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'An 11 • eninny renewed his attacks with still larger masses, _ ; rciiter impetuosity than on the pre-ceiling dive. Even thus his it/Farts tagsitsst the scathe and' the right wing were attended Kith so little su4, that the latter had eveh - g . ained such advantage/as to justify the expectation of the euintilatest .vistory, when the enemy, with fresh disisitins mind great superiority, suddenly penctrided the kft wing near Markgralem-Neuatedel, and succeeded, after an obstinate engagement, in compelling it to retreat. One of the wings of the Royal sad Imperial army being thereby exposed, his Imperidd and Royal' Highness the Archduke and "Generalissimo, hai directed the retreat by the way of Staminersdorf owl the Bisamhill, in coo,cipience of which the army occupies a new position, covering the commu nication with Bohemia. This retire was made good in the best order and without material loss. In the centre, as well as in the right wing. the .:fritly .uttered my considerably. Six thousand p-isoners were taken from hint, among 'them are Generals. Ile likewise lost twelve cannon, with ammunition, and Wild in every respect so much weakened, that he has not attempted since to por eve the Imperial and Itot•al army farther. General Lasalle is among his dead. The Imperial and Roy:II Anne Itai :thin to lain' in a great loss. In Gem rill Nordmann it has hewn de prived of a very tinffietat officer. Grueials Peter l'ecsei, D'Aspre, and Viikussinvile, are without hopes of recovery. (!t•IIVI 41111 Prince of i Jesse-flow burg, Stunt' rhenu, and Pier, are leas severely wounded. Ilia Imperial I ligliness the Generallissi- Imo himself, aid Prince I.ieliteustein. receives! slight musket-wounds, which, however, will not be attend ed with any daugerequi consetmetkes. It remains to be observed, that the whole army hus again af forded such proofs of :outrage 4'1 , 1 perseverance, as not to cloud our future rurpects with any fu ture apprehensions. - - WA LCHERE V. ST tribr OF THE PRIThli TOREFY sfroat Fl USHINCI AND THE strittnr, ON THE 1.2T11 INST. The British lines extended iihnut seven miles, iu curve, round Fliaslung, m u d embraced • body of 17,000. The following ia it tolerably correct ac count of dark divposition On the right is the 2.1 brigade, under Major- General GRAHAM, consisting of the 2(1 'battalion of Royals, in of the sth, and 2d of the 85th ; next the thlbeigmle, ander. Brigadier-General At:LLANO. cmisi -bug of the Queen's, or 2(1, the Vial. and ad battalion of the 94th,. " Seventh bngttele, under I ,lfajer-flenerel [sera, consisting of Slit 2d battalion of the 59th, ed of the 11th, and tat of the 74rth. d. The mitre is—the Bth bri4aide, under Briga dier-General Meat - ex; eonsiatilig.of the 24 batta lion of the 14111, 51a. and 1,1 battalion of the Bed ; Ittd the 12th brigade, under Major-Gen. STEw- AST. consisting of the 2.1 battalion of the 43,1, 52ii, and some centhanies of the 95th. " On the left is—the idth brigade, under Bri gadier-General BoTh%IIIInRH. consisting; iff the *sth, three sqoadron. of Light Dragoons, the 6 , 011, and German riflemen. " Eleventh hrigarle, under Major-General Pie- Ton ; consisting of the 16th, the 77511, and ti:e battalton of detachments under the Honourable Colonel COCHRANE, "Colonel Pegg, with the 71. t light iuCtutry. has a detiiclicil columauil at Fort Ramtnakint. Tlie id battalion of the hld Campveer, laud the 2d buttalion of the .'td. 2il of the eget, and 320. g3rftl.oll Lieut.-Ctn. Sir }BYRE: CooTA had removed his quarters to Zoitherg, and Get.. Frazee 4. more on the left, at a iolotll village called Ruthen. The gar, i.on of Flushing consists of Prinaitatis, Spaniards, Portuguese, and part of the Irish Bri gade. Tile SpaMiril. are thuse who were prevented (sum fl ing, olio RUM A 4, to the We of Itilgen. It as!. expri.tril 'hut ;be Niiiti t ui4 of MN rt.ev't d., aeon *mild have taken posie-eiost of Cadoind at the 4111.0 ; hut the attack wa. deemed too W- S fllOll% It is said mat the division of the army under Sir Jona Hoyt:, two.h.titig rit the Guards. 40th. lot battalion of the 9241. tat and 2.1 lutitalioue of the 4th, Ist of the 28th„ tat .j the loth, Ist of the .19th, t.-t of the pt.d., with Lord itossiA s's and the Marquis of 11t srt.v's .11%imons, will immediately iworweil up the Seheldt. inn - girds Antarrii. from 1:1.013 Berri ind, where they had disembarked. .1 huge tiorillit of `nn-brig. and Honi-busts, o:rh snow frigate% preoveded from linorna.sk;oe no W. fi l .le,rllV lasi , of noler to Kt. op for Scheldt weenie Antwerp, nosier the command of Sir Flom Pontast. Fort Lill., who the Freud, fleet lie, is aid to be ,attervigly fortified moor& the riste, hoc. % *o* peso-boats, aid a elmiti, w defend it. . . _ . J. 4 41.41 CA. f. 14.11.014 .JLI V F. Tile Ilek friptte, of n 1 - % or ,, verf, uo fnoin a urseiy oft Ilse Noith 'No of St. Dirptpugo. On the 19th ult., she tete gropht-,1 with toe Bloo , le relate, 3 98 gym*, Capt. %Milord, ar,d :corm that *ler ow. 10 eliae of the ircaell iterate', whotto had e‘tiape... from hioicr-ti , !ae,olCoustetotel dolt the troop* iatotitd on the Soth alt., without opposition, at Santo Do mingo, and marched towards the back of the city, and were preparing to carry o,i the siege with vi gour. A letter received in this city, from an Offi cer oo the Staff, corroborates the above, and states the arrival of the brig Clowsoill, one of the second A V ERICA. PORTIIMOLTII, NEW HAMPSHIRE, JULY 6. On Tuesday afternoon, much damage was done at Fort Constitutiou, by the accidental explosion of about 350 ibs. of gunpowder. It appears that ■ quantity of cartridges, prepared for the purpose of firi,i a salute, had been placed, without being secured in any thing, noon the platform, chase to two chests filled with cartridges. and that the car tridges having caught tire, communicated it to the chests. We regret to say, that it is already asccr tuineil that eight persons (men and boys) have been killed; that several are usissiug; and that many more ore dangerously wounded ; sou►e of whom, it is espeeted, canner long survive their wounds. The bodies of the dead and wounded are man gled in the most shocking manner ; and the force of the explosion was such, that some of the sutferer► were tort limb from limb, and tarried to a great distalice from the spot, in various direetious. our of the boodles, which was picked up, yesterday, iii the river, was totally stripped of every article of ckithing, except n.e small piece of a shirt, close to the elbow. Pieces of human flesh have bees dis coveretl, scattered in different spots: • thigh, in sea place ; • leg and foot, in another ; and a hand, i• s third. Its short, we do nut recollect ever to have witnessed a more distressing or isopalliug sight. Some pieces of women's petticoats have likewise brill found; slid, as we are itifortuvil, one or more are mist-ing ; we think they shared the same fate with the rest. To give some idea of the force %Inch attended the explosion, we have only to inform our readers, that ■ leg mid ►oot actually pronto-aril throngli • double door in the Captuin's ht►ibs and made its way to the inner part of the room : airuo.t every wiiiihow in the fort was stove in : sod, in the lowee occupied by the Comm•odaut, tile doors were token from the binges; the %snottily& broken ; the shelves in the closets torn down ; the ceiling much injured: in short, the Warhol; is utmost it ruins. If the explosam hail taken place four or five minutes sooner, it is' next ter ell isonossiirdity hut that 100 persons more would have been killed ; fortunately the sound of as fiddle at so me diamice, caused almost every one to flock towards the spot from whence it proceeded.---(New York Gazette, Jody 14.) From The Nero York Erentog Post,Joly 14. lt•sevlt.t.r, act.r 4. On Saturday, the 40th inst. the following cats*. tiophe happened in the house of Mr. Janes Ford, on the Elbe river, in this State. A rues, of the name of Crouch, was suspected of having 'toles, a horse, and was pursued and opprehenoleil at the house of Ford, by Mr. Reynolds and Mr: Reredeon. Two brothers of the name of Bustling, who were res looted to Crouch, heard of his confinement, and re-. solved to rescue him. They wont to Ford's house, and, after attempting, unsiortessfullv, to tut the cord which Crouch was bound vial., one of the Boolii:gs presented his rifle to the breast of Rey. Holds ; hy, in self-defence. did the same; and they fired nearly at the SWOP time. Bowling was killed, and Reynolds wounded iu the arm. The other Bowling then presented his piece at the same itt.tuttt at Boredom, who also raised his rifk to Bow breast ; they thed together, aid both fell deritL The fellow who was in custody run away, and was pursued by Reynolds, who was unable to Lire at him with success, larieg invaluable of loading his rifle, from the disability induced by the wound hi his THE BRITISH PRESS. LON DON, FRIDAY, AtIGUST IS. •• • • A vessel is arrived at Liverpool, from New-York. which she left on the 21st last. The news of the refusal of the Briti,h Government to ratify the arrangement made by Mr. ERSKINE, hail reached that c.ty, and hail excited much ditanit4sfuction.— An opinion gen...ally prevailed, that the Non- Intercourse Act would in con..•pierce be again re torted tu.—The American l'oper%, received by this ounveyance, are not of a later date than the 17th inclusive. One of them, of the tith, states, that a brig had arrited there from St. Croix, which was hoarded in latitude 51.1 deg. 19 min. Long. 67 deg. 31 min. West, by Hie Majesty's sbip Latona, having the French frigate Felacito JO tow, 101101 had been eaptured on the preceding duy.—The Fiend] had three killed in the action—the Latona num,. The !ellinisterial Papers premise that we may expect in future to receive intelligence more red; u larlt from Spain. The port of Corwin. hying perfectly op on. they say it is intended immediately to re-establish the regular intercourse with that port by packets. The Marquis de la Rosati' has mail.. a request to this effect; and it is expectvil that, by this time. a regular communication will .hare beta opened between the corps of Rosati* and the armies under Sir Aernvit WaLLesua *ad General Cuisn*, etuf between the whole North. South, and centre of Spain. We hope that this statement will prove correct. and that an ev il Mt lain complained of, and that must have ope rated so injnrinusly, as the want of a regular and .snietinit :uteri curse between our troops and our allies, will at length be remedied.—Sir JOHN IjeHILK, in his letters, repeatedly complained of want of intelligence from Madrid, and that be timid not kali what was doing around him. It is Aso a well authenticated fact, that Gen. CRAII nOvit never received • line from Sir Jowl Moot i yi n , e c i neut to the 17th of December last, awl that the army in Portugal had the earliest accounts of the inlIVI:ItlelliS of the British army in Span' froiu the Loudon newspapers. • We have received the Gibraltar Paper nif the 424 July, containing accounts from Minorca to the -2'2d, and Malta to the 49th June, stating. that the conthined British and Sicilian troupe had matte a descent on the kingdom of Naples; that the natives were Bucking to their standard. and that a spirit of insurrection amid resistance to the French dani festad itself through the whole cotintry. We stated yesterday, gyms the authority of ac counts brought Ii tht Wender gun-brig, which lett the Island of N'alchereti, on Sund ty night, that the bombardment of Flushing had commenced at an early hour that morning; that flags of truce were seen passing and repassing during the canna. .of the day, and that the place offered to surrender, but that a difference respecting the terms had caus ed some delay. This statement is confirmed by the following letter from Harwich : " £uth7G.-6 p. sr. " I have barely time to tell you, hi :ore the de parture of the post, that the Master of an English vessel is this inoment arrived, who left Cainpvore yesterday afternoon at four o'clock. He blitigs as ACC that FLUSNIIII4I: atJaItLNDERED TESTUR DAY MORNING, at six o'clock, lifter a tremendous Isoinbarduieut, which is said to have laid all the fortifications awl 'sodding', fronting the sea com pletely Icvel with the ground, sod that an astonish number of women and chililrem have per:Aied, '• The Master h ard the bombardment till thrt a i n t h e ; after that he did not hear a gun. The news of the surrender reached Cicuptete by Es press. Tilts Master only arrived at Cumpvere, from Lundon, with a turtle, as a present to the Com munder-in-Chief, 011 Monday afternoon, alien seven sail of 74's ware just getting uuder weigh to pro ceed to tlic bombardment. " A lugger is astern, and he supposes she mat have dispatches." The roamer of the vessel alluded to reached town at an early hour last morning, and states, in additiou to the above, that another offer to sin ren der was made by the Commander of the garrison of Fluslissig, at half past tau, on Monday morning. The town had not bean formally taken possession of by the British troops; but the delay filif arisen, not from any 'apposition that the garrison could possibly hold out longer, or any consequent cliffs culty respecting terms, but for the purpose of ad justing some details of minor importatic.. The substanc& of the capitulatims, however, had been settled, by which the garrison were to surrender prisoners of war, and the British troops were to be put in possession of the gates of the town, at six o'clock, on Tuesday evening, when the British Flag would be hoisted upon the ramparts. The 95ths and the German Regimeut of Col. ll* teerr, it was understood, were to take possession of the gates. The otter to surrender, made on Monday, having demauded more favourable terms for the Irishmen Us the garrison than were admissible, it was peremptorily rejected, and the bombardment was renewed with increased fury. The loss of the British army is said to be comparatively small, the whole not exceeding eight or nine hundred ill killed, wounded, and missing. The lost on the part of the line-of-battle ships was not ,known; but it is fair to cosiclude that it could not have been considerable. Such is the substance of the latest accounts and reports from Flushing. It was swelled out yesterday by aloplitication;verbiage, sail tautology, into a long article, in the shape of a letter frosts dLddleburgb , sod published its wide lines, es a Second &lithos, in One of the Mousing Papers, although it will be found, upon compa rison, to have been iu substance nearly the same with the accouut which we gave yesterday iu the whole of our impression. That Flushing has surremiered, and that the place was, before yes terday, in possession of our troops, cannot be rea sonably doubted. Up to a late hour last night, however, uo official *monist to that effect had been received at the Admiralty or War 011i.v; nor had the telegraph ansiouisccd that a vessel, ants slim. patches from Flushing, was COI g jut° the DOTI M. nor that en officer or issesseuger, with dispatches, ass upon his way. If any additional colifirniation could ariie in our I, of the justice and solidity id those opinions, which we have already expressed, rehitire to the march into Castile, and the victory ol Wide n, it would be of by The ii2fraorthwan9 Gscottr of Tuesday lie:% Its ' , missal, whitener sea satious of admiration it insy eseitt, of the valour, fir:ones*, and discipline, of out tioops, peacoats a distressing retwn of their diminished numbers, and offers dawning proof of the incapacity of a Cabinet. which knows nut where beneficially to employ that valour fur the extrication of Europe. Well may cam of their supporters, turpelied Ly 11111 irresistible conviction of this truth, exclaim, "Oh, that 10,000 liritish troops had been iii the battle of Wagraui !" And eddy, were not 10.000 Braids troops in that action? Whitt iiiipeihments preveuted them from being early in July on the Danube ? We have re peatedly hewn with whet facility they might have becu transported from Lisbon to Trieste, in 3lay and June. If they had been sent to that quarto - . there 1. 1 . General • '. l StUART'S force Imam Messina, the battle of IVa,. could never have happened, mai Austria not pow. be reduced to the W.:initiating situation of accepting terms dictated by N erwecti N. l e , Can. tile, they can only, We repeat, gather laiirets lota. Fels, unproductive of any permits...it/ beta tel ; slo t s BUN Apt um. when he has stinjected, divided, and tne East, will transfer his conquerin g anus to the Vest. Do we intend to await Ili* von*, ming, mid to dispute Madrid with Lieu ? Or shall e, u. somi a, we hear of a Peace being concluded at Vienna, renew the retreat to Comma, of a hielt so painful a recollection is imprinted on weer) Lop atin iu this ;country ? The battle of slavers, however glorious to our arms, will sicit!.-r sure Spain, nor rescue Austria, our fortes BO N•PIIIITA to adopt measures of moderation and justice. What dm, is it, utility 2—for we do lost dispute its Lail. li:they. We trust, that Nbilisters will inform us what consequences, beneficial to the cowman cause, are expected to retell from it. But, even as a military monument of our proems-, it has been dearly purchased. Look at The Gfizeite. If JOSEPH BON•PASTL desire consolation, or wish to &live comfort in his &Ica, he may find it in Sir Alma's WELLLSLEY'S letters. " 5367 killed, wounded and missing !" How ninny servitors iv.. maul, tit for service ? Can we stand such aino:, r victory ? The luso of the PMI'S). however, his been much greater."—" By all accounts, their lose if 10,•00 men." And what then ? will he nut find in the remains of SOVI.Vi and Ns's's armies, ample means of tilling ti,) the vacancies iu his ranks ? Have we any similar fund on which to draw ? Do we not, every step that we advance, recede from our own resources, and approach those of the enemy ? Have we any possal)l2 retreat, in vase of occident?—.These are mot rcrious questions. Sir AltTiluit's letters, th couched in guard ed language, open subject for deep reflection. If Cut STS excite lit) blame, he can claim little mend:aims. But what shall we say of % r NSOAa ? What does the British Coottitaiklor s.iv of Imo It appears that General V Ili N AS hod ,it carded into execution that part of the plums ul ow-Mimes which related to his corp.; and that he was still rt Damiel, io La Maucha." We forbear making any comment on this fact ; it is, indmrl, alto ether unnecessary. On the narrative of the action itself, thotigli it infers matter for much inquiry, tot some astoirishruent, and for more regr.-t, on one or two points. we shall likewise to-day be silent. But, whim this action is derrorninated„ " a complete and glorious victory," we would venture to repeat, that the enemy, by Sir ARTHUR'S nefount, " con ducted his retreat" across a river, (tire Alberche) "ill Jibe most relator order s continuing to keep a rear-guar.l of uliove tell thoissand mil the heights on the left of the Alberche." flu the Ist of A iigiist. it is true, that he &Went:vie this mpg of troops, Fier days after the Wacky: hut, adds Sir ArrHUR, " I conclude, with un intention of taking up a position in the neigh lourhood of Geadoransu ;" that is, half nay be tween Segovia and Madrid, in a position ronuuand sug the parser between New and Old Castile. In all this, we see nothing like flight, or confusion, or dismay. But what is the condition of the vie torions army ? To us it appears rather ills coirraging, if not alarming. " The extreme lir tipsy of tie troops, the lowa of provisions, and the numbers of wounded to be taken care sol; have prevented me from moving from my position." At Tatavera,iii fact, Sir AWC.UVR still was on Ist of August. We must reluctantly confess, that these victories of ours, bear on resemblance in their re sults to the victories of BotbaeallTE. When he conquers, he pursues. If he did not, his victories would he of us little real value, as, we fear, nal prove the battle of 'falavera. The following, according to the latest sect - mots, are the IIdIPWA and rates of the French ships of the liar is the Scheldt, viz : AlLanais 74 Deguesclin Ativersata Alithscieuk Charlewstior teutuuteree tle 71 Pultobk Dalmatia pruritic Besides several frigates, ands number of brigs, gun-boats, &c. The Maria. HEAMVV, from Sicily to Liverpool, has beatenaff privateer. after a luny action ; ear ri..d away the privateer's top-mast, and killed a number of her people. A letter from Alicant, dated Jucc 30. tat)*, " A Fiench pnvateer has captured au L.:14411.A brig, Iron" Majorca, with brandy ; anti All .kinal- Clin vessel, bound to Tarragona, and carried thew into Algiers." The Boston Gazette says, that Spanish dollars, hearing the name of FalLDlllaau the Filth, are in circulation at Boston. Congress hap, enacted that 11101/As JEFFS RIO Ss their late Presideut, stud seud and receive letters, free of portage. The crews of the Russian squadron, taken at Lis bon last year, were on Ttielishiy put on bo.sid 'ail of transports, and railed from Portsmouth on 11 ed iiesihay afterooon, under convoy of the irhoospeors frigate, for Russia. Admiral SI NIAVIN sad his Staff went in the Cliampium. The country cent lushing hying thickly wood ed, the enemy's riflemen were able to take oft' a number of our men. Our odors, however, sot'u t le* rd the neighbourhood of shear gentry.—They rushed through the wood., with their cutlawirs, and hardly our of them returnrd without a on or two, which they carried alai's', and proudly es hibitrd to tt.e anny as trophies.. ... I, 4.: ►1 ad' S. me Hi ui• At thi tot Ro Lu by Tr b a“ ul th th fir •ta, or