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Er T'47: ' • ; fnerciahroid, twelve, at Guitar . hall. Lon.lon. • September On. William Prize, late ofjpawith. Selfullt, r. at eleven, at the While Morse, Ipswich. gept..inticr no. Abram Gompert Enid* of Portsmouth. 'Shopkeeper, at ten, at Guildhall, Londue. September Q. V. Minn Hopkins, of Lemap-street, Goode man's-tields, :Middlesex, silk-tbrower,Ut ten, at London. September , 21. Thomas Jennings and Dickenson Jennings, of Spalding, Lincoln, bankers, at ten, at the While Hart Ism, Spalding. September .?1 Thomas Guillod, of Craven-street, Strand, 11 idAlesex, wine•mvrehant, at hen, at London . October 7. Julio Henry Schneider, ^f Sow-lane, London, merchant, at eleven, at Guildhall. September 26. Anthony Collins; late of Atile.enst-road, 'Middlesex, Alp-owner. rat twelve, at Gnddhnll, Cranes.. September as. Hein %Vilnius Lamson, of Liverpool, draper, at eleven, at the Golden Lion, Dale-street, Liver pool November It. John Terrell. of %Taidstons, Kent, iron pioneer, at heeler. it Guildhall, London. Set tenilwr .21. John White. of ci 31C11. I mildings. titv-rnad, St Leonard. Shore.litch, IludAirt.tx, merchant, at ten, at Gnillball, London. nvember it. Roderick Marken/tie, of King's Arms-yard, Inolop, merchant, at twelve, at Guildhall. ft-taller 7. Thomas 11 , 11nats, of Heysham, Serrey, nursery -1101.1, 4t twelve, at Guildhall, Lando*. October John reinter, of Lawrenee.lene. London, wholesale linen-draper, at twelve, at Guildhall. Detrilwe 7. James Artninin, of liart•otreet, Centeno& friars, wine-merchant, at twelve, at Guildhall. itcorher 7. John Easter, late of the Strand, Middlesex, taller, et twelie, at Goildhall, Loudon. CFRTIFICATES--Srer Joseph Hankio, of Holloway, Middles..x, Joseph of Melerseate-street. goldsmith. Ja m es Owlel, of tlonear, Refolk. shopkeeper. Clarks Wilke, of Rirm.netrim, stationer. • INSOLVENTS. Primmer, in the KING's BENCH Peisoo, in the citonty of Surrey. Ttl.tsT NOTICE. late of Devonshire-street, Portllnd-place, ftlary.ll bonne, Middlesex, poldicon. Robert formerly of Wilmot-street, Rrunstrielt.. metre, but late of tianway.yard,lrma, tailor. William Ward, formerly and late of rfaseby, Northampton, fit aer. t.N . ordue, forstr-rl, of Walken', Northumberland, and fut. , ith-place, Kennington Common, Surrey, ship owner Willow Ti,. I.crr thc yonnger, formerly and late of Exeter, berm., ore/e manufacturer Thomas Blaedou, fitenterl7 ant ht.. of Cloremotreet, St. Mary, Entherhithe, Sorrey. licbterman Jame. fornyerty of tVilworth 8..3(1, broker, aria late of Church street. Newington, Stlnry, pl.taber and glosier. Joseph Memento, formerly of Statehouse, near Plymouth, hod bite of Plymouth, Deem, merollent. William paw.... formerly of ',Anstriatin's Citk. Road, and late of Battle Bridge, Peutourilk, !kliddletre, ca binet.maker. 13cAinaliin Deedney, kite of Redhill, Reigate, Surrey, bone-dealer. Mara Jeff.. formerly of Hawley, Perm, owl latent 'Pitch. fell-atteet, 4 Kturd Road, Mary.lalmilioe,Ml4lllrefe.aidow. Robert Gremtheni 4 , I:.tr of the Phenomena limn', Cannon-street Road., St. George's in the Run, Middlesex, beery stable-keeper. Prisoner in the County Gaol, 11ORSEMPNIDER-LANE, iu the comae of hurley. rine'? NOTICE. Rohert M.r.rerstoo, corruptly of Son-street, Risliopsgrate. .treed, and late of Cleavor-s'ieet, Kenuington Cr.,os Surrey, labovrer. Prisoners in the Sheriff 'a Gaol of the City of CANTER• RIIRY. - TIEIT 3sntes lTaxwrll , f“rnierl, of 11cYbF.ee. Middlesex, and late of Conterlitire, h.:. SC- dealer. Thum oiStrait ue , forormolv of Slioristhr'e, Kent so d l a te of Canterhary, serjeatit in the nth regime,' of font winwn, ortuu, furmerir of Arundele, A. and late of Centeshary, a private in the 441 Regiment of Dragoons. GENERAL LASALLE. The body of Geaeral Count Lasalle, killed In the battle of Wagr.iin, has heart con v eyed to Paris for interment. The following Ilimiraphical Sketch of Owe distinguished Officer is extrayieci 8''& 4 111 the Jo,,m de I' howpire, of their iramtants • Death kss rnatchtd soil; itYfficer of ruse merit, at the age of 34" rift. Cherithij: and honoured by his family, his friends and his soldiers, General Count Lasalle lrs4eft • great example to some, and a memory dear to, eIY. Ht was ben-nit Metz, on the Nth of May, 1775, of a noble family of that city. He embraced the ptefession of arms front a vi-ry tender age. So early ar 1756 he served in 4 repo:lent if A kiee as an officer. Impatient to himself, lie had sought an opportunity ln vain, when the Revolution opened a vast career to those whose getaius destined them to • coin mood ncer ()theca. But a new prvjudire had succeeded to an old onv.—The Vrth of the Count Lasalle, which lied opened to bun the road to military honours, deprived him of his rank. He forgets that he had comsounded—heconeculshis uimbe and his services in the rear ranks of the 5:311 regiment of mounted ehus,curs, and, like 'Lilies% his great uncle. he retains nothing but his native courage. He soon attracted notice. Ills regiment served in the Army of the North, ■nd lie obtained the rank of st Corporal. Followed by some chits. sews of his company, he attacked and took a list tery.—.The report of this action reached the Com. nrinder.iii.Chief. Ile saw young Lasalle, and made him an Officer. lii Italy, at the head of la horsemen, be met 100 of the enrolls', and dill not hesitate a mo ment to rhergo tliein. The hundred Austrien huessrs, electrified by a Freic.h cavalier. yield to the impetuosity of 18 men. Carried awny by his a ni ons , he went astra:: in pursuit of the else:oboist' found himself alone iu the Middle of four hewers, who rush upon him. lie lights these fuer silvers wanes, wounds all the four. and rejoins hie little baud, who had despaired lost. The bottle of Ricoh waded to the glory whielt be hod already acquired. The enemy occupied • height which easansanded the plain : They must be driven front it; and it is Lasalle who wits . chosen by him, who knew so well how to select among men the person rang fit to execute an ruler. prise as perilous a, honourable. The enemy is driven from one pomition to another, and the mo. dot victor returns charged with colours and tau. 1 ---- 7 . Irhich he lays at the feet of his Central. The ..F.inperor says to him—" Rest yourself under them +:4Koloars, Lasalle, yot hare done cell." His services in Egyyt procured for hies the rank of Colonel. lie returns from EgY'pt to gather fresh Low's iu Itly. lie was made General of Brigade in the campaign of 1905, against Austria. In !tun, iu the war against Prussia, General Lasalle dared alone, at the head of two regiments of cavalry, to attack a strong place, and success justified the attempt which appeared so !left. Ettltin opals its gatel, a garrison of ri,otio men. and 100 pieces of Cannon, tell into the hands of the victor. At the battle of Heilslam.* Lasalle was every w;ik re at the bead of his light cavalry. By one of those inexplicable chances which frequently hap pea in war, the Grand Duke of Berg, now king of Naples, was enveloped by twelve of the enemy's dragoons. Lasalle has not time to reflect, nor to give orders. His heart carries him off. He rushes alone upon the enemy, with the rapidity of light niiig, slays the officer who commands the detach ment. and puts the rest to flight. lu a few hours after Lasalle is enveloped iii his turn, while aban doning himself to his impetuosity. The Grand Duke of Berg perceives the danger of Iris deliverer. lie flies to his succour, rescues him, and, embrac ing him, says 48 General, we are quit." The war in Spaiu opened to General Lasalle a new career of glory. With a corps of 6000 in fantry, and only 000 cavalry, lie fought at Torque made a Spanish army of ;7,000 men, and took all its C4llllOll. Pursuing his success, he gained a se cond victory before Palencia; and that city, al though deleuded by a river, and a numerous garrison, was obliged, as well as Valladolid, to surrender at discretion. Charged with the administrutioa of the Spanish provinces *filch had submitted, he made the new Government be loved among them. He was no longer that formid able mon whom they had only known by his ex ploits. Persuasion flowed from his lips; goodness was painted in his countenance ; de;icacy and lin nour were the rule of his coliduct, and guiiied him die hearl,of all. Cucuta twice conquered, and Wake, nho way ansbdimis of the honour of fighting the French, bad assemble:l an army of 40,000 mess. The Duke of Istria had tot more than 12,000 to onlinee to them. A terrible battle took plate at Medina-del-Rio- Seer°. The fate of this day war for • long time uncertain. General Lasaile decided the victory by a charge at the I.ead of the intli and 22d regiments of chasseurs. In a few days after this memorable action, he was appointed Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour. When the French army made a retrograde msve meat uvula Vittolia, Lasalle aas charged with the comma:id of the rear-goard. He checked the ene my by the skill of his manesurres, and merits the praise of his Cormallpier-in-Chief, and every intel ligent officer. The Emperor appeared in Spain. Every thing yields in a moment to his inconceivable ascendant. While Majesity was lighting in person with the almost innumerable army of Castile, Lasalle, with his tv.o regiments of chasseurs, attacked, and forced Eisrgos, where a division of the enemy was en trenched. Twelve pieces of cannon, and 17 stand ards were the ft nits of this new victory. At Vil!arienn, he order* his faithful chasseurs to follow bon , and, with them, takes 17 pieces of ea/I lion, and four standards. At Medtliu he rushed airimig the ranks of the enemy, at the head of the 4th regiment of cuiras siers--kills every thing that opposes him—noel it is to him that France is iudebtcd fur the success of that day. Called to the Army of Germany, General La salle has terminated his illustrious, but short career, by new feats ()farms, meriting tlja praise and regret of His Majesty. THE BRITISH PRESS. LONDON. WEDNESDAY, Abausr 30. A Gottenbnrigh Mail has arrived with papers, from wipch we have made the following extract : SIOCKHOLII, AUG. 10. We have not received any accounts from our army and nav), nor has any thing transpired of the sent state of the negociati 111 l s for brace between this country awl Russia and I), now lettem from Marseilles and ilienott state, that the French Core.ul in Algiers, Dubois Tainville. has lie«ti arrested by order of the De), and that war has been declared against France. Orders have been received at Woolwich to pre pare artilltry for another Expedition. No intelligence from the Earl of CILITIIAM was received by Gov' romeat, A. far as we could learn, when this paper was lint to press. life Lordship Furl collected ill him dtsposeable force in South Ile+elJuil, where, it is geuertilly supposed. he will wait for instructions from England, before he pro reeds to the ulterior objects of the Expedition.— The great difficulties which the enemy have been able to throw in his way, by breaking the dykes, obstruettng the navigation of the river, and inereeeng the military force at Antwerp, are sup posed to have t auscd this hesitation, bud induced the necessity of fresh instrucli-ms. - Ile enemy, it is sail, are also assembling a considetable force in Cudsand, from tvheuce it is tilippOSNl they meditate a drscent upon IValcheren, with a vi W to (Alt off the retreat of our army. It has been consequently deemed expedient to leave ❑ strong corio behi7.l . l to the latter island, amounting, it is supposed, to not less than 9.000 men. Government remain without any advice' from discount Grow, since the arrival of his dis patches, dated Waver* the tit inst. This long ut this critical moment, has induced an ap prehension that his dispatches, *rot off in the interval, may have miscarried, or been intercepted by the enemy. In the mean time Government do not appear to think that hie Lordship will be under the necessity of evacuating the Peninsula. —Preparatiohs are making at Plymouth for the re caption of several thousand troops from this Mid land District, who are to proceed to Plymouth to embark for Spain. The ttd battalion of the 3d, (or Old Buffs) is also to embark there: detachments of that corps are now doing duty as Marines on hoard the prison ships in Ramose.—.The first bat talion of this fine corps is already in Spain. Monday se' 'gilt, at to o'clock, p. m. General FLoy Commander of Cork, received on express from the Castle of Dublin, with en order for the immediate embarkation for Spain of the lit regiment of Dra goons, or Royal., at present quartered ui that dis trict. This tine regiment, which iNconimanded by the Lion. Colonel De Gamy, i. uearly 800 strong. The transports for its reception were already in the harbour, and the embarkation has prohubly since taken place. _ _ The more we consider the critical state of affairs ou every part of the Contineut, the progress which BoIAPAItTe has already wade towards its complete subjugation, and the short period which may, not improbably, elapse. before Austria and Spain are laid level with the other conquered, or enslaved States of Europe; the more attentively we revolve these awful facts, the more do we feel it our duty to call the public ;Attention towards the individuals who have been entrusted with the national resources. That they should be generally' recognised as worthy of sneh a selection, and as capable of directing the vast means, naval, military and pecuniary, with which they are liberally furnished, to counteract the plans of NAPOLEON fur our disitraction, will; no doubt, be readily admitted. That such abilities are not to be found in the Treasury, or the Exche quer, we imagine, Lord Wet. BENTINCK, or Lord ARDEN, themselves, would not dispute. As little, we conceive, can any measures be expected to originate, front which permanent benefits ate to arise, front the inexperience and igilorame which characterise the Foreign office ; or from the in structions sent to those functionaries in foreign Courts, who are to conduct, and to direct the armies and fleets employed by Great Britain. That Mr. CANNING cannot translate, or answer a dispatch, addressed to hint in any other language than hi► own ; that he should Le compelled to have recourse, on all such occasions, to the assistance of Mr. EL IA'. or of Lord BoRINGDON, to interpret a French Manifesto, or a Bulletin ; if these thing were not matters of notoriety, and siihjects of common ridi cule, they could not obtain belief. What shall we say to the selections of Ministers, at a moment like the present, when Spain and Portugal deinanded men of the most approved caution, wisdom and temper? Have we forgotten the obligations that we owe to Mr. FRERE, whose indecorous, sanguine, and perni cious exhortations, eminently conduced to the cala millea of the retreat from Sahagun, and to the 4-- reparable loss of the Commander-in-Chief ? It is the enemy alone who derives benefit from such se lections, and from him only that His MAJESTY'S Ministers are entitled to acknowledgments. Shall we then be told, that the Admiralty is bet ter conducted? is our commerce protected ? Are our magazines and arsenals replenished 1 Are plans for the security, augmentation, and glory of the navy encouraged ? Is union and public spirit main tained ? Have those been the objects of Lord Mr 1.- GRAVE'S attention and systematic care? Let the public judge. Where, and hole have these qua lities been displayed I Was it in the invidious and most unjustifiable choke of Lord C3CHRANE, to make the attack in Basque Roads, to the exclu sion of so many other meritorious, intrepid, and highly accomplished officers, his seniors ? A choice which lighted up the torch of discord in the ser vice, dishonoured and disgusted the Admiral com manding, and produced only a Court-Martial, as its neceaharf consequence. Is the protection of trade evinced, in the dereliction of our homeward boand merchant fleets, and in the captures made every week on oar own shores? Will the Under writets, who are now smarting under the recent losses sustained oft Beachey Head and Dungeness, where not less than seventeen vessels, mostly from 3 to 4 and 500 tour burden, coining from Oporto, end from other places, have been captured by French privateer., under the very signal-houses ; will the Underwriters at Ltoeo's bear testimony to Lord Motoalins's vigilance? Is it in the cold rejection which the plan, so replete with public benefit, for constructing a harbour in the Scilly Islands--a plan patronised and recommended by the Heir Apparent—met with from the Board of Admiralty, that we trace the eulargetneut of Lord l Muy.ettiresi mind ? Or is it in the nod apathy wall which (at 111 time• when all the vorts of the Baltic, too WWI than CiUse of North America, are shut rigniust is.. and, *lira many of the most esieutial article* of navel equipment we watitiiigr iii our stores ftt P01:511101101, at Chatham, and ut Plymouth) the offers tran►mitted from tier own Governors awl Colonies iu Asia, have heen treated, that Lord MutottAvE expects to lay claim to stational gratitude? These facts and charges well merit, and, we doubt not, oil% ►ouatT or later, obtain a ',oldie investigation. No man, we iustegine, questions, that in the pre sent hand:, the Great Seal of England combines talent■ and integrity. but " the. keeper of His MAJESTY'S conscience," as the Chancellor hoe been denominated, may be, however eminent in West• moister flail, utterly unfit or unable to direct His MAJESTY'S foreign counsel.. We do not believ 4 that Lord ELDON is competent to decide nn print* connected with great colitiumatul questions; wiilt expedition's against Antwerp, or marches to Madrid though, to our misfortune. it is well kinrou that one of his predecessors, iu the *sine WO, employ. mem, in 1793, we menu the late Earl of ItossEete i then Lord LouneermouoN; was the author and adviser of the famous march to, and siege of, Dun. kirk. It is not from the long rube, nor From juris prudential knowledge, that BOILLIPARTied resistless arms and machinations can meet an adequate, or an appropriate apposition. We must couutera• t him, both in the cabinet, and in the field, by other weapons than justice, or probity, or legal ability: We will notes far waste our own time, mid thepub lie patience. asto examinethequalificationsof the re maining Members of the Cabinet; even though, as we are assured, Earl FIAIROWUY ta, in quality his new office, as President of the East India Board s to have a seat in it. These are not the men to whom, in August, 1809, the safety and the existenc of the empire ought to be, or Cllll be safely emu state ed. Of this truth we believe the nation is con vinced. We trust that the conviction. though it has net yet reached the Throne, will finally pene trate thither. Above all, we ardently hope that it may not be propelled and rendeved irresistible, by the operation of misfortune, defeat, and public adman). ' The prisoners which arrived iu the hlonstosati, from Flushing, were landed, nn Mouda), mouth, and marcher! for Stilton Barracks, timr:er a detachment of the Royal Berkshire Militia. Colonel MU DUE hms . be,m appointed Lieutenant- Goverm:i of the Royal .Ntilttary Academy ut Wool wich, in the room of General Twist. promoted. It will be recollected, that Colonel Illioun is ce lebrated as having conducted the trigonometrical survey of England, in a matinee which retle.cts the Itighcst credit on his talents, as well as on the state of motlitanutienl science in this country. No certain iinelligeoce has as yet been received whether hostilities between Austria end France are likely to he renewed, or whether a peace bur been concluded. Had the accounts formerly received, of notice having been given, on the 3d, of the rupture of the Armistice, been true, they must have btca long since confirmed at the cannon's mouth. The fortificatiiius of Flu.hing are in a snort deplor ablestute indeed ; itsehieldefeitoe upon the land side Is now found to have been the surrounding ditch. There were only two pieced of CllllllOll at radii of the salient angles of the batteries on that side, and if we mean to retain the island, we must begiu with layiug , most from three to four hundred thousand pounds in putting it in a proper state of defence. The 94th Regiment, now in ,garrison at Aber deen, have received orders to hold themselves in readiness to embark. Adlillral oll'lb AY has hoisted his flag on board a man of war at Flushing, and kb to remain tittle as a guard ship. Mr. ALLEN, of Cresselley, haring withdrawn from the contest, Mr. LORD {Oh* sut v rrdh to the name and estates of the lids Sir Herin OWEN, Hart.) conics in for the contributory boroughs of Pembroke, Tenhy, and Wistou, without opposition. We understand that His MAMMY has been ',leased to establish an uniform dress for the Lord Lieutenants of the ail:ere:it uousities of Great Britain. The KING has been pleased to rant the dignity of a Baronet of the United Kindgdoin of (ire it Britain and Ireland to Sir RUPERT GEORGE, of Park-place, in the county of Nlnltlle,ex, and of St. Stephen's-Green, in the (aunty of Dublin, Knight, First Commissioner fur cmidatting the 'Transport Service, and to the heirs wale of hia body, lairfulay - begotten. His :MAisare's Letters Patent have passed the Great Seul of Ireland for translating the RIO Rev. the Loan litsuor of Leighlin and Ferns to the Archhishopriek of Dublin and Bishoprick of filluvrielagh, in the room of the most Rec. Father in (knit CHA41. 1 % lEirl of filiormine Ull .•••••11. 1 ,1hiVa Gazette. His Alszaszt's Letters Patent Wit: aim missed the Great Scut of 'reined for promoting the Hon. anti Rev. Dot-tor Pract .10CFLYN to ti , e *united Bishopricksef and Feribs.—(V.id.) The MASTIC and 11.' ISDEII9 of the link rs Com pany waited on the LOkD MAT° it, yes.entay, to set the assize and price of bread. Nis Loidship, after examining the Mentweighere Report, was pleased to order the prices of bread to continue the farness last week ; viz. wheaten, Is. VII. and housohold, Is. ltd. The sale of Ryclarid Merino ram lambs, the pro perty of the Earl of ST. VINCE?: r, which took plate on the 24th instant, at his Loril.liip's tannery, near his seat at South Weald. was not attended by many of the great patrons. er Agriculture; a number of respectable fanners, Must...cr, ro.serntileci, by wheats the lambs were purchased at low pd et.. 'the Ng!, est price given was O. 16a. 6.1. and the toe- le 31. 11. The '25 lambs product-it 671, .Is. Tao gentoon rams were shorn, far e had been offered 1040 -