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, which was on the height of St. Martin, %hewed a de- move northward. Marmont has sent his beat/ bag. termination to defend itself. I ordered the horse gage and artillery towards Castille. chasseurs and light chasseurs of the guard to drive Our battering train which went from Oporto is them away. Some squadrons of Gallician lltissays expected to arrive at the scene of action to-day ( 10 th). ltiant:tined themselves obstinately, but they were charged by our brave men, who killed or wounded The enemy has removed his sick and baggage from some sixty, and made several prisoners. My light Salamanca into the interior. The last troop of ar cavalry, after the action, pursued the enemy beyond tillery has gone up. The 3d dragoons march this Palairos, where he took np a position at the same week. time that General Dumoustier entered Baneza, Ro EXTRACT OF AN ()mem DISPATCH FROM LORD WEL guet, Cebrones, and Bonnet, reestablished Vmself in LINGTON, DATED PUENTE GUINALDO, AUG. 24, front of Orbigo I arrived at Baneza, where I learn. " A. • considerable corps of the enemy's troops, ed that General Abadia intended to collect his army which arrived by forced marches •at Valladolid, on under Astorga, and wait for me. 1 gave orders, in the 16th and 17th lust. returned afterwards in the conseq uence, to all my troops to proceed thither.— On the 26th, my advanced g uard arr i v ed there, at direction of Rio Seco, from whence I have not heard seven A. et. and the divisions of the army at eight. it has yet moved. The enemy, after having evacuated the place in the ' " I have not hitherto heard that the enemy has night, continued his retreat, taking the road of Gal beta. I then ordered General Bonnet to pursu e him !made any movement in the north of Spain. General with two brigadeseof infantry and 6(X) horse beyond Santocildes writes -from Astorgo, under date of the Villafranca, keeping the two roads that lead from I.sth, saying, that the enemy was then in considerable Astorga to that town. Rognet took a position in force in his front. front of Astorga, and during . Bonnet's march pushed forward strong parties to watch the debouches of " Marmont has also left the cantonments, which, Asturias. Dumoustier had orders to be ready to act with the army under his command, he occupied, and as occasion required. ! moved the same army towards the mountains, which a General Bonnet established himself the same day separate Estremadura from Castille : no other part in front of Ravanal. On the 27th, he came up with the enemy, 5000 strong, on the heights of Reigo de of the above-mentioned army has marched for Cas- Ambroso, and in spite of a heavy firing carried this tale. The division of the Army of Portugal, which strong position at the point of the bayonet. General was cantoned in Jaraciego and Truxillo, at the time it Abadia, who beheld the defeat of his troops, retired left these points, obtained some advantages, I have hastily by the mountains of Orensee. On the 28th, been informed, over a small Spanish force, corn early in the morning, we entered Villafranca. Ve found there, and at PontferPada, 2500 muskets, 400 manded by General Morillo, and the legion of Es uniforms, 15,000 pounds of rice, and 120,000 cart- tremadara, under the orders of Colonel Daduce : ridges. The enemy lost 300 killed and wounded, these troops had advanced to Montanches. and 200 prisoners. " I have received no recent intelligence from the " We had no one killed—General Corsen, Colonel I South. General Ballesteros still remaine d in the Bartel, and two chasseurs, were wounded. a All the reports confirm the entire dispersion of County of Niebla when I last had accounts from the Army of Gallicia, and the impossibility of its re- those parts. coming the offensivefor a long time, which fulfils corn- " They write from Estremadura that the French pletely the object I had in view.—l am, Ecc. army under Marmont had many sick, and that the " Count D'Oeszeste. division which lately occupied Truxillo lost 50 men daily. The division of the troops of Sonit, after the action of the I.sth inst. entered the city of Cane layad, where it destroyed 300 of the garrison." ASTORGA, AUGUST 14. The enemy's troops who were in Leon and other points of the line haVe been reinforced with more than 2000 men. Eight Frenchmen have deserted to us, who confess that the garrison of Leon has been reinforced with more than 800 infantry, and 400 horse, and that more were expected. It is 'also said that the enemy has proposed again to possess themselves of the Asturias, but this design was frus trated by the movements which Porlier made on the mountains of Santander. ALGARVE, AUGUST 57-55. The enemy having entered Ayamonte on the 25th inst. it was supposed he would attack General Balles teros in the night between the 25th and 26th instant, and in consequence they had the batteries on that side the Guadina to receive him, and the light troops to take him in Rank. But in the morning of the 26th it was observed that the enemy's party, which en. tered Ayamonte, had entirely retired behind the hills, seeing the risk he would have run in such an attack. The French continued their retreat to Villa Franca, where they separated ; the division which came from Seville retiring by Leppe, and that from Estremadura towards Silvestre. General Ballesteros yesterday began to embark his troops, and at this time they are all on board. The French division from Seville has set out from Leppe for Gibraltar, and yesterday marched from this latter place for Tugueras. The. division of Estremadura was in Puebla de Gusman. General Ballesteros, with his troops, sailed yesterday morning, and the only force which now remains in this neighbourhood is the regiment of light infantry which was in the island of Canines, and destined for Ayamonte. TOURTII CJVERNM EN T. di General Roguet, Commandant It,St. Andero, suffered himself to be surprised on the 14th August. An hour before day-break, a column of 800 insurgents marched upon the city, and after having travelled all night, carefully avoiding the different posts of the pro. winces ; it thus arrived at the skirts of the town, whilst it second column of 1800 men proceeded against the important post of Torre Lovega. The guard before the H.spital of St. Andero was the first attacked, and fought with courage ; the day having dawned, the enemy WAS attacked in his turn, beat, and pursued ; Cowards of SOO mcn remained on the field, the rest vrere driven beyond the mountains of Presili►as, where more were killed. The column which had attacked Tot re Lovega was not more fortunate ; the garrison iefended itself bravely, and more than half the insur gents were killed." i.ik LONDON. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER ft. /RICE OF 3TOCMS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. S per Ct. Cows. for ;looney SSW —Ditto for seeount per Ct. Reduced shut —Navy b per Cent. ILif 4 por Cent. shut—Bonds 125.175. pre.—Oroninns par Exch. Bills (3d.) Is. 2s. dis.—Ditto Ad.) 24.41. proem Government received dispatches this morning from Lcrd WELLINGTON, dated Fuente de Guinaldo on the 4th instant. No movement of any consequence had taken place on the part of the Allied Armies. The French army of the North, which had been driven out of Gallicia by the combined operations of Lord WELLINGTON and the Spanish General ABAOIA, had proceeded in the first place towards Valladolid, but afterwards ebanged its route and was moving in the direction of Ciudad Rodrigo. Letters from Lisbon of the 9th September, state, that the French, after plundering Villa Franca, re tired towards Astorg.t ; their head-quarters are in front of that town. General ABADIA has moved for ward to Molina Seca. Marshal MARNIONT'S army continues to defile towards Old Castile. It is said this army will be replaced by several corps from the army of the centre ; they will proceed by the Tala vera road to Placentia. It is reported that Marshal Socur would shortly return with a great part of his army to the Guadiana. A Lisbon Mail also arrived this morning, by which we have received the following intelligence : LtstoN, SEPTEMBER 7. From the North there is nothing new. Lord Wel lington, by a rapid march, placed himself between Bessieres and Marmout, in the neighbourhood of the Agueda, the latter appears paralized, and remains in the valley of the Tagus, where many of his troops have fallen ill ; in the mean time the army of Gal licia remains protected on this side, and is enabled to proceed in their discipline and organization, under the orders of the skilful General Santocildes. From various parts we learn that Soult has lost a battle, fought against Blake in the kingdom of Murcia : tliese same French have published in Badajoz that they were victorious ; hot at this we ought not to be sarprised, because they likewise asserted that they were victorious at Busaco, Fuente d'Olonor, Albuera, kc. kc. But the confused manner in which they describe it, and Soult having ordered his reinforce. meats to join him, gives great probability to the idea of his having been routed. SEPT. 10.—Head -quarters remain at Fuente de Guinaldo. There appears a probability of a general movement taking place very soon, but in what direc tion is uncertain. The troops have all been brought between the Agueda and the Coa, except the Xem tejo division : Ciudad Rodrigo, probably, is the ob ;eel.. The Alentejo division appears to be oa the The accounts from the North of Spain state, that the French are daily sending off reinforcements in the direction of Ciudad Rodrigo ; the vicinity of which place will in all probability be the theatre of impor- tant operations in a few weeks. The Duke of Kent packet, has arrived at Falmcruth from New-York with Mails and Dispatches. The Duke of Kent left New-York on the 20th August, and Halifax on the 3d of September, at which time no account of the action between the MELASOUS and President had been received at either of these places. The Dublin Papers of the 21st inst. received this morning, contain an account of the prOceedings of the Catholics of Francis-street Parish, in Dublin. Depu ties have been. appointed to co-opeiate with the other Committees throughout Ireland. In the-gallant action off Boulogne, which we re corded yesterday, the First Lieutenant of the Castilian was cut asunder ; two were killed and some wounded. The praam brought in, is stated to have had on board 350 men. An official account has reached the Admiralty of a very brilliant achievement performed by the THAMES frigate and the CEPHALUS sloop of war, in the Me diterranean. They attacked, under the batteries near Naples, 11 gun-boats, one armed felucca, and 14 merchant vessels, and captured the whole, twenty-six ships, without the loss of a man ! French papers have reached town to the 16th. inst. We have extracted from them the official account of the action between Soutr's army, and the Spanish troops under BLAKE, in which the French claim, and we are afraid with too much truth, an important vic tory, although there is evidently considerable exag geration in the narrative. I gives, however, a much clearer account of the affair thin we have yet re• ceived from the Spaniards. MAYAL INTRLMGENCI, FALMOUTH, SEPTEMBER C. Arrived this day the Diana packet, Capt. Loan, with Mails from Surinam, which she left on the 21. th July, and Martinique on the 14th August, and bring no news whatever; on the 27th July the brig Specu lation arrived at Berbice in 63 days, from Liverpool. Yesterday spoke a Portuguese schooner from Lisbon in 14 days—no news. Sailed this day his Majesty's ship Gnmstrus, 50 guns, with the homeward-bound East India fleet of seven sail, viz. Royal George, Bombay, Canton, Alnwick Castle, Surat Castle, Ciren cester, and David Scott, and two whalers ; inspector, WALKER; and Diana, PAnkyn, for London; the Bess, FLYNN, front Rio de Janeirc, for London ; and the Constantia, PETERSON, for Guernsey ; Also the Swedish brig Gustav Adolphus, from Naples, for Guernsey ; the Adventure packet, Captain TILLY, for Gibraltar, Malta, and Messina ; the Francis Free ling, BELL, for Cadiz ; and his Majesty's brig, ZENO RIA, with mails and dispatches for Lisbon The Lord Hobart packet, with mails for America, sails to morrow morning.—Wind N. PLY MOITTH, SEPTEMBrR 22. Arrived, the CuLassus, from the French coast ; ' ELIZA and JANE tender, with impressed men, from Liverpool ; an the Bltl',K sloop of war, from Cork. Passed by to the Eastward, the ItEGet.t;s, 44 guns. Sailed, the STORK sloop, for Cork ; the MonniFroN brig, with convoy, for Swansea ; and the WHITING schooner, on a cruise. A fine Amirican brig privateer, taken hi!. one of our cruizers, arrived here last evening :—it is reported that she is only one of a considerable number that are already fitted out to cruise against British commerce. PORI'SMOUTII, ST.PI'ENTBER ts. Arrived his Majesty's ships Ponca:Pm:, from Ply. mouth; ftEctmus, from the Westward; MARINER, front a crtlize; CunAcoA, from the Westward ; the ROYAL OAK, and VENGEVit, from off Cherbourg._ Put back, the MARTIN sloop of war ; she sailed yes terday for Ireland.—Wind Westerly. VIE KING: neur• • .6.re.ilt WINDSOR CASTLE, UPTEWBER His MAJESTY had some sleep in the night, and is much the same as he was the day before yesterday. (Signed ) 46 W. HALYARD. W. HESERDEN. R. WILLIS." COVENT-GARDEN TifF.ATRE.- The Tragedy of the Gamester was on Saturday night performed to a full and elegant audience. It appears to be ab, , lutely im possible for any man to sit out The Gamester, without feeling a now terror of the vice which it repr ibates. It isnot in human insensibility t • see Beser/ey—in the pos session of all that could make life dear and honour able—giving up all—throwing away with a despe rate and giddy hand happiness, and I, eroar, and love • —wringing the bos rrn of his matchless wife—plurr dering his child—and, after a course of unutterable anxiety, fruitlessness, and torture, dying in despair— without feeling a new conception of the vice which bore him down. It is absurd to expect immediate re. formation from plays or pulpits ; but The Gamester, in its unexeggereted incidents, and natural plot, has, we 'believe, more than once made powerful impressions on mind , addicted to a vice of all others the most it. retrievable, as it seizes on the strongest pa.sions of the strongest minds ; and gives a turbulent, gloomy, reckless, adventurous occupation to those faculties that feel no torture equal to inaction. Mrs. SIODONS'S pertormance of Mrs. Benserky is un equalled. She is all that the writer had conceived of the character. The character is exclusively English, and see believe that no foreign writer could have ven tured on the picture of woman which the author of The Gamester has given in Mrs. Beverley. Dignified, without haughtiness,—empassioned, without the weak ness of passion,—tender, and resolute,—struggling against the follies of her husband, and weeping over his misfortunes,—a proud and n isle matron in her rejection of dishonour, but gentle and devoted,—en during to the uttermast,—courting shame and pover ty, and sorrow, when they are to be sh tied with her husband,—the character would be romantic on the Continent ; and the author censured as• wandering beyond the truth of nature. The scene in which Stokely makes his proposals to Mrs. Beverlef deserved great applause as an exhibition of acting. — M rs. SID -1 DONS exerted her best powers : and her expression of varying emotion, as the story of her husband's vice and Siteidy's intentions opened upon her, was in the highest excellence. Mr. YOUNG'S r erformance of Beverley was very well received. The Tragedy of Hamlet was represented at this , Theatre last night, and got up with all the classical taste and appropriate splendour which this master piece of our immortal Bard so fully merits. The Prince of Denmark, in the hands of Mr. KEMBLE, was adequately and exquisitely represented.—The Panto. mime of Mother Goose followed. 'lire house was most respectably filled. LYCEL7M.—TiIe Drury-Lane Company, acting at this 'rhea r•e, began their prefessional campaign yes f terday evening, and were greeted by the Pu blic with 1 a hearty cheering. The erfor mantes were The Clan destine Marriage, and the Irishman is Lonl.n. There iwas nothing, new in the - castof characters in either. The whole went o ff wi th great spirit —the house was well attended. Since the close of the season of the English Opera, two new ,boxes have been (Tenet!, one on each side the stage. HAYMARKET.—LASt night a new Farce, called Darkness Visible ! was produc‘d at this Theatre.-:- L'he persons of the Drama are, Wilford - - Mr. Fit isroN. Jerry Jenkins - Mr. Muslim+. Bob - - Mr. Juses. Frank - - - Mr. Russet.. Heartlf a . Mr. Course. • Old Seemore - Mr. GKOVII. 'Harriet - - Miss Da CAMP. Ned Wilford, by his father's desire, goes into the country for the purpose of marrying the daughter of Old S:emore, but unluckily falls in love with Harriet, the rich ward of J:rry Jenkils, an old auctioneer, who design; to espouse his warrhimself. By the artifice of his servant, Bob, he carries offethe voung Lady, and tarns the plot of Jenkins, who intended to interrupt him, on his own head. This is the brief account of the story. There was much spirit in the dialogue i and, with the able assistance of the respective per formers, particularly Messrs. MuNnes and Ecusron, the piece was received without a dissenting voice. It is understood to be the production of Mr. TMEODORII HOOK. MA BOATS, SEPTEMBER 23.—The Master of the Ce remonies' Ball is fixed for Monday the :30th. On the Saturday previous, Mrs. Moons takes her benefit at the Theatre, which is expected to be the fullest house of the season, from the impression this lacl)'s perfor mance has made here. She performs Madame Cler mont, in Mr. Dtasoteo's Play of " Adrian and Orilla ;;" and Mr. Moons, for the first time here, the Three Sin gles, in " The Three and the Deuce." The perfor- - mances of the night are under the patronage of this Counteis of MAYO. It is reported that a matrimonial alliance will shortly take place between a Gentleman of fortune, in Surrey, and a pun Lady of gre.tt beauty, in the neighbourhood of Hartford-bridge, who has just made her debut in the gay world ! . The town of Yarmouth is at present filled with as ' assemblage of the genteel fanti:'. i in Norfolk, Suffolk, 1 , and adjoining Counties , to partak e of the S p ot is of the Turf, which commenced yesterday. A number of horses are entered for the 'lown-plate and Purse, and great sport is expected. 1 The Poacuri'a, Captain. attorr, has arrived at Plymouth from the Brazils, has brought home to tae amount of £200,000 sterling in diamonds and bullion. A letter, dated July 7, from T. B—, prisoner of war at Civet, Department of Ardennes. saps.- 4 , Misery has so long been familiar with all here, that ' iwe are prepared for the worst, and fall off individu t ally and silently into the arms oLdeath. Numbers Ihave died in this depot from a disorder.thechief cliterae. ' teristic of which is a pain in the left side and which lately attacked me. Some time since I re.openod my school in the prison, but it is very thinly attended. A listlessness worse than death has seized us all ; nobody can learn, and I can hardly teach. All hands are ,I tired out with long confinement, and dcriVe no satis faction from any thing." i BRIAD.—This day there being no Court of Alder. dermen, the Lord Mayor, after inspecting the Re. turns, ordered it to rise Id. per Peck Loaf. 1 'I A DEAL, SEPTEMBER %S. Arrived, and passed through the Downs for the I River, a large fleet of homeward-bound, cannot learn their names ; they had no communication with the shore. Also arrived the GRA►IPUS, and seven sail of East-Indiamen.—Sailed the LATONA, LEOPARD, and PODAROUS ; the two former for Leith, with Irench prisoners ; and the latter for Harwich.—Five o'clock. The Indiamen remain.—Wind West, blows hard, and the sea very high. The account given in our Paper last week, of an action between a revenue cutter and a French smug gler in the Bay of Luce, is contradicted. THE ARMY.' The Plicenix and Monarch transports, with the Lei trim Militia on board, have arrived at Falmouth, on their way to Portsmouth. His Majesty's ship ltomt:Lus, and transport No. 262, has arrived at Falmouth with sick and wounded soldiers for Portsmouth, from Lisbon. -------- - The 4th battalion of the Ist (or Royal) regiment of foot have arrived at Musselbursh, from Stirling. The Royal Westminster Regiment of Militia, soon after their landing at Dublin, marched for their guar.' ters at Aughnacloy.. Saturday se'nnight the Royal Westmorland Militia, commanded byMajor SCOTT, marched into Sligo. Lord CRANLEY, Colonel of the 2d Royal Surrey Regiment of Militia, is arrived at Mullingar with his regiment. The Westmeath Militia, a very fine regiment, com manded by Major Twin, have arrived at Dover. The King', County Royal Regiment of Militia, under the command of Colonel L'ESTRANCIE, Marc h ed fr.)m Athlone, last week, for Dublin, where they are immediately to embark for England. The first division of the West Middlesex are to re place the King's County Regiment at Athlone . It is supposed that every regiment of the line in Ireland will be sent to Lord WELLINGTON ' when the whole of the English Militia intended for Ireland has arrived. The splendid Military Hospitals, at Deal and Ply mouth, which have for some time been employed as 1) u racks, are given up, and are fitting as hospitals again, for the accommodation of our wounded officers and soldiers from Portugal. The old 75th, commanded by Colonel Sy/m . ON, which have been perfecting in discipline at Jersey, under the eye of General DON, are about to proceed to Portugal ; whither, report says, the Ist battalion of the 42d will go, but that the PRINCE REGENT is first to see this renowned corps. The 70th, under the command of Colonel GRANT, is fast recruiting its numbers at Ayr, as are the 2,1 bat talion of the '2sth, (or Edinburghshire Regiment), at Glasgow. The '2d battalion 71st, or Light Infantry Highlanders, are fast filling up, being a popular and distinguished corps. Saturday a small detachment of the 7th Dragoon Guards came to Portsmouth to do duty as orderlys . The regiment is at Chichester, holding themselves to readiness to embark at a minute's notice. A troop of the above regiment marched on Friday to Portches ter, part of which have been detached to Titchlield and Cosham. The depots of the 12th, 16th, 17th, and 24th Re gimens are lying at Maldon Barracks, for the pur pose of being filled up. When the battalions are com pleted, it is expected they will embark for Portugal. On Friday a detachment of the Royal Waggon Train marched .into Portsmouth for embarkation. . Major Generals JAMES LEITH, THOMAS heron, Hon. G. L. Cote, and bir WILLIAM ERSKIHE, Barr. are to have the local rank of Lieutenant Generals in Spain and Portugal. Friday the f/d battation of the 21st Regiment of Foot, or Scots Fusikers, arrived in Haddington, from Ireland. Letters Patent have passed the great Seal of Ire. land, constituting and appointing JOHN MAHON, Esq. one of tl:e Commissioners of Barracks, Sm. in the room of D. O'BRIEN, E..q. resigned. Wednt sday evening, several French prisoners from Greenlav , were brought to Edinburgh and lodged in the gaol, suspected of having committed forgery upon some of tl e Danko there. •