The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-08-01

h' De kv law, giving his opinion on ,l,e
lesou the country, but announcing Ms
slaae a;.ation 10 comply as a military
oeaeandpr. with the orders that he shouid
ee"' .,s ,rrom government; that maiefo,
recen I'd misconstrncd his intenticns, ana
ieoes a 10, IN exciting disgust IN the oihcers
s.I, ar,ny. and especially Those about MS
Oh W vhu had accordingly rendered ther
Tefsp''. ;a,s that the intendant OF the ar
n particular, had unesfee'eoly icao,
- n take MS seat nj u board 81 Sene'"'
Sr.sT. that tins bad example hau pean
1.nnyed by others, and that ai'honsh Nv
i i'an ~, H. means Of compelling every one 10
~ "a AMY. ne thought that his retaining
no ''s ,,n,snd Of the third army would do
lne .Y bar,n than good aud besides, that
M ~ ;,,disposed at jnneture when The
p'i" '',ne ofthe enemy rendered II nceessa-
80 l;snlay unusual activity, he HAD dr-
'',;a,.d tn give up the command oil the
-, aud serve as "A volunteer at Tue QUE
"' ,,s thus setting a good example to many
iyAo did not always bear IN miho TIC ch
gagements they had contracted, -,
The Cortes have referred al ''ie ooe"'
mems respecting Count Ablsh"fs 'onlact
4. the committee on cases oil responSipi''ly
with directions TO report thereon WITHOUT
delay. c.,
In addition To a decree respecting Span
,arls in the French service, &c. The C"rtes
Rave ordered that the property oil sueh as
~ n of their own accord, continue 10
side withuutlea in the French territory
bryond the period Of six months from me
ID. of ,he decree, be taken possession OF
and seu,,estercd, giving, however, sum
Inf allowance for the maintenance oi their
,yi,es. parents, children and brothers under
ar. If they happen to be in Spanish plo-
yinces unoccupied by the enemy-"li'eSs
the fathers, or any of the sons or brothers
ofthe abscntees should be fighting the bat
ties of the country, as, III tins case, the
estates would be given up In them, on
condition. that they should maintain their
r,.latiyes as above-and further, they nave
declared in force, during the present war,
the 9Th, 9TH, 9Th and 9th articles OF the
decree of June 10, 1912, enacted by the
Cortes extraordinary for the war OF indie
pendence. !,
SEVILLE, June 5.-Dispatchcs received
from the Marquis de Castrelidorrlus, dated
II. @. Archbshop's Bridge, May 81, state,
that on the same morning, at O'Clock,
whilst with his vanguard at TaiAyera, his
advanced posts, which were at The bridge
at Aiberche, sent report that The enemy
were 10 sight-that the troops were lmine'
dateIY ordered to form in the Pedro until
the number ofthc enemy could be ascertain
ed-lhat two battalions of G,udalalara
were posted on the wooden bridge 10 cover
the passage and retreat OF the baggage 10
the left of The Tagus, whilst the cavalry,
with the two great grcnadicr companies oil
Cuenca, and baudalaiara, and the light
Infantry of the latter and TIVE field pieces,
were ordered to advance that at 8 o'clock
the fire began on the part of the gueriias,
md that although he French lancers char
gcd the regiment of cavalry, Lusitania, the
FIRE Of grape shot from the artillery, and the
serenity with which they were received,
obliged them To retire. Shortly after, 1t
was discovered by the dust that the enemy
We're going 10 attack their left, Oh perceiy
Ing which, Gen. Casteiidorrus ordered
General Zayas, who was with the g1erIlas,
and cavalry To fall back--that Gen. Zayas
did retlre in admirable order, inasmuch,
that though the enemy persued them at
first, he charged them with the squadron
ofCurasseurs, and Obliged them to retreat
that about a mile ffum Talavera, Gen.
2ayas halted with the cavalry ard allghted,
but the enemy did not continue their move
ment-that, in the mean fine, General
Espeleta, who had arrived in the preceding
evening, with the garrison of Madrid, was
retrcaling with two battalions which passed
70, h., In r Fl tV,,nJn,,
hridge-that the nature of the ground and
the quantity of dust raised by the columns
did not permit the forces Of the enemy tn
be asccrtained, which, however, they state
10 have heen far greater than their own,
particularly IN cavalry that, nevertheless,
the composure of the Spanish troops
inspired them with respect, Cor which rea-
son General CaetGlilOrrilIs felt the greatest
satisfaction in reporting, that all the troops
preserved the utmost order and discipline,
and behaved with valor but that the
knowledge, dispositions aud example of
General Zayas, in particular, contributed
more than any thing else to the executing
of that movement IN such a manner rs TO
reflect as much honor on the troops as
victory Itself. The dispatches further state,
that the loss of the Spanards is confined
10 10 or L. wounded j; but that it was not
possible TO ascertain what that 0ithr French
amounted To, though the former presume
1t must have been more considerable by
reason of the good direction Of the Spanish
artillery-that the latter troops were EN-.
camped on the left bank Of the Tagus,
beyond the bridge and that, whereas the
projected plan could no longer be pursued,
which was TO keep vanguard on its right
hank in order to secure resources for the
army, its several corps would, on the fol-
lowing day, occupy the towns aud villages
ectween that place and Amarez the head
quarters removing to Trujillo.
BY subsequent dispatches from General
Castelldorrlus, dated Deleitosa, May -,