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Aom THE :TaltirCll FfiP. RS. BOULOGNE,. JULY 19.—Amidst the number of prodigies of which Boulogne has been the theatre, an observer will, doubtless, remark one thing truly astonishing —his having s een sailors, in the course of a few months, become capable of rivalling in line the battalions of the Army. The steadiness of their march, the precision of their fire, would deceive the most praaised eyes or ears. One would suppose that such Troops had watched in catnps or in garri sons; It belongs only to the genius of our immortal Emperor to produce such changes, and to make of the French warrior a soldier of all arms and of all elements. .CARLSRUBE, JULY 16.—Letters fiom Munich 'speak of a considerable number of Brigands who have colte&ed on the route from this city to Vienna. Several of them have already been ar rested-. VIENNA, JULY 10.:—The Regulation for the in fantry manceuvres has produced a great sensation in the Army. It has lately been printed, and contains fib pages in 4to. It is particularly distinguished by its simplicity and clearness. The following is the Order of the Day given out by the' Archduke CHARLLs with relation to it : ORDER. FOR THE ARMY. “ Convinced of the necessity of fixing and esta blishing, on simple principles, a system of exercise for the soldier, j resolved to draw up and publish a Regulation on the subjeet, for the Imperial and Royal Infantry. I.thpretbre recommend to all Ge neral Officers, to Brigadiers, and, principally to all Commandants of Corps of infantry, to Make them selves familiar with the contents of this new Or donnance in all thei; extent ; to diffuse, with every possible seal and care,, among the troops, the spirit and the letter of these instructions ; and to make- the Officers feel bow .much care has been taken to throw out every thing superfiuous apd bf little importance. I also think myself authorised to hopei that none of the points which it contains be omitted or treated with ne c glea ; and to attain the object of general uniformity, it will be watched with the most' severe attention, and under the personal responsibility of the offender,_ that no person ever d e p ar t, un d er any pretext, from the literal sense, or introduce any arbitrary change ; and that the troops be never divei - ted from their true instrueliOn by accessary manoeuvres, as. use less as inconsistent. The educationeof the- soldier should tend to unfold his natural strength, to fa cilitate his movements, and to make him expert In the management of his arms. This objeEt should never be lost. sight of ; and whatever tends to place it at a distance, or to render it more difficult of attainment ; ought to be rejected. -Immediately upon receiving this Regulation, the Commandants of Regiments will exactly conform to it ; and will 'prepare their troops for movements snore extend ed, more important, and made with the largest divisions ; such as will be prescribed to them in the sequel. ' •• (Signed) " ARCHDUKE CHARLES, "Vienna, M a y is , i s o ci ‘• Generalissimo." .The following is the introduction to the Regu lation : " The ethicatian of the soldier forms the first basis of all the advantages that can be derived t frorn an Army j and becomes ; by consequence, the first pre paration for the exercise of the art of war. The unity of concert is the obje& at which it aims. Uni formity of -principles, intelligence, •simplicity '. a convi&ion of the necessity and imporiaile of the. obje& proposed ; a knowledge of men; the - use of all those secret resources which sharpen the spirit, anticipation and complaisance, for the wishes of good soldiers; inexhaustible patience towards the weak ; application, ardent and incessant, diretted upon the indifferent ;, severity, in short, to th e neg li gen t : these are the resources which enable us to reach this objeCts Their just and suitable employMent supposes among Officers of all ranks those qualities and that knowledge, which they never will commu nicate unless they possess them themselves. The present systeM of instruEtions contains direCtions by which the ,soldier should be exercised in the use of his arms, should be enabled td assist in perfecting the concert of the whole, to enable, him to defend his own person, and to destroy his enemy. By their exa& observation, the Officer of confined capacity will answer at least to a part Of his profes sion ; while those of a more extensive capacity will find a sure land-mark, by which they may regulate their conceptions, and prepare themselves to labour in a more extensive field. .Every kind of bad treat meat, all violence in the instruCtion of the soldier, are severely prohibited: brutality, is usually the proof of ignorance ; it annihilates the principle of honour, which is the semi of a-soldier ; laziness, bad inclinations, obstinacy, doubtless merit punishment ; this correets, that revolts. It is necessary that the fatigues of the military, lite should become familiar . to the soldier ; it is necessary that he should learn to know and to ppreciate the nec ess ity the re i s , that be should learn, as well as the inevitable severity of discipline; his soul should be elevated; and it is not as a culprit, but with an attitude bccorraing, . - PARIS, , JULY' assured that the grin= cipal points of the Treaty - of Peace with Russia have been agreed upOn between M. IYOUBRIt and his Excellency the Minister for Foreign Affairs; and that a Courier was forthwith dispatched to St. Pe tersburgh to carry thither the intenigerict.s. This news, .cirCplatvd yesterday on the Exchangd, had the effect of riliSing the public funds; inconsequence of its confirmation therhave this day .experienced a new rise. A Courier .from the British . Cabinet followed shortly after the passage of the Secretary of the Russian Ambassador by Calais. This Courier was landed on the t9th at that Port, and immediately Set out for Paris. The smallest appearance of ac commodation between the two Nations awakens the 'desires and hopes of the friends of peace and of humanity. JULY 23.—We are assured that Peace is signed between France and_Russia. It is also said, that this separate Treaty, which secures the peace of the Continent, has found no opposition in the British Ca, binet, a circumstance which will be a presage of a Maritime Peace. We cannot vouch for the au thenticity of this intelligence, which has had a great eifeal upon the funds ; but we know for certain that the Secretary to the Russian Ambassador landed at Calais on the 18th, with Dispatches for M. D'Ou• um. tiAMSGATE, JULY 36. FASHIONS FOR AUGUST. WALK INC DR ESSZe."I. A short dress of white muslin, with work or lace let in round the bottom; the front of the dress made strait across the • bosom, and trimmed with work or lace; the back and sleeves to correspond. A Spaniel cloak drawn in 'in the back, and trimmed all round with work ; a quilling of lace round the neck. Straw hat turned up all round, and ornamented with a flower in front.—z. A walking dress of cambric muslin, with a puffing of muslin round the bottom ; the dress made high ip the neck, with► a collar ; the front quite plain over the bosom ; pocket-holes and bottom of the back trimmed with a frill. Bonnet of pink silk covered with lace; qurllings of white net round the front and crown. Slate-colour shoes.' HEAD DR Cap of white lace, trimmed with blue riband, and ornamented with a blue flower.—z. Cap of lace and lilac riband, trimmed and ornamented with lilac 3. Cap of thin muslin and plaited riband, with a deep lace round the front, and trimmed with bows of white riband. 4. 'Cap of net, trimmed with pink riband, and ornamented with a pink wreatlf.-5. A plain dress of white muslin ; a Spanish cloak, gathered full to the edge of a large cape, and tied close round the neck ; bonnet of lavender.coloured silk, covered with spider web, and trimmed with lavender-colour ed silk. Otis Ea trik tons.—The prevailing colours are lilac, pink,• lavender, and straw. Morning dresses continue to be made of a walking length, trimmed with lace or work. Lace i►t particular is still universally introduced in dresses of every description. The long Spanish cloak is much worn. Fancy • hats and bonnets of various colours are general; Miss MUDIE is engaged to play a few nights at the Margate Theatre. She is to perform Douglas and Roxalana on Monday. OPTHALIVIA.-The 28th Regiment of Foot and the Herefordshire Militia removed on Monday last from Colchester, in consequence of this 'sudden and affliaing disorder having attacked numbers of both Regiinents,lo Malden, where they are to be quar tered. A Medical Board has attended to investigate and inquire its origin, to quiet the anxiety of the neighbourhood as to its being epidemic. The re port of the result has not been made ; but it Ws considered to have originated in the bed-deaths brought over by the 28th and other Regiments from Egypt, being used this season, which, when exposed to the heat of the weather, engendered a small hi sea, and the sleeping-rooms of the men being so close, many who went to, bed well in their eye sight, were awoke in, the morning with an inflam mation, feeling as if some fire sand had' got into them : and, notwithstanding every assistance, a number of men of both Regiments .are totally blind. MILITARY RIOT. WE learn from Tullaghmore, in Ireland, that the late unforttinate conflict between the German* Sol diers and,the Irish_Militia arose from a contest be tween_ some liberties of the _privates, .in conse quence of some individuals having been offered by the Germans to some feinales, the wives or daugh ters of the Militiamen. There is no species of in jury which the Irish, one and ,all, resent with such implacable animosity as an offence to the modesty of their women : and even the slightest overture of amorous gallantry is, considered by the father, the husband, or the lover, as a capital offence, which nothing but blood can expiate: added to this, the spirit of fa&ion in Ireland is such, that however divided amongst themselves in the counties, baronies, parishes, and villages, the low?; er orders of the people • may be, and frequent ly are, • in the most enforiated confliels from ,generation to generation ; yet the slightest symp tom of a general insult from the inhabitants of one distri6t, county, or pro Vince, to those' of another, and more especially to ti female, in stantly kindles a flame that blazes like wild-fire through the offendel a quarter ; and families, ac quaintances, 'and evelirold enemies to each other, join as in common cause, and every desp era te . weapon of annoyan ce i s brandished with the most - implacable vengeance. To this feeling is to be attri tutecl the sudden ebullition of fury which burst forth from the Irish Militia Companies at Tullaglimore upon the G erman C orps. • T he word sasSenggil (Saxon); a term of the bitterest reproach .and hatred' amongst the common Irish, flew from rank•to rank, 'and increased with every round that was fired.— The . Germans, considering thernselVes surrounded .by,an enerriy and in a strange country, fought with the most collected bravery. But the numbe r s an d 'fury a the Irish Militia Companies bore down every thing; and, had' the conilid lasted" much longer, they would have been joined by some thousands of the peasantry. Happily, the conflict, by the spirit and prudence, of the Officers' on both sides, 'was suppressed before it attained the pitch of mischief which was apprehended, and tranquillity was re stored to the town. A public Le&ure upon Agriculture and Farming; is delivered twice a week in Dublin, under the tronage of the Duke of BEDFORD ; and something of the same nature is about to be instituted in seve ral principal towns in Ireland. Perhaps such Lec-, tures would bp of m ore genera l use, ' even in this Country, than the Treatises'which are so frequently published, and which, for the most part, are too vo luminous for general reading, too'abstruse for ordi nary comprehension, and too minute for any purpose. of praetical utility. ~ THIEF TRAP.—A curious stratagem in the trade of thief catching was played off on Tuesday, at broad noon, in the sequestered walk which leads from the end of - the Canal at the top of the .Green Park, through the Shrubbe r y, to t h e G ate at Hyde-park corner. A fellow, who had the 'appearance of a farmer's or cow-keeper's servant, with a milk vessel in his hand, and a watch in his fob, stretched himself on his back upon the grass, at the rear of the Ban ger's Lodge, as if drunk and asleep, while two of his companions took their stations at some- dis-. tance. A sweep, with , his boy, passing shortly j afterwards ; the former fell completely into the trap, by embracing what he, no doubt, conceived to be the fortunate opportunity of helping himself to the sleeper's watch, who suffered him, without interruption, to bear off his prize for a dozen yards, and then jumping up, raised the hue and cry of Stop thief!" which was instantly repeated by his companions, and the sweep seized with .the watch in his possession. They insisted' on taking him im mediately to Bow-street, and prosecuting him for the, robbery; but a respe&able and resolute Gentleman, who lives at Knightsbridge, and who saw the whole transa&ton, interfered, and told the captors that if • they took the Prisoner before a Magistrate to prose cute him capitally for the offence into which they had purposely entrapped him, he should certainly accompany them, and give evidence of their conspi racy.; upon which , they very, qui e ty s u rre nd ere d their Prisoner, and marched off. A Letter from Mullingar, however, states, that the dispute arose from the following trifling cir cumstance :—A boy of the town passing with a stick or switch which struck / the fancy of one of the German soldiers, and the boy refusing to indulge him with it, some violence was resorted to by the soldier. This condut induced the interference of One of the Militia quartered there, and the conten tion between those individuals brought forward others of both•Regiintmts, The Militiaman being made prisoner, his companions determined on his rescue ; and matters took so serious a turn, that ati express had been sent, - to General Du &, at Birr, when the contest was with difficulty suppressed.— The consequences, however, of this uplucky event , have been fatal in the loss of 'some lives, and several desperately wounded : mmong the latter are, we I are informed, two of the Ger Man Officers, one of *horn is said to be Mortally injured. On Sunday the 6th ult. about ten o'clock in the evening, while the family were at supper, the house •of Mr. LEXOW, of Tonningen, was discovered to be in flame's, and in about two hours was totally burnt to the ground. In the cellar was a large quantity of wine and spirits, which, on catching fire, made the conflagration truly dreadful. Very little of the pro perty was saved. The house of the Comptroller of the Customs, adjoining, together with the greatest part of the furniture ; was also destroyed; and the - flames were only prevented from extending their ravages still farther, by pulling down the next house. • The whole of the damage is exceedingly great. A Serjeant on the Recruiting Service in tune rick, made an hearty breakfast on Monday last, which consisted. only of sixty-eight raw eggs, with their shell; I •1 . • .. • , ' fail . ); and nail La r y, that he qi6ttld appear before bik Officers. ' Thus only will he bedome proud' of ills ' - , , ----- condition, instead of regarding it as an Visupportable ~ AT teh 'O'clock this Morning the Lanark Militia yoke. On this account it is necessary, by constant,. wereembarked on board the Berwick Smacks, which care for his preservation, to inspire him with 06 lay here since Saturday last for their reception. About loVe of his Sovereign, and to lead him,',by the force j twelve hundred men ? , women, and children; i'ere of example, to an entire obedience to his superiors; , literally crannied into eight of them ; but ,as the fiSr it is only, by the solid concatenation of all the weather .is favourable,. the . inconvenience' of close parts that the perfedion of concert can be reached: stowage. will . be trifling. Leith is their destination From the time that the young soldier shall have ' in the first instance, from 'which they are to march taken his oath; and shall have well weighed the irri- : to Glasgow, where they will be quartered for some portance of this act, as well as the extent of the obli j time. gations which it imposes, it will be necessary' to About eleven o'clock Captain BUCHNER'3, Corn begin by. giving him, so to speak, a new in ,ral'edu- pany o f R o y a l A rt ill ery marched in from Canter cation, and a true idea of th e honourable fession bury, and embarked in the transport N 0.144, within which he has ju s t emb race d . C are wi l l be taken . the Pier, with their, baggage only. It is understoOd i t 0 frequently to rehearse and explain to biin, in his that the ordnance is to be put on board at Chatham. native language, the articles of war and of service They amount to between sixty and seventy chosen which should regulate his condud. Besides this, 1 men, and went on board in the highest spirits. At there will be given to, him, by way of Mentor, in half past one the transport cleared :the Pier-head, old soldier of sound judgment, who vvill explain to i and look the breeze (as the sailors term it) in very him, in a friendly and complaisant Manner, the fine style. As she passed with all her sails set, she cares which he ought to, bestow on his body ; on was received by an immense crowd of speelators the propriety o f hi s appearance, on his dress, on his with huzzas , and long continued acclamations of equipment, on the management of his arms, which success 'and a safe vOyage. She is a very large three; are the first and most essential decorations of the masted Vesiel, an 4 appeared to the greatest advati soldier. In this way it may be expected, that, in- tage under way. dependently' o f expertness i n t h e use of arms, the There are four large Transports still in the liar young soldier will acqatre that easy and military. air, bour, prepared to take Troops on board. Two of then] as distan,t from rudeness and want of politeness, as are copper-bottomed, and have six month's proviiions from stithiesS and awkwardness." On board. The 62d Regiment is expeaed in.to-:mor row or next day, forembarkation, and the 43d about the end of the week. All the equipage and horses be; longing to the Staff which are to accompany this Ex pedition will, it is. said, be shipped here to-Morrow ; some of the horses have already come in. Lord KEITH is constantly on foot, and as inde fatigable as usual in forwarding the embarkation.- The presence of such a Superior Must undoubtedly contribute very much to expedite buSiness, by dif fusing energy and obedience through all the inferior departments ; though it must he acknowledged that much credit is due to the activity of the subordidge Officersin their several situations. ' The Ball at the King's Head last night was the most brilliant and fashionable since the commencement of the season. The attendance of the Officers belong ing to the Guards lately embarked, had, no doubt; the effect of attratling a more than -ordinary hutn; ber of elegantes ; and if a Stimulus was necessary to arouse the.courage of such men; none surely could be stronger than the display of beauty, elegance, and loveliness, which graced the rooms on this oc casion. Of this they soon gave. a proof; for, fa tigued and harassed as they must have felt, yet so great was the influence of such. charms, that these sons of MARS, instantly forgetting toils past and to come, entered with the greatest glee into the m a k e of pleasure, and j o i ne d i n the merry dance, which continued without intermission till a latei h our t h an usual. Among the persons of distinelion present, were Lord K E ITH, the Hon. Miss and lion. Miss M. ELPHINSTONE,' Lord and Lady HENNIKER, General Hort, Colonel HEAD; Lady JERSEY, the Hod. Miss MONSON, and - many others of equal rank and fashion. , LEWES CdTTLE Sfi hay 26. CORig-EXCHANGE; AUG. I.—The freth arrivals of Wheat for this day'S market are numerquS, and large supplies on hand; the buyers in request are few, and the sales .are at less price ; scarce any Barley, which is - dearer ; and the' few White Pease, likewise Grey, with each sort .of Beans; are rather lower ;. Oats are in • large supplie s , b ut having few samples ofprime quality, those fetch ra ther better Price ;- and sales of fine Flour lesg that the :highest quotation ; fine Atnerican 44fs. to 495. per barrel: , Wheat 5$ s a 68s a Bos od Bents7s oi Fine ditto -82 S a 85S ( i . Tick Beans ' 33, a 39s od Rye •- •-• 365 . a 42‘cd Oats 2U 3 27a a 3os od Barley - -35 S a 4os oil . Poland ditto 32s a 33s 0•1 Malt • -•— 68s a 74s od Rape Seed. - Z. - 301 White Pease 65$ a 71s pd Fi ne Flour 7os a 7ss ad. Grey ditto 4os a 44s o d S eco nd s - 6os a 76s oi MARKET, Aaa. This day's market had but a: short supply of .dif ferent kinds' of Cattle; Beef,' Mutton, and Lamb are rather cheaper than Monday's market ; Veal arid Pork sold at last prices, .and the trade for the I.I3cSC part tvas but middlin,, ,, .—The sales in the Haymar ket were inconsiderable ; Hay and Clover obtained better prices than our, last report ; Straw continuei the same as per lasG—We subjoin •fin accurate state inent of the prices and numbers : To sink the Of per stone of Slb. Beef 4s. 6d. to 5s od.•—Muttoji 4s. od. to ss. 6s. od. to 7s. ed.—Lamb 7s. od. to 7s. 6d. —Pork ss t od. to ss. 6d. - Beasts, 410.—Sheep and Lambs. 3740.—Calves, 94-- Pigs zBO. SMITHFIELD HAYMARKT. Hay 31. os. to 41. Jos.—Clover 41. ós. to SI. al.:—.Straw;! Ics. to 21. 2s, • A letter from Wellington, dated July `e6., contains the following disastrous account :--On Friday, the 11th instant, as some Colliers were at Work in a pit 151 yards deep, belcinging to J 01414 BfSHT'ON; Esq. and Co. at Snedshill Ironworks; near this town; one 'of their candles came in contact with a quan thy of hydrogen gas 'mixed with atrnospherit: air; and caused an explosion; which severely burnt eight or .nine men ; but fortunately the whole are in a fair way of recovery. On the Monday ft ,Ilowing several, others were employed in repairing the air ways in the same pit, some . of whom h a d asce nd e d again ; si x ot h ers (w h o had previously extinguished their candles for safety) were in the ate} of ascen.:. sion, five in chains, and one upon the knot Of the rope, when, unfortunately, the 'current of hydrogen from the pit, blended with the air of the at= mosphere, was blown by a hrisk.gale of wind in contaet with a fire that had been left inadvertently burning about three yards to leeward of the head, and caused an explosion, whiCh proceeded• down the pit towards the source of the hydrogen. involving the miserable colliers in a volume of flame, At the moment of the combustion they had as cended upwards of 'one hundred yards; and one of the poor fellows, preferring instant death ,to the acuteness of his pains, made an effort to disengage himself from the chains, and precipitate himself td the bottom ; but 'failed in the attempt : another fainted from extreme pain, and, was brought up banging by his legs in the chains : four others came up in the usual sitting posture and the man who was riding erect upon ' the knot"of the rope mita- , culously retained his hold, though his clothes were entirely consumed; and his body scorched all over, and reached the surface In that ,position. On being disengaged at the pit-head by some persons whom the noise of the explosion had brought to witness this truly affecting scene, one of them, in a de lirium, arising from excruciating pain and terror ; rtished homeward in flames ; the others, more en-1 feebled, required to be carried to their abode.-- Five died soon after in the, greatest agonieS, and the other expired this day. Two widows and some children remain to lament their unfortunate exit. The other four were unmarried. The explosion blew the caps from their heads forty or fifty feet above the surface, and reduced a great part of the timber-framing of the pit to a state of carbon. Some persons who were in the vicinity oe the pit at 'the time Saw, previously, partial combustions talre place between ,the fire and the pit-head, w hi c h proves that the hydrog en was then deficient in quantity ; or not sufficiently blended with the' oxygen of the atmo s ph ere; to pro d uce a: general one. Had they removed the fire immediately (anti it is probable there was sufficient time to do 'it in), the 'accident would not have taken place, and the men who hate just Sunk into the silent tomb thipt have remained many years longer useful members of society. The accident is - over and ir retrieviable, but we hope its terrible consequences will preclude a similar one ; and that no collier or miner will hereafter, be so unmindful of his own safety as to make a fire near tos a pit containing by. drogen gas, or sulphur as they generally (though wrongly) term it.. This',ineeting was num erou i' y att e n d ed by Gen:- den-len Farrners,Nobility, and G entry. Th e earl of EottEiNioN-y, who sent a present Of a fine, bucl;., vas in the chair; supported On the right by the Earl of CHicni&sTtit, and on the left by Viscount GAGE, Sir JOHN StßlitGHT,atid Sir jOHNDAHAVO9D,KIiIG, The company din e d a t th e Whi te Hart, in LeweS.--:. The greatest harmony and conviviality prevailed.-- The first toast was, " The King and' Constitution," with three times three-: then followed " His Royal. Highness the Prince of Wales,"—_" The Duke, of • •Bedfard,"—=" Viscount Gage," and " Mr. Ellman; of Glynn," which. were ,clrank with fervor by the company. It was •half imst seven when they separated,-after adjudgitl the following prizes• The Cup, value togs. for the best two-year old Lull, Mr. . • Ditto for three-year old ditto, Mr. Cupp:s. Ditto for four-y ear o ld dit to ; Lord Gage. Ditto tOr two-year old Heifer, Colonel Newtoti". pitto for three-y ear o ld ditto, 11/Ir.,Ellinan. Ditto for Oxen, Mr.' Adger. - pito for one-year old South DoWn Rani; Mr. T. Saxliy. Ditto for two-year old ditto, ,Mr. T. Pal - neon - the: Ditto for three-)ear old ditto, Mr. Hamshar. Ditto for two-year old Flock ditto; Mr. T. Saxby. Ditto for three-year old Flock ditto, Mr. Hamshar. PriZes for the best pen of tz South Down Loves. Cup —value five guineas —to Mr. John Ellnian. Second diitO—to Mr. Thomas Third ditto —to Mr. Sakby. , Charles Western, Esq. of F e li x Ha l l ; EsSOX, fol. the best Boar—Prize, a Biro guinea Cup. Ditto for Sow, ditt o , Mr. Elltnan. First Prize for Fleece, . Mr, SaxoY•• Second ditto, Mr. 'l'. Forricombe. • -1 ,0