The Sun.
London, England, 1810-06-30 00:00:00

ARMY OI POIttIiGAL.

On We 31st May the'l3 Once of Essiiit had 'his
-bead.quarteri at Sahmanca.l-

Mc Duke of Elchingen is besieging Ciudad Ro-
drigo, The trenches will be opened on the ist of
June. The first invparatfons for the •siege'h;tve been
retarded by the rein, which has fallen id It•rrents
ever since the beginning of May. • . -
The head7quatters• of the, 'English army.are at
Almeida, the right wing of thai army is at Arbantes,
and the left at the Duero.

The English and French armies beiiig separated
by a mountainous and ragged country, no ev,:nt of
importance' taken place.

OFFICAL INTELLIi;ENCE FROM' SPAVN.

REPORT TO lIIS SERENE HIGHNESS THE' PRINCE OF

NRUI CHAI EL, MAJOR-GENERAL.

" ,PRINCE---The situation -of the forfeess of Ma-
quinensa, on a ruggcdrocks, in the, middle of a vast
desert, and at the CottflutlnCe of be Ebrn and Segra,
might reasonably have been considered as fbr.the
most. part inaccessible it consists of a turret behind a
fortification, the ditch and the pa;isadoed covered
way of which are cut in the rock: The city-of Mu
qUinensa, on the banks df the:Ebro, intrenchel'. b tr.
ricadoed, and. mounted with cannon, 'added addi-
tional strength to the position.
" The investing of it, vai.ch began on the 20th
'of May, at night, by Part of Musnies divi,ion, was
terminated on the72sth, when, General Montmaree
appeared.ou the bank of the Ebro; from the
'first day the enemy kepi up a brisk and continual
fire of artillery on our c imps lie Mad:: three sallies,
imall of which he
,was vigorously repulsed.,

It was mfcessaty to make a road for our cannon
Colonel Flaxo skilfully traced out a fine road across
rugged mountains by which the passtigeS- so the fort
are defended-; 1000 cacalooian pea ants, and an
equal number of soldiers, undertook ,the painful
'task of cle.trillg ; a company of, miners sprung the
'rocks in the way this road was'carried as fir as
the Ebro, and. it .enabled the trenches to•be ol,rned
against the city anti the fort at the same time. '

" :The artillery was
,coinpletely ready, when on
the 2d at . night,'Ainder "the cUreaion Of 'Colonel
Haxo,* the trench was opened by 700 • men, a bun-
dled fathoms from the horn-work; by day.-fight
some parts of the parallel, and of the communica-
tions in which only the solid rock was met wyth,
were not eurpely • under cover 3:it was • nuces.ary
even to dig by means of a petard the grape.-shot
incommoded our soPier4 without tii,conranig uhrin.
We had 60 wounded, among whom was
the chief of battalion Sebe;. of-the Engineers:
" On the following aught , the work.i were resum-
ed, with mo!,e vigour, the parallel
.was terminat-
ed, and Our batteries began -to be raised on th 6
hardest ground.

'' On the 4th at night, General Rogniat, having
found that it was possible to attack the city by the
road of Saragossa, prepared his attaik to carry a
square tower, mounted 'With two 12' pautwers.
The 2d battalion of,the Ist Regiment at the Nis-
tub, notwithstanding enormo,os rocks .hurled down
on them, outflanked this work by the banks of the
thio), and also a rugged steep bet Ween the turret
and the redoubt. The .enemy having been sur-
rounded, was obliged to fly ; tne outer rampart was
scaled, and we soon became masters of the city, 8
pieces of cannon, 400 muskets, I.s'lcarrels of gun-
powder, and I I large lighters. Chlusowietz, cnief
of battalion, and. Captain Fuucaut, of the miners,
conOncied the attack,' with a great deal of vigour ;
it was in yaw that the enemy fired on the city; we
took possession of it and kept it. On the sth at

night, pew 4rencbes were carried tu, within bo €4*
IliortiS of tie glacis..
• .-• .
" ILe 7th, I .examined the trenches and tha,

city; yeing then satisfied Oita the investment. w s
so conylete-as•to prevent 'any thing from escaping,
I gave alt my attention to the attack.
\.
.“ We., had succeded in mounting i 6
_piece.; of
cann'Oti: wit en„ on die sill, at foul...o'clock in the
mornin rthe enemy liaxing perceived our en,b,a.
sures, gpeheil a xery brisk; Are.:- 1.. gave ,orders to
Mr. ,Iraffion, chief of squadron, who was,charg-
Commanaing the artillery of the siege, and
who acquitted himself so honburably, to open our
fire. The enemy maintained the contest with cis
for soiree' time ; S pieces ref the battery, No.'3, wet e
dismounted, but one skill of our Officer's of Artillery
the addressof oar cannoniers, and particularly their
intrepid bravery, soon obtained a decisive advantage.
At g'o'clock, a consid4able opening was made in
the *parapet; four embrasures *ere rendered unfit
thr service; and the lite of the enemy was ahnoit
entirely silenced.

. .
`jthe enemy endeavoured, during an hour, by
a very brisk fire of musketry, to make up (or the
checks experienced by his ;artillery : he in 'vain
mkt
.all his efl'bris 'to repair his. batteries, and at
the same time to remount his cannon; but the
bornb-shas, which caused as much danlag6 in
the turrets, as the balls 'did on the rainpans, soon
occasioned the greatest diSmay and contusion.
" At I o o'clock the enemy beat the chamade,
an:141011 the white'flag : I gave "orders for lies
s:in.rendeiring at discretion, 'in order to punish him
for the inscylence with which one .of -thy Ik-1(16-de-
camp had beetireceived'altei' the capture at Lerida,
without choosing to listen to any proposition. I en-.
tcr(.4.l the fort with two cornpanies of itenadiers ; and
I tlit";11 "consented, out of respeCt to the. Governor,
anirie The 61avery of the garrison, and by a single
article, to allow the garrison to 'file -off before the
troops of Musnier's division, to lay down their aims
on the glacis, and to be sent as prisoners of war to
France... Their.number is 1400 men, among whom
are 78 officers.

Among the prisoner; was the regiment of the
English General Doyle, Commissioner:in Armpit,
who- wished- to -prove to this province theliiterest
which the English take in the concerns of the Insor-
gents:l)Y raising, two years ago, at-his own expenc.t,
add with the Jinata's'permission, a regiment of ran-
gers; with- English' uniforms and -arms, although
they wera.ralmost all natives of. Arragon •and Na-
varre.

‘‘ 'We fotind in. Alequinenza 45 pieces of can-
non.,•4oo,ooo.English cartridges, 50,0001b5. of gun-
powder, a great quantity of cast iron and provisions
fur 2000 men for three months. This tortre:is is
very properly called the key of the Ebro. The enemy
fired
.10,000 cannon shOts in 19 days.
"" Tdiarge the chief of squadron Meyer, my
Aid-do-camp, to carry this report to your Highness;
I also charge him with ten stands of colours taken
ft.*. the enetny ;• this an homage which the 3d
corps is proud • to lay at the Emperor's feet ; I re-
quest• your. Highness will be pleased w beg his Ma-
jesty'S acceptance of them.

"`I cannot conclude my letter without mention-
ing to your highness the very able manner in which
Generals Dogniat and Vallee- dire6.ted each his re-
spective corps. I particularly beg your Highness
to state the same to his Majesty. The General of
Division Musnier, who cammanded the besieging
troops, displayed. both zeal and aClivity. •
I am, with respe&,
Monseigneur,
. •
Yoiir Serene Highness's •
very humble and devoted-Servant,
The Commander in Chief of the 3d Corps.
(Signed) OUCHET.
Camp of Mequinenza, lune 8, 1810.
" To this account is added; in the Moniteur, the
Journal of the operations of the siege of Menu.-
nenza, and the details of the ordaiice and sterea
which were found in the city and fortress.

PARTS, JUNE 21.—Last night, their Imperial and
Royal Majesties went to the Theatre Francais, to
see the representation of Cinna and the ataxy in-
lialaitc's. They mere greeted by the loudest acclf-
mations of an exceedingly crowded andlrespedable
audience, who were eager to behold their Suve-
; reigns; -and on their rising to leave the theatre the
sh,,uts were equally unanimous.
The .principal Atiors who appeared in the aboim
pieces excelled themselves, as it in gratitude fur the
honour they bad jusc!receired.
On the loth inst. their -Majesties the Emperor
and Empress hunted in the forest of St. Germain.
His Majesty the Emperor yesterday held a council
of tins Ministers at St. Cloud.
, On Saturday last their Majesties repaired to Mai-
, sons, the residence of the Duchess of Montebello.
A whole family was poisoned at Dresden_ by some
hemlock, which the servant cooked under, the idea
of its being paisley. The husband and wife died in
the greatest agony in twenty-four hours atter.
"The colossal statue in bronze of General Desaix
is placed on .its pedestal in the Place des Victoires.
There is an Egyptian figure at its feet.
I-Ls-Eminence Cardinal Fescb, Grand Alrnoner,
ordained on Saturday last, in the church of St. Sul-
pice, a great number of priests, deacons, and sub-
deacons.

PL.OMBIERES, JUNE 15.---Her Majesty the Queen
of tiolland arrived here some days ago, in a misera-
ble state of health, and much weakened by a cou.,,
and spitting of blood, which continued during the
whole of her journey. Her Majesty was ill when
she left Amsterdam, and travelling has increased b“.
disorder. On account of her ‘ilealwess, and the irri-
table state of her lungs, she has not yet begun to
take the, waters.

VIENNA, JuNE,B.--The Emperor has already
reached his domains in Lower AuAria, where he is
to spend four or fire days. A Courier just arrived,
informs us, that we shall Akin have the pleasure of

seeing. his 11-TlF.ity so soon as we expeEted ; he will
repair by another read to Bud', where he intends to
spend a`•out three weeks. He will then go back to
Bolitinia, and return: with the Einpress:

• An extensive district of the left bank of the Da-
nube, near Moravia, has considerably stiffered by
the hail.

The harvest is excellent through the greater part
of Aust

JUNE 9:—Next month is to !pecan ied into 4xecut ion
thepa•ent of the 18 t h May, cor)cerning the tailing in
and. the supprcssi .n of tht. bank-notes. Marshal
Count, Dittrichstein is President of the Commission.:.
the Counsellors and other Officers are all appoint-
ed. The necessary number of .sinking-fund bills is
also rea ;v. It is not yet known Who is to replace
C+ runt O'Donnel.

• VgNick, •Juzic is.—The English have At last
,giVen up their ridiculous enterprite. against Mali.,
titocco and Chiozza. It is true that. they threw
some grenades and some Congreve kets into
Chrozza, but thei. were so afraid of our 24-pounders
and or our red-hot balls,that no damage was done.
Their . rockets did not reach their object 'they
aff-et to inenaee Co' rfu but they dare not venture
to make a serious attack. • They know that in that
island preparations have been made to ' receive
them, and thpuhish them fur their rtiodomontade.
Coitcu, May •23.-.lVsr have this instantreceived
the news of a s!::rious rnisuuderstai.kJing having broken
out, between the Ent4iish a:;d the Ottoman Porte.
Our island is' in want of nothing whatever. The
• garri3on are' very anxious that the English ,should
ctupt a landing. Their cruizing does not oc-
casion the. slightest interruption to our continual
conamitnications with all the Adriatic ports. The
hartest promises .to be very abundant. The inha-
bitants daily bless the Frei.ch Government which.
has taken them under its proteation. The marriage
of his Majesty the Emperor and King was celebrated
liere by public fetes. The Governor-General gave
a wand dinner to the Members of the first Public
M."Julieti Bessieres, the Imperial Ex-
Commissary, set sail on the 3d instant, with a fa-
vourable wind.

Gottenburgh, t Cadiz, i Lisbon, t Dublin,
Mori-turd.

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LUAVU ,

SATURDAY, JUNE 30, 1810.

We have received French Pipers to the 2.5 th inst.
They contain some detach of very unimportant opera 4
tions in Spain, but no account whatever is given of
S,FAAST I N Corps; there is therefore ti tr 0 n ground
to believe that the accounts in the Spanish papers
respeEting the defeat of tbat Odic( r are fotiudvd.—
'nese papers state that NEY had comtneaced the
siege of Ciudad Rodetigo.

The following, intelligeoLe was 0114 morning re-
ceived at Llo) :--The Illustrious man of war,
with the Earl Camden, Wexford, Arniston, and in-
chester Indiamen, arrived at the Cape of Good Hope
the 61h April, and sailed the IG.h for Bombay. The
Itaisonable man of war, Charwell sloop of war, and
Caledon, with the Devoynes Inditiman'and I)iadern
transport under convoy, sailed from the Cape for
England the Ist April. The Inconstant frigate, with
the Streatham, Ocean, and Tottenham lndiamen
under convoy, sailed from the Cape- for England
on the 6th of April. The Windham sailed from
Cape Town, the 18th April, fur Sit-11011'S Bay, ,to
wait convoy to Bengal.

The following homeward-bound East-Indiamen
arrived at St. Helena, May 4 :
The Castle Eden, Marquis of Exeter, Henry Addington,
Dover Castle, Devonshire, Northampton, Walthamstow,
Retreat, Lord Duncan, Metcalf, Europe, Union, Baring
Lord Castlereagh, Lady Castlereagh, Melville, Surrey; Mar:
quis Wellesley, Carnatic, Cambrian, country.ship, and the
Penang frigate.

Several reports were in circulation this morning
respecting some skirmishes which were. said to have
taken place on the frontiers of- Portugal between the
Mills!) arid French armies. We can Undertake po-
si,ively to state, that no.official intelligence to that
effect has been received ; -and we know, as we have
'already stated, that at the date of Lord WELLING..
TON's last Dispatches he did not expel a battle would
soon take place.

It will be seen in our Law Report that the Ac-
tions brought
.by Si; FRANCIS BURDETT against the
ISEktJEANT AT ARMS and Lord'MolicA will be4ried
ac Bar, in' ALchnelmas Term next. The Case of
the Atlion against the SPEAKER "will be argued on
Demurrer.

Yesterday morning /IN MA,fEsTir, the Dukes of
KENT and CAMBRIDGE, Princeses AUGUSTA and
SOPHIA, took au airing in Windsor Orent. Park, for
Iwo bow ; they were accornpanied by Lady Cor,
LIVER, GcllCri#ll6 GARTH and FITZROY, and Cidonel
TAYLOR.

Her MAJESTY and Princess. ELIZABETH visited
Pfifieetts who, we are linppy to say, is a
linle better. Hi.; MAJEsTY and Princesses AtTG'UsTA
and SoPHIA also visited her, as they do daily.
his Royal Highness the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, Sir
DAVID DciNDAS, Earl MOtRA, the Adjutant-General,
Arid several Stair Officer's, met ydstertiay forenoon at
the Governor's House in the Tower. The object of
this visit has nut tranpiri,•.l