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..... be enfetted that the Duke of 'Dal:tittle, when he set
- off for Estrarnadura did not leave the whole of An-
• • dalutia and the kingdom of Grenada wider the orders
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PARIS, APRIL S. of the Duke of Belluno. The 4th corps was thus left
Eztract from the Correspondence of the Army of the South of independent, also the corps of Generals Godinot and
Spain, of the 16th of March. 'Darrican ; and the Duke of Belluno had only the
BATTLE DE CHICLANA. troops employed in the siege at his disposal, to guard
An army of from 16 to 18,000 meu, of which 6 his immense line, to repulse the real or false attacks
or 7000 were English, landed at Algesiras on the made at all points, and to oppose the army in front
28th of February. It consisted of 4000 English of him • so that, whilst the enemy had united all his
troops from Cadiz, 3000 from Gibraltar, 6000 Spa- means, 4th corps, and the corps of observation
niards from Cadiz, and about 4000 collected from wider General Godinot, that is to say, more than
different parts of the coast. The Spaniards who 25,000 men, were of no use in this important affair.
sailed from Cadiz were embarked in the Bay on the The 4th corps supposed that the debarkation at
21st of February, but they were not able to put to Algesiras menaced their right, at the same time that
sea until the 26th. On the 28th they formed a junc- the Murcian insurgents were attacking its left. Ge-
tion at Algesiras with the other troops. On the 2d neral Sebastiani only learnt, when too late, that the
of March this corps advanced to Cassas Viajas. troops that had disembarked were marching against
The plan of the enemy was to raise the siege of the left of the blockading army. If one of his divisions
Cadiz, and to take all the French lines in the rear, i had actednpon the rear of the enemy's corps, and if the
• while an attack was to be made on the works before Duke of Belluno had had only to oppose its entrance
Cadiz by the garrison of that place. At the same into the Isle of Leon, the whole of this corps would
time the ships of war and gun-boats were to threaten I have laid down their arms. The Commandant of
debarkations on every wino Ballasteros was to marchl Ronda has ,repulsed and dispersed the insurgents in
upon Seville, and an insurrection was eo break out in 1 the mountains. As soon as General Sebastiani was
the mountains of Ronda, which town was also to be ' informed of the march of the enemy's corps against
attacked. This vast project has, however, been to- the first corps, he detached a division towards Cadiz.
tally defeated. • General Godinot also detached nine battalions; but
After having issued orders respecting his line, the these reinforcements, which might have been useful,
Duke of Belluno formed a reserve at Chiclana, cons- ; arrived too late. The enemy, after their defeat, placed
posed of the first brigade of the division of Ruffin, and ' thernselverin a state of security within the walls of
of the 2d brigade of Leval's division, and reinforced Cadiz. We are assured that this affair is a source of
the garrison of Medina Sidonia. 1, discussion and dissatisfaction between the English and
The Spanish scouts appeared on the 4th March, in Spaniards.
the direction of Chiclana. On the sth the enemy's APRIL 4.—The Mani:cur contains thefollowingnotes
army advanced to take possession of that town, which upon the account of the battle of Bartosa, sent by
they knew contained the depots, magazines, and head Lord Liverpool to the Lord Mayor of London :
quarters of else French army. Letter—The army of Marshal Victor, composed of the two
&vi
The Duke of Belluno marched towards them with sions of Ruffin and Laval.
Mrniteur—There was only one brigade of each di-
two brigades, three squadrons of cavalry, two batte-
ries of artillery, and about 6000 men. All eke vision, and each consisted of less than 2500 men.—
Four battalions had been detached to reinforce the
showed themselves were driven back. The enemy was
forced back upon the sea, and his plan was thereby garrison of Medina and Sidonia.
Letter—The enemy was completely repulsed with the loss of
already rendered impracticable. an eagle and six pieces of annon.
The Duke of Belluno, in prosecuting his success, m„iteur—You mean two pieces of cannon, and
arrived close upon the sea-shore, whence he perceived four caissoons, and you say nothing of yourhaving
that the important position of Bartosa was occupied lost four pieces of cannon and three stand of colours.
by an English brigade, forming the rear-guard of the Letter— he General of division, Ruffin, &c. and 480 rank
allied army. He ordered General Ruffin to take pos- and file were made prisoners.
session of that height, which was carried at the Aar Meniteur —You took at the most 150 wounded men
du charge, and several pieces of cannon and some pro and you lost 720.
that the enemy had about 6000 men Ga-
soners were taken. He then advanced upon the ens- Let,er.—lt appears
mg's flank, towards the sea, at the same time that a sageldi":
.
teur—That is to sav less than 5000
brigade of Villatte's division, which had liken pos. Let The British with the Spaniards attached. to them,
session of the tete du post of St. Petre, proceeded amounteder 1
to soon.
against the head of the column. These three brigades Moniteur—There were 7000 English, Bor 9000
of the French army had thus almost enveloped the Spaniards, and 1000 Portuguese, which makes a total
enemy. of between sixteen and eighteen thousand men. In
Meanwhile vhe enemy, sensible of the difficulties the return of wounded officers, you mentioned eleven
of his position,determined to return, and presented four English regiments, viz. three regiments of Guards ;
lines, which appeared to consist of 4000 men each. the 9th, 28th, 47th, 67th, 82d, 87th, and 95th of
As soon as the Duke of Belluno saweehat the este- the line, and the 2d Hussars, to which is added the'
my's force was so considerable, and that the English 20th Portuguese ; in all 12 different corps, making
formed a great part of it, he ordered General Vil- 15 English battalions, which at 500 each, gives a
latte's brigade to leave the passages to the Isle of total of 7,500 men, and (including the 20th I3ortu-
Leon opele, and to advance towards his right ; and he guese, of 1000) of 8,500 men in your pay, who were
1
Ruffin also diretted General to evacuate the height, actually engaged.
and to close upon his left,being no longer in expectation Letter--Lieutenant•Genejal Graham, with the troops uodet
of surrounding the enemy, but confining his object hise
of command, bad crossed SAPeter's river, and re-entere4th&
to the establishment of a line parallel to the se;, and w
Mona •
eur--General Graham—you embarked at
including within it a Spanish division, which had been
Cadiz on the 25th of February, and on the 28th you
cut off by a detachment of 1500 men of the main
dieembarkedat Algesiras, with your division and the
body of the corps d'armee. General Ruffin was al-
S rpaniard s.Tell us flier.. why you undertook this mi-
ready engaged with this division. He repulsed, with itary promenade, and incurred so large an expense.
great vigour, two attacks of the enemy, in which they You intended to turn the lines of the -Duke of Bel-
were always two to one. Being severely wounded, Juno—have you done it ? Your design was to raise
he remained on the height with about 100 soldiers,
the siege of Cadiz—]lave you done it ? If you car-
who were also wounded, and his brigade joined the
ried every thing before you, why did you stop half
Duke of Belluno on his left. Successive attacks took
way ? It was not in the Isle of Leon, but at Chi-
place on the centre, but every time the enemy pre- ci ,
ana which but a very shortdistance from it, that
sented themselves they were repulsed. Constantly the fie'ld of battle,was, where you expected to take
disappointed in the plan of advancing to Chiclana, up your quarters on the night of the sth. You would
confined towards the sea, and convinced that all their have taken 100 pieces of cannon, 60 gun-boats, and
efforts had proved abortive, and the field of battle immense •
magazines, baggage, hospitals, &c. &c.—
being strewed with their dead, they considered then]- This was the object of your expedition—have you at-
selves fortunate to have the opportunity of profiting • i tamed t ? You were beaten—you lost half your
of the movement which had been made by General troops—and you were very near being taken. Your
Villatte, and of throwing themselves into the Isle of numbers,. and the steadiness of your troops, saved you
Leon, which they did without any consideration for from
entire ruin. Was it then merely for the purpose
one of the Spanish divisions, which was thus separa- of
returning to Cadiz
be that you left it ten days before ?
ted from Cadiz, but which, having wandered about
ould it not have been better that
tyou had remained
there ,
all the following day, succeeded in entering the Isle ere You would
have had under your command
of Leon during the night, as the blockade was not
4000 more English or Spaniards.
re-established on that point until the 7th.
Thies between 5 and 6000 Imperial troops disap. CONSTANTINOPLE, FEBave arrived within the last forte
10.
pointed the execution of a plan long meditated by an Several Deputies
night from Georgia, to implore, on behalf of their'
enemy, drove them up against the sea, and compelled
Prince, some assistance from the Porte against the
them to return to Cadiz, whence the greater part of
Russians. The Grand Seignior has just issued an
their'force hest sailed only a week before. The Duke i
, order to the Admiralty, to send several Commissio-
of Belluno took three standards, four field-pieces, and
made 720 prisoners. I ners to the Mores, to inquire into the conduct of the
lEnglish in that territory, and to ascertain whether
The action was extremely obstinate. The French
they continue to raise recruits there, contrary to the
charged several times with the bayonet. We had 1300
repeated injunctions of the Porte. The order is dated
men killed, wounded, or made prisoners. Among
the 30th ult. and directs the Admiralty to expedite
the latter were 150 men all wounded, who were taken
the departure of the Commissioners, and to make their
on the height defended by General Ruffin, and about
,
report with the least possible delay.
30 sharpshooters, who were the only French made pri-
soners without being wounded. The first battalion The Admiralty has made a Report to the Govern-
ment, unfavourable to the demand of the English
of the Bth regiment was charged in a wood of olives,
Ambassador, for the restitution of several vessels
in which it was placed as a corps .of sharp-shooters.
taken, whilst engaged in an illicit trade to Malta and
The eagle-bearer being killed, his eagle could not be ;
with cargoes of Turkish corn. They are of
found. This regiment having been employed as • Sicily,
course declared good prizes.
sharpshooters by the General's order, it ought not to
be blamed for the loss of the eagle. BUCHAREST, FEB. 19.
General Ruffin is among the prisoners, and his it General Count St. Priest, on the 31st of January
wound is severe. It is believed, however, that it will I (February llth) defeated a Turkish corps of 15,000
have no dangerous consequences. This General men at Lafesat ; carried that place by assault, killed
evinced the greatest intrepidity, and his misfortune . 4000 of the enemy, made 3600 prisoners, and took 46
was entirely owing to his being wounded. 1 standards, 16 cannon, and a great quantity of provi-
The General of Brigade Chaudron Rousseau, and ' sions and ammunition. Our loss was very inconsi-
Colonel Nutier, are killed. These officers were distin- derable. We had scarce 500 killed and wounded.
guished for their bravery, and have fallen gloriously. The booty it immense, and the greatest consternation ,
The number of the enemy counted dead on the field prevails among the Turks. Theconqueror is marching
of battle is 900, including 300 English, and we are against Vraya, and other fortified pleces.• The ope-
assured that a great number were carried oft The rations against Tirnowa and Schumle will commence
enemy's loss cannot be estimated at less than 4000 immediately, notwithetandingtheseason, which is here
men, that is to say, the triple of ours. Onehalf of this still very severe.
loss, at least, was sustained by the Engl.th troops. I To the above intelligence Count Von Stakelbergh
Oti the 6th the English vessels made an attack along has added what follows :—We have this moment re-
the
,whole of our line,. They effected several debar- ceived very afflicting newe respecting the health of
kations, and were every where repulsed at the point General Kaminskoi. On the 1 lth, (February 23)
of the bayonet. In these different affairs v.e made he was at the point of death. Lieutenant-General
about 50 prisoners. Four gun-boats were sunk. Se- Essen has been sent for to take. provisionally, the
'veral pinnaces, which were to serve for the -member- command at Bucharest, but the passage of the Dli-
liation, came on shore, without any person, on board, nube being interrupted by the ice, that General_ has
the whole of their crews having beta lost. It is to not yet beep able to arrive.
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PRINCH PAPERS.

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PAR.ifiIMINTARr PROCREDINCS.
HOUSE OF LORDS. APRIL 10.
Sir 'AIM GRAHAM and others hem the Houle of Commons
brought up the Printers Bill and several Private Bills; which
were laid upon the table, and afterwards read t►e first thee.

FOREIGN MINISTERS' SALARIES RILL.
The Foreign Ministers' Salaries Bill was read the second time,
sad ordered to be committed to-morrow.
DISTILLERIES.
The Fad of HARDWICKE moved for further Papers rela-
tive to the quantity of Spirits distilled in England ant Scotland;
iwhieh was agreed to.
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The Earl of LAUDERDALE moved for an neonatal all Ll-
cences granted by the Privy Council, and of all Orders by the
hate fur the year 3aio.—Ordered.

ISANBUItY PEERAOE,
The LORD CHANCELLOR said, It had been ordered that
the Committee of Privileges on this Peerage do sit again to-mor-
row, and that the judges be caned In ; hut be could assure the
House his time had been so mach occupied, he had not hem able
to turn thesniallest attention to these questions which were meant
to be proposed; and therefore he moved that the order be dis-
charged, and that the Judges be called in the first Tuesday after
the recess.—Ordered.

SPANISH ARMY.
Lord BORINGDON said, in consequence of what
passed in the discussion regarding thanks to General
Graham, and also from other information respecting
the conduct of the Spanish Army, every one must
feel, on comparing the organization of that force with
the Portuguese, that it would be desirable the former
should as far as possible be placed is as good a state
as the latter. Indeed, it was important to the public
and to that House, that their Lordships should be
informed what measures had been taken by his Ma-
jesty's Government to render the Spanish troops
equal to those of the Portuguese. The conduct of
10,000 Spaniards who had lately surrendered to a
number not exceeding their own, was an additional
ground for this information. He therefore had
risen for the purpose of giving notice, that he would,
on some day subsequent to the recess, move an hum-
ble Address to his Royal Highness the Prince Re-
gent, praying he would order copies of all correspon-
dence between his Majesty's Government and the
Government of Spain, relative to the gate and disci-
pline of the Spanish Army, to be laid upon their
Lordships' table. At the same time, it was not his
intention to make any motion wkieh might be detri-
mental to the Government.
The Earl of LIVERPOOL could assure the
House and the Noble Lord, no individual could feel
more than his Majesty's Government themselves on •
this subject of the discipline of the Spanish armies.—
He wished the Noble Lord had given this notice at
the time a Noble Marquis (Wellesley) was present,
which was only a few minutes before; but he could'
only say, his Majesty's Government had exerted, and'
were continuing to exert, every effort irk their power
to establish a better organization of the Spanish I
army. It was their wish to establish a discipline :V
milar, as far as circumstances would permit, to that
of the Portuguese troops. There were probably rea-
sons from habit, prejudices, and feelings, which ten:
dered it more difficult to accomplish that in Spain
which they had effected in Portugal. Our long alli-
ance with the latter kingdom, and a more favourable
intercourse, arising from circumstances between the
Portuguese and the people of this country, had natu-
rally led to our more easy establishment of a better
system. He could only repeat, that Government
had felt most.strongly on this subject, and would use
every effort to have the military force of Spain put
upon a better establishment ; but he did think the
motion of the Noble Lord would tend to produce
such parts of the correspondence as it would be im-
prudent at this juncture to expose, and that it would
create much inconvenience.
Lord BORINGDON was satisfied with the expla-
nation of the Noble Secretary, and would not promise
he would make the motion he intended ; and he was
glad that Government were making efforts on the
subject, which was desirable information for their
Lordships and the country.

HOFFMAN V. ULM
Mr. ABBOTT was Counsel in this case forthe plain
tiff in error, and Mr. Wu.eoN. was Counsel for the
defendant. The action in the Court below was
brought on a bill of exchange, and the error now
assigned was on an averment in the declaration, that
46 presentment was made to Kensington and Co. ac-
cording to the tenor and effect of the bill of exchange
and the acceptance of R." 4.c. It contended that
jtshould have been aveeresl;aslitade tei the house of
Kensington, and not to the Company.
Mr. WILiON, after arguing the case, said this writ
iof error and the protraction of the suit, from the first,
twas for the purpose of delaying payment.
In reply to those observations, Mr. ABBOTT, for his
client, retorted on that of his Learned Friend, and
remarked, that the most expensive mode hat been
pursued, by issuing two originals on this and another
bill, where one would have been sufficient.
Lord ERSKINE considered the objection taken
to the averment, as partaking of that subtlety which
was cured by the Statute of Jeofails ; but he was far
from approving of the expensive mode of issuing two
originals, for both the bill's might have !yen included
in the same declaration. He should therefore move
that the judgment should be affirmed, but, for the
reasons he had stated, without costs.
The LORD CHANCELLOR put the question
to the House, and it was ordered accordingly.
Adjourned till to-morrow.