The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-03-30 00:00:00

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Blake, elf Mataros , Fells 2; 011
pro,—passlos Barcelona on the night of the etith, Cegeain
finien branigat ate ceemiunicatiorts tom Captain 'Tower, re-
"peeing: ,i,s seeleee of -the Curaeoa, Rainbow, and Fapilloa,
in hare...bee II divlii6n of the enemy which vra: mnrching along
the end"; ergo" the eastward, and in finally iibligier them to re- •
tire, and, ',duet, towards Bareelime by a more circuitous route.
Ant I beg td aware you, that their unremitting eitertloas cm all
we. ,wed, lit :tieing our ally on the one part, and olierking the .i
progress of she enemy Oil tbeother,•-fully wine them to your
approbetien:
"On lie 2! tn, whilst Wateringat Arens, I received infornuktow.
that the whole French forte; which had lately traversed t' is
prieipality• tenanting to seven thousand tofu. (four thousand
of watch a ere collected from hie Amperdaan, and the of.ier
three benisand from the garrison of Barcelors), were about to
mar *movement *lout -the coast, I therefore directed. Cap-.
twin rimer, -instead of returnitet immediately to the Medas.
Welch he pal bogy supplied with provisions ;Ind water, and
weigh •:one I ion well be la any miser danger is hilst the whole of
ibeanny.wasia this a.eteter, to proceed with the htenipe to
IbUituro, art!. eotizert eite thoGieternot„
,Coloni I O'Ryan, the
Intel advise le meaus far its defence. On the marling of the
e.O-11; .the t.;unicoa making the signal flat die 014911 y, *ere ad-
vauting, me' Rainbow opened her life open Went billtr*Vlltbaf;
.a 3 dill the Ciiticoa and Metope upon their nOPeoach to hlatiwo.
.I Weighed immediately, and•work ed. ep to thet placetttecoln-
Peelel bylhe rBPlll4e, whiehjust ihen joined Ise, tame* been
drienti, in company with the.Tritisa troaeport, (tribe *oast to
the Lite gale. . . •
T.ir Freoch npAarine determined to occupy the' erten, and
the tnliabiLinte 'teeing Wed notice of their approach on the pre-
ctitiiig evening. and estanaequently anfficient time to: emote their
mist e.,1: ahl.• erects, 1 felt triyielf rafted upon eseumply *Ms'
the d^: ire of the Captain-General, repeated be Colonel VP.Yan,
anitoeened the lire of the.sqvadron upon such parts of the town
es.aPipeisied -to be mostuccepied ley the enemy,. aid which eas
sneerit4 bfindleceintitudie 'blunder. 'I :se lops of the.Mouutsils
were mil et- edisseistiaP!,yelie Irregular .Spautsyy acting in
Guerilla; mid I mute hopes thaeonr united elfertaharl inellited
tee eneue to quit the place.„ They retunied, however, at night,
and olive continued to occupy the totidlreectaillY ever since, as
• lielle.e by ilmerindietneme, Olds- each pare of the army an
. o portunity to plunder ,in its turn. It tiling iinpossi hie. to con-
toffee he gnu! expellee ntarnmeinttien, eg accord-
ir4 tooth tenor at Colonel .Crityalfs t
otterl, one flee has only
• wi repietteteat internals, us as,to keep the enemy in constant
trauble and Alarm.
. 'We have reportiftom .ketins of their bkving lost sir hundred
men ; nail the evident effects Of nee shot upon the houses in the
parts .to which they have beee•directed, induces me to give cre-
dit to tlmt assertion.
'I vie the ti urnena and Papillen.to Arens, in consequence of
a report that ameher- French division was about to cater that
tenter, 'intending the former should return to the Medal' the mo-
ment her services could* be dispensed with, and I have sent
thptain Tower 11,519 e irtridgeli, to supply the demands lately
Wade on me by the Patriots, and have directed him to furnish
them with asith proportion of Ifiscoit as they have required, to
enable them to maintain the position they occupy open the
mountains at the back of this town., Yesterday evening the Cu-
racmt telegraphed r` the enemy entering Cada, St. Paul,
,and
Can't 1" bat want of wind has prevented that ship and the Pa-
pinion' hitherto front attacking them, ekcept by their boati. • . '.
-This narrative guided to my preceding letter will ettforti you the
beef means I can procure to enable you to judge of the critical
gfate.of aWaies in this prinetpality.
it -appears to toe; however, that the Spanish army has M-
ete:tee tits exertions in proportion to the difficulties it has bad to
conten I oweinst ;
.and- I therefore supplicate that you will be
pltasel to trod me all the Means you can spare for clearing the
ce,st of the enemy, and furnishing it with out+ supplies as may
be n-rcAlry lot keeping ap threaergy and fesolution by which
it is a' resent characterized, General Sarslield, lam told, *as
aetnally eibsegiprieoner; a few slass ago, hut was rescued hy a
Swiss. greaadiecof the regiineut of tiosa, who killed the French-
snail that hid of poisessien of pith; and recovered even the sash,
which be bud. just stripped from him; and amongst the losses
which they hive suffered in . the late battles, lam sorry to find
the as,nerof.spoie of those rising yonng
.men, most distinguished
for then. gantry; ksidee. Colonel Reding [severely wounded
weititi..l fh, Colonels ViVamil,.and Di. Creole, also of the divi-
t
Mob of Ate, *CFO' trotoneed In the havdefooght battle of the
Site. in which the French are said to have left N.) (lad on the
Reid ; and Colour! Jahn), who has so often distinguished him-
self it ithqhe Cuirassiers, and was left at 'Miter° to-swayer.
from an accidental wound he Medved at Belpoig, was killed at
the head of a Gerrilta patsy on the Slit. . . ..._ .
I have apse to, inform you that the enemy heoltii.'oplrom Ma-
.taro this morning before day-light, and seeihe the 'hip weigh
for the purpose of watching their movements. they took et lime
through the 'lsere* not of gam-shat, which made their march
so very tedious and fatiguing, that they did not reach' Arens de
Mar until three o'clock, and after bei e somewhat harassed
upon their annum+ to tsat place by tee Spanish irregular
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troops-upon the mount tins. Seeing them halt upon the hills, I
arichortel here, and jointly with the ('uracon, Popillon, and
. boats,• threwu few shot over this town to deter them from enter-
ing it. But as we observed a few of them approach the place
jest hefare dark, I have ordered the boats to scour the street
which runs down to the sea,. to check their plundering the
homes, daring the night, as much as possible.
I have the honour to be, &c. ,
• E. CODRINGTON.
To Sir Edw Peliew, Bart. Vice-Admiral
of the Red, &c. &c. &c. &e.

Admiralty gifice, March 28, 1812. -
grans/bitted by Viae-Admiral Sir I;. PeHew.]

His blajesty's ship Ateeste, off Lissa,
• • • December I, 1811.
Etch-1111 Majesty's ships under my orders having' been drasto
4romiheleanchorage before Lpgiva, by strouggeles, hid taken
slow In Lisa; when thesssfegraph on Whitby Hill, signalised
three suspicions sail south; A-Ices e, Active, and Unite were
wzrped ant of Port St. George the moment a strong E.N.E. wind
woiht permit i'ani.ron the evening of the '2Bth oft. oft the south
erd of ,es, I wet with Lieutenant AI • Dougall, of his Majesty's
ship Unite,. who, with ajudgment and seal which does him iuti-
nite credit, had put back, whim on his voyage to Malta in a
neutral, to acquaint a* he had seen three French frigates, forty
miles to the southward r every sail was Carried on in cbace, and
at tone in the morning of the 29th the eneing were seen off the
Waal of Aogisst4: he formed in line upon the lar oari tack,
.and tool towards uslot a stortAme; but finding his Majesty's
ships Geniis.; 'won him under all tall in close line abreast, he
bore op :u the N W, ant set &retrial sails. ' ALeleven Cie rear
ship separated and stood W the N.E. ' • I inutiediakety detached
the Llniteaftcr)er (and Captain Chainherlayne's report to me
the result I pave the honour to inclose). At twenty minutes
iffsr one P. M. ,the Atomic coinrcepsed action with the other
two, by.engagiug the rear in passing to get at the Coiumodbre,
but an unlucky shot soon afterwards bringing down our main-
to;.-:oast, we unavoidably dropped a little a-stern : cheers of
" Vive 1' Eniperenr" resounded Irma both shin s, they thought
the day their oten, not aware of what a second I had in my gal-
lant:treed Captain Gormlon, who- milted the Active op water
every sail,and brought tae stetnmest to action, *'thin pistoleshet
the hendinost then wortened sail,tacked and stood for the Ake*,
(which though disabled ta hot maso, I trust he experienced.was
by ao asides so at her guns), and ;these warm conflict oft iMO
aid Al mointites,it ended by the French Connnodore making iatf lb
the westwerd t'which, from my crippled state I was unable to
prevent, and the other surrenderinclifter &nog totally dismasted
and five fort water in her hold ; she proved to be the Pamone,
044 gnus, and 522 men, commanded by Capt Rommel, who
fought his ship wither skill and bravery, Wet bas obtained for
him the respect and esteem of his opponents ; the other was the.
Partible, of similar force, commanded by Moizieur Monet/tit,
Cipitaine tin Vaisseau, wi:h a broad pendant; they were from
Corfu, going to join the squadron at rieste. The Alceste had
20 killed and wounded Active Si, and l'omone 50; and it is
with poignant r. rut I informn yon, that Capt. Gorden has lest a
leg ; but thank tsod lie is doing well ; his merits ds an omeer I
seed not dwell upon, they are known to his country; and he
lives in the hearts of all who hay; the happiues to know bile.—
His first Lieutenant, Ihishwood, lost his arm soon after he was
wounded, andthe ship was fought by Lieutenant Hayeinamaa-
ner that redeets the highest honour upon hint ; his services be-
fore bad frequently merited and obtained.the high approbation
a strong recouni.eadat ion of his Captain,who also speaks hi the
is Lieutenant Morinrt7 ' Mr. 1.--..hian,
me quarter-deek by my first Lieutenant
Moore, Master,. and theinain-deck guns
Lieut. Jades Moistague and 111 f. 3...
Lieut. Hickman, at Lisr.s, with the
m very deserting elbeert (Lieutenant
es., and 'Lieu. Lloyd, Rb) al Marines,
mention they were ashore with most
at (744.1,14 Castle and 'testes Islands,
hourly threatened with an attack from
greet force at eislha.. . •
in sight and joined wen-after tie action,
rendered essential se-trice lgy.sfamldog the
the Acorn, to whom I have entrusted` the
atisence,.has hid an ;utilises duty to per-
••.s arise, when all are actuated by zeal
and the little equadran you have done
tae with, possess it in as insistent tie-
1, afterseeingthe Pessaane late Lis-
ne, with his usual alierity, bat re-
made the signal of being it for aeridee)

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, . A. Wilson, and Mr. H. Moon
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1 i *rre adaiirably•directed by L
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~ Miller, !toys! Marine, Active,
1 • '. Aleeste), II Is necessary to area
Lewis. respective parties at C
thei.emdry eifencetif l Assn, liouff
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, 1 and (spiels l'Attoti rendered
1 i.. . prize in, tow. .
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1 defence of e.cos.a la eur shim
forth; byt. DO diAicatities •ari
fur his. '4l.kjestrsoctilee; and
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a • sind Captait h.sinherlity
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