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THE NATTOXAL REGMTETL AUG. A. Mrs. CialtlCll from publishing his Letter to vov, which was given to Mrs. CLARE for her satisfaction, as to who were the parties concerned in the inccstigatkm, and (what is more likely) to prevent the publication of her Letter to you. But Mrs. CT.Aitsli: (you ought to have known) has too much. spirit to be intimidated by you. To use a vulgar adage--She has lived too long- in a wood-to lie seared by an (ltd.—That transaction has already .remained too long in a state of mysterious uncertainty, not at all favourable to the illustrious delinquent; a continuance of it may pra duce mischiefs, not only to the parties concerned, but to the nation, and can tend only to the advantage and sails. fact:on, because it screens only the profligate and the guilty. " Knowing the thing to exist," can only mean, knowing that Major Donn has a copy of the Letters."—lt was un• derstoml to be a part of the settlement respecting Mrs. CLA A% E'S Memoirs, that no copy of the Letters was pre: served. Was the writer of this anonymous scrawl ignorant, that if he had basely and surreptitiously taken a copy of them, it would not, and could not, affect any supposed en gagement on the part of MN. CLARICE, which would be construed to extend only to what was in her power, custody, or pus scion. But all this is trifling to the menace con tained in the fpliowin passage : There is a tail: of some Forged Acceptances to be used against yon—take rare of YOURSELF. If, Fir ' you' would preserve the little remains of character that bt long to you, for God's sake, convince the public that you have nothing Otto with this incendiary Letter. 1 repeat, that no doubt is entertained as to who was the infamous miscreant that wrote it. Nobody who has ever seen his writing can doubt it. It has been exhibited to many who know his band, and not one—no, Sir, not one, ,has hesitated to pronounce the scoundrel by name. Whatever political enmity I may have, I entertain no personal dislike to you; and if you are capa,ble of a manly dignified conduct, take a decisive part Upon this occasion, anti expose the wretch who has descended to such villainy, even though he should have been your friend, your adviser, or even your co•operator. The transactions to which these forged acceptances allude, shall be given in my next Letter. a constant tire upon their column, woods fount it-s it . 4 iiged to retire vi ill, some loss. (;eneral Luison ordered the vit e• to he ;mimed, as also that of in revenge for their ha viii as sassinated 85 cha:..scurs of the 51:i regiment.—on the 24th, all the troops formed a junction at Puebla de S;inahria, which place they left on the 19th and 30th, nut, .irrived at Comoro, on the Lit and 2(1 of July. The Marshal requests his Maje.t v Joseph to -end him the succour he had applied for 4111 the 30th of May. " Your Majesty," he says, " mind be sensible, 11..1( it i 4 pow inure (lion five mouthy Sinew I have received any orders. notices, or succours of any kind, and con7:cquenily that I mu-. he in *%:.nt of many things, and ignorant of the general dill:o34ton.. the establishment of an Hospital is iiiiiispenSable, and a • of provivions for four mouths, %hick would be the only means to prevent the French from being obliged to (seek them in the . houses of the peolants, and being murdered by them. For this, asid to put Clallicia iu a state of defense, a million of reals would be necessary." FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FROM THE SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE PAPERS. LtsanN, JULY 17.—Seville papers have been received down to the 7th instant, which state, that Lieutenant-General Irene gas made a report to the Central Junta, undcw (Lite of the Ist in stant, informing the Junta of a glorious action, which took place in the night between the 28th and 29th of last month, and in which he routed five French regiments of foot, two of horse, two of chasseurs, and on, of Uhlans, with the loss 114 slain, and many wounded, according to the report of the deserters.— ( Lisbon Gazette. July 170 BADAJOS, JULY 11.—The English hene 7 qttarters are atTo ria, and their advanced guard at Placentia. Gen. Wellesley has promised, that by the 10th instant, he would he in front of our army, on the right batik of the Tagus. On the sth, the English arrived at Placentia; and, on the same day the French burned the town of Calera, and afterwards retired to Talavera de la Reyna. On the 7th inst. the English were pr paring to cross the Tietar.—(Diarin de Badajnz.) LISBON, JULY Il.—ln a letter from Marshal Soult to Ge nera, Franeeschi, dared Puebla de Sanabria, June 20, the former writes that he had set out with his division ler Camara, by the svay of Mon Buei ; that he had represented to his Cat bon( 111Hjesty, Don Joseph I. that his troops were in want of all kinds of necessaries, and requesting that the requisite baggage and military stores should he sent to him at Camara. In a letter from Marshal Soult to Joseph Napoleon, he writes (bat he had left in Lugo 96T sick. " The insurgents," he says, " Lakin advantage of a good position at St. Claudio, kept up INTELLIGENCE FROM MADRID. - - BADAJOZ, JULY 6.—Ott the 'id, 3d, and 4th inst. consider blertgitation was observed among the French ; they made seve • rut arrests, 'and sent away many carriages laden with invalids, civil officers, and equipages; on the 4th, at night, the plate belonging to Marshal Jordan, and two other Generals, was packed up; the intrusi lie King was making preparations for his Journey to Granja; the day before yesterday the works at the country palace, and at the Retiro, were discontinued; but the most .remarkable is, that a considerable quantity of artillery * bombs 1 4nd grenades, hiss been sent to Castile. COIMBRA, JULY 13.—8 y intelligence from our frontiers. it appears that the headquarters of the British army were, on the 30th of June, at Zara Mayor; and, by advice, received yesterday, we learn that they were since at Placentia. General Cnesta had sent a Lieutenant-General to the latter place, to compliment General Wellesley, and, it is probable, also to confer upon the operations of the two armies. STATE PAPERS. GREAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA. DIR. CANNING TO MR. FINCKNEY. • Fordg - le Vice, April 30, 1509. Sitt 3 —When I had the honour to transmit to you on the t:eith of December last, the Orders iu Council pa-sed on the 2lst of that month, I . referred to that passage of my Official Note of the 23d of September, ISOB., in which I stated to you that " it is not improbable, in :eed, that some 'alterations may be made in the Orders in Council, as they are at• present framed, alterations calculated not t 3 abate their spirit or impair their principle, but to adapt them more exactly to the different state of things which has fortunately grown up in Europe,_and to combine all practicable relief to neutrals with a mare severe pressure upan the enemy"—and I at the same time ex plaineil to you the grounds on which the design of the larger alterations, which had been in contemplation in September, was for the time laid aside.—By the Order of Council, which 1 have now the humour to inclose to you, that design, as explained in my Official Note of September 23d, is fully carried into exectetion.-1. have the honour to he, with the highest consideration, Sir, your 'oust obedient humble servant, GEORGE CANNING. (Signed) frilliam Pinckney, Esq. bcc. Sce. scc. [Here follows the British order of the Mit of April. 3 MR. ERSKINE TO MR. smtru. ff r ushinglun, June 15, 1809. Filtt,—T have the honour to inclose the copy ►►f an order of his Majesty in Countil, issued on the 26th of April last. In consequence of official communications sent to me fro►n his Ala• jetty's Government, since the adoption of that measure, I am enabled to assure you that it has no connection whatever with the overtures which I have been authorised to make to theTio. vcrnment of the United States, and that lam persuaded that the (ems of the agreement so hapily concluded by the recent nego• tion will be strictly fulfilled on the part of his 31: jest The i.vteruul evidence of the Order itself would folly justify the foregoing construction; t;nd moreover it will _sot have neap-