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London, England, 1809-08-17 00:00:00

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istingef the 2d battalion of theAgth, cd of the 1 i ih;
-Ist of the 7gtla. . • ,
The Centre are the tth brigade; nutter br,iga-
dier-Geheral Houston, consisting of the 2d .battalion
of_ the 14th, 51st; and Ist battalion of the 82f1.
" The 12th brigade; under Major-. General Stew-
art, consisting of the 2d battalion of the 43d, 6kd,
and so.ne companies. of the Nth.
" On the left are the 13th brigade,- under
l 3 i~r-
dier-General Roienjburgh, cotiFisting of the 85th,
• three squadrons of Dragoons, :the 68th, and
German riflemen.
,Eleventh brigade, under Major-General Piston,
consisting of the 36th, the 77:1), and the battalion
• of detachment,s under the Hon. Colonel Crrehrane.
Colonel Pack, with the 71st ligla has
adetached command at Fort Rammakins. The 'Od
battalion of the 63d garrison Can/neer, and the
'bzittahon of the :',3d, .2d of the .81st, and 32d, ggfri-
sun giddlctuygh.. Since I c‘nrnuenced this letter,
(seven o'clOck in the morning,) the enemy have kept
up a kin 4 bt dal'use cannonade, one time at such of
our works as are „visible to them,. next round the
End,. and then ,at* the shipping which invest the
town- on the sea side. Captain Brown, oldie 77th,

I a very young and promising Odice,r, has been
wounded on a working party. He has irm a leg ant!
received a severe contusion in his hand and
shoulder. -
The British officer taken in.the aElion which
General Graham's brigade had with the eiemy, was
Major Reed of the sth. Lieut.-General Sir Eyre
Coote has rernoi ed his quaiters. to East Zauberg",
and General .Frazer is more on the- left, at a small
rritlage-c,hcdßuthen.s
MIDDLEBUR.GIi, Auo, I.l.—The batteries have
110, yet opened against noshing. The heavy
lery have been taken to. the. lines Irom.froni•Ter-
•
veer, with the tat mo,t expedition that could he de-
sired, by the Mashie-Brigade. This Brigade, 'which
.consisCs of a detachment, from each of the men of
war, amounts to about 40a, men. It is i.rncicr the
countiand of Lord A. Beaucleek, mid has Tnani-
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• •
tested an extranrdinary degree of activity. and- zeal,
in which they havebeen encouraged throughout by
the gxaniple of .their COnnuanders, • • •
"'Tile* delay has alsoaffurdeci the garrisan an op-
portunity'•of..,receiving reintOreements, which ere
.taken to them, night and day, from Brikens, on the
opposite coast, until' Tues:lay exening, when some of
our gun-boars contrived, to take a station, k 1 high pnt
''an end lothis intercourse. It was expect.,,re,r-rt'tha
Marquis of Huntley's rnveraken pot-
sesSsion'oe Cad and at the:.ol‘lset, %Ole!, Woulu have
' prevented this interc.oLese entirely. But the attack
was deeo;c,-2 too trazardous.

, . . .
! g.... Aane l flotilla- of gun:•brigs and .gun-boats,
b
,with some frigates, !,proceeded from 4atutnal:ens on
Wednesity hht, in older, to go up the Scheidt to-
' wards Antwerp, under the wintuand of Sir Home
Popham. Fort Lill°, -wherei he French fleet lie, is
Said to be strongly fortified towards the river, having
two hundred gun-boats, and a chain bomb, to de-
fend it.
" The Ma.rvis of Huntley arrived in the Rom-
.
pot, with his division, on Tuesday, and on the 107,
lowing day di3embarked in South Bevcland, in order
lo join Sir JOhn Hupe,:who will then 1.1
aVa: a ivices
16,000 men.

" This moment I learn that the French have
opened the sluices, in order to inundaie our lines:
But they cannot, I am told, atled u eKurks 01.'1 ar4
completed, or prevent our myth from approaching
Flushing. The sluices were opened last night.

d
. Yesterday noon his MAJESTY arrived at the
Queen's Palace from Windsor,
.wheie h was re-
ceived by their Royal fliglineses the Dukes of
CUMBERLAND and CAmattIDGE. Shortly after biS
MAJESTY held a private. Levee, which was attended
by • . --.
The Duke of Erunswick ; Earls CaMden, Westmorland,
I.iVerpool, and fiarrovvby ; Viscount Castlereagh ; "Lord
Luvison Gower, Lord Charles Spencer (in Waiting), and
Lord Eleatiifield;, Sir Stephen Cotterel, Sit -David llundas ;
Mr. Canning, Mr. Perceval, Mr. Ryder, and Mr. Greville
(Groom in Waiting.)

The following.had the honour of being presented
to his MAJESTY
The Duke of Brunswick, on his arrival in England.
Lord Fitzroy Somerset, on his return from Spain.
And Sir Lucai Pepys, President of the College or Physi.
cians, who had the honour of presenting to his Majesty,an
elegantly bound volume of The New Pharmacopce‘a.

i His MAJESI'Y afterwards held a Privy Council,
which \was attended by the Cabinet Ministers pre-
' sent ; When Mr. RYDER, the Jtidge Advocate, laid
before his MAJESTY the proceedings of several Courts
Martial. 'At half past five o'clock his MAJESTY lett
town for Windsor, with his usual escort.
An eminent mercantile house has received letters
from Memel, of the 24th ult. They state that greet
preparatioup had been made there for .the reception
of the
,emperor ALEXANDER, who was daily ex-
peaed, for the_ purpose of holding,an interview with,
the King of Prussia.
• The NeptUne, SMITI-14 and the Pandora, ANDER-
SON, are taken round Cape Hortt. The Mlstin. Of.
the. Pandora, supercargo, -and' 16 rrfen; were
after an eogagement•of three hours.

One or.two,more• brigads of the ksoot
Some yegiments of cavalry from this c,;untrj.,
someregiments of the line from ireland,'au;
diately to be sent on serscice, part .of thetn'to LJr:4.
CHATHAM'S, army, and,..p-art, to. Sir ARTI-11„:!1 'W EL-
LESLBY'S ;' Apd some more artillery go, tv eacl):6l
these armies, with detachments of the igae,t;on
corps. ,

_Sir ARTHUR W ELLELEY, for his numerous.he::
roic exploits, will be created a Peer.. Some say with
the title of Lord-TALAvaa4, the place -of that name
being the-scene of the last glorious victory, which
WAS the fifteenth,' achieved by that distinguished
hero.

The following, according
.to the latest.accontits,
'are the names and rates of the :French ships of the
line in the Scheldt, viz. . .

Albanois 74 Dugueselin 4
Anvei SAS 74 Friedland
Audacieux - 74 lllustre
Chirlemagne • 74 Josephine
Cummzrce de Lyons ' 74 Puitusic
Dalmatia - 74, Thesec
Dantztc - - 74 Ville tie 13.71 in
Besides several frigates, and a number of brigs, •
gun-boats, Sce.

74

- •!N
- , 74

We learn, with infinite satisfaaion, tiit a sr,b
nription is about to be instituted for the relict oft he
widows and children of the British heroes who so
gloriously' fell in the ever Memorable battle of Tala-
vera. •