The Sun. — London, England, 1811-04-06 00:00:00

rut stating any opinion himself upon - any of the. , pr , ts. ‘A-, to the indtscreiion with which he had n charged, in atindrng to the µtinted decument, it afforded an opp-rtunity to the Members of tho Conurn• CO 10 di,cl4im the transaction for them• selves, and he was sure they would be obliged to him for it. He had nothing more to add, but to ext ress his conviction that the document was ne cessary, and with that declarotion,'he should,leave to the , House to determine whether they would grant it or not. The House then divided, whenlhere appeared— A yes . z 3 Noes Majority against the Motion —33 Adjourned 'at One o'cloek,..to Monday next. • lkir Al LS. AItRIIVID . -2 AllllOll, 2 Dublin. Oug—t Cadiz, t Lisbon, N9glt4, i Dublin, .2 Wattuford. - (.)I; 611)CKS . , TR'S DAV A T "TWALVI O'CLOCK. Consols . . oo 641 r S U N. 1011[14 QIJ OlCoticA PALSUM 4UDEA7 ? LONDO SA.TULIDAY, Arrm, 6, 191 1. We have at length the satisfaction of communi cating to our Waders intelligence, and of the most satisfactory natnre, from Portugal. This Morning Major CoIt'LMLL, arrived at Lord LtvitsPoot e s Olice with Dispatches from Lord WeLf.:NuToN, conftraling the account of the re treat of the French army front its strong position at Sunareto. The Dispatches ktre dated the 16th I. state, that ;‘1.,..6611. hating made severpl S: ovements, to the hope of concealing his intentions, Pt length broke up, as we have already trtated, front Santarem, baying cl , stroyeci his' heavy artillery, and blown up the gamier part of his ammunition. liis retreat w3Ei conti&ed with very great skill. ills army min,cileti in diyisions, as close a' possible, and upon iheir 4rrivol at Pomba!, they inclined to the 'AIM c and took the road by which Lord Nt TON had fortnerly tbarelied when he broke up from VihCtl. The English'ariny was put in molion imme• diately upon the intelligence of the retreat 'Of t he ene my being received, and the pursuit wastommenced with the utmost vi jour. The van 'division, under Gen. PACK, harassed the enemy very much. The ruads were covered with the 'bodies of thellcad and dying soldiers of MattizNA's At My, - ettul with Wn. goes and cartia!s of all sorts, The devastations committed by the French were dreadful ; they kit the country, as far 36 illtty were able, a desert. At longtit INIASSBNA seemed determined to make a stand, mici at Miranda do Cory), half way between Pumbal on the Alva, he drew up his army for that purpose. .Our advanced guard, under Gen, PACE, soon came up with them, and by a .akilful ma von:tyre, to nee hit flank. A smart sitittnith ensued, but MASS NA thought it prudent not to wait far the main body of the fumy under Lord WatAatiorpo, but Keeled Iris retreat across the Ceira, , and con- tirlut.'d his retreat. main body of the Br*ltilb Army under , Lord W OLLIbIGTkiti W;l4 under the necessity of hulting otAe day, for the purpoaa oi receiving auppli,s, because MAS3r•N& had, as we have already stated so completely titliolated the country, that no forage or provision of any kind could be proc►tred. Our Iteittiers cannot have lorgotten the violet) abuse poared forth in the Monitcur against Lord 41.i.INGTOtt when he was retreatiog befor9 MA s SLNA) fe ar letnoving the provision 3 atuttlestroying the mdifi. Thia was represented as a mode of warfare unknown mbong civilized nations, and yo 1‘14,151014 r: bus now adopted it to soch an c:•.tent as to leave the country literally a desert. It was supposed that NI A 5510441. would endeavour to make another stand nt Marcella, not with * view of fighting a general action, but merely for the pun poke of facilitating ttii retreat" Stichi we understand, is the substance of the Dia. patches received this morning, and they fully met our roost sanguine cxpectatious. A retreat, under such cilcumstances, and before such a General, and such' an Army, is equivalent to a complete de 1c I. l'he lost which IVlAsiviA moo stiffer in are Ltreat to the frontiers of men, F-annon, irtnnition, and. baggage, mug be greater than he would sustain iu any defeat short of a toial rout. But the loss of cliaraBer - ta the FieuCh we conicl,:r as most highly advantageous. MAssttiA wat sent to Confiner Portugal he boasted that be would do it : the Afoniteur atr nonoced, in. the most ppsitive terms, that the ex- pulsion of the, English from Poriugal would soon take place. At that tirn4 MARsurask's army, by his own account, amounted to 1 10,00 D men, :mil he h: since received large reinforcements, Whefv MASS NA entered Portugal last bummer, the English army d'd nut exceed 25,000 eilVlive wen: the I:ortuguese troops were newly raised, and scarcely disciplined; they had seen no service ; and the military repata- (ton of the country was at so 10,w an ebb, that the very idea of forming a Portur,mese,army, under 13ri. tihh Officers, was treated by some of tk . ,. real Statesmen in this country, as a'wild and chiinerical plan. Under these circunhtaneeg, with tilt.; assist- ance of re-inforcements from this country, which the Opposition have, in contempt, called has Lord \\' I.I. INGTON fur many months; but- flea every effort of one of the most skilful of r the French Generals, of the rr Spoiled Child of Victory," :mil is now tidying him, a fugitive, ou►: of the country he came to conquer. Tile effect wl►ich this ,proud triumph of our ar►ni will have upon Poitugal, upon - Spain,, 9pon . Om Continent in general, must be grelt, and In-the present state 0 the North at Eur4e, way tend to t. onfitquences wh;cl), ten . coonthi ago, it wont(' have been 0°1414 little short of inadnet., .to contemplate. As we t.liink it right to lay before our Readers all the information which reaches upon ibis melt im• portaitt event, we sublitit to tlicm the following ac- count which ha* just reaciald us : Captain CAUPSHT.a., one . of Lord WALLINGTON) Aides-de-Camp, arrived this inoriung at It o'clock, at Lora Llvr,uporm's Office, in Doviiing•strtet, with duipatchqs from PorNgal, of a most gratify ►ng description. They , :are. da►ed on .the 261 h. MASSEN A [lad pursued his retreat in, the direetipt of Almeida, in a molt rapid manner, leaving ail hi sick and wounded on the road in a most deplorable condition. The sick of the French army vi crc un, commonly numerotis. A skirtnish had taken place with their rear-guard, a wbieli we took an e3gla and several prisoners some tepons say a whole rogimi!nt. 13aclajos bad surrendered to the French, but thiy evacuated it on the following day, probably on hearing that Marshal BEMPARMAD had advanced u Elm, or perhaps oft hearing 01 the affair at Barrosa The Portuguese behaved Mlllalkably well. SECOND EDI! lON. SUN OFFICE, TiUM O'CLOCK, P.M. • We, stop (he Press to lay laqiore our Readers the following official Bulletins of the intelligence twin Portugal :-•-- Downing-slreet, April 6, 18 11. Captain CAiitAC has arrived with dispatches from Lord WRIAINGTON, dated Villa Sica,-,l4th, and LUZIM, 3 Bth ult. by which it appears that the ene my retired from their position at Santarem, and its neighbourhood on the night of the btli, and di- redead their march towards the Mondego, leav- ing ono corps on the road, of Eapinel. Gen. Lot . snS t s division on the road, of Ancias, end the re, rnainder towards Pomba'. On the gth the entrny, col. lobed in front of Pontlnlp where they were attack ed with great gallantry by several detachments of Gavatry and the light brigade of infantty under Gen. PACKy and retired in the night. On the 12th they took, up a string position at the end of a defile be. tween Redirtba and Pornbal. They were attacked in their position on the igth, by the light in- tautry brigade arld the cavalry; the other troups being ia reserve. The troops formed gieat cenrrtcy and / celerity. Itijor-Generat Sir BlttN' SPIINCtiIi led the flue against the dnelpy's on the .heights, from which they were immediately driven,. witli the loss of many .killed, wounded, and prisoners. The enemy then retired to the position of, Con• lexa, and the division under Mdier-General Ptc- TON immediately passed throup,lt the mountains on he enemy's left, and cauhed them to remove froni he strong positions of Condom. Lord WELLING- TOW, was irnmedia . ely enabled to communicate with 'Coimbra, and made prisoners a detachment of the enemy's cavalry on the road. The enemy took np a position at Call Nova on the 14th, and the 4th division. under Major-General COLE having turn- ed ,their position .on the left, and the light division under Brigadier-General: PA CI and Sir WILLIAM EIISKINE having turned it on the right, the enemy were obliged to abandon all the positions which they successively took up in the mountains, and their rear.g,nard was driven back on Miranda de Corvn, on the riser Eca, with loss of killed, wound— ed, and prisoners. On the evening of the 1411), the wrong position of Miranda de Corvo was turned by a British Corps %lacier Maj. rGeneral COLE. The enemy, upon abandoning it, destroyed a great number of car riages, burned and destroyed much •ammnnition, and !he road throughout the march from Mira►►da, was strewed with carcases of men and animals; The enemy, on the 1504 tc.ok up a strong posi tion, which they were, yesterday forted to abandon with considerable loss. The Colonel of, the :39th regiment was here made prisoner. In the night the enemy destroyed the bridge over ,the Ceira, and re treated to another position between that and the Alva. Lerd WELLINGTON 'rata in the highest terms of the gollantry and good conduct, without cxtep- Zinn, of al! the troops, British and Portuguese. Tho whole loss in these different nfilions amounts to .three officers and about 50 men killed-1 IVNor,: 8 .Cap. tains, 18 subalterns, and about 380 men wounded. It appears that Lord WELLINGTpN had ieceit- ed accounts that Badajos had surrendered to the French on the t tth, the garrison prisoners of war. SECOND BULLETIN. Dispitehes have been received at the Office of MaryON WELLESLEY from Mr. SWART, his Ma jesty's Minister at Lisbon, dated the 23d of March; they state the army of Gen. MASSENA continued to. retreat towards the frontier, and that every march was facilitated by the abandonment of wounded, the destr oeliop of bag ,ago, and whatever could encumber their movement. The enemy attempted during the lath and 1911) to make a stand in the Sierra de Moita, but they were driven from that poiiition with the loss of 600 prisoners on the .1 gth. On the 2 Ist they reached Galiza. The British head-quarters were at Nirn;)eivo on the 18th, and at Argaid on the 20th. The cavalry, and light corps contlnued'in bight of 'the Fteucb rear-guard, and the movement ut the 41liett Army along the skirts of the Estrella, which fiault the positioni in the valley of the Mon 7 deco, promisei new hupedirpents to their retreat. Badajoz and Campo iNlaj , ir had fallen into the handi of the euemy. nushat SOULT had subsu- qui:tidy moved in the direction of Seville with part of his forces. Gen. Bunrsronn reached Portalegre on the 20th. Yesterdsy. anothor Meeting of the Subscribers to Lloyd's' Cotiee-house took place, at which Mr.' Austax proposed to rescind the'Resolution against Gambling Policis. The motion was, however, negatived, and the Resolution, as reported by' the Committee, confirmed, After some conversation, a Cmmittea of thirteen was appointed, to in vestigate all the accounts relative to the Laltic seizures, Itar 41A Houss.—Yester4lay a Court of Directors was held, when Captain Gaotton RAINCOCK was sworn into the command of the new ship Charles. being the last destined for Bombay this season. ROSERT HENRY PEART, Esq. Second Clerk in the Secretary's Office, resigned the Company's service. The Court adjourned at six o'clock till Tuesday next. NAVAL:NENVS. ~. Print (d b., RICHARD HARRIS, of N 0,4, m wt i et t. co urt, Bow-trett trandPublisbal by WILLIAM A l t MIC It SC RI PPS South Molton wee, I:roeve, tqua Mt theStnoOpetos, No. t It, Strand, wiiere dtiverditiontrits, Cirders for the Paper, Litt irs for the Editor ' l4 c. (Pot-taict) must be addressed. 54-Balled his Mll3estY' s6 ' Vigo, Capt. lotips, :for the Downs the' Kite &oil `for '0 tr Flushing; and 11127 en gun -t;rig for Yarniquth, The .Nu . n . itir atld ence Was pair! tip to F,ii hip Orkturs came ,yesterday to fit die ihnerica fig° new ship immeatatcly f or commission. - ISLANDS OF S CIL LY, APRIL 1, .---arrived leis M3' Sappho, brig jesty's brigs Foxhoun d, Capt. PARI 6II", .I)(Ufki Capp. . p LAIC ; Ann, tender, lieut. Tuttrigki °I of i 8 guns, C a p !. LOCltYlilt, Alsu arrived the M oun tnay, of Greenock, Dor° , (lc ! Honduras to Loudon, with mahog an y ; the. 04104, (die from New Brunswick to Portsniouth , with 11124 ti Ad rt 6i the Star, lennison, with mahogany, to London ; the 'Po Brothers, cearge, from Cork to Londoii; the thterprite Simpson; from Cork to VOItSIIIOUIII with who ; tirc . 11. ward, 'Jerson, from Cork to Portsmouth, with stags; II: Albion, Cook, from Lisbon to Pordrnouth, Oh ir); ' : ' from General Hill's , division ; the Selina, Buckley, 03 Lisbon to London, with fruit ; the Lord NelsOn , 6 ° 6 '; l ; Bristol, from Lisbon to fersey, with salt ; the SupplY, C°'l,ri, Plymouth to Liverpool, with stores ; the friendslo, Lll'l in ballast ; the Realto, Barker, from Cork to Porln tl ' ull with provisions; the Spring, Clocker, it ',odor! tlii witlt.timber t the Broker, lenkins, 1.1"1:11svulitel. to Pool, with butter, ke. ; the lust, "I'lloolas' (iv n, lac ford to !awl; very leaky and must unload her estgol;l, Aurora, Witherall, from Waterford to Lisbon; wit h i. her mast sprung, repaired ag ain and sailed this day. t he I,a p lin E , A 2l l. APRIL 5 .-*ArriVed hid I\fi° j eSlYs an d c onq u es t /ucrd and 'J s ß c a l sinoatre:inre'eldri.-tt8,11:tf;coPirneolufat:wl:'111:1:10s P i tl i g h : cruiy~; and hen tfcAlioililov,./.„lo:lo:::eirefr:s:.:lin,riorgac;::::ini:::::::,:rdstii.ge,ayib,suitl oc ofoir PourstviouTtr, 5.--Arrived severs' ihlo n) ~rrivr d (tarn S i led Rdpid filg o n at a e c ir r i u )nr i ze, and the t ba Do‘, r OM • A CO RIigSPONDENT, " In our PINI. of thel:38PlIti)1; July' , we. l t) , AP 4 ° ; '),111: :‘ 11 the death aßceogpin;m,f o‘Ni6Vroe:ii..lialSgv.e. Sit of whit tiers` by Lieut.-tool Smith, cost ;sttat:lit~ which can be pare 'r~r Iris f,' Tohnel6paonMym lincl!'lni3;10nbtlalYeiesr'1:1:1°41611111'11:511:4. row in announcing the death of Gii)t. a.' 4. Story, in wheat the Regiment 10,13 r r. oilA he always loss. The Lieutenatit-Colunelairl onF :l c ways considero, him o no of the 171,100nac ,0 1 Point Out ,bib stehaedeyv.ecor nkdnuegi* 11';Id'iSlePuit'31115C . 50 j r as an example which roily be a lways honour and the fiadevidanhtaegwe nliii9srkherciotitiveirti(lPl hd o . ort 6 fbocigrsne'rnednreutaiatietwymananrndi d. totsjsiiasporo7vaeri h:rn: e t ir o n: outte ii gallantry. — l n ro ve his his only pursuit and ons:o'idier lio les hie f a r 92 11 ° , ifinv)cpce:ta.resrleri nSnliotuhrtarrnos.nthaaitl:octliceahlsclivoeilist°4l; ?Ifloc:cers'‘ll sys, , IWO from this dap. aWm 0. (Signed) ."' trim; A Captairi 65 t h Re4t "-• • )4 o f I „,01,1 a4trt l kdo il tui C v y vt : h E o i t .2 4 4 :t i ni s yi t l r v c v ; l i i v q l l : i n l o g rn i p , N S a a t eT i v i tib t : olt ry tS l et i a s , , ril s r to har:) f o ; l o o7l,oo(l,f(lo;)‘l,ll f family, are ificorlWlA b le for the ho, great re duction blob We feet potyliC pleasure in announcing to of the est supet tine br cloths, Iran, Jaunt t o ad .4Bak riaCt) i►' ihe Ist by t l3sts Which, frPtli ►ar lelters .„.t,l6,nbouthood to their ctitictent 70. of the rno!it respectablo carreseu 1 . 11 to be; as follow — mo ( r S LI B B -il a nu c l : ic e c , Comm t ta w ; creenson Colours - IP' I nie M d 11!• Ditto , Chronicle-) The • ea far Present. State Lottery sceo poc 1)40 MAUI. 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