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Cuddle, Leon, Montano, Minna', .and the pro-
vinces near France. The towns of Burgos, Valla-
dolid, and others, are strong garrisons.
General Bonner, who commands in the A--
torias, has received reinforcements to enable into
to repel any attempts made by the English to
oa the coast.

formed, that a letter is in town from one of the
Members of the F.xecutive, stating that Rogers has
positive orders to search for the. British higat., de-
mand the impressed men she has on howl, and if
refused to take them by forcc.--The above may be
relied upon."
In addition to this paragraph, letters have been
• received this morning from Baltimore, stating that
the Captain of a vessel that had just arrived, heardr
,
off the Capes of the Chesapeake, a heavy tiring fo
about a quarter of an hour, and counted abbot 60
guns. This circumstance, it is said, gave rise to
the very tinprobable rumour, that en engagement
had taken place between the frigate President and
an English frigate.
Just as our paper was prepared for the press, we
were Grouted with the following extract of a letter,
written by ate (ACC(' On board the President, and
dated off Cape henry, May 14. The letter was
brought to Baltimore by a pilot boat
" Last Friary we lay safely' moored at Aiiiispo-
lis--the Commodore was with his wife at Havre de
Crease, about 70 miles from us—actor sailing *muter
was at Baltimore, 40 miles distant--our purser mid
*lmplant at Warbiagtoti—our unbenand
our Captain dieing on board the Argos, when at
three o'clock, the Gig was seen about five miles
a-head, sailing at the rate of ten miles an hour, a
broad pendant flying, l'e tutiag that the Commo-
dore was on board, al,hmt not expected in a fort-
night. All the Officers were called on deck to r.-
ctive him. He entered the gangway, and passed
rapidly down into ha c tbiu. 'f!,e first Lieutenant
was sent fir, and remained with the Commodore
about live minutes, when he returned to the de
and dispatched expresses, for the sailing-master,
purser, chaplain, &c. The Captain was informed
that we were under sailing orders.
" He had just beano a fine dinner—obliged
in-
Mandy to quit it—all haods went to work, bending
the sails and preparing for sea--and to cap the
whole, our Doctor was set to work. making plei -
ters, splinters, rubbiug up torniquots, lances, saws,
knives, &c. &c. signals of bloody work.
" On Saturday our officers returned from Wash-
ington and Baltimore, much faster than they went ;
and en Sunday morning at day we weighed
anchor, and with a h ad wind beat until last even.
ing, when the wiud shifted, and we are now before

rants, JUNE 14.
REPORT OF EU EXCELLENCY Msasilit. DOKE 0h
ostitsTlA, To Nlf SERENE nu. iriesa TILE
:EZENsOcriaNZEßC_lisiTl6..lf.t, outt:N :eft:
01.:000,
on the night of the 11th, us in my report of the 9ily
I had announced to you. On the 12;h,
I joined,
bet,een Fugate Cantos and Buriveinde, the do
*ion commanded by General Latour Manbourg ;
on the 1 tth, I took a position at Villa Franca and
Alinendralejo ; on the 15th, at Santa Martha and
Via Abe. My cavalry had pushed on t Ilse to Al.
bae, a, where I learnt that the armies of the enemy
had formed a junction. The different Spanish,
PortngoeslL. and English corps, arrived from Cadiz
and from L shoo, and even an English brigade,
drafted from Swat., had menaced Andalusia. My
advance had the rfitet of rescuing this province, by
compelling the enemy to recall all their corps. in
order to unite them on the Alhuera. Tints. on the
15th, we found onrselvea in the presence of the be-.
tde artny, and I resolved not to lose an Meant in
giving them battle.
as The pocition occupied by the enemy was ad.
eantagenus; it was at the meeting of the' roads
lairit Wild to B idajoz, suit! to Juramenlia by Val-
verde and Obi/Puri ; hat the Spanish division antler
Blake had not yet joined. and although by deferring
the engagement I might have expected some rei. -
furcements,and titough I bad at my immediate dia.
pond only bur brigades of infantry, making 15,000
men, with 3,000 home, the whole amounting to nu
more than 18,000, I thought it ildvisesble vi antici-
pate the junction of Blake with his 9000 Spaniards,
and to attack them on the right, its order to throw
myself upon their line of cnitimunicatioo: berides,the
nature of the ground ten lered this point of avack
the most advantageouv. I knew that Gen. Beres-
ford, who comtnanded the army opposed to me,
had two diviiiians of English infantry amounting
to 10,000 men, 0,000 Portuguese, and 3000 Spa-
niards, u ',der Castanets, with 3000 cavalry. making
in all a strength of `24,000 men: bat I entertained
no doubt of succes:.
General of Division Latour-Maubourg coms
mantled all our cavalry, and General of Division
Girard, commanded the two Brat brigade'. making
7,000 men. 'lnc Brigadier-Generale Wert,- and
Godintu, commanded each one other brigade.
" Gen. Godinot with hie brigade. enioeced by
flee squadrons. under the orders of Brigadier.
Gen. Briche, was diret•ted make a false attack on
the village of Aliniera ; I here with the rest of the
army on the right wing of the enemy. which was
at the acme time charged by oar cavalry. General
Latour-Meutionrg maineuvred with equal 'Waress
and intrepidity ; he tried, but in rain, to draw out
the enemy's cavalry into the engagement. Bat it
persrrereed is keeping itself constantly in reserve.--
General Girard, with his two brigades, advanced
au pas de charge. soil made himself m cater of the
eocas).• position. This rennin had been occupied
by a Spanish division and an English brig ode, who
gave way, after a very obstinate resistance, and were
hotly pursued. The held of battle was covered
with their dead, and we have taken • good number
of prisoners. The wecoud line of the enemy then
advanced, and fell spun oar line with considerable
t .
.• !laving placed myself on the height. 1 ass
siirprized to see so great a smother of troop. ; and
a lithe after, I learnt from a Spanish prisouer that
Blake hail come tip with 9,000 men, and effected
a junction at three o'clock that morning. The
contest was no logger equal : the enemy more than
30,0)10 strong. and I only 111,000. I thought it
therefore my duty no longer to purse• my design ;
and I ordered the position that had been taken
(coin the enemy to he kept. In the mean time the
enemy approached close to our hoe, and the con-
test became most lissible. General Latour-Moo-
nlit% made a • Large with the 11 of tier hi the
Ist of the lancers of the Vi-tala, and the ath and
30th of the dragoons, with math skill and twit
courage, that 3 English brigades were entirely de-
stroyed. Six pieces of cannon, 1.00(1 prisoners, sad
six colours (those of the 34, 43th, and 64th English
regiments) were left in our pomes.ion. The ene-
my left us the position which we had taken from
FARIS. .11'sr Vt. them, and no longer (Urea Vs attack es.—The fir.
The opeoing of the Naional Council is deferred mg cont.:toed till four o'clock in the oftemmou,
to Monday the 17th. when it ceased on both sides.
Marshal OcistnJT, Duke cf Reggio, is arrived is Brigadier-Genrals Weil' and P epin, were
at Parie. killed ; Erigodier-Ciesersls Marausin and Breyer,
According to the last intelligence from SAP. wounded. Colonel Freda,. at the gnaw regiment
mance, the French gasifiers of the Army of Porto. of li4ht in'antry, was killed, es were the Chiefs of
gal are in that city. A part of the army is test- Battalion, Mime and Cams.. of the 11.6 h and
towed alorg the freshets of Portugal—the other 18th regiments. Our loss in killed and woooded
`• troops ore in cantemmesits in the S *eh ovi•ice amounts to 'I.BUO men. The
of Selanaan, a. The army re Pi.1enemy
have
made
as
• is •unan y suppled proisigkees, we excepts or 300 wriandeal. that
' • 'wi positions and ammunition. Lord Welling- were all left on the Geld.
, bells puldt•hed fresh orders to reinforce the Par- " The enemy hove lost three Generols
vise Army---his army continues isitreoching it. two Eug'ish and one Spanish ; and two Gravest'
The right wing of the English is sow sta. womaidoid. A thomand English were mod* pm.
so the frontiers of Spanish Est:vandals, to moms (mese of them ham since weaved, but dip
the province of Aletitejo. serif day we ,anted KM; 1.100 Spomards nom
Duke of Istria is with his head-quarters liksai e taken posseaers. Al the surosato I have
staff at Valladolid. Ilm corps occspits Old keen able to roam% sibs the Ws of Ow may.

it.
" By the Officers who came from Winhington we
learn, that we are sent in pursuit of the Buis fri-
gate who had imp cssed a passenger from a roister.
Yesterday, while besting dowii the Buy, we :puke
a brig going up, who infecund us that she Saw the
British frigate the day bibre, off the very place
where we now are, but she is not now in right. We
hare made the most complete prep:tuition for hint,.
Every one wishes it. The is exactly our force. but
we have the Argos with as, which none of us are
pleased with, as we wish a fair trial of courage and
skill. Should we ace her, I have net the least doubt
of an engsgeineat. The will demand
the person impressed—Ow will doubtless
be refused—And the haute mull iii.datitly coinineace.
Our frigate works well, and completely beats the

Argos ;is-sailing.
" The Commodore ha./ called in the boatswain,
gunner, and cArisenter. Wormed them of all eir.
etutnittatCell, curd asked if they were ready for

etlloSt.gtmcs,
action—({eddy was the reply of each."
KM TORR. MAY 23.
Mr. rovirth.—The tflexestlrin Gnutte, of Tues.
day morning. says—" The ship liorison, esptaio
Titt, hating on board the furait lire of Mr. Foster,
from London, arrived 1411 evening."
The French privateer Diligent has got into the
bands of the Ciistooglonse Officers, not fur her
r•libery on the seas, hut fur the trifling: matter of I
running her stolen ;Dods, without paying the fluty
for them.—(Phil. Tree AM./
FACT4.—.44rnifal S iwyer has Kiien positive
orders to every British Officer on this eation not '1
to iinpresa an American. If any Naval Officer
deviate. it is on hi. own respoosil,ility that he will
violate the commun.'. of Lis stiperior. The Ami-
tican Government, having Lech hif.:rmed of the
very atijustifialile impressment (or impressitims)
off New 'fork, has. under date of Saturday, 114111
of May, demanded the restoration, by a dispatch
from the Secretary of State to the Brttish Charge
itabiress Mr. Metier. These facts we know to
be taa stated.

FOREIUN i7irELLIGEACE.

VIVI& H PAPERS.

in killed and wounded. amount to 5,600 Es.gl ,h,
'3,000 Spanish, mid from 7 to sou Portuguese.
There i,, then. u total lots of tbosm info for the
victor ; that is to sac, three ti ties the loss sustaine-I
by as. 'rite t toms have covered themselves with I
glory. Ott ctv dry twoie the ii,itst eh
h q,; .
ttil, and
particularly ii ti,;;Ms'o.:l itself. Te aiery
niatotamesl its repotation. I lostl the 11l
play forty pieces of Caolll,ll, that VOIIII!ed out death 1
among the Itos'ile rank•. '11:e Ei%lish have lost I
more than half of tlicir number.
" The 17t1.t, we reteicsv,ll4 to the presence of the
enemy. Five thousand mutt front Elvai have joined
the army of the encat), I. continued to keel. the
Itil'alyd. ull.mbaatltell:,tiatintidk tottnot;aetenitBtulipsoatitlitohlcstaL °I
1 .. I have given is charge to General Gozan, to
conduct our English and Spanish prisoner,,, tlMO-
ther with my own wounded, to Seville, with a
able escort. As soon I know he is arrived, I shall
MilVetlVte to unite wills other troops, mid to com-
plete the eirt-st of tile enemy.
(The dispatch concludes with the usual compli-
ment, to imividuals ; adding, that the greater part
of the Eta, Major, all" his Aides de etlllllll, were
dismounted, and Some wounded.l
" Nlarshal Duke of --11ttmasta, Sec.
w Sulam, May yI, IS I I."

THE PRINCE RI-GENT'S FETE.

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Ircrittive AICOUNT
Tisla •plendid eider:tit meat originated with his
Roved Iligleteeta, I a deaire to ai.ew every po.s.
sibie tt and 610 Nd.. 01011 to his Royal Fom
tiler's I herb-.Ley, it act being convenient for the
~„ oto told prentrettg-r ~,,, nat St. .I..men'ei Pa.
i!„ o, tbn 4.h of June; leis Royal Iligtioces, to
prev-ia its passe elf without being observed *a ea.
uial tertie..l. determined me vim; a graud Fete,
w sh,Old not 6, ly wee, v• ad a day of
by the higher oaten, but with it should
I eoMitined the eiscourierment of the Mao *4
in intlfaldt tires let the couutry, mail of them lonise •
experielete.l great cltleres'ion. end some nearly
re. 1,,, who prineivally depend upon Court cle• met,
au f all the etceteras, in consequence of H. r Ma.
Pair net having held any Court. this 5,5.00 ;dais
Rue
.1 Ill4huess, with that cOnsidenite and doe ow
;;and for the welfave of Ins country. in het curds of
invitation, had expremieed a strong draire that
is
person shoold come &eased in articles of British
manufacture only. This operated as a doubt. a&
vectita4e to trade ; as had setae of the ladies hem*
inclined to go in dresses they had worn to fore, this
reeitest of his Royal Ilighteras would have entirely
prevented, as it is very rare that ladies see full-
dressed, without having articles of foreign outirm.
&entree of varions sorts oil ; the result has brea,
the whole of Court dress makers have been homily
employed from the time of the Free bent de,Cira
wined on. The day originelly me for the
same to take pluce, wen the Lb Inst. to privet its
intecfering with his Royal Highness at ' eis•• remt of
the Royal Family dieing with the (lon en, oti the
buttes hirth-day, as is cueteoniarv• 'I • e c,.l3‘e of
the portponetnent, as well a. Lit the I t 11.?... was
well known altheugh not poll: 1y a.• 11:=er,i 1,,,,u
t e billeted notice. it sintert it it, . ~•etrordoli/y
p opened. the cause WA. k• w to .
able relapse of Hem 11+ siy, and :tI r gfi ,id y
fixed, and having tak•ac I I .re nee Vi7editeaday
there can he no doubt • f 11 a M..j mime
better. The delay has (literate,: ao a re y great
advantage to the %rad•iuirm a d ree in
London, as it has detained great iiumbess ed the
nobility, and the higher urd, e•
several weeks longer than they wattle' have b.,0.
bad it net been for the purpose of obey•ng lie
Prince Regent's COW reasais in atteadu gt is r.
tenement. We lientve it octet to a noon greater
extent than his Royal Highness ongiusity oitet.dled
it; persons of distinction having come from ail
parts of the country, some hare travelled see-e.l
hundred miles to he present at this ;triune ly hap.
cute. In addition to this, the merely viesitg
Carleteemhouse has excited gre_.t curiosity to those
who never were gratified with a stet of it. Cbeat
preparations have been making at Carleton-house for
some time past, in which every thing that taste and
elegance could suggest has been done. in that supe-
rior manner for which his Royal Highnew the
Pile( e Regent is eminently diatinguimhed. A great
many einfounded exaggerated accounts and calculi-
Lions have been circulated, but which is getsetally
the case when any thing upon an extended reale is
going forward fur any purpose ol.tever ; the mane
extravagant and marvellous, the more they are aro
ciliated and believed by the ereduloos. A great
part of the extra furniture sad other articles Ge 012.•
eery for the occasion, have been peocered f em the
.tort-rooms. attached to Carleton-house. public,
heart's and offices, from the palaces. the He'd
Dukes, and others, from which places lets Royal
Highness received a great addition of phde.
Nearly the whole of the state-rooms sad lower
apertments in Carleton-house have been diverted
from any wee to the Prince Regent for several weeks
past, to the necessary temporary arrangements.--
Public curiosity has been raised to such a pitch.
that teumberleste applications. were made daring the
last few days to see the preparations. but so *my
improprieties areas from admitting persons to
view them, ow Senility orders were givers, strictly
forbidding it. and on Tuesday sod Wednesday no
person was admitted but those upon busineh, sad
that by tickets. A guard of saddlers wee- stationed
for several days past, at the leiseporely builotege.
tit
protect them, a. well as the valuable properly them
Among those invited, vest alarm ha I been earned
least they should not be able to gain who Vatic, till
a very late hour, when numb' ris would lo• retiring.
the hour announced for the company be.ialeing to
assemble bring nate o'clock, fesnieg least Meir
carriages would nest be able to get up; theme feats,
however. were duelled in a great measure. by a
hint being g.v• n them for as litany to come
in a careiege am could conveniently. which was coop.
plied with, and f..ur, live, and *ix, were ile the car-
riages variedly that came. although to the great
mortification of numbers of the most beautiful fa-
male., whose new dresses were cot sitlerahly injured,
which prevented them hula appearing in such a
greet advantage. In addition to aim, another lege-
lotion swim adopted for accelerating the eearpeary
getting nut of their earring.% by having temporal
vicarien steps a' each end of the stone at thet
wand entwine% so Wet they were en= to set
dorm four r ,r01,,,:es at a t me. They h-set to lo•
suede tit tine o'clock nod cautioned • i hoot ihtevi
oats-i in se:tinX down till eleven. They were Mot
exeellesoly regulated by blecommea, Teereeendep
and Sayers, who tontrived to have Ma Sad severs
careieges in the Court-yard. and, on account of the
Erse 'whet. all to be setting down at the yet*
tome without the trait confusion or aces& at. Tile
elettot carnage% sew liveries. beautiful mod else
pat females, ell in new dresses of &esti meow
tar tote. principally white satins. silks, lanes enlace
sod modem ormstortited with West. together loth
the besetleisen 4 Cears-dreftssa military and nnell
academe. beighrealid by the ilium seriest of lb,
walls of the Coen-yard together with the tOlits
the g Wee, aid the tall Bends of the Om WO'
of aa•l the
so their fall state" Pailne
pleroglifirrwishe«
Goody the most diightfel litaielitia and sertiol
psecrse acid
Htnilien.aestaras'restrlqweeiesilimeCtullititiniskigniallillisramPdag tboirreerlainNeeedhis.":
ht.• Roy at
inutsiten es they entered, in resent ederi4oo6..
of isop
as t eon w eotwe moors. They all Irma Vl*"
'bi ll rist* corm 4 smishowni ram•ii tM
Irma urecia. lido. • hick. is aid toe se IN me°
wired's, sprorronee. eras eeminnonlid with •
war ely at enroll.. regent lamp% tad diess_,
halberts of Tb. bola ANS 05

PARIS, JUNE
To tnorrow the ifttli, the flay of the opettiog of
the Legislative. Body, his Majesty the Emperor will
set off io great stale from the Thuillcrie, at uottut
to printed to the Palace of the Legi,latiore.
The Empress will a. t off a tits titer of it t hour hr-
fore the Emperor, anti proceed the *ante way as the

Emperor.
There will be a concert on the Tr rrace ia the
evening, and illunsintetions in the Thisilie ies.
Count Dc SEGua.
Grind MAster of the Ceremonies.

°Se TES falTUa Palm of yeamisy was ves'Aiebed at
Sialeclock is tlae atareiag.

THE BRITISH PRESS.

LON DON,
FRIDAY, Jess Si.

We have rec‘.iied Paris Papers to the 16th inst.
from which we have extracted Marshal Sou LT'S ac-
count of the battle of Albuera. Like all French
womb of defeats, it claims the victory, in dtspi.e
of all the disadvantage of ground and inferiority of
force.—The Allied army is represented at 311,0i50,
that of the Freud, at 18,000.—The loss of the
former, in kilted and wounded, at 90(0, that of the
latter at wily 2 SOO.-1 b. It iti svt,t, off his sick and
wounded to Scvdle, w i,, h treii,ost.ince gave rile
to the report of actual return wills his whole
force to that city.—The boast subjoined, that he
shall raanreavre to join other corps, and then corr.-
plate our defeat, wid(' lead us to expect the speedy
arrival of the account of south• r action.

We have received New York Papers to the 26th
lest.—Our extracts from them throw some further
light upnn the hy.ion between the President and
the Little Belt, off the Capes of the Chesapesk,.
It appears from them, that information wee ra-
ceived theta British frigate, erui•iug in that quarter,
had impreaqed • pitraenger from a coaster, and that,
in consequence, the President was dispatched to
demand the restoration of the party, and, in case i f
refusal, to obtain it by force.-Itiltlllgh the Little
Belt au not named, she seems to have been the
vessel meant ; roil it is as farther evident, that the
President sailed with a full determination to pro-
voke the contest, which has terminated so unto; tu-
natd3 .
A dreadful fire broke out io New York on the

19th last, which destroyed WO h.uses.—The ci-
derma General eitellll.o,lll, now HIM ST the First,
Kin of Hayti, has created a hopeful itock
Pnncee, Princesses, Dukes, and other dignoaries,
upon the precise mo,let of the mot k-usajesty of his
brother usurper—Bose spsierr.

Mr. teedersterkl, will this tiny
present • lietrion to the Hoeft of Common.. f.
Mr. PITO* FIN le ;Atilt complaintng of Ins
t in Lice*ln gaol.
0.. Wednewhq list the Directors of the Britt4b.
biettmetion decided on the adjecheation of Sim
premiums for the present year. These premiums
are thy., to us.isber, viz. sir of too gulp.... op,
of toe gontese, and one of Set guloe.o. for the b•oc
works 'molts, eel ou Issototieal al ptut.col smile' tit.
Its the present inotaucr, however, the tottitv of the
eaudidates wee so noir, tht.t the Directors Area tort
from the estahlothed mile, awl theidril the soot
total of 350 gumrse iot I equal eherr.t, otych were
tvetetered on Mr. W. Hilton, for hie pointing of
Eirrentiing of eirist; Mr. 0. F. .1.0,
his tessatimit b 1 the hours of Priem with tte died
Body of ?Odor; sail Mr. (.. Dawr. for hie mat-
ing *I the Nero everpneernie a Brif./.1. A toting
the eseeectreafel atadtilates arse natty productions
of averearierahle merit; sad we ate happy to fits)
that, is order to stmisslete out scenes to
mill rester ender...ars. the premiums ore order-
ing oast yeer to be augmented to tee sante of mu
gnome, itehe igeteasei sad len 'venal .
gruel I. ere the effect of this lihemlity to the Mrik-
ins improvement Dreier Mllswrl echool.
'ribs bower of the itev.Slt.Cou.nrosfTtatch-se.
Back% age beset by form therm* en flesidey night
last, as% after @Peones two asaweeneate la the
teas, proceeded to the heel-memo of Mr. C. bed
lash :ma „,,, the droutsvis, Is.isk holes we phew
Seth* eamesaraf areenis of lied. with etch they
get OR. The eelshare Anti 'fait fares revered vita
crept. sail d ant aft ea: teekeffl..

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