The National Register. — London, England, 1811-06-23 00:00:00

m 110(X) Pertugnese, 'and 3000 Spania.. ,order \\ICI :3000 cava;ry, making in all a strcngth of 24,000 men : but I entertained no doubt of success. Genera! of Division LAT ua - 14tAr13onto commanded all our cavAlry, and General of Division GIRARD commaneed the two first brigades, making 7000 men. The Brigadier-Generals WERLE and N 0 r comnianded each one other brigade. .• Gen. GIDINOI - , with his hritnile, cnforcud by five squa., drons, under the orders of Brig.-Gun. Balcit NV:IS dirt:CtOtt to make a false attack' on the of Albucra. I bore wit'. the rest of the army on the right wing of the enemy,•which was at the same time charged by our cavalry. Gem LA•rous MAD-` BOL'AG trunlcruv red with equal address and intrepidity: he tried, but in vain, to (Iraw out, the enemy's cavalry hit@ the engagement ; but it persevered in keeping itmlf conslawily its reserve • Gen. GIRARD, with his v.v.) brigades, advanced on :ms do charge, and made hiniseif master of the enemy's po'irion. 'lli,: position had • been occupied by a Spanish division and an English brigade, whO gave way, after a very obstinate resistance, and wire hotly pursued. The field of battle was covered with their dead, and we have taken a good number of pri.ontrs. The accond line of the enemy then advanced, and fell upon our list • with considerable effect. gi I laying placed myself on the height. I was surprised to see so great a number of troops; mid a little after, I learnt from a prisoner, that BLAKE had come up with 90e0 men, and ff,.ctvd a junction at three o'clock that morning. The contest ‘V,IS not longer equal : the. enemy more than 30,000 strong, and I only 1t1,0C.0. I thought it therefore my duty no longer to pur sue my design, and. I ordered the position that had been taken from the enemy, te be kept. In the mean time the enemy approached close to our line, and the contest became most ter ri le. Gen. LATOUie MAUROtRG made a charge with the td of the htwrs, the Ist of the lancers of the Vistula, and the 4th and the i'tr,h of the dragoons, with each•skill and such courage, that three English briga4es were entirely destroyed. Six pit ces of cannon, 10(X) prieotters, and six colours (those of the 3d, Coll, and 6th English.regiments) were left in our possession. The enemy left us the position which we had taken from them, and no longer dared to attack us. The tiring continued till four o'clock in the afternoon, w In n it ceased on both sides. " Brigadier-Generals NV . ERLE and PEPIN, were killed: Brigadier Generals MAR.IUhIN' and BRAYER, wounded. Co lonel Pitowcske, of the! tfBtit retimint of light infantry, was killed, is Were the Chiefs of Battalion, AtiTaur. and CA•Mlls, of the I.2t;th and 28th regiments. Our loss in killed and wounded amounts to 2,800 men. The enemy have made no prisoners. if we except 9. or 300 wounded, that were left on the field. The enemy have lost three Generals killed, two English, and one Spanish ; and two Generals wounded. A thousand English were made prisoners (some of them have since e•- caped, but this very day we counted /100); 1100 Spaniards were likewise taken prisoners. All the accounts I have been able to procure, make the loss of the enemy in killed and wounded amount to &OW English, 2CW Spanish, and from 7 to COO Portui;uase. There is then a total loss of 9000 men for the enemy ; that is to say, three times the loss sustained by us. The trqops have covered themselves with gory. Our cavalry made the finest charges, and panieulai ly distinguished itself. Tbe artillery maintained its re:r.utation. I had constantly in play forty pieces of cannon, that vomited out death among the hostiLt. ranks. The English have lost more than half of their number. ‘• The 17th, we remained in the presence of the enemy. Five thousand men from Eivas have joined the army of the enemy. I continued, to keep the field of battle, and on the 18th, at the break or day . „ I.made a flink movement upon Solana. " I have given in charge to General GAz AN, to conduct our English and Spanish prisoners, together with my oNVII to with a suitable escort. As soon as I know he is ar rived, I shall manccuvre to unite with other troops, and to com plete the defeat of the enemy. [The dispatch concludes with the usual compliment to viduals • adding ,that a greater part of the Etirt Major, and hi* Aides -1 e-Camp, were dismounted, anti. some wounded.] "'Marshal Duke of DALMATIA, &c. " Solapo, May 21, 1811." 4, Paris, June 13. " Marshal OUDINGT (Duke of Reggio) is - arrived at Paris. " .. , V-r.ording to the last intelligence from Salamanca, the 1 7 ) . -nch quarter; of the'Army of Portugal arc! in that city. A of o.e Army is quartered along the frontiers of Pot tugal— tiie other troops are in cantonments in the Spanish province of eilanca. The Army i., abundantly supplied with provisions mi.: ammunition. Lord WELLINGTON has published fresh or d-rs t, reinforce the. Portuguese Army—his Army _continues intreaohins ascii. The right wing of the English is now sta. province of Alentelo. " The 1)u!se• of Is FRIA is with his head-quarters and staff at Vallaaolid.: Ns corps occupies Old Castile, Leon, Montana, Asturias, and the province!, ticar France. The town► of Burgos, VaP.atiolid, of hers, are strong garrisons. ".Genertl Ho N r, Who commands in the Asturias, has re• ceivt d rcinforcemei its to enable him to repel any attempts mad* by the English to land on the coast." DWERL4I. PAALIAMENT. • TIIE NATIONAL REGISTER PQ irdi, under CA3rANos • dotted on-the frontier' of ipattiah s:relllittlw - a, to cover the • AM • HOUSE OF LORDS. MONDAY, JUNZ 11. INSOLVENT I W The EARL of N'ToIRA moved the third reading of tht Insolvent Debtors' Bill for 'i•he Lord CIiAbICELLOR moved to insert 20001. instead of 3000/. . This motion was opposed by Lord Holland, and the Earl of Moira, and supported by Lord Ellenhorbugh. The House divided on the question, that the word " Three" stand part of the Bill.—Contents 17; Not Contents 32 -o-Majo rity 15.—Two thousand pounds was therefore inserted. The remainder of the Bill, and also the Irish Insolvent Debtor's Bill with the same alterations were ,:.one through with the exception of two clauses, upon which the debate was ad. journtd. MILITIA INTERCHANGE BILL. The Fail of Liverpool moved the Order of the Day, and the House resolved itself into a Committee on -the Militia Inter change Bill. Earl S rANnorr. moved an Amendment, for the purpose of making the clause more explicit, to the t trect that those not of the Church of Eueland should not be (viol:enable to attend its wi,rship, and should have the right of attending their own mode of worship, when military duty did not interfere. The Earl of I.i verpoul opposed the Amendment, on the ground that the clause was sufficient as it was. The Amendment WAS then negatived and the Clause passed. Adjourned. TUESDAY, JUNE 18. TIIE IRISH CATHOLIC PETITIONS. Two Petitions, one from the Catholics of Ireland at large, and the other from the Catholics of the County of Cork, being read by the Clerk, The Earl of Do NO VC lIMOR r rote and entered into a general and comprehensive view of the qeustion which he had the IV).. nour of bringing before their Lordships. '1 he object of the pe titioners was no denenid of new or extravagant concessions; they were founded on the previous and well-known Resolutions of ItiOB and 1809, and were only advanced in conformity to the principles of equity at:d constitutional rights. It was on that ground substantially, if not solely, that he rested the claims of his injured and oppee,sed countrymen; and he trusted that they would not, by their Lordships; be dismissed unaccredited and unheard. He trusted it would be superfluous to state to their Lordships, that nothing could be more foreign from his thoughts, than to urge any measure which could injure or impair the se curity of the Protestant Establishment • and he perceived an earnest of their Lordships' liberality displayed on a recent occa sion, on the presentation of the Petitions from the Protestant Dissenters... Those Petitions indeed came recommended by the signatures of 5000 persons, and he stood the humble and une qual advocate of 4,000,e00 of his suffering and meritorious cowl-. trymen. His Lordship concluded an eloquent and argumenta tive speech, by moving, That the Petitions be referred to the consideration of a Com-• mittre. Lord Lo NOFOR D opposed the motion, both on account of the manner and the time in which it was introduced.. The claims set forth in the Petitions would, if granted, place the Catholics' on a footing not of equality, but of superiority. The spirit evinced by the Catholics, on many occasions, was such as could, not be commended. A Noble Larl, and most excellent mats among themselves (the Earl of Fingal), was censured by the Roman Catholics of the county of Meath, for having proposed a vote of Thanks to that meritorious and illustrious commander Lord Wellington. The Marquis of DOWNSUIRY strenuously supported the Mo- • tion. 'Thy question being put from the Woolsack, The Marquis of LAN OW N said he should give his vote for the Motion of his Noble Friend. Lord REDXSDAL E rose in answer to what had fallen from the Noble garl (Dvnvughoavre.) The Noble .Earl ha 4 supposed that .