The Sun.
London, England, 1812-09-07 00:00:00

SECOND LETTER.

-Segcivia, 527th July.
" The King, oar Lord, arrived this evening-
,in this city, .in which :his,head-quarters are eita-
blished. The coming of his Majesty is attribnte'd
to dispatches received from the Duke of itagusti,
by.,one of his: Aid-deLtiamps, in order to talk
about. a communication with the Artpy. of Portu;
gal. The :English prisoners, ivishont allowing
for desertibil, calculate theloss of the Allies at
10,000 men." • •

LISBON, AUG. 22.:---The Regency of Spain, it
orderd to. anginent their arinies., have ordered a
-recruiting of 50,0110 men, in the foltOiVing pro-
portions;. Catalonia,-6,000.4: left part of .Arra.-
gon, 1,000; in th.e free, part of the kingdom of
Videncia, 4,0003 prOVince3 of Cuenca and Gila-,
dathcara, 3,000; part of Arragim, 3,000 Mar-,
3,0003 Mancha, -14003- Jaen and free part
of Grenada, 3,000 • Estrauadura, 6,000; (as-
tells Vilna; 8,000; Gallicia, 'B,OOO ; Asturiv,

1 3iooo'. ••• - • • . •
The garrison of gastello de Niebla has destroyed
;she fortifications, and retired to Seville.
LIS/561N, AUG. '`2,;2.---rJoseph BuOnaparte has, it
'3ii'sftitt,'Crcissed the Tagus to join Sachet.
Lord William Bentinck is reported to be Off Vak
lerleia,..,and Roche and Freire, who attempted tc-9
faironr his lauding, were, it is said, attacked b:;)1
Stichet, and defeated with the loss of 3000 mei,•
ThereliS every reason to believe that the British
arinv afterwards landed at Chelches, twenty- ni des
.
iorth of alenCis..* Things remain in statu quo
with General Hill:

We have this instant been informid, that on the

10th inst. Generat Maitland was at Alicant, his
force consists of 16,000 men, of whom 7000 are
British. The remains of Marmont's army are at
Lerma.
Our information from Cadiz comes down to the

14th inst. All doubts lia:e ceased respecting the
des'tination of the English expedition under
.I.n:rat Maitland; On the 27th July, after ccillect-
int; 10,000 English, two -Spanish
siulis oiefe fropa Alicaut, and the other from
jorca, add a third, composed of EngliSh, With Por-
tug4se'artillery,, which sailed from LisbOn; pro'
ceeded from that port, and disembarked on tire'
30th July; in Villa Nova de
,Sityes, a point be"
tween Barcelona and Tarragona. This intelli-
gence is and froin these 20,000 'men,
joined to General Lacey's army, the most bril-
liant success is eXpected, which may lea& to Oa
emancipation of Catalonia.:
.oti the 16th of July the powder magazine7of
the fortress; of Lerida blew up, and the French
garrisOn, consisting of 600 men, perished.
I-ROM THE SUPPLEMENT TO THE PORTUGVESS
TELEGRAPH OF AUGUST 19.

At this time the siege of Cadiz is. raised. Soult,

on the 12th and 13th, held Councils of Warre-
. specting the measures requisite to be adopted.
lis Excellency Marshal Beresford, on the 15th,
-was considerably better. •
•
II‘i'TRLLIGENCE FRAM, OVA A'AIES.

•
On the sth, more than 600 Juramentadoes had
deserted from the French, and joined- us in Sego-
Via. King Soseph, abandoned: by . his ,f;ce-"05
?.klarmont-and Soak, took the resolution' of flying
to Suchet, "in 'Valencia. The eiPedition
Cadiz,: consisting of. 7,000-. men,- has disembarited
at Huelva, in.t be, county of Niebla.
AUGUST. 13.7-7-Yeiorkia'..disembarked in this
city, VrenchlyrisOners; taken in the 4attle
of the 22d of July, 4S officers, and 46
ST .20.—We are - assured that the French
have raised the ai.tge oF.Cadi• -
Aud. 7.-1-li§ Excellency the EO:
Ambassador has communicated a copy of the dis
pateheof-I..K.!rd :Wellington to his Britannic Pl 7
jesty Secretary of-State, containing the particii.-
Jars of the, battle :of Salamanca:. The Secretary,
for: War Affairs piesented himself -in the HA of
the Congress come,:'-! :said he, " to gjl'e,
your Majesty an account of the complete route °.,`
Marmontyby the victorious arias of the
T-I?e.(.;opgress-and the People inanifestc
tilt most extravagant joy ;, "LOng live the Sa"'
tion re-echoed from 'the: galleries "Lone
live the !immortal Wellington ! Long live cut
great !" and it vas immediately voted that
a deputation should wait on the English Arab":
sailor with the congratulations of the Cortes, to
which his Excellency was pleased to reply es
lows I am above_ -measure gratified by tu
attention-of the gress ; and I hope this succes,
will be followed byCon stillgreater and that the rei
suit of the whole will the entire ddiverY
the Peninsula."

A

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Hirt

uG. 6.—We arc assurcst t.l
in Talavera with ain Eilglish division, with which
he intends to cover the Tagus. Therei_iS a report
of the principal forces who were observing Baas-,
teros having retired, and that this General has
formed a jurietion with General Crux.

AUG. q.—lt is said that Soult bad marched to-
wards-Castile with some forces, but retreated on
he:iring of 3,Vlarmont's defeat:

ALGESIRAS, A-uo. s.—The enemy have retired
to 2denina rSidonia • General Ballasteros was in
•Alcala de Los
,Gazures, and it vas supposed would
join-the Prince of Anglona„ •

[FURTHER EXTRACTS:]

01 A LETTER FROVI

JULY 30.

"ille 2d and 3d army resolVed to attack the
'French at Castella,„for which purpose the division
of Alicant, commanded by ROCHE, also marched
out. On the 2lst the-van-guard consisting ofthe
- vegimeuts of La CorOna and Cadiz, began the
attack,.and dislodged the French three times, and
even took their artillery;
• The centre followed, the WallOons commencing
• the attack, together with the regiments of AlcaZar
• de San Juan, Badajoz, Cuenca, and, I believe, Bay-
hen but, it appears, that 4000 horse, who were
at two leagues distance, did not come up at the
time appointed, and the collected. enemy having
charged, drove our infantry from Cas(ella,, and
when the cavalry came-up to aid them, and found
they were defeated, they turned back. The
French cavalry attacked the centre, and in a few
minutes surrounded the Walloons, of whom but
env escaped ; for thojigh- the Commander ga‘ie
orders to- form the scitiare, they could not effect

it. The Conde de MoNTEJo, with his regiment
of Cuenca, formed the square in excellent order,
and the enemy could not force it, till *hen it was
evident that the action was lost, and the, men
were retreating and dispersing ; they endeavoured
to retreat, defending themselves, and forming the
square three times in very commendable order.

Gen. Toms occasioned much loss to the enemy
and retired, fighting nearly to Alicant. The re-
giments of La Corona, adiz, Alcazar de San
Juan, and sßadajoz, lost many men. Many of
the Walloons escaped ; there are here about 200
of them. They lost two pieces of cannon; and the
French remained in their positions.
AYAMONTE, Au G.11.---A person has arrived from
Seville who informs us that on the Sth a gieatfe-
quisition was made there of more than .::,000
Lanes of all sorts ; it -was said they were going
to Granada.

CADIZ, AUG. 11.—Gencral Esroz MINA has
transmitted froth Estella, j(”nc 2P,. statements of
variou.s encounters which :,is troops have bad.
with the enemy : , 500 killed, with little,loss on
our part, are the fruit of these attacks, prelimi-
nary to a favourable action.

CADIZ, AUG. 13.—1 t appears that CONDE and
MoRELLA are in the Condada de Niebla, where
they will form a corps of 10 to 12,000 men.
AUG. 20.—1 t is said that SoULT, leaving a gar-
rison in the lines before this place, has collected
the remainder of his forces from Andalusia, one
of which he has marched in the direction of Tala-
Vera, aid the other of La Mancha.

According to le tens from Madrid, of the Ist
August, General MENDIZABEL entered ,Bilboa on
the 23d July, and, under date at -the'Gth, that
More than 3000 Juratnentados had deserted Jo-

Avc-13.—The Castle'ofNiebla has beenblown
bp by the... French, the ai tilfery spiked, and all the
'powder and brandy destio-Yed; the grain and straw
livas left natonehed.. The" 100 men who, composed'
the garrison proceeded to Seville.
General Cauz, with all his forces,. put himielfin :
motion on the 13th in the same. direction, after
having detached a battalion of. cacadores and the
•-cavalry tuukr Brigadier bow-Ah; to, pursue the
enemy.
This determination of the. French to abandon
-the whole Condado, gives weight to the'report of
CouL,T's intending to entirely quit Seville.

Very recent letters from that city speak-Of the
eagerness with which they carry off the effects
• from the Cart*, in the direction of Cordoba,
Where they have sent off great quantities'of bag-.
cage of every description.
CApiz, AUG. 20.-11 is reported that JOSEPH
has marched for Valencia., by Cuenca ; that
the Allies, having left 6,000-men in Madrid; are
closely pursuing.
The Connission-of Governor of the kingdom
of Valencia from Alicante, under date of the 22d
4141 y; writes, that the 2d-and. 3d armies in num.:.
?tr.1,1,000 men-, of all descriptions, had .been
eaten and,despersed by a third or fourth part of
the 'enemy's forces.
CAmz,Aub. dispatach from General
ALLEs.riu,s, dated Xinienes, Aug.-8„ we know
that the said General had defeated all the plans of
tile, enemy, caused them mach-loss, •and obliged
their to retire to Medina, -&c. He 'says,, more
tham 000 mules, 300 horse, and a. rich booty,
ove..been taken. .

e4ituz,- AbG.l7.-7-The Lnglish entered Madrid
911\The nth. JOSEPH, with his fu. itive escort,
Zas at tuenca. The combined expedition from
the Mediterranean has, in number 14,000 men,
!asecteci its diSembarkation in Alicant, ,are
4ssured of our having taken an American_ship,
W 411.6000 muskets, bound for Caraecas. -
Vl-1'

[RECEIVED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.]

AuG.3l.—Several letters receivul
the Grand Army, speak of fresh succdsses
been gained by the Grand Army over the 17_ :s-
-sians. On the 14th there • *as a very brisk af-
fair between, the advanced guards, in whiCh ;:!le
Russians were beaten; and on the 18tb,'
lensko Was taken by the French troops.
PARIS, AUG. 31.—We have to7day received se-
veral private letters from the Grand Army ;' they
announce that on the.lSth, in the marning," °fur
troops entered Smolensk°. -It a-ppears -tit* the,
Russians had first determined to defend this place,
which they had armed and fortified ; but that the
rapid arrival of the French:Ariny entirely discon-
certed their:projects. We fell upon the enemy
with' such impetuosity, says one ot , these letters,
that they had not time to reconnoitre, and en-
tered the town in full gallop, whilst they were
even in it. They Pied with' such rapidity, that
they left all their artillery upon the ramparts.
We have taken many equipages and considerable'

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magazines. Our troops are full of ardour, the
country in which they have entered is oue of
Ole most fertile in Russia ; it is covered with
Illages, and cffers the greatest resources to the
army.
_ _ _

To-day the Senate had an extraordinary meet
ing, under the Presidency of tile, Prince Arai
Chance:ll6r.

PARIS, SEPT .—To gay the Senate again 'as
sembled.

PARIS, SEPT. 2.—We have. to-day received pri-
vate letters from the Army, dated the 19th inst.
The head-quarters were -at Smolensk° '; this town
was,•as we hate already stated, taken;-after 'some
very brilliant affairs, in which the enemy, suffered
enormous loss. A part of the town becarne a prey
to theflames. The enemy was briskly pursued. ;'
we have taken from them much artillery, and a
great number of prisoners.
PARIS, SEPT. 2.—The Conservative Senate_had
an extraordinary meeting at two o'clock to-day;
under the Presidency of his Serene Highness the
Prince Arch-Chancellor.
PARIS, SEPT. 2.—According to 'letters from
Smolensko, dated
.the 19th instant, two • affairs
which preceded the taking of that town, tare
been brilliant, and truly glorious for the French
arms. ' The Russians vanquished, before depart-
ing, set fire in several places to the town, which
burned for 36 hours. It would have been en-
tirely consumed, but for the devotion and courage
of the French troops in stopping the progress of
the fiames On the 19th there was • a still
more fortunate affair,' in which 40,000 meri en-
gaged on each side. The enemy were defeated,
and repulsed four leagues beyond the field of
battle. The loss of the French, compared to
that of the Russians, is in the proportion of one
to ten.

PARIS, SEPT. 2.—Private letters inform us, that,
after the most wise manoeuvres, and a very brisk
engagement between tae advanced parties; Smo-
lensk°, in which the Russians had concentrated
their forces, had fallen into our power. This
place was, on the 18th of August, occupied .by
the French army, who found in it immense quan-
tities of prGvisicas -ammunition:. Already
do our Lght troops inundate the road from Smo-
lensk° to Aiokow,which is only a few days march
distant.

COPENHAGEN, AUG. 15.---According to intelli-
gence from St. Petersburg!), the Emperor Alex-
ander had arrived in that town from the army.
WARSAW, AUG. 15.--The General of Division,
Ko6nski, gone from Lublin to Sedlec to or-
ganize the armed force there ; all the depart-
ments, to the extent of their means, and with
equal zeal and activity, second his operations.—
Our town has sent to Sedlec a considerable part
of its disposable National Guard.---Cracow haS
81so set on foot and dispatched some hundreds of
men, completely equipped. General lifisinski's
corps daily augment~ ; he has already `sent.eoro
to the right bank of the Berg,whichhave in eve-
ral comb Ats overthrown 'the enemy. On the 9th
inst. an Italian park of artillery set out from
Posen for the grand,army, There has.a.rriv:l in
this town, by the Wartha, a considerable number
of muskets. - .

. .
BERLIN, AUG. 22.--I.llarslaal the Duke ot.Cas-
tigliene returned here on the 20th, fi oi,i bis jour-
ney to Rostock. On the '6th and.. 7th lust. tht'
garrison of Riga made a sortie. On the 9th, .Ge-';
neral Kleist had to support,. with his troops, a:
'very obstinate battle, ,which lasted nine hours,:
against •an enemy superior in number, nevertlie
be succeeded in maintaining' his position. .
BERG, AUG. '2o.—Por the last Afteen,days, the
'march of troops' through cur town has been %-dry
considerable ; in die laSt eight days 10,13Q0
ittntry and cavalry, passed through on. their way
to the grand army.
VIENNA, AUG. 22,--The arrest of the-Lien.:
tenant-Geheral of Artillery, Baron De Sembschen,;
is no longer a secret ; it is known to the public.
An Officer of Artillery has just, _arrived:from- the
head-quarters of the Grand French Army.. He
immediately delivered to the.Priperor the dis-
patches with which he was charged. Their con-
tents have not transpired ; they talk-of great' ad-
vantages buyintleen gained by. the French Army
over the Rad.tian. The first does not cease to gain
ground, 4'nel by wise manceuVres, threatens at the
same time Petersburgh and Moscow.
BARCELONA, AUG. 20.—Since the 17th June,
the'head-quarters- of the army' of Catalonia have
been established here. Since that time we have

traversed, without ceasing, the province. Our
principal forces are encamped under flostalrich.
From our junction with Marshal Suchet, who
has passed bilio years at,Reus Oeneral iu
Chief, Decaen, our operations have taken it new
activity. This interview cannot fail cd being at-
tended with the most happy resUltS to-the two ar-
mies, as, in case of important events; .they will
be ready to make a common cause.

Ater the short but brilliant expedition of Mouth
serrat, we returned to Barcelona4ut scarcely had
we arrived, when the*General in Chief received

advice that an English fleet composed of eight ships
of the line, 12 frigates, and 66 transports,' were
making demonstrationS of a disembarkation. Noe-

withstanding the pressing want which oar troops
had of some day* repose, they immediately put;
themselves in niotion,--.We accordingly set out

'Ale A day towards tile point thrtaiened,
ttt- our artival, we found that all the Beet had
their and-sailed towards the South-
--003icit.has decided us to encamp at ilostal-
we c:stablisiled oUrQ...ve-i, here, we have

:10• accounts rc.,;;)ceLing the route of the
..;.ficet, Which for ten days has entirely dis-
app:ared. .It.appears ;probable that sonic disa
g-rvement has taken place- betwee:i the. English
and Spanish Cliiefs. Happen, however, 'what
will, we are upon' the'qci.eiVe., always ready to.
march,on the first signal; wherever our presence
shall be n.e.essary.,
DREs.OEN, o. Watzdore has
arrived 'here' from the, head-quarters 'at ,Kobrvn ,
which hi-left on the 14th; .with the following in
telligence
Astri4n corps it'4rmee, under the orders
of Ptime Seivartieiiberg, having on the 3cl' bast.
jO,iired the 'Saxon troops -at Slonew, tbese two
cot;ps marched. upon .Paizzana, which obliged the
Russian Colonel, Knorring, whom Oen:lTormas-
'sciw aas sent to llealystock, to retire:“
AuG.2l:—.We are assured that \iar-
shah the Prince of Eckmohl has passed the
,Boris-
thenes (Dnieper), upon. several points—his light,
cavalry every where spreads the greatest con-
sternation. All COurland is now occupied hyßus- -
sian troops, who have .placed garrisons in the,
principal .ports.and most considerable towns.
All the acceounts from Poland announce, that
the organization of the new corps and Pevies, to
reinforce those which axe.in the service, proceeds
with the utmost activity. The corps d'arinee of
Prince, Poniatuwsky was, according to: the last.
dispatches, -stationed in the environs' of 111ohi-
low. Leis swpposed that they
_will not reniaint
there long, but advance ; it still forms the right
wing.of the Grand Array.
WAnsAw, Auo.Js.,—According to private intel-
ligence, o;re than 200,000" men have paSsed the
Dwina at Witepsk and Polotsk. The Emperor is'
with -this
.army, Another ;considerable corps,
under the Prince of Eekmuhl, hay passed the
Dnieper; at Niohilon.
_BERLIN AuG. 22.--. The 9th ,corps of the Grand
Army .underMarshaLthe Duke of,Belhino, on the
first days, of This month, passed the Vistula at
Malhoth.,'
DRESDEN,' 'AUG. 23.—We have received the
following details of the affair which took place-at
Kobrin, on the,27th
General Klengel was charged with maintaining
hiMielf in Kiihrin, with ,tiVti battalions of the
King's .t.-e,e,-inient, S 4 companies of.. Niesemeuse
chel's, and three squadrons of Prince Clement's
Light Horse. On the97th, at in the Morn-,
ing,- the enemy 'having attacked frOm three sides,
by Horodiezna, Dywen, and Brezesc, and, the
Russian columns shewed themselves from all
parts,- General Klengel, after several attacks of
• cavalry, which; although• they succeeded, -pro-
.duced no effect, .oa. account of the great supe-
riority of the enemy, threw himself into the
town, upon which' the Russians had strong.
ly pressed for eight hours ; the town was
set on fire, the-gates were for a long time defend-
ed, the bridge and an old redoubt lain in ruins.
Col Zerschwiti endeavOured to cpeq himself a
passagevrith the remainder, of his troop, but the
superiority of the enemy rendered his project
abortive. -

At last the fire augmented in the town, with-
out its. being possible to stop its progress, and the
ammtiniti9n of the troops totally failing, about
half after-one it' wes'founcrimpossible to prolong
the defence- -

Of 1985 ►nen who,were under arms -in the
morning of the 27th, 1100fekl into the enemy's
hautN.

They write' front Warsaw, under cafe of the
11th:, that the' Vistala was swollen:.to-such a• de-.
giye as to cause considerable damage. The same
intelligebee States, that 'a.consicletayie enemy's
'cosrps-c- Commanded by Geucrzd F si ti, has been
beaten bOlarshal the Doke of. Ta 7
rennin-1. At the conclusion of. this engagement;
in which the B.ussian traops geatly distinguished
themselves, the fOrtreSS 'Of-Riga was More strictly
131.6tkaded, and;every;thing was in pretAration for
an,assanit. - •

BRESLAU, Aug. 18.=The Chancellor of State,:
Varon:de liardenherk, returned here on,the 15th,
from:GlUtz. His Excellency-set out this morning
for Berlin.

1 RANKFORTO AUG. 26.,--His Excellency :Mar-
shall the'J)uk of Valinrarrived here this morning.
PtitrlGNAi:;:' AUG.' 19.---4teinforcements pass
without ceasing; for Spain ; we like-
wise Ica9l that the route from .Bayonne is co-
vered with reinforcements for the Army of Por-,
tngal.
NIENNA, AUG. 22.---7C6unt St. Jnlien, the Aus-,
trian Ambassador to the Court of St:Petersburg,
arrived here on.the Bth.