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PORTUGUESE PAPERS. LISBON, JULY 11. A letter from Jasse Carlos Borges Rohello, to the most ilhistritius..B:= turd° de Silveira Perito, states— the enetiTiontiiiiie - s to retreat from Benevente.— Some Castilians have assured me, that Ney is march ing diteot farAstzrga..." -This letter is dated July 5. ' By of acconnzs•lfrtiro Ciudad Rodrigo, we hear th..t the French General of cavalry, Franceschi, %wad two of his Adjasta.nts, were taken prisoners on the read from. Zamora to Valladolid. This capture is of importance, both from the consideration and rank of the General,. and from the accounts thus obtain-xl, of the wretched condition of the army of Soult, which is ...without cloathing, without shoes, without money, , having lost its military cheE.ts, equipage, baggage, 7 , papers, and every thing it had. Two ~regiments of infantry in Gallicia reined to enter into action, and a general discontent pievails . „among the French troops, who are tired of the war, .as they have not obtained the advantages they were promised. The vanguard of the army of Soult, which the said Franceschi commanded, and which is arrived at Zamora, consists of six regiments of in fantry, and six of cavalry, making in the whole or.ly 4000 or 5000 men, as the regiments are very weak on account of their losses, and their numerous sick. On the 2d Marshal Soult himself arrived at Za- mOra, and x.ll be followed by the re , t of the army. A letter from the Commissary at \Var, Durset, to the In.endant General of the army of Soult, in Ma drid; dated Zamora, June 27, says : " The asimiaistration of the second corps of the army is in a most deplorable state, and I intreat that you will immediately send us assis:arce. Nice morths pay is owing to the soldiers, and the regiments have los: their chests and baggage at Vigo. The sol are without shoes, illantry and cavalry. The loss of thr chests and bagi:age deprives es of any resources for cloathing, and the officers are r , :•elucetl to a lamentable situation. The Sub -I,:specier, I .aherses, is dead i:nd Mr. Errard sick, at [lga. Ihe Paymaster general was made prisoner at his house at Vigo. At Pinaiiel, ns no carriages could be obtained, the mcney which was ii.t!ds t was given up to pillage, because it was better that th e French so'diers should have it than the enemy, who followed us c!otel7,at.d there was no place where regular distributions could be n.ade.—On the sth Jay of our retreat, the English at takite : U 4 1: eleven at right. and threw our troops into disorder. " On the turond day of our retrea: we had the misfortune to los• Mr 0-elizet (this Commissary was made prisoner by a pa trole of the army of Atarsl•al Beresford in pursuit of General Loi pop). }must errreat you, General, to give the necessary order• cla t 111 the transrorts intended for the regiments of the army, and • svittch were to have been sent front Bayonne to Valladolid, may g • •td immediately for Zamora." Tr a letter from IVlarllal Soult to General Fran- erschi, dated Puebla de Sanahria, 26th June, the Psr-ner writes that he had set out with his division for Zamora, by the w; !y 0.. Mon Beleis ; that he had re presented to his Catholic Majesty, Don Joseph I. the want his troops were in of all kinds of necessaries, and requesting that the requisite baggage and mili tary should he sent to himxt Zamora. In a letter from Marshal Soult to Joseph Napoleon, he states that he had hft in Lugo 967 sick. The in surgents, he says, •taking advantage of a good posi tion at St. Claudio, kept up a constant fire upon their column, which found itself obliged to retire, with some los,. General Loison ordered the village to be burned, as also that of Calelilas, in revenge f t or • their having assasinated twenty-five chasseurs of the sth regiment. On the 24th all the troops formed a junction at Pueba de Sanabria, which place they left on the 29:h . and 30th, and arrived at Carrion, on •the ht and 2d of July. The Marshal requests his Majesty Soseph 0 send him the succour he had applied for on the SOth of May, " Your Majesty," he says, " must be sensible, that it is now mare than five months since I have received any orders, notices or succours of any kind, and consequently that I must be in want of many things, and iguorant rf the general tions, The estal,lishmoat of an hospital is sable, and a supply of provisions for four months, which would be ti,e only means to prevent the French from being obliged to sul: them ia the houses of the peasants, and tieing murdered by them. For this, ' to put GalEcia in a state of &fence, a million of rials would be necessary." LISBON, JULY 15, Advices from Badajoz speak of the poskinn of the • armies. Gener a l Cuesta occupies th e e nvi rons o f Almarez, and Marshal General Wellesley, Coria and Placentia. Marshal Beresford set out for the army on the 10th just. COIMBRA, JULY 13. By intelligence from our frontiers, it appears that the head-quarters of the British army were, on the .30th of Junt, at Zarea Mayor, and by advires re ceived yesterday, we learn that they were since at Placentia. general Cuesta had sent a Lieutenant. • General to the latter place, to complimeat General Wellesley, and, it is probable, also to confer upon the operations (d the two armies. The army of Sehi.-tiani had wholly retired to the right bank of the Guadiana ; his vanguard was posted • Tin - Consuegra, hiadrilejos, and Villa Nubia, and the head-quarters at Toledo. The vanguard of the Spa • nish army was on the bridge of the Guadiana, sup ported .by a division stationed at Villa Harta, and another at Dainiel. The corps of reserve was at Matuanares. BADAJOZ, JULY 5. The Chief nigistrate of the city of Cnria has issued the follow'ng Proclamation, relative to the march of the English army through that city : " INHABITANTS OF COSIA! _ _ _ • M The love of our c , untry, and of our religion, which, under the present clrcumsta• :es, is but one fivlinr i —the desire of re venging the atrocio.is injury- which our aug ust Monarchy has suf fered—the stiitirtelts of ho-our, which rin so distinguishing a feature of our character among all : . .F.•igrcts, inspire me with the ambient hope, that I need not you of the kind ani hos pitable tr.htment with which you ought to ruciive the troops of his Eritai.aic Majesty, ar , • to march through this city,amti its envirr. s. They l.ft their naive country. crook's' the.seas, and all clang(,., for nu other purpose t h4.is to woke their . forces wilt o• rs, in wer'r to restore out bileved Ferdinand to the Spanisi.: Throire, from he ICIA• dragged ctrivin, by the • most d'ab•Mcal ircrie;ue, arid most missetuvres, in a manner uirerly the morals attl politics of our phi losophical • Which you is Igne root cA the sacrifices which 1ng14:4 is making to derend oer just rause ? Who can deny per. services,. her rougratmmay, and all the civic virtues which she possesses ? Writ) does rat .ee that in thtac times, she has proved the ems:: hii tier opyrit , tl to th, abwi a; • {Amer of a Tyrant, xv hose boundless a. • bition aims at rile subjuEarion of all Europe. She alone, hi aild unshaken in his printivic:, maintains social order, and gallantly ass , tts the ettisial rir*is of D'art—she, at all Cli nes among the first • f mankind, a •fice.sand times del'eateclelms Lm poor of the French in the v• :y Cibil , (t where he fumed the plan of aativersal destruction. L.. t the I name—let th e s un , sa d sacred ftilme of George use 114.,, rtiisanidtrosat the columns TIIE EVENING STAR. therin,!with very little opposition ; but we cannot learn that she has brought any other paiticulars. The following Letter, however, speaks confidently of the surrender of Flushing and the whole Island. of Walcheren : • . . " HARWICH, AUGUST 4 " The Captain of a foreign vessel which left the Dutch coast last Wednesday night, says, he had been with the Expedition from Saturday last—on that day, about one P. M. he was in the midst of our Expedi.ion, which was then about two miles distant from Flushing. They were then at anchor :! —Three guns having been fired at the British Ad.l miral's ship, the whole of the fleet weighed and stood closer in. The foreign vessel then set sail for another part of the Dutch coast more to the Northward, wlrcre she remained until Wednesday night, when she received a short note by a fishing-vessel, directing her to return with all haste to England, and adding, that ' Flushing had been taken by the English.'-- 1 By Flushing, the Master of the foreign vessel means the surrender of the whole Island of Walcheren." Yesterday the Bye-boat Pita:Nix, Itcoas master, arrived at Yarmouth in eiglit days from Heligo land with mails, an Austrian messenger, several pas t sengers, and some recruits. The Messenger left the Head-quarters of the Arch duke CitatiLEs. An Armistice (as is already known) had been signed, but itwas reported at Heligoland that the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA had ref ssed to ratify 111 1 . The private accounts received by this mail cap only be considered as indicative of the temper of mind of the inhabitants of the countries under French domi, nation. They are unwilling to believe that the Austri ans were defeated in the battle of Wagram,tand rejoice in the belief that the french lost more men than the Austrians is that battle. This temper, contrasted with the haste of the Austrian Commanders in concluding an Armistice, only serves to prove what we baye often stated, that Germany has been lost, not by a want of loyalty in the people—not by a want of phy sical resources—but from a lamentable deficiency in the moral energies of those who hid the direction of public affairi, and the command pf her armies. By this conveyance we have 'received German Pa pers to the 2'2d ult. but their contents only serve to augment our regret at the iinbecility gnd lolly which has surrendered to the enemy what could never have been acquired by force, had the Austtian rulers and commanders, discharged in g proper manner the du ties they owed to themselves and to their country. BANKS OF THE ELBE; JULY 21. (PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE,) • Letters from Vienna, coming from very respecta ble sources, represent the loss of the French in the battle of Wagram as very considerable. Nesdr 30 Marshals and Generals were 'wounded. On the Bth the inhabitants of Vienna received orders to prepre quarters for 3'2,000 wounded French. On the same day the Duke of Istria, Marshal Bessieres, arrived there badly wounded, besides . Generals Rapp, Frire, and several Others. Some say liessieres is dead cf his wounds, as well as General Dussas. The Austrians have also taken 800 French prisoners, and a great number of cannon and other booty. The Berlin gazette, which is prohibited here, is ,said to directly contradict the French bulletins, and the gasconades contained in the prints of Munich, Stutt, gardt, and other journals of the Confederation of the Rhine. In an official bulletin published by the Archduke at Prague nn the lath; he maintains he never was forced in his centre or right wing, and to have, exclusive of MOO prisoners, taken an invincible posi. tion in defiance of the enemy. The Archduke John, with the Hungazian insurrection, has not at all been in the action, The same authentic private advices from Vienna also state, that the road from Wagram to the 'Aus trian capital was quite covered with waggons, con veying the wounded French officers and soldiers to that city. It is asserted that if the Italian tronps had not failed in the action against the Bavarians un der General Wrede, the Archduke Charles would have gained a complete victory. There are also private advices, confirming by the derfin Gazettes, this agreeable intelligence, that-the Austrians have re-entered Dresden, Leipzig, and other parts of Saxony, since the 14th inst. ; and the Duke of Ahrantes has been defeated in Bayreutll A by Field Marshal Lieutenant Kienmeyer, and obliged to evacuate that century, with, considerable loss. In the preceding columns, we have continued pqr extracts from the Spanish Papers to the 12th, and Portuguese' to the 19th' ultimo, received yesterday.— They contain some interestiqg details respecting the retreat of the French from Galicia ; but we are sorry to be obliged to state, that it does not appear that any thing equal to what might have been expected has been effected. There ought not by this time to have been left in ,9pain a single Frenchman in arms. If they have .been able to do so little against the common- enemy while the greater part of his army was necessarily oc copied with the war against Austria; what can we hope from them when the whole French force shall be directed against their coimtry ? 'According to the latest accounts, Sir . ARTUVR ViItI.LESLEir was at Placentia on the lf2th i waiting the arrival of the light troops under General CHAUVOIIR. 411 e.`. ARMY. A large detachment of the Royal Marines, nor: j . Stonehouse Barracks, are preparing for embaricatior on board the Woolwich and Prevoyante store.4h p, for the Mediterranean.—A rropcaion'of boyi accom. piny them. . . r The Royal Anglesca Militia marched yesterJ.ty from Oseringe, on its route Er Deal. The offer of the Canterbury Volunteer Infantry to do the garrison duty of that city has, vie understiind, been accepted, and the corps this morning meur.:cd guard in consequence. The Perseus transport, No. 170, having en bo a ,, 42 horses, and an equal proportion of Royal Artii!err Drivers, under the command of Lieut. arrived at Deal on Monday last from Ramsg 4; ,, :LA on Thur.Alay all the ships, having tlit officers, n. ur , and horses, of the Royal Artillery Drivers attache; to the Battering Ordnance, quitted the Downs e iz their destination, under convoy of the RINAr.no. Such has been the demand for small arms for Grand Expedition, that an order has been made b the Board of Ordnance, for 22,000 muskets to be scr from the depot at Weedon; requisit!on ceived. on Saturday se'nnight, and the whole was packed in cases and sent off for Loudon on Monday morning, by canal boats. On this occasion nearh two companies of the Bedford Militia, stationed at Weedon, were employed on the duty. The ara u will be replaced from Birmingham, Upwards of 120 pieces of artillery are said to be at the above detdt, with ammunition waggons, forge, fcc. all in perfect order for immediate service. We understand that preparations are making fo r sending put several more regiments both from It elaaa and in this country. from England several reg . :. ments of cavalry will be sent. We have not yet heard whether this new force is intended as a reinforcetmn; to Lord CAATHAM or Sir ARTIMit WELL/W.l:l'S ar mies, or whether it is a new expedition. We have now a large army in 6pa;n, a large army up the Mediterranean, and a very large airy on the coast of Holland ; and every one of them La; me probably by this time been engaged with the enemy. There never was a moment in the history of Old England, so big with events, or when the news ez. pected will so generally interest. A fleet is about to sail from Portsmouth wi,hrcia. forearnents for Sir ARTSI:II WELLEsnLy's arn:y a Spain ; and another fleet with many o;fi, cers and a.er. for Sir JOHN STEIVA4T's army' in Sicily. With the first go Generals Miiptas and Muir, COlonel LL/GH, and many Officers, tinder a strong Medical Staff ; for we regret to hear by the last an . . vals chat that army is lamentably sick, there king qp .varcis of 5000 in the hospitals, DRURY-LANE 'TnEATllF.—Yesterday a numero4 meeting took place at the Crown and Anchor, of the Renters of. Drury-lane Theatre. Mr. Hosm i n was called to the Chair. Mr. Snead Lt attended, and %tate4 that what he had to propose'to the Renters was, that they should acsept an annuity of IEI2 I Os. in lice of their present annuity of Or ; and that, instead of their present free-admission, they should have a non • transferable admission for the lives of each Renter atd their nominee ; or, if they disliked the free-atimission, the annuity should be aCIS ; that if this arrange's:era was acceded to, he trusted that 'measures would be taken for the speedy rebnilding . 9f. the Theatre, Mr. - S/ISRIDAN tomplained of the pqwer assumed by the • Loan CIIASIBERIAI24 ; in licensing the minor Theatres in decided hostility to the Theatres acting under the authority ofthe Patents. A Committee was appointed by the meeting . to take the praposal of Mr. R -11i:RIDAS into consideration, and to confer with the Trustees, i and to prepare a Petition to his MAJ E STY on t h e cences granted by the LORDCHAMBERLSIX; and whicl Petition Mr. SIIEUIDAN pledged himself to present to his MAJESTY himself; as his situation as a Privy Coun. cillor entitled him to require a personal interview with his MAJESTY ; • TUE Flse Aars.—Thursday the scaffolding and awning were removed front the Statue erected in Rus sel-square, in hapour of the late Duke of BEDFORD. Many friends of the Duke, and lovers of sculpture at. tended. The statue is colossal, the attitude gracefil and manly; the folds of drapery arc ample yet suffici ently detailed. His Grace reposes one arm on a plough, the left hand holds the gifts of Ceres, conforming will the genes-al plan of a monument intended to mart the Duke's patriotic fondness fur agricultural pursuit:. Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter, personifeil in the endearing semblance of children, playing rowid - the feet of the statue, whose apparent magnitude seems augmented by the contrast. '1 he pedestal, in enitd lishments and site, is well adapted to the purposes of illustration and strength—to the four corners lie at tached bulls' heads in very high relief, the cavity irn mediately beneath the upper moulding is adorned with herds of cattle in recumbent postures ; on de curved 'sides are rural subjects in basso-relievo, the firs: represents the preparation tor the ploughman's dinner; • the husbandman's wife, on her knees, attends the coos : nary department; a youth sounding a horn, two tics, anu a team of oxen at rest, finish the groupe— The second composition' is made up of reaper 4 gleaners variously employed, the young v,•ornan in the centre is delineated with the muchness AO grice Of a village favou r ite. Th ese -- enr i c h ments , the t u g Season. and the statue of t he Duke, are all cast in bronze, and so ve r y suc c ess f u lly t h at , w i t h t h e peiish of high finishing, they preserve the s pi r i t o f an of j . nal model. The m a s s y mat er i a l o f t h e pe d e s t al is Scotch granite, and, t oget h er w i t h t h e i..uper4tic• ni • ture, measures, from the level ground tp the suns t i of the Monument, twenty-seven feet. The principal figure is nine feet hi g h. Wednesday afternoon, during a severe thunder storm , a young lady, d aug h ter o f J. Ci.aus:, E , 9- of Sliawforc‘ was struck blind on the race-ground. at l i Finchesiser races, by lightning. We are ppi to SlF3r.illopes *re entertained that her sight of Hercules to the Pyreaeet, and shouts and acclarnatiOns front Cadiz to Landon, and trom Brazil to Lisbon; may theionds of our alliance and friendship be tied still closer—let us give +hat generous naticrn the most unequivocal proofs of our gratitude—let us afford them the most friendly reception—let us clasp the Eng• lish soldiers in our arms, as our brothers and onr companions-- and should there unforturately be found among us anv man se ill-disposed AS not to fulfil that acrd duty, let him be imme diately struck out of the l!st of our fellow Citizens, and let him branded for ever with the horrid mark of ingratitude. " Coria, June 28, 1809. " MaNtriu DL ECHIVARREi." JULY 6.-INTELLIGENCE FROM MADRID. On the 2d, 3d, and 4th inst. considerable agitation was observed among the French ; they made several arrests, and sent away many carriages laden with in valids, civil officers, and equipage. On the 4th, at night, the plate belonging to Marshal .Tourdan, and two other Generals, was packed up. The intrusive King was making preparations for his journey to Granja. The day before yesterday, the works at the country palace, and at the Rctiro, were discontinued; but the most remarkable thing is, that a considerable quantity of artillery, bombs, and 4renades, has been sent to Castile. • SEVILLE," JULY 7. Lieutenant General Venec., , as has sent the follow ing report to Don Antonio 'Camel : " I-have the honour to transmit to your Excel lency the Report of the action of Taralla, which I have received from Colonel Don Louis Lacy, and which is as follows : " Most Excellent Sir—The first trial of the flying corps, com posed of the regiment of Burgos, of a company of the chasseurs of Cuenca, and the regiment of cavalry of Francisco, was made yesterday, in the environs of Toralba, by surprising and routing from the field the first regim;•nt of the Polish uhlans, the Such, and 2.6 th regiments of French chasseurs, and two Westphalian regiments of light horse, with two pieces of cannon. " About five o'clock in the afternoon, I received intelligence that the first corps hastened from Almagro to attack in that place the enemy. I gave the necessary orders to commence the attack, as soon as the obscurity of the night should favour my design. " - As soon as it was dark, I marched at the head of my troops, and occupied a large plain close to the town, where, considering the time, position, and superiority of the enemy, a most glori ous action was fought. The field was covered with the enemy's slain—his wounded must be very numerous—lances. helmets, all descriptions of arms, horses, and one sole prisoner to bear witness to the fact, are the fruit of that fortunate night, In which our troops fought with uncommon gallantry and enthusiasm. " We are informed by the said prisoner, and by two German dragoons, who have deserted, that the enemy supposed they were attacked by 8000 Spaniards, which pretended supposition is perhaps merely intended to cover the disgrace of being attack ed by only 9015 foot, and s:0 cavalry. liarnesco made a most spirited attack, and all the officers and tam did their duty. " The enemy did not dare to intercept our retreat, which it was necessary to make, in consequence of advice being received of a considerable corps of ti:e enemy's horse having arrived in Damiel. " The deserters state, that the enemy's loss consists in 1.14 killed, and a great many wounded, amorg ss hesm is the Colonel. —Our loss is trifling. (Signed) " cods LACY." " Calculi di Calatrava." PRIVATE LETI ER. Extract of a Letter from an Officer iu Sir ARMOR WELLESLEY'S army, dated Jane `27: We have just received the &pod news from Cermany : the Danube has, for a time at least, suspended the.current of Bona pane's fortune, and the character of the French is altogether transmitted; for no longer is it aggressive at the same moment in every quarter of the compass. We seethe effect by the ene my's movements here. hey are in rapid retreat ; and their route is traced with the characterlitics of pressing urgency. " Cuesta is iu purseit ; his whole army has passed the Tagus and Almaraz whilst we, alas! are snails in our operations, at ' the peried vigour is most necessary, when we should be drivitig at the enemy in every direction. I would undertake with one re giment to do the French more mischief btftire they reach the kW -0, than the whole British army now effects. The Spaniards indigLant—they had every where prepared the necessary su; plies ;but we shall riot have a British brigade beyond the Por tuguese frontier before the .24 July, and the army cannot be ac tually moving as an army before the bth or 9th.. " his is sad, very sad indeed, and to me unaccountable; for S:r Arthur Vitik,ky if. himself ati!ant; and active. I uspre t that the Eritish Government have only recently taken a determine:ice) to ent:n. Spain, and the order to that effect just given. But this policy, of malting Portugal the sole object of corAderaion, is so opposite to that which so long during the winter abandoned this country to its fate, that it is *carte credi ble. Th , : army have wanted slices, and Coe delay is said to have 'teen caused front not having specie to pay the troops. All that can be said hi, that hitherto there has been a must naehtnclauiy and useless application of a fine aspiring atm.,. t` P.S. sir Robert Wilson is consaderatly advanced beyond the British army, and is at Zasza Mayor, or Zara Mayor." LONDON SATURDAY, AUGUST S. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK : 3 pej Cent. Cons. 684-4 per Cent. 8411-5 per Cent. 99f. Red. Sttii—Omniunt 1 prem. _ PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY . 3 per Cent. Red. 633 India Bonds Is. 19s prem.. 3 pct. Cent. Cons. 6I 68i Excheq. Bills, 13s. 7s. les. pre. 4 pvr Cent. s4iii Oinnium I prem. 5 per Cent. Navy 99 981 State LotteryTickets,X2l.lls. Long Ann. 18 13 /Gi City ditto, £B. I:2s. Ina.. Stock 166 1854 Cons, for ace. 68if No official accounts it tying arrived from the Ex pedition, it is not surprising that st:ttements not easily reconcilable should have got into circulation. We must content ourselves for the present with barely mentioning them. We have already informed the public, that ac counts were yesterday received of the island of Schou wen havittg been taken possession of pn Monday.— To this it has been since added, that from Schouwen our troops were bombarding Flushing ; but the thing is impossible, for Schouwen Ewa the North of Wal, cheren, and Flushing is the Southernmost point of Walcheren. The Pheenbc, Captain WALKER, arrived yesterday at larking from the' Dutch coast. She was not neai nough to the scene of action to make any accurate observation of what was going on: but on Sunday night the Dumb were observed to have lighted alarM. fires along the coast. A heavy firing. was kept up the whole of Monday, and towards the evening shells welt thrown from various points. Captain WALKEN, noitcleerning it prudent to approach the fleet, left the scing of action early on the following. mottling, without learning any further particulars.—The-Cap- , taro observed onr flegt.to extend in a line from Flush ing to - Campvere. Another Barking smack, which arriv!tl . yeitoday, at Yarmoutb, has brought intelligence that out troops Were laded on Ttcsday last co tlie bland Wal- _.~i Vii_ ~:~.ri _...~a~w._ . . •3