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FROM 7HE FRENCH PAPERS. PARIS, AUGUST 17. LETTER PROM Hls EXCELLENCY THE PRINCE OF RULING TO Ills SERENE HIGHNESS THE FRINGE OF NEUTCHA- t TEL,..St 4.10 RTGEN ER. S . L• • . Sir—All the accounts which I have received an- nounced that the English army were making a retro- grade movement ; a reconnoitring was ordered and executed on the 21st. Marshal the Duke of Elchin- gen directed General Loison to assemble at Gallegos 3000 men of his division, the light cavalry under the orders of General Treilhard, and a few pieces of light artillery ; and ordered him to march at two o'clock in the morning in the direction of Fort Con- ception, by way of Villa del Puerto, Castillego, and the Casas. The General, at the latter point, fell in with the enemy, who fled at his approach. The Eng- lish cavalry, however, seemed disposed to defend the high plain on which Fort Conception stands.— General Treilhard charged and drove them before him in so spirited a manner that the enemy were com- pelled precipitately to abandon the fort, without hav- ing time to fire all the mines which they had formed in order to blow up the works. Three of the cham- bers remain entire, but those which were set fire to have destroyed the horn work and several half-moons. • Master of the high plain of La Conception, Gene- ral Loison had, in the next place, to ascertain the po- sition of the enemy's army. He directed General Treilhard to turn the village of Val de la Mula, at the same time that be made General Simon attack it in front. General Treilhard, by his movement, dis- ltidged the enemy's infantry and cavalry posted on the left bank of the Turonez, and compelled 600 horse placed on the road to Almeida to retreat. The enemy, in his retreat, abandoned some sharp-shooters to us, who were cut down with our sabres, and he fell back upon the glacis of that fortress. He then re- tnrned with two battalions of infantry, three pieces of cannon, and about 1800 horse, and drew up on the 1, ft of the Ravine which separates Val de la Mula f can Almeida ; hut the three regiments of light ca- valry, under the orders of General Treilhard, marched ag, inst with an assurance which speedily decided his retreat. The left bank of the Ravine was imme- diately occupied, without pushing on too far, in or- e'er not unnecessarily to attract the fire of the place, within gun-shot of which we were, and under which the enemy seemed desirous of drawing us. In con- sequence of this retrograde movement of the English, the right was at La Guarda, and their left extended towards Pinhel. I caused Almeida to he invested. The greater part of the troops of the 6th corps, were assembled with this view at Fort de la Conception, and de Ist - niched from Val de la Mula on the 24th, at six in the morning. The brigade of light cavalry, composed of the 3d regiment of hussars, and the 15th chasseurs, under the orders of General Lamotte, and preceded by a battalion of besieging chasseurs, opened tha march. It was followed by the 15th and 25th dra- goons, commanded by General Gardanne. General Montbrun directed the movement of this body of cavalry. Tl e division of infantry, under General Loison, formed in two columns. It was supported by the di. sion of, Mermet, at the head of which marched the 10. h dragoons, and by three regiments infantry of Marchand's division. Marshal the Duke of Elchin- gen, i.. person, directed all the movements. The advanced guard of the English army, com- manded by Lieutenant General Craufurd, consisted of 2000 cavalry and 8000 infantry, occupying the position to t'ie right of Almeida. His light infantry and seve- red squadrons of hussars, formed the posts in advance, and on the flanks of that fortress. The attack on the pai t of our troops was vigorous, and made in the best order. The enemy defended the ground, and kept up a brisk fi:e of musketry and field-pieces, but they were successively driven from their posts at the charge, and without the least hesitation. General Craufurd, after placing all his division under the guns of the place, i thought ti at we would take up a position without daring to attack him in so formidable a post. He was protected by a reserve on the heights of the left bank of the Coa, but 4. columns marched direct for the enemy, and closed with them with the greatest intrepidity, without returning their fire. That of the fortress, though badly enough directed, became extremely brisk at this moment. The 3d hussars, supported by the rest of the cavalry, charged the English infantry at thegallop, and sabred a great number of them. The ground, however, was so difficult, that it was impos- sible for the rest of our cavalry to take part in this fine charge. The enemy's cavalry uniformly declined to hurt ours at the sabre, and after rallying under the ramparts of tie: place, hastened to repass the Coa. In the mean tan , :, the brigade of General Fere) , Livitg already out flanked the right of the enemy, Was on the point of cutting off his retreat, or csmpeil- irg him to throw himself into Almeida, when the English Gee.er.el felt the necessity of falling back, which be c( uld only effect in great disorder ; for our battalions parsaed them at a running step, to such a distance as to enable the columns appointed to invest Aimeida to execute that operation without any '1 he troops of his Maitsty gave a fresh proof upon i.ccasion, that 0.1.1 c is no position which can resist :t,eir mit epidity. All of them perfectly performed their duty. The Euglisli sustained a considerable loss in this action. Their estafette-man, or chief courier, has been t,iken with all his dispatches ; several of which, dated ti.e 25th and 26th, represent the English army as in lull route ; that it is impossible to form an idea of its deplorable condition ; that the English never v. et e cog.tgeel in so brisk an affair; and, in short, that - they had lost &officers, 24 of wlioni have been interred in the field of battle ; 4(A) rank and file killed, an.' 700 wounded. Among the slain were the Colonel o; the 43J, that of the 16th Dragoons, and Major Brown. of the 52d. We hive taken from them one stand of coiourc, 400 men; and two pieces of cannon ; our loss am• anted to nearly 300 killed and wounded. On the 25th, Marshal the Duke of Lkhingen re- gulated the investment of Almeida, so as to render it ton' le e. lie caused Valverde to be occupied, and th. E glish ; osted un the heights in front of Pereiro. to b. dislotige d. On the 26th he sect a detachment in • e airoctwn of ?Libel, which it reached after ro.. di of three lours by difficult macs. The Englis' , ha.. withdrav n from it at two in the morning. It ap s that they are 'concentrating at t. cleric°. The fortress of:Almeida Is defended by four Pm., tuguese regiments. It is well provided with stores and heavy artillery, and has two Governors, one of' them an Englishman. The garrison made two sor ties on the 26th : one, consisting of 600 infantry and 60 horse, which sallied upon the division of Loison, was destined to destroy the houses which are within 200 tolses ottbe place ; the object of the other, con sisting of 300 men, and 40 horse, which directed it self upon the right of General Marchand, was to carry off a few sheaves of wheat lying near the sub urb ; but both were repulsed, so as to frustrate the designs of the enemy. In the first, they lost about forty men, who were shot with our pieces touch ing their breasts. We lost only two men of the Le. gion of the South. But the garrison tried a third sortie to carry off the same sheaves of wheat : it did not succeed better than the preceding attempts. We took from them one piece of cannon, and killed a few of their men. The object of all these sorties seems to indicate, that it is not so well supplied with provi sions as with artillery. I have the honour to be, with respectful regard, your Highness's most humble and obedient servant, The Marshal Prince of Ealing, Commander-in-Chief of the Army of Portugal, (Signed) MASSINA. Salamanca, July 29,1810. 1,250 Twitch priumen t and the St. Elmo wits also to come to England. There remain but two Spanish frigates in the Roads. The removal of the ten sail of the line would not, perhaps, have been rendered necessary if the senti ments which animate the mass of the people of Spain were felt by the upper ranks, and by those who have it most in their power to be treacherous. At any rate, as they were not necessary to the defence of the place, their departure to places of safety is material. FOURTEEN SAIL OF THE LINE IN CADIZ ROADS ARE OF, AUGUST 12, 1810. SPAIN AND PORTUGAL. DISPOSED lalgeneso, 71, Lorenzo, 74, to the Ilavatutah with the Eu'- wark. Algeciras, 74, at Portsmouth. Glorious, 74, Justo, 74, Paulo, 74, Neptuno 74, America 74, gone to Mahon with the Norge and Blake, August 10, 1810. Principe, 112, St. Alma, 112, to the Harannah with an escort abet( the 14th of August. Asia, 64, on her passage to Plymouth. Montanez, 74, at the Caraccas, floating battery. Bt. Elmo, 74, in Cadiz Road, under orders for Minorca. Minh., SO, under orders for Vera Crux. The decision to remove the Spanish men of war from Cadiz—a measure, the propriety of which has long since been suggested by the British Govern- CADIZ, AUGUST 2. ment ; the admission of the British Minister, Mr. We have no very particular news, but are anxiously oTEwA ET, to the Councils of Portugal, (Lord WEL expecting some from Portugal. Sir Richard Keats LiNcroN has long since been appointed to a similar arrived four days ago in the Implacable, Captain seat) ; and the recent appointment of Admiral B Cockburn, in consequence of which Admiral Pick- CLAY to the command of the naval forces and arse. more sailed yesterday, in the Temcraire, to join Sir nals of Portugal, leave nn room to doubt of the per- Charles Cotton. The exact day for the meeting of f eet cordial•ty and confidence which prevail between the Cortes is not yet fixed ; but there is no doubt that it will be in the course of a short time. A great the two Governments. many of the Deputies have already arrived—they Accounts received yesterday from the north of Spain cannot therefore now be put off. state that the spirit of insurrection, far from being aba- VILLARRAYA, JULY 9. ted, was at its height in the north of Spain, particularly On Friday last, at eleven o'clock in the morning, entered Morilla, the division of Valencian troops, under the command of Captain Falcon. The enemy retired to the Castle, where they are without cannon and other necessaries. They were summoned to sur render, but yesterday they continued te defend them selves. Torio , a began to open its fire on Wednesday, and continued it on the sth and 6th ; and, accowding to a lelter written from the said city, the enemy have had 500 killed, and a great number wounded. It likewise states, with great probability, that we have had another action near Bakst:es, in which the enemy lost 3000 men ; and add, that by Mora upon the Ebro we have sunk 14 French cannon, which were upon the river. MANZAUNA, JULY 15. The Superior Junta of this Kingdom and part of Castile has just received from Field-Marshal Don P. Villa Campa, the following account : " Excellent Sir—l inform your Excellency, that having yesterday arrived at the village of Castegon, at eleven o'clock in the day, I received intelligence that an enemy's column had directed its march from Calamocha. In consequence of this I ordered Colonel Don R. Gayan, with his battalion of volunteers of Carinena, Lieutenant-Colonel Don R. Paredes, with the 2d battalion of the Provincial Regiment of Soli. and 100 horse, the whole force of which the , quadron of cavalry consisted, to march and attack them. The result was as fortunate as l expected, and without any other loss on our side than that of two soldiers slightly wounded. Our party suczeeded in making the party, who consisted of a Captain, 103 foot soldiers, and seven cuirassiers, prisoners, with the exception of 20 of the first, who were killed. Co lonel Don R. Gayan, who commanded in this action, praises the constancy and firmness of the Chiefs, Offi cers and troops, and recommends most particularly the Cadet of his corps, Don M. Aguilar, for having fought with the greatest boldness in a skirmish, in which he voluntarily solicited to take a part, though only 16 years of age. (Signed) " Puerto de Used, 12th July, 1810." in Biscay ; and that so formidable had the efforts of the people become, that the French were compelled to retire. In Navarre also a glorious spirit of insurrection pre vailed, which pronti•ed the most extensve benefits to the cause of the Patriots. The best possible disposi tion prevails among the bold and intrepid Biscayans, ' who, in order to act, only wait a better military or ; ganization. For that purpose a British Officer set out a few days since for the shores of Biscay, whose business it will be to see the arms and ammunition supplied by this country properly distributed among the inhabitants, who are known to be willing and able to direct them against the common enemy, and who are expected to assemble in immense numbers, ani mated by a zeal from which the most beneficial con ' sequences may reasonably be expected to result. EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM A BRITISH OFTIOER PORTCGAL. DATED ' 4 Head-quarters, Villa Cortez, August 4, 1810. dl The French have not yet ventured beyond Pin hel, which is their advanced post in that quarter.— Our advance is posted at three leagues distance, and is composed principally of cavalry. The inhabitants in the neighbourhood of the enemy leave their houses • forsaken, taking even their furniture with them, and driving off the cattle of every description, into the mountains. There is no intention of relieving Al'. meida. The cannonading from that quarter is heard distinctly. The British cavalry is posted close on this side the Coha, with orders to be ready to act at a moment's warning. I need not say any thing about CRAUFURD'S affair ; the 43d, as the French say, co rned themselves with glory." Paris pipers to the 20th hare arrived, containing MANSENA'S account of the battle with General CHAU FUND'S division. Though we have long been accus• toured to the exaggerations of the Erench accounts, the present detail surprizes us. They put CRAUFUIII; force at 2000 cavalry, and 8000 infantry, and his loss in killed, wounded, and prisoners, at 1500 men, &c. &c. •{ P. VILLA CAUPA. THE EVENING STAR. The BEDFORD has arrived at Portsmouth with dis. patches from the Brazils. The Prince of Brazil: packet, Captain HICKS, has arrived off Kingsbridge from Rio Janeiro ; but the letters have not yet reached town. We have received American papers to the 22d July: they are filled with a diplomatic correspondence between Mr. ERSKINE and Mr. SMITH, with the im port of which we were long ago acquainted. Ame rica seems still to be split into two factions, the French and the English, in the feelings resulting from which all national spirit is absorbed. It is gratifying to us to learn, however, that the Eiglish party is predomi nant. We have already stated that considerable jealousy prevailed among the Powers in the Baltic respecting the imroduction of American vessels: the following Decrees tend to exclude them entirely from the ports therein mentioned : LONDON. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. 5 per Ct. Cons. money, 6k4.—for acc. 684, 3 per Ct. Reduced 68{ 69-4 per Cent. 85. Navy .5 per Cent. 9984—Ex. Bills, IQ. die, to Ss. pre. Bonds 21s. to 225. prem.—Oinnium 211 dis. Yesterday his Majesty's frigate MERCURY, Captain TANCOCK, arrived at Portsmouth from Cadiz. M ijor ALLAN, of the Scots Brigade, and Captain HAMIL TON, of the 71ih Regiment, the latter in charge of in valids, And of deserters from the French army, arrived in the MERCURY; as did also Paymaster CAMPBELL, Of Marshal BERESFORD'S Regiment, Dr. JONES, of the 81st, Dr. CoTrov, of the Rifle Corps, and several sick Officers. The letters and papers brought by the MERCURY are not so recent as accounts already received from Cadiz, having had rather a long passage :—she left Cadiz on the 2d instant. The dispatches to Government brought by the MERCURY, are dated on that day. They bring no news of any importance—all was going on well. A Mal from Cadiz also arrived this morning, but the accounts it brings are not so recent as those by the TONNANT. The activity and vigour that has been displayed in the naval department, since the arrival of Sir R. KEaTs and Captain COCKBURN at• Cadiz, deserves high praise. Sir R. KE ITS had not taken the com mand above a fortnight, when he completely succeed. Pd in ;hewing to the Regency the prudence of remov. the large Spanish ships from the Roads, and in completing them for removal. Accordingly Cap tain STACKPOOLE states, that he saw five Spanish ships, o.' 74 guns each, actually sail for Minorca; twn cf the cirst rate were to set sail for the Canary I slands, on heir way to the Havannah ; and one for Vera Cruz. The Asia, of 64 guns, WAS to come to Englani with ROYAL DECREE OF DENMARK. " We the King, influenced by thepeculiar circumstance* of the time , have extended the operation of the Decree, shutting the harbours of Husunt and Tonningen, with all the harbours of our Duchy of Holstein, against the ships of North America, so that any vessel of that Republic approaching any such harbour, is to he ordered away without breaking bulk, in like manner as by the Decree of the 15th of June, was ordered with respect to liusum add l'onningen. " Given from our office of Schleswig and Holstein, August 3, 1810. (aigned) " aIAiTANO. (COuntcrsigned) " zoos Rs, &C:' DUCAL DECREE OF AIkX;KLENBURO. " Since we have frequently experienced that the North Ame rican flag has been misapplied by the English to introduce prohi bited goods, and to evade the commercial views of the French Emperor, and since it is known that for a considerable time no colonial produce has been exported from the American harbours, We therefore hereby command the military tribunals in our ports not to admit any North American ships, with whatever papers they may be furnished, under any pretence whatsoever, and to take cafe that the same be immediately ordered away. The military tribunals are responsible for the execution of this decree. " Deberah. July 29. (Signed) - " FRANCIS. " " To the Military Tribunals of Rostock and Weimar." ROYAL DEclttsili PRUSSIA. " By our Royal command, In puPnance of the commercial laws now in force in Europe. we do hereby forbid that any American ship should enter our ports, and that OA their approach they should be immediately ordered off. " Koningsburg, July 29." 4'~~T TUE ARMY. The battalion of the 60th, or Rnyal American giment, which has just arrived from JAm . sica, first. It is stationed in the Isle of Wight, w• ; established as the head-quarters of this regime We are sorry to hear that that excelleut officer neral FERGUSON, who yesterday arrived in from Cadiz, where he was second in comm.m, very bad health. He was sent home by Sir , FEL LOWES on account of a d:.ease in the spleen. The Guards, 30th Regiment, and other going out to Spain and Portugal, as well as Royal Veteran Battalion, and the numerous reinforce. ments for Sir Jotis SrEwmtr's army, are gill detained at Portsmouth by contrary winds. At a General Court Martial held at Lisbon on the 19th of June, 1810, and contint.ei by Adjournment to the 21st of the same month, Lieutenant Thomas Dunkin, of the 4th Dragoons, was arraigned upot the undermentioned Charges, viz. Ist. For scandalous and infamous conduct, unbecoming the character of an Officer and a Gentleman, while ha comm an d o f a detachment of the 4th Dragoons in the Anacreon 't ransport, o y the passage from Portsmouth to Lisbon, by making use of highly improper Language to, and striking Hospital Mate Daniel Magian, an Officer undtr his command, on or about the 7th of March, 1810; and also in fighting with, and making use of improper kr guage to, the said Hospital-Mate Maginn on the deck of the A. croon Transport oribisr about the 21st .March last. 2d. For scand.dous and infamous conduct, unbecoming the character of an Officer and a Gentleman, by making use of highly improper language to, and fighting with Hospital-Mate James Malony, an Officer under his command, on the deck of the Ana creon Transport on or about the 19th March, 181 e. The Court found him Guilty cf the I st part of the Ist Charge, making tne of highly improper languaE,l to, and striking Hospital-Mate Maginn, and sentenced him to be suspended trom Rank and Pay for the space of Six Months, and acquitted him of the remainder. His Majesty has been pleased tocoafirm the sentence of the Court ; but in consideration of all the circum. stances of the Prisoner's conduct, as they appear upon the face of the proceedings, his Majesty has been pleased to command that it shall be htimated to Lieu. tenant Dunkin, that his Majesty has no iurther ecca. sion for his services. N4YAi, 'INTELLIGENCE. TORBAY, AUL,UST 27. Last evening arrived the LORD COCHRANE brig, Lieutenant TINDELL Commander—reports, that oa Saturday noon last boarded a ship called the Nel ly, whe separated a few days before from a fleet from Jamaica, consisting of about forty sail, tinder convoy of the PELICAN bng ; that on Saturday evening he saw about thirty or forty sail going up Channel, %%Lich he supposed to be the same fleet. Arrived his Majesty's sloop of war GANNETT, from a cruize, and sailed again, as did also the Lord Cocuuss. can Re. is th e which it lent. leer G s . Town nd, is in it JAM U en. = l. corps s the 7th einforce. detained on on the o rnment Thomas ed upoe . omlnit the inland of a nsport, oz e of highly el Maginn, of March, proper ler if the An:. oming the e of highly late James the Au- nt of the ilinguaE,l sentenced the space inder. e sentence eircum• pear upon has been I to Lieu. her tecea. INE brig, , that on he NAT, _ FALMOUTH, AUGUST 26. . Sailed the Lady Arabella packet with a mail for the Mediterranean ; and the Princess Amelia packet for the Brazils. EIGIIT O'CLOCK, P. M.—The Lord Hobart packet, Captain HAMILTON, fI OM Cadiz, ar.d a Danish ship (name unknown) are working into this harbour.— The Lord Hobart packet has been long expected. PLYMOUTH, AUGUST 27. Yesterday arrived the Aricacaosterz, 74, frort Portsmouth, to be docked and repaired here ; and the SABINE, from St. John's, Newfoundland, with di:- patches from Admiral DUCKIitORTH she brings no news. Came in the. French chassd maree la Mares, and the Mary Anne, from France, captured by the LYRA sloop or war. Arrived the LYRA sloop of war, and CONFLICT gun-brig, from a cruize. Sailed the DECOY cutter, with a fleet to the Eastward. PORTSMOUTH, AUGUST SUL Arrived his Majesty's ship BEDFORD, from the Brazils. Passed by, the West India fleet, under con voy of the PELICAN sloop of war for the Downs. DEAL, AUGUST 2S. Arrived the Phsnez and the Harriet from Jamaica; and the Mary, Bimsv, from St. Domingo. Remain his Majesty's ships as per List. CHATHAM, AUGUST 26. The QUEEN CHARLOTTE is coppered, and will go out of deck on Monday, the 3d Svptember. The RAISONABLE is taken into dock, and as her defects are considerable, she is likely to remain in dock for some time. The AGINCOURT is nearly complete in her fittings as .1 tro p ; she will be hauled off the Jetty Head in the course of the week. The PAM* of WA LEA, of 9‘) guns, is remorei from h.r moor ings here, to &shim% Reach, to which place We QUEEN CHARLOTTE and ID/PREGNABLE are to be taken, on Account of their being a greater depth of water than at this place. YARMOUTH, AUGUST n. Arrived the Anna Maria, sent in by the VANGUARD man of war, and the Helena Rebecca, sent in by the Emus gun-brig. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. Gk SVEStSID, AUGUST 'PA.—Arrived the Ocean. Pattersrm. front Quebec. Sailed the Willerby. Rufell, fat Rio lawn; a 1 the Hazard, Elderkin, for New Orleans. The Duke of MANCHESTER, with Dr. Rocicm and a long suite, has arrived from Jamaica. The number of pier and chimney mirror: ordered for the officers of the Linen Board in Dublin, casts a great :I:Action on the Board of Management. Carleton House was yesterday forenoon thrown into great contusion, occasioned by one of the chim nits at the East angle catching fire, but it was gut under without doing any mischief. Yesterday the son of a Gentleman at Dock-head, Bermondsey, was unfortunately drowned while bath ing in the Canal, Camberwell. Coax MARICIT, MARIC.IANt, AUOUST 19.—T0-day di* quantities of Wheat on hand are considerable ; sal, s are hear?, at Monday's reduction—Rye and Barley hardly at the quotation —White Peas incline lower—Grey and Bean, of at etit kinds, maintain their prices —there are tolerable supplies of Oats, and this trade, excepting fine, is named rather cheaper — sake at somewLat less than the general quotatuin. Or/MA& CUILILISICT All UNDER. Wheat, 765. Ns. 110 s. _ _ ___Beans, 525. Sas. Fine ditto, 114 a. Ilk. Tick ditto, 445. Ws. Rye, SS& 445. Oats, 90s. 21$. tot Barley, Ns. 495. Poland ditto, 305.3146 Malt, 725. Sos. Poulos lino, sae. White Peas (boilers) SM. SOL Ripe Seed, £5O. in& Este Floor, 115 a. to 1001."..-Socoods, 90s. so his.