highway, near Farnham, in this county, on the 18th of May last. This was a most aggravated case. The prisoner was a soldier in the 52d regiment, from which he deserted from Winchester, accompanied by E. Roper and Mary Fisher. As he was on the road, he declared to them that he must have some man's clothes to prevent his being taken as a deserter, and he would shoot some one to get them. As they went along, they were joined by the deceased, and, after some conversation, the prisoner fired at him with his musket, and the ball entered his back; he had strength enough to run to Farnham, when he reached the house of Mr Pott, a surgeon; he lived two days, and then expired. A party of soldiers were sent in pursuit of the prisoner, and he was apprehended. The deceased saw him, and identified his person, before he died. After he had shot the deceased, one of the girls fainted, and he and the other took her into an adjoining clover field. Here he declared that he was sure that the ball must have entered the man's body, and he could not have run above 20 yards, and he wished he had gone back to have had his money and clothes. The jury found him guilty. The learned judge, immediately after the conviction of the above mur derers, sentenced them to be hanged on Wednesday morning, and their bodies to be dissected and anatomised. The assizes here finished, which concludes the home circuit. A letter from Sir Arthur Wellesley to Lord Castlereagh, dated Talavera, July 24, 1809, giving an unimportant detail of the military operations in that quarter up to that date, concludes as follows: "General Cuesta has urged the Central Junta to adopt vigorous measures to relieve our wants; till I am supplied, I do not think it proper, and indeed I cannot continue my operations. I have great hopes, however, that before long I shall be supplied from Andalusia and. La Mancha with the means which I require, and I shall then resume the active operations which I have been compelled to relinquish.". SPANISH PAPERS.-ARRIVAL of MARQUIS Wellesley as OUR AMBASSADOR IN SPAIN.-CADIZ, August 2.-His Britannic Majesty's ship, the Donegal, cast anchor yesterday in this port, having on board his Excellency the Marquis Wellesley, Ambassador of his Britannic Majesty to the Supreme Central Junta of the kingdom. His Excellency was received on the morning of the same day, with all the honours due to his rank, and with expressions of enthusiasm from all classes, who concurred in celebrating his arrival. The populace, anxious to express their attachment and gratitude to the magnanimous nation of which his excellency was the representative, took the horses from the carriage which had been provided for his excellency, and conducted him in triumph to his abode.-An instance of disinterested patriotism, on the part of an artisan, Justa Lobato, is wor thy of public and honourable men. tion. This worthy Spaniard refu sed, in the name of all those who accompanied him, the genero is present which his excellency offered him, in terms as courteous as they were energetic :-" Patriotism and sincere gratitude are the motives of our actions, and not interest."-The members of the garrison, the public authorities, and distinguished persons, waited on his excellency to compliment him on his arrival. SOMERSET ASSIZES.-TRIAL of CAPTAIN DAVISON FOR THEFT.— This day Captain John Davison, of the Royal Marines, was indicted before Sir Soulden Lawrence, Knt., for stealing a piece of muslin, of the value of 30s. the property of James Bunter, mercer, of Taunton. A. Buller, an apprentice, stated, that, on the morning of July 25th, the prison er came to Mr Bunter's shop, and asked to be shown some muslins he had seen the night before. After looking at them, he walked to the lower end of the shop, and carried ten or twelve pieces with him, which he laid by his side. He then walked towards the door, and asked how the handkerchief he had on looked, and whether they had any like it. He then sat down near the muslin, and asked to look at some stockings. On this the witness carried away the pieces of muslin, except one, which he plainly could perceive covered with the prisoner's pocket handkerchief. While the prisoner was looking at the stockings, witness saw him take up his handkerchief with the muslin in it, which he put under the left lapel of his coat. After looking at some other patterns, prisoner departed, on which the witness found that the muslin he had taken away was the first piece he had shewn him. He knew the mark, and particularly described it. He then rang the bell for Mr Bunter, and went with him in search of Captain Davison, whom they found at Bluet's shop, from which he retired as they approached. Sutton, a constable of Taunton, stated, that he went with another constable to Davison's lodgings, broke open his trunk, and found in it the piece of muslin described above. Mr Bunter then identified his property, which was brought to him in ten minutes after the search. Colonel Mears, T. Woodford, Esq. surgeon, Bryant, Esq., R. Morgan, Esq., Rev. Mr Townshend, Rev. F. H. Clapp, H. C. Standart, Esq., and the Rev. D. Webber, all of whom are persons of the first respectability, and who had known the prisoner nearly two years, severally gave him a most excellent character. The judge then summed up the evidence in a becoming manner, and the jury returned a verdict of guilty. The prisoner was sentenced to seven years transportation, He is a genteel young man, and his trial excited uncommon interest. 15th.-SPLENDID VICTORY OVER THE FRENCH AT TALAVERA. London Gazette Extraordinary. Downing street, August 15. Dispatches, of which the following are copies and extracts, were this day received at the office of Lord Viscount Castlereagh, one of his Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, from Lieutenant-General the Right Hon. Sir Arthur Wellesley, K. B. dated Talavera, July 29. Talavera de la Reyna, July 29. MY LORD-General Cuesta followed the enemy's march with his army from Alberche on the morning of the 24th, as far as Santa Olalla, and pushed forward his advanced guard as far as Torrijos. For the reasons stated to your lordship in my dispatch of the 24th, I moved only two divisions of infantry and a brigade of cavalry across the Alberche to Casalegos, under the command of Lieu tenant-General Sherbrooke, with a view to keep up the communication between General Cuesta and me, and with Sir R. Wilson's corps at Escalona. It appears that General Vanegas had not carried into execution that part of the plan of operations which related to his corps, and that he was still at Damiel in La Mancha; and the enemy in the course of the 24th, 25th, and 26th, col lected all his forces in this part of Spain, between Torrijos and Toledo, leaving but a small corps of two thousand men in that place. His united army thus consisted of the corps of Marshal Victor, of that of General Sebastiani, and of seven or eight thousand men the guards of Joseph Buonaparte, and the garrison of Madrid, and it was commanded by Joseph Buonaparte, aided by Marshals Jourdan and Victor, and General Sebastiani. On the 26th, General Cuesta's advanced guard was attacked near Torrijos, and obliged to fall back, and the general retired with his army on that day to the left bank of the Alberche, General Sherbrooke continuing at Casalegos, and the enemy at Santa Ölalla. It was then obvious that the enemy intended to try the result of a general action, for which the best position appeared to be in the neighbourhood of Talavera, and General Cuesta having consented to take up this position on the morning of the 27th, I ordered General Sherbrooke to retire with his corps to its station in the line, leaving General Mackenzie, with a division of infantry and a brigade of cavalry, as an advanced post in the wood on the right of Alberche, which covered our left flank. The position taken up by the troops at Talavera extended rather more than two miles; the ground was open upon the left where the British army was stationed, and it was commanded by a height to the left, on which was, in echellon and in second line, a division of infantry under the orders of Major-General Hill. There was a valley between thisheight and a range of mountains still further upon the left, which valley was not at first occupied, as it was commanded by the height before mentioned; and the range of mountains appeared too distant to have any influence upon the expected action. The right, consisting of Spanish troops, extended immediately in front of the town of Talavera down to the Tagus. This part of the ground was covered by olive trees, and much intersected by banks and ditches. The high road leading from the bridge over the Alberche, was defended by a heavy battery in front of a church, which was occupied by Spanish infantry. All the avenues to the town were defended in a similar manner; the town was occupied, and the remainder of the Spanish infantry was formed in two lines behind the banks on the roads which led from the town and the right of our position. In the centre, between the two armies, there was a commanding spot of ground, on which we had commenced to construct a redoubt, with some open ground in its rear. Brigadier-General Alexander Campbell was posted at this spot with a division of infantry, supported in his rear by General Cotton's brigade of dragoons, and some Spanish cavalry. At about two o'clock on the 27th, the enemy appeared in strength on the left bank of the Alberche, and manifested an intention to attack General Mackenzie's division. The attack was made before they could be withdrawn; but the troops, consisting of General Mackenzie's and Colo nel Donkin's brigades, and General Anson's brigade of cavalry, and supported by General Payne with the other four regiments of cavalry, in the plain between Talavera and the wood, withdrew in good order, but with some loss, particularly by the second battalion 87th regiment, and second battalion 31st regiment, in the wood. Upon this occasion the steadiness and discipline of the 45th regiment, and of the 5th battalion 60th regiment, were conspicuous; and I had particular reason for being satisfied with the manner in which Major-General Mackenzie withdrew his advanced guard. As the day advanced, the enemy appeared in larger numbers on the right of the Alberche, and it was obvious that he was advancing to a general attack upon the combined army. General Mackenzie continued to fall back gradually upon the left of the position of the combined ar mies, where he was placed in the second line, in the rear of the guards, Colonel Donkin being placed in the same situation further upon the left, in the rear of the King's German Legion. The enemy immediately commenced his attack in the dusk of the evening, by a cannonade upon the left of our position, and by an attempt with his cavalry to overthrow the Spanish infantry posted, as I have before stated, on the right. This attempt failed entirely. Early in the night he pushed a division along the valley on the left of the height occupied by General Hill, of which he gained a momentary possession, but Major-General Hill attacked it instantly with the bayonet, and regained it. This attack was repeated in the night, but failed, and again at day-light in the morning of the 28th, by two divisions of infantry, and was repulsed by Major General Hill. Major-General Hill has reported to me in a particular manner the conduct of the 29th regiment, and of the 1st battalion 48th regiment, in these different affairs, as well as that of Major-General Tilson, and Brigadier-General Richard Stewart. We have lost many brave officers and soldiers in the defence of this important point in our position; among others I cannot avoid to mention Brigade-Major Fordyce, and Brigade-Major Gardner; and Major-General Hill was himself wounded, but I am happy to say but slightly. The defeat of this attempt was followed about noon by a general attack with the enemy's whole force upon the whole of that part of the position occupied by the British army. In consequence of the repeated attempts upon the heights on our left by the valley, I had placed two brigades of British cavalry in that valley, supported in the rear by the Duc d'Albuquerque's division of Spanish cavalry. The enemy then placed light infantry in the range of mountains on the left of the valley, which were opposed by a division of Spanish infantry under Lieutenant-General De Bassecourt. The general attack began by the march of several columns of infantry into the valley with a VOL. II. PART II. view to attack the heights occupied by Major-General Hill. These columns were immediately charged by the 1st German light dragoons and 23d dragoons, under the command of General Anson, directed by Lieutenant-General Payne, and supported by General Fane's brigade of heavy cavalry; and although the 23d dragoons suffered considerable loss, the charge had the effect of preventing the execution of that part of the enemy's plan. At the same time he directed an attack upon Brigadier-General Alexander Campbell's position in the centre of the combined armies, and on the right of the British. This attack was most successfully repulsed by BrigadierGeneral Campbell, supported by the King's regiment of Spanish cavalry, and two battalions of Spanish infantry; and Brigadier-General Campbell took the enemy's cannon. The brigadier-general mentions' particularly the conduct of the 97th, the 2d battalion 7th, and the 2d battalion 53d regiments, and I was highly satisfied with the manner in which this part of the po sition was defended. An attack was made at the same time upon Lieutenant-General Sherbrooke's division, which was on the left and center of the 1st line of the British army. This attack was most gallantly repulsed by a charge with bayonets, by the whole division, but the brigade of guards, which were on the right, having advanced too far, they were exposed on their left flank to the fire of the enemy's battery, and of their retiring columns; and the division was obliged to retire towards the original position, under cover of the 2d line of General Cotton's brigade of cavalry, which I had moved from the centre, and of the 1st battalion 48th regiment. I had moved this regiment from its original position on the heights, as soon as I observed the advance of the guards, and it was formed in the plain, and advanced upon the enemy, and covered the formation of Lieutenant-General Sherbrooke's division. Shortly after the repulse of this general attack, in which apparently all the enemy's troops were employed, he com Q menced his retreat across the Alberche, which was conducted in the most regular order, and was effected during the night, leaving in our hands 20 pieces of cannon, ammunition, tumbrils, and some prison ers. Your lordship will observe by the inclosed return, the great loss which we have sustained of valuable officers and soldiers, in this long and hard-fought action, with more than double our numbers. That of the enemy has been much greater. I am informed that entire brigades of infantry have been destroyed, and indeed the battalions that retreated were much reduced in numbers. By all accounts their loss is ten thousand men. Generals Lapisse and Morlot are killed; Generals Sebastiani and Boulet wounded. I have particularly to lament the loss of Major-General Mackenzie, who had distinguished himself on the 27th; and of Brigadier-General Langworth, of the King's German Legion; and of BrigadeMajor Beckett, of the guards. Your lordship will observe, that the attacks of the enemy were principally, if not entirely, directed against the British troops. The Spanish.commander-in-chief, his officers and troops, manifested every disposition to render us assistance, and those of them which were engaged did their duty; but the ground they occupied was so important, and its front at the same time so difficult, that I did not think it proper to urge them to make any movement on the left of the enemy while he was engaged with us. I have reason to be satisfied with the conduct of all the officers and troops. I am much indebted to Lieutenant-General Sherbrooke for the assistance I received from him, and for the manner in which he led on his division to the charge with bayonets. To Lieutenant-General Payne and the cavalry, particularly General Anson's brigade, to Major-Generals Hill and Tilson, Brigadier-Generals Alexander Campbell, Richard Stewart, and Cameron, and to the divisions and brigades of infantry under their commands respectively, par ticularly the 29th regiment, commanded by Colonel White, the 1st battalion 48th, commanded by Colonel Donellan, afterwards, when that officer was wounded, by Major Middlemore; the 2d battalion 7th, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Sir William Myers; the 2d battalion 53d, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Bingham; the 97th, commanded by Colonel Lyon; the 1st battalion of detachments, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Bunbury, and the second battalion 31st, commanded by Major Watson, and of the 45th, commanded by LieutenantColonel Guard, and 5th battalion 60th, commanded by Major Davy, on the 27th. The advance of the brigade of guards was most gallantly conducted by Briga dier-General Campbell, and when necessary, that brigade retired and formed again in the best order. The artillery, under Brigadier-General Howorth, was also, throughout these days, of the greatest service, and I had every reason to be satisfied with the assistance I received from the chief engineer, Lieutenant-Colonel Fletcher; the adjutant-general, Brigadier-General the Hon. C. Stewart, and the quarter-mastergeneral, Colonel Murray, and the officers of those departments respectively, and from Colonel Bathurst, and the officers of my personal staff. I also received much assistance from ⚫ Colonel O'Lawlor, of the Spanish service, and from Brigadier-General Whittingham, who was wounded when bringing up the two Spanish battalions to the assistance of Brigadier-General Alexander Campbell. I send this by Captain Lord Fitzroy Somerset, who will give your lordship any farther information, and whom I beg leave to reccommend. I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) ARTHUR WELLESLEY. Return of the numbers of killed, wounded, and missing, of the army under the command of Lieutenant-General Sir Arthur Wellesley, K. B. in action with the French army, commanded by Joseph Buonaparte in person, in front of |