The Sun.
London, England, 1810-09-14 00:00:00

FROM THE MILITARY,JOURNAL OF TORTOSA.

JULY 4.—At half past eight in the morning, the
enemy presented themselves in several columns on
the right of the .Ebro, in fioni of this place. kii4
force wascalculated at about 5000 infantry, and.soo
cavalry. He immediately occupied the suburbs ot
Jesus and Las Roquetas, establishing his princip.il
force in the latter, and converting to his purpose

nil the neTghbouring country hOcises. tbelortos-
aim marched oat to the combat like lions. They
:brew iliewselv4 with
,impetuosity on the enemy,
occasioning him great loss, and not
,AiloWing him a
moment's relaxation during the. \%-hale day.
JULY 5.-Ths skirmishes continued, and the en-
thusiasm or the peasants was redo'ilbled. ,

JULY was ol:erved that the enemy had'a
howitzer and_ a field piece at the Church of Las Ro-
quetas ;' our artillery directed some. shot towards
that quarter, and the enemy made a speedy retreat.
At one in the afternoon a skirmishing .party was so
:aaive, that it induced the enemy to attack otx artil-
lery, from which, according to the ihfOrtnation re-
ceived, it sustained much foss. .

JuLy 7.---The skirmishing patties continue their
operations without any circurns anew worthy of no-
tice.

JULY B.—lnformation was received in the square,
that a party Of French had reached Tibens. At ten
at night they made a vigorous attack on the bridge
head, and were repulsed With considerable loss. The
Governor Velasco, who had refused to quit his post
notwithstanding the bad state of his_ health felt
much satisfaciion• from the result.

Arvir 9.—At elve at night .the.enemy returned,=
and renewed the attack with still greater vigour on
the bridge-head ; for more than an honr,o very sharp
ore was kept np on both sides. The enemy at last .
repented of their rashness, and retired to their posi-
tions;
,but At three in 'the morning, renewed the
attack with still greater impetuotty, andyith fresh
troops: He was, however, Completely defeated in
less time than before, and sustained great loss in
killed and wounded, whom they carried off in carts
and covered waggons. While the action lasted,' the
pairsing of the bridge Was rendered very hazardous,
'by the vast quantity of bullets that were shot across
it; but the heroic Tortosine women, animated, by
the manly'spirit, and emulating the glory of the
immortal Zaragozans, 'passed and repassed the
bridge with the -greatest coolness, carrying water,.
wine, and spirits to their gallant defenders, who
fought nobly on the palisades and batterieS. Two
of them were wounded, and 'the Got,;ernment. has
rewarded their merit, by granting them the noble
distinction of a Medallion of honour, and an annual
pension of WO livres of Catalagnia. •
to. On true evening of this day a German came
over to our camp, and. declared that the force of
the enemy at Ttbens amounted to 2,300 -infantry,
and 700 cavalry ; that at Cherta they, had 30, pieces
of artillery, with tour mortars ; and that their total
amount on both sides of the Ebro was from 8 to
9,000 infantry, and 1,500 horse. The Tortosans
do not distrust their own valour and patriotism at
the sight of 'new dangers. To-day they haVe lorm-
ed themselves into companies, which they them-
selves have raised with the greatest regularity and
order ; all considering themselves without distinc-
tion as soldiers. The greatest harmony' subsists be-
tween the peasants and military.
JULY 11.—The enemy have employed themselves
to-day, in reconnoitring our camp, taking the means,
and contriving plans, no doubt, , with a view to se-
cure themselves against the fire of the hriOge,- to
destroy 'this point• of defence, and, 'by means of
another transversal line, to carry their shot into the
city. •

.
j m ULY I 2,—On the orning of this
,day 600 sOl-
diers and some peasants . made a sally frwn the gar-
rison, with a design to attack the enemy. The re-
sult was unfavourable to us. Laval and Chiopiki
overpowered our Ineti with a rth.cli superior force.
they had placed in ambush, ann we had 86 wound-
ed; several mis4ing, and from 12 to 15 kilted.
JULY 13.-,--The French have employed theinselves
in opening a grand ditch, from the garjeti c.)l Yuba as'
far as the river:.

JULY 14.—rhe intelligence reached the garrison
this day of its new Governor, the 1...0unt or :dacha,
having landed at Fahgar.'
'JULY 15.—This day the above-mentioned Com-.
brander wade his public entrance inio the city., Ve-
lasco set out for Tarragona, about three in the af-
ternoon, very infirm. We have seen to-day more
di,tinctly the intrenchroem6 thrown up:by the ene7
: ,

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JULY 16.—A great tiring was heard- towards Ti-
bisa ; the enemy cars led: off several. waggons of
wuenoed from the Monastery De Misericurt.tia, ,to
take them to Chola. •

JULY enemy was observed carrying gym.;
his itnrenchments with vigour; it appeared also
that near the garden of Yina, which is on the left of
the ,bridge, they had colleCted a great deai of earth
and other •materials. It appears that on the passage
of the Ebro to Tiuens, the Ftench have two barks
stationed, and fastened with a cable.

JULY tB".—There is a report in the garrison of
.the advanced guard ot ;he Valencian •army having
reached beyond Barklan,, taking care at that place
'to prevent the French trom knowing the acriuunt of.
the force ou their road from that itingdom
JULY !Q.—The report ot the speedy arrival of the
army of Valencia in this neighbourhood is confirm-
ed, and we know That Stickle' is at Cherta;
JuLY 20.—T0 thefeft of Aldover a great smoke
ha's t:..ert observed i a peasant, who has come from
'the other side of Billet, reports that the French
have set fire to an encampment, and that much fir-
ing was heard at a distance. People conjeeture that.
this may be either some skirmish on the part of the
gallant Captain Burzon,, whose party incessantly
horasses the enemy, or some serious rencontre with
the division of Garcia, Navarro, or Campo Verde ;
and they even say that the burning of the encamp-
ment is a proot that the enemy is preparing to raise
the siege-of that place. ,:71
JULY 21.--Eiwaly about ten at night the'French
made another attempt upon the bridge head,. but
were vigorously repulsed without greater loSson our
part than a Ciptain and tour suldieres wounded,
two of then] severely. All the garrison enjoys per:-
led health; !tildiS eager to come to More serious and
decisive conflicts with the enemy*. •
CADiZ, AUG. 25.--The following Edit for COM•
pleting the representation of the Cortes.tor place's in'
the power of the enemy, by seledting members from.,
among the natives or inhabitants of those places at

* By information of so late a date as the loth of August, it
is known that the Commander in Chief having entered Tor.
toss, diretted the garrison to Make a sally on h
the 4t.1 WAR:"
was attended with the greatest. success.' lie dislodged the
esemy from their works, and having carlied his object, again
returned to the garrison. The Governor, Count tie Alacha,
who is much afflicted with the gout, 1% ihed, notwithstaud.
in;, to be personally 'present, and was wounded by,a inns.
kit ball, vyhich went through his thigh.—Gazetta de la Re-
geacia.

pieseni iti the Isle of Leon., lah been niatle puhii"6
here

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DON TOSEF 10AtUiN COLON• DF ItREATg;f
GUI, OF His MA.t ESI Y'S •.couNciL
STATE, lec.

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I berebY Make knon that according to the
e I
Royal Order which his. Excellency Don•
Maria de Sierra coMmunicated to 'me oh the i6th
current, the Council of Regency has been pleased - -
.to order, in the name of our Sovereign, bOn Fer=
dinand VII. tharlidiels should be posted up in this •
city, and in the Isle de Leon, surnmonhig, the in=
fhabh fromants or natives einiaraied the provinct-4
• •
which have been prevented from retUrning dvulieS . •
to the Cortes, (in conseribence of being either
wholly; or in part, occupied by the enemy) before
and and the other senior Min;s!ers of 'the Council;
appointed for that purpose; and also the natives of.
America, and-the Philippine Islands; resident in the
two place's above-mentioned, before the illugtriouS '
Don Joseph Pablo Valiente, in order to the prepara- .
lion of circumstantial. lists of all the said persons 3.
and that the said Eciici b pubiishtd the Gazette:
" In consequence of this, it, is ordered that all
the said emio-aril4, above twenty-five year's of age;
residing in this ci:y, or' in the Islo of Leon, whe-
ther secular or ecel,si hitic, shah thrtretore prestnt
duplicate tickets, d <cd and signed by their owri
hand, according to the, model subjoined, placing at
the head the province io.whiete they belong, and d-
Glaring their name, title, and_employinelt, with
-their place .of' nativity 'and habitation, and if they
have been Regidur of any city having a vote in the
Cones, adding the street and house they at present
inhabit in this city or in the Isle..

" This summons shall not be- extended to those
that are under age; those who.hai'e been subjects
of any criminal prosecution, 'who, have suffered cor=.
poral punishment, or .any mark of infamy ; those
that have been bankrupts, or that are in debt t 6 the
publicinor to ideots, nor to deaf and dumb, nor to
foreigners, th,ngit they may have been naturalized;
'and whatever maybe the privileges of their natural'.
nation.

" Eroigrants may 'enroll themselves for the Pro=
v ince of their rm. ity, or the pla.Le of their resi=
dence, at the time of their emigration.
66 For the more- convenient,, prompt; and' cagy
execution of this -aegistration; the 2I st ,29. d, and
23d days of this month, c.re app. ted.for delivering.
the tickets to the Ministers appointed to receive them
atihe Casa Episcopal, in which the Supreme Council
of Spain and the Indies is established. The Huai.
grans, who, from indisposition, or business of im.
portance, cannot appear personally, may send their,
tickets by the means of decent peisons representing
them." ' ,

• [The Dila then po:nts put the different Halls of
the Council where the 'persons from the different
Provinces and To'vns are to appear, and the Minis
tern, to whom they are respectfully to deliver their
tickets."]
diugusf 18.

(Signed) DON JOSEF COLON:

A singular event occurred in the field of
Mr. Avan, of l'ilterden, on Mowf-:sennght,
when Thomas Collins, at the advangrd 'site of
reaped in conipany with his son, William, aged 72,
and his daughter, Sarah, aged 66, and whose united
ages amounted to 233. It is equally remarkable.,
that the father is free from the infirmities peculiat
to old age; and in order to commemorate the event,
he has.lately 'been presented with a scythe, with
an appropriate insciiinion thereon. -

_ .
On the 31st ult. Eliza Hancock, while gleaning
in_a field in the parish of Box, near Bath; was ac-
nused of stealing' wheat from the 'sheakesi whith
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she denied, and wished she'migh , struck dead if
she had : she was,found dead in e field in about
two hours after.

The' harvest has now :been almost .generally
housed—at least as far as regards. the article of
breackoro ; and it is -on all hands allowed that
better crops could hardly have been ly Ted tor. The
influence oft his, happy coosunign,ition of the lebours
of the hu,b indman is a:ready felt t y the poor : the
corn markets, have fallen considerably ; sod the
price of flour :k as on Fri :ay last loWered 6d. a atone,
oy Mr, Copying, miller, of Boston, whose exam-
ple has actuate d others to the like reduction. With.
,out doubt, the price of flour'will shortly be, still
farther reduced; and the fbrebodings of those who
talked of scarcity be thus .shewn to have .been
founded only in their wisaes.---(,Boston Paper.),
At our corn Market on Saturday last several sam-
ples of new wheat, of most excellent iqualty and
condition, were shewn, and they fetched troll) 421.
to 444. per coomb.—.A'orwich. •

It affords us the highest source of-gratification to
learn from all parts of the country, that the fineness
orthe `wheat-crop has exceeded the most sanguine
expe3ations, and that, in consequence it has fallen in
this city Its per coomb, but flour only ad. pey stone.
—Norwich.

The hops about Maidstone, and 7- miles' round,
.are. very good, and there are some thousand of hop-
pers wanted.

SMITHFIELD MARKET, SIP?. 14.
This day''i Market was- tolerably well sopplied
with different kinds of Cattle ; Beet, Mutton, Veal,
and Pork, support last price; Lamb is,cheaper ; 'and
the trade for the most part' wa,s not oyer brisk.--
The business done in the Hay-Market was tritii`t;g ;
Hay; Straw, and"Cloyer, fetched last:prices.-1 he
Undermentioned prices and numbers,:are an accu-
rate statement

To sink the Old per stone of 8115 i , •
Beef 4s. Bd. to -Ss. 3d. Mutton 4s. Bd. so 6s. od. Veal
od. to 7s. od. Pork Ss, od. to 7s. od. Lamb 4s. od. to
6s 6d.

Beasts 793. Sheep and Lambs 6,z00. Calves Z 9•. Pigs
306.

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SMITHFIELD HAY-MARKET.,
Flay 51, .os. od. to tol. os. od. Styaint 21, 110. DO, to 31.
3s. od. Cloyer,6l. los. cd. to tot. Jos. od: •

.ConN-ExcuANot3.--To.day there ate again con.
siderable further arrival's of foreign When, and the
sale 9f Fine maintains its price,. but ordinary rather
lciwer ; New Rye as under ; Bailey and • INl:dt con-
tinue to vary but little ; White Peas at the hire re.
clutiion; Ceans Of the t
there are tolerable supplie
is quoted at little variation
Whedt iSs a 9os a loos
Fine ditty - toss a ;los
Rye (New) - 4os a 515
Barley - . 3os a 425,
Malt . 72$ a Bos
White Pease -48 s a SO
Grey ditto - . 495 a 545
-Beams • • • 535 a '586

two kinds rather dearer ;
:s of, Oats, and this tiactu
1; Flour at late prices.
Tick lseans . 4-).s aps 6 t
Oats . • 20s 25$ a 285
Poland ditto . 305 a 33s
Potato: ditto • 375 a—s
Rape Seat
.. -50 i a ist
pine Hour •• 85s 3 915
Seconds . . • 80$ a ass

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SICILY.

~i,. 11 . The following etcteCts from the correspondence
ofd gentleman belonging to. the 'medical depart-
,: ' . • rnent in the .army under Sir John Stuart, commu-
, ,- icate soinairriportantl'though. by no means agree-
, ble infOtmation, respe&ing the popular feeling in
if 4iphat country
i'
_z...4ilr (..• MESSqIA, Jui.V 13.110 i-flee my last the enemy
lisabs
iciod p. t in u •(. I
clolins":trt eyr :lot i (n for
maner-.atta opinionc k u upon this
thi
navals
,
~-ootlicet's, bas contrived, not only to colleda -formi-
; -: dal* flotilla, but has so fortified the coast, for fifteen
miles, which. was. last year an open beach,. that we
cannot attempt to destroy them, or even to interrupt
, - - his Operation's. , 11,- has already 100 gun-boats, and,
111
460 hots .and- vessels for transporting troops, the
' greatest-parr of which• I see distinelly from the win-
' d'ow where I now' write. -Thre.e.of hiS',encamp•
meats ' and the 'Royal head-quarters, are also full in
.view.; and so near are hts.advanced batteriei, _that
. lie has lately thrown a conSiderablenumber of shots
and shells into the cethre ofOurcamp. At this mo-
ment seven of, his.gun-boats are half way across the
Straits, firing at our ships of war and flotilla,- at an-
,
- , '... -chor ; and from the nature of ithe currents and
. - winds, none of our guir-boats cm get neaethem.7—
Ow roeasures-Of defence have been at least equal to
• , his preparations for attack, and there can be no doubt
that,,ahould be attempt-JO land any wherein this
' neighbourhood, his defeat. must. be certain.. Our
great-danger is from co:nbinedattacks from different
,quarters; and it is el ident he meditates an ,ex-pedi-
, tion froit-Toulon, and another from the Adriatic."
. ;.",,,TULY g7.--Sipee my last, of the 13th, nothing
new has occurred here; except that our attempt to
destroy the flotilla' of the enemy did not succeed )
and. it -was found necessary . to Withdraw nor gun?
laoats, after having 14st 7 men 'killed and 9 wound-
ed. The loss' of the enemy'waS much .greater ;:not-
withstanding whiche 'he has obliged the poor Cala-
briarrs' tfi illunlinate for the splendid viCtory; Since
that attempt we have adopted another mode Of an=
noyance, which appears to .succeed better, and
, which is carried on without any loss of men on our
side. This is by thrOWing shells from our batteries.
on shore, and from our gun7bOats, into the enemy's
depots or boats, and even into his Royal head-qu triers.
The whole- of this harmless warfare, on our part, is
,within -se,ht of my windoiks ; and it is no small
amusement to waft', the ,fl;ght and falling of some-,
• hundreds of shells daily. The Commander, of the
forces sometimes spends-an hour in my house-to see
the effects of the bombardments,which have been of
late-sp considerable, -that a great number of their
boats have been forced to quit the station that-was
. • nearest to us. _The enemy, however, does not sli,eW
any.disposition to give up his intended 'attack, .and
all inforinition by deserters and- spies declares tha
the aitempt is to be immediately made."

On Saturday evening a very melancholy accident
. happened in the-street of Musselburgli :—A Chaise‘
' driver,-,ietUrning to Edinburgh with his horses, al' -a
very brisk t,, .ri !-,,..;,;;'.me lupto a number of chiltiren
• - : - .-,'
who 'w,-,,•., • --• ig some stage performers passing
through 7 =' previous to their_ exhibition,
'• threw a '4, .." . :'.if the arms of- its sister, and,
: . painful to sayoAiruised the head of the child; rhat it
almost inunediately expired, although surgical aid
i
• • was immediately procured.. The man s secured in
prison; and Will be sent to Edinburgh -to 'undergo'an
examination before the Sheriff. The chaise-driver
~ appeared to have been drinking, and, though repeat-
edly called upon to stop from riding so hard through
the town; paid 'no attention whatever. _
-A gentleman, coming from' Ramsgate to Mar-
gate on Monday last, was thrown flow his horse ;
and. Walking to Dr, Jarvis's- to be bled, died •soorf
afterat the Dodoes house.-
The following curious
,anecdote is -related by a
Gebtleman, who was on board the Charlton at. the
time of her capture :—during the=-interval 'between
the first and second attack (for there were three dis-,
' tinetadtenS), it was suggested to the Officer in com-
mand of the troops, that serious consequences might
' result, should-the enemy's shot take died about the
poop, the hencoops being lull of empty bottles, in
consequence of which, orders were given for their
removal ;. but as •the time would not admit of the.
bottles being removed, the hencoops, bottles and all
were, thrown over board. The enemy's frigate,
La Manche, was then about a mile and a half astern,
and of course saw (though' it would appear imper-
fedly) what passed on board the Charlton ; .and from
the- appearance of several floating bodies on the
water, concluded that the Charlton's boats Were
• prepared .for boarding; under this.impression,, or-
ders were immediately given by the Comenander of
the frigate to anticipate the attack. Her boat s.-,iere
instantly manned and armed, each carrying a small
gun on the bow, and in this order adiarced to the
scene of adion ; when instead of meeting with 'tbe,
reception they expected,' tlif object of their fears pre- '
gented itself to -the astonished Frenchmen to the
inexpressible 'entertainment of all on board, the
Charlton." -,- - . ' i.

•
The Newgate Calenda-r for the ensuing ' Sessions
presents one- of the langest lists Of-prisoners known
at the
,Old'Bailey these many yeara: The catalogue
contains almOSt every specks of crime known in this
Country, except high treason. • Some of them (and.
we greatly lament to say it)-are of the blackest and
most detestabie.nature and description. •
WONDERFUT 1/WIIII4SL-114r: Jahn Billing,- of
Great Haseleyi, Oxfordslme,- gathered-on his farm,
bat week, one root or stem of wheat, containing
thirtY ears, and upwar& of one thalamic! three bun=
dred' grains Of corn !

A single field-pea,-on the farm of -Mr. Wildish,
of Buxteed, produced Phis \harvest 67 pods, contain-,
ing 410 well-grown peried peas, which is cOnsider-
ed,a very -extraordinary increase in that -useful tspe.-
cies of puke:
.In order to caution -persons against premature
gleaning in, the fields of a parish in Oxfordshire,' a
notice, of which the following is a literal' copy,
signed by the principal farmer-s, has been stuck up
hi.variOus parts of the village We woes nainei
are sined and afiged do beastly give Notice to those
that it rnay consarn trespassing in the\ way of Glean,
ing till the field is dared will B shued a Cording to•
Law by,Wep.”