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he persevere in exciting a mortal contagion, - in spite of , argumeilts and fact,s„ and in defiance of the maxims of morality and the precepts , , of reli gion, he may expect that his latter days will be embitured by the 'compunctious 'visitings of na ture, and then he will feel thatle has a • CCrNSC,TENCE: s MAILS. At:Ric - En-1 Malta, 1 Guernsey, I Jersey, 1 Waterford. DJs-1 Lisbon, 2 :;ottenburgh, 1 Dublin, 1 Waterford. TRICE OF ,STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE o'cLoc.K. Consols....,.r?qi I Red. Ann... sGii I Omnium THE , SUN.. SOLEM QUIS PICERE FALSUM AUDEAT ? L 0 N D X, TItURSDAY, AUGUST 6, ISI2. Although the regular official dispatches from Lord WELLINGTotc have not, been received, re specting the battle fought near Salamanca, yet we are happy to have it in our power to lay such con firmation before our Readers as will remove all possible doubt upon the subject, Several Papers, of which the following are copies, have been trans mitted . by-Sir H. Porvum to Mr." CROKER _ . SENOR CO.MMODORE OF THE BRITISIi FORCES ON THE COASTS OF SANTANDER. " I have just received (4 p. In.) by-a launch , sent express from Gyguer, the agreeable new of the de4 feat of General AlARpinsT by, the Allied . Army, under the commarifi of Generalissimo WittLYNG- ToN, and it appearing to me a just and sacred duty to forward it to you with the dispatch which such a glorious Victory requires, I Send it by a boat'ivith all haste, that you may be acquaint ed with What is so interesting to the good of both nations, and in consequence of 'W ch yOu will ce lebrate it with a salute to annoy the perfidious ehe my, and at the same time to give vigour to our afflicted Patriots. " I likewise send you a note of this news, and a Gazette, which I have received from Oviedo, for your satisfaction. " I have the honour to be, FRAM'. DE SAYERS. " San Vincente del Barquera, July 29, 1812." OFFICIAL NOTICE—At Five in the Morning. 6' Garden above. Tonnes, July e 3. " GENERAL, " I wrote you yesterday morning, and I now do it with the pleasure of acquainting you, that last night we beat the army of MarShal MAR MONT, who is retreating, apparently on Alba de Tormes, where we are pursuing him. On this supposition, you will have sufficient scope to conclude lour operations and I hope you will soon join us . " Let me know exactly for how many you want clothing. " Be so good as to inform General CASTANOS of this news. (signed) " General Don Josef Santocildes. WELLINGTON. ANOTHER DISPATCH COPY OF THE NOTICE PRINTED AT SALAMANCA, AT THE MEMORABLE BATTLE IN THE NIEIGHBOUR HOOD'OF THE CITY, 22D INSTANT. " Field of Battle, near Salamanca, July 22. f‘ The French army-, tinder the cwnmand of Marsh ti MAtototiT was defe.ateiLyesterday by that of the Allies, commanded by Lord WELLINGTON, Duke of GIUDAD RODRIGO, in the fields of Sala manca, on the left of the Tormes, near the Ar rapelo, after seven hours continued firing, where the infantry as well as the cavalry and artillery of both Natioas did prodigies -of valour. The French were successively dislodged from their ad vantageous positions, and they lost all the artillery which they had placed there. Their loss of men is .estimated at ten or twelve thonsOld, to this morn ing more thanjour thoushndprisoners; some eagles are liksvise taken. MARMONT began his retreat at night, by Alba, and as the conquerors are fol lotvin him close up, it is to be hoped he will softer more Mosses in his retreat. " lON ET has just come in wounded, and with him more prisoners. ".I.slie field of battle for two leagues is covered with dead, and among them the Colonel 'of the Ist reffiMent, and among the prisoners the Colonel of • the ,101st regiment, and others. The English have lost very few ; the Portu guese somewhat more, and very fBv of the Spa nish division : it is believed, . that in killed and wounded they 'do not amonnt (Signed) ", WELLIN.6TGN." Pitt,ATE 3.RTTEE FROM A FRIEND AT GY GONy DATED July 28, 1812. I tranrnit "to yon the glorious Dispatch of the greatest battle which ever.tnan gained tor you, since your mortal enemy, BONNET, was wounded and taken prisoner on the 22d in the fields of S - ianomea. It would be, in my opinion, very pro per that you should pay him a visit before be goes 7*- .11,,;4, to thank En- pig favours. • Aitorga has ty.ro breaches, and i'! surrencier is expected every moment. " SILK /ERA did not comply with the orders of the Commander Chief, and was arrested aid sent to a castle in Portugal._ - (Signed) " FRANCISCO SAYERS. " San Vincente de la Barques, July 29,4 P. M.", • At a very early hour -this morning French Pa- pers to the 31st ult. arrived. They contain the: Seventh Bulletin of the French army. It is dated the lfith of-July, and, we are glad to find, from Wilna. It will perhaps excite considerable surprise to find that MIONAPARTE, who went to conquer Russia, and who distinctly boasted . that he would drive. the Emperor of RUSSIA. to Moscow, is now employed, not in over-running the. Rus sian dominions, but in constructing an entrenched camp. He adopted no such precautions wheribe was invading Austri'a or Prussia. Neither was he accustomed to be so . minute in his Bulletins in detailing the exact quantity of provisions which he had in his magazines ; if he were perfectly at ease upthi that subject, we do not think he would talk so much about it. - It appears that a skirmish, or rather battle, has been fought between a considerable Polish divi sion and a body of Cossacks, iii which BUONA PARTE of course claims the advantage, though he admits that he lost 500 men At the battle of Essling, where it is now known he lost between 30 and 40,000 met], he acknowledged a loss of 300(1! A Deputation from the Confederation at War , saw has been, for the purpose of a little stage effect, introduced to BUONAPARTE : he promised them his protection, but told them he had gua ranteed the dominions of the Emperor of AUSTRIA, and therefore Austrian Poland must not be touched, nor be re-united ,to the kingdom .which is about to be re-established. _ . We have 'been favoured with the pertisal of a Letter froth an Officer' in the Expedition which sailed from Sicily t 6 co-operate with the Spa niards in Catalvia. It is dated the sth ult. at, Port Mahon. This Letter states. the British fored . employed upon this Expedition to be considerably higher than we were led to suppose it to be frgm former accounts. A Spanish corps, consisting of between 6 and 7000 infantry and 300 cavalry, has been organised and disciplined in Majorca by General WHITTINGHAM. They are repre:- sentedas being very fine troops, and in every re spect fit for service. The whole of the French force under SUCHET; according to the !host an' thetitie accounts, amounts to about 25,000 men but of these he cannot bring above 15,000 into the field, the rest being necessarily employed in garrisons and keeping up his communications. — The last letters from Gibraltar state that the tx pedition had sailed for the coast of Spain. The following Letter was this morning received from Gibraltar : _ _ OIIBRNLTAR, JULY 22.—The French are within sight of -the rock ; their force is stated at 6000 infantry -and 600 . cavalry, under General LAVAL.. —Their object is'to cut off General BALLASTEROS from the rock : he was yesterday at Tungena. • Test - rday a number of persons assembled in Palace-Yard, who chose to call themselves friends of Parliamentary Reform, and several speeches were made, and resolutions passed, qUite in the usnal style. It would be sbsurd to make any se rious observations upon such proceedings, indeed the mob themselves seemed very much disposed to laugh at some of the . gravest parts of Sir FRANCIS BURDETT'S speech. We know not who has succeeded:Mr: I-loitNE TOOKE in the ho- . nourable office of assisting -the Worthy Baronet to prepare his speeches, but there certainly is a sad falling off in them since the death of that Reverend Gentlema i n ; formerly there used, now and then, to be a little point in them--a little epigrammatic turn, occasionally to enliven the dull monotony of the Baronet's eloquence ; but he is now as heavy as Major CARTweior, a nd almost as abusive as the late elegant and patriotic candidate for Bristol. It is stated that Mr. PEELE will succeed Mr. W. POLE, as Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieu tenant of Ireland ; and Mr. W. FITZGEUALD-Will be the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER. Yesterday, 'at 3 o'Clock, the PRINCE RECIENT held a Privy Council at Carlton4aouse, which was attended by most of • the Cabinet Ministers.' His Royal Highness gave audience to the Earl of HARROW BY, the LORD • CHANCELLOR Earl BA TIIURST, Earl Of LIVERPOOL, Lords MELVILLE, MUI2GRAVE, SIDMOUTH, and CASTLEREAGH. Yesterday a messenger was sent otf with dis patches to• Sweden. Yesterday the Earl of LIVERPOOL gave a grand dinner 'to the PRINCE REGENT at Fife-house, Whitehall. There were also present, the Dukes of YORK and CUMBERLAND.; the Earls 6110L MONDELEY, BATHURST, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, HAR EONS-RY , arid WESTMORELAND ; Viscounts MEL CASTLERRAGH, -SIDMOUTH ; Nr..13. BA-. TEIURET, and r. C. LONG, NAVAL PLYMotiTn, AUG. 4.---Thelntelligent gun-brig, Lieutenant Tucßta; bas f:etained and sent in here this,day the American ship Charles, belong ing and bound to Portsmouth ;, the New Hamp shire, ELWELL, master, from Portsmouth, in bah' last, sailed thence on Saturday last. Arrived his' Majesty'S . schooner Phipps from'a cruize ; the Friend's -Goodwill;JAß VIS, from South - ampt.so - n ; Harriet, Hocwis, from‘Portsmouth ; the Zephyr, LUMSDEN, Tribley, TYTENS, Ann, MILLER, and the Antelope, JonssoN, from .Sun derland, laden with coal=, for this port ; the Mary and Betsey, COURTIS, from Fowey ; New Provi dence, RABY, from Lymington ; the'Good littent, PENT REATA, Joseph, Jon=ss, and the Fortune, THOMAS, from 'Penzance ;• the Fox, I3ERRIMAN, from Liverpool; the Fancy, TOZER, Triton, TYLCK, "Sally, MARSHALL, Reward, PEA.KomE, and the Union, TRENAMAN, from Wales; the Pip sey, MoNRO; and the Pacific, TnomrsoN, trom Sunderland ; the Edward, STREAT,.. fron‘ Dart:, mouth ; the Dulwich, HARE, and the Hope, PRYNN, from London ; and the Constance, COL LIER, from Bristol. Also arrived this day the Foxhound sloop of war, CaptainPAPlSH, from a.eruizeinn-the:Chan nel ; she spoke yesterday the Alfred man of war, from the _Mediterranean, 'which ship has passed by this port for Portsmouth. FALMOUTH, AUG. 3.—Arrived the Swiftsure temporary packet, from the Mediterranean, 'with mails ; left Malta on the Ist ult. and Gibraltar on the 22d. The French Gen: LEVAL, with 6000 infantry, and 600 horse, was in sight of Gibaltar on the 2d3 his intention was said 'to be to cot off the communication of DALLESTEHOS with that place; who is said to have 9,000 troops,'and no doubt. will make a good resistance : on the 21st he was at Tongueen.. The expedition had sailed from Majorca, consisting of 8,000 English and Gel man troops; besides Spaniards. - _ _ iris Ajajesty's ship Alceste and convoy for Eng and, left - Malta on thet 2d ult. The Swiftsure, on the da'y of her sailing from Gibraltar, spoke his Majesty's ship Cossack, and brig Mary for Malta. ANOTHER LETTER FROM FALMOUTH, SAME DATE. Arrived. the Swiftsure packet, from the igedifer ranean, last from Gibraltar, in 12 days : when the pack et left Gibraltar there were about 6,000 French troops and 400 horse in the Spanish lines, which completely tut off the communication with the garrison of Gibraltar. The ships here (Falmouth) for Gibraltar and Malta are al, ready for the convoy that is expect ed off this port by day-light in the morning. DEAL AUG. s.—Arrived the Alfred man of war from the Mediterranean, and the Piedmoritaise fri-' gate from Portsmouth, and has sailed again fur \Voorwich also arrived the Countess of Elgin. cutter, after seeing her convoy into Portsmouth, and has made signal for the same destination. Sailed his Majesty's ships Indefatigble and Ides cutter for off Flushing: PORTSMOUTH, AUG,. s.—Arrived his Majesty's ships Circe and kirolrerine from a cruize. His Majesty's ship Serapis is released from quarantine. Sailed through the east end the Harmony, and yesterday through the west end the Nimrod ; they are both running ships, and have embarked troops on board at Cowes for Barbadoes. Another ship also with troops for Barbadoes, the Caledonia, remained this morning, at sevenso'clock, in Yar mouth roads. His Majesty's ship Porcupine gives instructions for . North Ameril,a. 'NAVAL APPOINTMENTS.—Captain Weir, com manding the Calypso, promoted to the rank of Post Captain. Lieutenant C. C. Bennett, to the Cornwall, of 74 guns, at Sheerness.. —Mr. Ylatthev.: Derewzy, Midshipman, promoted to the rank of Lieuteuant.—Lieutenant Reid, to command the Arrogant, in the East Indies:--Lieutenant Glasscock, to the the Clarence, of .74 guns, at Plymouth.—Lieutenant John Stoddart, to the rank of Commander.-70r. G. W. Harrison, to be Purser of the Minden of 74 guns, under orders for the East Indies.—Mr. Simeon Bishop, to be Purser of the Childers • slo4.—Mr. 'l'. Watson . , to be Parser of the Pauline brig,'at Sheerness. ' N. General Order, dated the 20th of June, has been transmitted to all the regirriental (repots; stating the Commander, in Chief's pleasure that arms and accoutrements will not be supplied for the full number of men present; as the men or dered for embarkation do not take their arms and accoutrements with them. Last week as the smack Matchless was leaving Leith harbour, one of the passengers in taking out something, from his pocket, drew out his pocketbook containing bank-notes. and bills to the amount of 1201. it was immediately picked up by a man on board (also a passenger),. who can celed it in his side pocket ; having been seen in the act of taking it up, he was interrogated, but positively denied having any knowledge of it 5 on being searched, however, the book, was found on him. He was immediately put ashore amidst the hootings .and ,hissings of all who witnessed the transaction,. FRENCH PAPERS. • Paris, July T 7 .- SEVENTH BULLETIN OF THE GRAND ARMY. His Majesty has erecter!, upon the right bank of the Villa an entrenched camp, surrounded by redoubts ; and constructed a citadel upon the mountain on which was the ancient palace of Ja gillons. Thus, two bridges - upon piles are being . constructed. Three .bridges upon rafts are al ready established. -On the Bth his Majesty, reviewed a part of his guard, composed of Laborde and Itoguet's divi sions, cominanded by Marshal the Duke of Tre viso, and the old guard; under the orders of Mar- shal the Duke: of Dantzic, in front of the intrench ed camp. •The flue appearance of these troops , excited general adUtiranOn. On the 4th, Marshal the Duke of Tarentum -set out frOm his bead-quarters in. Rossien, the capital. of Samogitia, one of, the handsomest - and most fertile provinces iu Poland ; the General of Bri- gade, Ricard; with a part of the 7th divi sion, to march upon Poniewiez ; the P r russian Ge nerd. Kleist had been sent upon C.:hawk ; and the Prussian Brigadier de Jeannerel, with another Prussian brigade upon.Tilch. These - three Gene rals have arrived at their ,destinations. General - Kleist was only able :to 'reach' a single Russian Hussar, the enemy having I ttstilY evacuatedCbaW4t, - after setting the magazines ;on fire. - Gencraliticard arrived early,in the morning of the 6th at Poniewicz.. lie had'the good fOrtune of saving the magazines which were in it, and which contained .30, - 000 quintals of meal. He took 160 prisoners, among which were four of- ' tigers. This exp.edition does the greatest honour to the detachment of the Prussian Death Hussars, who Were. charged with the execution, of it. His Majesty has bestowed the Legion of Honour to the Commandant of it, to Lietitetlnt de . to Sub-oilicers Werner. and Pomineroit, anti Bri gadier Grahouski, who in this ailltir distinguished themselves. The inhabitants of the Pt evince of Samogitia . ; are distinguished for their patriotisM ;. they were free, their country was rich, but their destinies changed with the fallpf Poland. The better and finest parts of the country were given by Cathe rine to Soubow : the peasants, free as they were, were compelled to become slaves, The flank - movement made by the army updn Wilna having turned this fine province, it will be of the utmost , u tility to, the army. t$ thousand horses are on their march to repair the loss of the artillery._ Considerable magazines have been preserved. The march of the.army from Kowno upon Wilua, and from Wilna upon Dunabourg . and - INILIt„ has obliged; the enemy to - abandon the banks of the Niemen, ,and rendered this river free, by which ..,- numerous convoys arrive at Kowno. We have at this Moment . more than 150,000 quintals of meal, 2,000,000 rations Of biscuit, 600,000 quint is of riee, &c.' The convoys sue- . coed each: other with rapidity ; the Niemen i 5 covered with boats. " The Passage of' the Niemen totik plate on the 24th, and the Emperor-entered Wilna on the 28th • - The Ist army of the West, commanded by the, Emperor_Alexander, is composed of 9 divisions . of infantry, and 4of cavalry : driven from post to • post, it nos,v occupies 'the entrenched 'canap : at - Orissa, in which the King of Naples, with the corps of Marshals .the Dukes of Elchingen aria Reggio, several divisions of the Ist corps, and the cavalry corps of Counts Nansouty and Montbrun. keep it. The 2d army, commanded by . Prince' Bagration, was on' the Ist of July, at Kobren► where it had collected. The ninth and thirteenth divisions, under General TormazoW, were still_ farther off. On the first intelligence of ,the pas' sage of the Niemen, Bragation put himself iu motion to march upon Wilna ; be effected bi s junction with Platoff's Cossacks, who were opposite Grodno. Arrived upon the top of the hie, be Iwo' ed that the road to Wilna stras shut against him : he, discovered that the execution of the o r ders he had _received would be rash, and cause his ruin, Son botnicki, Troboue, Witchnew, Volojinck being occupied by General Grouchy s, General Baron Pagol, and the Prince of Eckmubl's corps ; he, therefore retrograded, and took the, direction cY Minsk : but, arrived mid-way towards that town , he learned the Prince of Eckmuhl had entered it, be again retrograded : from Newig, he marche d upon Slousk, and from thence upon Bolarensi'f from whence he will have no other resource thaa that of' passing \the Borysthenes. Thus the tsv° armies are completely divided and separated, 'tile r / being between them a distance .of an hundreu. leagues, Prince Eckmuhl has seized u p on tb e . strong' place of Boresou, upon the Bere sina,' 60,0001 b. of powder, ,l6 pieces of hesieging artil levy; 'and some • hospitals, have fallen into his power. Considerable magazines Were set on firei a part was, however, saved. On the 10th, General Latour Maubonrg the division of light cavalry, commandtd by . GC ; neral Rosnieke, advanced towards Mer . It the enemy's rear guard 'at a short distance fr le, that town. •A very brisk engagement took 0 1 9'. Notwithstanding the inferiorik, of the P l o lish ( 1 :„:- vision in dumber, it remained master of the fieia, The General of Cossacks Gregoriow vas and 1500 Russians were killed and wounded. (/i7e .loss, at the utniost, was not more than 500: T. rolish tight cavalry fought with , the b o-reatest . ot trepidity, and it's courage supplied the want 'number. The same day We entered Ater• a ills On the 13th-, the King of Westphalia. ha head-quarters at Nisvy. , c o The Viceroy has arrived at Dockchllsous. ot The Bavarians, commanded b y General G St. Cyr, were reviewed,on the 14th; at Wl!'_'.r.; by the Emperor. Deroy and Wrede's are very tine. These troops have &arched ° Slouboku. „ general Confederation of Poland, his named The Diet at Warsaw, being constituted pil:ll°,ce Adam Czartorinski for its.. President. This aacd 80 yeurs, has for 50 years,been the Diet of POland. The first ac t of the Met, het, to declare the kingdom of Poland 're-establisre, A dep mit utation front the confederation was te P ci t o seated to his Majesty at Wilna , an d sub f Cor-' his approbation and protection the Act o federation. - jam' re' Td the Act 9f Confederation 1.10 a . as follows : Mars:halw:/15 plied