the fury of the people. The peasantry are hourly bringing in fugitives, who dispersed in the woods and mountains after the battle. In short, never has the pride of our presumptuous enemy been more severely humbled, nor the superiority of the British troops more gloriously proved, than in the events of this memorable day. His Majesty may, perhaps, still deign to appreciate more highly the atchieve ments of this little army, when it is known that the second division, which the enemy were said to be expecting, had all joined them the night before the action; no statement that I have heard of their numbers places them at a less calculation then 4000 men. Our victorious infantry continued the pursuit of the routed enemy so long as they were able; but as the latter dispersed in every direction, and we were under the necessity of preserving our order, the trial of speed became unequal. The total loss occasioned to the enemy by this conflict cannot be less than 4000 men. When I oppose to the above our own small comparative loss, as underneath detailed, his Majesty will, I hope, discern in the fact, the happy effects of that established disci pline to which we owe the triumphs by which our army has been latterly so highly distinguished. I am now beginning my march southward, preparatory to my return to Sicily, for which station I shall re-embark with the army, as soon as his Sicilian Majesty shall have arranged a disposition of his own forces to secure those advantages which have been gained by the present expedition. There seldom has happened an action in which the zeal and personal exertions of individuals were so imperiously called for as in the present; seldom an occasion where a General had a er opportunity of observing them. (After an animated eulogium on the conduct of the officers and men commanding the different divisions of the army, &c. the General adds) bave greatly favoured us, had events ob liged us to retire. The solicitude however of every part of the navy to be of use to us, the promptitude with which the seamen hastened on shore with our supplies, their anxiety to assist our wounded, and the tenderness with which they treated them, would have been an affecting circumstance to observers even the most indifferent. To me it was particularly so. I have the honour, &c. J. STUART, Major Gen. Return of Killed and Wounded of the British troops under the command of Major General Sir John Stuart, in the battle on the plains of St Euphemia, near Maida, July 4. 1806. Royal Artillery-2 horses killed; 3 gunners wounded. Grenadier Battalion -4 rank and file killed; I officer, 1 serjeant, 25 rank and file wounded. Light Infantry Battalion-1 officer, 7 rank and file killed; 1 officer, 1 drummer, 41 rank and file wounded. 20th Foot, frank and file killed; I drummer, 5 rank and file wounded. 27th Foot, 1st Bat.-6 rank and file killed; 1 serjeant, 46 rank and file wounded. 58th Foot, 1st Bat.-2 rank and file wounded. 78th Foot, 2d Battalion-4 rank and file killed; 7 officers, 4 serjeants, 1 drummer, 69 rank and file wounded. S1st Foot, 1st Battalion-3 serjeants, 16 rank and file killed; 2 officers, 1 serjeant, 62 rank and file wounded. Regiment of Watteville-3 rank and file wounded. Royal Corsican Rangers―3 rank and file killed; five rank and file wounded. Total-1 officer, 3 serjeants, 41 rank and file killed; 11 officers, 8 serjeants, 2 drummers, 261 rank and file wounded. Names of Officers killed and wounded. Killed-Light Infantry Battalion— Captain M'Lean, of 20th foot. Woundfair-ed-Grenadier Battalion-Major Hammill, of Royal Regiment of Malta. Light Infantry Battalion-Major Paulett, of the 44th Foot, severely. 78th Foot, 2d Battalion-Lieut. Col. M'Leod; Major D. Stuart; Captains D. M'Pherson and D. M'Gregor: Lieut. James M'Kay; Ensigns Colin M'Kenzie and Peter M'Gregor. 81st Foot, 1st BattalionCapt. Waterhouse; Lieutenant and Adjutant Ginger. Staff-Lieut. Col. Moore, of 23d Light Dragoons, acting Aid de Camp to Major Gen. Sir John Stuart. The scene of action was too far from the sea to enable us to derive any direct co-operation from the navy: but Admiral Sir Sidney Smith, who had arrived in the bay the evening before the action, had directed such a disposition of ships and gun boats as would Ex Extract of a dispatch from Major-General Sir John Stuart to Hugh Elliot, Esq. dated Messina, 3d August, 1806. Having occasion to send an express to my Aid-de-Camp, Capt. Bulkeley, at Palermo, I avail myself of the opportunity to acquaint you with another fortunate result of our auspicious day at Maida. Cotrone, with all its stores, magazines, &c. and 600 troops (now prisoners), capitulated on Wednesday evening last, to the land and naval for ces of his Britannic Majesty, under Lieut. Col. M'Leod, of the 78th regiment, and Capt. Hoste, of his Majesty's irigate Amphion, who werea ssisted in their operations against that place, and upon the adjacent coasts, by the gun-boats of his Sicilian Majesty. Three hundred prisoners, who prove to be sur vivors of the wounded, after the action of the 4th ult. are already arrived in this port. Gen. Regnier, who had endeavoured to hold his position, under much embarrassinent for some time past, between Cotrone and Catanzaro, has retreated precipitately towards Tarento; and it was reported when the transport left Cotrone, that he had been attacked by the masse, and had lost 6 or 700 of his flying people. I am now to congratulate you on the total evacuation of Calabria Ultra, in which single province, previous to the action of the 4th, we have every certainty that the enemy had a distributed force of at least 9000 men; of these, when Gen. Regnier quitted his position near Cotrone, certainly not 3000 remained. The losses of the French in upper Calabria have also borne a proportion. A great deal of heavy ordnance, lately transported by the French to Cotrone, besides what was found mounted on the Castle, amounting in the whole to about forty pieces, have fallen into our hands. Extract of a Letter from Lieut. Col. MacLeod, to Major General Sir John Stuart, dated Amphion Frigate, off Cotrone, 27th July, 1806. By the letter I had the honour of addressing to you on the 24th inst. accompanying the duplicates of my letters of the preceding evening, you will be a ware that it was my intention to move in conjunction with Capt. Hoste's squadron, to this place on the following day, under an impression, that a feint on the Sept. 1806. enemy's rear, and this his sole remaining depot, would induce him to divide his force, and of course make it so much the more easy for the Chiefs of the Masse to succeed in their projected attacks on his position at Catanzaro. The fleet got under weigh accordingly at eight o'clock, P. M. and the following morning (although a considerable distance from the shore) I had the satisfaction to observe the French army in full retreat towards Cotrone. As their route or road appeared to run nearly parallel to, and within gun-shot of the beach, and to be bounded on the opposite side by a chain of mountains, no better opportunity could be offered, apparently, for an effectual co-operation with the Masse. With this view Capt. Hoste made a prompt disposition of his frigate and small craft, while the transports were directed to make sail towards a point considerably in front of the enemy's column, and to make a demonstration of landing there. This ap pearance occasioned, in the first instance, a halt of the enemy's column; and in the next, a change of its direction towards the mountains. Capt. Hoste was enabled, however, to open a brisk cannonade on his centre and rear, which appeared to be immediately affected by it; and in an hour's time, occasioned those parts of his column to break and disperse in the mountains. The enemy's loss in this affair amounted to about 50 or 60 wounded, who were brought in waggons to Cotrone this morning. After the dispersion of the enemy in the mountains, the fleet made sail towards this place, his supposed destination, where the frigate and transports came to an anchor, after exchanging a few shot with the citadel, at eight o'clock in the evening. In the morning we discovered that the enemy's army had not yet arrived, but under an anxious expectation for their ap pearance, a disposition was made with the transports and ment of war to give him every possible annoyance; and accordingly, having permitted him quietly to take up his position within gunshot, the frigate's broadside was brought to bear upon him, and, in the space of half an hour, completely dislodged and obliged him to take up a new position without the range of her guns, iu the mountains. Amphion, Amphion Frigate, off Cotrone, 6 P. M. Several appearances in 1800 en French campment, concurring with other information I had received on the evening of the 27th, that the enemy meditated a move, I thought it proper to detain a communication I had prepared for you on that day, until I could convey more decided intelligence on this important subject. I have now the utmost satis faction in acquainting you, that the greatest part of the French army retreated in a northerly direction from Cotrone, just before daylight on the morning of the 28th ult. Immediately on obtaining this information, I dispatched expresses to the different Chiefs of the Masse, requiring them to concert arrangements for a close pursuit, and pointed out the many advantages they must consequently have over a flying and dispirited enemy in their mountains. Our information of yesterday stated that 1000 men had been left to garrison the town and city of Cotrone. But several deserters, who joined us this morning, having mentioned that the greatest part of this force had marched to join their army in the course of the night, Capt. Hoste agreed with myself in the propriety of summoning the town and citadel to surrender to the forces under our orders, conceiving that the immediate possession of what we understood to be the enemy's sole depot, and dernier resort in Lower Calabria in point of position, together with the removal of his stores, &c. might contribute to prevent his attempt to enter the Province. I have now the pleasure to inclose copies of the summons, and of the terms of Capitulation finally agreed upon. I shall find it however necessary to disembark a considerable part of my battalion this day to cover the evacuation of the town and citadel, and to superintend the completion of the other Articles of the Capitulation. After which I shall immediately re-embark, and propose to make the best of my way to Messina on the 2d or 3d of August, unless previously I may receive such information as may alter my opinion, that the French have completely evacuated Lower Calabria for the present. The number of prisoners and desertens now with this fleet amount to about soo, of which number one half and upwards are sick and wounded. The enemy being, I believe, now com. pletely driven from the Lower, if not both Calabrias, I cannot resist this opportunity of offering my congratulations on brilliant a result to the expedition undertaken by the army under your immediate command, which cannot fail to be recorded in the British anuals as an atchievement of the first order. I have the honour to be, &c. P. M'LEOD. !! After the defeat of the French army, Sir John Stuart issued a second proclamation, to the following effect:-→ After announcing the victory, he holds out the example of such happy success as a farther incitement to the Calabrians to join in establishing the authority of their legitimate Sovereign; he offers them arms and ammunition, not to be used for private vengeance, but against the common enemy; and while the brave General congratulates them on the fortunate success of the British arms, he expresses his anxiety that humanity should accompany their progress. "Above all," says he, charge you to treat the prisoners, that may fall into your power, well. I further command you to send out constant parties of patroles, to collect the stragglers and wounded in your mountains and forests. For every prisoner that you conduct in safety to the British army you shall be rewarded. I promise to give your six ducats for each private, and twenty ducats for each officer." In order to put a stop to the barbari-. ties exercised by the French upon the Calabrian royalists, Sir John issued a third proclamation on the 18th July, in which, after a fair statement of facts, he reminds the French Commanders, that not only many of their declared and known partizans were in his power, but that the signal success of the army under his command had placed in his hands above three thousand prisoners. therefore," he concludes, "such violence is not put an end to in future, I shall not only deem myself justified, but even compelled by my duty, to have recourse to the severe, but indispensible law of reprisals." If, SCOTTISH TH HARBOUR OF ARDROSSAN. HE harbour of Ardrossan, on the west coast of Ayrshire, calculated as a port for a canal which is to pass from thence thro' Paisley, to Glasgow, (as well as the canal) has been brought forward entirely under the The Free Masons of the ancient mother lodge, Kilwinning, with their Grand Mas ter, William Blair of Blair, Esq. and a par. ty of the Saltcoats volunteers, with the band of the Airshire rifle battalion, proceeded from the town of Saltcoats, along the shore to Ardrossan. Before the procession arrived at the harbour, they were joined by the Earl of Eglinton, ac ompanied by a number of the most respectable Gentlemen of the county and neighbourhood, by Mr Telford the engineer, &c. At the moment the procession, amidst crowds of spectators, arrived at the pier, the Countess of Eglinton, attended by Lady Montgomerie, and above fifty Ladies of the first rank and dis tinction in the county, appeared on the point of an eminence, near the old castle of Ardrossan, which overlooks the bay. At, three o'clock the principal foundation stone, at the point where the pier is connected with the shore, was laid by the Grand Mas. ter, with the usual solemnities. In this stone were deposited, one bottle containing coins of his present Majesty; also another bottle, containing a list of the names of the subscribers, and the acts of Parliament under which it is to be executed. INSCRIPTION. "In the Reign of the most Gracious Sove. reign George III. the Right Hon. Hugh, twelfth Earl of Eglinton. Lord Montgomerie and Kilwinning, Baron Ardrossan, Lord Lieutenant of the county of Ayr, first suggested the formation of a HARBOUR and WET DOCKS at this place, to be connected with a canal to Paisley and Glasgow; and afterwards, under the patronage and patriotic exertions of his Lordship, two acts of Parliament have been passed, for carrying into execution these works, so well calculated for the improvement and prosperity of the country, on plans by Thomas Telford, Esq. engineer. William Blair, Esq. of Blair, Grand Master Mason, of the ancient mother lodge, Kilwinning, laid the Foundation Stone of these works, on the 31st day of July, 1806, and of the Era of Masonry, 5806. May Almighty God, the Grand Architect of the Universe, bless and prosper the undertaking, and protect to the latest ages the name of ;Montgomerie.” The Earl of Eglinton addressed the company present in a very neat speech, in which his Lordship stated, that though in the course of nature he could not expect to see these works at the summit of their prosperity, he had no doubt that long after he and many of those who had given aid to the measure were gone, the country would reap the advantages of them, and estimate their true value." Thereafter a very impressive and suitable prayer was given, by the Rev. Mr Duncan, minister of Ardrossan, and immediately on a flag being hoisted in the adjacent mason's shed, where the stone had been prepared, a round was fired from eight field pieces, placed near the old Castle, and returned from two of his Majesty's cutters which were stationed in the Bay, with 21 guns. Two tables, each 120 feet long, were laid, and upwards of 200 persons sat down to a splendid dinner, with choice wines, and every fruit of the season, provided by the Earl of Eglinton. After dinner several loyal and appropriate toasts were given. About seven o'clock, the Earl and his Countess proceeded to Eglinton Castle, where a splendid ball concluded the evening; at Saltcoats also, various parties spent the evening in dancing and festivity. It must give great pleasure to every friend of his country to see, during a most expensive war, extensive works, of the greatest public utility, every where carried on with a spirit and energy, as if the nation was in profound peace. LORD NELSON'S TOWER.-The Gentlemen in the vicinity of Forres having raised a liberal subscription for erecting a Monument to the memory of the immor tal Nelson, and his brave companions, who fell with him in atchieving the glorious victory of Trafalgar, the foundation stone of "MY LORD-Among the numerous congratulations which you are now receiving, permit us, the Writers to his Majesty's Signet, to express our sincere joy at the issue of the solemn trial which you have lately undergone. "From our long and intimate knowledge of your Lordship's character for a period of nearly thirty years, during the greater part of which you presided over this Society, we were little afraid of the result of an investigation which affected your honour; and the decision of the High Court of Parliament has proved that our confidence was well founded. Considering the intimate connection which the Society now has with your Son, we cannot refrain from taking this opportunity of also congratulating your Lordship, upon his manly and able conduct in the late trying situation in which he was placed; and we sincerely hope, that both your Lordship and he may long live to enjoy these honours, which, for your faithful services, our most gracious Sovereign has been pleased to bestow upon you. We have the honour to be, &c. Signed in name of, and by appointment of the Society, by HUGH WARRENDER." Dep. Keeper, Addresses, in similar terms, have also been voted to his Lordship by the Society of Solicitors at Law in Edinburgh; by the burghs of Dumfries, Lanark, Stirling, Haddington, North Berwick, Kinghorn, and a great many others. On Friday June 27. a large company of Lord Melville's friends dined together in the Assembly Rooms, Georg Street, Edinburgh; the Earl of Haddington in the de chair. Upwards of 500 persons sat down to table, among whom were the Earls of Haddington, Moray, and Dalhousie, Lords Napier, Elibank, Downe, and Elcho, Lord President, and several of the Judges, and a great number of Gentlemen of rank and distinction from all quarters of the country. The entertainment was in the highest stile of elegance, and was conducted with gree of regularity and good order, that did much credit to the six gentlemen who had been previously appointed Stewards for the occasion. Many loyal and appropriate songs were given. The utmost harmony toasts were drank, and several excellent and joy prevailed till a late hour, when the issued by the Stewards, at one guinea' and company broke up Near 600 tickets were a half each. In the evening there was a brilliant display of fire-works in St. An drew's square. 1 LEITH RACES.-Began on the 4th August. Monday, the City of Edinburgh's purse of 50 guineas was won by Mr Lonsdale's grey horse at three heats, beating three others. Tuesday, the King's purse of 100 guineas was won by Mr Hodgson's grey mare Priscilla, beating two others. Wednesday, Mr Hodgson's bay mare Lady Mary walked the course for a subscription purse of 50 guineas. Thursday, the Hunters' purse of 50 guineas was won by Mr Baird's mare by Toby, beating Mr Baillie's horse Toby, who unfortunately foundered the third round of the second heat day, Mr Hodgson's bay mare Lady Mary again walked the course for the Ladies purse of 50 guineas. Saturday, a purse for the beaten horses of the week was won by Mr Best's bay mare Fairy, beating a. nother. There were several matches betwist some officers of the rst dragoons, and some hack faces, none of which, more than the principal races, afforded any sport. There were few equipages on the sands, and seldom so thin an attendance of persons of rank and fashion. Fri On Saturday the 28th June, the Royal Company of Archers shot for the Edinburgh Silver Arrow, which was gained by Chas. Cunningham, Esq. And on Saturday the 12th July, the King's Prize was shot for on Burntsfield Links by the Royal Company of Archers, and gained by John Russel, Esq. clerk to the signet. The Silver Club, given by the City of Edinburgh to the Hon. Society of Golfers, was played for over Leith Links on Saturday August 2. and won by James Scott, clerk to the signet. During the violent thunder storm on the 9th of August, a pleasure boat overset off Inchcolm, and Mr Crawfurd, son of the late Capt. Crawfurd of Carronbank, and four |