The Sun.
London, England, 1809-07-05 00:00:00

PRIKITE CORREIPONpENCE.

'COPY 'OF A LETTER PROM THE MARAUIt DE LA
RONIANA. TO LIEUT. COL. CARROL.
" You cannot conceive the joy and pleasure
feel with the acquaintance of, your safe arrivel at
Vigo, We were under the greatest care and anx-
iety about' you. I gave a severe repriMand to tire
Naval Officer who forsook you on shore. Finally,
we are all safe' here, after a long and daring march.
We are waiting for the Portuguese Army to join us,
in order to commence our movements, and fall upon
the defeated Army of SOULT, at present in the Valley
of Montforte de Lemos, in search of provisions,
which he can no longer find in the vicinity of Lugo,
where a loaf of bread of two pounds weight, costs
40 reals of vellon.

" I never expe&ed any thing else from the
Governor of Gijon, of the ambiguity of whose cha,
ra6ler I have already had many accounts, but-so Oner
or later he will receive his deserts. In fine, since
you will be with us, I shall defer, till then opening
my mind to yoti upon various subjeels;• in the in-
terim, I. wish to tell. you that we find ourselves
threatened by an attack from the division of SOULT,
which prevents my moving by my flank on NEN'S
force, which has attacked the division which so glo-
riously possessed itself of St. Jago.
" VOSTAR writes me very good news from Astu-!
rias. BALLESTEROS, after having beaten, the van-
guard of the Enemy, advanced to the heights over,
Oviedo. 'I sincerely wish you a continuance of.
health,' and that you will freely command .
" Your true and affeaionate
" Friend and Servant,
(Signed) " EL. Ms. DE LA ROMANA."
To W. Parker Carrot, Lt. Col. Com.
of H. /3 M.

EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM A ERITISIi 45tFICtR

(IF RANK IN GALLICIA

" I hate the , pleasure to inform you of. the
clivisiOn of the Minio, the left of The Marquis
of -ROMANA'S Army under the command of Count
Nottostit, having obtained a decisive viEtory over
the enemy on the sth inst. at the Bridge of Si.
rayo:
The division of the Minio, under the corn-
,
=and of General CARRERA, having defeated the
enemy on the 23d ult. at St. Jago, Obliging them to
retreat precipitately to Corunna,, taking from them
40 aroba's of church-plate, and a great quantity of
°tiler plunder, proceeded to Polite Vedra, for the
purpose of arming his peasant-soldiers, and was re-
turning in pursuit of the enemy. On his arrival at
Padron, his advanced guard met that of the enemy,
Who having received reinforcements at Corunna,
Was adVanCing towards Polite Vedra.
"The great want of arms and stores under which
the Spanish army laboured, and the very heaVy rains
Which had for some days fallen,by which about -10,000
cartridges were destroyed, froth the peasants being
without cartridge-boxes, induced the Count of NOR-.
ONIA (who had just joined General CARRERA) to fall
back towards Vigo, for the two-fold objets of re-
ceiving the supplies he so much. wanted, and se-
curing a position where he-might oppoSe the enetny
With advantage. •

" Upon the 6th inst. the Spanish Army passed
the river at St. Pay o, in launches, the bridge having.
been previously destroyed, and occupied a strong
military position on the left Bank. The passage was
-not impeded by the enemy, who might, from the
very superior number of their cavalry, and at that
time of artillery, have ,cut. at least, their rear
guard: _ _

7 " On
,the morning of the 7th, the enemy, in
force 8000, including tifici cavalry, and six pieces of
artillery, headed by Marshal
,Nay and General
lorsort, commenced a vigoro,l3 attack, and seemed,
determined to, force the- passage of the river; the
Patriots evinced equal determination to resist. Al-
ter an incessant fire of cannon and musketry on
both,sides for ten hours, the enemy eealed at seven

in the evening.
. "At day light in the morning- of the Bth, the
enemy renewed his attack, and seemed determined at
all risques to
.cross the river ; hit those. who had
Passed the,bridge of Lodi, could not pass the bridge
of St. Payo; thoie who had rapidly. crossed the
Acldi and the Po, were not only checked, but
Obliged precipitately to retreat before the brave Pit
trims, on the banks of the Soto Mayor. The eneiny_
again opened a heavy fire of shot and shell on the
morning of the ath, with the obje& of concealing
another meditated attack against the bridge of Cal-
denoi, a league and a half higher up the r.ver.—
This position, as well as every other where the river
was fordable, had been previously occupied by the vi-
gilance of -the Spanish Generals.
•

"After a fire of five hours, the enemy being un'7.
able to gain a foot of ground, relinquished the at—
tempt of forcing the bridge of Ctildelai,„defended by
*an_ inferior force.

"On the evening of the sth, the enemy proceed-
e l to reconnoitre and sound the river close to the
St a-shore, au attempt they were soon obliged to
udon, lion. the well-dim :led fire at the rts;h:eefit

of Marino, which pailicularly Aistiiiguished

on this, and sevVralother nccasions

"The night of the sth, the enerhy deVoted to his
accustomed occupation previous to a retreat, burning
housee, destroying provisions, and killing the de—
fenceless; the flight of the peasantry, however, on
the enemy's approach, prevented the perpetration of
cruelties, to the extent to which this barbarous army
had had opportunity in other parts, of gratifying
their inhuman disposition. •
" The few, however, who Were unable to escape,
became' viatims of cruelty. One instance-is`
worthy of remark : an old infirm womattrunableta
join her family in their flight; was inhumanly
butchered in bed.

"At one o'clock in the morning of the 9th, the
enemy commenced a precipitate retreat, leaVing 39
unburied dead close to the bridge, 40 muskets, a
great quantity of cloaths, and other plundered arti-,
des, and some provisions. • Their retreat was to-
wards St. Jago. The Spanish army consisted of
13,000, including 150 cavalry, 4000, however, of
the peasants were without muskets, the number Of
cannon was equal on both sides, each had 6pieces.
• " Four gun-boats were fitted out with the greatest
promptness, by the orders of the Spanish Commo-
dore. This force contribUted most materially to the
repulse of the enemy, having kept up a heavy and
Well-direaed fire upon the enemy's flank, wherever
the tide permitted their approach to the beach. One
two-gun battery was completely razed, and the
guns dismounted by the well-dire6ted fire of one of
the gun-boats.

' Nothing can exceed the confidence the 'Pa-
vino. seem to repose in their Generals„ CARRERA,
who has thrice led them to viaory, appears to posy
sess the tinbounded admiration and confidence of. his

loops."

A Merchant Vessel Called the Margaret`, Captain
Butt Ns, its 'arrived at Liverpool from ltio de Janeiro.
She sailed odthe Bth April, and has brought'Let-
ters from Buenos Ayres to theb9lll March. We
have been.favoured by this conveyance with a most
interesting Proclamation: which was isued by
',MIER* on the 13th of that month.

PROCLAMATION of Don SANTIAGO LINIERS,
Viceroy, Governor and Captain-General of the Provinces of
Rio de la Plata and their Dependencies, Knight of the Or.
der of St. l uan, .64c.
" The Genius of Discord accumulates his a&s of
frenzy ; but his fleeting triumphs have already ceased
to exist; and he perceives with shame and rage,
that his hopes must yield to the 'valour of, the Spa-
nirirds. , Wavering between guilt and despair, he
multiplies in vain his sedu&ive arts to shake the fide-
lity and humble the dignity of the Spanish Ameri-
can Provinces. His criminal calculations, and his"
ceaseless clash of falsehood and truth, form the
weak supplirts ; of those papers, and lying rumours'
spread by the infamous satellites of Napoleon.--I
would condescend; to refute minutely those false re-
porn, although the contradictions with which they
abound prove sufficiently that they spring from ig-
norance and partiality, were I not addressing a peo-
ple so illustrious as that which I have the honour to
command, and did not the unconnected relation of
the successes of the enemy, although described in
• their usual inflated style, compared with the
gence which we have received, and to which we
may give credit, shew beyond all doubt the reality of
Our victories, and that Buonaparte and, his satellites
are hastening to the tomb. A thinking man hears.
with contempt of the entrance of the French at Ma-
drid, because he well knows that it will only serve
to lengthen the list of our triumphs. What. advan-
tage can they reap from their penetrating into the
heart of a nation where they cannot subsist, and
where they haYe no other alternative than to tall
Ivtaims to hunger, or surrender to our troops, by
whom they are surrounded ? Let us recollect that
when, during the War (-J. Succession, the enemy en-
tered Madrid, it proved their ruin. Spain now con-
lends with a single foe; then, without foreign assist-
ance, or any other forces but its own, it caused Eu-
rope, whose powerful kingdoms had sworn its ruin,
to tremble.; The numerous ,armies which then en-
tered Spain in every dire&ion to take possession of
Madrid, and the greatest part of the Peninsula, were
completely routed and conquered. At this moment,
when opr forces and our resources are infinitely su-
perior, what
;ought we not to hope from our tried
and intrepid warriors ?. What impression ought the
miserable and ephemeral success of .the French at.
Madrid to produce on our minds ? Before the mid,'
die' of last January, it has undoubtedly passed away
like smoke. The bent which the political affairs of
Europe has taken, and the influence of the Cabinet
of St. James's over all the world, give us well
founded hopes that Austria has broken otf its diplo-
matic relations with France, whose frontiers are
threatened by a formidable army. The Turlz-,s have
openly resumed' hostilities against the Russians
En ;land has sent her fleets and armies, and treas-
. tnitted her energy to Naples and to Holland. In a
word,' all the kingdoms rise from their lethargic
slumbers, and the last victories of our armies are
the harbinger of liberty to Earope. Our whole na-
tion
ais united under the protection of a wise and
regular Govtomnent. The Spanish and British
Empirei have calculated their forces and real power,
and five-and-twenty' millions of soul 4 shall never
yield to the
.sophistry of an, impostor. This is the
true state of things, which wily perpetuate the ho-
nour and glory of the Spanish name and ita immor-
tal
" Buenos Ayres, March 13, 1309."

•No Military Book was ever published in ogland
which is calculated to produce so great an improve-
Ment in our tadlics at the Essays on the Art of /Par,
by the Editor of the Military Mentor. , All the im-
provements in the art of modern warfare are deli.;
newt(' in this Work with, an exactitude which au-
gurs the best results to the impending EkpedVion.
jibe ,doubt ul of the bravest troops in
4. wcaid, whu are alst,k the net skilful.

SPOETINC INVELT,icr2\-c.F.

NEWMARKET fULY MEETING, ►Bc9.
- ' MONDAY, JULY ro.

The rtiiy Stakes, a Subscription.of scgs. each, 3ogs. ft. by
, 2.yr old colts.carryingtist. 61b. and fillies 8s:. .}lb. Two-
yr Old Course.
Mr. Lilacllford names Mr. Kellerman's b. c.lferoboarn, by
Cc-that:l;a. out of a sister to A lane's dam.

Ld F. G-; Qsborrie's b, c 4 by.Shurtle,tnit of Drbwsy.
Sir C. liunburv's b. c. by YoUng Whiskey, thin by Siam.
ford, bought of-,(01. Childers.
Mr. Wilson's brother to Spindle.
Mr: Ka rbord's b. t. by Eagle, out of a sister to Petworth.
Mr. Mellish names Lord .Stawelt's 1. by Gobanna, out of
GipseY; the darn of lhiStar.l.
. Mr.: Mellish; panics Lord Jersey's f. by Arnbrosie, darn by
Ic.vscraper, out of Cielia.
. .
Mr. Mellish ItaineS Mr. J. Smitit'sch. f.- by Popinjay,
darn by Trumparor. 1.
Mr. Elwes's b. c. by Kill Devil, darn by rohn Bull, out
of Dick Andrews' darn.

I). of Grafron'; f. by Waxy, out of (tattle. -
Ld. ,Foley's c. by Doti Quixotte, *nil of rtin'.us's darn.
Ld. Foley's br. f. by oung Whiskey, out of_ a Tandem
mare, bought of Mr. Goodiswn. ,

M. Abbey's b. f. Cassandra, by 'Eagle, out of Clorinda's
dam.

Mr. Emden names Mr. Goodinge's.ch. f. Maid of the
Mill, by Sorcerer, out of the Maid of Kent.
Ld. Lowther's Pelisse, agst, Major Wilson's • liihiper, Bst.
.71b. each. 13. 1. too gs.
D. of Gratton's Doleful Bst. glb, agst. Sir C. Turner's
ctiloris, Bst. 21b. Ab. M. 200 gs. ,
Mr. 'Thornhrll's Ralphina, .Bst. 610, agst. Mr. Norton's,
Marquis, Bst. ilb„ V. M. zoo gs. h. ft. -
Ld. Grosvenor's Nick, Bst. jib. agst., Ld. F. G. Othorne's
Poppy, Bst. lib. ACross the,Flat, jo gs. is. ft,.
Ld. Barrymure's Angioliui, agst. Mr. Shakespear's Non-
descript; Bst, albeach. 'Y. C. z;'gs. -
-
Ld. Jersey's Langton, Bst. 121 b. agst. Ld G. H. Caren.
dish's Podagra, Bst, 31b. .-Two-yr. old Course, so gs.
- •
The,second year of a renewal of the Sweepstakes of Togs.
each,, by 3-vr olds, carrying Est. 61b. 4-yr olds, bat. rib.
5-yr olds, ist. tolb. 6-yr olds, gst. and aged gat. zib,
F. Al. M.

Subscribers—Sir C. Bunbury, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Watson,
LOrd E. G. Osborne, Mr. C. Browne, Duke of Grafton,
Mr. Fermor, Mr. Lake, Mr: Vansittart, Lord Jersey.

Air. Payne's.c. by Hambletonian, out of Sophia, Bst. 51b.
agsr Mr. Howorth's Viscountess, Bst. Two.yr'olit Course,
loop. h ft.

Sir l„ Shelley's Vexation, Bst. 41b., agst Sir C. Turner's
Chloris, Bst. zib. Ab. M. jogs.

wilaNcsnAy. '
Fifty Pounds for 3,yr. olds carry Mg Gst. 91h._ 4- yr. olds Bst.
S-yr. olds Bst. 81b.-6-yr. old Sst. 12113.—arid aged 9st.
The July Oatlands of sags, each, h. ft.—Across the Flat.
Lord Lowther's Pelisse, aged, 9st. 41b.
Mr. C. Browne's Del vilie, 6 yrs. old, Bst. .71h.
Treyanion's s yrs. old, B'st. 71b.'
Mr. Wilson's Miss Soplita, 4 yrs. old. Sat. 2.113. •
Duke of Rutland's Ned, 4 yrs. old, Sst.
,
Lard Grosyenors Puck, 3 yrs. 014, 7st. ' • - •
4.ord F. G. Othoiini's Poppy, 3- yrs. old, bst. 81b.
Lord Barrytnore's Angiolint, 3 yrs. old, 6st. 31b.
lite following having declared forfeit by the time prescribed,
• • • are to pay only togs, each.
Major Wilson's juniper, 4 yrs,uld, 9st. 71b.`
Ld jersey's Larig,tod, aged, 9st. 41b.
Ld Lowther's ch..g. Yellow Ilammer, 6 yrs old, Bst. 71b.
Ld F. t.. Osborne's Norah' 6 yri old, Bst. 71ii. •
Mr. Wilson's Smallhopes, by Hambletonian, 3 yrs old, 7st.
lib. .
1). of C rafton's f, by Sorcerer, • out of Peppermint, 3 yrs old,
6st. 81b,

Ld F. G: Osborne's c. by Shuttle, out of Drowsy, agst
Mr. Payne's c. by Waxy, out of Tarantula, Sst. zib. each.
Two-yr old Course, loogs. h. rt. •
Mr".l/4"Vapsittart's Currycomb, Bst. rolb. • agst D. of Graf-
ton's Doleful, 7st. Ab. M. loop. h. ft.
Mr. Thornhill's Ralphina; hSt. .111 b. agst General Grosve—
nor's Woptivvell-head 7st. 81b.
,New iuly,Course, reogs.
ft.

Ld lersey's Langton, Bst. 131 b. agst General Grosvenor's
Woodwell-head, 7t. 'lb. K. M. wogs. •
0. ot Rutland's Salvator, Bst. 81b. agst Sir C. Turner's
Chloris, Bst. 21D. First half of Ab. M. zoogs: h. ft. Off
by consent.

THURSDAY.

The TOWDPlate of 5.:)1.1or 3- yiold colts. Sst.-41b, and fillies

-Sst. Lasi Mile ;it'd a distance of L. C.
Colonel Ilarbord's b. f. by, Eagle, out of a sister to Pet.
Worth, atilt Mr. Ernden's ch. t. Alaid of the.,Mill. by Sor-
cerer, out of Maid of Kent, Sit. each. Two-yr ow Course,
sop. h. It.

- D. of Rutland's Snowdrift, Sst. rzlb. agst Gen. Grosve-
nor's Azalia, Sat. 41t. D. 1. z4ogs. 11. ft. ,
Mr. Vansitrart's Currycomb, t?.t. iolb. agst Ld Low-
ther's 'Yellow Hammer, Sst. slb. Ist hail of Ab. M.
toogs. h. ft.

FRIDAY

Ld G. H. Cavendish's I';;Craird-,..85t. rib. agst Geri. Gros-
venor's Woodwell-read, .•7st. ;416. Two-yr. old Course,
zoogs. lr. it.

Mr. Vansittart's Currycomb, 9st. 4!b. agst Ld GIO6VC-
nor'F Puck., fist. 12ib. Ab. NJ. ioogs ILSE. ,

OLD BAILEY.

TUESDAY, JULY 4.

Yesterday Joseph Heady, a private 'in the East
London Militia, was capitally convicted for stealing
out of the house of James Titford, linen-draper in
Etzroy-place, eighty-Yards of linen cloth, The Pri-
soner had run away with the linen from the shop,
but was apprehended hefOre he could proceed very
tar.

Joseph Parker,. a' youth of 'l7 years of age, was
convicted of stealing from John Chapples in a pub-
lic house, a bank note of 201. and another of 51.
The Prosecutor had been drinking in a public-house,
and LIM pulled out of his inside breeches- pocket a
paper parcel containing the above notes ; this parcel
he gave the Prisoner to examine, who having done
so, returned him the paper without the notes, as the
Prosecutor in a short time after discovered. The
Jury recommended the prisoner to' mercy.
• William Smith was convicted of single felony, in
having stolen hunt the garden of Mr. Welk, in ;he
p4rish of I.4'aling, a quantity of garden neifing. •
Vtornas Cannon, a boy of Ifi, was found
_guilty of
having stolen'from the shop of Mrs. Morley in Turn -
ham-place, Curtain-road, a silk: handkero;hief, va;ue
'B3. The prisoner had gone into the shop under the
pretence of purchaling the handkerchief, anti having
taken it to ihe'do.,r, as it were to examine it, ran
oil: Upon the cry of stop thief, he was however
discovered, and taken:luta custody.—Nothing else of
any moment occurred.

- Yesterday a genteel young trian, who called him-
self Dthmoid, was charged before Alder-
man Wool), the Sheritf eleEt, with stealing• two
silver spoons fran the Angel Inn, St. Alartin's.Le-
Ky'rand. 'lt appeared the Prisoner had lodged at this
inn some time, and had charged the landlord two
guineas for a -pair of boots, which he pretended had
been stolen. They suspected he had taken the
spoons, and followed hiM as far as Fleet-market,
when he dis Covered them, and ran np a court ; but
there being, no thoroughtaie he dropped the spoons,
which being seen, he was taken in custody. Several
pawn-broker's duplicateS were fonnd in his. posses-
sion, for articles pledged, ,supposed. to have been
stolen from coffee-houses. He swim) in his defence
he had been in-London since- April last, and was
going to the Kist Indies. The Alderman remanded
him for further examination to-moiraw, to give ?fl
okpurtuaity for any other complaiut against 12111.