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confusion, towards Amaranthe, leaving behind them 5 pieces of cannon, 8 ammunition tumbrils, and many prisoners. The enemy's loss in killed and wounded in this action has been very large, and they have left behind them in Opor to 700 sick and wounded.

Brigadier-General the Hon. Charles Stewart then directed a charge by a squadron of the 14th dragoons, under the command of Major Harvey, who made a successful attack on the enemy's rear-guard.

In the different actions with the enemy, of which I have above given your Lordship an account, we have lost some, and the immediate services of other valuable officers and soldiers.

In Lieut.-General Paget, among the latter, I have lost the assistance of a friend, who had been most useful to me in the few days which had elapsed since he had joined the army. He had rendered a most important service, at the moment he received his wound, in taking up the position which the troops afterwards maintained, and in bearing the first brunt of the enemy's attack.

Major Harvey also distinguished himself at the moment he received his wound, in the charge of the cavalry on this day.

I cannot say too much in favour of the officers and troops.

They have marched, in four days, over eighty miles of most difficult country, have gained many important positions, and have engaged and defeated three different bodies of the enemy's troops.

I beg particularly to draw your Lordship's attention to the conduct of Lieu tenant General Paget, Major General Murray, Major Gen. Hill, Lieut. Gen. Sherbrooke, Brigadier Gen. the Hon. Charles Stewart, Lieut.-Colonel Delancey, Quartermaster-General, and Capt. Mellish, Assistant Adjutant-General, for the assistance they respectively rendered General Stewart, in the charge of the cavalry, this day, and on the 11th, Major Colin Campbell, Assistant AdjutantGeneral, for the assistance he rendered Major General Hill in the defence of his post, and Brigadier-General Stewart, in the charge of the cavalry this day, and Brigade Major Fordyce, Captain Corry, and Capt. Hill, for the assistance they rendered General Hill.

I have also to request your Lordship's attention to the conduct of the riflemen, and of the flank companies of the 29th, 43d, and 52d regiments, under the command of Major Way of the 29th, and that of the 16th Portuguese regiment, commanded by Colonel Machado, of which Lieut.-Colonel Doyle is Lieutenant-Colonel; and that of the brigade of the Hanoverian Legion, under the command of Brigadier-General Langworth; and that of the two squadrons of the 16th and 20th light dragoons, under the command of Major Blake of the 20th, in the action of the 11th; and the conduct of the Buffs, commanded by Lieut. Colonel Drum.. mond; the 48th, commanded by Col. Duckworth, and 66th, commanded by Major Murray, who was wounded; and of the squadron of the 14th dragoons, under the command of Major Harvey, in the action of this day.

I have received the greatest assistance from the Adjutant General and Quartermaster-Gen. Col. Murray, and from all the officers belonging to those departments respectively throughout the service, as well as from Lieut. Colonel Bathurst, and the officers of my personal Staff, and I have every reason to be satisfied with the artillery and officers of engineers.

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I send this dispatch by Captain Stanhope, whom I beg to recommend to your Lordship's protection: His brother, the Hon. Major Stanhope, was unfortunately wounded by a sabre, whilst leading a charge of the 16th light dragoons on the 12th instant.

I have the honour to be, &c.

ARTHUR WELLESLEY. Abstract of the killed, wounded, and missing of the army, in action with the advanced posts of the French army at Al. bergaria Nova, 10th May 1809.

None killed; 1 Major (Lincoln Stanhope,) 2 rank and file, wounded; 1 rank and file, missing-Total 4.

In the action on the heights of Grijon, May 11. 1809. Nineteen killed, 63 wounded, 14 missing-Total 69.

Officers killed and wounded. 16th Light Dragoons-Capt. Sweatman, wounded slightly; Lieut. Tomkinson, severely. Captain Owens, 38th

foot,

foot, wounded; Lieut. Woodgate, 52d, severely, King's German Legion Captain Delanring, killed. 2d Ditto-Captain Langrelin, severely wounded. Rifle Corps King's German LegionLieut. Lodders, wounded.

In the passage of the Douro, on the 12th of May.

Twenty-three rank and file, killed; 2 General and Staff Officers, 3 Majors, 2 Captains, Lieutenants, 1 Serjeant, 85 rank and file, wounded; 2 rank and file, missing.--Total 23 killed, 96 wounded, 2 missing—121.

Officers killed, wounded, and missing. Lieut. General Paget lost his arm, but doing well. Captain Hill, Aid-decamp to General Hill,.slightly.

14th Light Dragoons-Major Her. vey lost his right arm, but doing well; Captain Hawker and Lieut. Knippe, slightly. 3d Foot-Lieut. Monaghan, slightly. 48th Foot 2d Bat.-Major Erskine, slightly. 66th Foot, 2d Bat. -Major Murray, severely in the arm; Captain Binning, slightly. Royal Engineers-First Lieut. Hamilton, severely:

PROCLAMATION.

Arthur Wellesley, General in Chief of
the British army in Portugal, and
Marshal General of the armies of the
Prince Regent:

"Inhabitants of Oporto,

"As the French troops have been expelled from this city by the bravery and discipline of the army which I command, I require from the inhabitants that they shall comport themselves with compassion and humanity towards the said troops who may be made prisoners. By the laws of war, they are entitled to my protection, and it is my duty to afford it. It would be very inconsistent with the generosity and magnanimity of the Portuguese Nation, to revenge, upon unfortunate individuals, the outrages and calamities which it has suffered. I direct the inhabitants of the city to remain tranquil in the town, and that no person that does not belong to a military corps shall appear armed in the city. In case of this order being contravened, or of any attack being made upon the said individuals, persons shall be punished as guilty of having disobeyed my orders.-Lappoint Colonel Trant Commandant of this city, unless the Government of his Royal Highness shall object to this nomination.-I order the Commander to use all the means necessary to enforce obedience to this order, and to produce the effect of complete tranquillity and peace, for which I am so anxiously solicitous.

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"ARTHUR WELLESLEY."

Oporto, May 13. 1809. Return of ordnance, ammunition, carriages, and ordnance stores, &c, taken in the arsenal of Quartieri St Oviedo, on the 12th May 1809. Brass guns, French, the carriages broken to pieces--ten 12 pounders, twelve 8-pounders, eighteen 4 pounders, sixteen 3-pounders; brass howitzers, French, one carriage good-two 8 inch, one 6inch; French caissons-4 serviceable, "Head quarters, Oporto, May 13. 1809." 36 unserviceable; 3000 whole barrels of English gunpowder; 300,000 English musket cartridges; round shot, 2000 nine-pounders, 256 eighteen-pounders, 508 twelve-pounders, 656 eight pounders, 580 four pounders, 200 three-pounders; shells-400 six-inch, 600 flannel cartridges; case shot-- 120 six-inch howitzers; wheels good-8 guns, 30 how itzers, 18 cars; 60 handspikes, 12 tarpaulins, 3000 French flints, 10 slow matches, 100 spunges, 30 copper ladies, G. HOWARTH.

Brig-Gen. Royal Horse Artillery. As soon as Oporto was given up by the enemy, the inhabitants rose, and we understand massacred several of the French. The following Proclamation was issued by Sir Arthur:

Monte Alegre, May 18. 1809.

MY LORD,

When I determined upon the expedition to the north of Portugal against Marshal Soult, I was in hopes that the Portuguese General, Silviera, would be able to hold his post upon the Tamaga till he should be reinforced; by which, and by the possession of Chaves, the enemy's retreat would have been cut off. The loss of the bridge of Amaranthe, however, on the ad inst. altered our prospects. Gen. Beresford, who marched towards the upper part of the Douro on the 5th, and arrived at Lamego ou the 10th, however, having obliged the enemy's posts at Villa Real and Maison

Frien to fall back with some loss, and having crossed the Douro, drove in Gen. Loison's out-posts at the bridge of Amaranthe, and again acquired possession of the left bank of the Tamaga on the 12th. Loison retired from Amaranthe on the morning of the 13th, as soon as he had heard of the events at Oporto, and met his advanced guard a short distance from the town. I was unable to commence the pursuit of the enemy till the morning of the 13th, when the Hanoverian Legion moved to Valonga, under Major-General Murray. On that evening, I was informed that the enemy had destroyed a great part of his cannon at Penafiel, and had directed his march towards Braga, in consequence of Gen. Beresford's operations upon the Tamaga; and I marched on the 14th, with the army in two columns towards the Minho. I directed General Beresford upon Chaves, in case the ene. my should turn to his right; and MajorGeneral Murray to communicate with General Beresford, if he should find that Loison remained in the neighbourhood of Amaranthe.

Gen. Beresford had anticipated my orders to march his own corps upon Chaves, and had already sent Gen. Silviera to occupy the passes of Ruives and Melgassey, near Salamonde, but he was unfortunately too late. I arrived at Braga on the 15th (Gen. Murray being at Guimaraens, and the enemy about fifteen miles in our front,) and at Salamonde on the 16th. We had there an affair with their rear guard. The Guards, under Lieut. General Sherbrooke, and Brig. Gen. Campbell, attacked their position late in the evening; and having turned their left flank by the heights, they abandoned it, leaving a gun and some prisoners behind them. On the 17th, we moved to Ruives, and on the 18th to this place. I here found that he had taken a road through the mountains towards Orense, by which it would be difficult, if not impossible, for me to overtake him, and on which I had no means of stopping him. The enemy commenced his retreat by destroying a great proportion of his guns and ammunition. He afterwards destroyed the remainder of both, and a great proportion of his baggage, and kept nothing excepting what the soldiers or a few mules could carry. He has left behind

him his sick and wounded; and the road from Penafiel to Monte Alegre is strewed with the carcases of horses and mules, and French soldiers, who were put to death by the peasantry before our advanced guard could save them.

This last circumstance is the natural effect of the species of warfare which the enemy have carried on in this country. Their soldiers have plundered and murdered the peasantry at their pleasure; and I have seen many persons hanging on the trees by the sides of the road, executed for no reason that I could learn, excepting that they have not been friendly to the French invasion and usurpation of the government of their country; and the route of their column, on their retreat, could be tra ced by the smoke of the villages to which they set fire.

We have taken about 500 prisoners. Upon the whole, the enemy has not lost less than a fourth of his army, and all his artillery and equipments, since we attacked him upon the Vonga.

I hope your Lordship will believe, that no measure which I could take was omitted to intercept the enemy's retreat. It is obvious, however, that if an army throws away all its cannon, equipments, and baggage, and every thing that can strengthen it, and can enable it to act together as a body, and abandons all those who are entitled to its protection, but add to its weight and impede its progress, it must be able to march by roads through which it cannot be followed with any prospect of being overtaken by an army which has not made the same sacrifices.

It is impossible to say too much of the exertions of the troops. The weather has been very bad indeed. Since the 13th the rain has been very constant, and the roads, in this difficult country, almost impracticable. But they have persevered in the pursuit to the last, and have been generally on their march from day light in the morning till dark.

The brigade of Guards were at the head of the column, and set a laudable example; and in the affair with the enemy's rear-guard, on the evening of the 16th, they conducted themselves remarkably well.

I have the honour to be, &c.

ARTHUR WELLESLEY.

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Scottish Chronicle.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE GENERAL ASSEM-
BLY OF THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND.

N Thursday, May 18. the Right

Saturday, May 20. The draught of an answer to his Majesty's letter, and also the draught of a dutiful and loyal address to his Majesty, upon the present

OH. Lord Napier, his Majesty's arduous situation of public affairs, ba

His

Commissioner to the General Assembly
of the Church of Scotland, walked from
the Highland Society Hall to the High
Church, in the usual state, the Inverness-
shire militia lining the street.
Grace was attended by the Earls of
Buchan and Leven; Lord Viscount
Cathcart; Lords Sinclair, Elibank, and
Robert Kerr; Admiral Sir Edmund
Nagle; most of the North British Staff,
a number of naval and military Officers,
and several other persons of distinction,
and was received by the Lord Provost
and Magistrates in their robes. The
Rev. Dr Grant, one of the ministers of
Canongate, the last Moderator, preach-
ed an excellent discourse from Psalm
cxlvii. 12-IS.

ving been prepared by the Committee appointed for that purpose, were given in, read, and unanimously approved of; and his Grace the Commissioner, at the request of the Assembly, undertook to transmit them to his Majesty.

Monday, May 2z. The Assembly took into consideration the request of William Murray, Agent for the Church, and his letter being read, it was agreed that the Assembly should accept of his resignation, and immediately proceed to re-elect him, together with his son, Mr John Murray, W. S. joint agents for the Church, with the survivancy to the longest liver of the two, which was done accordingly.

of Church Courts, against all interfer ence of the Commissary Courts of Glasgow, which they considered as infringing upon them. After some deliberation, the case was referred to the Committee of public accounts to report thereupon.

The Assembly next proceeded to After Divine Service, his Grace went consider a petition from the Rev. Mr to the Assembly Room, when the Mem- Small and Kirk-Session of Stair, crabers proceeded to chuse a Moderator.ving aid and support of the privileges The Rev. Dr Francis Nicoll, at Mains and Strathmartine, was unanimously elected. His Majesty's commission and letter, and also the warrant for One thousand pounds, to be employed in propagating the Christian religion in the Highlands of Scotland, were read; after which, his Grace the Commissioner o pened the Assembly with a very clegant speech from the throne, to which the Moderator made a suitable reply.

Friday, May 19. The Assembly appointed a Committee to draw up an an swer to his Majesty's letter; and also an address upon the present arduous situation of public affairs.

The following gentlemen were appointed to preach before his Grace the Commissioner-Mr J. Tod, at Mauchline, to lecture and preach on Sunday the 21st, in the forenoon, and Dr Mitchell, at Largs, in the afternoon. Mr Cannan, at Kirrymuir, to lecture and preach on the forenoon of Sunday the 28th, and Mr M'Gibbon, at Inverary, in the afternoon.

June 1809.

Wednesday, May 24, The Assembly had before them an overture from the Synod of Glasgow and Ayr, respecting the rights and jurisdictions of the Church over the inferior Church officers, and a petition from the Presbytery of Dumbarton, and Mr John M'Ewan, minister of Baldernock, relating to the same subject; which having been read, and par ties heard, the Assembly agreed to refer the petition to the committee on publick accounts; and at the same time declared, that the cause is entitled to the countenance of the Church, and authorised the Procurator, to appear in the civil court in behalf of the Church, along with Mr M'Ewan.

Saturday, May 27. The thanks of the Assembly were given from the Chair to Sir Henry Moncrieff Wellwood, Gene

ral

ral Collector of the Widow's Fund, for the diligence, attention, prudence, and tenderness, with which he continued to discharge the duties of his office.

The Assembly heard a petition for the Right Hon. Lord Saltoun and others, heritors and feuars in the parish and town of Fraserburgh, appealing from a sentence of the Presbytery of Deer, dismissing a complaint brought against Mr William Bannerman, school master of Fraserburgh, accusing him of cruelty and improper behaviour to his scholars; and also from a sentence of the Synod of Aberdeen, refusing to receive an appeal taken from the sentence of the Presbytery of Deer. After hearing counsel, the Assembly agreed, without a vote, to dismiss the appeal as incompetent. Monday, May 29. The Assembly heard a petition from Colin Cameron and others, respecting a Gaelic and English Chapel of Ease in Edinburgh; the Assembly unanimously agreed to grant the desire of the petition, by erecting the Chapel of Ease in question.

The Assembly had transmitted to them a petition of Thos. White, Esq. of Wind. hill, against a sentence of the Presbytery of Hamilton, 25th April last, directing the kirk session of Avondale to refuse baptism to two of the petitioner's children. The Assembly, considering the special circumstances of the case, viz. that Mr White has a concern in another parish, which obliges him to be frequent ly there in the end of the week, and that he attends divine worship regularly in said parish, they agreed to recommend to Mr Scott to administer the ordinance of baptism to Mr White's children, in the parish church of Avondale; and they recommend to Mr White to attend the ordinances of religion in the parish church, as often as circumstances will permit.

The Assembly was dissolved in the usual form, and the next Assembly appointed to meet on the 17th May 1810.

The Assembly have had no material business this year before them. ADDRESS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO THE KING.

May it please your Majesty, The very gracious letter with which your Majesty has been pleased to ho. nour this General Assembly of our national Church, has been received by us

with the most profound respect and gratitude.

That your Majesty has again thought fit to intrust to the Right Hon. Francis Lord Napier, your Commissioner, to represent your royal person on this solemn occasion, we regard as a renewed mark of that gracious attention which your Majesty has been accustomed to shew to our interest and to our wishes. On former occasions his conduct in the high office committed to him has com manded our esteem; and on the present, we are confident that it will be such as to call forth our merited approbation.

We place the most perfect reliance on the assurance which, by your Majesty's command, he has again given us of your unalterable attachment to those principles of religion which are alone the means of directing the conduct of Princes, those principles which are so intimately connected with the existence of our incomparable constitution,and which, by being invariably maintained by your Majesty, have preserved it amidst the destruction of all surrounding nations. Of the inestimable blessings resulting to this realm from your Majesty's scrupu lous observance of the religious and political duties of your exalted station, we are fully sensible; and it is a subject of high satisfaction to us, that we live under a Sovereign who so clearly perceives the necessary connection of these duties with each other, and so invariably adheres to them as the means of promuting the prosperity of his empire.

Your Majesty's solicitude to impress us with the wise and enlightened sentiments entertained by your Majesty on this most important subject, will animate us to use our best endeavours to preserve the portion of your subjects committed to our pastoral charge, in that state of purity of principle and rectitude of con duct, which may long continue to them those blessings which they now enjoy ¿ and to impress them with a deep conviction of the sincere and unshaken attachment which your Majesty bas never ceased to entertain to all your subjects, but more particularly to that part of them whose spiritual guidance is committed to our care.

We shall not fail to assure them, that if, in the course of the contest which your Majesty has been compelled to maintain, they have suffered from the

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