The Sun.
London, England, 1810-10-05 00:00:00

SMITHFIELD MARKET, Oaf.;.

This day's Market had a middling f Opphr of dif-
ferent kinds of Cattle; Mutton, Pork, and Veal,
suppart last price's; Beef. is dearer'; and the trade
for the most part was somewhat flat:—The sales it
•the Hay Market were rather dtill; Hay, Straw, and
Clover, sold at last prices.—The following prices and
numbet s'are an,accurate statement

To sink 11)6 offlti per stone,of Sib.

' Beef'4s. fid to Ss. Bd. Mutton 4s. Bd. to 6s. cd. Veal
Ss. cd to 7s. od. l'ork ss. od. to 7s. od. Lamb 00. od. to
os. od.:

13;':asts po. Sheep 3,700. Calves i So. Pigs 2So.
SMITHFIELD HAY-MARKET.

Hay 51, os. od. to 91, os. od, Straw 21. los. oil. to 31.
os. od. Clover 61. os. cd. to iol. os. od.

CORN-EXCHANGE, OCT. s.—The. quantities 'of
Wheat on hand to-day are considerable, and sales
thereof are extremely heavy, hardly at last prices
Barley and Malt support last•quoration ; Pease and
Beans of the two kinds continue to vary but little;
the supplies of Oats are but inconsiderable,. and this
trade is quoted nearly at tho late advance ; Flour at
the last prices..
Wheat - 765 a 85s a 985
Fine ditto - loos a 1045
Rye (new) -46 s a 525
Barley -34 s a 48s
Malt - 71; a Bos
White Pease - 5.:s a 56s
Grey ditto - - 485 a SO
Bdaps - • SOS a 55i

Tick I3eans -46 s a Sts
Oats - - 24$ zBs a 3.25
Poland ditto- 34$ a 36S
POriaoCdittO 415 a —4
Rape Seed ~ 461 a 521
Eine Flour - Bss a gr's
Seconds . - Bos aSp

SFL4NISH PAPERS.

- FROM THF.GAZEtw. OF.AYAMONTE.
AYAMONTE, SEPT: s.—qeneral- I) •n Francisco
Coriolis was at hrs forcers, divided
on the various n..iintsw here their presence wa..
cesSai v, when Ge:lei'at'Lacy landed: 'On the 24ih,
at 'a quarter past twelvei he received a letter item
... • General Lacy, iuf hint ,that he',was. -on the
rooming of that day, to make a landing on the coast:
of Moguer, and that. he should concentrate .his
forces .to prate, the diseilib,rkation. The distress-
- lug feelings experienced by this'.woi thy General,-
from the delay-of information, and the consideration,
of his being twelve leagues d,statit front he scene of..
sdlon, cannot be sUfficienilyexpressed. TheSe feel-
ings he disclosed' in
.t Ger' O eral rf.ers..Whtch. he
published at Niebla on :he 28th, un to .Which date'
he,had `concealed what he felt. Ile, however, put'
bii forces iD. motion,' in sup h a manner tlial the.Yan-i
guard of the cavalry, which was at'St. Bartholotnev;r,
on the night of the 24th, reached Vlaras.a at seven
on the., morning of the 25th, • and at the same hour
the Getteial arrived with the infantry at Niebla.
There i-forrned that the enemy, toying • availed
themselves of the darkness of the night, had retired
towards he-ordered th.d. even w it hout feeding_
their horses, they should pursue them, and give them
every possible annoyance. • Tht. was done so oppor,.
tithely, and with such effet.‘l, that they left it
allowances orvt4 out ..ro theln- at 'Palma •withoni,
bring :able to eat thee), ,arid were pursued a 'great
Way beyond Nlanianilla, leaving ote„the road 50
peen in ki!led,, prisoners, and wounded, and some
hors,s, arms, and property.' •
- At two the aftrinooteon the same day of the,
fbilv,,Generat j.acy made- a sally from 11;14aer, arid
arrived at Nieb'la with all his division, about
nine
the morning, and on,the'moreing of the following.
• day (016 26th) returned, to the coast by Huelva td'
re-embark. -
Never '.as been seen a day of so-Mitch moUrning
'Or hitneniation, as that on which if was.made known
that the expedition had re:erribarked, and that.Ge-
- neral.Copoii§re'enained alone •tO reit rain the fury aid
resentment of the enemy. who Anktnecessarily re
turn with- reinforcements to avenge, the loss Ire lipid-
sustained. _Though. the General .hi►irself suspeeted
the same, he wa. not, however, ininnidatediand
maintained hiS position in Niebla
flit Prince of Aretnberg at witli .2;300 infan-..
try and goo cavalry. - At the same •tyne he received
intelligence of stooo men hav:eg entered- Araiina,•
who had demanded ratio;,sat .Salainanca, whose ob-
je t could-be• no:. other than to cni rear a-ed
surround him.- • He- then gave -orders retire, to
Trigueros, teasiaitd:,Kalverde,*.themOstconVehient
piles. foe :observing-the ,movements of thd enemy,
and fi nkiii.Aretuberg.. • He took such dispositions
at the same -time that rhis.retreatt might suirPorErhe
valiguird, compesed of alid cavalry_. -'On itheSe
number ot the enemy's ir;a Si:dcien 'At-
tack, and reducing .therri-to. the necessity of 'de.-
fending themselves, they made a reo'st glorious
stand, and at list cut theiewAy ihrOugh.the enerty,
wh,.31 they saw thernselves. hemmed.in -by a Muth
supc.ror force-, with considerable loss on both -646 e
Copons 'se it a letter to-General Lacy, which recli-
ed him while wider sail, fat the distance of.three
leap,-.es or' Huelva, acid in which ..we believe he con:-
-
munic vied to him the itvelligente of the reinforce-
meat and invasion. of the, enemy.
It is unfortunite, but at the same time certain,
that a strong guard of cavalry, and another of infan-
try, have entered Moguer, to glut themselves with
the blo,cl of the. few unhappy- who have
not been aide •to abandon -the _place ; that sacking,
tie•olation-, fire, and death,, ire every where spread
thioigh the s'reets ; and -that so many towns, hap-,
py in the pres6ee and protection; of our primes,
• Whom they gladly received with the beat of drums,
and other demonstrations of joy, and whose inhabi-
tants went' out to -.meet them with bread,' wine,
brandy, fruits, and prayers,' even without their beilig
asked of them, and who pledged.thetmelees tOsup-,
poet the division as long as it- continued in their
neighboorhuod, 'should now groan 'under a yoke
more cruel and inhuman th::n that they had hither-
' to suffered.; -

What might nochave been the fate of the district,
bad the informa.ion of the debarkation reached Ge-
neral Copons in` time ! Twenty-foul hours Previous
nonce would lrave.heen enough to have enabled hint
to post iit Nit:bla, at the very nioment of the sally
made by the enemy, more than 850 horse and 1500
iotiintry, who, cutting otf theirretieat, when they
attacked tht troops of the expediticin;WoUld have
cumpecieJ tliem to: a sharileful surrender. This
combivation;.as necessary as ea,y to.a General, who.
knoWs the cilivatler Oldie etiehiy, the grotind, then
positions, and other. circumstances, would have
gained Os the viaory. and along with' it the impor-
taut capture' oi 500 ,orses, dell equipped, and cal-
culteed to have aided,us in ell:eating still more glo-
rious enterprrtes, Such sticct ss was the more prac-
ticable, as it -Would !rave, been impossible that the
enemy could, in the present state of the Province,
have withdrawn from Seville 2(000 infantry and 800
cavalry, to occupy the country a second time, and
to reduce it to Ole mo;t cruel servitude.
SUPPLEMENT TO THE GAZETTE OF
AYAMONTE. • '

Discateh from Don F 4,klC isco Coros, to the Junta.

MOST EXCELLENT SENOR-,

, For the information of tike Supreme ..!Linta; I
transmit thr inclosed papers, will iufoiln your
Excellency of the attack whiCh niy cavalry sustained
011 the 28th agait:§t very superior forcei,.sincl,ac-
cording !o All the :,ct.onnts, he enemyl)ad ,in the
country 800 oavalry,..2-000 infantry,
,two:- 8.-poun-
ders, and two I.mqzers, God preservelour
ilscel-
leucy many years. ,

,FRA.NCiSefoz) CoPONS Y NAVIA.
(*lead-quarters of Los t:still,:jos, Auk.
30, iSto.•
To the Most Excellent President and ;Members of .
the Supreme Junta of a,.:vtile. - , •
Letter from Don P _ Emko M EDR ANo to Don 'FxANctsco

COPONS Y, NAVIA.

Being Wormed by, advices Pram my ont-posts
that the (mealy, was in Manianifla,l gave orders

that they should retire if he appeared, in' superior
numbers. I immediately matched from La Palma
in the directiOn of Vdiallia, 3. Ed with the 'view of
making a reconnoissance, and of ascertaining what
fbrces had presented them elves. Some flying yea-
csants as,tirechne that they exceeded 2'oo Men,
Pantry and cavalry, and that they were already en-
tertrig; Vilh lba. I ordered the Guerillaato'atWance,
anal, with•the rest of my trorps, took a position
to the right. of tire f:ighw ay, fro)) the flank, coma., .
.and lett wLO Ii rtie small par ties proCeeded, why
engaged with our Guerrllys, iniredocing:themielves-
lino a wood, as &retreating.. I ado observed, Lower
down, near the
.princiral street of the town,, a co
Intim of infantry and three of cavalry ;'thes, in a
te,:v moments, deployed 'in ,urder,A4-.battle,' loon
which I retired, and took a new position_ to prpkeei
the Guerilla , wl,O still ke.elkir-g up their', fire, joined -
ine ; but , the eftemy‘conting up
~in force afa rapid
pace, I . found nty-elf. obliged' to retire towards .La
11)..&ua ; dispattbing,' ltotve.i;er, inamediate advice-to
vour Excelleney of w.hat,occurred, and also to. Col.
IVlanuel Sislethesi,thaf. lie should. sovport me,
,is I had !.o retreat to Villarasa, in consequence of the.
seat force
.that was opy...o‘ed to me.• The enemy
strpi.ed in La 'Palma, by which they gave tne time
to gain some. distance. This lieihg observed,. he.,
• pt.rsued to within a quarter 013 league ot -Vilhir-
risa, I anticipated the. passage of a. stream of the
(len.le, and taking a posicjon sticceeli-
rd proiei-f Mg the Guerillas, who stopped tile cue-L.
ray; with a fire of carbine ; though we :obliged:
• them to. fly, I continued y retreat. as fir as. the,
• road of V illarasa, when I wa.,joined*by Colonel Don.-
Matruel:Sisternes., and, aSskted by, his cavalry, ,we
Moth chirged,sWord in hand, thecentre:tolumn ;
but the enemy making a rapid movement to the
ight and the-left, with the view of suirohnding us, and
rindingthat we were rearly cuf titiby asquare caiunin
which we bad not till the observed, Considerable con-
tusion and some little digorder arose to otir.retreat to
Niebla. Having pi,seil lite river, ano; the bridge in
the height which
.gov(;:rns this place, I, found my-
self with the Aid-de-Camp, Captain-Don Jose anc.,
veda, who had posted
...in the same point Serie:aim-
D.,n Mandel Sisternei ith t.b men oilthe Gueidla,
...clip kept up a 'fire upon the enerqi and pursucd
trik.pa.rties-. They ..t hen proceeded to-Villarasa, leav-
ing in the way strong guard, The eT:.tiry',, forces,
by. watch we wese• attacked, are stippoled to be
about, sex or hundred cavalry ; I ant ignorant of the
tiugiber of infantry: -God. preaerVeloOr. H6n.our
many years: • . . P.vitio'nEbaiso.

Vilverd4: dal Camino, -Aug; zn.
DON MANI:E: srsTsnNts TO DON PL ANCI43DO DE
'COPONS. . •
. .

,13eiiag posted in the town of Vallarasa, with the
c•cav ery under my-command,' I received at -eight
o'clock yestetcily Mortiivg,.!:notiCe: Iron:CI:1On Pedro
•Mechlinp., the
,C,:rntnanOef of,Ahe, vanguard, that.
party'ot G•.,..rdi,t were engoged wide the et,remy
bet vi-een ant Mantanilla ; .:and-that. he had,
therefore; left 1..,4 with 't rek.„,,,,f his van-'
sgwird to prote6l or' 'reinforce tl,e c0n...,
sequence of which information I took measures that
ihe troops• onder yhoulJ be quickly •
reads', and in a little time I received -a-second dis--,
pateli, in whichshe told me,. that: having bier) at-
tacked by the division of. the Yringe of Arem-berg,
he bad retreated, a it appeared to him that the
enemy Consisted of
.more than 400 cat:alry.. I
mediately posted myself, with the rest of the ca—
.alry, on the road from liebla, a.short distance
from Villarasa, placing my. corps, in two divisions,
on both sides of the high road approximating to it.
Having' taken this position, the. enemy came: in
. sight in half an hour; M*.drano continued his re-
treat in the best order, making a halt at the place
which. he had pointed out. I here firmly main-
tabled myself utuil tl,e enemy's troops had almost
'entirely surrounded me,_ Whom I. observed to be
greatly superior, for which reason I retreated, ac-
cording to your inStrudiuns, that ..I might cover
Mendrona.at a 'certain 'distance ;
,but b:.ing obliged
.to concentrate for a charge on tine enemy,-I Ordered
all the cavalry to attack, which : was etfeoed with
yeSolution and gallantry, repulsing and pursuing
them: At this Moment I was informed that they
were about .to,flank me on. the right, which they
. certainly would have accomplished, had -I not con-
tinued' my retreat, which movement, and (Abets
undertaken in that short tithe, I executed with the
greatest velocity, not. being able to avoid, however,
(in one engagement, in, which the troops•of both
sides were plixt), the loss Of 45 men and 29 horses
in kiiled, wounded, and prisoners, .including the
Captain Don Manuel Correa, ,ancLLieutenant Dop
Lyme -Buis, Wouridedi; but; notwithstaisding,'
judge. that- the enemy' must have sustained a.luss:
cOnsideranly greater, m consequence of the intrepi-
dity of my cavalry; I continued my retreat to the
head of the bridge of, Rio Tinto, where I formed
my troops in. order of battle, when I received your
order.to proceed to the road of Valverde,. which I
did, and I give-you information, that you May have
a molt exalt and due account of.an action, in which,
in spite of the superiority of the enemy, the officers.
and troops under My (command displayed. the great:;
est coolness and valour. -

•
May God preserve your Honour many years.
MANUEL ►SISTERNES.
Valverde, Aug. 29.
TojSeuor Don Francisco de ColiOns y

* •CortoNea's INQUESt,"-An InqUisition was taken
yesterday, at the Swan, Chelsea, before G. Hodg-
son,.Esq. on the body of a genteel dressed man tin-
knoWri, who was reAtud drovvrited opposite the Phy-
'Ain Gardens; Off' Chelsea. , In the pocket of the
deceased was Idund a silver Watch. He had not
been long in the water. . The. Jury rettirned a ver-
. die t found drowned, And the bodywasiernoved to St.
, •
•
:..korac.'s,bone-house to be owned.
''MALIGNANT, OUifitAGE.-i-A to Ar nights since' a
soldier of the 7/th. regitnent, on leave of abseoce•at
'Liverpool,. was shot .in ,the calf of • the legK while
standing near the .cloor,of his residence in C:4ilbert-
street. The shot broke • the, two •biines; he was
forthwith taken to theinfirtnary, where he suffeted
amputation. liothincr bad been -discovered
as 'io
Ole cause or the authorsr) of such an atrocious at-
tempt.
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SPAIN,-

EXTEACT *ROM PRIVATE COERESPONDENCE.

" Heal-quarn ts at Tarragona, Aug. 24..18 to.

" After the a6tion rat the•eds, we have had news
from Reus, that the enemy lost 50 mc.n, two Co-
lonels, some other (Alice's, and a General of ,llivi-
sion wounded and that they hive ni)t dared, to ap-
peUach the'town of Canobja,
,where they paid:fof
'their. gasconade. We also know, that in the road
of •Sakii they' have their. flying artillery; consiSthig
'ot 15 light pieces,_With.the7exceptioo of too twelve
poturders, and two eight-ineh howitzers In fietts
they demanded a contribution of 16,0u0 dollars, and
'6uo dollars' daily ;
.141 t 'the Ayuntamieino having
refused to satisfy "Them, they arrested them all, and
threatened to send them to Barcelona. •

Tlsrs Morning the division of Ibarrola entered,
consisting of 5,500 infantry and 300 cavalry, which
'encamped. -in-. the Olive.7.oove, 'l3tit this.evening it
lett us tor ,Canonja-,.which has made every one Iran-
mull. The .gre:a number.of deserters is a very seri-
ous conxideration, as in all, -this mouth, their num-
ber amounts to- 753 : to-day 85, for the most ifitAt
'arrned,-;?0 of which came front Gerona. The. ene-
my tdirnpede go grea.t, have ,their encamp-
, mem s • suirounded: with cavalry ; notwithstanding
which,they cannot pot a stop-to it.

August 2S, at 2 o:clock in the Evening.
" Last night, at one o'clock, the'ene!ny began to
leave Reuss carrying with them twentyfour 'of. (lie
principal inhabitants .of that town for not comply-
ing with: the contribatiori.,:Tilia touriring, .at 5i ,
thy rear,-guard kft it, and'ai.the same time •the van-
- guard of ,lbarrala's division entered it. the
innyning, a most tremendous firing.avas heard front -
thence, Which has- been from the said &vision and
another of.;3000, which was postval_ at. Valls. !Gene- •
rail O'Donnell left thiS at ten o'clock, and at one all.
. the. troops that. were it lirrkon, to: meet the etre,
my, from which we' ;expeat tavonrable accounts.
At f2'o'c.ock 49 deserters; -all armed, and :some
grenadiera, came in. in Ileus• there were no ex-.
.cesses We remain laerea without any
enemy he tote 'LIS-, which we are ts.a.ry, for,' as . itt fit-
. teen days inure we si,,•uld have had the pleasure of
Seein their wi:ole drill)! (It's :it to
" Friiin.Tartosa they write in greater spirits than
ever. This morning'a circtainstance occurred
washkely to have had disagreeable re,ults,liad'oot•
,a stop .;neeti put to, it. Twenty deserters ~began
hrowing slopes at a soldier 'of cavalrya near the ens
tom-lionse ; immediately four others came to.suc-.
coor hint, and drawn- their swords; one Ita a.
lion was killed.and tout; wounded ,at last a stop
•
was pot to it.. a
. s
. .
A "ALICANT., SEPT. 7,—We are rather a little
.
uneasy, as General Sebastiani, alias the Doke pf-
•'ll9lurcia,: is advancing dt the, head of 1000 men.,
Blake ha 4 his-headquarters at - -Where
he has 14,000 'men, say 7000 of %horn_ are fighting
aAll'tne gates of the city site 'shut, -except
that of Ileynt, through which no one .is_permitted
to pass that is not well known.
f( SEpTEMBr.W, 10.—We are now
,a little more
at ease 1,1,1111 resped:to our situation here. &b:is&
ani has retired, and Abe Spanish head-quarters have
advanced, and some parties have reached Ltirca,
Blaite is -very attive, and enjoys .the confidence 'of
, every one. in Catalonia, O'Donnell has 'certainly
defeated` Macdonald, and obliged him to evacuate
, Betts; His army would have suffered much more,
Iliid General Ibarrola aced properly.; he.: is artested•
and will nrobaaly be shot., If any thing will save
this country it' will be the'determined condnd
O'Donnell and Blake..
PALMA, AUG. el.—Tim French army under
. Macdonald marched from Barcelona the 14th inst.
having the same day received afeinforcemerit of be-
tween 12 and 15,0'00 men,, upon Igualada, in the'
rear el the . Patriots stationed at toe Llobregat.—
From Igualada they fell: doWn upon. the Cull de
'Santa Christina, which theyforced.On the 17thand
' 18th. 'Early in the morning of the 18th, 8000 men.
entered• Rena, by which they obliged the Patriots
stationed at Palest and Tiriza to abandoo'their post-
lions, and to save themselves by running intoTarra-
gona in the beg manner _they could. it was not
known at l'arragotta on the .18th where General
O'Dormell was. The consequence of the above is,
. that the enemy have become masters of the E'bit,.
and surrounded both Tortiksa and Tarragona on all
sides, Their force on this side-the Ebscais stated to.
be abont'Z'?'o,ooo men.
TARRAGoNA,. AUG'. B.l—General O'Donnell is
'just returned Train Tortosa; ;During his'absence of
six days, he reconnoitred
,the enemy's position at
Tivisa, with about 2000 men,, drove in 'their ad-
vanced posts, and obliged. them to concentrate their
force, which proved to be 5000 strong. , This be-.
ing ascertained, he ordered his little army to retreati
in effecting which they were-Assailed by, the enemy,
who, fintwitlistanding his superiority, was compelled
-to 444 back,.with the loss of 200 men. 'Our's was
• isainparatively, small. On his return to Tortosa, the
brae O'Donnell ordered a sally to be made imine-‘
diately, with a view to destroy the enemy's en-
trenchments on the opposite side of the river, which
was ca:ried into execution with the utmost gallan-
try and spirit. The French were surprised, thrown
into the greatest confusion, and look to their heels,
abandoning their guns; knapsacks, hetmets,
We,. made 100. prisoners, and killed and wounded,
Many_ .The desertion irorn Bat celona continues
very great. UpWards of 800 men have entered this
garrison within three •weeksi they are chiefly -La-
: hans and Poles."

• .

SIIEFr2;STfiALTSG.—Lare on Ttesday night or
early yesterday morning, thirty-nice sheep, the pro-
perty of Mr. 'Erving, of 'Bexley, were stolen from a
pasture in tl;at:neighliourhood. Another Gentleman
Indic same nefighboutThThdlOst forty-eight sheep at
the same time ; and yesterday mornwg as Mr.
Ervilig was coining to town on horseback to give
information- the rcbery, his horse took fright
and threw him, by winch accident he received a se-
vere contusion on the head.

Isbell by %V 1 L•IAM A It 1141 C.; ER SC itI,PPS, South Moltort
Pakr; Letters for the Editor (post-paio), raw

• D/El±. •
-On the 7th-of March last, at Seringapatarn, Major George
Mac Gregor, or the -lion. Eike- todia Company's Service
On theistinst. at his house in Bel►nont, bath, Andre`';
Girardot, Esq. aged 79.
On Monday, atter eat►ng a heavy dinner, and without'anYe
apparent illness, Sir Edwin- feynes, -tint. a ± artner in on; °
the Gloucester. Hawks.

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Thrtuesday; ather house in Hi-h
-street, Mary, le-bonq'
Mrs: Carpenter, aged 83. °
The. same day,. in Upper Berkeley-street, the. lady
George Deering, E sq.
On Wednesday last Mr. Burfield, Dralier, Brighto"„*t.
At Plymouth Citadel, aged• 63 Bailey,
, Captain Adjoo"
and Paymaster of the North Devon
On" Tuesday the- istli ult. at his house, East-place, Lau"
beth, Henry Whitehead, ',Esq.. aged 76 bears.
• On Thursday' last, at 'Kentish Town,. joint
or I lTs .Majesty's Ser.kants at Law.
`The intant son of Mr. Lumley, of Spring-gardens.-