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• ~" It is the LliNswit.g ed the 40:h the inte and lewd for t Ofirmer. (Signed) " Provided always, and be it farther emitted, That nothing la Mos Act coldish:bed %boil extend, or he constriwit to totem', to an triontbraes, sales or exchanges, of any funisnissiou" sae...smistireste iy the honourable hand of Gealleinen Pe •ners, or in His Majesty's Yeoman Guard, or is the M • -.SOS, and the (:vort of the King in the Palace of the P,. L 4 at tVeitminster, or to extend to any purchases, oa.e., or eyeliners' isf any Conimu‘sious iu Ilia Majesty's forces for anoh prices as shall he regulated and fixed by 3:1% regolsiiou made or to be made by Ml. Mojisty iu rt:•• 'died, or to as, net or thing done in relation thereto bi .+Rellts, remotest that such artists shall he agents of regiments authorised Sy - the ll'uosmauder-iii-Chief of Ills Ma jeatis foremi, or ley the l'ohnsels or Commandant. of regi meats or corps. avid shall art therein under s ort, ',wile' m oil ou's as are or shall, from time to time, be established by His 111.ijosty, and shall list ClOrrr or procure, or knowingly per mit or soder tube printed or advertised, any advertisement or ailreetisenients, proposal or pmpusels, for any pore hose or n de, or rerhonsc of rim eoniiriosion, or any negotiation relanog thereto: Lad shod not reeriie i.e take ally simory, fee, gratuity, or reward, or auy stonily, agreement., cove mrant, enntract, bond, or assurance, or any way, lowans, or deuce, ronteset Or agree to receive or have any money, fee, geotrim, or reward, for acting iu such behalf " Provibot also, and he it further enacted, That every °direr in His tlapsity's Forces, who shill take, accept, or rerrive,e; pay, or agree to pay, any lamer suns of money, di rectly or indirectly, than abut is allowed by auy regulations mole by His Majesty, hi relation to the purchase, sale, or aschaeoe, of Cistetwissielus iu Hi. Majesirs forces, or oho shall pay, Os [Stift to be paid, any non of money to any Azent or broker, or other person, fur negotiating the piir ,ch.oe or sale, Of exelsauge, of any such Commission, shall, on I;cieg eonsicted Hommel by a General ('ourt-Martial, forfeit his einunsission, and be cashiered; and, as an rat couragetnent fin this detitetion of such practices, sorb COM 131.0,100 so forfeited shall be odd, and half the regulated va lue lint corcoding son% ) shall be sand to the informer, and the other half, or the remainder, if more than Una. shall go mid be applied as His Majesty shall order nod direct by any arwalattaas twos titre lo tour toads in that behalf: Pro. tided also, list every promo who shall sell his Commission is Ili" litojesty• forces, and not continue to hold any Com mission in Ili. 3rfojesty's forme, and shall, arts er is rela tion to Binh sale, take accept, or riatirs, directly or ish regal?, any money, fe e, giatuity, loan of money, resold or profit, or say promise, agreement, rurrnant, contract, bond or aginniaer. Or shall by any device or means, coutraet or agree to reecimis or hate am money fee, gratuity, luau of money, reward, tor pro fi t, beyond ;he mitalated price, or salve of the COMUOSSOOI sold, and alms tarry pri.nn, who Shall witfully or knowingly aid, abet, or assist such person therebs, shall he demised sad adjudged gritty of • misde. osesausr wakes the prosisionaulftlse Act. " Provided alwaro. sod be it Author enacted, That no. this ip the said recited Act, or this Act contained, shall *steed or he costarred to extend to Gibraltar., Malta, or any place or plar.s is the 31e liternineau, until Hirer inontlis ; or to any of His Majesty's iknuintoor, totemic', or plants tious in America, or the tte s t.li n fieri, w ad four months; or to the Cipe .of Good Hops, am island of St. Helena, array Part of .Ifrica, until six namstbs or to gay of His !Majesty's downier. in the Foot Indies, or beyond the Cape...ft:mid Hope, vatll twelve oroutlio after tilt passing of this Act." FOREIGN I ATEL LIG ENC E. SPANISH PAPERS. ADDItEIS OF THE SUPREME JUNTA. PrOPLIit orOstt.lcia !--On seeing you fall into the power of the enemy, without any resistance, on contemplating your ousel emporium, the pride of mir coast, occupied by the French, and this lead ing and powerful province, from sea to sea, subject t r a foreign yoke, indignation arid grief wrung from your native country groans of malediction and an ger ; as from a mother, who complains to heavers and earth of the degradation of a daughter, in whose panty and virtue she was wont to glory. Disastrous events then followed in as rapid a suceessiou, as fortunate occurrences did before.— The battles of Espinosa, Burgos, and Tualela, were followed by the action of Somosicrra, the capture of the capital, and the defeat near Celes. The ruias of Suragoassi, the affair of Voila, and the battle of Medellin succeeded ; but if in these me morable actions fortune forsook as, at least the public opiniou was not lost. The wonderful resist ance of the capital of Armpit ; the perseverance and gallantry with which our Catalonian army, notwithstanding its inferiority in numbers, main tained an actinsi for eleven hours, broke the enemy's centre, and then fought its way into Tarragona ; the winguinary conflict of Medellin, in which the French soldiers were struck with astonishment, on witnessing the intrepidity and boldness of our troops, whom they despised at the bottom of their hearts, manifested, that *min, although' deeply affected by these disasters, (lid not 1L.... her con& dance. Her warriors pursued the path of glory, and were every day atapiiring Additional rights, and additional means to obtain victory. But Gallicia, Uallicia. entered without resistance, domineered without opposition, and sinking into slavery with out a groan; disconcerted all die cairn- Istions of prudence, and gave the death-Wow to the state, by destroying all it, hopes ! Who could have supposed on that unfortunate night, that the first dawn of happiness would burst forth upon onr country from weak u you appeared in your fall, a hawked times pore great and glorious were you in your insurrec- Coll.—Despair itself, magnanimous ( ialliriuns, raised Your arms to a degree of rtrength of which you were at fird iiicapalilv, and the enemy was woo made to perceive, that loyalty and patriotism were essteuttsltsig the flame of war in a province, which apparently was perfectly tranquil. The shouts of indaiwildenee began to be heard on every row', in every village sad town ; rage supplied ar 114. aid with him who liati net a sabre to bran a tinglork to churge, the peaceful scythe and wide became the impleitimita of war anti death. Individuals, in a state of extreme agitation. 'eat+hag each ether, compunies Mire collect , corps were fortune:, and the coutrierors„ fear ,* in their turn of the vatiquislod, rented to their strong holds. Thither they were pursued, there ' were assailed mid routed. Vigo surrendered itsi uppresso r, uud (lallieia, sending them in Chains to the (meriti; sea-coast, drove them to hear Auers to the Onions rrith, that the Spanish not yet entirely forgotten the art of conifiten. Mg and euchaiiiiiig the rreuch. This was the first day which alone shone propitious en Spain, after five months of disasters. It war ful lowed by others, and the very men, who, at the first moment of surprise appeared so dejected, were the first who faepared the. palms of victory, which were erten% ards I,eitliered jointly with them l.y the war riors, who flew to their assistance, in the streets of Santiago, the fields of Estrella and Lugo, and at the bridge of St. Pago. It was iu vein, that Swat.. who, with considersble trouble, escaped from our allies in Oporto, hastenee• with the reinnins of his defeated division, to reinforce tie! menaced Nay. Obstructed um their marches. shorn of their advanced parties, intercepted in their cominimica tioM, and disconcerted in their hopes of fighting decisive battles ; those Generals despair to coeupter, and greatly detest a war, which wastes them without glory. 11'liere are now that resumer that confidence with which they told you that all was trampiil in the peninsula, except Corenna and Ferrol ? Where that vain glory with which, in their aiuliitlons views, the comas of the Cantabrian and Atldittie Sea re sounded ? They might devastate soil ravage your country, but could not subject and maintain them selves iii it. Wearied with contending with physical forces which increased every day, amid with a moral resistance which had rendered itself invincible, they at length flee from your soil, exhausted, wretched, dispersed, without arms, and without clothes, and in Castile give a fresh and striking proof of the im possibility of imposing a yoke upon II people, w hen tliey are ulna ii i aaa tins in their resistance. " Tifit Simulants domes sot Luna tatial soar is," said the infamous traitor, to their country--those who disgoised, under the mask of foresight, their criminal egotism ; with these expressions of discou ragement, they wished to repress the generous movements of loyalty. Vile and pusillanimous into ! we now know what war is, cud this ter rible Itssou is written on our soil by the finger of desolation, and graven on oar hearts with the poignard of sem:entice. The execrable wretches, whose satellitesye sonde y ourselves, have exceeded in their atrocities whatever your pet - 14110t% suggestions could devise, and cowardly imagittation But proceed to Gallieia, if yon dare to do so, and learn to appreciate Spanish valour. Seinvolu stretched his valiant arm over the burning coals of Porienna ; his arm was con►umped, without the hero venting a sigh, or asking tneicy.— Such is Spanish patriotism: the blood of sacrificed victims is still crying up to heaven ; the smoke of fired houses is still rising to the clouds; the silence of desolation is still hovering over a country, form erly covered with villages and farms. Yet ask the families who are wandering through the woods, whether they will not rather live with the wild beasts of the forest, thins have any intercourse with the as•assin who sold you ? Ask them, whether they repent their resolution ? Try whether you discover among them one voice which sides with you, one vote winch exculpates you? You are now free, People of Gallicia, and the country, on proclaiming your eniancipsitiun, blots out with tears of admiration and affection the pain ful expression, in which it once cosaplained of you, at another time, and under different circumstances. Ye are free, and owe it to your sublime patriotism, your valour, end your persi.veraiire. Ye are free, and Spain, nay, all Europe, congratulate you with additional satisfaction, because your fate seemed truly hopeless. All good men bless your name ; and offering you, as a model to all the other pro. vinces, they consider the day of your redemption as the forerunner of the salvation of the country. But, people of Gallicia, if you wish to preserve tout liberty ahi.,h you hive °Monied by dint of prodigies ; if you wish to maintain unstained the glory which surrounds you, and reverberates thrum:limit Spain ; if you wish to gather the fruits of so many painful exertions, perfectly matured, remain united, and subordinate to the authorities who are at the head of you. Bear in mind, all ye who have any influence over the management of the public stfai s rs of this great province, as well ye who command, as ye who obey, that social tranquil lity and safety, are founded on virt tie. By strength and perseverance y ou have defeated the enemy ; by union, by love of order and justice, you will con solidate your happiness, and repair the dreadful evils which the Funch itivasiou has inflicted on pm. Let public tranquillity revive with the em pire of patriotism. Peace and moderation in all tnwns will villages, union and subordination in the armies, eternal hatred against the tyrants.—Suclr •oath to lw• your Immo. Royal Futon iu Seville, MARTIN DE GARAY. July to, idols__ ILLSIIi \f:. Extrai t of a Letter from an Officer employed in the Expedttion:—.• We landed n;) the north side of the Wand of ‘ri:li :AM of the troops. with little or no opposition ;—we Is} on our arms 1 I that night in the road, within tno niles of Alithile burg, and entered it the next day ; we found it 1 1 completely gutted by the French, who hal left it to arrange themselves along the toad to Flushing, determined to oppose evay step. 'Flie rood be tweeii :iliddlehurg and Flushing is through inch .en enclosed country, intersected pith ditches, hedges, and thickets, as to give the enemy every possible advantage ; but I suppose the bravery of British troops was never more coiwpicuoutly displayed than on that occasion. The e2d and Slit light infantry were foremost the whole way, headed by Lieutenaut-Colonel 11AINWARING, of the 51st, who led them on in such a superior style, iv, to astonish the enemy ; and, aided by the ardour and bras ery of those two gallant r!ginients, succeeded in completely destroying and taking the French in every direction, lighting opwards of live hours without intermission ; and, in addition to be ing opposed every step, bad to bear the constant tiring from the enemy, who lord entrenched them selves in the ditches along the road. We took about 600 prisoners, and nearly the same 'miniver killed and wounded, with tno field-pieces, and totally annihilated the first colonial regiment. The ope rations nutter Lord Nor. r on our right, and those of General M'Ket.zte, on our left, acre equally kuccerhf u I." THE BRITISH PRESS. LONDON, SAITIWAY, AutiusT 19. No accounts from Flushing had been received at the Admiralty or ‘Var-ofrice, alien this was put to press. The report, therefore, of the actual surrender of the place at six o'clock on Tuesday evening', when the German Legion of HILKETT, and the 812(1 British, took possession of the gates, remains exactly as it was on Thursday. The vessel which carried the cargo of turtle to the lt,rl of CHATHAM, and brought home, in return, this iatereating liiiiitortusit news, is thelast arrival from the Isle of Walcheren, and of coarse we have no ground upon which we can arraign the accuracy of the information. The wind certainly has been ge nerally in an adverse point glace Tuesday ; but the weather has not been very boisterous; and when we farther consider the shortness of the distance, it does appear strange that Government have received no intelligence of an event of so much impovtance.—.- We were also early informed, and still believe, that estriordinary measures had been provided for facilitating the transmission of news front the Scheldt, and that signal vessels were stationed for that pssrpose.—We do not mean to say that a con firmed chain of signals was drawn across Irons Wel , cheren to the Downs, but rt is obvious that a sort of broken (Muhl might be preserved between the apposite coartr.-.-This circumstance must of course increase our surprise at the aliactiee of all ofricial intelligence in the interval since 'fuesday.--Sach, however, is the fact.---We are not only without of heist dispatches, hot also withont the expectation of the arrival of any last night.—Lust evening the atmosphere was clear and favourable to telegraphic comintsrsielitions, and it was ascertained that no dispatches were ou their was. A cartel has arrived at Dover, from Morlaix, with prisoners. —She has brought a great number of letters; but they ore not of public importance, the writers berg% afraid to touch upon political affairs. There has not, we believe we may safely assert, during the last twenty years, been any moment of time, in which so man) great objects of interest and of anxiety were depending, as in August, 1809. Let us try to cast a bird's-eye view over Europe, during the present instant of pose and suspense, while the fate of Austria and Germany, though signed, is not irrevocably sealed. The first and leading figure, which arrests our view, is NAPO LEON--his foot upon the neck of his fallen and intimidated enemy. Master of Vienna, coroperor of the Danube, victorious at Wagrarn, lu pos session, as we are taught to believe, of pinion, Pre/burg, and Gratz, having compelled Ft:sm.:is to accept an armistice ; uniting all these ad vantages, and personally present in the midst of Austria. it is undoubtedly too probable that Int l i will dictate peace before the tetith of the present month, when hostilities are otherwise to se-corn victim. Yet are there some gleams of light visi ble amidst this darkness. We cannot consider either the Austrian Monarchy, its armies, or its SOVEREIGN. as humbled or crushed in the same degree as the:. were after the battle of Austerlitz.— No interviews in a windmill are mentioned. Even the oegoeiatious proceed slowly and relurtantly.— The Ty roleee comb' ue in anns. Of the march, the movements, or the arrival of the Itassisto auxilia ries, so long foretold, we hear nothing. DINO to the Bth or 99i of this month, we may safely infer, that no peace hail been signed. Hope, therefore. from that quarter of Enrope, however languid, is not extinct. Meanwhile, an armament, forinirl.il.le om its numbers, (would we could say from the recognised Weals and activity of its Ciiiiirnauder l) sent from this country, has landed in Zealand. Ilnd it krtn nately been fitted out and ihspatclied six weeks ear lier, such an invasion, directed against conntries so Dear to France, and against rivers or fortresses, in ` !,I - which NAPOLEON hAs been collecting the ic.Arrialli for invasion, duriag many years, ini,ght hire p ow . erfully operated on the Danube. But, intelligent, and energetic Ministers, waited or in telligence of the armistice of Zoiiim, before they sent Lord CHATN•III over to the Confine:li ; rh o + nothing was more practicable than to have dis patched the Expeditiou by the 15`it of June, in. stead of the 2611 of July. Like Re.aceigo, in The Moor of Venire, they may say--" I. do follow here in the chase, not like a hound flint hunts, but one that tills up the cry.—My money is almost sp en t; and I think the issue will be, Isbell have so much experience for my pains." When tree read of the bombardment of Flushine, of the laetloo ! op Smith Ilevelutrel, and of the lope. rations, J they can tie properly so elenorninated, carr3 tog on at the mouth of the Schelclt ; and alien we observe., that, ever since the e.911i of lust mouth, no official accoutit of the surrender of the lilac., 100 landing etl'extr, I OD lite isle of Cadosal, nothing hitherto commenced ugaiost Fort Lilo or Antwerp, while nsitsbioorrN is coll. (ling %II the disposable force of Ft/rodeos and hol land, to give us a warm reception;—whe n we moreover reflect, that the British troops are not led oil by a MIRLAi/1101.1;H, or a %% ol.rI;, or even by a Wsi.csau.ty; we confess, that, even in the con templation of objects purely national, mid uncon nected with the fate of Austria, we see much more ground of apprehension than subject of well-founded harts. If The alarming Post, or The Times, view these events through, a more sanguine and favourable me. ilium, we hare only to wish that their anticipations may be realized. Fur us, we rather dread, than de. sire, the arrival of intelligence from VValcherett awl from Antwerp. Not that we question the heroism, skill, and exertions of our troops, and, above all, those of the naval force, whose superiority of tactics above the enemy, almost secures success. But we may purchase Flushing, liana s and Antwerp, at too dear a rate, and with too great an effusion of Bri tish blond. Such, in our estimate, hits been the case in Spain, at Talavera ; where, with above tire thousand men lift on the field, or disabled, we have purchased the barren satisfaction of furnishing mutter for encomium to the 'Minis terial Papers, on the ability of a Cabinet, the names of whose principal tnembert cannot be perused by the gravest of His MAJESTY'S Chap smile. We have, besides, com pelled JOUPII BONAPARTE to retreat to Guadars ins ; from whetice he tray not improbably return, lamer ilt/ttr we wish, to afford us the occasion of ;ruining another aimilar victory. Those who see matter of solid triumph, or of felicitation, in these transactions, should inform us, how Sir ARTNUR, with his viiitoricies, but diminished fcrces, is to subsist in New Castile; how he is to ad. VBll.Cr to Madrid ; how he is to recruit his army ; lastly, and above all, how he is ever to retreat out of Spain, and to reach Cadiz, Lisbon, or Co runna. Do the admirers and encomiasts of the march to Madrid, recollect where Madrid it? Or do they rely fur security on the troops of BLAKE, of VENROAS, anal of CLTEITA ? Lord CHATHAM may always return from Waleheren, or from Antwerp. But, how is WE.LIASLET ever to reach the /Ware. tic, or the Bay of Biscay, in case of a reverse BON•PARTE wilt order, we limy be assured, all the efforts and attacks to be made en the British ex clusively. he knows how to deal with the Spa. inert's. Such is our view of Europe at the present mo. 'neut. IVe hare hastily potirtriyed its leadin...; features. Of Ischia, and of Archangel ; of the ex peditions Russia, or agakst Naples, we mike little account, for they will decide nothing. Holland, Spain, but, above all, Austria, fix and en gross our altenticrit. The next accounts front Vi enna, and front Germany, will, prabab!y, be most iroportAnt. The New-York Paper of the 17th sap, " We are entitled to state, as a positive fact. that on Ante. newt Gentleman in Amsterdam has written to his tri fnl herr. by the late arrival from Amstertlani, that he had received a letter from General Anti- STAMM, our bithister at Paris, advising him to remit his money to England or America without any delay, as the General had finally made ep his mind to leave France itninediately, and return to America." The Cant&erland, Minna, arrived from the River Plate. sailed 21st May ; left there the Gene roes Planter, M*PnEnsott, of London. to sail in oboist a fortuight ; Illay, Bnowa, of Liverimol, ditto; Incentor. MsLEN Now ; Prihee Twcu. f aa sea i'eft/eg, of Landon ; a schooner hi-- longing to London, RosEaysns, master; and an America'', Louder Spa unit colours, LAICso, mist cr. —On Litli Jour, in lat. 2. 41. S. l.m . es, 94. W. saw a large slim alerting towards Rio Janeiro; she skewed a Freus b wie.igii at the miles,, and a Portu guese flag at the fore. supluiseil to be a cartel from the Isle of France.—Passed, , -2:•1;h June, in lat. 9. S. long.-43. W. it tleit of twelve sail; appear:.) steering for Rio J4114'40: most of them rely hose ships, supposed to lac Indult/ten. The fullowieig paragraph is retracted from the l.4ter of our Correspondent at Plymouth : " Accounts front Falmouth state the arrival there from Spain of a cutter, with as °Geer,. the hearer of dispatches, said to be posterior in date to Sir A. 1V el.ssi.sv's victory, and to contain accousits of ht. li.iviug marched to Madrid. We hope this will !mule true."—tho issquirv, we could not find th st flue intelligence alluded to had been teceived by Go, ernment. :~' ell Man mad I performed. II beuett of Mr Lady Tau ; the patronapp aniusetnents (horn. went r in mower to a and happily 11. Wellesley The effect thi forwent... of I and Britons s lioou Wing 111/11 , 4e orertimi the curtails di mold ha pru tilled, and ma under the ne --•'s perfor bonne 11114 ro.l Ammo. the The Cout Hnontionci, fir thr Wt. the I Cenral and M inton, !Ilium Captain Browns awl Mrs. Hint Vitt'. Mr. Mow. Mr. Horn Baru ate! (unify, &e, Is 'l' T II hen IA That ►hr Lut r Lu That, bent let Attra , It is not Nur i► His Royal mini) ltett . er Viseottutes I.t.,terday, in liourne Holly UMW Cow weep amon~ei The Dania last night, nt Mr. and th frir their nen by lieneral II Tile Worts the il7lh of The combine BRAII4III, Mr VAn, engaged for t F2iiiten ran '9th instant. Au ntinir during the r. profit to the young wife of ported, WWI I officer of Or. Brigutlier4 distinguished Taliiverr, ant A. Wzi I.Est. hunself no 1, and on winy the nude of Alumna's, Ai and two nepl tem country. Lieutenant fell in the m soils .Jung I.tican Lienteitant4 gowan, Yf K to General (; tortimining, will i.e. ileepl) A aelt‘ the mare regrette who commons' pre.ent Conn Wedimaite ------ HMO Ortlnnuee 11)t. the late Mini .tittisic in her •die hid gone fore, apparent The Georg 1.0, rell down a eons: The first eraiii in the garret and It ul three areal snit ran ehdritning. " rr gentlemen, sod tutus oth, the shriek of t 1 lint rine of the cniol crash, wl t pans, then 1. , 1 It twiny in ow lives Mere _ . • • Aft3/Vr • 4 . - 07 111 S N ' dead . GCNEita , Y were 4 1 4 tog, motrtr-ii , " • • f u l in .he CoUllaarider4 stroa iixtract.frona an r, Yhcy 1:h of June, 1909, • and Brokerage. of • . 11 • • with the iofornsatios and ' the chain if the Army. YY itut agoett) fi wItItY C Ll' Adj-Gen. have