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hest honour on the division of Lekrattd, s b e oWs the hig ' schic3 ‘.:as placed i at the branching of the rods to j e bei and to Nevil, awa on the Bavarian corps, placed ea t h e lit bank of the Polota, in the rear of the vil lage o r s pa s, which the enemy was determined to' make, notwithitanding his having been driven out of i t five or sir times ; and the 20th division, as also Gao l de Wrede, who commanded it, have covered themse l ve s with glory. The Bavarian General, yin anti, w h o is entitled to praise for the manner in w hich be con ducted himself, was there vvounded. irttbe evening of that day I felt the necessity of at-' , ricking t h e w.emy. I cock my measures for making e anrc k o n the ISth, at four o'clock its the atter- ' rxe ; Ibave performed impossibilities to deceive the ene my concerning My intention% Towards one c'clock'l caused the equipage-of the army, which wer eirt the rear of Polask; to file off on the left bank of t he Duna, on the road to Oula. I made an ap pearance as if I would cause this movement to be co- T oed and protected by the troops which M. the Duke °Reggio had caused to repass to the left bank ; in the night between the 16th and 17th they re-united behind Potolsk, at the tail of the equipages ; the di vision of cuirassiers arrived there from Semeneta ; and the brigade of light cavalry of General Casten, from Rondina. _ uAt three in the afternoon the column of baggage bd filed in sight of the enemy, and the troops above mentioned repassed the Duna with the greatest part the French artillery, and entered Polotsk. “ About five o'clock, all the troops and artillery erre in a position to de.bouch upon the enemy with. o .; t their even havitv observed our preparations.- 1 At ire, precisely, all the artillery opened its fire, I our columns of infantry debouched under its rrefection to attack the enemy's left and centre.- 1 Il•rede's division debouched to the right of the via-' ;aze of Spas, and attacked with great bravery and t iii ti7e'enetny's left. General Deroy's division de• be•acred by the same village of Spas, Legrand's esinn en the left of that village, connecting itself Er is Lft to Verdier's di v is:on, a brigade of which i)serred the enem)'s right, which was placed upon domed of Gehenziliva ; Merle's division covered fa front of Po!otsk, and part of its rear. The enemy, though completely surprised, quite reirient in their superior force and immense artil ler, composed of 180 pieces, at first received our taxis with infinite calmness and Ja,,g froid ; but in decd, before night their left was completely forced, al their centre totally routed, after having defended *position with much braver'y and great slaughter. %would have made a very great number of rriso till, it the woods bad not been so near their position. ” The enemy abandoned to us the field of battle, rrered with an immense number of their killed, 20, es of cannon, and 1000 prisoners. On our side have had some killed and wounded ; among the are Generals Deroy and Raclovitsch, - ftnd Colo- rl CAionze, commanding the Bavarian artillery. I cannot suatiently eulogize Legrand, Wrede, Raelovitsch, and the General of Artillery, nibry, who directed the artillery of the 2d corps nth great distinction. General Merle, with only a Tart of his division, repulsed, with great skill, an Lock which the enemy Made on our lefr, to protect their retreat to the wood. The Croats distinguished themselves in this charge, supported by a part of Ge terd Caster's cavalry. In general, 1 demand the mmideration of his Majesty ; the troops have merited 1 ettentertient and rewards. 'ls Majesty will give me great pleasure by dis- Min his favour on M. De Maelle, my Aide.de- Cap, the bearer of this letter, whose zeal I have, eleeyreason for praising. I have also nothing but um to bestow upon the Chiefs of the 2d and fthcerps. " I have the h . onour to !.•.e, etc. " Count GOO% lox ST. Cm" PARIS, SEPTEMBER 4. re have received letters of the 24th ; giving fresh rtail ' respecting the battle of Smolensk(). These Inlets speak of a Bulletin, which can only have been retarded by some unforeseen circumstances ; we im patiently expect it : what is certain is, that the battle ''cleaptare of Smolensk() will figure with eclat among 11. e rnost brilliant exploits of our brave men, and must trow titC LissiAris into coasternation and despair. BERLIN, AUGUST 23. °iv Cnurt, and several persons belonging to the `) l °lnatic corps, residing here, receive communica r)rsrespecting wh at i s pass i ng at t h e army ; b ut t h e y i s nothing respecting it till the official Bu:letins I ' 7 ,!4ppeared m the Mor:•eur. the *nation is always the same; we dail7 see ar rtand dep art f rom hence French and Allied troops; Y lodges! with the inh a bit an t s , Wi t h w h o m they I•,;tdr extren.ely well contented. TIDE EVENING STAR. LON DON. W EDNESD.IY, SEPTEMBER 9. I MCE OF S'IDCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCk. I Firet. kr!. 591 FO—for °Pg' n _ 4 Prft.4htit-9 per Ct. 91 ill—Bank Steen -- pre.-- Buittli 4 IS. 'sm.—Lam Anne. ••••• 1 ,40.) 'or a. pre.—Do. (11410 4s. 51. di,. All doubts as to the existence of BONAPAitTfi . are kr removed. We are in possession of the Tait t°llll and tourtornch Bulletins. They ire . dated . frit Smolensk°, on the 21st and 29d of August ; he► confirm the former accounts of the capture ditt place ; but it was a victory dearly bought by the i s reiteh army. TI tf acknotiledge a h•ss of 700 killed and 3200 wonrutliti; while titre are informed that the Russians lost 4700 Ira MO, 7 . •0r 8000 in wounded, and 2000 in prisoners. This dispropOrtion is incre dible. The Russians were defended by stone wails, and It appears that they had time enough to set gre to die town, and even to retreat in good o r d er — t h e whole of their magazines, and a n immense quantity of pilvate property, were involved in the conflagra tion. So far the Russians have effected another most important object in their present m o d e o f war f are. —The cliagrn of BON A.PARTE at thus losing the mesons of subsi,tence to his troops is manifested in the Fourteenth Bulletia ; and he must now repose at Slnolcnsko as he did at Witepsk, until the means, of advancing farther are brought from the rear. Hew much longer the French army can advance amid the scene of ruin and desolation which the Rus sians are spreading around them, remains to be shewn. In the mean time, it is but justice to our brave and gallant Allies, to say, that their conduct, even as described by their enemies, has been beyond all praise. They are said to have uniformly retreated with slowness and hesitation, facing about upon their pursuers at every favourable moment, and checking their advance with the most heroic courage : and on one occasion, 12,000 Russian cavalry turned upon General SEBASTIAN!, and obliged him to retreat, , g fighting all day." The French here acknowledge a loss of two htindred, besides a whole company of Vdtigeurs. We have already alluded to the grand affair of Smolensko. The battle of Valertina was another most severely contested action : the French admit a loss of 600 in killed, and 2,600 in wounded—the loss of the Russians is described as being triple.— This is a vague computation; and we have no doubt it will appear, that although they may have had the worst of the day, they inflicted a most severe chas tisement on their orimnents. The heat cf the weather at Smolensko, at the date of tl.te 4th Bulletin, must have been truly excessive. The 26th degree cl their thermometer answers to the 79th in ours: a heat, which is seldom experienced even on the warmest summer day in England. STAR OFFICE, TWO O'CLOCK. FALL OF ASTORGA. The Telegraph from Plymouth last night atinoun ced to the Admiralty that Astorga had fallen ; and • this day, at one o'clock, the Earl of Maim/4 one of the Marquis of WELLING[O\'s Aides de•Camp, arri. ved at Downing-street wiLh a confirmation of the agreeable circumstance ; with the aidition, that the garrison, consisting of 1200 men, had surrendered prisoners of war to the Spani•trds under Sarcrocu.oes. Colonel Mawave, of the 553, commanded the attack. General Culvui. made an attempt to relieve As torga, but. was a day too late, and retired. Toro and Zamora have been evacuated by the enemy, and we are thus in rosbession of the whale line cf the Douro. Lord Matto' does not bring any later intelligence from Madrid than that of which we are already in possession. He is merely the bearer of duplicates of Marquis WELLINGTON'S dispatches announcing the cal►ture of Madrid. Lord Maacis castle by the way of Corunna, where he heard ct the fall of Astorga, as above stated. The Marquis of WELLINGTON was at Madrid on the 25th ult. but part of his force had advanced. nOTTENBURGH MAIL. A Gottenbnrgh Mail h . •s also arrived, but the ac• counts which it brings ale not so late as those re c.ived by the French Papers : " GOTTENBUROH, SEPT . 1. " Count Wittgenstein, on the 12th of August, at tacked Macdonel's corps, defeated and pursued him to the Duna. " General Essen, at Riga, ordered some of the English gun-boats up the River—they dismounted their batteries, and went up as f,ir as Neiten. The Russian General Platow, on the 27th of July, in a skirmish, took one Colonel and five hun- dred prisoners. " The King of Denmark has declared, it is slid. that he will enter into no negotiation with England." Yesterday Lord MELVILLE held a Levee at the Admiralty. Mr. PEELS, Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieute nant of Leland, is arrived in Dublin from England. The insignia of the Order of the Golden Fieece, which has been sent by the Spanish Regency to the Marquis of V.'ecr.tvo•roN, are magnificently set with brilliantsand had belonged to the Infant Don Louis. We have no reason to regret the Partridge :hooting being postponed, as our brave countrymen have lately had nobler game in view--that of Mooting far eagles. KELLY is to preside raver the musical department of the new Drury-lane Theatre. . COOKE lately wrote to the Proprietors of Covent- Garden Theatre, signifying that he should soon re turn from America, but there have been no further tidings of him. Miss Mwna, who appeared some years ago nt Covent-Garden Theatre, and who has reached her *fifteenth year, performed Little Pidle in the Smiled Child, on Monday nig ht, at the Surrey Theatre : she acquitted herself with much spirit, and was highly applauded. THE A RMY. .. • This morning, the remaiiidei of tine Ist Battalion of the Ist Regim ent o f G uar d s, ordered for foreign service, to join the army in Spain under the MarqUis of WELLINGTON; %vete assembled in the Court-yard of the Barracks at Knightsbri.ige, as early as 5 o'clock, and formed hi two divisions, consisting of 703 men, under the 'command of Lieutenata.Colonel Aitcev. , , Captain .VVIIEATLY, and oth r military Officers ; the van taking their , route to Kingston, and the rear diVision leaving Knightsbridge :o the left, towards their quarters for this night in the vicinity it Egham and Staines., the military Band accornpang them no fotther than the entrance of Hammersmith : they evinced the same spirit of military ardour, zeal and lotalty, as their comrades who marched from town yesterday awning ; and as they Ixissed the harr:,:.ics of the Life Guards,_ most of them, being ou t i n f ront of the place, g reet ed them with threi huzzas. The Guards remaining in town this day changed their different quarters, which, on account of the rein forcements intended to be sent to the Marquis of War.; Liturrox, did not take place this year, as customary on the 24th of August. Dr. HENRY ROBERTSON'S health is so completely reestablished since his return to England, that he is to proceed tD rejoin the Army in Portugal by the first cOuvoy. Major-General O'LocantlN; of the Life Guards, has just left Dublin, where he Has been some time on the Staff, to proceed to London, from whence he accompanies the part of t h e Lif e Guards ordered on Foreiga Service. A detachment of the Royal Dublin Militia are at present at Ha:tinys. Tlie correct bel.a , iiuor of the privates, as well as the tentlemanly conduct of their Officers, cannot be too highly commended. The general service men of the First, Second, and Third Garrison Battalions, at present in Ireland, are now ordered all to be formed into the Third Garrison Battalion, which is then to be made a disposable re giment of, and sent abroad in a short time. Eight troops of the King's Dragoon Guards are under orders to march in a tew days from Dublin to Clonmell, and the south parts of Ireland, in order to relieve the 19th Light Dragoons, which go to Government, it is said, mean to t:-.ke adiantage of the feeling excited by the recent braliant successes in Spain, by remitting 10,000 men to volunteer in thel course of next month, from the militia into the line.l On Wednesday the liaq examination of the senior Department of the Royal Military College, previous to its removal to Farnham, was held at High Wy combe, when Lieutenant SUMNER. the only Officer to be examined, had the honour of appearing before a Board of which his Royal Highness the Duke of KENT was President ; Generals HOPE and CAINk:ItT, the Deputy Quarter Master General, and Colonel BUTLER, Members ; when, after a strict examination on the different branches of study, in which he acquit- Led himself in a most brilliant manner—they were pleased to grant him a Certificate, stating him to be fully qualified to serve in the General Staff of the Army ; and as a further mark of their approbation, to give him a Special Recommenchtion to his Royal Highness the Commander in Chief. This Depart ment, which has produced many of the most dis tinguiLhed Officers in the present war in the Penin sula, is to be removed, in December, to Farnham ; and the Junior Dep irtment will ga from Marlow to the new College at Blackwat't. A genera} , opinion prevailed yesterday, that a dis solution of Parliament wculd titke place early in the ensuing month. General SARRAZiN has at length received a pass port from the Alien Office, to proceed to Sweden, and this day qiiitt.d London. By private accounts from Paris, we learn, that about till end of last mnnth, MASSENA, with ten thousand men, passed through Bayonne to join the wreck of Mattmoxr's army. Tnere is no reason to feel dispirited at this. Nlasict‘a has already shewn that he is not mere formidable than any of the tribe of Generals tali° have given way beFure British skill and bravery. It would be difficult to find one among them whose prowess has been so completely fathomed. He has been beaten ender every species of trial.' The French letters give him ten thousand troops—but, if this is the whole amount of the reinforcement which France can send to rtri.2vo her fortunes in the Pe ninsuli, what must be the exhausted state of her hoMe defence ? Could a more favourable moment be chosen for menacing .her coast with a fleet ? An operation that made her tremble for the safety of her naval arsenals, might, while it retarded future reinforce. ments, even relieve the allies of those which have al ready advanced. By our letters from the Brazils, we have received advice of the death of the Prince Don PEDRO, on the 4th of June last. He MO-tied the PRINCE RECANT'S daughter, and his issue will succeed to the Throne of Portugal. By same dispatches we learnt also, the sudden death of the Marquis 'DE POMBAL. A general mourning amongst the Portuguese families resident in London, will immediately take place 'fot their Prince Don PEDRO. Previous to the sailing of the East-India Fleet, I letters had been received at Calcutta, from Bundle cund, stating that the force under Colonel MARTIN. DELL, which had fi r some time been assembling in that province, arrived on the 19th of January before Call!nger, a strong bill fort in the centre of Bundle cund, of great extent and reputed strength. The army had taken up their ground for the siege of that place, but hostilities had not commenced. It was the general opinion that the fort would capitulate. In consequence of the, commotion in Arracan, a lbody of troops frotn the Chittagong district has taken the field to protect the British frontier from molesta tion. At the-date of the last accounts, this force was lencamPed on Rams Plain, where Colonel MORGAN, with seven companies of the Native Infantry, to the I number of 500 men, arrived on the 24th January.— Captain Cooten, with a party of sepo7s, had been dispatched to Otea Glinut, with or3ers to oppose any attempt on the part of the Arratanest to pass into our territory t and Captain Smut was abcat to march to 'leek Neruff with similar instructions. The Wars mention the march,: a force from poo. rah against ,tprt Aukbe. LIST LVDIES: The Bengal fl .'et; the arrival o f w rich, off F. 41- mouth, was:announced in the iron of Nlon.l y has not yet arrived at any ciort in the Chanael. In addi tion to the wind beint adreik, it is re s .( he ! that all the able li:lnds have been inipreised, and that thz , ships will be navigal up Channel by Ticket-men. We undar.tand that the strong foriress' ofeitllingur, • in Bitndlecund, surrendered by Capitulation on the eighth of February. Fart of the works had, been previously stormed, aryl hii Majesty's .53c1 regiment suffered severely. The grenadi..r company advanced 70 strong, and came Out only 17, including officers NAVAL IItiI'ELLIGENCE. . MAI AIM. 'DIM nab ii - - 2 0 Waterford - 2 2 Cadiz - 0 1 Lisbon - 0 I Malta - - 0 0 ARR. DVi Gueansey • 1 • Jersey - 1 • Antolt • - 0 • GoLtenhurgh - 0 2 0 • . • • A nctice from the Adm:ra'ity of the 4th instant, ii given in last night's Gawste,, stating, that the beacon upon the Tridett, t'r Whittle Rock, in False Ray, Cape of Gold Hope. disap peared iii the tempestuous weather which rec e ded the 10th of last June. raLmci: SEP UMBER 6. Arrived ar this po , l Lis Moje:ty's ship roitpri, 6f 74. gnnc, with the cutwarri.ho , ind Poitugal and McAtertaivan fleets. .S tiled the Noc:on packet, for the Brazils, with a Mail., &c.-8 P. M. a tine breeze from the Eastward.—Wind variAble. . PLY SEPT. 7. Arrived the AcunTe , , of 18 guns, from a cruize and the INTELLIousr, r . of 14 guns. The PELICAN, of 18 guns, (new) arrived from Topsham, under convoy of the SEALAU K.—Wind S.W. fresh. • PORTSMOVTI-1, SEPTEMBER .1. C. M. TA YLOE, cf th e 1 ot,ng Henry, recently ar rived here from Tenri . ;fle, and remains ssind-bound spoke the brig Theci.krs':, from Livo-pool, bcund to Miranham, iu lat. 41. 4(1. long. 15. 49. out 14 days, all *ell. . . DEAL, SEPTEMBER e. . Arrived his M.ijeA y's ship BARHAM; tram eft Flushing. Sailed the DWARF cutter, with a tonvoy, for Fortbmouth.—Wirid S. E. 1-IARWICI I .I, SEPTEMBER 8. Six P. M. HIS MAjeitv's ship ! FLAMER and Aoftiti , gOlt, with a convoy for the Baltic, are now paiiing. .YARMdUTH, SEPT. 8. Arrived and sailed fbr the More the MERCURIUS; hang taken convey frbm Leith to Archangel; and the Dam :c from off the Texel. CHATI IAM, SEPT. 6. The Turns arrived here on Thnisdv—the is to br raid off and laid up in ordinary. ,ie Tuismt will sail from hence tomorrow or next day. The Sr. rIORENLO is ordired round from this port td Woolwich, to be flue) for x receiving ship. A most daring attempt at robbery eras last night made in the house of Mrs. GORDON i jeweller, in the Strand, but the family being alarmed, the villains fled. Tuesday se'nnight, Mr. DA vtn WaTsotc, son of JAMES Waxsox, cf Tipperty, Esq, went into the sea at Aberdeen, for the purpose of bathing, and incau; tiously going beyond his depth, was carded out bt the returning tide, and drowned. No. 2369, a Prize of One Thousand Pounds, was sold by HORNSBY and Co. in the 1)1lowing Share; one Quarter, one tighth, and ten Sixteenths ; I ';e.' wise 1575, the third drawn packet, entitled to TwenAT Tickets. SIVEWRICITT has the happiness to announce, that in the small Lottery drave:n Bth instant, he soli tie highest Prize therein, No. 3651—E16,00'), with se veral minor Capitals in 40 Shares: a repelition . of Good Fortune, which, he trims, awaits his Ir:ends in the Small Lottery of 10,000 Tickets, to be Drawn 20th October, containing 2 of €20,00/Rnd a ' , realer number of P.izcs than in that just concluded. — Tickets and Shawl for which, in great variety, ;ye on Sale at his Old-established Offices, Na. 37, Corn hill ; SS, Haymarket ; Na. 111, Oxford street. Stxrrn: TutousiD PotwOs.—Yeiterday 'the Lot• tery began drawing at Coopers' Hall, in Basinghalla street, and the following Capital Prizes were sold in Shares, at Blues truly fortunate Offices, 4, Comilla) and 9, Charing Cross: 3,651. . - • £16,000 974 a . a a 4,000 3,11P0 11,(•00 60 0 . . 600 2,736 .• A •;, 600 14736 • s - 500 3,002 . 300 3,689 . . 3.0 2,506 i . . 300 4,8f13 . 4 • A 200 4,563 . • 200 2,760 . it • 200 411 a 4 4 , 200 Besides Three nut of the Eight Packets of Tickets, the Holders of the Fortunate Shares of which may. receive their money at the Ciintractor'S Offices, as above, on demand, or EXCHANGE them for Tickets or Shares in the NEW LOTTERY, to be drawn the 20th of Next Month, containing Two Prizes of 5E20,000 / Stc..B(c. , CORN MAtltrt, MARK—LANE, SLAT. io; This day the Market has some further arrivals of Wheat, and gales in this trade are dull, at rather less in price ; the same uray be remarked in Barley and Malt ; Rye much lower, owing to the arrival of about 20,000 quarters in the Baltic fleet; Peas and the two sorts of Bean. are named neatly at tie last rion not having many arrivals of Oats, odes of this ankle are alas quoted nearly at last prices; in flour no variation. OVIRIXT PILICLI As Wheat, 84% 108 s. 1465. Beans 945, 9/4. Fine ditto, 150 s. 1541. Tick 41.ir0. Wes. eSs. • Rye, des 724. Oars 5.5* 5115.. 6Se. Barley, 374.6t4.0d. PoisOd dkto, 644. a/s. 81s. 864. . Pot-toe ditto, 68$. 104 White Peas (boilers) 745. I. Rape Seed 4'55. AM Grey ditto, 745. War line tO Its T