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London, England, 1809-08-28 00:00:00

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The fOlloxving are letters tram Wale eren
MIDDLEBURO. AUG. 20.—Intelligence has bet -h
just received fioni'the v;cinitv of Liih, stating that
the flotilla, under the.cominancl of Sit Home Pophaio,
had been attacked by nearly one hundred French
gun-boats and brigs, and that the.. result was, as
Visual, decidedly in favour. of our navy, although
possessing scarcely half the stiength of .the enemy.
Our vessels hav,, taken three .of the French brigs and
sunk one, the others sought safety in figght. They
have gone hp abovetillo, near,to where tie French
fleet lie. 'This vac-the -boas-fed-flotilla; which was,
conjunctioniri with the fort of to have given
protettion to the French fleet.' The numberofThat
fleet is now .accurately ascertained--they amg-tint to
nine sail of the line: and .tbur igates. Before they
:t At be approached, the immense chain and boom
-Ahich are acr6si the river must be broken, and-the
fmrt of-Liflomtikt yassech The chain is, 1 un-
leferstatid; cii.ividViably. larger and more dillicUlt 'to

AUG- 26.—Came in under Roman colours a large ' be broken than that'w hicheroSsed BasqUe Roads.
The attewpvto break it was to have been made, and
ship, abut 500 tors burther,,, called the t. Peter,
pr!)bably has before new, by the Courageux,: Capt.
GART VACCARE master, frptil the Mediterranean, 4:npin. The distance between Lillo and• Fort de
laden with wine and oil,, bound to London, pair in Liefkenshoeh is not, half a mile, but these batteries
here .for are not strong. King Louis was- at AntWerp andorders, and is very leaky, having received
,Lillo on -Sunday last, to review' the'tioups and the
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denage in a gale of wind, 11(.1 in which she Sprung fortifications. .The Royal salutes upon his arrival at
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her bow-sprit, and will be obliged to hitve a ne,v each. of these plac,s were heard
.by our vessels.—
, Some, dyserfets 'have since ,
come' over to tis who;
one before she can proceed to sea. Also arrived' the.
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.5 a vy his Majesty, and who describe hint as very eager
. Loar4,,tr,.OLDß SIVE, from 1,...91140n. : to torwrd• the preparations of resistance tbr our at-.
; tack. The repot o• these deserters, however, 'as
Sailed the Ainzrod hired cutter,- for Rochefort
and the Atneridan ship Charlestown packet, for Ma- to the nature of the French force, is very eneourag-
ing, but who ever heard any report. of a contrary
lags, in ballait. nature froin
.a deserter ? Among these deserters are
The Humber hired.armed ship, is in the etEng, ' some Hanoverians, who state that the whole force
with a convoy, from the eastwad. assembled in the vicinity of Antwerp does not eit-
His Majesty's ship York of 7 guns, is ceed 15,000 men—that they consist of persons of
, .4 expeded
, f different II awns, who were prisoners of war in
here-from the Scheldt with French prisoners. France, and who were forced by ill treatment (to
Hig Majesty's Ship Mi(fbrd, -of .74 guns, is quite escape starvation indeed) to enter into the. French
ready for sea, and -is .expk.led to come down Liie. service.
- ' " General Monnet and Suite, together with thirty
harbour to-morrow. .
.l 'or forty prisoners, who have been caught in difforent
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_ . hiding places throughout the island since the surren-
E-lAR•wich, AUG.
~„27.---Arrived the Leopard Re .'
der oi,FI its oing, embarked tin.; day for En4land-
- venue Cutter from Heligoland, with a. ship .under five boats were, filled A ith the baggage of Munnet's
convoy, laden with military- stores and baggage be- I.Suite- Monet is not considered as a tnan of ability
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lunging to the Dube of BauNsWrdx. - i -,---he is a -mere soldier, devolvd to N:lip.leod-rbut
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~... . I he endeavours to write. I have s, .. it some papers
YARMOUTH, AUG. 27.—Sailed the Gannet and
he addreskied to .the inhabitants ot Flushing in the
.
1 course of the siege, and they are perfect rho lotnon-
SConpio7l.- . ! late. General I...usten, who was 'second lii coin-
,
Arrived The Monmouth, - with 220 French .pri- m ind, is a clever pia!). These (ieneials do 'Doi
• • ' • disguise the taa, ',hat- iiiey had no hove iif holoing
soners on board, from Flushing, remaining in the
, ~ •_ . out long at taut,
.titer II eir c..iiitimmicati.m:
Roads with theiioebuck. , with Cadsand wifs liiteiceple I ; hut that the) .% ere
' enjoined to iesist at', long as poitible, in order I nat
DEAL, AUG. -27.—Arrived the Brilliant frigate the .E„gii.,t, array 000 id be so'detained, that. time
from Rio Janeiro. - . might he afforded tor the coilema ott of force at

Antwerp. It, ever,' the commuineation with
The wind' COtting`' alittle to the northward;-in=
Cadsand had been cut otf, 'they were not o ithout
&iced -the outward-bound ships to get under way.- hopes of receiving .force_ to givility therm
FIFE O'CLOCK, P. iNii.-=--Tbey are alt again tom, for making a general attack tai-on our airny..
reinfotcement they' did teceiVe trout ead•and was
Sng for ihe'DoWns, the wind •having come to the
about tour thousand men. It thercto:.e now aprears,
'quote eti.'ent, that the Marquis of Huntley was nun
• ' • only j'us,ifilble, in d'-dining •to disembark at Cad-
Pvt.TsmOnFit,.AnG.:7 —Nothi• ig arrived er,.s:lit- sand' , out that ha 4.0u1t1 have beert.,-xfryinel) ctilpa-
,ed.,7The Lutward-bound Portuguese and Meaner- attetiM2ted to risk his force under the cir-
ranean Fleets remain in Coxes Roads. ; eurnvances in, which he was placed. On all hands,
it is confessed, that Commodore Owen could not
furnish boats to land more than 700 men at a
while, twin. the nature of the weather, it was inn-
possible for them to take more than one trip in.
,a
tide. What. then, with_ such a torte at Cadsand,
'was to have become of 700 men before they could
be reinforced ? But the tad is, that the enemy had.
a force at Cadsand considerably out:•nututiering the
whole division under the command of Lord Hunt-
ley: It is therefore peCuliarly fortunate, that what
was so much regretted some days ago, did happen,
to take place, and in consequence, the conduit of
a gallant Officer, which was for some days the sub-,
Jed 'of much•animadversion, stands now perfectly
vindicated. • - •

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DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE-MONEY.
To the Past. India ship Havviceshury, for the capture of
several Dutch ships of Ls!, d of St. Helena, by Capriin
Essing ,it's squadron, at 'No 2, 'New City Chambers, hi- ;
shopsgate-street, the last Thursday in September, betweel
eleven and two; and the last Thursday in every month, at
the_saMe place, the t hree d ears,
To.his Ml,jcsty's Knit brig Sharpshdoter, for there-capture
of the American ship 11,nestas, QII board the same brig at
Guernsey ; and after, at No. 22, Arundel-street, Strand, for
three months. _ .

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Tu his Majesty's sloop Ranger, for the capture of the
Vrcecte, 'at Nu. 2!, Arundel-street, tar three years, after the.
26th inst.
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The British Fair cutfil., with the transports CD.
a" V. K. having on board the. Fiteshire regiment of
n'"i!ia, arrived-on Monday in Leith Reads, from
regim.ent, about 400 strong, under
tt'o,l T"c()LnuOtid of Major RuTHERFoaD, disembarked
Tuesday forenoon, and marched. for Muiselburgh
jJarracks. •

" Lord'Chatham.sets off to-morrow for South-'
Beveland. The transports, &c. which are to take
our 'troops up the Scheldt are
,lying off Flushi,ig.
Some of the troops are embarked. Generdl Gusve-
not division embarked at• Rammiken, to go over to
South Beveland. The 26th, 28111,
,38th, and Ist
regiments, remain in this island.
There is reason to suspea thAt a vast number
of French soldiers are cUncealed at FlOshing and
throughout the
_island ; they are said to am,innt to
several' httidreds—soMe are discovered every hour.
An order has been issued at Flushing, to surrender
-all men who bore arms; accompanied with-a threat
that; if they do not surrender Within a certain period,
they will' be treated dS spies. .
" lam engaged in making inquiry as to the V 36
lue of jhis -island as a conquest to England, in a mi-
ff litary; a commercial,' and a political.' point of view.
Information upon these points must be desirable to
110,W that it is determined to retaiu.the
This determination is manifest. Colonel
Darcy,. of the Eng;riers, has already received orders
to. take every necessary measure for Improving the
fortifiCations of Flushing."

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--“T se'nnight the SI
,renuous' gun-brig,,with
'convoy for Gottenburgh, sailed troin Leith Roads:
The Nimrod cutter, recently arrived at .Plymouth'
from off Rochefort, was hailed :is she-passe:l L'Ortent;:
by -the Medusa, closeiy blockading that port, iu
which Were two French frigates,' and a large brig
of 22 gun%) 32-pOutiders, 'all completely ready for
sea,.and c.-xpetted to posh out every day.
Lkeptenant MAN-,.tite bearer of Sir R. STRACHAN'i
dispatches of surrender of Flushing, is promoted
to the rank of Commander.

In consequence of several vessel's having been cap-
lured
.off Beachy Head by French privateers, sorneof•
them part of the fleet from Oporto, representatigns-
"were made to the Lords or the Aetniralty,. by
Committee for managing the atfairs of L.Oyd"s.---14A
1.6.14, it is st-tutd, that " their Lordships are CQCl-
cttilled that' so many captures have recently happened
in ti e neighbourhood of Beachy Head, occasioned
ilrinly-by the cruizers having been drib en by the
laic strung westerly .6ales to, take shelter
..unckr
'8,1"'." 'A' frigate, three Sloops, and a cutter,
Are
ri„.-u-w ern zing in the vicinity of Beachy Head,,for
I)!.(Avtlion of the trade.A •
vessel which left FlUshing on the-23d, has
(I%;lce that-an action 'took place on the 21 sr,
t?'"I ween one of our small squadrons and the enetny'S
flotilla, in which the latter were defeated, with the
loss of four or five ,vessels. It is added, that: 4
Dutch COrpS,- which wa, on its march to Bergen-o*f
Zoom and Antwerp, had received unexpe6ted orders
•to proceed to Amsterdam, with all possible speed.—
The cause of this sudden counter-order was not at
tine above! date 'accurately ascertained ; -but the ge--
rieral supposition Was; that the ardent 'manifestations
of the people of the capital in favour of. the British
Expedition had excited, the utmost alarm, and.that
these troops were ordered thither in order to keep,
check the patriotic popuh*on.
Betw,ep 2 and 3000 wounded Austrians,AvAipxe.
. mauled in a field of rye alter the battle of tiie 6th
Olt. were burnt to death, in cLnsequence of the
rye accidentally-taking-fire•'. •

" TERVEER, AUGUST 23.—A. report has been in,
circulation here to-day, that, our vessels.have passed
Lillo ; but upon inquiry among those who are
competent•to judge, I do not find that this report 'is
:credited.. It is not conceived probable 'that that de-
;scription of. our naval force, by which, such a passage
would be attempted, could have reached Lillo in time
for the event alluded to.

" All our force destined for the operations up the
Scheldt have embarked. The regiments which re-
main here are the 23d, 26th, 36th, 77th, 71st, 84th,
81st, and 63d. It was supposed that the troops to
remain would have been Gen'eral Graham's division,
hiving suffered so much• during the siege.of Flush-
ing it was naturally supposed that this opportunity
of relief would have .been . afforded them ; but it,
would appear that the valour this: carps displayed so
.strongly recommended them;torseletion as-to over-
t‘Orriti every other consideration.
;" Lord Chatham and suite proceed for: toes in
South Beveland, where the Head-quartem_are.to
established."

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P CdiTING INTJE L CE.

YORK. AUG EET

THURSDAY, AUGUST 2.4

T 11: Fwi:qce Stakes of toogs each, h. ft. for 3.ytold colts,

Bst. tithes tat.
LL's b". c. Whitenose, by Don Quixotte •
ti:r SykeNis b. c. Sir l'etroneli, by Sir Peter Teazle, 2
Mt!totes c. Ceririntes. by Don Quixutti .-
Mr. Peirse!s g. f. Lisette, by Hattibletontan 4
Duke of tiamilton's c. Lancaster - - , • 5
Mr. cbtlon's b. L- t•adiadinida, by Sir Peter Teazle 6
Mr. Hewett's b. f. Teazle, by SirTeter Teazle - 7
6to 4on CerNantes-4 and $ t agst any other—fine race.
fifty I,'ontAls given, by the City of York, added to one-third
~.9t a'Eubscription:PUfSe, by 26 Subscriberiof zsgs. each.
Mr. Peirse's b. tn. Rosettes, by Beningbrough, 6 yrs old
„.
wa.ked over.

The Government Gazette of Sp2ln, of the 2d and
3d, have come to band. They contain no later
news than we were already in possession of. But we

cannot avoid-quoting the *arm expressions used in

speaking of the English and Sir ARTHUR WEL-

LL~SLBY :--

" Never, never shall we forget the saciifice which
the generous English have made to restore our li-
berties. How horrible d9es the conduct of ►he
French appear, compared with the valiant defenders
of the independenCe of Europe ! The instruments
Of the ambition• of a tyrant came to Spain to lay

waste our fields, to exterininaie the inhabitants, and

to give us a Government and a King whom we ab-

hot:

13uttbe brave Islanders flew to assist.us in the

sacred cause of Liberty orDeAth—They offered us
their battalions to join ours—They sent us, unasked,
pecuniary succours and military supplies, in the
midst of their own and -our great struggle—lt .was

sufficient fOr Spain to raise thestatidardot Freedom,
to make England her friend.---G!'ory io the English
people—:-Eiernal honour to 'the celebrated General
who huiribled the French eagles at -Vimiera, and led
his valiant soldier; to support the Spanish Patriots on

the &mks of the Tagus.—Sir A. WgLLESLEY 'u ill
be est c611e.1 tO the end of time,. as one of ,the prin-

cipal beneiatiors of the Spanish nation, and his name
will never be spoken, but With respect and admira-
tion, by all good men:: . .

Letters of the date of the 17th instant from Bonr-
deaux hate reached town. One of these repeats-the
rumour ‘k,hich has been so indtistriously circulated
in France, and every Darr of the Continent, namely,

thai"NAp LEON vtot,uid arrive at P,iris on the nti;i-

versary of Ins birth, the 1.5 i h. So confidentry was
this expected, that TAL!‘IA, the player," who Was
announced ro perform one.ot his principd charaaers
tin the 12th, suddenly lett Bourdeaux tin Paris; iu
the expectation of being; called upon to play before
the Faimeror., BUoNAPARTI3.S ,tay in the capital
w-a, not eiweCted to last mole than four or five days;
It was undt-rStood .hat he.would immediately pro-

crt•&i roti t!,e cinu:nand of the French army in
Spain. The L?refi•M of Bouill,:‘aux had issued his

o-dt-rs to ihe Guard rat HonUur form d in that city,

to hot l itself in imme,liate readiness to receive 'anct
escort the Emperor. It will easily be conceived that.
all tht*,arringements were formed ,upon the pre--,
stimpilon that Austria must •accept any
~ terms that-,
were oti"ered her, and,that the possibility of an at-'
tack on- Antwerp was not then contemplated.
A ,llntch Paper states, that the Jews have diced.
'chrps of men in the principal towns:of Holland, at
their own expellee, and that tills measure hat been
recofvlended by the Priests in the Synagogues,

•• The brave Tyroliatts remain firm in their purpose
t • •. • ..
to resist BUONArARTE to the last.extremity. They
reject the Armistice,.and will not suffer the Austrian
troops to quit them.. ..The word of the 'Emperor;
they say, was pledged to them, bat he wcird make
no peace that .did not 'give him back the "-.1.Yr01.
The following article we have extra;;.ed from the
Manheim Nouvelles Literdires oft he.4ah inst.
SALTZBURGII, JULY 27.—T:”, Bavarian army-
is at present assembled in our ad its environs.
Vv'e exiled to-morrow or next general attack
against the Tyrol.--Ti*fegiment of itifarniy. of Lu-
siguan, and the other Austrian troops, who after.the
departure of the Marquis DE CHASTELLAR had re-
mained in the Tyrol, to the number of some thou
sands, cannot succeed in :evacuating that province,
conformably to the Ai inistice of Z;laym. The in-
surgents htive declared to them that they will not
let the Austrian troops depart---that they will not
hear the Armistice spoken of, and that they shall
abide by the verbal and written declarations of M.
M. HORNAYER and TEIMAR, stating; that the Ein-
peror. of Austi is would accede to no peace t hatt-Should
nut insure to hirn'the possession of the Tyrol.','
By the n,ew Swedish Constitution, which has
lately 13,..en.made Public. at Stockholm in five.sheets
gnaw), the King is, to be assisitd by a ciAulco cif
State, consisting of nine Members, by whore advice
he makes peace or war, and transai-ts all important
affairs. All public offices must be tilled, by natives.;
Toe King has the soot ehre .command of the laud and
nasal forces. The Royal age of maturity takes place
flt twenty. Should the male...branch of. the Royal;
Family become extinct, the Council governs'until
the States fit 'the kingdom are coi..oked. No. Prince
Royal. can marry without the Consent of.the States„...
A cause of some interest came on at the Suffolk*
Assizes.' It was brought ;by Mr. Smith,. Wbo is a.
Protestant Dissenteroo recOter back the sum of
which he had been obliged to pay io..fohnson, a toll
keeper of the tut npike-gate at' Hilesworth, for a
taxed cart, in which he was going. on Sunday io di-
vine worship at a meeting-house at the above pi.ice.
The' Plaintiff claimed an exeMptioir front toll kinder
the clause of the statute which gives exemptions to
persons going to their proper parochial church, cha-
pel, or other place of public worship. It was in-
tended by both parties•that a case should have been
agreed' on for• the opinion Of .the Court of King's
Bench ; but sloe Judge was so decidedly of opinion,
that the plaintiff was entitled to the exemption, that
he would allow only a verdict to be taken for him,
with liberty for . the defendant, it he thought pro-
per, to; move the Cogrt, next term to. have a non-
suit...
entered. The short fats of the case were, that
Smith- lived at Cratfield,:six. Miles from' Hales,
worth; that he was a communicant of the Congre-
gation there, but that in going to Halesworth he
passed by another meeting-house of the same per-
suasion at Walpole. Toe metre question ior the King's
,Bench to determine will be, • whether " proper pa-
rochial" are adjectives to the words-el or other places
of public, worship," as well.,as they, are to " clgush
Qr chapel. 7.,, • . •

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