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EMMINN ; v. . • • I•O R a los tNrKLLIGENcz. FROM T 111.: FitENC/IPAPERft. , •;. , .1;•• • r, `,; twstart, .41141. 20. On the 16th inst. the following Gederal Order was pubiislie.l hen ;,;( " ARMY OF THE NORTH. •` GF:hl ERSE ORDER. " Notice is given to the army, that in virtne of the order* of His M jesty the Emperor and King, his flightless' the Marshal Peirce or ,butt Coen is arrived at Antwerp, to or der to take the ettususand of the land and sea twee* which are assembled to the Scheldt and its environs. " The .2tth military division, and that part of the asth which W on the left bank of the Meuse, are united under I his cniausand. The MarellAl esteems himself happy in being able to share with the national guards of the empire, the re gulars, and lot penhil wavy, the honour of lighting Sic:mist the twenties ;it the Continent His Unglues is persuaded that n!li will vie oith each other ill seal fur the def.:nee of the Sr i;e, and in devotedness for the service of His Majesty the I.:ispe.or mad 1B Su l u" AUG. 21. Since yesterday no change has taken place either m the E•l4lish line, or in ours; they mire still within too cannon shots of one another. We are continu ing oar preparations with the greatest vigour. A numerous cordon of troops is going to he establish ed round - Antwerp. Orders are already issued to rake free ;ill the roads which ore shirt by barriers, in order that neither horses dor carriages may meet with any interruption either by night or by day. , The oecemsaiy preparations have beets simile for suddenly inundating all the low griniods, in case of the enemy's presuming to approach. Even id ready. the meadows, both to the right and left of the road of Ghent. beyond the head of Flanders, are covered. and the sluices are still roisei, in order to augment the waters in case of 'mei:sail.. lie this • inaiiiicr Antwerp will becovered on the left. Great movements of troops are taking place in the ulty.— We have either within one walls, or in the envi rons, fifteen General«. and very day fresh troops mid inure superior officers are arnring. A hatieiy is now establishing at Fort Frederick, upon the left hank. This inorniiig the English fired u few cannon shuts in order to iib.troet the work:, but they will hot sure-cell ; the inhabitants of tile cum, try have furnished, with the greatest zeal, what- Aver is necessary for en arinv tutu has horn formed with so wuch precipitat . . Every thing is in moveineut its our city ; the WOlkIllt•li ; u se 1 , 4 1,- phyed, both n4dit and day ; the black:midis ire tnaknn tdols, the coueli-inakere and waggena-ms kirs are employed iu the service of the etlhipAges for the artillery, and the diggers are covering the redool•ts which are raising on the right and left hanks of tile lieheided—.l Elva The ArgLs ni the •21.ith .4tigu.q.) POWA*GUE,Ht PAPERS. .1.1`. 1 00N, Al7O. 21. We learn, by letters from Comma, a? flue tith inst.oliat the army of the Marquis.itomanit,lce the VI her 0(30,000 ;ten, began ice march from that place for Lugo, on the Pit, 241, and Ltd met. etitvta, tN ckirAmii4l.l. JULY 12. Yesterday evoni 11;4, our worthy (.;aptaiii-General, Doti Joaquilis iileke, set out Irons this town fur Ville de Cater'. Jove 14. i • We know , officially that aneronrs have entered Gerona. awl that several engagements with the enemy hove terminated Juceti4tuily en our part. RUG. le. The Portuguese army, tinder the command of his Excellency Marshal lieresford. was, by race of the 13th inst. at Aielto awl its environs, eats-tiding its *drafted poste to Curia. Up to that time no action lind taken place wit:i the enemy. It is manifest that the 111111::C ,liOntiall3ily de luded with ...counts of imaginary battles, invented to its prejoilice by the idleinsauf some. mid pro tweeted by the credulity of others. Whenever a tidbit anti. hike place, we shall hasten to soiniuu incete It offia.ially.—(LisbonTGinette, ALti. 4. The army which was &versed in Lletchite, is ro-nintioig and organising in Tortota,. whence, it is to Ix hoped, it will bOOll •Ililtal; to flee the districts of Meanie Prow the ravages or the maguey. li, the mean lime. there has been a rising and arming in tl vallies of the Pyrenees of Ariiigoo ; and as th.s inurement may hare the most Armitage ono consequences. the Nlerouis l)e Lasso has ordered the brave Colonel Perelia to .et one with his division for those mountains, the illustrious cradle of Arragenese liberty. It appears, that the rallies of Anso and Rouen% have taken the lead of all the others in the noble resolution of raining against the enemy. In these, the Brigadier- General Don Marano the Renovates, commands the brave companies of peasants, who have already had some skirmishes with the French detachments 16 . 11 there 'lit garreson.—l Lisboa Gazette. Aug. 19.) Ii SPANISH PAPERS. - (FAJNI THE CORUN V♦ DIARIES FROM THU 9TH TO THE 24511.) Intelligence received from Gerona, extracted from the August Journals of that city : •• JUNE ...Mr bombardment is cmitiuned with the gond r.t fart•. The cotenancy ■nd firmness of the f /rronese, it seems, irritate thesis furies of hell. About stinu bomb-, were counted yesterday-morn tog but the enemy will soon learn, that while he completes the ruin of the city, he will not advance a sinzle step ire the enterprise lie contemplate., nor even dietitcb the serenity of the initabitailits. Among other proof. we may distilietiish the following in cident of this calm fortitude: Jt3HE 29. " The Journal of this day contain• the pat tieu !ars of Cie cacaos enapluyell fur the defence ot• the tower of St. Louis, and of the rewards distributed by the Commander of the vanguard to a iimnber or officers and soldiers who had distinguished them selves. I.IsNON• AUG. 19. By lil t mi geue , re c e i v ed from B tiliej.ix up to the 13th instant, we learn, the allied F.nJish army had received a reinforcement of liffint mei,, which sup plie.l the loins which that army ar.tiiiiird in the battle of Talavera, and that the. bridge of A Ir 7.111• which the French had trowiessed themselves Thin recapture cost the axis ) ..one lons.—( Mario de Liiabois, ft I Li.) AVettii 111. PRIVATE LETTER. • ....:.terJay arrived here, seventeen transports, -having on boar one troop of flying artillery front Cark. 'foie armies have made no movement of any ,conserpselice; the Head-quartera of Sir Arthur Wellesley are at Truxillo, the- rick have Isslrii sent .444itia101 - :the Frew:l'lllam army is at /aline& • •isie la l la ; Soult's corps is at Pliniencia ; Carina has been superseded, and, it is said, 'Blake is appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Spanish foreirs." •136..22. POSITIONS OF THE ARSIIF:s IN SPAIN. The fre.id-quarters of the British army are at Saraceja, with the majority of its force ; one divi sion at Polite de Almarez ; another, composed of the Ilanoverian Legion, and some light troops, at Turrigon. The Spanish army has its tread-quarters at Deleitosa, with the corps of reserve; its van g.iaril, and second division, on the river Mezas de lhor, near the bridge of Ventlas ; the fifth division, in the mountains beyond the said river; the tirst division in Castanet de Ibor ; the 31 avid 4th at Frestlidosa ; with a part of its cavalry, commanded 11 7 General Ilenostross, at Torrisile ; the other at 1 ruxillo, at the Puente de Savta Cray, comuiand ed by his Excellency the Duke of Albuquerque. The Spanish outposts, which extend to Puente de Arzobispo, state that the French had nit ap peared iii foice in that position, but the English, who were at Puente de A liaarez, have almost daily skirmishes with the enemy's posts. The Portuguese army. tinder the command of Marshal,Beresforil, is encamped Oil the Tagus, Oa the frontiers of Bora- 118X4 ; its head-quarters ou tile 16th lost. were at Zerga. Yesteiday, anchored in the Tagil., 15 English' transports, they bring the remainder of the 11th I Regiment of Cnasscurs, a nurnher of twits-s to CUM. Plena the service of the English park of horse-arta 'try, and a quantity of supplies, particularly pro visuois.—/ Lisboa Gazette.) Copy of a letter from the Portuguese army, doted 14th August ;- 46 The news I am able to give you is, that we are encamped in the midst of mountains, where the whole Portuguese army is collected, together alit' the English. The French are cut oil on all sides, and have no other alternstive than that of surren dering themselves prisoners. A French el - Airier his, just been intercepted, with letters of import ance; the situation where we are is delightlial ; we • have plenty to eat and drink, and nothing is known here of want."—/Curtis du 'facade, Astg.2l.) By intelligence from Spain, we learn that the combined armies bezio to receive provisions, of %loch they have been hitherto destitute. It is said the', the French have made nitvenients, which indi cate an intention of retiring.—l Mem.) 11,UXILLO,, AUG. 13. The French who idle. kesh the bridge ..f Ara°. Wisp°, have fallen back, aid proceeded towards flu'setwcia. On the 10th inst. the English rainy was between X.iraeljo and Alinarex, and oust at I.lleleitos r and lies, de lii.ir. This afternoon, at two o'clock, tile English troops pet themselves in inmost., and at noon WP expect here Marshal Wel lesl• y, who contra to emend with the Intendant re vett 111 g • lie destination of the Kovisions.—(Diarie de Beelajos, Aug. 13.) CIUDAD-RODRIGO, JULY 31. To-inorrolv, several waggons, drawn by mules and oxen, will leave this place, to convey the artil lery and ainntueition which the Portuguese have at Almeida ai,d its environs. I%e are IKIIOIIMt sif . where it will be sent. It is said, that the French, from Zamora, and other parts. have joined at Sala manca mad that the whole, or greater put, wilt we l ch towar4 Alba &jar or &MOIL Fur there two days iii re have been 1,000 English at Carla, also doubtless will go to Alniaicz, if the French front Sallinancti attempt to•pass by Ratios, and place them...dyes in the rear of Cueing', with the view of ,oveiipyilig the attention of a part of his array.— placia.) •r GERMAN AND DANISH PAPERS. • stintitot, AttG. ID. Ilis F.xcellency the Duke of Dinitzic has march. ith the first tlia.bton of the Bavarian army from 'the rol to Saltsburgli. - -(/bid.) DUSSEI.I3OItV, AVG. 112. A strong cordon of etistein-house officers has been estalitishml trout Emmerich to Bremen.— (Aid, Aug. t 6.) AUOSSUIteIt, Atl. Iti. It is still said, and it is pretended with certainty, that the armistice is prolonged only for tli days, this space of tune being sufficient to communicate the orgoriutiou to Russia—the hope of an aps pranching peace still exists. They write from Munich, that the insurgents of the Tyrol still defend with obstinacy the defiles of Brenner.—Wounded arrive hourly at litsprock. Scarcity begins to be felt in th. Tyrol, whither several hundred carriages, laden with Hour and wheat, have been sent from Bavaria--/L'Abeills do Nord, Aug. i 15.) lIURFAIRRIUG, AUG. 47. A report was circulated, not long since, that Eng land had been invited to take part in the tiegiwia bons ; this news is continued. The Emperor of Austria dispatched a courier from Paulin, on the gnat July, 1:r London. Ilia dispatches have no other object than that of engaging the King of England to make peace. This courier passed through Nancy on the Bth of this mouth ; the re ports which reached us yesterday evening afford the best exptx:tatious.—(/bid.) 011 Tor rldtv.. atm es. With re t ool to the peace with Austria, i:othaig n ew hies transpired ; and rejoins on this subject continue as fluctuating and uncertain as ever. Let ters frOill Berlin .were received here on the 2.3il inst. by a 0194 respectalile house, stating, that a very serious inismiderstanding hail broken out between Napoleon and Alexander, both with regan I to Gallicia and Turkey, as well as to souse other fre.li encroach ments which Bonaparte intends to make upon the Continent. He is said further to demand the cession of rill the territories which Prus►ia holds on her side of the river Oder, including Berlin. Stettin. &c. Prussia will, it is said, he indemnified far her new sacrifices, by the contort of Austrian Silesia. The same at counts add, that the greab•r part of the Prursiaii anny has received orders in hold it se lf iu nowliisess to march, and in the first circles iu Bonin, the most intimate • connection between Russia and Prussia was also confidently talked of. The Warsaw article, by this day's Mail, plainly 11 "aliews, with what insolence and unbeComing homiest the Gallic Usurper treats the troops or the Emperor _ negoeiations /orte, have hitherto delayed the signing of peace. Hut well-informed persons unanimously assert, that its chief conditions are already definitively settled. In this manner the news of the prelimistaries of peace having been actually argued ought to be in terpreted. The. French prisoners of war are now exchanged for Austrians; several transports of the latter, who were already on the march to France, are, fur this reason, returning. On the 9th inst, died. here, General Vnkasso vich, of a mortal wound he reeeived to the battle of \Vagrant. in the 54th year of Ins age. The Minister of State, Champegny, went yes terday to the castle of Altenburgh, on the frontiers of Hungary, where we learn the confereoces re specting peace ure to be held. Instead of Count Stadion, Count Metternich has takes, upon himself the department of foreign affairs, ad interim, with Count Chummily, in the castle of Altenhargh. On the 311 inst. apprehensions were entertained at Trieste. A squadron of 10 English men.of war appeared in the morning of that day in Ugh t of that port. Upon this, the seven Russian ships of the hoe and frigates in that pert went into the rimer harbour, and delivered part of their heavy guns to the French garrison, who planted them on the coast butteries. On itccotiot of the Micro's' iuveu tion of Coogreve's rockets, all (cars had not, how ever, disapraretl.—(Correspoeder.el The generul rtimoor states, that lioltetuia will lir ceded to one of the Archdukes, with the title of King; and this King will be the Growl Duke of M'ortsburgh, eldest brother to the Etoperor—who will then nnmediately join the Courederation of the Rhine, as new King of Bohemia. The Turks ure stitioised in formidable force be fore St habatz, Seinontuto, and Belgrade. but the Servians hire received considerable reiuforcentento of their own, as well as Russian succouni. They prevenrthe Turks from making any successful at tack on those fortresses, so that a decisive tootle l i ii k St soon take place between loth ariutes.—(fleet Zeitung.l ROYAL BAVARIAN ARMY, SEVENTH . CORPS OP. THE ARMY OF GERMANY. Advice having been received, that Andrew Hofer, Captain of the rebels of Pitssayer, dares to send emissaries about the country, who circulate false rumours, and who wish to sedoce the inhabitauts to bike tip urine again ; it is ordered, that every body who, being noprovided with' a legial pass from his Magistrate, shall be caught out of the limits of his village, or its district. shall be imprisoned, de livered up to a military commission, and executed in the space of 24 hours. The Bailiffs, Burgos mastersatid Military Commandants, are made 'ter abit:illy responsible for the executiou of this order. AVO. 17. lit consequence of the interruption of the com munication with Turkey, the price of cotton conti nually rises.—Monab. (urresporeicaten, .4lig. 29-) AUG. 15. Along the whole neighlsoitring frontiers of the Tyrol, general insurrection unhappily prevails.— Wounded men have been brought here from the envirot:a of Hindelang, five leagues sonth from Kempten. The notorioue Chief, Hofer, of l'as sayer, has had the audacity to reply to the order to appear iu lespruck Ly the loth of August— " Ma he would cow, but accompanied by 10,000 sharp shooters." It is lie alum now ficeo.itaes theßrenner with a large force of piassents. The attempt to dislodge them from the pass of Burg, not far holm Stifled', has nut succeeded. They depended lint so much on arms, as pieces of reek and beams of timber, which they hurl from the high 'tumulus on both sides into the narrow valley.--(Correspondent.) sanest:. AUG. 16. Traitquillity in the Voralherg is yet very precari ous; Ir o n Bregentz to Feldkirch, the inhalatants are indeed disarmed; but in the mountainous districts of Montasen, and eu Mount Adlerberg, whirls lies between the Tyro' and Voralberg, the insurrection has broken out anew, at the instiga tion of the Tyroleens.—(C•erespeadeat.) CHUM, AuGA.mr.l4. A corps of French troops, which General Fro- Fella detached front Verooo, under General Ayiaar, to the Italian part of the Tyrol, has heen engaged not far from '1 rent, where the road divides to Ca rinthia and Verona, with the Vora!berg insurgents, ehießy from the Fustrrthol. But the latter had so advantageous a position, near the pass of Clousel, that it became impossible to di.lodge them. It will at last be necessary to reduce these deluded wretche by famine.--ICorrespundent..) MUNICit, AUG. 16. Iu the night of Monday the 14th inst. the body of Colonel Brigadier Nlaximilian Count You Arco, was broug'd here under escort, he having been -killed by a shot through the brad on the 13th, in an engagement with the Tyrolean insurgents near Schwan. The King had entrusted him with the chief command of the volunteers. He received his wound when he rode to reconnoitre near so ahlwriis. Hui 4cath causes general monruiug ; and the King hearing of the loos, sit xl tears. The Ist snit ttii legion of the national militia ale now to be put on foot ; the third class, without exception of rank or office, must then do military ditty, a nd mount guard. The regiment ()flight horse, and some battalions of infantry, passing a hollow road near Scharuitz and Schwas, suffered much from the stones and blocks the insurgents rolled down. The Commtobion from our Court remains still at Fischbach, on the frontiers of the Tyrol, to wait till the whole country has submitted. The communication from Augsburgh to In snruck is interrupted, as the Tyrolean. occupy Swargen, being in greet force.—( /retie Zeitang.) room THE Um, AU°. Is. According to private advice* from Vienne, the French garnsan there receives greet reiduccenieuts. • From the 14th to the 16th, several loaded Freud . ) stuni,ils sot winmuniiiests waggons passed the lon, to join thersench army. The Vienna Glasette already inserts all the S.iliz burg :wide.; tinder the helot of **Kitcziltins or Be rarte:*—i'Carrespondemea.) of Ressin, while in Canticie; and the very Polish General anstainrs a tone in .peaking of 1t sin skei savours more of protection, piten Ito great it power. In alt probabinty wiegiall, elle. • ?tear of a new wrier of most asomtous*Litacat occu rrence* on The Nurthvin Cont . VIENNA, AV OUST I. The negotiations with ltussiti, respecting tlie ~. I r rdi ~~ ~: r,. zpr.Tr THE BRITISH PRI~;SS. LONDON. FRIDAY 4 Sc.rraMaaa 8. The Pickk brig, Lieut. Geouivatt, is arrived at Plymouth from Lisbein, in elver.' day*. Site has brought ever Captain STE:WART, who was Camp to General lklgrisuzie, and by.las side at the Meade of 'Falavera, when that gellaut ()fficer fell. Captain STkWART brings dispatilits frog Lord NVELusteruti, dated Truxille, the 4lst Oast, His Lordship, being extremely &overused ter pro visions, the cavalry, in particular, trying tntall♦ destitute of forage, be was, obliged to fall stilt further back, and was on the road to Elm% iu the Portuguese territory. There had Wm' no appearance of the enemy, whe. it mim e . had not passed the Tagus, except 'with a tocfy of cavalry, near Areoliispo, which took the ' cannon of CuErra's rin)*. array had separated. Souvr was at Phisenear— N sir was gone back to Se lamancit---Nlonyt eit e V lc- Toe. and SEBASTIAN!, i. Pstrarnadura and L ig blanche. Sir ILWILsote had engaged, with his small corps, Nvir's army, oil its return from Salamanca, near Banos. After niue Maine gallant contest, lie was obliged to retire through the mountains. Big corpf behaved with groat • gallantry.—Gener a l Cum.' resigned the conemortal on the teth,aad was succeeded by General F.titat. The Utitr, the 77{4,71(4, :tad the. Renossate, have arrived at Pmtinnouth from the Straits. The let ters from Gibraltar are of the 14th last, and slate, that the Toulon fleet n-as ready for sea. lasete,e qiience of this intelligence, too additional men of war hail proceeded from Gibraltar to reinftWee Lard Cow trowoon, who was off Toulon with his fleet watching the motions of the enemy. The same letters inform us, that the Algeriee cruisers were out in great numbers in the Mediternmeas, but no aecomits had been received of their basis; as yet offered any molestation to British ships. The Pheasant sloop of war, from Corunna sai Ferrol, and the Virago gull-brig, from Lisbrimllaws arrived at Plymouth.—The Comm sloop of war baa shier arrived from Lisbon, at Falmouth, with a fleet of merchantmen and transports. The letters from CUStillitil end Ferrol confirm the accounts be fore received, that at the latter Oar! they were busy getting the men of war ready for sea; but they add, what we were not before informed of, that at Ferrol they were under rest apprehensions that a strong French force would soon pay them a visit, for. the purpose of again taking possession of the town, the harbour, and arsenal. This apprehension had the good effect to accelerate the cipaipmeut of the ships, which were working out, in order to : he re• moved to Cadiz. The news of the retreat of the combined army, after the battle of Talstera, had spread a great degree of consternation at Petrol, Cot-mina, •and Lisbon. The waste of time and the want of energy on the part of the Spanish Ru. hers, had damped the hopes of many of the Patnnt=, and filled their minds 'with gloctny fore6orlimii of • fatal termination to the contest in winch 111.1 are engaged. The hest informed merchants in dr: quarter, and many of the British o(Gcers, cuu. i . r the Anse of the lethargic Spaniards as absolute)* hopeless. The Argus containeaeconnts from Antwerp to the list last, which are given in our preceding columns, Fifteen Generals had arrived at that date iu that cn~, mid troops were daily pouring into it and lIS vicinity. Among ocher 'aeons of defence, prepare boils had been ensue to hty the whole country un der water on the approach of the British army to Antwerp.—Our Dover letter mentions the arrival of a vessel which left Flushing on Sunday. Ac cording to her report, the French army on the Scheldt, amounted to 60,000 men. We have received Spanish Papers to the IStlir and Portuguese to the 23d last. The Portuguese army, under General ilaacssonn, was at Coi ia, in Portugal, on the lath. The accounts in the Spamsh Papers, of the positions of the English and Spanish armies, are not so recent as those received yester day by Captain STLIRAIZT. 'The hitter were sent off immediately to Ilia MAJISSTY. et Windsor. Our horses were 4 so compleiely exhausted with iii the retreat to Portugal,they dropped on the and scarcely one of thew was able to reach Elves. The Expedition so Zealand and Flanders, from *lnch the public, not without reason, when we c o; sider the preparations, expected such gluttons cr heiieficial results, has terminated in disappoint ment. Yet ought it not to surprise. nor can tt astonish, those who reflect on the recognised on aptitude of the Noble Commander, to whose eiterg the execution of the enterprise was so wisely cm: trusted. That, in sad, lariats, tidy thing, was rf fected. ought rather to sumac us, than that neither Cailsaitd, Lillis, nor Antwerp, were attacked. A Conrt of Inquiry. On ti4h it may elocidate the series of errors committed, e.iiinut remedy the nu-- fortune; and it only remains to lm asceanted. whether Walclicren be tenable? sod oth-ther, if it he, the possession of that island will, either us military post, or 111 a commercial emporkil *Mt, place of deposit for sus suaiitifaaar:s and tointboi