turn and overthrow it. The 3d division | leurs, stationed on the back part of a good of the 6th corps occupying a part of the deal of artillery, and occupied the summit village of Fuentes d'Onoro, and destined in three squares. Our cavalry having to attack it again, formed the centre with reached this point, fell vigorously on the the 9th corps, which was in the rear and squares, and broke them all. I then took in reserve. On the right was the 2d corps, up a position opposite the enemy's line. the first division of which leaned upon Before our infantry could arrive, the Almeida, and the 2d had been placed in- enemy had had time to cover the summit termediately between that village and of the level with several lines of English Fuentes d'Onoro. These corps of the infantry and a numerous artillery; they army had orders to favour, by petty at threw fresh troops into Fuentes d'Onoro, tacks, the grand movement of the army, and strengthened also Villa Formosa on and to manœuvre in such a manner as to the right. The divisions of Ferey and sunite with it in proportion as it gained Claparede attacked Fuentes d'Onoro viground upon the enemy. The village of gorously, and drove the enemy several Posobello, and the woods that flanked it times from it; but as soon as they reached were full of English infantry; they were the summit, they were overwhelmed by vigorously attacked by the first division of the artillery. The English threw incesthe 6th corps, and carried by the bayonet. santly considerable reinforcements of their The enemy lost many killed and made best troops, and attacked over the rocks prisoners. The three divisions marched that were upon their right flank; they in close columns by echelons on the village lost 500 prisoners, and more than 500 and its flanks. In the rear the enemy killed, amongst whom are several officers shewed a line of twenty squadrons, sup and Scotch. The ardour of the soldiers ported by several battalions of infantry was unparalleled. The army on this day, and 12 pieces of cannon. General Mont- in which the whole honour of arms rebrun manoeuvred on my left, in a manner mained with them, took 100 men from to gain the summit of the heights and the the enemy, amongst whom are a Lieuteright of the enemy; he had to sustain nant-Colonel, and a great number of Ofseveral charges before he could gain it.-ficers, and killed and wounded upwards of As soon as he had reached the summit, he charged in columns by regiments 'the enemy's cavalry, with the greatest success, and with extraordinary vigour. In spite of the artillery and the infantry concealed in the rocks, he overthrew successively these twenty English squadrons, and drove them more than a league before him. However, the 1st and 2d division of the 6th corps followed the movements of the cavalry in column, and a division of the 8th marched in reserve. The 9th corps advanced its left to connect itself with the grand attack: The 3d division of the 6th corps attacked the village of Fuentes d'Onoro warmly, where the enemy threw in still considerable force to occupy that debouché, and cut off the communication between our centre and left. The enemy had his right routed, and the corps that composed it fled dispersed towards the centre, where they could unite again behind the English regiments that were coming in great haste from the left. The level on which we had just manœuvred is narrower in this part. From this summit descend two ravines, very rocky and difficult, where the villages of Fuentes d'Onoro and Villa Formosa are. Lord Wellington filled these ravines with Tiral Of 2,000. They overthrew and defeated DISTRICT OF THE ARMY OF THE SOUTH. ball. This brave and interesting young | surrounded in Figueras, the most respect. Officer was at the head of a charge of able part of the country have had the dragoons. He suffered amputation with upper hand. This state of things made much coolness, and is out of danger.-I the insurgents comprehend the necessity am, with respectful devotion, your High- of raising the blockade of Figueras, and ness's, &c. &c. of strengthening the garrison, in order to (Signed) Marshal Prince of ESSLING. restore those bands to their real service. Camp of Fuentes d'Onoro, May 7. Campo Verde sent a convoy of provisions on 1,200 mules; he reinforced himself with 3,000 men, and he appeared, on the 3d May, at 7 A. M. in the environs of Figueras; a column of 2,000 men appeared on the mountain north of Figueras, and attacked the advanced posts of the camp of Liers. The principal corps debouched on the side of Avignon, and reached the first houses of Figueras announcing the intention to get possession of the town.— General Baraguay d'Hilliers immediately made his dispositions. He left Colonel Petit to command the camp of Liers, and to repulse the attack of the enemy on that side. He reinforced the garrison of the town and those of the redoubts which supported the line of blockade, and he marched to Campo Verde with 4,000 men.Whilst the insurgents attacked the town warmly, and were repulsed with enormous loss, General Baraguay d'Hilliers attacked them in flank and threw them into disorder. The Chasseurs of the 29th regiment, and a squadron of the 24th dragoons, overwhelmed the enemy and completed their rout. Two thousand made prisoners, among whom are 120 officers, 3,000 killed, four standards taken, and the convoy destined to revictual Fort Figueras remained in our power. Such are the results of this affair.-During the battle the English had debarked a column on the side of Rosas; but this column was kept in check by the garrison of the fort, and embarked precipitately after the disaster of Campo Verde, whose dispirited troops could not rally. We were made to hope that General Suchet, with the army of Aragon, having marched upon Tarragona, the wreck of Campo Verde's army would not be able to return to that place.-Oor loss has been slight. Commandant Beas nono, Colonels Lanorque, &c. distinguished themselves. General Latour Maubourg, commanding the fifth corps of the army, reconnoitred on the 7th of April, early in the morning, the advanced posts of Beresford's army below Juramenta; an English squadron was surprised. General Vellande took a hundred prisoners mounted, among others a Major; all of the 13th English regiment.-Badajoz is armed and provisioned for several months. Olivanza not being armed, the garrison retired at the approach of the army of Beresford, which entered it on the 15th, and found only 200 sick.-Lord Wellington came to reconnoitre Badajoz on the 22d. General Phillipin made a sortie with two battalions, and warmly repulsed him.-Blake, at the head of 8,000 Spaniards, forming the garrison of Cadiz, debarked at Ayamonte, to act in concert with Beresford.-The advanced guard of the reinforcements des tined for the army of the South, arrived at Cardovo on the 22d. The Duke of Dalmatia had at that period united at Seville a reserve of 20,000 men, without having touched the troops besieging Cadiz, and without comprising the reinforcements that arrived, nor the 5th corps; which, under General Latour Maubourg, was on the frontiers of Estremadura, observing the allied armies.-The French artillery besieging Cadiz has found out the secret of firing bombs, which carry 3,025 toises, burst admirably, and whose fuse keeps extremely well during the whole of its passage.-The Duke of Treviso, whose health has suffered by the climate of Andalusia, is arrived at Madrid. ARMY OF CATALONIA. PITT'S BIRTH DAY. Campo Verde, commanding the Insurgents of Catalonia, having learnt at Tarragona the success inspired by the treason of Figueras, set off with eight thousand men, and proceeded against Olot. He FROM THE VENAL PRINTS OF the 28th of wanted to raise en masse all Upper Catalonia; but he did not succeed. The Miquelets who had surprised Figueras, and garrisoned it, were the concentration of all the different bands. Since they had been MAY, 1811. Celebration of the Anniversary of the Birth- An After a most excellent dinner, Non nobis Domine was exquisitely sung by Messrs. INCLEDON, DIGNUM, TAYLOR, and several other singers of high repute. The following toasts were then given from the Chair: "The King," with three times three. This toast was drunk with enthusiastic cheers, which continued some minutes. SONG-God save the King, by Messrs. INCLEDON, DIGNUM, &c. the whole company joining fervently in chorus. "The Prince Regent;" also with three times three. that illustrious and ever to be lamented | who moved the erection of a monument to Statesman, the Right Hon. WILLIAM PITT, his memory, and a public funeral at the was yesterday celebrated at Merchant expence of the nation, and who officiated Taylors' Hall, by perhaps the most re- as chief mourner on that occasion: and spectable company of Noblemen and Gen- the recollection of all this seemed for tlemen that has ever on any similar occa- some time to make a deep impression on sion been witnessed. A mixture of solem- the company. The LORD CHANCELLOR nity and exultation was manifested on the was on his right, the Duke of MONTROSE, occasion; the scene was most interesting Master of the Horse, on his left, and the and impressive, and the respectable as- rest of the Ministers on both sides. semblage looked towards the present Mi- excellent Military Band attended, and nisters, who surrounded the chair, as so continued to play during the evening. many ELISHAS who had caught the mantle of ELIJAH, and were animated by his principles and impelled by his spirit. It was indeed most gratifying to the heart to witness and indulge, at the present moment, so ardent and general an impulse to manifest, by joining in a tribute to the memory of the immortal PITT, an unshaken attachment to those principles which have been so firmly established by that truly great man, to uphold the Crown and the Country, amidst the unparalleled shocks of the stormy and sometimes perilous periods we have witnessed, and to infuse into the body of the British Nation, a spirit and vigour, which, we trust, will secure it for ever against the designs of foreign invaders and domestic malcontents. The number of tickets issued was very judiciously confined to that which it was known the Hall could conveniently accommodate (about five hundred), but if five times the number of persons could have been accommo--Great applause. dated, there had been applications to that amount. It was really a most sublime sight to the friends of the honour and independence of Britain, and the lovers of peace and good order in the state, as well as gratifying to the friends of the illustrious PITT, to see so numerous and respectable an assemblage, met together to identify themselves, as it were, with a Club, which will hereafter prove a rallying point for loyalty; to do honour to the memory of the man who saved the country; and to pledge themselves to adhere to the principles by which our salvation as a people, and as a nation, was effected. The Hon. H. LASCELLES was in the chair-a circumstance which gave peculiar interest to the meeting; for it was this Gentleman who made the motion for paying MR. PITT's debts, when, after having so long and so faithfully served his country at the head of the Government, as Mr. FITZGERALD neatly observes in his -Ode, he "Who governed nations, left no wealth behind;" The applause which succeeded this toast was loud and long-continued, and the cheering ecstatic. Song by Mr. DIGNUM-The Prince and Old England for ever.-Great applause. The Queen," with three.-Great and reiterated applause. SONG-Glorious Apollo-three voices. The next toast was received with a tumult of joy, viz. "The Duke of York, and other Members of the Royal Family." The applause which followed this toast was loud, unanimous, and ecstatic; and continued for some minutes.-The Band then struck up the Duke of YORK's March," which was equally applauded. SONG-Great Apollo-four voices. The CHAIRMAN then addressed the com pany in a few words. He said he was about to give a toast dear to the heart of every true and loyal Briton, but which, from its nature, would, he was sure, be drunk in becoming and respectful silence: "The Immortal Memory of the late Right Honourable William Pitt." This was, as usual, drank in solemn reverential silence by the whole company. Mr. DIGNUM then sung Mr. CANNING'S song of The Pilot that weather'd the Storm, with some new stanzas appropriate to the present time. The toast and song prodụced an impression which it is impossible to describe. "The Navy and Army of the United Kingdom;"-three times three.-Drank with enthusiasm, and followed by the song of Rule Britannia, most effectively sung by Mr. Incledon and others. "The House of Brunswick; and may they never forget the principles which seated them on the Throne of these Realms."-Three times three, with great applause. Glee "When Order in this Land." Toast" The House of Braganza;" three times three.-Loud and reiterated applause. The Marquis WELLESLEY returned thanks in the name of the Portuguese Ambassador, who, he said, had desired him to assure the company, that the principles of his Government were intimately connected with the objects of the present Meeting, which went to encourage and perpetuate a determined spirit of resistance to the tyranny and oppression of France. "Ferdinand VII. and the Spanish Nation;"-three times three. Universal and long continued applause. The LORD CHANCELLOR rose to retan thanks in behalf of the Ministry. It w a proud circumstance, he said, for hi and his colleagues to merit the approba tion and thanks of an assembly so de tinguished for its rank, consequence, and respectability; but they felt that they deserved the high honour thus conferred on them, chiefly from their being actuated by a spirit immediately connected with the principles of the present Meeting To follow the example of that truly great and virtuous man, the anniversary of whose birth they were now assembled to com memorate, must ever be their study and their pride; for in so doing they knew that they should tread in the path of one by whose principles and conduct the Constitution and independence of this Nition had been preserved. That Constitu tion, all must be sensible, secured to the continuance of multiplied blessings to which the people of all other countries were strangers, and he was persuade: that they would not risk their loss by any attempt to alter that form of government by means which they could alone be se cured to us. It was by following the e ample of that truly great and immoral character, that we were enabled to effec our salvation, and bid defiance to the most efforts of our enemy. The ships t France had been swept from the ocean by our fleets, and were no longer to be found but in our ports, or bearing our flag Where was now the commerce of France It was entirely and effectually annihilated Where were now her colonies? Safe under the sovereignty of Great Britain. He armies also have repeatedly yielded :* the superiority of our arms, and every The Marquis WELLESLEY again rose. The Spanish Ambassador, he said, had requested him, in returning thanks in his name, to assure the Company that his Government were actuated by the same principles as those just expressed of the House of Braganza: that their resistance to French tyranny and usurpation would be interminable, and that they were confident the exertions of Spain, under the generous and powerful auspices of Great Britain, would ultimately prove successful against the utmost efforts of the common tyrant. "The King of Naples and Sicily."-day now brings forth a fresh and splend Drunk with great applause. The Marquis WELLESLEY returned thanks in the name of the Sicilian Ambassador, who had requested him to assure the company that his Sovereign was determined never to swerve from the principle of resistance to the tyranny of France; and that notwithstanding some recent unfavourable appearances, his Court would ever, by its unshaken fidelity, prove itself worthy of the friendship and protection of Great Britain. "The King of Sardinia ;"-with applause. "The Ministers of the Prince Regent;" -three times three. Drunk with rapturous applause, and loud enthusiastic cheering, which continued for several minutes. triumph. We had not only effected or own security, but done much towards de salvation of other countries, and save ourselves from the self reproach of having used those exertions against the common tyrant, which had been attende with such great and signal success. battles of Cressy and Agincourt found parallel in some of the late splen achievements of our arms. We had on to pursue the same course to raise our tional fame and character still higher than it had ever been before, whilst under Providence, our exertions and our exa ple might lead to the general deliverance of Europe. Neither time nor space) admit of our giving any more than s brief sketch of his Lordship's addres which was warmly and universally ap- | had since received the approbation of the plauded. Toast" May the principles of Mr. Pitt ever animate the Councils of Great Britain."-Drank with enthusiastic and long continued cheers. Song" Pitt the Patriot's name," by Mr. Dignum. Toast "The Right Hon. Spencer Perceval, and may his unshaken loyalty and exemplary attachment to his Sovereign, under circumstances of peculiar difficulty, be ever held in grateful remembrance," with three times three. Drunk amidst the most, enthusiastic and rapturous applause, with loud cheering acclamations, which continued some minutes. Mr. PERCEVAL, after reiterated peals of applause had subsided, rose, and said, that the toast which had just been given, and the manner in which it had been received had really overcome his feelings. To know that the exertions of himself and his colleagues had met with the approbation of his country, and of the highly respectable assembly to which he was then addressing himself, must be most grateful to their feelings: but when he referred to the particular services which were so flatteringly alluded to in the toast, he certainly could not arrogate to himself any merit in which all his colleagues did not fully participate; nor indeed ought the Administration collectively to claim any right to the applause which was now bestowed upon them for their conduct in the arduous crisis which had been referred to, because if that crisis had then occurred for the first time, it was probable that they might not have been able to contend against the many difficulties with which it was attended. But fortunately they were not left to their own judgment or opinion; for they had had the advantage of the example of that illustrious Statesman whose memory they were now commemorating, to guide them; they knew the sentiments by which he was influenced; they knew the principles upon which his conduct was governed; and therefore if their conduct was marked by a warm attachment to the rights of the Sovereign, and an inflexible adherence to the genuine principles of the Constitution, it was to that illustrious man, and not to them, that the praise was really due. He had the satisfaction of knowing that the conduct of the Administration in the crisis which had been alluded to, had met with the sanction of Parliament, and country; and it must be most gratifying to their feelings to perceive from the manner in which the toast had been received, that their exertions met with the full support of an assembly composed, of the friends of the illustrious Statesman, whose example they were proud to follow. The administration had not only the satisfaction of maintaining the genuine principles of the Constitution at the period alluded to, and defeating every effort of their opponents, but they had had the satisfaction of knowing, that all the efforts which had been made to misrepresent their motives, and all the insinuations which have been thrown out that their exertions to maintain a great constitutional principle ought to be considered as indications of disrespect to the Heir Apparent, had proved vain. He had the satisfaction to reflect, that the care and attention which they had paid to the ease and circumstances of the Father, proved their best recommendation to the attention and indulgence of the Son; and it was with pride and happiness he observed, that the high dignity, the manly sentiments, and due sense of honour and justice which distinguished every act of the Illustrious Prince who now exercised the important functions of Royalty, held forth the most bright and cheering prospect of future glory and happiness to the nation. He concluded by declaring that it was the determination of the present Ministers to act upon the principles of Mr. PITT, whenever, considering the changes of times and circumstances, they could be acted upon; and he had no doubt that by so doing they should best discharge their duty to their country, and most effectually promote its interests. GLEE-The King and the Church. Toast" Lord Wellington and the brave Army under his command," with three times three. Drank with loud and enthusiastic cheers, long continued and ecstatic acclamations, which made ring the very walls of the Hall. The Marquis of WELLESLEY.-He said, that it was only by following the example of the immortal PITT, that this country had arrived at its present height of glory. He observed, that it was to the patronage and friendship of that great man alone, that Lord WELLINGTON had been afforded an opportunity of rendering service to his country; and concluded by stating, that but a few days before his death, when he was sensible that his illustrious spirit was |