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the dole of the day Bonaparte put
himfglf at the head of his guards,
and made a vigorous attack; but
the British guards met, overthrew
and completely routed the choicest
troops of the enemy
Ihe Earl said that no doubt re
mained bom the etfe&s of this vie
tory that’ the Allies would obtain
the object of the contest. Marshal
BiOcher, on the 16th fell from his
horse, and was confined to his bed
When he heard the Duke of Wei
lir.gton was attacked on the 18th,
and he immediately rose and placed
his army in motion-and himifelfat
its head, to revenge the loss by his
army on the preceding day, when
no quarter was given by the ene
my. V.
Conformably to a tneffage from
the Prince Regent, was unanimous
ly voted that the House would
concur in granting an additional
provision to the Duke of Welling
ton The grant last year was 500,-
0001.
I he additional sum voted to the
Duke of Wellington is 200,000!.
Ir. the House of Commons the
motion for thanks was made by
Lord Caftlereagh. He remarked
that the allies had been neceffiated
to dirtribute their troops with re
ference to the means of subsist
ence. He complimented Bona
parte greatly for his military talents,
and the troops under his immediate
command, which were the molt
complete and efficient corps belong
ing to France—and which he eiti
mated at 130,000 to 146,000 —
ccnipofed of thole who had return
ed from the prisons of the allied
powers, and those veterans who had
survived former battles. He cha
racterized Napoleon as the greatest
captain in the word, except the
leader of the British army.
The allied army under the duke
Wellington notwithstanding its
achievments, was, with the excep
tion of the British, a green army,
not having opportunity to fee ser
vice. Deducing the 25,000 men*
who under Prince Frederick of
Grange, were in Weft-Flanders,
and many other detachments, the
whole army under the Dudke of
Wellington was not 60,000.
Lord C. asserted that the French
had been obliged to leave behind,
half if not more, of their artillery ;
but it was impossible for him to
state what their loss in men a
mounted to.
The thanks of the commons were
given in the fame terms and per
sons as those ot the lords—and fol-
Ipwed by a similar vote as to a
grant to the Duke of Wellington^
From the London Courier.
” London , June 24.
The French after they were
routed retired in the greatest confu
fion—they threw down their arms
by whole regiments. The Prussian
cavalry gave them no rest, pursu
ing them the whole night. All
the roads were choaked with the
dying and the dead, with cannon,
a S& a g e > & c * Bonaparte’s car
riage, plate, correspondence, fell
into our hands. The loss in killed
and wounded is estimated at 40,-
000. The number of cannon ta
ken exceeds 300. The French
Imperial Guard is said to have been
nearly destroyed.
On ail fidcs was seen a total dis
regard of personal danger. The
waders were mingled in the heat of
• ‘e fray like the meanest soldier.
“’e duke of Wellington was in
close conVerfation with Lord Ux
bridge, when the latter received
the ball in his knee. His Lord
(hip had been throughout the day
foremoft in danger find glory.—
Marshal Blucher, it is said, was for
fome moments a prisoner. As to
’Bonapar te he was more than once
inebfed among the British troops,
aqd difeintangled as it were JJ>y mi
racle.
Never before (fays the British
commander) was I obliged to take
such pains for victory, and never
before was I so nigh being beaten,
as on the 18th of Jdne.
Miscellaneous Articles.
IMPORT ANT^POSTSCRIPT.
* WE stop the PRESS
to announce the arrival of the brig
Venus, captain Thompson, from
Naples, at Baltimore. On the
26th of June, capt. T. boarded the
British brig Mandunal , and was in
formed, that on the 19th that vessel
had been boarded by one of the
schooners of our squadron in the
Mediterranean, oft Cape Palos—
the boarding officer said, that the
day before (the 18th) an Algerine
frigate of 44 guns, and 600 men,
had surrendered to one of our brigs
and a schooner , after a fight of three
hours, with the loss of 125 killed
and wounded; among the former,
the commander in chief of the
Algerine forces That on the
fame day an Algerine man of war
brig was chafed alhore by three of
our schooners, which was, after a
boat aCtion of half an hour, aban
doned by her crew, and taken pof
feflion of. The frigate and brig
were ordered for Carthagena.
There were 80 of the prifoneisin
double irons, on board ofthefehr.
that boarded the Mandunal.
On the 28th, apt. Phompfon
spoke two other vessels that con
firmed the account of the capture
of the frigate and brig, as dated a
- that there is no doubt of
the faCt. ‘This is thefirst instalment
of the tribute to Algiers.
Niles * Register .
To the Editors of the Enquirer.
Washington. August 4.
“ Mr. Crawford’ has arrived in
this city, and I am informed by a
gentleman who was with him yes
terday, that Messrs. Gallatin and
Adams have commenced an indi
rect negociation with the British
government on the fubjeCl of a
commercial treaty; that impress
ment and the East and Weft India
trade, appear to be points upon
which no determination can be im
mediately made, nor, probably un
til after the opening of the cam
paign by the allies; and that Mr.
(jallatin ranks very high in Europe
as a diplomatist of the firft order.”
THE INDIANS.
An express arrived at General
Jackson’s head quarters on Mon
day last, bringing dispatches from
Govs. Clarke, Edwards, &c. com
missioners appointed to negociate
with the Indians residing upon the
Miffiflippi and its waters. ‘ The dis
patches bro’t leave strong grounds
to suppose that we (hall again be
compelled to wage war against
those savages. They were invited
to attend the council at Portage des
Sieus: on the 6th instant, but few
attended—several of the tribes did
not fend a single man 5 nor were
they expeCled to do so. The prin
cipal part of those who did attend,
were the moft infignificant and
contemptible of the Sauks and Fox
es of Rock river, whole principal
warriors and chiefs were left be
hind, to cherish it is supposed, hos
tility towards our government. —
War parties of those tribes had re
cently started for our frontiers.
The Kicapoos are a’fo supposed to be
associated with the tribes of Rock
river, and participate in their un
friendly disposition towards our go
vernment. More murders are said
to have been committed by them
since the restoration of peace, than
during the late war. It is the opin
ion of the commiflioners, that the
exertion of the military power of
our government will be necessary to
secure peace.
Nashville Whig.
North Western Indians. It is with
pleasure we observe that vigorous
measures are taking to finifh the
anglo-savage war on our frontiers.
A St. -Louis paper fays, that Gen.
Jackson has received orders for a
northern campaign, and that the
rangers are again to be embodied.
Colonel Miller is encamped with
about 500 men at Portage de Sioux.
The regiment of riflemen under
lieutenat-colonel Hamilton , is imme
diately to be organized, and to
march to Praire du Chien , under
the orders of General Jackson.
Niles’ Register.
Some satisfaction. A southern
paper fays—the late commander
of the Cyane, cap. Gordon Falcon
(captured by the Constitution) was
the firft lieutenant of the British
ship Leopard, at the time of her at
tack on the Chesapeake, in 1807 ;
and was the officer who boarded
that ship, demanded the muster
roll, and took from her the men.
Ibid.
The West. Lord Sheffield, who,
if I mistake not, is now nicknamed
the earl of Liverpool declared that
the weftem parts of the U States
never could become commercial.
Let his lordship take a map and
trace the course of the rivers from
New-Orleans to Brownsville , and
then read the following from a late
newspaper published at the latter
called the Brownsville Telegraph:
“ Arrived at this port [port, my
lord— port !]on Monday last, the
steamboat Enterprise, Shrieve, of
Bridgeport, from New-Orleans, in
ballast, having difeharged her car
go at Pittfburg. She is the firft
steamboat that ever made the voy
age to the mouth of the Miffiflippi
and back. She made the voyage
from New-Orleans to this port in
54 days, twenty days of which
were employed in loading and un
loading freight at different towns
on the Miffiflippi and Ohio; so
that she was only 34 days in active
service, in making her voyage,
which our readers will remember
muft.be performed against power
ful currents, and is towards of two
thousand two hundred miles in length.
Ibid.
ARRIVAL OFTHE HORNET.
New-Tcrk, July 3 1 .
Yesterday arrived at this port,
tlie United States sloop of war Hor
net, capt. Biddle, from a cruise to
the eastward of the Cape of Good
Hope, and last from St. Salvadore.
On the 28th of April, in lat. 38,
long. 33, to the eastward of the
Cape of Good Hope the Hornet
and Peacock in company, were
fallen in with by a British 74 gun
ship, who gave chafe to the Hornet
for 7 hours, during which time
capt. Eiddle threw over board all
his guns but one, cables, anchors,
boats, provisions, {hot, 6cc. and es
caped, after receiving several shot.
The Peacock continued on her
course.
The Hornet has not made any
captures since the Penguin.
We are happy to learn, that the
gallant capt. Biddle, has recoveied
j from his wounds, and that his firft
’ lieutenant (Connor) is doing well.
The Hornet put into St. Salva
dore for supplies and failed for
home on the 20th of June.
Poole, a farmer of Bingden,
has lately found, while digging in
his field, a chest of gold coin worth
20,000/.
The benefits at Covent Garden
Theatre, have been as follows •
Miss O’Neil’s 650 pounds, Mr.
Jones’s 600, Mr. Young’s 590,
Miss Foote’s 500, Mr. Emery’s
500, Mr. Incledon’s 400, Mr, and ‘
Mrs. Liston’s 400, and Miss Ste
phens’s 800. It will be recollected
that a pound is more that 4 dollars.
Bank of England.
The notes of the Bank of Eng
land in circulation are upwards of
one hundred millions of dollars. —'The
annual tax on which is more than
four hundred thousand dollars.—
But the bank has hitherto paid un
der an old coinpromife, (when its
issues were small compared with the
present,) but about one hundred
thousand dollars The fubjeCt has
however, recently caught the at
tention of Parliament.
Anew bargain has just been
made with the bank. It is to pay
3,500/. on every 1,000,000 in
bills issued.
1
The Mutual Fire Insurance So
ciety of Virginia, has auvertifed for
sale at auftion, 50,000 dollars
worth of United States stock, part
of their capital, to enable it tp make
good its late losses by the fire jac
Petersburg.
Congenial Spirits. —Lord Gower
in the British parliament faid—“Let
the Americans fit talking about
their natural rights, their divine |
rights, and such stuff ; we will
fend them over a few regiments of
grenadiers to assist their consulta
tions.”
Col. Grant said, that ** withfive
regiments he could march through all
America.’*
Mr. Otis, in the parliament of
Massachusetts said—“ It is in the
power of the enemy to doom us—
We told you not to touch the Bri.
tish lion —the New-Eng!and states
can put down the national govern
ment any moment they choose—l
He trusted that the nonsense of re
taliation, and the vvorfe than non
sense of impressment and sailor’s
rights, was about to be abandoned
forever.”
Lord Gower, Col. Grant, & Mr.
Otis were mistaken!!! Mirabih
• didu.
Lord Wellington’s dispatch, es
pecially the part relating to the
attack made on him at Hougomont
on the 18th, is so obscure that a ,
reader must have more than a pair
of magnifying spectacles to perceive
it clearly. 1 his confufion was not
without cause—but his confeffion
towards the close is not so dark.
His lame report agrees with his
crippled state.
i Columbia's.
