The National Register.
London, England, 1813-04-25 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

'from Alcoy, and to occupy that place with a strong division of the
Ore.' army.
consequeacc• of ti,i4 movement, AJarshal Suchet quitted
alai has assinned the command in person, of the troops on
-the right bank of the Num.. He appears to have drawn to this
division of his army nearly all the disposable force which he has iu
:Or nei-hbourhood of Valencia.
Aing that the enemy was concentrating his force, I assemble:l
the allied army in Castalla on the '2oth. In consequence of tins
concentration of the allied army, Marshal Suchet has reinforced
Ws.; right, and has now a strong tbrce at Outenieute, Mogentc, and
Fuente del Higuera. Since 1 hall last the' honour of addressing
your Lordship, there hir.c been el al trilling affairs whit the
!licitly. General whiitio::Jiarn has tort c l bi:a to retire beyond the
Puerto tie Aloayda, a very consiiii rab!c loss.
In this affair, whir!' Gc;ieral IVliittin-h;ita conducted with great
judgment, and in ‘rhich the Spanish troop.: behaved with great gal-
lantry and order, the General was sligutly wounded, as were an
officer and seven men.

Iu a reconnoitring party on the same day, conducted by Major•
Oeneral Ponkin, Captain Jacks, and the threign troop of light
cavalry, Captain Waldron, and the grenadiers of the '2(.1, and
4Lieutcnant APDongall, of the Ailjutant-General's department, ha.)
an opportunity of making a spirited attack on an enemy's pest,
which was carried in the pretienee of a battalion drawn up as spec-
tators.

We suffered no loiti on this occasion, hut killed some of the
enemy, and took a few prisoners.

11JOre 1. contliple this letter, I be to ad:l, that shire T have
been in co-operation %%WI General Elio, I have forint' Lis Excel-
lency in,:st anxious forward every object I Inol in view :it is
impossible too to extol his zeal, the reauingis with_ whiLli
We meets my wik,liet;.

•ADMICAT,TV OFFICE, APRIT, ',M. 1813. •
Letters, of winch the following are epic's and extract, have been
transmitted to this.Odiee by Rear Admiral Dixon, addreseti to
30111) Croker, Lieateriatit Ciads, tate first Lieu-
-tenant of his i?lajest)'; Java :--
Uuited States Frigate Constitution, off St. Salvador,
Due. ;it, lt;13,
_ _ _

Stn---It is with deep regret that %%Tin, you, for the inf -umat ion
a the Lords Commissioners of the Admitalty. that his Majesty's
ship Java. is. no more, after sustaining an action on the 9.9 th
instant, for several hours, with the Arnericao frit;:ate Constitution,
which resulted in the capture and ultimate destruction of his Ma-
jesty's ship. Captain Lambert being dangerously • onniled in the
beight of the action, the maknelioiy tzul of uniting the detail de-
volves on me.

On the morning of the 29th instant, at eight a. tn. off St. Salva- I
nor (coast of Brazil), the wi.:d at N. E. we perceived a strange li
Sail; made all sail in chase. and soon made her ant to Ike a large i
Irrigate ; at noon prepared for action, the chase- not answering our
vrivate signak mm and tacking towards mimic'. easy sail ; when about
Four miles distant, she made a signal, and iminciiiately tacked, and
made all sail away upon the wind. We soon fomd Aye had the-ad• I 1
.vatitage of her in sailing, and came up with her fast, when she
Itoisteit American colours ; she then bore ahont three points on our ~
tee-bow. . At fifty minutes past one p. tn. the enemy shortened sail.
Itpon which we bete down upon her ; at ten minute.; pact two, when
*bout half a mile distant. she opened her fire, giving us her larboard
Jhroadeille, which was not returned till we were close on her weather i
tow. Both ships now mamenvred to obtain advantageous post- !
/ions, Our epponeut evidently avoiding close action, and tiring high i
t o disable our masts, in which he succeeded too wtli, ltaving shot
sway the head of our bowsprit with the jib-boorn. and our running
**ging so much cut as to orevent our preserving the weather gage. i
. At live minutes past three, finding the enemy's r,tking fire ex- i
S.-sanely heavy, Captain Lambert ordered the chip to be laid on I
hoard, in which we should have succueiled, had not our fore-mast
liven shot away at this moment, the remains of our bowsprit passing 1
Over his tatirail ;shortly atter this, the maintop-mast went, leaving the
chip totally unmanageable, with most of our starboard guns rendered
wsele,is from the wreck lying over them.
4,4L1 i a 14:- pis L tlirea4Atir . gal'itat Captain received a dangerous
lemma in the brefist, aria was carried 'below ; from 41ii: time' ivse
could not fire more than two or three guns until a quarter pact four,
when our tnizeu-mast was slim away ; the ship then fell off a little,
and brought many of our starboard gnus to bear : the enemy's rig-
ging was so mach cot, that he could not now avoid shooting a-head
which brouglgt us fairly broad•He and broad.:ide. Our main-yard
iipby went in the sliugs i both ship,s continued etty,aged ili tai soak.