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i . . r pinion eating but be atroney witgaged by t tete evrotß, and the !labile must 'be - destronis to know not only the who . e, but also, if possible, all the perticulara of that cc edition, •_ At the moment when this opinion renders' itself conspicuous, by numberless traits of public spirit and attaciinient, throughout all classes of French 'citizens, and by sacrifices of every description, by • en unanimous submission to the measures adopted by the Public Authorities, for the common defence, nod by a general cry of war against the English ; at the inoineut whelk these emotimos, truly national, oppose considerable forces to the enemy, in !deeds which lie suppoiall lie should be able to surprise in a defenceless mute, and permit the Eilip:otit'e nary, while it completes its grand work, to depend I the fidelity and courage of another army, sprung • , o", ;a-,t were, froin the territory achieh it is to de .ll; it is of very material iinportance, to satisfy ,apiaion, to fortify and enlighten it, and to in s- ,r,ii our enemies, that, oil this memorable °era sm, ;hey will see all the delusive hopes destroyed for ever, which they had conceived, with re and to the state of the public sentiments in Fri4ll.V, and the extent of dee niest of Government: With this view, all papers which relate to the op-rainms uu thr Scheldt shall successively be comusiotiicatril t , ) the in their natural order, either at full or be extrarts, lecoriliu4 to the degree of interest and iniport.toce :tttaelted to them. tory OT A REpottl MADE THE IST ACtiusT, ISO), T tnti. MI IS IT.E AT WAE, TO HW MtJLITY TUE . I ik. Estesitott tNO 8. I had the honour, by a Report of the Mitt of last July, to render the Emperor au ticcomit iii the appearance and 100%mo:tits of an enemy's fleet on the side of Flushing, and of the measures hitherto adopted far the defonce of the Scheldt. " I have this inoritiug had a conference with tlit± Minister of the Marine, who thinks it neet.sury that All that troops which can he drawn from the garrison of Paris, should. provisionally be ordered to march to the Scheldt and Boulogne. In couse queoce thereof, I have directed General thilliu to order this day the lialf-brig isles of reserve to march, one moiety to Litraithe, filtitl the other 'to Seidl.. These troops will dud, in both places. waggons* to convey theta to their plates of destination. Those ohs march to Boulogne sill reach it on the 4th of August. The (self-hrigatles, which march from &ohs to Ghent, will be there the stls of Angust, and proceed from thence to the Scheldt. I have also ordered reverted battalions and squadrons of the second military division to march to the coast Of Boulogne. " All these orders lied been sent o il', when I rte rived a telegraphic dispatch front it-tetra' Saint Stir:mile, informitig me that he had ordered all the national guards of the Departmeett cif the North, to proceed in waggons to the Ishilid of Carhatiri, independently of those tinder the orders of (learnt' Weapon, who are marching ut the sante direction. " Pursuant to these disiar‘itions, the troops em ployed on the coast will, iu three Jays, torn u very considerable force, exclusively of the ! bens cremes, the companies of reserve, an the officers of cos sums, who have etl.o been called out. In addition to these Ira pa, I have ordered the provisional bat talion* and stitmelnins of the 'l6th, ld, autl 4111 military divroutts, to OM, and repair in wag gons to Antwerp, with the utmost speed. " I have charged the General of Artillery, Saint Letirt• - .t, whose health is perfectly restored, and sho happened to be its Paris, unemployed, to hasten to Antwerp, thence to the Scheldt and the isle of Ceirlsand, to direct the service of artil lery, and ascertain the state of the batteries. He is also charged to inspect the artillery of Jim coast of Boulogne, in the district of the 10th Military Division, and to give all necessary orders, that the service! may Le duly performed iu all its dilfereut branchts. . •u Indepeuilently of the force. employed between the Somme and the Scheldt, every thing is ar ranged in the &strict of the 15th Military Division, a4reeably to the orders which I gave before, and winch I have lately renewed, to emburk, et I WU' tn-iit's notice, Guest) choice national gaanis, to be taken from the legions in the neighbourhood 4of the roam, and to be marched to the four principal 'points of the twist; such as Havre, 1 7 i clinp, . Dieppe, and St,. Valery, exclusively of a .trong r r yerve, destined to march to the point of attack, pinnitularly threatened by the enemy. •• I have aisn given all necessary orders fur the d ace of the coast from Havre to Bayonne. •• I shall have the honour to report to Ilia Majesty the molt of the measures adopted to repulse the enemy's attacks on the side of the Scheldt, as soon as the Generals shall have sent toe their reports. . The Minister of War, (Signed) tousr Hutt a ammo." Meowear of Arse. V.) A11:11. 0. hr. itro.tiait and Polish smiles iu Gmnicht ure •Lstrihotcd us follows : The nimians occupy that 1 , ..rt of Golti•is which extettds front the covirons r.f to the frontiers of the Bockowine.— I lie Poli h corps, truster the compound of General Helmlutvsk. - . (tempi the environs of Santo Kart sew, five mites from Warsaw, and as lir as Pitica. That guilder the orders- of General Kantinieicki iu posted trans the environs of liarnew to the Bug. Tin tik• ~ ..pirter. of Prince Pouistowski ate at .• It „ Cracow. A corps of 6,000 Rtiseierie ocetipt tnen. are the (istarowe salt-witles of Gatticia. LtPLas, Aug. 18. - .istreorclinaty circumstance gave much eclat to the Erie celebrated for the birth of the Emperor. On the 15th, in the evening, the Neapolitan nert,con listing of a frigate, a corvette, and 80 gun-boats, were moored before the city. This disposition had been made for the salvoes, which it is customary to Are on this occasion. Yesterday, four English fri gates, and about 20 gun-boats, which are cruising in these seas, approached to make an attack, at the very moment when I lis Maje,ty inomited his horse to review 15 or .20,n0u French troops assembled um the beach of Cloaja. The King, after having' ordered the necessary dispositions for defence, pro. needed to pass the troops in review. IVe then en joyed one of the finest of spectacles, but which can only be 'properly coneeived by those who are well acquainted with the situation of the city of Naples. At the setting of the sun, , 20,000 men, drawn up on the shore of Chiaja, were quietly performing their evolutions, while two or three hundred pieces of artillery thundered over the hay of Naples. An immense intiltituda of spectator.. assembled on the sea shire, to witness the fete, eud formed one of the most imposing scenes which can be imagined. The pleasure of this spectacle was the greater, as it was undisturbed by any fear. The English not daring to approach the forts, tired at a very re spectful &Ammo, and it was so little likely that they could do any damage, that they seemed to be the ships of some friendly nation, come to testify, by their satires, their participation in the general joy. They retired in the night. Two men only, on board a dun-boat, were slightly wounded. GOTTEN BURGH )1.11 L. OOTTENBVIGH, Al2ll. IS. An American Gentleman, who arrirt;.l this morn- ing from Norway, says, that before he left Drawn, the news had arrived there of the Prince of Hesse having come from Denmark in a fishing-In, s. It will lie recollected, that he was some time ago anointed to the command of the troops in Norway, and that all application was made to the Court of Stockholm, for permission to travel through Swe den, which was refused ; lie has, in consequence, gone acrobs the Slieve. CTOCILIIOLbi, AUG. 21. Since the departure of our 'Ainbit,laidor for Petershurgh, the military operations seem to be perfectly ut a stand. ‘Ve have not received the least intelligence, either from our army or navy, nor has any a count reached us of the Russians having made or attempted any farther progress in their intended invasion of our country. The lest,letters from Algiers state, that, in con sec4uepce srf the French Government having had retreat:4e to reprisals against the Dey, he has con descended to set the French Consul, Dubois Thaincille, as well as all other arrested French men, at liberty ; and the differences between the two Governments have been isinicably settled. Letters from Ritllboda, nearGefle, advise, that, on the 7th of this month, a fleet, composed of G galleys, 36 gun-boats, 4 bomb-vessels, and about l 0 trans ports, arrived there, having aOOO land troops on board, which are destined to reinforce our ar:ny in West Bothnia.—(Stockhohrs Gazette.) PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE. A letter, of winch the following is an eztract, hat been received by the Editor of The Leeds Mer cury, front one of his friends, now resident in Sicily ; and though rather of a unscellaneints kind, yet as is contains intelligence from the. Smith of Europe, its ree • lit, and, we believe, as nittlientie, :It any that has heed published in this country, we present a copy to our readers : " Messina, lath July, 1809. " MAX Stit...4 arrived here on the Bth of May. On my passage out, we stopped a kw days at Gibraltar and also at Malts. Whilst at Gibraltar I took an opportunity of visit ing Spain. What most eugagrei my attention was, the mi sery of the 11111310311t0, 11.1131.1 e sitvation beggars 311 descrip tion. fs ot ing hut bail government, ignO13111(1., and on penal lion, could have critailvd spun them so touch wrctrhi.dness. Apr❑ we arrived at Molts. This plate pleases me Mu eh better than Gibraltar. fil. lila is a flue :tail, from it. geographical imitation, will always command a trade. Tu t , Maltese a re a ls o a vary upright people, and very hoepi- Wilt to idra.igets; I wisb 1 could say as 1111/CY fur the Stet- I.atis, but they are, alas ! quite the contrary; yet, I under stand, they art touch ortsprut eil since the resilience of an Eug lists army here' - t , As to the island itself, it is uminestionalily one of the horst iu the world, or, rather, it requires wily a good Go 'grummet to make it so. This island produces upwards of sixty capitol articles of commerce, many of which were al most unknown in Eagland prior to the year IsoS. During the four past years, much good has hera dune here, but at present we must be cukritent to live. Excepting fruit, wine, and vegembles, every thing is slimier here than is This may be /attitude* in a'great measure, to the quantity of specie introduced into the island by the English ; for, in dependent of the expense' of the army, the King's pension fur your Government, is wool. sterling per der!' We have a N. wapsper pub;islit!il here twice a-weck ; bat where tbit press is shackled, Newspapers are of no • eine. On my first arrival bete, there were two, but one of them was suddenly rihmeed by a mandate from the King, whatnot stating say reason it is supposed merely because the propriater of Ile color riper, wile is a priest, desired it !! I will inclose yeret owe of his papers, as a specimen of a Sicilian politician. v. You are, no doubt, already acquainted, that as Expedi ticeasahoot taotoo strong, under the orders of Sir John Stuart, tiara from Melia* (a place 24 miles from benee,) abnat a month ago. 1 hey were coasting shout for nearly a fort night, and at lengthiest:led va the Wanda of Istkia aid Pro. ' ,f.t.: , ;419!!! . 7 .7 rids, enitik,ag elf girrisostilOsbeet war• Mott t 400 of thew Lave aincv *trivia Mg. Pit John Start los made Wins his head cestidrs, Ifibere, report says, ha tinter* re maining till a Countable opportunity oilers for ketionlineildill uu the continent of lily. Whilst this was taint Oars, about 4000 snore troops landed on the oppo►ite shore, in Calabria; but, dier being there a few days, the French came upon them in force, and they thought well to take to their ships, leaving behind them canteen and ammunition in a:ma dame. On the other hand, Murat was summit terrified at the appearance of the English fleet before Naples, that be sent ordess for his Calabrian army to blow up the Castle of Scylla, and retire with all expedition to his capital. This business they appear to have executed in great haste. The Castle of Scylla, it is true, is nearly demolished, hot they left un touch ed an immense quantity of assunnuititin, cannon, he. which the English have since brought over hither. At present there are neither English not French troops iu Lower Cala bria, but the country is infested by one of t h e most bsrLu uns bendittis that ever disgraced humanity. It is said to con sist of nearly Goo men. ThiCoininaoding Officer bete has offered sim dollars fat the appease:ailing of their ►eaders, whose names are known. " Your Parris do not reads me renularly. " Bcliere um most sincerely, yours " "To Mr. Edw. Baines, Leeds." • We apprehend our Coirespund , ot must have fallen into a mistake here--. 1 thousand pounds a day !It is impossible ! THE SCHELDT EXPEDITION. RAMSGATE. SEPT. 3. This morning several transports came into this harbour, with nearly the, whole of the 3d regiment of Light Dragoon Hussars, of the German Legion. They formed part of the fleet which arrived in the Dorsals ou Friday. As we before .noticed, there were inure cavalry came with the fleet; no more have arrived here yet. The men and horses are will ; the horses had not been disembarked at all, only the 9th Light Dragoons are, it is said, left at Flushing ; the rest of the cavalry are sent back, as they cannot act there. The men belonging to some of the transports speak very confidently of our fleet being able to take or destroy the French ships in the Scheldt ; they report that Fort Lillo was bom barding at the *rue the transports left Flushing. So confident are some of the masters of the trans ports arrived here, relative to the destroying of the French ships, that they have offered bets to any ■mount that it has or will be done. *lt does not seem that any infantry have yet returned from Flushing, although it has been reported so, and several regiment. nurntll as having arrived in the Dowus. The s?.d Light Miser Regiment of Certain Dragoons have been all landed here, and have marched for Canterbury this afternoon. EXTRACT FROIA ♦NOTHEt LETTER SAME DATE. Four p.m.—Upwards of 170 transports passed here, yesterday, for the Downs, and we have been in a complete bustle all this morning, owing to the disembarkation of part of the 2d b Mahon of the King's German Legion. About five o'clock. Is transports arrived in the harbonr, containing from e 5 to 50 horses each ; ten were disembarked by eleven o'clock, the remainder cannot be got off the sands till high water (about tire.) The whole of the cavalry and part of the artillery sent out with the Expedition, are now in the Downs, and are ex pected here this evening ; they have been eight and forty days on board, and have now returned without having bean ever landed, (exclusive of two troops of the German Legion, and two of the 36th Light Dragoons, which are left in South Beveland.) One of the horses was shot on the beach, front an accident in landing it. They are under orders to proceed this day to Canterbury, and expect front thence to resume their quarters at Ipswich. and not to go to Spain, as formerly talked of. They are very fine men, and in great spirits ; the horses are in fine condition, their legs are not the least swol len, which is rather singular, as their only exertion was ►tamping and kicking, owing to the great num ber of flies, and they were frequently up to their knees in water ; in the whole they amount to 630. When they left Flushing, the greater part of the guns were re . ..embarked, and the whole of the troops were expected to be immediately sent home, except a sufficient garrison (some say 12, others '20,000) at Flashing. A private letter states that the troops bad returned to Cleveland from Fort Lino, after an unsuccessful expedition. ne•t., SEPT. 3. Arrived the Sierpex brig, from Flushing ; Dryad, and Zephyr. with sick men on board, from ditto. About eighty sail of transports arrived here on Friday evening. from Flushing ; they have cavalry on board, which. it is said, are to be disembarked at Itainsgate ; and last night, and this day, many of them sailed for that place. We ■re informed, by a gentleman who left Campvere On Friday, an landed within a few miles of this place, yesterday, that our troops at that place, and the whole of the Isle of IValcheren, are in a very sickly state; that, in some regiments, up wards of 1200 met are unfit for service ; and, we are sorry to say, the disorder is increasing. The ware houses et Catopvere ere in requisition for their reception. It has been erroneously stated, that Ensign Nam, who MI in the memorable battle of Tala vera, was a native of Leeds : the young wan of that name, from Leeds, is now serving as a serjeant in one of the West-York. militias; and the Ensign PARKER mentioned in the dispatches from Viscount WELLIMUTOP, was, we believe, a son of Sir Hype 7 7 - 7 - 7 T" - THE BRITISH PRESS LONDON, TUESDAY, Strmissi 5. We hare received-French-and Dote Papers to the 91st last. from which we have emote some tracts. It appears from them, that serious appre. licti*i?tis ;vete entertained in France, that the late. wifortutinte Expedition to the Sebeldi was Jestiaed against Boulogne. The basis of a treaty I.eto.en France and Austria also appears to be ut length settlid, owl that the peace is to be finally adjusted at Alteulitrir, by Plenipoteutiuries, who were to , meet there on tie 15th Inst. A Gottenhurgh Matt arrives!, last night l wiry Paper., from which we have mode smut extra:tin but they are nut or importance. An Express arrived yesterday at 'the Adniiralty from the Downs, with dispatches from Admiral The most gloomy presages which the Most Cie *winding mind could have conceived, relative to the Lite ex;a:ditisin to the Continent, have beer' folly reali7.ed. We Fay, relative to the late expedi tion.•as we regard it to be plrtt ly t. rminatvd. Already, indeed, the Downs, Dori r, and Ramigate, are filled, or are hourly crowding. with transpoits and vessels of every description, full of eay.ilry, ciliary, artillery, sick and wounded. Dts-a•isfac lion, disappointment, and defection, are to he plainly read in every countenance; nor are those • feelings by auy means destitute of expresrien and language. It is t fact, that eighteen transports etr tern) liamagate hallow on Sunday morning, lie:- ther the men, nor the horses, on hoard %hit h, had ever been disembarked, though they have heen on board during six weeks and four days, Such is the admirable contrivance, foreth ught, and iudg_ meta, with which the enterprise has been planned We may, indeed, ussert, that to every feature of its formation. the British Cabinet have proved them selves to be the worthy coadjutors of that Supreme Junta, which is new drivin4 the French out of Cas tile, just in the aurae manner a. we have dour by the enemy in Flanders. Lord CHATHAM May di. •ide his laurels with Ct.:VITA and VENRGLA, both of whom arc greatly in want of some decoration t• conceal their military disgraces. It is, iotrad, true, that, with an overwhelming force, naval and mili tary, we have captured Flushing, after first re. during both the town and the harbour nearly to a heap of smoking ruins, which will reguire, we aro assured, 800,0001. to restore, and to render delen. , 'dile. But •an this acquisition, let it be ever so highly rated, satisfy the just expectations of the pahlic,sustain, in the eyesof the Continent, the re. putation of the British arms nr counsels, or protect our Ministers an I Commanders from the animad versions, we had almost said, from the centrum- lious sarcasms and lampoons of the Moaiteur anti The /Opts? What effect will the retreat from Zealand, and the evacuation of Schowen,of North and of South Bevelaud, the capitulation and sur render of which to our victorious arms were an nounced with so much solemnity in The Royal Gazette, scuretly three weeks ago ; what efirt will these auspicious events produce at Schoen brunt) and at Commit ? We need not answer. Is there, however, a man in Great Britain. we would ask, who knows and who considers the inefficiency and presumption of the Cabinet which planned. end who likewise takes into his contemplation, the inexperience, habitual indolence, and recognized procrastination, as well as inertness, which are uni versally admitted to characterize the Commit-der in -Chief, selected to conduct the enterprise to the S(licldt, that did nut foresee and anticipate the least energetic or glorious results from it ? The House of CHATHAM, however highly it may have merited of this country, in the closet or in the House of Commons, as Ministers of War or of Finance, will, we tear, acquire no additional claim to public gra titude, in their services iu the field. Thsitgli Sir Atensit Wl:f, ISSILVY 'it firmness and gallantry may have raised him to the dignity of Viscount Wll.- LINGTON, of Talavera, we iinagine His Nlazerte's confidential sei rants will not :advise Lord SAWS eleY.itiOii to a blarquisate of /gashing, or of Welchem,. They will be content to draw a mo dest veil over the exploits achieved in . Z. eland, and over thos: intended to have been ri.f , nanet.l is the Seliclilt. Too happy, if l'srbitino:u', .t ni_•et:, does not Isl-tnntly inn], nrtwe an inquiry into the reason, why the whole etiterprize was be gun and coven it on, in coittradiction to the most obvious priuc•iplcs of common sense ? Why Cad. sand and Antwerp, instead of Flushing and Kam mekeua•, or Schowen mid Bevelend, were not at tacked ? Amid why tiin. w** given to the enemy to render the main object of the expedition, the 4-"alr' tore or destruction of his fleet, imprecticalile ? These reflections are not merely elicited. 01 extorted, by the painful and unavoidable contem plation of the inelortoui results of a n expedition, riots which the stinguine, and the ministerial, row cipated an murk They are confirmed by authentic and recent information, obtained no the .pot. We have seen, and convened, with a person who has been a spectator of, and a participator in, this at. tempt to revivify the continent.' He left Camp-