The Sun. — London, England, 1811-05-29 00:00:00

From the LO.V DON GAZ ET I E,' Mil 28. Horse Guards, May 25, 1811. His Highness tile Commancier iti Chief has been plea%ed to vpoint Lieutenant-Colonel Eitolry Torrens, of the 89th Regiment, to be his Military Secretary. ihno .Gruartis,...lll.ay.27, . His Royal 14 iglarvess 4)wCommander in Chie tvill hold a Military Levee at tiie Horse Guatils, al two o'clock, on Friday, the 31st inst. '" ' ffhitehall, May ts, 1811. •His Royal 1-Ntintss the Prince Regent has been pleased, in the wine and on .the behalf of his Ma jesty, to grant to Robert Ward, Esq. the office of Clerk. 01 clip: Ordnance of the Uwted Kingdom. ....:., fit; gth of May, at the head of fifteen thontand rwit, and his head-quartets were at Zafra on the 1:411i J whembe ellezted, juntlion with the DiViSifill 01 General f l atour Nfaubourg, villich increased his numbolOto :near tWenty,two thousand men. Ge neral 4allasteros inimediately fell lack atyl united his Coro with that 'of General - Blake; their com bined strength moved from Xeres to Barcarotta. On the t3th, M3tSital Bereslurd and General Caa 'lands boncentrated their forces Valihtrdo, where it would appear they have beta smear joined by Ge neral Blake. On the 16th Marshal Soult attacked the Combined Army at Alboera, and, aft,er an obstinate at'tion,, was rePulsed with great loss, abandoning his wainded, and refiring. to a position in sight of the British ad. Vanced. Posts. The lass on the part of the allies iS,rlQi bpeCified, but understood to be very severe. Major-General Houghton killetf; Major-Gtmerals Cole and W. Stewart, slightly Wounded ; Lieutenant-Colunels Sir W. Myers, and llut:It worth, The following is a translation, of the Telegraphic communication received at Lisbon ;-- May 17 1 iSti.—Elvai, Hat' past II A.M. At nine yesterday morning Marshal Sault at tacked our army at -A.lbuera. It was a great battle. Our armies were vittorious, Tate enemy abandoned their wounded, and•iuok up a new pinion in sight of our army. Elvas, May 18, Soien P.M. The battle lasted siX hours and a bait. It Was contented. The armies: maintained the same pi.. sition. The Allieu had General Houghton killed and three Generals wounded. The enemy twiD kil,ed and one wounded. At eight. This mornitm General Hongt.ton was buried. • t Fur the er0111011011"4 13.tokrupts, 4c. see the Last Page 3 • MAI 1,5, ikaatv --I Lisbon, .1 Heligoland.. Doc-3 Wattrford. S tJ N. 1104L1.1 cIUIS IIIetkiL.FALSUM A4DILAT ? Downing -street, May 28, 1811. A dispattth, of which the following is an extra 6, was this day receivelL at the Earl of Liverpool's ,Ottice, addreasM to, his Lordihip by Lieutemint- Gegieril Laid Viscount Wao,gton,K.l3. dated Villa .Forrruala, 16th May,' 1811.. Villa Formosa, May ►s, ‘Blr • No part of th e enemy's army tetnained ott the kit of the Agueda on the.eVeltitig of the tuth instant, excepting one brigade of cavtdr) close to the Bridge bf C.Udad Rodrigo. The fid corps had crOssed nt Barbi del Puerco and tild Ford of Val'd'Bipino,, and were cariton , d in that neighbonao ; and our ad if ;Weed poste wets upon the Azava and the Lower Agueda. The 6th Division resumed the duty of the blt.ekade of Almeida' on the evening, and Major- General Sir William Erskine .was ordered'io send a battalion' to Barba del Pueleo . to guard the bridge there, which had bwen previt:usly otdered, and had been posted to observe the paintages of the Duas Casav, between Aldea del Mop, and Barba del Nemo. • , The enemy blew up some mines which they had constructed in the works „of Almeida a little be fore o ne of the mo t ning of the i t th, atittimtne. diately attacked ,•the picqueis by Which the' place was observed, and tared their way through th e m. They fired but little, and they appeared 'to have marched heLWCeII the. bodies of troops posted to support the picquets ; and in particular could not have paseed far trom the 9 of the Queen's • Regiment . Uport'.,the first alarm prigadier 7 Getferal Pael( t ‘ who was at . 111,t1pginia, joined. the plcquers, and continued to tallow and to tire upon the enemy, as s guide Jot the march. of theother troops etnployed in rhe 'Blockade.; ,and Major. General Campbell marched front Malpartida 'Olt of ihe first 13 'alien 3tith regiriti!nt. But the amen y continued their march in a s,lid compact body withaut and were well guided 'between the'poiitions occu..;: pied by our iroops. The 4111 Regimetti, which was ordered to occupy, Barba del , Pueicoi unfOrtunaiply mitised the road, and did not an ive there till the enemy ;had rciched the place, nod commenced to descend the bridge .and at the same moment with the Ain & mem , with -Major General, C.;ampliell, and the Light Ilatialto r tia of die .sth • Division, which Major. General Sir Winiane 'Erskine had. detached from 'ATdYa — Tel 'to Baba del Perm, '44 . -atitin hr had heard that the enemy had come out from Almeida. • • , . _ _ The rnemy snlYered very considerable 1063, both 111 .01 . 1110tierii and in killed. and wounded,, as well in' 'the march from Oneida as in the passage Of the Agiieuia. tt norm's that that' part of the 2ii Corps', vc hich Were in-St. Felie,:s, formed upon the river to voted their passage as soon as they heard the liong total, the Hon. I,leutenant•Coloqel Cochrane, of the , 30th, who had crossed with 3 detachment 01 the ,iQth and of the 4th Rcgimerits, was oblig , :d to ith honiejolpi, The enemy are indebted for the small part of the garrison which they have saved principally to the unfom;ate mist the of the:rum{ to Barba del Pucka by the 4tir Regiment. During the whole period of't.he blockade,.Get particularly during the period that Olt! enemy's army were belween theDuat Casas rttrcl the Axava, the nc were the habit of tiring cannon during the night ; and the picquets near the place wereArendently, attacked, Can the night of the 7th theft: bad be- r a very heavy tire of innon from the place, and the picnitets were at tacked ; and another en the night 44 the sth, and the Qtae4.: , o's Regimetai. in particular, and the other troo{:s etoplo)cd the .bletkatie were. induced to I, 111, the expicaion !„,vlMt they heard in the lnotutog of the t l alt was. of -the *same description svith those which they had 'heard on the preceding nights) and tic Queen'syegiment did not move at 'al, nor the, other troops, till the- cause, of the explos /ion had, becti ascertained. Sioce lire t WI tttstaat the enemy have continued their retreat towardi . the Tomes. etwloee , u return of the killed and wounded o f the troops engaged at Barba der I'otr6o, Return of Killed, Wounded, 4314 Mite,ing; or tile Army mute , the Command of Lie.utenant.Generai t t ord, 4,3lUnt tvutlingtuu, N.,11, at LiAtba d.i titicriv, on the t tat May, 383 t. ilead.quartvra, Yiila Formosa, MAy t 5, att. tit Lot, 4th F(fot-2 tack and tie kHkd ; t Licutenam, to rook attLi tsmantivd ," ~ ..:rjvaut, 4 'Auk and tila, MISS. • • so katt. 36111 Font-1 Stud 5 tank and file Li,uten4nt, is rank anti tile, iligting. unV , atut tile ; t Lieutenant, w•ninktil Lii:utely i nit, l Socrjiwit, rxhic Ann Namcii or Intkers, Killed, Wounded, and Milling. rtt Bait, 4th F00t—U.4,441111:10t 14o4crt M'lnioo, wound. Cit. , ISt Batt, 36th Foot —43;l:tenant m:vnng. Ji.leuronma.Colo:,,elPrnltli Cameron, tit the 7yth Reg - hitt:l4, wouetted, CCU the itii flay. tit; died 'on tilt! I:.ttt ; !vlay, 13;1, 'CIIAIP.LS'STEWART, IVlJjr)r-Gclierai.glitt Adjutant-uencr3l, Foreign Office, May 1 I. D'ispatelic - 4 were 'hit . morning received at the Office AN'eleiley from Mr. Stuart, ► klaietoy'ri Mu,liter at .14tsb , ,b, tinted the Inth inst. by it that On the loth, at mid tii,_;ttt, the garriAori of Aimeida blew tfp thd works of tortreis, ArRI effettrd A retreat to 8at1.)41 del rco with considerable 414/, - 113) ).irekt* .up fr ni t itt.ita on 'the L 0 N D 0 N, EDNESDAY, MAY :9, 181 1 . Government have not yet received any further official - detaili respeOing the sanguinary contain that took place at Alblibera ; we .haves therefore little to odd to the account which we . published yesterday. s 'i'he,ll.eports brought by the packet say. that the loss of the Allied Army in killed and wounded was little short of e 3,000 men, and that of the enemy still More cotisidet able; Previous to the colt:thence. ment_of the.hattle, .11hi Spaniards requested to be placed; in. the Post ,of. Honour : that: request Was complied with, and they behaved with the most heroic gallantr)% The 3d 11.egiment, or Old Burn, by which the Spaniards were supported, suffered severely. MASiENA's repeated failures have at length drawn upon lilt the displeasure of BUONAPARTE. We learn, Irmo an authority on which we place great reliance, that he has heen recalled, and that r General ,MAiottotelyhas been appointed to succeed him. • The following official Bulletin, which was issued yesterday afternoon, only appeared in a part of our impression, we therefore think it Necessary to yea insert it this day • BULLETIN. War. office Department, May zSth Dispatches are received from Lord WE t.t.ttassave, slated Villa Formosa, ibth May, 181 1 :••••• It appears that the Garrison of AlMeide, under General BRINNIkEty abandoned that place in the night between the tothrand 11th inst. and marched with great rapidity, by unfrequented paths, to the bridge over the Agueda, at Barba del Puerco, By the silenceand close order of their march, they elud ed the vigilance of , our Picquets. But Brig.-General PACK,WiIiI a few men hung upon their march and im peded their.progress, so that Major-den. A. Came lieu. reached Barba . del Puerco, with part of the' 4th and 3611) Regiment, in time .to cause to the Enemy a very heavy loswin killed and wounded, and to make prisoners about goo tneu, with I 3 Officers, among whom is a Cotonil. General BRENNIER blew up a part of the works of Almeida upon quitting the place, and his move ment. appears to have been caudated with great ability, but his whole corps must have been taken or destroyed, had it not happened that he reached the Coa a short time before the d corps of the French army was to have quitted its banks, Gene 'iik ?NMI, in consequence of the firing which he observed, suspended his march, and pushed forward a body of troops, that served 'to cover ; General BRUNIER's passage of the river. The loss of the British has been very trifling. The Whole of the enemy's. - army under Mare shal MASiIiNA has subsequently retreated to the , Tortnes, and, it W 34 reported that it had con tinued its march towards the Douro. It is probable that in the course of this evening we shall receive further accounts from Portugal, be cause 41 telegraphic message was yesterday received at thl Admiralty from Plymouth, announcing the ar-' mal there of a vessel horn Lisbon. It is generally supposed that it brings an account of the j4ntalon of Lord NVEI:LIOTOIR with Marshal BaitesPoao, g it, W4B known that his Lordship had tai out (or that purpo;e. We ISiS morning received sctne Gcrarn Papers, the followittg article is the only one they contain which is worth'extraeting " 4.--" Accounts from 116 me state, that hopes are intertained that. their Imperial Ma jesties will arrive there within a month or two. The joy that this intelligence hes ditrused is indes cribable. Their,Majesties will, it is said, alight at the Quirinal, where preparations are already making for their reception. "-Our-Imperial Monarch has conferred on the cities of Milan, Venice, . Bologna, Brescia, Verona, and.Matyna, the title of our Good Cities. " BANKS OF THE MAINi, NitY 12.—The follal4- ing'articie has appeared in, some of ,Our journals Sevetal Gazettes speak of a Congress which is again expected to take pi ice, , and betweerl three great Monarchs. Repairs are said to, be miiking in the Favernent of. the Streets of Erfurth, and in the roads le4dill to that place. \Vc this day, according to our promise, lay be fore our Readers' the official account trflnsinittecl by MACSENA, of the aajOiri on the 3d and.,sth instaut. We cannot . help noticing the extraordinary difference that has, taken place in MAMMA'S' style since last summer, when he was upon the point of entering Poi toga! at the head of ilO,OOO men. His language eas th;n' lofty end boa Sting ; lte spiike of his adver saries with contempt, and talked. of driving then) with disgrace out of Tertugal. The events, how ever, which have occurred durVeg 'the last Jen months, have effeeled a wonderful and gratifying change in his tone, and lie 'seems now dis poied to treat his adeers'arjr with . Is', much re pea:, in his. Dispatches, tug hi has been taught, by repeated lessons; to do in the field. Jtl giv. ing an account of the affairs of the 3d and sth instant,' MASSE NA had :..2' very,ditrcult task to perform. Though lie could not venture to assert that he had obtained the objeti of his attack, yet he was desirous of representing the attack as having 'been successful, In this aukward dilemma Mts_ ligNA had recourse to an expedient ,which is alway 3 resorted to by the French General's under similar circumstances. Whenever they hare 'any. unfa vourable news to convey, they either 'make it unin telligible, or at least leave the result in doubt, by a . studied ambiguity of, e,xpression. In this account, tho Ugh Masiee A does pat in terma praise Lord WatzteoTats, yet in every line of it he does justice to his abilities, because he confesses that be employed all his Skill and all his force in direeting' the various attacks that he made, and he acknow ledges, in substance that in every one of them he was repulsed. It is' singular that 'in this dispatch, dated 7th May, MASStNA talks Of approaching Al meida, and yet the nest day instead of,advancing, ,he very prudently,inade the best of his way back again. W. are almost inclined to suspea that this passage is an interpolation. It is poisible'tiiat Boa,- tin/itm finding that MAMMA claimed - the advan tage in these adions, naturally concluded, that the result Would of course be the relief, of Almeida . , and therefor. inserted the passage,in question, It - ,MAS• SENA really thought that on 'the 7th should be able to advance, and yet found that on the Bth it Was necessary for him to retreat, it is quite obvious • that his lois out the bth Was MUCI) more serious than'hewas disposed to admit. The great and im portant • .faCt which" the' French, cannot dispute. is, . that MASSUNA advanced for the sole purpose of re lieving Almeida; that he exerted every effort to ac complish it, and that he was Ultimately :forced to retreat with great loss. We have given in another part of our Paper an account of the Dinner at Merchant Tailors' Ball yesterday, in comtnetnoration of Mr. PITT'S Birth day. Similar Meetings were yesterday held in dif ferent parts of 'the United Kingdom in honour of that illustrious Statesman. We shall take the ear. Hest opportunity of publishing en account of Them, and shell therefore' thank our' Carieipat - dinis in. Ina Country for any information with whic!l they may furnish ui on the subjeet., Yesterday his Royal Highness the PkitNCE RE-' GENT held a Levee at Carlton House, Ch was most numerously attended. Soon after two o'clock, the Paz NCR RIIGENT gave an audience to his Royal-Highneis the. Duke of YORK, • as Cornmander-in•Chiel, the Loa,6 CIiAN•- csia.oß, and Earl FITZWILLIAM. After ‘s ., hicli, his Royal. Highness left his private - apartments, and pro• cecded to the State room. where the Foreign Mi-. sisters paid their respeas to his Royal Highness, as also our own Ministers. and Officers of State„ HiY Royal Highness then proceeded to hold the general Levee., The Earl of MoiaA and Lord.Durioss in troduced to his Royal Highness all thow who had, the honour of being presented. Viscount SouTftwlti.t., Sir EDWARD BELLRIV, Sir H. O'REILLY, Sl' FRANCIII GOULD, General OTAuttnt.t., BURKI, iVir. BURKE, Captain BRYAN, Mr! antll : l,l> Nii". MlD°Neu), and Mr . O'Cn*piNtitt, atiended the of SnsEws. stinYand Earl IeiNGA:LL, in prvservii),&:llc ttotaan Citholic Address, yeatgrday, to tiio FAUN Ca 'III3OAN at tires Leyre. '. r , T - AV AIAL' 24 r, WB, 10....0.101110.~.... L T PLYMOUTH , MAY i7,--Yesterday ofterncon t' most wilful ad of cruelty wpb cytntnitted on bort'. the American brig Bose in' Bloom , Capt. ()Local', lately detained arid sent in bete o n her p,,,3sa.se from Bayonne, by his Majesty's frigate . Sbontion:.-11 lso seaman on board that vesse.l bad chasti,el a boy,lseaman belonging to her , w h i ch so irritaia drewate, that he laid hold of a 'small billet of woo, , ith h : ri t bobcat the Searnan abont the besd,ontil he fell 0 1 . most lifeless , and it is feared is in a (lingered sate,' Sailed his' Mzjesty's ships relleputie, of 74 gonsi Captain Sir H. l'oPirrim ; Sceptre , of/4 guns , DP* rain B A LL A RD ; and Armid e, of 38 galls, C , PI ° DUNN, for the French ° coast ) also, t he 4P /ol aqlooner, with a 'fleet o f t uerehaato tea tor ilie Downs; among‘them ar e tip' following, 6 , '! , rlf e '' 4l ' at'll':; 'Mars; BARER ; Brutur, Tta rt,z ; CeNi. dm Vf er t ls i toe t i T ird, a . i i r a g n m d . Jo ho , Ca is . 10, for tontion; 2150'h' Antelope, Le PELLEY, for GOeiroey ; the WO° bt ig Anzily,TnomP3ON 'for" ,I2Jrtsin O Ali ; ErpediA Co#LitY, (Orlin!! ; and - a snrall convoy for Son' The 'Romulus frigate will call off this port for° trade bound , Portugal. 4r 4 rived the AmeriCan brig Cc', es, A 4 . 1 004° ': is:alvti,ngb.Ospoirti:frit: :Pileotrer,t;ociMirt:teresid,ulitleto,rrsaplivrdre3ti)n:ll:t:r„lei!lt iifinpts'agirsgliii;;; wind, and is under qintratoine. Sailed the Dryad tripte tor the rretich c° l '" ' . d . '. Itt)d the Mating schooir'er to the wes t4rat . DIAL, MAY 2,8.-.-lii Excellency the rale ' Ainbaisador to the, Court 'pt St; P,tersburo 11: balked this ,Morniti ,' ~..11 .1 ck ot, the 6 f ,+ t Ibl 01 ‘, , ,o ur e JO Fisgard frigate, Capt: MasoN, un ki,r tile b."' ~ to his 6t ll, and proceed. ed immediately Si terv.lo fi) " the Bjltio.%;',ith.a fah...wind. . ' , -.. , A his IV s° lo POlITS;4101/T1i, MAY 5,1..--AirtV(4! • rho 1 1 ° 1 ; ships Gannet, Rapid, Arid Laure l, (torn i i iiUgeur, Medusa, att d illphezi from a Clifig, CAPdv paCli FALP4DYT/1, MAY 26,..-Sailed..tbe vr' 4 ,„ for tlx Brazils. .......... of ra t s toa Fi st u: ini t,., d .4ii 28.-7 l'he Rifleman, 6 1 . 00 1 1 Ito lit osaril:dweirvOt.en ,Leith roads, to crnize an th e N rws h i being about half seas over 00,:r oie, formerly' fell in with a Danish National "I'. ' „ co, eer:uch'a. i n a nes the Y a British cutter, es in , i 11 01 ""' uannddcariroernaayddets,i,t.i.athno:d vitanvi.lo4:' 1'0g:et'il:::: Lured after a chaie of two boars,- ant rP. ' i coclirl'", fight olone hour ,and twenty Inion te "' j 'ill - the 11° , was the desperate resolution of , i, sfroc , t C°Mtnander, that- immediately on harinb i.,1 penters were A t he ttv - . shceurtidederaelditl:tiennkia;st;itio be cut away , 0 " car' busily as s tho'P'l4° igi A TY boarded by a boat from the 110000. . 0 „4 1 the Britlit national brig of .war, formerly with ttleab''' Sea Gull, and 3 cutter, sailed along , , 00 0, A llelltand rile t on a cruize oti the Orkney an- ve' . , eli fa° with a view to intercept British vess _ Newcastle, ~, The 'frelawneti, AV ALicE"' of , I ' end 1491 Ilea, and ships from the 'Whale FisilerY' on use ',lll instant, (ell in With a vessel aille'te` poi ter-logged, apparently British, 3b4 pit) JO but L °l • ' blowing a heavy gale, bore down' , ho r:( 1 Z ocwcubpiciliecil:tlsvcrii:ooollipt t iro ' fitlchstifies Perceive any person on boit' , 3 ; N. N. \V. distant about 2 0 leau es. to APP,MINTMES TS. Oral Sir R. Curtis, KW' I ° " I: beirien 61' to PliYi (Pro temporey, Captitin Picken nod i ( e lly, ill ; Lients.. R. S. W-J-011:diei,'NtY. P . :1:::::::17::(1, f t: ed Ta b 4, tile Royal George; Lieut. A.,pii,,ice,.'ib, ri. g iier , ran ; Lieut , liryes, , to. ilv: -00)1'cleu; lite Burnt', to be.chaplain of th e li/1PG:416101'i:1' . 1 the B. TrOwd, to.be Chaplain 4 t ires VII , or ''' t c t s he Cledso' , I to, ' Admiral Young, in - t , ~f 74 0 fa te Aboukir, Monarch,. and Berwlcy,...ed cu lle , 1 .. , sloop, Tickler cutter,, and' 'Jag itt' ir I be sett,,looo sailed from the Owns, to ort°'''ci`,,'%, tespr6i2;{ it. We were misinfortriej P" Ie L •1 vvi)l t ?. - price of Bread ; the auaitern '4' lid., T............................ 0.0.1....... . „ re he Pat Nc. n . ,he von P" onor . , eni with biB 9 EGENT e v i l , satdrop, Ite sth of J une presence, which if 6xed tor EKtraa .f„ ..1 Lonligo4 e v i' d e r r i :Y it4vvT(')gN quick :id : : I:i n r°"( i ni i r fu 'eu: r--- t t : r br i °‘ n ri r sod trey . 7el ; nil pa'er°l th eilllll e : r rel Y: g rr ; n i el 11 :1 0 11 11:4',11; b : eE r gi r le. i' l l is : l 1;1044;i instantlyselves mounted, sod sery soon exlricoe‘ori of da' saving tl;eir gitils by. PlOill tbl rye C ir°ll3, for they di ew Own. scliortU Mit $_ 0 re f dean,• , The mpervd4 not ex pe;,iitg .00,,,,,4 by a , Presently reilictl, ,f;1 ri Were lilt n v ,d by $ well simall Pally of our light hose, ilti( gd to ,1,,0, r. ,s -c iretied volley Iron: a caps. offira,oo ,1,4 0, r'itoill to the credit of the ar:iii,ry, dot tiari,lo4; if: i 0 iturel,evii.ts at the %tor iu which they b‘:,oobroc,,re lifers,'losttfloished,tt tile bdltics 01'1° i i t 0 0 10 lost a """co, sod Focoto de gooor, the) 3irlgiesur),. ' I% • A 4 soi be a" lean 'n ay the burs ore thou, gtl;,te t,h,°,do Geor,; m_„ i ~,bight Diagooo, o. ~.,,, ri 1 Brii rie6i()l) wiii procvd, %.1 i) the I (Ph, , e i 'via' joo i , d lii!it Dragoons, t fit, 'Wort brig d —"r NV 41-Lilt O.; rOti,