The Sun.
London, England, 1811-03-27 00:00:00

SPAIN.

tAINZ GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY, MARC* 4.
Field Mari 41 1). Joseph' de Ziyas, ComMander
in Chiet of the troop, on the island of Leon, retnii-
tt•d to the council of Regency the following details,
under date of the 4th tust.

" At one o'clock yesterday morning I observed a
firing from the advanced posts, which solapidly in-
creased, as to leave no doubt that the enemy, at all
risks were determined to force the head of the
bridge . At a moment so critical, 'and when every
thing indicated
,_the most vigorous and.decided at
tack, I im nediately' disposed io reinforce two com-
panies of the Royal Guards, who, With some of the
ri.t went of Ordanes, which set ved as a reserve, and
who were on the opposite batik, covered it, and,
Nittiout loss of time, put itr motion the 'remainder of
my force' matching in eschellon by battalions.
" The battalion' of Cazadores, commanded by
Lieut. Col. 01)4, replaced that of Ordenas in that
part, .at the instant when the briskness of the firing
assured me the enemy were iorcing the work, which
was soon verified, by the .Ordenas quitting the
bri,ige, who, without having room to fbrin, were
attacked by very superior forces, which had forced
their way into the Work by Vari.itis points. In this
critical situation. I ordered the Cazadnres of Ireland
to re-occupy this at all risks. Nothing could egtial
cue valour and rapidity with v. hich these gallant.
min executed this Movement with the bayonet, they
drove the enemy trout their postitoo, without, git tog
iitne to realise the Obj,et of tiled.. bold design.
" According to the relation of various nris,,ocrs.
it appears tsar th 95 to and fiath regiments of the
line, and the'27th iniatitry, %sett tome em-
ployed io this design. G,twral Villart retitained to
the last tviththe'-reserve, thrca ening at the same
time art attack upon the gouda de la Gratia, to Witieb
I paid tittle attention, because it appeared Insignifi-
cant to me, as he never could hide his true object,
which was either, accoiding to circuinstanc's, to
destroy the bridge, or preserve it, and endeavour to
establish in that line.

The boldness w...th which the advanced troops
foug, t,.alid the .circunistances of the. moment in
which the teinforroment of sev6al companies of
the Ordenas were introduced, have caused the loss
of some gallabt men, killed or made prisoners ;
among the former are most worthy officers of the
5p tni~it Guards., Captain D. Ati4uditi Estevan,
Lient.tiant xi...etw6; and among the second
we,-know of some %.vito• have been wounded, and.
covete,t themSelve, with glory.
' ". Among the French corps we found three offi-
cers. Alitiongli the .occopation of the tntrench-
mem wa4 obtained but for a te.4 minutes, their loss
mu.it !Live -UCCIL considerable.

" 1 au occupying myself in, colleEting the
rndst vx:ict -and IncesSary lu order to inform
)oLif Excellency of • hose. who have most d 1st:1%On; h.
ed tlietus, l• ;lu tile 'neon link: I !AIWA 1)011140W
4C-k.YZ)Ur Exctelivticy, notwithstanding having• had
kilied or wouoti, d sonte superior Officers, !the con-
s artgeti hatie not tscell such as 'ire uNuai on
shoilar, cccastots, anti that tik• i-ne.cy dislodged and
Uric en I,ati •titicred tfitht, fit the
inaoucr, assist. us to our ulterior ope.
t-at loos."

cF.NERAL mti)Eßs.
Ist,s, ilMlntictl, ii. 181 I.—Tlie disadvantages un-
der which tt,e action of y:.slia day WAS bt.gor are .K.)
striking, that it is untiee.!ssaty the Liettiellaw-Ge-
net ill should strut" to the troops, that he c,,nsidered
fv: safety .1 the tx hole allied artily ircuinstanced
it was at the time) dependegl on deteittiog he
enemy ; ‘s,hile he sincerely,l(ainenis the *sacrifice of
the lives of so many gallant met., he trusts•it must
be thought a necessary one. The enemy's norithers,
atiei iiosition were no longer on:p.cis tit' ulatioo,
tor there was nn retieat„ He c-iitidtd in the known
yak), r Of the:miti.h troops, and Ins expeCtalions
.w r amply tuliiied. T e fatigue of a night march
of if) h nrs was torgoiten by every man or the di-
ion. Waere such universal praise is chic to the
locumpniable behavioui'ot all, t is impossible to Par-
t colorize, by name, those who distniguistied
e1,41i.....L,111 did, tie reijuests, iiowever; that
Bi General Dikes and Col..Wheailey will
;ieel,t, themselves, and convey to the Commanding
Officers of the, corps composoig their respective
brigades, and to bill the Officers 01 them, theassur-
ances of his most gyaleful adMirstion of their coo.,
duct. The same-testittiony of grain idJ and high
.approbation is due to Lieutenant.Couniel.Brown, of
the 28111.1b0i, and Lieutenant-Colonel,Barwrd,
gib 95th, comtnanding flank battalions, and to all
the Officers of the Royal kingiticers : to M ijnr
13usche, of the 2d hussars, King's tierman Legiou.
--7-Thethird intrepid charge
,rirlde,by the squadron
of huss,lrs, headed big Captain Busche,sattracted the
notice of eetr) one. The Lienten ins-General's ob-
Aigoions-to Lieuteeant=Colonel Macdonald', and the
Honourable Lieutenant-Colonel Cathcart, and the
-Officers Of the Quin telisMaster-Uetier-afs and Adju;
silts (3iener dep,irinieinS ; and to' Captaiu .Hope;
and all the other Officers of his personal Statf,'.for
their ex...melts and assistance during th. actioo, are
deeply impressed tin his mind. The Wars() troops
sow, with admiration, how nobly toe deiaelitnetit
Of the 26th Portki,tiese upheld the character our
allies have so forternitely establ4Oied, The Lietne.
oant.Geneial- requests that Alajor,General Whit-
tinghatn, and C4l,taitis Miran& and N.ttili,on, of
the Spanish service, accel4 hi,. best tttaul:s for
their zeal and g:tilatvry. The General of Division
Rutin, the General of Brig:iue, RoiseaU, the Eagle,
and six pieces, of artill:ry, e trophies or the.
day. The loss on both sidts, from ihe appeatanet
of the field, must be severe. The different corps
and detachments wiii send to the Deputy Adjutant.
General, a's soon as -possible, .3 reitau•ot the killed,
wounded, and missing, in the isC:tioil of yesterday,
'with the French Corps d'Aime2; commanded by
:Nlarshal, Victor.

At the holtoni of each return will he specified at-
full length the tanks, names, and
,rogilienia of each
Officer killed or wounded, :tn.i opp•)sue 'he name
of -wcit Officer will be mentioned.. whe,tier ti e
Wound be severe, d.ingerous, ur .l blot. 'Letters for
England to he prepared by orderly roue tO. morrow.

tGADE t)RDERt.
After the General ()Wets ut th:s day'3 dAte, little

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rftnains for the trigadier-General but to return his
sincere thanks -to the Commanding Officers of bat-
talions) and every Officer and Man of the brigade,
for their exertion and gallantry on this f,ccaslon.
But he thinks it necessary to add, that he sh dl ever
reflect on yearerday as the proudest day of 1114 rife,
having had the honour of, commanring the'l3rtg,rd
of Guards in an action where its conduct equalled
any in the annals of the corks of Foot Guards..

The following gommu►,ications, which we have
received from a per,on of high authority, at Cad4z,
contain -some interesting particulars relat'og to, the
I ite operations :--

Accounts communicated from Chiclona, of the 6th of Mgch,
to the GeliCral ill Chief, by a trusty t'erson.

'" I must be brief ; I shall only say, ,t hat during
the night the wounded arrived, and this morning-,
at eleven,, the remains of the beaten anti-routed di7
visions came in. They atterwatds marched them
towards the Puerto. :General Rutlin dead, also
the General of Briga,le, Rousseau, .the Chief of the
Staff; Be'glade, the Colonels of the Bth and 96th
regimens. The loss of Ofcers is so great, I
cannot yet send you ihedetails. .
" The returns of the regiment, who came tn are
as follow :--Of the 96th, 6uo; of the.goth, Stop;
of the 74th, 280; of the Bth, WO ; of the 54tH,
500; in all 1780.. _ • .

'' MI these are unhurt or slightly wounded ; the
remainder are killed or wounded severely. 'Toase
who remain of the grenadiers and of the 45th, arc
still !n observation in the pine-woods of Puerto Real;
in the mean time t hey are carrying all the ammuni-
tion to the Trocadero, either to serve these batteries
or to Tender useless the (Wicks. General Laval ar-
rived this morning, and Victor this night. Medina
watevacuated at 1 1 &clods yesterday ; they then
reckoned upon these lour battalions ior the irction ;
but they arrived at 3 in the morning of this day."

":Isla of Leon, hiarch 9

" I have to acquaint you with the brilliant adtor,
which 'our brave troops Maintained on the nth` for
more than 6 hours, in the pine-ground, between
Chtelana ancl,Sauti Petri,. Our loss,-including that
of the English and Portuguese, has been about 2,000
"men, which has- taught the enemy that they had to
tight with trien_who.know how to conquer when
•
well directed. The loss of the enemy has been great,
since, besides a considerable number of wounded
prisoners concluded to our hospitals, preparuions
ash ordered for the reception of .50p more, and they
ate constantly collee:tilig.
Our guetillas advanced to the streets of .
china, spiked a howitzer, and destroyed two clwsts
of ammunition. It is s.id that they have destri,p-d
the bsttery of the mill of Alintterto, and I),,ve
structeci a new battery an:!' a redoubt for 400 well at
the Castillo de la Qruz, on the other s•de ut the
which attrtoys the enemy, eitrewely, .and .is„a very
3dv,ffltakeorti and secure posh ion Jor os. Even tp-
day French soi'd!ers are picked up in the ti,:itt of
wide.

" This expelitioo has ccigt them more 4;000
nien, a gteat nuttiher of Officers ot all ranks, tour
PAtetalst Hate iiil;ed in the field ot battle, anci.one
wounded, a priso,,er in the ble of Leon. On the
night when they attacked the tyi.lge ot Sant Petri,
they lost heir Citiz:f 9f the Si Fitt'. Our hiss haS tioi
t,ers so, great as. was at first sa d j our hole loss war
40 men of the teginlent of Oideties. The :r 000
seiraii,se, who ettine with the army, marelled in' the
night, it -IS s3id, to M,,.:dina Sidonia."

Letters have bven received from Tarrigona, of the
23(1 ult. They bting the importalit - Dews that the
Fre,,ch werewithdrawitig their fad s trout that pro-
vince in every direction. MActioNALD's rity, which
W3s adVa:leitig to eothmence the steg:: Of that for-
'bad disappeared, and the troops stationed in
other tomins hail d nt• the same,.
We have receivrd Muiliteurs arnif, minor Paris'
Journds to thy- 17,11 inst." Tneircontenis 'are tip:.
itutrquint. .TH10146 BUONAPARTB has published an
to the people of Wesiiihalia, in which he
takes affectionate leave rif them, in cgti,equence of
tlt tt kingdom being 'annexed to France. There is no
news in them tram the Peninsula.

Music.,--Tire fifth performance of the Vocal
C.mtert, under tie direaitin of the KNvvarrs and
the VAUGHANS, had the usual assemblage of rank
and fashion, among whitni was the Duke of CAM-
IIaiDGE-, on Monday night, at Rooms.' The
Glees were remarkably welt sustained, and were all
excellent itt their kind.' We hive seldom heard
BRAHMA with more .pleasure than in " Rendi ii
serino al He restrained his usutl
luxuri-
ance, and gave HANDEL. with pure taste and sim-
plicity. " The carpet Weaver,' harttionized into
:a new Giee, was so WO suiported by 'tliv KNY-
YETI'S, Mrs. VAUGHAN, and I. B. SXLe, that it
wa, encwed,. WatcHsttk.t., in a licit and, brauti.
Cone,n to on the violin, intrg.duced the Air of
41 Guild) 9"; with charming variations,: executed
N4i(li admirable etfet:,

• It. is to be hoped clause will be inserted in the
Bill now it Parliament,. for the Relief ot Debtors,
'Wowing aliorent. The want of such a provision has
too long been a disgrace to our. Debtor and Cieclitor
Laws, and constitutes much of the severity of im-
prisonMent. To critttiitals aucl midetaaors it is al-
ready allowed by law. .
By Authority of the Pames ReoENT, one of
the grandest State Lotteries ever:sul
drawno
mitted for pub-
lic approbation, will be Awn n the 4th of line
next, the King's Biro Day.
.1-IORNan? and co.
have 3 variety ot Tickets and Shares on Sale,' acid
at the lowest prices, .Schemos may be had at
HORNhEY and Co.'s old estAblished State Lottery
()theca, 26, Cornhill, and St... Margaret's
Borough ; where a great majority of Capital Pt izes
hive...been shared and sold to the Publie.
CORN EXCHANGE, MARCH 07.—There are not'
many fresh ariivals of Wheat p),day, but tolerable
remainiiig supplies, fine samples nearly maintain
last prices, Whet qualities rat her lower ; some
‘piiille
0111 aintzie exceeds the qtt3tation ; Barley, with
Mali, likewise in tolerable,stiPply, and little vuria.
tion in price; White Pease liar,!ly at the late ;
quo
.tations , there ale not many Beans, or the two
. kinds ; Oats are again iti considerable supply, and
this trade also quoted cheaper ; Flour at late prices.

SUSSEX ASVIZES'

11011-S.!iA 1, MARen 2s:

janf Afye; a youn; girl, of 16 ,yezos of a
indicied cur 1,1.1)10u, y firr to the ciwel
house. of J:irti ti C.,rit4, at A ',.;in-rhig,ii) this coun
y, on ilk- tlith of I):coroberlast.

lines Curtis stated, that he was a,huteher at
il,gmerhg, and that the prisoner A h b,,r lived
to lb• service from 141- tow! ot Ibe l harv24 tip to
he Ir+ftr (if the bre. the even, of th w,to of
Deetniber t h-: ptisoner came to the 100.14 4 fere7bis
wife was, at d asked it her tinstr ssh :41 bees making
tindet, as she thought she- smel , fire. 11,-r in:sires-4\
said she had not, but that she had biown 4,t1, 3
candie, proba,dy- might lta, e .oceato eo the
smell. The witi.ess, however, hints.-if wetit tip
s7airs, and he touted his bed curtaots moti.tiering
away, having been evidently on tire. 11, ex-
tinguished titem, hoWeVer, without any dithculty,
'and came down shits again. Fur - s vgral rtig4,4
before this had.hoppened, he had had his wimio,vs
broken, but he could' .not tell who had dune
about ten o'clock on the tune ev,A:h-g, the -pit-
soner h tying been up stairs two or three t.tue-; a
great smoke ensue dowse the 51;6)9, and the prisiner
had asked the boy to go -into the yard in s-e it he
could see any blaze, which he i'ciuSed joitig;
upon the smoke coming down the staircase, the
witness went up stairta.second time, mid the bed..
curtains were then in a ad, and it had catelteel
the window. By the 'assistance of water te. fire
was again extinguished. The. conduei of the'pri
'oiler during this time was rather singular, and dt-
iradied his obserVation. - He asked her what was
,the matter with her ? she leptied that she was tr-gh-
trued at the fire That Wglit passed away wi hoot
any fort her .alarm. -The, next evening two of his
Children came in,-and said they saw a,iight,ut a .fire
hpistairs he went up and tound a lighted • bitch
broom placed just under the roof, aboire the pine
where the 'fire had beeti•the night betote ; he thrust
it in a pail of water, and by that meaus extioguiSh-
ed it; From 'tie manner In which the prisoner
had coudue.ied hetselt, be suspected htr,' and had
her taken into cussody: The- next diy w ht;e she
was at the pubhe-Mousse iii gutter: ring, she eons:,
frsied to !kin and the Rev. Mi. Kihdlesb e, 014311,4
had doneit. .

Mr. Kindleside was called, who confirmed this
confession, and stated, that she said she had di'me it
siite,..bec,iuse her master and were (110
%vacs quarrelling. with her on account of her not
riz.,;,g in ine lamming.
Aiary, Wood, a ivinale trunk', cd it! the house net
th 25 di of D ceinber, Mpnk • !o the c+),..10,^.1
n,uncr doriuB ,he time of the fire, and :.1111 she)
‘vent up. Sldii'S se%cral limes, auo app,..arcd very
uneasy.
Tile Jury fount the plisoiler

NIARcH 26
Ttik,F.AI'F.NING LE 1 I EK.

The hey. Rotea Bingizai'n ar,iiigtieci on two
hr-t hint ffn .ieniting. a
%%iti,out mgitaiti,e, inteatcning to but he
&c. of ilictiard,l'4liter, the other
Cll aging him wit it pre to bio owti
to (tetr:.i.ud the Insurance ()thee.
lie to thi.• b,ir anti tried on the- firgt. On*
It ,chte,), ti,tt he, on the tits, of De'
teittber last, te.o ,iou,dy rind t% ttlolly ;et,' a
I ttur, wit-out a !tune, nict,treiistd to Nlt% Ititnard
Senna, ;laid hich t‘' as ns :