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London, England, 1813-09-19 00:00:00

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Amongst several valuable Arti,!,l, which the unusual press of Domes-
nwslic and Foreign praCiliS US from inStrting, are the
fuUouing, viz.: --THE PULPIT, No. 8; or, a Critique on the Bev.
THOMA, SMITH, of Trinity Chapel, Leacherlane.—Aiso, a rcry
inttresiing paper, conininnicated our otd friend PROMETII EL'S,
and cntitled Rol.mc,ll. PitoutvosTics FOR 1111 I.—And, finaily,
an ANSWP.R TO .4 A LAyMAN; by V ERIT ATIS.ASI4 roR.

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

Lon Don,
SUNDAY, qI.:I3TEMBER 19.

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NEW AND COMPLETE DEFEAT OF THE FRENCH(.

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The length and import:mec of the official documents we
have I,l4!i<yhed in this !icinber 'eavcs us hardly any room to
ofrer olisi•rvations on !Leh contents, although we have omit-
ted several of the atii. les which are usually found in our co-
lumns... In another :place we have pe,ssed in review the (he
ciuc-cel tv cuts of the canippigil, and we were in hopes, th,lt
cur attention being no lung-ei distracted by military subjects,

SEPT. 19

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we might give to the Proclamation of Austria the attention 'it
so eminently commands. But, in the course of yesterday,
the town has been agitated by rumours of fresh and impor-
tant advantages over the enemy, which it is our duty to state,
together with the grounds which add to, or detract from,
their probability. The first of these reports is conveyed in a.
letter from Deal, which appears of undoubted authenticity,
as far as the veracity of the writer himself is concerned, it is
as follows:

" DEAL, SEPT. IT. —News (if true) of the highest importance
has just arrived here, sent from the Commander of the in-shore
squadron off the Scheldt to the Commander-in Chief in the Downs.
The intelligence thus obtained, states, that the Allies had made a
general advance and attack upon the French Armies, and that
most sanguinary Battles were fought on the sth, 6th, and 7th of this
month, near Dresden, BUONAPARTE, being nearly surrounded,
was obliged to cut his way through the Allies, and retreat in disor-
der towards France, leaving Eighty Thousand of his Soldiers Killed,
g'ounded, or Prisoners, in the hands of our Friends, the Mlles.
It is also stated, that commotious in Holland and Flanders, begin to
make a visible appearance."
The second communication, also from Deal, is of the fol-
lowing import :
,"Fhe Badger hired armed cutter, Lieutenant MansuraL, arrived
at Deal yesterday, after a short passage from Heligoland : a Gen.'
tleman who arrived in her, states, that previous to the sailing of
the Badger, accounts, which were regarded as nearly official, had
reached the Island, from which -it appeared, that the Allied
Army having concentrated thuir forces in the neighbourhood of
Dresden, had made another attack on thA City with. complete
success. A battle which lasted three days, commenced, which ter-
minated in the total Defeat of the French, who lost Seven Thousand
Killed, a great number of Wounded, and about Sereoty Thousand
Prisoners. PuoNAPARTE endeavoured to cut his way through the
Allied Army with a part of his troops, but was nnsiteeessfal, and it
was supposed at Heligoland had e-caprd individually.
" We have not learned at what date the Padger sailed, but it
must have been after the packet which brought the Mail." •
On this we have to observe that the Badger is certainly
arrived at Deal, but not from Heligoland, she was stationed
off the Scheldt, yet this circumstance does not prevent us to
credit those rumours so far as to believe that a serves of en-
gagements have actually taken place on the days mentioned.
For this we rely on the character of incessant attack and diver-
sion, which the war has assumed, and on the authority of the
Et Inch papers last received, and to which we have before
alluded. These state, on the authority of private letters of
the 7th of September from Dresden, that the Emperor, who
had left that capital the Sd, " had returned to it the Gth.
•in the evening in good health. 'He had pursued and
driven the enemy to the other side of the Neiss.
As soon as the enemy perceived with whom they
had to deal, they precipitately fled in all direc-
tions. The Duke of TARENTUM MACDONALD) remained.
in a good position, and' in sufficient force to make head
against the enemy, should he rally." From this it is evi-
dent that BUONAPARTE thought the danger sufficiently
pressing on the side of 'the Neiss to leave Dresden in per-
son, and he seldom makes such sallies unaccompanied; but
in the prekent instance, it appears lie returned alone. On
the other hand, had he obtained any marked advant:,tTes,
the. news would ce'tain4 have reached Paris at the same
time as these private letters, if not before.

NVe are -obliged to postpone to the next Number. our re-
flections on the Austrian Declaration.

VICTORY OF GEN. BLUCHER OVER MACDONALD, &c.
Mr. Eves. a Messenger, arrived in the packet which
brought the Gottenburgh mail, with dispatac.s from Lord
CATHCART: The Messenger brings ,a account, which is
likewise corroborated by the accoun; from Cottenburgh,
that an. official Bulletin was issued on the 30th ultimo, state,
inc., that General BLUCHER bad obtained a great victory