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~~~--~ ISAP:M= „ _ _~. Cuddle, Leon, Montano, Minna', .and the pro vinces near France. The towns of Burgos, Valla dolid, and others, are strong garrisons. General Bonner, who commands in the A-- torias, has received reinforcements to enable into to repel any attempts made by the English to oa the coast. formed, that a letter is in town from one of the Members of the F.xecutive, stating that Rogers has positive orders to search for the. British higat., de mand the impressed men she has on howl, and if refused to take them by forcc.--The above may be relied upon." In addition to this paragraph, letters have been • received this morning from Baltimore, stating that the Captain of a vessel that had just arrived, heardr , off the Capes of the Chesapeake, a heavy tiring fo about a quarter of an hour, and counted abbot 60 guns. This circumstanc e, it is said , gave rise to the very tinprobable rumo ur, that en engagement had taken place between the frigate President and an English frigate. Just as our paper was prepared for the press, we were Grouted with the following extract of a letter, written by ate (ACC(' On board the President, and dated off Cape henry, May 14. The letter was brought to Baltimore by a pilot boat " Last Friary we lay safely' moored at Aiiiispo lis--the Commodore was with his wife at Havre de Crease, about 70 miles from us—actor sailing *muter was at Baltimore, 40 miles distant--our purser mid *lmplant at Warbiagtoti—our unbenand our Captain dieing on board the Arg o s, when at three o'clock, the Gig was seen about five miles a-head, sailing at the rate of ten miles an hour, a broad pendant flying, l'e tutiag that the Commo dore was on board, al,hmt not expected in a fort night. All the Officers were called on deck to r.- ctive him. He entered the gangway , and passed rapidly down into ha c tbiu. 'f!,e first Lieutenant was sent fir, and remained with the Commodore about live minutes, when he returned to the de and dispatched expresses, for the sailing-master , purser, chaplain, &c. The Captain was informed that we were under s ailing orders. " He had just beano a fine dinner—obliged in- Mandy to quit it—all haods went to work, bending the sails and preparing for sea--and to cap the whole, our Doctor was set to work. making plei - ters, splinters, rubbiug up torniquots, lances, saws, knives, &c. &c. signals of bloody work. " On Saturday our officers returned from Wash ington and Baltimore, much faster than they went ; and en Sunday morning at day we weighed anchor, and with a h ad wind beat until last even. ing, when the wiud shifted, and we are now before rants, JUNE 14. REPORT OF EU EXCELLENCY Msasilit. DOKE 0h ostitsTlA, To Nlf SERENE nu. iriesa TILE :E ZE Ns O c r ia NZE ß C_li s i T l 6 .. l f . t , o u t t :N : e ft: 0 1. :000, on the night of the 11th, us in my report of the 9ily I had announced to y ou. On the 12;h, I joined, bet , een Fugate Canto s and Buriveinde, the do *ion commanded by General Latour Manbourg ; on the 1 tth, I took a position at Villa Franca and Alinendralejo ; on the 15th, at Santa Martha and Via Abe. My cavalry had pushed on t Ilse to Al. bae , a, where I learnt that the armies of the enemy had formed a junction. The different Spanish, PortngoeslL. and English corps, arrived from Cadiz and from L shoo, and even an English brigade, drafted from Swat., had menaced Andalusia. My advance had the rfitet of rescuing this province, by compelling the enemy to recall all their corps. in order to unite them on the Alhuera. Tints. on the 15th, we found onrselvea in the presence of the be-. tde artny, and I resolved not to lose an Meant in giving them battle. as The pocition occup ied b y the enemy was ad. eantagenus; it was at the meeting of the' roads lairit Wild to B idajoz, suit! to Juramenlia by Val verde and Obi/Puri ; hat the Spanish division antler Blake had not yet joined. and although by deferring the engagement I might have expected some rei. - furcements,and titough I bad at my immediate dia. pond only bur brigades of infantry, making 15,000 men, with 3,000 home, the whole amounting to nu more than 18,000, I thought it ildvisesble vi antici pate the junction of Blake with his 9000 Spaniards, and to attack them on the right, its order to throw myself upon their line of cnitimunicatioo: berides,the nature of the ground ten lered this point of avack the most advantageouv. I knew that Gen. Beres ford, who comtnanded the army opposed to me, had two diviiiians of English infantry amounting to 10,000 men, 0,000 Portuguese, and 3000 Spa niards, u ',der Castanets, with 3000 cavalry. making in all a strength of `24,000 men: bat I entertained no doubt of succes:. General of Division Latour-Maubourg coms mantled all our cavalry, and General of Division Girard, commanded the two Brat brigade'. making 7,000 men. 'lnc Brigadier-Generale Wert,- and Godintu, commanded each one other brigade. " Gen. Godinot with hie brigade. enioeced by flee squadrons. under the orders of Brigadier. Gen. Briche, was diret•ted make a false attack on the village of Aliniera ; I here with the rest of the army on the right wing of the enemy. which was at the acme time charged by oar cavalry. General Latour-Meutionrg maineuvred with equal 'Waress and intrepidity ; he tried, but in rain, to draw out the enemy's cavalry into the engagement. Bat it persrrereed is keeping itself constantly in reserve.-- General Girard, with his two brigades, advanced au pas de charge. soil made himself m cater of the eocas) . • position. This rennin had been occupied by a Spanish division and an English brig ode, who gave way, after a very obstinate resistance, and were hotly pursued. The held of battle was covered with their dead, and we have taken • good number of prisoners. The wecoud line of the enemy then advanced, and fell spun oar line with considerable t . .• !laving placed myself on the height. 1 ass siirprized to see so great a smother of troop. ; and a lithe after, I learnt from a Spanish prisouer that Blake hail come tip with 9,000 men, and effected a junction at three o'clock that morning. The contest was no logger equal : the enemy more than 30,0)10 strong. and I only 111,000. I thought it therefore my duty no longer to purse• my design ; and I ordered the position that had been taken (coin the enemy to he kept. In the mean time the enemy approached close to our hoe, and the con test became most lissible. General Latour-Moo nlit% made a • Large with the 11 of tier hi the Ist of the lancers of the Vi-tala, and the ath and 30th of the dragoons, with math skill and twit courage, that 3 English brigades were entirely de stroyed. Six pieces of cannon, 1.00(1 prisoners, sad six colours (those of the 34, 43th, and 64th English regiments) were left in our pomes.ion. The ene my left us the position which we had taken from FARIS. .11'sr Vt. them, and no longer (Urea Vs attack es.—The fir. The opeoing of the Naional Council is deferred mg cont.:toed till four o'clock in the oftemmou, to Monday the 1 7th. when it ceased on both sides. Marshal OcistnJT, Duke cf Reggio, is arrived is Brigadier-Genrals Weil' and P epin, were at Parie. killed ; Erigodier-Ciesersls Marausin and Breyer, According to the last intelligence from SAP. wounded. Colonel Freda,. at the gnaw regiment mance, the French gasifiers of the Army of Porto. of li4ht in'antry, was killed, es were the Chiefs of gal are in that city. A part of the army is test- Battalion, Mime and Cams.. of the 11.6 h and towed alorg the freshets of Portugal—the other 18th regiments. Our loss in killed and woooded `• troops ore in cantemmesits in the S *eh ovi•ice amounts to 'I.BUO men. The of Selanaan , a. The army re Pi.1 enemy have made as • is •unan y su p pled proisigkees, we excepts or 300 wriandeal. that ' • 'wi positions and ammunition. Lord Welling- were all left on the Geld. , bells puldt•hed fresh orders to reinforce the Par- " The enemy hove lost three Generols vise Army---his army continues isitreoching it. two Eug'ish and one Spanish ; and two G r avest' The right wing of the English is sow sta. womaidoid. A thomand English were mod* pm. so the frontiers of Spanish Est:vandals, to moms (mese of them ham since weaved, but dip the province of Aletitejo. serif day we ,anted KM; 1.100 Spomards nom Duke of Istria is with his head-quarters liksai e taken posseaers. Al the surosato I have staff at Valladolid. Ilm corps occspits Old keen able to roam% sibs the Ws of Ow may. it. " By the Officers who came from Winhington we learn, that we are sent in pursuit of the Buis fri gate who had imp csse d a passenger from a roister. Yesterday, while besting dowii the Buy, we :puke a brig going up, who infecund us that she Saw the British frigate the day bibre, off the very place where we now are, but she is not now in right. We hare made the most complete prep:tuition for hint,. Every one wishes it. The is exactly our force. but we have the Argos with as, which none o f us ar e pleased with, as we wish a fair trial of courage and skill. Should we ace her, I have n et the least d ou bt of an engsgeineat. The will demand the person impressed—Ow will doubtless be refused—And the haute mull iii.datitly coinineace. Our frigate works well, and completely beats the Argos ;is-sailing. " The Commodore ha./ called in the boatswain, gunner, and cArisenter. Wormed them of all eir. etutnittatCell, curd asked if they were ready for etlloSt.gtmcs, action —({eddy was the reply of each." KM TORR. MAY 23. Mr. rovirth.—The tflexestlrin Gnutte, of Tues. day morning. says—" The ship liorison, esptaio Titt, hating on board the furait lire of Mr. Foster, from London, arrived 1411 evening." The French privateer Diligent has got into the bands of the Ciistooglonse Officers, not fur her r•libery on the seas, hut fur the trifling: matter of I running her stolen ;Dods, without paying the fluty for them.—(Phil. Tree AM./ FACT4.—.44rnifal S iwyer has Kiien positive orders to every British Officer on this eation not ' 1 to iinpresa an American. If any Naval Officer deviate. it is on hi. own respoosil,ility that he will violate the commun . '. of Lis stiperior. The Ami tican Government, having Lech hif.:rmed of the very atijustifialile impressment (or impressitims) off New 'fork, has. under date of Saturday, 114111 of May, demanded the restoration, by a dispatch from the Secretary of State to the Brttish Charge itabiress Mr. Metier. These facts we know to be taa stated. FOREIUN i7irELLIGEACE. VIVI& H PAPERS. in killed and wounded. amount to 5,600 Es.gl ,h, '3,000 Spanish, mid from 7 to sou Portuguese. There i , , then. u total lots of tbosm info for the victor ; that is to sac, three ti ties the loss sustaine-I by as. 'rite t toms have covered themselves w ith I glory. Ott ctv dry twoie the ii , itst eh h q , ; . ttil, and particularly i i ti,;;Ms'o . :l itself. Te aiery niatotames l its repota tion. I lostl th e 11l play forty pieces of Caolll,ll, that VOIIII!ed out death 1 among the Itos'ile rank•. '11:e Ei%lish have lost I more than half of tlicir number. " The 17t1.t, we reteicsv,ll4 to the presence of the enemy. Five thousand mutt front Elvai have joined the army of the encat), I. continued to keel. the Itil'alyd. ull.mbaatltell:,tiatintidk tottnot;aetenitBtulipsoatitlitohlcstaL °I 1 .. I have given is charge to General Gozan, to conduct our English and Spanish prisoner,,, tlMO ther with my own wounded, to Seville, with a able escort. As soon I know he is arrived, I shall MilVetlVte to unite wills other troops, mid to com plete the eirt-st of tile enemy. (The dispatch concludes with the usual compli ment, to imividuals ; adding, that the greater part of the Eta , Major, all" his Aides de etlllllll, were dismounted, and Some wounded.l " Nlarshal Duke of --11ttmasta, Sec. w Sulam, May yI, IS I I." THE PRINCE RI-GENT'S FETE. One of the YI w large 'mem ,. the Q't s et .411119 h t lb ' rafinCe heyor er t with 9111" p • os ier cont....ivy w .. jolt iutisl l e o tt . l n e tt , :i of 1 gitr. nt 11 . li p of which o plendid ; tne frith g...td cola W the Gret e Ate the tog IfrPei an' t ww .t vied's" Ke , fortnosth. Its exertions ..gementil D or of his (wised his el s regulat pratedss we nhi n h i feta e rooc:searti ; ralliy iscfh ßedf intet L+ed his ho Court Time e; to 'tatty Ls.fies to u nfounde Cfslol I tiCrel Vat to Is rnK trai loyal Hi sosrtmet ei in 114 m atted i brllhant s; York grth•nl Ircrittive AICOUNT Tisla •plendid eider:tit meat originated with hi s Roved Iligleteeta, I a deaire to ai.ew every po.s. s ibie tt and 610 Nd.. 01011 to his Royal Fom tiler's I herb-.Ley, it act being convenient for the ~„ oto told prentrettg-r ~,,, nat St. .I..men'ei Pa. i!„ o , t bn 4.h of June; leis Royal Iligtioces, to pr e v-ia its passe elf without being observed *a ea. uial tertie..l. determined me vim; a graud Fete, w s h,Old n ot 6 , ly wee, v• ad a day of by the higher oaten, but with it should I eoMitined the eiscourierment of the Mao *4 in intlfaldt tires let the couutry, mail of them lonise • experielete.l great cltleres'ion. end some nearly re. 1,,, who prineivally depend upon Court cle• met, au f all the etceteras, in c onsequence of H. r Ma. Pair net having h eld an y Court. this 5 , 5 . 00 ; dais Rue .1 Ill4huess, with that cOnsidenite and doe ow ;;and for the welfave of Ins country. in het curds of invitation, had expremieed a strong draire that is p er s on shoold come &eased in articles of British manufacture only. This operated as a doubt. a & vectita4e to trade ; as had setae of the ladies hem* inclined to go in dresses they had worn to fore, this reeitest of his Royal Ilighteras would have entirely prevented, as it is very rare that ladies see full dressed, without having articles of foreign outirm. &entree of varions sorts oil ; the result has brea, the whole of Court dress makers have been homily employed from the time of the Free bent de , Cira wined on. The day originelly me for the same to take pluce, wen the Lb Inst. to privet its intecfering with his Royal Highness at ' eis•• remt of the Royal Family dieing with the (lon en, oti the buttes hirth-day, as is cueteoniarv• 'I • e c , .l3‘e of the portponetnent, as well a. Lit the I t 11.?... was well known altheugh not poll: 1y a .• 11 :=e r ,i 1,,,, u t e billeted notice. it sintert it it, . ~•etrordoli/y p opened. the cause WA. k• w to . able relapse of Hem 11+ siy, and : tI r gfi ,id y fixed, and having tak•ac I I .re nee Vi7editeaday there can he no doubt • f 11 a M..j mim e better. The delay has (literate , : ao a re y great advantage to the %rad•iuirm a d ree in London, as it has detained great iiumbess ed the nobility, and the higher urd , e• several weeks longer than they wattle' have b., 0 . bad it net been for the purpose of obey•ng lie Prince Regent's COW reasais in atteadu gt is r . tenement. We lientve it octet to a noon greater extent than his Royal Highness ongiusity oitet.dled it; persons of distinction having come from ail parts of the country, some hare travelled see-e.l hundred miles to he present at this ;triune ly hap. cute. In addition to this, the merely viesitg Carleteemhouse has excited gre_.t curiosity to those who never were gratified with a stet of it. Cbeat preparations have been making at Carleton-house for some time past, in which every thing that taste and elegance could suggest has been done. in that supe rior manner for which his Royal Highnew the Pile( e Regent is eminently diatinguimhed. A great many einfounded exaggerated accounts and calculi- Lions have been circulated, but which is getsetally the case w h en any thing upon an extended reale is going forward fur any purpose ol.tever ; the mane extravagant and marvellous, the more they are aro ciliated and believed by the ereduloos. A great part of the extra furniture sad other articles Ge 012.• eery for the occasion, have been peocered f em the .tort-rooms. attached to Carleton-house. public, heart's and offices, from the palaces. the He'd Dukes, and others, from which places lets Royal Highness received a great addition of phde. Nearly the whole of the state-rooms sad lower apertments in Carleton-house have been diverted from any wee to the Prince Regent for several weeks past, to the necessary temporary arrangements.-- Public curiosity has been raised to such a pitch. that teumberleste applications. were made daring the last few days to see the preparations. but so *my improprieties areas from admitting persons to view them, ow Senility orders were givers, strictly forbidding it. and on Tuesday sod Wednesday no person was admitted but those upon busineh, sad that by tickets. A guard of saddlers wee- stationed for several days past, at the leiseporely builotege. tit protect them, a. well as the valuable properly them A m ong those invited, vest alarm ha I been earned least they should not be able to gain who Vatic, till a very late hour, when numb' ris would lo• retiring. the hour announced for the company be.ialeing to assemble bring nate o'clock, fesnieg least Meir carriages would nest be able to get up; theme feats, however. were duelled in a great measure. by a hint being g.v• n them for as litany to come in a careiege am could conveniently. which was coop. plied with, and f..ur, live, and *ix, were ile the car riages variedly that came. although to the great mortification of numbers of the most beautiful fa male., whose new dresses were cot sitlerahly injured, which prevented them hula appearing in such a greet advantage. In addition to aim, another lege lotion swim adopted for accelerating the eearpeary getting nut of their earring.% by having temporal vicarien steps a' each end of the ston e at thet wand entwine% so Wet they were en= to set dorm four r ,r01, , ,:es at a t me. They h-set to lo• suede tit tine o'clock nod cautioned • i hoot ihtevi oats-i in se:tinX down till eleven. They were Mot exeellesoly regulated by blecommea, Teereeendep and Sayers, who tontrived to have Ma Sad severs careieges in the Court-yard. and, on account of the Erse 'whet. all to be setting down at the yet* tome without the trait confusion or aces& at. Tile elettot carnage% sew liveries. beautiful mod else pat females, ell in new dresses of &esti meow tar tote. principally white satins. silks, lanes enlace sod modem ormstortited with West. t o gether l oth the besetleisen 4 Cears-dreftss a military and nnell academe. beighrealid by the ilium seriest of lb, walls of the Coen-yard together with the tOlits the g Wee, aid the tall Bends of the Om WO' of aa•l the so their fall state " Pailne plerog lifirrwi she« Goody the most diightfel litaielitia and sertiol psecrse acid H tnil i en. aes tara s' re s t rlqweeies ilimeCtulliti t ini ski gniallillisramPd ag tboir reerlainN eeedh is." : ht.• Roy at inutsiten es they entered, in resent ederi 4oo6 .. of isop as t eon w eotwe moors. They all Irma Vl*" 'bi ll rist* corm 4 smishowni ram•ii tM I rma urecia. lido. • hick. is aid toe se IN me° wired's, sprorronee. eras eeminnonlid with • war ely at enroll.. regent lamp% tad diess_, halberts of Tb. bola ANS 05 PARIS, JUNE To tnorrow the ifttli, the flay of the opettiog of the Legislative. Body, his Majesty the Emperor will set off io great stale from the Thuillcrie, at uottut to printed to the Palace of the Legi,latiore. The Empress will a. t off a tits titer of it t hour hr fore the Emperor, anti proceed the *ante way as the Emperor. There will be a concert on the Tr rrace ia the evening, and illunsintetions in the Thisilie ies. Count Dc SEGua. Grind MAster of the Ceremonies. °S e TES falTUa Palm of yeamisy was ves'Aiebed at Sialeclock is tlae atareiag. THE BRITISH PRESS. LON DON, FRIDAY, Jess Si. We have rec‘.iied Paris Papers to the 16th inst. from which we have extracted Marshal Sou LT'S ac count of the battle of Albuera. Like all French womb of defeats, it claims the victory, in dtspi.e of all the disadvantage of ground and inferiority of force.—The Allied army is represented at 311,0i50, that of the Freud, at 18,000.—The loss of the former, in kilted and wounded, at 90(0, that of the latter at wily 2 SOO.-1 b. It iti svt,t, off his sick and wo unded to S c vdle, w i,, h treii,ost.ince gave rile to the report of actual return wills his whole force to that city.—The boast subjoined, that he shall raanreavre to join other corps, and then corr.- plate our defeat, wid(' lead us to expect the speedy arrival of the account of south• r action. We have received New York Papers to the 26th lest.—Our extracts from them throw some further light upnn the hy.ion between the President and the Little Belt, off the Capes of the Chesapesk , . It appears from them, that information wee ra ceived theta British frigate, erui•iug in that quarter, had impreaqed • pitraenger from a coaster, and that, in consequence, the President was dispatched to demand the restoration of the party, and, in case i f refusal, to obtain it by force.-Itiltlllgh the Little Belt au not named, she seems to have been the vessel meant ; roil it is as farther evident, that the President sailed with a full determination to pro voke the contest, which has terminated so unto; tu natd3 . A dreadful fire broke out io New York on the 19th last, which destroyed WO h.uses.—The ci derma General eitel l ll . o,lll, now HIM ST the First, Kin of Hayti, has created a hopeful itock Pnncee, Princesses, Dukes, and other dignoaries, upon the precise mo,let of the mot k-usajesty of his brother usurper —Bose spsierr. Mr. teedersterkl, will this tiny present • lietrion to the Hoeft of Common.. f. Mr. PITO* FIN le ;Atilt complaintng of Ins t in Lice*ln gaol. 0.. Wednewhq list the Directors of the Britt4b . biettmetion decided on the adjecheation of Sim premiums for the present year. These premiums are thy., to us.isber, viz. sir of too g u l p.... o p, of toe gontese, and one of Set guloe.o. for the b•oc works 'molts , eel ou Issototieal al ptut.col smile' tit. Its the present inotaucr, however, the tottitv of the eaudidates wee so noir, tht.t the Directors Area tort from the estahlothed mile, awl theidril the soot total of 350 gumrse iot I equal eherr.t, otych were tvetetered on Mr. W. Hilton, for hie pointing of Eirrentiing of eirist; Mr. 0. F. .1.0, his t essatimit b 1 the hours of Priem with tte died Body of ?Odor; sail Mr. (.. Dawr. for hie mat ing *I the Nero everpneernie a Brif./.1. A toting the eseeectreafel atadtilates arse natty productions of averearierahle merit; sad we ate happy to fits) that, is order to stmisslete out s ce n e s to mill rester ender...ars. the premiums ore order ing oast yeer to be augmented to tee sante of mu gnome, itehe igeteasei sad len 'venal . gruel I. ere the effect of this lihemlity to the Mrik ins improvement Dreier Mllswrl echool. 'ribs bower of the itev.Slt.Cou.nrosfTtatch-se. Back% age beset by form therm* en flesidey night last, as% after @Peones two asaweeneate la the teas, proceeded to the heel-memo of Mr. C. bed las h : ma „,,, t h e d r outsvis, Is.isk holes we phew Seth* eamesaraf areenis of lied. with etch they get OR. The eelshare Anti 'fait fares revered vita crept. sail d ant aft ea: teekeffl.. self. 1 ! tossed • covet tl The sad st • g sit 111 nightie tr t' icea fit'e I Ice of( Ma jut tar F ~,rw-