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v-, J.' C fficcrsV-Our !o, n the stf n, nsistel of tie ton' ffi&fof.,W ?i aston'to- f op flfc a indhl &f'TfJ ( r loO men, mostly lightly wonrfded;;The ene ever; harip cross'ed.thtm'oiintaihttwM'SJini: Capt. fcairns began three WJj t j'-Io ifUrmore. , billa, ami haVingecl i?'-T Quarter, rfhi, rival the :th. Major General; Barnes' MfritMr .nMrji Lwa SJg i serene Jlignnesi. me- prjnce 'ni uessc are eivue w iurmeu iur me aiiai, mm huvuuccuj.uiid muu Vir" a 1 ' '!.. Vfi'tm uLin V1 U tliav will lironlr! Lfcra Vlni illi 'iiiiil llolit Jivieinns nnll nA.nni'r-i l!nlv the effect of OUf fire ri-Ah4liTa 3V Y WtoSkhw&Wfctt : ate.Svlth a teirularitv and eallantir ' whieli I Fe1cu stood -exposed to fivepiecea i Si iij i'..k.1.. ,.1i j.iwiv j "TTrir.Thit.i ' inj ..jr.4...i;ji,fnlii:iniiiinii fhmii with snecial si . JVIOlin 19 laKeil, aim , iinc iigeuirc is.- uud uaj-i uarv sciuuui seen ciiuuiini a.iiu-p.utua.iiT uiurt i f "V v) i k -.;r y ft , V iaw liad fortified, Jil ewiae talcett. Out in the res 4 troops bt ver'vatirafHjy. jiria, an3 landed this fyrning' the prfonertl Jltliatliiu fri crate - will nMl this tnornin ft 'canvov-for Halifax and ffiie Lawrenee. ton and Siti to be f sir u.idoiTli'Tre,4iid fittedfor thoeoTiveyahcc o r ': -cuTitahi Poph'am Wd cWit Creisrtoa, to join ii (ffi ltosidukt iiuzr 1- .Bonaparte wished to I: for on'&Jhpar the of artillery. T trans, irt their ilfitanec opposed to them from those tine j at last tliey moved off $lowlyrnd in. ea- formidable heights. . . nital order, anil in about one nor; au tic u , v . - . ' .. - . &? . ' 1 . . . . f I - . i . . i i .1 . Ka;w niiint ttAinir lt la impossible that l e.ati extol too highly ine conaaci oiJTajor uenerpsuarnes, aim rtnev tlic armistiee, bt.it Austria M;ould only ciMent to it upon the e vacuation by the French oallthe , Prussian fortiiesses. The AjUes are .0,-000 -strons; hi-eavfr.lry. The cro?riBee Has an army of liiOab men. 13, YT J l,,..ltai' nh fitn.!, tun filial 'C,ta ' " 'tt '''Q) : Jflli Royal Uiejhnesa -the CrownVPrince ar ied here yesterday, And fixed hii headjquaf ferS at llm'place. ATiemii ted army of North ern Germanyif lvhifh his Royal Highness has IKp. command, occupies the follow int; positions; X part-of the tth Prussian corps iTaruiee, 't4iicbf forma tha reserve, under the Command iff Lieut Gen. Coitrit Taunzicni hat Us; he.ad ouafters at Munheherjj, and stretches its right vtns towards Berlin. " V. 7 - "The-'th'-Prussiatt,'!tqrid,arme,' Under iSeQU Gelfoh Bulovr, habits head qnartera alXBerlinVond la conjunciion ;iAWith. Count TMHtiZiiin's corps forms the left wing of the al -lied imir-&&?r 'LLjg: - ? Thd Swedish armt, commanded by Field larshal Counts Von Steidingk, is assemhliiie irviAC yremiiy oi- vaoienuyrg whu jus ueu ' ?nftf Spafldau. i The heatfSuarters are here. JlJio hrstpwedish division is under thd com .' .;nand qf L. Gen.v Skioldcbrand, and the second under that of Major Gen. Baron PosscC . This JaSt division, together with a separate brigade, & uc'tached 'oin the third division, forms a corps ominanded bv Lieut. Baron ! wand els. The vhole Swedish force is in ihe eentre; of thal- ))vd army. The right wing consists of litis. these brave troops, which was the admiration of all who were witnesses of it. 3 . r f. Maii-General Kcmpt's brigade of the Liaht r- rl.r" . l-i ,ir. . 1 1.1.. jiivibion, iiKewise uroe a very ruiiMiieruuie force from the rock which forms the left of the Puerto.5 ( ' ' -a , There is now Ho enemy in the field within this part of the Spanish frontier. ; While the troops were etigaged in the neigh bourhood of Pamplona, as reported in my-dis- tiatch o the 1st instant,' Brigadier General joiiga occupied with his division part of the Bidassna, including the town of Verar. . iThat part of the enemy's itmij which had beeii left in observation of the allied troops on the gveat road from Irun, attackied him on the 28th but were repulsed with conslderablejoss. 1 have great pleasure in reporting the good fMiii :'aanA. vho laid down their arms, being shrrnnrtdAdviJCrtAinlvihev behaved, well ; on n.i'8ioti. theft- dca'd which I saw in the yil- m) i tliA hill wpri ver numerous, as i 1 a L A cl olio toih 'PrmM of" breach 'm 'eftiuW;, WussUnA, Including 6000, cavalry apd, Bewlow'j R cs 1 1 n?, 'bejng 1 h corps of Winzingerode, Czeriw ch '-iff, -WomKiOxv an.Ttjiburnn. . ; . ikiiiun Lui)ix'er, nanoverianj ft Reierve iu Scania, 1 2,000 , . V. "' .Total, .- . . '. . Anore 2(1,000 arecavalryl f cover. Berlin. MEXICAN KEWS. AttlXAKDRIA, (l..) SEPT. 5 conduct of tlits e troops on all occasions and likewise of a battalion of Spanish caeadtretfin I others that He is wandering itttl General Barccna's division of the Gallician ar-l Waare almoin leastnes from th myTwhieh had been sent tothe bridge of .V'ansi,! tier ; I can'se" Bayenue, and above 20 miles on the enemy retreat on the 1st inst. which it ; in,to Oasceny. ' ; lieW against very superior numbers during a1 great part of the ay. j Ext ract of another letter, (fated iiti. 4 ? . ! Nothing of innortane& has occurred in Arra-' ' On the retrea t of the enemy, we came up at eon since mv disnatch of the 19th Jnlv. r , Elezaudo with Gen. Uantier, ana 1500 man. . 1 . - . M 1 1 have a report Irom JUieut. lien. JL0r;AVm,.! escorting the convoy ci provisions ( ioo cars and Bentinck, from Bonaroz, on the ilst July and, 2.10 laden mules) intended for Parapelana. Wa he-was making preparations, to cross the JJbro.! had, only 400 men of Gen. Byng's brigade. 1 have the honor &e. " ; JThe enemy was, however attacked without I . V e never yet saw such desperate bghttng, ianrry, sooa cavairy una w pieces 01 artillery or cxperjenced resistance so 'obstinate, as on in all 5,000 men.- I expect we shall move in , these days (the 2Sih and UOtlt.) "Themanceu- a few days into France, and that we shall take vres f the enemy were admirable, and all his up a position on the river Adour, which eaters saan troops, under the orders of Lieut, wen J3rou Wiuzingejpode, whose head quarters are -at BraudenUurgiLieut. Gen. Count uorron fcow's corps belong to this win with his heajl yuihters at Plauen.'y , ; : ' ' A Prussian corpi nnder lajor gen. Hersch 'feldt." is in front of. Majrdebure. Itis con- ected by its left wing with the Russian armyJi !nd !iy;its right witJi,he Corps ot observation ' oiithc Lower.EIbcV .utuler. Iyieat; Gen. Count Valinodi'a; its head quarters are at Sehwerin, and. 4ts edtauced posts, reach freiiA.Iieuzin5 to " 0essau, and the centre .towards Lobeek. " -iliieut Gen. Baraa -Von. Vegesacfc belongs , to thiicorps d'arnie he has under his com wand Swedish troops, 3000 Prussians and 3000 JVIeeklinbefgers. - - . . f .Separate corps belonging to Count Tau ' eszienV arm v, blockade Cnstriii and Stettin. 1 Major Gen. .Gihbs'has landed at St ralsuiid, with a corps of 3000 English troops. " Gro, Baron Adlercrenta js at the head of the General staff, of the united army of the , KorthloX .Geriiaiiy,"and has under 'him the Maiof Gen; Baron Tarvast, and Count Gusty v TTsigsed) t t . ' WELLINGTON, t hesitation and fled precipitatelv, leaving all Earl Ba raunsf, $.i;'t; ' . Jthe convoy and ()f prisoners in our hands ; in P. S.I nolo$e army is bfoken. wounded, in the attack ef the enejnj s position and I do ttntbelieve that the presence of 'Bona oh the 2d instant. .1 parte himielf would re-organize it. I consider j - ' ih tftnrv in ho rrivi forth an llifti.rtf VStrnrist. Extrnct of a letter from an. officer of raJtXr, fa' and indeed the greatest, eer gained by l.n'rA ; thearmy ofLoyd Wellington, dated zddug. Wellington. Soult hnd seven divisions of in-' fin the 4t. Aatnst the hoail i.:n t. CA -im p(Fft f lift shells had. : nn!i d.u nk::. . 5JV U U1C llllt iua. ..w-. T . Z I (f yymmui; w.ii4 mc USIIXUIS . JjfUf C SUCil i cannot ive you any account 01 wns um core battle, a great way to our left he was too stroAglY attacked at first and it wai necessary to reinforce him. From the 3ls't of July to the 2dAus.' we have beca driving boultback with J fhe uafortunateHfferers arc rom;., :., Ji great loss, over the passes of the Pyrences.--,l J it appcarrthatV much to the astoriishm.M piacc t-iejof ai, Elesondo has liberated the America taken prisoners mand' after the action. parole was ?eqiilred f he advised them never to take up anas 4agaiust lhe Royalists anin, unless by approbation of the Americau an? meat, ot which he sjmke with .much rcpeci and intiniated' that an expedition, under t9 pati'onage of government, would have his co. operation Be treated the Americans with hnj niitnity and snpplied them with irovmnf,. tfiftir return home but most 4 of the SpauiA prisoners were shot,.. General Toledo arrived here on MonJifi evening iasi -ae nas inejenirre appronatioa me o ihtcia iinu hwii girucraiiy, aim no doubt k enierramed tnai ne was enimemjy qualified ta do justice to Mictsommand, and, had-his- ordenf bcien obeyed,' would liavc led the patriots on t innmpn ana; 10 glory. ' . I . .. i.'- '-1 -n ..... . . nejK-oi retreat, uie ratnors had much the ad- vantage, and,.'fouJd the olfieers Jiavc rallied. them,'their triumph' would have.hr.en coraDk It is stated that the Royalists lost upwards of 700, and the loss oh tne pan of the ratnotsdij nOf exceed io!ir hundred. Vesterdav, as we marched to t his road was strewed with their bodies the village full of their wounded ; in several houses I saw them lying on the same spots where they had been placed, their Wounds dressed, but few were aliyt?. Some four soldiers were tht?rc too ; they were dressed as well or better than their enemies. They have bebavedvery well to those few .wonnded prisoners of ourVwhoirt they took. Sou It; has" tied into France, some say 5 -.!,. - . 1- 1, ,al t.i 1.' 11 ucnnic jh xitc mountains.1-- c Frdhch fron- nositions chosen with infinite skill, either for the sea at Bivoiinc. attafek or "defence, victory or defeat. IIeoiildi- "In the late action the French charge was assail ns from most of his crowned points with" more impetuous than was ever known: They great advantage, or he could reinforce and pro- charged our troops, and were as often repulsed ations with cclcritvwithininien.se loss, trequontly with tlie bayo- tect his -troops on these stat and effect. ;. If successful, they Merc well calcu-' net 1 en Their bavonets were actually crossed atedUo ensure the fruits of victory and if 'beat.) with oursva ciraumstance never before known." in, to save him from the disasters of retreat In the baggage - of Joseph Bonapafte, which Yet from. all these portions he was completely fell into our hands, was found a letter froni forcedand d'readfulTjciit up in his retreat,' Bonaparte to him, iu which he says, that the which it required all his efforts to cover in anv'ptincipal hope he has, with respect to Si:.,.in, wav so as to prevent its beine converted into a that the troops may he able to maintain a disorderly flight, notwithstanding the moun-ifensive position ; that he had succeeded himself iu aiiuiiij a U41 lit- ui ua!iucn over iiie ttuics but that it was severel v contested, and that. the times were past when 0112 battle decided the fate of the war. That, the Government's on the continent had grown wisor by .experience, but that he trusfedhis lrces'sTwould ncuTnT taioous nature, of th ground, which in many places defied combined and extensive fciove- ments. Lord Wellington was struck by a spent musket ball, which lodged in his' sash, - but, thank Heaven -did no hanittoiiuijielftved .oni mander. His lordsbip savs he never metwith so daring and powerful an enemy ; but it seem ed'onlv to rouse the British lions more w van- 3uish him. Indeed, nothing can describe the evotedness and order of our forces. The Por tuguese, acted nobly. The Marquis of Warcas ter was struck by a ball and fell from his horse ; but this brave young nobleman was only stun- nedy ami was soon ready again to partake in fKTVAf, 'OCTOBER 29, 1813. ITndertjie foreign head appear jsoine interpg. ting English and French accounts, for wkkb room has not before beca. found. The Mails.' Since our last publication there have been three or four failures. The passes i it... i . . i . i.. . Ss uiuiig!,ue iiue nave oeen getting on u WagonsyrfiEc.; Several interesting official ar. tie Ics, which we had a desire to insert, hav been kept back by -theelay of papers, until it is not in our power, .ins week to furnish thus the confederation of the. Rhine in their attach ment to him. He then breaks oat into a violent strain of invective against Mtirat, whom he accuscsof thercatcst ingratitude in having abandoned him at so critical a period, and re tired to Naples. He accompanies this 'invec tive with seme menaces 'to . be executed at , a proper season, arid concludes by professions 0 the glory of his Comrades. The defiles and j attachment to him Moseph) for having been thj. Lnwr Helm, as Adiutant-General to receive tiud forward, orders. passes which abound in this district, afforded! only one of bis brothers (Jerome excepted) that The srmvis so disooscd that Avittnm one 1 much tacilitv ana security tothetJvmsrioe. Wei uau remaineu coustanuy.iaiuuui 10 nun.' nu nuance 01 v s ftrel Since the arrival of the Fancy there ha'vi ir to- been no details received Jrom the Allied Ar mies, which we have not. laid before our rea- bfa!iar:hlockadlu&':-Stettiii'-rand hem tomanceuvre, andat the same time to rnivATE letter. " JLJiacU, August 3, 1M3 I am happy to inform you that Sotilt was completely foiled in his. attempt to relieve 1 !.iv?' tnareh-and a halt, upwarus oi au.uuu ; nave ncveruieiess raKcn areai ' 'iW'eaii'ia the liue7.;' ;J'' .. j stores, baggage, &c. Naunerous proner - r----5rVhils"thia7-R in, and I do not think the 'v insiVttf th0 forenooVi, was ryieivii'g ; his troops j tal loss can be loss than 20.000 locn' threaten the fortress works, a hovitzer was poTnted at his "Royal Highness : the 'grenade 4'ell withia SO naces behind him. and burst. pace His" Roval Hiilnes5, who diScovcredsomeTPampcruna, besides snftering the-disgraee-of Frpneh soldiers crceninsr torwards betore thcthree dtjieats in diheient battles, and the loss . TO THE PAfilOKS OF THE M1KKRVA. It is with 110 little satisfaction and pride that the present editor, preseRis to hisreadeit a publication so highlv improred in neatness and elegance of. execution. Having become sole proprictor.of the establishment, lie has it a considerable" expense enabled himself t meet more adequately th'eT public expectalioa and t6 render the Minerva deserving of an cx tensive circulation. . New type, of the fittest kiudj has . been procured, as well as 'a' large stock of other materials necessary to the pro secution of the business. A pledge is therefor confidently made, that in no" respect, so farat regards execution1 and as some local disadrti tagetxan he overcome, shall the Min&va.l surpassed by any' similar publication io til United States. It is true, a regular supply of the best paper cannot in these times be secured. The usual 'route by waterjieing cut off, tooH tain, from the north, paper by land conveyance would make the article cost a higher pric 9 than could reasonably be afforded. However,- I t till 1 a 1 . o uter works," "and "whom -.the ..Uo8aeSftefificarly-r3;ooo men, baggage, cVe. On the the shot had taken-placc from' the' "fortress, '26th iilt. parfl by surprisehe forced the pass were on the poinf of attacking, caused the j of .Maya, with an immense army, and pushed French commandant to be called to inm, and ; on by our right towards Pampclnna 5 of cours tilio accordingly appeared before his-lloyal lit became arace between us, (such marching 1 Highness, accompanied bvl a Commissary at had never before), .and a trial of skill between Wat.' The Crown Prine'evmildly statcjd io him, - the Gencrnls. Lord Welliosrton succeeded. that the cammaiiding officer in Fort Prussia land threw his army betweeuUhe Frencliyaiid had broken the truce, and fired on his Royal j Pampeluna, occupying a strong position as did Highnesses escort,. ana added, I might make jthe x enemy. 4 t - you, all prisoners of war, were I Jo command t " On the 28thj I had th pleasure of wjt theavalry t attack you,' and ytm eouldnnt jnessing British valotif ahdBSsTCncfeal defend yourselves '..heinf; without arms.... The 'French impetuosity : tour times did they storm olfieer made exeiisies,' fchd expressed his. sorrow 'a hill occupied by our fourth division (already fir the accident. After his Royal Higbhcs jVeakned by severe tightiug thepfecedingday), had conversed with him a short time heretircd. j and with such determination, that I am surj; , 1 ri 1 1 1 1 i 1 ucrs. it is neverineiess i wmspercu inai ljord Wellington, in his private despatch to Minis ter.vhiated the probability of a renewed at tack on the part of Soult, and'; earnestly points tthisresneetwaare hannv tobeable to , state.- ?an- uone 8,151,1 ue ana mere ' . . ... -. . . . r- i.t ir ,.. , - that his lordships wishes have been partly an- -m imie ground to lear that any cause 01. cut ticipatcd j for by the "10-th jmst. he must have 'plaint in this respect, will bC found to exist been jomed by at least 4000 British troops, .as j It is ( rustcf that the strle in which the 3lii nerva now appears, will berj considered as a tamest of what is meant to be attempted in 0 t her respects. Most of those who read a ,joar nn 1 u il I ho naf iirull v tnnro onvirttic r(nPCtiDiI W ..... .. intrinsic worth, than its external appearance :..e 4i..,i .1.. t.- t. 1 uurincr ncanv ionr rears inai ioc nrun - lili,, lllilj I III.?, liUlllllL J. Ii;iH-Il JlilC ( I II U I II ct I - I . - ' . - B bor 18 sailot the hue, a ingatcs, t corvette and su origs, seemingly in lor sea. viur ngnt ves sels keep craising up and "down the river night and day, and are frequent ly honored with a shot from the batteries, but seldom with any effoct. of the severity of their masters, their.-indigna- iionnoi . unirequciiny ureaKS ounn acts 01 out- The fishermen inform them that the inhabitants The FreiichOidiersexpressea tneir iieariyon7ttter 1 nan imi!i-troops-outa-avefa.r&in-JauioaiJwr'cnf fi state, and i.iiayjuijpita wishes for '.a .restoration ot peace,, and to see an j mam rained tlieir posit ion. JLuckiIy lor us -we end put t o t he calam ities of war. . . j j had them on that, hill j Ar if it had been lost, tfp0 iadga front the preparations of the ..-al-jPampefuna'Wouldhave been delivered, ou'r right lies at SteTtin, itis to' be' 'expected that the for- lHnied, and the army cut off from the Yittoiia tress will be stormed' on the -conclusion of the jroad. The slaughter was immense. -You may urmistiee.; By the zeal and industry f those j guess'; what the French lost, charging, in great vtiieels who have the harga of sujipljing the j numbers; four times up a steep hill, and being army with provisions, it has not as yetsUttereu 'driven baok every time. 1 rhe 4tlrdivision you auy twhi-ioncy. tridingJl,. " The uainber of Lsick is very jtr-iionu-. SPANISH AFFAIRS., . ', .rLhtacd,'4:thu:)sUl9al-.: Si-Thtf fOrane; having may. with truth say did cover themselves with gloryr'Ga th'cOth, we had little or no bght- ing. ' "r ::; ' ! '"' - " On ths 30th, Lord WellingtoniaUacked thesrt. I gat up early in the 'morning, expected a battle, and with'ereat difiieultv 'ascended a detained till this day fori the' reTurhs, 1 jmountain, about pne mile and a half in front of fii your Lordship that, the enemy Fampehinawhich gave. me aView of both ar- -111V2 to m .fttTiT cfiiitia'le'l posted 'iniuc inonnug m.uie mienaireauy engaguti y inc oiu ui vision was ai i jjvTt V a fbrcfi of tW'o d iVitioas on the Puerto de tacking a village called Cerolea, at thebottoni i?.ch.t!Hjr7ar.d nearly the whole army behind of il iiioAintain occupied by the French columns, ihc ith. 7th, and, iistit di and Uucr some sham work drove them' out of visio'-xs idvancii v"rtllev of Bidarfsoa to j i t I -got do.wn.the -hill as fastis'! could and he frontier anil had. uetermiiu'd to uisionge Kept close up to captain bairns' brigade 01 ar liicuiby t comiiiriodattacU and iuovemcat of illery, belonging la the 6th division who o- enumerated at the time of their "embarkation in tills paper Several additional embarka tions have takcn-place since. The 7th Hus sars euibarled at Portsmouth on Tuesday. 1 ,; ' j London paper. A letter from an offieerin the fleet off Flush- rage, sometimes accompanied with bloodshed. .NORTHERN COMBINED ARMIES. The following isan extract of a private let ter from Berlin, date4 the 24th. ult; " There is no doubt jentertained here'but that he'stilities will again commence on the 16th AurrJ The wh:dc of the army of Bonaparte is calculated at 4-00,000 lnen of whoni 200,000 "are in Sax ony and Silesia, 100,000 near Wurtz&urg, and 100,000 in Italy, under the command of the Viceroy. The Austrians going over to - the, Prussians an! Russians, here seems. eertain To-morrow the Crown Prince of Sweden is ex pected, who has under his command ari army of 120,ooo, and it is expected will take his .head quarters here. - Bonaparte will- command the army in person In Leipsic all goods jemain under sequestration: ' - ' - . The following is the exact amount of thcmi- 1 - been manifested to prjjve thatthe principles i nrnfossi's to"hnld'flt,n clifr!ipil in his t)O80ui 1 - . r with steady and undeviat inj; ardor. Hi r0"' tical faith? is ?Uttehanged ; and,.;' except by th voice of reason, to which he would always va lingly listen, he humbly Cef iiiycs unchanscablc Of those pure doctrines of federal repubJicanlf practiced upon by Washington and his ilinsui Alia AAmmAnna tltn1' rlTVr n aiil11 PnTltlllUC in vuiii?v,v. i 9t vuu iiimviia o Aau-fl, , ftf Tr. 7-,w- , least as firm an advocate as itlias hitherto been. Much cafe will likewise be bestowed in g''8' besides early aud faiUiful intellisence, suh variety 0 f matter as may be both useful aiyM tertaining.In short, the; editor is anxious conduct his paper in a manner calculated to the most possible good j and in order ta elll feisVit will be his aim to render it as acccptt. blc as possible to the eornraunity, ? No one can be more-fully aware -of the di' culty attending tlie tasklbus sii'ly widert-. en yet none could advance to it witli 'greats- zeal or alacrity. For what he has dons or "'". do, he makes no elaiin on his friends. 1 litary force at present iu the fiold under thp"ry eonsciois Uiai he is doing nothing mpre --:-:-h
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