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ult. but with the declared intention of returning to Faris in three weeks, alter which he teal to take his departure tcr Arne/ ica. We do not presume to ae crart fa r this cicceiniinatien of Va. A RDISTRO!..O • We he;ieve :hat in the beginsing of July h e fl attere d ti t; — e ;l All the Lope of an amicable settlement of all d ierces that existed bet vein Trance and the Unir , -d States; but subsequent events seem to have ch +ne.ed 'he resolution of BONAPARTE on the subject ; and we l rvp reason to believe that the American Mi p.s'er has left Paris with the conviction on his mind g ;,,,, Thneh GoTernment is now indispesed to his We rave no doubt but that the check which y, NAL ki,TE met with at Aspen; produced the placa b; ~ • Ira which Mr. Artm.rnoxo made his first au:. 7, 0 , , , i ;hat the battle of Wagram had the effect ct ; :..caging the tone of the French Emperor. Per. h ap; , if Mr. AnmsrßoNo had remained another week p ra -,5, the rupture of the Armistice on the Danube rri;;;ht again have changed his resolution. However, as he is to return to Paris, no positive conclusion can be drawn from his journey to Amsterdam. The Dutch papers contain an article purporting to be the Order of the Day issued by the Archduke CHARLES after the battle of Wagram, in which his Highness is made to express great dissatisfaction at the conduct of his army in that engagement. We sincerely hope that this article will prove to be a for gen' ; f.%r the conduct described in it would disgrace an army of undisciplined new levies. Yesterday morning his MAJESTY, Princesses AL% Got ' and SOPHIA, accompanied by Lady G. Mit rAV, Count MUNSTER, Generals CARTIvaiGHT and ET:ItOY, Colonels TAYLOR and DEs3itowE, rade in NV ilesnr Park, till noon, and afterwards returned Palzire. A Cahinct Council was held yesterday at the fo reign Oa BottatNe.DoN yesterday again entered into the holy state of motrimeny. His Lordship was mar ried at St. George's church, to the Hon. TA LBOT, sister to Sir Cit ~ tit.LsTAAso- r , an amiable young Lady of great persor..ii accomplishments. - - Letters are said t have been received at Plymouth, stating, that St. Domingo surrendered on the 10th to the united British and Spanish forces. The part'culars are net yet known ; but it is said that our alies made a very vigorous assault, which acce lerated the capture of the place. To the above, we have only to add, that our Plymouth letters of yester day and t;its morning are silent on the subject. Lord Wittiast RUSSELL, the second son of the Duke f BEDFORD, distinguished himself greatly in the late battle of Talavera, and had a most narrow escape.— He was struck by three musket balls, and his horse was shot in the shoulder and jaw ; his Lordship and a private are all who are left of the squadron to which hr belonged. Every officer in the regiment (the 23d Dragoons) was killed or wounded ; and the charge of this regiment is considered as one of the nit gallant r!N:r was ever made, it being against three lines of ini int-y, supported by cavalry and artillery. : 2 f. - )ilowing extract of a letter is from an Officer bt.:0n; 4 :117 to the division of the Expedition under the I•l6rri ,- . Of HUNTLY . _ _ . . _ ' zch.lbker, (a small village in South Beveland), Aug. 12. "o.:r -'iv:sion of the if et sailed on the 27th July, ane anchored 3Octe:-.:1 the next morning. We were to have landed en Cad iz-4.41A the 71-inps were in perfect readiness ; but the landing •A';.s not at!emp!ed. I am told the cause was the wart of a suffici s.-.• .5. rs of flat bostomed boats. We lay off C . ....sand, for befit or ten and were then ordered round t ocuth Beve ls-3 " . here we larded on the 9th instant, th island having been pr- occ.:pied without much opposition, by str John Hope's I he firing at Flushing having ceasad, I suppose we shall irr.:ne.lie-elv proceed to attack Lillo and Antw . ...rp. A fordable pa , s;.p. b,:en discovered on the arm of the S. clieldt which se parate!. !Hs island from Holland ; the passage is defended by 8000 ncr. 1 he enemy are said to have :0,000 men at I.illo, and 20,000 a: aln:werp. It is supposed there are 1.3,000 on Cadsand. A Gentleman lately arrived from Holland, and' -.vhc, left Paris the latter end of July, states that NA 7oLtoN, in his late conduct towards the POPE, was ac tuated by a spirit of resentment, for his refusal to si:irl'on his infamous usurpation in Spain. Upon entrance into Madrid, he wrote a letter to the Prn-it, requesting him to repair immediately to that city, in crier to crown his brother Jot.:Pit. To t!iis expe&er.t :e had recourse from the effect he cal culated open its producing on the minds of the Spa-, ni:h people, devoted as they are to the Catholic faith. The Pon, however, so far from complying with the unprincipled request, or entering into the perfidious projects of the Usurper, returned an immediate an swer, that he would sooner suffer death than prosti tute his sacred office to so infamous a purpose. A Gentleman who is just arrived in town from Amsterdam, which he left about a week since, states, that the American Ambassador, General ARMSTRONG, 11.4 arrived in that city, where he had taken up his resi(lence at the house of the American Consul, Mr. llorie.L. It was not positively known - whether he had formally resigned his diplomatic character, and 11:ici finally left Paris ; but a ship was expected to ar ;re horn America in September, in order to curry ticnie the General, it being deemed impossible to re sr.tore amicable relations between France and the Ulited States. FAIRS.-At Britford Fair, near Salis- F;ary, en Saturday, 35.000 sheep and lambs were enaed, and but few remained !inseld. The prices ere full 4s. per head de ar e r th a n last year ; ewe s ' " etched from to 355. ; wethers 355. to 465. ; and „ trybs.lss. to 235. The preference was in favour of Southdown stock. At Lansdown Fair, on Thursday, a large quan-, tay of cheese was pitched ; prices horn 565. to 635.; many loads were carried off unsold. Very few good ''ores, and even inferior ones sold high. One gen .!eran missed his pocket-book, which contained near A;01. At WorceFter Lammas fair there was a very large of cattle and sheep ; the former were rather -p , ti the decline in price, the latter maintained the 3; , !•:.' prices as at the last fair, and many of both voe driven away for want of purchasers. Good were scat ce, and sold at very high prices.— ;o.vrnty pockets of hrps were weighed, current price crn 14. ICs. to 51. Its. pt_r cwt. PUPAL lIV'TiLLICAWCZ PLYMOUTH, AUGUST 21. Sailed his Majesty's ship NAeassos, the Han. p thin AYLMER, for Weymouth; and the PHEASANT sloop of war on a cruize.—Arrived, the American brig Hope, PETER COCHRANE master, from Boston, laden with cotton, wool, logwood, &c. detained and sent in here by his Majesty's frigate MEDUSA—she was bound to London ;—the schooner John, of and for this port, NICHOLAS IRWIN master, from Oporto, with wines ; sailed from thence 13th inst. with about 25 sail, under convoy of the TvarNE brig ; at that time there was nothing new : the sloop Fancy, of and for this port, Jon?: REDFURN master, with cyder and cows, from Guernsey. PORTSMOUTH, AUGUST 22. Arrived his Majesty's ships DERWENT from the West Indies, and la LOIRE from Madeira. DEAL, AUGUST 22. Arri.. , ed the Harmony, ARMSTRONG, and 12 sail more from Oporto, particulars unknown ; ten of the above have sailed for the River, and the remainder for Leith.—Came down from the River, the Effort, TWEEDALE ; Maria, Rippox ; and Adeona, REND, for Oporto.—Wind S.W. HULL, AUGUST 2t. Two prizes arrived at Grimsby yesterday, said to be part of 100 vessels captured lately in the Baltic. NEWHAVEN , AUGUST 22. A brig and a galliot were captured off here this morning by ,two privateets ; it is supposed they are pArt of the Oporto fleet which went up in the night. —The life-boat went off from this port, mangled by seven Branch pilots, appointed here by the Collector of the Customs, who boarded a slocp from Portland, with stone, bound for this port ; the sea was very high, and had not the life boat gone off, the sloop must have been taken. P.S. I hay? this moment heard, that the officers at the signal stati-n have every reason to fear that seve ral of the Oporto fleet were taken in the night ; it is supposed not less than 13 vessels. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. G oviseND, Av•MIT 22. —Arrived the Six Sisters, Maryhac, from Norfolk; and Lloys, Morgan, from Jamaica. Sailed the Preston, Silt-Iron, for Gibraltar ; Lady Bulkely, Owen, for Cork ; and Twins, lindale, for Stockholm. Alto ter.o—At Liverpool, the Portland, Brown; and Alexan der, Shimmon, from Trinadad ; Retrieve, Edwards, from Virgi nia ; An:l, Webb, from Prince Edward's Island; Faith, Mackie , and Horatio, Currie, from New Brunswick ; George, Barry, front avatinah ; Concord, and Thomas Wikon, Brown, front Philadelphia; Carnarvon, Thomas, from New York ; and Pot- trait, Stevenson, from Kennebec. At Dover, the Triumvirate, Green, from New Brunswick. At Belfast, the Argo, Setter, from Teneriffe ; Octavia, Agnew ; and Ocean, Leech, from Gibraltar. At Dublin, the Bedford, Grantham, from Barbadoes. At White haven, the Brown, —, from Jamaica. In the River, the Va liant, Evans, from Limerick. DUICA OF,CL4RENCE'S FETE 1T BUSHY PARK. His Royal Highness's Birth-day was celebrated, on Monday last, at Bushy Park. The preparations differed in no one respect from those exhibited last year. They displayed the same taste and elegance as usual. The Duke of York's Band was stationed on the lawn at an early hour. Covers were laid in the ban qu,ling-room for the Royal Party and their friends. About five o'clock arrived the Prince of WALES, the' Dukes of KENT, CUMBERLAND, and CAMBRIDGE, the Duke of BituNswtot OLLs, Lord ERSKINE, Colonel BLOOMFIELD, Lord CHARLES SOMERSET, SCC. BCC.-•-• The Duke of CLARENCE met the company at the en trance-hall, and conducted them into the grand sa loon. The humidity of the atmosphere prevented the party from walking on the lawn or into the park, tc view the improvements made therein. About half past seven o'clock dinner was served up to a party of about forty persons. The Prince of WALES sat near the head of the table, with the Duke of BRUNSWICK on his right hand, and the Duke of ClAftexcE on his left. Opposite to the Heir Appa rent sat the Dukes of CVNIBERLAND and CAstismucE, and Lord ERSKINE. The entertainment was, as may be supposed, of the most sumptuous description ; it was served on a most magnificent service of highly chased silver plate. _ . _ After the cloth was removed, the Pancat gave— " His Majesty's health," which was drank with three times three. The toast was announced to the popu lace assembled in the park, by the firing of '2l pieces of cannon. The united military bands of music at tached to the regiments beiJnging to the Dukes of YORK and CAMBRIDGE played " God save the King," when the guns had ceased tiring. The PRINCE next gave, " Sir Arthur Wellesley, and the brave British army in Spain," which was drank with three times three. " Success to the Expedition" followed. After these toasts had been drank with the utmost enthu siasm, the PRINCE got up, and in a very eloquent but concise speech, complimented the invincible army and navy of Great Britain on the prowess they had so re cently displayed. About a quarter before eleven o'clock, the Princes and their friends joined the com pany assembled together in the Ball-room ; only a few couples danced, and they were wholly composed of children. At one o'clock in the morning, that proportion of the visitants, not inmates in the house, retired to their respective carriages anti returned home. Assiduous and laudable Industry will, doubtless, in a series of years, often amass large Fortunes from small beginnings ; but we can challenge the inven tion of man to devise any mode, excepting one, by which it is possible for an individual, by risking a very few pounds, to obtain in a single moment, 5t20,000. Yet such may peremptorily he the case in the present novel and highly improved State Lottery Scheme. CORN EXCHANGE, MA nic-LAsr, AUGUST 23.—The Market this day has a middling supply of Wheat, and sales tolerably brisk, at a small encrease in price—Rye is dearer—Barley in very short supply, and higher— Malt likewise—very few White Peas in Beans, of the two kinds, but little variation—there are but-short supplies of Oats, and those of good quality arz quoted at rather higher price—Flour without variatiou—fine American 525. to 555. per barrel. GINLR•L CORILINCY AS UNDER: Wheat, 768.864. 100 s. Beans, 565. 624. rine ditto, 1041. 1071. Tick ditto, 455. 51s. Rye, 525. 58s. Oats, 28s. 30s. 361. Barley, 38s. 464. od. Poland ditto, 38t. 401.0 d. Malt, 745. 82s. Potatoe ditto, 42a. White Peas (boilers) 822.925. Rape Seed, 501. to 541. Guy ditto, 461 525. NM Flour, 101. to 855.-.4oCondo, 755.: .-1, •AI7"LE OPTALAVERA on both sides. It being ten o'clock, he desistee from any further attack during the night. • " At twelve o'clock a sudden and brisk fire corn'. menced through the advanced Spanish line, thotieh no enemy appeared, which, after a few rounds, fled in disorder, apparently dismayed at its own fire; the second line advanced and took its place. The enen 7 ' commenced his attack on oue left at five o'cleck in de morning, and shortly after two tumbrils blew up vt i:h a tremendous explosion, and we perceived many in. n and horses blown up ; being unsuccessful, he then attacked our centre and right, but did not gain an inch of ground. Sebastiani having arrived, at ore o'cloAc, wi:h a reinforcement of 12,000 men, and formed his columns of attack, covered by the wood c f olives in our front, again attacked our front and right with the same persever;ng fury, and almost obtained possession of a battery on our right, which sir Arthur had ordered to be constructed the day before, and succeeded in throwing our line into considerable con. fusion ; but the 48th advanced in line, and suppo r t e d the broken line till it rallied and formed again, when the enemy again retired, and our light dragoons and some Spanish horse advanced to charge-; but the 25d Light Dragoons having made an injudicious charge on our left, on a solid square, and serve cavalry posted behind a house, with a ravine and deep ditch in their front, were either cut to pieces or taken. The enemy then, it being about half-past eight o'clock, concluded the niglit's entertainment, and masked his retreat with a tremendous and almost insupportable fire of grape-shot, and shells, which did great execution, and rendered our situation very unpleasant. Had Cuesta allowed the Spanish army (totally unengaged, ex cept some cavalry and three regiments of cassadores, which behaved well) to make a movement to the right, the enemy, in his retreat, would have lost a considerable number of guns and men ; but he (Cuesta) throws every obstacle in our way. More than twenty j thousand of his army have dispersed, but some are returning. The enemy's force was from 50,000 to 155,000, including 9000 fine cavalry, which did not act, and 80 pieces of well-served artillery, from which we sustained our chief loss. He acknowledges to have lost 6000 ; but having been on duty, in removing the wounded and dead, I am confident it cannot be less j than between 11,000 and 12,000. I visited the dif. ferent positions yesterday, and, though strung regi. mental parties have been constantly employed in removing the wounded and dead, the ground is still covered with them, and the air we breathe is strongly . tainted. Our victory has cost us 4,500 ; but, when our country will know that we had not more than 22.000 men, including 4000 cavalry., and thirty pie. ces of artillery (many of which light threi-pound ers), exclusive of the Spanish artillery, which scarcely gave us any assistance ; that we are in possession of 19 pieces of the enemy's, and 600 prisoners; I hope it will do us the justice to believe, that, as patriots and soldiers, we have done our duty, especially when it is considered, that, during the two days tig'iting, the men had not received any bread Or meat, nor can we procure more then one day's provi. sion at a time—y.:sterday we had oats served out to us. Mane regiments have no more than i5O men and eight or nine officers left. Sir Arthur's horse was shot under him. Generals Mackenzie and Langwerth killed, and many Officers of the Staff t Generals Hill and two Campbells, wounded ; and it is reported that both Victor and Sebastiani are killed, and many French General Officers. The following paniculars of the battle of Talavera are extracted from a letter from an Officer who had a principal share in that glorious xchievemmt : " Day•break at length appeared. Five minutes after, a tremendous fire of cannon and muske:sy-suc ceeded, and continued without intermission. It ceas ed, and immediately came an order for the cavalry to advance along the valley, to charge the scattered columns of the enemy who had been repulsed. This was immediately attempted, but tie enemy had got off.—Otir loss in these two attacks was so guru that we could do no more than maintain our position, which the providence of ALsnauTv GOD had left in our possession. •' About three in the afternoon, the enemy again advanced to the attack—lie brought forward his whole force. He was determined t 6 storm the glorious height which had successfully defied his attempt.— He passed three strong columns into the entrance of the valley which flanked our position. He advanced to the hill and upon the centre, with en ,, rmous masses of men. All was still, except the enemy's guns in the valley, and a few of ours upon the hill. u The whole army rem.tined in the most awful sus pense. The enemy advanced with grcat s!eadiness. At this most tremenduous moment•an order arrived for Anson's brigade to advance, and charge the solid columns of the enemy. The order was promptly ; obeyed. The brigade moved forward in sight of both armies, in the finest order ! Generals Payne, Anson, and their Staff, were at their head. Loud shouts from both armies rent the air ! 44 When the charge was sounded, none but those who were present can conceive the interest of this scene ! Tremendous vollies of cannon and musketry were poured among our ranks. A deep unseen ditch crossed our front, into which numbers of men and horses, who had not fed for two days, fell. 44 Nothing could daunt the transcendant valour of our brave 2:3d. They passed all obstacles ! rode no bly up—made a most desperate charge at a solid square and double close column of infantry • and was almost annihilated ; except a few, wh om t h e Almighty permitted to return, all gloriously fell or were taken. The heavy brigade advanced to the support of their brave comrades, and assisted in bringing off the rem nant of this gallant regiment, who, upon - mustering them, appeared only to amount to 119 men and horses. Such was the glorious conduct of the 23d dragoons ! The British army which witnessed its exploits will ever bear testimony of its glory ! and history will re cord the atchievement in the brightest page of the annals of the English army ! " Though this noble eletrge failed in breaking the enemy's columns, it produced this advantageous ef fect, that seeing himself attacked an-1 threatened by a large body of cavalry on his left, and experi mentally feeling what sort of stuff that cavalry was composed of, he was afraid to form his line, s.) chat the heights which were now covered with dead, dy ing, wounded, and completely worn out troops, were left untouched, and the enemy confined his attack to the centre,:where they were vigorously repulsed, and, after cannonading us for some time, they retired as completely beaten as ever was a French army in the world, leaving in our possession the field of b•-tttle, 19 pieces of cannon (eight having been taken the preceding night), some eagles, and all his dead and wounded ; he retired in the night behinl the Alber die, over which he will never pass again!" ,‘ The French are again advancing, and we are ordered to pack up our baggage, and be ready at a moment's warning The Spaniards are retreating as before, but the light brigade has since arrived from Portugal, and is in advance with Sir Robert Wilson's legion, which will make us stronger than before the ' action, and we expect seven second battalions from Portugal ; and it is reported that General Be resford, with 20,000 Portuguese, had reached Sala naanca, so that our British hearts do not fail us." Extract of a Letter from a Captain of his M.jcsty's 711 t Regiment of Foot, dated from the Camp, on the Held of Baltic, near Talavera de la Reyna, 30th July, ] SO9. 44 Sir Arthur Wellesley effected a junctioa with Cuesta's army, consisting of 53,000. including 40 pieces of fine artillery, and 8,000 well appointed cavalry, at Crapesa, on the 20th, and on the following day proceeded to Talavera, which the enemy aban doned with little opposition, and withdrew to a strong position, about a league from it, on the heights on the other side of the Tagus. Sir Arthur having recon noitred his position, proposed to Cuesta to attack him without delay, before he could receive his reinforce-1 TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD IWOLGRAVE, ments, which Cuesta declined, stating his wish that FIRST LORD COMMISSIONER OF THE ADMIRALTY. the army of Venegas, styled the army of La Mancha, My Loao—lt has been observed, with much re might be sufficiently forward to attack the enemy at the same time, on the side of Toledo, expressing his I gret , opinion, that his own troops alone were adequate to the I by every one perusing the late Gazette Extra task of defeating the enemy, and that we should act as ordinary, respecting the surrender of Flushing, that . no notice whatever has been taken of the services of the reserve. We, however, marched from our camp on the morning of the 24th, before day-break, to give ; the Royal Marines, either by Sir RICHARD STRACHAN the enemy battle, but, on arriving in sight of his po. cularly of the Royal Marine Artillery, who were so or any of. the Naval Commander; ; and more parti ' sition, perceived his rear division at a great distance. l I conspicuously employed, and who contributed to the On account of not having our provisions, not even t reduction of that garrison. the day's rations served out, we were obliged to I Captain COCKBURN in his letter of the 17th August, return to our former ground, the enemy being speaks very handsomely of the .conduct of the Corn closely followed up by the Spanish army. Early'oz the . manders of the bomb vessels, in placing them in such morning of the 27th, a loud cannonading was heard, ! situations, as to act with the greatest effect ; but he and we were soon apprised, by the precipitate and dis- ' should not in common justice have omitted to observe orderly appearance of the Spanish army, that the i that the precision in throwing the shells, was to be French, having received a re4orcement of 12,000, t attributed - to the judgment and skill of the Officers had resumed the offensive, on hearing of our not being ! and men of the Royal Marine Artillery, who have in the advance ; had taken from them three pieces of the sole charge and direction of the mortars on board cannon, and were rapidly advancing. At five o'clock . those vessels. the drum beat to arms, and the men were obliged to i Owing to the judicious conduct of the detachment abandon their provisions, half co:Aced (as were also the of Royal Marine Artillery in thro w ing the shells from officers) ; at seven o'clock, the enemy having moved the ETNA bomb in Basque Roads, Capt. Goorasvo forward his numerous and heavy columns to it range ,commanding that ship , was made a P os t Capta i n , of hills on our left, and completely concealed by an t h oug h no cre dit was given to the Officer or Detach extensive wood of olives in our front, with his left extended to the Taus, commenced tile battle by a meat of the Royal Marine Artillery serving in that ship. . furious and unremitting fire (from a battery supported t In the attack upon Flushing, the same officer and by several lines of infantry and an innumerable train cl , .tachinent had the direction of the mortar on board of artillery) on our left flank, with the view of pos sessing himself of an eminence, and thereby turning it : the ETNA, from which the shells were said to be - thrown with such precision ; in justice to them, as and getting into our rear, but wasrepulsed with a dread ful carnage, notwithstanding the galling fire we had well as every other detachment employed in the bomb. vessels on that service, this circumstance ought to be to sustain from his mortars and eight-pounders, which made known to the Public. mowed us down by sections. Foiled on the left, he , __ then attacked our centre and right with the same im- : upon every occasion previous to the establiala t petuosity and obstinacy ; but was received by our of the Royal Marine Artillery, when detachments of troops, and repulsed, with the same cool and deter- ._ -vessethe Royal Regiment of Artillery served on board the omb s l , their services were always particularly mined resolution (they have not forgiven them their . D long marches in Portugal, Ste.) On their approach, mentioned ; the present slight must therefore be se. I the front Spanish line, though supported by a strong , vere y felt, and depress the spirit of every gallant battery, gave way, and fled with dismay ; but the se_ rung officer in the corps: and it is a heart-breaking cond line advanced, and occupied its place. The. 1 circumstance, that when the services of every corps enemy having again formed his columns, renewed are extolled . for th eir gallantry, that those of th e the attack on our left, with unabated fury and pers-- . Royal Marines ( wh i ch are as essential to the country verance, endeavouring to drive us from the eminence ; as those of any other corps) should be totally omitted ; commanding our position, which, for a few minutes, ! and they look to your Lordship to have justice done he effected, but was driven from it with the bayonet toe° upon this occasion. by General Stewart's brigade, with dreadful slaughter T I have the honour to be,:ite. ROYAL MARINE ARTILLERY. A. Z. il q , r,4 ~: