a have to lsrroranee or poverty the troth k however tim is an cxcufe for indolence or parhmony and thus whole families are derived of information on thole rtfunt which afford one half the coavcrlatioii of fociety they are content to borrow ideas from their more intelligent or more eiithuflg neighbors thus in thelanguage of the poet to vege- ate and die it fe hoped however that fuch are few our political welfare fo eflentiahy defends on a general difcfion of iotelligi nce that we rtvuld lfe no opportunity to eilabbft it on the only permanent foundation foreign intelligence 2vwn liverpool p pen to june 24 reave by the brig favourite capt foster at rojlon defeat of bonaparte from the london gazette extra june 22 h letter from the duke of wel lington waterloo june 19 bonaparte having collected the 0 2d 3d 4th and 6th corps of the french army and the imperial guards and nearly all the cavalry on the sambre and between that river and meufe between the 10th and 4h of the month advanced on the 15th and attacked the piutiau potts at thnin and lobez 011 the sambre at daylight in the morning y i did not hear thefe event till the eve- ring oi i he ijth and i immediately order- td the troops to prepare to march to tliir left as foon as i had intelligence from other quarters to prove the enemys movements upon chareroy was he real attack the enemy drove the pruitian pofls from the sambre on that day and general zietzen who commanded the corps which had been at charier retired upon feurus and print blucher concentrated the prus sian arny upon sambref holding the villages in front of his pofition of st am and and ligny 44 the en ny continued his march along the road from charlety towards bruxelles and on the iame evening the 15th attacked a brigade of the netherlands under the piince de wteanar potted at frafne and forced it back to the farm hoifeon the fame toad called lt qmrtrtu bias m the prince of orange immcdiitelv re inforced this brigade with another of the fanedivinon under gtn perpnnther and fo hb ft ftffef mf tmiiitd part of the ground which hid been jolt io as t have th command of ih eomroutiicattoti leading fr 1 awvand bruxcllcs with prince blu- chers poll t ion i in the mean time i had dnecled the whole army to march upon les quartets bras z th f h dvfioi uid r lt sit gen t pion arrived at about halfpall 2 in the day followed by the corps of troops under the dolce of brunfwivk ard afterwards by the contingent of naitau at this time the enemy commenced an attack upon prince bklcher with his whole force excepting the firfl and lecond corps and a corps of tavary under general keller- mm with which he attacked our poll at lea lii at 1 c bras the pruffian army maintained their poi fit ions with their ufird gallantry and perseve rance again a great disparity of numbers as the at h cor pi of their army under gen bit low had not joined and 1 was not able fo as- sifl them as i wifted as i was attacked my- felf and tie troops the cavalry in particu lar which had a long distance to march had trot arrived we maintained our poiition alio and completely defeated and reptiifed all the en emys attempts to get poitcfiion of it the enemy repeatedly attacked us with a large body of ufantry and cavalry fupportcd by a numerous and powerful artillery lie made feveral charges with the cavalry upon our infantry but all were repulfcd in the iteadi- eft manner in this affair hi r h the prince of orange the duke cf brun wick and lt general sir t picvw arid major genet al sir j kempt and sir d pack who were encaged fioti the commencement of the en emys attack highly diuvingoifhed themfelves a well as lt gen c baron lten mjj general sir c halket lieutenant general co ke and major g c u maitland and byng as they r i lively arrived the tro rpsof the 5h diviin and ihofe of the iv r wick c- pj were jong feverely enga- ged aid oidiiciedthemielves with the ut- rrort gallantry nuift panictilarly mention the 2th 41 i jihmd fjzi regts and the bat ali 1 of la vet fans o r s erfot as your lordfliip will perceive y rhe inclolcd icturn and i have pviiirly to regret hi s h the dke cf bruirnvljfc who fell fighting gat lantly st the heid f hi- troops ahhoug mar b uchr had maintained lisofrioai samh ef he lid fbuml himfclf much ealceed by h fevcriiy of the con- tl hi wiuchhehvd been engaged and as the 4th corps had not arrived i rtcrhinei to fall back and concentrate his army upon wavre and he ntarched in the night after the action was over this movement of the warfhals render ed neceffary a cor efponding one on my part and 1 retitedfro the farm oi qnntre bras upon geuappe and thence upon waterloo the next morning the 1 71b at ten oclock the eemy made no effort to purfne marflial blucher on the contrary a pat rol which i cent to sambref in the morning found all quiet and the enemys videltes fell back as the patrol advanced neither did he attempt to moleft our march to the rear although made in the middle of the day ex cepting by following with a large body of cavalry brought from his right the cavalry under the karl of uxbiidge this gave lord uxbridgt an opportunity of charging them with the sfl life guards upon their debouchee from the village of genappe upon which occallon his ltofumip as dechtrei himfclf to be well fatitftcd with that regiment the ppikiori which i took up in front of waterloo 1 rofled the high roadi from cbar leroy and nivelle and had its right thonvn back to a nvme near merke brajne which was occupied and its left extended lo a height above rhe hamlet terla haye which was likewile occupied in front or the right centre and near the nivelle road we occupied the hotife and garden of ho moot wlrich covered the ret urn of that flank and in front of the left centre we occupied the farm of la haye siinte- by our left we communicated with marihal prince p- cher at wavre through oh aim and the martha had protnifed me that in cafe vve ihould be attacked he would fupporl me with one or more corps as might be nfic fary the eiiemy collefted his at my with exception of the third corps which bad l fent toobfervc marflial biwehri on a rttpg oflieights in uurfioit ii the courfe of he night of the 1 7 h and ycflerday mottltmg t and at about 10 oclock he commence a furious attack upon our pod at hougom j had occupied that poll with a dtach from gen byngs brigade of guards ww wa- in po fit ion in its rcr and it v hi f lome time under the command of lt macrtonald and afterwards of ctrl hor and f m happy to add that it was m taincd throughout the diy with the at- gallantry by these brace troops not with fiv ing the repeated efloris of large bodies of c enemy to obtain uoflefhon of it thin ittnck nt on he v hv nit centre a very heavy cmiii was accompanied bv de upon our whole lne ji fxi dclliiucd to fnpport the repe tea attacks of 4ftv an 1 infantry occjafi nally mixed but fomc- ticie4 itpante which were- made upon it in one of thefe the enemy carried the 1 urm houfe f la haye sainte as the detlith meiit of the light battalion of the legion which -oc- enpied it had expended idi itd amuuuut on ind the euemy occupied the only coniniiinii- cuion there was with them the enemy repeatedly charged ottt infan try with his cavalry but thefe attack nrcre uniformly unfuccelfftil and thev affordled opportunities to our cavalry to charge m one of which lord e somerfei s brigade ccon- fiding of the life guards royal horde guai d and ill dragoon guard highly diflinguiilhed thnifclves as did that of major ge- sir w pouionby having taken many pribomers and an eagle these attacks were repented till about y in the evening when the enemy made a dlef- pcrateeftort with the cavalry and infanttiy fupportcd by the fire of artillery to force s lir in nis lervice mu ut i- fj wj ing hit divifion to a charge with bayonets v which one of the moil ferious atcacki fir left cent 1 e near the farm of la mia ye ami e which after a fever c conteft as de feated and having obferved that the troiops retired fiom this attack in great confuiiioi and that the march of general billows ceurps by etischermont upon planchernorr and la belle alliance had bcan to take effect aand as 1 could perceive the fire of his caniwon and as maifhal blucher had joined in pextm with a corp of his army to the left of iour hoc by chain i determined to attack the ten- eny and immediately advanced the whiole line of infantry fipprrted by the cavalry aand artillery the attack fticeceded in evtrf point ttir enemy was forced from his peofi- tion on the heights and tied in the utnwoil con fu i ion leaving behind him as fa as i could judge 15c puces of cannon with tlheir ammunition which fell into our bunds- i ecptf tinned the purfuit till long aftr dark and then discontinued it duly on account oftthe fatigue of our troops who had dcen engaged during 12 hours and becauie 1 fuma myficif on the fame road with marfnal blucnetj who allured me of his tiirention to follow t the enemy throughout the night he has ffent me word this morning that he had takkea 60 piece of cannon belonging to the imnpe- rial guard and feveral carriages bagnge c belonging to bonaparte in genappee- i propoe to move this morning upon ni- velles and not to discontinue my operat- n vonr lordfliip wili olfcrve that fucbh a defperate action could not be fought and fuch advantages gained without great iofifih- and i am forry to add that ours haj uea a menfe in lieutenant general sir t pre- ton his majefly has fuftainedthe lofs of m officer who ha frequently dtstiflgniflied hiia fclf in his fervice and he fell glorioudy lea- d by which one of the moil ferious attacks made by the enemy on our position was de feated the earl of uxbridge riter having fuccefsfully got thro this arduous day re ceived a wound bv almoil the lall hot fired which will i am afraid deprive his majelty for fome time of his fervices his r h theprmce of orange distin- guifhed himllfbyhis gallantry and conduci till he received a wound from a muiketbali through the fhouldtr which oblged him to quit the field it gives me the greatest fatisfaciion to af- fure your lordfliip that the army never up on any occafion conducted itfelf better the divifion of guards under lieut gen cooke who is feverely wounded maj gen maitland and major gen byng fet an ex ample which was followed by all anl there is no officer or defcription of troopb that did not behave well i mull however particularly mention for his r hs approbation lnuteaaut gener al sir h clinton major general adam lieutenant general sir c baron alten fe verely wounded major general c halket feverely wounded colonel omptede col mitchell commanding a brigade of the 4th divifion major general sir j kempt and sir d pack major general lambert ma jor general lord e somerfet major gen eral sir w ponfouby major general sir c grant and maj general sir h vivian major general sir o vandekur major general count dornbcrb i am alfo par ticularly indebted to general lord hill for w his alfiftance and condect upon this as upon all former occaiians the artdlejy and engineer departments were conducted much to my fitiafaction by colonel sir g wood and colonel smyth j and i had every reafon to be fativfted with the c mducr of ihe adjutant general major general barnes who was wounded and of the quarter nfafter general colo rel delan- cy who was killed by a cinncn hot in the middle of the actio n- this oihccr i a feii- oufi lofa to his majedys fervice and to me ar thi moment- 1 was likcwlfe much in debted to the aftilance of lt coh lord f somerfet win was feverely wounded and ot the oflicrs compofitg oy pergonal staff who have fuflcred feverely m this action lieut colonel the honorable sir a go don 1 1 r i who has died of his wotitids was a tnoltpio- mifn gorrle and is a ferious lofs to his ma jellys fervice gcreral kreuie of the 3ithi fervfee 1 kewife conducted himfef much to my fat- 1 fiction a did general trip commanding the heavy brigade of cavalry and general vauhope commanding a bug ad e of infm- try nf tile king of the netherlands general poo 6i borgo bgcn vincent general murhn and general alavoa were in the field dm lug the action and ren- deied ire every afli fiance ii their power baon vincent i wounded but i hope not feverely and general puzodi soro receiv ed a contufi b j fnould not do juiuce to my feelings or to mai dial blucher a il fhjb pruflian army il i did not attribute the iuccefsful refult of this arduous delay to the cordial and timely affiflrnce i receded from them the operptions of general bulov upon the enemys ihink was a mod decifive one and even if i had not found fpylelf in a fitu- ation to make the attack which produced tiie final refult it would have forced the ene my ton tie if his attacks fhtnld have failed and would have prevented liim from taking advantage of them if they jhould un- forriirately hav fucceeded i fend with this diptch two eaglcs ta ken bv the troops in this atfion which ma jor piercy will have the honor of laying at the feet of his royal highuefs i beg leave to recoiumend him to your lorddiips protection x have the honor v signed wellington p s since writing the above i have received a report ht major gene sir w poufonby is killed and ii anmuv fob intelligtncsi to y m orutiip j to add the expreffion of my grief for the fate cyf n ohieerwho had already rendered very biil- hant nd important fcrvices and was an dr- namenl to hid profefil n 2dp s 1 have tya r the r of killed and wounded but i m a lilt of ffieen killed and wounded on he- two days aa tar m the fame can be made out without the returns and i am very happy colonel dancy is not lj hat aroughopea of hu recovery are enter- bi ithh kilkd and wounded kllldl tenant genrr si t mft aml 8 morrc and sir w pli iw as to the duke of wellin r ning curne majors the honorable v u a 1 c d g bain n ramfay cail chambersbrigade majors croft 1 rofewielcaptains bolton crawford zon aid to the prince of orange cl ber a id to general pidon elli r ertfon kennedy shurran halgeoman h mas dial grohen cnmming and qro lieutenants c manners and lifter enfigns ld hay aid to general 2 land brown wounded c7eneral his royal highnefs the ftincc oi oiange feverely lieutenant gen the earl of uxbridge rioht leg amputated lieut gen sir charles alten feverel lieut qn cooke right atm amputate lieut gen sir e barnes adj geo fcfc lieut gen jir j kempt lightly lieut gen sir colin halket feverely lieut gen adams feverely lieut gen sir w domby feverely col sir j elley k cb lightly col harris col u en tin flihtly col the hon frederic parnahy feverely col sir w de lancy feverely lieut col lord fitzroy somerfet right hg amputated lieut col hay feverely lieut col vigoreau lieut col abercrombie a qm ge nightly lieut col hamilton lieut col nercott feverely lieut col cameron feverely lieut col wyndham feverel y lieut col bowater fiightly lieut col marklonell uightly lieut col daft wood feverely lieut col sir r hill feverely lieut col hill lieut col schroider lieut col adam feverely lieut col miller dangeronfly lieut col sirg d- berkeh a kgb maj mac lean major beckwritb feverely maj jeafop aqm g maj bnrche right ami amputated maj perkinfon fevcely mj poker ler amputated maj robet ball feverely maj hamilton a c to gen sire- wtoo- maj lindfay feverely maj watfon do b m eroem dang roully i wilkin feveiely m miller do capt smith k- 1 webber feverely sir j bynor fwerrly ra capt wbynnate c l2 capt the hon erftin d aaf rap to li arm amputated capt a dauejton aiddeca general pvkton feverely l lieuts fofter crome robe smith btracgway feverely lt romey arm amputated it bloomfteld oiahtly lt br fa lt forhe do lt d crawfoid flj ithrelocka atogensircffi u pringle lightly lt hamilton 7 i-t- heife lts gardiner johnfon mottrv simmons j gardiner fitzmanrice shea- jy wright feveiely london june u the paris monteur of the 17th containi a bulletin from the army dated at rirfit ob the 16th anhouueing that the emperor had jnft gained a complete victory over the en gifdi and pruflpn irmy i tharoftb 18th contains a difpatcli from sachet dated montmillas june 15 9 p m fay th- enemy wee attacked thisrnor n- we have made 600 nrifoners inclu diner a col and maj and killed from 2 to 300 men bonaparte published an addrefs to fofdfera on the 14th ir appears by h that itey commanded his irft wing and that mbrifcr wi left behind ill and that a col and other officers had cone over to the cue my a paris jjne 14 the emperor m leaving paris eflablilhei a cou icil of regency fomed by the princefs of the imperial family the miaii tcs cf tate ice ioneu macau c tmerun a gordon london june 17 stocks have rue considerably today h a report which titu obt ued some credit that i french gentleman had a rived wti pcjpofals from carnot and fouehe to the b it ica government the pu rport of which was to fet afiie bomipaite on condition of the elevation of the otike cf orleans to the throne of france nothing official has trail fpired oil this fubjecl the emperor of raflia arrived at h berg on the 5th the emperor of aofw was at heilbrou the french imperial gwardi which w proceeded to the froniiens are computed eo joo md thr horfei obtained by du- mo ft k i a- it- flt 2co00-