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London, England, 1814-02-25 00:00:00

The DISPA TCH ES from TA).. CASTLBRE Ati

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r OFFICIAL BULLETIN.
The
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following is the o:Facial F3ttlictin issued Ye
terrlay afternoon byt Government, • which We 1
med;ately published in part of our impreSsioo, and.
republish it again to-day for the'perosal 'of 011°°c.
Readers :
Foreign-Office, Feb. 24, Igl4.
I
The (Hon. FREDERICK ROBINSON arrive('
morning at this Office with Dispatches, of "'hie
the following is an abstract
Sir:CharleS Ste Wart, adispatcb dated -
talon, the 12th instant, incloses Reports fru"f
Colonel ,of the preceding oueratiollZ,
the arm under Mzrshal Blucher, lip to the j 4
instant, inclusive. stli
General D'Yorck attacked Chalons on tne„ '
•
of February,'..vhich surrendered
,by capitulati°lo
Marshal M'Donald retiring over the gaoled,.
the direction of Meaux he had with hiln
corps of Sebastiani and A.rrighi, besides
f.
own. 'Ou the 6th,:Marshal Blucher'S beact=cluilre
ters were at Sandron. On the Bth tilers'!,
moved from Vertus to Etoges. Gen. Sackett 117,
then at Montinirail; General D'Yorck atthe
teat' teat' Thierry, . and Gen. Kleist at Chalons) `ll,
whole advancing upon the army of.Mae(111(1,-
who was retiring, w.ith 100 pieces of arti7e;;;
On the evening of-.the Bth, .Marshal pluctija
head•-quarters were attain removed to VertOP
the report of a Russian regiment having hefil ;14
tacked at,Baye. The advanced posts of D3:).il,
from Dorinent, and of &act) froiji Aiontauri.44.
now reached as far as Chateau Thierry, and

Fette sous Soarre. . ,
ro
in the afternoon of the 10th, the Russian c°,:el
of Alsuffieff being at Champaubert, was attl:-
by a very superior force of the enemy froth woi
zaune, and after an obstinate resistance, 00
compelled to retire, after _considerable loss.
,c,e
the" -1 Rh, Marshal Blucher's head-quarters `iieit
at Bergeres. On that day the corps of Sac.ost
and D'Yorck marched upon Montmirail
the enemy. A severe engagement ens is
for several hours, both armies remaining ;,•
their positions. General Sacken lost fourg';!/e
the hottest part of the aetion• was in the riTre4
of Marchais, which was taken and re-taken °jet
times. The enemy was 30,000 strong, ILIO,
Buonaparte. On the 12th, Sacken was at
tean Tlyierry, and D'Yorck at Biffert:—MarnWil,t;
with the sixth corps, at Etoges. On the san)e„°oa
Marshal Blucher, with the corps of Kleist "
.Kassinwietz, were in position at Bergeres•
Duplicates of suseqent dispaces frog] p
Lowe to Sir C. Stewb artu havebeent bhrought li
Rabinson, from the 13th to the 17th, incla°4er.eti
On the 13th, Marshal Blucher's head-c013;;00
were at Champaubert. He had advanced ';e9
Bergeres to attack Marshal Marmont at .1;t1,4
who had about nine or ten thOusand men. , ot'
Enemy gradually retired, and several bf
tacks 'were made upon his rear, particular '1,44
the Cossacks. The pursuit continued front t'leti
to beyond Champaubert. The. Enemy bivouticr
front of Fronientiers. - the mean duo 'oil
naparte marched upon Chateau 1 hierrY, ltra
whence Generals D'Yorck and Sackel.Vll
retired behind the Marne. On •the
Marmont retired from Fromentiers to 3 ;11°
lieres, where be was joined by linctan,arte),.if
had made a forced march in the night fron' v 404
teau Thierry, with the whole of his Guards, ;ioa
a large body of cavalry. A very severe
now took place. Marshal Blucher's force ,;
very inferior in numbers, and particularly 'llOO3
valry, his infantry was formed into squareslpthe
be determined on a retreat. The enemy witurbess
most desperate attacks of cavalry upon —id
squares, but were received with such und3lll)

fiinmess, that not one of them was broken•, or"
After a very severe and unequal contest' ,oe,
ried• on 'during a retreat of nearly tour leal;i111'
Ik!arshal Blucher observed a-large corps of e,ges'
ry posted on the chaussee in his rear, near Fitrie
He resolved to force his way through this °uotia
cle, and, by opening a heavy. fire of artillery
musketry upon this cavalry, posted in a h'icit.
mass on the ehaussee, he succeeded in his °".'014
Upon reaching Etoges tower& night, heA
assailed by a body of infantry, which 10" 001
netrated through by, roads upon his flanks reel
rear, bat General Kleist end Kassiewitz, tee 4
their way through this obstacle also, andat
their corps far the night in the positnieio
Begeres, General BluCher's whole loss on to'
days, is estimated at three thousand live"thsg
dren men, killed, wounded, and prisoners; t
of the enemy is stated to have been vary greti.,!til;
he was exposed to a' tremendous fire of atilt
lery, itr which Blucher was superior.- Ge-hele
Blucher subsequently retired to Chalons; `vciao
he• was joined on the 16th by General Se„-del
and D'Yorck. Part of General Winzingefrtal
corps had carried Soissons by assault, takingierP
Generals and about three thousand men ;
Winzingerode Was himself at Rheims. rip ~to
Langeron and St. Priest, were rapidly advane'loV"
join Marshal Bluaer, whose whole many %% fog
speedily- be united at, Chalons, ready to re 3
the offensive. he' 13th
Lord Burghers') writes fromTt •oyes on .t—
-and 16th Febrnary the
The town of Sens was taken by assault 000
11th by the Prince Royal of Wirteinherei'ratic*
immediately marched on Bray by Pont-stir:J-I.or
On the 9th Count Hardegg attacked the 0,11
of the enemy at Ronailly and St. Hilaire ittacV
joined by General Wittgenstein, he again a'irofe,
ed them near St..clubin and Marnay, and too
them upon Nogent, part of whiCh swas oc
by Count Hardegg on the 10th. .0,15
Count Wittgenstein having
,advanced t°: the
Pont-sur-Seine, General Wreck towards 1.3°71:41e,
enemy abandoned the left of the Seine, .an-it
stroyed the bridges, which were re-establisheoro
the Allies ; and General Wrede advanced t°?' any
Provins. General Wittgenstein crossing at pre at
snr-Seine, Generals Bianchi and GuilaY "'lrea'
the same time marching on Monteteau, an" th°
sures were taken to place the grand 41.10 (::;11,e
left of the Seine, with the right at INICrY),:ii er3ll
left at Monterean, with the corps of 'ci)toY'
Wrede and Wittgenstein, and of the Prince
of Wirtembei:g at Provins and Villeneuve.
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LONDON,

FRID,II', FEBRUARY 25, 1814,

eehl •
rt ng intelligence that Marshal Blucher had
Pulsed the corps opposed to him, and was ad-
`lancing beyond Etog
(111rter3 es), to remove the head'
~W_
13ray„ and the -corps of Wrede and-
_tttgensteiton by Nangis towards Meltin—that of
Bianchi pressing upon FontainebleMt.
r inehl Air. Robinson was officially acquainted, ont~ his
Troyes, that on the 17th instant Von-
Thum
dean was taken by Counts Hardegg and
and Gen. Platofi ; the enemy lost some
Pula and prisoners, and the Allied advanced posts
rlere pushed on towards Pads. On the 18th
Innaparte attacked, with a large corps of ca-
Ila."Y, at Nangis, the advanced guard .of
_Count
l'itrgenstein's corps, 'under Count Pahlen, and
'"ve it back with considerable- loss both of men
'lnl artillery. Prince Schwartzenberg then with-
,
, '''s army behind the Seine.
the 19t11,• the enemy made three despe.,-
ate attacks upon the corps of the Prince Royal „
IWirteinberg, posted at Montereau, arid occu-.
nt; the bridge at that place, He was repuls-
‘vith loss; the Prince of Wirtemberg took
cailnon : late, however, in the evening the
tti.teit was 'renewed, and the enemy succeeded, in
tutaining possession of th-e bridge ; and, it was
binderstnod, that he had passed over a considera-
v Part of his army. The head-quarters of Prince
''':enwartzenbert, were to be at Troyes on the
'light of the 19711.
D ()11 the morning of the 20th, Mr,.Robinson
.12;53 Pa through Marshal Blucher's whole army,
sfty'to sixty thousand strong, admirable
It was marching from Chalons to unite
x'as fit the Grand Army. The head of the column
tt, near Arcis-r-Aube, •and about eighteen or
tv English miles from Troyes.

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We republish, in our present Impression, the
tlrcial Bulletin issued yesterday afternoon from
t4e foreign Office, at la:e an hour as only to
*Wile us, with all our diligence upon the occa-
:lan, to insert it in our numbers printed after
Pe o'clock It is a most important document,
brilicrs us at length acquainted with those
which, through the medium of French
IlAve so excessively agitated. the public
n n(4
i° so
for the last ten days. It
t(3„W appears, that the delusive' Reports of the
caO pre-served barely so much of the outline,
off to state pretty accurately the nature
the 'e 'Movements of the hoStile Armies, and
.
thaillatues of the places where they fought; but
all the interior:cOlouririg and design is only
te'llarkable for invent:on and exaggeration. This
"
de tlure
was dictated tohim by necessity: he could
eiv e no one on the farmer points, but in the
-ntiinution
of , the lossesdie sustained, and in a
P°l3°rtionite. addition to the suffering of his ad-
ers4ries, it is the e
?de th mast easy thing not only to de-
'rnl People, but even, to a certain degree, the
y itself. The first reports of the Allied operations
tltir:fr,r°lll ea Low r, and refer to the operations of
`'orps under BLuOn ER from the sth,when.Cha-
was taken, to the 12th inclusive, when SACKEN
th4S at Chateau y, VON YORCK (not dead
tie but) at iliffort on the Marne, to the left of
,Itio..zattin}di,. and BLUCHER, with the corps of
-....A;SIEWITZ, at Bergcres, towards Cira-
411°nbis right. These positions seem to hive
tpeti compulsory, in consequence of the offensive
f-44ticans directed by BUONAPARTE against this
44.ee, while it was 'occupied' in ,driving MacDo-
(4ll/ irito Paris.- Two days previous to the 10th
ti the affair at Champaubert took place)
13Lrtt-c.IIP'II, who was advancing froth the East,
ltf:Ta(led to, Vzaus, in order to protect his
.1,111. 1
a "Ilk, threatened by an attack
at Baye.—
to fall the opportunity to the Enemy
4110411, with his Concentrated force, upon .SACKEN
left V"
YoncK, who had turned upon their
~tir(l approached from the north, at Mont-
ilef4'l t"3
after uncovering their :front by the
that f ALSUPPIEFF. BLUCUER, discovering
pu the man
oled oeuvre, On Baye was a feint, again
' forward, on the llth, to Bergeres—onthe
ttlY ill which SACKEN'S
and VONYORCK'S Corps
pr 'tined
Freit a hotry contested action with 30,000
under B
ail UONAPARTE iii person, atMont-
il„••a.rs, or rather Marchais, which lasted several
On
and ended with the advantage evidently
Air "le
side of the Enemy, as though both
ties
lemained in their positions, the Cors of
likii"
an, and Vop
N Yoacx had been so roughly
tiete.4:J, as to render a retreat during the
411.---"AialtmoNT had daring this battle been

pushed towards tloges with the ttli corps, to hold
BLUCHER in check. •

The next dispatches are also ftotn Col. LOWE),
and they resume the narrative of •the transactions.
in the same quarter from the 13t11 to the 17th in-
clusive. BLUCHER had - driven MARMONT° from
Eloges to beyond Champaubert during tisi 13th
while BuoNApAwra 'was following up his success
towards Chateau Thierry, i. e. as BUONAPARTE
marched North, BLUCHER chased MARMONT from
the East to the point whence his Master" had
departed. During the retreat of the fortner,.: who
had only 9 or 10,000 men with him, lie suffered
considerably from the-Cossacks. On the 14th,
jVIAIti..IONT still further retreated from Fromentiers
to Janvilliers. which brought him nearer the rear
of BUONAPARTE, and enabled the latter, by a forced
march from Chateau Thierry, to bring his guards
and cavalry, together with the retreating corps,
into Action with BLUCHER on that day. A des-
perate conflict ensued, and it appears that nothhig
but tyre valour of the corps under' the veteran
Commander of - the Silesian Army, and his
skill, saved this . portion of his force from
that annihilation which the Enemy 'falsely
asserted it bad experienced. We need not
repeat the details of • this sanguinary fight ;
suffice it to say that lit.uctua, in a retreat of,
four 'leagues before a very superior foe, and
with his rear intercepted, cat his way through
every obstacle, and reached Eloges, after causing
a•loss to the Enemy commensurate with that which
he experienced, viz. of 3,500 killed, wodnded, and.
prisoners. BLUCHER subseqnently fell. back bn
Chalons, where he was joined, on the 16th, by
SA-CKEty and VON YORCK, who, instead of being
pursued in disorder towards Rh-eims; marched up
the right of the Marne to replace themselves Un-./
der the orders of•their Chief, from whom the. heat,,
of the pursuit of MAciaotaaLD appears to have too
far separated them.
It also appears, and the information is most
important, that neither the corps of LANOERON
or ST. PRIEST were engaged in these battles ; on
the contrary, they were advancing rapidly, subse-
qqent to the 16th, to join BLUCHER at Chalons ;
and we find, near the conclusion of the Bulletin,
that this brave old Warrior, at the head of from
50 to 60,000 well-appointed and gallant soldiers,
had pat himself in motion from Chalons towards
Troyes, to concentrate with Prince SCHAWART-
ZENBERG, whose head-quarters were to be at the
latter place on_ the -19th. The advance had ar-
-1 rived at Arcis-sur-Aube.

The glorious action of General Witst9NGE-
110DE at Soissons fills up and balances the fortune
of the eampaign on the right wing of the Allies.
His force now takes the part before sustained by
Von YQRCK.

The last dispatch relates to /the operations
of Prince SCHWARTZE/C-BEAG, and de6.ils his ad-
vance along the Seine, his forcing the bridges on
that river, and the taking of Sens and Fontain-
bleau by assault, by his left Wing. The retreating
Corps of. VICTOR and OUDINOT were, it appears,
frequently attacked, and, compelled to fly with
loss. The following were the positions of the
Allies :--
General WITTGENSTEIN crossing at Pont-Sur-Seine, Gene-
rals BIANCIII and GUILAY were at the same titre marching on
Montereau, and mep.sures were taken tO place the Grand
Army on the left of the Seine, with the right at Mery,
and the left at Montcreau, with the corps of Generals
WREDE and WlTroEssmix, and of the Prince Royal of Wut-
_TEMBERC at Proving and Villeneuve.
Consequently, upon hearing of the successful
advance of BLUCHER against MARMONT, it was
resolved to push the he:;d-quarters to Bray, and
advance d:nyn both banks of the Seine upon Pa-
ris. It thus is.evident that the -Allies were in con-
stant communication, and that the ultimate retreat
of SCHWARTZENBERG may be ascribed as much to
the preceding retrograde of BLUCHER at Eloges,
as to-any advantages gained over himself by Buo-
NAPARTE.

Mr. ROBINSON also heard oilicially'ort his road

at Troyes, of the action of the 17th, (it cannot
we think be the 18th as stated) at Nangis. In
this the advanced cavalry of the* Allies were driven
back with considerable less of 'nen and artillery,

which induced SCHWARTZENEERG to retire behind
•
the Seine. On the following day some desperate
fighting took place at Montereau, in which after
being repeatedly. .repulsed, BtJONAPARTE succeed-
ed in forcing the position of the Prince of Wirt-,
TE,)6ERG, in seizing the Bridge and transporting
part of
.his army to the lett of the Seine.
We confess that the latter intelligence gives
us more uneasiness than any other, as this ad-
vantage not only endangers this portion of the
Allied army, but the light Cavalry, &c. which had
been pushed from Fontainbleau towards Paris.
In every other respect; the'general aspect Qt
this 'intelligence is good, as it relieves us front
the apprehensions which the falsehoo(ls of the
'however ,icubted, inspired.—We see the
atZa.in ready to •xepeat the assault with a

Tyra

superior artry and with] greato expeetnte,
against a ireakened and harassed Eneltiy.

On' the Subject of the Negociations nothing has
transpired. They seem to be at a pause, and the
inflammation caused by these battles is hot calcu-
lated to bringthe parties to a more pacific frame
of mind '

'Upon the coalition of MURAT, the conduct of
the Cortes, and other• important subjects, -we are
compelled by the press of matter to defer offering
a few remarks. ,

" give this day• copious anti important ex-
tracts from Atnerican Papers. Our news iron'
Canada is to the sth inst.

The particulars of the capture of the French
frigates, the Alcmene andlphigenia, by the Vene-
rable and Cyane, as announced 'in our Paper of
yesterday, will be in to-morrow night's Gazette.

THE ROYAL FAMILY. Yesterday, at one
o'clock, Princess MAnY went In one of the PRINCE
REGENT'S carriages, from the Queen's Palace to
Carlton House. The carriage returned, and
brought the. QUEEN and Princess ELIZABETH,
joined by the Duke' of YORK
where they were
and Pl'incess. CHARLOTTE, when they partook of
.some refreshment, and at . half-past two o'clock
the QUEEN, accompanied by the PRINCESSES ant'
Lady CRANLEY, set off in her travelling carriage
for Windsor, escorted by a party of Light Horse.

At an early hour yesterday morning the Right
Hon. F. ROBINSON waited upon the Earl of Lr-
vF.Rroot, at Fife-house, with the dispatches"from
Viscount CAsTLEREAGIf.. Ina short time after,
Mr. HAMILTON,. the Under Secretary of State,
beinginformed of the arrival of the Right Hon.
Gentleman, went to Fife-house to attend him.—
The -Earl of LIVERPOOL waS so much recovered
from his indisposition ,as to go out for the first
time, and at half past eleven o'clock went in his
carriage to Carlton-house, to inform the PRINCE
REGENT 'of the contents of the dispatches, and at
the same time introduced Mr. ROBINSON to his
'Royal Highness. .The Noble Earl remained'with
the Prince a considerable time, when he returned
to Fife-house, to attend a Cabinet Council to be
held 'there at- two o'clock', for which•he gave di-
rections to be summoned. The-Council was at-
'tepded by all the Cabinet Ministers except Lord
CASTI.EREAon, when.•the dispatches brought,by
Mr. ROBINSON were taken into consideration. A
little before four o'clock the LORD CHANCELLOR
waited upon the• PRINCE -.REGENT at Carlton,
horse, to report the result of their deliberations,
and remained frith his Royal Highness Upwards
of an hour. The rest of the Cabinet Ministers
remained in' deliberation till near five o'clock.

It is reported that the Comte d'Escart arrived
on the Bth,,at night,.at Troyes, the head-quarters
of the Ames. The two Counts de POLIGNAC,WhO
were arrested and tried with MoREAu, have made
their escape from Paris, and arrived at head-
quarters.

Sir VICARY Glans was , yesterday sworn in
Lord Chief Justice df the. Court of Common Pleas,
before. the LORD CHANCELLOR, at Lincoln's Inn
Hall; mid Mr. Baron Ttiolsisorri as Chief Baron
of the Exchequer.
The Viceroy of Mexico was a passenger on
board ihe Spanish prize taken by the French, and
retaken by the Alenelaus, Capt. Sir PETER PAR-
KER. He was taken out by the French 'on the
morning after her capture, and before the French-
men had discovered the treasure, which has since
been found on board her.

THE THEATRE."-MrS. JORDAN made her second
appearance last. night at Covent-Garden Theatre,
as Peggy, in The Country Girl. Her spirit -and
humour effectually triumphed. over the /power of
time, and enabled her to excite as much pleasure.
as she has always done in the same character.—
FAWCETT'S Moody deserves td be mentioned as a
correct and animated performance.—After the
Play a Serio-comic Farce, in two acts, was re-
-presented, under the title of The Wandering Boys,
or The Castle of 0/ivid. Is is said to' be an alte-
ration, by Mr. Pocock', of a French Piece, en-
titled Le Pelerin- Blanc. The Piece, though full
of improbabilities, is far from being defective
in interest. On the contrary, some passages were
of so terrific asnature, that sympathy was nearly.
absorbed in horror, and some marks of disappro-
bation were excited. The general voice, how-
ever, was in favour of the Piece, arid sanctioned
its repetition. It was much indebted to the sup-
port of the performers, particularly LISTON, FAR-
LEY,' BLANCHARD, MiSS MATTHEWS, MISS BOOTH,
and Mrs. EGERTON..

" CITY BUSlNESS.—Yesterdafa Court of Com,
mon Council was held at Guildhall, which was
very numerously attended. Licenses, were agreed
to, and sealed, fo-r granting
.leave W embark on the river
'Thames. The several Committees for the year ensuing were
appointed.
The sum of 500 guineas was ordered to be subscribed to-
wards the Fund for relieving the Distresses in Germany and
other parts of the Continent.
The sum of 100 guineas was ordered to be subscribed to
the London Infirmary for Disease 'of the Eye.
The Court granted 201. to Mrs. Jones, the Widow of Whel-
don Jones, late one of the Ale-conners.
. Mr. G. A. -Smith was appointed a Governor of Christ's
Hospital, and Messrs:-Wigan and Bedford, Governors of St.
Bartholomew's 'Hospital.
The Loan MAYOR laid before the Court a letter he had re-
ceived froth.Lord' Sidniouth, inclosing a.c4.)py of a letter sent
to the Colonels of the two regifnents of London Militia, to
raise volunteerS bj beat of &ans, and an account of the dis-
tribution of levy money allowed for the said recruits, which
were severally read and referred to the Militia Committee to
examine and report.

CORN-ExctiamoE, FEB. 25.—Onr Market continues thinly
supplied with the differcnt•kinds of Grain. There was a few
arrivals of Oats from .Boston, tine samples of which met a
ready sale at'an advance of is. per quarter. Wheatis also 2s.
or 3s. dearer than on Monday. Fine Malt is in demand, and
fully suppotts its price. Barley, Pease, and Beans, may also
be considered Is. dearer than on Wednesday.
SM ,THFIELD, FEB. 25.—This day's Market had a scanty
supply of the .different kinds of Cattle; Beef was cheaper;
Mutton, Veal, and Pork, were dearer, and the trade in ga-
neral was but indifferent. The sales in the Hay-market were
somewhat dull ; Straw has got up in price; Hay and Clover
sold at'last prices.

SECOND. EDITION. ,

SUN-OFFICE, Two o'Crotk,

We have just learnt, that Trench Papers to did
22d have arrived in Town, and lament to add;

that their Contents' are reported to be of an tin,
favourable nature, inasmuch as they continue tti
claim fresh Victories on the part of the Enemyi
We cannot, of course, pledge ourselves for ti
perfect accuracy of the intelligence in Papers
;hid) we have not seen, andnoi s only received front

verbal communications; but it is currently skid Ott
'Change, that another Conflict has taken pladd
seven leagues fponst,Troyes, in which the Allios dtd
Stated to :have been defeated, with the iosS of
15,000 men.

It is but proper to observe upon the atip*ei

that this being settling-day in the Consofs, every
report of this kind is to be received with especial
caution. The Funds have experienced but a very

rifling depression.

NAVAL NEWS.

• HARWiCH, FEB. Cheerful cutter ate
rived -yesterday from Helvoetj whither she had
convoyed about 23 sail of transports, laden with
ordnance stores ; but much fear is excited for
their safety, in consequence of the ice, they being
all obliged to anchor on the coast. By the Icing
George -packet, which arrived in the night, it is
learnt, that two of them were on shore, and the
remainder. entangled in the ice, at the mouth of
the Macsc. The packet has brought near 40 pas-
sengers, ainong whom are about a dozen English
sailors, who had effected their escape froth a
French prison. NO. particular news. Several
sail of transports, having on board detachments
of the,33d and 37th regiments, have come in from
the Downs.

PLYMOUTH FEB. 23.—The French frigates
Alcmene and Iphigenie .weye Captured off the
Western Islands by his Majesty's ship Venerable
and Cyane,sloop of war—the latter is arrived with
300 prisoners. The frigates are gone on to thq
West' Indies with the Venerable. The Venerable
also captured a valuable American brig from
Bourdeaux:,,to America. Arrived. the Wanderer
sloop of war from a cruise ; Raleigh brig- of war
from Halifax, with dispatches ; and Pomona,
COATI', from Loudon.—Wind East.
FALMOUTH, FEB. 21. Arrived the .Duke of
Kent packet, Captainl3aAtLy, with a mail from
Passage, in four days ; cutter Hero, WELLING-
, TON from Valencia, with wine and Imindy, to
perfOrm quarantine 29 days.--Wind S. by E.
DEAL, FEB. -24.—Arrived his Majesty's ship
Arthur, Queen, and Melvina transports, frdm Hel-
voetslnys ; his Majesty's ship Grampus from ditto,
and remain in the Downs; with his Majesty's
ships, merchantmen, and transports, as before,—
Wind. S. E.,

PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 23.---Sailed• Id4Majesty'i
ship Seahurse with a convoy for the North.coast
of Spain, his Majesty's ship Clinker for Plymouth,
and Urgent gun-brig with convoy for ditto, and
the Mistletoe for off Cherburgh.—Wind S.G. by E.

The 10th of March is fixed for the sailing of
the West India fleet from Cork.

MELANCHOLY EVENT.-The- ferry boat plying ,
between Cardross and Port Glasgow, we under-
stand, upset last night on her passage to the latter
place. Of the passenggrs on board, ten are re-
ported to have been drowned. The particulars,
hoivever, have been .so indi3tinctly given us, that
we cannot pledge ourselves for the accuracy of tha
statement. The boat was found this morning
upset, with her sails hoisted.--(Greenock Phper,
21st Feb.)