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• MAILS, . AJittA'l3)---1 Cadiz. Dr —1 Cadiz, t Lisbon, 3 Gotten burgh, I Waterford. PRICE OF '..;"I'OCKS rscrs VYAY AT TWFINE O'CLOCK. 69 Sq. I 011112iIIM 6 5f pr. Corsoln THE SUN. SOLLN QUiS DICERS F:►:.SVII AIMEAT ? L 0 N ii 0 ',T, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1812• Vispatches of - the 29th August have-been re ceived from Cadiz, and we have great pleasure in . stating, that accounts had been received there that the little expedition which sailed from thence, and landed in the Niebla, entered Seville on the morning of -the 27th, after a severe contest with the rear-guard of SOULT'S army, consisting of about 3000 men, the greater part of which are stated to, have been killed, wounded,' or taken prisoners. We are sorry to add that Colonel DowNIB was wounded. We this morning received Cadiz Papers to the 29th ult. which we have made some'm6stin- tercs+ . ng extracts. The French, it appears, '`are letreating in every direction. We were unwilling to assert anything positively to our Readers on the subject of a Dissolution of Parliament, but we can now venture to say, that such a measure may be cdnfidently-expected. This day a Council will be held at the Foreign Office; all the Cabinet , Ministers in and near town have been summoned to attend. Yesterday being the anniversary of his MAJES i'Y'S Coronation, the morning was ushered in with . the ringing'of , hells, and at one o'.clock the Park and.ToWerguns were fired. Yesterday his Royal Highness the GENT crave , audiences to the Baron de REFfit7SEN, the Swedish Minister, -who delivered hii creden tials:7:-..a150. the Earl of H,.kit4tzad.rotz, Viscounts SILIMOUTH ard MELVILLE. Viscount MELVILLE. had yesterday a Levee at his house in the Admiralty, whiCh . .was very nu iherously .attended. . Yesterday, at three o'clock, the Corporation of the City of London .waited uport the PRINCE REGENT. with the Address lately ^voted to his Royal Highness; on the signal 'victory obtained by the army under the Marquis of WELLINGTON, at Salamanca. The Loan MAYOR, his Officers; Aldermen FLowzß, SHAW, EASIER, &e. the RE CORDER, the . Sheriffs, and abOut fifty Common Councilmen, went up with the Address. There were present at the receiviny, of the Sddress, Lords LIVERPOOL, SLMIOUTII, MELVILLE, and DA- TfmnsT, and MT. VANSITTART, His Royal Highness - the PRINCE . REGENT, ac rompanied by his Royal Brothers the Dukes -of CLARENCE and CUMBERLAND, dined with the Earl of DYSART on. Thursday last, at Ham House, on his way from Windsor to London. The inha bitants of Petersham were much . disappointed at not being gratified with a sight of his Royal Highness, who passed through that place late at night. On Monday Lord MELvltit. and Mr. ,C.,RONER arrived at the Admiralty, from the isle oeViiht. On Wednesday last' was - held the AnniVersary Meeting in Whichwood Forest, Oxfordshire, called the Forest Fair the weather being very fine, attracted a most numerous and brilliant as semblage of company--amongst whom were; the Duke Of MAatnonouoil, Lords. A: SPENCER and Family, Sir F. BURDETT and Family, &c. &c. AMoug the Stewards appointed for the .grand public dinner, to he given at Perth, on Monday next, to Lientenant-General Sir T. GRAHAM, on hii return from foreign service, to his native coun try, are the Earl of KINNOUL j Lords DlscaN, BOLLE, RUTHVEN, and KINNAIRD ; sirs air. DRUMMOND, J. S. WORTLEi MAC-KENZIE, MUR RAY, and D. BAIRD, K. B. the. Lion. P.R. Mum :, MOND BURRELL, &C. &C. ST. VINCENT'S, JULY 4.—lt is with pain we state that, on Smiday.night, the IVallibon Quarter, witnessed a scene of horror and devastation, much more terrific and destructive in its effects than e t yma the memorable night of the awful eruption of the Morne Soufriere. Prodigious masses Of ignited substances which were ejected from the mouth of the Wallibon river, 'effectually stopped the rollinrof, its waters, and a vast lake,• in a constant state of effervescenee, - had forrntd near its source, which continued daily to inerea.se, till it covered about four acres of land. On Sun day night last, the diffusion of water . from the fall of heavy rains, became, so great that the 'frightful reservoir overflowed, and the prodigious flood burst through the barriers of volcAtue combustibles with irresistible fury ; and such wiS its destructive impetuoSity, that it completely inundated the ad jacent valley, • and besides its ravages in bearing down a number of negro houses, several lives were lost, and others so dreadfully scalded from the river of liquid fire which overwhelmed them that their lives are despaired of. The mountain, too ; duringthe dreadful scene, had a return of one of its terrific fever fits; its roarings caused a general con hsternation ; and on the following night, about 11 o'clock, a most violent concussion of the earth, such as the oldest inhabitants never experienced, was felt all over the island. , The Fatal. Chace.—Sinne little time ago, Mr. of Ford, near ! Arundel, lost a grey hound, and made strict inquiry after him, , but to' no purpose, until last Friday fortnight, when he was found dead by some .reapers' amongst the standing corn, with a hare - laying 'by his side, both in a state of putrefaction. The pursuit and escape, contended for in this gallant chace; by these fleet-footed animals, it •may'lie fairly pre sumed, was so equally exhausted; and until they :arted, to•,•ther. ai-ii NAVAL NEWS. PLYMOUTIi, .-Sarrc -- 21:—The HambUrgh ves sel :;laria, Francisca, under license, JANsiN, Mas 4 ter, that was detained and sent in here a few days. since by brig Zenobia, on her voyage -froth Havre-de-Grace to / Bourdeaux., in ballast, and whiCh had been preVlOnsly,.detained by the Misletoe schooner,',}as been released, and sailed from hence for the part of . her destination yester day. Arriied the ship Two Brothers, belonging to Lisbon, GOHRBANDT, Master, from Riga, with It cargo of hemp for his illajesty's Dock-yard at this, port ; the Two BrotherS,' HALL, from Guernsey, with paving-stone& for ,the Dock 7 yarcl ; the bark _Effort, PETERSON, Master, from Quebec, with a cargo.of timber for .this port ;. the OCian, &tux- DERS, from Portsmouth ; Sagittariu4,SLADE, from Dartmouth ; -Susan, WILLIAMS, from Penzance ;' Mercury, CHANT, from London; Susan and Ca 'roline, THOMPSON, Elizabeth, DOUGLAS, Clara; I3YGATA, Swift, WEST, Ann; DUNN, and the For titude, Rol3lN . sON,.froni Sunderland, with cargoes of coals ; Netley, CARLISLE, and the Ceres, LONG MAID, from Wales, •culm laden ; . and the Experi:. ment; CrLiPmArr, from Gloucester. Arrived the Orestes brig of war from a ernize, in the Channel. Put back 'last evening by contrary winds the ,Infelligeut gun-brig, with a Dockyard lighter iu row, bound to Falmouth. On Saturday evening last, a ship intended for the West India trade was launched from. Mr. BLACKBURN'S yard, at.Turncbapple, within this port. FALMOUTH, Snpfr. 20.-:—Arrived the Townsend packet, with a mail :fiorn Cadiz, in twenry 7 one days. By her we learn.that the inhabitants of Se ville, hearing of the :approach of the British army, rose on the garrison the . "l : Yench had left in that place, and totally annihilated it. The Princess Elizabeth packet for Lisbon, Lord Hobart for Jamaica,: and thi Walsingham for CO ruana, are still detained by contrary winds. DEAL, SEPT. 22. 77 Arrive4 his Majesty's ship Egmo;zt from off Fins hing. Sailed his Majesty's ship La Hogue to.join Ad miral YOUNG'S fleet, which are now riding in the North Foreland. PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 22.-4,aired his Majesty's ship Iphigenia for Lisbon ; Linnet for . Plymouth ; and the Saracen for the Downs. ST. JOHN'S, Auo. 13.—0 n Monday evening laSt: arrived here; Captain henry Gamble, with part of his crew and passengers, belonging to the ship Royal 13 - ounty, of Leith. This vessel, •on her,voyage front Hull to Prince Edward's Island, in ballast, was attacked, on the Ist instant, four or five leagues to the southward of,St. Peter's, by the Yankee brigantine privateer, of •18 guns and 120 men. Captain Gamble, being. unapprised of the was, was in some degree unprepared for the attack of the American, who chased her - under English, colours, but, on coming near, hoisted the. American flag, and commenced the engagement. The Royal Bounty had ten guns, eighteen men, and four passengers, one a female. . Capt. GaMble sustained the unequal conflict, for an hour and a quarter, when, having the boy that was at the helm killed, himself wounded,, to gether with his second - mate, boatswain, and cook, the colours wete struck. Several - shots were • fired afterWards,* one' . of which. wounded the chief mate. The Americans then took . pos- . session, yid ordered all the people on board the priVateer, where the wounded received surgical assistance, but the others were treated very harsh ly, having theii clothes, 'time of Which thetwore, taken from them. Two Americans were badly wounded, and it is .supposed some were killed, but •this:was not ac knowledged. .r he - American - master was enraged at the resistance he had met with from Captain Gamble, whose conduct onthis. occasion, as well as of his gallant associates, deserves the apProhatiOn of every - b rare man. . The privateer shortly after boarded the Thetis, of Poole, Capt. PACK, fr6m Sidney, withicOals, which was set fire to, as well: as the Royal Dovnty. The crew- of the former escaped. -At eleven at night Captain GAMBLE, with .. his crew, were set adrift in the boat. r.They reached the land of Pla ' centia Bay the:next:Morning. After receiving the, most hospitable treatment at Lamallin, they were conveyed from thence to Blinn, :where they. also experienced every attention from Mr. Butler and Mr. Harrison, who provided them with a convey ance to St. John's. The privateer, we are led to believe, has done a good deal of mischief on the South West coast, but we hope Captain Cookesley, of the Hazard, who must have been near that part of the coast, will put a stop ,to his career: - • NAVAL ArPOINTMENTS.---Liettt. D. M'Donald, to cominand the Alphea cutter, at Plymouth ; Lieut. J. W. Porches, to the Parthian sloop, at Portsmouth ; Lieut. J. Broderick, to the Iphigenia frigate; Lieut. J. C. Woolnough, to the Arab sloOp, at Chatham ; Lieut. R. Hooper : to the Insolent sloop, at Plymouth ; Lieut. C. Hawkins ) to the Cor delia sloop. in the Downs; Mr. G. Whitebtad, to be Purser of the Dartmouth ; Mr. Edward Aldridge, to he Purser of the Andromache; Mr. C. R. Palmer to be Purser of thePegasUs ; Mr. M. Corucy, to be Purser of the Delight sloop. Yesterday Lord CASTLEREAGH arrived at his house in St. Jimes's-square, from North Cray, hi, spat in Kent, SECO - ND SUN - , .OFFICE, • swo o'CLOCK. WAR _DEPARTNII 7 .NT. Dow!iittir,-street, Sept. 23, 1514. It appears, from a dispatch received from !via- jor-General COOKE, dated Cadiz, 30th August, that on the 27th the city of Seville was taken by assault by the corps under General. LA Cntlz and Colonel SKERRET. It was defended by eight French - battalions of infantry, and two regiments of cavalry. The enemy left behind them their valuable captures of horses, baggage, and money. ' Their loss has been very conSiderable ; several Officers and near 200 prisoners, and two field-pieces were also taken. The rapidity of the _inoveinerits of the Allied troops prevented the destruction of the bridge, -which would have rendered success very difficult. Nothing can exceed the gond behaviour of the whole of the allied troops, and the joy of the inhabitariis. The loss of the British. was Lieut. )3nwiT, Royal. Artillery, and one man killed"; Lieut. LLEWELYN, 95th regiment, and 12 man wounded. CITY ADDRESS. Yesterday the Lonn MAYOR, Aldermen, Re corder, Sheriffs, and Cominon Connell of the City of i s ondon, waited upon his Royal, Highness the PRINCE REGENT, \at. Carlton-house, with an Ad dress, which Was read'by JOHN SILVESTER.,. Esq. the Recorder, asfollows ft TO his Royal 'Highness the PRINCE OF .WALES, Regent of the United Kingdom of Gieat Britain and Ireland; , " The humble and dutiful Address of the Lord Mayor, Al dermen and Comitons of the City of Lortdon s in Com mon Council assembled. " Ma it please your Royal Highness, " We, lii;Ma3esty's . miist dutiful and loyal.Subrts 'the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and:Commons of the City of London, in Common Council assembled, reverential awe and gra,- titude to the Supreme Giver of all Victori:, .huruTiy. approach your-Royal -Highness to express our joy and exultation ou the important and splendid Victory obtained by i t)ie - i , alour and, intrepidity of ,the Allied Army, undgr the command of - the Marquis of Wellington, rarer the hostile Army : Of France, led by Marshal Marmont, at the battle of Salainanca. • " To appreciate the-heroism of the . NOW Marquis, and his brave army, would be to recount a series of as brilliant achievements as have adorned the pages of British History; and we indulge hopa. that: these glorious exploits will ani mate the Spanish nation to persevere.in'the noble contest for the recovery of their liberties, and preserratiOn of their country. " We humbly beg your• Royal Highness will . accept .onr, warmest-congratulations on these splendid events; ,obtained by the superior talents of his Majesty's luagnanitzions Com mander, and the bravery of the - Allied Army.' " Permit us to assure your.R.oyalliigliiiess, that his Ma jesty's faithful Citizen 4 of London Vail with gratitude every event that may, - 'by pers'everance; awl the adoption of wise and vigorous-measures, seconded _by the ardour, emulation, and gallantry of his Majesty's Army anttNavy; afford to your, Royal Highness the opportunity of giving seising Europe the blessings of peace. - • " Signed, by Order of Court, ".HENRY woorarfortP.E.- To which Address his Loyal Highness was pleased to return the following most gracious Answer : " I thank you. for this loyal and dutiful Address. " Tour congratulations on the ,successes which," by the fa vour of Divine Providence; ,have attended the operations of the Allied Army in Spain and under the conduct of its illustrious Commander the Marquis of Wellington, and • more especially on the signal and decisive victory recently ob tained. at Salamanca, cannot fail to afford, me the greatest , satisfaction. " The exultation which has beets displayed,in consevence of these splendid events, by all descriptions a his Majesty's subjects, your participation in which is expressed in 43nanner so worthy of the City of London, is highly honourable to the feelings and character of the nation; and fully manifests the importance attached, by the people of this country,".to a cause, which equally involves the independence 'of the Penin sula and the best interests of the United Kingdom. " It is only from unabated vigour, and stL-arly'perseverauce in the exertions which the present crisis demands, that we can derive swell-founded hope of being enabled, t 4 surmou the difficulties with which we have to contend, and to accons-,, plish the ultimate object of our wishes and effot ts—a secure and honourable peace." They were.all received very graciously, and had the honour to kiss his Royal Highness's hand. DISSOLUTION REPORTS.-=-Alr. GORDON to be oppose% at Worcester. Mr. HARVEY Withdraws his pretensions for • Colchester. Mr. CRRZVEY to:: be, opposed at Thetford by wme gentleman patronized by the Duke of GRAF-- TON.• • , • , Generals OASCOYSIE and-TAR.L.ToN to be op- : posed by Messrs. RoscpE and BRouottAK. Mr. HUSKISSON to come in for Harwich. Mr: LETHBRIDGE dCeIiIIC:S for Somersetshire.. Ciuni.Es CALVERT starts for •Southwaik against -the - present Members, Sir T. Tic.7wrort and Mr. HENRY THORNTON. , Mr. PATTISON and Mr. W. SMITH expect a strong opposition at Norwich. Earl of LONSDALZ and Mt. CURWEN unite their interest for Ca'adisle.. Mr. MILLS declining for Coventry, Mr. BUT TERWORTH, the Law Stationer, - to stand for that place. The present LORD MAYOR, Mr. Alderman AT KINS, Mr. Alderman. C, SMITH, and Mr, WAITII MAN to stand for the City of London. J . Sir THOMAS SUTTON pledged himself to, stand for Surrey. Mr. THORNTON to be. put in nomina-. tioti, though he has:derlined. Lord Cawromito be brought forward in Hert fordshire. Sir GODFREY WEBSTER to oppose the, sitting Members for Hampshire. Mr. PORTMAN offers for Dorsetshire. • Sir SAMUEL ROMILLY to stand for Bristol. Mr. HOBART, .son of Lord BUGKINC and Mr. GILL, Candidates for Truro. Mr. BARRETT offers him Self for Rochester. Mr. C. SMITH has began his canvass for St., Alban's. , Colonel BiRKELEY expected to stand for the county of Gloucester. ITT . s.. 44 . nrr TCPTIt_ CADIZ MAIL] ILEGEtiCY GAZETTE EX'T'RAORDINARY, Aua. 29, OFFICIAL DISPATCH FROM FIELD-M,,RSHAL JOLITI DE LA CRUZ TO THE CUM' OP TUI4 GENERA;. STAFF, DATED SEVILLE, ELEYEN O'CLOCK, A, Zd. THE 27TH QF AUGUST. " EXCELLENT SIR, " The alliedtroops of the division under mycom• mand, this morning forced the enemy to abandon this pre Claus city, in which we have entered. " To describe to your Excellency the rejoicings of the people at the sight of the national and al lied troops : is impossible. , I cannot give your Eicellency the details of the action for Want of time : I cannot omit saying, that we have in our power a quantity-of wounded and prisoners ; on our part we have suffered some loss, O ' t Which I will give your Excellency an.ac,. count .in my. next dispatch." The following dispatch has been received from General tALLiSTEROS, dated Prado del-Rey, 2f4 August " In the ' night of yesterday the enemy eye.... cuated all the line from Guadalete, Ronda, and the points of Zahari and Tiba, blew up the fortifica tions, spiked.the cannon, and destroyed the am munition : I pursued, and my troops occupy the Ronda and Vjllamartin. I am prepared, in t')e 'event of the enemy having left forces in besieging . -Cadiz, to march upon them, and if they have en tirely evacuated the lines, to pursue them in their retreat." The Chief of the General Staff, of the Royal Isla. de Leon, under this day's date, enclosed a copy . of a Dispatch received from the.Goyernor of Me— dina'Sidonia, likewise dated the 38th inst. That at nine .at night, on the 25th, the ene my evacuated the City and Castle of Areas, spilc- ing - the ; - and that, according to the most :. pOsitiye intelligence that - could be obtained, they. left large quantities . of ,warlike stores,, 401)13 bushels of wheat, and a portion of bacon and biscuit, that in continuance they evacuated Bor nos, at which time his Excellency the Chief of the army-was in Prodos del.Rey, and was, accord ing to the latest intelligence from,the Governor . of Alcala, to enter. Bornos ; that some peasants having arrived at that city, the enemy embargoed their horses, with which they arrived the day Le fore yesterday, with' the last French corps at Las CAizas ; that; according to all appearances, tl.ey would continue their retreat by the royal road, taking with theta all the horses they met, - the owners of which, having no hope of their being libei•ated, and worn out with the ill treatment they received, determined to abandon them, which they did by stealth." (Signed) cc N. DA EGur,v." CADIZ, AUG. 29.--According to the most faith.. ful accrnts respecting the entrance of Gen. Ceva into. S'eille ; it appears that the enemy, in number 3000 infantry and 400 horse, attempted to make a stand upon the Hill of Castelliga, in order to prevent our expeditionary troops from - entering 'that city ;. but they were t n Eslodged x from. post to post, to the bridge of Triana, which, iu part. they destroyed. The time which it took our troops to repair it enabled the enemy to escape without suffering all that loss they would have experienced without this- detention. INTevertheless they inadq some resistance in the arsenal, at the gate - of Tri" and, et the Crui del Campo,' and in streets of the city; in all those encounters they lost more than 500 men. . Our loss consists 'of frOin . 50 to 1/0. --- Brigadier Downie, Colonel of. the Eitrernactu ra Legion, was badly wounded. The enemy are r tiring towards Alcala de Guadiana.- • ALICANWE ) AUG. 15.=T0-day the expedition of General MAITLAND, to which was joined Ge ° neral Roaa's division, 'and the horse of the 2 ,1 and 3d-army; - with its General, who commind ej a wing, proceeded from this place iu the directioli of Valencia. The French, it appears,., have re solved to fortify themselves in the points of Il i and Castella ; hitt HARIAPE has disappeared frolv those.points with the velocity of lightning'. To; day there is to be a levy for a - Junta of. o ' 4 from the adjoining villages, to settleA plan t - oti the conveyance of the'barage &s. T h 4 object ,of the expedition seems to be to ., inclo i se.: t i r- a the French who occupy the kingdom of to fortoSa, 'Confining them 'to- the left of the. Ebro. ,We shortly expect. to bear of Our occ u P ing Valencia.: CADIZ, AUG. 28:=By the master .of a N'e ssel which has arrived in nine days from AliCante , are assured that at the time • of his sailing " 11k At that port, the troops who fOrmed the expe.--i°, were in Alcua, and , were to continue their rn' d.cAa towards Valencia;' and that the enemy had O W , doned all the points they occupied on- the not. between Alicante and that capital. ere . SE • . "11.LE, Au o. 21.—T0-day 5000 muske ts :Alcs : croyed. Auo. 22.—An AidLcleCamn of Sool,T's 1 rived with i n f ormat i on o f i ts b e i ne abs° ll-1-t el: ".•