The Sun. — London, England, 1811-12-02 00:00:00

''*bY the two soadrbos of the 2d hussars, and • c 4 e of the 9th Light DragOons i was particularly the; latter commanded by Captain Gore,. 1 . 4 Whole . under Major Bussche, of the Hussars. taught previously tn have mentioned, that the cavalry having, through the .da i rkness of the 130 t and the badness of the road, been somewhat pad; the Spanish Cavalry under the Count de , nilneVillernur was, on this.occasion, the first to fr tm • 11 1 3 41:the plain, and engaged the enemy, un -11111.0 British.were enabled io come up. the enemy was now in full retreat, but Major Vtr i 1 0 eral:Boward's column having gained the point i, ! °*hic h it was directed, and the left column gain..., trila st upon him i , he had no re‘out se but to stir' . 'N l der or to disperse, and ascend the mountain.-- Prefilred the lat ter, and . ascending near , the t i t eril extremity of the ascent, and which might rl'e'been deemed inaccessible, was followed closely t Ythe2B th and 3:ith Itegiments,, whilst the 39th !I Tl nent, and Colonel Ashworth's Portuguese In "q'aollowed round the foot of the mountain by , ! t he rruxillo'ruad, to take him again inflank. At "lan* time, Brigadier Infantry " d ad l l. t soree.distance to the left. with theaame b 4" " T ' S 7 ' btt irnagieed,;thelenemy's troopi were : th ls time fin ihe'titinost panic ; his cavalry was Ing in every direction, the 'int - linty threw away 11,Yir arm', and the :only effort of either was ro stnsp e , r , i on , • 4h e troops tinder Maior-General Howard's 14 - ' n 'and, as well as those he had sent round the 10 : of the mountain, 'pursued theM over the o.: K st snaking prisoners at every 'step ; until his teat teen becable so exhausted and "few in number, h iat it was necessary for him to halt and 'secure the triso ne hi I Is, and leave the futther!pursUit to:the Spa i.''.'lnfantry . under General MOtillo'; who, fvomb t ied ire6lion in which they had ascended had nook' e ' e ' r tle the must advanced. The fora . General t 'anl had w i t h hi m a t the commencement, Whicb :44(ed of 2.500 infantry and 6 00 cavalry, beint 1:614 time totally dispersed. In the course of l e operations, Brigadier-General Campbell's bri 114(''' of Portuguese infantry (the 4th and loth re illent‘l, and the lath Portugue se infantr y , joined from Cosa de Don Antonio, where they had halted 1 - 1 . the preceding night . ; and as soon as I ju d g ed -. Y could no longer be require d at the scene of 1 .' 105, 1 detached them with the brigade, consist ;ll'" °f the both, 7 t st; and 621' Regiments, tied Ma - A i t 'Qtneral Long's Brigade . of Cavalry towardi Me -73. They reached St. Pedro that night, and en levtel Merida this mornitig ; the enemy havi n g , ' in gr tt ea t4 :" l l of the night,. retreated from h enc e -in alaNto.Almendralego, The Count de Penne v itemur f ormed the advanced guard with 'his ca z,,a•lY' a nd had entered the town previous to the arrival . s e The the British. • . ultnnale consequences of these of rations roe !" not point out to your Lordshipl- their im late result is . the capture of o ne General of c 1 3 , alr Y (Bra e),. • on e Colonel of Cavalry (the (P il t nee rri tie • berg), one . Li e utenant'. Colonel, `lef o f ' she tat • Major); one Aid-de -Camp °f General Gen eral Girard, two Lieutenant - Colo nels, One eo ihi tnr nihaaire de Guerte,• thirty Capta i n s and In 1. °facers, and upwards of one thousand of n'tih. to 7; missioned Officers and soldtert, already sent the" un der an escort to Portilegreei• The" Whole of ktlenetnY'S artillery, baggage, and commlisariati at n e nia gaiines of corn, which 'he 'had collatd of ‘'aceres and . Merida, ' and the, contribtiflOn to money Which he had levied on the forme qtr .1 besides the total dispersion of Gen. Girard's . s . The lois of the enemy in killed must also Par: l bee , n S evere, while that on our side was corn let vel trifling, (as appears by the accompanying % Urn ' in whiCh your Lordship will lament to see tit name of Lieut. Strenuvvitz, Aid-de -Camp to t 4 l7 lt ' Ge n. Sir ,William Erskine, whose extreme • vai -nt- rY, tad him into the midst of the enemy's ca tY' "'occasioned his being taken prisoner. Il i s leasended an expedition wh ich, al t hough r, t br 46 1 I NN/ into play, to the full .extent the ,gal kiverY,,' a lld Spirit of • those engaged, will I trust N e ' lne ra a claim to your Lordship ' s approbation.-- lAe praise of mine can do. justice to their admira by All ; the patience and g ood w ill sof "" tanks during forced riiarches in the worst retge4ther ; their stria at to the ,orders they the e d , the p rec i s i on with which they mo v e d to th e atta ck, and their obedience to command during. tie a l eil °n ; in short, the.: manner in which m r y ,, i tee l as performed his duty from : the firsto n • „t b ha nce rnent ot the o p e ration,' merits my 4 1 . itYniegt . nl ts? and will not, I am su re, passutiOtiirtcu, ' y°tlr Lordship. ' ' ' T L i eutenant-General .• eatenant-General Sir William Erskine, 'I mint e % W/tw • - e xpress my obligations for his ;lee ice. v „ 14 : e upon all occasions ; to' Major-Generap,iHew. Ai* who dismounted and headed his trooprop;the, at) . l !nit as cent o f the Sierra, an d ithronghout , +1 t,il ? ,°ado6led hi s column, ;and to rei. * ilia exeiliOn".:4' at the 'head Major-Gera - of shis..brignde., Y 1 - ,IT V'Mf p arti cularly indebted. I roma 81,0 1 -tifi...-._:. .. . Ashworth, an 3 LieUtenant.dolanel Stewart, carii. Manding Brigades, for the able manner in which they led therrt, _Lieutenant-,Colonel Cameron, the Hon. Litiotenant=Colooel Cadogan, , the Honourable Lieutenant-Colonel Abercromby, and Lieutenant- Coletnela Fenwick, Muter, and Lindsay,., Majors Harrison and Bussche, Major Parke; commanding the light companies, and Captain Gore, command tog ~ the . gth light dragoons, Major • Hartmann, commanding the artillery, Lieutenant-Colonel Grant and Major Birmingham, of the Portuguese SerVide, - Captain Arresaga, of the Portuguese artillery, whose a 4 ,4 9, much execution, severally merit my Warmest approbation by their conduct and I must "I t Hil i iltnit to mention the exertions made Brigadier- Gene6l. Campbell 1111,1 his troops, to arrive in. tire'' `to givU their assistance. • General Giron,:l6Chief of General Castanos!: Staff,.and Seconditi;'Cotninand of the sth Spanish : . ArMy, has dOne me the honour to accompany me durin g these ukratidtia; and I feel much indebted to him forliis assistance and valuable advice. • , Brigadier.;Getieral the Count. De Penne . Villemur, Brigadier-General-Morillo, : Colonel Downie, and the Spanish Otlieers and: soldiers in general, have Condutied themselves in 'a manner to excite my warmest approbatiOn.. To Lieutenant . -Colonel RoOke, Assistant-Adju. taut-Genera),, and Lietitenanf-Colonel OfFeney, As sistant-Quaiter-Msster-General, for . the able man ner in which they have conducted their depart ments, and also kr the ialuab'e assistance' and ad vice which I have'at all times received from them; to 'the Of ce,rs of the Adjutant and Quarter-bias ter-General's departments ; to Captain 'Squire, of tie Ainyal Enginee.rs, for his intelligence and - inde- Wigsble exertion during the whole operation, and Captain Currie and my personal Stair, my wannest o thanks are One. This dispatch will be delivered to your Lord by Captain Hill, my . First Aide•de-Camp, to . whom I beg to Wei . your Lordship fur all further 'particulars. _ _ i have the honour to be, 8:c. (Signed) R. HILL, Lieut-Gen. To Gearhi Viscount WCII6IBIOII. P. S. &nice writing the above Report, a good. many More pasdneri have been made; and I doubt not but the whole will amount •to thirteen or four teen hundred. • Brigadier-,General Mdrillo has just returned from 114 pursuit ut the dispersed; whom he followed for eight leagues. He reports, that besides those - killed in the plain, upwards .of six l u dead were found in the wood's andinouni , ins. General Girard escaped in Ow dire&ion of Serena with two or three hundred torn, mostly without arms, and is stated - by his own Aid-de-Camp to be wounded. . , . Return of Kille'd, Wounded, and Missing of a Corps of the Army under the Command of General ViseountWelling ton. IC, B. *Commander of the l'orees, under rite imme diate Orders Of Lieutenant -General K. Hill, engaged with the I , rench twat Arroyo del^Molino, On the amlt ut 9ctu - ber, iti tt . Total Oritiah Loss-7 tank and file, 5 horses, killed ;',r-Lieu tenkot,colona, ; M*ll3, 4 Captains, 4 Serjearthr t 07 rank pod file, it horses, wounded ; 1 General Statr missing. TO-tar -Portuguese. Lots-6 rank and file wounded. Nantes of Officers Wounded slut Missing on the 28th 01 October tBt i►.;~ ad . ;.i WOUNDED. Hussars; King's Germ rn Legion-:-Major Bussche and Captain Schuh ze, slightly. , . . , ! , ad Sam 39th Foot—Capt. Saunderson, severely. ist Hatt. orl Foot— Lieotenanr-Colortel Cameron, slightly ; Capt. Donald M$ Donald, severely ; Capt. lohn Writer. son, severely, buknot dangerously; brevet Major Dun. bar, slightly. , • M4SING. arst Light Dragons —Lieut. Streoritiritz, Aid-ds.Catnp . to thieut..General Sir W i i ham ,Er taupe, bat. Return'of Ordnance and Stores taken from the Eheiny , t French- six-iiich howitzer. I French eight. pounder gun. I Nrcuch four.pounder gun. 5 caissons, with gull and howitzer arrirmittitivh. caLigon, with sill4ll.iiiill2hilritin ition, I storo _WaVati. A Writ has been issued for the Borough at Shrewsbury, vacant by 'the death of Sir T. F. Jones. • It has b e en ingge;ted that gunpowd e r mi g ht be dried b y the aPphcation of steam, which would ef feaually prevent those dreadful accidents which so fre quently occur. We hope this suggestion will'be vestigated by.those whb are competent to'decide upon the subjeiit, and that it it be found practicable • it willite adopted. On Saturday night the •Bristol mail conelt brine- roke down with the bags, near the end of Cathe s treet, Strand'. The wheel being cff, it ways im possibly to proceed, t i ed the letters were hntucdiateli forwa4le4ia„a ,hackney coach to Piccadilly. It is alcertaitied, that by the csplosion at WM. than Abbeniowdr-mills, seven, ot. the workmen, viz. 'Parker, '.Sievings, Grapes, Goates,:. Belcher,' Weleling.: and- Chappel, lost their lives.; rind that. another, named Wilsher, was so shoekingly scorch. ed eitbruiied ilia he is not expectedied men, ex - , to survive. The 11010Itunate sufferers were all marr cept Goatee: One of the deceased had seven chil dren, and others thrmee. Four of ons Thequen eir wivesthe were pregnant, and one iscarried in c fright. The adjoining river had been drawn .fear the dead bodies, but only three of ther), and a part of one, had been., found. The consternation that pre vailea in the n ei g hbourhood was such as language " nondesCribe.- The, people-Bed terfitie4 front their habitatiuna, -imagining that the explosion was T he damage done to the town" he of a n earthquake. • Itbithain'Adhey is not of much importance. T prest-isouse ,and hen tbo,, corning.; 7r, - itiELAsb: COURT OP lONG'S BUNCII, DUBLIN, Nov. 27. Mr. GOOLD, after some prefatory observations as to the necessity of quieting the public mind; on the subjea of the pending trials; expressed a wish that the Court should determine the exaa time at which his Clients might expel that event to take place. CHIRP JUSTICE.7.I believe there is no intention to commit any, obstinate or violent outrage upon the law ; all that is necessary in case of trial will be to shtw that therraversers have done such of s as a Jury may,discover to, have been illegal. But I hope it may not he necessary to proceed further in the busines4.—:3liould'that 'be the case, it will be a • very .g reat satisfa& ion to this Cow t, and, I hope, to the country. .Mr..Goor.o.—My l e ords, I should be glad to knew .from the Attorney-oeneral; on what day, in,the.next term; it Will be his convenience to at tend. "' The ,ATTORN4Y-GENERAG, said that it would take place in the usual course. GRIEF JUSTICE. 74 will mention the first ton day after the first day of the ensuing Term to pro ceed in this trial. Counsellor O'CoNslut.t...—My Lord, I am in- ,structed by Mr. Kirwan iestate to the Court, that he is ready and willing to abide his trial at the . . Sittings of iVisi Prius. • Jtidge OSEOII.NE.—It cannot be done. Counsellor VCOtiNELI..—My Lord, hale my self noless - than' great.reason to wish for the. speedy and ultimate decision of this question , . lam not in- . sensible to the unworthy imputations WlliCit have • been cast on the Catholic Body. leas Lord, no such thing 11 - as fallen ttom me,: as an imputation upon. the Ca tholic 'Body. I did acquit. the Catholic Body 'of any participation in what was going forward. CHIEF 'JUSTIOE:;-4 did not bear ally , such tation. . Judge DAY.- - Mr. Q'Coanell, if any such imputar t ions as you allude to, were thrown' otit, we must have heard them--:ror' 'My part I aid not "Counsellor O'CciroaLL.- 1 4 shall not steapass fur• ther on your Lordships. I will rest satisfied by saying, that any reflection.: or imputation, have been cast on the Catholics of Ireland, from any quarter,• are utterly and absolutely false and groundless.' Sprjeant MOClRa.—There is nouse in pronouncing words " false and groundless," which were never spoken. • •, . ATTORNEY•GENERAL....-•!My Lord, I held in my hand 3 paper with the signature of Camillus ; it has been published in Newspaper called The . &ening Herald; I Shall read part of it•for your-Lordships : (here the Attorney-General read the first and the latter part of the letter), and concluded by saying, that it contained most otlensive matter that it was la gross and scandalotis attempt to •interfoe with the jurisdiction of the Court, and the privileges of the Petit Jury, who tried Dr. Sheridan. 'He concluded by moving for a conditional order tor a criminal at tachment, against the Proprietors of The .Vivening Herald—Motion granted. - . Mr. Serjesnt • MOORE next moved for a condi tional ader to obtain a criminal attachMent against the Proprietor of - the Weekly Messenger, for pub lishing the same.iparagraph, as well as we could collect, as that tor which conditional orders have been granted ag;iinst the Proprietors of The Dublin Evening Post, and Freeman's Jaurnal. DISTURBANCBB IN. THE COUNTY OF DOWN. At a General Meeting of the Magistrates of the said county, field'at Downpatrick, the 2ed of No. vembet, 18 1 i ) pursuant to public notice, the Earl of LONDONIMBY, GPVerpOreill the Chair,.:!-- tst,liat we have reason to believe, that [at tempts' have beet lately made in some districts of the county (although- 'we ~trust with very, limited success) to engage the lower orders of the people in illegal associations, which may, if persisted in, ta. tally disturb the publte peace of this county. That in.pursuance'of this purpose, nighly Meetings have been held, illegal oaths-administered, and attempts made to compel the timid to join in these associa. tions. 2d. That in 'Mercy to` the Ignorant and deluded; who have been, or may hereafter be urged to join • in those associations, •we deem it our duty, as Ma gistrates, thus early to warn them of the danger to which'they will expose thernselve4, their fe t ntliei, and their properties, by engaging in such piatiices. We trust, that by awakening them to a inst sense of that danger,rwhik the mischief is:yet , partial and circumscribed, that they, in coeirnon with all or: * tiers of the community, may be aroused- to a sense' of the necessity or supporting the laws, and of.re pressing such 4angeroos attempts to disturg the poty- • lic peace. 3d. That At all times solicitous by timely admoni tion, to' prevent the eornmission,of ofenek, we earnestly hope, as Magistrates, wes.artay bo g s . ve e the painful task of bringing the criminal to punish ment ;• but it is our duty ekplicitly to declare to is l 'claisectind descriptions of -the people, :that if tills our solemn warning and remonstrance is negletted, 'we shall feel it our. bunnden duty to net with Kemp titude and decision in - bringing • those otien,ders to justice, whom lenient measures cannot reclaim.— • We cull upon the people of every description, laying aside all religious distinelions and animosaies, io live in harmony am.opgst.themselves—to look up to the Laws and to the Magistrates tor protection, and not to be deludedinto the belief, that .either their per. sonal.safety qr welfare can • be. promoted, .by ass°. ciatiw omits - elves in any. of those illvgal coinbitia tions which have, at various times, and under. Vil4 : nuns pretexts, disgraced and disturbed different parts of . Ireland, but from the calamities of which this country has•,:been peculiarly' exempt. They may rely on our administering the laws with wil4ness hild with perfea impartiality to,all orders anild'eno , miuntions ot the community; mete shiril tie regard ed by . lAD as objeth either of distrust 9r : favour , we shall :do our duty conscientiously and faithfully , by ; inna we coif for, and- confidently expeCt to re ceive, the support of every good man in, out exer tions to preserve the public peace, ,and to iiiote6A theAivel, liherriet, and prOpertles. of the people ; whoa hi; Majesty has intrusted to our care, CASTLERS,A,GiT. RODUN, DUFlvlll4:4laCaf NNE4L ~ I ,! POLiCF,. MAgsroisr-Hom.—On Saturday, Thnntas Corn. ford, a Cler.k In' the house of Messrs. Langston at►d Co. Merchants, in Wailing-street, was brought be fore the Loan MAYOR, tipon a warrant, charging, him with embezzling money from his eniployers, to the arnounrof 15001. It was alleged against the prisoner, that cn the loth of July la , t- he received the burn of on behalf of Messrs: Langston and C. , . from Messrs. Borradaile and Co. M-'r- !ti the City, half which he paid away to th Dona fide creditor of his emnloyer'4 house, and the other he enterki - aV:6e books as having be- • n .paid to,some other - perliOns, also creditors of the firm ; but those personi disavowing the receipt of the money; the prsoner was apprhended. Mr. Aturr ~attended for the ptosecators, and stated their 'else, which being sworn to by theni, the prisoner wss fully committed for,trial. GUILDHALL —A young Mali, Of restietiahlt. np, pea-rance; underwent a private examination before Alderman ANSLEY, upon suspicion of being one.or the persons who some time since broke open arta robbed the office of Mr. Shelton, Clerk of the Arraigns, at the Sessions House in the Old Willey. He was remanded for farther examination.. UNfON.HALL.—A man, named' . lamer Watts, who has for some time past been frerrenting.. tiffs htiusrls Of ill fame in Dover-streetfat length, by his contlee, tittle:led the ,notice of Collingbourn and WOrtley, and appeared to them io answer the dt. , seription of a person convicted some tifi)e at the Old Bailey of picking a Gentlenvin'S pocket in the City, - but whose punishment, in eonseqt.teiace of his pievinus good character, was mi. '„ ,f, disloll ()f his -entering into his Majesty's service, and he made choice tit the Marines, lA° which hte had inlis'eu, and been marched to Ch,.. !, Their suspicions induced the Officers to take hint into custody ;. and on being questioned, he c ed he' was the person they suspetled, and that he ,bad deserted from Chatham. Offers, on •th confession, proceeded with him to the Tender, ly• it g off the- Tower.; and in their way there lie coo* kissed that for some tiMe pest be had lived b* plundering the pnislic,„and obtaining *Mission I , . ts Gentlemen's hougintt the west-end of the town, by .pretending to be a porter, charged with mei.. sages ; and 'hiring tabus obtained entrance into the , ite used . to take advantage of the servant's leaving hies there, to make off with great-c a sts, hats, or any other Fritable article, which by chaftte might bp within hiss reach. • On searching him ; t,e vend duplicates wersloend if, his posses,ion ) Of It.. which was for a chat,' pledged at a pawfibteker'a in Dover ! street 'fot. ON.- which. he confessed having stulen . from a house. in Russell-square, Where ire went -with a pretended message. . The Officers left Is m in custody .on board the Tender, (rum *hence he will be passed to his regiment at Chatham. . The publications las. , imported from Pails were divided bet Ween three booksellers, and were valitod at t 5,0001. the whole sum was to be paid in gold. . A person of the name of Wyatt has been taken up on suspicion of the murder of Mr. Vitit'll• tine, which we noticed ,in our, Paper of Satyr - day. The mate of a, vessel, lying at a very little di,iance from the place where the body of Mr. Valentine was found. in the water, beard the de ceased, or some other person, at tlie time the dee4 was done, say, "'Pon% Wyatt, for .God's sake, don't 1" The mate inunediately got Into a' boa, and proceeded to the spot, where he found the deceased in the water, drowned, on whom was found the mark of a violent blow behind the - ear. The whole of the money is found. it having been buried in the dung at . Wyatt's stable door. Wyatt is corn luitted, in order to take his trial at 'the 'ensuing' Bod min Assizes,; , TO,body was brought to Plymouth, , where it wilt be interred after the Coroner has an. tiptltl it. The fraterultV I:loaders have becorhe so daring and euthrcionsAoeY constantly rob in open day, in the public street's, and laugh atthosti whom they plunder, • .;.. 'The Rev. Mr. Evans, ,, of ~ ,41ingtort, nes rou against .by 'waled a. few evenings' ago, in. Sun-street, leading to' Firsibattssquare, : who, snatching at his fob, seized. thei - ctssist, and ran off .with the watch, . gtild • chain, sealacland key,, , of cuiiiderabte . A paper hatylwenicirculited by, the Police Omce at • Wor4hip-atreeti . buk.nwhing has been hestrd reaped. ing the author of this most dating depredation. • 0n Thursday night a Gentleman's house in Soho tittoare,'at the back of where the; late fire Was, in. Oxford-street, was entered and robbed of stnetill articles of plate, jewellery, and wearing apparel. SMiTIiVIELD MARKET, Dice. 2. • This day's Marti et afforded a goad supply of prime Beasts, and the show of Cattle in other respects was plentito.l ; Pork k cheaper ; Beefs and •nuton are dearer ; Vent supports last piiee ; and the trade in general. wai 4pret ty bri4. 7 --The sales in the •H .y Marker were somewhat considetabl-; Hay and Straw t..tched lasi -prices ; Clover . ha* iallen in price.—We subjoin a' carrel statement.of I he prices and numbers : . , To sink the 0 fral per stoneaffllb. Deer, ds. od,`to Ss. 4d. Mutton, 4s, gd.. to Ss. Bd.: r i wk, l 4s. sd. tos. 4d. , Veal, s s . od. to is. , Q d, biasts,Ate .Sheip, 14,20 p. Calves, .130: Pigs, isu„ SMITIIVIELD HAIM:UV:T. Say, qi. os. ed. to 61. as. od. Straw, 2.1. 05. ed. to 21. tsk, od. Clover, V. os od. to 71. as. ad. CeltAoa, Duc, 2.--The fresh arrival.; of Wheat , to -day make a large supply, sales heavy, scarcely. ai liNi'tvielt!s 'reduction, and more on inf e . .rior; having stopped the use of Bar. y cense; That lit riele,tts.he again lower ; Malt rather so ; in Ildiiitittle ; variation ; Beans, VI each Bost, fully keep their prices; there are not many fresh arrivals of Oats, - but. tolerable quantities nn hand, and sales named nearly at Friday h prices; Flour full 6s. par sack lower. t Wheat . ; i s a 97.2 a *los Tiola Beans . - 4llgii co rine ditibl9s7l.lgAt4pa tai* Ditto (tine old) - 55 4 a spa Rya , A lii 4 ~.It. , S t & 60" Oats .. - 27) a 3v) 4 :i2ll 13ti49,, x . ... 2 a 'co Poland ditto - .365• a 39s Nit t '' :I I 4 1 4 10 i a 4os. PotAtoe ditto • dos a 4as ItliePealt4oi.litittio a 908 Rapt ''''''d • Pl• a sbl. tiTterAgro z m... .. sbs„a Das Fine Flout - 9ss. A Wg. Stala , • ..,,, , ~• . so d. 6o Socangis - . i 90*. a Es.