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

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The letters by the. ;p:!diz Mail were is,.ee-,
from the Post-Office yesterday rnorning. Thje 6'l, 5;
ceeding extracts are. from scene of them—the
noticing an important viCtory by BALeAsmeos
MORTI and the second; the destruelion of
t`
harvest by the patriotic Castilians,. ter deprtve-a
enemy. of support, at the hazard even of their °
existence. f
CADIZ, AUG, 24.-,-There has been. all°'"-ee.
action. between Mortier and Ballasteros. 'nett-4
tack was begun' by the .former; and was con"- of
with great spirit. The 'French, by the ral'id,ltY'
their movements, were likely to be successful, ants
had turned one of the-wings of the Patriots,
General Catrera, who c' -'ands the Spseish
valry in
,the North of An. ,by forced trarc4e"
was enabled to enter t :id at the critical LW-
ment, and pouring do von the eneu'Y'
quickly decided the fate .ae; .The Fre°,li,
defeated on all sides, tok • rection of yC
suffering very.rnaterially d. the rerseit:"
It is supposed, that in this action about 9 r
,
10,0400 men were
.engaged oh each
dent of .the horse under Carrera..
t, have
" CADIZ,' AUG. 24,--1-Ttie Castilians, w"°
A !ef
not engaged in the immediate duties of the wart `l-1
by their generosity and heroism, greatly contributrel
-to distress the toe. They have set fire to 'their, cjt'e.,
fields', and have not contented thcm,elVes
• stroying merely the produce of the country, „a
their waggons, and every species of conveyancer the-
utensilwfirch could- be applied to the Purpose ° the.
enemy.' In this .situation, thus surrounded by
• wide waste, they have collected whatever vc3'll..e
cessary for their /immediate 'subsistence, and .1- e•
fled to the mountains, trusting to the righteoustle.7.
of their cause, and the bounty of a merciful Pr °%.h
dence. The consequence has been, that the Fre°
army are every. wnere, in these- once fruitful d
it
tricts, deprived of the means of iupport, they
difficulties for the continuance of the cauiP3i'
seem to be rendered insuperable."
de"
The preceding communication will in sarne
gree account for the deficiency of provisions 111 tit;
army of the enemy, in the neighbourhood 01 °la
of the most productive provinces in the `4ll)°,
Pemnsu:a.
there
It appears by the letters from Cadii, that
'lll6
have been two expeditions from that port. of
following extract supplies the account of the first
them : at"
'CADIZ, AUG. 26.--Ari expedition, t° l 4
M
amount of about 3600'men, was fitted out frot"a,
city, fur the purpose of making a descent 8,1 'AL,
monte, whither they proceeded and landed. 1)1),,„,--p
tunately SQIDe of the OutimstS the French 03-,
near St. Mary's, gave the alarm, and immediatelY)el
large force of the enemy was on its march to te' of
the attack. The Spaniards' finding they vverl
able to meeti the French, re-embarked, an
turned."

The other expedition consisted of 3500 trienai
which took the direction of Gullva, tinder Genery
de la Cruz, an Officer of wen-known goll'l,lltrrls'.
and fornierty a Commander of a corps of fugLti,
The immediate object of this.oFcration was to e'''oir
f
the coast of Andalusia of the enemy, to the wc.“
Cadiz, and to se..ure the means of transit for PI
visions from thence to the Isle of Leon.
great
In one of the letters, it is mew jotted with
confidence, that the force of the enemy is go "1
reduced, and the comparative strength of the 01"7e',
so considerable, that Mortier will soon be under. tb6'
necessity of leaving Seville, and that the coml.-11°n';
cation between Cadiz 'and that city will be
restored:
before learnt, that a measure of precaution, the
beautiful train of artillery from the foundel of Se;
ville, had been removed by the enemy, and 13:1‘`
reached the army under Massena.

A most melancholy accident happened neat
Kentsbank on the Connie' side of Morecambe Ea)'
on the Lancashire coast, on Thursday se'poigla
As )lisi Beever, of Manchester, was bathing in
sea, it is suppOsed she fell, and a maid-servant,
longinging to Mr. Ashburner, of Kentsbank, wb°
acconripanied her to the water-tide,,but was not Lot:
drest, went to'her assisiaece, wheir they were botlj'
unfortunately drowned,