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in 1805, he was placed on the northern Staff as
Brigadier ; thereafter he was made Governor and
Commandant of Alderney, and saon thereafter
placed on the Northern Staff as Major. General, is
which situation he was, when, on his own sol;eitati I,
no doubt, he was removed to the Command of a Lr'.
gade in Portugal in 1808.
He was in Parliament four years, first for tl
Sutherland District of Boroughs, and latterly fcr 1.1;2
Shire of Sutherland in the room of Mr. WILL11:1
DUNDAS•

In 1804 he superintended the Levy, and in 180;,
the discipline of that gallant but ill-fated second
battalion of the 78th, which, when but recruits in fact,
beat the chosen- troops of France on the plains (.1
Maida, but were afterwards annihilated with the 'r
gallant young leader, Lieutenant-Colonel M‘Li.on,;7l,
thi last Egyptian Expedition.
He might be said to be more a soli t!rin a s'):!).i
character, both in public and in private life. 1-ic
a zealous, steady, cool soldier—a hold and
friendly man. The service loses in him a mos; t
cellent Oflicer—his friends, an timable and
man. The 78th adored him, and long lanes;
His estate, called Suddie, devolves to ;in
ter, married to a Captain Porrs, of the 42d teB;t.,!l:,
by whom she has a large family.

:Lieutenant-Colonel Ross of the GuardF, fr.i
in the same action, was one of the younger :rim
the late well known Admiral Sir Join.: LOCK'

Rims, and brother to the present Lieutcnant-Geur.'
SirCHAnx.Es Ross, of BAlnagowan, of Ross shire
He Was Aid-de-Camp to General Goanos, 11c1.
command at Jersey ; a proMising, accomplished
man, whine fall will be deeply deplored by
and friends.

A General Court-Martial was lately held at tali.
lin on Captain NEsurr, of the Donegal Militia, for Lz.
ing drunk when Captain of the Newgate Guard._
The Court found 11:m guilty, and sentenced him to Ls
cashiered.

• `Lieutenant EptcArp KNATING of the 45th Regiment
of Foot, has been tried by a General Court-Mar.
tial at Camatra, in Portugal, for using most abasiiie
and opprobrious language towards his Superior Offe
cer, Captain LionniooT, when commanding the pici
quet for which he has been sentenced to be eashieiel
A letter from an Officer belonging to the Staff qf
General CURSTA, dated July-29, to a person (If
tion in London, states as follows The French
had from 7to 8,000 killed and wounded. They kit
the field of battle strewed with muskets. The Englis's
have lost '2OO Officers, among whom are three Geix,
rids, who were killed. We • have lost 100
and about 1000 men. There is no time to say mere.
The French have gone towards Toledo, but
gence has been sent to Venegas."
The lollowing letter from the North of Spain, con.
tains pleasing intelligence respecting the arsry of Ge,
neral BALI-Am.-Hos, and gives some countenance u
the rumour circulated two days ago, of the French
having been defeated in a battle in the neighbouilio4
of Madrid-:
" orlon. Anus; tn.
Ballasteios is gone to Leon, at the head of I ',CICA
men, well armed and equipped. 'T h e Marquis gees
towards Santander with a small detachment from his
forces.—We know very little here about cur army's
interior, but report says that a bloody cri,-,.zernezt
has been fought in the neighbourhood et Madrid,
wherein 18,000 French were slain and taken prise,
ncrs." _ _

The Baroness LANGwEnttt, whose hush:sad
gloriouAy in the battle of Talavera, left Bc.'grave.
glace, On Sunday last, for Falmouth. From therce
she intended to proceed for Spain, leaving two dal.
dren behind. An exprcits was sent after her Lady:
ship, to acquaint her with tha melancholy tidings c:
the fate of her gallant Lord.
The port of Corunna being parfeetlropen, it ;sit.
tended immediately to re-establish the regular iateT•
course with that port by packets. The Marqui
LA Rom %NA has made a request to this effect. it is
expected that, by this time, a regular communicati,a
will have been opened between the corps of It()%i.lN
and the armies undo. Sir ARTHUR \VP:UP:SI,I'i Aild
General CuEsrA, and between the whole
South, and centre of Spain.
The following are among the latest arrivals a'
Cheltenham :

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Ladl:s Belmcnte, Cennyngliam, and Hammond, :qr. Cil•
ford, Sir Charles and Lady Parr.; the Rev. the D.an of Wcz.
cester,.Rev. Dr. Kelley. Major-General and Mr 4. Drummoti,
Colonel Lee, Colonel Wm/ding/on, Majors Jourdan, Hardin:,,
and Trevor. Captains Browne, Sneyd,- and Evatr, Captait. anl
Mrs, Hunt, Captain Dickson, Rev. Charles Brooke, Rev. Ai:
Alogg,, Rev. 1. Masters, Rev. J. Armistead, Rev. Mr. Rea.
Baron Hooffsterter and family, Baron Bartram and family,
John Liddell, Mr. Malley, Mr. Henry Elves, Mr. J. Lrors.
Mr. Weston, Mr. Dunn, Mr. S. Williams, Mr. Stour,
Wray, Mr. P. Williams, 'Mr. J. Henderson, Mr. W. Jolir;:ar,
Mr. Knox, Mr. Adams, Mr. Wilson, Mr. John Gent, :.ir,
Willis, Nir. Rickman, Mr. Bennett, Mr. Fowler, Mr. It%
Fowler, Mr. Charles Liddell. Mr. Turner, Mr. Wallis, Mt. R.
Locke, Mr. W. Gore, Mr. Hawkins, Mr.' Fussell, Mr. Cunrtg.
hame, Mr. A. Onslow, Mr. Benwell, Mr. Jameson, Mr. li.ar•
burton, Mr. Pierce, Mr. O'Connell, Mr. Astle Mr. M'Ctrty,
Mr. Adam!, Mr. Welch, Mr. Charles Cox, Mr:Thomas Slane:,
Mr. Eckford, Mr. Stewart, Mr. Antrobus, Mr. Blagrare,
S. Shaw, Mt. Woods, Mr. Keating, Mr. Dyett, Mr. John Et:.
stare, Mr. Crosthwaite, Mr. Madegen, Mr. and Mrs. SmiCa,
Mr. Shute and family, Mr. and Miss Clark, Mrs. and Min
Jenkins, Mrs. W. Finley, Mrs. Duff, Mrs. Ward, Mn!.
Mrs. S. George, Mrs. Pearce, Mrs. Spencer Miss Beale, kits
Davies, Aliso Plunkett, Misa Cox, two Misses Cerise', ?Sr;.
Heath, Miss Jefferys, Miss Reid, Miss Lucy Mono; N: it
Stewart, Miss Anne Stewart, Miss Craig, Miss F. Turvy,
Bacon, &c. &c.
CORN MARKET, MARK-tilez.-.-Thitre are but shcrt
supplies of Wheat here today, and sales in this trade
are made at a small advance in prise—Rye and Malt
likewise—in Peas and Beans of both descriptions Finis
variation—of Oats there are tolerable -supplies, but
few samples of prime quality, and this article main•
tains its prices.

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Wheat, 711. 90s. 102 s. Beans, Ms. 625.
Rae ditto, 104 e. 108 s. Tick ditto, 461. Sit
Rye, Ms. 545. • Oats, 26.1105.
Barley, ass. 455, Od. Poland ditto, Us. 405.03
Malt, 721. Ws.. iroessoe ditto, 4111.
White Peas (bAlen) SOL 90s. Rape Sled, SOL to 50.
(kr, fUtte,47* no.
OW Negro 011.11111111#1410040. 7as, Mb