The Statesman. — London, England, 1809-09-15 00:00:00

_ _, _ • SPAIN. —•••sifissa. (FROM m 111111111111iRtO PATRtOTICO.) ii " % c r /Roll Tun sitcom; taTiaICErTID yang* Pauli liltDPlll4l. SOUL? TO RING JOSEPII, SAW) TROD LA TOtat.l D SA ?Cabala, JUNE; 25. `•Though this paper dims not contain intelti. Fence of great Importance, nevertheless the obser. satitAlS of its writer are eery interesting, and throw ninch light upon actual occurrences. As oar °Diet 1% not merely to relate the events of the hat to collect materials for history, we will an extract from this letter, which maybe use. i ; ,: to those who purpose to transmit to posterity etel s so M i ghty memorable. •' It comprehends three topics : the judgment von the Generals who serve under his-eummand, an enumeration of the wants of his army, and Pale obliervali.Wia oil the mode of m3king war in ci c ala. He praises the conduct of General Frau. ceschi, bearer of the intercepted dispatches, and aelseits thst Joseph may allow of his quick re twa t because his pretence, he says, is necessary for the se-establishment of the division of the light cavalry whicS be commands. This division was TO FM the aeons, by femora, and establish it. nil on the road to Ciotti Itudrigo. He also penises (ready Captain Anthoine, his Aide.de. Crisp, who aceompoolied FrAticeschi. General Rolla had at Lugo jeiocil to his army a detach. went of artillery, which had been le it •ider• the orders •f MAr.ll4 Nei, and nut ens.' ps.,y eti by him. " Here the praite reases l asid he beaks to censure the Goterais t%ho have not done their duty, and .1114 , R:cm tired of the war iw Slain : 4e a l ma% (1.-ncral of Brigade. was tt srh fatiguedi and pie sled, before he left Lego. an elloc:o which was mot" kis alit CL23 .811;:ereii. I nave oherred in hint a moral de.. at...t scut him to your illiijest A Mayor-General toe write your orders. I shoelil wish do the sante with General, Lahmmape - and Mentes, who .iawe no. altars done all they maid go for the goad soirees of toeir g but I did no et r e t tiwiinteh th,me urfore nor arrival at Zamora. in order not to eetnialiaure the tumours of intrigue and coas.pi racy month -.re- cirri:Lied on lenviii 4 Port:igal, and in ob.c.h Wet were not to blame. Nevertoeleu, the semi eof the Eni tr;fequirei tiw; lust snook! •ent into another quarter. st l eveat it is I,4't orrewars to repla..o them., r:s the reduction of tae c molar% ilii4W9 oc the suppression ors bigtladri el of ira vole ; sad tienrrat f.o.sou, woo i. without a dirkion, can re; lam Ire out. ticiteral Francesent yotir si al ray esmorroin... is v.stiety of changes to be made iu the d wswitiou of the Genceolt, " Tlic great loss which the army has st,Ftained, and the disgust si hick the Generals have Nitta, to the war, cannot be More clearly intiinated, One General has to rP.estabilsh his division, an. other is employed in leading detachments, another has lost his troops, the cavalry is about to be re. cane d, and ail are discontented. Rut now let us ice the stale of those who hue survived the rpm. paues of Portugal and (;allicia:— M. Lesulue, Curnuti..4ws-fleserat of t - se divisims of ti le arm, • will ae. Ise at before nr, in urit-.1 to provide poet Woos sio my and no hospital in twelve our nu newel ark. the move tease be bs :is demand of the Intendant tie. eta!, clothes, poises. our,e, for the no:vitals. Administra tor., military transports, Paymasters. 'none% for pay and ettratir leafy espeueer, pool% ; hems it Mich are utterly teu.i.ng. My waab gri . liery E. cat • • • • • I beg your ht.iiesty to a ttend to Use sAielts.ions 0( General Craw 11% re- l a-ewe the seenice of the Oli th e Ist 1 0 0. 1 d , emanded of !tar -pal JoortLes. that he ,bould plate at owy disponi a train of artillery. 1 take the liberty to entreat yore Al..Josty to order the various detachments which balsas Se my corps t.i he salted at Z..on .ra or Salatuaora. if Ina b alit nosi reatribute to the gei.cral operation, while asy troop. repine.' 4 What a picture of a defeated army ! This is hs a ii/he d.flrrrnt from a former one, in which he promisee to menace Portugal again from Zamora. Sack win the havoc among the troops of Soult, that is order to come the Tagus, he was übli avvt to join alt the divisions of Castile. a. ills &nervations arc confined to- the not hay. leg received, during ive months, orders, suc cours, Of it'll:04111M: ; he desires to have dupli. ides of tip missing orders. lie now and then eves goii4 Rows:el le King Joseph, with the ad. 11111611, 6 she service of the Einperor requires it !' magical ord', which the French 111.arskals fitol Cary it, in orster to terrify the powerful Monarch eir Spats and the Lathes, aud make him feel his no- Chivvies , . 64 list conclude' his letter with these notable et. res‘ioes, witch, while they heap glory upon the Spanish people, show the weaktien• of our else. Inies :--- 4 In the kind ef was. we are etterviag on, and a:Ant the enemies rte hive to couesat. it is m4.santrieut that tae Gene yd. be hiseestine (ifripa‘it.:(..); it i tiecesirs.4 . that they should posse , - sirc...lll sold superior I°o circumstance", and events the utast 611.'43U: rigs' . 66 As if he hal.seid, tfse S,:nniards fought VIP constancy aud ent/suaiesin which t heracteriae tine soldiers of orderthl contrast with thee tut alitics, it ,possible, Lite %trim:lth of soul which is inspired by the tlesire to become the titled slava of Napuieon, and the embiljon of plutideeitist Europe.: And whence can the French Generals acquire that energy, which Soult con fesses the French Generals want, and which can proceed only (turn patriotism !" 7'llF: NA RIVETS. , CORN-F.XClLlNUE—Strrastier.a li. ' This day the supply of Wheat is short, let there being a demand, sales are again quoted te ther dearer. Rye likewise in short sal', ly and higher. Barley and Malt maintain 'their prices. Beans, of the two kinds, also dearer. There are considerable remaining sop, lies of Oats, and sales thereof are at little veriatiuw. Flinur at the late advance of lOs. pet sock and tine American 511. to S7s. per barrel. CURRENT FitICC OF (:RAIN. -- - - 1156.110, 101.. TIK hews, - - - - 484. 51%. lox ditto -- - 11414 Ow, R ) e, - - - 40-• Haney, - -to 44%. ~,Malt •- - •- - - - - .e 5.1 ACi5. " • lleALltotiais) WM. I Mar nine -- - um% - - - Nts. Ihrowir Nye. 90.0. beim • Ms. MIL 113111T111F I RLD—Sitty. To 'kik the OW. per owe et kilb. Byer • • •4.. ed. se As. bid Wait at Cattle this dal e A' Oh 'l% led. In Sp. N. I IWOND r 01. 7a• egrilleasi lalliste• •• • 50(11) Pr•ra od . Is, O. Wee ....... •• .. 560 Lasre....bs. w 411. se. Pt. Are HA T.ll -r SVPessm• 1A R. ba• s i : es. snug U. lb. (S. to . %liver . 1 6l. tll. go, se 7 1 , od. SOWN ALL. ' Bearits....l/1 t Sus, .sos 1 Pt" • • .166. .~ ~- - ' 1 CIVIC 7111117 1 11 R. Two meetings have, It seems, taken place In the City, for the purpose of erecting a Theatre, east of Tempie.har. A petition to 'the Crown, It is said, is actually drawing op, hembly praying for a licence, to which will be attached tiss. MUSICS of some ut the first characters the capital, who have put down their signateres to sums amounting to 250,0001. to be applied towards carrying the andertakiag ins, elect. The Petitiossers state, as the ground.of their application, that all monopolies are injurious, and prevent that kind of fair sad spirited competi tion by which the public are always benefited ; and that since the limitation of two Theatres to the capital, Loudon has increased nearly three fourths in extent and population, so that those who wish to partake of the rational amusements of the Dra. ma are nearly deprived of that pleasure, from the distance to the present established Theatres, In the winter season—a grievance which is particularly felt by those citizens• who do out keep their car- nages. The Theatre is Weeded to be built in a most magnificent style. The proposed scite is said to be that part of the estate of Lord RA DNOK, on the south side of Fleet-street, of which Bouverie 'street and Water.lane, with the unoccupied space of ground at the bottom of the former, is a part. The idea is to purchase the leases of the interim,. aisle houses fronting Fleet.strort, and form an elegant e, ascent. The Theatre to be placed in the Centre of this crescent, with a grand colonnade leading to it on each side from Fleet.streq. Thus I the whOle will he rendered a conspicuous ornament ' to the capital, as the building will strike the eye of every permit' passing cast or west along Fleet. street. The petition to the Crown. it is said, is to con. twin an Oder of an undertaking that the prices of admission to the boxes, pit, and galleries shall he the s:aine as thou to the Haymarket Theatre, from which they shall not be altered, under the penalty of forfei , ing the licence. Ti n . Theatre to be dis. ti , .4uished by the sumo of the Lnxbox TRIATItt: 11.0 YA L. `~- Tit E STATESMAN. CHARGE OF CRUELTY. The followinc is a letter from Lieut. Crellia, to the &lour 4,t Tic heeds Inte SlR—Through the medium of whir Paper, I think it ne cessatv, assn °ewer at !Ise Si WI Wags:ion Guards (as whirls I a a brought before tie public by the Editor of The Leeds Itcreory), to cnistradir. a paragraph which appeared in his Paper this d ay. I fe I r hentation id declaring. that the whole of is is fake and unfounded ita ever. particular; and from t:, •, assailer in winch I hare been represented by that Editor, We tin doubt, ;n my mind, th .t hes intestines to wards me wire Miner 1 a d mantilla*, ,sad meant to stig matize my enaracter ai an officer, by imputing to me au art of excernive .erneity. which, en my boom's., ad MI officer and a gentleman. I did ant en omit. --It h emsectisan, at pre sent. to state any p •rticulars no the subject. being deter naLed to mate au elampl- of the !Akin, as far as the law of ins country will :Amt. J. C. VRICLLI Leeds, Sept. t. 1809. Lieut. dint Drag. Guards. The following has 'appeared is lite Leeds tiler. ', curs, in answer to the above, to which we also think it our duty to give insertion : re oe.THIS gen ha miaow GUARDS. *letter, beating y or signature, inserted is The Leas latifligeassr of .this week. yna have tnioaght it So no tradict a paragraph in the last Pfera, relvting to the and your horse, and very positively to t.lace-, that " the whole of Can paragraph i, false and arsiosesdest fa every pentrider." The uuly isneeirt.un particulars in that paragraph are theses Ilse time in leech you rode the horse from the Race- ground York to Leads on Saturday—the esteem, agony the animal you rode sobsequattly entered—and its conse quent death on the Tuesday following. Allow me to ask if you tie in to assert, on your " humour as an °dicer and a tietalinnan"- Ist. Teat you (lid not yourself declare, that you rode the mum from the nand at York to Leeds / is as boor and twenty misotes, I-clotting the time taken fur a halt on he road ? td. Do zoo assert, upon your honour, that the mare did not exbltrt symptoms of extreme agony, soul Tuesday might ? 34. Do you mean to ptedge your word, that the gnat hoot dead ? if yam can show that these, the lending particulars in the paragraph allotted S., ate false, I shall, must gladly, eosin- Mite whatever heals my power to abate (Mt reefing of ia dig,vtloo wh;els !met been excited is the politic mind, by a view of the poor animal, Imeg before the observation is my ['Ayer of last Saturday made Its appearance. Yoe imp e3e to me a malicious motive towards yogi. This I patitivt y disclaim. I neither knew y •its pent= nor your merle before your espiriag horse attracted eav notices and far the charade. of a British Otlker, as such, no persoa can Live h.gbor trend than myself having the houoar to nalk many of them amoog.st my pvrticolar kierhloi. In mak ing Sae ieserdas alluded to, therefore, humanity and a• • 0.....a.0f pvtill . e duty, those motives which may u fortnight befo••• indoced in. to censure, in strong ter-rF, two men wao It oh mallard toot Itilkd) taw of xotey,regimental horses, :slow irer..att.l sty conduct. Couvioced, as ever:. uoprelailiced mod must he, of the trarityof my motive, I can vonuJently rest the le -.,l new* Aces of that ht./1n...a the far-famed Ihertv of Coe Etaglisti pm.; and as to your threats, Ise as larva; they late Italy that share of my regard width they merit. EDITOR. From the Qaebec Mercury, of the 3d July : Luinbcr imported from Canada has always been pre'erred to the isaportauon from the United Mail, and Government, as well as individosts, have 13tely found that the Canada staves and tim ber answer every purpose of, and ere in many re spects superior to the same articles imported frum Vie Baltic, as encouraging the growth of Dar own colonies hipreference to the productions of other countries, besides the great advantage to be de. 'Weed from the encreaied somber of British ship. ping employed thereby. We sbalishortly become. quite itidepend:ot of foreign supplies. It will therefore give us sincere pleasure to bear of the, future iticrease and prosperity of the infest city, the foundation of which is announced in the fol. l lowing extract: " On Friday last was sunk, in the Basin of the River Chdudiere, in eighteen feet water, a Wharf which, when completed, will afford a surface of four thousand superfivial feet, and be capable of receiving nearly twenty vessels afloat, completely sheltered from Easterly winds ; which will enable them to load at all times of tide and in the must tempi-mum': weather. " A large warehouse is to be erected - end of the *hart, capable of eoataissins ens dred thousand bta•hels of wheat. 4 4 We understand that the ts hole Is to be .. and delivered to the Lessees, Messrs George William Ilatuilton, tni the first of May nest 66 'llse Province Is indebted, fur this undertaking, to the lion. Henry Caldwell, veld°, of the Seigniory, through whioh the Chaudlire ruuslotu the Hirer St. Lawns:cc. tresety steep rugged, on each' .pint surprise s the eeeiny, according to their -- ;;;L:7 60 .; ime hais. .todete, had kiediell alteloag the liwes might here 1 :1; wow tide ` to esplo t TA*,1003,4 bmri elattsed. tiny mod t h e ca t er pth e [milked stare 4 ieSsis4Aled - seinig. aneinied it. mile and , ' Alb arduous pert ofd' fl e' tVesos New * yi town" at. toldeqd ate s eir ple„ . .itetarhiseui for spirited ahtirtin Piga intiteditied approtuiti 11, Pm. ey ia, t rie,ll 0.f., pg,biig as •Wec! we le River in the e &Ott, &Ft ( 4,•rou. to a bigb plan es int e. tremely steep and rugged, and occasionally in. r '2l, 1809. each ~ . ^, - . j V~ r tersected with ravines, fr.im tell to fourtega feel deep, and beset with thorns and brush. wood, wbero they half no resunroe but to errata. tile upon their hands and feet. Throngttuert this fatiguing and painful operation, the exertions of Major Welsh were connpicuqus. He halted, from time to ti use, tugive those in the rear an op. portenity of cloning ep—ke animated the dr.° 'big hopes of his men, assigned his post to each 1 ,, . divi dual, And directed the European party, as so is as the attack should c,immence, to advance by •,. ternate sections, tiring off and filing to the r r. Observing, at the same time, that many beg , n 'a doubt altogether of ultimate success, be deter min. d to lead the forlorn hope, consisting of two non. commissioned officers and twelve privates, in per. son, and at the same time took the necessary pre. cautions for s. curing n rctreat in the event of M. lure. Having proceeded in this manner for several hours, and surmounted many difficulties, with great labour and anxiety, Major Welsh sill at once dis. covered, that the greater part of his troops were n - issing, and that be was left with only the forlorn hope, Lieut. Bertram, his bugle, and about font of his pioneers in company. The men whistled, but' received no answer. Their comrades had taken another route, and were now at too great a distance to hear them. Major Welsh ordered his small party to halt, and waited for the space of about a quarter of an hour ; w hest finding that all further delay would be raj*, and being now within a short distance of the works, he resolved to proceed. The brave forlorn hope assured him of their determi. nation to stand by him to the last. He directed toed to fix their bayonets, and to carry every thing without tiring a shot. Having at length reached the walls, they crept under them in si. lencc. And here another difficulty arose. It was found that iu consequence of the uparstiun of the main body, they were left with ladders.... Nothing remained bet to attempt to scale the wall, by mounting ou each other's shoulders. This was at length happily effected, though with much la. boar and difficulty. Two Europeans iiiivinggained the summit, assisted in dragging up Major Welsh, and the rest of the party, in succession. It was now four o'clock in the morning, and, after hours of incessant labour, the men sat themselves down in anxious suspense, to wait the arrival of their comrades. Their anxiety was presently relieved 'by a loud peal of inusquAry from the lower part of the hill, about 20i, yards Oo the right of their position. This proceeded frail the main body, who, having reached the' wallaby a different route, tied scaled them in silence, with their ladders, and immediately opened their fire, which was &thawed by the guns and blue lights of klbe enemy. Major Welsh seeing the fire commencskot a point so far down the hill, was at first apprehensive that the troops had been discovered befory they could get within the walls. There was nolainse, however, for hesitation. He ordered the bugle to be sound. ed, and this small party, with three sheets, which were answered from one end of the hill to the other, pushed on rapidly to Ike summit. Here the gallant Major Welsh, exhausted by fatigue, and by the falls which he had received in scram. being over the rocks, was deprived, fur a time, of the use of his limbs, .and, repeatedly fainting assay, was carried into the action by sonic of the light company of the Ist battalion, who joined him from below. When the day broke,our troops found the . whole hill in their posseuion. The colours of the 2cl bat. talion were hoisted on a conspicuous ruck, and the guns of tho redoubt were turned upon the mails -lines, which they completely commanded, as far as the gate.. Meanwhile, Col. St: Leger dispatched a reinforcement, consisting of one company of the 69th, and three of the 13th native infantry, under Cato: Hodgson, who forced their wsy, by the same dials:ell route, to Major Welsh's assistance. Sue. ing ,tiitparty, u well as all the rest of the force *Rhin the walls, coming up rapidly to his sup. port, Major . Welsh immediately sent a detachment .down the rock, who dashed into the lines, at. •tacked those of the enemy, who still stood to their guns, and put th,•m completely to the rout. The panic spread to the won in the north redoubt, Who also lied in time utmost confusion and dismay, and kft us (about the hour of eight in the morn. -ieg) in full possession of the whole works.—Thus fell, by a successful coup-de-tnain, the formidable lines of Travancore—the extent of which is so great, that a .garrison of ten thousand soldiers is requisite to man them. The loss of the enemy, in killed and wounded, was severe. We have also to regret the death of Capt. Cunningham, and of tither gallant soldiers; but, when compared with the object achieved, our loss was inconsidera. ble. By nine o'clock, nut a man of the enemy was to he seen from the heights ; and Colonel St. L eger pit c h e d hi s camp two miles within the Arum. booly gate. Many valuable pieces of ordnance were found on the works ; and as abisodant sup. ply of guns, muskets, pikes, ammunition and stores of every description, in the arsenal. When the lest advices came away, the troops were busily employed in blowing up the lines, and bursting the iron cannon. Such of the ordnance as were valuable, would of coarse be preserved. We have the pleasure to subjoin the complimentary Orders published by Colonel St. Leger after the storm. " GENERAL ORDERS, " RV TIE lon. LIRVIRIUNT-COLORRI. A. IT. LIORR. " Perak was.su—Countersign, fikcctss. • " Camp, two miles iiitrrior of Arombooly • • Gate, Pelt. /0, 1809. • " Lieutenant-Colonel the Hea. A. St. Leger bar mach sa tisfaction in conveying to the-troops minder his command, the mod sincere congratabitines on the brilliant achievement of this inonsisg. The Liontement-Colosel deems it a duty be owes to justice, to than pobliely mot his high considentiou thdpenteverance, jedgmest, and ability, ditplayed by Nst, cossmaadiag the 3d Regiment of Native le . assault of.this taantimg, wherein the ifeal esterpslie meld only be eqoalled by the morn The Lleutenant-Colonel requests Mader ea the Olken and Men who composed escalade, muter his command, his most !too a their gallant ezemons in aeon - Aids =4;t ever be coat i& ed es ardled military record."—(Ole. MIA) Eibrd. i -Alai 1 I INDIA. —..sams•—. SOMBAT. -.44L1r, FIER• By advices of the 20th January, just received Rojo Penang, via Madras, we learn the pleasing intelligence, that the differences with the Chinese Government had been finally and amicably ad justed; that Admiral Drury bad arrived at Penang with our troops, which had In consequence been withdrawn from Macao. In conserptence of information having been re. ceived at Penang, that two French frigate had been seen off Palo Aor, on the 17th January, by the Diana brig, who had been chased by them, and escaped only by throwing her guns overboard, Sir Edward Pellew had instantly put his fleet in mo tion ; and having dispatched the Russet lo the of Driun and Bane, with orders eltimate.- ly to proceed to Batavia, sailed with the Culloden.; Photon, and Proms, to the mouth of the Straits.) Admiral Drur)'s Bag was flying on board thetey,:. 1 ion, bound to Madras. • f We are sorry to add, that the 1111seeifty, Capt.; Ross, which had been sent with the Diana s ,under a flag of truce to Manilla, for the purpose tar bringing away Captain Pakenhant and the Grey hound's men, had been captured by the French friAates above mentioned—unfortunately, Captain Pakenham and 150 men were on board the Dis. covert'.--(Bombay Courier Extraordinary.) APRIL 8, 1809. WAR IN TRAVAWCORE. The fortunate result of the late military opera. Lions in Travancore has at length been communi. cated to the public through the medium of the Madras Prints. We are not at present prepared to cuter Into a fell or particular history of the origin of the disturbance, in that country. They were principally ur solely excited by the ambition and turbulence of the Dem, and w ero attended in their commencement with• circumstances of great treachery and cruelty. The fartlon which that Minister had address to attach to his per son and cause, was much more formidable, in point of numbers, than circumstances would have led us to expect. It has been even rated sn high as 50,000 Nein, upon very credible authority, and beyond doubt it was exceedingly great. The major portion, indeed, were armed only with boss and arrows ; bet the characteristic courage,. hardihood, anti enterprisn of the tribe, made up, in some degree, for the inferiority of their urea. pons, and rendered them far from cuntemptiNe foes. In the course of the month of January, three se. veral attacks wen• made by the Dewan•s army, on' the British subsidiary force at Quilun, amounting to nearly 5,000 men, under the command of Lieu. l tenant-Colonel Chalmers. On the 19th of the same month an attempt was also made un Major' llewitt•s detachment at Cochin. In each of these' affairs, the enemy was powerful in numbers, and displayed considerable boldness and perseverance. The skill and intrepidity, however, of our officers and men, wsiformly triumphed, and he was driven from the field with a heavy slaughter. On our part, success was happily purchased with hardly - any bloodshed. At length the army appointed to penetrate into the Travancore country, under the command of Lieutenaut.Colonel St. Leger, commenced its operations, and the celebrated lin-is of A rimbooly were carried by storm on the 10th of February. Of this exploit, which, for boldness of conceit. elms, mad resolution of conduct, is rivatledity few achievements its the military history of India, we have much pleasure iu laying before -our fteaders the following details The army took up theft• position on the frontier early in February, and were engaged fur several euccestire days in reconnoitring the furmid;bte de fences upon which the eneety•rested bis .At length a practicable point was fortunately din. fevered in the works upo.l the Soethifill. 'Mee posits enfilade the whole line of.dt Nato in one di. swami, while lb. redoubt on the .Nortk 11111 con. sands it on the other skte. Behind the batttri, the southern eminence, setae old wells were rceived, which, to all •appeernbee, Che eitemr d abandoned. The ascent, in that Atrajler-rWas of uo great difficulty ; but a deep andimpervietta jangle, which skirted the fent mountein t presented an obstacle to the approach of troop; a a nature sulticioody discouraging. After ma.. re deliberatiou, however; it was detertnin6d tb .ettempt this part of the wall by earprise—a plan a assault was arranged and adopted, and every 'Mena ry precaution taken to insure its success. On the nigbt.a the 10th of February, a storming tarty was accordingly formed, under the command a Major Welsh, and marched out of eamp-to chi t, by mewed betting to tale southward, which thy ploneershatilltriously prepared. The {Arty was Illwmposca'ciftwo companies, end the plqaet aids ildajesty's 69th regiment, amounting, in all, to 130 ,Europeans, eluded Capt. Sims, besides seven To. laatoor artillecymee ; the too flank companies of Am Ist Natation of the SI Native Infantry, c *aided by Capt. Pepper • and the two flank aoll lie battalion companies o f the led battalion of thi same regiment, under Capt. Lucas. Besides these troops, three companies of each of the battalion% together with the native piquet, and two Seg. pieces, were directed by Major Welsh to rentals behind at thu advanced post, tinder chirp St Capt. Stevenson. Major Welsh himself hellish the stunners, who with a party of 160 pioueers, under Lieut. Bertram, carrying foot short scaling ladders, and a large supply of ammunition, set out by the appointed reale about Bp. tn. They pro. corded without obstruction s until they reachedthe borders of the wood et the foot of the bill, where they formed up, and halted for about half an hoer in order that the blue lighti„, which, to gdard against irprise, the according to their lad "