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I V, r -~ V.AST-INDIA AND CHINA TRADE. • AT a MEETING of the COMMITTEE it)). pointed for the PRESERVATION of the IMPORT TRADE from the EAST-INDIES and CHINA, to the Port of LONDON, held on Thursday the 7th instant : Sir ROBERT WIGRAM, Bart. in theChalr, • Resolved, That a General Meeting of the Merchants, Bank ers, Traders, and all other Persons in any way Interested in the Preservation of this Trade to the Port of London, be held, by Permission of the Right Honourable-the Lord Mayor, in the Egyptian Hall, at the Mansion House, on Thursday e 14th January instant, at Twelve &Clock at - Noen, for the purpose of taking into their most serious consideration those Measures which it will be expedient to adopt, in order to protect the Interests of the Port and City of London, under the great and Important Changes contemplated in thiv Trade, which the Com mittee presume to regard as threatening in their consequences . the Proverity and general Interests of the Metropolis, without adequate advantages to the Empire.. The Right Honourable the Lord Mayor hasp obligingly con gealed to take the Chair on this occasion, at One o'clock pre cisely. By order of the Committee. GERMAIN LAVIE, 'Solicitor to the Committee. N. B. The above Meeting is obliged to be postponed • nntZl Thursday, the 21st of January, on account of a Special Court of Common Council being appointed to be held on the 14th. • • CROWN AND ANCHOR, stRANpI. • JANUARY 3,1813. . . SUBSCRIPTIONS for the RELIEF of the POOR . SUFFERING INHABITANTS of the different Govern ments of RUSSIA, through which the French Armies have passed is their' late invasion of that Empire. SAMUEL THORNTON, Treasurer. • • ' . Amount of Subscriptions' already advertised £17,222 9 9 Rev. T. Le Mesurier 20 0 Baroness Lucas 5 5 Pio:lard Gray, Esq. 21 0 1 Rev. Dr. John Drake •10 10 Robert Gray, Esq. - ' 10 10 Humanity 20 0 Mrs. Hollond • 5 5 Sir John Nichuil 30 0 M. B. and A. B. 5 0 M. G. H. 20 0 G. N. Neyle, Esq. 10 10 Rev. Dr. Heathcote 5 0 11,1 r. Wm. Cory 5 .5 Bishop of Bangor .50 0 Earl Grosvenor 100 0 Hugh Leycester, Esq. 20 0 fWilliarn Gray, Esq. 5 5 John Forster, Esq. Lin 11Arllliani Page, Esq. 5 5 coin's inn 52 10 George Douglas, Esq. 50 0 Lord Asron 10 10 Major-General W. N. Rev. Bernard Smith 2 2 Cameron 10 0 Rev. John Robinson 50 0 W. G. Cameron, Esq. 2 0 Francis Moore, Esq. 5 5 N. S. Cameron, Esq. 2 0 Rev. B. Barnard 5 0 'Earl of Pembroke too 0 Mr. Townsend 5 0 Countess of Pembroke lc° 0 G. T. Goodenough, Esq, 5 0 Rev Wm. Long 21 0 Thomas Berney Bram- M. B. 3 I ston, Esq. 10 10 The eight Officers of the Garden and Stratton, Police Office, West- Piccadilly 59 10 minster 1 0 Capt. Dance, 23d Light The Dean of Exeter 10 10 Dragoons 10 0 Earl of Ashburtham 100 0 Rev. D. 'ogles, Lower Major Samuel Tertian 10 10 Hartires, Canterbury 5 5 Rev Dr. Hughes 10 0 Mr, William Wingfield 5 5 Mr. Mitan 5 0 Mr. Samuel Eeckwith, Mr. T. P. White t 2 Walton-on-Thames 5 5 Sir Bourchier Wrey, Bart. 10 0 Mr.Tbomas Flint, Grace- Mrs. lesson 1 1 church-street. 21 0 The Inhabitants of . Flint and Ray, Grafton Great stantnore, by House . 31 10 the Rev. AR. I Wm. Leake, EN. Sack- Chativel, tes4. Its. 6d. vffie-street 5 5 G. S. 5 0 George Dobree, sea. 10 .0 The Dean and Canons Mr. Gobi:* - 1 1 of Windsor 52 10 Rev.Dr.Whitfield, Bed .john is.shley Warm, font, Vicar 2 . 2 Esq. 21 0 I Rev. Dr. Curteis, Bed. ' Wm.Danby, Esq. 30 0 font, Curate 9 0 Bishop of Norwich 30 0 Mr. Sherborn, Bedfont 2 0 Bishop of Winchester 52 10 t Mr. Hatcbett, ditto 1 0 Lord Chief Justice lluss- . I A Lady, ditto 9 0 field 25 0 I Peter Henderson, Esq. bishop of London 50 0 ditto , .5 0 Gent' Crow - daily, from A itlernan atter.ds at the Crown and Anchor , y.. Eleven until Three o'Clock, to receive Subscriptions; or they may be paid to tht different Bankers of London and Westminster, to the account 4 the "Crown and Anchor Subscription for the ussia n suffl•rers." CITY OF LONDON TAVERN. SUBSCRIPTION for the RELIEF . Of the PEOPLE of RUSSIA, &Offering the severest privations and distressei in Consequence of the French Invasion. At a Meeting of the Committee, January the Bth, 181$, J. C. WEGUELIN, Esq. in the Chair; . Resolved, That Sir Richard Carr Olyn, Bart, be added to the =mitten. Amount of Subscriptions already advertised £20,823 16 0 L. B. Serly £2 2 I Liebman, Lowe, & Co. 31 10 G. B. • 010 John Davidson 10 10 Bartlett and Nelson, Dennets and Greaves 21 0 . k pck.ingham 26 5 John, /emus, and Rob. E. andi. Eirtiett, 26 5 Menet s 10.5 0 Mr. Cha. Smith, Strand 5 0 Lilekendey & Harrison 10 10 rolin Nonnen 21 0 E. Dunn. fleet-street 10 10 fosekh Beevers 2 2 Neale and Warner 21 0 The Officers of the late Isaac and Matt. Warms 21 0 Grt enwich Volunteer . Thomas Wright 5 5 Infantry, by Colonel Jameson and Aders 52 10 Carnbell., • 50 0 John Glyn Bits 2 2 trawls -J. S. iVilson - 10 10 G. W. Le Grand 5 5 !'humus flardwicke 5- 0 David Walters 50 0 Jaynes and Kentish 20 0 Fynmore, Palmer, and ansuel Peacock 5 5 Pigeon ' 15 15 amoel lemming, 10 0 Thomas Tabor 5 0 sinuel Penning, jun. 5 0 W.G. Jarvis .5 0 ernes Smith 2,2 Francis Garrett 10 ii "fill Skipper 2 2 John Garrett 10 10 ,ideon Arland, & Co, 25 0 James Gibson 42 0 i'm. Minier, Strand 10 10 Keen, Son, and Co. 21 0 Irs. Criers . 21 0 Beaufoy, James k and C 9. 31 10 :reet and Woolfe 30 10" Edwin Dawes 10 It. obert Arthur, Bar- Thomas Dawes 10 10 nard's Inn • 31 10 James Jacks 10 0 de Hague , 5 5 Thomas Dolley 5 5 timer, Tomlinson% & John Edison 5 5 1 bornson 42 0 Lucas, Martin, and Co. 10 10 lair Clerks , 10 10 Josiah Lucas 5 5 attLew Consett 10 0 H. S. 1 0 ra. Consett 10 0 Glocester Wilson 10 0 iss Consett 5 0 John Buller 10 0 inter, Wilson, and H. Blaxland and Sons 20 0 Co. 105 0 Jordaine and Shaw 105 0 mina! King 20 0 T. White & Co. Aldgate 25 0 to Bowles lO 10 Robert Warden, Esq. of fieughan 1 1 Calcutta 21 0 Williams and Sons 10 10 Lady Welch 5 ,5 J. and J Gattey 10 10 T. S. 1 0 in I'hilip Koltun 21 0 Thomas Waller 10 10 obank and Petit 52 10 Thomas Courtney and on Philips 5 0 Sens 21 0 drew Belcher 28 5 , John Hanson. 11 0 3. Stokts 5 5 Additional by Francis R. Stokes 5 5 Cresawell, Esq. 10 10 )tnas Platt 10 10 Wm. Ewstere . 5 5 n. Swards, jun. 10 10 Wm. Brocklesby 1 1 1.1 Wigg 5 5 Joseph Gough 5 5 irge Milward 10 10 Edward Meyriek 5 5 *don Assurance Co. 315. 0 Goodwyn and Co. 105 0 gstons, Lambert, The East India Dock nil Egan 52 l 0 Company . 105 0 seslk ebb 52 tO Stone and Punshon 10 10 tekinson H. Browne 10 !(.1 Glyn, Mills , Halifax, Iroombddge Imo. Glyn, and Co. 200 0 ihompson and Co. W 10 Mts. Hertel . JO 0 Bowden and A. nzeiler - ca o in and Rew 43 0 Sir John rrevelyan, .Ron.rtso 50 0 Wm. ForsTth otephen Griffin and Son 10 10 n 10 10 Bart. of Bath 5 5 60 0 rdock, Y ullle,`"A r ard- Layton and Thompson 10 10 ipp, and Co. of Ma- William Loner, South grab by T. Yuille 69 10 atapton 8 0 Cr -- and Co. 305 0 Joseph Timpertm SI 0 IC J.Ssulamia and Co. 30 10 i, Coata , and Co. 105 qr.thwunt, and dam 105 'll.ll.Calerd,Esq.M.P. 10 10 Ths following.Eldor Bcstb G. Burton, Esq. 10 10 ,T. Bloim,En. 10 10 Sir R. Preston ,Bt. 10 10 F. Cresswell,Esq. 10 10 Gilfrld Lawson Wie. Stoma S nut at the Trinity-Helots G. Curds, Esq.- 10 10 .I,liroolmore,Bal.l4l 30 Lewindisq. -10 10 W.,Wilson, Esq. 10 10 . Raven, Esq. 10 JO I. Fonlcrten,Esq. 10 10 T. Morton, Esq. 10 10 G. Ballantyne, Esq. 10 10 A. Clusptnan,Eaq. 10 10 W. HOLDEN, Secretary, Reed, Esq. 10 10 H. H. Pay, Esq. 10 10 T. King, Esq. 10 10 J. Cottou,•Esq. 10 10 J. Huddart, Esq. 10 10 A.C.haptnan,E% 10 10 Sr W. Fraser, Bt. 10 10 DOUBLE TAX ON LEA'rHilk. THE House of Commons having adjourned until the 2d February, the COMMITTEE of the LEATHER 'TRADE hereby give Notice, that she General Meeting pf the I Tanners of Great Britain, !advertised to be held at the London Tavern, in Bishopsgate-street, on Wednesday, the.l3th day of January next, is POSTPONED until Wednesday, tfislOth day of February, at the same place and hour. • • It is ascertained that the amount of the doubleTa; in the home district, which Inclndes*London, Southviark, and all within the bills of Mortality, was in the first quarter greatly deficient ; and that the second quarter, ending the 22d inst. is still more so, for. instead of being twice the amount of the old duty as expected, it does not amount to one qiiarter of that sum above the old Tax for the corresponding Months in the last year, it being from the `diminished state of the Trade In the last quarter only .C 4812 4 .195. 7d. more than the old duty. The Committee, therefore, believe, that when the extra prim. Government have already paid for Leather Goods is known, and how greatly the Leather trade In every part of, theltingdam has euffered from the inabi-• city of the Tanners to purchase Raw Hiels, and to afford their Loather at the present prices, and from their Stocks•being in con sequence considerably'dimlnished since the additional Tax took place, that the impolicy of continuing . thlsTax will be made most apparent. By order of the Committee. Loudon, 28th Dec.'lBl2. (Signed) ADREW:62I.• This day was; publehed, pries . UTTERS from the Right Honourable HENRY Dur)As to the CHAIRMAN of the 'COURT of DI RECTORS of the EAST-INDIA COMPANY, upon pi OPEN TRADE. to INDIA. Printed for 7. Richardson, under the Royal Elcbange. JAMES HAY, LATE OF RIPPLE, IN THE COU; WORCESTER. IF JAMES HAY, Labourer, son of RICHARIiti and ANN HAY, of Ripple, in the County of Worcester who left Ripple some years since (and was in the year 1798, in the employ of Charles Cole, Esq, of Piccadilly,London, as Gardener, at his country residence somewhere in Middles-i) will apply to RICHARD HAY, jun. of Ripple aforesaid, near Tewkesbury, on or before the Stith of February next,be will hoar of something o his advantage —Ripple, near Tewkesbury, Jan. 6, 1813. EXTRAQRDINARY SAVING FOR READY MONEY. j'HE following are the present Prices at GizmoNsas 1 . WOOLLEN-DRAPERY and Fashionable APPAIt,EL WAREHOUSE, 183, Fleet-street, three doors from Fe‘ter-bne Very best Spanish Wool Supeifise • £. g. d. Cloth Coats • , • Ditto British Wool - . . 2 10 0 Goad Second Cloth Coats r . • 1 16 0 Very best Superfine Kerseymere Breeches ..! 1 3 0 Ditto Double-milled - . 1 8 tio Best Double-twilled Cord ditto . . 0 18 • Fuhionable Marseilles Waistcoats - 0 12 0 The savings ve so compicuous, no other comment is neces sary chap an assurance every article is warranted of the best qua lity, fashion, and workmanship. A large assortment olall kinds of Woollendrapery and Man's Mercery kept ; and Gentlemen purchasing their own Cloth, will find a great saving at thts Warehouse.—N. B. Pray 1,4 very particular uto the Number. THE ARMY. "00 (CIRCULAR.) To Tgn SEL•.AIANDLL on orriCell COMAIANLI;Nn Tu; LOCAL stiLITIA. Whitehall, Dec. 4, 1819. . Sia—lt being of the inmost consequence that the arms and stores of the different corps of Local Militia should be kept in a ,sta,te of perfect security, and information hawing been received that this is not the case in some parts of • the country, I am di rected by Lord Sidnionth to call lour particular and immediate attention to it, and to request that you will report to me, for his Lordship's information, the•precise situation'of your stere-room. with your ovittion as to its state and means of security, and to ree.ind you, that in c.tie tie building itself should not be of sum dent strength to afford, in its present state, adequate means of [protection and r:s•stancc, it is opet; to you, under the Aet, to apply to the Lieutenantoy of the County to furnish g snore con ivenient place for your depot; of which, if necessary, you will uo doubt feel it eapedient to avail yourself. . I have also Lord Sidinoutb's direction to take this occasion of impressing on you the importance of having your permanent Staff and Non-commissioned Officers and drummers so quartered as to be enabled, by their vicinity to your depot,• to afford imme diate assistance at all times, in ease of necessity ; and that you will give to your Adjutant and Quarter-Master special instruc tions to exert the utmost vigilance in the execution of this essen tial part of their respective duties. -1 alas, Sir, your most obedi ent humble Servant, (Signed) 1. a. ADDINGTON. STATE OF THE BRITISH ARMY IN PORTUGAL. LETTER FROM THE MARQUIS OF WELLINGTON TO THE COMMANDING OFFICERS OF BATTALIONS. " SIR-I have ordered the army bito cantonments, in which I hope that circumstances will enable me to keep them for some 0 time, during which the trcops will rezeive their clothing, neces saries, Bcc. which are already in progres4, by different lints of communication, to the several divisions and brigades. " But besides these objects, I must draw your attention in a very particular manner to the s-ate of discipline of the troops. — The discipline of every army, after a long and active campaign, ')ecomes in some degree relaxed, and requires the utmost atten tion on the part of the General and other Officers, to bring it back to the state in which it ought to be for service; but I am concerned to bade to observe, that the army under my comn i taisd. has fallen off, in this respect, in the late campaign, to a greater degree than any army with which I have ever served, or of which I have ever read. Yet this army boa met with no disas ter; it has suffered no privations, which bat trilling attention on the part of the Officers could not hive prevented, and for whkh there existed no reason whatever in the nature of the service; nor has It suffered any hardships, excepting those resulting frets . the necessity of being exposed to the inclemencies of the weather at a moment when they were most severe. " It must be obvious, however, m every Oiliest . , tbag from the moment the troops commenced their retreat from the neigh. bourhood of Burros on the one hand, and from Madrid on the other, the Officers lost all command over their men. Irregulari ties and outrages of all descriptions were committed with im punity; and loons have been sustained which ought never to have occurred. " Yet the necessity for retreat existing, none was ever made in which the trobps made such short marcb;s; none on which they made such long and repeated halts; and none on wick the re treating armies were so little pressed on their rear by the enemy. We must look, therefore, for the existing evils, and fot the situ ation in which we now find the army, to some cause besides those resulting from the operations in which we have been engaged. " I have no hesitation in attributing these evils to the habitual inattention of the Officers of the regiments to their duty, as scribed by the ltanding regulations of the servic, and 'by the orders of this artily. " I am (as from questioning the zeal, still less the gallantry and spirit of the (Meers of the army ?—and I am quite certain, that as their minds can be convinced of the necessity of minute and umlaut attention to twderstand ) tacolleat s ;gad wry LAO Alin lion the ceders which have bean issued for thOperforManee 1 of their duty, and that the strict performance of this ditty is ne eossary to enable the army to serve the country as it ought to be server!, they will in future give their attention to these points. " Unfortunately, the inexperience of the Officers of the army . has induced many to conceive, that the period duciag which an army is on service is one of relacation from all rale, instead of being, as It is, the period during which, of all others, every rule fog the regulation and controut of the conduct of the soldier, for the inspection and care of his arms, ammunition, accautrement', necessaries, and field equiptpenta, and hi, horse and horse sr' pointtnepts, for the receipt and issue and care of his provisions, and the regulation cf all that belongs to his NA, and the forage for his horse, al be,most strictly stranded t 0 by* Officer of his company troop, If it is intended that an patty, n British army hi particular, shall be brought into the field of battle, In a state of efildeney to meet the enemy on the day of trial. " Then are the points, then, to which I most earnestly in deli you LO turn your attention, and the MOW= of the Officers of the regiments under your command, rortuguese as well as ' English, daring the period in which it may bp to my patTer to leave the troops in their cantonments. The Commanding Otfi -1 Cers of regiments must mime the orders of the army , regarding the constant inspection and soperimendance of the Officers over Ithe conduct of the men of their companies ip their cantonments; aid they must endeavour to inspire the Non-commissioned Orr : ten with a sense of their situation and authority; and the Non ' : Anunisaioned Olken must be forced to do their duty, by being masts/Ay under the thew and superintendence of the Officers. Brthese means the frequent and discreditable recourse to the authority of the Provost, and to punishments by the sentence of Costs-martial, will be prevented ; and the soldiers will not dare to commit the offences and outrages, of which there are too • 1 many complaints, when they know that their Officers and their . 1 Non-commissioned OffiCere have their eyes and attention turned 1 : %Awards them. • "'The Commanding Officers of Regiments must likewise en force the order. of the army, regarding the constant, real, in, spection of the soldiers' arms, ammunition, accoutrement', and necessaries ; its corder to prevent at all times the shamefel waste of ammunition, and the sale of that article, and of the soldiers' necessaries. With this view both should be inspected daily. " In regard to the food of the soldier, I have frequently ols-0 served and lamented in the late campaign, the facility and cele ;icy with which the Frhicb soldier: cooked, in comparison with those of our army. • 0 The cause of this disadvantage is the same with that of every other description-the want of attention of the Officers to the Ordefs of the Army, and to the conduct of their men; and their eonsequent want of authority over their conduct. Cett..in men of each company should be appointed to cut and bring in stood, others to fetch water, and others to get the meat, &c. to be tooked; and it would soon be found, if this practice were daily enforced, and a particular hour for seeing the dinners, and for the men dining, named as it ought to be equally as for the pa. rade, that cooking would no longer require the inconvenient length of time which it has lately been found to take, and that the soldiers would not be exposed to the privation of their food at the moment at which the army may be engaged in operations with the enemy. • " You will of come give your attention to the field exercise and discipline of the troops. It is very desirable that the soldiers should not lose the habits of marching; and the division should march 10 or 12 miles twice in each s4.ek, if the weather should permit, and the roads in the neighbourhood of the cantonments of the divisions should be dry. But I repeat, that the great ob ject of the attequon of the General and Field Officers must be, to get the Captains and Subalterns of the regiments to under stand; and Co perform the duties required from them, as the only made by which the discipline and efficieney of the anpy eau be Festered, and maintained during the next campaign. 'I I have the honour to be, Sir, " your most obedient servant, (Signed) " WELLINGTON., • • Frenada, Nov. ES, MS.' o To —.--, or the Officer commanding the The Marquis of WELLINGTON has been appointed Governor of Gravesend and Tilbury, in the room of the late Lieutenant-General MUSGRAVE ; and Sir GEOltriE PnEvosr is to have the command of Sir Tuoties's regiment, the 76th. F4ENCH P 4 PER 8, • PARIS, JANUARY 4, The day before yesterday his Imperial Majesty,' accompanied only by his Excellency the Grand Mar shal of the Palace, made the tour of the Basilique of Notre Dame and the buildings of the Archiepiscopal Palace of Paris. His Majesty afterwards visited the works of the General Depot for Wine, the Monu mental Fountain of the Elephant, the Exchange, &c. Yesterday his Majesty the King of !tome took aa airing in his carriage. The following is the copy of a letter from General Molitor, addressed to the Minister at War : • " Amsterdam, December 26, 1812. " Monseigneur—The 29th Bulletin of the Grand Army has raised to the highest degree the ardour of the troops of the 17th Military Division, and also their seoriments of love and devotion to the Emperor.— The Sd, 76th, 77th, 78th, and 88th cohorts of the Ist ban of the National Guard, solicit, as an especial favour, to be sent to the Grand Army. I herewith join the request of these troops, by praying your Ex cellency to lay it before his Majesty. This prayer was not made after deliberation, but by a motion equally free as spontaneous, and which, at the same time, electrified all the Officers, Sub.officers, and sol diefs of these fine kohorts. (Signed) 41 General Motiroa," AJACCIO (ISLE OF CORSICA), DEC. 14. Ttre privateer la liatrole, of Marseilles, Captain Roux, has on the Ist of this month captured on the coast of Barbary the English ship Sisters, of 456 tons, manned with 30 men, which was bound from London to Malta, with a cargo of sugar, coffee ' &c. The Batrole and her prize entered this port on the 13th instant. POSEN, DECEMBER to, Yesterday and the day before, a considerable co lumn of fresh troops passed through our city to join the Grand Army.. LEIPSIC, DECEMBER 22. The passage of the troops which are proceeding to join t}e Grand Army daily continues. FRANKFORT, DECEMBER 29. The Duke of Bassano arrived here at half-past five this morning. His Excellency alighted at the house of Count liedouvelle 4 and at two o'clock in the afternoon set out for Mayence. His Highnebs the Hereditary E'rince of Nassau Weilbearg arrived here yucerday, wiU Daroo Ran andastron Nordhausen. His Highness is going to Hildbourghausen. Os the same day passed Barron Perrin, Aide-de. camp to General Loban, coming from Gumbennew; M. de Castilanne, Aide-de•eamp to General Count Narbonne M. de Lendres, Aide-de-camp to Count Montbrun, on his war from the army to Paris, &c. &c. and a French courier, on his route from Konigs. bets to Paris. DSc. SO.--The passage of people returning from the Grand Army continues, We yesterday saw pas s Baron Lauriston, proceeding from Konigsberg ; 14. Blolete, Auditor of the Council of State, from Wilna ; Messrs. Leman and Chaise, Aides-de.camp to Mar. shal the Duke of Reggio, and several other persons attached to the Emperor's household. RATISBON, DECEMBER ts. We expect here to=day the SA brigade of the 55th division coaling from italy. It marches in two ce. - lnains, forming together s,Sfe: infantry, aid 1 3 300 horse. ARMY OF CATALONIA. JLXTBACT OF A LETTER TO Ills EXCELLENCY THE TER AT WAR E 7ROM M. GENERAL COUNT lIIICAEN, COMMANDER IN CITIF:F 01? TljE ARMY OF CATALONIA. Gerona, December Is. scMooseigneur—After the expedition of General Maurice Mathieu into the camp of Tarragona, of which I have had the honour of giving your . ExCel lency information, I occupied myself, on his 'return, with the means of throwistg into Barcelona a Oonsi siderable quantity of provisions, on horseback, and at the same time prepared myself to return. to Gem. na, where my presence is necessary. for some days, in order to render my correspondence with your Excel; lency more regtilar, and to regulate the affairs of Upper Catalonia. 4 , I in consequence gave orders to General La. marque to send to St. Celoni the convoy intended fix Barcelona, to cause it to be escorted by 5000 men, and to take the necessary dispositkns for having the whole apernbled on the 12th at the appointed place. In the interval which the execution of these orders naturally caused, I received information that the ent. my was forming junctions at Caldas and St. Felice da Codinas. _ o On the 11t h, I caused a brigade of reserve, al. ways commanded by General Espert, to break up from its cantonments, near to Barcelona, and 1 wens with it to Santa Perpetua, to threaten Caldas. " The General of Brigade Devaux with 1,500 men of the garrison of Barcelona, left that place on the same day, and went to take position at St. An dre. The reports of my emissaries informed•nie, that the enemy, on the first news of ow movements, had fallen back on the Garega. 66 On the 12th, at break of day, I caused the bri gade of Espert and Devaux to depart, and I con ducted them on the same day to Cardeden, where, on account of the bad'weather, they did not arrive till it was very late. The roads being very difficult for a certain. number of carriages, which had come from Barcelona, and were carrying to Gerona the wounded men, and those capable of recovering, which are sent off for France. " On arriving at Cardeden, the inhabitants hi. formed me that a column of about 2 or 5000 men had crossed that village between seven and nine o'clock is% the morning, directing their march 00 St. Celonissat that-another column, which they ltelieved to be still .4trenger, had at the same hour passed by Villa Major and followed the mine direction. I felt that it was ' the enemy's intention to dispute the passage of the .Trento Pesos, with the convoy of Gerona, f endea voured accordingly to communicate with Beurmann's brigade, which was on the same day to arrive at Cet lons i andat the same time I pushed forward a re. ctintioissance of cavalry on the road to Villa Major. This reconnoissance fell in with a patrol* of Spanish hussars, who fled with full seed after the first fire of .cerbines ‘ " ht four o'clock in the morning I put the troops in march. I caused the. convoy for Barcelona to be parked at Linas, under the guard of General De vaux, and I marched with Espert's brigade towards the heights of Trento Posos whete we arrived at break of day. The enemy, infor med: of our arrival at Car deden, .bad given up his projest, and has posted him -self on the heights of St. Stephen, joining Mount rCeigne, and to the road whiCh leads to Vich by Vil.. : ladrau. General Beurmann being informed by me, I engaged without difficulty the convoy in the Trento Posos—he was not disturbed but by some tirailleurs, who were repulsed by the detachments of the rear guard, 'and the junction was effected about nine in 'the morning. Whilst the convoy was filing off, I went to observe the position of the Spaniards, and soon perceived them descending from the heights into the plain of St. Estive, and retaking the road to Garega. . 66 I had for a moment hopes of forcing them to battle, and for that purpose I sent General Espert, with seven battalions, to occupy Villa MajOr, dispos ing my other troops towards Linas, in such manner as to be able to *larch immediately, if the enemy. should accept the combat ; but scarcely did 1-e per. ceive the head of our columo, than he hastened to regain the position he had quitted. Not then having any hope of reaching him, I decided on keeping him in that position, in order to ensure the peaceable march •of the convoy, which left Cardeden on the 14th, at break of day, and arrived at St. Andre on the same evening, " I added the 79th regiment to the troops of Ge neral Devaux, in order to prevent myself any inqute. tude on that head, and to augment the force winch I leave with General Mathieu, during my stay in Upper Catalonia. The convoy entered Barcelona on the morning of the 15th. . " The reconnoissances sent to Villa Major on the 14th, at break of day, perceived the Spaniards re treating on the road to Vich. General Espert marched towards C4ioni by Saltt Esteve, and I en tered that town with the brigade of Brun:atm; by Lines and Trento Poses. " M. Lacy had openly declared that be would take the convoy, and to succeed in doing it, he bad united all the disposable tr.it.ps under him. He had without doubt hoped to find it weakly escorted : bet as if he believed this operation could n. ; be effected without some danger, ne •us always kept himself out of danger, and tranquilly viewed from we heights that convoy file rakt him, the pillige of **hick be had promised his soldiers... 4 lure, Ice. _ (Molitor, Jar. 4.) (Signed) " Couu i Ditcsrai.". 1