The Sun. — London, England, 1813-10-06 00:00:00

LORD WIf.LLINGTOI*. 'From a Cadiz Paper qi the 4th of September.) LETTER FROM LOED WELLINGTON' TO DON JUAN O'DONOJTJ, ,SPANISH MINISTER AT WAR. DATED DEAD-QUARTLRS 4 IMAM?, JULY 2, 1813. Most Excellent had the hoecur to receive your Ex . cellency's letter, dated the lath acquainting me that the Regency had thought proper to remove the Captain s Geneial Castanos'frOm the command of the 40 artimY, in order that be :miy occupy the place of Counsellor of State,, because he wa s not*? the bead of the 4th army which the Regency had en- . trusted to hi u; that General Freire, had beers appointed 'Cap tain-General of Esteemadnra and 'Castile, end was to com mand the 4th army; that General ! Lacy was appointed Cap ' twin-Generalof Gallicia, and to the conunand of the troops of that province, independently of the. General of the 4th Army: ,Anal Gen; Giron. was to transfer' his services to the Ist army. As the Constitution of the Spanish Monaechy has declared' the Ministers responsible tor acts which are the measures of Government, I trust I May venture to address some obierva- Cons to your'Eseelleney on this subject, which I beg you to submit to the Regency. Justice towards, thi: character of General Castanos, an of ficer who has served his country in close union with me, dur ing the last three years, without there having been a s i ng l e difference of npinion between us many matter of import 'once, compels use to remind your' Excellency, that the local sitnat ion of the 4th ,Army, prior to the opeisiug of the cam paign, prevented its being formed into a corps at the head of wliich the Capt:,in-General could he placed With any regard to propriety, considering the dignity of the office. And even when the union of the 4th Army would hat 4 been lecally prae.icable, the deplorable state of the Royal Treasury, .and. of the resources applicable to its subsistence, would 'have prevented thateorps train remaining united for any great length of time. YourExcelleney well knoirs, that when money is wanting, for the maintenance 'of troops, it is possible, that in a parti cular district of country; prOsision may he Mado for the stib eistence of a small number with - mutt any pay; bait that this is. imopra , tieuble io regard to a large corps of troops : and for this reason, and others relative' to the state of discipline and peculiar organization of some corps, I did not deem it pro per that more troops of the 4th Army should be assembled in one carps, than time two, divisions composing the army of Gallicia, wider time command of General Giron. It would have been uniiecoming and improper, considering the rack and situation of General Castanos, besides being in- . conrenient,lo place him at the head of these two divisions, or any other portion of the 4th army ; and for this reason, at my request, he placed hiti headsauarters with mine and those of the Portuguese Not only has your Extelleney not attended tothase circum stances, in the measure which you hare recommended to the Ciovernment, in regard to General Castanos i but various other considerations have been overlooked. General Castapos, besides eomm, ending the 4th army, was Captain General of Estretuadtria, Castile, and Gallicia, ,and in that capacity had to perform duties of the greatest import ance to the public interest, and partical4rly t the well-being of the army. It Was one of his duties to re-establish the Spanish authoti ties in the different districts and cities which the enemy was *successively evacuating] and 'Considering the nal arc 'of the tiperktromm of the army,' and the peculiar line of march which it ptirsited, it would have been impoisible for him, to discharge that obligation, had he been literally at the head of the 4th army, or with the heed-roarters, whiCh, front the period of the 24th May, were almost every day changing place, without_ ever entering the high-road, or any one capital city, except ing Salamenca, when General Cavallo left them. It Was myself, not General Castanos, who- suggested the idea that his •Exeellen'ey should be employed in this manner; and 'it is necessary for me to sky, that, considering. the manner in which General Giron has commanded in the field the divi sions,of the army of Gallicia, we should have neglected the welfare of the State, had we not traced 'oat -to General Cas .tanos the very line of conduct which he has followed, and for which he now finds himself persecnted and defamed. With regard to the arrungementsanado by your Excellency for the purpose of filling thedifferent offices held by General Castanos, and the removal of General Giron (without any complaint alleged and even without aesigning any motive whatever) from the post in which he was placed by General Castanos at my request, and in which he has conducted, him self to my entire satisfaction, aR I have communicate d'tothe Government,--1 believe, that, besides the inconveniences and mischiefs which result to the service 'front this kind of change, especially during military operations; it 'cannot he denied tha they ate in direct breach of the contract made with the last Itegencr,'and confirmed by the present ; an agreement as your Excellency knows, was that which induced me to take the commimd of the Spanish army. ' Your Excellency also knows, that, this is net the first in staneerin which that contract, formed with so much solemnity, wad after such mature sleliberation, has been violated ; and no one can be more fully awame than yourself of the inenn venienees which thence result to time good of the servie,e.— 'Your Excellency its equally well acquainted with my natural disposition, and toy wish e s to efoltiiitte to serve th e Sp a ni s h nation, as far as soy ehilisite rstenst to fel beintanee and Submission to injuries so great have their limits; and I 41 , 11 W that 1 hare been treated by the Spanish Government, it, thefte matters, krt a manner the most improper, even simply as as indiiidual. It does not belong to my chazacter, `riOr am I inclined to boast of my services to the Spanish nation : but I can at least publicly declare, that I have never abused the powers with . which the Cortes and the Government have entrusted ma, - cs . en in the wost trivial affairs, nor ever .et4loyed them to wards any ether object thaw that of promoting- the good' of the service. In confirmation of this troth, I appeal even to yotir ptcellency as a witness; and I believe it - will be ad mitted, that the circumstances which rendered necessary the formation of the contract :donee-mentioned, eiinally require its foldlinent, if it is desired that I should he able to retain the eonnoand . of the _ May God preserst; ynnr Ectilency many years, (Sigtied) WELLINGTOI`..;,I)III... of Ciudatt Rodrigo, licad-quarterki at litzarto . , July '2, rri t are is a report that Lord VALENcTA has re ceived a letter from Abyssinia, assnriti— him th,tt IVIUNGO PAIIK is still alive, a prisOoer in the roam ry of one of the Labtern Tribes of Africans, 'Ve fear that there is no goof! foun , i,it ion for this rumour. ARRIVED-2 Dublin. Dec-2 1.,i. , b0n,%n Ciattenbutgb, iG He ligoland, 2. Watufonl. PRICE OF' SIC MS; TUTS 'DAY AT TirPTA'l: Consols .SBA:Ii Onsnium 7ali Mat! WAThTt AT LONDON - BItITX3E TO-NI,OTtROW.. Morning, 56 minutes atter 11. Ec'enin;:, '2l minutes altOr 12. THE SUN. SoLE: , I Qt7 ls DICERE FAl,ll':%! ,1111)1 , .AT ? • , LONDON, T7'ZnNE.SI).II', OCT() 11 E, R 6, Isis. SLIN-OFFItC, lIM.F.PAST ONE O'CLOCK. French Papers t'o the Ist have just arrived.— They contain not a syllable froin'the Armies. A good'omen ! The Funds look up. Omnium is at 7L. • DIST-ITCHES FROM LORD WELLIXGTON. ) The following Dispatch from Lord IirMLING TON relates to the affair of which DECAP.N I 4 ac count was given in the late rrench Paper;, (steTtla SUN. of Monday) and for once it appears that the 'enemy .spoke truth in claiming the capture of four guns.. We imagine, when Sucur.T's pro mised Report appears, he will make this Skirmish a Great Battle. OFFICIAL BULLETIN. " WAR DEPARTMENT, our. 6. " Dispatches have been received from Field- Mat;shal the 'ltirrittis of WeLtiNoro,N, dated the 27th nit..enclosing accounts.from Lord WIUJAM: BENTINCK,Of the 15th and 17th of September. " From thence it appears that tbeenemy, bay ing collected a very considerable' force in front of his Lordship's army, • made an attack early on the morning-of the pth ult. upon the advanced gnard• posted at the Pass.of Ordal. . ¶' The adVance consisted of the 2d battalion of the 27th Regiment, the Calahrian Free &Ts, four Rifle Companies of the King's German Le— gion, a Brigade of Portuguese Artillery, amount ing altogether to eleven hundred men, and three Spanish Regiments, who, fin , several hours, made a most gallant and successful resistance ; but being overpowered' by the numbers op posed to them, vvere,, forced to give way. The loss sustained will, ,it is helieved, - not prove ulti mately very considerable, us many of those men who had been cOmpelled to shelter themselves in the mountains, had since rejoined the army The rapid advance 'of the enemy rendered it necessary to abandon two field-pieces and two mountain guns. " On the 146, Lord 'W, 13tr.wmcK deemed it advisable to retire the army to Vendrells, and from thence to the neighbourhoLal:oriarragona. There treat was effected without any loss, notwithstan ding the attempts of the enpmy's superiorcavalry, which were uniformly repulsed by' the charges made by the 20th Light Dragoons and the Hussars of the King's German Legion. The enemy finding that no impression - could be made, retired on the 17th behind the Llobregat. Names of .offieers Killed, IVounded, and Missing. • KILLED. . . 20th Light Dragtons, Captain tlansov,. : ,. : , Itegiment, Lieutenant and Ardjutant..Taylor. Rifle CompauF, Lieut..Seggessur. WOUNDED, General Staff—Col. F. Adam, severely, not dingeronsly .lent. Campbell, Mariue Artillery, D. A. A. G. severely, not angerou'ly. Brunswick hussars, Lieut. Shaefer, Cornet Nicheler, and Cornet Alders (since . dead). Portuguese Artillery, Lieut. T. F. Madeira, slightly. 'd Batt. 27th Regiment, Lieutenant-Colonel Reeve,' Cap tains Mill and Winsor, Lieutenants 'rPhersou, Drc•u:e,:sjuri by, a,nd Talbot, severely, not daUgerously. 2d Batt. 276 Reg. Lieut. Shea, severely, not dangerously A . .sistant-Siirgeon.Fittgerald, slightly. (:slab. Free Corps, Lieut. Taranto,. ' mat, couipany ath German Legion, Lient. Graaffe, severely, since dead ; Lieut. Backineister, ditto. ; • MISSING. 24 Bait. 22d, regt. Lieut. Steele j Ensign Lathan), severely wounded Cala!). 'Free Corps, Captains 011eia and Chui, , ul, and Lieut. Vita. • 'We lifoie just received accounts froin,Pav,4ge a the 28th, at which time 'Pamptuna still held but was expected to fall immediately, :At Bayonne the enemy was fortifying himself, ;pull nn immediate invasion of France by the GREAT Low) seems to be certainly anticipated on all sides. It is a measure which we have never ceased strenr►- ously to advocate and recommend. The follow ing are the only particulars by the Olive Brandi, arrived at Penzance : • " PASSAGr, SEPT. 27.—We are here in daily peoation of hearing that our army is advancirg. Great anxiety is said to prevail upon the French tronticrs, and * at 13aion:le, where much alarm prevztils ; preparations are making on tt veryilarge s Lc itir its defenee : this. at least. uroves thlf rho inhabitants of that town do not consider them selves in perfect security. Pamplona has not fallen, although it is - a . event shortly expected." We are still without the expected arrivals from the North. Such rumours respecting the Conti nent as have suffered invention since yesterday, we have pla 4:d among our common paragraphs, ,where our Readers will find them, and attach just •as much credit to theth as from their probability and plausibility they think they deserve. We absolve THE SUN from all responsibility. The report most pertinaciously persisted in, is that which involves, in a whispered •inuendo the character of the Austrian Government, and would teach us to fear some indistinct sha dow, which credulity and ignorance have paint ed in the shape of an attempt at another Armistice said to have been proposed by BUONA.- rnarE, andilistened to by the Emperor FRANCIS. Such is the bugbear of the- day, to which, if we could attach any importance, it would be to think more hardly .of human nature than we are inclined to do. For it could only be deemed worthy of credibility, on the supposition that Austria, immediately after clearly demon strating to the world that she understood her own interest, should 'become insensible to them ; that she should be as senseless as baie; . as mutable as besotted. But'we have no reason to imagine this to be the case. We know for what she assumed arms—we knaw how she has conducted the war—and it Would be madness in an idle Mo-: went, when all intelligence is absent, to believe, on mere supposition, that she bad torgotten her solemnly declared principles, and by tergiversa.-; Lion blasted her fair fame. . We observe, with pain, that in theexecution of a prudent and laudable intention, some. of our Contemporaries, -in contending against the policy • of interfering with the view to moderate the nre sent high price of bread, have, supplied .argn. ments which may be perverted to a defence of the worst and most oppressive of all monopolies:— We are told, that it is idle to talk of compUlsory measures for lowering the price of bread, either in time; of scarcity or of plenty. To this we answer, then do away with the assize altoge7 thcr. Either do not regulate, at all, or regu late by a standard that cannot be falsified by the combinations of any set of men. To us it appears idle to'cOndemn compulsory Intasurei in too, when the Very system di assize is a com 7 pulsory ,measure, 'and the only matter at issue is, not whether there shall ,be 'any' interference but whether the interference should be modified by the price of. one commodity or of another whether by flour or wheat.---Nowthisis a vitally intergstiog question, not only for the poor,but for all, classes of the community. We would be the last persons in the country to administer poison to po pular contagion, or countenance senseless outcries upon any subject. But neither shall we be deterred by common-place maxims froth mixing our voice with the voice of the people, when we are convinced that their claims are just; their complaints well founded. This appears to be, prima facie, the case with regard to the general feeling expressed against the enormous price at which Bread continues to he sold, notwithstanding that a bounteous Providence has blessed the country with a hotrvest of .almost unparallel ed abundance. The natural consequence of this ought to be, that the produce of the earth should be brought to market at a low rate.— The grower would have no reason to com plain of this.. If his field yields hint a* thousand bushels instead of,five hundred, the sale of the former at twelve shillings will repay his labour as amply as the ,sale of the latter would hate done at twenty shillings. .This seems to be plain and in-. telligible reasoning., I rhos nothing to do with any clamour against millers or mealmen. It only states what ought to be the result of abundant crops, from the benefit'. of whicii, , to the extent they are intitled to, tlTpublic of the Metropolis and of all great towns where au assize is fixe.4l, are by some means or other excluded. There is no necessity for bringing the whole harvest at once to market, in order to produce lowrices, which wituld be follow= ntl byscarcity and exorbit an t f f ernan d s. , Thi s is an extreme argument, and consequently a had one.-.- All that we ask is, that a reasonable proportion of the plentiful crop of the year should come into fair competition in the open minket—then the market would settle itself equably and justly, and ,we are convinced bread would be cheaper than it Is at preterit. But this is like other excuses in favour of monopoly and artificial scarcity,—other prudent adviees which bid us starve in the midst of a 'want should he r eafter plenty, lest the hour come. Thus we have been told the Mills could not ,work on account of the long drought— • . .tlie monopolists, it pleased God to inundate them, .on the very day it was put forward , w ith co p loes °and Pniversal rains. Then vre are instructed on tho advantages arising urcommerce and to the poor, 1..; b , frpm the employment pf large capitals. We grant that many benefits may be derived from th is soutte i but at the same time assert it as no difficult pro blem, that numerous evils may alsly proceed front •the same spring. The iipuopoly Of capita l is j ust as it may be used—:i cur se or a blessing t o. nation. The present price of Bread, in Lorkho'; tbt, , i we take to be a proot that lit one. i nstan ce 4tica, ..7 it is a curse. , • , , With these impressions upon our enties we can' not too highly continent! that spirit whicli,.thetigh • it • may be ill-directed and fail of attaining its ob" • ' ' 4to ject, has sprung up in the City, apt! prowls , the institution of measures, which we vet will terminate in putting the market in Mark-llot on a better footing. The whole country " 4 reap the good of this example , a nd have cause" ' rejoice in the revision of the existing sYst e4 which experience 'demonstrates to be inadeeta .to the prevention of extortion. In conclusion; we beg to have it reinerel,e4.. that we neither have condemoed or pointed P. iti reprobation towards any class of nice. On rat( contrary, when Ave first took up this imps.- subject (and we pride ourselves in being tic fi4 01 J,ournal so to do), we took occasion to ibc''' hardships under which the Bakers of Br e . ad k boured, and endeavoured, in so far as we ciiill' l s7 inculeste a mode by which they would be relieve d, and the people benefited. Yesterday the Louts MAYOR, after ex°"ll9l the - ...1%1 veieber.' Returns, orderedthe 6 ' l .....eali b s Breadto be continued the same as last ts'eel'' From Anietican Papers it appears that 04 .rotechnic inventions for deseroyiner' shllles ... s a e n a d fi ti ls y ex h c a i v, t e ed pi g a r e c t lt cal at i t y e a tt p ti p l e iT t t h h e e in ll l o 4, t e c s •l t ;t e te ~st:i ‘ _3.n e :lrr). geselleie:),daiscetteltiiialiiicitinitittgt:lteilii(Ntiol,o:ilfutivifesoicttiilsoc:.lf.essrp,itaeoinr(r Congressl:dkOi President, .e iaf( s ineat a ilAiti c lact r iti,fl o hia s oietotic ‘ ci v rlii6( li osi a l, t tipi t "bs t l i si, e si.t y et : e 1,1 ; 1 . 1 .E0) 1 . 00 1 ' j j r ,: pr l i. : lll ' ,l3 'i, sfi i . t beo : !veins of the Executive Go'vernment, o ti Ist has been approved b eo y ssPe t Decrees, s tiel4 from France were , stated );e - it or to have been received, mentionieg );e-it ii) ii it e l.: a tleg c e l En te ei t i l iel u t si s e . fito Papers or . military intelligence from 0010 r)lc:iiirftt‘'el;i2gtilliicitit: e h ° e e f t the ll t) t t l Y t E r o : 1 1 :: , 1 . 0 4/ A Gentlemen arrived- from liambegLeihe s r • ' lied so far by the enemy, that i'l t sa h tc e net : l l l t :o°tl:;t;;lejfi'4l:l t b i t l • e Ts ii i)t o e ::,:lie. Guards yesterdey' ' ' , l vibiel' °lt3 ': wn up. ' . 'musty attended. n , stlt ° , tl Lord B ur , of .. YORK held elit'estl l'e'le:o.r -m - ---Jt ',Ms ti sailed from V.. - ;`) ito' onclar, ea his way to the Austfiab quarters. ' t ce ' e4 o ; . • The S' ' I, ',PARISH :,..MBASSADOR came to -',l i'et-- terday, from his villa at - Chiswick. °9,trect• tiansacting business at his house in POO— he returned hack to dinner. ' „ O. ' c " Yesterday afternoon the Earl of 'l3'` . / .-111 , 1 1 01 . ' rt ' rived' in . town from Goodwood, and t"5 business at his Otlice.. a Pr"' ' 'AI 1 ne PRINCE Reoeser took an airing " back yesterday. - 1 Lor' Yesterday the Earl .of Ltvsarooe anti ih ,, c r ' (..i s t w l t:t T ? t e r e. E l ßSAll earn , front. Cadiz, that the long-can t 10‘ ''' , t i r reco'l arrived in town from .‘;.' [. Session of the. Extraordinary Cortex ' o '"' '''`f die abc at to expire, and that a certain number 0 of Alembers had been selected to form a Per,V,i, li deputation, till the.Orclinary Cortes asSel." l4 ;sie' was uncertain whether they would tnee','"`Get- civic! or Cadiz ; but the renewal of the war ', n i e many, and the fall of St. Sebastian's, Ni'°u' u tillc bably give a decided weight to that p ortion `'tu t leading men who were anxious to •Tetura to 'capital. . We have seen a memorial of some chants'of the Havannalt, in which they con:tr ot ,' in the loudest terms of the depredations couiloico, . on their commerce by English privates!'; ' t ot Nassau, ' Npv Providence , They assegNorilr while eogaged in legitinotteconanerce 10 1 , „..e , l,' , America, their ships arc captured by Nass:o" 1 ; 00 1*, vateers, Manned almost entirely by negroes, ,t o f either incliscritniteately condemned by the Con' ~i i , Admirsity Its INttstan, or clartined et a rail l`, I 0° loss. In short the svhole paper hreathe3 ‘c ,, of the ar; strongest animosity against our ernizers• • ti 4 know that two=Deptities to the Cortes "; 10 ., names of ACOSTA find VARONA baVe Wooly ot eently arrived at Cadiz from the _ flavannah, i! , ji there is reason to - suppose, from the cel o lil c 'oe of this memorial, diet their be siiiiieiently bitter.---( Times.) • • The Cortes, in Conformity, to a P)*()1 )( ' I : .,, ; ,l from the Committee of Justice, have “ 1 ".,.',7„.0 tlie•yupishment of tehippine for ciiieinal'ottee ~0 in civil life. r • ' he br''' Capt. Lsycrt,', of the 22d grenadiers, t ,clie4l and ' humane french Oilieer who nobly' '").' .. u .,,,„„t at the itto.e.l., ~t representetious t from tbe brink of destruction." hazard of his owe lif e , tw o Le w eish it" - ,i1ic 0 .',.e. , the siege of St. Sebastien'S, was I *. est°''' .l ' - t i f()tikill;:ri almost as - .gof+n as be reaelied t be,dell-•.", otti to gavenny, and has received his passperr t•''' . to France. - Two hundred and fifty mega al the 95tih r , r ° , r l i i i i : : regiment, ...commanded by Colonel, t N l ) , l : t c :ci _7,.., tl 4;; on their march to Pertsmoueli, 0 b f i t i i r Spain, which will more Owl eti)iil' l ''' s n. compenies on that .se: vice. • i i be -` 1 j The new fortificatiou at liiisea Yr' lo. .,.,eecte . that: i'larliarnent voted a large seat O r ' 4 1 0 1 structed on nitseA'..grecs. it will be . €llc p ~~ Belli ?Or' Co/4 Plel ~is , Peet tia s i cons the , C f<►l' Litt( t lli iluin Ir on , on F It ably Alai) 11:11 ii At d cas e t() 1(14 tha►