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Our loss was great, 83 your Lord (hip will perceive by the en closed return ; and I have particu larly to regret his serene highness the Duke of Brunswick, who fell, in hting gallantly at the head of his troops. Although Marshal Blucher had maintained his position at Sambref, he Bill found himfelf much weak ened by the severity of the coflteft in which he had been engaged, & as the fourth corps has not arrived, he determined, to fall back, and concentrate his army upon Wavre; and he marched in the night after the aCtion was over. This movement of the marshal’s rendered neceflafty a corresponding one on my part ; and I returned from the farm of Quatre Bras upon Genappe, and thence upon Water loo ntxt morning, the 17th at 10 o’clock. Ihe enemy made no effort to -pursue Marshal Blucher. On the contrary, a patrole which ! sent to Sambref in the morning, found all quiet and tht enemy’s videttesfell back as the patrole advanced.- Neither did he attempt to molest our march to the rear, although made in the middle of the day, ex cepting by the following, with a large body of cavalry brought from bis right, the cavalry under the Earl of Uxbridge. This gave Lord Übxridge an opportunity of charging them with the 1 ft Life Guards, upon their de bouches from the village of Gen appe, upon which occasion his Lorcifhip has declared himfelf to b weft fatisfied with that regiment. Toe pofuion which I took up in front of Waterloo, crossed the high roads from Charleroy and Niville, and had its right thrown back to a ravine near Merke Brain,e, which was occupied, and its left extended to a height above the hamlet Ter La Haye, which was likewise occu pied In front of the right centre and rear the Nivelle road, we occu pied the house and garden of Hou goumont, which covered the re turn of that flank ; and in front of the left centre, we occupied the farm of La Haye Sainte. By our left we communicared with Marshal Prince Blucher, at Wavre through Ohaim; and the Marshal had pro mised me, that in case we should be attacked, he would fupperi me with one or more corps, as might be necessary. The enemy collected his army with the exception of the third corps, which had , been sent to ob feive Marshal Blucher, on a range of heights, within our front, in the course of the 17th and yesterday morning ; and at about 10 o’clock he commenced a furious attack up on our port at Hougomonts. I had occuped that port with a detach ment of General Byng’s brigade of guards which was in a pofuion in its rear, and it was for feme ne under the command of Lieut. Col.. M'Donnel, and afterwards of Col. Home, and I am happy to add was maintained throughout the day with the utmost gallantry by these brave troops, notwithftariding the repeated efforts of large bodies of the enemy to obtain poffdfion of it* ! his attack upon the right of cur centre was accompanied by a , very heavy cannonade upon our whole line, which was destined to support the repeated attacks of ca : vairy and infantry occasionally bet fotnetimps (epfiwite, which were made upon it. in one of these the enemy carried the farm ’ house of La Haye Sainte, as the detachment or light battalion of the legion which occupied it hpd ex pended all its ammunition, and the enemy occupied the only ccnimu nication there was with them; The enemy repeatedly charged our infantry with his cavalry, but i these attacks were uniformly unfuc cefsful, and they afforded opportu nities to our cavalry no charge, in one of which Lord E. Somerset’s brigade, consisting of the life guards, royal horse guards and Ist dragoon guards, highly distinguished them selves, as did that of Major Gen. Sir W. Ponfonby, having taken many prisoners and an eagle. These attacks were repeated till about 7 in the evening when they made a desperate effort, with the cavalry and infantry, supported by the fir-e of artillery, to force our left centre near the farm of La Haye Sainte, which, after a fcvere contest was defeated, observed that the troops retired from this attack in great conmfion, and that the march of gen Bjlow’s corps by Enffuhermont upon Plao chenort and La Belle Alliance, had began to take effect, and as I could perceive the fire of his cannon, and as marshal Prince Blucher hail join ed in person with a corps of our army to the left of our Una by Ohaim, I determined to attack the nenemy, and immediately advanced the whole line of infantry, support ed by the cavalry and artillery.— The attack succeeded in every point; the enemy was forced from his positions on the heights and fled in the utmost confufion ; leaving behind him, as far as I could judge 150 pieces of cannqp, with their ammunition, which fell into our hands. 1 continued the pursuit till long after dark, and then difeon tinued it only on account of the fa tigue of our troops who had been engaged during 12 hours, and be cause I found myfelf on the fame road with Marfjial Blucher, who as sured me of his intention to follow the enemy throughout the night; he has sent me word this morning that he had taken 60 pieces of can non belonging to the imperial guard, and several carriages, bag gage &c belonging to Bonaparte, in Genappe. I propose to move this morning pon Nivelles, and not to difeon tinue my operations * I have the honor to be, &c. (Signed) WELLING TON. [* Here followed a long account of Dukes, Princes, Generafs, &c. who distinguished themselves, and a lift of as many killed as would fill this'paper. f’ROM SOUTH AMERICA. By the arrival of a vessel at Eli zabeth Cy:y in a (hort passage from Hayi, we learn verbally, that the army sent out from Spain to oppose the patriots, had taken Car tnagena after a fliort siege, and that the Patriot army was totally dis persed ; the troops as well as the inhabitants generally who had em braced the cauie of the Patriots, had fled in all directions; numbers had taketj, (hipping for New Or leans. Norfolk Herald. London, June 12. Prince Bertier is said to have ioft his life at Bamberg, by falling from one of the windows cf the palace. | Paris, June 7. A letter from Betort, of the 2d inst. announces that a corps of the Austrian army have palled the Rhine between Huninguen and Colmar, was attacked by the French troops and forced to re-cross the rivJr with considerable loss. FRIEND Ci? MONITOR. i—i > —I- Washington, August 18. SOME of the English prints announce the amount of the new loan to be 40 millions of pounds!!! And indeed they seem to have oc casion for greater funds than ever. Their present subsidizing system is < really curious. They pay Russia for 75,000 men to march against France , and for 75,000 more who do not march, but are to remain to •watch Poland. They must then pay Austria for a body of troops that are to watch those troops of ; Russia . Prussia is subsidized to watch the kingdom of Saxony which the coalition has dismembered ; and this makes Prussia so formidable that Russia must be further aflifted by subsidies to keepPrufiia in check This is an improvement on the doCtrine of Checks and Ballances. Such a system of checks and counter checks, sub checks, super-checks & inter checks makes “ a platform that is really curious to look at and dangeroustoftandupon.” lt'feems too exquifke and complicated to, promise any strength and durability •The allies have at length come fairly out and openly avowed the doCtrine, that a nation has not a right to choose its chief magistrate. The following is from a report of a committed of the Congress at Vienna, lately published: “ Bonaparte lays it down in his publications that the wishes of the French nation in favor of his re-ef •tablifhment on the thione fuffice to constitute his legal title.” The, question for the powers to examine may be dated as follows: Can the concent real or fiCtious, explicit or tacit of the French nation to the re-establishment of Buona parte’s power operate a legal change in the position of the latter in re gard to foreign powers and form a title obligatory on these powers ? “ The committee are of opinion that such cannot, by any means, be the effeCt of such concent ” This report is formally and offi cially adopted by all the powers of the coalition. They g*ve their rea sons which are very amusing but are too lengthy for insertion. COMMUNiv ATED. THE surviving officers of the revolution have ever been the men whom the people have delighted to honor. The late tvar seems to have thrown the other further back in time and to have given it much more the air of antiquity. It has ! also enhanced the value of that in ■ dependence which was its fruit, by the renewed assurance which we are now enabled to indulge of its lad ing durability. As the boon in creases in value, the people feel na tnrallymoie of afleCtion and grad [ tude for those who bestowed it on I their country— ‘ Whose holy hands our banners fi; 5t unfurl’d And’ conquer’d freedom for the grateful world.’ There are now but few of them remaining ; and those faft finking in the vale of years ; —death sweeps them daily away The people mod cordially award the high ho nors of their applause to the more youthful and more recent affertors of their rights ; but there is a fu peradded Tolemnity in the filial re verence, the anxious watchful loli citude that they feel for those old well tried friends and benefaftors ‘llluftriousrelicsofathoufandfieldsl* whom they so long have known— whom they ,so highly value, and so soon must lose. These reflections are suggested by the return of Col. Long from < the Army and the manner in which the citizens of Wilkes have wel comed this his second return from the service of his country. Col. L. is one of the few whose happy and ufeful lot it is, to have served his country through not only the conflict which gave her the name of independence, but .that also which has lately vindicated and confirmed it. Asa participant in both struggles, he has a just claim to those fentimerits we entertain for the soldiers both 1,4 of the old war, and of the new ** And these ap pear to have been not a little en hanced by a recolleCtion of the found and confident tenor of his politics. For it seems m*t to be forgotten that Col. L. was a firm and dejermined republican in those times when republicanism was scarce in this country. On Friday morning the com mittee of arrangement communi cated to Col. L. the invitation of the citizens by the following note : Col. Long', Next to the solicitude we feel for our common country, are the sentiments of gratitude & affeCfton which we naturally entertain for those who have flood forward to defend and proteCl it. In having seen your country through two conflicts for her existence, and in vvitnefling in the glorious issue of the last, a confirmation of those li berties which in the fir ft your youthful years aflifted to achieve, you were reterved fir, to a felicity of fortune which has been the lot of but few. Seeing you restored once again, and we hope finally re stored to the bosom of domestic re pose, the citizens of Washington Sc its vicinity welcome you to their so , cial circle with feelings which they 1 are not more happy to indulge than anxious to express. They beg of you fir, to partake with them of a dinner at Mr. E chols’s in Washington, on Tuesday next. JOEL ABBOT, D. G. CAMPBELL, O. H PRINCE, Committee of arrangement. ! Friday Morning, August 11. THE ANSWER. Windfields, August 12, 1815. Gentlemen, f Your invitation to dine with the citizens of Washington and its vi , cinity has been received anti ac ; cepted with a sensibility peculiar to the occasion. The congratulations of my neighbors and fellow citizens could i