The National Register.
London, England, 1811-04-21 00:00:00

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in the Court
or Admiralty.' (He referred and read.) Ile words cannot
be misunderstood. thel'able of Charges is not to be suspended
but in this Court:Room, in an open, visible, accessible place;
I'm in any bye-room or, anti-cbamhcr, o'r in any private or clan-
dotine plac'. Could it be supposed, that the head or members
of this Court w >aid place a dOduinent of such importance as the
Table of Chit. !es in any other place than that Which was so ex-
pressly prescrl'ihd by this Act of Legi§lattire ?. It cavot be
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cerried to add that trigade-Major Stewart, of the 4.54,,- was
killed with the last.

On the morning of the 25th the 3d, 6th, and light diriseits,
and the 16th light dragoons and hussars, under the command of
Major-General Pictoii, Major-General Alexander Campbell,
and Major-general Sir William Erskine, moved upon Guarda
in five colurnus, which were supportedshy the eth dieisiun in the
valley of the Mondego, and by the Ist and 7th fr Celorico..
And the militia, under Ceneral Train and Col. Wilson, covered
the movement at Alverca against any attempt that might have
been made on that side to disturb it.
The enemy abandoned the position of Guarda without firing
s shot, and retired upon Sabugal, on the Coa. They were fol-
lowed ley our cavalry. who took some prisoners from them.
On the 40th Sir William Erskine, with the cavalry and horse
artillery, fell upon the rear-guard of the second corps, which
had been near Belmonte, and had marched for the Coa duriug
the night, and he killed and wounded several and cook some
prisorrerf. The enemy have since taken a position upon the,
Cala, havieg an advanced guard on this side; and the allied
t. oops have this day been collected on the left of that river.
I have the honour to enclose the copy of a letter which I
ban received frem Marshal Sir William liertsford, contalaing
the terms ni tia.o capitulation of Campo Mayor ; and I have
likewise the honour of enclosing his Report of his first Opera-
tions agtaist the enemy, from which your Lordship will ob-
serve that he has kc_it pc session of that place again, and ha's had
considerable success against the enemy's cavalry.
This success wonla have been more complete, a„t4 would
Lave been attended With less loss? if the ardour of the 13th
•
Light Drlgoons and 7th Portuguese regiment Of Cavalry, in the
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pursuit of*tlie enemy, could have been kept within reasonable
bounds. Some of the men missing of both regiment's *ern
made prisoners on the bridge of Badajoi.
'Me enemy have likewise abandoned Alburqurque.
I have received no account's' from Cadiz or from the North
since I addressed Tour Lordship ov. the 27th March.
I have, kc!-
WELLINGTON.

(Signed)

?tIARSIIAL EERESFORD,
Reports, under date of Campo Mayor, Stith March, that he
had moved on the precedlrg ?homing from Arouckes, and
upon spproacing Campo Mayor had found t4e enemy's corps
(consisting of four reOments of cavalry, three battalions of in.
fantry, and some horse artillery,' drawn up on the outside of
the town.

Brigs tier-general Long being sent with the allied cavalry to,
turn the enemy's right, found an opportunity 'of ordering a
charge to be made by two squadrons of the lCth light dragoons
under Lieutenant-Colonel Head, and two squadrons of Portu-
gum, dragoons under Colonel OtWay, supported by the re-
mainder of the cavalry. By this charge the enemy's horse
were completely routed and chased by the f6ur squadrons
abovcmentioued into the town of Badajcz. 4 great number
of the French were sabred, as were the gunners ;belonging to
sixteen pit ces of Cannon that were taken upon the road, but
afterwards abandone I.

"ihe pursuit of, the enemy's cavalry having led a great propor-
tion of the allied dragoons to a distance of several miles btfore
the infantry of Nlarshhl Beresford's airoy could come up, the
Frerch infantry availed themselves of theopporisulity to retreat
column, and thus effected their escape.
‘T11,..t eligjny'4o,4 is estimated at not leis thin five or-sit hun-
dred men killed, wounded, or prisoners; great numbers of
horses alit' 'mute's were t4e4, together with one lumeitzer and
Tome itrnmtwitioe wagotl9o.
.I\l4rshal litoecford speaksilighly of the steadiness of Ces:on el
De Grey's Brigade at-reay Cavalry, and of tie gathuttty d/s.
played thr troops that were engaieti.••• •• • ' • •
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248 THE N'ATION- Y ROOISTi
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41111 W 111011.1111ENI
• )4,, L.) 046 that it, is Dot placed in the situation in Which it cern4ed to add that
it eipLcitly ryquireAti it should be placed by the Act of Parlia- killed with the last.
• • _ft Hors nine 4 that the T:ihie a

The enemy abandoned the town of Cando Mayor
resistance, leaving there a considerable supply of corn
visions, and eight thousand rations of biscuit.

Return of the Killed; Womukd, and Ilfissitig in the Corpa of
Me Allier! Army under the Orden of Marslud Sir W. C. _Bam-
ford, K. B. on the 25th March, 1811.

Total—l Cornet, 23 rant and file, 20 horses, killed; 2 Lieute,
tants, I, St4ll,*i Quarter-Master, 1 Serjeant, 65 rank and file_
5.5 horses, wounded; i Serjeant, 76 rank and file, 108 horses
Names of Veers wounded.
13t11 1.14 ht Dragoons—Lieutenant Smith, badly; Lieutenant
Gale., Adjutant Holmes, and Quarter Master Greenltatn,
slightly.
- (Signed) E. PACKENHAM, D. A. G.

BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
Aptjiony Sheriff, of St. Mary Axe, merchant, from April 13,
to June 1, at ten, at Guildhall.
B4NISRUPTS.
George Jones, of the Platform, Rotherhithe, Surrey, tobac-
conist.
Simon Jones, late of Lanhiddel, Monmouthshire, shopkeeper.
Thomas Powell, late pi Malpas, Monmouthshire, timber-
cnerchatit.

John Bromley, of Halifax, Yorkshire, merchant.
Nelson Ciibborn, of Judd-street, Brunswick-sqyare, grocer.
'William Field, of Oxford-street, fringe and trimming-manu-
facturer.

Thomas Chadwick, of Rochdale, Lancashire, woollen-manu-
facturer.
James Pyer and Jonathan Payne, of Bristol, druggists.
Richard Fitton, of Manchester, dyer.
Thomas Parry, of fialfoni, Lancashire, cotton-spinner.
William Wells, jun. of Bradford, Yorkshire, groccr•
John Hickox, of Worthing, Sussex, draper.
William Raworth, of Birmingham grocer.
John Spencer, of Collyhurst, Manchester, brewer.
William Dr la mo re , of Liverpool, corn- dealcr.
Daniel Coley, of John-street, Adelphi, Strand, druggist.
John Hack, late of Broad-street, St. Georges, Ease; carpenter.
Henry Prosser, of London, master and mariner.
Hugh Cormaek, late of Watling-street, broker.
CERTIf ICATES—A PR IL 11.
Leonard Lazenby, of Parson's-green, Fulham, stock-broker...
Roger Walker, of Kingston-upon-Hull, grocer.—John Lovell,
of Aldersgate-street, jeweller.—John Kraut's, of Manchester,
merchant.—Williani Langdale, jun. sate of Kingston-upon-Hull,
victualler.—Richard Travis, Of Manchester, silversmith.—Wil-
liam Wright, of Manchester, grocer.—Robert Houlden, of St.
Margaret's-hill, Southwark, nun-draper.—Robert Morris, of
Liverpool, rnerchint.—WillOm Wood, of Exeter, wine and
brandy-merclaa,nt.—John Iles, now or l ate of Bristol, victualler.
—J. ?rout. of BristolOyaker.—Joseph Smith, of Manningham,
Bradford, York/1111re, cottou-merchant .---Jam es Shipp, of Wal-
c4it, Soujeraetshire, carpenier.—Bcpja,min Hart, of Plymouth,
tavcco-keeper.— Thomas Roo_ke, of Beugeo, Hertfordshire,
fa men—Joseph Tyndall, of Birmingham, button-maker.—John
Hipwell, of Hardman's-fold, Prestwich, Lancashire, calico-
printer,—James M jilar, Of Liverpool, merchant.—Gelrge Bar-
ton Marsden, of Manchester, upholst,erer.—J. Down, of Great
Winchester-street, merchants.

THE N ATIONAI, RE -.NI Etc.

SUNDAY, APRIL 21, 1811.
THE KING.

Bulletins of his Majesty's health issued since our
hist publication _ _

Wirrotoit C4ITLE, April 13.—His Majesty continues to go
on favourable.

April 17.—His Majesty is advancing favourably to his re-
WWI/.

PORTUGAL.

Th 4 dispatches received from Lord WELLINoTnN,
dated Marnwleito, April 2d ; and from Marshal
BEREiFORD) un4er date of CART() Mayor, March 213,

lorne ,portance, as- they
prove that the enemy have not Viten able to .carrr
their intention of maintaining the strong 'position
of Guarda into effect. They were dislodged from
't on the 29th tilt. with some loss, acid inoiest
nßarer the frontier, after sending sortie detach.'
ments on The right to Belmonte.
Privateletters from the army crowd rpon us,earit
furnishing interesting details, and an agreeing in the
sickening statement, that never were such atrocities
as those committed by the horde of murderers
under MASSENA—" If we cannot keep England,"
said I)vo244pARTE Once, in talking of the invasion of
this country, ,t at least we will ravage it so com..
pletely as to render it unfit for beings to live in it."
And in the spirit and letter of this diabolical prin-
ciple, MAsisN4 seems to act in his retreat from Por.
tugal. Yet one consolatory reflection presents it.
self—The enemy seems, in perpetrating these bar-
barities to give notice that he has abandoned all idea
of reducing Portugal to subjugation : for if he had
determined upon another .experiment of invasion,
he -wouls! hardly have had recourse to cruelties so
wholly unncessary—he would never have strength.
ened the cause of Portugal and his adversaries with
the interminable hatred and abomination of a
whole nation, roused to madness by the spectacle of
their butchered and bleeding countrymen, of their
violated altars, of the smoking ruins of their towns
and villages.

The following are Extracts of Letters received,
from our army in Portugal
HORRID ATROCITU.S OF THE FRENCH'.
Ciuszda, April 2, Ism
" We have at last sounded a halt in this place, after a march
of sixteen days from Lisbon, at the rate of about twenty miles
a day. We were in Lisbon from the 6th to the 11 t', March.
On the 11th, about eight in the morning, we marchf.d down to •
the beach, and got into the boats of the fleet, we went up
them as far as Villa Franca, and, we have beet] marching in-
cessantly since, until yesterday, whin we halted in thio place.
As you will trace our route in a map, you will perhaps like to
know what towns we came through. The day after we arrived
at Villa Franca, we marched to Alcointra, then to Rio Major;
•we then marched through several ;mall town., hailing art 4
sleeping in them at night mail wi• came to Leira, by Pomba!,
Cavalhos, Gallices, Celorico, and this place, which is within
six Dues of Spain. We have been fur this last week the very
advance of the Army, always in bight of the French. Army,
who are retreating as we did going to Corunna.. But, my. dear
M aher., ,you will scarcely Lelleve me when 1 mention the
state of the country. 'l'o every tuwn through which cue Fgench
passed they set fire. Every man, woman, or child, Portu-
guese, they met they murd...:red; my blood ran cold seeing the
bodies of the unfortunate victims laying scattered along the
roads and the streets of towns ; however, we made them suffer
for it, they have lost an immense number of men; I dare soy
they have lost as many as from 7 to 8000.
66 At a bridge called Poste de Kenderosa they lost about SOO
men, all drowned; by some.naistake the French blew up the

ATIONAL REGISTER. 1141 P
)r without )gli, were published- last night &rzeoe.
and pro- " Their contents are of some imp ortance, as. they