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• lYttats, • ranee —Th moroi • eiorio lisp fr Fish tootle' ed, v the s had I teceit throe of-Pi Hopes tltrior 4111 K eit.4, sit ► or a bdtt4: th.. I by lei Wage 31elie :tied ell :ttt tot. t 4- 9 1,e Cie I f ing great of A Cape Wr • TI whit' been 1.1 fish sec' the this I ' view 1 1. 4 pest I r e , Coiin (brit lA4tli WI, I ever: !Wu( forttblu reiny f kind stisti eilec rot sum i the) gwe trei nor, ceop !MN 411*ri fuel mac Curl !nit oil I over trey elan thee cal arl V. II Vt VOll V.• I &,.r fi 161 Till r lAA hu., 1 best who [her rag , 4 bt t.: . Cdfli , _ Iltutts, sustained by a rrigate and a cos►alts, panted agaiust those of the enemy, swigs( to in the number and the foticeot their ships. -The action commenced ut nhiF `o'citick is the teeruilig. The fire was contitiptill• and yely vriug many hours. We had opting us, four Eng ' frigares, two'brigs, nod 14 gtui-bouu. Au Eug. , frigate has bees' much daunted; lout as a tousiderable reiuforcement arrived, ours retui , without having sutii•red any great loss, At satire time, thirty of our guii-!ioats,. which been statioued fur suave time at Gaeta, lied teceifed ordeal to go to Naples, cud '‘ogli the cawl which te ovate* the two islands Prucida and Ischia. The dangers of this rkettge tinpeareil extreme; they. triumphed o.er them with ninite skill. Our flotilla passe.6 on the '26tli, iii 4 ll the whole of that of the enemy, and &trivet! Inc ,Mice of rendezvous, at the break of diryi 'The 9 4 ,..rs commenced at the monieut ; the Island of , e to wila already in the hoods of the runny ; iros mired upon by 111111, 011110ut a lOms. This occident deprived ook flotilla ate protection of the laid Liatterieo of , the tire of which cremes that of the .ter es of Meliscola, at Cope Mittena when 11111 - klis.' forces, cure of not bens; attairked kind, all united aguittat our fleet, wliich was no iger protected, except by the small Lottery of lascol‘. The action trnnnirnred at dirp.lirerek, eclorki Under eon cu- inituittes . has the Neapolitan Marine to fully 4tiitiheil the reputation which it has ewer held in einua MO 011 of with,l nieo. The rtbultw, %Inch eVIICIfiII the h nn,nr of the tuition, are thube of courage with which it has fought; cecord _ to this report, .our gluey could tint be greater ; 1411 English brig was hisr.it by the Itattery of Nlelnicula, which was by the brave Captain Orsini ; out of their t ams-hosts web suck. Itaile had only 0,.e ITIIIII killed, and a few wounded) but our gun-boats route have ',evil sank alongside the enemy's ships, others have been driven oa shore, but we hope to be able to get them otf. Several have returned to port. lit . sp.te of thts imposing spertscle •Of war; of which all the town W 4.11 witness--sisi spite of the fright of some timid people—sod in . spite of the secret hopes of some guilty wen, who aritimown-c. copital vin never more tranquil thou it is at this inouseal, iu shieb the enemy displays to Mir view his menacing forces, iii order to disttrb the peace wh;eli reigns aitrotigst te4. This internal Peover which we enjoy, n uo mg pre n.ipally to do. didence which the people *to the perous of :r 'lhe corpis of volunteers, which are nut ...lowly whin the enemy was distaut from as, Incr. awed inciew upon Isis approach. Intelligence-' front. the protimpts is equally pleasant ; every *lone tiatiquillity reigns; end the incendiary talk which the A Ugin•Srt.:lll4ll itly has tbiown almost ores/ where 11 Our 1.111.11t5, scou • tiie present to have no triAtecettect than teat of lying roan.' the throne all the peupie of the ()it the Inth, the frigate and the corvette, which :twinned, with so inctcli i i lary, the attacks of the enemy, listing retired, suer the bottle, nutlet the petitectim, of the batterres of Postiouli add Baja, serrounicil att all sides by the English 'crawls. ey would have had inuri r. ditficislty iu saving them iii that position. ills Itlitjesty, therefurei gtve ordeal t these two vessels to elfectlheir re treat to 'Naples, the tirs: wind, at all M. Baugan„ Captain of the frigate, and NI: Ca rafts, Captain of the corvette, had scarcely re ceived thus order, thou they took measures for executing it ; they set sail, and by skiiful and slariug maucettsres, deceived the vigilas:ce of the eiteniy, passed thrott4l% the English sscpuidrott, and made on, directing their course Co. Naples. The corvette wlei.h was the beat sailer, preceded the 'ggatc, which followed more slowly. Quickly these two ships were pursued and overtaken by English frigate, a corvette, ei g hteen gun-boats varrying st4-poottilers, two galhOts, mod a very numerous Ileet of maall vessels. All this arms smut was direvti.sl against two vessels miry, which, damages' nn the long combat they hurl sustained two t h before, manoeuvred with souse sliffi eulty. At four o'clock its the afternoon the amino commeoced ott Point Pnsilipn, and in pre ,nee of the whole town of Naples. The ens m%'s vs maned from all parts with horrible fury a vsslsmio 'lame, hkr. frigate and corvette slowly pursued their Ise towarrls Naples, / lighting with skilfulness ;sad This ti, ht, maintained in the sight °fan gneissic people, interested the nominal feeling. Thus circumstanced, the wisal all sit wire fasted. English approached neater and imam, and assailing us with a lively arit r endeuvotired Is, board them, and force them to rotrunder. Neill efforts ! The Neapolitans fought precisely in the saute place. where, ten yea's before, English perfidy in. humatily sacrificed the brave Canieciolo. They fought under the orders of -.nine of die best of his *leery, and under the eyes of a iscople, who, gathered together from all parts, seemed ity their to ,redouble their force ased their cum rag's.. They, above all, fought tinder the Eyes of beloved King, who, always the first in the middle &lager, was already upon the batteries of the Castle of Ocuf, awl ptepured to protert their re- tree:, u.hen .they should ir,ive T;ithio the ire if the cannon of the fort. . After au ictiou of 'corvette oere saved vieff le itui Joachim, frigate Laving entered diately went on hoard ; it is difficult to oil enthusiasm and joy which was spread throughout the crew by this unexpected visit ; *Adler* and sailors, all chewed their wounds to the king ; and appeared no longer to feel pain. M. Alajesty bestowed praises and rewards oil the defenders of his flag and national honour. We are ignorant of the loss of the enemy in men, hut it roust be very considerable, and its ships have suffered much. The frigate is disabled ; the Captain who com mando; it, lost Ins left arm by a shot, and his crew have lost about fifty men; we have had on our side fifty killed and wounded ; among the former is wing Gressel, an officer full of courage and talent. The English may now judge, by the bravery and ardour of our little inariue,of the spirit which animates the nation. If General Stuntt ventures to land, he may be awaired that he will, at Naples, meet with the fate which Mammy:talons in arms late had iii Holland slid Spain. NAPLES, MINIS 30. The English, unfortunately, have nut barked; alter taking the island. of Ischia and Pro t:lda, with the exception of the castle, wlurh still holds out, they have, in part, gone utt..- They, probably, - have the intent:oil of disturbing all Italy, and of endoivournig to excite t ble, but they will disgracefully fail in their design. BENGAL INTELLIGE‘CE. J►K. 30, 1809. The embassy of the Honourable M. S. Elphin stone to the Court of Cabot 1., we under.taud, on a splendid tooting,* th espect to reit:WV and dress, iu order to consort with the pomp and erircelle of that Court. We have heard that very sumptuous dresses have heels provided fur the Ambassador and bas suite, and forwarded from hence. The ielebratesi Almtd Shaw Mummy was the founder of the present kingdom of Cabot ; and its military force, us Iris time, for held aervim, was an army of 18,000 cavalry, 4000 musketeers, mounted bit 2000 comets. 40 pieces of cannon, and a cou aidemble lowly of artillery, 1111 l tinted on citaAels, eirryiu4 bwitele. not unlike the minderie horses artillery. This was the force of the Snow's array at the great bottle of Paneput. fought in January, refit. We should suppose that the ti..ld army, at present, is not so formidable, as Ashamed Shaw was. gr,at c ander—hi, caviar: were the hest in As:.,. ;laid perhaps not infernbe to those of any ether ....wary.; they were celebrated for the celerity of their Movements, and the personal prowess of the to a, bores of Catudahar are of the larger and ealculated for chargers; and the men are portly. strong-featured, hut, ;e, soldiers, ferocious. The earsirtrirs south of the Indus have often, at different tunes, been overrun by troops of this tountry, under various lenders ; but. sin e the Me ' mumble amino of Prineput, their military euwry mid enterprise li ,re hero dormant, or have berm directed towards Persia. We have much satisfaction in anon 1111 l ring the safe arrival of the Hotiourahle Mr. Elphinstoile and his suite, within the dominions of Sultan Al Moolk, King of Cobol. Letters were received its town, on Saturday, from bus camp, dated on the 90th ult. from near iihawelpore, oil tile lu-ft bank of the river Garrali. They hail crossed the desert of liaykaneer in a march of eleveii days; during whielf tiraei the escort hurl undergone considerable fatigue owl privation ; they had imflered snore *specially from the scarcity and 'tininess of the water, which is said to huve proved fatal to a con sidenilale number of the camp followers. They had experienced a most honourable and li‘sp;talde reception from the Rajah of kihavrelpore, a t-ibut wry of Cahill. The Kiiu of Cabal is said to hove undertaken an expeditiva against Cashrneer, a country which. we believe, ignited, has always, at least rininally, formed is part of his dominions. that day, lie 'carried the Austrian entrenched the 7th, and sueceseive aad say; terminated Their fuss is 300 officers, 40 pieces of cuimen, and an • immense tinnier of standards; their killed tied wounded are. not mentioned, but were great.—thi the 9th, the Austrians were at Latent, in Movavia, iu full re treat. The French entered the same piece on the 10th. This battle was witnessed by the Em peror of Aus rata, at a pl ice .called Belvidere. Such is the substance of the .2.stli unit itith tins, and news more discoaragiu; awl alarming we lime never read. That the lois. of the French, is storming an entrenched camp, fortified, es the 34th Bulletin described, by redoubts, and, as we may presume, by every possible means that military skill could devise, bus lien very great, trust be 'ul ulated; that it bore &Item proportion to the loss of the Austrians, in the seriea of satigninary battles its it followed, we may also assume; but the retieat of the Austrians, closely pursued byt he French, decided ly proves that the victery was with the French, and lot of a doubtful nature.—ln thl case of is reverse of this description, we always contemplated that tile Archduke Cuefteas would endeavour to with draw into Hungary, which we consider the great source of the remaining areagth of the Austrian Empire. We therefore presume, that hi, retreat was cut off in that direction, and that he was oblig ed to fall back upon Zinnia in Moravia. To what point he means next to direct his step:s, we 11111110 t soy.—lf lie proceeds by Briton and Oboutz, lie approaches the Ittissiati army, that may advance by Erakau awl Troppatt.thus placing himself between two titles.—lt is therehire probable, that hr means to retire North, through Bohemia, by !glen, but taith what hopes of finding a place, or a force to enable him to make a stand, we cannot discover.—The and 21ith Bulletins, contenting this ungrateful news, were found on board a smell opera bait from Boulogne, which - was picked up by one of our cruisers.—We stated, yesterday, that Lord :Mu oaavitoind several Member.' of Administration, were to leave town. last moruilig, on an excursion down the river, to the Downs, to wituem the departure of the Expeditions The arrival of the Bulletins ar rested theit progress, and they returned to town, lad evening, thought, that, instead of wiehieg to see it es 4, they now mein to countermand it. Never did the Mi nisters of any country present such a spectacle.— Their rapid return to town iu their gala-boats, re mind,' us of CLF.OPelta rnnuiug away in the battle of Actiunt.—Oh ! that the energies and resources of a mighty Empire like this, the first in wealth, in ant, and arms, upon which the sun ever shone, should have bevel entrusted to such feeble airti— me', who, at the death of Mr. l'iv r, confessed their total itscapluity, and recorded it, by resigning their places.—ln domestic intrigiee, in contretil mg public opinion, through the medical of the public press, in every thing little, they are great; hut, in wielding the strength of this mighty Datioa, and in every thing else that is great, they are little. Front the battle of Aspern, on the 2iti of May, to the late unfortunate battle, eumistenc ig the sth inst. was au interval of six weeks, and veitat etas been their boasted assivtance to Austria in all that tune. They fitted out u great expedi t:on, at an eitormotis expense, but, se we antici. listed yesterday, the Austrians have been defeat ed upon the Danube, before it hat left our stores. Well, but then it may be said, it was only intended as a diversion, and, as such, it has produced an adequate effect. by alarming the coast of nature Lind Holland, and detaining there, troop. that would have otherwise been sent to the Danube.— We do not pretend to ray that this is the fact, and that the tromps will not sail; but most certainly there are some circumstances which would induce at opinioii, that a favourable diversion was the principal, if not wily, object. The part of the expedition littejl out at Portsmouth might have sailed several days since for •the Downs, acid had nut left that port yesterday.—lt is sow said to be wind bound, and, most assuredly & it could expect no othet fide, milers !Whist**, ilk! . /kisses, have the winds confined in a bag, and may let them blow at plersaire.—But what is a di version, in the military verse of the term —lt is a Movement that may distract the euemy's force, so as to disable linn front pfireiling a favourite abject. If it doeY not attain this cud it is useless.—The Ex pedition to the Heisler failed an its avowed (deject, but its A uthor, Laird SI e BAAL then Mr. Pi: ebas, de fended it upon the geuund that it operated as a di version. It would not eurprise us to find the mete General, behind the s. weans, in the peoient instance, and that the CANNINGS, and fi•WittglWILYS, and C.SiTLLIMAGIti,are only his Aid-de-Camps, as some of iliem were once the Clerks of hi• Allininistra tiou. ‘Ve also sea, in our extracts from the Mona lair of the tuth, received yesterday, that the de scent of the English on Ischia and Pri.,:ida, near Naples, was considered as made, mint with a view to penuaurw conquest, but for the purpose of alarm ing and disturbing the cou4 and country of Italy. Supposing, then, our expeditious to hare been all meant as divers►on, they have all failed.— Tlwy could have only succeeded by distracting , such a force from BuN.SPARTIS, at Viewer, as t. camp. The contest was reheoed on four h'outo, the frig iiuld the hth, through tt serieti a three si ; shouts of eke i'Eatterehr s sitniguinary days; aeil,.we lament to as announcol their arrivul ; our io de elaseololitue* of the Austrians. t.lajesty intone- estiutateil at 1J,001.) men prisoners, 3( THE BRITISH PRESS. LONDON, SATURDAY, Jut.y 22. GRAM) BATTLE UPON THE DANUBE. DEFEAT OF THE AUITHIANS. We butted, yesterday, that Government had re tete"' Wtfnvuurahle intelligence front the theatre of war upon the Danube.. With dery and sincere re gret we now announce that this statement is continued- The tith and eGth Bulletins of the French army in (;nanny have been rieeived.— They state that the bridges over the Danube, being all complete, as mentioned in the ttli Bul letin, put his army in 111011011, 111 the iwithille of the night of the .Itli instant. The night was dark and tempestuous, and the fear that the aorta :night have endangered his bridges, proba bly tn.nle Ilion resolve upon the attempt. This, however, is mere conjecture, its his determination to make un immediate attack wait pretty plainly announced in the filth Bulletin. From the et• tempunride upon Preslnorgli, and the movements made on the river above Vienna, at Miilk. &e. it plain dist. RON APAIITIk: meant to torn the Attliks of the. Austrian army. this attempt, we 'lament In oay, he succeeded. On the night of th., &fi t , t ie drew the attention of the A re11d.:11.., eNART.F.II to a spot. Pass, hoottet.r, wasoialy a k►ut to cover hi. real design, whicii was t.. elms the Da nube, with the whole of his force. at a more di.t.int place. The battle commenced before -light on t!)._: title, and, is the euycse of .. nuld . leave him inferl4 to tai i - A !fliduke tilAk I it, NIA this they have not dour. If the 15,000 teen ire have in the Mediterranean should establish a footing in Italy—if the 30.090 we have in Spein should drive the French acre.* the Pyrenees, and the 40,000, now iii the DOWIIS, should take possession of the of WRIChrTCII, AEI. T116.11E CUNQUES TS, VS I. REPEAT, MIS OP ?:rt VALUE. They are all uteri. eorollartes to the gram} ptopusitiou of the defeat of the grand French ui my iu Germany. That army lieiieg 11(1e:dell, all these things would follow of course. That army lie iug victorious, they cannot, ;litho' won, be retained. As Mr. Sileitinax raid of the Quibeton expedition, " Yon are gnawing with your teeth at the rocks of Noirmoutier—you are wasting your strength." • While two ol.jects of such primary and prepon derating me :flitted', u the event of the campaign upon the Danube; and the result of the Crawl Ex.: perlitiOn. lI4JW 11110Ot to OtOI. nor 'A.m.., r ..really occupy umd till the human mind ; flee% of Very Cuusiderable , though unquertiouslily of minor interest, demised attention in other purls of Europe. Nor is Asia tianting iii stihjects of vital importauce, if our tune and limits allowed us, at .urh a moment as the present, to solicit the regards of our readers towards them. The rupture Iretweeo the East Ise. Jar Company, and the 11.1.1 AN or Kt rt G of TRA VANCORE ; the successful, but wavere awn k of Ida hues ar Atatuhotly ; the unfortunate dispute in. [Worn t h e govermiteut of Madre*. red the Curer. niaiider-i n-Chief of the t rents., General M• Dow A LI.: which may he prodortive of the most 111j111 . 10O. COW' atquences in the East ; the state of our discerdurit negociatiwas in Persia. where the ,Coetatroa-Cr- VERA,. of Bengal, unit the Ambassador, Sir HAL. VOEU JONES, have taken different Inns of policy thew, and many other points, on which we are 11l possession of authentic information, might, in ordi nary 'wreathe diallenge thscussiou, and merit in quiry. But., it requires a degree of calmness, hin dering oil apathy, to subtract our annuls from the more domestic scenes and transactions passing tin der our view. We shall nevertheless endeavour, to day, while NAPOI.EON is cositending for the (...tor %inch lie has usurped or tooferrril ; and whie tit, greatest armament which this conittry. as we to - lieve, has titer egitipperi, to -.11 :or the coasts of Germaity; Or of Mal ail and Flu nits 1- ; to the instaiii, in which i.e fore ot I • awful events intrude, as they shindy ..,• to 4.4 a hasty glance vier saline othepordinni of the Col.- tinent. Hus-tri, Sweden, and Prue* present little to the view ; a thick tell apparently coocealing the intentions of Ar.examork. and of Faeueatc Wll.- Lieu, relative to the great stake depending in Aus-, tda, till more decisive good, or ill success shall im. pe4 the Courts of Petershurgh, and of berg, to adopt affirmative ans.:tames. It is however lily probable that the arrival, and, still move. the operations of intr Expedition, should they he for tunate and judicious, allay 011 ti will accelerate the resolutions of one, or of those Cabinets. Caitat.aa the 13th enters, indeed, scarcely into any caleirlations on the destiny of Europe. Ehe• must he considered us 'the slave of Russia, while Finland and Aland are held by that power; not less than FREDERIC the Gth is the vassal of NAPO ILON. so bug as the Corsieati retains, or can, pleasure, resume, the post .lion of Jutland, - Sli s wick, turd Holstein. It is to Westpulia, to Naples, and to Spain, that our attention is summoned by a variety of events, involving - 1u a greater, ear a less degree, the fate of those countries. While JOSEPH BONAPARTE, under pretence of admiring toward. yonsiiegra and the South. is probably preparing to tetire a second time into Old Castile, or behind the Ebro ; and while lotus Ho- N Aea UTE, at a tune that his coasts are menaced by England, I:a. authdrawu, somewhat smaccouutably, to Lao, use Gueldeelarel ; JEROMF, more mettlel ai.4 active, has put himself iti mntimi at the head of his min). We are concerned to see that lot first one rutions hose beßli successful. Not only has he marched through Thuringia to Leirae, driving before - him the Anarian General Kik:l'43lAV La, a. well us the Duke of BRUNSWICK ; Ise appears, moreover, to have entered Dresden ; thus re-sub jecting Saxony to the obedience of her fugitive So vereign, who has taken refuge in an inn at Frank fort. These occurrences are of uo mean import ance in themselves ; as, from its vicinity to Bohe mia, Dresden may enable Jamas to make incur sions into the northern circles of that kingdom, and even to approach or to attack Prague. Noreen et 101 wholly without some degree of apprehension for the Austriiin corps in Franconia, and at Bareith, where Juno.: and KELLERMAN are assembling, in the viw cinity of Flanau mud of Aschaffenberg, a body of Franck Wittenberg, and Bavarian troops : Under these circumstances, a powerful divereien might be made in the centre of Germany, which would great- Sly aid BON•PARTE'II efforts on the Danube. The stupendous &brick enacted by Nesntolv. whose foundations were laid on/the batiks of the Tagus and the Manitanarea, not lees than in West phalia and in Naples, is, however, rudely smiled on every side. England, while she sends one ar my through Portugal to attack JOSEFR ; and, while a second Expedition is now proceeding egoista Louts ; has, it appears, sleuthed' third navel and military armament, to invade the ilourinious of JOACHIM Myna% 'Though we ardently, as Bri- ---~ ~-- , MINN I t) C.I on 9h r • 1-1 Itl th kl Sp 4 11,1 ra I I , tor thi r