The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-04-02 00:00:00

LISBON MAIL.

LtssoN, Marten 22.—Ground was broke before I
Badajos on the 17th Listant, under a very heavy,
but not destructive fire from the garrison. It rained'
incessantly on the 17th and 18th: this, however, did
not prevent very great progreps being made in the
trenches; the light, third, and fourth divisions, na-
da: Lord WaLumnou's personal superintetidance.,
carrying on the siege. with ape
considerable number of
rortignase tritrips. neral Graham with the Ist,
Otis, and ithdbrisions,-is in front. General MI is
tit• Merida. The number of guns brought to the
siege from the north.; is.ferty-four 24-pounder and
,fourteen howitzers, exclusive of those forwarded
from these parts. We lust three or four men on the
first corps passing the Agueda.; who were killed by
the enemy; but this did not in the least' degree int-
'pede our progress. Our heavy cavalry are M Oli-
venza. The general opinion here is, that Badajos
• will fall in three weeks, if not succoured. 'We hear
nothing of the enemy's movements, but it is not sup-
. posed they will Suffer the place to fall without risk-
ing a battle; the result of which, we confidently
• expect, will be the total ruin of their army, and
their being obliged to evacuate the South of Spain.
Lisson, Maacts 2.3.—0ur attack oil Badajos is
• carried on, on the N. W. side only. The rapidity
of the works is astonishing. Lord Wellington is
always on the spot. The. enemy made a sortie with
• 1200 infantry and 30 horse : they were repulsed with
• the loss of 200 men. We - had 30 killed, General
• llill is, it is reported, gone to destroy the bridge at
• Allures, •
MARCH 24.-ti-All goes on as could. be wished at
T.Bedsjos. Sir Thomas Graham, with the Ist, 6th,
* and 7th divisions, is advanced towards Zafra. Ge-
neml 11111 is at Almendralejo. Major-Gen. Slade,
his brigade, at Villafranca, which place it.
entered on the 26th, in high spirits, though the men
marched thirty-one days, with only two days halt;
yet all were well and in good condition. The enemy
retired before them towards Usagre and Llerena.—
The cavalry is brkaded as follows :-Ist Dragoons,
Dragoon Guards, 4th ditto, under .Major-Gen.
• tqade.--11th Light Dragoons, 14th ditto, and 16th
ei to, under Major-Gen. Allen.-3d, 4th, and sth
Dragoons,. under • Major-Gen. Le Marchant.-9th
Light Dragoons, 13th ditto, and 2d Hussars, under
~Major-Geo. Long ' • and 11th Light Dragoonsi and
Ist Hussars, under General 'Alien.
A six-gun battery is erected on Puluin's fort.
During the lime the enemy made the sorti6, a heavy
fire of grape-shot was kept up from the town.

OFFICIAL DISPATCH FROM MARSHAL opstaaat. THE
EARL OF WELLINGTON, X 0 MIS EXCELLENCY NON
- N. PEREIRA TOILIAZ.
HEAD•QOAILTERS, ELTAS, MARCH 13.-1 removed
any head,quarters from Frenada on the 6th, and ar-
rived here on the 11th. Marshal Marmont arrived
at Salaanansa on the 6th. There is not now any of
the enemy's troops in Estremadura, except that part
of the fifth corps (which is not in garrison at Bade-
jos), whose head-quarters are at Villa Franca ; and
a detachment, which consists nearly of a division,
under the command of Gen. Danican, lobo has his
head-quarters In Serena. Since I directed my ante-
rior dispatch to your Excellency, the enemy has
made Ito movement, nor have I heard that he has
executed' any operation or importance .Accord-
ing to my last accounts, Marshal Soult Was in the
lines in front of Cadiz.
BANKS OP THE GUADIANA, MAncu EX;
cellency Lotd Wellington Ines been to the camp be-
fore Badajos yesterday and to-day. Yesterday,
Badajos was invested from the right bank of the
Guadiana. In the night, between the 17th and
18th, the trenches were opened; at day-break, two
great works were concluded within 300 toises of the
place ; and when the enemy perceived them, they
opened a fire of artillery and bombs from the forts
Pardallecas and Picurenha, and from some bulwarks
og the fortress. 'There is no attack made from the
right o(the river.
- FRONTINIA OF Tilt NORTH OF PORTUGAL,
Mance 6.—A1l the letters received from those parts
occupied by the enemy, announce that some of their
- troops are destined for France ; they keep increasing
in the vicinity of Burgos, and it is thought Bonnet
will, within a month, march with his dividon for
France: but as these reports are spread by the ene-
my, we are not able to ascertain the degree of credit
due to them.
NORTH OF PORTUGAL, MARCH B.—The enemy
have made no movement of consideration. In Co-
more they are making a largacinunantity of biscuit, for
the use of the remainder of ont's corps, which,
it is said, will proceed to Estremadura. The army of
Galicia remains in its former positions. They write
from tlip banks of the Ebro, that on the latter end of
February, the wnole of the Imperial Guard rent, by
forced marchas,from Burgos to France. We have no
informationarespecting the coming of fresh troops.—
Bonnet has set out from Leon _for Valladolid, where
Victor, with Many officers, and some troops, are vary
shortly. expected.---(Lisbon G=etle,March2o.)- •
8A41141 OF 'REGINA-MAWR, MARCH tow- 4SODITIS
' stow bailee Csdis, and, u is -said, 'Mends attack-
lug the Isle de Leon. However, some 4,000 troops
from Gunada are coming by Cordova towardststre-1
snadura, and the •otatest- zeal is used"in collectingl
troops in this last province. - It is affirmed, that Ge.
neral Dreuet, the General of Artillery, Busse', and
•
Dombrouiki, are going to France.
Pt s ttet., Mattcn 19.—0 n the 19th passed through
this place, on his road to Galicia, Senor Castanos.
The Conqueror of Bayles will, without doubt, gh e
energy to the army he is going to command. Upon
-this.frontier there is- nothing dew. From another
quarter, we know that his Excellency, Senor Trent,
Governor of Oporto, with part of the troops ander
his command, were on the 19th to be in Pizo de
Ittgoa, and that on the 17th inst. Senor Castanos
had arrived at Lamer, and was expected in Penaful
ott the WO, from whence lie was to pre.ceed to Ga-
licia.-1-03ortuge,ese Telegraph, March
Ltsaessr, Maacit 23.—As The Courier from the
Alenteje has not yet arrived (seven o'clock, p. m.),
it is impossible for us to give any further information
respecting the (t 6 us so interesting) siege of Badajos.
From information that has reached us from both tire
North and South of Spain, we do not learn that any
large French corps is-marching to succour Badajos •
their marches and counter-marches in the North ol

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Spain, are to confused and various, that it is not
possible to form a eonject are of their real object.---,
The French usually make these manceuvres when
they. wish to conceal from us the true.designa of their
marching; but if they eventually march for Badajos,
all this obscurity with which they cover themselves is
useful to us, as they lose time whilst we are preceed-
log in the taking of Badajos.—(Same Paper.)'
ELYAS, M ARC II • 18.—Our troops proceed rapidly
in their works •; last night they finished the first pa- ;
rallel,. and began the second, a great portion of j
which they completed, with various communications,l
all within musket shot.—(Same Paper.)
From Albuqeerque they write, under date of the
17th instant, there they had been talking of Suchet's
coming for three Weeks. We now see disclosed, by
the Great Lord, a plan most vast and well-com-
bined, from which results of the utmost consequence
may be expected.—(Same Paper.)
CAMPO MAIOR, MAace 12.—Yesterday entered
this place the Portuguese brigade, composed of the
•4th and 10th regiments. Some Spanish troops are ex-
pected here. In Badajos there is a garrison of 4000
men, 1000 of them are employed day and night upon
• the fortifications.—(Saute Paper.)
It is supposed in Madrid, that the intrusive King
Joseph is getting every thing in readiness to proceed
to France, end that the French have experienced a
considerable loss in the neighbourhood of Alicant.—
(Same Paper.)
FRONTIERS OF LOWER BEIRA, MARCH 15.—0 n
the 2d inst. a great convoy.from Andalusia, passed
by the vicinity of Toledo, for Madrid. The enemy.
labour with great diligence to form a military road in
Porte de Pico, for the passage of the troops from
the Tagus to Castile. .Marshal Victor is expected at
Valladolid, who, it is affirmed, comes to take the
command of thearmy in the north of Spain. We
are assured that the troops of the Imperial Guard as-
sembled in Burgos have begun their march for ;
France, but their place will be supplied by an equal'
• number who are to arrive. On the 24th ult. an offi-
cer of Marmoat's Staff set out from Valladolid to Pa.',
ris,torepresent to the Emperor the impossibility of pre-
serving the army in its present position from want of
the means of subsistence. Three officers have also
set out for Salamanca, Leon, and Madrid, with what
orders is slot known. They write from Madrid, of
the 26th ult. that a great convoy is expected there,,
and with it Marshal Victor. A large one will like-
vlse go from thence, as all the beasts and carriages
have been pit in requisition for ten -leagues round
Cartafa; the superintendent of the Palace has been
dared to set off immediately for Old Castile, and it is to
• be obsetved,that this,person always goes when prep.
'rations are to be made for the reception of Joseph.
Preparations for some journey are likewise observ-
.ahle in the Palace.—(Freon the same Place; March
16.)

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least official intelligence regarding. the cause of the
entrance of fate French troops into Pomerania.
II CatsTAn, Mattel! 6.—Six Swedish seamen, taken
by French privateers on board of Swedish merchant •
comb; had been carried to Calais, where some were
pat in prison, and others forced, under a strong
guard, to assist in the equipping ships. On the
10th of January last, they were fortunate enough
to escape, in a small boat, and were picked up by an
English ship, which pat them on shore at Toreko.--
They were treated with the greatest kindness by the
T English. Such is the wide difference of treatment
experienced from our allies and enemies.
Lowell ELBE, FEB. 29.—1 n consequence of the
general feeling among the public, occasioned by the
.;
fall of Valencia, the Emperor has determined to I
unite the Spanish provinces lying on this side the
Ebro, with the French empire, and which are to
form four departments. s . I
- It is said, that the King of Naples is to come to i
I
Paris to take the command of the cavalry.
•
DUMB or WARSAW.—According to the Posen i
Newspaper, the Post-office at Marcanipol has given,
information, that the post.carriage, which left Neon!
on the 20th January, was attacked on the road, the j
driver and guard murdered, and the whole of the i
money in the carriage, amounting to 9106 guilders,J
14gc. stolen, and all the letters taken out. A re- '
ward
.of 2000 guilders had been offered for the dis-
covery.

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