The Sun. — London, England, 1811-10-11 00:00:00

:k' ;, 1 .~ s'rocKs Vasa ono a? !wawa o'cLocx. Convoks • I • - . L 0:N 0 . N. TRMAY, OCTOBER 11 • !81 1. k , e t . 1 t '~:' ' ~. (, f .` $.. A ,`l I~{' I v „i i ' , k ii ~, 1 1 , UINESOR, Ocr. 10. 4 ~,. !-: 1 i t i „ ii MAILS. AR It Iv RD-I Cadiz, I Dublin, % W t Wt , aerf Watertord.... .‘ .1) ux-1 Malta, t Guernsey, ; ersey, bro 4 ,311 1.t.1 et 116,131 0 1114 11 ►AI•SUM AunEAT ? IPindsor-Castle, 06t. 11,1811. e( The KING continues mach the same. " 11. ['ALFORD, " M . WAI'LLIE. " W. HERElthell. t ‘ R.ViLLIs." 'We are unable to communicate to our Readers any • •Inrawr int,lhgence respeCting the battle supposed to Blue been fought in the vicinity pf Ciudad Roderigo. _There has not been , any arrival from Portugal, ; ihertlore the Account from Liverpool stands wtthotit - contirMation or contradietion. Private Letters say, 'that J.airl WELLINGTON, on the 04t11 ul,t. wrote 'to Lisbon to atop the sailing •ot the packet.—.. The reason of this order was not assigned, and it has been conjeClured that his Lordship anticipated the battle which is said to have taken place on the ctith or 27th. We have always felt it to be our duty to abstain aq much as poisible (tom exciting extrava• gam hopes, and the-relate we do •not hesitate to illy th it we do'not believe the Liverpool accannt in its full extent. That au adion may have taken place,. tind.thaf the,eneniy 1113 y ,hav 'been. defeated, is very pioh'able, bot that their loss . amounted to ►. . 20,0ot) men appears to us, we confeSs, rather in credible. - - .• . Sitlce writing the above, we learn thatthe follow-. lag letter bat, becti recqived at Lloyd'A, which cer. 44(.1* to the credibility of ilte, account from Liverpool • " OPORTO, ia id and believed that :vely,, severe skirmish bet teen theYacltarCeti posts of the two armies took place on, the 25th ultimo, in: which we were tir,t reptiked imt : , by the coming up of the gth ancl 21,4 Portuguese Regiments, the enemy were obliged to retreat 'and report goes 'further, that we're took some pieces of flying artillery, which we had lest. A general engagement was expected next day, or on the .27th ; we therefore hourly expect accounts. The Militia here are all ready to march, -should tt b,-; mccss.try." This morning a' Cadiz Nia!l arrived. We have made such cOpious.extraets from the Spanish Papers that we have not'room to comment upcin them.— Our Readers will 'tied" tire detail's given by Genera' Ertuyit2 (titousbratber,prolix) very interesting.. This mornitr, at eleven o'clock, PrincessAtlGOs• TA took an airing on horseback in the Great Park • till °he, accompanied by Lord WALSINGHAM, Lord General SPENCUR, and Colonel T. Loa. . Prioress Soittis rode this morning in the Perk in one of I he. Quaares carriages, accompanied by MIS GoLnswoaritY, for two hours. I have the pleasure to Say her Royal Highness is far advanced in teco very, and is expected to cline with the caUaell to day uf 10-Morrow. Her Maje+ty, Princesses Et.tx4att•rx and I‘,lAaY, went ,to. Frogruoro, and walked in the gardens. TheAbur Dodurs, who usually attend the KING, had u ciwSultation upon- his state this morning, and in addition to them Dr. JonN Wir.4.01 lam - rived to assist. Yesterday . morning the Duke of •Cstrnutbon visited the PRINCit lleontvr in the General's new uniform. It is quite ploin, with only gold tags.— His Royal Highness's hat was inlaid with white feathers, sitnilar to wlut the bind.' hats used to be, but which 'have been substituted with red tea thalt, 'rho Duke 'olCumaErtt.AND visited the Duke :vf Sussax at slate hour on Sunday night, in come tittence of his .Royal Highnrss. havill experienced anothrr attack.' Mg*. Vinr.t.s, in her whimsical •Mernoirs, gives the following curiousfinak of her Moorish huShand, Schspeta, t—" After his hasty flight - from thiseoun. try, he went tO Altuna, in Denmark, where he built a large street at his own expense, where, (or the last few years of his cite, his sole amusement wasfithing. He had a eery long toxin built for the purpose, in which was a large resetVoir of water, that contained fish of different detcriptionS, and he, vould sit whole days angling therein. It the Its') did writ bite quick enough to suit his Moorish tem• per, the water W 1.19 let off, when they were beaten 'to pieces, acid oft4times his domestics partook of this chmitisernent 3 for, according to the biutal cus tom of the Mtiorsolle attendant who commits. an or, evert of the Slightest kind , is deprived of his iqtcnee--alld the,pnly means they have to guard tivainst it is, take off their tyrant roaster either by poison or the dagger.".—We are not told by what death the-world wardeprived-of-this orna7,•:ent, - but, fortunately, be is no Poore ! .The Slave ship, mentioned in the ,Jamaica . ' Pa pers 'batting, been captured by the Lrberty stool: of war, -is the ttot• d:41114;0n of Li verpool, Portuguese built, bound from Bahia to the ilavAhhah. She boa heeirsent inttF.St. Tho al'AS S. , C.4DTZ MAIL. CAPIZ• &W T. 17..---intelligetree has been receiv ed from Gen. FREY It relative to the late stlCaiilleS of the 3d army, which ,was accompanied by various other documents, an 4 among them those from General O'DONN ELL, giving an account of the battle of Zujar, and frOrn. General :Comm., re: sating the circumstances and necessity of a re ..treat. The toial of the enemy's force againStthe front and centre of 'Our line amounted to 7 U,OOO, infantry and 2.,200 • horse, and our. loss on Zujar more than 1,500 tnen, without including the .. tnissing, it not having been Tossible for General QUADRA to concert his operations with General O'Dos:NEt.44.--This- last:mentioned General assures us, that with, two battalions more he would have been victorious in ,Zujar : he fought with superior numbers, which; together with the disadvantageous position of Potohaleon, had determined the retreat of General QUALM*. According to intelligence from Galicia, which comes .down.to the 3d inst. the (jilt army, which hod prudently . tallen back, has returned and now men pies its old positions, which have be:4n abandoned by the enoly. Acc - ciawriii , - GENERAL FREYRE To "I'VE CAPTAIN GENERAL DON J. BLAIC.H. " liscst.t. ou St R, . . Although the ,invant that I received infprma tion of the MOVeßlelilli of the • enemy against this army, I communicated to your Excellency ill ope rations, I think s it necesary to give them more in detail for evident reasons. ' " Oa the Gth, I was informed from Granada, that the French had marched .frum that cipitat in considerable numbers on the preceding day, 'for the purpose of attacking • me. It was also stated that more than 4.uUu men had likewise .marched against Gener.l - I,6,tta.baA, taking the dire en of that point which Brsigadier the.. tondo. df:ti MOsJEGO occupied with 2,500 men, commanded by Ge- . neral ttav, 'whoie' force would be augmented . by tbeforce of which the . prrison.ot Malaga consisted. Field-Marshal QutvintA . afterwards communicated tome that he. was wio his first division of infantry in Pozoltalethr; the information lie had received : according to . whose account (v . vbich Luiclose) it was evidei.t the enemy, iu force 4000 infantry, and 700 'horse,. with four pieces of caanon, intended to attack him. Fits also thought the intention of the French was to, attack' the right flank of the line I had-established in Venta del /We,-because they di , reaed their march upon QuAnith, threatening els- Ire! and. Ftuescar. The importance of preventing the enemy from carrying his intentions into eff,a, was great, and I immediately began to take the re. quisi:e measures for obtaining it. I ordered QuADRA to Impede' them, and desired he would, with . his division, take a position I had pointed out, divide his forces in proportion as the enemy did, and adopt such mxtesures as he judged proper. " General O . DUNNUO. went to Pozoholeon with all the 4th division of the expeditionary corps, and, its horse, the former commanded by Don - J. Da LEA CitUZ, and the latter by Brigadier Dun- Lov. .." In short I expedited my orders, and O'DoN— OILS. put himself on the eth in the morning, at the head of all the troops. Thus Situated, Qua Dais in formed me the enemy bad entered Pow, and that he had fallen back half a. league .frOm that pl.ce, passing the river Gualentin. He also informed me ' O'DONNELL 'wag in Znjar, andthat not being able to prevent the enemy matching thither; he had gone to Ctstrel. " On the 7tll, - at night, it being known . the Freech were in Diezena, Brigadier Celt, who was in Quadix, began carrying into execution the orders I bad given' in the event of ,his being attacked .by superior forces, .and placed all Ids troops i n a s late to receive theenerny, who at break of day on the Bth, commenced the. attack. The cavalry, com manded by CEA, perfrirtned their duty to- my sat's— radian, and afterwards,retirod, in sight of the enc. my (in good order); who were kept in check by the Tiradiares,'who.eataed them . considerable'less. The serenity ,and valour with which the first.division of cavalry fell back in the dirtaion of 13;1131i compelled the enemy- to pass that night in quatlix . ., '' All these movements - of the enemy indicated an attack on the 9th, arid it waspot difficult' to see that their principal ohje6l would be to occupy the point of Zajar, and impede theyetrest of the army, or h - iciest it on the rear of the position- it occupied in BAIL ,• In thia'supposition, and being of ,npinion that to defeat their plan, it was necessary to defeat the enemy's corps which .marched .against..Clu Ain A, I dispatched my Adjutant, Cacn4„ between four and five in the afternoon of the SO, with verbal and written orders, to 'General O'DoNNet.r,„ ordering him to unite nll.the 4th division, and the cavalry of Le,v, and preVent, at any expellee, the French front taking Zujar or B.rza, and added, that it was necessary to prevent this; that 4' wished, in order to accomplish it,; he. would, - in Concord with Clu.auttA . , 'on the, .9th, attack tho tileugh it s'hould he tyqttlitte to seek tt:ern. TO or: der that Gal. QUADRA should be acquainted with my Mtentions," I sent bin copies of ipy offieril let= ter to O'DoNNEtt., who informed me he bad trans- tuitted then by different persons the nibnmet►t he leceived ihern. " The enemy's force on my right was 4000 in "awry, 760 horse, and upon the frotit - '6006 of first aid 1500 of the lattz.r. Every thing being dis posed, as already stated, I 'sent off the Royal treasury and sick, and ordered all the haucrage, Sce into the rear, in order not to embarrass the movements of the soldiers, I impatiently waited the 9th, the day ap• pointed by. the enemy to obtain the fruits of their machininions, but considerably before day-break tny Adjutant returned % . vitlt O'DoisINELL's reply contained in the annexed, No. 0 . 14 pro- duced Toy official dispatch, No. e whiCh my said Adjutant delivered to O'Dou ELL, who pve t he fr.. ,fly comprehended in No. 3. wlich was delivered :o me,in the iiues, whilst obSeiving the enemy who were marching, from.Guadix at half-past seven in the morning of the wit at . a league and a half dis tance : from Bain, wrions columns of the French • Were seen on tho hills of Galeotes, which continued heir march to the broken road of Got. According to my cactilation, trney amounted o 5000 infantry and tow. bur I could not ascertain what .artillery ttacy brought; because al though thfry had many -waggons, it was knoWil •they carried abundant: provisions with 'them. All this cows halted at the side of ►he said road, from wheitce some battiitions, supported by infantry and ca►nliy,,began to advance.' " The,first divided t h emselves in parties, and.at* rived, tit' ten in the morning, in.the neighbouthoocl of. our line, from whence our trosips opened- their fire, which became general, and w 45 supported, with vigour the whole day. . • " Our Tiradores behaved most gallantly, and did not cede - a single inch of ground but to superior nutnberi 'they caused .the enemy a considerable loss in killed, among whom :were several officers, to which our artillery added, considerably, particu. tarty .that of Capi. GaTtaartzz's: company, which, ,by its well-directed fire, prevented the enemy froM taking post in front of, the height upon our right. 'This they attempted several times without being able to accJmplish it; and it appears indubitable, th.it tire' — fireatie of artillery Which 'they to mount was dismounted ; this was proved by the mantruvres they. made. in' augmenting their sharp shooters,' and t-:,:tentling them in such a manner, that sortie of them crossed the road in front of our hue, train• whence they were qUickly driven by our horse, who were observing them. " Thus I remained in the line of Baul, when at five in the afternoon, the first Adjutant of the Staff, am Smola WALL, arrived, and said that he came , by order of General O'Dototaa. to inform me, that the 4th divisioh had been defeated in the manner mentioned my Note,. No. 4, without having been joined by 'General QUADft, with the. troops under -his command, in consequence of the impossibility he:found himself ,in of accorn- . plishing it, as explained in his otßcial dispatch, the . original of which I' have forwarded to 7your4Ex cellency. In this situation, being ,ignorant .of the position of QUADRA, 'mid not hav;iig sufficient forces to, resist; not : Only the. enemies who would arrive in the evettit4 of the gth in Zujar, to oppose miretrograde'movement ; but alsO thoie which were in front of my position.. I had only to determine Upon the best means of reiiring, to avoid the loss of an.artny which was in the grpfes danger. " At this moment I ordered two squadrans to make a feigned 'movement,. and appear to observe Zujar, Baia, and the high' road, and.direaed -the battalion of Baylen, .which was.hs the redoubt,that served, Jtsa .... reserveto the p_osiOon, that leaving 'a battalions in front of the enemy, it should pass to Cuestablanca, to preVent the French interposing be. tweet) it and the Iliad of Baza. I gave similar - orders to the f(egirnent (4,11 , 1%05, and both corps coin pletely fulfilled my wishes, under the condua of the ud of the Staff; Don J. Pot.tins. "In this sittiatipn I waited till night,whichshortly arrived, and a little after eight, began to execute the retreat of the army. The- fist division of ca valry marched first, escorting the artillery ; imme diately afterwards was the van-guard; the remainder of Iha infante c followetli- and the whole was co". vered by the dragoons, leaving in the line several companies of caculores . , who Conlinued to _are up on tile enemy, lighted wood, and gave demon strations_of the whole army being still there. • "'ln this order, with a silence and discipline worthy of admiration, I arrived at Culler, without receiving any interruption from the enerPy passing_the river Baza, I ordered Brigadier Osoglo should'remain and obserVe the movements of • • enemy, and previously to arriving at Baia, ,I patched orders to the General of the 4th .div;vioti, who was. in Culler, tocontinue his retreat, without delay, .to Leria. Tea 4..-7 —lihems in line', ...... _ VertienteS, 1 arrivel in the said town Wilb listin Osouto, the division cif the • expeditionary cavalry, when eeceivieg , intelligence from that the Fiench were perceived .there, there, I gave or ders,- and desired LOY, who commanded to lace himself ia the defiles of Caller to proted the p e r etreat, of the dragoons,'. w hilst the infatry and Ilia division of cavalry ( w hich had left the artillery) pr. sued their march to Vet tientes, where reneete y e th d e ; p i rt o ai rd th er h e y d they shOold, take a tiesltioll flyers; although the continual intelligence I receiied proia ~. horse. , .. . of the enemy m c,onsideral:le7uree in " The army bed, marched ten leagues Witlio9t eattng,and it was My intentioa t hat when die 1 1' 6 ° 0 had been refreshed , the y should aglin restmie tim :r march, to occupy the line of LotCa and Cr,olo, with whieh . view I sent seeeral orders to Ger,41:1,1 QUADRA. The • lot% march the Fiendi I. ?d made, and the little they had moleved tee, OP " P'4ll * w . firmed ins in my opinion ). but ',ix "P'41,1.1 *firmed lions ere ,frostrated by an accident OP e nough, considering the circumstances, but u nee peeled : Gen. ()Sortie returned retreating le 'll'l° order, as did also LoY, i (I the presence of somerr'n° guerillas, whom our troops ioised with gditOr)., T... e ‘ nemx, exasperated at our ,serenity, prertca to chiirge ' our cavalry ; Which, as it was ialetior t ' theirs, Wtis,cbliged to yield to the' attacl:, 0 6 I' l l hecle, upon the infantry. in . Las VellfullleS, the di l l i e ll ti• Wii,b mere than 2,000 horse, deteatiug tile . i visions of Osonto and Loy', which did not 00r:i!t° ' belt their number. This force of.the enemy mr , l" '''g t' ,Las Vertientes,N it Wili nut pubs .bli " 1 the ;luny • ,:to temain there for soy lin ) '' 1 t h:re tore ordered the troops to collee't nod feffn Wi1.1.. out taking aiy tefieshuleilt. All hast e "' d l'' their ticrits, and - in a few minieeS such ntoort:d were taken as appeared tomd necessary to 9'''' ,o derision,. .4, i t was n ot p mpe' i that tle!Y .°` ° c take &lie high road,' as it led through an el' i°° : Olnin,--1-IMrdir ..General Don ' SOill;'1(1);i . c n ,o ‘ i e uni t n o iporbcte:ed, mwoluthnt.atill:e 0 vnanigiltyWdriiiiint, C111.°:(:1:., under citlna:ssoLeLnil t: T t; (ho t o e dpnt eial c ds l eas, 1 tec i c hief f oi r account o th eo gather General Cab, with .his ilivi!ino 0 1 . C i : ‘, ; , ry, situate on the skirts of the , s ame , P ‘ r° , o ., jog his march. The second division 01 ill° . 'D" ). CREAGLI) took a Wi)Od on tho left 01 Siebel:no tes, and y t he etletol) Sthtflilinpe; 0.11(.35D11(.111, rj:j.::: •' g dier G'"' L„ce disiO thet,night at Or:: Voli:tobc'stv)ol 4 to ral Don . Joss ANTONIO ,SAtti, Vils'-- ,corred mended by g'" (No. b), gives a full account of ell that °" 0 the to those two ~divisions In their, 0 06 t mer it place, called Don Fier, there being 0 1 ' le ..• eit'x i) 11. in the opportune and hold movemee' lit Pe , said . Saei executed , when he left the ligi . 0 L e o ccupied in Vartiente s, and of which 0" ve' jeers aoconnt in his dispatch: S uc h an operaliQn I ' i t tilz the highest preise, and at the Wee ti°'' , , no s ' iapttr;odivtesmosladthlileeiriesfiskv.lis,lilitotioopf,evtrhafoieortamabr l ea e dndi Ge i,g F itiod n ) 64 l 4 :l::f the :cebilt:lic,it ki,l, it s : ,el to all commendation, since with° ut havir !with e ' ' any refreshment, they exposed themelve, , c s, '1.0 (14' emPlirY Petriotism,to all the (tangelo. scoot [eve are wittcr tire flea . ssi te.of poirpOnirtg I" of this totter till to.lllofrow..i awp T ipelic t a i rtr u e: T s rearyAra : —: E.a.c iv:10,...--...• 50...............cL0it a No3itua.dn.p:einbealps.ret e l isei g nig i v i ll i ol l i i i,t i iliae ibe C r • Corr t a r: tiecr Oinppeirlar:oL(l.ll:lle 1...,:tt)::: A qrS • Cll/1)! Ora) PO th received veil , , ~, p iehc t Ills sec "' powers in voice. • tann'e,,:cope; and displayed 40 gun ~,, a OP wcv:iaissri 1 o:dbiacCp:pUc:theierfaitstlsaTt:li: tCotltrieedalutPlifor.fi;; '-Alit..s,fri; Inas Ly ' . mu c h ealpilptiipagolia: tioh(elbeertpleta;:rprte:illitr a , cv::::;:ir 1 :41 es :14 , " : 11 : pbtstintte:y diverting in Sir Willoaghby 11::‘' , .. . , im - , ----_. , ~ „ rile t oe iv, wm, no. is now oat of (hinge. 4 id bo 119 ,i.is.a in a part to w hich no sty ptic coo .00! Itaed but it 11.113 stopped.' 1-10. has losi; we " p t . a ve .0, nen •i i did' Dot arise fiem 'any particuior ?ii i i it . 1.- - r et.,,ity ou nces' 0t tiloOd. 4 00 leweruclOgnk :rail,ilii:gecolvdi:Ulreelsg:bvifilte:p.bloo,6li,lii,..l.,l,iii,otieD:::::sl:ll, ohadnbsotne abatement of ,a heaach 10 041 ~ The Morning Paper's' , say, the Mr. I . - ,.,. 1 ...I:jeci. _;:olugsonilleterr:dynP,::alerct" iblaiCSitiar:ar°lll-r:C‘fi'sl'elit'STlllll,ll‘7tll4*',..Ctfl° I fy , e Stdtt.i severl Weeks ago, that 040'114 si and sent 'to th e proprietor. It 1 00 1 buwever, the It of a Convoy Pir,. : o p an Inn Yard. It is admirable in hinnoclo.'3l,loi 'and all the, essential quoiktioot tli correspondent with the nature of , thgt,aol)jet"' q (fin berSsatotuurediayo I u6igrbct,t about t:vonttein.yaor:cjiltiii:. tsliiis4:?l through Mart r, rt et, Bloomsbury, het wog o f t silacked by a tobbei., who snatched Ili watg hitt -fob, and made oleo ofT with it. (ra `° ke . . • 90 Monday, a hair-dresser a sa.b , -0 ~-„,i . ot ' uine undertook to run from 'be °jot, of that city to ' the first house in rret,g) iii Bri,rol, and return to Bath tshove ii4inrtiii 00 lwurs and . b 6 minutes, which woope,,,' performed in three hours and 51 illin1114" . .:~~--