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ZATTLE OF WATERLOO.

The Supplement to the Madrid Gazette of the ISth
of July, contains an official report tiom General
Miguel Al tv.i to Don Pedro Cevallos, of the battles
of Qe ..re-liras and Waterloo. General Alava, it tip.
pears, is Minister Plenipotentiary from Spain to the
King of the Nethellatins ; but his martial feelings and
• via?" ' attachment to the Duke of Wellington; cc-
minted by many a well-fought action in the Penin•
atria, led him to share in the dangers of the decisive
battle. the Report, which is dated Brussels, June 20,
is well drawn up : but as the principal details are al-
ready so well known we must content ourselves with
giving a few extracts from it. Speaking of the battle
of the 16th the General say*:
.
44 The English Guards. various • regiments, and
the Scots brigade, covered themtelves with glory on,
Os daye and Lord Wellington told me, on the day
following. that he hid never seen his troops behave
better, in all the many years he had commanded
them. The French cuirassiers suffered greatly on
this occasion, for, confiding in their cuirasses, they
approached so near the English squares, that they
succ-edt d in cutting down with their swords some
office: s of the 42d ; but that brave regiment, without
being appalled, kept up so well supported a fires,
that the ground was strewed with the cuirassiers and
their horses."
Of the battle of Waterloo, General Alava writes•
as tonnes:
IS I joined the army on the morning of the 18th,
though I had received no orders to that effect, be-
cause I believed that I should thus best serve his
Majesty, and at the same time fulfil your Excellency's
directions, and this determination has afforded me,
the satisfaction of having been present at the most
important battle that has been fought for many cen-
turies, in his consequences, its duration, and the te.
leas of the chiefs on both sides ; and because the
peace of the world, and the future security of an ,
Europe, may be said to have depended on its result.
The position occupied by his Lordship was very
good ; but towards the centre it had various weak
points, which required good troops to guard them,
and much science and skill on the part of the general
in chief. These qualifications were, however, to be
teund in abundance in the British* troops and their
illustrious Commander; and it may be asserted,
without offence to any one, that to them both be
longs the chief part oh aU the glory of this memo-
rable day.
Is On the right of the position, and a little in ad.
'mice, was a country-house, the importance of which
Lord Wellington quickly perceived, because without
it the position could not be attacked on that side,
and it might therefore be considered as its key. The
Duke confided this important point to three compa.
sties of the English guards, under .the command of
Lord Saltoen, and laboured dering.the night of the
11th in fortifying it as well as possible, lining its gar-
den and a wood which served as its park, with Nas-
sau troops and sharpshooters.
nAt half-past ten, a movement was observed in
the enemy's hue, and many officerewere seen 'coming ,
from and going to. a particular point, where there
was a very considerable corps of infantry.. which we
afterwards understood to be the Imperial Guard ;
here was Bonaparte in person, and from this point
issued all thecorders. In the meals time the enemy 'al
• masses were forming, and eves y thingaumounting the
' approaching combat, which began at half-past eleven,
the enemy atuacking aeith one of his corps and with
his usual shouts the coontryhouse on the right. .
•Phe NASSAU troops found it necessary to aban-
don their post; but the enemy met such resistance in
the house, that though they surruanded it on since
sides and attacked it most desperately, they were
con-yelled to desist from heir enterprise._ leaving a
great number of killed and wounded on the spot.
Se Lord Well ngten sent fresh English troops who
recovered the let od and garden, and the combat
ce.iscel for the present on this side:
44 The enemy then opened a horrible fire of artil.
lery from mere than two hundred pieces, under corer
cot which Bonaparte made a general attack front the
centre. to the right with infantry and cavalry in such
numbers, that it recenred all the shill of his Lordship
to bust his troops, and all the good qualities of the
latter ib mist the attack.
" General Picton. who was with his ',division on
the r ad from Brussels to Charleroi, advanced with
the bayonet to receive them ; gut was unfortunately
killed at the moment when the enemy. appalled by
the attitude of this division, fired, and then fled.
" The English Life Guards then charged with the
greatest vigour, and the 49th and Io6th French re-
giments lost their eagles in this charge, together with
from 2to 9000 prisoners. A nolumn of cavalry, at
whose head were the cuirassiers, advanced to charge
the Life Guards, and thus save their infantry, but
the Guards received them with the greatest valour.
and the most sanguinary cavalry fight, perhaps ever'
witnessed, was the consequence.
Se The French cuirassiers were completely beaten.
itt spite of their cuirasses, by troops who had nothing
of the eat, and lost one of their eagles in this con-
flict, which was taken by the heavy English cavalry
called the 44.R0ya15."
General Alava next mentions the approvals of the
Prussian army, 44 which (be observes) was the more
necessary, from the su number of the enemy's
array, and from the dreadful loss we had sustained
in tins uneqe it combat, from eleven in the morning
tilt five in the afternoon.
44 Bonaparte, who did not believe the Prussians to
be so 'tear, and who reckoned upon destroying Lord
Wellington before their arrival, perceived thathe had
frettleyily lost more than five hours, and that in the
critical position in which he was • then placed, titer
reinatried no other resource but that of
,desperately
attacking tile weak p.,rt of the English position, and
thus, if possible, beating the Duke before his tight
was turned, and attacked by the Prussiahs. •
•
ee Henceforward, therefore, the whole was a re-
petition of attacks, hy cavalry and infantry, sup-
ported • by more than 800 pieces of artillery, which
tinfortnnately made horrible ravages in our line, and
1 hilted sod wuonded officer;,. artillerists, and horses,
. ' in the weakest part of the pasition.
SS The enemy.• aware of . this destruction, made a
. charge wien; Me *hobs cavalry of his guard, which.,
eook sot e-pevees arif- cannon that could not he with.
drawn; bot the Duke, who wariat this point,-charged
dam with 4;ree hint:therm of English and three of

trunorickers, and compelled them ln ansiitt- to
abandon the artillery, though we were enable to
withdraw them for want of horses t nor did they dare
to advance to recover them.
" At last, about seven in the evening, Bonaparte
made a last effort. and putting himself at the head
of his guards, attacked the above point of the Eng.
lisp position with such vigour, that 'he drove back the
Brunswickers, who occupied part of it, and for a.
moment the victory was undecided, and even more
than doubtful.
66 The Duke, who felt that the moment was most
critical, spoke to the BrunSwick troops with that as.
cendancy waich every great man possesses, made
them return to the charge, and putting himself
their head, again restored the combat, exposing him-
self to every kind of personal danger.
66 Fortunately at this moment we perceived the fire
of Marshal Blucher, attacking the etiemy's right
with his usual impetuosity; and the moment of de-
cisive attack being come, the Duke put himself at
the head of the nglish foot-guards, spoke a few
words to them, which were replied to by a gene-
ral harra4, and his Grace himself guiding them on
with his hat, they marched at the point of the
bayonet, to come to close action with the linperial
Guard. But the latter began a retieat, which Virall,
soon converted into flight, and the most complete
rout ever exhibited by soldiers. The famous rout of
Vittoria was not even comparable to it."
The gallant General then adds several reflections
.011 the importance of the victory, and in enumerating
loss sustained, says :
" Of those who were by the side of the Duke of
Wellington, only he and myself remained. untouched
in our persons and howl. The rest were all either
killed, wounded, of lost one or more horses. The
Duke was unable to refrain from tears on witnessing
the death of so many brave and honourable men, and
the loss of so many friends and faithful companions,
and which can alone be compensated by the import-
ance of the victory."
General Alava concludes with recommending to
the attention• of the
.Spanish Government Captain
Nicholas de Miniussir, of Doyle's regiment of sharp-
shooters. " who," he says, 4, behaved with the great-
est gallantry in the action, and who was wounded
while rallying the Nassau troops in the garden, and
making them return to their post."

MANY A SLIP BETWEEN THE CUP AND THE LIP.-
Monday morning a young Gentleman, an Officer in
the army, and lately returned from the Continen:,
after having signalised himself in the contest at Wa.
terloo, came to town, accompanied by, a young Lady
with whom he had eloped from the neighbourhood
of Colchester, to be married at one of the City
churches, not a hundred miles from the Change. The
Gentleman's uncle, however, on whom he is wholly
dependent, having received intelligence of his move-
ments, pursued him so closely, that, accompanied by
two porters, he laid hold of the happy bridegroom in
anticipation just as he was entering the church with
his fair companion, and thus prevented the ceremony
taking place. The young gentleman soon disengaged
hi:ltself and withdrew, accompanied by the lady, de-
claring al3ud that nothing should prevent him having
her, although he risks losing 42000 per annum by
'persisting in the match.
HAzzon-GanneN.---Yestirday the father of Eliza
Feuning applied to the Ma&r.atts of this office. ffe,
the purpose of taktfg 11Cianti4VIt to cOliffilllet the
one sworn before the Lord Mayor by Davis, oue of
the turnkeys of Newgate. The Magistrates refused
him the oath, as it would be a direct contradiction,
and one of them would be guilty of perjury.
MANSION•House.--OuTRAos AND Fszonv.—Yes-
terd iy Araliam Jacob:, a publican, residing in Duke's
Place, appeared before the Lord Mayor, upon sum-
mons, to shew cause why his licence should not he
suspe:i ded, in consequence of the indifferent repent.
Lion of his house, and for not giving ii she names of
certain characters who frequented it, and against,
whom there existed charges of felnuy. The ease arose
from the following circumstances t An elderly min,
named Rolland, having a short time since met with
two men, dressed as sailors, in the neighbourhood
alluded to, they tarred him a watch for sale. The
ankle appeared to be new, and, notwithstanding its,
being a 4 capped, jewelled, &c. it was tendered for A,.
though intrinsically worth £20." The old man,
Idoubting the truth of their representation, hesitated,
but a third person having come up, and priiised the
watch as' a dead bargairr for £lO, the former was in-
duced to offer atl6,which was instantly accepted—The
silly purchaser, however, having soon atter discovered
that the watch Was not worth 'more th..a '2os. he
traced the persons mentioned to the house of Jacobs,
when it was discovered that this was their general
I rendezvous. The Marshalmen were dreadfully beat ,
in an unsuccessful attempt to take the sham sailors,
and many other facts having been related derogatory
to the house, the Lord Mayor felt it his duty to order
a suspension of the licence, and desired the attendance
of Jacobs on a future day, by which time, it is Fe-
-1 aimed, the characters alluded to maybe secured.
onuous Dtscovaay.—Yesterday a boy about 14
piano/ age was brought before W. FIELDING, Esq,
charged with an attempt to defraud a servant out of
10d, under the following curious -circumstance,*
It appeared that hement to the house of Lord Wl-
thers with a parcel t thrapevadiption On it ran thus,
“ Lord Viscount Withers, Whitehall, Charing-cross,
London." The yopng urchin took thipareeT to the
servant, and demanded Its. 10d. for carriage, matins,
that it had come by the York mail, and it his Lord-
ship was not in town, it was to be forwarded to him
immediately. The name being mis.spelt, and other
circumstances, induced the servant to open did par-
cel before he paid the boy the demand, when, to his
great astonishment, he found it contained nothing
but glass. He immediately brought the young spe-
culator-before the Magistrate, before whom he stated,
that he met a man. in the Park, who asked him to
take the parcel to the house and receive 2s. 10d. for
its carriage, alleging as a reason for not taking it
himself, that the servants had known him in his bet-
ter days, and that he was ashamed to go to them in
his present plight of wretchedness. The boy was to
receive 9tl. for executing the commission. There
was every reason to believe that his statement was
correct, as there were several persons in the Office
who knew him to biemployed by Mr. Windymeedeg,
a respectable cow-keeper at Chelsea. And as there
swoons/ fraud committed he was discharged. undir an
injuaction from the Magistrate to do every thing in
;slower to find the tea offender.

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