The Sun.
London, England, 1812-08-26 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS.

PLYMOUTH', AUG. 24.—Arrived the Frierats
Goodwill, BRYANT, from Waterford, with a canto '
of provisions for this port; the trillium and
ther, WILLIAMS, from Waterford, with a cargo of
provisions, bound to London , the (Foxhound sloop
of war, from a cruize ; the Anierk•an ship Swan-
,
wide, CLARK, from London, bound to America ;
the Alert, WRIGHT, from Penzance ; and the.
'Lamb, MErAwisn, from Bristol.

.
- Sailed: the -Dryad frigate, with bullockS, for
the Channel fleet ; the Bermes and 411ficore sloops
of war, Helicon and Qre.:tes brigs of war, on se,

parate cruizes

Arrived the sloop Enterprize, belonging to.tbii
port, ROWELL, Master, from Madeira with•ra
cargo,;

Sailed the Hotspur and Rota frigates for the
coast of France. .

FALMOUTH, AUG. 23:—Arrived his , Majesty's
ship Hermes from Plymouth, and the 111tinchester
packet with mails from Malta and Gibraltar;
sailed from Malta 12th July, and from Gibraltar
the 6th inst. passenger who arrived in the Man-
chester informs us, that General BALLASTEnos, who
it was supposed had been cut off by the 'French,
had effected his retreat in good order, under the
fortress of Gibraltar, and that The expedition
,which was fitted out to go to Catalonia was (in
.consequence of affairs, looking so well in Spain)
abandoned, and had returned to Sicily.
The packet left lying at Malta, his Majesty's
ships Trident, Euryalus, Ganymede; and ficLtsg/,.
On the 31st ultimo, off. Cape de Glitt, spoke this
ship Termagant on a,cruize, all well.
His Majesty's ship Scipio, 74, arrived at Gi-
braltar, from England-, on the sth inst.; on the
7th inst. spoke his Mitjesty*s ship lfizaqd
,a
cruize ; 20th inst. in lat. 44. 19. long. 9. 11. spoke
his Majesty's ship Niobe, from Portsmouth,' for
Oporto. ,
While the Manchester packet lay at CagliaiT,
their Highnesses the ArehidUke FRANCIS of Arts--
trill., and his consort, the Princess of SARDINIA,'
paid Captain ELPHINSTONE a visit, and were re-
ceived with a salute of 21 guns on entering and
leaving-the Tessel.

PokTsmouTit, AUG 25.—His Majesty's. ship
Tenedos gives instructions to all vessels bound 'to
the Gulph of St. Lawrence and Newfoundland.
His Majesty's ship Prince of Wales with the Me-
diterranean convoy remain.
The whole of the outward-bound will sail to-
morrow, should the wind continue.

SHEERNESS, AVG, 25.—The extra convoy 4f
about 20 sail, for the Baltic, sailed this morning
under convoy of his Majesty's ship Tweed.—The
next regular convoy will sail about the 29th .or
;30th instant.

' After the review of the 23d Dragoons on Mon-
day, General PAYEE gave an elegant dinner; at
the Castlq Tavern, Richmond, to the PRINCE WI-
G:ENT, the Dukes of YORK, CLAIIENCE, and CUM-
BERLkND, and sever al Officers of distinctiony ,

The eight troops of the Life. Guards, which are
under orders for foreign service, will leave town
on Monday week, for Portsmouth, where they
will embark. The men and their horses are to be
divested of the enthhersoine trapiptngs that at pre,-
sent adorn them. The men are to have short
MO jackets, short boots, just to reach above
their ancles, .with overalls ; they are to have new -
saddles, on a lighter construction, and without
the heavy skirtings ; and caps instead. of hats,
with their hair cut short. The men are in--high
Spirits, and all anxiously look for the day oftheir
departure.
-By. a letter from Bourdeaux,- of the 10th in-'
stant, we are informed that the people of that
town had learnt from Bayonne the news.of MAR-
NoNT's defeat, but the strictness of the police
prevented all communication on, the subject.=
Bread hAd fallen considerably, and the misery of
the people had been alleviated in some degree by
this ; but it stilt continued to 'be very great.—
The conscription for the army'. " of the King 'of
Pome— was carried into execution with great se-
veritY., and Under that pretence boys from twelve
to eighteen years..of age, were torn fro-u their
parents. ,To this were to be added the ordinary
and the maritime Conscriptions, which are also in
force 'in that departMent, and the requisition of
horses, oxen, and forage, for the armies in Spain.
Member oftbe,Commission appointed byßoo-
NAP.ATE, to.. lend-money, in-his name, to the pro--I
prietors.of vineyards on pledging their wins, had
lately made away with considerable quantity of
thewines so pledged, and disappeared ; but 73uo=
NA6RTE refused to be answerable for the MiSCOII- •
duct of his agent, and the. proprietors must,rehn-.
'Arse money advanced_to them, and lose their
wine, besides. -The appearance of the present
vintage wits highly favourable. • - • -
Masquerade Tickets.—A GentiPman the other
day looping over.the Scheme of the Lottery, which
draws the Bth of Nexi Mowrn, said to the Clerk
at. the Office, '‘‘ This ought to be called the Mas-
querade Lottery, for the best Pvizes may come
masked as Blanks, but how joyful will the holder
of a. Blank be who finds he has got 50,0001 in
Prizes. by it.
TaOTTING ATATCIE—Mr. Roberts's n'oney,
splash, of Edgware, trotted seven miles out and
seven in; on the Kilburn road, yesterday morn-
ing, in one hour and ten minutes. The match
was for 30 guineas.

FROM 'rpm LONDON* GA:ZEtrt, AUG. 25.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Downing-street, Aug. 23, 18122.

A Dispatch, of which the following is an extract has beet
thl; day received at
.the. Earl l3athurst's Office, from Ciene
trail the Marquis Well iagtua, K. B. dated Cuellar, 4th Au-
, „gust, 1'312.

The French army of, the centre,• after having
passed through the Gua.darrama pass, and after
its head had arrived at the Vcnta de San Raphael,
returned' to Segovia, where Joseph Buonaparte
arrived On the 27th July, at night. The object
of this movament was apparently to divert the
allied troops from die pursuit of the army of Por-
tugal, and to enable the latter to .maintain
them-
selves apon the Douro ; in which, however; the
enemy did not succeed. Their rear-guard re-
mained in some. strength on the_ left of ti Douro,
dUring.the 28th and 29th; but the light and Ist
divisions, and the cavalry having crossed' the
4re3rna and Cega rivers on the latter day, the
enemy's rear-guard retired dazing the night across
-the Douro, and thence folloWed the inovementi,
of the main body . towards Villa Vane z, -abandon-
ing andleaVing there seventeen pieceS
of cannon, a. large quantity of shot and shells and.
Other stores, and their hOspitai; with about eight
hundred sick and wounded.

The Genero. in Chief Macquinez took three
hundred prisoners in the neighbourhood of Va 11.4
dolid; on the 30th ; our advanced-guard crossed
the Douro, and ozw patties entered V,lladolid on
the same day ; and I had the satisfaction- of being
received by the people in 'that city with the same
enthus;a-Aie joy as I had' been in all other parts
of the country.

Thearmy of 'Portugal having thus crossed and
quitted the Douro,, if was necessary. to attend
to the movements of the army of • the cenire,
and to prevent a junction between the two ,on
the Upper Douro, which, it viraS reported, was
intended.

While, therefore, the 4dvancel-guarci and left
continued the pursuitot the army of
moyed the right along the Cega to7Caeliar„ whet-e
I arrived on the Ist inst.

Joseph Buonaparte retired from Segovia on the
. 'morning of the Ist, and marched through the
Guadarraina ; and he left' at' Segovia an advan,•7ed
guard, principally of cavalry, under &-
pert ; having 4lestroyed .-the-cannon ancr annlin-
nition ‘vhich-were in the castle, havint, carried cif
the church plate and other valuable property, and
having levied a considerable contribution .on ti e
inhabitants of the town. •

q.; have_ not yet heard whether a detitelm..s.nt,
which I sent to Segoviti yesterday uhder Briga-
diet General D'Urban, had entered the town.

. The army of Portugal have Continued ther re-
treat towalitis'Eurgos.
The enenly have continued to increase tb&r
force is Estremadura.

inclOse Lieutenant-General• Sir Rowland
Hill's- report of a very handsOrne affair with the
enemy's cavalry, on the 24th July, by the div;-
slot' Under the command of Licht.-Gen. Sir Wil-
liam- Erskine.

I have received no further accounts of the opr.
rations under Sir Horne Popham.
P. S. I-have just heard that the Frejrh trnopi
under General Espert, have withdrawn from Ses
govia by San Ildetonso.

MY LORD,

Zafra, July 27, 1612.

I have the honour to transmit to your Lord-
ship a Copy of a Letter from Lieut.-General
William. Erskine, and one from Major-Gen. Long,
reporting an affair between some of our cavalry
and three 'regiments .of the' enemy's cavalry, ja
the neit.,..lbouthood of Ribera, on the 24th iust.
I am, &c.

(Signed)
To G,:lntral the Earl of Wellington, K. B.

&c. &c. &c

R. HILL.

Los Santos, July 257 1R15.4.

"t...
SIR,
I have the honour to report to you, that a
body of 'the enemy's cavalry, consisting of two
regiments of dragoons, and one of chassc<trs,
der the command of General of
,Brigade
attacked yesterday morning the Portuguese piquet
at Hiuojosa, which they drove in .is far as Ilihera,
where four .squadroiiS Of-Portuguese cavalry were
stationed, andet the COMmatid of Colonel Camp"
'bell.
he force tinder Colonel Campbell being great'
ly inferior to that of theenethy; he was under the
necessity of retiring upon Villa Franca; Which lie
did in the best order. MajOi-General- Long ad-
vancingut the- salve tince time from Villa Franey
with the brigade of British.eavalry mulct his cony
mind, and Capt. Lefebue's troop of horse aetiilerY
to support him.
The eneihy, on perceiving the advance of Gen'
Long's\ brigade, halted on the high ground De"
twixt = Ribero and. Villa Franca. General Long
also halting until joined by a part of his brigacl;
that had been detached in the morning to observ.e.
the enemy •ou . the side --of. Usagre. During' 615
interval, I directed Major-General Slade, with V"
regiments of his brigade, to Move from:Los SO;
tos, and direct his. March on the left flank and I'o
of the enemy. •
As soon as 'General Lon.. had collected Cl 6
whole of his brigade, • he moved forward again‘i
thp enemy, who imniediately withdrew heYu.
the defile atßibera. General Long passo-thr"gd
the defile to the right and left of the town,
attacked the enemy with/much spirit, whilst t.„.b,
artillery fired with great 'effect from the blye,
ground-on the Vita ft'q...ti* kidic4f the defile•
enemy rtkired rabidlyu'non Hinojosa, closely
lowed ;, from ilifiojosa the aiemy retired to Le,1131-ey
and from thence to Vatendih-' de Torre j the
were, followed as far as. Leira, Ht
two regiments wider Major-General Slade )01-de'
i'dajor-General Loug's brigade, having 'yaw,
a very rapid march at a trot from Los San
Gn
but from the great distance could not arrive
sufficient time.. to cut off the enemy's retreat
Leira.
Major-General Longspeaks in the hi,;-hest te,,r,71.1;
of all the troops under his command, partiea.,,
-the horse artillery, who displayed great activl: by
their movements, and precision in their fire
which the enemy suffered very considerahlY' beet~
The loss, of the enemon this occasion h'l-I_.s wed,
y about thirty men, and a great many horn s.
eleven Men, and ahout•thirty horses

jgs
3 aeon Our hide bas—een °nip one man killed
and seven wounded. •
have the hono►►r; &c.
(Signed) WM. ERSKINE, Lieut.-Gen.
Lieut. Gen. Sir Ro;land Hill, K. B. &c.

SIR, Villa Franca, July 25, 1812.
I have the honour to' inclose Colonel Camp-
bell's report upon the proceedings of yesterday,
[not seat] at the point where he' was more imme-
diately engaged ; and his' report is sufficiently cir-
cumstantial, and, as far as I can judge, correct,
to render it unnecessary for me to expatiate on the
suhject.

I received the report of the enemy's advance
uponaihera too. late to admit of my preventing
his occupying . that town, an.d -the ;Comandin
heights on this side. The accounts of hims forceg
so,ditlCrently represented, that having :three
.hoops of the brigade absent, I thought it uotad-
yisable- to act against hiui until they cotild. be. re-
Called ; and as the-attempt to dislodge hiM might
briog on a serious affair, on ground of which all
the advantages were on the enemy's side. I was
auxions 'to ecure the support of the 3d dragoon.
ge-'l,ds stationed atFuente del Maestre, and to wait
the report of what might be passing on the
side of Usagre, before I cOnirnenced any offensive
nlovetnent.
Finding, upon the arrival of the patrOle from
11.-gre, that no enemy was in that neighbourhood,
tiireeted the troops under my command (without
\vatting longer for the 3d dragoon guards) to
Proceed against the enemy'. They retired across
th, river, which enabled me to bri,ig up the ar-
tillery upon the heights they had relinquished-,
and to employ it with evident and very great '
effect; and I continued my advance upon add
suit of the enemy, as rapidly as I thought consis-
tent with the preservation of order and regularity,
beyond the defile of Hinojosa ; where, from the
lateness of the hour, the fatigue sustained .by the
Portuguese troops, the artillery, and one squadron
of hussars, I judged it proper to halt.
Nothing-, could exceed the steadiness of the 9th
and 13th Dragoons, the activity of the Artillery,
and
,the precision of their fire, or the.good coun-
' tenanee and gallantry displayed by those portions
. of the Poiluguese troops, and of my own brigade,
that had the opportunity of closing with and en-
. gaging the enemy. And I consider myself justi-
h-M•in estimating the loss of the latter, at the very
1""; st, at 45 men killed'and prisoners. With re-
. sect to the horses, so many were left mutilated
ati ' k i;ed on the fit id, and others caught and car-
;tway by the peasants, that I have no cri-
' terinn which to judge of the enemy's loss in
eespect, but we have 'only brought away
I feel mysfilf tiarficularly indebted to Colonel'
Campbell for his assistance and co-operation ;-and
stiould.be Wanting ;11 justlce, if I omitted to -ex-
iny admiration of the conduct of the artillery
under t7-ke, immediate orders'of Captains Lefibure
and Whingates, and my approbation of the spirit
diplayed by a squadron of the 2d hussars) under
'major Wissel, supported by two divisions of the
9th and 13th dragoOns under Lieutenant Band-
' Ity.,of the former, and Lieutenant 12,dwards of the
latter regiment. . -
Lt -is equpliy my duty to acknowledge the soy-
.v,ices 1 r t-Ived. from Cuptain Wemyss and Lieut.
&renowglL, tv%io, of 'your personal staff, whose_
Zeal, spirit, and exertions, were as usual conspi:
etiOns nor are the officers of my own staff (Bri-.
gads-Major Dunbar and Capt. Dean) less deserv-
ing my notice.
Enclosed is a return of casualties sustained
-upon this occasion. •
I have the honour to be, &c.
(Signed) ROBERT LONG, Major-Gen.
To Lieut. u. Sir Win. Erskine, Bart. &c.

Return of Killed, Wounded, and Missing, of Major-General
Long's Brigade, in an Atfair with the Enemy near Rivera,:'
on the 24th Jul;,, 1312.
9th Light Dragoons—• 2 rank and file wounded.
13th Ditto-1 rank and file, 2 horses wounded ; 1 troop horse:
nrsi.ng.
td Hussars-3 rack and file, 5 troop horses, wounded. '
Portuguese Cavalry—i rank and file killed; 4 secjeant, 3
troop horses, wounded; 3 rank and file 3 troop horses,
WaSsiOs.
Total British and Portuguese loss—rank and file killed; 1
serjeant, fi rank and file, 10 l?orses, wounded; 3 rank and
file, 4 horses, wising.