" Assayeg" and a award. eftlis value at‘ 1000 galueaa. was pre- Xted to him by the Drill inhabitants ofCnl&. In March. "'5. NO-¥li‘t:d to return to Europe, and in September. 1805, he arrived in

ln_lIII Sir Arthur Vlfellaeley was appointed Colonel of the 88d Iegiineet. and es-maaderef a brigade of infantry in the Sussex

In I81 hewssa riled Secretary for Ireland, the Duke of M behg I Lieutenant, and was sworn of the Privy Council. ‘lieeame year be accompanied the expedition against

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ll lb fill‘ "09. the rising of the Spaniards against the French opened the scenes of his military glory, and prepared the‘ way for the d 'veranee of Europe. We can merely refer, in the briefeet possible manner, to the leading events of that memorable

0“ ll” lll. Id. Ind Id August, Sir Autliur \Vclleslcy landed his army at the month ofthe river Meade o, in II. On llii l5|l| of ‘ ilion his first a lrltllzlll wit t the French at Obidoe; on the Hill ef the aanio lD0."‘.|ll, he drove the division of Lshorde from a at position at ltolios; and, on the 2lrt. he re- pulsed the army of General Jiiaot, at Vimiero. Although super- eeded Initnediahly after that great victor by Lieutenant-General if H. Burrard and Sir llugli Dalyrymp e. yet his success led. to -the evacuation of Portage by Janet's army, and to the occupation

' end the surrounding country; a ‘position, which In his was afterwards successfully defen ed against the whole French army of the Peninsula. In April 1809. Sir Arthur \'v’ellcsley was again appointed to the -command of the British rirmy in Portugal. On the 32d of April. heerrived at Lisbon; on the 28th of May. he crossed the river Douro at midday, in the face of Marshal Soult, the greatest of Na- eon‘s Marshals. and compelled that consummate general to save imeelfhy a hasty retreat into Spain. On the 21th and 28th of July, he advanced within a few marches of Madrid. repulsed the armies of Joseph Bonaparte and Marshals Victor and Jourdan. in a great battle at Talavera; and e been reasonably well sup- y the Spaniards, would have driven King Joseph from his capital. For these services he was raised to the rank of e Viscount and Baron, with the titles of Viscount Wellington, of Talavera, Baron of Douro, of Weilesle .

In l8l0 he successfully dcfbnded Portugal against the grand army of the Peninsula, commanded by Marshal Ma na, ‘ the spoiled child ofvictory.’ and llnrshal Ney, ' the bravest of the brave.’

‘In hie slow and master y retreat through Portu ul. he repulsed the

French army on the he.ghta of Busece, etfectual y arrested its course

at the lines of Torres I odraa. and before the close of the year, fol- wed on its retreat to Ssntarerri. _

In the o ning of wit he continued hie pursuit of the retreating

urmiu of hfaaeenu and Nay into Spain. brii ing them to action at Pombal, at Redinlia, at Canal Nova, at Fez ‘Arouce, at Subugal. On the sea. of April he received the thanks of parliament for the liberation of Portugal. On the Ilth of May he fought the well-

ieontested. but indecisive, battle of Fuentes do Onoro. On the Hill! Ila , his lieutenant, lllarslial Bsrcsford, drove back Marshal Soult, at lbuera. alter sustaining a dreadful slaughter. _

In the same year \VelIington himself failed in the first siege of Badajoe; but fought brilliant combats at E Bodon and Aldea dii Polite. whilst hie lieutenant, General Hill, was even more success- ful against Girard. at rro o de Molinos.

In the year l8l2. the fol extent of the military genius of \Vel. lington was first displayed. On the 8Ili of June he stormed ort Ilenuud. near Ciudud Rodrigo; on the l9th of the same ineiiih he captured Ciudad Rodrigo, for which service he was created a gran- dee ofSpuin, with the title of Duke of Ciudad Rodrigo. Ind In -English earl. by the title of Earl of Wellington. On the Glllof April, he captured the fortress of lludiijoz; on the 27th of June he captured the fortified convents of Salanianca; on the 22d July he encountered another of Napoleon‘: most famous inarshala,.\lariiio_iit, whom he totally defeated at the battle of Sulaniancu, for wliicli

-eervice he was again advanced in the British peerage. by ill! llllfi Of

Marquis of Wellington, and received from the Regent o ugll the well-earned, yct prophetic, title of Duke of Vittoria. The ear l8l3 ivas a year of perpetual victories. On the 12th

-ofJaly e blew up the Castle of Borges; on the I2th he crossed

It is stated. that the law efllcsrs of the Crown will take no pl?! prosecution against Mr. Delniege aiidt soldiers lncul ted by the verdict of the coroner's jury at Six-mile Bridge. and that ill! responsibility of carrying on the proceedings will he left to the next of.kin ol the persona shot by ;the military. t is said. however. that the Crown will. prosecute in the case of the two ltomau Ca- tholic clergyman against whom iriforuiaiioii have been taken, and in other cases against seine of the peasantry. .

The Irish this crop this season promises to be very abundant. Emigration. however. In telling very disadvsntngeousy upon the

later linen manufactures.

'l‘hore has been a greet diminution of pnupers in the workhousee, owing to the demand for harvest labourers.

The Cholera in Europe the English journals state that the cholera is still raging on the continent, and pursuing its west- ward march through Eiimpe,and prevailed in several parts of Pruasia- The accounts of the spread of the disease are more and more unfavorable.

I*‘i.ax Corroit.—'l‘he London correspondent of the National Ifl'.0lllfl8llcCl‘ says Chevalier C|aussen'a flax company is pre- gressing very favorably ; all the she res have been subscribed for, and an adequate amount of capital for carrying on buainell.

aid up. Extensive works at llromley. in Mtddlcsex, have been taken. and will be soon in operation.

Csu-nos To Ssorr -raKrna.—'I‘he neighbours ofa woman named Perron, of Saint Georges-sur-liure, department of the Euro, (France.) were surprised to find her dead in her bed three iiiorniogs ago. The judicial authorities were imtnediate- ly called in, and it was believed that she had been murdered; but on p medical oxainiriatinii of the body it ivaa found that she had died of congestion of the brain, caused by taking mud‘ to excess.

The Morning Hrrald is authorised to state, “ for the in- forination of the public,” that two ships of war have been sent b the Peruvian Government to Labos Alfucro, and it email militiir force permancntl stationed there; that the whole of the eruviun Islands, bos included, are forutully annexed to the main-lend of Peru; and by article 213 of the new law, none but vessels under contract wi Peru- vian Government will be allowed to loud guano; that all other vessels anchoring in the roadsteads of the Islands shall be confiscated, and if guano be found on board, the captain and crew will he proceeded against for robbery. 1‘he recent high dividend of the Submarine Telegraph Com ny has given an impetus to telegraphic enterprise. Among the projects it has brought into prominence, is Messrs. IInrrison‘s pro sal to unite Europe and America via Orkne , Shetland and Force Islands to Iceland and Groenliindv. (tlicy having obtained exclusive right from the Danish Government.) and thence to Labrador and Quebec. Stations are proposed at Kirkwall, (Oi-lrney;) Lowick, Sshetlandg) Tliorsliuvcn, Farocz) Rcikiavik, (lcclatidz) uliana‘s llo c, (Grconlan ;) and at one of the most cli- giblo of the uglish settlements on Lsbnidor coast. Sur- veys baive shown that the of the sea is favorable, and the greatest length of submarine wire would not exceed five hundred mi e . The Commission appointed by Government toenquirc and report on the capabilities of the mcrcliantilo steiiui uiariiic for war pur oscs, have proceeded to tho Clyde to make on- quiries, on will next visit Liverpoo . All Steuin-Ships of War are henceforth to be built with full instead of auxiliar steam wcr. ' lie ' row rigatcs nuntless and Iligliflyer, are ordered to Jamaica, there to await orders from Admiral Seymour. A Spanisli Wiir Steamer named the Primcro. I‘ h rse power, and 23 uns-—one of two oflight draft for service on the coast of Co u.——was launched on the Tliamcs on Satur- daiy lzist. . A new Piilaco {hr the Queen is to be built at the cost of

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the Ebro; on the 18th he was victorioaiiut St. i‘llll!ln;.0II the 2_l.<i he defeated King Joseph and Marshal Jourdan at Vittoria, for ivliicl service he was promoted to the rank of field-inarslial. n Ju- he again found himself op ed to that coneunimatc gene- ral Mnralial Soult, whom he repulsed at Soraaren, on the 28th July, o owed across the Ilitlaiisoa into France. on the 7th of October, defeated at the passage and battle ofNivelle on the 10th November, and defeated in his successive attacks on the ri -lit and left wings of the British army. on the l0th and lIth ecerri r.

The ear l8l-I saw the close of the war. On the Ieth February the French made a brilliant eally from Bayonne: on the 27th of the same month they were defeated at Orths: : on the [st of March the British army passed the Adoar at so Sever ; on the nth April it used the Guronne; and on the lilth of April, Wellington and Sonlt. the worthy rivals in the art of war, fought their last great battle under the wall ol"l‘oulonee. Before this battle was fought. the Allies were in Eisseusion of Paris. and the Emperor Na- poleon was on his way to lbn. At the close of the war, the libe- rator of the Peninsula was again advanced in t ritish peerage, by the titles of Duke of Wellington and Marquis of Douro.

The l0th of April, l8l-I, saw the close of ilie Peninsular War; the lltli of April, lBl6. saw the Duke of \Vel|ington at Brussels. organizing an army to resist the Emperor Napoleon, who had re- turned to France in triumph. On the lhth of June. the French arrn crossed the frontier at Charleroi; on the ttitb the Duke of Wellington encountered and repulsed Marshal Ney. at Quatre Bras; on the 18th of June. the battle of Waterloo, again made Napoleon en exile and a captive, and prepared the way for the peace. of al- Iieet forty years‘ duration, which England has since enjoy

ENGLAND.

The During. 12, Commander Napier. is destined for service in North America and the \Vest Indies. I er complement of ofliceris and men will be I30. She will relieve the Snppho, I2, Comman- der the Hou. Arthur A. Cochrsne.

The new Parliament, it is expected, will be opened by the So. vereign in person. on her Majesty's return from Scotland, in the sc- cond week in November. -

Tit: Iasrerrortvo I-‘am. or run 'I‘i1nxisir Esrrrnr:.—We have been favoured by a L‘vcrpool merchant, with tliu following extract lrorn a letter just received from his correspondent, long re- eidcnt is the Levant :—

Constantinople has recently been the scene of very many exten- eive and destructive conIagrntions—no less than ei ht in same num- ber of diiys—by which party to the amount o 400 iiiillioris of piasters is said to have ma destroyed. The cause of these ter- rihle lirue, which entail rain to thousands, is undoubted discontent It the maladrninistration and extravagance of the governriient. A change in the ministry is utincunced,but by no means a satisfactory one. as it consists in men of the sairie opinions as those set aside; and it seems very questionable. if some more serious means it In to by the suffering people. Surely those liiiherto pet in one can but tend to increase their misery and ruin. t- teniau rule is fast drawing to a close in Europe; and unfitted as they are to adopt the new order of things, it is high time they were set aside altogether. 'I‘be question seem alone to be, who are to re- place them in the poinession of their splendid country? but this fear to their removal cannot much ion or continue to prevail. The Greehel fancy, will not be tolerated by civilised Europe, looking to their incapseit to overu, exemplified by a quarter of a century of at rnisrule. be, then. is to come I is is considera- ed to of little moment, seeing that a change can but be for the better; still European jealcusies will be put in motion. Nous osrroris The French are peremptory in their demand for immediate satis- faction on 11 different subjects. \Vith the Charlemagne screw liner ou the Boephorue to back them at Tripoli. the French admi- eal. La Pasha short time to retlect. and had°hsatt:-

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broil the pdhical borinon of Europe. V Manuela 'a (the historian) health is so feeble, that it is doubted If he will tie able to take his seat in the new Parliament, to which he has been eleeted for Edinburgh.

Aw Bans-isevaxu an Bea.—'I‘he following is a extract from fielqef ' 'l;l.l.lItheDowne:—'On the I7lhof

‘tween desks. w along under the was that efti e p tearing over rocks into; in a few rnlnatee. the ship was quietly gliding

esetrlhetedqiei sis. fer the relief -r the

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£100,000, at Balinoriil, Scotland.

There is great scarcity of silsor coin in England, Inc liipinouts continuing to be inrtde by emigrants to Australia; and also for India and the Continent. The cllciency is to be met imiiiediatcly liy ti. new issue from the mint.

The Sarah Sands. Steamer, sails from Liverpool to-day (18th) via Quccnstown, with -0 full com iliment of passen-

ers, and carrying the mails for Austr iii and Cape of Good

ope. F R A N C E :-

Louis No leon left Paris, on Tuesday, on his promised tour throng the South and West. The pa rs contain lit- tle elac than accounts of his receptions, which have ell the semblance, at least, of boin cnthasiastic.—Along the whole route he was received wit cries of Vine 1' Emperor, with which, it is stated, be up tired much pleased. In Paris a petition to the Senate is circulating among the poorer close- es, purporting to be the memorial of “ fathers of families and laborers, for the re-establishment of the Empire in the

rson and family of Buonapurte. lid in reply to an Ad- ilfcss of the Council General of Nevcrs, in favor of it new

Imperial regime, Louis made the si nitioant answer-—\‘whcn the cncral interest is at stake I will try and anticipate the pub ic, but 1 follow it in the case of an interest which may r persona .”

uriiig the past year, the trade of France with the United States lnis boon:—lniports, 110,000,000 francs; Exports, 145,000,000. With England, imports, 000,000,000 francs; exports, 293,000,000.

'.l‘lic French Uruguay, at Ilavrc, brings information, 21st July, of the landing, at Monte Video, of Sir C. llotliiim, British Envoy at La Plata, at wliiclidutc M. St. George, the

‘mac Irivoy was hourly expected. 'l‘|ic ‘ Constitutioucl’ has an article on the present state of the French steam navy, in which it assumes the possibility of ti successful invasion of Englaiid.

As a matter of curiosity it is worthy of note that the Paris Patric and Prersc, in nnnouncin the death of the Duke of Wellington, indulges in remarks cprociatory of the do- ceasod. 'llic Debate gives his biogriipli without comment —tlio Constitutional iraiscshim-—tlio I¥a_i/.9 takes a middle coarso—tlie Union, t ic Aaseinblee Nati'anaI,and other jour- nals, merely announce his demise.

A decree by the President, dated St. Cloud, Sept. 13th, orders a collection of the ballad poetr of France, to be made under the title of Rec-uiel genera dos pocsics popu-

aires. The ‘Akbar,’ Algerian paper, has on article evidently at forth as a foelor, respecting the liberation of .»\bd-el-kin it, on condition that he shall reside at Mecca. 'l‘lie ‘ Akbar’ insinuatos that it would be dangerous to liberate him at all. There is no truth in the rriportcd conclusion of ii Crco-t’do treaty between France and ngland.

SPAIN. Five of the Madrid papers have ceased to appear; their Publishers being in prison. PORTUGAL. The Mail arrived, no news of interest. ITALY.

The intrigues of Sir Henry Bulwer in Italy causes the Austrian Government some anxiety The garrisons of Flo- rence ttnd Bologna are to be reinforced.

It is announced in the Italic s Popolu that the Democratic (Masziniauj Committees of Tuscany end the Roman States have forms ly united.

Letters from Batuvin of the 30th ult., describe the do- mage done by the late eruption of Etna. Ono stream of love had flowed towards Zafliironi. 15 miles from the crater, and enotlier towards Milo, devastating the vineyards in bath directions. Pro ere had been oflircd in all the churches by way of averting e evil.

TURKEY.

Correspondence of the Daily News state that the Porto la exerting itself with much earnestness, to procure a modifi- cation of the jurisdiction now exercised by foreign corisula in Constantinople, over the oitiaena of their -respective nations.

The diliculty with England respecting the attack on shl of war, Modesto, has been adjusted. P

INDIA.

The arrival of the Overland Mail is telegraphed from Marseilles. Dateeare Calcutta, Aug. tli. Bombay Mall missing. News uninipahnt

IRELAND.

Duiimr, September 16. The that ship with migrant direct born Dublin to Ace- h-aliasailathieliorul . Sbeearrlee outupvrardsofmo

TNITED BTATEI.

Nav t..—- ederday orders were received at the Navy Yard. in Charleston, to fltout t in sloop-of-war Albany fortliwitli. Her pllidii of destination has not yet been make known. ‘ I will be readv

for sea In about a fortiitglit. On Monday and Tuesday. filly "'00 grincipally riggers. peiiiters and joiners, were received iiiio tho iird. 'I lie otlicers of the Albany have not yet received orders, but the riiajority of the crew. which will number about one hundred and severity-live men. have been ahi . .

The British Jlmerican is the oaine ofa new weekly paper Jill! established in this city by Robert Winton. designed particularly for circulation in the British Proviiici-.ii. The first nurriber ap- peared on Saturday; it isa neatly irinti-d sheet, and contains ar- ticles upon a variety of subjects. lt will not fail to attract the _at- tention of advertisers who are desirous of being known in the region where it is expected to be most read

rrarus AT -rit: Navv Yaan.—'I‘he Decatur will be ready for sea in about two weeks; I20 men have been shipped for the crew, and of this number, the greater part are of the crew of the Albany who were discharged.

FATAL llarauoao ACCIDINI‘-—-A collision occurred on the l5tli inst., on the Erie Railroad between Dunlir nellsville, between the passenger train which left New York on Tuesday, and a freight train. Nine passengers and one brakenisn were killed instantly, and about tliirt wounded. It was not the up-tr-.iia that was run into by the own accommo- datioii train. The former was behind time, and the latter fearing to most it, had stopped at Almoiia, but neglected to solid a signal back to the freight train,and the freight train ran into it while it stood still at the station. ire ersotie are now dead, and four severely, if not fatally, injured. The rest were but slightly hurt. ,

A Lance Rirr rson Noiiru Ciiiioi.isa.—l\'ut long since. I raft of Iuinhcr containing 00,150 feet arrived at Norfolk, Va., from the yellow pine forests of North Carolina, bordering up- on Pamlico sound. One piece measured 501 cubic feet,being 63 feet long by 32 llIcll(‘I square. The tolls upon it through the

irmal Swamp Canal amounted to upwards of $450. ar.d it sold, delivered at Norfolk, at it price not far short of I l7,000. The whole of it is intended for New York, and was towed on the 26th ult., bv the steamer Jewess, up the Cliesapcak Bay, and from thence it will proceed through the canals round to New York. \Ve learn from the '\orlolk' Argus, that timber can be transported for halfiis much ili..t way as it costs to ship it in vessels. and that an extensive field is likely soon to be opened, when a rofilable trade will be commenced in this bu- siness between orfolk and the Northern cities.

Six CHILDRIN uurtsso re UEA‘l'll.—ln Wardsborough. Vt., at ten o'clock on the nightof the Bili iiist., the house of Peter Moore took fire. This was discovered by the neiglihoiirs, who broke open the doors.'brougIit out lllrs. Moore and two chil- dren who were in bed with lier,.her—liusband having taken the alarm a moment before; but two ,cliiltlren who were in bed in the same room. and four children who were in bed in the cham- bers, were burned to death. v'l‘he mother attempted to rush back intl) the house to save her burning children, but was held back. and became deranged.

Dino or ususqutrun Lovii.--Daniel Stafiiirrl, a young man

of \Vilmiug1tmi, Vt., put an end to his life on the ‘Jib iiist., by swallowing opium, because the girl of his aflectious was mar- ried to another.

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Accounts from the Cape of Good Hope show that lfarl

Caihcart has not been able to prosecute the war against the Kallirs with any better effect than his predecessor, Sir llarry bmith. Indeed a termination of hostilities seems as far off as ever. The Peruvian Government was end:-avoring to rair a force of l0,U0l)_soldiers, and to buy Uritifli nlramrre. (inc report was, that this torco was to lie ready-to withstand any belligerent innvoinents on the part of New Grenada or l-Iciiailnr. At.0lltcl‘ report was, that it was for the protection of the Guano islands.

_ I-‘uiiriirii r-sou l\lsxico.—’l‘hc insurgents have taken posses- sion of Corilova. and the authorities h are fled to Orizibn. The insurgent llohcledo has offered to surrender upon a guarantee of tlic pariloii of liiinsclf and cinnpziiiioiis, but the Legislature of Vera Cruz required an unconditional eurrcndcr._ The Le- gislature of Osjscca demand an extra session to settle the Te- hauntepec question. ‘

2&3: IVVEW l'lRUNh\VlCK.

lIoanrut.n Munnun.—On estsrday (Friday) morni , about I o'clock, the body of a man was found at ‘iaher'a wliar , Lower CW0. lielifleil lilvo raft! of logs. and it was at once seen, that a loul and deliberate murder had been perpetrated. A wide ash made with an axe or other keen strong instruim.-nt, extends from the. back of the neck under the right jaw to the throat, se- vcrii_i arteries, muscles, and tendons, completely. The face is li_orribly iiiuttlnted, evidently for the purpose of preventing the Itlenlilictlllon of (lie deceased. Ono gush extends down the face iicross the eye, another iilinoet cut away tlio nose rind tlio cltiii, lips, c_her.-ks. and forehead. are all hacked in ii shocking manner; there is also the mark ofa blow on the temple. T iere re no mark on the rest of the body, nor are the hands even scratched. When found, he had only it check shirt and brownish striped troiiaers. The trousers were loose, iiiiil strange to say, there was no bio on tltein. The feet were tied togetlicr by it r is. is irobaiblu the r_n:in was murdered soinowliere in the iii-iglilinurliood, stripped of his clothes. and mutilated to prevent idciiliticati-in. iind Ilicn conveyed to the place where he tyiis found. ' ' sat all do , but no clue was obtained that seems to promise a dis- covury o the inurderors, nor could it be ascertained who the man was. He was iriiddlo-aged, and had lost uoino of his teeth, and from these facts, and the colour of his hair, liis want of whiskers,