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the valley, be sent forward a non-commissioned , officer. who reported that he had found forage ' front of the Spanish pictets. - accordingly. marched part of his troop in - that direction, to wards the .house where the forage was said to lie, and soon after sent for the remainder to join him at the same place, with the exception only of his own ntles. Some French cavalry about . this time were seen advancing along a narrow - road towar‘ls the Spanish piquets. lie then rode hack, and formed his troop in the rear of the Oyler, which was soot) driven back. Captain Fitzela retire, with his troop, now joined him. anti they formed in squadron. He enquired what instruc tion Captain Fitzclarence had received, and was told, to retire through the village of Macoy. hoivever, he was ignorant of the- road, he resolved . to prefer the way through the Spanish canton mets, and he then threw out skirmishers to sup port the piquets. Captain Fitzclareuce rallied them, and drove the,enemy back. On cross-examination, Said, he was the enior officer on the occasion which lie bad described. Ile informed Colonel Quintin of his return as soon as he bad arrived. Was sent tor. to him on the evening of that day, when Colonel Quintin observed to him that he understood be bad lost several cif his men and horses, to which he replied, that he bad lOst his own mules and one man. In aussver to the qaestion, " Whether he should have attacked the enemy, supposing their,force to bare consisted of cavalry, upon the presumption of being supported by Colonel Quintin," the wit ness answered " most certainly." If the piquets had not given titne for the support to arrive, the lof t s to his own troop might have lam) great. When at the houSe where the forage lay, be was abut six hundred yards distance .from Colonel Quintin,-to the best of his belief. He sent a.nian at this tithe to apprise Col. Quintin of his situation, but received no answer. The enemy's cavalry, whom he perceived advancing, appeared to be only skirmishers, but there were others posted in a lane. He could not state how long Colonel Quintitt remained where he left him, nor whether i t - possible for him, in. his situation, to ob serve the operations in the valley. He had not aSi rtainen whether the report of his. situation, when attacked, transmitted by him through an orderly, bad actually reached Colonel Qaintin. Captain Fitzclarence was then called, and de posed to the. following effect :—He was detached with his troop on he 10th of January to forage in the valley of Maeoy, without being advised of any point of rendezvous . or retreat.ht ease..of at tack. He had. no subsequent communication with Colonel Quintin till the time of his return with his troop to the regiment. His troop. occupied the front of the valley, when he sent serjenots to examine whether forage could bcproeured ; on their return, and reporting io.the affirmative,. be placed !Signets along the front of the position, and commeme - ed foraging. After a short time lie went to the advanced posts, and saw the enemy approaching, and inciining towards his left. He sear an orderly to enquire of the Spanish officer what was his intention, who replied, he had been ordered to retire. Having, in cousetrience of this, withdrawn his troop, he fell in with the tro:ip of Captain Stuart, and formed his men -on their sank.. 'in this situation they remained fora con siderable time without any orders, till at length Captain Stuart put them upon their retreat. He found ColonelQunitin about two miles from the scene of. foraging, on the top of a hill, with the regiment. Cross-examination.—ffe had no communication during the time his troop .was employed in the valley, or until his return to the regiment with Colonel Quintin. He remained tooter fire about ten minutes, Should certainly have engaged the enemy's Cavalry it attacked by them, in . the ex pectatioit of hello,: supported by Col. Quotin ; and must have suffered severely froin infantry had not the piquets maintained their post. He sent to tice to Maj or Howard of his sitoation as commander of the squadron to which. his troop was attach ed. The third troop belonging to the squadron was nottnear. He lost no men nor horses in the affsir. The. ground was very difficult a nd muili intersected.' It was impossible to say whe ther Colonel Quintin from his situation could see what passed in t e valley, as there was a great deal of wood in the intermediate space. He re ceived no instriictions after his orders to forage in Nacoy. in -answer to a question, whether the groom! admitted of' the whole regiment brim; drawn up, he replied in the negative ; but said acre vas certainly room for one troop to have come to their support. He did not know that it Wa s akcityS usual to appoint places of rendezvous ou sooting out detachments to' forage. _ _ _ Captain 'Harvey depoSed, that he moved with the regiment on .the 10th of January last, on wh , ch day the Serjeant Major reported that he bild found forage in a house about a league in ad vance, in the valley of Macoy. Colonel Quintin ordered Ulm to conduct his troop to the spot but boot e he proceeded it was evident, from his own observation, that if the enemy should attack them lehllst foraging, he must find it very difficult to bring oft his men,without suffering severely. At this time the fire from the enemy approached, 'Then Colonel Quintin countermanded him, and filed the regitnent. to the rear. There were a few scattered shot . before, but Colonel Quintin went away as soon as the fire increased and grew nearer. The Colonel neither • went nor sent to the detachments : foraging in the although it w as ev id en t that it was there the firing took place. The troops foraging might be about half a mile in advance, when the Co lonel filed the regiment to the rear. The fire resembled the irregul a r fire of infantry ; it was n o t what he could call a heavy fire, bat rapid in its succeF.sion. Colonel Quintin plated hiniself at the "wad 'of the retreating marched up the Dill to the rear.. The witnes s rema i ne d w i t h hi s troop a short tine, andgot'snflielent forage:tot: one d,, y f or 30 horses. forage was indiffer ent, a mixture.Of straw :and hay. . . ::: , erjeaut Wells was next caned, and stated, that bc. 1 7.:(1 :: , :tr4 as Adjutant to -the regiment in the valley of illaeny, on the I.oth of .1 auitary '1 here were five men and f*our h0;.:..r5i0:•4 that day, teas again called' and Ile= d :0 the I:llo‘‘intz 'cifeet :—He wits near the of the 10th hussars, Oil the 'I oth of Ja ifunry, ithil Was passing a anti the ft . * of th posts, when K serjeant told 'him, that either two or three troops of the reg - iment had received or ders to 'forage in the . valley.. Tie knevithat they were afterwards iittacked bythe French pitinets, who descended from the oppotite bill. On bear hitt their fire upon the troops of the 10th, lie'rOde off to the nearea infantry posts, in order to pro cure theta assistance. Ott his way he met Col. Keene, who moved a detachment of infantry to their support. A . report was sent to hint the next morning, as Briga(le-Major,and another by Colonel Quintin to Lind Edward Somerset. He enquired of the sedeant Of the piquet stationed at the church in the valley, which way the 10th Hussars - were gone, and %vas informed, that Co lonel Quintin with two sqnadrons had proceeded to the-rear up the bill ; and that Colonel Quintin had said, that he was afaid lie had lost some of the foragers. TheJ ono E-ADVoCATE here observed, that what the witness had heard others say, was not evidence that could be received.. . Major Jones then resumed.—He saw Colonel Qnititio an hour or two afterwards, and told him that hecame toinquireintnthe state of his regiment, in consequence of what had passed between him and the serjeant. Colonel Quintin replied, he had -only lust a few men and.horses, ,and tht.t the troops had escaped front the valley.• lie Vas not then aware that there had been no covering party, as an order to this effect had been is sued by General. Mtirillo. It was hardly pos sible for Wm to say, that it was the want of this precaution that was the cause -of the loss winch was sustained, hut he thought it highly pro bable that it would have prevented the enemy's at tack. A chain of infantry might have afforded ef feetnal security, but the ground was such that against infantry cavalry was of no IlSl'. Sucti a precaution would have undoubtedly prevented the possibility of a surprise. The ground 'vas suc.. that 100 men might have kept a very large force in check: It was probable that the enemy was "induced to make the attack by the straggliog and defenceless appearance, of the troops employed in foraging; but the thickness of the fog intercepted an accurate observation. Ile did not know what was the loss of the:Spaniards, but he had beard it was trifling.. By desire of Lord Ed. Somerset he wrote a few days afterwards a letter of instrue tioz to Colonel Quint in, the entry and copy.of which he could *produce, Colonel Quintin was then asked, whether .be admitted the received of this letter, and answered in the negative, Major Jones then proved, that his entry was, a true copy, and written with his own hand. He sent it to Colonel Quilitin by an orderly, and ii id no doubt that it was received. It was usual for hint to obtain receipts for letters, hot his hoax of receipts had been lost, and be - could not now re collect pOsitivOy whether he got a receipt for,the letter'in question from Colonel Quintin or not.. The letter was then read. It referred, by the command of Lord 1.4.. d. Somerset, tiie Colonel of the lOth. Hussars, in consequence - of what had happe;.ed, to the brigade ord&§, and contained further imurnetions relative to the precautions to. be in future observed by Colonel on send ing out foraging detachinents. Witness could tot recollect (on cross-examinatiOr!) whether the 10th Hussars foraged afterwards in i\lacoy or not. Recollected Colonel Palmer applying for permis sion to forage there, and Lord Ed. Somerset say ing, he had the order. (To be continued to-sorrow.) : - BRUS,SELS AND Fi?ANKFORT PA PERS. VLENNA, OCT. 10.-1 I has transpired that the Prince Of Beuevento has presented a note, in which he protests against the aggrandizement that seems to be intended for several Powers, That France, not to hinder the restoration of peace, has safe . red her frontiers to 'be reduced to their state in 1792 ; that, therefore. it she is 'n'ot to be exposed to powerful neighbours, th 4 Must also agree to the re-establishment of their. fron tiers, as in that same year, as.a basis of the nego ciation. That France would not, in an case, oppose these aggrandizements by force, or do any thing to trouble the peace ; but that it would be obliged to refuse to recognize such increase of the possessions of the neighbouring States. VIENNA, OCT. 9.---Here, aS ..every where else, people are quite impatient to learn what passes in the conferences, preparatory to the Congress. Before the French Legation arrived, the Ministers of the other great Powers had litany conferences, in which were fixed, not only the number of De , puties mho should 4e admitted to the Congress, but also the manner of deliberating and voting, . . and the subjects to be discussed. They likewise drew still closer the bonds of the alliance which unite the four Great Powers which 'concurred in the Peace of Paris. The Ministers of the four Great Powers, Russia, Austria, Prussia, and England, continue to meet in private conferences; the decisions taken, in which are veiled in the pro foundest secrecy. It is supposed, however, that the Ministers of the other Powers will soon be admitted to these conto ences. VIENN,t, OCT. 10.--It is said that Prince Eu gene, who has been here for some days past, is to have the principality of Porentrui. It is also said, that Austria claims the lonian Islands, as a part of the Venetian States. There is much talk of a dinner to be, given, by Count Rusumowshy, at which 1500 persons are to be at one table, At which four ladies of high rank will preside. Prince Metternich is prepar ing a•surprize for the Erpperor of Russia ; be is having his garden transformed into a Rus s ian vii- Vi;e i , ,initabited by !peasAnts speakim . l- be' sent for from Poland. e i s gatriscio trete, the a.td, 52(4 anal 69th EnglA .: reg?iitents'CA IFrOt, a regiment of nt g lish dragoons, aiVl the 4th bat talion. of liretnen troops in the 'service of Eng land--,4nost •of these troops are 'barracks. The Officers purchase at any price 'all the plans they can find of our city and its ancient fortifications whence, we conclude, that the plan of raising them again will be put in execution, GHENT, OcT. 20.--Yesterday morning, at hall past ten, arrived here from Brussels, the Iteredi tary Prince of Orange Nassau, with Gen. Basnes, and two Aid-de-Camps ; his I lighness breakfasted with Gcn. Lyon, the Governor of our town;and after:reviewing the troops -in the midst of a -heavy rain; left us at half-past. one DORSTIENT, OCT. 15.—Tvro columns of Prussian troops under, Lieut.-General Thunien, to the number of 16 or 18 MOO- mcn, are Ordered to break up from the left bank of the Rhine, and return to the interior .we expect tie first coltunn ahmit the 19tb. • • ANK FOUT, OCT. 17.—A Progrttname has been published of the 11v:1;i - ions of the solemnities tvhich will take place. on the ISth and 19th of October, in Gonmemoratitm of the Battle of Leip sie: The ringing of all the hells,. and tide tlis charge of 101 cannon, announced the l to this evening. SWITZERLAND., OcT. 12.---7.TOSeph Hf►onaprrte artiVtil on the Bth at Fribourg., ►►nd %rent iu the afternoon to. the kermitltgc of La Madelaine. , FRENCH PAPERS. VLINVA, OCT: 1 1 .—His Majesty received this clay the Depntat ion from Lombardy. Lord Steward, the Ambassador • from Great Briain, had theito flour of presenting his letters of credence to his ;Majesty. lie had previously presented a copy of these letters to Prince Metteenich, the Minister lot Foreign "Affairs. • • The Emperor of Russia and the King of Prits:tia went yesterday morning to Aspern, where his Imperial Highness the Archduke Charles had the honour of giving theta the detnils of the battle of Aspern, tt•hkh was fcing►ht there the 21st and 22:l September, ISO. In the evening, the Conot and all the Foreign sorcieigns awl. Princes went to the Theitre of Vienna, which was magnificently fitted for the occasion. It is - said that the Austrian troops will not evacuate eidniont the end of the Congress, DELLAD.Ano:S. The Plenipotentiaries of the Courts who signed the Treaty of Peace of Paris, of the 30th of May, 1 - 814, bane taken into consideration the 32r1 ar ticle of thar,Freaty, which declares that all the Powers engaged on, both soles in, the late war shall.send Plenipotentiaries to Vienna, in order to regulate, in a General Congress, the arrangements 'necessary for completing the enactments- of the said Treaty:; and after having maturely reflected on the situation in which they are placed, and on the duties imposed upon them, they have agreed that they could not' better them than by .est4blhdintg,.in the first instance, f-ee and conf 7 deritial cornm - unications. between the Pleninoteu ,• • • tiaiiCs' of all the Powers. But they are at the same time convinced, that it is the interest of- all parties concerned to post pone the general assembly of their Plenipoten tiarica till the period when the goestiotss on which it will be their duty to pronounce shall have attained such a degree of maturity, as that the result may correspond to the principles of public law, the stipulations of the Treaty of Peace, and the just expectations of contemporaries. The formal opening of the Congress will therefore be adjourned to the Ist of November, and the fore said Plenipotentiaries flatter themselves that the labours.to which the intervening period shall be devoted', by fixing ideas and conciliating opinions, wilt essentially advance the great work which is the object of their common Vienna, Oct. 8, 1814. ' The Preceding Declaration, in stating the mo lives which have led to the postponement of the opening of the Congresi at Vietina,.affords a gua rantee of the spirit of wisdom by which the la ' boors of the Plenipotentiaries will be governed. It is in effect by the maturity of Councils, it is in the calm of the passions, that we are to lo o k fur the restoration of those tutelary principles of pub lie riglit, which %v: re: envoked and recognized in the last Treaty of Paris. Thus the just eNpecta 'tiong.of our contemporaries %vill be fulfilled, .and 'in the approaching negociations a result 'will be • obtained conformable to the rights of nations, and to that universal of justice which na tions hale prescribed for themselves. At a period tvfien the great Powers have leagued together to restore the inutual relations of Status, IP' ttie respea ftor p-, - op.ert‘t, , Ind to est .t.bli'l) , t t :lst lii . urity of Turones, their transactions will be &cradle d whit t ' i' tt till table character. Europe, alre34 ficcei)oollo lappy abgury ; and s r. :ranee, whieb -15 . rot ' 0 04 it is lietiiral to.e'sPec.. (qui' of the advantages whi c h t he other .r°°ettliiiila reasnaahly expect, only look to the 11cs i . io lift :, s ( i i i t i :l e t i ' l s a t 1 1 ° 1 1 o t f t l a a e i, j e u n l ) e k st rn f e: (. : l :t s ' i li of t) rsittrientli.itltll a n t: ll 7 ' -.41 see rl t s it i lll'l : i does s t : - 1 2 1 1 C i i i: i ll ! la g , f i ll) t t l i i : 11 ) 1 Se : 11 1 1 character r ti l e 1 1 1 :It la e srt ( r ie l e; ‘ , : i ts :: ! : ::: : c i' , ; 1 : ' : 1 -14 , : : 7 : 1 . ) : :::::11 1 : ) :: t :I' l le: : tel,!iir ! ) : 1 ) " ., :ii. . "ti v I'1:01 , rsi:i'. , 1:itl' , irt':1 : the . esteem and: gratitude of ° thci. :\; :i tt r i°lifcl'' : derived frOnt the union of sti - "g th 1 - °' „•;11 i il , :'' ',, l justice s t t i i ; o a l t: t al oitbe fee ; b s ic h , e :v n i c t i i t ie b s e i4 , 4 1 ::+ 1. 1 : 1 0 t. t : i. b o c' etl' i f I li io tV pressed. r this 4.ISpOSIt .011, Fralle e ‘ ill Ci)111 , 1 ( e'l'i'rig 4: l l: e l: 4l l :P .e g i e .l ll l 7 B l ;l . t i s )ea ‘ c - : e li ; i::': are ealco l ;'-tc d to ' );I :' VI so se nobly proclaitnedat'lll(cl tsl:lo:eui::irneCisl:l':is::‘i;,'llkc'''''; ate' w i t h her, the durable co:ay:444 Li ',, i liell' i . i rt secure the repose of th e wor ld.--(=''''' ll ' i lic` ° : , , iklAna to, SEPT, 29.—A co„,..ier froor ~e i, ' . of Rome to the Nuncio, who arri ve '` 6' o' brought the answer of hit 1-10hoe s5 t° ) ll :l e el' il j liiii t e l a ia ti t on eo :f his Catholic I\lpie:;tY , ' 1.." , ii fc fif I'r.nce (It peace .thould be tc'll: AI ! to be tried in Spain. the_ torr`ryi, ,lolir ' ,i 0:01; 1:;:" , T .,-01, ii , 1 i i ve t i : .' e li(-ci' s l es::Pas;ll:ll;il:scsl,yellstirl)titl'iallsttissie:eilliirlibelec::::::leil:etilillidlnillil):::ailis:ri::4l.:isii irl to Pesaro, and to cause b;s tuov elije 0 l'' watched. . Cti gtit s' $1 The same dispatches add, that 1.,,,t1i0,4 and his Queen bein ,, determined t 4) I , ( V i .0( ,; Rowe , the -Pope has positively del°,teooct,,,,,t provision should be made for the a,..0,e ''' 4 . c ri the Royal Family. Th e promotioLl ''' I I , ; ol' Don Francis to the di g nity of OL""-.. dt n i,i l a)a l z ' s i ti ll , il itt. ( ii c i liii), l te l:: l 4,:.: ll c , :t.. t . (i) is supposed Ca n si is a t t I ': , i: t ' e a t 1, 3 : °(,',,,l',iiiCe:C:::°::ga f ( ' ) ' ::°j illis'"n li to obtain from Sir Jin 1 3 .: 001, tm "p s and money. Letters iron' C '' ' . e l j tlit id / the ne phew o e ( r i t o l u n t .e e o fyears o f Genera l it 13. , l'' F • itovriErts OF SpAis., 00' 0135- i . tr''' o i l ,IvA V e a l:i l' lc l : ' ic, C li. e: 1 il‘. i cl lt riseipue t ai r i cl t its e tioi It is ' said that his. , plan and 11 13 t lotio o'4 na, G e p,t i ri l l e i(s r io a: lse E rn tslap,tvo. zra,:tri:liss'ii`f:l,;:o:::ll:oi., was to take possession of nainl' e , ~ jet,!,,t piLiEleo:igiiisiasinl.at,"::iPtisi thil,::::::::t130(-/ on/t1))1',.,,,,, Spanish Officers and ta'a LA` ll:l ! s ' dot . I° fir st lei lfl' 4' has escaped at Pox. ' ;di e cc 10 1 ' pToniot i on s , b i u l iz g al t iz i li t iat pttle(r:ef isseiCiivillegliess:se:s:::stit'i:'7,;ll,l'lo.'ci'ls4..l;‘'l°l broken um in .I.i• 1' - I (30.4(181*. o .ll ic ni; a( ajoz anf nai l° - til e VIRNNA, OCT 11'.---"The "T e ' lt. ' best C V tfeeth Con *teas irate i . e o t : ( N 4 i l e i al Vienna a;s11:::1;eit11:1111:kielr1,ei'ljr:::;""j' concern the German Princes on'Y brill .3 ,,fort ' e l at a Congress to' be h eld at I.'lo* - i' , ' Mein. Tile ~i'i I.IANKs or. TIIE IM-Fr4r. , °CI-. life° tutsle 16. f 1; ' v t he • V man who, in 1809, attempted i ii1511()t rii°l',/ parte, and who was arrested ai• lye. . cif / c WO Jll/ was called Frederick Stops :'' y in “lil lil r ' remburg, and, until that time `vas e" .to if ,I , to merce. r e c e e . be 11 3 .0” , fr'''', WO' 'PARIS, OCT. 21.--Since t d al l( ' ,:i ° .0 merit of Peace between Eng l3l) CV . IO P c(lciptb)ii:oefetitrcltirvellloiktree)lmbstarinerps,iceelste..l:l:alt:4,isr,oicieestinclio:ottioplsi:epLo.:t::l,:eirt side id6° the 00 ti ee 4 ell f a V s 1 i vee i_ gel il it f I ' 4 t° • (k` ca-eue, th y , ar) fe ot her l'' , ,re o ot S !VO' j, VC ' o rC , r oollf W ' ft pOlit IL'. . o f li L i , 0 :flye:ll4.llleentto. gol37l(lit I:Ve:tilini lit ti f e s '1114 1 f : 0 1 ~ el) 3.' they please in the Co e re t l i l o c ul t o b e % rocs - v err Is, Paris ; the world is not t inn ot 1 1. 4 1: 1 ' ~' l a i Tli c lla.eil,tillle,ii ibi:oitfrit.sl:l‘iii e cieLft. jolte, i . ,f :::, there is one thing which we e' .. to sl' e. ,i . e , . 1 do t Is ' iigle.,lll/0 English Journalists, a nd F o r o. ' . le e l ,(1+ o rti e 4 0 1 '0 plagiarisms purely literary. tli, 'ill e' 1 1 serted on the Ist of this m on so w . I , . 1 r tile eel !I i e„1, 0 , e ,t. „,1 Courti.aana, On the " ' _ r tipi i 50 ( • lionittu it° .10',1 literal translation of the . wo r t oie , ir ow' „itilo . ,rd„,iii 00 Morning Chronicle, ! .ce. 10" v 11)1J0.* the inhabitants (if the t' il o r, N OY ' . e d from which it wag derived. .essioo Lo t he exP l 4 Editor of that Paper i i . 0' of our Comedies--tot.' lye t t' ain't, 6 13' ill " :tcrept, bfi' ..te 0. 0 DS T w itv• rf i F7O6T2Ens OF •1N,013,a 9 is ref or e % iv ! rtIVIIIS ( five iiiiie 1 0 of Mina 01111 his Pn Ific o til li el ' Chiefs of the eit ir e:P s r l i :: i i out l' ire toleit quitted Spain. tild Ott' lllllearn, very fowl/ it vot \ \ 0, '~ 11