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iwing considerably reinforced, ha compelled our
troops to fall back ; I thereePte took up the heat
positt 0000 , especially with that part of the acme
which had not yet been eligagisd ; my right wing
being supported by Saver, and my lob, by .81 wood ;
iu the centre, a battery of six-ponoducs wee forincd
CPO an advantageous height, which erimiudisded:tisp.,
t,holy Geld of battle. This positiolt cost the
e twiny • great nninher of men, hut laid not
present him forcing it, both Ili front, ands in
particular, from turning soy left flank. As it
thus became impossible to maintain that position,
I juil4ed it neceatiary, oil account of the severe loss
which we had stostained, and the exhausted state of
our troopn, after screu hours hard lightiog, to order
- the :only to retreat, which was done with the
vv-e,, •'t order; the enemy did not- panne us with.
!.1 i !Mir, excepting our left wing, part of which•
was rut nil-, but fought its way through the etscno'rs
porsiiin4 corp'. and rejoined the army. The re-
treat was made in the direction of Ojeknstrorla,
this being the only place where draw up the
army with any advantmge. Oii my arrival in that
position, I received certain intelligence that the
enemy was advancing iu considerable force,- to turn
both my right and left wing, which was pndouht-
edly possible, and, had it been dime, I should have
found it a very arduous tusk to eririente myself,
without a very great loss. In erinsideration Lt. these
Circumstances, 1 resolved not to • expose the army ,
to the dangers with which it was threatens:4 and
therefore directed the troops to continue the t;rtfet-
ed retreat its far as Ratm. The number of the_
Russians taken prionnros amounts to 120 mrn,
two of whom are officers. Our loss amounts to
about 1200 in killed slid wounded.
ss ticadsquarters,listso, Ace. Si."
Count Woanot4,terrCousenonder-in-Chief of the
Army of the Coast, by a Report %nude liv (1,1114
Wreck, Commander-its-Chief of the Northern
Army, and dated he orl-9 nrter.s, Huksis, nogg-1 rneo,
the 24th of this month, it apvears, that, although
the e.sertions of the Army of the Coast hare not
been crowned with success, yet they have induced
the Russian army, under the orders of Count Ks-
inieuaky, to evacuate the strong post of Unica, and
its etivirmis, which are now occupied by our Nor-
thern A riuy.--(StockAalar Ga:rtte, Aug. 30.)

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MONDAY. fiRserEISBER 11.
A mail from Ireland arrival yesterday, with dis-
patches from Cork, annotinciag the sailtuf.; of
toosioi from that station, destined, according to
report, for Spain.
German Papers, to the Id inst. breve beet-re-
ceived. They contain a privite letter
of a late date, which silt-tea, that the prerl:iratiotrw
for war, which ceased on the couehtsion of the Ar-
tnieliee, had suddenly heel roomier( in that ciatri-
tal, with greater activity thin b, flue. Whe Mi-
litary Council, which, si,tce liie'reaigoatiun of the
Archduke Cummes, has the' licecuory of the
An,trien Army, consists of the tuocana, who
presides; lien. BELLEGARDE. NTice-Prestiletit ; the
Archcluke../uus, and Generals lhca, 111111'1,t11.
HILLER. slid 1IAYI:11. The iitlciliitanto of the
Veralber4 still maintained their gl,nrisitv. bat, we
fear, unavailing resistance to the Frimcli invaders.
We have been assured. that !.linisters received
dispatch,-s from Viscount Ws:mist:Tao, on S -
ttarday ; and it wait also reported, that his Lord-
ship had had another aetirm with the French, in
which he heat the enemy, but had sustained a loos
of soot men, its killed, led, and misusing.—
We give nu credit, however, to this rumour, as it
appears to rest tiros the allege,' authority of the
Comas frigate, which is said to have received it off
Falittateth, from the Lisbon packet, the Princess
Clondotte, which arrived on Tuesday ; and it is
well known that she has not brought any such in-
telligence.

Mr. SSLYESTISIL, one of HIS MAJESTY'S !Hessen-
gent, arrived yesterday its DO* Wfttre'rt, from
Walcheren, with dispatches from the Earl of
CN ATH tsl. Dispatches aril. also rec.-ire(' in the
course of the day at the. War-Office, from Geller',
BROWhatuo, Quarter-Master-General to the army
in that Is!and. %V are concerned to state, that
sit:kilts; continues to make great progress among
our troops that remain in the Scheldt. The
list of deaths increases. The Earl of CitaTitati
was among the sick, considered elane,etatisly
ill. Nu water, tit for drinking, was to be had,
except that lamented from England. This
defect in one of ere gnat and essential necessaries
of life, was Imposed to be a principal cause of the
sickly state of our army. Dispatches were last
night sent off try Government to his Lordship for
Flushing. His Lordship is, we understand, at
Middleburg)).
Private letters from Castor. dated the 26th last,
state, that Marquis Vv'er.t.cst,re has been jeal-
ously employed, since his arrival at Svvtlle, in
ertielravoues to cure the evident derrepitsB4,of the
Aita, to whom u proposition has 'been • wade to
exalt the Archtashop of T 01.1.0,1 to the Regency
of the Kingdom. It is also underitrioil that the
whote of the Junta, with the exception of four or

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five of the Members, are immediately to he
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wowed.
The merchants of CA(lit hare drawn np a'peti-•
• tton to the Joint, praying that they way he allow.
'ea' to export from Cadiz to thiSpalish settlementi
.eottou gootl6 of every description. Marquis Witt.-
Least, lertook to preseist the petition, end it is
supposed the prayer of it will be granted.

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. A Gottenhurgh mail arrived last night. with let-
tWrs:siiirl papers to the iitli histunt. A severely-coo-
tested batik was fought by the Swedes and Rue-
slang, near Llama, in West Roth:Mr, previous to
the 2.lst, in wince the former were defeated ;
but the opposition which the Russians expo
'jolted was so great, that, instead of attempting
.10 advance, they retreated from that position,
which was °et:14,414..0n the lath, by the Swedes.
—A private letter...mem:Ai at Gottenbiorgh, on
rthe 4th instant, states; that peace bad been uctu-
'ally signed between Sweden sod Rnsl.iir, by winch
`'fliissia was to retain Finland, and the Isle of
Aland, and the demand of shutting the Swedish
' ports against England was *hominoid. A private
letter, dated S:ockholin, tilt 30th lest, gives a still
more fireouralrle account of the military operation*
in the vicinity of Vinare-that, that published in
the Gottenhurgh Prilserste cat's, 6.1.6 .....ninay
has been forced to evaenate (Time; b it't am sorry
to . car, that exploit has cost la; dear. The toss of the
Russians is however, touch greater. Two of their
i best Generals, Tterscueotre and Atx•Xtsre, 30
i officers, and between ;o and 3000 men, are k fled.
wounded, and prisoners. It issiwirl that General
li.4llll.lCato' has retreated us far as Skeleftee. about
70 miles from l.`in...t. 'Dot feeling himself strong
enough to• wait the kinetion trf Gelierals WAlwr-
HtiliTglit and Wiii:og. A.!iiiiral I'Lsr, had sent
a strong ilemilinient of gun-boats with troops
to l'ites, to take on io6iiiil in the river near that
town, over which the road gore, and the occupa-
tMo of which will pi-oh:Oily cut off' the retreat of
the Russian General, or at least prevent him from
receiving any rehafineements or supplies from Tor-
nes." •
A .letter from Ilorisliay, doted the 17th April,
1803,1,8” : " The ear oitli the Travancore RAJAH
has been bretrAlit to a successful conclusion ; the
RAJAH !maw.; accepted die terms offered by the
Madras Goverimietit ; iii consequence of which,
the D.%YAN precipitately quitted the Travaucore
dominion:--confideat he could expect no support,
but degradation, fur his hostile measures towards
the Company. liitelli4euce reveircd from all parts
of our posseirsimis is of a very satisfactol nature;
all is tranquil. II 01.1: AR, that tr:ttesa Chieftain,
who is ever hostile to all the neighbouring Chiefs.
has lately become of no 4:oll6egittllee : from a defi-
cient y of resources, his troops hare mutinied, for
want of pay, which it is ant possible he can satisfy,
wet having.* sufficient nee of followers left,
even to niakeei.predatory incursion into any of the
provinces, to noi,-e,a temporary supply, to relieve ks
pressing exiinucita." . .

Capt. Wart *trivet, ye•rrrdsy from Lisbon, with
disiostelies. whieTt, wee inune.liktiely forwarded to
LoniCASTSAIMAGN,... Stan:nave. Their contents
of course did not tr.outpsre. We have no more
accounts of victories to ',Weil from the. Penomula
—the Only Success which w can new hope, is, that
enr Rimy may effect its 'Vitt* into Portugal in
safety,
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The Gerettez,of Sataraay contains extracts sad
copies front tke.otricial dispatches frown Viscount
Wittubserons ..dated Truants. annontiFing his
Lorithip't intentitM to fall back UlnasPortugal, 00
araitent of the earreitie want of want,
which the Spani4ll Junta, although deprival of it
so Got lock as the .20th of July, had set takeb 'say
o,ln to supply. Tic y. also contain an aCCOIALA of
the defeat of VLA4,EUAS by SZIWITUNI, near Arlin.;
joie?, and of Sir •Rotemur WlLeos, by Mar Alta,
NEY, at Bans. iu the line between Plaseneut and
Sitlainsoce.—They. also coofiriu the report of the
resignation of General CUESTA. This event took
place oh the I sth hull, and is attributed to in-
disposition. The substance of these dispatcher is
already before the ?oldie. but they will be read'
with interest, alum{ with the official accounts from •
the Nlediterrailerm, trolisrnltted Col.rt 0.•
SYOOO, which form another prominent feature iu
Saturday night's Gazelle.
'We announced last week the arrival ofthe *tamer
frigate, the lion. Capt. WA LIMIRAVZ, at Porte
mouth, on 11,rednestlay, in 16 days trots
Stu: had preViously beat at Gibraltar, off Toulon,
',air, Palermo, Nlalta, and iu the Adriatic. She left
the squadron iu the Adriatic, off' Fiume, on the efith
of June.--411e money which had horn sent up to
Austiia, as part of the subsidy, had not been
landed, the communication srith the Imperial head-
,i,,,,rters lint being then perfectly open. Triage
hal been lately fortified again by the French, with
cannon brought from l'alina Nova.--The Russian
aquadron there, einish.tiog of fone soil of the line, a
frigate. and a store-ship, were moored dose to the
shore, al•nost is-gromid ; a hole was fmid aerosol the
mole, to protect them from one fire-ships.---There
are two French frigate* iu Corfu ; one Preach and
two Italians iu Aurorae; one Italian in Venice;
sides about ten. brigs in these poits.—Very Yew
_ troops bed been left in Dalmatia. on Gen. MAW.


gemt cao
eae'si
uoiotreercling to join the granil armies, . a
it had been excited at ltagusa, led
seferal French troops had fallen victinis.—Advice*
at Malta, from Turkey, were favour:Jilt! ; besides-
the account published by Mr. Ao Ant, in a Bulletin,
late conaritunicafiosis inTorin as, that twenty-three
hags of Itas,isn ears had been sent into the capital,
as trophies of the success of the Ottoman arum.-
I'he Algerines have been disposed to be trouble-
some, and matelot English property in neutral., but
every prospect exlsted
:Of all differences being ami-
cably settled.--Aschia wall evacuated by our troops
On the i7th of July : all the works had been cern-
pletely destroyed previous to their. embarkation.—
The Expedition (under Sir JteliN STuAnT) was pro-
ceetlitig to Melano, to resume their former posts
in the island of Sicily.—Lord Cot.ttnatvoon was
left, on the sth of August, off Toitlon, w at Ain; the
enemy very closely. as they were tsptcted to pot
to sea.—Upwards of 4000 seamen were on their
way from Rocliefoo ; .400 of whom had arrived.—
These had farmed part of the crews of the ships
destroyed in Basque Roads.--Admiral ALI.EIIA%I)
had Aitken the. command of the Get, which now
•cinisists of 15 sail of French ships of the line, (three
.f which are three-deckers), tweltossian shifts of
the I;iie, and eight frigates.—The Spaniard's bad
hero auccessfel in Catalonia ; a reinforcement of
3000 troops, with provisions, had been throne into
Gemini, which had greatly intimated the hopes of
the patriots.
The "artiste, 74. Sir FRASICIS LAFOILEY, and
part of u convey for England, had arrived at Gib-
raltar, flout Malta, on the 17thi ult. They •were to
sail fur En„,dand immediately. Sir Junta CEIDOCI
was esev”.ivcly ill, and on the point of embarking
I.OS Eugland. The cmnrriand, pro tewpore, would
devolve on Colonel Smtzu, of the Royal Anil-
lety.—Every ship had been sent from Gibraltar,
to reinforce Lord Co rtis nwoud. The Kent,
Captain Bocci:a, sailed for England the same day
as the Thar ea. The arrival of the Marquis
WELLESLEY had inspired the patrints sit Cada',
with great confidence. The battle fought by
General VENLOAS was considered by all ranks
as an additional laurel to the great cause, though
dearly bought. The hardships all ranks hint
undergone in Lord WELtieczne's armyi for
want of provisions, were inconceivable. OfVers
who had served iu the retreat with the bite Sir
JOHN MOORE, maid, the fatigues th,4 underwent on
that occasion, were not to be compered with their
present ones. Mr. Fatale was cape...led at Cs-
in a few days, to embark on board the Donegal,
for England. The St. Fafgericio, Spanish 74.
arrived at Cadiz on the 17th ult. fruniLl..iitsa, with
inar..l and hare to the amount of "towards of live
in,lhons of dolhiee. The St. Friticiero de Paola
arrived ON the 6th, from Vera Cruz and the Haven-
nail, with iicarg2of !norm and opiiicla,. estimated
at eight millions...omit part of, *Mel, ro.tbe volun-
tary eninri;oition of the eulouill patriots. 'the fleet
front Ferrol was expected at Cadiz iu a fortnight.
The homeward-bound coaroy, under the Ilyperlon,
woe sren on the gistrsslt.,iiklat. 49, long. 14, JO.

The ships Lady. Castlereagh and Caffnelle hat.
ing delivered thew traies.,-eutssigned to St. I hies's,
ssitri from theitee.rin the Stil of Jane last ; the
former hound to. Bengal, and the latter fur
cuolen sod china.
Pa.aettgers tote Carmarthen • -
From Rossbay—Mrs. Brooks and four children ; LIMIG;
Cot Siterritut, othrrressent ; ettpUtin and Ni'.t Cappa4adhe
alit I; regiment; Captsta Cow per, Royal t.l'ery ;Cs
Syttuf,64th rtlisasut-; Captain it abates ; I.4...utenaste
filth rcznorat ; Lieutenant l'attursal, It ersament ; WNW
tenants at Aden sod tiswory Csittsast, I%PC:cam ; Aseistast
titsrscou Ostinka ; Atliint...
I.4,.uttuant-General Lund %Cisme, • BRWTINCR
expected to wail yesterday from Ps•rtsoiouth, tar
Ltsbros,. its -Ilse Captain I.•wson.
tits Lordship is going to jaw Lord WELL' irrox's
army.
•llinvirds of four hundred sick Prisoners.of war,
from the Saliel.lt, base beets rectified lit L.11.1111'
Purisusioutli, the prison hospitals being
fall.
The ships awl deb arrived last -week at Portsmouth,
from the Meartierr.m.!au, have brought a cony of
the pupe!s Bull, excommunicating klonaearrE,
where theilegraded state of Ins-Holiness has excited
touch emotion. We further lettn, that he is to be
sent to frt.' Fiorelivi, in Corsica, fur having thus
rendered himself obnoxious.
Toe brig Britsuusia. of Leith, from Lisbon
bound to Loudon, with n callo of copper and
lemons, orrived nt llort•wiouth on Friday, re-cap-
t tired by the Chri•tiaa 111. Sir JOSEPII
DAVID Mcaltsy, the master of the Britassaia, was
killed ; and it is believed the Frenchmen mu. lead
him in cold blisod, after they took possession of Isis
ship, because lie cut away his fore-top t, to
retard her progress to a Fiend; port.
The Unite and 'names were relea•ed from qua-
rantine at Portsmouth, on Saturday morning. The
Unite suited front (librettist so Ito.• as the 27th ult.
Sir Jong CaAntiFx. .sailerl for Caste in the
Porcnpiii. • Tfr. malignant fever which -broke out
ainong the Crew of the Kent, we are li.ippy to, knell,
had been subdued, previous to her sail's% fur Bug-
land. Trvelvc if the crew only had died.
A Court of Inquiry comininined at Gosport (by
order of the LORD LIIWTERANT of the County),
on the ;;Ist of vr:s:ch eo-ect on Saturday,
011 chlre'prererred by Major Wiiircatta, of the
Gosport Battuliou of l'olunteer Lrfautry, against
Cain. Dayeassux., of the Wane battalion, for on-
prouer-curaluift on the evening of the ad of !oly,—.
3fajor JAMIIa CA riot, Comihaudant„ P. v. L.l
Irrr.idrnt; Capt. It. W. MIRSIR44 Cosummalsont
Trtehtield d,. L; Ca pt. T. STAltas, Consnmudatit
Earth/nip L. I.; Lieut. J ssias.Fuwt.sa, P.V.I-1. ;
Lieut. Tnton AS Bomar Y. *ri.p
oats eed-
huge have beau forwarded to.
-the LoaD LIEUTR•
WAlll'.