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statement which has appeared in 

 the pubhc papers, that lord Cam- 

 den withheld from lord Castlereagh 

 a communication which he had 

 been desired to make to him, it is 

 necessary that it should be under- 

 stood, that, however Mr. Canning 

 might have conceived the commu- 

 nication alluded to, to have been 

 made to lord Camden, it was never 

 stated to lord Camden, that the 

 communication was made at the 

 desire of Mr. Canning, and that, 

 so far from lord Camden having 

 been authorized to make the com- 

 munication to lord Castlereagh, he 

 was absolutely restricted from so 

 doing. 



As it may also be inferred that 

 lord Camden was expected to pre- 

 pare lord Castlereagh's mind for 

 any proposed change, it is necessary 

 that it should be understood that 

 lord Camden never engaged to 

 communicate to lord Castlereagh 

 any circumstances respecting it, 

 before the termination of the ex- 

 pedition. 



Saturday's London Gazette. — Fo- 

 reign Office, Nov. 11, 1809. 



A letter, of which the following 

 is an extract, was this day received 

 by earl Bathurst, his majesty's 

 principal secretary of state for fo- 

 reign affairs, from lieut.-col. Carrol, 

 dated Army of the Left, Camp 

 on the Heights of Tamanes, Oct. 

 19, 1809. 



I have the honor to acquaint 

 you, that the army of marshal Ney, 

 now commanded by gen. Marchont, 

 advanced on the morning of yes- 

 terday, in force ten thousand infan- 

 try and one thousand two hundred 

 cavalry, with fourteen pieces of ar- 

 tillery, to attack this army, which 



was most judiciously posted on 

 these heights. 



The enemy divided his force into 

 three columns, which advanced 

 against the right, center, and left 

 of our line ; it soon became evident 

 that the principal object of his at- 

 tack was to force and turn our left, 

 it being the point in which our po- 

 sition was weakest. 



The enemy, at the commence- 

 ment, gained some advantage of 

 position on our left, in consequence 

 of the retreat of a small party of our 

 cavalry, destined to cover the left 

 of our line. This success, however 

 was momentary, as the vanguard, 

 led on by generals Mendizabel and 

 Carrera, charged with the greatest 

 spirit and gallantry, routed the ene- 

 my, and retook, at the point of the 

 bayonet, six guns, of which the ene- 

 my possessed himself during the re- 

 treat of the division of our cavalry. 

 The vanguard in this charge com- 

 mitted great slaughter amongst the 

 enemy, taking from them one eight- 

 pound gun, with a quantity of am- 

 munition. After a long and obsti- 

 nate contest, the enemy, being un- 

 able to gain a foot of ground, be- 

 gan to give way in all points. — 

 About three o'clock in the after- 

 noon the enemy betook himself to 

 a precipitate and disorderly flight. 



The loss of the enemy, as far as 

 we have been yet able to ascertain, 

 exceeds one thousand in killed 

 and prisoners. The numbers of 

 the wounded must be very consi- 

 derable. 



Our loss has been comparatively 

 very trifling, not exceeding three 

 hundred; one imperial eagle, one 

 eight-pounder brass gun, three 

 ammunition waggons, twelve drums, 

 with four or five thousand stand of 

 arras, an immense quantity of ball 



cartridges, 



