The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-07-27 00:00:00

Lord COC RA N* sworn and examined.

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Q. Was you; Lorti.sp isn.ructed by Lord Gambier with
the conduct of the tire-satps la tne attack us the era) in
Basque Boa& I—A. I was.
Q. On witut day did your Lordship arrive is the Impe-
rieusr, in Basque lined,. 2—A. It lipps-ars ftura the log. coo
tbe April, but Ido not myself recollect it. 1 utak
that mu the day.
Q. What one the Wrengtb of the enemy's fleet at the titre.
lion moored. aid mow protected by the works not the Isle of
Aia. aid shoals near the harbour 2—A. The enrols 's Beet
appeared to commas ante sail of the regular lite, besides one
ship of three decks, and . the Cal. utta. of au /cuss, and four
frigates $ mod there was another lar e vessel, I don't itoiive
what she was; sac ini4ht be a ip. They appeared to
be itiouned,•as near as I con judge, N. ai.d S. or *coil) I
tisolighl.at lint they int:kissed considerably more to the N. L.
nod S. W. The were defended by their own c 'lmola, and
by a Arai positron. fhey were banked towards the N. by •
111 casino,, mu the Isle of Aix, tuward the N. besides tae mor-
tar* in that Wand. The frigates were stationed to the S. 1 .
of them, :ippareoily toy the parpiise of the island ea
the other side or teem, and as a protection agaimt boat, or
tire-sessets. Between Ala sad the Buoyed Ido not know
of any shoal. The water is out steep at Au, tut sat 1,14
gradually oar toward*, OW harbour.
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LI. At what thstwoce from the enemy wu the British
rqnsidinn moors on the eteutog of the eleventh of Apcfs
insinediately previous to the attatk by the fist ships; mei
what am its so reugth ILI the siluatue in your judgment
properly chosen: and what was the wind and tint'—a. To
the lust of my judgment, the mienay's squadron weir b of 9
notes ufi; hilts ects the time of Si) arrilid and the sunning of
OW lab. I h•-tutee the British squadron nonsuused last
night ; but Idu nut of my own knowledge know, Ihe po-
sition chosen by the Commander in Chief was a very pied
for blockading the enemy, and for dun tng ally
enteral &&&&& viosicsit of their squacrtia. Having Gutsily
niesitioncd uty op' uut the climatic; it utast be obvious
that the destruction of the *newsy could not ha dieted
%%IW. ..A that 'siltation h% the ships there placed. The oral
wa.o out the same in the es. g 114 it wit in the Meaning.
At o'clock, I'. M. so Ilse 11th. live wind must base been
shoot tine N. I belis sc. The tidy, at the satue hour broil to
roil towards S. L •tieugilt of the British squadron st.s
I ad of tLe Is sash s. 9 trigatil. and 1 &Mob.
lA. Did it splicer to yens. I.oruship that the Admiral made
ref ry anangtment fur yrs pas mg and betiding the lisc-sh.!
utmost the cm •!—.A. Lei ry pissMhigiossistatsce, as writ.'
al Stopford, sons thus Captaind tir Ski deal.
(a. ‘i ell the f,igatts and other installer rturis prop( di
!liars il for atfoollio: emu) as,dstanee, and being I/theist:.
ust. Oil —:t vet plactd.

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Q It appearing by the signal log of the Caledonia, that
your Lordship had by gimbal acquainted Lord Gambier that
seven of the enemy's ships were us shore, and might he de-
stroyed, was it your Lrthhip's °pianist at the time of the
first signal, that it would have been expedient fur the Com-
mander in Chief to knee sent in half of soy 'lnsulter of his
ships. &c and if so, was there a probability that such ships
coold hoe gut out again in safety ,—.l. I did make the sig..
osl The Imperieuic being the nearest ship, placed by his
Lordship fur the guidance of the fire-ships, and having had '
thi char:e of the sevemels, I thought proper to communi-
cate to his Lordship the state in which they appeared to
me to be, which I did by the similes mentioned It is my
opinion that a much smaller forte than half the fleet would
hare ken sufficient The sipsl was directed by the Cale-
Jelii2 to be repeated I ordered the statist to be made thit
two sail of the line were enongh, which I have since under-
stood was OA Mask, but that the Officer repeated the pre
.Mug signal. 'Ow fact was, that he thought it would he an
insult to make that eistaal, anal then fore repeated the for-
mer sited, 'cello, it to the slice/elm' of the Commander
is Chic( to send what force he thimoht proper. From the
rue that the first signal was made i 4 the morning 'luta
eight o'cl•sek, it was ehh-tide; the title was going to wind-
ward iat eight o'c yew. it was low seater. There is ancho-
rage for at lead sic sail of the line at any time clear of shoe
and shells. The Iniperiense passed in going is close to the
Ilitoysrt. It Mr as. then 'tritely high water, at ball part one ,
,'Cluck an the day .. coming out it was also high water: in
heath of these eteirses there was sufficient depth of water for
Vongel4 of any size. The impressitm upon my mind is, that
dam is water runegh at any time; hut having lien there
nay at halt tide, I calmest saute to that. Provided the
tide Joys not rise dmil fall more than 13 feet, there is ; and this
is mentioned in a French chart now to Comet. I haw se
utter ;Want of judging I can speak with certainty as to
the depth of water, if the rise and fall of the tide is not
ni- e than t 1 feet: and I titre thick there is depth enough
at vie time of the tide I think the ships could hale pt
eat as sale as the others did afterwards.
Q. Is it meant that there is room fur six sail of the line to
Inge at any time clear et stint and shells'—A There is;
were there at aft time. of the title It was the height of the
apt ..g, sod there was sve fathoms sad a quarter under our
Getout, and from fire to six fathoms fur a &stetter rows,
*boot us, sollieleitt fur six sail of the line. The bearings of
this place are turret-sly noted in the log, which I bold iu my
basal, anti whitish I ti Id produce.
Q. Art all the circumstances mentioned in this log area-
rate and true, according to the best of your Lordship's
knowledge and belief ! - A. They are.
Q. Did the Commander-ie-ehief in emmeepteace of the
signals afterwards weigh frith the larts ships, and at what
time ensue to anchor of the isle of Aix....A. lle ',view
I think at II o'clock, and anchored about half an hour at.
terwards, baring both wind and tide in his favour. The
pnsition taken op by his Lordship was nearly that which I
offer to show to the Court upon the chart No. 2, in which
is shown the situation of the enemy from daylight in the
!r-onsne of the Loh, until the two French ships whirls
renixined rut turbot. cot or blipped upon his Lordship's
teeming toward. them.
Q. Was the roam(' then taken the most advantageous
fur carrying lulu effect the object of the tOgnalr made by
his l.oralehip; and might that position hay.: been taken at
n., earlier period with adeatitage to the service?—A. It was
a :nod position in observe the enemy; but it was not a
posiition for attlek. Certainly it was a good position for
iuheerving the transactions of the enemy ; and, being near,
*satiate* mielit have been sent to any vessels, had an at-
tack been made upon the enemy, that positina might have
beta take., at day light, when an attack might have been
made with advantage to the service.
Q. It epewarilg by the log-hook of the Impel beam that
you having preciously sent in a man to take soundings,
yips weighed at half past eleven A M. on the tith April,
and rim into the harbour,in company with the Etas bomb
and a gun-brie. the enemy making sail up the Charente,
and at 2 P. M anchored, and eh Ally attar Mae to close
act with the Vile de Vereovie, did you weigh and ad.
vane, to the enemy by a signet from the Coomasinsier.is.
^ hief, or iiin yen do so without orders, by Aged or other-
w 1.4 e ?-4. ! t ti it necessary, if lam perMitted by the
...pert, to read. as an answer to this , wenearks,
which I threw together is consequence II lut2er I received
fruit, the Secretary to the Admiralty. stating to me that a
Ctiert-3fartial was to take piece. These resnerhe contain
all !he transactions which took place in Deeps Steads, aid
:tie expeasely in answer to the above gaieties.
This Lord Coctittni. was not permitted to do, mid
flit question was repeStada
A I did se in compliance with what I roasidered the
se ..t .If the Orders I received; the doing of it was my own
a. t The entry in the of the Imporieuse, that I weigh.
ad at belt pest eleven,. M. on the Lath of April, is stet
t•irreet, as will probably appear by the log-books of the
I lea. I weighed at one o'clock. The Etna bomb rather
p vented ms.
Q. It a dm by the loos before the Court, that pa
mode ►i hires*. What was the mean of the the
t, eat of emir ship, and did arty and what ships came te year
..lief hi shiest ferna the Comeaseiler in Chief, nod was thew
~e annecOnitty delay he the, respect'—A. I esimired by
I .:'ore, what attack was inteoded la he made en the enemy.
Tye C‘tinemoder MANI, he was ordered to bombard them,
I directed him teen close and that we should protect him;
it was thee one &dark s the French throe-decker swung
niem her Meters, and the last of their !hips began to move.
I had the charge or the Ate-ships; they had tailed ia their
a' • pilled purpose. I knew what the teams' of scandal was
cap able 64 .and thategh I admit that the feellags of my Lord
Ginthier, Mr the bonus, and interest of his comitry, were,
stud :are, as string as may own, yet personal consideratimss
were not enough. The expectations of my country, the
hipes of the Admiralty% and my own prospects were
:th.ut is banish. I weighed anchor and run in. and
at teat hey! pd the prneibility of returning. I ordered
'.sal to f t made after the aeramost ships of the Me-
rl% , and standing in, I made the Amid that the chars
"4, weeder In the chasing ship, bemuse the Ville de
Varsiiste anti Calcutta were both afloat, aid immediately
neerwanis made signal that we wanted assistance, which
signal was allegedly coupled with the words " being in dis-
tie,4." When we got up to the /Waivers, we opened our it.
'alum the Calming, and the Ville de Vareovie. The Calcutta
eos broadside tut; the Ville de Varsovie lay sera towards
e . •lai• being 'seder sail, and the Amide* was in the same
pi item; the latter did ant fire for a lung time; they were
etiapioyeel clearing away their stern to get gun> nut. iVhen
e • anchored, It was about two o'cloct. Same brigs badau-
,i.ored as masted in the chart, No. V, far the protection of
the ho.nh, and were firing, bat too far off to be of any use.
I made the signal for these to close; bog as Mere is sew
la 'repress brigs wag iwitbinit frigates, or Urger wesssh,
hi st oi which were meant:toiled by my seniors, I eh-
pi:tined to fir as My within my means that this ,irsul was
'ielded for them, by bring emus theta from the masa-dock;
for the querteroleck shot, which I 'loafed myself, did net
riaeh diem This Opal. I was afterwards informed, gave
roustaerable offence, and se oohs ns I learnt this from Sir N.
Neale, I declared to te.l Lord Gambier that it was not my
intension in the slightest degree to hurt his Lordship's feel-
ing.; I h.ad then tan time to repress,. by a tedisios telegraphic i
rlllllllollllCalign. IA L.*t 1 meant to emery. We were all Vkly
eutploted, when ii was reported to me that several sail the
hoe awl (rotes were coining t i oar assi•sumee. I don't re-
member the hest ships that Caine down, bat the Revenge I
believe, was the hist line-of-batile ship. Almost three iesiral
ships came a ithin hail I I bailed them to *ocher nr thee
would grinind, ice having taken our birth an the edge of the
shore. la eas then rallies tide ; several that had anchored,
opened thcii lire upon all the she that were within reach, le
e at, the Ville de hermitic. A i rns, zod Fnineta• I 11111.,
her• ie signal that the Calcutta 'track. and sent a boat to SW
I .rut those aho were aril, at her, that our boat was then
0.1 beard of her. Upon which th; Indefatigable, sad SIC
tiller tented their ere olio, the Ville de Varinvie aOl
141.1i1011. I ordered our proper is elloge being i the"
erre then ship. enough to 6 patsy the enemy without the
1 flperieute. tller pcopte were moth Littgued, dad there-
tele rested thweisselyes; with the exceptions of theme Oa-
t!'ined to repair the rigging. The other ships cautioned to
t. r on the Ville de Vannes? and Alarm, moil they struck.
%swell atm I think at about six o'clock. The Calcutta was
ut on tire, aid the Anglian and Ville de Varsovie were em-
played -iiifting the prisoners. The Fretith were deserdwaes
%vial of their ships, with evert. beat that belonged en OM,
3,11 pullin• and sailing for the Ititchefurt river. An atterapl
sios inteoled to have limn inside to buruthe Orem. Captain
Weigh vnlucterred his services; Captain Manta:ill rrgrrtted
taut on .ifilllkili apt Caplets !High** perviously having ander-
14ell it, he w.e. 'tweed that opportunity to dimiaguloti him-
wit. I was too aistek &aped to isodertate it myself t I could
.tarcElN stand f rola e soesseee tiligue. They were not are nisch
fAllgued, 'l' he reason why it was mildew, 1 wily karat ti' ce

IPIIOPO4ITI TkVAI.

LONDON:
THURSDAY, JULY 17.
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Am arrival of German Papers to the 18th inst.
furnishes us with a variety of accounts, relating
to the battles of &tarsiloaf and %Vagrant ; but
the intelligence of the Armistice had not reached
Hamburgh oa the 18th instant. In the supplement
to a Prague Gazette, it is stated, that the Aus-
trian right wing at the battlo of %Vagrant had
defeated the enemy opposed to it, with the loss of
ten pieces of cannon, several standards, prisoners,
&e. ; but was afterwards obliged to retreat, in
.eousequence of the success of the enemy against
the centre and left.

At Munich, it appears by a letter, that the
news of the battle was announced on the 9th inst.
In this communication it is stated, that the battle
of tit* 6th was much greater and more decisive
than neat at first expected.—Tlth corroborates the
conclusion which we drew from the opening of the
Twenty-fifth Bulletisi—" The retreat of the ene-
my its defect."

Ms Austrians an stated, in en article in the
Yonlmre Correspondasten, to have had two

reamweis killed and 13 wounded. It is most
painful to see in these Papers accounts of the ac-
tive warfare carried on by the Tyrolese and Vo-1
relberghevs, who, en the 48th and 29th of Juue,
made a very daring expedition in six ships, with
/30 UM, from Brogcnz, through the Lake of
Constance (which is 13 leagues long), and in the
morning surprised the small garrison of Con.
stance, whom they carried of, together with their
plunder. By this pegty, bet active warfare, the
garrison of Liodeu has become greatly straitened
for previsions. What must be the feelings of the
unfortunate Tyrolese and Voralburghers, when
the disesteem iatelligeoce of the Armistice shall
be announced—in tbe very moment when sue.
ems must hare been expected Dually to crown
their exertions !!
From the banks of the Elbe, intelligence is com-
municated of the retirement of the Custom Reuse
Soldiers, since the landing of the British at Cul.
haven—and at liamburgh, it is said, they had'
already begets to disguise themselves by a change
of dress, with a view to effect their escape
without insult or molestation. The expectation
of the Expedition has caused the people of Han.
over to throw off the mask—and unfortunately
as we fear may in tho sequel prove most prema.;
turely. The song of " God rare the King,"
having been sung with much enthusiasm, and the
French Authorities being treated with some de-
gree of contempt, has occasioned a threat from
the Governor of introducing Martial Law. At
Bremen the Damaniers (Custom House Soldiers)
ha►e Bed, but in attempting to carry eff SOHN
caniscated preeterty, the populace cut the traces
of the borses,aisiatopped the carriages—ln this
Icommotion.....whieh the Senate took great pains
' to appeaso...the French Consusandant was pelted
with report has been circulated in
Hanover, that by a secret article in the Conven.
don foi deliveries up that country, it was stipu.
fated that it Hanover was nut occupied by the
English before a certain time, it should remain in
poseessitto of the French, who arc stated to be
greatly disliked throughout the country. New
restrictions have been imposed upon the Press, by
which it Is forbidden ts► insert the A ustriae
lodes. The Situate of Liamburgh aria stated to
have refused admission to the 4000 Danish t►oops
which were destined to protect the city ; and it is
added that they had also refused to illuminate on
the 14th of July.
From these articles of Intelligence, it will be

seen that the North of Germany is well disposed

tu•thraw off the yokc: of trench tyrannywiiibitt tre‘
are particularly noxious to learn, *GA GOA Or
be lirtiduced hi Ramburgh and Hanover, wlls;irthe
disastrous intelligence of the Armistice is made
known. Will the inhabitants of the North of
Germany have the harJi6eleld to tnaintain those
opinions so hostile to the Ict.4teh, to which NA-
roLsom cannot be a stranger ? —Will they rise in
insurrection like the unfortunate, abandontd
habitants of the Tyrol, and riscine their safety by
an effort, of which the hope of success must now
be infinitively weakened ?—or Will they, like the
snail, draw in their horns at the approach of dan-
ger—and receive our Expedition, if not with direct
hostility, with sullen apathy and timid Indifference ?
—That hostilities will be renewed between Aus-
tria and France, may be considered as wholly ins.
probable—fur it is difficult to conceive any reason
fur the supplication of General BELLIOA Roy to
MANtmosyr for a suspension of arms—but that of
absolute necessity. Will the people of the north
of Germany come forward, now that Austria has
humbled herself, to implore an armistice—fur that
really was the fact ?—The moment is beyond all
question past in which the minor states of Ger-
many could successfully hope, by any effort, to
throw off the yoke of France.
The Expeditiun must, however, it seems sail—
Some exhibition of what we would have dime had
we but been luckily in tinge—must be made to
appease the rising indignation even of the North
of Gerntuny...and to gratify the gullibility and
cullibility of JOHN BULL.-..1f we awe asked on
whet authority these epithets are applied to the
public of this country, we refer them to the innu.
merable flattering accounts from Germany and
Holland, with which their credulity has been fed,
for %reeks, by the daily newspapers—all of which ,
are well known to have been fabricated in this
metropolis—and yet the obstinately credulous,.
notwithstanding the irrefragable proof of the de.
ceptive arts of these daily inventors of intelligence
is now before them—cannot refrain from disrlay.
ing their anger against those who have the honesty
to hold up the truth, and the truth way.—
But it still remains to be told—anal that
without fear of contradiction, that the official ac.
count of the Battle of Aspern teas manufactured
—absolutely written in this metropolis. And
that a similar rnaustfaciure of the Battles of
Entersclotlf and Wagram —after th,--e days of
intense study—was nearly finished, when the at--
rival of the 27th and 28t it Bulletins at once
put an end to the labours of the well-known ma-
nufacturers of Austrian Accounts ! ! !

A Messenger was sent yetcrday (magi* Timm
the Admiralty to Windsor, with an account of the
intelligence contained in the French Bulletins.
Dispatches were received yesterday at the Ad.
miralty from Sir J %%IEI SAUMAREZ, OR board the
Victory, in the Baltic.
Previous to the sailing of the Chester:Add packet
from Rio de Janeiro, the Queex Itarwer pre-
sented Admiral Sir S. SMITH with a sword-hi'.
set with diamonds, valued at ‘wo thousand. gui.
ACM. The British Merchants had presented an
Address to him, expressive of their thanks fur his
attention and vigilance during his command on
that station.
the Sea Fencibles, ender the command of Cap.
tain CIRTER, were mustered at Broadatairs, on
the 18th instant, and politely invited to accompany
the Expedition in their boats, an invited°. which
they ex loolitely declined.
the Marquis of Wer.i.tst.tir is attended in his
mission t., Spain by a number of his family, so
many its fact, that it looks as if ho was going to
found a colony of his relations !
The Islam, of Walcheren is mentioned, without
reserve, in the Ministerial Circles, as one of the.
points against which the grand Expedition will be
employed. The enemy appear to be equally well
apprised of our intent, as the whole force in the
Scheldt recently made an attempt to put to sea. It
consisted of 11 sail of the line, and 6 frigates...
total 17. Some accounts state, that they were
filled with troops, destined to operate a diversion,
by a descent on Ireland. Others think, and we
believe on better grounds, that they sought to
anticipate our Expedition' and meditated a timely
escape. Whatever may have been their objet,
there is reason to presume that it has been frus-
trated. Lord GARDNER was off the Island of
Walcheren, with six sail of the line, watching the
inovemeuts of the enemy ; and he has been since
amply reinforced from the Downs.
MALDEN CLUB.— Oil Thursday the Malden
Club had a grand dinner at Malden, being their
Summer-Meeting, Lord Sr. VINCENT in the
Chair. Diosux, who was engaged from town
expressly for the occasion, after " God save the
King," " Rule Britannia," kc. sung Dianite.
celebrated historical song of our Naval Victories
from the time of ELISABETH, with an additional
stanza, written by himself, in honour of the me-
mory of Lord NRLSON, which greatly atfetted
the company. Amongst the gentlemen present
wore Mr. Wentax, M. P. Mr. lioxywooe,
M. P. Messrs. MONTAGUR BURGOVNI, WRIGHT,
HANBY, &C.
The Bishop of Ferns, Dr. CLTATta, is trans.
lated to the Archhishopric of Dublin, and Lord
ROBERT TOTTESHAM, Bishop of Killalue, is ex.
pected to succeed to the Diocese of Ferns; the
Hon. PERCY JOCELYN, brother to Lord RODRN,
Is to have the vacant Mitre.
The Duchess of Rictrocoxo was, on Friday last,
safely delivered of a daughter, who, with her
Grace, are both as well as can be expected. This
is the fourteenth child. The accowdswitettl rook
place in the Vleaategal Lodge, in the Phenix
Park) oablia.


IRO,

THE GERMAN ripEß.f.

Banns or tom Ocabut, Jox.t 11.—The C.rpi
of General Ma‘alunalal, which formed the rlglic
will/ of the li.lian army, ha; passed the itaati,and
tiili nun- be at VCSplHaa, A hicli
.town is only a few
nest s from the relebrated Solid weinenhurg.—An
Order of the Day of the Archduke Coal les dated
the I lth of June, east:i2rs a numb .r of Oleos'
who hail used language calculated to aliscunrain
the soldiers. The ino.t of these Oilieirs are lien.
garians. Ott the With ofJune, thi• Emperor Fran.
cis arrived it Presburgh, an.l on the same evettingl
the bombardment was commenced; u hid; eras
continued during the following slight and laid a
considerable part of the city in ashes: The Pa.
laces of the Counts Paley, Carl, Esterhatyliritte7;
Zichy, Erbudy, the Mint, a part of the Primatal
Palace, and more than an hundred other bousesi •
were destroyed. Some thoitsainis of the
tants have fled to the country, and nambers lust
their lives in extinguishing the flames.--. Presburgll,
the finest and must populous towel in Hungary;
contains about 2.8,000 inhabitants..--It has sus.
Milled many sieges iu former times, and lits fre.
Silently suffered by 6re....0n the Wilt of June;
Giu4elll Cloastellar formed a conjunction with
General Mtsko. Colonel Peehy, who command.
ed in Raab, 119! arrived at Cutnoro With the Of&
cers of his gai•risua.
ViExwA, JOLT s.—The Bavarian General
Wrede hu Just
_*trued here in four days from
I.iiatz.•
Faust Tic MACS, jEILt 11.—General Chas.
tellar is said to have arriaed at Stuhineisieuburg,
in Hungary.

EXTRACT OP A LEI-rill PAMOITO, d N +llt
TAGUS, DATSD 23d 1809 :

" ISe have hems permitted to Mali for ri.freshoseat aad re-
po... at this village, which is beautifully situate.' sit the cos-
tluesice of the Zezeei and the Togo*, in the krtiie district of
Ahrsates, .1 V NUT% Dilk,4ollll ! The camber of troops as-
suabied iu this neighbourhood for above a fortnight, have
for the present esti:slimed the sapplies, &c. suit provisions
are now laved to the army alternately with fresh. The uses,
hoyeve►, do not comp'ain, being aware of the necessity of
Ibis arningemeut.

" At by a wew4paper of the sth indent, which I se* yes-
terday, I God that a full account of oar operations in this
ainotry bad at that period reached Englasid, I think 11 un-
necessary So say nay thiag on a subject no Wager new, farther
than that I perceive with meek cuocern the services of our
Commander in Chief Dave not been appreciated accord-
ing to ,their merits. This, however, may he a great de-
gi ze be attributed to the spirit of party, which co:Availed
bit appointmein in the tint instrinee. rzw (;eeernis
would have acquitted themselves so well as Ste
Animus. WELLESLZY, when the titivation of Por-
hip! .st the time be arrived to take the command of the army
is fitly considered. Sit weeks ERN Marshal Soct.r, with
j a force of •21,0013 men, was in possession of OpLrto, and the
; whole of the North of Portugal, while V terve, with a su-
perior army; bad passed the frontier. and thee:timed to come
down the Tars siva Lisbon ; the decision of Sir A RTHu
relieved 111 from alit allies which would have appalled a
wiud of less energy and less Fes:sorer Visa his. Leaving
a corps of observation to watch the moat of Vic-roe, be
directed bin principal :metals* to the North, which, by the
sisuar of bit will-concerted measures. was to a row dogs
conipiztel) freed from Preach oppressit n.

" In his dispatch, Sir AITHV a.►'ys little of the obstacles
he had to mounter in his passage of the Douro. SOULS,
one of the beat Olken in the Freneii service, eoureived,
when he had destroyed the bridge, that he bad nothing to
apprehend, thinking it impossible that the could cross
the River is less than 13 days. This was also the opini,on of
the Porttlieve; and their astunishmeot, when they nintessed
,he daring attempt, is not to be described.

" Scarcely allowing his troops any repirse, Sir ARrntrrt
returned to the South atilt a rapidity which na- xid.m been
equalled even by Bo ysIP A *re. The teem v led at oar ap-
proach. and is now awertained to he is full retreat to use
ill-tased city of Madrid. There, perhaps, we are demised
to follow bias. Thu., out of 15,01.1 French, who lately in-
fested Purtag .1, not one is kit; and our army never Itz.
cerded half that number."

The extraordinary facility and celerity with
which the embarkation of the tromps tves lately
effected from Deal beach had not escaped the no-
tice of Government; and in thankiug the Ueal
boatmen for this service, it was intimated to them.
that their farther services in accompanying the
Expedition would be acceptable, and for which
an adequate remuneration would be In
consequence of this intimation, nearly 600 boat.
men have handsomely tendered themselves with
their vessels, and have been eugaged. It is un-
derstood that they are to be employed in debark.
ing the troops at the intended point of lauding.
Their vessels are luggcrs and lugsail boats, of va-
rious sizes, from their constreetion equally well
adapted to the Dutch as to the English coast—in
number about 100, and it is calculated %till take,
on an average, about 60 men in each, so that a
body of 6000 men may be disembarked in the
short space of an hour.
A duel, the result of which it is feared will
prove fatal to Major S—, of Nottingham-street,
was fought betwixt that Gentleman and t Mr.
Sneath, at Crawley Common, on Tuesday, and
in the second fire the Major received a wound on
the left side, which it is feared will prove mortal,
although the ball did not lodge. The combatants
met in consequence of a dispute on Brighton Race
Course, on Monday, respecting a trilling bet,
each having claimed the sinning hurve, and the
cuusequence was a intimee with a horsewhip un
Mr. Sneath. The wounded man was removed in a
post.cheisc to a house two miles from the Com.
mon, where every assistance is rendered him.
M MANCHOLY C CiASTROPIII....-.011 Tuesday
night a shucking accident occurred to Miss S.
Bart LEI, at her mother's house, Winfred-Green,
near Culehrook. Mrs. B. had entertained a party
of friends in the evening, and after they had re.
tired, a violent shriek was heard on the second
door, and en one of the servants going up, it was
discovered that the onfortenate Min IdaVt&Ln
was locked in the water-closet, which was app r.
rently on fire. The door was immed;voly
open, and a shucking scene presented itself, oho
young lady baying, as it was supposed, set fire to
her garments, which were burnt off her back. She
was farad imams, and so dreadfully scorched,
that she survived only two hours. The deceased
was 25 years of age, and on the paint of marriage
to a geotleman in Sloatte.stred.