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• hone of that city, atia that the gteatcat aejnie iag llud taken place on the cleettaion " Lots.ov, with FINIC 7110IJSAND MEN, lULLIrD.-... Jet.tos and LLB,Roc PRISON rag, on their way toe... Wows 'and Oporto, as the &dish General would wet roarer* to theca any honours—Thirty-three waggons loaded with Ow pland-r taken. The Russiaus, as souls as the French kit the capital, hoisted Portuguese colours.—There has Leon 11•V•I. rt U•CIMF.IIT, in which TOE ENGLI , II DE sTRor to • Fiti:Nt:a sqI.I•DRoN, which wsi conveying to Portugal Prier: EOGRIP: (Our Avtg!) with several thou sand Wen, Iv ttatirorce JU NOT.' Ai:twain; to another account. the Orestes, ar rived at mouth, from our squadron off the Ta rns, has brought advice, that JuNoT, hoping that bis offers of caliitulatima would relax the vigilance of oar Coniiimaders, had attacked the brigades of Generals Frazuusos, &c. which had been rashest on toward'. Mufra, but was unable to make she least impression. On the following morning. (the c... 4111) Sir IL DALREttPLE attacked the rap my on the bunks of the Carroevira, and obtained a complete victory, J uso r. LABORDE:, KEL LERMAN, amid four flint's:lnd Inca prisoners, and leaving Lotssos and 5000 Frenchmen death on the tield cf battle ; that the rest of the French ar ny had tied to the mountains, leaving their cannon, baggage, &e. and were jammed by the peasants, who had inought in several of them. Lettv.es. 'Nth by the Orestes and the Iliad,,gtral, suite, that the Busman Admiral, on being inform. Id of the defeat of JuSter on the •21st, had hoisted the Portuguese hug on the fortiiii•ations which lie had constructed on the banks of the Tagus. for the &come of his squadron, and had sent to Sir C. Corrox, to state. that be considered himself un der the proteetiaa of Her 'MOST FAtTllrt. ME JE.iEE, the Aily or nis Muter, and that any opera tions undertaken against the Russian tiag+ in a neu tral awl friendly port, would be a violation of the itakpetiileuce of Portugal, and an outrage the law of notions. Our Plymouth correspondent, in reporting this account, acids, that Sir C. Cor set bad replied, that the Portuguese Gorurninetit having been suspended on the Tagus, lie could not consider the Russian squadron other than an hostile fleet in an enemy's Fort, cal that his duty admitted of but one lire of conduct on the occasion; at the same ttur, that he witsvonvineed the Uritishi Gorernmeut, alter the noeesset7 surrender of this fleet, would msercise in regard to it the most I.:I -mmutable construction that the question wou.d mit of. do vast a field of reflection is opened by the eat tilos of The Extraordinary Gazette, given to the public, MI Saturday, accompanied by the reports that have since been circulated relative to JrNot's aurrender. and sustained by the prosperous had& Once transmitted tons from various ports of Spain, as in some measure to eashurriss us in the remarks that naturally present themselves on the snliject.— Never have the contumacy. ateadhiees, and valonr, of the British troops and officers been more conspicu ously displayed in the field, thou on the two ocea eioas commemorated iii The Gazette. Nor can we 190 hisglily. applaud the proanvtande, decision, and intrepidity, manifested by Sir A Winn o 11 . C 1. LE3.• kcv en both occasions. After this just encomium pa his merits as a General, we cannot be steopected ef a wish to detract from his claiot to alliteration, when we uevertlieless venture to ourerve, that there we certain points on which great obscurity rents. It at by no wens apparent why, after having repelled and driven back the enemy on the 17th, Fir A net; a did riot take upseek a position as would bare made it dangerous, or even impracticable, for Jii soy to attack Win on the girt. ut Vimeira. The English do not appear to have been in want of prov•ions ; arid they might hourly expect to be joined by ;he forces antler Generale HUMAN) and 3lootas. On the other hand, Jexter could not possibly receive any reinforcements. It is there fire probable that a victory, less sanguinary, as well as mote complete, might have been obtaiiied, by waiting a very few days. We may, nevertheless, conlideatly presume, that so bnllialit a success will not be followed up with less alacrity and ra pidity, by the new commander in Chief, Sir hew Datat'steee, than it was acquired by hie prede cessor. Nor is it easy to conceive by what exer+ Lions of military skill Ju NOT can protract his final surrender or defeat for any considerable length of time. This Duke of Anasstr.s, as he is denenni• mated in The Gazette, (though by a singular incest sisteuey, Narotaon hiooelf, who so constituted JI:NOT, is caller. by Mr. CANNING " an atrocious lisorper,") can neither look for assistance from France, nor attempt, with any rational pros pect of success. to effect his escape cut of Portugal. Yet we think that Moacac, under suueiur circumstances, would try to open him -4.1f a passage through Estremadura ■nd Old Cauile to Burgos. The march is certainly not less time. 400 saner, even by the nearest roadisiong the wmtherobßuk of the Tagus, through Alcantara. Placentia Auld s alladolicl. but we remember that G••ne:al Miiiteat unoertook and accomplished a retreat scarcely inferior in length and in difficulty, when he conducted has army Irons the Upper Pala tioate, across a great vitt of Germany, over the Rhine, into Alsace, only twelve year* ago. In ad dition likewise to the renown of such an enterprise, Juror has powerful incentives in the preservation of the pkaioler which he has been so long amassing in Portugal. Our next accounts wi I!, however. pro !Ably bet all salicitude or anxiety at rest upon this polo. If, from the Togas, we turn our view towards the Ebro, subject of equal exaltation, and, we may add, of greater astonishureut, presents itself. The last defeat of the French, before S.srago l isa, on the lath of Aug. after having been so many times repeatedly driven from under the walls of that city, with prodi gious slaughter, completestliewries of triumphs oh ned by PALA ruX. When we reflect that these de tcisire advantages have been gained by an undis ciplined body of Infil Spaniards, animated ouly by the love of their country, and a sense of national dignity, over the veteran bands of BONA PARTE ; when we likewise mild, that their Com mander, PALAFOX, is a youth of only twenty four, who has thus foiled the ablest Generals of France; it is difficult to lied expressions of suf ficient energy to convey our oulminftion. Every publication and every Manifesto issued by the Spaniards, evince., indeed, th . pt NAPOLEON may vainly persist to subject sueli , a nation to his oppro brious yoke, or to the degrading control of his brother. After his experience of the louserw.s, the indifference, and the venality of the Germans, how could he expect to find a people, such is 1w has discovortal, beyond the itrenets A people ani mated by :parlour, religion, loyalty, and contempt of death The brave num and the coward dies but tore ; the just lives (lentil!). with God These we the expreow.imik which terminate the noble and atlei ting letter addressed by the Marquis de PALA at 3, Governor of Mitiort?t, to tins Count de ESPELL:TAS, who solicited his accession to the party of Nobot.rotr. That there have been iota, few individuals in Spain, even among the hiAlitst class' so base, and so depraved, as to bell !hair country to a flagitious tyrant, the semi aof Europe, we ,oust reluctantly Omit. The attestation to the tesalsonaott acts' and open assistance given by these pt;pona to the French, both in the (kid, and by their pen,. cannot be called in question, since it is I's hart's' Idoiself who makes it, in an address to the Supreme Council of Castile, from his head quarters ipt Sanigussa, ou the }nth of Aft4itst. But if such examples occur, they only recur as e:treptioi.s to the geneiill c iimrncter ; Rail we may safely rch, that a nation whom his arms could nut coupler, his arts and corruption cannot purchase, or en:aut e. To tit- operations in Alava, in Navarre, and in Catalonia. for to those thr.!e provimoes are the iii- Cuerice and the poser of the Corsican Tyrant now almost Ts chiaivel j • limited, ne look with great lin patience--•-hut sithnut apprehension. Indeed, we see with satisfaction, that the Catalans emulate the Arregonese. At slanrcsa, Letitia, Girona, and to the foot of the Pyrenees, iu every direction, the Satellitan of the Tyrant are retirin;, but rot with out difficulty, hiss, and disTmee. When tbese events are known throughout France, Flanders, Holland, Satterland, and Italy, their effect, though not inimetlizitr, will be irrnastitile. Spain will nut only liberate pill, we dould not, even tually awaken, electrify, and liberate Europe. fitorrLEY's Portsamouth Telegraph, • copy of which we received by a friend, who arrived in town, yesterday, enables us to make the following Sup plement to The Ectraerdinary The second action was fought os the Slot ult. at Vetneira, in which the whole of the French army were en:;aged (amounting, it is said, to 17.000 men) and JeNoT commanded in person I the French lost about 3,500 men in killed, wounded, and taken pri soners After this action, on the next dar, General KELLERM aft arrived at Sir ARTHUR WF.LLESLLT . A head-quarters, to treat for terms of submission.--• Lieutenant-General Sir HARRY BURRARD, who had preceded hilt army, landed at Mondego, :and was on the field of action after the battle had commenced on the 41st; but he declined taking the command from Sir Arms Wstunitt.—The next day Lieutenuot-Geneml Sir lIRW DALRYMPLS arrived in the Phoebe frigate, Capt. OSWALD, from Gibral tar, and took the command of the whole of the British forces in Portugal. We subjoin extracts of two letters which we have been favoured with, written by Officers on the field of action. " CAMP A T AYH. 01. " We hate been engagtd iu two glorious actions ; the first was on the lith inst. when our aunt forced one of the strongest passages in this country, near Ovidos. And. yesterday, the 21st, the army gained a complete victory over the French, com manded by the Due D'Asasavus, otherwise Ju ■ot, in person. 1 consider myself very fortunate to have been attache) to the artillery, which was attached to the left wing of the army, where four. teen pieces of cannon were taken, and as many am munition wag.gons. The slaughter among the French has been very great. Considerable rein forcements have, and continue, to join us, so that we expect it is intended we are ultimately to act in Spain against the French." " Tamara, ♦Od. •2!. I. Yesterday the fate of Portugal was decided ; and, I may i.ay, with great bravery on our side. Qn the 17th it aa. we lir,.t met the French, then about (,000 strong. We killed and wounded 1,500 of them, and completely beat the rest. Tuts itctioa, however, was but trifling, compsred to the one of yesterday; when the two armies met, the French had lti,u)u, and we 18,000, but we best them with only MN war number, the ether could MU come np.—We took .1.1:!0 pieces of cannon, and e lioaitiers, besides prii•oners; we have all their ammunition and artillery.—The battle be at nine o'clock (Sunday morning) and ended about two in the afternooli.--4t was obstinate on both sides; but nothing can withstand the Edglish charge- , -it is dreadful. The army has lost many a brave fellow ; but, however, it was a most glorious day, and I think will be a laurel added to the army of Old England:" ' Yesterday (Friday') the St. rllban'e, of 64 guns, Captain AL:STEX, enieed fro, Mondego Bay; she sailed on the 2Jd silt. when the terms of ca pitulation proposed by JUNO? to Sir AnTHLR Wett.estEY had nut been agreed upon.—The wounded of the British army had been sent to an Hospital at Oporto ; and the twenty-one pieces of cannon, tsben from JuuuT, had been shipped.— The traw l wills, with Sir HARRY BultitAßD's Ifwee on board. were going into hiondego Ray when the St. Albaa's lelt it.--She has brought h.ere General Pcf.er, Adjutaut-General to JUMOT's army, who was wounded and taken prisoner, and !Y2 other' prisoners, of different descriptions. hinny of the privates are Swiss. The St. Allmin's left the coast of l'ortiighl on the 26th ult.—/Alattuoes Ports- NMI th Telegraph.) ' Saturday uiorningr, the near/tem of 74 ttlalles l Captain Tabbor, tint rrl4 ailed from guar:lntim: la Portamotttli. , *Leaded horn Pak 11110 un the 27th of July : ou her paimage to (ilhntlhir rite %poke a Spanish boat, which told her that four of our ships of the line were at anchor to the eastward of Bar celoasi rind thitt they had destroyed a convoy going with troops from Toulon to Barcelona. DiTP93le arrived id Cadiz on the 13th ult. On his arrtival• the mob insisted on icor...Mug his liamstfe, in which they found vott quantities of church plate. He was holly_ wounded by the tirob. The Tirstuderer Wok from Palermo to Gibraltar, Prince Lao:Deem. second son of the Kire,t of NAPLICS. He is tent by hit father to claim the Regeacy Spain, as next heir to the Crown of Spaiii.--,The Duke of ORLUA);S, U:01 UcColllpallied his brother, the late Count IlsAua °tots to Malta (where he died in a few days after he landed), and General TiLsom, arrived at Portstuouth, in the nanticrer, from Palermo. and landed on Sviirday The Diike it staying at General ¶ lictraam's, the Lieutenant-Governor. The -Mindcr, r brought dispatches from Lord COLLINGWW!Di 1411 , 11111 Bite left on the 44th ult. oil Cadiz.—The Windsor Cas tle, 93. Copt. BuY Las ; owl the Q:it."4. • Cept.• D, sailed from Gibraltar for Eng:and * ob the .23.1 ult. with a convoy. Admiral THOalt! Notowin wi, ettr Toulon with the following ships : Royal Soverriga (dag *ld pi, Capt. GARRETT; Spar tiate, 74, Sir F. Larnai Y ; Eagle, 74, Cmytaiii Itoertmer ; Foiwidahle, ys , Captain I's erion ; edinde.,4o, Rtier-Atlinirit Sir RtcHARD STRAt NAN, Captµllll RICHARDSON ; CoksJ:ts, 74, Captain Masan ; 73, Captain Ev•kt: M:I:- ta, et, Captain Slit LLD Reaueen, 71, Captain A I.F.X X1363.---The Canopee, eo, ;11.taltv, Captain IBOLInt, Kett, 74, Caut. RU- Gras ; Sultan, 74, Capt. 11311111111 H ; and Mos* ficjire, 74, Captain °TWAY, were lying at Mi norca uu the 11th of July, They were to sail the next day to cruise pd . Barcelona. The Armi dalsle, Kest, Repulse, and rifiemser, are coming home. The Turkish frigates, at Malta, wlit:•11 were taken at Alexandria, are robin, not to be in a sufficient state of repair to come to England. Lord Cou.tmowoon intends taking the command of the squadron otf Toulon. We have received mitemi papers to the estli, aid The llasiburgh Correspondent to the iuth ult. Ex. cept sonic military movements mentioned in the latter, they contain no articles in the least interest ing. The annirersery of llossetert's , bi:th was celebrated with great spletelcrur at Ilanalnirgh.— The only drawback on the c?nviviality and satisfac tion of the day was, it seems, the alrience of Bas A- DoTTE, who, The Currespundest state*, was en gaged on some mien% military business in Hol stein. This is the only allusion, if it can be called one, to the escape of the Spanish troops ! The Afte-niar frigate is arrived ut Portsmouth Loin Madeira, which place she left on the 11th August...4lle &ucent's «hip Stork, from Ply mouth. arrived at Ninilririt on '2sth July, having on board the Pore's Nuncio, _hound it) the tiratilf.— I las MAJESTY'S Ship Polyphemus, which sailed from Portsmouth on the !:el July, with a fleet ender convoy for the %Vest Indies, arrived at Madeira on the 27th July Aith her convoy, and sailed *gall, on the 3d August. • The Zealous, of 74 gamy Capt. PIERRLPONT, arrived on Friday night, at Portsmouth, with u con voy from Gibraltar. She is under ynarptitioe. She left Gibraltar the 3d, end Lord Cui.r.itretwoOD on the 4th tilt, from whom she broaght dispatches. She sailed with fifteen sail of transports under con voy; but the Good Hope, (Ohms, Berwick, and 3loe fdaret, parted company off Scilly. Commi s s io n er innucro:s, from Gioraltar, is Coo3e home in her. The Revenge. of 74 guns, Hon. Capt. PAORT, will sail from Portsmouth; the first fair wind, at far as time line, with the following East lioliamen under convoy, and with the ships for the South Seas:— Asia, Capt. 1 iumeahaere • Waltharastow, Crept. Joan ; Tottenham, Capt. Hue,. • ; General Stuart, Capt. Jamieson ; tel.., Capt. %impair ; aria Fort Wiliitiell, fur 13 aims awl li:engal. —Ocean, Captain ; plc Sii.phen Leahingtoe Capt. Bay, for Nfaileirs,3l:atrns, and &opt— and the De:rayaes, Captain Nora:alai, fur Bombay ; :di o f which are arrived at the 31titheriatak, from the I)u.ina The Comet sloop, Capt. DALY, Railed, on Sa turday mor .. .. from Portsmouth, having on board 600,0u0 dulliN, ion ( Ojoii..l-She likewise has on burl private propert, , to a very considerable amount, for merchants at Oporto. . ' • • ~• • . 4 , •4411 b, „our Now vpi BUSHY HOUSE. • His 'loyal Highness the Duke of CLAIIINCi gave. yesterday, a splendid entertainment, at Bushy !Luise. to their Excellencies the '4 wen Spanish Deputies and suite, and several oti,cr No. bility and persons of distinction. The r was servrd in the grand siduon, a spacious rodeo, duel up in a most elegant style.. A chandelier, sew. tided from the ceiling, displayed twenty-four b;eitutiful bell-lamps, with wax light* The table was laid for JO persons. Among the ornaments that co4red it, were (num magnificent silver /anti ehased reens, and it was lighted with it superb diamond cut glass Egyptian lamp in the centre, with silver braitelieti at Mir sides. The dinner consisted of every delicacy of the season, and was burred on The hand of hi t t lloyal Iliglmeas the Duke of K E VT, in full uniform, attended, and played several scleil and apprdprhite pieecs of music. The conipaily began to arrive at sit o'clock ; they sat down to dinner at seven. After the cloth *Ns removed, the fol:awing toasts were drunk acts Mee times three : The Ferdinand the Ftrventb• TLe Kisj of Swedes. 7 he teiseen. The Pi ,nee of MO.. • • The ;•vince Regent of Portueat. Tornial friendship and close union belief's) Grail llkhaas • awl 'Spa in. • tittering to His Majevti's arms by Tea sad laud. • 5.114.43t1e to t'se Spasisit touts. Their Excellencies the siotaish Deputies, asd inlay their efforts be crowned with anew.,. Keate, and Lis squadron, who brobrbt of the Spanish troops. The Moisu.s de to Romans. sad his brave Army. .mbar Wellei:ey, and his gallant associates is arms. AmuuK the enuipmy we!e— The Spanish Hepeties ;. his Koval Highsess the Doke of KCI: th e Earl o f Atls:onc ; Lords i.:iskine, Hulloed. fdrant , ey, Gleubereie, tad hunt:LW; CAsi,iiiels Cotton, and Dalrymp:e Major ; Continua Wulinute, Hitchisz, and Gish...lli tba fist'. Mr. Llotd, Dr. Lialle • Mr. Les ; ,, Mr Adams sod sailers& sisedibtags of Ladies. The Laidies were dre,ved a l'Esptrivot s iw cone. Aliment to the S!attlisli pat of the, nut t inny- The 'flirt of this confine, n hirh derive.' udititional ise. wrest froiu the pasinu A ctru.o iu Spain, was heasa.i.s ful mid strikin g . To took lovely and interesting in everyy . eve, ladies and otenlentro now look- all liefore if the Spanish do Tit,' L e4 A the Temple On the lawn. dedicated hy Lie I'oswil fligHneas to the igreiit Lord Nitiaos. Their visit *trollied * trait elianicterikie of the srueroos feet* nnletsaJ.gallantry of their country, 1 heir English entnintutoui d 4 not vivy it with wore veneration. s • - - "fiaturday ivtornisig.,,the„Doke df Voitit waited On His Al aichTv, and tinumuctral business upwards of an hour; at feu o'clock, he rode out with lit. MA. JE.414- and the Painutssus, is %Viiiilsor Pink. era turned to the Pallias at twelve. and at two set off ". for esti:soda. Suhday otorniug, Ilia Iklsaitspr, Princeages • Surat*. Atititsiva, aid Malty, acecon paiiied by Lady Tiivaaa, 4'v.t Vtrzativ, and blurt Pates, weans) St. P'ecrge'sChapel. nod • sermon, by the Rev. Ur. 000 DALL, Isi•iiP 4 hit • first sernom preached before the KIN•.I sauce his piumotiou to the A.Thaoury df Vi indsor. The ltovAl.PaSsltv allerwarda rettirned to the Palace. We taittlerstand th•tt Admiral OTWAT has orders to reLCIVe the Piriveruor of Muate Video, who is daily expected to -arrive hers, in the Probes Spanish frigate, with. every suitable mark of respect. Peuetal PELL►T landed" at Portsmouth, on Sas under morning, and Want' hi V% althaua on his pais The KING has beeu neared to grant the dignity of a Baruart of the I_lo:ted Khigidoin of Urea/ BrAsio and !rebind to Sir Junavnati Lovi iv, of Liscolubc-house, in the County of Bovkihgliami Baronet of Great Britain, mill the heirs tunic of his body, las folly begotten, with .einaLideris perentl'y to the first and every other son and sons succes sively, of F.I.tzAgaTII LOT his st daughter,. mud of I...artris Loverr and ARABELLA Lover'', two other datighti•rs of the said Sir JUN ATHA LeA skier, and their respet tire heirs mole. The itilial.itant, of the metropolis, and its eirx virons, took on Friday evening a long tarewil of their favourite place of *online: ainuseluant, 1 mix. hall-Pardeus, which, uetwit:•,tanifing the unties vourableuess of the weather, .iverflowed with g..ar teel company. The mitertainnieuts went oil ws h that eclat which has been bestowed on them throughout the season. Indeed the applause was most justly merited, fur the song's Kilt remain iu 'favour with the public through the winter. The Bareuche Drivers, which has always beru so rap. to rously encored, is, we now understand, from the pen of Major TOPMAII, ri,we believe, are three or tear of the other snags, which hate beer so well merited. The performers altogether have t is year 'sequined. themselves with !treat ; soil the manner in which lltuxurs IS farewell address was received, proved that the public were highly satisfied with their and live proprietor's exertious. The trixes taken for this evening, at the Royal Amphitheatre. (which presents a combihatiob if the mast brilliant performances for the henent of Mrs. ASTLCY.) nil! be found to di?.pitly as numerous end splendid a list of' tonnes us perhaps ewer graced the seats of th e mos t distinguished Theatre in Eu'. rope. Of the eatertaiornents about to appear on this occasion, we will only say, that to their own merits they will owe the honour ior being seen by several noble and truly illustrious pair utic lon feigner,. • The 51st regiment, Colonel Marnstaatsc, which embarked at Portsmouth for foreign service (It was siippoited for Spain) on the intb aa. wester • day morning, agreeable to orders received on Fraley. disembarked. Rut they had been on share only a few minutes, *hen en order was received, much to their joy, to embi•-lc sgivi., which 'they did instantly, on linmrd the transports they had come on shore from, shooting, as they let: the psi. rade, in the prospect or dieing einploe s s' i 1 a as rice so congenial to their fceliiuss i ..to beat the rims of UW E uglaad.