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_—_,.-----••••"""•""a 1 de Puerto, on which occasion the enemy's cavalry,' THE MONTH! Y MAG WANE. ' consisting of two officers and 29 dragoons, were tAken the MONTIiI.Y MAGAZINE, pub- prisoners. The French infantry, consisting of 800 , 4 this day, was &livered the usual -lIIPPLEMEN. men, made their escape. The loss of the British on TABER, containing Retrospects of t nglish anti hench this occasion was, Lieutenant Colonel Talbot and Indeses, &c. to the 29th Volume of that work. ' l- 1 0 trter Master M'Cormic, and seven men of t he 10th s a me time wai publi..hcd the Second Number of the .F.., . . of the MEDICAL. JOURNAL, and the Twen- light d r agoons, killed ; and two Serjeants and 21 men HEWLETr's BIBLE. of the 14th, 16th, and lst hussars, of the King's Ge 4-street, August 1, IMO. _ man Legion, wounded." NATAL INTELLIGENCE. BALTIC CONVOY. Copy of a Letter from Lieutenant Bataan, comtnanding his Majesty's gun-brig FORWARD * addressed to Rear-Admiral Sir Eussusat NAGLE, by him transmitted to the Admiralty, and from thence to Lloyd's, this morning, for the information of the parties concerned : " His Majesty's gun-brig FoSWAID, " Leith, 27th July, 1310. " Std--I beg leave to acquaint you that on th , 19th instant, standing to the westward with a convoy of forty-two vessels (eleven of which had only been fur nished with instructions) the Naze of Norway bearing N. N. E. 8 or nine leagues, at two A. M. I disco vered seven vessels standing E. S. E. which I at first supposed to be a convoy ; but at 2, 30. perceived that five of them were brigs of war, and accordingly made No. 275 to them ; but finding they could not answer the signal, I concluded they were Danes, and imme diately made the signal to the convoy for an enemy being in sight, and to haul to the wind on the lar board tack, and to stand to the eastward ; Itpon which The official dispatches from Lord WELLINGTON, the brigs hoisted their colours, tacked , and mad e all all - tided to. in our last, were published in the Gazette sail in chace of us, firing guns among the con v oy , all of last night, and are given in another c olumn of this SECOND EDITION. 1 of which immediately brought to, without making the Other dispatches from his Paper, Lordship, dated I least exertion to escape. At 3 . 40 . convin ced that the 18th ultimo, were received yesterd a y . U p to that Accounts received this day from Portsmouth stat e, the very superior force of the e nem y rendered it im period nothing farther of importance had occurred— that a vessel arrived there yesterday, in seven days, possible for me to afford the smallest protection to the a decisive proof that the position occupied by his from Corunna, and has brought intelligence that be- convoy, and being at the same time closely pressed Lordship's army is strong and well-chosen, or it is fore she left Carunna an express had arrived there, by three of the brigs which, I conceived from their ma probable that the enemy would have attacked him : nceuvres, were fully determined to close with us, , announcing a most sanguinary battle to have taken , soon after the fall of Ciudad Rodrigo. !. and finding their shot reach us, I cut away one of The private let i tirs teceived by the Lisbon Mail Place between the army tinder the command of Lord my anchors, and blew away my stern boat in using present some intelligence from the army later than ; WELLINGTON, and the French under the command the stern chacers ; and, after an hour and a half, the the accounts in the Portuguese papers. One of ,of General Messexe, on the 19th and 20th of July, leading brig, wearing a broad pendant, luffed to, them states, that immediately after the surrender of which terminated gloriously for the British , but not g ivin g us their broadside, which was followed by the Qiudad Rodrigo, a division of the French army, con. i other two ; after which they stood into the con vo y . without a considerable loss. As I still conceived it possible to recover many of sisting of 25,000, marched in the direction of Ca stello : On this occasion the British army is reported to , ! tne convoy with some assistance, and as two convoy s Branco. No information had reached Lisbon on the or : have lost 8000 men, and the French nearly 20,000 in 22d ult. respecting the object of this expedition, were in sight from the mast-head, one of which was the movements of the lot cc employed in it. Mies- i killed, wounded, and prisoners. I standing to the Westward, under the SoLEBAY, with SENA, it was supposed, would not begin to act on the ;' I What degree of credit may be due to this statement' which I had parted company the preceding evening, offensive until the result of this operation was known. a few hours will probably determine. We can only and the other standing to the eastward , which I after - Some : of these letters state that it never was the in-; I wards found to be under the HEISE, as I stood to :, s ty at present that it seems to receive some corrobo tendon of Lord WELLINGToN to abide the issue of a ;wards them, spewing No. 457, and firing guns. At ration from the letter received from the Tagus of the general engagement, in the position he occupied, nine I spoke the HERE, who directed me to accom during the siege of Ciudad Rodrigo ; which, though 23d ult. mentioned in a former paragraph. pany his convoy and put myself under his orders. I highly favourable in many respects, still offered same -- • have the honour to be, &c. " HENRY BANKES. facilities to the movements of the enemy's cavalry, One letter from a Captain in the Tagus t o his "To Sir Edmund Nagle, Knt." a description of force in which they were much supe - I O wners in London, dated the 23d, asserts, that intel rior to the allied coops. There were other positions I 1 LEI rH, JULY 23. telligence had been just received that a dreadful battle i The FORWARD g un bri g , Ca p tain BANKER, arrived I had been fought on the frontiers, the result of which at Leith on Friday morning from Gottenbiirgh, more removed from the frontier, which did not present i was in favour of the English, though dreadful loss which she left on the 9th instant, with a very large the same advantages, and in which it was supposed his I i har d b een sustained. As this report is not confirmed convoy of Danes , Swedes , a nd other vessels. She Lordship would try his strength with the enemy. !by any other accounts, we are net inclined to attach put back to Gottenburgh on the 13th, and seilial The French were much straitened for provisions, and 'to it the smallest credit. i again same day, with 48 vessels in company. Oe In great want of droning. nitrate accounts have beeVreceived from Cadiz to : the 19th, off the Naze of Norway, they tell in with The subjoined letters present some farther 'senior , the 20th ult. At that date the place was well sop- five Danish gun boats, who having fired a few shots lays respecting the skirmishes which recently took I lied with provisions. Several ships had arrived with: at the convo y , the whole bore up, and it is supposed , P I cargoes of flour from the United Scales, which had ! were all captured. Only eleven vessels received in place between our out-posts and the enemy's forces : , occasioned the reduction of the price of that comtno- , , structions from Captain Basica, three of which were for Leith. " HEAD-QUARTERS, ALVERCA, JULY J 3. I dity from 22 to 16 dollars per bevel. The troops of aln my letter of the sth instant, I communicated the enemy in the environs were few in number, as , Names of eleven vessels that received instructions to you my apprehensions of the immediate fell of Ci- might naturally be expected from the accumulawu ; from the FORWARD gun brig ; the remaining 34 did Sc- not apply for them. udad Rodrigo, to which I considered the heavy and iof force ender Meru lER in the neighbourhood of incessant fire of musketry in the night of the 4th its i ville, te supinal his offensive operations agit:nst BAL- 1 Frederica, C. Nlatsen, bound for Newry. the prelude ; that Unfortunate event took place, by I eesrettos. The latest letters sneak of the distrtist - General Wrangle, H. Olson. Dublin. capitulation, on the 10th. It is matter ef surprise that ; generally entertained of the new 'Government resident August, E. H. Knope, Liverpool. thearrison held out, under innumerable discourage.lat Cad i z . To counteract thi.-i impression, a spirited ' J Maria Dorothea, H. Glasemer, Dublin. been published by the Sup, riar Jana, Ceres, ments, so long. The enemy took ground before the G. Alaster, Newry. Z; Address has place on the 26th of April ; completely invested it , exhortin g the Citizens of Cadiz faithfilliy to discharge , Maria, I. I.inberg, Leith. not excepting the intersection by the Agueda, on the their duties in the elections for tie Assembly of the Berdie Lucas, A. K. Bakker, Liverpool. 11th of June ; broke ground on the 15th ; opened Cortes, which is to be convened in the present month. Wilhelmina, A. Keelberg, Leith. their batteries on the 24th of the last mentioned month, By accounts from Madrid via Cadiz, it seems tot Gladun, M. Lundgreen, Ditto. and kept up a tremendous fire, with short intermis- be the deteiminatien of the French to accomplish Copernicus, D. Killbrand, Liverpool. sion, until the garrison, straitened for provisions. in their purposes as soon as possible on the Eastern side St.llartholemew, A. Karlston, Ditto. want of ammunition, exhausted with fatigue, and re- of the Peninsula, and with this design all the troops, Three vessels from the Baltic, and two vessels duced to a few hundred men, was obliged, in order to excepting an adequate garrison to preserve subordi. ' from Oporto arrived in Leith Roads yesterday mor avert the horrors of an assault, to listen to terms of nation in the city, have been sent in that direction, . ning. capitulation, and admitted the enemy to the occu - and King J031:141 was preparing to take his departure' PLYMOUTH, JULY 30. pancy of a heap of ruins I The nature and position to assume the command of the army destined. to Yesterday afternoon it blew a severe gale at W. of the works, and the deficiency of all articles of at- atchieve the conquest of Valencia. S. W. and continued through the whole of the night, tack or defence gave the besiegers every advantage Letters of the 27th and Papers of the 29d June accompanied with very heavy rain. The ships in the over the gal ri:on. The enemy in the vicinity of Ro- have been received from Alicant. They state that Sound struck their yards and top-masts, and no ma drige, before the arrival of the reinforcements from Count Socotra. was besieging the fortress of Tortosa, terial damage was sustained by any of them. Selamancte was estimated at 14,000 men. —The M AC DONALD that of T• " atraga, that Joseett BONA- Yesterday, arrived the Diana, Captain BOYNE, in whole of the 6th and Bth corps of the French PARTE Wa • s ma rc hin g agai nst Valencia, and that his three weeks from Halifax, with timber for the Dock army joined the assailants, and brought with them a ICu-Vanguard of 600 u men had already art ived at C , yard at this port. Two other timber ships also ar most formidable bettering, train, and every requisite . enca. The letters also mention that Valenci• A was to rived yesterday from Prince Edward's Island, with for carrying on the siege with vig6tir and effect.— 'be attacked in three if ff •. - •• i sleet points at the same time timber for this Dock. These corps consisted each of four divisions. The b y 30 , 00 0 men. It ~ appears by some of the letters Arrived the rRESIDENT frigate, 38 guns, Captain former was composed of 32,000 effective mini, incite'. t h at G enera l O'Dosese havisig used some severity, M‘KENZIE, from the Brazils, with Admiral De ing 5000 cavalry, and the latter of 26,000, with the like in tinier to reeruit and seeply his troops with moves,' Cot:ace's family on board ; the GLEANER ketch , from number of cavalry, constituting an eggregate force of hard fallen iota disgrace ; but as the necessity became a al 82,0(X) men. WWitha knowledge of the strength of obvious, hopes were entertained that a proper under- rize, relieved by the BRITANNIA, and the SEINE e a the enemy, it was not deemed prudent for the Br iti s h standing would take place , i t being agreed on eill frigate with a valuable homeward-bnund West - Ind and allied army to break up from their advantag eo us hands that no c. on was so fit for the chief commaad. man, (the Starling, G. CoLsoN) which she retook off A . , Brest. She is from St. Lucia, off which island she position, and to advance to the relief of the garrison;Go ttenburgh mail arrived this morning-, but it Nic indeed it was understood that the Spaniards have very • was taken by a French privateer. Sailed the brin ,, -s no news. The Diet is about to assemble how generally expressed a wish to be lett to themselves un- and • . - MEN frigate, for Portugal, and the CHELRLY gun evei, sonic important d i scuss i ons are expected. der such circumstances. It was not, independently of brig, for Portsmonth.—Put back the NORTH STAR these considerations, an object which ptonlised results We have this morning received German papers to sloop of war, bound to Liverpool. Arrived the Ame under the most favourable circumstances cemmenstt- the l9th tilt. Formidable exertions continue to be rican brig Wasp, from New York for Bourdeau'c, rate with the hazerd and difficulties inseparable from made on the shores of Calabria for the invasion of with 91 passengers, detained by the EMERALD frigate. such an enterprize, The place was, therefore, left to Sicily, and there have been already some affairs of Sailed, Active cartel, for Morlaix; and PeacocKeloop its f-ate, and its defenders, by their resolution and gun-boats, in which the French AS usual claim the of war, with a convoy for the Downs. advantel_ee. The head q u a rters Ki ng i bravery, have, ike their countrymen at Saragossa an d of MUItAT the The Tatuareu, 74, is not to be ripped up as before Gerona, reaped a hai vest of laurels, which neither . of Naples, are established at Seine. state d, but to be laid up in ordinary. en vy can blast, nor time destroy. Let the Spanish : By a vessel arrived at .Plymouth, with timber f or i PORTSMOUTH; JULY 31. nation emulate their glorious example, and it is in- ' the Dock-yard, in three weeks from Canada, we h ave ! . . Arrived a Spanish brig of war and is put under Tincible I received letters from that province to the date of her quarant i ne . S a il e d hi s Majesty's ship4llarro, and proceed to give a brief account of some ; sailing. We informed our Readers some time ag o , PHEASANT, on a cruize; NAIAD frigate for off Cher errences which took place in the vicinity of that incendiaries had been busily employed in that burgh, and the RIFLEMAN for Guernsey. Wind quarter, endeavouring to foment divisions and dis- W.S.W. enemy passed the Agneela in force, on contents among the inhabitants. The Governor, Sir DEAL, JULY 31. the present month, and obliged General JAMES CRAIG, as the pit:ilic will recollect, dissolved to retire to Lit Conception ;on which oce the Provincial .4ssenibly, and published a Frieda- Sailed the Hibernian, from Guadeloupe, and the :ain Krauchenberg, and Cornet Cordeman, 'nation, which has already appeared in the STAR. Kitty, from the River Plate, for the River. Remain, of a squadron of the Ist hussars of the —We are concerned to state, that by the accounts his Majesty's ships and transports as per last. German Legion, distinguished themselves, now received, the ferment, instead of haying subsided, I YARMOUTH, JULY $O. battalion of the Portuguese chasseurs, un- seems to have increased in that quarter; but the de. Arrived the Auckland packet, Captain THOMAS Lieutenant Colonel Elder, had an opportunity of tails that have reached us du not enable us to enter BRIDGE, with m a ils and passengers from Heligoland . their steadiness. On the morning of the into particulars—farther then to say, that the state —no . news. Arrived the HAVOC gun brig. Sailed a Brigadier General Ceaufurd made an at- of the province seems to he each a; to demand the mi • me, the SNIPE with convoy for the Nor* ;and the VIXEN carry off one of the enemy's patroles, who iudiak attention of Government.--Public and party spi e gun brig on a cruize. Ships in the Roads, R oeb uck, ia fas Wit of iping ire day lie); to Villa rit ruts exceedingly high. Quebec, Chanticleer, and Acute. 'Wind WN W t • I FVFN 1\(, EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM A BRITISH OFFICER, DATED FINTAL, PORTUGAL, JULY 11, ISIO. " Ciudad Rodrigo fell yesterday, the garrison having ebtain?.d terms of the French, who had made two practicable breaches. Immediately after its sur render, they advanced and attacked our advanced posts ; in this they were repulses with the loss of 30 dragoons taken, and 29 ho• scs ; and, I am sorry to say, that we lost Lieutenant-Colonel TALBOT, of the 14th Dragoons, with eight men, who fell in advan cing against a line of infantry, who gave one fire, and immediately retreated. We are now in daily ex pectation of a general attack. I Wish the reinforce ments may arrive in good time. The Portuguese, I am confident, will fight. One battalion has already proved themselves in high style." LONDON. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1. ?RICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. 3 per Ct. Cons. moi.ey, 6811. —for ace. 611-} 69. 4 per Ct. Reduced per Cent. Ssf4. Navy 5 per Cent. 9541—Lich. Bills, ss. to Bs. pre. Bonds 22 s. prem.—Omnium, if dis. PRICI . : OF STOCKS YES TERDA Y. Stock 2681 269 Oinnium I i f f dis. p.2.r C. Red. 69.`iff India Stork per Cent. Cons. 61111 India Bonds 235. 21s. prem. per Cent. 65iff Etch. Bills ss. 7s. prem. per Cent. Navy 914 7 ,4. t Lottery 'Pickets .‘32. 151. Ann. ISt 9.l6dis Cons. for acc. 691 Stilt ( ITH Baked AP Y NUM Iteratute, h At the sam 4. h Volume eth Part of 1 I Bridge-stro TI I ?RICE a s per 4 per Navy Bond, i I , 1 p pult Stock ) a C. Rec 1 o s per Cent. ' 4 per Cent. 5 per Cent. Long Ann. The of allitded tc • of last nii • Paper, 1 the 18th 1 , ° period nc a decisive ) ' Lordship liprobable soon afte The I present the acct them sta Qiudad Listing o Branco. 22d ult. I I the mot SENA, it offensivi Some tention general during i highly facilitie I rPLat. L1G.1.•••.a.a• V.SI 1.0'•. - rv , " HEAD-QUART g , In my letter of the 5 to you my apprehensions udad Rodrigo, to which 1 incessant fire of musketry the prelude ; that Unfort eapitulation, on the 10th. h ilii the garrison held out, un meats, so long. The en place on the 26th of A I t not excepting the intersei 11th of June; broke fir their batteries on the 24th and kept up a trentend 'ion, until the garrison, Iwant of ammunition, exl duced to a few hundred avert the horrors of an capitulation, and admits pancy of a heap of ruin . of the works, and the d tack or defence gave t over the gat ri :on. The drige, before the arrival Salamanca, was estim: whole of the 6th an, army joined the atsailar most formidable hatterii for carrying on the si, These corps consisted former was corn posed ol ingsooo cavalry,and th e number of cavalry, cons 82,000 men. With a 1 the enemy, it was not d and allied army to brew position, and to advance indeed it was understoo generally expressed a IA der such circumstances these considerations, an under the most favour rate with the liaz::rd at such an enter-prize, T its fate, and its defer( bravery, have, ike thei , Gerona, reaped a hap envy can blast, nor tl nation emulate their gl vincible l is I now proceed to of the occurrences whi the garrison : • " The enemy pass - t"c 4th of the present Craufurd to retire to ca4sin Captain Kraucr at the head of a squa King's German Leg and the 3d battalion o 4,r Lieutenant Colon( shewine • their steadir 11th July, Brigadier ; wpt to carry o ff oa bact Wm ilk the WI . • GENERAL SARRAZIN. If •MMO "Laudon, July SO, is a Sir—Being one of your subscribers, I tect that you will insert in your journal a letter whir have written to my uncle, to enable him to appreciate the pretended letter of Madame Sarrazin. 44 The moment my answer to the other scurrilities of Bonaparte is printed, I shall take care to send a copy, for the purpose of your publishing such as you may think proper.-1 have the honour to Sir, your most humble servant, (Signed) To the Editor of the STAR, Loudo n. " SARRAZIL COPY OF A LETTER FROM GENERAL SARRAZIN TO UNCLE, MR. FISCHER, A MERCHANT IN LEEDS. " Most Honoured Uncle—As the letter attribu to Madame Sarrazin must have alarmed you, I ha , to write to you, in order to tranquillize you with gard to the fate of my spouse. " Previous to my departure from Boulogne, I care to make a :did provision for her support, remitted her a year's allowance in advance. I can , not give you farther information on this head -at the present moment. 66 Madame Sarrazin is in possession of her family property, which I never touched. A well-furnished house and wardrobe, a number of jewels, and other valuables, completely attest the sincerity of my attar, tions, and my attachment for her and my son. " Bonaparte may confiscate what I have left at Boulogne ; Madame Sarrazin, I assure you, does not stand in need of it. " I challenge Bonaparte to publish the letters written to my son. Bonaparte wishes to get that child within his grasp. This is the object of the letter, which was either fabricated, or extorted by the vio lence of his agents, from Madame Sarrazin ; an cz cellent, but delicate and timid woman. 66 Bonaparte makes my wife say, that I have been deranged these seven years. He represents her as a native of Switzerland, though he perfectly well knows that she is an English woman, having been born at Exeter. " My reply to Bonaparte will not appear until the 6th of August, in consequence of a delay in the printing. I shall take care to send you a copy of it. The following fact, which is not stated in it, will fur nish you with a key to the hatred which Bonaparte bears towards me. " Ten years ago, Madame Murat proposed to me to do as so many other Generals had done, who had dismissed the wives they had married in ft:reign coun. tries, for the purpose of espousing French ladies.-- This was at a grand dinner which she gave, followed by a ball. Madame Cavan, according to pulls rumcur, Bonaparte's mistress of the revels, was there, with a num. bcr of the most first -laming of her nymphs. I answered, that I was an honest man, and mould keep my wife. On my return from St. Domingo, whither I was sent only in the expectation that I should there find my 'grave, I was coldly received, and given to understand that the religion, as well as the education of Madame Sarrazin prevented her being received at Court. M a . d Murat also refused to receive her. My spouse signified a wish to visit her parents, who reside in Switzerland ; and Bonapai to h lying ordered me to set off to take the command in the isle of Cadsand— to direct her to join me, would have been to sacrifice both her and my son to a climate much mere pestie lential than that of the isle cf Walch. ten. From that moment, I adopted the resolution to quit the service of Bonaparte, and forniel such arrangements as to make their fate independent of mine. But for my nishes to accomplish this object, I should have been in England upwards of a year ago. What enrages Bonaparte against me is, that he cannot tell the public that I am a coward, a pion. derer, or a blockhead. My remarks will prove to him that I am neither a madman, nor a bad husband. Though my father-in-law, in consequence of his losses in trade, has been able to give me only half the dowry promised me, I am nor, on that ACCOLIIII., the less faithful to my engagements. " Neither p0k.3" . , nor Me desire of riches, shall ever make me seri for a divorce. " As Bonaparte causes all letters to be opened, it was requisite that my correspondence should, in every respect, be so conducted, as not only to occasion no suspicions, but also to diss;pate such as might be oc casioned by mahce or indiscretion. I know that 80. naparte is no less cunning than he is wicked. I had to regulate my actions and my writings accordingly. He has been my dupe ; and it is the mortiticatiim he feels on that score, no less than his fear of seeing him seif completely exposed, in consequence of tile know. ledge which I have had these fifteen years of all that has passed in the interior of his family, which has been the cause of the ridiculous reports he has published respecting me. " Until I can have the pleasure of seeing you and your family, I beg you will accept the homage of my sincere devotion. I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) 6 , SARRAZINe" Notwithstanding every exertion on the part of Sir FRANCIS BVRDETT t) get home pt • tely from the Crown and Anchor last night, the populace Lid hold of his carriage, and takii.g out the horses, drag+ ged him to Piccadilly. Three cheers were given opposite ro Carleton House; and, at Lord CASTLgo R cum' s some txpressions of disapprobation wereheard. There was not the slightest symptom of tumult or disorder in the streets, in the course of the whole night. ARNIY.—The NIEMEN frigate, which sailed two days ago from Plymouth for Portugal, carried out several Officers to join different regiments. Commissioner General Dausisioteu is now waiting at Plymouth for the sailing the WOLVERINE sloop, which is to carry him to Lisb. n. MARK-LANE.—There ale several fresh arrivals of Foreign Wheat to-day, with considerable on hand, chiefly second and inlet for ; the hitter very heavy sale, but fine keeps its price : prime old Drntzick, per quarter. But little demand for Barley, and at the late reduction. Malt, and White Peas, ltkewise few Grey. Beans of both sorts keen their prices-- Oats also, and in middling supply. New Rape seed comes to hand : and Flour, without alteration. GCNIRAL CURIANCT AS UN DIR. Wheat, 764. 940. 1004. Beans, sis. Fine ditto, 118 s. 1420. Tick ditto 445. Po. Rye, 4So. 481. Oats 2.0 , . 240. 90s. Barley, SS% 440. Poland ditto, sso. 970. Odt Malt 724. 1100. • Potatoe ditto, Sgs. od. White Peu (boilers) 640. 70s. Rape seed, JESS. £6O. Guy Peas, 5W 555. I ee nor, 951. t, 10950409194 901. W 9810 quest ich I :date ilities I yott parts to be, EIN." ro ars [bitted hastta ith re- I took , and I can.