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g'!" '*- -'-^y " " ^ bunlreJ an«l twent* thousand, of which
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lu flr.LK of ivjiunLoa
Tit; following iMmstlug mi'Jtarg Critique o>. the
<iW|miuiic:i conteitd n ilh Uit bmkot IV*.
trrloo, is (tom lliq Albany Argus.
I’KRH.APS th-rcnever »«« a battle.
fr.ught more sanguinary or desperate, ,i»-
4brM liuiMml ni.crs cf artillery. It con
sivtcxl of £te tmpt atiJ the old and toons
.guard. General butcher bad under him
eighty thousand Prussians stationed along
Hit- Sanihtf* and thirty thousand aome dis
tance in the rear, untlef general Bnlow.—
The tlake uf Wellington coiumanded ei«b-
tv two thousand. o( which forty thousand
were British. Thirjeen thuusar.d.of the
duke’s aruiy were in garrison. His head
quarter* were at Biu»»els. On tile IStb
ofjetie. at night, Na|Hileon quitted Paris
to (dace Itimsell' at the head of his troop*.
The different corps had been assembled
M
¥
tineuishid'by mute able cooiUiatidei* ami
better troop*, dr fought with more impor
tant cousrcuetices, than the battle ui Wa-
terloo; and ffier.e are none, respecting
which circumstance* have enabled u* to
form a* clear ami definitive idea*. In ad
dition to the bulletin* of the Prrnr.li and
vffF.nglisn, we are .furnished with those ul'
'Prussia, ib-lgiutn and-lisnover, and the
• Communication «■ n Ispaftisli general officei
present. v’*V« Jiarr also a detailed stotr-
inent of -sraeral frinsli marshals. The
.curiosity of individual* has likewitr glcau-
■ eil every minute inti interesting tircum-
stance,retativ to this bloody and protract-
-ed-coirfirn.' Me. Jl.iyce has, with a good
deal ufeto-e, collected a body or interest-
' in" and accurate information, which In-
ha* published, together with a map of the
•cnimtry adjacent to the scene of action,
which was sUivrynl by the direction ol
the emperor of Austria. Mr Byce,
though a Irwe,Englishman, ha«, es lar a*
tfe can judge, conducted hi* narrative
and coiiectrd (acts with impartiality
anil candor; as an evidence of it, he admits
that although the loss, of the British was
afated-tat only at ten thousand their
real ft** wn* double that number.—
ho murli for the accuracy of British official
* i return*. hVe should uot-tu^suigifihed that
a similar mislatemelit O'-curred in their
-account of the battle of Bridgewater; atid
(hat instead of the eight hundred which
-■-they officially' returned, their teal lust
" should have been near fifteen. Three des
perate charges inn o-jr line at the distance
■ .oftwenty pace* Jir, each of which they were
repulsed) constricting the accuracy of our
■'fire, anti that our musket* were loaded
with bock shot, must luive been attended
• with greafna voc.
The 'public for'the most part govern their
-opinio,hs concerning m.litary operation*
by results; and certainly no rraolt could be
■ bettor calculated to ran the climax of the
hurd-earned military'fnne- of lord Wel
lington than the victory at Waterloo.—
• Wear* induced to believe, however, that
' - if the scales, which Jupiter for a long time
Ji‘V — •«nepded in the heavens, hatl in the
that.es entlul uav, tlie ceiisutc u*v,a ,ou.,-
•trymet i would have been severe and theirin-
dignati. >n would have been rousi-d against
hin»."N .» one ought to h.ivelietter known the
cliararl er of Bonaparte than the English
comma, oiler; and surely no one should have
been bi tter acquainted with the broatl lines
y which it waa the mani r e*t interest
|iarty to pursue. Tiie experience
ty yours had uniformly shewn that
e of Napoleon was to pounce on bis
ike a thunderbolt, and destroy him
o could recover from bis astonish-
t»r.l Castlereagh says, “It was the
policy of Bonaparte to attack sortie
the extended line of the allies,lie
arrival uf the Russian*;” anti 'it
the evident policy of the allies
the arrival uf the innumerable
•y which one simultaneous attemp
e made to crash the power of their
1 Here then we have, in explicit
ie policy of each great combalajil*.
both must surely hsVe lieeVifp-.
How then, we ask, could it be the
f the allies to expose 150,000 ol
' troops in Belgium to tint danger
iction, when they could easilv fill
one hundred and fifty thousand
vho were approaching by ranjil
? Probably the inystciy of putting
at hazard, was an apprehension ol
I consequences of Napoleon’s oc
: Belgium “«lj* tnr-m uiiiinetiu-Thir
eutimeiit there was in his* lavSuV.
upation would entrench him in
. and give an impetus to the milita
lions of the.nation; and perhaps de
Austria, who was certainly waver
il approach the Rhine by sluggish
ts,-there to he governed by event*,
eon has frequently said since hisab-
l, that if he had carried his point in
in, the coalition would have been
veil. Admitting then it was all ki
lt that Belgium should be l.efd br the
» lord Castlereagh says, ‘-there” wa*
tiling in th* situation of the hostile
ss, which gave them a decided advan-
It had been necessary to distribute
combined armies where aobsistc
°f polio
•feacu‘
«»f twent
the fort
enemy |
before h
w«»t. X
evident
point of
fore th*
tea* also
“to wait
forces* h
wa* to*
enemy.”
terms’, tl
of which
prised,
policy o
the best
•of destri
back on
tn *re* v
marches
so much .
the fit*
cupyins
it* occ
France,
ry *x«r
termini
ing. *n
insrohi
Napol'
dictiot
B'lgic
dis*el
portal
allies:
some*
sroiit
Ug«-
the
cool)
But
prof
with great secrecy aud rapidity iu the
neighborhood ttl Beaumont. On the 14lh
he had arrived at Avesnts, where he hai -
rangoed bis lorcc* i:. hi* usual animated
»tj ie, and they appeared eager for the
Combat. On toe iiiorniiig of the 15th, lie
attacked (he Prussian outpost, which he
drove in with the to** of a thousand pri
aimers, and pressed with such rapidity
that lory w.-ieuiia^le to destroy tae Oridg-
es of the Eainlire. Charleroi wa* taken
with its valuable magazines. Marshal
Ney had also-crossed the river at a differ
ent point, and repulsed at regmie.it ol
Belgians (an outpost of Wellington’*) al
Krasne on the Brussels road. \\ nere, on-
dcr these circumstances, was the duke ol
Wellington? A hundred aud twenty thou
sand of hi* enemies had been concentrated
with an abundaul material aud a numer
ous cavalry; and were ill full march hi twd
columns, on his and the Piussiuu main
forces, after effecting the passage ol the
Manure, and driving in and capturing ihe
outposts.
“lie was siltitig, say* Mr. Boyce, (win.
is hi* avowed panegyrist,) at hi* deaseit,
and must uf the British chicer* weie |,r,
sent »t a grand ball, given by Me® duchcs.-
of Kichmund, when intelligenceaiTi'cd.* •
the advance of the French:—lht t*is
patches of BJuchtr repievented it as ai
affair of outposts, likely to lead to nothing
of importance. At midnight, another
courier come on a horse covered will,
foam, announcing that tnc affair had be
came serious—that Charleroi was taken,
and that a general engagement was ex
pected tjtake jilacc the next day. Many
of the officers were in their ball dresses,
winch the hurry of the march would not
give them time to change. The duke ami
his staff - gallopped to (fuatre Bras.” etc.
Here was evideutly a surprize, qliich Mr.
lloyce admits; and marshal Ney says—
“Lord Wellington was taken unaware*;”
which circumstances conclusively prove.
How the duke could have suffered himscll
to be surprised, when the known charac
ter and policy of Bonaparte were appar
ent, i* to every reflecting blind astonish
ing. The consequence hail nigh been la-
troop* in iiMicnit. Co-fir.! ajCursvardhis
maiiy of whom arrived out of bi eatli at tin
scene of action, and had it not been lin
one of those incidents (apparently ol mi
nor consequence) on which the fate of em
pire* frequently turn, the English force*
-ion! amUuchTouid probably t.avc bee:
the result, had marshal Grouchy »'» a r a J*
lemporaneous and parallel inoveiiien i
the corps of 1/iethen and Bulnw, which
were detached to act against the French
flank. But lie was deceived by Thn Iman.
who betook, for the whole Prussian army.
One circumstance ought not to be omitteri
—it is the general ..pinion (anil we Simula
lodge so from the official account ol lord
Wellington) that lie was engaged sing e
handed with the French, during the whole
dar, and had repulsed them, and that, at
the close of the day, on the arrival ,ul the
Prussians, lie determined ou a forward
movement; whcieas the sixth corps nl Na
poleon, under count Loban, with pint id
his guard, and a hundied p ; ecesof cannon,
were closclv engaged with the Prussians
on his right flank, under Bulow, for three
hours, on the afternoon ol ti e lbtii, while
Id* limit was combatting with the British;
and the severity of the action may be test
ed bythe fact that the Prussians lost, be
tween five and six thousand men on "Bje
afternoon of the 18th. It was l.ieluvn
who arrived-with a teinforcement at even-
in*. As to the battle of Waterloo, on the
part of the English, there appears to have
been no evolution or military combination;
but a cool, determined and heroic tleleor.
ofitheir positions. Every thing until even
ing was purely defensive; no charge wa*
permitted lobe pursued beyund the lin*s-
At the battle of Austeilitz, Soult sell!
his aid to the emperor, to inform Imn t'lai
certain movements of the Russians threat
ened to make it uecessiry lor him to clang'
hi* position; Bonaparle returned for ai
vwer, that “Marshal Soull must die vvlui
he is;” and corresponding with the tir
cuuistauces of the dav, lord Wcllingtoi
-lit well have issue! a general order i
die' fSfii nmg ol ‘.he 18ti,that “Every Liij
FROM BC
^ f,
••OMd ccrbin. »
UnTdcJighf' .l Bui.aparte,f t« . 6 " d ^ w f By an arrival fr,.m ffo
nosition ou (he moi uicg of roe 18th.— pe r* as late April fit
SXHti^Roclisfc. '•<■) 1 h ,* ve th * m
And such wa, a rational omclo-
It
by, we have pa
liemilitary oper
i.iti
3k
per* as late April. — ^ . _
ations, the British sat that a_lvtfce had
been dis|iatchcd after u.tj£e Row, another
lor tliie re.lucti.rn iff the torts, another iu
another direction, and a fourth in great
strength was to appear iu Car.deish.—Ge
neral Monro was to reduce the southern
provinces, and the force (com Bombay was
in be ill theConcan, and measures were to
be adopted to deliver the llsja ol Sultara
from the favor of Bejee Row. The Gazet
te, remarking upon tho spirit of the citi
zens iff our states, say* “Nothing can bet
ter illustrate- the enterprising character of
our Anglo Americans thau the voyage ot
captain ihincri.fi, in the brig Alexander.—
Sht went from America to Russia, thence
round Cape iioin, tw the it w coast of
America, and having procured a cargo of
skins, -he proceeded to Ch.ua, and having
sold them She sailed to India, to dispose
ol the remains of Iter outward, bound car
go, for w e understand, so* has bi ought no
Chinese produce whatever. The letter,
from IJsrttaun, the pin tail which the had
an iv'ed.tays, the ari ivfl of a tiJfcign ship
constitutes* an epoch'. Her appearance
then*Ion* was hailed as a fortunate ohteu.
SaViites were exchanged, and bauner* w a
ved again over the fortress and citadel ol
Damauu. The returu of t'lis vess'el will
give us t:.e history of the port anil o! the
adventure. The Bombay ti-.-zctle says,
lieu. Hislop had notified that the army un
der Gen. K-cir was no longer necessary in
ihe service. Gen Keirvva. tile re lore per-
the citv; itt-ffiq^r «ffl» •* JW HMr: «.d
the frorn, are" G*e catlfcl.lid a steep back
rood itf few people «ere, tberef.«,
„.i the spot iu time to have rendered assU- '
tance in the inokt ordinary case, but tn
thi^kituatioR, the wooden sfrurfure of thn
house aitil the rapidity of the fl*m« would
have precluded any nnriibiWJ of- people
from saving the building.' No other aid
could have been given than to have saved •.
the flour which was bar*. Bed, up—which
was effected.—Fortunate!; few b*r-
relx were unhand ..a* they hat! bu; ucently
teen brought down to, flifl city. 'Ihe
principal loss-td stock was .ib»qf If. or
14,000 bushels of wheat which was on
hand of this year’s harvest.—None of
this article vrai saved. One w-ii.g of the
house indeed hursteff, and let out a con
siderable quantity. b-it*o schcrclicd as not
perhaps to be in a situation to make C»ur.
We understand, that the mil!-h«mse which
belonged to Mr. Peter Cheyalic—being
the bequest of the deceased Mr. Gallego,,
Ins been insured—anil the stock on hand
the property .if the firm is said (o be insu
red to the North to a large amount,
public will no doubt Suffer, from the loss dp
so valuable all establishment, particularly,
at this season of the y ear- ^
Every day adds to out pleasure.by bris»g-.“*
ing some fresh cvidrnce of the -general in
crease of'domestic comforts. Nevci vcw
the blessings of health and plenty mom
general throughout our land. The uncom
mon health of our large maritime towns,
which usually suffer most at this season,
mitted by the Governor and Council to re- I ; (1 p. tr ticuli«r, a subject of cougralula-
lum t > Bombay, with rvery testimony ol |,; on and thankfulness. Take furexoinplcs,
Id* good services. By tllvre papers we | |>tJ8 f r „ m cn ,h extremity iff tli{ union.—
learn, that in January military operations lj n R„ s tun the deaths in the w hole mouth,
iishtuen Kiust expect tc die in
LATEST FUOSt GlKdT-BIUT.il.
Charleston, August 17.
The British ship Louisa, arrived this
morning in 51 days from GreenOv k, ‘‘ring-
letters to the 24th of June iiidustt*. * »
latest papvis we have jbtained are to |h'
COtli of Julie.
The election of numbers to the new
parliament engrossed most of the public
attention, and the canvas, in many place-
wasalleudcd with much violence and pal
tv rancour. At this early stage ol th
contest it w as impossible to ascertain the
political complexion ol the house ol com
mons.
The friends of Mr. Hunt, (who is a can
placards against all others opposed to hum
particularly sir Samuel Roniilly, that they
oad raised the spirit of tiie latter gentle
man’* friends, and there was n confident
at that point would have been annihilated, expectation that lie would be returned, to
and the duke would have been pressed I ‘l* 1 ’ exclusion of thepatriot Hunt.
with such rapidity, as to have allowed of I Major Carthwright and the other friends
no time tn rally. Bonaparte, on the I Me- Cobbett, who had offered (or the an
16th, had assigned to the attack ofQuatre I civnl city of Coventry, finding there was
Bra*, the first atid second corps, under "o chance for his election, had a meeting-
marshal Ney; - wlfile lie, with the residue I a, “‘ agreed to support Ihe noted Mr.Wool
ol his forces, attacked Btucher at Lignv, er, instead of Mr. Cobbett, as the popular
candidate.
The cotton market was very consider.!
oly depressed,and great losses will doubt
less be sustained by the shippers of up-
ands. A letter fium Liverpool, dated
-1st of June, received in Glasgow, quote
about six hr seven miles on the right. 11
defeated. Blue her with the loss of sixteen
thousand meif, and caused him precipitate
ly to retreat- He sent marshal Grouchy
with about thirty thousand tn.cn, in pur
suit. Ney attacked lord Wellington at
Quatre Bras, with />nlv the first corps, anil I ‘he best uplands at 20jd.
held the second in reserve; with this he 1
gained, evident Ad vantages, and wa* about
»rilcnng’6rThJr*second t.i overwhelm the
duke, of which he - was certain, when to
his infinite chagrin; lie found that Bona
parte had ordered it to join him,, his left
wing being hard pushed by the Prussian
Hut when the second corps arrived at
Ligny, Bonaparte had no u*e fur it, ami
sent it back again.' “Thus, says marshal
Ney, twienty-five or thirty thousand men
tecr* absolutely paralyzed, end were idly
paraifed, during the whole of the battle.
Irom the right to the left, and the left to
the right, without Jiving a shot.”
It is obvious that this circumstance pre
vented the ruin of the duke, which is can
Glasgow, June 20.
The demand for cotton this week has
been very limited, the sale amounting te
ly 704 packages. By private contract
they consisted of 190 middling to good
sea-island, at Ss 5d a Ss 8d; and fine to ve
ry fine at 5s lOd a 4s: 19 lintved do at 2s,
97 fair to good bowed Georgia at 21 l-2d a
22d; 50 good Ncw-Orleans at 22 3-4; 45
fine I’ernatnbiicco at 2s 5 l-2d; 5 very
fine Bahia at 2s Sd; 25 fair Maranham at
1 1 -2d; and 48 good to flue Demerara
it 2s 1 l-2d a 2s 4 1-2 per lb—and by auc
tiou were sold 225 bales and packets 1st
Domingo, with all faults, at 19 l-2d a 20
f-4d, averaging20d per lb. Twenty tier-
««* Carolina rice brought 57s per cwt. in
didly admitted by Mr. Boyce, who says, I bond. There were no sales of tobacco,
il the second corps had been left at the dis-1 ashes, or other kinds uf American produce
pusal of marshal Ney ‘-ail the military ta-1 worthy of notice.
lent* ami d-termined courage of the duke I About 400 hogsheads sugar were sold
of M ellirgton could not have saved him.” I this week, and no variation on former
But fate (as marshal Ney says) ordered it 1TUay consist of 85 hogsheads
otherwise. If Wellington had been beat-1 brown Dcmeraraand Trinidad at 73s a 70s,
en and dispersed, as lie deserved to have'l 22 hogsheads middling Trinidad at 83s,
been on this occaiion, not all hi* former i And the remainder were Grenada and St,
services and fame would have diverted I Vincents, at 74s a 77s fur brown and nuil-
from him the torrent of public indignation I dling boiling, 78s a 81* for good boiling
in England, for being taken unawares, at | And middling grocery, and one lot rather
... - nee
procured,”—r jjthe niomeut when an' attack should have I superior at 84s~per cwt. The supplies of
Hieen most anticipated. We have heard of I sugar being moderlte, they are readily
surprises of garrisons, etc. in partizan [-bought a* they come to market. “
Few
war;, but to be surprised by the movements j transactions topk place in refined goods,
of a hundred and twenty thousand men, in | Jn, l' ve have heard of no sales of coffee or
an open country, and in open day, tnarrh-1 pimento. A small parcel of Jamaica rum
he shortly after assigned another, ami
J*'dj the true reason: “The duke of
« « Hit.gtdn and prince Hlocher canid not
.Civs centrate their forces without leaving a
•J*‘t fe portion »f Belgium exposed.” Now
the i forces of UI ocher and Wellington, ing in a direct order or attack, and disdain-1» as sold at 5» fid for Iff O. P.
, wo fn united, were considerably superior ' *' - ‘
G those of Bvnaparte, and by concentra-
U Jig and taking a strong position, would
t litre ren tcred any attempt of the enemy
- Jiipele**. Is it poMibte then, that hariug
A P ,r «iun of Belgium exposed could be ah
.* «bject,whua aty imposing Russian f.vrce than any previous achievement in his lifc^j I'tics of wheat were made at our quotations,
already crossing the Hhine, compared ■ Many of Wellington’s officers died.in I ‘be inferior and common qualities of
to thrdanger of being beaten in detail? As ' v - ! ” ‘ “ 1 ^
t ie object of the allies was to-gain time,
it appear* t.i os that ilistributing their forc
ing any feint to veil their movement, ap
pears to us an anomaly, and gives us a
In the early part of the week about 1000
boll* Westport aud Limerick oats were
continued in Ceylon. Ihe hoods bad ie
larded.the Loops. The Briti'h speak ol
ofjuiy wore but 73—the population exceed*
40.000. In Savnnqnh the deaths,in. July,
tinir hardships, aud of their losses, “•>*! 1181T-, amounted to sixty-tico—during
much bravery hail been employed with lit- [that month, in tho present Year, they have
tie effect, Irom the unfavourable season- | n , jt eX ccg'drd «L;Af(C«. Nor are the fl^i-
Major Macdonald was at Allapool, iutcu- |,j uc t g ,,f the field fess remarkable. The
ding to march into the country, and much |newspapers from various sections teen*
was expected, when lie had only the luices „ j,;, „ cc( , un ts of the abundance which is
of the natives to oppose him. By the I rea | l;i( .j yot promises to reward the
news from Batavia, peace was restored :ii I toils of agricultoie. Ifgoneral prosperity,
Ambovna. Tiie cheils and natives haU I SU peradiled to the blessing of peace, merit
submitted, without the loss ol a single man
ills Excellency Rear Admiral Biiyskes,
upon his arrival, informed them ol Ills pur
poses, and lie pardoned all who hail not
committed murders. A deputation had
bccu sent Irom Prince of VI ales Island to
Achecn, to establish a Factory at that
place. Fears are however expressed ol
the success, it is represonteil that lor 35
years'civil w;ars had con Untied, which it
was expected they could not soon settle
among themselves. An elephant hum
hail been undertaken io tne mighbuur-
hood of Malacca. They lull succeeded,
and had obtained 25 elephants ol different
sizes, ami twenty ol them had been brought
into the town. The greater part ol them
the lustoiy
our gratitude, there have been few season*
w|iicli mote strongly demanded it.—Mat,
Intel. 1 Uh inst.
Wc lately noticed the arrests and im
prisonments in Europe of colonel Pion-
thouski on suspicion ol having brought let
ters from JVapoteon at St. Helena to Ma
ria Lcnisa, ami that his last arrest am! im
prisonment was in the dominitins of tlw
the king uf Sardinia. Since the publica
tion of the above advices, we have learned
that the einpptorof Austria, the father <
Marin Louisa, had claimed the liberatiq
ol colonel Pinnothnnski, which had I
refused l»v the king of Sardina; but upon
the emperor’s second application the claim
is said to have been admitted. We expect i
ihe next accounts from the continent of |
Europe will inform us of the liberation
were young. While we hav
of passing times, th„ l.i-i.,tj of torslicr
day* uud times is nut forgotten. Wc are
again assured that Mol.m Ferose’s work, I “?"?«*»• “* «« ‘"e UDer:
l)esatir,is in tl.epress. It is . work th,s '•*«“'»«' ««>cer.-Derr*. Press.
of great curiosity, lias long been desired,
and is supposed to have claims among the
works of the highest antiquity.
Si lcm Reyiite\
1F.1TKULOO.
A gentleman of this town, lately return-
The next arrival, in a short passaged
from England will, in all probability, bring
us much newspaper abuse of our govern
ment and people, and of every thing Ame-j
rican, on account of the execution of di X
buthnot and dmbristie. We doubt, hou
ever, whether the government of tliatcoun
ed from Europe, took an opportunity, Lev will ever ca l .r
i,.cl Vinrln. „fUiii„„ ,i.. uf. I tr ^ w ' 11 ® ver 0 P 0n our government ft
last Spring, of visiting the spot where the al f e^n^ ^ sat faYt on n ref,
famous battle of Waterloo was fought in | cn £ e Sl)l) ject—*5.
June, 1815, which terminated the great I
European conflict, and was succeeded by | tv,, „ .„u-i f ,
ry career. Tiie person who conducted
him to the spot was the same who attended
British governor general of India. Thl
mm u. uicspoi. was (lie same wouaucnoci eti uett |Jie „ , j| lc expense, the
Bonaparte and his staff, as topographical .J* ce , n d irmsiliisT“Jl* IZ
guide, on the memorable 18t->June. He
informed that on the battle field (an exten
sive plain) was raised, the last year, an
unconiiiionly luxuriant crop of wheat; and
well it might, for it was fertilized by the
blood of 8<l,000 soldiers, who fell in that
sanguinary battle.—The gentleman picked
up an -eagle, such as are worn by the
French infantry, and two musket-balls,
which are now in his possesion. The sur
face of the ground over the pit in which
were throw n many thousands of the slain,
both men and beast in one undistinguished
proba-j
travagance and expenditure are
Sily greater than those of any court
Europe. As tyc read them and refli
ed upon the immense acquisitions of
jrcts and territory acquired by the
tish in the East Indies, it. brnugli
recollection how lately it is ntfcce .
British first acquired a foot of groui
there, and forcibly reminded
a passage in “Bubb Dodilington’s diir
which shews how little was even tl
known in England of the value of the
Indies. It is so curious and exhibits
mass, is sunk considerably lower than the ufTlm nrescnTd^ 0 '!h ‘; C ° Urt rC G u ‘ a,i ' ,n i
urrounding earth, and distinctly marks ,| ie information Jr * r C C3[lract 11 ^
he extent nfil.ic ...» J t,,e ‘"’“rtnation of such of our readers
the extent of this va*t cemetery.
A'ewburyport Herald.
Richmond, August 10.
our readers i
may not have had an opportunity of perl
sing it. It is under date of June 27,1"
It will be borne in mind, that the
honorable Bubb Doddipgton was a i
Fires.—We had not heard the dismal j man ‘ff experience, and a privy councc]
y of fire or the note of the hell since the | in reigns of Gertr«e II. and’Gecr*e i
WlItli*r Knt nn Col.!... ..Ut.s •_ ai I trot l>a _ . J ® ^
last winter.—But on Friday night, in tl.e L vet he expresses the grcatxft soni
course offive hours, the bell iung thenlarni w,l< * n «“ *sent of Ihe emperor of Am'
thrice,— I he first was a few minuites be- [assured him that Bengal was one i '
tore lj-yud the second a few ininuites at- [richest provinces iu the world ib.
‘er—They both, aruse from the firing ofj
assured him that Bengal was one uf
richest provinces in the world ib.
. - T - —■ — I “This morning I wrote to tiie do
the Globe Tavern on the main street, as Newcastle inclosing co;. Mil'es’s mci
was already stated in the Compiler of Sat- »l, who is in the emL^’s service «
•inlay. It was supposed that thefire was of Tuscany. The memorial sctsl
SS2S ^ att, ' e D-ffeud company bought tw
few miuuites, the bell again rung the a-
iarm A -— : !J - • -
company bought .. .
tlements Banquibuzar and Covelc&,ol
higher opinion of the genius of Napoleon, [ *°ld At 23s to 24s said to be for tho Eng
his consummate address in deceiving an J IGh market, and about 6C0 bolls Limerick
eocroj, ami hl« powers of instantaneous lvere *°I J in the market on Wednesday at
concentration and rapidity of Inovcmenl, J SSs. Some small sales of the best quali
„ . . . prececding the.
es a nvaniier to give t ieir enemy a de- battle, never to rise again, in consequence A lew small lots of Philadelphia flour
cue* advantage, was on unpanlonable jof the light dress of the bail room. It is brought 48s, and Virginia and Ncw-Yurk
military error; ad frror which Bonaparte
availed himself or with hi* asual prompti-
tudeand eelerity,and had it not beenfor
a circumstance w« s'ull presently mention,
be wiioIJ have soccecde.1 to the at must
Woyjow come to the movements of tiie
French.
The army whigb B >napsrte had assent
W«sl» is estlmatcJ by Mr- Boyce At one
their galia dresses, at Quitre Bras, and | cver y description of grain were quite on-
many a poor fellow lay down on the mud J saleable. 230 barrels damaged Aiexan-
at Waterloo, on the eve prececding the I dria flour were sold at auction at 40s a 44s.
a question which may admit of much spe
cutatiou, whether Wellington ought tn I
j 4l3s per barrel.
June S3.
{’V*. * bAttle at W aterloo; the re- | The highest quotations to-day, from Li-
s It be knew mnst be doubtful, (the de- [ verpool, are 20|d for upland cotton. 21 id
Ho^.l!.^n^ rJ rV, f ,A’! iTu'j. 0 "’ V i K - l. is ,h P Ato*® 1 we can obtain here for the
Hougomoneand'Le llaye & haring ^ [ ^t^ds’" ” '~ UUn !*?
(Other letter, dated the 24th, says, that
„ ■ ' j. , - ------o was the utmost that the belt upland
K issuns. the final overthrow of the French | cotton would cummaiid.
do rm -t V'n } ,rrr rM ' ^ »«•
done to the Globe; b-t for very prompt ex- [galln 1744, and took Badnnibu^
erbon,thu large wooden budding would I the emperor** governor. He desire)
have been in a Maze, anil scattered ties- king to assist him,, cither in retaking
HhSodS i,Z . rTth r ^T? nd , 1,8,1 whu took - antt “ il1 retaina his f.-r
°e ■ rotrodBcesI into a rathole—the alarn | submits to the lor entirely, the sh;
r tn ' * Bd ^ d,.p,^i,ionortheE r -
fire was easily extinguished. lexnedlii'on -
About .unlrise ur, 5 Saturday, the alarm
gain*, and t
plan«
thou
xpeditim,. “ *' F
.&**<**.«-»i *. tuhssa
night; and |t rs soppovetl, that either by 1 - “
the friction of the gutlgeor*,or of some
which set fire to the house. The nrill R *!?g? r " r b **»
ry no more) which
ill tliat lie de'