The Sun.
London, England, 1811-10-15 00:00:00

EXTRA.OT or At LETTER FROM A nRITISII arricrn,

DATED ST. JAGO, tN GALLICIA, "P tBl.l*,
" 1n consequence of the able and, rapidjnove.
meat made by Lord WLI,LINGITON toward,„Bada7
jOZ, threatening thi-reby that fOrtIC43, as welt;:as •
the army of MAILMONT, 1101 been rescued,;
and the army of General A.BADIA probably saved ;
as in the last affair, •MhastoNT's superiority intac.-.
ties. completely overmatched the courage of the
i.:Parrior,ii. Lord Wt.I.,LINGTON has, however, ag:tin
pushed back Nyjth a largos' division for the southern'
banks of the Tagus indeed, so rapid are hiv move-
ments, that the French army, accustomed 'as thy are
to activiiy, arcs quite confoauled. They have fallen
back beyond Astorga,' leaving only a small ;isit in
that city. Our Captain-General AsAnt A, has jo,t
arrived here, and he is exciting the Junta of the town
to furnish the necessary supplies. When this*.
rangement takes place, hes will visit Corunpai for
the purpose, I understand, of coMmunicaling with
the English Brigadier Sir Howaan DOUGLAS. anti
Ole naval setiior officetri, on. the measures to be
adopted for defensive, operations, Elloold enemy
'advance towards Corutint. We rely. much on 'the
talents and, courage of ABADIA; who, after
• his late cheek, proved himself equal to take advAn-
two of a mistake made by the enemy. He is
highly.' spoken of, and much entreated ; butheitt
badly supplied 'with the 'neeesttiries for ayarniy,
and depots are seldom thought.ol. Winter Is ap-
proaching, and urtlesS
.theyarttarranged, the Gal-
lician army; now:VO4,o6o.strong, will dwindle and
clacay,• front, this very circumstance. It is under-
stood some operations •on the„ coast of Catuabria
have been agitated,. for etfe6tual diversion itt.uid of
'Lord Wer.t.trfolobt's Operations; but 1. fear the
season is becoming too uncertain. Our Gialticiau
tronOs ve good liraritt but b.,ii clothe;;' little.' pay,
butiew wants beyond the Mere necessaries of life.
Thu Guerillas under •LONGA, MINA, add '.li4tkr4,
arc ortororrion stow meat, and br:ive as lionO'vThil
fed,' and though but irregular as to Pay; have
abundance of money, as they adoiit The i filet of the
enemy and' levy contributions,, nod those pretty
• largely on the partisans' of the French. Those
• Untirt• Cs_smut.o and P ASTott. arepore
irrepplar ire
. • _
dress, •as well as manners, pat ties irorn,eacit
• have lately been here to report' their strength and
• services to' the Captain-General—they ato &aclty
foes to the French." • .

A letter from Mr. Clements,. wlmiwas taken pri—
soner some time ago by the enemy,. and• Carnied :into
a Dutch port, states, that after being artme.titnecow-,.
fned, being a skilful shipwrighti•he was•otiered his
liberty, on condition that he should engage to work
on the French-ships at Flushing.. This be assented,'
to, . with a.determination of making • his escape the
first favourable opportunity that presented itself.;
this opportunity-occurred on the night .of the ed inst.
when he got otf-in• tin open boat, .attended by two
Dutch fishermen. After inuniuent risk of
their lives they got on boArd a British •vessel.,• which
boded them at Yarmouth on the Bth, front, whenee •
Mr. C.'s letter is dated. The information comm.
• nicated by this Gentleman is highly linprwant,'and•
•we dotibt not will receive due attention..- statics,
and his soure..s; were: it prudrot to detail them, ait
• unquestionable, that " the whole -of the. Scheldt
fleet (now completely manned and 'equipped) is deg-
tined to the Bahia (Copenhagen) •to form a junc-
tion with the fleets, of Denmark, Sweden, and. Ru-
ssia ; and that it was generally known in Holland,
'that a descent with this powerful fleet, on a large
scale, was to be made on the &Aleut shares of this
kingdom.".:—We Offer no suggeitions on this 40-
portant infortrihilerri. We lam done oar duty its
publishing it.