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pgivj itEPONDENCE. rI‘CTIcARILITV OF KEEPING WALCHCRF.N. TrAV rtit, SVPT. 11.-1111 my last 1 staled that :he fire p,% could, vritbont diaeulty, !wing the whole of hi. It.oth.gc c g re.la, by the e3sod of Ghent, into the Scheldt ; and (has 11.ev ems he mitigated down the river no one can pretend to ,e, pa te. Tat idea of eventing our impediment to the navi g ition of the Scheldt by the tiolving it vessel+, or any alch ells diem, is now altogether alvand.med. The Isis, the Ley , en, tae nod the Prince-1 of tleneige, which :tee the Intended to have been sunk, have returned to England. - +ldlenly has this great scheme been adopted and ;than • I.:deed the wonder, among n ell-informed peewits, tt., 4 1 it should h:.ve been ever entert•iieee.. The .cherner, no ..14, borrowed the idea from the conduct of the notch, • go)s of yore, contrived to prevent Ilse navigation of tie .itirldt and stop the commerce on novivierp by a similar 'K....rote; but then it seems not r.. hive ovenrred to thi schemer thot the Dutch were at the lino" in pris-oN.-sou of both • of the river, and of a one it fore.• also, and, therefore, c abled to prevent the Austrian p rot er from even attempthig to ari+e the ship+ th..y srr souk, or to throw open the naviga tion of the Sehei.li. _ " Ito% A PARTS basing nnw the memo of bringing his do tillv into the Seheidt, sod having troops in aisun lane.• to em ploy, I would ask any naval &Seer acquainigd t. ith this i. 1.0 I, whetii.•, - be c 641.1 a lettlate thlt our fleet r. midst, gataste w ttch the coast to mil u• s'es. add untlerall eircum. staaces, as in piereot the enemy from tending over an hde quote force for its reJactisu }. It may prob.ibl) be matsered, that he could not do so without risling Gt. destructims, any withaut being exposed to the certain loos el' a numlier of his t*.mps and bouts. —firotttell ; but sill this achnioion weigh a„1::Ist the probability an attempt heing mode to recover Itialchelen, in the mind of nay nova oho enseiticrs the eh %- tarter of Eoa.sr.sß rot, anal t. ho 'nark; his in4filference even to the certainty of al cinaiderable sacrifice, if net.esoiry to the attaionsent of any object he desires to pluses'? That he de sire- iti possess Waleberen, that he e 11l toot allow us the sti r „ph u j rr lai l sia; it, I ive..k there can nattily be a doubt. `• it may be *aid, th .t olthough tile enemy tivcceed Li eon veytoA an arm) to Walvhcrett in the way I . have deseribed, it does not follow that hr oillsucreed to reduking t it Wand t becauie, if his iavoling arias should be too strung for o. .r force to encounter ist the field, it will be itrthe p er of the latter to take shelter Its the garrisuni, and watt (or rrihron.c meats fruta Enghnitl. Thus the b%tile may brroce vrry At otmate, and the aciptisition of Walchereu rather dilicult to 80% trans e. But if it is meant to relaM t ti, it Lad upon such a calculatioe, let it be reelllected that nor autaAnnist has i. in hi. poorr to furnia:t teinforeenvents 1.. r outtninsbering what we can, altos all our faciitks of etsoveyatwe, at any ume (-outlive to atford. .` The enly plowibie plan that I have henr.l of for retails ling lYalcheren was Lid, a. I iimierstirod, berme Lord Cis T is 4 II imtnedtatetya♦flcr be the command of the army its D.•tt•laud. This :lan. which certainly :sets a ,vind mili try propo►iti..u. would iuduie not ouly tor i»s-esfion of Walchereri hut of ad thc i. 4 mda brim-en the iid , tero and Waters Scheldt, namely, Mae of South fievetend, North Beveland, and Wulfardsdy h. With that view• it nits pro. puset, to inundate a certain part of South fietelorid towards itcrgereopilmen ; thus the means of communicating between etut ivlaini and the Conti.lt•nt would be teem% c:', and it wiaild be in our power to introduce any naval force we tieought neereart into 11w Leitrim Schel it, w herr they would b. available fir resi.ting an iova-i in, himaie, unlike the eba'mel w Inch divides Waleheren from Smith flint-land, our trawls would, in the Eastern liiebrldt, have plenty of water and room to snrk in. So that s bile tht defence of t t whole of thn:r i,k n ds, which, together, would form a consi vlerable territorial acque , ition, until , ' be twice practicable: by obi; cour..• of proceeding it would not, L am assured, bt aftcadrd with any more earner, or require a Larger military and uatal finer, than it cotifestally treasury to attempt the reteuti.•u of ibis i.land. Slut Beveland belts; evacuated, this plan i- saw a dead Liter. When, however. it was brat sab tit led t'..e consideration of Lord Cit.t . ru v vt, there wan quite .i:r.e eitnal.h tt► carry it into executiois: but that Noble .;rsuer is s.iiti to hate been, that be must wait fax ..tro, limb final " I shall fallow up Vas %uhject item!, nest, anl pap ticolarly ith rre.arti lo any calculAtiono that ran be reasorrthly form etl apou tau thspesatiou of ,he inhahitauts tunurds our lute- Scots " Thrcogli the elerti.tes of Dr. FAUI.KVER, II 110 is the soperititeutAng Physician, at Middlebur,O, and whose active atteoda ire throughout has net the marked appro;iiition or Sir Eliot: t wile, a naliical hospital ha; hero evtablished for Ike utficers at NI iddleburg. The advantages likeli 4o ft••• soh from this iustitittuin, iihirla is quite mew in the tirivy, su - e numerous and i:ap4maat, and highly desirable to officers: it is, hasever, at tlw di-c. dine of each officer to avail bias. sif of Ciere advantages or not. I am happy to learn that the•iet are Amoinr, on remarkably well al the great hospital of Rainmakein, under the superia• • U•: d :t.ce of Il e. littet s E. " The lot for as; iottining the pogse , -sioo of this Waled r going on-1V hat inf.ttuatiost!!!" On Thursday next, being St. Matthew's day, according to annual custom, the Lonn 11AYou, Aldermen, S' eriffs, and Governors of the several Royal Hospitals, will attend Divine Service at Christ Church. After a Seri tttttt , preached by the Rev. JOHN ROGERS PITMAN, A. B. they will re pair to the Gnat Hall, in Christ's Hospital, where two Orations will be delivered, In Lpils, by RICHARD Minos AOAMII, and in &Wish, by Thomas AQUIIA that, two of the Senior setola:s of the Grammar School. Numerals. gangs of rubbers infest the various teems of Germany, sad set at defiance the efforts or the Police to restrain their depredations. At Mentz, Oppenheim, A'zey, Kerkeinnpuland, and Ilfttrghen, they attacked and plundered the public s',e•ts. _ Accounts are said to have been received from Prince of Wales's Island, staling that hostilities commenced between two of the ,alive Chief tains on the Slake River, in the interior of Su ciatre, in consequence of which a considerable Cola's of prows and other small craft had been destroyed, and great damage. hail ben sustain. ed by the Inhabitants on the banks of the above River. It is said to be in contemplation of the British Government to depute a confidential s.irvint to attempt a mediation between those Powers; whose disasters have scriuusly interrupted Cie navissliiiii of the River, by which timber in 14rge cppintities is usnally transported to the extre. mities of the bland. _ A Hitt from Constantinople, dated the Bth of .1,m., state., that the Ports of the Seca Islands I: ise hcc9ma the renil.zvous of a gnat timber of the enemy% privateers, w hich have Well '.l red an o,.portunity or committing great door ono on our hhiliterrantan trade. TUE ARMY IN SPAIN. " Jarllcijo (I'? ntile3 from Truxillo), Aug, 19, 1i199. " My hit was d . d the day after the battle of Talavera, at which time we expected at least to have kept the ground we had gained t hat mi the montiag of the 3d into. when we gllV't`ed, from the orders of the preceding night, that we were to lash forward towards Madrid, and were according ly un - ter arm: at dav-tireak, we were marched back to ()ru pees (about mile::, our lietseral having received intelli gence at Tt:lavera, that Sot rr had reached Placentia in our re-ir, so that we imagined we were about to dispose of Rita a: we had already done M.L-ter VICTOIII. Ou the morning of the 4th we were, as u•ual. under arms nt da)-hreak, when e learnt that SOVLT was strongly posted in a wood be tween island Santa Oncila, our next stage; we remained ru der arms till eig,ht o'clock, and then moved In a direction to our let . b% which we gained the bridge of Artobispo, about twelve miles frogs Gropes*, and ott the titer Tilgw% which we crossed. It was certainly a grog oversight In the canny to have de:on - Dyed this bridge, as otherwise we should have to tight 'Om at a seriito disadvantage, nr have fallen back upto. Talavera, where it was most t4ass preillable th i e Spluiards would by that time have destroyed the bridge lad abandoned tat town, by which ;re shout I have hem placed without support bytween SOVir and Vit.:Tort, wh... ur heariug of our goiug ours lit of Soui.r, had again a!- yawed. • " O r relura townrds A renbispo pre time to all the grounded men and oleers who coati be innv..d. to come up Front l'alnvery thringh I nut sorry to soy. that amongst those necessarily. left behind, is Colonel Donellan, %%Ws in leading the charge on the lotl:h, received a musket shot in the knee. " A strong diviiion of tb&Splaish army arrived at Arzo nu the eveiiiog Of ihr 4th, with intent to defend the brifig whirl b certainly capithle .of being defended again t a superior force; it was the strong position occupied by Cv - tura before oar arrival. " it sth, we marched along the Tanis 22 miles; 6th, 10 miless illnes ht!t, 3 miles; 9th, halted; 1J4,, to this pl ire ; 1 1 milei. .1S othin,z could he warye than the roads; we were crosdo,; the mount is, which rn.i .iltnoit sine North towards the Tagu4, and iu many places it was totally 'mimic: ticalile for horses 11 draw thee mem. sn th it frequently they were tal:en nit, all artillery dragged over the precipices by the soldiers. We a.e now, hoary tr, in the na leo ruad, with out 13ss or inconvelitener from our f.aigoe. " We do tustkiiow whether we are to retire or nilvassee ; if the farmer, th^ road as ipso to Ili either to Cadiz or Li.- hum When in my last 3.141 we had 22,0 M) in the field of Ta yern, I believe I ever-stated our number' be the odd 2003 so that ouraaall army (as the .ipanio it , il,d little ar nothing) krpt Ittigronnd agaitat more tha:i doulde its numbers. The tart was, that Vic T . :in found that I►ntlt rieneral and men Isere determin?ti cut to give- him an jar!' of ground, be their leas what it 1401.1:4.1. Sir ARTHUR acknowledges he never saw finer fighting in his life—and ne has had pretty gaod ex - pe-ie " 15th.—Westil: rernsia tete, walnut knosing an; thing of our fui thrr oper.ti "`Alt h.—Stift a! .Igracija.—Yesterday a Commissary, who has been a prison r for some time, came to mar rams. on hill was to I:l4,imid: h.• is to be on his p irole until lie sends a French (:::mmissary b Lek ir. eri ha:l%e: he was allotted to bring at:umber of lett.rs from our w m bled, which inform us of the very klod treann mt they rveive from ele French ; their ratioes a:s• served not before those of the French troops —phases are ;iven tit the omens' servatrts to go for provisnwil to the rwiehbouring to , vin: an order has been issued b.. Jo. seen to dive them an : money they may require, and to say, that he .1r wile he at all t;mesready to receive Flags of Truce s with letters or .is thing they tolAhe 'wish from oar lines.-. 6 This m,:. scvms t. ry imelligest t he sass the French marched 45410 men iota the field nu the 27th. arld reissued with less Ann 3J.tXIOt th.tt on hearing of our having left Talavera, they advaiteert to take pi ssessi in of the taw) with great cantim, and that rot for three doss after our departure: the number of our wounded pnnrinert in their bands is about 4203, whom they are ieti. ;to Madrid as fast as they can procure carts for their c mveyan:e. lie says the French confess that the war carlied on by the Spaniards is very annin ing and harass ing. but the) cotaelain that they ~ever e.ui fiat them no fair gr.) a id. VI::roa, he says, Is gone to Madrid; Sell.tit iTl tat. wire 0,0'3.1111V,, ill Iti Toletin; SOU LT, with 1304). at limreotia ; Maarten, at Ornpesa. with Ill.oolt and an ads iti.ced guard of 50,id at the bridge of Ars:OA:pa " Tt , n divisions of oar army marrlts.d this morning for besides the light brigade fr rn the bridge of Al- aosteL, where it his beets watching a French brigade of rib• terv.,•iiro; our other divirions march to-morrow. lilvas, in Por:tig at, upon the river fituuliani. is said to lie star present object. We have no incmobrance ha•ever all the men who were like{i in fhil out in the atorch have been sent ma the wagons provided for their conveyahz. this morning. " have reached 'fruzi'lo, mice a good t•wn. hut, like all the red, destroyed by the Freer . :l; it is but I three month:. since they 1.. ft it : the inhabitants pride them !rives on its being the birth-place of Pt/ tano ; one of our Cr.m:rals occupies fur this night the home is which that hero , was born." Ia consequence of the very grestt success of the euemy's privateors, ucar 20 tnor• have lately bees. fitted out at Calais, Boulogne, lac. The house of Platner and Co. at Trieste, has stopped payment. Some very extraordinary intrigues have la:ely been discovered at the Court of Oside, in which some confidential servants of the Company are said to hare been implicated. The Whole of the transaction has been brought he10t . ..! the Bengal Government. The Fourth Class of the Royal Dutch Institute of Sciences and Arts, has, amongst others, chosen as correspondents Stotts. Denim, Dimtur of the Museum at Park; Director of the Gal. lery at Munich ; M. Muil:r, en.itrarer at Stat. garilt ; M. Vitt Beerhoren, At Vienna; M. J. Ftstler, at St. Petersburgh; the Maestro di Capella Reieli,ir(lt, at Berlin ; Itnehlitz, at Leipzig; and Nit.. Flisinaii, statuary of London, to conse quence, we presume, of his wonderfal t 4 obscuro" on the walls of the new theatre. A few days ago, as Bowers, Esq. son of the late Manse! Bowen, of Gl.iss-house, thee in ty of Waterfor nJ‘ amusing hilnself is a boat on the river Suir. ‘‘, e ► Pass tge and Wa. teflon!, the vessel was t apse' by a maim gust of win !, when :ill on hoard perisinsd, including Mr. Bowers ty.l th.ee others. • The pie , lic i' so strongly in hymnr of the pri.p „ill() Lottery, that little dooin ji en. ter hued of the sak: of almost all the 'rickets be fore the 20th of neat Month ; intlrrd, no n cad be sold after, for on that day the Drawing will begin and hi R STATW'. AN. . LIVERPOOL, Sm. 14. MEDITERRANEAN EYPEDITTOj EXTRACT; FROM PRIVATE Larrtits. " IscitiA. JULY 20.—We arc here is a state of toial inactivity, and I am of opinion, that no. thing farther will he attempted. An expedition to the Roman coast was in contemplation, and some persons converstutt With the country were brought here from Sicily to lie engaged in it ; but the idea has, for the present at least, beet(• abandoned. Our operations appear to me to have been without object or connection, and hitherto they have been unattended with the slightest advantage. After our experience at Capri, which, although infinitely stronger than this island or Procida, was not ouly incompetent to defence, but was a heavy incum. !mince during the period of our occupancy, 1 think sonic fatality must have urged us to con. quests which are trivial in their effects to the ene my, and of no further consideration to 114 than from the magnitude of the dangers, the difficui. lies, and the (sxpenee they will expose us to.• Both Ischia and Prucida must be provisioned from Si. cily, from 'their contiguity to the neighbouring coast, and must be constantly subject to a coup de main. " whole force under the orders of Sir J. Stuart amounts to about 28,000 men, including 15,000 Neapolitans and Sicilians who followed him from Palermo." " PALERMO, JULY '23....We have nn accounts from Sir J. Stuart's Expedition subsequent to the 20th, at which period it appeared quite at 2 stand. " General Acton, whn so hug held the reins of this Government, his fur some lime been in very declining health. He returned a few days since from the baths of Termini, not in the least benefited by their waters. The painful effects of a,parai) tic stroke, and a severe fall last year, ire olm aggravated by a nearly total deprivation of sL;lit. The IL v. Mr. Ilayter, who, through the pa. trou3ge of the Prince of Wales, was about nine vea:s .rho sent out at a considerable expenee to the Briii.li Government to unrol the papyri found iii the rubs of Herculaneum, and froin whose la_ bourn the most sanguine expectations had been formed by the literary world, has, it is laid , so far incurred the displeasure of his employers, that Hunter, the King's Messenger, has been sent out here to take him home." The Mercurry, Capt. Sinclair, from Martinique and St. Thomas's, arrived hero this dry ; sailed fromSt.Thoinas's the 31st of July, with the fleet, consisting of 41 sail, ceder convoy of the Caplaia man of war, and a brig of war. On the 27th of August, at half past one A. M. cante on a violent storm, or rather hurricants which continued one hour and a half. The Mercar,y, during part of the tinny, was on her heart, ends, am, was obliged to throw some a( her guns overboard to right her. At 6 A. M. saw five sail, fonr of which were &snowed. At noon; saw several tronits, wafer ' casks, spars, and thays floating shout. On, the ttlith, at 6 P. M. spoke the ship Hero, one of 'the fl •ct, hound to .London, main and mitten mast tone. Join4d the Commodore, wits had a sloop of war in company, which proved to be his Ma jesty's ship Favourite, convoying the homeward bound Jamaica fleet; she had carried away her fore and niain.top.tnasts. At 10, spoke the ship Marllvt, &tiro, pith only her enz.oi.mast atanding. At uuun, spa^ the ship liar, let, from Junaica to London, with only her mainmast standing. On the 29th, counted 44 sail of both fleets, only 18 of which were in want of lower-masts and top.masts. The Commodore paid every attention in collecting the ships, and supplying them with spars and people from the Captain man of war, in order rig them Kith jury-masts. Nothing can be said too fa. vourable of the Cooltrodore. On the 30th, at noon ► went on board the Cap id*, to get permission to leave the c.oivoy ; she lia4 the Ilenry, Jackson, from Martinique to London, in tow, she being in a sinking %tate, having lost her main and mizen-masts. Peupt.: from the Captain were on board repairing the damage. Got liberty to leak; then only four sail in sight of both fleets. - When leasing the fleet, spoke the following reigels : Askew, Lloyd, with loss of inaiu-top. ; Amelia, Craig, with the loss of main. top-mast, and throe feet water in her hold ; the .1 arse, M'Gccgor, all wall; and the Rosetta, J ones. A letter from Plymouth says:—" His Serene I 11!Aliiiess the Prince of ORANGE is la out on his tour through Cornwall ,• he will first survey the i magnificent remains of Trematun Castle, on the Tamer, the ancient Baronial residence of the 1 Dukes of Coamw kid., where, in toe 14th cen tury, EOWARD, the Black Prince, as Duke of CottprwALL, gave a grand tournament to the prin cipal Nubility and Gentry of the Duchy of Corn wall, previous to his leaving Plymouth, for his expedition against. France." The grand national Work of the Statistical and A grieultiaral Surreys of the Counties, fur the fur. thcrance of which Parliament voted six thousand pounds on the list day of its Willi:, is proceeding with great vigour and spirit. Dr. Dtccsoa is now in Lancashire, making the survey of that county ; Mr. FAREY in Derbyshire; Mr. STEVENSON in Surrey; Mr. PITT in NurthimptOn.shire ; Sir GEORGE MACKENZIE in Ross-shire; ale. STONE in Canibridgefitilre and Huntingdonshire; Mr. BAILwr in Durham ; Mr. Koarterso's in Kin. cardineshire; and Mr. VAncoves:rt in Hampshire. The snrveya of Leicestershire, Bedfordshire, Ber.: wickshire, and Berkshire, have just been publish; ed, 11 ,,,k; 114 rhi r ty.six of the sixty-four volumes of which this great work will probably consist.' Although the materials are collected, and the sur veys made at the et pence of the public, outlet the direction of the Board of Agriculture, yet th e work is the privite property of Sir RICRARD l'ittwca, to whom its completion cannot cvst less than forty thousand pounds. 114MRURGIll PAPERS. ... • • AtfTliCiP, Atm. 28. Mayor of this City has issued the following Proclamation " Our adiranfageous situation, the avarislii-g state to whk our city waicresitoest, and at which it panty arrived* lb, great dqpusits which exia within our hie u, the emu of the ino-t inveterate enemy o: France. nee interest requires our downfatt wiliingly would she mike our beautiful city another I otsmiliagen. But the mind of the great Napoleon is careful for our late.. From his coot:moat atfectioy for his good city of Antwerp, be has sent us a Prime to defend and deliver us, w h o i s the 'honour of Feiner, and the delight of the arm y. Our Gove rn or, equally distin guished for his Aril and militar s virtues will co-operate f ur this purpose with the o and brave troop, of the General. "Un our part also, we hare duties to fulfil, and have ar ready made a begin .iug. "Full of conlitinsee. we have remsloeJ undisturbed, and hive endenvoure to co-operate with ardour in Inc general detente. Let us then venture to hire every proof of out su,. fh.sken resolution. " ills Majesty the Emperor has ordered that this city and the iohnbitants shall provide themselves with all provkioos for six month,. Admirable is the prosiaeutial care which thr wisdom of the kern takes for us, and cer. tainly this r re does lint originate from feat, fur Mille of call wish remit; know fear. " C-ommit:ee from the Municipal Council, to take the inost eternall airman-I to fulfil this silutary command, bus been farmer' : but to carry it into execution, the antinomy of all the more wealthy citizens will be required. Let us, thrrefirc, :it the invitation of the wise providence of our Emperor, early Once notarises is a some of preparation against all possible event,. " The m.,re classes of the inhabitants may rely on the pai.rnal care of the Magistracy, which will take care for their mainteoance in case of need. The Magistracy will exert its utmost endeavours to prove that they iivve ecterea i 1.11) and fulfilled the •iew• of los lvlajes! v. " From the Hotel of the Mayoralty of the city of Antwerp WLlt BROUCK.' PARIS, Amin. 28. Extract of a letter from Bayonne, dated Au. gust 12:— " At Pazapelana a conspiracy has been discovered, whick bad fur its object the delivering up of that forum to the ewe inT. The guilty have been arrested. The Marquis of &mann if upon the frontiers of Galicia; towards which General K.-Herman, who was opt) the left hank of the Saiza, hag iii:.rehed, in order to drive him away.. " It is said that the fourth battalions Of all the French corps which are Spain, are to retort' to that country, whi c h will, at least, iiroduce tit),') Iseen. ' FRANKFORT, AVG. 28.---It is reported that the peace was signed on the 24th. The Duke of Abrantes set off an the 2%d for Dresden. ViEswa, Aco. 18.... We arc informed that the Archduke Charles set off a few days ago from Bohemia, where he had been since the conclusion of ;he armistice for Austrian Silesia. The newt of Li, having retired from the eJunnand, spread the greatest consternation amongst the friends of the Austrian Government. They state that the Emperor of Austria ought to make haste and sigh a peace, if he does nut wish to lose the rest of his army. The public opinion•,is very decided in favour of the Archduke Charles, and does not sp.tre Chose who have given him cause. of discon. tent. Musk Eechy replaces M. de Urbina in the Aug. trim Ministry, and the latter replaces Count Stadioai. The greifer part of the Austrian army intiated, to Hungary. AnuusT 20.—His Excellency Count Chant. pagny setoff from hence on the 16th ; and on the 17th, the conferences commenced at Altenburgh. Pnaoue, Auo. 10.—The Archduke Ferdi. nand, aft:r hating heon forced to evacuate Gal. Neje, has marred 1101temi.., with .boot 10,000 men. Comonv, A vo. 10.—The Emperor Francis has appointed Count Metternich First Minister of State ; he has also appointed Field Marshals Miler and Simbschen ; Marshals Kienmayer and Molten. toe have been named Generals of Cavalry. IVa !vow, Atm. 28.—1 n Lemberg and the o ther t o nna in Gallicis, in which the Russiatis are, the oath of fidelity to Napoleon has nut taken %dart.. Pastts, Avo. 20.—The following is a more par. ticular list of the Ministers .laf State who have been created Dukes : The Minister Secretary of State. Duke of Ilassano. The Milluer or Foreign Atfain, Doke of Cadore. The Minister of (imam! Police, Uuke of Otranto. The Minister of Mance, Duke of Greta. Toe Miiii,ter of War, I},xe of Velletri. The Mlnistei of Justice, Doke of M FISIS and Carrara. The Monileur of yesterday contains the fol. lokvina : —" Official accounts received by his Es. eelleocy the Minister of War, confirm all the pre. vions information respecting the loss sustained by the English on the 27th and 28th of Julyi and of their retreat. AtIsTERDAM, SarT. I.—lt is reported here that the Emperor Napoleon is coming to the Army Of the North. FLon v.scr, AUGUST 16.—We expect. the Pope here un his return from Genoa to Reese: The Duke of Bautraertca OELS is now at New. port, in the Isle of Wight, %here he arrived eta Monday afternoon. About 1,500 of his brave fol. lowers are in that neighbourhood; 800 more are on their march thither; these being all, out of 8,000 me n, who were . able to effect their escape from the Elbe. The remainder, after reaching the water.side, fell into the enemy's hands fur want of transports. When the Duke of Bausrswicu Ow arrived, he was immediately greeted by all the Officers of his legion, and saw a part of the men from the windows of the Bugle Itin. Hie Grace is a great favonrite both with men and OAR. cars. They coli.intred huzzaiag hint for a cOnsi. dateable lime, ha entering familiarly into canter. I faders with all ranks. In May last the brig Harrington, Capt. cAsite. jr., lying in Farm.Cuve, New Holland; was. 'zed by about thirty persons, probably caw. 'lets ) who having by surprise mastered the offi. cers and crew of the tessel, whom they lifter. 1 wards sent away in two boats, put to sea. The 1: into w e re unfurnishel with timepiece, anchor, r boat, and as armed vessels were sent in per. it of them, great hopes were entertaie e d that hey would be brought back. f t. i t is stat e d in an gilinburgh Newspaper, that the y u eng Scotch Clergyman, who tiodertestak to read sit chapters of the Bible every hour for lOW successive boors, after proceeding In his arduous task thirteen days and nights, fell into a profound sfeell or trance, in whis h he 'continued for upwards .of foriy koart. 1 10 ' . S ,A :I i 7 t r„si