The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-04-24 00:00:00

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,into the ditch, escaladed the bastion of San Vicenti in
the meet brilliant manner, and established themselves
la Bedsits. Major-Gen. Waipitaa particularly dis-
tinguished himself la the achievement ; the success
of Gen. PiCTOtell and Gen. Lstru'e Divisions, while
the fourth and Jight divisions were preparing to re-
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the esstult upon the breaches, brought this
severe Conflict to a termination, the enemy laying
down their arms. The garrison consisted originally
of about 3000 men, of whom about 4000, and Ge-
Ilefab PHILLPPON and iraud.swr are prisoners.—
„Major-Generals Co!Amax, Wii.xtft, and 80w5..,
have been severely wounded; Lieutenant-General
Pic-rox, and Major-Gen. liestrr, slightly. The
loss of both British and Portuguese has been very
severe. In the storm, 821 men of the two nations
hate been killed, and 2869 wounded. Mr. STUART,
in a dispatch of the 11th of April,from Lisbon, states,
that the Telegraph from Elves had announced that
Bst.t.srrenos had entered Seville ; and this report
was believed to be authentic."

• •Dowaipg-street, 231 April, 10 P. M.
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My Loasr—lr hare the satisfaction of informing
yen, that Captain CANNING, Aid-de-Camp to Lord
WeLitwasos, ls just arrived, with. the intelligence
of tkormistere of Bedsit's; by stores, in the night of
theidthlnat..after ameat revere. contest, in which the
troops of hts NG-Jests, aad those or his Ally, parti-
cularly distinguished theraselves.—l regret to be un-
der the necessity of adding, that this most important
fortress has not been obtained without a very heavy
loss. The loss in the storm consists of about 51
Officers, and 580 serjeants and rank and file (Bri
tish) killed ; 213 officers, 153 serjeants, and 1983
rank and file wounded. The Portuguese less consists
of about 170 kiUed, andmore than 500 wounded.-o-
The Earl of WELLINGTON speaks in the highest
terms of the gaUantry and good conduct of every
part of the annyin this important operation. No
General OMcer was killed ; but Major-Generals
COLVILLE, WALLER, and ?owls, were severely
wounded ; and Lieutenant-General Pic-tort, and
Myer-General Kuser slightly wounded.
I have the honour to be,
My Lord, &c.
120 the Right Noe. Os Lord Mayer. LIV ER POOL.

It will be observed, that there is a difference in
the above two accounts, se to the number of our
killed and wounded ; the first tinkle( it 3600, the
second 3650.- This, however, is not very material,
as even the lowist number, in our apprehension, was
too great a sacrlfic.e to make for the advantage there-
by obtained. Our Toss, in fact, is little short of the
whole French troops which formed the garrisoe.—
It is said to have been below 5000; and, what is
somewhat remarkable, the number of the enemy
killed, siting they. ward the party defeated, stud
appear to have defended the plus with obstinate
fury, is 'comparatively trilling. Four thousand ear.
rendered u prisoners, which shows that only 1000
had fallen. Our loss in killed is stated, Iti-oneac-
count, at 321, making a difference of only, 79 he.
tween the besiegers and the besieged. The whole
loss of the Allied Army, from the commencement pf

the Siege of Badajos to its final reduction, is esti-
mated at 5,000 men: The Park and Tower guns
fired last night about eleven o'clock, and " the
belts," says the 'lapdog► Port, " rang merry
peals in honour of the brilliant event," which,
continues the same virtuous Journal, 64 sheds a
new ray of glory on the consummate skill of
Lord Wuxi:furrow and the valour and perseverance
of his gallant troops ; and we trust that u a
further mark of the gracious approbation and
favour of the- PaiNcE Reover, the noble and
gallant Chief will be honoured with the Blue
Ribbon of the Illustrious Order of the Garter t"
We ban been prevented from giving the particulars
of this daring achievement to the public, by the de-
lay., which we think requires some explanation, is
haying the anat. at the Government Office. Surely,
were so many individuals must be kept in cruel and
anxious suspense as to the fate of their relations,
neither considerations of interest nor actual expence
ought to have retarded the publication.

Lisbon Papers have reached us to the 7th, but they
014:K gastais any thing respectice, &LAU of Ba.

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. LISRON. Arnim 6.
Some has advanced from Seville, and the enemy,
In general, appear upon the move ; but we do not
think they hare either ability or inclination to attack
us. General GRAM,, and a part of our troops,
are now on the road to Albuera, to give the French.
men a meeting, should they dare to come on; but
this they will not do. •

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Two Malta Mails have arrived, by which we have
I received Gibraltar Papers to the 29th March, and;,
Sicilian to the 11th...--The following extract from the
latter il the only article worth noticing :
MESS11;111; Fre. 1.
011ParSdey, the 30thlit January, the proceed-
[ow
lip egilmt the persona arrested on the 2d Decem-
ber, , "Pm laminated. The last brought before the
Omit was the President de FrurrEs, whose de-
fame by Counael, was yesterday morning heard.-1
The-plossaegelostAio being concluded, the QOM.
Oiwatif*Or-Gesessi addressed the Court is the fol-
lowiefiltenisP.—../
" Nil Usk Purdient aud Members of the Coon.
ell,-1 Imileswi '460 the painful, but necessary,
*Ay 1111.4 tfipiikru!, 10 conducting the prosecu-
Oetle fel*, btouilk Wore this Council.—
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