The Sun. — London, England, 1806-09-05 00:00:00

%,\P \)i T 11 E LONDO.V GAZETTE EXTRAORDLVARY. bozimin"l-iireet, Sept.. 4, i sod, Cump on ihe Plain .of 'Valdez, July 6, 18.06. SIR, . It is with the most heartfelt satisfaCtion that I have the honour of reporting to you, f o r the i n f orm a t i on , • of his Majesty, the particulars of an aaion, in "which the French. Army quartered in this Province have sustained a signal defeat by the troops 'under. my command. General, Regnier having been apprised of our dis embarkation at St. Eufemia, appears to - have made a rapid march from Reggio, uniting, as he 3 ndvandect; his detached corps, for the purpose of attacking, and 'with his chars teristic confidence, of defeating us. . On the afternoon of the 3d instant I received in- telligence that he had.that day encamped nearMaida i about ten Miles distant from our position, that his force consisted at the moment of about four thou sandlnfantry and „three-hundred Cavalry, together with four pieces 'of Artillery, and that he was in expetiation of 14ing joined within a day or two by three thousand snore Troops, who were marching after him in a second division. , I determined therefore to advance towards hispo .sitiori, and having left four . coMpanies of Watteville's Regiment,, under Major Fisher, to protat the stores, and occupy a work which had been thrbwn up at our landing place, the body of the Arrity Marched the next. morning according to the folliiwing de. tail : Advanced Co4s—Lieutenant-Colonel Kcmp, with two 4- pounders. Light Infantry Battalion. Detachment Of Royal Corsican Rangers. Detachment Royal Sicilian Volunteeri. Ist Brigade—Brigadi6r- 'General Cole, with three 4 -pounders. tienadier Battalion. ith Regiment: 4 41 Brigade—Brigatiier-Gcneral Ackland, with three 4-pounL ders. y6th Szst Regimeni. 3d 13iigade—CoiOnel Oswald, with two fouqounders, 3Sth Regiment. ' - WatteVille's 'Regiment, five Companies. . Regiment, Lieutetiant-Colonel Rossi landed during the Action. Reserve of Artillery—Major Lemoine. Four 6,pounders and two howitzers. Total.—Rank and File, including the Royal Artillery, 4795: General Regnier was :encamped on the side of a woody bill, below the village of Maida, sloping into the Plain of Si. Eufemia 1 his flanks were streni;then ed by a thick impervious underwood.: The AMato, atriver perfeelly fordable, but of which the sides are , • extremely marshy ; ran gong his front; my approach, to him from th e sea sid e -( a lo ng t h e borders- of which I direaed my march, until I had nearly" urned his left) was across a spacious Plain, which 'gave him every opportunity of minutely observing my move ments:, After some loose firing of the flankers to cover the deployements of the two Armies, by nine o'clock in the morning the opposing fronts were warmly engaged, when the prowess of the rival nations seemed now fairly to be at trial before the world; and the superiority was greatly .and gloriously dt- Cided to be our own. The Corps which formed the right of the ad vanced Line was the Battalion of Light infantry commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Kerti;-c-Onsist ing of the Light Companies of the Both, 27ai, s- 35th, sath, 6lst, 81st, and Watteville's, together with one hundred and fifty chosen Battalion Men of the 35th Regiment, under Major Robinson. Direaly opposed to them was the favourite French Regi ment of the Ist Legere. The two Corps at the distance of about one hundred yards fired reciprocally a few rounds, when, as if by mutual • agreement, the firing was suspended, and in close compaet order, and awful silence, they advanced towards each other until . their bayonets began to cross. At this mo mentous Crisis the Enemy became appalled. They broke, and endeavoured to fly; but.it was toolate ; they were overtaken with the most dreadful slaughter. Brigadier-General 'Ackland, whose BrigadeulWas immediately on the left of the Light Infantry, with great spirit, availed himself of this favourable mo ment to press instantly forward upon the Corps in his front. The brave 78th Regiment, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Macleod, . and the 8 Ist Re giment, under Major Plenderleath, both distinguish ed themselves on this occasion. The Enetny fled with dismay and disorder before:rthern, leaving • the plain covered with their dead,al4 wounded. The Enemy being thus completely discomfited on their left, began to make a new effort with their right, in the hopes of recovering the dap:' = They were resisted most gallantly by the Brigade under Brigadier-General Cole. , Nothing could strake the . undaunted firmness of- the Grenadiers under Lieu- . - A Dispatch has been this_. day received by The Right Honourable William Windham-,.: one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries or State;rom Major- Gneral Sir JohmStuart, commanding His Majesty's Troops aeling.in Calabria, of which the following is a Copy: • • tempt. • This was the last feeble struggle of the Enemy, 'who now, astonished and dismayed by the intrepi dity with which they were assailed, began precipi tately to retire, leating the field covered with car-. nage. About seven hundred bodies of. their dead have been buried upon the ground. The wounded and Prisoners .already in our hands (among which are General Compere,, and an Aid-de-Camp, the Lieutenant-Colonel of the SwiSs Regiment, and a :long list of Officers of different ranks) amount to above one thousand. There are also, above one thousand men left in . Montelone and the different posts between this and Reggio, who have mostly , notified their readiness to surrender whenever a British Force shall be sent to receive their submis sion, and to protedt them from the fury* people.—The peasantry are hourly bringing, n fugi tives, who dispersed in the woods and mountains after the battle; in short, never has the pride of our presumptuous Enemy been more severely huMbled, nor the superiority of. the British Troops more glO4 riously, proved than in the events of this memorable day. . . His Majesty may, perhaps, still deign to appre ciate more highly the achievements of this little Army, when it is .known that the second which the Enemy were said to be expe6ting had all joined them the night before the a6tion ; no state...- rnent that I have heard of their numbers places them at a less calculation than MO men. ~Our viaorious Infantry continued the pursuit of the routed Enemy so long as they.were able ; but as' the latter dispersed in every direction, and we were under the necessity of preserving our order, the trial of speed betame unequal. The'total loss occasioned to the Enemy by this Coal& cannot be. less' than Four Thousand. Men.— When I oppose to the above our own small compa rative loss, as underneath detailed,. His Majesty-will, I hope, diicern in the fact, • the happy effeas of that established DisCipline to which we owe the Triumphs. by which our Army has been.lattorly so .highly tinguislied. " . I am now beginning my march Southward pre-, paratory to my return to Sicily,, for which station I shall re-embark with the Army as soon as His Si cilian Majesty shall have arranged a disposition 'of his own forces to secure those advantages which have been gained by the present Expedition. • ,There seldom. has happened an Anion in which the teal aid personal" exertions of individuals were so imperiously called for as in the present; seldom an occasion where a General had a fairer opportunity of observing them. The General Officers, and,those who commanded Regiments, will -feel a stronger test of, their.merits in the circtimstances that have beemdetailed of their condu6t, than In any eulogium I could presume to pass upon them. The 58th and Watteville's Regiment, commanded by Lieutenant Colonels Johnston and Watteville, which formed the Reserve, under Colonel Oswald, were ably direeted in their application to that essen- tial duty. The judgitent and effea with which bur Artil lery was ctire&ed by Major Lemoine, was, in our dearth of Cavalry, ofsmost essential use ; arid I have a pleasure in reporting the elleolive :services of that valuable and distinguished Corps. , To the several departments of the Army, every, acknowledgment is due; ,but to no Officer am I bound to express them so fully, on my part, as to. Liedtenant-Colorei Banbury, the Deputy Quarter-, Master-General, to whose zeal and a&ivity, and able arrangements in the important branch of ser vice which he direas, the Army:as well as miself, are under every marked obligation. From 'Captain Tomlin, the thing Head of the o , Adjutant-General's Department, and from the Of. ficers of my own family, I have received much _at ive assistance. Among the latter lam to men tion Lieutenant-Colonel Moore, of the 23d Light Dragoons, who being in Sicily for his health at the time of our departure, solicited permission to accom pany me in this Expedition ; he was wounded in trie execution. of my orders. :From the Medical 'Department, under the direc tion iof Mr.. Grieves, th e D epu t y -Inspe&or, I am to acknowledge much professional attention; the more -so as their labours have been greatly accumulated by the number of I.vounded Prisoners, who have become equally with our own, the subjeEt of their care. The scene of Action was too far from the Sea to . enable us to derive any direta co-operation from the Navy : but Admiral Sir Sidney Smith, who had ar- (Signed) R. TOMLIN, AssisL'Acij. General, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. ECHAM RACES. THURSDAY, SEPTRMRER 4. The Town Plate of sol. Free tor all .ages. The best of three two, mile heats: Lord Egremont'S ch. h. Cenberus 7 Mr. Lamb's b. g. H o t spur - - -- t Mr. Ladbroke's Sir Peregrine - - - • 4 2 Mt. Forth's b. h..Ly nceus - - - - 23 dr Six tot on Cerberns_ ag a i ns t t h e fi e ld , and 3 to r after the first heat, which was a very good one, and won by a neck only. A Sweepstakes of dogs. each, 20,15. ft. • for two year olds. The last halt of the new mile. Mr. Embden's b. c. Hawk, by Buzzard Sir C. Bunbury' s b. c . b y , Whi s k-- - ,y, ..iskey - - - 2 Seven to 4, and 2tol on the winner. Won easy. Same Day a Sweepetakes of. z;gs. each, 4 yr olds to carry 7st. r t lb. ; s yr olds Bst. 7 lb. ; 6 yr olds and aged list. r 2112. Four year old fillies to be allowed 21b. One 3-mile hezt. Lord Egremont's c h. h. C er b erus, 4 yrs old - Sir J. Mawbey's br. h. Heathnolt, i yrs old 2 Six to on the winner—won in a canter. Same Day Mr. R:Tayler's Candidate, 7st. r :lb. beat Mr. T. Sutton's Clandon LaSs, 7st. cogs. Four miles. ' Two to I on Candidate. ' WE hive received several Letters by the Leeward Island Mail, which we are, for want of room, obliged to omit : they contain an account of the capture of Montserrat by Admiral GUItLEAUSIEZ'S Squadron. The objeEt, however, appears to be only to raise a Contribution, and it is not probable that the French would attempt, to retain the Island. Yesterday we received. Nell', .York Papers to the 6th ult. They, dd not bring any matorial infor ,mation. Nothing beyond what we have already stated has transpired in America respeGing General MIRANDA'S expedition. There is no 'mention Made in these Papers of 'the fever having broken out in any part of. America. Letters received yesterday of the Bth ult. froM New York, on the contrary, state, that the Americans congratulate themselves on the ptospe& of escaping this annual calamity. Mr. DONALDSON i the Messenger, who arrived yesterday from Hambuth, had the misfortune to find that his wife had died on the preceding day. t - When Air. DONALDSON went to the Continent he left her pe:::eEtly-well. Yesterday a Board of Military Enquiry was held at the.. Commander in Chiels Office, in the Horse Guards, his Royal Highness the Duke of KENT President. It was attended by the Duke of CAM BRIDGE, Lord CARHAMPTON, Generals NORTON and WHITELOCItE, several other General Officers, and Mr. BON n, the JUdge Advocate. . . Yesterday a most dreadful catastrophe took place in Angel-court, Charing-cros's, in a house of ill lame. Margaret Smith, a young woman, being in company With a 'man . who used to frequent her lodging, and• two women, an altercation arose; and•she was severe ly beaten by some of the party, and suddenly preci pitated from a two-p a i r o f sta i rs w i n d ow into a cellar below : but whether she leaped out to avoid the' blows, or was thrown out by the others, we could, not learn. , Her skull was. fraftured, and also some • •of her limbs; and in this state she was carried to the , West minster Infirmary, where she remains with little hopes of recovery.. The two women and the man are. in custody. tehanl-Colahelthe the iidv eveniii; before the aclion, had ment under Licutenant-Colonel Smith. The -Ca , directed such . d dispoSitiori of Sh ip s and Gua-boats . • • valry, successively repelled from hiifore their front-ii las"%vOtild have greatly favoured us, had events obliged made an effort to turn th:Ar',left, When Lieutenatit-' Co retire. The solicitude, however, of ei--ery part Colonel Ross, Who . had that -Morning landed from of the Navy td be of use to us, the promptitude Messina with-the 20th Regiment, and- - As , at coming with Which the Seamen hastened on shore with our up to the Army during the Action, having observed supplies; their anxiety to assist our wounded, .and the movement; threw his Regiment opportunely the tenderness with which they treated therh, would into a small cover upon their flank, and by a heavy have been . ari affeding circumstance to observers and well-directed fire, entirely disconcerted this at even the most indifferent. lb me it was particu , !any so. • .. • Captain Fellowes, or His AMPSty"s Ship Apollo, has been specially attached to this Expedition by the Rear-Admiral and, in every circumstance of pro fessional service, I beg leave to mention our grate ful obligations to this Officer, as well as to Captains Cocket and Watson, Agents of Transports, who ziel ed tinder his orders. • Captain. Bulkeley, niy Aid-de-Camp, who wil l have the honour of presenting this Letter to you, . has attended me throughoUt the whole of the sen: vices in the Mediterranean, and will therefore be able to give you every additional information on•the subjea of my present communication., I have the honour to be, &c; - J. STUART, Maj. Gen: Return of Killed and Wounded of the British Troops under the CoMmand of Major-C;eneral Sir fohn Stuatt, in the Battle on the Plains of St. Eupheinia, near Maida, 4th July, 1806. Royal Artillery-2 Horses killed ; 3 Gunners wounded. Grenadier Battalion -4- Rank and. File killed ; I . o,lficer, t Serjeant, 25 Rank and File wounded. Light Infantry Battalion-1 Officer, 7 Rank and File killed; t Officer, r Drummer, 41 Rank and File, wounded, 20th Foot-1 Rank and File ; t Drum Mer, 5 Rank and File wounded. 27111 Foot, ist Batt. —6 Rank and File killed; t Serjeant, 46 Rauk and File wounded. 58th Foot, rat Batt.-2 Rank and File wounded. 78th Foot, ad Batt.-4 Rank and File .killed 7 Officers, 4 Serjeants, t Drummer, 69•Rankland File wounded. 81st Foot, ist Batt. -3 Serjeants, 16 Rank and File, killed ; 2 Officers. i Serjeant, 62 Rank and File, wounded. Regiment of Watteville-3 Rmili and File wounded. Royal Corsican icangers-3 Rank, and File killed ; s Rank and File wounded. Total-1 Officer, 3 Serjeants, 41 Rank and File, kill ed ; t t'Officers, 8 Serjeants, 2 Drummers, 261 Rank'and File, wounded. Nathes of Officers Killed and Wounded. ' Killed. ' Light Infantry Batt.—Capt. WI-cane, of 2oth Foot. Wounded. , Grenadier Batt.—Major Haminill, of Royal Regiment of • Malta. Light Infantry Batt.—Major Paulett, of 44th Foot, severely. 7/411 Foot, ad Batt. —Lieutenant-Colonel M'Leod ; Major D. Stuart; Captains D. WPlTerson and 'D. M'Gregor ; Lieutenant James M 4 Kay ; Ensigns Cohn M'Kenzie, and- Peter M'Grcgor. Bist Foot, Ist Batt.—Captain Waterhouse ; Lieutenant and . Adjutant Ginger. Staff. —Lieutenant-Colonel Moore, of the 23d Light Dra goons, acting Aid-de-Camp to Major-General. Sir John Stuart. S. i ;?, 4 L Ai - :)k§.. . • • , ,P4YMOtiiIT, SEPT, ;3.—By theLiciole Friga; i.vhich _arrived here syesteritay - from the Channel Fled, intelligence is received that the French Ship of the Line.the Veteran, of 80 guns, coannandd by JEROME BoNAPAETE, is arrived in safety at. L'Orien . ; • after a very narrow escq'e from capture by the Gib raltar, of -80 guns, Cipt. W. LUKIN, .who chase] her for 48 hours, and gained considerably on her, so to get at length.within cannon shot, When th Veteran began to Ere her stern chasers on the Gib .. railer, who would have.been alongside her 'in half an hour More, had not a shot . from the Enemy struck her foretop-ma§t, and 'nnfortbnately carried it away, which obliged her to give up the pursuit, and enabled the gallant JEROME to escape, " covered with glory;" to enjoy the Imperial honourS which await 'him on his arrival in France. Arrived the Ploy& Sloop of * War; of 18, guns; frdm the chthitiel Fleet. The Troops lately landed froth the Transports continue td march for Roborough, Bickley; and Buckland Downs, , where. abbot 0000 have already pitched their tents: The right wing of the ,7th Regiment of Foot, which lately landed here from Bermuda, marched thi - s morning for Weymouth. PORTSMoUTH, SErro Racehorse Brig was cleared to-day from quarantine. The Capelin, Schooner went into the harbour. • Atriyed the Martha, Fror,Anti; froth Waterford ; Venus, RAE/COCK,' and Providence, WARNER, front London; and Hannah, Hions, fiord Guernsey. SHEERNESS, SEPT. ' 3.—Arrived the Fortune?, of . 44 guns, r -apt. VANSITTART, from the West Indies; also the Deptford Tender, U # Lieut. ANTRA;2, with ' the crew of the CarysfOrt Frigate, paid off at Wool wich. DEAL, SEFf. 4.---This morning the Surd tinct Dilikence East India Pilot Vessel's sailed for the Ri ver, with the hamewarci4lound ast.lndinmen and Whalets; the Naiad Frigate, Otter and Troinpeusi Sloops of War, and several Gun-btigs, on a:Ctuize ;- the Basilisk Gun-brig far Sheerness. Arrived - the .'Hunzt er Armed Ship, from Falmoutli with a.C.Opyoy j which are `sailed for the Ricer ; the Daunikss Praarn, from a Cruiie ; zind the Glatton Man of War, having on heard 300 superniunerary seamen, bound to Poytsmouth, and remain in the Downs with the rest of Hit Majesty's Ships as pet last. • I ST. JOHN'S, ANTIGUA, JULY 3.—dne of the mu tineers belonging to the Dominica Sloop was taken a few days since, on board an American Vessel, in which he was attempting to escape ; and Placed ,ii: safe custody, to be sent to the Admiral. We learn from parbadoes, that General ...MIRANDA his left that Island, in prosecution of his enterprize, having received every assistance that could be -atlord ed him by . our Governmenr. ti JULY 10.—The latest accounts that hay . .be - eu received respe6ting the .French Squadron, ''repre sent it as having left. St. Martin's on . Saturday, anti steering to the West, Most probably fog Tor tola, to look after the Fleet'assembling there. As the trade froth this Island left St. Kitt's so early as Thursday Morning, steering dire ly West ; it is to be hoped they have escaped the Enemy, and, gone to Jamaica to join the Flea froM that Island for Europe,, RECENT NAVAL PROMOTIONS AND APPOINT MENTS. TO BE COMMANDERS. Lieut. Hon. A. Maitland, Lieut. E. R. Sibley, Booty Uarvey, Bloyle. Arden-Addetly, TO BE LIEUTENANTS. Mr. James George Chubb, Mr. W. H . : Foil, A. M*Michan, -'George Mitchener, Philip Wright, - J. L. P. Langhorlie. Capt. V. V. Ballard to the George Astle td the Spartan. Corbet to the Nereide. Hon. George Poullett to be a Post Captain. Lieut. Tancock to Command the St. Christopher. ._ W. H'. Ruddle to command the Echo SlOop. -- Sanely to the Nereide. Donnithorne to l'Aigle. Morris to the A riadne. Manners to the Glory. . Mitford to the Hebe. liazalgette to the Resistance. Lord BalgOme to be a. Lieuteiw i t in the Hebe. SMITHFIELD MARKET, Strf. 5. This day's Market afforded but a scanty supply of different kinds of Cattle ; Beef,',Mutton, Veal, and Lamb sold at last prices ; Pork is sorne‘A;hat cheaper, and the trade in general was not over brisk. The sales in the Hay-market were rather dull ; Hay and Clover -have 'dropped in price 'since Monday's Market ; Straw obtained last, price. —We subjoin an accurate statement of the prices and numbers : To sink the Ofral per stone of Sib. Beef ss. od. to ss. 6d.—Mutton .45.. 6:1. -to ss. od.— Veal 6s. od. to 7s. od.—Lamb Gs. ad. to 7s. od.—Pork ss. od. to ss. 6d. Beasts, 470. Sheep and Lambs, 37-10. Calves, s c .__ Pigs 210. synTHriELD HAYmAnKET. Hay 31. Os. to 41. iss.—Clover 3h los. to sl. Ss.--Straw 11. 16s. to 21. 2S. CORN-tXCIIAN-GE, :SEPT. are several fresh arrivals of Wheat today, the trade is dull in sales, and scarcely supports last prices ; very short supplies of Barley, which is at further advance, and . a' rising article; Malt and Pease maintain their price:, Beans of each kind are rather dearer; several fresh cargoes of Oats - .are come in, the bet keep their . price, _second and. inferior are, somewhat cheaper ; in Flour no alteration ; fine American 40s. to 465. per barrel.