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LONDON. THURSDAY, JULY 4. PRICE OP STOCK'S THIS DAY aT ONE O'CLOCK. Cons. for opg. 631i-3 per Cent. Reduced 62 4 per Cent. 74—Bonds 18s. premium. OmnAsm 1# dis.—Escheq. Bills par Is. prem. We mentioned yesterday the arrival of a Lisbon Mail, and dispatches from Lord WELLINGTON. From all the accounts that have leached us, we are persuaded, that before this time a dreadful conflict has taken place between the Allied Forces and the French. Of the issue we are no way apprehensive, though we cannot but feel some anxiety till we know the actual retult. Lord WELLINGTON'S dispatch is dated Albuera, the 12th ult. It states, that Soots, having collected reinforcements from all. quarters, was again advan cing in considerable force, for the purpose of relieving Badajoa ; and that his Lordship, not deeming it ex pedient to engage the enemy in the vicinity of that fortress (both because the level ground would be fa vourable for the French cavalry, and because the gar rison might co-operate With the French army), had advanced to Albuera, and taken a position there, in which he had determined•to give battle to the French. Under these circumstances, it had been found neces sary to raise the siege of Badajoz, but'a corps has been left to blockade it. The 'nail contains letters and papers to the 17th ult. It is stated in the former, that Lord WELLixo.rort had determined upon attacking SOULT as speedily as pos. sihle, in consequence of an intercepted dispatch from the latter, to the Commandant of Badajoz, urging him to hold out to the last extremity, as Sou LT expected to be soon joined by reinforcements from Seville,. Madrid, and other quarters, when he would fly to his relief, " with an overwhelming force." .14 may, therefore, be the policy of Lord WaLLINGTo;i-ta anticipate the junction of those troops; bit at any. rate, the fate of Badajoz will be more effectually and speedily decided'hy a battle than by a protracted siege. In the mean while, movements of both armies in the north of Portugal are said to have taken place wish the view of reinforcing those of the south. To effect this with the least possible inconvenience on our part, we are assured that the fortifications ofAltueidti have been, completely demon:theft by our troops, and that the British have finished what the F.-ench had begun ; so that this fortrets could no longer be an object of impor- tame to tither party. The tried military talents of Lord WELLING 70N, anti the signal valour which the allied troops dis played at the battle of A lbuera, had inspired the great est confidettee at Lisbon as to the result of any action that might take I,lacc. The anxiety of expectation had, however, produced some effect an public credit ; and the discount on Government paper had risen from 17 to 20 per cent. The markets for provisions awl goods from England continue to be overstocked at Lisbon ; and the prices are so reduced, that the•articles are sold at a considerable loss. It is much the same ut Oporto. The last accounts from thence, at Lisbon, state, that American flour, which had been currently sold at 18 millrea.s the bar rel, would not fetch at present, more than from 8 to 10 The lobs of the Allies before Badajoz, daring the operations of the siege, we are sorry to say, is stated as considerable: the lows orthe two attempts that were made on Sort Christoval will probably appear in Saturday's Casette. Some of. the letters frog' Lisbon lig assert, that SOO of Sotive's cavalry were surpri completely cut off by the British. This seems ea repetition of a former report, probably unfounded, with regard to tie destruction of the Polish lancieri. MARmotzT has rapidly advanced ; he was at Placen tia on the 10th ult. and continued to move upon Me rida ; DROUET joined SOULT at Llerena ; and the French cavalry have advanced as far as Los Santos— A further reinforcement 'V SOOO men were on stheir march from Madrid to join SOULT. In fact, it is now evident that the , enemy are collecting in Estremadura every man they can move, and that they are preparing to make a last effort, on the largest scale they possibly can, to retreive their affairs in the:South, where they will strain every nerve to maintain themselves. It is very probable, therefore, that before this time a most obstinate and sanguinary battle has been fought, the issue of which will have decided the fate of the South, it not the whole of the Peninsula. Some days ago we estimated, from authentic re turns, the force of SOULT at 52,000 men ;—to these we haye now to add 3000 from Madrid, and 24,000 under MARSIONT, carrying the enemy's force, upon the whole, to very nearly 60,000. We have at pre sent to state the movements and the immhers of the Allied Army that are to meet and contend with those of the enemy. General SPENCER is at Castel Branco, moving in a direction parallel to MARNIONT. On the advance of the French Cavalry to Los Santos, the British ad vanced divisions fell back upon Albucra, in the neigh bourhood of which the battle is expected to be fought, and which we trust is again destined to be the scene of the heroism and the triumph of the Allied Army. The force of the Allies is, however, not estimated at more lan fifty thousand men, General SPENCER not having yet joined. Indeed, Lord WELLINGTON has So many objects to attend to, both in the South and the North ; and so many points to watch and to protect, that he is not in sufficient force (before the junction of General SPENCER) especially in cavalry, to enable him immediately to attempt offensive opera tions against Souvr. ARMY BEFORE BADAJO& T IST OF UMTT), WOUNDED, AND MISSING, lIIKTWEENII &ITN OF ALAI' AND 11th OF JUDE. filiGreachy, 11th regime:lit (17th Portuguese). Lieutenant Sed*ewick, Sth toot, t , cl battalion. Lieutenant Rdnadful Hawker. Royal British Artillery. Lieutenant Hunt, Royal inetict re. Lieutenant Westropp, qst re:iment. Lieutenant Rugg, 83th rei,,huent. Wounded. Cal.tain !lotion, RoYal Engineers, severely. Captain Satellie, 51st regiment. Lieutenant rster, Royal Engineers, severely. Lienteount W.rstotacott.E. al Stall Corps, severely., Lieutenant I/tartishly, blst foot. severely. I.ieutanant Gammel, 85th foot, slightly. Lieutenant Grititt,B.sdt foot, slig!.tly. bentetlant Hicks, 51st foot, stighly. Lieutenant Morton, with regimetn, slightly. Litutetiani Duffel. Cbasacurs liritattique, 4everdy. . Ensign Leslie, 57th regimeitt, Ist battalion. Captain Niaon, 85th regiment.. We yesterday received French papers to the 30th ult. They do not contain a syllable about the Ficoch armies in Spain, and are in all respects extremely bar ren of intelligence. The only article worth noticing, is one under the head of klantlai! gh, which asserts that the British Government in ti:e halm 01 dischargitio foreigners, who have spent the greoler part of tin it life, and are worn out in our Service ; lauding these miserable invalids on the C.nntinent, and there leaving them to shift for themselves. We do not believe that this charge is well founds : its probable object is to check that disposition to enitgiote, arid enter the British service, which has prevailed to :e considerable extent among the youth of Hanover, and other parts of Ger many. A Gentleman who left St. Petvsburgh on the 13th ult states, that although it was repo lea there that the differences between France and 11ust.1 had been arnl cably adjusted, yet troops of every description continued to be sent into Poland. SVe have, via Lisbon, intelligence from Cadiz to the sth June, mentioning an action on tile 15th May in Enbeda, near Baiza, an which a division of the 3d army, or that of Murcia, was engaged, and when the French lost 1000 men. From the same source we also learn, that at a very acceptable moment 13,000 sets of accoutrements, 1'2,000 stand of arms, and every ne cessary for 12,000 men, had arrived at Cadiz from England.—Treasure, it is asserted, had arrived from Spanish America at Cadiz, to the value of 822,086 crusades. The Mutim sloop of war is arrived in the Downs, from Rio de Janeiro, accompanied by a vessel called the Archduke Charles ; the Mutine has specie on board, amounting, it is said, to about two millions of dollars. The amount on board the Archduke Charles, in sterling money, is estimated at nine hundred thou sand pounds. The Mutine has on board Den Francisco Salazar, a Deputy to the Cortes from the kingdom of Peru, whose powers are unlimited. He is to proceed from England to Cadiz. The Mutine on her gassage fell in with a Portuguese brig, with slaves on 'boat d, from Angola to Rio de Janeiro; which latter ship, on her passage, met two French frigates, bound to the Isles of France, v. ho took out eighty prime slaves, together with all the curious birds on board. The Frenchmen then released the vessel, and immediately made sail to the southward. This happened on the 26th March, in lat. 16. S. long. 24. IV. By Gazettes from the Caraccas to the 16th April,' received yesterday, and by private communications we learn that the greatest tranquillity prevailed in that district. The Congress had assembled, and all-the neighbouring country had adopted the revolution esta blished in the capitaL The new representative body of the Province of Venezuela had solemnly prcclaimedl its loyalty to FERDINAND VII. and in the act of in-' stallation, the Members swore to protect the rights of the Sovereign, and to resist the preteasionsof France. 'ArAIYAL INFELLIGENCIA PLYMOUTH, JULY I. The sterns of thunder and lightning on Sunday, ai I stated, proved far more violent to the **Mani The sloop DiligenCe, of Plymouth, in coming mind Penlee Point on Sunday aft/erne:ton, with a cargo of gunpowder, from Truro, was struck by the lightning; her crew and passengers were knocked down on deck, and remained sertseles's for several minutes, but reco vered without having sustained any serious injury. The niast and top-mast of the vessel were shivered to-pieces. The Eliza• coasting vessel, of Southamp. ton, which was within 100 yards of the Diligence, had the man at her helm knocked dnwn,•but he also recovered.—No arrivals nor railings this day. DEAL, JULY s. Arrived the Ivitmuz sloop of war, from the west; ward; VIRAGO sloop of war, with a convoy from ditto, which are sailed for the River, &c. and the EcHo sloop of war, from a cruize. soldier deservest be nathei in particular. s he con duct of all has been most valiant and noble 1, and never were given greater ' proofs of brilliant British vAlour. The Portuguese alto shewed, that, in the field of battle, they are capable of onsulating the A Allies whom they love. The Marshal gives his thanks to the officers of his Staff, and particularly to Btjgadier—General D'Urban, Quarter-Master General of the army, who so much contributed to the success of the day ; to Brigadier-General Mozinho, Lieut.-Colonel Rook, Lieutenant-Colonel Harding, and to the Officers of the Departments of Adjutant-General and Quarter- Master-General. He likewise gives his thanks to Brigadier-General Lemos, and to the Officers of the personal Staff of his Excellency, for the aid which he received from them. Soldiers, you have fought and reduced to shame ful flight a haughty and .vain glorious":enentr, and covered yourselves with true glory. The victories which the British troops have gained over the enemy are as many as the battles they have fought. " Head-quarters, Una, May sh (Signed) " Rock, T. C. A. G. J A true 40 copy.) Joie VITAL Gouts DK SOMA, Sec. LEIPSIC, JUNE 7. Letters from Berlin inform us, that the King of Prussia now comes very seldom to his capital ; that lie prefers to it the residence of Potsdam, and his other palaces. He spends in solitude, or only with his children, all the hours that are not devoted to the labours of the cabinet. He traverses those places where he was in the habit of walking with the Queen, and seems always deeply absorbed by herrecollection. The manufacturers of the Lezzegebirg and of Voigtland have presented a petition to his Majesty, praying extraordinary aid, in consequence of the stagnation of trade and business. The King's an swer is o w t known. PARLIAIIIENI'AR PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF LORDS, JULY 4. Their Lordships sat at three o'clock. APPEAL amuel and Ralph llopping, Appellants; the At torney-'-leneral for Ireland, Respondent. This wa, an appeal from a Judgment of the Court of Exchequer, in Ireland. Sir Samue. /tonsil'' , and Mr. Litt:edaile were beard on behalf of the Respondent, and Mt. Adims in reply. Their Lordships then postponed its further consideration to Friday n. xt.-- Adjourned till to-morrnsr. I \(i -I'l'llll. SHEERNESS, JULY 3. Arrived Ow ROISUCK, from Yarmouth into the harbour ; DOMINICA, from river Thames to Little Nore ; and GLuckstiam froth the Northward. TORBAY, JULY 2. Sailed his Majesty's sloop ANTELOPE, Admiril Decxwownt, for Newfoundland.—Wind N. FALMOUTH, JULY 1. Arrived the Dispatch packet, from Surinam, in five weeks pAssage.—Sailcd'the Noctnn packet, for Cadiz, Gibraltar, and Malta.—Wind N. PORTSMOUTH, HMV 3. Arrived his Majecty's schooner HOLLY, from Hali fax ; Vivroua fl om Plymouth ; and the JASPER, from Lisbon, last from Falmouth.—Wind N.N.E. NAPLES, JUNE 17. The frigate la Caroline;of 4 I. guns, which had been long on the stocks at Naples, was launched yesterday in presence of their Majesties. Since the return of his Majesty, the labours of the marine service, and particularly those of ship build ing, have resumed a new activiti! FROM LLOYD'S LIST. The Larkins and „Juliana sailed from Bengal for England the 10th Pf February. The Earl Spencer had arrived at Madras previous to the 20th of Fe bruary. The utmost dispatch is using to accelerate the de parture of Admiral Sir JOSEPH YORKE'S squadron for the coast of America. Sir JOSEPO has already hoisted his flag on hoard the VENGEUR, and is expected to sail in a day or two. Sir William Eereford has been appointed by the Prince Regent, Governor of Cork, in the room of the late Earl of Massareene. The Thanks voted by Parliament Were communi cated to the Allied Armies, in General Orders, dated Elvas, June 5. The sentence of the Court Martial ow Lieutenant- Colonel JonNstoNE, of the 102,1 Regiment, upon charges brought against him by Governor BLIGH, is that the charges were proved, and that he be caskered,, which sentence the :'niece RECENT has been pleased to confirm, with an observation that it was lenient. The Board of 'Trade yesterday signified to the Bro kers, that they had altered their intentions regarding licences from the Baltic, and that in future they would be issued in the old form, remaining in force until the Ist January, 1812. The discount on Government Paper at Lisbon has risen from 17 up to 20 per cent. From some cause uneiplained, the payment of some bills, to the amount of about 5e4.00,(X)0, accepted by Commissaries at Lis. bon, has been refused, which had occasioned consi de table embarrassment. The following are the counter-charges against the Americans, brought by our Government :—The ma nifest partiality displayed upon all occasions towards France—the open attempts to seduce British seamen from their duty, and the refusal afterwards to give them up--the fraudulent practice, tolerated, if not encouraged by the Government, of giving certificates of American Citizenship to British seamen, and then claiming them as natural-born American subjects— the permission, openly granted, to fit out privateers, with French Commissions, in the harbours of Ame rica, and the refusal, at the same time, to admit Bri tish ships of war into American ports—the insults that were studiously offered to our Ambassador, &c. would, if the British Government had not been ac tuated by the most pacific sentiments, have produced that rupture which the American Government seems so eagerly to desire. The last act of unprovoked vio lence, unless speedily and amply atoned for, must bring the question to a decisive issue. A new case of privilege from arrest was lately on the point of coming before the House of Lords. One of the officers belonging 'to that House, whose duty requires constant personal attendance there, had decn arrested for a debt, the justness of which was disputed. The defendant insisted on his exemption, which was for some time denied; but upon notice of an applica tion to the House, the arrest was withdrawn. It has been erroneously said, that by the resolution of the House of Lords, the Berkeley Peerage indis putably devolves on the fir st son of the marriage in 1796. That may be the ultimate effect of the decision; but in the mean time the resolution cif the Committee of pri vileges goes no farther than to say,, that he has'mot made good his claim. It is open to him yet to peti tion the House if he can adduce new proofs, or over. throw the evillerice given against him ; and his bro ther, MARTON FITZHARDINGE, is only in his fifteenth year, and cannot claim to be called to the House of Peers till he shall have reached 21. . The eldest son of the.alleged marriage in .. ] 785 is put into this curious predicament. He w as lqrced to quit the House of Commons as being a Peer, and not allowed to enter the Douse of Lords, as being a Commoner. It has been intimated, that he may yet petition the House of Commons to resume his seat, as he was turned out on a talse pretence. • On the 29th nit. a meeting took place in the. Cimp Field, near Wexford, between Lieut. Tuiss, .the Kerry Militia, and H. PAYNE, Esq.: the fornier at tended by Lieutenant Oksave, the latter by Ensign MARTELL!. The parties having fired togethir by signal, Mr. PAYNE received a blight wound in the wrist; the eeeonds then interfered, and happily ef , fetted-a reconciliation. ~, ._ ~. adimaßtho 17vsl'ALArrloff. 0 - TUMMY, JULY 2. The Concert, lut night, was crowded to excess t there were not leas' than 9000 persons present, and tht appearance which they made was extremely brilliant. The Chancellor arrived a little befOre nine o'clotk, when thegenate-house rang with continued applauses, and immediately gg Gosi save the King" s xas.sung by Madame Catalani, Mrs Ash, Mr. &AIM.. Mr. Bellamy, &c. with the. full band. Catahmi W 45, as usual, in every song, encored. Mrs. Ash and Brah3m were received with great marks of approbation.' His Royal Highness the Chancellor l e ft the &,ate-he.use at about eleven o'clock, and the Concert ended a little before 4velve with , s Rule Britannia ;„" this was the last Concert. His Royal Highness then proceeded to Peterhouse College, where he was invited to sup. This morning the Chancellor attended the Senate= house, and conterred degrees on Docters of Divinity, Law, Physic, and Music, and afterwards on the Mas ters of Arts. The Bachelors' Essays were this morn ing recited—the first by Mr. Alderson, of Caius Col lege, Senior Wrangler in 1809, the second by Mr. Smedley of Trinity College, and the third by is Blomfield of Cams College. Of these it is b 1, tice' to remark, that Mr. Aldeison -a' Mr. Blom field delivered their essays with peculiar expression and propriety of action. After h .ving recited them, they were in turn presented to the Chan cellor by the Esquire Bedel, when Ms Royal Hip ness presented them with the medals which are usu ally given on such occasions, amidst loud and conti nued applauses. After this the odes were recited;and the medals pre sented in the same manner as the Bachelors'. The Senate House was not so full on this day as nn the preceding. The usual company of Noblemen, 'Bi shops, &c. &c. were present. After the business of the Senate House was finish ed, his Royal Highness the Chancellor itisittd the different Colleges, at about two o'clock : he dined to-day at Caius College, with 20 Noblemen, and dinner was provided for a hundred persons : he sups this evening at Christ's College, and attends tke Com mencement Ball in the evening A the To4n Htll. which is expected to be very numerously attended. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, Jr LT & This morning .the CirancEr.Loa fiiiished his visita tions to the several Cifleges; and at about one o'clock walked through the great Court of Trinity-college, from whence the balloon ascended, in order to inspect the operation of filling it, and afterwards ascended the top of the turret of the Great Gate, fron► whenee he viewed the spectacle. lic was dressed in his scarlet robe, with a military cocked-bat, and was etcompaiiied by his usual suite. The balloon, which had long been on view at the Tennis-court, was early this morni n g removed to Trinity Great Court, and the operation of filling it went on till two o'clock. The balloon is a sphere of 34 feet diameter, and con tains about 3,63 t square feet of lustrino silk; varnish ed over with caoutchouc• (or solution of 1ne1.3-runber,) arrai.c..ed in perpendi,.ular stripes : the tipper hemis phere, sky-blue and %% hit e; the lower,c-imsOn and white; the two hemispheres connected by a baud of gartei blue and white, in horizontal stripes, on "itch is in- CaI.CtSS. PRINOIPs. Gutittates. • Fr. uirticug. Dux. Gr 01141111 R. • AtA O. CAVTAB. C•NCELL•ItIVII. Etacrus moccexi" The capacity of the sphere is equal to 20,580cubir feet; and when inflated with hydrogen gas ) will sustain I ,286ib. avoirdupois. ;I'he car is decorated with the banhers of the Chancellor and the Lprd High Steward, and likewise with the arms of the University and town. The morning was one continued drizzle of rain, with some wind to the N. E. Mr. SADLER intended that his two daughters should ascend with hire, had the weather Vert fine ; that not being the case, however, the second seat in the balloon was lit the service of any gentleman, at the price of MO guineas. It was re- ' ported that Dr. CLARKE, who has made extensive travels on terra firma, had purchased the vacant privi lege of this aerial excursion ; but Lieutenant PAGET, of the Royal Navy, was the gentleman who concluded the treaty with Mr. SADLER fur sailing in the air instead' of on the ocean. At a quarter past two Mr. SADLER and Lieutenant PAGET were seated in the balloon,w inch had some difficulty in getting under weigh. At length it was the aeronautic Captain's opinion, that the vessel would not carry a Lieutenant as well as himself ; and Mr. iIAbET .reluctantly stepped out of the car. At about twenty-one minutes after two o' , •lock, Mr. Satitzu having his grapplineirons and ballast on board, the balloon rose, and immediately cros•ed the south side of Triniq Great Court, and over King's Col. lege Chapel. 'I he aeronaut waved his hat, and was cheered with the acclamations of the spectators, every heart beating with anxiety fur his safety. The balloon moved towards the south, steadily and beautifully rising gradualltor with a slight impulse as Mr. SA nuts threw out ballast. It remained in sight about two minutes, when a cloud enveloped it, and withdrew it from the view of the enraptured spectatorsovith as much quickness as the curtain falls upon an interesting scene of a play. At thismoment the spectators gave Mr. SA DLRI well cheer of encouragement and satisfaction. It was his intention to remain suspended in the air only fur 48 minutes. • Many thousand persons witnessed this, interesting spectacle. The windows of the Great Court, the tops of the building. round it, the roofs of the Chapel, Hall; • and turrets of Trinity, as well as other roofs in the town,were thick sown with spectators ; and some thou sands paid ss. esch to Mr. SA taloa for their admission into the Great Cqurt. It ceased to rain as the aeronaut' prepared to ascend ; bet the aspect of the weather is by no means favourable. This circumstance has something damped the ex pectations of the concluding Fete, which has now begun in Neville 's Court, Trinity. We allude to the public breakfast even by the Under Graduates of Trinity Land for which the most munificent preparations bad been made. The Under Graduate,s had subscribed 3 guineas each for 4 tickets, and 1100 were , issued. The ex pence& still exceeding that estimate, a farther call was mat% upon the t subscribers' litresality ; and this morning not a ticket was to be .procured. although 19 guineas were often ofered_for one. It is expected, that this en testairititent will crown the wltolo reAyitivi of the Ir stalletios. • ~: .• •a be' In. I 1