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saw i3efen.l Antwerp, all tick attizapts walla tethered
abortive. Under these SirrililikailfCell,. Ai Interne has
riven the command of both these'iotoolairrea'Alse Poses of
Prime Corvo, and the two corp• of edict, bast naW at *e...
sel sod Roypcl, arc coder the ordiroW# 111WiihshlielleristaO
sod Muneey." i e
The Adjutaot-Cotnusendani, Cerriom de Nteare
has parsed through this place 'from the lie:id-guars
tors oldie King of Spain, on his way to, theAttielle
squatters of the Emperor. The reporte:to the
Minister of War, from the head-quarters of the
Kiug of Spina. dated Valderoas, August 8, state.
that the enemy. having received information ofehe
arrivel of the Duke of Dalmatia at Placentia, has
retreated. The Marshal Duke of Belluno is itt
pursuit of them. if the Duke of Dalmatia slrnuld
arrive (as is must probable) before the British army
on the Titer, the communicatirni of the enemy's
army with Portugal by the right hank of the Tagus
will he emit ME The only retreat left for it will
Le river the bridge of Alinarez. lu this case the
march of the Duke of Bethel° to Talavera will
considerably annoy the enemy. The 'King has
likewise put his carps in motion ?gaunt the army
of Veurgas, .she has crossed the Tagns tit Aran-
jun, after having bred reinforced by the emit,.
under Cuesta. On the arrival of the King., the
enemy re-missed the 'Pagan, lour iiiii g the bridges.
We are in anxious exr•etution of tie result of the
combined movements of the Duke of Dalmatia-
against the rear-goer(' of the English, and the
Doke of Bell into against the Spanish it.surgenta,—
The Lacs of ihe British on the 26th, .27i h. and 2ith
of July, estimated at 10,00) man.—(l:ofierdams
Courant. Aug. 19.)
IN B. The otiole of this account eoi responds with am cc-
trio Gout the 37,,niteur of the 15th, is The Hllerif•
Coverer of the igila August.]
PAM% AUG. i 6.
The sitting of the S•mate the,day before yeerer:
day, was a most imporfatit one...es appear* by the
official document~ peblislied this day in the .34.4-
teur.
The Mitikter of War tante*, in his speech to the
benatc, that the ccriiini4.l,l of the army of the
Scheldt has bee,' given to the Prince of Pease
Corm; and the eseeinaiiil of two corps of obiervu-
boo former, /if Nagel and H or, :wit-wiling to
other act:mime, at W,,4.1 and Lillis, to time Duke
of Valmy (Marshal Kill ratan), amid the Duke of
Cornegliano (Marshal )lunrel.
At G. 17.
It is positively asserted, that Her Maje.ey the
Empress is every inninrot eliptiCied at MAllli-,isms.
It is likewise hoped, that His Majesty the En:nee-or
will return hi a few days to hie capital ',tape
Cosraut, Avg. 91.)
AllO. 18.
The advance of the Army of the North has
teamed the Seheldt, where a much larger force is
assembled, than was itt tint intended.--e(Reeterdam
Courant, Aug. 22.)
Disoatehes from Spain of the 17th iadaut tette.
that General Wellesley bias been obliged to retreat
suddenly, leaving behind I Talaver.t 4,000
wounded. The cavalry of the td corps merched
into Wavers on the dtie and left it on the 701 fur
Gropes*. Nolling can he more precipitate thou
the retreat of the &sees. They leave thousencis of
sick, wounded, and women, to the mercy of the
?midi; much baggage is ai" left behind by them.
..../Ratterdam courant, du;z. 22.)
Tht reports wtech the Minister of Wert Count
Huenberg, had reettivell of the retreat of (lie Eng-
lish in Spain, hare-been fully emit:trine& Letters
of tlw ?th state, that General Wellesley had been
compelled to make a precipitate r. treat. leaving
4000 wounded :it Talavera. Ou this occasion the
Lliglish Ciellifl4l sent at letter to the Duke of Bellu-
ue, recommending their wounded to his care.
On the 6th Auguistost night. the cavalry of the
Allot corps had arrived at Talavera, from whence it
proceeded to Gropes... The Duke of Bellunu fol.
luwa this cavalry with his infantry, cud we every
moment expect to hear that he has effected s junc-
tion with the army of the Doke of Dalmatia, which
must Motets, and annoy the euerny's retriut.
Private letters from Santa Ofilla of the oth, men-
tion, that the Duke of B.:Heine had arrived with
his vaiwgeard wt Tidavera,, :net that nothing could
be more precipi ate than the retreut of the English.
They leave behind them all their renews and liege
nutty thousands of their wounded, to the
mercy of the Fresielt, whom for smut of waggons,
they cannot carry lie ity.
On the 7th, intelligence arrived that the artillery
of the enemy, which had Lutiabarded Toledo, had
ecesed tiring, and that the English and insurgents
had crossed the Tagus.—(Aloorreisr.)
HACIVE, Aro. 20.
Letter., of the pith instant, from the Upper
Rhone, staoi, 'nut the negociatiomi kir power are
earned on (satire the 7th instant) at Altenburgh,
.itiole of the Duke of 'resehen, on the Denelte,
in Lower Austria, tsear the frontier. of Huugery.
•ww. 21.
At the moment of closing our paper, we have re.
v. 1 recounts from Paris, dated the 17th Mutant,
which state, that the Empress had arrived at Mid-
rueison, and that the Einpi.ror was expected in a
day or two.—(llegue Courant, /leg. t:i.)
ADO. 22.

A dispatch from the Minister of %Via, Count
Von Neuenbur;h. dated 14th August, states, that
he had sent '0,900 men. under Gejler.il Rampos,
adsich had beets collected its leas thiu three days,