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MAILS. ARnivri , -1 Heligoland, I Anti°lt. / Dublin, 2 Waterford. DuE-1 Cadiz, I Dublin, I Waterford. riTticE OF .ATOCKS . Ting DAY' AT TWELVE O'Cl/ICE. Consols ssi I Red. Ann sq I Onmium 1g 1 THE SUN. 5'3,1!;. , 1 QUIS 'Dice:az FALSVZI AVDIAT ? LO.NDON,:, /t:ONISAY, JULY 13, 1812. This morning a Heligoland Mall'arri'ved: the folio ving is the only article which ithrings:— HZ;.I'COLAINTD, JULY 91—This week we havt had an arrival from the coast, but received no news worth mentioning, except th4t hostilities were immediately expected to commence in the North, and that a peace between Russia and Turkey was considered as certain. A report was circulated yesterday, upon the authority of letters from the French coast, that hostilities had commenced between the Rtissians and French, - and that a great battle had been fought, in which the former had been defeated, with the loss of between 25 and 30,000 men.— Nether - the place where this supposed battle was fought, nor the date, are mentioned ; nor are there any circumstances connected with this re port which induce us to give it credit. Letters and Papers were yesterday received from the North of BUrope, of a very recent date, which are per fectly-silent upon this subject ; besides it is not likely that the Russian Generals would so soon depart from the plan of defensive operation which bad been laid down for their guidance, for the purpose of risking a deesive action. - Upon the whole, therefore, we do not think this report is entitled to any credit. We are, however, in hourly expectation of some news of importance from the North, as there can be very little doubt that hostilities have commenced before this time. The last- accounts from Sweden are of a peen- Early interesting nature. TiERNADOTTE; thefe is every reason to believe, is about to V enter into the contest against BUOIIAPARTE, with a degree of earnestness and vigour proportioned to the magnitude of the conflict. Whether he will command hiS troops in person, or whether they are to be led by the celebrated .11oRrAir, we do not know : in either event, a Swedish army acting in the rear of the French would greatly embarrass Bua*ArmerE,_ and, in case he should meet with .itirious _reverses on the Russian frontiers, . ,- • • "ivotilrl greatly endanger tiffs safety. We mention •ed some days ago, that MoagAu was expected in Sweden ;. the letters received yesterchiy, state that • he bad actually arrived there, inconsequence of the invitation of BERNADOTTE, by whoM he had ben received in the most cordial manner. Some of the letters state, that he is about to proceed to Russia, and take a command in the Russian Army ; others state, that he is We command the Swedes. Another very celebrated General has ar rived in Sweden; viz. General BLUCHER. Iris residence in the Prussian Dominions, now that they are in the possession .of the French, could neither have been very agreeable nor very safe ; we hope his talents will not remain unem ployed during this ait-d.uous contest. The last let ters from Berlin state, that BUONAPARTE had re viewed an army of 100,000 men on the plains of Friedland, on the 14th ult. : the whole of the French aamy now on the frontiers of Russia is stated to amount to 140,000 men. The Generals whom Buo- NAPARTE has selected to assistlim are; DAVOUST, MACDONALp, MORTISE, and MURAT. MASSENA is not employed ; he has been in disgrace ever since Lord WELLINGTON drove him out of Portu gal : he is.now in a kind of exile at Baines.. It is singular that scarcely any of the Marshals that were employed by BUONAPARTE in the former war against the Russians, are employed upon the pre sent occasion- MASSENA, NEv, and LEFEBRE; had the chief - commands in the campaign of 1807. — With respect to the amount of the Russian army, it is difficult, if not impossible, to obtain any pre cise accounts ; but though we cannot speak cor rectly as to its numbers,• we can state, on\yery good authority, that the general construction of that army -is very much improved. That most important branch of the . military service, the Commissariat, is put entirely upon a new foot ing, and the Russian army will no longer be exposed to the privations and distresses which it experienced for want of provisions in the winter of 1806 and 7. The Russians have begun to rct upon their defensive system. The produce on the frontiers of Lithuania, -in several situations, has been destroyed, so that the enemy, if he ad vance, must lie encumbered with all the necessary means for his subsistence. Other precantii3ns bare been resorted to in Courland, and the grain, and ellects of the like description, which were dc ()sited at Liebau and Riga, have been removed to Perttore in Livonia, to place them beyontl.the reach of the invaders, Some of the letters from. Portugal brought by the Marlborough packet, state, that JOSEPH Buo- NAPARTE had left Madrid, and had returned to France. We can easily believe that JOSEPH would not find himself very comfortable in Madrid, and we-believe the time is rapidly approaching When his Catholic Majesty will * be equally insecure in every part of his Spanish Dominions.— It is supposed - that it is the intention a Lord WELLINGTON to push on, in conjunction with the Gallician division from Benevente, to se cure the great pass into France by the Western Pyrennces and Bayonne; and Sir HOME Por- HAM is very opportunely clearing the French posts on the coasts , " AsturiaS and Biscay, and thus opening n communication with the hardy Gue rillas in that quarter, who will then co-operate with his Lordship: Private accounts from Sir liomE's squadron, speak in admiration of the i*- trepidity of the Guerillas in that quarter. It is also understood, that the 6000 troops which were 'embarked two Months ago under General MAITLAND in Sicily, svere destined for (and have arrived by this time in) Catalonia, to co-operate with the Catalans, who have for some time past been masters of the passage of the Eastern Pyren nees, and to secure more completely that pass also. The Party Writers are, as may naturally be supposed, very angry with Ministers for the mea sures which they propose to adopt with respect to the disturbed Counties. Before, the Report , of the Secret Committee was made, they endeavour ed to excite alarm by saying, that Ministers were about to violate the - Constitution, to suspend the Habeas, Corpus Act, to proclaim Martial Law, &c. and yet,. now that the most mild and lenient measures that could have }peen devised, have been resorted to, they are equally clamorous.= That Mr. WILBEEroacE should be selected by them as an object of abuse is by. no means stir prizing. No - man, however eminent for his ta lents, or estimable for his moral qualities, can es cape the scurrilous invectives.of the Party, unless he enlists himself under its banners. But Mr. 'WILBERFORCE has committed anoiber offence; he has stated that the passions of the people have been excited by speeches and writings, and therefore it is thought decent .to sneer at him about canting teachers and preachers, because he his known to be a religious man: ' It is worthy of notice, that the Roman Catholic reli gion is the only one that finds favour, or even toleration, from the writers of the Party. They are loud in their praises of . the piety, ,sincerity, &c. &c. of the Roman Catholics, but if a Protes tant ventures to express his attachment to his re ligion, be is instantly 'accused of canting. and hypocrisy. But to revert to our subject; we should be glad to ask, whether the disorders which have prevailed in different parts of the country do not require a prompt and an effectual remedy, and if they do, whether any one can Ile suggested that trenches less upon the Constitution than .the one pro posed ?—A great deal of silly declamation has been used about violating an,Englishtnan's castle, and taking - his arms frOin him. It is true, the Bill does require the delivery of arms, but under what circumstances ? it has been found that the rioters are systematically engaged attacking private houses for the purpose of collecting arms, to be em ployed for purposes equally inconsistent with the safety of individuals, and the tranquility of the,State, an'd the only qutsistion is, whether :they should be allowed to take these arms, ar whether they should he deposited in a place of safety. WINDSOR, JULY 12.—The KIN 's state has va ried very little within these few days : he occa, sionally has'a little. increase of fever. Yesterday afternoon the Princess of WALES arrived,at the, Lower Lodge, on a visit to the Princesi CHAR LOTTE, remained there about four hours, and then left Windsor for Kensington.. In , the evening, the. Princess CHARLOTTE drove her four beautiful ponies for two hours, accompanied by Lady DE, CLIFFORD. This morning Princess CHARLOTTE Attended divine service at St. GrorL,re's Chapel, and heard a sermon by Dr. HEATH. The QUEEN and Princesses heard divine service in the Castle. Yesterday Divine Service was performed at Carlton-house, before his Royal Highness the PRINCE REGENT and the Household, by the Rev. F. W. 13LomuEao and the Rev. S.,CLARKE. Yesterday the LORD CHANCELLOR had an au dience of the Pangce REGENT, at Carlton-house. Yesterday at two o'clock, a Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign Office, which sat till near five. The two French officers, Philipon and Garnier, have certainly efTgcted their escape. Two persons' of the names of Chalklin and Wenman , who arc supposed to have aided and assisted them; were apprehended ,on Tuesday night at Charing, on ther return from the coast. Chalklin effected his escape in the course of the night, and Wenman was taken before a magistrate in the neighbour hood the next morning, but liberated for want of proof of his connection with the officers, after having been fined 51. for travelling in a cart with- , out his naive and place of abode written thereon. NAVAL NEWS Adoziralty-Office, July 11, 1812. COO; of a Letter from Admiral Young I. John Witson Croke., Esq. dated on board his iNii.jest4 s Ship Imprega• na.4le, oil* West Capely the sth instant. I have great pleasure in, transmitting for their Lordships information a letter from Captain Len . flock; of his Majesty's sloop Raven, giving an account of his having attacked fourteen of the enemy's brigs, and driven three of them on shore. I have no doubt of their LOrdship 3 being pleased with Captain Lennock's quickness in deciding on, and his skill and spirit in executing this attack ; the merit of which is greatly enhanced, and the gratification attending the success of it height ened, byits being obtained in the enemy's port, under the guns of his forts, and iu the face Of his fleets. - • I have the honour to-be, &c. W. YOUNG. Ms Majesty's ship Raven, off the Scheldt, Soh,• July 4, 1512. I have'the pleasure to inform you, that valen hauling over the Droogran yesterday afternoon, I perceived several of -the enemy's flotilla that had been exercising considerably to leeward in the Welling, and was induced to staid on to ascertain if there was a possibility of cutting any of the de tachment off, which consisted of .fourteen brigs ; on proceeding into the %Veiling, about a quarter . past six, P. M. found we could ,fetch some of them, but from the hazinesS of the weather, was unable to make it to you by signal, and as. standing back to do so- would lose the opportu nity of disturbing their manceuvres, we plied. up with them as far as Wulpen, firing occasionally in passing. The wind blowing,strong on shore, our superior sailing and ‘‘ orking enabled us' to over take seven, four of which were obliged to anchor close to the surf under their batteries ; the other three were driven on shore, and at' half-past se-. yen were still lying on the ,beach, with the sea beating over them. T trust you will deem all has been performed on this occasion that was ,practiaa ble, in the face of an enemy's fleet, in an intricate passage, and on a lee shore : only one shot struck us near the stern port. From Lieutenant Berriff I had every assistance to be expected from an old officer, and the officers and ship's company be haved with that steadiness Which I trust would prove successful in a more geriOus contest. On reconnoitring this morning, the three brigs were on the beach, and probably bilged. I have the honour to be,, &c. (Signed) LENNOCIS., • Commander. Commocio7e Owen. PLYMOUTH, JULY 10.—Arrived the Boyne man of war, the flag-ship of Rear-Admiral . Sir ,HARRY BURRARD NEALE, from off Brest; the Phipps schooner from ,the Downs ; Bramble schooner from America; and.the Scipion man of war from Portsinouth. Sailed the American schooner Vesta, Captain COCK, for .Baltimore; the Macedonian frigate, Capt. CARDEN, to join the squadron off Brest ; the Eiiza and Jane tender for Dubliti, and the Helena sloop of war for the Cork station. atny H .---Arrived the Favourite sloop of war from a cruize in the Channel ; - the Endeavour hired armed brig, with a convoy, from Wales ; the Friends, BEST, and Bedford, NICHOLLS,. from Wales ; Speculator, InvzN, from London ; the Caroline, PEASE, from .Bristol; they Thomas, ALEXANDER, Ran 6 er, WHITEHEAD, and the New Concord, HENDERSON', from Sunderland, with cargoes of • coals for this port ; Havant, GALES, from Arundel; Perseverance, MASON,.froln Lynn ; the Wasp, DOREY ; and //Mai°, TOZER, belonging. to Guernsey, and the Two Brothers, belonging to Weymouth, HALL, master, all from Guernsey, with cargoes of paving-istons for his-Majesty's dock-yard at this port. Sailed the American schooner . Spy, BALoucitE, for New Orleans.' Arrived the Scylla sloop of war from a cruize in the Channel. P9RT3MOUTII, JULY 11.—Arrived his Majesty's ships Elephant, Fox, and Ardent, from the Downs. Sailed the Attack gun-brig for the Downs. JuLY 12.—His Majesty's ship Nereus is ap pointed convoy for the coast of Africa, Cape of ,Good Hope, and South America. - His Majesty's ship Prometheus is now getting 'under weigh with the convoy for' North Ame- rien„ Sailed the Nonpareil for Plymouth. • His Majesty's ship Acorn passed by last even ing, with a convoy, from the Mediterranean ; -four sail of transports, being part of said convoy, are arrived at the Motherbank, and are under qua rantine. The above ship came with the Victorious • man of war. FALMOUTH, JULY 10.—Sailed the Prince Er nest picket for Lisbon ; and the Princess Charlotte packet for the Brazils, both with Mails. VARIMOITTH., JULY .12.—Arrived yesterday from off the Texel the Banterer. Sailed the Musquito sloop of war for the Texel. ISLANDS OF SCILLY, JULY 7.—On the 4th inst. came in the sloop Lark, of London, JoiN JONES rnaster, from the coast of Africa, laden with gold dust, elephants teeth, palm oil, and cam-wood, bound to London, but s will wait for convoy. Also the Schooner Edward, of this port, SAND,ERSON ,aster, in bkilast, from Mount's Bay. ,13g.tt, his Majesty's shit Cygnet for off Flushing ; and the Rinaldo, fbr the #rench cost. • Arrived Majesty's hired lugger F o asteve from off Flushing ; and the Regulus with Frer , ch prisoners from Portsmouth for Leith. 12.—Arrived is Majesty's ship Poictiers from off Flushing. • Sfti led the Cuuntes.s of Elgin cutter, with A fo' f ship, for Puri...smooth. " Lutonir, Hon. Capt. Edward.. Rodney, 3r rived on Bridayeat Portsmouth, from Lisboa. -- She left the Tagus eulhe 18th ult. with .47 sail of transports, many of which went into Or mouth. They have brought to taglan:l man recruits, who entered the ileitish service Sl ier the fall of Badajoz. The Brune, Leyden, tol, 131eranaid, Nentesis, and Romulus, armee en pie' had left, tht Tagds, on a secret servi c e. Tiny , not take Many troops froin thence. It is sup:als ed they are gone to and Sicily, to coaceY , troops to the. coasts of . Catalonia rid Captain Kent, of the Br/stet, had taken th e command of the Unioit; 98, vice Captain Lin' zee, and thai ship sailed for. the 'Meditervi - CaPtain Thocapscin, of the Beane , was appointed to the Bristol ; and the Caw" wander of the, convalescent-chip in the Taints, w"' promoted to the command of the Bruise.—Mll e Hon. Col. Pakenham; Who was wounded at Badly, j9Z; Col. Fuller, Coldstream Guards, ant i ColoVei Duncan, 77th Regiment, came home in the kg' tone. Admiral Berkeley was in daily expectatioo of heirig relieved by Admiral Martin.—The I. atoll was hailed on. her passage by, one, of the trans; ports, the Master which went on board, NIL' expressed to Capt. Rociney his apprehensions that the.. German recruits had conspired to take his ship into France. Capt. R. immediately took out t' Freneh Medical Officers - who were .on board, an d his ship in tow. • We have received a letter - from an Officer of leis Majesty's ship America, dated Gulf of Venice , May 1812, (which is subsequent to Sir El" ward Pellew's dispatch, in the Gazette' of Sea day so'nnight), stating, that itt'day-break in t i ne morning of the 10th, the:boats of the America an' t Leviathan,.covered by L'Eclair brig, were towed shore, and Tended 200 marines, under the com mand of Captains .Rea and Owen, at Liaguini and Alcias. They instantly marched forward t o ,. the attack of the batteries, under a heavy lire (); grape and musketry, which they at length obtai net: possession of, spiked the guns, and- then brough t out sixteen sail of vessels of different description s ; seven of _which, laden with salt, they afterwar d ' scuttled. The other nine, which were laden tvi' wine, cogniac brandy,• leather, glass, broad- do"' Stc. were sent to Malta, conveyed by The line'-of-battle ships could Dot, f rom part?- 1 ' winds, get near enough to act against the - 1. 1 / 4- teries, so that the service was not executed out some loss on our part. When the boats ar proachedabe beach, a shot from one of the hatterie s struck the America's yawl ; the sunk, and 12 ine 3 were drowned. That ship had also twelve rae-I. on shore badly wounded ; a serjeaet deaperatelf wounded and taken p,riaoner, and one seane wounded.—=The Leviathan bact two marines Is'Ll" ed, seven wounded, and a boat sure. The re-el" barkation was effected without loss. eLie ut.B.iehtia" son, of the Anicrica, and Lient. Dobbs, of the Le: Viatiuirl; commanded the boats in a masterly style and the -Commanders ot the Marines conclud e the affair with uncommon gallanty. The enogf had several officers and s number of men kilied ; " Previous to the above attack, the boats .of tP e America cut out front under the hattericen with r 1 .15 loss of one man only, a vessel laden with pored ware, a light schooner, and a settee, laden wi th ! iron and some ship-building timber, bound fil / Leghorn to Toulon. It is in such craft t"'" „, French carry on their trade in the Mediterrinea ll " . Sir Edward Pelleweehas given Captain (late CO modore) Josias Rowley, time command of a solo` squadron, consisting of the America, Leviathal z ; Curacoa, IMperieuse, Swallow, and L'Eclait, f or the annoyance of the enemy between the Islands and Leghorn. The following is ma extract of • a letter frO l Captain J. W. KING, addressed to J. W. Cacntoi Esq. dated on board his Majesty's ship Cossack ,a Se;,a, Juneg,O, 1812. e—" I have arrived this day ° d ',the ',the Burlings, With all the transports, Prevoteniil'i S. and. trade, precluding those which joine'.r from 'Falmoutli for the different places, th Lordships placed under my care, with the eateel ) ;‘, tion of the three vessels named in the margin , -.which 'parted company in the course of the pa l ; sage, and have .not gain joined. The vess e a bound to ports of Spain and Portugal, have part e for their destinations properly." mania, for litilta4 Hope, for Palermo; Alpha, for Gib'. raltar. A survey of Medical Officers was held thewe et before last, on General PHILLOT, on board. ti 'e, Fyen prison-ship, in the Med Way, in consequen ce 'of his having made some representations to tl' 4 GoVernmenta that he was treated with verity and by being placed in co mp :1 11 ,Y with the COIIIIiIOII :;Y:dierS WllO had the mistor: tune to be taken prisoners of war - he also stete'!; that his health in so delicate a state, that ti ' confinement to which he was subjected endang er % d his life. The medical gentlemen having thvir survey, reported that the General WO perfect health, and considering that he had tsvit- ri ` broken his parole of' honour, it is their opini'L that he is placed lu:amuch better situation than , "' deserves. PEDESTRIANISI4.-Yesterday morning a e a - ag man, of the name of Kingsbury, undertook, t" ,e a wager of st. to go on foot from London 8ri 41 6; to Blackheath, and hack again, in one hour .atio a quarter, the whole distance being ten He started at five o'clock, at a moderale rate for about five minutes, when he mended his pace, 0 0 , ° : baited at New Cross; after which he pursued hi;* journey, arrived-.at Blackheath at 35 minutes at: ter fire, stopped five minutes, then started afre sh on his return, with great velocity, and arril: . at the' starting-post at nine miruites paste o'clock, winning by six minutes. At startinai odds 'were against him four to three. A li re,l many bets were depending on the issue. nean