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T, arnfora; coal-iierehant, at ten.

Aug. 29. NV. P, Needliatn, late of LOuth, merchant; at 12.

.Aug. 29. It. Thatkray, Burton Leonard, tiax-dresser, at 11.
Aug. 29. J. Brooki; Queen-street, wine-merchant, at twelve.
Aug. 31. G. Render and' F. Render, Leeds, linen-drapers,
at elev-u, •'''.vhite Hart, Leeds.
Aug. 31. B. Royston, Huddefsfield,Y.orshire, cloth-manufac-
turer, at ten, at the White Swan, Huddersfield.
Sept. 5. Smith, late of Whitchurch," Shropshire, victualler,
-eleven, at ie White Lion; Whiteburch.
Aug. 29. G. Sharlazid, late of South •Molton, Devonshire,
money-kriveaer, at eleven, at the Globe Tavern, ,Exeter.
Sept. I. J. Davey, Truro, Cornwall, rope-maker, at twelve, at
Mr. Habersela's Office, All-Saints-court, Bristol.
Sept. 1. A. Norblad, Kingston-upon-Hull, merchant, at
yen, at the George Inn, Kingston-upon-Hull.
CERTIFICATES.—Au GI; sr 29.

J. Fowler, POT tsmouth, merchant.
S. B. Harnand, Plymouth, linen-draper.
J. Stone, Featherstone-buildings, nolhorn '
W. Smith and J. Smith, late of Stapleford, Hertford, timber-
merchants. •
T. Had wen late of Burton, Kendal, innkeeper.
J. Butcher:Golden-lane yeaftman.
G. Haley, Plymouth Doek, chitai-merchant.
ti-May, Coventry, merchant.
N. Dowson, St. Anne's-lane, Foster-lane, wareliousemal.
W. Ring the younger, Rochester, grocer.
H. Hewitt, Sheffield, silver refiner.
T. Nightingal, Watling-street, warehouseman.
G. C. Bishop, Maidstone, soap-manufacturer.

PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
AmbroseWelclunan and Johnson Masters, Foster-lane, Cheap-
side, straw hat-manufacturers.
J. Wilkins and W. Little, Great St. Helens, London, in-
surance-brokers.
G. Hooker and J. Hiles, Bexley, Kent, mealmen..
M. Duke and G. Steward, York, comb-manufacturers.
W. Pnnnett and H. Sindry, Rotherhithe, shiplbreakers.
J. Jeseph and S. Hart, Plymouth, Devonshire, merchants.

St/wt.—The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar,
computed from the Returns made in the week ending the
Nth day of July, is 445. Gd. per hundred weight.

HAILS.
ARRIVED-IGnernsty, 1 Jersey, 1 Dublin, 2 Waterford.
DuE-1 Cadiz, ILisbon, l Dublin, 1 Waterford.

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MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 1812.

We are still unable to relieve the public anxiety
respecting the battle in the Peninsula. Some
doubrhas been thrown upon the authenticity of
the news, because no. accou,nt of a battle had
reached Vigo 'on the 29th ; but it. does not ap.
pear that any argil- ment of weight can be drawn
from that circumstance.. The news did not reach
Corunna-till the nightof the'2.7th, and was not
published till .the.2Bth; it is therefore not at all
• . . •
extraordinary that it
.should•;not, have reaehed
Vigo (considering the, distance of that place from
Corunna, and the'bad state of the 'roads in
nein) on the 29th: .LordWELLINoTpN; of cours;.,
would not send an account of the battle direct .to
Vigo--; it would therefore' travel circuitously by
..Vay. of Corinna. -

Another circumstance which has excited doubts
in the minds of some pewits, is the length of,
time which has . elapsed since the battle took
place ; a moment's reflection, however, must be
sufficient to shew that the non-arrival of the
official dispatches cannot be urged as an argument
either one way or the other. The dispatches
were, we presume, sent by way of Lisbon. The
bearer of them would not, -probably, he able
to set out -from the camp before the morning of
the 24th, as it would take some time to prepare
the returns, and we may allow him five days' for
his journey to Lisbon. The length of the passage
from Lisbon to England depends, of course, upon
the weather ; the voyage at this time of the year
is sometimes performed in five days and. sometimes
it takes 17 or 18. We recollect that the-official dis-
patches from Gen. B2EEfiFORD, after the, battle Of

Albu7a, did not arrive till 17 days after the action,
and Albuera is much nearer to Lisbon than Sala-
manca is. Upon the whole, we see no reason to
doubt the intelligence which has reached this
country. The accounts may be, and probably are,
exaggerated, but of the main and important fact of
the defeat of 11.1.frinmoNT we sec no reason to
doubt.

No later-intelligence has been received from
the North than that which we communicated to:
Mir Readers on Saturday, and which was brought
by the Gottenbu'igh IVail. Dispatches have been
received frOm Idmiral•MARTIN, dated Riga, the
17th ult. but the account which reached:Gotten-
burgh was of the 20th. Before Admiral MARTIN
had sent off his dispatches, the grench tad made
some attempts upon the tete-du-pOnt at Dunaburg,
in which they were repulsed with the loss-of about
1100 men. 'The accounts which reached Gotten-
burgh may refer to these attacks, but we should
rather suppose that they refer to others of a more
recent date. We, are persuaded that some deci-
sive effort was made as soon as BUONAPARTE
joined the army from Wilna.
The following is the most recent official intel-
ligence which has been received from the Russian
Army :

" Tread-quarters, Janitschy, June 9.7, (July 9.)

`-` All the corps of the first army have 'al-
ready joined, mid retire to-morrow to the for-
tified camp at Drissa, on the Dwina. Our
troops have borne the- difficulties attendant
on-marching with theiratienee peculiar to them.
The enemy has been disappointed in his, en-
deavours. to cut off any of the corps which form'
the first army, as well as in his attempt to sur-
round our right,*ing. The principal force of.the
enemy is at present directed against our left, in order
to place themselves betweery the first and second
army. Prince BAGRATION has received orders to
attack the enemy's corps opposed to him. Move-
ments have been made in the first army to this
effect.

" Since the trifling skirmishes at the passage
of the Diana, our rear-guard has not had any se-
rious attack to repel.-

On Friday the Princess CHARLOTTE Of WALES
dined with the Princess of WALES, at Kensingson•
Palace, and in the evening returned to Windsor.
Saturday morning the Earlg of LIVERPOOL and
BATIWBST had audiences of the PRINCE REGENT
at Carlton-house.

Saturday the PRINCE REGENT dined at Kew
with the the Duke of CUMBERLAND, and remained
there all night.
Sir 4ouw WARREN bad a long conference with
the Board of Admiralty on Saturday, and received
his final instructions, as Commander of the ships
on the American station, Yesterday he left town
for Portsmouth, to hoist his ling in the St. Do-
mingo, and will sail without delay. His com-
mand is to include all the ships at present on the
Windward'and Leeward Islands stations, as also
those at Halifax. Several frigates and sloops are
ordered to- proceed to the American coast. ,

, Lord MuloaAvE, we understand, is to he raised
to the-dignity of an Earldom.
A correspondent informs us that the congrega-
tion that assembled before the Hustings in Palace
Yard, last week, chiefly consisted of two coal-
hearers, five chininey-sweepeis, and- a numerous
tribe of ragged boys and girls, besides a few- of
those active members of society, who generally
attend public meetings of the same .kind, for the
pnrpose of making a transfer of property.
The public have heard nothing of the contents
of the papers left by • the Count D'ENTRAIGUES,
and though it may hence be inferred that there
was nothing in them injurious to the interests of
this country, yet some positive information on
the subject might be properly given; as many re-'
ports prejudicial to the memory of. the departed
Nobleman have been 'in circulation; and as there
is a general and reasonable suspicion against fo-
reigners among us, who, we,. regret to say,
are too •ntinierous, and, what is worse, - receive
more encouragement than is consistent with
prudence.
It is- well-known that. two models for* a new
Theatre were submitted to the judgment of the
committee who undertook the re-building of that
in-Drury-lane; both. of which were designed by
sons of Mr. WYATT, to whom this country is so
much-indebted for architectural 'irciiks, end a
general improvement of the -national taste in.
subjects of that nature. -As' Mr. WHITBREAD,
laov,-.ever, preferred the model deSigned by Mr:'
BirNrAMIN WYATT, the Committee were induced
assent: 16 his decision. But a misconcep-
tion has generally prevailed as to . the reason
which chiefly operated against 'the model dear ii=
ed by ,111 T- .PIIILIP WYATT, and it h'as been
supposed that it was on account of ''the greater
expence which would have, attended • iti„s adoption.
Now, ive arc positively assured, that this is a
mistake, and that, .according to the estimates, a
Theatre, built upon Mr. PHILIP WYATTS model,.
would have been hiss expensive by two thousand
pounds than that preferred by Mr. WHITBREAD.
We are not, disposed to enter into an invidious
comparison of the respective merits of the two
models, both of whiCh display considerable know-
ledge and ability, as might, of course, be expect-
ed from the Sons of such an 'Architect as Mr.
WYATT, but we can confidently add, that Mr.
PHILIP WYATT'i model has received the warm
approbation.of some of the most respectable pro-
fessors and men of taste in this country, for its
convenience, elegance, and gr-andeur. It is pro-
per that this matter should be explained, in Jus-
tice to an ingenious young artist, that what was
owing chiefly to the preference of an individual,
sboulduot be imputed to an erroneous conception
of expence, or to any .eornparitive want of know-
ledge Pad skill.

NAVAL *IN EWS.

From the LONDON dugetst S.

Adntially Arfg. 8.

yico4dmiral Sir tdward,;Peliew. has
•. trap s 7
mated to John Wilson Croker, Esq. a lettcr.from
the Bon. Captain Wahlegrave, of his Majesty's
ship Volontaire, giving an account of the cap.:
ture of the Colombe French felucca, carrying
one longlun and eight swivels, with 45 men, on
the,23d of June, off Cape Cyoisette, by the boats
of the Volontaire, under the directions of Lieu-
tenant- Shaw.- One midshipman and two sea-
men were wounded in the boats ; and on. the
side of the enemy, three were killed and seven
wounded.

The felucca was commarided by an Enseigne de
Vaisseau, and *sent out expressly to attack the
Volontaire's boats, which were waiting to inter-
cept the coasting trade from Marseilles,

PLYmOunt, Ave,. 7.---Arrived his Majesty's
brig of war Insolent from St. AnderO, last from
Torbay, where Captain BRAZIER, her Commander,
landed, with dispatches of importance fur Go-
vernment, and sat off for London immediately,.
Arrived the ship Nicolai and Ann from the l!!ast..7,
ward, with a cargo of deals, &c: for this port
soon after her arrival;" and when proceeding f: 0111
the Sound 'to Sutton Pool, she ran aground under
Mount Batten, ,but was in the afternoon, at the
'flowing of the tide, got off, and, xt,:e undmtand,
has riot recehed any material damage.
Arrived this afternoon his Majesty's brig Eper-
vier, of 14 guns, Lieutenant POYNTZ; from the
Mediterranean, with dispatches from Vice-:' dnii-
ral Sir EDWARD PELLET[', which 'ive been for-
warded to London. The Epervier left the squa-
dron off Toulon on the 14th July, and is under
qnarantine.

Arrived the-Doty, ..COLLINGS, and. the, 'Union,
TRENNICE, from Dartriiiinth ; the Cliiirlestovii,
WILLIAMS, • from Fowey ; the. Sallf, BUIITON,•
from London ; the Wheat Sheaf, SILVER, from
Chichester and Portsmouth ; the Cshristian ; CooK,
from. Walei, .culm laden ; the Good StatOsinan,.
POWER, from Bristol; and the Latona,\CEttiroN,
with a-cargo Of.coals, for this port.

AUG. 8. arrived the Two Brothers, MARTELL,
from Portsmouth ;
.Two
_Brothers, ELLIS, and the
Cork Rump, SMALE, frOm L)iniington ; the Hero,
JOHNS, and the Ayr, WEARN, froin Wales, culm,
•laden ,the Sophia; MELHUISH, from Liverpool ;
the Nevi Ann, SHEARS, fromEieter ; the Commerce,
RICHARDSON ; the George and Dorothy, JOHNSON,
the Swift, WEST, and the Thomas. and Dorothy,
STODDART, from Sunderland, with cargoes of
coals for this Tort.

Sailed the Royal Sovereign man of war for
Basque Roads ; the ralbot sloop of war on a
cruize ; and the Speculator lugger, with a convoy,
for the Downs.

DEAL, AVG. 9.—Sailed his Majesty's ship De-
fiance for off Flushing.
Came down from the River the Fly, WALKER,
for Gibraltar, and the Quebec packet, IV'LLIAms,
for Malta, .and several more, and sailed under
convoy of his Majesty's ship Folkestone for Poits-
mouth.

Arrived his Majesty's ship Va.licint from off
Flushing,.

PORTSMOUTH, Auc. 9.—Arrived the Harriet,
Fox, from Amelia Island.

Sailed his Majesty's ship Tyrian, with a con-
voy, for the Downs ; ,and his Majesty's ship Ja-
son for Quebec.

YARMOUTH, AUG. 9.—The Redbreast has. ar-!
rived from Heligoland, and sailed to join Admiral
Yontiq off the Scheldt ; the gusquito fr,om off the
and the Calypso from the ,Nore, and is to
receive ou board- Lord WALPOLE and suite.
Sailed the Albion ;ctitter fo'r Sheerness to refit.

It is in contemplation -to. apply" to I'arliament
for an Act to inclose the Forest of.Delamere, con-
taining.losooo acres.
Exicurrox or D. DAwsoN.—This unfortunate.
Mail suffered the awful sentence of the law on Sa-
turday, at 12 o'clock, at the top of Cambridge
Castle, amidtt a surrounding assemblage , Of. at
least twelve thous•and speetators,it beingparket-
'day. • Previous to Da son's condemnation, and for,
a day or two' 'after his • conviction, he7i,vas unruly
and 'boisterous in-the extreme, but through the
unremitting and pious exhortation Of the chaPlain,
the Rev.-Mr. Pearce, he spent his last days,w-ith,
fervency of prayer, .and on the scaffold behaved
With fortitude. • Dawson has '.thade a full confes-
sion of his girilt, and has also made a.declaration of
his accomplices in the whole poisoning business.
To' honour of the turf, however, not a singly
involved Gentleman is in the confession.; ana
Dawson was rather an agent than a principal:—
The parting hefween the prisoner and :his wife,
who is a respectable woman, was very affecting,
and pawson described it more to hint than death.
itself. At twelve o'clock the culprit was. launched
into eternity, after 20'Minutes had been spent in
prayer. The body was afterwards deposited in a
Coffin for interment.' He declared he never meant
to kill, but to physic.
A few days since, the ostler at. the Bell Inn,
Thothas-'street,Bristol, was taken to the 'lnfirmary
of that city; a gentleman's horse haVing torn off
and absolutely devoured a considerable part of the
poor fellow's nose.

GALLANT NAVAL NCI-11EVMENT,

,_The following is a coma extract from the
letter of a young mariner, Penis Crayion, of

", liis IlajestV.s. ship Swallow, off Frejus,
June 200), 1812.
_ _

'" 'We have 'just come froln fighting one of the
post bloody actions that ever was-fought in these
seas; but; thanks to the Lord, I have escaped,
and I-shall he always thankful to him for it. We,
had a great many killed and wounded, and follow-
ed the French, who ran away_ into the harbour.
Mr. Ryan, the sou of Mr. Brown's daughter, who
is-the-Ptirser, ,had Iris, hat shot off, and one time
fell, covered fill over with 'blood, when his ser-
yant, an old marine, took hit-1i in his arms, and
Was carrying lath-P..49W-, he got to himself on the
ladder, and said, '‘'there are you taking me? the
servant said, with tali in his eyes, Down be-
low:' "'Well then,- iap; be, take me back again,
for I "ant only stunned; and this here blood is not
mine.' I was near to him When he was knocked•
down, as he was cheering
.the men at the after
gun's, and going to fire one'. •T t
he French fought_
very well for some tiMethey had five times as
•thany then as we, and the slaughter must be
dreadfut..- We have- not a_ mast, nor rope, nor
sail, in the'Ship,'hut what-is' cut to pieces ; and
we expect we will have to go Co England, where
all our Officers' viii 'l-Ye promoted. Tlky wanted
to board us four thug, but we beat them off every
tune`': 'one time, when we were engaged with the
largeSt int one'•side,* the other came round our
bow.----,the Captain saw hershe'was fall of men,
with 'large blue caps, whij were in timrigging and
every' where to board.' The Captain desired Mr.
Wailer, tine of the officers, to get five guns ready
at that side, buf•while lre was doing it, his leg
'ryas shot off ;. then Mr: Ryan came to us, '(my-
self was at tinise guns)
.and, says he; My boys,
load-"with double canister, and don't fire a gun
until 'I tell -We had then 64lbs.- Of small shut
in every gun ; they thodg,ht we did not see them,
in the-smokes—the men were Mad to fire at them,
but the' Pursier: said, he' would not fire a gun,
Until he rubbed the muzzles of the' guns against
her sides.' With that, as they were close along
side, he ordered us to pat 'a bag of musket balls
at the mouth of every gUn2-:--these bags had.3l
pounds each, and we had then 96 pounds of shot
in every gun -; after ive-fieed there was not a mall
to be seeb, but we heard the most dreadful cries,
and a great many of them fell overboard, and they
never came near to us after. Mr: Brown and his
'daughter will be glad to• her Mr. Ryan is
every man, fore and aft, says he is a brave &f-
-low, and more would be the pity if any thing ailed
him."

The following is the very-modest account give'.
by Mr. Ryan, the young gentleman whose gallan-
try is so highly pictured by.,young Craydou
6' His M ojersty s ship Swallow, off Frejlth
kith June, 1812.
•

" This afternoon we have had a,very severe en-
gagement with two enemy's vessels, nearly douule
our own force ; it was preconcerteri by- them tar
several days, and they stood pledged .to the
habitants to take us into Frejus, that evening, _gr
both go down alongside "of us: - We engaged gags
nearlytoucliincr, and after an action the most S 9
guinary (in which they four 'times attempted £0
board; heiug full of, troopi) they made all sail,-
_and took refuge under the batteries of the town-
'We have been. desperately cut up, and I am sorry
to add, lost several brave fellows. It is now tell
o'clock—the bell done tolling, after burying dig
dead, and I have just left the dock after perform-
ing the last and melancholy rites due to Christians-
This task was the more painful as in reading tbg
funeral service over the dead, it also fell to Al
lot to perform that office for the clerk, who o'o
killed in the act of speaking to me ; a person will
I was exceedingly partial to, and one of the fiat'
young men I ever knew. The Captain did me the
honour to place the marines 'and boarders under
my direction ; my hat was knocked off by 14
double headed shot ; I was twice knocked down-""
but, thank fjod; I have all my legs and arms balltr
ing about me; nor did I suffer any-injury, but ge
contusion of little consequence in my side. These
are circumstances I would not' cquaint you 'svit'h:;,
but as all my messmates are writing to the
,/e
friends, I do not see why I should not do
same, particularly as you will see the business 14'

the PitPers." •
EXTRACT Or
,1 LETTER FROM FERROL, DATED

stity 23. •
"Although I have but a few minutes to write;
and my pulse is in a most agitated state, I nos"
tell you, that this morning' we received dispatches
of Lord Wellington' having obtained a most c°lll
7
plete victory over Marshal Marmont, within 0°
leagues of Salamanca, to which position he rinti
tracted his attention ;fey a most artful retreat s'
fourteen leagues. Alain-Root has been complete.:
ly defeated, losing almost the whole of hit
-
artillery, cavalr, and baggage ; and vc735
a most disorderly retreot by: Alba de Totitte-'
tic
where,, you.must recollect the. Duke -Del Pall
,was„ ilefeated last October twelve months"
Thogli the Victory :has.. been comp:etc, e,
..o,nsflqae_aces, arising, outsof will, be of goats;
importaace,. General liwa4et: svontijed',4l t
that Asthrias is', free from the fears Of
tyrant.' fl
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EXTRACT -OF A LETTER FROM PALEiDIO,
p • •‘. JUNE 17, 1812. A a
The Thames, Capt. NAP/ELi, has destroYe-
fort of AMC consequence on the coast of Caltilirit-„(
:
Capt. N. so boldly anchored his ship within Pthe
,t6l-shot, that it .surKendered. without loss, as tbc
men deserted,-leaving only the 'officer to make de,.
capitulation, who wished it should not be
,°tstroyed, lest lie inight.therehy• incur the anfenso.,
Mu RAT. The flag of truce which Adiniial r ito,4
MANTLE sent to Naples was not suffered to i;
the least communication with the shore. AftY oc4
had- previously gone to the frontiers of frtarA
with his quota of troops. The prospect of,..cea
vest in Sicily is so abundant; that corn is reauoii,
one-fifth. Every thing here is quiet as t° P
tics,, though there is a desire to send tPe eat
Queen 'out of the way. The Sieilianrfarliallicoe
has met : it is said a proposition will scion Ctitte
under discussion to mould the Sicilian Co
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tion on .tlie- foundation of the British,
the existing-circumstances of the country w.
mit of it."

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', dated the 311th ult. from an Ufheer
belonging to *- it qr H. Po,rAites squadron, gives the
foli(m • i
~ ing account of the result of an attiack. up-on
Q,lntander 1..-- .

" On the 22d and 24th they got some guns
itiPou a rock, without musket-shot of a four-gun
battery. .The ships then went against it.' -The
jitin got one man killed, one severely-wounded,
and two slightly. The Inspient had two. killed
aril two wounded. The Venerable had her main-
tP-rnast shot through. A party of men from the
'tin succeeded in planting two 24-pounders upon
the rock, and played upon .the batteries. By the
`ith, two of the enemy's guns were disabled; • and
.General PORLIER., having sent forward his ad-•
Yanced.guard, itjoined by eighty.men from
"the Medusa and Venerj
ab/e. With this force the
9eueral was to attack the town in the rear, while
the ;Rhin., in. the:lrma, with two other frigates
4id three brigs, passed the battery, and kept up
heavy fire, without a single shot received on our
Part. The enemy' ran, and Sir GEORGE COLLIER,
thinking that General PORLIER was attacking the
te'wrii led into its front, but was beat back. The
?tench had received reinforcements ; they were
stated at 500, but proved to be in • fact 4000.--
We are sorry to state, that Sir G. CoLLlEß;.Cap-
tains LAKE and INIALcoLm, ,were wounded, in this
affair

•
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
lii.s.Nejesty's ship Rhin, cff the tower of
_ • • San Andero, 341 y 30, 1819.
• .
". We arrived here on the 22d instant, and coin-
blenced operations on the 24th, by mounting some
fang on a rock, outside a four-gun battery, under
toyer of which our ships proceeded to the attack
of the battery. By the 27th two of the enemy's
t'llts were disabled, but not without some loss to
the Rhin having one killed, another mortally,
and two slightly wounded, and the Insolent gun-
lit two killed and two wounded.;
,the Venerable
-had her main-top-mast shot through. General
L'orlier having sent forwarZl his advanced guard,
B) marines joined it from the Medusa and Vener-
able, order to co-operate with the General in

an attack on the rear of the town, while we occu-
Ved the enemy's attention in the front. At four
• M. accompanied by two other frigates and three
'brigs, we passed the, battery, keeping up at the
Same time such a. fire from the ships and rock that
the enemy was rendered unable to do us any in-
jury. On , getting into the rear Of the fort, the
karines were landed, when the French garrison
instantly took to their Sir George Collier,
171:10 headed the marines, on the co-ope-
tation of General Porlier at the back of the town,
Pushed on tow trds its front, as bad been agreed
on, but the enemy having received reinforcements,
(which madstheir force 3000 men, instead of 500
Pla We expected), in the mean time not only kept
l'orlier in check at the very moment he had al-
lotted for the assault, but repulsed the British,
1%-ben every thing ensured success, indeed when
bottling but the reinforcements sent to the enemy
could have saved the town from capture. Again,
at Glietarie, we were compelled to retire before a
iluperiority of numbers, but it was not until ire
Lad made ourselves masters of the castle of Arno,
Ivbieh protected the shipping, and which we blew
UP before-embarking. Iu this affair Capt. Lake,
Of the Magn?;:cent, received two wounds, Sir
George Collier was wounded in the knee, but not
Captain Noble, of the marines,
wits, I fear, mortally wounded and taken priL
loner, besides 24 marines killed and wounded, and
four taken prisoners, while employed in Carrying
off Captain Noble. I do not know Our loss in
leaken, but"! dO not helitVe it to be considdable.
But if it be true that Lord Wellington has de-
' Itroyed 16,000 of the enemy in two days, the
intended object of our expedition has been an-
Uvered. We know that Marmont has vhittan to
The north coast for reinforcements, but none
Could be spared to his solicitations, on account of
our flourishing up and down here indeed, the
enemy's force in this direc.tion has accumulated
instead of lessening. The Magnificent is going
,Lonie, with Sir George Collier in her. Captain
tloye, of the Lyra,. ,(the command, of which is
given to her First Lieutenant) is appointed i.o the
aSurveillante. Our purser has just returned with
•a flag of truce. Captain Noble is. exchanged, and
hopes arc entertained of his recovery. There arc
two marines prisoners, so that the other two
Arum have been killed. The :number. of the ene-
ray in San Andero is, 40.00', but they will be oblig-
;xi to quit Soon. for want of provisions. The Rhin
has had four marines killed, and the same,nuth-
)er wounded :, a brayer set of men cannot be-
long to any ship. A sedeant of the Vcne.rable was
!hot through' the arm by a 'French soldier, but
flaying strength enough left to return the salute,
be shot the soldierdead."

The following letter, which corrects some mis-
ItateMents which have been seen, may be relied
on

Off the Sheldt, July 2R, 1812.
Admiral 'Ferrier sailed last night, in the
4ellernphon, to blockade the Texel, whence Loid
Attlelius Beauclet'k, in the Royal Oak, is just ar-
._ tilted. The enemy have increased their force there,
Which neW 'consists of .Seven sail of. the line (one
vith an Admital'S flag at the fore-top), two .fri.7.
• Rates, 'arid eight smaller vessels, all perfectly ready
for sea; and two sail of the line and two frigates
Alri.ll be ready siortly.—One sail of the line and
a frigate lately came down from Amsterdam.
sheaved •no intention. 10 put to sea while
Aurelius was. off Camperdown, het they were
constantly exercising their sails, yards, &c. ; and
„,the Admiral is said to be an 'enterprising Officer.
414ey are principally manned by fishermen, who
~are raised in ft.similar way to the English militia,
2e9ln every: town. and village, between the ages of
3 and 40. They consider their case as a hard
'I/(.11e, and.are of course discontented, but especially
from being obliged .to serve under the French
,'
"ag—for all the ships Carry the French National
a"„
g.
A few days ago,.• in Ayri a litter of puppies, ten
in nor4er, were inunerseclin water until apparently
deal', and were buried deep in a dunghill, the ma-
Dther bOng tied up in the kennel with a strong cord.
uring theinight she • gnawed the cord asunder,
Rent to the dunghill,
.raised her buried oTspring,
411,4 having -taken them to. her kennel,. where she
;"evished.them,. before .nforning- four were- per-
etly restored.

VACCINATION.

MR. EDITOR,

The publications of the Cow-pox Report in your
Paper is sufficient to convince your reatlers. that
the experinient, is extinguished, and that the
salaries of the officers for one year more, alone
seems to be the object of the petition to the
Secretary of-State, unless it should please Parlia-
ment to forbid the poor of this realm the blessings
of Inoculation, and to extend the tyranny of Bu-
onaparte to every tender mother who nourishes
her babe at her own bosom, and thinks a sound
'constitution and a moral education will probably
induce 'a child " to honour its father and its-mo-
ther."

It does appear very strange that in this metro-
polis alone, where the experhnent was so liberal-
ly supported, and where the discoverer superin-
tended his design, the failures shbuld have been
so numerous, while letters to the Cow-pox Board.
from all parts of the globe. declare the increasing
success of the practice ; and therefore I. must beg
leave briefly to state the progress of the experi-
ment, in order to judge truly. whether hearsay
evidence is to be preferred to matter of fact.
Certainly nothing was ever more . handsomely
supported by large subscriptions, and the aid and
wishes of the Faculty, than this experiment :. the
dislcoverer was alinost worshipped, the teachers of
medicine submitted their children to the trial, and
their example was nniversally followed. The
clergy preached and practised it; the Prince and
the Duke of Portland refused tollazard their child-
=on. the doubtful chance, for seven cases of fai-
lure had been proved in evidence befoie the Com-
mittee of the House of Commons..

Au exposure was about to happen between Dr.
Pearson and Dr. Jenner at the commencement,
but this was compromised, and. houses were hired
and stations fixed all over the , metropolis ;. Presi-
dents, Secretaries, and Councils, were.appointed ;
correspondence, foreign -and domestic, was esta-
blished ; every thing flourished apparently.
Som,e, _failures, however,. occurred, some in-
flamed arms alarmed practitioners ; these were
accounted for by a. spurious and genuine Cow-
pox. The failures multiplied, and- a Committee,
formed chiefly from the College of Physicians,
was appointed to examine into them, and not-
withstanding the suppositions of this learned As-
sembly, the cases of Mr. Hodges' children were
established, but Dr. Woolaston would not place
his re:p:.ct-J,ItL la:;te to the Report of this Com-
mittee ; the investigation served to convince him.

Parliament was now surprised, and directed the
Medical Colleges to report why the experiment
seemed to fail. The Report established the facts
of many failures, and of many fatal consequences,
bad arms, terminating in deaths, dreadful .erup-
tions, and glandulous. diseases.
Notwithstanding these proofs, Parliament
granted 20,000/. more, as a reward to the disco-
verer.

Disputes now commenced in the Royal Joiner-,
ian Society, the conclave of Cow-poxers, and.the
House divided against itself. Two stations were
established near Fleet.:street, and men hired to de-
liter Gog and Magog fought for the.
children : these, and wore proceedings, dissolve,i
the associations ; subscriptions fell off, the Esta-
blishment broke up, and I never- heard that any
account of their receipts and expenditure was
brought • forward.
The doctrines whiCh had established the origin
of the disease from the greasy heel of the horse,
and the genuine and spurious Cow-pox, were now
'overturned, and so' much jargon was introduced,
that .Pailiainent again called order, and eFtablished
a Board, at the publitexpcnce, of ,-;e300t1 a year,
to supply practitioners with genuine lymph : the
discoverer, on account of his experience, his public
merits and his public rewards, was- appointed the
Director of this I.3(?ard. The Waloheren expedi-
tion delayed the meeting of it, for Sir Lucas Pepys
was to be President.

'When the Establishment was formed, Dr. Jen-
ner refused to take the situation ,Parliament htid
assigned him; the - public, from .whose purse
30,000 was paid to him, have some claim to
know the reason of. his desertion the 'Board
hive 'never thought proper. to explain this, but
with a substituted Director,,they have put forth .a
new Set of tides for vaccinating; thereby con-
demning all those which, were before established,
and putting in fear and trembling many thousands
who were previeitisly cow-poxed.
. To be sure, at the commencement, any lady or
clergyman might vaccinate ; it Was to be only one
pustule but when every body failed of security;
then the discoverer himself was the only Tenon
completely possessed of the secret. • -
Yet, When Lord Grosvenor's,. Sir Edward,
Baynton Sandys', andthe children of others whom
I am forbidden to name, were so violently
„attack-.
ed that their lives for a time were . despaired 9f;
then both security and mitigation were found to
be as little at the command of Dr. Jcnner, as of
any Methodist Parson who had been tutored by.

Noiv, therefore, wliat credit can we give to
such never-failing accounts as the I.oard receive
from distant parts, when under our own eye the
sweeping, excuse of imperfect •Vaccination is
.ob-
liged to be so perpetually put, in force?..
The proof, therefore, that the assertions oethe
anti-cow-posers arc fOundedon facts, is establish-
ed by the extinction of .the ROYAL JENNERIAN
Institution; the failure of Subscriptions to the
original and the spurious Societies ;
.the return of
the Small-pox Hospital to its- original use ; the
established and numerous cases of failure in the
families of medical men ; the flight ofDr. Jenner,
and the inoculation of his sou ; the Report of the
College of Surgeons, confessing bad arms, erup-
tions, and deaths; and the . repeated inquiries of
the House of Commons ; I might add the flimsy
Report of the Cow-pox Establishment. if all
these circumstances do not
.overturn the strong
assurance held forth in the advertisement anno
1800, let the saint, respectable names appear once
more to it. •

This is the challenge I fling down my glove
with, and unless Mr. CONSCIENCE can support
himself with such authority, he need not trouble
you or yoursßeaders any more; for I•shall stick.
Co that advertisement,' and as Mr. James Moorers
name is affixed to it, he Can apply to the several

ernitten practatontrs,
ana watlSry tne
with their present opinions of the security of
Cow-pox.
I now should beg pardon, Mr. Editor, for the
space which this letter will. occupy in your Paper,
Out As I know that its circulation in the country
is extensive, this short history of the experiment
may be acceptable to some (.1 your Readers; who
may not have seen the volumes which have been
written to defend the failures of Vaccination.'
I am, Mr. Editor,
Your obedient and humble Servant,
HONESTUS;

The following is a Proclamation issued by Ge-
neral Sir GEORGE PREVOST; upon the receipt of
intelligence of the declaration of war by Ame-
rica :