The Sun. — London, England, 1806-05-26 00:00:00

FBENCH , 11111.17 REPORT. REPORT t'FON THE OPERATIONS OF THE Tlinti) CORPS OP TI-IE ARMY IN CALABRIA " The Command of this Corps being given by PrinceJose.rn to the!General of Division REGNIEn, it was colie&ed it Salerno, about the end of Fe- brnary, while the mountain artillery and provisions were preparing for the Expedition at Naples : this it was. necessary for the mules to carry.. This Corps of the 'Artily then received the following organiza tion :—The Advanced Guard, under Brigadier-Ge neral COMPERE, was composed of four Battalions, a Detachment of .Sappers, and three pieces of moun tain artillery : Gen. VERDIER'S Division consisted of 7 battalions, one detachment of Sappers, and 3 pieces '9l : mountain artillery: the Reserve,'under Brigadier.: Gen. FRAN CESCHI, was composed of one Battalion, 'end six Squadrons of Cavalry. Four pieces of light ar tillery were sent to Matera, to follow the moi,;e merits of the Corps in Calabria ; -they were ordered to take the route of La Puglia, to arrive at Cassano, it being the only one praWcable for carriages: " The Neapolitan Army was composed of 28 Bat talions and 27 Squadrons, making a.total•of 18,0E30 and was to be joined by the Levy en Masse of the Calabrians, and Peasants of the PrOvince Ba -,,ilieata, the ancient Heads of former Levees en Masse, end.i.vho - owed 'their fortunes! and the favours they had received to the'parts they had a&ed in the spe cj,-s of Crusade under Cardinal RtJFFO. This Levy promised from 'BO to 100,000 men ;. but, though much money- was expended to engage the Peasants, and every means were used to cajole the Calabrians; they refused to , arni,' and told the Prince that the War did not concern them ; that he ought not to have engaged in it ;that the Enemy did not arm 'against them : so that only a few hundreds of rob bers could be obtained, and thoae they We.re obliged -to nay very - regularly, merely to retain them in their " The Prince of Naples released all the persons confined in the Prisons awaiting their sentences, and - granted an amnesty to others who 'Were. pursued by the hands of justic‘, as he wished to engage them to 'genie ;in the retinue of his Troops. He also lowered the new - imposts laid upon salt a short time before=a Measure whiCh had increased- the disgUst Of; the;Calabrians against the measures of the Court. Rumours the most absurd in their kind were cir culated to the prejudice 'of the French ; but they tailed in 'their object, At, length they were deter mined to give the Masses 'a Sudden impulse, with the hopes of pillage ;, and - they ordered the Army to ,advance, as -if- it was 'Mended to march against Naples, whelk tniy gave out there were but few *Troops':. thiS movement was a&ually carried into eiVeet,, when the French Army-put itself in a march kin order; and this was the only object which the 'En:nu) , could be supposed to have had in view. :‘‘ On the first of Match the Advanced. Guard ,established itself: at Ebel!. On the third the Army colurnenced its march ; the Advanced Guard pushed 'on to Supino. • :in the 4th it was at Polla ; and the Reserve, 'and ,VERDIER'S -Division, were at Auretta., The Bridge of Campestrino was .Cort structed over a ravine, in a place - where the way was cut through a rock, upon 'the. declivity of -a -_-....t,:,•„ pa - len - ise it was 1 -1-"0";h 1 4, to pass, on account of its smuosities : this Bridge was to base ieen. defended by two piers of cannon, rn howitzer, a:ld a number of Peasants, that the, Chiefs had reprtsented to the Court of. Naples as GOOO, thaugh they were, but 300 in reality ; bat these Peasatits dispersed as ,soon as they were as sured of the march of the French Troops. " On the sth the Advanced Guard was at.. San Lotenz e o di Padilla; and the rent at Sala ; and an -Aid-de-Climp from , Marshall\ll,NuToLt brought a 'Letter to General REGNiEIt 'from the Neapolitan Commander in Chief, •to inform him, that if the French Army should treat the' Masses, which he stiled Auxiliaries,. as vagabonds, he. should make use of reprisals against dr.' French Prisoners. General 11.noNtEtt answered, that the regular Neapolitan Troops might rely, : with confidence, on his gene rosity ; buk• that the alined Peasants could only be treated as thieves arid rebels. • • • " " Towards San Lorenzo the Advanced Guard dis covered some Neapolitan. Cavalry, who fled on its approach. The former then took post: at Castel Nuovo, where they erg to be reinforced in et few • , days: they, however, left the.position before the • 'time, and the ,Army saw no more of them that day. On the Gth the Army arrived at Castel Nuovo, and continued its route, after having passed the de files of Gararo, and the summit of the mountains, the Advanced GUard perceiving the Neapolitan Troops intrenched behind the-Bridge Dellenico, to which they lead Set fire.• They were 2,000 in_ num ber, with some armed pepants, and a-Sqnadron of CaValry, with one piece of twelve, one howitzer, and two four-pounders. 'The .Light Troops of the .of Light Infantry 'soon gained the heights.whicir coinnaand,ed the right of the• Enemy's htrenchments„ and N'(rhero, the Neapolitans never , thought of ShbWing their Infantry till it was too late: they were forced to abandon the i 2-pounder and an howitzer •in a moment, and endeavoured to rally 'Under their 4-pounders; but these were likewise soon. taken , by the Light Troops, 'who pursued a small number of the Enemy that escaped, towards ltbsco, where they dispersed among the mountains. At Lagonegro they found a great part of 'the Ene, nay's equipage, and twenty - caissons., In the even ing it appeareil that 300 of the Enemy were made prisoners, including a Colonel and . twenty Officers ; they took also three• pair of colours. The Detach ments left at Lagonegro carded a number of Nett ,politans on the following day, who had concealed -themselves in the mountains. . - • " On the 7th •we were obliged to wait for a con voy of biscuit • following the Arrny, as it was - abso lutely necessary ..to supply the Soldiers with provi- Ei;us before they ,entered the mountains,. where mules only could pasS. The Advanced Guard moved 'to Lai:nil, and found sixteen caissons • abandoned at Fusco, andthree piece; of cannon at Laurie, where they took three Officers and fifty privates. On the Stiff, the Army arrived Castelluccio,whieh the Ene my liad left bdt a few hours before; and, during their halt there thoy found several straggling privates ned some titliecr3, as wellas at Rotunda. ' , 01, the Dth they entered the defiles of the Val ley of keeping a I.vatchthl eve upon the ri.iounicuus on eek.b , According to repofts, the __.. .~ Eneniy, then a-head of them, was waiting their ap proach in an intrenehect Camp at Campo Tenese,-- The Enemy's Achadiced Post, at the month of one of -the defiles,awasivery Seen repulss7al by our Sharp shooters, while several Companies of Light Troops were detached to the mountains on the right and. left of the elevated plain of Campo Tenese. " The Enemy's Camp vas in the centre of this plain; its right and left supported by the mountains that skirted them, and which were covered by se veral Battalions. These Redoubts, fortified with heavy artillery, were ereeted in the front of their Cavalry and their Artillery ; but as - soon as the Army had entered the defile of St. Martin, the snow began to fall very faSt, which, together with a thick mist, prevented them from distina ° uishing any ()la ical, and even - from, seeing their Enemies, recon -1 noitring their positions, or taking measures for at tacking them. However, the first Battalion of the 42d Regiment was ordered to ascend the heights on, the left, to support the Light Troops, who were in pursuit of the - Enetny. At the entry of the plain; the first Regiment of Light Infantry, and the 2d Battalion of the 42d, were ordered to form under Gen. COMPERE i this movement was very slow, because the Soldiers could only pass the defile one by one.. Gen. VERDIER'S Division afterwards formed the 2d line. A part of the troops having formed under the can non of the Neapolitan Camp, the light troops of the Ist Regiment of Light'lnfantry, and a battalion of the 42d.Regiment, arrived upon the HeightS that commanded' the right of the Enemy. They had i chased two regiments charged with the defence'of those Heights, and by this success out-flanked the I Neapolitan's right. At this instant General Rets -1 'grail ordered the Generla COMPLRE• and,Veamta eto beat the charge. The Enemy was routed, and I abandoned his redoubts and his cannon, being able i to take but a small party with him, by the way of Morana, where the light troops of the left had ar rived.; the EneMy's fulantry and Cavalry took re i fuge in- the Mountains covered with snow, where ( they were followed by our Sharp-shooters, and a I great number taken. Night came on—tile mist and . the snow had prevented us trim surrounding and taking the whole Army upon the field of battle.— Thus dispersed, a great number of them perished with hunger and cold. Others were compelled' to come and Surrender themselves. , The Cavalry,- I which was still in the defile in our rear, was not able. to arrive tithe enough to take a part in the ac tion, and charge the Enemy at the mOment of their flight. ten. DAMAS sated himself with about too' men and too horses.. - In the evening the Army entered Metano with the Neapolitan fugitives ; and 'afterwards passed the night in the Open air beyond I that city, as did Victim me s Division else, upon the declivity o f the Mountain which leads to it. The 1 Cavalry and- the-Swiss battalion passed the night in I the snow upon Campo Tenese, with the prisoners 1 and the wounded Neapolitans. . . I "00 the loth, in the morning, . they colle..led I 1 . 800 priseners and ion Officers, including the Bria 1 gadier:Generals Tscsium and RICCI. The whole of the sAarillery was taken, with live pair of colours and several horses. Olathe same day the advanced 1 guard marched to Cassano', where they, made 100 privates and 30 oaicet's prisoners. Marshal ROSEN.. DEIN had withdrawn on the preceding evening, , r . having recalled all the Troops'that hod advoi,ed to , Wur4.3 Besetta, and passed the Coscile.' The Mein ,I .body of the Army passed 'this night without tents I near. Castrovillari. , On .the 11 the the advanced ' ! guard s and the main body passed the Coscile to '. Wards :;an Antonio della,'Fiera, and marched to Tarsia, where the . Chasseurs charged, and took . some Neapolitan Cavalry.. _The weather was drbad- I ful : the rain fell in torrents ; and the overflowing of the Coscile prevented the Reserve from passing it till the day folloWing. " On the 12th the Army arrived at St. Antonia), I when a squadron of , the 6th, Regiment of chasseurs I. entered Cosenza, almost neon the heels of the Nea politans, several of whom were .made prisoners. At Cosenza six pieces of cannon were found, with seve ral caissons, and some officers were made prisoners.' I • " The Hereditary Prince Faa.Nois DE Botnteow had left Coienza three days before for Reggioewith . . his young brother, the Ministers, and the persons that followed in his suite. 'He was also followed by a part of Marshal ROSENHEIM'S Corps, by different routes, on theltth and 12th. Our Army was re ceives at Cosenza, and in all the villages, with marks of the greatest satisfaaiou. . " On the 13th the Army encamped about ,Co senza : on the 14th, - the Advanced Guard. win at Segliano, withaheoth Regiment of Chasseurs and a Squadron of the 6th. General Vannieit's Division remained at Cosenza, to obtain provisions. On the 15th, the Advanced Guard was at Nicastro, and VERDIER'S Division-at Segliano : the 6ileßeginient of Chasseurs and a Detachment of Infantry relnall -1 ed at Cosenza, under Colonel Larose Qn'the iGth, I the Advanced. Guard was at Laconia, and Velum:Cs I Division at Nicastro. On the 1 ;tit, the Advanced I Guard was at Monteleone, and Veamea's Division . upois the Banks of the, River Augitola, and at Piizo. On the 18th, the former was at S'an Pietro and Ca , limera ; the latter at Mileto. , • . . . " On the 9th, the main body encamped near Seinmera, after a very fatiguing March, and expe riencing much difficulty in passing the Rivers Me . lonia' and .Petran, much swollen by the continual rains. On the. 20 th , the Army marched beihre . day, lint its progress was much retarded by the bad ness of the roads, and the almost impassable defiles 'of Sulam) and,Melca. 'Arriving upon the heights of limner() di Maro and de Scilia, ,which command a view, of the Straits of Messina, abOut 5o Transport Vessels were discovered lying before Gallic° and Bentimele. iheSe Transports . set sail very soon after.' " General REGNIER was in hopes that tie whole of the Neapolitans would net have had time to em bark ;. and under this idea he marched to the Coast with the whole of the Cavalry, and left the Inthotry in the defiles very far from him.. No more Neapt)- litan Troops Were, however, to be seen-than the Coast ; the Transports got under-weigh, a: were protested by a n umber ot gtm-boat3;whio tied upon our advanced guard as it passed along the beach of llontim*, on the way to Ileggio._ • " \ T ERMER'S' division ,to the Punta Del Pezzo, where• no more Ncapiitnns were to be found ;‘ • other detachments were ~ent to Bur2;nara The _inhabitants of Re7;io were eag,l. to Ix( Icome the Army. ' The .Arcl.bishop came to meet tlti Gtneral with 1 4.113 C;::)*Cf . V, reques:in-g leave to petform Te I.)erim in the CatlyArAl ; lie also gave leis benediction to the, Troops: _ _ Pri nee FRANCIS' had embarked two dtw before .1 • • the arr i val of the French at Reggio. Out'of an Army consisting of 18,000. men,'2.ooo only embarked, and those without arms, and disotganized. The whole of the iieltl-pieces, belonging to this Army were taken several pieces of cannon were found at Cot son, Aniantea, and other points of the. Coast, which the English had not time to render useless." MAILS. • ARRIVED—I Harnburgb 2,Gottenburgb, 't Dublin, i Wa tertind. Du a—t Lisbon, 1 Dublin, t Waterford. THE SUN. SOLEM QUIS DICERS FALSUM AUDEAT? LONDON, moNDAy, MAY 26, 180 G. THE Flaw burgh Mail due yesterday arrived this morning, and the intelligence which, it brings is, if true, of the utmost importance. The Russians, it is pdsitively stated, have at length consented to evacuate Cataro; and thereby to relieve Austria from the embarrassing situation in which she was placed. There have been 'so many contradielory reports upon this subje&, that we should have he, sitated to give credit to the above statement, if we did not find it confirmed \from so many quarters. But tho'• the EMPEROR,oIB4OSSIN has consented, at the ear nest solicitation of Austria, to evacuate the import ant •positions occupied by his Troops in Dalmatia; it is probable that he will very soon be involved in aaive hostilities with France ; for BONAPARTE, as the new Sovereign of Venice, claims from the Porte all the territories which belonged to Venice, even in the most remote times; and with the force which he now has, or very soon will have, in Dal-. matia, he will be able to compel the Porte to com ply with his demands, unless 'the .EMPEROR of RusstA interferes effeClually. It is not, however, to be expeilied, that the EMPEROR of RuEst.t. will con 'Sent to suffer some of the most valuable possessions in the Turkish EMpire to be transferred to France, or that he will consent to withdraw his Troops from Corfu, and the other Islands ,forming the Republic of the Seven Islands, which BONAPARTE claims as having formerly belonged to Venice. We are sorry to find that the laSt - Letters from Berlin do not Confirm the accbunts -received a few days ago, of the resignation or dismission of Count HAuGwrrz; but it is confidently asserted, and . we think not Without probability, that the EMPEROR of RusstA has offered to mediate between Great Britain and Prussia, and Sweden and Prussia. BY THE GOTTEIVEURGH MAIL. " GOTTENBVEGII, MAY lg.—Gen. DUMOURIE/T, who has been for some time past in Germany, and lately in Swedish Pomerania, arrived here the day before yesterday, for the purpose of taking his pas sage in a Packet to England; he embarks to day ig the Lark, Capt. DELL. Private Letters from Berlin state, that the po pulace are so enraged against the Minister HavG WITZ,. that they have not only degtroyed the wilt- dogs of his house several times, but that he has been twice shot at with an air gun." WE have extras ed from the French Papers an account of the proceedings of the French Army at Naples, by which it appears that they have subdued the whole of the Kingdom except Gaeta, which still holds out. Saturday morning the Duke of YORK arrived at Windsor., and afterwards rode on horseback with His MAJESTY and the PRINCESSES, accompanied by Lord CATH CA RT, &C. Her MAJESTY and Princess ELIZABETH took an airing in a carriage and four by Engleiield Green. Saturday night the Duke of CUMBERLAND arrived in town from Windsor. Yesterday morning His MAJESTY and the PRIN CESSES, accompanied by C ount 111trtcsTa,.colonels TAYLOR and DESBROW, went to ,St. George's Cha pel, and heard a Sermon by Dr. COOKsoN, from the 2d chapter of Ads, 38th and :39t1i verses. Af ter Divine Service the lloyA.r. KonLY went to Frog-' more. • Yesterday morning his Royal Highneis the Prince of WALES gave audiences' to the Duke of yonK ar;td the 'Duke of NORFOLK at Carleton House. Mr. SIIERIDAIi gave a splendid Dinner yesterday at his house in Somerset Place-. The PEINCE of WALES, DUKE of CLAREI!ICE, LORD CUANCEL LOE, and a large party. of Nobility and distinguished Characters, were present. Yesterday might be called the first Spring Prone wade in Kensington Gardens. The day being un commonly fine, attraded almost the whole of the li 7 bild of Fashion to thA oharmlitg retreat, about three o'clock. A number of French Prisoners attempted to escape from Portsmouth, 'on Friday Morning, in a Vessel belonging to one of the Inhabitants, which they had seized oh ; brit being discovered, they left the Ship, and fled inland. Yesterday morning a young man undertook,'for a N,lagvr of 0' guineas, to go on foot from the Standard in Cotnhill to Hyde Park, and back again in 30 mi nutes, the distance being six miles. Ffe started' eX a;Aly at five o'clock, and returned back in 34 tni nines and a half, being a minute and half less than t time limited. He was attended all the -way by L .vo persons on horseback to see flit . play. Several largo bets Were depending on the issue. PRIrATE CORI:Espo-AD.ExcE. HANOVER, MAY 19 TuF..sullen-silence lately observed at the Court of Berlin, has given rise to 'mud.) ' speculative conjee 7 ture ;. however, one material point is now 'ascer tained, beyond the possibility of doubt;., respe&ing the Russian interference on the part of SWeden ; as Kis Imperial Majesty's Ambassador, previous to his departure froth this country, officially, notified to the Prussian Cabinet, that his'Court would consider an attack upon. Swedish Ppinerania as a declaration of hostilities against itself,, having solemnly gua ranteedthat country to Sweden : in consequence of which, the Army destined for. that Expedition have received contrary orders; and 'are . said to be march ing back into their own cantonments. The de-- parture of the Russian .Ambassador, at so important a conjun6ture, •is not looked upon in a propitious point of view to the. interest of our 'Sovereign ; and no wonder, in taking the chapter of laf accidents into consideration,' that a diffident coolness should. exist in the Court of St. Peters s burgh, notwithstanding the diplomatic concerns arc still- carried on under the dirc6tion of,a Charge 'd'Affaires. It is impossible u 1 describe "the murinuring and discontent that prevails at present, and daily gains ground, amongst, the Prussian Troops. Desertion is . now 'become too universal to admit of the nunis,h tnent'of individuals, and, therefore, his Majesty has had .recourse to the desperate measure of divesting. •some Regiments of their Military • ornaments, and stripping the lace off their clothes. Thus,' our Regi- Mem; , ‘ThiCh ranks -riext to the Life Guards, has 'been degraded in'the manner I have mentioned, on account of about 800 of them .deserting, , . Of the 250,000 men, which have been in motion for some time, I can assure yOn, from good autho rity, that no fewer than 8000 are deserted ;. frOm which you may naturally conjeaure that no great dependence , can be had upon such dispositicael Troops. The. Officers are just as inimical fo, the measures of their King as the Soldiers, and talk in public company with as little reserve. , You will hardly believe me- when I inform Ton that the de . mands upon our unfortm!ate Leeacrate are 25,000 rix-dollars (40p01. sterling) law - A.llly more than duriiig the period of the French:LlAirpa don; and the plausible.pretext for this , additional ex penditure is, that his Prussian Majesty is under the, necessity of paying the 6µms borrowed by France from the Hans Towns. The Military quartered here have execution parties every other day. I thought, at first, they Went into the Country occasionally to relieve. some guards which they might have posted 'around, but, upon in quiry, I found that their . business was to sell qff as. natwil of the refraaory Peasants' prOperty (as: they are pleased to term it) as might be necessary to make up the sum which the Justice of Peace for that Distria had direaions to levy. To add to the misfortune of the Peasantry, whose poverty may sub- jest them to executions, they are obliged to give every Soldier eight grots a day (four-pence half penny) during the period which may lie granted the,m to raise the money. The Corporals upon those duties are allowed double the sum whic i li the Pri vate; have. SPORTING 'INTELLIGENCE. EPSOM RACES. SATURDAy, MAY 24. Sweepstakes - of Ten Guineas each, tor . .3yr olds—One Six Subscribers. Mr. Moorhouse's b. c by arouse NIG Lake's h. f. Romance, by Gouty Air. Latibroke's br.. c. Sir Peregrine Ld Egreiliwa s i ~ b. f, by Johanna • a, 4 A good Race. Produce §weepstakes orFitty Guineas each—Thirty ft. Nine Subscribers. Ld Egremont's b. c. by johadna - - La Foley'Sb. c. Pads - - _ Five and Six to Four on-the Winner. The Match bet Ladbroke and Mr. Iloworth s wits not run.—No Plate this day., . Some Hack Races concluded the diversion of the day.-;--A Foot Race was tixed - to take place. between Gulley and Firby, who were to have run 150 yards for 20 guineas, but the latter paid' forfeit. The young man who was run over by one of the horses, during the race for the Oaks, on. Friday, died on Saturday, and-a Coroner's Jury brought in a tier;- dia of Accidental heath. Music:7—A fine seleetion of miscellaneous music, chiefly of the'sacred kind, vas pertbrmed on Satur day last, at Covent- Garden Theatre, for the be n efit o f the AsuLEYs, whose proles,qoual merits are well known. The band was led by Mr: G. ASHLEY, who distinguished himself very highly in a concerto on the violin. . A-concerto on the Piano-forte' was also performed by' WOELIE in a style of wonderful exe cution. BRATI.II`.I, STORACE, Miss • TYRER, Mrs. BLAND!, Madame DLTSSEK, and Mrs,: I)lcßoNs, were the, vocal performers. • B " Gentle Airs,". was warbled. in a very charmnag manner, and was finely accompanied on the vtoloncello by Mr. ASHLEY. Madame DU SS " SaT,et Bird with .M great skill and taste. ri : DIcKONS chiefly distinguished herself itt" Soak , / tir'd," which was encored. There was Hot so IMMerOUS an audi ence as ale merits ot the entertainment deserved. Seale nights ago a warehouse in Watergate-street row, in the City of Chester,, was broke open; and lacei of - . various descriptions were stolen to, the amount, of 30001. supposed to has, e been conveyed to Ireland',..'ai the City is . not much .a'Jove 20 miles dista:A t:.e C.lanr.el.