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PRIVATE LETTERS. LiStol4, JULY 4. " No packet being in the Tagus last Sunday, I was deprived of the pleasure of writing you. Accounts from Ciudad Rodrigo state, that the French have battered the city, and made a great breach ; killing and wounding a great number of the inhabitants. A sortie by the English had the desired effect ; about one hundred French were left on the field. Fortu nately, the French magazine blew up ; and their ar tillery, of course, was silenced. We every hour ex pect more particulars. By all accounts, the French are receiving supplies of men and provisions ; and something decisive may he expected. Great confi dence is placed in the abilities of the Commander in Chief ; and the Portuguese troops daily improve." ANOTHER LETTER-SAME DATE. it Ciudad Rodrigo is closely invested by Ney, with an army of 25,000 men-10,000 of them are on this side the Agueda, and the remainder are posted to the vorth. The garrison makes desperate sallies, parti cularly that on the 26th ult. in which we are told the French lost nearly 700 men. It is impossible to get any provisions into the town, but fortunately at pre sent none are wanted. The Spaniards behave like heroes; and although the place must sun ender, it will cost the enemy very dear. His object is to draw off Lord Wellington into the plain—but when the enemy finds this will mst succeed, I should not be surprised if he were to give over the siege." " LISBON, JULY 5. Ciiidad Rodrigo is besieged with great activity, and it has endured for several days a tremendous bombardment. It is, doubtless, the object of the F!ench to induce Lord Wellington to change his ground, but his Lordship's determination is, rather to let it fall than be drawn from his advantageous po sition. e‘ On the 26th ult. at night, the garrison made their second sally, when it ssems, that although the French received them with a dreadful discharge, they bore off 150 prisoners, and killed a great number. It is ap prehended that their resistance will be vain, unless, a; Lnrd Wellington cannot quit his ground, they should be relieved by the Spaniards from Villafranca, which is not very probable. The French have not increased in numbers, and yet they are still extremely deficient in provisions.— Bread is very scarce with them. Our army wants nothing but what the French possess—numbers." GOTTENBURCH MAIL. S L'OCKHO( M, JULY 1. Within this few days several arrests of consequence have taken place., and in the mean time preparations for the trial of the insurgents of the 20th June conti i.ae ; the punishment of those found guilty will be examplary and prompt. The Diet, which meets on the ‘23d instant, will assemble at Orebro. Sufficient i•notive; for this are to be found in the agitated state of the public mind here, and the number of troops consequently necessary. Russia, it is said, has ex pressed her determination not to interpose in the elec tion of a Crown Prince. Aux 2.—Upon the humble petition by Count Fa bian Fersen, playing, that in order to remove the un founded suspicion excited in the public mind agaimllt his late brother, Count Axil Fersen, Marshal of the empire, his papers might immediately be placed under judicial seal, and the strictest enquiry set on foot, in order to ascertain the innocence of his deceased bro ther, and clear his memory of the foul aspersions throln on it by ill-disposed persons, his Majesty has most graciously been pleased to order the Chancellor of Justice to cause the seals to be immediately put on the papers of the deceased, and the strictest enquiry set on foot in order to ascertain his innocence or guilt. Jo obedience to his Majesty's command, the Chan cellor of Justice has caused proceedings of inquiry wsmediately to be commenced, but they have not yet thrown any further light on the cause of the death of the deceased Crown Prince, than what appears from the report made by the College of Physicians on that subject. 'FILE EVENING STAR. LONDON, TUESDAY, JULY 17. PRICE OF sTocKs THIS DAY AT ()NE O'CLOCK I 3 per Ceat. Cons. money, 614 ex. div.—ace. 69. 3 per Cent. Reduced 66-4 per Cent. S 3. 5 ner Cent. 97—Exch. Bills Is. dis. to par. Bonds 10s. prem.—Uranium 2 dis. PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. 9 per C. Red. Ann. 691* Omnium -1 prem. 3 per C. Con. 691 631 India Bonds 20s. las. pr. 4 per Cent. 851 84 7 , Exc. Bills, par ss. prem. .5 per C. Navy 991 933 I.ottcry Tickets £22. Us. Long Ann. Is 746tksi 9.l6ths I Cons, for acc. 7ou PORTUGAL. Last Light another Mail arrived from Lisbon with letters and papers to the Bth instant, from which we have given some interesting extracts. Dispatches were alco received from Lord WELLINGTON. The siege of Ciudad Rodrigo continued to be Pressed by the enemy with- great vigour up to the 2d :nstant, and the resistance of the besieged to be equally firm and determined. The loss of the enemy, who had concentrated the greater part of their forces :n the neighbourhood of the place, is estimated al ready at 6000 men.—The -question among military rnen at present is:—Will Lerd WELLINGTON hazard a general engagement to save that important place ? or will he maintain his present position, in the hopes that the loss which the enemy may sustain in the Present undertaking, will give him a better chance of victory a few days or weeks hence ?—When once the Otte of Ciudad Rodrigo is decided, there must be a general battle, if not before, or the British army must Netreat without fighting.—The transports for their conveyance are all ready. The letters from Oporto are to the 2d of this month, and inform us, that an embargo had been imposed on the 19th ult. at the mouth of the river Douro, for the purpose of securing a quantity of craft to convey provisions up the river Mondego, to the rear of the tridsli army; It had Beni' removed pievititts to thi date of the letters. Other advices Mention, that the Oallicians had taken Astorga from the enemy, but by our own ac counts from Comma, Which reach to the 6th instant, we are confident that this is a mistatethent. SPAIN. Letters have also been received Mont Cadiz as late as the Ist inst. but they add little to the particulars received by the Mail of yesterday. They speak, how ever, with great confidence as to the success of a sortie that was to take place as soon as the preparations were completed. "We cannot add," says one of the letters, " any thing to the pleasing intelligence com municated by General LACEY, as no dispatches have been since received from him. It is believed, that he is now employing himself in organizing his newly raised troops in the mountains of Ronda, previous to beginning his march to Chiclana, and commencing offensive operations against the rear of the enemy there. On our part we shall not be backward, and every exertion is making for . a sortie. The troops to be engaged in this glorious enterprize for raising the siege, are said to be about 11,000. The enemy has not 15,000 before the city, though they have a reserve at Seville." HOLLAND. In the preceding columns we have given some in teresting extracts from French papers to the 11th and Dutch to the 13th inst. which the pressure of intelli gence from the Peninsula and the lateness of the hour at which we yesterday received them, prevented from appearing in our last. The official annexation of Holland to France and the report of NAPOLEON'S Minister preparatory to that act are two important do cuments. Are we to believe that the abdication of King Louts was his own act, without the mandate or privity of the French Emperor ? It may be so, but it is most singular. The private letters from Holland represent the pri vate departure of King Louis to have been effected in the following manner:—His Majesty was at Amster dam on the Ist inst. and transacted the business ofGo vcrnment as usual. In the evening he departed for his Palace at Haerlem, where he had appointed a select party of friends to meet him. The company broke up between eleven and twelve o'clock ; soon after which he is said to have left the Palace by a private door, accompanied b, a general Officer of the name of TaAviina, and a man servant. A plain carriage waited for them in the adjacent wood, into which they en tered and drove off. From that time no accounts had been received respecting the royal fugitive. It was, however, the general opinion among the Dutch, that be had proceeded to Tonningen.—This story, it should be remarked, does not coincide with the docu ment inserted in the :ilionitevor, by which Louis abdi cates the Throne of Holland, which purports to be dated two days after this period of his supposed flight. Letters of the 13th mention that the Dutch funds have experieixed a sudden depression of 15 per cent. The.Putch papers also contain the following inte resting communications res➢ecting the military ope rations of the TURKS AND RUSSIANS. FROM THE TURKISH FRONTIER, JUNE 20. Advices from several quitters state, that soon after the important victory gained on the 3d instant over Peckliwan, or Pelivan-Ogla, the strong fortress of Silistria surrendered by capitulation. ST. PETERSBURG'', JUNE 16. We have received advice of a great victory obtained over the Turks by our brave general Count Kamensky. They are sad to have lost 10,000 killed and 5,000 taken prisoners, including a Seraskier. Our Sove reign being absent, the details have not yet been made public. We expect the return of pur beloved Mo narch to-morrow or the day after. HERMANSTADT, JUNE 12. Count Kamensky, the Commander in Chief of the Russian army in Wallachia, Moldavia, and Bessa rabia, which consists of more than 100,000, has taken his measures with so much judgment and skill that the Russians have recovered their wonted supe riority. All the places at the mouth of the Danube, on the Black Sea, Constanige, Monkala, and as far as Ka varna and Varna, are again occupied by the Russians. A numerous Russian army has passed the Danube, and advanced again into Bulgaria. Lieutenant Field- Marshal Count Langeron blockades Silistria. On the Ist instant the General of Cavalry, Cheva valier Von Soss, carried Turkukan by storm, on which occasion a number of the Russian Officers particu larly distinguished themselves, and a very consider able booty was obtained. The brave General of Ca valry is at present blockading Rudschuck. On the 3d inst. Gen. Kamensky defeated Pekliwan near Agola and Basardschick, with the loss of 2000 prisoners, and the total destruction of 8000 men, who occupied tile intrenchments there. A great quantity of ammunition, artillery, and prov;sions, was captured on this occasion. FROM . THE LOWER ELBE, JULY G. A letter from Dantzic of the 27th ult. contains the following article :—." The Senate hastens to inform the public that it has received the following official intelligence : 4 A courier arrived on the 14th inst. from Count Kamensky, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Im perial army on the Danube, who communicates the follaing information :—Lieutenant-benetal Count Kaineasky, in the first instance, and from him Gene ral Markoff, having received orders on the 22d of May to attack the carps commanded by Pekliwan : they found it posted behind the %wills of Bazartschik, which place they carried by storm, after a very ob stinate engagement, in which the Turks lost 8000 men in killed and wounded. Pekliwan, the most gallant of the Turkish commanders, . surrendered himself prisoner with the remains of his force, con sisting of 1500 men : 40 stand of colours and several pieces of cannon are the trophies of this memorable day.' A Gottenburgh Mail arrived last night. Stock holm was still considered to be in a state of agitation, and to have a tendency to tumult ; the Diet are ap pointed to assemble on the (23cl inst. and as a measure of precaution, they are to meet at Orebis. The bro. ther of Count FERsEN had requested an inquiry, :n order to negative the reports in circulation injurious to the character of the latter, and which bad been granted.—• See the preceding columns. THE ARMY. Of the four British Regiments that were at Lisbon, three have been matched to join the main army under Lord WELLINGTON. The Royals set off on the 20th ultimo ; the 9th oit, the Ist instant ; the 38th was to fellow in a day or two ; and the 83d, the weakest of the four, was to remain and do the garrison duty, as sisted by 500 marines from the men of war. Major Woon, of the 14th Regiment of Foot, lan ded at Portsmouth f om Gibraltar a few days since, in bad health. • All the officers of that regiment have had a relapse of the Walcheren disease since they have been at Gibraltar. The 10th and 14th regiments are to remove to Malta. Some change in the General Staff of Ireland is immediately to take place, in consequence of which S:r C. Ascitx will be succeeded in the Dublin dis trict by General WINYARD. His Grace the LORD LIEUTENANT has issued orders that the number of exercise days for the Yeomanry shall be increased to four in each month, from the 9.5di instant; and this arrangement is to continue until the 2ith of October next. One of the exercise days is, of course, to be reserved for the inspection, as usual, of the Brigade- Major. The 24th Regiment, now at the C.tpe of Good Hope, is under orders for India. Thursday, the Ist Regiment of Royal Edinburgh Volunteers, commanded by the Right Hon. Lieute nant-Colonel Ch ARLES HoPE, went upon permanent duty. . Thursday, the 2d Regiment of Edinburgh Local Militia, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel CHICO. TON, went upon permanent duty. Tuesday last, the Dumfries-shire regiment of mili tia embarked on board five transports, at Leith. for the Suffolk coast. They are to occupy Woodbridge barracks. The Renfrew and Ross-shire Regiments of Militia are daily expected to embark in the River for Leith. On their arrival, the Renfrew are to be quartered in Leith barracks and town, and the Ross to be ballntted in Musseiburgh town, the barracks being occupied by the 42d. Ti►e Renfrew are at present in the Tower, where they are to be succeeded by a battalion of the Foot Guards. While the Nithsdale battalicn of Local Militia were on duty in Dumfries, a party of the men waited on the Chairman of the Committee appointed by the Merchants for improving the navigation of the river Nith. They said they bad been surveying the river where the intended improvements were to be carried on—that they were so satisfied of the case with which these improvements might be done, and the very great benefit they would produce to the country—that they would readily and heartily give a day or two's work towards it, whenever they were wanted. The same spirited offers have come from many of the farmers and others. The non-commissioned officers and privates of the Morton company of Nithsdale Local Militia made a similar vffer. - A letter has been received by a running ship from the Cape of Good Hope, dated April 21. The only public information it contains is, that the 24th regi ment of foot, Colonel MARRIOTT, was under orders for India, and was only waiting for transports, which were daily expected. Last week Joln:Smith, of Rounhedge, fisherman, was convicted before the Magistrates at Colchester, in the penalty of £5, for buying a regimental great coat. COURTS MARTIAL.—The Court Martial appointed to investigate the conduct of Captain PRICE, Adjutant of the 4th Warwickbhire Local Militia, assembled last week at Coventry, to revise its proceedings, and make further progress into the examination of evidence ; when the evidence of a part of the prosecution closed ; and Captain PRICE being called upon for his defence (which excited uncommon attention), it was read by the Judge Advocate with peculiar energy. The Court then closed, the sentence of which is not yet made public. The following is the sentence of the Court-Martial on Captain and Adjutant JEI;NINGS, of the Ist Devon Lof.al Militia, on charges preferred against him by Major RAwLE, of the same regiment: " The Court, after duly considering the evidence, did adjudge the said Captain and Adjutant Jennings to be suspended from rani and H is as elcljutant for the epee of three eahoodar months." His MAJEST Y has confirmed this sentence. The fleet from China, with the ST. ALBANS, of 6 guns, Captain AUSTCN, may be expected tb arrive in about a fortnight. Saturday morning Rear Admiral Sir RICHARD Goonwm KEATS, Bart. K. B. hoisted his flag at Ports mouth on board the IMPLACABLE, Captain Gamma COCKBURN'. Sir RICHARD will sail for Cadiz imme diately, where he is appointed to command. He will shift his flag to the MILFORD. BREAM—There being no Court of Aldermen to day, the LORD MAYOR, after inspecting the returns, ordered it to remain at present prices. The crops of wheat and barley are extremly pro. raising throughout the counties of Essex and Suffolk. NA! iA a , FALMOUTH, JULY 1 4. Arrived the Prince of Wales packet, Captaid TODD. ki six days, from Lisbon.—Sailvd the Human awned Alp, with a saw voy to the Eaitward.—Wind W. PLYMOUTH, JULY IS.. Sailed the WE AZ LE schooner fu. Falmouth; and the rIACOCII sloop, with a fleet of tra.'spons and merchantmen" for the Doling. —A large fleet of merchant-ships passed up Channel last nigl4, from the Westward.—Tke Marquis of Bunt's luggage was eus• harked this day on board the Esneata sloop, for nif-rd. Lord COCHKA se sailed this day, and not before, in his xebec, the Julie, for Lisbon, accompanied by his brother. PORTSMOUTH, JULY 16. Sailed the SA iNtDON to the Eastward. The SCYLLA brig takes convoy to the Downs.—Wind W. DEAL, JULY 16. The outward-bound remain detained by contrary winds. Ar rived a Spanish ship, particulars not known; also a Spanish lugger, from Corinna, and are both sailed for the River. Sailed the Fort William East-Indianian, for India.—Wind S.W. HARWICH, JULY 1.7. Yesterday afternoon, sailed the Auckland packet, Capt.Bß ID C r, for Heligoland ; and Lady Frances packet. Capt. Rorraa for Gottenburgh, with mails of this 13th instant. This day, 'Lied for the River his Majesty's ship V exclua, under jury -masts, and.convoyed by the STARLING gun brig. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. GRAVESTNO, JULY IS.—Arriyed : the Diadetri, 'Whaler, front Sardinia; tke Friends, from Madeira; the Suryriso, Gib son, from Malta ; the Wheeler, —, and Cato, Horn, from New- York. Sailed: the Betsey and Sophia, Shaw, for Pernambuco; the General Apodaca, —, and Cambrian, Low, for Buenos Ayres ; and the Prospect, Spence, for Newfoundland. JULY 16.—Arrived: the Admiral Golpors, Venables, from Demerara ; the Brookbank, Jillard ; from Cadiz ; the Commerce, Walker, front Malta; the Rebecca and Mary, Allen, from Gib raltar; and the Diana, —, from Norfolk. Sailed: the Petsey, Mus, for Gibraltar; the Friendsbip, Roper, for Boston; and the Jean, Paterson, for Madeira. Autivao—At Liverpool, Caledonia, Nicholson, from Barba does; Gideon, Atkins, and Henrietta , from New Or. leans; Charlotte, Cooke, from New Providence ; Grand Turk, Loring, from New-Yor k; Talavera, Herbert, front Amelia Islands ; Lune, —, and Copeland, —, from St. Vincent's. In the Clyde, Pomona, Rowe, from St. Vincent's, and the Montreal, Fish (one of the missing ships) from Jamaica. At Plymouth, Telegraph, from Coruna:a. At Pool, Alexander, Strutt, from Newfoundland. At Bristol, Harmony, —, from New foundland. The Hermequita, frent Gibraltar to Malta, is taken In the Me diterranean. The Fianeraria, —, from Malta to Lisbon, foundered off Sardinia. The Sisters, for Glasgow, sailed from Demerara the Ith uk. the Adventure, for Liverpool, sailed from there the Sth, in corn.; party with the Thetil, for London. The Admiral Colpoys, arri ved front Demerara, sailed on the 10th ultimo, and on the V.Oth spoke, in lat. SO. lorg. Si. the Rachael, of Whitehaven, from St. Lucia to Liverpool. The whole of the fleet from Jamaica have arrived at their destinations. The Walsinghani Packet, which has arrived at Falmouth front Lisbon, when in hit 42. 3, long. 10. 59, passe d a convoy of 34 sail, supposed from Oporto, tinder protection of the Phipps schooner. She also spoke la Rhin frigate. On the sth instant, there were 14 sail of Spanish line-of-battle ships at Cads; 12 of them ere ready for sea, excepting in men, and two w:th their masts out. Admiral Pickmore had shift ed his Sag into the Temeraire. * There were besides,the Achille, Atlas, Zealous, Tonant, Eagle, Blake (just arrived), and Resist. znce frigate. The Delight, Lord Balgonie, had sailed for Lisbon. The Triumph, 74, Capt. S. H. I.inzee, sailed for England on the 13th ult. with transports, having the remainder of the Frcrch prisoners on board that were at Cadiz. The Caledonia and Hi bernia have arrived at Portsmouth. LEITH, JULY 12. The QUAIL schooner sailed on Saturday for the Nore ; also the Os cIION sloop of war, with five transports, having the Dumfries shire milita on board, for Woodbridge barracks; sailed on Sun day the PICKLZ gun-brig, on a cruise. The Ctto skid') of war, . with SO foreign vessels under convoy, bound to Gottenburgh and various ports in the Baltic, sailed on Tuesday morning, with a An* wind at west. Arrived on Tuesday mornirg, the A DANA Nv, of 50 guns, from the Nore ; likewise the Nvrr en zN frigate, with a trati* 4 port laden with naval stores, (room Woolwich. Jut.: 14.—The Raith arrived at Leith yesterday morning from Davie Straits with 52 fish; the Roy?, Bounty is hourly expected with IS—left the country the SOth May, when the following ships were all well, viz. Foie Lula n w —Thomas and Ann, Newton, 14 fish ; Wililam and An►►, Davidson, 12 fish ; Rattler, Stoddart, 12 fish ; and Success, Thomson, 10 fish. _ _ _ Fin DUND/L—Advice, Adanison, 9 fisk ; Calypso, Christo pher, 10 fish ; Estritiv, Christopher, 8 or 9 fish ; alsd Horn, Val !mine, 10 fish. Accunts arc received of the safe arrival nut of the greatest part of the spring fleet from Aberdeen to North America. Captain LTA LL, of the Malty of Montrose, from Dublin to Lynn, was bearded in the morning of tbc 6th instant by a Daal.la sloop-rigged privateer from North Bergen, about seven miles to the southward of the Buchanness. The privateer mounted ten guns, had two white paint strokes, and a large flying jib. The captain or officer who boarded the Mally told Captain LTALL, that he bad captured eight vessels of various descriptions; but on finding the cargo of the Malty was not of great value, and on Captain I.v AL I. giving hint seven guineas and a few sea charts, he allowed him to proceed. Captain L. thinks the object of hie cruize was directed against Greenland ships; and not having men to spare, was the principal motive for allowing him to escape.— Captain Lroz.t.'s crew left him on the approach of the privateer, but returned when he pnt off. NAVAL PROMOTIONS. John Maxwell, Esq. a near relative to the gallant Marquis of Huntly, is promoted to the rank of Post Captain, for his late eminent services in the North Seas, during his command of his Majesty's sloop of war the Royalist, and we hope soon to bear of his being appointed to a good frigate. Captain Browne, late of the Plover, is appointed to the Brur.e frigate (formerly the French Thetis), which has just been sib docked, after a thorough repair. _ _ _ Mr. John Callan, I.r.e As;istant Surgeon of the Defiance, is ap• pointed Surgeon of the'Fozhound sloop of war. LtztrrinAtcrs.—Lieut. J. Price (1) is appointed Flag Liente mint to Admiral Sir R. Curtis, Ban. vice Lieut. W. Stewart (it who is appointed Flag Lieutenant to Sir C. Cotton, in the Medi terranean. I.ieut. G. W. Wines, of his Majesty's ship Spartan, is promoted to commander, for his great bravery, a few months since, in tho Bay of Naples. Lieut. C. Hoskins is appointed to the Rota; Lieut. Dey to the Driver. • DUBLIN GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY...4ES Cracia the LORD LIEUTENANT having been pleased to ap point John Patrick, Alexander Jaffery, Randal W. Donald, Francis 13.1ggs, Richard Litton, John Lind say, John Carleton, Richard Darling, John Orr, Joseph Hone, and Alexander Shaw, Esqrs. to receive the applications and look into the securities of such persons in trade as are possessed of funds ultimately more than sufficient to answer all demands upon them, but have not the means of converting those funds into money or negociable securities in time to meet the pres sure of the moment, and the Governorsand Directors of the Bank of Ireland having agreed to advance to those Gentlemen sums, not exceed ing in the whole £203,000, to enable them to give relief to manufacturers so situ ated, conformably to the recommendation made to his Grace the LORD LIEUTENANT by the Lords of his Majdsty's Privy Council, persons desiring to avail themselves of such aid may make their application to the Gentlemen above-named accordiingly. By Grace's Command, W. W. Pots. • We are sorry to hear, that in consequence of some foul air in a coal-pit at Borrowstounness, where 28' colliers were working, no less than 16 have perished the remainder were saved with much difficulty. li VA k ia t v i a on r his E. MC 2.5 led 3