The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-12-18 00:00:00

FROM AMERICAN PAPERS.

New Yotts, Nor. 21.—Faom Bourn AMERICA.—We have
been favoured by a commercial house with the fa.llowlng infor-
mation :
(stirritAcr OP A LETTER. DATED NARANDAM, ACO.
" Since my last my Lord Cochrane has !arrived here in a 74
;run ship from Bahia, end the place immediately declared for
independence.—The communication from the interior is
now free, after having been cut off for more than four months.
--Produce begins to arrive. and business Is resuming its old
roerse. • Lord Cochrane has confiscated all property belonging
to the Portuguese residing in Portugal; all property belong-
ing to the residents has been respected. All vessels here have
been embargoed for 123 days, and this is the first one that

MEM).
(IRON Tilt NEW YORK D►ILT ADVERTISER.)
The following extract from an unpublished letter has
been communicated to us for publication. It was as ritten
by an officer and an Aide de Camp of General Riego, to an
American gentleman in Spain, and contains an account of
the march of his army from Alalaga to Ximena, and the
capture of it by the French. It was immediately after this
event that General Riego fell into the hands of his enemies.
As it contains the only authentic details of those occur-
rences which we have met with. we have no doubt it will
he read with much interest:—

IN THE

THE 3TA'

We endeavoured a parley, which ended is ionr driving
their peeing patties until we came spoil the main body
situate in the immediate neighbourhood of Priego. Here
a very warm file took plete between their sharp shooters
and ones ; and here one of the general's Aides de Camp,Wes
!nodally wonnded by my side—it was Lieutenanant Colonel
Lake. He was shot through the breast, the ball passing,
out at his hack.
" At this moment the general ordered me to bring
forward an infantry regiment, which was formed a little in
the rear ; and while I was leading them on at the charge
of. the bayonet, and within a few yards of Ballasteros's
men, the voice tan to halt, for U I Ballasteros was
on the field in search of Riego. I was present et the
meeting of these two generals. They embraced, and our
chief,. in the most energetic terms, called upon him, in the
name of his inusulted country, to join with his forces
against their foreign invaders. He answere•l that be
shoold consult with the chiefs of his army; and in the
mean time. when the firing had ceased, the two armies
ran into one another's arms. I wept among the many
hundreds for joy ;• and the two armies entered pell-m►ll
into Priego together. But all our hopes were presently
blasted, for in the course of the afternoon, while our
weary. troops were at repose, • 13allasteros marched off all
his men in various directions for Cabra and Imeena; other-
wise it is prnl•able all his men would have joined us. That
-night we continued our. march, .and arrived next morning,
the l tth inst., at Al artoa.
•• That day we stooped to refresh, and next day arrived at
Jean, nmill the ringing of bells and viva.. Next day, 13th
instant, shout noon, the alarm was given that the French, in ;
considerable force, were approaching the city. Our Chief
Balled to arms, and vte tcok up fighting position, upon the road'
'to Mancha. The enemy opened upon us a lively Yre of flying
.urlillery, whirl, yeas presently supported by their cavalry and
lofantry formed We rinse column.—We retired gradually,
takiox up position slier position until near the town of Mancha;
and, before arr!viti,r at the river, our heroic Chief made a
stand, when their %sneers and some cavalry came spin the most
gallant style, and made a charge upon our cavalry regiment of
bit. Jago. In a moment they were ()genet by the superiority
of the lancers. I Was in the art of animating a company of
our cassadors, who were mating a most destructive Are on the
enemy, when I fotiml myself in.action with a French dragoon
on my-tight, who suffered ; and Immediately after a French
officer, at full gallop, gave me a sevemOnage in my left side
with his sabre. The brave fellow who 'truce me, considering
Its mortal wound, immediately cffered me Ills hand, and in
French told nie to go with him wherel votes(' be taken career
$t that Instant l heard my name called upon by an officer of
ours, who seeing :ne prisoner, came to rescue me. The French
officer let go my hand, and I regret to say, immediately fell
from a pistol shot from the officer (Captain Alai:Leon) woo
vomited me.
The French must have lost very considerably in this
action, for they retired for some minute*, and the ground
was strewed with the dead and dying all around me. I
felt faint from the loss of blood, and therefore k-pt moving
on at a slow pace in considerable pain, until 1 'arrived at
Ximena, where 1 got medical aid, and the surgeon
pronounced thtit the wound was not serious, being a little
below the lett ribs. The tiring continued until sou set.—
Next morning, about 9 o'clock, I haul the pleasure of again
meeting with my general. He desired me to go on
slowly to Chachola. I haul not left him miry minute',
*hen a most incessant fire began, and I saw the French
lancers and carats y appear in I lose column. They were
supported by 4,000 infantry in the rear,which had come np
from A tidttjar ; and here the total dispersion of onr treys
took plane. They were all surrounded by the cavalry, Ude
surrendered prisoners of war, when our Chief was'•seds
making his escape on a horde which he had beds:Wed
from an officer, his own having been shot."

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