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At fir;tforelf..ir, hear Salivintry. en Sata•day, 3s,oontaseep
sat lambs were penned, and out few re sound the
price• were fall Sa. pet heel dearer thaw last year; ewes
fetched hoot 14S. to 3%a ; written 3511. to sus ; lasah. ila.
to prefcrenec was in 141FULIC of South-demo tthek.
At Lanedua a fair. uu Thatsday, a latgatitisotity 4.f chaess
was pstehett prier, how .40.4. to nu.; wavy loads *etc C... •
ried O,G" unsold. Vert icw good hones, and eve., urfertor ..its
sold 11.44. Our get.tkraati mime h.s pock t-houk, which
contained nearly ;tool
At IVol ceder Laminas fair there wa• a very /ante supply
of cattle as: sheep ; the runner Merc rather ninth the .lechoe
in price, the latter ohhulained the same prates as at the hart
fah, said nary of both err. &lyre away I,w caul of par•
thate.s. fiotol horses were seater; and told It very bleb
I,,ice's. Sevekily purl Is of how were wrigheri ; torrent
prices 41. 10s. to rd. IJi per cwt.

4URI(III.TUR6.

STe hare received three arcornits of the present slate of
tise ts..'wHlX *blot ; oo• from the Wiltrhoe Dew,.., one
the tower part of Soon rare, sod the tab. r fr.,in Lin .et
and ISrvireshow; they all corner in staring the prospect of
a pleutiful harvest, and Meat corn so general serer bore •
rime healthy appearance ea a falter Bat 4 )
A rerreapondrat, who has lately wade She tear of *event
Englialt coootws, 'alone. al, that ike crops of ewes in ge-
neral uppers, ir‘i,nl, cud the ear. well Alle4. In meow few
places, blight sire mildew Lave matte their appearance; bat
the win at •all 041 far advauceil So minitirity before the) came
..o, tlmt Ilse produce will Lie little dytei:orated by then.
Ih weather, however, 11 maw such wanted, in (wirer to
hatvew the drifc,rut kends of gram A fall Barrage crap ta
expected, cad lather more la meal placii. The teem"s are
easy the tly has been easy bevy to canals dials Ku.
a.l"o.lll,aed 11en5441.)
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Monday mot' ttttt It. St art. SI. of Not-
tirtchani-hoildiniss, and Captain SrANTEN, of
Broutpton, met at Ne,tnn, near Iltiusisliov, at-
tended by their SPA owls, to settle n dispute which
took place on Suoiliberry-green, lan Sinn a:, ere/l-
ing, the Captain having horsr-a hipped Nit. SMITH,
iis consequence of some conversation need by the
latter at an Inn, at Hounslow, Insert,. a lady
who WAS in the Captain's company. The duellists.
exchanged ewe fires, and they were both wounded;
Mr. SMITS s•-eltim.ly w the shoulder. and Captain'
STIIIITE.N *lightly in the lei:. The parties were
conveyed to London in post-chaises, oi.couipainalf
by a surgeon and Omit secoi4s.

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ettrasice 07 A LEITIL/L f MOM • GAIPT6IN Or ;311 P
seuvairir's 71ST RAA:1111•Ar OF LOUT, DAILD 1
Leon TILE 4:1111N 04 Tit INELD Of SA111.1".• )
NP.A4T4A.AIII4A al: LA IVIDIA,HitiIIACLY•IO6O. j''
" 'ir Astleur Wellesley etfetted a juuctiou with t
Cuesta's tinny, co.. -.nuking of 5.1,000. ilicluding 40
Pieces of riiite artelery., eyd *AMU well eppointed• l'•
cevftlryt, at Ovaltemf. met* enth, ardon the foie, 0.1
hileing dai• protteeiled'tio TillillrM 'lee' ee eem If.
toy abonioned with litil'ettemmi•fen nod withdrew f
/0 * stteng_ pftitiuo, atotibri, imbiewe'rrom it; ow *vs.
heights on the othersi4eval the Togo,. Sir Arthur
kavtngrceenneitreiteas 'oration, proposed to Celesta '
to Korai •liile ~veirtiortt delay, before he could re•
4 ”jVC 1:16 1414,11f1irc../nentt, which t'urstsi declined.
stating his Irian that the army of Venegee, styled
the army of LA Maineha, tnight he antficieutly
fin-were' to Attack the enemy at the twine time, '
ea the side of Toledo, expressing his opinioe, that
his cet ii troop. alone wete adeuriete to time task of
defeating the enemy, and that we slionld act as the
reserve. We, homer, marelied from our camp n.l
the morning of the lath, before day-break, to g to
the enemy battle, but, oo arriviog in sight of his pm '
tritium, perceived his rear division at • great distance.
On weenie of not having our proviaimis, of* emit
the day's rations :.ierved out, we wrfe obliged to
roturu In our former ground. the efitofityl tieing
closely followed up by the Spanish army. Earle
on the inianing of the ,t; th. a loud cannonading OH
beurd, mod we were boot' apprised. by the presti:-
pitate and disorderly appesraece of the Spauleis
army, that the Frciich, having received a reinforce-
ment of 12,000, had resumed the offensive. ors
hearing of uur not luring in the advance ; had taken
from them three pieces of catmints, and were ra-
pidly advancing. At five 'o'clock time drum heat to
ornie, acrd the min were obliged to *becalms
their (ominous, half cooked (as were also the .
Ulcers) ; at tieven o'clock, the ere my havlrre mined
forward his tittmerotia arid keery colonuis to a range
of hills nu our left, and cempletely conceeled by
au extensive wood of olives in our front, with his
Loll extended to the Tiigue, commenced the battle
by a coition+ and unremitting tire (front a bath ry. ''
supported by several lines of infautry amid all lune.. ?
tiverahle train of artillery) on nor left Sank, with 4
the viler of tiosseeitilig himself mof on eminence, end 7
thereby turning it and gettiug iuto our rear, cunt
owe repulsed with it dm-LAN' cartage. notwith- .1
weeding the galling lire we tied to stet:sill from hia• i*
snorter. 411.1 right-pottieters, which ~,owed to drone I`.
by eectimis. foiled oe toe lett, hr that -attticted :
011 r centre and right with UV! sane it:nectar:reit/ icri 4
toloiiiiiiiey‘i but was received by o•ir troee*: and it. .1;%.
pulsed, with th* shine -cool and determined ruswm....
t (iltei
.bade 'oot forgiven theirs their-. he! • .i.
,ter, hee in 'lrliktrte4al, etc.) On i their appitech; ,'
the front gPa—nistrilete, though supported by a '.
.t rung battery, sic way and tl, d with (limas iy ; ..
list Inc second lintr-advaliced, um' occopi.el ite
, platy. 'Chi enemy'itoting again termed his co-
Warms, renctstettlie fatback on our left, whit an- ''.
Heated fury and perseverance, endeavouring to
?Mc to front tiler erimielice emineendluig our pos.- '`
ninon. which, for a few minutes, he effected, but '
was driven front it with the bayonet lay Geueral s.
Stewart's' brieade, w;th dreadful slaughter en
both sides. It being ten o'clock, he desisted from '.
any further *tack during the night. At twelte '
o'clock a sudden and brisk lire commenced
through the minim:et/ Spanish hoe, though tio
etietny appeared, which, alter a dew rounds. And
sit disorder, appareutly dismayed at its own fire;
the seeped Jute advanced mid took its place.
The enemy coinineticed his attack on oaf left at '
five o'clock iii the morning, sod shortly after two "
tumbrils blew up with a neuteisdous exKlosiou, and ~l;
insperceived twiny men and horse. iblotrn tip:. '
~being ensuccessfal„ lie then otiosity' Ithr"ctravre
end right, iitalpilm* gain rim inch of ground.—
Schastiani Mama gresscd, et one o'clock, Wth* '
red stureeinent of 1-.040 toms, sod formed bis car a
I 'omits of attack, covered by the wood of olives in ~
our from, again snacked nor trout emit right with
the Osnite peceevering fury, and nlincer obtained r.. •
session of a buttery on our right, which Sir Arthur
had oii)ereil to he constructed the day before, and
Note-I-rifle' in throwing our line into considerable '
confusion ; but the nth ear:weed in line, cud
supported the broken line till it fella' cud formed 4
again, when the enemy again retired, and our tight :IP
dragoons and some Spanish hone' advanced to 7
charge; but the _.id Light Dragoons having tie tie
an tnyisilicions cheer nu our lett, on a teem
square, and some cavalry posted behind a houle,
with a ravine and deep ditch in their front, were
ether cut to pieces or taken. The evenly
• :en, it being about half-past eight o'clock, coo-
eluded the iiight's entertainment, cud masked '
' his retreat with ' a tremendous and alinceit
Insupportable lire of grape-shot and miens, which
did great execution, cud tendril d our situation
very unpleaeaut. Flail Ciliate allowed the Samaisls
army . (totally unentaged. except Wain coital'',
and three regiments of cassadores, which 'whine I
well) to muke it movement to the right, the enemy.
in i•.. retreat, world have loot a considerable orio-
le r of gnus and men; but he (Curotis) throw.
every obstacle In our way. More than twenty
theisausl of has army have dispersed, bat some ate
rewriting. The enemy's force war, Coin 60,000 to t
55,000, including 9009 este cavalry, which did oot
act,aeileO pieces of well-served antiterv, from which
we seuitained our chief lose. lie ackitowledges to
have lost limn); but having hero Oil ality. In .
revering ;be wounded RIM dead, I sin eiritideot ,
lit tempt he lea thei between 11.0‘0 mitt %1,000. •
I irentsei the different mentions yesterday, owl.
though strong regimental potties have Isere con-
steady employed iii ft-wow; the emended and 7
dead, the ground is still covered with them, and
the air we breathe is strongly tainted. Our victor, '
boa vest iis 4,500 ; but, when our Coistilry mil
know Mot we hail not mere than ei,ooto men,
including 4000 cavalry, mid thirty pieces of ar. . .
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harry (many of which light threeepoonders). .
elusive of the Spanish artillery, which scareelp .
Rare in any sweetener; that we are in posseseioe
if 19 eiecttiref her enemy's, and GOO powsisers; I •
oil
hope it will dv as the ranee to believe. that, ea
patriots and boldiers, we have done our duty, roe.
"weight• n lieu /t if ennliwlertii, that, claming t
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two Moir fighting, the tarn had oat receiied entl
tread or ra. at. cur Cgs we prof*, t more than P
eau day's prevision at a huse--iyeatissilay we had •

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Ss served ont to be. 'Many iegiasenk have no
its;"1? than 150 men and eight or nine officers left.
8 • Arthur's horse .was shot soder htul. Generals
Illackenzie and Lan4werth killed, and many
Officers of the Stair; Generals Hill and two
cainpliel:s, wounded ; and it is reported that
booth Victor and !Itehtistiatii ale killed, and many
French General Officers. Tile French are agmti
advancing, and wi• Are ordered to pack up our 1.14 gr •
gage, and he ready at a moment's warning. Pm
Spaniards are retreating kte'hefore,;' but the light
*igade has since :arrived from Portugal, and is
allvasica with So litdiert Wilson's legion, which
still make us.stionger than before the action, anji
we expect, seven second battalions 'from Portugal ; •
mid it is reported that General Beresford, • alit
w 26,000 Poquguese, had reached StirilllitUCll, 10
that our British hearts tin not fail us."

EXTRACT OF ANOTHER Li.TTER FRoN AN OFFICER
IS TAMeRITISH •11.34 Y, DATED CAN! AT TALA-
VERA. JULY 30.
4. We have had a very severe general action. The
fate of the day ended most favourably for the British
art% ; who, with 18,000 men, bore almost the whole
attack of the French army under King Joseph Bo-
hamlet, in person, consisting of 40,000 men ! The
naiad colnineticed about teii A. On. on the morning
of the 27th, with our advanced guard, who were
obliged to 1411 Mick. At three p. st. the army took
up their isosition from the camp near the town, and
were formed in order of battle, just iii time to receive
the stvon,geot attack the French could make to turn
our left ftiiik. At Live o'clock. the battle became
general, and very not on bath sides, and lasted the
whole night mod the day of the 2.011,01 eight o'clock
in the when the Frencii quitted the field.
We hail not more than two hours intermission from
the Cloy, it commenced till it ended. Ou the night

of the 27th, tile Frew+ irifinitry charged our left
book, wnli drum?. !mating, and every kind of uproar
they could twice, brit were driven back ; our tron-s
Meeting them also at the full. , oarge. A' two o'clock
in the mann m.!, of the 28w they charged tlieSparriards
who were on our rie,lit, and were repulsed. They
then made another attempt', aid, a culu•ii u of 12,000
tried, to turn .iur left, but could out sneered, tho'
they had a nw,t numerous held of artillery. (Ye
saw every ow• of their columns, as they were brought
op in a 'uo,t gallant almoner, to support each
other ; and they ot the *me time kept up a must
treint 'Woe* cannouaile on our hues. 1 am truly
Sony to say, that the day 'has been very dearly
bought by us, having lost a grew. malty good offi-
cer*, us well as men. We have sullered much in
officer*, as it 11, AS impossible to sustuiu a more tre-
mendous lire then we di.l for sous time ou tlir 28th.
The loss of the Fromm is supposed to be . touch
greater than ours: We espeet to remain here *day
or tau longer, to get provisions.(4ll.,l hick we ars
dreadfully in want,) and put a rata to rights • and
we Mull probably then make a move towards Ala-
rind. One or the prisoners or)'s, king Joseph had
• very narrow escape from a cannon shot, on the
snorting of the 28th. It is ;,elierally supposed,
that the French will not be anxious to try our;
strength in a hurry. Since the 'Action wei
him reinforced by General Cranford. with'
3.94? ^d'ea; and another brigade is on the route
tom us The Spaniards behaved very well whets
they Sitar attacked ; but the whale atteution.of the
Pr AlOl was directed to the vamphiect of turniug
theJlritish force."

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