The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-07-05 00:00:00

YORK and LEF,Dci New Commodious, Safe,
Cheap. sod Expeditious POST COACHES will set
out from theGOLDEN CROSS. Charing Cmrs, mid BELL.
SA VA • Ledgiste-hill, every corning at half- pme Rye ;
Breakfast at the Red Lion, Barnet ; dine at the Diet, Ea-
ton; Sop at the Groans Ion; Breakfast at the Red Lion,
Dowenster, and arrivlolit Leeds by Twelve, and York by
One. at Noon. There are only four Coachmen employed,
and the same Caned and Coach go throughout. Every es*.
lion has been, and w;11 continue to he made. to render this the
best conveyance on the Noeh Road. Inside, to York and
Leeds, A'S 3s. Outside, ,M
By GEORGE BOULTON and CO.
From the Golden Cross, the following Carriages set out, be-
side many others too macrons to mention
LIVERPOOL Expeditious Post Conchs.), only one night
out, every Morning at Six.
HOLY II F. AD and North Wales Maj) every evening.
HOLYHEAD, Shrewsbury and Birmingham New Post
Coaches. every Morning at Nine.
LUDLOW. Worcester. and Oxford Mail every evening.
sad a New Post Coach Tuesday. Thursday Mid Saturday, at
Two.
MILFORD HAVEN, Carmarthen, Gloucester, and
Cheltenham Mail every evenin,;.
CHELTENHAM and Oxford New and only Day Coach,
every Morning at Sic.
BRIGHTON, East Bourn, Worthing, Hailing:. Ports-
mouth, Southampton, Isle of Wight. Bognor, Chichester,
Amadei. Little Hampton, Margate, Ramsgate, Dover,
Deal, Hythe,Folholose, arc. &e. Coaches

FROM TUB LONDON GAZETTE, Jcz.r 4.

.4thnirafty Office, July 4:

Cop;re. of two Letters (eons Captain 11111Kinley, of his Ma-
jr.ta's *hip the Lively, to the lino. William WeUsk/
Pole.
Lively, Vim June 7, 1805
Ssa,Be pleased to inform my Lords Commis.l
stoners of the Admiralty, that, yesterday even.,
lug, an express arrived from a Spanish Officer at
San Payo to Commodore Don Juan Carransas,
that the Conde Norona was retiring with his divi-
&ion of the Gallician army from Puntevedra to
that place, and desiring boats might be there to
convey the troops across the river (the bridge
having been broken down on the 7th of May).
Commodore Don J. Carransas requesting assist.
ance, Captain Wynter, with the Cadets (who
had been obliged to put back from stress of wee.
ther), immediately sailed up the river with the Por.
taguese schooner Curios', under my orders from
the Hon. Vice-Admiral Berkeley, the Tigre Spa.
nish schooner of war, and as many boats and
vessels as could possibly be collected.
This retrograde movement caused me much
anxiety, and I very early this morning went up in
the barge to San Payo, where I found Brigadier.
General Carrera strongly posted on the South side
of the bridge (the Conde de Norona being at
Redondela); and in my interview with him, I
learnt that the enemy, after the Brigadier-General
bad taken Santiago, united his forces from Lugo
to those of Corunna, amounting to 8000 men,
2500 cavalry, with several field.pieces, and some
12-pounders.
Thin force being very limb superior to the Bri.
gadier's, be retreated to Caldas and Pontevcdra,
where the Conde de Nonni* joined. From the
excessive and continued heavy rains we have had of
late, much of the ammunition was unavoidably
damaged ; and Pontevedra being too distant to re.
ceive any more when attacked, the falling back ea
such a strong position was well conceived and most
ably executed. On a height above the bridge they
had a battery of two 18-pounders ; and this army
was increased to between 6 and 7000 men armed,
and 3000 fine young men without arms, 120
horse, nine field pieces, acting under the imme.
diate direction of the Brigadier-General.
At nine the enemy appeared on the other side in
great force; and although the Galliciao troops bad
undergone much fatigue, and suffered greatly from
the inclemency of the weather, to which they had
been constantly exposed, yet, on the approach of
the enem), nothing could exceed the animation
and spirit of the soldiers : all was alacrity and
confidence; and I left the Brigadier-General, and
was saluted by the enemy from their feld.pieces,
but without hurting us, although nearly within
musket-shot ; at half past nine they opened their
fire on the Spaniards, which was most spiritedly
returned, and their field artillery was moved with
great alacrity and well served.
On my return on board, I landed my marines
and 25 seamen at the Castle (having taken them on
board some days past) ; and Lieut.-Col. Carroll,
in the most zealous and handsome manner, offered
his services to assist Captain Crawford iu defence
of the Castle. Sixty soldiers, whom he brought
from Gijon with him (part of our army,t), at his
earnest request, were landed, and I supplied them
with arms ' • and every thing was put its the best
possible order of defence by Commodore Don
Jean Carransas, Don Bernado Goncales, the Go-
vernor, and Captain Crawford, of his Majesty's
ship Venus.
I have the honour to be, kc. •
(Signed) GEO.

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SIR, Lively, Vigo, Jose I• 2. 1809.
I concluded my letter of the 7th instant, which
I did myself the honour of writing to acquaint
you, for the information of my Lords Commis-
sioners of the Admiralty, that the enemy had be-
gun an attack at half past nine that morning on
the Spanish troops under the command of Brigs-
att.-General Carrera, on the south side of the
bridge of St. Payo.
I have to. request that you will be pleased to
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make known to their Lordships, that the enemy,
having taken post on the north side of the bridge,
a pistol-shot across, in houses, and in a wood •
little below it, kept up his attack, supported with
field artillery, and three twelve-pounders, with
great vivacity during the whole of that day (the
7th), which was sustained by the Gallician army
with great coolness and bravery.
During the night of the 7th, the enemy ergpted
a battery. Commodore Don Juan Carransas sent
up three gnn.boats, one of which Captain Wyn.
ter manned, under the charge of Lieutenant Jef-
ferson, his First Lieutenant. At daylight in the
morning of the Bth, the enemy opened his fire,
both on the Gallician troops and the boats; the
latter of which, from the tide being up, got near
and destroyed the enemy's batteries. At the fall
of the tide the enemy made two desperate attempts
to cross below the bridge with his cavalry and in-
fantry, but the great courage and spirit displayed
by our friends repulsed them with great slaughter.
A body of them went higher up the river to the
bridge of Sotomayor, and that active and brave
officer, Don Pablo Murillo, was detached with a