Star. — London, England, 1810-09-06 00:00:00

THE ARMY. OREBRO, AUGUST 25. It appears that the. rejection of the propositions of his Danish Majesty, for his nomination as Crown Prince, gave that Monarch so much umbrage, that be positively forbade the Duke of Holstein Augustin burg from accepting the nomination of Crown Prince fn the event of his being chosen; and it is even men tioned-in some letters, that the Duke was, for some days placed en surveillance, to prevent his coming over. Counts Morner and R. Rosen have been deputed to felicitate the Prince of Ponte Corvo on his election. ROSTOCK, AIIGUST so. The Commander of the French troops, which ea-, tered this place three days ago, made a demand of 800,000 ris-dollars, which was gradually lowered to 80,000 ; this not being complied with, the whole of our magazines, containing colonial produce, have been put under seal, till the arrival of M. Bourienne, from Hamburgh, who, it is said, has full powers to adjust the affair. STOCKHOLM, AUGUST ss. The last letters from Paris state, that Count Metter nich's negotiations chiefly relate to the present state of affairs in Servia, which province, agreeably to the wishes of the greater part of its inhabitants, will be tranfcrred to Austria. NAPLES, JULY 23. We have received official accounts from Corfu of the 12th instant, according to which, the said Island is in a state of complete security ; in the course of last month the garrison was reinforced by 1500 men front tha ports of Italy and Naples ; so many ships have arrived with provisions and 4mmunition, that both articles are very plentiful at present. The price of flour has 'fallen 60 per cent. The English turn all their attention to Turkey and Sicily, and are mere ly cruizing off that Island without being able to in tercept the communication between Corfu and the Apulian ports. The rest of the islands they have left, except St. Maura, which is perfectly free and unmo lested. Ii We have about $OOO dragoons in front of us, and the French seem determined to give us plenty of rest. We never turn out now in the morning, and only have an out picket every other day. From the arrangements which are making, it would seem we are likely to remain here some time it, however, must depend on the movements of the French. It is * not yet tightly known whether they have commenced That enterprising and able eificer Brigadie r . ral WALKER, has sailed on an Expedition Haan POPHAM : the North of Spain is mentioned axe destination. It will be remembered, that WALKER greatly distinguished himself as ing Officer of the 50th Regiment at Vitniera, with that gallant regiment actually for a stood a whole column of the French army , 50th regiment had but a shot! time before guished themselves at Corunna, Besides Generals Sir WILLIAM Easatior, Luart.av, Brigadier-General Corrox lately with the fleet for Portugal. % The Ist battalion of the 32d regiment,commanded by Colonel limns, has embarked for Jersey, they , relieve a regiment proceeding to Ireland. understand that there are several regiments from Ireland to Lord WELLINGTON'S army. Monday, that excellent and weU-disciplined pang cf Royal Artillery, commanded by FOSTER, marched from Leith Fort, on their Ireland. We mentioned on Tuesday, a duel having fought at Haddington. The parties, we were Captain RUTHERFORD, of the 25th regiment, Mr. CAHILL, the surgeon, who, in consequence misunderstanding which took place in the met in a park near Haddington, acocmpanied coeds, and exchanged two shots, by both c' Captain RUTIV.RFORD was -grounded, and Afterwards. Mri CAHILL, bas, in consequence, appeared. At a General Court-Martial held at Zante, 24th October, 1809, and subsequent days, Lieutenant Alexander Robertson, of the 35th regiment of foot, Was arraigned upon the following charges, viz.- Ist. With having got drunk on the evening of the !Id of Oc. Sober at Zante, the day upon which the company he belonged to disembarked there, and for having thereby Incapacitated himself from exerting that vigilance and attention towards the men, which his duty as a subaltern Officer required ; for having, on the contrary, afforded to the soldiery a shameful example of that irregularity which they had been forcibly enjoined to avoid. e.d. With having on the saute evening induced a sentinel to quit his post, &Mind his &stock, which he (the prisoner Lino. tenant Robertson) took from the said sentinel, wantonly and mations!) , divchargbg the sew in the public streets of Zante, thereby in the grossest amen offending against military disci pline, est:raging good enibromd prejudicing the minds of the habitants against the osmiliset and character of the British troops. The Court found the prisoner, Lieutenant Robert. son, guilty of the charges preferred against him, and adjudged him to be cashiered. His Majesty has been pleased to confirm the am tence of the Court, whereby Lieutenant Robertson is adjudged to be cashiered. The Commander in Chief directs that the charges above-mentioned together with the sentence of the Court and his Majesty's confirmation thereof, shall be read at the head of every corps, and entered in the regimental orderly books. tides of interest to our commercial readers, witn re- reduce it for near two months. Should this news and parrying the blows that are Oiled at them in were uaptain KUTHERFORD, ot the 25th reg i ment , an d spect to the present state of the Mediterranean trade. Mr. CAHILL, the surgeon, who, in consequence of a prove correct, we may soon expect to hear of a most oilier quarters." misunderstanding which took place in the mess. ruom , The following extracts are from the above journals : • SPAIN. sanguinary battle ! . met ill a park near Haddington, acocmpanied by se. OREBRO, AUGUST SS. We understand, however, that the dispatches from The following lett n. frosts an Officer commanding coe d s , andexchanged two shots, by both of whi c h ' It appears that the. rejection of the propositions of his Lordship, which are dated the 18th, state that the one of the British gun-boal6a Cadiz, ought to have Captain RUTHT.RFORD was wounded, and di e d soon afterwards. Mri CAHILL, has, in consequence, die his Danish Majesty, for his nomination as Crown army was in high health and spirits, and that none reached us on Tuesday ; but by some accident has Prince, gave that Monarch so much umbrage, that of the movements of the enemy had excited any ap . been delayed. It is, however, of sufficient interest to a PP eared • be positively forbade the Duke of Holstein Augustin- At a General Court-Martial held atZante, on the deserve a perusal : prehensions on the part of Lord Wemasioncne or his 24th October, 1809, and subsequent days, Lieutenant burg from accepting the nomination of Crown Prince I , Off Cadiz, August 19. ba the event of his being chosen; and it is even men- army. His Lordship has transmitted to Ministers " Alexander Robertson, of the 56th regiment of f oot , intercepted I have received yours, in which you accuse me was arraigned upon the following charges, viz.— an letter from NAPOLEON to MAMBA : tionedsin some letters, that the Duke was, for some of neglect in not writing, but be assured the fault is Ist. With having got drunk on the evening tithe 1124 of Oc. this letter, of which the original has been sent, is evi- tober at Zante, the day upon which the company he bsienpd to days placed en surveillance, to prevent his coming over. not mine. I have been out of the ship these fi ve di , embarked there, and for having thereby Inespacitated himself dently an answer to one from Messmea, in which he Counts Morner and R. Rosen have been deputed to months ; and a most harrassing time, I assure you, I Rona exerting that vigilance and attention towards the roes, which his a suern Oflcer required ; for havi, on had been soliciting a reinforcement of at least 40,000 felicitate the Prisme of Porte Corvo on his election. have had of it. We lie almost constantly within the contrary,w orded to ot the soldiery a shameful example of t hat troops. In his reply, NAPOLEON expresses himself to ROSTOCK, AUGUST 20. range of the enemy's shot and shells, and continually irregularity which they had been forcibly enjoined to avoid. the following effect : 2d. With having on the same evening induced a scininel to The Commander of the French troops, which ea- engaged in exchanging shot with their batteries, or quit his post, andlead his ilreloek, which he (the prisoner Lie 66 As to the reinforcement which you demand it is ki. tared this place three days ago, made a demand of . intercepting vessels in -shore, making over to them. tenant Robe rt son) seek from the said sentinel, wantonly and Impossible, at the present moment, to send you so malleimisly difehatibig the some in the public streets of SOO,OOO six-dollars, which was gradually lowered to H ow long we shall continue on this harrassing duty, thereby in r a t srasamemame. offending ageing milit lam; many troops. As soon as it is practicable, you shall ary dhei- -80,000 ; this not being complied with, the whole of lam unable to tell ; but unless the enemy raise the pline, flanging good estier,end prejudicing the minds of the In. have every possible assistance. In the mean time, . habitants against the emilblit and character of the British troops. our magazines, containing colonial produce, have been siege, (which they may as well do, for they will never you must bring the English to a general action. If The Court found the prisoner, Lieutenant Robert. put under seal, till the arrival of M. Bourienne, from take Cadiz), I imagine we shall remain here all the son, guilty of the charges preferred against him, and you are victorious, the Peninsula is our own. If you . Hamburgh, who, it is said, has full powers to adjust winter. adjudged him to be cashiered. are defeated, which is not unlikely, you will at any . the a ff air. 66 Since the enemy took the small fort of Mata- His Majesty has been pleased to confirm the sere STOCKHOLM, AUGUST 22. rate so weaken the enemy, as to furnish yourself with gorda, they have not advanced a foot ; they are con- tence of the Court, whereby Lieutenant Robertson is The last letters from Paris state, that Count Metter. the means of retreating to advantage." stantly employed in planning and building batteries, adirged to be cashiered. nick's negotiations chiefly relate to the present state In consequence of this letter, of the , genuineness of which arc destroyed nearly as fast as erected. Their bo he Commander rges in Chief directs that the du a ve•mentioned together with th e sentence of the of affairs in Serviu, which province, agreeably to the which Lord WELLINGTON was perfectly convinc e d , a principal operations are directed against the Dock- Court and his Majesty's confirmation thereof, shall be wishes of the greater part of its inhabitants, will be reinforcement of 4000 men had been ordered to be tranferred to Austria. detached from Cadiz to co-o crate with his Lord- yard, and the boats going to, and returning from the read at the head of every corps, and entered in the watering-place. The operations carrying on by the regimental orderly books. P ship, and these troops were daily expected at the date NAPLES, JULY 2& enemy are confined to such a small compass of We have received official accounts from Corfu of of his last dispatches. ground, (within two-thirds of gun-shot, on l y the water The ship G l ances ran outward-bound which an the 12th instant, according to which, the said Island The large fleet of transports , cons i sting o f 176 sail, rived at St. Helena the 9th of July, parted company , intercepting), that we can perceive all their motions on is in a state of complete security ; in the course of with troops for the British army in Spain and Portu- either side, even to the blowing of their matches; and the 13th May, with the lupus, Ste WN. Beesese, and last month the garrison was reinforced by 1500 men gal, which sailed on Friday last from Spithead, must DAVID Scorr ; the 14th May parted company with one day passes over another merely with exchanging t h e A NN , an d on th e 19 t h M a y p ar t e d c omp a ny with front the ports of Italy and Naples ;so many ships prove a most seasonable reinforcement. They are by few shot and shell. How long matters will coral. the PSIOZNIX, Pnarroso and Sovalncuo—The Gaon. have arrived with provisions and 4xnmt i nition , that this time well advanced on their voyage, having had , ' a GIANA packet had arrived in Bengal. nue in this way, I cannot pretend to tell ;but in my both articles are very plentiful at present. The price a fair wind ever since they sailed. and advance to. opinion, the enemy had better withdraw, for if they In one of the articles of a Benefit Society, at the of fl our has 'fallen 60 per cent. The English turn The following Letter, from an Officer in Lord o ff er to leave their entrenchments, west end of the town, the following description of all their attention to Turkey and Sicily, and are mere- WELLINGTON'S army, though not of so recent a date persons prohibited from becoming members thereof wards Cadiz, they will meet with a warm reception. ly cruizing off that Island without being able to in- as the accounts received by Government, contains' as One division of is inserted, viz. "no lawyer, or lawyer's clerk, or any our gun-boats at present guards other dangerous artificers." tercept the communication between Corfu and the some interesting particulars : the prison ships, and the other is stationed off Sr.At Hatton-larden Office, yesterday, GI" Apulian ports. The rest of the islands they have left, e August 136,1210. a smith, Mary's, to prevent any boats passing along shore • residing in Onslow-street, saffron-hill, was except St. Matra, which is perfectly free and unmo- "I do not know in what shape or way Govern- with supplies for the enemy. In this manner we re- charged with the murder of his wife, by cutting her kited. ment ma y t hink fit to g ive the report of the affair of ' Erre each other every 24 hours, without the least per- throat, and mangling her in various parts of the body, NAPLES, JULY 29. the 24th July, at the bridge of Almeida, but every 1 1 ceptible benefit to the . cause we are espousing, and as in presence of his brother and her sister, after their By a Decree of the Governor -General of the lonian one in this army considers it as an unwarrantable sa- return from Bartholomew Fair the preceding night. Islands, dated 12th June, it is enjoined to the inhabi- crifice of the lives of our brave fellows, because it was 1 matters at present stand, I think we shall remain stn- He was committed to abide the verdict of the Coroner. , tionary here for a long time. When any event worth Yesterday, at Guildhall, Steven, a notorious mitts', to give, within two days, an exact account of not possible that the least advantage could result notice occurs, you may rely on heating again from character, particularly well known at this office, was all the merchandizes of English or Colonial produce from it . ibrought up by the o ffi cers from Bartholomew Fair, I Yours, truly," which they have in their possession : after the second e Lieutenant-Colonel HULL, of the 43d regiment; • - and ordered by the Magistrates to be brought up on day, search will be made ; and all the merchandize had only taken the command of din regiment the night 1 The Lim; man of war, a ith the Persian Ambassa.. Friday. Strange and Cartwright were likewise brought up from the same place charged with having hand. not specified in the declaration shall be confiscated ; before. His fall, and that-of Captain CAMERON and ' dor, Sir WILLIAM and Sir GORE OUsELEY, and M r. ' • kerchiefs in their hats, of which they could not tell and the proprietors will be, besides, compelled to pay Lieutenant MASON, of the same regiment, are the i MORIER, and suite, arrived safe at Madeira in the be. the marks ; they were also remanded till Friday, as a fine equal. to three times the value of the goods so more to be lamented, as they had no means of die. Iginning of last month. Sir Goes landed, and remained were B. Childe, J. Sullivan, and J. Davis, all under 'on shore three days. The Persian Ambassador did confiscated. tinguishing themselves, or of gaining the least credit. s i m ilar charges. LEGHORN, AUGUST 2. not land, anxious to avoid any thing that might pos- If they bad, it would have been some consolation to , sibly lead to further delay, and being apprehensive MP diani Ritintaa, a journeyman blacksmith, was - An Eaglish ship of the line and two frigates have' • charged by the keeper of a stall in Bartholomew Fair, their friends. I that his stay in England was as long as circumstances for some days been in sight of our port, from which would admit. with pushing wilfully against his stall, so as to upset " By some mismanagement, we were placed in a no vessel dare go out. A Treaty of C o mme rc e'has been arranged with the and break two skew - glasses, full of goods, which were pos7tion commanded in every direction, and fromdamaged, and he reckoned his loss to be g 5. The We yesterday heard along and brisk cannonade which • Deputies from the Caraccas, in the 4th article of it was impossible to fall back on the Bridge,young man stated, that owing to the pressure of the which, we understand that Great Britain, on her from the South. ; we are as yet ignorant to what 4 , th e stall to save part, crowd he had put his foot against without being exposed to a most destructive fire, and en gages t he trade of those 1 •• to protect was owing. - • ,himself from falling. His Master, the perse , e • the ground we had to cross was of that difficult any hostile attempt that may be made to destroy it ; - - .MALTA , JULY 24. whom he now lodges, and the person with . whom ti . 'rho sequeitnations which have been placed on nature, that I cannot look back without astonishment a singular embarrassment thus arises from the late blockading Proclamation of the Regency of Spain. It lodged for the two years before, gave him an excel- thick ProiliWt,airs, Jaa . the ports ef France and Italy, ' hag •at our having got off so well. It was through lent character. The latter person paid down a gui- is oaderstotad that M. LOPEZ has rep resented the se- eatised a - lhiiii sieltation lti'diiiPlace. Some of flit Faeineyards intersected with deep trenches, and walls were measures w hi c h may .taken .• se t h e Native nick for him, which the stall-keeper accepted as some sie or raven feet high. 7.: been allowed time r:chsst English commercial houses have been declaral •• compensation for th e damages be had sustained. insolneat, 4ISCI many others established in the Levu . Lem they would have tarty such a menace info execution, and it is believed to have fallen back upon i _ , . w a . journeyman carpen t e r , was c harged . .. at Union Hall, on su s p i c i on of stealing a quantity o f are theeseessed with the same catastrophe. been as much in our favour as in the enemy ' s; but that the Marquis waist& concurred in the views. —It port wine, under the following circumstances. and wishes of the American Deputy, and that it has other ,'iii Toittleh ships, which had not English licences, they were in such force, that we were in imminent . been determined in the Cabinet to interpose • appeared that the prisoner and a number of with the . a4siro bad not paid the duty imposed by the Eng- danger of our flanks being turned, and our retreat Spanish Government in favour of those Western De- woe's-men have been employed for some time in re- lista. Issii been declared good prizes. They were to the bridge cut off;. Our retreat was therefore so pendencies which still profess to maintain friendly re- Pa i r i ng the premises of Mr. Cleesby, in Philpot:lanet taken by seas Ea frigate in the Marta. precipitate, that it was impossible for the men to take lations with the Parent Country. and, on Saturday last, a Clerk in the house , in th e advantage of the ground, and while they were scram- The Lords Commissioners for Trade fiave been absence of Mr. Cleesby, having occasion to go down that the door had been Apleased to acquaint the merchants, trading to the to the wine cellar, discovere d . ..._ bling through the vines, the French had only coolyopened by means of removing a piece of wood within Hiabiessurre came to town yesterday, about 12 iediterranean. that the Government of Algiers have o'clock, escorted by a party of light horse, Ste. from to climb the walls as we left them, and, withotit OUT ceded to his Majesty the extensive and fertile track of which the bolt of the lock shut, and that sev l eral .os bot Windsor, and was received at the Queen's Palace by being able to touch them, annoy us considerably.— , territory on the African coast, betwixt, and compre- ties of wine had been taken. He immed iate l y i in t ' h e; the Dukes of YORK, CUMBERLAND, and CAMBRIDGE. Had they come upon us by surprise, there would have , hending,.the settlements of La Cala and Bona ; from t ad some wi ne the workmen, and on c largingth en, Te d ex- prisoner, though he denied the charge, appea At two o'clock the King held a Private Levee, been some excuse for us ; but we were waiting for whence the French African Company, in their trade he was which was attended by— hours in expectation of them, and ought therefore to from Marseilles, have, till recently, derived essential • tremely anxious to get home ; this,bowever, prevented doing till an o ffi cer had been procured to Tise Lord President of the Connell, the First Lord of the , advantages , during a period of above 1.50 years. have bad every advantage. On the sight of the 24th ac company him, and on their arrit.4 at the p r isoner's Tnisery and Chancellor of the Exchequer, the three secretaries Letters from Vir • •the Virginia to 3d of August were lodging, he contrived to get up stairs first, and s of State, the President of the Board of Trade, the Lord Chan. we retreated two leagues, from thence the next day , rece i ve d yesterday. They state, that the A mer i can cells of Ireland, the Commander in Chief, the Judge Advocate , sa ying something to his wife in a language could T • d• to n•eixa as, and the day after to this place, where Government had transmitted orders to' Norfolk, di- Lards HeathSeld (Goldstick), Boston (in waitin g ), Major De: 1- the officer did not understand, before they limy Barclay, Sit Thomas Trigg., Mr. Herbert, (Groom in we havo remained ever since, just as quiet' as if there resting that all the ships of war should prepare for get into the room several bottles were thrown out waiting). sell immediately, to cruize off the adjacent coasts -- were not a Frenchman in the country. P at a window into a back yard, which, on being The following were presented to the Kier; : and in case any molestation should be offered either 41 We have about $OOO dragoons in front of us, examined afterwards, was found strewed with frae- fitalor DIL AN E T BARCLAY, Of the Royal York Rangers, Aide. to the armed or ' • trading ships of the Republic, force o f ; bottles , meats g ass and flowing with the juice de-Canip to the Commander in Chief, on his promotion. and the French seem determined to give us plenty of should be repelled by force. It is conjectured, th at of the grape. On a further search, Goif, the OSMI Lord Maoism's. the Lard Chaneellor ef Ireland, upon his er r" rest. We never turn out now in the morning, and , the late disagreeable affair between the Moselle andand, from a rivekht England.found a bottle of Port down the Privy, have an out picket every other day . From the' the Vixen has led to this unfriendly and s uspicious His blmicry gave audiences to the Marquis Wm.. al ly mea s u re . It • added in t h e lett ers mark on the cork, the prosecutor was enabled to sal_ ink*. Earls LIVERPOOL and BATRIPAY, Sir Days arrangements which are. making, it would seem we.l is part . icu . ars, that the Slays of Virginia h ad risen Dedessae, Mis;prs. Powers/tn. Toluca, RIMUtp and are likely to remain here some time ; it, however, mettle to the quantity of wine missing, but believ e nontrost.. l'be tarter laid before his Alain th• tee mustdepend on the movements of the French. It is mama their Masters, and that several families of the I t to amount to 14 dozen. 'lle prisoner was WI 't, hest distinction, among whom was a General conamitted for txiaL vas of several CourtnitatsiaL - . not yet rightly known whether they have commenced oScer, had fallen victims to their vengeance. . - ' . ' - -... . . • . NAPLES, JULY tO. By a Decree of the Goveinor-General of the lonian Islands, dated 12th June, it is enjoined to the inhabi. taatti, to give, within two days, an exact account of all the merchandizes of English or Colnnial produce which they have in their possession : after the second day, search will be made; and all the merchandize not specified in the declaration shall be confiscated ; and the proprietors will be, besides, compelled to pay a fine equal. to three times the value of the goods so confiscated. LEGHORN, AUGUST 2. - An English ship of the line and two frigates hate ' for some days been in sight of our port, from which no vessel dare go out. We yesterday heard a long and brisk cannonade from the South; we are as yet ignorant to what it; was owing. - .MALTA, JULY 24. 'The sequeetheions- which have been placed on TPAirftire;.::in_the ports of France and Italy, - has eatisea ilia* Sensation irriliiOace. Sortie of die richest English commercial houses have been decialni insolvetai 4nd many others established in the Levant are shaotseard with the same catastrophe. ...ZrO 'Nita!) ships, which had not English licences, antirbit hid not paid the duty imposed by the Eng lis declared good prizes. They were taken by an - English frigate in the Morea. 1.16 -MAirsrr came to town yesterday, about l 2 o'clock, escorted by a party of light horse, &c. from Windsor, and was received at the Queen's Palace by the Dukes of Yomc, CUMEZRLAND, and CASIBRIDOE. At t*o o'clock the King held a Private Levee, which was attended by— 'llse Lord President of the Connell, the First Lord of the Tmosery and Chancellor of the Exchequer, the three Secretaries of State, the President of the Board of Trade, the Lord Chan. cellar of Ireland, the Commander in Chief, the Judge Advocate Lords Heathfield (Goldstick), Boston (in waiting), Major De: limey Samlay, Sir Thomas Trigg*, Mr. Herbert, (Groom in waiting). following were presented to the Kiso : DILLANET Saactov, ciao Royal York Rarrgers,Aido. to the Commander le Chief, on his promution. the Lord Chanodlor of Ireland, upon his am. _ to the Marquis Wu and BATIMUMIN Sir Um 's, Iroins, RIMIllt, at 'his Mums tie v ' : THE EV. G STAR. LONDON. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6. ?ICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK, 11110' Cont. Cons. mosey, 671--acc. 681. Wavy S per Cent. 9911—Exchequer Bills par to Is. pr. Booth Ins. 425. prern.—Oennlum 9 di.. PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. 111 per O. Rad. es ii Omnium 61 dls. per Cast. Cons. 67 68 6711 India Bonds Su 21e. prem. I per Cast. Navy psi Exch. Bills par ss. prem. Lag Aisne 18 9.16 7-161 Cons. for sec. 6811-11 This morning a Gottenburgh Mail arrived, by which we have received Swedish and German papers. The former communicate no intelligence of im portance : the appointment of BERNADOTTE, as Crown Prince, has called forth no expressions of approbation or disapprobation throughout Sweden; and the people seem quite tame on the subject of patriotism or , na tional spirit. The German papers contain some ar ticles of interest to our commercial readers, with re. spect to the present state of the Mediterranean trade. The following extracts are from the above journals : PORTUGAL The HARPY gun-brig, of IS guns, Captain Rut- MET, with a convoy from Oporto, passed Plymouth, going up channel on Tuesday morning. This fleet, - when it left Oporto, sixteen days before, consisted of 32 sail ; but we are sorry to learn by a passenger who was landed at Plymouth, that two of the convoy were captured by a French lugger privateer, 50 leagues westward of the Lizard. By a transport arrived at Plymouth from Lisbon,l accounts have been received from Lord WELLING TON'S army of so late a date as the 22d ult. No change had taken place in the position of the army ; 1 but we have reason to believe that Government have learned that the late movement of MAMMA, which was considered as indicating an intention of retreating, was only for the purpose of concentrating his army. It was generally thought that he would endeavour to bring Lord WELLINGTON to an action, and that he would mask Almeida, but not attempt to carry on the siege, as there was no likelihood of his being able to reduce it for near two months. Should this news prove correct, we may soon expect to hear of a most sanguinary battle ! We understand, however, that the dispatches from his Lordship, which are dated the l Bth, state that the army was in high health and spirits, and that none of the movements of the enemy had excited any ap. prehensions on the part of Lord WELLiNorox or his army. His Lordship has transmitted to Ministers an intercepted letter from NAPOLEON to MASSENA this letter, of which the original has been sent, is evi dently an answer to one from MASSENA, in which he had been soliciting a reinforcement of at least 40,000 troops. In his reply, NAPOLEON expresses himself to the following effect : 66 As to the reinforcement which you demand it is impossible, at the present moment, to send you so many troops. As soon as it is practicable, you shall have every possible assistance. In the mean time, you must bring the English to a general action. Tf you are victorious, the Peninsula is our own. If you are defeated, which is not unlikely, you will at any rate so weaken the enemy, as to furnish yourself with the means of retreating to advantage." In consequence of this letter, of the genuineness of which Lord WELLINGTON was perfectly convinced, a teinforcement of 4000 men had been ordered to be detached from Cadiz to co-operate with his Lord ► ship, and these troops were daily expected at the date of his last dispatches. The large fleet of transports, consisting of 176 sail, with troops for the British army in Spain and Portu gal, which sailed on Friday last from Spithead, must prove a most seasonable reinforcement. They are by this time well advanced on their voyage, having had a fair wind ever since they sailed. The following Letter, from an Officer in Lord WELLINGTON'S army, though not of so recent a date as the accounts received by Government, contains some interesting particulars : " August 136,1810. " I do not know in what shape or way Govern ment may think fit to give the report of the affair of the 24th July, at the bridge of Almeida, but every one in this army considers it as an unwarrantable sa crifice of the lives of our brave fellows, because it was not possible that the least advantage could result from it. Lieutenant-Colonel HULL, of the 43d regiment; had only taken the command of the regiment the night before. His fall, and that.of Capt tin CAMERON and Lieutenant MASON, of the same regiment, are the more to be lamented, as they had no means of dis tinguishing themselves, or of gaining the least credit. If they bad, it would have been some consolation to their friends. es By some mismanagement, we were placed in a pos7tion commanded in every direction, and from which it was impossible to fall back on the Bridge, without being exposed to a most destructive fire, and the ground we had to cross was of that difficult nature, that I cannot look back without astonishment at our having got off so well. It was through thick f-vineyards intersected with deep trenches, and walls 61 , or s;:ven feet high. N i pe been allowed time to have fallen back upon ikm, they would have been as much in our favour as in the enemy's; but they were in such force, that we were in imminent danger of our flanks being turned, and our retreat to the bridge cut off. Our retreat was therefore so precipitate, that it was impossible for the men to take advantage of the ground, and while they were scram bling through the vines, the French had only cooly to climb the walls as we left them, and, withotit our being able to touch them, annoy U 3 considerably.— Had they come upon us by surprise, there would have been some excuse for us; but we were waiting for hours in expectation of them, and ought therefore to have bad every advantage. On the sight of the 24th we retreated two leagues, from thence the next day to Freixadas, and the day after to this place, where we havo remained ever since, just as quiet as if there were not a Frenchman in the country. I: the buidtardment of 41ineida, lint I should rather • think not ;• they are said to have ieng thousand men • before it. . • • a A letter from some person in this army, to a Merchant of Oporto,• after the business of the 24th, had the effect of throwing that city into some conster nation. So much so, that applications were made to the ships of war to take vessels, English property, &c. under their protection. Admiral 13mucaLEY has made a report of this imptoper communication to Lord W-21 " LISBON. AUGUST It. as With the exception of those operations connected with militat y objects, and the supply of provisions, commerce is at a stand, and must remain so, until we are certain that Massena has given up for this year the thoughts of taking possession of his kingdom.— Our intelligence is of a satisfactory nature, so far as relates to this part of Portugal, which is looked upon as safe. Then may be still some grounds of suspi cion as to Oporto, if the French have a force suffi ciently strong to allow of their pushing on that way, and parrying the blows that are aimed at them in other quarters." 4.-Adier -C ent . tton with Si r mentioned as that Gen era l is Command- Vimiera, and a time with- army. Th e before distin. ma, HAY and lately sailed :,eomtnanded Jersey, where Ireland. We invents going my. con. I by Captain their route for having been we now learn, regiment, and asequence of he mess-room, npanied by is. both of which and died soon sequence, dis. Zante, on the ,ys, Lieutenant ;anent of foot, .ges, viz.— of the !ad of Oc• iny he belonged to spacitated himself towards the men, ; for having, on id example of that tied to avoid. aced a sentinel to the prisoner Lies. Nei, wantonly and streets of Zutte, lost military &sei- se minds of the In. the British troop. 'tenant Robert. ;ainst him, and SPAIN. The following lett n. from an Officer commanding one of the British gun-boats it Cadiz, ought to have reached us on Tuesday; but by some accident has been delayed. It is, however, of sufficient interest to deserve a perusal: " Off Cuffs, August IS. " I have received yours, in which you accuse me of neglect in not writing, but be assured the fault is not mine. I have been out of the ship these five months ; and a most harrassing time, I assure you, I have had of it. We lie almost constantly within range of the enemy's shot and shells, and continually engaged in exchanging shot with their batteries, or intercepting vessels in -shore, making over to them. How long we shall continue on this harrassing duty, I am unable to tell ; but unless the enemy raise the siege, (which they may as well do, for they will never take Cadiz), I imagine we shall remain here all the winter. " Since the enemy took the small fort of Mata gorda, they have not advanced a foot ; they are con stantly employed in planning and building batteries, which arc destroyed nearly as fast as erected. Their principal operations are directed against the Dock yard, and the boats going to, and returning from the watering-place. The operations carrying on by the enemy are confined to such a small compass of ground, (within two-thirds of gun-shot, only Me water intercepting), that we can perceive all their motions on either side, even to the blowing of their matches; and one day passes over another merely with exchanging The ship Cianweema outward-bound which ar rived at St. Helena the 9th of July, parted company the 13th May, with the INDus, 6te N. BCNSLRY, and DAVID Scorr ; the 14th May parted company with the ANN, and on the 19th May parted company with the PDOINIX, PRISTON, and Sovasieure—The Gant;. DIANA packet had arrived in Bengal. In one of the articles of a Benefit Society, at the west end of the town, the following description of persons prohibited from becoming members thereof is inserted, viz. " no lawyer, or lawyer's clerk, or any other dangerour artificers." At Hatton-larden Office, yesterday, GI" a smith; residing in Onslow-street, saffron-hill, was charged with the murder of his wife, by cutting her throat, and mangling her in various parts of the body, In presence of his brother and her sister, after their return from Bartholomew Fair the preceding night. He was committed to abide the verdict of the Coroner. Yesterday, at Guildhall, Steven, a notorious character, particularly well known at this office, was brought up by the officers from Bartholomew Fair. and ordered by the Magistrates to be brought up on The Liosr man of war, a nth the Persian Ambassa- Friday. Strange and Cartwright were likewise brought dor, Sir WILLIAM and Sir GORE OUSELEY, and Mr. up from th same place, charged wi havin hnd kerchiefs in e their hats, of which they th g could not tell MORIER, and suite, arrived safe at Madeira in the ginningbe the marks ; they were also remanded till Friday , as oflast month. Sir Gone landed, and remained were B. Childe, J. Sullivan, and J. Davis, all under on shore three days. The Persian Ambassador did similar charges. not land, anxious to avoid any thing that might pos sibly lead to further delay, and being apprehensive 11/illiant Mantas, a journeyman blacksmith, was that his stay in England was as long as circumstances charged by the keeper of a stall in Bartholomew Fair , with pushing wilfully against his stall, so as to upset would admit. A Treaty of Commerce i has been arranged with the and break twu skew-glasses, full of goods, which were Deputies from the Citraccas, in the 4th article of damaged, and he_ reckoned his loss to be , e 5. The which, we understand that Great Britain, on her part, you n g man stated, that owing to the pressure oldie engages to protect the trade ofthose settlements against crowd he had put his foot against the stall to save himself from falling. His Master, the person with any hostile attempt that may be made to destroy it ; whom he now lodges, and the person with whom be a singular embarrassment thus arises from the late blockading Proclamation of the Regency of Spain. It . lodged for the two years before, gave him an mei is understood that M. LOPEZ has represented the se- Thelatter person lent character . . paid down a gui ''vere measures which may liostaken against . nea tor him, which the stall-keeper accepted as some for th e damages be had sustained. Spaniards In the Colonies, should it be attempted to c ompen sa tion . the Native carry such a menace into execution, and it is believed that the Marquis WEc.Lusta% concurred in the views JO" Pettit, a journeyman carpenter, was charged . at Union Hall, on suspicion of stealing a quantity o f I and wishes of the American Deputy, and that it has port wine, under the following circumstances:—lt he • been determined in the Cabinet to interpose with the appeared that the prisoner and a number of of r workmen have been employed for some time in re - Spanish Government in favour of those Western De- thepremises pendencies which still profess to maintain friendly re- pairing of Mr. Cleesby, in Philpot - lane; lations with the Parent Country. The Lords Commissioners for Trade fiave been and, on Saturday last, a Clerk in the house, in the absence of Mr. Cleesby, having occasion to go do wn leased to acquaint the merchants, trading to the to the wine cellar, discovered that the door had b een • editerranean. that the Government of Algiers have opened by means eeded to his Majesty the extensive and fertile track of w hich the bolt of the lock s hut, and that several hot of removing a piece of wood within territory on the African coast, betwixt, and compre- ties of wine had been taken. He immediately insPec' bending, the settlements of La Cala and Bona ;from whence the French African Company, in their trade fed some of the workmen, and on charging them, the prisoner,_though heden ied the charge. appeared ex from Marseilles, have, till recently, derived essential tremely anxious . . advantages, during a period of above 150 years. prevented doing till an o ffi cer had been procured to to get home ; th is, - however, he was Letters from Virginia to the 3d of August were accompany him, and on their arri o . 4at the prisoner!' received yesterday. They state s that the American lodging, he contrived to get up stairs first and. ich Government had transmitted orders to Norfolk, di- saying somethin g to his wife in a language wh, recting that all the ships of war should prepare for see immediately, to cruise off the adjacent coasts , the officer did not understand, before they could get into the room several bottles were thrown out and in case any molestation should be offered either at a window into a back yard, which, on being examined afterwards, was found strewed with (rag' to the armed or trading ships of the Republic, f orce meats of glass bottles, and flowing with the Pi c. should be repelled by force. It is conjectured. that the late disagiveable affair between the Moselle and of the grape. On a further search, Goff, the Offiwi the Vixen has led to this unfriendly and auspicious mark on the cork, the prosecutor was enabled to sal; found a bottle of Port down the Privy, and, from a measure. It is added in the letters containing these i t was hi s . bi t , p ec an could not s wes , particulars, that the Slaves of Virginia had risen exact l y to t h e quant i t y o f wine missing, but believr igainst their Masters, and that several families of the I t to a mount to 14 donee. 'jam prisoner wa fit " 'u hest distinction, among whom was a General: vo m m i tte d for pia. 01ficer, had fallen victims to their vengeance. - :- A few shot and shell. How long matters will conu. nue in this way, 1 cannot pretend to tell ; but in my opinion, the enemy had better withdraw, for if they offer to leave their entrenchments, and advance to. wards Cadiz, they will meet with a warm reception. 4 4 One division of our gun-boats at present guards the prison ships, and the other is stationed off St. Mary's, to prevent any boats passing along shore with supplies for the enemy. In this manner we re lieve each other every 24 hours, without the least per ceptible benefit to the• cause we are espousing, and as matters at present stand, I think we shall remain sta tionary here for a long time. When any event worth notice occurs, you may rely on hearing again from yours, truly,"