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PATRIOTIC FUND,

LLOYD'S. Aucusr 31, 1809.
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truth and force of the sentinients of that re;pecsable Body
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generally followed. By order of the Committee
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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

THE MAIN, AUGUST 14.

The Archduke Ferdinand is to have the command
of theinAustrian troops in Bohemia.

TURIN, AUGUST 2.

All the American ships at. Naples, Civita Vecchia,
Leghorn, &c. have been put under sequestration.—
The general opinion in the mercantile word therefore
i 3, that the French Government will -no-longer wink
at the contraband trade of the English, but is deter-
mined to adopt the strongest measures in order to put
an end to it. -

Since the commencement of 14,191 Aug.
trian, and 496 English prisoners have passed through

Turin.

WARSAW, AUGUST 10.
It is said that the Russian troops are to leave Gal-
licia, and to march towards Moldau, to join their
army in that quarter.

KONINGSBERG, AUGUST 11;
His Majesty has appointed the quarters for the er.
ercise of the troops, as follows :—The brigade in
East Prussia, at Koningsberg—that in West Prussia,
in the district of Meg: a--that in Pomerania, at Stittgardt—that in the Mark, at Berlin—that in Lot, er
Silesia, partly at Frankfort, and partly at Bre,.Lia—
that in Upper Silesia, at Frankinsteine.
Of the seven battalions which form each brigade,
two, and two squadrons of cavalry, shall, during the
period of exercise, be encamped in their turn. The
manoeuvres are to continue three weeks.
BERLIN, AUGUST 12.
• Four maps have lately been published at Munich,
the object of which is to chew what the extent of Ba-
varia has been at former periods. In the 10th cen-
tury it included all Austria, Bohemia, Moravia, and
a part ofHuagary.
On the 15th of August the cupola of St. Peter's
and the Vatican are to be ilhuninated in honour of
the birth day of the Emperor Napoleon, and the ,
pledges in the great pawn-house are to be redeemed
at the expence of the public treasury.
In all the late Papal States, the PrinCipals and Ad-
ministrators of, the Convents, and other clerical pos-
sessions, are made responsible for every thing in theis
houses, or under their controul. _

On the 18th 'of July a prisoner was conveyed through
Frankfort, who from the respect with which he was
treated, must be a- person of distinction. There were
two gees diarrnes in The carriage. '
On the lath oft month the Pcipe was still at •
Genoa.
LEGT-lORN, JULY 21.
The Director of the Customs in Turkey has notl-
fied 'to the Chamber of Conamlrce here, that colmial
merchandize arriving direct at our ports by American
ships cannot be admitted, and' that as little favour
was to be shewn to goods of that description which
mizht arrive
: . .

VIE EVENINCr STATI.

LONDON.

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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER I.

?MCI OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
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PP ICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY.
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I per Cent. Navy 941 Engli.h Lottery Tick. 211 17s.
Long Ann. ISt 13.16ths City ditto. 81. 12s.
India Bonds 5..35. 245. pm Cons. for ace. 6S

By the Gottenburgh Mails of yesterday, a private
letter has been received from Memel, repeating the
rumoue of a renewal cf hostilities between Austria
and France. We do not believe it ; but it is onr
duty to state the reports circulated in the North.
Another statement in this letter is more probable—
that the Frnperor ALEXANDER is far from satisfied
sr:rith the Poles having taken possession of Galicia in
NAPOLEON'S name !--but however true this may be'
it will have no effect either on his own conduct, or
that of the French Fraperor. The following is the
letter to %%Lich we allude : _ _ _

" MENITL, AUGUST 10.

ig An Estafette is just arrived from Berlin, with
. accounts, that hostilities are to commence with Austria
and France on the 13th instant, and it is said we are
to take a part in the war. The Emperor ALEXANDER
is enraged at the Poles taking possession of Gallicia in
Narot.r.oN's name, and this is in some degree con-
firmed by an Estafette just come in from St. Peters-
blirgh, ordering relays of thirty horses to be ready at
all the post stations fur a great personage, said to be
fAULINCOURT, the French Ambassador at St. Peters-
burgh."
Private letters have been received from Olmutz,
dated the Bth instant, which state, that at that time
the Preliminaries of Peace had not been signed, nor
had any notice been given of the rupture of the Ar-
rektice. The principal Austrian army bad been re-
inforced to 200,000 men, and that of the Archduke
JOHN to 65,000 men. The conduct of BONAPARTT,
in taking possession of Austrian Poland for himself,
has, it is said, excited the jealousy of Russia.

No further accounts have been received from Spain,
but some more particulars have transpired of the in-
telligence brought home by the Hon. Capt. STANHOPE.
It is understood that Lord WELLINGTON has been
joined not only by the corps of General CRAUPURD,
but also that of General BEIMSFORD ; in which case
his army must be very formidable.—lt is admitted on
all hancb. that CuEsrA's conduct in quitting Talavera,
contrary to the request of Lord WELLI\ GTONT, needs
some explanation—But is this the first time that the
conduct of the Spaniards has required explanation !--p
Can explanations _remedy any evil after it has once
occurred ?

CuEsvA, it has been said, could not bear the idea
of leaving Lt.rd WELLINGTON to fight Soevr alone I
and therefore quitted Talavera. to assist him. Is it not
fully as probable that he was afraid to be absent from
the British, whose couracye he had witnessed in the
battle of 'Talavera—Could he hope 4.0it4 hh army to
stand the shock of such another attack as he had seen
out countrymen repel? No, no. He knew the cha-
racter of his troops too well to have such confidence in
them, and hence his disregard of Lord Wrt.LlNclToz:'s
request.
But this clisre,Tard of a requmt from the British
Commander, had there been any truth in the state.
mcnt in the Portuguese papers—that Lord \VELLING-
TON had been appointed Generalissimo—would have
received a less mild epithet : it would have been diso-
bedience of erderr. But in fact no such appointment has
taken place, and, thus aukwardly circmstanced, Lord
WELLING-Fort may request and advise, but cannot
command or order the Spanish Chief to act contrary
to his own opinion or discretion.

By the Prince of Wales packet, arrived at Yarmouth
from Flushing, which port she left on 'Wednesday,
General HOUSTON and his Aide-de-Camp have ar-
rived. The General, we are concerned to state, is
very unwell with a fever.
We have already expressed our belief that nothing
farther would be attempted by the Expedition. The
accounts which have reached uc seem to place this
beyond all manner of doubt :—The country adjacent ,
to the Scheldt is now inundated wherever there was
any probability of our troops approaching ; the ships
of the enemy have been carried completely beyond
the reach of rail fleet ; and the enemy's military force
has received considerable reinforcements. They can
be distinctly seen with the naked eye from various
points occupied by our troops ; and from the extent
of their line, it is estimated that their present num-
ber cannot be less than 60,000.

To be brief ; having effected one important object
for which the expedition was undertaken—possession
of Vfalcheren, which commands the navigation of
the Soiseldt—we should secure our conquest by 'leav-
ing a sufficient force on that island, and particularly
in flushing, This, we have reason to believe, will
be done, area the rest of the force be speedily brought
•way, that the health of the nrmy may not sutler by
the dips of bad water,. snd cf the damp atmosphere
to
labia they are riqw exvoseo by the inundations,

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CONTINENTAL JOURNALS.

227EA07 07 A LitIVR /MS AV 07PVER A 7 WAD.
CHEREN, DATED AUGUST 23,, 1809. • •••••••
" You have no doubt heard that Flushing is at Toni! Papers to the'lBth, and Dutch to the Sad
length in our possession. Who would have thought ult, have been received in town. The following is a
that it could have held out 14 days in the fate of ' brief abstract of their contents :
20,000 men ? the fact is, Bonaparte had given Gene. The Empress JOSEPHINE was expected at Mahnai.
ral Monnet the most positive orders to defend the son on the 17th, and the arrival of BoNaeaarithimself
place to the last ; and in the opinion of all, but a few was looked for in a few days after, In one article it
of his own officers, he obeyed his orders as long as is stated, that he had actually set out for Raab, with
prudence would allow him to hold out. a view to the important conference with the EMPE-
" The principal Dutch Inhabitants are enraged at HOE of Austria, which was to take place in that city.
him for holding out so long with so little prospect of In an article, dated Vienna, Bth August, it is said,
success. that Count WERNER had arrived at Schoenbrunn with
" The French Officers cherished an idea in the last an answer from the EMPEROR of Austata, to the ex-
that on their delivering themselves up as prisoners off ceptions of NAPOLEON to some conditions which the
war, they should be permitted to depart for France '
latter had refused to ratify.
without any restraint whatever, On being marched Nothing is said of the nature of the conditions nor
out of the town to be sent on board ships for England, .of the exceptions taken to them. The Emperor of
they shrugged up their shoulders, a la mode francaise,! AUSTRIA was at that time at a country seat of Count
and observed very coolly to each other that there was', COBENZEL, in Moravia, It is said that since August
one thing which gave them pleasure in leaving Flush. 7, the negotiations were carried on at Altenberg, a
ins as prisoners of war, which was the certainty that, castle of the Duke of SAGE • Teseltrat, on the Da-
the English could not long retain the place in their' nube, in Lower Austria, near the frontiers of Hun-
possession. I gary. There is not a single item irr these 122-
(4 The effects of the fire from our cannon and pers to countenance the reports, so industriously '
mortar batteries was truly dreadful, Great part of circulated by some persons in this country, of a
the town is in ruins, and all the streets are literally ' disposition, on the part of Austria, to renew the
strewed with fragments of glass from the windows, I war. The preparations made for the defence of the
almost every one of which is completely shattered to , places menaced by our Expedition, occupy a large
pieces. The houses are battered and perforated in space in these papers. Great exertions appear un-.
every direction with our dreadful engines of desnuc-idoubtedly to have been made, but the force collected,
tion. The Stadt House, a large Calvinistical church, ! is of a very tuanultuary nature, consisting, in a great
perhaps 100 of the principal houses have nothing left part, of national guards and volunteers. It is said
but the walls, independently of many other buildings the number of French troops lately arrived was suf-
which are levelled wth the ground. The streets are . ficient to enable the Generals easily to dispense with
ploughed up with shells, many of which fell into the the Fssistance of the Dutch. It asserted that the cap-
canals, which, though their explosion was not pre- ture of Antwerp and the French fleet have been ren-
vented by the water, hindered tkem from being so ; dered impracticable, by the force composing our
destructive as they otherwise would have done. They Expedition.
say Mr. Congreve's rockets are very destructive when i
they fall nn combustible buildings, but that in gene-1
rat they make more noise than mischief. It is certain
that the firing of these rockets greatly alarmed the
inhabitants; and (the enemy acknowledged they were
thrown into the town with energy and precision.
" In the dock-yard were found on the stocks a 74-
gun ship of rather a small construction, a frigate, and
a gun•brig, the latter nearly fit for launching, the two
others in great forwardness. The 74-gun ship has
been a little injured in some of her timbers and scaf-
folding by the bombardment, but might be got ready!
for sea in a short period. Inside then is a deep basonsl
adjoining to the dock, which is capable of containing
at least thirty sail of the line.
" The arsenal is a large building at the entrance of
the deck, and, I ants told, is pretty well stored.
" The loss of the enemy in killed and wounded is
reckoned at little less than 20(X). Nearly 600 were
found wounded in the hospital, destitute of every thing
necessary in their helpless condition.
" Previous to, and during thesiege, the enemy had
augmented his garrison to 7000 regular troops, the
male inhabitants being also called on to assist
in the defence of the place—of these last nearly 200
were killed, inraiding 50 women and some children:
When our troops marched into the town, we to,:n were ,
i
seen wounded in the streets. 1
" Indeed their nurrihel'r at-e not to be correctly as-
ceiLa./;,d, ~Ilr'. ie,,,i, ~14.1 of the inhabitants not
yet accounted for.
" During the bombardment, these of them who
were not actually employed on the works retired for
security into their celars ; but the better sort, toge-1
ther with the General and his suite, betook themselves
to the Stadt House, which was considered bomb-
proof. In a few hours, however, this building was I
enveloped in flames, and the wretched inhabitants ran.
about the town for other shelter, in the utmost con-
sternation. At one time the powder-magazine was
on fore, but, providenti Ally for the inhabitants, it was
soon extit:guishrd, without doing any damage.
" Gc'nerals MONNET an.] OSTEN embarked at Cam-
veer
for England, on the 20th ; I saw the latter take I
leave of his family, and the scene was truly affecting.
MONNET embarked in a suit of plain clothes, some I
say to escape the notice of the exasperated populace. I
OSTEN embarked in full uniform, and seemed to carry '
with him the regret of the natives.
" The Dutch, if appearances and professions may be I
credited, are not sorry for their change of masters.
Though they are generally kind and liberal to us in'
every respect, yet the characteristic avarice of the peo-
ple is apparent among the commercial part of the
community, and more remarkably so among the pub-
licans. One might dine almost as cheap at the Lon-
don Tavern, as in a Dutch lodgement, and certainly
with ten times the comfort. But the English, where-
ever
they go, are so lavish of their cash, that th,y ge-1
nerally raise the price of every thing to double its
real value. On our first arrival here, the Dutch
would only give 19s. 6d. for a guinea, now they are
pleased to give us 20s. and some even more. i
" The climate is reckoned very unhealthy in the
Autumn. From the numerous muddy canals in va- '
rious parts of the town, which are almost dry at low
water, the exhalations must be very abundant and
productive of sickness. The French garrison had ge-
nerally one:third pi its number in Hospital during the
autumnal months. The islands of which we are in
possession are beautiful and well cultivated ; Wal-
cheren in particular.
" The distance between this island and South Beve-
land is oily half a mile ; the channel of ,ommunica-
lion is tailed the Slily, and the passage is performed
by a sail-boat. The distance between Flushing and
Kadned is only about three miles.
" The price of meat is from five to eight steivers.
a pound, the Dutch allowing an English shilling to
be worth eleven steivers. Vegetables app not scarce.",

CAPTURE OF ST. DOMINGO.

A New York paper of the 213th of July, contains
the following account of the surrender of the City of
St. Domingo to the British troops sent from Jamaica:
" NEW YORK, JULY 9.13.

" By the British ship, Willing Benning, we hay
received Port-au-Prince papers to the Ist inst. from
which we have received the following article :
(From the Port-au-Prince Gazette of July 1, 1509.)
EXTRACT Of A LETTER FROM A NATIVE HAYTIAN AT
DO/41MM, TO HIS FRIEND IN THIS PLACE, (PORT-AU-
. PRINCE) DATED JUNE IS.
Its After the long siege we have suffered, and hay.
ins endured all the calamities attached thereto, .re.
duced to the food of every species of animal than
could be found, and the small portion of stale pro
visions we had on hand, we have at last been oblige
to surrender to the British, who blockaded our port,
and prevented our receiving any supplies.
44 The terms of capitulation are, that the Frenc:
are to deliver up the town, with all its ammunition,
guns, &c. and the English are to furnish vessels to
transport the French garrison to Europe."