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SECOIND EDITION* SUN- OFFICE, T-HREE O'CLOCK. SUPPLEMENT TO rHE LONDON GAZETTE . OF SATURDAY, OCT. 3. MONDAY, OCT. 5, 1812. WAR DtPARTMENT. Downing-street,. O c t: 5, 1812. A Dispatch, of which the following is an ex tract, has been this morning received at Earl Ba thurst's Office, atfdressed to his Lordship by Ge neral the Marquis of Wellington, K. B. Villa de Torn, near Burgos, Sept. et. . I continued to follow the enemy with'the troops linclpr my command till the 16th, ,vrl:en I was joined at PaniPliega by three divisions of infan try, and a small bodyof cavalry, of the army of Gallicia : his Excellency the 'Captain-General Castanos having arrived at head-quarters on the 14th. The enemy had on the 16th taken a strong position on the heights behind Celada del Camino, and arrangements were made to attack them on Ore Morning of the 17th, but the enemy retired in the night, and they were driven on the 17th to the heights close to Burgos. They retired through the town . in the night, leaving behind them some cloathing and other stores, and a large quantity of wheat and barley; and :they Lave since continued their retreat to Briviesca, where, it is reported, they have been joined by 700 f) conscripts. It is likewise reported, that the Prince of Esling has been ordered by the local government of France to come and take the com mand of the army. The castle of Burgos commands the passages of the river Arlanzon in the neighbourhood, 'and the roads communicating with them, so com pletely, that we could . not pass the river till the 19th, when we effected that operation in two co lumns, the sth 'division and Brigadier-General Bradford's brigade above, _and the Ist division and Brigadier-General Pack's brigade, and Major.: General Anson's cavalry below the town.. Burgos is situated in that division of Spain al lotted to the army of the North, and General Caf farelli, who had been here on the 17th, had placed in the castle a garrison of the troops of that army, corsisting, as is reported, of two thousand five hundred men. The enemy had taken considerable pains to fortify the castle of Burgos, and had oc cupied with a hornwork the hill of St. Michael's, which has a consulerable 'command over some of the works of the castle, at the distance of 300 yards. They had likewise occupied other parts of that bill with fleches and.other works for the protection . . _of their pickets and ont-poSts.. • As stiOn as the Ist division crossed the Arlanzon :on the 19th, the enemy's outposts were driyen in . 1)y the light infantry battalion of Colonel Sterling:a .brigade, under the command of the Honourable- Major CoCks, supported .by Brigadier-General riack's brigade, and the,enetny's outworkS on the . of St. Michael's, with the'exCeptiOn of the hornwork, were occupied 'by ontetroops, 'which were posted close to the hornwork:. it As soon as it was dark, .the same troops, with the addition of the 42d . regiment, attacked and carried by assault the hornwork which the enemy bad occupied in strength'. •In this operation 80, gadier-General Pack, Lieutenant-Colonel Hill of the Ist Portugues regiment; Colonel Campbell of the 16th, Major Williams of the 4th Cacadores, 7Major Dick of the 42d regiment,.and the Honour , able . Major Cocks of the 79th regiment, eoinmand- Ang the light infantry battalion, distinguished themselves; the latter, in particular, led the at-, tack of the enemy's posts in the morning, and en tered the hornwork by its gorge at night.. We took three pieces of cannon and one captain, and sixty two prisoners ; but I am sorry to add that our own loss Was severe, as appears by the inclosed return. . so It was impossible to ascertain the. exact state of the works of the Castle of Burgos, till we had obtained possession of the bill of Stn. Michael's. Since the 19th, we have been employed in esta . blishing ourselves on the hill of St. Michael's, and in constructing those works which are best calcu lated to forward our future operations. The whole of the army have crossed the Arlan zon, with the exception of the 6th division, and one division of Spanish Infantry. . I have accounts from Sir Rowland Hill of the 14th ; he was then at Truxillo, and had received my orders, and was to be at Oropesa on the 18th. I have not heard that Marshal Soult has yet left Granada ; he was still there on the Bth. General Ballasteros had followed the enemy's movements from the Guadalete, and had been very successful; he was at Loxa on the 6th. The enemy had .abandoned Andujar and Jaen. The last accounts I have from Alicant are of the 10th inst. Joseph Buonapartc's army, :and that of Sucher, were still in Valencia. . \ \\.l 1 have no late accounts from Cadiz. 4 D - he :Names of the Officers killed and wounded are given in the Etnikth, ;n the ceennti nave 1 oirikkvna -PAPERS: EXTRACTS OF PRIvATr. LETTERS FROM OFFItERSON' SHE EXPEDITIO*. " Alicatit, Aug. 26. wrote you a short letter from Mahon, to tell you of our motions. Since that, we haVe been to Palamos, where we made two feints to land, :thew ing ourselves off Valencia, andJastly, landed here on the.loth. .or“he 1E:1, we marched to forte;remained there the next day, and on the 17th moved to Elda, Sachet having retired to Our cavalry were pushed on to Villena and Alcoy ; but upon hearing that .Joseph was ^at El Toboso, and that Souk was advancing from the westward,. the troops marched back on the 19th tO Montforte, and on the 23d retired into cantonments hi the vil lages round this city.- " Our cavalry still continues at Villena and Al'coy. General Dsnkin, with a few horse, ad, vanced beyond the last-mentioned town, and took a small convoy of mules with the. French mail.— The only news their letters give is, that there is a new Pope. Gen. Ross's corps, which had joined us, has returned to Carthagena. • - ." The fever, still continues at Oribuela, .and in the neighbourhood, but with no great violence.— They do not seem the least afraid of it here ; the army is well. I hope we shah soon join Lord Wel lington. " Auo.-27.—Joseph and Sucliethave elliteted a junction in the neighbourhood. of Almauia add Fuente de la Heguera. Joseph has about 11,000 infantry, and 2,000 hdrse. Ido not think they are strong enough to attack us here, but will most likely wait for Sinilt. " - Auo 29 —Joseph is in Valencia. Sachet co vers the Xucar ; his head-gnarters arc in . Felipe, and his cavalry in advance. We are 16,000 strong." GIBRALTAR, SEPT. 12.—General Maitland is to be reinforced by 2000 men from. Majorca, and General Ross's division, which is coining back from Carthagetia. _ _ _ The last-mentioned .officer having in an official, communication to the Governor of Cartlaagena, expressed a wish to be made acquainted with the real state of the public health in that city, the Board of Health made a report on the 23d of August, in which they stated, that the yellow fe ver had lately broken but Within the walls; and that. the most active measures were taken by the Board. The preventing of all communication with the individuals afilictod with this disorder, had, howeyer, proved.imavailing ; and the phy sicians being of opinion, that it was impossible to completely check the contagion, the troops had been, encamped. The sick, in easy circumstances, .were permitted to get themselves attended in their own houseg, but wiht..;ut any communication with the rest of the inhabitants ; and the poor were sent to the. King's Hospital. Since the 11th, the day. on Which the Lazaret had been formed, 10 persons had died in .it of the yellow fever ; and on the 23d there were 10 sick. SEPT. 22.—A letter front Ronda of the 19th inst. states, General Ballesteros to continue at Loxai and Soult in ' Granada, where he lately' burned 2000 ; of his ,carts, The kingdom of Cor dova is completely free from enemies. Letters from the capital have been received in the course of the week.. We have nothinn. to add to last week's state :, rnent of the positions of the different armies irt the centre ul South of the Peninsula. Malta journals have been received by the packet to the 26th of last month: The number of the sth mentions the report, (given iu our former chronicle, upon the faith of private letters from The 'Same island,) 'of a body of British troops having :arrived, and even landed at the mouths of , Cattaro, hut nothing s further is said upon the Subject. in the following numbers to the latest date. EP R OM THE GIBRALTAR CHRONICLE OF SEPT. 191 PALERMO, JULY 21 Yesterday the three branches of Parliament, the. EcclesiasticaL.Mili tary, and territorial, inet in the usual manner. Pursuant to. the instructions received from his Royal Highness the, Vicar-General, they set. about • the great work, and adopted the British Consti ; -, .tution as the basis of the new Constitution of Si cily. They next fixed the limits of the legisla tive; executive, and. justiciary powers. The first 'is lodged in Parliament, the second in the King, whose person' is declared to be sacred and invio lable; but his Ministers are responsible for their conduct to Parliament, which is empowered to , try and pass sentence upon them, whenever they . are found guilty in the exercise of their func tions. The Judges are declared independent of any other authority ; but if a Judge commit an Offence, he is to be impeached by the Honse of Commons, and tried by the House of Lords.. The Parliament will, nO longer be composed of three branches, but two houses, viz. the House of Commons, consisting of the Representatives of the Cities and Baronies ; and the House of Lords, formed by the Union of the Baronial and Eccle siastical branches. The Peers c mnot be tried but by the House of Lords. No individual can be ar rested, banished, transported, or condemned, but by the Judges of the land, according to the laws. In the enacting of the laws, the two Houses must agree; but they are not to be enforced as such, until they have been sanctioned ,by the King, who is at liberty to give or' refuse his sanction.— Parliament alone has the right of raising taxes. The Barons of the kingdom have. 'generously given up those feudal privileges. which they had enjoyed" for eight centuries, by the unquestionable right of birth, and,by the fundamental laws of the kingdom. They have generously giv.en up those ntimerous feudal rights .which could not be abo, fished in any of the countries where they were established, but by force of arms;' tior be extin guished but in torrents .of blood. r•The Barons of the kingdom have, of their own accord, • waved, those many prerogatives' which gave them a de- 1 : Tided pre-eminence above the other clasSes,, and rest satisfied with those rights which they enjoy in common with all their fellow-citizens; thus making of the' whole kingdom of Sicily but one family under one head, which is go ver n e d by , thosejust and liberal laws which she herself has . utade. - • MiiSINA, AVG. 'S.—The foll Owing sentences have been published in an order of the day issued to the British army at PalermL;_ • . Head.4iiatters, Palermo, Jizty 28, 1812. At a Council of War held in the city of Ales sina, in the Island of Sicily, on the Llth.of Jan. 1312, and thence 'continued at different tiMes to the 31st of the same mouth, the 1(A - its-lug indi viduals having been:tried, the Council sentenced them as follows, Ivhieh sentences . have been ap proved byb is Royal Highness thel lereditaryPrince: Don Pietro ‘Tersaci, 'to• be •imprisoned in the ensile of one of the adjacent isles, 'during the' turn of his natural life; , DonFranciseo Santoro, to pay 'a fine of 20,000 ounces, which sum is to remain at the 'disposition. of Lord Win. Bentinck, to be diStributed to the poor -of Sicily : to be imprisouedifor seven yeall in the castle of Pantelleria or.some other of the adjacent isles ; and then to be banished frOm Si cily,for life ;:pr, in case the above fine should not be paid, to he imprisoned another seven years in the said castle. The Abate Panucio, to be degraded from iris sacred functions, and imprisoned. in one of the castles of the adjacent Wands for seven years. The Abate MinaSi, to be degraded from his sa cred functions, and banished for life to one of the adjacent island 3. Lieutenant-Colonel Infante to be dismissed the service, and banished during the war to one of the adjacent islands. Captain Spadea Pandolfi, to be ignominiously cashiered and imprisoned 15 years in the castle of ,one of the adjacent islands. Gaetano Lo Foro, to be sent to the gallies for 25 years. Giovanni Capasso, to he imprisoned in the cas tle of the adjacent islands during life. Pietro Soraci, to be banished - to one of the ad jacent islands, for the space of Live years, or dur ing the war. Colonel. C:mstantino de FilippiS, to be publicly cashiered, and banished to one of. the adjacent islands, during the war. . - (Signed) P. HERoN, I II6. Gen. (Pres.) By order of bis Excellency the Commander of the Forces, (Signed) CAM Pl3ll. L,Afai.GenikAdj.Gen. PALERMO, AUG. 17.—The extreme heat of the season having obliged the Members of . Parlia ment.to request permission of his Royal Highness to rertiove their sittings from the Seminario de Chieriei, Where they had hitherto been - held,their request was granted., and on the 12th the Parlia ment met in tht above-mentioned College, when, while the Members of the three branches were employed in their duty, an explosion was heard near the spot, which, logether.with the Smoke that entered the window, and the strong smell of powder which filled the room, gave.uspicion of some treachery. Persons were immediately sent to inquire and examine in the street, when it was found, that-the explosion proceeded from a.hottle of thick glass filled with powder, nails.,•and other thins, and covered with tLx, that it might not break in its fall, hilt have afull effect in ifs ex plosion,'whiCh appears to have been intended against the chamber of the Commons, the ‘tindows of which looked into that street.- It however, did no injury, the explosion taking place tob soon. • The Parliament imtnediately hinnilly represented to The Thicine the horrible attempt, and continued its labours with the greatest tranquility.- his Royal High ness ordered a sentinel to be placed, and publish ed an- offer of a reward of 1000 pizie to-any per son' who should discover.ihe author of the intend ed Mischief.—:(GdMhz-Britannica, Aug. '22.) PROM THE LONDON GAZETTE, Ocsf. 3, Whitehall, Sept. 29, 1812. the following coat acts and letter have been re- , eeivecl at the 'East India House from the Go vernor General in. _Council at Fort William, in Bengal. Extract of a Dispaidi from the GorerriorGeneral in Council, 'dated Gth Match, 1812. We deem, it proper to fransknit a circumstantial detail 'of the assault uponlthe celebrated fortress of Callinger,and the insuperable obstacles which oc casionetHts-failure.- This dettkil,is-coutained in a disppteh, from Colonel Martindell, commanding the troops, dated . 'the 4th ultimo. We have the honour to transmit a copy of that dispatch, toge ther %vitlythe FopT of a-letter from the Adjutant .!General, in iyhich the former has been communi cated to Government. We.partitipate most cordially in the applause bestowed by his Excellency the Commander in Chief and by Colonel Martinciell, on the exemplary gallantry and persevering intredidity manifested by the officers and men engaged in the assault ; an as- , .sault which, althOwali it failed in the immediate attainment of its object, can scarcely be deemed unsuccessful ; since to the terror inspired by it must begscribed, the subsequent surrender of thii almost impregnable fortress, on terms and in a manner which have maintained the credit of our arms, without any sacrifice of dignity, or any con cessions of material importance to our interests.—. We concur also entirely in the praise bestowed by the Commander in Chief on the distinguished zeal„ judgment, and exertions of Colonel Martindell, conducting the arrangements and operations of the late service in Bundftcund. • We deeply lament -die loss, in killed and wound.. ed, which, by the return accompanying Colonel 2,:4arii,ndell's „dispatch, your Honourable Court will find has attended this enterprise, but we have tlie:Salisfactionto learn, that, with very few ex. ception, the wounded are in a state of recovery, and that the total number of. those who have been killed, or whohave died of their wounds, including officers, does not exceed 19 or 20. To N. B. Edmonstone, Esq, Chief Secretory to Government, Secret Department. SIR, I am directed -by the Commander' in Chief to request you will lay before the Right Honourable the Governor-General in Council, the inclosed copy of a dispatch, dated the 4th ultimo, but only received this morning, from Colonel Martindeil, coinmandidg in Bundlecund, detailing the parti culars of theas_sault on Callingcr, on the morning of the 2d of February, and transmitting a return of thilkilled-afill wounded in that most gallant en• terprise... Althouglithe.Commander in Chief deeply la ments the loss sustained by the British trovs in the attempt to carry_Cullinger by storm, his Ex cellency considers the early surrender of that cele brated fortress to the British power as the imme te consequence of the impression made ou the mind of the enen v, bythe determined spirit shewu in the assault of • the breach, and by the•severity of the. loss lk experienced on the occasion. The Commander in Chief trusts that, although the exertions of Lieutenant-Colonel' Mawbey, of his Majesty's 53d foot, and of the brave officers and men who acterl under him on this arduous ser vice, were not crowned by theimmediate success which they .deserved, owing to the formidable natural obstacles wlikh opposed them, their zeal and gallantrw)ll not be viewed thu less entitled to the distitigniShed approbation or his Lordship in Condeil,. Reverting to the arrangements made for assem bling.the force before Callinger, and for investing the place; as well as to the progress of the siege, -the Commander in Chief finds just occasion for bringing tO the favourable notice of Government, the; conduct of Colonel Martindell 'in the general direotion of the important: service confided to his experience and ability; and the persevering zeal and exertions inanifested by all descriptions of the troops, the detachments of the European cavalry, artillery,. and inf..-.n:ry, the native infant - x -5r and pi.- oneers in the laborious operations of the siege prior to the assault on the 2d February. The Right Hon. the Governor-General in Council will have noticed, will,peculiar satisfaction, in Colonel Mar tindell',s former dispatches, the testimony borne to the•serikeS• rendered by the artillery and engi neer departments throughout the siege ; and to the exemplary-valour displayed by Captain Smyth, the directing engineer, on the -morning of the 2d February. . I hae the honour to be, &e. G. W. PAGAN, Adj. Gen. Adjutant-General's Oflict; Fort William, March 5, 1612. To Lieutenant-Coloael Fagan, Adjutant-General. SIR, GOT TENBURGII MAIL. GOTTENBURG, SEPT. 23.—We have not yet rc ceived the , liknsian accounts of the battle of Smolensk, nor any farther accounts relative to the hostile armies. BERLIN, SEPT. 12.—Yesterday arrived here a box, containing the embalmed heart of the Gene, _rat of Division Count .Guilin, who was wounded at the battle of Volontina, and died of his wound at Smolensk on the 24th of August. It. will be transported to ,Mayence, and from thence con veyed to the Countess, his widow. INSPRUCK, SEPT . . 2.—A great number of car riages, coniiug from Jtaly,, and laden. with mili tary effects, have passed through our Cantons last week, on thefr way to the Grand Army. .NultEwwitG, SEPT, Wirtemberg bat talions arrived here yesterday, where they re mained, and to-day again set out to join .the Grand Army. • , . . A great number of seamen have 13fen taken from the ships in the Scheldt, and marched in small bodies to the coasts of the Baltic, 'others hare tu ken the route to Russiaperhaps to assist in the siege of Riga; &c. SNUTIIFILLD MARKET, OCT. 5. This day's market was well supplied with prime beasts, and the s?xr.-.- of cattlq iz -Oeneral—w:as.' plentiful. Park is cheaper ; Mutton, , and Veal were Bearer ; Beef sold : a last - price; and the trade, for the most part, was somewhat brisk.— The sales in the Hay-market were rather lively;: Hay and Straw fetched last prices.---We . . subjoin anaccurate statement of the prim; and, numbers,. With reference to my letter to your address of the 2d instant, reporting the failure on the morn ing of that day; I have now the honour to trans- Ma a return of the killed and wounded, and to state for the information of his Excellency the Commander in Chief, that the storming party consisted of five companies of his Majesty's 53a regiment, twelve, companies of grenadiers, and nine companies of light infitntry of the line, di vided intiiihree columns of eight companies each, exelnsive Of:the grenadiers and light infantry of his:Maj - esty's ,53d, tinier Capt. Fraser of that corps ; and the. following is the disposition that was 'made on the day previous to the attack. The forlorn' hope, con:isting of a set jeant and CORx , -r4 -,,, XCHANGE, OCT. s.—We bad a giaod twelve, privates of his Maje s ty's 53d reg i ment , . were to lead, followed by the gr ena di ers an d li g h t supply of . Wheat to-day from .E s s ex and Ke n t, infantry of that corps. The ist, or l ea di ng co though not so considerable as last Monday ; sales lump, consisting of the remaining three companies of fine, rather brisker at Priday!s rites ; hut few ot-*Aii.s Majesty's 53d, and five com p an i es o f gre arrivals of Oats, which maintain -p the last quoted ' nadiers ; the 2d column, compos e d o f e i g ht cum piices; BarleV, Malt, and Rye, the same as Fri-„ panies of grenadiers and light infantry, under the day,. and rather clan of sale.;' Boilinu. PeaSe have b command of Lieut.-Col. Fraser, of the Ist betta experienced a .considerable advance .; New Tick ' lion of the 11th regiment, and the 3d column of Beans 2s, cheaper i. in Old no alteration. eight companies of grenadiers and light infantry, New Wheat 745. 104 s. 1094. Tick Beans - - - 823. 889. under the command of - Major Cumberiedte, of Fine ditto -- - -115 R. Old ditto - - -100 s. Rve - -98 s. ioas. the 2d battalion of the 2d regiment. Barley -- - -50 s. :345. Feed Oats .- •- - Us. 565. The wrenadiers and light infantry. of his M - , b b New Pittoditto - - - Malt -- - -86 s. 965. Poland ditto - 545. ri:: jestv's 53d; after gaining the summit of the Five ditto - - r 9Ss. i Old ditto -.- - 655. breach, were ordered to file to tse right ;:nd left 1 ;) he Prase (buil.) 90s, ' 9ss. Potatee ditto 675. alonm he raMpart. The Ist column was in- Niel , ditto - - - ' - 10-ss. Rape Seed - , - c4l. (585. I - t . stractet after eti cl ing the breach to push along Grey eittn• `- - - 765. B2-3. Fine Fluor - - foss. Ms. ' - lir , : ditto - - - RS: Rm,i,r/rie - - ace I.(l^c the north front : the . 2d 011.m/A thp . cr r ill. , P • i;t e. ar - To sink the Offal,. per Stone of Sib. • . Beef, 4s. 2d. to Ss. 2d. Mutton, 4s. ed. to ss. 4d. Veal, gd. to 7s. 2d. Lamb; Os. to Os. Od. Pork,• ss. 6d. to 7s. 44.. Beasts, 2,700. Sheep, 19,000. .Calves, 145.. Pigs, 220. SMITHFIELD HAYMARKET: Hay, 41. Os. to 51. ss. Straw, el. 25., to 31. Os. Clover, 51. Os. to 71.05.