The Sun.
London, England, 1811-12-09 00:00:00

Adniiralty Office, December 7, 1811.

Extraa of a Letter from Vice.Adiniral Sir Edward rellew,
Dart. ConlManticr .Chief 01 tlifi Mdiestv's Olt» oilti
vessels:in the: Mediterranean, to John Wllion Coker,
Esq. dated on board the Caledonia, Port &lalion, id Nuv.

A. I doubt
. . -
~not.their Lordships will be Very I.le-
sirous of. intormation, as to the state ot, atlitticon,
this side of Spain; I herewith transmit Copies.lor,;
their satislatlion of the latest Dispatches I lwe re.
ceived from Captain E.) re, of his Majesty's ship
Magnificent; detailing the matt recent iransaelions
in the Provinco,of Valencia,: and al%o from t.::aptuit t
Codringion, commanding Of the coast of Cata-
lonia. • •
The cendU6Cof 'the Spanislt.Commanderat.Oro- •
pesa, which is mentioned by Capinin 'has
been well supportefi tyy the gallantly of Lieutenants
Autry .and Hiatt, who, under the very judicious
ordtrs of Captain Eyre, brought him .ott," with
little giurse.to; • ;,
r have to. express my complete npprohatvt) of
Captain Eyre's measures, and have much titistac-
t ion in employing the rierviCes of that excellent
cer. 01 aid of the Vtdencian patriots.
The more remote operations of the Ft ench tt pops
under Sachet seem to have atfor,ded the Catalans an
opportunity, of which they 'have
new their exertions with considerable vigour, and
toi:cpsies 'of no mean account have rewarded their
enterprizes.

Alignificent„ ofT Valencia ,
Utt„ 14, tail,
1)p ii my arrival at this place, on the Bth instant,
, lost no time in assuring General Blake, of tuy
readiness to undertake any, service in which I could,
be useful in forwarding his plans for.the defenc'e o
this Province, and the next day I receive(i'llon, hiq
Excellency u Letter containing a fequebt, that
would endeavoAr. to relieve the Castle of Oropesa,
which wai ploJely, iuvettted by ibtt enemy, aildAnuctt

SIR,

•
distressed for pro-visioua.
,cousequence'imenediately proceeded Ihither,
with three gin-gotta which the. General had put
under icy command, and arrived there on ihe en-
of the 1 Ith,, when 1 learnt that the Code had
surrendered the preceding day, and that two thou,-
sand ot the•enemy's troops were in the- town; a
tower, however, about ,a tram ()ropes.), and
only a short .distanc.e from 11)0 sea, had the, Spanish
flag still flying, and ~the enemy were discovered
constructing a strong battery against it,within musket

shot.
Having found means to communicate,with the
Tower, I received a Letter fwm the Cdtnynandnnt,
informing me, that, although he had refused to ca-
pitulate ti hen summoned the day before, it viou!d
be impossible., for him fa hold oat many tours
agqinst such; a into) as the. enemy bad otonght
against him ; =arrangement was con4equence.
nwnrdiatt:ly made to withdraw the garrison. At
play-Ure.tk t he' following morning the' enemy opened
their, tire, which was terurnect „with ,Spirit.- train the
tower but.it was not till near nine o'clock, when
the breeze sprung tip, that I could proceul in with
the 'Magnificent : I then anchored 'as close to the,
shore. as .situation would admit, and sent our
launch and pinnace, together .with the gun-boat-4 to
bring oft the garrison, which consisted of two of-'
fiteri end eighty-five soldiers, all of whom, I have
the satistattion to inform you,'were, by the exertion
and steady ...uncial of the orlicers,and boats crews;
embarked by ten o'clock,
Tire fire from the Magnificent kept the battery
in check, but the moment the enemy perceived
that the tower was abandoned, they chew down to
the 'water-side, under shelter of a little polut of
land, and amongst the rocks, in great numbers,
keeping up against,the boats an incessant and. heavy
fire of musketry, from which three of our men
were wounded; one el them, I am sorry- to say,
very dangerously. • ,
The Officers who cOmmanded the Magnificent's
boats upon this occasion were Lieutenants Astley
and Hiatt, and I have great pleasure in representing
to you, that for every duty of danger of trouble, thy
have always Voltutteeted their services, end their
conduct on this as upon every former ocCaSiOti, has
he. very satisfactory to me, nod highly creditable to
Iticlusel4CS. •
From the launchbeing obliged to make use of her
carronade, in older to check the ,increasit.g fire of
the enemy, the pinnace, alter taking 'a boat lull of
Spanish soldiers to one of the gnu buals, was under

nt Oesity of going a second time to the shore for.
Et (ice who still rf-trairied upon the rockii ; which
Een ice, Lieutenant Hiatt executed with great spirit
arid hum-wily.
I haw, the honour to be, &c.
GEORGE EYRE.

Sir Edward Pelidit;•liart. Vice.
Miniraf at tireißctl, &c. &c.,

Officers employed, in the boats.
Lieutenants Astley and Hiatt, and Mr. G. D. Ross, Midsliip•
man

Seamen IVoundtql.
lohn Lens, dangerously Robert Thomson and Richard
(arises. slightly.

SIR,

1313ke, Of Mateo, 00. 18 tt.

I have sent you, by. the request of Mr:rupper, the
Consul at Valtncla, copv..which he permitted
me toiake r,f a sot t of Journal ,of.,,the proceedings
in Vsiencia and that neighbonr):mod, and which, I
Oink, you wi!• find very inteiesting.
• I have the honour t() be,, •,
(Si4.)ed) . EDW. GODIUNGTON. •
Sir Edword Pellew, Bart. Vic Admirit
of the Red, &c.

Slit, 04tober ri, tBt i.
I proec,l tosive your Excellency the particulars'
of what 11!)si_passc`a to ii;is clay. On-the 19th or
1:oth ultimo ihe,enemY..hiS,in to advance frour' Tor-
looa.and iirragoo upou C.isti.lloti'ds la Plana, whiCh
place:theyyear-hed on -fio 23d, Ikith about sixteen
thousan4 infantry, arid about tWeive hundred horse,
commaiirk, General Suchet. •
On tt,o 23.1, General lilake' rtode a movement
from Morviedro upon this city, which caused sui.ne
contusiiin among the inhabitarits, but his arMy
tired In the best, order t,t s blu, composed of Orli..
teen thousand infantry, loCtuditld .06 six thousaud
wen of iris clivhioO 11:0111 Aibbyera 'b?sido the
outled corps of Ge7ier,ll Obispo and Villacampa,,
commanded by Charles (YUAmen, of-toUr thousand.
flier), who occupy Legorbe, Lyria,

Gen,-rat Bassecouri, with near duo thousand men
from Cuenca, was at fleguena unit 1,1161' till the
12iii instant. B, sides the aboytenennoned infan-
try, we have scout tine thousand six• hundred
eavitiry, some of, whiCh are the best: equipped I
have. bt.1:11 , ' ; , •
Sucher's force is composed of the army of Cats;
and the re-union of the:mans- mall corps
and garrisons of the interior of,Bputri, which is al-.
roost lett to its fate. , .
,On the 15th ulthnn, Colonel' Andrioni, was
sworn Governor of Sai,,tuntnn, and three thousand
the htindted men, all destined fUr its
gallium. The enemy, it seeen4,4intindod to take,
Valencia by a coup-de•tnain ; but, arrived ii, front
of Murviedro, they met with a'resiftionce they did
not expects for, having got 'every'''thing ready
for an. assault, on the, ~28 h, at ,two-in the nio.in-
ing, 'after three hours.contli:ued attack upon three
'points, they . were -repulsed with. groat; loss, and
all attnr scaling ladders- taketif...io the'number,:of
tufty, and npw,,rds of tour hundred killed and
mounded. _ _ _

• The garrison behayed with great valour,.dliving
down the.eiterny tliat pitied the ramparts With
pikes and baycheti. Tht Fret.ch continue to oc-
cupy the town of Mereiedro,.,the castle occasion.
ally opvning, its fire upon them; ,but, ha% ing broken
through thr pat titiort walk ul titc house:(, they keep
con,rouo ic,t, ions, with some degree of safety,
without. exposit.g I ht•cmiriv.cs, i the kllgeltt.
• Ott the 2d ino or Charles O'Donnell was attack.
ed by a con•ictrrohle tome -near Benagtreziel ; the
objea of tht enemy as to cut off his retreat across
the river to Villa" W.i.siohanre.,

• The Spaniards repulsed the charge of the cavalry
wicT, wusketiy, and kept the. hit. ,intry it, check
whilst the whole of o'l)utittell's (area aucceeded in
passing the river, with the lobs of only.eleven men
killed,' fifty.two-wounded, and I I a tnibaing.
The enemy's lilts* was lI)UCti greater, .49 three co-
Winn's Advoiced very near the Spattiards, when'
they were repulsed. by a Well-diredted fire of tutu.
Ou the Bth, from five o'clock to halt past seven
In evening, the enemy attempted again to assault
the castle of. S‘iguntum, but the gurison kept up
finch a constant 'tire of musketry, cannon, and hand
gienadek, that the eneM:t could not succeed in
viat,ting their ladders, and wentrepulsed.with some
loss. It is-said that a French ,General (Abort) sod
tWo 'Colont Is were buried at .4ltnauara on the 30th
tilt. killed in the assault on the 28th.

_ .
•- •One of new guerilla • parties,. attacked a party of
Fremh infantry and cavalry at. Estivella, killed forty.
of the eneiny, <tnd made three prisoners.
• The Etripecinatlo has, 4(100 infantry' and 70p Ca-
valry'. 'One of his parting lately took a courier near
Segorbe, escorted by cavalry, made forty, pri-
'bowls; sixiy• horses, and killed fifteen. of the enemy.
The town of Molina was-also attacked ; aud the
garrison, consisting of eighty-five,. were made pri-
*goners, after which. the Empecinado moved upon
D,iroeca to surprise the garrison tliere, which, :how-
ever, escaped to Calatayvd, atter losing
.a few men
in kllled annd wounded. .

Brigadier Duran,' with'..2ooo infantry, and boo
• ::horse, from Soria, hasjoinea: the Empecinado in
his march upon Calatayud, Where they have block-
aded the French in the convent which cur troops
are mining, and we wait the roult with
tiencei, Duran occupied the city of Cala1:1) ud on
the 30th cit.
Colonel Mina was sat Santa Cruz del Camper°
on the 17th,"with 4,500 infantry and 500 eavally.
Gib October..,--The garrison of Calatayncl; rein-
forced with those of Daroca,_and two .hundred EMIT
from Saragossa,' has surrendered to Brigadier Duran,
and to the E:npecinado, Thu killed, wounded, and
prisoners, tire about, seven hundred. The French
commandant obstinately held out, and even suffered
the first mine toile spiting, wh4ch, .however, had
not the'desired eti;,6l ; but
.the second being ready,
he at last, despairing of succours from Madrid of
Saragossa, capitulated with his garrison. , •
The enemy continued throwing op works in the
Tight before. Sagunturn, which are all nearly des-
troyed during the day. •
Igth of 06,t0b2r.--The enemy have marched
‘4,000 men from Peruplonai.iand
.2,000 from Tor-
.
tosei. upon Arragon, arrived at Calatayud merely to
witness the surrender of the,gartison. Some French
' cavalry pur,ned - the prisoners .to the Sierra of

Attica,' but were teputied with some toss after
winch the;four thousand French reheated upon sa?:.
ragosa.
General Mali has advanced upon Cuenca. Count
Montijo occupies the road to Huete with cavalry,
and it is expected ►he garriSon ot. Cuellia will be
taken prisoners. The enruty have o;)etted a battery
a two mortars and ;lime pieces of cannon, IS.-
pounders, since yesterday, upon Saguntutn, without
'effect.

2t ,t October.---Gencral 'MAU reached -Cuenca,
but the French, although surprised, succeeded in
escaping through the defiles of the mountains to.
wards Madrid. On the 18th, in the.aiternoon, the.
Castle at Saguntunt made signals that the breach
was pradieable : at live o'clnek. the same ,vvi;ning
the' enetuy marched up the bill in four cniti'mUs,
and made a most drtertitined assault ,anti as Cap.
fain Eyre, of the Nl,guiticent, it,forrned met wk.)
was anchored off Nltir.iedru, nutlting could exceed,
the noble manner in whicti'.it was repulsed : the
action lasted about 45 minutes t since that time the
ertemy has been quiet ; and only a hew shots have
been exchanged.
It appears that the enemy had made another as-
sault at one o'clock co he morning of the la. b
Several deSellcrb, ‘l/4 Nlurviecho yesterday,
in contalneoce nay ptuclamai too, dt,cl,re; • that: in
the a•sault of natty lust one thou-
sand men, and that Sucliet lust
.at. Aide-de-camp,
besides two others. •

General Maids artillery. ,pass-d through 4eguena
yesterday for this plai;e, and his division
.will march.
towards Mut viedro, by ttre road through Cheli.,a.,
•The-guerillas how Culle', to, the number. of
three thottancl, art ived here yesterday., Our troops,
ate in motion,;, ammunition has been distributed to
them, and every thing .indicates an • attack •upott
Sucher, thless he raises the siege of Saguittutn; and
retreats upon Tortoss.
The last return of the garrison of Sa4unturn re-
ported only fourteen.lidled and wounded in all. •

Magnificent, off Vaiencia, z7tir Oct; tBr r.
SIR,—By my letters of the lzsth of September
and 80i in t. should they have reached you, (of
.which I have some doubts, as they were sent by
the. way orMajorta,) you would be infarmed'd the
advance of Buchet, with Arent tateeti thoUSaal.
troops towards Valencia,‘and ofrny having in con-
sequence left Alicant, in order to give ev•ery assist-
ance. in my power to General. Blake. .
The fortress of Murviedro; 'situate about twelve
miles-from Valencia, and 'which has hitherto stop.
'ped rho tress of the erteirty; has, lam 'sorry to
say, this day surrendered.: rtlie, situation is exeti-
sit ely strong, but a great part orthe new works
which wore' erthing there bad not been finished,
and soitte MIS of the "walls wetc to (Ten be
obliged to be fillud at the tuntnenr willt trunks of
Reek and'sand.bagS ; and I apprehend it' was very
tll supplied with proper artillery, ammunition, and
other essential articles for its defence. • -

„Sachet fancied he could carry it by assault', and
attempted it in 'a
very determined Manner, three or
foe! Llifft:rent cla)a, 'on all of which ho was repulsed
with great, loss : hotlien found rt necessary to bring
forward his cannon and on the 17th, having been
before it above threeweek4, he opened a' battery of
thciO24.pounders, at about five husidred y:;rds dis-
tame, vt hick made a prat'licable breach the second
d‘ly iIS• fire. The Moment. this ,circumstance
was evident, -another” assault Was made, which I had
the Oisfaclinn. of. seeing repulsed by the Spanish
garrison in the most gallant inanner.
A reinforcement of seven ..thoifsanti. men having
arrived froM the army near 141urcii,,,Getterat Blake
re,olred to attack tie enemy, and oblige him if pos-
sible, to raise. the siege. This determination was
put into execution on the 25th, and I 4fn sorry to
inform }tou has entirely tailed, and that the Spa-
nish. finny was obliged to retreat to Valencia, hav-
ing lost, by their own account, Upwards of two
thousand men, and eight or nitui pieces of can-
non. •

A flag of truce arrived yesterday from fsuthet, to
sotowon Ihe town:- The paper published on the oc-
casion I hive the honour to inclOse, to which no an-
swer was given.
Works have been for some 'time creaing, at ill
the most vulnerable -partkof.Valencia ; and it iSge-
nerally understood that it isle' be "tk.iduiied as lung
as possihle.
General Blake, with his whole army, are now
within the walls. ' •
I have the liondur to be, •&c.
GEORGE .LYRE.
Sir Edward Pellew, Dart. Vice-Admiral
ut the Red, Ace.° drc. tzc.

(Translation.) •
NOTICE To 'll-111 PUBLIC.

PRINCIPAL STAPP, SECOND ARMY;

,His Excellency Senior Den Joaquin! Blake' hay-
ing purposed to assist the respeilable garrison of the;
Castle of San Fernando. de S.igunto, and to com-
mence operations. iii, order to liberate the kingdom
of Valencia from its enemies, his army put jib& fn
motion yestorday, but the tortrine 'of arms did not
answer his hopes and intentions. The paptiluion
of this capital has borne faithful testimony totw
brevet), with which out troops in general feught,
and to the order with which their retreat
ducled, re-occupying ina line of battle their former
positions; but the enemy, elated by thedsuceess,
imagined that the army was completely routed and
dispersed, and they had already. anticipated the con-
quest which they now'meditate. 'This day an -Of-
ficer bearing trflag of truce appeared at our advanced
posts, where he was detained until intelligence' of
his arrival wa.i communicated to the Commander in
Chief, who dispatched a Staff officer to. 'meet fain
the objea of his visit, and to declare to him that he
would not be permitted to advance thither. The
Officer hearing the flag of truce detiveredthe under-
mentinited paper under cnver,andlaking'an acknow-
ledgment ot its having been received,letained 0.-
mediately.
Army of Artagon. Camp neat Valencia,
• GO yE KNOK, 25th Udober,
You mUstalready be appriied of the result of the
anion Of yesterday. .E.ght• thousand prisoners, in!,
-eluding many Generals and great part of tbe,artillery
attached, to the -TirmY of 'General Blake, remain in
our hands. I am therefore direned, on behalf o
his Excellency the Marshal of the Empire, coon

uchtt,lo pupae hi'yOtt to Spar, ;the city of Vivi-
lencia those evils and horrors which a fruitless re-
sistance would inesitabiy subje6t it to, and of which
all those cities and fortresses which have fallen into
the handi'of our troops aftinxi a terrible eXIIMPIC
I am authorised to offer the most honourable tenon.,
and those most conducive to the safety and tranqui-
lity of the city. of Valencia and its citizens. From,.
the pertild of the surrender of this city, to the anus
of Imperial Majesty, the past shall be buried in,
and: nn turioer resentr9eni shall exist in the breasts.
of the French against the Valencians; and we pro-
mise, on behalf of she Marshal, in endeavour to do
away the evils of war, and of that dreadful anaichy
to which they have been so long exposed. ‘. ,

Receive, &aim. Governor, the assmance of my
perlett consideration. •
The Getteral of Division Baron. LiARISPE.

The Commander in chief deemed this ridiculous
.paperunWorthy of a' reply ,b ing written with the
malicious intention of toulzing the 'public imagine
that their army was lost, in consegnence of which
this General and his army were 'enabled to Maintain
their position without the. city, and his Excellency.
theCoiutuatider in Chief has judged it expedient
that this intelligence should be communicated to
every one ft* their itiformatidn.
(Signed) RAMON PIItEZ.
Valencia, Ottob6' z 15.,