baggage, notwithstanding the compact form in which they moved; and the advantageous ground which they had to pass, affording them strong posts whenever they were pressed. Of these Marshal Ntx never failed to profit with the most perfect science. The dispatches from Mr. STUART confirm what we stated a few days ago, that Lord WELLINGTON had dispatched Marshal BERsiiFoßp in pursuit of Moarisu. He also directed Colonels TRANT and Wu.soN with their respective bodies of Portuguese to follow him by forced marches, which they did, and joined him on the 23d. Dispositions were made on the 24th for the at• tack, and on the 25th in the morning General BERES. FORD attacked Monzign and was completely success. fill. He put him to the route on every point, retook Campo Maior, and established his head-quarters at Elvas, about fifteen miles from Badajoz ; 600 of the enemy were left on the field, killed or wounded ; and the main body fled with precipitation. The substance of these dispatches were commtanica• ted, at a late hour last night, in the following notice TO THE LORD MAYOR. • • " Foreign Office, April it " Mr have the honour to inclose an Extract of the intelligence contained in the Dispatch received this day from CHIMILge STLWART, ENV his Majesty's Minister at Li.b,s, under date the Sikh March. " I have the honour to be, my Lord. • " Your Lordship's mitt obedient and humble servia:, (Signed) " wet'. t ... " To the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, isc. kc. &A." BULLETIN INCLOSED. " Foreign Office, April It. " Dispatches have been received by the Marquis Wk.i. Ltssit !rota Mr. STILWAILT, his Majesty's Minister at Lisbon, dug 3lth March, stating that Sir Wat.BracsFOßD, having united the whole of his force at Porralegre, on the 2:14 March, bad tdrae -1 ced on the 241 k, and attacked the enemy sigh his cavalry oa r, 12.1 th. The epemy were compelled to abandon Campo M with the loss of de hundred killed and wounded; and the who: of their force on this side of ale Guadiana were pullout to na' dajos. On the ::6th the Head-quarters of Marshal Esaurosa were at Elva* ; and a small Spanish corps moved towards vague. '('lie enemy had withdrawn their whole force, except a weak piquet, to the other side of the Guadiana. The Carp' under Marshal Sous.r had halted in the oeighliourhoel of Llerina. " Oeneral BALLASTEILOS returned to Gibbraleon, a town O Ayasuontr, on the 240th of March, where lus f 'rue Its bceo ti creased by the amount of 6000 men, uwler Gracial trom Cadiz. " Marshal BtISILLIS arrived at Zamora on the sth Meet with 7000 men. The corps of General SILVEIRA c4csequently moved on to Mon Corvo on the 14th." The accounts from Oporto dre also highly grab. tying. A letter of the 25th ult. from that place, states that accounts had been received there of the nem 1 having evacuated Salamanca and retreated to Burgos on the road to Bayonne. We have also to notice that a letter from Cada states, that General BALLASTEROS, with about 5 000 r Spaniards, on the 15th March, surprised the 11rench General RAstoN, attacked him furiously in his lines , took 500 prisoners, and remained master of the fielsi. He was afterwards joined by the Spanish Goan' ZayzAs, with a force of 6,000 men—so that Dmlas. TEROS is now at the head of an army of very coo' derable force, and fit for any fresh ,Teration.—Av counts from other parts of . Spain ale equally Iv so vourable. The statements contained in private letters from Lisbon, and in the printed Journals, are highly got' fying. The farmer state that 1100 French prisoc!i had arrived there a few da y s before the packet silo. The numbers a sick and of Erisoners that %raga! . - . - 1