considered, and Austria will now be it has taken some islands in the mouth compelled to co-operate in the plans, which were probably laid down by the two emperors in the German coufer ence. No prospect appears of a peace between us, and the great northern empire, which must be not a little exasperated at finding its territories exposed to the attacks of our fleets; for its northern port, Archangel, has received a visit from us, and a very great booty has been gained by our sailors.

of the Scheldt, and little or no resistance made any where, except at Flushing. This town was exposed to a severe bombardment, and endured the burning of a very great part of it before the commander would consent to a surrender, Had he persisted not a brick would have been left in its original place, and our rockets would have so scattered their fire that every piece of timber must have been burned. The garrison was made prisoners In Sweden the utmost tranquillity of war, and among them, it seems, reigns, and the revolution has been are many Irish soldiers and officers, made with such ease, that the only who after having been driven from wonder now in men's minds is, that it their country, and given to the king did not take place before, and that of Prussia, enlisted in the service of their Quixotic prince had not sooner the French. In what manner they are been placed in a situation more suita- to be treated time will shew. The ble to his repose, and the happiness English army is now at liberty to purof his subjects. We have still to resue the farther objects of its destinagret, that a good account of the protion; and its ships of war are advancceedings of the diet have not reached ed into the Scheldt. The burning of us. Many excellent reforms are said some ships of the line above Antto have been made. The different werp is the next attempt; but so bodies which constitute the legisla- great a length of time has elapsed ture of that kingdom, are said to have since the army landed in Walcheren, been much less animated by party tion on the part of the French, if they that it will argue great want of attenprejudices than could have been expected; and that, seeing the necessity The king of Holland must have troops are not fully prepared to resist us. of union for the safety of the country, sufficient to guard the northern banks all have co-operated in the forming of the Scheldt, and to the south the of laws, which have the general good whole resources of the Netherlands in view, and not the little pursuits of faction. and of France may be brought with ease to Antwerp. We have, however, such a prodigious force, upwards of six thousand cannon, that to them, and the bravery of our sailors, nothing scarcely will be deemed impossible.

Germany remains in an unsettled state. The king of Westphalia is still in Saxony, and the latter king remains in Frankfort. The king of Bavaria feels the effects of the war, but has not If our troops in Walcheren have hitherto received his reward. His had little opportunity of displaying southern neighbours are become more their valour, our army in Spain has quiet. The duke of Brunswick Oels signalized itself, and, in a conflict has made his escape to England, and, with the French, the usual superioby a rapid flight through the north of rity of the English has been shewn. Germany, escaped the vigilance of Sir Arthur Wellesley had advanced the French, and brought a number of with his army to Talavera, and, courthe people he had collected and em- bined with the forces of Spain, was bodied, on board our transports. The prepared to oppose a body of upwards king of Holland has lost part of his of sixty thousand men, to the attacks dominions, and may lose more, for of the French. The greater part of our troops are very near him, and it is this body consisted of Spaniards, who not known what are to be the ultimate occupied his right wing, being near to ends of our grand expedition. the junction of the Alberche with the This grand expedition has had the Tagus, and strongly defended by their attention of England fixed upon it for position. In the centre, and to the a considerable time. As yet nothing left, were the English forces, in front has been done worthy of its greatness; of the Alberche," and on them the

French army, with king Bonaparte properly conducted, they would fail at their head, made a most tremend- of success. ous attack. Upwards of forty thousand men are said to have been at this time under his command, and the brunt of the battle lay on the left wing and the centre, on which the French, in vain, during two days and an intervening night, attempted to make an impression, They were repulsed every where, and lost several pieces of cannon and colours. But they made their retreat in a very regolar manner, and were not followed by the combined army. This is an extraordinary circumstance, particularly so, as it does not appear that the Spanish body had suffered in the engagement. Our general states his loss, in killed, wounded, and missing, at upwards of five thousand men, and gives the double of that number to the French. He attributes his remaining in the same position to the want of provisions, and the extreme fatigue of the troops; but as the French have retreated in such a manner, a severe battle must still be fought before they can be driven out of the country.

Our arms have been crowned with success both in Africa and the West Indies. In the former, Senegal has submitted to us; in the latter St. Domingo to the joint troops of England and Spain. The possession in Africa will not add much to our trade, the loss to the French in the latter will be felt, as they now are nearly driven from a connexion with the West Indies, and probably the remaining territory will be taken from them." We hear little of Spanish America, where no genius has hitherto appeared to take advantage of the conflicts in Europe.

The United States have received the intelligence of the embarrassments respecting the treaty of Peace. They do not appear to have produced any very great sensation; and it is hoped, that negociation may still settle our differences. The debates in their Congress are carried on with very little party spirit; and their President seems to give that general satisfaction to which he is intitled by his merits. On the battle itself, it must be ob- They will, it is to be hoped, shew the served, that it affords a decisive proof, world how much better a peaceful nathat however superior the French tion is than one that is perpetually at may be to other nations, their contests war; and that it is not for the benefit of with the English must be very severe; a country to shed its blood for commerand if the Spaniards are encouraged cial pursuits. The Chinese empire to act with the spirit that this ought has afforded them an example; and to inspire, their ultimate success is it is curious enough, that Great Bicertain. There are some hopes too, tain should have so conducted herself, that the junta sees the state of the that so mighty an empire as that of kingdom in its true light. In the China, and so considerable a country remarks that have been published in as the States of America, should, at the papers under its authority, the the same time nearly, be under the evils of the former government are necessity of threatening us with a fully acknowledged. Hence there is denial of intercourse. The Chinese reason to believe, that some exertions were perfectly right, for, had our will be made to meliorate the state of landing armed men in their counthe country. The whole depends try been once connived at, no one very much on the events that have can tell to what extent the number taken place since the battle. Should would hereafter amount. The Chithe combined army drive the French nese said to us, Remove your troops again to the north of the Ebro, it is to from our territories, or you never be presumed, that they will not com- more trade here. The demand was mit the fatal mistake of leaving them perfectly reasonable, but the manner to intrench themselves. There must in which the emperor treats us does be no rest to the English and Spanish not suit the haughty pretensions of arms till the French are driven to the our nation. He calls us a bad nation, other side of the Pyrenees. The bra- that requites ill the indulgence he has very of the Spaniards, in some places, shewn, in permitting us to trade with forbids us to doubt, that if they were the celestial kingdom.

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"Lines on Anger.

"Tho' wrath and angur in me bosom burns,

I will rend the out distractive in thy powrs
Like lightening flash within my frame
But thankes no risting plase is found
Blustrious as the roul ng billows

Distractive as the storm."

We looked at the post mark; but it is not from Moorfields.

The Life of Sir R. Wigram, Bart. is inadmissible.
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HISTORICAL CHRONICLE.

OPERATIONS of the BRITISH ARMY in SPAIN.

LONDON GAZETTE, AUG. 12. Dispatches, of which the following are extracts, have been received at the office of Lord Viscount Castlereagh, one of his Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, from Lieutenant-General Sir Arthur Wellesley, K.B.

Placentia, 15th July, 1809. MY LORD,-After I had written to your lordship on the 1st instant, Joseph Bonaparte crossed the Tagus again, and joined Sebastiani with the

troops he had brought from Madrid, and with a detachment from Marshal Victor's corps, making the corps of Sebastiani about twenty-eight thousand men, with an intention of attacking Venegas's corps. Venegas, however, retired into the mountains of the Sierra Morena, and Colonel Larey with his advanced guard attacked a French advanced corps in the night, and destroyed many of them. The French troops then returned again to the Tagus, which river Joseph had crossed with the reinforcement which