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": • ' ItZTURN OP PROVISIONS TAKEN IN TORT SAINT PHILLIPFS, 7TH JUNE, 1813. Camp, twit Fort St. Phillippe, Nth June, iBl3. ill) bags Of Ent biscuit, 30 baskets of ditto,. 25 casks of ditto, 100 loaves of soft bread, .50 bags of flour, 2 hags - of rice, 2bag.4 Of eallavances; 2 bags of salt, 15 casks of sal , beef,. 5 smal • calks of oil, It pieces of bacon, I pipe of vintbai, 8 pipes of wise; t quarter of a pipe of spirits. (Signed) A. Moua, Lieut. Colonel, commanding • the detachment. fA true copy.) (Signed) Cuna..MlLN ER, A.M.S. ißeturn of Killed, WoUnded, and Missing of the AUlet Trop under the Command of Lieutenant-Colonel Prerosti 67th Re giment, at the taking of Fort St. Phillippe, from the 3d to the 7th June, 1813. Camp tinder Fort St. Phillippe, June s.7 t h Reg. 2d Batt.-1 rank and file wounded. De Roll's Rifle Company-1 rank and file killed; 1 &leant, nk and file, wounded. 67c11 'Reg. 2d Batt.-2 rank and file killed ; 8 rank and file wounded. Roll Dillon's Batt.-1 Lieutenant, 1 rink and file, killed; drummer, 17 rank and file, wounded. Portuguese Artillery-1 rank and file wounded. Spsnish Reg. of Palma-7 rank and file wounded. Total—l Lieutenant, 4 tank and file; killed; 1 Sesjeant, 1 drummer., ST rank and file, wounded. RAMAS Or otricras niiiib. oli Batt.—Lieutenant Delatre. of Dilion'i Regiment. Vie itanisb Officer returned wounded, since dead. (Signed) CHAILts Ksorispriz.v.r, Major of Brigade. (A true copy.) OkA/1.15 MUNIR, A. M. S. ills Majesty's ship Malta, June 14. LORD—Adteiral clalloWell has just decided on lending a ship to Alight, and I have merely time to state to your Lordship, and I do so with great regret, that I have been under the necessity of raising the siege of Tarragona, and embarking the army under my command. In my private letter of the 7th ihst. I mentioned to your Lordship the reports of the assem blage of the French f-rces at B ircelona, and that Idarshal Stichet was likewise in march from Valencia, and stated it as my opinion, that should these reports be confirmed, the object your Lordship had in view could not be accomplished. Unfortunately these ru mours proved true, and, reluctantly, I tesolved on raising the siege and debarking the Army, as the or means of avoiding a general action, which must have been fought under every disadvantage. I cannot at this moment refer to dates, but it is sufficient for the present to state, that the French force at Barcelona was never rated to me at less than eight thousand, and that previous to their march it would amount to ten thousand, with fourteen pieces of artillery. I have, however, no account that it ever exceeded eight, and that is the number on which my calculation was formed. This force, upon the evening of the 9th or morning of the 10th, marched out from Barcelona' and entered Villa Franca, at four o'clock in the even.' ing of the 11 tit, from whence it was reported to me to march at twelve o'clock at night fct Vendrells, dis tant only eighteen or twenty miles froni Tarragona. by the great road, and a few miles fur lier by another road, by which cannon can easily pass. On the 9tl) or 10th the arrival of Marshal Suchk at Valencia wit, made known to me ; his exact f' rre wars n ver per fectly ascertained, but from the intelligence rta.e4ved from Valencia, he marched from thence w ith gout men, and certainly in the rear of that place had tie power of drawing great reinforcements to his arm). To these corps must be added, a body of lot men, which had previously arrived at Tortosa, mat - Another corps, independent of the garrison of two thousand five hundred men, who had arrived at Le-- rida. These corps, which lam sure Ido not exag gerate, amount to twenty thousand five hundred men, with which, in four or five days, Marshal Suchet could attack the Allied Army, if he thought proper or avoid an action if he wished still more to reinforce his army. Your Lordship, on the other hand, will slsserve, that I could scarcely bring into the field I twelve thousand men, and that the army of Catalonia was stated to me at eight thousand five hundred, 'snaking twenty thousand fire hundred, of which two British and two Spanish divisions were at the Col de Balagaer, and could not be withdrawn, and I could tot leave less than two thousand fire hundred to cover the artillery and stores, and to contain the garrEon of Tarragona. The two corps, at the least, would amount to upwards of four thousand five hundred men, leaving me sixteen thousand men to meet the best French troops in Spain, amounting to upwards of twenty thousand. I am sure there is nobody more willing to give full credit to the gallantry of the Spanish troops than I am, but your Lordship well knows that they are t u t. able to move, and I could not therefore depend upon tae execution of any order which necessarily oViiged them to make a movements; and of troops of this di.- ssription, I had about thirteen thousand men ; unless, therefore, I could place them in position, whi c h, as t h e I:ench had the option of fighting when and where they pleased, it was impossible I could place any re. tance upon them. My British and German troops amount only to four thotissixd five hundred. Perhaps your Lordship may be of opinion, that, under these circumstances, I ought to have risked an action, had no other unfavourable objections existed; but when your Lordship is informed, that I had no possibility of retreat, if unsuccessful, that there would be no hopes of embarkation if followed, and that the army Must have been unavoidably lost if beat, I venture so hope that your Lordship will think, however much it is to be regretted, that I have adopted the only means of maintaining, entire, or indeed of saving an army greater eon& at which so much depends. I feel the LONDON. TUESDAY, JULY 9.0, 1813. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CI.00K: Red.l6;ll—Cons. 561/I—fur acc. 57H1-13onds 25. 45. 4 per Cr. 7illl-5 per Cent. to:id—Om:limn 34. Bank I.onif Anat. 14 5-161hst —Each. Bills ss. pr. par. Sir Jo!IN MURRAY'S Dispatches arc now before the Public. The whole disposeable force of the enemy in Catalonia was rapidly advancing from three points against him. On the right he had to dread the attack of at least eight thouiand men, with fourteen pieces of cannon, from Barcelona, commanded by the French General MATinEtt. On the left, SuctizT was rapidly coming up from Valencia with nine thutts: , nd men, and with the power of drawing numerous rein forcements from his rear. In Walt he had a bcdy of 1000 men at Tortosa, and another corps at Lerida, besides the garrison of Tarragona, which last con ,i,ted of 2500 men. In all, the enemy's force actu. ally in the field amounted to 20,500 men. Sir Joun's whole torte amounted to 17,500, of whom 13,( 00 were Spaniards—the rest were British and Germans. * The Marquis of WELLI-NGTON'S dispatches are dated from Ostiz, situate a little to the West of Pampluna. Though slant, they are sweet, and spew our great General in a point of view peculiarly his own. After the battle of Vittoria, (seductive indeed to the mind of the victorious soldier) we do not find him rashly dashing to Bayonne for mere empty splendour—but,l what to weak minds would appear humiliating, he takes a retrospect of Monsieur CLAUSEL at Loprono; who, after the news of the victoty of Vittoria, scam pered quickly across the Ebro ; and, trusting to the surest limbs of Frenchmen—their legs—cheated his Lordship by a forced march upon Zaragossa. The British troops, wanted doubtless for more certain and , important operations, discontinued the pursuit, but the indefatigable MINA and DON JULIAN persevered in harassing the fugitive. What ! the Commander in Chief of the great Army of the North flying before a Guerilla Leader ! Tell it not in France—publish it not in the streets of Paris ! Pamplona and St. Sebastian's are closely blockaded; and we may calculate o upn their speedy reduction. A battering train, upon a large and formidable scale, is ready for shipment for the Coast of Biscay ; and, after the fall of the two garrisons above men tioned, we may reasonably calculate upon its employ ment against Bayonne. Castro and Guetaria, in the neighbourhood of Bilboa , have been evacuated by the enemy.. There is one feature In the Bulletin somewhat in complete. We have it Officially announced, that— " Lord WILLIAM BENTINCK had arrived and taken the Command of the Eastern Army." As, from the same source of intelligence, Ministers must be in possesSion of the local situation of such army, we can see no impropriety in their satisfying the public on this head. The intelligence communicated in a Plymouth Paper, of a French vessel having brought news to Cadiz that an insurrection had broken out at Toulon, is not credited. Accounts from Cadiz several days later than that of the article in question, do not men tion the event eyed as a rumour• iI o CO 1- 1- • • • iIoCOMi EDITION** • • „ • lITA* Mkt Twd b'CI.OOK. ; • ; We understand that the private lo i ters receir * rd. from Lora WELLINGTON and othl4 General OM. cers, 'tide the booty which was captured nelr Vittoria to have been immense. Besidei the hag gage, horses, and othir articles taken in the fiel,i, the value of the specie, plAte, and jewels, is er-ti mated at six riillions of dollars Of this vast sum Only 100,000 dollars came inm the military chest ; the rest was divided by the.troo?s upon the spot.. The soldiers are represented as being quite encumbered with the quantity of slyer they have taketi. THE ARMY. Parties of the 12th and 16th Light Dragoons have passed through Southampton, on their route to Ports. month, to embark for Spain. The 2d b.ittalioa of the Slth is to proceed to Gi braltar, to relieve the Ist battalion of the 37th regi ment, which is to join Lord NVer.I.INGTON'S army, and the 76th regiment is to embark at Cork. The Antrirri Militia from Berwick, have arrived at Qiieensbary House barracks, Edinburgh. . The 2,1 battalion of the 62J regiment have march ed from Paisley for Durtibarton. Last week, the Wiltshire Regiment of Militia marched from Glasgow for Perth. They are to be succeeded by the Kirkcudbright, or Galloway Militia. The 92d Regiment from Paisley, relieves the Kirk cudbrlght at Dumbarton. Yesterday the General Court-Martial held on En • sign YOUNG, of the Ist Tower Hamlets Regiment of Militia, again assembled at the Muster Master Gene ral's Office, when the prisoner having read his de. fence, and gone through the whole of his evidence, which occupied the attention of the Court for some time, and the prosecutor, Major BOWEN, having made a short reply thereto, the Court then closed, for the purpose of its Members deliberating on the sentence, which will not be made known till his Royal Highness the PRINCE REGENT'S pleasure. The Prince of ORANGE had a long interview with Viscount CASTLEI:EAGII yesterday. The Earl and Countess of Cowrrn gives a grand dinner this day, at their house in Maddox -street, Hanover-square. Yesterday morning, at a quarter past nine o'clock, the remains of Lady C. FINN! were removed from her apartments, in St. .Tame2s Palace, for interment in the family vault at 'taws in Buckinghamshire. On the plate of the coffin was inscribed her Lady ship's flats, and age, viz. SS years, 4 month,, and 12 days. The hea:s2 was d , awn by six.heautiltil black horses, followed by six female dtmeF.tics on foot. The carriag of the deceased followed, and; after that, the five Royal Dukes. 131ra/tn.—No alteration in the price this week : the citlA: tem loaf eighteen peace-halfpenny. A letter from Malta, dated the 20th Of May, says, The Townshend packet, which sailed for England :,bNit a week ago will carry home very alarininn conut; of th pl toe having visited this city. Since the sth inst. we have all been under great apprehen sion, hut to this day it is not completely ascertained whether the disease is plague ; even the medical gen= try arc at vat iance on the subject. it plague, i t cer tainly has.not made such rapid progress as might be expected, the number of deaths being limited to four or five daily, which is very inconsiderable in a popula tion of 35,000 and upwards. The strictest precautions are now observed, and as the warm season adva:tces, it is hoped we shall be able to drive it away altoge ther. As you may suppose,. business of every descrip. tion is suspended ; all public places are shut up, and many families have retired to the country. We have been locked up for the last fortnight in the house.— We use every precaution which prudence dictates, avoiding all communication with the public ; all pro visions are immersed in water, and letters are care fully fumigated ; we all now wash our own linen, cook our own victuals, &c. tkc." The Valencia Gazette, of June 19, contains the fol• lowing article: . XA fIVA, Jest 14. " The General•in-Chief of this army gave orders, that at two in the morning of yesterday, this army should march in four di visions, to make a strong reconnoitring upon the cacrny's posi tion on the left of the Xucar, which extended from Sueca to Antillar. Four of General Roche's divisions were destioed for this operation by the right. " The enemy occupled'Alera and Carcagente, with 3500 in• fantry, 400 horse, and six pieces of artillery, under General Ha rispe, who, when he knew our troops were near, and driving in his advanctd posts, demanded assistance from Alberique, from which point he was reinforced; in addition to which, the 117th Regiment came from Sueca, so that be collec•ed nn 5.100 to 0000 men. He detached his hone and artillery against the Prince of Anglaua, who was upon the high road to the left, with only the single battalion of Cremona and two squadrons, which, not being able to resist the enemy's charge, began to retire. Gene ral Roche reinforced him wi h the Alicant division of Cacadures, which suffered considerably in thi: affair, notwithstanding its bravery, losing 200 men 2nd some officers, and suffaring sans dispersion by the charge cf the enemy's horse. " In this situation was General Roc:if...l Division at ten in the morning, when he was informed a :trong enemy's column was marching to the heights on his right. " At the same moment the Arragon battalion, part of that of Chincilla, and the Valencian Cac:.!ores, took a position on the highest of them, f,r the purpose of making a stard in that posi tion, and even fighting the enemy, w hu had made himself master of the place and high-road 111:0 men only defended this point against the enemy's superiority, who made no progress till two o'clock in the afternoon. " It was expected they would have been assisted by other co lumns, but objects of no less importance kept them employed.— Their ammunition failing, because it was not easy to convey i t to that position, orders were given for them to retire by eche lons. The fint sez.s very brisk : the enemy suffered a considerable loss—it amounts to 600 men ; and Roche's division lost from 250 to SOO men. Their cartridges being spent, the troops re' tired by varipus ways to this point of reunion. " The enemy did not dare to advance from Carcagez.te ; both patties remained in the former positions. The battalions of Cane nas was in the rear, carrying an important point. We have lost some excellent ofscersi" NATAL iNDELLIGENCR. FALMOt ni, wilt I?. Arrived the Lady Arabell.l P.. kct, froth Lisbon, in 12days: &tiled the Princes Elizabeth Pdcket, fdr Lisbon; and Expres. Packet for lailatca. Wind N. _•__ - . . • . • PLYMOUTH, JULY IR. Arrived a cutter from Spain ; she brought passen gers two Military °dicers, charged with imrttant dispatches from the Marquis of Weta.trcros, whcs landed. immecktiely, and set of 1n a chaise and fotit for London. Also arrived the moor sloop of q-'orn Liverpool ; and a Splk:h ship froth the West ward, name unknown.—Witid S. S. r. iORTSMOUTH, JULY, It`. Arrived the VOLONTA nz, of 38 guns, - C,ipt-iin :he Hon. G. G. WAI.DEOCAVE, with dispatches EowAnn P/ILLEW, Off Tottion,. and from the Anglo- 1 Sicilian Army, at Alicant. The disp itaes Are for warded to town, and the VOLONT iS placed under strict quarantine, which prevents the possibilit-f of ascertaining whether she brings any news of conse , quence. , Also arrived the LEVIATHAN, ; 4, Capt. Castractr., from Malta, but last from the Downs, whither she has seen her convoy safe, and is like wise placed under the .strictest quarantine, confortn• able to orders imined in consequence of the pttgue having made its appearance at Malta ; Echo, 10, Captain PEttcavar.; Uttonsi; 14, Lieut. flimsy ; and the Porpoise store ship, with a number of Colliers . and coasters from the Downs. DOVER, JULY It Came in the transport, Voyager, No. 615, of Slid derland, for the purpose of receiving the horses of the 85th regiment, under orders fbr embarkation from hence. The transports No. 613 and 614. have been here some days, in expevation of the arrival of the troops, which are bound to the south of France. A fleet of transports and other vessels are lying in the roads, waiting a fair wind to proceed to their de stination. deice ;n this hope, on revexthig to the .19th perA-' graph of Your Lordship's general instrtattons for the ohdfict of the catispdigit'. I ani fully aware that there are flan tircumstanies which nay require furthei inforniation, and upon all pins I shall , he happy 'Co give every etplanation id my po.o er. Totir Lordship perhaps may be,of opi 7 nion, that the place should have been taken : but as it *as far too stmng to storm, I believe it not only to have been impossible, but that we should not have taken it in eight or ten days ; my only regret is, that I continued the siege ,So long, induced by the hopes of the reinforcements I expected: I continued it to the last moment, andfortunately the weather proving favourable, the - troops were embarked without mo lestation. On this fivodrabli circumstance 1 could not depend for another day, and therefore, having taken my part, I immediately put it in execution, and I regret to say; that I was, in, consequence , obliged to leave the guns in the most advanced baL tents. Had I remained another day, they might have been brought off, but this risk I would not run, When the existence of the army was at stake, not only from unfavourable weather, but from the appearance of an enemy, in whose presence I cotild not have em barked perhaps at all, certainly not without suffering a great loss, and without the possibility of deriving any advantage. I have only further at this time to add, should blame be attached to the failure of-the expedition, no share of it can fall on Admiral Hallow ell, who con ducted the naval branch of it. From that distill_ guished Officer I have met with every assistance and co-operation in his power; and I think it only justice to him to state, that it Was his opinion that the cannon in the batteries might have been saved by remaining till d. 2 night, and that they then could have been brought off. This, however, was a risk I did not wish to run rot so trifling an object, and preferred losing them to the chance of the embarkation being opposed, and of an eventitil much more serious loss. I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) J. MURRAY, Lt.-Gen. To the Marquess of Wellington, K. G. &c. &c. &c. THE EVENING STAR DEAL, JULY 19. Sailed the SWAN cutter, with the outward-bound, for Portsmouth ; and the ARCHER sloop of war, fot ditto.—Wind S.W. YARMOUTH, JULY 19. Sailed the WRANGLER, for Heligoland ; and the TICKLER cutter, for off the Scheldt. GREENOCK, JULY li. By the Nancy, BARR, from Newfonndland,orhich arrived on Tuesiay at this port, an Orficer with dis patches for Government, came over. The BELLERO• PHON 74, and CRESCENT frigOte, sailed about nine days before in quest of Commo.lore lt000ras; tl-e Admiral, it is saiJ, having received pretty correct in formation of hi§ intended cruize. The Livinla s BUM:, of this port, from St. John's, Newfoandl,►ad, for Oporto, was taken on the 21qt ult. in lat. 47. 20. long. 21. by the York Town pri vateer, of New York, of 500 tons, 16 wins, and 146 men, and was sent for America. Captain Boac remained on board ; the rest of the crew have arrived at Falmouth. A large ship, mounting 12 guns, and having 70,000 dollars on board, (supposed to be the Loyal Sam, LEM+ BERG, of this port) on her voyage from the Bahamas to . the Clyde, has been captured by as American pri• vateec. Crew landed at Liverpool. HALIFAX, (AMERICA), JUNE A fleet cf transports, with 2000 men, under cod voy of three frigates, sailed the 22d ult. the first at tempt, by water, this season ; they hzve had a fa vourable wind, and it is expected they would reach Quebec soon. Another convoy sailed yesterday with the ISth regiment. Our military duty here, is now very strict, and we are every day training at present. NAVAL APPOINTMENTS. Lieutenants J. Dewar, to the Brisk %loop ; J. Fisher, primrose sloop; A. C. Stanton, Boyne; J. Neville, Forth; G. ibip me ll, Niger; T. Level!, Flamer sloop; J. Niven, Mercurius ; F. 8. Neve, Fly sloop; R. Pilch, Blenheim; W. Tarrant, Mudne sloop ; and Kieley, to the Zephyr; Mr. Brown, Master to the Zenabia ; Mr. Saint Quinter, Surgeon to the Vesuvius. Mr. THOMAS PANE was yesterday appointed by the Lords of the Admiralty to be Purser of the NAIAD, at Plymouth. Mr. DAVID BRUCE, hee Purser of the MOSELLE, was appointed Purser of the SAp. PHIRE. Mr. CROICER left Town yesterclAy for his seat at Ryde, in the Isle of Wight. Lord MELVILLE will hold a Levee to-mnrrnw, to receive Officers of the Royal Navy, at the Admiralty. A letter from Loughswilly states, that nearly 904, prisoners had been sent on shore at that and other parts of the North West Coast of-Ireland, who had been taken in merchant vessels captured by the American privateer Fox. The privateer had sent her most valuable captures to America, the others she The following is an extract of a letter from Captain RO(JERS, of the Countess of Chichester, dated Barba. does, June 5, 1813:—"" May 11, lat. 42.27. N. long. 16. 0. W. a. m. a large American schooner in sight to windward, bearing down upon us. When Melia gun-shot, we hauled the courses to receive him ; he immediately hauled his wind to the Westward t we made sail after him, and Were gaining on hide fast, when we split the main -sail, and sprung the maintop mast. Being obliged to shorten sail, he soon got off. He had one large gun, and eight others.—The con voy arrived yesterday. The Commodore informed me that they saw and chaced her, and that she is the Paul Jones.—May 26, lat. 18. 30. N. long. 38. 16. W. at day-light, saw a large frigate, which imme diately gave chace, and continued North for forty-six hours. She was at one time, on second day, nearly within gun-shot, at that time the wind newly right off, but soon after it shifted the beam ; ore then gained on her ; and some time after, being hazy and squally, we lost sight of her. We supposed her to be the Es. sex American frigate. She was steering N.N.W."