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lord 'Liverþoot'ssi 'bfi'cesisi' adldfezsaed at) his
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"(binding his majesty'l sorccslat' Cadizssf dat- ,
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"MYTLO'KÞ, ._ . '-ct--_ ,si .
i '- sijsiFromsithe'inforsimation. your [or sihip,
;siasilrcndy, had oF—thc siifiiþe'rebiess'ssotitte _ sithe ct
& Fork of ;Matsiqoisido (never td'sihsiesicohsidared 1
i freesisro sithe danger ofssduaoisit) itsssi Us" "("
siisibEfmattel-sisi of Burprjsess 'that-faster ho'ljng it
two.":nositich it'sisissahouid'sssinoit be siabs'a sict oned.
I'Mr'e'ct—sschWB-shsif tossc'ntlosesdit'ptsMac'laine's -
ctsi_(ofsst Wtbsiycport 'tojfmc. "ij.-It 'wottld be?
L ansiiiijtssxSt-icect'to the acrvicc'fiof to reconirnsicnd _'
Fhim inthe' warm'est manner to your ctinrd- '
'ship's'hssotice, 'a: five-11 "a! ihc'ssofficers who
{ss'conft'inaed with—him to the lasc of this fisdUu. '
Sons duty,—- iieut. Brcreton; of the royal ar
tillcry,siensi'gnsss'siCannon-"and Scou, of the
94th, and Mr. sssiDonOn, midship'man of his
majesty-is ship lnvincible. 'The-"defence of
siMatagorda has been witnessed hy every bo- :
dy with admiration, and l should sinoc have
_been justified in alluwing it to be continual
sissso long; but from the expecmtionc of the
possibility of some diversion being made in
its savor, which. however, was found to be
impraccttic—nblc. lt is impossible that [shouid
not endeavor to express to your lordship
the fee-lings of universal and deep regret
exeitcd by the'untimely fail of that disxin
guished officer major Lcsrburess, of the royal
engineers, whose siZeal carried him from the
admiral's ship to be the bearcr ofmy orders
for the evacuation of the fort, that he might
he satified that it was no longer trouble.—
The chief direction of that important de
psiartment now devolves on captain Birch.
Your lordship is well acquainted with my
opinion ol his merit and mientscto ws-ll cal
to-insp'rre confidence under this misfortun: . i
ct-l have. &c.
THOMAS GRA-HAM.
P- 5. The original garrison ofthesifort of
Matagordn comisted of Captain Maclaine.
and Ensigns Cannon and Scott. 94-th regi
ment ;ss 25 royal artdtery, under Lientennnt
Brereton ; 25 royal mariners—; 25 seamen,
under Mr. Dobson; and 67 non-commis
sioned officers and privates of khc794th re
giment. Reinforcements Were sent it) the
evening of the 2lst, and reliess of the whole
were oﬀered but declined.
eCamz, April 23, 1810.
-St-n,
"'I have ssthe honor to' inform you, that at ,
two otlock on the morning of the 2lst, the i
enemy siopened upon the " 74- gon Sh}p So
Paulo,'nnd gun huatssistationed nearssFort
Matagorda, with hot "shot, and Succeededg
in forcing them to abandon ihcir position.1
Immcdiately after this, they "opened upon.
fort Blacagorda a very heavy cannonadc ol
sum and mortal-3, but as it would have been
impossible to direct nue-fire with, a certain, *
ty, l ordered lientennnt "'Brerlcton, of the
so,-'a] artillery, to delay our fire Until daye'
break. The morning discovered three batf
teria-supposed to us, in the Procodssero, of
twenty four gnn'sssgt from the ﬂight ostheir
Shells wejndged they had eight mortars in
their other three batterictes. iFrom the time
they commenced string at the lort they'kept
up a most tremendous cannonade of'shot}
and shells with great essec'tsiuntil night, when
the enemy and the fort both discontinucd. ,
That day's fire made a very large breach in
the escarp of the rampart, on which wits the
principal part of our guns, and completely
laying open our megazine. We Were,'fro'm
the manner the enemy placed his ha—tteriee;
and Which they had contrived to 'dosinnd—er
'vmask of the houses in the rillage of. Truca—
'dero (distant from the fort about 900 yards)
"only Me to bring 7 guns to hear on them :
yet wzth those we CODLYichct to silence, and,
as I conceive, dismonnt the guns of one of
their better-its," in which were six 32 pound- -'
ers. The whole of the_night of the 2lst,sii
and morning of the 22d, X employed-in en. '
ssdeavormg to repair the parapet of the'isOu—fh- :
east face, composed of sand bactgs, & which, s
from'the 'Very heavy stre of.-21 pieces of*
cannon (most of them— 32. pounders) the eke
my had totallyssdemolished, to that, the men '
at the guns were perfectly-exposed.
'siWe continued to replace "theezmdssbags '
and fill up the breach, so as to put ourselves
in a tolerable state of defence, and at day
breasik - in the morning thesseffimy opened
:wuh a salvo from all his—battaies. ' , we re
turned {he—sin: "with the same spirit And see;
CCSS 35 YCSW'TIBY- but the fort soon'beeamesi
;: complete rtunssss, and no where aﬀordedssanctY-l
sixthelter "for the rcl'iess. . The (evacuasstiou,
. hOWCV-ctrect only took;, placss'sijn 'QOdsctequcoce
si Of syottsir order; Me left the fort atsilO A.,M.
si Wild. Brows ?! she royal-ev'r. having
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To Lieutmant General
ss Gralzam, He. {Fe- _ . fct ss _ si ,
," N. B. Hospital mate Bennet, attached
ss' to the 94th regiment, and was the surgeon
{attending the garrisotctr, I brg to recom
s mmd to you.- notice, as a most attentive and
excellent professional man ; he WlShCS
ss much to be appointed assistant sorgeon of
the 94th regiment. I have omitted .w
mention lient. W'dght osthc- royal m-tillery
who SUCCt'cdcd to the command of 'the ar
t'nlery in the butterisi-s on the morning ofthe
22d, after lient. Bsesctun was woundtsisid.
, A. MACLAlNE,
Capt. 94-3-"2 rqgsiirrsixent.
1 mnjov, 15 seemen, mannes and sol
diers, killed; llientenant, 2 midshipmen,
1 Setgcant, 53 Seamcn and privates'tvound
Psisiccnunts from lo'rd VVc-iling'ton state that
his head-quarters were at Almcida, on the
8ch. 'Gencral Hill's brignde was at Casde
Bom, And gen. Pnyne's at St. Pedro; 'The
advanced corps of gen.siHill's brigadezwas
within ten miles of the ene'iny's head-"quar
ters a: Cuidad Rodrigo. si'Gen. Cransord
Tvas at _Ge!:gos,_ between Almcida and Cui
dad Rodrigo. The British force amounted
to 23,000 men. ivsihichivouid be reinsorced
by about "3.000 ' more who were on their si
't'narch lrom-Lizhon. The Portdguese troops
are about '35.00'0 strong, making together
about 60,000 men. , *
_ The enemy are abom'the sctame number-p
Ney having been "joined— by the divisions of
Regnier and Loison, and ]nnot being on
his march from Astorga ssto "join him with
10,000 infamry and si2,000 cnvalry. Ten
"thousand more'troops wereto be drawn from
Valladolid. L'oison's division Was on me 5th
on the right bank ofct'the Agmda.
ss The following "is an extract of a letter
from Cadiz':
_ __ si ct'si'CAmz Ass) .
si " The Frenthss aresivery busily {Infgyed
.,n'erectmg name!-ons betteries'inctfronc of;
..oursiadvaoees here; and sil :have 'no-dbubti
ssthd'y 'vssill-sszuceeed vin --d riving it: from thence
; with considerahle loss, when 'ihe'ir fortisi
canons are complete. ' Stillctss I Continue to
'ss The Vcw Budgsirtss—The power of monYy'
begrtcing "Honey was never more pieasingly
illuscracsid than in chessfinancial arragessmcncs
of the Chancclior of the Excheqn-fi. 'The
scheinesihe wiehsisssio impress the public—with
jsss that no new HXCS siaress'necessa'ry; ("he
schehTt' that Center xviShes to impress the"
public with in a thenp pien of paying the
old ones. 'To iizosa who wish to ndopt it,
the time in the BLh of next month—the place
8, Charing-Cross. "The loss may he a'seur
posmds -—the gain nmy be "IO0,000I. -
Yesterday arzived, brig Czesar, Captain
Puwers, from Liver-pool, by whom we have
London and Liverpool papers to the 23d of
May, but have only time to extract the susslsi
lnwing :
si'LONDON, ﬂsazssl.
Mrc-Brnnc'i' makes this day his Motion for
a Parliumentary Relorm. it is supposed
that the debate will occupy two days. t
ed.
:ss-Tss ss ;sifJ-sssi: 'Tziij !.si'fss. ?asizctsiss' isisi-"ss'ss'ssss-ss'si ' '
bggþ'sss! , . .. - -si
maw r'ssxssfasi me. gentlyxpresvw
ct - - ct sigfiisctq WRHW'ssWffiÞÞ
3%'-ind??i?}sisi_fidlrsif*achrÞ-.sssiacasmnsi-ssixssnjssiariuef
and-faiﬂdic'r' " Kdujifed -l_ssisi-_rfnselssfssjdor1tssrgzsirhgg
inoiitfhs'meaimajngdrsichigpo'srzfsiffimguLM-ss-ct
,lysisidssurin-gjzho two ct list (I???" sisifctssl. bYS-sssssisin 3,
ton,- of the royal minesiry, for his fnnresinfi't-si
ted attention to his "duty-ram! the Master-ly
style in which he kept-go his "fire on the.
enjemctvyasss lik'ewise' - ensrgns Cannon and
Scott, of the : 94\h_ sigrcnadlcssrszsi; ancctlsi ! re
ussessgt, sir,*you will state to the admit-al,
mannerctin which lien-(enantsct Chapmsign'and
M'Ph'cssrson,10s the "royal navy, and' "one or
lW'osiothera. whose nashes' l cannot now r'e
collcsict, voiumuredsi'thcir services during
the he'a'viest osthc' fire. 'Mr- George Dob
pomsisi'midshipsim'an ofssthe silmi'ncible, had
chirssge'osth'c seamen'undcr my command
dut'fngssthc whole time, "and-1 beg' you, sis'rr,
to recommend'him to the admiral as a very
brsssiave" and bxcesi'sslcnc siofficer. "Hercwilh'sict'l
sond a list oisskillpd and ' WOundcd ; And a- '
mong the siformqfsil am sorry to return sim'a- -
'ossr'si'Lss-scburc, of the "royal cngincers ; hcl
was'ctkillcd close to me by a connen ball ; the
loss of suthssan Excsiclliznt officer "is'dccply to
be lamented.
-l haVc the honor to be, "&c.
how highbysi sensible" I am of ,the sshandsosishe (
Ysict'sisssisisisssictctkzsillmzry-fangssbsi_
tvxryr '
o'ssssixsihar -mosist—Zsi*xei='_llknr: officer li'cuc.'-—'.'Breref
pnrzicular, thinner-, to; mention !
ghiglg shey gin ngtlgsiet pardie;: {imagine
T-(bignsi-o') . _ . ., .
A. MACLAINE,
Capt. 9ch regimrnt,
" Late commandsr at Forte
Mamg'arda.
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7 The rcctmaindcter of the Fr'enrh tr'oosips {si
Tsidcr- Dupont, that were taken by: csssss
s niards, are arrived at Cadiz. ? P'
' ss 'ss si ct'ct'ExW'asiCt as actPrivatc' Letter.
_ _ __ ' ct**'OPORTO, May 10,
_"'u'-(ss)n'she ss24shsi bf si 'Apssril the: ' French ,?
?si-"proachcd the adv,a.n—c'6tl.guard under Sea-na
fsi'Cr'ausordsi in the" ncibeborhood of (jujdsict
isiRocffigo, and drove infthe- pisiquets. Durina
sighcsc o'P'umic—zþs, advicsicssssswerc- sent to lo,-"2
Wcsi-lsih'gtss'onss, at ctViscusi, whosiimmediatclv bss,
_ gapsifijssiþasiarghjwnh 22 ooossE-n'gsisz—si' asisiss
ictss14,0WPqttu30cge, to supportsiihc divisic;1
; under. en. Csiraulord. -Dt1thc 26thsihepass.
? ed'AI .eﬄas'z'md bysishe last accountsguhicsi
,, sschre ofthe Sth i":1js_t.ssfro'ssmhead—quantersfh;
was a few [ranges-to the smzth cast of A},
meida._ "A rcjnsziycemcnt 'nssiiȜOOO mcuwssiz
bouxlv expected (9 assrri'vc a: the" camp.
" The French}astersithressatclctxsishg'thc van.
guard m the: manner" statictd, proceeded win
their m'ain body uncle-sir the duke osEichin-}
gem, 'to the number of 30,000 men, Hadde-51
cupicd the: 't'icinity f'Of' Cuidad Iiodrigma
jwhich place had bsi-tcn'sslong besore 's'urren
'si cle,-red by their piquets- 'ss'Cuidad Rodx-Zgois
' strongly" (siortisird; Sir-ply px'ovioion'cd, azj-J
-' þmvcrsulls' garrisoncct'd; and 'issiin do d'nnssir'
srom any force shut the French can at 'p'Ec
's -nt bring" a-Qainstit, 's'ssupssporc'ed as It is by
thz-"neighbsixsshoqd offichectallied armi-:5. Tsi-siss
Fy, nsih have made a show of commencing
"the sengesioszhat phire, ran-i for that purpfm
have broughtssall their heavy 'arlillery sso'm
Selctnmanea, , . .' _ si
" In this situa'lidn of things no apprehesi.
GionS'are felt for the result of the 'pr-ssifn:
manesizwres; but, on the "contrary, great
hopes are entertained Of: Succ'c-s'ssul issue.
Lord XVeliing-ron's fdrce anmunts to'80,0(b
men, in high spirits. with ss'sss-f'arcely a per
son on the sicctctk (is;, and supp'fiGctd with eve
'ry ne'c'e'ssary of war and sulzsistencc. i'B'c
yusjd th: liumher OFSOLOOO Stsisilted, [he cssne
sisimy has not 5000 troops cast of Burgo'sffisid
therefore can be_ in no csizndicioa to corn
mence the seige osCuZ'dad ROdrigq in the
presence of the allied army, or: to make-As.
attack upon that army reinforcrd 'as it pro
gressive'ly' Will besssrom thd mte'ribr "of Por
tuguh . ct \._ _ __ .,
"There" has been hit-sly no 'Wansitws che es
sential'articles of meat and ﬂour in [he Bri-j
fish army. 'Phe tauctle depot has alwajsl
had 1000 bulloclfs,ss2n'd the inﬂux has been4
for sometime so great, "that they had not?
sufficient space for the hersids. _ ' _
" Yonss will be anxious td know the dimi
bmibri of fhc'Spanssifsih forsites near the Porib
guese sromiers. siQF—Dpn'nel, sswho has been
much worsted at Merida, had, before the:
conﬂict, "8000 menss ssssRomana 'hsssias about
the siiine number at 'deajnz, The force
,ofssBailasteroS'near Sevilie, may be 10,000.
"The Fsir'ench occupy Merida and its neigh
bssssirhood'with '90,00sso men 'un'der 'insixrah'al
siMcslicrsi"
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siThsie cons'ul'g'sieneral'ZLFS,p'ainss"fhr the unitss
ed kingdom osG. Britain and "'Irelsimd, ctrcsi
'quesfs (he editor so insert the 'followmg
communication : ct
ct __ "LZNDoN, May 2_0._'18si10. .
'i'he cc'ztmcil of the rcgcncy of d'pnzn am
the Indics, in the name ofhis majcsicty Fer
dsiinand the swenth, having discovered thctﬂfi
it is the intention of the gsiene 'ral enemy Of
mankind, to introduce into the Ultrc: Mﬂ'
rincsct-Provinres ofSpainct, spice and commis
sarics to disturb the peace of those 'estublish
ments, and-having: already" been 'insormca
that this'design is in part accomplishcdffiﬄ1
the iniquitous purpose of spreading thﬄ'
those trrritories, 'd'isorder, ct anarchy, and
insurrection--; sificehis military forces are
not tjyttcndcd' to that rcmotc part of th
earth; and the 'said council of rcgency Gh'
god the object ossf'their journey-or voyage?
iserving that such commissaries assemblf
in the [Mind States of America, frame
whence, by stealth, and under various pre
tences, they proceed to the provincc
Tcxus, or embark for other Spanish 55'
pendencies. - "
lt is resolved that no-Spimiard or forcigﬂ'
er, of whatever class or condition, or 10!
tvhatcchr business, shall be allowed to lond
in any of the Spanish. .domioionq of dy?
countfy, Without being provided with Th':
proper pas'ssiporta from the places at which
they emibafitþ- ssid'thc natne osif'Fcrdinand (he
7th, and such passports' are. correcdy (0
designate persons to whom they are gtffi't
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