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•P, - ItiIIYTER, 'MAYOR. ACOMMON COUNCIL. lioldyn in the Chamber of the GUILDHALL of the CITY of LONDON , et 4014- turday, the 9th day of May, 1812 . • iItiOIYTII UNANIMOUSLY, That t Court views with the deepest concern the intimation of his ki tjesty's Mininers, that in submitting to Parliament a prupoettion rentecting the renewal of the East India Company's Chart' r. it is ttrir ititoni . not t o corfine the Ent . Indite '1 rade t 8 tint Port 6rnha., Ifni; s&ree It Las been untied on fOi two.centusfes. . . • s• . - lisle Lyndon has Idthertd been nbt only the seat of Govern ' thent, hut aim the erincirel eefosii ore of merthandize, and con sequently the ;•eneral rest rt of foreieners, who have frequented It for On purpose of sup/1114g themselves with goods suitable to their particular markets end Outlands. 'that the Metropolis has thus been enabled to give to nearly ene-tenth of the population of the, kingdom occupation and sup port ; afforded to the Government ut nice easy, secure, and ex petii- ions means of collecting the Import Revenues, which bear a most important proportion to the ennunl burders, and upheld Vie credit, honour, and character of the mercantile part of these Realms. '1 teat in tT:e attainment of these .great rational objects the limitation of the East India Trade to the POI tof London has been. Sound essentially usetul, by the estalOishment of spacious docks, considerable snanufattories, warehouses, storehouses, and lichee necessary and commodious buildings, by the coratant employ ment, even during a bang continuance of war, of many thousands en workmen, artiticdrs, artizans, and labourers in these establish ments, both in the City of London and on - the Banks of the River Thames, upon whosa occupation depends the subsistence f a vast and increasing populannti, and by the building and quip lent of ships andnsessels, communicating full and immediate re- Art' ko a very numerous dais of persoils engagti in different cape :looi and pursuits. That .this Court, solemnly disclaiming all sePish considera tions and narrow jealousies in consequence of the intimated et tension of the Trade to and from India to the Out-ports, does not oppose such extension on the ground of withholding whit in other respects would be truly desirable, the fair means of honour 41):eenteiprize and open cuntretition, but from tie certain con -mann that Were the Port of Loudon deprived of the privileges which it at present enjoys with respect to the East India Trade, the consequences would be both disadvantageous to. themselves !lad injurious to the interests of the country at large. That while the I'ort of Lohdon has enjoyed certain privileges hch have produced the most essential benefits to the common strength and Revenue of the Empire, full and Sufficient liberty has not been withheld from other cities and towns in the kirg tlorn to employ their ninitals and direct their trading pursui.s to pints capable of afftrdnig ample returns and remuneration. Thal with, regard to these cities and towns, until the late un fortunate state of affairs in that mercantile world, their txettiuns have been crowned wish success, with the exception of the com munication opened with the spa esh and Portuguese Settlements in America, a circumstance which, Whilst it involved many of the adventurers in severe distress or complete main, cannot but hold outeonviucing reasons for great reserve and caution in em -bracing new sources of specula!ion. That although the quapnty of tonnage appropriate by the East India Company to the Plivane Tiaders of the United Kingdom (independently of the usual allowance to their own Otbcers) has, , during the last six years, amounted to 63,t00 tote, it is abcer- Lsintsj that of that quantity 16,230 tons only have been employed, of which 7000 tons have consisted of wine and beer, leaving a erplus of little more tlian non° tons 0/1300 tons annually for kinds of stores and British manufactures. That the expectation entertained by several branches of the manufacturing interest throughput the country of the great be nefits likely Io resu:t to them front an increased exportation ro India, appears erroneous and delusive, inasmuch as it is incuntret vertibly esteblislitd by the en/a:Timer of the last s x years, that the market of India is altogether incapable of extending the con sumption of British manufactures beyond the present demand. 'that k appeariin, impracticable, in any material degree, to in crense the import of profitable commodities from, or to augment ' the export of British manufactures tcnindia, Utile - more than one tenth of the allowed quantity of tonnage for the private trader in these manufactures having been employed, it necessarily follows, that in neither instance can any beneficial extension of commerce • realized, and that all new adventurers who may engage in them lust, if even suremsfel, merely enjoy a share or portion of that which is already carrireinn—arcsuk*hich, without communicat ing any additional advantages to the country, without invigorating national industry, and rewarding the mirk of commercial enter prize, must split that inter parts and fractions which is now con ducted and concentiated aa a whole; and terminate in ifs trainer from one set of hands to another, with incalculabledisadvanta ges, and perhaps wish total ruin. 'I bat the wisdom, if nut the necessity, of limiting to one point for elimination, the various articles drawn front very distinct and distant parts of the interior, which compose the compara tively small quantity of British manufactures sent to India, ap pears undeniable. That the removal from the Port of London of ae Trade to and from India , would tend to the injury of that excellent Nur sery of our Seamen, the Coasting Trade, affect the Inland Na nigation at the Kingdom, and lead to the deterioration of the quality of the different Articles now invoiced from ludia ':hina, and dist osed of at open and et gular Sales. That as a subject of Finance, to which the Port of London has / very .13igely contributed, the Revenue deriving in the single article of Tea the yearly averaged amount of nearly four millions , in the five last years, this Court cannot view the proposed eV,min *ion to the Ontporte of the East India Trade,. without the most alarming apprehensions, as, from the very extensive scale of Ports threashotit the United Kittgdom, smuggling would be more easily carried on, and the Revenue defrauded, to the injury of tae pubhe Interests, and the detriment of the fair Trader. That the increased faiiiity thus afforded to smuggling; w ou ld, the introduction of prohibited goods, deeeeciate our own ma• atm-tore-Nand defeat the vs.ry ends winch the recent Resolutions and Apt lications of the Manufacturers for Ate extension at the Enst ludia Trade to the Out port, under the fallacious hope of augmented etwahwption, profess to have in view. RISIOJOILD UNANIMOUSJ.Y.--4 hat humble Petitions he pre sented to both Howes of Parliament, setting forth these reasons, and praying that they may take into their serious ernsnieration the connection actually existing between the East-India Trade and the Port of Louden, and acopt such measures as to their wis dom may stem Meet, in order to prevent the extension of the said Trade to the Ounpurts of the United Kingdom. • WOOL/THORPE. LISBON MAIL. • LISBON, APRIL 20.. The 42d Scots Regiment diseMbarked this day. General Hill had liis 1-had-quarters in Almendra _jo, and extended his advanded posts to Santos and Sara.' ~;r -.- APRIL 21.--On the l6tff tine. .*treat Val*. Velba, 'and . in two. or three days w pscppy one l /rontieri as far .16. the Cos ; the enemy't devastations :oast have ceased. • Arm!: 22.—Yesterday entered the port of this I,y 45 English transpftrts, from which !great num. ber of horses were landed to remount the British Army, and for the service of the artillery. 25.—0 n the 18th and 19th the French re 7 thed in great haste in the direction of Salainanctr: ' Utters front Almeida of the IStli announce the %inch did not anise at Ctler;co, nor destroy the ma -,atines of provisions there, as wasreyorted. APRIL 96.—A1l proceeds as we could wish. After the fall of Badajoi, the Earl of Wellington lout nos a moment in hurrying to the North, and driving away'the French robbers, for, in reality, they are no better, they spread thetnselves all over the Beira, as far as Celerieu on the one hand, and tu.yond Castello Branco on the other, committing every devastation and horror that could be conceived. At Castello Branco they found only three aged persons, whom they murdered. : The light, 341, 4th, 50, and 'Alt divisions have pa s sed fi,thugal ; Marmont every where retreating bokre the Earl of Wellington. J.a ten days Biltda l iQZ will be in *nu foo t every necei Lent of w anew Rive Ufa .rnetr Lei • citie tlon. tensl oPPc wise .tiste InCti Whil the a tad agree hart • tions ;win • 'l' . Yam trace 'nun • in A the I hold - brae • Indi (ind dud taint of As emrp all k man ✓efit Indi. vert the BUITI ‘ '1 crew. thee trot' dies that ben mos whie lug a vatie prim duct from ges, 'I for e and tivel pear Tl and . sere oigai Tisk thir so se • attic; in th sson • alarm Oro pub! 11 • by tl :luta and . augn lei scene • and ' thee and dom said C lejn, Safi j • Vet from Ant! p • city ber Arm • trio 'I gat the • n aura hell far 13rA and • Bra the; . , heft / . % thing repaired and well stored; ; remainsin advane wittking Soul L 'ck heavy, and Bontonby's, of Lii 'dein them, Sir S..Cottou and yalry arogope Bontia. BANKS OF THE GUADIANA, . On the.2oth Drouet had his Head-q,._ j ; GAZilll with fi ve - thousand men. Lis marched for Seville, and - Soult, with his Staff, for Cordoba. Conde de Penne Villemur on the . 20th arrived at Caballeros with the troops under his command, and it is natural to suppose would to-day arrive at Badajoz. •• fot :erns dars.arterwar l ds I have been ' of my eyesight ; all sthich time the Ir. Peake, my Senior Lieutenant, 'pee ihility from. being of any detriment to service. in crossing the Gulph of Fiume, lost _ main-masts ; hitt by the eXertioes of Lieutenants Whyte and Coffin, who had charge of her, she was brought safe into the Port of Lissi, under jury masts. I feel particularly indebted to Captain Andrew, of the Weazle, for his exertions during the action, and also for the assistance he gave tothe Rivoli afterwards. I have sent enc;osed a copy of his letter, report ing to me his conduct, and that of his officers and crew, during the night of the action. He particu larly mentions his Senior Lieutenant, whom he strongly recommends tothe notice of the Comman der in Chief. The numbers of wounded, and the severity of the wounds, has caused Mr. Baird, the Surgeon, end Mr. O'Meara, the only Assistant on board, very - . Gib. • by which the enemy's troops embarked in the les were won driven out. The boats of - the squadron, as had been arranged, were then immediately sent in, under command of my First Lieutenant, Saunders, most gallantly boarded her, and though for - siderable time exposed to a galling fire of shells from the battery, and a collectiqu of fiel: she was got afloat, and brought oat in safety finer o'clock, during which time the sloops used utmost endeavours to cover the boats, and much as possible. further annoyance from I Jeri greatly invjebted to Captains Braimer, and Six W. Parker, their officers and men, t larly those employed in the boats. la m h appy add an acknowledgment of the merits filmy ficers and crew, particularly of my First Lieutaus ai . Thos. Saunders, and the volunteers acting under F in the boats, who gallantly undertook the - when the advantageous situation of the enemy , to expect a much more sanguinary result. The loss of the enemy it has been impossiLk I - General H_illl4ll in the action, fi i1t. 47 . s . d. nearly fight' _ ns by Mr the !e* I ;c4o, ; :avlkt i ed my inabi •• " • • •-• lie Majesty's se 4.• Thfo T i A, APRIL '111: eß e iv a o n l d i, eati-quarters in Ove- her the Apt previousl y under th e nders, wh o for a con. of shot and fieldik ee, ditty about I used th e i r prevent, as the en emy. user, W e lk particu- ra haPPY to L my Own of. I g %Lan h ot the servi ce any l e d se Iposselle foe tie; that th e • a wouad ea the attack etence I st, this d e . Arms goo d C 413 co; I judictnad r my orders, tie time a , t b es , :turd, au d found th e rui she after. tnellY ; she and pray . .. rk was root. • to FROM SATURDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. ADMIRALTY-OFFICE, MAY 9. Copy of a letter from Vice Admiral Eh- award Pellew, Bart, Commander in Chief of his Majesty's ships and vessels in the Mediterranean, to John Wilson Croker, Esq. dated on board the Caledonia, at Port Mahon, the 29th Maxis. Si •Hav' 1r la•' of thy _AR—Having by my last report A the state of thei great fatigue. The conduct of Mr. William H. - I me to determine, but am happy to state service has been performed without even a ', ma w enemy's ships, apprised their Lordships that the Ri- ' bons and Mr. John J. Keeling, Master's Mates, de our part, though at the commencement of the e• and -all yell of 74 guns, recently launched at Venice, was in 1 serves notice: The conduct of Captain Stevens, of readiness to put to sea ; I have now great satisfaction the Royal Marines. I cannot avoid mentioning, and the Apelles was full of troops, and the detence in Announcing her capture by his Majesty ' s ship Vic . : that of Mr. Crawford, the Master, was perfectly to obstinately MAllltillie... . IFUSt, I the shore ' • A 1 ,torions, after a severe contest of fi ve hours, on the my satisfaction. .cumstance will not only bespeak our eau ertre 11st ultimo, and I have the honour to enclose a let-1 During the whole of this severe action not a single- fortune, but prove more strongly the; I c ter from Captain Talbot, detailing the particulars of . explosion wok place on board, or a man either hurt, that the plan of attack was well laid, this very gallant affair. through carelessness or accident ;both the officers I executed by tire Officers and men und er ni , The great disparity of force sufficiently The boats gave the soldiers so hull 1 bespeaks ; an d me n, for their steady and cool conduct, deserve ' the merits of the captors, the Rivoli . having 862 men every credit. escape, that four were left. on board, calling at the commencement of the action, while the crew of , I have sent herewith the returns, as far as I have selves /sari of the King of Rome's bodygnaio, the Victorious was reduced to MX, of whom sixty : b een a bl e to p roc u r e, of the killed and wounded on b ear i ng t h e i ns i gn i a o f t h e i r corps. We (m a t were in the sick list.' - , • . , 1 board the Rivoli. i Apelles much cut up f rom our fire, and sh e • The loss has been very severe on both sides, up- ! I landed a great number of the wounded prisoners wards sustained great damage from the enefey wards of 400 having been killed and wounded on the in Istria, having sent a flag of truce to the town of h as s even guns, and mo s t o f h er stores and part of the enemy, and 42 men killed, and 99 wound-' Pirang, to request the Commandant of that port sions remaining on pond. The Skylark was, ed on the part of the Victorious. I would send off boats to receive them, which, actor- pletely destroyed, lying some distance to the en Their Lordships will observe that the Weazle had dingly, he did. I have sent the remainder of them ward, still smoking. I have great satisfacti is a share i,t this brilliant action, engaging a French from t his port by a schooner to Spalaon, in Dalmatia. stating, that the crews of both vessels e sterol ' - brig of war until she blew up alongside; the conduct I Wh en we commenced the actien the Victorious th e i r bo at s, wi t h t h e osce p t i on o f Captaintloina i " i 4 of Captain Andrew and his men has been extremely of the Apelles , and nineteen of his peopl e . had only five hundred and six persons actually on 4 str . creditable, . board, sixty of which were on the sick list, but milit i I have the hon o u r t jt o , t 7 t e rsette c; ; (Signed) o, I congratulate their Lordships on this achieve- of the sick were able to assist in the action. The i, ment, and from the zeal and vigilance which I have Rivoli had on board eight hundred and sixty-two : Thomas 'Foley, Esq. Rear-Admiral • the satisfaction to perceive throughout the fleet under persons at the commencement of the action. I ..have' of* Red, Dews,. my command, I trust it may be.the prelude to other th e h onour to b e , & c . (Signed) lure TALROTP • I important successes.---I have the honour to be, etc. 1 Captain of his Majesty's Ain Victorious, and Senior L (Signed) EDWARD PEL EW. 1 Officer in the Upper i'art of the Adriatic. His Majesty's ship Virorious, Pon Sr. Gc irge, ITo Charles Rowley, Esq. Captain of his Majesty's ship Lissa, March • Eagle, and Senior Ulcer in the Adrinic. 3. His Maks tr 's 'loop Weazle, .1 0 d day of Feb . ivory, ISM, Cape Stn—On the 16th ultimo I arrived off the Port of ' halvore South-east by East, di st ance 12 or 14 utiles. Venice ; the weather was very foggy at that time , i and continued so till the 21st, which prevented me . Sin—ln pursuance of your directions, :this norm reconnoitring the port. ing, at half-past two, ordering me to go a-head and bring the enemy's brigs to minion, I have the honour At half-past two o'clock. P. sr. on that day, a brig to inform you, that at a quarter past four a. wt. I was seen E.N.E.; at three o'clock, a large ship with came up with two French brgs, oil& wi , hin half pis two more brigs and two settees in the same di rectiona all sail was made in chace ; at four o'clock tog-shot, which we immediately engaged, and alter an action of 4.0 minutes she blew up without doing I made the Weazle's signal to prepare for action 1 at this time I was convinced that the ship seen was ctne us any damage. I am sorry we saved only three men from her }la d tithe enemy's. line of battle ships, proceeding fiom Venice to the port of Pole, in Istria. . those much lA-nixed and wounded. She provet-toe been the French brig le Mercure, of 18 21-pounder The enemy were sailing in a line of battle, with the carroiiades, commanded by a Lieutenant de Vaisseau. two gun-boats and one brig a head, the other- two brigs in a line a-stern. During the greater part of this time the other brig engaged us on our bow, }Mt seeing the fate of bee At halepast two o'clock nat. I perceived that cue companion, and from the darkness of the morning, of the enemy's brigs dropped a -stern, and that the and our rigging being much cut, she made her escape. line of battle ship had shortened sail to allow her to close again. At day-light we observel this brig and another, the fir St about three miles aishead. At six o'clock made 1 I hailed the Weazle, and ordered Captain Andrew 1 - all sail in•chace ; answered the signal of recall ;bore y:, endeavour to pass the Victorious, and if possible up. At eight o'clock came across the Rivoli 's bows, to bring the brigs a-stern of the Commodore to ac within musket-shot, and gave her a broadside, wore Lion, in hopes it would induce him to shorten sail, which bad the desired effect. and tacked as necessary to continue raking her ; at nine she fired a gun to leeward, when we ceased quarter past four o'clock, his Majesty's brig The-whole of the before-mentioned smite, W.earle commenced the action with the two brigs.— firin g' Admit -past four we commenced action at the dig- I am exo emel7 happy to say, was performed with. I out the loss an d man on my pert, from the steady, twice of half pistol shot, wier the line of battle ship, determined, cool behavion r of every officer and neither ship having fired a single shot until that time. man on board. And I most earn estly request you At five we perceived a ()lig to blow •up ; at • day will be pleased to recommend to the Comm a nder-in- lig:it I perceive dtheWeazle in C hace of the brigs, the Chief Mr. George Elliott, my First Lieutenant, and Commander-in gun-boats not in sight. I recalled her as she did not every other officer and man on board his Majesty's appear to close with the C hace. We were at this time in 7 fathoms water off the point of Gran, and I was sloop which I have the honour to command. fearful we might want assistance from her, in case I have the honour to be, (Signed) Captain Esq. -:lntiN H. M W ANDREW, Commander.. S. Victorious - either of the ships had got on shore on the bank. - ' . Captain Andrew on being recalled, placed his brig To John Talbot, from Rear-Admiral Toley, Commander.i n . t hi e f very judiciously on the how of the line off battle ship, Co i p n y th ef e l attera n.wns . to John Wilson Cruker, Esq. dated th e Ctli inst. within pistol-shot, and in that situation he gave her Sin—i t ernng to my letter el the 4th inst. giving , three broadsides. 1 an acconnt of the loss of his Majesty' s slo o p s Ap e ll es I The enemy for nearly the last two, hours had been and Skylark, I feel great satisfaction in tran s mitting rendered perfectly unmanageable, and -had kept up A to you, for the infarmation t f their Lordships. an very slow fire, and that chiefly from two guns nn the account of the recapture of the former by Captain quarter deck, her mizeternast fell over her side about Cunning ham of the Bermuda, who s u ccee d e d i n cut stquarter before nine o'clock. At nine they hailed 0 ing out that sloop, whilst in possession of the enemy, us and said they bad struck; I sent on board Mr. from under a battery to the eastward of Etaplea and Peake, the First Lieutenant, to take possession of her. under the fire as well t f teat battery us the field- I found the squadron we had engaged consisted of. pieces nn shore. .- two gun.troats, the Mameluke brig of ten guns, and I beg leave only to add, that C a pt a i n C onn i ng - Jena and Mercuretif 18 guns each, with the Rivoli, ham bas always ,hems himself a brave, zealous, and of 74 guns, bearing the broad peadant of Commo- active officer, and I trust that hi s con d uct on t hi s tie dore Barre, the Commander in Chief of the enemy's casion will testify the same to their Lordships. forces in the Adriatic. - 1 I have the honour to be, &c. From the length of the action, and the smoothness ! (Signed) Trios. Fouts', Rear-Admit-AL of the water, the loss of men .and the damages on I both sides, lam sorry to say, has been very great in- ' ' His Ntajeggy's 'loop Ihrrmnda, at Se.,, May 4. I deed, neither ship having been above half musket-' SIR— I have great satisfaction in detailing the cir thot distance from each other during the whole of cumstances attending the reca p ture o f hi s hl e j esty ' S z A t Pe el l e i g e r s a • phic communication from the Castili, a the action, which only ceased at iutervals, when the .. , • ships were isi..l from each other by the fog and smoke, on the afternoon of the 3d, at Dungeness, I learned and were not even able to see the flashes of each that his Majesty's sloops Skylark and Apelles ' were othte's guns. • s l oop Ape ll es. li e d great s Barr 6, dm ing the whole of the action, satisfaction in saying that the conduct nn shore to the westward o f B oo l ogne , an a as the of Comme; fate of the Apelles was in p art i cu l ar extreme l y micer dore lain, I weii,hed, with the Rin a ld o i n company , steer convinced me I had to - deal with A most gallant and brave man, and, in the manceuvring Its ship, a most ing towards the French coast, -in the hope o f render experienced and skilful o ffi cer. He did riot surren- ing her some assistance. , of day we observed t h e Ri na ld o i n c h ase der his ship till nearly tn.) hours after she was ren.l break Kt : of the Apelles, which h a d b een got afloat about five dered unmanageable, and had 400 killed or wounded; his Captain and most of Iris officers either killed or miles to the eastward of E ta pl es , an d un d er j ury sa i ls, - woonticd. By the returns you will perceive, Sir the enemy navigating her a l, nig shore. About 9 c .. hr . that our lass too has been very severe. i . we both came up, VI d drove her on shore with a few 1 broadsides, under a battery •a no ~..it three miles to the 1 two very fine young men, Liiutenants Thomas H. I have to regret, as well as tho seivioe, the loss of , eastward of Etaples . As. t h e t id e was f a lli ng, I di g- Griffiths and Robert S. Ashbridge, of the Royal ma_ continued the atsack, in consequence of the advantage' titles, who were mortally wounded early in the ac. the enemy would have in pl ant i ng t h e fi e ld- p i eces an d small.arm men dose to h er at l ow - water mar k. I eon, with many other brave and good men, both sea- The Castilian and Phipps joined b e f ore t h e t ide 1 men and marines. i . served to recommence our operations, and with this 1 1 The cenduct of the o ffi cers has been throughout addition to our force, at . about hallpaet 2 is. tn. I ,highly meritorious, both during the action, and also .renewed the attack, leading in close under. the bat.' in securing the masts of the ship, in the very bad wea ther,we met before we gained the port of Lissa,- eery , with the wind N.E. by N. the other sloops fel klarips received a contoina from a splinter earl; irv i ng, A ud ae they came up Vying their broa ds ides, SUPPLEMENT To SATURDAY'S GAZETTE, WAR DEPARTMENT. pOWNING-STRE4T, MAY N I. • A Despatch, of which the following 14 all Ewen, kriableativ ceived by Lord Liverpool, addrvssed to Ins Lerdditrleria Esil of NVellington, dated Itiiis, led April, lett. Marshal Soult collected his army at liilla fano, in Estremadura, on the Stn inst. and having ilia* heard of the tall of lt•ijadoz, he retired before day. light on the tali towards the Irontiers ( f Andalusia. Lieutenant-General - Sir Thomas Graham directed 1 i) i t zt . renant-General Sir Stapleton Cotton to . ioll it i t ' rear with the cavalry ; and ho attacked and de. ' feared the French cavalry at Villa Garcia with M. jor-General Le Marchant's and Major• General An. son's brgades, the latter under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel :he- Hon. F. Ponsoriby, on the morning of the llth inst. I have the honour tom. close Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Grahanesiet• ter; inciosing Lieutenant• General Sir Stlietoa Co.ton's report, and the return of the killed and wounded on this occasion ; and I have only to* my commendations of th ecneluct of Lintel . General Sir Stapleton Cotton, MajcesGeneral 14 Mardian, and the Officers aid troops under their . command. The enemy retired on that dAy from Lleteni, and, since, entirely front the province of Estremadura. . I h ive nut !maid whether Genera) fiallasteros hail uttered Seville. The Conde de Penne Vitlentur, with ' a elct ichment of the sth Army, which had Wok from EstremAdura into the Coadado de Niebia, AN approached that town by the tight of •the (4 quiver, and was engaged with the enemy's gs ut Saville, and of the (uni fi ed convent on that of the river, on the Ilth inst. and had obliged thefts retire within their works: The Conde de Penne Villcrnur retreated on dm 10th', according to a tu2,gestion wind' was made vi hin by me in consequence of the lall of Badajnx,aat the certainty that I had that Marshal Soult u(:nlei see turn immediately into Aoslalusia, without risiin as action, to which it was tint it my power to ill:I:ant ancl•l trust that the Conde de Penne Valenta: said have communicated to General Baliasteros the 1116. ligence and suggestion which I*(les:red :nth' b conveyed to hint. Since I wrote to your Lordship on the ith in t = I have received reports at transactions in Lyle bourliou'd of Ciudad Rodrigo only to the 9th am*: The enemy still kept the place blackaded, b made no attack upon it , nor had repeated their to Almeida, having suffered some loss in the reoool noissance of that ()Lice on the 3.1 instant. Itlppe.ai that on the 7th, the greatest number of the troop is the neighbourhood tar Ciudad Rodrigo °rake tip, id marched towards Sabugal, where I believe that tdeP, slial Marmoat came himself. Major-Getsmal Vase Altea, ii horn I had kept in front of Ciudad Rod* with t he Ist Hussars, tit' the cud of Ma rc h. ws ll4 ' lowed (although at a distance) through Lowerßetale by Marshal Maritimes advanced guard; and haft quitted Castello Branco on the bth instant, Oct moved on, and the advancedluard, coniasting el 2569 men, of which six squad' out of cavalry toul l4 Castello Bianco us- the evening ut the 12th, Bier-General Le Cur, with Lis brigade d having been obliged to retire upon Saraallsi lie. saw the enemy advance. s In the mean time, having liebrd that General had retired across the Tagus' I ordered bill, lxl that river again, which he di d on the 12th, and . enemy retired from Castello Branco before daylo l on the morning of the 14th, and Brigadier- Le Cor and Major-General Alten entered . thr Pam • The enemy have as usual, to this exped it ion, ra' '' bed and murdered the inhabitants of the cosurtrY I But the injury which they have dune, as tar ss I learn, has been confined to these acts of atrocity ; the stores in our magazines at Castello Branco, , our hospital there having been removed telbis7.l of the 'nest's. I cannot sufficiently appleudihefirMness*V a. conduct of Brigadier-Getteral Le Cor. He . . .. in Castello DraLICO, till he s..av a superior ca! • 1