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i rt igoons of General Cotton, an by some Nai l o „, of our cap airy. Our combined army being thus arranged, the .... eno • presented himsellin considerable force to our . . t w in inifesting, at first, an intention to attack the „ c :, n of the v inatiard under General Mackenzie. `;, : ;; . , i s t int of tact, he fulfilled this design bef ire that was enabled to retire to his proper position, 'lase g allan: and disciplined troops which com p:„ c d the icade of General Mackenzie, of Colonel D'onkiiis, the brigade of cavalry of General Anson, and t h e ir corps, supported by General Payne. with for regiments of cavalry, posted in the plain and ;;y e groundsof Talavera. retired in most admirable order, but not without some loss in the olive grounds, ir ly two of the corps of this division. Thert~ular,ty, i,artievrti • i ar ity, steadiness, and fortitude of all these troops , '; we n a s the military talents of General Mackenzie, :ere conspicuous in every movement, and this officer is deserving of the highest praise and admiration for t b e co olness and serenity with which he withdrew this d i r ; s ili to the left of the British army. The number of the enemy increased on the right rite Alberche as the day advanced, and every bank of th i ng.n dicated his determination to give battle to the coo , n ed forces. As dusk approached, he commenced a furious attack by a cannonade, and a charge by the whole hi s ca valry, en the right, occupied by the Spanish o f in f antr y, with the apparent design of breaking through posted as I have before described. This our ranks, attac k was received by an active fire perfectly well sustained, both of cannon and musketry, which dis concerted the purpose of the enemy and put him to fi,,ht at a quarter past eight. During this time, a strong division of the French advanced by the valley to the left of the height occupied by the English Ge neral Hill, of which, with very great loss, they ob. tamed a momentary possession, but Hill returned to t h e c h a rge presently with the bayonet, drove off the enem y, and :ecovered his ground. In the night the Trench repeated their attack, but without succeeding an d win,;;read loss. At break of day on the 28th ciiey returned with two divisions of infantry, but they were reposed by the brave Hill, who could not be ~ed by their repeated attempts, or by the progressive accumulation of the forces of the assail if Ge•eral Wellesley, in consequence of these re-, hewed exertions of the enemy by the valley, on the left side of the height, ordered thither two brigades ofh's cavalrif, supported by Lieutenant-General the Duke of Albuquerque, with the whole of his divi sion of cavali y. The French, seeing this movement sent sharp-shooters into the chain of mountains to the left of the valley, who were attacked by the .sth divi sion of rny infantry under Marshal De Camp Don Lu;s Bissecourt, who dislodged them with much i .ss. The general attack commenced by the advance of different columns of the enemy's infantry, with the intention of attacking the height occupied by General nil. These columns were charged by two parties of English Dragoons, under the command of Gene ral Anson, led by Lieutenant-General Payne, and supported by the brigade of cavalry of the line of General Tanne. One of these regiments of English dragoons suffered very much; but this spirited charge Ind the effect of disconcerting the designs of the ene ry, who sustained a very great loss. At the same time, the French attacked the centre of the army, where the English General Campbell was stationed, having on his right Lieutenant-General Don Fran. ciao de Eguia, the enemy was driven back by both these Generals, who had their infantry supported by the Ring's regiment of cavalry, and by the division pf Lieutenant-General Don Juan de Henestrosa.— This corps covered itself with glory in the charge that it made on the infantry of the enemy, during which it turned the column by which it was assailed; ender which advantage, the English infantry, pro tected by the Spanish, possessed themselves of the artillery of the enemy. At the same time with these proceedings, the French attacked with fury the centre of the English army, commanded by General Sher brooke. The foes were received with extraordinary courage, and were driven back by the whole English division, with charged bayonets. But the English brigade of guards, which was carried onward preci pitately in the ardour of battle, advanced too far, and WAS in consequence obliged to withdraw under the tire of the second line; composed of the brigade of cavalry of General Cotton, and of a battalion of intantr) detached from the height by Gen. Wellesley,, as soon as he observed the remote situation of thc.i. ;;nards. General Howard, who comManded the English artillery, was distinguished for his extraordi nary courage, and' performed the most important !Cr‘ ices. Lieutenant-General Don Francisco de Eguia, my second in command, was posted on my left, with Oic S.!, 4th, and sth divisions, under Generals the : 1 1(1;iis de Portago, Don Rafael Manglano, and Do% Loci: Alcxandro Bassecourt, but the latter was Ade.:.:,l to support the division of cavalry of Liente nant4;eneval the Duke of Albuquerque, which tkaclicd to reinforce the British army. The t: . L 'Patciles No. 4,5, and 6, from these Generals, are! (ndised fer the information of his Majesty. " f took under my particular orders the centre end Cie right, without neglecting, however, the su pc.:mite:l6lre of the rest, and with much satisfac nun I noticed the conduct of the Generals of the first lila second division of the Marquis de Zayas, and Don Vicente Iglesias, as well as Don Juan Berhuy, a:ld Lieatenant-General Don Juan Hencstrosa, &c. ." The l oss o f t h e enemy was very great . Th e y Ittt on the field of battle from four to live thousand :nea, itnd the number of their wounded is computed at 5000 more. " 'IV() or three Generals were killed, several !sounded, and at least 100 other officers. We have 'A-m 19 pieces of artillery, and many waggons of ?.!nmuitition, and the rout was one of the most corn c;,asidering that we vz - ere acting on the defen- S:7 " The English have lost General M'Kenzie, Bri i.:adier-General Langworth, and other officers of dis i.:::guished rank and merit. The total of their officers lilted and wounded is '260, and that of tlwir rank and file .5000. Our diminution is much less. Don Rafael Manglano was wounded, and 50 more of our r).ffirers were killed and wounded, and 1150 rank and Our artillery was served with ability and fordtude, and the names of such officers, whose talents were most conspicuously displayed, arc mentioned in dispatches from the respective Generals. asuesasistll. Us uiy Uwu UULT, it a tits not communica te to your Excellency, for the infor mation of his Majesty,' that the conduct nn the Bri tish General in Chief, Sir Arthur Wellesley, and that of the Generals, subordinate Officers, and soldiers tinder his command, is above all praise. I have seen the enthusiasm with which these faithful Allies have in . copicais st reams poure d f ort h t h e i r bl ood i n the defence our liberty, and no language can ade quately express the sentiments ofgratitude with which our breasts ate animated. With the highest satisfac tion I have noticed my army hailing our companions for the victory obtained, and mingling with exclama tions indicative of the warmest affection, the appella tives of our country, and Ferdinand, with those of our powerful and generous allies. 11134 liberal and spirited eulogy is succeeded by a list of the Officers and others of the Spanish army, who deserved the high reward of the approbation of their Commander, among whom is distinguished a lad of 1 6 years of age who killed four Frenchmen with his own band. We are sorry our limits do not allow our inserting the catalogue of the names of these brave champions of Spanish independence.] " Dated head -quarters, Olive-hut, August 7. 1809. (Signed) GREGORIO DE LA CUERTA. To hi. Excellency Don Antonio Camel." THE I.,VENING STAR. LONDON. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Consuls, for money, 691 i—for acc. 621 f. Oinniurn f prem.—Exchequer Bills, 6s. 15s. PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. per Cent Cons. 68 -ti Exch. Bills, 12$ . is. Se. pre. S per Cent. Navy 99 I English Lottery Tick. 211 17s, Imp. 3 per Cent. 674 City ditto £8.155. India Bonds, 235. 21s. prem. Cons. for .pg. 6811 The Ministerial arrangements are now nearly com pleted : indeed, they are all settled, excepting the Fo reign Department. The following Noblemen and Gentlemen will kiss his MAJESTY'S hand at the Levee to-morrow, on their appointments, viz. The Right Hon. SPENCER PERCEVAL, First Lord of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer. The Right Hon. ROBERT DUNDAS, Secretary of State for the War and Colonial Department, in the room of Lord CASTLEREAGH. Lord WILLIAM BENTINCK, Secretary at War, in the room of Lord GRENVILLE LEVESON GOWER. And the Hon. WELLESLEY POLE, who, we believe, succeeds Mr. ROBERT DUNDAS, as Principal Secre tary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Lord HARROWBY will, it is said, fill in the interim, the office of Secretary of State for the Foreign De partment in the room of Mr. CANNING; but this ap pointment will, it is thought, be offered to the Marquis WELLESLEY, to whom permission has been sent to re turn from Spain, should he be inclined to change his situation.—The office can hardly be filled by any person better qualified than the Marquis, to attend to its various and important duties. FLUSHING MAIL. The Lord Duncan has arrived at Harwich with a mail and a number of passengers, chiefly Officers, many of whom are in ill health. The return of sick when the packet came away, was about 8,000. The sickness among the troops, we are happy to state, did not seem to be gaining ground. SPAIN. Letters and papers have been received from Cadiz by a private 'vessel, one day later than those by the packet received last week. One of the letters states, that an officer in the German Legion, acting in Spain, whose name we avoid giving for the present, has abandoned his duty, and forfeited his honour, by going over to the enemy. We are concerned to be obliged also to state, that there continues to prevail at that pert the same bigot ted persuasion of the perfect security of Spain, under all the experience of the successes of the enemy, and of the reverses and disappointments of the Patriots. This ignorant confidence we consider to be one of the most dangerous symptoms of the fall of Spain, as it necessarily prevents the application of that vigilance and energy for the defence of the country, on which its salvation appears to us to depend. General CUESTAPS account of the Baffle of Tala ♦era will be read with interest. He gives due credit to British valour, and to the Commander under whom it was displayed. FOREIGN JOURNALS. At a late hour last night we received German pa pers to the 23d and Paris papers to the 24th ultimo, from which we have given some extracts. In none of them is the veil removed which has for some time covered the proceedings of France and Austria. Both parties still continue their military preparations, and the Tyrolese remain unsubdued— but the negociation for peace is still carried on. A letter from Rome states, that all the Heads of Religious Houses throughout the whole of the Papal States, have been carried to France under an escort. AUSTRIAN PROCLAMATION. Just as this Paper was putting to Press, we received the following important Proclamation. It requires no comment from us : MUNICH, SEPTEMBER 14. Our Court Gazette contains the following General Orders, published in the Austrian head-quarters : My beloved subjects, and even my enemies, know that I did not engage in the present war from motives of ambition, nor a desire of conquest. Self preservation and independence, a peace consistent with the honour of my crown, and with the safety and Tranqmagy or my people, i and sole aim of my exertions. " The chance of war disappointed my expectations ; the enemy penetrated into the interior of my domi. nions, and overran them with all the horrors of war ; but he learned, at the same time, to appreciate the public spirit of my people, and the valour of my armies. This experience, which he dearly bought, and my constant solicitude to promote the properit y of my dominions led to negotiations for Peace. " My Ministers impowered for that purpose have met those of the Fren ch Emperor. My wish is an honourable Peace, a Peace, the stipulations of which offer a prospect and possibility of duration. The va lour of armies, their unshaken courage, their ardent love of their country, their desire strongly pronounced not to lay dawn their arms till an honourable peace shall have been obtained, could never allow me to agree to conditions which threatened to shake the very foundation of the Monarchy and disgrace us. " The high spirit which animates my troops, af fords me the best security that should the enemy yet mistake our sentiments and disposition, we shall cer tainly obtain the reward of perseverance. (Signed) FRA NC IS." 44 Consorts, August 18, 1809." A transport with 250 of the Buffs sailed from Ply mouth on Sunday, convoyed by the ORESTF,S, for Portsmouth, whence they will proceed, with other troop ships, to Lisbon, to reinforce Lord Wr_LLlNG fox's army. Lieutenant Colonel TORRENS is appointed Secre tary to the Commander in Chief, in the room of Co lonel GORDON, promoted to be Commissary General. Colonel TORRENS attended the Commander in Chief yesterday, at his Office, in his official capacity. Lord ELDON was not with his MAJESTY at Wind sor, on Sunday, as stated in several of the Papers of yesterday. His Lordship was amongst the pedestrians in Hyde Park. BREAD.—There was no Court of Aldermen this day. The LORD MAYOR, after inspecting the returns of the Bakers Company and Meal Weighers, ordered it to be advanced Id. in the peck loaf. The French five per cents. were on the 18th ult. at 76 1. 80 c. Sunday morning, Dr. G—N and Dr. B —v, two physicians of eminence, at Plymouth, in consequence of an altercation which took place at a Corporation Meeting on Thursday, met on Plymouth Hoe, with ;ntent to fight a duel, but a knowledge of their inten tion having got to the ears of justice, the Police Offi cers attended and took them bcth into custody. They were taken before the Mayor, and bound over to keep the peace. Tuesday last, an spit- of honour took place near Chalk Farm, between two journeymen in the employ of Messrs. BROADWOOD and Co. Piano-forte-makers, which originated in a dispute the preceding evening respecting the tuning of an instrument. At an early hour the parties met, attended by their seconds, at the bottom of Primrose Hill, when after exchanging two shots, one of the combatants either supposing himself wounded, or apprehending the consequences of a third are, dropped down. Some labourers, whom the reports of the pistols had attracted, coming up at the time, and his adversary taking them for Officers of Police, immediately made his escape, and has not since been heard of. Yesterday afternoon, at file o'clock, a hackney coachman who was driving his carriage quickly down Mount -street, Grosvenor-square, suddenly fell from the box and pitched on the stones on his head. The wheels unfortunately passed over his head and arm while on the ground, and he was carried to Mount street workhouse in a state of insensibility, and but slender hopes are entertained of his recovery. A most shocking accident occurred on Saturday evening, which ought to serve as a perpetual warning to mothers not to leave their children at home unat tended. A woman of the name of Jones, residing in King -street, Drury-lane, going out to market, very incautiously left her young children in her apartment, and locked them in it. The eldest, a child about five or six years old, took the kettle, which had been placed on the fire by the mother, to be ready for tea when she returned home, and poured the boiling wa ter over its sister, a helpless infant in the cradle, by which means the little innocent was so dreadfully scalded, that little hope is entertained of her recovery. ODD FELLOWS.—Yesterday, at Union-Hall, James Bartlet, Wm. Wilkins, Thomas Roar, Thomas Bartlet, John Barilet, and John Martin, Members of a Society of Ddd Fellows, were charged with violently assault. log and beating John Magowan. It appeared that the Lodge met at a public-house called the Jamaica Cof tee-hop§e, in the Borough, on Tuesday evening last, when the Plaintiff attended, for the purpose of being ' introduced into the club ; b ut to qualify him for -ad mission, it was necessary he should be initiated in certain secrets and mysteries peculiar to the Society ; and preparatory to this, Bartlett, one of the Defen dants, betted a sum of money that he would lift three ' of the heaviest men in the room at ence, and the Plaintiff being short and punchy was selected as one of the three ; the three men, for the convenience of the one who was to lift them, were ordered to lay themselves at length on the table. Accordingly two of them laid down first, and the Plaintiff being previously ordered to pull off his coat, was directed to stretch himself at his length, with his face down wards on the top of them. The farce then began : his two companions seized him, one by the head and the other by the feet, and the rest of these comical fel lows proceeded to beat him most unmercifully with pieces of rope, knotted handkerchiefs, &c. the poor fel low being all this time confined in such a manner, that he could not perceive who struck him. Two of the members, however, who were not so funny as the rest, did not approve of the sport, and by their evidence the defendants were all convicted. The Magistrate, Mr. Fish, observed, that this was a most outrageous and unprovoked assault, and un lets they could find means to satisfy the prosecutor, he should commit them all for trial. On retiring with the plaintiff, they accommodated the Matta by agreeing to pay him £lO. REPORT OF THE COMMIT FEE. IkION DAY, OCT. 2. The Committee for examining the affairs of Covent Garden Theatre, consisting of the following Gentle men : Alderman SIT CHARLES PRICE, Bart. M.P. Sir TnamAs .PI.UNIER, lint. his Majesty's Solicitor Ge neral, JOHN SYLVESTER, Esq. Recorder of the City of London, JOON WHITMORE, Esq. Governor of the Bank of England, and Jots .; JULIUS ANGER, I Gzx,Esq. have authorised the Proprietors to publish the follow ing Report in their names : We do hereby certify, that, after a full and atten tive examinatior of the subject uh:ch we have been desired to investigate by the Proprietors of Covent- Garden Theatre, for the satisfacti:;n of the Public, in respect to the rate of profit received by them from the late Theatre, and likely to be received from the new, that the following is the result of our iiluiry : The rate of profit actually received np.rn an ave rage of the last six years, commencing in 1803 (the period of the present co-partnership in the Theatre), upon the capital embarked therein, we have aNcer tained to have amounted to six 3-eighths per cent. per annum, charging the concern with only the sum actually paid for insurance on such part of the capital as was insured ; but, if the whole of the capital had been insured, the profit would have been reduced to very little more than 5 per cent. and, for want of this full insurance, the Proprietors being in part their own insurers, sustained a loss by the late fire, for wh:ch no compensation has been made, to the amount of more than the whole of their profits for the above period of six years. - The rate of profit likely to he received in fatere from the new Theatre, depending in part upon the amount of bills, not "yet delivered, and of estimates not fully ascertained, and on the future receipts of the house, which are subject to various contingencies, can not be ascertained with the same degree of certainty; but, upon the best consideration we have been able to give to this subject, after having recourse to every source of information, oral and written, we are fully satisfied that the future profits of the new Theatre, at the proposed advance in the prices of admission, will amount to only three and a half per cent. per annum upon the capital expended in the Theatre, if the same he insured ; and that, upon the same supposition of insurance, at the former prices of admission, the Pro prietors will, in our judgment, annually sustain a loss of near per cent. per ann. on their capital. CHARLES PRICE. THOMAS PLUMER. JOHN SILVESTER. JOHN WHITMORE. JOHN JULIUS ANGESRTEIV. The account of the receipts and expenditure of the six last years will be published to-morrow ; and the public are respectfully informed, that the Theatre will be re-opened on Wednesday next with the comic opera of The Beggar': Opera, and the farce of Is he a Prince ? SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET FIRST OCTOBER MEETING-1801. MONDAY, OCTOBER 9. Mr. Craven's Black Diamond, Bst. 21b. beat D. of Grafton's c. Doleful, by Sorcerer, out of Bounty Sit. 61b.-Across the Flat, 200 gs. h. ft.-Two to one on Black Diamond. Mr. Vansittart's Currycomb beat Ld. Lowther's Tot, Bst. 71b. each.-Two-yr. old Course, 200 gs. h. ft.-Six to four on Curry comb. General Grosvenor's Trump, 7st. 91b. beat Mr. Craven's Bean Nash, est. 71b -R. M. Gen. Grosvenor to stake 300 gs. to 200 gs. -Five to two on Trump. Mr. Shoke , pear's Nondescript, 7st. Sib. beat 1). of Grafton's Miltonia, oat. 71b -Last half of Ab. M. 160 gs. h. ft.-Two to one agst. Nondescript. The Second Year of a Renewal of the Subscription of sgs. each, to be run for by 4-yr. olds, carrying 7sr. 71b.; 5-yr. olds, est. 61b.; 6-yr. olds, tist. 131 b.; and aged, 9st. 21h. B. C. Mr. Kellerman's br. m. Muds de Venus, .syrs. - - 1 D. of Grafton's br. c. Vandyke, 4yrs. - - - Sir C. Bunbury's h. f. Agnes, 4yrs. Ten to 1 agst. l'Hude de Venus-3 to lon Vandyke -7 to 1 agst. Agnes. Mr. Craven's. Beau Nash, Bst. 21b. rec. 125 gs. from lA. F. Ben tinck's Job Thurnberry, Bst. 101b.-Two yr old Course, 100 gs. h. ft. Mr. Payne's Bulrush rec. ft. from Mr. Vansittart's Burleigh, lit. 51b. each.-Two-yr. old Course, 200 gs. h. ft. Gen. Gower's :Mirth, 7st. 51b. rec. from Ld. Sackville's Snail, Bst. 71b.-Across the Flat, 100 gs. Col. Thornton's ch. g. Thornville rec. from Sir G. Websteei ch. g. Zig-zAg, 10st. 71b. each.-Across the Flat, 300 gs. Nil PAL INTELLIGENCE. PLYMOUTH-DOCK, OCTOBER 1. - - ----- This day the SCYLLA brig, built at Dartmouth, was put in commission at this port ; as was also la NIEMEN frigate, and the command of her given to the gallant Sir MICHAEL SEYMOUR, by whom she was taken : she is as fine a frigate as any in the navy.— This afternoon the TONNANT, 80 guns, and the CAP. TAM, 74, came up harbour to be repaired. The SWALLOW sloop is also coming up harbour. PORTSMOUTH, OCTOBIR 4. Arrived the TitAmEs frigate. —The PERSIAN sloop of war of 18 guns, Captain CoLouErT, takes convoy to the Downs.—Wind S.W. DEAL, OCTOBER 2. Sailed his Majesty's ship ULYSSES, of 44 guns, on a cruize off Flushing.---Sailed the Cornwall, PEAT, for Jamaica ; also sailed a few transports.—Wind S. RaMAIN IN TYE Dowms—His Majcsty's ships Princess of Orange; Diana and l'Aigle frigates; Kangaroo, Bermuda, and Rinaldo sloops of war. HARWICH, OCTOBER 2. Sailed the King George packet for Flushing, with mails and passengers ; and the Auckland, Capt. G. DEANC, for Gottenburgh. Arrived the Lord Dun can, Capt. liAmtvroy, with a mail and passengers, from Flushing. YARMOUTH, OCTOBER 1. Sailed this morning the Findon transport, with stores, under convoy of the CHANTICLEER, for the Bal tic ; the MAGNET sloop of war, for the Nore, and the ALERT cutter, for the Texel ; also sailed the RICH.. MOND gun-brig.—Put in here, with the loss of fore. mast and bowsprit, the Mary transport, with stores, MATTHEW BUTCHER, Master, bound to Anho lt, marked RY.—Sailed the transport No. 419, w ith . A water, tc Hlit fo A r L D F N I Flushing.—The s n o t : --- mm T a h : T ne r s t, h h i fe p rioßir i no e i m jbau u nic • f . p Lz sa r s t re h tj, this port, all well.— Re Havoc, and Calypso.—Wind S. W. Y: ! i X' i , , 1 , il , I Ji • I 1 i t 1 i I 1 i t . s; r II 1 ' ti , r li:' .. .i 1 . • 4.. . i .. 4 , , • I 1 • :' t I of, it I ' . . ' ~ i 'I , .4? i; • 1 ; 'I, I . , ~. ii ) 1 t. ; . .1 • 'l 4l C C 1 .I' l • 1 • i ? • s / 6 ' 4 f 1 I I ; 6 1 - •••*. 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