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bad at least 20• shots through his clothes and hat,
rand yet;thost miraculously, escaped unhurt. Of the
junior Generals, this Officer and Generals ROBINSON
'and Ross are among those highly and deservedly
praised by the whole army, and they have been pub-
licly complimented by Lord WELLINGTON for their
pliant and judicious conduct.
" Lord DALHOUSIE'S late conduct has given him
a conspicuous place among our Generals of. Division.
He is second only to Sir THOMAS GRAHAM and Sir,
THOMAS PlcroN, but it is on PicroN that the eyes of
the whole army are turned. His conduct, more than
any thing else, gave a decisive turn to the late ope-
rations. General STEWART, who was wounded in
two of the late actions, is brother to the Earl of
GALLOWAY."

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Respecting the assault on St. Sebastian, we are
enabled to give on the authority of an Officer, high
in rank; and who was an actor in the scene, the follow.
ing extract from a Journal of the siege, up to the 26th
!ultimo :

" On the 24th two breaches were reported practi-
cable, as was also the advance of SOULT. Lrrd
LINGTON immediately took the determination of
joining the advance, and in the mean while strongly
recommended the continuing firing for twenty-four
hours longer, so as to destroy, or at least materially
injure the defences of the place. Lord WELLINGTON
then proceeded full speed for his main battle. On the
25th, in the forenoon, from some causes at present
unknown, the assault was ordered, and lamentable
has been the result. As fast as our men came up,
they were knocked down by the dreadful fire from the
defences which bore upon the breaches ; and when a
few got into th!m, they were not able to effect-any
thing, from their weakness. In short, the carnage
was so great that the French themselves called out to
our officers to draw the men off—and actually ceased
firing upon them. Never was witnessed such heroism
as on the part of our soldiery on this trying occasion;
particularly the Royals, who, though almost cut to
pieces, absolutely refused to retire, till the third or
fourth command was issued for thtni to do so. At
length, after great loss in killed and wounded, and
some prisoners (mostly made in the body of the place)
the party was withdrawn, and General GRAHAM im-
mediately proceeded to dismantle our batteries, and
remove the guns to the water side. During this part
of the business, however, the garrison made a sortie,
surprising a Portuguese corps, and nearly destroyed
the whole of it. Thus ended this calamitous affair."

Very important intelligence may be hourly ex-
pected from cur army in Upper Canada. The im-
portant place of Fort Goorge, at Niagara, which
was necessarily abandoned by the British troops, is
now in possession of the Americans, and they are at
present completely hemmed in by a formidable Bri-
tish force, in conjunction with a band of Indians :
and the American fleet having been repotted to have
I put to sea from SilCket's Harbour, Sir JAMES YEO
will no doubt give a good account of them, should
they come across that Officer.
The latest accounts received at Quebec from Fort
George, at Niagara, are to the 2d July, at which time
the head-quarters of the British army in that neigh-
bourhood, were at Twelve-mile Creek, and from
which the forces extended in a line to Queenstown,
circumscribing the Americans within a narrow space,
extending only a few miles from Fort George.—
Major• General ROTTENSURGH,andßrigadier-General
VINCENT commanded the British troops.

The following is the extract from a letter of a re-
spectable Clergyman in India :
" You will rejoice to hear that the Inquisition at
Goa was abolished in October last ; and it is now
thrown open to public inspection, with all its cells,
secret chambers, &C."
FAMINE AT BOMBAY.—When the last ships set sail,
about the beginning of March, there prevailed at
Bombay a most deplorable famine. Multitudes were
daily, and almost hourly, dropping down in the streets
and dying, for want of sustenance. This melancholy
scene was miserably contrasted with the expensive
festivity and gaiety that was the tone and order of the
day in the first circles of the European inhabitants.
The Governor (Sir EVAN NEPEAN) sent for a native
merchant of great note, and asked his opinion of
what ought to be done.—" Just do," said this mer-
chant, " what Governor DUNCAN did in a similar
case." This was, without a moment's delay to col-
lect rice from all quarters on the credit or security of
Government, and to deposit it in warehouses for
prompt distribution among the sufferers. The Go-
vernor recommended a subscription, towards which
he sent, out of his own purse, a thousand rupees.
, But the native merchants, moved with deep compas-
sion and sorrow, without any aid from Government,
' raised a fund for importing grain to an unheard-of
amount.

SINGULAR OCCURRENCE.—Late on Sunday night a
Gentleman was put on shore from a boat at Billings-
gate Stairs, and left there by the boatman in a state of '
insensibility—he was discovered in this situation by a
Mr. DAVIS, of Newington Causeway, who, observing
that he wore an undress military unitorm, thought the '
unfortunate Gentleman might be recognized at the
Tower, and very humanely saw him conseyed there,
and safely lodged in the Detachment Guard-room.
He waemmediately visited by Dr. HALL, the Medical
Officer in charge of the invalids, and every aid that
humanity and skill could dictate was promptly ad-
ministered, but without success. Yesterday he still
continued unable to give any account of himself. It
appears, huwever, from some papers found in his
pocket, that he is a native of Dundee, of the name of
STIRLING; that he has served as a Captain in the 84th
Regiment, and that be has just returned to Europe,
in the Lord Duncan East Indiaman. He had in one
of his pockets a purse, containing eight guineas and
three half guineas. There were also found upon him
three silver studs, axnetal watch and seal, and besides
in his fcb a guinea of the coinage of Queen Ann,
and a lialt guinea.