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London, England, 1813-04-21 00:00:00

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A.diiiiatch, Of which the folloWing it in ei•
tract, has been received at this office; addressed to
Earl Bathurst by Lieut. General Sir_ 4vlin
ray, 'Bart. dited bead-iinarters, Castilla; March
23,1813. • .
have the honour to eticlOs-e extras of tw
dispatches, addiessed to. his Excelleney,tbeAai;.
(pets of Wellington, by which your Lordsbiy will
be fully apprised of the present situation of.• this
ariny,-and of the different trifling affairs Willa' we
have had with the enemy.

Extract of ti letter from Lieut. General,Sir J. Murray to Lard
Wellington, dated Alici:nte, March 10, 1313.
I had the honour, in my letter of the 26th ult.
to adquaint your Lordship, that I had taken the
command of the division of the Mediterranean
army serving on the eastern coast of Spain.
Since my letter of the 26th Feb. nothing of ifn:
portance has occurred.
On the 3d inst. when recorthoitring the position
of Adeoy, it became ngcessary to drive in the ad-
vanced posts. The enemy lost in the action,. at I
have been informed,- one'ofEaer killed, and about
twenty tnen killed and wounded. • • -
The possession of Alcoy appeared to me of im-
portance; and having had a very account'` view of
the position, I thought it possible, in carrying-the,
place, to cut orthe corps stationed there. With
this intention, On the 6th instant, I directed the
march of a part of, the army on Alcoy, and ,attack-•,-
id that post, on the morning of the 7th ; but by.
the 'unfortunate delay of the column which was
destined to cut of his retreat, the enemy effected ,
his eicape-; butt this column arrived a quarter-of
an hour before, not a man could have. °ot.„ Off.
The. advanced guard of the column destined to at-
tack the enemy in front drove him about six or
seven miles, when I found the soldiers so much
fatigued, that even had I wished I could have
pressed them no further. _The country over which
tile enemy retired was extremely favourable for
him; and certainly might have been much better
defended.
Ike
,was on this account enabled ,to dispose of
his killed and wounded, and I cannot state his kiss.
'P. • t on the part of the allied army is inconsider-
ahle. I have much sati,f action. in acquainting your
Lordship, that trifling as these affairs have proved,
they are sufficient to give me great confidence in
the troops which were engaged ; and it is with
peculiar pleistire I have noticed the state of Ma-
jor-General Whiztingbane division of the Spanish
army.

Extract of a letter from Lieut. General Sir J. Murray to Ge•
neral the Marquess 01,Ili,ngton, dated Custuila, March
23, 1813.

ln my dispatch of the 10th inst. I had the ho-
nour to inform your Lordship, that I had found it
expedient, to drive the enemy from Alcuy, and to
occupy that place with a strung division of the al-
lied army.

in cotisequenceof this movement, Maretal Su,
Chet quitted Valencia, and has assumed the cam,
!nand, in person, of the troops on the right batik
of the Xucar. He appeals to have drawn to this
division of his army nearly. all the disposable
force which he has in the neighbourhood of
Valencia.

Finding that the enemy was concentrating his
force,_ 1 assembled the army ut•Castella
the 20th. In consequence of this ccincentratior. of
the allied army, Marshal Sachet has reinforced his
right, .andT bus now a.strong force at Onteniente,
Mogente, and Fugente dcl Hignera. Since I hail
last thellonoui of addressing .your Lordship,
there have been several trifling affairs with the
e 'env. General ‘Thittingintm has forced hitn to
retire beyond • the Puerto de Albayda,' with it very
considerable loss. .
In this affair, which General Whittingham con•
ducted with great judgment, and in which' the
Spanish troops behaved-with' great gallantry mid
order, th.: General was slightly.wounoled, as were
an officer and'seven

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In a reconnoitring party on the tattle day, con-
ducted by Major-General Donkin, Captain• Jacks,
and the foreign troop of light cavalry, Captain
Waldroa, and the grenadiers of the 2d, 27th, and
Lieutenant M'Dongall, of the Adjutant-General's
Department, had an opportunity of making a
spirited attack on an enemy's post, which was
carded in the presence of a battalion drawn tip as
spectators.
We sutiqed no loss on this occasion, but killed
some,:of the enemy, anti took tt few prisonerS.
Before I conclude this letter I beg to add, that
since I- had 'been m co-operation with General
Elio, I have foutuf.his Excellency mast anxious to
forward every object I have in view : it is impossi-
'We too highly to exttil his zeal, or the readiness
rith, which he meets may wishes. - ,

didmiralti-Office, April 'A, 1813,

Letters, of wl►iclh the following are Cot►ies rind Extracts, have
been transmitted to this °thee by Reor-Admiral
adQ~essett to J(diti Wilson C+oke•r, Esq. by Lientenu►h
thatis, late 25rst Lieutenant of his Majesty's still) ,la►•u:
SIR,

United States' Frigate Conetitution, off
St. Salvador, Dec. A, 11311.

ft is with deep.regret that I write you, for the'
info-m.l6)n of the Lords Commissioners of the
Admiralty, that his Majesty's ship Java is no
more, after sustaining an action on the 29th mist.
for several hours, with the American frigate Con-
stitution, which resulted in the capture and ulti-
Mate destruction of Ids Majesty's ship. Captain
Latiiihert being dangerously wounded in the height
of the ac'iou, the melancholy task of writing the
detail devolves on me.
On the morning of the 29th instant, at eight
A. M. of St. Salvador (coati of 13raii1), the wind
at:N.E. we perceived a strange ; made alt sail
in chat!, And soon made her out toile a large fri-
gate ; atnoon prepared for action, the ellace not
answering our private signals, and tacking towards
us under easy sail ; when about four miles distant
she made a signal, and immediately tacked and
made all sail away upon the wind. We soon
fouud we bad the advantage of ber in sailing,
and came up with her 'fast, when she hoisted
American colt-nut ; she then bore about three
points on our Ice bow. At fifty minutes past one
I'. N. the eturmy shortened sail, upon which we
bore down. upon tier; at ten minutes' past two;