itimt from bfttfajiz wwdl i wu induced to relieve nrt only tliit the phee was no in my id ml dairjc but hit the life made on the enemy wm much fupcrior and effectual to ilitt received torn him and that wiffa the exception of the lofs in flai ned in the ash of gen menacho it hail differed fcarce- lf w that there was no want of ptovit- iofttw ammunition aid that it was in ht in fo poid a condition that it was probable it might holdout a month gen imaz a pertdii of equal reputation villi the late govemoi fncceeded to the commmd and the greateft confidence was tepofed in him but he furreudered to the enemy on the day following that on which e received my aiturnnce of fueeor at the fame time that 1 urged him to defend the plae to the 1 all extremity it is usekfsto make any reflections on the fad itated the spanilh nation has loft in the courfe of two months ihe fortrelsof tor- tofa olivenza and badajoz without any fuf- ficient caufe and at the fame time marfhal soult with a corps of troops which never was fuppoled to exceed 20 coo men befides the capture of the two laft place has made pnloneu- and deftroyed above 22000 span- ifh troops i have the honor c sec e wellington head quarters at the town of seea march 14 ibll second despatch most excellent sir major general cote formed a jundlion with major general nightingale in efpinhal in the eve nng of the 14th tuft this move ment by which the river efa was pafled enabled us to turn the ltrong pot of miran da de corvo and induced the enemy to a- baodon it th3c night they deftroyed in that place a gieai quantityof caitsand wag gons they hid and rendered nftlefs the am- munition that they had they did the fame with a great part of their baggage leaving the road from miranda ftrewed with dead men and animals as well as with baggage and waggons rendered nnfcrviccable we yeilerday again found the eneny ar my completely farmed in a very it range po rtion upon the rivtr ceira having a corps of the van oppoiiie foz de aronce on this fide of the liver j i iticvii 11 v ittiu tin nrtt- iiifowfi- tn8 ordei to drive b ck their van piepar- ntovy to the movement which might he jud ged ncccftary fr tin purpofe of palling the pver ceiia thi- morning liiijr gen pack had in the morning been deuched with he brigade aerpfs the moun tains and on the eit lide not only for the ntlrpofe of turning ihe enemy in their pofitioa if miianda de cotvo but alfo with the view ofdoiug the tame in any others ihat the en emy might take on this fide of the ccira th dhifion of light troopscommanded by major gen fir w erfkinc had been ftmt to take poifffion of fume heights ituatcd im mediately above the foz de aronce while the divifion of major gen pison proceeded along the loyal ioid for the purpofe of at tacking the left of the pofnion in the place and out of it the 6th divifion commanded by major gen campbell the regiment of buffers and thai of dragoon n 16 fup- ported the light divifion the 14th regiment the ill divifion the royal dragoons the 3d thele movements had the cffea of forcing the enemy to abandon their ftrong pofition on this tide of ihe ceira with a vey confid- trabe lofs the colonel of the enemys re giment n- 39 was taken prifoner the light troops of gen piftona divifion commanded by col williams and the brigade of gen nightingale hal the principal hare in the right and the regiment n 95 in frnt of the ut divifion all whi h troops exhibited the utmoft bravery the flying artillery commanded by captains rofs and bull alfo dflinguiflied themfelves our troops took a confiderable quantity of baggage and fveral waggons of ammunition ii foz de aronce i was prevented from putting the army in motion in confluence of a thick fogwhich laited until very late in the mornmg and it was dark when we took poffeffion of the lait pofition of the enemys van during the night the enemy deftroyed the bridge of the river ceira and retreated leav ing a fmall guard beyond that river the diflruaion of the bridge of foz dc armce and the fatigue which the troops had fuffered on the preceding days with ths want of provisions have induced me not to march the army any further this day since 1 fent to your excellency my former defpatch dated on the 14th infant i have learned more particulars relative to the fur- fendw of badajoz it appears that the ene my had on the rh made a breach in that place which was near 18 feet long but was i no means practicable on the fame day the governor acknowl edged the fignal recetptofthe meflage that i had feat to him on the 10th he fejfttud hnftflhte htwl on the nth he furrciulercd the phee the garrifon remaining- prifoners of war and marching out with the honor of war to the number of 9000 men while the enemys army amounted only to 9600 in fantry 2000 cavlry the garrifon ws in no want of either provifions o ammunition in ul letter of the 6th mil i requeued the governor of elvas to urge the governor of badajoz to be fihnt relative to maflcna re treat in order to ptevent its coming to the knowledge of the enemy by means of dokru ersas i expeend to find him ftifl in tru- vi cinity of badajoz but he divulged the in formation as ioon as he received it faying at the fame time that he did not believe it he alfo communicated if to the french general as foon as lie da oz fm rendered the ene my directed their operations againlt campo major in which direction they have moved i have the honor to be dc wellington h qloufa i6th march 1 8 c 1 lifl f the killed wounded and miffing from the 6th to the 15th march in thepor tugoefe corps to the nmthward of the tus march 11 third regiment of chafcors 10 fuldiers killed 1 enfign 2 fergeantsand 12 loldieis wounded march 12 firit regiment of chafleuts i captain 2 ftrgeat ts and 23 foidiers wouided 1 foldler miffing 3d legiment 6 foljiers killed 10 do wounded 4th rcgimeit 1 enfign 2 foidiers killed 7 foidiers wounled 4 loldiers miffing 6th regiment 1 eriign wounded kt regiment of the line 1 foldier wounded and mllting 1 ith regimenc 1 captain 2 foidiers wounded 1 6ih ditto x foldier killed 3 wounded and 4 miffiig 23d dicto i foldier wounded march 14 firjl regiment of chafteim i foldier killed and t lieut wounded 3d do i foldier killed and 2 wounded 9th reg- of the line 12 foidiers and 1 fergeant wouided 2 ill do 5 fddiers wounded and 5 mifng march 15 firit regiment of chaffeurs z wounded total lofs of the pottnguefe 21 foliiers killed 2 captains 1 lieutenant 3 enfigro 6 fergeants 20 foidiers wounded 1 forgent 9 foidiers mifiing grand total 123 rren total lofs of the englms killed 3 feu- tetiants 1 fergeant 27 foldier 6 horles wounicd i major 6 captains 9 lieutenants 4 lhli 1 i tlic lldv 16 ferp 264 iouiicu 7 hoifca milling 16 foidiers 8 horlcs gland tola 34s men 21 horlls letter nitifl pafi through the polloffice alone and are not allowed to be carried by boa 8 or other vcffcls a printingoffice atamller- dam which was the great dunce of popular fongs has been lately fuppreffed liverpool apiil 17 it waswell faid by mr perceval when on wedncfday lait he moved a grant of 100000 to the offer ing pcafantry of portugal that it had been the good fortune of the prince regent dur ing the fliort time he had held the govern ment of the country to fee the character of the britifh nation difplayed in a greater va riety of brilliant and glorious exploit than had perhaps ever been achieved in an equal fpace of time during any peiiod of our hif- tory the capture of the ifies of fiance and banda the battle of batrofa the forced retreat of maflena and the defence of an- holt prefent a proud lilt of fuccefies dif- playng in different portions of the globe the power of the britifh empire and exhibiting us as alike formidable by land as by fea on the continent where we have been fo often warned from venturing and on the iflandsof the ocean to thele recollections every briton turns back with exultation they diffipate the gloom which has fo long hung over the deilinies of europe and if fol lowed with courage and wifdom inflead of proving only a brilliant and traniient meteor flitting through the darknefs of the horizon like the ruddy ftreaks on the ealt they will harbinger a day of comfort and deliverance it greatly adds to the value of thefe ex ploits and to the pleafure of reviewing them that with the exception of the battle of bar rofa they have been achieved with a lofs af- tonifhingly trifling our laurels are fcarce- ly tinged with blood tht boafled ftrcngih of the ifle of france yielded to the very prep arations for attack banda fell by a bold and almoit bloodlefs coup je wain fewer than 400 men defended anholt a gain ft 4000 danes and captured more than their own number in prifoners with the lofs of but two men killed and thirty wounded and maf- fena after wafting his aimy by fuknefs and want has been forced to a retreat as deft mo tive as a general battle by an army which never moved out of its pofition the effec tive ftrength of the britifh force baa thus been preferved it has inflied lofles with out feeling them and remains adequate to puifue the career of vidtory which has bcea fo gloiioufly opened previous to thnr adjoirnnvt hate- that the kings health n tored to fuch a itatt s t be capaj t foming his oyal authority but hi phylieians continue to expief heir xpe- tions of fuch recovery the king of naples ha arrived at pari to fee the infant kug of rorre a letter from lifbcn of tire 25th march fays m the enceftes of the fre eh in their retreat are enormous they hang all the priet and butcher the women and children at hamburg tci ianion wete tired on the news of the birth of the young napoleon lord wellington writes that he iliall jed his prifoners home in the tranfports as i hey were no longer neceffary by a late french decree the poor ham burgers aie compelled to give tip their arms ammunition c to the french government london april 8- yefterday mornir- sunday the wrangler gunbug arrived b yarmouth from the baltic and lauded a liey tenant with difpatches from the ifland c anholt which iflind has been invaded l 3000 da troops who were gallantly a tacked by the little garrifon of britifh anj totally defeated with the lofs of the danii gcneial and his aidlecampand upwards u i90 raik and file killed and 600 of the i vaders prifouet our lofs is very trifling only having about two killed and fixtee wounded we have taken two of their guu boats and funk another the prifoners ai already on boaid of tranfports and will b fent immediately lo england april 10 the great fleet we are fending to the baltic gives rife every day torepon and fpeculations on great events a gentle man is faid cj have arrived in london from copenhagen who affirms the ifland of zeal and on which copenhagen lands is to be oc cupied by englilh troops at the defire of the kingston ift ttffisday june 4 i8ii- a gentleman recently from the states rtports the occurrence of tin unfortunate action off the american coaly between one of the frigates of the united states and a brittjh jloop of war meeting in the night and one mijlaking the other for a french pri vateer an action commenced and fed eral broadides were exchanged before the error was dif covered thirty men arejiated to have been killed on board the f hop which was fever ely injured the lofs fufiained by the frigate is not recollected the new french minifter to the court of riffia lauriiion has left paris he re places caulincourt the expectation thit kufila is effecting a change in her policy is till fupppvted by letters from the north the emperor i fod to have come t a de termination to declare his neutrality ad his purpofe of trading even wiih england the anxiety discovered on his part to come to tetms with turkey corroborates thi formal ncgociation has c mmenced the ruffian negoiator arrived at bucharcfl on the 14th of december the great difficul ty in the way of peace appears to be that alexander demands ceffion of territory from the porte which the sultan obftinately refu- fes and therefore conttones his preparations foi the renewal of the war an untafv feeling appears to exilt in sweden ard in other parts of the baltic eoaft the dr fence of anholt by a handful of britifn aauft 4000 danes cannot fiij to have a tiood ef- sti on public opinion and the pn f nee of to large a britilh fleci as that now i- reoa- ration will 1 ncotirage efpecially t sv t the hoftility oi the patriot- to ih ir prefent oppreffors dttached thoughts the temperate mans peafiires a- u hie becaufe th y fire regular and iiu i is cairn and fcttne becaufe it is inn ce t he who thinks no man abovt hm bill his virtue nunc btl w him hot for ii vice can never be obkquious in a wrong pi ce that is a mean and defpuale kind of pride tmtt ncifures woth by ihe gifrs of fortune th created poitori of which i o jf w tv- i t 1 nil ilvfm t proud men never have friends neither in profptrity becaufe they know nb dy nor in adverfity becaufe then nobody knows them we learn from new york that a fire broke out in an umbrella manu factory in that city about a fortnight upwards of on 7 kingston centre street docf roberts armysur- geon and member f the roy d c 1- lee london may be conlhed free of c- penfe every saturday from eleven oclock in the monitig until four in the afternoon by fiieh pcrfns whofe fituatum render hem unable toclefay he chaigeof meiical vi a house to be lli also three excdlcnt rooms in the hoyfe n w occupied by the inb fcriber for terms inquire of john poncet kingston d june t s i 1 1 has given up all american property coiififca- ted in confequencc of its coming from britifh potts and that the government intend iffuing licenfes for the intvoduion of coffee fngar and other articles of colonial produce from england into ruffian ports in confequenceofan application from the lords of the admiralty to the corporation of the trinity houfc of hull for baltic pilots ten pilots proceeded laft week to join the fleet in the downs which is fhortly espefted w fail for the baltic under the command of sir james saumarcz it is faid that no frefh troops have lately entered spain from france and that it va- known h the peninlula that a mifunderitand ing exils between france and ruffia april 15 two anholt mails have arriv ed they firnifh a new proof of bonaparte fears of an attempt in the hanfe towns an4 their vicinity to free themfelves from bis gall ing yoke all bangers within the city ano jurifdicyon of hamburg are ordered to pre lent themfelves wiih their paffports before j magilbate and give a fatifaaory account of the ohjea of their vilit with furetes fo their good behavior thofe who do no comply with this requifuion are ordered t qu the country in holland too the n reafed vigilance of the new pohce ev t fears and fufpicioi of thcyrant h was got under most horrible extract of a letter from an officer in lard wel lingtons army dated lwzao march 16 181 1 received in london w the cruelties of the french are degrad ing to human nature they burn the peasants alive and draw out their sinews to make ttm confefs where money or provifions are concerned an older has been iffued by massena to burn every village when his rear guard quits and the order is unfortunately but too well executed from pombal to louzao we have hardly pafled a town village or farmhoufe which was not in flames all the animals they leave on the road have their back finevvs di vided a copy of the general order for burning all the towns through which the french retreat has fallen into our hands and in it coimbra is delignated for dctlruc- tion that fine city has happily been faved by the vigor with which lord wellington has purfued maflena who is a wretch a ruf fian and a demon but an able general sketches of news both houfes of pailiament adjourned on the l ith of april to meet again on the 24th of the lame month the report of the council upon the hate of the kings was preiented to both huufe 1 the night he leflees of the crown and clergy kefcrve and thole who have licenfes of occupation in the midland dfl- ri3f are once more reqnelled to nakt imme diate payment of their arrcmsof rent to the fubfeviber who is authoiifcd to receive the fame anil giant receipts igrthofe who do not attend to this notice jhall be returned as defaulters charles stuart sheriff sheriffs office yl june 1 8 1 1 24 iortce the coparrnciihip of smith lvons ii this day oiftolved by mutu al confetti all claims again a the concern will be fettled by andrew smith and all thofe who are indebted to ihem cii her by note or book account ate defircd to make imme diate payment to andrew smith who is du ly authoiifcd to lecdve and difcrjare the lame andrew smith james lyons ehzabeihtown april 2jh is 1 1 cthc huguefe will be conduded in fu ture by andrew smith who will fell on ihe moll rcafonable terms foi caih or coun try produce 8 wanted immediately as an appresrick to the print- ing business a mart adiv 1 id trom 13 10 15 yars of ae who can come well recommended tjoue from the coun try would be preferred apply at tliia oflko