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now applied the credit of the country. tie hoped 't at some plan would be digested for that purpose iiurin! l . ,... ':he ensuing recess, for in the present Ses sion nothi could be done. Ile had stated his sentiments openly ; and whatever circumstances tni/I:t cast a temporary gloom at present over the aFTe-t of affairs, - 'he was convinced that the coun try was not only in a state unimpaired in its finances, but wasgrowing in progressive iinprove ment, and was capable of carring on the contest as long as might be necessary front the great in terests, conr.erned. . Fiirther and great sacrifices miqhtheconie necessary to oppose the Tyrant , bc,tl:- depended on theTpublic spirit, and looked fox“.vard with confidence to the result. Member fro the Opposition side, whose name' we could not learn, objected . to the tax on le iter, that if it Was applied to shoe-leather, it wouid press - upon the-ponr.' Mr. GiLl.s thought that thetas on Agric'ulture was.a great injustice upon the fariner, and' stated - his intention of objecting to it on a future day. After a few observations from Lord A.,llamil ton, Sir .1. Newport, Mr. W. Fitzgerald; Colonel , Bastard, Mr.. Baking, and Mr. Parnell, the several Resolutions were agreed to, and the report was ordered to be received to-morrow.. Ilusu BUDGET. Mr. WELLESLET POLE then proposed the Budget for Ireland. The Right Hon: Gentleman stated, that he should not go much at length into the subject, but should be ready to answer any observations which inight be made. He would state the Supply necessary for the service of the year, and would afterwards state the Wpys and Means .for meeting that supply. With respect to the 'Supply, it -was as follows : Due on the Contribution for 1811 The quota doe 1812 Interest of the Debt up to the stii January 4,496,000 Making a total Supply of 'WAYS AND MEANS , : In the first instance he should take— The Stirplus of the Consolidated Fun& 2,755,000 Pevenue for the Year 4,300,000 Net Revenue for the last Year • 4,170,000 Bounty on sale of-Retail - Spirits - - 40,000 Regniation . of Tobacco Dotie, &c. Profits of Lotteries 15 0 5000 Payment of Seamen's Wages, &c. Loan and Exclietpter Bills _ " . 2,000,000 .. Making a total of Being an excess of eighty thousand pounds above the supply. It was necessary to state, in laying the Ways and. Means before the COMmittee, that as far as respected the Loans, and, the mode of paylng the interest upon the LOan now raised, the .ame mode was applicable to bOth countries. The amount of the interest to be provided for be 7 ing,four .13u nd red and forty-nine thousand pounds, -it was proposed, in providing for the payment of that interest, that the tag on spirits distilled in Ireland,. should be , made applicable to the dis-, charge of the interest. He tool , : 'it foi granted; upowa moderate calculation, tat the tax would cover, the amount required. A tax upon Irish Spirits had been laid of 2s, 6d. per gallon in addi tion to the former tax, which made the amount of duty ss. The 'consumption of spirits charged with the duty, amounted to six million five bundied and fiftyLsix thousand gallons, of which quantity 792 thousand gallonS were-exported, lealiing.con sequently 5 millions 764 thousand for home eons sumption. When the tax was formerly proposed, he had stated, that it might very poBsibly operate to reduce the consumption ; and he found his ex pt etations had in - some measure been realized, for the consupption was reducearone-fifth,:leaving of cOurs,: for home consumption 4 Million 610 thou sand galicins, which taken at 58. sd. Irish cm*. relic y, per gallon, would produce 1 million. 248 • thousand pounds, being 468,000/. more than the former day. It would be seen, therefore, that a surplus remained of atiout 'l9 thousand pounds. From-all the information he had been able to:ob tain, there was every prospect of a plentiful bar ve6t—so that there was every probability of the di&;:tdleries being opened. After some furthmob • serwtions, he concluded with moving; " That towards raising the Supply to be granted to his - :Majesty, a. stn, not, exceeding 500 thousand pounds be granted to be raised in the issue of Treasury Bills." After afew observations from Sir J. Newport, Mr. Fitzgerald, and Mr. Bankes, the Resolution was agreed, to; and the Report was ordeted to lie received 49-morrow.. _ The House adjourned at Two o'clock. Cons. for Op. PRICE OF STOCKS TillS DAY AT TWELVE p'CLOCK. 58 571 I Ital. Ann, 7 1 -I' - ' THE U k 74 SOLEM QUIS DICERE• FALSUM AU ? L 0 ND N, THUASDXY, JUN I`=, 1812. ye are happy to have it in our power to lay before our Readers the details of the gallant achievements of our troops in the Peninsula, which were published this morning in. a Gazette Extra ordinary. The annual statement of the Supplies and 'Ways.. and Means for- the year, - was yesterday brought fo; - ward in the A-louse of Commons, by the CHAN CELLOR of the E%,CHEO.I.IER. We have not room to make any comments upon the statement of the Right licti. Gentleman, except to express our sincere satisfaction that it liT t s been found practi cable to provide Taxes to so large on amount, which are likely to press with such little severity on the lower orders of the people.—Mr. W. PriLE, in the Irish Budget, did not propOse . any new Tax whatever. • _Last night Paras - Papers to the 14th inst. reach ed town.. They mention the arrival of BIT ONA-. PARTE at Thorn.; and his reviewing the troops ; but it does not 'appear that any act of hostility has been committed on either side. The famous Count Rom ANZ OW , died suddenly at \Vilna. ttit LONDON GAZETT.B EXTRAMDINAII.Y. THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1812. WAR DEPARTMENT. Dwning-street, Junc 17, ISI2. Major Cinrie, Aide-de-Camp to Lieutenant- General Sir Rowland Hill, arrived this evening at Lord Bathurst's Office with .a dispatch, of which, the following is an extract, addressed to the Earl of Liverpool, by General the Earl of Wellington, dated Puente Guinaldo, 28th May, 1812. When 1 found that the enemy hail retired from' this' frontier s , on the 24th of April; I iiirected Lieutenant general Sir Rowland Hill_ to carry into execution the operations against the enemy's posts and - establishments at the pas Sage of the , Toeis at Alniaraz. ' Owing. to the necessary -preparations for this expedition Lieutenant-General Sir RoWland Hill, could not begin his March, with part of the 2d division olinfantry, till the 12U - eh - Ist and he at tained the objects of his expeditioti'lan the' 19th, by taking by ,storm Forts Napoleon and Ragusa, and the tetes-dn-pot and Other works; by which the enemy's bridge was guarded, by destroying those forts arid works;, and the enemy's bridge and establishments, and by taking their magazines . 'and two hundred' and fifty-nine prisoners, and eighteen pieees.of cannon. . I have the honour to enclose Lieutenant Gene rat Sir Rowland:Hill's report of this brilliant ex- 7 ploit ; and' beg to draw - your Lordship's atten tion to difficulties With which he had to contend, as Well_ froth'the nature of :the country,' as•from the works which the enemy' had constructed, and to the ability and the characteristic qualities dis- . played by Lieutenant General Sir Rowland Hil l. , • in- persevering in.the line, - and cop!ining.himself to the objects, chalked out by his instructions,' notwithstanding the various obstacles opposed•to his progress. • have nothing to. add to.Lieutenant-General Sir 1t; 11111's report of the conduct of the s officers and troops under his-Command, excepting tin'ex press in concurrence in all he says in their praise. Too much cannot be said of the brave officers and troops whO took by stoenr, without the assistance of cannon, such works as theenemy'S-farts oil both banks. of the- TaguS, fully garrisoned, in good, order.; and defended by eighteen pieces of artillery. • Your Lordship is aware that the road of Almaraz affords rhe'only goodmilitary communication across the Tagus, and from the Tagus to the 'Guadiana,' below Toledo.: All the permanent bridges below the bridge of Aezohispo have been destroyed during ! the war,.byone or other of the belligerents, and the enemy have found itsimpossible to repair them.. Their bridge, Which Lieutenant-General Sir Row land Hill has destroyed, was one of boats ; and.l doubt their having the -means of replacing The communications from the' bridges of Arzo bispo and 'Talavera to the Guadiana, are Very dif ficult; and cannot be deemed military -communi, cations for a large army. The result then of. Lieutenant-General Hill's expedition, has been to cut off the 'shortest and best communication between the armies of the'Soxith and of Portugal. Nearly about the time that the enemy's troops; reported in my last dispatch to have moved into the Condado de Niebla, marched from Seville,' it is, reported that another considerable detachment Under Marshal Soult went towards the blockade of Cadiz, and it was expected that .another attack was to,he made upon Tariffa. It appearS, however, that the enemy received early intelligence of Sir itowland Hill's march.— The troops miller the command of General Drouet , •made a movement to their left, and arrived upon the GuadianaatMedellin on the 17th instant; and 1 on the 18th, a detachment of the , cavalry under the • • command of :the same General drove in, as far as Ribera, the picquets of Lieut.-General Sir Wil liam Erskine's division of cavalry,' which had re mained in Lower Estramadura, With, a Partof the 2d division of infantry,. and. Lieutenant-G i eneral Hamilton's division of infantry. Marshal-Soult likewise moved from- - the blockade of Cadiz to-. wards Cordova ; mid the troops which had marched rt from Seville into the Cohielo de .Niebha e returned tO . Seville nearly about the same time but Lieutenant-General Sir Rowland Hill had attained his object on the 19th,: and had returned to TruzillO,and was beyond all risk of being at-. 'tacked by a superior force on the 21st. The' enemy's troops have retired into Cord Ova. Since the aCeounts have been received of.Lient.- General Sir RoWland's Hill's expedition, the ene-- my's tenor have likewise been put in motion in Old and New Castile; the Ist division, under Ge neral boy, and a division of the Army of the Centre under General, D'Arrnagnae, 'crossed the Tagus by, the bridge of Arzobispo on the 21st, and have moved by the road of Deleytusa, to relieve or, witir.Taw the post - which still remained in the tower of Mirabete. The whole ,of the army of Portugal• have like wise made a : movement to their left ; the. 2d di viSion being On the Tagus-, and Marshal Maraio'nt's head-quarters haVe been removed fromiSala.manca to: Fontieros. • By a letter from Sir Howard Donglas; of the 24th instant, I learn 'that the troops under Ge neral Bonnet, after having made two' plundering, excursions towards the frontiers' of- GalLicia, had `again entered 'the AsturiaS, and was-on the 17th it:' possession of Oviedo, Gijon, and Grado. Li the meantime the troops under-General Men dizabel are in possession of the town of BUrgos, the. enemy still keeping the castle; and 'all parts of the country the boldness and activity`of• time chiefs of Guerillas are increasing ; and their. operations against the enemy are becoming daily More, important. • , I forward this dispatch by Major Currie, Aid de-Camp ;to Lieutenant-General 'Sir Rowland Hill, whom I beg leave to recommend to your Lordship's' notice and protection. MY LOItD, Truxillo, May 21,1812. 1 have the satisfaction to acquaint your Lord ship, that your instructions relative to the capture and destruction of the - enemy's works at Alinaraz son ) t 4 the liOth . ; and Major C ither, of the 71-,t, comuranded the three .attacks, and lt...dthein in a most gal ant and spirited manner. I-have received the greatest assistance fro Dickson ,of thellOyal A rt illery,whont, with a brigade of twenty4our pounders, a coal; pally of British, and one of Portugese artillery, your Lordship was pleased to pat under my or ders. Circumstances did not permit his guns being brought into play.; bUt Ls exertions, and those of his officers and men eduri2gthe attack and de struction of the place, were unwearied. In tite latter service Lieutenant Thiele, of - the Royal German Artillery was, blOwn up ; and we have t; regret in him a most•gallant Di - neer; he had parti. Marty d ktinguished himself in the assault. Lieu:. tenant Wright, of the Royal Engineers, has alf,; , ; rendered ate very 'eSsenlial service ; he is a molt intelligent, gallantyand .meritorious Officer ; aud: I must not omit also to mention tient. the 29th regiment, whose knowledge of this pare of the country proved of great assistance. Your Lordship - wilt observe, from the return of ordnance and-stores which bavethe honour to inclose, that Almaraz has liten considered 'hi,- the. enemy in the light of amost important i3tatiOn and I am happy to state that its destruction has been most complete. The towers of masonry which were in Forts Napoleon and :Ragusa have been; entirely levelled;. the ramparts of ball in greet Measure destroyed ; and the whole apparatus of, the bridge, together with' the work-slops; ma gaiineS, and . every piece of timber which could. be found, entirely destroyed. A. colour, belonging to the fourth battalion of the Corps'Etranger, Was taken by the' 7.lst regi ment, and I shall have the honour of fOrwarding it'to your Lordship. • - Our lOsslaS nOt been severe, considering ths• circumstance's under which the attack was, made. I inclose a. list of the killed and•wounded. Cap tain Chandler, : of the 50th, regiment, (the only Officer killed' in the- assault>. has, I am sorry te say, left a' It.rg,-e family to deplore his loss. ' a He was-one of.the first to mount the" ladder, and fell upon the parapet, after-giving a distinguished el. - - ample to his men. - • • I..have had frequent . occasions .to, mention to, your" Lordship in terms of 'the highest praise the conduct of Lieutenant-Coloner Rooke, Assistant Adjutant-General. During the whole period have, had. a separate command in this country, that Officer •has been with me, and rendered \most es sential service to my corps; on the present 'exile-. dition he has eminently distinguished himself, and I beg leave particularly to notice his cenduct.-,--- Your Lordship is also awareof the merits of Lieu tenant-Col. OffeneY, my Assistant Quarter.4laster General, of whole valuable aid I have been de prived.,during the latter part of this expedition.--' Though labourinunder severe illness, he accom panied me, to the serious detriment of his health,. and Until it was 'totally inipracticable for him; to proceed. Captain - Thorn, Deputy Assistant Quar ter-Master General, succeeded to his duties ; and I am indebted to him for his assistance, and also to Major Hill and my personal Staff. The Marquis de Alineida, Member of the J'' of Estremadura, has done. me the- honour to ac' company me, since I have been in the pro; dice'" I have received from. him, as well a s from the, people, the : most .ready and effectual assistancer_ which it was in their power to bestow. Major Currie, my Aid-de-Camp, will deliver to your Lordship this dispatch, and tbecolour takvat from the enemy, and will be able to give youcal further : particulars: beg. to, recommend lara't-9 your. Lordship. • . . I have the to be, Sze. • „ , (Signed) R. HILL, Lieut. Gca. inclose a return:-o; prisoners; in nUmber 01 - 0 hundred and fifty-nine, including, the Go-Vernor , e, Lieutenant-Goverubr; and ifteen Officers. I also transmit a return of provisions in the l'ort s near •tii&hridge, taken from. one ..sig-led Chief of the French Commissariat on the kitl.l Cf May. Itetlirti of Killed and Wounded of the Army under the .Col 5" ,nia,nsl. of, his ExCellency, General the Earl et' I,4ellinctosf K.rt, under the immediate orders of Lientenant-Gena e :i 'Sir l-tir.liand , llill, K.F. at the Storm and Capture of Fol Nfirp6l.,!on, and the Enemy's 'other Works, in the ne414 4 ” bonrbood of Alinaraz, on the snornlng of the 19th 0f.144 1 Gen:n-0 r.C.:t:.)l-1 Captain, 1 lieutenant, 1 serjeant, , 30 ra - 141!ed; Y iaptaiTtt , , 6 lieuteriants, 5 ensis - ris, 1 " serjeants, 1 drummer, 120 rank and file, wounded:, Names Of Ogicers killed and wounded.-.. ' • Killed.—King's German Artilierv—Lient. Thiele, blown tir'' Iteginient.—Captain Chandier. . Wounded. , —Royal Engineers—Lient. Wright, fAtli.Ftiot—Capt. Sanlys, severely ; Lient. Heinsworth, te, verely; Lieut. Patterson,,sliglitiv ; Lieut. Richardson, se -verely; Ensign Goddard, severely; En,igns Crofton 0 01 Goddard, slightly. 71st FO-4.—(:apt. Grant, clancrouslv . (since dead) ; Lockwood;, severely; Lieut, Ross aitii Ensign Wlicazig slightly.. . • Gth Caeadores.—Pcriern Cotinho, severely. • Return of Ordnance and Stores captured, at the.Britige Ahnaxaz, on the morning of the I.)tii of .!".lay, 1812, by Troops under the Command of Lieutenant-Generai S' Rowland Hill, K.B. • Total-7 twelve-pounders, 5 six-pounders, I :four-pounder) ten-inch howitzer, 4 six 7 *bt?owitzers.-18. A cot:sit/41 able portion of powder in bat4els and - cartridges fixed L shot; but as the magazines were blown up immedia t ! -, after the capture by order of Liente.nant,General Sir 10 1 -l' and every thing destroyed; the exact !luatitity *as not certained. 1‘20,000-..mitsltet 'ball cartridges, -300 six.inch . 32 rounds of case-shot of various•calibre, 413 nitiSketS With b " 1 ;. onets, .20 'largo pontoon bunts, cintipoz.;ug the -britl4e, timber, complete; 60 carriages for rent - wing - the same, 34 ' aloo for. the conveyance of heavy timber; a large port iA rope, Of various dimenions, also anchors , timber, tools, a: r : every thing , complete on a lalg est4iishinent, for keel!'" the bridge and carriage. i . in a state of repair. - (Sigueil) A. Dteii.F.ON, Coram;.ssary l eserve Artilier , - - get:lm of\ 01 - lieers,' Noticor ! puiiiioned 0:7 - icirs; end Soldier PrilonerA of War, taken at the Storming of the Eiseuy Works at the 'Bridge of Alinzicaz, on the Morning of ' 1 15th May. 1812. - Total-1 lieuthuant-e.oltrnel, 1 rna'fr, 5 cantainf , 3 lieu t n;:nt, 7 staff, '212 non-cOn , missi;meS or,icera and privateg. (Signed) J. C. ItOOKE, Lieut.-CA. and A. A• • State of ,1 1 ,rovisions ill ifiC. Forts at the Bridge of Almar el, c i the Mondn of the 1911 i of May, 1z.!14, t a ken from aP. - turn signed by the French Comtnissa , ...• dated the 18th . ' May, 1818. . • Rations—Bread P.s, biscuit 29,961. rice 63,961, ve7etabil 2554, salt 23,926, ;oil 442,3, 'Winen .71.3, brandy. 27, 64, 1 cattle 16,845, salt meat 18,084. F. FOR.CHET• ttiigne! l ) A true extract, (Signed) J. C. nooKE, Li e ni.-Col. and A. A. G. 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(post . paid);.thust be addressed. have been *lost fully ctirrien into 4ect by a de tachatent of troops tinder Inv orders 5 which march:- eel fiom Ahnendralcjo, on the 12th instai The brik_ee was, as vont- Lordship knows, pro tected by strong works thrown up by the French on both sides of the river, and further covered on the southern side by the castle and redoubts of Mirabete about a league off, commandttig the pais of that name, through which runs the road to Madrid, being the only'one passable for carriages of any description by which the bridge can be ap proachetl., The works on the left bank of the river, were a tete-du-pont, built of masonry, andstronglv trenched, and on'thebigh ground above it, a large and well-constructd fort, called Napoleon,,ivith an inter ior intrenchmect, and loop -holed, tower in it; centre.. This fort contained nine pieces of catnion, with a garrison of between four and five hundred, men. There beilig also on the opposite side of the river, on a height immediately above the bridge, a 'very complete fort recently con structed, *Melt flanked and added much to its defence. , • On the morning, of the IGth, the troops reach ed Jaraicejo, and the same evening marched in three columns ; the left column, commanded by Lieutenant General Chowne (28th and 34th regi ments, under Colonel Wilson, and the 6th Portu guese Cacadores), towards the castle of Mirabete;' the right column, under Major General Howard (50th, 71st, and 92d regiments), which I aCcom— mpelf, to :a pass in the mountains, through which a most difficult and circuitous .foot-path leads by the village of Roman gordo to the bridge; the -centre column, under Major General Long (6th and ,18th Portuguese infantry, under Col, Ash - worth, and 13th light dragoons, with the artillery), advanced upon the high road to the pass of . .Mirabete. The two flank columns were,provicled with lad-: tiers, and it was intended that either of them should proceed 'to escalade the forts against which -they were directed, had circumstances proved favourable; the difficulties, however, which each had to encounter on its march were such, that it was impossible for them to reach their respective points before day-break,; I judged it best, therefore, as there was no longer a possi bility or surp:i2e, to defer the attack, until we should be better acquainted with the nature and position Of the works, and the troops bivouacked on the Leina, • • I determined on endeavouring to penetrate to the bridge by the mountain path leading through the village of Romangordo, although, by that means, I shonld be deprived of the use of my artillery.' , • On the evening of the '.Bth I moved with Major- General Howard's brigade,_ and the' 6th Portu guese regiment for the operation, provided with scaling ladders, &c. Although the.distance march ed did not exceed five or six miles the difficulties of the road were such, that with the united exer tions of officers and men, the column' could not be 'formed for the attack before daylight. .Con fiding, however, in the valour of the troops, I ordered the immediate assault of Port Napo leon. My confidence was' fully justified ,by event. 'The Ist battalion of the 50th, and one wing 'of the 71st regiment, regardless 'of the enemy's ar tillerf and ruttsquetry escaladed the work in three places, nearly at the same time. The enemy seem 'ed at first determined, and his fire was destructive, but the ardour of our troops was irreAstildle, and the garrison was driven at the point Of the bayonet, through the several entrenchments - of the fort and tete-du-pont, across the bridge, which having been cut by those on the oppo,ite, sitlP of the river, many leaped into the river and thus perished. The impression made upon the enemy's troops. was such, .that the panic soon connraiiiicated itsaf to those on the right bank Of river, and Fort Ra gusa was instantly abandoned, the garrison flying': in the greatest confusion towat ds Naval, Moral. I cannot sufficiently praise . the condact,of 50th and . 7lst Reginients, to whointhe assault fell.. The cool and steady manner in which they formed and , advaived i and the intrepidity - vvitti, which-they mounted the ladders, and carried the, * place; etas worthy of tho§e disting - nislicd corps, and the officers who-led them. .Could' the attack have been made before day; the 92d regiment, under Lieut.-Col. Cameron, and, the remainder of the.. 71st regiment, under the. Hon. Lieut-Col. Cadogan, were to have esealaded. the tete-du-pont, and effected the destruc tion of the bridge, at the same, time that the attack was made on Fort Napoleon. The imp.4si bility of advancing deprived them of this opportu nity of distinguishing themselves, but the share which they had in the operation and the zeal which they displayed, entitles them to my warmest canrmendation, and I cannot avoid to invntion the steadiness and good discipline of the 6th Portu guese infantry, and two companies of the 60:•11 regiment, under Colonel Ashworth, which form ed the reserve to this attack. thir operations in this quarter were much fa , voured by a diversion made by Lieutenant General Chowne, with the trons wider his orders, apinst the Castle of Mirabete,• which succeeded in in dacing the enemy to believe that we should not attack the forts near the bridge, until we had forced the pass, and thus have made way for our ,artillery. The Lieut. General conducted this operation, as well as his former advance, entirely to my satisfaction. I regret, much that the pe culiar situation of Mirabete should have prevent ed my allowing the gallant corps under his orders to follow up an operation which they had corn.. menced 'with much spirit, and were so' anxious to complete. _ 1 cannot too strongly express how much 'I am satisfied With the conduct of Major-Gen. Howard through the whole of this operation, the most ar duous part of which has fallen to his share ; and particularly of the manner in which he led his bri _gade.to the assault. Ile was ably assisted by his Staff, Brigade-Major Wemyss,..of the 50th, and Lieut. Battersby, of the 23d Light Dragoons. To Major-General Long I inn, also, indebted- for his assistance, although his 'column was not im mediately engaged. - Lieutenant-Colonel Stewart and - Major Harri-