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MINISTRY OF Y Q THE CENTRE CI

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PARIS; attans conuntiniCatl'u id
the subjoined 'Report shew with what urder his
Caholie I„lajesty.cfaised the orders to be execu.t.,,i
lehich vrepored the junction of the arnrr o thc
eentre, Mild). Was peenliArly under his orderi,
that cdihmanded, by his Exeer the Mai -
shal auke of iilbufera:

Re:pert iddresked to Maiibal .rQurdati, Chief of the Staff,
Majot.Gmeral of his Catholic Majesty, by the Genytal of
Division Trt,ilbird, data Aliiiseete, Aug. '22. 1812, aild
vsitted by order of-bii Catholic Majesty- to the Dui:a us:
Miui‘ter at War:
The continual Morales which my division lots
made since the action which it bad on the iit 1
inst. with the Adiraticed guard of the triglisb avmv.
have prevsved 03syfrom sooner addressing to voar.
Exceilencrthexepprt,which. I have now the 110 :or
to present.
On the 10th; at one in the morning, I rceeived
orders at Naval Corner°, to march with my divi-
sion, and occupy-the villages of Alajqlahoudt.v awl
Las Rosas, for the purpose of learning, by recon-
noissances, whether the corps the •_.nt2.l.ish
my, coming from Segovia, bad passed the Gtits-ia
rama.
The Italian division, commanded by General
Palombini, occupied in' !nv rear tte vilife of Ba-
odilin ; and the hefal-quirters of his. Cathoic Ma-
jesty were at \lcorcon. On the 11 tlh, before bp-
. break, Lerde.l%.:..l_tbe tirsZ brigade of, my -thvision,
comp-osed of the 13th and 16th dragoons, \vbich
occupied Las Rosas, to clear the roads of Gallap-
agar, Torrre'La Dunes, and Colmenari on which
it fell in with the advanced guard of the army of
Lard Wellington, consisting of three battalions
of inf4;ntry, with . five pieces of artillery, and
twelve-hundred horse-, which descended the inotin
tails '
This 'brigade supported with firmness the attack
of the enemy's advanced guai;d ; .1 ordered it, tti
incline oponliie second brigade, conformably to
the orders_ which I Lad received, to retire upon the
division Palon4bini, should I be attacked by a su;•
perior force. ',.'l4lat General, whom I informed of
my movement, sent me immediately a reinforce:
meat, composed of the dragoons Napoleon
some lanciers ; 1 then caused the latter to ad-
, ranee, with the sharp-shooters, while (irenerai
Sehiasetti, commanding these,two corps, sent, by
my orders, a reconnoitring party, in the direction
of the Escurial, to cover my left flank during my
retreat on Boadilla. This retrograde march
was made in the greatest order, under the fire
of five pieces of ordnance, and in view of twelve
squadron's, and three or four English battalions.
The division..was4our hours in retreating a leapte
and an half from Las Rosas to Boadilla, where
the caemy, on whom I fired a few rounds of
cannon, ceased following us. The division 1.;:t.
lombini havir4; already retired from Boadilla,
I took up a position a quarter of a le,Sgue in the
rear of that village, where I waited for further

orders.
At t'.•.-o in the afternoon, his Majesty wishing to
learn, accurately, the force of the enemy on this
side the Guadarama,
.and the number of troops
.preparing.to follow their advanced guard, sent me
orders to resume my morning position, and to
push them briskly, for the purpose of taking some
prisoners. On receiving this order, and without
waiting for a reinforcement of a brigade of infan-
try, and six pieces of cannon, which sheinld have
marched with me, I set out with my division,
which. burned with impatience to come to blows
with the English. I arrived at Majalabonda,
viiere the enemy had taken an advantageous
position, a quartet of a 'league in advance of
the village, supported by four pieces in bat-,
terv. I immediately ordtred hiin'to be in.-
Jacked. Colonel- Reizet, cinnmanding. the Ili-St
brigade, charged at the head of the 13th, sup-
ported by the 18th dragoons. Three pieces Were
carried in an instant ; numerous,squadrons of the
enemy charged With unequalled valotir-and- obsti-
nacy to retake them ; threetimes the brigade was re-
' called, and thrice it returned to the charge ; over-
whelmed by numbers; it was forced to retire, when
I'ordered the two Ist squadrons of thn2d.brigade
to charge. TII enemy was overthrown ; but
having reached the heights which command Las
Rosas, they there found a" number of squadrons
united, which forced them to a retreat, that would
have lost us the fruits of the action, bad I not
supported thena'by the second line, composed of
the 22d and 19th dragoons, and the regiment of
dragoons Napoleon, which formed my reserve, at
whose head charged Gen. Schiasetti, Cols. Rozat
and MaraueSsi; and Capt. Pitard. This charge,
as vigorous as seasonable; had complete success,
and the enemy retired in the greatest disorder.
Besides three pieces of artillery, carried by the
first brigade, and which the second prevented from
being retaken, a quantity of baggage, and more
than two hundred horses, felt into our powet
two Lieutenant-Colonels wounded, with about
60 prisoners, were brought to head-quarters. A
superior, officer and more than 150 English- and
Portuguese remained stretched an the field ; in
short, the loss of the enemy in killed, prisoners,
and disabled, May be estimated at 1- or 800 men.
I do not at all doubt that this tine affair power-
fully contributed to retard the enemy's,march, and
to secure the tranquility of our own.
This affair of cavalry was one of the finest and
Most extraordinary that has taken place, frOm
the desperate valour which was displayed on both
sides. All the-regiments of my division emulated
each other in zeal and intrepidity.
[Here follow praises bestowed on different off,-.
ccrs engaged.)
VALLADOLID, AUG. 14.—The English reckoned
much on a general rising of the Spaniards ; hut
those most friendly to them confine themselves to
rejoicings for the momentary successes of their
arms. The levies of men to rendsr comple':e the
corps of the insgent army, are made compulsorily
.by the Guerillas ; few march with govt wilt.

Detachments of the 28th, 88th, and other regi-
ments of foot, arrived at Plymouth on «'ednesd:►y
morning last, fFora, Berry Head, to embark fur

Spain,
The Regimental Depot of the 4th (or Queen's
Olvn) Dragoons, is removed from Canterbury to
"Milton

SCOTLAND.

PERTIISIIIRE.

OA Tuesday, a meeting of Freeholders of the
county of Perth, was held in the Sheriff court-
room. Mr. _Drummond, member for the county,
being called to the Chair, after the usual correc-
tion of the roll.
Sir PAraid: MoaRAY observed, that, as the
Catholic question was at present the most import-
ant and interesting- subject which our domestic
policy involved, it was desirable that the'Free-
holders should be acquainted with the sentiments
entertaiped by their representative on a topic of
such con*equence, and. expressed a hope that the
honourable Preses of the Meeting should gratify
his Constituents with .a declaration of the opini-
ons on which he would probably act in its. future

discussion. • .
'Sir ATIWiANDER SUIR MAcKENtrn thought it
extremely improper to call for such a declaration,
or to expect that any Member of Parliament would
say, at a moment's warning,- what conduct he
would adopt with respect to a subject on which
'no distinct or specific proposal had yet been
made. '

- Mr. HAGART was od a different opinion, and
thought that a question, respectfully proposed,
on so momentous .a point, was entitled to an

answer.

Mr. DRTYMMOND then rose, and said, that as an
idepervient Member of Parliament, -be should
c Irtainely rely on his own judgment, and not al-
low it to he dictated to by any person, with :re-
spect to the declaration of his sentiments on any
particular subject. Perhaps the Hon. Baronet
had means of knowing the intentions of Govern-
ment which he did not posSess, but when the ques-
tion alluded to came fairly under discussion, he
(should he be then in, Parliament) would give bis
vote upon it, with a conscientious regard" to'what
appeared to him to be the interest of the country.
This, however, he himself at liberty to say, in
exploration of his intentions, that he never would
,consent to the full extent of the Catholic' Claims,
until full security had been proyided,for the pre-
servation of the Constitution, 141.1 in Church and
&vac, as, it at present stood.

The. Meeting of Freeholders was succeeded
by the.MichaeluuE General Head Court, in which
his Gface the Lord Lieutenant presided.
_ _ . . . .

Mr ITApART reminded the -Court, that,,at its

last meeting, he had given notice of a motion of
thanks to Lord Wellington and his army for the
victory of Salamanca. This motion he was about

to make, when

Lord KINNAIRIS rose, and hoped for Mr. H.'s
excuse, if he anticipated him on the same subject.
His Lordship-then, in a speech of considerable
length, in which he dwelt-in a:strain of eloquent
panegyric • on the military merits of Lord Wel,
lington, which had exalted the reputation of our
army to the same elevation' which, our navy had
long enjoyed, and adverted, with. great felicity,

to the bencfits which our successes in,, the Penin-
sula had conferred, not only on our injnred Allies,
but on ourselves, concluded with reading an Ad-
dress to the Prince Regent.
Lieut. General Sir THOM 45:'GRAHAII then rose

to second the Address. He began with alluding
to the eloquence' of the noble mover of the A -
dress, and said, that -nothing could have made
hint run the hazard of diminishing (if any thing
could diminish) its effect, but the duty which he
felt imperiouslY pressing upon him, to contribute
his testimony to the 'merits Of that gallant • army,
and of its noble commander, of which he had
been so long an eye-Witness. The General. then
bestowed on Lord Wellington that sort of praise,
which, when proceeding from a brother officer,
with a delicacy equal to its sensibility, creates such
a complication of gratifying feelings in the audi-
tors. The results, he said, of Lord Wellington's
exertions were known to.all • but the difficulties.
which he had overcome could only be appreciat-
ed by those who were on the spot. From' au-
thentic documents, he had it in his power to say,
that in the beginning of winter the enemy bad two
armies, .one on the southern and one on the
northern frontier of Portugal, each of which 'was
s,incrior in number to that of Lord Wellington.
I adzlition to this, the- French were masters of
the strongest line in each of those quarters, by
their possession of Badajos end Ciudad Rodrigo.
What then, he would ask, must have been the re-
sources of which that mind was-conscious, which,

in circumstances so distouraging, could conceive
the idea of advancing to offensive operations ?
Such, however, were the excellence of Lord Wel-
lington's arrangements,—such the felicity of ,his
combinations.--and such his celerity of execution,,
that all these difficulties were' surmounted; Ana the
campaign of 1 812 rendered, in the opinion of Gen.
Graham, a miracle in military annals. Ciudad Rod-
rigo was taken in winter, before the enemy had
time to collect a sufficient force for its protection.
lord Wellington then instantly turned south-
ward to Badajos, of which he made himself mas-
ter. After this, when; every man in Spain and
elsewhere thought lie ,s-ould proceed farther south
to raise the. siege of Cadiz, he suddenly returned
ti) combat that/part of the enemy's force which,
under the name of the " Artily of Portugal," he
knew to be most formidable both in activity and
strength.—At Salatnanca be-met with more resist-
auce than be had expected, and when this was
overcome, be would have immediately given battle
to the enemy, had he not been aware that on his
wn army depended time whole hope of the allies,
a a that he must therefore watch a favourable

opportunity, and take advantage of the first false
movement of the enemy.. Such an.opportunityle
iound, in tint Course of his retreat from the Douro
:(for that he was then,retreating could not be dis-
uised),- and the
,promptness and success With
which he scized it were so great, as to warrant
General Graham, from his knowledge of the coun-
try; to otscrt, that if "there had been tv‘to hours
more of day-light," the army of • Aiarenont miffs:
not only halln—.e7:4 irrarieviablyfouted, but to-
tally annihilated: 'What cause (continued the Ge-
neral) What cause of congratulation to the Prince
Regent ! What cause of exultation .to,the'coun7
tyy, to be possessed of so incomparable a Corn-

mander ! And what reward can a grateful nation
think too great for such distinguished services ?
The General concluded by again seconding the
Address, which was put and unanimously agreed
10.

Mr. ITAGART then moved the Thanks of the
Court to Lord Wellington and his Army,- and read
a form of expression which he. proposed to be
adopted.
After a short discussion, in which Sir D. Baird
insisted strongly on the propriety of the measure,
the Meeting agreed to couch their thanks in the
fohn of a resolution, which was unanimously
carried,, and the Lord Lieutenant requested
to convey it to Lord Wellington, through.whom
it would be communicated to the army under his
command. .

CIRCUIT INTFLLIGENCE.

Nutt', OCT. 1.-The. Circuit.Codt was opened
here on Saturday, by Lords jUSTICE CLERK and
thrtmAINIY, when, after the usual formalitieS,
John-Harrison, ale-yeller in Perth, accused of
murder and culpable homicide, was outlawed for
non-appearance.

Alexioder Joyce, alias Forrest was then brought
to the bar,' indicted with feloniously abstracting
from the pocket of DonakrForbes, in the house
of James Stewart, at Inchewan, near Little
Dunkcid,' from 10/, to 111. in bank and promis-
sory. notes, and also with being habit and repute
a thief, to which charges the prisoner .pleaded
guilty, and the .libel was restricted to an arbi-
trary punishment. •
The jury then retired, and, in the evening, :re-
turned a verdict of guilty, by his own'. judicial
confession.

On Monday he 'was brought Up for judgment,
When his Counsel made various objections. These
were repelled by the • Court, ay 4. the prisoner
sentenced to transportation for the term of four-
teen years.

Francis Pirnie alias John :Robertson was next
brought to .the bar, on a charge of theft and reset
of-theft. The articles he was accused of stealing
were, shirts, neckcloths; children's caps, and
other articles, from the washing-greens at Pit-
cairn, Stanley, Barnhill, and Bellwood:.
The prisoner having pleaded not guilty, after
a number of witnesses were examined,,who iden-
tified-the articles libelled on, the jury werein-
closed, and on Monday returned a verdict,,:find-.
ing the prisoner, by a plurality of voices,' guilty of
the crimes libelled, with the exception of steal-
ing certain articles from Thomas Gorrie and
others. Mr. Haggart (Counsel for the prisoner),
objected to the verdict, on several grounds, which
the Court repelled. The prisoner was then sen-
tenced to transportation for the term of seven
years.
When the Court met 'on Monday, Peter Gordon
was brought to the bar, on a charge.of insulting,
obstrticting, assaulting, and. wounding George
Murray and . George. Greig'; -revenue officers at
Arboath, when seizing some smuggled whisky,
and of forcibly rescuing the seizure. 47'
The facts charged in the indiettnentwere clearly •
established, and the Counsel for the Crown hav-
ing addressed the jury, was followed .by Mr. Keay
for the prisoner, who chiefly insisted on the erro-
neous description of the plaCe where the crime
.was committed, .as fatal to the indietinent. The
jury having refired, returned a verdict of guilty
art and Part Odle crimes libelled, but not coM-
mitted in the parish ofArbroath.

The LORD 'jUSTICE CLERa commended the ver-
dict for its correctness, in leaving the Court- to.
decide the question respecting
~the place. It was
then referred- to the High Court of
,justiciarv,
which meets on the 15th of November, to deter-
mine whether the objection' should be sustained,
and till then the diet was continued against the
prisoner.
• Elizabeth I lkie, daughter of James Wilkie,
flax-dresser in DUndee, was brciiight to the bar on
a charge of child murder, and pleaded not guilty.
The Advocate-Depute gave up,the charge 'of mur-
der, but as the prisoner had concealed her preg-
nancy, and not called for assistance at the birth,
she was still subjected to the penalties of the sta-
tute 49th Geo.. 111. cap. 14. The prisoneihaving
admitted the concealment -of her pregnancy (being
with child by a married man) and that she did
not• call for, pleaded guilty, under the sta-
tute libelled, which was distinctly explained to
her, and the libel, as restricted, was found re-
levant.

The jury having retired, brought in a verdict
bf guilty of the statute crime libelled, by her own
judicial confession; and Mr: Haggart having
pleaded in mitigation of punishment, she was sen-
tenced to he imprisoned six months in the jail of
Durvlee, from the date of her sentence.
John Edwards, Thomas Short, and Mary Lamb,
were called to'the bar on a charge of theft, reset
of theft, and house-breaking. 'Edwards was out-
lawed for non-appearance. On the part of Short,
who also did not appear, Mr. Haggart pointed
out 'an error in the summons', the prisoner being.
t therzin ed " Founder of Arbroath, now in
the jail of Montrose ;" whereas the summons is
delivered to Aleiander Spence, weaver.

Lord lIERMAND said there was a defect in the
citation, from the officer's omission to. spew that
•he had traced a connexion between Spence and
Short, and that, on.account of this irregularity;
no sentence could be pronounced against Short,
but his Lordship ordered the diet to be continued
against Mary Lamb.

Some appeals having been heard, the LORD
JUSTICE CLER; addressed the. Sheriffs of Perth,
Fottfar, and Fife, and congratulated them on the
tranquility which, during the late disturbances,
had prevailed through their several districts. • He
expressed his particular satisfaction with the in-
tention of establishing a Lancastrian school in
this district; as likely to improve the morals of
the lower classes, and thus assist in preventing
the commission of crimes. He then adverted to
the incommodious state of the prison and court-
house of Perth, and congratulated the Sheriffs on
the- prespeet of superior accommodation being
speedily provided.
This concluded the business of the circuit.