The Sun. — London, England, 1812-09-25 00:00:00

MAILS. Aultrvnia-1 Lishou,i Heligoland, 1 Dublin, .4 Waterford. Du —I Cadiz, I Lisbon, 1 Guernsey, I Jersey, 3 Gotten. burgh. Cr Fels PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. • 33K Omniuth THE SUN. SoLF.:3I QUIS rALsirm AuuE.IT? ,LONDON, FRIDAY, 411PTEMAER 25, 1812. li pr. Last night Paris Papers to the 21st instant reached town; they do not bring'. anyfurther news from the North, but they contain a'very interest ing document, viz. the official account by Mar shal MARmosT of the battle of Salamanca, and of the various movements and manceuvres :which preceded it. We have been so long accustomed to such false and: exaggerated statements from BUONAPARTE and other French Generals, that MARMONT'S . dispatch, though coytaining, innu merable misrepresentations, is comparatively afair report. He acknowledges adcfeat, and says ,he lost 6000 men. The Marshal attributes the loss of the battletohis being wounded, and speaks in no very Modest terms of the wise combinations whichhehad made. The Letter of MARMONT is dated the 31st of July, and duly appears in the Moniteur of the 20th September. ,This delay, we presnme, was occasioned by its being sent to BuoicAPARTE before it was published, or• it might arise from the corn , munications of the French in Spain being so com pletely intercepted.' The Auckland packet, with a Mail from HeEgo ' lat,d, and the Lady Francis packet, with a Mail from Gottenburgh, arrived yesterday at Harwich. i t he latter was not come into harbour, nor had any boat come from her, so that the intelligence she may have brought has not transpired. No Gottenburgh Mail had arrived at the Post - Office when this Paper was put to press. The Duke of CUMBERLAND had an interview with Lord MELVILLE, at the Admiralty, yesterday morning. Colonel BLOOMFIELD also had an au= di ence. We are sorry to learn, by letters from Lisbon, that I .MajOi-General WHEATLVt, of the lit Foot Guards, Major-General fitiLsE, of the Coldstream, and Lieutenant-Colonel 0147,Y, of the King's German Guards, have died lately ; the former from sickness, and the latter in consequence of excessive fatigue. THE THEATRE.-There were two novelties last night at Covent-garden Theatre in the representa tion of Venice Preserved, Mr. YOUNG in the cha racter ,of Pierre, and Miss MARRIOT in that of .Belvidera. Mr. YOUNG was very animated and encrgeti in .his performance of Pierre, particu larly in the scene with the conspirators, and in that where' he reproaches Jallier with cowardice and treachery. . Miss ATARI:I(r, iii the tender pas sages of Belvidera, was more successful than in those of A more violent nature. Jajier is, one of Mr. C. KEMBLE'S best characters, and he exerted himself very forcibly on this occasion. ELECTION REPORTS.---Mr. PLUMMER I§,to start for iivthe. - Mr. TAYLOR and Mr. lITTSK are to he opposed at .Barnstaple by Sir EYRE COOTE and Sir M. LOPEZ. Mr. LANGMEAD offers for Plymouth, in opposi tion to Colonel BLOOMFIELD. ' Mr. LUSHITON and Mr. BAKER unite their interests for Canterbury. Sri JAmrs MACKINTOSH is to stand for the County of Nairn. Sir GILEERT ITEATIICOTE stands for Rutland. shire Sir THOMAS GRAHAM oa'ers for Perthshire. .11r. BARCLAY,. of Uric, is a candidate for Kin cairdine fir FRANCIS BURDETT it is said is to be op pOsed'at ZVe•itriin.er by one of his quondam friends. Mr. SKENE has been invited to stand foi Aber- Cleenshire. Mr. MARRYAT has been urged to offer himself for the City of London. ' It is not expected that Sir CHARLEs BAISIFYLDE will stand again for Westminster. Thei•e are .many reports of intended contests-for aeveral places, but as they seem -to be devised for party purposes, we shall forbear to notice them. Wednesday, at quartet before three o'clock, the Devonshire, a fine 74-gun ship, was launched from a private yard at Dentford, near the Church, amidst a vast concourse of spectators. , Robbery and Suicide.- -Messrs. Wilkinsons; up holders, on Ludgate-hill, having of late been, fre quently robbed of feathers, suspicion at last at tached to a porter in their employ, and a plan was laid'for his detection ; it succeeded, and he was detected on Wednesday evening; when leaving work, with large parcel ,Of feathers in his pos seSsion : , he was detained, and a constable sent for, and on being questioned, he confessed that he had taken feathers frequently before, and sold' them to a broker, residing on the SUrrey side of 331ackfriars-bridge. In order ,to detect the re ceiver, it was agreed that lie should go as usual, accompanied by the officer, with the feathers ; and %Hien they arrived at the centre of Illackfriars bridge, he said the broker was -in the habit of meeting, him in the recess ; and taking his bundle; it Was therefore agreectthat be should stop.there on the present occasion, and that the officer should wait mar at band to detect the broker when he came ; they had not been long in wait ing, when the officer was surprised by observing the bundle of feathers fly. rover the top of the bridr ; , and running forward to inquire the cause, lie Nv.,s instil time to see, but not to prevent, the pri3ouer thrawing hiniself over also. The body sums i•urtitAiittely, and though instant search was tlie.de for it, has not yet been found: NAVAL NEWS. PLYqou-rn, 23.—Arrived yesterday the brig Orb, belonging, to Scarborough, Wrikt. HILL, master, from Port Mahon and Gibraltar, with a cargo Consisting of wine and cork, bound to this port for orders, and is in was of provisions ; sailed from Port Mahon on the; sth, and from Gibraltar on the 18th August ; came' a running ship, and is under quarantine ; she brought one passenger. His Majesty's ship Orrsecs, of 18 guns, takes convoy to Portsmouth and the Down's, and;will sail on Friday next, the 25th inst. Arrived the Sam* and' Ann, belong to .this port, TAPSCOTT, Master, from Jersey ; the renus, Wrilpu, from Exeter; Fortune,; BAD COCK, from Falmouth ; the Susan,. INtA:fTnEws, from Pen zance ; Friend's Goodutl, Jarvis, from Ports mouth ; Susan, 'FULL, from Poole ; _Fortune, BADCOCK froM Penryn ; l'eung Henry, 'SANDE COMBE, from Cardiff; and the Farmer's Adren tztre,.LLoyD, from Bridgewater. Arrived his Majesty's cutter Spria; said to be from Spain, with dispatches. FALOUTH, • SEPT. '22. —Sailed this evening the Cornet (Southseaman) for St. Helena ; Princess Elizabeth packet, with Mails for Lisbon ; Tl 7 cilsingliam packet, with Mails for Corunna ;.and Hobart packet, with Mails for Jamaica ; also the Jubilee, BUCKLAND, for London. DEAL, SEPT. 24.—Sailed 'his Majesty's ship ,1 York to join Admiral YOUNG'S fleet off the North Toreland. • 1 PORTSMOUTH, SEt , T.24.—Arrived his ?Majesty's ship Weymmith from the Downs, with a fleet. • Sailed his Majesty's ship: Saracen for the Downs; and his Majesty's ship Macedonian, with the Inglis, HAY, for India, and the Morgiana for the Cape of Good Hope. DOVER, SETT. 24.—Can,e in the Robert and Sarah, of Whitby,'from Corte, bound to London with provisions, having been captured by a French privateer off Be-achy Head, and recaptured by the CardeUtz sloop of var; the Frenchmen escaped to the privateer in their boat. SHEERNESS, SEPT. 24.—Sailed the Mercurius, with convoy, for the Baltic.—The next convoy will probably sail about the Bth of October: Extract of a Letter from St. John's, Newfound land, dated Ist of September 1812 : - „ Our trade and,fisheries have suffered materially by American privateers, indeed our protection is comparatively nothing ; the 4lert sloop of war was captured by the Essex American f igate, in lat. 41. and sent here a cartel; the squadron on • the station hitve been active in catching prizes. Tuesday ,being the anniversary of his Majesty's Coronation, at Plymouth the morning was Usher ed in with the ringing of bells, and at noon the ships of war in commission at that port fired 21 guns each.L=The guns on board the. quarantine brig Orb were also fired at the same time, one of which happened to be shotted with a six-pounder, which lodged in the wall of a new-built house on Cremill Beach, near which the brig lay at anchor, and did considerable damage,: providentially no one received any injury, alatough there were many persons on the beach T' at the time the accident • happened. Melancholy Accident.—The following is a dig-. tressing account of a most tragical event; which happened on the river Severn, near Chepstow, on. Sundaylast:—A party, consisting of eight ladies and gentlemen* (accompanied by a man servant), who had been to church in the morning; had af terwards ridden to Tintern Abbey, .and then re turned by water ; it was perfectly calm, and a full moon : when they were about to land, the boatman informed them that the best-place was belowthe bridge, which they were fast approach ing, and where a number of ladies and gentlemen were walking. Before they had entered the arch, one of the ladies (Mrs. Rothery, as we understand from the survivors) called out, " There's a rope, there's a rope !" but it was not seen by ,any other of the party, being in . * part under the liktrface of the water. En. an instant all was horror !—the •moment the boat . touched the rope it was upset ! be 'cries -.of the unfortunate for assistance, the pushing off of fmats froni - the shore,.nnd the hurry • of the good people who were anxious to save them, for Med altogether a scene .of inexpressible distress: The wretched retnriins of this late happy party are Miss Eliza Shute, Miss Ann, and Mr. Rothery, the latter of whom bad been twice carried down in supporting his wife by struggling friends clinging to him, and checking his exer tions ' • -he at length got her' to the head of the upset boat, but from, one of the party again cling ing to them, they both stuldenly disappeared, and' it was lot:1g before Mr. Rothery rose. to the sur face; when' he again grasped the boat, and was taken up in an almost lifeless state. Miss Ann Shute, after long struggling, reached the boat, and was taken off its bottom ; and Miss Eliza was taken from underneath, upon turning up the boat. The unpardonable conduct of the person who fas tened the fatal rope to the pier, contrary to rule, and the regulatiOn of the port, never before known to be done,' and hy which three females have been plunged into the-greatest misery, ren ders it proper that his,nanie should be niade.pub-, lic :—the Coroner's Inquest (held on Mary Shute, 'Whose - body is the only one yet found) , states him to be T. Raiford, of 'Bristol, the pilot who carried the vessel, to which the . rope was attached, up the river. • Mrs. ;Chute, wife of It: Shute, Esq." of Sydenham, Kent, and sister to Mrs. Langley, of Wilterhouse, near. Bath ; her daughters Mary, Margaret, Eliza, and Ann ; Miss Fisher, also sister to Mrs. Langley ; 'Mr. Mrs. nd Miss .RetherY, of Bath. I'RENCII .PAPERB, PARiS, SEPT. 19.—The dispatches sent to the Minister at War, by the Aide-tic-CainP of the General in Chief of the Arinv y in ( Portugal, base informed ug- Of the movements of that army to the termination Of the affair of Arapiles, nem-Sala manca, and we have seen, that the French army having retaken a position beyond the Douro, the enemy Made no further demonstration which an: , nounced the project of acting offensively. The details relative to these last events are . contained in the undennentichied report of Mar shal the Duke of Ragusa, to the Minister at War : REDO.RT OF MARSHAL Till': DURE OF 'RAGUSA, TO THE MINI6TER AT WAR. " Tutiela, July 31, 1512.. " MoNsrE,uu,—`flic interruption of the com munications with France, since the opening o - f the campaign, having prevented file from giving you the successive accounts 'of the events which have passed, I shall commence this report from the mo ment at which the English began operations ; and I am going ti have the liOnour,:to place before you in detail all the movementis which have been executed, to the unhappy event that has just taken place, and which we were far from ex pecting. , •" In the month of May was informed the English army would open the , campaign with very powerful means--I informed the King of it, in "order that he might.adopt's.uch dispositions as he thought proper ; and.l likewise acquainted Gene ral Caffaielli with it, that. he, might take,measures for sending me succours when the moment should have arrived. The extreme difficulty l ta _procuring subsist ence, the impossibility of provisioning the troops when assembled, prevent( cl me from' having more than "eight or nine battalions in Salamanca, ,but all were in readiness to join inc in a.feW days. " On the 12th of . June, the enemy's army passed the Agueda ; on the 14th, in the morning, I was informed of it ; and the order for , assem bling was given to the troops. On the 16th, the English army arriVect before, Salamanca. " In tlr night between the 16th and 17th :I evacuatedtbat -town, leaving nevertheless a garri son in the forts 1 had constructed ; and which, by the extreme activity, used in.ti l ieir construction, were in a state of. defence. I m relied six leagues from Salaplauca ; and there, having collected five divisions, I apprnached that town; I drove before me the English advanced Posts,, and obliged the enemy's army to slew what attitude it reckoned upon taking ; it appeared determined to fight upon the fine rising ground, and strong position, San. Christoval. The remainder of the 'army joined me ; I manoeuvred round thatpositiOn, bUt I acquired. the certainty, that it; every where pre sented okstacles 'difficult to be conquered, and that it was better to force the enemy to come upon another field of battle, 'than enter into action with them upon ground which gave them too many ad vantages ;' bpsides; different reasons „Made mei desire to prolong the operations, • for I 'had just received a letter from General Caffarelli„ which announced to me, that he hdd colleCtcd his troops, and was going to march to succour me, whilA .my presence would have 'suspended the 'siege of the fort of 'Salamanca. Things remained' in this state for some days, and the armies id presence of each other, .when the-siege of the fort of Sala manca was vigorously recommenced! On. account of the trifling' ,distance which there was between the French - army and thu place, and by means of the signals agreed upon, I was every day informed- of the situation of the place. Those on the 26th and 27th informed me the fort could still hold out five days ; then I decided to execute the passage of the TOrmcs, and act upon the left bank. The fort of Alba, which I had carefully preserved, gave . me a passage over that river, a new line of operations, and an .important point of support. I 'made dispositions for t....Ye euting this passage on the night between the AZh and 29th. • "During the night of the fa7th the fire re doubled, • and-the enemy, fatigued with a resist ance which to them appeared exaggerated,,., tired ' red-hot balls - upon the fort ; unfortunately its magazines contained a large quantity of wood ; it took fire, and in an instant the fort was a vast fire. It was impossible for the brave garrison who defended it, to support at the same time the enemy's attacks, and the fire which destroyed their defendes; magazines,. and provisiOns; and placed the soldiers themselves in the most dread ful situation It was then obliged to surrender at discretion, after having had the honour of repuls ing two assaults, and causing the enemy a loss of More than 1300, men, viz. double their own force. This event happened on the 280, at noon. " The enemy, t 7 no farther object in his operation` beyond theTormes ; and, 'on the other 'band, every thing ,indicating that it would he prudent to await the reinforcements announced in a formal manner by the Army of the North, ' I decided on . re-approaching the army of the Douro„, secure of passing that river in, case the enemy 'should march towards us, and there to take up a good line' of defence, : until, such. time as the moment for acting on the Offensive should. appear. • " On the 28th; the'army departed, and took a positiop on the -Guarena .; on the 29th, on the Trabanios; where- it sOjourned. Tbe enemy hay- , ing followed themovements with the whole of his forces, the army took a position on the Zapar-' diet ; and on the 2d, it passed the Donro at Tor desillas, a place which I chose for' the pivot Of my motions., The line of the Douro is excellent; I made in detail every di3position which might render stire a good defence of• this river ; an:i I had no, cause to doubt my being able to defeat •every enterprize of the enemy, in case. they should attempt the passage. • The 3d, being the day_after that on which we passed the Douro; he 'made several assemblages of his forces, -and some slight. attelipts to effect 1 this passage at Pollos, a point which for him would have been , very advantageous. The troops lyhich I had disposed, and a few' cannon shot, were sufficient to make him irvinediately give up his enterprise:. • " In continual expectation :of receiving .suc cours emu the Army of the North, *hick had teen promised in so solemn and reiterated a plan -0-,31-Lr(i-.), I e\tdeavoured to add, by my own ili ihist-,;-.,7; to the means of the army. icy aavOrf*. j . was ...ilach inferior to 'that of the . .e ' e neniy. T-' : Engliril had nearly' 5000 horse, English or Ge; ( triallithout counting the Spaniards,fortnedintai' regui.e.e ':rooPs ; I had no more - than-2000. With;.. this di:lptoportion, in what manner tould one ma- ntuvr.'. s enemy.? How avail one's self of anY' . adoanl ~', ' that. might be. obtained ? I had but one , roans i;7 -,.n . ..,Troenting my cavalry, and that was by taking • 7 :':: useless horses , for the service of the army,or Bi. h iks.belOnged to- individuals who had at) right to .have them,.or 6-Orli:such' as bad a greater number than they are allowed. ' 1 did hot tai - Ote Irak iog use of this means . ,---the imminent interest of the arMv,,,and the success of the operations . being at stake. I therefore. ordered the seizure of such horses as were under this predicament; and I likewise seized a great' number which were with a convoy coming from Andalusia ; all upon estimation oltheir value, and Making payment for them. This measure, executed with severity, gave in the space of eight days, 1009 more horsemen; and my cavalry- re-united, amounted to more that , 3000 combatants. Meanwhile Ino less hoped to , receive .Birecours from the Army of the North, • .which continued its promises, the performance e 4 which appeared to have Commenced, but of which. we have not hitherto seen any effect. . " The.eighth division, of_ the army of Portugal occupied the Asturias ; these troops . were com pletely isolated 'from the army, by the evacnation of the provinces of Leop and lieneveote : they were without succours, and without any commu nication with . the army of the North ; .bec'ause oft the one Side, the Trineadores; 'who should have come from Bayonve, could •not be sent to Gijou ; and on the other side, the General in Clel.ef of the army of the North, although be had formally promised to do sd, had dispensed with throwing* bridge over the Deba, (2,) and there establishig • pOsts. This division bad been able to bring oral ' very little ammunition, for want of means- of erriage ; and this was in part consumed ; not did - they know how to replace it. Its posi- ' tion might every moment become mire critical. and the enemy seriously occupied hiftself with it, —inasmuch as if it were still thus isolated, it would remain entirely unconnected with theitn - portant events which were :taking plate in the plains of Castillo. General Bonnet, caletilatio; on this state of matters, and considering, accoi;d ing. to the knOwledge be has of the country, thaz it is much easier - to enter than depart out of it , according as the enemy mightoppose the entrance or departure, he decided on evacuating this pro vince, and on taking . a_positiou at I,teynosat- -- There having learnt that the Army of Nail; gal . was in presence of the English Army, a 7 .1 4, that thy were On the point of ,engaging, he LP tiot.,hesitate on.putting hiinself in motion, and re' )oitting it. • _ . ' Strongly impressed with the importarTe of this succour, and with the augmentation whiji' my cavalry was about to receive ; not having lean `-' t ZinyMling, positive fo tl.3' C.o.ll;enaili: the array (4 ' the North ; , and hei!::.L.,-:.:es informed of the march of the larniv Of Gaited a, which in the cour:: of a few. days would necesariyfor:e me to send li deta4nent to repulse them, I thought it my dot,i , to act yithout oi.lay. I had to feat' that no tuation, which was:' become much - , amelloraLe ll 4 might' change, by losing time ;. whilst that of EL''' enemy would, by the -naZure, of things, becoal 4 better every moment: , , " I therefore resolved - on repassiug the Doq" but thi:; operation is ditheult and delicate : it cair, not be undertaken• without much art and circual :TJ..iction, in presence of • an army in conditton 1 0 ' . h. , ;.tle, I employed the days of the I.3th, 1416: lah, and I Gth of Jul,y, in making, a number 01 i.i.relles and counter-marches, which deceived 'tt' e enerny. I feigned an intention to turn by TorP,' ,aril turned by Tordesillas, making an extrenic 4 rapid march. This movement succeeded so wel l ' that the whole•army could pass the river, mole W a distance from it, and forth itself, without meet ing with a single enemy. "On the 17th, the army took a position 8.11 Nava del Rey. The enemy,. who was in . f 3. march for Toro, could only.bring -two divisio.' l ; with celerity to Tordesillas de la Orden : tb others 'were recalled from different parts to. re unite themselves. ' ' . i‘ On the 18tIl,in the morning, we found ille'e :two divisions at Tordesillas de Ia Orden. As th e l , did not expect to find the whole army jo inc` i they thought they might, without peril, g,ains °n, 'time. Nevertheless, when they saw our rn9-sires 'coming forward, they endeavoured to effect in o retreat to a ridge which commanded the villag- which we weremarching. , "We had already reached them. If I I'o 1 1 1 * a cavalry superior or equal to that of the Cne' r ' 7 ; these two divisions would have been destroYe' w ith We did not, however, pursue them the less, , all poSsible vigour ; and during three hours nla r , c _ n c . ' they were overpowered by the fire of our artillo - f,: which I caused to take then] in the rear and figo o ' d and which they could with difficulty answer , a ( I livld e. protected by their numerous cavalry, they ( to thamselves to re-ascend the Gua L rena, in order pass it with the greater facility. n f , 101 ... " Arrived - upon the heights of the va . u - J iis h Guarena, , -','e saw that a portion of .the -161.45,Ter, army was formed upon the left bank of tha t riv- ry In that place. the ht!ights of that Talley are rugged, and the valley of a middling breadon Whether. it was necessary for the troop ti =e proach the Water, on' account of the es.coi'-of heat, or whether it was from some other cctised lviiieh I am ignorant,theEnglishGeneral had !'' Ac l the greater , paa of them on the ,bottom of the / of 14, within halt - 'cannon-shot of the heights r° which we were masters I therefore, qu'l,,ty arriying, iminediately ordered a battery of ' 1 ; 30 , pieces of artillery to be planted, which ia'a 'jets tent forced the enemy to retire, after haviii; the a great number of killed and wounded u pon od spot. The army marched in two columns; 3 d ir had given the command of the right column:of ts taut from that of the left three quarte rs t.ll O league, to General Claussel. Arrived oV n be' ground, ,General Claussel having few trooP s (1.) This . succour, which had been sent, co uld the army of 'Portugal till after the h n,lot att e, and at of retreat. d . , (2.) Par ni ticulat circustanceappeare d t have aPP se gmeutiou of this measure. the 010 .J