The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-05-14 00:00:00

.I,lls eta i mon noit r *expeditisir•ior
frontiers of. Portugal, Staving blsen informed on the
.42th of 1114cak, ar :quern, that it Siminish Corps.'
of -about 2000 men, -Whoswere et Arroyo del.
Puerto, were preparing to attack him, marched
~the same day to meet them, thobgh his dataChntent
*As Much inferior to the forcibe had to encounter.
The:enemy bad opt inade their ineditatcd move.
'Meat in. advance,. but were still in Arroyo del
Puerto, whore General Fey came opem theta by
surprise. Ellis cavalry dispatched every man that'
belonged to ilia advanced pelt, surrotinded; . lad
,charged through' the village and back strain all in
an instant. The Spaniards, streak with tots:m.4h.
meet and dismay, fled in the utmost disorder.
About 30 of them were killed by the sabre4 and
20. made prisoners, among whom were two Officers.
Not 4 single mosket or carbine was fired in this
affair. The English Colonel Grant was in Arroyo
del Puerto at the time; ho fled, leaviog behind all
his effects, and even his papers. A young Eng.
along with him, was oraclelishofficer, who was.
prisoner, and Also three Portuguese soldiers .that
accotopanied them."
sFraacr or THE coItRESZOND.ENCE Ot MAMMAL
THE iwkE 4 Tnsviso, CommikNAING VAC ATM
poRpS.
On the 19th of Febrnary, at two o'clock in
the morning, the enemy attacked the !Mee of
Valverde, near Badajos, where a brigade of ca.
valry belonging to the 6th corps was quartered.—
Thc contest was short. The enemy left •12Q killed
on the iteld,. about 1(X) were taken primers, and
the rest were closely Intraned under'the very walls
of Batlajos. On our side, we lost in thiS etair
the brave General Bieauregard, who wee shot
through the heart, in 'charging tit the heed of the
cavalry. This General Officer, enimated with
reel and ardour, distinguished himself upon every
occasion. Two rank and file were killed and
about twenty wounded. General Marisy distin.
guishcd himself in this action, as did also
montane!, an officer of the 22d Waggons, who was
slightly wounded.
66 The Spanish corps of Ballesterns, consisting
of about 8900 infantry, (ggl cavalry, and 10
pieces of emote% -came in sight of Geri*.
sal G4aan, and attacked him on- the 25th of
March, at four in the. :alerting:an, at ittanquillp.
Night coming on suspended .the.action, and.**
•
troops on bath sides bivouacked within musket.:
shut of each other. On the 24th, at day-breek,
General Gape, in his turn, attacked tilt enemyta:
allianced guard, And defeated it at all paints*, with
the less of 150 killed and 14 prisoners, including
three alders. The very mountainous' and, diffi.
cult nature of the ground prevented the General
from reaping any great advantege froth his victory.
Ile had five killed and twelve wounded."
BAYONItEI Avettr X 4 to letters
(tens Madrid of the 13th instant, that capital con.
tingles to enjoy the greatest tranquillity.
General Bonnet has obtained important advim.
tales . over the Asturian:. lie mede a forward
inovement from Oviedo, across the mountain cal.
led Pajares, to join General. Loison, who • was
marching by way of Astorea. Their junction
was effected, end a pretty onsiderable 'column
insurgents attacked, and completely beaten, •
Letters -fro* St. • Audtrq sad ,Bilhos
that no took 4IQQ prisoners, who are-
March fur France.
' Irwin are incessantly parting throailt
place for Spain. It is stated •as certain, that
tneen 50 and 4%000 men are ontheiv march
that country.
AUGsBURGII, Aran 27.—r The head-quarters
of the French army are still at Ratisbon; nor is
,there any idea of moving them, A part of the
French troops are again -approaching the Danube.
'('here are various reports afloat as to their ulterior
destinatiou: M. tie Villemanzy, Intendant.Gette.
ral of the 4rmy, left It:mist/0u on the 24th, on his
return to Paris.
itArtsooN, Antic 26.-411 the advice. from
Constantinople spoke mention of the influence ex.
I •
greeted there Iy the t..7iglish party, To this fact,'
must undoubtedly be ascribed the report so gene.
rally circulated in pormaity, of a war against the.
Turks having been concerted between three greet
'Powers. It is certainly time that the Porte should
be brought back to the line of her true interests.
The Continent will not suffer the English to be
'musters of the ports of • the Ottoman Empire,
, which they have converted into entrepots for their
commeree with the bordering-States. The gussiats
seem resolved to Prosecute the war with vigour
Austria can set when she chooses on the side or
ser ; and France, by. being mistress of Myriam,
is enabled to strike avast blow.
ViEvN.V, Aretr. IL-4044m the Grand
hon of the Legion of honour, his Majesty the
romperor Napoleon has also sent his Highness the
Archduke Chitties that of 4 knight or tbasa,
Order. '
It is extremely probable that. the rumours of a
fresh insurrection at Constantinople, in which
several Frenchmen were said to have lost their
lives, ire merely fictions, iatentled. by Merchants
to produce 4 momentary rise in tka price of cotton.
'Aputp i2....-The prolongation of Cpunt Mct.
tcrnich's stay at Paris, inspires us with the highest
expectations. It is known that the English Cont.
missaries have been well received ; that
the French Government has condescended to give.
them a must distinguished aelOme, and that ear`
Ambassador Estraurdinary will stop month
longer et Paris, A multiplicity of eirintaystenceS
each of little importance to lto septleiltely, soars!
in inducing us to sugar a grail event. •

. nog THE LONDON 61,elErrs, 111.ttr 1111.
Doaming4trevt, Mg 10. ,
Letter from Captain Maclaine• whoa* brave* denude* tat:
Matagorda, tu Lieutenant-denial Orelkto, giving air ac.
count of its evacuation by nee itgatelbe April ~ WO.
Sin.l have the honour to WOE* yon, •thet at
two o'clock on the morning of the Moto *Wine-
my opened upon the 74-gea ship St, Paulo, end
gun-boats stationed near Fort lidatogorde, with
hot shot, and succeeded in forcing them to skim.
don their position,
Immediately after thie, they spend epee Fort


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ftettloside -41: telly heavy cannonade of ring and
Mortars, but os it would !rave beenimpossiblei to !
direct our fire with koeitainry, I ordeted Lieut.
Breretond of the Royal Artillery, to- delay our
fire. till •dity..tiveak. - ' • .
Thu %bruins discovered *three batteries opposed
to ua, in, the Trociidero, of twentfr.one gunk, and '
from the. flight of their shells we judged they' had
eight mortars in other three hatterks. from the
Itime they commenced firing at the fort they kept tip
a most tremendous, cannontide of shot and shells
with great effect until night when the tummy sad
the fort both. discontinued. . .
That day's fire made a very. large breach in the
escarp of the ramparta on,which was the principal
. part of out guos, and completely laying open osr.
magaxiiie, - . .
We were, from the manner the enemy placed
his batteries, and which they had.contrived to do.
under mask of the houses in the village-of Truce. •
deco, (distant from the fort about nine hundred
yards),only able to -bring seven guns to bear on
•thmn ; yet with these we contrived to silence,'
end,. as g conceive, dismonnt the guns of one of
their hatterima iq which were si; thirty-two polio:
:tiers., •
The whole of the night of the 21st, and morn.
ing of the 22d, I employed in endeavouring to
repair the parapet of the aouth.east face., compoSed,
of sand-bags, and which, from the very heavy fire
' of twenty...one pieces of cannon, • (most of them
thirty.t*o peontlerit) the
•enemy had totally de-
'iinlisherg-in that the moo ;t the guns were perfect*
II callarte4t ' •• . •
We continued to replaCe• the sand.bags and fill
up the breach, so as to put ourselvei in a tolerable
slate of defence, and at daybreak in the morning
the alertly opened with a- salvo fruits all his bane.
ries, We returned the fire with the same 'mirk
and soccesi 'as yesterday, bet the, fort soon became
a complete rain, and nowhere afforded shelter foe
the reliefs. The evacuatiust, however, only took
place iq cousequeoceof your order ; we left the
fort at teq A. M. Captain jtickpolc, of the ROyal
Nary, having aeon s.eitt h,F,the Admiral w coin.
plete its destruction. C. • • *' - '
I cannot sufficiently express to:you the gallaixtrr*
and coolness with which 'every individual officer,
tseaman, marine, and sold;sr conducted himself
duriqg the two Months we maintained this post,
particularly during the two fait days. .
I beg, iq a particular manner, to mention the
' :orrice, of that most excellent officer, Lieotenant
Brereton, of the Itayel Artillery, fathiS aercrejel
tail attention to• his duty, and thginestetly style in
which he kept up his fire on the enemy ; as libe-
-1 wise Ensigns Cannon and Scott, of the Itilth gre,
!millers ; and I request,
,Slr, you will state to the
' Admiral how highly sensible I' am of the hand.
some manner in- which Lieuttnants Chapman and
Macpherson, of the Royal . NUTT, and tine or
two others-, whose names t cannel 'nevi recollect,
volunteered their services dirhig.the heatimi Ot the
fire.
Mr. geargeDobsOn, Midshilialltn of tliallll4l4—'
eible, had charge t of he seamen under my co 4:
eland during the.irtiole Bine,-
.and t beg, yon„ Sir,
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Admiral, aii-

have 41 hes' atc.
(spot) , A. lIACLApIirsLA..
'Cis. Otte itag. late CroWl/44111e tit Sort
To Lit*. Gen.- Graham„
N. 6. Haspitel.Mate !Woe?, attached to Nip
94th Regiment, and who was the Surgeon attend.
ing the Oarrison, I. beg to reennnpend to your no.
lice, as a most attentive and excellent
:professional
man ; he wishes much to. 'be appointed Assistant.
Surgeon of the 94th Regiment, I have omitted
to mention Lieutenant Wright, of 'the Royal 4r.
lii!efyl who succeeded to the como3Pw4 of the
Artillery in the batteries .on .thp morniat. of As
after Ltioatonent nrereton wale wymood,
Captiltilltel *malt.
*List of gilled amit Violinded.st Port Mata6oe4•4ll.tholist
• mid Tilt of April. 1810. • ,
Royal Engineers-1 Major, killed.
Royal Artigerl-1 Liententiet, Pflidere•
.reeeded. . .
• Wei_ ~MeriPer-4 private's killed 10 wounded. . .
'• etnneat-2 privates killed.
Nth I)idtu-1 corporal, .3 privates killed.( 25 waPodad.
sennma killed .2 Midshiputen, 141..aeonteq
CZI ar, 15 mown, 'Egarioes, and killed;
I'LlisewsZiOlidshipopen, 1 serjenist,'M Iwamoto insd pri.
Apo; W .
. toed) • A. M&CLAUSE.
. - Captain 94th Preisadlers, tate Ctietalitheeo
H • FOrt 5100‘0,114.
Mesit.-Clett. Oral:mai,* comatO44sting . , • •
British foteest Cadiz. • , . • •
• • Foreign:Office, 111 as 10 • +
The Kies has been pleased to appoint John
Philip Monier, .Esq to be .hie ,Alkitiest.es Secretary`,
of I4egatiotx to the I.lnited.Siato of kraerice!
—elsor-t !
. • IitILIT4RY PROMOTIONS. .
t NrilreTwoeo chards, Cotner lf.
qlficeifill2,oiSit°'?
4th Clegissee ofJotn Kint to be.
Lientenises, 4y , vtie.Ackers,.who retires.
6th DM% Capta Cimetes Cireitorie, from the 70 Fo.",
Se to Cepa& eta Tralatiel tishart, whuteckneges.
SP. asithnent Lieutenant WIN inloo Pea-
cocktail* Captain of a is, by'parr tom Are Rattoi.h
who .
Ceitiset itaesqey to be I.lenteltalits Nrfb w.
•
17,31.2.14140re.' Blake Seat. Au be Cones, doiliofrOtip;
vire.)
tsd Ditto; • ttleha Brd ales twin' Mailart.hli
. •
Vire v. plowompw? .
LieuteetstaVZ. Oox to be utpatnt tie a, %Imp,.
Owe, 'lee auks. ' • •
la wowed ,a Feel. Charles pePs. tatio,fle.
Or, b 7 telttekthol"" Itil;
swop WM* 4 hO t
ta heoro+ "ilet
- ewhase, vise Swilsborae, who resign& . .
Nth Ditto, Amiga W. B, ono, tress the Silk 9.'elitt. So be
• Lleatreantro wdhsel putetepte.
gst4 atilment et•Tont, Willis, Henry Ro4=64oent. to
be sago" wisps p.m'
villa hi the
lt Stmt. • • •
,47Ss4ti Ditto, tleatteapan Cadet John lialeutlgnoondenet,the
.Itepal illidtary Colter, to OWEnsige, qy puf MaV, eke
rese ntsde • •
n,4 pits,. Captain Witham Ebbw, frau" the trig
. Mari, to le.Captaia of Coppany, ems . et 01?
ex to
70 Onto, Endes Rickard Leodia to be LieuteeastOry por-
ches', view Hubbub, who search
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- . • MS, • .• • fiery
ir . • •
olu Ma of to recommend him to the Admiral) as
a cwt.
tent • lent :slt brave officer. , ~ .
miaittqn;. - Herewith. I aena a iist o! iti*and wounded ;
en *Or dAmonsAltninitner.,l airs sarrito retort litaivr
- Lefehnivs, of the-Royal Engineers ;he w killed
mlllt tbie -clots to me by s cannon ball. The- loss of s4ch
that be. an-eamoilent officer is deeply to be lamented, .
muds for .. - - - I have the honour to be, ifc.
• , (21/sedl , A. MACLAINEI _