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 Hervey 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 Lieut.-general Paget, Major-general Murray, Major-general Hill, Lieutenant-gen. Sherbrooke, Brigadier-gen, the Hon. Charles Stewart, Lieutenant-colonel Delancey, deputy quarter-master-general, and Captain Mellish, assistant adjutant-gen., for the assistance they respectively rendered General Stewart in the charge of the cavalry this day and on the 11th, Major Colin Campbell, assistant-adjutant-general, for the assistance he rendered Majorgeneral 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 Captain 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 Lieutenant-colonel Doyle is lieut.-col., and that of the Brigade of the Hanoverian Legion, under the command of Brigadiergeneral 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.-col. Drummond, the 48th commanded by Colonel Duckworth, 66th commanded by Major Murray, who was wounded, and of the squadron of the 14th dragoons, under the command of Major Hervey, in the action of this day.

I have received the greatest assistance from the adjutant-general and quarter-master-gen., Colonel Murray, and from all the officers belonging to those departments respectively throughout the service, as well as from Lieut.-col. Bathurst and the officers of my personal staff, and I have every reason to be satisfied with the artillery and officers of Engineers.

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 10th instaut. I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed)

ARTHUR WELLESLEY. Abstract of the, killed, wounded, and missing of the army under Lieut.-gen. Sir Arthur Wellesley,

in action with the advanced posts of the French army at Albergaria Nova, 10th May, 1809.

None killed; 1 major, 2 rank and file, wounded; 1 rank and file, missing.-Total 4.

Names of Officers wounded.

Hon. Major Lincoln Stanhope, of the 16th dragoons, slightly wounded in the shoulder. Abstract of killed, wounded, and missing in the army, under the command of Lieut.-general Sir Arthur Wellesley, in the action on the heights of Grijon, May 11, 1809.

Nineteen killed, 63 wounded, 14 missing. Total 96.

Names of Officers killed and

wounded.

16th light dragoons---Captain Sweatman, wounded slightly; Lieut. Tomkinson, severely.

1st batt. detachments---Captain Owens, 38th foot, wounded; Lieut. Woodgate, 52d foot, severelywounded.

1st batt. king's German legionCaptain Delanring, killed.

2d ditto-Captain Langrelin, severely wounded.

Rifle corps king's German legion -Lieut. Lodders, wounded. Abstract of killed, wounded, and missing in the army, under Lieut.general Sir Arthur Wellesley, in action with the French army under the command of Marshal Soult, in the passage of the Douro, May 12, 1809. Twenty-three rank and file, killed; 2 general and staff officers, 3 majors, 2 captains, 3 lieutenants, 1 serjeant, 85 rank and file, wounded; 2 rank and file missing.

Total-23 killed, 96 wounded, 2 missing-121.

Names of Officers killed, wounded, and missing.

Lieutenant-general Paget lost his arm, but doing well.

Capt. Hill, Aid-de-Camp to General Hill, slightly.

14th light dragoons-Major Hervey lost his right arm, but doing well; Captain Hawker and Lieut.Knipe, slightly.

3d foot-Lieutenant Monaghan, slightly.

48th foot, 2d batt-Major Erskine, slightly.

66th Foot, 2d batt---Major Murray, severely in the arm; Captain Binning, slightly.

Royal engineers-First lieutenant Hamilton, severely.

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--10 twelve pounders, 12 eight-pounders, 18 fourpounders, 16 three pounders.

Brass Howitzers French, one carriage good-2 eight inch, 1 sixinch.

French Caissons-4 serviceable, 36 unserviceable.

Three thousand whole barrels of English gunpowder.

Three hundred thousand English musket cartridges.

Round shot-2000 nine-pounders, 256 eighteen-pounders, 508 twelve-pounders, 656 eight-pounders, 580 four-pounders, 200 threepounders.

Shells-400 six inch.

Six hundred flannel cartridges. Case shot-120 six inch howitzers.

Wheels

Wheels good-8 guns, 30 howitzers, 18 carrs.

Sixty handspikes; 12 tarpaulins; 3,000 French flints; 10 slow matches; 100 spunges; 30 copper ladies. G. HOWARTH, Brig.-Gen. Royal Horse Artillery.

Protest against Buonaparte.-Pius VII. Pontiff.

The dark designs, conceived by the enemies of the Apostolic See, have at length been accomplished.

After the violent and unjust spoliation of the fairest and most considerable portion of our dominions, we behold ourselves, under unworthy pretexts, and with so much the greater injustice, entirely stripped of our temporal Sovereignty, to which our spiritual independence is intimately united. In the midst of this cruel persecution we are comforted by the reflection, that we encounter such a heavy misfortune, not for any offence given to the emperor or to France, which has always been the object of our affectionate paternal solicitude, nor for any intrigue of worldly policy, but from an unwillingness to betray our duties.

To please men and to displease God is not allowed to any one professing the Catholic Religion, and much less can it be permitted to its Head and Promulgator.

As we, besides, owe it to God and the Church, to hand down our rights uninjured and untouched, we protest against this new violent spoliation, and declare it null and void.

We reject, with the firmest resolution, any allowance which the Emperor of the French may intend to assign us, and to the individuals composing our College. VOL. LI.

We should all cover ourselves with ignominy in the face of the church, if we suffered our subsistence to depend on the power of him who usurps her authority.

We commit ourselves entirely to Providence, and to the affection of the faithful, and we shall be contented piously to terminate the bitter career of our sorrowful days.

We adore with profound humility God's inscrutable decrees; we invoke his commiseration upon our good subjects, who will ever be our joy and our crown; and after having in this hardest of trials done what our duties required of us, we exhort them to preserve always untouched the religion and the faith, and to unite themselves to us, for the purpose of conjuring with sighs and tears, both in the closet and before the altar, the Supreme Father of Light, that he tray vouchsafe to change the base designs of our persecutors.

Given at our Apostolic Palace, del Quirinale, this 10th of June, 1809. (Locus Signi)

PIUS PAPA VII.

Excommunication of Buonaparte. Pius VII. Pontiff.

By the authority of God Almighty, and of St. Paul and St. Peter, we declare you, and all your co-operators in the act of violence which you are executing, to have incurred the same excommunication, which we in our apostolic letters, contemporaneously affixing in the usual places of this city, declare to have been incurred by all those who, on the violent invasion of this city on the second of February of last year, were guilty of the acts of violence, against which we have LI protested,

protested, as well really in so many declarations, that by our order have been issued by our successive Secretaries of State, as also in two consistorial collocations of the 16th of March, and the 11th July, 1808, in common with all their agents, abettors, advisers, and whoever else have been accessary to, or himself been engaged in, the execution of those attempts.

Given at Rome, Santa Maria
Maggiore, June 10th, in the
tenth year of our Pontificate.
(Locus Signi)

PIUS PAPA VII.

Admiralty Office, July 15.-Letter from Captain Samuel Warren to Captain Barret of the Minotaur, transmitted by Vice-Admiral Sir James Saumarez, Bart. and K. B.

Bellerophon, off Dagerost,

June 20. Sir,--Pursuant to your signal to me of yesterday, I proceeded in his majesty's ship under my command off Hango; when at sun-set discovered a lugger (apparently armed) and two other vessels at anchor within the islands, Deeming it of importance to get hold of them, I anchored and detached the boats under the orders of lieut. Pilch; and have to acquaint you, that they had gained complete possession of the vessels, which being found to be of no consequence, and under cover of four strong batteries (not betore observed), supported by several gun-boats, were abandoned. It was then judged necessary, to prevent loss in returning, to dash at the nearest ballery, mountaig four 24 pounders (and, by a muster-roll found, garrisoned with 103

men), which after an obstinate resistance, was carried in the most gallant manner, the Russiaus retreating to boats on the other side the island. The guns were spiked, and magazine destroyed.

Lieut. Pilch reports to me the very able assistance he received from lieuts. Sheridan and Bentham, lieut. Carrington, royal marines, aud Mr. Mart, carpenter (volunteers); and that more cool bravery could not have been displayed than by the officers and men employed on this service; and, considering the resistance met with, and heavy fire of grape-shot from batteries and gun-boats in the retreat, the loss is comparatively small, being five wounded.

It is the opinion of the officers, that the loss of the enemy in killed and wounded was considerable. SAM. WARREN, capt.