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av tv ,k C o( m his brigade of the . • 4 su pp :ed by the .-Ifoitoitraole 'Acu te, ant General Cole, . and the, 4th diviaion ; and, by', Stapleton ;( 2 :Otion:s'cav:dry ; and the enemy Were driven throtighAidel, de. Pante,' back upool; 441 ergara, and the piquets of 'the cavalry result:ed , : theirstation, .But the enemy having been reinforced by tine. which marched. upon Forcalhos, again ad vaocal abvat sua,set, and drove in. the piqucts of t4e cavalry from Aldca.de Ponte4 and took p9sse akin of the villa .;e. Leattoint-General Cole again attacked them trait a part of General Pakenham's brigade,.and drove them through the village, but night •having come on, and as General Pakeuliarh was net ter-. lah *lilt was Passing • oti his - flanks or of 411 bera of the enemy,. and he •knew that the arhits ers to fall back still farther, he evacuated, the vile l age, which the enemy' occupied, and' held daring night, , . .. O n the .28th, I forthed the army on the heights uebisd Soito, having the Sierra das Mesas on the 'ilia, and t h e left at .Rendo . on the Coa,. about cetlea gue in the rear of the position which they had rku Pittl On the 27t h ►Th e enem y a l so re tired f ro ~ Mika de. Pottte, and had their advanced posts lit 41be rgaria i an d as i t appears that they are ' about 1 0 [tree from this part of the 'country, and as We already had some bad weather, and may ex- Peel more at the period of the equinoolial gale, I ttopose. to canton the troops. c I ca nnot co nc l ude this Report of the occurrences . - the last week 11, . , Without expt esin g to your Lord ly Pmy admiration of the conduct of the . troops enm,.., * 4 - r io the affair of the 26 t h instant. , , o't I canduel of the 2d battalion sth tegirneat,. t°rn a te '"tied by Major Ridge,. in particular, affnrds (.I::el4(3rahle example of what the steadiness . and . t ' i ' e ,'P l i"e of the troopsi l and their con fi dence in' t ileir °th coni, can efied, in the most 'difficult and . gent 'ilustions. The. condut% of the 77' h regi' 11: 1 ' un der the command of Lieutenant-Colonel it:t4d, was equally goo d, an d I h ave • ne ve r , t i: 'tunte detertnined attack than was matte by v ant iPhei ll of the enemy ' s cavalry, with every a d re p : i 4e the assistance of a superior artillery, M l c4 i 4e ' l by these two weak battalions. ot 111 4441 not emit also to report the good e o Pcltla ti iii ,, es "roe occasion, of the ttst Portuguese re= 4_ , nr, under the command of Colonel. ' 4 ' of Major Arentchildt's artillery. Bacellar, Th e h their rounguese infantry were not actually t h t4 4e ` l . hut were repeatedly threatened ; and they i t , (1 cd t he utmost steadiness and discipline, bot h e lle e (4443 iti Which they . prepared to receive th e d Ov er Y .' a " in all the movements of a retreat , ma e ha' 1 rilileS 0 1 plain, in front of superior I_ a rt in tly. Tile port d to the gun s s . • 'whi c h 11 , ePestt artillery-men attache Con were -ere ftlrit moment in -the enemy ' s Ps" , _ . Ile sr cut down at their guns. der tl it at tom ratltr Y• (Ton this occasion, were an der - ..una d ► ,• . Col v in,. °' Malor-General the Honourable , roair); Lieutenant - Gener a l I ' i c ton having re to ni-" wi th the troops at El Bodon ; and the l 1'44; 5 of Mjor-Ge nera l C o l v ill e wad b e y on d .a ll . _______ FYIu T „ r . ---,, rdship will have observed by the details much r eai : e "ellOll which I have given — Y°°' how'n the lit 1, 4 14 I h ad to be satisfitd with the conduct of . MACIr. le"tifiaare and tith Light Dragoons, of. . . i t 441 A . -4 4 „ 1164 's illigade. There were net more . on el+ ' l.. toll ..iree s cit i adro . lis of I i.e oxiiii regiments tor'. ioilld, ibis brigade hiving for some time inv, ~ .01 1 41 , t he cavalry for the.oot:Lposts of the 0r ... . ; s ki LeY charged the enemy's . cavalry repealetlly the 11°I*itlistanding the superiority of the latter, 1 not ti would would have been maititai"edi if h' I ltiv e Nd to 6 a s'andon it to risking the loss of 'those der k14:;41en.1,Y continuing the 'unequal contest i u im. , tki,llllll disadvantages, 'in consequence itiltililkt entry .of fourteen battalions d o t f . i t i:f e a_O o t r r y . tie rt :r action, before the 'support which 1 uP could a rrive, • * had lil a° e , ,, General Alters, and Lieutenant-Colon e ,o ls , thiteiiil4 and Areutschildt; and the ItI N regiments, particularly distinguished them-Officers t i t, U' this this occasion. .Gene• t a i , 4 4 also to mention ,, that the Adjutant- . lAD 4j4t.General the Honourable C. Stewart, he % U rn , _ tie 4,.., 14 0 field, gave his assistance await Offic er I. qtrY, with his usull‘gallantrY• 14 ri. • • ` - . . Aid -,,onte, tri. 44 . ' affai r of the 27th,, at de r , ith (611 il! lerCeneral pakenharn, an d the troops of t a r e -, !let ;,. lON Under the orders 4111, ‘s,‘-;:'.l.es likewise conduced themselves remark- 01 Lieutenant-G el l. hi, 8 ar lo 131 ere " lit ghßessa the Hereditary Prince of I 'llich I aLee°llVanit.d me during the operations lot t h e fir"alle detailed . to your Lordship and %_Vais,. \Vitt ' ~ St t "Ile in Are,• and he conduced htnisv." t3 N t i t l n . t .e . 6 , 134 it and 'in - te . Iligence which afr . trd a ithi„. ' " 40 Will becom e in ornament of his pro ns Tin: enemy having tolleaeol for t he °tied of re lieving Ciudad Rodrigo, the. Army of the North which were withdrawn from the attack which tney commenced on ,General Abadia, in. Gallicia, in (which are included 2 battalions of the Imperial :Guard, and General Souhain's division of infantry, ?composed of troops recently arrivedi i •the Army' of Naples, and now drawn from the Frontiers of Navarre, where . they had been em ployed' ,in operations against Mina, together with five divisions, and all the cavalry of the army called Of Portugal, composing altogether an army of not less than sixty thousand ,men, of which six thousand were cavalry, and 125 pieces of ar ; I could not pretend 'to maintain the block , add pt Ciudad Rodrigo, nor could any efforts which I could make, prevent, or materially impede culle&ion of the supplies, or the march ,of the convoy for the relief of that place. I did all that I . could expertto eifea without incurring the risk of great loss for4io objea, and as the reports, as usual, were so various in regard to the enemy's real strength; it was necessary , that j should see their army. I have hid no reports frGrn the North kitice ,I ad dressed your Lordship last, nur horn the South 91 Spain. General Girard had colle&ed at Merida, a small bgly of iroops . ; but I Imagine that he will break up this collection again, as soon as he will hear that General Hill is at Port,logre. • I have the. honour to be, Sm. • (Signed) WELLINGTGN. I inclose a return .of the killed and wounded, on the and 27th instant. (4 Frexada, Oapbei 2,, le 11 . " Since I addresiect ion on the 29th Septetnber, I have learnt that the enemy, ,retired horn Ciudad Rodrigo on the .30th, the Army of the North to• wards Salamanca, and, it is sad, Valladolid ; and thp Army of Portugal towards' Banos . and Pla.; centia. " Girard'adivision of • the sth Corps, which 7 in. formed your Lordship had been 'collected at Me rida, has retired from thenCe, and labs again been cautoned in the neighbourhood of Zafra. likewise learn, that General Foy, who bad (ittiOanced as far al Zarza Major, in the valley of the Alagon; with his own division, and one of the Army of the Centre, has retired towards Pla centia." . _ . . - [We are under the necessity of postponing% the Liit of Itit 1c:1 and Wounded till, to-inuirvw. It antount4 to su Wi t:di and 169 wounded,] PLYMOUTH, Ocr. 14.—SaiW the bad/igen goo•brig on a cruize. .Arri.ed the: brig, (lope, of London, BROWNING, 1114ters from Gintaluir, iu ballast, twelve, days pas sage; came a running, illy; and is under quaran tinc.—Al.,o arrived the Stork sloop of war trout Cotk. PORTSMOUTH, OCT. fine frigate, the Pomone, was totally. lost last night, in attempting to Come Omagh the Needles. Shea was from the Mediterranean, where she has been activell'employ ed, and has thought home Sir HAavaRL JON cis, our ;ate Ambassador tt. Persia All the crow and , 'pm.' augers were saved by the exertions of the Tisiphone guard-ship at .-Yarni:mtli, and the Escort. 'Thu IV :none was commanded by - Capt. and watt lost by stoking on what is., termed , ' the Liiidge, •at dead, low. wate,r. . fridge is .a ridge, ex tending tram the Needles Point across to. the Cinist.thutch • shore. .Capt.- BARRIE was the lasi.to leave the ship. Thti signal guns of distress were distinctly heard here between eight and nine o'clock. . Sir HARFOHL) JONIIS landed here about twelve o'clock this day, and itninediately set off fot Lon. .idom • Sophie C3pt. LOCRY ER, . is gone down to the - . Nsedles, to attempt saving any,. ot the wreck. that may appear ; but troin the accounts . ' have hoard, havey every 'reason' to suppose the unforttic.ate Poricone. is entirely gone to pieces, for althougtrt here was not much wind, the point she struck on is 'most dangerous. . . • Sailed *the ~4rnelia, Capt. „bray,: for the. coast of Africa; Menelau.t, Captain PARICR/4 . (iinanY for 'Sicily) -tor -Hindostan, with the Medi. krraneati convoy . to Cowes Roads; Spi(fire, with '.cotivoy for Cork and Western 14es. .The Pinerale, Str HOME Yortliti,4, is' appointed is succeed the Royal Oak, Captain IVlaccoc*, as COMIIIGdOre of the Coerbourg squadron. 'FALMOUTH, OCT. 13.--.• Arrived this day ,the Etizebetit packei, Capt. KIDD, with mails from Lisbon, in six passag. A ~kirmish took place on the 2gth ult, in which the vticiny 700 men in killed, wounded, and Kippers, and the British about 300. The Corn bmedmed Armies are gone into c4nionments; the enemy hai• thrown supplieo into Ciudad Rodrigo. No Tpacket was at Lisbon when the Princess Elizabeth sailed. , Arrived the brig Betsey, BOULTEIL, from Coil for London, in a very till reused mate. Sailed the Morrirturi armed Wig with a ileet of coasters-tor Wales. Th e packs is for the Brazils, Mediterranean, Ja. maica; America, Portugal, and Spain„ ruts detained by contrary wind. Arrived the l'aize pacLt, with a mail, from Sttrinam. DEAL, OCT. 130,—Arrived his Majesty's shit illiloiithech from 'off Flushing ; and the Jamaica Plan. latAr.fruat• JarrialC3 the Jamaica Planter was me (.0 the missing ships she has sailed for the river. tatION VALENCA ba ALCAtITAIZA, Saar. '2O.- Dispatch fort tient. Colonel POMELA to Gen. LACY " Yesterday I marched for this place, where tl.e 6nemy i jit . gup)bOr 500., entered previous to my ar- : rival ; I immediately determined to attack them, and at two in the afternoon the firing commenced, and the enemy was dislodged from their line, and obliged to make a precipitate retreat ; they Were'pur-• sued to Arau. In this battle the enemy had mmy killed 'in the firsHine, and still more in the retreat. Our lost' was four killed and five woUnded. , EtCrUCIAPCO, Aug. 7. M. PON Ri.A. The Army of Portugal appears to have received a reinforcement of 4000 men, besides another of hum 2 to 30 0 . 0 1 the tiro comes from Va►lsdolid, and recently arrived from Prance; the latter are convalescents front Sillarl.thea it ►ras likewise re• ceived many horses to remount the cavalry, and for • the artillery set vice. OltiklUßLA, Steer. s.—On the 31st ult. the enemy . made their appearance about a in the morn ing, at the diitance of about a league from Lorca, to the number °IVO horse and 200 infantyy; proceed ing to the Casa de'Meca, with a convoy of about 60 beasts of burthen which they meant to load with grain. A signal uas immediately made► from the castle, and our troops sallied out to prevent the rob bc►, and when they approached, the enemy com menced so brisk a tire that they obliged them to re tire .to their posts without finishing Ihditrg their beasts. The firing lasted two hovers, and out patties followed them in their retreat. , On the .same morning there was an aelion be tween Velez Branco and Ittibio, the result of which was, that eighty artillery men were surprised who bad gone out to procure forage with eighty mules. Otir parties made twenty-eight prisoners, and killed, as many more; they also tool( thirty-seven mules and a horse. The peasants likewise •took several mules. At one in the afterndon of the Sanle'daY, (the jtstj, the booty. was carried,into Lorca.. `. • VALPINCA IYALCANTARA, 17.--;.tßelatipn of the events of the third army. The expedition ary corps having united with the Army of Murcia, General Bz.*E set ,out for Valenea, the troops undot the or4ers of General Fasyka.' On l ie gth August we were attacked in the posi , tion of Raul. CludenA having left his position, O'Dosssat,t. marched to succour him, end fought with much glory and defeated' them. In Vertientas the cavalry was attacked 'at the Bathe time, and suf fered a similar fate. The Alivbions then took different rfintes, and afterwaßl9 joinua in Hotta de Murcia, completing a retreat &AR leagues. On the 13th in the morning began to unite in Murcia. The patriotic yarties of that kingddin, and at the same tjme advice was received that the ene« my had approached within cannon shot of the castle of Lomat Posterior to thii, Suui.T set out fur Seville with 300 lancers. the:Lime day of the 13th, the main body of enemy was iit Lumbreras, arid had burped the bar the neighbourhood of Lorca. The French "gave indications of retreating, not withstanding a body of their cavalry pursued . our guerillas clost;.to Lliu the castleof which opened its‘fire upon them.. On the 4th, the enemy remained in Lumbreras, and, accerling to the information of .a peasant from Locca,ihad dispatched for Velez Rubeo, many-wag ? goes and beasts laden with grain,, with some troops intliCAting every disposition to retire. The loss of the.enemy, was considerable, Alia they •darea not to attack us in our new positions; the re . - salt, has been, that SOUL?", after having sacrificed a great number of soldiers (or the sake of occupying a small portion.of g ., tound, will shortly be obliged to abandon it, or risk another battle, the, success of which be.c.tnnot ex pea to be advantageous, on ac count of our positions, as well as the junction of 'the valiant MC/lei:111Si GIF,NARAL OltDititS OF THE 15111 SIFFTEMDIM. Theyptiant. ocidierr of the: Gin army have just co. veied lhertiselves with glor i try the valour with which they,fought, arid the judgructit they evinced manceUvering Un the 25th ult. the French ermy presented itself for thei'purpose at attacking, defeating, ,and dis persing us, but our troops, commanded by General . ABADIA manceuvred with such skill in pre,ence of the enemy - , that they drew them' to the point they , to-give battle, and there waited fur them with a confidence which announced viaary. The enemy, accustomed to gain their . triumphs by audacity, attempted to force our position; hut they met with such a vigorous resistance that they were repulsed, after sutfel rng a considerablelos'S in men , among the killed are, one General and one Colonel, and among the wounded, three Graterals. The infantry b itt,ilion of Reviro, distinguished it sal iu a Inuit particular manners, having tletoudel for five: hours'a point-against the reiterated attacks of four batt'alions of, the Liver. ii Gu ink The enemy precepitately retired, leaving in our power many Of their wounded, and provis ons for 'the army for ;firer daya.,. The division of Geneva! Voama; of the 7th Army, pooessed inklf the 141t.1 ult. of the city and forts of SarastAer, after an obsinate engage ment, in which our troops laye4:extraordinary valour. The enemy suffered a loss of from .8 , to GO? wen, 100' of thenl prioniers. In this 1043 are in.. Chief, and 14 ()Akers. The torts which detewied Santander were de moltshed. Our troops fought with the bayonet in the si recto of the town, nod in no part could' the enemy mist their vul ,ur. Ti.e best order in our, attack, :Hid the greatest precision ip our moveffrents, reutlered us triumphant in this glorious said). The-G,neral in Chief, who floth what he has al reidy,experienced, did not expect in similar cireurn'; stances either less Order or less intrepidity lions the soldiers Of the. fifth army, thus, with pleasure testi. fief to them his satisfaetion. LISZON, OCT. 5.-00 the std inst,, in the morn., ing, we experienced a tempest of wind here, which 'caU4ed an extraordinary agitation in Abe sea; it con. tinned on the following day, occompanied•by a co» pious rain. Many vessels anchored .in this rivet suffered considerable damage, and some small boats were lost. . THE THEATRE.+ 6 .The traSOrt CollC:oded Lict night, at he Hiyinarkvi Theicre, with 0 ' The liehighted 7 1 ravellers," " Duriniess Visilde," and " The Quedrupeds Quedlinburgh "—Mr. ELLISTON ,at the end 9 i t the satund ttirse pieces, vatcl and aiaryillvd the audience in the 101143•Aitig spetch, whah wig ireceived with very great ai,plause durft ink its progress, and at its coticlu,ion " LADINS AND GENTLEMEN, ha 4 fallen to rtl lot, Isom the situation which I hold in this Theatre, to deliver to )ou the last' words of the season , from the4 ) inprietors. As lam sensible of the necessity of gUarding against any misotception of the important and (as I stunt it will be found) ititelesting marative which I !lave to offer, in order to guard - a'g;taist any possible mis representationi, I have solicited of the Proprietors, and Obtained a copy of the wards they 41811 ad dressed to you, which, Atli your: kitid itAlulgence, I will now read, " Ladies and Gentlemen—Titus say the Pro. _pr t ors, `‘‘ I ani desired, Ladies and Gentlemen, by the Manager of this Theatre, to inform you, thiit on this night they close a season of experimeel, which 'has been adopted, to save their intetests from mini. halation, Without meaning to tictraiitr any com plain't against their great 'rivals, the: superiority of whose theatrical ptivilegev such"rilials itai , e certainly a ri:ght to'extrcise to their own irdvantage : with. 'out any intention of this nature, the Manbgers hero beg le.tve ro stAe, that the increasing yr:Ara:44in of perlormances,.. in what tile' c:flied: the Winter Homes, and the extensive controol those Houses poses over, persons engage,' in (limn, have created an imperious necessity of establislring, gas nearly as it has yet been found . posSible, a Company of Per for.neisirldcpendent of other London Play-houses, as the, ocly,, method of preventing their property from b..:ing totally destroyed, befot a further-means may have been effe6ted 'to guard it. ". In, such. an - ,tirdttoni .struggle, through the .k.rtown generosity of this finetropoliS, the Managers have met encouragetnent-i-if not to that extent which May 'conclude to their prescnf profit, at least in a. proportion to give them !tape', that (in addi tion to then laiinbie solicitatton to be relieved irons certain restritiions), their perseverance to entertain you, Aid, from time to Ime, an - aectunulation of new talents, will' Crown their:efforts with that ulti mate-Success which ElfiliTh patronage is sure to prailote, in censideralion. of Ott's(' who assiduously labour to dtAelve it. " This Tlieatre will re-open . st the earliest perloa granted to.itt by its license. The' Poilartners, Ladies and Gentlemen, beg to join their most res,peetful thanks to thoie of the Managers ; and we take our leaves undtr those grateful impreisions' which your liberality must ever inatlibl) fix upon our basomS." • Tile new Farce of The Preen eyed Menai? WS been juclicioudy cultailecl, and is, iikely to tveoms one of ilie most attraetik;e entertainment* at die t Lyceum. DUWTON and LOVSGAOVe Appear to i,:it icular advantage, and the vosatility ut the lat. ter is a.proof of utworninou talents, • The following singular circumstance occurred on Saturday last :--A couple Were mart led <<t a Church at the West end of the town, tor, the third time; the first time they were niartied, they were not of age ; the second Itnt, toe license was filled up with a wrong name, which rendered it ritl.essny lot them to have .another, and go through the cere. away again. BURGLARY STA,IMoRIi• HtLI.,-.-The house of Mr. Perbes;44ficti•is noted for ancient and valuable curiositits colleiled by. the above G.:lineman in his Continental travels, • was broken' and- entered by thieves on NStednestby night last. Tin: rtioheo of freed an entrance by boring it number . c,l holes in the shutter of the litwiry %,,in(fow, and mutt tearing away part of the wood. silificietit to ethibie them to opt the window. it ` t:414 nut &MA/venal that the house had bv. n beset until (nothing, wilvr4 it Was ib,curitiined that the livVer,ll eliso ctlriels coins, &re.- had been opened, 35 %ell as other locks in the hater part of the house. The thieves, it is e vid e nt, ms.,st hoc been alarmed, as 'only a horn of rhillocete4 tipped g its carried Bwa, and which hole the + ' t he gift of S. fllar in, Eq. to Joan Fortie4, Eta]." The reioains of a candle was !timid in the library, 'slid but for the itotithertte incident i it',l, l , ol , t h e ro b ber , would have had all CIMMVt,bo 4 lianniten, the officer, bas been unsuccessful ittiliicuiteriag the robbers- ~--~ I I