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KM. Up'
from Roch
had formed pa:
''mm®**,
in BSsrIM Roads. A
b' bow consist* *f 15
f the fleet',’
lich ships *i
the line, (three of which are
three-deckers), two Russian ships of the line, end
* •M- j n j *-*vy
eight Frigates. The Spaniardshad jgprn successful
lit Catalonia; a Veinfbrcenienl *nf 3C
troops, with
provisions, had bfeen throurh into
i Ger
eroua, which
had greatly animatedjUie hopes of all (rue patriots.
Extract of a letter from an officer belonging t.»
his majesty’s ship Zealous, of 74 guns, at Ferro),
received here yesterday.—“ Force and condition of
the Spanish squadron at Ferrol, 29th Aug. 1809:
—Conception, and Prince of Asturias, of 120 guns,
rigged and partly manned ; Mexirano, 120; St.
Juan, 90, and Allas, 74, in ordinary, and unfit for
Service; St. Elmo, 74, and St. Julian, 64, fit for
iea ; America, 64, got her lower masts in this day ;
Emperor Dednr, 84, nnd Trident, 74, building;
Magdelena, VenganZa, and F.nieralda, of 44 guns
each, sailed for Cadiz a few days ago ; Diana, 34,
sailed for Cadiz yesterday ; Iphigenia, 34, and Sa
biqpf 33, fitting for serf; Princess of Asturias cur
tailed for Vigo this morning; auolher cor
fitforsea; Casader brig, sailed for Lisbon
aoruing; another brig fit Tor sea.—The above
Bay rely 011 as bsing a true and exact account.”
From the London Gaxeite—Sept. g.
Downing srttr.ET, Srpt. 7.
which the following are copies
traC^f^Xvere this day received at the office of
»td Viscount Castlereagh, from lieut.gen. Viscount
Wellington, K. B.
Truxillo, Aug. 20.
Mjpfc LoRP—I wrote some days ago a letter to
tbeiffihtnrh commander in chief, winch I sent to
him by lieut. col. Walters, 1 to request his care and
attention to the wpunded officers and soldiers of the
British army, who had fallen into his hands, in re
turn for the care and attention which I hud paid to
the French officers aq^ soldiers, who had fallen in
todny hands at different limes ; and that he would
alloVr money to be eent to the officers; and that
officers, who should ndt he deemed prisoners of war,
might be Hot to superintend and take care of the
Soldiers, till they should recover from their wounds,
when the officers should be sent to join the Bmish
fcrmy.
I received a very civil answer from marshal Mor
lier, promising that eveiy rare should be taken, and
•very attention paid to the British officers and sol
diers who were wounded ; but slating, that he could
not answer upon the other demands contained in
my letter, having been obliged to refer them to the
commander in'chief.
JSirttfe the receipt of this letter, Mr. Dillon the
assistant commissary has arrived from Talavera,
having beet! taken prisoner near Cevolla on the 27 th
.of July, previous to the action, and having been
allowed to come away.
He reports that the British officers and soldiers
■whdf were wounded are doing remarkably well; and
are well fed and taken care of; indeed, he says pre
ferable to the French troops.
I propose to send col. Walters with another flag
-of truce te-morrnw morning, and a letter to the
commander in chief of .the Freich army, requesting
that a sum of money which f shall send may be
given to the officers ; an 1 I shall endeavour to esta
blisb a cartel of exchange as soon as possible.
I have the honour to be, fee.
ARTHUR WELLESLEY.
TmxUlo, Aug 21.
"My Lord—When I marched from Tulaveia nni
the 3d instant, with a View to oppose the French
vnrjj* which we had heard had passed through the
Puert* de Banos, and had arrived at Plasenria, sir
Robert Wilson was detached upon the left of the ur
my, towards Escalona ; and before 1 marched on
that morning, I put him 111 communication with
the Spanish gemral Cuesta, who it hid been settled
was to remain at Talavera, 1 understood tl^t gen.
CVesta pot sir Robert Wilson in communication
with his advanced guard, which retired from Tala
vera on the night of tfie 4tb.
Sjr Robert Wilson, however, did no( arrive at
Valada till the night of the 4th, having made a long
match through the mountains; and as he was then
six leagues from the bridge of Arzo Bispo, and had
to cross the high road from Oropesa to Talavera,
•f which the enemy was in possession^e cnucelv
•d that he was too late to retire to Arzo Bispo, and
he determined to move by Venta St. Juhen and
Centinello towards the Tictur, and cross the liver,
towards the mountains which separate Caslille from
Estremadura.
Some of sir Robert Wilson's dispatches having
missed me, I am not aware by which of the passes
he Vrent through the mountains, hull believe by
Torfiuvacas. Me arrived, however, at Banos on
the J 1th. anjLnn the 12th was attacked and defeat.
h*nrl
•d by the Frcneh corps of marshal Ney, which,
with that ot Soult, returned to Placencia on the
9th, 10th, and Uth, that of Ney having since gone
on Inwards Salamanca.
i enclose sir Hubert Wilson’s account of the acti
on. H:e has been very active, intelligent, and uselul
in the command of the Portuguese and Spanish corps
arritjj which he was detached from this army.
Bltfiijp the battle of the 28th of July, he had
pushed^nis parties almost to the gates of Madrid,
eetth which city he was in communication ; and he
would have been in Midiid, if I had not thought it
proper to call him in, in expectation of that gene
ral action which took place on the 28th of July.—
He Sifter-wards alarmed #>e enemy on the right of
bis aiioy ; and throughout the service, shewed him
self to be an active and intelligent partisan, unit
acquainted with the country in which he was act
ing, and possessing the confidence of the troops
which be commanded.
Wring persuaded that his retreat was not open by
Arco Bispo. he acted right in taking the road be
did, with which he was well acquainted ; and hI
Ihpitgh unsuccessful in the action which he fpught,
(which may well be accounted for, by the superior
numbers and description of the enemy’s tb>«pj,) the
action in my opinion does him great credit.
^Distress fof want of provisions, and its effects,
have at last obliged me to move towards the fron
tiers"^ Portugal, in order lb ref>e»ig»my troops^
Jli tot dormer dispatches l have informed your lord
, ship of ntJt distress for the want opprovisious and
the cieatis of transport. Thosir wants, which
were'the first cause of the )«Ss of many advantages
/ after the 22d of Julj, which wqr* n4<^e hoown to
«* tht iif lastmnnth,
*awd degree, and under Hi
teroiMo Weaker on|
Both front >J«p4fc*jti
im
where r had my head quart
k since the I !th', Wirh
tha advanced posts or. lho|
(us near the brhjgfc of
Almaraz, and to fiHUhack W
irt the frontier of poP
tugal, where 1 hope I shall be supplied w.i
>e supplied wup every
thing I want. 0
hi havmihe honour to be, Are.
(Signed)w ARTHUR WELLESLEY.
[Here follows sir fftnhert Nelson’s account «>(
his march frofn before Madrid, and of his action
with the division of marshal Ney. The short’time
which the paper iu which it was contained, was in
our possession, did not permit us to copy sir Robert
Wilson's letter. He speaks in high terms of tbr
Spanish and Portuguese troops, in this unequal con
flict. The force of Nej’s division being upwards of
‘12,000 men, while that of sir Robert Wilson was
only about 6000. The meeting of these corps was
quite accidental. Ncy was on his march for Sala
manca, which he pursued after the action without
delay, and sir Robert Wilson, a junction with mar
shal lieresford.]
Trvxilh, August 21.
General Cuesta meved bia head quarters from ih*
neighbourhood of ibe bridge i>f Arroblspomi tljc
night of the 7tb instant to Prralecu ile Garbiu,
leaving an advanced guard, consisting of two divisi
ons of infantry, and the duke D’Alourqui rque's di
vision -of cavalry, for the defence of the passage of
the Tagus at this point.
The Trench cavalry passed the Tagus nt a ford
immediately above the bridge, at half past one in
the afternoon of the 8th, and surprized this advanc
ed guard, which retired, leaving behind them all their
cannon, as well as those in the batteries construct
ed for tbe defence of the niidge.
The general (,titn moved his head quarters to the
Mesa ci’lhor on the evening ol the 8i.li, having ins
advanced guard at Boboral. He resigned the com*
brand of the army on the 12tb, (on aiiounjtjMjtne
bad stateof bis Health, which has devolved olfphi.
Equia. T-be head quarters of the Spauisu army aie
now at Dejeytosa.
It appears that a detachment of Venegas’s army
had some success against the enemy, in an attack
made upon it in the oeigiibouihood of Aranjtiez, on
the 5th inst. General Venegas was then atOvana,
and he bad determined to retire towards toe Sierra
Moreua ; and alter the 5lh, he hud moved in that
direction. He returned however towaids Toledo,
with an intention of attacking the enemy on the
I2lh, hut on the lltu the enemy attacked ininwith
SebastianTs corps, and two divisions oi Victor’s,
in the neighbourhood of Almoracie. The actum
appeals to have lasted some hours, hut tin* Fiench
having at last gained an advantage on general Ve
negas’s left, he was obliged to n tire, and was about
to resume his position in the Sitria Motena.
On the 9th, 10th, and 1 Itn, large detachments
of the Trench troops which had come from Fluceri
ia, returned to that quarter,and on the 12th, they
attacked and defeated sir Robert Wlson in the
Puerto de Banos, on their return to Salamanca.
It-appears now.that the French force in thispert
nf'Sp.nn *s distributed as follows : Marshal Vic
tor's corps is divided between 'Palaver* and lot
Menca ; Sehastiaai’s is in La Mancha; marshal
Mor tier’s at Oropesa, Arzobispo, ai.d Naval Mo
ral ; Marshal SoulTs at Plasencia; and maisbal
Neys'sat Salamanca.
Plymouth, September 12.
The Gazette of Saturday n.glil contains extracts
and copies from toe official dispatches received
from Lord Wellington on Thursday, and also a let-,
ter from Sir It. Wilson. Tbe particulars of the
gallant resistance which the corps under Sir Ro
bert nude against a strong division of the enemy,
are detailed in his letter to Lord Wellington, and re
flect very great credit on the bravery and discipline
of that small portion uf the allied army. Lord
Wellington explains the circumstances which oblig
ed him to Ml back on the frontiers uf Poitngal, the
want of provisions, and the means of transport!
For an entire mrnUi the SupKme Junta—supreme
indeed in apathy, torpor, imbecility and superstiti
on, tool; no effectual St-qis to remove these ineonv-*.
niences which paralyzed tbe operations of the Bri
t.sh army, and brought the fate ot Spain to its cri
sis. CursLa, whose mysterious conduct we alluded
to in pur last, has been superseded, and we hope in
our next to beahie to confirm a report which we
now give on the authority of a private If tter receiv
ed from Cadiz, by a most respectable house in the
city of London,— the Suppression or Dissolution of
the Supreme Junta, and tbe appointment of a Sole
Jlegcut in the person of the Archbishop of Toledo.
The extract is to this effect:
“ The marquis of Wellesley, siqce his arrival at
Seville, has been unceasing in his endeavours to
cure the evident decripitnde of the Junta, to whom
Xc proposition has been.made,Ho exalt the Archbi
shop of Toledo to the Regency of the kingdom. The
people of Spain are attached to their country, but
th»y know they have hern frequently betrayed by
their government, and are highly delighted that
their councils are to be purged of suspected and iu
elficitnt mothers.”
FROM FRENCH PAPERS.
ASTwtBP, Aug. 20.—Ot» the 6th inst. the fol
lowing General Order was published here :
“ Arviy tif (he North—General Order.
“ Notice is give* to the army, that in virtue of
the orders of lus majesty the Emperor and king, his
highness the marshal Prince of Ponte Corvo is ar
rived at Antwerp, in order to take the command of
ihe laud and sea forces which are assembled in the
Scheldt, and its environs.
“ The 24th military division, and that part of the
‘25th, which is on the left bank of the Marse, arc
united under this command. The marshal esteems
himself happy in being able to share with the nati
onal Guards of the empire, the regulars, and Impe
rial jiavy, the honour of fighting against the ene
mies of the continent. His highness is persuaded,
that all will vie with each other in seal for thede.
fangs of He slate, and in devotedness for the service
of his majesty the emperor and king." —
|, Aug. 21,■—’Since yesterday rto change has taken
Mace either in the English tine or m ours r they are
dill witiim tyro cnacon-sho^ ofopc another. A bai
' V V.v,
W&SFri
of the country Mare durnished, with
zea^ whatever is necessary fur ah army, t^h.W
iwe* formed tfith so OUfh>OTzri|1iuiinn^5’f ‘f
livery thing is in movement ill our city* the
workmen are employed both night and Wy; the
U.ieliitnilhs are making tools, the coach-makers
and waggon-makers are employed in the service of
the equipages for the artillery, and the diggers afe
rovering the redoubts, which are rising on the right
and lelt banks of the Scheldt.—[From the Argus of
the 26th of August.']
. P.tAts, Aug. 20.
Letter from the minister of Police to the Mayor of
“ Sir—After the peace «>f Tilsit, the English,
who were lost if war ceased upon the continent,
wished to burn Copenhagen. Now that Austria is
ready to receive peace from the Conqueror, the En
glish would bum Flushing; they threaten with
their bombs Antwerp, whose dock yards, lately so
deserted, have rapidly increased, at the voice of our
emperor, the fleets that were piepaiing to conquei
those of England.
“ The English flatter themselves with, being a-,
ble to set (ire to our rousts. Of her own accord,
oil France would fly to their dt fence ; but we must
regulate this noble impulse, in ordei* to render it use
ful.
“ What is the force of Napoleon’s army of Re
serve, ask the ministers of the cabinet of St. James?
We can now renly to them. The army covets in
its rapid march the roads from Paris to Antwerp;
1* <• them send their agents to count it. Let them
know that not a soldier irom the armies of Napole
on will quit his standards to come and defend the
territory of his empire.
“ What Frenchmen would not take np arms when
the soil of France is touched by the enemy? Are
not the French armies national guards, and the na
tional guards armies ? the audacity of the English
only prepares a new trophy for the trophies that
are te decorate the leaslof peare.
“ Sir, you lake a particular.interest in the glory
of this capital—Too often our enemies have accus
ed it of having energy only in tumults—Let it at
onceconfound the calumnies of its enemtesand their
incendiary hopes—On the east nod‘on the west,
France is victorious 200 leagues trom hc-r frontiers
—she will also triumph in the interior, in order
'hat no kind ol glory may be wanting.’*'
August 22.—We are assured trial the emperor of
Austria lias consented to the cession of a great pro
vince ol Ins monart hv, which he hud hitherto re
fused to. do. This induces a belief that the peace
will not mtet with any more obstacles or delay.
Six Englishmen were token up on the night of
tue 1 i'll, near Fecamp ; they were ordered t« in
spect til® c«>H>t and disseminate libels.—Moniteur
Amsterdam, Aug. 2b'.—His majesty has this
day returned to the army. The Consistory <>f the
Jews has allotted four ducatslo each recruit of then
religion who joius the army.
We leurn trom Midd1|burg, that colonial mer
clmndize is in great superfluity ; but that on the ci
ther hand, bread and butcher’s meat, and all the
necessaries of life, are ejrlreniely dear.
The official account of the surrender of Flushing
is not yet arrived, but all arcounts concur in stat
ing that the gan*son obtained an honourable capi
tulation, and marched out at ten iu the morning of
the 18 th.
Th* city of Antwerp, is declared in a state of
siege. Our Court Gazette contains no intelligence
from the Scheldt. The etirmy’s force is encreasing
off llelvoet,
VieS’Xa, Aug. 13.—We are at length on the eve
of seeing peace concluded. It was to tie signed a
bout the 20th, according to report.—Altona Gai.
Aggsbuuc.it, Ang. lg.—insurrection has re
commenced io the Tyrol. The army of Havana has
been obliged to retire to the frontiers of Saltzbiug.
Strasburgh, Aug. 13.
" The last troops frpm the Upper ^Rhiue, part of
which were already on the right bank or about to
proceed thither, have received orders to march with
all expedition to Metz, whence they are to go to
Antwerp. A number of them are conveyed in
Waggons. Several of the new provisional battali
ons. formed out ol conscripts, are pioceedmg to
the same destination.
Warsaw, A tig. 21. The Russian army is ex
pected to march from Oallicia. Ilia 25,000 strong.
Bayreuth, Aug. 22. Acoips is forming un
der the duke of Ahraules, which will consist of
35,000 men, and will be named the 8th corps.—*
1 he duke setoff this day fur Saxony. He will re
turn in a few days, but will not remain long here,
and his head-quarters will probably be removed to
wards Dresden.
The destination of his rorps is to cover §axony
and Franconia,in case hostilities should be resumed,
against an inroad from Bohemia, where the Austri
an general Kienmayer has 25,000 men behind
Egra.”—[Hamburgh Corrmpondentin of Jug. 30.
Gazette Marine Memoranda.
ARRIVED.
Sch’r. Three friends, Lowden, 15 day* from Phi
ladelphia.
Sfh'r. Hercules, Felt, 0 duys from Salem.
In Hampton Roads bound to Baltimore, Spanish
brig Fernanda from the ci>y of St. Domingo | and
Swedish scnoOner iiaalig, from Barracoa.
The Georgiana, Chsndierlain, of this port, clear
ed front Bristol fn>-Baltimore the 9th of aeptemnec.
The Bristol Trader, Vibert, sailed trom Bristol for
New-York, the 9th September.
The ship Sheffield, of this port, sailed from Lon-,
don for Gottenburgh, about the 10th Sept. *
The John Adams, Banks, from Virginia, is
taken by a French privateer and carried IntoDi
eppe.
The ship Pigou, Collet, of Philadelphia, is taken
by the Danes and carried into Norway.
American veetels advertised in Gare't Ijverf.ou
Advertiser, Se/it. 7
Shi/it—Alexander, Stafford, for Hew York, to sail
early in the springs ; Betsey, Leach, do. do ; Almira,
Whipple, Savannah, immediately ; Sachem, Quito
by, do. a fewjUys; General Knox, Geiraado, do. de;
Hercules, VjMkNew York, tincert-.m : Laura, Sin
clmir, New4flP»us,do ; New Packet, Trott, Bettor,
Sept, U ; Ae^usta, Towns, Baltimore, uncertain ;
Minerva. Given, Norfolk. Sept, lb ; * * ‘ *
Knight, Portland, tlh l,
W-SW
ggd,
:?rt«R,t*s*. I#*
‘Paetorimi*
**rd, New. York, ii&Kl ; Wail
IrvMnerfiHteJy i Wiliam WlwMy <i
uncertain j Alleghany, iVWti*>^re:
mgtrtn, tinmeuiately ; I,.me* Cook,
Sept.; Jnstina, How?, NorfclMpc
Pi-anci*. Stltes, Cltm fcutftfi, iflPI#
Price, New Yuri, uncertain ; ®
do. few day*; Maryhind, in«*t,
—Brig*-Perseverancie, Page
days 5 Joseph, Pedi ict, Briton
Beside* the above, there »re,
ttsed for freight or charter to 4
50 Tierce* Rf C¥£JV y^tSP?
Just received from Charleston fcy the schooner
JT" ^ Rajncoilc:
&ate£ at Auction*
Tomorrow, (Thursday) the 2d iijst. *
. _ At XT o Clock, <>
'V *“# °®ce> *>|l.Lo .S«>UI fcr the benefit lif t
derwriter., and other* concern*
O No. 59, l bale.superfine '
3
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41
Diraaued on board the Schooner .Norfolk, Jj,
ward, ma.ter, on a voyage from London to th e
Wm. B. Lamb, V.
At Private Sale,
A qunntity of Coffee, Cocoa, and Loaf
November 1
On Friday next, the third
JtXIdCMki
"Ttf be Sold for Cash, vnrboat
Blue and Green -BAIZES,
Blue ar,d Drab PLAINS,
CLOTHS, SWANSDOWNS, *c
S. Marks, Jun.‘ **
November 1. g^||K
... . m—
On Tuesday the fourteenth jg
At XT oClock, * ' ' v u- ,,
On the prcmi«f i| will be Sold wiifcfcut reicrve, to thohifV
est bidder, that very valuable
Piece or Parcel of LAND,
OnTovru-lVunt, containing 300 feet front on Ml
which will be d.vtded into- f-ur Lots/' On tire
•Undsthat handsome fnur st >ry Fire Proof Brie
House, funner!, ochluiud by Phinatun Da ‘
calculated for the accommodation of two
which will be sold separately
Alto,
Two New TENEMEms,
On Broad Water-Street, well tralculatud lor smalt famUlSC-T
or retail stores; they wiil besold separately. /.•’(T'v
lerQisof Sale, 3, 6, 9, and 13 mouthseredit. ■ r*Pir-'1
S. Marks Jun.
November 1. tjg
By virtue of a Deed of Trust to se-»
cure the payment, of a tun of money, with legal inter*,
eat thereon, wUi be’Sold at Xll O’clock, am FRIDAY ‘
the 10th d?y of November,
A Two Story Brick BitlS||jjj
Situated or, the Sr-Utb s <i« ot LUtle K igi Street, lorn
the property of James Mitchell, deceaseiW -
Bjf Order ffitke C
■ibfimw?
November 1. 3
On Monday, 20th November nex^
At XI o’clock, 1 .• - 'r
A large Four Story Dwell ing-Hoo*?,
and Store, v ^
At the Fast corner of ( ommerce-rtreet, nearly apposite
Collector’s Other, will be sold. The house has feist*
well finished rooms, runs 51 feet eh Common
* harf, and S.i feet on Wide VVator.Rrcet, and rsilts
times for i3a0 dollarMper annum
Au», uilt be Sold,
The West End of RotheryVWl
a fio.it of 36 !eel in.re Or less, with, liberty of -vw <
wharfage beside, and running back on Rutfecij’s inner]
loot, with privilege of extending to .the channel. " ••'. 'f'.
Sale-oi. the piemUcs~Tcims,approved papef sttf, 9yandh
12 months. .
T. Blanchard, * i
August 27. ‘ tds ^ f
On Tuesday the 1 itn day of Noveiu
her next, at XU o'clock, on the premises, will be ^
to the highest binder,
All that Valuable' Pro
Or. Town Point, belonging to the estatw of Di
TERSoit, deceased,
LOTS Nch SV ami 28, on which tfu
bl* luge Fira-Pn>of'PtVar«hous«, occupied |
George Munay, Ic Co. ai.«l a large Wooden
Mauds, making a front on the channel <dfEltzahg
1 IS! feet 3 i'.ches
I.QT No. 29, with a from on (aid; ft
ofll^fcet, running hack to Water-Street
LOTS 30, 31, and 34, each ltdjfc
bn, ivinf <* tlw N K. side -of Water-stretiMHf
the plan pi Town-Point L-anda surveyed by AdVi
This Land is leased from the, Corpt
.pen inoderate ground rent, f-i fi9 } ears, rduct
ever Its well known advantages lor ail kind of
utost render it desirable. IV. front of the Warehmi
duos can lav and receive.thair cargoes, with alt
(■.Oliver.ienco -t •:
Term* of sale, and time of payma
the whole o! the above Property, Will be- Nathan
move- security, payable in 6, *1, and i2jaMh
Hank i f Virginia, with .merest from their gBHb
upon the uroprety Until the payments are comagelj
•• • • ■"• Dihiel R.Mflda
October 3 ’ tds " A aim!